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Blood, Volume 129, Issue 2, 263-266, 12 January 2017
Gallian, P., Cabié, A., Richard, P., Paturel, L., Charrel, R. N., Pastorino, B., Leparc-Goffart, I., Tiberghien, P., & de Lamballerie, X.
Systematic nucleic acid testing for the presence of the virus allowed the detection of approximately 2% of contaminated blood donations during the outbreak – and their subsequent exclusion to avoid blood-borne transmission. Identified by serological techniques, previous contact of blood donors with ZIKV revealed that a vast majority of ZIKV infections (over 80%) did not seek medical attention, highlighting the silent spread of the disease in the local population. In early June, more than 40% of the donors tested had been in contact with the virus. The authors also showed that, during the acute phase of infection, patients may have significant amounts of virus in their blood in the absence of clinical symptoms for approximately 6 days. This pioneering study provides a precise follow-up of incident cases and seroprevalence in blood donors, and it also provides important insights into the management of blood donations during ZIKV outbreaks and into the natural history of ZIKV infection in adults. It suggests that the study of blood donors during outbreaks of emerging pathogens has become a key element of epidemiological surveillance.


In this introduction I focus on the hidden, or “occult” side of the internationalization of Japanese Buddhism during the Meiji Period. Th e success of Olcott’s trip to Japan, on the one hand, made the Buddhism revival visible, but, on the other hand, gave Japanese Buddhism too much self-conﬁ dence and pride to continue dialogue with Buddhists abroad. Olcott dreamed of a non-sectarian and all-inclusive form of Buddhism, while Japanese Buddhist sects needed him as “a white Buddhist” only to show their superiority to Christianity. As their objectives and strategies were so diﬀ erent, they were doomed to part with each other from the beginning. But there were some Japanese Buddhists who listened to “Buddhists” abroad. Th ey were intellectuals well versed with Western thoughts and languages, and acted as Buddhist reformers who opened the way to reform movements. Among them, Nakanishi Ushirō, Hirai Kinza and Suzuki Teitarō took a rationalistic view of religion during the middle of the Meiji Period, while Furukawa Rōsen and Taoka Reiun took an experience-oriented approach to religion.
1. Meiji Buddhism: An Overview 119 2. Reformers in the Meiji 20s and Meiji 30s 123 3. Meeting Foreign "Buddhists" 124 4. Aftermath 128 conclusion 130


Jüdische Gemeinde Hannover
»A New Epoch for Jews in Germany«
11.12.2016 – 07.01.2017
In the Kingdom of Hannover, Jews received equality before the law with the rest of the population until 1848. With increasing wealth and prestige, many families made connections with the non-Jewish middle class.
With self-confidence, the Jewish community thrived in the centre of city life. With their ties to majority society, some members of the community also turned their backs on their religion and converted to Christianity. Politically liberal views and conservative-nationalist ideas coexisted in the community. Jewish patriots volunteered for the front during the First World War (1914-1918).
The Jewish community in Hannover developed into one of the ten largest Jewish communities in Germany. In 1870, the New Synagogue was opened in Calenberger Neustadt. The community operated their own schools, a teacher seminary, and a library. In addition, there were Jewish sports, welfare, and youth associations. Since 1924, their dead were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Bothfeld.
Their sons and daughters successfully enriched science, culture, and the economy. Emil Berliner (1851-1929) invented the gramophone and gramophone record. Otto Meyerhofer (1884-1951) received the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1922. Cora Berliner (1890-1942?) was a senior civil servant (German: Regierungsrätin) and a professor of economic history. Dr. Justus Bier (1899-1990) directed the Kestner Society until 1937.
Digital image archive, Hannover Museum of History
|Exhibition:||Deported to their Deaths|
|Duration:||December 15th, 2011 to January 27th, 2012|
|Location:||Neues Rathaus Hannover, Bürgersaal|
|Panel:||2 from 39 – German Empire and Weimar Republic|
|Size:||650 x 2050 mm|
|Technique:||Digital print on Alu-Dibond|


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Olive trees have been cultivated for at least 3,500 years before our era, for their fruits and for the oil they produce. The scientific name of the tree, Olea, comes from a word which meant «oil» among the Greeks of antiquity. At that time, leaves were used to disinfect skin injuries. The Ancients attributed to them antiseptic virtues and the property of fighting all kinds of infections. In the 19th century, it was used to fight malaria.
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- They promote urinary excretion.
- Leaves are also used to lower blood sugar levels.
- They have traditionally been used to enhance the body’s immunity.
- They are used to control viruses.
- They also contain a lot of phenols that help fight the aging of our cells.
- Olive leaf is able to fight excess lipid levels in the body.
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Node. js is a modern web framework that allows you to build rich applications. As a developer, you need to know just one programming language to build an application that can be executed anywhere, be it the server, console, browser, or on your mobile phone. This course begins with explaining how Node. js works and what its architecture is all about. You will then learn to create your first Node. js application and also create a command line tool for Node. js. Next, you will learn how to work with commander. js and use the event emitter because events are a powerful extension that can be used in our application. The course will then teach you to use and define streams and transformers, after which you will be skilled to build a web server with Express. js. This will be followed by taking you through how to read, write, and manipulate files in the file system with Node. js. You will even learn how to create micro services with the loopback API framework and Seneca. js, post which we will scale our node. js application and test our code. Finally, you will complete your learning journey by using these APIs to create a web server, access file system, and create real-time interactions. With this course, you will be able to build your own tools, along with big network and real-time applications. About The AuthorJoris Hermans is a Senior Software Developer with more than 10 years of experience in programming for the web. He has worked for an online directory company creating web applications that hits traffic of more than a million page views a week. Now he works in the R & D department of a big automation company. He has a lot of experience in building large-scale web applications. He participates in a lot of discussions regarding the web and his specifications. He likes to follow new technological trends and hypes.


The importance of ear hygiene
Under normal circumstances, our ears have their own self-cleaning system. The cells lining the external auditory canal produce cerumen (wax), which cleans and lubricates the ear canal and protects the inner ear from particles (dust or impurities), insects and microorganisms (bacteria, viruses or fungi). The cerumen produced moves outward along the ear canal, preventing auditory issues, dryness and itching. This wax is necessary for healthy ears and should therefore not be removed but rather controlled.
In certain conditions, our body needs help in keeping the ears clean. For example, when there is excess cerumen caused by wearing earbuds during long periods or from little jaw mobility, this may result in symptoms such as hearing loss, itching and discomfort.
A range of 3 health products designed for daily ear hygiene, ensuring they remain in good condition, preventing earwax buildup, and lubricating and protecting the auditory canal when it is dry, irritated or itchy, such as from discomfort caused by the continued use of hearing aids or earbuds, and to help soften and dissolve earwax blockages that could result in hearing loss.
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Construction and Building Materials, vol.369, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)
© 2023 Elsevier LtdRecycling construction and demolition waste (CDW) to produce “green” construction materials is an effort to decarbonize the built environment. However, due to the energy-intensive processes involved, it is essential to quantify and optimize its environmental implications in the early stages of development. This study performs a cradle-to-gate Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of novel 100 % CDW-based self-healing geopolymers with the objective to optimize the environmental implication of the production process and product. The geopolymer binder developed is intended to replace ordinary Portland cement (OPC) in conventional concrete due to its significant global warming impacts caused by massive CO2 emissions. The precursors for the geopolymer are red clay brick (RCB) waste, roof tile (RT) waste, hollow brick (HB) waste, concrete waste (C), and glass (G) waste and the aggregates are recycled concrete aggregate (RCA). Six scenarios based on a series of mixtures with varying compositions (e.g., with/without granulated blast furnace slag (S) addition in some cases) are studied. The Life cycle assessment (LCA) analysis provides the environmental impacts for producing 1 m3 of geopolymer during its experimental stage to make more sustainable decisions. Goal and scope definition, inventory analysis, impact assessment, and interpretation are made based on ISO 14040 standards. The global warming potential (GWP) of the mixtures is studied and ranges between 711 (for the mixture without sodium silicate (SS))-1180 kg CO2 eq (for the mixture with SS). Other impact factors studied are Acidification Potential (AP), Eutrophication Potential (EP), Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP), Ecotoxicity of Air, Human Health Particulate Air (HHPA), and Smog. A sensitivity analysis is also performed with varying renewable sources of electricity such as photovoltaics, biomass, wind, and hydroelectricity.


