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Keynes viewed depressions as something that could naturally plague market economies when total spending was insufficient to support full employment. Only with wise oversight could we hope to achieve steady economic growth.
Over eighty years ago, Keynes condemned the rentier and welcomed his future disappearance. Following in his footsteps, politicians and central bankers today are ever closer to effectively bringing this about.
Between 1909 and 1913, Keynes was the most important defender of British monetary imperialism in India. His faithful defense of the British Empire in those early years allowed him to become the century’s most influential economist after the war.
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Washington and the Whiskey Rebellion
This lesson plan examines a critical episode in George Washington's second administration, when federal efforts to collect an excise tax on liquor sparked armed resistance in the frontier communities of western Pennsylvania. Students first review the events that led up to this confrontation, then read from the diary that Washington kept as he gathered troops to put down the insurrection. Focusing on Washington's account of a meeting midway on his march, with spokespersons for the rebels, students outline the arguments on both sides and explore the risks and benefits of the options Washington had before him: whether to uphold the law with military force or withdraw and let the already-waning rebellion sputter out. After debating this choice, students consider the political climate of the times, as reflected in the message Washington delivered to Congress upon his return from the frontier, and consider how far Washington's actions in the Whiskey Rebellion crisis were motivated by politics rather than principle. Finally, students return to the central issue raised by the Whiskey Rebellion to compare Washington's decision with the those of later presidents who faced this same question of constitutional authority: When is the federal government justified in using force against American citizens?
Was Washington's response to the rebellion justified?
Evaluate the significance of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 to the early history of the United States.
Analyze George Washington's rationale for using military force against citizens.
Evaluate the extent to which political pressures influenced Washington's decision.
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Summary and Analysis
Cotton pickers are wanted. Even if a worker doesn't have a bag, he can buy one and pay for it with his pickings. Many of the migrants are comfortable picking cotton, remembering home. Sometimes the scales are crooked, and sometimes they're not. For the most part, people are paid a decent wage, and at the end of the day, they can provide meat for their family.
Steinbeck returns to the now-familiar newsreel literary technique in this chapter, with a staccato-styled collage of voices speaking of the migrants' experience in picking California cotton. Both the tone and the action prefigure the Joads' experiences picking cotton in the next chapter. The tone is uplifted because men are working again, earning enough to put some meat on the table. They spread their good fortune around, helping each other, sharing information about weighted scales. Their happiness is cautious, however, because they know that winter is coming, and work will end. The Joads, too, will enjoy a momentary respite before their misfortunes pile up again.
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What Are Normal Ranges for Blood Pressure and Pulse?
Normal blood pressure is less than 120/80 millimeters of mercury, notes Johns Hopkins Medicine. In adults, a normal pulse rate ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute.
A blood pressure reading has two components, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure, explains Johns Hopkins Medicine. Systolic blood pressure, the top number in a blood pressure reading, is the pressure in the arteries when the heart muscle contracts. Diastolic blood pressure, the bottom number in a blood pressure reading, is the pressure in the arteries between heartbeats. Pulse is a measurement of the number of heartbeats a person has each minute. Pulse rate fluctuates with physical activity, emotional stress, injuries and illnesses. | <urn:uuid:0cd17011-c239-4d75-84f8-ebc6e85f0775> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.reference.com/world-view/normal-ranges-blood-pressure-pulse-e2de1df82264193a | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141182776.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20201125100409-20201125130409-00200.warc.gz | en | 0.853094 | 158 | 3.921875 | 4 | 103 |
Different environments require different types of tags. For example, inventory management on a construction site will need a robust, likely waterproof tag whereas a computer lab may just need a basic label. Tags may be as small as a grain of rice or as large as a brick. Some are flexible, some are rigid but all offer similar fundamental technology.
Of course, tags have a lot of variation in terms of performance, storage and power requirements. Smart labels are extremely thin contactless devices typically used for single or minimal use applications. Other types for repeated or semi-permanent use are often encased in tough materials designed to withstand the elements. Tags are often reusable and suitable for lifetime identification which gives them a significant advantage in terms of cost over labels and barcodes. The downside being labels are much easier to attach.
Radiofrequency fobs come in either active or passive format. Passive tags receive their operating power from the radio waves transmitted by the reader and active tags need a battery to power their transmissions. Most logistics operations are satisfied with passive tags. which are far cheaper and more convenient. Active tags are really only used when its important to have a long read distance for the tag. | <urn:uuid:3bd75a17-c9ff-4e09-861c-ddcce329cb64> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://cardlogic.ie/product-category/rfid-tags/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141188899.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20201126171830-20201126201830-00280.warc.gz | en | 0.934089 | 236 | 2.953125 | 3 | 104 |
Researchers from Elemental AI, a company that creates business applications using artificial intelligence, have published a dataset to foster the development of generative models that can produce images when given a text input. The dataset includes nearly 300,000 high-definition images of humans wearing fashion items, such as pants, purses, and sunglasses. In addition, professional designers wrote paragraph-length descriptions that accompany each image, which researchers can use to train algorithms to recognize what pieces of clothing, such as slim fit blue jeans and khaki pants, look like. By learning how different descriptions correspond to different properties of clothing, models can then generate representations of the clothing based on text. Improved text-to-image synthesis models could help create computed-aided content. | <urn:uuid:9d05ad4c-e8aa-4b64-a65b-d63acca3289f> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://datainnovation.org/2018/07/creating-images-from-text/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141188899.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20201126171830-20201126201830-00280.warc.gz | en | 0.923593 | 148 | 2.90625 | 3 | 105 |
Preparing communities to cope with potential disasters is a tricky challenge, particularly when no one can predict with any confidence either the likelihood or the impacts of disasters.
To address that challenge, an expert scientific committee has suggested a number of measures—including a ‘National Resilience Scorecard’—to help communities anticipate and prepare for potential disasters.
This National Research Council committee, chaired by Susan Cutter of the University of South Carolina, was formed by the National Academies in response to a request from nine U.S. federal agencies (see
The resulting report, published in 2012, defines resilience as “the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from, or more successfully adapt to actual or potential adverse events,” and views a community as a system composed of environmental, infrastructure, social, economic, and institutional elements working in concert.
The report suggests that flexible risk management strategies are needed, involving multiple stakeholders, and a mix of structural improvements and policy tools. To justify investments in resilience, communities will need assurance that there will be measurable benefits, including improved prosperity and quality of life, even in the absence of a disaster. This underscores the need for resilience indicators to assess issues such as infrastructure performance, building integrity, and social and business capacity for disaster recovery.
The report recommends the creation of a National Resilience Scorecard, although it points out that there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ strategy for enhancing resilience across the diversity of U.S. communities. Finally, the report outlines a vision of a resilient nation in 2030, with a culture of resilience supported at both Federal and local levels, availability of disaster-related information and insurance protection, proactive investment and contingency planning, and acceptance by communities of their responsibility to prepare for, and respond to disasters. | <urn:uuid:499b7358-0b73-4a7d-bb54-0cc169ae8245> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/article/national-research-council-report-on-disaster-resilience/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141188899.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20201126171830-20201126201830-00280.warc.gz | en | 0.933444 | 381 | 3.46875 | 3 | 106 |
Andy Warhol (1928–1987) is hailed as the most important proponent of the Pop Art movement. A critical and creative observer of American society, he explored key themes of consumerism, materialism, media, and celebrity.
Drawing on contemporary advertisements, comic strips, consumer products, and Hollywood’s most famous faces, Warhol proposed a radical reevaluation of what constituted artistic subject matter. Through Warhol, a Campbell’s soup can and Coca Cola bottle became as worthy of artistic status as any traditional still life. At the same time, Warhol reconfigured the role of the artist. Famously stating “I want to be a machine,” he systematically reduced the presence of his own authorship, working with mass-production methods and images, as well as dozens of assistants in a studio he dubbed The Factory.
This book introduces Warhol’s multifaceted, prolific oeuvre, which revolutionized distinctions between “high” and “low” art and integrated ideas of living, producing, and consuming that remain central questions of modern experience. | <urn:uuid:e3bb4bf7-bf39-414a-94f4-7cd5563e1497> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://foliobooks.pl/en/shop/warhol-basic-art-series/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141194982.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20201128011115-20201128041115-00360.warc.gz | en | 0.939727 | 228 | 2.75 | 3 | 107 |
Ida B. Wells, an investigative journalist who risked her life exposing the horrors of lynching in the late 1890s, was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize special citation May 4 for her powerful reporting, which has inspired generations of journalists.
The Pulitzer Prize Board’s citation honors Wells for her “outstanding and courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans during the era of lynching.” It comes with a bequest of at least $50,000 in support of Wells’ mission. Recipients of the bequest will be announced later.
The board announced the honor one day after World Press Freedom Day. For many, Wells’ legacy defines press freedom.
She reported bravely about atrocities against her own racial group at a time when women did not have the right to vote. Her investigations, reported well after the abolition of slavery, exposed attempts by white mobs to control African Americans through violence.
“The only thing she really had was the truth,” Wells’ great-granddaughter Michelle Duster told the Chicago Tribune. “And she used journalism as a tool to not just report what was going on, but she used her skill as a journalist, to the best of her ability, to impact social change.”
Born into slavery in Mississippi in 1862, Wells blazed a trail for future activists and reporters.
She helped launch the national anti-lynching crusade in Memphis, Tennessee, where she co-owned, edited and reported for the Free Speech and Headlight newspaper. She published articles condemning extrajudicial murders. She also spent several months traveling through the South by herself to investigate hundreds of lynchings.
After a mob destroyed her newspaper offices, she decided to never set foot in Memphis again. She moved to Chicago and published the findings of her field reporting in two pamphlets: “Southern Horrors” in 1892 and “A Red Record,” an extensive, data-driven report released in 1895. | <urn:uuid:b84949a7-3f3e-43c0-b97c-0dfa5b881f54> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://share.america.gov/ida-b-wells-receives-posthumous-pulitzer-prize/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141194982.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20201128011115-20201128041115-00360.warc.gz | en | 0.971648 | 411 | 3.5 | 4 | 108 |
Many of us have wondered, how much coffee is too much? After all, it is one of the most popular beverages around the world. In fact, it is so popular with humans that traces of caffeine can be found in blood samples, says a new study.
While caffeine was found to be the most consistent external component in these human blood samples, other substances included cough medicine and Xanax. The study aimed at testing new methods to evaluate the potential for interactions between botanical dietary supplements and drug metabolism. The surprising results were recently published in the Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis.
“The study leads you in that direction, though without doing a comprehensive survey of vendors and blood banks we can only speculate on how widespread the problem is,” said Richard van Breemen, the director of Linus Pauling Institute at the Oregon State University. “Another thing to consider is that we found drugs that we just happened to be looking for in doing the drug interaction assay validation – how many others are in there too that we weren’t looking for?”
The study involved mass spectrometry research of 18 batches of human blood serum. Apart from the aforementioned components, the researchers also tested the samples for tolbutamide, which is used in cases of type 2 diabetes, which was present in none of the samples. The results highlight the possibility of blood transfusion receivers getting contaminated with caffeine, cough medicine, and Xanax, an anti-anxiety drug.
Caffeine, while predominantly derived coffee beans, is also found in other sources such as tea leaves and cocoa beans. This further is made accessible to us through coffee, tea, soda, and more.
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Commercial fishers are acutely aware of the potential for marine litter to cause lasting damage to their catches and the wider industry, a new study suggests.
They also appreciate they can be part of the solution, but believe others – including the shipping and offshore industries – could be doing more to support their efforts to prevent items of marine litter ending up in our oceans.
The research, published in Marine Pollution Bulletin and funded by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, assessed fishers’ perceptions of Fishing for Litter (FFL) – an initiative that has been operating around the British coastline since 2005.
With hubs in Scotland and the South West of England, its aim is to reduce the amount of marine litter in our seas by physically removing it, while also highlighting the importance of good waste management among the fleet.
Researchers at the University of Surrey and the University of Plymouth spoke to around 120 fishers and other stakeholders, including boat owners and crew both signed up and not registered with the FFL initiative.
Overall, fishers said they often found marine litter in their hauls, adding it was extremely important to manage waste responsibly at sea and on the coast, and that keeping the sea and coasts clean was important to them.
They also believed similar attitudes were held throughout the fishing industry, adding that most fishers assumed responsibility for their own waste and for disposing of it in a responsible manner.
Those surveyed were also broadly supportive of the FFL programme, with scheme members reporting less environmentally harmful waste management behaviours at sea and in other contexts than their non-FFL counterparts. | <urn:uuid:e28ce813-c086-4890-9884-6adcb6ee4aa1> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/fishermen-keen-to-help-address-the-problem-of-marine-litter | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141194982.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20201128011115-20201128041115-00360.warc.gz | en | 0.97719 | 322 | 2.96875 | 3 | 110 |
Do we pride ourself on being a good decision-maker? Well, chances are we aren’t one, and don’t even know it. Like everyone else, we’re subject to cognitive bias, a limitation in our thinking brought about by errors of memory, miscalculation or social attribution. Not all biases are negative, however. The placebo effect, for example, is important in the search for new medicines. This cognitive bias can be so powerful that by simply telling a patient a new drug will make them better, they begin to believe it.
What we know is not much more reliable than what we remember, either. In a recent Forum session titled What If Your Mind Can Be Read, Duke University professor Nita Farahany described how researchers were able to create false memories through persuasion. This isn’t as sinister as it sounds: the drug propranolol has shown promise in reducing anxiety and trauma; it could even be offered to victims of traumatic accidents or violent crime, disconnecting their emotions from their troubling memories and alleviating suffering.
This chart, compiled by Business Insider, shows 20 common cognitive biases that trip us up in our decision-making.
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Researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research, London (ICR) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) test that analyses the shape of tumour cells to identify patients with aggressive ovarian cancer.
The test is intended to enable tailored treatment based on the patient requirements.
It scans for clusters of cells within tumours having misshapen nuclei. Patients with clusters of shapeshifting cells were found to have extremely aggressive disease.
Approximately 15% of women with this type of cancer are known to survive for five years or more, compared to 53% in other cases with the disease.
The researchers found that tumours with misshapen nuclei had impaired ability for DNA repair, making them susceptible to potential treatment with drugs such as PARP inhibitors or platinum chemotherapy.
In addition, it was observed that immune cells could not move into the clusters of such cancer cells.
The team used the new AI tool to automatically examine tissue samples from 514 ovarian cancer patients, analysing the shape and spatial distribution of the tumours and their surroundings.
Findings showed that tumours with misshapen cell nuclei had lower key DNA repair genes activity.
The researchers said that the test could identify tumours with the lower DNA repair activity, even when the genetic code of the BRCA gene remains intact.
They added that the hidden DNA repair defects would be overlooked only during tests for faults in DNA repair genes.
ICR Computational Pathology team leader Yinyin Yuan said: “We have developed a simple new computer test that can identify women with very aggressive ovarian cancer so treatment can be tailored for their needs.
“Using this new test gives us a way of detecting tumours with hidden weaknesses in their ability to repair DNA that wouldn’t be identified through genetic testing. It could be used alongside gene testing to identify women who could benefit from alternative treatment options that target DNA repair defects, such as PARP inhibitors.”
Furthermore, the study revealed higher levels of galectin-3 protein, which leads to the death of immune cells, in the clusters of shapeshifting cells.
The team believes that the protein could be a potential target for new immunotherapies to treat ovarian cancer. | <urn:uuid:e0a415f9-e508-428f-bd10-de7651a5b524> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.medicaldevice-network.com/news/ai-scans-ovarian-cancer-tumour-shape/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141197593.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20201129093434-20201129123434-00440.warc.gz | en | 0.954401 | 454 | 2.828125 | 3 | 112 |
Often when kids are learning about an animal for the first time, they ask if the animal can fart. It may be a juveline question, but it's a good question—one based on trying to understand how similar or different the animals are compared to humans. Now scientists are across the globe are putting the answers for a wide variety of animals in one handy database.
Borne out of a Twitter hashtag, the #DoesItFart Google spreadsheet lacks the veracity of a peer-reviewed academic journal, but it does provide a terrific starting off point for those wondering about the farting habits of frogs, freshwater mussels, or the gray fox.
