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Chinese language review
THE Ministry of Education (MOE) will announce changes to the teaching and testing of the Chinese language during the Committee of Supply debate in Parliament in March.
Some things which are set to change include a more systematic look at a student's language abilities from Primary 1, with teaching modes that will vary right through secondary school.
The ministry is also looking at teaching models from China, the United States and Switzerland, which have tests and programmes that are less focused on writing, and more targeted at helping students speak the language.
The changes were made to adjust the teaching of the language to an increasing number of students who are coming from English-speaking households.
The teaching of the Chinese language has been a big topic of discussion in the past year. Both the Prime Minister and Minister Mentor have weighed in on the debate on the mother tongue, especially the teaching of the Chinese language. English- speaking Chinese students have found the lessons tough-going, and examinations even more so.
||Chinese in schools to undergo changes
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Since the televised debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon in 1960, the impact of television on public opinion was well known by President Kennedy. Probably the tremendous change that politics faces today with social media. With this knowledge in hand, President Kennedy addressed the world in the first Presidential news conference on January 25, 1961.
Standing before cameras in the State Department auditorium, Kennedy read a prepared statement which covered:
- the famine in the Congo
- the release of two American aviators from Russian custody
- impending negotiations for an atomic test ban treaty.
He then opened the floor for questions from reporters, answering queries on a variety of topics including relations with Cuba, voting rights and food aid to impoverished Americans. | <urn:uuid:ca598e1d-a725-48f2-aa63-f472f3805fa2> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://mholloway63.wordpress.com/2016/01/25/what-happened-on-january-25th-first-televised-presidential-news-conference/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187820927.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20171017052945-20171017072945-00571.warc.gz | en | 0.948334 | 148 | 3.34375 | 3 |
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen, 1995, Excerpts
In 1499 Columbus made a major gold strike in Haiti, and Spain became the envy of Europe. Columbus and his successors forced hundreds of thousands of Indians to mine the gold for them, raise Spanish food, and even carry them everywhere they went. The Indians couldn’t stand it. Pedro de Cordoba wrote a letter to King Ferdinand in 1517, “As a result of the sufferings and hard labor they endured, the Indians choose and have chosen suicide. Occasionally a hundred have committed mass suicide. The women, exhausted by labor, have shunned conception and childbirth. Many, when pregnant, have taken something to abort and have aborted. Others after delivery have killed their children with their own hands, so as not to leave them in such oppressive slavery.”
Beyond facts of cruelty, the Spanish disrupted the Indian ecosystem and culture. Forcing Indians to work in mines rather than in their gardens led to widespread malnutrition. The intrusion of rabbits and livestock caused further ecological disaster. Diseases new to the Indians played a role. | <urn:uuid:dee7cb19-1ad1-485d-9bc7-c9b904f2902e> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://theformofmoney-mammon.blogspot.com/2012/11/columbus-strikes-gold-in-haiti-1499.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187822747.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20171018051631-20171018071631-00050.warc.gz | en | 0.967062 | 227 | 2.765625 | 3 |
This week, Jack Cushman illustrated how hard it is to make a film, or rather, how easy it is to make a bad film. With the assistance of LIL staff and interns, he directed a tiny film of four lines in about four minutes, then used it as a counter-example. Any mistake can break the suspension of disbelief, and amateurs are likely to make many mistakes. Infelicities in shot selection, lighting, sound, wardrobe and makeup, set design, editing, color, and so on destroy the viewer’s immersion in the film.
An example is the 180-degree rule: in alternating shots over the shoulders of two actors facing each other, the cameras must remain on the same side of the imaginary line joining the two actors. Breaking this rule produces cuts where the spatial relationship of the two actors appears to change from shot to shot.
After some discussion of the differences between our tiny film and Star Wars, Jack gauged his crew’s enthusiasm, and directed another attempt, taking only slightly longer to shoot than the first try. Here are some stills from the set. | <urn:uuid:b9805f54-5cfb-4396-a454-7434e10605ba> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2017/06/09/lil-talks-the-180-degree-rule-in-film/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825473.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20171022222745-20171023002745-00250.warc.gz | en | 0.957236 | 229 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Interesting piece at National Geographic about future fish farms. The latest notion is to build big, robot-controlled fish cages that could roam the oceans under their own very minimal power, letting the fish be kept clean by currents and largely fed by whatever comes in through the mesh of the cage. This makes some sense.
I have a question about aquaculture. There are big areas of the ocean where there isn't much life of any kind, especially in the central Pacific. And the reason there isn't much life is that there aren't sufficient minerals in the water, especially iron, for the algae that start the food chain. What I wonder is, why can't find some way to disperse iron and other minerals into the water in these locations, starting our own food chains?
Everybody knows that some parts of the ocean are much more productive than others, again, largely because of the mineral content of the water. Why can't we change that?
I really don't know if this is feasible or not. | <urn:uuid:e2f927a6-758f-40ed-b8d4-76ea10675811> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://benedante.blogspot.com/2009/08/farming-sea.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187822851.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20171018085500-20171018105500-00251.warc.gz | en | 0.967985 | 205 | 2.625 | 3 |
Date:31 July 2009
Where does the Earth’s atmosphere end and space begin?
That depends whom you ask. Various definitions have fought it out. In 1961, Alan Shepard reached an altitude of 186 km to become the first American in space; SpaceShipOne nabbed the Ansari X Prize in 2004 after hitting 100 km.
But scientists at Canada’s University of Calgary say new technology has allowed them to pinpoint the border: it lies 117 km above the Earth’s surface. That’s where relatively gentle atmospheric winds begin to give way to space’s maelstrom- like particle flows, which can exceed 960 km/h. The data comes from the Supra-Thermal Ion Imager, which was sent into space in 2007. | <urn:uuid:02662532-a741-4d23-a858-ea730338013b> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.popularmechanics.co.za/science/spaces-final-frontier/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825510.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20171023020721-20171023040721-00452.warc.gz | en | 0.897604 | 159 | 3.46875 | 3 |
NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
The NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms features 8,198 terms related to cancer and medicine.
We offer a widget that you can add to your website to let users look up cancer-related terms. Get NCI’s Dictionary of Cancer Terms Widget.
- CA 19-9 assay
- listen (... A-say)
- A laboratory test that measures the level of CA 19-9 in the blood. CA 19-9 is a substance released into the blood by both cancer cells and normal cells. Higher than normal amounts of CA 19-9 in the blood can be a sign of pancreatic or other types of cancer or other conditions. The amount of CA 19-9 in the blood can be used to help keep track of how well cancer treatments are working or if cancer has come back. CA 19-9 is a type of tumor marker. | <urn:uuid:f9c496da-8d19-435c-8b44-1d3ae2282de1> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms?CdrID=377727 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187823360.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20171019175016-20171019195016-00052.warc.gz | en | 0.882618 | 183 | 2.796875 | 3 |
The role of the school library learning commons in the 21st century
McGuane, Colleen M.
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School libraries that serve as quiet study areas or book repositories are no longer serving learners in the K-12 school environment. Library learning commons provide a unique environment for students to create, play, and learn. This literature review explores the role of the library learning commons in K-12th grade schools and the influences of the learning commons on 21st century learning. Research regarding the creation of a learning commons, learning within the commons, and creativity and play in the learning commons will also be examined. In addition, this review looks at the role of technology and the virtual learning commons in enhancing learning. The final section of this literature review examines case studies of learning commons and illustrates the effects of learning commons on schools and learning. | <urn:uuid:8fe959b6-07a5-4467-92e0-8161bf5736bd> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://centralspace.ucmo.edu/handle/123456789/441 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187826049.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20171023130351-20171023150351-00051.warc.gz | en | 0.87644 | 174 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2011 March 5
Explanation: Supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is a comfortable 11,000 light-years away. Light from the Cas A supernova, the death explosion of a massive star, first reached Earth just 330 years ago. The expanding debris cloud spans about 15 light-years in this composite X-ray/optical image, while the bright source near the center is a neutron star (inset illustration) the incredibly dense, collapsed remains of the stellar core. Still hot enough to emit X-rays, Cas A's neutron star is cooling. In fact, 10 years of observations with the orbiting Chandra X-ray observatory find that the neutron star is cooling rapidly, so rapidly that researchers suspect a large part of the neutron star's core is forming a frictionless neutron superfluid. The Chandra results represent the first observational evidence for this bizarre state of neutron matter.
Authors & editors:
Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)
NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply.
A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U. | <urn:uuid:30d533ff-3745-4c11-bd60-bf3f102a0acd> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110305.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825141.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20171022041437-20171022061437-00251.warc.gz | en | 0.867882 | 256 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Claim - The variable that increased the power of the wind turbine the most was the angle of the blades. Another variable that seemed important was the mass of the materials it wasn't essential because they didn't produce much power.
Evidence - When the angle of the blade was zero degrees there was no reaction, no mass, no distance. But when we angled the blades at ten degrees it had 56.5 watts of power. Then we angles the balades at thirty degrees and it used 0.20 watts of power. The higher the angle the lower the power. But when we changed the mass our big cardboard blades did more work than the small blades made from folder. The cardboard blades had a mass of 0.30 kg and the power was 0.01 watts. The folder blades had a mass of 0.8 kg and the power was 0 watts. The heavier the blade the higher the power.
Explanation - We got this data because Newton's third law states, for every action there is an equal and opposite reation. The action of wind pushing air against the blade causes the reaction of the blade being pushed. Because the blades were set at an angle, the wind is deflected at an opposite angle, pushing the blades away from the deflected wind. | <urn:uuid:8703e14c-b962-40b4-9aee-de40225ae3e2> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://spark.adobe.com/page/wBVyVR3ObGeSO/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187822513.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20171017215800-20171017235800-00651.warc.gz | en | 0.967579 | 256 | 3.84375 | 4 |
(HealthDay News) -- Sunlight provides much-needed vitamin D, but you have to protect yourself from sun damage and skin cancer.
There are other ways to get vitamin D, the Skin Cancer Foundation says, suggesting:
- A diet rich in fatty fish, such as salmon, mackerel and tuna.
- Other food sources of the vitamin include egg yolks, beef, liver and cheese.
- Some beverages are fortified with the vitamin, such as orange juice and milk.
- Cod liver oil has more than twice the daily recommended amount of vitamin D.
- Consider a vitamin D supplement.
