.... Spring vs. Cisterns 10 June 2013 Older generationsare probably familiar with the concept of cisterns and may have used them.Before the city started supplying water, people would collect rainwater from their roofs and divert the water flow into a cistern. Cisterns were also important in Israel during Jeremiah’s day. Archaeologists have uncovered thousands of them. The land was arid as Israel experienced long dry spells. In those days, people would dig cisterns and line them with bricks and plaster so that they could hold water. But, there were problems with cisterns. If it didn’t rain, then, you had no water. And, even if you had enough water, the cistern would often develop leaks and eventually, there would be no water.Water storedfor long periods of time would become a stagnant...
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...energy conservation and efficiency. If this significant problem is overlooked it could cause serious issues with our city, our ecosystems could be wiped out completely, our air and water could be entirely con-taminated, and it could diminish our natural resources. It affects more than just the residents whom live in the buildings, it affects the developers/builders, the residents of neighbouring buildings, even the kids that play in the park across the street. This paper will look at the problem and some possible solutions in terms of using renewable energy sources to sustain residential high-rises. Methods including Geothermal energy to heat and cool the building, Green-roofs that can be used to grow plants/food and can gather rain water, Cistern tank to catch all the rainwater that can then be used to wash clothes and flush toilets and possibly also for irrigation purposes if need be, Wind energy to provide electricity, as well as Solar energy to provide electricity can all be used to minimize a building’s ecological footprint. Geothermal energy is literally the heat from the earth, energy obtained from the hot areas under the earth’s surface. Geothermal energy is becoming very popular in Canada, taking the natural energy from the earth to heat and...
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...CRITICAL THINKING ANALYSIS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING’S SPEECH, “I HAVE A DREAM” Martin Luther King uses a strong approach to deliver a speech full of encouragement and motivation for the deprived freedom of blacks living in American in the mid-1900s. With a recording break crowd in attendance in Washington in August 1986, Martin Luther King expresses the experienced suffering and demand for change in the lives of blacks. His purpose is clear and without hesitation. As I listener, I felt his passion that was supported by his appropriate boundaries to live equally. With the limitations and challenges King faced during that time, I can understand why his speech is a significant milestone in our country’s history. King makes the listener understand that his purpose is to fairly achieve the long overdue equality blacks have been robbed of. He is clear in his mission and has no intentions of entertaining such an mission with wrong doings or harm. I can only imagine, while during this time in American history the blacks had lived with so much oppression and discrimination, how challenging it would have been to approach such freedom with proper actions. Although King is trying to gain something in his speech, he is not driven by a selfish motive. He distinctly states his purpose and strategizes on the actions needed. At the end of his speech, I ask myself, “Do I agree with the necessity of blacks’ freedom?”. King presents his speech in a manner that is realistic, future...
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...gentle makeshift wonder reject nudge keepsake beetle driven ghost tickled carton opal neon dwelling suitcase digit nozzle civics dental griddle ideal alien leapfrog grinding ooze hamburger rotten organic wrong feast storage youth January expire vision worthy background standard lantern rookie service cheerful poison mention volley tasteless favorite reek dillydally invention slogan bellyache gnash abnormal yoga quench neckwear heartthrob whittle anchor yearning eavesdrop furious optimism innocent wrench funnel infectious citizen dignify ferret clearance triumph gallant warrior penguin auburn salute designer fortnight hamlet meteor destination cavity Study Words for Fourth Graders poach knowingly station infinity niece letterhead umbrella castle listener feud envision magical unify serenely quaint visibility Scripps National Spelling Bee | Study Words for Fourth Graders | 2010–2011 School Year This list includes 50 challenging fourth grade words and, to extend learning, 50 challenging fifth grade words. slogan bellyache gnash abnormal yoga quench neckwear heartthrob whittle anchor yearning eavesdrop furious optimism innocent wrench funnel infectious citizen dignify ferret clearance triumph gallant warrior penguin auburn salute designer fortnight hamlet meteor destination cavity poach knowingly station infinity niece letterhead umbrella castle listener feud envision magical unify serenely quaint visibility biscuit abolitionists yippee preferable multitude...
