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Hands-on Activity Weather Alert
(can be split into two 45-minute sessions)
Stormy Skies (lesson 3)
Subject Areas: Earth and Space, Science and Technology
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Weather and Atmosphere
Weather Basics
Air Under Pressure
Building a Barometer
Backyard Weather Station
Protecting Our City with Levees
Trash to Treasure!
Figure 1. An evening thunderstorm with severe lightning.
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Students discuss the characteristics of storms, including the relationship of weather fronts and storms. Using everyday materials, they develop models of basic lightning detection systems (similar to a Benjamin Franklin design) and analyze their models to determine their effectiveness as community storm warning systems.
Engineers design instruments to help predict and track weather fronts and storms, including weather radar and lightning strike indicators that provide early storm warnings to keep people safe. These instruments are used by meteorologists, electrical utilities, parks and recreation services, and pilots. Handheld lightning detectors are also used in sporting events, camping, hiking, sailing and golfing. Engineers also develop warning displays used by weather services to alert people to oncoming severe storms.
Describe the characteristics of a thunderstorm.
Describe a variety of ways that a lightning detection system is used.
Develop and analyze a model lightning detection system.
MS-ETS1-4. Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved. (Grades 6 - 8)
Develop a model to generate data to test ideas about designed systems, including those representing inputs and outputs.
Models of all kinds are important for testing solutions.
The iterative process of testing the most promising solutions and modifying what is proposed on the basis of the test results leads to greater refinement and ultimately to an optimal solution.
Explain how knowledge gained from other content areas affects the development of technological products and systems. (Grades 6 - 8) More Details
Develop innovative products and systems that solve problems and extend capabilities based on individual or collective needs and wants. (Grades 6 - 8) More Details
Differentiate between basic and severe weather conditions, and develop an appropriate action plan for personal safety and the safety of others (Grade 8) More Details
Use models to develop and communicate a weather prediction (Grade 8) More Details
Figure 2. Some of the materials needed to create a model lightning detection system.
Copyright © 2007 Malinda Zarske, ITL Program, University of Colorado at Boulder
2 empty aluminum soda cans
1 8-inch wooden dowel
6 inches of thread
2 square feet of aluminum foil
2 pieces of copper wire, about 36 inches each (alligator clips also work)
1 small jingle bell (available at craft and fabric stores)
Lightning Detector Testing and Analysis Worksheet, one per person
For the entire class to share:
1 metal chair or desk (to ground the model lightning detector)
1 television set (any size; must turn on; does not need to actually have a signal or be clear)
(optional) extra bells, cans, foil, thread or other items for students to improve on their designs
Lightning Detector Testing and Analysis Worksheet (doc)
Lightning Detector Testing and Analysis Worksheet (pdf)
Visit [www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cub_weather_lesson03_activity1] to print or download.
Students learn that wind and storms can form at the boundaries of interacting high and low pressure air masses. They learn the distinguishing features of the four main types of weather fronts (warm fronts, cold fronts, stationary fronts and occluded fronts) and how these fronts are depicted on a sur...
Naturally Disastrous
Students are introduced to natural disasters and learn the difference between natural hazards and natural disasters.
Students consider how weather forecasting plays an important part in their daily lives. They learn about the history of weather forecasting — from old weather proverbs to modern forecasting equipment — and how improvements in weather technology have saved lives by providing advance warning of natura...
Students should have some knowledge of weather fronts, as described in the associated lesson, Stormy Skies.
How do you know if a storm coming our way? Do you look at the skies for signs of changing weather, listen to the wind, or feel the change in temperature? Do you know because you watch the news on television, read the newspaper, or check a weather webpage on the internet? There are many ways we can find out about the weather. What is a storm? What types of changes in weather sometimes accompany a storm? Well, storms often occur along weather fronts, or the boundaries of air masses. Storms can include strong winds, thunder and lightning, and precipitation. Severe storms might turn into thunderstorms, tornadoes or even hurricanes.
Have you ever seen a thunderstorm? A thunderstorm is a weather disturbance that contains lightning and thunder. Lightning happens because of the electrical charge that builds up inside a storm. When an electrical field in a storm is strong enough, the electricity is discharged through a bolt of lightning between clouds or the clouds and the ground. Sometimes thunderstorms can also bring heavy rainfall, strong winds, even hail or tornadoes.
Why would we want to know if lightning is in the air? (Take student suggestions.) Most importantly, we want to know when we should head inside for safety from a lightning storm. Pilots want to know where lightning is so they can fly their planes away from it. Electrical utilities want to know when lightning is coming - to protect their instruments. Even parks and recreation services want toknow when the danger of forest fires is high from lightning strikes. Engineers design many different instruments for tracking and predicting thunderstorms, to help meet the needs of all these different people.
Small handheld lightning detectors are available for people to use when camping, playing sports, or for farmers and electrical utilities. These instruments calculate when lightning strikes start, how far away they are, and how fast they are approaching, by measuring the changes in electromagnetic pulses in the air. This is pretty cool stuff!
Ground-based lightning detectors, used by meteorologists to predict the weather, are more sophisticated than the handheld versions and can tell the exact location of the lightning strike and the direction it is headed. This information is used together with weather radar to determine the strength of the storm.
Engineers not only design storm tracking instruments and software to predict future storms, but they help protect people during storms as well. In fact, engineering is essential to our safety during a storm. If you could develop a way to tell if there is lightning in an area, what would you do with that information? Would you want to share it with your family and your community to help keep them safe? That is a goal of engineers. To reach that goal, engineers create storm warning systems that are activated when severe storms threaten an area. How could you reach others to let them know a storm was coming? Would you make a siren or a flashing sign? There are many ways to alert people to the danger of a coming storm. Today, you will work as engineers to model a lightning detection system and develop a plan for using it in the community.
In this activity, students develop model lightning detectors, similar to the design used by Benjamin Franklin in his "lightning bells" experiment, which he used to alert him to the presence of passing clouds containing electricity. Though no available images of his actual invention exist, several artists' renditions illustrate a model that functions similar to the one described in this activity.
Basically, this device works using static electricity (the same electricity found in the air during lightning storms). The electricity from the television set — mimicking the static electricity in the air — charges one can, increasing the amount of electrons in the can that repel the electrons in the jingle bell to the far side of the bell. The now positive side of the bell is attracted to the negatively-charged can and swings in that direction. Once it touches the can, the bell's charge becomes negative to match the can and the now similar charges repel the bell towards the other can. When the bell hits the other can, it loses its negative charge to the ground. Now positively-charged, it is repelled away and again attracted to the charged can. This sequence continues until the bell begins to bounce from one can to the other, ringing.
Gather materials.
Make copies of the Lightning Detector Testing and Analysis Worksheet.
Designing the Lightning Detection System
Figure 3. Set-up of a model lightning detection system.
Tie one end of the thread to the jingle bell, and tie the other end to the center of the wooden dowel.
Place the two cans upright, 2 inches apart.
Place the wooden dowel across the two cans (lengthwise) and tape it to the top of each can (see Figure 3). Adjust the hanging bell so that it dangles between the cans and does not touch the desk or tabletop surface.
Attach one of the pieces of copper wire to the first can by wrapping once around the bottom half of the can and securing with tape (see Figure 4). The other end will be attached to a metal chair, filing cabinet frame, or some other metal item to serve as a ground. Note: The metal wire may need to be adjusted (bent) so that the can remains standing up straight.
Attach the other piece of copper wire to the second can by wrapping once around the bottom half of the can and securing with tape. Note: As with the first wire, the metal wire may need to be adjusted (bent) so that the can remains standing up straight.
Fold the sheet of aluminum foil in half, place the free end of the wire attached to the second can in between the layers of foil and secure with a piece of tape.
Testing and Analyzing the System
Figure 4. Close-up of the model lightning detection system.
Attach the free (loose) end of copper wire attached to the first can to a metal chair, desk or filing cabinet to serve as a ground.
Place the aluminum-foiled end of the wire (attached to the second can) flat against the screen of the television set.
Turn on the television to start the system. (If it does not work, see the Troubleshooting Tips section for help starting the system.) How well does the lightning detection system work?
Have students complete the analysis as guided by the worksheet.
What are the parts of the lightning detection system? Draw each part in the space provided and explain how the parts work together to make the system work.
How well did your lightning detector work? What would you change to improve the system? If time allows, make changes (using the extra optional materials mentioned in the Materials List).
This is a small-scale model of a lightning detection system that uses a bell as the output for warning people if lightning is nearby. What are other outputs that might be useful to alert people of lightning in their area? (Auditory, visual, etc.) How might you incorporate any other outputs to improve your lightning detector/warning system?
Think about your community. Would this be helpful to alert people in your community to the presence of lightning? Where would you place this and other detectors to reach the most people?
Design a thunderstorm alert process for your community. Think about how you would let the most people know about the presence of lightning. Would you make more lightning detection systems or develop a way to use one or two detectors and then spread the alert to the community another way? List the steps of your process, starting with the lightning detector you just developed.
Time is a factor when considering lightning strikes. How long does it take for lightning to become dangerous? How quickly do you want to let people know that lightning is nearby? What would you add to the steps of the thunderstorm alert process you just outlined to reflect the time needed to alert the community?
lightning: A flash of light produced by the discharge of electricity in the atmosphere.
lightning detector: A device that identifies the lightning produced in thunderstorms.
storm: A type of weather marked by wind and usually by rain, snow, hail, sleet, or thunder and lightning.
Discussion Question: Solicit, integrate and summarize student responses to the following question.
What causes wind and storms? (Answer: Moving air masses create wind and cause storms; air masses move from high pressure to low pressure; air masses also move when warm air rises; moving and colliding air masses cause wind and storms.)
Analysis Worksheet: Have students complete the Lightning Detector Testing and Analysis Worksheet. Review their answers to gauge their mastery of the subject.
Tell the Community: Have student teams create an informational brochure for the community to let them know about the characteristics of thunderstorms and the new thunderstorm alert process they have developed. If time allows, have students share their brochures with the class and engage the class in a discussion on the effectiveness of each process.
Engineering Impacts: Have students think about the impacts of having a severe weather warning system or process in place in a community. What geographical areas might need a severe weather warning system? What impacts would a severe weather warning system have on individuals or the environment? What might happen if the system fails? These are all things engineers consider when designing severe warning systems or processes for specific communities or areas.
Redesign: Give students time to redesign their lightning detectors using their ideas on the worksheet and the extra optional supplies suggested in the Materials Lilst. Reinforce the concept that engineers often iterate designs several times before determining the best possible solutions to problems. Did their second designs work better than their first ones? Why?
Sometimes when the television is turned on, a small blue spark may occur with this system. Do not allow students to stick fingers in the detection system while the TV set is turned on, as it may give them small shocks.
The aluminum foil will probably stick to the television screen because of static electricity. Turn off the TV set to remove the foil and break the circuit. The foil may provide a small static shock — equivalent to rubbing your feet across a carpet and touching a doorknob — when removed.
This model of a storm warning system might not work well in high humidity.
