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The exchange rate for the Dollar has increased +1,05% against the Euro in the last 30 days, rising from € 0,88 to € 0,89 Euros per Dollar. Today, you will get more Euros for an amount in Dollars than you would have just a month ago. 30 days ago.
The Euro (ISO code: EUR), is the currency of the Eurozone. The Euro was created in 1999. The symbol for the currency is "€", used as a prefix. According to the BIS, the Euro is the 2nd most traded currency.
The rate of inflation in the Eurozone was 0.00% in 2015. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13249 | {
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All those nicknames you’ve been using? Not cool.
How many of us, as children and even as adults, have called people names because they acted “weird”? I know I have. It’s one of those things about human interactions that anything outside the norm is to be labeled and made fun of, or shunned and kept away. What we often fail to recognize is that we either hurt people being labeled that way or take away from the seriousness of a mental condition by using the name of that condition as an adjective. Saying that someone is “totally OCD” because they like a clean desk at work takes away from the seriousness of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Here is a video that dives into this topic and explains what those disorders really are, and why we need to stop minimizing them. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13251 | {
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One of the first studies to attempt to quantify women in the workforce was published shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War by groundbreaking social researcher Virginia Penny, whose 1862 book "How women can make money married or single, in all branches of the arts and sciences, professions, trades, agricultural and mechanical pursuits" documented 533 occupations.
Today, with more than 75 million women over the age of 16 in the workforce, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the range of occupations open to women in the U.S. is nearly unlimited, at least in theory, with women accounting for nearly half of the labor force.
Despite their gains, however, women still face serious challenges in the workplace. A recent study conducted by the Thomson Reuters and Rockefeller foundations found equal pay and harassment were among the top concerns of working women in countries with advanced economies. The #MeToo movement has been a disappointing reminder of the limits of gender equality in America, as newly-outspoken victims of sexual harassment and retaliation reminded us how far we still have to go.
Complicating efforts to change the culture is the fact that women still occupy far too few positions of real leadership. Despite decades of efforts, initiatives, and even increasing pressure from investors, women make up barely 5% of Russell 3000 CEOs.
A 2018 McKinsey study done in partnership with LeanIn.org found that commitment to diversity had "not translated into meaningful progress" for women in the workplace. "The proportion of women at every level in corporate America has hardly changed," the study's authors write. "Progress isn’t just slow. It's stalled."
The study found that early gaps in hiring and promotions create disparities that never go away – even when the rate of hiring and promotion of women improves at more senior levels. Until those early gaps are closed, the study warns, "women will remain underrepresented."
Real progress is going to require more.
At FBG Holdings, we are committed to hiring and promotion practices that provide us with the diversity of viewpoint and experience we need to succeed. We don’t just hold diversity as one of our company values, we recognize it as a key source of strength in the marketplace. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13253 | {
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The longboard trucks are T-shaped pieces which mount onto the underside of the deck. You need to look at the trucks size which is measured by the width of the hanger or the axle�s width. You need to look at the trucks size which is measured by the width of the hanger or the axle�s width.
PUSH LONGBOARDS. The push board is a breed all on it�s own. It really isn�t used for anything but distance and commuting. These boards are often so specific that if you turn them like a carver or cruiser the deck will actually hit the ground.
Longboards, there is a tradeoff to be had between deck length and stability. The longer a board is, the more stable it will be at high speeds. The longer a board is, the more stable it will be at high speeds. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13254 | {
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It’s fitting that a relatively new institution—Maastricht University—is helping to drive research into the evolving benefits of a ‘new’ vitamin, Vitamin K2. That research will be buoyed by a multi-center EU grant announced today.
Rolling out into national retailers this month (such as Vitamin Shoppe and GNC) is a new brand of nitric oxide tablet supplements, called Berkeley Life Heart Health, designed to benefit cardiovascular health.
A proprietary tomato extract – backed in EU health claim law to benefit blood circulation – has been shown to thin blood in healthy people – but less severely than aspirin and without typical side-effects.
Norwegian vitamin K2 supplier Nattopharma has been awarded a US patent for its ingredient’s benefits in age-related hardening of the arteries.
The heart health market: All in the same vein?
Those that visited this year’s Vitafoods conference in Geneva would not have failed to notice the growing range of products claiming to support cardiovascular health, in one shape or another.
Consuming up to two grams per day of cocoa flavanols for 12 weeks is well tolerated in healthy men and women, says a new study from scientists from Mars Inc. and the University of California, Davis.
Daily consumption of a low-calorie cranberry juice may improve certain risk factors of heart disease, including blood pressure and triglycerides, says a new study from the Agricultural Research Service at the USDA and Ocean Spray Cranberries.
High cholesterol triglycerides may prevent a-tocopherol, or vitamin E, from being absorbed into body tissue, scientists have found.
Like a bad penny, DMAA keeps cropping up in the market. In the most recent instance, a company called Regenaca Worldwide has recalled diet capsules that contain the ingredient, which FDA has banned from the market.
It may have been said before, but the future of nutrition is through personalization, especially for athletic individuals who want to achieve the optimal and not just normal levels, says Rony Sellam, CEO of Segterra, the company behind InsideTracker.
More clinical trials are needed for a US health claim on cocoa flavanols, according to the National Confectioners’ Association’s technical director. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13255 | {
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When they returned in October 1423, the emperor had fallen, leaving China in political and economic chaos. The great ships, now considered frivolous, were left to rot at their moorings and the records of their journeys were destroyed. Lost in China's long, self-imposed isolation that followed was the knowledge that Chinese ships had reached America seventy years before Columbus and circumnavigated the globe a century before Magellan. Also concealed were how the Chinese colonized America before the Europeans and transplanted to America, Australia, New Zealand and South America the principal economic crops that have fed and clothed the world. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13257 | {
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Groundwater-quality samples and water-level data were collected from 36 wells in the Jerome/Gooding County area of the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer during June 2017. The wells included 30 wells sampled for the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water-Quality Assessment project, plus an additional 6 wells were selected to increase spatial distribution. The data provide water managers with the ability for an improved understanding of groundwater quality and flow directions in the area. Groundwater-quality samples were analyzed for nutrients, major ions, trace elements, and stable isotopes of water. Quality-assurance and quality-control measures consisted of multiple blank samples and a sequential replicate sample. All data are available online at the USGS National Water Information System. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13259 | {
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A small pilot study suggests that electrical stimulation of the occipital nerve, which connects the spinal cord to the back of the brain, can ease chronic migraine in some patients for whom other forms of treatment are unsuccessful. If the results can be confirmed, the approach could provide another tool to fight what can be a severely debilitating disorder.
Migraines, which are characterized by severe pain accompanied by nausea and sensitivity to light, affect an estimated 28 million Americans. Many drugs are used prophylactically to ward off the attacks, and a relatively new family of drugs called triptans has proved very successful in curing headaches once they begin. Nevertheless, about 14% of those with migraines are unable to control the problem with existing drugs and are desperately seeking other alternatives.
One such approach is an electrostimulation device developed by Medtronic Inc. of Minneapolis. Thin leads are placed under the skin near the occipital nerves, which originate in the spinal cord and branch out across the back of the brain. The leads are connected to an implanted neurostimulator that delivers controlled electrical pulses to the nerves.
Dr. Joel R. Saper of the Michigan Head-Pain and Neurological Institute in Ann Arbor and his colleagues enrolled 67 patients in a study funded by Medtronic. All suffered from 15 or more days of headaches per month and received no relief from conventional drugs. Thirty-three of them received the Medtronic device, 17 received a sham device and the rest received conventional medical care.
Saper and his colleagues reported in the headache journal Cephalalgia that 39% of patients who received the real device had at least a 50% decrease in the number of headache days per month or a significant decrease in pain intensity during the three months of the study. The most common side effect was migration of the leads, which did not cause any long-term complications.
In an editorial accompanying the report, Dr. Todd J. Schwedt of the Washington University Headache Center in St. Louis called the results "promising," but noted that the success rate of only 39% indicates that more treatments are needed. Because many people suffer migraines primarily in the front of their heads, he added, treatment might be more successful if nerves there were also stimulated. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13260 | {
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Travel through time and see for yourself with The Sunday Times' first virtual reality (VR) project, Singapore Underwater.
It is year 2500. The Merlion statue overlooking Marina Bay is half submerged. This is because sea levels could have risen by more than 6m, based on projections by scientists.
Hard to imagine what it might look like? Travel through time and see for yourself with The Sunday Times' first virtual reality (VR) project, Singapore Underwater.
You can experience it here: str.sg/SGunderwaterVR.
The project looks at the possible long-term impact of climate change and rising sea levels on Singapore.
Through VR , readers can experience for themselves scenarios that might otherwise be too distant in the future to imagine.
Still think climate change affects only future generations?
The project and accompanying essays also look at the more immediate impact we are already experiencing, from dry spells to unpredictable rainfalls.
To give a more complete picture, the essays also highlight the measures that Singapore and other countries have put in place to mitigate the impact of rising sea levels.
The VR project, created by the ST Digital team, uses web VR technology. This means it can be viewed on desktops, smart phones and tablets - just like a regular webpage - without having to download an app to view it.
But for the full immersive experience, readers are encouraged to use a VR headset or viewer. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13261 | {
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Series Description: The Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna (ca. 150 C.E.) famously articulated the notion of emptiness or sunyata as a tool for understanding ultimate reality. Based on selected primary texts such as his Wisdom, this seminar explores Nagarjuna’s thought and its powerful effect on subsequent Buddhist philosophy. Inquiring into the key concept of sunyata, we will see how it relates to interdependence and compassion, and we will ask how it is possible to experience sunyata in meditative practice.
Episode Description: John continues the exploration of the philosophy of sunyata, or emptiness, with a discussion of Chapter 18 of Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika, or Wisdom. In a particularly salient verse, Nagarjuna states: “When the mental object has ceased, what is to be explained has ceased. The dharmata, like nirvana, is unarisen and unceased.” John views this verse as a window onto the experience of emptiness; it is an experience in which our “prapanca,” the spinning web of conceptuality that underlies our existence, ceases. Through prapanca we are addicted to explanations, to a need to know absolute Truths about life and the universe. This is the way in which we are configured, and it “makes us miserable.” Nagarjuna claims that this configuration needs adjustment. Ultimately, we cannot provide final explanations for things that we care deeply about, things like life, love, and death. And it is not that the explanations lie in some mystical realm beyond words. Simply the notion of “there being something to be explained” is, in Nagarjuna’s view, confused. Nagarjuna, John argues, describes in emptiness the “tolerance for not having beliefs of any kind,” or not needing absolute Truths. Nagarjuna’s agenda in Wisdom is to take the cherished beliefs, the Truths held dear by the classical philosophical school of the Abdhidharma, and to show these Truths to be confused. He will do this in part by attacking the notion of “svabhava,” the “intrinsic identity” or “own nature” of a thing, a topic John will take up in the following sessions. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13265 | {
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Sheehan is a common name in Ireland, and also around much of the English-speaking countries in the world. There are also variations of the name such as Sheahan, O’Sheehan and O’Sheahan.
The origins of the name can be traced back to the 10th and 11th centuries, the time of the ancient clans in Ireland.
It would have originally come from the word síocháin, which meant peace. So the name would have been given to a man of peace, maybe a religious leader or maybe a former warrior who chose to lay down his weapons.
Síocháin became the name of a clan in the areas now known as County Clare. The members of the clan were the O’Síocháins. In ancient Ireland, it was common to add an ‘O’ prefix in front of a name. This signified that the person was a ‘descendant of’ the clan leader. So the O’Síocháins were the descendants of Síocháin.
During the infamous 1968 Tet Offensive —it was “the longest and deadliest battle” of the Vietnam War. West Point graduate Lieutenant Colonel Don Sheehan, USAF (Retired), of Tewksbury, flew into Khe Sanh with a C-130 Hercules cargo plane. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13266 | {
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Baalbek’s images are worth a thousand words!
This entry is short, just to give a little “bla bla” about the ruins. But really, the images say enough for themselves about the amazing site, the tall columns, and how impressive this place is. It really is a must if you go to Lebanon!
Baalbek, the Phoenician city is located 86km from Beirut and is the best-preserved Roman ruins of the country, dating back 9000 years! The city was dedicated to the god Baal, and the three temples we saw were dedicated to the gods Jupiter, Venus and Bacchus.
