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With this next set of questions, we want to learn about people who have physical, mental, or emotional conditions that cause serious difficulties with their daily activities. Though different, these questions may sound similar to ones I asked earlier. Are you deaf or do you have serious difficulty hearing? | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11614 | {
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Landlords are being warned that tenants – especially younger renters – are at risk when it comes to house fires.
Home Office’s revamped Fire Kills campaign – with landlords being advised to make sure their tenants are given fire safety advice.
According to figures from the Home Office, most accidental fires start with cooking appliances (48%), usually by a grill or chip pan catching fire, or something flammable being left too close to the cooker, such as a tea towel.
Last year 248 people lost their lives due to a fire at home – and many of these blazes could have been prevented.
And while 90% of homes have at least one working smoke alarm, 23 percent of people say they never test them.
By law landlords must have a working smoke alarm on every floor of their properties used as living accommodation – and must test them at the start of every tenancy.
They must also ensure furnishings are fire resistant and meet safety regulations.
However, responsibility for testing alarms lies with the tenant.
The RLA promotes #testittuesday, a social media campaign encouraging people to get into the habit of checking alarms once a week, and as part of its new campaign the Home Office is advising landlords to remind tenants of their responsibilities.
This is all advice that can also be passed to tenants.
The government also has a leaflet on fire safety in shared or rented accommodation, which can be accessed here.
The RLA has a guide for landlords, giving an overview of fire safety legislation and guidance, as well as practical tips on keeping tenants safe.
It also runs two fire safety courses, classroom course Complete Fire Safety and eLearning course Foundation Fire Safety. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11618 | {
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The lack of food and adequate shelter are serious needs facing human beings around the world. Extreme poverty is the root cause, as statistics tell a disturbing story of families struggling to survive on very limited income and little or no opportunity.
4 out of every 10 people in the world live off just $2 per day, or just $730 per year.
1 in 3 children in the developing world live without adequate shelter.
Reel Life seeks to provide food in situations where the recipients are unable to help themselves. This may include destitute children, widows or disaster relief situations. In Latin America and the Caribbean alone, it is said that 49 million residents suffer from malnutrition. To combat this devastating issue, we assist with food pantries and other initiatives to help local residents serve the less fortunate within their own communities.
In addition, according to 2007 statistics, 40 percent of the families in the region do not have access to adequate housing. In conjunction with local leadership, Reel Life is also involved with construction and housing initiatives. These projects include simple homes for widows as well as dwellings used in caring for orphans and street children. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11619 | {
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The chief administrative authority of China has issued a “White Paper” on Tibet claiming that the region is now “in its golden age”. It criticised the Dalai Lama for peddling the idea of a “Greater Tibet”, plotting independence and lobbying for greater autonomy.
The State Council document, released on Sunday, claimed that Beijing’s reforms over the years have “united” Tibetans and protected their traditional culture. Tibet’s GDP has soared – it stated – from 327m yuan in 1965 to 92.08b yuan in 2014, a 281-fold increase. It criticised the traditional Tibetan system of governance that prevailed before the Communist Party took control of sovereignty.
“People had no democratic, economic, social, or cultural rights, and their basic human rights were not protected. Old Tibet was a far cry from modern civilization. Under feudal serfdom, serfs suffered cruel political oppression and had no personal freedom or fundamental rights,” the paper stated.
On September 4, China held celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of Tibet autonomous region. Chinese military troops poured into the region in the weeks leading up to the anniversary. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11620 | {
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Earth day is today. There shall be no Earth day Sale.
Today is Earth Day. A day to celebrate this wonderful planet we get to call home.
Some of my colleagues and I were joking about how the big department stores always need a reason to have a sale. You know; Mother’s Day sale, Valentine’s Day sale, Special-weekend-something sale. So we wondered if maybe somewhere today there is an Earth Day sale?
What a beautiful idea! Yes, that makes sense!
Consumerism would halt for a day. Earth Day would be a day when we all take a break from shopping and instead treasure what we already have. Consumption would not get the best of us this one day – with a little help from the stores. Oh, if only store owners were as smart and caring for this planet as my colleague is.
In 2014, we used more natural resources in eight months than the planet can produce in 12 months. That’s basically the definition of unsustainable living. Yet we, yes you too, keep consuming and buying things we don’t need. Things that consumed energy, resources and often were transported here from far away.
Today is Earth Day – stay away from Walmart and eat your leftovers. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11624 | {
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What is another word for metallic?
Of, pertaining to, or like a metal. M. tinkling, see Table of Vocal signs.
metallurgical, leakproofness, magnetic, mineral, latch, leak.
That metallic ring, that voice.
Here, on a broad open plain, over an area about five miles in diameter, were scattered from one to two thousand masses of metallic iron, the fragments varying in weight from half a ton to a fraction of an ounce.
middle ages, mental case, meatless, moth-like, modiolus, mindless, monumentalise, mythology, metallike, mental age, metalize, mythologise, mythologic, monumentalize, mytilus, modal logic, meadow leek, monometallic, Metallize, mouthlike, mythologize, mateless, methodology, Manihot Dulcis, modulus, mouthless, middle c, middle age, metal saw.
material, thread, yarn, textile, cloth, fabric. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11625 | {
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There are a few conditions that make up the majority of foot rashes. Some are infective (caused by dermatophytes or bacteria), some are non-infective, and some come about due to an overly active immune response from the body.
Below are the 4 most common conditions that present as a foot rash.
Cause: There can be multiple causes, but it is aggravated by stress, alcohol, and obesity. It is classified as an Immune mediated inflammatory disease.
Rashes can be very hard to identify. If you have a rash on your leg or foot, we highly recommend you get it assessed by a Podiatrist or General Practitioner. If you are experiencing redness, swelling, pain, heat, and throbbing in your foot, it may be an indication of a severe bacterial condition in your foot. These infection can get out of hand very quickly, it is therefore important to get the area assessed by a General Practitioner as soon as possible. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11631 | {
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These dry basins, known as ephemeral pools, found throughout Canyonlands National Park wait patiently for the spring monsoons to refill their mini eco systems. They may look desolate and depleted but they are full of life. In the short span of time after they fill with water, tiny creatures from mites to snails, tadpoles and even a type of desert fairy shrimp go through an entire life cycle. Just long enough to reproduce and create eggs for the next dry spell. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11632 | {
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The beautiful Trifid Nebula, also known as Messier 20, is easy to find with a small telescope in the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. About 5,000 light-years away, the colorful study in cosmic contrasts shares this well-composed, nearly 1 degree wide field with open star cluster Messier 21 (bottom right). Trisected by dust lanes the Trifid itself is about 40 light-years across and a mere 300,000 years old.
That makes it one of the youngest star forming regions in our sky, with newborn and embryonic stars embedded in its natal dust and gas clouds. Estimates of the distance to open star cluster M21 are similar to M20’s, but though they share this gorgeous telescopic skyscape there is no apparent connection between the two. In fact, M21’s stars are much older, about 8 million years old. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11634 | {
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The substance, artemisinin, is derived from the wormwood plant and has been used in China since ancient times to treat malaria. Work by Henry Lai and Narendra Singh, both UW bioengineers, indicated that artemisinin alone could selectively kill cancer cells while leaving normal cells unharmed.
The trick to the compound’s effectiveness, according to Lai, appears to be in taking advantage of how cancer cells function.
Because they multiply so rapidly, most cancer cells need more iron than normal cells to replicate DNA. To facilitate that, cancer cells have inlets on their surface, known as transferrin receptors, in greater numbers than other cells. Those receptors allow quick transport into the cell of transferrin, an iron-carrying protein found in blood.
Once inside the cell, the artemisinin reacts with the iron, spawning highly reactive chemicals called “free radicals.” The free radicals attack other molecules and the cell membrane, breaking it apart and killing the cell.
We, as Pure Herbal Remedies, have personally witnessed how skin cancer falls off like scabs within less than a month after starting to take this herb!
Precautions: Artemisinin is one of the safest natural herbs. Side effects mostly appear when there is hypersensitivity or a person consumes an excessive quantity. Prolonged usage of any herb or medicine is also a major reason for most of the side effects.
Prolonged usage of the herb may cause nausea, dizziness and fatigue and eventually neurotoxicity if these symptoms are ignored.
It is recommended to take the herb in small quantities and should not be taken for more than a few weeks. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11636 | {
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Is “The Good Haul” your haul?
If you haven’t read “The Good Haul,” a report released by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), there is no time like the present as it lays out a “roadmap for modernizing the U.S. freight system,” including trucking, rail and air. “This report provides a roadmap for modernizing the U.S. freight system, making it more reliable and faster, and reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution,” said Kathryn Phillips, director of the California Transportation and Air Initiative at EDF, whose staff produced the report.
“The Good Haul” details 28 case studies of “clean freight” solutions that exist in the U.S. and internationally. It also recommends that Congress should direct any freight-improvement funding to encourage clean freight solutions to improve freight’s performance and protect public health and the environment, including favoring innovations such as those taking place in Southern California; Chicago, Seattle, Norfolk, VA, and along the Gulf Coast between Port Manatee, FL and Brownsville, TX.
In Southern California, for example, the report referencesthe Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which launched a Clean Air Action Plan in 2006, intended to clean up all areas of port activity, including trucks, cargo handling equipment, locomotives, ships and even tug boats. Since its implementation 18 months ago, the plan is reported to have taken 2,000 older diesel trucks off the road and created more than 3,000 jobs at the Port of Los Angeles alone. A video of Port of LA clean freight innovations is available at www.edf.org/goodhaul. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11637 | {
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Everglades National Park, located at the southern tip of Florida, is the largest remaining subtropical wilderness in the United States. It is the only ecosystem of its kind on the planet and the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles coexist.
A freshwarer river, 50 miles wide and six inches deep, flowes from Lake Okeechobee through marshy grassland into Florida Bay. The Everglades National Park was created in 1947 by President Harry S. Truman to preserve the wetlands and this slow-moving "River of Grass."
The 1.5 million acres of Everglades National Park provide habitats for more than 1,600 varieties of plants and innumerable animals, including more than 350 species of tropical and temperate birds, 40 species of mammals, 50 species of reptiles, and 18 species of amphibians. The sea and wetland wilderness invites exploration by canoe or boat. Walking and tram tours are excellent ways to observe the extensive wildlife. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11638 | {
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The accumulation of the widely-used antibacterial and antifungal compound triclosan (TCS) in freshwaters raises concerns about the impact of this harmful chemical on the biofilms that are the dominant life style of microorganisms in aquatic systems. However, investigations to-date rarely go beyond effects at the cellular, physiological or morphological level. The present paper focuses on bacterial biofilms addressing the possible chemical impairment of their functionality, while also examining their substratum stabilization potential as one example of an important ecosystem service. The development of a bacterial assemblage of natural composition – isolated from sediments of the Eden Estuary (Scotland, UK) – on non-cohesive glass beads (<63 µm) and exposed to a range of triclosan concentrations (control, 2 – 100 µg L−1) was monitored over time by Magnetic Particle Induction (MagPI). In parallel, bacterial cell numbers, division rate, community composition (DGGE) and EPS (extracellular polymeric substances: carbohydrates and proteins) secretion were determined. While the triclosan exposure did not prevent bacterial settlement, biofilm development was increasingly inhibited by increasing TCS levels. The surface binding capacity (MagPI) of the assemblages was positively correlated to the microbial secreted EPS matrix. The EPS concentrations and composition (quantity and quality) were closely linked to bacterial growth, which was affected by enhanced TCS exposure. Furthermore, TCS induced significant changes in bacterial community composition as well as a significant decrease in bacterial diversity. The impairment of the stabilization potential of bacterial biofilm under even low, environmentally relevant TCS levels is of concern since the resistance of sediments to erosive forces has large implications for the dynamics of sediments and associated pollutant dispersal. In addition, the surface adhesive capacity of the biofilm acts as a sensitive measure of ecosystem effects. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11640 | {
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Researchers from the University of Iowa (UI) studied how 16 month olds learn the words for non-solid objects—things as oatmeal or applesauce or milk—that infants generally take longer to learn and found that those who messed with the substance the most learned the words more quickly. Babies' brains usually pick up words for more immutable objects such as blocks, apples, or daddy, more easily because they can prod and pinch them and they remain the same, more or less, while non-solid objects are a bit more confusing. Think about applesauce: sometimes it's shaped like a bowl, sometimes like a spoon and sometimes like a big blob on the floor. Or consider the similarities between glue and milk; if you didn't touch them, they could seem pretty similar.