Sometimes, the bell must be moved slightly to start the system working.
Place the lightning detection system on a flat surface (such as a desk or table) for the best results. Tape may be used to keep the cans in place.
A television screen or Van de Graff generator both work well as sources of voltage to start the lightning detection system.
The pull tabs from the tops of the soda cans (tied together) also work well as a bell, if no jingle bells are available.
Have students find out where any lightning detection systems are in their region of the country. What weather emergency procedures does their community have in place? Their school? Their own house? How do they find out about them?
Have students research how differences in temperature between air masses can cause variations in wind intensity. What types of storms are associated with high winds? Use this information to develop a wind warning process for a community that is exposed to high winds.
The Franklin Institute, Resources for Science Learning, "Ben Franklin's Lightning Bells," accessed December 4, 2007. http://learn.fi.edu/franklin/bells.html
Hardin, Danny. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lightning Detection from Space, "A Lightning Primer: Introduction," accessed December 4, 2007. http://thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/primer/
Walls, Bryan. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Science@NASA, Electric Ice, June 9, 2005, accessed November 26, 2007. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/13sep_electricice.htm
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Trump is the president
Thread starter Iran-Esteghlal-Inter
Not only it's no "dream in lala land", actually your "liberal, democratic and comparatively fair" place of residence is not good enough for most Americans. That's why they don't even think about a place like Sweden when choosing a president. Bernie Sanders tried to appeal to the masses via economic rhetoric slightly (not much) similar to those in Europe. He is still laughed at. He couldn't even beat a well-hated figure like Hillary Clinton among liberals! That's how unappealing a European-style government is to most Americans. I actually like and respect the man because just like Trump, he would present a new direction, but evidently Americans want nothing to do with it.
The idea is to respect and accept the choice made by the American people. The people who are the true owners of America.
But I thought you said, it didn't have a physical presence! Anyways.....You do know that most "highly educated" states voted for Hillary, right? and Obama was voted by the American people too. and he was voted twice! If anything he was the closest to this more liberal thinking. To say that it doesn't work or it's not good enough for the American people, it is not true. Having said that, of course the American people have made their choice and their choice is not liked but should be respected by general public. but if you look at the international community, perhaps beside Russia, not only Europeans but most nations in the world are against this guy. Apparently he stands for something that is NOT respected by majority of the world and by the most educated Americans. You are on the side of the very small minority.
All of us, majority of Iranians and most countries in the world are against IR and what they stand for too! But in this case, Trump has even made IR look reasonable.
But I thought you said, it didn't have a physical presence! Anyways.....You do know that most "educated" states voted for Hillary, right? and Obama was voted by the American people too. and he was voted twice! If anything he was the closest to this more liberal thinking. To say that it doesn't work or it's not good enough for the American people, it is not true. Having said that, of course the American people have made their choice and their choice is not liked but should be respected by general public. but if you look at countries outside the US and if you count out Russia, not only Europeans but most nations in the world are against this guy. Apparently he stands for something that is NOT respected by majority of the world and by the most educated Americans. You are on the side of the very small minority.
My God you're such a simpleton.
You answered your own dilemma in your own post.
Obama was voted by the American people too. and he was voted twice!
Exactly! Proof for what I said earlier:
"Liberalism cannot be life or even a way of life. It can only be a force that affects life on occasions. Everyone possesses liberal thoughts."
You are on the side of the very small minority.
This kind of thinking has got a lot of Americans depressed these days. It will depress you even more when you realize your fragile utopian bubble of "liberalism" is just a bunch of buzzwords with no substance. True liberalism is not what you think. Get yourself educated. No not the kind of education they teach at universities. That's for sheep. Learn to think.
I thought we just came to the conclusion that what you call utopian, did exist. You contradict yourself in every post man! LOL....yes, I and the whole world are simpletons and need to educate ourselves while you and a very small "knowledgeable" minority know the real way of life! Must be a very hard life to live when the majority around you are sheep.
keyvan_pars
Not The Eshaalic Goozpublic !
hummm...I would say the same about the average Europeans in the US! Who's the naive one?
It has nothing to do with individuality but rather with culture and the kind of life you prefer! Clearly you and I differ in that regard!
i think i have to disagree with you.
Some Europeans like moving to north america to get away from the depressed rotten feeling you get in Europe. Despite the racism and anti muslim rhetoric etc etc, still there are hundreds of cities in the US in which you can live and breathe the free air away from traditional and embedded racism that you experience in Europe.
I loved Europe while i lived in England and visited italy, spain, sweden and Greece but i was a kid. As an adult i would not live there unless if i had no chance of getting a job anywhere in Canada.
People are all immigrants themselves and they identify with you ( i mean white people not other recently arrived immigrants) they don't pity you like left wing people do in Sweden and Holland they actually 'identify' with your problems as a recently arrived person because themselves or their immediate parents went through the same problems.
it is not perfect but life is much more open and free than it is in Europe.
Mjunik
keyvan_pars said:
You can breathe in every city worldwide, even in a "shitty" city like Tehran.
Cities almost everywhere in the world, and by city I mean city with +1 Million inhabitants not the farts you have in Switzerland, are by all means in general liberal, open for migrants and migration, the people care about stuff like rent, LGBT, work, transport and what not and they don't care too much about racial issues. It's the same everywhere in the world, especially in western countries. New York and Paris differ in what the cities look like and the language spoken, the issues of the people and what they care about and the level of racism or not racism is about the same.
Then again outside of cities are similar too. Outside of cities LePens and Trumps are popular.
Dr Strangemoosh
The average European citizen's migration is what America's foundation was formed upon. .
Below average European you mean - I've never heard a British/European doctor, engineer or other professional say they want to go to America. Conversely, I hear professionals saying how much they wouldn't want to live in the States for a number of reasons. Now you may disagree and say they are just hiding their wish to "discover the american dream", but this is my overwhelming experience. As a British doctor who also has worked in New Zealand, I would never really want to live long-term in the States and I have never met anyone who does (apart from a nice Palestinian origin guy). Although I would want to work for a year or two because I like travelling.
Now I consider myself an Americophile, but I think the only people who really want to up sticks and go there from Europe are those who have something they really need to prove or have a lot of oghdeh. Or in the past, those fleeing potato famines or religious persecution.
Yes but you are now talking about immigrants in Europe and in Canada/US! I was talking about the citizens of the countries. Most of them want to remain in Europe. I know people from Spain, Hungary, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Holland, Portugal, etc. and most of them would never want to move to the US! Many of them moved to the US for a few years to gain different experience in their fields. Then they came to Sweden to continue. They all say the US was good in many aspects but they would never want to move back. They think it's nicer to live in Europe. and from their talks, I can easily see it's a cultural thing. They rather be in a country where being effective at your job is important but "being nice" at work is even more important. Having 6-7 weeks of paid vacation per year, 1.5 year of shared parental leave is more attractive for them than knowing millions of job offers are around in case they get unemployed. and there are ton of examples like this.
but this is also the case for a lot of immigrants living here! Yes, I also know about many Iranians who used to live in Europe but moved to the US and are happy. But I also know of many others who wouldn't want to move to the US. Both groups have different experiences in terms of racism. Most of the latter group don't feel they have experienced racism in Sweden at all.
TeamMeli
Mahdi said:
Social Liberalism has been positive in the US if you are affluent. For everyone else, it's a mixed bag. (may argue it has been positive if you are white and affluent but let's just say affluent).
The thing is even if you say Social liberalism it going to be a mixed bag, like you said. As Lenin said, "The goal of Socialism is Communism"
well i am here in Quebec and there are about 50 000 people from France here and i know 6 of them and none would even consider going back to France anytime soon. Only two mentioned they might go back fore retirement !!! and only might.
When i lived in california i met a few people from Italy and Spain, ages ranging from early 20s to 50s and only one was thinking of ever going back and that was because he was getting a divorce and didn't want to pay so much child support.
last summer in vancouver i met two girls from Sweden who were visiting one them said she would never live here in Canada but the other was actually looking for a way to get to Seattle to work and live there.
so i guess i am basing my conclusions on, not only my personal feel, but on the stats i came across.
the problem with Europe is, as i explained before, you will never be accepted. you will be tolerated but never accepted.
In canada 95 percent of the time i feel accepted. everyone is an immigrant. white, black, chinese, arab, etc they are all immigrants.
i love the politics of Sweden, Denmark, Holland and Germany but i sometimes hated how i felt in England specially as you moved northwards from the midlands.
i hate the government in the US but some people geuninely don't give a crap what your background is as long as your gf or wife doesn't wear a tent on her head and you don't keep asking them is this halal does this have pork.
You have talked to people who've already come to the US to live there plus 1 Swedish girl in Canada. That is not representative of the Majority of Europeans! Yes, i also know of several American citizens who've come to Sweden for different reasons and wanna stay here. That is also not representative of majority of the Americans.
Sure, you get Europeans who want to leave or escape from something, but I'm just saying that in my experience, the "Eden" is seen much more to be Australia and New Zealand rather than America. I hear people talking about Australia all the time, never heard anyone want to go to America...
Dr Strangemoosh said:
That's exactly my experience too! People here would rather go to Australia (for a few years) than going to the US.
Arash_Tombangir said:
See, Winona Ryder many memes during that speech is basically all of us following the news during the past couple of days with a monkey ruling here in state!
I think it has to do with her going from Oxicontin to harder drugs.
ChaharMahal said:
He ain't a leader. no sign of him on twitter or Facebook.
he went and shook hands with a guy who had called for nuking Tehran.
My guess is he is trying to craft a statement that does not upset possible funding sources he depends on!
but it has been 52 hours now!
he was here in beverly hills last week getting the key to the city.
later saw him dining at providence.
and the obligatory youtube clip.
[video=youtube;sUbst7VOb2c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUbst7VOb2c[/video]
Say what? I did not know about that story. BTW I am not obsessed with race dude I just like history just to clear things up.
ChaharMahal
Warren Buffet in this interview sums of the problem in the U.S.
We have a goose that every year lays more eggs than the year before. we just have not figured out how to distribute it.
if you notice Buffet owns businesses like DariyQueen so he is totally against the raising minimum wage.
but he has started pushing the idea of Minimum income like Google's Schmit and Bill Gates.
There are two schools of thought in the U.S (assuming they are all good people; which is a big assumption).
Liberal Rich; don't mess with our system of making money. but give some protection to regular people.
That's because we never want them so upset that they would turn to the streets and create instability.
The other is sort of represented by Koch Brother and Sheldon Adelsons, Steve Wyns. Gives us tax cuts now.
don't worry about an education policy, retirement policy or anything like that. withdraw government from any of that.
people are creative they will make due with less. and in the long run this imbalance gets solved.
the problem as Keynes said in the long run we are all dead.
[video=youtube;cnizKvk0PY8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnizKvk0PY8[/video]
TeamMeli said:
social liberalism is not socialism. social liberalism is liberal laws in society not socialism. like..
don't need the eden that is Australia
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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-poll-exclusive-idUSKBN15F2MG
btw. apparently the travel ban was popular.
but aaaaah trump will be an unpopular president