The temple of Jupiter has 6 original Corinthian columns still standing, what is most surprising, is that these 20m high columns are divided into three parts that were superposed. Question is: how did they get them up there, and how? | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13267 | {
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Python is a widely used high-level programming language for general-purpose programming, created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991. An interpreted language, Python has a design philosophy that emphasizes code readability (notably using whitespace indentation to delimit code blocks rather than curly brackets or keywords) and a syntax that allows programmers to express concepts in fewer lines of code that might be used in languages such as C++ or Java. The language provides constructs intended to enable writing clear programs on both a small and large scale.
Python is a multi-paradigm programming language: object-oriented programming and structured programming are fully supported, and many language features support functional programming and aspect-oriented programming (including by metaprogramming and metaobjects (magic methods)). Many other paradigms are supported via extensions, including design by contract and logic programming.
Python uses dynamic typing and a mix of reference counting and a cycle-detecting garbage collector for memory management. An important feature of Python is dynamic name resolution (late binding), which binds method and variable names during program execution.
The design of Python offers some support for functional programming in the Lisp tradition. The language has,filter() map()and functionsreduce(); list comprehensions, dictionaries, and sets; and generator expressions. The standard library has two modules (itertools and functions) that implement functional tools borrowed from Haskell and Standard ML.
Rather than requiring all desired functionality to be built into the language’s core, Python was designed to be highly extensible. Python can also be embedded in existing applications that need a programmable interface. This design of a small core language with a large standard library and an easily extensible interpreter was intended by Van Rossum from the start because of his frustrations with ABC, which espoused the opposite mindset.
The syntax of the Python programming language is the set of rules which defines how a Python program will be written. Python Line Structure: A Python program is divided into a number of logical lines and every logical line is terminated by the token NEWLINE. A logical line is created from one or more physical lines. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13268 | {
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This project involves teams of four students in the planning, design, construction, programming, testing and debugging of an autonomous mobile robot. The robot will search a simulated Antarctic landscape looking for “meteorites” and avoiding worthless “rocks”. Points will be gained for returning the meteorites to the home base camp. Worthless rocks collected by accident will count as negative points. Collection will be performed for a fixed amount of time and in the presence of a robot from a competing team that will try to collect the meteorites and return them to its base camp.
The winning team is the one that scores the most points. Infringement of the competition rules will incur demerit points. Each team will be supplied with an "Arduino Uno" microcomputer board which can interface to a range of sensors and motors. This computer is programmable in a C-like computer language. Also, a number of different sensors and actuators are included in the kit of parts provided to each team.
Here is a gallery of 2012 designs. We also have the onboard video recording of Team-9's robot. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13274 | {
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During the 4 day's tour, you will visit the highlight scenic spots in Beijing, all of which are the must-see sits for tourists in China, Temple of Heaven, Tian'anmen Square, Forbidden city, Great Wall, Summer Palace and Bird's nest.
Capital of People’s Republic of China, the center of politics, culture, foreign exchange of China, 7 cultural Heritage sites ( ranking the first all cities all over the world) with a pupulation of 22 million.
Built in 1420, it was the place where the Ming and Qing emperors worshipping the God of Heaven and prayed for good harvest for the coming year.
Built in 1750 by Emperor Qianlong especially for his mother as a huge summer resort and temporary imperial palace for royal family in Qing dynasty, covering an area of 2.9 km², it was burnt in 1860 and ruined in 1900 by the Eight-Nation Alliance, reconstructed and listed to be World Heritage by UNESCO in 1998.
Built in 1417 and was the entrance gate to the Forbidden City. Now the square stretches 880 meters from north to south and 500 meters from east to west. The total area is 440,000 square meters. That's about the size of 60 soccer fields, spacious enough to accommodate half a million people.
The Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, it is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government.
● Anything doesn't listed in the inclusions. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13275 | {
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Challenge yourself! Use your memory and concentration skills to spot the differences! Brain-training puzzles keep your mind sharp and healthy. Look at the two pictures carefully. Your goal is to spot 10 differences between the two pictures in each level. Click on each each difference as quickly as possible! | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13277 | {
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While families want to provide care for their loved ones, especially those who are elderly or disabled, they often need some kind of medical, social, and/or economic support. The need for assistance, however, can surpass resources—and most states are not yet prepared, either fiscally or programmatically, to provide policies that support families.
The Milbank Memorial Fund has teamed up with the John A. Hartford Foundation and the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) to support a multi-state learning collaborative that will develop new policies and programs to help family caregivers who are providing care to those who are ill or disabled and living at home.
As part of this project, which grew out of informational sessions for the Fund’s Reforming States Group, at least five states will be selected to work closely with CHCS to create concrete action plans to improve the environment for family caregiving. The states will also have the opportunity to exchange lessons and best practices, coming together virtually and in-person during an 18-month period.
The learning collaborative will identify state policies and programs that support family caregivers and assist in the design of state-specific plans, all of which can be used as models by other states.
“We know that a huge proportion of care is provided by family caregivers—and this project will help states learn how they can best support these hardworking and caring individuals,” said Elizabeth Roberts, consultant at the Fund, who is working on the project. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13280 | {
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Prescriptive authority is granted at the state level. Eight states thus far (California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maryland, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee, and Utah), as well as Washington D.C., have passed legislation allowing pharmacist prescribing of contraception via statewide protocol. Other states allow this under collaborative practice agreements (i.e., Washington), and 9 states allow pharmacists to prescribe emergency contraception pills, which has important implications for access and reimbursement for these products. Pharmacists in California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington are able to prescribe birth control and provide direct access to women—thanks to implementation of the state laws—and it will be happening soon in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Utah. That doesn't mean every pharmacy in those states is participating though. These are all relatively new laws, so patients should check with their pharmacy or check Birth Control Pharmacies to find a participating pharmacy near them. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13282 | {
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1 Dental services and low cost dog dental cleaning.
2 Development of dentistry and low cost dog dental cleaning.
low cost dog dental cleaning – this topic people are often interested in, because there are important reasons for this. Almost every person has experienced toothache in his life. In order to solve this problem, he always turned to the dentist.
Therefore, the services of a dentist are a necessary and even inevitable thing in our life. And so the low cost dog dental cleaning is in such demand among people.
Dental services and low cost dog dental cleaning.
There are many directions in dentistry. So, in the early and middle age, people basically turn to the dentist for dental treatment and sometimes for the removal of teeth. On average late and senile people tend to turn to the dentist for tooth extraction and prosthetics. Celebrities, for example, turn to the dentist for teeth whitening. So in dentistry there are many other different directions. And the low cost dog dental cleaning is directly related to dental services.
Development of dentistry and low cost dog dental cleaning.
Today, dentistry is actively developing. Development occurs in the methods of treatment used. Improved drugs used by dentists. The mechanisms and equipment used by dentists are actively modernized. And this, in turn, has an active influence on the development of the low cost dog dental cleaning. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13283 | {
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In the last twenty-five years, there has been growing recognition both from the academic and activist communities that domestic violence is a public issue worthy of attention. The response has largely been the enactment of domestic violence laws across many different countries both in Africa and Latin America. While there are many studies from the NGO and academic communities documenting these efforts, there is little attention to the exact ways in which implementation of the Domestic Violence Acts makes a difference in terms of effective responses to domestic violence in these various countries.
Given that both Mexico and Ghana enacted domestic violence laws in 2007 but after eight years of implementation have seen no major change in the prevalence of domestic violence, this study affords us the opportunity to undertake a comparative investigation of how diverse conditions make a difference in the effectiveness of the response to domestic violence. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13286 | {
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2 CSS Tutorials Helps in styling the webpages.
Tutorial will provide basic knowledge for learning AJAX.
AJAX is a latest technology used for creating faster and interactive web applications using XML and JS.
AJAX is independent of web server software.
AJAX uses XHTML for content and CSS for presentation.
AJAX sends the requests information from the server in the background, during request user can continue his work.
In the old web application user need to send the request to web server using the events.
During this complete communication, Browser need to wait for the response.
User can resume his work though he did not receive the response from the server.
The response sent by the server is usually in the form of XML.
In the real sense user will never know that server request has been sent. Also the response can be bind to the part of screen without reloading the complete page.
Gmail Inbox : When a person clicks on the inbox menu then only the part of mail list gets updated without loading the complete page. It can be considered as application of the AJAX.
Google Suggest : If user types a character in the search box then the AJAX call will be triggered to server and it will show suggestions to user. You can see live example of Ajax here.
When we invoke any complex process containing lot of operations then execution takes more time.
In this case execution will take more time and all the UI elements becomes unresponsive.
Problem can be solved using AJAX to prevent blockage of the UI elements. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13287 | {
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The African spoonbill is widespread across Africa and Madagascar. the African sacred ibis breeds in Sub-Saharan Africa, southeastern Iraq, and formerly in Egypt, where it was venerated and often mummified as a symbol of the god Thoth. The African sacred ibis occurs in marshy wetlands and mud flats, both inland and on the coast. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13294 | {
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A Plant Genetic Resources Center, Ethiopia (PGRC/E) was initially established in May 1976 through a bilateral technical cooperation agreement between the Governments of Ethiopia and Germany. The main objective was to rescue the country’s plant genetic resources from adverse impacts of various human activities and natural calamities and thereby, support crop improvement programs. In 1998, it was re-established as the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation and Research (IBCR) broadening its mandate and duties to implement Ethiopia’s obligation to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD). In 2004, the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (IBC) was amended. Finally, in 2013 the institute has the current structure and renamed as Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute (EBI).
By 2023, EBI will be Center of Excellence in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use in Africa.
Ethiopia has set clear national policy directives on conservation of biological resources. In the past, conservation efforts focused on plant genetic resources and priority was given to field crops. Since 1998, the Institute was given a wider mandate of conservation and sustainable utilization of all forms of biological resources including plants, animals and microbial genetic resources as well as associated indigenous knowledge. Ecosystem management is also recognized as one of the areas to be given priority.
As to the importance of biodiversity and our dependence on biological resources, conservation efforts give emphasis to local and national needs and values. The Institute, thus, has power and duties related to the conservation and promoting the sustainable utilization of Ethiopia’s biodiversity.
This includes maintaining and developing international relations with bilateral and multilateral bodies having the potential to providing technical assistance. The Institute, on the basis of national legislation, has the responsibility and duty to implement international conventions, agreements and obligations on biodiversity to which Ethiopia is a party. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13301 | {
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This course, Advanced Stroke Management, will discuss the anatomy and physiology of a stroke. It will outline the cerebral artery anatomy and identify stroke symptoms as they relate to the various artery involvements. Radiological testing, laboratory values, medications, and nursing interventions will be addressed, as they pertain to the treatment of the acute stroke patient.
In 2003, The Joint Commission launched its Primary Stroke Center Certification Program. As of January, 2011, there are more than 800 certified primary stroke centers. The designation signifies that the hospitals meet requirements to provide emergency diagnostic and therapeutic services by a multidisciplinary team 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to patients with symptoms of acute stroke. Eight hours of annual stroke specific continuing education is REQUIRED for the staffs that comprise the CORE stroke team. Additionally, at least 80% of the Emergency Department staff is required to have knowledge of the stroke pathophysiology, presentation, assessment, diagnosis and treatment including thrombolytic therapy. Finally, Nurses on non-stroke units, where stroke patients are not routinely cared for, and ancillary staff should receive education related to recognition of stroke signs and symptoms and activation of the organization’s emergency response processes. This course would be excellent for all healthcare providers, and assist hospitals seeking both initial and renewal of primary stroke center certification. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13306 | {
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The grounding philosophy of any control system is an integral part of the design. N-Tron switches are designed to be grounded, but the user has been given the flexibility to float the switch when required. The best noise immunity and emissions (i.e. CE) are obtained when the N-Tron switch chassis is connected to earth ground via a drain wire. Some N-Tron switches have metal din-rail brackets that can ground the switch if the din-rail is grounded. In some cases, N-Tron switches with metal brackets can be supplied with optional plastic brackets if isolation is required.
Both V- legs of the power input connector are connected to chassis internally on the PCB. Connecting a drain wire to earth ground from one of the V- terminal plugs as shown here will ground the switch and the chassis. The power leads from the power source should be limited to 3 meters or less in length.