Initially compiled by Nicholas Caruso, a Ph.D. candidate in biological sciences at University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, the spreadsheet is currently in "view only" mode, suggesting that some level of peer-review is taking place. He's told BuzzFeed that he has no further plans for the spreadsheet, with a focus on earning his degree.
The spreadsheet and hashtag's success has the potential to open doors for a wide variety of animal body functions. For example, while it's widely believed that cow farts contribute to global warming, it's actually cow burps that release the methane. Hopefully, a #DoesItBurp hashtag is in the works. | <urn:uuid:f2fb2c12-94ea-42ac-adf1-bfb7e459bf9b> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a24726/does-that-animal-fart/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141197593.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20201129093434-20201129123434-00440.warc.gz | en | 0.952912 | 270 | 2.9375 | 3 | 113 |
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Published on Nov 29, 2017
October 30 | 6-8 p.m., David Brower Center Fukushima Prefecture has achieved a remarkable recovery after the nuclear accident in 2011. Thanks to extensive clean-up of a large part of the area as large as the state of Connecticut, more than 97% of the region is at natural background levels. However, negative perception still persists across Japan and the world, causing economic and psychological damages within the region. A group of local high-school students teamed up with Professor Ryugo Hayano at the University of Tokyo in 2015 to face this challenge head-on, collecting their own radiation data using a new portable sensor, called D Shuttle. This public event featured presentations by Professor Hayano and three high-school students from Fukushima, who discussed what they learned from their experiences following the accident and from their research. It also highlighted Berkley Lab’s contributions in the research activities on radiation monitoring and mapping in the Fukushima region. The video was taken and edited by TV-U Fukushima, Inc. | <urn:uuid:d4e480ce-6cd6-489e-9fd4-d274b381956b> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://environmentaljusticetv.wordpress.com/2018/03/19/the-future-of-fukushima-a-new-generation-rises-to-the-challenge/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141486017.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20201130192020-20201130222020-00520.warc.gz | en | 0.95415 | 215 | 2.671875 | 3 | 114 |
Most urinals are a guaranteed eyesore in public space, cluttering otherwise open squares and adding unwanted odors to the aromas of the city. This design however, not only beautifies the urinal itself, but contributes to the aesthetics of its surroundings, filters urine to be smell-free, while providing a nice, shady oasis for its users.
The concept of using urine as fertilizer is nothing new. (Beyond peeing on the shrubs after a night of drinking, gardeners have been doing it for centuries.) But as urban agriculture becomes more of a reality and serious business, and people are becoming more concerned with sourcing materials locally, cities have to come up with systematic ways to gather and distribute useful, locally sourced waste – without having everyone peeing everywhere. Rather than a centralized solution, the When Nature Calls urinal offers individual, site specific resolutions to the question of collecting and reusing human waste.
And what about number two: Could solid human waste ever be used to fertilize a cities greenery, or to boost the productivity of urban farms? Composting toilets, though gaining in popularity, are for the most part completely banned in cities around the world. The taboo of poo is, understandably, hard to get over. But given enough time to decompose, humanure is a good source of fertilizer for plants such as trees, where the fruit is grown far from the ground.
Ingenious interventions such as this urinal represent the city’s progression toward a model of a circular economy – where there is no waste, no end to a product’s life cycle and everything can be reused – even pee! | <urn:uuid:3e5b104e-8afe-40f3-9866-71108676b783> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://popupcity.net/observations/publicurinal-provides-locally-sourced-fertilizer-for-urban-greenery/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141486017.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20201130192020-20201130222020-00520.warc.gz | en | 0.938351 | 335 | 3.15625 | 3 | 115 |
- Grand Canyon University - Online Undergraduate and Graduate Education Degrees
As school districts adapt to shrinking budgets, physical education programs are being threatened, sometimes cut out entirely. This may be having a distinctly negative impact on students’ cognitive development and performance in the classroom.
Multiple studies have been released on the link between cognitive development in children and their physical activity, with new studies being conducted all the time. Statistics often agree on a positive correlation, resulting in a comprehensive set of suggestions for improving a child’s academic potential through physical exercise.
One study conducted at the University of Illinois divided 220 eight and nine year olds into two groups after a series of cognitive and physical tests. The control subjects in the study were told they were on a wait list and were instructed to exercise and learn as they normally would. The other group of 110 students was bused to the University of Illinois campus after school every day where they played organized games such as tag and soccer. The researchers also set up instructional sessions that involved teaching students how to dribble soccer balls better.
This after-school program was held each afternoon for nine months. Each student, when they attended, wore a heart rate monitor and pedometer. The data revealed that both male and female students ran more than two miles in each two-hour session.
After the nine-month program, both groups came together to repeat the cognitive and physical tests. Unsurprisingly, the group that was put in the after-school program performed better on the physical tests. The variable group also outperformed the control group on the cognitive tests, specifically in the area of attention inhibition. This skill dictates a person’s capability to filter useless and distracting information in order to complete a task efficiently. In terms of academic success, this allows students to focus on their work in the face of distractions in the classroom.
Students need to be given a well-rounded education that develops their bodies and minds, especially considering the relationship between the two. This proves to be a compelling argument for the proper funding of PE classes. | <urn:uuid:d13924c3-bab8-46d5-b087-e1b2c4927711> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.peteacheredu.org/2016/02/physical-activity-shown-to-improve-attention-span-and-focus/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141486017.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20201130192020-20201130222020-00520.warc.gz | en | 0.972557 | 414 | 3.421875 | 3 | 116 |
On the outskirts of Edinburg’s old town stands an ancient tavern that locals call World’s End. The place has carried its name since the Middle Ages, when it was built right next to the Flodden Wall – a barrier that protected the city. Times were different back then, and few people ventured outside the wall, where roads and woods were filled with many perils. For its inhabitants, the city was their entire world, and it ended right there at the wall. The tavern was as far as their adventures would go, hence its name – World’s End.
Walking around Edinburgh, it is still possible to see the remnants of these old fortifications. It is when realization comes, just how small ancient and medieval cities actually were. A brisk walk from two furthermost ends of the wall takes only about 15 minutes. Other historical cities were not much larger; for instance, Ancient Athens measured just 1.5 square kilometers in diameter.
Today, cities like Singapore, Zurich or Amsterdam are considered to be “small”, at least compared to giants like New York or Tokyo. It is worth remembering though that throughout history most people lived within towns that were no larger than a contemporary neighborhood. In comparison, even a small modern town, let alone a metropolis, starts to feel very spacious. Here, history ones again gives us a sense of perspective and appreciation for the luxuries of our century.
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- Lonely Planet Edinburgh Guide. Maps, highlights and itineraries – all right in your pocket.
- Life In A Medieval City. Find out how life looked like for an everage inhabitant of a medieval town.
- How The Scots Invented The Modern World. Dive into the Scottish history and discover how this ancient nation has invented many things that define the modern world. | <urn:uuid:a14b7feb-7595-4475-a2eb-418e6e4a605b> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://2footsteps.world/2019/08/10/worldend/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141692985.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20201202052413-20201202082413-00600.warc.gz | en | 0.967618 | 387 | 3.140625 | 3 | 117 |
Global warming is a huge problem nowadays, so each consumer needs to think of ways to lower their contributions towards global warming. You can easily reduce carbon footprint if you implement a few simple measures. For starters, you should purchase energy-efficient appliances. Secondly, you should adopt green energy technologies. For instance, you should install solar panels to provide hot water and electricity in your home. If possible, install wind mills for electricity generation.
You can also install LED lights in your home to try and reduce your lighting bill. Be sure to also turn off the lights whenever you leave a room. Upgrading your vehicle to a fully-electric vehicle or a hybrid can also go a long way in helping to reduce your carbon footprint. Ideally, you should have an energy audit conducted on your home to identify changes you can make to minimize your carbon footprint. | <urn:uuid:51c894af-334b-4316-9804-51700813fbf6> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://grvtytech.com/how-to-reduce-carbon-footprint/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141692985.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20201202052413-20201202082413-00600.warc.gz | en | 0.934302 | 169 | 3.21875 | 3 | 118 |
Insight provided by Penny Ingham, author of The Saxon Wolves (published by Imbali for the South African market)
It was Ernest Hemingway who once said, ‘there is nothing to writing. You just sit at a typewriter, and bleed.’ If you don’t mind the idea of a little metaphorical blood-letting, here are a few tips I have found helpful over the years.
Historical novels are often inspired by actual events – a useful foundation to build your plot upon, but it is how your characters react to these events that will bring your story alive. The Saxon Wolves is set in fifth century Britain, a time of great upheaval, of invasion, of clashing cultures. In the novel, my fictional protagonist, Anya, is exiled from Germania by the decree of the high priest. She sails to Britain where she is racked by feelings of alienation and homesickness. Nevertheless, she accepts the high priest’s decision. In her mind, her sentence is irrevocable. Human emotions haven’t changed over the millennia, but our beliefs, our culture, our moral code, certainly have. Perhaps it is this contrast between the familiar and the unfamiliar which makes historical novels so enduringly popular.
Getting a feel for the language of your chosen period, its nuances, its slang, can add a vivid sense of realism to your story. If your novel is set in a distant past where the language would be incomprehensible today, aim instead to convey an illusion of authenticity. Anachronisms can jolt the reader out of the world you have carefully created, so avoid ‘modern’ words or expressions, including contemporary slang. See a scene through a character’s eyes and give them an individual voice: a warrior will spy a city and immediately assess its defences, whilst a healer will notice the yarrow plant growing by its walls. A warrior will speak bluntly, plainly; a healer with more empathy and finesse.
And finally, whilst including your research about dress or food or herbal remedies can add realism, too much of it can come across as heavy handed. Include it if you think its adds something to your narrative, but make sure to blend it in organically. | <urn:uuid:1b567136-7911-4e6b-b059-d90ec854a4d2> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://imbaliacademic.co.za/writing-historical-novel/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141692985.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20201202052413-20201202082413-00600.warc.gz | en | 0.953891 | 462 | 2.6875 | 3 | 119 |
Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL)
Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is a rare genetic condition that causes benign hemangioblastoma tumors to grow from blood vessels, usually in the cerebellum, brain stem, spinal cord, or retinas, thereby putting pressure on critical structures and causing a variety of symptoms. Other features include tumors of the adrenal gland (pheochromocytomas), cysts in the kidneys and other organs, risk of kidney cancer, and deafness due to tumors in the inner ear. VHL most often presents in young adults, although symptoms sometimes are seen in children. The diagnosis typically is based on physical examination and tests such as MRI or CT scans, and genetic testing is available to confirm a diagnosis. Symptoms, if present, vary depending on the location of any tumors but can include headaches, flushing, palpitations, heart racing, high blood pressure, poor balance, loss of vision or visual acuity, muscle weakness, loss of sensation, lower back pain, blood in the urine, and hearing loss.
Treating VHL typically involves several medical specialties, including genetics, neurosurgery, endocrinology, urology, nephrology, and ophthalmology. Treatment often entails surgery to remove a tumor; clinical trials are underway and focused on testing new non-surgical approaches. Most VHL patients face a lifetime risk for the development of tumors and require monitoring to help ensure early detection.
UAB Medicine’s Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) clinical treatment program is the only one in the region recognized by the VHL Alliance, a group dedicated to advancing VHL research and therapy. Treatment of this rare genetic disease encompasses several medical specialties – including neurosurgery, endocrinology, urology, and nephrology – and each of these disciplines at UAB Medicine ranked among the top 50 such programs in the country for 2014-15 according to U.S. News & World Report. UAB Medicine integrates our world-class expertise in these and other areas, including genetics, oncology and ophthalmology, to provide a truly comprehensive approach to caring for VHL patients. In addition, our Medical Genomics Laboratory performs on-site genetic testing for VHL, and we maintain active research programs devoted to many of the complications associated with the condition.
UAB is an active participant in research and clinical trials. We encourage you to speak to your physician about research and clinical trial options and browse the link below for more information.View Clinical Trials | <urn:uuid:8777a404-9605-449d-bf45-f3e3e98a5025> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://uabmedicine.org/web/guest/patient-care/conditions/von-hippel-lindau | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141692985.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20201202052413-20201202082413-00600.warc.gz | en | 0.913504 | 526 | 2.6875 | 3 | 120 |
Engineering an Escape for Rapunzel: Families help the heroine out!
Families gathered last week to help the familiar fairy tale heroine, Rapunzel, by engineering a way for her to escape from her tower! This particular event was geared toward English Language learning families, and teachers and translators were on hand to help things run smoothly. The evening proved something we already knew: that creativity, ingenuity, and problem solving are common across many cultures and easily rise above any language barriers!
The event started with a retelling of the first part of the traditional Rapunzel story, by the Brothers Grimm, pausing when Rapunzel says, "I must find a way to get out of this tower!" Families then split into two groups, and rotated through two activities.
In the DHS Media Center, families were challenged to use a variety of materials on hand to engineer an escape route for Rapunzel. They had access to cardboard, tape, paper, and LEGOs and we were blown away by the creative solutions the families came up with. Check out the gallery below!
In the Delran Innovation & Fabrication Lab, students and families had a chance to make their own pop-up castle using Fab@School Maker Studio software and a die-cutting machine.
Our always-fantastic student STEM Ambassadors were on hand to help out, steering families through their creations in the Delran Innovation & Fabrication Lab. They helped families find the pop-up castle and other designs in the Fab@School Maker Studio software, and then fabricate their designs on the die-cut machines.
Families learned about Growth Mindset, encouraging their children through difficulties, and the power of "yet." Parents also received resources translated into their native languages.
In celebration of NJ STEM Month, we are looking forward to hosting additional Family STEM Nights throughout the month of March. Keep your eye out for registration information coming soon! | <urn:uuid:03baded6-4be8-4c24-a7b4-76ac42b4f3ca> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.delranstem.org/post/engineering-an-escape-for-rapunzel-families-help-the-heroine-out | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141692985.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20201202052413-20201202082413-00600.warc.gz | en | 0.957415 | 394 | 3.03125 | 3 | 121 |
Long distance, overground locomotion in the dog was observed and analyzed using the two dimensional gait diagram method.
Though the velocity of locomotion chosen by the animals over a 1,000 m course varied, a preferred speed generally emerged and was used during most of the experiment.
This animal-specific preferred overground velocity was strongly correlated with the animal’s limb lengths, and corresponded to the minimum observed swinging velocity of the limbs.
Changes in the pattern of limb coordination during three-limb locomotion were also investigated.
Depending upon which limb was restrained, dogs used trot-like or gallop-like gaits which exhibited the same temporal and spatial phase differences as were observed during normal locomotion.
However, stride length and swing-stance durations were increased relative to those observed in four legged locomotion.
Animals with an additional 2 kg weight trotted slowly, but no significant changes in limb movement parameters were found.
Locomotion studies performed in darkness resulted in an immediate switch from asymmetrical (galloping) to symmetrical gaits (walking and trotting).
These gaits allow for precise foot placement.
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The US Department of Transportation has amped up its mission to end distracted driving by creating a new commercial which graphically depicts the dangers of texting while driving. The commercial, released as part of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, shows several teenagers riding in a vehicle in which the driver blows a stop sign while being distracted by texting. After the powerful crash scene, a message flashes on the screen stating, “If you’re texting, you’re not driving.” #justdrive
According to the DOT, more than 3,000 people were killed in accidents from distractions and about 421,000 people were injured in 2012. Remember, although texting while driving is certainly dangerous, distracted driving doesn’t always necessarily involve a cell phone. Even a momentary distraction, like talking to passengers or adjusting music, can cause a lifetime of consequences. | <urn:uuid:6f1a6099-0528-433f-ac0b-70c03b9f85e4> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://arrivealivepa.com/category/texting-while-driving/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141729522.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20201203155433-20201203185433-00680.warc.gz | en | 0.972394 | 174 | 2.53125 | 3 | 123 |
Brass in muck
Effluent is starting to pack a noticeable economic punch. Fracker Pioneer National Resources has just struck a $117 million deal to use treated human sewage in its wells. United Airlines announced in June that it plans to use animal and food waste for fuel. These are just a couple of the growing possibilities for recycled feces and wastewater.
Germany already gets almost 5 percent of its electricity from so-called biogas, which is extracted from wastewater, manure, food scraps and landfills. The U.S. Department of Energy reckons American sources could generate 420 billion cubic feet of biogas a year, equal to around 5 percent of the nation’s natural gas consumption.
