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Canadian Biodiversity Strategy
GOAL 1 - Conservation and Sustainable Use
A. Wild Flora and Fauna and Other Wild Organisms
The first element of the ecological management approach is to maintain populations of wild and native flora and fauna and other wild organisms, in their functioning ecosystems, landscapes and waterscapes. Results of conservation biology research indicate that the key to conserving species is to maintain viable populations across their natural geographic range.
Many policies and programs have been developed and are being implemented to manage ecosystems and species. In 1990, A Wildlife Policy for Canada was released by the Wildlife Ministers' Council of Canada. The goal of this policy is to maintain and enhance the health and diversity of wild flora and fauna and other wild organisms, both for their own sake and for the benefit of present and future generations.
Wild flora and fauna and other wild organisms refers to any wild and native species, including mammals, birds, fishes, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, plants, fungi, algae, bacteria, viruses, protozoa and other organisms.
Numerous programs are currently being implemented to maintain or restore populations of wild flora and fauna and other wild organisms. These include programs to manage species or populations that are harvested for commercial, subsistence and recreation programs, as well as those that are not used for consumptive purposes. Many of these programs have been very successful in ensuring the sustainable use of biological resources.
Communities have relied on wild flora and fauna and other wild organisms for food, shelter, clothing, employment, income and spiritual purposes for centuries. Today, individuals and communities continue to value wild flora and fauna and other wild organisms for the ecological, economic, social and cultural benefits they provide.
The Peregrine Falcon
As pesticide use increased in the years following World War II, populations of Peregrine Falcons declined in Canada and the United States. In southern Canada, the species all but disappeared from its former range. More recently, however, conservation efforts have brought the Peregrine back from the brink of extinction. In 1992, the subspecies tundrius was downlisted from threatened to vulnerable. Since 1976, over 1,200 birds of the anatum subspecies have been successfully raised in captivity and released in the wild. Positive results from these recovery efforts make wildlife officials optimistic that a population survey of anatum subspecies planned for 1995 may result in a change in status from endangered to threatened.
The ecological roles and economic importance of many plants, invertebrates, micro-organisms, fungi and other wild organisms are not fully understood. These lifeforms create and maintain soil, recycle nutrients and play a critical role in maintaining the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide that affect climate and rainfall patterns. Wild flora and fauna and other wild organisms, and the ecological services they perform, have made it possible for humans to exist on Earth. In economic terms, ecosystem functions or services provide the foundation for economic activities that generate billions of dollars.
In addition to ecosystem services, uses of wild flora and fauna and other wild organisms make a significant contribution to our economy. Millions of people spend billions of dollars participating in activities such as fishing, hiking, bird-watching, hunting and photography.
Wild floral and faunal resources are also valued for cultural or spiritual reasons. These values are difficult to describe in monetary terms, but they are real values contributing to the health and enjoyment of millions of people.
As a result of effective resource management, many populations of wild flora and fauna and other wild organisms are sustainable. However, some populations are declining, largely as a result of habitat loss or deterioration. For example, several species of waterfowl have seriously declined in number in the past 20 years as a result of lost nesting cover, drainage of wetlands, and habitat modification along migration routes. Over-harvesting and poaching have also contributed to the decline of some species. Despite many examples of good resource management, there are still many species-at-risk in Canada.
Economic Impacts of Fish-and Wildlife-Related Activities in Canada
 - In 1991, nearly 19 million Canadians spent $5.6 billion pursuing wild floraland faunal-related activities such as wildlife photography, birdwatching, hunting and fishing. This shows a 33% increase in expenditures since 1981.
 - In addition, about 1.8 million tourists from the United States travelled to Canada to take part in these activities. They spent an estimated $800 million.
Survey of the Importance of Wildlife to Canadians, 1991
Strategic Directions
 1. Use ecological planning and management approaches with more emphasis on landscape/waterscape-level planning to integrate economic and social objectives with biodiversity conservation objectives.
 2. Conserve ecosystems and critical habitats to support populations of wild flora and fauna and other wild organisms.
 3. Through research, increase our understanding of the status, genetic diversity and ecological relationships of species and populations to improve ecological planning and management.
 4. Ensure that the harvest of wild flora and fauna and other wild organisms is sustainable and minimize adverse impacts of harvesting on non-target species.
 5. Re-connect fragmented ecosystems where practical and necessary, providing corridors and protecting habitats for isolated species or populations.
 6. Modify or eliminate elements of government policies and programs that create unintentional adverse impacts on wild flora and fauna and other wild organisms on private and public property.
 7. Strengthen measures to reduce and eliminate the release of substances, or quantities of substances, that are harmful to ecosystem, species and genetic resources.
 8. Ensure that both economic and ecological factors are considered in designating pests and in implementing pest management strategies.
 9. Develop indicators to monitor trends and support the management of wild populations, species, habitats and ecosystems.
 10. Maintain or improve measures that prevent in situ populations from becoming jeopardized by specimen collecting for ex situ conservation and other purposes. (When only a single population of a species exists and it is in a highly endangered state, it may be necessary to move all of its members to ex situ conservation facilities in order to build up its numbers and eventually re-establish in situ populations).
 11. Foster the participation of non-government ex situ conservation experts and institutions in in situ conservation efforts, and improve the participation of government agencies in non-government ex situ conservation efforts.
 12. Implement mechanisms to conserve and use in a sustainable manner transboundary native wild populations, species, habitats and ecosystems in cooperation with other countries and organizations.
Establishment of Protected Areas
Article 8:
 1. Establish protected areas to conserve biodiversity.
 2. Develop guidelines for the selection, establishment and management of those protected areas.
Convention on Biological Diversity


How Long After Bactrim Can I Drink (And Why)?
Exact Answer: 4 Hours
Antibiotics are known to stay in the human body for a longer duration as compared to other medicinal drugs. This is a clear indication of the fact that this category of medication is a bit slow in nature as far as effectiveness is concerned.
If a person is consuming Bactrim regularly, it is advisable to have a piece of thorough information regarding what to have and what not to have after having the prescribed dosage of the pill. Regular drinkers might have their own specific doubts as well. The side effects of Bactrim do not interfere a lot.
How Long After Bactrim Can I Drink
How Long After Bactrim Can I Drink?
Before one delves into the deeper questions, understanding the composition and activity of the drug is necessary. In this way, it will become easy to reach a valid and logical conclusion, enough to impose the fact that drinking should be postponed for at least a few hours, if not days (though most of the doctors are of the latter view).
The concerned drug, that is, Bactrim has two compounds – sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim. They are excellent antibiotics and dissolve in the body in no time. It might be intriguing to know why alcohol consumption is such a menace. There are scientifically proven reasons for the same.
The compounds which constitute this drug react quickly with alcohol, and the reaction is not really good for the human body, Such an instance might turn fatal if not controlled and treated at the right time. What happens exactly when someone consumes alcohol right after taking a Bactrim?
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The by-products of the aforementioned reactions inhibit the secretion of enzymes in the body. Since enzyme production is hindered, toxic substances begin to get accumulated in different places and all this culminates into a health hazard. This condition can be easily prevented by contacting the doctor at regular intervals.
If the person is fit and fine, a four-hour limit is sufficient. In the case of people suffering from other ailments, including liver problems, it is advisable to keep a gap of at least twenty-four hours after taking Bactrim orally.
In Summary:
Overall healthTime
Healthy individual4 hours
Unhealthy individual1 day
Why Can I Drink So Long After Bactrim?
In this case, the answer is quite direct. One must wait for some time before drinking once Bactrim is consumed because the medicine is quite reactive. For unhealthy individuals, the side effects might be exaggerated beyond normal conditions if the drug is followed by heavy drinking.
Since incomplete knowledge is a lot more dangerous than no knowledge at all, one must stay abreast with all the nuances related to a specific drug. It is common to think that Bactrim is simply an antibiotic used to treat minor infections in the body.
What threat does a bit of casual drinking pose? This must be taken as a warning instead of a threat – the combination of Bactrim components and alcohol might prove to be deadly at times. Another factor that is sure to encourage people to enhance the gap is the efficiency of the medication.
It is a widely accepted fact that alcoholic drinks slow down the innate metabolism of the body. This is a clear indication of the fact that the antibiotic will soon lose its efficiency if large amounts of liquor are consumed thereafter. For sick people, dullness might be increased to greater levels, thus interfering with daily life activities.
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A day after Bactrim is taken, it is sure to have acted well and it then passes out of the body with immediate effect. Therefore, it is considered safe enough to indulge in drinking the next day. In other words, wait for at least twenty-four hours.
Conclusion
Each body reacts differently to different medications and the side effects also vary a lot from person to person. As far as Bactrim is concerned, it is a simple and much commonly used antibiotic. It comes with negligible instructions and the consumer is supposed to take only a reasonable amount of care while the course is going on.
Alcohol consumption is generally forbidden immediately after taking medicines. As mentioned before, antibiotics take a little longer. Therefore, having patience is essential in this case. Irrespective of the purpose of the medication, one must conform with the general physician once.
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Norwich OA are working with primary and secondary schools in Norwich to support pupils and their parents to engage with remote learning at home.
A Remote Learning Coach aims to work with pupils and parents identified by their school who aren't used to using IT at home and would benefit from support.
The role aims to:
- Support pupils and their parents to engage confidently with remote learning at home.
- Act as Coach to encourage progress, participation and engagement with home learning for identified students during periods of remote learning.
- Encourage, support and upskill pupils and their family to use IT effectively at home to access support, advice and opportunities.
Information for schools
Funding for a Remote Learning Coach is offered to NOA primary and secondary schools with the highest levels of disadvantaged students. Based on the most recent LA data, eligible schools invited to participate are:
- City Academy Norwich
- Sewell Park Academy
- The Hewett Academy
- Open Academy
- Norwich Primary Academy
- Valley Primary Academy
- West Earlham Junior School & West Earlham Infant & Nursery School
- Bluebell Primary School
- Edith Cavell Academy & Nursery
- Henderson Green Primary Academy
- Wensum Junior Academy
- Nelson Infant School
- Mile Cross Primary School
- Tuckswood Academy & Nursery
- Lionwood Junior School
- St Michael's Junior School
- Catton Grove Primary School
- George White Junior School
- Clover Hill Infant & Nursery School
- Lakenham Primary School
- Short Stay School for Norfolk
- The Wherry School
- The Clare School
- Parkside School
- Eaton Hall Special Academy
- Harford Manor School
Next steps for interested schools …
Norwich OA have collected expressions of interest from individuals with relevant experience who are available to work immediately. Schools will need to employ the Coach directly and NOA will cover costs.
Contact Claire Sparrow via email to request participation in the project and access details about the potential Coaches: _EMAIL_
Information for Remote Learning Coaches

