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Anal cleansing Human feces

people different cultures employ variety of personal cleansing practices after defecation. anus , buttocks may either washed liquids or wiped toilet paper or other solid materials. in many muslim, hindu , sikh cultures, southeast asia , southern europe, water used anal cleansing using jet, bidet, or commonly, splashed , washed hand. in other cultures (such many western countries), cleaning after defecation done toilet paper only.

Use as fertilizer Human feces

fresh feces collected child drying experiment human feces have historically been used fertilizer centuries in form of night soil, fecal sludge, , sewage sludge. use of untreated human feces in agriculture poses significant health risks , has contributed widespread infection parasitic worms—a disease called helminthiasis, affecting on 1.5 billion people in developing countries. feces after drying in experiment determine moisture content there methods available safely reuse human feces in agriculture per multiple barrier concept described world health organization in 2006. approach close loop between human excreta (sanitation) , agriculture called ecological sanitation. may involve types of dry toilets such urine-diversion dry toilets or composting toilets.

Uses Human feces

1 uses 1.1 use fertilizer 1.2 fecal transplants 1.3 biogas production uses use fertilizer fresh feces collected child drying experiment human feces have historically been used fertilizer centuries in form of night soil, fecal sludge, , sewage sludge. use of untreated human feces in agriculture poses significant health risks , has contributed widespread infection parasitic worms—a disease called helminthiasis, affecting on 1.5 billion people in developing countries. feces after drying in experiment determine moisture content there methods available safely reuse human feces in agriculture per multiple barrier concept described world health organization in 2006. approach close loop between human excreta (sanitation) , agriculture called ecological sanitation. may involve types of dry toilets such urine-diversion dry toilets or composting toilets. fecal transplants in humans, fecal transplants (or stool transplant) process of transplantation of fecal bacteria healthy individual recipie

External links KiHa 40 series

Film Festivals The Big Shot-Caller

^ acefest 2008 . acefest. 2008.  ^ hinckley, david (july 2008). ny int l latino film festival offers reel @ hispanic issues . ny daily news.  ^ marsh, raeann (february 2008). sedona: many firsts on slate in 2008 . moving pictures network.  ^ bermuda film fest - press release . bermudafilmfest.com. april 2008.  ^ black film festival comes town . sagharboronline.com. december 2008.  ^ feel film festival announces debut . filmthreat.com. july 2008. 

Australia 1971 Birthday Honours

1 australia 1.1 knight bachelor 1.2 order of bath 1.2.1 companion of order of bath (cb) 1.3 order of saint michael , saint george 1.3.1 companion of order of st michael , st george (cmg) 1.4 order of british empire 1.4.1 dame commander of order of british empire (dbe) 1.4.2 knight commander of order of british empire (kbe) 1.4.3 commander of order of british empire (cbe) 1.4.4 officer of order of british empire (obe) 1.4.5 member of order of british empire (mbe) 1.5 companion of imperial service order (iso) 1.6 british empire medal (bem) 1.7 air force cross (afc) 1.8 queen s police medal (qpm) 1.9 queen s commendation valuable service in air australia knight bachelor john buchan, cmg, of south yarra, victoria. distinguished services international relations. mr. justice richard moulton eggleston, of toorak, victoria. distinguished services law. vincent charles fairfax, cmg, of double bay, new south wales. distinguished services youth, finance , press. alderman james campbell irwin, obe,

References Burayevsky District

sources №ВС-22/15 24 декабря 1993 г. «Конституция Республики Башкортостан», в ред. Закона №57-з от 4 марта 2014 г. «О внесении изменений и дополнений в Конституцию Республики Башкортостан». Опубликован: Ведомости Верховного Совета и Правительства Республики Башкортостан , №4-22, ст.146, 1994. (#vs-22/15 december 24, 1993 constitution of republic of bashkortostan, amended law #57-z of march 4, 2014 on amending , supplementing constitution of republic of bashkortostan. ). Правительство Республики Башкортостан. Постановление №391 от 29 декабря 2006 г. «Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц и населённых пунктов Республики Башкортостан», в ред. Постановления №61 от 26 февраля 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в реестр административно-территориальных единиц и населённых пунктов Республики Башкортостан». Опубликован: Ведомости Государственного Собрания – Курултая, Президента и Правительства Республики Башкортостан , №5 (251), ст. 239, 12 марта 2007 г. (government of repu