At current prices, that’s worth around $1.5 billion – not much by itself. But consider that the manure from the nation’s 6 million cattle alone could power 1 million homes, according to University of Alberta researchers. And U.S. farms and animal feeding operations produce a lot of other animal waste, too.
Recycling sewage might more than pay for itself. America’s 15,000 or so wastewater treatment plants account for around 0.6 percent of the nation’s annual electricity consumption. The largest 1,000 facilities could alone produce five times the electricity they use by tapping the energy from the sludge they process, the Water Environment Research Foundation estimates.
Biogas can also help the environment. It helps rid the atmosphere of gas that rotting sewage produces. Most of that is methane, which accounts for a tenth of greenhouse gas emissions and is as much as 30 times as potent a heat-trapping gas as carbon dioxide, according to academics at Princeton.
What’s more, technological advances like new enzymes that break down waste are making biogas cheaper to create. Germany has lowered costs even further with tax subsidies based on how much a producer cuts greenhouse gases.
Human feces can also be turned into drinking water. Microsoft founder Bill Gates was recently filmed sampling H20 produced that way in minutes by the Janicki Omniprocessor, which his foundation helped finance for developing countries. The machine can produce up to 86,000 liters of water and 250 kilowatts of electricity a day.
There’s a significant ick factor involved, of course, but that’s a small price to pay. In a world with a growing population and dwindling resources, putting nature’s byproducts to good use makes ever more sense. | <urn:uuid:e614dc1b-a9b3-415f-98f7-947b4679dcce> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.breakingviews.com/considered-view/effluent-packs-economic-and-environmental-punch/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141729522.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20201203155433-20201203185433-00680.warc.gz | en | 0.95404 | 516 | 3.09375 | 3 | 124 |
This present publication provides a comprehensive critical history of art in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Adopting a unique year-by-year approach, Foster, Krauss, Bois, and Buchloh present more than 50 short essays, each focusing on a crucial event—the creation of a seminal work, the publication of an artistic manifesto, the opening of a major exhibition—to tell the story of the dazzling diversity of practice and interpretation that characterizes the art of the period. All the turning points and breakthroughs of modernism and postmodernism are explored in depth, as are the frequent and sustained antimodernist reactions that proposed alternative visions of art and the world. More than 600 illustrations, many reproduced in full color, accompany the texts.
The book's flexible structure and extensive cross-referencing allow readers to follow any one of the many narratives that unfold, whether that be the history of a medium such as photography or painting, the development of art in a particular country, the influence of a movement such as surrealism or feminism, or the emergence of a stylistic or conceptual category like abstraction or minimalism. Boxes give further background information on the important figures and issues.
In their introductions, the four authors explain the different methods of art history at work in the book, providing the reader with the conceptual tools for further study. A roundtable discussion at the close of the book considers the questions raised by the preceding decades and look ahead to the art of the future. A glossary of terms and concepts completes this volume. | <urn:uuid:bc0d9203-c8d8-44fd-aa7d-233ae710b665> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://aaa.org.hk/en/collections/search/library/art-since-1900-modernism-antimodernism-postmodernism | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141746320.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20201205044004-20201205074004-00040.warc.gz | en | 0.910709 | 318 | 2.84375 | 3 | 125 |
What is an LED (Light Emitting Diode)?
A light emitting diode (LED) is a famously efficient form of solid state lighting. This device needs no filament, as light is created when electricity passes through a chemical compound.
The Rising Popularity of LED Grow Lights
LED technology has advanced rapidly over the past several years, making it an increasingly popular option for grow light applications. LED grow lights are far more efficient than their HID and fluorescent counterparts, with the top tier models offering an energy savings of up to 50%. Quality LEDs also feature a lifespan that more than doubles that of HID and fluorescent lamps. They also generate less heat and provide full spectrum light. | <urn:uuid:eebaf8e6-0165-4431-a8f0-2dc37428233b> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://news.californialightworks.com/glossary/led/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141746320.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20201205044004-20201205074004-00040.warc.gz | en | 0.955869 | 138 | 3 | 3 | 126 |
Several species of mole exist across the United States, but the Eastern Mole is the most significant pest. Not only is it the most widespread variety, it also has the highest population count. Moles grow to be roughly 7 inches in length. They have velvety, grayish fur and a hairless, pointed snout. Due to their subterranean existence, moles have no external ears and eyes so small that they appear to be missing. The mole’s most identifying characteristic is their paddle-like fore feet and stout claws, the better to tunnel with.
Moles are not rodents, but insectivores. They feed on insects and snail larvae, but prefer eating grubs. Their favorite food, however, is earthworms. They are voracious eaters, consuming up to 80 percent of their body weight daily, actively feeding both day and night at all times of the year.
While they typically pose no real threat, moles’ tunneling can create unsightly disturbances in lawns, gardens, golf courses and cemeteries. Although burrowing activity takes place year-round, it peaks during warm, wet months.
While some tunnels are travel lanes, located 3 to 12 inches below the surface that may be abandoned immediately after being dug, main passageways and nesting cavities can be 40 inches deep. These permanent tunnels result in what is known as “molehills,” mounds of soil brought to the surface while burrowing. In addition to softening the earth to the point of becoming unstable, tunneling can expose roots to the open air, depriving them of the necessary nutrients.
Depending on the yard and surrounding environment, we use two methods for removing moles: Traps and worms. Regardless of the method(s) used, periodic inspection is necessary, in order to assess the need for possible adjustments. For example, resetting the trap(s), and/or adding more worm bait. In addition, once the initial problem is resolved, we offer ongoing maintenance programs, to ensure that any return in activity is dealt with before it becomes a nuisance. | <urn:uuid:feec78b3-cae6-4c19-bc84-ddb608ffa888> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.cogentpest.com/pests/moles/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141746320.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20201205044004-20201205074004-00040.warc.gz | en | 0.949771 | 433 | 3.53125 | 4 | 127 |
The ability to communicate expectations and instructions clearly and respectfully
What is it?
Directing others is the way a manager communicates expectations and gives instructions to others. Without coordinated effort, employees would be all over the board. It’s the manager’s job to get people working together and pulling in the same direction.
Why is it important?
Telling others what to do and how to do it is a delicate skill. If you come down too hard, some people will feel patronized and demoralized. If you are more laissez-faire and let people figure things out for themselves, they might feel lost and not know what you want. And you certainly can’t hold them responsible for delivering a product that wasn’t clearly articulated. When that happens, everyone’s frustrated. | <urn:uuid:1cc92b11-4dcd-420b-81e3-d126b559fdee> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://g360surveys.com/virtual-leader/clear-directions/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141171126.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20201124053841-20201124083841-00400.warc.gz | en | 0.934714 | 168 | 2.859375 | 3 | 128 |
Why Human-Read Audiobooks?
For students with dyslexia and other reading deficits that cause them to read below grade level, leveled readers may not be enough. While they help students learn to read, if used exclusively, they also limit students’ opportunities to acquire grade-level content. As a result, they often fall behind, become disengaged and lose interest in learning. Barbara Wilson explains how the Learning Ally Audiobook Solution bridges the reading gap by providing equitable access to grade-level content in a format students can easily absorb.
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Harvesting Flavors of the Maya Forest
Chefs and experts from the field explain how sustainable agriculture practices are good for both your taste buds and the Maya Forest.
The Yucatan Peninsula is known for its ecological and cultural splendor. Any visitor is captivated by the turquoise cenotes — natural swimming holes — connected to one of the largest underground river systems in the world, the lure of lush tropical forests where the great jaguar roams, and the ancient ruins of the Maya Civilization.
As if this natural beauty weren’t enough, the Yucatan Peninsula is renowned in Mexico and worldwide for the authentic ingredients that distinguish its unique cuisine. In their search for delicious ingredients, chefs are increasingly becoming culinary champions for sustainability. Everywhere in the world, cuisine is rooted in a rich history that’s based on what the landscape produces, and food should ultimately be good for the region that’s producing it.
The Nature Conservancy has worked in the Yucatan for more than 30 years conserving nature while aiming to create a sustainable food future. Our work engages a variety of partners to protect the Maya Forest by implementing best practices in ranching, agriculture and forestry. Recently, the Conservancy has teamed up with Mexican chefs to take a look at the Maya Forest behind the dishes of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Immerse yourself in the beauty and culture of the Maya Forest with our video features about food and its production. | <urn:uuid:268555da-4de2-4596-98ae-a3e9c5e5b6e0> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/latin-america/mexico/maya-forest/mexico-harvesting-the-flavors-of-the-maya-forest/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141171126.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20201124053841-20201124083841-00400.warc.gz | en | 0.932876 | 299 | 2.875 | 3 | 130 |
CHICAGO (NewsNation Now) — For those who need a brief reprieve, NASA has shared several cosmic images that can take you out of this world, even just for a moment.
The space agency released compilations from different missions and telescopes this fall. Combined, the images provide a better understanding of the science of the universe, according to NASA.
Each image contains data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and multiple views from different telescopes, showing galaxies, supernova remnants, stars and planetary nebulas. Together, the pictures capture what it looks like when data from across the electromagnetic spectrum is assembled.
On Monday, the observatory reported that its scientists were studying stars in Messier 33, which is the smallest spiral galaxy in the Local Group of galaxies that also includes the Milky Way.
X-ray data captured a range of objects, including supernova remnants and black holes, the observatory said in a statement on Twitter. | <urn:uuid:047bc4b1-9e87-4853-9595-c6da8f73e27d> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.wane.com/news/need-a-break-go-out-of-this-world-with-nasas-trove-of-cosmic-images/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141182794.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20201125125427-20201125155427-00480.warc.gz | en | 0.919303 | 197 | 2.75 | 3 | 131 |
Bee pollen is a mixture of flower pollen, nectar, enzymes, honey, wax and bee secretions.
Foraging honey bees collect pollen from plants and transport it to the beehive, where it’s stored and used as food for the colony. Bee Pollen is loaded with nutrients, amino acids, vitamins, lipids.
Studies have linked bee pollen and its compounds to health benefits such as decreased inflammation, as well as improved immunity, menopausal symptoms and wound healing. FREE SHIPPING when you spend $35 or more. Eat Local! | <urn:uuid:bb66bad6-d114-42e9-99fb-15ab38ce6427> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://heavenshoneyinc.com/products/pure-local-bee-pollen | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141188947.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20201126200910-20201126230910-00560.warc.gz | en | 0.950119 | 115 | 2.640625 | 3 | 132 |
Every year a host of cybersecurity bills are introduced in Congress. In 2014, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) was introduced in the US House, and the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) was introduced in the Senate. Both bills are privacy invasive bills that grant companies broad legal immunity to share more information with the government and private companies. Click here to read our FAQ on CISPA 2.0.
These bills often purport to allow companies and the federal government to “share” threat information for a “cybersecurity” purpose—to protect and defend against attacks against computer systems and networks. But the bills are written broadly enough to permit your communications service providers to identify, obtain, and share your emails and text messages with the government. While business leaders have conceded that they do not need to share personally identifying information to combat computer threats, the bill provides an exception to existing law designed to protect your personal information.
The newly granted powers are intended to thwart computer security threats against a company's rights and property. But the definitions are broad and vague. The terms allow purposes such as guarding against “improper” information modification and ensuring “timely” access to information, functions that are not necessarily tied to attacks.
Once handed over, the government is able to use this information for investigating crimes that are unrelated to the underlying security threat.
The bills' vague definitions like "cybersecurity threat" and "cybersecurity system" also raise the frightening possibility of a company using aggressive countermeasures. In CISPA, if a company wants to combat a threat, it is empowered to use “cybersecurity systems” to identify and obtain “cyber threat information.” But CISPA does not define exactly how far a company can go, leaving it open to the possibility of abuse.
Companies would also be immune from both civil and criminal liability for any action, including but not limited to violating a user’s privacy, as long as the company used the powers granted by CISPA in "good faith." The immunity even extends to "decisions made based on" any information “directly pertaining” to a security threat. The consequences of such a clause are far-reaching. | <urn:uuid:7f79798a-a0ca-467f-a9f6-a0a24e328d71> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.eff.org/ar/issues/cyber-security-legislation?page=9 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141188947.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20201126200910-20201126230910-00560.warc.gz | en | 0.95095 | 463 | 3.109375 | 3 | 133 |
By definition, a wick is a line found on a candlestick chart which is used to indicate where the price of an asset is fluctuating in regards to its opening and closing prices. Wicks may also be referred to as whiskers, shadows or tails.
In terms of financial markets, a wick is simply a vertical line that helps you visualize the high and low ranges of price action. This means that when reading a typical candlestick chart, traders will focus, among other things, on three key points — the opening price, the closing price, and the candlestick wicks.
The wicks themselves show extremes in prices, allowing traders to better understand market sentiment and momentum. This means that as the price moves in relation to the opening and closing price, wicks are formed as a visual record of such movement.
The candlestick pattern is created based on the open, high, low, and close of a market. The “box” portion of the candlestick is known as the body, whereas the lines on either end are the wicks (representing associated highs and lows).
The length of the wick is also relevant. For example, when there is a long wick at the bottom of the candle, it indicates that the price went all the way down and back up again before the close of the candle. This suggests an increase in buying right after a period of selling pressure. This is why some technical analysts believe that a long wick will often indicate price reversal, moving the market in the opposite direction of that wick.
Alternatively, there is also the possibility of a wickless candle. These candles look like a square or rectangle because the closing and opening prices coincide with the high and low marks of that particular candlestick.
When it comes to trading, knowing how to read a candlestick chart is very useful, and candlestick patterns are definitely something to consider when trying to understand and predict market sentiment and price movements. However, it is important to keep in mind that a trader’s strategy should not use candlestick analysis alone, but rather in conjunction with other tools and technical analysis indicators. | <urn:uuid:f3600dd9-cdaf-4439-9c41-f329fe7673af> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://academy.binance.com/pl/glossary/wick | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141195069.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20201128040731-20201128070731-00640.warc.gz | en | 0.954241 | 445 | 2.90625 | 3 | 134 |
The careers of two popular second-century rhetorical virtuosos offer Maud Gleason fascinating insights into the ways ancient Romans constructed masculinity during a time marked by anxiety over manly deportment. Declamation was an exhilarating art form for the Greeks and bilingual Romans of the Second Sophistic movement, and its best practitioners would travel the empire performing in front of enraptured audiences. The mastery of rhetoric marked the transition to manhood for all aristocratic citizens and remained crucial to a man's social standing. In treating rhetoric as a process of self-presentation in a face-to-face society, Gleason analyzes the deportment and writings of the two Sophists--Favorinus, a eunuch, and Polemo, a man who met conventional gender expectations--to suggest the ways character and gender were perceived. Physiognomical texts of the era show how intently men scrutinized one another for minute signs of gender deviance in such features as gait, gesture, facial expression, and voice. Rhetoricians trained to develop these traits in a "masculine" fashion. Examining the successful career of Favorinus, whose high-pitched voice and florid presentation contrasted sharply with the traditionalist style of Polemo, Gleason shows, however, that ideal masculine behavior was not a monolithic abstraction. In a highly accessible study treating the semiotics of deportment and the medical, cultural, and moral issues surrounding rhetorical activity, she explores the possibilities of self-presentation in the search for recognition as a speaker and a man. | <urn:uuid:e4502999-6d13-43c4-ac75-1628125d1aeb> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://classics.stanford.edu/publications/making-men-sophists-and-self-presentation-ancient-rome | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141195069.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20201128040731-20201128070731-00640.warc.gz | en | 0.949489 | 320 | 2.84375 | 3 | 135 |
Typhoon Lionrock made landfall in northern Japan Tuesday evening, bringing heavy rains, high waves and strong winds to areas devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, reports The Wall Street Journal.
The typhoon registered sustained winds of up to 125 kilometers an hour and gusts as strong as 180 kilometers an hour as it cut across the north, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The eye of the storm was expected to reach the Sea of Japan by midnight Tuesday and then head toward northeast China. Lionrock is the fourth typhoon this season to make landfall in Japan and the first to hit the northeast from the Pacific Ocean since records began in 1951, according to the weather agency.
Unusual weather patterns have led Lionrock to take a slow and wandering path through the Pacific. It started off Japan’s eastern coast and initially headed south, before making a U-turn to the north and then veering northwest toward Japan’s main island.
