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Definition of liberate in English:
verb[with object]
1Set (someone) free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression: the serfs had been liberated
More example sentences
- From what were they supposed to be liberating us?
- When the American soldiers liberated him, Tom began a two-year stint in various hospitals, battling for his life.
- She was liberated in 1945 and trekked back to Poland, still cold and starving but with a one-way ticket to Warsaw.
set free, free, release, let out, let go, discharge, set/let loose, deliver, save, rescue, extricate;
unshackle, unfetter, unchain, untie, unmanacle, unbind, unyoke;
emancipate, enfranchise, give rights to;
historical manumit
rare disenthral
1.1Free (a place or people) from enemy occupation: twelve months earlier Paris had been liberated
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- Well, I mean, the press was led in right behind the troops who were liberating those places.
- Assuming the role of Joan, you go about killing hordes of enemies in order to liberate France.
- They fought on foreign shores, flew through enemy skies and risked their lives to liberate the world.
1.2Release (someone) from a situation which limits freedom of thought or behaviour: she is liberated from the constraints of an unhappy marriage (as adjective liberating) the arts can have a liberating effect on people
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- Such freedom liberates us from having to worry about it.
- While his tactics of double-play may not liberate him from the effects of the paralyzing obsessions of others, it might release him from the possibility of his own and those of his audience.
- He is willing to reverse the laws of cause and effect in order to liberate us from ourselves.
1.3Free (someone) from social conventions, especially those concerned with accepted sexual roles: ways of working politically that liberate women
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- The whole point of the experience was to be liberated from social conventions, not to create new ones.
- The image is of the passive Asian woman subject to oppressive practices within the Asian family with an emphasis on wanting to 'help' Asian women liberate themselves from their role.
- Celebrating the nerd liberates so many young people.
2 Chemistry & Physics Release (gas, energy, etc.) as a result of chemical reaction or physical decomposition: the energy liberated by the annihilation of matter is huge
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- The compound lithium hydride, LiH, is a polar covalent solid that reacts with water to liberate hydrogen gas and form basic solutions of the metal hydroxide.
- If that methane were suddenly liberated from its enclosing clathrate prison the impact on the carbon isotope record would be immediate and severe.
- Consider what would happen if part of the energy liberated during the reaction went into vaporizing the water.
3 informal Steal (something): the drummer's wearing a beret he's liberated from Lord knows where
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- After liberating a pie from a lukewarm oven, I trundled over to the cash register, where two hippy-looking young women dressed in shawls and all were waiting with a loaf of bread.
- I was successful in liberating a total of 16 chocolate eggs from your clutches, notwithstanding additional emergency supplies in the form of mini eggs, buttons and cake.
Late 16th century: from Latin liberat- 'freed', from the verb liberare, from liber 'free'.
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Quantified selfers who are also surfers, skateboarders (or skiers/snowboarders) won't be feeling so left out of the tracking trend if this Kickstarter campaign hits its funding goal. Trace is a monitoring device for action sports practitioners to catch data on every wave, turn, flip, landing and so on — and a corresponding app so they track their performance and see how they… Read More
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The source of energy for Earth is our sun. Sir Issac Newton thought of light as a steady stream of particles. His contemporary, Christian Huygens, thought that light had a wave motion. They were both correct. Light energy consists of moving quanta (packets) of photons (pure energy). In 1802 the English physicist Thomas Young confirmed Huygen' hypothesis by proving that light traveled in waves.
Visible light is measured in nanometers, from low frequency
red, through orange, yellow, green, and blue, to high frequency
violet. Rainbows are produced by the natural prism of raindrops
in the atmosphere.
Electromagnetic wavelengths take approximately 8.34 minutes, traveling at the speed of light, to reach the earth. Estimate the distance of the sun from earth in miles if the speed of light is approximately 186 000 mi/sec.
Show calculation below
Energy Capture
Photosynthesis is the major process by which wavelengths are converted from light energy into a form of chemical energy which can be used by living organisms. This conversion process will be studied later in the semester. The energy from the sun is stored in the bonds that hold molecules together. One major storage source of this energy is the monosaccharide glucose which can be produced as a by-product of photosynthesis. When glucose is broken apart in the process of cellular respiration (studied later) it can be made available for use by organisms in all metabolic activities.
Energy Transfer
The purpose of this exercise is to understand how energy stored in molecules like glucose, proteins, and lipids can be transferred from one trophic level to another. To understand the concept of energy transfer one must first understand some of the laws of thermodynamics.
Laws of Thermodynamics (in layman's terms)
1st Law - Energy can neither be created nor destroyed.
2nd Law - No transfer of energy is 100% complete
The first law is self-explanatory. The second law tells us that it would not be possible for a deer eating grass to obtain 100% of the energy contained in the grass and incorporate it into deer tissue. Instead there are losses. In this exercise you will see that the total amount of energy with be accounted for in three ways.
1. Energy incorporated in tissues. This energy will be available for the next trophic transfer.
2. Energy of metabolism. This is the energy required for conscienceness, muscle contraction, nerve impulse transmission, movement of molecules across membranes, and any other activity requiring energy. You will see that most of the energy will go to metabolism.
3. Energy which remains at death [organic waste] will be harvested by bacteria and fungi, the major decomposer organisms.
Trophic Levels
When light energy strikes the earth three things happen. Either it is relfected back into space, it is transmitted through an object, or it can be absorbed. In biology we are most interested in that energy which is absorbed and captured in photosynthesis.
Autotrophic (photosynthetic) organisms are responsible for the initial conversion of light energy into chemical energy. Here is how that is possible?
Depending on a specific latitute and longitude a specific amount of light energy is captured per square meter per year (m2/yr) on average. In tropical regions, where there is the greatest input of light, measured in KCal of energy/m2, results in a high energy availablity. This expresses itself in stunning biodiversity. If one travels to polar regions, much less solar input results in fewer KCal of energy input/m2/yr. This is the reason that biodiversity is greater near the equator and sparse near the poles.
Once energy is captured by autotrophs (producers), it is available for cycling through other trophic levels. Here are the trophic levels beginning with the highest energy content to the lowest.