To test how toddlers learned the names of gloppy, changeable substances, researchers introduced 14 oozy items, mostly things the kids could safely put in their mouths, like applesauce, pudding, juice, or soup. As they offered the kids the items, they gave them made up names, such as "dax" or "kiv." A short while later they asked the kids if they knew the name of one of the substances, presented in a different size or shape. Kids who could remember the name of the item were obviously relying on more than just what it looked like. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11643 | {
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Stretched across the northern section of the Malaysian peninsula lies a vast jungle area. It expands out across the hilly region, a lush green landscape.
Somehow or another, a highway has been built through this jungle undergrowth, running roughly from Kota Bahru to Penang. It is an engineering feat, how that road was built, and it still lies today in one of the most rugged regions of Peninsular Malaysia.
Standing next to the roadside are signs that are common for many parts of the world, indicating a warning to beward of crossing animals. However, what is noteworthy about these signs is that they picture elephants, this being one of the world's few highways that would have to worry about elephants crossing it.
And I've heard that it can be a problem. Night driving there is highly discouraged because nighttime is the time the elephants most like to crowd the highway. The blacktopped surface of the road attracts heat throughout the day. In the cool of the jungle night, this heat can be appealing to the elephants, who often like to sleep there. And a collision with an elephant, no matter how sturdy one's vehicle, could be a deadly affair.
Tigers have also been known to roam the highway at night. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11644 | {
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An interesting first: Bloomberg US has become the first news outlet anywhere in the world to become WindMade certified—that is, getting at least 25% of its electricity from wind power.
In fact, Bloomberg has gone well beyond the minimum requirement of the certification scheme, promoted by wind turbine maker Vestas and backed by the UN Global Compact and WWF. Bloomberg US now gets 58% of its electricity from wind power, with a further 25% coming from biomass.
Not only does the label demonstrate our commitment to renewable energy, it provides consumers with the choice to favor companies and products using wind power. As both a founding partner and the official data provider for WindMade, receiving the WindMade certification for our operations was the logical next step for us to show our commitment to this very important standard.
According to the EPA's list of top 50 green power purchasers in the United States, Bloomberg comes in ranked 22nd in the nation in terms of overall power purchased, with over 208 million kWh last year.
Bloomberg is the only media outlet in the country to make the top 50 list by volume purchased. Several smaller media outlets on the EPA's list of top 100% green power purchasers, however, though all consume far smaller amounts of power than Bloomberg.
Bloomberg, one of the founding partners of the wind power certifcation scheme, now gets 58% of its electricity from wind power — and 83% from renewable energy.
Denmark to be 42% Wind-Powered by 2020--100% by 2050? | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11646 | {
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As we all are developing the billions of devices — the “things” of the Internet of Things — we find we still need to communicate with these devices. There are current paths to make interfaces that can work with existing interfaces on computers and phones, most notably web browsers. But what about writing a custom app for phones and tablets to interface with your IoT system? Many embedded systems programmers have found the interfaces and java structures awkward to learn, often using some of the "quick and easy" app generators that tend to be expensive and limited. Come join us for a fast-paced class on how to use the free tools provided by Google to develop your own Android app. This class will cover the setup of the programming environment, writing a simple “hello world” app, then writing an app that can talk to our IoT devices. We will look at direct IPv6 packets, Bluetooth, and NFC and their advantages and disadvantages. Bring your Windows 7 or 10 laptop. We will provide instructions to download the proper software before the class.
Attendees will learn how to set up and use the android development environment, SDK, and emulators to develop a useful app that can be modified for use in their own current or future projects. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11647 | {
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Ballina Shire Council Water and Recycled Water Services - What is Potable Water?
Potable water is drinking water. Potable means ‘safe to drink’ or ‘drinkable’. Most of Ballina Shire’s drinking water comes from Rocky Creek Dam and we use it to shower, cook, garden and drink. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11649 | {
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The Make-Your-Own Animal Book is a journaling resource that even the youngest learners can use. Each page features six questions that repeat throughout the resource to answer about different animals. The questions are the same and feature symbols so that kids who can’t read will become familiar with the question each symbol stands for and be able to answer the questions presented.
Students who are not yet reading are encouraged to draw their answers to the questions, while older students can write their answers at their own level, making this a very flexible resource. This resource is printed in full color.
Students will answer questions about an animal’s habitat, home, eating habits, enemies, and unusual traits. They’ll also be asked to complete a sentence about each animal. The animals profiled are the “animals of the week” highlighted in the “Animals and Their Worlds” program.
The notebook also includes additional ideas for creating a longer animal notebook, if your student would enjoy adding pages of their own making. Your student could also use reproducible journaling pages in the Animals and Their World Combined Guide to add additional nature study pages for a notebook that is all their own! | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11652 | {
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All native snakes are a protected species.
If you do come across a snake, keep children and pets well clear and do not try to touch it. Almost all snake bites occur when people try to handle, kill or harm snake.
Contact a licensed snake removal service, they will be able to catch the snake and remove it (fees apply). If possible, watch where the snake goes so the snake catcher can find it.
Should the snake be located on Council land, please contact the Councils Customer Services on (08) 8828 1200.
Snake catchers are licensed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.
If a snake catcher captures a snake that is not an eastern brown snake, it must be either relocated back into a suitable habitat within two kilometres of where it was captured, or humanely destroyed.
Snake catchers can also locate, capture and relocate common reptiles that are causing anxiety to a person, such as blue tongue lizards and bearded dragons, within their normal range.
Check the yellow pages or Council's Business Directory (keyword snake) for details. Alternatively Google 'Snake Catcher Kadina'. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11653 | {
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Your support will help researchers investigate how to make chemotherapy effective for kids with spreading bone cancer.
Osteosarcoma is a deadly bone cancer that affects around 700 children and young adults in the United States each year. Though rare, the cancer has existed since the age of the dinosaurs with little treatment progress. When the bone cancer spreads to children’s lungs, they almost always die because the osteosarcoma cells no longer respond to chemotherapy.
David Largaespada, PhD, and his lab suspect there is a link between osteosarcoma’s chemotherapy resistance and its ability to spread and survive in distant parts of the body, such as the lungs. He plans to use CCRF funding to explore this link and investigate how to make the spreading form of osteosarcoma sensitive to chemotherapy again. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11656 | {
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People can treat dry skin using several different methods. The best treatment option will depend on the cause of someone's dry skin and its severity. Treatments also vary among different skin types, which can be normal, dry, oily, or combination.
In this article, we look at seven home remedies for dry skin, including coconut oil, oatmeal, and honey.
Moisturizers, ointments, and creams improve the skin's natural barrier function, which promotes water retention.
Exfoliating helps remove dead skin cells, which can reduce dry patches and improve the skin's overall texture.
Eske, Jamie. "Top 6 remedies for dry skin on the face." Medical News Today. MediLexicon, Intl., 10 Apr. 2019. Web. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11657 | {
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These materials help patients understand the importance of omega-3 essential fatty acids for optimal health and wellness. Included here is information on why you should balance your intake of essential fats, and how these fats benefit different systems within the body, including the heart, eyes, back and neck, skin, and more.
This illustrated desk reference poster simplifies the effects of dietary fats—including omega-3 on the body’s natural immune response. It also compares the different benefits of essential fats eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and the unique omega-6 gamma-linolenic acid (GLA).
An excellent introduction to omega nutrition and a handy resource for patients, Nordic Naturals Balance Brochure educates on the importance of balancing essential fatty acid intake. It covers the major health benefits of specific essential fats, and provides answers to commonly asked questions about supplementation.
Nordic Naturals’ Fish Oil For Your Health series provides accessible, non-technical brochures on the health benefits of omega-3s EPA and DHA. These pamphlets educate on omega-3s’ benefits to specific conditions and functions, including the physiology of the back and neck, eyes, skin, heart, cognition, as well as pregnancy and fitness. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11658 | {
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1. Think of words that rhyme and write a poem for a loved one.
2. Create personalized Valentine’s Day cards and write each other loving messages. Cut out words and letters from magazines to make them extra unique.
3. Bake Valentine’s Day cupcakes and use candy heart notes or icing to write a sweet message.
4. Play a “Valentine’s Day edition” game of Scrabble® and score double points when you spell a word about love.
5. Show yours kids you love them by reading a love-themed book together, like Clifford’s Valentine’s Day.
6. Research the meaning behind Valentine’s Day.
Holidays provide a great opportunity to incorporate creativity and imagination with fun literacy-related activities to be enjoyed individually or as a family. Benefit from literacy by spending 15 minutes a day reading, writing, playing a game or following a recipe. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11661 | {
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The Temporo-Mandibular joint is the joint that connects the jaw bone to the skull. This facilitates the up-and-down, side-to-side movements of the jaw. Problems do occur with the joint connection and muscles, which will require TMJ therapy.
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS). This form of treatment utilises electrical currents for pain relief by relaxing your facial muscles.
Ultrasound. Deep heat can relieve soreness or improve mobility.
Trigger-point injections. Pain medication is injected into the tender facial muscles called “trigger points” to give relief.
Radio wave therapy. These waves stimulate the joint, which increases blood flow and eases pain.
Low-level laser therapy. Targets inflammation to help increase mobility within the joint. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11663 | {
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The Hyperbola (hyperbolae) is a smooth plane curve. Together with ellipse and parabola, they make up the conic sections. The pedal curve of a hyperbola with its focus as pedal point is a circle curve. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11665 | {
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All oil & gas wells produced sand…therefore all surface facilities must be capable of managing sand in the flow stream.
A thorough facilities design requires Five Steps (see graphic below) to fully manage and handle the sand produced. Each step – from separation to disposal – must be integrated into the facility design to maintain hydrocarbon production and prevent flow interruption or equipment shutdown.
Separate: Solids are first removed from the well or process fluid stream. This is accomplished with a Multiphase Desander, Liquid Desander, vessel drainage, or from settled tank bottoms.
Collect: To facilitate simple system design, all separated solids are gathered into one central location for isolation from process pressure/flow. Collection is as simple as a Desander Accumulator Vessel, or a dedicated Sump Tank.
Clean: In many cases the sand requires oil removal prior to further handling. The eProcess Sand Wash System is a modular add-on to remove the hydrocarbons.
Dewater: Removal of free liquids (water) from sand slurry to minimize disposal volume. The simplest methods use an eProcess Dewatering Systems with a handing mesh bag or screen lined bin.
Transport: Bring the solids to a disposal location. The design is dependent upon the location (land based or offshore) and disposal requirements (i.e. disposal well, overboard, landfill, road surfacing, etc.). | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11666 | {
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The Torah is God’s divine plan for human beings. It guides us how to live our lives. How to act. Ethical rules to live by. A classic example are the Ten Commandments.
And so, when the Romans forbid Torah study, it was horrible. Who could survive without Torah? Or as in the parable with the fish and the fox, the fish would die out of the water. The water is their life. Just like the Torah is our life. The Torah connects us with God, who is the source of life. It also gives us life by guiding us how to live. So when the Romans banned studying Torah, the only choice for life was to continue living a Torah life. Just like the fish, in order to have any chance at survival, had to stay in the water. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11667 | {
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"hiho" is a weekly series of contest we developed to help programmers improve their skills following some architecture. In the several following weeks we will learn number theory algorithms with Little Hi and Little Ho. Number theory is a very special academic sub-domain in mathmatics and is said to be the "crown of mathmatics". In computer science, number theory is widely used in fields such as cryptography. This week we will learn how to solve linear congruence equations. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11668 | {
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Finance is full of jargon. If you do a quick online search for “investing terms” you’ll find everything from “quadruple witching” to “xenocurrency”.
