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"Arthropods are a large group of animals distinguished by having a chitinous, segmented exoskeleton (outer skeleton) and jointed appendages.",
"Examples of arthropods found in the Pacific Northwest include:1.",
"Insects: Characterized by 3 pairs of jointed legs and body divided into 3 major segments.",
"Frequently one may see one pair of antennae on the head and many possess wings.",
"Insects are terrestrial and aerial.",
"Only a handful may be found living by choice in marine habitats.",
"2.",
"Arachnids: Characterized by 4 pairs of jointed legs and body divided into 2 major sebments.",
"Antennae are lacking from the head and none possess wings.",
"3.",
"Crustaceans: Characterized by 5 pairs of large jointed legs (one pair may be pincers) or in some cases one pair of legs per body segment.",
"The body is frequently divided into 2 major areas, with the tail divided further into smaller segments.",
"Crustaceans have 2 pairs of antennae.",
"They are largely aquatic, although some are terrestrial.",
"None have wings.",
"4.",
"Centipedes: Characterized by a small head with similar shaped body segments.",
"One pair of jointed legs is found per body segment.",
"One pair of antennae are found on the head.",
"5.",
"Millipedes: Characterized by a small head with similar shaped body segments.",
"Two (occasionally one) pair of jointed legs is found per body segment.",
"One pair of antennae are found on the head."
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"Center for Teaching and LearningProblem-based Learning (PBL)“PBL is an active and iterative process that engages students to identify what they know, and more importantly, what they don't know.”",
"(University of Delaware, PBL site) PLB started at McMaster University Medical School and is now used around the world at all levels of education.",
"It is related to project-based-learning and inquiry-based learning, but it has its special pedagogical attributes that make it a distinctive learning experience.",
"Using multiple resources, this discussion session will explore ideas for PBL and how and where PBL might be implemented.",
"Facilitators: Bonnie Fink"
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"A process for proving mathematical statements involving members of an orderedset (possibly infinite).",
"There are various formulations of the principle ofinduction.",
"For example, by the principle of finite induction, to prove astatement p(i) is true for all integers i ≥",
"i0 , it suffices to prove that(a) P(i0) is true;(b) for all k ≥",
"i0 , the assumption that P(k) is true (the induction hypothesis)implies the truth of P(k+1).",
"(a) is called the basis of the proof, (b) is the induction step.",
"Generalizations are possible.",
"Other forms of induction permit the induction stepto assume the truth of P(k) and also that ofP(k-1), P(k-2), ...., P(k-i)for suitable i. Statements of several variables can also be considered."
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"- Available NowSeptember 3, 2008 Headliners Music Hall, Louisville, KentuckyMoonalice poster by Alexandra Fischer",
"According to Moonalice legend, the tribe in Kentucky was especially talented.",
"Kentucky nomads played incredible music.",
"And the local hippies grew fantastic hemp.",
"Unfortunately, they were all colorblind.",
"That’s why they used the same name for their hemp that they used for their music: Bluegrass.",
"Smoke it if you’ve got it!",
"According to Moonalice legend, there is far more to the history of Louisville than you read in books.",
"History books say that the first Europeans settled on Corn Island.",
"What they don’t say is that the Europeans actually bought Corn Island from the Moonalice tribe for $24 and a bag of microwave popcorn.",
"Of course, it had a different name then.",
"The tribe had named the island after their favorite crop — Hemp — but practiced crop rotation.",
"It just happened that the fields were full of corn when the Europeans arrived.",
"As a result, the Europeans missed out on the opportunity to invent hemp liquor.",
"Fortunately, they went on to discover bourbon, instead.",
"The rest, as they say, is legend."
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"Origins intrigue many of us.",
"We want to know who, how, and where.",
"Did you know that Chevron Oil Company began in the remote Pico Canyon area of the Santa Susana Mountains of California in 1876 when driller Alex Mentry struck “black gold”?",
"American baseball came from the English game of rounders, with the modern baseball diamond and formalized rules of the game rendered by Alexander Cartwright in the 1840s.",
"The Chinese, around 900 B.C. during the Tang Dynasty, are said to have invented gunpowder by mixing saltpeter with sulfur and carbon.",
"The Mayans, developers of astrology, calendars, and hieroglyphics, are thought to have originated as a civilization about 2600 B.C. in the Yucatan.",
"Think of the impact Chevron, American baseball, gunpowder, and Mayan civilization have had upon the world, socially, economically, and nationally.",
"Yet, they all emerged from existent materials, ideas, and manpower.",
"Each of these randomly selected examples can be given because of the beginning of beginnings.",
"Genesis one and two introduce mankind to the Uncaused Cause of everything.",
"Every inch of soil and all resources buried beneath it, every space, place, creature, and particle of matter came from His willing act of Creation.",
"Yet, who He is one only glimpses here.",
"The rest of Genesis and the next sixty-five books are needed to produce a clearer picture of the God whose work in creating our world is recorded here.",
"Still, the power-packed information about these six days of creation lays the groundwork for everything else, socially, scientifically, physically, and especially spiritually."
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"FIGS is described by Bailey et al.",
"(1988 PASP 100, 1178) and in AAO UM 22: FIGS.",
"It contains 16 InSb detectors widely spaced (for electrical isolation) across which the grating is scanned periodically to give complete coverage.",
"The standard configuration offers a choice of two gratings, which can be interchanged in about one minute, to give spectral resolutions around 400 and 1000.",
"FIGS is a Cassegrain instrument, and uses the f/36 chopping secondary (see § 2.3.4).",
"As in most spectrographs, the spectral resolutions depends on the aperture.",
"Square apertures from 1.0\" to 5.9\" are available, with 3.5\" the most commonly used.",
"In poor seeing the dominant source of noise on moderately bright objects becomes seeing noise, due to the changing transmission through a small aperture as the grating is scanned.",
"The sensitivity limits for the low-dispersion grating are 3 sigma per channel after 30 minutes integration at J,H,K= 14.5 and L' using the low-dispersion grating.",
"For the high-dispersion grating the figures are 13.5 and 7.0 respectively.",
"This assumes full spectral sampling at 13 positions of the grating.",
"The limit through the L' window is a steep function of wavelength.",
"An attractive and powerful feature of FIGS is the imaging mode.",
"The focal plane is scanned across the FIGS entrance aperture, using both the telescope and the chopping secondary.",
"The grating may be scanned at each point in the image, to give a full spectrum, or it may be held fixed so that 16 different wavelengths are imaged at the same time.",
"Obviously in the former case the procedure is very slow, and one should not get ambitious ideas about the sky coverage.",
"An estimate of the sensitivity can be gained from the figures for conventional spectroscopy.",
"Allowance should be made for a minimum of four complete scans of the field being observed; more is better to smooth out irregularities due to seeing and sky variations.",
"FIGS attaches to the telescope via the Figsmount, which also contains various mirrors and dichroics, a viewing TV, and the xenon comparison lamp.",
"FIGSMOUNT, a routine run from the FIGS or IRPS accounts, controls the necessary motors, etc.",
"There are three output ports on Figsmount.",
"FIGS occupies the uppermost one and the f/36 IRPS dewar can be fitted at the second.",
"It is therefore possible to run IRPS and FIGS on the same night.",
"Changing between the two instruments involves some recabling in the control room and usually takes about 5 minutes.",
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"Racial War in the SouthA Test of the American CharaterOn the day the Supreme Court declared segregation unconstitutional the Savannah, Georgia, chapter of Rotary was holding a luncheon meeting.",
"Someone brought in a news flash of the Court’s decision and read it to the group.",
"There was a burst of applause.",
"Other newspaper clippings I collected at the time indicated at least a grudging acceptance by many Southerners of the Court’s decision when it first was announced.",
"In Greensboro, North Carolina, the school board voted six to one to admit Negroes into white schools.",
"Virginia’s state superintendent of public instruction, when asked for comment, replied, “There will be no defiance of the Supreme Court as far as I’m concerned.”",
"The first public reaction of Price Daniel, then in the U.S. Senate and now governor of Texas, was: “Let us accept the law and try to live with the gradual changes it must surely bring.”",
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"Certain plastic food containers have gotten a bad wrap for leaching toxic chemicals into food and water.",
"And now it appears dog toys made of certain materials are along for the ride.",
"According to Discovery News, The worst offenders appear to be plastic fetching batons, called \"bumpers,\" which are used to teach dogs how to retrieve.",
"The news was released on the heels of a conference held by the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.",
"To test for the chemicals, the researchers created simulated dog saliva, then simulated chewing by squeezing purchased bumpers and dog toys with stainless steel salad tongs.",
"Some bumpers and toys were also weathered outside to determine if older toys gave off more chemicals.",
"\"We found that the aging or weathering the toys increased concentrations of BPA and phthalates,\" Smith said.",
"\"The toys had lower concentrations of phthalates than the bumpers, so that’s good news.",
"But they also had some other chemicals that mimicked estrogen.",
"We need to find out what those are.",
"\"Science has already shown that plastic products can in fact leach chemical components that are harmful to living things.",
"Researchers will perform more tests to determine the threat these toys may have and how much actually enters a dog.",
"In the meantime, pet owners may want to re-think their purchase decisions.",
"Especially with holiday giving right around the corner."
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"Akshaya Tritiya, or Akha Teej, is a highly auspicious day which falls on the third day after Amavasi (no moon) in the Hindu month of Vaishakha.",
"Akshaya Tritiya 2014 date is May 2.",
"As per Hindu astrology and almanac, each second on the Akshaya Trithiya day is auspicious.",
"It is said that there is no need to look for a ‘muhurat’ on the day.",
"The word Akshaya means ‘that which never diminishes’ and the day is ideal for beginning new ventures as it is believed that all investments on this day appreciates.",
"In a traditional Hindu lunar calendar, Akshay Tritiya is observed on the third day of Shukla Paksha (waxing phase of moon) in Vaishakh Month.",
"It is believed that the sun and the moon are most radiant and best placed on the day.",
"Therefore it is one of the most popular dates in Hindu calendar for marriages, for beginning new ventures, for investing and for purchasing valuables like gold and diamond.",
"Parashuram Jayanti is also observed on Akshaya Tritiya day.",
"There are numerous legends associated with Akshaya Tritiya; most popular is that of Sudama or Kuchela visiting Lord Krishna in Dwarka with a handful of beaten rice (poha or aval).",
"Another legend suggests that the Pandavas received the Akshaya Pathram (bowl) from Lord Krishna (in the Mahabharata) on this day.",
"It is also believed that Sage Vyasa began the composition of Mahabharata on the day.",
"Lord Vishnu and his incarnations are worshipped on the day.",
"People also conduct Lakshmi puja on Akshaya Tritiya.",
"But nowadays, Akshaya Trithiya is associated with gold purchase and many people wait for the day to make investments in gold.",
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"Title: A is for Autism, F is for FriendAuthor: Keating-Velasco, Joanna L.A Is for Autism, F Is for Friend provides a unique glimpse of life from the perspective of a child who has severe autism.",
"It is told through the voice of Chelsea, an 11-year-old girl, who has severe autism.",
"Chelsea sees kids on the playground and at the park and wants to get to know them, but social interaction can be tricky for her.",
"As Chelsea explains some of her behaviors and challenges, she compares them with issues that all kids face.",
"By demystifying her autism, she underscores the many things she and her schoolmates have in common, prompting a typical child to think, \"Hey, I experience that, too!\"",
"Giving Chelsea a voice provides a rare insight into what a child with autism faces daily.",
"Chelsea discusses issues of eye contact and explains echolalia.",
"Chelsea cheerfully shows us that if we look closely, we are sometimes more similar than different.",
"She brings a fun and clear voice for children who cannot articulate the challenges that autism presents.",
"A Is for Autism, F Is for Friend provides an enjoyable discussion-oriented format for teaching our youth about autism.",
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"Is it possible to multiply the frequency of a digital signal using digital components alone, and at the same time, preserve the duty cycle?",
"I could finally come across the circuit below: it doubles ...I'm trying to scope out what frequencies different common analog signals are.",
"The DPScope design specs provides a list of common lower (sub 1 MHz) frequencies (copied below).",
"audio (20 kHz) ...",
"I have a clock that is running at 25.175MHz I want to run that signal through some basic logic gates from the 74HC series.",
"I have looked on the datasheet for the 74HC08 (AND Gate), I can't seem to ...Important note: You are not helping me do my homework.",
"This is for a competition for engineering students, that encourages you to \"use your network\" ;)",
"I've got this pattern for a frequency divider ..."
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"One of the greatest and the most popular musicians of all time, Franz Schubert spent his tragically short life in Vienna.",
"Schubert was never able to secure any official position or attract any patronage that many composers got before and after him.",
"Schubert's health was poor, especially during his final years.",
"Many of Schubert’s compositions remain unfinished.",
"Franz Schubert's today has become one of the most performed composers ever.",
"More Schubert sheet music download on EveryNote.com"
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"A giant sinkhole opened up in a residential area of the town of Schmalkalden, Germany, Monday, causing no injuries but forcing the evacuation of 25 people.",
"A huge sinkhole appeared overnight in the central German town of Schmalkalden Monday, swallowing a parked car and a garage door but causing no injuries.",
"The circular hole, which is about 98 feet across and 65 feet deep, appeared at around 3a.m. in a residential area, reports Der Spiegel, forcing the evacuation of 25 people.",
"Experts are pointing to natural causes for the hole, but they have yet to determine the exact cause.",
"Sinkholes are often caused by the underground erosion of salt beds or soluble sedimentary rocks, such as limestone or dolomite.",
"Groundwater flows through these rocks, creating subterranean caverns that can suddenly collapse.",
"Officials from Schmalkalden, a town of 20,000 that was formerly part of East Germany say that they plan to fill the hole with gravel."
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"In 1914, Jews of Tel Aviv were expelled by the Turkish authorities and sent to Egypt.",
"Just three years later, the Turks would order the remaining 9,000 Jews out of Jaffa, in advance of the British military offensive.",
"The Jews fled north, where they suffered from disease and starvation.",
"They were allowed to return with the British ousting of the Turks in 1917.",
"Categories: SUPPORT ISRAEL"
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"U.S. Virgin Islands are often referred as 'America's Paradise'.",
"Saint Thomas, Saint John and Saint Croix - the three main islands that constitute U.S. Virgin Islands - are surrounded by North Atlantic Ocean on the north and Caribbean Sea on the south.",
"They form Virgin Islands archipelago together with British Virgin Islands, which lie on their west.",
"The islands are popular for their sea, surf, sand and sun and are important tourist attractions of America.",
"Christopher Columbus is credited with discovering the islands in 1493.",
"They were held by European colonial powers such as Spain, Britain, the Netherlands, France and Denmark-Norway one after the other.",
"The Islands were purchased by the United States from Denmark in 1917.",
"Saint Thomas is the busiest and the most cosmopolitan of U.S. Virgin Islands.",
"Charlotte Amalie in Saint Thomas is the Caribbeans' most popular cruise ship hub.",
"Saint Thomas pampers its visitors with a wide choice of beaches, each having its own specialty.",
"Magens Bay, St. Thomas' most visited beach, has calm waters and is ideal for swimming and children.",
"Water sports opportunities include boating and kayaking.",
"Palm tree-lined beach of Lindberg Bay is picturesque and is perfect for relaxing.",
"There are facilities for a range of water sports.",
"Coki Point is an excellent beach for snorkeling.",
"Saint Thomas is also a shoppers' paradise.",
"One can have bird's eye view of the U.S. Virgin Island from St. Thomas Skyride, a cable car system.",
"Saint John is the smallest of U.S. Virgin Islands, but has the best beaches.",
"Trunk Bay is a picturesque beach famous for its white sand and beautiful water.",
"The beach is a popular snorkeling spot.",
"Honeymoon Bay, featuring white sand and crystal clear water, is a quieter beach compared to Trunk Bay.",
"Hawknest Beach, Great Cruz Bay, Maho Bay and Salomon Beach are just some of the other beaches that Saint John offers.",
"The island, of which a large part is covered by Virgin Islands National Park, has spectacular landscape with lush mountains and beautiful beaches.",
"One can get a peek into Saint John's history and heritage by visiting ruins of sugar plantation sites and rock carvings.",
"Saint Croix is the largest of three main U.S. Virgin islands.",
"This island is known for its historical sites, rainforest, beaches and hills.",
"There are plantation villages of yesteryears and other sites related with with the plantation agriculture, which made Saint Croix a major sugar producing island.",
"Colonial architecture coexists with modern buildings across towns of the islands.",
"Palm-lined sunny beaches of Saint Croix present unmatched beauty.",
"Protestant Cay, Mermaid Beach and Shoy's are some of the popular beaches of this island."
