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Newing New"ing noun [ From New, transitive verb ] Yeast; barm. [ Prov. Eng.]
Newish New"ish adjective Somewhat new; nearly new. Bacon.
Newly New"ly adverb 1. Lately; recently.
He rubbed it o'er with newly gathered mint. Dryden. 2. Anew; afresh; freshly.
And the refined mind doth newly fashion Spenser.
Into a fairer form.
Newmarket New"mar'ket noun [ From Newmarket, England.] A long, closely fitting cloak.
Newness New"ness noun The quality or state of being new; as, the newness of a system; the newness of a scene; newness of life.
[ From New; confer French nounelles
is plural in form, but is commonly used with a singular verb.] 1. A report of recent occurrences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tidings; recent intelligence.
Evil news rides post, while good news baits. Milton. 2. Something strange or newly happened.
It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to the strong and rich. L'Estrange. 3. A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper.
There cometh a news thither with his horse. Pepys.
News-book News"-book' noun A newspaper. [ Obsolete]
News-letter News"-let'ter noun A circular letter, written or printed for the purpose of disseminating news. This was the name given to the earliest English newspapers.
News-vnder News"-vnd'er noun A seller of newspapers.
News-writer News"-writ'er noun One who gathered news for, and wrote, news-letters. Macaulay.
Newsboy News"boy' noun A boy who distributes or sells newspapers.
Newsman News"man noun
; plural Newsmen 1. One who brings news.
[ Obsolete] Spenser. 2. A man who distributes or sells newspapers.
Newsmonger News"mon'ger noun One who deals in news; one who is active in hearing and telling news.
Newspaper News"pa'per noun A sheet of paper printed and distributed, at stated intervals, for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating opinions, etc.; a public print that circulates news, advertisements, proceedings of legislative bodies, public announcements, etc.
Newsroom News"room' noun A room where news is collected and disseminated, or periodicals sold; a reading room supplied with newspapers, magazines, etc.
Newsy News"y adjective Full of news; abounding in information as to current events. [ Colloq.]
Newt Newt noun [ Middle English ewt, evete, Anglo-Saxon efete, with n prefixed, an ewt being understood as a newt. Confer Eft.] (Zoology) Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The common British species are the crested newt ( Triton cristatus ) and the smooth newt ( Lophinus punctatus ). In America, Diemictylus viridescens is one of the most abundant species.
Newtonian New·to"ni·an adjective Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, or his discoveries. Newtonian philosophy, the philosophy of Sir Isaac Newton; -- applied to the doctrine of the universe as expounded in Newton's "Principia," to the modern or experimental philosophy (as opposed to the theories of Descartes and others), and, most frequently, to the mathematical theory of universal gravitation. -- Newtonian telescope (Astron.), a reflecting telescope, in which rays from the large speculum are received by a plane mirror placed diagonally in the axis, and near the open end of the tube, and thrown at right angles toward one side of the tube, where the image is formed and viewed through the eyeplace. -- Newtonian theory of light. See Note under Light.
Newtonian New·to"ni·an noun A follower of Newton.
Nexible Nex"i·ble adjective [ Latin nexibilis, from nectere, nexum, to bind.] That may be knit together. [ R.]
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, superl. of neáh
nigh. See Nigh
.] 1. Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening. Chaucer.
Her princely guest Dryden.
Was next her side; in order sat the rest.
Fear followed me so hard, that I fled the next way. Bunyan. 2. Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour. 3. Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order.
None could tell whose turn should be the next. Gay. 4. Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as, the next heir was an infant.
The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. Ruth ii. 20.
is usually followed by to
before an object, but to
is sometimes omitted. In such cases next
in considered by many grammarians as a preposition. Next friend (Law)
, one who represents an infant, a married woman, or any person who can not appear sui juris, in a suit at law.
Next Next adverb In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding; as, this man follows next.
Nexus Nex"us noun
[ Latin ] Connection; tie.
Man is doubtless one by some subtile nexus... extending from the new-born infant to the superannuated dotard. De Quincey.
Nez Percés Nez" Per'cés" plural ; sing. Nez PercÉ [ French, pierced noses.] (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians, mostly inhabiting Idaho.
Ngina Ngi"na noun [ Native name.] The gorilla.
Niagara period Ni·ag"a·ra pe"ri·od (Geol.) A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system, embracing the Medina, Clinton, and Niagara epoch. The rocks of the Niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. See Chart of Geology.
Nias Ni"as noun [ French niais. See Eyas.] A young hawk; an eyas; hence, an unsophisticated person. [ Obsolete]
Nib Nib (nĭb) noun [ A variabt of neb.] 1. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong. "The little nib or fructifying principle." Sir T. Browne. 2. (Zoology) The bill or beak of a bird; the neb. 3. The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder. 4. One of the handles which project from a scythe snath; also, [ Prov. Eng.], the shaft of a wagon.
Nib Nib transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Nebbed ; present participle & verbal noun Nibbing.] To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to nib a pen.
Nibbed Nibbed adjective Having a nib or point.
Nibble Nib"ble transitive verb
[ imperfect & past participle Nibbled
; present participle & verbal noun Nibbling
.] [ Confer Nip
.] To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits.
Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep. Shak.
Nibble Nib"ble transitive verb To bite upon something gently or cautiously; to eat a little of a thing, as by taking small bits cautiously; as, fishes nibble at the bait.
Instead of returning a full answer to my book, he manifestly falls a- nibbling at one single passage. Tillotson.
Nibble Nib"ble noun A small or cautious bite.
Nibbler Nib"bler noun One who, or that which, nibbles.
Nibblingly Nib"bling·ly adverb In a nibbling manner; cautiously.
Nibelungenlied Ni"be·lung'en·lied' noun [ G. See Nibelungs ; Lied.] A great medieval German epic of unknown authorship containing traditions which refer to the Burgundians at the time of Attila (called Etzel in the poem) and mythological elements pointing to heathen times.
Nibelungs Ni"be·lungs noun plural ; sing. Nibelung. In German mythology, the children of the mist, a race of dwarfs or demonic beings, the original possessors of the famous hoard and ring won by Siegfrid; also, the Burgundian kings in the Nibelungenlied.
Niblick Nib"lick noun A kind of golf stick used to lift the ball out of holes, ruts, etc.
Nicagua Ni·ca"gua noun (Zoology) The laughing falcon. See under laughing.
Nicaragua wood Nic'a·ra"gua wood' Brazil wood.
Niccolite Nic"co·lite noun [ from New Latin niccolum nickel.] (Min.) A mineral of a copper-red color and metallic luster; an arsenide of nickel; -- called


text: Tetris is a tile-matching puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984. Tetriminos are game pieces in geometric shapes composed of four square blocks each. A random sequence of Tetriminos fall down the playing field. The objective of the game is to manipulate these Tetriminos to create a horizontal line of ten blocks without gaps. When such a line is created, it disappears and any block above the deleted line will fall. When a certain number of lines are cleared, the game enters a new level. As the game progresses, the Tetriminos fall faster, and the game ends when the stack of Tetriminos reaches the top of the playing field and no new Tetriminos are able to enter.

