New Study Shows That Divorce is Bad For Health
According to recent researches, divorcees are more likely to indulge in unhealthy habits like smoking, alcoholism, avoiding physical exercises and finally falling into depression.
These behaviours are also expected to shorten lives or cause severe mental or physical illness. The correlation between these vital health concerns is proven by the researches of Kyle Bourassa and a team from the University of Arizona.
Bourassa and the team conducted a study on 5,786 adults over the age of 50 from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging. Out of these participants, 4,860 are married whereas the rest were unmarried, divorced or separated.
The data collected the participants’ life satisfaction, smoking status and exercise habits, lung functions and level of inflammation while keeping tracks of them during the period of study and the results predicted that the married participants were expected to live longer than the divorced or unmarried subjects.
On further examination of the data, it was also evident that there were lower physical activities, lesser enthusiasm and poorer lung functions because the divorced participants were more prone to smoking. The reason for the poorer performance of the divorcees was presumably the absence of responsibility for another person which made them lead a casual lifestyle.
According to relationship experts, Chantal Heide and Jessica O‘Reilly, the cause of depression are probably the psychological stress, anxiety and temporary distress that most of the divorcees faced.
The transitions in finance, housing, interaction, sleeping pattern and other life changes lead them to either pick an unhealthy habit or aggravate the existing practices.
The study also concluded that even with some exceptions, women fared better than the men in recovering from the bad habits and in dealing with the post-divorce depression because they are more open to socialising and willing to seek positive changes through counselling or therapy.
The men, on the other hand, were more reluctant to seek emotional support because of gender issues even though that notion is rapidly changing with time.
While not all the divorcees fall into the depressive habit, Heidi and O’ Reily stated that making positive changes ease the symptoms of depression. Activities like isolation for mental and psychological clarity, finding social support groups, adopting healthier eating and habits and lifestyle activities are some of the positive changes that can help deal with the desolation.
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- Living & Visiting
- Coffeyville Historical Society
- Dalton Museum
History of the Dalton GangOn October 5, 1892, the Dalton Gang tried to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, simultaneously. The gang was made up of Grat, Bob and Emmett Dalton; Bill Power and Dick Broadwell. As the gang crossed the plaza to enter the two banks, the Daltons were recognized by townspeople, who raised the alarm. Citizens armed themselves with weapons from nearby hardware stores and were ready for the gang when they tried to leave the banks.
Aftermath of the Gun Battle
In the ensuing gun battle, eight men died and four were wounded. Grat and Bob Dalton, Bill Power and Dick Broadwell were killed. Emmett was severely wounded. Four of Coffeyville's defenders also were killed: Marshal C.T. Connelly, Lucius Baldwin, George Cubine and Charles Brown. Three other citizens were wounded, one of them severely.
Honoring the Dalton Defenders
The Dalton Defenders & Coffeyville History Museum is the realization of a dream of many Coffeyville citizens who wished to honor the defenders. Those who worked to establish the Historical Society understood the importance of collecting items relating not only to the Dalton raid but also to early-day life in this area.
Collections on Display
In the museum are the following collections:
- Exhibits of early Coffeyville history
- Mementos of Wendell Willkie, who lived and taught school in Coffeyville
- Mementos of baseball great Walter Johnson, who lived in Coffeyville; Johnson pitched for the Washington Senators and was one of the first five inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Mementos of the Dalton raid, including recently located court records of Emmett's trial
Opening of the Museum
On October 5, 1963, the Dalton Defenders Museum in Coffeyville was opened, dedicated to the memory of the Coffeyville citizens who gave their lives protecting their town.
The museum, owned and operated by the nonprofit Coffeyville Historical Society, is located at 814 Walnut Street in Coffeyville and may be reached at 620-251-5944.


As a result of Pope Gregory XIII's decree, there were changes from the Julian to Gregorian calendar in 1582:
Change the first day of the year from March 25th to January 1st.
To realign the Vernal Equinox with March 21st, drop 10 days from October 1582
Reduce the number of possible leap years in the Julian calendar, a leap year occurred every four years.
The British government adopted the Gregorian calendar from September
The change was implemented in all of the British colonies in North America by William Dollarhide.
One of the last European countries to adopt the calendar change was British.
After Pope Gregory XIII decreed, the new calendar would be followed thereafter.
The change of the new calendar took place in all of the Catholic countries of Europe in 1582.
But the Protestant countries of Europe did not go along with Pope Gregory's decree in 1582
When the British finally adopted the new calendar in 1752, there was the correction needed to bring the Vernal Equinox back into alignment was 11 days.
Britain's parliament decided to drop 11 days from the month of September 1752, eliminating days 3 to 13. From Wednesday 2nd to Thursday 14th, no dates took place.
Britain's parliament declared that the first day of 1753 would be January 1st. Hence, the English year of 1752 was of only 280 days long.


The Aptanis are warm and resourceful people. They have, for centuries, practiced ecologically sustainable agricultural practices for sustenance. Unlike other tribes in the Arunachal Pradesh, and perhaps in the country, the Aptanis do not use slash and burn methods of shifting or Jhoom cultivation, where the land is burned and reused after several seasons of abundance. The Aptanis have permanent paddy cultivation in specific areas. The cultivation is in wetland areas and not in burned, dry areas. The UNESCO website describes the Ziro Valley as a living example of how people and the environment have coexisted harmoniously without being affected by the modernization of the changing world.
While most tribes of Arunachal Pradesh practice Buddhism, the Aptanis continue their ancient ways of worshipping nature. Their strong beliefs and customs make respect for the environment a part of their lifestyle. The Aptanis are also known for how their society functions through a traditional system of village councils called bulyan. The council rarely punishes the tribespeople for wrongdoing; rather, they work by advising and guiding to ensure that everyone works for the good of the community. The people in the Ziro valley live in traditional bamboo houses on stilts.
The food you get here is basic and local. No restaurants are serving North Indian or Western food. Rice, pork, bamboo shoots, meat barbecued in bamboo, lettuce salads, and fermented pickles are the staples. If you like to experiment, you can eat frogs, silkworms, and rat meat. Apong, a potent fermented rice beer served in bamboo cups, is the beverage of choice


You witness a fire in the forest and you don’t know how to react? The main thing is to have the right reflexes, without putting you in danger. Here are the ways to trade quickly and securely.
Fire is controllable
An unscrupulously discarded cigarette butt starts to ignite? If the fire is manageable, try extinguishing it with water, soil, or sand. lthe most important thing is to smother it so that it does not spread (it can go very quickly, especially in case of drought), as the Sapeurs-Pompiers de France remember. Be careful, do not put branches or leaves on it, as you risk making the situation worse. And, of course, don’t blow it to try and extinguish it. The flames have stopped? To make sure there is no more danger, contact the fire brigade (18).
The fire is out of control
If the fire is too big, protect yourself but don’t run away. Move away in the opposite direction of the flames and hide behind a rock, mound of dirt or a wall. If you have a wet cloth with you, breathe in it so you don’t inhale too much smoke. The second reflex is contact emergency services (18 or 112) by indicating your exact position and giving the most precision on the wildfire. If you are not sure where you are, you can download the “Fire Prevention” application that will allow you to quickly geolocate. Finally, wait for the arrival of the fire brigade.
To continue, here are 6 essential actions to prevent forest fires.


What do dogs choose to eat, if they have a choice??
STUDY: Roberts MT, Bermingham EN, Cave NJ, Young W, McKenzie CM & Thomas DG 2018, ‘Macronutrient intake of dogs, self-selecting diets varying in composition offered ad libitum’, Journal of Animal Physiology & Animal Nutrition (Berlin), vol. 102, no. 2, pp. 568-575. doi: 10.1111/jpn.12794.
Aim: determine the macronutrient self-selection in dogs fed over 10 days.
15 adult dogs were given access to three wet diets providing 500% of daily ME, twice daily over 10 days.
The diets were nutritionally complete and formulated using the same four ingredients in different proportions to supply high levels of protein (58% ME), fat (86% ME) or carbohydrate (54% ME).
when dogs are allowed to self-select from diets varying in macronutrient composition, they will consume at least 30% of their energy from protein.
Protein intake increased from 29% total energy on day 1 to 44% by day 10.
This increase in protein intake was associated with a decrease in fat consumption over the experiment, with the dogs consuming 68% on day 1 and 52% by day 10. Thus, the protein:fat ratio increased from 0.45 on day 1 to 0.90 by day 10.
Carbohydrate consumption remained steady at 3% throughout the study.
Relevance: dogs still possess a "feast or famine" mentality, wherein energy dense fat is prioritised over protein initially. With continued feeding over 10 days, a transition to a more balanced energy contribution from both macronutrients is evident. The study also shows that given the option, dogs do not select carbohydrate to be a significant portion of the diet. The health implications of such dietary selection are of interest.


