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Tarantella: An Italian Folk Dance. By Fiona Story. The dance, originally an Italian folk dance of the lower- and middle-classes, has been labeled as a dance to cure sickness and as a dance of courtship. In the courtship version of the dance, the woman uses rapidity and liveliness to excite the love of her partner.


Argentine tango
Show tango, and Tango de Escenario (stage tango) is a more theatrical form of Argentine tango developed to suit the stage. In theory, all styles can be performed on stage, but the movement has to take stage elements into accounts, such as diagonals, centres, fronts, placement of lights, etc.


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Argentine tango is a musical genre of simple quadruple metre and binary musical form, and the social dance that accompanies it. Its lyrics and music are marked by nostalgia, expressed through melodic instruments including the bandoneon.


Argentine tango
Rather, it is literally tango as it is danced socially in the salons (dance halls) of Buenos Aires. Salon tango was danced throughout the Golden Era of Argentine Tango (1935â1952) when milongas (tango parties) were held in large dance venues and full tango orchestras performed.


5 Considerations for Relationships with a Big Age Difference
Tango is a partner dance. As the saying goes, it takes two to tango. However, you do not need a dedicated dancing partner. In classes and milongas, dancers generally swap their partners, and in fact you will become a better dancer by dancing with a range of different people.


Microclimate: Definition, Factors & Examples
What Is a Microclimate? The climate of an area or region is dependent on a multitude of factors. Some of these include geographic location, elevation, latitude, and topography. We know that in the U.S., cities located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean tend to have fairly temperate climates.


Microclimates
Activity: Heat Source and Sink. Microclimates. The coastal areas of the Great Lakes seem somewhat magical â rolling hills leading to the edge of the lakes, temperate breezes rolling off the water, and fruit orchards, green fields and vineyards dotting the surrounding land. Itâs not just your imagination: there is something special happening there, and thereâs a scientific reason as to why.


Microclimates
In truth, there is a distinctive microclimate for every type of environment on the Earthâs surface, and as far as the UK is concerned they include the following: Upland areas have a specific type of climate that is notably different from the surrounding lower levels.


What Is an Example of a Microclimate?
Quick Answer. A greenhouse is an example of a microclimate. A greenhouse absorbs the heat of the sun and then releases it slowly over time. Greenhouses are used in areas where it is too cold to grow plants that require extra warmth. Continue Reading.


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Whatever the peculiarities of the microclimate there we can do it, we did do it and we will do it again. The Grade 1-listed garden attraction, has its own microclimate and a fantastic display of local flora, fauna and wildlife for visitors to see.


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With numerous microclimates it too produces a wide range of wine styles. Farmlands designated as 'strategic' had the highest soil productivity, access to affordable water, favorable microclimate for growing high-value crops such as citrus, and limited environmenta sensitivity and urban growth pressure.


Microclimate: Definition, Factors & Examples
A microclimate is a smaller area within a general climate zone that has its own unique climate. Learn more about microclimates, and see some examples. The climate of an area or region is dependent on a multitude of factors. Some of these include geographic location, elevation, latitude, and topography.


Microclimate
Microclimates exist, for example, near bodies of water which may cool the local atmosphere, or in heavy urban areas where brick, concrete, and asphalt absorb the sun's energy, heat up, and re-radiate that heat to the ambient air: the resulting urban heat island is a kind of microclimate.


Microclimates
The weather variables in a microclimate, such as temperature, rainfall, wind or humidity, may be subtly different from the conditions prevailing over the area as a whole and from those that might be reasonably expected under certain types of pressure or cloud cover.


Microclimate
A microclimate is a local set of atmospheric conditions that differ from those in the surrounding areas, often with a slight difference but sometimes with a substantial one. The term may refer to areas as small as a few square meters or square feet (for example a garden bed or a cave) or as large as many square kilometers or square miles.


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Fur color is a heritable trait for mice. In general, individuals with a heritable trait that increases fitness produce more offspring than. individuals that do not have this trait. Because the trait is heritable, offspring resemble their parents, so more of the offspring will have this adaptive heritable trait.


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darkened tree trunks and branches. In industrialized areas with dark tree trunks and branches, the frequency of black peppered moths increased and speckled peppered moths became rare. The trend in southeastern Michigan was similar, although industrialization began later; no black peppered


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In industrialized areas with dark tree trunks and branches, the frequency of black peppered moths increased and speckled peppered moths became rare. The trend in southeastern Michigan was similar, although industrialization began later; no black peppered moths were observed before 1929; by the 1950s more than 90% of peppered moths were black.


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Which trait was an adaptive heritable trait for peppered moths in industrialized areas with dark tree trunks and branches? ___ black form ___ speckled form Which trait is an adaptive heritable trait for peppered moths in unpolluted areas with lighter tree trunks and branches?


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Individuals with an adaptive heritable trait generally produce more offspring than individuals that do not have this trait. For example, on gray sand, gray fur color is an adaptive heritable trait which allows mice to survive longer and have more litters of baby mice.


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The difference between the black and speckled forms of the peppered moth is a heritable trait; specifically, this difference results from different alleles of a single gene. form (B) is dominant over the allele for the speckled form (b). genotypes of all parents and offspring that would have a speckled phenotype.


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The difference between the black and speckled forms of the peppered moth is a heritable trait; specifically, this difference results from different alleles of a single gene. The allele for the black. form (B) is dominant over the allele for the speckled form (b).


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Natural Selection in Action â The Peppered Moth Peppered moths are active at night. During the day peppered moths rest on tree trunks and branches. Some of these resting moths are eaten by birds. Researchers have found that mortality is higher for the speckled form of the peppered moth in one type of environment, and mortality is higher for the


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9. Which form of the peppered moth do you think had higher mortality in forests in unpolluted areas where tree trunks and branches are lighter? __ _black ___speckled 10. Which form of the peppered moth do you think had higher mortality in forests in areas where air pollution had resulted in dark tree trunks and branches? __ _black ___speckled 11.


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peppered moth after 1850 and then the decrease in the black form after 1950. âWhen air pollution resulted in dark tree trunks and branches, the peppered moth needed to be dark so it would not be seen and eaten by birds. When air pollution was reduced so tree trunks


Patina Formulas for Brass, Bronze and Copper
Hot immersion (3-5 min.) Immerse in hot solution (194Â°F, 90Â°C). A golden lustre develops within one minute and becomes more intense. When lustre color is fully developed in 3 - 5 minutes, remove and wash in hot water, which is also a cooling process. Finally, wash article in cold water.


How to Patina Brass
Before You Begin: Clean the Brass. 1  1. Wash all sides of the brass piece. Use gentle liquid dish soap and warm water to scrub away all oils and contaminants from the brass. 2  2. Apply baking soda. Sprinkle baking soda over the surface of the brass. 3  3. Rinse off the baking soda.


Add a Little Color to Your Copper: How to Patina, Part 1
The joy with this patina is that you never quite know what color you'll end up with. Most commonly, turquoise, blue and green are the ones that show up to the party. Keep in mind that this isn't a quick patina, so allot some time for experimentation.


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When a bronze patina is to be âhot waxedâ, the surface of the bronze is hot when the paste wax is applied (most commonly with a brush) and is usually executed immediately after the patina has been completed. A âcold waxâ application is of course, applied when the metal is cold.


Add a Little Color to Your Copper: How to Patina, Part 1
Heat patina: If you've ever done any work in the studio with copper, you may have noticed that as you heat it, your metal will start to change color. As copper is heated, some really beautiful colors can be brought out of the metal. Bright reds, purples and blues are all common.


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Patrick specializes in hot patina processes---which literally means that the surface of the bronze needs to be hot in order to apply the chemical compounds that make the patina. The trick is, in many instances, to apply a chemical layer of coloration which is only a few microns thick to a bronze surface.


Easy Patina Finishes for Copper and Brass â a Tutorial
A day or two after the patina process, when the patina is finished and dry, seal it using a clear spray lacquer. Apply at least three light coats of lacquer on every patina surface of the metal, drying each coat thoroughly before applying the next coat.


How to Patina Brass
Three Methods:AmmoniaOvenHard-Boiled EggCommunity Q&A. Patina is a natural tarnish that forms on the surface of brass and other metals. Adding a patina finish to brass pieces can give those pieces an aged look that many people find appealing.


Easy Patina Finishes for Copper and Brass â a Tutorial
First, Clean Your Metal: IMPORTANT: Start with clean metal. We need to clean your metal to remove all traces of skin oils and anything else that may resist the patina. So before beginning the patina process, wash both sides of your metal bracelet thoroughly with a generous amount of liquid dish soap. After washing off all of the dish soap, sprinkle a small amount of baking soda onto both sides of your bracelet and scrub it well with your steel wool.


Creating Patinas. On Brass, Bronze and Copper
Creating Patinas. On Brass, Bronze and Copper. A patina is a colorization effect formed on copper, bronze, brass or other metal by natural weathering or by artificial treatment with chemicals. The advantage of a chemical patina is it can usually be produced in a short time and with practice, with a predictable appearance.


Critter Catalog
Ermine are carnivores that hunt mostly at night. They are predators on small, warm-blooded vertebrates, preferably mammals of rabbit size and smaller. When mammalian prey is scarce, ermine eat birds, eggs, frogs, fish, and insects.


Critter Catalog
Mustela erminea. At full adult size total body length from head to rump is 170 mm to 330 mm. Males are generally twice as large as females, with males weighing from 67 to 116 grams and females from 25 to 80 grams. The tail length is about 35% of the total body length, ranging from 42mm to 120mm.


Critter Catalog
Side cavities of burrows are used for storing food and as bathrooms. 1  These animals are found in the following types of habitat. 2  temperate. 3  terrestrial. Terrestrial Biomes. 4  tundra. taiga.  savanna or 1  grassland. 2  forest. scrub 3  forest. mountains.  Other Habitat 1  Features.  riparian.


7 Animals That Turn White in Winter
GrrlScientist This is probably the only animal on this list that you can actually keep as a pet. The Siberian hamster, or Dzhungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus), often sold as the âwinter white,â will change from a silvery chinchilla shade to mostly white if it is kept in a room that receives natural light.