As an alternate, users can run a drain wire & lug from any of the Din-Rail screws or empty PEM nuts on the enclosure. When using an unused PEM nut to connect a ground lug via a machine screw, care should be taken to limit the penetration of the outer skin by less than 1/4 in. Failure to do so may cause irreversible damage to the internal components of the switch.
Note: Before applying power to the grounded switch, you must use a volt meter to verify there is no voltage difference between the power supply’s negative output terminal and the switch chassis grounding point.
The use of shielded cables between devices is not required for most N-Tron devices (please consult the user manuals for specific details). If the use of shielded cables is required, it is generally recommended to only connect the shield at one end to prevent ground loops and interfere with low level signals (i.e. thermocouples, RTD, etc.). Cat5e cables manufactured to EIA-568A or 568B specifications are required for use with N-Tron Switches.
In the event all Cat5e patch cable distances are small (i.e. All Ethernet devices are located the same local cabinet and/or referenced to the same earth ground), it is permissible to use fully shielded cables terminated to chassis ground at both ends in systems void of low level analog signals. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13307 | {
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Meaning and definitions of levitation, translation in Samoan language for levitation with similar and opposite words. Also find spoken pronunciation of levitation in Samoan and in English language. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13309 | {
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a. a joining of the edges of a wound or the like by stitching or some similar process.
b. a particular method of doing this.
c. one of the stitches or fastenings employed.
2. the seam where two bones are fused, as at the top of the skull.
3. the seam where any two parts join, as the valves of a clamshell.
4. a seam formed in or as if in sewing; line of junction between two parts.
5. a sewing together or a joining as if by sewing.
6. to unite by or as if by a suture.
1. An immovable fibrous joint between bones of the skull.
2. Thread (with needle attached) used to close incisions made during surgery.
Verb 1. suture - join with a suture; "suture the wound after surgery"
seam - put together with a seam; "seam a dress"
vertical mattress ___ → ___ de colchonero. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13310 | {
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Nearly six months later, he passed away at the age of 82.
Long before his groundbreaking work in psychiatry and writing, Sacks experimented with cultural norms, his own body and mind. He saw “medical science as a vast, largely uncharted wilderness to be tamed.” But until very recently, not many people knew he was gay.
Sacks’ literary works will live on in their many film, stage and musical adaptations. But it’s important to remember that he was also a sexual being, and one that would have given the bears in Provincetown a run for their money had he felt free to be out. Many obituaries only celebrate a person’s public persona, but Sacks was a complex and beautiful man and these pictures are partly a testament to that. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13311 | {
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Data released by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) on December 19 indicate that 13.1 percent of the workforce, or more than one in eight workers, will be out of a job at some point in 2013.
The EPI calculates that 14.9 percent of the workforce, or some 23 million people, were unemployed at one time or another in 2011. (The 2012 rate has not yet been calculated, of course). This figure for 2011 contrasts sharply with the official annual jobless rate of 8.9 percent, which is simply the average official monthly unemployment rate for the year.
The holiday season jobs situation remains grim in the US for tens of millions, even as the Obama administration and the media blather on about the strength of the American economy.
Nine major banks—Deutsche Bank, Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, UBS, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley—reported more than 30,000 job cuts between them in the first nine months of this year.
Talk of a recovery is empty and cynical in face of the actual economic reality. There are currently 22.7 million people officially unemployed or under-employed in the US, or some 14.4 percent of the labor force. This figure is extremely misleading, as the official jobless rate has remained steady or dropped primarily due to people leaving the workforce. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) excludes millions who have given up looking for work from its jobless category.
Since the beginning of 2007, the civilian workforce participation rate has declined by 2.8 percent (from 66.4 percent to 63.6 percent, the lowest figure in decades), or more than 4 million people. Some 350,000 dropped out of the labor force in November alone. A record 89.2 million people in the US (excluding children, the disabled, etc.) are considered to be “not in the labor force” by the BLS. This compares with 143.2 million who are employed.
Long-term unemployment remains a plague officially for five million in the US, approximately 40 percent of the government’s jobless total. Some 2.1 million people out of work for more than six months face the possibility of losing benefits December 29, with another one million threatened over the next three months if Congress fails to extend emergency jobless benefits. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13312 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
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To better understand information about human health from databases we analyzed three datasets collected for different purposes in Canada: a biomedical database of older adults, a large population survey across all adult ages, and vital statistics. Redundancy in the variables was established, and this led us to derive a generalized (macroscopic state) variable, being a fitness/frailty index that reflects both individual and group health status. Evaluation of the relationship between fitness/frailty and the mortality rate revealed that the latter could be expressed in terms of variables generally available from any cross-sectional database. In practical terms, this means that the risk of mortality might readily be assessed from standard biomedical appraisals collected for other purposes. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13316 | {
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On application of load the speed of a DC motor decreases gradually. This is not at all desirable. So the difference between no load and full load speed should be very less. The motor capable of maintaining a nearly constant speed for varying load is said to have good speed regulation i.e the difference between no load and full load speed is quite less. The speed regulation of a permanent magnet DC motor is good ranging from 10 – 15% whereas for DC shunt motor it is somewhat less than 10 %. DC series motor has poor value of regulation. In case of compound DC motor for DC cumulative compound the speed regulation is around 25 % while differential compound has its excellent value of 5 %.
N = speed of rotation in rpm.
A = number of parallel paths.
Z = total no. conductors in armature.
Hence, speed of a DC motor is directly proportional to emf of rotation (E) and inversely proportional to flux per pole (φ).
The speed regulation is defined as the change in speed from no load to full load, expressed as a fraction or percentage of full load speed.
A motor which has nearly constant speed at all load below full rated load, have good speed regulation. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13319 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 249
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1631 The Treaty of Fontainebleau signed between Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, and the Kingdom of France, establishing a secret alliance between them during the Thirty Years' War.
1814 Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition - the Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent.
1832 The Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario is opened.
1876 Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V.
1879 An F4 tornado strikes Irving, Kansas, killing 18 and injuring 60.
1914 The new and then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
1925 In China protests erupt against the Great Powers infringing on Chinese sovereignty.
1948 A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
1959 The Auckland Harbour Bridge is officially opened in Auckland, New Zealand.
1961 Long time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
1972 The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout Britain. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13320 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 273
} |
Foods containing milled cereal grain ingredients are found in every food aisle of the grocery store. Ingredients such as wheat flour, whole grain wheat flour, wheat bran, oat flour and oat bran are main ingredients in many food categories such as those listed below.
You’ll even find cereal grain ingredients in the pet food section.
The use of whole grain ingredients has greatly increased in recent years in response to growing recognition of the potential health benefits of whole grain foods. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13321 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
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Lac des Vaches (Lake of Cows) is located in the Vanoise National Park in the French Alps, near the village of Pralognan-La-Vanoise.
The Vanoise National Park in Savoie was the first national park in France established in 1963. It borders the Italian National Park of the Gran Paradiso on the east. Both parks together cover an area of 1,250 km2, representing Western Europe's largest protected area.
The French Alps is home to the famous Tarentaise cows also known as Tarine, well adapted to the high altitudes and rough terrain.
I have not seen any cows crossing the lake (that would be a cool picture), but felt them watching me from the surrounding mountains. One wrong step and they would be all over me. According to the legend, the cows made a last stand at the lake during WW2, against an overwhelming German force, after their French caretakers capitulated and abandoned this strategic mountain pass. All of the Tarine defenders were butchered by the Nazis. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13331 | {
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In recent years, we have read a great deal about grit and resilience.
In the previous video we discussed different strategies that parents can use to protect against the effects of Digital Anxiety.
Ultimately, we believe that there is one approach that provides a uniquely powerful solution.
The first video in our Digital Anxiety series explored recent research about mental health trends that are related to how children use digital technology.
This second video discusses strategies that parents can use to help their children navigate these challenges.
We have become aware of recent research that suggests that youth’s technology habits underlie massive negative mental trends for them. As partners in parenting, we feel compelled to share what we are learning with you.
s’mores, archery and perhaps canoeing a beautiful lake.
But they generally think of it as very American, like baseball, jazz and apple pie.
So most people are surprised to learn that summer camp is actually a global phenomenon.
In October, Susie and I attended the 11th International Camping Congress in Sochi, Russia. The Congress is held every three years. In 2014, it was in Turkey. In 2020, it will be in China.
The International Camping Fellowship has 4500 members from 95 countries. 1200 members and 30 countries were in attendance.
Last week, I shared the first half of a letter written by one of Steve Sir's college bound sons (). Here is the final part of his essay about his experiences at camp and how it has prepared him for the next four years and onwards. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13333 | {
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Biaxin will several macrolide antibiotics, which prevent microbial protein synthesis. This course of action is primarily bacteriostatic, but can also be bactericidal. Macrolides typically accumulate within leukocytes and thus move the site of infection. Biaxin works well against Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Mycobacterium avium and many more 's used to treat many different types of microbial infections of the skin and respiratory problems caused by Helicobacter pylori in stomach.
Biaxin tablets should be taken with or without food with a big glass of water. Swallow the pill whole. Don 't take a lot of medication suggested equipment for you. Follow accepting drugs even when signs and symptoms of the disease grew to become less pronounced and you're feeling well. Biaxin is usually given for 7-14 days or longer when treating stomach problems.
Don 't use this medication if you're allergic to erythromycin and then any of the types or related macrolide antibiotics. For those who have liver disease kidney osistema r, dis-mineral balance (low levels of potassium or magnesium), certain heart disease, arrhythmias, talk to your doctor before considering Bizxin. This mediation isn 't suggested during pregnancy or breastfeeding. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13337 | {
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Project al-Khwarizmi uses art and aesthetics as the common language to help communities of color conceptually understand what algorithms and artificial intelligent systems are as well as how and where these systems intersect their lives. Participants combine this new information with knowledge(s) they already possess, ex cultural, societal, street, to collaboratively design conceptual algorithms for combating and/or interrupting biased artificially intelligent systems using drawing, collage and stop motion video.
Student will also eventually be introduced to creative code employed to make working chatbots. When intervention is not possible, methods of preempting for using biases built into algorithmic systems to support, rather than hinder, communities of color will be explored.
The best way to address racism, sexism, and other biases within artificially intelligent systems is to ensure that people of color, and others who inherently understand the need for inclusion, equity, ethics, and multimodal testing, participate in the design, production and testing of such “smart” technologies help keep “innocent” biases and historically ingrained discrimination out of newly encoded systems. From deploying algorithms to decide which advertising follows you around the internet, to whether a self-driving cars are biased toward saving the life of pedestrians or saving the life of passengers in the car, algorithms are with us and will only gain momentum in the AI saturated future. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13341 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
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The Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, President Robert Mugabe has urged families and history researchers to ensure they document their family traditions accurately and preserve them for future generations.
Cde Mugabe was speaking at a ceremony for the unveiling of his grandfather’s tombstone, Mr Johannes Karigamombe at Kutama Mission Cemetery, in Zvimba today.
In his address, President Mugabe said it is important for history to be portrayed accurately so that people will know the values that shape them.
“We don’t want a situation where the youths grow up not knowing their history. History shouldn’t be told as a fairy tale, but should be taken seriously and portrayed accurately,†President Mugabe said.
Hundreds of villagers, different church groups as well as some cabinet ministers and government officials joined the Mugabe and the Karigamombe clan to celebrate the life of Mr Karigamombe, the president’s grandfather.
Mr karigamombe died in 1918, but his date of birth is not known.
He had four sons, Chatunga, Mateyesanwa, Matibiri and Shereni as well as five daughters, Karuga, Zvinatse, Herena-Kachuma, Monica and Matiringira. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13342 | {
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EVER HEADED OFF ON A RELAXING HOLIDAY TO GET OVERRUN WITH A COLD OR UPSET STOMACH?
Even for those exploring some of our natural beauty spots in the UK, the stress of packing for the family and making sure everything is left organised at home can imbalance the sensitive gut flora. The change to normal dietary routine and local water and other fluid intake can also alter the balance of our gut flora and affect bowel movements. The gut flora has a huge impact on the functioning of our digestive and immune systems.
