Introduction: Continuing medical education (CME) represents the final and often most poorly understood stage of physician education. The understanding of contemporary theories of physician education and characteristics of effective CME interventions will help CME providers and physician learners to plan productive CME activities and improve learning. This article aims to provide readers with emerging evidences on effective CME, particularly in relation to theories of physician learning and their implications for CME planning. The article also summarises attributes of effective CME interventions.Methods: The data and evidence were collected from contemporary medical education journals and published books on medical education. Two electronic databases, Medline and ERIC (Educational Research Information Clearinghouse) were searched for suitable articles. Results: Physician learning is a distinct phenomenon with high inclination towards autonomy and self-directed learning. CME interventions are more likely to be fruitful if they are modelled with strong theoretical background, catered towards individual learning needs and preferences, and focused on the learning component of education. Many widely practised CME interventions fail to be effective as those are not based on the above principles. Conclusion: Evidence suggests that careful planning and evaluation of CME will improve the key measure of physician’s performance and health care outcome.
A physician’s education in medical science represents a continuum of several interrelated phases. It starts with medical school, passes through brief housemanship year, and continues throughout the professional career.
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The word apostle is very common in the New Testament of the Bible, though it is also used outside of a religious context. We will examine the meaning of the word apostle, where it came from and some examples of its use in sentences.
Apostle means someone who is sent on a mission. Most often, the word apostle is used to refer to one of the twelve principle followers of Christ. Sometimes, the word apostle is used to mean the pioneering Christian evangelist of a country. In a non-religious context, apostle may be used to mean someone who vigorously supports an idea or advocates for a reform of some sort. Apostle is spelled with a lowercase a when used in a general or non-religious sense. When used in a title, the word apostle is capitalized, as in the Twleve Apostles or Apostle to the Gentiles. The word apostle is derived from the Greek apostolos which means envoy or messenger.
Wright wanted to put people in the world that the apostle’s letters came from, in the same way Robert Harris’ series of novels about Cicero brought the ancient Roman statesman to life for him. (The Salt Lake Tribune)
An epitome of humility, Saint Paul calls himself “a slave of Christ” (Romans 1:1), “the least of the apostles” (1Corinthians 5:9), and “the very least of the holy ones” (Ephesians 3:8). (The Business Mirror)
A Russian prince, he converted at the age of 17, was ordained a priest and served for more than 40 years as the “Apostle of the Alleghenies.” (The National Catholic Register)
The last, Biglari, used it to turn around Steak n Shake after a prolonged slump in sales, and he remains an apostle—for better or worse. (The International Business Journal)


Baker Peters House
It was constructed in 1830 by Dr. James Harvey Baker, a local physician. He continued to own the house until his death during the Civil War. Harvey Baker was a Confederate supporter and his son Abner was a Confederate soldier. Dr. Baker was killed at the home by Union troops who traveled along Kingston Pike during a raid of Knoxville in June 1863. A marker in front of the home incorrectly claims he was killed while treating wounded Confederate soldiers in the house in 1864. There is no evidence he ever used the home as a hospital for wounded troops. In fact, Dr. Baker is likely one of the very first people killed by Union forces in Knox County according to historian Joan Markel at the McClung Museum.
The Union troops fired through a barricaded door in the home, and hit Dr. Baker. His son Abner was away at war at the time of the incident, but became a historical figure upon his return in 1865 when he shot and killed a man named William Hall in downtown Knoxville. Hall worked for the clerk of court and fought for the Union during the Civil War. Early accounts of the shooting make no mention of it being an act of vengeance. Instead, newspapers claim the fight was between two people with an "old grudge" who were on opposite sides of the war, with partisan papers mostly disagreeing on whether the shooting was self-defense. A book published in 1976 claims Abner believed the man he shot was somehow involved in his father's death. Whatever the motivation, Abner was immediately captured and jailed when the shooting occurred. That night, an angry mob of Unionists overran the jail, took Abner outside, and hanged him from a tree in Downtown Knoxville. The Baker house was sold in the late 19th century to George Peters. Now the home of Finn's Restaurant & Tavern.


Knowing your history is beneficial to most, if not everyone who is fascinated with waterways. One of the most renown canals that people are always quick to remember about is the famous Panama Canal, otherwise call – Canal de Panamá. The Panama Canal is an artificial waterway located in Panama which connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a conduit for maritime trade. The rationale behind building the Panama Canal was to reduce the time vessels would use to get to and from the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, by taking longer routes. The Panama Canal creates an avenue for global trade, while fostering integration and cohesion among both developed and third-world countries.
“Hailed as one of the great achievements of the 20th Century, the Panama Canal connects 160 countries and 1,700 ports around the world – History.com”. The Panama Canal is more than just a unique physical structure; it is crucial to world trade and economic development. Thanks to engineers of the French company headed by Ferdinand, viscount de Lesseps, that initiated the creation of the Canal. The building process which began in 1881, but failed 1889, made it possible for the United States of America to get involved in commenting the final structure of the Canal which today is beneficial to every country.
Wayne D. Bray describe the physical features of the canal distinctly. In doing that, he wrote that: “The Panama Canal lies at a latitude of 9° N, at a point where the North American Continental Divide dips to one of its lowest points. The canal does not, as is generally supposed, cross the isthmus from east to west. It runs due south from its entrance at Colón on the Atlantic side through the Gatún Locks to a point in the widest portion of Gatún Lake; it then turns sharply toward the east and follows a course generally to the southeast until it reaches the Bay of Panama, on the Pacific side. Its terminus near Balboa is some 25 miles (40 km) east of its terminus near Colón. Parallel to the canal are the Panama Canal Railway and the Boyd-Roosevelt Highway”.


Born into a family of painters - of which he is the most well known - Francesco Guardi is, alongside Canaletto, the painter of veduti par excellence. These picturesque and meticulous views of Venice were part of a pictorial genre that reached its peak in the 18th century.
There is currently little documentation on the life and artistic development of Francesco Guardi. We know that he worked in the studio of his father, Gian Domenico, with his brother Antonio. His father was the pupil of Sebastiano Ricci, a well-known master. His painting had a strong influence on the development of our painter's style. In fact, it is thanks to him that Guardi learnt the small dotting technique, which played a major role in the evolution of this great Venetian painter’s style.
During the first half of his life, he produced decorations and paintings in churches. It was only after the death of his brother Gian Antonio in 1760 that Guardi focused his attention on views of La Serenissima. He was the first artist to work exclusively on depicting reality such as the eye saw it, and he had a wonderful manner of relaying the lyrical vision of a town or landscape. Francesco Guardi was the first to represent this new sensitivity that would soon dominate all Venetian art, at the very moment when this maritime republic was sinking into the depths of political and economic decadence. Continuing to develop the skill of his unique style, Guardi continued to paint vedute and capricci until late in life.
Today, Guardi is held in high esteem in the history of art. His works are to be found all over the world (seven of them are in the Louvre). His vision of Venice influenced that of great painters such as Monet and Turner, who used this town as a source of inspiration. Just like that of Constable, Goya and the masters of Fontainebleau, Francesco Guardi’s style was the true substratum of a new approach to painting which, at the cusp of the 20th century, was to lead to the birth of modern painting.


An ear examination is performed under the microscope to evaluate presence of abnormalities in the ear canal and middle ear. Any debris in the ear canals is removed to allow inspection of the eardrum. If there is fluid in the middle ear (otitis media with effusion), a small cut is made on the eardrum (myringotomy) and a ventilation tube (grommet tube) is placed in the cut.
This procedure is needed if you have either or all of the following condition(s):
The procedure can be performed under local anaesthesia or under general anaesthesia. The type of anaesthesia depends on the patient’s tolerance level.
A microscope is used to inspect the ear canal. Any dirt/debris is cleaned out with microscopic instruments. The eardrum is inspected for abnormalities and the presence of fluid in the middle ear. A microscopic knife is used to make a small cut along the eardrum. If there is no fluid in the middle ear, the procedure is complete. If there is fluid, it is suctioned out and a ventilation tube (grommet tube) is placed in the opening. The tube has a hollow passage in the centre that allows air to enter the middle ear. The deep end of the tube sits in the middle ear and the other end sits in the ear canal. There will be no external cuts or scars.
Ventilation tubes are temporary and will eventually fall out on their own.
Please inform your doctor/nurse if you are ill on the day of surgery as the surgery may need to be postponed.
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As part of her MA work at the Design Academy Eindhoven, artist and graphic designer Echo Yang created a fascinating series entitled Autonomous Machines that transforms analog devices into autonomous drawing machines. The objects, ranging from a tin chicken toy to a windup alarm clock to an old Walkman, are all obsolete now in the age of ever-advancing technology and digitalization, but Yang breathes new life into them by using them to create self-generated art.
Through this project, Yang explores the notions of information design and modern generative design processes, in which designers use algorithms to create a variety of different outcomes. She applies these modern generative design processes to old-school, analog devices in order to reveal their internal algorithms. “By making use of the specific mechanical movement of particular machine, I attempt to transform them into a drawing machines in the simplest way,” the artist explains. A tin toy with a paint-covered cotton swab taped to it dabs paint in repeating circles. A hand mixer with paintbrush bristles attached to it creates abstract swirls of paint and ink. Each machine, once wound up or turned on, is left to its own devices to create repetitive, but complex, works of art.
According to Yang, “This design proposal is not meant for creating a new tool to achieve a particular purpose. Instead, by showing how machines speak in their own language, based on their internal logics, the proposal is about bringing more awareness to the algorithm inside the ordinary objects around us. It is an inspirational way that helps broaden the notion of information design.”
To read more about her project and to see videos of the machines in action, feel free to check out Yang's website.
Echo Yang Website