Primary consumers (herbivores)
Secondary consumers
Tertiary consumers
Quaternary consumers
10% Rule
In this exercise you will be working with statistical data
which has been derived from studies made at particular geographic
locations. Sometimes this kind of information is not available
and an educated guess needs to be made on energy transfer from
one level to the next. In this case the "Ten Percent Rule"
is used. It is assummed that only 10% of the orginial energy will
be completely transfered to the next trophic level and incorporated
into tissue.
So, if we begin with 1 000 KCal of energy incorporated into plant tissue via photosynthesis, only 100 KCal would be available to the primary consumer, 10 KCal to the secondary consumer, 1 KCal to the tertiary consumer, and only 0.1 KCal to the quaternary level. One can quickly see why it is impossible for very many trophic level transfers to exist. There simply would not be enough energy available to support the next level. This is the reason that trophic levels typically do not go beyond secondary levels in the arctic, and could easily extend to the quaternary level in the tropics.
How to Calculate Trophic Level Energy Transfers
As discussed earlier (thermodynamics) three things happen to energy in a trophic level transfer. Some energy is incorporated into tissue at the next level, most is lost in metabolism, and some remains for harvesting by decomposers in the form of organic waste.
When calculating energy transfers always make certain that you can account for all of the KCal of energy. Also, remember that when you have finished with one trophic level you no longer have the original amount of energy - only what was transferred and incorporated into tissue which could be consumed at the next trophic level. If this still seems a little difficult to understand, consider the following example and do the calculations yourself to confirm each answer shown and it will soon become clear.
Assume that there are 1 620 000.0 KCal/m2 that strikes in Lodi, California when measured by scientific instruments for a year's time. Further assume that 98.7% of this energy is reflected light and that the remainder is captured as absorbed energy and processed by photosynthesis. For the purpose of this problem we will ignore transmitted light. Based on these assumptions answer the following questions:
1. How many KCal of energy is represented by reflected light?
2. How many KCal of energy is captured in photosynthesis?
You will be presented with three calculations which will add up to 100% of the energy input into the system based on our assumptions. The energy will be directed in three pathways. 1) % incorporated into tissue which can be passed to the next trophic level by predation. 2) % directed to metabolic activities. 3) % of energy remaining in the organism at death which will be harvested by decomposers (bacteria & fungi).
2 317.0 KCal = ______ % available for transfer to herbivore
This calculation for % transferred is done by dividing 2 317.0 KCal by the total available from photosynthesis which you calculated earlier - 21 060.0 KCal
14 110 .0 KCal = ______ % plant metabolism
4 633.0 KCal = _______ % plant organic waste
Make certain that your percentages add up to 100%
162.0 KCal = _______ % transferred to carnivore
All three of these calculations use 2 317.0 KCal as the divisor since this is the source of energy for this trophic level.
1 483.0 KCal = ______ % herbivore metabolism
672.0 KCal = ________ % herbivore organic waste
21.0 KCal = ______ % transferred to next carnivore
All three of these calculations use 162.0 KCal as the divisor since this is the source of energy for this trophic level.
113.0 KCal = ______ % carnivore metabolism
28.0 KCal = _______ % carnivore organic waste
0.0 KCal = __0____ % no trophic level exists above this one
All three of these calculations use 21.0 KCal as the divisor since this is the source of energy for this trophic level.
16.0 KCal = ______ % carnivore metabolism
5.0 KCal = _______ % carnivore organic waste
To do this we need to understand the concept of where the energy came from for all of these calculations to begin with. Remember, the energy which was the source for all of the calculations that you have done so far was the amount converted in the process of photosynthesis. That was 21 060.0 KCal/m2. This then will be the divisor for these calculations.
Calculate the amount of energy converted by all decomposers in this problem.


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Definition of Elgin Marbles in English:
Elgin Marbles
A collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and architectural fragments, chiefly from the Parthenon in Athens, brought to England by the diplomat and art connoisseur Thomas Bruce (1766–1841), the 7th Earl of Elgin.
Carved under the direction of Phidias in the 5th century bc, the sculptures were brought from Greece between 1803 and 1812, when the country was under Turkish control. They are currently housed in the British Museum, but are the subject of a repatriation request from the Greek government, who do not accept the legality of the Turkish sale
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MILLWOOD - A new plastics manufacturing company in Millwood is expected to be operational by this fall, the head of the Jackson County Development Authority said.
Technology Plastics LLC, which will be at the same faciltiy as Star Plastics on Jack Burlingame Road, will manufacture plastic lids for commercial-sized metal waste bins, said Mark Whitley, executive director of the Jackson County Development Authority.
"They are looking to be making lids for bins across the U.S.," Whitley said Monday.
The company is being started by Doug Ritchie, who founded Star Plastics in 1988.
"(Ritchie) is planning to start setting up in March," Whitley said. "He would like to be in operation by September 2014."
The state Department of Environmental Protection recently issued a notice of intent to approve the company's air quality permit.
The company will use recycled plastic, purchased from Star Plastics, for the production of the lids.
"Instead of shipping this plastic out of state, they will be using it here," Whitley said.
Ritchie said the company is a small start-up, which will be working with Star, which processes recycled plastics.
"It is a good fit," Ritchie said. "They have a good position on materials."
Technology Plastics LLC will initially utilize unused space at Star Plastics with plans to eventually expand into its own facility sometime in the future, Whitley said.
The company will initially employ 15 people.
"They hope to be able to grow from that," Whitley said.
Ritchie said Star Plastics will initially promote people to Technology Plastics and replace the workforce as needed.
Whitley believes the company has the potential to grow and thrive in the area.
Star Plastics is a major employer in the area, employing 110-115 people, he said.
"They are a great corporate citizen," Whitley said. "We are very excited to have this here in the county."
Ritchie said for the time being the company will concentrate on making the lids and making them well.
"We do anticipate other products in the future," he said.
He said he could not discuss yet what those might be.
"We are excited to be making products in West Virginia and putting our people to work," Ritchie said.


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Definition of hyaline membrane disease in English:
hyaline membrane disease
noun[mass noun]
A condition in newborn babies in which the lungs are deficient in surfactant, which prevents their proper expansion and causes the formation of hyaline material in the lung spaces. Also called respiratory distress syndrome.