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In 1781, the French mathematician Gaspard Monge formulated the optimal transportation problem that deals with the relocation of materials in the most economical way. The physical interpretation is to look for an optimal scheme of transporting a pile of soil or rubble to an excavation or fill, which requires the least work. Since then this optimisation problem and its many applications have been extensively studied. In 1940s, the Soviet mathematician and economist Leonid Kantorovich introduced a dual functional, by which the existence of optimal schemes can be established for a large class of cost functions. But for the original cost function proposed by Monge, the proof relies on a very different and more delicate analysis. In this project, you could look into a wide variety of techniques used to construct an optimal scheme for the Monge mass transportation problem. The uniqueness/non-uniqueness, smoothness/non-smoothness phenomenon for optimal schemes, and possible applications in this area will also be discussed. | <urn:uuid:acb77e14-e91d-4477-80be-c0f49a69079d> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://maths.anu.edu.au/education/projects/monge-mass-transportation-problem | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825308.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20171022150946-20171022170946-00851.warc.gz | en | 0.92889 | 194 | 2.546875 | 3 |
A treatment made from embryonic stem cells is apparently restoring sight in two women who were slowly going blind, NPR reports. "I can't tell you how excited I am about this," says Steven Schwartz, a UCLA opthamologist leading the research. "For these patients, the impact is enormous." Scientists injected retinal cells into the women's eyes, hoping to counteract Stargardt's macular dystrophy in one and dry age-related macular degeneration in the other.
"One day, I looked down and I could see my watch," says one subject, aged 78. "I probably hadn't seen it in about a year and a half or two." The other, a graphic artist in her fifties, says she's doing chores more easily and even riding a bike. Doctors warn that the results are highly preliminary, but they're continuing with 22 other subjects who suffer from the same ailments. It's only the second FDA-approved study with embryonic stem cells since scientists discovered them in 1998. | <urn:uuid:9d508068-d18a-479e-a022-afa09ad0d329> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.newser.com/story/138106/stem-cells-reverse-blindness-in-women.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187822116.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20171017144041-20171017164041-00251.warc.gz | en | 0.980278 | 206 | 2.515625 | 3 |
|this image via Wikipedia|
This is actually a special type of preservation called permineralization, where an inorganic mineral "replaces" or forms a cast of a particular structure. Mostly hard parts, but soft parts are also replaced, as we'll see.
Pyritized Devonian brachiopod! Paraspifier bownockeri. Image by James St. John
Here is the Devonian Furcaster paleozoicus..a Paleozoic brittle star from the famous Hunsruck slate in Germany
But probably one of the most exceptional examples of pyritization is when it captures soft tissues, such as on the trilobite, Triarthus | <urn:uuid:a2da7286-be76-4f7b-bff3-e9bdbce448c6> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/pyritized-fossils-all-that-glitters-is.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187824537.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20171021005202-20171021025202-00751.warc.gz | en | 0.905295 | 139 | 3.4375 | 3 |
Having trouble in sleeping? The reason might be loneliness. Researchers define loneliness as a feeling of distress that people experience when they feel their social relationships are inadequate.
According to the research, young adults who feel lonely have 24 per cent more chances of feeling tired throughout the day and also have difficulty in paying concentration during the day.
They may also have poor which includes more time taken to fall asleep, total duration of sleeping, and also disturbances while sleeping.
"Diminished sleep quality is one of the many ways in which loneliness gets under the skin, and our findings underscore the importance of early therapeutic approaches to target the negative thoughts and perceptions that can make loneliness a vicious cycle," said Louise Arseneault Professor at King's College London.
And especially those who faced some sort of violence including crime, sexual abuse, or any other kind of violent abuse by family members or friends were at 70 per cent risk of suffering the outcome of loneliness that is poor sleep quality. | <urn:uuid:4369623a-9f0d-4cae-8f22-501a263e9ff8> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.newsnation.in/lifestyle/health-and-fitness/facing-problem-to-fall-asleep-loneliness-might-be-the-one-to-blame-article-171452.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825575.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20171023035656-20171023055656-00552.warc.gz | en | 0.970175 | 194 | 3.125 | 3 |
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
A Reading Environment at your Home!
Home environment plays an important role in the development of early readers. According to Jim Trelease, author of "The New Read-Aloud Handbook", two major studies (one from the 1966 and one from 1975) have been done on early readers as well as students who respond to early education without difficulty. These studies show that the following four indicators were present in the home environment of nearly every early reader.
The child is read to on a regular basis. This reading included not only books, but billboards, signs, labels, and more. The parents, by example, were avid readers.
Books, newspapers, magazines, and comics were always available at home.
Paper and pencils were also available anywhere because the starting point of curiosity about written language was an interest in copying objects and letters of the alphabet.
Adult in the child's home answered endless questions, praised the child's efforts, used their local library frequently, bought books, wrote stories that their child dictated and displayed their child's work prominently.
Having setup a good home environment for reading, you have to ensure your child has good hearing!
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Medical Definition of Sulfite sensitivity
Sulfite sensitivity: Adverse reactions of an allergic nature to sulfites. Sulfites occur in fermentation and also occur naturally in a number of foods and beverages including wine. Sulfites are used for their preservative properties. Sulfite sensitivity occurs most often in asthmatic adults -- predominantly women. It is uncommon in preschool children. Adverse reactions to sulfites in nonasthmatics are rare. Sulfite sensitivity reactions range from mild to severe and may include skin, respiratory, or gastrointestinal signs and symptoms. Bronchoconstriction with wheezing is the most common sensitivity response in asthmatics.
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In my previous post, I introduced ConstitutionCafe. I would enjoy hearing your thoughts concerning these questions.
- If you could add any amendment to the Constitution, what right would it give Americans?
- The First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” When schools prohibit prayer in school, does this prohibit free exercise of religion?
- Should the Constitution include an amendment specifying official political parties?
- Should amendments have expiration dates in order to force Americans to review their rights?
- The Third Amendment states. “No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.” This amendment was written in response to the British forcing the Colonists to house soldiers at the time of the American Revolution. Is this amendment still necessary?
- Does the Constitution apply to illegal immigrants?
- Men wrote the Constitution. How would the Constitution be different if women wrote it?
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No, this isn’t a new science fiction story, it’s a video showing real miniature robots cooperating as they retrieve a book from a shelf. I believe this is yet another step towards nanotechnology, future tech in which the ability of trillions of nanobots to cooperate with one another will be demonstrated.
In a striking display of military-like precision, the robotic team, dubbed the “Swarmanoid“, attacks the problem with flying “eye-bots” and rolling “foot-bots”. A “hand-bot” then fires a grappling hook-like device up to the ceiling and scales the bookshelf. Footage of the experiment, conducted by Marco Dorigo at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, and colleagues, won the video competition at the Conference on Artificial Intelligence in San Francisco earlier this week (an edited version appears above). | <urn:uuid:a9006500-e692-41cd-a416-b908071d9fe8> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://optimismwillbethenewrealism.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/tale-of-the-swarmanoid/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825227.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20171022113105-20171022133105-00651.warc.gz | en | 0.887502 | 190 | 2.640625 | 3 |
18th Annual Roger Revelle Commemorative Lecture
Baird Auditorium, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
From the stick charts of the ancient Marshall Islanders to the SONAR of World War II, humankind continues to devise ways to map the ocean. The newest maps, which are global, 3D, and increasingly intelligent, hold great promise for improving science and decision-making related to our oceans, but “here be monsters” to conquer data challenges. Join Dr. Dawn Wright, chief scientist at the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) and professor of geography and oceanography at Oregon State University, to learn about the past and present of ocean mapping and what must be done to overcome the challenges of “big data,” “dark data,” and the need to make data more resilient and more accessible to users.
The Roger Revelle Commemorative Lecture is presented by the Ocean Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in cooperation with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. The lecture was created in honor of Dr. Revelle’s contributions to the ocean sciences and his dedication to making scientific knowledge available to policymakers.
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Numicon is a multi-sensory approach to mathematics that uses structured apparatus, which is designed to help children understand number ideas and number relationships that, are essential for success in maths.
The Numcion Primary group provides children, especially those who are weak in maths, with opportunities to understand, achieve and enjoy mathematics.
The Numicon Maths Primary Group:
- Uses a variety of structured apparatus such as Numicon shapes, number rods, pegs, counters and visuals to explore and communicate number concepts.
- Teaches children fluent recall.
- Uses shapes and patterns to clearly illustrate relationships between numbers and how we use them.
- Uses ‘low threshold’ and ‘high ceiling’ activities to provide the right level of challenge and enable differentiation within the same topic.
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Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are currently causing devastation and flooding in the Caribbean and the south of the United States. In the future, drones in disaster areas could help in finding injured and needy people more quickly. Developed by UPS, the Red Cross and drone manufacturer Cyphy Works, the new system is now being tested in the states of Texas and Louisiana, where cyclone Harvey had previously raged.
This is based on wired drones equipped with a high-resolution camera with 30x zoom. The drones are fed by generator power running through the cable, allowing them to stay in the air for days. Their job is to search the surrounding area at a height of around 120 meters for anyone requiring help, along with any potential damage to buildings and infrastructure. This will make it faster to plan and conduct the necessary rebuilding efforts. The plan is to have drones assess the damage even while flooded areas are still under water.
"In view of the serious injuries and destruction caused by the forces of nature, every minute counts," explains Eduardo Martinez, President of the UPS Foundation behind the project. It is important that public and private organizations work together to find new and innovative solutions. Martinez adds this would also support and drive reconstruction work following a natural disaster. | <urn:uuid:dcc9e132-6cec-4e25-8e46-f264e2e85f4d> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.cebit.de/en/news-trends/news/new-drones-to-aid-in-the-search-for-disaster-victims-2114 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825154.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20171022075310-20171022095310-00451.warc.gz | en | 0.968554 | 249 | 3.078125 | 3 |
What is an animal allergen?
Allergens are otherwise harmless substances, usually proteins, that can cause some
people's immune system to over react. The reaction is called an allergic reaction.
Usually, it is pets with fur that cause allergic reactions. Pet allergens are proteins
that come from the animal's skin (dander), saliva, or urine. Pet hair is not an allergen
but it can carry allergens, and so can your clothes. You can breathe in animal allergens
when you pet the animal or from dust in the air. When the allergen lands in your nose
or lungs, it can cause symptoms such as sneezing, and runny or itchy nose. The allergen
can cause itchy eyes if you touch your eyes after petting an animal. If an animal
scratches or licks you and you are allergic, your skin can become red.
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Get quick access to essential ECG information with the Pocket Guide for ECGs Made Easy, 6th Edition. Reflecting the American Heart Association's 2015 ECC resuscitation guidelines, this full-color guide contains key points and selected ECG rhythm strips to help you correctly identify ECG rhythms whether you're in the classroom or in the field. Each rhythm covered in the guide includes a brief description, a summary of heart rhythm characteristics, and a sample ECG rhythm strip. And with its numerous illustrations, call-out boxes, full-color layout, and easy-to-read, conversational style, this portable reference makes essential information not only easy to find, but also easy to understand.
