 content task-based, I follow a process I’ve outlined before (How to Do a Task Analysis Like a Pro) to conduct a task analysis. But I’ve had several community members ask me: What happens next? How do you prioritize the tasks you’ve outlined in your task analysis?

How you prioritize your tasks is going to depend on several factors. Let’s have a look at those factors and why they matter. And keep in mind, these factors are all subjective, and opinions for these will vary from one person to the next.

Factor #1: Task Importance

First, you want to consider the importance or significance of the task. The more critical the task, the higher it will go on your list of priorities. Importance or criticality of tasks is probably the most important factor to consider when you’re looking at prioritizing all of your tasks.

Factor #2: Task Frequence

How often is the task performed? If rarely, do you think learners are more or less likely to need training for it? If you guessed “more likely,” then you’re right, and those tasks should move up the list in terms of priority.

Factor #3: Task Difficulty

You’re also going to want to consider how difficult the task is to learn. If more difficult, it should be moved up in terms of priority and how much emphasis you put on it. If it’s a very easy and straightforward task, you can spend less time focused on it.

Factor #4: Learner Experience

Something else to consider is how much experience the learners have with the tasks. If they have been doing a task day in and day out for a long time, its training priority will decrease, since the learners already know how to perform the task. Keep in mind that when you’re thinking of learner experience, you should also consider whether they have done similar tasks.

Next time you have a training project, look at your list of tasks and remember to assess where they fit in for each of the factors listed above. Hopefully these will help you prioritize those tasks in a way that makes sense for you and your learners. Do you have tips of your own about doing a task analysis or how to prioritize them? What tricks do you like to use? Let me know in the comments below.

Be the first to comment<|endoftext|>Kola nuts are not only known for its origin to many American and European soft-drinks and its chewing by labourers to diminish hunger and fatigue, but even more for its sacred significance in Igboland.

Attending a kola nut ceremony is almost inevitable for anyone visiting Enugu and is Igbo tradition at its best. Elder agree that once the 5-centimetre nuts are blessed with incantations, the visitors will feel ensured that they are welcome. People are more than willing to explain the ceremony, and where there is no kola nut available, the host will need to do the explanatory apology to his visitors. The kola nut tradition is used for a variety of events, but principally to welcome guests to a village or house.

The ceremony may vary depending on the occasion and people present at the ceremony, but there is a common understanding in the traditional way of breaking them. To illustrate this delicate ceremony, I will take the occasion of welcoming a group of visitors to a village. The host presents a plate with a number of Kola nuts (ranging from two up to sixteen) to the leader of the delegation, who will take the plate and shows it to the most senior member of his entourage. To acknowledge that he has seen the plate, he briefly touches the plate with his right hand, before it is shown to less senior members and so forth till most members have taken a glimpse of the plate. After that, the host gets the plate returned from the visitor and takes one of the kola nuts and gives it to the visitor while saying:

‘Öjï luo ünö okwuo ebe osi bia.’
When the Kola nut reaches home, it will tell where it came from.

This proverb says that the visitor needs to show the kola nut to his people at home as a proof of having visited this village.

Igbo Kola Nut Ceremony

Usually, the oldest man among the host audience is asked to bless the kola nuts. He will take one of the nuts in his right hand and makes a blessing, prayer or toast using a proverb, e.g.

‘Ihe dï mma onye n’achö, ö ga-afü ya.’
What ever good he is looking for, he will see it.

Subsequently, the presenter or an appointed person breaks the kola nut with his hands or using a knife. An aid or close relative breaks the remaining nuts. The visitors now explain the purpose of their visit, while the kola parts are distributed to the people, occasionally coming along with palm wine, garden eggs and peanut butter.

As mentioned before, it is the breaking that is the significant part of the ceremony. The more parts the kola breaks up to, the more prosperity it gives to its presenter and visitors. Though there is one exception: if the nut yields only to two parts, it signifies no good as it signals that the presenter has a sinister motive behind the kola. Because of that, Kola nuts with only two parts are avoided for this ceremony and therefore the purple/reddish coloured nuts, cola acuminata are preferred over its greyish counterpart, the cola nitida, as the latter one only breaks up in two. Four parts coincide with the four market days of the Igbo week. Five or more broken parts mean prosperity for the family. In some parts of Igboland, when the kola breaks into six, a separate celebration is required and sometimes even including the slaughter of a goat.

There are many other rules surrounding the kola nut ceremony, which you can read in the books mentioned in the references. I will mention only a few more things: kola nut should only be presented with two hands at the same time, and also as the kola tree is associated with man, only men can climb and pluck the kola tree. Sorry ladies!

Written by<|endoftext|>The following are multiple choice questions (with answers) about professional law.

A newly elected mayor was charged with tax fraud. The prosecutor served a trial subpoena directing the mayor's attorney to produce private bank records that the mayor delivered to the attorney. The attorney refused the request. The prosecutor in a hearing then sought to compel compliance with the subpoena. The court should
A. compel production, because it would not violate the attorney-client privilege.
B. compel production, because there is no element of confidentiality.
C. not compel production, because it would violate the mayor's privilege against self- incrimination.
D. not compel production, because it would violate the attorney-client privilege.
Answer: A<|endoftext|>Nuclear Chemistry

The definition of nuclear chemistry is not easy. Each practitioner will define the field differently, and the definitions change with time. The connection of the field with the original missions of the Manhattan Project and the Atomic Energy Commission is obvious: understanding the flow of energy during transformation and reactions of nuclei in nuclear reactions and identification of the pathways and controlling factors of nuclear reactions form the central concern of nuclear science. However, a reasonable question is: "How does nuclear chemistry differ from nuclear physics?" In the first few decades of the fields, the answer was clearly defined. Nuclear physicists used physical methods to probe nuclear reactions: They measured things. They measured absorption and emission spectra in regions of the electromagnetic spectrum from the visible to the gamma-ray. They measured nuclear magnetic moments, nuclear masses, etc. Nuclear chemists, on the other hand, were chemists. They exploited the chemical properties of compounds into which different elements and isotopes were bound to separate radioisotopes in order to identify products and product yields of nuclear reactions. They also used the sensitive counting methods developed for nuclear physics to follow chemical reactions. The latter gave rise to radiochemistry and hot-atom chemistry.

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Location: Fort Smith, AR 72901 Sebastian County
Country: United States of America

N 35° 23.247', W 94° 25.52'

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In 1888, First National Bank built its first bank building, a modest two-story brick building at South Sixth and Garrison. A few years into the 20th century, bank president Samuel McLoud ordered plans drawn up for what would be the tallest building in Fort Smith to replace the old bank. The new building would utilize the most modern designs to ensure customer comfort, efficiency of operation and the protection of deposits. The landmark eight-story First National Bank building opened Jan. 31, 1910, the lobby awash in white marble, electric lights and ceiling fans, the custom tile floor accessorized with heavy brass spittoons. One hundred years later, First National Bank remained our largest financial institution and the second oldest bank in Arkansas.
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Recommend this article<|endoftext|>When I develop training, I always focus on making it task-based because I believe that if you’re not learning how to do something it’s not training, it’s a presentation. To make my content task-based, I follow a process I’ve outlined before (How to Do a Task Analysis Like a Pro) to conduct a task analysis. But I’ve had several community members ask me: What happens next? How do you prioritize the tasks you’ve outlined in your task analysis?

How you prioritize your tasks is going to depend on several factors. Let’s have a look at those factors and why they matter. And keep in mind, these factors are all subjective, and opinions for these will vary from one person to the next.

Factor #1: Task Importance

First, you want to consider the importance or significance of the task. The more critical the task, the higher it will go on your list of priorities. Importance or criticality of tasks is probably the most important factor to consider when you’re looking at prioritizing all of your tasks.

Factor #2: Task Frequence

How often is the task performed? If rarely, do you think learners are more or less likely to need training for it? If you guessed “more likely,” then you’re right, and those tasks should move up the list in terms of priority.

Factor #3: Task Difficulty

You’re also going to want to consider how difficult the task is to learn. If more difficult, it should be moved up in terms of priority and how much emphasis you put on it. If it’s a very easy and straightforward task, you can spend less time focused on it.

Factor #4: Learner Experience

Something else to consider is how much experience the learners have with the tasks. If they have been doing a task day in and day out for a long time, its training priority will decrease, since the learners already know how to perform the task. Keep in mind that when you’re thinking of learner experience, you should also consider whether they have done similar tasks.

Next time you have a training project, look at your list of tasks and remember to assess where they fit in for each of the factors listed above. Hopefully these will help you prioritize those tasks in a way that makes sense for you and your learners. Do you have tips of your own about doing a task analysis or how to prioritize them? What tricks do you like to use? Let me know in the comments below.