The Augusteum is located to the right of the Mensa Ponderaria in Tivoli, a short distance from the city’s Cathedral. It is also known by the name Sacello di Augusto.
Address, opening hours and entrance fee
Address Via Aldo Moro – 00019 Tivoli (RM). Tel. +39 0774 4531.
History and description
An Augusteum was a building dedicated to the emperor in Roman times. The name was obviously derived from Emperor Augustus.
Not much remains of the Augusteum of Tivoli other than a room with a circular back wall. This room was used for the worship of Emperor Augustus in the days when emperors were still granted divine powers.
Like the Mensa Ponderaria, the Augusteum was built towards the end of the 1st century BC. This was also done with financial help from Marus Varenus Diphilus, as an inscription indicates.
The walls of the room are painted with floral motifs. In the mcenter of the room is a statue of a seated Augustus, whose head has unfortunately been lost.
A separate, large head has also been found that probably used to be part of a statue of Emperor Nerva.
Before the Mensa Ponderaria and the Augusteum were built, there were already some structures in the same spot. It is probably because of this that the two spaces are characterized by irregular dimensions.


The sages Nara and Narayana were the twins born to the god of virtue, Dharma, and the
daughter of Daksha prajapathi, Murthi (ahimsa).
They were unequaled in glory of their austere penance for the welfare of the world at Badrikashrama (Badrinath -- which nestles between the two towering mountains known as Nara and Narayana).
Indra feels threatened. He sends apsaras (celestial nymphs) to disturb their penance.
Narayana, undaunted, takes a fresh mango leaf and with its juice sketches on his thigh a most
beautiful form of nymph (Urvashi). The drawing comes alive, her beauty far excelling the
apsaras of Indra. Thus put to shame, the apsaras return to their abode, unable to violate the
sanctity of the sages' austerities. Narayana sends Urvashi (as she was born of his thigh, [ooru])
to Indra along with other apsaras. (There is a small temple for Urvashi on the mountain behind
the Badrinath temple.)
This exposition of the art of painting by Narayana, of the origin of art itself, is narrated in the
Vishnudharmottara Purana, a treatise for the arts.


Mention “sailing vessels in Hawaii,” and most people automatically think of Polynesian canoes. But Honolulu, Oahu is also the home of the Falls of Clyde, the only surviving, fully-rigged, four-masted sailing ship left in the world. Docked at Honolulu Harbor next to the Aloha Tower Marketplace, the ship now serves as a floating exhibit at the Hawaii Maritime Center.
Over 265 feet long and weighing in at over a thousand tons, the Falls of Clyde took a circuitous route in reaching the Hawaiian Islands. The ship was built in 1878 in Port Glasgow, Scotland and served as a trade ship. Her maiden voyage took her to Karachi, with subsequent trips including stops in Australia, India, New Zealand, the British Isles, and California.
In 1899, the ship was purchased by Captain William Matson and became the first four-masted ship to fly under the Hawaiian flag. When Hawaii was annexed by the United States in 1900, it took a special act by Congress to give the foreign-built ship the right to fly the American flag. Rigged down as bark and adding passenger accommodations, Falls of Clyde brought general merchandise from San Francisco and sugar from Honolulu.
An oil company purchased the ship in 1907 and converted her to a bulk tanker. Following World War I, the ship sailed to Denmark and made her last voyage under sail, to Brazil. In 1925, the Falls of Clyde was sold again, this time to the General Petroleum Company, which used the ship as an oil barge in Alaska. Finally, in 1963, the bank holding the mortgage on the ship decided to sell her to be sunk as part of a breakwater at Vancouver, British Columbia. At the last minute, however, the Falls of Clyde was purchased and transferred to Honolulu to be used as a public exhibit.
Restored to her past glory, the Falls of Clyde opened to the public in 1968. Her restoration was assisted by the grandson of her original builder, Sir William Lithgow. His Glasgow shipyard donated masts and other fittings.
The ship is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Admission to the Hawaii Maritime Center includes a tour of the Falls of Clyde. The Center is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.


An update on how things are coming together for my unit of work on Narrative, which combined more mainstream print and visual texts with ‘new technology’ texts.
The texts I have selected to study are:
- The Raven – Edgar Allen Poe (poem)
- And antoher thing – Anthony Dennis (Sunday Life opinion article)
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon (novel)
- Fairytale and fable selection, possibly using a webquest
- Fox – Margaret Wild (picture book)
- Inanimate Alice (multimedia)
- and, if time permits, The Castle – Working Dog / Sitch (film)
After/while studying these texts, students will be creating their own narrative compostions:
- An individual digital story on the theme ‘Dreams and Nightmares’ (term 2)
- A group drama enacting a fairytale of students own choosing (term 2)
- A short story using hypertext to link to flashbacks in the story (term 3 – using new laptops)
I’m loving teaching this unit – so far we’ve looked at the poem and the magazine article, and are now reading Curious Incident…if we finish looking at the book by the end of week 5, that will leave plenty of time to look at the other texts (not a ‘close study’ – just exploring select aspects of narrative) and do some work on the assessment projects.
More updates to come!


Our immune system protects our body from a large number of threats. External threats include pathogens from various sources. Internally, the cells of our immune system continuously fight cancer cells and thereby prevent tumor development. Immunotherapies which employ monoclonal antibodies have significantly enriched our vision of cancer treatment. Unleashing the checkpoint blockade of tumors mobilizes the cytotoxic T cells to eliminate cancer cells, and therefore, amplifies the anti-tumor response of the immune system. The lymphoid immune cells, particularly cytotoxic CD8 T cells, are the current focus of novel interventions such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) engineered T cells. Nanomedicines are predestined to target macrophages due to their high phagocytic activity and their large numbers in different types of tumors. Specifically, nanomedical formulations might additionally explore the potential of modulating macrophages as key effector cell which can influence the tumor microenvironment. The therapeutic cargo to be delivered to cells or tissues can benefit from the “Omics” sciences and use knowledge to specifically modulate gene expression and protein generation using small non-coding RNA. Strategies to localize drug delivery have the potential to enrich nanomedicines for their potential ability to be concentrated in certain parts of the body. Such applications can rely, for instance, on magnetic fields or infrared light sensitive systems, in order to increase target specificity. Here, we put an emphasis on the applicability of the strategies to improve target specific accumulation of theranostics and discuss potential improvements of cancer immunotherapies.
Keywords: Cancer immunotherapy, Drug delivery, Imaging, Nanomedicine, Theranostic.


Scope and objectives
On 26 April 2022, the EESC will hold a public hearing which will feed into its information report on Encouraging the engagement of young people towards achieving sustainable development. The event is held in the context of the Commission's initiatives on education and training for the green transition as well as existing national, European and global initiatives and best practices which look at transformative education and practises for sustainable development.
In addition, in light of the war in the Ukraine, the objective is not only to look at the ambition for a green and just transition but also to ensure that education contributes to the promotion of a culture of peace which is the core of the UN Agenda 2030.
The aim of the hearing is to find out more about the state of play in the Member States, as well as the limitation and barriers to implement a transformative education for sustainable development on a national level.
Join us to see what is done and can be done to reassess, rethink and redefine education with the goal to a sustainable future!
Education for Sustainable Development is recognized as an integral element of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) on quality education and a key enabler of all other SDGs.
Specifically, target SDG 4.7 aims to ensure that "all learners acquire knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development".Do you have a question?
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Drivers in Virginia are well aware of the fact that there are plenty of dangers lurking on the roads. The behaviors of other drivers often ranks near the top of these risks. One particularly harmful problem involves drowsy driving.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) carefully dissects the true dangers of drowsy driving. Though it isn’t often given as much attention as driving under the influence or distracted driving, it actually mimics the risks inherent in those issues very closely. For example, a drowsy driver may:
- Have trouble concentrating, focusing, and remembering things
- Have slow reaction times
- Be easily confused by their surroundings
- Be unable to predict potentially dangerous situations and avoid them as they appear
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also discusses drowsy driving in terms of why it is becoming a more prevalent problem in our society lately. There are several factors that can increase a driver’s chance of nodding off at the wheel. This includes working unusual shifts such as overnight or graveyard, being on medication that causes drowsiness, not getting enough sleep, or having untreated sleep disorders.
There is also societal pressure that may play a role in the lack of sleep drivers are getting. Many drivers are also workers who have long shifts, or who work in industries that may reward potentially dangerous driving behaviors. The trucking industry is particularly notorious for this, as they often reward drivers based on how much distance they can cover in a day.
Through this alone, it can be seen that drowsy driving is more widespread than some people may believe. Beyond that, it also has a very real impact on the safety of public roads and other drivers who use them, making it a problem that everyone should work toward solving.