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Researchers at a Canadian university have developed and built a robot that can float and move using magnetic fields. The gripper of the microrobot can be operated using lasers.
The scientists at Waterloo University in Ontario, Canada built the robot, led by teacher Mir Behrad Khamesee, using mems techniques. The microrobot weighs one gram and is about two millimeters in size and consists of two permanent magnets and a gripper. External electromagnets are used to generate magnetic fields that the robot uses to float: the robot's magnets follow the focal point of the parabolic magnetic fields generated by the electromagnets. By varying the magnetic fields, the robot can be maneuvered to any desired location without being hindered by wires or cables. This control is somewhat similar to moving a magnet above a table by moving a second magnet below the table.
The floating microbot can not only move, but also perform useful tasks. For this purpose, the device is equipped with a gripper that is operated by a laser. The material of the gripper expands due to the heat of the laser, so that the gripper opens. When the laser is turned off, the material cools and the gripper closes. Three other lasers are used to determine the robot's position in three-dimensional space. The positioning data is then passed on to the computer that controls the magnetic fields. According to Khamesee, the microrobot could be used in dangerous environments where no connection with the outside world is desired. This includes working with toxic substances, but the robots could also be used in clean rooms, such as for the production of chips.

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What if trees could be used as batteries?
According to Professor Olle Inganäs at Linköping University in Sweden, a biomass of trees and a by-product of paper manufacturing called lignin can be used to create a battery cathode.
His proposal may begin a new industrial development, but it may also contribute to deforestation. Regardless I feel it is important to remain open minded to new organic energy sources to limit our consumption of fossil fuels.
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text: Visitors to today's museums, exhibits and historic sites seek deeper understanding and a more personal experience. Wyatt Design Group has worked closely with museums and exhibit developers to integrate interpretive objectives into immersive physical environments. We have planned visitor centers at cultural sites, where exhibits and special supporting facilities must be developed to facilitate large numbers of visitors. For educational experiences, cultural attractions or exhibits, content is focused to achieve educational objectives and accurate interpretation. The integration of collections, artifacts, reproductions, and interpretive graphics become keys to storytelling with the environments enhancing that story and creating context.


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Step into the world of modern architecture where elegance meets functionality with the graceful addition of archways in homes. These architectural elements bring a touch of sophistication and timeless charm to any living space, showcasing a celebration of elegance that transcends trends. Whether used as a grand entrance or a subtle divider, archways create a sense of harmony and balance in contemporary design. Join us as we explore how these graceful structures elevate the aesthetic appeal of modern homes.
1. The Evolution and Comeback of Archways in Modern Design
Architectural archways have made a triumphant return in modern interior design, bringing a touch of elegance and sophistication to contemporary homes. These graceful structures add a sense of grandeur and visual interest, creating a stunning focal point in any room. By seamlessly blending traditional elements with a modern aesthetic, archways have evolved to become a symbol of architectural innovation and timeless beauty.
One key factor contributing to the resurgence of archways in modern design is their ability to enhance the aesthetic appeal of household spaces. Whether used as a doorway, window frame, or decorative feature, archways add a sense of charm and sophistication to any room. Their curved lines and graceful curves create a sense of flow and movement, making them a perfect choice for creating a sense of openness and airiness in smaller spaces.
Innovative materials and construction techniques have revolutionized the way archways are incorporated into modern homes. From sleek, minimalist designs to intricately detailed arches, architects and designers are pushing the boundaries of creativity to create unique and eye-catching archway structures. Bold color choices, unconventional shapes, and mixed materials are just a few ways in which archways are being reinvented to suit the tastes and preferences of today's homeowners.
2. Aesthetic Appeal of Archways: Enhancing Elegance in Household Spaces
Archways have long been admired for their ability to enhance the aesthetic appeal of household spaces, adding a touch of elegance and sophistication. In modern homes, archways serve as not just functional elements but also as design statements that elevate the overall ambiance of a room. The graceful curves and architectural details of archways create a sense of luxury and timelessness that is hard to replicate with other design elements.
When incorporated into interior design, archways can help define different areas of a home while maintaining a sense of openness and flow. Whether leading from one room to another or framing a doorway, archways add a sense of grandeur and elegance to any space. By choosing the right materials and finishes, homeowners can personalize their archways to match their desired aesthetic, whether it's a sleek and contemporary design or a more traditional and ornate style.
With their ability to seamlessly blend with various design styles and enhance the overall look and feel of a home, archways have become a popular choice for homeowners looking to add a touch of sophistication to their living spaces. From simple arched door frames to elaborate architectural details, archways continue to be a timeless and elegant design feature in modern homes.
3. Innovative Materials and Techniques in Modern Archway Construction
Archways in modern homes have evolved to encompass a wide range of innovative materials and construction techniques, showcasing the fusion of elegance and technology. Architects and designers are now incorporating cutting-edge materials such as carbon fiber, glass, and concrete, which not only enhance the aesthetic appeal but also offer durability and sustainability. These advanced materials allow for greater creativity in architectural design, enabling the creation of unique and visually stunning archways that serve as focal points in modern household spaces.
In addition to materials, modern construction techniques such as 3D printing and parametric design have revolutionized the way archways are built. These innovative methods allow for greater precision and efficiency in constructing archways, resulting in seamless integration into contemporary homes. By embracing these new technologies, architects can push the boundaries of traditional design and create archways that are both functional and visually striking. The use of these demonstrates a commitment to pushing the boundaries of design and creating spaces that exude elegance and sophistication.
4. Maximizing Space with Archways in Modern Compact Homes
Archways have long been revered for their elegant and timeless appeal in architectural design. In modern compact homes, they play a crucial role in maximizing space while adding a touch of sophistication. By incorporating archways into the design scheme, homeowners can create a sense of openness and flow between rooms, making even the smallest spaces feel more expansive.
Utilizing archways in modern compact homes not only adds a visually stunning element but also serves a functional purpose. By replacing traditional doorways with arches, homeowners can eliminate the need for swing space, allowing for more efficient use of square footage. Additionally, the curved shape of archways softens the hard lines of a space, creating a more welcoming and inviting atmosphere.
Incorporating archways into modern compact homes requires careful consideration of size, shape, and placement. Whether it's framing a doorway, creating a passageway between rooms, or defining a space within an open floor plan, archways can be customized to suit the specific needs and aesthetic preferences of each homeowner. The key is to strike a balance between style and functionality, ensuring that the archways not only enhance the visual appeal of the home but also serve a practical purpose in maximizing space.
5. Case Study Analysis: Successful Integration of Archways in Contemporary Homes
Archways have made a significant comeback in modern design, adding a touch of elegance and sophistication to contemporary homes. These architectural features have a timeless appeal that can enhance the aesthetic of any household space. By incorporating archways, homeowners can create a sense of grandeur and style that is both visually stunning and functional.
In successful case studies of integrating archways into contemporary homes, designers have demonstrated the artful combination of traditional elements with innovative materials and techniques. The result is a seamless integration of old-world charm with modern sensibilities, creating a space that feels both classic and current. By maximizing space with archways in compact homes, designers have managed to create a sense of openness and flow that can transform even the smallest of spaces into a stylish and inviting environment.
In conclusion, archways in modern homes serve as a timeless and elegant feature that adds both charm and sophistication to any living space. Through their ability to create a sense of grandeur and provide a visual focal point, archways have become increasingly popular in contemporary home design. Whether they are used as doorways, windows, or architectural accents, these gracefully curved structures truly embody the epitome of sophistication. Embracing the beauty and allure of archways in our homes is not only a celebration of elegance, but also a tribute to the rich history and artistry of architectural design. It is a testament to the enduring appeal of classical design elements that continue to captivate and inspire us in the modern world.