Be the first to comment<|endoftext|>Kola nuts are not only known for its origin to many American and European soft-drinks and its chewing by labourers to diminish hunger and fatigue, but even more for its sacred significance in Igboland.

Attending a kola nut ceremony is almost inevitable for anyone visiting Enugu and is Igbo tradition at its best. Elder agree that once the 5-centimetre nuts are blessed with incantations, the visitors will feel ensured that they are welcome. People are more than willing to explain the ceremony, and where there is no kola nut available, the host will need to do the explanatory apology to his visitors. The kola nut tradition is used for a variety of events, but principally to welcome guests to a village or house.

The ceremony may vary depending on the occasion and people present at the ceremony, but there is a common understanding in the traditional way of breaking them. To illustrate this delicate ceremony, I will take the occasion of welcoming a group of visitors to a village. The host presents a plate with a number of Kola nuts (ranging from two up to sixteen) to the leader of the delegation, who will take the plate and shows it to the most senior member of his entourage. To acknowledge that he has seen the plate, he briefly touches the plate with his right hand, before it is shown to less senior members and so forth till most members have taken a glimpse of the plate. After that, the host gets the plate returned from the visitor and takes one of the kola nuts and gives it to the visitor while saying:

‘Öjï luo ünö okwuo ebe osi bia.’
When the Kola nut reaches home, it will tell where it came from.

This proverb says that the visitor needs to show the kola nut to his people at home as a proof of having visited this village.

Igbo Kola Nut Ceremony

Usually, the oldest man among the host audience is asked to bless the kola nuts. He will take one of the nuts in his right hand and makes a blessing, prayer or toast using a proverb, e.g.

‘Ihe dï mma onye n’achö, ö ga-afü ya.’
What ever good he is looking for, he will see it.

Subsequently, the presenter or an appointed person breaks the kola nut with his hands or using a knife. An aid or close relative breaks the remaining nuts. The visitors now explain the purpose of their visit, while the kola parts are distributed to the people, occasionally coming along with palm wine, garden eggs and peanut butter.

As mentioned before, it is the breaking that is the significant part of the ceremony. The more parts the kola breaks up to, the more prosperity it gives to its presenter and visitors. Though there is one exception: if the nut yields only to two parts, it signifies no good as it signals that the presenter has a sinister motive behind the kola. Because of that, Kola nuts with only two parts are avoided for this ceremony and therefore the purple/reddish coloured nuts, cola acuminata are preferred over its greyish counterpart, the cola nitida, as the latter one only breaks up in two. Four parts coincide with the four market days of the Igbo week. Five or more broken parts mean prosperity for the family. In some parts of Igboland, when the kola breaks into six, a separate celebration is required and sometimes even including the slaughter of a goat.

There are many other rules surrounding the kola nut ceremony, which you can read in the books mentioned in the references. I will mention only a few more things: kola nut should only be presented with two hands at the same time, and also as the kola tree is associated with man, only men can climb and pluck the kola tree. Sorry ladies!

Written by<|endoftext|>Nuclear Chemistry

The definition of nuclear chemistry is not easy. Each practitioner will define the field differently, and the definitions change with time. The connection of the field with the original missions of the Manhattan Project and the Atomic Energy Commission is obvious: understanding the flow of energy during transformation and reactions of nuclei in nuclear reactions and identification of the pathways and controlling factors of nuclear reactions form the central concern of nuclear science. However, a reasonable question is: "How does nuclear chemistry differ from nuclear physics?" In the first few decades of the fields, the answer was clearly defined. Nuclear physicists used physical methods to probe nuclear reactions: They measured things. They measured absorption and emission spectra in regions of the electromagnetic spectrum from the visible to the gamma-ray. They measured nuclear magnetic moments, nuclear masses, etc. Nuclear chemists, on the other hand, were chemists. They exploited the chemical properties of compounds into which different elements and isotopes were bound to separate radioisotopes in order to identify products and product yields of nuclear reactions. They also used the sensitive counting methods developed for nuclear physics to follow chemical reactions. The latter gave rise to radiochemistry and hot-atom chemistry.

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First National Bank (HM1QK7)

Location: Fort Smith, AR 72901 Sebastian County
Country: United States of America

N 35° 23.247', W 94° 25.52'

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In 1888, First National Bank built its first bank building, a modest two-story brick building at South Sixth and Garrison. A few years into the 20th century, bank president Samuel McLoud ordered plans drawn up for what would be the tallest building in Fort Smith to replace the old bank. The new building would utilize the most modern designs to ensure customer comfort, efficiency of operation and the protection of deposits. The landmark eight-story First National Bank building opened Jan. 31, 1910, the lobby awash in white marble, electric lights and ceiling fans, the custom tile floor accessorized with heavy brass spittoons. One hundred years later, First National Bank remained our largest financial institution and the second oldest bank in Arkansas.
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 370547 N 3916943
Decimal Degrees35.38745000, -94.42533333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 35° 23.247', W 94° 25.52'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds35° 23' 14.82" N, 94° 25' 31.2" W
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 567-585 Garrison Ave, Fort Smith AR 72901, US

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 else: numb.

The following summer, I went with my church’s youth group on a mission trip to New York City. We worked in homeless shelters, soup kitchens, cleaning up avenue medians. One morning, we were invited to go up into the offices of an Episcopal bishop down near Battery Park. His windows overlooked Ground Zero. There had been a rumor swirling that this invitation had been extended to us, but no one either knew or would say so for sure. As we went to that part of the city, we were consumed by a nervous energy. We would finally be brought face-to-face with the horrors that had consumed us that day.

And it was…nothing. It was essentially a construction site, by that time, earth movers maneuvering around a massive crater where the towers once stood. If you hadn’t seen the news, it wouldn’t have seemed like anything at all. If you hadn’t known they had ever been there, it wouldn’t have been anything to you at all. But I had seen them standing, and I had seen them fall, and so it was something to me.

In an instant, I recalled my first trip to the City a few years prior. We were there with my sister’s dance company for a cultural trip. During a walking tour through Chinatown and SoHo, we stopped on a corner, waiting to cross the street. My dad looked up and said, “Oh, look, the Twin Towers!” I looked up for a moment as well. There they were in the distance, gleaming in the sun. “Oh, yeah. That’s cool,” I said and then crossed the street.

Isn’t that amazing? How can you take such incredible buildings for granted like that? In my time on this Earth, one lesson seems to keep returning to me: Nothing is guaranteed. Jobs, buildings, lives can all be erased and relegated to memory in an instant and for no discernible reason. Enjoy it all and appreciate and learn what you can while you can. That’s all that I know. One day, perhaps I’ll even take fully to heart. If I could get tattooed, I’d have “carpe diem” written somewhere on me to remind myself to actually seize the damn day.

It’s hard to believe it’s been seventeen years. My view here at the airport is so different. The skies are grey and hazy. A light rain is falling steadily. The air is cool. Perhaps that’s fitting. Nobody wants the sun today anyway.

Anywho, that’s my tale of foolishness and stupidity that will forever mark my memory of this day.

-The Retail Explorer

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  1. You are so right and that’s all we have talked about at work today is where were you when you heard about 9/11?

    I came home from school and my mam was in hysterics crying (she’d been doing 7 night shifts in a row and had just woken up turned on the TV and saw the news) she opened the door with mascara all over her face weeping. She couldn’t speak but led me to the television.

    It was on every channel and we just couldn’t fathom what was happening.

    I saw the replays of the planes and then the tower collapsed. We were screaming. Then the second tower. We were in England and we felt so helpless.

    We were glued to the news and we prayed for all the people inside the building and the brave emergency services workers battling to rescue survivors. I am welling up as I type as my heart just breaks.

    I’ve been to New York twice once in 2005 and then two years ago and visited then Ground Zero and now the new building and memorial. I will never forget.

    Rachael |

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    • I’ve yet to see the completed memorial. When my cousin got married up there a few years back, we went down to Battery Park to see it. It was closed off with fencing covered in black windscreen. We peeked through and got to see it almost finished. It reminded me of when I went back there on the mission trip. After looking down into the hole, we went down and walked around the perimeter fence, which was covered with all kinds of tributes and ribbons and flowers and stuffed bears. It was overwhelming and incredibly humbling.
      The fiancé goes to NYC every year to lead a group of high school juniors on a cultural trip, and every year they go to the memorial. She said it’s interesting and kind of surreal to be around a bunch of kids who were so young they can’t even remember that day.