In Ohio, many workers suffer disabling injuries and illnesses. An accident that leaves them paralyzed from the neck down, lung disease from dust or solvents their workplace, or crippling nerve pain from an unknown source can make it impossible for an afflicted worker to ever obtain gainful employment.
For those disabled workers, there is a program that can provide economic assistance. The Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) program pays disabled workers benefits, regardless of how they became disabled. And there are many, little known, diseases that can strike a worker, leaving them disabled and out of work.
A recent news story tells the story of a man who began suffering from strange behavior while at his insurance brokerage. He was threatened with eviction by the building managers for his “disruptive behavior.”
As his condition worsened, he had to be placed in a memory care facility before he had reached age 40. He had fallen victim to frontotemporal degeneration (FTD). A degenerative brain disease, it progressively disables a person as they loose self-control, engage in inappropriate social behavior, and their language skills degrade.
His wife and his parents struggled to figure out what had happened to the man, and his wife was devastated by the diagnosis.
FTD is often misdiagnosed as another mental impairment, like Alzheimer’s or nerve disorder, like Parkinson’s. It is rare enough that many doctors have never seen a case. This can be a trying struggle for the family, as they attempt to find help for the victim and manage financially without the income they had formerly provided.
SSDI can help disabled workers suffering from FTD and any other disabling condition.
Source: Daily Herald, “Family struggles with pain as early dementia claims husband, father,” Susan Dibble, August 21, 2013


School Nutrition Program
EATING THE RAINBOW
Eating the Rainbow (ETR) is an exciting school-wide nutrition program implemented by the PTA to encourage children and their families to increase their intake of colorful fruits and vegetables. The program highlights one week where each day, students bring to school fruits and vegetables for snack and lunch based on the color theme of that day. Students are immersed in nutrition education through decorations, activities, assemblies, and specialty area involvement. The goal is to motivate children to eat healthy foods by making it fun and widely appealing.
Eating the Rainbow, School Nutrition Program was created by four mothers who wanted to encourage their children to eat more fruits and vegetables. We were teaching our children healthy eating habits at home only to have our efforts go unsupported by society. As we reached out to the community, we found that we were not alone in our struggle. Soon our simple idea blossomed into an entire school-wide educational program.
It is vital that this program be established in schools for children to understand the importance of nutrition. We believe that when children are educated in nutrition and are given clear answers as to WHY they need to eat their fruits and vegetables, they will establish healthy eating habits at an early age. They will also be empowered with the knowledge to make healthier decisions on a daily basis. It is our hope that this program will assist parents at home in the everyday battle of healthy vs. unhealthy choices.
Eating the Rainbow is a dynamic program that can evolve and continue to expand. We hope that you use this program to its fullest potential. Please feel free to share your ideas to help us grow the program. CommUNITY begins right here and together we can take strides towards ensuring a healthy future for our children. It can be achieved if we work together.


Aim: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the bactericidal effects of different disinfection methods against microbial biofilms grown in root canals.
Methods: A total of 300 freshly-extracted human teeth were infected with microbial pathogens. The biofilm formation and the effects of laser therapy, photodynamic therapy (PDT), iontophoresis, and disinfection with irrigating solutions were evaluated by counting the generations of microbial cells in the samples of root canals and by scanning electron microscopy.
Results: Enterococcus faecalis and other Gram-positive cocci demonstrated highest sensitivity to the methods of antibacterial action compared here. In most of the cases observed, the antibacterial treatment was less effective against Gram-negative bacteria in dental biofilms. The biofilms that were most difficult to eliminate were those formed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Iontophoresis treatment with iodine and chemical disinfection with hypochlorite and chlorhexidine demonstrated the most powerful bactericidal effect. When PDT was applied with Fotosan as a photosensitizer, better disinfection was achieved in comparison to the other lasers alone.
Conclusion: The comparison of these different strategies for endodontic treatment showed that hypochlorite, followed by the chlorhexidine irrigant in our experimental conditions, gave the most satisfactory results against the formation of bacterial biofilms in the root canals.
Keywords: antimicrobial activity; biofilm; disinfection; endodontic infection; root canal.
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The “Main Street of America,” U.S. Route 66, was officially decertified on this day in 1985 when the American Association of State Highway and Transportation officials voted to remove all of its highway signs. The road, which gained a highway designation in 1926, stretched from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, over the course of roughly 2,200 miles.
The road follows a path originally forged in 1857 by U.S. Navy Lieutenant Edward Beale and his pack of camels. Before Route 66 became a highway the path had become a popular passageway for people heading west. Over the years, horses and wagons gave way to cars and trucks. By the 1950s, new multi-lane highways became the norm around the country due to government expansion programs. Many of these freshly paved roadways bypassed the old two lane Route 66. The new freeways would eventually lead to the decertification of the Mother Road, but the history of Route 66 is far from over.
These days, Route 66 is more of a tourist destination than anything else. Many old towns, broken neon signs and other interesting roadside attractions dot the highway as it winds through 8 states; Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. According to the Historic Route 66 Federation, approximately 85 percent of the road can still be used by travelers.


Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House
- 9000 Richmond Highway Alexandria, Virginia
Visit two iconic homes on one site, both designed by preeminent architects of their respective ages. One used his architecture to help establish the newly founded United States as the modern successor to ancient Greece and Rome. The other developed an organic 20th century American architecture with expressions of unity, integration, and beauty. But it is not just a country’s architecture that defines its essence, its also defined by the stories of its people.
Overlooking the Potomac, Woodlawn plantation was carved from George Washington’s Mount Vernon, itself a plantation established on the tribal lands of the Algonkian speaking Doeg people. The Federal-style mansion built for Eleanor and Lawrence Lewis by architect William Thornton displays the power and prosperity of America’s first ruling class, a group whose wealth was largely acquired by enslaving African people. Anti-slavery Quakers purchased and transformed Woodlawn in the 1840s. The Quakers and local free Black people demonstrated that with agricultural reforms and Black landownership the south could be successfully cultivated on middle-class farms without slavery.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope-Leighey House, a Usonian home, built for the Pope family in 1940, artfully blends into the landscape. Displaying innovative design concepts and using natural materials that create a sense of space and grace, the home is an expression of Wright’s vision for affordable and more inclusive middle-class housing. The home was moved to Woodlawn in 1965 by its second owner, recently widowed Marjorie Leighey, to save it from destruction by eminent domain. It’s the only Wright house open to the public in Virginia.
Today we endeavor to understand how these two architectural visions, the history of the land, and the experiences of all the people who occupied these spaces help define us.


A Rose by any other Name
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet
What matters is what something is, not what it is called.
From Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, 1600AD:
‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.
A story, much favoured by tour guides, and as such highly suspect, is that in this line Shakespeare was also making a joke at the expense of the Rose Theatre. The Rose was a local rival to his Globe Theatre and is reputed to have had less than effective sanitary arrangements. The story goes that this was a coy joke about the smell. This certainly has the whiff of folk etymology about it, but it might just be true.
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ÓgnarlaustOld Norwegian Dictionary - ógnarlaust
Meaning of Old Norwegian word "ógnarlaust" in Norwegian.
As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:
- ógnarlaust, adv. uden Skræmsel eller Trud- sel; á konungrinn - - (at) sœma allaþá, er góða siðu hafa, en temja þá tilgóðra siða með aga, er eigi megu ó.numit fá Kgs. 34 fg.
Part of speech: adv
Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚮᚵᚿᛆᚱᛚᛆᚢᛋᛏ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.
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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages related to Old Norwegian.