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"Type 2 Diabetes: Living With the Disease (cont.)",
"IN THIS ARTICLEHigh blood sugarIt's important to know these symptoms so you can treat them before they get worse and you need medical attention.",
"If your blood sugar stays higher than your target range and you don't drink enough liquids, you can get dehydrated.",
"This can make you feel dizzy and weak and can lead to an emergency called a hyperosmolar state.",
"Low blood sugarWhen your blood sugar is too low, it can also cause problems.",
"And it can happen suddenly.",
"Quickly treating low blood sugar can help you avoid passing out (losing consciousness).",
"You can pass out when your blood sugar gets very low.",
"Low blood sugar can also lead to a heart attack.",
"Symptoms of low blood sugar include:If you aren't able to tell when your blood sugar is too low, it's a good idea to test your blood sugar often.",
"But you're not likely to get low blood sugar unless you take insulin or oral diabetes medicines.",
"Symptoms of complicationsTalk with your doctor if you notice any of these signs:You won't have any symptoms of kidney damage (diabetic nephropathy) until the problem is severe.",
"Then you may notice swelling in your feet or legs or all over your body.",
"Having regular tests to check for protein in your urine is the only way to find diabetic nephropathy before symptoms start.",
"eMedicineHealth Medical Reference from HealthwiseTo learn more visit Healthwise.orgFind out what women really need.",
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"Point of View & Fact and OpinionGrades 4 & up.",
"This book provides the practice students need to master the reading skills of determining point of view and distinguishing fact and opinion.",
"The 35 reproducible pages in this book feature high-interest nonfiction reading passage with short-answer practice questions that target reading comprehension skills.",
"Also includes model lessons, assessments, and an answer key.",
"48 pages."
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"An absence of facts required for conviction under a criminal statute.",
"For example, a defendant accused of robbery who never illegally took anyone's property is actually innocent of the charge.",
"Defendants often claim actual innocence when appealing criminal convictions.",
"To prove actual innocence, the defendant must submit additional evidence that undermines the court's confidence in the verdict reached by the trier of fact.",
"Appellate rules normally require that this evidence must not have been available to the defendant at the time of the trial.",
"\"A finding of actual innocence, as that term has come to be used in federal habeas corpus jurisprudence, is not the equivalent of a finding of not guilty by a jury or by a court in a bench trial.”",
"Lambert v. Blackwell, 134 F.3d 506, 509 (3d Cir. 1997).",
"House v. Bell 311 F.3d 767; 2002 U.S. App.",
"LEXIS 23930; 2002 FED App.",
"0406P (6th Cir.)"
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"Number Of PlanetsDate: Prior to 1993How many known planets are there, inside and outside the solarsystem?",
"I have read in Astronomy magazine that at least 2 planets werediscovered around a pulsar (I do not know where) and that perhaps a 10thplanet lies past Pluto.",
"Any more I do not know about?",
"I have not heard of any good hard evidence for any planets otherthan the usual nine.",
"Update - March 2011As 2011, there are officially eight planets in our Solar System.",
"Pluto, common thought of as the ninth planet, is officially listed as a dwarf planet.",
"There are many dwaft planets in our solar system, Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris.",
"There have also been planets discovered outside of our solar system, thoughI do not have a count on them at the present time.",
"Click here to return to the Astronomy ArchivesUpdate: June 2012"
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"Danes start celebrations early during festive seasonThere are a lot of differences between Christmas in Hong Kong and Denmark.",
"Christmas is a very important festival in Denmark, even more important than New Year, and there are a lot of Christmas traditions.",
"Four weeks before Christmas Eve, the Danes begin to celebrate Christmas by lighting up one of the Advent candles, a traditional decoration put up in Denmark every year before Christmas.",
"There are four candles and one is lit each weekend.",
"On the last weekend before Christmas, all four candles would have been lit.",
"The Danes put up Christmas trees with beautiful lights in front of their houses.",
"They also have Advent calendars for children.",
"From the first of December, children get a small present from their parents every day, until December 24.",
"Meanwhile, teenagers take on the role of julenissens, Santa's helpers in Danish fairy- tales, and give a classmate a present or greeting card.",
"On Christmas Eve, the whole family gets together for a big meal.",
"Ris is manden is served for dessert.",
"There will be an almond in one or two servings of the dessert.",
"If you get the almond, you have to hide it.",
"After the meal, the cook, usually the mother, will ask who has the almond, and whoever does will get a small present.",
"After dinner, the family will sing and dance around the Christmas tree which is illuminated with candles.",
"It is a really warm and happy festival.",
"Chi-man is an exchange student from Hong Kong"
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"Turn your setback into a COMEBACK with Megan ContrerasThere is no fitness goal which you can achieve without first cleaning up your diet.",
"Changing your diet is one of the biggest challenges when faced with improving ones health.",
"A majority of people are used to eating highly processed foods on a regular basis and breaking away from that can be difficult.",
"The good news is, it isn't impossible and once you make it a habit to eat clean, it becomes part of your life.",
"What is Eating Clean?In a nutshell, eating clean is the practice of eating whole, natural foods such as fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and complex carbohydrates.",
"It also means staying away from the junk that typically makes up the Standard American Diet.",
"These types of foods include man-made sugar, bad fats (hydrogenated, trans-fat), preservatives, white bread, and any other ingredients that are unnecessary.",
"An easy way to remember if a food is clean is: \"If man made it, don't eat it.\"",
"A person that eats clean generally practices the following:",
"Eating Clean can be a major transition for a majority of people due to addictions to sugar, white bread, and fast food.",
"It takes discipline in order to make eating clean a habit",
"but it is possible and has so many long-term health benefits."
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"What do zombies and androids have in common?",
"They're almost human, but not quite.",
"That disconnect is creepy, in a way that scientists are searching to understand.",
"The uncanny valley is the idea that as a robot's appearance becomes more and more humanlike, we don't always respond to it more positively.",
"Rather, there's a point on the scale between robot and human where we are repulsed.",
"If it's mechanical but not entirely human, a robot seems disturbing.",
"Why would that be?",
"It would make sense that as human likeness increases in a robot, so would our comfort with it.",
"But on a graph showing that relationship, there's a \"valley\" where this familiarity dips down into creepiness, and then comes back up again with more human characteristics.",
"You may have experienced feeling this while watching animated movies that incorporate humanlike forms.",
"It's also the reason that you might get freaked out by clowns or by photos of people with extreme plastic surgeries who don't look quite real anymore.",
"Our brains come to an impasse when we see something that resembles a member of our species but just doesn't make the cut.",
"Some animators sidestep the issue: in the movie \"WALL-E,\" for example, the main character has eyes but is not very humanlike otherwise; he is clearly a robot.",
"His friend, EVE, looks like a white shape with eyes.",
"Both express emotions clearly but don't try to mimic the human shape or form.",
"And HAL 9000 from \"2001: A Space Odyssey\" is just a red camera eye, but it too conveys feelings.",
"But when you get more humanlike, things get weird.",
"Some reviewers were put off by the characters in the film \"Polar Express,\" for instance.",
"Then there are the Na'vi in \"Avatar,\" who have many physical human characteristics in addition to morphed features and tails.",
"But they are also blue, creating a sense of \"otherness\" that may have made them less distasteful to viewers -- in other words, they were sufficiently un-human.",
"Ayse Saygin, professor at the University of California, San Diego, is using cutting-edge brain science to understand this strange quirk of human nature.",
"Although the idea of the uncanny valley has been observed, there has not been much rigorous scientific experimental work on it, partly because it's hard to get at the heart of the matter objectively.",
"\"Even if we don't actually define it in words, we may be able to find signals for it in the brain,\" Saygin said.",
"Saygin and colleagues published a study last year using functional magnetic resonance imagining (fMRI), looking at what's happening in the brain that might explain the uncanny valley phenomenon.",
"They hypothesized that, at least in part, the effect might result from a violation of the brain's predictions.",
"When we anticipate one thing but see another, we get an error, and that error makes us shy away from the thing we're viewing."
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"Some animals are poorly named.",
"The flying lemur doesn’t fly and isn’t a lemur.",
"The mantis shrimp isn’t a mantis or a shrimp.",
"The killdeer couldn’t.",
"But the giant bumphead parrotfish… it’s a giant fish with a beak like a parrot and a bump on its head.",
"Nice one, biologists.",
"You can have a point for that.",
"The giant bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) is the biggest herbivorous fish in coral reefs.",
"It can reach 1.5 metres in length and weigh over 75 kilograms, and it has a distinctively bulbous forehead.",
"Why?",
"There are rumours that it uses its head to ram corals, breaking them up into smaller and easier-to-eat chunks.",
"But Roldan Munoz from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has discovered one definite use for the bump: headbutting rivals.",
"Check out the video below – it all kicks off at the ten-second mark, and I love the “Whoooah” that follows.",
"While watching the parrotfish at Wake Atoll, in the middle of the Pacific, Munoz’s team heard “loud jarring sounds”.",
"They soon found that the males were smashing their heads together head-on, and then trying to bite each other in the flanks.",
"To the team’s knowledge, this behaviour has only ever been described once: on a dive blog, describing a sighting in the Red Sea.",
"Bear in mind that this is one of the largest reef fishes, and swims in large groups.",
"As Munoz asks, “How could this dramatic aspect of its social and reproductive behavior have gone unnoticed?”There are two possible reasons.",
"First, the parrotfish has been severely overfished.",
"It swims in large groups making it easy to net by day, and sleeps in shallow water making it easy to spear by night.",
"It also grows slowly and takes years to reproduce, so even a moderate amount of fishing seriously hurts the population.",
"Second, and related to the first reason, the fish is now very wary of humans and tends to swim away if approached.",
"Wake Atoll is an exception.",
"It’s a US Marine National Monument, and the fish are protected from nets and spears.",
"There are plenty of them, and they’ve never learned to fear divers.",
"As such, their dramatic contests could finally be filmed.",
"Just think about how many cool behaviours we have yet to see because we have either exterminated or terrified the animals that perform them.",
"Reference: Munoz, Zgliczynski, Laughlin & Teer.",
"2012.",
"Extraordinary Aggressive Behavior from the Giant Coral Reef Fish, Bolbometopon muricatum, in a Remote Marine Reserve.",
"PLoS ONE http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038120"
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"- Styrofoam meat trays- White construction paper- Make toy sailboats with clean Styrofoam meat trays.",
"- Insert a straw into the tray for the mast.- Cut triangular sails from white construction paper and tape to the straw.",
"- Your child can sail her boat in a bathtub, a swimming pool, or a tub of water.",
"More on: Activities for PreschoolersCopyright © 1998 by Patricia Kuffner.",
"Excerpted from The Preschooler's Busy Book with permission of its publisher, Meadowbrook Press.",
"To order this book visit Meadowbrook Press."
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"Many Eastern Asian nations have begun in recent years to improve their environmental regulation policies.",
"The establishment of government agencies and ministries is an important first step in improving the environment.",
"Other institutions are also coming about,and will likely grow as public awareness increases.",
"Often, broad government policy initiatives are stated.",
"Examples include China, and Malaysia, where the Malaysian Environmental Quality Act provides direction in many areas of environmental concern.",
"To fight land degradation, governments are trying to conserve soil and water resources, protect forests, regain lost land, and refertilize poorsoil.",
"Watershed management programs in countries such as Nepal and India are also being used.",
"China has been extremely successful in fighting soil erosion since it began its struggle in 1983.",
"The country's programs have saved two million hectares, and have rescued land lost to desertification.",
"Many countries have created wildlife areas and forest parks to prevent complete deforestation.",
"In China, almost 32 million hectares of forest had been planted by 1990.",
"However, in spite of strong efforts made by governments, expanding populations remain a primary cause of the problem, and have yet to be stabilized.",
"In addition to government action, some corporations and research groups are beginning to develop environment-friendly technology.",
"They are also working to make productive processes less harmful to the environment."
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[
"Types of EasementsAn easement is a real property interest, which entitles the owner of the easement “to the privilege of a specific and limited use of the land of another.”",
"For instance, a right of way is a form of an easement granted by the property owner that gives another person the right to travel over and use the owner’s land.",
"However, the easement is not an absolute right and the easement holder can enjoy the right only as long as it is not inconsistent with the owner’s use and enjoyment of the land.",
"Most easements are in the nature of affirmative easements, which constitutes a requirement to do something, such as allowing another access to or across a certain piece of property.",
"A negative easement is a promise not to do something with a certain piece of property, such as not building a structure more than one story high.",
"A negative easement is sometimes referred to as an easement of light and air and most states does not permit to create such a right by implication."
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[
"Side effects include redness, tenderness, or swelling at the injection site.",
"Fever is also a risk.",
"There have also been reports of drowsiness and loss of appetite.",
"Generally, all vaccines can have a very small risk of serious problems.",
"(eg, Tylenol) is sometimes given to reduce pain and fever that may occur after getting a vaccine.",
"In infants, the medicine may weaken the vaccine's effectiveness.",
"Discuss the risks and benefits of taking acetaminophen with the doctor.",
"Half of the people who get the vaccine have mild side effects.",
"These may include redness or pain at the injection site.",
"Less than 1% will develop a fever, muscle aches, or more severe local reactions.",
"In rare cases, severe allergic reactions and other serious problems occur.",
"However, developing the disease is much more likely to cause serious problems than getting the vaccine."
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[
"Federal Reserve Board (FRB)What It Is:The Federal Reserve Board (FRB), officially called the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, is the Federal Reserve System's primary decision-making body.",
"How It Works/Example:There are seven members on the FRB, each appointed to a 14-year term by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate.",
"The President designates the chairman and the vice-chairman of the Board.",
"Ben Bernanke is the current chairman of the FRB.",
"Three committees advise the FRB: the Federal Advisory Council, the Consumer Advisory Council, and the Thrift Institutions Advisory Council.",
"The FRB is part of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), along with the president of the New York District Federal Reserve Bank and four other Federal Reserve District bank presidents.",
"The FRB chair is also the chair of the FOMC.",
"The FRB also appoints three of the nine directors at each of the Federal Reserve's 12 reserve banks.",
"Either the FRB or the local reserve banks appoint the directors of the Federal Reserve's 25 branch banks.",
"Why It Matters:The FRB has substantial influence on the financial markets because its decisions and actions are at the center of U.S. monetary policy.",
"The FRB sets reserve requirements for banks and regulates their asset holdings.",
"It also approves changes in the discount rate, which is the interest rate the Fed charges member banks as \"lender of last resort"
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[
"Silica fume is a highly pozzolanic material that is used to enhance mechanical and durability properties of concrete.",
"It may be added directly to concrete as an individual ingredient or in a blend of portland cement and silica fume.",
"Interest in the use of silica fume resulted from the strict enforcement of air-pollution measures designed to stop release of the material into the atmosphere.",
"Initial use of silica fume in concrete was mostly for cement replacement,along with water-reducing admixtures.",
"Eventually,the availability of high-range water-reducing admixtures(superplasticizers) allowed new possibilities for the use of silica fume to produce high levels of performance.",
"* Reduces concrete permeability* Increases concrete strength* Improves resistance to corrosion"
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[
"Parks Canada has a responsibilityto protect wildlife and their habitat.",
"As a national park visitor, you share this natural area with bears and other wildlife that depend on it for their survival.",
"Although bears are naturally wary of humans, they are unpredictable.",
"By increasing your knowledge of bear behaviour, you can help reduce the likelihood of an unpleasant encounter, and at the same time, help protect the black bear population.",
"With your cooperation, bears and people can co-exist.",
"By reading this brochure and following its recommendations, you will help protect both yourself and the bears.",
"For more information, talk to a park warden or other park staff.",
"Continue on to...",
"Keep the \"Wild\" in Wildlife"
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[
"If Alzheimer’s progresses in pigs as it does in humans, the animals will give us more than just a better understanding of the disease.",
"Transgenic pigs may also one day become test subjects for Alzheimer’s drugs, helping scientists develop better treatments for humans.",
"Thanks to their longevity, pigs will ideally provide new possibilities for understanding and treating diseases in which an organ’s function slowly degrades.",
"Currently, pig genetic sequencing is conducted on an experiment-by-experiment basis—a costly, lengthy process.",
"In 2001, scientists began sequencing the complete pig genome which the international Swine Genome Sequencing Consortium expects to publish by early 2010.",
"With both this and the human genome in hand, transgenic pig models are expected to accelerate.",
"According to Jørgensen, drug and treatment testing of human diseases on transgenic pigs and other large-animal models may eventually be the world standard.single page"
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[
"April 25, 2011I am sure you all have used the Spelling & Grammar checker at some point, but what about Word’s Thesaurus and Research features?",
"Or the Dictionary?",
"You will find these to be valuable writing tools!- A good way to find a synonym for a word is to right click on it, scroll down to Synonyms and select one from the list.",
"(Sometimes you have to change the word to its singular form or present tense to make this work correctly.)",
"Or- Click Review and in the Proofing section, click on the Thesaurus button.",
"(You can also get there by right-clicking on the word, choosing Synonyms, and clicking the Thesaurus button at the bottom.)",
"The Research pane opens at the right.",
"Notice that you have the choice of selecting which reference to use.-",
"Right click on the word, scroll down to Look Up, and then choose which reference source you want to use.",
"The Research pane opens and you can read the definitions or choose another source.- Highlight your word or phrase, click the Review tab and then the Research button in the Proofing section.",
"- You can select your references source and find out more.",
"Another thing you can do while you are in the Research pane is Translation!",
"(You might have to install the language to Word to do this, but that is another tip, another time!)"