Worksheet objects have row_dimensions and column_dimensions attributes that control row heights and column widths. A sheet’s row_dimensions and column_dimensions are dictionary-like values; row_dimensions contains RowDimension objects and column_dimensions contains ColumnDimension objects. In row_dimensions, one can access one of the objects using the number of the row (in this case, 1 or 2). In column_dimensions, one can access one of the objects using the letter of the column (in this case, A or B).
Code #1 : Program to set the dimensions of the cells.
# import openpyxl module
# Call a Workbook() function of openpyxl
# to create a new blank Workbook object
# Get workbook active sheet
# from the active attribute.
# writing to the specified cell
sheet.cell(row =1, column =1).value =' hello '
sheet.cell(row =2, column =2).value =' everyone '
# set the height of the row
# set the width of the column
# save the file
Merging the cells:
A rectangular area of cells can be merged into a single cell with the merge_cells() sheet method. The argument to merge_cells() is a single string of the top-left and bottom-right cells of the rectangular area to be merged.
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I’ve just gotten back in to playing the board game Monopoly (now with my kids). The game is truly no worse for the wear 30 years since I last played every chance I could – including early in the morning, alone, before anyone else in the house woke up.
I had forgotten that Monopoly was made by an out-of-work game-maker and inventor, Charles Darrow, trying to scrape by during the Great Depression. And I’d never known that the first few hundred copies of the game sold by word of mouth after late-night games at Darrow’s kitchen table; or that Parker Brothers rejected the game, telling Darrow that it had “52 fundamental errors” (nice job, experts); or that the history of who really invented the game is hotly disputed.
Here’s a picture of the earliest complete version of the game, handmade by Darrow on oilcloth, and recently sold at auction for $146,500 (HT: The History Blog).
2 thoughts on “History of Monopoly”
Take a look at this Monopoly commentary:


Fault detection on automotive engine components is an important feature that motivates research from different engineering areas due to the interest of automakers on its potential to increase safety, reliability and lifespan and to reduce pollutant emissions, fuel consumption and maintenance costs. The fault detection can be applied to several types of maintenance strategies, ranging from finding the faults that generated a component failure to find them before the failure occurs. This work is focused on predictive maintenance, which aims to constantly monitor the target component to detect a fault at the beginning, thus facilitating the prevention of target component failures. Due to production costs, it is not possible to have sensors installed in all engine components, which makes it difficult to apply predictive maintenance for all of them. One way to work around that problem is to use predictors based on machine learning paradigms, which take signals from indirect sensors from other components and predict a fault. To accomplish that, it is necessary to acquire data that contains both normal and faulty behaviors from the target component in order to train a machine learning method to recognize the defective behavior prior to embedding it into the software of the engine electronic control unit. Data acquisition can be an expensive process as well, as it may require several rounds of destructive testing for different driving cycles, which must be performed in real-time on instrumented vehicles in a dynamometer. Since machine learning methods are capable of handling a certain amount of noise, the data to train them can be generated by simulating the model of the respective engine in which the target component is installed. That process does not require real-time executions and vehicle instrumentation in a dynamometer lab, which decreases the cost of the data acquisition as a whole. This work presents the results of different machine learning methods implemented as classification predictors for fault detection tasks including Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Machines (SVM), Artificial Neural Network (ANN), and Gaussian Process (GP). The data used for training was generated by a simulation testbed of an engine system, whereby its operation was modeled using industrial-standard driving cycles, such as the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP), New European Driving Cycle (NEDC), Extra-Urban Driving Cycle (EUDC), and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Federal Test Procedure (FTP-75).
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Plastic ingestion by Scyliorhinus canicula trawl captured in the North Sea,
Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 130, May 2018, Pages 6-7, ISSN 0025-326X,
The ingestion of plastic debris by marine organisms has been documented
across a variety of taxa including; marine mammals, sea birds, sea
turtles and some fish species. Fewer reports have described ingestion by
sharks, in this study the gastrointestinal tracts of 20 small spotted
catsharks (Scyliorhinus canicula) trawl captured in the North Sea were
investigated. Macroplastics (>20 mm) were found in 2 individuals and
microplastic (<5 mm) was found in one other individual, this is the
first time that plastic ingestion has been reported in this species.
These observations suggest that gastrointestinal analysis of commonly
landed elasmobranch species is worthwhile, to further understanding on
the organisms and habitats impacted by plastic pollution.


In 1953, two young scientists published the structure of DNA, a Nobel Prize winning discovery that gave birth to the interdisciplinary field of genomics. Beginning in 1990, scientists around the world embarked upon the Human Genome Project, with the goal of determining the composition of the entire human genome. The project is now complete, but there is so much more to learn from the genome: how our bodies function, how to prevent diseases, what makes different species unique, and even how life evolved on earth.
To ensure that future scientists, physicians and policymakers are prepared to take full advantage of the genomic revolution, the National Research Council issued a report (BIO 2010) calling upon academic institutions to alter the way undergraduates prepare for post-baccalaureate education. Davidson College has responded to the call with Genomics and Bioinformatics courses, an interdisciplinary concentration, and interdisciplinary research opportunities for undergraduates.
Students can pursue independent or group research projects. Group projects typically involve both biology majors and math majors. Independent projects are tailored to the student's interests, and may emphasize biological, mathematical and/or computational methods.
Research topics fall into one of the following areas:
Synthetic biology is a new area of genomics that blends molecular biology with mathematics, computer science, and engineering. The goals of synthetic biology are to design and construct new biological parts, devices and systems for useful purposes. Davidson College undergraduate teams regularly compete in the international Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) jamboree.
News & Notes
The DNA microarray is a high-throughput genomics method for measuring the expression levels of all genes in an organism simultaneously. Watch this animation to see how they work. Students design and build their own "teaching chips" in the Genomics Lab course, and several students have used microarrays in their independent studies or honors thesis projects. Other students have written software, called MAGIC Tool, to analyze gene expression data.
News & Notes


Veldis-vöndrOld Norse Dictionary - veldis-vöndr
Meaning of Old Norse word "veldis-vöndr" (or veldis-vǫndr) in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- veldis-vöndr (veldis-vǫndr)
- m. a sceptre, Stj. 395.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, veldis-vöndr may be more accurately written as veldis-vǫndr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛚᛏᛁᛋ-ᚢᚢᚾᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Works & Authors cited:
- Stjórn. (F. I.)


It was a long time to wait and you'd have been very hungry if you had a few cans of food and lacked the inventiveness to open the things. They would've been well past their use by date.
In 1795 Napoleon offered a cash prize of 12,000 francs for a new way of keeping and preserving food for the French military.
Nicolas Appert was onto it with his method of placing food in glass jars and heating them.
The process was underway with inventor Peter Durand producing the first cans made of iron and tin in 1810.
The canning method was successful and having stocks of canned food became a status symbol in Europe's middle class homes.
But there was a problem. Opening the cans required brute strength or ingenuity or both.
Fortunately for the hungry masses, Ezra Warner of Waterbury, Connecticut, came along in 1858 with the first basic can opener.
Then in 1878 William Lyman invented the can opener variety that most of us use today.
Bill, what would we've done without you...
Friday, June 28, 2013
Peter Durand Produced Canned Food In 1810 And Forty Eight Years Later Ezra Warner Invented The Can Opener...
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When he's not busy inventing ways to destroy the planet man can be very resourceful.ReplyDelete
Those awful to use old ones still are a thing of beauty and ingenuity!ReplyDelete


Post-traumatic stress disorder is difficult to diagnose, and some might be more vulnerable to it than others, so scientists have been investigating whether a blood test or biological marker can identify the mental illness.
Well, researchers think they may have found one in rats. In a recent study has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, researchers took dozens of laboratory rats and induced stress by exposing them to used cat litter. The scent of the cat’s urine was the source of the rat’s stress since they assessed it as a threat. After seven days, researchers tested the rats for PTSD symptoms using a maze. If the rats recoiled in a closed section of a maze, rather than rely on their natural instinct to explore, they were deemed to be effected by the stressors.
Researchers then analyzed the rat’s gene expressions in blood and two parts of their brain. Rats who were displaying symptoms related to PTSD had a distinctive pattern of glucocorticoid receptors signaling.
The second phase of the experiment consisted of the rats being injected shortly after being exposed to the cat litter with corticosterone, a hormone that activates the glucocorticoid receptors. Researchers found that the rats showed fewer symptoms of PTSD versus the rats who did not receive the injections.
Dr. Dr. Nikolaos Daskalakis, a neuroendocrinologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and lead researcher for the study, says that clinical trials are already moving forward to identify if glucocorticoid injections given to survivors of serious car accidents can help prevent PTSD.