Wild Fact #441 â A Tragic Love Story â Ermine
So pick a destination and lets go explore the life of the Ermine! The Ermine is also known as a Stoat and is one of those lucky animals that disobeys the rules of fashion as they tend to wear white after Labour Day. Obviously, this white coat helps them blend in nicely with the *shudder*â¦..


Wild Fact #441 â A Tragic Love Story â Ermine
Well, when you are only 33 cm (13â³) long, you kind of make the perfect snack for numerous predators. For instance they need to be on the constant lookout for Coyotes, Badgers, Foxes, Wolverines and Owls, among other dangerous predators. As you can imagine, life it not easy for this poor little Ermine.


7 Animals That Turn White in Winter
Weasels of the same species that live in more southerly climates usually donât change color, though their more northerly relatives do. In transition zones, some weasels only partially change color, resulting in patchy white-and-brown fur.


7 Animals That Turn White in Winter
As the days shorten, receptors in the retina transmit that information to the hareâs brain, stimulating the replacement of brown hair to white, starting with the extremities. One study has shown that global warming may be a major threat to the survival of these animals.


What Are Ermines & Mink?
Hemera Technologies/Photos.com/Getty Images. Both ermines (Mustela erminea) and mink (Mustela lutreola and Neovison vison) belong to the subfamily Mustelinae, which contains weasels, badgers, ferrets, polecats and wolverines. These two creatures share many features, but differ in several ways.


Ermine
Group name: Group. The ermine gets its name for the colour of its fur. In fact, the word ermine refers to an animal with a white coat, while stoat is used for the individuals with brown fur on their back and head and white fur on their belly. Ermine video.


Political ideologies and beliefs
1 9. 2  Left-Wing Left-wing refers to a range of radical political views and to those holding them. 3  The term came into being due to the seating plan of the French Estates General where the nobility sat on the Kingâs right and the Third Estate on his left (in parliament). 4  The Left is representative of âChangeâ.


Political ideologies and beliefs
1 They feel that less government is better. 2  In the words of Jefferson, âthe best governments govern leastâ. 3  9. 4  Left-Wing Left-wing refers to a range of radical political views and to those holding them.


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Right-wing politics involves in varying degrees the rejection of some egalitarian objectives of left-wing politics, claiming either that economic inequality is natural and inevitable or that it is beneficial to society. Right-wing ideologies and movements support social order.


Politics: What is the difference between Conservative, Liberal, Centrist, Leftist, Right Wing Parties in the modern world?
Right-wing politics are political positions or activities that view some forms of social stratification or social inequality as either inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically defending this position on the basis of natural law, economics or tradition.


POLITICS AND LAW - POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES
Right-wing political system where the principle means of production and distribution are in private hands. communism. Extreme left-wing ideology based on the revolutionary socialist teachings of Marx. Collective ownership and a planned economy.


POLITICS AND LAW - POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES
Ideologies are the sets of basic beliefs about the political, economic, social and cultural affairs held by the majority of people within as society. absolutism. System where the rulers have unlimited control. anarchism. Society without government, laws, police or other authority.


Political ideologies and beliefs
1 Ideologies and Beliefs of the Twentieth Century Activities and content in this PowerPoint may have been adapted from a variety of sources. 2  2. 3  We Didnât Start the Fire The words of this song and the accompanying imagery highlight a large number of events, people, ideas and beliefs from the twentieth century.


Political ideologies and beliefs
1 Your group is to research the origins and major characteristics/beliefs of this kind of feminism. 2  You will then write a comprehensive definition. 3  Present to the class your kind of feminist using one slide of a PowerPoint presentation.


Tea Party movement
In the United States right-wing has quite a different history and meaning. For the most part the American right wing is an integral part of the conservative movement in the U.S. The right has been a major factorâand often dominantâin American politics in the Age of Reagan since 1980.


POLITICS AND LAW - POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES
populism. Collective noun for the ideologies which demand the redistribution of political power and economic leadership to the 'common people'. socialism. Left-wing political system where the principle means of production, distribution and exchange are in common ownership. theocracy.


Spinnerbait
blade options edit at the tip of the wire frame s overhead arm a spinner blade is attached by a swivel or other means to an enclosed wire loop another blade may be attached in line on the overhead arm by means of a clevis to create a tandem blade spinnerbait


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definition of spinner showy vehicle rims made with independently spinning surfaces that continue to spin inside the rim when the vehicle stops


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link to this slang definition to link to this term in a web page or blog insert the following a href http onlineslangdictionary com meaning definition of spinner spinner a to link to this term in a wiki such as wikipedia insert the following


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how to use spinners spinners are similar to combo boxes and lists in that they let the user choose from a range of values like editable combo boxes spinners allow the user to type in a value unlike combo boxes spinners do not have a drop down list that can cover up other components because spinners do not display possible values only the current value is visible they are often used instead of combo boxes or lists when the set of possible values is extremely large


How to Use Spinners
here is a picture of an application named spinnerdemo that has three spinners used to specify dates the code for the main class can be found in spinnerdemo java the month spinner displays the name of the first month in the user s locale the possible values for this spinner are specified using an array of strings


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small petite women may be referred to as spinners the term likely arises from the possibility that they can be spun around on top of a guy while having sex i want to get a lap dance from that little stripper i definitely love the spinners tacky chrome rims that spin regardless of whether the vehicle is in motion scope out my pimpin bentley wit spinners and racing stripes n a woman man that stands less than 5ft 3in giving someone above average height the ability to have sex with them on their lap and possibly spinning them like a top


Spinnerbait
a tailspinner is a type of spinnerbait that consists of a lead body with the line tie point on top a single treble hook on the bottom and a single small blade mounted on the tail hence the name mann s bait company s little george tailspinner introduced in the 1960s is the most well known lure in this class


Spinnerbait
a spinnerbait refers to any one of a family of fishing lures that get their name from one or more metal blades shaped so as to spin like a propeller when the lure is in motion creating varying degrees of flash and vibration that mimics small fish or other prey


Spinnerbait
the two most popular types of spinnerbaits are the in line spinner and safety pin spinnerbaits though others such as the tail spinner also exist spinnerbaits are used principally for catching predatory fish such as perch pike and bass


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link to this slang definition to link to this term in a web page or blog insert the following to link to this term in a wiki such as wikipedia insert the following some wikis use a different format for links so be sure to check the documentation


Digital Set to Surpass TV in Time Spent with US Media
The average adult will spend over 5 hours per day online, on nonvoice mobile activities or with other digital media this year, eMarketer estimates, compared to 4 hours and 31 minutes watching television. Daily TV time will actually be down slightly this year, while digital media consumption will be up 15.8%.


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One in 10 Americans say they spend $300 or more per week and, at the other extreme, 8% spend less than $50. Gallup has asked a version of this question as far back as 1943, but has not asked it since 1987. In 1943, an average of $15 per week was spent on food. The final 1987 estimate was $106.


Digital Set to Surpass TV in Time Spent with US Media
The average adult will spend over 5 hours per day online, on nonvoice mobile activities or with other digital media this year, eMarketer estimates, compared to 4 hours and 31 minutes watching television.


Americans Spend $151 a Week on Food; the High-Income, $180
One in 10 Americans say they spend $300 or more per week and, at the other extreme, 8% spend less than $50. Gallup has asked a version of this question as far back as 1943, but has not asked it since 1987. In 1943, an average of $15 per week was spent on food.


Mobile Continues to Steal Share of US Adults' Daily Time Spent with Media
In 2014, US adults will spend 23.0% more time with mobile on an average day than in 2013, according to eMarketerâs forecastâand thatâs led to mobile cannibalizing time spent with just about every other category. Even desktop time will drop this year, both in absolute terms and as a share of time spent with all media.


23 days a year spent on your phone
23 days a year spent on your phone. A recent study by mobileinsurance.com has revealed that the average person spends 90 mins a day on their phone. That figue may not sound like a lot but that amounts up to 23 days a year and 3.9 years of the average person's life is spent staring at their phone screen.


Digital Set to Surpass TV in Time Spent with US Media
This article originally stated that US adults spent an average of 11 hours and 39 minutes with media each day in 2012, and would spend 11 hours and 52 minutes with media this year.


23 days a year spent on your phone
A recent study by mobileinsurance.com has revealed that the average person spends 90 mins a day on their phone. That figue may not sound like a lot but that amounts up to 23 days a year and 3.9 years of the average person's life is spent staring at their phone screen.


Chapter Guide
Activities in this chapter are selected expressly for developing rhythmic movement skills. The activities progress from easy to more complex and from Developmental Level I to III. Students develop social skills and a positive self-concept when rhythmic activities are taught in a sensitive, educational way.


Definitions &Translations
In the performance arts rhythm is the timing of events on a human scale; of musical sounds and silences, of the steps of a dance, or the meter of spoken language and poetry.


Rhythm
A rhythmic gesture is any durational pattern that, in contrast to the rhythmic unit, does not occupy a period of time equivalent to a pulse or pulses on an underlying metric level. It may be described according to its beginning and ending or by the rhythmic units it contains.


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2. Language. Words; Sentence. Form the shape of a letter with the whole body; lying down or standing. To work out a word, have student first form shapes of all letters in the word, then plan the connecting movement as the most direct way to go from letter to letter.


Rhythm
Rhythm (from Greek á¿¥ÏÎ¸Î¼ÏÏ, rhythmos, any regular recurring motion, symmetry  (Liddell and Scott 1996)) generally means a  movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions (Anon. 1971, 2537).


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Dancers with limited mobility can express with scaled down movements on the floor, bed, or in a wheelchair. Some ideas for moving expressively to music or rhythmic clapping are: feelings of joy; peace; happiness; sadness; birthday and holiday music; nursery rhymes and poems; folk dance music, classical music, etc. Dalcroze Eurhythmics is one way that explores the relationship of music and movement.


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Hold arms stretched upward, taut, and still for 3 seconds, and then stretch arms out to the side, held taut for 3 seconds. The body feels more energized after this stretch. Then with a more relaxed body bend torso and knees and sway rhythmically in succession, with arms over head up and down, side to side.