Andean civilizations History of South America

1 andean civilizations 1.1 chavín 1.2 moche 1.3 tiwanaku 1.4 inca andean civilizations chavín the chavín, south american preliterate civilization, established trade network , developed agriculture 900 bce, according estimates , archeological finds. artifacts found @ site called chavín de huantar in modern peru @ elevation of 3,177 meters. chavín civilization spanned 900 200 bce. moche the ancient city of moche huaca del sol in background the moche thrived on north coast of peru 2000–1500 years ago. heritage of moche comes down through elaborate burials, excavated ucla s christopher b. donnan in association national geographic society. skilled artisans, moche technologically advanced people traded faraway peoples, maya. knowledge moche has been derived ceramic pottery, carved representations of daily lives. practiced human sacrifice, had blood-drinking rituals, , religion incorporated non-procreative sexual practices (such fellatio). tiwanaku the tiwanaku settled in present-day bolivi

References Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly

women s 50m butterfly preliminary results 2007 world championships. published omegatiming.com (official timer of 07 worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11. women s 50m butterfly semifinals results 2007 world championships. published omegatiming.com (official timer of 07 worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11. women s 50m butterfly final results 2007 world championships. published omegatiming.com (official timer of 07 worlds); retrieved 2009-07-11.

Points of interest Statesville, North Carolina

^ http://www.fortdobbs.org ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/statesville_owls ^ http://futureangels.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/12/scraps_from_statesville_part_2.html ^ national park service (2010-07-09). national register information system . national register of historic places. national park service. 

Comptroller Government of New York City

the comptroller conducts performance , financial audits of city agencies, serves fiduciary city s 5 public pension funds totaling $160 billion in assets, provides comprehensive oversight of city s budget , fiscal condition, reviews city contracts integrity, accountability , fiscal compliance, manages fair, efficient , effective resolution of claims against city, ensures transparency , accountability in prevailing wage rate-setting process , enforces prevailing wage , living wage laws. comptroller stands second, after public advocate, in line succeed mayor has become unable serve.

Europe River surfing

1 europe 1.1 germany 1.2 austria 1.3 norway 1.4 switzerland europe surfing standing wave on eisbach. germany despite being many hundreds of kilometres nearest ocean, munich has reputation surfing hotspot, offering 1 of europe s best waves. bavarian capital birthplace of river surfing. city has been center of surfboard riding on stationary wave since early-1970s. 100 surfers daily hit waves in city s englischer garten, largest urban park in world. there, in river eisbach, world’s best known river surf spot, eisbach wave — literally “ice brook” — flow velocity of icy water 5 meters @ rate of 20 tons per second, , temperature never gets above 15 degrees celsius. annual surfing competition held on standing wave. additionally, there further stationary waves form on river isar downstream of wittelsbacherbrücke bridge in isarvorstadt, on canal joins isar channel floßlände. munich has produced best river surfers , first location created true surfing community around inland river wave. scene ha

Pledge of Allegiance Michael Newdow

newdow best known lawsuit states filed on behalf of daughter against inclusion of words under god in public schools recitals of united states pledge of allegiance. united states court of appeals ninth circuit found phrase constitutes endorsement of religion, , therefore violates establishment clause of first amendment united states constitution. however, decision later overruled supreme court of united states on procedural grounds, citing newdow did not have custody of daughter , therefore did not have right bring suit on behalf, nor did meet court s prudential standing requirements bring suit on behalf of himself. newdow filed suit again in united states district court eastern district of california regarding same issue, time on behalf of 3 unnamed parents , children. citing precedent set supreme court in course of newdow s previous suit, judge lawrence k. karlton ruled newdow did not have standing bring lawsuit, other plaintiffs did have standing. based on previous ruling ninth c