Physical: This medium-sized gull has long, thin wings and a short, yellow beak that has a distinct black “ring” marking around it. Ring-billed gulls are 17-21 inches (43-54 cm) long with a 43-46 inch (105-117 cm) wingspan. Adults have a white body and head with grey coloration on the back and upper side of the wings.
Habitat: Ring-billed gulls are commonly found in coastal habitats such as estuaries, marshes, and beaches. They will travel further inland than most gull species and may be seen in even urban or agricultural areas.
Feeding: This species has a highly varied diet, including insects, fish, rodents, plant material, and human garbage. In urbanized areas, these gulls will scavenge for discarded food from people. Fish make up the largest portion of their diet in coastal habitats, and the overall composition of the diet is based upon the habitat type in which the individual lives.
Breeding: Ring-billed gulls nest on the ground in large colonies, which provide protection from predators. The male and female of a pair work together to build a nest that will then contain a clutch of 2-4 eggs.
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Passive House (Passivhaus) represents today’s highest energy standard, with the promise of reducing the energy consumption of buildings by up to 85% in California while providing superior comfort and indoor air quality – all at minimal additional upfront cost. When coupled with renewable energy systems, such as solar, Passive House puts true zero energy buildings within reach. Passive House is a proven standard applied to more than 100,000 buildings in all climate zones.
Passive House Principles
A Passive House can be a school, an apartment building, a factory, an office, any building type. It can be modern, historical, vernacular, high or low – any design style as long as it follows these 5 principles.
1. Climate Appropriate Insulation Levels
2. Airtight Building Envelope
3. Thermal Bridge Free Design
4. High Performance Windows | Exterior Shading as required
5. Continuous Ventilation
Passive House Classic, Plus and Premium
Passive House buildings are characterised by especially high levels of indoor comfort with minimum energy consumption. The Passive House Standard offers excellent economic efficiency especially for new builds.
The Passive House Classes Classic, Plus or Premium can be achieved depending on the use of renewable energy sources.
EnerPHit Classic, Plus and Premium
EnerPHit is the established Standard for refurbishment of existing buildings using Passive House components. Despite the slightly higher energy demand, it offers virtually all the advantages of the Passive House Standard.
The EnerPHit Classes Classic, Plus or Premium can be achieved depending on the use of renewable energy sources.
Step-by-step retrofits can also achieve EnerPHit standard with the help of an EnerPHit Retrofit Plan.
Low Energy Building
The PHI Low Energy Building Standard is suitable for buildings which do not fully comply with Passive House criteria for various reasons.
All standards can be applied in all climate zones worldwide. They apply for residential buildings as well as for most non-residential building uses (e.g. office and educational buildings).
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Date in History : June 10, 1963
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a United States Federal Law amending the Fair Labor Standards Act, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex (see gender pay gap). It was signed into law on June 10, 1963, by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.
- depresses wages and living standards for employees necessary for their health and efficiency;
- prevents the maximum utilization of the available labor resources;
- tends to cause labor disputes, thereby burdening, affecting, and obstructing commerce;
- burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce; and
- constitutes an unfair method of competition.
The law provides (in part) that:
- No employer having employees subject to any provisions of this section [section 206 of title 29 of the United States Code] shall discriminate, within any establishment in which such employees are employed, between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees in such establishment at a rate less than the rate at which he pays wages to employees of the opposite sex in such establishment for equal work on jobs[,] the performance of which requires equal skill effort, and responsibility and which are performed under similar working conditions, except where such payment is made pursuant to (i) a seniority system; (ii) a merit system; (iii) a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; or (iv) a differential based on any other factor other than sex


Over the past two years, Covid 19 has been affecting people all over the world. Many individuals appear to recover from their symptoms while others experience persistent symptoms. Persistence of various symptoms that developed during Covid 19 infection and continue for greater than 12 weeks, or more is considered long Covid or Post Covid Syndrome.
As research regarding Long Covid is still emerging, assessing, and treating Long Covid patients continues to be challenging, worldwide. A cautious approach is required to prevent the affected individuals from experiencing worsening symptoms or function due to physical activity.
Knowing the symptoms of Long Covid:
● shortness of breath at rest or with minimal activity
● chest pain or tightness
● difficulty sleeping (insomnia)
● heart palpitations
● muscle pain
● joint pain
● extreme exhaustion (fatigue)
● Post-Exertion Symptom Exacerbation (PESE)
● problems with memory and concentration (brain fog)
● tinnitus and earaches
● stomach aches
● loss of appetite a high temperature, cough, headaches, sore throat, changes to sense of smell or taste rashes
Treatment of people with Long Covid requires a team approach. Physiotherapy is one among one of those professionals that are helping to improve respiratory function through breathing techniques, aerobic tolerance through pacing activities and determining an individual's anaerobic thresholds, education on healthy sleep habits and precautions with physical and mental exertion.
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Sweden and Coronavirus – level 1
The coronavirus changes peoples’ lives. They cannot go to shops, cinemas, or restaurants. They must follow strict rules. However, Sweden’s rules are very different.
The Swedish government bans meetings of more than 50 people. Older people must stay home.
Shops and businesses in Sweden are open as usual. People can go to restaurants. People do not need to wear masks.
Life in Sweden looks normal. The government does not want to make strict rules. They say that strict rules are bad for Sweden’s economy. They say they are bad for people, too.
People in Sweden are happy. They do not like strict rules. They believe that Sweden’s strategy is good. However, Sweden has the highest number of COVID-19 deaths from all countries in northern Europe.
Difficult words: ban (to stop something officially), economy (business), strategy (how someone solves a problem).
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“The National Environmental Management Biodiversity (NEMBA) regulations state that a seller of any immovable property must, prior to the relevant sale agreement, notify the purchaser of the property in writing of the presence of listed invasive species on that property. A copy of the Declaration of Invasive Species forms needs to be lodged with the The Department of Environmental Affairs.”
On the National list there are 383 plants, 41 mammals,24 birds, 35 reptiles, 7 Amphibians, 15 fresh water fish, 23 terrestrial invertebrates, 8 fresh water invertebrates and 7 microbial species. Total 559 species.
Accredited invasive species practitioners need to be consulted.
There are 4 different categories :
1A, these must be eradicated. Any form of trade or planting is strictly prohibited.
1B, these must be controlled where possible, removed and destroyed .Any form of trade or planting is strictly prohibited.
2. Species deemed to be potentially invasive. A permit is required.
3. Species which may remain. Further propagation, planting or trade is prohibited.
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admin | November 16, 2015 | Health |
Australian nutritionist discovered whether you can eat before going to sleep and which foods need to be avoided if you want to lose surplus kilograms.
While you are sleeping, the organism does a number of functions: it renews and spreads its cells, digests foods and does other biological functions necessary for life. All these processes require energy that the organism takes from the food consumed during that day or night. The Australian guru of healthy life, doctor Tim Robards, said: “If before going to bed you took a meal rich in “empty” calories, such as a chocolate or a box of ice cream, the blood sugar levels will quickly grow, and the acquired “energy” will automatically store in the body in the form of fat pillows.”
In order to have a calm sleep, it is for the best not to consume any foods few hours before you go to bed, so that the digestion does not keep you awake. However, if you decide to eat briefly before going to sleep, the best choice is foods with low levels of sugar and carbohydrates.
“For a tranquil sleep you need to eat proteins and fats from which all cells in the body are comprised such as organically grown meat, eggs, avocados and butter. Consume unprocessed foods that are easily burned and release nutrients”- Dr. Robards advises.


Hamburg supports hydrogen fuel despite challengesJuly 10, 2017
City faces some significant challenges with its interest in hydrogen fuel
Hamburg, Germany, is investing heavily in clean transportation, particularly where hydrogen fuel is involved. The city is attempting to make hydrogen more mainstream, but residents have been slow to warm to this type of clean fuel. While a comprehensive hydrogen fuel infrastructure has been taking form in the city, fuel cell vehicles are still quite rare, and consumers are uncertain that such vehicles are worthwhile. Lacking consumer interest is just one of the challenges that the city faces in its efforts to promote clean transportation.
Consumers are slow to warm to fuel cell technology
Several hydrogen fuel stations have been under development in Hamburg and throughout Germany over the past few years. The companies responsible for the construction and operation of these hydrogen fuel stations have invested heavily into developing this infrastructure, but the stations are seeing very little use. This is partly due to the lack of fuel cell vehicles, as consumers have yet to see significant value in such cars. Germany had expected fuel cells to become more popular in a relatively short period of time, but these energy systems have found it difficult to compete with other clean technologies.
High cost and lacking infrastructure support has made fuel cell vehicles unattractive to consumers
One of the reasons consumers have been reluctant to purchase fuel cell vehicles is because of their relatively high cost. Fuel cells themselves are quite expensive due to their use of rare materials. This cost translates directly to the overall price of the vehicles using them. Consumers also have concerns about the performance capabilities of such vehicles when compared to their conventional counterparts. Moreover, drivers are also concerned about lacking infrastructure support, which has prevented them from purchasing fuel cell vehicles. There are currently less than 300 fuel cell vehicles operating in Hamburg.
Hamburg to continue showing support for hydrogen fuel
While the challenges that Hamburg faces may be daunting, the city is still heavily invested in promoting clean transportation. Hamburg intends to support the adoption of fuel cell vehicles despite infrastructure issues. These vehicles may be able to help Hamburg accomplish its environmental goals by cutting the emissions produced within the transportation sector.