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"Pielparade" is an Afrikaans colloquial term commonly used by South African military personnel, especially servicemen and veterans of the old South African Defense Force (S.A.D.F.), which has also entered mainstream South African English as slang. The term means 'penis parades' and refers to a range of sexual games or practices in which groups of soldiers participate, supposedly to foster group cohesion. Since pielparade are taboo, and because of the controversial and sensitive nature of the activities of the S.A.D.F. during the final period of the apartheid era, pielparade are rarely written about or openly discussed in public. Pielparade have never been officially sanctioned, and their occurrence largely depended on the predilections of individual section or platoon leaders. Pielparade were also known as 'spanbou speletjies' which translates as 'team building games' or 'geesbou speletjies' ('team spirit-building games'). Apart from promoting group cohesiveness, the games were also meant to be humorous and to entertain the troops.
The most common game is known as 'laërskommel' which literally translates as 'laager milkshake' but means 'circle jerk' which is when a group of men form a circle and masturbate themselves till they ejaculate. During the nineteenth century, the ancestors of the Afrikaners, called Boers, used to create encampments formed by a circle of wagons to protect them from attacks by hostile African tribes or wild animals. These circular encampments were called laagers in Dutch which the Boers spoke at the time but their Dutch eventually evolved into Afrikaans. The Afrikaans word for 'laager' is 'laër'. The 'skommel' or 'milkshake' part of 'laërskommel' refers to male masturbation and semen which may resemble certain milkshakes.
The section or platoon would gather in the section or platoon bungalow or outside and create an area called the 'saadskietbaan'. 'Saad' means 'seed' or 'seeds' but in this context it means 'semen', 'skiet' means 'shoot' and 'baan' means 'shooting range' or 'a range for target practice'. The section or platoon leader would order participants to form a circle or line up in a row behind a line in the 'saadskietbaan'. Soldiers would then place bets on which participants would ejaculate first, last or furthest. Participants were then ordered to strip naked. The 'laërskommel' might be preceded by a 'worswedstryd' (see below) or participants were ordered to perform 'jumping jacks' or 'star jumps' which are a type of physical exercise in which the performer jumps from a standing position with the arms and legs pointing outwards. The purpose of ordering the participants to perform 'jumping jacks' was partly to humiliate them and to humour the onlookers because the participants' penises would inevitably flail up and down or side to side as they jumped. Participants would then proceed to masturbate themselves till they ejaculated. Occasionally, participants would be ordered to stimulate other participants' penises or scrotum. After the last participant had finished ejaculating, the winnings were then distributed.
Other Afrikaans slang words for 'laërskommel' include:
Kraalskommel – a 'kraal' is a traditional African village of huts surrounded by a circular fence or it is a circular enclosure for livestock; 'skommel' means 'milkshake' of which the meaning in this context is explained above.
Kringskommel – a 'kring' is a 'ring' or 'circle'; 'skommel' means 'milkshake' of which the meaning in this context is explained above.
Balskud – a 'bal' is a 'ball' but in this context it means 'testicle' and 'skud' means 'to shake'. The term also occurs in the plural, viz. ballasskud
Saadbomme – 'saad' means 'seed' or 'seeds' but in this context it means 'semen', and 'bomme' means 'bombs'.
Saadkannone – 'saad' means 'seed' or 'seeds' but in this context it means 'semen', and 'kannone' means 'cannons'.
Saadskiet – 'saad' means 'seed' or 'seeds' but in this context it means 'semen', and 'skiet' means 'shoot'.
Saadskietparade – 'saad' means 'seed' or 'seeds' but in this context it means 'semen', 'skiet' means 'shoot' and 'parade' means 'parade'.
Skietpiel – 'skiet' means 'shoot' and 'piel' means 'penis'.
Toltrekparade – 'tol' means 'dick' (i.e. slang for 'penis'), 'trek' means 'pull' and 'parade' means 'parade'
Draadtrekparade – 'draad' means 'wire' but in this context it means 'penis', 'trek' means 'pull' and 'parade' means 'parade'
Tottietrekparade – 'tottie' means 'willy' (i.e. slang for 'penis'), 'trek' means 'pull' and 'parade' means 'parade'.
Other types of pielparade:
This game derives from the Afrikaans words 'wors' which means 'sausage' and 'wedstryd' which means 'match' or 'game'. Participants would take bets to see whose penises were the longest or shortest or thickest, and the money or whatever was being bet would then be distributed to the winners.
This game derives from the Afrikaans words 'hand' which means 'hand' and 'stoot' which means 'push'. Participants would stand naked in a row and thrust their erect penises in their hands till they ejaculated, basically as if they were having sex with their own hands. Bets would be placed on who could ejaculate first, last or the furthest.
This game derives from the Afrikaans words 'olifant' which means 'elephant' and 'loop' which means 'walk'. Participants would be ordered to stand naked in a column. Each soldier would take hold of the penis of the soldier in front of him by putting his hands between the soldier's legs from behind, as well as the penis of the soldier behind him. The participants would then be ordered to walk, to the amusement of the onlookers.
This game derives from the Afrikaans words 'kussing' which means 'cushion' or 'pillow' and 'kannon' which means 'cannon'. Participants would be ordered to strip naked, make their penises erect and then rub them against a pillow or cushion till they ejaculate. As with other pielparade, bets would be placed on which participant would ejaculate first or last or the furthest.
This game derives from the Afrikaans word for 'doll house'. A soldier would bring a woman, usually a prostitute, to the platoon bungalow and have sex with her while other troops watch. Sometimes the woman would be aware and sometimes the woman would be unaware that she was being watched. The troops watching would be ordered to masturbate and ejaculate while watching.
This game derives from the Afrikaans words 'flamink' which means 'flamingo' and 'bomme' which means 'bombs'. Flamingos sleep by balancing on one leg. In this game, participants would be ordered to strip naked and stand on one leg by holding the other leg by the foot behind the back. The participants would then be ordered to masturbate and ejaculate while trying to balance on one leg. The participants had to masturbate with the hand which they did not usually use to masturbate. If the participants failed to maintain their balance, they would be punished with an 'opfok' (literally 'up-fuck', or 'fuck up') which was a series of punishment exercises like push-ups, running, jumping jacks, etc.
This game derives from the Afrikaans words 'swaard' which means 'sword' and 'geweer' which means 'gun' and is also jokingly known as 'penis fencing' or 'sword-fighting'. This game was essentially a form of frottage; direct penis-to-penis contact, in which participants would use their penises as 'swords' in a 'swordfight', which usually involved the competitive element of trying to make the other participant ejaculate first.
This game derives from the Afrikaans words 'jags' which means 'horny' and 'bly' which means 'to remain'. The section or platoon leader would order the soldiers to strip naked and masturbate. The participants would then engage in edging or orgasm control which is a sexual technique that involves a high level of sexual arousal for an extended period of time without reaching orgasm. The competitive aspect of this game would be to see which soldier could continue masturbating the longest without having an orgasm.
Eensame kannon or Lekkende kraan or Kraanspuit
"Eensaam' means 'lonely' and 'kannon' means 'cannon'; 'lekkende' means


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WASHINGTON, DC — It would acquire 14 decades for federal and point out government-registered apprenticeship courses to teach the 650,000 employees the construction market desires to use just in 2022, according to an Related Builders and Contractors assessment of U.S. Section of Labor details from 2021. DOL info indicate that the building industry's federal govt-registered apprenticeship program developed just 24,822 completers of its 4-to-5-12 months apprenticeship courses, and in addition, development field apprenticeship applications registered with state governments developed an believed 15,000 to 20,000 completers in FY 2021.
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"Clearly, the governing administration-registered apprenticeship procedure is not meeting the industry's need to have for experienced labor and can not be the only resolution supported by government to fulfill sector requires and construct a varied workforce," stated Ben Brubeck, ABC vice president of regulatory, labor and condition affairs. "This is why lawmakers ought to aid inclusive, all-of-the-over options to workforce growth as part of their efforts to attract and keep a assorted construction business workforce, especially through these economically difficult moments.
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"Government-registered apprenticeship systems are only a important aspect of an all-of-the-previously mentioned resolution to workforce advancement," said Brubeck. "ABC's 68 chapters are educating craft, security and administration experts utilizing modern and flexible finding out products like just-in-time task education, competency-dependent progression and operate-primarily based learning in addition to a lot more than 300 federal and point out GRAPs throughout 20 different occupations in buy to produce a risk-free, qualified and successful workforce. In addition, ABC member firms administer hundreds of GRAPs unbiased of ABC's community and invested an estimated $1.6 billion in construction workforce improvement in 2021."
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Metallic wood-boring beetle, (family Buprestidae), also called Jewel Beetle, any of some 15,000 species of beetles (insect order Coleoptera), mostly distributed in tropical regions, that are among the most brilliantly coloured insects. These beetles are long, narrow, and flat, with a tapering abdomen. The wing covers (elytra) of some species are metallic blue, copper, green, or black in colour. Highly metallic beetles were used as living jewelry by both women and men during the Victorian Age. The brightly coloured body of other species is hidden by the dull dark wing covers and is exposed only during flight or from a ventral (bottom) view. A predator chasing a metallic-coloured flying beetle may not recognize it as prey when it stops flying and becomes a dull, dark-coloured lump on a branch.
The white, legless larvae, which resemble tadpoles, are called flatheaded borers because of their shape. The head region is flattened and expanded sideways; the rest of the body is cylindrical and narrow.
Many metallic wood-boring beetle larvae carve out ribbon-shaped tunnels in wood. Chrysobothris attacks trees and shrubs and often seriously damages fruit trees. Some (e.g., Agrilus) cause the formation of a gall in which the larvae live. The small, flat Brachys tunnels through leaves.
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Adaptations of the Cheetah
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The cheetah is thought to be the fastest land animal in the world. It can reach speeds of up to 70 mph (112 kph) in short spurts while chasing prey. This speed is a result of several adaptive traits working together. They have a slight frame and long legs that not only help with speed but also agility during a chase. Their agility allows them to change direction quickly to follow running prey.
Their spots act as camouflage while they wait in the tall grass or perched up high in the dappled light of an acacia tree. Their very long tail helps with balance when they run and leap. They are also the only cat without retractable claws, so perhaps digging in with their claws is another factor in their running abilities. All of these are physical adaptations that help make the cheetah a successful predator on the African savannah.
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The cheetah has adaptive traits that help it hunt and catch prey, reproduce and compete with other predators out on the African savannah.
1. Besides for speed, what other adaptive traits help the cheetah successfully catch its prey?
2. Can you think of other animals that use their speed to survive? Name two and how their speed helps them.
3. Two big cats – the lion and cheetah both survive on the savannah together. What is different about the way they hunt that allows them to live in the same niche?
4. How do you think a cheetah would do in a forested habitat? How would its adaptive traits for the savannah help or hinder its success in this other habitat?
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DroneUp provides unparalleled management of sUAS operators during critical and emergency response events. Combining geospatial technologies, task management, mission-specific communications, and airspace transparency, our command center can identify, notify, deploy instantly, and deconflict drone operators regardless of mission area size.
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Archena is a municipality of Spain in the autonomous community and province of Murcia. It has a population of 16,707 (2006) and an area of 16.5 km2 (6.4 sq mi). It is 24 km (15 mi) from the provincial capital, Murcia.
Archena is home to a hot water mineral spa, dating back to Roman times and has 3 hotels built around it. Whilst undergoing recent development, further Roman ruins were found on the site of the spa.
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|Sir William Russell-Flint's 'Song of Solomon' 1909|
It is important to know that this is just the first chapter and that the 'voice' of the poem switches from person to person. Biblical scholars argue whether or not this was written by Solomon or for him. Here are just a few of the references that have been made:
- Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy's 1985 song Kiss Me quotes directly from the Song of Solomon.
- Toni Morrison's novel Song of Solomon was instrumental in her winning a Nobel Prize.
- Chapter 2, verse 15 (not reproduced here) provided the title for Lillian Hellman's 1939 play Little Foxes.
- Also the opening line of Chapter 2 provides the name 'Rose of Sharon' used by Steinbeck in The Grapes of Wrath.
- Countless number of (mostly obscure) rock groups have taken their names and song titles from Song of Solomon.
- One of Kate Bush's song from The Red Shoes is Song of Solomon
- In his poem When I Hear You Sing, Leonard Cohen refers to the Song of Solomon.
- Many writers and composers through history have taken inspiration from this work. They include Geoffrey Chaucer, JS Bach and up to Steeleye Span and Neil Diamond (in Holly Holy).