Rhythm
Rhythm may also refer to visual presentation, as timed movement through space (Jirousek 1995,) and a common language of pattern unites rhythm with geometry. In recent years, rhythm and meter have become an important area of research among music scholars.


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2. Sets contain elements that can be combined. 3. Moving left to right reinforces the direction of reading and writing on the page of paper. 4. Moving left to right teaches what the left and right sides of the body are and what moving to the right side means.


Rhythm
Rhythm is marked by the regulated succession of opposite elements, the dynamics of the strong and weak beat, the played beat and the inaudible but implied rest beat, the long and short note. As well as perceiving rhythm we must be able to anticipate it.


How to make hair grow faster and longer overnight?
To help your hair grow a little faster overnight, you need to eat healthy. A good well balanced diet is one of the main secrets behind healthy and longer hair. With a well balanced diet, your body will get all the essential vitamins and nutrients required for healthy hair growth. Get your hair trimmed regularly, say in every 10 to 12 weeks. 2  This will help in getting rid of split ends and will facilitate faster hair growth. 3  Do not tie your hair very tight as it will weaken the hair roots leading to hair breakage.


How to make hair grow faster and longer overnight?
Taking good care of your hair and scalp is a great way to make your hair grow faster. Massaging your scalp every once in a while improves the hair growth. This is because massaging and brushing your scalp helps in proper blood circulation to the scalp, which in turn triggers faster hair growth. Get your hair trimmed regularly, say in every 10 to 12 weeks. 2  This will help in getting rid of split ends and will facilitate faster hair growth. 3  Do not tie your hair very tight as it will weaken the hair roots leading to hair breakage.


How to make hair grow faster and longer overnight?
A hot oil treatment before going to bed is just the right thing to do to make your hair grow fast during night. This is an age old and proven method. For hot oil treatments you can use olive oil, coconut oil, grapeseed oil, rosemary oil, castor oil or almond oil. Get your hair trimmed regularly, say in every 10 to 12 weeks. 2  This will help in getting rid of split ends and will facilitate faster hair growth. 3  Do not tie your hair very tight as it will weaken the hair roots leading to hair breakage.


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8. Use coconut oil instead of conditioner. When you are showering, scoop some coconut oil into your hand and massage it into the ends of your hair (skip the roots or your hair will look greasy). Get out of the shower and put your hair in a bun.Let sit for 20 minutes or so. DO NOT put your hair up in a bun or loose braid it can give you split ends that's not exactly what we're looking for. 2  Use a heat protector before use a flat iron, curling iron, or a blow dryer. 3  You can also use onion water, grapeseed oil, palm oil, and apple vinegar for much better results.


How to make hair grow faster and longer overnight?
1 Cover your hair while out in the sun or during cold and windy days. 2  Wear a hat or cap in such a case. 3  To make your hair grow faster overnight, always use silk pillow case as it keeps your hair safe from breaking. 4  Stress and depression can lead to significant hair loss. Get your hair trimmed regularly, say in every 10 to 12 weeks. 2  This will help in getting rid of split ends and will facilitate faster hair growth. 3  Do not tie your hair very tight as it will weaken the hair roots leading to hair breakage.


How to Make your Hair Grow Faster
Dry massage of your scalp, wet massage while washing your hair or oil massage-any of these can be good for faster hair growth. When you massage your scalp, you help enhance blood flow to your scalp. This stimulates your hair follicles and helps them in their function of hair growth.ood nutrition to your hair roots mean longer life and proper hair growth. So have, such iron rich foods as oysters and other mollusks, liver, squash, pumpkin seeds, nuts, beef, lamb, beans, pulses, whole grains, dark leafy greens and the delicious dark chocolates.


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totalhairregrowth.blog102.com-how to make your hair grow longer faster overnight. Here are a few things of what youâll learn from. this program: How to stop hair loss at the root of the. problem.How to prevent hair loss by discovering the.ave a weekly scalp massage to provide stimulation to the hair follicles. Do a series of ongoing hot oil treatments to protect the hair's shaft. Have regular trims to eliminate split ends and allow the hair to look and feel healthier. Get plenty of rest and sleep to allow your body to grow hair.


How to make hair grow faster and longer overnight?
1 Get your hair trimmed regularly, say in every 10 to 12 weeks. 2  This will help in getting rid of split ends and will facilitate faster hair growth. 3  Do not tie your hair very tight as it will weaken the hair roots leading to hair breakage. Get your hair trimmed regularly, say in every 10 to 12 weeks. 2  This will help in getting rid of split ends and will facilitate faster hair growth. 3  Do not tie your hair very tight as it will weaken the hair roots leading to hair breakage.


How to Make Hair Grow Faster Overnight
Massage Your Scalp to Boost Circulation. Massaging your scalp every once in a while also boosts hair growth at a faster rate. This is because massaging and brushing your scalp helps in promoting blood circulation in the scalp, which in turn triggers faster hair growth. Do not use harmful chemical based products on your hair like hair sprays and hair gels, they may make your hair look good from the outside but the chemicals are severely damaging them from the inside. 2  Avoid using machines that make your hair more prone to damage like hair straightening machines, blow dryers and so on.


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Use chemical-free shampoo and conditioner. Long hair starts with good hair care, and good hair care starts with using the right shampoo and conditioner. It's important to use products that increase the strength of your hair.rush and comb your hair gently. Brushing, combing and the tools used to do this play a significant part in the health of your hair. Many people over-brush or use the wrong tools. While tangles and styling are a concern, be careful not to brush and comb too often.


Atlantic Crossing on a Sailing Yacht. Top Tips & Equipment
Nowadays, more than 1.500 sailboats are sailing across the Atlantic from Europe every year. The main road and most appreciated course, is to sail from Europe to the Canaries Islands, usually from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean.


How long dose it take to sail across the Atlantic ocean?
Best Answer: gee, it depends on what part of the ocean and how big the sailboat and where you cross, using winds and currents in your favor......if you want an average passage of a 40 foot sailboat from Boston to England, figure 35 days; Spain to the West Indies 25-30.....most cruising sailboats average 125 miles a day, going with the wind or the ...


Atlantic Crossing on a Sailing Yacht. Top Tips & Equipment
To enjoy the 2 to 3 weeks crossing, you must have a well prepared boat, but also the proper personal equipment Here is the most valuable equipment, in my mind, to take with you on your Atlantic Crossing (a list of mandatory Safety equipment for the boat and the crew is available for download later in this article):


How long dose it take to sail across the Atlantic ocean?
Report Abuse. 1  Sail Across The Ocean. 2  Last year when I did it in my 24ft sailboat, from the Bahamas to Bermuda was 6 days, from Bermuda to Plymouth England was 32 days. 3  Depends upon your speed and course, Hello!!! 4  it takes long.  I don't know....


How to sail across the Atlantic
The easiest way to do that is to take part in the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC), an event that draws over 200 boats every November to the Canaries, from where they will sail the ~3000 nautical miles to the Caribbean.


How hard is it to sail across the Atlantic Ocean?
Is everything shipshape, do I have lots of spares, do I have the right tools, am I ready to ditch the boat if I must, etc, etc. I have sailed for 50 years including trans atlantic trips and I know that even with perfect prep things will go wrong. In a 50 foot sailboat a trans-atlantic will take about 3 weeks.


How to sail across the Atlantic
Basically sailing across the Atlantic is easy: You acquire the necessary licenses (you need 3), buy a boat (new from ~120,000â¬, but you can easily pay 2-3 times the price), add another 20,000 for gear, find 3 other people (optional) and go.


How long dose it take to sail across the Atlantic ocean?
Last year when I did it in my 24ft sailboat, from the Bahamas to Bermuda was 6 days, from Bermuda to Plymouth England was 32 days. I did not bother stopping at the Azores. Source(s): Personal Experience. Paul N Â· 1 decade ago.


Atlantic Crossing on a Sailing Yacht. Top Tips & Equipment
âAt a 7 knots average cruising speed, crossing the Atlantic between Las Palmas and the Caribbean will take you 16 days. The record for the Atlantic Crossing belongs to the Maxi Trimaran âBanque Populaire Vâ, that crossed the North Atlantic in 3 days and 15 hours, averaging 32,94 knots !!!â.


How to sail across the Atlantic
And a big party. November is about the best time to cross from east to west, using the trade winds near the equator to blow you across with wind from behind. A typical 40 foot yacht will run an average of 5 knots (nautical miles/hour), crossing the finish line after a bit less than three weeks.


Signs and Symptoms
They are caused by an inflammation in your sinuses, air-filled cavities around your nose, eyes, and cheeks. Bending down or leaning over usually makes the pain worse, as does cold and damp weather. Sinus headaches often begin first thing in the morning, and may be better by afternoon.


How to Get Rid of a Sinus Headache
Many people experience headaches, but if your headache is causing you pain and tenderness behind your forehead, eyes, or cheeks, you probably have a sinus headache. Sinuses are spaces within the bones of your skull filled with air that they purify and humidify.


Does Allergy Pills Really Help Sinus Pain?
I take zyrtec to prevent sinus problems. If I don't take it, then the irritation from the sneezing, etc. gets worse and sets me up to get an infection. Once you've got pain and pressure and congestion, a pain reliever that can reduce swelling, a decongestant, and drinking plenty of fluids could help.


How to Treat Sinus Headaches
Typically, sinus headaches cause: 1  Pain and pressure around the sinuses -- in the forehead, especially behind and between the eyes, and above the nose. 2  These areas may be tender to the touch. 3  Pain that gets worse with movement, like bending over or lying down.


Zyrtec and headaches
Claritin causes stomach problems, and Allegra causes headaches. I have been using Zyrtec for years now, and there are days when I take 5 or more 10mg doses to get relief. I had been using OTC sinus sprays for immediate relief, but have quit them, using only saline solution 2 or 3 times daily.