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[
"Saturday, March 24 was international Tuberculosis day.",
"In 2010, 8.8 million people fell ill with TB and 1.4 million died from TB.",
"It is the second largest global killer after HIV/AIDS.",
"TB is global disease, but rates of infection and death are much higher in poor, crowded countries.",
"South Asia has among the highest rates of TB in the world, and last year I had the opportunity to see how the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria was supporting TB programs in Bangladesh.",
"I created this video and wrote this post last March 24 that discusses Bangladesh’s Global Fund-financed projects for TB control in hard-to-reach rural communities.",
"Anowara Upazilla, Bangladesh - Compared to HIV/AIDS and Malaria, TB is by far the most prevalent infectious disease in Bangladesh.",
"There are an estimated 426 infections per 100,000 people among a population of 148 million.",
"An estimated 65,000 people died from TB infections last year alone.",
"That is bad.",
"But a TB diagnosis these days is not necessarily a death sentence.",
"In 2003, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS TB and Malaria provided a $45 million grant to seed the creation of a national TB control program for Bangladesh.",
"Here in the village of Anowara the benefits of this campaign are very clearly evident.",
"Anowara has a population of 1,800.",
"It is about an hour drive from the city center of Chittagong, a bustling port city of 10 million people.",
"At the time of my visit, a health worker from the NGO the Bangladesh Rural Action Committee (BRAC) was holding a seminar on TB for about two-dozen village women.",
"The health worker, also a woman, visits once a month for these information sessions.",
"The basic message that the health worker emphasized is that if you have a cough lasting more than three weeks, you ought to give a sputum sample.",
"That message was reinforced by this poster, which hung on the side of a building nearby.",
"At a small health clinic, trained workers collect sputum samples from people who are symptomatic.",
"Someone from a nearby hospital regularly visits the village to pick up samples for testing.",
"There, a lab technician examines the sample under a microscope to make a diagnosis.",
"If the test is positive, a doctor on site prescribes a treatment regime of anti-retroviral therapy.",
"Here is where one of the key interventions occurs.",
"Even though the drugs are free, the doctor cannot simply hand over the drugs to the patient.",
"Under World Health Organization guidelines, TB must be treated through a regimen called Directly Observed Treatment, or DOTS.",
"This means a health worker has to be physically present when a patient takes his or her medicine.",
"If left to their own devices, patients sometimes stop treatment once their symptoms go away, but before they have actually been rid of the virus.",
"A drug resistant strain of the virus can develop that is more expensive to treat and much more deadly.",
"The thing is, it is unreasonable to expect that villagers who live far from the hospital would have the means to make it there for observation.",
"So, rather than have the villager go to the health system, the health system comes to her.",
"That happens through a local health worker called the a Shasto Shebika, which roughly translates as “health volunteer.”",
"These are local women who serve as part nurse part social worker.",
"They are respected members of the community in which they serve and are the key link between patients and the TB control program.",
"When it is time to take the ARTs, the Shasto Shebika visits the patient in her home to dispense the medicine.",
"In this picture, the young woman on the left was recently cured of TB through the help of her Shasta Shebika, who is standing to the right.",
"The man in the middle is the director of the nearby hospital in which the diagnosis was made and ARVs prescribed.",
"The education programs, the diagnosis and treatment are all part of a national TB control program that was seeded by a Global Fund grant.",
"And here in Anowara, it is working.",
"Since the program began in 2004, 17 people were diagnosed with TB.",
"16 were cured and one person is currently in treatment.",
"On the national level 105,000 people were treated through the national program, with a fatality rate of 2-3%.",
"This suggests that when patients are in they system, it works.",
"The big challenge now is for Bangladesh is to scale up efforts to reach patients through the National TB Control Program, particularly in fast growing urban centers like Dhaka and Chittagong.",
"It is somewhat ironic, but because of the Shasto Shabika system, it is actually easier for the National TB Control program to reach rural villagers than city slum dwellers.",
"So, while the TB intervention has been successful so far, there is still a lot more work to do to fully control TB in Bangladesh.",
"Something to chew on this International TB Day."
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[
"Independence diagrams are a graphical way of expressing the conditional independence relationships among a set of random variables.",
"They cannot encode every possible form of conditional independence but they go a long way toward this end.",
"They are also called ``Bayesian networks,'' which unfortunately suggests inappropriate comparisons to neural networks.",
"This paper discusses how to read and write independence diagrams.",
"The presentation is based on Pearl (1988)."
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[
"Most Active StoriesFri December 9, 2011",
"The Surprising Ingredient In Raw Cookie Dough That Could Make You SickCookie dough may be one of the joys of the holiday season, but it's dangerous, at least for people who nibble it raw.",
"That's the lesson from a new study of a 2009 outbreak of E. coli bacteria, which sickened 77 people, most of them teenage girls and children.",
"The outbreak was traced back to eating raw Nestlé Toll House cookie dough.",
"It was the first time that packaged cookie dough had ever caused an outbreak.",
"Now for the next surprise: Food safety experts think the most likely culprit is flour.",
"Their findings appear today in the journal Clinical Infectious Disease.",
"\"We didn't conclusively implicate the flour,\" Karen Neil, an epidemiologist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who investigated the outbreak, tells The Salt.",
"But of all the ingredients, she says, flour seems most likely.",
"Some ingredients, including molasses, sugar, and margarine, had been processed to kill pathogens.",
"And in the past, some forms of E. coli have been found in commercial flour.",
"Food safety experts always warn against eating raw cookie dough, because raw eggs can carry Salmonella.",
"That goes for homemade Christmas cookies, too.",
"But the eggs in the Nestlé cookies had been pasteurized.",
"That left chocolate chips and flour.",
"Though chocolate hadn't caused past E. coli outbreaks, it has spread Salmonella in the past.",
"But some people who had gotten sick ate cookie dough without chocolate chips, while people who bought Nestle chocolate chips by the bag didn't fall ill.",
"Flour seems as bland and benign as could be, but it's still a raw agricultural product.",
"That means it has had ample opportunity to be exposed to dirt, animal feces, and other unpleasant substances between field and grocery store shelf.",
"Last year, a second batch of contaminated dough was identified at the Nestlé factory in Danville, Va., which had processed dough in the 2009 outbreak.",
"As a result, Nestle announced that it was going to start to heat-treating the flour it uses in refrigerated cookie dough.",
"The news is particularly significant for teenage girls, who are major consumers of raw cookie dough.",
"In the 2009 outbreak, 66 percent of the people who got sick were under age 19, and most were female.",
"An earlier study of college students found that more than half said they ate unbaked cookie dough.",
"A fair number of those people have no intention of ever turning on the oven; they're eating it all right out of the package.",
"Given that, Neil says that manufacturers should make sure that refrigerated cookie dough is as safe to eat as any other ready-to-eat food product.",
"(Her CDC blog gives a riveting blow-by-blow of how they ID'ed cookie dough in the 2009 outbreak.)",
"Her parting advice: Don't eat anything raw that's supposed to be eaten cooked, whether it's cake batter or raw cookie dough.",
"\"It's tempting,\" Neil says.",
"\"I know a lot of people like to eat it.",
"But cook it.\""
] | ||
[
"Stemming extends a search to cover grammatical variations on a word.",
"For example, a search for fish would also find fishing.",
"A search for applied would also find applying, applies, and apply.",
"Fuzzy searching will find a word even if it is misspelled.",
"For example, a fuzzy search for apple will find appple.",
"Select a fuzziness level from the drop-down menu to set how many characters off a word can be from your search term and still count as a hit.",
"Phonic searching looks for a word that sounds like the word you are searching for and begins with the same letter.",
"For example, a phonic search for Smith will also find Smithe and Smythe."
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[
"Dr. Greene’s Answer:Msfho, I speak with parents all over the world who express concern that their babies are eating too little – or too much.",
"Some parents think that 90th percentile is an ‘A’ and 80th is a ‘B’.",
"If their baby is at the 50th percentile, they are concerned that something is wrong.",
"But healthy babies come in many shapes and sizes.",
"The 50th percentile is a wonderful weight, sometimes called the target weight.",
"Half of the healthy baby boys at that age weight more, half weigh less.",
"If he is taller than average, a more useful measure of his growth is the weight-for-length percentile (or for older children, the BMI percentile).",
"Whatever you look at, keep in mind that (if he is in the healthy range) most of us would rather be on the slim side of healthy.",
"I understand that feeding our babies is a core part of our role as parents that we deeply want to know that we are doing it right.",
"Comments by friends, relatives, or strangers can heighten our concern: “He barely eats a thing.",
"You need to feed him more.”",
"“What a chubby baby!”",
"“He looks so skinny.",
"Are you feeding him enough?”",
"This preoccupation led to “scientific” guidelines of how many teaspoons of what type of food to offer, and how often.",
"We now understand, though, that babies’ needs differ, and that the same baby may have different needs depending on what is happening on a particular day.",
"Rigid guidelines can be counterproductive.",
"How is a parent supposed to decide how much to feed?",
"A baby can breastfeed as much as he wants, or have about 20 to 32 ounces of formula per day.",
"In addition, he can have as much or as little in the way of healthy solids he wants to supplement this.",
"Thankfully, babies are born with a sophisticated internal mechanism for determining just how much they need to thrive.",
"Healthy babies given the right selection of healthy foods will tend to eat just the right amount (as long as we don’t short circuit this with empty calories in what they eat or drink).",
"Our role as parents is to offer healthy foods and to learn to recognize their signals and not to short-circuit our babies’ own sense of how much they need.",
"Independent toddlers might make it easy for us by saying “all done” or using hand signals to indicate, “I’m finished!”",
"Before they have those skills, babies will use their whole bodies to get the message across, fidgeting in the high chair, or even standing up.",
"The signals of younger babies are quieter.",
"A newborn may push the nipple out of the mouth, or just fall asleep.",
"A baby who has entered the delightful stage of first solids will lean forward or open the mouth when hungry, and clench the mouth shut, turn aside, or lean back when satisfied.",
"When babies get better at using their hands, they might push the spoon away.",
"There are several ways to tell if our dance of communication is working well.",
"A bright, happy child is a good sign.",
"Babies who aren’t getting enough to eat tend to be irritable or droopy (of course many other things can make them unhappy).",
"Babies should make urine regularly.",
"If they don’t urinate in 8 hours, it bears looking into.",
"And throughout childhood, their growth will be plotted at each regular check-up to be sure that they are growing on target for themselves.",
"Too much food creates a bloated feeling.",
"Too little leaves craving.",
"But just right – the baby feels deeply satisfied.",
"What joy to be able to give this pleasure to our babies and to watch them grow!",
"After all, growth is what childhood is all about.",
"Last reviewed: October 03, 2009"
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[
"At Home Science LabShow your middle schooler how a quick whirl of spinach in the blender will reveal the cobwebby \"stuff\"--or DNA--of life!",
"Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!",
"Try this chemistry experiment with your fourth grader and get some \"shocking\" results!",
"Teach your 5th grader valuable science skills and the importance of fresh water to our survival with this fun and informative activity!",
"This scientific experiment will help your child find out about mold, while developing important hypothesis and experiment-building skills.",
"Have your child try this classic and entertaining activity that demonstrates circular motion using a bucket and rope.",
"Careful, you may get soaked.",
"Wondering how we know that air is there?",
"Here's a quick and easy experiment that proves that air may be thin, but it's not too wimpy to block your shot!",
"Help your child understand surface tension by showing her how she can create a \"skin\" on top of water.",
"Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth?",
"This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great introductory lesson in chemistry and biology.",
"Here's a fun activity to reinforce the physics concept of stored energy for your middle schooler.",
"Amaze your kids by separating a salt and pepper mixture using an \"electric spoon\" charged with wool."
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[
"What I am trying to do is discover servers on the same subnet.",
"I believe that multicast UDP is the standard sort of way for solving this problem.",
"(At least that's what I've done before, and IIRC it's what JINI service discovery is based on).",
"It's really simple (and fast).",
"Your server just broadcasts a small id-string on a pre-determined multicast group on a periodic basis (i.e. once every 250ms).",
"Clients join the group and listen for a second or so to pick up any id-strings being broadcasted.",
"That's it.",
"Actually with Jini it's more the other way around.",
"The client sends a multicast request for the next lookup service, with it's ip address in the source address field.",
"The lookup services (the servers) are listening for these requests and will send back a unicast answer.",
"The 255.255.255.255 isn't a multicast, but a global broadcast.",
"You can send and receive broadcasts by setting the broadcast property on a DatagramSocket.",
"Using the global broadcast address usally works but is regarded as BadStyleTMThe real broadcast adress is the highest address of your subnet.",
"So the actual value depends on you netmask.",
"For a class C net, having a netmask of 255.255.255.0, the broadcast address is x.x.x.255.",
"The host part of their address is: Addresses in this subnet minus one.",
"(256 -1).",
"A net with a netmask of 255.255.255.224 (only the last five bits of the ip address are host adresses) uses a broadcast address of (x.x.x.x & 255.255.255.224) + 31.",
"The differences between broadcasts and multicasts are:- Broadcasts will not be routed.",
"They are restricted to one subnet.",
"Multicasts can be routed if the router is configured to do so.- Broadcast are read by every network card.",
"To receive a multicast packet you will have to join the corresponding multicast socket beforehand.",
"If you are to program a server discovery algorithm in Java, take a look at Jini http://www.jini.org.",
"Gives you all this and more.",
"Don't be intimidated by the 'more', the core is very simple to handle."