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Reasons demand for water filled road barriers will never plummet
BARRIERS have been around for long. However, it's the water filled road barriers that have been creating waves across the world.
Water filled road barriers look like the regular barriers; however, what makes the water filled barriers the innovative road product of the century is their feature to store water. One can easily fill the barriers with water and place them on the roads, or in and around a construction site to warn the passers-by. Once the purpose is served, the same barriers can be emptied with ease, stacked back, and transported to other destinations.
The industry was a little apprehensive about the product in the early days; however, as time went by and the demand grew across the sectors, the traffic safety product manufacturers doubled up their production of water filled road barriers to meet the rising demand.
Operating such a barrier is not a rocket-science, which means anybody can work with these barriers. Once the water is removed, the barrier becomes pretty light and easy to move around. Plus, the modern-day manufacturers employ high-end technologies and top line materials to produce the barriers, which ensure that the barriers last for long, and do not lose their sheen.
Often, manufacturers prefer high-grade plastic for the barrier manufacturing; the material ensures that the end-product is light weight and doesn't get damaged easily. There are some other manufacturers which tend to prefer steel and other materials for the barrier manufacturing.
Apart from water filled barriers, traffic product manufacturing companies also produce traffic cones, speed bumps, and many other products, which are demanded across the world.
In the last couple of decades, the production and distribution system inside the traffic product manufacturing industry has advanced to such a stage that products made in one country are then exported to the many different countries. Modern day traffic product or traffic cones supplier sell their products through their websites as well, which can be accessed through Google searches.
The demand for water filled road barriers and other traffic products will keep on growing on account of increasingly growing road and flyover network.
Last, but not the least, one should place order for traffic products from only reputed manufacturers, which are well familiar with the challenges faced in the user industries, and offer after-sales customer service. When hunting down for reliable manufacturers and distributors, you shouldn't mind leveraging on the search-muscles of Google and some other major search-engines. Within minutes, you can get to know the top names in the industry, and whether they offer water filled barriers.
Water filled road barriers are being increasingly used across the world for their multi usability. For more on water filled road barriers and speed bump manufacturers please read our other articles.


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St. Vincent (Night) College of Commerce
St. Vincent (Night) College of Commerce was started in 1970 by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), a Christian Religious Order founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1540. Since its inception, the Society has been active in the field of education throughout the world. Worldwide, the Society of Jesus is responsible for over 665 Educational Institutions in about 65 countries, engaging the efforts of approximately 70,000 teachers and educating approximately 15,00,000 students every year. The Jesuits could undoubtedly be called the global leaders of education.
In India, the Society of Jesus is responsible for over 110 High Schools, 24 University Colleges and 14 Technical Institutes. These institutions are part of the Catholic Church's effort to share in the country's educational undertaking. This effort, though particularly responsible towards the Christian Community, has always served the entire nation. Students of these institutions belong to every social class, community and linguistic group. They aim at making their own contribution towards a transformation of the present-day social conditions, so that principles of social justice, equality of opportunity, genuine freedom, and respect for religious and moral values, enshrined in the Constitution of India, may prevail, and the possibility of living a fully human existence may be open before all.
St. Vincent (Night) College of Commerce is affiliated to the University of Pune. It was set up primarily to offer an opportunity to working youth, who wished to pursue their studies while continuing to work. It was started initially as a degree college to which, later, were added the junior college and the post-graduate sections. It adheres to the Jesuit hallmark of an all-round, value-based and disciplined approach to education. Over the years St. Vincent College has emerged as a center of excellence in the field of commerce education.


Student Thesaurus
One entry found for talkative.
Entry Word: talkative
Function: adjective
Text: fond of talking or conversation
Synonyms chatty, conversational, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, talky
Related Words communicative, expansive; demonstrative, effusive, gushing; outspoken, unreserved, vocal; articulate, fluent, glib, voluble; blabby, gossipy, talebearing; long-winded, prolix, verbose, windy, wordy; extroverted (also extraverted), gregarious, outgoing, sociable
Near Antonyms quiet, shy; mum, mute, silent, speechless, tongue-tied, wordless; evasive, nonvocal, secretive, self-contained, uncommunicative; aloof, introverted, unsociable, withdrawn
Antonyms closemouthed, laconic, reserved, reticent, taciturn, tight-lipped


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This experiment will measure Schwinger scattering in silicon. Previous attempts done by Shull and others did not produce the expected results. The successful realization of Schwinger scattering experiment in Si will give the value of the neutron magnetic dipole moment.
Schwinger scattering is caused by the interaction between the neutron's magnetic dipole moment (MDM) and the atomic electric field silicon crystal. The atomic electric field of the silicon induces a tiny magnetic field in the rest frame of the moving neutron which rotates the neutron polarization by a very small angle (about 3.2'10-4 radians). To magnify this rotation a neutron beam is Bragg reflected down a narrow slot cut from perfect silicon. At each of consecutive reflection a magnetic field will rotate of the neutron polarization by π/2 in order for the Schwinger scattering effect to accumulate. For 135 successive reflections off of the (220)-planes of our crystal a 3.84 Å neutron will produce a small but measurable total rotation of 0.043 radians.
Figure 1 shows the slotted Si crystal for the experiment. Here the (220)-planes of the Si oriented perpendicular to the slot wall. A constant magnetic field is provided by four coils. Additional pairs of cancel any external magnetic fields. Schwinger interaction will rotate the neutron polarization creating measured neutron polarization along beam direction. The Schwinger setup can be seen in Figure 2. A supermirror polarizer polarizes monochromatic neutron beam which can be flipped by an RF flipper. The neutron polarization is analyzed by a Heusler crystal at the end of the experimental apparatus.
A successful Schwinger scattering experiment provides "proof of principle" for measuring of the neutron electric dipole moment (EDM) using a similar technique. This technique is completely different from standard neutron EDM experiments which use UCN in high magnetic fields thus providing a different prospective on systematic errors of EDM experiments.
Figure 1: The crystal for the MDM experiment. Neutrons are reflected down the slot. Figure 2: Four verticle coils provide a smooth magnetic field around the crystal region. (Photographs by: NI&D Group)
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Neutron Physics Group
Argonne National Laboratory
Thomas A. Dombeck
University of Hawaii


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Latest Turnip Stories
Lean On Life, a leading healthy lifestyle website with the latest on weight loss, nutrition, and fitness is revealing a Japanese health food found to help protect against cold and flu. Toronto, ON (PRWEB) November 29, 2013 Lean On Life, a leading healthy lifestyle website with the latest on weight loss, nutrition, and fitness is revealing a Japanese health food found to help protect against cold and flu. As Lean On Life reports...
An international team of scientists, funded in the UK by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), has sequenced the genome of a Chinese cabbage variety of a plant called Brassica rapa, a close relative of oilseed rape. The research, which is published today (28 August) in the journal Nature Genetics, could help improve the efficiency of oilseed rape breeding, as well as that of a host of other important food and oil crops. The project was conducted by an...
Brassica rapa or Turnip Mustard is grown primarily as a leaf vegetable, root vegetable and an oilseed and is often referred to as a field mustard. Napa cabbage and turnip are members of this group. Varieties of this plant are used in experiments because they are easy to grow and require little attention and reach full maturity in 40 days. Some have even been used in botany experiments in space. Photo Copyright and Credit
- Like a worm in form or movement; vermiform; tortuous or sinuous; also, writhing or wriggling.
- Like the track or trace of a worm; appearing as if worm-eaten; vermiculate.
- Marked with fine, close-set, wavy or tortuous lines of color; vermiculated.
- A form of rusticated masonry which is so wrought as to appear thickly indented with worm-tracks.


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How Green Is My Desert?
Dry lands--places where rainfall is scarce and evaporation is high--have been crucial incubators of human culture. But deserts are precarious places for cities, and many of the ancient dry land settlements--Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, Sumer in Iraq--are now only ruins visited by archaeologists and tourists.
Today, new cities are appearing in arid regions around the world. In aerial photos these desert cities may look like mirages... and perhaps they are. The price of watering our deserts can include destruction of the fragile desert ecosystem, groundwater depletion, and lowered rivers. Can we keep that up indefinitely?
The World's Deserts
Deserts, today cover about 25 percent of Earth's surface. More than 500 million people live in deserts and dry lands.
"Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over."
--Attributed to Mark Twain
Farm, United Arab Emirates
Population 4,444,011 (2007)
Annual rainfall 120mm (5 inches)
Population 230,000 (2006)
Average yearly rainfall 210 mm (8 inches)
Las Vegas, Nevada
Population 1,820,232 (2006)
Average yearly rainfall 120mm (5 inches)
Mesa County, Colorado
Population 134,189 (2006)
Average yearly rainfall 203 mm (8 inches)
Farm, Saudi Arabia
Population 27,601,038 (2007)
Average yearly rainfall 100mm (4 inches)
Population 1.4 million (2006)
Annual rainfall 100-200 (4-8 inches)
Population 518,956 (2006)
Average yearly rainfall 300mm (12 inches)
Al Ain oasis, Abu Dhabi
Population 348,000 (2003)
Average yearly rainfall 361mm (14 inches)
Palm Springs, California
Population 47,806 (2006)
Average yearly rainfall 150mm (6 inches)


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Question: Given the function tan(x) = x, derive two fixed po...
Given the function tan(x) = x, derive two fixed point iteration
formulas. Develop a
Matlab code implementing fixed-point iterations and test both
functions. Which one converges for
an initial guess of xo = 0.5 radians?
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Perambulator or Pram in short, was invented by an English garden architect named William Kent in 1733. Kent was commissioned by the Duke of Devonshire to create a transportation device for his children. The first incarnation was a shell shaped basket on wheels meant to be pulled by a small pony or goat. Real prams appeared in the 1800′s and around 1870 bassinets were added.
Even though the Victorian prams were elegant and beautiful but in reality they were unstable and not very safe. They were often made of wood and held together by expensive brass joints. Not until 1965, the first stroller with aluminum frames was designed by an aeronautical engineer named Owen Maclaren which spurred an industry and evolved into today's modern strollers.