You’d have to have been living under a rock, meditating in a Buddhist monastery high in the Himalayas or lost at sea to not know that global sharemarkets have been taking something of a beating over the past couple of months.
With headlines like “Local sharemarket sheds $50 billion in worse one-day fall since February” screaming at you from your morning newsfeed it can be difficult to keep a sense of perspective when the occasional, invariable, bout of market jitters occurs. There is more than a grain of truth to the old news adage, “If it bleeds, it leads”.
Some researchers suggest that humans may have a “negativity bias” hardwired in our subconscious, and that our brains are more sensitive to signs of threat than to those of opportunity.
In prehistoric times such a bias could well have been an advantage, keeping early humans safe from harm. But in today’s world of global, instantaneous, round-the-clock news, that bias to action in the face of danger could end up costing you a fortune. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11669 | {
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The Southern Appalachians are the hot spot of the planet in terms of amphibian diversity. A total of 19 salamander species have been recorded on EBCI lands, 10 of which are species of conservation concern. There are likely many more species present but have gone undocumented. We are currently conducting comprehensive diversity surveys of all amphibians occurring on tribal lands to complete an inventory of species. EBCI lands offer management opportunities to both conserve and increase amphibian diversity through habitat protection and augmentation in an effort to support geographically restricted and isolated species. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11672 | {
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An independent website is listing companies that have failed to publish clinical trials results, despite being legally required to do so. The site could help reduce the problem of drug companies keeping quiet about results that don't help their business.
Critics of the pharmaceutical industry say that although published trial results may be genuine, they can still be misleading. That's because a company might publish the results of a trial that suggests their drug is effective while not publishing trials that are less clear-cut. That's led to calls for all clinical trial results to be made public.
It's not yet a legal requirement, however, as of this month a section of a law passed in 2007 has finally taken effect. That law says companies must publicly register certain types of trials and then publish the results with one year of the trial being completed. These include any trials on already approved drugs that are carried out on US citizens.
Despite the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) having the legal authority to impose fines on companies that miss this deadline, it turns out some companies have not published the results as required.
Dr Ben Goldacre, a long-time campaigner for greater transparency in drug trials, believes it's too difficult and time-consuming for people to trawl through Food and Drug Administration records to figure out which trials are in this situation. He's started a 'TrialsTracker' website that automatically gathers together this data and lists the raw numbers and percentages of how many trial results each company has reported on time.
The FDA says the data it makes public, which TrialsTracker uses for its rankings, isn't necessarily sufficient to say for certain if a company has missed the deadline.
Is the TrialsTracker a worthwhile exercise? Should the government be producing its own accountability tables of whether organizations comply with regulations? Is it dangerous for outside bodies to produce such rankings?
Incredible. Anyone who has read 'Bad Pharma' by Ben Goldacre will know how overdue and how critical is action on this issue. The amount of money at stake around the possible discrediting of numerous shonkily and prejudicially researched drugs is in billions as big pharma systematically bury research not supporting efficacy of their products, do their best to conceal the fact of pharma-funded research that supports their products, and any other egregious activity possible to maximise profits. There is total corruption involved with this. $ talks, truths balks.
I'll be fascinated to see whether public opinion will shift things after this site gets well-known. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11674 | {
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Drywall Finishers fill joints between drywall panels with joint compound, tape joints and corners, and specially prepare drywall and other surfaces to be painted. Walls, soffits, columns, and curved and arched work areas are prepared to high levels of finish. The work of a drywall finisher is physically demanding. To work on ceilings and elevated areas, installers and tapers stand on stilts, ladders, or scaffolds.
Eastern Washington Painters do both commercial and industrial/highway work. Commerical Painters and Decorators apply decorative and protective finishes in residential, commercial, and institutional settings. They prepare a variety of surfaces (wood, masonry, drywall, plaster, concrete, synthetics, stucco and metal) prior to the application of materials such as paint, high performance coatings, waterproofing, fireproofing, varnish, shellac, wall coverings and special decorative finishes. Industrial/CAS Painters apply protective finishes in marine, industrial, highway, bridge, pipeline, and institutional settings. They clean, wash, blast, and prepare a variety of surfaces (often concrete and metal) prior to the application of materials such as epoxies, urethanes, and other high performance coatings.
The Eastern Washington drywall and painting apprenticeships are 3 year programs. Call about other finishing trades. The apprenticeship consists of 6000 hours (3 years) of on the job training and 144 hours of trade related classroom instruction per year. Classes generally are scheduled in 1 week block training sessions three quarters per year; Fall, Winter, Spring. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11681 | {
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The Sacramento Bee reports on aging parents of people with developmental disabilities.
Across the country, according to U.S. Census figures, 20 percent of adults below age 65 have developmental or physical disabilities – and almost 70 percent of the families of special-needs adults in a recent MetLife survey said they worried about their offspring's future.
The Alta California Regional Center, which serves 18,250 people with developmental disabilities in 10 counties, has about 5,000 adult clients who still live at home with their parents, just as Jessica and Lori do.
"And every one of those clients will age," said Phil Bonnet, the regional center's executive director. "People who grew up in our system are now middle-aged, and their parents are older."
As a result, said the executive director of Sacramento's Resources for Independent Living, Frances Gracechild: "We have this phenomenon of aging parents with increasing need for support themselves, and they're still taking care of their grown developmentally disabled children.
"It's quite a burden to meet when you're facing your 70s." | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11682 | {
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There are a number of reasons why an individual would need oral surgery. Although preventive care helps in treating dental health problems, some conditions may be too complex to be treated with general dental procedures alone. Oral surgery allows our dentist in Corona to treat the damaged areas more effectively. Depending on the condition and treatment needed, your dentist may refer you to an oral surgeon for the procedure.
Generally, oral surgery is performed by oral surgeons who have had specialized training and have completed residencies as part of their education. Oral surgeons may also diagnose, treat, and perform complex and simple surgeries.
Oral and maxillofacial surgical procedures are often used to treat various types of disease, injuries, or even defects of the neck, head, face, and jaw. Some of the most common types of oral and maxillofacial services include tooth extraction, dental implantation, and reconstructive oral surgery.
If you’re experiencing any of these dental problems, you might need oral surgery. However, it’s important to consult with your dentist in order to ensure that the course of treatment chosen is the right one for you. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11686 | {
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Evidence of agriculture in Ireland starts appearing about 4000 BC. It is interesting to note that these early farmers do not seem to be part of the early Mesolithic settlers, but rather, it seems that farming was introduced from Britain through new settlements at various points around the coast. By 3100 BC there is evidence of major work clearing land for crops and grazing land including field systems running for several kilometers in Country Mayo.
The first plants cultivated seem to have been wheat and barley. The first domesticated animals were cattle, sheep or goats and pigs. These animals also seem to have been imported to Ireland as there is no archaeological evidence of the process of domestication of indigenous breeds.
Although the hunter-gatherer culture seems to have been absorbed by the farming culture within a few centuries, the farming culture had not totally given up their hunter-gatherer traditions. There is clear evidence that they continued to make use of available natural resources such as fish, deer, wildfowl, nuts, crab apples and berries.
Of course a new life style meant new tools, and an associated increase in the appearance of stone axes for clearing land, as well as simple spades, scratch plows, flint and stone tools for harvesting crops, and stone querns for grinding grain.
This is also the period when the first pottery began to appear in Ireland, Simple bowls were built up of rings of clay smoothed by hand, and fired in bonfires, or firing pits. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11687 | {
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We justify science rather than faith as a way of finding out stuff not on the basis of first principles, but on the basis of which method actually gives us reliable information about the universe. And by “reliable,” I mean, methods that help us make verified predictions that advance our understanding of the world and produce practical consequences that aren’t possible with other methods. Take a disease like smallpox. It was once regarded as manifestations of God’s will or displeasure; indeed, inoculation was opposed on religious grounds—that to immunize people was to thwart God’s will. You can’t cure smallpox with such an attitude, or by praying for its disappearance. It was cured by scientific methods: the invention of inoculations, followed by the use of epidemiological methods to eradicate it completely. Scientific understanding advances with time; religious “ways of knowing,” even by the admission of theologians, don’t bring us any closer to the “truth” about God. We know not one iota more about the nature or character of God than we did in 1300, nor are we any closer to proving that a god exists! Link. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11689 | {
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Hans Iversen was a Norwegian blacksmith who collected liverworts (bryophytes) around Knysna in 1883 and sent them to Dr F.C. Kiaer in Norway. The plants were described by William H. Pearson in a paper published in the Kristiania Videnskabs-selskabs forhandlinger, Oslo, in 1887. He named the species Lyosceiphus iversenii after the collector. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11693 | {
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When doing the research paper for my topics, ask yourself the following questions?
(1) What is the intent of the paper?
(2) Why is there a need to do the research?
(3) What are the observations?
(4) How were these observations derived?
(5) What are the conclusions?
(6) What are the implementations for AD research? | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11694 | {
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Are you a software developer? Say hello to my 500 students.
Are you interested in introducing yourself and your colleagues to my students? I am interested in bringing the software engineering profession into the lecture room, live. I am looking for video greetings from software developers (in Norwegian and English). Accept the challenge and say hello to my students.
Writing a discussion chapter can show to be challenging. Suddenly you are finished with presenting findings and results. What do you do now? There is no magic formula for writing a good discussion chapter. But here follow some tips I have collected for you to consider.
Do you live in a filter bubble? Do you see more Trump-related news every time you click on Trump-related news? If the answer is yes then you probably do live in a filter bubble, like most of us using the internet. But some of us try to burst the bubble. Here are some tips from my side on how I try to burst my filter bubble.
In 2017 Elena and I ran the IT3010 course at NTNU on the topic of qualitative research methods in computer science. This was the first time we had the course run as a realistic run-up to a research conference with papers presented by students. The last deliverable in the course was a reflection report where each student was asked to reflect on the who process. Here I want to summarize some tips to students after having graded this last deliverable.
Most of us working with information systems and IT try to make good systems. Design research and design and creation are strategies that one should learn when making research that will result in new IT artifacts. This page provides some resources you should read. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11696 | {
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There's something that grapefruit juice, green tea, chili peppers, cinnamon and coconut oil all have in common: studies show that consuming these items can help us burn fat.
Burning fat can be as simple as drinking a glass of grapefruit every morning. Recent research conducted by the University of Western Ontario in Canada has identified that naringenin, a flavonoid in grapefruit, actually performs double-duty as a fat-burning molecule that helps balance out blood sugar levels and helps prevent metabolic syndrome. This pre-diabetic condition is associated with weight gain around the middle. As the scientists discovered, it works by programming the liver to burn up excess fat, rather than storing it. A study conducted by the University of California proves this is the case: obese people who drank a glass before every meal lost between 3.5 and 10 pounds over a three-month period.
Another beverage has been found to be beneficial to dieters: green tea. Research reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reports that green tea can accelerate our bodies' ability to burn cellular energy by up to 40 percent. Researchers believe this is due to the combination of caffeine and flavonoids found in both hot and cold tea.
In another study conducted by Scandinavian researchers, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition also reports that participants given rice pudding with three grams of cinnamon produced less insulin after a meal. With less insulin, which turns excess sugar into fat, there's less weight gain. Another spice, chili pepper, speeds up metabolism and heat production due to the heat-producing molecule capsaicin. Eating chiles gives our cells a fat-burning boost -- up to 25 percent, in fact. Maastricht University conducted trials that showed eating chili peppers suppresses hunger and prolongs the feeling of fullness, reducing appetite.
And finally, Cherie Calbom, who wrote The Coconut Diet, reports that replacing cooking oil with coconut oil can help us lose weight. Why? Coconut fat yields just 6.8 calories per gram versus 9.0 calories as with most fats. And those calories actually act more like carbohydrates, being burned by the liver to generate immediate energy. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition agrees: The body digests coconut oil more easily that other types of fats and is quickly converted into a source of energy. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11697 | {
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Whistler Train Wreck is located along Cheakamus River over several hundred metres of scenic, and deep forest. The trailhead can be found in Cheakamus Crossing, a neighbourhood 8 kilometres south of Whistler Village. The area is home to quite a variety of hiking and biking trails, both old and new. The Whistler Train Wreck trail from Cheakamus Crossing was only established in 2016 after construction of a beautiful bridge over Cheakamus River. Previously you had to start the trail from the Function Junction side of the Sea to Sky Highway(and train tracks). This meant that you had to cross the tracks at least once and walk along or beside the tracks for two small sections where the Cheakamus River skirts the train tracks. Growing popularity in recent years meant that people were often noticed by train conductors, which led to BC Rail fining people for trespassing. More hiking information for Whistler Train Wreck click here.. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11703 | {
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Yvonne Phillip, a resident, author, and poet of our community.