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[
"In the grocery store, you have many choices in front of you.",
"The question is: how do you make a healthy choice?",
"One way is to use the nutrition facts food label located on all pre-packaged products.",
"The food label includes information about serving size, calories, types of fat, carbohydrate and fiber.",
"Let’s start by looking at the serving size.",
"All information on the nutrition facts label is based on the serving size.",
"For example, one slice of wheat bread, eight ounces of milk, one half-cup of cooked rice, or one tablespoon of olive oil, or two taco shells.",
"Compare this serving size to what you actually eat.",
"For example, if you eat a half serving, cut all the figures in half to see how much of each nutrient you’re getting.",
"Now let’s look at calories.",
"It shows you how many calories are in that food.",
"If you are trying to limit how many calories you eat, this information can help.",
"Now let’s look at carbohydrate.",
"You need to eat carbohydrate everyday.",
"The best carbs provide fiber, so look at the number of grams of fiber per serving.",
"Aim for 25 to 35 grams of fiber everyday.",
"“I’ll go through periods of days when I have oatmeal every morning, before I shy away and go on to something else.",
"At least I know I’m getting in at least one shot of fiber, with that being the main substance of my meal.”Also, look at the total fat, saturated fat and trans fat per serving.",
"Saturated fat and trans fat are the kinds that increase your risk of heart disease, so everyone should limit their intake.",
"Information on cholesterol, sodium and protein are also included and may be helpful in controlling your blood cholesterol, blood pressure, and weight.",
"Keep in mind that the percentages given are based on someone who needs 2,000 calories a day.",
"Talk to your healthcare provider about how many calories you should eat each day.",
"Now let’s see how we can use labels to make healthier choices.",
"Here we have whole milk and 1% milk.",
"Which one would you choose?",
"Take a look at the food label for each.",
"Comparing calories and total fat, we find that 1% milk is the healthier choice.",
"Another popular dairy product is ice cream.",
"Compare regular ice cream to a real fruit smoothie made with yogurt.",
"The smoothie has less calories and fat, not to mention the benefit of real fruit.",
"Familiarize yourself with the nutrition facts food label.",
"It’s a source of valuable information that can help you choose the best foods for you.",
"Animation Copyright © Milner-Fenwick"
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[
"Signs and Symptoms of AutismChildren with autism generally have problems in three crucial areas of development — social interaction, communication and behavior.",
"But autism symptoms vary greatly and two children with the same diagnosis may behave quite differently.",
"In most cases, severe autism is marked by a complete inability to communicate and interact with other people.",
"The onset of symptoms, regardless of the age of diagnosis, is prior to 3 years of age.",
"Some children show signs of autism in early infancy.",
"Other children may develop normally for the first few months or years of life but then suddenly become withdrawn, become aggressive or lose language skills they’ve already acquired.",
"Learn more about autism diagnosisThis simple questionnaire is designed to help you determine if a child has symptoms of autism and could benefit from professional help."
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[
"A feather from war eagle Old AbeFeather from Old Abe the War EagleOld Abe was an eagle who became famous as the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War.",
"Hatched in the spring of 1861 and named for the newly elected president, Old Abe accompanied the regiment in 37 battles and skirmishes, including Vicksburg.",
"At the end of the war, Old Abe lived in the \"Eagle department\" in the basement of the Capitol building, attracting thousands of visitors until his death in 1881.",
"This feather is one of the few remaining parts of this famous eagle.",
"Wisconsin in the Civil War Era|The Iron Brigade, Old Abe and Military Affairs|Creator: ||Old Abe|Pub Data: ||Wisconsin Historical Society (Museum object #1972.59).",
"|Citation: ||Feather from Old Abe the War Eagle.",
"Wisconsin Historical Society (Museum object #1972.59).",
"Online facsimile at:Visited on: 5/23/2013"
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[
"March 11, 2011:Did They Die In Vain?",
"On May 4, 1886, in Haymarket Square in Chicago, the public rallied peacefully in support of 40,000 workers in Chicago who had gone on strike, to win the right to organize.",
"The police attacked, and eight died.",
"On July 6, 1892, in Homestead, Pennsylvania, 3800 workers went on strike, to win the right to organize.",
"Three hundred hired and armed goons attacked them.",
"Five people died.",
"On April 20, 1914, in Ludlow, Colorado, 1200 coal miners went on strike, to win the right to organize.",
"The Colorado National Guard attacked their shantytown, and burned it to the ground.",
"Nineteen people died.",
"Two women and 11 children were asphyxiated, and they burned to death.",
"Here and around the world, many people have fought and died, so that you and I would have the right to organize.",
"And so that 250,000 public workers in Wisconsin would have that right, too.",
"This is not exactly a new idea.",
"Six months after the Ludlow Massacre, President Wilson signed the Clayton Act, prohibiting the prosecution of union members under Antitrust Law.",
"That was almost a century ago.",
"Two decades later, during the Franklin Roosevelt's first term as President, he signed the National Labor Relations Act into law.",
"It protects the right to organize.",
"That was over 75 years ago.",
"The right to organize also is a fundamental principle of international law.",
"Over 150 countries have ratified the \"Right to Organize\" Convention, an international treaty.",
"It was adopted in 1949, over 60 years ago.",
"So why are we even talking about this, 11 years into the 21st Century?",
"Because the teabaggers want to \"take back America.\"",
"They want to take it back, all right – take it all the way back to the 19th century.",
"When there was no right to organize.",
"When people worked for a dollar a day.",
"When grown men competed against children for jobs.",
"When women were barred from most jobs entirely.",
"When you worked until you died.",
"Not to mention slavery.",
"I want to see an America that is healthy and wealthy.",
"They want an America that provides cheap labor to our corporate overlords.",
"An America where the middle class is chained by debt.",
"We didn't ask for this fight.",
"But we have no choice except to fight back.",
"For the survival of the middle class in America.",
"For us, for our children, and for our grandchildren.",
"And so that the victims in Haymarket, in Homestead and in Ludlow did not die in vain.",
"As Cardinal Spellman said 45 years ago, \"it is a war thrust upon us, and we cannot yield to tyranny.",
"\"I'm ready to fight for what's right.",
"What about you?"
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[
"June 2010, 56.99External debt has generally flattened this decade, with this year's level similar to the 2003 level of $57 billion.",
"Nonetheless, a debt is a debt that must be paid someday.",
"The sooner than our external debt will be drasticallyy reduced, the better.",
"Thus, instead of rising from 2009's level of $53.3 B to this year's $57 B, it should decline to $50 B in the next few years, down to $40 and lower through the years.",
"Debts were incurred in the past to improve current and future economic conditions of the country.",
"Thus, current and future debts should be declining, not flattening or rising.",
"Big governments though, have the ugly habit of keeping the debts high so that they too, can take out huge loans on their own as current administration pay off the debts of past administrations.",
"The vicious circle goes on."
] | ||
[
"A semicolon is a punctuation mark used to connect two thoughts or ideas which are somehow similar.",
"Generally, each thought or idea could be used as its own sentence, but the flow of the work may be interrupted by the short, choppy sentences.",
"Many consider semicolons to be a little archaic and unnecessary in modern writing.",
"Even in formal writing, they may be replaced by a comma or a period.",
"However, if they are used properly, semicolons can add a pleasing continuity to your work.",
"When reading out loud, we pause for semicolons much the same way we pause for a comma.",
"It’s like I’m still taking Falconer’s class on tumblr.",
"Yeah, I’ve been fortunate to have had the very best instructors at m’university."
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[
"The National Air Quality Site Assessment Tool (NAQSAT) has been developed for voluntary use by livestock producers and their advisors.",
"The development team was led by Michigan State University’s Wendy Powers-Schilling.",
"Three years in development, the tool is designed to help livestock and poultry producers identify areas in their operations where changes could reduce air emissions.",
"The assessment tool is based on the most credible data and mitigation strategies for emissions of ammonia, methane, volatile organic compounds, hydrogen sulfide, particulates and odor.",
"A new, three-year process is underway to provide additional updates and improvement to the tool, according to the Iowa State University Pork Industry Center (IPIC).",
"Iowa Pork Producers Association, Iowa State University Experiment Station are partners in the process.",
"The tool is used online.",
"Each session has its own URL, which can be saved by the user.",
"All information is confidential and cannot be traced back to the user.",
"To learn more, see a list of resources and other contacts, download a user manual and watch a short video at http://naqsat.tamu.edu/."
] | ||
[
"Objective: The student will use estimation, calculation of percentages and subjective-reasoning skills.",
"Teacher: One apple per student; one scale or balance with weights per group; napkins.",
"Students: paper and pencil.",
"Teacher Preparation: Wash apples.",
"1. Have class discussion about percentage and what students consider to be the edible part of fruit.",
"2.",
"Divide class into cooperative learning groups.",
"3. Hand out apples and napkins.",
"4.",
"Have students estimate what part or percentage of apple is edible.",
"5. Instruct students to weigh apples (and napkin) and record result on paper.",
"6.",
"Students eat their apples, saving all uneaten parts on their napkin.",
"7.",
"Students should then weigh the napkin holding the uneaten part of the apple.",
"8.",
"Students subtract weight of uneaten part from whole weight to find weight of edible part.",
"9.",
"Students divide edible weight by whole weight to find percentage.",
"10.",
"Have one person from each group record the data from each person.11.",
"One person from each group shares with the class the data and examples of uneated parts of apples, comparing the estimations with the actual results.",
"Variations/Options: Teacher can combine this exercise with a discussion of the subjective nature of a definition and how that influences a scientific procedure."
] | ||
[
"KALAMAZOO (WKZO) --",
"The CDC says the Flu has not yet peaked nationwide, as three more states were added to the list in the most severe category.",
"It may be because this year’s flu shot seems to be less effective at preventing the flu bug.",
"Health officials have been watching and recording and it appears the shots are only about 60% effective against the major type A and Type B flu strains that are circulating around this year.",
"Flu vaccines used to be 70 to 90% effective but for the last few years, they have lost some of their protective abilities.",
"Either that or the flu virus have adapted.",
"Dr, Kareem Essani, a virologist at WMU says it provides no protection from a second B Strain whatsoever.",
"He still recommends that you get the flu shot.",
"He says it should make the symptoms less severe, and that could be the difference between life and death for an elderly person with health problems.",
"He says even if you do get the shot, don’t give up on washing your hands and maintaining other healthy habits.",
"It’s partly a matter of luck but you can greatly improve your chances if you work at it."
] | ||
[
"Originally on my site: ConcatenationConcatenation is pretty much the addition of strings.",
"This is frequently used in many programs and also a very simple concept.",
"Here is an example:1.",
"Open a new project2.",
"Add one button and two textboxes3.",
"Double click your button and add this code:",
"Explanation:Code:",
"Dim strOne As String Dim strTwo As String strOne = TextBox1.Text strTwo = TextBox2.Text MessageBox.Show(strOne & \" \" & strTwo)",
"-If you didn't know dim is the same thing as \"define\" it defines your variables.",
"We defined two different strings here (strOne and strTwo).",
"-We then set each string equal to a textbox.",
"It is set to textbox1/2.TEXT because you are setting it equal to what was entered into the textbox.",
"-After defining variables we use messagebox.show (pretty much a pop up which you can add extra functions",
"but I will not use those) and we are making it show strOne, a space, and strTwo.",
"-Notice we use the ampersand (&).",
"This is what you use to connect any variable with anything in quotes.",
"We connect what ever strOne is equal to, a space (between quotes is the space), and what ever strTwo is equal to.",
"-Run your application (F5) and enter \"Hello\" in the first textbox and \"Bob\" in the second.",
"click your button and a messagebox should pop up saying \"Hello Bob\"Mess around with random uses like this until you get the hang of it.",
"Then keep moving forward in your Visual Basic Career :P"
] | ||
[
"The city of Toronto, Canada, is battered with its worst-ever snowfall on this day in 1944.",
"Twenty-one people died as a result of the record storm, in which nearly 20 inches of snow fell in a single day.",
"The storm began hundreds of miles to the south near the Gulf of Mexico; it stalled after moving north over Toronto.",
"In addition to the tremendous amount of snow, the winds from the storm were so high that visibility was reduced to nothing.",
"The blizzard also created huge drifts that trapped people inside their homes.",
"A streetcar on Queen Street was knocked over by the wind and snow, trapping 170 people and killing one person.",
"All traffic and businesses in the city were shut down.",
"Perhaps most importantly, as the storm took place during World War II, the city's ammunition factory was forced to close.",
"Thirteen of the 21 storm-related deaths came as a result of heart attacks caused by overexertion as people shoveled snow to dig themselves out of their homes.",
"The Toronto Daily Star's headline the next day was \"Whole City Stopped as if by Giant Hand.\"",
"Mac's, a famous restaurant at the University of Toronto, had to close for the first time in its history.",
"Although it is difficult to measure snowfall to assess records, this blizzard was certainly close to a single-day high.",
"In the 1998-99 winter, Mt. Baker in northeastern Washington reported its own record high—a remarkable 1,140 inches of snow.",
"This is believed to be the all-time high for seasonal snowfall."
] | ||
[
"Many legal rules suggest that the dead do not have rights.",
"Often, the dead cannot marry, 1 divorce, or vote.",
"The executor of an estate cannot sue for the libel or slander of a deceased person.",
"And the right to medical privacy substantially erodes at death, giving family members the ability to obtain sensitive information about a decedent’s medical conditions.",
"On the other hand, various legal institutions have spent considerable time trying to protect the rights of the dead.",
"As a result, most testamentary distributions, burial requests, and organ donation designations are held to be valid even if they contradict the preferences of the living.",
"Certain destructions of property requested in wills are honored even though they may have a negative impact on the living.",
"Some states even statutorily recognize a posthumous right of publicity, and recent case law suggests there may be a posthumous right to reproductive autonomy."
] | ||
[
"DefinitionBy Mayo Clinic staffCLICK TO ENLARGEMeasles is a childhood infection caused by a virus.",
"Once quite common, measles can now be prevented with a vaccine.",
"Signs and symptoms of measles include cough, runny nose, inflamed eyes, sore throat, fever and a red, blotchy skin rash.",
"Also called rubeola, measles can be serious and even fatal for small children.",
"While death rates have been falling worldwide as more children receive the measles vaccine, the disease still kills several hundred thousand people a year, most under the age of 5.",
"By 2000, the measles vaccine had practically eliminated measles in the United States.",
"But there has been a recent resurgence of the disease, as more people have chosen not to vaccinate their children.- Measles.",
"The Merck Manuals: The Merck Manual for Healthcare Professionals. http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/sec14/ch193/ch193b.html#sec14-ch193-ch193b-2738.",
"Accessed April 15, 2011.- Overview of measles disease.",
"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/overview.html.",
"Accessed April 15, 2011.",
"- Fact sheet: Measles.",
"World Health Organization.",
"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs286/en/index.html.",
"Accessed April 15, 2011.- Corrales-Medina VF, et al.",
"Viral and rickettsial infections.",
"In: McPhee SJ, et al.",
"Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2011.",
"50th ed.",
"New York, N.Y.:",
"The McGraw-Hill Companies; 2011.",
"http://www.accessmedicine.com/content.aspx?aID=17235&searchStr=measles.",
"Accessed April 15, 2011.- Parker AA, et al.",
"Measles (Rubeola).",
"In: Brunette GW, et al.",
"CDC Health Information for International Travel 2010.",
"Philadelphia, Pa.: Mosby Elsevier; 2009.",
"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2010/chapter-2/measles.aspx.",
"Accessed April 16, 2011.- Measles.",
"American Academy of Pediatrics.",
"http://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/vaccine-preventable-diseases/Pages/Measles.aspx.",
"Accessed April 15, 2011.- Bekhor D, et al. Prevention and treatment of measles.",
"http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html.",
"Accessed April 15, 2011.- Update on measles outbreaks throughout the United States: CDC press briefing, August 21, 2008.",
"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.",
"http://www.cdc.gov/media/transcripts/2008/t080808.htm.",
"Accessed April 17, 2011.- NHS immunisation statistics, England 2009-10.",
"National Health Service.",
"http://www.ic.nhs.uk/webfiles/publications/003_Health_Lifestyles/immstats0910/Immunisations_Bulletin_2009-10.pdf.",
"Accessed April 17, 2011.- Measles.",
"National Health Service.",
"http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Measles/Pages/Introduction.aspx.",
"Accessed April 17, 2011.- Retraction-Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children.",
"The Lancet. 2010:375:445."
