Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Flower Trends - Rose Hip
Texture drives design style in these close colors. Some flowers that support the look and feel are ‘Moreno’ and ‘Gypsy Curiosa’ Roses, Orange Lilies, ‘Choco’ and Red Anthuriums, Leucadendrons, Leucospermums, Kangaroo Paws, Celosia, Hypericum and Epidendron Orchids. Experience the return of earth tones with a sense of luxury. This rich, analogous color harmony ranges from deep mahogany hues to terra-cotta, clay, carnelian red and rose tones with a copper accent. Warm and sensuous spice tones simmer to top notes of pink, while deep cocoa, caramel and coffee tones cooked to gooey perfection, tempting the senses. It is about organic elements—glazed ceramic, worn leather, stitching on leather, textured metals, worn and suede surfaces.
Ruff the bird
he Ruff is a medium-sized wader that breeds on marshes and wet meadows across northern Eurasia. This highly gregarious sandpiper is migratory, and sometimes forms huge flocks in its winter grounds, which include southern and western Europe, Africa, southern Asia and Australia. It is usually considered to be the only member of its genus, and the Broad-billed and Sharp-tailed Sandpipers are its closest relatives. The Ruff is a long-necked, pot-bellied bird. This species shows marked sexual dimorphism; the male is much larger than the female, and has a breeding plumage that includes brightly coloured head tufts, bare orange facial skin, extensive black on the breast, and the large collar of ornamental feathers that inspired this bird's English name. The female has one brood per year and lays four eggs in a well-hidden ground nest, incubating the eggs and rearing the chicks, which are mobile soon after hatching, on her own. The Ruff forages in wet grassland and soft mud, probing or searching by sight for edible items. It primarily feeds on insects, especially in the breeding season, but it will consume plant material, including rice and maize, on migration and in winter. Classified as "least concern" on the IUCN Red List criteria, the global conservation concerns are relatively low because of the large numbers that breed in Scandinavia and the Arctic.
“Warming of the climate system is unequivocal.”
* Global Warming Introduction
* What is Global Warming?
* Evidence for Global Warming
* Building a Climate Model
* Predicting Future Warming
* Potential Effects of Global Warming
* References
Satellite image of the collapse of the Larsen-B ice shelf, Antarctica.
Far from being some future fear, global warming is happening now, and scientists have evidence that humans are to blame. For decades, cars and factories have spewed billions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and these gases caused temperatures to rise between 0.6°C and 0.9°C (1.08°F to 1.62°F) over the past century. The rate of warming in the last 50 years was double the rate observed over the last 100 years. Temperatures are certain to go up further.
The effects of global warming are already being felt worldwide. The Larsen-B Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula collapsed over 35 days in early 2002, prompted by 3°C of warming since the 1940s. (NASA image by Jesse Allen, based on MODIS data.)
Photograph of the Navajo power plant, Page, Arizona
Graphs of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and global average temperature since 1880
But why should we worry about a seemingly small increase in temperature? It turns out that the global average temperature is quite stable over long periods of time, and small changes in that temperature correspond to enormous changes in the environment. For example, during the last ice age, when ice sheets a mile thick covered North America all the way down to the northern states, the world was only 9 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit colder than today. Much of modern human civilization owes its existence to the stability in the average global temperature since the end of the last ice age—a stability that allowed human cultures to transition from roaming, hunter-gatherer societies into more permanent, agriculture-supported communities. Even the temperature change of a degree or two that has occurred over the last century is capable of producing significant changes in our environment and way of life.
Cars, factories, and power plants pump billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year. Since 1750, carbon dioxide levels have increased 35 percent, while temperatures have gone up between 0.6°C and 0.9°C. Scientists have very high confidence that increased concentrations of greenhouse gases are causing the planet to warm. (Photograph ©2002 Travel Geographer. NASA graphs by Robert Simmon, based on carbon dioxide data from Dr. Pieter Tans, NOAA/ESRL and temperature data from NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.)