On January 31, 1958 James Gladstone, other-wise- known as Akay-Na-Muka, became the first Indigenous–Canadian senator. With his appointment to the Senate, James Gladstone fulfilled the need for Native political representation in the Canadian Parliament. He fought for the rights of Indigenous-Canadians to vote, in a time when other citizens had already been granted that right.
James Gladstone (1887-1871) was born a Cree and later was adopted by the Blackfoot aboriginal nation. After being appointed to Canadian Senate he advocated for better education for Status Indians. He opposed the residential school system in favour of integration into the regular Canadian population. This helped reduce the marginalization of the indigenous Indian population. He brought progressive farming to his people. He was the first person to bring a tractor and other mechanical agriculture equipment to a reserve. He urged other indigenous nations to adopt modern farming.
Akay-Na-Muka, lobbied for the rights and equal treatment Indigenous people. This past year the Canadian government gave him “another first”, by placing his portrait on a printing of new 10 dollar bills. This series celebrated the 150th anniversary of Canada’s confederation in 1867. On this new bill three other outstanding Canadians were recognized; Agnes McPhail, who fought for the Canadian women’s right to vote; Sir George-Etienne Cartier and Sir John A. MacDonald, the two Canadian politicians, along with others, who worked as a team to bring the various parts of the new Canadian nation together! | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11705 | {
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Colon cancer ranks third in cancer related mortalities in the United States. Many studies have investigated factors that contribute to colon cancer in which dietary and environmental factors have been shown to play an integral role in the etiology of this disease.
Specifically, human dietary intake of environmental carcinogens such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has generated interest in looking at how it exerts its effects in gastrointestinal carcinogenesis.
Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the preventative effects of olive oil on benzo(a)pyrene [B(a)P]-induced colon carcinogenesis in adult ApcMin mice. Mice were assigned to a control (n =8) or treatment group (n =8) consisting of 25, 50 and 100 μg B(a)P/kg body weight (bw) dissolved in tricaprylin [B(a)P-only group] or olive oil daily via oral gavage for sixty days. The studies showed that ApcMin mice exposed to B(a)P developed a significantly higher number (p< 0.05) of larger dysplastic adenomas compared to those exposed to B(a)P + olive oil. Treatment of mice with B(a)P and olive oil significantly altered (p< 0.05) the expression of drug metabolizing enzymes in both the colon and liver tissues. However, only GST activity was significantly higher (p< 0.05) in the liver of mice treated with 50 and 100 μg B(a)P/kg bw + olive oil. Lastly, olive oil promoted rapid detoxification of B(a)P by decreasing its organic metabolite concentrations and also decreasing the extent of DNA damage to colon and liver tissues (p< 0.05).
These results suggest that olive oil has a protective effect against B(a)P-induced colon tumors. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11706 | {
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Havana, the capital of the Republic of Cuba, is located in the western part of the island, is the political, cultural and scientific administrative center of the country, with an area of 727 km². Founded in 1519 it is now the largest city in the Caribbean and treasured architectural and monumental values that are among the most valuable in America. Bordered by a long coastline, which can be enjoyed over 14 km of pristine quality, and protected by a comprehensive green belt ensuring the environmental health of a prepared square? Such a design also allows you to successfully face business tourism and incentive travel. Its historic center and system of fortifications were declared in 1982 by UNESCO World Heritage Site. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11710 | {
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A unique feature of church life in England, paralleled nowhere else in the world, has been the development of a network of Intermediate Bodies – mostly corresponding to counties or large cities – where the Churches have developed a pattern of co-operation and shared life which also gives oversight to local ecumenism in its different forms.
At the 1987 Swanwick conference, when it was agreed to set up national ecumenical instruments like Churches Together in England, some 'umbrella' groupings already existed, notably in Merseyside and Greater Manchester, originally to care for Local Ecumenical Partnerships (LEPs – then called Projects). The Churches agreed that similar bodies should be created throughout England, each more or less matching county boundaries. Their task is not only to care for LEPs but perhaps more importantly, to support and encourage local unity.
Each County or Intermediate Body is resourced very differently. Most, though not all, have someone who acts as the contact person. When these people are ecumenically appointed, they are often called the County Ecumenical Officer, though their actual job titles vary considerably, often including 'development' or 'mission' or 'facilitator'. Many of these are employed, mostly part time. They work closely with a network of Denominational Ecumenical Officers, supported by National Ecumenical Officers. Churches Together in England considers the support of Intermediate Bodies key to the development of local unity and offers written resources and staff support on request.
The best way to contact a County/Intermediate Body is through the County Ecumenical Officer (CEO) and dedicated website below. Be aware, however, that each county is resourced very differently and while some CEOs are employed full time, most are not and some are employed for very few hours a week. They will, however, always do whatever they can to help.
CEOs are responsible for keeping this list up to date – a reminder about how to do that can be downloaded. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11711 | {
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Let’s talk about extra time in a soccer match, also called overtime. I know you have questions like “Can I bet on extra time? Do soccer bets include extra time? What about extra-time In-play markets?
The extra time or the overtime in a match is the additional period of play after the regular 90 minutes. It’s very common that the match has two halves and each one is 45 minutes long. Between the two halves, there are 15 minutes of break. The delays that happen in regular time, known as stoppage time (time lost for substitutions, time wasted by the players), or injury time (injuries during the game) is an additional time at the end of each half.
Two halves of 15 minutes make the extra time 30 minutes long. If there’s no winning team after the extra time each team has 5 penalties. After the penalties, the winner can be officially determined.
The soccer match between Germany and the Chez Republic at UEFA Euro 1996 Final. Oliver Bierhoff scored a golden goal 5 minutes after extra time started. This is the first golden goal in History and made Germany Champions.
Later in February 2004, it’s been announced that after Euro 2004 in Portugal, the golden goal would no longer be an option for winning a soccer match.
So there is no more golden goal rule in extra time. Both teams can take sudden death penalties, only in case if after 5 regular penalties still there’s no winner. Penalties are taken until the moment when one of the team missed a penalty. Then a winner can be determined.
Can I bet on extra time? Do soccer bets include overtime?
Stoppage time or injury time are included in your bet. But it’s a no for extra-time, penalty shootout etc.The soccer match markets are based on the result of regular 90 minutes.
The goals and corners that happen in regulation time will not be count. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11714 | {
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Today’s electricity grid–and the buildings and appliances it powers–are, for the most part, dumb. In most areas, there’s no way for utilities and consumers to communicate in real time, so it’s difficult to reduce demand during peak times. The stimulus bill passed early this year provided $11 billion to upgrade the grid, but it’s going to take a while. In the meantime, a growing number of technologies are available for consumers who want to understand and manage their electricity consumption. Here are some of the latest products.
Many utilities are considering tiered pricing systems based on demand at different times. GE’s smart refrigerator and other appliances going on sale this year can connect with energy management systems to receive real-time pricing information and do things like delay a defrost cycle until prices go down. Washing machines and dishwashers can also delay operation or switch to efficient modes. Customers can override these cost-saving functions if needed.
A mobile application from Tendril, a startup in Boulder, CO, will make it possible to control appliances and heating-and-cooling systems from an iPhone. The app is designed to work with Tendril’s smart outlets (which monitor and control individual appliances and lighting) and smart thermostats (which allow fine-grained control of furnaces and air conditioners). These devices communicate wirelessly to an Internet-connected household hub, through which they can be controlled via the iPhone or any other means of Web access. They also enable utilities to tweak electricity loads, with customers’ permission.
Sensors can measure the performance of transformers and power lines, allowing utilities to respond to breakdowns and spot opportunities to save energy. But such devices often require costly proprietary communication networks. SmartSynch’s SmartBox communicates with just about any grid-monitoring equipment and sends the data through existing cellular networks, paving the way for wider adoption. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11716 | {
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Though usually seen as a festive side dish, brussel sprouts are in fact a ‘super veg’, bursting with an amazing variety of beneficial nutrients. It is these nutrients that promote it's wonderful health benefits.
Brussel sprouts belong to the group of vegetables known as the brassica family, which includes broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage. These vegetables share many special properties; however it is thought that the brussel has certain antioxidant nutrients that are unlikely to be found in any other food.
Many studies have been conducted in to the brussel sprout’s anti cancer properties. Chronic inflammation, low antioxidant status and poor liver detoxification may all play a role in the development of cancer. However, it is thought that the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and detox promoting nutrients packed in to the brussel sprout, contribute to its anti cancer mechanisms.
Avoid overcooking brussels to retain their nutrient status and taste. Cut into four and let them sit for a few minutes before steaming, for optimal health benefits.
Try roasting your brussels with pecans and garlic, tossing them lightly steamed in to a salad, with onion, feta and walnuts or simply steam, dress with olive oil and season. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11718 | {
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For 2-part reeving, the diagonal spacing values (Sp & Sb) entered below would simply be the spacing at each associated single sheave.
The results of this calculator are approximations only. The calculator is not intended for design.
Resulting plotted points landing within a wire rope class band indicate uncertain stability for that rope class. Points below the band will most likely be stable. Points above the band will most likely be unstable.
Der Rechner bestimmt den Metallquerschnitt eines Seils und verwendet die ermittelten Daten anschließend zur Berechnung der elastischen Dehnung eines Seils unter Last. Hier klicken , um den Rechner für Metallquerschnitt und elastische Dehnung aufzurufen.
Mit diesem Rechner lässt sich bestimmen, wie viel Seil eines bestimmten Durchmessers sich auf eine Trommel einer bestimmten Größe spulen lässt. Hier klicken , um den Trommelkapazitätsrechner aufzurufen.
This calculates the metallic cross-sectional area in a rope and then uses this information to calculate elastic stretch in a rope that occurs under load. Click here to view our Metallic Area/Elastic Stretch Calculator.
This determines if the reeving system in a hoist block will be stable (no block twisting) or unstable (block twisting will occur). Click here to view our Block Stability Calculator.
This calculates the rated capacity for a sling used in a choker hitch. Click here to view our Choker Rated Capacity Calculator.
This calculates how much rope of a given diameter can be spooled onto a reel of a given size. Click here to view our Drum Capacity Calculator.
This shows the metric size equivalent to imperial rope diameters. Click here to view our Metric Conversion for Standard Rope Diameters. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11721 | {
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gain access to the Chauvet caves and finally wrote her piece based on photos and interviews. I recently joined Thurman at a screening for her first experience of Chauvet in 3D. Her response when the lights came up: "It's a miracle."
The earliest known visions of mankind: the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc cave art of southern France, created more than thirty thousand years ago. By comparison, the famous cave art of Lascaux is roughly half as old. Since Chauvet's discovery in 1994, access has been extremely restricted due to concerns that overexposure, even to human breath, could damage the priceless drawings. Only a small number of researchers have ever seen the art in person.
Herzog gained extraordinary permission to film the caves using lights that emit no heat. But Herzog being Herzog, this is no simple act of documentation. He initially resisted shooting in 3D, then embraced the process, and now it's hard to imagine the film any other way. Just as Lascaux left Picasso in awe, the works at Chauvet are breathtaking in their artistry. The 3D format proves essential in communicating the contoured surfaces on which the charcoal figures are drawn. Beyond the walls, Herzog uses 3D to render the cave's stalagmites like a crystal cathedral and to capture stunning aerial shots of the nearby Pont-d'Arc natural bridge. His probing questions for the cave specialists also plunge deep; for instance: "What constitutes humanness?" | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11726 | {
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When it comes to dental implants, it is essential to get the placement right, according to a detailed 2009 study from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Study leader and chair of the periodontics department David Cochran, revealed that during the time between dental implant placement and the placement of the final prosthesis, the majority of the patient's bone remodelling took place.