Depending on your holiday destination, there is a 5-50% chance that you could experience a bout of travellers diarrhoea1. Especially when abroad, local strains of bacteria will be new to the body and therefore, may cause some gut disturbance compared to those microbes we are familiar with at home2. Since childhood we have built up a team of antibodies waiting ready to fight common invaders but are not ready for unknown foreign bugs.
Live bacteria are being used successfully as a travellers diarrhoea remedy and tested in studies to support healthy digestive and immune systems at these times. A review of all 940 studies between 1977 to 2005, concluded that live bacteria was able to significantly prevent travellers diarrhoea with no serious adverse reactions1. One study looked at a group of tourists visiting Turkey where travellers diarrhoea affected 40% of the tourists compared to only 24% of those who took a lactobacillus containing live bacteria food supplement1,2. A multi-strain probiotic containing Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium bifidum was shown to be particularly beneficial1.
Bio-Kult is a unique live bacteria food supplement with 14 strains of live bacteria. We recommend taking Bio-Kult capsules as a travellers diarrhoea remedy two weeks before, during and two weeks after your holiday to assist with travellers diarrhoea. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13352 | {
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As Samuel Schuman argues in his seminal introduction to honors administration, “The single most important feature of any honors program is its people: the students who learn there and the faculty who teach them” (33). Next, argues Schuman, comes the curriculum; the context of the learning that takes place when honors faculty and honors students come together is framed by the curriculum. Honors curricula provide opportunities for honors students to endeavor challenges beyond what traditional undergraduate curricula provide. For faculty, honors is a unique opportunity to blend research and teaching and to provide a curricular laboratory for experimenting with varied topics and pedagogical approaches. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13353 | {
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Congaree National Park is a relatively new park in the federal system. It used to be called Congaree Swamp National Monument, but when they realized (a) it wasn't actually a swamp, and (b) people don't pack up their station wagons and take a trip to South Carolina so they can visit a swamp, the folks in charge very wisely changed the name. The national park "preserves the largest tract of old growth bottomland hardwood forest left in the United States." And it is beautiful.
The kids and I visited the (free!) national park on a Wednesday morning and stayed nearly all day. We did a six-mile-or-so hike around the elevated boardwalk with a few ancillary loops. Many fairy boats were launched. Many fallen trees were clamored across. One elf child was spotted. There were only about ten minutes of hysteria involving ants. It was a great day.
When we went into the visitor's center after the hike, the Forest Ranger on duty looked at us and said. "Are you the guy who writes that blog?" What a shock that was, to be a thousand miles away in a national park I'd never really heard about and be recognized by the ranger on duty. It turned out her mother works at a Detroit hospital and lives in the city and reads the blog. Such a small world! | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13354 | {
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Krabi is one of southern Thailand's most attractive provinces. It is 814 kilometres from Bangkok by Highway No.4 and is located 90 km to the southeast of Phang-nga and 180 km east of Phuket, covering an area of 4,708 sq.km. Bordering the Andaman Sea in the west, Krabi boasts countless natural marine attractions, including white sandy beaches, fascinating coral reefs, numerous islands and caves.
Apart from the world famous Phi Phi Islands, the province is also famous for the stunning limestone cliffs and rock formations which make it a mecca for rock climbers. Large numbers of tourists in Phuket usually make a side trip to Phi Phi Islands, or further eastwards to Krabi proper.
Krabi's attractions are divided according to the counties they belong to. If you want to find some specific places, see the lists on the right. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13357 | {
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Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has taken a central role in modern society. Unfortunately, malicious hackers and cybercrime have become a stubborn and expensive part of the ICT landscape. This has made providing cybersecurity a defining challenge for our era. Many strategic plans and National Academies of Sciences (NAS) studies have been written, and billions of dollars have been spent on the development and deployment of innovative cybersecurity solutions, but our network infrastructure, devices and organizations are increasingly insecure against threats.
Quite recently (in January 2016), the federal government released a new cybersecurity federal R&D strategic plan – this one mandated by Congress – that is novel in that it engages the socio-technical nature of the systems that we are securing. The plan also emphasizes the need for understanding the efficacy of different approaches, albeit empirically, economically, or mathematically. However, in order to make meaningful progress, using a socio-technical approach requires innovation driven by informational and experiential diversity.
A socio-technical approach to cybersecurity recognizes that the science and technology deployed to protect and defend our information and critical infrastructure must consider human, social, organizational, economic and technical factors, as well as the complex interaction among them, in the creation, maintenance, and operation of our systems and infrastructure.
The CCC will convene two workshops in order to advocate an evidence-based sociotechnical cybersecurity approach, integrating the best research evidence with diverse cybersecurity expertise and broadening the consideration of ICT user characteristics.
Using the grand challenges to promote effective and appropriate consideration of the socio-technical factors and sound and effective principles of cybersecurity assessment, evaluation, and intervention.
Identifying the human, social, organizational, economic and technical factors and techniques for understanding the interactions among them through a socio-technical approach.
Discovering positive steps that can be taken to better protect and defend our information and critical infrastructure.
As a part of this effort, the workshop organizing committee has released a call for white papers in order to both assist us in organizing the workshop and in selecting attendees. Authors of informative and well-crafted white papers may be invited to the Sociotechnical Cybersecurity workshop. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13362 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 435
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Rural residents are less likely than urban residents to have healthcare coverage through their employer, more likely to be low-income, and oftentimes are unable to afford coverage on their own. For hospitals that serve rural residents, this often means higher rates of uncompensated care compared to urban hospitals. Recent policy changes could lead to an increase in the number of uninsured in the United States, which could affect the amount uncompensated care reported by hospitals. Ensuring the adequate and justifiable support for hospitals that serve vulnerable populations has also increased interest in how and whether uncompensated care is reported. This brief uses data from 2014-2016 Medicare Cost Report Worksheet S-10 to compare uncompensated care in rural and urban hospitals and to describe how it varies across regions of the country. This study finds substantial differences in reported uncompensated care as a percent of operating expense between rural and urban hospitals and among regions of the country. Between 2014 and 2016, median uncompensated care as a percentage of operating expense declined across critical access hospitals (CAHs), other rural hospitals, and urban hospitals, and also declined across census regions. However, it increased for hospitals with less than $20 million in net patient revenue and decreased for hospitals with more than $20 million in net patient revenue. In 2016, the hospitals with the highest median uncompensated care as a percentage of operating expense were CAHs, other rural hospitals, and urban hospitals in the South. Among hospital types, other rural hospitals had the highest median percentage of uncompensated care, and urban hospitals had the lowest median percentage. Nine of the 10 states with the highest median uncompensated care as a percentage of operating expense were located in the South. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13367 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
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Objective: Ataque de nervios is a common, self-labeled Hispanic folk diagnosis. It typically describes episodic, dramatic outbursts of negative emotion in response to a stressor, sometimes involving destructive behavior. Dissociation and affective dysregulation during such episodes suggested a link to childhood trauma. We therefore assessed psychiatric diagnoses, history of ataque, and childhood trauma in treatment-seeking Hispanic outpatients (N = 70). Significantly more subjects with an anxiety or affective disorder plus ataque reported a history of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and/or or a substance-abusing caretaker than those with psychiatric disorder but no ataque. In some Hispanic individuals, ataque may represent a culturally sanctioned expression of extreme affect dysregulation associated with childhood trauma. Patients with ataque de nervios should receive a thorough traumatic history assessment. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13369 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 172
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Chitwan National Park is the first national park in Nepal. Formerly called Royal Chitwan National Park it was established in 1973 and granted the status of a World Heritage Site in 1984. It covers an area of 932 km2 (360 sq mi) and is located in the subtropical Inner Terai lowlands of south-central Nepal in the Chitwan District. In altitude it ranges from about 100 metres (330 ft) in the river valleys to 815 metres (2,674 ft) in the Churia Hills.
In the north and west of the protected area the Narayani -Rapti river system forms a natural boundary to human settlements. Adjacent to the east of Chitwan National Park is Parsa Wildlife Reserve; contiguous in the south is the Indian Tiger Reserve Valmiki National Park. The coherent protected area of 2,075 km2 (801 sq mi) represents the Tiger Conservation Unit (TCU) Chitwan-Parsa-Valmiki, which covers a 3,549 km2 (1,370 sq mi) huge block of alluvial grasslands and subtropical moist deciduous forests.
It is renowned for its variety and plenty of wildlife and vegetation. The park offers a variety of flora and fauna unique to the area along with some of the world's most exotic wildlife and vegetation. A dense tropical and sub-tropical forest is the home of forty-three species of mammals where the famous elusive royal Bengal Tigers prowl, endangered freat one- horned rhinoceroses roam. And we find other animals like leopards. Wild elephants a variety of deer, bears, four horned antelopes, porcupines, monkey, langurs, pythons, gigantic dolphins, two species of crocodiles- the vegetarian gharials & flesh eating marsh muggers. For the bird watching and nature lovers, it is a paradise with over 450 species of exotic birds, many of which are migratory making Chitwan their wild houses and its 932 square kms. Offering great scope for adventure and exploration. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13372 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
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Field guides to birds (the best-studied category of field guides) had been illustrated in the past either with paintings and drawings, or with photographs. Each approach has its limitations. Even the very best artists have to struggle to try to get the appearance of each bird exactly right, and even a subtle error can make an illustration less than useful. On the other hand, photographs are often very misleading. The effects of light and shadow and reflections, the bird's temporary position, twigs or leaves obscuring key marks, even a momentary disarrangement of the feathers can make a single photo misrepresent the bird.
The first Kaufman Guide, Birds of North America, introduced a totally new method of illustration. All of the images in the book started out as photographs, but then all were extensively edited by Kenn Kaufman, using digital photo-editing software. This process made it possible to clean up shadows and reflections, correct colors and sizes, and ensure that all important field marks were visible in each image. The results were hailed as producing the most accurate and lifelike illustrations ever published.
The example above shows the original photo of a Great Shearwater in flight compared to the digitally edited version. Shearwaters are seabirds, and photographic conditions at sea are often very difficult, with harsh light and reflections and the motion of the boat all adding to the challenge. With digital editing, the markings of the bird become much easier to see in the final version. The photo is by Rick and Nora Bowers of Bowers Photo; digital editing by Kenn Kaufman. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13374 | {
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The Green-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania fannyi) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in humid forest and tall second growth from eastern Panama, south through western Colombia (incl. Cauca Valley) and Ecuador, to far north-western Peru. It includes the taxon hypochlora from south-western Ecuador and adjacent Peru as a subspecies, but it has sometimes been considered a separate species, the Emerald-bellied Woodnymph (Thalurania hypochlora).
Males have a green head and back, and a violet-blue "shoulder", forked tail and belly (underparts entirely green in males of the taxon hypochlora). Females have a green upperparts, blue or green "shoulder", a white-tipped dark blue tail, whitish throat, chest and vent, and dark grey to green belly (underparts entirely whitish in females of the taxon hypochlora). | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13380 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 213
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While widely used, the reverberation time is not always suitable as a descriptor of internal acoustics; e.g., in a flat encumbered space it will feature a rather low value, sometimes similar to that for a small lounge, while people inside will find the acoustics uncomfortable. For such situations, one may use the spatial sound level decay DL2, which is the rate of sound level decay with doubling of distance . Figure 2.7 displays the stylized curve of decrease versus distance, on which it is possible to distinguish the direct field region close to the source (where the influence of the room is not yet felt) and the far field region (where one is left with the reverberant field). In between stands the intermediate region, which is controlled by the acoustic treatment of the room.
Gregorian singing can be heard in various cathedrals and churches where the RT value is well over 3 s. At the opposite side of the scale, the Scala of Milano Opera features a 1.1 s RT to enable the singers of Bel Canto to display their skills of articulation. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13381 | {
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This time out, we're keeping things simple. Unlike previous recipes, we’re only using one NPM library (flocc), and making full use of its features to create a simple simulated crowd visualization.
Simple simulations like this can be super fascinating as emergent patterns, and complex behaviors arise from a set of simple rules. Starting with a simple agent/flocking simulation, we’ve expanded it with an additional “solitude” behavior that changes each agent’s attraction to other agents based on how much time they’ve been near or apart from others.
Consider what you would do with the output of such a simulation. How would you extend the behavior?
While our simulation is running, it sends out a dictionary for each clock tick that includes information about the simulation. This data was formatted to make it especially easy to pack into a Jitter Matrix using jit.fill after using jit.unpack to extract it.