Joyful emotions - that's what makes it through the difficult moments of life, and to cope with complex tasks. Creates a positive emotional background and help in the fight against depression and stress, the so-called hormone of joy. Knowing their characteristics and slightly adjust their habits, you will be able to increase their number and make your life more positive attitude.
The hormones of joy - what is it?
Hormones of joy called hormones, the effect of which ensures the correct functioning of the organism and supports the psycho-emotional state of a person is normal. In critical situations, in times of stress and depression, they play a major role in restoring the optimal mood to fight with the existing difficulties and trials.
The main hormones of joy believe serotonin and endorphins. The latter, in turn, holds a leading position in terms of maintaining and raising a person's mood, creating a state of euphoria, lightness, happiness. Endorphins are produced by the pituitary gland of the brain and contribute to the flow of processes that improve well-being. These processes include the normalization of the endocrine system, the analgesic effect, reduced sensitivity, improving mood.
But biologists say that can not be a hundred percent shift responsibility for the emotional state on the production of endorphins, as light joyful euphoria - is the result of complex biochemical processes that occur in the body in conjunction with the release of hormones. In particular, we note the fact that happiness is achieved by activation of another neurotransmitter - dopamine. It is also involved in the creation of a positive attitude, participating in the process of laying the responses to the actions that bring pleasure to the man. For example, great food, thrills, sex, joy of the gift, and so on.
Another pleasure hormone, serotonin, largely responsible for the intellectual development and emotional stability. If enough of this hormone, you will not experience problems such as irritability and suspiciousness in the moment when something fails. You will be more confident in yourself, your knowledge, appearance. The tendency to depression dramatically reduced, and you'll get pleasure from his success results.
Talking about the hormones of joy, you can not forget about the adrenaline, because it is it activates muscle endurance, increases mobility, availability, resistance to disease and other stresses. A feeling of power - it is a big argument in favor of a good mood!


3 phases of physical warm-up
Epilepsy is a controllable disease that, some people, manage to remit depending on multiple factors. In Mexico, there are medications traditional antiepileptic drugs and new ones that have a specific dose and that only the doctor can establish according to each case, taking into account the age of the patient, the type of epileptic seizure, its interactions, undesirable side effects and personal experience. These medicines act by favoring neurotransmission inhibitory and blocking the excitatory. Regarding the time that drugs should be taken, it depends on the condition of each patient: in some people it will be enough to do it for 2 or 3 years, in others the periods will be longer or lifelong, considering the type of epilepsy.
Complications of prolonged administration of antiepileptic drugs
Each of the medications available to treat epilepsy have potential undesirable effects , among the most frequent are the dizziness , the blurry vision , the drowsiness and the pain of stomach. With certain periodicity, the doctor will request blood studies to quantify the level of medicines in blood and verify that the liver and kidney function correctly.
According to the specialists of the International League against Epilepsy, when adequate control of seizures is not achieved with at least two antiepileptic drugs, at appropriate doses and for a minimum period of two years, it is a drug-resistant epilepsy. The possibilities of treatment for these patients are mainly three:
Diagnosis of epilepsy
A doctor internist or a neurologist they can make the diagnosis based on the clinical history and relying on the physical examination and some complementary studies, such as blood and urine tests, electroencephalogram and imaging studies, such as computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. From the information that the patient and his family members can provide to the doctor, the type of epilepsy as well as the most appropriate treatment.


The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), which provides new insight and approaches for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, is an integrated approach to assess, demonstrate, and apply policy for biodiversity and ecosystem value. TEEB was firstly proposed in 2007, and has been supported by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) since 2008. Ecosystem services include supply services, regulating services, cultural services, and habitat services based on the TEEB framework. The value evaluation methods generally include the direct market value method, revealed preference method and stated preference method. We also summarized the measures to mainstream biodiversity at the global, regional, national and local levels. Presently, more than 30 countries have undertaken studies on TEEB and have produced positive impacts on policy-making and further application of TEEB. For example, at the country level, it can be used to green economy, sustainable development and corporate green management. At the international level, it can support the implementation of the Convention of Biological Diversity and other relevant international action. For the future, this paper suggested TEEB’s focuses: (1) At the international level, it is needed to enhance cross-sector and inter-regional cooperation in biodiversity and promote findings at the science-policy interface; (2) In China, it is needed to build TEEB methodology from the sub-levels (ecosystem, species and gene) and sub-scales (national, provincial and local), and explore the application of TEEB concepts in local development assessment, cadre performance appraisal, paying utilization of natural resources, ecological compensation and other policies in order to promote regional equity and sustainable use of natural resources.


Canada will be second country in history to send astronaut to moon
A Canadian astronaut will join NASA astronauts on the first crewed mission to the moon in over 50 years, making Canada the second nation to have an astronaut fly around the moon.
The first crewed mission, known as Artemis II, will orbit around the Moon similar to the Apollo 8 mission in order to test NASA's Orion spacecraft. It’s slated for 2023.
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian to walk in space, took to Twitter to express his excitement over the historic announcement.
"Two Canadian astronauts are going to the Moon! And soon!" he tweeted.
The second flight with a Canadian astronaut would be on a later flight.
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency did not announce who the astronauts will be but a current CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen tweeted that it's an exciting opportunity for Canada and that Canadians are humbled to play a role in returning humans to the moon.
In addition to providing two astronauts, the Canadian Space Agency will also provide a next-generation robotic arm known as Canadarm3 for the Gateway, an orbiting outpost that will provide a staging point for traveling to the lunar surface and deep space.
Canadarm3 will move end-over-end to reach many parts of the Gateway’s exterior, where its anchoring "hand" will plug into specially designed interfaces. Delivery to the lunar outpost is targeted in 2026 via a U.S. commercial supply flight.
The original Canadarm was a well-known piece of hardware on the space shuttle used to deploy, move and capture payloads. The CSA has supported decades of missions on the space shuttle and International Space Station.
“Canada was the first international partner to commit to advancing the Gateway in early 2019, they signed the Artemis Accords in October, and now we’re excited to formalize this partnership for lunar exploration,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.
In 2017, President Trump tasked NASA with sending the first woman to the the moon by 2024. The program, dubbed Artemis after the sister of the Greek god Apollo, hinges on NASA’s completion of its heavy-lift Space Launch System rocket and Orion crew capsule both of which have experienced technical issues and delays.
Contact Rachael Joy at 321-242-3577. Follow her on Twitter @Rachael_Joy.


Auto mechanics are routinely in charge of fixing engines, radiators, transmissions, and other issues involving motor vehicles. Unless you are one or know a person who is, you might not realize all the health hazards associated with the job.
What kinds of health hazards does an auto mechanic encounter?
The type of exposure an auto mechanic will endure each day will depend on the type of body shop they work at.
However, below are a few examples of certain health hazards many are frequently exposed to.
- Dangerous fluids: Mechanics frequently work with hydraulic fluid, battery acid, and coolant which can and do cause skin rashes and burns.
- Asbestos exposure: Auto parts, especially brakes in older vehicles, often contain asbestos (a mineral known to cause significant health problems). Frequent proximity to asbestos, particularly over long periods of time, has been shown to lead to mesothelioma and cancer.
- Gasoline and degreasers: Both are known to contain ingredients with carcinogenic factors. As such, mechanics who are frequently exposed are at an increased risk of developing cancer.
- Loud noise: Although noise doesn’t cause cancer, prolonged exposure to extremely loud noises can and does contribute to hearing loss. Mechanics are often exposed to revving engines and machinery that exceed 190 decibels. (Sounds that exceed only 85 decibels are affect a person’s hearing.)
- Tools: Auto mechanics work with hazardous tools that are sharp and powerful. When an accident occurs, many cause lacerations and, in some cases, amputation or deformations.
Mechanics who sustain illness or injury have options
If a mechanic gets hurt or suffers from an illness due to harmful exposure from chemicals or substances, they may be eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits. By filing a workers’ compensation claim for a work-related illness or injury, a mechanic can recover medical expenses for doctor visits and surgical procedures. They can also recover lost wages for time spend off work recovering.
However, many may be hesitant to initiate a claim, whether due to fear of getting fired, fear that they may not be sufficiently injured to file a claim, or some other reason.
But mechanics have rights under the law and shouldn’t hesitate to assert them. Those who need support about their claims should reach out to a professional familiar with helping workers. A lawyer can advocate for your interests, help you with the process, and ease common concerns.


calendar module in python enables us to print calendars on the terminal and other cool functions with the calendar.
Import the calendar module to access all these functions.
prmonth() method helps us to print a month’s calendar. It requires the year and the month in the form of integers as arguments.
import calendar calendar.prmonth(2001,9)
Check leap years
We can check whether a given year is a leap year by using the
isleap() method of the calendar. This method takes a year as an argument and returns “True” or “False”.
If you think only dividing the year by 4 gives you a leap year, then you are absolutely wrong. A year is a leap year only if it satisfies the following three conditions:
- Firstly, check its divisibility by 4, if it’s divisible then follow the next steps, otherwise, it is not a leap year.
- If the no. is divisible by 400, then definitely it’s a leap year. If not, check its divisibility by 100.
- If the no. is divisible by 100, then it is not a leap year.
So, instead of writing all these conditions, we can just use this method.
Get the day of a date
If we wish to know what day a particular date is we can use the
weekday() method. This method takes a day, month, and a year as arguments. This will return an integer value from 0–6. 0 -Monday, 1 — Tuesday, … 6 — Sunday, and so on.
It receives arguments in the format of (year, month, day).
It returns 2 for April 4th, 2021 which is Wednesday.
Print entire year
We can print an entire year using the
prcal() method. This method takes the year as an argument. We can also specify the column width and spacing in the arguments.


An Equitable (and Engaging) Way to Teach Writing in Elementary School
Elementary school students need to be taught how to write well, both for their own personal growth and for their academic success. However, many teachers feel that writing instruction is often left to the last minute and that there is no specific and equitable way to teach it.
One way to address this problem is using writing prompts as a way to engage students. These prompts can be simple questions or statements that require students to generate ideas or write about a specific topic. By having them write about these prompts at various points throughout the year, teachers can help students improve their writing skills and build their confidence.
Furthermore, teachers can also create projects that require students to write about specific topics or develop essays. This type of engagement will help students learn how to critique their own work as well as how to structure an article or essay.
By using prompts and projects, elementary school teachers can help students develop writing skills in an engaging and equitable way.
Writing instruction in elementary schools needs to be more equitable and engaging for all students; not just those who have traditionally been successful in writing. Here are five ways to achieve this:
- Have a clear goal for writing instruction.
- Make writing instruction relevant to the student’s interests.
- Encourage students to use their imaginations.
- Make writing instruction interactive and engaging.
- Provide feedback that is both positive and corrective.