Photograph of beach erosion in Massachusetts, 2007
In the future, it is very likely that rising temperatures will lead to more frequent heat waves, and virtually certain that the seas will rise, which could leave low-lying nations awash in seawater. Warmer temperatures will alter weather patterns, making it likely that there will be more intense droughts and more intense rain events. Moreover, global warming will last thousands of years. To gain an understanding of how global warming might impact humanity, it is necessary to understand what global warming is, how scientists measure it, and how forecasts for the future are made.
next What is Global Warming?
One inevitable consequence of global warming is sea-level rise. In the face of higher sea levels and more intense storms, coastal communities face greater risk of rapid beach erosion and damage from destructive storms like the intense nor’easter of April 2007. (Photograph ©2007 metimbers2000.)
* What is Global Warming?
* Evidence for Global Warming
* Building a Climate Model
* Predicting Future Warming
* Potential Effects of Global Warming
* References
Satellite image of the collapse of the Larsen-B ice shelf, Antarctica.
Far from being some future fear, global warming is happening now, and scientists have evidence that humans are to blame. For decades, cars and factories have spewed billions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and these gases caused temperatures to rise between 0.6°C and 0.9°C (1.08°F to 1.62°F) over the past century. The rate of warming in the last 50 years was double the rate observed over the last 100 years. Temperatures are certain to go up further.
The effects of global warming are already being felt worldwide. The Larsen-B Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula collapsed over 35 days in early 2002, prompted by 3°C of warming since the 1940s. (NASA image by Jesse Allen, based on MODIS data.)
Photograph of the Navajo power plant, Page, Arizona
Graphs of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and global average temperature since 1880
But why should we worry about a seemingly small increase in temperature? It turns out that the global average temperature is quite stable over long periods of time, and small changes in that temperature correspond to enormous changes in the environment. For example, during the last ice age, when ice sheets a mile thick covered North America all the way down to the northern states, the world was only 9 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit colder than today. Much of modern human civilization owes its existence to the stability in the average global temperature since the end of the last ice age—a stability that allowed human cultures to transition from roaming, hunter-gatherer societies into more permanent, agriculture-supported communities. Even the temperature change of a degree or two that has occurred over the last century is capable of producing significant changes in our environment and way of life.
Cars, factories, and power plants pump billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year. Since 1750, carbon dioxide levels have increased 35 percent, while temperatures have gone up between 0.6°C and 0.9°C. Scientists have very high confidence that increased concentrations of greenhouse gases are causing the planet to warm. (Photograph ©2002 Travel Geographer. NASA graphs by Robert Simmon, based on carbon dioxide data from Dr. Pieter Tans, NOAA/ESRL and temperature data from NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.)
Photograph of beach erosion in Massachusetts, 2007
In the future, it is very likely that rising temperatures will lead to more frequent heat waves, and virtually certain that the seas will rise, which could leave low-lying nations awash in seawater. Warmer temperatures will alter weather patterns, making it likely that there will be more intense droughts and more intense rain events. Moreover, global warming will last thousands of years. To gain an understanding of how global warming might impact humanity, it is necessary to understand what global warming is, how scientists measure it, and how forecasts for the future are made.
next What is Global Warming?
One inevitable consequence of global warming is sea-level rise. In the face of higher sea levels and more intense storms, coastal communities face greater risk of rapid beach erosion and damage from destructive storms like the intense nor’easter of April 2007. (Photograph ©2007 metimbers2000.)
Over the last five years, 600 scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sifted through thousands of studies about global warming published in forums ranging from scientific journals to industry publications and distilled the world’s accumulated knowledge into this conclusion: “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal.”
* Global Warming Introduction
* What is Global Warming?
* Evidence for Global Warming
* Building a Climate Model
* Predicting Future Warming
* Potential Effects of Global Warming
* References
Satellite image of the collapse of the Larsen-B ice shelf, Antarctica.
Far from being some future fear, global warming is happening now, and scientists have evidence that humans are to blame. For decades, cars and factories have spewed billions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and these gases caused temperatures to rise between 0.6°C and 0.9°C (1.08°F to 1.62°F) over the past century. The rate of warming in the last 50 years was double the rate observed over the last 100 years. Temperatures are certain to go up further.
The effects of global warming are already being felt worldwide. The Larsen-B Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula collapsed over 35 days in early 2002, prompted by 3°C of warming since the 1940s. (NASA image by Jesse Allen, based on MODIS data.)