Myth: Let Meat Come To Room Temp Before Cooking
He says a big old roast should come to room temp in about an hour. I tried it with a 3/4 steak and a really accurate thermocouple. It took just more than an hour for the center to come to room temp. A 1 1/2 steak took just over two hours for the center to come to room temp.A 4 1/2 pound pork shoulder 31/3 thick took, are you ready for this, 10 hours! After two hours it was only 49Â°F in the center, and after four hours it was only 56Â°F.e says a big old roast should come to room temp in about an hour. I tried it with a 3/4 steak and a really accurate thermocouple. It took just more than an hour for the center to come to room temp. A 1 1/2 steak took just over two hours for the center to come to room temp.


FAQ â How Long to Smoke a Brisket
Q: Sir, Do you have a best guess on how long a 8-10 lbs brisket at 200-225 will take to get done. I was thinking about 1 hour per pound. Is this close. thank you! A: You can usually figure about 1.5 hours per pound at 225 degrees for brisket, pork shoulder and other larger pieces of meat.Several things can affect this time such as wind, temperature and how often you open the door of the smoker.: You can usually figure about 1.5 hours per pound at 225 degrees for brisket, pork shoulder and other larger pieces of meat. Several things can affect this time such as wind, temperature and how often you open the door of the smoker.


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If you decide to turn your brisket, consider using the halftimes method described below. Assuming a 10-12 pound whole brisket and 1-1/2 hours of cooking time per pound as a guideline, calculate how long it will take to cook the brisket. For example, a 12 pound brisket will take approximately 18 hours to cook.Divide this time in half.f you decide to turn your brisket, consider using the halftimes method described below. Assuming a 10-12 pound whole brisket and 1-1/2 hours of cooking time per pound as a guideline, calculate how long it will take to cook the brisket. For example, a 12 pound brisket will take approximately 18 hours to cook.


Texas Oven-Roasted Beef Brisket
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Make a dry rub by combining chili powder, salt, garlic and onion powders, black pepper, sugar, dry mustard, and bay leaf. Season the raw brisket on both sides with the rub. Place in a roasting pan and roast, uncovered, for 1 hour.Add beef stock and enough water to yield about 1/2 inch of liquid in the roasting pan. Lower oven to 300 degrees F, cover pan tightly and continue cooking for 3 hours, or until fork-tender.Trim the fat and slice meat thinly across the grain.Top with juice from the pan.reheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Make a dry rub by combining chili powder, salt, garlic and onion powders, black pepper, sugar, dry mustard, and bay leaf. Season the raw brisket on both sides with the rub. Place in a roasting pan and roast, uncovered, for 1 hour.


Myth: Let Meat Come To Room Temp Before Cooking
Low and slow smoking or roasting a big piece of meat to 190 to 200Â°F like brisket or pork shoulder. Usually cooked at 225Â°F these meats can take 8 to 12 hours and starting at room temp saves only about 20 to 30 minutes.e says a big old roast should come to room temp in about an hour. I tried it with a 3/4 steak and a really accurate thermocouple. It took just more than an hour for the center to come to room temp. A 1 1/2 steak took just over two hours for the center to come to room temp.


How to Cook Brisket
Bake the Brisket. 1  Place a fat-trimmed 3- to 3-1/2-pound fresh beef brisket in a 13x9x2-inch baking pan. 2  Pour the cooking liquid over the meat. 3  Cover the pan with foil. 4  Bake in a 325 degrees F oven about 3 hours or until tender, turning once halfway through cooking time.ake the Brisket. 1  Place a fat-trimmed 3- to 3-1/2-pound fresh beef brisket in a 13x9x2-inch baking pan. 2  Cover the pan with foil. 3  Bake in a 325 degrees F oven about 3 hours or until tender, turning once halfway through cooking time.


How to Cook Brisket
Bake the Brisket. 1  Place a fat-trimmed 3- to 3-1/2-pound fresh beef brisket in a 13x9x2-inch baking pan. 2  Cover the pan with foil. 3  Bake in a 325 degrees F oven about 3 hours or until tender, turning once halfway through cooking time.ake the Brisket. 1  Place a fat-trimmed 3- to 3-1/2-pound fresh beef brisket in a 13x9x2-inch baking pan. 2  Cover the pan with foil. 3  Bake in a 325 degrees F oven about 3 hours or until tender, turning once halfway through cooking time.


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Estimated Cooking Time. How long will it take to cook brisket to 200-205 F? As a rough estimate, assuming a cooker temp of 225-250Â°F, figure 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes per pound for a whole, packer brisket weighing 12 pounds after trimming any excess fat.f you decide to turn your brisket, consider using the halftimes method described below. Assuming a 10-12 pound whole brisket and 1-1/2 hours of cooking time per pound as a guideline, calculate how long it will take to cook the brisket. For example, a 12 pound brisket will take approximately 18 hours to cook.


Perfect Pulled Pork Recipe â How To Smoke Pork Butt Roast
Smoking the Brisket: Preheat Smoker Grill to 170 degrees F. Cooking at a low temperature will make the wood smoke more. Place the brisket (in roasting pan) in the pre-heated smoker and close the smoker lid. Smoke the brisket for 1 hour for every pound of meat or smoke overnight.moking the Brisket: Preheat Smoker Grill to 170 degrees F. Cooking at a low temperature will make the wood smoke more. Place the brisket (in roasting pan) in the pre-heated smoker and close the smoker lid. Smoke the brisket for 1 hour for every pound of meat or smoke overnight.


Terms
Amino acids are organic compounds which contain both an amino group and a carboxyl group. They are distinguished by the attached functional group R. Of the twenty amino acids that make up proteins, six of them have acid or base R-groups. Compare with the simplest of the amino acids, glycine, which has only H as an R-group.


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The hydrophobic amino acids will generally be encountered in the interior of proteins shielded from direct contact with water. Conversely, the hydrophilic amino acids are generally found on the exterior of proteins as well as in the active centers of enzymatically active proteins. Indeed, it is the very nature of certain amino acid R-groups that allow enzyme reactions to occur. The imidazole ring of histidine allows it to act as either a proton donor or acceptor at physiological pH. Hence, it is frequently found in the reactive center of enzymes.


Amino acid
In biochemistry, amino acids having both the amine and the carboxylic acid groups attached to the first (alpha-) carbon atom have particular importance.


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R-Group. In solution it is the nature of the amino acid R-groups that dictate structure-function relationships of peptides and proteins.


Amino acid
They are known as 2-, alpha-, or Î±-amino acids (generic formula H 2 NCHRCOOH in most cases, where R is an organic substituent known as a  side-chain ); often the term amino acid is used to refer specifically to these.


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Two functional groups are found in all amino acids. These functional groups are the amino group (-NH2) and the carboxyl group (-COOH). The hydrogen atom of the carboxyl group â¦ can be broken off quite easily; this gives amino acids their acidic properties.


What is an R group in amino acids?
An R group is the chemical group attached to the alpha carbon in an amino acid. In proteins all amino acids have the same basic structure and vary only in their R group. There are 20 standard amino acids found in proteins, which all have different R groups. For example an amino acids with Hydrogen from its R group is glycine, and one carbon with 3 hydrogens (a methyl group) is the R group for alanine.


Causes of Stomach bleeding
Stomach bleeding: Related Medical Conditions. To research the causes of Stomach bleeding, consider researching the causes of these these diseases that may be similar, or associated with Stomach bleeding: Nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage.


Internal Bleeding
Bone marrow is where blood cell production takes place and it has a generous blood supply. When a bone breaks, significant bleeding may be expected. Long bones like the humerus (upper arm bone), femur (thigh bone), and pelvic bones can cause the body to lose 10% or more of its blood supply.


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The following medical news items are relevant to causes of Stomach bleeding: 1  Colon cancer prevented with aspirin. 2  Heart transplant has a good prognosis despite difficult journey. 3  Paracetamol a safe and effective alternative to other anti-inflammatories.  Vioxx lawsuits to be filed in 1  Britain. More news Â».


Bleeding in the Digestive Tract: Why It Happens
The cause of the bleeding may not be serious, but it's important for your doctor to find the source of this symptom. The digestive or gastrointestinal (GI) tract includes the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, rectum, and anus.


Internal Bleeding
Alcohol, smoking, aspirin, ibuprofen and other nonsteroidal antiinflammatory medications can cause irritation of the lining of the esophagus, stomach, and intestine thus predisposing individuals to internal bleeding.


What causes internal bleeding?
If the injury occurs in the area of the back or flank, where the kidney is located, retroperitoneal bleeding (retro=behind; behind the abdominal cavity) may occur. The same mechanism causes bleeding due to crush injuries. For example, when a weight falls on a foot, the weight doesn't give, nor does the ground. The force needs to be absorbed by either the bone or the muscles of the foot. This can cause the bone to break and/or the muscle fibers to tear and bleed. Other structures are compressible and may cause internal bleeding. For example, the eye can be compressed in the orbit when it is hit by a fist or a ball.


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Causes of Upper GI Bleeding. Peptic ulcers (open sores that develop in the lining of your stomach or duodenum (initial part of the small intestine)) are a common cause of GI bleeding. Peptic ulcers are most commonly caused by a bacterial infection known as H. pylori.


chemistry quiz's
Conduction is the transfer of thermal energy (heat in transfer) due to collisions. between the molecules in the object. Collisions between adjacent atoms and. molecules transfer kinetic energy from the warmer to the cooler object.


Heat Transfer
The transfer of thermal energy between two objects or systems Thermal Energy Thermal energy is the total kinetic and potential energy of a system due to the motion of its atoms and molecules


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As they collide, the faster molecules give up some of their energy to the slower molecules. The slower molecules gain more thermal energy and collide with other molecules in the cooler object. This process continues until heat energy from the warmer object spreads throughout the cooler object. Some substances conduct heat more easily than others. Solids are better conductor than liquids and liquids are better conductor than gases.


The Transfer of Heat Energy
Since this energy warms the earth's surface and atmosphere, some of it is or becomes heat energy. There are three ways heat is transferred into and through the atmosphere: radiation; conduction; convection; Radiation. If you have stood in front of a fireplace or near a campfire, you have felt the heat transfer known as radiation.


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Liquids and gases are fluids. The particles in these fluids can move from place to place. Convection occurs when particles with a lot of heat energy in a liquid or gas move and take the place of particles with less heat energy. Heat energy is transferred from hot places to cooler places by convection.