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This is one of the possible Use Cases.
1. Abstract
In many email client/server systems, a user can define her own rules so as to automatically process incoming and outgoing messages. When a user switches to another email system it would be desirable to be able to interchange the rules between these systems using a rule interchange format.
2. Status
The use case has been proposed by REWERSE to the RIF WG participants as use case 'Rule-based email manipulation'.
3. Links to Related Use Cases
4. Relationship to OWL/RDF Compatibility
5. Examples of Rule Platforms Supporting this Use Case
6. Benefits of Interchange
Benefit 1: This use case clearly motivates the need for a rule interchange format since rules expressing policies are to be exchanged between parties engaged in negotiations.
7. Requirements on the RIF
8. Breakdown
8.1. Actors and their Goals
8.2. Main Sequence
9. Narratives
In Microsoft Outlook, for example, rules are used for automated message processing. The rule module is called 'Rule Wizard'. A Microsoft Outlook rule can be specified for incoming or for outgoing messages. It consists of a set of conditions referring to the message and its parameters, and of a set of actions. The specified conditions determine the messages the rule applies to. Negative conditions are called "exceptions".
The specified actions may do something with a qualifying message, such as moving it to a specific folder or deleting or printing it, or they may do things like playing a specific sound, starting a specific application or sending a reply message.
So, there are two basic event types, i.e. incoming message (Inmsg) and outgoing message (Outmsg) and many action types.
A condition is a conjunction of atomic and negated ('except') atomic conditions, where an atomic condition is a substring relation or a string equality involving string constants and the parameters of a message (such as ?To, ?From, ?Cc, ?Body). Thus, Outlook rules are reactive (or Event-Condition-Action) rules, having one of the following forms:
r1:
ON Inmsg(?To, ?From, ?Cc, ?Body)
IF some condition involving ?To, ?From, ?Cc, ?Body holds
DO some action
r2:
ON Outmsg(?To, ?Cc, ?Body)
IF some condition involving ?To, ?Cc, ?Body holds
DO some action
To ease the use of rules, Microsoft Outlook provides a natural language template interface for specifying rules.
10. Commentary
Both rules, r1 and r2, can be implemented as reactive rules.


Class in the Empire
In the Empire, society is divided into three classes: the Augusts, the Knights, and the common.
The Augusts are the highest ranking social class and the only class, according to tradition, that can become Imperial Councilors and achieve certain other government posts.
The Knights are the second tier, having their origin in the Imperial military. At the time of the conquest of the Anthanian peninsula, males of young age were conscripted to fight the war, and supplied with horses for the effort. They and their descendants, plus steady new additions, became members of the Knightly class. The Knights are the second largest social class and one that foreign nobles of allied nations are traditionally brought into.
Emperors may come from either the August or Knightly classes but not the common.
The common are Imperial citizens who have rights but are not noblemen. They form up to 95 percent of the population.


Navigating the halls of high school is a hard enough challenge for a teenager. Add to that a parental breakup, a move from a distant location and a school where the rules of normality are thrown out the window and you've got the makings of The Rise and Fall of a 10th-Grade Social Climber, a new novel for teens by Lauren Mechling and Laura Moser.
The co-authors, who met while sharing acne medication in a company ladies' room, share an eye-opening glimpse into the life of Mimi Schulman, a 15-year-old Texas transplant who finds herself in the heart of New York City's eclectic scene. Shortly after her arrival, Mimi is goaded into making a bet with a childhood friend in which she pledges to become friends with the Coolies, the most popular and seemingly shallowest girls in her class. Though initiated as a joke, the wager soon becomes the bane of Mimi's existence. As she grows closer and closer to the Coolies, Mimi learns that although the Coolies seem egotistical and uncaring, they are actually a closely knit group of sympathetic friends. Their perceived egotism comes not from feeling better than those around them, but from a desire to protect each other from the various traumas of their lives. Once she is let in on each of the girls' secrets a battle with drug addiction, a habit of shoplifting, a mother on the verge of a nervous breakdown, an inability to make the grade Mimi struggles to admit her own little secret: that her friendship with them is based on lies and deceit. But before she can come clean to her newfound friends, Mimi's ill-conceived scheme is exposed. The Coolies turn on her and she is left to sort out who she is on her own. The authors present a no-holds-barred look at the realities of being an adolescent in today's society: parental breakups, peer pressure, drugs, alcohol and sex. And though not every teenager will be confronted with these issues, it is clear from this glimpse into the adolescent world that the challenges of being a teenager today are more complex than most of us realize.
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If you liked this film , you will probably love these too! In this list we highlight some of the best films that share a very similar mood to '', and are worth checking out.
1. Mandingo (1975)
A slave owner in the 1840s trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.
2. Princess Kaiulani (2009)
3. The Crown Prince (2006)
4. Jungle Fever (1991)
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.
5. The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams (2005)
Amid the bitter divisiveness of the Civil War, Confederate Capt. Robert Adams (Julian Adams) feels the rift within his soul. Steadfastly loyal to the South, Adams also holds an unshakable love for his Northerner wife, Eveline McCord (Gwendolyn Edwards). Based on the true story of Robert Adams and produced by his descendents, this stirring historical drama -- a film festival favorite -- delves into the themes of honor, patriotism and love.
6. Anna and the King (1999)
The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860s. Anna teaches the children and becomes romanced by the King. She convinces him that a man can be loved by just one woman.
7. Mr. and Mrs. Loving (1996)
A moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since childhood, and loved by both families, this couple are exiled after their wedding and have to wage a courageous battle to find their place in America as a loving family.
8. John Adams (2008)
Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an ambassador in Europe, then his terms as vice president and president of the United States, up to his death on July 4, 1826.
9. Mrs Brown (1997)
When Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert dies, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr. John Brown. But their relationship also brings scandal and turmoil to the monarchy.
10. Restoration (1995)
An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ordered to marry his King's mistress in order to divert the queens suspicions. He is given one order by the king and that is not to fall in love. The situation worsens when Merivel finds himself in love with his new wife. Eventually, the King finds out and relieves Merivel of his position and wealth. His fall from grace leaves Merivel where he first started. And through his travels and reunions with an old friend, he rediscovers his love for true medicine and what it really means to be a physician.
11. Mississippi Masala (1991)
An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.
12. Selma (2014)
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
13. Little Jerusalem (2005)
14. Zebrahead (1992)
15. Partition (2007)
Determined to leave the ravages of war behind, 38 year old Gian Singh resigns from the British Indian Army to a quiet life. His world is soon thrown in turmoil, when he suddenly finds himself responsible for the life of a 17 year old girl, traumatized by the events that separated her from her family.
16. Before the Rains (2007)
Set in southern India in the late 1930s, this provocative tale traces the story of three people caught in an inexorable web of forbidden romance and dangerous secrets. After a British spice planter falls in love with his alluring servant, an idealistic young man finds himself torn between his ambitions and his family, his village and his past.
17. Amazing Grace (2006)
1h 57m Drama
The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.
18. The Gathering Storm (2002)
A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known, moment in their lives.
19. Yes (2004)
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Spread Windows Forms 15.0 Product Documentation / Developer's Guide / Chart Control / Understanding Charts / Plot Types / Polar Plot Types / Polar Point Charts
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 The point markers in the polar point series or the series can be assigned a border, fill effect, shape, size, and a depth. Assigning null for a border or fill effect indicates that the property is unset. The size of the point marker is measured in model units. The depth of the point marker is measured relative to plot area depth (0 = no depth, 1 = full depth of plot area).
 Each point has two data values: x (angle) and y (radius). Each point is visualized as a point marker. You can also specify individual point marker borders and fill effects for each data point.
 The point chart can be a polar plot such as the one shown in the figure:
 Point Chart, example of polar plot
 For more information on the point series object in the API, refer to the PolarPointSeries class.


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If you have emails that were either created outside Workbooks (in Outlook or Google Mail for example) or you've received email in your Inbox that you want to store against the relevant record(s) in Workbooks, you can use the Dropbox functionality.
Put simply, the Dropbox is a special email address (different for each Workbooks user). When emails (up to 16MB each) are received by that address, Workbooks searches the database to find the right record(s) to store the email against. You can store the same email against many different records within Workbooks (up to a maximum of 500 per email). For example, you might want to store one email against not only a Person, but also against a Case that the Person has raised. This can be achieved easily by including Object References in the emails you forward to your Dropbox.


Chromatic visions
10 September 2008 - 2 October 2008
Chromatic Visions was an exhibition combining prints from Sacred Legacy, the historical photographic portraits of Native North American culture by Edward Sheriff Curtis, with selected works by Australian artists Fiona Foley, Tracey Moffatt and John Nixon.
The exhibition was officially opened by representatives of the exhibition's supporters: Janet Mooney, Director of the Koori Centre; Sean Gallagher, USSC Chief Operating Officer; Alexei Kral, Public Affairs Officer of the Consulate General of the United States, Sydney; and Colin Rhodes, Dean of the SCA.
Sacred Legacy documents Native American culture during the early 1900's. Curtis' photographs reflect a time when Native American culture was considerably untouched by European culture. During his explorations, he was given unprecidented access to their daily and sacred lives. He grew to respect, admire and learn from his experiences. This journey came at a great personal toll for Curtis, yet he continued on a thirty-year journey that culminated in a comprehensive anthropological record of Native American culture, in the twenty volume The North American Indian.
Using the prism of Curtis' iconic images, Chromatic Visions explored themes of development, loss and reclamation as they resonate within a contemporary context. Nixon's monochrome paintings, alongside the works of Foley and Moffatt, created a dialogue between contemporary Australian art, contemporary Australian Indigenous art and the anthropological prints of Curtis.