] | ||
[
"Honduras - Flora and faunaHonduras has a rich and varied flora and fauna.",
"Tropical trees, ferns, moss, and orchids abound, especially in the rain forest areas.",
"Mammal life includes the anteater, armadillo, coyote, deer, fox, peccary, pocket gopher, porcupine, puma, tapir, and monkeys in several varieties.",
"Fish and turtles are numerous in both freshwater and marine varieties.",
"Among the reptiles are the bushmaster, coral snake, fer-de-lance, horned viper, rattlesnake, and whip snake, caiman, crocodile, and iguana.",
"Birds include the black robin, hummingbird, macaw, nightingale, thrush, partridge, quail, quetzal, toucanet, wren, and many others."
] | ||
[
"In the era of Facebook and Twitter, it's clear we love talking about ourselves—indeed, the topic makes up 40% of our everyday conversation.",
"Now scientists can explain why: Doing so stimulates the brain the same way sex, food, and cash do.",
"Researchers scanned subjects' brains and found that parts linked to those pleasures lit up when subjects chatted about themselves.",
"Researchers also offered study subjects up to 4 cents per question to talk about topics other than themselves, like President Obama.",
"Turns out \"people were even willing to forgo money in order to talk about themselves,\" says a researcher.",
"Subjects would part with 17% to 25% of the potential cash for an opportunity for self-disclosure, the Wall Street Journal reports."
] | ||
[
"The purple-flowering Raspberry is generally found growing wild in country forests, fields, and hedgerows.",
"The fruit has a flat dome-shaped appearance with a faded red coloring.",
"It is not as sweet as the red variety but is very tasty when sweetened and served as a dessert.",
"The black Raspberry has a distinctively black color, is typically found in forests and field areas, and is referred to as the blackcap Raspberry, a name derived from its distinctive cap-like shape.",
"Prior to ripening, the black Raspberry will have a white to pink color and then becomes increasingly deeper and darker in color as it ripens.",
"This berry is most often used for pies, desserts, wines, liqueurs, and tea.",
"A hybrid of the black and red Raspberry is known as the purple Raspberry, taking on the purple overtone, but having the same texture as the black or red and a mildly sweet flavor.",
"The golden Raspberry is not a common berry and is most often produced in limited quantities to be served as a dessert berry.",
"This variety has a bright gold to orange color, a typical Raspberry texture and a plump round meaty fruit that is slightly firmer than the red variety.",
"Other berries that are related to Raspberries and often considered to be the same fruit are the wild Raspberries and the Artic brambleberry.",
"Wild Raspberries, which grow abundantly but are smaller in size, are similar in texture and flavor for both black or red varieties.",
"They grow easily in forest fields and hedgerows, providing many berries for wildlife and harvesters seeking the sweet flavor of the wild berry.",
"The Artic brambleberry is a very scarce variety and has the same shape and similar size as the wild red or black raspberry, but is red in color.",
"It has a closer resemblance to the black Raspberry than the red in taste, size and appearance; however, the brambleberry provides a slightly sweeter and more robust flavor than other Raspberries.",
"When selecting Raspberries, choose those that are slightly soft, have a deep color, and good aroma.",
"To store, place unwashed berries in a single layer, on a tray or platter that is lined with paper towels and store uncovered in the refrigerator for a few days.",
"When ready to use, wash the berries but do not allow them to be absorb too much water or they will be come mushy.",
"Simply wash, quickly remove from the water and allow the berries to dry.",
"USDA Nutrition Facts"
] | ||
[
"Well, this is a chemistry blog, and I feel my skin crawl watching various scientific terms and concepts flying around sans context.",
"So, let's set a few things right:- Bromide, bromine, and brominated all refer to elemental bromine, but they aren't interchangeable terms!",
"Bromide refers to a single bromine atom with a full octet of electrons [reduced, or \"Br(-)\"], and is usually found in ionic salts (e.g. potassium or sodium bromide).",
"Bromine refers to the element itself, a corrosive brown liquid.",
"\"Brominated\" refers to a compound, usually carbon-based, that contains bromine atoms.",
"Now you know.-",
"Just because you cite the 2011 Scientific American article regarding BVO overexposure does not mean you've vetted the science!",
"I've looked all over (WebMD, PubMed, SciFinder) for incidences of BVO poisoning, overdose, or excessive consumption, and I find...two.",
"The 2003 NEJM (Ruby Red Squirt), and the 1997 J. Clin.",
"Toxicol.",
"(2-4 L of cola daily).",
"Please don't say \"a few\" or \"some\" when you mean two.- Emulsifiers, such as BVO, don't \"weigh down\" or \"sink\" the citrus oil - they emulsify it!",
"That means they help to disperse one liquid into another liquid, by promoting formation of tiny droplets of one inside the other.",
"And it's not the use of \"heavy\" bromine atoms that does this, either.",
"Even if it were, at 8 ppm (8 molecules BVO per ~1,000,000 of water), that's not a lot of mass!",
"It's physics, folks.",
"**Update (1/27/2013) -OK, you win this one, Internet!",
"BVO really is a \"weighting agent,\" and I won't harp on this point.",
"Thanks, Prof. Kass.- Chemophobia: Do we really have to have \"chemical\" in every lede?",
"Much less reference the well-worn 'fire retardant' factoid?",
"I'll tell you about another \"fire-retardant chemical\" widely found in soft drinks...it's called water.",
"Hope this helps!",
"-SAO*A Pepsico brand, although some media relations person obviously told them to expunge all references to BVO or 'brominated' from their parent site...try the search box!",
"***Update (1/30/13) - CNN's coverage seems to have eschewed science to focus on PR reps and corporate statements: \"...bromine is cited in some chemical company patents as a flame retardant.\"",
"Sigh."
] | ||
[
"Although it may seem like some strange disorder, it's actually perfectly normal to sweat.",
"Sweating plays an important role in the body because it helps maintain body temperature by cooling us down.",
"When we're hot and we sweat, that moisture evaporates and cools us off a bit.",
"We don't just sweat when we are hot.",
"It's also normal for people to sweat when they're nervous because emotions can affect the sweat glands.",
"Sweating is one part of puberty.",
"When our bodies starts to change, our roughly 3 million sweat glands become more active.",
"This is especially true for glands in the armpits and groin and on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.",
"When the sweat comes in contact with bacteria on the skin, it can produce an odor, which may be stronger in some people than others.",
"So how to handle sweat?",
"Take a bath or shower daily.",
"If you're worried about smell, use a deodorant or a deodorant with antiperspirant (a deodorant masks odor, whereas an antiperspirant helps decrease sweating).",
"It can also help to wear clothes made of natural fibers, such as cotton or linen, especially in the summer heat.",
"Pads called underarm shields or dress shields can also help absorb sweat and prevent embarrassing underarm stains.",
"These pads attach to the armpit area inside a person's clothes where they absorb sweat.",
"You can buy them in the lingerie departments of many department stores and at some specialized sports stores.",
"Some teens also keep an extra shirt in their lockers so they can change at school.",
"If you still worry about your sweating, talk to a doctor.",
"Occasionally sweating too much might be a sign of a medical problem.",
"Stronger antiperspirants are now available with a doctor's prescription — your doctor may think a prescription-strength antiperspirant might help you."
] | ||
[
"What is the difference between video and grabación?",
"In other words, what types of \"videos\" does each describe?",
"Which of the two would best describe a video recorded using a home video recorder or digital camera?",
"To me, there's mostly a one to one relation between vídeo in Spanish and video in English, and between grabación and recording.",
"That said, video can also mean video cassette recorder, or video cassette.",
"They are similar, but are used in different ways:Usually translates to just 'video', though it has other meanings.",
"It can be translated to recording, and it means:So they have similar meanings, but for vídeo the most common is the concept of a video, and for grabación it's the act of recording a vídeo.",
"A 'grabación' is best used for non-professional video recording.",
"'Vídeos' is used for any kind of visual media, usually for short formats.",
"If you refer to a short format like a youtube video or a video taken with the phone you will say 'vídeo'.",
"But we usually say 'vídeo' if the video is in VHS or BETA format.",
"Those video magnetic cases are named 'vídeos'.",
"Here you have some examples that I might help you..."
] | ||
[
"It’s true.",
"Green tea is good for you!",
"There is currently on the books, a decade’s worth of research on its benefits.",
"It has the potential to fight and prevent heart disease and cancer, as well as other diseases.",
"There is data from research that green tea may prevent diabetes, dementia as well as lower cholesterol levels and burn fat.",
"Noteworthy nutrition researchers have stated that they back the assertions about the positive benefits of green tea.",
"While actual real-world evidence is still minimal, the findings coming out of laboratory settings are quite positive.",
"Many of the studies that encompassed numerous subjects were based out of Eastern countries — places where green teach is a mainstay of local diets.",
"The populations that were studied and their intake of soy and other lifestyle factors may also affect these studies.",
"But most researchers and scientists do agree that there are compounds and antioxidants contained in green tea that can help providing and maintaining good health.",
"Catechins are green tea’s antioxidants.",
"Antioxidants seek out free radicals and cells that can damage DNA, cause cancer and heart disease.",
"Other foods containing these antioxidants include dark chocolate, red wine and grapes.",
"Green tea has very unique catechins due to the way it is processed.",
"Green tea leaves are not ferment like many other teas, making the catechins more concentrated.",
"Many studies raise the question of the quantity of green tea that must be consumed before it becomes a health benefit.",
"The main catechin epigallocatechin-3-gallate or EGCG is not always fully processed by the human body.",
"A professor at McGill University, Tak-Hang Chan indicates that this issue of lowered bioavailability must be addressed in order to actually realize the full range of benefits of green tea.",
"Dr. Chan has been studying the effects of synthetic EGCG in prostrate cancer treatments."
] | ||
[
"School: ARTESIA HIGHArea of Science:",
"geologyAbstract: A lot of research has been put into the study of hurricanes and their wind speeds.",
"Virtually no research has been conducted to determine the effects of a force six hurricane or if they are even possible.",
"Information regarding the possibilities of force six hurricanes could prove very useful as hurricanes and their speeds are increasing dramatically each year.",
"Our program will use the data collected from force five and lower hurricanes to predict the power and damage a force six hurricane may be able to cause.",
"Our program will be java or star logo based and use collected information as variables to come up with the power of a force six hurricane or higher.",
"A super computer will be needed to conduct the program to calculate the exact wind speeds and damage the hurricane can cause because of tremendous numbers and variables.",
"Sponsoring Teacher: Jim Orth"
] | ||
[
"International landmarks went dark Saturday as lights were switched off in thousands of cities around the world for \"Earth Hour,\" a global call for action on climate change.",
"Hundreds of millions of people were asked to turn off non-essential lights at landmarks, businesses and homes from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time in each of the world's time zones.",
"Brazilians celebrated the start of Earth Hour Saturday with a ceremony in Rio de Janeiro in which officials turned off a giant light switch to darken major landmarks for 60 minutes.",
"It was the fourth annual Earth Hour to be organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), which said global participation in this year's event jumped to 126 countries from 88 nations last year.",
"The goal was the same as before, to raise public awareness about the threat of climate change.",
"Brazil's Environment Minister Carlos Minc says the more people are involved, the more politicians will take notice.",
"Minc says consumer actions can make companies change and such actions already have prompted thousands of businesses around the world to take part in Earth Hour.",
"He says now the government must follow through by changing its habits.",
"Brazilian authorities did their part by turning off the lights at some of Rio's greatest icons, including Copacabana beach and the Statue of Christ the Redeemer.",
"In the United States, New York's Empire State Building went dark, kicking off a nationwide observance of Earth Hour that spread to all 50 states and Washington DC.",
"When the clock struck 8:30 p.m. in the western United States, it was the turn of Las Vegas to darken some of the buildings along its famed strip of hotels and casinos.",
"In Europe, Paris was one of many major cities to join the global blackout, switching off lights at its Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe.",
"Jim Leape of the World Wildlife Fund was in Beijing to see the lights go off at the Chinese capital's Forbidden City.",
"He says Earth Hour produces real savings in energy usage, but its impact on global politics is even more important.",
"\"In the end this is an opportunity for people everywhere who are concerned about climate change to express that concern in a powerful way,\" said Leape.",
"\"And I think it is clear that it sends a very strong signal to decision makers that there is a political demand for action and that it is time for them to come to grips with this problem.",
"\"Hong Kong was taking part in Earth Hour for a second year in a row, shutting off the lights of skyscrapers on both sides of Victoria Harbor.",
"Local housewife Karen Chu says the event is an opportunity for parents to teach an important lesson to their children.",
"Chu says children must learn that electricity should be turned off when it is no longer needed.",
"She says that lesson will enable parents to deliver a good message to the next generation."
] | ||
[
"intro: Twenty-five years ago today, half a million people participated in a historic march on Washington, D.C., for gay rights.",
"Fired up from the march, organizers found a way to keep the march alive.",
"The first National Coming Out Day was celebrated on Oct. 11, 1988.",
"The goal of the day is for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their allies to celebrate coming out and encourage those who haven't to make their voices heard.",
"\"It's a day to be visible,\" said Candace...Full Story"
] | ||
[
"Routine Weather Events can Be CostlyAs temperatures go down heating bills tend to go up.",
"And now one Colorado research facility has put a number on just how much strain changes in the weather put on the economy.",
"Researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder used data from the last 70 years to evaluate the “weather sensitivity” of the nation’s economy.",
"They say the costs of common weather occurrences, like rainy days or cooler than average temperatures, adds up to nearly $500 billion annually.",
"Jeffery Lazo is an NCAR economist.",
"He says Colorado’s economy is one of the more sensitive where states are concerned.",
"“We have some industries that are weather sensitive such as agriculture, the tourism industry and we do have a lot of variability across the state from the western slope and the Front Range.”",
"Lazo says they are planning to refine their national estimate.",
"Right now it doesn’t include the costs of severe weather events, like this year’s devastating tornados in the south or recent flooding seen in mid and northwestern states."
] | ||
[
"Hot Air Balloon Explodes in Mid-Air Over Egypt, Killing 18Twenty-one passengers were onboard at the time; the pilot and two other survivors were taken to the hospital.",
"The explosion, probably caused by gas, occurred while the balloon was about 1,000 feet in the air.",
"Hot air balloon trips are a popular excursion for tourists in the region, giving them a chance at some breathtaking views of the surrounding desert and farmland.",
"Also visible is the renowned Valley of the Kings, where many ancient pharaohs were entombed.",
"According to officials, among the dead are nine visitors from Hong Kong, four from Japan, three from Britain, two from France and one from Hungary.",
"The survivors included two Britons and the Egyptian pilot.",
"All hot air balloon trips have been suspended for the time being in Luxor.",
"In 1989, 13 people died when two balloons collided in Australia, which had been the deadliest balloon incident on record."