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As if the Marvel Cinematic Universe needed any more fixing enter the Sorcerer Supreme to unleash yet another unrelenting wave of uncertainty that is sure to have near and far-reaching consequences as predicted in the upcoming sequel's trailer!
Someone call The Doctor! From the looks of things, it isn't all as simple as just snapping your fingers to set things right — there are serious consequences that come with making earth-shattering, cosmic decisions that have consequences extending beyond just our realm of understanding. Not to mention, the occasional one-eyed monster and evil-doppelganger one must muster upon daring to follow Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The trailer for the sequel to the 2016 hit film starring Benedict Cumberbatch is out and turning the MCU inside out!
Although Cumberbatch's Master of the Mystic Arts has remained an extremely relevant component in the long-leading narrative leading up to the conclusion of Marvel Studios' last phase with Avengers: Endgame and most recently with the box-office blockbuster Spider-Man: No Way Home Stephen Strange's journey as the Earth's most powerful sorcerer has gotten out of hand! Opening the floodgates into the MCU's multiverse in an effort to help Peter Parker (Tom Holland) with his own identity crisis may not have been the wisest direction to take, and was clearly just the first step…
…into madness!
Directed by Sam Raimi, who spun the first web of intrigue with 2002's Spider-Man starring Tobey Maquire, who returned to reprise his role as the titular Marvel hero battling side-by-side with Holland's web-slinger, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness may appear the studio's most ambitious, if not biggest feature, yet and is angling to pull apart everything that fans know — or think they know — about the Marvel Cinematic Universe up until this point! Here's your #FANSEYEVIEW of the new trailer for Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange in the Multiverse Madness:
Similarly connecting extensive narratives from across the MCU, the sequel will reunite Strange with his trusted ally Wong (Benedict Wong) who has taken a more proactive role in events as of late. The story will also bring WandaVision and Avengers: Endgame co-star Elizabeth Olsen into the mix, reprising her role as Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch, who will have a significant presence to play. Other surprises are in store for diehard fans as rumors have circulated the movie will introduce the MCU's Illuminati and the familiar voice of Patrick Stewart, who plays Professor X in the X-Men will make an appearance.
This will mark the founder of the X-Men's first appearance in the context of the MCU and may also invite the re-introduction of Anson Mount who portrayed Black Bolt in the short-lived Inhumans television series. Other members of the Illuminati have included Iron Man/Tony Start (who is deceased after the events of Avengers: Endgame), Namor, the Submariner (who is rumored to be a villain in the upcoming Black Panther sequel), and Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic leader of the Fantastic Four (which is currently in reboot development at Marvel Studios).
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Urban Ecologies at the Crossroads
Resource Cities
Helge Mooshammer
What happens to entire landscapes full of resource deposits is directly dependent on the rhythms of urban demands and politics. Just as it is in cities that decisions are made on resource exploitation, it is cities that provide the framework for the inventions that can beneficially alter our relationship with the natural environment.
The acceleration in the mining of mineral resources over the last decades has been staggering. Between 1984 and 2011 the world production of mineral raw materials (iron, ferro-alloy and non-ferrous metals, industrial minerals and mineral fuels) has risen from 9.4 billion to 16.6 billion metric tons, representing an aggregate growth rate of 77 percent. In 2008, total global resource extraction – metal ores, fossil fuels, industrial and construction minerals and bio mass combined – amounted to 68 billion tons. It is important to understand the parallel trend of increasing global urbanisation as not merely mirroring this development but as a key driving force behind global resource extraction and consumption. Indeed, the most pronounced increase in resource extraction has been in the area of construction minerals. While this is the least well documented area of resource exploitation and data is sometimes patchy and varied, calculations indicate a growth of up to 135 percent over the last 30 years. …
Artist/Author: Helge Mooshammer
How the indispensable growth paradigm of the capitalist economic system is kept afloat by a relentless process of urbanisation has come to be epitomised not least by the rapid transformation of Chinese society and the country's built environment, not only in the prosperous cities of eastern China, but also in its inland provinces. In 20 years, the degree of urbanisation has almost doubled from around 26 percent to more than 51 percent. This is still significantly below that of other industrialised countries, but the rapidity of growth and the insatiable demand for steel, cement and other construction minerals are making China's urbanisation a unique challenge for local and translocal ecologies. Today, the number of urban residents in China stands at 679 million people – nearly a fifth of the world's urban population – and is expected to hit the one billion mark by 2030.
There is nothing to indicate that this trend will slow down any time soon. There are also no plans to introduce changes to the economic circuits of production connected to urbanisation. On the contrary, this pattern is predicted to continue: it is estimated that a further 400 million farmers will leave their villages and settle permanently in urban areas offering non-agricultural jobs. As a result, it is expected that the number of Chinese cities with more than 1 million inhabitants—currently around 100—will more than double over the next 10 years alone. This urban explosion will require the construction of hundreds of thousands of tower blocks to house new arrivals as well as a vast infrastructural building programme. Again, the workings of this economic model are expressed in a growing demand for mineral resources. Chinese per capita demand for cement is now the highest in the world, amounting to almost 60 percent of total global cement consumption.
While the stress this acceleration of urbanisation puts on global ecologies in terms of resource demands is apparent in the consumption of resources during the construction of cities as well as in their reliance on a continuous supply of further resources to provide for their populations, cities also tend to obscure a significant aspect of their environmental impact since they are commonly perceived as stable structures. In contrast to other fields of economic activity in which consumed resources are often released very quickly into the environment, with the result that their contaminating effect has slowly come to be recognised, cities hold back the outcomes of their resource implementation. Taking a much more long-term perspective on the life-cycle of resources, one of the key questions we have to ask is how all these shiny new cityscapes currently springing up in China, and around the world, can be recycled one day. Already we are seeing the excesses of speculative urbanism leaving behind acres of crumbling, uninhabited concrete monuments. Indeed, it seems that the urban boom not only consumes vast amounts of land and resources in the process of construction but might in fact use up even more in the moment of dissolution.
However, while the explosion of urbanisation and the mushrooming of mega-cities may be a prime cause of extensive mineral resource exploitation, these cities could also constitute a site of change. Pioneering urbanist Jane Jacobs famously argued that it is cities that are at the heart of changing attitudes towards the relationship between nature and humanity because they provide an arena for new inventions.1 She reasoned that rural land use is not a separate line of descent but part of urban development and the land management issues associated with it. Just as it is in cities that decisions are made on resource exploitation, techniques and policies, it is cities that provide the framework for the inventions that can beneficially alter our relationship with the natural environment.
Central to the question of how the world will go about regulating its resource budget are thus considerations about how we continue to develop the urban realm. In other words, any changes in resource politics depend on changes in urbanism, on the design and production of our urban environment as well as on the procedures and protocols put in place to sustain these environments as hubs of creativity and communality. This extends not only to basic resources used in the construction of cities such as brick clays, sand, gravel and crushed natural stone, but also to key elements of the services that keep the urban organism running, such as food and water. What happens to entire landscapes full of resource deposits is thus directly dependent on the rhythms of urban demands and politics.
This is particularly evident in the case of food supplies, due to the paradoxical nature of urban consumption: Expanding cities constantly consume rural land while producing increased demand for such land to keep their populations alive. It is no wonder then that the nexus of urban construction, its underlying demographic and spatio-economic logics, and its agri-cultural scope of action have taken centre stage in current contestations regarding how best to organize ourselves in socio-economic terms.
Searching for a more ecological approach to urban life in the Guattarian sense (one that pertains to the inextricable connections between human subjectivity, the environment, and social relations) thus not only entails a rethinking of 'urban dynamics' in a narrow sense – of the ways in which cities are organised and constructed – but a reconceptualisation of how they stand in relation to their surroundings, the network formed by other cities and all areas around and between them.
Jane Jacobs has already put forward this argument as part of her attempt to reorient our perspective away from the assumption that cities have descended from rural spheres and towards a clearer understanding of the ways in which rural life is in fact shaped by urban development. In the prologue to The Economy of Cities Jacobs challenges the dogma of agricultural supremacy, insisting that cities preceded the development of rural agriculture: "[…] it was the fact of sustained interdependent, creative city economies that made possible new kinds of work, agriculture among them."2
A key feature of urban growth over the last five decades has been its contiguity with the increasing prevalence of urban informality. In many cases, informality provides vital lifelines for keeping patterns of expansion on track, either through the direct supply of cheap services, materials and labour, or through opening up avenues to resource exploitation to such a degree that the underlying paradigm of growth and profit is kept afloat. But informality is also often seen as a threat to the urban system, as a chronic disease that will dissolve the urban order from within. There is an often almost paranoid belief that no matter how much ecological stability informal urbanisation can create in its wake, it will always remain inferior to the formal city.
The question I want to raise is how the unwanted realm of informality could indeed constitute a force that dissolves the prevailing form of urbanism from within, a process that, rather than negating urban life as such, can produce a new model of the city – a truly creative hub – one that reproduces a multi-facetted landscape of self-empowered urban resource circulation rather than the top-down instrumentalisation of resources in a system of profit-oriented consumption. Returning to the notion that cities are at the heart of the resource economy as well as key sources of change, it seems that we are seeing a rhizomatic emergence of new informal urban agricultures that accord social and cultural nourishment an importance equal to that placed on harvests and yields. In Detroit, a city badly hurt by the ignorance of an abstract economy, resistant communities are making entire burned down streets arable again. In Johannesburg, a network of urban gardens is providing food security for and cultivating the diverse knowledge of immigrant communities. In China, these new formations are developing around so-called urban villages, former rural settlements that have become engulfed by urban sprawl and are fostering a range of informal adaptations to the new metropolitan form of socio-spatial organisation. The juxtaposition of neatly cared for rows of vegetables and endless duplications of high-rises seems to represent a crossroads in thinking about sustainable futures. But the question is: Are these instances the last flickers of a disappearing world order or the burgeoning buds of a new urban ecology?
1 Jacobs, Jane (1970 [1969]) The Economy of Cities. New York: Vintage Books/Random House.