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Practice creating an appropriate search query for the questions given below. Follow the link to see if an answer is correct.
- What is known about Shakespeare's life?
a. what AND known AND Shakespeare AND life
b. Shakespeare AND bio*
c. Shakespeare AND biograph*
d. life AND Shakespeare
- Do we learn better if we eat breakfast?
a. breakfast AND cognition
b. (learning OR cognition) AND (diet OR nutrition OR breakfast)
c. (learning AND diet) OR (learning AND breakfast) OR (learning AND nutrition)
d. learning AND nutrition
- Is reasearch involving the use of embryos to clone human beings ethically acceptable?
a. embryo* AND cloning AND humans
b. embryo* AND cloning AND involv* AND ethic* AND human
c. (embryo OR embryonic) AND cloning AND ethics
d. embryo* AND (clone OR cloning) AND ethic*


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Linked – Why so many companies get training wrong
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Sadly, this is all too true:
"Many programmes don't actually improve skills, says Nanette Miner, founder of the Training Doctor, a company in the US state of South Carolina that designs training programmes. Why? Most are too generic, too basic and too boring, she says.
The misguided one-size-fits-all approach comes from companies training everyone, in every department, in the hope they will feel equipped to try new things, adds Alan Middleton, a marketing professor at Toronto's York University. "There's not enough attention given to what objectives the company wants to accomplish and the current level of knowledge and skill of those who are going to be trained.""
I've seen it far too often, training classes designed to teach "the basics" with the thought that once the students know the basics, they can go back and apply it to their jobs, when it is so much more effective to start at the end.
Start with what do they do and how do they do it, and figure out how to help them accomplish that with the tools you want them trained to use, and allow for discussion of various ways to use features to actually improve the way they work.
Generic classes that focus only on the features and not what the students are doing in their jobs, will always fall into the description above.
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Written by Jack Meltzer
Kellstedt's lecture, "Are Men from Mars and Women from Venus?" offers a new view on the gender gap. Gender differences is an ongoing research topic, with some seeing the issue as a physiological/biological difference between men and women while others attributing the difference to social and political issues.
Kellstedt's special research interest is in American politics and political methodology. He is the author of, "The Mass Media and the Dynamics of American Racial Attitudes," which explores the theme of racial attitudes in


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A five-year plan to strengthen Ontario's forest industry by expanding biomass projects that turn waste wood into energy and other useful projects has been announced by the provincial government. The Forest Biomass Action Plan (FBAP) is designed to open new markets, increase demand for bioenergy, and support Indigenous involvement in the biomass industry.
The FBAP highlights the use of materials leftover from logging, such as bark, wood shavings, and sawdust produced by sawmills. The plan also includes what the Ontario government calls "biofiber": parts such as treetops and branches that aren't normally turned into forest products.
Jason Koivisto, manager of forestry innovation and market development at the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry, notes that "Sometimes there are resources that don't have a commercial value to industry that, if left on the site, create a challenge for getting really good [forest] renewal."
"The hope is that we diversify and grow the industry," Koivisto added. "Some of it will be new companies coming in, some will be other industries [that] need to address their own carbon footprint and are looking for solutions to help them bridge to that net-zero future."
Ian Dunn from the Ontario Forest Industries Association said having markets for forest biomass prevents waste products from going to the landfill. "In the absence of a market for that material, [mills] would have to create and operate landfills on-site or use municipal landfills. It's really important for biomass facilities to be out there on the landscape to act as a market for that material."
Currently, in northern Ontario, there are five biomass generating stations powered by material from sawmills and panel mills. In parallel with the action plan, the province is extending the energy contracts for these stations.
FEA compiles the Wood Markets News from various 3rd party sources to provide readers with the latest news impacting forest product markets. Opinions or views expressed in these articles do not necessarily represent those of FEA.
Ontario government promotes forest byproducts to generate jobs and clean energy


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Meeting both the world's demand for protein and the environmental challenges we face requires ever greater animal productivity, product traceability, animal welfare and environmental sensitivity.
Datamars is committed to providing this by integrating various livestock management systems into seamless solutions.
Achieving this means making full use of our deep expertise in farm infrastructure, animal identification, weight based individual animal performance systems, animal health delivery systems, data platforms and insight tools.
Applied individually these solutions are valuable. Integrated and readily usable, they are invaluable.
They will allow farmers and producers to, among other things, manage input costs, detect disease early, provide optimum levels of feed, treatment and nutrition to individual animals and maximise returns without needing significant technical expertise.


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I hope your class enjoys this Arctic animal count and graph activity. Students count the Arctic animals and color the correct number of spaces on their graph. They then write the number of how many of each object they counted.For an Arctic animal science unit, please see my unit:_URL_
Arctic Animal Activities! These yoga poses are perfect for your arctic animal unit. They are also great for the winter time. A must try even for someone who has never done kids yoga. Too much fun not to do!


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Gladewater is a city in Gregg and Upshur counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 6,441 at the 2010 census. U.S. Route 80 traverses the city.
The town is probably most famous as a base during Elvis Presley's early career, and also as the town in which Johnny Cash wrote "I Walk the Line". In the early 20th century, Gladewater was an oil boom town. Gladewater is known as the "Antique Capital of East Texas" with its Main Street downtown antique district.
Gladewater was founded by the Texas and Pacific Railway Company in 1873 on land bought from Jarrett Dean and Anderson White. A community called St. Clair, 2 miles (3 km) to the east, moved to Gladewater when the railroad announced that the only mail stop in the area would be there; residents from Point Pleasant, also bypassed by the railroad, moved to Gladewater. The first post office at Gladewater was established on August 22, 1873.


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The Space IL organization has set an ambitious goal for itself – to send an Israeli spaceprobe to the moon in 2015. The project received significant backing on Monday when the Bezeq telecommunications company announced it had signed on.
Bezeq will provide the advanced communications infrastructure needed for the spaceflight and also support Space IL's educational activities.
The vessel will weigh less than 140 kilograms (308 pounds), making it the smallest spacecraft ever to land on the moon.
Space IL hopes the project will demonstrate ground-breaking technological capabilities in the field of building miniature smart spacecraft, which cost about a tenth of typical spacecraft.
Bezeq will be responsible for the probe's transmissions from the moon to a control center in the city of Yehud, in central Israel.
"This remarkable cooperation will enable us to meet the tremendous technological challenge and inspire the young generation," Space IL chairman Yanki Margalit said of Bezeq's support.
Space IL is a non-profit group set up by Israeli space enthusiasts to take part in the international Google Lunar X PRIZE competition. According to the Google Lunar X PRIZE website, a $30 million prize will be given to the first privately funded team that lands a robot on the moon, has the robot travel 500 meters on the lunar surface and sends back video, images and other data to Earth.
"We are motivated by a mission: to reinvigorate the Israeli start-up nation by undertaking a challenging task that will ignite the imagination of the country's young generation," Space IL's website says. "Driven by a national mission to advance Israel's scientific and technological fields, Space IL is determined to push ingenuity further than ever before."


1985 in LGBT Rights
In 1985, there were 3 recorded legal changes made affecting LGBT people. In the previous year, there were 5 changes made and 14 in the following year. A total of 209 legal changes were made in the 1980s.
 - April 17
 LGBT discrimination becomes illegal.
 just passed gender identity and expression protection. under Bill C-16 makes it illegal to spread hate propaganda. discrimination and hate speech high for aboriginals and lgbt communities.
 - LGBT discrimination becomes illegal in some contexts.
 Non-inclusion of Gender Identity in Charter.
 - March 12
 Homosexual activity becomes legal.
LGBT Organizations Founded in 1985
 - GLAAD FaviconGLAAD
 GLAAD builds support for equality by amplifying the voice of the _TAG_ community and holding the media accountable for the words and images they present.
 - Arcigay FaviconArcigay
 Arcigay is a non-profit organization which operates throughout Italy through local committees, clubs and associations promoting and protecting the right to equality.