1. Anatomy & Physiology2. Basic Electrophysiology3. Sinus Mechanisms4. Atrial Rhythms5. Junctional Rhythms6. Ventricular Rhythms7. Atrioventricular Blocks8. Pacemaker Rhythms9. Introduction to the 12-Lead ECG | <urn:uuid:f171056f-13ac-4645-8a6c-67634dd7297d> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.wisepress.com/ebooks/pocket-guide-for-ecgs-made-easy-e-book/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825436.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20171022184824-20171022204824-00051.warc.gz | en | 0.75368 | 207 | 3.1875 | 3 |
VSMP (virtual symmetric multiprocessing) is a method of SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) in which two or more virtual processors are mapped inside a single virtual machine or partition. This makes it possible to assign multiple virtual processors to a virtual machine on any host having at least two logical processors. VSMP can be employed in conjunction with multithreading, which is the ability of a program to concurrently manage multiple user requests.
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In SMP, multiple programs are run by two or more processors that share a common OS (operating system) and memory. A single copy of the OS is in charge of all the processors. SMP systems are considered better than MPP (massively parallel processing) systems for online transactions in which many users are likely to access the same database at the same time. | <urn:uuid:8bec0186-7f6f-4b05-aaa5-336175f62e86> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/definition/VSMP-virtual-symmetric-multiprocessing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187826283.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20171023183146-20171023203146-00351.warc.gz | en | 0.935678 | 195 | 3 | 3 |
Fall is when it is time to plant bulbs. What is a bulb? A bulb is: a rounded underground storage organ present in some plants, notably those of the lily family, consisting of a short stem surrounded by fleshy scale leaves or leaf bases and lying dormant over winter.
My mom and I are planting daffodils. My mom likes daffodils. She likes the pretty yellow color in the spring.
First, I had to dig a hole for the bulbs to go into.
I had to make sure I put them in the right way with the stem part sticking up.
These are the roots. These are supposed to be pointing down.
Here is a video that shows bulbs asleep and then waking up.
I want to see bulbs grow myself so I learned from this video how I can watch bulbs grow.
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Adam N. McCaughan and Karl K. Berggren
Superconducting electronics based on Josephson junctions are used to sense and process electronic signals with minimal loss; however, they are ultrasensitive to magnetic fields, limited in their amplification capabilities, and difficult to manufacture. We have developed a 3-terminal, nanowire-based superconducting electrothermal device which has no Josephson junctions. This device, which we call the nanocryotron, can be patterned from a single thin film of superconducting material with conventional electron-beam lithography. The nanocryotron has a demonstrated gain of >20, can drive impedances of 100 kΩ, and operates in typical ambient magnetic fields. We have additionally applied it both as a digital logic element in a half-adder circuit, and as a digital amplifier for superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors pulses. The nanocryotron has immediate applications in classical and quantum communications, photon sensing, and astronomy, and its input characteristics are suitable for integration with existing superconducting technologies. | <urn:uuid:29b145de-a1c2-4fa2-bc72-cc13e72e77a3> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.rle.mit.edu/a-superconducting-nanowire-three-terminal-electrothermal-device-nano-letters/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187823114.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20171018195607-20171018215607-00850.warc.gz | en | 0.937106 | 223 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Week 3’s class was all about weight as well as squash and stretch. Animating a character without weight and a centre of gravity makes the character appear lifeless as well as unrealistic. Everything has a centre of gravity, even if it is a lifeless or still object.
Also not having enough or having too many frames can make an animation wrong or disjointed. If there are not enough frames, the character appears to “strobe” and look disjointed. If there are too many frames, the character appears to linger for too long and appears wrong.
Also during this lesson, I was introduced to the dope sheet in Maya for the first time. The dope sheet, like the graph editor, is another tool in which animators use to tweak their animations. Like the graph editor, keyed frames can be moved around to adjust the animation slightly to improve it and add things, e.g. weight, squash and stretch. | <urn:uuid:40fcf07c-18fd-4552-9637-b1d623953670> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://marktomczyk.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/animation-week-3/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187822851.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20171018085500-20171018105500-00251.warc.gz | en | 0.981991 | 193 | 3.015625 | 3 |
She is 12 years old; that is the age of puberty when there is a sudden upsurge in female hormones. A risk factor is not only in female hormones, but it is greatest during the phases of hormonal changes. So the disease was just waiting to be triggered, and change of environment did its job, lots of sunshine, a complete change in diet are known to commonly trigger lupus(1). It is also quite possible that lupus could have been triggered by some vaccine she received before the visit, or due to some tropical infection (2).
Thus what initially looked a bit strange, completely fits into the well-known picture. Further, there are many studies comparing the onset of lupus in various age groups. All the studies seem to demonstrate that the onset of lupus in childhood or young age is much more severe as compared to adult onset. Cardiopulmonary disease, hematological manifestations, a disease of the kidney is more common in childhood onset of lupus (3). | <urn:uuid:aa669e53-1f51-43fc-bbc5-2f07fa6e796b> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.findatopdoc.com/Healthy-Living/The-Early-and-Late-Manifestations-of-Lupus/Lupus-triggers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187822851.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20171018085500-20171018105500-00252.warc.gz | en | 0.978355 | 207 | 2.734375 | 3 |
IDMC’s monitoring suggests that over one in every fifteen Syrians has been internally displaced following the 17 month conflict that has started as a popular uprising and has turned into a full blown civil war. The magnitude of this displacement means that it has now become intricately linked with the spreading of the conflict. The latest figure issued by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) of 1.5 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) was released as the battle of Aleppo was unfolding and just before the escalation of the conflict in Damascus.
Given the nature of the conflict and the lack of access in Syria, the IDP figures have remained estimates derived from formal registrations and based on both the pattern of the conflict and the displacement trends. In terms of internal displacement, the battle of Homs in March 2012 marked a turning point in both the nature and the scale of displacement. Mapping of internal displacement in Syria captures this mutation and reveals that before this event, displacement was often regarded as collateral damage in a conflict between the government forces and the opposition. Following the battle of Homs the number of IDPs began to rise exponentially, creating its own socio-political dynamic that lead to the spreading of the conflict.
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British dairy processors have pledged to enhance biodiversity on processing sites, marking a significant step in their efforts to ensure the sustainability of the dairy supply chain.
Biodiversity is a significant issue for all manufacturing industries and the Dairy Roadmap, a collaborative mechanism to address environmental issues in the sector, offers a framework to drive sustainability across the length of the dairy supply chain.
Although the potential to enhance biodiversity is most likely to occur at farm level, the Dairy Roadmap recognises that processors can play a significant part in biodiversity through the management of their sites. Dairy UK has developed a biodiversity commitment for processors, which includes:
Dr Judith Bryans, Chief Executive of Dairy UK, said: "The dairy processing industry recognises the importance of preserving the natural environment and is dedicated to taking steps towards enhancing biodiversity in its own way.
"There is no end point when it comes to sustainability. It is important to reflect on our achievements so far and to become more environmentally sustainable through best practices and new commitments." | <urn:uuid:8d36cd65-19f5-495f-9fe3-350217ec6991> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.dairyuk.org/media-area/press-releases/item/dairy-uk-announces-new-biodiversity-commitment-for-processors | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187821189.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20171017125144-20171017145144-00150.warc.gz | en | 0.944349 | 202 | 2.625 | 3 |
The 21st century has increasingly recognised depression as a serious illness, and now a team from South Korea wants to treat it with 21st century technology.
South Korean startup Ybrain’s Mindd headband sends weak electronic currents to the frontal lobe of your brain, reports The Korea Herald. The process, neuroscientifically referred to as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), aims to stimulate the frontal lobe — where decreased activity is associated with depression.
Ybrain has received over $9 million in funding over the past four years, and says clinical trials have shown the Mindd headband to be effective and yield no side effects. It’s been used in 12 hospitals throughout South Korea already, Ybrain CEO Lee Ki-won said to the Herald, and… | <urn:uuid:71b528e6-8947-40e6-8773-6fe787edf9f3> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://dailytech.us/new-headband-treats-depression-with-electric-currents/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187823731.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20171020044747-20171020064747-00651.warc.gz | en | 0.935175 | 159 | 2.75 | 3 |
Science should be taught in certain ways in order to lead and encourage students to get the optimum results in education. The use of best practices in teaching, especially in teaching science in the mode of streaming has been implemented in Universitas Terbuka not only for its students but also for all of the teachers in Indonesia and around the world. A survey of the Guru Pintar Online (GPO) products with a number of experts was conducted to get the issues how to improve the contents and the techniques the online teacher resources.The GPO is an outstanding resource especially for teachers who deserve the results for their students in understanding science and other subject matters. There were three main issues need to be improved, such as limitation the introduction by the presenter, the use of the appropriate material to focus to the concepts promoted, and some new techniques to minimize the high resolution of the internet connections.Some examples of the GPO products were played, observed, and discussed. Other International best practices streaming teaching products were also played, observed and discussed. Some findings to improve the GPO products need to be implemented was the most important issues in this survey. | <urn:uuid:b26c83fb-e0a3-48b1-b253-2fdbc66d32c1> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.neliti.com/publications/170153/critics-and-suggestions-for-gpo-in-science-teaching-a-free-online-resource-for-t | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187822930.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20171018104813-20171018124813-00352.warc.gz | en | 0.966505 | 227 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Two-thirds of adults and one-third of children are overweight or obese. Left unchecked, obesity’s effects on health, health care costs, and our productivity as a nation could become catastrophic.
The staggering human toll of obesity-related chronic disease and disability, and an annual cost of $190.2 billion for treating obesity-related illness, underscore the urgent need to strengthen prevention efforts in the United States. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation asked the IOM to identify catalysts that could speed progress in obesity prevention.
The IOM evaluated prior obesity prevention strategies and identified recommendations to meet the following goals and accelerate progress
- Integrate physical activity every day in every way
- Market what matters for a healthy life
- Make healthy foods and beverages available everywhere
- Activate employers and health care professionals
- Strengthen schools as the heart of health
On their own, accomplishing any one of these might help speed up progress in preventing obesity, but together, their effects will be reinforced, amplified, and maximized. | <urn:uuid:2f701983-c15e-482a-9564-a14367076d00> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://nationalacademies.org/hmd/Reports/2012/Accelerating-Progress-in-Obesity-Prevention.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187823630.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20171020025810-20171020045810-00551.warc.gz | en | 0.944535 | 209 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Access and utilization of selected preventive health services among adolescents aged 10-17 / Lindsey I. Black ; Colleen N. Nugent ; Anjel Vahratian.
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Distribution & Habitat:
Wet lowland rainforest from south east Colombia through to northern South America
A small understory palm with a solitary trunk but eventually clumping, 3-8m tall and 2-4cm in diameter, with a small spiny system of aerial roots. It has a sparse crown of up to 6 leaves, 1.2-1.5m long, with 8-10 diamond shaped leaflets which have a velvety feel when touched.