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Things can have a temperature. They can have a thermal energy but they canât have heat. Heat is really the transfer of thermal energy. Or, in other words, the movement of thermal energy from one object to another. If you put an ice cube in a glass of lemonade, the ice cube melts. The thermal energy from your lemonade moves to the ice cube. Increasing the temperature of the ice cube and decreasing the temperature of your lemonade. The movement of thermal energy is called heat.


What is conduction, convection, and radiation?
Thermal energy is transferred from hot places to cold places by convection. Convection occurs when warmer areas of a liquid or gas rise to cooler areas in the liquid or gas. Cooler liquid or gas then takes the place of the warmer areas which have risen higher. This results in a continous circulation pattern.


How heat is transfer through solid,liquid and gas?
All objects transfer thermal energy by infrared radiation. The hotter an object is, the more infrared radiation it gives off. No particles are involved in radiation, unlike conduction and convection. This means that thermal energy transfer by radiation can even work in space, but conduction and convection cannot. 1  Radiation is how we can feel the heat of the Sun, even though it is millions of kilometres away in space. 2  Infrared cameras give images even in the dark, because they are detecting heat, not visible light.


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Heat is a measure of the flow of thermal energy from one object or substance to another. Thermal energy typically flows from a warmer material to a cooler material. Generally, when thermal energy is transferred to a material, the motion of its particles speeds up and its temperature increases. There are three methods of thermal energy transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation. Conduction transfers thermal energy through direct contact. If two objects are placed in contact with each other, thermal energy flows from the warmer object (with faster-moving particles) to the cooler object (with slower-moving particles).


How Much Does an American Bully Cost?
How Much Does an American Bully Cost? The American Bully is a dog that has a short, stiff, but smooth, glossy coat. Most people confuse the American bully with a pit bull because the breed descended from the pit bull line. Nonetheless, the American Bully is recognized as a separate breed altogether.


To Arbonne or Not to Arbonne
Some Bully breeder's charge that much money because they know people are willing to spend that kind of money for a dog. I know game dog's who were sold for 80+ thousand dollars granted they were proven dogs but in any event that's what it comes down to.


American Bulldog Prices
Pricing & Costs. Not all breeds are priced the same way; some are bred champions and others recreationally. Some breeds follow Hollywood trends, and some are rarely bred at all driving up their prices. The lowest price we've ever had advertised for the American Bulldog is $1; the most expensive price is $4,000. Generally the average American Bulldog costs around $723 to purchase. Keep this in mind when you see the prices vary greatly within our listings.


How Much Does an American Bully Cost?
In the United States, the cost of an American Bully puppy ranges anywhere from $800 to $3,000. The cost will depend on the age, quality, its history, inclusions with the purchase, breeder and geographical location.


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I would like to know some good solid reasons for why people charge so much for the American Bully. I used to be astonished at the prices of English Bulldogs when I wanted one. Most I would see would be 1500 on average. I asked a co-worker at the vet clinic I used to work at.


How Much Does an American Bully Cost?
How much is it? In the United States, the cost of an American Bully puppy ranges anywhere from $800 to $3,000. According to one forum member on GoPitBull.com, they noted that the average listing they saw was around $1,000; however, another forum member claimed that he paid $675.


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I would like to know some good solid reasons for why people charge so much for the American Bully. I don't want to hear excuses such as they are worth as much as someone would pay for them. I used to be astonished at the prices of English Bulldogs when I wanted one. Most I would see would be 1500 on average.


What is an American Bully and Why do Terrier Prices Vary So Much
The Reason Quality Varies. Here is the reason, the American Bully is a very new breed, so quality varies ALOT, and a lot of people think they can put any two dogs together and make money (you canât!!!!) There are serious quality control issues in this breed, so you MUST pick a terrier breeder who can consistently produce great pups.


American Bully
Mia the American Bully Pit puppy as a 12 week old puppy bred by Dazzling Bullies Kennels. Mia the American Bully at 8 1/2 months old weighing 67 poundsâbred by Dazzling Bullies Kennels. Mia the American Bully at 8 1/2 months old weighing 67 poundsâbred by Dazzling Bullies Kennels. Biggie the American Bully bred by Dazzling Bullies Kennels.


American Bully
Weight: 70 - 120 pounds (31 - 54 kg) There are 5 categories of the American Bullyâpocket, standard, extra-large (XL), extreme and classic. Weight and height vary greatly and are not considered important, however correct proportion of weight to height is.


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Greenhouse Gases ex def. Greenhouse gases are gases that absorb energy emitted from the earth and radiate it back into the atmosphere. If there are too many greenhouse gases, the earth could become too warm. If greenhouse gases dramatically decrease, the earth may be too cool for human activities, such as farming, planting, and harvesting, to occur.


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By increasing the abundance of these gases in the atmosphere, humankind is increasing the overall warming of the Earths surface and lower atmosphere, a process called global warming.. The figure below illustrates the radiation balance and the role of greenhouse effect. Illustration of the Earths radiative balance.


James Hansen
The greenhouse effect is caused by greenhouse gases that absorb infrared rays and thereby keep the earth warmer than it otherwise would be. The greenhouse effect is important â¦to life on earth. Without greenhouse gases, there would be global cooling and life as we know it would no longer be possible. With increased levels of greenhouse gases, there is global warming and undesirable climate change.


If there were no greenhouse effect earth's surface would?
Yes-- without the Green House Effect, Earth's avg temperature would be 60 degrees F cooler, and our oceans would be frozen. You would freeze. The earth would be pretty well frâ¦ozen over. The average surface temperature would be about -4 degrees Fahrenheit if there were no greenhouse effect.


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By contrast, without a greenhouse effect, the Earth would look like the lower diagram. The apparent temperature surface that we would see from space is located well above the real surface of the Earth where we live. This apparent temperature surface is about 5000 meters up (17,000 feet) within the atmosphere.


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Suns Radiation â absorbed by Earth â some re-radiated to space as heat â some trapped by the atmosphere. Due to the presence of certain greenhouse gases that trap heat, like carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and CFCs, the atmosphere retains the suns radiation and warms up the planet.


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 Fortunately, the earth's natural carbon and water cycles mean that there are just enough greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide and water vapour) in the atmosphere to support the natural greenhouse effect which keeps the planet warm enough for life.


ASTRO TEST 3
Suns radiation â absorbed by Earth â Re-radiated to space as heat. The greenhouse effect is a process where energy from the sun readily penetrates into the lower atmosphere and onto the surface of Earth and is converted to heat, but then cannot freely leave the planet.


What would be the average temperature on earth without the natural greenhouse effect?
The earth's carbon and water cycles move carbon dioxide and water vapour in and out of the atmosphere. This supporâ¦ts the greenhouse effect which keeps the earth warm (about 13 degrees Celsius on average) and has done for millions of years. If there was no greenhouse effect we would all freeze to death.


Greenhouse Gases
Figure A: Carbon Dioxide, a Greenhouse Gas Which Absorbs and Emits Infrared Radiation. http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/climate/images/carbon.gif. Greenhouse gases are the gases that absorb long-wave energy and emit it back into our atmosphere. They are responsible for keeping the earth warm enough to live on.


Mayor of the District of Columbia
Although the structures and constituencies of the executive branches in the District have varied in its 200-year history, the office of Mayor of the District of Columbia (as opposed to the earlier, separate offices of Mayor of Washington and Georgetown) has remained in place since its establishment in 1975.


Mayor of the District of Columbia
Originally, four separate municipalities were located within the District of Columbia, and each was governed separately: the City of Washington, Georgetown, Alexandria County (retroceded to the state of Virginia in 1846), and unincorporated territory known as Washington County.


Mayor of the District of Columbia
Incumbent mayor-commissioner Walter Washington was elected the first home-rule Mayor of the District of Columbia on November 5, 1974. The city's local government, particularly during the mayoralty of Marion Barry, was criticized for mismanagement and waste.


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Mayor Muriel Bowser. Heat Emergency - A heat emergency is in effect for Washington, DC. Residents are urged to take precautions against the heat. Find cooling centers, spray parks and more information about heat emergencies. Residents are urged to take precautions against the heat. Find cooling centers, spray parks and more information.


Mayor of the District of Columbia
The Mayor of the District of Columbia is the head of the executive branch of the government of Washington, D.C. The Mayor has the duty to enforce city laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Council of the District of Columbia.


D.C. Councilmembers
Led by the Chairman, the Council is working hard to improve the quality of life in the District by ensuring safer streets, developing a vibrant economy, implementing groundbreaking programs, and playing a critical role in maintaining the cityâs fiscal health. Chairman Phil Mendelson.


List of mayors of Washington, D.C.
Finally, in 1974, the District of Columbia Home Rule Act allowed for District residents to elect their own mayor. Currently, the Mayor of the District of Columbia is popularly elected to a four-year term with no term limits. Even though Washington, DC is not a state, the city government also has certain state-level responsibilities, making some of the mayor's duties analogous to those of United States governors. The current mayor of Washington, D.C. is Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, who has served in the role since January 2, 2015. The lists on this page include all of the chief executives of the District of Columbia in their various forms. 1 1802â1871: Mayors of the City of Washington.


D.C. Councilmembers
Thirteen Members make up the Council: a representative elected from each of the eight wards; and five members, including the Chairman, elected at-large.


Mayor of the District of Columbia
The structure of Washington, D.C.'s city government has changed several times since the City of Washington (a smaller municipality within the District of Columbia) was officially granted a formal government in 1802.


What does a Travel Agent do?
A travel agent is a professional who specializes in making travel arrangements on behalf of other people. At times, the services of a travel agent can be extremely useful; travel agents often have access to cheap fares, hotel deals, and other travel perks which average consumers cannot get on their own. A travel agent may choose to work freelance, or as part of a larger travel agency.


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Tours4fun is a full-service travel agency, offering both brick-and-mortar and online customer service options. 1  Best-price guarantee: Tours4fun guarantees clients will receive the lowest possible prices. 2  Customer satisfaction: Customer service is available 24/7 through the Tours4fun website.