Sustainable drainage systems explained
Sustainable drainage systems, often referred to as SuDS, is a drainage solution designed to control surface run off close to where it falls and mimics natural drainage as closely as possible. Sustainable drainage systems provide opportunities to reduce the causes and impacts of flooding; remove pollutants from urban run-off at source; and, combine water management with green space with benefits for amenity, recreation and wildlife.
Planning application requirements
From 6 April 2015 all planning applications (including outline submissions) for major developments will be required to show that sustainable drainage systems for the management of run-off are put in place, unless demonstrated to be inappropriate. This was first announced by a Written Ministerial Statement by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the 18 December 2014. Under these national arrangements, from the 15 April 2015 the Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA) i.e. Surrey County Council will be a statutory consultee on these applications.
From 6 April 2015 we require all new planning applications to be supported by a Sustainable drainage statement. To assist with this the following advice note and pro-forma has been prepared, in collaboration with other Surrey authorities.
In considering major planning applications, we must satisfy ourselves that the proposed minimum standards of operation are appropriate and ensure, through the use of planning conditions or planning obligations, that there are clear arrangements in place for ongoing maintenance over the lifetime of the development.
For this reason, failure to provide the necessary drainage information may result in a refusal of your planning application and so it is in your interests to complete the pro-forma and provide the Sustainable Drainage Statement at the time of submission.
Designing a Sustainable Drainage System
It is advisable that you use the Drainage Statement pro-forma and consult with the LLFA as part of the pre-application process. To consult the LLFA please email email@example.com
The Government has issued technical standards relating to the design, construction, operation and maintenance of a sustainable drainage system.
Water. People. Places. A guide to masterplanning sustainable drainage into development


Radioactive waste is being removed from one of the most unusual laboratories in the country.
The low level waste is in an area of a nuclear power site containing part of a scrapped World War Two battleship.
The laboratory at Dounreay, near Thurso in Caithness, has a turntable made from a gun turret taken from the Royal Navy’s HMS Howe.
Launched on the Clyde in 1940, the warship and its crew saw active service all over the world.
HMS Howe was scrapped at Inverkeithing in Fife in 1958.
Constructed in the 1950s, the Dounreay complex is now in the process of being decommissioned and the site cleaned up.
The laboratory is one of a number being dismantled as part of the overall £2.32bn decommissioning.
HMS Howe, a King George V class warship, acted as an escort for merchant vessels on the Russian Arctic Convoys.
It also played roles in the invasions of Sicily and Okinawa.
A spokeswoman for the site’s operators DSRL said:”The project team decommissioning a former laboratory has removed the first contact handleable level waste from a cell in more than a decade.
“Uniquely, the cell houses a turntable made from a gun turret which came from World War II battleship HMS Howe.
“The laboratory is one of 14 currently being decommissioned by a team of workers from Dounreay, GDES and Morson Projects.”


Identifying corollary discharges for movement in the primate brain.
Journal Article (Review;Journal Article)
The brain keeps track of the movements it makes so as to process sensory input accurately and coordinate complex movements gracefully. In this chapter we review the brain's strategies for keeping track of fast, saccadic eye movements. One way it does this is by monitoring copies of saccadic motor commands, or corollary discharges. It has been difficult to identify corollary discharge signals in the primate brain, although in some studies the influence of corollary discharge, for example on visual processing, has been found. We propose four criteria for identifying corollary discharge signals in primate brain based on our experiences studying a pathway from superior colliculus, in the brainstem, through mediodorsal thalamus to frontal eye field, in the prefrontal cortex. First, the signals must originate from a brain structure involved in generating movements. Second, they must begin just prior to movements and represent spatial attributes of the movements. Third, eliminating the signals should not impair movements in simple tasks not requiring corollary discharge. Fourth, eliminating the signals should, however, disrupt movements in tasks that require corollary discharge, such as a double-step task in which the monkey must keep track of one saccade in order to correctly generate another. Applying these criteria to the pathway from superior colliculus to frontal eye field, we concluded that it does indeed convey corollary discharge signals. The extent to which cerebral cortex actually uses these signals, particularly in the realm of sensory perception, remains unknown pending further studies. Moreover, many other ascending pathways from brainstem to cortex remain to be explored in behaving monkeys, and some of these, too, may carry corollary discharge signals.
- Wurtz, RH; Sommer, MA
- January 2004
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An article in The Chronicle of Higher Ed by William Deresiewicz, entitled “A Jane Austen Education” has inspired me to go back and read Austen again. So many people love her work and I have not, but this piece made me think there was more there that I might have missed. (And, of course, after reading, I can then go read the zombie version!) The article is really about teaching. The author took the lessons he learned from a professor who was his inspiration, re-learned them through Austen, and applied them to his teaching in a way that changed his pedagogy for the better. I am intrigued and the story is an interesting one. I suggest you read it all, but here is one paragraph which speaks of how he changed.
He taught by asking questions, and so did I, but only now did I see how utterly different our questions were. Mine were really only answers in disguise, as if I were hosting some sadistic form of Jeopardy! I wasn’t a teacher, I was a bully. My students were the Catherines, coming to the marvelous world of college, bustling with new sights and possibilities, just as she had come, wide-eyed, to Bath. But I wasn’t Henry, I was Isabella. I wasn’t helping them, I was manipulating them"”and doing so, to a far greater extent than I wanted to admit, in order to gratify my own ego. I was telling them what to think, even if, by trying to get them to say it first"”in other words, by putting words in their mouths"”I was pretending not to. I was trying to turn them into little versions of me, instead of better versions of themselves.
I want to make sure I am not doing this. How can I help my students to learn to think and to teach me?


Model School Policy Initiative
Initiative working to provide Educational Institutions with materials to aid in LGBTQ inclusive policymaking.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) students are a historically underserved population in Educational Institutions. LGBTQ students are disproportionately affected by depression, anxiety, isolation, harassment, assault, self-harm, hate crimes, homelessness, substance abuse, increased disengagement, and lower performance in schools. They face these similar adversities during this critical time, and face these hardships at a significantly higher rate than their peers.
It's critical that schools promote an environment that is conducive for all students to succeed. Our organization is paving the way for a learning environment that all students can succeed in.
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This program works to provide educational institutions with policies that aim to:
Reduce the educational attainment gap between LGBTQ students and heterosexual students
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This program works to provide educational institutions with various materials to ensure that policymaking does not discriminate against LGBTQ students, and provides for the unique needs LGBTQ students may have. These materials include research-based issue briefs, model school policies, and other materials to assist in YPA’s advising efforts towards educational institutions. Through this program’s ability to foster an accepting and supportive school climate through effective policy implementation, the long-term effects of this disproportionate victimization of LGBTQ students can be mitigated.
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As I was watching the CBC evening national news, I was startled to see a piece on beekeeping near Sochi, Russia. The reporter talked about a group of folks called the Adyghe (Ah-dee-gee), or Circassian, people who have lived in the Caucasus Mountains just north of Sochi for thousands of years. They were among the indigenous people pushed further into hiding when the Russians expanded their empire in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The news piece reported how the natives were left out of the opening ceremonies and left out of the billions spent on infrastructure in Sochi. Instead, the mountain people were given no new roads, no train station, no attention – even though they are just 50 kilometres from the Olympic venue.
Nevertheless, the Circassians hoped the games would draw some tourists up the mountains. With that in mind, they built a beautiful honey museum and shop – bees, honey, and wax have long been part of the culture and trade of these people. The CBC reporter and camera crew drove up to the villages of Bolshoy (Big) Kishmai and Mali (Little) Kishmai and found they were the only visitors. There were no tourists. As safety is a valid concern throughout Russia, and because there are no decent roads and no promotion of the Circassian area inside the Sochi Games site, visitors simply did not head up into the hills to learn about the indigenous culture. Or to buy honey. It was pretty depressing to see.


Quarryville became a Borough in 1892, but its origin goes back to 1775 when Martin Barr acquired several thousand acres encompassing an area that included what is now Quarryville Borough. The town was officially named Quarryville in 1837, and the first post office opened in 1849. Before 1837 the area was known as Barr’s Quarries.
Martin’s son, Abram Barr, is reported to be the first to take limestone from the area in 1820, and the settlement was due mainly to the development of limestone quarries. In 1858, the area’s 12 quarries, employing over 100 men, produced 600,000 bushels of lime. With this kind of industry, others soon followed. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, churches, hotels, and other businesses began to appear.
Geographically, the borough is the hub of southern Lancaster County. It covers approximately 1.3 square miles and boasts a population of around 2,700 residents.
Here’s your chance to own a copy of the 1899 map of Quarryville Borough created from a 600 dpi scan of plate 75 from the 1899 Atlas of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Size: 18″ x 24″.
These reproductions are brand new and perfect for framing, but some of the scanned originals contained small tears and watermark damage. Many have been digitally removed, although some remain. However, these imperfections bring a sense of wabi-sabi to these beautiful posters.
Museum-quality posters made on thick matte paper. Add a wonderful accent to your room and office with these posters that will brighten any environment.
• Size: 18″ x 24″
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan


Numéro 3 : gestion de données avancées
In the last issues of our series “m+p Analyzer Basics” we showed basic features of 2D charts such as formatting and positioning and more advanced features such as different types of cursors and reference traces. This issue is dedicated to data manipulation. The m+p Analyzer provides a rich set of data manipulations within packages like "modal analysis", "rotational analysis" and "acoustic analysis". Yet basic analysis features are included in the 2D charts which come with the standard licence and are available to all customers.
The 2D chart can be configured to perform basic calculations on the data it currently shows. These functions include integration and differentiation in time and frequency domain, octave spectra with A-, B-, C-weighting, orbit plots and many more. All calculations may be chained consecutively in arbitrary order and will be applied during run time. The following animation shows how acceleration data can be integrated to velocity or displacement during the time of measurement.
Application Example: Orbit Plot of a Journal
For an application example we will use our demonstrator for rotational analysis such as balancing and orbit analysis.
On the left journal we placed two accelerometers to measure vibrations in X- and Y-direction. Within the chart we can now integrate these accelerations twice to get the displacement and then setup an orbit plot. This will show us the movement of the journal in the X-Y-plane during the run-down of the demonstrator.
In a real world application, one is typically interested in time histories and spectra as well. In that case we would setup different charts showing the desired metrics. The following animation shows a typical setup and how to export and import such a setup for repeated use.