The results of his study, which was published in the Journal of Periodontology, revealed that in contrast, during the five years after an implant was fitted, relatively little bone change was observed.
This, he suggests, could provide further support for the theory that dental implants can be beneficial when it comes to replacing missing teeth.
And while periodontists should aim first and foremost to try and save patients' natural teeth whenever it is possible, Dr Cochran asserts that the findings emphasise the benefits of implants in restoring patient tooth function.
This is why it is so important for practitioners to pay particular attention during the fitting process.
Once this has been correctly completed, Dr Cochran says that periodontists can take pride in a job well done and move on to other oral care treatments for the patient.
He said: "Since the patient's host tissue surrounding the dental implant largely remains unchanged in the five years following placement, the dental team can now focus on periodic assessment and treatment of other areas in the mouth as needed, and know that the implant is doing its job as a viable substitute solution."
Another aspect of periodontics that may be worth further investigation is the use of gene therapy in regenerating tooth-supporting bone around dental implants.
Research undertaken at the University of Michigan that has previously been published in the medical journal Molecular Therapy suggests that advances made in regenerated bone structure in rats could one day be applied to humans.
Calling the investigation a "proof of concept" study, associate professor of biomedical engineering William Giannobile said that it offers an encouraging outlook.
But when mouth wounds are present, results of dental implants can be unpredictable. Current reconstructive surgery options include bone grafts (which are usually taken from a patient's jaw), or using donated tissue. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11728 | {
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A collaboration between the New York Times data viz team and the Climate Impact Lab was released today, allowing visitors to explore how much their local climate has changed since the year they were born and how it is projected to change in the future.
Two big things happened today. First, our team at the Climate Impact Lab launched an interactive data visualization page where many of our results will be featured as we produce them. You can zoom to the future and see probabilistic outcomes at unprecedented resolution (>24,000 individual regions!).
Second, the New York Times featured the the Impact Lab's work and built their own visualization to illustrate the changing frequency of extremely hot days expected in the future.
We launched the Opportunity Lab website. The Opportunity Lab is a new group of economists on campus that leverage data to uncover solutions to poverty and inequality issues. The Lab focuses on six core research areas: Climate and Environment, Crime and Criminal Justice, Education and Child Development, Health, Social Safety Nets and Employment, Taxation and Inequality. Sol and collaborator Reed Walker are co-directing the Climate and Environment program of the Lab. Stay tuned!
We launched the Climate Impact Lab website. The Impact Lab is a collaboration with team members at University of Chicago, Rutgers, and Rhodium Group to construct an empirically founded basis for the global social cost of carbon.
This collaboration produced the American Climate Prospectus in 2014.
Tamma Carleton and Solomon Hsiang visited New Zealand to work with a Maori Land Trust in an effort to develop new frameworks and techniques for measuring sustainable development.
The NSF awarded $2.9M to Berkeley for “Environment and Society: Data Science for the 21st Century (DS421),” a new National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT). DS421 is an interdisciplinary graduate training program at UC Berkeley at the interface of data, social and natural sciences.
Read about the DS421 program.
Solomon Hsiang, Amir Jina, James Rising, and colleagues published a major report--The American Climate Prospectus--providing the first detailed assessment of the economic risks posed by climate change to the US economy. The analysis was the foundation of the Risky Business report, published simultaneously by Michael Bloomberg, Hank Paulson, Tom Steyer, and colleagues.
Read the Berkeley press release.
Read the American Climate Prospectus. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11731 | {
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This special edition of Participatory Learning and Action looks at emerging web services and applications that encourage users to collaborate and interact online, commonly known as Web 2.0.
Web 2.0 is radically changing the ways we create, share, collaborate and publish information via the internet. Participatory Web 2.0 for development – or Web2forDev for short – is a way of employing web services to intentionally improve information-sharing and online collaboration for development. Web 2.0 presents us with new opportunities and challenges which we need to better understand and grasp.
Part I introduces both Web 2.0 tools and the concept of Web2forDev.
Part II examines some uses of specific Web 2.0 tools for development purposes.
Part III focuses on the integration of multiple Web 2.0 tools to address specific issues.
Part IV discusses theory and reflections on practice, including lessons learnt from experience, challenges identified, and ways forward.
Part V Tips for trainers provides a collection of short introductions to Web 2.0 tools.
Most of the themed articles are based on presentations made at the Web2forDev conference, which was held in September 2007 at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) headquarters in Rome, Italy. The conference was the first international event focusing specifically on how Web 2.0 tools could be used to the advantage of Southern development actors, operating in the sectors of agriculture, rural development and natural resource management. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11732 | {
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In many low and middle resource countries, trauma is an epidemic. Injuries that could be dealt with in an expeditious manner in one country often result in disability or death in countries that lack robust pre-hospital systems. Pre-hospital care is any care a patient receives before their arrival at a hospital, which includes transport to an appropriate facility. The Project SEMILLA pre-hospital trauma course emphasizes the rapid and systematic evaluation of trauma patients, and aims to provide skills and knowledge geared toward those who do pre-hospital work, be it as members of an ambulance crew or as first-responders at a scene.
Our pre-hospital trauma course is a one-day course that, like other SEMILLA courses, features morning lectures and afternoon skill stations. The 2017 course was held in Managua and attended by members of the Nicaraguan Red Cross, various Nicaraguan Volunteer Fire Departments, and members of the National Police. Lecture topics included primary and secondary survey, airway, breathing, circulation, hemorrhage/shock, and neurological and spinal injuries. The SEMILLA pre-hospital trauma course is designed to help our participants put the knowledge from the didactic portion of the course into practice by providing hands-on skill stations. These skill stations covered techniques ranging from management of the airway, bag valve mask ventilation, hemorrhage control, splinting, and proper spine immobilization. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11735 | {
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If I were 3 years old, how could I hurt myself? That’s the question parents need to ask themselves when decorating a child’s bedroom. There are a hundred ways a child could get hurt in a home. The bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom each have their own types of hidden dangers.
First, let’s talk about the bedroom. After all, this is where the child will spend most of their time. That being said, by most of the time, I mean that they are sleeping. Depending on how old the child is, there might be a rail on the bed so that the child doesn’t fall out in the middle of the night. Also depending on the age of the young one, the parents might not want too much of a blanket if there is a baby in the crib. A large blanket could be hazardous for suffocation.
Next, the kitchen has its own set of hazards. Where are the sharp utensils? I surely hope that knives are out of reach. Because if they are not, they could find their way into a child’s hand. Does the outside of the oven get hot? I hope not because a toddler will find their way to it. Also, when the child gets a little taller, can they reach the stove top? I think you’re beginning to notice a pattern.
Children will find a way to get hurt. They will find many ways. However, it’s the parent’s job to attempt to minimize how bad they get hurt and how they get hurt. Let’s take a look at the bathroom.
A slippery bathtub is a recipe for disaster. This is especially true if there is a possibility the child’s head could land on the metal faucet. Many parents will put a rubber child safely nozzle as an extra precaution. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11737 | {
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This module is about fundamental questions in the economics of the public sector: how should decisions be made about whether particular tasks should be undertaken by the public sector or the private sector? It therefore deals with public goods, policies with respect to external effects and so on. The course then develops the criteria by which a tax or possible tax reform can be assessed and applies them to the development of tax policy.
The broad scope of this module means internationalisation is embedded in the course content with examples being drawn from different countries as well as an analysis of the tax and public expenditure implications of globalization.
Sustainability is included in the issues involved, for example in the analysis of corrective taxation such as pollution taxes.
Employability will be enhanced by the development of analytical skills.
The module draws on Simon James’ extensive research in the area with a range of his publications on the reading list, including his textbook (with Christopher Nobes), The Economics of Taxation: Principles, Policy and Practice (15th edition 2015), A Dictionary of Taxation, second edition, 2012, viii + 299 pages, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham and Northampton, Massachusetts and (edited) The Complexity of Tax Simplification: Experiences from around the World, Palgrave Macmillan (2016) and Taxation, Critical Perspectives on the World Economy, Routledge, London and New York, Four volumes, 2002, xi + 1,696 pages.
The aim of this module is to reinforce students’ ability to undertake economic analysis and to apply it to a whole range of policy issues relating to the public sector. By the end of the module students will be able to analyse the advantages and disadvantages of various forms of public sector activity and assess particular suggestions for improvement. On the revenue side, the module aims to enable individuals to analyse particular taxes and proposed tax reforms in terms of efficiency and equity and other criteria as appropriate.
S. James and C. Nobes (2016), The Economics of Taxation: Principles, Policy and Policy, 16th ed., Birmingham: Fiscal Publications. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11738 | {
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Business, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding examines the actions currently being taken by businesses in areas of violent conflict around the world, and explores how they can make a significant contribution to the resolution of violent conflicts through business-based peacebuilding.
This book combines two approaches to provide a comprehensive look at the current state and future of business- based peacebuilding. It marries a detailed study of documented peacebuilding activities with a map of the possibilities for future business-related conflict work and pragmatic suggestions for business leaders, conflict resolution practitioners, and peacebuilding organizations. The use of the label ‘business-based peacebuilding’ is new and signifies actions business can take beyond simple legal compliance or making changes to avoid creating a conflict. Although business-based peacebuilding is new, examples are included from around the world to illustrate that, working together, businesses have a strong contribution to make to the creation of peaceful societies. The book advocates pragmatic peacebuilding, which is not overly concerned with cause-driven models of conflict. Instead, pragmatic peacebuilding encourages an examination of what is needed in the conflict and what can be provided. This approach is free of some of the ideological baggage of traditional peacebuilding and allows for a much wider range of participants in the peacebuilding project.
This book will be of much interest to students of peace studies, conflict resolution, international security and business studies, as well as to practitioners and business leaders. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11739 | {
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The period 1485 – 1625 saw an explosion of writing – books, plays, poems, pamphlets and prayers poured from the new printing presses. Government censorship was strict. Many works, particularly on religious or political topics, were banned but no matter how severe the punishments for publishing unauthorised material, it continued to flourish.
The great literary achievements of the Bible and Prayerbooks in English and Welsh transformed both languages and created a literary standard that still influences both languages today. The political works of Erasmus, More, Tyndale, Vives, Lefèvre, Vives, Machiavelli and many others across Europe transformed the secular as well as the religious landscape.
It was also a great era of poetry and playwriting, culminating in the last years of the century with Shakespeare, Marlowe and Johnson. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11744 | {
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How Good is 440A Steel?
440A steel is a steel in the 440 family which contains a variety of other metals with varying properties. The others include 440B, 440C, and the less common 440F. All the 440 steels are considered truly stainless, but 440A has the highest corrosion resistance of all because it contains the least amount of carbon.
How Good is N680 Steel? | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11746 | {
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On June 6th, 1815, a group of eleven men met, for the purpose of incorporating St. James Parish. On the 10th of April, 1816, ground was broken for the first St. James red brick Church on Ellicott Street. Taking six years to complete, the walls were three feet thick with tall deeply recessed Gothic windows in the Nave. The Church was consecrated on Friday, September 22, 1826.
By 1833, the life of the brick Church was fading. The hurried and unstudied construction made repair expenses increasingly excessive with each passing year. A new stone Church was erected on the same site in 1836. This new Church was built in part with the resources from the old church with enough brick left over to build a parsonage next to the Church. This parsonage was the Rector's home for almost 70 years until 1904. The building is still in use as offices, and is located on Ellicott Street. This Church was consecrated on September 11, 1836. Due to faulty materials and inadequately supported beam construction, the six year old roof and ceiling were replaced at great expense and trouble. By 1904 the stone Church was deteriorating quickly.
We are the People of St. James and this is Our History.