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...gentle makeshift wonder reject nudge keepsake beetle driven ghost tickled carton opal neon dwelling suitcase digit nozzle civics dental griddle ideal alien leapfrog grinding ooze hamburger rotten organic wrong feast storage youth January expire vision worthy background standard lantern rookie service cheerful poison mention volley tasteless favorite reek dillydally invention slogan bellyache gnash abnormal yoga quench neckwear heartthrob whittle anchor yearning eavesdrop furious optimism innocent wrench funnel infectious citizen dignify ferret clearance triumph gallant warrior penguin auburn salute designer fortnight hamlet meteor destination cavity Study Words for Fourth Graders poach knowingly station infinity niece letterhead umbrella castle listener feud envision magical unify serenely quaint visibility Scripps National Spelling Bee | Study Words for Fourth Graders | 2010–2011 School Year This list includes 50 challenging fourth grade words and, to extend learning, 50 challenging fifth grade words. slogan bellyache gnash abnormal yoga quench neckwear heartthrob whittle anchor yearning eavesdrop furious optimism innocent wrench funnel infectious citizen dignify ferret clearance triumph gallant warrior penguin auburn salute designer fortnight hamlet meteor destination cavity poach knowingly station infinity niece letterhead umbrella castle listener feud envision magical unify serenely quaint visibility biscuit abolitionists yippee preferable multitude...
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...sulci - A coronal section at the level of the posterior commissure reveals a narrow subarachnoid space surrounding the outer surface of the brain (a "tight convexity") and narrow medial cisterns - The third ventricle is usually enlarged as well, while the fourth ventricle may or may not be enlarged 14 - Thus, a Fourth ventricle of normal size in the presence of enlarged lateral and third ventricles need not indicate aqueductal stenosis and is a finding consistent with normal pressure hydrocephalus 14 o Magnetic resonance imaging 6 - MRI techniques currently play no role in routine clinical evaluation • Functional testing o Not applicable • Procedures 13 2 o Lumbar puncture (also known as spinal tap) 5 - General explanation o Collection of cerebral spinal fluid from the spinal canal for analysis - Indication o It is used to identify fluid o Serious infection o Central nervous system o Removal of excess cerebrospinal - Contraindications o Skin infection in the lumbar region o Increased intracranial pressure o Unequal pressures between the supratentorial and inFratentorial compartments o Any of the following findings on CT: o Midline shift o Loss of suprachiasmatic and basilar cisterns o Posterior fossa mass o Loss of the superior cerebellar cistern o Loss of the quadrigeminal plate cistern o Coagulopathy o Brain abscess - Interpretation of results o Lumbar puncture with the removal of 30 to 70 ml of cerebrospinal Fluid o Can be repeated on two or three consecutive days. o Positive...
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...release the myosin head from the actin. The ATP is then broken down into a configuration to help pull on the actin. b. What is the role of ATP in generating a resting membrane potential? ATP is the energy source for the active transport via the Sodium Potassium pump which functions to keep the outside of the cell slightly positive and the inside of the cell slightly negative. c. What is the role of ATP in maintaining calcium concentration gradients? The role of ATP in maintaining calcium concentration gradients is to help by pumping calcium back into the sarcoplasmic reticulum after muscle contraction. 6. Dantrolene is the only drug available to treat malignant hyperthermia. It works by inhibiting calcium channels of the terminal cisterns of the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Explain how this inhibition helps to terminate skeletal muscle contraction. What effect would this have on David’s body...
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...basilar artery. We believe this slit valve was responsible for the net influx of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) into the cyst and thus responsible for cyst enlargement over time. We also present one case of an arachnoid cyst in the middle cranial fossa that had a small circular opening in the wall of the cyst but lacked a slit-valve. This cyst did not enlarge and required surgery because of cyst wall rupture and the development of a subdural hygroma with headaches. Conclusion: One-way slit-valves exist and are the mechanism of enlargement of suprasellar prepontine arachnoid cysts. The location of the slit valve opening in each of our arachnoid cyst cases was directly over the basilar artery trunk. Caudal to rostral CSF flow in the prepontine cistern during the cardiac cycle lifted the arachnoid wall of the cyst off the basilar trunk and increased the size of the opening of the valve, whereas rostral to caudal CSF flow during the remainder of the cardiac cycle pushed...