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By Jennifer Chambers, The Detroit News
Great teachers are not born — they're taught. That philosophy is the impetus behind a two-week teaching lab held annually at the University of Michigan's School of Education, where the teacher and her methods are under study by educators, policymakers and others who hope to learn more about what makes a great educator.
Every day for two weeks, a special mathematics class for underperforming upper elementary students from Ypsilanti Public Schools is taught by Deborah Loewenberg Ball, an experienced elementary school teacher who is also dean of the U-M School of Education.
The 2 1/2-hour class is conducted in a format similar to a surgical theater, where Ball performs a live teaching lesson with about two dozen students who have been asked to solve math problems individually and as a group.
Cameras tape the experience and microphones record student answers and Ball's techniques. A short distance away, adults watch, take notes and study Ball as she engages children in math. Continue reading…


Q.The owners of a post-and-beam we've just completed are having a condensation problem on the inside of the windows. The colder it gets, the more ice develops on the glass, to the point the windows won't open. We used good-quality windows. The temperature downstairs is 72°F; upstairs it's 62°F. Could the house be too airtight?
A.Paul Fisette responds: The problem is that the inside surface of the window is below the dew point temperature of the air that comes in contact with it. This means either that you have too much moisture in the house or that the window is not insulative enough, so that its inside surface is too cold. You might have both conditions. The indoor relative humidity (RH) should be around 35%, but it should not go above 50%. Monitor the RH for a week with a device that records high and low readings. You can purchase these at stores like Radio Shack for about $20. If you learn that the humidity in the home is too high, figure out why and lower it.
A good place to start is by investigating exhaust fans in bathrooms, kitchens, and other high-moisture areas. Be sure that the fans are working correctly and are being used. If you find that the RH is okay, I would suspect that either the window is not as energy efficient as you think or it leaks air. Air may be leaking through the window seals, around the weatherstripping, or around the rough opening. This might be cooling the inside surface of the window below dew point temperature.
Another issue to consider is that post-and-beam houses are built with timbers that often have a high moisture content. Typically, the timbers are installed green, because it's expensive to kiln-dry such large pieces of lumber. This may raise moisture levels inside the house for a year or two. Because the window units are typically installed within a timber framework involving headers, sills, and side members that are wet, each window has a local moisture source. Get a moisture meter and check the moisture content of the timbers. Eventually, they will stabilize at a moisture content of 8%. Even if the inside surface of timbers (the side facing the living space) is dry, the surfaces within the wall cavity are most likely wet. If wet timbers are the problem, you can raise the indoor temperature, circulate warm air toward the windows, and use a dehumidifier for the short term.


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The Vehicle Information Report
(VIR) is an important source when buying or selling
a previously owned vehicle.
When you buy a previously owned
vehicle in Alberta, how do you learn its history?
Where and when was it registered in Alberta?
Has it been declared salvage? Was it registered
for commercial use? Are there any current liens
recorded in Alberta against the vehicle? The
VIR has the answers to these questions.
Both buyers and sellers of previously
owned vehicles find the VIR beneficial. As a
buyer, the VIR can help you make an informed
decision. It does not replace a mechanical inspection,
but it will add to the information you need to
assess the value of the vehicle. It is a good
idea to get a mechanical inspection on a previously
owned vehicle before you make a purchase. As
a seller, the VIR will provide more information
to interested buyers, showing your intent to
sell a vehicle as you've advertised it. Please
consult us for more information - _PHONE_.
The Alberta government records major changes in a vehicle's history with
the help of registrants, the insurance industry, registry agents, and
inspection centres authorized by Alberta Transportation.
A Search of Alberta Registries'
records is done using the Vehicle Identification
Number (VIN) to gather valuable information about
a vehicle's history in Alberta. The VIN is the
unique serial number assigned to every new vehicle
by the manufacturer. It is used to identify a
specific vehicle throughout its life and generate
The VIR provides:
- the vehicle's description.
- the vehicle's odometer reading.
- the vehicle's status
- registration information, and
- the number of current liens
registered in Alberta against the vehicle.
The description includes the year, make, model, style, colour and fuel
type. This information should match the vehicle you are considering.
For example, if the colour does not match, you may want to check with
the owner to find out why there is a difference.
December 2002 the public have been encouraged
to voluntarily provide
Alberta Registries with the odometer
reading on their vehicle at the time
of registering or renewing a vehicle
registration. These odometer readings
have been added to the vehicle description
of this report. You should compare the most recent odometer reading and
date on this report
to the current reading on the vehicle. If there is a discrepancy, you
may want to have the odometer reading investigated. If it is determined
that the odometer reading is not correct and you suspect your vehicle
odometer was tampered with, please contact the Alberta Motor Vehicle
Industry Council (AMVIC) at _PHONE_. If it has been determined
that the odometer reading is not correct, a Reason Code will be added
to the Alberta Motor Vehicle system. The codes that could appear are:
- M - if the odometer is broken
or not working properly.
- R - if the odometer has been
- N - if the odometer has been
If the VIR does not have an odometer
reading, it may be because the previous owner
declined to provide it, the last transaction
was an Internet vehicle renewal, or a transaction
has not taken place since December 2002.
The Vehicle status shows the current designation in the Alberta Motor
Vehicle system. It is an indication of the vehicle's suitability for
registration and the registration history.
- Any status beginning with oop
(out-of-province) means the vehicle is not
registered in Alberta.
- All out-of-province vehicles
must pass a safety inspection before they can
be registered in Alberta.
- Prior to January 1997, it was
not mandatory to report a written-off vehicle
to Alberta Registries. Therefore, this report
may not include all written-off occurrences.
A vehicle will have one of the
following status descriptions.
Active or oop-active: A
vehicle with this status can be registered.
Salvage or oop-salvage: A
vehicle that requires repairs to the extent
that it is written-off and branded as a salvage
vehicle must be inspected and certified prior
to registration. Vehicles with a status of
salvage must pass an inspection, and can
only be registered with a status of rebuilt.
or oop-nonrepairable: A
vehicle that can be sold for scrap and dismantled
for parts only. A vehicle with this status
cannot be registered.
Unsafe or oop-unsafe: A
vehicle that is deemed unfit for continued road
use. A vehicle with this status must be inspected
and certified before it can be registered.
Rebuilt or oop-rebuilt: A
vehicle that was written-off and given a salvage
status (that is, it has damage in excess of its
value), then repaired and subsequently certified
by an authorized inspector. A vehicle with a rebuilt status
can be registered.
vehicle is from out-of-province. The status information
is not available. Usually this vehicle has been
imported from outside Canada and will also require
a Transport Canada (Customs) form.
vehicle has been reported as stolen in another
vehicle that was once repaired, and in a separate
instance is deemed to be unfit for continued
road use. A vehicle with this status must be
inspected and certified before it can be registered.
Associated with each status is
the date the status was entered into Alberta
Registries records. This date is reported in
all instances except where there is "active" or "oop-actv" status.
Registration information contains the date Alberta Registries first entered
the vehicle's data in its records, the vehicle's current licence plate
classification and registration history. This information is useful if
you want to know about previous registrations or if the vehicle is from
out-of-province (that is, the vehicle registration history in Alberta
does not match the age of the vehicle).
The licence plate classification
indicates the type of registration, such as passenger,
commercial, farm or rental.
The registration history is a list
of municipalities where the previous registrants
resided at the time of registration, and the
dates of registration.
Registration data is available
from December 1993 onward, to a maximum of seven
worthwhile checking further on a vehicle
that shows liens registered against it.
This report provide the number of liens
and other related instruments, which
are registered in the province of Alberta
and associated with the serial number.
Detailed information, such as the secured
party and the party to whom the money
is owed, can be determined by purchasing
a separate Personal Property Registry
lien search. The amount owing may be
determined by contacting the secured
Sources of Information: Additional
sources of information on buying a previously
owned vehicle can be found by contacting the
Alberta Motor Vehicle
Industry Council (AMVIC) _URL_ for
consumer issues related to buying a previously
here for the
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BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of malaria during pregnancy is complicated by placental sequestration, asymptomatic infection, and low-density peripheral parasitaemia. Where intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine is threatened by drug resistance, or is inappropriate due to low transmission, intermittent screening and treatment (ISTp) with rapid diagnostic tests for malaria (RDT) could be a valuable alternative. Therefore, the accuracy of RDTs to detect peripheral and placental infection was assessed in a declining transmission setting in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
METHODS: The performance of a combination RDT detecting histidine-rich protein-2 (HRP-2) and Plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH), and light microscopy (LM), to diagnose peripheral Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections during pregnancy, were assessed using quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) as the reference standard. Participants in a malaria prevention trial in PNG with a haemoglobin ≤90 g/L, or symptoms suggestive of malaria, were tested. Ability of RDT and LM to detect active placental infection on histology was evaluated in some participants.
RESULTS: Among 876 women, 1162 RDTs were undertaken (anaemia: 854 [73.5 %], suspected malaria: 308 [26.5 %]). qPCR detected peripheral infection during 190 RDT episodes (165 P. falciparum, 19 P. vivax, 6 mixed infections). Overall, RDT detected peripheral P. falciparum infection with 45.6 % sensitivity (95 % CI 38.0-53.4), a specificity of 96.4 % (95.0-97.4), a positive predictive value of 68.4 % (59.1-76.8), and a negative predictive value of 91.1 % (89.2-92.8). RDT performance to detect P. falciparum was inferior to LM, more so amongst anaemic women (18.6 vs 45.3 % sensitivity, Liddell's exact test, P < 0.001) compared to symptomatic women (72.9 vs 82.4 % sensitivity, P = 0.077). RDT and LM missed 88.0 % (22/25) and 76.0 % (19/25) of P. vivax infections, respectively. In a subset of women tested at delivery and who had placental histology (n = 158) active placental infection was present in 19.6 %: all three peripheral blood infection detection methods (RDT, LM, qPCR) missed >50 % of these infections.
CONCLUSIONS: In PNG, HRP-2/pLDH RDTs may be useful to diagnose peripheral P. falciparum infections in symptomatic pregnant women. However, they are not sufficiently sensitive for use in intermittent screening amongst asymptomatic (anaemic) women. These findings have implications for the management of malaria in pregnancy. The adverse impact of infections undetected by RDT or LM on pregnancy outcomes needs further evaluation.