Nowadays, on average, every person in the world is responsible for 15kg of carbon dioxide emissions and 130g of plastic pollution every day!Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser
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A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of special significance and legend. A subtype, called a wrangler, specifically tends the horses used to work cattle. In addition to ranch work, some cowboys work for or participate in rodeos. Cowgirls, first defined as such in the late 19th century, had a less-well documented historical role, but in the modern world have established the ability to work at virtually identical tasks and obtained considerable respect for their achievements. There are also cattle handlers in many other parts of the world, particularly South America and Australia, who perform work similar to the cowboy in their respective nations.
The cowboy has deep historic roots tracing back to Spain and the earliest European settlers of the Americas. Over the centuries, differences in terrain, climate and the influence of cattle-handling traditions from multiple cultures created several distinct styles of equipment, clothing and animal handling. As the ever-practical cowboy adapted to the modern world, the cowboy's equipment and techniques also adapted to some degree, though many classic traditions are still preserved today.
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The White House announced the launch of the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium on Monday to provide COVID-19 global researchers free access to the world's powerful high performance supercomputers helping to slow the global coronavirus pandemic..
This public-private consortium is headed by "The White House, US Department of Energy, and IBM, includes government, industry, and academic leaders who have volunteered free compute time and resources on their machines," said a White House release
The initiative uses 16 supercomputing systems running on 775,000 CPU cores, 34,000 GPUs, and counting, partnered by IBM, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft among others which includes the federal agency NASA. Researchers can submit their research proposal here. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted:
NASA to redirect its supercomputer
NASA would be redirecting its supercomputer that is used by them, which also run's models that predict Earth's future climate, according to Science Mission Directorate head Thomas Zurbuchen from his tweet.
Last week IBM announced using supercomputing resources to speed coronavirus-related research. Director of IBM Research Dario Gil said in an interview to CNN Business that IBM would focus on treatments for COVID-19 and would use computing in the direction of a cure for coronavirus disease.
Earlier this month IBM identified 77 compounds that could guide researchers to a cure. This was done in few days by the IBM's Summit supercomputer, by simulating 8,000 compounds to model which of those could potentially stop the virus's infection process by binding to the coronavirus's 'spike' protein responsible for infecting our cells.
Supercomputers can run superfast calculations that usually take months and years on traditional systems. In this case they can be used for research in areas like epidemiology and molecular modeling, 'because the systems mirror the interconnectivity that exists in nature,' Gil said, according to a report.


Hotchkiss was born in Watertown, Connecticut, and grew up in a family involved in machinery. His father and brother, both inventors, had established a business that manufactured their patented articles. In 1856 Hotchkiss designed arifle field gun that the Mexican government purchased. Along with his brother, Andrew, he came up with a projectile for rifled artillery. It had two sections (front and rear) made of cast iron that were joined by a band of lead, intended to fit into and take the shape of the grooves of the rifling in the gun. This created a much more accurate shell. Hotchkiss also helped his familyto develop a better percussion fuse, and, as a result, more Hotchkiss shellswere used for rifled cannon s during the American Civil War than any other munitions manufacturer in the country. His family was so closely associated with the Union cause that during the New York City draft riots of 1863, Hotchkiss had to ride through the streets of Manhattan concealed beneath a pile of cloth.
Success followed Hotchkiss after the war. He traveled to Paris, where he invented an improved metallic cartridge case and made many improvements in hand-held firearms and cannons. Hotchkiss designed a revolving-barrel machine gun and created a revolving cannon that destroyed a boat during trials, having hitthe ship with 70 shots out of 119 fired. While aboard a train in 1875, he met a Romanian army officer who told him of the need for a magazine repeating rifle. In a half-hour, Hotchkiss sketched a design for such a weapon, which later proved to be superior to all others at the time.
Hotchkiss was reputed to be the world's best artillery engineer. By 1882, hisB.B. Hotchkiss Company had branches throughout Europe. Hotchkiss was workingon a new machine gun design when he died in 1885. His company perfected hisplans after his death, and brought out a gas-operated machine gun which was used extensively in World War I. The Hotchkiss machine gun remained in use bythe British army up until the late 1930s.
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The Mode function in Excel returns the most frequently repetitive value in an array or range of data. The formula for Mode function is
Mode( number1, [number2,..]).
In Excel, Modes can be arrays, numbers, names, or suggestions that contain numbers. The Mode function ignores values such as text, logical values, or empty cells in an array or reference argument. Error-values and text that cannot be translated into numbers cause errors, and if the data set contains no duplicate data, the Mode will return to the #N/A error value.
In Microsoft Excel, the Mode function is classified as a compatibility function and recommends using the MODE.MULT and MODE.SNGL instead.
The Syntax for the Mode function
- Number1: The number argument for which you want to calculate the Mode. It is required.
- Number2: The Second number argument for which you want to calculate the Mode. It is optional.
How to use the Mode function in Excel
Open Microsoft Excel.
Create an Excel table with a few repetitive numbers.
Type into the cell where you want to place the result, =MODE(A2:E2).
A2:E2 is where the range of data is.
Then press the Enter key, you will see the result.
There is another method to use the Mode function.
Click the fx button at the top of the excel worksheet.
An Insert Function dialog box will open.
Inside the Insert Function dialog box, at the Search Function box, type Mode into the box.
Then, click Go.
At the Select a Function section, click Mode in the list box.
Then. Click OK.
A Functions Arguments dialog box will appear.
Inside the Functions Arguments dialog box, where you see Number1, we type into the entry box A2:E2 because this is the range of cells where we want to find the Mode.
Number2 is optional.
Click OK, and you will see the result.
I hope this helps; if you have questions, please comment below.
Read next: How to use Substitute and Replace Functions in Excel.


Antivirus protection is essential to protect your laptop or computer and other gadgets from trojans attacks. These kind of attacks can easily destroy the files, mill your unit to a cease, and open sensitive information.
The best malware programs possess multiple recognition methods that communicate to prevent disease. Some of these contain behavior-based detection, signature-based diagnosis, and extra safety features.
Infections attack by simply exploiting vulnerabilities in the system, usually through pop-up ads or websites. These types of malicious software programs can also grab personal information from the sufferer, such as passwords, bank account information, or social security amounts.
Some viruses can also erase files from the computer. This is called ransomware and can leave the computer owner with no way to access all their files.
Aside from preventing or spyware from getting into your computer, antiviruses can find and take away adware and spyware avast updator that is widely used by cybercriminals to display excess advertisements or perhaps change web browser settings. They can also mass phishing attacks that are designed to allow you to hand over the sensitive info.
Another way to give protection to your computer is to use a firewall. This software program monitors newly arriving and fun loving network targeted traffic, and double checks each file prior to sending it over the Internet.
Furthermore, the software has to be compatible with the operating system and browsers. It must be easy to use and really should offer excellent customer care. It should have a good recognition rate, which indicates how very well it can distinguish new trojans. Additionally , it will have additional safety features such as a VPN, parent controls, and password operations.


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2022 exam results
|Grade 7-9||Grade 5-9||Grade 4-9|
Grade 5 or above in English and Maths GCSEs: 53%
High Ability Students
8% of students scored 8 or more grades 7-9
19% students scored 5 or more grades 7-9
28% students scored 3 or more grades 7-9
Department for Education Performance Tables
You can compare school and college performance via the Department for Education performance tables website. Click here to go straight to Moat's information.
Progress 8 2021-2022
This measures the progress students have achieved in 8 subjects.
Progress 8: -0.16
Attainment 8 2021-2022
Attainment 8 measures a student's average grade across eight subjects – the same subjects that count towards Progress 8. This measure is designed to encourage schools to offer a broad, well-balanced curriculum. The eight subjects fit into three groups: English and maths. These are double-weighted, which means they count twice.
2022 Attainment 8: 47.9
A pupil is considered to have entered for the English Baccalaureate if they entered for qualifications in English, maths, sciences, a language and either history or geography.
EBacc average point score: 4.47
Student ‘destinations’ (the percentage of students who continue in education or training or move on to employment at the end of 16 to 19 study). View breakdown here.


You’re probably familiar with some of the breathtaking images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. What you might not know, is how those images get from the satellite to our computer screens. Not only does the data need to travel from space to Earth, it needs to be edited and manipulated into a color image that our eyes can process.
Not all of the information displayed in these color photos reflects light in the visible spectrum. This isn’t done just to make a pretty picture but to show the interaction of cosmic phenomenon that can only be seen in non-visible wavelengths, such as ultra-violet and near infrared.
NASA and the ESA released a behind the scenes video breaking down how artists work with astronomers and physicists to come up with the animations and images. This is especially important for events and objects that are known to exist but can’t be seen. This may seem like an impossible task.
Gravitational waves are a good example. We have measured their existence and we have a pretty solid understanding of how and why they occur. Artists can depict the collision of two neutron stars and the invisible ripples that move through the Universe; but they also need to show the passage of time to get the full picture and portray to a viewer that that this plays a significant role in the creation of gravitational waves. Like astronomy, the artist must consider that space and time are intrinsically linked. You can’t have one without the other and that can be a difficult factor to display in an animation.
Planets are also tricky. When the TRAPPIST system was discovered with three planets orbiting in the habitable zone of their star, artist didn’t just make up a fanciful rendering of an alien planet. TRAPPIST is about 40 light years from Earth, a distance of 235 trillion miles. We cannot see these planets with any detail. Estimating their size, mass and densities gives researchers a baseline idea of the planet’s composition. From there, artists work to create an impression of the planets, even making landscapes to give people a feel for what setting foot on the planet might look like.
Interactive 3D models, travel posters, comparison charts and orbit maps are just a few of the illustrations and videos that artists, scientists and researchers collaborate on to bring these far-off, alien worlds to life.
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Data from: Widespread increases in iron concentration in European and North American freshwaters
Björnerås, Caroline et al. (2018), Data from: Widespread increases in iron concentration in European and North American freshwaters, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.0pn79
Recent reports of increasing iron (Fe) concentrations in freshwaters are of concern, given the fundamental role of Fe in biogeochemical processes. Still, little is known about the frequency and geographical distribution of Fe trends, or about the underlying drivers. We analyzed temporal trends of Fe concentrations across 340 water bodies distributed over 10 countries in northern Europe and North America in order to gain a clearer understanding of where, to what extent, and why Fe concentrations are on the rise. We found that Fe concentrations have significantly increased in 28% of sites, and decreased in 4%, with most positive trends located in northern Europe. Regions with rising Fe concentrations tend to coincide with those with organic carbon (OC) increases. Hence, Fe and OC increases may not be directly mechanistically linked, but may nevertheless be responding to common regional-scale drivers such as declining sulfur deposition or hydrological changes. A role of hydrological factors was supported by covarying trends in Fe and dissolved silica, as these elements tend to stem from similar soil depths. A positive relationship between Fe increases and conifer cover suggests that changing land-use and expanded forestry could have contributed to enhanced Fe export, although increases were also observed in non-forested areas. We conclude that the phenomenon of increasing Fe concentrations is widespread, especially in northern Europe, with potentially significant implications for wider ecosystem biogeochemistry, and for the current browning of freshwaters.