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This historical investigation explores how teachers, students, and education officials viewed the social studies curriculum in the local context of Atlanta, and the broader state of Georgia, during the post-Civil Rights era, when integration was a court-ordered reality in the public schools. During the desegregation era, Atlanta schools were led by Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Superintendent, Dr. Alonzo Crim. Brought to Atlanta as part of a desegregation compromise, Dr. Crim became APS's first African American superintendent. In particular, the authors investigate how national social studies movements, such as Man: A Course of Study (MACOS), inquiry-based learning, co-curriculum activities, and standards movements, adapted to fit this Southeastern locale, at a time when schools were struggling to desegregate. Local curriculum documents written in the 1970s reveal a traditional social studies curriculum. By the 1980s, APS's social studies curriculum guides broadened to include a stronger focus on an enacted community—inside the classroom and around the world. In oral history interviews, however, former teachers, students, and school officials presented contrasting perspectives of how the social studies curriculum played out in the reality of Atlanta's public schools during the desegregation era.
Bohan, C. H. & Randolph, P. (2009). The social studies curriculum in Atlanta Public Schools during the desegregation era. Theory and Research in Social Education, 37(4), 543–569. DOI: 10.1080/00933104.2009._PHONE_
Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration Commons, Instructional Media Design Commons, Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching Commons, Secondary Education and Teaching Commons


Paint Format tool in Google documents
Google documents lets you copy the formatting you've applied to a specific section of text to another section using the paint format tool. If you're familiar with the paint format tool in Google spreadsheets, this works in a similar manner.
To use this tool, select the text that's formatted in the way that you want to copy. Then, click the paint roller icon in your toolbar, and select the text to which you want to apply the formatting. The formatting from the original text will be copied to the selected text.
To change the formatting in multiple places within your document, double-click the paint roller icon. You'll enter a mode that lets you highlight multiple text selections, and apply the same formatting to each selection. When you're done applying formatting to these selections, click the paint roller icon again.
You can also use the paint format tool with keyboard shortcuts. To copy the formatting of selected text, press Ctrl + Alt + C (Windows or Chrome OS) or ⌘ + Option + C (Mac). To apply the formatting you copied to a different text selection, press Ctrl + Alt + V (Windows or Chrome OS) or ⌘ + Option + V (Mac).
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The Biochemical Nature Oflight Detection And Emission
СОДЕРЖАНИЕ: The Biochemical Nature Of?light Detection And Emission Essay, Research Paper In this essay I aim to describe the range of biochemical pathways and mechanisms used by living organisms both to detect and to emit light.? I will discuss general principles employed,
The Biochemical Nature Of?light Detection And Emission Essay, Research Paper
In this essay I aim to describe the range of biochemical pathways and
mechanisms used by living organisms both to detect and to emit light.? I will discuss general principles employed,
and illustrate the range of different biochemistry involved by the use of many
specific examples.Light Detection ????
I will discuss the mechanism and function of light detection by five
groups of light detecting molecule.? The
biggest of these is the rhodopsin group of proteins, I will also look at the
role of phytochromes, cryptochromes, flavoproteins and porphirins in light
detection.????
Rhodopsins are found in a diverse array of organisms, all featuring a
retinoid prosthetic group linked to a an apo-protein, opsin via a protonated
schiff base linkage.? Electrons from the
schiff base lone pair occupy an extra orbital?
(the ?n orbital?), therefore electrons can undergo a n-p* transition as
well as a p-p* transition.? ?Retinal proteins were first discovered in 1876 by Bell, who
observed a reddish pigment that bleaches on exposure to light, which he called
visual purple.? Most rhodopsins contain
retinal as the prosthetic group, but some have one of the other chromophores as
shown below.?? For example freshwater
fish have a rhodopsin containing 3,4-didehydroretinal, which has a red shifted
UV absorption band.?? The opsins found
in all organisms show strong homology for one another.??
All rhodopsins seem to be involved in light detection, with the notable
exception of bacteriorhodopsin, which pumps protons using energy from light
photons in order to generate ATP in anaerobic conditions i.e. is not a light
sensing protein. ????
Halobacteria do however have two sensory rhodopsins.? Sensory rhodopsin I (archaeorhodopsin) has
all trans retinal as the prosthetic group in its native state.? It is photoisomerised by green-orange light
(lmax
= 587 nm) to the deprotonated 13-cis state (lmax = 370nm).? Reisomerisation to the all-trans state is
accelerated by absorption at 370nm.? A response is elucidated in the bacterium
by a pumping of protons by the rhodopsin.?
Sensory rhodopsin I causes the halobacteria to show a phototactic
response to green light (needed for bacteriorhodopsin function), and a
photophobic response to UV light (causes cell damage).?? Sensory rhodopsin II (photorhodopsin) also
has the retinal chromophore in the all-trans state.? Light absorption causes chloride ions to
be pumped across the membrane, triggering a photophobic response to blue-green
light. ???
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Bovine rhodopsin is the most extensively studied of mammalian
rhodopsins.? It is a single polypeptide
of 348 amino acids which forms 7 TM helices and has a Mr of approximately
38kDa.? Upon absorption of light it
follows the photocycle pictured below.????
The retinal chromophore shows a bathochromic shift on attachment to an
opsin.? This can be explained by an
interaction with two carboxylate groups which act as counter ions, shifting the
lmax
from 440nm (in methanol) to 500nm (in rhodopsin).?? The different absorption maximums of the cone cells of the
retina can be explained by differing counter ion structure in their opsins.? Glu 113 has been determined as a counter ion
by site directed mutagenesis experiments. ????
The photocycles of rhodopsins have been studied using time resolved
laser spectroscopy.? The intermediates
have been isolated by low-temperature spectroscopy, i.e. rapid cooling thus
blocking the normal decay of the intermediates.? For example the photocycle of Octopus rhodopsin was
elucidated.?? It was found that
metarhodopsin is thermostable , thus doesn?t bleach in the retina.? FTIR data has suggested that the interaction
of the chromophore with opsin in the batho state is very different to bovine
rhodopsin.????
Fly visual sense cells have a sensitizing pigment ? 3-hydroxyretinol,
which binds non-covalently to the rhodopsin.??
The sensitizing pigment absorbs in the UV, then transfers the energy to
11-cis 3-hydroxyretinal via radiationless dipole-dipole interactions.?? This allows flys to receive visual
information from wavelengths in the UV (lmax = 350nm). ????
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The physiological response to light absorption has been studied in
detail in higher animals.?? In mammals
the rhodopsin molecules are found in the membrane of the outer segment of the
retina?s rod (or cone) cells.? In the
dark sodium and calcium ions are able to enter the outer segment through cGMP
gated channels.? This inward movement
balances the outward flux of cations caused by the sodium-potassium pump. Upon
absorption of a photon and the isomerisation of retinal, the following
transduction cascade occurs. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
cGMP???????????????? inactive cGMP???????????????????????? active cGMP???????????????????????????????????? cation channnels phosphodiesterase??????????????????? phosphodiesterase??????????????????????????? close ???????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
5' GMP ? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
??????????????????????????????????????hyperpolarised ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
electrical signal ? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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Lang, Jiashan
My name is Jiashan Lang, an artist and have been creating dough figurines since childhood. It is my passion, a natural part of who I am. The figurines started during the Song Dynasty over 1000 years ago. My grandfather, Lang Shao'an, is the one who has brought this art back to life. It has been a family heirloom since then. My father and grandfather dedicated their lives to promoting intangible cultural heritage, and now I aim to do the same. My purpose is to promote cultural heritage around the world. I am on a mission to introduce this beautiful art to everyone; it carries so much history, and is too beautiful to be lost. The figurines represent different people and different scenes. All of which are based on historical events, displaying individual people's lives in ancient times, or based on ancient Chinese literature. They preserve history and lore passed down through the ages.


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- god (n.)
- Old English god "supreme being, deity; the Christian God; image of a god; godlike person," from Proto-Germanic *guthan (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch god, Old High German got, German Gott, Old Norse guð, Gothic guþ), from PIE *ghut- "that which is invoked" (cf. Old Church Slavonic zovo "to call," Sanskrit huta- "invoked," an epithet of Indra), from root *gheu(e)- "to call, invoke."
But some trace it to PIE *ghu-to- "poured," from root *gheu- "to pour, pour a libation" (source of Greek khein "to pour," also in the phrase khute gaia "poured earth," referring to a burial mound; see found (v.2)). "Given the Greek facts, the Germanic form may have referred in the first instance to the spirit immanent in a burial mound" [Watkins]. Cf. also Zeus.
Not related to good. Originally a neuter noun in Germanic, the gender shifted to masculine after the coming of Christianity. Old English god probably was closer in sense to Latin numen. A better word to translate deus might have been Proto-Germanic *ansuz, but this was used only of the highest deities in the Germanic religion, and not of foreign gods, and it was never used of the Christian God. It survives in English mainly in the personal names beginning in Os-.
I want my lawyer, my tailor, my servants, even my wife to believe in God, because it means that I shall be cheated and robbed and cuckolded less often.... If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him. [Voltaire]
God bless you after someone sneezes is credited to St. Gregory the Great, but the pagan Romans (Absit omen) and Greeks had similar customs.


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Asian Dust Reaches Alaska
Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project,
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
This SeaWiFS view of Alaska (upper right) and the Bering Sea (center), collected on April 13, 2002, reveals an unmistakable wave of dust (brownish pixels) traveling southward along Alaskas western coastline and over the Aleutian Island chain. The dust, probably from East Asia, is easily distinguished from the bright white clouds (lower left) and the snow and ice covered surfaces on and around Alaska.
This image originally appeared on the Earth Observatory. Click here to view the full, original record.


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But what exactly is 'Flaming'? According to Urban Dictionary, it involves posting emotive, negative messages to provoke an angry or enraged response on social networking sites. Slovenian and British researchers say it will result in your posts receiving a much higher response rate.
The New Scientist reports that the research used "sentiment analysis" to identify emotional content on posts left on the BBC's online forums and with Digg.com. By running algorithms that looked for emoticons, emotional keywords and misspellings, the researchers calculated happiness scores for the posts and found that those with a lower score tended to participate in longer conversations. So if you are the kind of social networker who wants to generate more interest and followers, you're better off writing negative comments than saying 'I love this!'
It is typical of human nature to create social groups out of negative feelings, for example often hash tags like _TAG_ are more successful in trending on Twitter than _TAG_.
At least we're pretty sure that's the reason _TAG_ isn't doing so well.