Tropical conditions only; warm, sheltered and moist. Prefer sandy acidic soils. Seed is very slow and difficult to germinate.
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Move over acid rain and exotic species, there's another threat to the environment, namely our buildings. In fact, 50 percent of energy use is architecturally related, says a recent article from Solar Today. Green building design strategies can help reverse that trend and lower your power bills, so check out the statewide Green Building Tour sponsored by the N.C. Sustainable Energy Association in cooperation with Million Solar Roofs Communities in Durham, Chapel Hill, Boone and Asheville. Learn how to build responsibly with tours of solar-oriented neighborhoods and get inspired about photovoltaic power generation, solar water heating and "green" and recycled materials. Saturday, Oct. 4, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. 832-7601, www.ncsustainableenergy.org for details. $10.
Also: Intro to Green Building presentation to introduce the public to sustainable building design, construction, materials and contractors. Friday, Oct. 3, 7-9 p.m., Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 810 W. Chapel Hill St., Durham. Register with the Durham County Cooperative Extension Service, 560-0525. Free. | <urn:uuid:0c07558b-0008-413e-8d5d-7926b62a5c89> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://m.indyweek.com/indyweek/in-sustainability/Content?oid=1190425 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825227.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20171022113105-20171022133105-00651.warc.gz | en | 0.911666 | 233 | 2.703125 | 3 |
NEW YORK, July 12 (UPI) -- The farmed salmon industry is threatened by a virus often fatal to the fish, U.S. researchers say, and they fear it could spread to populations of wild salmon.
Heart and skeletal muscle inflammation was first detected in salmon on a farm in Norway in 1999, and has now been found in more than 400 fish farms in Norway as well as in the United Kingdom, ScienceDaily.com reported Monday.
Researchers say they worry the disease could spread to wild fish coming close to farm pens or coming in contact with farm fish escaping from them.
The virus-caused disease "is a threat to aquaculture and it has the potential to spread to wild salmon," W. Ian Lipkin of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health said.
Farmed fish are an increasingly important food source with a global yearly harvest of 110 million tons growing at more than 8 percent a year, ScienceDaily.com said. | <urn:uuid:18f1ad19-d460-45a9-8362-71ec9de4c224> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2010/07/12/Virus-worries-farmed-salmon-industry/UPI-21151278967170/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187828189.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20171024071819-20171024091751-00047.warc.gz | en | 0.965088 | 197 | 2.8125 | 3 |
This Week in Texas Methodist History
Wesleyan College Receives Charter January 16, 1844.
Sam Houston had an interesting signature. The capital S in “Sam” was a bit ambiguous. It often looked more like an “I” than an “S.” The result was a signature that proclaimed “I am Houston.” On January 16, 1844 he used that signature to complete the process of chartering Wesleyan College in San Augustine.
San Augustine was an important place in the Republic of Texas. The main land route by which immigrants, traders, and other travelers came to Texas crossed the Sabine at Gaines Ferry and led right to San Augustine. It boasted a newspaper and Masonic Lodge. Its citizens showed an early interest in education. The same day the town was chartered, June 5, 1837, a University of San Augustine was also chartered.
It also became an important focus of Methodist activity as early as the 1830s…
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You’ve heard it before, the children are the future, which means that you want to start teaching them now about how to be more green and how to do more for sustainable and healthy living. The best way to do this, of course, is to lead by example. Here are some things you can do to help your kids learn how to reduce their carbon footprint and help the earth.
Stop Smoking, Or Don’t Start
There are plenty of bad things that put pollution into the environment, from the vehicles we drive to the factories that create the things we eat and use. However, one of the worst things people do to the air we breath is fill it with cigarette smoke, which is made up of many carcinogens. Not only do you work to kill or harm yourself as a smoker, but also those around you. [Read more…] | <urn:uuid:47582048-d0f2-4c9b-b2ab-ce124872e1c4> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.dailybits.com/category/news-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187820556.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20171017013608-20171017033608-00011.warc.gz | en | 0.975529 | 175 | 2.859375 | 3 |
This book introduces the reader to the geometry of surfaces and submanifolds in the conformal n-sphere. Various models for Mobius geometry are presented: the classical projective model, the quaternionic approach, and an approach that uses the Clifford algebra of the space of homogeneous coordinates of the classical model; the use of 2-by-2 matrices in this context is elaborated. For each model in turn applications are discussed. Topics comprise conformally flat hypersurfaces, isothermic surfaces and their transformation theory, Willmore surfaces, orthogonal systems and the Ribaucour transformation, as well as analogous discrete theories for isothermic surfaces and orthogonal systems. Certain relations with curved flats, a particular type of integrable system, are revealed. Thus this book will serve both as an introduction to newcomers (with background in Riemannian geometry and elementary differential geometry) and as a reference work for researchers. | <urn:uuid:aa80074e-0e1e-4c3c-b4be-0e3e72aa31e0> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://readrate.com/deu/books/introduction-to-mobius-differential-geometry | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187821189.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20171017125144-20171017145144-00150.warc.gz | en | 0.918298 | 191 | 2.875 | 3 |
Toronto. In 1948 Edwin Land began marketing the amazing “picture in a minute” camera. In the early days demand far exceeded supply making the new cameras very scarce.
But what happened before the cameras? Why are they called Polaroid cameras, or Polaroid Land cameras?
Edwin Land was a very creative inventor. In 1932 he and his Harvard physics instructor established a company to make the polarizing filters Land invented. In 1937 the company was renamed Polaroid Corporation.
This is a 1946 ad from LIFE magazine (thanks to George Dunbar). The ad promotes the then innovative see-through sun shade for cars using the polaroid filter sheet. Two years later Land came out with his camera and film making history. The cameras were all called Polaroid-Land until 1982 when Land resigned from his company.
Most people had or were photographed with a Polaroid camera. Few people continued to use the camera (other than professionals who used the larger size Polaroid films to test exposure and view before using the even more costly colour material). For the amateur, pictures in a minute were attractive. The cost was not. | <urn:uuid:04884f4e-adaf-4e19-b271-1fe21e3278c5> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://phsc.ca/camera/?p=9189 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187823114.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20171018195607-20171018215607-00851.warc.gz | en | 0.967714 | 227 | 3.265625 | 3 |
I Am Diagnosed With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
In triple-negative disease, breast cancer does not grow in the presence of three known receptors that we can target for treatment: the estrogen receptor, the progesterone receptor and the HER2 receptor. Between 15 and 20 percent of breast cancers are found to be triple-negative. You may hear people call TNBC aggressive and hard to treat, but chemotherapy has been found to be effective against these cancers. As a person with triple-negative breast cancer, you may have specific concerns about treatment options, chemotherapy side effects and risks for recurrence. In this section, explore your unique needs as you cope with this diagnosis.
We are grateful to the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation for their support and contributions to the content found in this section. | <urn:uuid:706748b4-6f28-4334-9cc8-725d3614fd10> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.lbbc.org/diagnosed-triple-negative-breast-cancer | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187828356.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20171024090757-20171024110757-00150.warc.gz | en | 0.953881 | 160 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Ah, this depends on the specific solar panel you are talking about.
As we have explained elsewhere in our blog posts, solar panels comes in all sizes, some of them really small.
Speaking only in the context of the conventional sizes used in rooftop solar power plants and large solar farms, typically, smaller solar panels have 36 cells connected in series to give a voltage of 12 V.
However, things are a-changing.
The number of cells in a solar panel has been on the increase, and the latest solar panels are ones that come with 72 cells.
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- Is It a Good Idea to Have Elevated Solar Panels on My Rooftop to Get an Extra Room?-Here | <urn:uuid:ad899e97-69dd-4b6e-8fb9-3b678c05a73e> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.solarmango.com/2016/08/07/many-cells-solar-panel/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187824543.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20171021024136-20171021044136-00851.warc.gz | en | 0.919455 | 230 | 3.078125 | 3 |
By Andrew Liszewski
The ionosphere is a layer of the earth’s atmosphere sitting about 50 kilometres above our heads and is already used to bounce low frequency radio signals around the planet. Researchers at Samsung are taking that idea even further by developing a way to use the ionosphere as an actual broadcast antenna.
To achieve their goal Samsung plans to use a UHF radio signal of a few hundred megahertz coupled with a carrier signal of around 1 gigahertz. The two signals would be amplified and focused by a dish into a beam that hits the underside of the ionosphere. The plan is for the 1 GHz carrier signal to be absorbed by the atmosphere while the UHF signal is used to alter the temperature of electrons flowing through the ionosphere. This would create an alternating current in the ionosphere that could be modulated at a particular frequency. The spot where the beam hits the ionosphere would then effectively work as an antenna radiating the UHF signal back down to the planet.
Samsung hopes this will pan out as a cheap way to broadcast signals or communicate over long distances without the need for launching and maintaining expensive satellites. | <urn:uuid:25e5f1d4-e775-4748-bad3-2a9cd3423376> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/07/31/broadcasting-via-the-atmosphere/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187822992.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20171018142658-20171018162658-00551.warc.gz | en | 0.934565 | 232 | 3.953125 | 4 |
Permanent Wave Machine
By HHM collections manager Heather Hoagland
Despite appearances, this is not some kind of torture device—although may have caused women to suffer for fashion. This is a permanent wave machine. With the combination of a reagent on the hair and the addition of heat through the top of the device (known as the “chandelier”), this machine would create a stylish wave.
Image: Wiki Commons
First, a proprietary alkaline reagent would be applied to the hair. Each beautician would create their own special blend, determined by their own experience, as well as the type of hair and style desired. Although I couldn’t confirm this myself, curator Jack Kabrud claims this reagent could include cow urine!
Sections of hair would then be wrapped around one of the metal coils and clamped into place and the electric machine would add heat to the hair, setting the wave in place.