Optimazion is a fundamental mathematical concept that determines the best solution for a given problem. It can be used to solve a variety of problems, including maximizing the after-tax returns of investments while minimizing the risk. Optimazion is used by many organizations to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and create better products. However, optimization can also have unexpected consequences. To learn more, read this book.
An optimization problem can be categorized as either a geometric or a programming problem. The aim is to find a solution that minimizes the cost of production, increases revenue, or minimizes packaging material. It is possible to solve these problems by using classical optimization, which focuses on solving continuous or differentiable functions. Analytical methods and differential calculus are used to determine the optimal solution. In software, performance optimization refers to the modification of a software system to improve its efficiency.
Another term for optimization is mathematical programming. This framework is widely used for problems in engineering, computer science, and many other disciplines. Despite its name, it’s an important mathematical technique used to solve problems in many fields. Many real-world problems can be modelled in this framework. A major advantage of this approach is that it’s much more straightforward to solve than many other mathematical programming problems. This makes optimization a useful tool for solving a variety of problems.


The dog or cat experiences a patchy hair loss, an increased loss of fur and/or bald spots on the skin. Hair loss is often caused by a mite, although it can be caused by an infection, trauma, or immune disease. Hair loss can often be treated by a topical shampoo or antibiotics. Consult a veterinarian to determine the cause and the treatment.
How to Recognize
While all pets shed, if your pet has excessive hair loss and/or noticeable bald spots, it could be a sign something is wrong.
Causes of Hair Loss
While it is normal for all dogs to shed, bald spots are not normal. Allergies could be the cause of hair loss in your pet. If this is the case, the hair loss will commonly be accompanied by itching and/or redness. Hair loss could also be due to sores, parasites, or stress. Diseases such as Cushing's disease, which is the overproduction of cortisol, can also be associated with hair loss.
Treatment for Hair Loss
You should seek veterinary care for your pet if they are shedding excessively. If your pet is suffering from allergies, your veterinarian will provide your pet with medication.
When adding a dog or cat to your family you want to make sure your pet is happy, healthy and protected. During its lifetime your pet is exposed to many illnesses and diseases and some breeds are affected by a congenital disease which is a condition existing at birth. At these moments when your pet is ill or maybe needs surgery, you want to be protected for the unexpected and high veterinarian costs.


Bird Mesh in Hyderabad
Bird mesh in Hyderabad
Bird net is a type of net used to protect orchards and crops from bird damage. The nets are usually made from polypropylene, which is lightweight and durable. Bird nets also contain a UV stabilizer, which helps prevent the material from fading in sunlight.
Bird mesh can be attached to balconies or windows to prevent birds from landing on the balcony or window sill. Our Bird mesh is usually made of nylon wire, which is knitted in a tight mesh pattern.
Bird mesh and nets are used to stop the nuisance caused by birds and their shit. These nets are installed on balconies, windows and doorways to prevent birds from entering the house.
Bird mesh is a net used to prevent birds from entering the house on balconies or window screens. It is tightly knitted together with nylon, polyester or polypropylene threads. They can be mounted on balconies, windows or doorways to prevent birds from entering the house.
Bird netting and nets are used to prevent birds from entering a given area. The nets are usually hung on balconies, windows or other areas of the house.
Bird mesh is also used to cover fruit trees. This is a more humane way to prevent birds from eating the fruit and spreading its droppings on the ground below.
Bird nets and mesh balcony solutions to prevent birds from entering the house. Other applications for these nets and traps include Bird Control, Bird Exclusion, Bird Detectors and Bird Proofing.
Some of the benefits of using these nets are that they are easy to set up and remove, provide protection from birds, prevent birds from nesting in homes, and protect plants from being eaten by birds.


It has been announced that three smart trams, running in Florence, Italy, have been equipped with multiple sensors, including cameras, inertial measurement units (IMUs), radar and lidar, while three tram stops are being equipped with sensing, computation and communication capabilities, paving the way to a next-generation intelligent transport environment.
Data gathered from the trams is to be fused with the data gathered from the tram stops using AI, to create real-time traffic information for city managers, revealing the movement of not only trams, but also citizens and vehicles. And in the future the sensors could help to enable autonomous operation of the trams.
The initiative is part of the innovative computing infrastructure developed by the EU-funded project ELASTIC. By enhancing the interaction between the city infrastructure, the public tram network and private vehicles, ELASTIC works towards an integrated, safe and smart urban mobility environment, which will lead to fewer accidents, efficient traffic management and reduced maintenance costs.
Bringing together scientific and industrial players as well as the local government and the Florence tramway operator, ELASTIC is developing functionalities aligned with the vision of autonomous trams, including: an advanced autonomous localization system, which provides real-time accurate positioning information even when GPS coverage is not available; and the detection of hazardous situations in real-time to alert tram drivers and private vehicle drivers
“Busy urban spaces are in need of innovative transport solutions and smart city applications. Forging ahead with the ELASTIC project, a high-end sensor-equipped system has been incorporated in the tram vehicles and soon at the tram stops of Florence collecting and aggregating significant figures of the performance of the transportation network,” says Eduardo Quiñones, senior researcher at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and coordinator of ELASTIC. “This lays the basis for our next step: that of an active interaction between the vehicles and the city.”


What's the Difference Between Black and White Watermelon Seeds?
If you were asked to draw a watermelon, you'd probably picture a triangular slice of fruit with pink flesh, a green rind, and black seeds. But if you've actually cut into a watermelon recently, you've noticed that there are also white seeds among the black. And more often than not, there are even more white watermelon seeds than black ones. So what's the difference between white and black watermelon seeds? As Brahna Siegelberg writes in Slate, the color of watermelon seeds comes down to one factor: "Maturity." White watermelon seeds are simply infertile, underdeveloped seeds, and they occur naturally. According to Siegelberg's reporting, about 5 percent of all seeds in a single, American watermelon are "still immature upon harvest."
These white seeds are also the seeds in so-called seedless watermelons, which—as you might've noticed—aren't actually seedless at all. Instead, seedless watermelons are full of these underdeveloped, white seeds, rather than the fully mature black ones.
Part of the reason you're more likely to see these white watermelon seeds in the United States is because Americans prefer the so-called "seedless" versions of this summer fruit. As Zachary M. Steward reports for Quartz, "the seedless variety comprised 73% of all watermelon imported to the US, mainly from Mexico" in 2012.
The good news is that the flesh of seedless watermelons is just as delicious, scientifically, as that of more traditional, seed-filled melons. As April Fulton writes for NPR's The Salt, "If you think seedless watermelons taste bland compared to the seeded ones, it's all in your head." And though these small, white seeds do make eating raw watermelon easier, with fewer choking hazards, these underdeveloped seeds cannot be used in other recipes, like sprouted or roasted watermelon seeds. So what you're saving in convenience with white watermelon seeds, you're losing in versatility. But hey, at least you don't have to be worried about growing a watermelon inside your belly if you eat them whole. (Though you don't have to worry about that if you eat black watermelon seeds either, for what it's worth.)