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Oil rigs and offshores applications, whether these be fixed platforms,
mobile drilling rigs or FPSO's and other vessels, present particular challenges
for lighting with most areas being classified as ATEX Zone 1.
Health and safety considerations are critical offshore whilst,
in addition, rigs and vessels are often operating in
environmentally hostile environments with corrosive
sea air and extreme temperatures.


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I. HISTORY OF THE STAFFORD CABIN
The Stafford Cabin is a log and frame building located in Bonita Canyon, a small drainage from the west side of the Chiricahua Mountains into the dry but productive Sulphur Spring Valley in Cochise County, Arizona. The cabin is individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places (March 31, 1975) and is also contained in the Faraway Ranch Historic District (August 27, 1980), part of Chiricahua National Monument. It is managed by the Superintendent of the Monument.
Chiricahua National Monument, established in 1924 to protect the unique rock formations popularly known as the "Wonderland of Rocks" which adorn the upper reaches of this section of the mountains, is surrounded on three sides by the Coronado National Forest, and on the fourth, or west side, by Sulphur Spring Valley, most of which is privately owned.1
The 110-year-old homestead cabin and surrounding land became part of Chiricahua National Monument in December, 1968. The structure is a two-room log cabin with a stone fireplace and chimney, a shed-roofed "kitchenette" and bathroom addition, an open porch, and an attached garage. The cabin sits on a flat expanse of the canyon once occupied by an orchard, from which a few trees remain. Bonita Creek is located a short distance north of the cabin.
The history of the Stafford Cabin involves a number of facets, from a homestead claim during the Apache resistance to family life in a pioneer environment to its last decades as a guest cottage at a modestly popular dude ranch. Perhaps of foremost significance is the pioneer era, or the Stafford years, _PHONE_, a time when the earliest settlers appeared in the area and developed a ranching and agricultural legacy in the Sulphur Spring Valley. This document will hopefully shed new light on the significance of the Stafford Cabin in the history of the Southwest.
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HackerEarth Palindromic Ciphers problem solution
In this HackerEarth Palindromic Ciphers problem solution Julius Cipher is a type of cipher which relates all the lowercase alphabets to their numerical position in the alphabet, i.e., the value of a is 1, the value of b is 2, the value of z is 26, and similarly for the rest of them.
Little Chandan is obsessed with this Cipher and he keeps converting every single string he gets, to the final value one gets after the multiplication of the Julius Cipher values of a string. Arjit is fed up with Chandan's silly activities, so he decides to at least restrict Chandan's bad habits.
So, he asks Chandan not to touch any string which is a palindrome, otherwise, he is allowed to find the product of the Julius Cipher values of the string.
HackerEarth Palindromic Ciphers problem solution
HackerEarth Palindromic Ciphers problem solution.
x = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
y = list(x)
tc = int(raw_input())
while tc>0:
tc = tc - 1
s = raw_input()
if s==s[::-1]:
print "Palindrome"
else:
ans = 1
for i in s:
ans = ans * (y.index(i)+1)
print ans
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5-10 s CP per day so that after some days of breathwork they could increase their morning CPs up to 3 or more times. Modern Western Buteyko students often practice for about 40-60 min per day and their rate of progress is usually about 2-5 s morning CP per week. This slow CP increase rate makes the process of detoxification more gradual and the body cleanse unnoticeable.
2. Many Western people regularly use mineral supplements, especially Ca and Mg. An abundance of essential minerals and salts drastically reduces the severity and duration of body cleanse reactions as it is described in the Section Nutritional deficiencies and body cleansing reactions (part 3.2 of the Major Nutrients Guide).
3. Modern western students are exposed to much larger doses and varieties of chemicals in comparison with Soviet Buteyko students (the environment became more polluted). As a result, various allergic reactions are much more common in modern Western students.
4. Greatly increased prevalence of mild and light GI problems makes modern students more susceptible to developing serious GI problems according to the mechanism described above.
Dr. Buteyko on the body cleansing reactions (Part of his small manual "Method of volitional elimination of deep breathing", with details about duration, severity and physiological mechanisms of common body cleanses).
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Local stories add to Cathedral's grandeur
PUT the words architecture and Clarence Valley together and many fine, old historic buildings come to mind, but the grand old dame must be Grafton's Christ Church Cathedral.
The Anglican diocese icon is one of a number of landmarks indicating Grafton's status once as the premier city of northern New South Wales. While coastal towns have developed rapidly in recent times, Grafton's class and style shines through many connections to its historic grandeur.
The cathedral was designed by John Horbury Hunt and completed in 1884. The grounds around the cathedral are called Cathedral Close and include a number of historical buildings, the oldest being a red brick cottage constructed around 1856 and restored in 1984. It is currently used by the Parish clergy for their offices and is known as the Ministry Centre.
The cottage next to the Ministry Centre is used as the Anglicare Counselling Service was built circa 1891 only a few years after the cathedral. Like its neighbour, it was restored in 1984.
The Hunt Hall, also designed by Horbury Hunt, was completed in 1890. Adjoining the hall is the Cathedral Parish Centre, completed in 1976 and incorporating the parish office, a kitchen area and The Edwards Hall (in lieu of a chapter house). The bell tower was moved from its original site near the first church when the new cathedral was opened in 1884.
The imposing multi-storied Cathedral School was built in 1954 initially as a Youth and Synod Centre. In 1962 an extention was added for the Bishop's Registry.
Of the residences on the close, the Deanery is the oldest being built in 1872. At one time it would have overlooked the original wooden church which was built in 1854, situated closer to the street corner and demolished in 1900.
The Registrar's residence, McWilliam Lodge, built around 1910 and renovated in 1991, was named after the first registrar of the diocese.
Bishopholme is also situated atop the river bank and was completed in 1924. Both houses have sweeping views of the river.
The two timber Californian bungalows on the northern side of Victoria Street which serve as homes for the Parish Clergy were constructed during the 1920s and renovated in the 1980s.
The side of the close facing the Clarence River provides views across to South Grafton and a pleasant walk west along the levee. Indications of flood heights show why the river has been an integral part of the City's and indeed the Church's history from the earliest days.


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Conditions of Use
· What did you observe when the salt and water were combined?
· How did the water and the salt change when they were combined in the cup?
· How did measurement help you describe the changes?
· The salt went to the bottom of the cup until you stirred it, then it dissolved. If you put enough salt in it either took a while to dissolve or it didn't dissolve at all.
· The salt made the water slightly foggy until it settled down or got stirred up. The salt "disappeared" or dissolved when stirred enough.
· Measurement helped by telling if the water weighed more or the water level went up.
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Study on substitution of 4% enramycin by hydrolytic tannic acid in broiler feed
Objective: compared with 4% enramycin, to study the effects of different levels of coated hydrolyzed tannic acid on broiler performance, antioxidant performance and intestinal development.
Experimental unit: School of animal science and technology, Shandong Agricultural University
Substitutive product: Hydrolyzed tannic acid
Experiment design: this experiment adopts the single factor experiment design, selects 200 healthy and even weight 1-day-old aibuyijia (AA) broilers, half male and half female, randomly divided into 5 treatments, each treatment has 5 repetitions, each repetition has 8 chickens.
Test conclusion:
1. Adding hydrolytic tannic acid to the diet can improve the daily gain of broilers, reduce the feed to weight ratio, and improve the performance of broilers.
2. Adding hydrolytic tannic acid to the diet can improve the slaughter rate and full bore rate of broilers.
3. The thymus index, spleen index and antioxidant capacity of broilers can be improved by adding the coated hydrolytic tannic acid in the diet, so as to better maintain the health of broilers.
4. The activity of lipase and amylase in duodenum and the quantity of lactobacilli can be increased by adding coated hydrolytic tannic acid to the diet, so as to promote the digestion and absorption ability of the body and better maintain the intestinal health.
5. According to the data of five treatments, the best effect is to substitute 150g / T enramycin (4%) in broiler feed, followed by 600g / T hydrolyzed tannic acid and 200g / T hydrolyzed tannic acid.
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While planting apple seeds with kids is fun and will produce a tree, it's important to know that the tree may never bear fruit. Most apple trees that are grown for fruit are produced by a grafting method. Additionally, an apple tree grown from seed that does bear fruit can take up to eight years to get to that stage. Finally, it may produce apples that don't look or taste like the apple from which the original seed came! That said, planting apple seeds with kids is a great learning experience.
Allow the child to pick out and eat an apple, making sure to save the seeds from the core area. It's not a bad idea to eat several varieties, because some apple seeds germinate more quickly than others.
Remove as many seeds as you can from the core. Only use intact seeds, as broken ones will not grow. Clean the seeds carefully with warm water, making sure to remove any parts of the apple that cling to them.
Allow the seeds dry out for at least three days. It's best to put the seeds on a paper plate. Help keep track of what type of seeds you are handling by having the child write the name of the apple they came from on the plate. Make sure to put the seed plates in a protected and out-of-the-way place, so that no critters or children carry them off.
Dampen a paper towel and place the seeds on it. Fold the wet towel over several times so that the seeds are surrounded in moisture. Place the paper towel in a plastic sandwich bag and seal it; then place the entire bag in the refrigerator. Have the child check the seeds daily. They should sprout within one to two weeks. Make sure they are a good size and sturdy before moving to the planting stage.
Use a push pin to poke holes in the bottom of several paper cups. Fill each cup about 3/4 of the way with potting soil. Transfer the apple seeds to the cups, planting one seed per cup. Make sure the green sprouted part is above the soil. Water gently until the soil is very moist and place the cups in a sunny location.
Water the seedlings daily and make certain that they receive lots of sunlight. As they start to outgrow their containers, transfer them to larger clay pots and move them outside into a spot that receives lots of sun. Continue to water daily.
Transplant the trees into the ground when they are about 12 inches tall and have developed a sturdy root system. Have the child help you dig a hole in an area of the garden that receives at least six hours of sunlight each day. The planting hole should be twice the size of the tree's root ball and filled with planting soil and manure. Place pine straw around the base of the tree to help keep moisture in the soil. Continue to water it well, especially during the hot months, and enjoy it as it grows.