Maxforce: The maximum speed change that can occur in each clock tick.
Awareness_range: sets the search radius that defines which other agents each agent responds to.
The flocc library defines an “environment” which is the world in which the simulation will run. Once that is created, you can populate the environment with “agents” – individual entities that have internal state that exist in the world. Those agents can also have “rules” applied to them - functions that are called for each clock tick of the environment.
Behavior of each agent is determined by these rules. In our code, most of the actual behaviors are defined in the simbehavior.js file.
The existing simulation behavior could easily be extended by adding new functions to the simbehavior.js file and calling them from inside the motion() function. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13382 | {
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A stone figure, known as nomoli in Mende, carved out of steatite, or soapstone. The age of figures like this one is relatively unknown, however there is evidence to suggest that they Predate Portuguese encounters with the coastal areas of Sierra Leone in the 15th and 16th century. They are thought to have originally represented chiefs or group leaders. More recently, however, such figures have been re-discovered and used as rice gods to encourage high yields. Many believe them to be naturally formed, rather than carved. Other names that have been used for figures such as this one are pompta or mahei yafei . This example is covered in pierced holes. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13388 | {
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The Republic of Slovenia lies at the heart of Europe, where the Alps and the Mediterranean meet the Pannonian plains and the mysterious Karst.
In Slovenia, the sun shines approximately 2,000 hours per year. And there is plenty of snow in winter. The average temperatures are -2°C in January and 21°C in July. Green is the dominant colour. There are many woods and forests in Slovenia – covering more than half of the country – and numerous preserved and protected plant and animal species.
Slovenia makes a great tourist destination. You can ski in the morning and surrender yourself to the luxury of the Adriatic Sea in the afternoon.
The highest mountain is called Triglav - the name meaning "three-heads" - and it is 2864m high. The mountain is a true national symbol, featured on the national coat of arms and the flag.
The country is also known for its great wines and delicious traditional food.
Quick and easy access to information in English about Slovenia is available at the portal www.slovenia.si. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13389 | {
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Tin Hau Temple (Taipa) is the oldest temple in Taipa. It was built at around 1785. The Temple only dedicates to the Goddess Tin Hau. Many historical relics have been preserved there.
The Temple of tin Hau is the oldest temple of Taipa, built in the QianLong Reign. The existent main palace is dedicated to the Empress, with a lot of cultural relics inside. Besides the ancient bell, there also are decorated gateways, standing tablets, stone or tin incense burners, ancient inscribed boards and incense burner tables. The cultural relics belong to the periods of Qianlong Reign, Dao Guang Reign, Xian Feng Reign, Tong Zhi Reign, Guang Wu Reign and other periods during the Republic of China. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13391 | {
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Best known for his fetes galantes such as the famous Pelerinage a l'ile de Cythere, Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) was a major proponent in the revival of the Baroque style and the formation of the Rococo movement. Watteau was inspired by the theater and in particular the commedia dell'arte, hence elaborately costumed actors, dancers, and musicians were recurrent subjects; he was also fond of bucolic scenes and portraiture. Infused with romance, drama, and joie de vivre, Watteau's paintings depict a idyllic world of pleasure and entertainment.Every book in "Taschen's Basic Art Series" features: a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist; approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions; and, a concise biography. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13395 | {
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People who sell a product or service risk a part of themselves every day. They risk self esteem, self confidence their perceived income. This comes at a price for many in sales. It can be empowering to be completely responsible for your level of income. However when things are not going well it can also be terrifying.
Sales people or entrepreneurs who under perform have some emotional consequences along with the obvious financial ones. The most debilitating emotions for many in sales are feelings of guilt and regret. Most of these negative feelings originate in under performing and feeling responsible for under performing. Since you are responsible for your income than of course if income is low you are responsible.
Make sure your standards are realistic. People in the field of sales can tend to set very high goals. These goals are not unrealistic for some or in a specific time frame. But for you they might not be correct.
Once you have a realistic goal, now determine what the obstacles are to completion.
Write out a plan to move past the obstacles.
Get feedback and determine what needs to change.
Move forward and feel the positive feeling that accomplishing a goal gives you.
Now move on to the next one.
The best way to alleviate feelings of guilt and regret is to accomplish what you set out to do. By taking control of your goals you gain control over negative emotions as well. Take back control and your negative emotions like guilt and regret will be a thing of the past. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13401 | {
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Basic colour can range from a variegated purple-red, to a variegated green-red. When grown in shade, the colours are more intense and hold better during summer. Leaves turn yellow to orange in the autumn months. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13404 | {
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The thing we like the most about this resource is that it has a worksheet for children to keep track of their experiment results. It is a great start for the scientists-in-the-making!
This blog post has free printables of hands-on activities you can do with pre-k to kindergartners.
Would your child learn the continents better if they could put little animal replicas on the web? This blog post has some fun activities for your little one.
This fun video shows us the ocean zones in an animated way.
What is better than learning about Thonis-Heracleion from the person who discovered it?
(Don’t try this at home!) Firefighter shows you what happens when you put water on a grease fire.
Ever wonder how water filters work? Try this fun experiment and see for yourself!
A fun underwater perspective to watch how animals drink water! | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13405 | {
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Within the modern bounds of the city other late evidence was discovered (the burial ground of the Fatyanovskaya culture, the site of the Iron Age settlement of the Dyakovo culture), on the territory of the Kremlin, Sparrow Hills, Setun River and Kuntsevskiy forest park, etc.
In the 9th century, the Oka River was part of the Volga trade route, and the upper Volga watershed became an area of contact between the indigenous Uralic peoples such as the Merya and the expanding Volga Bulgars (particularly the second son of Khan Kubrat who expanded the borders of the Old Great Bulgaria), Germanic (Varangians) and Slavic peoples.
The earliest East Slavic tribes recorded as having expanded to the upper Volga in the 9th to 10th centuries are the Vyatichi and Krivichi. The Moskva River was incorporated as part of Rostov-Suzdal into the Kievan Rus in the 11th century. By AD 1100, a minor settlement had appeared on the mouth of the Neglinnaya River.
The etymology of the name Moskva (originally Moskha, later when Slavic tribes conquered the city transformеd to Moscow because of the specificity of the Slavic languages ) is probably Uralic, perhaps Volga-Finnic (Mordvinic or Merya). | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13410 | {
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Multiple factors determine the outcome of a crop season. While the weather cannot be controlled, it can be predicted with a certain level of accuracy. This seasonal forecast can be used as a basis to decide on which crop should be planted when in a given season. The long-term decision support system shall enable a farmer to get feedback based on prior crops and current soil conditions as to which seed or type of plant promises the highest profit with the least risk of crop loss.
Along with the seed selection, the long-term decision support system shall also recommend a schedule for input applications, which lead to the best potential return on investment. The system shall indicate ideal conditions with respect to soil moisture for irrigated plots; it shall suggest how to apply NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) to maximize the growers’ margins.
Finally the long-term decision support system shall support plantations to maximize their yields with respect to major weather changes. It shall warn the growers well ahead of time when the best time to harvest has come to avoid crop loss due to season transitions. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13411 | {
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Kahoot is a great way to review base knowledge of a subject before taking students to higher learning levels.
Each new unit has a specific vocabulary. Teachers can use this to assess students' knowledge of the meaning of vocabulary words associated with a specific unit. Incentives can be tied to Kahoot winners who achieve the highest score.
Kahoot is fun as long as it is not overused. Unfortunately, students eventually realize that when they quickly guess right, they receive points for both the right answer and the quickest response. That is not the purpose. This tool is great as a formative assessment tool so teachers can determine if students know the base knowledge and can move to higher levels of learning. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13413 | {
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The Vienna Secession (also known as the Union of Austrian Artists, or Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs) was formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian artists who left the Association of Austrian Artists, housed in the Vienna Künstlerhaus due to its conservatism. This movement included painters, sculptors, and architects. The first president of the Secession was Gustav Klimt, and Rudolf von Alt was made honorary president.
It was founded on 3 April 1897 by artists Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Max Kurzweil, and others. Although the architectOtto Wagner is one of the most important members he was not a founding member. The first exhibition was held in 1898. In 1898, the group's exhibition house was built near Karlsplatz. It was designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich, the exhibition building soon became known simply as "the Secession" (die Sezession). Their work was also published in a magazin called "Ver sacrum".
1903 Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser founded the Wiener Werkstätten, a union of artists who wanted to reform the applied arts (arts and crafts). 1905 Klimt and other artists left the group due to different opinions about art. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13417 | {
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• Toba Ama woman divers would harvest shellfish, seaweed, and oysters with pearls while holding their breath beneath these cold fertile waters. They served us the freshest turban shell and clams grilled over a charcoal fire in their Ama Hut by the sea in Ise Toba.
On ascending, the ama diver on exhale, would make a whistling-sigh sound into the wooden tub known to Japanese as "elegy of the sea," or "isobue" - a whistling sound which evokes sadness to those who hear it.
• These ama divers are environmentally sensitive and do not believe in over harvesting the seafood. Their outfit is white but they once dove naked in the chilly waters to a depth of 10-20 meters holding their breaths for up to 2 minutes. Their work is intensive as they have a small window when the tides are just right for their dives.
• The Ise Jingu Shrine is the holiest Shinto Shrine in Japan and dates back to the 3rd century; the shrine wooden supports are rebuilt with local timber every 20 years. The inner shrine is next to the holy Isuzu River. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13418 | {
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Description : Echeveria is a large genus of succulents in the Crassulaceae family. The genus Echeveria is named after the 18th century Spanich botanist Atanasio Echeverria Codoy. Several of these species are outstanding garden plants. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13421 | {
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What happens after you’ve written your matric exams?
So, you’re finished writing your matric final exams and are wondering what comes next.
First of all, congratulations and getting to this point. Twelve years of school is no joke and you probably know by no how tasking writing final exams can be. But, you’re not quite at the end of the road yet.
Firstly, exam markers have the long, hard task of marking what’s left of the last exams. Most papers have already been marked and the results are being processed.
Once these results are finalised, they’re sent to Umalusi, the education quality controls body and the Department of Basic Education, who then does quality control and finalises the marks. Umalusi issues all matric certificates.
The matric pass mark will be announced on 4th Janury by Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, after-which statements detailing your subject passes and matric certificates are released. These are to be collected at your school.
Should you have any objections over any of your marks, you’re entitled to a remark. This however, doesn’t guarantee that your mark will be upped, it could even mean that more marks will be deducted, so think very carefully about this.
Result queries should be submitted for investigation within 30 days after the release of results.
Registration for a remark can be done at either the school or district office in the province (all instructions appear on the reverse side of the Statement of Results).
Viewing of scripts may only be done after a re-mark or re-check of results. The closing date for applications is 7 days after release of re-mark or re-check results. The fee for viewing is R180.00.
If you’ve unfortunately not passed all your subjects – resulting in failure of your matric final exams – you will be given the chance to write supplementary exams. The criteria for those legible to write is listed on Department of Basic Education’s website.
If you’ve passed and are happy with your results, then the road ahead is all up to you and what you want to do with your future.
How did matrics perform in maths and science over the past 6 years? | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13423 | {
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X-rays are high-energy electromagnetic waves, similar to light and radio, but at a much higher frequency. They are able to penetrate solid matter, and are recorded either on film (similar to old-fashioned camera film) or an electronic detector. In general, the denser something is, the more X-rays are blocked and the darker that part of the image is. Fluoroscopy is a moving picture taken using X-rays.
X-rays are frequently used examine to examine the bony parts of the body, but they are also used to examine other parts. Mammograms, which are used to detect breast cancer, are a specialized form of X-ray. Fluoroscopy is often used to examine the digestive tract in conjunction with a barium solution. The barium absorbs the X-rays and makes it easier for the radiologist to visualize detail. Fluoroscopy is also used for arthrograms, which are studies of joints, and myelograms, which are studies of the spine.
X-rays have several advantages, and a few disadvantages. They require a very short exposure time, and this makes it easy to get good images when the subject has a hard time holding still; this is often very handy with children. The total time for the procedure is also very quick compared to most other diagnostic imaging techniques. X-ray studies tend to be inexpensive compared to MRI and CT scans, as well.