This particular machine was produced by E. Frederics, Inc. of New York, circa 1928. The image below shows representatives of the company giving a demonstration in New York in 1928.Embed from Getty Images | <urn:uuid:dde0bced-bf5d-4c10-9def-c26a5d68193e> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://hennepinhistorymuseumblog.wordpress.com/2016/10/31/collection-item-of-the-week-perm-machine/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187823997.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20171020082720-20171020102720-00852.warc.gz | en | 0.956062 | 238 | 2.515625 | 3 |
PROCLAMATION OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC T SHIRT WHITE
The Proclamation of the Republic (Irish: Forógra na Poblachta), also known as the 1916 Proclamation or Easter Proclamation, was a document issued by the Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army during the Easter Rising in Ireland, which began on 24 April 1916. In it, the Military Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, styling itself the "Provisional Government of the Irish Republic", proclaimed Ireland's independence from the United Kingdom. The reading of the proclamation by Patrick Pearse outside the General Post Office (GPO) on Sackville Street (now called O'Connell Street), Dublin's main thoroughfare, marked the beginning of the Rising. The proclamation was modelled on a similar independence proclamation issued during the 1803 rebellion by Robert Emmet. | <urn:uuid:cceeed67-d760-4500-ac8b-42b7138b4bc0> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.sinnfeinbookshop.com/proclamation-of-the-irish-republic-t-shirt-white/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825575.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20171023035656-20171023055656-00552.warc.gz | en | 0.949674 | 171 | 2.90625 | 3 |
The elevation of an address refers to its height above sea level, or how high above sea level the address is elevated. Elevation is sometimes researched out of curiosity, or to determine a home's expected flood level. A higher elevation means the address is less likely to be susceptible to flooding, which is a bonus for home buyers. With modern technology, and easy access to the Internet, you can easily find the elevation of any address within seconds. All that you need is the address of the location.
Open a new Internet browser, and visit the GPSies.com website.
Enter all address information that you have in the box on the "Find Coordinates" screen. Include street address and city/state combination or postcode. Click the "Search" button.
View the white box that displays to the left of the search box. This will show the search results, including elevation, latitude and longitude. Elevation will be displayed in measurements of feet.
Things you need
- Internet access
- Address of location | <urn:uuid:3912b1c0-9ccf-4a7f-8476-83820d794bf6> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_5896621_elevation-address.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825510.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20171023020721-20171023040721-00452.warc.gz | en | 0.912365 | 208 | 2.9375 | 3 |
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Kurt Schwitters was in the early 1930s considered entartet by Hitler. He lived in exile in Norway , a country he had visited as a tourist several times . He stayed until the Germans invaded Norway in 1940. He lived in Lysaker and during the summers on Hjertøya outside Molde. Here he built his Merz - huts and worked with collages and assemblages . Karin Hellandsjø has done research for many years on this unique artist's life and work in Norway . The book also presents several of Schwitters texts , some of which have never been published. The book is richly illustrated .
|Dimensjoner||23,2cm x 30cm x 2,5cm||Vekt||1567 gram|
|Originaltittel||Ultima Thule||Leverandør||SentralDistribusjon AS|
|Emner og form||Kunstnere, kunstmonografier, Malerkunst og malerier, Andre grafiske kunstformer, Kunstnere, Bildende kunst, Faglitteratur| | <urn:uuid:96728b82-c5b8-4369-a512-f014c44514a8> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.platekompaniet.no/bok/ultima-thule-kurt-schwitters-and-norway-karin-hellandsjo/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187824471.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20171020230225-20171021010225-00650.warc.gz | en | 0.681518 | 256 | 2.53125 | 3 |
***This worksheet goes with the Kids Discover-Ancient Egypt magazine app.
Download the Kids Discover- Ancient Egypt app ($3.99 in the iTunes App Store - link below) to your school/class set of iPads and let the kids explore and enjoy the bright colors and great information.
• Activity should take 45-60 minutes if all the information is read well.
• I suggest letting students work as partners for this activity, especially if you have lower readers.
• If you only have one iPad, project it to the whole class and allow the students to navigate it, taking turns clicking through the information.
Kids Discover-Ancient Egypt (app):
Font: Architects Daughter
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Fauna salvage and translocation is an important and integral part of environmental quality assurance for construction and development projects. Many of these projects require the removal of vegetation (native and exotic), and water bodies which are an important habitat factor for a wide range of animals.
Wildlife CSI staff monitor the removal of fauna habitat (“clearing and grubbing”) and salvage and translocate fauna (threatened and non threatened species) to suitable habitat.
All animals observed, captured and translocated are recorded with details of species, GPS location of observation, capture and translocation point. This data is provided to the client as well as government wildlife authorities (wildlife database/atlas records).
Wildlife CSI staff regularly work with heavy machinery and hand-clearing crews.
Wildlife CSI has the required wildlife management authorisation from the Department of Environment & Primary Industries Victoria and can obtain similar permits from other State and Territory governments, construction industry red/white card, insurances and specialist equipment.
Wildlife CSI staff and associates have in excess of 20 years experience in wildlife management, including the use of tranquiliser rifles. | <urn:uuid:3dcca215-5278-435d-a2bf-e99eb2d4716d> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://wildlifecsi.com.au/wp/fauna-salvage-translocation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187820556.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20171017013608-20171017033608-00012.warc.gz | en | 0.92281 | 232 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Incorporated in 1894, Wheeling's beginnings came as an overnight stop for travelers from Chicago who were headed to the Wisconsin Territory via the overland trail now known as Milwaukee Avenue (Illinois Route 21). The string of inns, taverns and eateries established in the 1830's was the start of what is now Wheeling's renowned Restaurant Row.
Farmers took advantage of the area's fertile soil, and growing overland transportation network. Soon the stage stop community began to export its crops. Wheeling became particularly well known for its landscaping nurseries.
Later, in step with the growth of Metro Chicago, Wheeling emerged as a center for industry and commerce in the 1960's. Manufacturing plants that clustered in Wheeling brought rail transportation (SOO LINE) for the shipping of freight to and from the area. These manufacturers were followed by the development of residential neighborhoods. Commercial development followed the population growth.
The Wheeling Historical Society keeps the history of the community alive for posterity. The Society's Museum is located in Wheeling Park District's Chamber Park, 251 North Wolf Road. | <urn:uuid:609937cf-438d-4728-855b-c46caf5f5b4e> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.wheelingil.gov/458/History | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825057.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20171022022540-20171022042540-00151.warc.gz | en | 0.974078 | 225 | 2.78125 | 3 |
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North African history
...Administrative changes introduced at this time included the division of the province of Africa into three separate provinces: Tripolitania (capital Leptis Magna), covering the western part of Libya; Byzacena, covering southern Tunisia and governed from Hadrumetum; and the northern part of Tunisia, which retained the name Africa and its capital, Carthage. In addition, the eastern part of...
Roman influence in Africa
...of Numidia, created in the western end of Africa, was formally constituted under the emperor Septimius Severus. A century later Diocletian, in his reorganization of the empire, formed two provinces, Byzacena and Tripolitania, from the southern and eastern parts of the old province. | <urn:uuid:1c6b12ac-7945-4ea5-abbc-ca94d84296d3> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Byzacena | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187826049.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20171023130351-20171023150351-00051.warc.gz | en | 0.935014 | 163 | 3.796875 | 4 |
Mars cool fact:Mars had water at one time. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. mars is named after a god. 94 ponds is 0.38 &72 is 0.38 &80 is 0.38.
The diameter of mar is 4,212 diameter the size of mars is 2,106.
The period of the days it rotates is 687 days it rotates. The revolution or the year it has is 1.88 Earth years.
The averge distance from the sun is 141.6 million miles.
The averge surface temeputer is 125c temputer and 70f and 20 | <urn:uuid:50569a7b-35a4-4f63-927a-7a8324698d49> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://spark.adobe.com/page/6ftTInJjPluQb/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825575.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20171023035656-20171023055656-00552.warc.gz | en | 0.924212 | 129 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Siger z Brabantu a Boëthius z Dacie k nauce o věčnosti světa
Siger of Brabant and Boëthius of Dacia on the doctrine of the eternity of the world
Languages of publication
The article deals with the question of the eternity of the world in the context of the so-called theory of double truth and of Tempier’s document of censure of 1277. The author attempts to show that, although Siger of Brabant and his colleague Boëthius of Dacia defended the view that the eternity of the world was the only correct philosophical standpoint, their position did not lead to the theory of double truth. The author is convinced that both the philosophers held that, where philosophy and theology find themselves in conflict, truth is on the side of faith. The distinction of reason from faith, however, ultimately led to the depreciation of philosophical enquiry and their conception of faith resulted in mere fideism.
Publication order reference | <urn:uuid:1bc01618-3d6c-4de9-bbff-e6f75ec57cef> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejsh/element/bwmeta1.element.2225e186-a665-4e48-9738-55eedd34a1be | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187820927.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20171017052945-20171017072945-00571.warc.gz | en | 0.873744 | 215 | 2.625 | 3 |
In South Africa, the Dairy Swiss breed, which originated in Switzerland, consists of 27 breeders and 1135 breeding cows. Pedigree information on the breed was analysed to determine its effective population size (Ne) and rate of inbreeding. The rate of inbreeding was 0.08% per year and 0.38% per generation. It was estimated that in 2008, over 90% of the animals were inbred. This is within the acceptable recommendation for an effective population size of 50 - 100, with an Ne value of 89. However, the high percentage of inbred animals may start to have a detrimental impact on the effective population size and breeders need to exercise caution in their breeding decisions. | <urn:uuid:1766db17-93d5-45a1-b83f-e7f5fb9c3b3c> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/21353 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187824537.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20171021005202-20171021025202-00752.warc.gz | en | 0.961718 | 141 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Teaching & Learning
Information Communication Technology
The Information Communication Technology (ICT) courses at St. Patrick’s College seek to immerse students in the knowledge, practices and dispositions necessary to operate effectively in information rich environments. Students engage in the transformation of data to information, information to knowledge and knowledge to wisdom.
As we require our students to master a broad range of associated ICT skills to equip them for the modern connected world, the College ensures that its information resources are current and up to date. Latest versions of industry used software installed on modern computers are assisted by multi-media equipped classrooms that facilitate effective learning and teaching.
St. Patrick’s College ensures that its students are technology literate when it comes to computer use. Technology is integrated into our teaching and learning processes to support the learning needs of students, to help develop their creativity and logical and lateral thinking, to assist with research, and to develop digital and information literacy skills. Computer studies at St. Patrick’s College deals with three main areas – management of the computer, publishing and managing data. | <urn:uuid:2792533c-6872-4348-94f9-c65b593f8d61> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.stpatricks.qld.edu.au/teaching-learning/subject-overviews/information-communication-technology/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187824775.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20171021114851-20171021134851-00351.warc.gz | en | 0.917011 | 221 | 2.796875 | 3 |
UNFPA Colombia undertook this research to examine the specific impacts of the global financial crisis on Colombia. Four studies were carried out:
- Socioeconomic impacts of the international crisis in Colombia
- International migration and remittances in the context of the crisis
- A case study on sexual and reproductive health, gender and its inter-linkages with migration and remittances in Eje Cafetero region
- The youth and the international crisis.
The findings are brought together in this report.
UNFPA Colombia. The Global Financial Crisis in Colombia and the ICPD Agenda. UNFPA Colombia, Bogota, Colombia (2011) 20 pp. | <urn:uuid:cb04d1a6-736b-44d2-ac48-4fb68c470789> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.gov.uk/dfid-research-outputs/the-global-financial-crisis-in-colombia-and-the-icpd-agenda | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825497.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20171023001732-20171023021732-00351.warc.gz | en | 0.825989 | 135 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Health officials are concerned that the laboratory — and not the presumed animal reservoir — may be the most likely source for the reintroduction of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), which killed hundreds of people last year.