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The internet has pushed the reform that occurred in journalism because everyone would have a chance to express his/her opinions, and do something to affect the world. Participatory journalism is one direct appearance. As a result, everyone could be a reporter online. Behind that is what we called online activism, which I believe is some people who play an active role online in response to some significant events that happen around us. Online activism is a very important part of digital leadership because it decides whether you are passively fulfilled by all kind of information and influenced by kind of opinions, or actively share your own valuable thoughts to “lead” others.
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So, some people may wonder how much they could change the world from merely behind a keyboard. I would say the power is huge. In China, there is a group of people called keyboard men to appear on the internet that would direct the attitudes of the public towards some specific things, although most of the time what they do is pretty demagogic and violate the truth. However, that at least means that if we choose to, we could do things to make our world a better place as well just behind the keyboard. Thus, by using digital tools, everyone would have a chance to make a difference in the community and the world because digital tools allow everyone’s voice to appear in front of the public, which leads to people who have the same belief to be able to connect together, and then, they could do something bigger.
Let’s start with something small about online activism. In the last semester, due to the pandemic of COVID-19, all courses in my university shifts to online forms, which left huge challenges for both students and instructors. As a result, students have faced unprecedented pressure. That time, some students started a vote to encourage the university to allow the S/N grading basis for every course, and which was a success. The meaning behind that was not only about reducing the pressure but is also a reminder for instructors to adapt to the situation they may never face before as soon as possible.


How to Install a Truss Plate
A truss plate is made of metal or plywood and is used to hold the connecting boards in the truss together. You can purchase metal truss plates from your local hardware supply store or you can build your own. To build your own truss plate, cut a 1/4-inch piece of plywood to fit each connection so it covers at least 1 foot of each member. The truss plate is then nailed in place using 6d nails. Trusses should have truss plates at all connections on the front and back of the truss for stability.
Arrange the truss members on the ground. Measure plywood for the truss plates with the 16- foot steel tape and cut them out with the circular saw. The dimension of the plates depend on the size of the truss, but usually consist of 4 12-inch by 12-inch square plates for the top, bottom and sides and rectangular 12-inch by 4-inch or 6-inch plates depending on building materials used.
Lay the plywood truss plates at the connection of each truss. Arrange the truss plates to cover as much of each connecting member as possible.
Hammer the truss plates into place with five 6 d nails on each connecting member.
Repeat the procedure for all connections on one side of the truss.
Flip the truss over and repeat Steps 1 to 3.
Jeannine Lowe is a business technology teacher at McKenzie High School in Tennessee. She has been writing on business and marketing topics since 2007. Lowe obtained her Master of Science in education through Walden University, specializing in integrating technology into the classroom.
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Battersby, Christine. Gender and Genius: Towards a Feminist Aesthetics
1989, Indiana University Press.
Added by: Chris Blake-Turner, Contributed by: Christy Mag Uidhir
Publisher's Note: During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, women were blamed for having too much passion, imagination and sexual appetite. By the late eighteenth century, however, these qualities had been revalued and appropriated for male artists. The virtues attributed to the Romantic"genius" made him like a woman but not a woman. He belonged to a third, supermale sex. As new and old concepts of woman and genius clashed, there evolved a rhetoric of sexual apartheid which today still affects our perceptions of cultural achievement. Genius from the time of the Greeks has been defined as male. In this study, Christine Battersby traces the history of the concept of genius from ancient Rome to the present day, showing how pagan myths linking divinity with male procreativity have survived into our own time. The author explores the dilemma faced by female creators who have resisted the idea that Art requires "feminine" qualities of mind but male sexual energies. GENDER AND GENIUS argues, against those currently seeking to establish an aesthetics of the "feminine," that a feminist aesthetics must look to the achievements of women artists in the past as well as in the present.
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We know learner agency is important for our students to develop: to learn to advocate for themselves, to make choices, to practice self-awareness and an understanding of themselves as learners. But even though we want our students to take ownership and be agents of their own learning, many of our traditional teaching structures prevent this from happening. It isn’t just about offering students choices, but being intentional about those choices, trusting our students to make the right choice – and being prepared to reflect and learn with them when they don’t.Lori outlines how, if the choices students make don't work out as anticipated, reflection helps them consider how to make better choices next time. She also writes about developing structures with students to enable them to make good choices and most importantly of all, how when offering students choices teachers should consider the needs of the students as having a higher priority than the needs of the task.
I took a look into PYP: From principles into practice today to pull together the understandings about importance of reflection and learner agency. Students with a strong sense of self-efficacy also have a strong sense of agency. To foster self efficacy, teachers can:
- build in time for reflection to enhance students’ awareness about the success of their efforts and ways to improve in the future
- provide time for reflection at all stages of learning—before, during and after inquiries.
- promote a range of tools for reflection and ensure that reflection activities are responsive and varied
- provide the structure and language for reflection
- co-construct success criteria and provide reflection opportunities that include students' self-assessment of their learning
- provide effective feedback that offers opportunities for reflection and action
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This is the most common way of earning money from cryptocurrencies. Most investors buy coins such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, Ripple, and more and wait until their value rises. Once their market prices rise, they sell at a profit.
This investing strategy requires one to identify more stable and volatile assets that can shift in value rapidly, resulting in regular profits. Assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum have been known to maintain regular price fluctuations;they can, therefore, be considered a safe investment in this regard. However, you’re welcome to trade any asset you feel is going to rise in value;all you need to do is to analyze each asset you invest in before committing to holding it.
Also, you don’t need to buy the most expensive assets for you to make profits. There are thousands of small altcoins that have decent price shifts;consider having a mix of all coins that have a promising future value and are not just popular in the exchanges.
What is fiatcurrency?
Fiat currency is a type of currency that is created and managed by organizations or governments. It is often used to purchase goods and services in other countries.
The origins of fiat currency are complex and have nothing to do with the process of creating or buying currency. Fiat currency was first used in the Middle Ages in Europe as a way to buy goods and services in other countries. In the early 1800s, money was first used in America to buy goods and services in other countries. In the late 1800s, paper money was used in Japan to buy goods and services in other countries. In the late 1800s, gold was used in Europe to buy goods and services in other countries. In the early 1900s, paper money was used in Japan to buy goods and services in other countries.
The use of fiat currency has been replaced by the use of digital currency in a number of countries around the world. In these countries, currency is used to purchase goods and services.


The rate of spread of dengue in Delhi is rampant, with the total number of cases reported in just the first week of November being 1,171. The number of dengue cases reported in the national capital in the month of October was 1,196.
- The spike in dengue, malaria and chikungunya cases across Delhi is leading the local bodies and authorities to increase their fogging and spraying drives.
- The citizens are also being directed to make sure that there is no stagnant water collected near or inside their houses, as it provides a breeding space for the disease.
- Dengue virus is transmitted through the bite of a female Aedes (Ae.) mosquito.
- Aedes is a day time feeder and can fly up to a limited distance of 400 meters.
- Although it usually results in mild illness, severe dengue infections can sometimes prove fatal.
- World Health Organization (WHO) estimates suggest an annual incidence of 100-400 million dengue infections every year, with its global incidence growing dramatically “in recent decades”.
- Incidence of dengue has grown dramatically around the world in recent decades, with a vast majority of cases under-reported, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
- WHO estimates 39 crore dengue virus infections per year, of which 9.6 crore show symptoms.
- India registered over 1 lakh dengue cases in 2018 and over 1.5 lakh cases in 2019, according to the National Vector-Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP).


The history of British slave ownership has been buried: now its scale can be revealed
Slavery resurfaces in America regularly. The disadvantage and discrimination that disfigures the lives and limits the life chances of so many African-Americans is the bitter legacy of the slave system and the racism that underwrote and outlasted it. Britain, by contrast, has been far more successful at covering up its slave-owning and slave-trading past. Whereas the cotton plantations of the American south were established on the soil of the continental United States, British slavery took place 3,000 miles away in the Caribbean.
The history of British slavery has been buried. The thousands of British families who grew rich on the slave trade, or from the sale of slave-produced sugar, in the 17th and 18th centuries, brushed those uncomfortable chapters of their dynastic stories under the carpet. Today, across the country, heritage plaques on Georgian townhouses describe former slave traders as “West India merchants”, while slave owners are hidden behind the equally euphemistic term “West India planter”. Thousands of biographies written in celebration of notable 17th and 18th-century Britons have reduced their ownership of human beings to the footnotes, or else expunged such unpleasant details altogether.