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The adiabatic flame temperature of kerosene in air is 2093 C (source). Modern jet engines have a turbine inlet temperature (TIT) of 1700 to 1800 C. This is the max acceptable temperature before the turbine blades melt or weaken too much.
So how is the gas cooled to the lower temperature before it reaches the turbine stage?
Now I know the obvious simple answer is "air cooling". But I want to know some details about how it's achieved.
Is the cooling air coming from the core air, or is it coming from some ducts into the combustion zone?
Is the cooling air pumped by something (other than the compressor stages) near the core?
Is the cooling air redirected turbulantly by some geometry inside the combustion zone?
Is the cooling air expanded to achieve adiabatic cooling (again I'm only asking about inside the combustion zone)?
Is fuel circulated around the core to act as a coolant (like rocket engines)?
When searching this, I came across something called inlet air cooling. This is not what I'm asking about. Inlet air cooling is about cooling the air before it enters the engine, for example by evaporative cooling.
Also, there is technology to cool the turbine blades directly, such as drilling holes in them and passing some other air . This is not what I'm asking about either. I want to know how combustion gas is cooled before it reaches the first turbine stage.
I realize of course that I can't get a full teaching of fluid dynamics from any answer on this site. What I'm hoping for at the very least is pictures, diagrams, and preferably some numbers used in certain equations that relate temperature and mass flow of air.
One more thing. Old engines are okay. In fact, they might be better, because older engines have a lower TIT and therefore must achieve even more cooling in the combustion zone. I did try to research them, e.g. the Rolls Royce Nene here, where a paragraph about cooling is summarized in a final sentence: "This diluting air is consequently expanded and accelerated rearwards, but it also cools the products of combustion to the temperature required at the turbine inlet." But it has very few numbers and no diagrams or cutouts.


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Monday, March 1, 2010
Jean-Charles de la Faille
Today in 1597 is the birthdate for Jean-Charles de la Faille [Flemish mathematician]. He was a contempory of Galileo and one of many Jesuits involved in the sciences. His most famous work is Theoremata de centro gravitatis [Theorems of Centers of Gravity].
The portrait above by Van Dyck was done just prior to de la Faille's move to the court of Phillip IV in Madrid in 1629 and considered the only portrait that Van Dyck did of a scientist.
Jean-Charles de la Faille [Wikipedia]


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Langley Federal Credit Union has won a 1st Place Award in the Desjardins Adult Financial Education program for series of financial workshops for women.
Langley Federal Credit Union has won a 1st Place Award in the Desjardins Adult Financial Education program. The Desjardins Award is sponsored by the Virginia Credit Union League and the Credit Union National Association and honors credit unions for their commitment to teaching personal finance basics in local communities.
The award is named in honor of Alphonse Desjardins, the founder of the North American credit union movement, who established the first "caissepopulaire" (people's bank) in Quebec in 1900, and helped establish the first American credit union in New Hampshire in 1909. Desjardins was an ardent believer in the value of teaching individuals to save, and he promoted the idea of in-school savings programs (caissesscolaires).
LFCU was recognized for its "Taking Control" program, a series of financial management workshops for women. This intensive program features three two-hour sessions over a three week period, and covers financial literacy basics like cash management plus more complex topics like annuities, wills, trusts, divorce and Social Security.
Women can expect to live 20 years after traditional retirement age, and that longer life expectancy coupled with generally less earnings power compared to men, the impact of divorce, and sometimes long stretches outside the workforce to care for their families mean women must take special care in managing money and planning their retirement.
"Women have unique financial challenges and our 'Taking Control' workshops seek to arm them with the basics in achieving a secure financial future," says LFCU President/CEO Thomas Ryan. "Research shows that women want help in planning for retirement and in ensuring they are making the right financial choices for themselves and their families," concluded Ryan.
Ranked as one of the Top 100 largest credit unions in the country, Langley Federal Credit Union has over $1.7 billion in assets and serves more than 167,000 active members with 19 branches in Hampton Roads.


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What is the ancient Egyptian sculpture?
Ancient Egyptian Sculpture Materials Limestone and wood statues were painted and had inlaid eyes made of stone and rock crystal. Sculptures made of copper, bronze and other metals were cast using the lost wax method which worked as follows: 1) A form was made of wax molded around a pieces of clay.
What is the famous Egyptian sculpture?
The Egyptians are famous for their giant works of sculptures. Some examples of this include the Great Sphinx of Giza and the statues of Ramses II at the Abu Simbel temples.
What are characteristics of Egyptian sculpture?
Egyptian sculpture was highly symbolic and for most of Egyptian history was not intended to be naturalistic or realistic. Sculptures and statues were made from clay, wood, metal, ivory, and stone – of which stone was the most permanent and plentiful. Many Egyptian sculptures were painted in vivid colours.
What were Egyptian sculptures for?
Stone sculptures created by ancient Egyptian craftsmen are some of the most impressive and informative remnants of the ancient world. Sculptors had an important role in ancient Egypt as they carved substitute bodies for the tomb, small funerary statuettes and tombstones.
How did Egyptians create sculptures?
Sculpture. Ancient Egyptians created both monumental and smaller sculptures, using the technique of sunk relief. In this technique, the image is made by cutting the relief sculpture into a flat surface, set within a sunken area shaped around the image.
What are examples of Egyptian sculptures?
Tutankhamun's mask is an ancient death mask produced in the 18th century in ancient Egypt. It was discovered by Howard Carter in 1925. This is regarded as one of the most famous Egyptian artworks and almost admired and well-known works of art around the world.
When was the first Egyptian sculpture made?
Around the time of 3,000 BCE, Egyptians started using bone and ivory for sculpting.
What sculpture is and materials used?
Classic methods of sculpting usually call for clay, marble, wood or bronze; however, any durable material can be used. Some of the more exotic materials used are fabrics, glass and even ice. Some materials that never find their way into the actual finished piece of art still play a critical role.
What materials did Egyptians use?
Egyptians worked extensively with limestone from the cliffs of the Nile Valley. Alongside this they used other soft rocks such as sedimentary sandstone and greywacke (quartz, feldspar and dark, mineral-based sandstone), the mineral calcite (crystalline calcium carbonate) and metamorphic schist.
What was the focus of Egyptian sculpture?
In considering the clear sculptural qualities of Late period work one should never overlook the primary purpose of most Egyptian sculpture: to represent the individual in death before Osiris, or in life and death before the deities of the great temples.


text: As a typical multilinear dimensionality reduction (DR) method, tensor locality preserving projection (TLPP) has been successfully applied in many practical problems. However, TLPP depends mainly on preserving its local neighbor graph which often suffers from the following issues: (1) the neighbor graph is constructed with the Euclidean distance which fails to consider the relationships among different coordinates for tensor data; (2) the affinity matrix only focuses on the local structure information of samples while ignoring the existing label information; (3) the projection matrices are nonorthogonal, thus it is difficult to preserve the local manifold structure. To address these problems, a multilinear DR algorithm called optimal neighbor graph-based orthogonal tensor locality preserving projection (OG-OTLPP) is proposed. In OG-OTLPP, an optimal neighbor graph is first built according to tensor distance. Then the affinity matrix of data is defined by utilizing both the label information and the intrinsic local geometric properties of the data. Finally, in order to improve the manifold preserving ability, an efficient and stable scheme is designed to iteratively learn the orthogonal projections. We evaluate the proposed algorithm by applying it to image recognition. The experimental results on five public image databases demonstrate the effectiveness of our algorithm.