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- Neonatal pneumonia can closely mimic hyaline membrane disease clinically, and is the most frequent cause of septicemia in neonate.
- Adequate prenatal care and early intervention in this case may have avoided not only the fetal morbidity and mortality secondary to congenital syphilis, but the prematurity and hyaline membrane disease as well.
- The patient had a history of hyaline membrane disease that was treated initially with three doses of Survanta artificial surfactant and steroids.
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Day Five.
Five Days of Fabulous Fall.
Two Mantels.
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A Side Chest.
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Five Days. Five Fall Projects.
Today… I am showing you my formal Dining Room Table.
Now you're first thought when you hear me say "formal" Dining Room table may be crystal and china and lots of froo-froo.
In year's past, that is indeed how I have set our formal table.
But this year, I wanted a look that was more natural… and as you have heard me say dozens of times…"woodsy."
I am not saying that "Mr. Buck" above our fireplace does not warrant crystal and china and froo–froo….
… but I felt he would be more comfortable around cabbages and mums and rhubarb and grapevine…
I did sneak in a little "glamour," in the form of a cherished Pink and White Staffordshire Soup Tureen.
This beautiful piece has proven to be ever so versatile throughout the Seasons.
I also thought "Mr. Buck" would approve of some other "woodsy" (there's that word again!) friends.
A pair of very friendly pheasants.
So while this vignette may be located in our formal Dining Room…
The feel is casual and comfortable.
A burlap runner, simple candles…and small pumpkins and gourds.
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- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Indoor fireplace
- Parking available
- Breakfast
- Suitable for events
|papa giovanni XXIII, 30034 mira, venezia, Italy
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The House is very well placed for visitiung Venice: only 15 min by train.
You avoid parking costs and problems.
The House is situated in a convenient area for many tourist destinations, gastronomic, cultural, artistic.
B&B HOBO is a meeting point for hikers, cyclists, motorcyclists, that can exchange information, news, tips and ideas.
Living room with books
kitchen area
covered private carpark
luggage storage
childrens play area
bike hire
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daily room cleaning
internet wi-fi connection
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What wonderful two days in Venice. Valentinas hotel is so nice and cozy, great breakfast outside on the terrace! We had a great time in Venice and thanks to the advice of Valentina a perfect stay. It was really a great time and I will surely come back :-)
Was für wundervolle 2 Tage in Venedig. Valentinas Unterkunft ist so schön und gemütlich, tolles Frühstück draussen auf der Terrasse! Wir hatten eine tolle Zeit in Venedig und Dank den Tipps von Valentina einen perfekten Aufenthalt. It was really a great time and i will surely come back :-)
A hidden gem- This B & B is away from the madness of Venice in a quiet, semi rural environment and yet still a quite easy commute by train to Venice for day trips.
Actually, I would describe it as a home-away-from-home.
The room standard with ensuite bathrooms in every room is 5 star comfort & the breakfast ,with fresh, hot croissants every morning is exceptional.To top this wonderful experience, Valentina is an incredibly friendly.helpful & welcoming host.
Grazie Mille Valentina!
I've been Valentina's guest for one week. She made her guesthouse a really special place! Above all it's fully renovated, tidy and one is being well- taken care of. She's very friendly and once you get there it's like being part of an Italian family :). I really enjoyed my stay.
Its a great B&B near by Venedig, of course its one of the best. The breakfast is realy good with selfmade marmalade and fresh croissants. The bedrooms are realy fantastic selfmade decorated.
Valentina act as a realy wonderfull host. We get a lot of good tips for day trips.
We had a lovely time, the rooms are spacious and clean and most importantly, Valentina is very welcoming and cheerful! We Spend a very nice weekend! Rooms are spacious and clean and Valentina was very welcoming and smiling!
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We spend a very nice weekend !
Rooms are spacious and clean and Valentina was very welcoming and smiling !
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EDMONTON – Mena Jewell found it "kind of creepy" to be standing across the street from the Women's Health Options abortion clinic but she said maybe it's the right thing to do.
"When we stand here people will say 'Why are all these people standing there looking at that building. Are they on strike?'" the Edmonton woman said, trembling from the cold.
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Vatican City – Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith has presented Pope Benedict with a specially bound edition of the first printed copy of the revised Canadian English-language edition of the Roman Missal.
At the private audience Nov. 7, the archbishop also gave the pope a copy of the book marking the opening earlier this year of the new building housing St. Joseph Seminary in Edmonton.
OTTAWA – Quebec could be headed for a fiscal collapse similar to that now faced by Greece if it does not re-examine its social programs, says a new study by the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada.
"There are real reasons to be concerned about the sustainability of the rather ambitious Quebec welfare state," say the authors of A Quebec Family Portrait released Nov. 7.
TORONTO – Women are not getting all the facts about the link between abortion and breast cancer, says Dr. Angela Lanfranchi.
"It doesn't matter if you're pro-life or pro-choice," she said, "women and the population just want the facts."
A call to arms – to take up the weapons of the rosary and prayer – rings out every year at an international conference on exorcism in Rome.
The Church needs more training of both priests and laypeople in fighting the influence of the devil and bringing spiritual healing to those in need, attendees said.
OTTAWA – A year before the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, Saint Paul University has launched the Research Centre for Vatican II and 21st Century Catholicism.
The centre will study the contribution Canadians made to council as well as how the council has shaped religious communities here.
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. – Catholic teachers can help create a more just Canadian society by welcoming refugees, says social justice activist Mary Jo Leddy.
"(Teachers) have a noble and ethical task," Leddy, the founder of Toronto's Romero House, said Oct. 28. Romero House houses and assists refugees in Canada.
SHERWOOD PARK – Prior to Vatican II, the Catholic Church celebrated every Mass in Latin. There was much pomp and ceremony, the rules were rigid. The Church was seen as the kingdom of God and everything outside was deemed evil.
"The Church was very authoritarian and prohibitive. You were not allowed to attend services in another Church," said Msgr. John Hamilton, presenting a brief overview of recent Church history.