One of their biggest disadvantages is that X-rays are ‘ionizing radiation,’ and in high doses can cause cell damage that might lead to cancer. Because of this, we always use the smallest amount of radiation necessary to get a good quality image. A simple chest X-ray exposes a person to about the same amount of radiation as you would normally get from normal background radiation in about 2 weeks, so the risk is very low, but we always try to minimize your exposure as much as possible. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13424 | {
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Fun with Googlemashing: Click on the red icons and see all of the environmental charges against biofuel plants in Iowa. (real map here) Find 276 cases of water contamination, 27 cases of hazardous air pollutants, 3 violations of illegal dumping, 1 major fish kill, and 17 charges of operating without a permit.
According to the Des Moines Register: t is the breadth of the offenses, rather than the number, that surprises Barbara Lynch, who supervises the state's environmental inspectors.
"It's very significant," Lynch said. "We anticipated some issues, but we were disappointed there were so many issues.
"One of the things about ethanol and the biofuels is they impact every arena: air, water, drinking water, construction wastes. It seems like they cut across every program we have."
Regulators and scientists say that as biofuel production grows, more focus is needed on the impact on natural resources. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13425 | {
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Vitamin D Blog: No Help in Fracture Healing?
It's still not clear whether vitamin D levels or supplements have any impact on bone healing, according to a new review.
Looking at 75 in vitro and 30 in vivo studies, Erwin Gorter, MD, of Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands, and colleagues found that clinical studies on how vitamin D deficiency or supplementation affects fracture healing are "scarce and remain inconclusive."
Only seven studies looked at circulating vitamin D metabolites, and showed that most of these metabolites are not affected by the occurrence of a fracture, with the exception of 1,25(OH)2D3 -- but the clinical significance isn't clear.
Effects of vitamin D deficiency were only described in one case series and in three case-controlled studies, and these preliminary results tended to show that deficiency had no impact on healing. They noted, however, that animal studies have shown deficiency is associated with impaired fracture healing.
No studies looked solely at vitamin D supplementation in fracture healing, although two studies found a positive effect for the combination of vitamin D and calcium, they reported.
They concluded that based on metabolic studies, vitamin D has a role in fracture healing, but the available data are "too inconsistent to elucidate how and in what manner."
Gorter reported no relevant financial disclosures. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13427 | {
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Pi Day is celebrated worldwide on March 14th. In school you learn that Pi is a symbol used in math to represent a constant. More specifically it represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, which is approximately 3.14159.
So why is Pi so important? Other than being recognized as the most important and intriguing number in all of mathematics, the uses of pi extend beyond merely finding circumferences or radii. NASA uses pi to calculate the trajectories of spacecraft, to determine the sizes of craters and to estimate the sizes of planets outside our solar system.
Pi Day has been observed in many ways, including eating pie, throwing pies and discussing the significance of the number Pi. Some schools hold competitions as to which student can recall Pi to the highest number of decimal places. In observance of the day we have decided to celebrate by showcasing famous Hispanic mathematicians. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13428 | {
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Chinese imports of dried distiller's grains will fall by 50% in 2016, thanks to increased domestic supply, falling corn prices, and restrictions on US exports, said the analysis group CCM.
As the Chinese government pulls price support for corn, the incentive to import large volumes of unregulated dried distillers grains has ebbed away, bringing a three year boom in imports to an end.
Dried distiller's grains (DDGs) are the high protein residue of grain ethanol production, which are valued as an animal feed.
According to Chinese customs data, DDG imports were 71% year on year in September, at 272,200 tonnes.
And this pattern will continue for the rest of the year, CCM said.
The US is the main producer of DDGs, thanks to its huge corn ethanol industry. China is largest importer of these supplies, for use in its domestic livestock sector.
The decline in imports brings to end a long boom in Chinese demand, which saw DDG imports soar between 2012 and 2015.
Demand for DDGs was fuelled by the high corn price in China, thanks to government support.
With corn imports limited, feed mills turned to substitutes such as sorghum, barley, and DDGs.
But as the government pulls back its support for the corn market, prices have slumped some 20%, removing the incentive to import alternative feeds.
"After the rapid fall of corn price in China, the import volumes of its other substitutes fell as well," CCM said.
"The decrease of DDG import volume in China is mainly attributed to two reasons," said Liang Jiawei, editor of CCM's Corn Product China News.
"One is the falling price of corn in China and the other is anti-dumping on imported DDGs from the USA," said Mr Liang.
And additional pressure on DDG demand comes from a trade spat between China and the US.
In September, the Chinese government announced anti-dumping duties on US DDG imports.
"Due to the cost increase for imported DDGs, many feed enterprises preferred DDGs produced in China… which led to the fall of import volume," CCM said.
In addition, Chinese domestic ethanol production is rising, increasing the availability of DDGs, helped by government support for domestic corn buyers.
With more processing on corn, the supply of DDGs is expected to increase in China," said Mr Liang. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13430 | {
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During the first 4 weeks after fertilization, the CNS of the embryo undergoes a series of morphological and structural changes that result in the formation of the neural tube (brain and spinal cord). These can be divided into four phases: 1) blastogenesis, 2) gastrulation, 3) primary neurulation, and 4) secondary neurulation. Once neural tube formation is completed, a series of additional morphological changes occurs within the brain and spinal cord, divided into four additional phases: 1) ascent of the conus medullaris, 2) development of the cranial vesicles and flexures, 3) formation of the basal and alar plates and their derivatives, and 4) migration of neuronal and glial cells. Each of these processes will be summarized in this chapter. The term “postovulatory day” (POD) will be used to describe the phase or gestational age of the embryo; this designation is used in standard embryology studies to describe human embryonic development.
Gastrulation – conversion of two-layer to three-layer embryo: Gastrulation results in conversion of a two-layered embryo, containing epiblast and hypoblast, to a three-layered embryo, containing ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm.
Primary neurulation – CNS formation to S2: Primary neurulation results in formation of the brain and spinal cord as far caudal as the second sacral segment (S2) and separation (dysjunction) of the cutaneous ectoderm from the neuroectoderm.
Secondary neurulation – cord formation distal to S2: Secondary neurulation forms the spinal cord caudal to S2 and the filum terminale from a different embryonic mechanism.
Ascent of conus to L1-L2: Ascent of the conus medullaris results in the tip of the conus lying most commonly opposite the L1-L2 disk space; a conus below the mid-body of L2 is tethered radiographically.
Vesicle and flexure formation shapes brain: The formation of the primary and secondary vesicles and three flexures contributes to the ultimate shape and structure of the brain.
Neuronal migration region specific: Neuronal migration occurs in a specified pattern from basal and alar plate neurons, a process that is modified somewhat within each regional level of the neuraxis. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13431 | {
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Bang Mirror by Helen Padilla, a meditation on opening and unfolding a fire shelter for carrying in a fireman’s pack.
Art and wildfire science come together to educate southwest communities on the complexities of wildfire.
High altitude city at 7,000 feet elevation in the world's largest contiguous ponderosa pine forest. Four seasons and a moderate climate. Average rainfall of about 23 inches and an average of 77 inches snowfall.
Urban areas and people in the urban-wildland interface are increasingly vulnerable to wildfire. However, understanding wildfire, its role in the natural world, and its impact on communities is complex. The worlds of art and fire science came together to address these complexities in Fires of Change, an art exhibit created in 2014. The exhibit originated at the Coconino Center for the Arts in Flagstaff and included mixed media pieces by eleven artists to explore the increase in severity, size, and number of wildfires in the Southwest and their impacts.
To prepare for the exhibition, the artists spent a week in 2014 in fire science “boot camp” with the Southwest Fire Science Consortium and the Landscape Conservation Initiative to learn about the impact of wildfire in Northern Arizona. They then spent the year creating original works in reaction to their experience, capturing both the raw destruction of wildfire as well as communicating that fire is a natural part of forest ecosystems.
Complex natural systems that effect communities – such as wildfire – can be communicated to the public through vehicles other than science, such as art.
Non-traditional partnerships between science-based and art-based groups provide innovative opportunities for community education.
What happens inside your boundaries depends on what’s happening outside. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13432 | {
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By the second half of the nineteenth century, Germans had formed the largest immigrant group in England and Wales after the Irish, peaking at over 60,000.
The German immigrants pursued many trades in Britain. It has been recently discovered that German pork butchers, a result of chain migration of Swabian peasant farmers and pig-breeders, opened butcher’s shops in most towns and cities in Great Britain, providing factory workers with cheap and tasty 'take-away' meals. The sugar industry was mostly in German hands until the mid-nineteenth century. Although the work was difficult and dangerous, sugar-baking was a major employer and exploiter of lower-class Germans, but almost extinct by the end of the century. Other main occupations were waiters (later restaurant owners), merchants, office clerks, watch makers and musicians. Female migrants found employment in German-owned businesses or came to be married or work as 'nannies' and teachers. German customs, guilds and cultural societies were founded according to class and religion.
With the outbreak of the First World War, a paranoid hatred of everything German resulted in internment and deportation and a complete wipe-out of the German population in Great Britain. This book tells the intriguing story of German migration to Great Britain, and explores what happened to the migrants in that tense early twentieth-century atmosphere. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13435 | {
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In this video, you’ll learn how to read standard CSV files using Python’s built in csv module. There are two ways to read data from a CSV file using csv. The first method uses csv.Reader() and the second uses csv.DictReader().
csv.Reader() allows you to access CSV data using indexes and is ideal for simple CSV files. csv.DictReader() on the other hand is friendlier and easy to use, especially when working with large CSV files. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13438 | {
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'Stability' in schooling as guiding principle?
One of Charlotte-Mecklenburg's lowest performing schools has done wonderfully well in recent years with one group of students.
Year in and year out, the children who were consistently at or far above grade level – indeed, as of a year ago 100% percent of them – were the children who had entered the school as kindergartners and were still in that school in fifth grade.
These children lived in the same challenged neighborhood as their underperforming peers. Their families were far more LIKE the families of their peers than they were different.
The one thing that uniquely set these children up to succeed even as their peers were failing was the stability of their school assignment. If the family moved, at least they stayed in the neighborhood, which allowed the student to remain grounded at one school.
Many grownups who reminisce about their school years recall teachers who had taught their older sisters or brothers. Or who knew their families. Or were their Sunday School teachers.
These are NOT useless stories. They are a narrative of connectedness. These connections help children grow and learn. The teacher who knew your older sister knew a lot about what it would take for you to learn even before your first day in the classroom.
So here is a modest proposal. Let's make it a priority to keep children going to the same school through that school's terminal year. There will always be exceptions, and if parents really want to move their child when they move across town, fine. But for struggling learners, would it not be a good thing to ensure them some stability in their educational life? | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13439 | {
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It one of the most complete ensembles of engravings in the region.
It is located on a hilltop and has an arch-shaped entrance. Some of the paintings have disappeared with time but special mention should still be made of its large-scale figures and naturalist conception. The most valuable artistic gem is to be found in the underground area, where you can see drawings of horses, bison, wild bulls, goats, deer, a possible reindeer and a human form with an arm raised and a long tail. The minute detail on all of them is worthy of note, demonstrating a precise knowledge of animal anatomy on the part of the artist. The main technique used is engraving, with both fine and finger-width incisions. There are also examples made using abrasion. These different techniques suggest two different times of creation: one more ancient, dating back at least 18,000 years; another close to 13,000 BC. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13440 | {
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Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS). Its primary query language is Transact-SQL, an implementation of the ANSI/ISO standard Structured Query Language (SQL) used by Microsoft and Sybase. Microsoft SQL Serve » r is an application used to create computer databases for the Microsoft Windows family of server operating systems. Microsoft SQL Server provides an environment used to generate databases that can be accessed from workstations, the Internet, or other media such as a personal digital assistant (PDA). Microsoft SQL Server’s tight integration with Windows Server, automated self-tuning and management tools, and the wide availability of developers and compatible business applications can help small to medium-sized businesses achieve a positive ROI (Return-on Investment). SQL Server T-SQL training is well-designed for beginners and working professionals by expert trainers from Tekslate. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13441 | {
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Square One Television (sometimes referred to as Square One or Square One TV) is an American children’s television program produced by the Children’s Television Workshop to teach mathematics and abstract mathematical concepts to young viewers.
Created and broadcast by PBS in the United States from 1987 to 1994, the show was intended to address the so-called “math crisis” among American schoolchildren. The show was revived for the 1995–1996 PBS season as a teacher instruction program, Square One TV Math Talk.