For years, the strip harvest (FUT) as been the gold standard for successful, contemporary hair transplantation. This technique allows for the movement of a large number of follicular units with minimal transection (traumatic damage) to the grafts. It also allows for harvesting from the most permanent donor zone. Patients should expect a narrow linear scar where the strip is harvested. This scar will be barely visible and easily covered by surrounding hair as long as it is 1/2 to one inch long. Using advanced surgical techniques, we optimize the scar appearance by performing the trichophytic closure. This advanced technique involves removing a tiny ledge of skin along the strip, so that as the hair grows in, it will grow through the scar.
The whole process of strip removal generally takes only 15-20 minutes. After receiving a mild oral sedative, patients are seated in a prone (face-down) position. We trim only the hair to be harvested. Then using vibration to distract, we use a tiny needle to locally anesthetize the area. We remove a strip of hair-bearing skin from the back of the head, and the area is closed with a dissolving suture. As soon as this is done, a temporary dressing is applied and patients may turn over to nap, watch a movie, or watch a relaxing beach/ocean video.
Once the strip is harvested the individual grafts are prepared using bioptic microscopes to assure each natural occurring hair bundle (graft) is safely and accurately dissected to maximize hair growth.
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The Long Dark reveals its long awaited single-player campaign
Top voice talents bring emotion to the game's episodic first season
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Following a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2013 and a solid reception on both Steam and Xbox early access programs, The Long Dark revealed details on its single-player campaign today. Launching in the spring of 2016, Story Mode will put players in the roles of one man and one woman, each fighting to survive the aftermath of a mysterious, apocalyptic event that has brought down modern connected civilization to the brink of collapse.
How The Long Dark was almost lost in the woods of early access
Set deep in the Canadian wilderness, The Long Dark currently consists of a single-player survival mode played across multiple maps. Players scavenge resources like wood and clothing, craft weapons to fend off hungry wolves and move from shelter to shelter trying to stay one step ahead of a merciless winter. The game has already sold over 550,000 copies across Steam Early Access and Xbox One Game Preview.
The game's first season will be released episodically throughout 2016 and feature the voice talent of both Jennifer Hale and David Hayter. In each two-to-three hour episode players will alternate between bush pilot Will Mackenzie and doctor Astrid Greenwood, each struggling to survive after something called the "First Flare," a geomagnetic event that has crippled the world.
When the first season launches in the spring, developer Hinterland Studio says the current $19.99 price will go up. All original Kickstarter backers and early access players, regardless of platform, will receive the first season's content at no additional charge. They estimate that will include a full 10 to 12 hours of gameplay and as much as 30 percent more wilderness to explore.
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Sheriff David Abston reports that the following individuals were arrested and booked into the Pickens County Jail for the week of September 27, 2015 through October 3, 2015.
Robert Gullery of Aliceville was arrested by the Pickens County Sheriff's Office for two counts of Unlawful Distribution of Contrlled Substance, two counts of Penalty : Enforcement, Probation Violation and Failure to Appear on chrages of Burglary 3rd.
Aliyah Latham of Reform was arrested by the Alabama State Probation Office for Probation Violation.
Carrie Lewins of Tuscaloosa was arrested by the Reform Police Department for Driving Under the Influence, Open Cantainer and Possession of Marijuana 2nd.
Jessica Long of Aliceville was arrested by the Alabama State Probation Office for Probation Violation.
Christopher McCaa of Aliceville was arrested by the U.S. Marshals and Pickens County Sheriff's Office for five counts of Violation of the Sex Offender Registration Notification Act.
Tony Mills of Northport was arrested by the Gordo Police Department for Driving Under the Influence and Possession of Marijuana 2nd.
Jean Stinson of Carrollton was arrested by the Pickerns County Sheriff's Office for Negotiating Worthless Instruments.
Marcus Wilson of Northport was arrested by the Gordo Police Department for Rape 1st, Kidnapping 1st, and Domestic Violence – Menacing, and arrested by the Alabama State Probation Office for Probation Violation.