Television broadcasts showed high waves lashing the Pacific coast and strong winds damaging vehicles and knocking down lampposts in cities battered by torrential rain.
Transportation was disrupted, with more than 100 domestic flights canceled due to the weather, according to national broadcaster NHK. Shinkansen bullet trains heading north were canceled, as were several ferry services operating in the typhoon zone.
Schools were also closed Tuesday in much of northern Japan. Evacuation orders were issued in areas in the typhoon’s path, while thousands of blackouts were also reported across a wide area. As of Tuesday evening, there were no reports of fatalities.
A swath of Japan’s northeast coast is still working to recover from the 2011 tsunami and earthquake that wiped out towns and destroyed infrastructure. The area is also home to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant, which suffered multiple meltdowns in the incident and continues to undergo cleanup work.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said offshore work would be halted and equipment would be bundled or stowed away during the typhoon to prevent accidents. | <urn:uuid:06fff72c-1c9f-4630-89b9-cbde7ba1b087> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://en.publika.md/typhoon-lionrock-strikes-northern-japan-where-2011-tsunami-and-earthquake-made-havoc_2627086.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141195069.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20201128040731-20201128070731-00640.warc.gz | en | 0.977416 | 417 | 2.671875 | 3 | 136 |
The study involved the analysis of previously collected DNA sets totaling 589,306 genomes from around the world with researchers hoping to discover individuals who were immune to genetic diseases and then to figure out why it is they aren’t affected.
Conducted as part of the worldwide Resilience Project, led by the US-based Icahn Institute for Genomics at Mount Sinai and Sage Bionetworks, a total of 13 healthy adults were discovered to be resistant to Mendelian conditions, and there’s thought to be many more people with such genes.
Mendelian conditions, which usually include metabolic conditions, neurological diseases and developmental disorders, such as cystic fibrosis, can be caused by a defect in just one gene.
Scientists behind the study say the 13 people should have developed one of eight genetic diseases but mutations in their genes have warded off the development of the diseases and scientists would now like to figure out why.
“Millions of years of evolution have produced far more protective mechanisms than we currently understand,” said Eric Schadt, Founding Director of the Icahn Institute. “Characterizing the intricacies of our genomes will ultimately reveal elements that could promote health in ways we haven’t even imagined.”
Researchers have hit a major snag, however, since they do not know who the 13 people question are or how to contact them.
The consent forms initially used when the subjects’ DNA was taken don’t allow for such follow-ups or identify the people in any way.
This means scientists cannot delve any deeper into what exactly creates this so-called “superhero DNA” to see what is protecting the people from such diseases.
A lack of further study into the DNA also means researchers can’t prove errors in initial DNA testing. By RT | <urn:uuid:2bca0825-ee13-433f-8fdb-0c858cb2a3f3> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://eraoflight.com/2016/04/13/superhuman/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141195069.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20201128040731-20201128070731-00640.warc.gz | en | 0.966762 | 377 | 3.34375 | 3 | 137 |
(Medical Xpress)—The discovery of a new link between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), pain and children with traumatic brain injuries could lead to better treatment methods, according to a new study.
University of Queensland researcher Erin Brown said the study, led by the Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine (CONROD), found PTSD was contributing to pain in children with traumatic brain injuries, and not the other way around.
"It has been well established that PTSD and pain are related after injury, but until now it has been unclear whether pain is causing children to develop PTSD, or whether PTSD is causing the pain," Ms Brown said.
"The study indicates that PTSD is the driving cause of lingering pain in children with a traumatic brain injury.
"This contradicts previous theories that PTSD may have been caused by lingering pain."
Ms Brown said the study had allowed researchers to propose a new model for understanding how PTSD is related to pain in children with traumatic brain injuries.
The findings may aid the clinical treatment of children recovering from head injuries.
"Our research shows that children with a traumatic brain injury may benefit from being screened for PTSD," Ms Brown said.
"Those children who do screen positive for PTSD should then be linked with appropriate treatment.
"Children who are identified and treated early may recover more rapidly and experience reduced pain."
Ms Brown said the study was the first to examine the interaction between PTSD and pain in a group of children with mild to severe traumatic brain injuries.
The study, published in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology, included 195 children aged six to 15 who were admitted to an Australian hospital with mild-to-severe traumatic brain injuries.
The children were screened for PTSD by a clinician, while parents were surveyed on their child's pain levels over an 18-month period following the injury. Around 200 of every 100,000 Australian children aged under 15 are diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury annually.
More information: Journal of Pediatric Psychology, … nt/39/5/512.abstract
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The assertion of royal authority
This study examines the political and economic relationship between Louis XIV and the parlements of France, the parlement of Paris and all the provincial tribunals. It explains how the king managed to overcome the century-old opposition of the parlements to new legislation, and to impose upon them the strict political discipline for which his reign is known. The work calls into question the current revisionist understanding of the reign of Louis XIV and insists that, after all, absolute government had a harsh reality at its core. When the king died in 1715, the regent, Philippe d'Orleans, after a brief attempt to befriend the parlements through compromise, resorted to the authoritarian methods of Louis XIV and perpetuated the Sun King's political and economic legacy. | <urn:uuid:6d80c3cb-441e-49c5-a451-6ef7076280d2> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.manchesterhive.com/abstract/9781526129963/9781526129963.00011.xml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141195069.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20201128040731-20201128070731-00640.warc.gz | en | 0.945374 | 157 | 2.828125 | 3 | 139 |
Our gardens at McEvoy Ranch are a marvel. Well over 200 species of plants from seed and bulb are planted, producing vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs and ornamental grasses. This is gardens only; it doesn't account for the orchards, vineyards, or native plants and fungi that thrive on the ranch. That got me to thinking about the challenges of cataloging botanical species, and led me to this interesting story, from GardenRant, about the EcoFlora project organized around native plant identification by the New York Botanical Gardens. Using the iNaturalistonline platform developed by the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society, volunteers agree to take photographs of wild plants they encounter throughout the five boroughs of New York City. Once the image is uploaded, the iNaturalistcommunity, which includes botanists from around the world, kicks in to identify the plant. This crowd sourced data is then used by the city of New York to assist in policy decisions related to natural resource management and conservation. Data is also shared with the Parks Department for further action.
While anyone is welcome to participate in the project, the city also offers classes and an Urban Naturalist certificate program to better educate its participants. The EcoQuest Challenges, held monthly, engage citizens even more by focusing on specific species. A recent Challenge centered on the Asian Bittersweet, an aggressive vine that kills trees by strangling trunks and competing for water. A check on iNaturalistshows that nearly 1,700 photographs had been made of the plant in a month. Currently there are over 3,500 volunteers signed up for the EcoQuest program, and 3,180 different species have been identified, with 44,500 photographs uploaded. Pretty impressive, NYC. | <urn:uuid:5667bb18-3e43-4fc0-a47d-3c2e85e12052> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.mcevoyranch.com/blogs/recipes-and-more/crowdsourcing-local-flora | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141195069.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20201128040731-20201128070731-00640.warc.gz | en | 0.950455 | 357 | 3.140625 | 3 | 140 |
Donald Trump has been accused of targeting Muslims, media outlets and even department stores in his first month in the White House. Now, the US president may have doomed a threatened bumblebee.
An executive order freezing new regulations could push the rusty patched bumblebee towards extinction, environmental groups claim. The 60-day pause on all federal regulations that have yet to be implemented – which includes the bumblebee protection – will review “questions of fact, law, and policy they raise”, according to the White House memo.
The bumblebee was the first bee of any kind in the contiguous US to ever be declared as endangered, with the listing decided during the final days of Barack Obama’s administration. Trump’s halt on new regulations came just one day before protections were formally put in place for the crucial pollinator.
The rusty patched bumblebee was once abundant across 28 states from Connecticut to South Dakota. However, the widespread loss of grasslands and prairies, pesticide use and a parasitic fungus have taken a severe toll on the black- and yellow-striped insect.
The species is now found in scattered populations in the midwest, having suffered an 87% population slump since the mid-1990s. Conservationists fear the pause in protection for the bee could seal its demise, especially if the regulation were delayed further.
“The Trump administration has put the rusty patched bumblebee back on the path to extinction,” said Rebecca Riley, senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council. “This bee is one of the most critically endangered species in the country and we can save it – but not if the White House stands in the way.”
However, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has said it is still developing a recovery plan and expects that the delay will not cause the species’ extinction.
Last month, Tom Melius, FWS midwest regional director, said: “Our top priority is to act quickly to prevent extinction of the rusty patched bumblebee. Listing the bee as endangered will help us mobilize partners and focus resources on finding ways right now to stop the decline.
“Pollinators are small but mighty parts of the natural mechanism that sustains us and our world. Without them, our forests, parks, meadows and shrublands, and the abundant, vibrant life they support, cannot survive, and our crops require laborious, costly pollination by hand.” | <urn:uuid:298aa907-f295-4c0a-8214-e8b21d90a6c8> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/10/trump-rusty-patched-bumblebee-extinction-regulations | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141195069.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20201128040731-20201128070731-00640.warc.gz | en | 0.955429 | 504 | 2.875 | 3 | 141 |
Diabetic retinopathy is an ocular manifestation of diabetes, a systemic disease, which affects up to 80 percent of all patients who have had diabetes for 10 years or more. The longer a person has diabetes, the higher his or her chances are of developing diabetic retinopathy.
Despite these intimidating statistics, research indicates that at least 90 percent of new cases could be reduced. Education on diabetic eye disease and retinopathy is especially important because it is often preventable or treatable. Unfortunately, this means it can go unnoticed in the early stages. As the disease progresses, permanent vision loss is a real possibility if the patient does not receive treatment.
There are multiple forms of diabetic retinopathy, and only your doctor can determine your particular form. With one form, blood vessels may swell and leak fluid. In another, abnormal new blood vessels grow on the surface of the retina.
Stages of Diabetic Retinopathy
In the early stages of diabetic retinopathy, many do not notice a change to their vision because there are little to no symptoms. If an eye doctor does not catch diabetic retinopathy early, one could sustain mild blurriness at near or far distances, as well as floaters. In severe cases, a sudden loss of vision may occur.
Unfortunately, diabetic retinopathy can result in permanent damage that cannot be reversed. However, if caught in time, prescribed treatments may slow development and prevent vision loss.
Concerned about the onset of diabetic retinopathy? Please call us at 605-341-5644 to schedule a preventative eye examination today with our staff.
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If you heard the term “tree cabling” and thought it had something to do with connecting cables to trees for a reason related to health and shape, then you would be right.
Sometimes trees mature at rates so rapid that their trunks cannot support their weight. Imagine a young boy with a major growth spurt in which his body had difficulty supporting his massive limbs. When this maturation takes place with a tree, trunks feel pressure and it puts a tree at risk of numerous things: falling, injuring humans or property, or rendering the tree itself inevitably unhealthy forever.
While cables can’t save trees that are already dying and unhealthy, they can assist the oddly-shaped trees that are susceptible but still have time to be readjusted for the long haul. When problems become apparent, pruning can become an arbitrary task and cabling turns into a saving grace.
As previously mentioned, protection of people and their property is a huge part of this. Nobody wants a tree falling on their home or vehicle, let alone on them due to a freak accident of a branch giving way.
When trees are negatively affected from reasons other than natural causes, such as from a bad thunderstorm or unsatisfactory construction work, cabling can take what remains of the tree and help nurse it back to a state of stability. Maintaining appearance becomes a vital task.
Cabling can also help prevent a tree from developing any other damage, such as an opening for fungi— the equivalent of an open wound on human skin that invites bacteria and a possible infection.
It’s important to note that cabling is not always the answer and is certainly no guarantee of limb failure. The function of trees are to mitigate the lack of structural integrity. This is typically because of genetics, storm/wind damage or as a result of improper pruning practices.
Trees, after all, are living things and some are in better shape than others…just like humans. If you are wary of a tree in your vicinity for whatever reason, it’s likely time to call us at Camelot Tree & Shrub so our experts can properly assess the situation. Cabling can be the savior you never knew your tree needed. | <urn:uuid:90c45557-bd98-4fa1-81d3-97224fb2214d> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://camelottree.com/blog/what-is-tree-cabling/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141201836.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20201129153900-20201129183900-00000.warc.gz | en | 0.960502 | 463 | 2.578125 | 3 | 143 |
C.S. Lewis imagined it as a grey, joyless city. The Italian poet, Dante Aligheri, wrote that it was a series of nine circles. You might have your own vision of it. But what do we really know about Hell? What does the Bible tell us about it, and what is speculation, myth, or even plain error? Is Hell a place or a state of being? What does Hell look like? What kind of suffering do people in Hell experience? What are the devil and demons really like?
How does the coronavirus outbreak relate to the vivid, end-time biblical prophecies about plagues, pestilences, and pandemics? Jesus listed “pestilences in various places” as a sign of his coming. How does the coronavirus foreshadow what lies ahead?
What are the cultural insights Westerners often miss when the Eastern context of the Bible is ignored? What were the ways Jesus taught that were thoroughly Eastern—rooted in story, honor, and community—yet appeal to Western thinking—based in reasoning and linear process—today? How does understanding Eastern idioms and customs make mysterious or seemingly confusing Bible passages understandable?
More than ever, modern cultural conversation seems driven by conflict and anger. People sitting together in pews every Sunday have started to feel like strangers, loved ones at the dinner table like enemies. What is the biblical way to have a civilized dialogue? | <urn:uuid:e155249b-76cd-4231-bff0-fd99814e0b98> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://classic.biblegateway.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141201836.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20201129153900-20201129183900-00000.warc.gz | en | 0.971267 | 296 | 2.53125 | 3 | 144 |
The start of the 18th century in Western civilizations is marked with the Industrial Revolution, as well as the Revolutions fought in the United States and France for political freedoms. The Age of Enlightenment takes a dramatic turn in philosophy, scientific approach, and the pursuit of intellectual rationalities over religious superstition, declaring society’s role as protector of human rights against the tyrants of royalty, industrialism, and religious absolutes.
- Investigate how new advances in societal structures (such as democracy, industry and logic) placed artistic focus on rational order and thought, and discover how the artwork illustrates the desire to control the forces of nature.
- Distinguish tendencies of the Neoclassical artistic movement from that of the late Baroque, and see how the trend of creating art to glorify the privileged and the elite was replaced with a more logical approach to images representing modern ways of thinking.
- Compare logistic order of the Neoclassicists to emotional intuition of the Romantics.
- Explore power in the art created as a reaction to the ugliness of war, a societal virus that spread throughout Europe after the Revolutions for freedoms failed to reform.
- Discover masterpieces emerging from the New World, where American artists were using the idealized landscape as the language to express freedom, emotion, and earthly beauty akin to Eden. | <urn:uuid:aafad95d-3712-4dc1-b927-a2da104d9eda> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://graduatepapertutors.com/investigate-how-new-advances-in-societal-structures-such-as-democracy-industry-and-logic-placed-artistic-focus-on-rational-order-and-thought-and-discover-how-the-artwork-illustrates-the-desire-to/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141201836.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20201129153900-20201129183900-00000.warc.gz | en | 0.927985 | 277 | 3.78125 | 4 | 145 |
Michigan Issues Health Warning Over Deadly Mosquito Disease
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued a warning about Eastern Equine Encephalitis after multiple deaths.
Triple E is a mosquito-borne disease that first popped up on the west side of Michigan in July. Three people have died after contracting EEE since the first report, and health officials are issuing a very serious warning for residents. Even though the cases have only been in Western Michigan, the warning area is much bigger.
Genesee County has been listed along with Lapeer County and a number of counties on the west side of the state.
The warning is asking residents to avoid outdoor activities after dusk when mosquito's are most active. According to the CDC, the highest at risk group are kids under 15, and adults over 50.
The CDC says that there is an incubation period of 4-10 days after being bitten for EEE to develop. You can find a complete list of symptoms here, along with the appropriate actions.