Question: What Is The Root Word Of Utilisation?
What is the Utilisation?
utilisation – the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" usage, use, utilization, exercise, employment.
activity – any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity".
What is the root word of summarize?
summary (adj.) early 15c., "brief, abbreviated; containing the sum or substance only," from Medieval Latin summarius "of or pertaining to the sum or substance," from Latin summa "whole, totality, gist" (see sum (n.
What is the root word of practical?
What is the meaning of over Utilisation?
transitive verb. : to utilize (something) too much : to use (something) excessively or too frequently overutilizing medical services overutilizes credit cards.
What is a practical man?
How do we calculate time?
To solve for speed or rate use the formula for speed, s = d/t which means speed equals distance divided by time. To solve for time use the formula for time, t = d/s which means time equals distance divided by speed.
How do you calculate Utilisation?
So, the formula for ideal utilization rate is:(Resource costs + overhead + profit margin) / Total available hours x Target billable rate.144,000 / 2,000 x 80 =144,000 / 180,000 =.80.
What is over utilization of resources?
If "Utilized Resources" is greater than "Dedicated Resources", the job is over utilizing resources. The greater the number of over utilized procs (compared to dedicated procs), the more resources the job is over utilizing.
Is being practical good or bad?
What does practical mean in English?
What is the efficiency formula?
The work efficiency formula is efficiency = output / input, and you can multiply the result by 100 to get work efficiency as a percentage. This is used across different methods of measuring energy and work, whether it's energy production or machine efficiency.
Can utilization be more than 100?


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|Slender-billed Miner (Geositta tenuirostris)|
Geositta is a genus of passerine birds in the ovenbird family, Furnariidae. They are known as miners (not to be confused with the unrelated miners, Manorina, of Australia) due to the tunnels they dig for nesting. There are 11 species including the Campo Miner (Geositta poeciloptera) which was formerly classified in a genus of its own, Geobates. They inhabit open country in South America, particularly the Andean and Patagonian regions. They are ground-dwelling birds, somewhat resembling the larks and wheatears of other continents. They are mostly drab brown in coloration and often have a fairly long and slender bill.
- Coastal Miner, Geositta peruviana
- Common Miner, Geositta cunicularia
- Slender-billed Miner, Geositta tenuirostris
- Short-billed Miner, Geositta antarctica
- Creamy-rumped Miner, Geositta isabellina
- Dark-winged Miner, Geositta saxicolina
- Greyish Miner, Geositta maritima
- Puna Miner, Geositta punensis
- Rufous-banded Miner, Geositta rufipennis
- Campo Miner, Geositta poeciloptera
- Thick-billed Miner, Geositta crassirostris
- Jaramillo, Alvaro; Burke, Peter & Beadle, David (2003) Field Guide to the Birds of Chile, Christopher Helm, London
- South American Classification Committee (2007) A classification of the bird species of South America, part 6. Retrieved 08/06/07.
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Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Atti said that his ministry has already completed the rehabilitation of 2,636 kilometers of irrigation canals.
This is part of Egypt's canal rehabilitation and lining project, said the minister.
In a statement on Friday, the irrigation minister said that the project aims at rehabilitating canals, with a length of up to 20,000 kilometers.
The rehabilitation of irrigation canals falls within the Irrigation Ministry's plan to stimulate the comprehensive development process for the water system, the statement said.
The plan also aims at applying modern irrigation system and using smart irrigation applications, it added.


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Rules and Regulations for Hiking _EMAIL_>
- Trails are managed as part of the natural environment.
- Visitors must be prepared to meet and accept nature on its own terms.
- Please stay on designated trail.
- Trail is open from sunrise to sunset.
- Do not hike alone.
- Proper footwear recommended. Help preserve the trail's natural resources.
- Practice "LEAVE NO TRACE PRINCIPLES"
The following activities are prohibited on Kentucky State Parks hiking trails, unless otherwise noted:
- MOTORIZED VEHICLES
- Horseback Riding
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Rappelling and rock climbing.
- Hunting or disturbing wildlife.
- Collecting or digging for artifacts.
- Picking flowers or harming plants.
- Carving or damaging rock formations and trees.
- Unleashed Pets (must be on leash). Pets are not allowed on trails dedicated as Kentucky State Nature Preserve Lands.
Pets are not permitted on the Hiking Trails at Natural Bridge, except for the Henson Arch and Whittleton Trails. Most Trails at Natural Bridge are within a dedicated Kentucky State Nature Preserve, and pets are not permitted as a part of the management guidelines. Also, pets are not permitted within the McCreary County side of Cumberland Falls State Resort Park as this area is within a dedicated Kentucky State Nature Preserve.


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TESSEMA TESFAYE ATUMO*, MILKIAS FANTA HELISO AND DEREBE KASSA HIBEBO
Southern Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), Arbaminch Research Center,
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(Received : 18 April 2022; Accepted : 09 June 2022)
Feed supply in quality and quantity haven't been satisfying the livestock population of Ethiopia and the grasslands in the Ethiopian highlands have been degrading with grazing loads. Fertilizers like nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur improves the soil fertility and species composition of the grazing lands. This study justifies, evaluation of top dressing nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers on biomass yield of grass lands for market-oriented livestock production studied at Chosha kebele, Southern Ethiopia in 2017. Three fertilizer levels [(T1), 150 kg ha-1 urea (T2) and combination of 110 kg
ha-1 urea and 100 kg ha-1 NPS (T3)] were laid out in randomized complete block design with 6 replications in summer and winter cropping seasons. Dry matter yield was significantly (P<0.001) different among treatments and higher results were obtained for combination of urea and NPS, followed by urea and the control one. Higher grasses species composition between application of combination of urea and NPS than urea alone. Net revenue is higher in nitrogen alone application than nitrogen and phosphorus. Therefore, better marginal rate of return (MRR=828%) recorded in Urea application for grazing land improvement in Gamo highland areas. It is recommendable to apply 150 kg/ha urea fertilizer to bring optimum yield of grazing land in Southern Ethiopian Highlands.
Key words: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, grazing land, dry matter, species composition


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Design and ASIC Implementation of Root Raised Cosine Filter
Raised cosine filter is a FIR filter that can be used to counter many problems of communication such as the Inter symbol interference. The rectangular pulse occupies a large bandwidth so an alternative to rectangular pulse is a sinc pulse, which reduces the bandwidth and inter symbol interference. The rectangular pulse is passed through the root cosine filter a set of FIR filters to pulse shape the pulses to sinc. The specification of the root raised cosine FIR filter considered in this design is sampling frequency of 15.36 MHz and the cutoff frequency of 1.92 MHz, which is suitable to 3G-WCDMA.