Critics believe the US president's motivation for pardoning these particular public figures is to send a message to the US Department of Justice and the FBI amid as Robert Mueller continues special counsel investigation.
Considering former FBI Director James Comey is tied to both Stewart and Blagojevich's past cases in some way, suspicions were raised even further when it became clear Trump knew little about the individuals he's thinking of pardoning.
"[Martha Stewart] used to be my biggest fan in the world… before I became a politician," claimed Trump on Thursday.
While the US president is correct about her not being a fan of his politics (as evidenced by her vocal support for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election), to claim that she was even a fan prior to 2016 appears to be a stretch, considering this 2007 video.
In the case of Blagojevich, Trump concocted his own facts related to the former governor in the same May 31 remarks. Possibly mixing up years with actual corruption charges, Trump added four years onto Blagojevich's actual 14-year sentence in saying "eighteen years is, I think, really unfair."
Either the US president is doing his former "Celebrity Apprentice" stars a solid, or there's something strange behind his pardon party.


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Canal 7 (call sign LW 81 TV) is an television station broadcasting from Santiago del Estero, Argentina and carries programs from Telefe. Founded in 1962 and beginning operations, it was the second station in the country to start broadcasting in color (Canal 7 in Buenos Aires was the first). Currently, it shows most of the network's programs, aside from the weekend cartoons which are preempted as the station doesn't start weekend programming until noon. It also chooses not to show one or two primetime shows, instead showing local interest programs.

Local programming
Debate Abierto - talk show
Confidencias en Televisión - interviews
Por la Camiseta - sports
Santa Misa - religious
Pausa en Familia - religious

External links
Official website

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Bogdan A. Dobrescu is a Romanian-born theoretical physicist with interests in high-energy physics associated with Fermilab. Previously he was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale University. He completed his Ph.D. in 1997 at Boston University.

In 2013, Dobrescu was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Selected works

References

External links
  Bogdan A. Dobrescu's papers in the INSPIRE Database

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Particle physicists
People associated with Fermilab
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Fellows of the American Physical Society


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India schoolboys arrested for gang-raping classmate
Four schoolboys in the western Indian city of Mumbai have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping their classmate.
Police said the boys, reported to be between 15-16 years old, also recorded a video and circulated it on WhatsApp.
The accused and the victim lived in the same area and used to go to each others' homes to study together.
The boys were produced in court after which they were sent to a juvenile reform home, police said, adding that they were investigating further.
The girl was first raped on 8 November and she was assaulted several times since then, Shashank Sandbhor, a senior police officer in the city's Malad police station, told BBC Hindi's Ashwin Aghor.
"On 8 November, one of the accused telephoned the girl and invited her to his home, saying he needed help with his studies. Once she arrived, he and his friends gang-raped her," Mr Sandbhor said.
"The boys threatened the girl that they would upload the video on social media and raped her on several occasions thereafter. At the same time, they uploaded the video on WhatsApp," he added.
The girl's father is dead and her mother works abroad, so she lives with her sister, grandmother and aunt.
The video was extensively shared on WhatsApp and on Wednesday, someone sent it the girl's aunt, who spoke to the victim and got her to reveal what had happened, police said.
A case of gang rape has been registered and the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act has been invoked against the accused, officials said.
The incident comes as a juvenile who was convicted in a high-profile case three years ago in which a young woman died after being gang-raped on board a Delhi bus, is due to be released from detention.
It has led to much public debate over India's sexual assault laws especially those that deal with juvenile offenders.