The historical epidemiology of plague is controversial due to the scarcity and ambiguity of available data.1,2 A common source of debate is the extent and pattern of plague re-emergence and local continuity in Europe during the 14th-18th century CE.3 Despite having a uniquely long history of plague (∼5,000 years), Scandinavia is relatively underrepresented in the historical archives.4,5 To better understand the historical epidemiology and evolutionary history of plague in this region, we performed in-depth (n = 298) longitudinal screening (800 years) for the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis (Y. pestis) across 13 archaeological sites in Denmark from 1000 to 1800 CE. Our genomic and phylogenetic data captured the emergence, continuity, and evolution of Y. pestis in this region over a period of 300 years (14th-17th century CE), for which the plague-positivity rate was 8.3% (3.3%-14.3% by site). Our phylogenetic analysis revealed that the Danish Y. pestis sequences were interspersed with those from other European countries, rather than forming a single cluster, indicative of the generation, spread, and replacement of bacterial variants through communities rather than their long-term local persistence. These results provide an epidemiological link between Y. pestis and the unknown pestilence that afflicted medieval and early modern Europe. They also demonstrate how population-scale genomic evidence can be used to test hypotheses on disease mortality and epidemiology and help pave the way for the next generation of historical disease research.
Keywords: Black Death; Scandinavia; Yersinia pestis; ancient DNA; phylogeography; plague; re-emerging infectious disease.
Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


Inventing new things never gets old.
When Frank Hornby created the first Meccano kit in 1898, he gave curious kids all over England construction sets that let them explore the principles of mechanical engineering. Using metal nuts and bolts, young thinkers could build with limitless possibilities.
Across the pond in the U.S., Alfred Carlton Gilbert invented Erector in 1913. Inspired by the girders erected to support new electric railroad lines, Gilbert created building sets that gave kids everything they needed to construct their own miniature cities.
Since then, some of the world’s most influential inventors, disruptors and innovators have used Erector and Meccano kits to bring their first creations to life.
Now, Erector and Meccano are building together, joined under the Spin Master Ltd. Family. With a strong legacy behind us, Erector by Meccano is designing S.T.E.A.M. construction sets for a whole new generation of inventors, curious about science, technology, engineering, arts and math.
Our mission? To give today’s young minds the tools to become tomorrow’s innovators.
Erector by Meccano: Invent the future.


/ (ˌmɛləˈnɒkrəʊˌaɪ) /
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a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
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Derived forms of MelanochroiMelanochroid (ˌmɛləˈnɒkrɔɪd), adjective
Word Origin for Melanochroi
C19: New Latin (coined by T. H. Huxley), from Greek, from melas dark + ōchros pale
Words nearby Melanochroi
Melanippus, melanism, melanite, melano-, melanoblast, Melanochroi, melanocyte, melanocyte-stimulating hormone, melanoderm, melanoid, melanoma
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How to use Melanochroi in a sentence
On the south and west it mixes with that of the Melanochroi and on the north and east with that of the Mongoloids.


Elementary school begins immediately after the maternelle. The elementary-level program focuses on the same objectives as the maternelle program, but is adapted to better accommodate your child’s continuing development. Elementary school aims to fulfill young students’ emerging needs and encourages them to reach new intellectual heights.
At the end of maternelle, students continue their studies in an American international section that offers a high quality pedagogical and didactic framework for integrated language and cultural education. The international section is designed to build bilingual and plurilingual skills, allowing students to develop a genuine aptitude for interculturality.
The Second Cycle: General Knowledge
The second cycle of the elementary program now includes French, mathematics, art, and physical education courses. In addition, the curriculum aims to encourage curiosity and proper social conduct.
The Third Cycle: Furthering Knowledge
When the third cycle begins, it is time to encourage students to take on new and more complex challenges in order to reach the next steps of their personal and intellectual development. At this stage, we introduce students to all the academic subjects that will become integral parts of their education. As French courses become more complex, we introduce literature and foreign language courses into the curriculum. Of course, mathematics are still part of the program, along with history and geography. We also place more emphasis on the arts and continue to encourage sports and physical activity.


Doctors, nurses, surgeons and other health care workers are skilled individuals who take on significant responsibilities every day when working with patients who are in need of medical care and treatment. Although Fayetteville patients may understand that health care workers can only do so much when it comes to diagnosing, treating and monitoring health conditions, patients still trust that their medical care providers will do so to the best of their abilities.
Medical professionals must follow strict guidelines when working with patients in order to ensure quality care, but sometimes workers deviate from the accepted standard of care due to time constraints, fatigue or negligence. Patients might assume health care professionals rarely deviate from accepted medical practices, but the truth is: medical errors happen every day in the U.S. According to researchers, these errors cost about $17 billion every year.
The cost of medical errors in the U.S. is certainly jarring, but what is more concerning is how these errors affect patients. Medical errors include failing to properly diagnose health conditions, failing to give patients proper medications for their health problems or giving patients the wrong dose of a medication, operating on the wrong patient or wrong body part, failing to prevent and diagnose hospital infections, and failing to safely deliver babies. These errors can result in serious injuries, permanent injuries, or even death.
Although some medical complications cannot be avoided, many health problems can be prevented when doctors, nurses, surgeons and other medical professionals avoid making mistakes. According to a Health Affairs report, some common medical mistakes involve medication errors.
On an annual basis, medication mistakes affect more than 1 million Americans. When patients are harmed by medication errors, they will most likely need additional medical care in order to avoid suffering fatal complications or permanent injuries. Researchers claim that these preventable mistakes result in about $3.5 billion in additional expenses for medical care and treatment for complications caused by medication errors.
Medication errors are costly, but victims of medical malpractice should not be responsible for these costs. When patients are seriously harmed by medication errors, they may want to consult an attorney in order to determine how much they are entitled to recover in compensation for their pain, suffering and medical expenses.
Source: VOXXI, “Medical errors costing the nation lives and more than $17B annually,” Hope Gillette, Jan. 22, 2013


December 12, 2013
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Over the years Rav Berg has refered to the holiday of Sukkot as 50th Century technology. Every aspect of the sukkah, the hut that we build to establish our connections, is built according to precise details that allow us to connect to the Light of Mercy during this seven day period. Two of the tools that we use to draw Or d'Chassadim (Light of Mercy) are the Lulav and Etrog, which are also known as the Four Species.
The Lulav is made of myrtle branches, willow branches and a palm frond and the Etrog is a citron. By assembling them with consciousness revealed by the Ari, Rav Isaac Luria, they become a powerful tool connection in the sukkah. Join Rav Berg for this rarely heard advanced lecture from the archives revealing some of the consciousness of the Lulav and Etrog: the Four Species.
Featuring never before and rarely seen lectures from the Kabbalah Centre Archives, Insights From Rav Berg is your opportunity to connect with many of the key teachings of Rav Berg on a wide range of topics including weekly portions, new moons, holidays and more!
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World hunger continues to rise, according to UN report
According to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) released in Rome on Wednesday, the number of people requiring urgent assistance due to severe food insecurity has increased for the fourth consecutive year in 2022. Produced by a network of agencies including the United Nations, the European Union, and governmental and non-governmental agencies, the report highlights how hunger has worsened across the globe, with 258 million people across 58 countries and territories experiencing food insecurity due to various factors, such as conflict, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The report notes that this is the highest number recorded in the seven-year history of the report. Violence and climate change are cited as the main contributing factors. Seven countries faced catastrophic levels of hunger, including Haiti, the only country in the Americas to appear on that list for the first time.
Experts believe it is essential to address the root causes of the issue and provide support to farmers, rather than solely relying on food aid, which only makes up 4% of financing flows during a food crisis, despite 70% of affected people depending on agriculture.
The report also highlights how over 35 million children under the age of five suffered from starvation or acute malnutrition in 30 of the 42 food crisis contexts analyzed. The international community has called for greater prevention and targeting of the issue instead of only responding after the effects have occurred.
The report emphasizes the need for fundamental and systemic change, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres highlights the possibility of building a more resilient, inclusive, and sustainable world where hunger has no home.


The English landscape garden, for all its aesthetic ideals and painterly compositions, was ultimately intended for leisure and relaxation. Small-scale garden buildings lent themselves to lofty architectural experimentation, but practically they provided for picnics, teas and candlelit soirees.
This course explores how gardens were used for eating and drinking al-fresco, in all weathers and throughout the seasons. It looks at exactly which ‘eatables and drinkables’ were most popular, the changing mealtimes of the Georgian gentry, and the role of temples, garden tents and picnic sites in garden design.
Laura Mayer is an independent lecturer and researcher. She holds an MA in Garden History and a PhD on eighteenth-century architecture and landscape design. Laura has worked on conservation projects for the National Trust, taught on academic courses and led groups around some of England’s most famous estates, including Highclere Castle, the setting for Downton Abbey. She has also published extensively, most notably on Capability Brown, and Humphry Repton.
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6 Preface وَانطَلَقَ المَلَأُ مِنهُم أَنِ امشوا وَاصبِروا عَلىٰ آلِهَتِكُم ۖ إِنَّ هٰذا لَشَيءٌ يُرادُYusuf AliAnd the leader among them go away (impatiently), (saying),1 “Walk ye away, and remain constant to your gods! For this is truly a thing designed (against you)!When the message of Islam was being preached in its infancy, and the Preacher and his followers were being persecuted by the Pagans, one of the devices adopted by the Pagan leaders was to get the Prophet’s uncle Abū Ṭālib to denounce or renounce his beloved nephew. A conference was held with Abū Ṭālib for this purpose. On its failure the leaders walked away, and began to discredit the great movement by falsely giving out that it was designed against their personal influence, and to throw power into the hands of the Prophet. 'Umar’s conversion occurred in the sixth year of the Mission (seventh year before the Hijrat). The circumstances connected with it (see Introduction to S. 20) greatly alarmed the Quraish. chiefs, who, greedy of autocracy themselves, confused the issue by accusing the righteous Preacher of plotting against their power.