The self-driving vehicle industry has been booming in the recent months, with the likes of Tesla’s latest unveiling of their autonomous trucks and supercars using “Autopilot”, and the less extravagant Mercedes auto cruise control systems. With machine learning technology developing at a rate nobody can comprehend, this also means the same for autonomous cars, trucks, boats etc..
The technology going on in the background that nobody sees is incredibly complex. It comprises of multiple cameras, radars, ultrasonic sensors and much more. Then, with a 360° map of the car, and other vehicles relative to its position, it can manoeuvre the car in and out of the traffic, whilst registering traffic lights, objects and other means of needing the car to stop.
Self-driving cars are said to be much safer than human drivers, as they render problems and do appropriate actions virtually in an instant. However, until these ambitious statements are proven, unlike videos of the manager at Volvo being run over by his own self driving car after failing to apply its breaks, it doesn’t look like everybody is convinced. Despite this, numerous videos have been uploaded to social media such as YouTube of dashcam footage when their car saves them from a costly, and sometimes fatal accident.
But the real question on everybody’s mind is.. Would you be prepared to read a book and trust your car to drive, or better still, to take a nap? Leaving you no control over what your car is about to do. The feeling of an autonomous car is very strange, unlike anything any driver is used to. The concept completely drains the power you have over your car, leaving you crossing your fingers and hoping for the best.
Some manufacturers have already begun not fitting steering wheels in their concepts, such as Google’s child company, Waymo. The race has officially begun for companies to develop their systems for autonomous driving, and there sure is a lot. Even small startups, who have only come into the automotive industry to create self-driving vehicles have started to pop up.


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- Nature & Environment
- Heritage & Recreation
- Issues in the Basin
Over 500 million years ago, long before the present day Atlantic, the shoreline and tropical waters of the Iapetus Ocean, once existed in what is now the Champlain Basin. Evidence for this ancient ocean includes sedimentary rocks such as sandstone and limestone, and marine fossils, such as the Chazy Reef in Isle La Motte, Vermont, the world’s oldest known reef to contain coral.
Over 400 million years ago the tectonic plates shifted the Iapetus Ocean closed. The sedimentary rocks of the shoreline and continental shelf were folded and faulted to form the Green Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountain chain. The great stresses of mountain building altered the older sedimentary rocks by heat and pressure into metamorphic rocks such as schist, marble and slate. The huge compressive stresses of mountain building also caused portions of the earth’s crust to break and move as large fault blocks. The sedimentary rocks of western Vermont and the Taconic Mountains are examples of these large fault blocks, where younger rocks have been pushed up and over metamorphosed continental shelf rocks beneath.
The Adirondack Mountains are a unique dome formation, which started to emerge approximately 150 million years ago. As the dome rose over time, successively older rock layers were eroded away, exposing on today’s surface rocks that formed deep within the crust more than one billion years ago. One of the predominant rock types is anorthosite, an unusual rock on earth’s crust but which is found on the Moon. Recent surveys suggest that the Adirondacks may still be rising faster than the rate of erosion.


In a laboratory-condition economy, subsistence wages do not exist. This is not because it is immoral, but because it is not possible. This principle is called the “[[Iron Law of Wages]]”, where workers who are not given enough to survive … well … they don’t survive and therefore cannot work. “Wage Slaves” and even outright slaves must be fed, clothed and housed, even if not compensated enough to buy their freedom or a better way of life.
So why is there so much talk these days of a “living wage”? Subjective morality aside, let’s ask a more objective and perhaps more important question: How are non-living wages even possible, and even common in our society? The answer is simple if you are willing to take a closer look.
Plenty of people obviously DO live on “non-living wages”, or more accurately, while receiving them. This means they must have other means to survive. Secondary employment. Social Security. Off-the-books income. And perhaps the most common — other household income — is the most abused in terms of statistics, where even one person with a meager income counts as a household where someone is living beneath a “living wage”, be it in a hovel or a mansion. But I digress.
What is the consequence of underemployment? Public assistance. And what is the (unintended) consequence of public assistance? Underemployment. (The cost of living is thence shifted from employers to taxpayers, and the fault lies at the feet of government, not business.) There is a huge market for non-living wages because (in part) there are so many people on such assistance that don’t need a living wage.
It’s a jumble of misconstrued causes and effects.
We could also discuss [[Efficiency wages]], but let’s leave that for another time.


Language is part of one’s identity and culture. From a linguistics point of view, each of us has our language, called idiolect, which is part of who we are. On a larger scale, languages tell us a lot about the people that speak them.
I personally think that there is more to a language than just the ability to communicate with one another. There are bigger benefits: establishing deeper connections or getting a job in another country or simply watching a movie without subtitles.
The majority of my students want to learn Italian because they have an Italian partner or they have family from Italy and want to reconnect to their roots. They need to build a more genuine rapport with another person and the only way to do that is through learning Italian.
I decided to study foreign languages because I wanted to explore the world and learn about new cultures. For example, I chose Romanian as one of my subjects at University because I wanted to break the stereotype. I felt the need of exploring the language and the people to learn something new and I loved the whole experience.
Learning a foreign language is a mind-opening experience that goes beyond prejudice. Probably, the biggest benefit is the learning experience itself. It fulfils the need of being close to someone and enables a deeper understanding of each other.
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Weekly Gem #65 A brand new start for an ancient river
Location: This 'hidden gem' is located at the southern tip of Otsego Lake in Cooperstown, NY (see Clue Me! Map). Here you can visit the humble beginning of the Susquehanna River, which grows enormously over its 450 mile length, adding 250,000 gallons per second into the Chesapeake Bay.
Here's something interesting though. Otsego Lake is 10,000 years old (carved out by the polar ice cap during the latest ice age), and the Chesapeake Bay is 10,000 years old (filled up after that ice age), but the Susquehanna is 300 million years old, give or take a few tens of millions. In fact, the Susquehanna is one of the 4 or 5 oldest rivers on earth.
This river was carving away somewhere near here, and above here, when the continents were all snuggled together in the Pangaea supercontinent. It was flowing for, say, 50 million years before any dinosaurs showed up, another 200 million before the Appalachian mountains rose.
The obvious conclusion is that "relativity" is a term that applies to rivers just as much as it does to physics. By our calculations, this spot has been the birthplace of the Susquehanna for a relatively short span of time, and that the river 'began' someplace else for about 99.996667% of the time it's existed. If measured in 'river years,' this really is a brand new start.
The Susquehanna has seen lots of beginnings and lots of ends, but the middle just keeps on going.
Here's the hidden gem entry from our Clue Me! map.
Birthplace of the Susquehanna River
In Cooperstown, NY, don't miss the point where the Susqueshanna River begins as it flows out of Lake Otsego.
Why It's Interesting
At this peaceful spot, Lake Otsego empties into a small stream which over the next 464 miles grows to become the mighty Susquehanna River, which drains 27,500 square miles (71,000 km2), providing half the freshwater inflow for the Chesapeake Bay. This is one of the oldest rivers in the world, being well-established by the Mesozoic era.


Two Genetic Links to Rosacea Identified
Stanford University School of Medicine announced in March's issue of The Journal of Investigative Dermatology that they've identified two genetic links in rosacea. This is a first big step into discovering if rosacea is linked to other diseases or disorder that affect the entire body.
Working with a biotech company, 23andMe, Stanford University School of Medicine collected saliva samples from more than 5,000 rosacea patients who have European ancestors. Two experiments were run, one with over 2,600 patients and the other with just over 3,200 rosacea patients. Skin samples were also taken from some patients. The saliva samples were compared to view the similarities in the DNA's nucleotides.
Two similarities were found, and in both cases, they were near genes responsible for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases like diabetes, inflammatory bowel syndrome, and MS. With that knowledge, Stanford University is now progressing to see if rosacea could be linked to the development of other diseases.
The other benefit to finding the genetic links is that now there is hope that scientists will be able to find how the different cases of rosacea respond to different treatments. That's been one issue with rosacea, every patient is different. If researchers can link the best treatments to the different rosacea forms, it could mean faster and more effective treatments for men and women with rosacea.