One thing I have enjoyed about using The Walking Classroom is how it has tied into my literacy curriculum. We are using the Amplify CKLA curriculum. In the CKLA curriculum, we have learned about the Maya, Inca, and Aztec. I found that my students have really enjoyed listening to The Walking Classroom’s podcasts on these three civilizations.
The Walking Classroom really helped some of my students who were struggling with understanding what we were learning about in literacy. To support a literacy unit on the Renaissance, we listened to Renaissance Artists (5-#25, Complete-#52). By listening to this podcast, my students gained a better understanding about the Renaissance. I think The Walking Classroom is a great way to teach your students in different ways than we typically do!
After listening to the podcast, we had a discussion about what we learned about. My students were able to make several connections to what we were learning about in literacy. We talked about Michelangelo and some of the challenges that he faced while painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling that we also covered in literacy. Michelangelo was not very good at working with other artists, so he had to get very creative in the way he painted the ceiling. We also learned how painting the ceiling was very hard on his body.
Another thing that we talked about was the style of art during the Renaissance. Renaissance art had very good details. The artists wanted their pieces of art to look realistic. They also used shading and contrasts to help improve their art. My students enjoyed listening to this podcast. They also gained information that we had not talked about in our literacy unit!
Overall, I think The Walking Classroom is a great way to teach your students in different ways! It is also a great way to get out of the classroom and enjoy a nice spring day!
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The SSH node is useful for executing commands via the Secure Shell Protocol.
You can find authentication information for this node here.
- Execute a command
- Download a file
- Upload a file
Note: To attach a file for upload, you will need to use an additional node such as the Read Binary File node or the HTTP Request node to pass the file as a data property.
- Authentication: A dropdown list to choose between Password or Private Key authentication.
- Resource: A dropdown list used to specify if you are executing a command or processing a file.
- Operation: A dropdown list to select the action to be performed. When selecting Command as the Resource, only Execute is available. For a File Resource you can select either Upload or Download.
- Command: Only visible for Command resources. The command to execute on the remote machine.
- Working Directory: Only visible for Command resources. The directory where the command should be executed.
- Path: Only visible for Download operation on file resources. The path where the desired file is found.
- Binary Property: Only visible for file resources. The name of the binary property which contains the data for the file to be uploaded.
- Target Directory: Only visible for Upload operations on file resources. The directory to upload the file to. The name of the file does not need to be specified, it's taken from the binary data file name. To override this behavior, set the parameter File Name under options.
This workflow allows you to remotely connect to your computer via SSH. This example usage workflow would use the following nodes. - Start - SSH
The final workflow should look like the following image.
1. Start node#
The start node exists by default when you create a new workflow.
2. SSH node#
- From the SSH Credentials dropdown, select Create New or an existing credential.
- Select Password from the Authentication dropdown list.
- Select Command from the Resource dropdown list.
- The Execute option is automatically selected as the Operation.
- In the Command field enter the command to execute. Here we used
lsjust to see the local directory contents.
- In the Working Directory field you can enter where the command should be executed. Here we ran it in the root directory.
- Click on Execute Node to run the node.


Winter pruning is the principal method for regulating yield in viticulture. The aim of this work was to investigate the effectiveness of cane and spur pruning on yield, and on grape and wine composition. Cane and spur pruning were investigated in Vitis vinifera L. 'Pinot noir' and 'Chardonnay' vertically-shoot-positioned vines over three seasons. Effects on vine carbohydrates, yield components, leaf area, grape and base wine composition were determined. The canopies of spur pruned vines established more rapidly than cane pruned vines in the 2009/10 season, for both 'Pinot noir' and 'Chardonnay'. The canopies were denser under spur pruning than cane pruning. Pruning treatment had no effect on total yield for either cultivar in any of the three seasons. Total soluble solids (TSS) and titratable acidity were unaffected by pruning treatment, except in 2012 where TSS and pH were higher for spur pruned 'Chardonnay' vines. Apart from spur pruned 'Pinot noir' vine wood being higher in starch in the winter of 2011, overwintering starch and soluble sugar concentrations were not different between pruning treatments for 'Pinot noir' and 'Chardonnay'. Although not different in yield or basic fruit composition, fruit from spur pruned vines resulted in distinctly different phenolic profiles of base wines, with cane pruning appearing to negatively impact on the low molecular weight phenolics in the wine. The results presented here provide confidence that quality is not lessened, in fact could be improved, by shifting from the industry norm of cane to spur pruning for sparkling wine production in cool climates.
|Number of pages||8|
|Journal||Vitis: journal of grapevine research|
|Publication status||Published - 05 Jul 2018|


Few doctors currently screen patients for addiction or mental illness, and requiring health plans to do so could get more people into needed treatment, according to a new report.
UPI reported July 11 that researcher Constance Horgan of the Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University reported that 68 percent of Americans had an appointment with a primary-care doctor within the past year, and there are a number of effective tools that doctors could use to quickly screen patients for mental illness or addictive disorders. But only 34 percent of health plans required any sort of screening.
“There is a growing emphasis on the role of primary-care doctors in addressing behavioral-health problems, and screening for mental health issues and substance abuse is one important strategy that physicians can use to identify problems and get patients into treatment,” Horgan said.
The study was published in the July 2007 issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Research Reference: Horgan, C.M., Garnick, D.W., Merrick, E.L., Hoyt, A. (2007) Health Plan Requirements for Mental Health and Substance Use Screening in Primary Care. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 22(7): 930-936; doi: 10.1007/s11606-007-0208-2.


See also: Communication | Public opinion | Public relations
Wikipedia: Propaganda (http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda)
Propaganda, by its very nature is hard to define. Propaganda is information aiming to persuade with an emotional response, that spreads a particular social cause or aids a certain agenda. It does not have to be true, in fact, much propaganda is false, and aims to deliberatly deceive. Lying and ignoring facts can get one their way in the short term, but often reality catches up with offenders.
Propaganda is often used by politicans, governing authorities and business, to sway public opinion with promotional material. Public relations experts may use propaganda to change the perception of an organisation, community, situation, event, etc. Often propaganda will focus on certain facts, while forgetting others, which are strongly related. Such usage is designed to obscure, damaging the chances of others obtaining accurate knowledge.
Some propadanda is very extreme and dangerous. Big, fat whoppers are the lies that some people are able to to tell to many other people. Some people spread propaganda when they tell lies and spout myth and fallacy to the global forum on a regular basis. One of the differences between a lie and propaganda is that while some may just lie to strangers, family, friends or combination thereof, propaganda is targetted to mass communicate with whole communities spanning many social groupings. When propaganda is spread the reaction it creates may be gauged to gain feedback.
- Some literature
- Ideological talk
- Religious and other zealotry
- Some social engineering exploits
- Politics or economical rhetoric
- Broadcasts and some journalism, mass media particularly television and radio and movies, like Bill O’Reilly (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,94702,00.html) at Faux News.
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Enlightening Effect of Observing HIV Cellular Transmission
The inner workings of HIV, and the effectiveness with which it is able to transmit and spread infection, are complex. HIV cellular transmission has been carefully studied now for decades. The virus establishes itself in the host a couple of ways, and new information continues to be discovered. Cell-to-cell transmission has also been observed in the lab. Scientists have now been able to track HIV as it infects cells in real time in living organisms. This has big implications for the current approach to treatment and therapy.
Immune Cellular Transmission and the Role of Mutation
In this latest study, tracking HIV cellular transmission from cell to cell revealed a number of facts. First, the infected immune cell meets up with an uninfected cell, both being CD4 helper T cells. A sort of bridge is constructed between the two, and viral material that is passed along infects the second cell. The process, according to the researchers, is similar to the way nerve cells communicate information with each other. Cellular transmission works quickly. Several copies of the virus can pass through the bridge, making mutation easier. Mutant forms of the virus make it easy to escape detection from the immune system. This potent means of infection could prompt researchers to look to new approaches for treatment. Cell-to-cell transmission may increase resistance to antibodies, and the cells seem more resistant to current treatment options.
Today, antiretroviral therapies target viral particles floating in the bloodstream. It could be that cell-to-cell transmission takes place rapidly and goes undetected until the virus can be found in the blood. Reservoirs of infected cells are found in different tissues. Once infected, the immune cells can replicate, and clusters form rapidly. Treatments focusing on limiting or halting cell-to-cell transmission may be more effective at curbing the infection than current methods. Evidence that this could be useful if applied to potential vaccines was indicated as well.
In the U.S. alone, over one million people are living with HIV, and almost 40 million cases worldwide, so the search for effective treatments continues.