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...saromeres arranged end to end they appear banded. The muscle fiber which is composed of many microfibrils is enclosed in endomysium and under that is the sarcolemma which houses the nuclei. Tendons connect muscles to their bony origins and insertions. Aponeuroses are layers of flat connective tissue (fascia) separating muscles from each other. The SR contain mitochondria and glycogen granules stored in the sarcoplasm which are involved in producing the energy for contraction. The fascicle is composed of many muscle fibers and is enclosed in the perimysium; the muscle is composed of many fascicles and is enclosed in the epimysium. The tubules of the sarcoplasmic reticulum have sac like terminal cisterns and the T tubules run between those. Spots that contain a t tubule and 2 terminal cisterns are called a triad. An action potential is carried down the sarcolemma to the neuromuscular junction . There are very many ion channels located on the sarcolemma which is has junctional folds in the motor end plate to allow for more ion channels. The action potential arrives at the axon terminal of the motor neuron allowing the ACh to fuse through the synaptic vessels and open the chemically gated channels. Fast glycolytic fibers fatigue rapidly, while slow oxidative fibers are highly resistant to fatigue....
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...Knowledge in Civil Society The State and Drought: Villagers' Experiences Dr. Chitra Krishnan The State and Drought: Villagers' Experiences Part 11 Dr. Chitra Krishnan Knowledge in Civil Society Trust, 12-13-437, Street No. 1, Tarnaka, Secunderabad – 500 017 www.kicsforum.net 1 Part 2 of this report is in Kannada and authored by the villagers mentioned in this report. It can be downloaded from: http://ced.org.in/docs/kics/The_State_and_Drought_Kannada.pdf Title Date : The State and Drought: Villagers' Experiences : June 2014 About the Author : Chitra Krishnan was trained as a civil engineer at IIT Madras following which she worked on water resource issues in rural Kerala before pursuing her Master’s in Environmental Engineering in USA. Her working stints in different rural contexts and an organic farm in the USA influenced her markedly in her research quests. She completed her PhD from IIT Delhi on the traditional irrigation system of South India (tanks and anicuts). Her research publications include “Irrigation Infrastructure: The Case of the Tungabhadra River”2. She is currently practising dryland agriculture in Tumkur district, Karnataka and is involved in research studies looking at design and implementation issues of irrigation infrastructure from below. About Knowledge in Civil Society Trust : Knowledge in Civil Society (KICS) is a public charitable trust registered in India in 2010, but active as network of NGOs, grassroots activists...
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...Have you ever wanted to use the bathroom on a toilet seat that seated restfully? This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to buy Thomas Crapper & Co. LTD woodwork d-shape W.C. seat. It is guaranteed to last many years. If you are not satisfied with the best toilet seat in the world, then our promise is to give you your money back guaranteed. To make this deal even better Thomas Crapper & Co. LTD will let you custom the D-shape W.C. seat to fit perfectly in your bathroom. Do not let this glorious opportunity slip away from the palm of your hands. This seat is available for purchase online or in select stores. The woodwork D-shape W.C. seat, is the best around and it offers support and comfort like no other toilet seat in the world. Soft,...
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...The cell membrane is made up of the outer and inner cell membrane with a trilaminate structure, which enclose the pre nuclear cistern between them by parallel-going process. Darnell J et al (1990) From the one side huddled to the inner nuclear membrane surface and from the other side from the periphrical chromatin of a eukaryotic nucleus there is a high -protein lamination ( thickness 30-100 nm) out of filaments -which is called the nuclear lamina . Newport JW et al (1987) The lamina can be isolated biochemically, and remaining matrix has the same form and size like the treated cell and is only made out of lamina proteins which forms a stable fibular bonding polymer network . Lamina A, B1, B2 and C are those who built the lamina proteins. They belong to the family of the type 5 intermediate filaments. Intermediate filaments are structures built of proteins which increase the mechanic stability of a nucleus. A single monomer of the intermediate filaments is about 48 nm long and very thin. Type 5 is one of the six types of the intermediate filament (online last accessed 29/10/2010). The connection from the lamina with a cell membrane is achieved through lamina B according to Newport et al, because it has a special role when bonding with the membrane, while the other laminas connect to lamina B and transmit interaction between chromatin and the lamina. Dessev GN et al (1992) consider an indirect interaction between non lamina components of the nucleolus membrane and a lamina B receptor...