The FRAC released its newest report, The Reach of Breakfast and Lunch: A Look at Pandemic
and Pre-Pandemic Participation. This latest report highlights the efforts of locals schools and
administrators to make meals available to children throughout the pandemic, as well as the
successes of the nationwide school nutrition waivers that were signed by the Food and Drug
Administration that allow flexibility and creativity in addressing the needs and barriers.
However, the report finds that nearly 14 million children received breakfast and 19.8 million
children received lunch on an average school day during the 2020–2021 school year, a decrease
of 692,000 children and 8.8 million children, respectively, compared to breakfast and lunch
participation rates in the 2018–2019 school year — the last full school year prior to the
pandemic. These trends were consistent across nearly all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
FRAC suggests in this report that schools must take this opportunity to make permanent the
increased access to meals, taking measures such as moving breakfast out of the cafeteria and
ensuring that children have adequate time to eat lunch. More broadly, they call on policymakers
to make schools meals available to all children at no cost through the Universal School Meals
Program Act of 2021, thus helping to address child hunger and removing financial burdens from


What are the differences between an entrepreneurial marketing strategy and a large corporation’s marketing strategy?Please provide an example of each. What differences and similarities do you observed?
- n the article “Managing Strategy in Turbulent Times”, Perrott says, “Over time, a business needs to manage a balance between conditions of the environment, its strategy to develop opportunities and threats and its capability to implement such strategies.” A consumer products company wants to use Perrott’s framework to analyze possible strategic gaps and capability gaps as it seeks to bring a new line of environmentally friendly cleaning products to market. In a minimum of 300 words, discuss at least three external environmental factors the company must analyze to ensure that strategies will lead to success for this new venture. Why are these factors important in this situation? Describe at least three internal capabilities that the company must develop as it seeks to come to market with these new consumer products. Guided Response: Review the discussion board posts of your classmates. Note their descriptions of the external and internal factors. Respond to at least two of your classmates. Comment on the differences you discover between your lists and those of your classmates. How did the differences expand your knowledge of external and internal factors in strategy management?
- What similarities and differences in religious practice do you see in North American colonies? What similarities and differences do you see between indigenous and European groups?
- Read and cite two articles on a current event or issue. One article should come from a newspaper and the other from a magazine or journal. Write a 700-word analysis of the similarities and differences between the coverage in forms of media. Include speculations about the reasons for the differences.
- Write a 700-word analysis of the similarities and differences between the coverage in forms of media. Include speculations about the reasons for the differences.
- Suggest one (1) strategy to improve the marketing mix of the selected health care establishment. Support your strategy by highlighting one (1) benefit of (1) portfolio analysis and providing two (2) examples that display differential advantages.
- B2B Marketing, Marketing Information Systems and Measuring Marketing Activities
- Entrepreneurial Motivation and Rewards
- individual report that will contain the construction of a case study of the entrepreneurial service sector start-up new venture discussed in Assignment 1 and a business plan showing proposals on how to achieve an appropriate sales capability for your new firm.


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contraction of when is:When's the show over?
contraction of when does:When's the next train leave?
contraction of when has:When's he ever been an authority?
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My life has been based on 'whens;' and first they have turned to 'ifs,' and then they have vanished away.Wives and Daughters|Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
After a moment he asked: Whens that furniture of yours coming?Full-Back Foster|Ralph Henry Barbour
Fro whens cometh thyn inyquyte, but of a fals wylle, plunged in thabysme of avaryce.Historical Parallels, vol 2 of 3)|Arthur Thomas Malkin
If ye lay me 'longside that girl wi' the gooc—goeeldy hair, I'll stan' someat stiff at the 'Kite's Nest' whens we get hic—'ome.Gwen Wynn|Mayne Reid
Of which men schulden gladly herken and enquere with al here herte, to wyte, what is penitence, and whens is cleped penitence?The English Novel|Sidney Lanier


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- May 17, 1729 (aged 53) Leicestershire England
Samuel Clarke, (born Oct. 11, 1675, Norwich, Norfolk, Eng.—died May 17, 1729, Leicestershire), theologian, philosopher, and exponent of Newtonian physics, remembered for his influence on 18th-century English theology and philosophy.
In 1698 Clarke became a chaplain to the bishop of Norwich and in 1706 to Queen Anne. In 1704–05 he gave two sets of lectures, published as A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God (1705) and A Discourse Concerning the Unchangeable Obligations of Natural Religion (1706). In the first set he attempted to prove the existence of God by a method “as near to Mathematical, as the nature of such a Discourse would allow.” In the second he argued that the principles of morality are as certain as the propositions of mathematics and thus can be known by reason unassisted by faith, an approach sometimes called ethical rationalism. The criticism of religion by David Hume resulted in part from his dissatisfaction with Clarke’s effort to prove the existence of God. Clarke also spurred a vehement and prolonged controversy with his Scripture Doctrine of the Trinity (1712), which led many of his opponents to accuse him of Arianism, the belief that Christ is neither fully man nor fully God.
Clarke was a friend and disciple of Isaac Newton at the University of Cambridge and helped to spread Newton’s views. In 1697 he made a Latin translation of the physicist Jacques Rohault’s Traité de physique (1671; “Treatise on Physics”), adding numerous footnotes explaining Newton’s improvements on Rohault’s work. In 1706 he published a Latin translation of Newton’s Opticks. A correspondence of 1715–16 between Clarke and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, important for its defense of the reality of space and time, was published in 1717 and in several later editions. Clarke’s collected works were issued in four volumes in 1738–42.


ON A February night 10 years ago, John Zebedee murdered his father. As John later told police, he was awoken by 94-year-old Harry Zebedee, who had dementia. When John went to check on him, Harry made a gesture that triggered John’s memory of childhood sexual abuse his father had inflicted. When the older man was found strangled to death, John confessed to the killing. He was later convicted of murder.
At the time of his arrest, John described in detail how his father had assaulted him when he was a child. But months later, John said his father hadn’t abused him after all. “He wrote to me from prison,” says psychologist Julia Shaw at University College London. He told Shaw that he had sought treatment for an alcohol use disorder and it was only then that the subject of abuse came up. “He says that… a therapist suggested to him that he must have been abused as a child,” says Shaw.
The idea that memories can be repressed, only to suddenly re-emerge years later, was debunked in the 1990s, when memory researchers pointed out that the concept goes against everything we know about how memory works. They also noted that it is so easy to implant false memories that it is impossible to tell a recovered memory from an implanted one.
With that, the idea should have been consigned to history. Yet in recent years, it has become clear that the belief in memory repression has lingered among some therapists, the public and in the criminal justice systems of many countries. “It has not ended at all,” says Henry …


13x molecular sieve removal mercaptan
Keywords: Liquefied gas; Desulfurization; Removal H2S
Adsorbent desiccant:13x molecular sieve, activated alumina, etc.
Topic: Domestic and foreign liquefied petroleum gas desulfurization technology uses 13x molecular sieve, activated alumina, activated carbon and related catalysts etc.
Traditional LPG desulfurization and refining have two methods, dry method and wet method, which are generally determined according to their sulfur content and processing depth, that is also called purification requirements. For LPG with low sulfur content or small processing capacity, the dry method is usually used. Generally, whether the dry gas in a refinery is used as a fuel or as a raw material for a chemical plant, it needs to be desulfurized first, and it is mainly used in situations that require higher desulfurization.
Generally, a few companies in Europe and America use molecular sieve adsorption methods, such as 13x molecular sieve, which has the ability to remove H2S, COS, water and organic sulfur at the same time. Molecular sieve is a synthetic zeolite with selective adsorption characteristics, which can simultaneously remove H2S organic sulfur to a very low level. Its characteristics are physical adsorption and no chemical reaction. 13x molecular sieve is the best adsorbent for removal mercaptan. The molecular sieve method does not need to be washed with alkali, is pollution-free, and can be adsorbed at room temperature. However, it needs to be regenerated at a high temperature of about 300 degrees, which requires a process of simultaneous adsorption-regeneration and mutual conversion of plant equipment. In many countries, combined adsorbents are also useful, such as 13x molecular sieve, activated alumina, activated carbon, zinc oxide and other adsorbents.
With economic development, the demand for LPG in various countries around the world has gradually increased, especially the demand for chemical raw materials has increased rapidly. LPG desulphurization is the key to ensuring the deep processing and utilization of LPG.
Molecular sieve for CO2 and H2S removal