Whatever you do, just make sure to keep your kids as safe as possible until the warning is lifted. | <urn:uuid:6c972286-c4d8-4d99-9e1c-834b3d7f5758> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://wmmq.com/michigan-issues-health-warning-over-deadly-mosquito-disease/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141201836.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20201129153900-20201129183900-00000.warc.gz | en | 0.963012 | 229 | 2.703125 | 3 | 146 |
First, there was the egg. Then, there was a chick. But what happened in the middle? This illustrated worksheet builds young readers’ skills around story comprehension and drawing conclusions. Here, kids look at three simple stories and what happened in the middle. Created for the first grade, this worksheet relies on illustrations in fiction texts and students’ fiction comprehension skills. | <urn:uuid:beef3d78-4f96-4130-be39-43d6c00f6599> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.education.com/worksheet/article/story-comprehension-drawing-conclusions/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141201836.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20201129153900-20201129183900-00000.warc.gz | en | 0.958176 | 76 | 4.25 | 4 | 147 |
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CrossFit Kids is a method for teaching Greg Glassman’s CrossFit to children ages 3-18. Based on the principle of Mechanics, Consistency and then Intensity, CrossFit Kids emphasizes good movement throughout childhood and adolescence. Consistently good mechanics translates to physical literacy, enhanced sports performance and fewer sports injuries for kids. Not only that, a vast body of research indicates that exercise is beneficial to cognitive function, which means consistent adherence to the program can have a positive impact on children’s academic achievement. | <urn:uuid:eaefe7f6-d07b-4744-9aca-112cdabd6544> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://crossfitmillard.com/programs/crossfit-kids/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141542358.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20201201013119-20201201043119-00080.warc.gz | en | 0.915432 | 114 | 2.609375 | 3 | 148 |
A perfect camouflage
Owls use tufts to help camouflage, or disguise, themselves. When the tufts are raised, they resemble small twigs or branches. They help the owls stay hidden from predators. Owls hide from songbirds, too, because the little birds dive and make a racket when they spot an owl, a behavior called mobbing. | <urn:uuid:e1755dec-4e15-4776-a64c-f0c0db49cb84> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://hive.natureinfocus.in/photo_sharing/a-perfect-camouflage-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141542358.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20201201013119-20201201043119-00080.warc.gz | en | 0.902913 | 74 | 2.59375 | 3 | 149 |
People with autism have more brain-related health problems, such as headaches and epilepsy, than typical people do, according to a survey of twins. The study is the first to look at associations between autism and physical health problems among twins.
“I find it particularly remarkable that our results are so clear in terms of confirming that [autism] but also autistic traits are associated with neurological alterations, and no other somatic issues are equally associated,” says lead investigator Sven Bölte, director of the Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. The findings also support the idea that autism is a condition of the brain, Bölte says, and not of the immune system or the gut.
Understanding associations such as these can help clinicians look out for autistic people’s health problems. That is particularly important when treating people who may have difficulties communicating.
The researchers hope to analyze a larger database, such as the Child and Adolescent Twin Study in Sweden, which has more than 32,000 participants. Ultimately, they say, they hope their work will help scientists identify autism subtypes and pathways that underlie the condition. | <urn:uuid:fd1b6426-6604-4bdf-8e77-fc36319a5733> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/01/28/people-with-autism-more-likely-to-experience-headaches-and-epilepsy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141708017.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20201202113815-20201202143815-00160.warc.gz | en | 0.960969 | 243 | 3.40625 | 3 | 150 |
Around the beginning of the 20th century, a general dissatisfaction with the emphasis on revivalist architecture and elaborate decoration gave rise to many new lines of thought that served as precursors to Modern Architecture.
Notable among these is the Deutscher Werkbund, formed in 1907 to produce better quality machine made objects. The rise of the profession of industrial design is usually placed here. Following this lead, the Bauhaus school, founded in Weimar, Germany in 1919, redefined the architectural bounds prior set throughout history, viewing the creation of a building as the ultimate synthesis—the apex—of art, craft, and technology.
When modern architecture was first practiced, it was an avant-garde movement with moral, philosophical, and aesthetic underpinnings. Immediately after World War I, pioneering modernist architects sought to develop a completely new style appropriate for a new post-war social and economic order, focused on meeting the needs of the middle and working classes.
They rejected the architectural practice of the academic refinement of historical styles which served the rapidly declining aristocratic order. The approach of the Modernist architects was to reduce buildings to pure forms, removing historical references and ornament in favor of functionalist details. Buildings displayed their functional and structural elements, exposing steel beams and concrete surfaces instead of hiding them behind decorative forms. Architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright developed organic architecture, in which the form was defined by its environment and purpose, with an aim to promote harmony between human habitation and the natural world with prime examples being Robie House and Fallingwater.
Architects such as Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson and Marcel Breuer worked to create beauty based on the inherent qualities of building materials and modern construction techniques, trading traditional historic forms for simplified geometric forms, celebrating the new means and methods made possible by the Industrial Revolution, including steel-frame construction, which gave birth to high-rise superstructures. By mid-century, Modernism had morphed into the International Style, an aesthetic epitomized in many ways by the Twin Towers of New York’s World Trade Center designed by Minoru Yamasaki. | <urn:uuid:1236748a-79c5-4e36-ad5d-833e02787eee> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | http://xn--80afqtcaarv.xn--p1ai/2018/02/18/modernism-in-architecture/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141732835.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20201203220448-20201204010448-00240.warc.gz | en | 0.946293 | 435 | 3.640625 | 4 | 151 |
Part of the popular Big Ideas series, The Science Book explores the history of science, how scientists have sought to explain our incredible universe and how amazing scientific discoveries have been made.
Discover how Galileo worked out his scientific theories of motion and inertia, why Copernicus's ideas were contentious and what the discovery of DNA meant. All the big scientific ideas and discoveries are brought to life with quirky graphics, pithy quotes and step-by-step 'mind maps', plus every area of science is covered, including astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, maths and physics. You'll be brought up-to-date on scientific ideas from black holes to genetic engineering with eye-catching artworks showing how the ideas of key scientists have impacted our understanding of the world.
Whether you are a science student or just have an interest in scientific ideas, The Science Book is a perfect way to explore this fascinating subject. | <urn:uuid:7d97d5d0-7df7-44ef-8bfa-9e82172a8351> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://alinino.az/product/the-science-book | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141732835.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20201203220448-20201204010448-00240.warc.gz | en | 0.921782 | 184 | 3.515625 | 4 | 152 |
During winters, they spend most of their time on the ice floes hunting seals. Polar bears have rough, leathery pads on the bottoms of their feet to maintain footholds on slippery ice surfaces. Their adaptation to the cold Arctic waters is even more impressive. Their thick coats of fur trap a deep layer of insulating air around their bodies.
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As our world's climate warms, these ice-packs are broken and melted apart which makes it tougher to the polar bear to locate its food. This results in the polar bear to swim fantastic distances, to be able to search for the next meal. Wildlife conservationists have really seen polar bears drowning because they simply could not make it into the closest ice flow. Get to know more about how to save polar bears via
Recent research indicates that the polar bear populations are falling at an alarming speed. Fewer cubs have been sited each year, meaning that their reproductive cycle has been affected too. This creature is gradually being spilled into the verge of extinction.
To conserve the people, we must begin considering reducing greenhouse gas emissions. We have to find different methods to fuel our economy, which might decrease the effects of global warming through the years, and reduce our reliance on “fossil fuels".
The polar bear isn't the only one of the species within this habitat that are being influenced. Oil survey in the northern areas ought to be ceased, stopping the possibility of human error, and consequently maintaining our environment. | <urn:uuid:4af553be-b467-47bd-8e29-29155cefca2c> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://unmcoc.org/how-to-save-polar-bears/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141732835.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20201203220448-20201204010448-00240.warc.gz | en | 0.959193 | 314 | 3.21875 | 3 | 153 |
The US government has multiple responsibilities for the protection of endangered species, many of them stemming from its role as the nation's largest landowner. To explore how endangered species are distributed across the federal estate, we carried out a GIS-based analysis using natural heritage species occurrence data. In this 10-year update of a previous analysis, we found that the Department of Defense and the USDA Forest Service harbor more endangered species than other US agencies. The densities of endangered and imperiled species are at least three times higher on military lands. Defense installations in Hawaii are especially significant, holding one-third of all ESA-status species. These findings highlight the continued importance of public lands for the survival of America's plant and animal species.
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Fruits (the watermelon, specifically) are a colorful addition to anyone’s palate. Because we are always striving to improve our fine motor and color recognition skills, the first few activities were devoted to these themes. Using red and green pasta, flower foam, blunted skewers, and our thinking minds, we practiced our lacing skills! Upon introducing this activity, your little one was encouraged to identify the various colors in their environment, applying their focus to red and green items specifically. Some suggested items included Christmas trees, apples, cherries, strawberries, grass, and many more! Your little one was then encouraged to place the skewers into the flower foam, and start sliding their pasta onto them! This activity not only targeted hand eye coordination, but accessed their ability to reason and perceive relationships between different objects. | <urn:uuid:a795ab87-6a1c-49c7-a4d8-34522b66acc1> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://misscarriescorner.com/2013/04/28/lacing-with-watermelon-pasta/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141747323.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20201205074417-20201205104417-00320.warc.gz | en | 0.96448 | 167 | 3.40625 | 3 | 155 |
The American Black Vulture lives from the southeastern United States to South America. It has a restricted distribution than the Turkey Vulture, which breeds all the way into Canada and south to Tierra del Fuego. Despite the similar name and appearance, this species is unrelated to the Eurasian Black Vulture. Black Vultures inhabit relatively open areas which provide scattered forests or shrublands.
The American Black Vulture is a scavenger and feeds on carrion. In areas populated by humans, it also feeds at garbage dumps. It soars high while searching for food, holding its wings horizontally when gliding. | <urn:uuid:c89d45c3-ac79-45aa-982d-3ad2bfab223d> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.birdorable.com/meet/american-black-vulture/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141747323.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20201205074417-20201205104417-00320.warc.gz | en | 0.944127 | 126 | 3.0625 | 3 | 156 |
OTTAWA – Cook those beans sprouts well, advises Health Canada, if you want to reduce the risk of exposure to food borne illness.
“Children, the elderly, pregnant women and those with weakened immune systems are particularly vulnerable to these bacteria and should not eat any raw sprouts at all,” Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Wednesday.
“They should also avoid eating cooked sprouts unless they can be sure the sprouts have been thoroughly cooked.”
The agencies note that sprouts from alfalfa and mung beans are a popular choice for Canadians as a low-calorie, healthy ingredient for many meals. Onion, radish, mustard and broccoli sprouts, not to be confused with the actual plant or vegetable, are also options.
But they may carry harmful bacteria such as salmonella and E. coli, which can lead to serious illness.
The largest recent outbreak in Canada linked to sprouts was in the fall of 2005, when more than 648 cases of salmonella were reported in Ontario.
Healthy adults who choose to eat sprouts are urged to ensure they buy crisp ones that have been refrigerated and avoid those that appear dark or smell musty. They should also use tongs or a glove to place the sprouts in a plastic bag.
Symptoms from salmonella usually occur 12 to 36 hours after eating contaminated food, while symptoms from E. coli can occur within two to 10 days.
Symptoms can include nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, fever and stomach cramps. People who experience these symptoms should contact a doctor immediately. In extreme cases, E. coli can lead to acute kidney failure or even death. | <urn:uuid:6d96cec0-bcf2-42ef-88a3-7ee48407b967> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.epatienthealthcare.com/tag/raw-bean-sprouts/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141747323.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20201205074417-20201205104417-00320.warc.gz | en | 0.964433 | 349 | 2.84375 | 3 | 157 |
On a palatial estate in Cornwall, a massive and unique garden has been restored to its original beauty after 75 years of languishing unloved.
Since the late 1500s, The Lost Gardens of Heligan belonged to the Tremayne estate evolving and becoming more extravagant with each passing generation. One head of the household inspired the jungle gardens, while another requested that giant rhododendrons be cultivated.
Throughout the 19th century, the gardens thrived, growing larger and requiring greater staff to manage them. Before the outbreak of World War I, the Tremayne estate employed 22 gardeners. Many of those loyal gardeners went to fight, and after the war, their numbers had diminished so that the gardens fell into severe disrepair. As the rest of the estate was rented out, the gardens became an afterthought and were not rediscovered until the 1990s.
Their rediscovery by a distant relative of the Tremayne estate led to a widely publicized attempt to bring the gardens back to life. The restoration of the Heligan Gardens was undertaken by Tim Smit, the same architect who conceived The Eden Project, the largest Greenhouse complex in the world.
Under his innovative and watchful eye, the Heligan Gardens were restored to their original size. Besides restoration, floral art was commissioned as well, resulting in the Giant’s Head and the Mud Maid, a sleeping woman of the forest made out of wood, grass, and earth. As the gardens quickly became a tourist attraction, the gardens also served to bring life back to St. Austell, and some of the other neighboring towns in Cornwall.
Today, the spectacular gardens feature everything that they were once renowned for including massive rhododendrons, Italian gardens, and the jungle gardens. Along with being beautiful, they are also productive, growing large amounts of vegetables for consumption and sale.
Know Before You Go
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The Battle of Bladensburg took place on August 24th, 1814. British forces
broke camp at Melwood Park and moved northwest to Bladensburg. The
Baltimore militia, under the command of General Tobias Sansburg, was
positioned west of the Anacostia River along the Bladensburg-Washington
Road in the area of the present day Colmar Manor, and Fort Lincoln
Cemetery. Marching in the intense heat along the river road paralleling
today’s Kenilworth Avenue, the British arrived in Bladensburg about noon
and attacked the American defenders shortly thereafter. Read more about this historic battle. | <urn:uuid:3afa643a-9b9c-418f-a35d-68f98e15f7a3> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.experienceprincegeorges.com/listing/the-battle-of-bladensburg-historic-bladensburg-waterfront-park/467/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141176049.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20201124082900-20201124112900-00680.warc.gz | en | 0.932196 | 138 | 3.171875 | 3 | 159 |
“This is a rare discovery,” said Walid Atrash of the Israel Antiquities Authority, who described the statue as “of exceptional artistic quality.” He also mentioned that its small dimensions—it stands at a diminutive 1.6 feet—make it particularly unique, since Roman statues of mythological characters tended to be life-sized.
The son of Zeus by a mortal woman, the demigod Hercules was considered a paragon of strength, power and courage. According to legend, Zeus’ jealous wife Hera sent Hercules into a fit of rage in which he killed his wife and children. To atone for his sins, the murderer was ordered to perform 12 superhuman tasks known as the labors of Hercules. The recently unearthed statue features an animal pelt slung over one shoulder that alludes to the first of these feats: Hercules’ slaying of the monstrous Nemean lion.
Israeli archeologists uncovered the Hercules figure at Horvat Tabernet, located in the Jezreel Valley of biblical fame and once home to a third-century Jewish settlement. It sat amid pottery shards and broken glass vessels in the remains of what appears to be a Roman bathhouse complex from the second century A.D., which comprises a large pool, a well and sophisticated drainage channels.
The Horvat Tarbenet excavation is part of a project to rebuild the historic Jezreel Valley railway, which linked the Israeli city of Haifa with Damascus from the early 20th century until it fell into disrepair around 1948. Israel’s National Roads Authority plans to complete a new 37-mile rail line with a similar route by 2016. | <urn:uuid:089c8497-135b-47ad-be35-6fb04bab49b9> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.history.com/news/headless-hercules-unearthed-in-israel | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141176049.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20201124082900-20201124112900-00680.warc.gz | en | 0.962286 | 343 | 3.140625 | 3 | 160 |
A student can read about the American Revolution or watch a video about the ocean, but it does not have the same impact as seeing Colonial Williamsburg or enjoying the marvels snorkeling in Catalina. Our unique Field Studies program integrates academic content areas into a realistic approach to learning beyond the classroom environment. Through one-day field trips or weeklong field studies, students experience learning among a natural setting, reinforcing the concepts taught in the classroom. This program offers distinctive opportunities for observation, research and interaction all within native settings. Field studies build responsible and cooperative learning that occurs in real-world situations to provide academic enhancement while creating cultural awareness amidst historic and educational settings. | <urn:uuid:bbf72438-544d-41d1-8b5a-9fa99870284c> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.smaa.org/discover-st-marys/a-day-in-the-life/the-benefits?siteId=1387 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141176049.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20201124082900-20201124112900-00680.warc.gz | en | 0.921341 | 134 | 3 | 3 | 161 |
Next time your kids ask you if monsters are real, you might have to fib a little if you say "no." Some recent discoveries in the animal kingdom would be right at home in an H.P. Lovecraft story.