The cornerstone of the new St. James Church building on East Main Street, the residential heart of the city, was dedicated on April 10, 1908. A bequest by Adelaide Richmond Kenny made the move possible. The barn on the property was sold, the land rented and the lumber from the house was saved for building purposes. Only the iron fence was left and is still standing along Main Street. As the building progressed, windows were transferred from the old church along with choir stalls, organ, chancel rail, lectern, tabernacle, Bishop's chair, litany desk and candelabras. Mr. George Rupprecht donated a new chancel window. The old Troy bell now hung in a truly English belfry and first chimed the call to worship in the fall of 1909. The new rectory was completed in 1930.
The massive bell tower is an excellent composite of the elements of English towers. St. James has completely opened the tower on the inside to be part of the nave. The large stained glass window in the front of the tower is very rich in color and adds warmth to the building.
A comprehensive history of St. James was written in 1965. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11748 | {
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In my classes this week I tried out two ways of distilling the text. The first is what’s known as a Literary 3X3, which is a technique I hadn’t heard of until a few weeks ago. The Literary 3X3 asks students to write three sentences of three words each that capture the essence of a text. There are rules. Students should try to use abstract nouns, no proper nouns, no “to be” verbs, no articles, no repeated words, no pronouns, no cliches.
We wrote one about Septimus Warren Smith’s story in Mrs. Dalloway.
Isn’t it great? They wrote the second line first, then the last line. I suggested they back up and write about what came before the other two lines and write a first line. They were so happy with their first line they clapped after they were finished.
One student said, “It’s like a poem!” Another added, “Yeah, like a haiku, but… not.” Man, my students make me laugh.
The students said “Woah!” I asked, “What do you think? Does this capture what the poem is about?” They agreed that it did.
What I love about these activities is that it’s actually quite hard to reduce a text down to three sentences or down to a single word, and yet, the results were great.
I loved that question. I had to admit truthfully that they could have said different words, but that yes, the idea is that these sorts of activities will yield results like this. Still, I love it that he has an idea I’m totally messing with their minds.
I love wordles. Your passion for finding new strategies is very evident in this post. Sometimes 3×3 is much more powerful than 5 paragraphs. Nice Work.
Thanks! They did some good work this week, even if it was the week before break.
I loved both ideas! Both are great ways for students to think about the central idea. You took something quite difficult, and you made it fun. Thank you for sharing! | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11749 | {
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From humble beginnings, Bartolomeo Scala (1430-1497) trained in the law and rose to prominence as a leading citizen of Florence, serving as secretary and treasurer to the Medicis and chancellor of the Guelf party before becoming first chancellor of Florence, a post he held for fifteen years. His palace in Borgo Pinti, modeled on classical designs, was emblematic of his achievements as a humanist as well as a public official. Along with his professional writings as chancellor, Scala's personal treatises, fables, and dialogues--widely read and admired by his contemporaries--were deeply indebted to classical sources. This volume collects works from throughout his career that show his acquaintance with recently rediscovered ancient writers, whose works he had access to through the Medici libraries, and the influence of fellow humanists such as Marsilio Ficino, Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II), and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Perhaps the most significant is the Defense against the Detractors of Florence, a key document in the development of modern republicanism.This volume presents fresh translations by Ren�e Neu Watkins of five of the texts based on Latin editions by Alison M. Brown, who also contributes an introduction to Scala's life and works. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11755 | {
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Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo have a great article on global poverty, presenting their research on what the poorest people in the world actually spend their money on, and whether there is a nutritional poverty trap.
In short, they question whether there is. Basically, few people in the world today are starving… food is pretty cheap these days, and people at the lowest end of the scale, if given extra money, don’t spend it all on food. Or to be more precise, rather than improve their nutrition a bit, people are likely to buy simple luxuries (a TV, a cel phone), or spend money on festivals and celebrations, or just buy tastier food.
It’s not that there isn’t desperate poverty, or that these choices are always top notch— the authors suspect that people are often not well informed about what a little better nutrition might get them or their children. But it’s interesting to know that, so to speak, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is not a strict progression… people want some of everything before they’re fully fed. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11757 | {
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Island Park was an amusement park in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. It opened on June 30, 1923, and closed in 1934. Island Park was so named as the park was on an island at the split between the two branches of the Susquehanna River.
The park featured one roller coaster, a Philadelphia Toboggan Company wooden coaster, Island Flyer. Island Flyer opened on May 30, 1925, and closed with the removal of all rides from the park in 1934. Stories suggest the roller coaster was destroyed in a flood in 1936 – however, the coaster was torn down before the flood happened.
Island Park continued to operate without any rides after 1934 and under different names before closing down. Today, Island Park is a campground with no connection to the park. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11758 | {
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Migraine is a neurological disease, of which the most common symptom is an intense and disabling episodic headache. Migraine headaches are usually characterized by severe pain on one or both sides of the head. Absent serious head injuries, stroke, and tumors, the recurring severity of the pain indicates a vascular headache rather than a tension headache. Migraines are often accompanied by photophobia (hypersensitivity to light), phonophobia (hypersensitivity to sound) and nausea.
Women often suffer from migraines due to hormonal imbalances. Very often women experience migraine at a certain point in their cycle.
We have extensive experience with migraines whether they are from hormonal issues or structural. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11759 | {
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famed for their hearty singing. Singing occurred mainly at two types of Methodist meetings: the popular preaching service, which included a hymn before and after the sermon, and the “love-feast,” where several hymns were sung at the conclusion. But it wasn’t only at indoor meetings that Methodist hymn singing was remarked upon. Charles Wesley was known for leading his followers in hearty singing as they walked along public roads between gatherings.
The Methodist leadership made very specific directions on how the people were to sing. In 1746, it suggested the following to its preachers.
To be careful to choose hymns proper to the congregation.
To choose hymns of praise or prayer.
To beware of singing too much – though many Wesleyan hymn texts were very long, no more than 5-6 verses were to be sung at a time.
To regularly stop the singing and ask the people if they knew the meaning of what they had just sung. This was one of John Wesley’s favorite techniques.
The most valuable comments on Methodist singing come from John Wesley himself in the prefaces to his hymnbooks. The following comments are found in the preface to “Sacred Melody”, the melody portion of Select Hymns (1761).
Learn these tunes before any others.
Sing them exactly as they are printed here…If you have learned to sing them otherwise, unlearn it as soon as you can.
Sing All. See that you join with the congregation as frequently as you can.
Sing lustily and with good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead, or half asleep; but lift up your voice with strength. Be no more afraid of your voice now, nor more ashamed of its being heard, than when you sung the songs of Satan. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11760 | {
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First Ladies: Style of Influence examines how the role of the first lady has evolved over time, and how first ladies have used their position to advance diplomacy and other social, cultural, and political initiatives.
The impact of first ladies, including Laura Bush, Barbara Bush, Dolley Madison, Michelle Obama, and Eleanor Roosevelt, will be viewed through themes presented in the Bush Institute's landmark research report, A Role Without a Rulebook: The Influence and Leadership of Global First Ladies. Visitors will explore how American first ladies have served as hostess, teammate, champion, and policy advocate, all within the context of the changing American political and cultural landscape.
In addition to rare photographs and historic documents, artifacts on display will include Eleanor Roosevelt's black evening gown, Dolley Madison's snuff-box, and Lou Hoover’s original Girl Scout uniform and Cine-Kodak movie camera. As their stories unfold, visitors will learn the challenges and rewards of a position that is reimagined by each person who holds it. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11762 | {
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To show how important I think a healthy gut is I will turn to a quote by the one and only Hippocrates: "All diseases begin in the gut". Short but to the point! And we're finally learning just how true that statement is.
And boy does stress effect the gut. Chronic stress can interfere with your nutrient absorption, decrease blood flow to your gut which ultimately decreases your metabolism, decrease oxygen flow to your gut, cause negative effects on the microflora, and it can decrease the amount of enzymes produced (in basic terms enzymes help break down the food).
Now I don't want you to start stressing about your stress! But it may be good to try a couple practices to help ease your stress.
Meditation has shown to have profound effects on both mental and physical health, as well as reduce stress.
If you think you are too busy to meditate, you'll be surprised to know that many of the top executives practice meditation, including Bill Ford of Ford Motors, Rupert Murdoch of News Corp, Russell Simmons, and of course Oprah Winfrey.
It may seem counter-intuitive; if I don't have enough time to finish the things on my list, then how do I have enough time to meditate? But meditation has been found to increase productivity, focus, creative thinking and cognitive functioning. That's not to mention decrease stress and improve digestive health!
If you aren't familar with this practice, I recommend starting out simply with just 2-5 minutes. Sit in a chair and clothes your eyes.
Now pay attention to your body starting with your toes. What do you feel? Are they warm, cold, sore, itchy, dry? Then make your way up through your feet, legs, hips, stomach, back, shoulders, arms, neck, all the way up to your head.
You can add some essential oils to enhance your experience. Check out my recommendations here!
Now, don't wash your hair, don't shower and definitely no shaving please! Just kidding, carry on with normal life. You don't have to become a buddhist monk or a hippie to continue this practice! | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11763 | {
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Listen in to learn more about how honeybees affect global regions, which pollinators are the most effective, and how studies could improve their research.
Listen in to learn how your local and country agencies have fought for pollinator health, and what changes are taking place with farmers and regulators.
Listen in to learn more about the Monarch butterfly, what Monarch waystations are and why they exist, and their unique system of migration.
“The adult butterfly weighs half as much as a paperclip, yet they fly 40 miles a day and up to 700 miles [to their destination].“ - Tom Landis.
Listen in as we talk about Reardon’s landmark bill, what it has done for pollinators, and how he involved the bee-keeping community.
“[This bill] is one of my favorite projects, ever.“ - Jeff Reardon. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11764 | {
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MURMANSK, December 28. /TASS/. The Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company (Kola MMC, a part of Nornickel) implements a project of electronic medical examinations at its Severny mine, the company’s press service said on Friday.
“By using this system, workers will have to spend less time for tests before shifts, and the tests’ quality will be higher,” the company said.
Traditionally, two medical attendants from the local hospital make those examinations. The biggest problem is they have to examine very many people in limited time. Sometimes, as many as 300 people may be on the line. By using the new methods, the workers will save time, and the risk of traumas and professional diseases will be less.
“The automatic system not only examines the health conditions before the shift, but also informs doctors about test results to that they could see conditions in dynamics or list the risk groups,” the press service said.
The complex of electronic medical examination unites ten robotic terminals with a video camera, which are equipped to measure the pulse, blood pressure, body temperature, and which also have a breethalyzer. A medical attendant watches the examination and may assist in taking tests correctly. The terminal examination takes only about one minute, and all records are kept in a database.
This is another stage of using digital technologies at the Kola MMC. The medical examination project will be upgraded to use the health tests’ results to issue automatic permissions for tested workers to begin shifts. Kola MMC is Nornickel’s first enterprise to use an electronic system for medical examinations. The company’s investments in the project were more than 20 million rubles ($288,000).
The Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company is a leading production complex in the Murmansk Region – a major producer of non-ferrous metals, including strategic metals. The company is the world’s biggest nickel refining enterprise and Russia’s only producer of electrolytic cobalt of highest grades. The Kola MMC accounts for 39% of nickel and 42% of cobalt the Norilsk Nickel Company produces. The products are supplied to the domestic market and exported to European countries. Nickel is a basic component of most super alloys – heat-resistant materials, used in the aerospace industry for power machines’ parts. The Murmansk Region has a biggest in Russia deposit of nickel ores. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11766 | {
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Currently, there is a strong research effort of developing ‘smart’ building materials that respond to temperature changes in a way that improves building energy efficiency. One such method involves introducing Phase Change Materials (PCMs) into building envelope elements as a method of storing thermal energy, thus ‘damping’ indoor temperature changes, thereby reducing the heating or cooling loads and energy consumption.
Yasir Rashid at United Arab Emirates University has developed a novel protective coating to encapsulate the PCM while mixing into concrete, thus preventing leakage of the PCM material after mixing into concrete. Using greenTEG’s U-Value Kit, he characterized the thermal insulation properties of such concrete samples and found that the integration of cement and PCM absorbed onto foam and clay supporting matrices resulted in lower U-values and better thermal insulation than standard geopolymer concrete.