I've always been surprised by the number of students taking high school and college math courses who have forgotten basic concepts they learned in grammar school. Adding and subtracting fractions is a surprising top contender for this prize. Another one is order of operations:
The graphic above is supposed to remind you of the following order to arithmetic calculations:
When you think you understand PEMDAS, try the following practice example:
When you're ready to check your answer (to three decimal places), look down at the bottom left corner of this page.
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Answer = -0.270
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Golden Russet Apple Tree Overview
The Golden Russet apple tree bears apples that have wide variety of uses. For example, from producing apple cider to making dessert to eating fresh, it is your apple of choice! Origin of Golden Russet dates back to 1800s discovered as a chance seedling in New Jersey, United States.
Though sometimes confused for the English Russet, Golden Russet is a unique apple variety with golden yellow color and a lot of russeting. Early in the season, Golden Russet apples have tartness which is great for eating them fresh. After that, once the apple ripens the taste becomes more sweet. Usually harvested in late season, Golden Russets are a good choice if you want an apple variety that keeps well in storage. An additional benefit to this apple variety is that it has somewhat good disease resistance.
Some of the popular uses of Golden Russet include eating it as a dessert apple, making dried apple rings, or making sweet flavored cider. If cooked or baked, the apple becomes quiete mealy.
- Uses: cooking, juice, hard cider, dessert, eating fresh, drying
- Taste: sweet, sharp, aromatic, some tartness, nutty flavor
- Size: small to large sized
- Color: yellow gold colored fruit, white to cream, pale yellow flesh, heavily russeted
- Hardiness Zones: 4-8
- Disease resistance:
- Scab – resistant
- Blight – somewhat resistant
- Harvest period: 4, late season. Apples stay on trees into winter.
- Flowering period: early to mid season
- Flowering Group: 2
- Cross pollinates with: Alkmene, Crimson Crisp, Duchess of Oldenburg, Galarina™, Macoun, Melrose, Pink Lady, Rubinette, Suncrisp, Wickson, William’s Pride, Winecrisp, Wolf River to name a few!
- Cultivation: This apple tree is moderately vigorous. Produces good heavy crops every other year. Is a good apple of choice for cold winters as it can tolerate the cold.
- Storage: Can keep well in storage for up to five months.
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In recent years, Sri Lankan Tamils have fled their homeland as refugees as a result of the ethnic conflict in the country. Despite their heightened linguistic consciousness, community elders claim that Tamil youth are turning their backs on their heritage language. My data from Lancaster (California, US), East London (UK) and Toronto (Canada) shows a more complex attitude towards language maintenance by Tamil youth. Though a majority of the youth declared that English was their dominant language of proficiency, they insisted that it did not affect their positive orientation to ethnic identity and community affiliation. They adopted diverse language practices to enjoy in-group identity: namely, code switching into Tamil; emblematic uses of Tamil; switches into Tamilized versions of English; receptive competence in Tamil which enabled them to respond in English; and ritualized practices of communication where they could participate in communicative events with the aid of multimodal resources. These practices suggest that migrant Tamils are treating languages as fluid resources for identity and community construction. The hybrid and multilingual construction of heritage language and identity enables Tamils to shuttle between different languages and communities in migrant settings to resolve the dilemmas of mobility and identity.
|Original language||English (US)|
|Number of pages||25|
|Journal||International Journal of the Sociology of Language|
|State||Published - Jul 16 2013|
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Language and Linguistics
- Linguistics and Language


For What It’s Worth: Salting Away
By Joel Dresang
Increasingly, salt is a substance we try to avoid – in our diets, on our cars, in our wounds.
There was a time, though, when we held salt in high esteem.
For What It’s Worth is an occasional look at the meanings and origins of words and expressions investors may encounter.
Before 19th century technology made it widely available at a cheap price, salt was a valuable commodity used not only to flavor food but to preserve it. Salt was indispensable before refrigeration, chemical additives and genetic modification. Consider:
- Spilling salt is still commonly considered an omen of misfortune.
- The word salary comes from the Latin word for a salt allowance paid as compensation to Roman soldiers.
- To be worth one’s salt is to be well deserving of your salary.
- The Bible quotes Jesus using “salt of the earth” to refer to those who are worthy – the merciful, the peacemakers and the pure of heart.
The expression salting away refers to saving money for the long haul, setting it aside so that over time it can accumulate and compound and sustain. It conveys the sense of salt helping to preserve something for consumption much later.
We have been reducing even this sense of salt in our lives. Personal savings has rebounded from the Great Recession, but the percentage of disposable income we’re salting away has remained below the long-term average since 1992.
Of course, on a personal level, saving can be virtuous. Personal spending, though, is what drives the U.S. economy.
In what is called “the paradox of thrift,” economists note that while it might be wise for individuals and families to save their money in tight times such as the Great Recession, the economy recovers faster through less saving and more spending – by putting one’s money to work sooner rather than salting it away for later.
Joel Dresang is vice president-communications at Landaas & Company.
(initially posted Feb. 17, 2017)
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Our daf opens with a new Mishna, which teaches one of the most basic rules of a sukka – that its shade must be greater than the sunlight in the sukka. In that context we are taught that a sukka meduvlelet is kosher.
What is a sukka meduvlelet?
- According to Rav it is an “impoverished” sukka – aniyah – i.e. one whose skhakh – roofing – is sparse.
- According to Shmuel it is a “disordered” sukka – mebulbelet – i.e. one with some pieces of skhakh pointing upward and others downwards.
Several of the commentaries feel a need to explain Rav’s position. If the skhakh is not very thick, but there is more shadow than sunlight, then the sukka is kosher. Why does a separate clause need to be added to the Mishna to teach this obvious law?
- The Ritva explains that this teaches that we do not need to be concerned lest for some reason some skhakh may be removed and there will not be enough shade.
- The Sefat Emet suggests that an “impoverished” sukka is one that is just the minimum size. We may have thought that such a sukka would at least need to have thick skhakh to compensate for its small size. According to Rav, the Mishna teaches that it is unnecessary.
In explaining the case as presented by Shmuel, most commentaries follow Rashi’s lead that because of the height differential of the different pieces of skhakh in the “disordered” sukka there is actually more sunlight than shadow (the angle of the sun finds the openings in the skhakh and makes its way into the sukka). This, in fact, is the explanation presented by the Jerusalem Talmud.
Some commentaries (the Me’iri, for example) suggest that even according to Shmuel it is essential that there be more shadow than sun in the sukka, and what is unique about Shmuel’s teaching is that we do not perceive this case as a sukka with two sets of skhakh, a situation that would present halakhic problems regarding the kashrut of such a sukka.


SOURCE: Cornell Chronicle
DATE: June 19, 2017
SNIP: In the year 2100, 2 billion people – about one-fifth of the world’s population – could become climate change refugees due to rising ocean levels. Those who once lived on coastlines will face displacement and resettlement bottlenecks as they seek habitable places inland, according to Cornell research the journal Land Use Policy, July 2017.
Earth’s escalating population is expected to top 9 billion people by 2050 and climb to 11 billion people by 2100, according to a United Nations report. Feeding that population will require more arable land even as swelling oceans consume fertile coastal zones and river deltas, driving people to seek new places to dwell.
By 2060, about 1.4 billion people could be climate change refugees, according to the paper. Geisler extrapolated that number to 2 billion by 2100.
“The colliding forces of human fertility, submerging coastal zones, residential retreat, and impediments to inland resettlement is a huge problem. We offer preliminary estimates of the lands unlikely to support new waves of climate refugees due to the residues of war, exhausted natural resources, declining net primary productivity, desertification, urban sprawl, land concentration, ‘paving the planet’ with roads and greenhouse gas storage zones offsetting permafrost melt,” Geisler said.


The impact of teaching computational astronomy on the development of students' computer skills
Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Bucharest –Magurele, Romania
2 University of Craiova, Romania
* Corresponding author: email@example.com
Published online: 1 February 2019
Some blended methods of teaching-learning were successfully used in teaching the astronomy and astrometry of asteroids to students in Computer Sciences at the University of Craiova, using real astronomical data about celestial objects from our Solar System, obtained from the Astronomical Observatory Isaac Newton (La Palma, Spain). The students were asked to develop some small scripts in order to facilitate the detection and the analysis of data for new discovered asteroids, a request that improved their capacities to understand and apply various modern concepts of Computer Graphics, Data Base and Web design. This approach to learning brings new challenges for the students, new opportunities for the process of professional training in Computer Sciences and provided good result in very short term, the students acquiring very fast the necessary skills to approach both the professional level of Web programming and the modern research area of Computational Astronomy.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2019
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


What is bruxism and how do I treat it?
Bruxism is the medical term for teeth grinding and includes gnashing or clenching your teeth. You can suffer from the condition unconsciously during the day (awake bruxism) or while you sleep (sleep bruxism).
Sleep bruxism is considered a sleep disorder and is often coupled with similar disorders such as sleep apnea or snoring. Awake bruxism is often caused by stress, anxiety, frustration or anger.
Common in children, mild bruxism can usually be outgrown over time and does not require treatment. In more severe cases, you should consult a dental professional.
Symptoms and complications of severe bruxism
It’s time to speak to a dentist when you experience one or more of the following symptoms:
- Teeth grinding that is loud enough to wake you or your partner from sleep
- Teeth that are flattened, fractured, chipped or loose
- Lower layers of enamel are visible from worn teeth
- Tired or tight jaw muscles, or a locked jaw that won’t open or close completely
- Increased tooth sensitivity or pain in the jaw, neck, face or ear
Left untreated, severe bruxism can lead to permanent damage to your teeth or dental restorations or jaw pain.
To confirm that you are suffering from bruxism, your dentist will likely evaluate the condition of your teeth and jaw muscles over time for progressive damage. If you are diagnosed with severe bruxism, several treatment options are available.
Three treatment approaches
Bruxism treatment options can be divided into three categories: behavioral, dental and medicinal.
- Behavioral: Grinding or clenching caused by stress or anxiety can often be alleviated through relaxation techniques or behavioral training. Severe anxiety may require sessions with a therapist.
- Dental: Mouth guards can be designed and manufactured to keep your teeth separated and avoid further damage. If too much damage has been incurred, your dentist may need to repair your teeth with crowns or other restorations.
- Medications: Taking a pharmaceutical approach to bruxism is usually a last resort. Some patients respond well to the use of muscle relaxants or anti-depressants.