Over the summer, marine biologists found that giant jellyfish are becoming much more common in the world's oceans. Sometimes the word "giant" is used to describe animals that are bigger than normal but still smaller than a human. As you can see from the picture, though, these monsters definitely deserve the title. Apparently they are taking over the ocean because overfishing has depleted many of their natural predators while warmer oceans have increased their food supply. At least one Japanese entrepreneur is bucking the movie stereotype by catching the jellyfish and turning them into a variety of consumer products.
Meanwhile, Austrian scientists have reported new findings on the Spanish ribbed newt. Apparently, this species uses its own ribs as a defense mechanism. When threatened, it rotates the ribs forward and forces the sharp ends out through its skin. The kicker is that the skin doesn't have any special openings or sheaths like a cat's claws. The bones simply cut through the chest wall and the skin, leaving a small hole, a strong immune system and regenerative abilities. Comparisons to a certain Canadian mammal immediately leap to mind.
Finally, fishermen off the northern coast of France have found a large parasitic isopod (a relative of the louse) that has evolved a rather hideous method for survival in its host: It gets into the fish's mouth and then devours its tongue. It then attaches itself at the back of the fish's throat where it presumably feeds of whatever the fish normally eats. The really bizarre part is that the fish doesn't seem to suffer any ill effects other than the loss of its tongue. | <urn:uuid:51417a4b-27ba-42bf-8ed5-ad239cbecd66> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.wired.com/2009/09/when-nature-is-freakier-than-sci-fi/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141176049.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20201124082900-20201124112900-00680.warc.gz | en | 0.966188 | 383 | 2.984375 | 3 | 162 |
Playing the Race Card
Melodramas of Black and White from Uncle Tom to O. J. Simpson
The black man suffering at the hands of whites, the white woman sexually threatened by the black man. Both images have long been burned into the American conscience through popular entertainment, and today they exert a powerful and disturbing influence on Americans' understanding of race. So argues Linda Williams in this boldly inquisitive book, where she probes the bitterly divisive racial sentiments aroused by such recent events as O. J. Simpson's criminal trial. Williams, the author of Hard Core, explores how these images took root, beginning with melodramatic theater, where suffering characters acquire virtue through victimization.
The racial sympathies and hostilities that surfaced during the trial of the police in the beating of Rodney King and in the O. J. Simpson murder trial are grounded in the melodramatic forms of Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Birth of a Nation. Williams finds that Stowe's beaten black man and Griffith's endangered white woman appear repeatedly throughout popular entertainment, promoting interracial understanding at one moment, interracial hate at another. The black and white racial melodrama has galvanized emotions and fueled the importance of new media forms, such as serious, "integrated" musicals of stage and film, including The Jazz Singer and Show Boat. It also helped create a major event out of the movie Gone With the Wind, while enabling television to assume new moral purpose with the broadcast of Roots. Williams demonstrates how such developments converged to make the televised race trial a form of national entertainment.
When prosecutor Christopher Darden accused Simpson's defense team of "playing the race card," which ultimately trumped his own team's gender card, he feared that the jury's sympathy for a targeted black man would be at the expense of the abused white wife. The jury's verdict, Williams concludes, was determined not so much by facts as by the cultural forces of racial melodrama long in the making. Revealing melodrama to be a key element in American culture, Williams argues that the race images it has promoted are deeply ingrained in our minds and that there can be no honest discussion about race until Americans recognize this predicament. | <urn:uuid:b3a82730-abfa-430f-8933-cbbb286680ca> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://bigbluemarblebookstore.mymustreads.com/id007025619/Playing-the-Race-Card | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141184123.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20201125183823-20201125213823-00040.warc.gz | en | 0.939548 | 447 | 3.015625 | 3 | 163 |
Marengo and his colleague used Spitzer's infrared vision to study the dust around Delta Cephei. This particular star is racing along through space at high speeds, pushing interstellar gas and dust into a bow shock up ahead. Luckily for the scientists, a nearby companion star happens to be lighting the area, making the bow shock easier to see. By studying the size and structure of the shock, the team was able to show that a strong, massive wind from the star is pushing against the interstellar gas and dust. In addition, the team calculated that this wind is up to one million times stronger than the wind blown by our sun. This proves that Delta Cephei is shrinking slightly.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Cosmology standard candle not so standard after all: Cepheids have since become reliable rungs on the cosmic distance ladder, but mysteries about these standard candles remain. One question has been whether or not they lose mass. Winds from a Cepheid star could blow off significant amounts of gas and dust, forming a dusty cocoon around the star that would affect how bright it appears. This, in turn, would affect calculations of its distance. Previous research had hinted at such mass loss, but more direct evidence was needed. | <urn:uuid:132526dc-a45c-4e07-b473-a0df42c3b377> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | http://blog.submeta.org/2011/01/cosmology-standard-candle-not-so.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141189038.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20201127015426-20201127045426-00120.warc.gz | en | 0.963618 | 254 | 4.15625 | 4 | 164 |
When rehabilitation is the ultimate goal, the overall size of the prison needs to shrink. For effective reform, experts suggest no more than 1,000 inmates.
This small number allows employees and administrators to get to know the inmates better and facilitates an individual approach to their rehabilitation. Accounting for individual inmates’ strengths and weaknesses provides a greater opportunity to prepare inmates for successful transitions out of the system and into society.
Smaller numbers also mean prisons can be designed with campus-style layouts, which are growing in popularity. It’s a layout that mimics communities, and inmates are housed in adjacent self-sufficient units according to security risk and needs. Like college campuses, these prisons have an abundance of communal spaces such as dining areas, kitchens, laundry rooms, study halls, entertainment areas, and gyms.
At Bastøy prison in Norway (pictured above), inmates are housed in wooden bungalows. Each house can accommodate six prisoners, and while they have their own rooms, they share a kitchen and other facilities. The men earn a wage and shop for provisions at the island’s supermarket for their self-prepared breakfasts and dinners. This environment gets the inmates used to what life will be like on the outside.
Read more about prison design trends that foster rehabilitation. | <urn:uuid:9f34f72d-3546-4fb9-8ace-fed4ea9f8fd6> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://blog.acorneng.com/preparing-inmates-transition-building-design/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141189038.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20201127015426-20201127045426-00120.warc.gz | en | 0.941005 | 263 | 2.90625 | 3 | 165 |
• story by Oliver Pinckney • photos by Mallory Stewart and Paul Slocumb •
Driving into Terlingua, it’s difficult not to notice the desert disappearing underneath new buildings and businesses. The ghosts seem to have given up on their ghost town. But just off Ivey Road, the Terlingua Cemetery reminds tourists and locals alike that the border between town and ghost town—and the border between life and death—is never far away.
As a final resting place for many early-twentieth-century miners, the Cemetery if filled with small rock piles supporting faded, unmarked crosses. Like the lone corner of a nearby adobe ruin, the miners’ fragile gravesites foreshadow the inevitable disappearance of all human structures—a tremendous loss which this desert graveyard turns into a beautiful display.
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The IEEE has showcased one of the coolest research projects I’ve seen this month: virtual smells. By stimulating your olfactory nerve with a system that looks like one of those old-fashioned kids electronics kits, they’ve been able to simulate smells.
The project is pretty gross. To simulate a smell, the researchers are sticking leads far up into the nose and connecting them directly to the nerves. Senior research fellow at the Imagineering Institute in Malaysia, Kasun Karunanayaka, wanted to create a “multisensory Internet” with his Ph.D. student, Adrian Cheok. Cheok is Internet famous for sending electronic hugs to chickens and creating the first digital kisses.
The researchers brought in dozens of subjects and stuck long tubes up their noses in an effort to stimulate the olfactory bulb. By changing the intensity and frequency of the signals, they got some interesting results.
The subjects most often perceived odors they described as fragrant or chemical. Some people also reported smells that they described as fruity, sweet, toasted minty, or woody.
The biggest question, however, is whether he can find a way to produce these ghostly aromas without sticking a tube up people’s noses. The experiments were very uncomfortable for most of the volunteers, Karunanayaka admits: “A lot of people wanted to participate, but after one trial they left, because they couldn’t bear it.”
While I doubt we’ll all be wearing smell-o-vision tubes up our noses any time soon, this idea is fascinating. It could, for example, help people with paralyzed senses smell again, a proposition that definitely doesn’t stink. | <urn:uuid:2151ebb8-1c63-483e-b305-af967df3a6bb> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://preprod.techcrunch.com/2018/10/18/researchers-create-virtual-smells-by-electrocuting-your-nose/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141189038.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20201127015426-20201127045426-00120.warc.gz | en | 0.960685 | 358 | 2.984375 | 3 | 167 |
About Leptis Magna
Leptis Magna (Lepcis Magna) is an incredibly well preserved archaeological site in Tripoli, Libya. Originally founded by the Phoenicians as the port of Lpgy in the first millennium BC, Leptis Magna later became part of the Carthaginian Empire and was then incorporated into the Roman Empire in 46 BC.
Most of the remaining structures now found at the site of Leptis Magna are indeed Roman and originate from the reign of Septimius Severus. Emperor of Rome from 193 AD, Severus was born in Leptis Magna and, as such, he invested heavily in developing his home city, transforming it into one of the most important of Africa’s Roman cities. Leptis Magna became a beautiful place and a marvel of Severan planning.
Among the many remains found in Severus’ home city, the marketplace, Severan Basilica, the Forum, the Amphitheatre and the Severan Arch represent some of the best preserved Roman sites in the Mediterranean. These sites remain visible at the site despite the various invasions that befell Leptis Magna from the fourth century onwards, finally falling to the Hilalians in the eleventh century. Today, Leptis Magna is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Join cultural historian Lori Rotskoff for a lively, informative book discussion of Isabel Wilkerson’s acclaimed non-fiction book, Caste, published in 2020. Wilkerson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Warmth of Other Suns, chronicles the formation of an entrenched social hierarchy of human ranking in the United States. Through a deeply researched narrative and immersive stories about real people, Wilkerson reveals how America has been shaped by a hidden caste system. Beyond race, class, or other factors, she argues, a powerful caste system influences people’s lives and behavior and the nation’s fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, she explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their out-cast of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity.
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What’s the answer? Breastfeed for at least two months. That’s according to an important new international study from our Dr. Fern Hauck, Dr. Rachel Moon and Kawai Tanabe, MPH (and their colleagues).
Prior studies suggested that breastfeeding was associated with a decreased risk of SIDS, but this is the first to pinpoint how much is necessary to provide protection for baby. To make that determination, the researchers reviewed eight major international studies that looked at more than 9,000 infants, including 2,259 that died from SIDS. The researchers found that breastfeeding for at least two months was associated with a significantly decreased risk, while breastfeeding for less than two months did not offer such a benefit.
SIDS is the leading cause of death in babies between 1 month and a year of age, but the cause is still unclear. And it’s unclear how breastfeeding reduces it. The researchers speculate that breastfeeding may offer immune benefits and may have beneficial effects on infant sleeping patterns.
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If you’ve ever seen a scallop before, then you can probably attest to how non-complex they look at first glance; their eyes, on the other hand, tell an entirely different story.
Image Credit: Dan-Eric Nilsson, Lund University
A closer look will expose oodles of little eyes staring back at you – around 200 of them to be exact. While we know scallops use these to discern their surroundings, they’re vastly-unlike the eyeballs we understand in most animals, to say the least.
Researchers have long wondered about how scallops' eyes work, but it wasn’t until after a new study conducted by researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and the Lund University in Sweden that we could drum up a definitive answer.
They used both a scanning electron microscope and a precise method dubbed cryogenic scanning electron microscopy to obtain a closer look at the inner mechanisms of the eyes, and their findings are now published in the journal Science.
While most animals (humans included) have eyeballs that focus light through a lens before it reaches the retina, these observations validated longstanding theories that scallops’ eyes utilize of a plethora of tightly-packed, crystalline guanine-based mirrors that reflect light into the retina instead.
This in and of itself was an exciting finding, as most guanine-based crystals form bulky prisms rather than flat surfaces like mirrors. Furthermore, the inside of the eye provides a concave surface for those mirrors to rest on, which aims all incoming light directly at the retina just like the optics system inside of a telescope would.
Scallops also have two different retinas, and researchers believe the upper retina helps them discern potential predator attacks from up above, while the lower retina acts as the scallops’ peripheral vision. Combined with more than 200 distinct eyes, one might say scallops can see fairly well.
The findings not only underscore how we have a lot to learn about how different organisms see the world, but they also raise questions about how scallops form these unusually-flat crystalline guanine mirrors inside of their eyes for light reflection.
Future studies could not only answer the multitude of new questions but also help us in improving optical systems in the real world. After all, there’s no better innovator than Mother Nature herself.
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The Visitor Center is located at Grand Ecore, a small community about four miles north of Natchitoches, Louisiana, and commands a panoramic view from a bluff 80 feet above the Red River. The Visitor Center displays exhibits which educates and informs the public about the Water and the Corps of Engineers’ role in development, preservation, and enhancement of the water resources in the region, as well as the geology, paleontology, and Native American cultures of the region.
Several historic sites are in the area, including the city of Natchitoches, LA recognized as the oldest settlement (1714) in the former Louisiana Purchase. Additionally, Grand Ecore is significant, once belonging to a Frenchman who served as commandant of the garrison at Natchitoches.
Grand Ecore is also known for the role it placed during the Civil War as a Confederate outpost guarding the Red River from Union advancement. Exhibits and outdoor interpretive areas highlight these activities along the river and adjacent areas. An interactive video highlights prominent individuals who helped shape and develop Natchitoches and the Red River Basin.
The J. Bennett Johnston Waterway extends 236 miles from Shreveport, Louisiana, to the Mississippi River and provides navigation, flood damage reduction, ecosystem restoration benefits and numerous recreational opportunities.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Red River Waterway Commission have partnered together since the mid-1960’s to make the J. Bennett Johnston Waterway navigation and recreation project a reality. | <urn:uuid:932371c9-5bfc-4daf-bf89-60d52379cfef> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Grand-Ecore-Visitor-Center/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141195417.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20201128095617-20201128125617-00200.warc.gz | en | 0.946764 | 315 | 3.078125 | 3 | 172 |
Items in New York Heritage are organized into collections, which provide additional context for understanding their significance and meaning.
Photographs relating to the history of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library over the past century.
Postcards related to the 1909 Hudson Fulton Celebration.
The 1913 Watervilet Flood collection is a collection of photos shows the flooding in Watervliet, New York, along some of the main thoroughfares.
This collection of images documents Rochester’s 1964 race riots, offering a vivid and revealing glimpse into Rochester’s, and the nation’s, past.
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A nondescript building conceals this fascinating museum dedicated to documenting the story of Japanese immigrants to Brazil. It chronicles every imaginable aspect of the immigrant experience, making it a perfect place to spend an hour or two exploring the history of the country with the largest Japanese community outside of Japan.
Within its dark corridors, you’ll find a treasure trove of artifacts and stories collected from the Japanese diaspora all over Brazil. Much of the museum focuses on the contributions Japanese immigrants made to Brazil’s agricultural industrialization.
You’ll learn about the experiences of ordinary workers who, through their toil and sweat, cleared jungle to make coffee and sugar plantations. Plants and foods the immigrants would have learned to subsist on and use to cure diseases are displayed next to taxidermied and embalmed specimens of animals they would have encountered and learned to fear, such as the jaguar, giant anteater, and jararaca pit viper.
One of the most impressive exhibitions in the museum is an authentic and eerie recreation of typical hut an immigrant coffee plantation worker would have lived in in the 1930s. It’s complete with portraits of the Japanese imperial family and a Shinto shrine, as if stuck in a time warp.
The museum contains much more than agricultural content, though. There’s a vintage photo archive featuring late-19th-century and early-20th-century photographs. Medical supplies, agricultural instruments, and the worldly possessions of new immigrants are displayed alongside kimonos, katanas, and mempō masks.
There are even documents and weapons used by Japanese spies who operated within Brazil during World War II. The many murals and paintings on display are also quite striking, and the stories chronicling the racism, discrimination, and internal division the community faced during and after the war are moving.