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Rebecca Bennik *1, Robert Hoare 2, Thomas Buckley 2, Greg Holwell 1

1 University of Auckland
2 Landcare Research

Insect species display extraordinary variation in male genital morphology therefore; genital evolution is rapid and divergent. Previous assumptions for diversification in genital morphology were based on species isolation and pleiotropy, but subsequent comparative research has failed to support these hypotheses. Recent comparative and experimental research has proposed sexual selection to be the most likely driver of rapid and divergent evolution of genitalia, either via sperm competition, cryptic female choice, or sexual conflict. Sexual conflict may drive genital evolution through opposing selection of male and female reproductive strategies as genital adaptations that allow males a competitive advantage may consequently reduce female fitness leading to an evolutionary arms race via sexually antagonistic co-evolution (SAC). Lichen tuft moths of the genus Izatha (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) are excellent candidates for exploring the potential for sexual conflict to drive genital evolution, as some males have detachable spines (deciduous cornuti) which are ejected into the female reproductive tract during their first mating, apparently causing damage. Some species lack deciduous cornuti, but have permanently attached sclerotised teeth on the phallus, whilst others lack these structures all together. Here I present a molecular and morphological phylogenetic analysis of the genus that provides insight into the evolution of these complex genitalic adaptations. Genital complexity appears to have evolved along multiple paths, via the modification of different genital structures.  Izatha therefore may represent an ideal model for the study of genital evolution.

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A. Prince William
B. Prince Andrew
C. Prince Edward
D. Fresh Prince
Answer: A<|endoftext|>Small School Advantages in Meeting Accreditation Standards

Tanuja Singh, dean and professor at St. Mary's University Greehey School of Business, discusses the advantages of being a small institution when seeking accreditation.

Small School Advantages in Meeting Accreditation Standards

Christine Clements: [00:00] Tanuja, you've been the dean at St. Mary's University for seven, eight years?

Tanuja Singh: [00:18] Seven years.

Clements: [00:19] Seven years. St. Mary's is a relatively small school among AACSB-accredited schools. What special challenges do you think smaller schools face in meeting the accreditation standards?

Singh: [00:29] It is a perfect question because if you think about it, small schools, more so today than ever before, are being asked to do more. They're being asked to do more with less. You have to be good corporate citizens.

[00:44] Of course, at the same time, you have to show that you are innovative, that you are showing engagement, that you're showing impact, all within the constraints of, say, fewer resources from a faculty perspective. There might be fewer financial resources, and yet, you have to meet the same standards as anybody else. Those are some of the biggest challenges they face.

[01:04] Most of the time when I am doing these visits with other schools, faculty sufficiency is a question because you have fewer faculty, and yet you are teaching lots of courses. Focus for small schools is really, really important. What is it that you do and what is it that you want to be differentiated for?

Clements: [01:23] You mentioned faculty sufficiency. Are there other particular standards that are maybe bigger challenges for smaller schools?

Singh: [01:31] Yes, there are. If you look at, for example, the idea of these days the mission part is really important. The innovation part is really important. The engagement part is really important. Sometimes what happens is, in their rush to do a lot of things, they don't do some of these things well.

[01:51] When you're trying to be everything to everybody, so you have multiple programs, and you have multiple centers, and you have multiple initiatives going on, you're not doing them well. That can be, sometimes, a challenge about being able to demonstrate that what you are doing is mission-specific and that it has the impact and the intention that was in the original charter.

[02:14] You hear the term "mission creep" and then "mission mystery." Both of those things are so true for small schools.

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 myself that pain all day, delaying the inevitable. I feel like it’s all so selfish. For the rest of that night and into the following day, I was as everyone else: numb.

The following summer, I went with my church’s youth group on a mission trip to New York City. We worked in homeless shelters, soup kitchens, cleaning up avenue medians. One morning, we were invited to go up into the offices of an Episcopal bishop down near Battery Park. His windows overlooked Ground Zero. There had been a rumor swirling that this invitation had been extended to us, but no one either knew or would say so for sure. As we went to that part of the city, we were consumed by a nervous energy. We would finally be brought face-to-face with the horrors that had consumed us that day.

And it was…nothing. It was essentially a construction site, by that time, earth movers maneuvering around a massive crater where the towers once stood. If you hadn’t seen the news, it wouldn’t have seemed like anything at all. If you hadn’t known they had ever been there, it wouldn’t have been anything to you at all. But I had seen them standing, and I had seen them fall, and so it was something to me.

In an instant, I recalled my first trip to the City a few years prior. We were there with my sister’s dance company for a cultural trip. During a walking tour through Chinatown and SoHo, we stopped on a corner, waiting to cross the street. My dad looked up and said, “Oh, look, the Twin Towers!” I looked up for a moment as well. There they were in the distance, gleaming in the sun. “Oh, yeah. That’s cool,” I said and then crossed the street.

Isn’t that amazing? How can you take such incredible buildings for granted like that? In my time on this Earth, one lesson seems to keep returning to me: Nothing is guaranteed. Jobs, buildings, lives can all be erased and relegated to memory in an instant and for no discernible reason. Enjoy it all and appreciate and learn what you can while you can. That’s all that I know. One day, perhaps I’ll even take fully to heart. If I could get tattooed, I’d have “carpe diem” written somewhere on me to remind myself to actually seize the damn day.

It’s hard to believe it’s been seventeen years. My view here at the airport is so different. The skies are grey and hazy. A light rain is falling steadily. The air is cool. Perhaps that’s fitting. Nobody wants the sun today anyway.

Anywho, that’s my tale of foolishness and stupidity that will forever mark my memory of this day.

-The Retail Explorer

8 thoughts on “Carpe Diem; or, Where I Was That Day

  1. You are so right and that’s all we have talked about at work today is where were you when you heard about 9/11?

    I came home from school and my mam was in hysterics crying (she’d been doing 7 night shifts in a row and had just woken up turned on the TV and saw the news) she opened the door with mascara all over her face weeping. She couldn’t speak but led me to the television.

    It was on every channel and we just couldn’t fathom what was happening.

    I saw the replays of the planes and then the tower collapsed. We were screaming. Then the second tower. We were in England and we felt so helpless.

    We were glued to the news and we prayed for all the people inside the building and the brave emergency services workers battling to rescue survivors. I am welling up as I type as my heart just breaks.

    I’ve been to New York twice once in 2005 and then two years ago and visited then Ground Zero and now the new building and memorial. I will never forget.

    Rachael |

    Liked by 1 person

    • I’ve yet to see the completed memorial. When my cousin got married up there a few years back, we went down to Battery Park to see it. It was closed off with fencing covered in black windscreen. We peeked through and got to see it almost finished. It reminded me of when I went back there on the mission trip. After looking down into the hole, we went down and walked around the perimeter fence, which was covered with all kinds of tributes and ribbons and flowers and stuffed bears. It was overwhelming and incredibly humbling.
      The fiancé goes to NYC every year to lead a group of high school juniors on a cultural trip, and every year they go to the memorial. She said it’s interesting and kind of surreal to be around a bunch of kids who were so young they can’t even remember that day.

      Liked by 1 person

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Rebecca Bennik *1, Robert Hoare 2, Thomas Buckley 2, Greg Holwell 1

1 University of Auckland
2 Landcare Research

Insect species display extraordinary variation in male genital morphology therefore; genital evolution is rapid and divergent. Previous assumptions for diversification in genital morphology were based on species isolation and pleiotropy, but subsequent comparative research has failed to support these hypotheses. Recent comparative and experimental research has proposed sexual selection to be the most likely driver of rapid and divergent evolution of genitalia, either via sperm competition, cryptic female choice, or sexual conflict. Sexual conflict may drive genital evolution through opposing selection of male and female reproductive strategies as genital adaptations that allow males a competitive advantage may consequently reduce female fitness leading to an evolutionary arms race via sexually antagonistic co-evolution (SAC). Lichen tuft moths of the genus Izatha (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) are excellent candidates for exploring the potential for sexual conflict to drive genital evolution, as some males have detachable spines (deciduous cornuti) which are ejected into the female reproductive tract during their first mating, apparently causing damage. Some species lack deciduous cornuti, but have permanently attached sclerotised teeth on the phallus, whilst others lack these structures all together. Here I present a molecular and morphological phylogenetic analysis of the genus that provides insight into the evolution of these complex genitalic adaptations. Genital complexity appears to have evolved along multiple paths, via the modification of different genital structures.  Izatha therefore may represent an ideal model for the study of genital evolution.

Download (PDF)<|endoftext|>Small School Advantages in Meeting Accreditation Standards

Tanuja Singh, dean and professor at St. Mary's University Greehey School of Business, discusses the advantages of being a small institution when seeking accreditation.

Small School Advantages in Meeting Accreditation Standards

Christine Clements: [00:00] Tanuja, you've been the dean at St. Mary's University for seven, eight years?

Tanuja Singh: [00:18] Seven years.