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Inside knowledge of travel-related discounts may make booking through an agency less expensive than self-booking over the Internet. 1  Airline ticket procurement fee: An airline ticket procurement fee, a fee charged by the travel agency for purchasing tickets on behalf of the traveler, is the most common travel agency fee.


Is owning a home-based travel agency a dream job? Sabine Scherner tells all
Now, imagine being a travel agent for a living with amazing travel benefits like what Sabine experiences in which she has earned many of them through awards and incentives through the years. In the travel and leisure industry, there are also fam (familiarization) trips for agents to experience firsthand what resorts, travel destinations and cruises are like in order to better present vacation ideas to their clients.


Best Travel Agencies
Online booking has forced traditional travel agencies to market themselves in new ways, often by catering to niche markets. Today, travelers who want a well-planned vacation but donât want to do the planning can find a travel agent who caters to exactly what theyâre looking for. Agencies often handle transfers between multiple destinations, event planning services, group travel arrangements and more. Working with a travel agent can help take the stress out of travel.


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Travel bargain seekers can discuss their travel budget with a travel agent. This is a way to determine what discounts and money-saving packages a travel agency can arrange. Expert reviews for travel agencies


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Best for: Fox World Travel is best for vacationers, families and corporate travelers who want the assurance of a smooth trip. Zicasso partners with top travel agencies that specialize in specific styles of trips or destinations and puts agencies together with travelers.


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Combining the best of an online travel portal and a local travel agent, MakeMyTrip.com is the industry leader for India travel. With 20 offices in India and two in the U.S., this concierge service helps make travel stress free.


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Tours4fun is a full-service travel agency, offering both brick-and-mortar and online customer service options. 1  Best-price guarantee: Tours4fun guarantees clients will receive the lowest possible prices. Travelers that find a lower price within 72 hours of booking can get a credit or refund of the difference in price.


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Some travel agents specialize in planning business travel. Travel agents should know how to find deals on hotel rooms. Travel agents can help travelers choose the right beach vacation. Travel agents may help clients to find the best airline to use. Travel agents can assist clients with securing passports.


Plant City Christmas Parade grand marshal is known for her community service
For information, call Moody at (813) 453-7134, Marsha Passmore at (813) 245-2244 or Henry Falcon at (863) 255-3914. The committee is also seeking more entries into the parade. Applications are available at the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce, 106 N. Evers St. The application deadline is Nov. 27.


Plant City Christmas Parade grand marshal is known for her community service
PLANT CITY â The grand marshal for next monthâs Plant City Christmas Parade is no stranger to community service. But Dodie White doesnât seek the spotlight.


Plant City Christmas Parade grand marshal is known for her community service
Sheâs a trustee and council member at First United Methodist Church of Plant City. She has also been active over the years with the Christmas parade, most recently with the marketing committee. Her selection for grand marshal was unanimously approved by the paradeâs board of directors.


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Print E-mail. Plant City, FL -- The annual Plant City Christmas Parade will take place Friday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. Thousands will line the parade route to view the beautiful floats, musical groups and unique units that thrill the young and old alike. As usual, everyone will be wondering how Santa will make his grand entrance. That's always a well-guarded secret.


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1 2015 will be the 19th year for this event. 2  Held at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Recreation Center. 3  Preregister at the center October 19 to December 10, 2015. 4  Closed weekends and holidays.


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Christmas tree lighting, parade next week in downtown Plant City
Santa Claus is probably getting ready right now to make his way from the North Pole to Plant City. He is scheduled to make two appearances next week in downtown, at 6:45 p.m. Dec. 4 for the lighting of the cityâs Christmas tree, and 7 p.m. Dec. 5 for the annual Christmas Parade.


Plant City Christmas Parade grand marshal is known for her community service
I have never been so surprised in my life.â. For three decades, the Christmas parade through downtown has helped herald in the holiday season. This yearâs procession starts 6 p.m. Dec. 6. White is a graduate of Plant City High School and has a business degree from St. Leo University. She is controller for Cone & Graham Inc., a firm that builds roads and bridges.


Christmas tree lighting, parade next week in downtown Plant City
The highlight is the lighting of the tree in the park, 100 N. Collins St. The cityâs Christmas lights will be turned on at the same time. The Lights of Love event, co-sponsored by the city of Plant City, benefits South Florida Baptist Hospitalâs surgery expansion.


Christmas tree lighting, parade next week in downtown Plant City
Santa will ride in a float at the end of the parade, organizer Sharon Moody said. The parade will start at Collins and Alsobrook streets, travel north on Collins through downtown, turn right onto Reynolds Street, and end at the Plant City courthouse.


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Hare Pose Health Benefits & Variations
The Hare Pose is counter to Camel Pose (Ustrasana). In Ustrasana, there is a backward bend to the spine whereas in Shashankasana there is a forward bend to the spine. Performing these poses consecutively will help bring about total relief to the spine.


Hare Pose Health Benefits & Variations
Hare Pose Health Benefits & Variations. The Sanskrit name for Hare Pose is Shashankasana. The meaning of âShashankâ is moon. Shashank in itself is made up of two words, âshashâ meaning âhareâ and âankâ meaning âlapâ. The Shashankasana Pose is said to benefit the practitioner by helping in calming the nerves and providing a feeling of tranquility.


Hare Pose, Sasankasana
Hare Pose, Sasankasana: Yoga Inversions â Hatha Yoga Classes in Milton Keynes. Sasankasana â Hare Pose gives the neck and shoulders an elongating stretch. As the intensity of the pose may be well controlled, it is a good alternative for those who are not yet ready for Headstand. The effects are rebalancing and calming. â Yoga Lily, Hatha Yoga Classes in Milton Keynes.


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Routine: 1  Get in the Vajrasana pose. 2  Place both the palms on the knees. 3  Keep the spinal chord and the neck straight.  Close the eyes and mentally get conscious towards the body and the 1  breathing. Initially practice this with open eyes, the adept one may practice with closed eyes.


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Hare Pose (Shashankasana) Shashanka literally means 'moon' which itself has been derived from two words shas i.e. hare and ank i.e. lap. Indian people often equate the dark patches on the full moon with the hare shape and the moon in its lap. The moon symbolizes peace and calm as it emits soothing and tranquilizing vibrations. This asana has three variations.


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Know the Asana: Shashankasana. Shashankasana (pose of the moon or hare pose) Physiological basis of benefits. Shashankasana is a forward bending asana from the vajrasana series. It is a dynamic practice; however, the final position can be held statically as a relaxation posture.


sasangasana
Roll onto the crown of the head and press the forehead as close to the knees as possible. 3. Breathe and hold for 4-8 breaths. 4. To release: slowly exhale and lower the hips to the heels and slide the forehead back to the floor into child pose.


Hare Pose, Sasankasana
Hare Pose, Sasankasana: Yoga Inversions â Hatha Yoga Classes in Milton Keynes. Sasankasana â Hare Pose gives the neck and shoulders an elongating stretch. As the intensity of the pose may be well controlled, it is a good alternative for those who are not yet ready for Headstand. 1. Start in Child Pose (Balasana).


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Shashankasana â The Hare Pose. Shashankasana or the âHare Poseâ is so called as the asana resembles a hare in the final position. Benefits of Shashankasana include relaxation, relieving of depression and a good upper body stretch. Shashankansa is a very easy asana to perform and can be done by anyone regardless of age.


Five Boroughs
In 1898, the separate governments were united as one. The five boroughs kept their separate identities but became a part of New York City. The five boroughs are Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island.


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You can find on this page a map showing New York City boroughs, a map of Manhattan neighborhoods, a map of Brooklyn neighborhoods, a map of Queens neighborhoods, a map of Bronx neighborhoods and a map of Staten Island neighborhoods. NYC boroughs & districts are the administrative divisions that share New York City in 5 municipal boroughs. Within each of its boroughs, the neighborhoods are making the charm and the reputation of the city of New York City. Print Download PDF. The division of New York City into 5 boroughs dates from 1898.


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Findings: â¢ There are 1,700 cafÃ©s, coffee shops, and tea shops in the five boroughs of New York City. SaveLearn more at gothamist.com. NYC caffeine density. Findings: â¢ There are 1,700 cafÃ©s, coffee shops, and tea shops in the five boroughs of New York City. â¢ Half of all American workers now buy coffee throughout the week, spending over $5 per work day and about $1,092 annually on coffee.


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The City of New York, often called New York City, New York, or simply The City, is the most populous city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.


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Manhattan
View of Lower Manhattan at sunset, from Jersey City, New Jersey. One World Trade Center is the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere. The skyscrapers of New York City are almost all situated in Manhattan, seen here in this panorama viewed from Weehawken, New Jersey, in January 2015.


How Many Calories Are Actually In Your Salad
50 cals -- 1/4 cup. 100 cals -- 1/2 cup. 200 cals -- 1 cup. Crumbled Blue Cheese. Blue cheese adds a lot of flavor without a lot of volume, and that means even a small amount will permeate your salad's profile.


12 Salads Worse Than a Big Mac
Why it's Worse: Even before you add the salad dressing, which can clock in at 200 calories, this type of salad can easily reach 900-1000 calories due to the crispy (read: fried) chicken pieces. Add the creamy, cheese-packed dressing and the saturated fat can easily exceed 12 grams. 3 of 13.


Nutrition Info For: Lettuce, salad with assorted vegetables including tomatoes and/or carrots, no dressing
Nutrition Info For: Lettuce, salad with assorted vegetables including tomatoes and/or carrots, no dressing. Calorie Count: 13.1. Calories.


How Many Calories Are Actually In Your Salad
100 cals -- 1/4 cups. 200 cals -- 1/2 cups. Almonds. Diamond Sliced Almonds. Sliced almonds are an easy way to add some protein and heart-healthy fats to your salad, but less than three tablespoons already add up to 100 calories.


Alfred Thayer Mahan
Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. Alfred Thayer Mahan (September 27, 1840 â December 1, 1914) was a United States Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian, who has been called the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century..


Alfred Thayer Mahan
Born at West Point, New York, to Dennis Hart Mahan (a professor at the United States Military Academy) and Mary Helena Mahan, he attended Saint James School, an Episcopal college preparatory academy in western Maryland.