Addison's disease, also known as hypoadrenocorticism, is a rare disease in dogs that occurs when the adrenal glands of the dogs are damaged.
The damage causes the adrenal glands to stop producing their normal hormones. The endocrine tissue is destroyed and therefore production of the two hormones, glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids, is significantly less.
Hypoadrenocorticism occurs when the adrenal glands, which are near the kidneys, secrete fewer hormones and therefore can affect the dog's normal bodily functions. Blood cell activity, the ability to control salt intake and other kidney functions will be altered.
Some dogs are diagnosed with Addison's disease in the early stages, while most are found when the dog is already severely affected. It's important to watch for the signs. 75% to 80% of dogs with Addison's disease are female.
The symptoms of Addison's disease might come and go which makes it seem less serious to pet owners.
But, when it does come on strong, it can cause a dog's heart rate to slow down, a low pulse and even collapse.
Essential in regulation glucose, fat and protein, blood pressure and red cell formation.
Helps kidneys function by maintaining the correct water, potassium and salt levels.
When the two hormones are not producing normally, Addison's disease is the likely culprit.
It's important to see your vet right away if you think your dog has Addison's disease or any of the related symptoms.
Addison's disease is easily misdiagnosed because it is very similar to many other illnesses.
This is why it's important to catch the disease in the early stages.
Your veterinarian will check your dog's heartbeat and pulse which will indicate whether or not the Addison's disease has reached a critical phase. An electrocardiogram can also determine if the dog's pulse is irregular.
Blood tests will be taken to measure your dog's sugar and potassium levels. An ACTH test is another blood test that tests how the adrenal gland responds to what is known as the adrenocorticotropic hormone.
A urinalysis could be performed to see if the urine has been diluted, which might indicate Addison's disease.
As with any disease, the treatment for Addison's disease will depend on the symptoms and whether your dog has reached the critical phase. Quick action needs to be taken when your dog is diagnosed in the crisis or critical phase.
The most common treatment is the intravenous of fluids because the dog is typically severely dehydrated.
Corticosteroids are often given to help regulate the hormone levels. There are also different medications that are administered to help regulate the heart.
If your dog's hormonal and electrolyte balance are back to where they should be as well as the calcium, sodium, and sugar levels, this is a sign that your dog is in the recovery phase. When treated intravenously in the hospital, your dogs' levels could be back up to normal in just a few hours.
After your dog has fully recovered, you will need to see your veterinarian every 3 months for the first year following the diagnosis. Further, you will need to give your dog a mineralocorticoid medication for the rest of the dog's life.
In some cases, the doses will need to be higher to be effective.
Another treatment for severe cases of Addison's is an injection of Percoten-V every 25 days which has been found to be fewer side effects and can also be cost effective. In some cases prednisone, a glucocorticoid, will be added to your dog's prescribed medicine.
Any stress or change in your dog's environment might affect the severity of your dog's Addison disease. Try to keep your dog calm as well as watch for any signs that your dog's condition has changed in any way.
The goal of the long term treatment is that the drug therapy acts to replace the hormones that were damaged by Addison's disease and then normal functioning takes place.
The cost of treating Addison's disease depends on the degree in which your dog was affected.
The initial diagnosis and treatment is typically $600 to $1,500 which includes all the testing.
Dogs that need serious care during the diagnosis, which is common in Addison's disease since it tends to be detected when it's most severe, can be a minimum of $2,000.
The treatment can cost from $60 to $200 a month depending on the drugs that are needed. In addition, the on-going lab and vet visits will add extra on-going costs.
The cost can add up since dog's that have Addison's will need to be treated for the rest of his life. And this is an example of when pet insurance can be a huge benefit.
Pet insurance will help reduce the costs of the treatment, lab works, and various vet visits.
Pet insurance is especially important if you have a dog that is prone to Addison's disease or any other condition. While you might be paying monthly payments up front for a healthy dog, when or if your dog does get sick, it can be a real financial relief to any pet owner.
There really is no way to prevent Addison's disease. If you have a dog that is prone to the disease, genetic testing could help to catch it in the early stages, but it is never a guarantee.
If the disease is caught early enough and the treatment is on-going, your dog can still enjoy a long, happy life and fully recover from Addison's disease.
I've been really lucky to not have any dogs that went through addison's disease, but I remember my uncle's family dog going through something like this. The cost of medical care was ridiculous from what I remember. I'm not sure how long my uncle continued treatment for the dog, but I think eventually he had to give up. 🙁 It was a sad thing, but his family was going through some rough times.
Treating Addison's disease can be very pricey. It is heart breaking to have to let a pet go because you can't afford the treatments. If you have pet insurance, it is a lifesaver and dogs can live a normal lifespan with treatment.


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A white suburban Dallas cop who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager has been charged with murder.
Calls for the arrest of Balch Springs, Tex. patrolman Roy Oliver had been intensifying since the Saturday night shooting of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards.
Oliver used a rifle to open fire on a car leaving a house party — fatally shooting Jordan, authorities said.
The former officer, fired earlier in the week, turned himself in Friday night, hours after the Dallas County Sheriff's Office issued a warrant for his arrest in the April 29 death.
Oliver was later released after posting bail at the Parker County Jail in Weatherford, about 95 miles west of Dallas.
His bond had been set at $300,000.
The sheriff's office said in a statement the warrant was issued based on evidence that suggested Oliver "intended to cause serious bodily injury and commit an act clearly dangerous to human life that caused the death."
Word of charges against Oliver broke as Jordan's family attended his wake.
The family says the shooting has scarred Jordan's brothers, who were with him when he died.
A murder warrant has been signed for Officer Roy Oliver, who shot and killed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, according to a report.
"When they dream, they see Jordan, with smoke coming out of his head from the shot. That's what they were forced to see," Charmaine Edwards told the Daily News Thursday.
Jordan, his two brothers and two other teenagers were leaving an unruly house party in Balch Springs when Oliver opened fire on their car.
The bullets shattered the front passenger-side window and struck the teen.
More details about Oliver, an Iraq War Army veteran who joined the department in 2011, also began to emerge Friday.
Records show that he was suspended for 16 hours and ordered to take anger management courses after he allegedly threw a fit about having to testify in court about a drunk driving case.
Oliver joined the Balch Springs department in 2011 after serving as an officer with the Dalworthington Gardens Police Department for almost a year.
Jordan's death provoked outrage across the country this week, with many drawing comparisons to previous police shootings of black youths like 12-year-old Tamir Rice of Cleveland.