Clements: [00:19] Seven years. St. Mary's is a relatively small school among AACSB-accredited schools. What special challenges do you think smaller schools face in meeting the accreditation standards?

Singh: [00:29] It is a perfect question because if you think about it, small schools, more so today than ever before, are being asked to do more. They're being asked to do more with less. You have to be good corporate citizens.

[00:44] Of course, at the same time, you have to show that you are innovative, that you are showing engagement, that you're showing impact, all within the constraints of, say, fewer resources from a faculty perspective. There might be fewer financial resources, and yet, you have to meet the same standards as anybody else. Those are some of the biggest challenges they face.

[01:04] Most of the time when I am doing these visits with other schools, faculty sufficiency is a question because you have fewer faculty, and yet you are teaching lots of courses. Focus for small schools is really, really important. What is it that you do and what is it that you want to be differentiated for?

Clements: [01:23] You mentioned faculty sufficiency. Are there other particular standards that are maybe bigger challenges for smaller schools?

Singh: [01:31] Yes, there are. If you look at, for example, the idea of these days the mission part is really important. The innovation part is really important. The engagement part is really important. Sometimes what happens is, in their rush to do a lot of things, they don't do some of these things well.

[01:51] When you're trying to be everything to everybody, so you have multiple programs, and you have multiple centers, and you have multiple initiatives going on, you're not doing them well. That can be, sometimes, a challenge about being able to demonstrate that what you are doing is mission-specific and that it has the impact and the intention that was in the original charter.

[02:14] You hear the term "mission creep" and then "mission mystery." Both of those things are so true for small schools.

Clements: [02:22] Comment a bit more about what you mean when you say "mission


.1111/j.1467-9906.2011.00597.x?journalCode=ujua20

Sage, George H. “Sport and Social Resistance.” February 15, 2007. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss238

Sprung, Shlomo. “Spender Dinwiddie Discusses Digital Tokenization Plan, Happening Against the NBAs Wishes.” October 17, 2019. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/shlomosprung/2019/10/17/spencer-dinwiddie-discusses-digital-tokenization-plan-happening-against-the-nbas-wishes/#63bf5f466dc0

Streeter, Kurt. “Is Slavery’s Legacy in the Power Dynamics of Sports?” August 16, 2019. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/16/sports/basketball/slavery-anniversary-basketball-owners.html

Teicher, Jordan. “America’s Black Basketball Pioneers.” April 17, 2014. Slate. https://slate.com/culture/2014/04/the-new-york-historical-societys-exhibit-the-black-fives-highlights-early-black-basketball-stars-photos.html

Thomas, Vince. “Basketball’s Forgotten (Black) History.” March 10, 2010. The Root. https://www.theroot.com/basketballs-forgotten-black-history-1790878850

Tisdale, Julie. “Publicly Funded Stadiums.” https://www.johnlocke.org/policy-position/publicly-funded-stadiums/

Torre, Pablo. “How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke.” March 23, 2019. Vault. https://www.si.com/vault/2009/03/23/105789480/how-and-why-athletes-go-broke

Winck, Ben. “The NBA is reviewing Brooklyn Nets player Spencer Dinwiddie’s revised plan to turn his contract into a digital investment vehicle.” January 14, 2020. https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/nba-reviewing-spencer-dinwiddie-plan-brooklyn-nets-contract-crypto-token-2020-1-1028816903

Zimbalist, Andrew and Noll, Roger. “Sports, Jobs & Taxes: Are New Stadiums Worth the Cost?” June 1, 1997. The Brookings Institute. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/sports-jobs-taxes-are-new-stadiums-worth-the-cost/

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A seller and a buyer signed a contract of sale for improved real property. The contract contained a financing contingency for a certain percentage of the purchase price. The buyer obtained the requisite financing from a bank. At the closing, the buyer executed a note to the seller for a portion of the purchase price, which note was not secured by a mortgage. The buyer then executed a second note, secured by a mortgage to executed a second note, secured by a mortgage to the bank, applying the bank loan proceeds to the purchase price of the property. The bank had actual knowledge of the prior note to the seller. The bank promptly recorded its mortgage. The buyer is now in default on both notes. There is no applicable statute. Which party has priority?
A. The bank, because its loan satisfied the financing contingency in the contract of sale.
B. The bank, because its note is secured by a purchase money mortgage.
C. The seller, because the bank had actual knowledge of the seller's note.
D. The seller, because he retained a vendor's lien that was first in time.
Answer: B<|endoftext|>Patrick Devlin

Patrick Devlin is a candidate for ASUCD Senate in the Winter 2012 ASUCD Election running as an independent.

Candidate Statement

As a candidate for ASUCD (Associated Students of UC Davis) Senator, I intend to focus on increasing the number of impacted sections, an increase in the number of tutoring and advising services, and I would finally work towards the consistent enforcement of campus rules and laws.

From interviews with various students, I have found that there is a particular need for increases in the number of sections offered in Biology and Chemistry labs, Communication classes, and other impacted Engineering and Liberal Arts classes as well. One of the primary things I will work towards as a Senator would be to increase the number of these sections and classes.

I also see a need for increased numbers of student tutoring; academic, career, and minority advising services; and better advertising of the locations of these services so that new and existing students can easily find out where these services are located. Recently, UC Davis built a new center for minorities and other students: this exactly the kind of project that helps UC Davis student excel in their studies, and I would work towards more projects like this one.

And finally, I would work towards a consistent enforcement of campus rules and laws. For instance, I see no reason why protests cannot take place in the Quad, but I would request that the tents out in the Quad be removed. I believe that by a consistent enforcement of campus rules that there will be less crime, theft, or the like because people will understand that a law or a rule exists for a reason and they will get in trouble if the law or rule is broken.

In summary, I will work towards the increase of sections and classes that are impacted, create a stronger tutoring and advising presence on campus, and work towards consistent enforcement of campus rules and laws.

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<|endoftext|>QSpace Community: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/185 2015-05-23T04:20:07Z Potential for change: Characterizing synaptic plasticity following visual discrimination learning in adult rats. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/12786 Title: Potential for change: Characterizing synaptic plasticity following visual discrimination learning in adult rats. Authors: Hager, Audrey Abstract: Synaptic plasticity (long-term potentiation, LTP and long-term depression, LTD) plays an important role in processes of learning and memory formation. In order to provide a link between these neurophysiological and cognitive processes the following experiments were performed using behavioral, electrophysiological, and pharmacological in vivo methods in order to describe synaptic plasticity in the adult rat visual system after learning a simple visual discrimination task. Initially, a novel method is described providing a simple and noninvasive means to restrict visual input. Using a harness and face-mask for monocular occlusion, rats were trained in a monocular visual discrimination task using a Y-shaped water maze. Following learning, assessment of synaptic plasticity in the thalamocortical visual pathway found both general (changes in short-term plasticity in both cerebral hemispheres) and localized changes (greater LTP levels in the hemisphere contralateral to the open eye). The enhanced LTP in the primary visual cortex (V1) was blocked by an NR2B antagonist, suggesting that training resulted in changes in NMDA receptor expression or functioning. Next, the effectiveness of LTD stimulation protocols to elicit synaptic depression under in vivo conditions were assessed. Of several single-pulse induction protocols tested, only strong low frequency burst stimulation (SLFS) produced significant, but transient (~20 min) depression in V1 (not affected by blockade of NMDA or metabotrobic glutamate receptors). These data highlight the resistance of the thalamocortical visual system to undergo synaptic depression in vivo. To examine whether learning alters LTD induction, SLFS was delivered to the thalamocortical visual pathway or the V1-perirhinal cortex pathway following visual discrimination. Neither pathway exhibited changes in LTD following training, suggesting that the learning-induced LTP facilitation reflects an expansion of the synaptic modification range. Finally, the role of different populations of NMDA receptors (cortical vs. thalamic) in LTP induction in naïve and visually trained rats was examined. Surprisingly, naïve rats do not require activation of cortical NMDA receptors to express LTP, while LTP in trained rats involved the activation of both thalamic and cortical NMDA receptors. In summary, this thesis provides novel evidence for a metaplastic, training-induced up-regulation of LTP mechanisms in the thalamocortical visual system of adult rats. Description: Thesis (Ph.D, Psychology) -- Queen's University, 2015-03-19 14:57:24.553 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Contribution of Opioid and Stress Systems to Impulsive Action in Rodent Models http://hdl.handle.net/1974/12693 Title: Contribution of Opioid and Stress Systems to Impulsive Action in Rodent Models Authors: Mahoney, Megan Kelly Abstract: Impulsive action, the inability to withhold responding, is a primary symptom of many psychiatric disorders, including drug addiction. Impulsive action is mediated through a complex interplay of many different neurotransmitters. The purpose of