Thinking in catholic terms about a global economy ought to be natural. Catholic means global, universal, transcending boundaries. But a Catholic proposal for regulating the global economy has stirred a battle between left and right within the Church.
I want to thank Archbishop Smith and Rita and Natalie for inviting me, in 25 short minutes, to try and offer a witness to three themes: commitment to the person of Jesus, obedience to him, and the way of the cross. I just want to say "Hello" to a few people from the schools and the school boards who know me; I see friendly and familiar faces.


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Kirkman, S., Thompson, D.R., Watson, R. and Stewart, S. (2007) Are all doctorates equal or are some "more equal than others"? An examination of which ones should be offered by schools of nursing. Nurse Education in Practice, 7 (2). pp. 61-6. ISSN 1873-5223Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)
This paper examines the typical and varying routes to doctoral degrees in the UK and other developed countries. It raises the important question of whether university schools of nursing should offer a whole range of options with the potential for sub-optimal higher degree training and therefore "mediocre" academics, or resist the "path of least resistance" and offer more limited pathways that ensure that only the highest quality training and candidates are associated with what should be the pinnacle of the profession. As such, it seeks to clarify which of the commonly offered routes to doctoral degrees might be most suited to the academic integrity and value of the profession to our patients and the health care system.
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SDSU FOOTBALL: Banged-up Aztecs find silver lining in latest loss
SAN DIEGO -- The quarterback is limited in the throws he can make until his injured shoulder regains its strength. The defense is handicapped in practice by its lengthy injury list. But San Diego State football coach Chuck Long said Sunday that his team feels a lot better about itself after its competitive loss to Colorado State than it did after last week's shellacking at New Mexico.
Instead of being demoralized by Saturday's 38-34 loss to Colorado State, a game the Aztecs could have won, Long expects his team to get a bounce from the effort that followed a 70-7 loss seven days earlier.
"Our guys came back from a tough loss the week before," Long said. "I think that was something positive to build on. Their pride was tested."
Long said redshirt freshman quarterback Ryan Lindley "played tough." Lindley completed 24-of-33 passes, but most of his completions came on short tosses, totaling only 166 yards.
Colorado State plays a defense that often leaves receivers open on short pass routes, which worked out well for the Aztecs (1-7, 0-4 Mountain West), because Long said Lindley's arm hasn't recovered enough for him to throw deep balls.
"That was the big reason we went into the locker room at halftime without a going to a two-minute offense," Long said. "Ryan was having a hard time throwing the ball. But I thought he played a very efficient game."
Lindley's only interception came on his final pass of the game, with the Aztecs trailing by four points and driving in Rams territory. He overthrew sophomore receiver Vincent Brown, whose numbers illustrate the Aztecs' short passing philosophy. Brown caught 11 passes for 40 yards and a touchdown.
"It wasn't a wrong route," Long said. "You saw there the trouble he was having throwing the ball long."
Defensively, the Aztecs struggled with their tackling techniques against Colorado State, as Long noted the Rams eluded numerous arm tackles from the Aztecs.
"We've got so many guys playing injured, we can't have contact in practice," Long said. "Our tackling suffered because of it."
For the second straight week, Long canceled practice on Sunday.
"We're trying to keep our kids fresh for the long haul of a football game," Long said. "Our offense was able to run the ball and eat up a lot of the clock. We need to be able to do more of that."
Junior running back Atiyyah Henderson carried 25 times for 178 yards and scored two touchdowns. His 72-yard touchdown run was the longest by a San Diego State player since the 1999 season.
"We have to prepare for our next game the same way," said Long, whose team visits Wyoming on Saturday. "We had a much better demeanor (in practice) last week, and we have to work hard. All we can ask of our football team is to put itself in position to win at the end of the game."


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Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand
Cyrano de Bergerac Art and Culture Quotes
How we cite our quotes: (Act.Line)
Quote #10
DE GUICHE (Who has recovered his self-control; smiling)
Have you read Don Quixote?
I have—and found myself the hero.
A PORTER (Appears at the door.)
Be so good as to read once more
The chapter of the windmills.
CYRANO (Gravely)
Chapter Thirteen.
Windmills, remember, if you fight with them—
My enemies change, then, with every wind?
—May swing round their huge arms and cast you down
Into the mire.
Or up—among the stars! (II.361-368)
By comparing Cyrano to Don Quixote, Rostand is emphasizing both his positive and negative qualities. Like Don Quixote, Cyrano is very proud and uncompromising (to the point of folly) in his morals. It is his pride, of course, that has just offended Comte de Guiche. De Guiche insinuates here that those in power (i.e., with "their huge arms") have the ability to "cast [Cyrano] down" if he continues to insult them. But Cyrano reminds de Guiche that Don Quixote was eventually recognized and glorified for his upstanding morality in Cervantes's novel; so, Cyrano suggests, can he.
Quote #11
A little square in the old Marais: old houses, and a glimpse of narrow streets. (III.stage directions)
Roxane lives in the Marais—a very fashionable quarter in 17th-century Paris. This tells us much about Roxane's reputation and wealth.
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FIRST PAGE (Ironically)
No doubt your honor knows F natural
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BELPRE - An international scam has reached the Mid-Ohio Valley and one area resident has lost hundreds of dollars, an official said.
"An online research company is asking people to do a survey on Western Union at several chain stores and scaming money out of people," said patrolman Mike Stump with the Belpre Police Department.
Stump said a Belpre Township resident filed a report with his office against the company known as NPD Research Inc., but there is little local law enforcement can do.
"While the letter said that it comes from Port Washington, N.Y., but the company is really based out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which makes this an international incident," he said. "Also, by cashing the fraudulent check, they are entering into a contractual agreement and anything that happens is their responsibility."
The letter including a check, apparently sent from the marketing research company, directs those selected as a secret or mystery shopper to contact the company via phone to confirm the money was received before depositing the funds in their personal bank account.
The money can be as much as $2,400. Once the money is deposited the person is told he has 48 hours to take out as much as $2,100 of that money to wire via Western Union at stores, including Kmart, Wal-Mart and Best Buy.