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Compute the Running Minimum
Compute the running minimum of a 3-by-2 matrix input, dsp_examples_u, using the Minimum block.
Open the model.
model = fullfile(matlabroot,'examples','dsp','ex_runningminimum_ref'); open_system(model)
The Input processing parameter is set to Columns as channels (frame based). The block processes the input as a two-channel signal with a frame size of three. The running minimum is reset at t = 2 by an impulse to the block's Rst port.
Run the model.
In the Running mode, the block outputs the minimum value over each channel since the last reset. At t = 2, the reset event occurs. The minimum value in the second column changes to 6, and then 2, even though these values are greater than 1, which was the minimum value since the previous reset event.
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Physical and chemical properties of Borassus flabellifier "BF"
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_URL_ American Journal of M aterials Science 2013, 3(2): 25-28 DOI: 10.5923/j.materials.20130302.01 Physical and Chemical Properties of Borassus Flabellifier 'BF' Phadke Sushil1,*, Shrivastava B. D2, Dagaonkar N2, Mishra Ashutosh3 1Department of Physics Govt. Girls College, Dhar (M .P.), India 2Government P.G.College Dhar (M .P.), India 3School of Physics, Devi Ahilya University Indore (M .P.), India Abstract Borassus Flabellifier 'BF' stand in the socio-economy of the human race, apart fro m their significant contribution to beautify the urban landscapes as horticulture ornamentals because the use of BF in different manner in med icine and industries for different purposes. India is veritable emporiu m of medicinal and aro matic trees. It has been estimated those trees occurring in India are commonly useful. Neera natural liquid is useful for different purpose like in b iomed ical, chemical industries etc. Ultrasonic velocity has proved to be useful in understanding the physicochemical behaviour of the particular system. .Toddy (natural liquid of palm tree Borassus flabellifier) is chemically alcoholic behaviour on fermentation. It is used medicinally as a detersive astringent in intestinal troubles .Neera natural liquid is considered as a nutritious drink as containing a nu mber of minerals salts and high in p rotein. It also contains acids like ascorbic acid, nicotin ic acid and riboflavin. Neera syrup is produced when fresh Neera is heated and concentrated into syrup. This is used as a healthy drink in connection with Aurvade and other systems of medicine. Each liquid has a different ultrasonic velocity and angle of specific rotation; it's depending on content and concentration of the liquid. The change in the wavelength of ultrasonic waves in different mediu m is due to the elastic properties and the induced particles vibrations in the mediu m. The study of propagation of ultrasonic wave in liquid systems and solids is now rather well established. Dielectric properties of wood have both theoretical and industrial applicat ions. They also provide a better understanding of the molecu lar structure of wood and wood-water interactions. Dielectric propert ies of wood were affected significantly by moisture content for all anisotropic directions. All the study was done by using NDT technique. The Sample were taken fro m District Dhar (M.P.) India Keywords Ult rasonic Velocity, Specific Rotation, Elastic, Dielectric, Non Destructive Technique (NDT), Borassus Flabellifier 'BF' 1. Introduction As ia is endowed with the world's greatest palm biodiversity, and also possesses the highest diversity of palm utilizat ion. Palms Borassus Flabellifier 'BF' has a long history of management for both subsistence and commercial products, many of wh ich are d eep ly embedded in lo cal cultures. In Asia, traditional technologies of exploit ing wild and semi wild palm Borassus Flabellifier 'BF'populations, as well as processing techniques associated with many of the palm p roducts, are generally mo re advanced than in the Neotropics, Native Asian palms Borassus Flabellifier 'BF' currently provide significant quantities of food, beverage, giber, rattan, construction material and other products. This article surveys edible products from 61 Asian palm Borassus Flabellifier 'BF' species. Using these examp les fro m Asia, suggestions are made as to how Neothropical palms could be * Corresponding author: _EMAIL_ (Phadke Sushil) Published online at _URL_ Copyright © 2013 Scientific & Academic Publishing. All Rights Reserved managed and valorized fo r food and other useful products. Palm Borassus Flabellifier 'BF' shell obtained fro m coastal part of southern India was studied for the removal for the adsorption of Hg (II) ions. Batch adsorption experiments were carried out as a function of pH, concentration of Hg (II) ions, time, temperature and adsorbent dose. There are innu merable medicinal uses for all parts of the Palmy ra palm Borassus Flabellifier 'BF'. Briefly, the young plant is said to relieve biliousness, dysentery, and gonorrhoeal. Young roots are d iuretic and anathematic, and a decoction is given in certain respiratory diseases. The ash of the spadix is taken to relieve heartburn and enlarged spleen and liver. The bark decoction, with salt, is used as a mouth wash, and charcoal made of the bark serves as a dentifrice. Sap fro m the flo wer stalk is prized as a tonic, d iuretic, stimulant, la xat ive and anti phlegmatic and a mebic ide. Sugar made fro m this sap is said to counteract poisoning, and it is prescribed in liver d isorders. Candied, it is a remedy for coughs and various pulmonary co mplaints. Fresh toddy, heated to promote fe rmentation, is bandaged onto all kinds of ulcers. The cabbage, leaf petioles, and dried male flower spikes all have diuretic act ivity. The pu lp of the mature fru it 26 Phadke Sushil et al.: Physical and Chemical Properties of Borassus Flabellifier 'BF' relieves dermat itis. 1.1. Descripti on of Borassus Flabellifier 'BF' Tree Palmy ra palm Borassus Flabellifier 'BF' is a native of tropical Africa but cu ltivated and naturalized throughout India. The Palmy ra palm Borassus Flabellifier 'BF' is a large tree up to 30m high and the trunk may have a circu mference of 1.7m at the base. There may be 25-40 fresh leaves. Leaves are leathery, gray green, fan-shaped, 1-3 m wide, fo lded along the mid rib; are d ivided to the centre into 60-80 linear- lanceolate, 0.6-1.2 m long, marg inally spiny segments. Their strong, stalks, 1-1.2 m long, are edged with hard spines. In India, it is p lanted as a windbreak on the plains. It is also used as a natural shelter by birds, bats and wild animals. The flo wers are produced in big clusters of long, wh ite string-like inflo rences. The coconut-like fru its are three-sided when young, becoming rounded or more or less oval, 12-15 cm wide, and capped at the base with overlapping sepals. When the fruit is very young, this kernel is hollow, soft as jelly, and translucent like ice, and is accompanied by a watery liquid, sweetish and potable. The chief product of the Palmyra Borassus Flabellifier 'BF' is the sweet sap (toddy) obtained by tapping the tip of the inflorescence, as is done with the other sugar palms and, to a lesser extent, with the coconut. The toddy ferments naturally within a few hours after sunrise and is locally popular as a beverage. Rubbing the inside of the toddy-collecting receptacle with lime paste prevents fermentation, and thereafter the sap is referred to as sweet toddy, which yields concentrated or crude sugar (gur in India; jaggery in Cey lon); mo lasses, palm candy, and vinegar. Palmy ra palm jaggery (gur) is much mo re nutritious than crude cane sugar. Traditionally, the Indian 'Nadar' community are the people who make their living fro m this tree using its wood, fruits, sap, stems, petioles and leaves to process a variety of food products, beverages, furniture, building materials, and h an d icrafts . Palmy ra palm Borassus Flabellifier 'BF' jaggery (gur) is much more nutrit ious than crude cane sugar, containing 1.04% protein, 0.19% fat, 76.86% sucrose, 1.66% g lucose, 3.15% total minerals, 0.861 % calciu m, 0.052% phosphorus; also 11.01 mg iron per 100 g and 0.767 mg of copper per 100 g. The fresh sap is reportedly a good source of vitamin B comple x. Ultrasonic velocities have been very widely used to study binary liquid mixture to obtain structure and interactions present in the liquid systems. It is known for a long time that ultrasonic frequency offers unique features for characterizing liquid based food products in their intact state, with no sample preparation and no sample destruction. It can be used for on-line process control, which makes it even more attractive. Ho wever, it is