/story/sports/nba/2019/06/24/nba-commissioner-adam-silver-teams-moving-away-using-owner/1545041001/

NPR Code Switch. “Before the NBA Was Integrated, We Had the Black Fives.” March 15, 2014. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/03/15/290117181/before-the-nba-was-integrated-we-had-the-black-fives

PBS News Hour. “Why should public money be used to build sports stadiums.” July 13, 2016. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/public-money-used-build-sports-stadiums

Propheter, Geoffrey. “Are Basketball Arenas Catalyst of Economic Development.” Journal of Urban Affairs. November 30, 2016. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9906.2011.00597.x?journalCode=ujua20

Sage, George H. “Sport and Social Resistance.” February 15, 2007. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss238

Sprung, Shlomo. “Spender Dinwiddie Discusses Digital Tokenization Plan, Happening Against the NBAs Wishes.” October 17, 2019. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/shlomosprung/2019/10/17/spencer-dinwiddie-discusses-digital-tokenization-plan-happening-against-the-nbas-wishes/#63bf5f466dc0

Streeter, Kurt. “Is Slavery’s Legacy in the Power Dynamics of Sports?” August 16, 2019. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/16/sports/basketball/slavery-anniversary-basketball-owners.html

Teicher, Jordan. “America’s Black Basketball Pioneers.” April 17, 2014. Slate. https://slate.com/culture/2014/04/the-new-york-historical-societys-exhibit-the-black-fives-highlights-early-black-basketball-stars-photos.html

Thomas, Vince. “Basketball’s Forgotten (Black) History.” March 10, 2010. The Root. https://www.theroot.com/basketballs-forgotten-black-history-1790878850

Tisdale, Julie. “Publicly Funded Stadiums.” https://www.johnlocke.org/policy-position/publicly-funded-stadiums/

Torre, Pablo. “How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke.” March 23, 2019. Vault. https://www.si.com/vault/2009/03/23/105789480/how-and-why-athletes-go-broke

Winck, Ben. “The NBA is reviewing Brooklyn Nets player Spencer Dinwiddie’s revised plan to turn his contract into a digital investment vehicle.” January 14, 2020. https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/nba-reviewing-spencer-dinwiddie-plan-brooklyn-nets-contract-crypto-token-2020-1-1028816903

Zimbalist, Andrew and Noll, Roger. “Sports, Jobs & Taxes: Are New Stadiums Worth the Cost?” June 1, 1997. The Brookings Institute. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/sports-jobs-taxes-are-new-stadiums-worth-the-cost/

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Patrick Devlin is a candidate for ASUCD Senate in the Winter 2012 ASUCD Election running as an independent.

Candidate Statement

As a candidate for ASUCD (Associated Students of UC Davis) Senator, I intend to focus on increasing the number of impacted sections, an increase in the number of tutoring and advising services, and I would finally work towards the consistent enforcement of campus rules and laws.

From interviews with various students, I have found that there is a particular need for increases in the number of sections offered in Biology and Chemistry labs, Communication classes, and other impacted Engineering and Liberal Arts classes as well. One of the primary things I will work towards as a Senator would be to increase the number of these sections and classes.

I also see a need for increased numbers of student tutoring; academic, career, and minority advising services; and better advertising of the locations of these services so that new and existing students can easily find out where these services are located. Recently, UC Davis built a new center for minorities and other students: this exactly the kind of project that helps UC Davis student excel in their studies, and I would work towards more projects like this one.

And finally, I would work towards a consistent enforcement of campus rules and laws. For instance, I see no reason why protests cannot take place in the Quad, but I would request that the tents out in the Quad be removed. I believe that by a consistent enforcement of campus rules that there will be less crime, theft, or the like because people will understand that a law or a rule exists for a reason and they will get in trouble if the law or rule is broken.

In summary, I will work towards the increase of sections and classes that are impacted, create a stronger tutoring and advising presence on campus, and work towards consistent enforcement of campus rules and laws.

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<|endoftext|>QSpace Community: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/185 2015-05-23T04:20:07Z Potential for change: Characterizing synaptic plasticity following visual discrimination learning in adult rats. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/12786 Title: Potential for change: Characterizing synaptic plasticity following visual discrimination learning in adult rats. Authors: Hager, Audrey Abstract: Synaptic plasticity (long-term potentiation, LTP and long-term depression, LTD) plays an important role in processes of learning and memory formation. In order to provide a link between these neurophysiological and cognitive processes the following experiments were performed using behavioral, electrophysiological, and pharmacological in vivo methods in order to describe synaptic plasticity in the adult rat visual system after learning a simple visual discrimination task. Initially, a novel method is described providing a simple and noninvasive means to restrict visual input. Using a harness and face-mask for monocular occlusion, rats were trained in a monocular visual discrimination task using a Y-shaped water maze. Following learning, assessment of synaptic plasticity in the thalamocortical visual pathway found both general (changes in short-term plasticity in both cerebral hemispheres) and localized changes (greater LTP levels in the hemisphere contralateral to the open eye). The enhanced LTP in the primary visual cortex (V1) was blocked by an NR2B antagonist, suggesting that training resulted in changes in NMDA receptor expression or functioning. Next, the effectiveness of LTD stimulation protocols to elicit synaptic depression under in vivo conditions were assessed. Of several single-pulse induction protocols tested, only strong low frequency burst stimulation (SLFS) produced significant, but transient (~20 min) depression in V1 (not affected by blockade of NMDA or metabotrobic glutamate receptors). These data highlight the resistance of the thalamocortical visual system to undergo synaptic depression in vivo. To examine whether learning alters LTD induction, SLFS was delivered to the thalamocortical visual pathway or the V1-perirhinal cortex pathway following visual discrimination. Neither pathway exhibited changes in LTD following training, suggesting that the learning-induced LTP facilitation reflects an expansion of the synaptic modification range. Finally, the role of different populations of NMDA receptors (cortical vs. thalamic) in LTP induction in naïve and visually trained rats was examined. Surprisingly, naïve rats do not require activation of cortical NMDA receptors to express LTP, while LTP in trained rats involved the activation of both thalamic and cortical NMDA receptors. In summary, this thesis provides novel evidence for a metaplastic, training-induced up-regulation of LTP mechanisms in the thalamocortical visual system of adult rats. Description: Thesis (Ph.D, Psychology) -- Queen's University, 2015-03-19 14:57:24.553 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Contribution of Opioid and Stress Systems to Impulsive Action in Rodent Models http://hdl.handle.net/1974/12693 Title: Contribution of Opioid and Stress Systems to Impulsive Action in Rodent Models Authors: Mahoney, Megan Kelly Abstract: Impulsive action, the inability to withhold responding, is a primary symptom of many psychiatric disorders, including drug addiction. Impulsive action is mediated through a complex interplay of many different neurotransmitters. The purpose of the experiments presented in this thesis was to further elucidate the role of opioid activity and environmental influences (e.g., stress)


The following are multiple choice questions (with answers) about professional psychology.

In terms of age, Erikson’s ________ stage of psychosocial development corresponds to Freud’s phallic stage.
A. industry vs. inferiority
B. autonomy vs. shame and doubt
C. basic trust vs. mistrust
D. initiative vs. guilt.
Answer: D<|endoftext|> scotiafile,her interest in the Highland Games and dancing necessitated participants were modestly clothed. Later the regulations of the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing (SOBHD) stipulated “dark or toning with the kilt should be worn but not white. Highland athletes were also required to wear shorts of some type during competitions.

During the First World War on the Western Front the kilt was worn into battle and sergeant majors reportedly used mirrors tied to the end of walking sticks to inspect up and under the kilt at parade inspection. In 1940 the kilt was retired from combat but used instead as the formal dress uniform of the regiments. “Up skirting” continued with a floor mounted mirror in the barracks.

Kilts have once again become very popular as Highland dress has become popular evening wear for men of all ages. The matter to go fit and proper without underwear has become quite controversial The Scottish Tartans Authority recently decreed refusing to put on underwear beneath a kilt is both "childish and unhygienic". Others remain stoic in the belief going regiment is perfectly acceptable dress. There is certainly no scientific evidence to support the unhygienic argument but one needs to be wary of how and where you sit if your dignity is to be preserved. In Greenock in 2011 a terrible fight broke out at a local wedding after the groom decided to sit on his bride’s white gown. All too quickly it was noticed he had unwittingly left a skid mark and one almighty fight between the in-laws ensued.