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...Market Sometimes a sanctuary, sometimes a spa and at other times purely functional – a bathroom is the perfect place to unwind, a refuge from the daily grind. Increasingly over the past fifteen years, Indians have begun to look at bathrooms as decompressing zones that also make a lifestyle statement. The demand for bathrooms that combine convenience with functionality and marry luxury with technology is rapidly increasing. Builders and homeowners alike are now realising that a bathroom with a built-in wow factor enhances not only the desirability but also the value of a property. But amazingly, even as late as the 1990s, the bath fittings market was dominated by small manufacturers who focused on functional entry-level products, paying scant regard to design, aesthetics or quality. With the shift in market focus, several players joined the race, slowly pushing out of reckoning manufacturers in the unorganised sector. Such has been the leap in both quality and aesthetics that the organised segment now controls more than 50% of the Rs. 1800 crore (US$ 375 million) market by value year, no-questionsasked warranty, plus after-sales-service at the customer’s doorstep. It was also the first company to introduce four-colour packaging for bathfittings. These not only helped ensure product differentiation, they also reinforced its brand identity. Jaquar Orientation Centres are marketing innovations that provide the consumer (Source: Business Line...
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...Jimmy Nazario Third Week Assignment Prof. Garry Argro MBC100: Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology Hormones and Homeostasis For this weeks’ assignment I chose the hormones from the Pituitary Glands. These glands are located in the brain attached to the Hypothalamus, and it has a size of a pea. The hormones from the Pituitary Glands control the functions of many other glands in the body, but the major secretions from these glands are the following: Growth Hormones (GH) Antidiuretic Hormones (ADH) Oxytocin 1. The Growth Hormones (GH), stimulates the growth of bones and other tissue and controls the growth of all organisms in the body. This hormone is very important in maintaining an adequate balance between size and function. An example of this would be if a person has an exaggerated growth and his heart dose not maintain the proper size, the balance of blood flow thru the Circulatory System is not balanced and that person will always be tired. Also the amount of oxygen that is delivered to the different organs will not be adequate for proper body function. 2. Antidiuretic Hormones (ADH) or Vasopressin, is the hormone that simulates the increase of water reabsorption rate of the Kidney Tubels. The secretion of ADH stimulates the decrease of Urine production which in turn helps maintain a balanced blood volume and blood pressure. When too much of ADH is released it causes Vasoconstriction of blood vessels that has the effect of an increase of the blood...
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...practical and realistic It is my choice to defend Health Care in Guyana It is my choice to oppose those who say the Guyanese people are Oppressed It is my choice to laugh at those who condemn our history for the are dared to repeat it It is my choice to support the Donald Ramoutar’s Government And it will remain my choice to stay true to myself and stand up for what I believe in No we do not have the perfect system. No we do not have the perfect Nurses. No we do not have the perfect Doctors. No we do not have the perfect Facilities. But ask yourself ….. Are the nurses/doctors/ other health care workers the ones who urine and defecate on the floors? Are the nurses/doctors/ other health care workers the ones who break the cistern every single day? Are the nurses/doctors/ other health care workers the ones who shove plastic bottles, sanitary napkins and cloth down the toilet bowls? Are the nurses/doctors/ other health care workers the ones who throw garbage all over the compound even though there are bins everywhere? NO, they are the ones who have to clean it every single day, they are ones who are faced with criticisms and insults every single day, and they are the ones who never get a smile or a thank you not even a single day. They are the ones who work for their wages and try their best to ensure that their families are clothed and fed. They are the ones who are always there in your time of need and they are the ones who do not ask you to pay before you get...
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