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» Nicolaus Copernicus
At the University in Cracow
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The Vistula River is navigable for another four hundred miles south ofTorun.Three or four days on a barge brought Nicolaus within sight of the royal city of Cracow, with the spire of the cathedral on the hill looming skyward before him. Beside it was a massive Gothic castle, the residence of King Casimir IV. Casimir's father, Wladyslav II Jagiello, founder of the Jagiellonian dynasty, had given his name to the university in Cracow almost a hundred years earlier.
Cracow was several times larger than Torun, with a market square the size of four football fields. On all sides Nicolaus could feel the power and wealth of Poland. This was the Poland that his father and uncles had fought for a few years earlier. And now he was here to continue a glorious tradition. While Poland's strong Jagiellonian kings kept their enemies at bay, they also fostered studies in the arts and sciences to rival the older cultures of France and Italy. In particular, the university in Cracow had scarcely any rival in all northern Europe in the study of astronomy, for it had not just one, but two professors of astronomy.
A number of universities had begun in the early 1200s to prepare young men to be priests, doctors, or lawyers.
This courtyard of the Collegium Maius is the oldest part of Cracow University. Copernicus attended classes there from 1491 to 1495.
Women were not admitted until almost 1900. By the late 1400s scores of universities existed across Europe in many of the major cities.The program of studies was similar in all of them. Starting in their late teens, students enrolled first in the faculty of arts for four years. Some of them would then go on to more years in one of the faculties of theology, medicine, or law. Many who did not continue to those postgraduate studies became teachers.
Nicolaus Copernicus thus began his studies in the arts program at Cracow. Out of a total of 350 students in his class, about 150 were foreign, mostly from the German provinces to the south and west of Poland. With a total student body of about 1,500, the Jagiellonian University was more like one of today's liberal arts colleges than our great state universities with their many thousands of students.The language of instruction was Latin, and many of the lectures consisted
"Nicolaus, son of Nicolas," the eighth entry on this page of university records, shows that Nicolaus Copernicus has registered for the 1491-92 winter term at the University of Cracow and has paid his fees in full ("solvit totum").
of reading and commenting on the texts of the Greek philosopher Aristotle. This curriculum continued with little change for another 150 years.
More than 1,800 years before the time of Copernicus, Aristotle had conducted a school in Athens. For his students, Aristotle compiled and arranged the previous two hundred years of Greek scholarship, as well as adding a prodigious amount of text derived from his own studies. His numerous writings comprised a virtual encyclopedia of everything that was known at the time. And he put it all together into a tight system of logical relations, where everything depended on everything else.
Aristotle took the whole universe for his field of study. Typically his approach to any subject was to divide it into three categories. So, he divided his study of the universe into nature, God, and man. In nature he produced studies of the heavens, the earth, the classification of animal species, and meteorological features such as clouds, lightning, and meteors. All natural objects and the earth, he wrote, are composed of four elements: earth, water, air, and fire. The first two are heavy and have a natural tendency to move downward. The other two are light, and move naturally upward. From the sphere of the moon upward, the heavens are perfect and unchanging. They could not be composed of the four elements, so Aristotle proposed that the sun, stars, and planets consisted of a fifth substance, the ether. All ethereal objects moved naturally in circular motions.
For Aristotle, God was entirely a spirit, an all-knowing knower and an unmoved mover. It was God who kept the whole universe in order and in motion. Humans consisted partly of matter and partly of spirit.To account for the various parts of nature, Aristotle said that plants contained the soul of growth. To that was added a soul of motion for animals. And for humans he added a reasoning soul. God, on the other hand, was pure reasoning soul.
Notions such as these formed the basis for Copernicus's studies in Cracow. But how was it that the works of an ancient Greek philosopher had survived for so long? For a thousand years after the time of Aristotle, his manuscripts were copied and studied in a few academic centers in the lands around the eastern end of the Mediterranean.After 800 ce,Arab culture took up Aristotle's works as it flowered under Islam, the religion of Mohammed. Baghdad (in present-day Iraq), where Aristotle's works were translated into Arabic, was a particular focal point of scholarship. And when Islam spread across North Africa and into Spain, scholars took Aristotle's works with them.
In Spain after about 1000 ce, Islamic culture came into contact with the Latin culture of Europe. Europe had been in decline since the fall of the Roman Empire five hundred years earlier. Now Europeans found an advanced system of knowledge in Islamic culture in Spain. For the next two hundred years many of Aristotle's works were translated from Arabic into Latin. At the same time, several influential European scholars translated his writings directly from Greek into Latin. These Latin translations of Aristotle's works formed the foundation for the new universities that soon began to appear.
As European universities developed, their professors analyzed and commented on Aristotle's writings. Sometimes Copernicus studied books of commentaries, although he and his fellow students read Aristotle, too. Students also learned about mathematics and astronomy.
They studied the geometry of Euclid, a Greek who lived in Alexandria (in present-day Egypt) around 300 bce. Euclid's textbook was still being taught in the early 1900s.
Copernicus's study of geometry trained him in logical relationships and gave him skills to study astronomy. The ancient Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy, who lived around 150 ce, had devised geometrical models to compute the positions of planets for any time in the past or future. In Baghdad, scholars translated his works (including those on astrology and geography) into Arabic. His work on astronomy, the Almagest ("the greatest" in Arabic), was translated into Latin at about the same time as Aristotle's works.
However, as the Almagest is very technical, the university professors normally taught a simplified version of basic astron-omy.They very frequently used a small work written in the early 1200s by an English mathematician,John of Holywood.
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In this scene of Aristotle teaching astronomers as imagined by a 13th-century Persian artist, the Greek philosopher is holding an astrolabe. This device was common in the 13th-century Arab world but unknown in the fourth century BCE when Aristotle lived. Although this astronomy class never happened, Aristotle did influence Arabs' understanding of astronomy through his writing.
ASTRONOMY BEFORE COPERNICUS
Although some modern astronomy textbooks have sold in hundreds of thousands of copies, the astronomy textbook that has the greatest number of different printed editions was written almost eight hundred years ago. An Englishman, John of Holywood, who worked in Paris using the Latin form of his name, Johannes Sacrobosco, composed this short and simple textbook on the celestial sphere around 1220. His On the Sphere circulated in a manuscript version for two and a half centuries until it was first printed in 1476.
While Sacrobosco's On the Sphere served as a popular basic textbook, it said almost nothing about the motions of the planets. So, in the next generation, sometime around the middle of the 13th century, a more advanced textbook joined the ranks, Campanus's Theorica planetarum. The Latin words may tempt you to translate this as Theory of the Planets, but actually the meaning of theorica is more like "model" or "device."The book explains, in simple mechanical terms, how Ptolemy's theory worked.
Observations of each of the planets showed that they usually moved eastward against the background of stars, but sometimes, every year or so and at different times, each one stopped and then moved westward for a few weeks. This phenomenon is called retrograde motion. Around 150 ce the Alexandrian astronomer Claudius Ptolemy proposed a geometric model to account for this backward motion. His model involved two circles, one riding on the other.The bigger main "carrying" circle that went around the earth was called the deferent (the root fer, is the same as in the wordferry).The smaller circle, which was carried around on the deferent, was called the epicycle. In turn, the epicycle carried the planet itself. The combined motion of the two circles made the planet appear to move backward in the sky whenever the planet swung around into the inside, closest to the earth.
Soon after a German printer, Johannes Gutenberg, invented printing by movable type in the 1450s, a professor of astronomy at the University of Vienna, Georg Peurbach, wrote an updated version of the Theorica. (By the way, Georg is the German spelling of George, and it is pronounced Gay-Org.) His Theoricae novae planetarum was a new textbook on Ptolemy's
The diagram shows to scale the deferent and epicycle that produces Marss retrograde loop. The same epicycle is shown here in two positions as it carries Mars around from Mi into its retrograde loop at M2.
planetary models (not "new models"). However, Peurbach included an idea that had become popular during the Middle Ages. He tried to show how Ptolemy's deferents and epicycles could be embedded within a framework of transparent, crystal material, thereby building an actual picture of how the cosmos could be constructed.
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could generate all the spin needed to keep the heavenly clockwork going. This structure fit perfectly with Christian, Jewish, and Islamic ideas about the nature of the created universe. It was against this deeply ingrained picture that Copernicus began to consider a radical alternative scheme.
This diagram from the 1473 edition of Peurbachs New Theories of Planets shows how structures of celestial crystal (the two thick, black rings) could be arranged to match observations of the planets. When rotated, the rings drive the planetary epicycle along the channel between them. This model could be applied to Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
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His text, On the Sphere, did little more than describe the shape of the heavens and the earth, and explain such things as the seasons. In Copernicus's very first year at Cracow in the winter of 1491, the university's astronomy course used this text, and he undoubtedly listened to these lectures.
In the winter of 1492, the university offered lectures on Euclidean geometry. By now the teenage Copernicus had begun his lifelong love affair with mathematical astronomy. He obtained a copy of Euclid's Geometry, which had been printed for the first time in 1482, and a Latin translation of an Arabic text on astrology.