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

The History of Porridge

'The halesome parritch, chief o' Scotia's food' from 'A Cotter's Saturday night' by Robert Burns (1785)

Porridge or "parritch," are allied to the word "pottage," indicating the practice of cooking ingredients together in a pot and thickening it with cereals. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the word "porridge" did not come into use until the 17th century but porridge like dishes are thought to have been made in Neolithic times by boiling ground, crushed, or chopped cereal in water, milk. The Gaelic word for porridge is “leite” although it goes by other names including 'milgruel' in Shetland. It is generally defined as a dish made by stirring oatmeal or rolled oats into boiling water and simmering the mixture gently until it is cooked. Scot’s porridge is usually eaten hot for breakfast with optional flavourings and may be sweetened with sugar or honey. Traditionally it was eaten with salt. Eating porridge in cold countries is thought to keep the body warm during the long winter months.

Reference to Porridge appears in the "Vinaya" texts and the Lord Buddha considered the dish to have five benefits. The Five Endurances (Wuchang) were: overnight digestion, reduced flatulence, the quenching of thirst, the suppression of hunger and reduced constipation.

Climatic conditions meant oats and barley were the predominant crops to grow in the North of Scotland. Despite this oats did not predominate until the eighteenth century, thereafter it played an increasing role in the diet. This was especially true in rural areas where oatmeal often formed the basis of every meal. In 1794, Joseph. Donaldson observed the eating habits of farm labourers in the Carse of Gowie, and described oatmeal with milk cooked in different ways, was the sole source of sustenance throughout the year. Scottish emigrants took their food preferences to many far-flung corners of the globe.

Unflaked oatmeal had to soften to become edible, so it had to be cooked for a long time. The wooden spurtle (parritch stick or thivel) was used to stir it frequently to prevent the formation of large lumps. Traditionally Scots’ used a spurtle to stir the pot. It was important to always stir deiseal (clockwise/sunwise) with the right hand for luck. Stirring widdershins (anticlockwise) was said to invoke the devil or bring bad luck. Good bairns were often rewarded by having the spurtle to lick in addition to their share of the breakfast. The following is one verse of a song entitled 'Our gudeman came hame at e'en.' collected by David Herd in 1776.

Our gudeman came hame at e'en,
And hame came he,
And there he saw a shining sword
Where nae sword should be:
What's this now, gudewife,
And what's this I see ?
O how came this sword here
Without the leave o' me ?
A sword! quo' she,—aye, a sword! quo' he.
Shame fa' yere cuckold face,
And waur may ye see,
It's but a porridge spurtle
My mither sent to me.
A spurtle! quo' he,—aye, a spurtle ! quo' she.
Far hae I ridden, love,
And meikle hae I seen,
But silver hiked spurtles
Saw I never nane.

Oat grains are available as whole grains or groats. These are ground into oatmeal and steamed and rolled into flakes of varying thickness. These can be steel-cut, or toasted and stone-ground (Macroom Oatmeal). Rolled oats are used for many purposes; the bigger the flakes, the chewier the porridge. Toasting the oats beforehand for a couple of minutes gives the finished dish a distinctly nutty, roasted flavour. Choose rolled oats if you want a smooth consistency and a porridge that cooks quickly. Rolled oats have a medium grain and are used for oatcakes, biscuits and stuffing. Scottish traditionalists allow only oats, water and salt although full-fat milk makes a rich porridge. A ratio of one part of milk to two of water has been recommended as a happy medium. A little salt added towards the end of cooking is essential, whether or not the porridge is sweetened. Adding the salt too early hardens the grain, preventing it from swelling, and results in a less creamy bowl of porridge. Traditionally the mixture is said to whisper ‘Perth’ and ‘Gargunnock’ in a gentle simmering way when it’s ready. Letting the porridge sit, lidded, for 5 to 15 minutes may develop a little more flavour.

Porridge is highly nutritious because oatmeal contains protein, carbohydrate, fats, and soluble fibre, all the B vitamins, vitamin E, calcium, and iron. The lack of vitamins A, C, and D is redressed when it is combined with milk or vegetables. Oats are a slow release carbohydrate and perfect for a low G.I. diet. Research also shows they are also useful for lowering cholesterol. Porridge was customarily eaten while standing, but the reasons remain obscure. Some believe it helped fill the stomach "A staunin' sack fills the fu'est" (A standing sack fills the fullest), while others consider it as a precaution in times when an enemy may catch them unawares.

The oats used for porridge determine how hearty the final dish will be and how long to cook; the finer the oats the quicker the cooking time. The oats used for porridge are usually rolled rather than crushed and Scottish oats, also known as "pinhead oats" and are the ones used for Scottish porridge.This simplified the preparation of porridge and all oat-based dishes. In 1877 the Quaker Oats Company of the United States developed rolled oats or oatflakes by steaming and rolling the coarsest grade of oatmeal to produce pinhead oatmeal. Today’s muesli is a derivative of the Scottish porridge.

In the past the basic mixture allowed for numerous permutations, all with their own nomenclature according to locality. Brose was made by pouring boiling water over oatmeal, butter, and salt: with meat stock it became fat brose, while the addition of a green vegetable gave kail brose. Hasty Pudding was a form of porridge enriched and sweetened. Gruel was made by boiling the liquid that oats had soaked in, flavoring it with assorted ingredients and allowing it to cool to a jellylike substance. To make sowans, oat husks were soaked until sour, at which point the mixture was sieved and the husks thrown out. The liquid was a pleasant drink and the starchy sediment underneath was boiled and eaten either hot or cold, with milk, cream, or beer again served separately.

Once cooked, the porridge was ladled into porringers (bowls) with a separate bowl of milk, buttermilk, or thin cream close by. Each spoonful of porridge was dipped into the cold liquid and then eaten. Some sprinkled sugar over the porridge, and others preferred honey, treacle or syrup, or a knob of butter—the men might replace the milk with ale or small beer. Por

 scotiafile,her interest in the Highland Games and dancing necessitated participants were modestly clothed. Later the regulations of the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing (SOBHD) stipulated “dark or toning with the kilt should be worn but not white. Highland athletes were also required to wear shorts of some type during competitions.

During the First World War on the Western Front the kilt was worn into battle and sergeant majors reportedly used mirrors tied to the end of walking sticks to inspect up and under the kilt at parade inspection. In 1940 the kilt was retired from combat but used instead as the formal dress uniform of the regiments. “Up skirting” continued with a floor mounted mirror in the barracks.

Kilts have once again become very popular as Highland dress has become popular evening wear for men of all ages. The matter to go fit and proper without underwear has become quite controversial The Scottish Tartans Authority recently decreed refusing to put on underwear beneath a kilt is both "childish and unhygienic". Others remain stoic in the belief going regiment is perfectly acceptable dress. There is certainly no scientific evidence to support the unhygienic argument but one needs to be wary of how and where you sit if your dignity is to be preserved. In Greenock in 2011 a terrible fight broke out at a local wedding after the groom decided to sit on his bride’s white gown. All too quickly it was noticed he had unwittingly left a skid mark and one almighty fight between the in-laws ensued.

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

The History of Porridge

'The halesome parritch, chief o' Scotia's food' from 'A Cotter's Saturday night' by Robert Burns (1785)

Porridge or "parritch," are allied to the word "pottage," indicating the practice of cooking ingredients together in a pot and thickening it with cereals. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the word "porridge" did not come into use until the 17th century but porridge like dishes are thought to have been made in Neolithic times by boiling ground, crushed, or chopped cereal in water, milk. The Gaelic word for porridge is “leite” although it goes by other names including 'milgruel' in Shetland. It is generally defined as a dish made by stirring oatmeal or rolled oats into boiling water and simmering the mixture gently until it is cooked. Scot’s porridge is usually eaten hot for breakfast with optional flavourings and may be sweetened with sugar or honey. Traditionally it was eaten with salt. Eating porridge in cold countries is thought to keep the body warm during the long winter months.

Reference to Porridge appears in the "Vinaya" texts and the Lord Buddha considered the dish to have five benefits. The Five Endurances (Wuchang) were: overnight digestion, reduced flatulence, the quenching of thirst, the suppression of hunger and reduced constipation.

Climatic conditions meant oats and barley were the predominant crops to grow in the North of Scotland. Despite this oats did not predominate until the eighteenth century, thereafter it played an increasing role in the diet. This was especially true in rural areas where oatmeal often formed the basis of every meal. In 1794, Joseph. Donaldson observed the eating habits of farm labourers in the Carse of Gowie, and described oatmeal with milk cooked in different ways, was the sole source of sustenance throughout the year. Scottish emigrants took their food preferences to many far-flung corners of the globe.

Unflaked oatmeal had to soften to become edible, so it had to be cooked for a long time. The wooden spurtle (parritch stick or thivel) was used to stir it frequently to prevent the formation of large lumps. Traditionally Scots’ used a spurtle to stir the pot. It was important to always stir deiseal (clockwise/sunwise) with the right hand for luck. Stirring widdershins (anticlockwise) was said to invoke the devil or bring bad luck. Good bairns were often rewarded by having the spurtle to lick in addition to their share of the breakfast. The following is one verse of a song entitled 'Our gudeman came hame at e'en.' collected by David Herd in 1776.