This is the step-by-step, printable version. If you PRINT this page, any ads will not be printed.
See also the animated version.
|After doing this||Your work should look like this|
|We start with the given triangle.|
|1. Place the compasses' point on any of the triangle's vertices. Adjust the compasses to a medium width setting. The exact width is not important.|
|2. Without changing the compasses' width, strike an arc across each adjacent side.|
|3. Change the compasses' width if desired, then from the point where each arc crosses the side, draw two arcs inside the triangle so that they cross each other, using the same compasses' width for each.|
|4. Using the straightedge, draw a line from the vertex of the triangle to where the last two arcs cross.|
|5. Repeat all of the above at any other vertex of the triangle. You will now have two new lines drawn.|
|6. Done. Mark a point where the two new lines intersect. This is the incenter of the triangle.|
|7. (Optional) Repeat steps 1-4 for the third vertex. This will convince you that the three angle bisectors do, in fact, always intersect at a single point. But two are enough to find that point.|


Vaccinations not only are among the most momentous innovations in medical history but also represent a vital component of public health for any modern nation. Also known as immunizations, they leverage the concept of immunological memory by providing antigens that T cells can store for later recognition of the pathogen itself. Vaccination immunology describes this process in more detail.
In this course, the student will be introduced to the principles of vaccination, the components of vaccines, and the types of immunizations available.
For optimal comprehension, the student must have a preliminary understanding of molecular and cellular biology, emphasizing gene expression, protein synthesis, signal molecules, and cellular receptors. The parallel study of the microbiology of the pathogens that the different vaccines cover is highly encouraged.
great presentations by an expert -- lots of great images-- in a concise manner!!
Elegí la calificación máxima, por que la explicación esta bien estructurada.
Clearly explain new and important information. Distinctive style. A great summary of the topic
immunology can be quite difficult to follow at times but this lecturer made it quite precise and concise


K-pop formations are believed to have drawn inspiration from Seo Taiji and Boys, who arrived in the early 1990s and became a cultural phenomenon before disbanding in 1996. They offered a unique blend of melodic tunes, heavy beats, short raps, and synchronized dance sequences that drew on hip hop, rock, and disco. They transformed Korean music and fashion and had a profound effect on young Koreans’ sense of identity and national pride. However, despite the band’s pioneering role, it did not provide a blueprint for the business model of K-pop today. Partly in response to the decline in record sales, today’s reliance on concert tours, marketing media, and talent shows developed later. But the formulas themselves are not entirely new to Korean pop music. This chapter explores talent shows organized in the 1930s and 1940s. Although the conditions of pop music were different then, the early prevalence of the shows demonstrates that public auditions, competition, and audience participation took root early on. Focusing on the symptomatic ethos, signs, and practices of neoliberalism, rather than retrofitting the neoliberal era to the 1930s, the author contends that the music industry recognized by then that neoliberal attributes can be a powerful marketing ploy.
|Title of host publication||The Cambridge Companion to K-Pop|
|Place of Publication||United Kingdom|
|Publisher||Cambridge University Press|
|Publication status||Published - 2023|


The roads in California can be treacherous, particularly for African-American residents. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) study, Americans drove less due to the pandemic. Yet, there were an estimated 38,680 deaths on U.S. roads, which is the largest number since 2007. The NHTSA also cited a 14% jump in traffic fatalities per mile traveled and an overall 7.2% rise in fatalities over 2019. Those numbers are substantial, but the fatalities involving black people rose by a shocking 23%. This is the largest increase among racial groups.
Many factors contributed to the uneven numbers. According to an environmental engineering professor at the University of Connecticut, the reasons include:
“Black people tend to be overrepresented as walkers in this country,” he said. “This is not by choice. In many cases, Black folks cannot afford motor vehicles. And people that walk in this country tend to experience a much, much higher rate of traffic fatalities. We’re talking eight to 10 times more. It’s a perfect storm of a lot of horrible forces.”
Making a longstanding problem worse
In the last ten years, Black pedestrians are 82% more likely to get hit by autos. But the pandemic made matters worse:
- Drivers took advantage of fewer cars on the road and law enforcement’s reluctance to conduct traffic stops to travel at higher speeds – record numbers of tickets were issued nationally for speeds over 100 mph.
- There were often instances where drivers traveled well above the posted speed on surface roads with pedestrians crossing or walking alongside the roads.
- Many highways also pass through communities with higher percentages of Blacks and other people of color.
- Less infrastructure funding in Black communities also leads to less public transportation, outdated road design with fewer safety features and poor road maintenance.
One University of Nevada study was done before the pandemic in 2017, but it came to the unsettling conclusion that drivers are less likely to stop or slow down for Black pedestrians than White ones.
Everyone deserves justice
One bright spot in these disturbing trends is that the information highlights the essential need for change. While this will happen at a governmental or municipal level, pedestrians and others injured by negligent drivers in vehicles can file a lawsuit separate from traffic any traffic violations to hold the negligent driver accountable.


The field of ultra-cold quantum atom gases began in 1995 with the realization of Bose-Einstein condensation in a dilute alkali atom gas. Four years later, in Deborah Jin’s group at JILA, we created the first atomic Fermi gas. Not only interesting systems in their own right, ultra-cold atom gases have many parallels with condensed matter systems. Ultra-cold atom gases are unique in that the atomic internal and external states can be manipulated with great precision and the interactions between constituent particles are theoretically accessible and can be controlled experimentally.
The traditional route to alkali atom Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) involves first collecting roughly billions of atoms from a room temperature vapor and cooling them to temperatures between 10-100 mK. The atoms are then optically pumped and transferred into a magnetic trap. Evaporative cooling then proceeds by forcibly removing the highest energy atoms from the trap; the remaining atoms rethermalize to lower temperature through collisions. At temperatures below typically 1 mK and sufficient density, the gas of (typically) millions of bosonic atoms undergoes the BEC quantum phase transition, which is characterized by macroscopic occupation of the ground state of the confining potential. This traditional “BEC recipe” will be discussed in detail.
Two experiments from JILA will be used to illustrate some of the physics of alkali atom BEC. In the first experiment, the strength and nature (effectively repulsive or attractive) of the collisions between the atoms in a 85Rb BEC is manipulated using a Feshbach resonance. By changing the interactions to be strongly attractive, mechanical collapse of the BEC was observed and an atomic-molecular BEC superposition was created. In the second experiment, vortices are created in a condensate of 87Rb atoms. Originally, single vortices were created using a wavefunction engineering technique involving multiple internal states. Currently, vortex arrays are generated by rotationally “spinning-up” the gas.


Rather than placing your main subject in the middle of the screen, place it to one side and ensure something interesting is in the background that fills the remainder of the image.
This can be especially effective if the background has the same theme. For example, if photographing a child opening a Christmas present, frame them to one side and have the Christmas Tree with unopened presents filling the rest of the image.
There are a few guidelines that can help you place your subject in the frame.
The Rule of Thirds
One of the most popular rules in photography is the “Rule of Thirds”. It is a simple rule that can add dynamism to your photos. Simply, divide the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. When composing your shot, place important elements either along these lines, or where the lines intersect – NOT at the centre of the frame.
For example, place a subject’s eyes where the top line is, or place your subject on the place in the image where two of these lines intersect.
It’s a very simple rule to follow and will result in a nicely balanced, easy on the eye picture. It also helps get rid of the ‘tiny subject and large amount of space’ tendency because you need to position items relative to the edges of the frame.
Having said this, the Rule of Thirds is also one of the rules you’ll want to break often! This is fine – the Rule of Thirds is more of a guideline and sometimes you will find a better image when you break the rule.


IT (Info Expertise) Definition
An introduction of ERP will discuss the definition, benefits and drawbacks of an Enterprise Useful resource Planning system. Individuals typically say a technology is disruptive. Developed nations have benefited from the usage of medical expertise of their health care techniques and this explains the rationale why people in developed nations depart longer than people in developing nations. TELEMATICS – mixing of sources and providers of pc science and telecommunications.
Most have forgotten that Google added important functionality to its advertising service over time after which used its much-decrease-price business mannequin (enabled by self-service) to pursue traditional Internet advertisers. Management information systems (MIS) involves planning for, development, management, and use of data know-how tools to assist knowledge workers and people perform all duties associated to data processing and management.
The proposed definition hyperlinks know-how entrepreneurship to an sum of money (i.e., funding within the project). The service creates a Digital Personal Network connecting all the firm’s offices, which offers a high quality multimedia answer (information, image and voice) easily adaptable to your rising wants. A selected technological methodology , method, use, or approach utilized in manufacturing, software development, communications , analysis, miniaturization , and so forth. For instance, CMOS technology, object oriented know-how, electrotech-nology, fiber- optic technology, fingerprint recognition technology, or nanotechnology.
Two other themes tackle what happens inside small companies engaged in know-how entrepreneurship and another theme focuses on the interdependence between small-agency initiatives and the external infrastructure that contributes to science and technology advances. It ensures that data exchanges between data know-how systems may be interpreted at the information subject level.
Normally, it’s used to obtain engineering and different data needed to evaluate hypotheses , establish completed product technical specifications, write product or process formulae, or design special tools and constructions which are required by a new or improved fabrication process. It is easy for different corporations so as to add Kayak-like know-how to current products.