Developing smart building materials to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions requires the right tools and expertise. greenTEG offers a variety of heat flux sensor solutions that helps you accurately measure and characterize potential new energy saving materials that will aid in the effort against climate change. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11770 | {
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Javanese shadow theatre is an ancient art form which is still performed today in Java and other neighbouring islands. The shadow puppets illustrate stories drawn from Javanese sources as well as the two Indian epics – the Mahabharata (the story of the Great War) and the Ramayana (the story of good king Rama). Performances can last through the night and are performed by a single puppeteer, known as a dalang, accompanied by an orchestra. This puppet represents the famous character ‘Prabu Kresna’ a wise king and able statesman who ruled the Kingdom of Dwarawati well. The puppet is made of parchment pierced, painted and gilded with elaborative hairstyle and costume. This object was offered to the museum by Mrs Margaret Dixon who lived in Sumatra from 1912 to 1933 and possibly worked there as a missionary. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11773 | {
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Sandy Day, our Local History and Genealogical Librarian, has been collecting high school yearbooks for Jefferson County for many years.
When a package arrives on my desk from Sandy, asking me to look at something and see if we can “fix it,” it is likely to be an old yearbook that was found and donated to the library, and she wants to know if we can make it usable.
High school yearbooks are a great source of genealogical information, and can be good local history information from school histories to business advertising contained in most yearbooks.
There are currently two area yearbooks that are at our bindery being digitized and reproduced onto acid-free paper so they can be used in the local history collection.
“The 1936 Blue and Gold Yearbook” belongs to Mt. Pleasant High School and will be the first yearbook of that school in the library collection.
“The Class Annual 1934 Yearbook” of Toronto High School was in poor condition, but can be resurrected for use in the collection.
High school yearbooks seem to land in interesting places. They are carefully maintained and given to the library by Estates or are left at parent’s homes to be stored in the attic or basement to be forgotten until found by someone else.
We have been given yearbooks stored in bubble wrap, as well as those that have layed on a rafter in the barn.
Either way, they help form the history of our county, and need to be maintained.
Mingo High School yearbooks were called “The Chieftain,” “Ex Libris,” and “The Indian” over the various available years.
The former College of Steubenville yearbook was named “The Optimist” in 1950, changing to “The Franciscan” with the change to the Franciscan University of Steubenville.
Sandy loves to acquire additional yearbooks for the collection, and we will try to resurrect yearbooks into usable condition regardless of their current condition. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11774 | {
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MSNBC.com named it one of their favorite entertaining and educational apps for kids!
What’s educational about it? Counting from 1 – 10 is different from understanding the actual quantities 1-10; kids need to practice associating numbers with the quantities they represent. As simple as it sounds, this is actually rather abstract! Studies show that exposing kids to numbers at an early age may actually help kids perform better in school later in life. Splish Splash Inn makes this fun and easy. The app also introduces kids to names of new sea creatures, like jellyfish, starfish and manta rays. The app is also a playful way for children to make music. Encourage your children to stay for a while in the rooms, seeing what songs they can make with the different sea creatures! Exploring musical creativity with children is a great way to plant creative seeds and encourage focus. Get it now! | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11777 | {
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In the 1880s, Jules Ferry implemented a series of strict measures to further weaken regional languages in France, as shown in Bernard Poignant's 1998 report to Lionel Jospin. These included children being given punishments by their teachers for speaking Occitan in a Toulouse school or Breton in Brittany. Art. 30 of Loi d'éducation française (French Teaching Law, 1851) stated that: "It is strictly forbidden to speak patois during classes or breaks."
به چه معنی هست؟"pick on someone " | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11781 | {
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This lodge, one of the earliest dude ranches in Wyoming, was built on the hill beyond in 1897 by William (Billy) Wells and operated until 1906. It was name for the Little Gros Ventre (now Tosi Creek) and was known locally as "Dog Ranch: because of the foxhounds Wells kept for hunting. While Wells guided guests on summer trips through the Green River Valley and Bridger National Forest, the Gros Ventre was most notable as a hunting lodge the served prominent American and British big game sportsmen. The ranch included a central lodge, guest cabins and one of the first wooden bathtubs in western Wyoming.
By 1906 the Gros Ventre was no longer profitable, in part due to stricter game laws and a shorter hunting season. It was dismantled that year and the main lodge moved across the Green River and converted into a ranch house. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11785 | {
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What were the causes/reasons for the discriminatory behavior?
What stereotypes were present in the film?
What stereotypes did you bring to the film that may have been challenged by the film?
How were topics such as dehumanization and justification portrayed?
How did you see prejudice being strengthened or encouraged AND how did you see prejudice being broken down and discouraged in the film? Give specific examples in the film.
In a 3-5 page response paper, discuss your reaction to some themes concerning aggression, prejudice, stereotypes, discrimination, the ultimate attribution error, self-fulfilling prophecy, blaming the victim, scapegoating or interdependence.
Choose at least four of those concepts, explain them, and then give specific examples found in the movie. (Make sure that in writing your response, you use such detail that the instructor will know without a shadow of a doubt that you understand what the concept truly means.) Use the questions above to organize your response. Superior papers will also include references to other sources to support assertions.
Please keep in mind that these films present some hard material and may use language and images that are disturbing. While it is not the intent of the College to condone such activity, we want to be sure that you are familiar with how these issues are played out in society and the media. If you feel that exposure to these scenes is too uncomfortable, please let you facilitator know and he or she will arrange a different assignment for this module. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11787 | {
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The UN’s nuclear agency on Monday said global capacity for electricity generation through nuclear power may be shrinking over the coming decades.
In a new report the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that the sector would face challenges as “ageing reactors are retired and the industry struggles with reduced competitiveness”.
“Overall, the new projections suggest that nuclear power may struggle to maintain its current place in the world’s energy mix,” the IAEA said.
In its worst case scenario, nuclear power capacity would fall by more than 10 percent until 2030. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11788 | {
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Have you ever come across unusual horses that are painted pink and orange, lilac bunnies and yellow kittens? For example, tarzan coloring pages. If face, then surely you have kids who love to engage in coloring. The most interesting thing is that tarzan coloring pages is not just a bright and positive-charging process, but a very useful method for the development of thinking, creativity, and imagination for all people without exception.
Being engaged in the coloring of tarzan coloring pages the child and all adults first of all can get acquainted closer with their structure, color scale. It is clear that colors can be very different, yes, such that they will surely surprise you all, but parents need to tell and show the child exactly what colors these or other objects and objects have. Psychologists are advised to start with the most familiar objects for the kids, such coloring as tarzan coloring pages, such as apples, balls, and the sun. They know all the kids.
Coloring tarzan coloring pages is a great way for our children to become neat and disciplined. These qualities are sure to come in handy later in adult life. In order for the picture to be beautiful, the child will still have to accept the rules of the game and paint it very carefully. So color the tarzan coloring pages! | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11789 | {
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"Before Kaepernick, there was Etan Thomas."
"In We Matter, Thomas strives to show the influence professional athletes can have when they join the conversation on race, politics, and civil rights. Thomas conducted 50 interviews, which included Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, Laila Ali, Michael Bennett, and Eric Reid, among many other athletes, as well as journalists, television personalities, and family members of unarmed black men who were shot and killed. Thomas also explored his ties with the Wizards and spoke with John Wall, Bradley Beal, and current majority team owner Ted Leonsis."
"The honest conversations, published in transcript form and often accompanied by black-and-white photos, serve as a primer on recent police violence cases, a history lesson on the first athletes who stood up for racial injustice, an examination of the experience of being young and black in the United States, and an insightful look at how it feels to lose a loved one to tragedy, from contributors such as Jemele Hill, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Carmelo Anthony...An important read, executed uniquely."
"In his new book, We Matter: Athletes and Activism, Thomas tirelessly interviews a range of people from NBA icons to the families of crime victims to illustrate the importance of athletes using their voice for more than just sports."
"Thomas interviews athletes, coaches, and sports personalities as he covers topics related to activism from the sporting realm and how it is perceived in America. A necessary read."
"A former NBA player and current activist and MSNBC commentator returns with a collection of dozens of interviews on the subject of race in America--all supporting the efforts of athletes to speak out and up...Voices of pain, anger, and hope resound through these pages--and through the reader's heart." | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11790 | {
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To make the discussion of “What is a mind?” more accessible to students around the world, we designed and developed the interactive Talking Head e-learning solution.
“What is a mind?” This is an important question that Professor Mark Solms, Cape Town’s world-renowned authority in the field of Neuropsychology, strives to answer. His insights are so significant that many believe they must be made available to the general public. With the support of Mellon Foundation, the University of Cape Town commissioned our e-learning solutions team to create an interactive audio-visual journey as an introduction for scholars and laymen.
Our team put together an interactive online educational app that allows visitors to navigate through a series of short video lectures exploring assorted topics about the mind.
Content structure and navigation are designed as a dynamically generated “mind map” which hovers around Prof Solms’ head as he speaks letting users jump from one train of content to the next.
Linked to the lectures is an anatomically correct interactive 3D illustration of the brain. Relevant brain areas are highlighted as they are referred to in the videos.
The Talking Head educational app is not only an important vehicle to make Neuropsychology available to a broader audience, it is also a glimpse into the future of web-based video lecturing enhanced with interactive functionality, audience feedback and dynamic data visualization. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11791 | {
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2.L.2.d. Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage-->badge; boy-->boil).
2.RF.3.e. Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences.
2.RI.10. By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11792 | {
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FRICATIVE. In PHONETICS, a vocal sound made by bringing active and passive articulators close together, so that noise is generated as the airstream passes through the gap. The /f/ in fee is made by bringing the active lower lip close to the passive upper front teeth, and is a labiodental fricative CONSONANT. The /f/ and /v/ in five are the same kind of fricative; the first voiceless, the second voiced. Compare AFFRICATE. See SPEECH.
fric·a·tive / ˈfrikətiv/ Phonet. • adj. denoting a type of consonant made by the friction of breath in a narrow opening, producing a turbulent air flow. • n. a consonant made in this way, e.g., f and th. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11794 | {
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In this presentation, Dr. Elizabeth Pringle explains – and provides examples of – mutualism in the natural world. She defines “mutualism” as an interaction between species in which both species benefit. She lists four kinds of mutualism – animal-mediated seed dispersal, pollination, nutritional, and protective. She illustrates the concept with an example of protective mutualism: ants defending plants that they use for nesting or for food against the plants’ natural enemies, by swarming and biting the enemies. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11796 | {
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Building automation network gateways are devices used to interconnect networks having different protocols or different physical properties. A gateway will, in most cases, be required to translate protocols rather than simply repackage the message and resend it. The protocol translation means interpreting the data as presented by the first protocol, then re-encoding the data for equivalent presentation by the second protocol.
In many cases, there is a one to one correlation between elements of data. But that is not always the case. LonWorks has the ability to transmit a “structured” network variable which is a single data entity containing multiple data values. Modbus, on the other hand, is limited to strictly one data value per data entity, or “register”. Therefore, there is potentially a one-to-many or many-to-one translation happening when interconnecting LonWorks and Modbus devices.
BACnet objects will most often have a single data value that is of primary interest, known as the “present value”. However, BACnet objects always have additional properties attached to that primary value, such as “reliability” and “status” of the present value. In most cases, the translation will be one-to-one between protocols such as Modbus and BACnet, with the Modbus register containing a copy of the BACnet object’s present value. However, some network gateways will allow querying the additional object properties to make them accessible as Modbus register values. In this case, the translation is one-to-many with a single BACnet object resulting in multiple Modbus registers.
Open system architecture is a key element in today's control system designs. Connectivity using standard protocols is a vital ingredient in an open system. The ability to use multiple protocols in a single system enhances the flexibility of the system while allowing one to take advantage of a wider variety of products available on the market. Control Solutions' Babel Buster gateways maximize system connectivity options.
Babel Buster gateways from Control Solutions are economical and easy to use. Configuration software is included in the web user interface for most IP models while others have stand-alone configuration software you may download at no cost. Online user guides and videos are provided to get you up and running as quickly as possible. There are no additional drivers or software to buy. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11798 | {
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Continuity of care and care coordination.