Once the money transfers and other relayed assignments are completed, the shopper is told to fax all receipts to a designated number.
"It is only later, after bank accounts are frozen, that people realize the scam," Stump said. "These people are being told they will be able to keep $300 and really they are losing $2,100 because the money order or cashier's check they were sent is fraudulent."
The check sent to the Belpre Township woman came from a bank in Phoenix, Ariz., but it turns out the bank does not have its own money orders or cashier's checks and those sent out are fakes made by NPD Research for the scam, Stump said.
"What happens is these people have cashed fake checks and by doing so they are responsible for the money taken out of their accounts," he said.
If anyone receives correspondence from NPD Research or another company claiming to offer money for little to no work, Stump said to be wary.
"If it sounds too good to be true, it is," he said. "If someone is sending you a check and asking you to send someone you don't know, or even do know, money, it's probably fake."
Stump said that if you are curious about a possible scam and want to make sure the money is real, check the phone number given and use Internet search sites to check the validity.
"(Check) these companies online," he said. "Check Scam Book or even Google if you aren't sure the company is real, but 99 percent of the time, it's fraud."


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Graph the function defined by the parametric equations , and .
Start out with a table of values, to have an idea of what's going on:
Plot and connect the points we have:
From t = 0 to t = π we have a quarter circle. That means it will take until t = 4π to find the complete circle:
As t goes from 4π to 8π, the etch-a-sketch tip will go around the circle again.
Graph the function described by the given parametric equations.
Tables, then graphs.
We don't have to find many values of this before recognizing it's the graph of y = cos x.
There doesn't seem to be any reason to have this function in parametric form when we could write y = cos x instead.
Exercises. Graph the function described by the given parametric equations.
When we graph and connect these points, we have a line:
From graphing this much we can see how the rest of the graph behaves. Therefore, we didn't need any bounds on t.
Graph these points:
As t goes out to π we'll end up completing a semicircle and landing at the point (-1, 0).
As t goes down to -π we'll maneuver through the fourth and third quadrants and once again end up landing at (-1, 0).
So, as t goes from -π to π our function completes a clockwise tour of the unit circle, starting at (-1, 0).
Gillian was asked to graph the function <f(t), g(t)> with f(t) and g(t) given by the following graphs:
She came up with this:
What did Gillian do wrong?
Gillian switched the x and y components. Her graph shows the function <g(t), f(t)>. As an example, look at whathappens when t = 2. Her graph has the point (-1, 1) but it should have the point(f(2), g(2)) = (1, -1).
Graph the function < f(t), g(t)> where x = f(t) and y = g(t) are given by the graphs.
We'll show the table of values, as well as the final graph.
Graph the function < f(t), g(t)> where x = f(t) and y = g(t) are given by the graphs.
As always, we start with a table, then move onto the graph.
This should sound like a broken record by now. Start with a table, then move onto a graph.
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OUR OPINION: The shantytown of sex offenders under the Julia Tuttle Causeway is fast becoming a public-safety and health crisis
The year: 2020. The place: Under the Julia Tuttle Causeway. Population: 500 homeless sex offenders living in a shantytown created with the help of state and local officials. There's an outbreak of tuberculosis in the camp, which the felons leave each day to work.
The pollution in the bay has worsened as make-shift toilets flush into the once turquoise waters.
Meanwhile, the courts are still trying to decide if state and local laws went too far.
It may seem like a far-fetched scenario -- 500 men, including a smattering of women, living in tents and rotting wooden cabins under a bridge that links cosmopolitan Miami to tourist mecca Miami Beach. But it's not. Just three years ago -- after the Miami-Dade Commission passed its ordinance barring convicted sex offenders from living within 2,500 feet from schools, parks and even bus stops -- there were only three sex offenders forced to live under the bridge. They could find no affordable housing anywhere else that met the 2,500-foot buffer.
Population swells
Today, there are almost 70 felons.
At that rate, South Florida could find itself with hundreds under the bridge in a few years -- and that includes Broward, where a couple dozen cities have buffers, too. The effort to protect children is fast becoming a public-safety and health crisis -- another pox South Florida does not deserve.
Who's to blame?
• The Florida Legislature, which passed a 1,000-foot-buffer zone several years ago and then allowed cities and counties to go beyond that -- without making a distinction between true sexual predators and offenders who may have been convicted for other, lesser crimes, such as public exposure for urinating outdoors.
• The state Department of Corrections, which has been sending felons with their ankle GPS tracking devices to live on a state-owned spit of sand under the bridge once they finish serving their prison sentences.
• Local governments, which went too far with zones that are unworkable.
Buffer no protection
The American Civil Liberties Union is planning to file a lawsuit. Ronald L. Book, chairman of the Homeless Trust, now admits he was wrong to support the 2,500-foot buffer, and that a smaller buffer would still protect children and find a suitable place for felons to live without becoming a global embarassment for South Florida.
Buffers are wrongly based on the premise that there's a relationship between residency and recidivism. But there's no evidence that's so. The Iowa County Attorneys Association, prosecutors dealing with a 2,000-foot buffer in Des Moines, noted in 2006 that a buffer ''does not provide the protection that was originally intended,'' and that it's too costly to enforce.
The prosecutors noted, too, that most sex crimes against children are committed by relatives -- not strangers in a park.
Children deserve every protection, and loitering restrictions in parks and school zones are one way to keep predators at bay. GPS devices are another way to ensure felons are not straying.
But state and local governments can't continue to dump people under a bridge and pretend this community is safer for it.
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Gold Prices May Top $2,000 This Year on 'Confidence Crisis'
Gold will probably top $2,000 an ounce by year-end amid surging investor demand, a Bloomberg survey showed.
Prices will rise to a peak of $2,038 before Dec. 31, based on the average of 16 respondents in a Bloomberg survey at the London Bullion Market Association's annual conference in Montreal. Next year, gold will rally as high as $2,268, according to the average in the survey.
Gold has surged 25 percent this year, touching a record $1,923.70 in New York on Sept. 6. The metal climbed as escalating debt woes in Europe and the prospect of faltering U.S. growth boosted demand. Today, gold futures for December delivery advanced $4.80, or 0.3 percent, to $1,783.70 at 9:13 a.m. on the Comex in New York.