Dystopia 2153 is an interactive graphic novel that integrates the teaching of coding into the narrative arc of the story. Set in 2153 A.D., Lance, Freya and their friends live in an orphanage run by cruel robots. They plan their escape and embark on an epic journey to reunite with their families. Dystopia is an educational resource that meets STEM, STEAM and Literacy outcomes. The experience variates between reading the story and solving multi-level puzzles that teach coding with Scratch, which introduces the student to coding concepts as students move through each of the levels.
The pedagogical analysis covers how the product supports learning of the identified skills. The student’s role is assessed by four contrary pair parameters, which are selected to cover the most essential aspects on the use of the product.
The following are the high educational quality aspects in this product.
The supported learning goals are identified by matching the product with several relevant curricula descriptions on this subject area. The soft skills are definitions of learning goals most relevant for the 21st century. They are formed by taking a reference from different definitions of 21st century skills and Finnish curriculum.
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TSHB Primary Antibody
The four human glycoprotein hormones chorionic gonadotropin (CG), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) are dimers consisting of alpha and beta subunits that are associated noncovalently. The alpha subunits of these hormones are identical, however, their beta chains are unique and confer biological specificity. Thyroid stimulating hormone functions in the control of thyroid structure and metabolism. The protein encoded by this gene is the beta subunit of thyroid stimulating hormone. Mutations in this gene are associated with congenital central and secondary hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants.
Purified antibody in PBS with 0.05% sodium azide
4°C; -20°C for long term storage
Figure 1: Black line: Control Antigen (100 ng);Purple line: Antigen (10ng); Blue line: Antigen (50 ng); Red line:Antigen (100 ng)
Figure 2:Western blot analysis using TSHB mAb against human TSHB (AA: 20-139) recombinant protein. (Expected MW is 16 kDa)
Figure 3:Flow cytometric analysis of Hela cells using TSHB mouse mAb (green) and negative control (red).
Figure 4:Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin-embedded liver cancer tissues using TSHB mouse mAb with DAB staining.
Figure 5:Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin-embedded pancreas tissues using TSHB mouse mAb with DAB staining.
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Juneteenth goes back 155 years. As Vox explains, “A portmanteau of “June” and “nineteenth,” Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when a group of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally learned that they were free from the institution of slavery. But, woefully, this was almost two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.”
It seems though that Donald Trump wasn’t familiar with Juneteenth until earlier this month. Last night, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the president proclaimed that because he moved the date of his Tulsa rally, “I did something good: I made Juneteenth very famous. It’s actually an important event, an important time. But nobody had ever heard of it.”
It’s interesting to note that The New York Times reports that Brad Parscale, Trump’s manager campaign manager, also just learned about Juneteenth.
Mr. Parscale conceded he had not been aware of the holiday, multiple people familiar with the conversation said. But he responded that the campaign had held events on Jewish holidays, and last year held a “Merry Christmas” rally in Battle Creek, Mich., none of which were criticized as disrespectful to the people who celebrated those holidays. He said he thought it would not be a problem.
Perhaps the bigger problem is no one on the Trump campaign recognized the significance of June 19th or the history of Tulsa, Oklahoma, where, in 1921, a white mob burned to the ground an affluent black section of the city. Trump has a rally in Tulsa on Saturday.


Through joint research, SRI claims to have established the world’s first technology that is capable of measuring the structure and chemical state of matter at nanoscale due to the active utilization of the powerful SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility.
The company worked in collaboration with Professor Yukio Takahashi of the International Center for Synchrotron Radiation Innovation Smart at the Tohoku University in Japan, Riken and Yusuke Tamenori, director of the Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute.
By using new tender x-ray nanoscope technology, SRI and its partners have succeeded in visualizing the sulfur compounds used in lithium-sulfur batteries in more detail than anyone has previously achieved. Partners of the project believe the technology can also be applied to tire research programs and could result in the production of tires with an even higher level of performance.
As a major raw material used in the production of tires, sulfur has a significant influence on a product’s longevity and performance levels. The manufacturer will apply knowledge learned through tire research and other fields to the project.
Visualization and the measuring of sulfur compounds at a nanoscale was made possible through the research group developing the claimed world-first tender x-ray nanoscope, which uses SPring-8. By applying the technology, the group was able to use coherent tender x-rays.
The research team plans to use the 3GeV-class Synchrotron Radiation Facility, known as NanoTerasu, for measurements of lithium-sulfur batteries under charge-discharge cycling, as part of the group’s efforts to realize practical application of the technology in the field of materials development.
SRI will also use this technology for its tire research activities, which include a more in-depth look at the analysis of the cross-link structure of the chemical bonds between rubber and sulfur. By doing so, SRI seeks to contribute to the development of performance sustaining technology, a key technical development theme of the company’s Smart Tyre Concept.


We have developed an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), which can be used for lake environment monitoring. The length of the AUV is 2m, its weight in air is 180kg, and its maximum speed in water is 2 knots. It has two major missions: one is to monitor plankton distribution in the epilimnion by using its on-board submersible microscope, and the other is to monitor water quality in the benthic boundary layer by using a CTD instrument equipped with multiple sensors. The obtained data and images are transmitted to a surface Research Vessel (RN) by ultrasonic waves, and subsequently transferred from the R/V to our base institute (Lake Biwa Research Institute) by a satellite mobile phone data link.
We use the super short baseline to determine the spatial position of Tantan in water, and a differential GPS when on the water surface. Tantan is equipped with an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler of 1,200 kHz to obtain its speed relative to the lake bottom. It also has 5 forehead echo sounders and one upward echo sounder of 175 kHz to detect obstacles, and avoid collision. A digital video camera (SONY EVI-370) is located behind a clear dome at the front of the AUV and is used to provide a forward view. Also, a submersible microscope (BFDR) is attached to detect plankton and other water-born objects. Microscope images are transferred to the R/V where basic plankton statistics such as species type and sizes can be automatically determined using image processing and pattern recognition techniques.


Six degrees of sexual separation?
Mathematicians see patterns in everything and it seems human sexual relations are no exception.
Indeed, the social networks formed when humans have sex have a very clear mathematical structure, say Swedish and American researchers. They believe their findings could lead to improved designs for safe sex education campaigns.
Their analysis, based on a 1996 Swedish survey of sexual behaviour, suggests the mating game really does show evidence of a "small world" phenomenon. Because some people have an unusually large number of sex partners, most of us are only a few degrees of "separation" from each other.
Published in today's issue of the journal Nature, the investigation describes how the human sex web fits what mathematicians call a "scale-free network", formed by the "preferential attachment of new links between highly connected nodes". In other words, in sexual contact networks, "the rich get richer".
The authors suggest this is probably a consequence of our varying degrees of attractiveness, our increased skill in attracting new partners as the number of previous partners grows, and the motivation to have many new partners to sustain self image.
Since epidemics arise and propagate much faster in networks of this kind, the finding could have implications for health education campaigns. The "well-connected" individuals are the "vulnerable nodes" in the network, the researchers say. If disease strikes them, the consequences are likely to be more serious.
"Strategic targeting of safe-sex education campaigns to those individuals with a large number of partners may significantly reduce the propagation of sexually-transmitted diseases," the paper says.


Monument Valley: A Stark Beauty Deep In Navajo Country
The title for this post comes from this LA Times article, which is part of the paper's series called “Postcards From The West.”
The article is excellent and it is illustrated by magnificent photos and a great video. It is well worth reading. It provides good information for people who may be interested in traveling to Monument Valley, and a fun read for those of us who love the place.
It also includes a time line describing some key events:
- About 50 million years ago: Wind and water start shaping Monument Valley...
- Before 1400: The Anasazi occupy Monument Valley...
- After 1400: The Dine (pronounced Di-Nay) take up residence in and around Monument Valley...
Much of the time line describes the valley's movie history:
- 1938: Eager to bring money to the Depression-ravaged valley, Harry Goulding goes to Hollywood bearing photos of Monument Valley and bluffs his way into a meeting with famed director John Ford. Soon after, Ford's cast and crew arrive in the valley to make "Stagecoach."
- 1939: "Stagecoach" revives the western genre, gives Ford's career a new direction and makes John Wayne a star. Ford goes on to make numerous movies in the valley, including "My Darling Clementine" (1946), "Fort Apache" with Wayne (1948) and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon," also with Wayne, (1949).
The time line isn't complete – it neglects to mention Forrest Gump Point and a few other spots made memorable in film. But it is interesting and worth reading.
On the web page below the Monument Valley article, the Times shows a beautiful photo of Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado, describes Antelope Canyon and then returns to describe photo ops at John Ford Point in Monument Valley.
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How to Recognize a Stroke
A stroke is when a blood clot or damaged vessel blocks the brain’s supply of blood and oxygen. Because of the sensitive nature of the brain, and the fact that it controls all functions and senses of the body, these “brain attacks” can have negative and possibly permanent effects on vision, speech, hearing, reading, writing, even thinking itself. That’s why recognizing the signs, and knowing what to do, is vital.
Being aware of the risk factors for a stroke can help you make changes to minimize your risk of suffering one. Smoking, inactivity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, diabetes, and heart disorders are all factors that increase the chances of a stroke. Other factors that unfortunately can’t be helped include age and ethnicity.
While the potential effects of a stroke can be varied, depending on the part of the brain affected, the warning signs are common enough that they can be remembered with a convenient acronym: BE FAST.
● Balance: A stroke can bring on a sudden loss of balance.
● Eyes: Loss of vision in one or both eyes is a common sign of a stroke.
● Face: Facial paralysis or loss of muscle tone on one side of the face is a common sign. If the person is unable to smile with both sides of their mouth, it could be a stroke.
● Arms: Inability to lift both arms up evenly.
● Speech: Slurred, disoriented, or lack of speech.
● Time: Getting emergency care as fast as possible is critical for stroke recovery.
Even if symptoms disappear suddenly and the person appears to make a full recovery, getting emergency treatment is still critical.