The concerns have been provoked by a second accident in which a researcher was infected with the virus through contamination in the laboratory since the outbreak was contained in July.
The most recent case, confirmed in December, involved a researcher who had been screening antiviral drugs for effectiveness against the SARS coronavirus at the National Defense University in Taipei, Taiwan. The first accident occurred last August in Singapore, when a researcher contracted the disease through working with samples of West Nile virus that had been contaminated with the SARS coronavirus.
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Medical researchers and doctors in training regularly use online journals, even if they have to do so from their local internet cafe, according to new research published in BMC Health Services Research.
A research team from five countries in Africa and the UK surveyed over 300 postgraduate doctors and research scientists to determine their use and awareness of online medical information and free-access initiatives. They discovered that 66 per cent had used the internet for health information in the last week, although text books were still the main information source for 70 per cent of respondents.
Most postgraduate doctors had heard of PubMed (90 per cent) and the BMJ website (78 per cent) but fewer had heard of the Cochrane Library, BioMed Central or the World Health Organization’s HINARI initiative. Users also reported problems with getting passwords from their librarians in order to use HINARI and other password-controlled services. The use of PubMed without a password was popular.
The authors of the paper 'Access to electronic health knowledge in five countries in Africa: a descriptive study' (in press) added that power interruptions and inadequate computing facilities continue to limit online journals’ use in Africa and awareness of free access to journals remains variable. | <urn:uuid:d524a2d3-ca2d-4124-b2eb-eade11d37466> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.researchinformation.info/news/african-postgraduate-doctors-regularly-use-free-online-journals?news_id=66 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187823016.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20171018161655-20171018181655-00651.warc.gz | en | 0.951417 | 247 | 2.546875 | 3 |
When a perpetrator intentionally harms a minor physically, psychologically, sexually, or by acts of neglect, the crime is known as child abuse. This page focuses specifically on child sexual abuse and the warning signs that this crime may be occurring.
What is child sexual abuse?
Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse that includes sexual activity with a minor. A child cannot consent to any form of sexual activity, period. When a perpetrator engages with a child this way, they are committing a crime that can have lasting effects on the victim for years. Child sexual abuse does not need to include physical contact between a perpetrator and a child. Some forms of child sexual abuse include:
- Exhibitionism, or exposing oneself to a minor
- Masturbation in the presence of a minor or forcing the minor to masturbate
- Obscene phone calls, text messages, or digital interaction
- Producing, owning, or sharing pornographic images or movies of children
- Sex of any kind with a minor, including vaginal, oral, or anal
- Sex trafficking
- Any other sexual conduct that is harmful to a child’s mental, emotional, or physical welfare
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The Dictionary #434
August 11, 2017
This week we look at the science, art, and craft of lexicography as we go backstage into the process of how dictionaries are made. We spend the hour with Kory Stamper, a lexicographer at Merriam-Webster and author of the book "Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries", to learn more about the history of dictionaries, what their purpose is, and how defining words isn't as straightforward as you might think.
- Kory Stamper
Kory Stamper is a lexicographer at Merriam-Webster, where she also writes, edits, and appears in the "Ask the Editor" video series. She blogs regularly on language and lexicography at www.korystamper.com and her writing has appeared in The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and on Slate.com. She is also the author of the book "Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries".
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A pressurized water reactor uses a nuclear reaction to heat water. It then transfers that heat to a steam generator to drive an electric turbine. These reactors use two completely separate water loops to ensure no radioactive water or steam escapes the system. After the steam drives the turbine, it is condensed and flows back into the system, cooling the water in the primary loop, which then cools the reactor.Continue Reading
Originally created for nuclear submarines, pressurized water reactors were designed to provide electricity and propulsion in a sealed-loop system that doesn't expose the crew or the environment to radioactive contamination. Their design proved reliable enough that it became the most common type of nuclear reactor used in the United States, with most electricity-generating reactors following its blueprint.
The use of water as both coolant and nuclear moderator is an important safety feature. Inside the reactor, high-energy neutrons strike hydrogen atoms in the water, converting them to thermal neutrons capable of sustaining a fission reaction. If the temperature of the coolant begins to rise, the water molecules become excited and move apart from each other, reducing the number of neutron strikes. Thus, the reactivity of the nuclear fuel is decreased inside the reactor.Learn more about Chemistry | <urn:uuid:c3498253-26c9-4b6c-b98f-6e37c70078e2> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.reference.com/science/pressurized-water-reactor-work-fd05f739013ca909 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187822747.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20171018051631-20171018071631-00051.warc.gz | en | 0.940429 | 247 | 4.53125 | 5 |
A camera and LED panels create the illusion of an invisible car. Taking the principal that to see through something you need to see what’s behind it, they covered the driver’s side of the car in mats of LEDs, and mounted a digital SLR camera on the opposite side of the vehicle. The camera shoots video on the passenger side of the car and the video is displayed in real time on the driver side of the automobile. This ingenious approach, originally pioneered by scientists at the University of Tokyo, works on the same principles of the blue screen used by TV weather forecasters and Hollywood filmmakers.
It’s an idea that has stunned onlookers, but may lead to crashes. The idea also mimics the iPad 2 Halloween costume that seems to displays a gaping hole in the human body. The next conundrum-what to do with an invisible car ? Take it on a week long tour of Germany, obviously. In Mercedes’ promotional video, stupefied Muggles stare and fall about in shock as the team put the car through its paces along the highways of Hamburg and the bridges of Bavaria. | <urn:uuid:2d44f53a-4658-41e5-b901-b3a67486e962> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://ulab.org.au/2012/03/11/who-needs-a-cloak-mercedes-benz-creates-an-in/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825264.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20171022132026-20171022152026-00751.warc.gz | en | 0.952825 | 231 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Amyotrophic lateral scleroisis
(Lou Gehrig’s disease)
■ EFFECTS: Disorder of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement.
■ PREVALENCE: Affects about 5 of every 100,000 people globally.
■ SYMPTOMS: Muscle weakness, paralysis, difficulty breathing and swallowing.
■ TREATMENT: There is no known cure. The medicine
riluzole slows symptoms and helps patients live longer. Dexpramipexole, Biogen’s experimental drug, proved
ineffective in trials.
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|Codeforces Round #213 (Div. 1)|
We'll call a set of positive integers a beautiful if the following condition fulfills: for any prime p, if , then . In other words, if one number from the set is divisible by prime p, then at least half of numbers from the set is divisible by p.
Your task is to find any beautiful set, where the number of elements is equal to k and each element doesn't exceed 2k2.
The first line contains integer k (10 ≤ k ≤ 5000) that shows how many numbers the required beautiful set should have.
In the first line print k space-separated integers that are a beautiful set. If there are multiple such sets, you are allowed to print any of them.
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In this section you will learn about Wrapper classes and all the methods that
manipulate data and allows to operate a certain work.
Wrapper class is a wrapper around a primitive data type. It represents primitive data types in their corresponding class instances e.g. a boolean data type can be represented as a Boolean class instance. All of the primitive wrapper classes in Java are immutable i.e. once assigned a value to a wrapper class instance cannot be changed further.
For more details click on the following link.
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ODI’s work will contribute to the effort to meet the MDGs by 2015 and ensure that global action to end poverty continues after that date, by analysing progress on the MDGs and looking at options for the future.
The Millennium Development Goals have been the focus of global and national efforts on poverty reduction since 2000. Until the target date of 2015, attention will quite rightly focus on how to make the most progress possible before the deadline.
But then what? The MDGs were the product of at least ten years of discussion and deliberation. The international community needs to start thinking now about what happens on 1 January 2016, if the momentum and global focus on poverty that the MDGs have encouraged are to be maintained. | <urn:uuid:887dd60c-0e33-44da-83de-b2b4751e6ac5> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.odi.org/our-work/programmes/growth-poverty-and-inequality/mdgs-2015-beyond | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187823839.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20171020063725-20171020083725-00751.warc.gz | en | 0.949486 | 148 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Hi there, I have came across a question in past exam papers that basically asks... What do the terms Conversion and breeding mean? I put conversion is the change from a fissionable element to a fissile element such as U238 to Pu239. When more of these fissile products are created than used (conversion gain > 1) breeding is achieved. Then the question goes on to ask "Explain why conversion is usual in thermal reactors but breeding is normally restricted to fast reactors". My best guess for breeding being more likely in fast reactors is that fast neutrons have a KE greater than 100Mev. The activation energy for U238 1.749Mev, therefore any energy between 100Mev and 1.749Mev will not be of the right energy to cause fission, therefore the neutron combines with the nucleus and the 2 beta decays can occur to breed fissile material. The proportion of energies lower than 1.749Mev will be lower than the proportion higher. Therefore conversion rate > 1 thus breeding occurs. As for the thermal reactor having conversions but no breeding, I have no idea and would appreciate some help please. Thank you. | <urn:uuid:4cc6d374-519e-4f7a-9479-d9e2dd6118d6> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/conversion-vs-breeding-thermal-and-fast-reactors.674892/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187823605.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20171020010834-20171020030834-00451.warc.gz | en | 0.925793 | 241 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Math made accessible, engaging, and relevant
Mathematics forms the foundation for nearly everything we do--from finance to physics, and architecture to astronomy. Math not only describes our world, but also reveals its beauty and mystery. Join Marcus du Sautoy and a host of distinguished experts as they crisscross the globe, bringing the colorful history of numbers to life.
Meet the men and women who conceived major mathematical breakthroughs and explored the farthest frontiers of abstract thought, often with tragic results. Learn how their discoveries still drive technology, science, and even philosophy. Using computerized visuals and healthy doses of humor, Du Sautoy makes the most complex concepts accessible and engaging. With contagious enthusiasm and boundless energy, he shows that math isn’t merely about making calculations, but also about finding patterns that expose the hidden relationships in our universe. | <urn:uuid:2654bd9d-fb87-4bfa-a8d9-72e8720234e6> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.more4kids.info/shop/1006-404276-B00331RHEU-The_Story_of_Math.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825889.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20171023092524-20171023112524-00851.warc.gz | en | 0.916604 | 175 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Please select an animal first
The main flystrike challenge begins in spring and occurs between the months of November to March. The timing of the challenge can vary depending on climate and regional differences, in this situation the time frame can start as early as October and last through until May. The fly lifecycle is controlled by soil temperature which is required to rise above 12°C for adults to emerge and become active.