Our gudeman came hame at e'en,
And hame came he,
And there he saw a shining sword
Where nae sword should be:
What's this now, gudewife,
And what's this I see ?
O how came this sword here
Without the leave o' me ?
A sword! quo' she,—aye, a sword! quo' he.
Shame fa' yere cuckold face,
And waur may ye see,
It's but a porridge spurtle
My mither sent to me.
A spurtle! quo' he,—aye, a spurtle ! quo' she.
Far hae I ridden, love,
And meikle hae I seen,
But silver hiked spurtles
Saw I never nane.

Oat grains are available as whole grains or groats. These are ground into oatmeal and steamed and rolled into flakes of varying thickness. These can be steel-cut, or toasted and stone-ground (Macroom Oatmeal). Rolled oats are used for many purposes; the bigger the flakes, the chewier the porridge. Toasting the oats beforehand for a couple of minutes gives the finished dish a distinctly nutty, roasted flavour. Choose rolled oats if you want a smooth consistency and a porridge that cooks quickly. Rolled oats have a medium grain and are used for oatcakes, biscuits and stuffing. Scottish traditionalists allow only oats, water and salt although full-fat milk makes a rich porridge. A ratio of one part of milk to two of water has been recommended as a happy medium. A little salt added towards the end of cooking is essential, whether or not the porridge is sweetened. Adding the salt too early hardens the grain, preventing it from swelling, and results in a less creamy bowl of porridge. Traditionally the mixture is said to whisper ‘Perth’ and ‘Gargunnock’ in a gentle simmering way when it’s ready. Letting the porridge sit, lidded, for 5 to 15 minutes may develop a little more flavour.

Porridge is highly nutritious because oatmeal contains protein, carbohydrate, fats, and soluble fibre, all the B vitamins, vitamin E, calcium, and iron. The lack of vitamins A, C, and D is redressed when it is combined with milk or vegetables. Oats are a slow release carbohydrate and perfect for a low G.I. diet. Research also shows they are also useful for lowering cholesterol. Porridge was customarily eaten while standing, but the reasons remain obscure. Some believe it helped fill the stomach "A staunin' sack fills the fu'est" (A standing sack fills the fullest), while others consider it as a precaution in times when an enemy may catch them unawares.

The oats used for porridge determine how hearty the final dish will be and how long to cook; the finer the oats the quicker the cooking time. The oats used for porridge are usually rolled rather than crushed and Scottish oats, also known as "pinhead oats" and are the ones used for Scottish porridge.This simplified the preparation of porridge and all oat-based dishes. In 1877 the Quaker Oats Company of the United States developed rolled oats or oatflakes by steaming and rolling the coarsest grade of oatmeal to produce pinhead oatmeal. Today’s muesli is a derivative of the Scottish porridge.

In the past the basic mixture allowed for numerous permutations, all with their own nomenclature according to locality. Brose was made by pouring boiling water over oatmeal, butter, and salt: with meat stock it became fat brose, while the addition of a green vegetable gave kail brose. Hasty Pudding was a form of porridge enriched and sweetened. Gruel was made by boiling the liquid that oats had soaked in, flavoring it with assorted ingredients and allowing it to cool to a jellylike substance. To make sowans, oat husks were soaked until sour, at which point the mixture was sieved and the husks thrown out. The liquid was a pleasant drink and the starchy sediment underneath was boiled and eaten either hot or cold, with milk, cream, or beer again served separately.

Once cooked, the porridge was ladled into porringers (bowls) with a separate bowl of milk, buttermilk, or thin cream close by. Each spoonful of porridge was dipped into the cold liquid and then eaten. Some sprinkled sugar over the porridge, and others preferred honey, treacle or syrup, or a knob of butter—the men might replace the milk with ale or small beer. Porridge was sometimes poured into a drawer in the kitchen dresser to be sliced when cold, either for eating out in the fields or for reheating in the evening.

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©2018 Hub Guitar. All rights reserved.<|endoftext|>Ten people have been detained in China over the killing of an endangered wild panda for its meat and fur, state media said on Wednesday. A panda skin was discovered in December along with 9.75 kilograms of meat, four bones and a gallbladder, state broadcaster CCTV reported. While there is a thriving black market trade in exotic animal parts in China, it is unusual to hear of panda meat being sold.

Police found two brothers had shot the animal in forest near Zhaotong, a poverty-stricken city in China's Yunnan province, it said. Images showed the black and white skin - said to be that of an adult female - laid out on a floor alongside a tape measure. CCTV said a person who bought the animal's meat from the brothers had also been detained. The identities of the other seven people held, and their connections to the case, were not stated. Under Chinese law, killing protected animals such as pandas can result in a jail sentence of up to 10 years. China is home to 1,864 wild giant pandas according to state-run media, with a government agency crediting conservation measures for an increase of 17 percent over the decade to 2013. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature classes them as ‘endangered’. The giant panda's natural habitat mostly lies in mountainous southwestern China. They have a notoriously low reproductive rate and are under pressure from factors such as habitat loss.<|endoftext|>Great Social Media Idea: Ain't No Party Like a Listicle Party

Like any self-respecting internet snob, I find myself the embodiment of dear old Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy when it comes to slideshow/listicle click bait: "Tolerable, I suppose, but not handsome enough to tempt me." I understand their value and - with apologies to 'Sheed - click don't lie, but I do lament in many ways how the internet is so thoroughly in their grips, especially when just a week ago The Oregonian (my hometown newspaper) announced it is laying off half of its newsroom, slashing home delivery to four days a week, and is transitioning to a new "digital" model, which doubtless will borrow best SEO practices from BuzzFeed, Huffington Post, Bleacher Report, and the like. Why read original and investigative reporting and in-depth community coverage when you can see a gif-list of "20 Reasons Why Portland is Weird!" instead?

(Yes, yes... I'm being curmudgeonly and will readily admit that bitterness is indeed like swallowing poison and expecting the other person to die.)

At their worst, listicles are mindless, SEO-optimized, content-thieving fluff. But at their best, they are authentic, breezy, fun, and uniquely capable of encouraging sharing and engagement. Yes, even a bitter kitten like me will happily acknowledge the virtues of listicles - I've even written about them on this blog before!

Which brings us to this delightful entry from Marquette University

Listicles are OK, but personally, I'd rather have a popsicle.

This works on every level, with the primary reason that it is so obviously authentic. It's not just a fluffy PR piece... there was some real thought in including charming bits like the campus belltower playing the Harry Potter theme, which - no joke - made me squeel with delight like one of my teenage nieces watching a One Direction video. It effortlessly accomplishes the task of making the university feel fun, hip, and fresh while also "eating its vegetables" by hitting the typical higher ed marketing stuff like committed teachers, service, close-knit community, etc.

A list like this is obviously perfect for social media, and - as would be expected - it blew up when Marquette shared it. As smart little digital marketers we know the importance of creating good content, and this does that in spades.

So job well done, Marquette! If you can get a cranky old Luddite like me to praise a listicle, you done very, very good!

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Sweet Corn and Chicken Soup

Sweet corn and chicken soup

1 tsp sesame oil

1 tbs grated fresh ginger

1 clove garlic, crushed

1 litre salt-reduced chicken stock

420g can creamed corn

1 skinless chicken breast fillet, trimmed of all visible fat, thinly sliced

1 small bunch baby bok choy

3 green shallots, thinly sliced

1 egg, lightly beaten

  1. Place the sesame oil, ginger and garlic in a deep saucepan and stir over a low heat for 2-3 minutes until fragrant.
  2. Stir in stock, creamed corn and sliced chicken, increase heat and bring to the boil.
  3. Reduce heat to low, simmer uncovered for 8-10 minutes until chicken is cooked through, stirring occasionally.
  4. Roughly chop large bok choy leaves but leave the smaller leaves whole.
  5. Stir in bok choy and shallots and simmer a further 1-2 minutes.
  6. Add beaten egg in a thin stream, stirring constantly until soup thickens. Serve straightaway.

Nutrients Per Serve

Energy 1040kJ
Total Fat 6.78g
Saturated Fat 1.8g
Monounsaturated Fat 2.6g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.3g
Protein 25g
Carbohydrate 20g
Fibre 4.6g
Sodium 1413mg
Serves 4
Preparation Time 10
Cooking Time 15<|endoftext|>The following are multiple choice questions (with answers) about machine learning.