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THURSDAY, June 4 (HealthDay News) -- As if folks needed another reason to be annoyed at other people's cell phones, researchers now report that just 30 seconds of a stranger's nearby ringtone can impair thinking, at least briefly.
Students unwittingly involved in a classroom experiment saw their test scores sink after a fellow "student's" phone went off.
The finding shows that "there are real-world implications for these sounds in our environment," said study lead author Jill Shelton. "They are distracting. They significantly disrupt performance in a classroom setting."
Shelton, who recently published the findings online in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, said, "this data says it's not just annoying. It's actually leading to impairment in learning, whether in a business meeting or in a classroom or some other setting." She is currently a post-doctoral fellow in the department of psychology at Washington University in St. Louis, but completed the study while a doctoral student at Louisiana State University.
The bulk of the research into the impact of cell phones has focused on their use while driving. Most of that research has found a distracting and potentially dangerous mix.
Prior research has also indicated that the human brain can only attend to a finite amount of stimuli at a time.
In the new study, Shelton and her co-authors conducted a series of experiments, both in the lab and in "real world" university settings, to see how cell phone rings affected cognitive performance.
First, in the lab, students were exposed to different types of sound: "irrelevant," non-cell-phone-related noise from an undetermined source; a standard cell phone ring; and a ringtone consisting of bars from the Louisiana State University fight song.
"At this time, LSU was running for their national championship in football," Shelton said. "Ninety-nine percent of people [in the study] knew what this song was."
Students were asked to perform a simple task on the computer -- making decisions on whether the symbols they saw on the screen were words or not words. They were not told there would be distractions, but there were. In fact, noises (including cell phone rings) interrupted the task about 20 times in each trial.
The result? "All participants who heard a sound were initially distracted, no matter what the sound was. And they performed much more slowly on their task," Shelton said.
However, those who heard the irrelevant noise were able to get back to their task much faster than people hearing either one of the two cell phone rings. And those hearing the LSU fight song ringtone took the longest time to shake off the mental distraction.
Why might distraction be worse for a cell phone ring than for more "irrelevant" noise?
"We think it's because cell phones are more prevalent in the everyday environment. People are used to responding to cell phones," Shelton postulated. "They have this automatic reaction to it that they can't control and this is particularly true if we're talking about a cell phone ringtone that is personally relevant to them."
In all cases, though, Shelton said, "while these sounds were indeed disruptive, they were brief and people could recover, at least in a lab setting."
But next, Shelton pretended to be a student in an undergraduate class on child psychology.
At a pre-designated time, Shelton's cell phone rang for about 30 seconds while she made no move to answer or silence it, prompting a number of displeased looks from her lecture-hall mates.
Immediately afterwards, students performed 25 percent worse on a pop quiz containing questions pertaining to the information that had been presented (both orally and visually) while the cell phone was ringing.
"This was a pretty big drop in performance," Shelton said.
In another experiment, Shelton rummaged mercilessly through her bag to find the phone. After this incident, students performed even worse on their recall.
When people were warned beforehand that the cell phone would ring, the break in attention was less severe, Shelton said.
"Giving people warning may help them to ignore it," Shelton said.
According to background information in the paper, more than 262 million people in the United States use cell phones. Shelton said that, right now, most universities seem to be relying on students' common courtesy to tame cell phone use during class, rather than explicit rules.
There's information on state laws on cell phones/driving at the Governors Highway Safety Association.
SOURCES: Jill T. Shelton, Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow, department of psychology, Washington University, St. Louis; online Journal of Environmental Psychology
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Timely steam processing is an extension of stateful stream processing in which time plays some role in the computation. Among other things, this is the case when you do time series analysis, when doing aggregations based on certain time periods (typically called windows), or when you do event processing where the time when an event occured is important.
In the following sections we will highlight some of the topics that you should consider when working with timely Flink Applications.
When referring to time in a streaming program (for example to define windows), one can refer to different notions of time:
Processing time: Processing time refers to the system time of the machine that is executing the respective operation.
When a streaming program runs on processing time, all time-based operations (like time windows) will use the system clock of the machines that run the respective operator. An hourly processing time window will include all records that arrived at a specific operator between the times when the system clock indicated the full hour. For example, if an application begins running at 9:15am, the first hourly processing time window will include events processed between 9:15am and 10:00am, the next window will include events processed between 10:00am and 11:00am, and so on.
Processing time is the simplest notion of time and requires no coordination between streams and machines. It provides the best performance and the lowest latency. However, in distributed and asynchronous environments processing time does not provide determinism, because it is susceptible to the speed at which records arrive in the system (for example from the message queue), to the speed at which the records flow between operators inside the system, and to outages (scheduled, or otherwise).
Event time: Event time is the time that each individual event occurred on its producing device. This time is typically embedded within the records before they enter Flink, and that event timestamp can be extracted from each record. In event time, the progress of time depends on the data, not on any wall clocks. Event time programs must specify how to generate Event Time Watermarks, which is the mechanism that signals progress in event time. This watermarking mechanism is described in a later section, below.
In a perfect world, event time processing would yield completely consistent and deterministic results, regardless of when events arrive, or their ordering. However, unless the events are known to arrive in-order (by timestamp), event time processing incurs some latency while waiting for out-of-order events. As it is only possible to wait for a finite period of time, this places a limit on how deterministic event time applications can be.
Assuming all of the data has arrived, event time operations will behave as expected, and produce correct and consistent results even when working with out-of-order or late events, or when reprocessing historic data. For example, an hourly event time window will contain all records that carry an event timestamp that falls into that hour, regardless of the order in which they arrive, or when they are processed. (See the section on late events for more information.)
Note that sometimes when event time programs are processing live data in real-time, they will use some processing time operations in order to guarantee that they are progressing in a timely fashion.
Note: Flink implements many techniques from the Dataflow Model. For a good introduction to event time and watermarks, have a look at the articles below.
A stream processor that supports event time needs a way to measure the progress of event time. For example, a window operator that builds hourly windows needs to be notified when event time has passed beyond the end of an hour, so that the operator can close the window in progress.
Event time can progress independently of processing time (measured by wall clocks). For example, in one program the current event time of an operator may trail slightly behind the processing time (accounting for a delay in receiving the events), while both proceed at the same speed. On the other hand, another streaming program might progress through weeks of event time with only a few seconds of processing, by fast-forwarding through some historic data already buffered in a Kafka topic (or another message queue).
The mechanism in Flink to measure progress in event time is watermarks. Watermarks flow as part of the data stream and carry a timestamp t. A Watermark(t) declares that event time has reached time t in that stream, meaning that there should be no more elements from the stream with a timestamp t' <= t (i.e. events with timestamps older or equal to the watermark).
The figure below shows a stream of events with (logical) timestamps, and watermarks flowing inline. In this example the events are in order (with respect to their timestamps), meaning that the watermarks are simply periodic markers in the stream.
Watermarks are crucial for out-of-order streams, as illustrated below, where the events are not ordered by their timestamps. In general a watermark is a declaration that by that point in the stream, all events up to a certain timestamp should have arrived. Once a watermark reaches an operator, the operator can advance its internal event time clock to the value of the watermark.
Note that event time is inherited by a freshly created stream element (or elements) from either the event that produced them or from watermark that triggered creation of those elements.
Watermarks are generated at, or directly after, source functions. Each parallel subtask of a source function usually generates its watermarks independently. These watermarks define the event time at that particular parallel source.
As the watermarks flow through the streaming program, they advance the event time at the operators where they arrive. Whenever an operator advances its event time, it generates a new watermark downstream for its successor operators.
Some operators consume multiple input streams; a union, for example, or operators following a keyBy(…) or partition(…) function. Such an operator's current event time is the minimum of its input streams' event times. As its input streams update their event times, so does the operator.
The figure below shows an example of events and watermarks flowing through parallel streams, and operators tracking event time.
It is possible that certain elements will violate the watermark condition, meaning that even after the Watermark(t) has occurred, more elements with timestamp t' <= t will occur. In fact, in many real world setups, certain elements can be arbitrarily delayed, making it impossible to specify a time by which all elements of a certain event timestamp will have occurred. Furthermore, even if the lateness can be bounded, delaying the watermarks by too much is often not desirable, because it causes too much delay in the evaluation of event time windows.
For this reason, streaming programs may explicitly expect some late elements. Late elements are elements that arrive after the system's event time clock (as signaled by the watermarks) has already passed the time of the late element's timestamp. See Allowed Lateness for more information on how to work with late elements in event time windows.
Aggregating events (e.g., counts, sums) works differently on streams than in batch processing. For example, it is impossible to count all elements in a stream, because streams are in general infinite (unbounded). Instead, aggregates on streams (counts, sums, etc), are scoped by windows, such as "count over the last 5 minutes", or "sum of the last 100 elements".
Windows can be time driven (example: every 30 seconds) or data driven (example: every 100 elements). One typically distinguishes different types of windows, such as tumbling windows (no overlap), sliding windows (with overlap), and session windows (punctuated by a gap of inactivity).


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A work shop on Tapestry Weaving was orchestrated at the Department of Design in coordination with Ms. Zunaira Shoaib on 17 February 2020. Across cultures, tapestry has been utilized for functional, decorative, spiritual, and expressive purposes.
DR. Jade Lord, a lecturer in Fashion and Textile design from the University of Huddersfield was the resource person. She shared her experiences and art works with the students. The workshop was attended by the students of Second year, BTD and BFD. The core content of the workshop was to introduce the students with fundamental skills associated with the creation of woven tapestry, with warping up a simple frame, exploring woven techniques, creating shapes, lines and blending colors.
Design students also showed and displayed their tapestry art works and were very well praised by the guests.


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Over a century ago, Tanganyika had virtually no port facility. Though there was the Indian Ocean, indigenous Tanganyikans used the waters specifically for fishing with extremely low technology. Other uses were slave trade from mainland to Zanzibar.
In Tanga, for example, the area where the present port is was initially a military base during the German colonial era. In course of time, it was decided that a port facility be built in 1889 to serve the local economy, particularly sisal, brought to the colony several years earlier.
From then on, Tanga grew rapidly. It was at this time that a railway line was built with Tanga, which later earned township status in 1891, established as railway terminus far the Usambara railway line, then stretching from Tanga to Moshi.
A few years that followed, Tanga Port was handling agricultural exports -- sisal, coffee and tea -- from estates primarily owned by settlers.
The commodities were loaded into railway wagons at various rail heads and railed downwards to the port. But a few decades later, it was discovered that congestion at the port was the order of the day as traffic, mainly imports, choked the maritime facility.
The other reason was the onset of the era of containerization -- a preferred mode of transport which was moving very fast -- compared with the traditional modal, when bulk transport was commonplace.
Noticing the seemingly turn of events, Tanga Ports Authority (TPA) embarked on an ambitious programme to expand the container stacking yard to counter the growing demand of containerised traffic.
Under the programme, old warehouses not in use would be demolished to pave way for extension of the port yard.
At a forum where two consultants presented an interim report of the feasibility study for development of the new Mwambani Port recently, the stakeholders were told that expansion of present port programme notwithstanding, the port would be congested by around 2016.
The consultants, Alan Stacey and Christopher Fewtrell from the UK-based United Research Services (URS), whose specialist is in Ports Engineering and Environment, said in the report that soda ash exports from Lake Natron in Manyara region, would only be possible with the new port facilities.
"The new port should be predominantly relocated to a new development at Mwambani bay, the existing fishing activities remaining at Tanga," according to the report.
"The port will not be connected to the rail network until the Natron Soda Ash project is confirmed," says the report, adding that the rail will handle all soda ash traffic but is also likely to be used for other cargoes such as containers from land-locked countries.
According to the report, the proposed development provides a total of 800m of quay length allowing for three berths, nominally one container, one general cargo and one bulk.
The consultants recommend that the port should be operated on a public sector port management model, unless TPA/government prefer to attract some private sector funding.
Contributing to the experts' submission, stakeholders had mixed feelings on the proposed construction of the new port.
"Construction of the port would be an inhibitor to the government's endeavour to maintain the Marine Park along the Tanga south coast, stretching from Tanga Bay to Kigombe, a fishing village," said a Tanga-based investor who opted for anonymity.
"The park was gazetted in 2009. This is the place where coelacanth fishes -- a critically endangered species with enormous scientific interest -- live. They are among the oldest fish on earth – found over 300 million years ago," said the investor.
The park covers Toten Island, Mwambani Bay, Yambe and Karange Islands -- all of them coelacanth Marine Park protected areas. Coelacanth fishes were only found in the Comoros and very few in South Africa and Indonesia.
Another contributor, Richard Sanga, a Tanga-based businessman said "presently the new port is unnecessary considering that the old port has potential for expansion."
"Ideally, the old port should be rehabilitated, with the proposed area of the new port serving as an Inland Container Depot (ICD)," he said.
Mohamed Hussein, a businessman from Zambia told this writer at the meeting that construction of the new port would considerably revamp the country's economy.
"The new port will enable imports coming straight to Tanga instead of Mombasa, hence cutting down on various costs, reducing production costs in the process., ultimately pushing down prices of fished goods and services," he said.
"Tanzania is lucky in that it has port facilities unlike land-locked Zambia. In Zambia the cost of products is very high because its imports have to pass through Dar es Salaam Port.
Then raw materials are transported all the way to Zambia through Tunduma and Nakonda (on the Zambia border), a situation which elevates consumer prices of finished goods," Hussein said.
Chiku Gallawa, Tanga Regional Commissioner, is convinced that the project would be an economically viable venture.
"Construction of the new port is inevitable. The port shall create massive employment and revamp the economy. The present port has short berth. Shortly, "It will fail to cope with the ever increasing flow of traffic," she said.
Gallawa who was Chief guest at the meeting said Tanga has plenty of investment opportunities, which needed to be tapped.
"If opportunities are there but are not used, they become meaningless," she said.
TPA Director General Ephraim Mgawe said in a speech read by his deputy, Julius Mfuko, that the authority is faced with several challenges, including the existing shallow depth of the quay that cannot accommodate bigger vessels, necessitating the vessels to anchor outside the port.
He said the use of lighters and bardges has resulted into high operational costs due to double handling.
He cited another challenge as limited space for future expansion of the port.
"Cargo traffic destined for Tanga has been increasing at an annual average growth rate of 16 percent. The rate is expected to grow at a higher pace considering governments plan in collaboration with Uganda government to link the Tanga port with Port Bell in Uganda, via Lake Victoria," Mgawe said.
"Tanga port can not be expanded further due to its proximity to the city centre. It is anticipated that completion of the new port shall attract bigger ships, transshipment of cargo and traffic from congested ports of Mombasa and Dar es Salaam, hence providing cost-effective transport," he explained.