Whatever you think of Charles Darwin and his ideas, no one can doubt the influence this man has had upon the world of science and the public at large. We are all accustomed to hearing comments like, ‘Darwin has proved the evolution of man.’
Yet most who dare to make comments about Darwin or his theories know little of him and even less of his discoveries. There are plenty of books seeking to answer the false claims made by Darwin and those who have built on his theory.
This book, however, takes a look at the man himself, his motives, and the futile attempts made by some within the Christian community to reconcile the biblical account of origins with the Darwinian version.
Of Darwin himself we learn that whilst he had a religious background, his mother being a Unitarian and his father an Anglican, no real gospel influence can be detected and certainly no signs of true religious conversion.
This needs to be noted, as the claim is often made that he once had true Christian beliefs but turned his back on them due to his scientific findings and the personal tragedies in his own life.
Although he was at one time heading for the Christian ministry and had studied theology, we need not read too much into it, as like many in his day a career in the church was simply that - just a career. In his case he hoped it would leave plenty of spare time to pursue other interests.
Darwin’s life was blighted by tragedy; he lost three of his ten children in childhood. The death of Annie, said to be his favourite daughter, affected him especially deeply. We cannot attribute his loss of faith to these tragedies though, as he never really had any true faith to begin with.
His loss of confidence in biblical truth began with doubts over Old Testament history and this resulted in his abandonment of Christianity. Although his discoveries were not widely accepted at first, even by his peers, many of his own generation like ours today were more than ready to join him in throwing out the claims of divine revelation.
This is not a book aimed at those with a scientific background, so the reader need not worry about grappling with complicated theories. It is easy to read and the authors are to be commended for their adherence to a literal reading of the creation account given in Genesis.


Printable Graphic Organizer: Visual Cluster Organizer
Visual Cluster Diagram
The cluster diagram is a graphic organizer that writers use to prepare any type of writing--essays, research, reports, scientific or business writing, stories, and presentations.
The cluster allows for writers to visualize their thinking by grouping ideas in a visual manner. Similar and supporting ideas are grouped together and can be color coded to appeal to visual thinkers.
Cluster diagrams are also called: trees, maps, webs, mind maps, word webs, clouds, and diagram maps.
What is a graphic organizer?
A graphic organizer is a visual tool that writers use when planning a piece of writing. There are many styles of graphic organizers such as: outline, 5Ws, Venn diagram, 3 column notes, visual cluster, inverted triangle, KWL (know, want to know, learn), plot diagram, and there are many more.
Different graphic organizers tend to appeal to different writers. For example, some writers use only the traditional outline for all of their planning needs, while others will switch between organizers depending on the writing style.
How can writers use graphic organizers?
Writers use graphic organizers in the planning stage of the writing process, which is just after the brainstorming stage. Take the valuable information from the brainstorming and add it to the graphic organizer. This process allows writers to keep their important information which can be used in writing the first draft.


Hydrocarbon exploration (or oil and gas exploration) is the search by petroleum geologists and geophysicists for hydrocarbon deposits beneath the Earth's surface, such as oil and natural gas. Oil and gas exploration are grouped under the science of petroleum geology.
Visible surface features such as oil seeps, natural gas seeps, pockmarks (underwater craters caused by escaping gas) provide basic evidence of hydrocarbon generation (be it shallow or deep in the Earth). However, most exploration depends on highly sophisticated technology to detect and determine the extent of these deposits using exploration geophysics. Areas thought to contain hydrocarbons are initially subjected to a gravity survey, magnetic survey, passive seismic or regional seismic reflection surveys to detect large-scale features of the sub-surface geology. Features of interest (known as leads) are subjected to more detailed seismic surveys which work on the principle of the time it takes for reflected sound waves to travel through matter (rock) of varying densities and using the process of depth conversion to create a profile of the substructure. Finally, when a prospect has been identified and evaluated and passes the oil company's selection criteria, an exploration well is drilled in an attempt to conclusively determine the presence or absence of oil or gas.


Poverty December 1
To be poor in the sense of the Gospel is to base our existence on the life of others and no longer to root our concern in ourselves (Const. 12.1).
Listen to Jesus. “Happy are those who are poor in spirit (Mt. 5:3).” They have nothing and they know it. They can’t count on anything and they accept it. They are totally insignificant and they live out their lives like that. They are powerless and they stay calm. How is it possible to call such people “happy”? The definition of happiness seems completely different: to have more than is necessary, to be assured of personal security, to be recognized, to live free of limitation. If there is any logic to support calling the poor in spirit happy it’s a logic that comes from another world, not ours. And it’s true. They are happy because there is room in their lives for God who transcends this world. The observance of the vow of poverty is based on a profoundly evangelical conviction, namely, that Jesus, by his Resurrection, is the bearer of ultimate security. He is the guarantor of all human aspirations, even earthly ones. Grounded in that conviction, the Christian can let go of the anxieties of his life, which is passing away. The love of God in Christ calms the profoundest of human fears. Assured of all, the religious is free to be concerned with others’ needs.
If the chimpanzee agrees to fight, it is because he counts on the help of the gorilla. (Mongo)
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How to prevent (or relieve) ‘Swimmer’s Eye’
In summertime, the pool is cool, but “swimmer’s eye” definitely isn’t.
Chlorinated swimming pool water and ocean saltwater are tough on the natural tear film that lubricates the eyes. So a refreshing dip can result in stinging, burning and redness.
People who already have dry eyes can be hit the hardest, observes Dr. Lee Wan, Coastal Eye’s Medical Director. “These patients wonder, ‘I’m in the water; why are my eyes getting drier?’ The trouble is, the eyes need more than just water for lubrication. There are natural oils and mucus and other layers that coat the eyes to keep them comfortable. Pool water washes out the oils and lubricants from the eyes, so once the swimmer gets out, the eyes can be even more irritated.”
Dr. Wan recommends that swimmers, especially those with dry eyes, use preservative-free artificial tears after a dip. The tears that come in disposable break-open plastic vials are convenient to carry along to the pool or the beach.
Some other suggestions from the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Eyesmart:
• Wear a pair of swim goggles when you swim.
• Splash your closed eyes with fresh water immediately after swimming to wash chlorine and other chemicals off your eyelids and eyelashes.
• Stay hydrated. Drinking plenty of water is an important part of keeping your eyes moist and comfortable.
Contact lens wearers: be aware that wearing your contacts in any type of water — pool, hot tub, ocean or lake — places you at high risk for a corneal infection. Many dangerous bugs, including bacteria and parasites, can attach and grow on the lenses after just one swim, and lead to devastating eye infections.


Garland for Queens, may be—
Laurels—for rare degree
Of soul or sword.
Ah—but remembering me—
Ah—but remembering thee—
Nature in chivalry—
Nature in charity—
Nature in equity—
This Rose ordained!
- F 10 (1858)
This sounds like another poem where she has enclosed a flower to a friend--in this case a rose.
The sentiment is nice but hardly profound: Queens may be awarded garlands and heroes may get laurels, but nature--chivalrous, charitable, equitable nature--has remembered such ordinary folk as 'me' and 'thee' and provided the rose. The rose was considered by Dickinson and indeed Victorian culture in general to be among the most perfect of nature's offerings.
The poem's heart contains three feminine rhymes based on the couplet ending with 'me' and 'thee': chivalry, charity, and equity. The triad echoes the famous motto of the French revolution: Liberté, égalité, fraternité, which would have been known to Dickinson.
The Rose is ordained, which gives it an almost sacerdotal quality, as if it were a holy emissary of nature. Later Dickinson poems also have a rose standing for perfection of some sort.
Unlike garlands and laurels for recognition of royalty, nature ordained this rose for recognition of common folks like you and me, for chivalry, charity, and equity.ReplyDelete
My wager is that ED gave 'Garland for Queens' (F10) to Susan at the same time she gave her 'Nobody knows this little rose' (F11) and that the "me" and "thee" are ED and Susan. Both poems are about gifting a rose, probably with these poems. (See my comment on F11.)ReplyDelete