"This is largely a crisis of confidence, and gold is a safe haven," Rujan Panjwani, the president of Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd., said in an interview at the conference. "I see little chance of gold falling."
Gold is in the 11th year of a bull market, the longest winning streak since at least 1920 in London, as investors seek to diversify away from equities and some currencies. Holdings in exchange-traded funds backed by the metal have jumped 31 percent in the past two years, reaching a record 2,260.5 metric tons on Aug. 8.
The Federal Reserve has kept U.S. borrowing costs at a record low near zero percent and conducted two rounds of asset purchases, or so-called quantitative easing, in a bid to boost growth. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's government will hold another call with its main creditors after a "productive" round of talks aimed at staving off default.
'Bullish Environment'
"We're going to continue to be in a bullish gold price environment for the next five to seven years," Richard O'Brien, the chief executive officer of Newmont Mining Corp., said in an interview at the 2011 Denver Gold Forum in Colorado Springs. "It's going to take that long for people to get their fiscal house in order."
Gold prices may have already peaked this year, and won't climb higher than $2,000 in 2012, according to Dipankar Basu, a manager and dealer at the State Bank of India.
"If we see signs that the U.S. and European economies are improving, we will see a sharp correction, and we could see that within maybe six months," Basu said in an interview in Montreal.
Prices may rally through June before dropping, according to Gerhard Max Schubert, the head of precious metals, consumer banking and wealth management at Emirates NBD.
Exit Strategy
"People should look for an exit strategy in the second half of next year," Schubert said in an interview in Montreal. "Nothing is going to happen in U.S. policy until the presidential election, and it gives a year to sort things out in Europe and come up with a credible solution."
Rising consumption in India and China, the world's top gold buyers, will continue to support prices, and the next 10 to 20 years will be "defined" by increased purchases in Asia, Pierre Lassonde, the chairman of Franco-Nevada Corp., said during a presentation at the Montreal conference.
"There's very broad-based global demand," Mark O'Byrne, the executive director of GoldCore Ltd., a brokerage, said in an interview in Montreal. "The monetary, geopolitical, macroeconomic and systemic risks are driving it, and until those risks are reduced somewhat, the outlook is fairly sound."


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NEW BEDFORD — Police have arrested two people on charges of robbing a taxi driver at knifepoint on Nauset Street in the North End.
Benjamin Frade, 24, of Marion, and Kelsey M. Albert, 21, of Fairhaven, were arrested Wednesday on charges of armed robbery and assault with intent to rob.
Further investigation revealed Frade was also involved in the Aug. 10 robbery of a 76-year-old woman in New Bedford, police said.
The driver said he was robbed at about 11:30 p.m. by a white male and a white female with a knife, police said. He handed over some cash and, once they left the cab, he followed them to a residence at the Nashmont housing development and called the police.
Officers responded to the address and found Frade and Albert, who were arraigned in New Bedford District Court Thursday.
A third person, Thomas Pollitt Jr., 24, of New Bedford, was arrested at the address on seven outstanding warrants.
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Screen Australia has announced production investment in 15 projects including four feature films, one low-budget television series and 10 documentaries. Screen Australia's investment of $9 million in the 15 projects will trigger production worth almost $29 million.
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Sam Worthington (Avatar) will star in Drift (p: Michele Bennett, Tim Duffy, Myles Pollard, ep: Joan Peters, w: Morgan O'Neill), a character-driven action drama set in the surfing world directed by Morgan O'Neill and Ben Nott.
Satellite Boy (p: David Jowsey, Sue Seeary, w/d: Catriona McKenzie) is an Indigenous coming-of-age story set in the Kimberley region from rising talent Catriona McKenzie. McKenzie's directorial feature debut is a heartfelt, moving and uplifting story about a young boy's journey to save his home and ultimately himself.
Australia's favourite mother and daughter comedy duo are set to hit the big screen in The Kath and Kim Filum (p: Rick McKenna, Jane Turner, Gina Riley, w: Jane Turner, Gina Riley, d: Ted Emery), which sees Kath and Kim head overseas on a whirlwind tour of love, lust and revolution.
Jeremy Hogarth's The Last Great Apes (p: Norm Wilkinson, w: Norm Wilkinson, Jeremy Hogarth), a theatrical documentary for the IMAX platform, and Peter Templeman's debut feature The 20-Something Survival Guide (p: Jodi Matterson, ep: Bruna Papandrea, Simon Bosanquet, Mark Huffam, w: Michael Lucas), a romantic comedy about a guy in his 20s who finds out his fertility runs out in a month.
Character driven drama Remarkable Creatures from writer Jan Sardi (Mao's Last Dancer, Shine), producer Heather Ogilvie and co-producer Mark Gooder.
Two thriller genre features, A Murder of Crows and Black Echoes, from Shayne Armstrong and Shane Krause, the writing duo of Bait, with producers Michael Robertson and Murray Pope, will also receive development investment.


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Just 2% Of U.S. Geothermal Power Could Supply 2,500 Times Our Energy Needs (CPN, ORA, NVE, PENGF)
G.S. Early: There's a story about a king in India. He asks the royal leather worker to cover his kingdom in leather, so wherever he walks, he will never stub his toes.
The leather worker pauses and then suggests to the king that if he covered his feet in leather he could walk wherever he chose, anywhere in the world.
This is the story about the first pair of shoes.
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It's emblematic of the way many people look at renewable energy. Right now we are trying to cover the world with solar panels or wind turbines.
But what if we decided to look at the world as its own solar panel?
I'm talking about geothermal power and the good news is we already have the technology to tap into it.
So how big is U.S. geothermal power?…
MIT estimates that just 2% of the heat below the United States at depths of 3-10 kilometers would be enough to supply 2,500 times the nation's current energy needs.
The compelling part about geothermal energy is that it isn't as cost-intensive as solar or wind. It's also far more reliable – available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at consistent, predictable levels.
That means more geothermal energy can be uploaded to the grid far more efficiently and on a larger scale than either solar or wind.
This technology is also proven and is already in commercial and industrial use west of the Mississippi and for residential applications around the globe.