Within this drawing, most likely completed using pastels, we find a traditionally dressed woman looking across to our right. She wears some beautiful clothing which tells us about her occupation and also her position in society. She is smart in appearance, with a white headdress and thick looking dress which is perhaps is a light tone of orange with a ribbon running around her waist. There is also something to the top right which appears either unrelated or incomplete. After constructing the main outlines of form for this portrait, Gauguin then inserts colour into certain parts of the drawing, with green, white and orange heightening the overall look. Whilst being a charming piece in itself, the artist was likely practicing certain ideas for a later painting and so did not consider this to be something that he would have presented to anyone outside of his own studio.
Gauguin adored the lives of the ordinary, a theme which had been long ignored by most successful artists across the past centuries. Though there were some who shared his passion and curiosity, most would focus on the types of individuals that could potentially boost their own careers, perhaps displaying a certain level of snobbery within the art community at the same time. Some others who also featured the lives of the working poor or just everyday individuals, as we would see them today, would be Pieter Bruegel and Gauguin's good friend, Vincent van Gogh.
The artist leaves the date and his initials, along with a few words in French that perhaps refer to the location of this piece, in the bottom right corner. It can be considered one of his better drawings from all those that have survived to the present day. Many no doubt would have been lost or damaged and drawings can be particularly hard to identify to a particular artist's hand. That has been the case for centuries, and has not been helped by the fact that most artists have not seen their own sketches as something worth documenting. In many cases these items have also been dispersed without any records being taken and once they have left the artist's studio, many will be lost forever. Gauguin himself was somewhat secretive about his drawings and did not generally want anyone else to see them without his prior permission.


Sometimes you hold onto produce a bit too long. It goes bad, spoiling despite sitting in the fridge. When produce spoils, eventually it becomes obvious. Fresh apples, bananas, or green eventually brown, smell, and grow mushy. However, it can be difficult to tell exactly at what point produce goes bad. Especially lettuce.
So, at how do you know when lettuce is bad? Lettuce is bad when it turns brown, develops a slick or slimy texture, and starts to smell rancid. Any one of these traits tells you your lettuce went bad and it’s time to throw it out.
Bad lettuce turns brown
One of the first tell-tale signs of spoiling lettuce will be its color. Fresh lettuce shows bright green with white in the center of the leaf. As lettuce wilts, the green begins fading to a brown color. You will see new brown spots forming on the leaves that are distinctly different from the rest of the bunch.
Sometimes you can cut around discoloration, or remove the browning leaves, especially with heads of lettuce. However, if many brown spots occur, throw out the entire batch. Better to be safe than sick.
Stinky lettuce is bad lettuce
Lettuce doesn’t naturally smell. Sometimes they feature a slight earthy scent that comes from the ground it was harvested from. However, the stink of spoiled lettuce smells distinctly rancid. You’ll recoil when sniffing.
Lean in and give a big whiff. When in doubt, follow your nose!
Spoiled greens develop slimy texture
Another key sign of bad greens is their texture. Fresh, healthy lettuce won’t develop a wet coating. If lettuce looks sweaty, throw it away. You might sweat under pressure, but lettuce shouldn’t be nervous.
Slime signals degrading leaves. If you swipe your finger across a leaf and feel the moisture, your lettuce went bad. Time to throw it away.
Sight, Sniff, Swipe – The way to tell when lettuce is bad
A combination of these three tests reveal whether your lettuce spoiled. Check the color, give it a big sniff, then drag your finger along the leaves. If it looks brown, smells wrong, and feels scummy, you’ve got bad lettuce on your hands.


Healthy physical activity in children helps promote growth and development of healthy hearts, bones, muscles, and minds as well as motor skills and emotional regulation. This health priority area focuses on physical activity participation, fundamental movement skills and reducing sedentary behaviour, ultimately promoting health and wellbeing in childcare.
Healthy Eating and Oral Health
A healthy diet is essential for growth and development, and helps prevent health issues such as iron deficiency, dental issues and obesity. [ref:CDC]. This health priority area focuses on supporting healthy eating, including nutrition, positive food habits and food literacy, and supporting oral health and hygiene practices.
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Mental health and wellbeing can affect every part of life in your service, from children and family engagement to staff and educator morale. This health priority area focusses on social and emotional wellbeing and resilience.
Tobacco, Alcohol and Other Drugs
Tobacco, alcohol and drugs are linked to serious health issues including addiction and cancer. This health priority area focuses on creating smoke-free and drug-free environments and responsible alcohol consumption.
A balanced approach to UV exposure helps boost vitamin D levels, while minimising skin and eye damage, and the risk of skin cancer.This health priority area focuses on the creation of environments and behaviours that will prevent over-exposure to UV radiation.
A safe environment promotes healthy behaviours, complies with safety guidelines, and makes sure all children can move around with ease, regardless of their ability. A safe environment is also free from discrimination, bullying, and harassment, and ensures all children, staff and educators feel supported. This health priority area focuses on supporting physical safety, cultural safety and cyber safety.


Communication - Social
Have you ever not understood a joke or felt lost in an interaction with someone? Understanding the social context around us is a skill set many of us have without much conscious awareness. When our brain does not take in and process social information in the same way as those around us, it can result in a mismatch within our interactions. In this training, we will explore components of how we socially communicate and, when our brain thinks differently, how that can cause social mishaps or mismatched interactions. At times, the social information can be hidden to us; this training supports educators to provide information around social context and interaction.
(The Hidden Curriculum: Social-Emotional Behavior Through the Lens of Language)
SNS Learning Event
Hidden Curriculum (Video, Slide Deck, Link Sheet)
Hidden Curriculum Slide Deck for Virtual Training Feb 2023( Full slides, Slides with note lines)
Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood by Mona Delahooke, PhD
Initiations and Interactions: Early Invention Techniques for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders by Teresa Cardon
More Than Words by The Hanen Program
*Resources not developed by DPI, and they do not endorse any product or business. These are free resources pertinent to the topic and provided for your review. We encourage you to do your due diligence to determine if these resources are consistent with your district’s vision and mission.


At just after half past 1 in the morning on the 1st of June 2009, An Airbus A330-203 cruises at 35,000 feet above the Southern Atlantic Ocean. The aircraft departed from Rio de Janeiro at 1030 pm and is about 3 hours into its 10 and a half flight to Paris Charles De Gaulle in France. On board are 216 passengers and 12 crew members. The Airbus has just passed a navigation waypoint known as INTOL which sits about 300 miles off the Brazilian coast. A navigation waypoint is a known reference point with a given set of coordinates and is useful for both the air traffic controllers and pilots to monitor the progress of an aircraft, especially when radar coverage is not available. The captain of the aircraft makes contact with the Atlantico Area Control Centre, responsible for controlling air traffic in this particular region of the Southern Atlantic. The captain advises Atlantico that they have just passed the INTOL waypoint and their next waypoint will be SALPU in about 15 minutes, followed by ORARO 15 minutes after that. The Atlantico controller advises AF447 to contact Dakar, the next area control centre on the aircraft’s journey, after passing a further waypoint, TASIL. The pilots ask the Atlantico Area Control Centre to perform a test on a piece of their radio equipment. With the check successfully completed, the crew are advised to maintain their altitude of 35,000 feet. The captain acknowledges the instruction.
It is the last time anybody will hear from the crew of the Airbus A330. What has begun as a routine flight across the Atlantic Ocean will become one of the most lengthy and complex air accident investigations in history.
You are listening to Inside The Black Box. This is the story of Air France Flight 447.


There are many rewarding aspects to being a Master Food Volunteer, including the opportunity to work with children and teens. As with any job, there are challenges. One of these is knowing how to respond to kids’ behavior when we feel it is getting “out of control”.
Stacy Sevy, a Master Food Volunteer from Fairfax, recently attended a program by Robert Kaplow, Director of Arlington Public School’s Extended Day Program, in Arlington, Virginia. Mr. Kaplow provided an enlightening and powerful seminar entitled, “When Kids Act Like Kids” to convey a full spectrum of behavioral issues that may arise when dealing with this age group and, more importantly, the solutions to them.
As a seasoned professional who has worked with youth for many years, and a father of four, Mr. Kaplow shared what he has found to be the key to learning the language of children: simply taking a vested interest to understand a child’s heart. This is the source of all emotions that become the conduit for children’s nonverbal communication expressed as behavior. Like a thermometer, adults can observe a child’s activity to detect whether a situation is beginning to boil such as a child who distracts his friends instead of listening to your directions, or there is a cool sense of peace and harmony when smiling teens dig into their citrus salad.
Labeling behavior as “good” or “bad” doesn’t do justice to what’s happening within a child. Rather, Mr. Kaplow prefers to describe behavior as a construct that constantly changes as a response to the child’s world around him/her, even changing from day to day and hour by hour. If one looks at challenging displays of emotion as a symptom of a root problem that needs to be addressed appropriately rather than an annoyance (usually a recurring one), tackling it becomes easier, for both child and volunteer.
Do you want to learn more about why “kids act like kids” and how you can appropriately address specific behaviors with them your Master Food Volunteer programs?
Click here: MFV Blog The Language of Behavior Deciphering a Child’s Emotions for more in-depth information and tips for success.
Thanks, Stacy, for sharing this with us!
Stacy Sevy is a Master Food Volunteer with the Fairfax County Extension Office.