Life Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen

1 life 1.1 career 1.2 russian service 1.3 return dutch republic 1.4 late republican navy 1.5 in disgrace batavian republic 1.6 kingdom of holland 1.7 continued appreciation kingdom of netherlands life early career jan hendrik van kinsbergen van kinsbergen born in doesburg eldest son of non-commissioned officer johann henrich van kinsbergen, had been born in netphen, germany, in 1706, started military career in austrian service, , spelled family name ginsberg . when six, moved parents in 1741 elburg. 3 years later left father southern netherlands , @ age of 9 enlisted soldier of dutch field army during war of austrian succession, returning in 1748. reading biography of gerard brandt life of admiral michiel de ruyter, decided become naval hero , went naval academy of groningen, trained engineer between 1751 , 1755. in 1756, became midshipman on weststellingerwerf , on 16 march 1758 lieutenant, in admiralty of amsterdam, on maarssen. van kinsbergen had 3 younger brothers; 2 enlisted in a

Member of Parliament Keith Joseph

1 member of parliament 1.1 in government 1.2 social services 1.3 trade spokesman 1.4 1974 1.5 thatcher 1.6 secretary of state education , science 1.7 backbenches, retirement , peerage 1.8 30-year rule , official documents 1.9 legacy member of parliament he failed elected marginal seat of baron s court in west london 125 votes in 1955 election. he elected parliament in by-election leeds north east in february 1956. swiftly appointed parliamentary private secretary. in government after 1959, joseph had several junior posts in macmillan government @ ministry of housing , board of trade. in night of long knives reshuffle of 13 july 1962 made minister housing , local government, cabinet position. introduced massive programme build council housing, aimed @ 400,000 new homes per year 1965. wished increase proportion of owner-occupied households, offering mortgage deposits. housing important issue @ 1964 election , joseph felt have done on television in campaign. social services in oppositio

1972 special version FIBA Intercontinental Cup

in 1972, fiba held 4 team tournament, featuring soviet union national basketball team, polish national basketball team, brazilian national basketball team, , nabl all-stars team, participated in place of team usa. although tournament not part of actual club world cup, still listed in event s history special version of tournament, while actual club competition on hiatus between years of 1970 , 1973.

Repetition (draw) Shogi

if same game position occurs 4 times same player move , same pieces in hand each player, game ends in repetition draw or sennichite (lit. moves thousand days ), long positions not due perpetual check. (perpetual check illegal move, ends game in loss in tournament play.) in professional shogi, repetition draw outcome not final result draws not count. there can 1 victorious through wins. significant difference western chess, in player can play obtain draws gaining points. in case of repetition draw, professional shogi players have play subsequent game (or many games necessary) sides reversed in order obtain true win outcome. (that is, player white becomes black, , vice versa.) also, depending on tournament, professional players play subsequent game in remainder of allowed game time. thus, aiming repetition draw may possible professional strategy white player in order play second game black, has slight statistical advantage and/or greater initiative. instance, bishop exchange fourth file

Career Ed Seeman

seeman drafted in united states army during korean war , served in frankfurt mein, germany in 1952-1954 4th infantry division. while in division s headquarters, served information , entertainment non-commissioned officer, rank of corporal. while there worked illustrator 4th division s newspaper, ivy leaves, creating comic strip, pvt goof hoff (private goof off), part of army s internal information program, information distributed in entertaining way. created security adds, designed remind soldiers needed conscious of said around others in case enemy secretly gathering intelligence, program labeled operations security (opsec) today. created book, famous fourth infantry division. @ reenlistment, army awarded him army commendation medal efforts. won pat on award, cartoon “a note has been handed me” shows sergeant teaching class, unaware pants around ankles; serious award profession showing merit.