] | ||
[
"There are a number of marine organisms that make almost all of their living by cleaning parasites off of other fish.",
"This includes a number of shrimp that pick larval isopods off piscine neighbors and a group of wrasses that service hundreds of clients a day.",
"Then there are the cleaner gobies, the most active cleaners along the coasts of the Americas.",
"The cleaner goby most often encountered by aquarium hobbyists is the neon goby (Elacatinus oceanops).",
"This diminutive fish is an even better cleaner species for the home aquarium than its labrid counterpart, the bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus).",
"It tends to be hardier and is not as annoying to other fish as Labroides dimidiatus (the latter species tends to be more aggressive in its cleaning technique).",
"Its list of clients is long and can include small damsels to the large and imposing greater barracuda.",
"When a fish is ready to be cleaned, the neon goby will leap on to its patron and begin looking for the crustacean parasites to harvest.",
"This may mean entering the mouth or the gills of its client.",
"When the larger fish is ready to move on, the simply shakes off the gobies.",
"The neon goby has been known to clean more than 100 client fish per hour!",
"Difficulty: The neon goby is a very easy fish to keep.",
"It is plain and simple —avoid keeping the neon goby with fish species that will eat it, then it should do well in most home aquarium community aquariums.",
"Fortunately, the neon goby will readily eat most aquarium foods, although particle size will need to be small so that this little fish can ingest it.",
"Frozen fish eggs, finely grated frozen seafood and frozen Cyclops are all good foods for the neon goby.",
"Physical description: The neon goby is black on the back and sides, white on the belly and has two bright blue racing stripes down the sides.",
"The neon goby reaches about 2 inches in length.",
"Range: The neon goby sets up shop at a specific location on the reef.",
"This is often a stony coral promontory or a sponge that is home to one or a pair of these fish.",
"This cleaning station will be visited by its piscine customers — in some cases these are individual clients, but in other cases shoals of fish will swarm the cleaning site.",
"Not all of the members of the genus Elacatinus are cleaners.",
"Some are always found in association with tube sponges, living within the chimneylike lumens.",
"Compatibility: The neon goby is not aggressive toward non-related species.",
"The neon goby can be kept in pairs, but it is important to obtain a male and female.",
"The easiest way to do this is to place a group of juveniles together and watch them interact.",
"If you see two fish getting along well together, separate them out from the rest of the bunch and keep them together.",
"Adults can be very aggressive.",
"If you place a neon goby pair together and they are not a heterosexual pair, the dominant fish will usually chase the other goby around until the subordinate fish dies.",
"The neon goby is sometimes attacked by bellicose species that live near the substrate.",
"Some of the worst offenders belong to the family Pseudochromidae, the dottybacks.",
"Other fish that may chase or nip at the neon goby include hawkfish, wrasses (e.g., hogfish, Bodianus; lined wrasses, Pseudocheilinus) and sandperches.",
"Cleaner species are often not eaten by predators due to the services they provide.",
"But their cleaning reputation, as well as distasteful body slime, does not dissuade some predators (e.g., frogfish, scorpionfish, hamlets, wrasses in the genus Thalassoma) from slurping them up.",
"The neon goby has been known to nip at clam mantles on occasion but does so less frequently than the bluestreak cleaner wrasse.",
"Aquarium conditions: Acceptable water parameters for the neon goby are: pH of 8.1 to 8.4, specific gravity of 1.019 to 1.025 and a water temperature of 76 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit.",
"Care considerations: The neon goby can be housed in aquariums as small as 5 gallons to the largest reef aquarium.",
"While the neon goby is not likely to prevent parasites from finding their way on to your aquarium fish, it may help reduce the numbers of certain types (e.g., Cryptocaryon).",
"Unlike the cleaner wrasses, the neon goby will not chase clients around the aquarium and harass them (they employ a less aggressive type of parasite-picking).",
"Breeding: The neon goby will spawn in the home aquarium, and captive-bred and raised individuals are often available to aquarists.",
"The neon goby lays its eggs in holes or caves in the rockwork.",
"When the eggs hatch, the larger larvae can be raised on rotifers."
] | ||
[
"Age spots and skin melanoma are two concerns for men and women of all ages.",
"While the skin changes may be nothing more than a nuisance, some skin cell changes require further treatment.",
"Skin cancers can spread to other parts of the body, causing damage and ill health when not treated.",
"Though many skin conditions are harmless, knowing the difference between what is harmless and what is not will save a patient from having to learn the hard way.",
"The differences between age spots and skin melanoma may be subtle, but these differences are important to know.",
"What Age Spots Look LikeAge spots occur as the skin ages and thins.",
"As the outer layers of the skin become thinner, the melanin in the skin comes to the surface more easily, resulting in spots.",
"The more sun exposure the skin has, the more melanin will be produced, causing more age spots.",
"This is why many people have age spots on the backs of their hands.",
"Since the skin on the backs of the hands is thin anyway, plus these areas are not usually covered by clothing or sunscreen, this skin is more likely to see spots.",
"Age spots are flat on the skin and can vary in coloring from light brown to dark brown.",
"The spots can be a variety of shapes, but often look like freckles or simply areas of discoloration.",
"Age spots are harmless, but they can be treated with skin lightening agents if a patient desires.",
"What Skin Melanoma Looks LikeCancerous changes in the skin are becoming more common in modern times.",
"Melanoma can begin as a small skin growth, often protruding from the skin, and be light brown to black in color.",
"These growths can be large or small, but they are typically extending up from the skin's main layer and they have jagged and irregular edges.",
"Melanoma often oozes and can also be cracked and bleeding at times.",
"Unlike age spots, skin melanoma growths will change in size, growing as the cancer spreads.",
"The cancer will extend into the lower layers of the skin while age spots remain on the surface of the skin.",
"Melanoma can be found anywhere on the body where sun exposure has occurred, but is most commonly found on the face, neck, ears, back, scalp and arms.",
"While age spots and skin melanoma can be removed and treated, a visit to a skin care specialist or a dermatologist is recommended as quickly as possible.",
"Since melanoma can spread to other areas of the body, quick treatment is necessary to avoid future health problems.",
"Most growths will be removed from the skin and then a biopsy will be performed to check for cancerous cells and malignancy issues.",
"If these cancer cells are present, various treatment options are available while a lifetime of frequent skin checkups will also be scheduled."
] | ||
[
"The Story Of The Ugly GobletingA family of goblets lived near a lake in the forest...",
"There were the large, ornate parent chalices, and the smaller, newly-hatched gobletings.",
"They were beautiful: Made of shining gold, decorated with gaudy rubies, and filigreed with minute detail.",
"But one of the gobletings was not like the others.",
"She was a plain, ugly, wooden grail.",
"All her siblings made fun of her and called her names.",
"Eventually the ridicule was too much to bear, and she fled her family and lived alone.",
"Many years later, she happened upon a tranquil lake and stooped down to fill herself with water.",
"She suddenly caught a glimpse of herself and gasped: She was just as ugly as she always had been.",
"Morose, she walked into an old dusty cave, planning to lay there forever.",
"Inside the cave she saw her entire family!",
"The big, parent goblets and the smaller gobletings, all looking as beautiful and shiny as the day she left them.",
"But as she watched, a Nazi drank from one of them and died.",
"Then she felt better about herself.",
"MORAL: Being ugly is OK; you don't kill as many Nazis.",
"Wear this shirt: for your stop-motion death scene.",
"Don't wear this shirt: unwisely.",
"This shirt tells the world: \"What I took from that movie was the religious message.",
"\"We call this color: do unto others asphalt would do unto you."
] | ||
[
"Did you know that cars have to be driven for five kilometres before they are functioning efficiently?",
"Itĺs much better if you can walk or cycle to places near you, like the shops or school.",
"Itĺs fun too, especially if you meet some friends on the way.",
"If you have bike panniers, a carrier or a bike basket it is easy to carry things youĺve bought so you donĺt need your parents to pick you up.",
"If you need to go further afield, take a bus or train.",
"Cars are bad because they pollute the atmosphere.",
"Most cars are fuelled by petrol or diesel, though some novel fuels are being introduced.",
"Some people say that diesel cars pollute less, but this is only the case if the cars are regularly serviced and tuned.",
"In general, the larger the car, the more petrol it consumes.",
"Also, newer cars tend to be more efficient than older ones.",
"If your family has a car, make sure they know how much fuel it uses.",
"If it uses too much, buying new parts or tuning the car can make a difference.",
"Another reason to try to avoid using cars is because the fumes from them contribute to the greenhouse effect.",
"This causes an overall increase in temperature all over the world as well as an increased likelihood of extreme weather conditions such as storms.",
"Global warming can also have an effect on plants and animals because, for instance, rivers may become too hot for the wildlife that lives there."
] | ||
[
"Sick baby care",
"For example, you can touch another person's hands who has a cold and then touch your own nose or eyes.",
"If a cold virus is on the person's hands, you may then get a cold.",
"Unfortunately, colds are a part of life.",
"The symptoms last about a week and are all too familiar: runny or stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat, cough and slight fever.",
"These symptoms can be more uncomfortable for a baby than for an older child or adult.",
"A baby can't blow her nose.",
"She also has a hard time breathing through her mouth.",
"A stuffy nose can make it difficult for a baby to suck, interfering with feeding.",
"Call your baby's health care provider if your baby is less than 3 months old and:- Develops any fever (more than 100.4° F) or cold symptoms.",
"The provider will probably want to examine her to make sure she is not developing a more serious illness.",
"- Refuses several feedings.",
"- Is more irritable than usual or especially sleepy.",
"Also call if your older baby or child:- Develops a fever above 102° F- Has a cough that worsens or doesn't get better after a week.",
"Do not give over-the-counter cough and cold products to infants and children younger than 4 years of age.",
"According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, these medications can have serious and life-threatening side effects.",
"- Has a stuffy nose that doesn't go away after 10-14 days- Has a sore throat that gets worse- Has difficulty breathing- Develops ear or face pain",
"Although there's no cure for the common cold, you can make your baby more comfortable.",
"If your baby is having trouble sucking, try using a rubber suction bulb to help clear her nose before each feeding.",
"Your provider may recommend nasal saline (salt water) drops to ease stuffiness.",
"Putting a cool-mist humidifier in her room may also help her breathe more easily.",
"You can try to protect your baby from colds by keeping her away from people who are sneezing or coughing.",
"This is especially important when your baby is less than 3 months old.",
"July 2006 (R 1/08)"
] | ||
[
"You can use the diff3 command to look at differences between three files.",
"Here are three sample files:",
"For each set of differences, diff3 displays a row of equal signs (====) followed by 1, 2, or 3, indicating which file is different; if no number is specified, then all three files differ.",
"Then, using ed-like notation, the differences are described for each file.",
"With the output of diff3, it is easy to keep track of which file is which; however, the prescription given is a little harder to decipher.",
"To bring these files into agreement, the first range of text (after ====3) shows that you would have to add apples at the beginning of the third file (3:0a).",
"The second range tells you to change line 3 of the second file to line 3 of the first file; and change lines 2 and 3 of the third file, effectively dropping the last line.",
"The diff3 command also has a -e option for creating an editing script for ed.",
"It doesn't work quite the way you might think.",
"Basically, it identifies the changes made to test2 to produce test3 and writes as a script to apply to test1.",
"If you reverse the second and third files, a different script is produced:",
"As you might guess, this is basically the same output as doing a diff on the first and second files.",
"More Unix Power ToolsCopyright © 2009 O'Reilly Media, Inc."
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[
"The invention of private banking started back in Babylon in 648 B.C.",
"This is the type of banking we use today.",
"The founding father was Jacob Egibi.",
"Jacob started lending out money at a rate of interest.",
"After about 70 years others learned this evil business practice and begin to set up shop.",
"A good example of this are the moneychangers which Jesus Christ threw out of the temple and was crucified four days later.",
"The year that doomed the world's economies was 1694.",
"Why?",
"Because the government of King William III was in desperate need of money.",
"When learning of this, a man named William Patterson put together a cartel of wealthy men.",
"Patterson and his cronies agreed to loan the king approximately 6 million dollars at 8 percent interest per annum on the condition that the king grant two things.",
"He would grant Patterson and his cronies a charter which would name them \"The Bank of England,\" and the bank would have sole and exclusive right to issue notes to the fullest extent of its capital.",
"The people were complaining about the gold and silver on its heaviness, so the bankers quickly came to the rescue, by using pieces of paper to represent pieces of gold or gold certificates.",
"The King granted the Bank of England the right to print the money necessary for the people and the government.",
"If they needed more money, they just printed it.",
"By the end of four years the British government owed $16 million to the Bank of England.",
"The Second Date of Infamy was in 1773, when goldsmith Mayer Amschel Bauer summoned 12 wealthy men to his place of business in Frankfurt, Germany.",
"He told the men that if they pooled their resources, it was possible to gain control of the wealth, natural resources, and manpower of the entire world.",
"The plan was put into operation and eventually Bauer aligned himself with Adam Weishaupt, who was founder of the Illuminati, whose aim was and still is world domination.",
"Bauer later changed his name to Rothschild.",
"Rothschild had five sons he dispatched to a major city in Europe to establish a branch of the Rothschild banking firm: Frankfurt, Vienna, London, Naples, and Paris.",
"By 1850, the Rothschilds represented more wealth than all the families of Europe.",
"The Americans had won their political independence but their financial independence was in jeopardy.",
"The international bankers had an agent in place and his name was Alexander Hamilton.",
"Thomas Jefferson lobbied against the central bank, stating it was contrary to the Constitution.",
"However, a central bank was formed anyway, known as the Bank of North America.",
"By 1836 the bank charter expired but this was not the end of the international banking influence in this country.",
"The Civil War was planned in England as far back as 1809.",
"Slavery was not the real cause of the Civil War.",
"The Rothschilds (who were heavy into the slave trade) used the slavery issue as \"a divide and conquer strategy\" which almost split the United States in two.",
"The Bank of England financed the North while the Paris branch of the Rothschild bank funded the South.",
"In 1863, the National Banking Act was passed despite protest by President Lincoln.",
"This act allowed a private corporation the authority to issue our money.",
"But you won't learn about this in your neighborhood Socialist School.",
"By 1913 the final nail was driven into the coffin.",
"Congress passed The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 and it was signed by traitorous Woodrow Wilson.",
"America once again had a central bank",
"but this time they had placed America under an absolute dictatorship.",
"The Federal Reserve was incorporated in 1914 and has been creating a completely unnecessary national debt ever since.",
"In simple terms, the Fed creates money as debt.",
"They create money out of thin air by nothing more than a book entry.",
"Whenever the members of the Fed make any loans, that debt is our money supply.",
"The United States went bankrupt in 1938 because of this system.",
"It took the Fed only 25 years to bankrupt the U.S.A.",
"Today we are over a staggering $14 trillion in debt.",
"There is no real money in circulation."
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[
"The Lena riverThe Lena is one of the ten greatest rivers on the planet.",
"Beginning in the mountains of the Baikal range the Lena flows 4400 kilometers to the Arctic Ocean.",
"The river-bed spans as much as 15 kilometers in its middle reaches, while in the lower reaches it spans as much as 25 kilometers.",
"The size of the Lena delta is mentioned in the Guinness Book of World Records.",
"Some of the Lena’s tributaries, such as the Vitim, the Olyokma, the Aldan, and the Vilyuy, are longer than some of the greatest rivers in Europe.",
"The river is bounded in ice for seven months.",
"The ice crust gets more than a meter thick.",
"The Lena opens up in the second half of May.",
"There are no dams, weirs, or hydroelectric stations on the river.",
"The Lena flows as it did ages ago.",
"One can still draw potable water strait from the river.",
"Amazing landscapes, Lenskie Shyeky (where walls of rock squeeze the river), rich flora and fauna, and unique and ancient culture, could all impress even an experienced traveler."
] | ||
[
"After reading several letters to the editor concerning vaccines and possible side effects, several questions need to be answered.",
"Why do people believe that vaccines cause autism?",
"Why do people not believe the research and their medical doctors?",
"I believe that some of the blame can be put on the Food and Drug Administration.",
"Patients no longer trust that the FDA has their safety in mind.",
"Let's remember a drug that research showed was good for osteoarthritis and had no side effects.",
"Merck marketed Vioxx as the once-a-day pill.",
"This drug was cleared by the FDA and was shown to have little or no side effects.",
"We all know now that Vioxx causes increased risk of stroke and heart attack.",
"We also know that Merck has been accused of hiding research that showed these side effects.",
"What does this have to do with vaccines and autism?",
"No matter what research shows or a doctor tells a patient, there must be trust in the information.",
"Medical doctors do not understand that some of their patients do not believe a word they say when it comes to vaccines and autism.",
"Why?",
"Because, like Vioxx, many drugs have been pulled from the shelves after new research shows that there are severe side effects.",
"This is why there are conspiracy theories about \"Big Pharma\" and why some parents correlate vaccines with autism.",
"Until the FDA begins to do its job effectively many people will not believe or trust their doctors or any research.",
"It is imperative that the FDA be fixed and keep people safe from all dangerous drugs and promote the drugs that are beneficial.",
"ANTHONY P. CHAPPIE, D.C.Greentree Chiropractic and Rehab"
] | ||
[
"Global News JournalBeyond the World news headlinesThe huge outback dust storm that swept across eastern Australia on Sept. 23",
"smothering Sydney in red dirt was a stark reminder that after 221 years of white settlement Australians still only cling to the edge of this harsh island continent.",
"Australians love to promote the idea that they live in a sunburnt country, of rugged outback cattlemen and ancient Aboriginal culture, but for most Australians it’s a myth.",
"Australia’s 21.7 million people may live in the world’s driest inhabited continent, with a vast outback interior, but the country is one of the world’s most urbanised societies.",
"Almost 90 percent of people live in “urban Australia” and 67 percent call one of eight coastal cities home, with Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane dominating."