And now, there are two factors that have the potential to put this clean energy resource on a level far beyond its previously limited scope.
Geothermal Power for Your Home
There are two types of geothermal that work off the same underlying principle.
Residential geothermal – the kind you would run a house on, uses the "earth-as-solar panel" concept.
In this case, geothermal heat pumps take advantage of the solar energy stored just below the surface of the ground.
If you're a solar power fan, then consider this a passive solar unit because the earth is a highly efficient photovoltaic panel: 40% – 60% of the Sun's energy is directly absorbed into the ground.
In cold months the pump pulls the heat from the earth and heats your house. Residual heat is used to heat your water.
Conversely, in the summer months the heat is pulled from the house and pumped into the earth loop where it dissipates into the earth and the cool solution in the pipes acts as a refrigerant.
This video from GeoSystems does a good job of giving you an overview of the process.
Believe it or not, with geothermal energy, you can cut your heating and cooling bills by 70% and have virtually free hot water whether you live in southern Florida or northern Minnesota.
In fact, its potential for residential use is so strong both the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency have dubbed individual geothermal as "the heating system of the 21st Century."
Industrial Scale Geothermal Power
Industrial geothermal is a slightly different animal.
It uses the heat in the earth's core to generate electricity much in the same way that hydroelectric power sources are used to run cities.
Whereas residential geothermal uses the differential between surface temperature and Earth's stable temperature found 100 feet below the surface, industrial geothermal drills down two miles or more to tap into the heat in the earth's mantle.
It works by bringing up the natural steam found at those depths to the surface, where it powers a turbine and generates electricity.
Right now, most industrial geothermal operations are located around "The Ring of Fire" or the tectonic plates that comprise the U.S. West Coast and the coast of Asia on the other side of the Pacific.
Up to now this resource has been tapped at relatively shallow depths where it was easy to access geothermal energy near the surface.
For example, the Geysers in northern California contain a set of 22 fields run by Calpine Corp. (NYSE:CPN) and represents about one-third of all geothermal energy production in the world.
U.S. Geothermal Power and Beyond
The new developments that are changing the face of geothermal are:
1. New Drilling Technologies: These new methods are allowing access to fields that were inaccessible before. The new technologies that oil and gas drillers have been developing to access super-deepwater reserves, and horizontal drilling and unconventional methods to access shale deposits now mean that geothermal isn't restricted to conventional "near-surface" sources.
For example, the New Madrid tectonic plate that runs down the Mississippi River runs too deep for conventional drilling to access. But now, with new technology these types of plates and fields can be tapped.
2. Repurposing Old Projects: Again, thanks to efforts by the oil and gas industry and the scientists they employ, a new source, or more accurately an old source, for new geothermal has been discovered, or re-discovered. Or repurposed.
In this case, the U.S. Department of Energy spent approximately $180 million some two decades ago looking into the thermal energy that exists at the bottom of some abandoned oil and gas wells.
They focused their efforts in Texas because there were 1 million-plus abandoned oil and gas wells with reservoirs of hot brine or hot sea water, down about two miles. That sea water also contains residual amounts of natural gas.
Using that research, companies have recently returned to see if they could get that hot brine to come up those abandoned well bores and make electricity with newer technologies, that flash off the natural gas, make steam to create turbine electricity. Finally, they use the thermal energy from that brine to make electricity again in an organic rank and cycle type of engine.
And now there are a few companies that are looking at harvesting this energy in a practical, commercial way.
One of them is Greenwell Power Corporation. This Canadian-based company is planning to tap abandoned wells and generate electricity from the hot brine and from flashing off the gas using conventional mobile turbines.
Their first project, slated for late spring 2013 with the first wells in the San Antonio region and along the coast, is expected to generate 3 megawatts of energy from each well. The broader plans include approximately 75 wells each one 3 MW of power.
This one is worth watching since it means any abandoned well can be repurposed and doesn't need to rely on deep drilling or tectonics. In short, its geothermal power that can pop up anywhere there's a rig.
As far as publically traded companies, the big players to look at include: Calpine, Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA), and NV Energy Inc. (NYSE:NVE). Meanwhile, on the Asian side, Primary Energy Corporation (PINK:PENGF) currently has three projects in the Philippines.
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Asian Ratatouille with Couscous By Ming Tsai
Hopefully you've already seen Ratatouille, a fantastic movie that my kids love. Ratatouille is a traditional country dish made of healthy vegetables that originated in Nice, France. Here's an Eastern spin on this French classic.
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil plus more for drizzling
1 small red onion, 1/4-inch dice
1 Japanese eggplant, 1/2- inch dice, skin on
1 red bell pepper, 1/2-inch dice
1 large heirloom tomato, 1/2-inch dice
2 cups (12 ounces) whole wheat instant couscous
2 tablespoon Wanjashan wheat-free organic tamari
3 cups water, boiling
12-15 Thai basil leaves, ripped
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
In a non-stick saute pan over medium-high heat coated lightly with extra virgin olive oil add onion and eggplant and season and cook until soft, about 3 minutes.
Add bell peppers and saute until slightly softened, then add tomato, stir and season.
Meanwhile, make couscous: in a large, heat-proof bowl, combine couscous, tamari and 2 tablespoons olive oil and season. Pour boiling water over and stir quickly to blend and immediately cover bowl with plastic wrap, sealing tightly.
Allow to steam until couscous is tender, about 5-7 minutes. Fluff couscous with the back of a fork and stir in Thai basil ribbons.
Check flavor and season if necessary. To serve, using a ring mold or similar, plate couscous in mold on plate and layer ratatouille on top.
Unmold and drizzle with more extra virgin olive oil and garnish with Thai basil sprig, if desired.
Ming Tsai is the host and executive producer of public television series Simply Ming and chef/owner of Blue Ginger restaurant in Wellesley, Mass.
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Words such as artistry, charisma, endurance and integrity are often used in describing a legend. They all apply to Steve Gibbons, who has been in the music business for over four decades, surviving the ever changing trends by being himself.