Coreless filament winding is an emerging fabrication technology in the field of building construction with the potential to significantly decrease construction material consumption, while being fully automatable. Therefore, this technology could offer a solution to the increasing worldwide demand for building floor space in the next decades by optimizing and reducing the material usage. Current research focuses mainly on the design and engineering aspects while using carbon and glass fibers with epoxy resin; however, in order to move towards more sustainable structures, other fiber and resin material systems should also be assessed. This study integrates a selection of potential alternative fibers into the coreless filament winding process by adapting the fabrication equipment and process. A bio-based epoxy resin was introduced and compared to a conventional petroleum-based one. Generic coreless wound components were created for evaluating the fabrication suitability of selected alternative fibers. Four-point bending tests were performed for assessing the structural performance in relation to the sustainability of twelve alternative fibers and two resins. In this study, embodied energy and global warming potential from the literature were used as life-cycle assessment indexes to compare the material systems. Among the investigated fibers, flax showed the highest potential while bio-based resins are advisable at low fiber volume ratios.
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If the N-word was put on trial, what would be the outcome? Philadelphia native Kyle Bowser focuses on this issue with his popular Trial By Jury franchise. WHYY and the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice will host a screening and live audience discussion on Bowser’s Trial By Jury: The Case of The N-Word which puts this often provocative and polarizing word on trial. What will the verdict be? A mock jury of selected audience members will decide. Will yours be the deciding vote?
Trial By Jury: The Case of The N-Word
From its inception, The N-word has both empowered and demoralized. It has become a linguistic lightning rod, separating friend from foe and defining respective politics and ideals. In Trial by Jury: The Case of The N-Word, Tiffany Johnson, a 9-year-old girl learns the “N-Word” during a Black History Month lesson. The school’s choice to include the word in its elementary curriculum disturbs her parents, who had taken precautions to shield her from this epithet. The parents file a lawsuit against the school, seeking damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Trial by Jury: The Case of The N-Worddepicts the trial and subsequent jury deliberation. The audience then has a chance to have a live open forum to express opinions on the issue.


How to Split a Cell Diagonally in Excel
This tutorial shows how to divide cells diagonally in Excel.
Insert a Shape
You can divide a single cell diagonally in Excel by inserting a right triangle shape into the cell.
- In the Ribbon, choose Insert > Shapes > Right Triangle.
- Hold down the ALT key on the keyboard and draw the triangle in the cell.
Holding ALT makes the triangle snap to cell boundaries.
- Right-click the triangle and choose Edit Text.
- Enter the desired text. If the text does not fit properly, widen the column and the triangle should automatically adjust to the width of the column.
- Right-click on the triangle and then select Fill. Choose from Theme Colors to change the background color.
- Right-click the triangle and choose Size and Properties.
- To change the color of the text in the triangle, choose Home > Font > Font Color in the Ribbon.
Tip: You can also change the fill of the triangle by clicking Home > Font > Fill Color.
- To type the second half of the cell, click the cell (outside the triangle) and type the text you want.
- Press ENTER, and the text disappears behind the triangle.
- In the Ribbon, select Home > Alignment and change the vertical alignment of the text to top and the horizontal alignment to right.
- Format the cell with the desired background and text color.
Insert Diagonal Frame
Alternatively, you can insert a diagonal frame into the cell to split the text.
- Select the cell to be split and enter the desired text with a space between the words.
- In the Ribbon, choose Home > Font > Format Cells, and then choose the Alignment tab to change the alignment of the cell. Change the horizontal alignment to Distributed (Indent) and the vertical alignment to Center.
- Select the Borders tab and click the appropriate border to split the cell diagonally.
- If you want to change the color of the cell, click the Fill tab, and then click Fill Effects.
- Click OK to apply the effect.


Differentiation between fore and hind hoof dimensions in the horse (Equus caballus)
Abstract. The aim of the study was to define differences between front and hind hooves in dimensions and proportions of the measurements in horses of various breeds. 77 mares four to thirteen years old of four breeds belonging to different origin types were evaluated: Purebred Arabian horses, halfbred Anglo-Arabian horses, primitive Polish Konik horses and Polish Cold-Blooded horses. The dimensions were measured after trimming. Means in particular groups and differences between fore and hind hooves were estimated with the least square analysis of variance performed separately in each breed.
In the four breeds studied, the fore and hind hoof dimensions from the lateral view of the hoof capsule have come out to be similar. The toe to heel length ratio approximates 2 : 1 in both hooves. Viewed from the solar surface, the hind hoof is wider at the heel buttress relative to the fore hoof. The greatest difference between the fore and rear hooves occurs in the capsule width, hence while recording this parameter, it should be defined which foot it concerns. The hoof width is the most highly correlated with other dimensions, as well as the correlations between the fore and hind hooves in this parameter are the highest. The hoof capsule width is the most characteristic parameter of the hoof.


Cold Sores vs. Canker Sores
Many people who contract a cold sore (also known as a Fever Blister) misdiagnose it as a canker sore. This can happen for many reasons. In some cases, the person does not want to believe they have contracted the herpes virus. In other cases, the person has had canker sores before, and it simply doesn’t occur to them that they could have a cold sore. In either case, there are some fairly recognizable differences that can help you differentiate between a cold sore and a canker sore: (pictures of colds sores, pictures of canker sores)
- Usually occur outside the mouth: on or around the lips, on the cheek, chin, nose, and in some cases, on the eyes or eyelids.
- Cold sores show up as red bumps that eventually turn into full blown blisters, usually red or transparent like in color.
- Cold sores are caused exclusively by the Herpes Simplex Virus I.
- Occur inside the mouth, on the inside of the cheeks, on or under the tongue, on the gums, on the underside of the lips, and the throat area.
- They show as dark red, round or oval sores that tend to be covered by a whitish/yellowish plaque film that can be scraped off. There is usually a red “halo” outlining the sore.
- Although recurrent, canker sores can be caused by bacteria, viruses, allergies, or general irritation in the mouth.
The easiest way to determine whether you have a cold sore or a canker sore is by the location of the sore. Cold sores are rarely found in the mouth. If they are, they take on a much more ‘blister’ like quality. Cold sores in the mouth also tend to be very small in comparison to canker sores. Using quality products like Lip Clear Lysine+ can stop pain and cut healing time significantly (J of Alt Med, June 2005).


https://www.heatherwoodbaptist.org/ – A lottery is a form of gambling where people buy tickets to participate in a drawing for a prize. They may be sold at a small price, but they can be a very lucrative source of income for the government that runs them.
The origin of lotteries dates back to ancient times when they were used to determine the distribution of property and goods. They were particularly popular during the Roman Empire. They were originally a way to raise funds for public works and were often accompanied by gifts to the winners.
Unlike modern lotteries, they were not intended to make profit. Rather, they were intended to provide a service to the community and to raise funds for public projects that had been neglected.
As a result, the lottery was very effective at raising money for public projects. These included paving streets, building wharves, and even financing the establishment of colonies.
In addition, many states began to rely on lottery revenues for their budgets in an anti-tax era. This reliance on lottery revenue, however, has led to a number of problems for both governments and people who participate in the game.
One problem is that most lottery prizes are subject to taxes, and if the winner chooses the lump sum option, these taxes can significantly cut into the amount of winnings. In general, federal and state taxes take up 24 percent of the total value of a lottery prize.
Another issue is that lotteries often are not well-regulated or monitored by public officials. This makes it difficult to ensure that the lottery is run in a way that is fair and equitable for all players.
Moreover, the lottery can be used as an ideological mechanism that promotes resentment toward certain social groups, such as minorities or the poor. It also serves as a way for politicians to get the support of these groups.
The lottery in Tessie Hutchinson’s short story is a perfect example of this phenomenon. The villagers assemble to participate in the lottery, which seems like an enjoyable and festive event until the prize is drawn and the winner killed.


Indoor heat conditions measured in urban slum and rural village housing in West Bengal, India
Building and Environment
This study uses multivariate statistical analyses to identify building and behavioral factors associated with indoor heat stress in dwellings located in Kolkata slums and a rural village in West Bengal, India – residential areas whose summertime heat experiences have been sporadically studied and inconsistently quantified. During the summer of 2019, indoor temperature, humidity and heat stress index were monitored every 10 min over a 24-h period in 123 slum dwellings in Kolkata and in 101 rural village houses located about 75 km south of Kolkata; and compared to outdoor measurements. Most dwellings exhibited indoor conditions that were above those considered safe for occupants at some point during the day. However, under similar outdoor conditions, indoor heat stress was greater and more prolonged in Kolkata slum dwellings than in rural village houses. The coolest dwellings were constructed of mud walls and thatch roofs in the village, and the hottest dwellings were constructed of cement walls and clay tile or corrugated tin roofs in Kolkata. In the Kolkata slums, the duration of dangerous heat stress during the day was inversely related to the number of rooms in a dwelling, and positively related to the number of occupants. Binary logistic regression analysis showed that crowding and construction materials in Kolkata slums contribute to dangerous indoor HSI levels even at relatively low outdoor maximum temperatures. Further studies using this relatively simple and easily applied protocol can effectively increase the limited data on indoor conditions in understudied urban slum and rural village conditions in India.
Mukhopadhyay, Barun; Weitz, Charles A.; and Das, Ketaki, "Indoor heat conditions measured in urban slum and rural village housing in West Bengal, India" (2021). Journal Articles. 2032.