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5.1 The Likely Impacts of High Bandwidth Networks on the Turkish Economy
According to the National Broadband Vision Study of Turkey,*
through fostering broadband development the Turkish economy could gain US$ 4.9-10
billion extra value added each year thereby boosting its economic growth by 0.8-1.7
percentage points. This economic momentum enabled by an enhanced broadband ecosystem
would bring 180,000-380,000 new jobs and provide new income opportunities. This
implies that employment creation in new broadband-related activities would eventually
compensate for job loss due to process optimization and structural displacements.
Through help of a toolkit* the Broadband National Vision Study
reports to find a significant growth impact for the Turkish economy fueled by broadband
enhancing public policies. In the baseline growth scenario Turkish economy would
take off by an annual rate of 5.0 per cent as depicted in Figure 5‑1, and it would reach the US$ 1,216 billion GDP
level by the end of 2023.
Under the broadband enhancing growth scenario in which a set of active government
programs to boost broadband impact are introduced, the economic growth forecast
is much faster, with an additional 2.3 percentage points, reaching to 7.3% on annual
basis. Government policies targeting enhanced broadband infrastructure and ecosystem
will boost economic growth significantly. By 2023 the Turkish economy would have
a GDP at USD 1,652 billion rather than USD 1,216 billion of the baseline scenario.
This is a GDP level 36% greater than the baseline. It may accurately be called the
The broadband effect encompasses two distinctive categories: Industry benefits (measured
as USD 289 billion during 2010-2023) comprising of the overall broadband productivity
impacts within and beyond the ICT industry; and pillar effects (measured as USD
147 billion during 2010-2023) which might directly be associated with broadband
enhancing policies of the government. Since industry benefits are nearly two times
larger than pillar benefits for Turkish economy, broadband enhancing policies should
trigger a multiplier effect within the economy and their indirect impacts could
potentially outpace the direct effects.
The study also analyzes detailed impacts of enhanced broadband polices on different
economic sectors, the so called pillar effects. Pillar effects can be decomposed
into different sectors as follows:
- 7 per cent of total
pillar effects will come from revitalized small/medium business;
- 6 per cent contribution
will arrive from improved government services;
- 4 per cent to come
from the benefits of broadband-enabled education;
16 per cent to come from
a more attractive business environment;
- 67 per cent to come
from other sectors, as well as multi-factor productivity and the benefits of collaboration
across the economy.
Figure 5‑1 Base line and
broadband enhanced growth scenarios, Real GDP2009=100
Analyses indicate forecast benefits from increased ICT adoption by the SME sector
will be large and e-government applications would provide a significant amount of
contribution through cutting costs and improving productivity. Another important
policy area that should be focused is education. The main benefit seems to be improvements
in the general business
environment. Under the broadband enhanced scenario policies to foster the business
environment, 16 % of total pillar effects will come from improvements in the business
framework alone. The largest one is the multiplier effect. Broadband adoption will
bring benefits diffusing beyond the ICT sector through channels of multifactor productivity.
5.2 Factors Contributing to Turkey's Broadband Development
E-government initiatives have been a major driving force for development of the
broadband ecosystem. Turkey has implemented a highly motivated e government program
that created the necessary demand for enterprises in the ICT sector and motivated
citizens for increased Internet usage. In this regard Turkey has demonstrated an
interesting example that countries with relatively lower level of Internet penetration
and usage ratios can exploit e-government programs as a means to ignite development
of the broadband ecosystem.
Ensuring a shared vision among political leaders and technocrats has also been an
important factor in pushing e-government programs. Since the coming of the new national
government into power in 2002, political leaders saw e-government as a central instrument
that would support public reforms and larger changes in the political system. A
central organizational structure was formulated to develop strategies and put public
money into the pipeline for a set of strategically important projects with high
value and a high transaction volume.
The EU candidacy of Turkey and the membership negotiation process has provided a
good opportunity for the country to reform its ICT and broadband legal and regulative
frameworks. This process helped bureaucrats and top-level managers get closer to
European institutions, policies and initiatives, and market developments in these
The high tempo growth of Turkish economy in the last decade is another factor supporting
in the Internet revolution. The new national government has implemented ambitious
market oriented reforms complemented with a proactive foreign policy which resulted
in large sums of overseas capital flowing into the country. Communications, software
and hardware segments of ICT industries have expanded rapidly.
Figure 5‑2 Turkey connectivity
performance by scorecard component, 2010
5.2.1 Lessons learned
The Connectivity Scorecard is a composite index to assess the relative development
level of ICTs (Figure
Turkey was found to have a robust consumer infrastructure due to its high mobile
and PSTN penetration and also the recent progress in broadband networks. It also
scores strong on consumer usage and skills metrics such as frequent Internet usage
and uptake of voice services. According to the Scorecard the country's business
infrastructure is above average, with high penetration of secure Internet servers,
and substantial business investments in ICT. Turkey also impresses on government-related
metrics such as government spending on ICT and provision of government services
However the Scorecard points out that Turkey ranks somewhat poorly in business usage
and skills, where its score is considerably lower than one might expect given the
state of its business infrastructure. Turkey has made considerable progress in developing
a robust ICT infrastructure but its weaker usage and skills scores indicate that
the country is yet to fully realize its benefits. Therefore, it needs to place greater
effort on ensuring the adoption and diffusion of ICTs to leverage competitive power.
Turkey faces a strategic opportunity in terms of broadband infrastructure development.
The majority of the national broadband network is based on slower speed connections
which do not optimally support advanced applications of next generation connectivity
such as e-education, e-health, etc. There are signals suggesting the current broadband
network has become somewhat overloaded.
To enhance a rapid take up of high bandwidth broadband networks the government should
play a more effective and active role. First and foremost is ensuring effective
regulation. The public stake in the incumbent operator should not prevent authorities
from enforcing rules for fostering competition in the broadband market. Secondly,
Turkey should design a complete and integrated broadband strategy for coordinating
various individual pieces in the same direction.
To enable increased ICT and broadband adoption by businesses the government should
exercise greater efforts to design effective programs and incentives. In particular
skill gaps should be identified and adequately addressed with participation of private
The lack of a suitable national accounting framework for more detailed analysis
hinders international benchmarking in most emerging policy areas notably ICTs and
innovation. Turkey should take measures to address this problem and ensure reliable
and timely indicators are developed and made available to the public.


Native Peoples Law Lawyers In Colcord Oklahoma
Colcord is a small farming town in southern Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States. The community lies in the northeastern part of the state in a region known as Green Country. At the 2000 census, the population was 819.
What is native peoples law?
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Quantitech says one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies recently employed its new portable FTIR multi-parameter gas analyser to check air quality in an office for which there had been a number of odour complaints.
Monitoring up to 25 compounds simultaneously, the FTIR was able to
demonstrate compliance with occupational safety limits, says the company.
A Gasmet DX 4030 was employed to assess the office air by sampling and analysis. In addition, samples were taken from potential sources of contamination — carpet, radiator vent, skirting boards, whiteboard cleaner and marker pens. The levels observed did not exceed the WELs for these substances, and the FTIR gas analysis also demonstrated that the air in the room was safe to breathe.
Quantitech's Dr Andrew Hobson said: "The great news is that the new portable FTIR (Gasmet DX4030) generates a complete infrared spectrum of the air, which can be interrogated after sampling to identify hundreds of compounds, thereby substantially reducing the risk of failing to identify a significant compound."


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Create a PDF Document in PHP and View in the Browser
A sample PHP script using PDFBuilderASP
This example demonstrates the use of the PDFBuilderASP component in a PHP script to generate a single page PDF document and display it in the client browser. The document is a simple invoice which is customised to show the name and address of a customer which have been sent to the PHP script using an HTTP POST operation. This represents a typical application for this component.
To run this example now, complete the name and address fields further down this page and then click on the "Create PDF" button to submit the form data to the sample script on our server. (Note that we are not recording the data you enter, it is just being used to build the example PDF). After the script runs, a fictitious invoice in PDF format will be displayed in your browser.
To set this example up on your own server, download the trial version of PDFBuilderASP and a copy of the PHP script used for this demo from the links below. Note that this component is a COM object and can only be used on servers running a Windows operating system.
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Run the Example Script to Create an Invoice
By clicking on the "Create PDF" button below, the information entered in the name and address fields is submitted to a PHP script on our server. This script then creates a PDF document using PDFBuilderASP. The script demonstrates how images are added (a company logo), how graphics are drawn (various rectangles and lines to show boxes on the invoice) and the writing of several text fields. Most of the text on the document is fixed, but the three data fields for the customer's name and address will be completed using the submitted information.
Finally, the document is displayed in the browser after being saved temporarily on the server by PDFBuilderASP.
Please enter a name (an imaginary one if you prefer).
Also, enter the first line of an address.
..and the second line of an address.
Finally, click the button below to generate the invoice.
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