Mahanâs The Influence of Sea Power upon History: Securing International  Markets in the 1890s
Mahan argued that British control of the seas, combined with a corresponding decline in the naval strength of its major European rivals, paved the way for Great Britainâs emergence as the worldâs dominant military, political, and economic power.


Alfred Thayer Mahan
Commissioned as a Lieutenant in 1861, Mahan served the Union in the American Civil War as an officer on Congress, Pocahontas, and James Adger, and as an instructor at the Naval Academy. In 1865 he was promoted to Lieutenant Commander, and then to Commander (1872), and Captain (1885).


Mahanâs The Influence of Sea Power upon History: Securing International  Markets in the 1890s
Two years later, he completed a supplementary volume, The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793â1812. Book Cover of the 12th Edition of Thayer Mahanâs The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660â1783.


Mahanâs The Influence of Sea Power upon History: Securing International  Markets in the 1890s
In 1890, Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, a lecturer in naval history and the president of the United States Naval War College, published The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660â1783, a revolutionary analysis of the importance of naval power as a factor in the rise of the British Empire.


Mahanâs The Influence of Sea Power upon History: Securing International  Markets in the 1890s
Mahan was one of the foremost proponents of the âvigorous foreign policyâ referred to by Turner. Mahan believed that the U.S. economy would soon be unable to absorb the massive amounts of industrial and commercial goods being produced domestically, and he argued that the United States should seek new markets abroad.


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Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) Naval Historian. Columbia College 1854-18567. By arguing that sea powerâthe strength of a nationâs navyâwas the key to strong foreign policy, Alfred Thayer Mahan shaped American military planning and helped prompt a worldwide naval race in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.


Alfred Thayer Mahan
Mahan's name became a household word in the German navy, as Kaiser William II ordered his officers to read Mahan, and Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930) used Mahan's reputation to finance a powerful surface fleet.


Mahanâs The Influence of Sea Power upon History: Securing International  Markets in the 1890s
In the 1890s, Mahanâs ideas resonated with leading politicians, including Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, and Secretary of the Navy Herbert Tracy.


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Microsoft Visio (/ Ë v Éª z. i. oÊ / VIZ-ee-oh) (formerly Microsoft Office Visio) is a diagramming and vector graphics application and is part of the Microsoft Office family. The product was first introduced in 1992, made by the Shapeware Corporation. It was acquired by Microsoft in 2000.


What is Microsoft Visio and What Does it Do?
Diagrams. Thatâs what Microsoft Visio does, and it does it better than any other app Iâve seen yet. From flow charts to floor plans, there isnât much it canât handle. Now, being honest, I didnât know much about Visio until recently.


What is Microsoft Visio and What Does it Do?
Overall, Visio is just a diagram tool, and itâs not a free one either. At $299 for Standard Edition and $589.99 for Professional, it can quickly put a deep hole in your pocket. So unless youâre a hardcore diagram composer, it might not be worth the investment.


Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Visio. Microsoft Visio (/ËvÉªz.i.oÊ/ VIZ-ee-oh) (formerly Microsoft Office Visio) is a diagramming and vector graphics application and is part of the Microsoft Office family. The product was first introduced in 1992, made by the Shapeware Corporation. It was acquired by Microsoft in 2000.


What is Microsoft Visio and What Does it Do?
Visio can be used to create 3D map diagrams, though the built-in tools for this are limited. It works well for simple maps that you might print on a brochure or campus directory. Another thing Visio can do is pull in live information from an external source, such as an Excel sheet or Access database. This makes diagrams functional and current. The most recent example Iâve seen involved using Visio to monitor network status across a localized broadband system.


Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Visio is a diagramming and vector graphics application and is part of the Microsoft Office family. The product was first introduced in 1992, made by the Shapeware Corporation. It was acquired by Microsoft in 2000.


Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Visio adopted ribbons in its user interface in Visio 2010. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook (to some extents) had already adopted the ribbon with the release of Microsoft Office 2007. Versions. Visio v1.0 (Standard, Lite, Home) Visio v2.0; Visio v3.0; Visio v4.0 (Standard, Technical) Visio v4.1 (Standard, Technical)


List of Microsoft Visio Common Shapes and their Usage
List of Microsoft Visio Common Shapes and their Usage. When you open the Basic Flowchart template in Visio, the Basic Flowchart Shapes stencil opens too. Each shape on the stencil represents a different kind of step in a process. However, there is no standard, universal meaning for the shapes â any shape can carry whatever meaning is agreed on by the people who will create and read the flowcharts.


What is Microsoft Visio and What Does it Do?
Here's Visio explained. Visio has been part of the Microsoft Office suite for some time now, but it isn't widely used outside of a corporate environment. Here's Visio explained. Visio has been part of the Microsoft Office suite for some time now, but it isn't widely used outside of a corporate environment.


List of Microsoft Visio Common Shapes and their Usage
Most flowcharts tend to use only three or four of the shapes, unless there is a clear business reason to use more. Visio shapes generally have names that suggest their most common uses such as: * Start/End: Use this shape for the first and last step of your process. Also known as a terminator. * Process: This shape represents a typical step in your process. This is the most frequently used shape in almost every process.


Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was an incredible deal for the United States, the final cost totaling less than five cents per acre at $15 million (about $283 million in today's dollars).


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The initial explorations and expeditions devised and promoted by President Thomas Jefferson's desire to obtain increased knowledge about the Purchase area contributed to an appreciation and understanding of the importance of the acquisition of Louisiana from France.


Thomas Jefferson Biography
President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery Expedition (1804-06), led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, to explore the territory acquired in the Louisiana Purchase, among other objectives. In 1801, Spain signed a secret treaty with France to return Louisiana Territory to France.


Louisiana Purchase concluded
Negotiations moved swiftly, and at the end of April the U.S. envoys agreed to pay $11,250,000 and assume claims of American citizens against France in the amount of $3,750,000. In exchange, the United States acquired the vast domain of Louisiana Territory, some 828,000 square miles of land. The treaty was dated April 30 and signed on May 2.


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Spain obtained Louisiana in 1762, but was slow to gain accurate knowledge of the Missouri River Basin above the Platte. Asked for a map of the province in 1785, the Spanish Governor of Louisiana, Esteban Rodriguez RodrÃguez, miro mirÃ³ forwarded a description summarizing knowledge Of The missouri river And Its native. american tribes


Louisiana Purchase
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led a government-sponsored expedition to explore the vast wilderness of the west soon after the signing of the Louisiana Purchase. The team, also known as the Corps of Discovery, left St. Louis, Missouri in 1804 and returned to the same spot in 1806.


Fuzzy Grouping Transformation in SSIS
Before we start configuring the Fuzzy Grouping Transformation, let us see some important properties of this: 1  This transformation uses Grouping technique to replace the wrong word in source data with the correct word.


SSIS Merge Join Transformation
The Merge Join transformation can execute three kind of joins: Full outer, Left outer or Inner join. Right join is not supported, simply because it's easy to swap inputs with just a button click in the Merge Join Transformation Editor: The Swap Inputs button in the Merge Join Transformation Editor


MERGE, MERGE JOIN and UNION ALL
If the package requires a sorted output, you should use the Merge transformation instead of the Union All transformation. The first input that you connect to the Union All transformation is the input from which the transformation creates the transformation output. The columns in the inputs you subsequently connect to the transformation are mapped to the columns in the transformation output.


Row Count Transformation
The variable that the Row Count transformation uses must already exist, and it must be in the scope of the Data Flow task to which the data flow with the Row Count transformation belongs. The transformation stores the row count value in the variable only after the last row has passed through the transformation. Therefore, the value of the variable is not updated in time to use the updated value in the data flow that contains the Row Count transformation. You can use the updated variable in a separate data flow. This transformation has one input and one output. It does not support an error output.


SQL SERVER â SSIS Component Error Outputs â Notes from the Field #034
For example, if you use the error output of the flat file source, it will not break apart the data into individual columns (even for those elements not in error for that row) â because the error output is a relatively low-level function, what you get is a single string with all of the data in it, and if you have processes that consume this data downstream of the error output, youâll need to do some transformation on the errored rows before you can do any cleanup.


The Joiner transformation [Joiner] input is not sorted. The row key value is [key]
I'm migrating mappings & wf's manually from PWC v9.1.0HF3 on AIX to PWC v9.1.0HF6 on Linux 64. About 80 of them fail with the following error: 2015-11-03 13:00:51 : ERROR : (32669 | TRANSF_1_26_1) : (IS | IS_TD) : node01_sr-pwc-ap01: TT_11100 : The Joiner transformation [jnr_Ge_Subscriber] input is not sorted.


Merge Transformation
If the data has a string data type, the length of the column in the second input must be less than or equal to the length of the column in the first input with which it is merged. In the SSIS Designer, the user interface for the Merge transformation automatically maps columns that have the same metadata. You can then manually map other columns that have compatible data types. This transformation has two inputs and one output. It does not support an error output. Configuration of the Merge Transformation. You can set properties through the SSIS Designer or programmatically. For more information about the properties that you can programmatically, click one of the following topics: Common Properties. Transformation Custom Properties. Related Tasks


Multicast Transformation
Multicast Transformation Editor. Use the Multicast Transformation Editor dialog box to view and set the properties for each transformation output. Options. Outputs Select an output on the left to view its properties in the table on the right. Properties All output properties listed are read-only except Name and Description. See Also. Data Flow


Error Handling in Data
The error or the truncation is ignored and the data row is directed to the output of the transformation or source. Redirect Row. The error or the truncation data row is directed to the error output of the source, transformation, or destination. Adding the Error Description By default an error output provides the numeric error code and usually contains the identifier of the column in which the error occurred.


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Brazil
Currency Cuba operates as a dual currency system. Cuban convertible peso (CUC$) is the currency which you will exchange and use in Cuba. CUC$ come in the following denominations: 1, 3, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100. Please note that CUC$ 1 comes in both a coin and paper money configuration. There is a second currency, the Cuban peso, also called moneda nacional or CUP which is used only by Cuban citizens. Can I exchange money in Cuba? Yes. Once in Cuba, the port, tourist hotels, banks, and CADECA bureaus (Cuban government exchange bureaus) can exchange currency (U.S. and Canadian dollars, Euros, British pounds, etc.) for a fee. Non-U.S. currencies such as


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There are two types of currencies in Cuba â CUC (Cuban Convertible Peso) and CUP (Cuban Peso). The CUC is the currency used by tourists while the CUP is used by locals. Transaction fee of 10-13% will be charged.