Square One was also shown on the U.S. cable television channel Noggin in syndication beginning in 1999, but was removed from its lineup along with other Children’s Television Workshop shows on May 26, 2003. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13445 | {
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ICT support and services in Ireland have to do with the procurement of information and communications technology. Many industries rely on technology associated with information data systems and modern communications technology. Information and communications have enhanced the process of business, government operations, retail, manufacturing, transportation, and more. The data systems and sources that rely on information and communications technology continue to evolve.
Various industries rely on ICT support in services in Ireland to ensure that the right technology is in place. Every industry relies on a certain set of standards that requires different types of information processing systems and communications technology. Within each industry various entities and organizations support their own methods of data processing and communications and rely on the customer support that comes from the best IT support and service in Ireland.
There are many requirements businesses rely on when procuring information and communications technology with the best ICT support and service in Ireland. The expectation is that the materials are of high quality and able to keep digital data secure. This means that the resources provided are long-lasting and reliable. They also have as little of an impact on the environment as possible which means that the resources made available are safe and cause no adverse health effects.
The best ICT support and services in Ireland have strict criteria for suppliers of hardware, swear, and business solutions. The extremely high standard of providing products and services comes from a managed set of services that are high end for a wide range of industries. The best ICT support and service in Ireland is very selective of how clients are supplied and how the distribution channels are effectively managed with strict criteria every supplier must meet.
The benefit of ICT support and service in Ireland is that it supports the modernization that drives a positive change within organization that helped evolve rapidly changing business models. An example of changes to business models has to do with the change in real time communication and the delivery of information and communication in a broader method. This result in flattening the structure of an organization by opening up communication and making data readily available. Cloud computing has made data more readily available and digital multimedia technology has increased the communications potential within an organization. Businesses that look for new information and communication strategy must be assured of being provided with the right resources that meet strict guidelines. The best ICT support and service in Ireland helps to make that happen. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13447 | {
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When blooming and ripening fruit, good phosphorus levels are very important. Straight from Indonesia, Buried Treasure¬ Phos Seabird Guano is a natural fertilizer that contains phosphorus. It can be used indoors or outdoors on vegetables, herbs, flowers, ornamentals, and in hydroponic applications. Buried Treasure¬ Guano is micronized for better solubility and delivery. Does not contain fillers. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13450 | {
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Star, is a heavenly body that generates its own light and other forms of radiation. The mass of a star—that is, the amount of material it contains—can be determined most accurately if the star is a member of a true double, or binary, system at a known distance from the earth and separated from its companion by a measurable distance. The masses of both stars are calculated by measuring their motions over a period of years and applying the mathematical law of gravitation. Once a star’s diameter and mass are known, its density can be determined.
Stars have a relatively small range of masses but a wide range of diameters. Depending on its original mass, the lifetime of a star ranges from several million years to 20 billion years or more. The rate at which hydrogen in a star undergoes nuclear fusion is proportional to the temperature of the star’s core. The most massive stars have the shortest lifetimes, because the more massive a star is, the greater is the temperature of its core. As a star exhausts its store of hydrogen, it usually becomes a giant or super giant; the star’s outer layers expand and cool as the core contracts and becomes hotter.
much denser than a white dwarf and forms either a neutron star or in the case of most massive stars, a black hole. Sun, is the star at the center of the solar system. The Probable age of the Sun is about 5,000,000,000 and its predicted death is also 5 billion years from our time now. The sun will undergo the stages of death of an ordinary star. Many people say that we should be afraid when the Sun will die for it will bring great damage to the earth. After a billion or thousand years from now, the great Star’ components will intermix, making the Sun to a Giant Red Star and spread out 200 hundred times.
In this connection, the Sun’s gravitational force towards the Earth will untighten or reduce in tension, thus, making the Earth move or travel to another place. This will affect the Earth’s speed and orbit, which in return affects the whole world. There would be a possibility that the Earth will collide with another planet. But researchers are still trying to figure out ways in which the Earth could possibly be saved after the death of the Sun. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13453 | {
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One among probably the most prevalent electrical wiring concerns is regarding how to wire a switch. Although making use of switches at your house is sort of quick, wiring 1 may not be that straightforward for everybody. An ON-OFF switch is actually quite simple to wire. You will find different kinds of switches, but for this example, let us say that you are putting in a single-pole toggle switch, an incredibly popular swap (and the simplest).
You will discover a few colours of wires inside a typical single-pole toggle switch: black, white, and inexperienced. Splice the black wire in two and join them to the terminal screws - a single on prime and the other over the bottom screw with the swap. The white wire serves as a supply of uninterrupted power and is typically connected to a light-weight coloured terminal screw (e.g., silver). Hook up the green wire to the ground screw of your swap.
These measures would commonly be sufficient to generate an average switch do the job with no problem. Then again, in the event you aren't assured that you choose to can achieve the job appropriately and safely you far better enable the professionals get it done instead. After all, you will find a purpose why this activity is without doubt one of the most frequent electrical wiring questions requested by plenty of people.
For a few purpose, the way to wire a ceiling fan can be among essentially the most prevalent electrical wiring inquiries. To simplify this task, you need to use just one switch for just a single ceiling fan. To wire the admirer, it truly is just a issue of connecting the black wire on the ceiling fan on the black wire in the switch. When there is a lightweight, the blue wire needs to be related on the black wire from the swap too.
There are explanations why they're one of the most typically requested electrical wiring thoughts. A single, many feel it's basic to carry out, and two, they are the frequent electrical jobs at home. But then you certainly should not place your safety in danger with your target to economize. The stakes could even be much higher for those who try and spend less and do an electrical wiring task without having enough information or encounter. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13456 | {
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Kick-start concentration and visual discrimination by spotting the difference in shapes, pictures, letters and sequences in these NEW progressively levelled Chute Cards. Track increasingly complicated paths and find more complex objects in pictures. Can you also match the correct puzzle pieces? Simply take a card, complete the activity and post the card into the Chute (not included) to see if you are correct. Make savings by purchasing all 3 packs which are designed to increase confidence as pupils progress through similar tasks that increase in difficulty. Over 50 cards per set. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13457 | {
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This was on carpet beetles but similar to your issue.
Moths don't eat clean wool, only dirty wool.
A key issues is to prevent one infested rug from infesting others. Moths, especially in the egg and larvae stages are difficult to completely remove. It usually requires a pest control company with the proper permits to get rid of them once established. In most jurisdictions it is illegal to claim to kill insects if you are not properly licensed to do so.
They can be killed by freezing below 0 for an extend time (several days). Or they can be killed chemically.
Prevention is better. Dirty wool attracts moths and clean wool not so much. But once the eggs are there and the larvae hatch, they will eat whatever is around them.
If anything does get infested, there are likely moths throughout the home. Pest control needs to get all areas including attics, under eaves and such.
Master Blend and Chem Max makes moth repellents, not moth-proof, called Repel and Resist. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13459 | {
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How dose Mr. Keats fit into the ideals (zeitgeist) of the romantic era?
How has Mr. Keats influenced our society/ culture/ ideals of today?
Well, it might have been better if you had asked us earlier as this is probably too late for you now sorry. They are big questions and I cannot answer them in full. But- how he fits into the ideals of the Romantic era- have you read his love letters and his poems such as Endymion ( which discusses ideals of human love versus immortal love)? You would also need to compare his poems to those of Shelley and Byron ( which I confess I am not that familiar with). Bright Star is a good example of his love poetry.
The second one- you ought to look at how he inspired the Pre Raphaelite artists- they painted some of his poems.It was they who brought him to the fore as he was largely unknown til then. He was also liked by Oscar Wilde. I don't know if he influences people in a big way today- as poetry isn't that popular outside university settings sadly.You might want to read Jane Campion's response to his poetry- she sees him as " a portal into the human heart." His philosphies such as Negative Capability are timeless and relevant to today. I think he was very much of his time, yet brought something timeless into th world- love, spirituality, questioning the nature of the soul etc. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13462 | {
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The American Bittern ( Botaurus lentiginosus ) is a medium sized marsh bird with a stout body, neck and relatively short legs. What is really neat about bitterns is that they won’t flush like herons when approached, instead they prefer to freeze and even sway from side to side as if imitating the waving reeds. They have a remarkable, though rarely seen courtship display, where the male arches his back, shortens his neck, dips his breast forward and ‘booms’ at the female. Both birds engage in complicated aerial displays. Click on the image to see a larger version.
I captured this image of a Pacific Great Blue Heron foraging and feeding in a marsh. Click on the photo to see a larger version.
It’s Spring and many Canada Geese have new goslings. In ten weeks, this ball of fluff will become a full grown Canada Goose. This little gosling was busy exploring and eating grass while its parents kept one eye on it and the other eye on the guy with the camera. The gosling had proportionally large legs and feet. It reminded me of a cute and tiny little dinosaur. Click on the image to see a larger version. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13467 | {
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The Amazon rain forest is home to various tribes of forest indians. There were thought to be about 3 to 5 million indians living there when the European settlers arrived there in the sixteenth century. Many indians died as a result of slavery but the main reason for the fall in numbers was the indians lack of immunity to European diseases such as smallpox and influenza.
Today there are only about 200,000 indians remaining. They are scattered among small communities and even there existence is threatened by the destruction of the remaining rain forest. Growing food The Amazon Indians know that the rain forest soil is thin and will only support crops for a few years. They use a method of shift cultivation in the forest which is known as ' Slash and Burn ' - clearing small patches. If a large area was cut down it would be more open to rain fall and the nutrients would wash away.
The first Indians were thought to have come from the north some 10,000 to 20,000 years ago. In this time they have never thought that the land was theirs. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13470 | {
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What Happens To Memories After You No Longer Need Them?
Throughout our lives we have multitudes of experiences that shape how we then behave in the world. Some of these lessons are learned rapidly, such as why we shouldn't put our hand on a hot pan on the stove.
Other, more autobiographical experiences can be stored and recalled explicitly as our memories.
These memories can be recalled and described, such as what we did for certain birthdays, or experiences from our holidays. We can also learn to perform certain actions and behaviours that are totally new to us — for example, learning to ride a bike and drive a car. These actions can be thought of as muscle memories, or "non-declarative" memory.
However, it seems we don't retain all of our memories and experiences. There are times in your life when you find yourself pondering basic general knowledge questions and wonder where these gaps in information have sprung from. Despite all those hours of study at school, many of us can't remember how to say "two beers please" in Spanish when we are on holiday, or how to work out a specific angle of a triangle, despite being proficient in these skills some years ago.
Why is it that we lose the information that we have learned? Is it still there but inaccessible, or is it gone forever?
Memory can be thought of as having two components: storage — the process of encoding a memory, and retrieval— the process of recalling the memory. Memories are stored in short-term memory stores and then can be transferred to long-term memory.
Short-term memory has a limited capacity (about seven items) and duration (15-30 seconds). There are two ways in which capacity is tested, one being span, the other being recency effect. Miller's (1956) "magic" number 7 (plus or minus two) provides evidence for the capacity of short-term memory.
Forgetting is greatest when the situation where the information needs to be recalled is very different from when the information was encoded. This can mean that information that we have learnt in a school environment may not be as easily retrieved when in the "real world". So, if you had learnt the Spanish phrase for "two beers please" in a bar, you would be able to recall it easily when in the same environment again.
These retrieval cues can be important for people suffering with memory impairments caused by neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13472 | {
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Is our church modeled after Hagia Sophia, an ancient church-turned-mosque-turned-museum in Turkey?
The claim has been repeated a number of times in recent years, but a look at the two buildings, side by side, does not show an extraordinary resemblance.
When Architect Henry Dagit wrote about our church under construction in 1908, he described his building as “Romanesque with Byzantine details.” That was also its representation in newspaper reports about the new church; in the 1911 Dedication booklet; and in the 1911 Short History of St. Francis de Sales Church. Reverend (later Bishop) Crane, who commissioned our church, envisioned a building “in which the soul would be lifted up to exaltation; an edifice in which the liturgy would be carried out in all its mystical beauty; a church rich with storied windows...” with no mention of Istanbul or Constantinople.