The Development of the Papacy
Instructor: James Korthals
The pope may be the most visible and famous symbol of the Catholic Church. It is the office of the papacy and its assumed link back to the original apostles that differentiates Roman Catholicism from other Christian denominations. The papacy is said to be the oldest continuously functioning institution in the world. This course deals with papal history which is, in fact, four histories. Papal history is, first of all, the history of an idea – the idea of the Petrine Office. Second, it is the history of an institution. The Catholic Church has had one officially recognized pope at a time, but the papacy is an institution that transcends time. We need to distinguish between popes and the papacy. Third, papal history is the serial biography of 266 men, some holy, some wicked, some brilliant, and some incompetent. There were also more than 30 antipopes from 217 to 1447. Fourth, the history of the popes and the papacy is a mirror of Western civilization. At important points in history, the popes were participants, promoters, and/or critics of problems within Christendom. We would also want to look at the impact of the most recent popes on Christianity, the Roman Church, and the world.
Course Number: CH5091
Course Credits 1.0
|06/05/2023 to 06/07/2023||Western Wisconsin District Satellite 2023||Luther Preparatory School, Watertown, WI||View Courses|


Impact of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls on human and environmental health, with special emphasis on application of the toxic equivalency factor concept.
The environmental and biological impacts of polychlorinated dibenzo- p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were discussed with specific emphasis on the application of the toxic equivalency factor (TEF) concept. Primary sources of PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCBs included chemical reactions, combustion processes, photochemical reactions, source leakages, disposal of contaminated materials, and biochemical processes, while secondary sources included food and water intake, inhalation, and skin exposure. The analysis of PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCBs included high resolution chromatographic/spectrometric and/or sample extraction methods in addition to quality assurance and cell culture bioassays. PCDDs and PCDFs were found primarily in abiotic samples such as air, water, snow, soil, and sediments, and in biotic samples from aquatic organisms. Human tissue levels and dietary intake of PCDD/PCDFs and their congeners were mentioned with reference to values from the World Health Organization. The dermal effects, immunotoxicity and hepatotoxicity as well as biochemical, teratogenic, carcinogenic, and neurobehavioral effects due to PCDD, PCDF, and PCB exposure were attributed to the mediation by an aryl hydrocarbon (Ah) receptor mechanism of action. The criteria for dioxin like activity of a particular compound (Ah receptor binding, induction of dioxin specific biochemical/toxic responses, and persistence and accumulation in the food chain) were discussed in reference to risk management purposes and the applicability of the TEF concept in relation to risk management. The neurobehavioral, neurochemical, carcinogenic, and endocrine changes associated with nonAh receptor mediated effects were distinguished from Ah receptor responses. Short term experiments, bioassays, and interactive effects were mentioned as components in the role of kinetics in the TEF concept. Adverse effects resulting from occupational and accidental exposure in humans and environmental exposure among animals were discussed. The authors conclude that the applicability of the TEF concept is dependent on Ah receptor mediated toxic responses.


Childbirth itself is the surprising magic of nature. Humans are still not able to find out all the little secrets about childbirth. Different babies born in different months weigh differently. Did you know this strange May baby fact?
Did you know facts #10 – My baby:
Babies born in May usually weigh on average 200 grams more than babies born in other months.
We are as surprised as you on hearing this strange fact. What kind of magic is this? What has a month got to do with the baby’s weight? Apparently, it is a general international fact that has been going rounds and has come true in the case of countries with winter in Feb- March period. The reason is that winter is the time when we eat more. Maybe a human hibernation time. Hence, due to low body temperature and high-calorie intake, babies born in May tend to gain weight as the last rimester of their mommy’s pregnancy falls during the winter.
This is the only sensible scientific explanation that we could relate to this fact. It doesn’t mean that the kids born in May would be obese. Just that kids would weigh a little more.
Have you heard about this before?
For more strange facts about babies, check out our Did You Know Facts Series.
Information source: Facts Random History
5 thoughts on “Did You Know Facts – May Baby”
How n why!??? Facts pls 🙂
I would like to understand the reason behind this? Any clue?
So, in my opinion, It has definitely got to do something with the holiday season (which sort of coincides with the second trimester). It is believed that a baby usually puts on weight after 22 weeks of pregnancy. .mother’s hog during festivities and if it happens to be winters, then all the more reason for the May baby to put on more weight!! What say?
I can agree on the winters part when we have lots of goodies to eat. So may be yes.
Do you know if that has to do with the month or the time of the year? And would it apply to the other side of the world as well? May in the northern hemisphere would be late spring in the southern early fall…


Toyota Patents Cloaking Device to Make Car Pillars Appear Transparent
No more craning your neck to see around your A-pillars.
You know how new cars have big, chunky pillars that make rollover safety better, but visibility worse? Toyota may have figured out a way to keep the safety benefit of big pillars while making driver visibility better than ever.
A cloaking device might sound like an unsafe thing to use on a car, but the “apparatuses and methods for making an object appear transparent” that Toyota just patented could make cars safer by turning parts of them appear invisible. It doesn’t involve cameras or magic, just a lot of mirrors. Cleverly placed mirrors can bend light around an object making it visible from the other side. So you’re not really seeing through the pillars, you’re seeing around them.
This is a much cheaper option than adding more cameras and screens all over the place and much more realistic than Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak.
The patent was filed with the U.S. patent office by Toyota North America, so if Toyota does go forward with this technology, we can probably expect to see it in cars in the U.S.
If you’re an optics nerd, you can check out the patent for yourself here and enjoy the many diagrams and long sentences explaining exactly how this cloaking device works. If a big carmaker like Toyota can make invisible A-pillars affordable and viable for the mass market, it could have a big impact on safety and even save lives.


Groins are constructed perpendicular to shore and extend out into the water. Used singly or in
groups known as groin fields, they trap sand or retard its longshore movement along beaches. Sand
accumulates in fillets on the updrift side of the groin, and the shoreline rotates to align itself with the
crests of incoming waves. As the adjustment proceeds, the angle between the shoreline and the waves
decreases and with it, the longshore transport rate. Sand fillets act as protective barriers, which waves
can attack and erode without damaging the previously unprotected upland areas. A groin, without a sand
fillet, cannot protect a shoreline from direct wave attack. A prime consideration with groin system
design is evaluation of the net direction and amount of longshore sediment transport. Successful
performance requires an adequate net longshore transport rate to form an updrift fillet. If the gross
transport rate is high but nearly equally divided in both directions (small net transport), groins do not
generally function well or successfully form large updrift fillets.
When first built, the sand trapped on a groin's updrift side is no longer available to replenish
downdrift beaches, resulting in erosion. When a groin fills to capacity, material passes around or over it
to the downdrift shore, but at a slower rate than before the groin was built. If downdrift erosion is
unacceptable (it usually is), an alternative is to build more than one groin and fill the area between with
sand (Figure 45). This will minimize downdrift damages and limit scour at the groin's shoreward end.
Groins are generally effective only when littoral materials are coarser than fine sand. Silts and
clays tend to move in suspension and are not retained.
Important design considerations for groins include their height, length, and spacing (for a groin
field). Height determines how much sand can pass over the structure; groins can be built either high or
low with respect to the existing beach profile. Low groins, which essentially follow a foot or two above
the natural beach profile, are widely used because they stabilize the beach but do not trap excessive


New: Higher Ed Guide to Esri E-Learning for Planning and Geodesign
The planning field is vast and deep. Planners work in urban, rural, and regional contexts. They work at community and neighborhood scales, or they can work across broad national boundaries and urban megacities. They also touch on themes related to poverty, equity, transportation, housing, climate change and more.
Data courtesy Boston Planning and Development AgencyMuch of the work that planners are engaged in is spatial! Every issue, challenge, or success is grounded in a specific location and can be visualized and analyzed within that geographic context. Yet many academic planning programs do not include basic uses of GIS across the program.
Planners need a wide array of tools and skills to address everything from grand challenges to micro-community scale issues. There are many ways that GIS can be incorporated into planning programs without the necessity of specialized skills. For example, learners could use maps and ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World data to investigate the history of redlining and current demographic trends. They could go into the field and use Survey123 to capture street level data related to bicycle infrastructure and stated community needs. Or learners could add context to proposed zoning changes by visualizing what those changes actually mean.
The Higher Ed Guide to Esri E-Learning for Planning and Geodesign can help you identify relevant e-learning in Esri Academy. The guide is a curated, organized list of videos, web courses, Learning Plans, and other learning resources. Brief course descriptions are included along with course catalog links. I hope that this new guide inspires you to incorporate GIS into your planning courses or program.
Improved: All Higher Ed Guides include new ArcGIS Labs
All Higher Ed Guides are updated to include recently published ArcGIS Labs. (Read this blog about the new ArcGIS Labs e-learning format.) As an aid to instructors, for ArcGIS labs that contain content previously available in tutorials, the former tutorial title is given in the new ArcGIS lab's description.
Higher Ed Guides to Esri E-Learning are available for the following content areas:


A new study has reported that over a million people in the UK have quit smoking since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The findings, from the non-profit Action on Smoking and Health, found that almost half (41%) of those who quit, did so as a result of heightened health concerns.
A new study from the non-profit Action on Smoking and Health has found that over a million people in the UK have quit smoking since the start of the pandemic.
Though many of the effects of COVID-19 are still yet to be established, the virus is known to attack the respiratory system first.
The last few months have also seen researchers trying to find out more about the link between smoking and severe coronavirus cases, after the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a warning that the disease poses a particular risk to smokers.
Accordingly, the virus has been an incentive for people to give up smoking. At a press briefing in July, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described: “Smoking kills 8 million people a year, but if users need more motivation to kick the habit, the pandemic provides the right incentive.”
This has been particularly true for young people, Ghebreyesus adding that: “For young people who have been quitting, there’s a desire to generally be more healthy, and take control at a time in their lives where that control has been taken away.”
The report supports this notion, showing that of the 1 million people who quit between April and June, 400,000 were aged between 16 and 25.
A million smokers have quit since COVID because they know there has never been a more important time to stop smoking. https://t.co/Z10D4YRt8S can help you too become one in a million #TodayIsTheDay pic.twitter.com/HKlH8w1Klt
— ASH (@ASH_LDN) August 11, 2020
Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for Seth Rogan.