Three main fly species that can initiate flystrike in sheep in New Zealand:
- Lucilia sericata - common green blowfly
- Lucilia cuprina - Australian green blowfly
- Calliphora stygia - brown blowfly
- Chrysomya rufifaacies (also known as the hairy maggot fly)
- And other Calliphora spp | <urn:uuid:9bc989db-0303-4446-8e82-6a73c97aff3d> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.bayeranimal.co.nz/en/species/sheep/flystrike/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187826840.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20171023221059-20171024001059-00551.warc.gz | en | 0.92031 | 161 | 3.03125 | 3 |
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Kuiper belt object classsification
...orbits inclined to the plane of the solar system and exhibiting the same stabilizing 3:2 orbital resonance with Neptune. In recognition of this affinity, astronomers named this group of objects Plutinos (“little Plutos”).
...around the Sun in the time it takes Neptune to complete three. In fact, nearly one-quarter of all MMR objects are in the 3:2 resonance. In recognition of this kinship, these objects have been dubbed Plutinos.Hot classicals: KBOs with inclinations drawn from a wide distribution (about 16°) and with perihelion distances of between 35 and 40 AU (5.2 billion and 6 billion km [3.3 billion and 3.7... | <urn:uuid:28cd3866-f4f3-4c54-be77-83f5ebd95ed4> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Plutino | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187822851.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20171018085500-20171018105500-00251.warc.gz | en | 0.914146 | 170 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Common name: Atlantic Salmon, Non-native. ID: Narrow tongue. 4 to 6 teeth. Dark pectoral fins. Forked tail. Two dorsal fins, 1 adipose fin. Life Cycle: Spawn in their parent streams. The female digs a next near a pool and lays eggs, covering them, during fall. When the eggs hatch in April they stay under gravel until May or June, and then stay in the area for 1 or 2 years until they are big enough to go to the lake. They later return to spawn once they are bigger. Some Atlantic Salmon live to spawn more than once. Prey: Crustaceans, smelt, alewives, any other small fish meal. Predators: Eels, Northern Pike, Birds, Trout. Where to find them: In spring, they will be in surface warm waters. In summer, they retreat to deeper cooler waters until they move to spawning grounds in the fall. | <urn:uuid:d1079829-755f-4367-b0ac-fce7be9f4b14> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.vingle.net/posts/373011-Atlantic-Salmon-Salmo-salar | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825227.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20171022113105-20171022133105-00652.warc.gz | en | 0.943483 | 191 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Fiber: Nature and Batik Art
Students will learn about the legend of Chinese Miao people, who discovered batik and passed it on from generation to generation. Students will explore the significant meanings of the objects in nature in the Miao culture, such as butterflies, flowers, trees, and birds. They will also appreciate the design and esthetics of batik garments made in dresses, baby carries, blankets and banners for worshipping their ancestors. After the class, each student will bring home 1 to 5 pieces of 12 inches x 12 inches, 100% cotton by using traditional handmade wax pens (made by Miao), beeswax and indigo dye. They can make their batik pieces into framed fabric art, bags, book covers and etc.
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Retinoblastoma is a rare cancer that begins in the retina of the eye. The retina is a thin layer of nerve tissue that lines the inside of the back of the eye and is sensitive to light. In order to see, the retina senses light and sends a message by way of the optic nerve to the brain.
Retinoblastoma can occur in one or both eyes and sometimes occurs in the area around the eye. It rarely spreads to other parts of the body. Treatment depends on whether the cancer is in one or both eyes or has spread outside the eye and how likely it is that vision can be saved.
About 200 to 300 children are diagnosed with retinoblastoma each year in the U.S. Although retinoblastoma can occur at any age, it usually occurs in children younger than 5 years. It is most common in children younger than 2 years. | <urn:uuid:2e4281b8-f491-46f9-8a2c-5ae2937a9999> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.coloradocyberknife.com/cancer-types/retinoblastoma/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187824899.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20171021205648-20171021225648-00851.warc.gz | en | 0.958 | 183 | 3.90625 | 4 |
A company in Britain has developed a revolutionary technique that can convert air in to gasoline.
Air Fuel Synthesis is hoping to help curb global warming and solve the energy crisis by converting carbon dioxide and water vapor in to fuel. The company has so far managed to produce five litres using a small experimental refinery and is hoping to move up to a much larger production facility within two years that will be capable of producing one ton of petrol every day.
"It sounds too good to be true, but it is true," said energy and environment head Tim Fox of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in London. "They are doing it and I've been up there myself and seen it. The innovation is that they have made it happen as a process."
"Being able to capture carbon dioxide from the air, and effectively remove the principal industrial greenhouse gas resulting from the burning of fossil fuels such as oil and coal, has been the holy grail of the emerging green economy."
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A renal angiogram is a test used to examine the blood vessels of the kidneys. The test is performed by threading a catheter through the main vessel of the pelvis, up to the renal artery that leads into the kidney. Contrast medium is then injected into the renal artery through the catheter, and images of the vessels of the kidney are taken. The test is a useful aid in evaluating kidney function and diagnosing any narrowing of the arteries, blood clots, tumors or aneurysms.
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By Alex Jung
The Geneva conventions aren't the only humanitarian standards the United States ignores. Under the Bush administration, the United States routinely commits human rights violations within its borders, according to a new report by the U.S. Human Rights Network.
The USHRN, a coalition of over 250 social justice and human rights organizations, published its report to challenge the findings of a self-assessment the U.S. government filed with the U.N. Committee on Ending Discrimination (CERD) last April.
The United States ratified human rights standards from the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) in 1994 (meaning they have the force of domestic law), but according to the USHRN, has failed to live up to them. | <urn:uuid:f35f9cbd-dfbc-4a1a-a342-c1e9608bdf9d> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://nasir-khan.blogspot.com/2007/12/us-commits-lies-about-domestic-human.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825227.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20171022113105-20171022133105-00652.warc.gz | en | 0.92377 | 161 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Essay: The Spaniards were the First to Explore America
We can rightfully conclude that the making of America’s history was triggered by Spanish explorers and settlers. The Spaniards were the first to explore America and this also marked the beginning of European influence on America. Their actual settlement in USA was in 1510. Their interests in America were fuelled by missionary activities, especially in their efforts to spread Christianity and Catholicism.
However, upon Arrival, they discovered a country full of wealth in gold, silver and valuable minerals. This was the onset of Spanish colonialism an America. Governance was administered from the Viceroyalties of New Spain, Peru, New Granada and Rio de la Plata.
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One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
Lace made in the Belgian city of Mechelen (formerly known as Mechlin), characterized by patterns outlined in heavier thread.
- ‘Anything that gets in the way of that, even the helpful notes on what Mechlin lace is or what Austen meant by complacency that decorate ‘literary classics,’ is a distraction.’
- ‘During the reign of Queen Anne, in 1713, Mechlin lace was the favourable lace of the English court.’
- ‘The bride looked most bewitchingly lovely, in a simple robe of the finest Mechlin lace, with a superb veil of the same costly material, which hung down to her feet.’
- ‘At that time, cloth industry, once flourishing, started to decline and was superseded by the famous Mechlin lace.’
- ‘It was very difficult for me to tell if the mid 19th C. Mechlin lace offered here was hand or machine made.’
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The study of the molecular basis of biology.
All cells have a molecular plan for their function. Molecular biologists study the interactions between
DNA, RNA, and proteins within cells and how they work, to better understand all living things.
In this program, you will explore fundamental biological principles as they relate to the life of humans,
animals, plants and microorganisms. You will study concepts in biochemistry, evolution, genetics/
genomics, physiology and more. You will develop your investigative skills, with hands-on research
experiences both in the laboratory and out in the field.
This program is excellent preparation for advanced degree programs in biochemistry, medicine,
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Use this Power Point to practice identifying and describing domino patterns. As students become more adept at identifying and describing, I then quickly "double" arrow from "blank" slide to "blank" slide to have a "flash" effect. Students have to tell me what they remember having seen. I also mix up the slides to keep it challenging. We use the text at the top as a basis for our oral language (sentence frames). Students "turn and talk" so that one partner asks, "How many red are there?" and the partner answers, "I see 2 reds. How many blues are there?" and the first partner responds, "I see 2 blues. How many are there all together?" The 2nd partner responds, "There are 4 all together." | <urn:uuid:751aa881-8345-4fc1-84be-67f77d237769> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Domino-Patterns-1-to-6-mixed-765539 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187822145.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20171017163022-20171017183022-00352.warc.gz | en | 0.956914 | 158 | 4.03125 | 4 |
There is an interactive online spelling bee to help students learn to spell at Learner.org, the website of the Annenberg Learner organization. Users can choose from a range of difficulty levels, corresponding to school grades, from Grade 1 through to Grade 12.Continue Reading
This online spelling bee, which is entirely free, poses users with audio stories and asks them to correctly type a selection of words from the story. Each word can be heard as many times as is necessary and definitions can be asked for in Grades 3 or above.
Once all the spelling challenges have been attempted, the final score is calculated and correct spellings displayed.Learn more about Education | <urn:uuid:e17829ca-f6a3-4d99-8dfe-f2209ea97e60> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.reference.com/education/can-learn-spell-online-b06ef0186afdd3bc | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187823997.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20171020082720-20171020102720-00851.warc.gz | en | 0.944161 | 133 | 3.078125 | 3 |
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This is a technical idea on how is possible to create an animation with the stereoscopic effect just using Google SketchUp freeware version.
So, download and install Google SketchUp. Download or create a model and animate it. Save the animation project file, and then save an exact, duplicate copy of that same project file, with a different file name. Open both the animations in separate windows, place them side-by-side, either as a parallel pair or crossed pair. Open the first frame of each scene, one at a time and shift the camera in one window by panning left or right (horizontally) until the amount of depth is desired for that frame. When you are finished, if your panning was perfectly parallel (horizontal), you should end up a separate left and right perspective animation with interpolated frames with an animated stereo base. Since the cameras were “pointed parallel”, you will need to shift the parallax (”set the stereo window”) in post with something like StereoMovie Maker or Adobe After Effects.
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Liver cancer often develops in damaged livers; therefore, health care providers use liver function tests (LFTs) to understand how well your liver is working before starting any treatment for liver cancer. These tests measure levels of certain substances in your blood, including:
- AST (aspartate aminotransferase) - AST is an enzyme found in large amounts in the liver and other parts of the body. High levels of AST in the blood can be a sign of liver damage.
- ALT (alanine aminotransferase) - ALT is an enzyme found mainly in the liver. Consistently high levels of ALT in the blood can be a sign of liver inflammation (swelling) or damage. | <urn:uuid:2726827a-b143-485d-9541-88f0b9c95efb> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.hepb.org/research-and-programs/liver/diagnosing-liver-cancer/liver-function-tests/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187822513.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20171017215800-20171017235800-00651.warc.gz | en | 0.923719 | 152 | 3.28125 | 3 |
A figure must be selected to alter the Font Style of entered text. Use one of the following methods to change the font style for a selected figure(s):
Press on the Text Button in the Drawing Toolbar.