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Alstom and RheinEnergie achieved an important milestone at the Niehl 3 gas-fired combined heat and power plant in Cologne by successfully accomplishing synchronisation with the electricity grid. This is the first time that the plant has fed energy into the German grid.
The Niehl 3 plant, which generates both electricity and heat from climate friendly natural gas, is based on Alstom's KA26 combined-cycle plant design for maximum operational flexibility coupled with high efficiency and district heating capabilities.
Within the framework of the energy transformation in Germany, the plant is designed to safeguard base load power and thus the security of electricity supply, while also ensuring a high level of flexibility. Niehl 3 will generate 453 MW of electrical power and up to 265 MW thermal heating output – enough to supply up to one million households with electricity and around 30,000 households with district heating. With overall fuel efficiency of around 85 per cent, the plant is one of the most efficient in the world. Start of commercial operation is planned for spring 2016.
"With our new power plant, we are investing in the creation of a future-proof infrastructure which will secure the heat supply of thousands of households – locally and completely emission-free," said Dr. Dieter Steinkamp, Chairman of the Board of RheinEnergie. "Furthermore, Niehl 3 makes a significant contribution to the energy transition. When the wind does not blow and the sun does not shine, the plant's high operational flexibility ensures we can contribute to the security of electricity supply."
"The Niehl 3 project is completely on schedule and Alstom is delighted to have successfully accomplished synchronisation with the grid," says Alf Henryk Wulf, Alstom Country President in Germany. "Alstom's KA26 combined cycle power plant is a highly environmentally friendly power solution that provides RheinEnergie with unrivalled flexibility. With short start-up times and fast load changing capabilities, the plant is perfectly equipped to balance out fluctuations in the electricity grid which arise from the volatile feed-in of renewable energy."
Gas power plants provide grid stability, even when operated at a low load, with fast start-up times and a wide load range. Alstom's KA26 gas power plants can achieve an electrical efficiency of more than 60 per cent.
 Base load power plants are used to meet some or all of a region's continuous energy demand and produce electricity at a constant rate.


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08 February 2023, Madhya Pradesh: A one-day workshop was organized in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh today on the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), Madhya Pradesh Farm Gate App, and participation of Women entrepreneurs in the Agriculture sector. The main objective of this workshop was to seek the participation of more women in the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) and MP Farm Gate.
Ms. G.V. Rashmi, Managing Director, Mandi Board, in her address, gave information related to the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) in Madhya Pradesh, as well as highlighted the features of the MP Farmgate App launched by the Mandi Board.
Professor PK Mishra, Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Jabalpur, in his speech, said that the AIF scheme has spread out widely in Madhya Pradesh. To date, 2,753 projects have been set up by Women entrepreneurs, availing the benefits of the AIF scheme widely. Madhya Pradesh is at the first position in the outreach of this scheme as compared to other states. He gave detailed information about the scheme.
Participating in the workshop, Mr. Ashok Varnwal, Additional Chief Secretary, Madhya Pradesh Government, Agriculture Department, highlighted the important role of the MP Farm Gate App. He elaborated on how farmers are getting a fair price for selling their produce on the app and women can buy and sell the produce by bidding from the comforts of their homes without going to the market.
Around 300 participants attended the workshop. Information on the AIF scheme was shared by experts from the Agriculture Department, NABARD, Horticulture, APEDA, banks, and other institutions.
(For Latest Agriculture News & Updates, follow Krishak Jagat on Google News)


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In The Matter of Cha Jung Hee, a September 14th POV presentation on PBS, is a powerful and beautifully poetic film that documents a distressing reality—the switching of one child's identity for another in a South Korean orphanage in the 1960s. This is an important story because Deann Boshay Liem is not the only child to whom this has happened. I have met several adult adoptees who have recounted similar experiences. Deann examines this reality in a very balanced manner, expressing her sadness and anger but still being able to demonstrate an understanding of the good intentions that were behind the choices the adults around her made. The film reminds us that adoption, although a wonderful gift that brings parents and children together, also involves loss… loss of a birth parent, loss of a culture, loss of a history and perhaps even loss of an identity for a child. For me, this film highlights the mistake we adults often make—that children are blank slates, that they have no memory, and that experiences when very young don't matter to them. They do remember because who you are in the world and what your history is does matter. These are particularly important things to consider for those of us involved in older child adoptions. For reminding us of this by recounting her story and journey to uncover her own history, I applaud Deann Borshay Liem.
Rita Taddonio, LCSW Director, Spence-Chapin's Adoption Resource Center (ARC)


Band Parents Scholarship
Each year the West Milford Highlander Band Parents Association awards a limited number of scholarships to deserving members of the Highlander Marching Band each year. Below and attached is information regarding the scholarship application process including the qualifications and selection requirements. Both the application and the essay must be mailed.
Please remember that the Band Parents Association awards these scholarships for the student's contributions above and beyond regular band responsibilities. The scholarship committee will carefully review all applications and essays. We will make selections according to the criteria. The decision of the scholarship committee is final.
To qualify for consideration, the student must be in good standing and meet the following requirements:
 1. Participation in the Highlander Marching Band for four years.
 Note: Transfer students may count their participation in another high school band program.
 2. Submit with application, an essay addressing:
 "What the Highlander Band Experience Has Meant to Me."
 3. Apply to an institution of higher learning, including a 2 or 4 year college, trade school, etc. The applicant need not be a music major to be a recipient of the Band Parents Scholarship.
Criteria for selection include:
 1. Contributions to the band above and beyond regular responsibilities expected of all members.
 2. A high level of citizenship and character.
 3. Potential for continued success, as indicated by high school record, personal motivation, and leadership qualities.
 4. Support of the many activities and programs of the band as a whole, including four years of fundraising participation.
 5. The essay should address the criteria and provide other important information that will assist the committee in making a decision.
NOTE: Financial needs, the receipt of other scholarships, grade point average, or activities outside of band are not prime considerations for choosing recipients.
Band Director Scholarship
Students have the opportunity to be selected not only for the Band Parents Scholarships, but also for the Band Director Scholarship. In addition to meeting the guidelines and criteria for the Band Parents' Scholarships, the following is the criteria that will be used in the selection of the recipient of this scholarship.
Criteria for the Band Director Scholarship
 1. Music major at an accredited four year college/university planned.
 Strong history of band participation and musical performance.
 2. Demonstrated musical achievement.
 Competence on instrument (i.e., private lessons, sections leader, "first chair", and so on)
 3. Service to organization.
 Actions above and beyond the normal.
 4. Demonstrated attributes of caring for others.
 5. Show by example a sincere attempt to exemplify the "Guiding Principles."
 (See text of the Highlander Band Guiding Principles here.)
Note: Application must be returned to scholarship committee by mail, postmarked no later than the published date. No applications will be accepted after this date. Applications are to be mailed to the address indicated on the application.