His creativity as a writer is reflected in the scores of songs to his credit, 14 albums (not counting `greatest hits`, singles, EPs and guest appearances) sales of which have long surpassed the 1 million mark. In the small country of Sweden alone (population 8 million) he sold over 100,000 copies of his hit album `Down in the Bunker`.
The most notable cover of a Steve Gibbons song is the title track for Roger Daltrey's (The Who) solo album `One of the Boys`. Add to this material Steve's vitality and charisma as a storytelling performer, backed by a hard driving/country flavored classic rock & roll band, and it's easy to understand why Steve Gibbons has such a loyal and yet still growing audience.
In 1975 when they were spotted by Pete Townshend of The Who. This led to The Steve Gibbons Band joining The Who's management stable, recording their first Polydor album `Any Road Up` and touring with The Who in Britain, Europe and the USA. Playing the concert arenas, they shared the stage with acts like Little Feat, Lynard Skynard, E.L.O., J. Geils and Nils Lofgren.
The English Top 10 hit `Tulane` led to three more albums with Polydor. This was Steve's second Top 10 hit, the first being his recording debut in 1965 with The Ugly's, whose `Wake Up My Mind` reached 1 in Australia.
Fans and those in the music business alike regard Steve Gibbons as one of Great Britain's all time finest singer/songwriters. His track record proves it.
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CLAYSON & THE ARGONAUTS:There are still people around today who'll tell you that Alan Clayson & The Argonauts was the greatest group ever formed. Clayson is an insightful lyricist and commands the stage with theatrical panache and exudes rogue charm. The stage act defies succinct description, crucially, Clayson was being spoken of and written about in the same sentences as the likes of Wreckless Eric, Tom Robinson, John Otway and Elvis Costello.
`it's meant to be crap``Alan Clayson and the Argonauts were one of rock's most glorious and enjoyable follies, and somewhere there is a parallel universe where they are bigger than the Beatles` - Rock 'N' Reel, June 2007.
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Unique and timeless - the legend that is Steve Gibbons has withstood the fads and fashions of the music business for over four decades. With a huge repertoire of original material to draw on, his set list is always fresh and surprising. Long live rock and roll.
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Originally formed during those heady days of the punk rock era, they made their debut in Guildford in 1976, they soon found themselves being written about by the likes of NME - in which they were held up alongside the likes of Wreckless Eric, John Otway, Tom Robinson and Elvis Costello.
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Animal behavior can make conservation difficult. Those darn animals that just won't mate make it hard for conservationists to help them. But what's the deal? Why do animals hate breeding in captivity? Sometimes, imprinting is the culprit. Pandas are notoriously stubborn about mating in captivity. The London Zoo's panda Chi Chi imprinted on the humans that raised her, so she refused to mate with her own species and instead attempted to mate with a human zookeeper. Sad panda.
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A similar problem with imprinting occurred in endangered whooping cranes that were raised by sandhill crane foster parents. The whooping cranes imprinted on the sandhill cranes and then would not mate with other whooping cranes. Now, conservation biologists expose baby whooping cranes to sounds of their own species, so they form a mating bond with members of their own species as adults.
An endangered whooping crane.
Schooling behavior in fish also causes conservation problems. Fish that form big schools are easier to catch than solitary fish, and many species that school (sardines, anchovies and other small fish) are being overfished. That is, humans catch them at rates faster than new fish are born, causing fish shortages. The unfortunate thing is that it is not just our fish that we are eating too much of—ocean predators like dolphins, whales, and seabirds depend on these fish for their own food. Dolphins can't exactly go to the grocery store when their refrigerators are getting low.
In the mid-1900s, California's sardine fishery collapsed; the Atlantic fisheries have gone through turbulent times as well. Cod was so overfished in the 1970s and 1980s that in 1992, the Atlantic northwest cod fishery completely collapsed and still has not recovered. Currently, scientists recommend that fisheries leave half of what they normally catch in the ocean to protect marine life and ensure the longevity of the fisheries. As with most conservation issues, doing what is best in the long-term has huge economic impacts in the short-term. Sigh.


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North and South America was barren of people until, some Siberian "daring" individuals crossed over a bridge to step into America. The DNA collected from a large number of Native American groups spread across Canada to the pinnacle of South America was put through a meticulous and extensive relocation study by researchers from Harvard. They analyzed that 15,000 years ago, "First Americans" inhabitants traversed in from Siberia after climbing past a land bridge during the Last Ice age. They did not land in America all at once. When the people turned up in America they came in 3 groups one by one.
Cutting edge technologies permitted the geneticists to investigate the past along with the linguists, archaeologists and the paleoanthropologists. They together collected data after detailed study of the tools, languages, arrowheads, teeth and skulls of these groups. "Geneticists, we're sort of amateurs — we're not steeped in the deep understanding of history the linguists and archeologists have, but we do have access to information they don't," said David Reich, the study leader and a genetics professor at Harvard Medical School in conjunction with a science expert at the University College London.
The analysis shows "First Americans" inhabitants traversed in from Siberia after climbing past a land bridge during the Last Ice age. These people came in two successive journeys and are responsible for lending their bloodline to most Native Americans. The founding group interacted with these inhabitants and the interaction has showed up in the genetic analysis of the people presently residing in Greenland, Alaska and Canada.
Reich compared DNA from remains of the fossils with the present-day human set of chromosomes and traced that the Neanderthals had mated with humans. The same techniques are being used extensively to research lineage, inter mixing, and relocation of populations.
"It's a different type of evidence — not as good at [establishing] dates, but much better about how people relate to each other," he believed. "You can't tell from remains that are left behind who gave rise to who."
Other Scientists who had not been a part to the study said the results concerning the investigation of samples collected from approximately 750 Native Americans of today and Siberians agree they had migrated into America.
Scientists had more than 360,000 chromosome patterns of all the individuals where the DNA shows a discrepancy. They constructed a vague family tree showing times when groups split off and when intermingling in the populations may have taken place to study genetic variations.
The confirmed fact is ancient people have scattered and rushed southwards embracing the West coast. Dennis O'Rourke, an anthropology professor at the University of Utah feels "For me it suggests that as the data become richer and we have a better handle on patterns of diversity, we are seeing our reconstructions of past populations become more complex as well."