Semi-finals series 2017 NBL Finals

1 (1) adelaide 36ers vs (4) illawarra hawks 1.1 game 1 1.2 game 2 1.3 game 3 (1) adelaide 36ers vs (4) illawarra hawks game 1 game 2 game 3 regular season series illawarra won 3–1 in regular season series:

South African Airways Dudu Myeni

myeni first appointed south african airway s board of directors in 2009. appointed chairperson of board in 2012 following simultaneous resignation of 8 of fourteen board members including company s chairperson cheryl carolus. in 2012/13 had acting chief executive, vuyisile kona removed position @ airline amid accusations organised airline s security service spy on him. in january 2014 6 non-executive directors of state owned south african airways wrote minister public enterprises, malusi gigaba, of “major dissatisfaction” myeni s leadership. in march 2014 new chief executive, monwabisi kalawe, accused myeni of corruption after paying documents allegedly showed myeni had foreign bank accounts worth €18.5-million. these documents proven fake , lead disciplinary proceedings against kalawe. in may 2014 myeni accused kalawe of serious governance breaches. accusation kalawe disputed prompting gigaba state “full confidence” in kalawe following gigaba s call state owned airline fix s long trou

History Enosis

map showing greek territorial gains between 1832 , 1947. the boundaries of kingdom of greece established @ london conference of 1832 following greek war of independence. created country smaller greece became, significant ethnic greek populations remaining outside greek nation state. of these aspired incorporated in kingdom, , movements among them calling enosis, or union greece, achieved popular support. ottoman empire declined greek state expanded number of territorial gains. the ionian islands had been placed under british protection result of treaty of paris in 1815, once greek independence established after 1830 islanders began resent foreign colonial rule , press enosis. britain transferred islands greece in 1864. thessaly remained under ottoman control after formation of kingdom of greece. although parts of territory had participated in initial uprisings in greek war of independence in 1821, revolts had been swiftly crushed. during russo-turkish war of 1877–78 greece remained neu

Selected films Denys Desjardins

1 selected films 1.1 director-screenwriter 1.2 producer 1.3 cinematographer selected films as director-screenwriter la dame aux poupées (1996) boris lehman, filmmaker (1998) almanach 1999-2000 (1999) my eye camera (2001) me bob robert (2003) being human (2005) peter , penny (2005) rebels camera (2006) the great resistance (2007) back new world (2008) from nfb box-office (2009) the private life of cinema (2011) kapadokya (2013) as producer la dame aux poupées (1996) boris lehman, filmmaker (1998) me bob robert (2003) peter , penny (2005) back new world (2008) from nfb box-office (2009) the private life of cinema (2011) kapadokya (2013) mes 7 lieux (2014) the war of blueberries (2015) as cinematographer boris lehman, filmmaker (1998) my eye camera (2001) me bob robert (2003) being human (2005) peter , penny (2005) the great resistance (2007) kapadokya (2013) ^ being human/histoire d être humain . national film board of canada. retrieved 2011-03-18. 

Current greenways Parks and Greenways in Huntsville

1 current greenways 1.1 aldridge creek greenway 1.2 atwood linear park greenway 1.3 big cove creek greenway 1.4 flint river greenway 1.5 gateway greenway 1.6 indian creek greenway 1.7 little cove road greenway 1.8 tennessee river greenway 1.9 wade mountain greenway current greenways as of november 2013, there 9 greenways 26 miles (42 km) of trail. aldridge creek greenway aldridge creek greenway 103.55 acre greenway consisting of 4.25-mile-long (6.84 km) walking , biking trail in south huntsville runs along aldridge creek connecting ken johnston park ditto landing , tennessee river. greenway runs north along aldridge creek main trailhead 1.25 miles sidewalk on west side of bailey cove road north of country lane drive , south entrance of ditto landing, 3.5 miles. address of park 1100 mountain gap road @ ken johnston park west of bailey cove road. parking available on south end of greenway @ ditto landing , additional parking located behind challenger school on chaney thompson road. the c