Shore Meaning and Definition
What is the definition Shore? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Derivations, How to pronounce? Antonyms, Synonyms, Words ending with Shore, Words starting with Shore, Related sentences, Example sentences and more...
How to pronounce: ʃɔː
How to pronounce: ˈʃɪəz
1. The land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water.
Example sentences: "I took the tiller and made for the shore"
1. A prop or beam set obliquely against something weak or unstable as a support.
1. Support or hold up something with props or beams.
Example sentences: "Rescue workers had to shore up the building, which was in danger of collapse"
1. Archaic past of shear
pair of scissors
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What is Collagen?
What is collagen?
Collagen is the most abundant protein in mammals, accounting for around 30% of the protein content of the human body, that is mostly found in the skin, and it is also abundantly found in bones, muscles, body tissues, tendons and cartilage. Collagen is vital for strengthening blood vessels and giving skin its elasticity and strength. The degradation of collagen causes wrinkles and other skin issues.
Health Benefits of Collagen Supplements:
Collagen is used for skin care – It is used as collagen injections to help the skin regain its youthfulness. Collagen from cows or humans can be injected into skin tissue to fill in facial lines and wrinkles for long periods of time. While bovine collagen is less expensive, some people are allergic to it, thus some choose more expensive human collagen. Most people who are between the ages of 35 to 60 years old opt to have collagen injection treatments to improve their skin tone. The effects of collagen injections may last for two years or longer. Many choose to touch-up their injections every 3 to 12 months.
Bone Density is Improved – For people who suffer from osteoarthritis or osteoporosis, collagen supplements combined with calcium are worthy of considering as a choice for treatment. Collagen can help to relieve soreness and friction in your joints as it rebuilds cartilage. In addition, collagen help to strengthen bones and reduce the chance of them becoming brittle.
Improve Hair – Collagen is a major component in hair growth, collagen capsules strengthen hair and increase the diameter of individual hairs, giving your hair an overall fuller appearance. Moreover, if applied to the scalp, it can reduce the look and dryness of grey hair.
Promote Healing Of Injuries – Collagen is needed to repair and rebuild connective tissue to encourage strong muscles, skin and joints. As a natural dressing for wounds, collagen absorbs wound excretions. Thus, it will also help the wound stay moist as it heals without allowing bacterial infections to develop.
Other Uses – Some proponents claim that collagen supplements offer a range of benefits, including: better eye health, protection against heart disease, teeth and gums are strengthened, fingernails and toenails are fortified, reduce appearance of cellulite, etc.


Rampant mislabelling of beef in Korea
According to a report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, a total of 181 cases, or 75.7 tonnes, of US beef labelled as South Korean or Australian was found in food safety inspections between January and August.
This report comes at a time when South Korea has suspended some US beef imports after detecting the cattle feed additive Zilpaterol in meat supplied by a unit of JBS USA Holdings.
Along with other Asian nations like China and many European countries, South Korea has not approved Zilpaterol for use in meat due to concerns about the negative side-effects of the additive.
This report also comes two years after a similar trend was reported when Korea had suspended US beef imports over the risk that they might carry the human form of mad cow disease.
According to the report, a total of 451 tonnes of US beef falsely labelled as South Korean or Australian has been found since 2008. Korean authorities then stepped up their watch after the amount of mislabelled beef rose from 14.2 tonnes in 2008 to 152.6 tonnes in 2010.
After the crackdown, the amount of falsely labelled beef dropped to 67.4 tonnes in 2011, but the incidence has slowly been rising again. In 2012, 83.2 tons of mislabelled beef were found.
News reports in South Korea also pointed to incidences of mislabelling of US beef as Australian or South Korean at the end of the supply chain in the country—the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service said that 85% of the businesses caught selling mislabelled beef in 2012 were restaurants. Reports cited a 25-30% lower cost of US beef as the primary reason behind restaurants mislabelling the meat.


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rosin, also called colophony, or colophonium, translucent, brittle, friable resin used for varnish and in manufacturing many products. It becomes sticky when warm and has a faint pinelike odour. Gum rosin consists of the residue obtained upon distillation of the oleoresin (a natural fluid) from pine trees (the volatile component is spirit of turpentine); wood rosin, obtained by solvent extraction of the stumps, is usually of a darker colour.
Rosin and its chemical derivatives are used chiefly to make soaps, varnishes, sealing wax, printing inks, driers, sizes for paper, adhesives, binders, soldering fluxes, gloss oils for paints, and pitch for casks. Rosin is also used on bows of violins and other stringed instruments, on the shoes of dancers, and on floors of studios and stages to prevent slipping.
In Europe, the main source of supply is the cluster pine, Pinus pinaster, extensively cultivated in France in the départements of Gironde and Landes. In the north of Europe rosin is obtained from the Scotch pine, P. sylvestris, and throughout European countries local supplies are obtained from other species of pine. In the United States, rosin is obtained from the longleaf pine, P. palustris, and the loblolly pine, P. taeda, of the southern Atlantic and eastern Gulf states.


Last week the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, better known as TNO, and the Beijing Institute of Space Mechanics and Electricity (BISME) signed a groundbreaking agreement to establish a joint laboratory on optical instruments for space science. The joint lab will serve as platform to co-develop optical instruments for scientific remote sensing and deep space exploration missions. The emphasis lies on environmental research such as climate change. TNO has a strong heritage in this field. At the same time, BISME is a leading and active partner in China’s space program. It is a subsidiary of the Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST), which is the largest contractor for the Chinese space program. BISME has provided over 100 space optical remote sensors for different satellites.
This milestone builds upon several years of intensive collaboration, including work on the Fengyun-3 (FY-3) meteorological satellite. In a sign of the importance that is attached to this collaboration, the signing was witnessed by high level representatives from China’s National Space Administration (CNSA), the China Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation (CASC), as well as CAST. The Dutch government was represented by deputy ambassador Andre Driessen and the Netherlands Office for Science and Technology.
More information can be found on the website of the CNSA (Chinese only).


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By Sean Graham
In August 1899, Dawson and Jim Nantack were executed in Dawson City, Yukon for the murder of two prospectors. On November 4, 2010, their remains were uncovered by a backhoe operator during construction of a sewage treatment plant. The discovery led to a renewed interest in the story of four men (two died of tuberculosis before they could be executed) who were convicted of murder in the midst of the Klondike Gold Rush. While the details are unclear, one possibility is that the four brothers killed the prospector to avenge the death of two members of the community after a can of arsenic, in the form of white powder, was mistaken for flour.
In this episode of the History Slam, we examine the story of the Nantucks Brothers. First, I talk with Leonard Linklater, the playwright of Justice, a theatrical production part of Northern Scene that examines the story of the brothers. I then chat with Greg Hare, the Chief Archaeologist for Yukon, who led the dig following the discovery of the remains. Finally, I ask osteologist Susan Moorhead Mooney about the process of identifying those remains.
Justice is running May 2-4 at the Arts Court Theatre in Ottawa as part of Northern Scene.
Sean Graham is a doctoral candidate at the University of Ottawa where he is currently working on a project that examines the early years of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He has previously studied at Nipissing University, the University of the West Indies, and the University of Regina and like any red-blooded Canadian his ultimate dream is to be a curling champion while living on a diet of beer and poutine.
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Aftermath: Ypres Cloth Hall 1920
Continuing with the series of post-WW1 stereo cards showing the battlefields as they were in the early 1920s
The Ypres Cloth Hall was one of the medieval gems of Europe prior to 1914. It has once been the centre of the European cloth trade and home to numerous stalls selling cloth from across the globe. This trade had made Ypres rich, wealthy enough to fund its own Vauban designed defences during the long periods of conflict that followed.
During the Great War the Cloth Hall came under fire during the First Battle of Ypres in October 1914 and then caught fire the same November. Some, but not all, of its many treasures were saved and gradually by 1918 it was reduced to rubble as every shell from 77m up to 420mm naval shells fell on it at some point. Only the central tower stood proud, but that in ruins and two years after the end of the war we see it in this photograph pretty much in the same state it was at the end of the conflict. The howitzer was one of several war trophies on display in the main square at this time and appears to be a German 150mm howitzer. The photographers son is once again used for scale, as he sits on the gun.
Ypres was gradually rebuilt, using the original medieval plans, but it took time – the Cloth Hall was not finished, for example, until the early 1960s. Today it houses the council offices and the In Flanders Fields Museum.
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Practicing Nursing opens many doors for you both professionally and personally. It is a profession that allows you to be present during some of the most important moments in the life of human beings such as pregnancies, births, accidents, diseases and deaths so that you can provide relief, hope and joy to your patients.
To learn a little more about what you can learn in this exciting degree, in this article we will talk about the subjects that you will study if you decide on the Nursing career.
Nutrition And Biochemistry Applied In Nursing Care
Previously we told you that having a taste for the study of science would be essential in the nursing school (โรงเรียน บริบาล, which is the term in Thai), and this subject is a proof of that.
Through biochemistry, you will learn the chemical composition of living beings, the relationships between them, their transformations and the regulation of these processes (physiology).
As for nutrition, you will develop the skills to solve a person’s nutritional problems, you will be able to teach him how to solve health problems related to food, you will learn to prepare and administer artificial nutritional support, and you will be able to give a comprehensive follow-up to your patients.
The Health Care Of The Sick Child
Without a doubt, childhood is one of the best stages of our lives, and although we hope to enjoy it without worries, the reality is that many children for various reasons have to be hospitalized or treated medically at home.
Given this, as a nurse, you must be trained to cope with the sufferings of children and learn to communicate properly with their families to achieve joint work in favor of caring for the child.
The Health Care Of The Elderly
Ageing is a natural process of life in which the health of the human being deteriorates, but there is no need for the elderly to suffer unnecessarily during this stage.
That is why this course serves a source of learning to care for the elderly (เรียนดูแลผู้สูงอายุ, which is the term in Thai), to teach you how you can relieve the pain of these people by knowing precisely how to treat diseases that arise in this phase such as chronic conditions, infections and increasing disability in different ways.