Photograph of the Navajo power plant, Page, Arizona
Graphs of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and global average temperature since 1880
But why should we worry about a seemingly small increase in temperature? It turns out that the global average temperature is quite stable over long periods of time, and small changes in that temperature correspond to enormous changes in the environment. For example, during the last ice age, when ice sheets a mile thick covered North America all the way down to the northern states, the world was only 9 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit colder than today. Much of modern human civilization owes its existence to the stability in the average global temperature since the end of the last ice age—a stability that allowed human cultures to transition from roaming, hunter-gatherer societies into more permanent, agriculture-supported communities. Even the temperature change of a degree or two that has occurred over the last century is capable of producing significant changes in our environment and way of life.
Cars, factories, and power plants pump billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year. Since 1750, carbon dioxide levels have increased 35 percent, while temperatures have gone up between 0.6°C and 0.9°C. Scientists have very high confidence that increased concentrations of greenhouse gases are causing the planet to warm. (Photograph ©2002 Travel Geographer. NASA graphs by Robert Simmon, based on carbon dioxide data from Dr. Pieter Tans, NOAA/ESRL and temperature data from NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.)
Photograph of beach erosion in Massachusetts, 2007
In the future, it is very likely that rising temperatures will lead to more frequent heat waves, and virtually certain that the seas will rise, which could leave low-lying nations awash in seawater. Warmer temperatures will alter weather patterns, making it likely that there will be more intense droughts and more intense rain events. Moreover, global warming will last thousands of years. To gain an understanding of how global warming might impact humanity, it is necessary to understand what global warming is, how scientists measure it, and how forecasts for the future are made.
next What is Global Warming?
One inevitable consequence of global warming is sea-level rise. In the face of higher sea levels and more intense storms, coastal communities face greater risk of rapid beach erosion and damage from destructive storms like the intense nor’easter of April 2007. (Photograph ©2007 metimbers2000.)
Saturday, October 17, 2009
importance of education
Education should lead us to Humility. In turn, it will equip us with all the eligibility. Eligibility provides us with necessary material Wealth and enables us to do some Charitable Deeds. Charity makes us Happy and reveal to us the truth that Education does not mean only giving meaning to the Words.
Our Education is not measured by how many degrees or diplomas we hold or how many exams we passed. It has to be valued not as a means of earning one's livelihood, but as the essential requisite for a Happy, Peaceful and Progressive Life.
Abraham Lincoln is an excellent example for us to know how Education could make a person humble and great, bright like a polished Gem. A very nice story about Abraham Lincoln to share with you my friends .
Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States when the country was facing one of the most crucial civil wars. The situation was so serious that the President himself proceeded to personally direct the stalled Peninsular Campaign.
George Pickett, who had known Lincoln in Illinois, years before, joined the Southern army, and by his conspicuous bravery and ability had become one of the great Generals of the Confederacy. Toward the close of the war, when a large part of Virginia had fallen into the possession of the Union army, the President lost his temper and became so angry with General Pickett. One day Lincoln himself called at General Pickett's Virginia home.
The General's wife, with her baby on her arm, met him at the door.
'Is this George Pickett's home?'; Asked the President.
The General's Wife could not believe herself that Abraham Lincoln was standing in front of her. She had never seen him, but she knew the ! intense love and reverence with which her husband always spoke of Lincoln.
With all the courage and dignity she could muster, she replied in a shivering voice;
'Yes, and I am his wife, and this is his baby.'
He replied; 'I am Abraham Lincoln.'
'The President!' she gasped.
Lincoln shook his head and replied; 'No, Abraham Lincoln, George's old friend.'
"The baby pushed away from his Mom and reached out his hands to Lincoln, who took him in his arms. As he did so, an ex-pression of rapt, almost divine tenderness and love lighted up the sad face of Lincoln. It was a look that the General's wife had never seen on any other face of his position. The baby opened his mouth wide and insisted upon giving his Dad's friend a dewy kiss.
Lincoln forgot the fact that he came there to warn the General. While giving the little one back to her, he spoke to the little kid;
'Tell your Dad, the Stupid, that! I forgive him for the sake of your bright eyes."