Later, in the summer term of 1493, Copernicus learned about the motions of the planets from a recent update of a traditional book on planetary theory. Like every astronomy book then available, it assumed that the earth was fixed at the center of the universe, and the planets revolved around it. Georg Peurbach wrote New Theories of the Planets in Vienna in the 1450s. His book discussed the old planetary geometry, but it also included a new treatment of how the old models derived from Ptolemy could be fit together. Often reprinted, Peurbach's book initiated an enlarged interest in technical astronomy throughout Europe. Before his early death at age 38, he had begun an improved translation of Ptolemy's Almagest. His work was continued by his pupil Regiomontanus, whose publications became of great importance to Copernicus.
To be able to cast horoscopes, students needed more advanced courses to learn to use tables of planetary motion so that they could find the positions of the planets for the date of the horoscope. In the winter term of 1493, Copernicus heard lectures on the Tabulae resolutae (Handy tables), astronomical charts that were especially popular in Cracow. Perhaps it was at this time that he obtained and had bound together printed copies of two sets of astronomical tables, along with 16 blank pages for extra notes. One, the
On the imaginative title page of the 1522 edition of Saavbosco's little book on celestial spheres, a master with the armillary sphere explains the celestial motions to a younger scholar with the laurel wreath and manuscript. One of the figures may represent the author of the explanatory commentary in this edition, Matthew of Shamotula.
Alfonsine Tables, had just been printed (for the second time) in Venice in 1492.The other, compiled by Regiomontanus in 1467, was printed in Augsburg, in southern Germany, in 1490. On several of the blank pages Copernicus copied parts of a table by Peurbach. They indicated times of eclipses of the sun and moon, and a set of latitude tables. Evidently, the star-struck youth was becoming immersed in astronomy.
Nicolaus left the university in 1495, after four years in the faculty of arts, but without taking a degree. The degree would only be needed for teaching, and Nicolaus expected his uncle, Bishop Lucas Watzenrode, had other plans for him. He set off for Frombork to find out what his uncle would decide. If he undertook further studies, Nicolaus was confident he could pass any required entrance examinations.
Historians know only a little about Nicolaus's brother Andreas. At every stage of life except birth and death he seems to have followed behind his younger brother. He died 25 years before Nicolaus, in 1518. Even when they enrolled at the university in Cracow, Uncle Lucas seems to have had less faith in Andreas's ability than in that of his younger brother. Records show that Nicolaus paid his full fee, but Andreas did not—perhaps he did not carry a full load of courses. Nicolaus enrolled for graduate study in 1496, while his brother enrolled two years later. In 1499, Andreas was called a "cleric of Chelmno,"but Nicolaus had had that title three years earlier, with both appointments arranged by Uncle Lucas.
Shortly after Nicolaus arrived in Frombork in 1495, one of the 16 canons of the Cathedral Chapter ofVarmia died. Uncle Lucas nominated Nicolaus to fill the vacancy. However, the rule at the time required final approval of appointments in an odd-numbered month by the Vatican. As the vacancy had to be filled in September (an odd-numbered month), Bishop Watzenrode did not have the final authority, and for several months the appointment was under dispute for reasons now unknown—perhaps there was a rival candidate. Eventually the matter was settled so that Nicolaus was securely in the position well before his older brother Andreas received his nomination in the summer of 1501.
Still, at age 24, Nicolaus was uncertain about the career he should follow. Then in the summer of 1496, Lucas arranged for Nicolaus to take the next step along the path he himself had followed. He sent Nicolaus to study church law at the University of Bologna in Italy. We do not know if Copernicus had appealed for a chance to continue astronomical studies.As he depended on his uncle for support, he had little say in the matter. But he did make sure to include his precious book of astronomical tables in his baggage.
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Mom Accidentally Meets Daughter 6 Years after Being Told She Died in a House Fire
By Stephen Thompson
https://news.amomama.com/284771-mom-is-told-her-baby-died-a-house-fire-d.html
A mother was left shattered after she was informed that her ten-day-old did not survive a house fire. However, she spotted the child in the most surprising circumstances six years later.
A six-year-old girl, who was believed to have died as a baby in a house fire in 2004, was kidnapped, finally reunited with her mother, who spotted her at a birthday party.
The mother and child were reunited six years after the fire incident at the local authority offices in Burlington County, New Jersey. Later on, the happy mother, Luzaida Cuevas, took her long-lost child to her home in Philadelphia.
Luzaida Cuevas in a portiart [left], Luzaida Cuevas and her daughter, Delimar Vera [right] | Photo: Getty Images
In 1997, the child, Delimar Vera, was thought to have died in a house fire when she was only ten days old. Although Cuevas escaped the fire with her other children, Delimar was believed to have been killed in the blaze.
Six years after the fire incident, Cuevas saw something spectacular. She was at a children's birthday party when she observed that one of the kids' dimples were similar to hers.
So, she called the child over, and in an attempt to remove a bubble gum which Cuevas said was stuck in the little girl's hair, the mother pulled out five strands of hair, placed them in a towel, and then in a plastic bag.
She contacted the police, and an investigation led to a DNA test that proved that indeed, Cuevas and her former partner, Pedro Vera were Delimar's biological parents. The child had been alive all those years.
She was accused of snatching baby Delimar from her cot and setting Cuevas's house ablaze to cover her crime.
After the DNA results came out, Carolyn Correa, a woman posing as Delimar's mom, was arrested and charged with arson, assault, and kidnapping. She was accused of snatching baby Delimar from her cot and setting Cuevas's house ablaze to cover her crime.
Then, she raised the child as her own for six years. During a chat, Cuevas confessed that she always had a feeling that Delimar was alive. However, all her suspicions were dismissed as nerves.
She wanted to begin an investigation, but the cost of paying lawyers stopped her from taking action. But when Cuevas finally found her daughter, she was determined to go through any length to win her back.
So, Cuevas and her former partner, Vera, filed a case in court. After a few hearings, the pair were granted custody of Delimar. Despite not being together, they agreed to share custody of their daughter but allowed the child to live with her mother.
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The happy parents finally planned a reunion, and it was everything they expected. Philadelphia area rep Angel Cruz said Cuevas was thrilled to meet the child.
Most importantly, the woman was happy to be called "mommy." Delimar is all grown up now, and from her Instagram page, she lives a happy life surrounded by friends and loved ones.
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Mira Rajput, who is married to Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor, often shares adorable pictures of her super cute munchkins. Well, this time Mira Kapoor has surprised many by getting her little girl, Misha Kapoor's hair coloured. Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput Kapoor's 2-year-old daughter, Misha Kapoor has the perfect personality and steals all the limelight from her star family.
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The 2014 StreamSweepers documentary, "300 Tires and an Old Sofa", was premiered to a standing ovation and a few tears at the fall StreamSweepers Celebration at Historic Rapidan Mill event (October 2014). Enjoy this special film by Phil and Suzie Audibert.
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Lorenzo de' Medici
Selected Poems and Prose
Edited and Translated by Jon Thiem
This is the first book-length collection in English of the literary works of Lorenzo de'Medici, the major poetic voice of the Florentine Resistance.
Lorenzo de'Medici (1449-92) was the ruler of Florence and the principal statesman of his time. A contemporary of Columbus, Lorenzo is hardly known in the English-speaking world as a major Quattrocento writer, author of a large and varied body of poetry as well as an important literary treatise. His poetry and patronage were instrumental in renewing the vernacular literature of his age after a period of stagnation.
That Lorenzo's literary writings were for the most part never translated is a fascinating curiosity of history, attributable to the irreverent, bawdy subject matter of many of his poems, objections to his authoritarian politics, and the unconventional features of his poetic realism. Yet Lorenzo is now seen as the most interesting exponent of the cultural renaissance that he encouraged. His longer poems in particular reveal the central concerns, everyday activities, and favorite ideas of his day. No other Florentine writer succeeds in capturing as he does the beauty, seasonal changes, and rhythms of life of the Tuscan countryside. His poetic realism is that which sets him apart from his age, yet makes him such a vivid portrayer of it. The availability of his works in English will serve to modify and enlarge our conception of the Florentine Renaissance.
Jon Thiem is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Colorado State University. He is the co-translator of History, Philosophy, and Culture in the Young Gramsci (1975) and author of numerous essays published in Comparative Literature, The Journal of the History of Ideas, and Cadmos.
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The Inventory of the Palazzo Medici in 1492
Edited and translated by Richard Stapleford


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This refers to the report SP sacks Siddiqui for his Modi interview.
This refers to the report SP sacks Siddiqui for his Modi interview (July 29). For the first time someone tried to make a sincere effort to give Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi a chance to speak his mind. But this has irked the self-styled secularists, who want to widen the rift between Muslims and Modi for selfish reasons. People like Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and members of the Samajwadi Party are targeting Modi, as they fear that the BJP may name him as its prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 polls.
With reference to the editorial Neither fish nor flesh (Our Take, July 30), it is disappointing that Hindustan Times is trying to condemn Baba Ramdev for evading tax. The condemnation of Ramdev and Anna Hazare is based on weak arguments. It's surprising that the editorial did not touch on the various scams in which various UPA ministers are allegedly involved. The government can't use Ramdev's alleged crime as a shield to hide its own mistakes. Also, I fail to understand what's wrong with Kiran Bedi asking women to support Hazare's anti-corruption movement.
The media should refrain from presenting lopsided opinions, especially on a sensitive issue like corruption, which directly affects the common man. The views expressed in the editorial are in bad taste. HT should not discourage the social activist and his followers who are fighting for a just cause.