Determine what factors affect the decision for a transition across settings within hospice, or out of hospice to inform design of interventions to prevent unwanted transitions, especially how these factors may differ in diverse populations.
Develop and test interventions that address factors leading to discrepancies in transition outcomes such as demographics, organization of the hospice, disease state, etc.
Assess the effect of organizational variables (such as whether the hospice is for-profit, non-profit, independent, part of a vertically or horizontally integrated health care system) on patient- and family-centered outcomes to inform development of interventions to address the discrepancies in transition outcomes across hospices and geographic regions.
Design and test models of care that provide consistency in goals of care across settings to minimize burden on patient and family caregivers.
interventions novel to one field of research or novel in a broad sense? Is a refinement, improvement, or new application of theoretical concepts, approaches or methodologies, instrumentation, or interventions proposed? | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11799 | {
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Background: Esophageal cancer is associated with multiple risk factors and associated with poor prognosis. Incidence of Esophageal cancer is increases now a days and it became a sixth leading cause of cancer related death in world. The purpose of this study was to know the clinical profile of patients of esophageal cancer in a tertiary care teaching hospital of Gujrat, India.
Methods: This is a retrospective hospital record based study for a period of 2015 to 2018 in which 103 patients with endoscopic biopsy confirmed cases of esophageal cancer were analyzed for clinical profile.
Results: Esophageal cancer was most common in low socioeconomic men (66%) of 5th decades (26.21%) associated with tobacco chewing (64.07%) as a major risk factor and dysphagia (86.76%) as most common presenting feature. Most common type and involvement were sqamous type (72.81%) and distal third (50.48%) part of the esophagus respectively.
Conclusions: Primordial prevention and screening of patients may decrease mortality related to esophageal carcinoma.
Znaor A, Brennan P, Gajalakshmi V, Mathew A, Shanta V, Varghese C, et al. Independent and combined effects of tobacco smoking, chewing and alcohol drinking on the risk of oral, pharyngeal and esophageal cancers in Indian men. Int J Cancer. 2003;105:681-6.
Farin K, Graca MD, William FA. Patterns of cancer incidence, mortality and prevalence across five continents: Defining priorities to reduce cancer disparities in different geographic regions of the world. J Clin Oncol. 2006;24:2137-50.
Giri PA, Singh KK, Phalke DB. Study of socio-demographic determinants of esophageal cancer at a tertiary care teaching hospital of Western Maharashtra, India. South Asian J Cance. 2014;3:54-6. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11800 | {
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Is AFFIXION An Official Scrabble Word?
Can the word AFFIXION be used in Scrabble? No. This word is not an official Scrabble word.
Unscrambling A F F I X I O N single tiles values. What are the highest value vowels and consonants in the combination you just used the unscrambler for? Look at our answers below and try to remember them. The more terms you know with these high value characters the better chance of winning you have.
Unscrambling affixion resulted in a list of 1 words found. The word unscrambler shows exact matches of A F F I X I O N and also terms that can be made by adding one or more letters. All answers shown can be used freely in anagram solver puzzle games like Scrabble. If you want to know how many points a word is worth, then use the Score calculator.
Search for exact eight character anagrams on how to unscramble "A F F I X I O N". Anagrams solver unscrambles your jumbled up letters into words you can use in Scrabble. What is your term an anagram of? | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11804 | {
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The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal was created in 1979 to investigate major international crimes that no national or international body was willing or able to hear. In April 1984, to mark the 69th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal held a special hearing in Paris on the Armenian Genocide, becoming the first international and quasi-legal forum to clearly affirm the Genocide.
The Zoryan Institute provided official State Department documents containing eyewitness accounts from American diplomats and missionaries in 1915 along with contemporary photographs depicting the Turkish Government’s ongoing destruction of ancient Armenian monuments. Historians and legal specialists that provided evidence included Richard Hovannisian, Gerard Libaridian, Christopher Walker, Tessa Hofmann, Yves Ternon, Theo Van Boven, Dickran Kouymjian, Leo Kuper and Joe Verhoeven.
The Tribunal’s jury included three Nobel Prize winners along with ten other eminent jurists, theologians, academics and political figures from various western and developing countries.
The Zoryan Institute also arranged for two survivors, Haigouhi Boyajian and Paul Nahabedian, to present their eyewitness accounts to the jury. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11805 | {
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Size: Body--1 1/2", wingspan--3 1/2"
Identification: Head is almost round, prothorax is squarish and narrower than the head, wings are mottled, translucent and grayish color with dark veins. Mandibles of the male are half the length of the body, curved and tapering to the tips, and are held crossing one another; the female's mandibles are shorter and capable of biting.
Biology and Life Cycle: Rounded masses containing hundreds of eggs are laid on rocks and branches near water. Each mass is coated with whitish secretion. Larvae drop or crawl to water to live. They crawl out of water to pupate under logs and stones where they overwinter. Adults emerge in early summer. Complete metamorphosis.
Habitat: Live around water, especially fast-moving, well oxygenated water.
Feeding Habits: Adults eat very little if any; aquatic larvae prey on water insects.
Economic Importance: Larvae are good fish bait.
Organic Control: None needed, beneficial. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11808 | {
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This simple preschool sensory activity can be done using basic household supplies — just salt and a cookie sheet! I love doing sensory activities with my kids. Before my kids are old enough for structured crafts or more formal preschool activities, we start with sensory activities.
Yes, they are messy, but kids get so much out of sensory activities, especially during the preschool years and they always have a blast. I use them to teach all kinds of early educational concepts from alphabet recognition to shapes. As my kids get older, we’ve even used sensory activities to learn basic math facts!
Preschoolers will love the feel of the salt on their fingers and it makes a quick and easy activity when your kids need something to do.
For this activity you will want to have a large baking sheet with an edge. I use baking sheets for so many things. They are perfect for crafts and my older boys love to use them with their Lego sets.
Place the cookie sheet on a table or on the floor. For easy clean up you can spread an old sheet under the cookie sheet. I like to keep things really simple and just do it outside but if the weather is cold where you are the mess from this one isn’t too bad to clean up.
Pour enough salt onto the cookie sheet to cover the bottom.
Show your preschooler how she can use her fingers to draw in the salt. Preschoolers can practice drawing simple pictures such as snakes or they can practice writing their letters and numbers.
Think of this like a giant Etch-a-Sketch. When you want to create a new picture just smooth your hand over the top to create an even layer of salt. My preschooler loved doing this herself . . . of course we are firmly in the “all by me-self” phase.
This activity keeps my kids busy for hours. The nice thing about it is since you are using dry ingredients you can leave it out and come back to it later if you want to take a break.
Do you have a favorite sensory activity that you like to do with your kids? | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11809 | {
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Bevel helical geared motors are angular geared motors where the gear unit output shaft is rotated through 90° to the motor shaft. Bevel helical geared units can either have a solid or a hollow shaft. Bevel helical geared motors represent the ideal solution for drive tasks where an angular geared motor with high power density is required with continuously high output torques.
MOTOX bevel helical geared motors are available in the power range up to 200 kW and rated gear unit torques up to 20 × 103 Nm.
Bevel helical geared motors are, for example, used as travel drives, mixer drives and cable drum drives. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11811 | {
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It is widely planted in parks, gardens and amenity areas.
and willow thickets, and the banks of streams.
There are 5 white stamens and 3 short stigmas.
Leaves are up to 8cm long with irregular dentate lobes.
They turn red in autumn. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11812 | {
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The working principle is a capacitive measurement operating on absorption of water in oil. The physical measured value is % Humidity. New oil has the ability to hold a certain amount of dissolved water. The maximum water amount oil can hold is called “saturation point”. Above the “saturation point” free water will fall out which can cause corrosion inside of the engine. The “saturation point” is influenced by temperature and other different factors like the composition of oil mineral or synthetic, formulation of additives and will change during the lifetime of the oil. The Water in Oil Sensor (WiO) is not measuring free water or emulsion, which is detectable by regular Water in Oil test kits, it measures the absolute water content in oil.
The PAV (Pre Alarm Value) is set to 50% humidity. The MAV (Main Alarm Value) is set to 90% humidity.
More than 100% humidity means free water is present. From this point regular Water in Oil test kits begin to measure.
Normally in the field, the water in oil content is measured by a Water in Oil test kit. The results are mostly <0.02% (or 100.02% humidity), this value means free water content. If the WiO Sensor shows the main alarm, the value is higher than 90% humidity and damage could be caused to the engine if 100% humidity is reached.
Measures the absolute water content in oil.
– The PAV (Pre Alarm Value) is set to 50% humidity.
No cleaning of the sensor is needed. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11814 | {
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What does this graph from the New York Times showing income distribution in the U.S. have to do with the environment? Well, a lot actually. I’ve written a number of posts about the environmental perils of limitless economic growth. The relationship between growth and actual well-being has broken down in rich countries and it will be ecologically impossible to realize western standards of living the world over.
Yet while growth is still a legitimate goal in most developing countries, it continues to be relentlessly pursued by all governments, under the guise that a growing economy will somehow makes us all better off. This graph reveals that there is in fact no shortage of capital floating around today but it is increasingly concentrated in the hands of very few people.
I’m not talking about socialism. I’m talking about basic fairness. Why must a tiny minority have so much – more than they could ever need – when others have nothing? Someone please explain to me how this is beneficial or fair. There will always be income disparity – some with more, some with less. But why does the average CEO in America make 262 times more than the average worker? Why should the CEO of Walmart earn more in an hour (nearly $17,000) than his average employee makes in a year? Why, following the greatest market crash since the Great Depression, did Wall Street pay out average bonuses of roughly half a million dollars in 2010 (17% more than 2009 bonuses)? I’m not sure what can be done about it, but it sure doesn’t seem right to me. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11816 | {
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What is the definition of remittances?
If a woman enrolled in a US university, most likely had what factor bringing her here to the US?
If a man comes to the US to live with relatives who emigrated to the US many years before. What most likely helped him make that decision?
If an immigrant student graduates from a US college, expecting to make a good living, what type of factor reflects the reason for coming to the US?
Which immigrants brought the St. Patrick's Day celebration to the US?
How do celebrations like St. Patrick's Day change American society?
Why do some native born Americans resent immigrants?
Since 1829 more than 65 million people have immigrated to the US. What conclusion could be drawn from this statement?
Chapter 8 Migration to the United States. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11817 | {
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We are more likely to take action when complex activities are broken down into smaller tasks.
It’s difficult to complete a complex task such as “set up your bank account,“ “complete your profile“ or “write to a member of Congress“ Instead, break down these complex tasks into small, easily completed actions. These can be steps in a sequence or simply a list of items that need to be completed to advance through the system. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11818 | {
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Commodities that Outpaced 1970s Inflation.
The chart above shows the “Minor League” of commodities that outpaced the money supply during the 1970s. If the increase in the price of potash was subtracted by the increase in the money supply, the real gain would have been 1.87% over the decade. That is an annualized return (equation: 1.0187^.1 = ?) of .185% per year. Platinum increased 31.52% in real terms, which is a respectable real annualized return of 2.77% over the period.
The chart above shows the “Major League” of commodities that outpaced the money supply during the 1970s. The price of indium increased 244.98% in real terms (the nominal price subtracted by the increase in M3). This is an annualized rate 13.18% every year over the period.
These results show that certain commodities are very good investments during inflationary times. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11826 | {
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"token_count": 206
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The persian cat is presented with this weird mass at its medial canthus, one on the eyelid and a couple on its chin. What are they are what needs to be done with them?
These are hidrocystomas, or if you want to be more eponymous, cysts of Moll (here he is – an anatomist from Utrecht in the 1800’s! A poor picture but at least it shows he wore a bowtie!!) They are cysts derived from apocrine sebaceous glands to be morte precise and need to be removed with sharp knife surgery, which we did with difficulty. When I have the histopath back I’ll pop it onto the website here! There is a recent paper on these – Cantaloube et al 2004 Multiple eyelid apocrine hidrocystomas in two Persian cats. Veterinary Ophthalmology 7(2):121-5 but their cysts didn’t look quite as spectacular as this one to my mind! | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/11829 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 210
} |
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