Whatever we learn through Education and also from our Lives have to be practiced and used for the welfare of the Society. It is so true that the Wealth of one's Education makes his/her Heart Softer and his/her Character more Cute.
Every letter in Education conveys a message for us;
"E" for Enlightment
"D" for Duty and Devotion
"U" for Understanding
"C" for Character
"A" for Action
"T" for Thanking
"I" for Integrity
"O" for Oneness
"N" for Nobility
It is so true that Education without Character, Politics without Principles and Commerce without Morality will not Last Long.
Let us all use the brightness of Knowledge to make our Heart a Lotus, unfolding its petals when the Sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it.
Our Education is not measured by how many degrees or diplomas we hold or how many exams we passed. It has to be valued not as a means of earning one's livelihood, but as the essential requisite for a Happy, Peaceful and Progressive Life.
Abraham Lincoln is an excellent example for us to know how Education could make a person humble and great, bright like a polished Gem. A very nice story about Abraham Lincoln to share with you my friends .
Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States when the country was facing one of the most crucial civil wars. The situation was so serious that the President himself proceeded to personally direct the stalled Peninsular Campaign.
George Pickett, who had known Lincoln in Illinois, years before, joined the Southern army, and by his conspicuous bravery and ability had become one of the great Generals of the Confederacy. Toward the close of the war, when a large part of Virginia had fallen into the possession of the Union army, the President lost his temper and became so angry with General Pickett. One day Lincoln himself called at General Pickett's Virginia home.
The General's wife, with her baby on her arm, met him at the door.
'Is this George Pickett's home?'; Asked the President.
The General's Wife could not believe herself that Abraham Lincoln was standing in front of her. She had never seen him, but she knew the ! intense love and reverence with which her husband always spoke of Lincoln.
With all the courage and dignity she could muster, she replied in a shivering voice;
'Yes, and I am his wife, and this is his baby.'
He replied; 'I am Abraham Lincoln.'
'The President!' she gasped.
Lincoln shook his head and replied; 'No, Abraham Lincoln, George's old friend.'
"The baby pushed away from his Mom and reached out his hands to Lincoln, who took him in his arms. As he did so, an ex-pression of rapt, almost divine tenderness and love lighted up the sad face of Lincoln. It was a look that the General's wife had never seen on any other face of his position. The baby opened his mouth wide and insisted upon giving his Dad's friend a dewy kiss.
Lincoln forgot the fact that he came there to warn the General. While giving the little one back to her, he spoke to the little kid;
'Tell your Dad, the Stupid, that! I forgive him for the sake of your bright eyes."
Whatever we learn through Education and also from our Lives have to be practiced and used for the welfare of the Society. It is so true that the Wealth of one's Education makes his/her Heart Softer and his/her Character more Cute.
Every letter in Education conveys a message for us;
"E" for Enlightment
"D" for Duty and Devotion
"U" for Understanding
"C" for Character
"A" for Action
"T" for Thanking
"I" for Integrity
"O" for Oneness
"N" for Nobility
It is so true that Education without Character, Politics without Principles and Commerce without Morality will not Last Long.
Let us all use the brightness of Knowledge to make our Heart a Lotus, unfolding its petals when the Sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Poem
I stand on top of my desk, a blunted, fencing sword in my hand, a copy of Hamlet in the other. A student, looking uncannily like Queen Gert..
Educational Articles
The children’s brain in Primary School is biologically musical. The embryo in the third month can hear and remember musical patterns and can associate them with feelings which they provoke. As infant he or she has developed to a certain extent musical skills. Studies have shown that what makes the difference is the way in which musicality can be developed in the environment in which a child grows up. For example, the parents’ musical preferences, as well as if the child is involved in Music from earliest years and with a teacher suitable for this, influence decisively the musical education the child will receive. Studies show that the earliest contact with music studies improves significantly the development of an already musical mind. Indeed this influence does not relate only to the development of musical skills but also to different skills related to sciences and arts. This proposal aims at the description and analysis of views of neuromusical researchers about the extent to which a child’s musical abilities constitute an innate imperative but also can be developed by the teaching itself.
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