Know Before You Go
You'll find the museum on the seventh, eighth, and ninth floors of the Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture building. The museum also offers multi-language audio guides that are supplied at the entrance and features many audio-visual displays giving context to the exhibits. It's open Tuesday through Sunday from 1:30 to 5:00. You can get there by foot from the São Joaquim metro station (on the blue line). | <urn:uuid:afd3d0e6-94f0-4826-b7a9-f3425d0cd944> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://assets.atlasobscura.com/places/museum-of-japanese-immigration-in-brazil | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141652107.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20201201043603-20201201073603-00360.warc.gz | en | 0.953571 | 472 | 2.734375 | 3 | 174 |
Plastic chairs that seem to shrink after a growth spurt, tables with slurs about teachers scratched into them, the screeching of chalk on the board; sound familiar?
Classrooms as we know them are soon to be a thing of the past as one trailblazing school is leading the way with modern and contemporary designs.
Not only this, but children will be immersed in nature to learn about the beauty of the world they live in and understand their environment.
Inspired to create something positive from this year’s pandemic, architect Valentino Gareri has proposed a ‘Tree-House School’ designed to complement our new normal.
Consequently, he has constructed a thriving space that will allow for social distancing, time spent outdoors, and to educate on sustainability and respecting the planet.
The invention will see two circular buildings seamlessly merge indoor and outdoor space, allowing flexibility for activities where the relationship with nature is physical and visibly increased.
Speaking about his venture, Gareri said: “The Tree-House School is a modular educational centre that can include all phases of education: kindergarten, primary and secondary school.
“The classrooms are located in circles and have connections to the courtyards and the outdoor landscape. Each module, of 55 sqm, is made of cross-laminated timber and corresponds to an ideal classroom of 20-25 students connected by a central corridor.”
In addition to this, there is a usable roof where students can continue to play and learn.
To complete its quest as a self-sufficient school, significant efforts are being made to preserve energy; notably with rainwater collectors and wind turbines located on the roof, where all students can observe them.
Due to this, sustainability becomes a strong educational focal point for children, introducing them to the environment through the building itself.
As well as traditional education, there will be a drive to connect young people through community activities with recreational areas such as the urban plaza, a café, and a library.
In a further clever twist, the building can also be adapted to create different functions, including temporary medical centres for emergencies or temporary residential units.
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With Logos, you can quickly identify and search for speakers, addressees, and more. The Reported Speech, Speakers, and Addressees for the Deuterocanon dataset provides annotations for everywhere an individual or group speaks, the contents of that speech, and the person or group who is being addressed. This data can be visually displayed in your biblical text or searched to find, for instance, everywhere Gabriel speaks within the deuterocanonical literature.
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Have you ever noticed that sometimes you can look a Portuguese word you’ve never seen before, but still understand what it means?
Or if you have already had a Portuguese conversation, you may have even successfully guessed a word you had never previously studied, just by changing the ending of an English word.
When words are similar in multiple languages, they’re called cognates. Despite the dry-sounding name, they are very powerful and can be used to add thousands of Portuguese words to your vocabulary.
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On January 10, 49 BC, Julius Ceasar crossed the Rubicon, thought to be the start of a civil war.
The Rubicon is a shallow river that runs from the Apennine Mountains east to the Adriatic Sea. Modern flood control, developed over centuries, has erased the Rubicon from the landscape, and as it ran through shallow flood plains, its course changed often prior to man-made flood control. Ruby or red was the root of the name, so the river was thought to be muddy with a reddish tint.
Ceasar was returning from military campaigns in the north, and the Rubicon ran a little north of San Marino and Pesaro. Pompey had been appointed sole consul, and Ceasar wanted to be the leader of Rome. The Senate feared Ceasar and had sent word to him to disband his army and stop campaigning. Pompey even accused Ceasar of insubordination and treason.
Ceasar defied the Senate and Pompey and marched on Rome, even though he was told that if he brought his army south of the Rubicon, Senate armies would meet him and kill him. Many Roman citizens though saw Ceasar as a hero and Mark Antony was also one of his supporters. As Ceasar approached Rome with a single legion, the Senate and Pompey cowered southward with two legions.
During subsequent years, Ceasar battled Pompey’s legions with mixed results. Pompey never pressed his victories, while Ceasar would not relent. At one point Ceasar drove Pompey to Egypt where one of Ptolemy’s lieutenants murdered Pompey. Later, Ceasar went against Ptolemy, installing Cleopatra as ruler and they had a son, Ptolemy XV Ceasar.
Ceasar returned to Rome, and by 47 BC had complete control. He cleverly reformed legions and continued to conquer foreign lands, but what he really wanted was for the Roman Senate to make him permanent dictator, a notion entirely counter to Roman tradition. Nonetheless, by 44 AD he had achieved such, the same year in which he was later to be assassinated. | <urn:uuid:a81d70c1-c117-4243-b781-d9be024878f8> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | http://www.atlmoving.com/2014/julius-ceasar-crosses-rubicon/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141711306.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20201202144450-20201202174450-00440.warc.gz | en | 0.986399 | 441 | 4.25 | 4 | 178 |
WASHINGTON–Over 80 percent of 200 COVID-19 patients in a hospital in Spain have vitamin D deficiency, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Vitamin D is a hormone the kidneys produce that controls blood calcium concentration and impacts the immune system. Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to a variety of health concerns, although research is still underway into why the hormone impacts other systems of the body. Many studies point to the beneficial effect of vitamin D on the immune system, especially regarding protection against infections.
“One approach is to identify and treat vitamin D deficiency, especially in high-risk individuals such as the elderly, patients with comorbidities, and nursing home residents, who are the main target population for the COVID-19,” said study co-author José L. Hernández, Ph.D., of the University of Cantabria in Santander, Spain. “Vitamin D treatment should be recommended in COVID-19 patients with low levels of vitamin D circulating in the blood since this approach might have beneficial effects in both the musculoskeletal and the immune system.”
The researchers found 80 percent of 216 COVID-19 patients at the Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla had vitamin D deficiency, and men had lower vitamin D levels than women. COVID-19 patients with lower vitamin D levels also had raised serum levels of inflammatory markers such as ferritin and D-dimer. | <urn:uuid:b63ce235-71c5-4ce1-8d2f-52d6442bce1d> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://clinicalnews.org/2020/10/27/study-finds-over-80-of-covid-19-patients-have-vitamin-d-deficiency/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141711306.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20201202144450-20201202174450-00440.warc.gz | en | 0.92473 | 317 | 3.390625 | 3 | 179 |
In the developing world, cooking over open flames causes serious pollution-related health problems. These clean cookstoves could change that.
Clean cookstoves can mean the difference between life and death for people who use indoor wood cooking fires. According to our sister site, Sustainablog, “more people die from respiratory diseases brought on by cooking smoke than from HIV/AIDS or malaria.” Clean cookstoves let folks keep cooking indoors without the dangerous indoor air pollution.
A new line of clean cookstoves from Energant – the K2 – burn clean even when users put up to eight percent plastic into the mix of materials. That’s huge, since folks are burning plastic now with no safety measures in place. In fact, in areas where open cooking fires are common practice, they double as trash disposal. That includes burning food waste and plastic trash.
Not only can the K2 provide a safer way for folks without electricity to cook indoors, but it can convert heat into electricity and provide heat for their homes.
Help Get These Clean Cookstoves to Market
Energant was started by “a passionate team of students and engineers at the University of California, Berkeley.” They wanted to use technology to change lives, and they wanted to do it in a way that was affordable for the people who need it.
Sustainablog explains, “the team chose materials based on costs of production in poor areas of the world so the K2 could serve economic needs, too.” They were initially planning to release the clean cookstoves in The Philippines, but the cost was going to be too high. Instead, “Energant has set its sights on the Chinese market, where the government supports the development of such appropriate technologies.”
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Facial trauma and bone loss often times results in difficulty chewing, swallowing, speaking or even breathing for patients. Facial reconstruction is not just important for cosmetic purposes, but for the overall function of a person’s face. Thanks to the University of Illinois and the Ohio State University Medical Center, facial reconstruction patients may soon have the option to have custom-made facial implants that are designed for both form and function.
The face is one of the most complex parts of the skeleton. According to Glaucio Paulino, the Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering at University of Illinois, “what makes mid-face reconstruction more complicated is its unusual unique shape and functions, and its location in an area susceptible to high contamination with bacteria.”
Traditionally, surgeons will graft bones from other parts of the body to create the missing skull portion. Since bones from other areas of the body are very different from that of the face, the patient is often left with reduced function or cosmetic imperfections. The interdisciplinary research team applied an engineering design technique called topology optimization, which uses extensive 3-D modeling, to design the new implants. The technology is often used to engineer high-rise buildings and car parts, amongst other things.
Topology optimization helps engineers to design pieces that support weight and function while meeting high aesthetic standards. The technique is obviously an adequate pairing for facial reconstruction and would create patient-specific bone replacements with great accuracy. Variables such as blood flow, sinus cavities chewing forces and soft tissue support would be calculated during the engineering process.
The researchers hope to successfully translate the artificial method into future tissue engineering for other surgical possibilities.
“This technique has the potential to pave the way toward development of tissue engineering methods to create custom fabricated living bone replacements in optimum shapes and amounts,” Paulino said.
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Having already suffered the early loss of his wife and three of their children, Rembrandt’s later years were burdened with bankruptcy, acrimonious legal proceedings with a former lover, and the loss of his common-law wife and only remaining son. However, far from diminishing as he aged, Rembrandt’s creativity gathered new energy.
From the 1650s until his death in 1669, Rembrandt pursued an artistic style that was expressive and radical. His bold manipulation of printing and painting techniques and progressive interpretations of traditional subjects inspired generations of artists, earning him a reputation as the greatest master of the Dutch Golden Age.
Through famous masterpieces and rare drawings and prints, ‘The Late Works’ examines the themes that preoccupied Rembrandt as he grew older: self-scrutiny, experimentation, light, observation of everyday life and even other artists’ works; as well as expressions of intimacy, contemplation, conflict and reconciliation. | <urn:uuid:6bed7dee-90ae-46f1-8942-663fc79fe76d> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | http://galeriadieguez.com/2015/12/21/the-late-works/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141733120.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20201204010410-20201204040410-00520.warc.gz | en | 0.97541 | 201 | 2.71875 | 3 | 182 |
Early beginnings as a fishing and farming community
Block Island’s history is a rich one, encompassing Native American tribes, Revolutionary War heroes, legendary shipwrecks, and its emergence in the late 1800s as one of New England’s premiere summer attractions.
Learn more about the island’s history by visiting the Historical Society Museum and gift shop downtown. A white mansard-roofed building, the Historical houses an extensive collection of furniture, textiles, quilts, oral histories, fishing gear, tools, and Native American artifacts. Then head to Issac’s Corner, at the intersection of Center Road, Lakeside Drive, and Cooneymous roads. Named for the island’s last full-blooded Native American, who died in 1886, it is near the Indian burial ground and the stone monument erected just last year in honor of the Manissean Indians.
On that same corner, overlooking Fresh Pond, sits the gambrel-roofed cottage of composer and poet Arthur Penn, who lived there with his wife Nell in the 1920s. His song “Smilin’ Through” is named for his Block Island home.
No history of Block Island would be complete without mentioning shipwrecks. While some have become the stuff of legend, others remain accessible for sport divers. Among the legendary is the Princess Augusta, which inspired John Greenleaf Whittier’s 1867 poem The Palatine.
Block Island’s rough seas and rocky coastlines would certainly have claimed more ships were it not for two lighthouses. The North and Southeast lighthouses have achieved iconic status, revered for their historic significance and as symbols of the community spirit that has allowed them to be restored and preserved.
The Southeast Lighthouse made national headlines in the early nineties when, after years of erosion, it found itself just 50 feet from the cliff’s edge. Islanders banded together to save the beloved structure, raising nearly $2 million in federal and private grants and donations to move the lighthouse 245 feet back from the bluff.
You’ll want to see the North Light, too, by hiking past Settler’s Rock. The lantern on that lighthouse was recently restored and re-lit, and its small museum renovated.
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The federal government says it is finalizing deals with three provinces on reducing emissions of a potent greenhouse gas.
Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says proposals by Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia will achieve the same methane cuts as rules suggested by Ottawa.
Methane, much of which is emitted by oil and gas facilities, is about 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide.
Canada has promised to reduce emissions by up to 45 per cent by 2025, but independent analyses suggest the provincial rules won’t reach those targets.
The provinces sought to develop their own methane standards in response to industry demands for more flexible regulations.
The provincial regulations are forecast to cost industry less.
Wilkinson has said the regulations may have to be tightened if the reduction goal isn’t being met.
Ottawa has also announced a $750-million partly forgivable loan program to help industry cut its emissions.
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Scientists have found clues that show that certain cells of the immune system may play a role in addition to protecting against microbial invaders – protecting mental health.
In the study conducted by Yale, the cells of the immune system in the spinal fluid of MS patients and healthy subjects were compared.
The results support an emerging theory that gamma interferons, a type of immune cell that helps induce and modulate a variety of immune system responses, may also play a role in preventing depression in healthy people.
“We were surprised that normal spinal fluid would be so interesting,” said David Hafler, William S. and Lois Stiles Edgerly, a professor of neurology, professor of immunobiology and lead author of the study.
How was the discovery made?
Previous research has shown that blocking gamma interferons and the T cells they produce can cause depression-like symptoms in mice.
Hafler notes that depression is also a common side effect in MS patients treated with a different type of interferon.
Scientists have used a new technology which allows a detailed examination of individual cells.
With its help, the researchers were able to show that the T cells in the spine fluid of healthy people share similarities with those of patients with MS.
However, in healthy people, the cells lack the ability to replicate and cause harmful inflammation, a response seen in autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
In essence, the immune system in everyone’s brain is ready to produce an inflammatory immune system response, but at the same time, it can have a function other than defending against pathogens, Hafler said.
“These T cells found in healthy people have another purpose there and we speculate that this is to help us maintain our mental health,” he said.
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At the beginning of the Civil War gunpowder supplies for the Confederate armies were insufficient. In 1861 Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, charged Colonel George Washington Rains with solving this issue by creating a local supply of gunpowder. Rains chose the flat lands by the Augusta Canal as the most suitable site for making the much needed gunpowder. He named Major Charles Shaler Smith as architect to design the Confederate Powder Works.Work on the plant commenced in 1862 with materials gathered from the southern states including Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina. When completed, the powder works lined the banks of the Augusta Canal for two miles. The plant was organized for manufacturing efficiency. Raw materials entered at the first of 26 buildings and exited as gunpowder at the last. The most prominent of the buildings was the refinery, which resembled the British House of Parliament. Constructed directly in front of it was a tall smokestack in the shape of an obelisk, the only structure remaining today from the powder works. The Confederate Powder Works, the only permanent edifice constructed by the Confederate States of America, was in operation until April 1865. During its lifetime, the facility produced approximately 7,000 pounds of gunpowder per day for a final total of 2,750,000 pounds. The Augusta Powder Works produced enough gunpowder to fully meet the needs of the Confederate armies and still retained a surplus of 70,000 pounds at the end of the war. | <urn:uuid:5769ff79-8c74-4052-8ae7-d882366ae91f> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.visitaugusta.com/listing/confederate-powderworks-chimney/27/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141747774.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20201205104937-20201205134937-00600.warc.gz | en | 0.958949 | 294 | 4.25 | 4 | 186 |
Horses are among the most complex creatures in the animal kingdom: so much can go wrong so quickly. And when it does, these delicate, injury prone beasts need swift treatment. Otherwise, a simple eating disorder might rapidly lead to death and a minor hoof injury to permanent lameness. To make things even more difficult, equine veterinary care is costly and insurance prohibitively expensive. That’s why any horse owner, as well as equine veterinarians and students of veterinary medicine, must have this ultimate resource on hand.
The Comprehensive Guide to Equine Veterinary Medicine is a thorough, carefully designed medical reference featuring four-color anatomical drawings by the most acclaimed veterinary illustrator Kip Carter. It covers all areas of equine health, including diagnosis and treatment, and delves into basic equine behavior and safety, preventive health care, and first aid. Twelve in-depth chapters outline the individual body systems, anatomy and physiology, and abnormalities. A Health Care section includes alternative therapies such as acupuncture and homeopathy, along with options for rehabilitation and physical therapy. Critical information appears in tables, charts, side bars, and bulleted lists for quick access.