Press on the Info Button in the Top Toolbar.
Tap on the Text option to open the following popover window.
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To scroll through available style options, touch and drag in an upward or downward direction on this portion of the Font Selection Wheel. In this example, the style is changed to Regular as indicated by the blue highlighting.
A preview section located in the upper right hand corner of the Text Window shows how the text will appear according to current attribute selections.
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Why would Becky be tarred and feathered for brewing tea?
Becky says she cannot brew tea because the rebels would tar and feather her for doing so. Remember that leading up to the American Revolution, taxes and tariffs were a huge deal to the colonists, who felt that the British should not be able to increase taxes on them, especially as the British seemed to be doing it as a way to punish and suppress the colonists. Colonists fought back by covering tax collectors in tar and dumping feathers on them, a form of terrorism that stopped all tariffs on imports except for those on tea by 1770.
Tea then became a big point of contention between the Tories (who sided with Britain) and the revolutionary colonists (Remember the Boston Tea Party?) Though Boston rebel leaders decided to stop tarring and feathering, viewing it as a violent action that would make the American cause look bad, many other towns and cities were happy to use it against Tories who seemed to act against the American cause. Therefore Becky, who is the servant of a Tory family, is right to fear repercussions for doing such an anti-American act as brewing a cup of tea. | <urn:uuid:19cac446-eda9-4e4f-b071-980afca74e65> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-would-becky-tarred-feathered-brewing-tea-659558 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187828189.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20171024071819-20171024091752-00030.warc.gz | en | 0.982947 | 232 | 3.125 | 3 |
SBBIKE & COAST/SR2S are providing support and guidance to P.E teachers to offer successful 4 weeks in-school 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade physical education bicycle riding education modules in 10 schools around Santa Barbara County.
Students learn the importance of properly fitted helmets, how to check their bikes and how to ride safely which includes starting/stopping, using hand signals and following the rules of the road.
Upper grades learn traffic laws and have their first "driving experience" with a bicycle. They practice how to be visible, predictable and how to ride in traffic. The bike program for 6th graders culminates with a field trip on the streets.
Partners in Bike Education for Riding Safely
Thank you to the Audacious Foundation for purchasing fleets of bikes in the schools and for funding the life changing program for our youth! | <urn:uuid:e70efe5f-a538-4605-8580-e4974677c589> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.sbbike.org/2nd_grade_cycling | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187824894.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20171021190701-20171021210701-00751.warc.gz | en | 0.956187 | 184 | 2.640625 | 3 |
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In this interactive and animated object, learners examine the flow of electron current into and out of hot and neutral sockets during each alternation of an AC waveform. A brief quiz completes the activity.
In this animated object, students observe how ATP energy is used to move substances across the cell membrane from an area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration and when something too large needs to get in or out of a cell.
Learners follow the steps for reducing all of the elements of a complex circuit to a single current source and a single source resistance to create a simple circuit. Several examples are given for dc circuits. The conversion between Thevenin and Norton is also presented. | <urn:uuid:60510d33-5734-4333-a14f-ef6dc185c258> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/career-clusters/stem/sse3603/active-region-operation-of-a-transistor | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187820556.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20171017013608-20171017033608-00012.warc.gz | en | 0.914629 | 198 | 3.625 | 4 |
Fertilizers pollute waterways.
- Nutrients in fertilizer fuel the growth of algae.
- Algal blooms can occur almost overnight, which lead to bad odors and potentially toxic conditions.
- Bacteria that eat dead algae use up a lot of dissolved oxygen, suffocating fish and other aquatic life.
- Strawberry Creek drains into San Francisco Bay, where algal blooms cause severe detrimental impacts on marine life.
What you can do:
1) Use organically-sourced fertilizers. They break down more slowly and are generally less soluble in water than synthetic fertilizers.
2) Avoid applying any fertilizers (organic or synthetic) where they can wash into natural waterways and storm drains. The State Water Board mandates the following boundaries:
Apply at least…
…5 feet away from pavement
…25 feet away from a storm drain inlet
…50 feet away from a waterway (like a creek)
3) When applying any fertilizers,
- strictly follow label directions
- use as little as possible
- apply when no rain is predicted within the next two days
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The clinical term for lower than normal blood glucose levels.
The signs and symptoms leading up to diabetes.
Also called juvenile onset diabetes or insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), this is an autoimmune disease that causes the destruction of beta cells. Type I diabetes typically strikes at a young age and since the beta cells are destroyed a person cannot produce insulin anymore. They must, therefore, take insulin injections.
Also called adult onset diabetes or non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), type II diabetes is more of a lifestyle disease that affects people when they are older. People with type II diabetics produce and secrete insulin but, for reasons which are poorly understood, it doesn’t work well. | <urn:uuid:37760369-958d-4cb3-920c-7afad5074ad3> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.sophia.org/tutorials/blood-sugar-disorders--4 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187826049.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20171023130351-20171023150351-00051.warc.gz | en | 0.909426 | 153 | 3.078125 | 3 |
A postgraduate student of Dr Johan Marais, Esther Meusel is currently working on the anatomy of the frontlimb of White rhino, looking at CT and MRI images and dissection of available limbs.
Research into rhino will play a crucial role in the survival of the African rhinos, as very little info is available in the literature. Answering questions on anatomy, pathophysiology, pharmacokinetics and -dynamics will become crucial for the veterinarian confronted with survivors and injured rhino. Poachers have traditionally used snares to aid in catching animals. Although methods of poaching have become very sophisticated, snares are still commonly a source of substantial damage to especially the limbs. In addition, gunshot wounds to the limbs are also common practice nowadays.
Therefore, knowledge of the anatomy of the limbs will greatly benefit veterinarians and wildlife owners and will improve the survival of poached and injured rhino. | <urn:uuid:be5d4916-7a2c-44c3-85d3-4ce27ad1512d> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.savingthesurvivors.org/index.php/portfolio/limb-anatomy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187826210.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20171023164236-20171023184236-00250.warc.gz | en | 0.936344 | 190 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Caterpillars, pupae, and adult Bagworm males live inside bags constructed of silk, twigs, and larvae which hang from trees. Full grown larvae are 18 to 25mm long and dark brown. Bags of mature larvae are 30 to 50 mm long. Female bagworms are yellowish-white, wingless, maggot-like moths that do not have functional legs, eyes, or antennae. Male moths are sooty, black and hairy, and have a wingspan about 25 mm.
Eggs over winter within the bags and hatch in bag. Larvae initially feed on the surfaces of needles and later consume entire branches. Larvae pupate in the bags in late summer. In the fall male moths emerge, fly to bags with females, and mate with them.
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Today in America is a special day. A day of Giving Thanks. A day where we celebrate the three F’s of life: Food, Family, Football.
But, what if we were on a colony light years away from earth? Would we still celebrate the holidays of our mother world?
The astronauts on orbit in the ISS celebrate the holidays of their home countries, but they’re close enough to chat with loved ones and know they’ll be back dirtside eventually.
There’s no way to know for sure what holidays would be celebrated on distant human outposts but judging by history they’ll celebrate something for sure.
Here’s my guess at some of the potential holidays.
If the colonists came in waves, perhaps the arrival of each wave would be celebrated. Or maybe they’d be lumped into one day like we do with President’s Day.
Sustaining Day (Celebrating when the colony was fully terraformed and no longer needed regular supplies from earth.)
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Logarithm of a number is defined as the exponent to which another fixed value, the base, must be raised to produce that number. It is the inverse operation to exponentiation. The logarithm to base 10 is called the common logarithm and has many applications in science and engineering. Antilog is the inverse operation of a logarithm. Use Log and Antilog Logarithm calculator determine the logarithmic and antilogarithmic values with base values of 2 or e or 10.
What is log1055?
Perihelion distance of pluto = p = s x (1-e)
p = 50 x (1-0.24905)
What is Antilog of Y where, x=5
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Vessels discovered in the brain that were thought not to exist could revolutionise study of neurological diseases like Alzheimer's.
The brain is directly connected to the immune system by vessels previously thought not to exist, new research reports. The finding means the textbooks will have to be rewritten. Discovery of the vessels may also revolutionise the study of neurological diseases like Alzheimer's and autism.
The left-hand image below shows the old map of the lymphatic system, and the updated version is on the right.
The discovery will likely have profound implications for how scientists study the neuro-immune system, Professor Kipnis said: "Instead of asking, 'How do we study the immune response of the brain?' 'Why do multiple sclerosis patients have the immune attacks?' now we can approach this mechanistically.
Because the brain is like every other tissue connected to the peripheral immune system through meningeal lymphatic vessels.
It changes entirely the way we perceive the neuro-immune interaction. We always perceived it before as something esoteric that can't be studied. But now we can ask mechanistic questions.
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The world needs $1.9 trillion in green technology investments a year, with over half of that sum necessary for developing countries," the UN said Tuesday.
"Over the next 40 years, $1.9 trillion (1.31 trillion euros) per year will be needed for incremental investments in green technologies," the UN Economic and Social Affairs body said in its annual survey.
"At least one-half, or $1.1 trillion per year, of the required investments will need to be made in developing countries to meet their rapidly increasing food and energy demands through the application of green technologies," it added.
At the moment, "external financing currently available for green technology investments in developing countries is far from sufficient to meet the challenge," it assessed.
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In this space exploration worksheet, learners answer 50 questions and have the opportunity to do 8 extra credit questions about the video "October Sky" related to space exploration and Sputnik.
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"October Sky" Movie Activity
In this October Sky worksheet, learners complete a set of "viewing questions" about the movie, including recording data about each rocket and launch, then use the information to prepare a report on the "Homer Hickam method of rocketry."...
6th - 9th English Language Arts
Reading an Informational Text: "It All Started with Sputnik"
Sputnik was one of the greatest scientific advancements of the 1950s, and this reading lesson does it justice. Pupils start off with pre-reading questions and a video. They then read an excerpt from an article, which is accompanied by...
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This is reputed to be the oldest known example of this car in existence. These three-wheeled motor cars were built between 1910 and 1936 by the Morgan Motor Company of Malvern, England. It has a tubular chasis with the engine in the front driving the single rear wheel via a two-speed gear and chains and sprockets. The car is powered by an air-cooled, side-valve V-twin JAP engine using a motorcycle control system and ancilliary equipment. The cars offered economy coupled with impresive performance. The 10 hp engine and two-speed gearbox allowed a top speed of 70 mph, and 40 mph was attainable even on steep hills, making these three-wheelers popular and succesful in trials competitions in Britain and Europe.
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