] | ||
[
"The Elizabeth Plankinton mansion was built in 1886 by John Plankinton in anticipation of of his daughter, Elizabeth's, marriage to British sculptor, Richard Hamilton Park.",
"Unfortunately before the couple were married and could move into the new home, Park changed his mind and ran off with a dancer from Minneapolis.",
"After that event Elizabeth chose not to live in the palatial structure and spent much of her time abroad.",
"The mansion was empty until 1896 when it was purchased by the widowed Mrs. Hugh L. Johnston.",
"The Knights of Columbus began using the structure in 1910 and would occupy it until it was destroyed in 1980.",
"Marquette University purchased the land around the mansion in 1975.",
"The Elizabeth Plankinton mansion was on the list of the National Register of Historic Places and many students, polticians and citizens protested when they learned of plans to tear it down.",
"However, their efforts were to no avail, as bulldozers began demolishing the building on October 11, 1980, before the permits were issued for such activities.",
"Scanned as grayscale in negative mode with Epson Expression 10000XL at 2400 DPI.",
"Display image is jpeg generated from archival TIFF file.",
"This image is issued by Marquette University.",
"Use of the image requires written permission from the staff of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives.",
"It may not be sold, or redistributed, copied or distributed as a photograph, electronic file, or any other media.",
"The image should not be significantly altered through conventional or electronic means.",
"Images altered beyond standard cropping and resizing require further negotiation with a staff member.",
"The user is responsible for all issues of copyright.",
"Please credit: Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Marquette University Libraries."
] | ||
[
"How Does Excess Co2 Effect",
"The EarthExcess Co2 is bad for the planet.",
"It’s bad for the planet because it destroys the planet’s atmosphere.",
"CO2 heats the earth.",
"When CO2 heats the earth the polar ice caps start to melt and when they melt city’s start to flood.",
"Article posted June 1, 2012 at 09:53 AM •comment • Reads 418see all articlesConditions of Use"
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[
"Pythons are one of the largest group of snakes in the world.",
"They are cold-blooded reptiles and cannot generate their own body heat.",
"Notice in these infrared images how cool it appears compared to the peoplePythons usually need to warm themselves up by basking in the sun before theyhunt for food.",
"They are usually found in warm, tropical regions."
] | ||
[
"There is a constant refrain from union officials and their allies in the media, academia and politics about the need to strengthen unions to restore the vanishing middle class.",
"Being unencumbered by too much formal education, such complaints seem very strange to me.",
"In our relatively classless society, terms like \"middle class\" are usually defined by household income and household income is analyzed by quintiles, or fifths.",
"The third quintile is considered to be the middle class, the second the lower middle class and the fourth the upper middle class, the first the poor and the fifth the wealthy.",
"It is impossible for quintiles to disappear, vanish or even shrink.",
"After all, a fifth is a fifth.",
"(This analysis does not, of course, apply to fifths of good whiskey.",
"They have been known to vanish, sometimes rapidly.",
"I have witnessed this myself.)",
"Perhaps then, those who complain about a vanishing middle class believe that the purchasing power of the middle quintiles is diminishing.",
"That, for example, the average household income of the third quintile is falling.",
"The U.S. Census Bureau has information about this on their web site covering 1967 to 2008.",
"This information is expressed in both current and constant dollars.",
"There's good news for those who fear a shrinking middle class.",
"In constant 2008 dollars, average household income is up in every quintile.",
"The growth isn't steady and it isn't uniform from quintile to quintile, but it is up across the board.",
"The alarmists can do some cherry picking to get numbers they want.",
"For example, if one were to compare 1998 to 2008 it would show a decline, but if you compare 1997 to 2007 it shows and increase.",
"Over the long haul the movement is upwards in all quintiles.",
"There are, of course, other dimensions to this issue.",
"I'll discuss them in a future blog."
] | ||
[
"|Quercus ilex L.|The Holm oak (also called Holly oak, Evergreen oak) is a large evergreen oak tree native to the Mediterranean region.",
"Its botanic name is Quercus ilex L.",
"The name ilex was the original (Roman) Latin name for this tree, but botanists have now used it for the holly genus.",
"A typical tree has ridged bark and leathery leaves.",
"The leaves fall in June in the northern hemisphere, after new leaves emerge.",
"Leaves are usually dark green above, and greyish and downy below.",
"The leaf shape is variable on any tree, but those borne on lower branches and on young trees are often toothed or somewhat spiny.",
"This is presumed to be for protection from grazing animals.",
"In this, the foliage resembles that of the common European holly, (Ilex aquifolium), and this resemblance has led to its common and botanic names.",
"While it is can be grown in much of maritime northern Europe, it is not tolerant of cold continental winters.",
"It can be clipped to form a tall hedge, and it is suitable for coastal windbreaks, in any well drained soil.",
"It forms a picturesque rounded head, with pendulous low-hanging branches.",
"Its size and solid evergreen character gives it a imposing architectural presence that makes it valuable in many urban and garden settings."
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[
"A road out of the marshAt some point in the early Iron Age (500 BC – 0 AD), a road was laid in the marshlands of Ellemosen at the foot of Tibirke Bakker in North Zealand.",
"The road runs from solid ground across the wetlands of Ramløse River, where two islets reach out to each other.",
"This…Roadway on 600 hazel stakesAlthough the road is ancient, it is not the first to have been built on this site.",
"A more than 4,500-year-old road made of stakes runs alongside and in some places under the Iron Age road.",
"In the Neolithic period, around the time of the construction of the large passage graves, Ellemosen was a shallow fjord connected with the Kattegat sea area.",
"At that time, one of the islets was a small island, and it was to this island that a road was built from more than 600 hazel stakes.",
"The stakes had been sharpened and hammered into the bed of the fjord in three rows.",
"The stakes presumably supported several layers of branches or a row of planks, but if so, there was no evidence of them at the dig in 1943.",
"The road led to a settlement on the island, but this has not yet been excavated.",
"Contribute to TibirkeContribute with a story about this place?",
"Contribute with one or more picturesContribute with videosContribute with links"
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[
"Antioxidant and immune support- Vitamin C 1000 provides vitamin C, which may reduce the risk of developing the common cold; regular intake helps to reduce the duration and severity of cold symptoms.",
"Vitamin C and zinc are involved in the healthy functioning of the immune system and assist in the maintenance of healthy skin, whilst promoting wound healing.",
"Vitamin C also assists in the maintenance of healthy tendons, cartilage, bones and blood vessels.",
"- Vitamin C 1000 contains a citrus bioflavonoid extract to increase the bioavailability of vitamin C in the body.",
"Vitamin C 1000 aids in the prevention and treatment of vitamin C and zinc deficiencies when the dietary intake is inadequate.",
"Every now and then, a new word appears in relation to foods and health, and soon, everyone is talking about it.",
"Antioxidants are one example.",
"Ten years ago, no-one really used this term.",
"Now people use ‘antioxidants’ to sell everything from baby foods to cereals and sport drinks."
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[
"I have Alzheimer’s disease.",
"It took me a long time before I could even say the words.",
"When the doctor first told me, I felt like my life was over.",
"For a while, I was depressed.",
"My doctor told me about medicine I could take.",
"She said it would slow down my memory loss for a while.",
"I know it’s not a cure.",
"Still, it feels good to do something.",
"My family has been wonderful.",
"They’re helping me plan for the care I’ll need.",
"I have decided to take each day as it comes.",
"I want to live my life as fully as I can.",
"Alzheimer’s disease is an illness of the brain.",
"It causes large numbers of nerve cells in the brain to die.",
"This affects a person’s ability to remember things, think clearly, and use good judgment.",
"Doctors don’t know what causes the disease.",
"They do know that most of the time it begins after age 60.",
"Nearly half of people age 85 and older may have Alzheimer’s.",
"Alzheimer’s disease often starts slowly.",
"In fact, some people don’t know they have it.",
"They blame their forgetfulness on old age.",
"However, over time, their memory problems get more serious.",
"People with Alzheimer’s disease have trouble doing everyday things like driving a car, cooking a meal, or paying bills.",
"They may get lost easily and find even simple things confusing.",
"Some people become worried, angry, or violent.",
"As the illness gets worse, most people with Alzheimer’s disease need someone to take care of all their needs, including feeding and bathing.",
"Some people with Alzheimer’s live at home with a caregiver.",
"Other people with the disease live in a nursing home.",
"Publication Date: June 2011Page Last Updated: November 2, 2011"
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[
"Check Balance selects nested expressions (for example, parenthesized) outward from the insertion point.",
"To select a nested expression, select anywhere within the expression by clicking.",
"Choose Check Balance, and click to expand the selection out to the next set of enclosed parentheses, brackets, or braces.",
"Each time you choose Check Balance, Mathematica expands the selection in both directions until it finds pairs of matching parentheses, brackets, or braces.",
"Repeating the command expands the selection one level at a time.",
"You can use the Check Balance command to check the structure of mathematical expressions.",
"For example, if you have unbalanced parentheses or parentheses incorrectly balanced with brackets or braces, Mathematica beeps.",
"Choose Help ► Why the Beep? to identify the mistake.",
"If you position the insertion point inside a bracketed expression and choose Check Balance, Mathematica should select the whole expression.",
"If not, you have a missing bracket somewhere.",
"Mathematica cannot balance a selection that spans more than one cell."
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"Dictionary Mode: easton:",
"FastFast @",
"The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Leviticus:23:26-32.",
"It is called \"the fast\" Acts:27:9).",
"The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old Testament is in Zechariah:7:1-7 Zechariah:8:19, from which it appears that during their captivity the Jews observed four annual fasts.",
"(1.)",
"The fast of the fourth month, kept on the seventeenth day of Tammuz, the anniversary of the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans; to commemorate also the incident recorded Exodus:32:19.",
"(Comp. Jeremiah:52:6-7.) (2.)",
"The fast of the fifth month, kept on the ninth of Ab (comp. Numbers:14:27), to commemorate the burning of the city and temple Jeremiah:52:12-13).",
"(3.)",
"The fast of the seventh month, kept on the third of Tisri (comp. 2Kings:25), the anniversary of the murder of Gedaliah Jeremiah:41:1-2).",
"(4.)",
"The fast of the tenth month (comp.",
"Jeremiah:52:4; Ezekiel:33:21; 2Kings:25:1), to commemorate the beginning of the siege of the holy city by Nebuchadnezzar.",
"There was in addition to these the fast appointed by Esther (4:16).",
"Public national fasts on account of sin or to supplicate divine favour",
"were sometimes held.",
"(1.) 1Samuel:7:6; (2.)",
"2Chronicals:20:3; (3.) Jeremiah:36:6-10; (4.)",
"Nehemiah:9:1.",
"There were also local fasts.",
"(1.)",
"Judges:20:26; (2.) 2Samuel:1:12; (3.)",
"1Samuel:31:13; (4.)",
"kjvKings:21:9-12; (5.) Ezra:8:21-23: (6.)",
"Jonah:3:5-9.",
"There are many instances of private occasional fasting ( 1Samuel:1:7: 20:34; 2Samuel:3:35 2Samuel:12:16; kjvKings:21:27; Ezra:10:6; Nehemiah:1:4; Daniel:10:2-3).",
"Moses fasted forty days Exodus:24:18 Exodus:34:28), and so also did Elijah (kjvKings:19:8).",
"Our Lord fasted forty days in the wilderness Matthew:4:2).",
"In the lapse of time the practice of fasting was lamentably abused Isaiah:58:4; Jeremiah:14:12; Zechariah:7:5).",
"Our Lord rebuked the Pharisees for their hypocritical pretences in fasting Matthew:6:16).",
"He himself appointed no fast.",
"The early Christians, however, observed the ordinary fasts according to the law of their fathers Acts:13:3 Acts:14:23; 2Corinthians:6:5).",
"The DICT Development Group2012 - pBiblx2 Field Wise Bible System Version 2.0.9d - GPL3"
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[
"To address the issue of Global Warming we must evaluate how we consume.",
"The US relies on petroleum for the manufacturing of things consumers’ use and dispose of on a daily basis.",
"This campaign addresses the production, use and disposal of plastic bags and bottles.",
"It will communicate to consumers some basic facts about how plastic waste impacts ocean ecosystems.",
"Plastic will survive up to 1000 years in the landfill.",
"Plastic will never biodegrade, rather it breaks up into tiny little pieces that attract deadly chemicals like DDT and PCBs.",
"Although these chemicals were banned long ago in the U.S., they remain in the environment because of plastic’s molecular disposition.",
"Because plastic will never disappear, unless it is incinerated, these tiny plastic bits float in the ocean for centuries.",
"Larger pieces of plastic trash in the ocean are commonly mistaken for food and ingested by hundreds of thousands of sea mammals and seabirds annually.",
"The Eastern Garbage patch located in a gyre in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is just one of five high pressure zones in the oceans that have become massive wastelands that span 40% of the sea.",
"This problem will continue to reach epidemic proportions given the amount of plastic we use and dispose of on a daily basis.",
"There are approximately 300 million people currently living in the U.S.",
"Just this year, Americans bought approximately 25 billion single serving plastic water bottles.",
"Recycling cannot fix these over consumptive habits.",
"We must reduce our plastic use.",
"Information sources: US EPA; reusablebags.com; treehugger.com; “Plague of Plastic Chokes the Seas” -Kenneth Weiss, LA Times; Algalita Marine Research Foundation"
] | ||
[
"Niihau (nēˈhou)",
"[key], island (1990 pop. 230), 70 sq mi (181 sq km), in Kauai co., Hawaii, W of Kauai island.",
"It is mostly arid lowland, rising to 1,281 ft (390 m) at Paniau Mt.",
"The island is suitable for cattle grazing.",
"Niihau, privately owned since 1864 when it was purchased from the Hawaiian kingdom by an American family, is operated as a ranch.",
"The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed.",
"Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press.",
"All rights reserved.",
"More on Niihau from Fact Monster:See more Encyclopedia articles on: U.S. Physical Geography"
] | ||
[
"How To Hit A Forehand In TennisLearning how to hit a forehand in tennis may take you a little practice, but hitting a tennis forehand is a great way to exercise and have fun.",
"Hitting a good forehand in tennis will depend primarily on the technique you use.",
"Using the correct technique will have you impressing your opponent in no time.",
"To hit a forehand in tennis, you will need:- Tennis Racquet- You have to select a hand grip to be able to hit any stroke in tennis including a tennis forehand.",
"A tennis grip is how you hold the racquet in your hand.",
"There are three types of tennis grips, western, continental, and semi-western.",
"The western or semi-western grip is ideal for a tennis forehand.",
"To hold the racquet in a western position you simply hold the racquet in a hand shape position making sure your thumb is pointing up.-",
"To hit a forehand in tennis you will need to first get into the ready position.",
"The ready position is the stance you take before you actually hit the ball.",
"Being in the ready position will allow you to hit your tennis forehand hard.",
"The ready position also allows you to remain balanced so that you can hit a tennis forehand.",
"- Hold the racquet vertically in front of your body with both hands on the grip of the racquet.",
"To hit your tennis forehand, you will need to turn your racquet to horizontal.",
"Now spot the tennis ball and aim to place the tennis ball in the center of the racquet.",
"Brush up through the ball and bring the racquet across your body.",
"- Buy a racquet that is big enough for your body.",
"- Never leave tennis balls laying around of the tennis court.",
"- Make sure you use the right grip."