Byzantine influence spread from Constantinople across the Mediterranean. Architectural historian Roger Moss, writing about Historic Sacred Places of Philadelphia, suggests that our church actually traces “its architectural genealogy to medieval Byzantine-Romanesque churches of Southern France.” He notes that French architects in the late 1800s looked back at those earlier churches and “embraced the Byzantine-Romanesque style as an alternative to the Gothic style” which was considered too “Protestant.” Romanesque design featured a rectangular building with rounded arches and vaults, rather than Gothic pointed arches and steeples. The Byzantine-style dome completed the thought. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13473 | {
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PITTSBURG — For the past month and a half, children in the Pittsburg area have been learning to build and program robots.
Last fall, Pittsburg Public Library applied for a technology grant from the Southeast Kansas Library System, headquartered in Iola. In November the library found out it had been awarded the grant, according to James Swafford, head of information technology for the library.
The library used the grant money to buy several Tetrix Prime robotics kits, made locally by Pitsco Education, and Swafford recently began leading the library’s robotics program, a free class offered from 4 to 5 p.m. every Thursday for kids ages 10 to 18.
The first Pittsburg Public Library robotics class was Feb. 7. As many as 11 or 12 students have shown up for a single session of the program, Swafford said, although a more ideal class size for he and library computer lab assistant Bailey Bennett to deal with is about 8 kids. Some of Swafford’s robotics students have been coming back for almost every class after attending the first one offered.
Austerman also said she was learning skills she could potentially benefit from later in life when she has a clearer idea what kind of career she wants to pursue.
Zytin Taylor, a fourth grader at Westside Elementary who was attending his first day of the library’s robotics classes March 21, similarly said the program was a lot of fun, and he might want to do something related to robotics when he is older.
Taylor said he was excited to go to the robotics class after his mom asked him the previous day if he was interested in attending. “All day at school I was talking about it almost,” he said.
Taylor added that he had seen Lego robots before, but never had the opportunity to play with any robots. He said he would recommend the library’s robotics program to other kids, and wanted to come back for the next class. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13478 | {
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Question: "What is the Via Dolorosa?"
Answer: The Via Dolorosa, literally “the sorrowful way,” is the traditional route in Jerusalem which our Lord traveled on the day of His crucifixion from the judgment seat of Pilate, also called the Praetorium (Matthew 27:2-26), to the place of His crucifixion on Mount Calvary. After his judgment by Pontius Pilate, the Lord Jesus was beaten, mocked and spit upon by the Roman soldiers (Matthew 27:26-31). Then he was forced to carry His own cross through the streets of Jerusalem to Golgotha, where He was crucified (Matthew 27:32-50). The Via Dolorosa is now marked with fourteen "stations of the cross" commemorating fourteen incidents that took place along the way. At least five of these incidents are not recorded in the Bible, springing instead from Roman Catholic tradition. Of the ones that are mentioned in Scripture, the actual place of the events along the way, such as the scourging (John 19:1-3) and the carrying of the cross by Simon of Cyrene (Matthew 27:32), are not known.
The Bible does not specifically mention the Via Dolorosa. All we know from Scripture is that Jesus carried His cross from the Praetorium to the site on Mount Calvary where He was crucified. The locations of these two sites are not known for certain, but wherever they were, the route between them was truly a sorrowful way. The scourging and physical pain the Lord Jesus suffered was minor in comparison to the pain caused by the real burden He was bearing—the burden of the sins of all believers. He bore our sins to the cross where He paid the penalty for them all.
As Easter approaches and Christians contemplate this holiest of seasons, we are reminded what a precious gift our salvation is and the price paid for it by the Lord Jesus. “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5). As we think about the pain and humiliation He suffered for us, paying a price that we could never pay ourselves, we can’t help but praise and thank Him and commit ourselves to a life of obedience to Him. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13483 | {
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Specially designed for use with image-reversing optics, such as refractor or catadioptric telescopes, this map will help you find and identify more than 300 features including craters, maria ("seas" of once-molten lava), and mountain ranges, along with the six Apollo landing sites.
To identify a feature you see in your telescope, find its reference number on the map, then check the numerical index. To locate a specific named feature, use the alphabetical index to find it on the map. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13484 | {
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Demineralization and remineralization is a dynamic process of mineral loss from the hard tissue of the tooth and of its repair. These are not distinct processes; rather, both occur to some extent on tooth surfaces at any given time. Which process “wins” is dependent on several factors in the oral environment, such as the frequency of sucrose consumption and the status of saliva, and whether these factors create an environment that favors demineralization or remineralization. Clearly, the goal in dental practice is to help the patient maintain an oral environment that both prevents demineralization and enhances remineralization to prevent the formation of caries.
Figure 4. Caries Lesion Initiation and Progression - Demineralization.
Figure 5. Caries Lesion Initiation and Progression - Remineralization. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13486 | {
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Welcome to the Chlamydomonas Resource Center, a central repository to receive, catalog, preserve, and distribute high-quality and reliable wild type and mutant cultures of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, as well as useful molecular reagents and kits for education and research.
The Resource Center is funded by the National Science Foundation and located in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at the University of Minnesota. Our mission is to maintain and distribute materials for Chlamydomonas research and to provide information to researchers.
Chlamydomonas is a haploid unicellular eukaryote; each cell contains a chloroplast similar to those of plants and swims with two flagella (cilia) similar to those found in numerous other eukaryotic groups including mammals. In 2007, the haploid nuclear genome was sequenced and found to encode approximately 15,000 genes. The mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes also have been sequenced.
For more than 50 years, Chlamydomonas has served as a useful experimental system for genetics research on chloroplast biogenesis and function, flagellar assembly and motility, metabolic pathways (including lipid production), the circadian clock, and many other fundamental biological processes. Mutant strains generated in these studies are maintained and distributed by the Resource Center. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13489 | {
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Jeseník is a town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic, the administrative capital of Jeseník District. The town is located in the historic Czech Silesia region on the Bělá River, a tributary of the Nysa Kłodzka. It is situated within the Hrubý Jeseník mountain range, north of the Praděd peak. In the west are the foothills of the Golden Mountains.
The first mention of the location on the site of today Jeseník dates from 1267, when the Latin sourcing cites as Vriwald (later Vrowald, Vrienwalde, Freynwalde), a place devoid of forest. Between 1284 and 1295 Jesenik became a city. One reason was the strategic location at the confluence of rivers Staříč and Bělá. This place later in 1284 guarded by the local castle belonging to Bohn bishop.
On November 25, 1931, the local Communist party organised a hunger march of around 1,000 unemployed stoneworkers (‚Steinklopfer‘) to Freiwaldau. The police chief at Setzdorf instructed his men to prevent the demonstration from reaching the town. The police forced the marchers to take an alternative route through the forest. The police soon caught up with them at Nieder-Lindewiese, and a clash ensued during which the marchers threw sticks, stones and other objects at the gendarmes. After two stones hit the commander of the unit, First Lieutenant Oldřich Jirkovský, on the forehead, gave his men the order to fire on the crowd. As a result, ten people, including six women – among them a 60-year-old woman and a 14-year-old girl – were killed and fifteen men and women seriously injured and taken to the hospital in Freiwaldau. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13492 | {
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The statistic shows the share of individuals with a foreign background in Finland from 2015 to 2017, by region. In 2017, the share of individuals with a foreign background was the highest in Åland, with 14.6 percent, followed by the Uusimaa region (including the cities Helsinki, Vantaa and Espoo), with 12.9 percent.
* Statistics Finland considers a person with foreign background as a person whose both parents or the only known parent have been born abroad are considered to be persons with foreign background. Also persons who have been born abroad and whose parents' data are not included in the Population Information System are considered to be persons with foreign background. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13500 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
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In the engine chamber by-products formed during combustion by burning diesel fuel, water and sulphur oxides like SO2 and SO3, who readily combine to form sulphur based acids. Thus as engine oils continue to be used for elogated periods, combustion of gases result which combine with the oil, with the result that they form acids which are corrosive in nature and affect the surfaces with which they come in contact. Most of these corrosive acids are removed during combustion process as part of the engines exhaust, but a few remain and escape into the cavity of the engine who proceed to attack the oil which provides the lubrication around piston rings and seals. They also react with the water formed during combustion to produce powerful inorganic acids such as sulphuric acid (H2SO4).
The amount of sulfation is the measure of sulphate index (SOx) measured by infared analysis which is the amount of sulphur based acids which have been absorbed and reacted with the oil.
The co-relation between high Sulphation and high Total Base Number (TBN) can be easily understood as such, Sulphation reacts with the oil and the reaction by-products like sulphuric acid. Thus Sulfation correlates inversely with TBN. Thus there is a depletion of basicity which will lower the Base Number of the oil.
The testing of Sulphation is done in our laboratory by using (FTIR) Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, which can be coupled with Base Number Test and Viscosity to determine the extent of oxidation and degradation of the oil.
As per ASTM E2412 & ASTM D7415 : Test Method for Condition Monitoring of Sulfate By-Products in In-Service Petroleum and Hydrocarbon Based Lubricants by Trend Analysis Using Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectrometry.
Testing Equipment used by us in our laboratory : PerkinElmer make FT-IR Spectrometer model Spectrum 65.
A typical FTIR graph in which oxidation is shown and determined. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13501 | {
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The vast majority of injuries are "predictable, preventable and avoidable," according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Successful public health policies, programs and public education campaigns can help give Americans the tools they need to stay safe and protect their families.
In this report, the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) worked with a committee of top injury prevention experts from the Safe States Alliance and the Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Prevention (SAVIR) to help identify evidence-based approaches -- which, if adopted and implemented, could help lower the number of injuries around the country. This report highlights a set of indicators that provide the public and policymakers with information about the status of some key injury prevention policies in states, and provides recommendations for key strategies to reduce injuries in the United States. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13502 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 185
} |
Ethnic and religious structure in Polish Kingdom was largely shaped by the situation before Poland was partitioned. In the first decades of XIX century Orthodox population was not numerous. It consisted of Greek and Moldavian traders as well as Russian Old Believers, who settled in northeastern Poland in the XVIII century. After Polish November Insurrection collapsed the autonomy of Polish Kingdom was liquidated and essential changes were introduced, for example Orthodox Church became a predominant religion. Russian garrisons were placed in newly built citadels, e.g. in Modlin. Around Modlin (which was renamed as Novogeorgievsk) several villages where settled with Russian immigrants. Some of the settlers were brought directly from Russia, while others recruited from retired Russian soldiers and Old Believers. The immigrants received the farming lands, houses built in 'genuine, Russian style' and farming equipment and tools. After January Insurrection, forced Russification was introduced and new Russian colonies around Modlin appeared. Russian colonization has been introduced to other parts of Mazovia as well, but the principles were different - the settlers were mainly Old Believers, who were Orthodox Church subordinates. Even though, there were Russian settlements in many parts of Mazovia by the end of XIX century, Russian colonization was a small-scale activity. Even Russian authors agreed that Russian colonization in Poland was a failure. In 1832-1914 there were only a dozen or so thousand immigrants, and in Mazovia this number was much smaller. Russian settlers quickly assimilated to Polish language, culture and the ways of farming; the only distinguishing elements were their native tongue and Orthodox religion. Russian colonization in Mazovia absorbed a lot of financial resources and didn't give back any significant results - nowadays there is only one small Orthodox Parish in Slanislavov (around Modlin). | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13504 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 383
} |
MIASA members are in the SADC region, with all its member associations and their related member companies residing in developing countries. MIASA recognises that its position on this crucial subject, has to be informed by various international conventions on climate change, in particular the Conference of the Parties (COP).
One of the challenges for mining investments is to ensure a positive contribution to poverty reduction and sustainable development at the community level. Mining can be a positive influence, providing employment and infrastructure and supporting community development such as education and healthcare programmes.
State owned mining companies have been established in various SADC member states, including South Africa and Namibia. The state is also involved in partnerships with private sector mining companies in Botswana and Namibia.
Water for industrial purposes is becoming increasingly scarce in Southern Africa. The mining industry is also receiving criticism that it wastes water. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13507 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 177
} |
View of a portion of the drainage system of the Roman Bath. It was composed of rectangular blocks that were covered with hydraulic plaster. When excavated they contained coins and other artifacts that helped date the system. | gair-prox/c4-pro/00000/13508 | {
"dataset": "gair-prox/c4-pro",
"token_count": 41
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