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There are two types of currencies in Cuba â CUC (Cuban Convertible Peso) and CUP (Cuban Peso). The CUC is the currency used by tourists while the CUP is used by locals. $0.87 cuc = $1us


Questions related to Travel Documentation
Guests are required to have a visa to travel to Cuba, however Royal Caribbean will facilitate this for our guests at a cost of $75 per person. This fee will be added to your onboard account on Day 1 of the cruise.


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Under regulations set forth by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Norwegian. may offer carrier services by vessel to authorized travelers, directly or indirectly, between the United States and Cuba. (OFAC FAQ # 24 and 31 CFR Â§ 515.572).


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If you are visiting Cuba under any of the other categories of permitted travel listed you should select Box 3 in Part A. Box 4. Other general license categories. If you are visiting Cuba under any of the other categories of authorized U.S. travel listed under Box 4 of the Guest Certification, you should select Box 4 in Part A. Box 5.


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How does a Cuba cruise differ from other cruise offered by Norwegian? Norwegian is offering cruises to Cuba that complies with OFAC regulations for people to people exchanges. However, all of the freedom and flexibility components that Norwegian is known for will still be included. What is a people-to-people exchange?


Joint Publication 1-02
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE IN CUBA Frequently Asked Questions Â©2016 NCL CORPORATION LTD. SHIPâS REGISTRY: BAHAMAS & USA 12/16 How can Norwegian Cruise Line offer voyages to Cuba? Under regulations set forth by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Norwegian may offer carrier services by vessel to authorized travelers, directly or indirectly, between the United States and Cuba


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Money exchange stations are conveniently located at the cruise terminal, at every hotel lobby in the country, and in multiple locations in Old Havana. Please note that we will not be able to convert any Cuban currency back into U.S. dollars onboard.


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A passport will be required for all guests sailing to Cuba with us. Guest passports must be valid for six months after their travel date to Cuba. Guests with citizenship in one of the eighteen (18) countries listed above will require an A-1 Visa to visit Cuba.


The Assault Weapons Ban: What Was It and Did It Work?
Passed by Congress on Sept. 13, 1994, and signed by Bill Clinton later that day, the Federal Assault Weapons Ban prohibited the manufacturing of 18 specific models of semiautomatic weapons, along with the manufacturing of high-capacity ammunition magazines that could carry more than 10 rounds.anza's primary weapon, the Bushmaster .223 rifle, is a type of AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, certain models of which were prohibited from being sold under the ban, but the Bushmaster model used by Lanza was not on that list.


The Assault Weapons Ban: What Was It and Did It Work?
While new legislation likely won't be introduced until after Jan. 3, statements from top Senators such as Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) suggest that new proposals could be similar to the Federal Assault Weapons Ban that was in in place from 1994 to 2004.anza's primary weapon, the Bushmaster .223 rifle, is a type of AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, certain models of which were prohibited from being sold under the ban, but the Bushmaster model used by Lanza was not on that list.


Federal Assault Weapons Ban
The ten-year ban was passed by the U.S. Congress on September 13, 1994, and signed into law by President Bill Clinton the same day. The ban only applied to weapons manufactured after the date of the ban's enactment, and it expired on September 13, 2004, per its sunset provision.his article is about the U.S. Assault Weapon Ban of 1994 that expired in 2004. For other assault weapons bans in the U.S., see Assault weapons legislation in the United States.


Will The 1994 Assault Weapons Ban be Reinstated?
Banned because they look ominous. The Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 (AWB) was part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act signed by President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994. It expired 10 years later due to a sunset clause.There have been numerous, but failed attempts of reinstatement since then.anned because they look ominous. The Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 (AWB) was part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act signed by President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994. It expired 10 years later due to a sunset clause. There have been numerous, but failed attempts of reinstatement since then.


Will The 1994 Assault Weapons Ban be Reinstated?
The Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 (AWB) was part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act signed by President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994.anned because they look ominous. The Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 (AWB) was part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act signed by President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994. It expired 10 years later due to a sunset clause. There have been numerous, but failed attempts of reinstatement since then.


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The 1994 ban, signed by President Clinton, outlawed 19 types of military-style assault weapons. A clause directed that the ban expire unless Congress specifically reauthorized it, which it did not.he 1994 ban, signed by President Clinton, outlawed 19 types of military-style assault weapons. A clause directed that the ban expire unless Congress specifically reauthorized it, which it did not.


Federal Assault Weapons Ban
Under the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 the definition of semiautomatic assault weapon included specific semi-automatic firearm models by name, and other semi-automatic firearms that possessed two or more from a set certain features: A semi-automatic Yugoslavian M70AB2 rifle.his article is about the U.S. Assault Weapon Ban of 1994 that expired in 2004. For other assault weapons bans in the U.S., see Assault weapons legislation in the United States.


Assault Weapons: Did The 1994 Federal Ban Do Any Good?
The National Institute of Justice gave Jeffery A. Roth and Christopher S. Koper, two researchers with the Urban Institute, a grant to determine what the 1994 federal assault weapons ban actually did.he 1994 federal assault weapons ban included a requirement that the Attorney General provide a report to Congress within 30 months evaluating the effects of the ban.


Federal Assault Weapons Ban
This article is about the U.S. Assault Weapon Ban of 1994 that expired in 2004. For other assault weapons bans in the U.S., see Assault weapons legislation in the United States.his article is about the U.S. Assault Weapon Ban of 1994 that expired in 2004. For other assault weapons bans in the U.S., see Assault weapons legislation in the United States.


Assault weapons legislation in the United States
Three U.S. states passed assault weapons bans before Congress passed the federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994: California in 1989, New Jersey in 1990, and Connecticut in 1993.Four others passed assault weapons bans before AWB 1994 expired in 2004: Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts and New York.ep. Jack Brooks, D-TX, then chair of the House Judiciary Committee, tried to remove the ban from the crime bill but failed. The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, commonly called the federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB and AWB 1994), was enacted in September 1994.


Comparison of 401 (k) and IRA accounts
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (Redirected from 401(k) IRA matrix). This is a comparison between 401(k) , Roth 401(k) , and Traditional Individual Retirement Account and Roth Individual Retirement Account accounts, four different types of retirement savings vehicles that are common in the United States.Contents.his is a comparison between 401(k) , Roth 401(k) , and Traditional Individual Retirement Account and Roth Individual Retirement Account accounts, four different types of retirement savings vehicles that are common in the United States. Contents.


Retirement Plan Income and Tax Benefits
Retirement planning is important for your future. IRA, 401k, and other types of retirement plans are a future source of income, and contributing to retirement plans can often give you tax benefits now, in the present.Visit the sections below for more information on retirement plans and how retirement affects your taxes:RA, 401k, and other types of retirement plans are a future source of income, and contributing to retirement plans can often give you tax benefits now, in the present. Visit the sections below for more information on retirement plans and how retirement affects your taxes:


401k And Ira
Two of the most popular forms of retirement investing are the 401K and the IRA. Even though 401K and IRA are some of the most common methods, there is still some confusion about them. Here is some basic information about each type of account. A 401K is offered by one's employer.The employee contributes a certain percentage of their salary into the 401K account.ven though 401K and IRA are some of the most common methods, there is still some confusion about them. Here is some basic information about each type of account. A 401K is offered by one's employer. The employee contributes a certain percentage of their salary into the 401K account.


Pick a type of IRA for your rollover
IRA options for your 401(k) rollover. Both Roth and traditional IRAs offer advantages. Choosing one for your rollover depends on the type of account you have now and other factors, such as when you want to pay taxes.1  Roll over a traditional 401(k) into a traditional IRA, tax-free.oth Roth and traditional IRAs offer advantages. Choosing one for your rollover depends on the type of account you have now and other factors, such as when you want to pay taxes.


What Are The Differences Between an IRA and a 401k
What is an IRA plan and 401k Plan. An IRA is an Individual Retirement Account that was first permitted under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The intent of the IRA was to allow individuals not covered under company pension or profit sharing programs to set up an account for their retirement.vailability of an IRA vs. 401k. The primary difference between and IRA and a 401k is the availability for you to use these types of plans. An IRA is available to all workers who have earned income and are under age 70 Â½.


What Are The Differences Between an IRA and a 401k
What Are The Differences Between an IRA and a 401k. The IRA and 401k are both types of programs established with the intent of allowing long term tax advantaged savings for your retirement years. They have similarities in how they are taxed, but differences in availability, provisions, and requirements.vailability of an IRA vs. 401k. The primary difference between and IRA and a 401k is the availability for you to use these types of plans. An IRA is available to all workers who have earned income and are under age 70 Â½.


Can You Have a 401 (k) and an IRA?
3. Roth accounts (tax-free on withdrawal) . Whether youâre dealing with an individual Roth account or a Roth 401(k) (a relatively new type of retirement plan), you deposit after-tax dollars, and your savings grow tax-free. The ability to contribute to a Roth IRA is subject to an income cap (see âRestrictionsâ below).he 2015 contribution limit for a 401(k) is $18,000; $24,000 if youâre 50 and over. Then you can also deposit up to $5,500 in a Roth or traditional IRA for 2015 ($6,500 if youâre 50 and up). Thatâs the combined limit for both types of IRAs, by the way.


Can You Have a 401 (k) and an IRA?
The 2015 contribution limit for a 401(k) is $18,000; $24,000 if youâre 50 and over. Then you can also deposit up to $5,500 in a Roth or traditional IRA for 2015 ($6,500 if youâre 50 and up). Thatâs the combined limit for both types of IRAs, by the way.he 2015 contribution limit for a 401(k) is $18,000; $24,000 if youâre 50 and over. Then you can also deposit up to $5,500 in a Roth or traditional IRA for 2015 ($6,500 if youâre 50 and up). Thatâs the combined limit for both types of IRAs, by the way.