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[
"Grass-Fed Beef: One Sweet-Tasting SteakRaising livestock on grass has been extolled for producing leaner, more flavorful meat and liberating animals from unnatural, filthy feedlots.",
"A perk that’s gotten less play is that pasture-raised livestock has the potential to combat climate change, especially if the approach is adopted widely.",
"The math is deliciously simple, according to environmentalist Richard Manning writing in Utne Reader’s big-sister publication Mother Earth News (April-May 2009).",
"Take cattle.",
"On healthy grassland, farmers can finish two steers per acre.",
"That’s precisely the acreage it takes to grow grain to finish a pair of steers in a lot.",
"When those acres are planted with annual crops like corn or soybeans, however, they suck water and energy.",
"Tilling adds oxygen to the soil, causing organic matter to decay (and release carbon).",
"The result is about 1,000 pounds of carbon emissions per acre.",
"Restoring acres of permanent pasture, on the other hand, sinks carbon into the soil at about the same rate, thanks in large part to perennials’ deep root systems.",
"There’s evidence that “grasslands are, under certain conditions, even better at sequestering carbon than forests,” Manning writes.",
"He estimates that converting just half of U.S. corn and soy fields to pasture could cut annual carbon emissions by 144 trillion pounds.",
"And establishing pasture on formerly monocropped lands also would help restore their fertility and promote biodiversity."
] | ||
[
"WebReference.com - Part 1 of chapter 5 from Beginning Java 2 SDK 1.4 Edition, Wrox Press Ltd (1/8)",
"Beginning Java 2 SDK 1.4 EditionWhat is a Class?",
"As you saw in Chapter 1, a class is a prescription for a particular kind of object--it defines a new type.",
"We can use the class definition to create objects of that class type, that is, to create objects that incorporate all the components specified as belonging to that class.",
"In case that's too abstract, look back to the last chapter, where we used theStringclass.",
"This is a comprehensive definition for a string object, with all the operations you are likely to need built in.",
"This makesStringobjects indispensable and string handling within a program easy.",
"String class lies towards one end of a spectrum in terms of complexity in a class.",
"String class is intended to be usable in any program.",
"It includes facilities andcapabilities for operating onString objects to cover virtually all circumstances inwhich you are likely to use strings.",
"In most cases your own classes won't need to be this elaborate.",
"You will typically be defining a class to suit your particular application.",
"A very simple class forPlane or aPerson, may well represent objects that can potentiallybe very complicated, if that fulfils your needs.",
"APerson object might just contain aname, address, and phone number for example if you are just implementing an address book.",
"In anothercontext, in a payroll program perhaps, you might need to represent aPerson with a wholehost of properties, such as age, marital status, length of service, job code, pay rate, and so on.",
"Itall depends on what you intend to do with objects of your class.",
"In essence a class definition is very simple.",
"There are just two kinds of things that you can include in a class definition:",
"These are variables that store data items that typically differentiate one object of the class from another.",
"They are also referred to as data members of a class.",
"These define the operations you can perform for the class--so they determine what you can do to, or with, objects of the class.",
"Methods typically operate on the fields--the variables of the class.",
"The fields in a class definition can be of any of the basic types, or they can be references to objects of any class type, including the one that you are defining.",
"The methods in a class definition are named, self-contained blocks of code that typically operateon the variables that appear in the class definition.",
"Note though, that this doesn't necessarily haveto be the case, as you might have guessed from themain() methods we have written in allour examples up to now.",
"Variables in a Class DefinitionAn object of a class is also referred to as an instance of that class.",
"When you create an object, the object will contain all the variables that were included in the class definition.",
"However, the variables in a class definition are not all the same--there are two kinds.",
"One kind of variable in a class is associated with each object uniquely--each instance of the classwill have its own copy of each of these variables, with its own value assigned.",
"These differentiate oneobject from another, giving an object its individuality--the particular name, address, and telephonenumber in a givenPerson object for instance.",
"These are referred to asThe other kind of class variable is associated with the class, and is shared by all objects of theclass.",
"There is only one copy of each of these kinds of variables no matter how many class objects arecreated, and they exist even if no objects of the class have been created.",
"This kind of variable isreferred to as a class variable because the variable belongs to the class, not to any particularobject, although as we have said, all objects of the class will share it.",
"These variables are alsoreferred to as static fields because, as we will see, you use the keywordwhen you declare them.",
"Created: June 24, 2002Revised: June 24, 2002"
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[
"During my check-ups with adolescents, I like to talk about their outside activities, that is things that teens do once they get out of school.",
"Many of my patients are involved in sports, and others like dance, theater or they may be in the orchestra or band.",
"There are others who really don’t like the “usual” after school activities, but prefer to do volunteer work.",
"Being a volunteer is such an important aspect of adolescence.",
"Learning about “giving back” and helping others is important for all of us, but I think especially important during the teen years.",
"Teenagers are often self-centered, and narcissistic.",
"It is normal part of their development.",
"Think about toddlers and teens, the “me” years.",
"But, teens also have so much to give back.",
"Their generation is full of talents.",
"I see this among my teenage patients.",
"Many of them have already chosen to volunteer and participate in little league coaching for baseball, lacrosse, and football.",
"Others enjoy their church and synagogue and help with the young children in Sunday school or Hebrew school.",
"I have teens who are talented in art and volunteer in nursing homes.",
"The list is endless, but the results are the same...... giving back.",
"Many schools encourage or even require that a student volunteers.",
"I think parents should also be instrumental in encouraging their own teens to volunteer in their community.",
"This is often done by “modeling the behavior” yourself (one of my favorite parenting lines).",
"If you get up on a Saturday morning to go help build homes at Habitat for Humanity, it is easy to wake up your teen to join you.",
"What about opportunities in the community to deliver Meals on Wheels one weekend day a month, perfect time for chatting with your teen while in the car, and serving others at the same time.",
"There are so many options that everyone should be able to find something that interests them while giving of themselves as well.",
"The lessons from volunteering will continue through out a teenagers life and hopefully into their adult life as well.",
"As is often the case, when one volunteers, I am not sure who benefits more, but your teen will for sure."
] | ||
[
"Photo: Paul K (flickr)",
"On July 12, 1493, an early illustrated book with the title Nuremberg Chronicle was printed in Germany.",
"Although it’s always been referred to in English after the town in which it was published, German speakers know it simply as “Schedel’s World History,” a reference to its author, Hartmann Schedel.",
"Several months after the initial Latin publication, a German version was printed thanks to translator Georg Alt.",
"The Chronicle was no ordinary book.",
"It sought to give an account of the history of the world as set out by the Bible—from creation to the year 1493.",
"It also included histories of many important Western cities such as Paris, Naples, Athens, Prague, and others.",
"The Chronicle was also remarkable for the integration of images alongside the text.",
"German artists Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff created the 1,809 woodcuts that give life to the words.",
"Wolgemut and Pleydenwurff were able to do this with help from workshop assistants, which included a young Albrecht Dürer.",
"Some of the woodcuts were also hand painted.",
"Among the hundreds images is the earliest depiction of St. Valentine, a Roman priest.",
"The accompanying text tells the story of his martyrdom during the 3rd Century, under the reign of Emperor Claudius II.",
"St. Valentine was apparently guilty of marrying and aiding Christians, which got him thrown in prison.",
"But it wasn’t until he tried converting the Emperor that he was condemned to death—by a combination of clubbing and stoning, followed by a final beheading.",
"Although his life ended in a gruesome story, St. Valentine was given a feast day by the Catholic Church.",
"St. Valentine’s Day, as it’s called, is celebrated on February 14th, a day for love and lovers.",
"Additional information about people, music, and events mentioned in this time capsule"
] | ||
[
"Ten temperature records in a single graphicPosted on 26 January 2011 by John CookLast week in Monckton Myth #2, Robert Way published an intriguing graph 'All Method Temperature Index'.",
"The graph plots the average of ten different global temperature datasets:",
"Figure 1: All Method Temperature Index (AMTI).",
"1990-2000 Baseline.",
"To create this graph, Robert had to track down a number of different temperature series.",
"There were your classic \"rock star\" datasets - NASA GISS, NOAA and HadCRUT.",
"The other favourites, although not going back as far as the thermometer records, are the satellite records UAH and RSS.",
"But another great addition are a number of other \"reanalysis products\".",
"These are datasets that use a wide range of sources to reconstruct temperature.",
"This includes thermometers, radiosondes, satellites, buoys and ship measurements.",
"This way, they're able to create temperature records covering the entire globe, even Arctic regions that other datasets such as UAH, RSS and HadCRUT fail to cover.",
"This is important because the Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the planet.",
"To omit the Arctic is to underestimate the global warming trend.",
"Robert has also plotted a graph of all ten temperature records in a single graph, a vivid reminder that many independent lines of evidence all tell us the same thing.",
"I've added it to our steadily growing Climate Graphics resource:",
"As with all our climate graphics, this is under a Climate Commons license so you're free to use this elsewhere.",
"And the graph is available in a number of formats including an Excel Spreadsheet which contains all of Robert's methodology including the ten datasets and his graph from Monckton Myth #2.",
"I'm very happy about this as I've been wanting to get hold of the European reanalysis data for while but have been toolazy busy to process the data myself :-)"
] | ||
[
"About How to Draw Elephant:Learning how to draw an elephant is fun, but it can also help kids develop many important skills.",
"These skills, eye-hand coordination, color concepts, picture and number comprehension, form the foundation for early learning success.",
"Enjoy this free, printable how to draw an elephant page!",
"Use of our How to Draw Elephant page:Our how to draw an elephant may be used only for your personal, non-commercial use.",
"Parents, teachers, churches and recognized nonprofit organizations may print or copy multiple how to draw an elephant pages for use at home or in the classroom."
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[
"Definition of Blood cultureBlood culture: A test designed to detect if microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi are present in blood.",
"A sample of blood obtained using sterile technique is placed in a culture media and incubated in a controlled environment for 1 to 7 days.",
"If microorganisms grow, they can be identified as to type and tested against different antibiotics for proper treatment of the infection.",
"Because microorganisms may only be intermittently present in blood, a series of 3 blood cultures is usually done before the result is considered negative.",
"Source: MedTerms™ Medical DictionaryLast Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 5:27:15 PMFind out what women really need."
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[
"I would like to ask about the following words: 父親【ちちおや】 and 母親【ははおや】.",
"They refer to father and mother, right?",
"But why do they exist?",
"When do we use them instead of お父【とう】さん and お母【かあ】さん?",
"I have a similar misunderstanding regarding the following two words: 両親【りょうしん】 and 父母【ふぼ】Basically they both mean parents or 'father and mother', but what is the difference?",
"Thank you for your help in advance!",
"Have a nice day!"
] | ||
[
"Anything that involves costumes and prizes sounds fun, right?",
"Here’s a little disclaimer: I did not invent this activity.",
"I heard of this idea a few years ago (by reading about it in a yearbook I was critiquing) and decided to adapt the idea for my own students.",
"If you’re reading this post and you’ve done a similar activity, I would love to hear the details so we can compare notes.",
"I definitely plan to do this again.",
"So, we’d been studying typography in my beginner publications course for a few class periods.",
"We looked at “Meet Your Type” and a few quick YouTube clips, some cool type design projects … even signing a Comic Sans pledge.",
"After all of the activities, notes, PowerPoints, type design (and — gasp! — a quiz), we did this as a fun culminating activity.",
"Here are the steps:1.",
"Students each choose a typeface from whatever you have available.",
"2.",
"Students find a few examples of the typeface in use and determine its personality or identity.",
"(In our case, this part was homework.)",
"3.",
"The following class period, students come dressed in full costume to represent the identity/personality of their typeface.",
"4.",
"Holding a printed example of the typeface and its name, they parade through a designated area (we used the cafeteria).",
"They stop midway to introduce themselves to the judges and describe themselves.",
"EX: “My name is Nuptial Script and I would like to request the honour of your presence at the upcoming ceremony uniting two kindred spirits in holy matrimony.”",
"EX: “Hola, me llamo Chilada.",
"Want some chips and salsa at my fiesta?",
"Adios!”5.",
"Judges award prizes and everyone poses for a bunch of photos.",
"The kids had a blast and it really helped them analyze type styles and what type of attitude or tone certain typefaces convey."
] | ||
[
"1451 is the date the hwacha is supposed to have been invented in Korea.",
"Was there a precursor with a similar configuration in the Ming dynasty prior to 1451 that is not like the earlier huoche version?",
"I have no idea regarding the construction of the huoche used Jingnan war (1401-1403).",
"But jugding by the \"Wubei zhi\" image we can assume that Mao Yuan Yi just copied this pic from Wujing Zongyao (ashe used samples from more than 2000 old treatises).",
"IMHO the answer is in original edition of Wujing Zongyao.",
"Let me quote the article from Korea (by Yang Sung-jin) regarding hwacha.",
"On Jan. 16, 1451, King Munjong appeared in a military exercise takingplace near the palace.",
"A total of 700 soldiers formed a tactical lineupcomposed of a mock attack and defense.",
"The operation was orderly and fine-tuned, the Annals historiographers observed.",
"Meanwhile, cannons were test-fired in front of the king.",
"Then, the soldiers performed a demonstration of hwacha (fire cartwheel) which shot through all the targets positioned 80 steps apart.",
"So there is no indications that the weapon was invented that time, but only the demo-firing of this weapon was mentioned."
] | ||
[
"Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, recently made a statement that the interest rates would be low till 2013.",
"Though it might be good news for some people, Investors find it as a distressing blow.",
"Many investors like to purchase bonds, and so the older they get, the more bonds they have.",
"It is one of the many common portfolio managements, and many people .",
"A number of people purchase CDs and treasury bonds at local banks.",
"Let’s say you retired about 5 years ago, and all your retirement savings are into CDs at a bank.",
"In those days, CDs got more than 5% interest.",
"But what will happen if your annuity or Treasury bond is maturing this year?",
"You wouldn’t be enticed by zero interest rates.",
"The zero interest rate Federal policy has both winners and losers, and the effect of this news depends upon which side of coin you fall on.",
"While investment banks and other large financial organizations are winners, the investors are the losers.",
"So while large banks can borrow big sums of money at almost no cost, and therefore lend at great rates, those who are investing in bonds are not getting a great deal.",
"So in the end it is currently better to invest in Real Estate."
] | ||
[
"This section describes the operations and functions available for algebra elements.",
"Note that algebra elements may exist independently of an algebra, e.g., you can write down two matrices and compute their sum and product without ever defining an algebra that contains them.",
"Comparisons of Algebra Elementsg = h:trueif the algebra elements g",
"and h are equal and tog < h:trueif the algebra elements g",
"and h are not equal and tog < hg <= hg = htrue if the algebraelement g is strictly less than, less than or equal to, greater than orequal to and strictly greater than the algebra element h.",
"There is nogeneral ordering on all algebra elements, so g and h should lie inthe same parent algebra.",
"Note that for elements of finitely presentedalgebra, comparison means comparison with respect to the underlying freealgebra (see Elements of Finitely Presented Algebras).",
"Arithmetic Operations for Algebra Elementsa * ba + ba - b- evaluate to the product, sum and differenceof the two algebra elements a and b.",
"The operands must of courselie in a common parent algebra, otherwise an error is signalled.",
"a / creturns the quotient of the algebra element a by the nonzero element c of the base field of the algebra.",
"a ^ ireturns the i-th power of an algebra element a and a positive integer i.",
"If i is zero or negative, perhaps the result is not defined, or not contained in the algebra generated by a.list + aa + listlist * aa * list",
"In this form the operators* return a new list where each entryis the sum resp.",
"product of a and the corresponding entry of list.",
"Of course addition resp.",
"multiplication must be defined between a andeach entry of list.",
"Previous Up Top Next"
] | ||
[
"Grade 3 | Writing, ReadingThis myth is from the Aboriginal people of Australia.",
"In this reading and writing worksheet, your child will read a short myth and then answer questions about the story.",
"This worksheet originally published in English Made Easy Key Stage 2 for ages 8 to 9 by © Dorling Kindersley Limited.",
"Skills: reading comprehension, sequencing, story structure, identifying key details, writing to answer questionsPrint Full SizeCCSS.ELA-Literacy.",
"RF.3.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.",
"RL.3.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.",
"RL.3.2, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.",
"RL.3.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.",
"W.3.2, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.",
"W.3.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.",
"W.3.8Don't have Acrobat Reader?",
"Get it now."
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