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Michelle Nichols
·2-min read
FILE PHOTO: German Ambassador to the United Nations Christoph Heusgen (L) speaks to the media after a U.N. Security Council meeting in New York

By Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Germany accused Russia and China on Tuesday of preventing a United Nations Security Council committee from determining whether North Korea has breached a U.N. cap on refined petroleum imports by the isolated Asian state.

The Security Council has ratcheted up sanctions on North Korea since 2006 in a bid to choke funding for Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. In 2017 it imposed an annual cap of 500,000 barrels on refined petroleum imports.

China and Russia are the only countries to have notified the Security Council's North Korea sanctions committee of refined petroleum exports to Pyongyang, but they did so in tonnes instead of barrels and the committee has been unable to agree on a conversion rate so it can determine when the cap was reached.

"Despite numerous attempts - the issue has been on the agenda for no less than three years - to find an agreement on a conversion rate, Russia and China have been stalling the process," German U.N. Ambassador Christoph Heusgen, chairman of the sanctions committee, told reporters.

"While this shouldn't be a complicated matter to solve, it has become clear that the two delegations are politicizing this topic," Heusgen said, after raising the issue behind closed doors in a formal Security Council meeting.

The Russian mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

A spokesperson for China's U.N. mission said the U.N. resolution imposing the refined petroleum cap does not specify what unit of measurement should be used and that negotiations on a conversion rate involve "complicated technical issues" and "it's normal that relevant parties have differences."

The spokesperson accused Germany of misusing its position as chair of the sanctions committee "by continuously interrupting the ongoing in-depth exchange among relevant parties on this issue", adding that such moves "will never bring the committee any closer to an agreement."

For the past three years, the United States and dozens of allies have accused North Korea of breaching the fuel cap through illicit imports and called for an immediate halt to all deliveries. However, Russia and China repeatedly prevented the sanctions committee from issuing such a statement.

The North Korean mission to the United Nations in New York has not responded to the accusations.

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Police found two brothers had shot the animal in forest near Zhaotong, a poverty-stricken city in China's Yunnan province, it said. Images showed the black and white skin - said to be that of an adult female - laid out on a floor alongside a tape measure. CCTV said a person who bought the animal's meat from the brothers had also been detained. The identities of the other seven people held, and their connections to the case, were not stated. Under Chinese law, killing protected animals such as pandas can result in a jail sentence of up to 10 years. China is home to 1,864 wild giant pandas according to state-run media, with a government agency crediting conservation measures for an increase of 17 percent over the decade to 2013. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature classes them as ‘endangered’. The giant panda's natural habitat mostly lies in mountainous southwestern China. They have a notoriously low reproductive rate and are under pressure from factors such as habitat loss.<|endoftext|>Great Social Media Idea: Ain't No Party Like a Listicle Party

Like any self-respecting internet snob, I find myself the embodiment of dear old Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy when it comes to slideshow/listicle click bait: "Tolerable, I suppose, but not handsome enough to tempt me." I understand their value and - with apologies to 'Sheed - click don't lie, but I do lament in many ways how the internet is so thoroughly in their grips, especially when just a week ago The Oregonian (my hometown newspaper) announced it is laying off half of its newsroom, slashing home delivery to four days a week, and is transitioning to a new "digital" model, which doubtless will borrow best SEO practices from BuzzFeed, Huffington Post, Bleacher Report, and the like. Why read original and investigative reporting and in-depth community coverage when you can see a gif-list of "20 Reasons Why Portland is Weird!" instead?

(Yes, yes... I'm being curmudgeonly and will readily admit that bitterness is indeed like swallowing poison and expecting the other person to die.)

At their worst, listicles are mindless, SEO-optimized, content-thieving fluff. But at their best, they are authentic, breezy, fun, and uniquely capable of encouraging sharing and engagement. Yes, even a bitter kitten like me will happily acknowledge the virtues of listicles - I've even written about them on this blog before!

Which brings us to this delightful entry from Marquette University

Listicles are OK, but personally, I'd rather have a popsicle.

This works on every level, with the primary reason that it is so obviously authentic. It's not just a fluffy PR piece... there was some real thought in including charming bits like the campus belltower playing the Harry Potter theme, which - no joke - made me squeel with delight like one of my teenage nieces watching a One Direction video. It effortlessly accomplishes the task of making the university feel fun, hip, and fresh while also "eating its vegetables" by hitting the typical higher ed marketing stuff like committed teachers, service, close-knit community, etc.

A list like this is obviously perfect for social media, and - as would be expected - it blew up when Marquette shared it. As smart little digital marketers we know the importance of creating good content, and this does that in spades.

So job well done, Marquette! If you can get a cranky old Luddite like me to praise a listicle, you done very, very good!

Great Instagram Idea: Post a Facebook Gallery!

The Week in Links<|endoftext|>Skip to content

Sweet Corn and Chicken Soup

Sweet corn and chicken soup

1 tsp sesame oil

1 tbs grated fresh ginger

1 clove garlic, crushed

1 litre salt-reduced chicken stock

420g can creamed corn

1 skinless chicken breast fillet, trimmed of all visible fat, thinly sliced

1 small bunch baby bok choy

3 green shallots, thinly sliced

1 egg, lightly beaten

  1. Place the sesame oil, ginger and garlic in a deep saucepan and stir over a low heat for 2-3 minutes until fragrant.
  2. Stir in stock, creamed corn and sliced chicken, increase heat and bring to the boil.
  3. Reduce heat to low, simmer uncovered for 8-10 minutes until chicken is cooked through, stirring occasionally.
  4. Roughly chop large bok choy leaves but leave the smaller leaves whole.
  5. Stir in bok choy and shallots and simmer a further 1-2 minutes.
  6. Add beaten egg in a thin stream, stirring constantly until soup thickens. Serve straightaway.

Nutrients Per Serve

Energy 1040kJ
Total Fat 6.78g
Saturated Fat 1.8g
Monounsaturated Fat 2.6g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.3g
Protein 25g
Carbohydrate 20g
Fibre 4.6g
Sodium 1413mg
Serves 4
Preparation Time 10
Cooking Time 15<|endoftext|>Germany accuses Russia, China of stalling over North Korea fuel sanctions

Michelle Nichols
·2-min read
FILE PHOTO: German Ambassador to the United Nations Christoph Heusgen (L) speaks to the media after a U.N. Security Council meeting in New York

By Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Germany accused Russia and China on Tuesday of preventing a United Nations Security Council committee from determining whether North Korea has breached a U.N. cap on refined petroleum imports by the isolated Asian state.

The Security Council has ratcheted up sanctions on North Korea since 2006 in a bid to choke funding for Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. In 2017 it imposed an annual cap of 500,000 barrels on refined petroleum imports.

China and Russia are the only countries to have notified the Security Council's North Korea sanctions committee of refined petroleum exports to Pyongyang, but they did so in tonnes instead of barrels and the committee has been unable to agree on a conversion rate so it can determine when the cap was reached.

"Despite numerous attempts - the issue has been on the agenda for no less than three years - to find an agreement on a conversion rate, Russia and China have been stalling the process," German U.N. Ambassador Christoph Heusgen, chairman of the sanctions committee, told reporters.

"While this shouldn't be a complicated matter to solve, it has become clear that the two delegations are politicizing this topic," Heusgen said, after raising the issue behind closed doors in a formal Security Council meeting.

The Russian mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

A spokesperson for China's U.N. mission said the U.N. resolution imposing the refined petroleum cap does not specify what unit of measurement should be used and that negotiations on a conversion rate involve "complicated technical issues" and "it's normal that relevant parties have differences."

The spokesperson accused Germany of misusing its position as chair of the sanctions committee "by continuously interrupting the ongoing in-depth exchange among relevant parties on this issue", adding that such moves "will never bring the committee any closer to an agreement."

For the past three years, the United States and dozens of allies have accused North Korea of breaching the fuel cap through illicit imports and called for an immediate halt to all deliveries. However, Russia and China repeatedly prevented the sanctions committee from issuing such a statement.

The North Korean mission to the United Nations in New York has not responded to the accusations.

(Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Mark Heinrich and Richard Pullin)<|endoftext|>Beyonce Biography

The Beyonce biography shines a spotlight on her success–from being a member of girl groups Girl’s Tyme and Destiny’s Child to her solo career and foray into acting and designing. She was successful as a part of a group, but she also made it big as a solo artist. Her success in the singing arena has overflowed into her acting and designing pursuits.

Beyonce Knowles, who was born on September 4, 1981, competed in a number of local talent shows in her hometown of Houston, Texas when she was a child and won many of them as she impressed the audience with her innate singing and dancing prowess. When she was nine years old, she became the lead of the singing group Girl’s Tyme with Kelly Rowland, LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett. Her father, Mathew Knowles, who was a medical equipment sales representative at the time of