In addition, there’s an informative history of veterinary procedures, followed by three valuable appendices with terminology, common medications, and advice for the first-time horse owner.
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In 1775, the Continental Army shakily took aim at the mighty British Empire in hopes of freeing the American colonies from imperial oppression. George Washington and his men had no idea what they were really getting into — but their ultimate triumph sealed the American Revolution and gave rise to formidable force. In our quiz, what do you really know about the United States military?
From the Revolution to the Spanish-American War to Vietnam, from Normandy to Tokyo, the country’s military has played a major role in history. In some cases, the military even kept America from fading into the ashes of history.
These days, the American military is a ridiculously powerful force, equipped with incredible technologies that allow the U.S. to dominate entire regions of the world. Its Air Force and drone capabilities, along with the Navy, mean America can project its influence anywhere in a matter of hours. What do you know about the nation’s military capabilities?
As if aircraft carriers, bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles weren’t enough, America also has plentiful numbers of special forces troops. These personnel undergo the toughest training anywhere in order to prepare for hostage situations and national emergencies of the worst kind. How much do you know about America’s special forces teams?
Ten hut! Spit shine those boots, snap to attention, and get ready to do battle with this incredible military quiz. We’ll find out if you’re cut out for combat action or if you should stick to cleaning out the latrines. | <urn:uuid:c4c26ec3-d635-4c1e-93ca-e7d686b4d7eb> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://play.howstuffworks.com/quiz/only-people-an-iq-135-can-get-a-perfect-score-this-us-military-quiz-can-you?amp%3Bremoraexp=PHSW_4221_SEQUENCER_FB&%3Bremorasrc=6a3f0ea67adb4444b46dc4ec68693616&%3Bmkcpgn=core4&%3Butm_source=hswrr&%3Bremorapos=1&rmalg=es&remorapos=6&remorasrc=123d68c7889f466ea0462cdf7f3a6f6b&remoraregion=bottom | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141184870.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20201125213038-20201126003038-00320.warc.gz | en | 0.951495 | 310 | 2.6875 | 3 | 188 |
A natural monument in Japan, the Akita’s proud heritage includes hunting large game such as bear, elk, and boar. This powerful and dignified member of the Working Group is renowned for courage and loyalty, but may not be tolerant of other animals. His luxurious double coat can include any combination of vibrant colors.
Aloof toward strangers, they form strong family bonds. Highly intelligent with keen sense of humor, the Akita responds best to respectful commands and training techniques that rely on motivation rather than force. Strong-willed and proud, Akitas are not receptive to abusive methods.
Akitas originated in Japan many, many years ago, and have been designated a natural monument of Japan. They are a large, impressive breed with natural guarding instincts. While generally reserved with people they don’t know, Akitas are affectionate with their family. They tend to be independent, and while they will always know where you are in your home, they do not need constant attention as do some of the more dependent breeds.
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Da’oud and Sa’ad Georges – a disabled father and son – were found dead outside of the city of Bashiqa in the Mosul District. The two men were kidnapped by Islamic State militants , who proceeded to starve the Georges men; ultimately, leading to their untimely death in this historic, Assyrian city in northern Iraq. Both of these civilians were reportedly deaf and mute, making them unable to communicate without sign language. Upon the discovery of these victims, Muslim neighbors retrieved the men and buried their bodies, noting that the two bodies were extremely malnourished.
This heinous crime is another blow to the civilians in the Mosul District, as the Islamic State continues to institutionalize their form of governance in northwestern Iraq. Despite the recent success at the Mosul Dam, many of the cities in the Mosul District remain controlled by the Islamic State. In particular, the city of Bashiqa was once a tourist attraction with its illustrious history and majestic landscape; today, most of the Christians and Yazidi Kurds have fled the area, leaving behind a cultivated society.
The Islamic State has continued its reign of terror in the Levant and Iraq, executing many civilians for alleged crimes against the Caliphate. After the capture of Mosul by the Islamic State, many politicians feared their spread could be disastrous for a country healing from a devastating war. In response to their exponential growth in the Levant and Iraq, the United States has recently carried out numerous airstrikes to combat the presence of the I.S. in Iraq. | <urn:uuid:17d4a0fa-d826-4611-ac12-44092dfe0a76> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/disabled-father-son-starved-death-mosul-islamic-state/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141184870.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20201125213038-20201126003038-00320.warc.gz | en | 0.971042 | 307 | 2.515625 | 3 | 190 |
While an obvious benefit to the environment, these standards are a challenge for yacht builders, designers and engine manufacturers.
The technology being used to reduce NOx emissions is called a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) unit. It uses a diesel exhaust fluid called urea that that acts as a reductant – when it reacts with NOx it converts pollutants into natural elements such as nitrogen, water and minuscule amounts of CO2.
The SCR units are big and heavy, taking up valuable engine room space and weight. There also needs to be a tank for the urea, a material that’s not widely available in the world’s ports.
Pieter van der Linden, mechanical engineering department manager of Heesen Yachts, says it’s best to think of the new equipment as a necessity rather than a burden. “It’s part of a total yacht now, same as the engine,” he says.
The bad news is there is no single solution for reducing NOx emissions in yachts. The current cure involves a number of parties – engine manufacturer, exhaust company, exhaust after-treatment firm – but most builders will want to deal with as few people as possible.
The good news is this lack of uniformity paves the way for creativity, because after-treatment units can be made in different shapes and customised to a point. Volvo is adapting its decade of on-road SCR experience to the marine environment, with an added focus on fuel efficiency, which will in turn lead to smaller fuel tanks and overall weight savings. | <urn:uuid:15df408d-fa11-45e7-86e3-c70e92f0222b> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/luxury-yacht-advice/points-that-explain-the-imo-tier-iii-nox-regulations--28741?view_all=true | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141184870.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20201125213038-20201126003038-00320.warc.gz | en | 0.963587 | 332 | 2.609375 | 3 | 191 |
The 1998-1999 conflict in Kosovo caused the deaths of about 13,000 victims, mostly ethnic Albanians. On February 17, 2008, through a unilateral declaration, the Republic of Kosovo proclaimed it’s independence from Serbia, currently recognized by over 110 states of the international community. The independence of Kosovo is the result of a bloody conflict, a war of ethnic cleansing by paramilitary forces inspired by Serb extremists, who left a vacuum in the country, as more than 2000 people are still missing in mass graves. A team of doctors and forensic pathologists work daily, exhuming corpses and analyzing the remains and their DNA. The United Nations Office on Missing Persons and the Legal Police is responsible for this process, and retrieves information on mass graves not yet identified in the Balkans. The United Nations mission has taken over the civil administration of the province, carrying out joint activities with the International Committee of the Red Cross and other local NGOs. “The horror house belonged to the Duraka family, the Serb paramilitary troops occupied the village taking away all the males over the age of 16”. Some survivors describe the days of terror that even today, after almost twenty years, are alive in their memories. This massacre was perpetrated in the farming village of Velika Krusha. A dozen or so farms crest a road nearby between Prizren and Djakovica. A surviving woman, taking refuge in the mountains, describes “the day she returned to her village in the province of Drenica” Even the rain could not cover the smell of decaying bodies. Kosovo is going through a very important historical period. For some of the destroyed communities, the traumatic effects still persist. The main ethnic groups in Kosovo are identified under a banner, but in real life they lead separate lives, creating mono-ethnic realities. The national identity is fragile because of the wounds left by this fierce war. Kosovo remains an unresolved issue in the Balkans . | <urn:uuid:d5c0c175-28c6-45e1-8b28-85b039f316f3> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | http://capta-images.com/project/kosovo-genocide/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141189141.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20201127044624-20201127074624-00400.warc.gz | en | 0.950822 | 389 | 2.953125 | 3 | 192 |
Nativity Label the Picture Pages
Label the picture pages are a wonderful way to practice literary skills while doing a neat activity!
This 14-page differentiated set comes with 7 cut and paste pictures to label, as well as 7 fill-in-the-blank pages.
Just choose which skill level is right for your child or student!
Label the picture pages are an effective way to increase vocabulary, word recognition, practice scissor skills and/or handwriting, and more.
If you’re using them in a classroom setting, they’re perfect for early finishers, centers, fun work during the holiday season, or one-on-one instruction!
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Researchers have trained computer models to spot social media users who make up information about themselves — known as catfishes.
The system is designed to identify users who are dishonest about their age or gender. Scientists believe it could have potential benefits for helping to ensure the safety of social networks.
Computer scientists at the University of Edinburgh built computer models designed to detect fake profiles on an adult content website. Sites of this type are believed to be heavily targeted by catfishes to befriend other users and gain more profile views.
The researchers describe their work in "Fake It Till You Make It: Fishing for Catfishes," to be presented at ASONAM 2017, the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining.
Researchers built their models based on information gleaned from about 5,000 verified public profiles on the site. These profiles were used to train the model to estimate the gender and age of a user with high accuracy, using their style of writing in comments and network activity.
This enabled the models to accurately estimate the age and gender of users with unverified accounts, and spot misinformation. All details were anonymized to protect users' privacy.
The study found that almost 40 percent of the site's users lie about their age and one-quarter lie about their gender, with women more likely to deceive than men.
The outcome, which underscores the extent of catfishing in adult networks, demonstrates the effectiveness of the technology in weeding out dishonest users.
"Adult websites are populated by users who claim to be other than who they are, so these are a perfect testing ground for techniques that identify catfishes," says Walid Magdy, assistant professor in the School of Informatics at Edinburgh. "We hope that our development will lead to useful tools to flag dishonest users and keep social networks of all kinds safe."
The ASONAM 2017 study is authored by Walid Magdy at the University of Edinburgh, Yehia Elkhatib of Lancaster University, Gareth Tyson at Queen Mary University of London, Sagar Joglekar, a fellow at King's College London, and Nishanth Sastry at King's College London.
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It is well known that Buddha attained enlightenment under a tree. In popular parlance it is known as the bodhi tree or 'tree of knowledge.' It is not without significance that Buddha found grace under a tree. The tree, with its annual renewal of foliage, reminds us of life's continuity and suggests that Buddha was that day reborn (spiritually), as each of us will be on our own day of resurrection (Unless a man is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God (John 3: 3)).
The tree of life is a common feature of salvation mythology and is said to be standing at the axis of the cosmos. It is the place where divine energies pour into the world, where humanity encounters the absolute, and becomes more fully itself. Buddha, as an incarnation of god, is himself the navel or axis of the world, the umbilical point through which the energies of eternity break into time. More than a physical point, this is a psychological state which enables us to see the world and ourselves in perfect balance. Without this psychological stability and this correct orientation, enlightenment is not possible. The tree of life grows throughout the world as the principal symbol of cosmic centering and regeneration. Continually reborn through its seed at the world axis, its root thrust down through the earth to the underworld, its trunk rises through the world, where it grasps everything in its immeasurable arms, and its crown glances heaven.
Here, seated on an auspicious lotus base with inverted petals, the would-be Buddha sits poised on the verge of enlightenment. He wears a monastic robe covering only one shoulder. The folds of the drape are realistically and symmetrically delineated and the garment is bordered with decorative vegetative motifs complementing the majestic tree of life shielding Buddha with its high, blooming branches, lushly populated with densely packed leaves. At the apex can be seen two mating peacocks, symbolizing the union of wisdom and compassion which ultimately leads to Nirvana.
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Children born prematurely end up in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) where they’re hooked up to an array of sensors, each connected by a wire to a patient monitor. It’s a sad sight, let alone a hindrance to physical and emotional bonding that is so important in the weeks after birth. Scientists at Northwestern University have now developed flexible and wireless patches that are able to monitor parameters such as the heart rate, body temperature, and blood oxygenation as well as existing wired devices.
The Northwestern team studied the new sensors on about two dozen preemies at Prentice Women’s Hospital and the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, and showed that the new devices are as accurate and precise as the sensors currently used in the hospitals’ NICUs. Moreover, the devices are amazingly non-intrusive, allowing parents to touch and hold their babies without interfering with the ongoing monitoring.
The children in the study were outfitted with conventional sensors as well as the wireless ones. There was a nearly perfect correlation between the readings, demonstrating that the new sensors can be used effectively in clinical practice. Since the original study, which was just published in journal Science, the team expanded the research to include more than 70 newborns.
While existing stick-on sensors are able to measure only the heart rate, respiration rate, body temperature, and oxygenation, the new wireless devices can also monitor the blood pressure, blood flow, as well as provide accurate readings while the child is interacting with someone else.
Each child was outfitted with two sensors. One was placed on the chest while the other was stuck to one of the feet. This approach provides a core body temperature reading, as well as the temperature at the periphery, which can help to identify poor blood flow and spot signs of an improperly developed heart. Additionally, the blood pressure is estimated using the pulse wave velocity technique that measures how fast a wave moves from the chest to the feet.
Here’s a Northwestern video about this research:
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A study of over 1,000 patients with atherosclerosis reveals fat tissue secretes factors that can trigger or worsen blood vessel conditions linked to cardiometabolic disorders.
By clarifying the poorly-understood link between obesity and blood vessel conditions, the findings could help scientists create new therapies for vascular and metabolic diseases like coronary artery disease. The study is published in Science Translational Medicine.
Obesity changes how fat tissue secretes signaling molecules, which in turn can influence the structure and function of blood vessels in the body.
Studies have implicated both the Wnt signaling pathway and oxidative stress from enzymes as contributors to vascular disease, but the mechanisms by which obesity affects these pathways remain a mystery. Seeking insight, Ioannis Akoumianakis (a DPhil student from the Antoniades group), together with researchers from OCDEM, Bristol Medical School and Athens University medical School, analyzed a group of 1,004 patients with atherosclerosis.
The researchers discovered that obese individuals showed much higher levels of a protein named WNT5A in plasma, as well as elevated expression of WNT5A receptors in the walls of arteries.
In a separate experiment, the authors saw that higher levels of WNT5A in plasma correlated with the development of calcified plaques – a key marker of vessel disease – in 68 patients with coronary artery disease.
Further studies showed obesity boosted the secretion of WNT5A from fat tissue surrounding blood vessels, which in turn increased oxidative stress and the migration of smooth muscle cells through the enzymes USP17 and RAC1.
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Endometriosis is classically defined as the presence of endometrial glands and stroma in ectopic locations. Affecting from 6% to 10% of reproductive-aged women, endometriosis may result in dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, chronic pelvic pain, and/or subfertility. The prevalence of this condition in women experiencing pain, infertility, or both is as high as 50%. Endometriosis is a debilitating condition, posing quality-of-life issues for the individual patient. The disorder represents a major cause of gynecologic hospitalization in the United States, estimated to have exceeded $3 billion in inpatient health care costs in 2004 alone. The significant individual and public health concerns associated with endometriosis underscore the importance of understanding its pathogenesis. The first recorded description of pathology consistent with endometriosis was provided by Shroen in 1690. Despite the passage of time and extensive investigation, the exact pathogenesis of this enigmatic disorder remains unknown.
THEORIES REGARDING PATHOGENESIS
Numerous theories detailing the development of endometriosis have been described. For purposes of review, these theories can generally be classified into those that propose that implants arise from tissues other than the endometrium and those that propose that implants arise from uterine endometrium (Table 10.1.1).
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In the mid-1990s, residents of Anniston, Alabama, began a legal fight against the agrochemical company Monsanto over the dumping of PCBs in the city's historically African American and white working-class west side. Simultaneously, Anniston environmentalists sought to safely eliminate chemical weaponry that had been secretly stockpiled near the city during the Cold War. In this probing work, Ellen Griffith Spears offers a compelling narrative of Anniston's battles for environmental justice, exposing how systemic racial and class inequalities reinforced during the Jim Crow era played out in these intense contemporary social movements.Spears focuses attention on key figures who shaped Anniston--from Monsanto's founders, to white and African American activists, to the ordinary Anniston residents whose lives and health were deeply affected by the town's military-industrial history and the legacy of racism. Situating the personal struggles and triumphs of Anniston residents within a larger national story of regulatory regimes and legal strategies that have affected toxic towns across America, Spears unflinchingly explores the causes and implications of environmental inequalities, showing how civil rights movement activism undergirded Anniston's campaigns for redemption and justice.
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