Other major awards 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

^ utah’s delon wright wins bob cousy award sponsored holy cross. retrieved on april 14, 2015. ^ d angelo russell named 2015 jerry west award winner. retrieved on april 10, 2015. ^ montrezl harrell wins karl malone power forward of year award. retrieved on april 14, 2015. ^ wisconsin basketball: frank kaminsky awarded wooden trophy, kareem abdul-jabbar award. retrieved on april 14, 2015. ^ kentucky basketball s willie cauley-stein wins nabc defensive player of year. retrieved on april 9, 2015. ^ townsend named men s basketball academic all-american of year (press release). yale bulldogs. february 26, 2015. retrieved march 1, 2015. 

Later life and death John Singer Sargent

sargent s grave in brookwood cemetery in 1922 sargent co-founded new york city s grand central art galleries edmund greacen, walter leighton clark, , others. sargent actively participated in grand central art galleries , academy, grand central school of art, until death in 1925. galleries held major retrospective exhibit of sargent s work in 1924. returned england, died on april 14, 1925 of heart disease. sargent interred in brookwood cemetery near woking, surrey. memorial exhibitions of sargent s work held in boston in 1925, , @ metropolitan museum of art in new york, , royal academy , tate gallery in london in 1926. grand central art galleries organized posthumous exhibition in 1928 of unseen sketches , drawings throughout career.

Loss of Antioch Bohemond VI of Antioch

in 1266, hetoum set out mongol court, pleading assistance. while gone, mamluk army attacked armenian army, being commanded hetoum s sons, @ battle of mari. mamluks victorious. killed 1 of hetoum s sons, took other prisoner, , laid waste cilician armenia, reducing capital ruins. after destroying cilicia, mamluk army turned attention towards antioch. generals had taken fill of loot armenia, , not eager battle. bohemond thereby able bribe them keep them attacking. baibars angry @ generals weakness, , returned attack. in may 1267 attacked acre, , in 1268 began siege of antioch, taking city while bohemond away in tripoli. of northern syria lost, leaving bohemond no estates except tripoli.

Production Behind the Laughter

willie nelson guest stars himself the writers had particular fun writing on top, melodramatic lines tortured metaphors, many of penned producer david mirkin. although not credited, scully has noted writers tom gammill , max pross making significant contributions episode. crew used actual simpsons promotional posters in episode. vh1 , gay rosenthal productions both extremely cooperative regarding episode, letting team use entire graphics package. larina adamson drove on vh1 headquarters in order compile of video graphics package. part of imitating of behind music using corny, stock interstitial footage amp drama of situation. ian maxtone-graham directed voice actors during recording sessions episode. jim forbes, narrator behind music, came in studio , did narrations, george meyer called fantastic . when scully went studio record willie nelson s guest appearance, running late , had wait, nelson recording duet b.b. king. meyer recalled nelson said producers enjoyed simpsons, , watch

Mary Valley Rattler Gympie railway station

mary valley rattler queensland c17 class locomotive hauling valley rattler @ imbil the mary valley heritage railway became custodians of of gympie railway station complex through lease queensland railways 50 years , on 23 may 1998 valley rattler began operations on former mary valley branch line after negotiations lease extended line imbil , became major tourist attraction of region. after 2 serious derailments during august , september 2012, limitations , state of railway company s finances became known. shut down indefinitely transport & main roads, declared unsafe convey passengers. following flood damage in 2013, railway disbanded. in june 2016, gympie regional council allocated $250,000 operational start-up costs , $3.8 million capital funds restart rattler.

Use in medicine Erotic massage

french pelvic douche, circa 1860 a 1918 sears, roebuck , co. ad several models of vibrators in western medical tradition, genital massage of woman orgasm physician or midwife standard treatment female hysteria, ailment considered common , chronic in women. in 1653, pieter van foreest advised technique of genital massage disease called womb disease bring woman hysterical paroxysm . such cases quite profitable physicians, since patients @ no risk of death needed constant treatment. however, vaginal massage procedure (generally referred pelvic massage ) tedious , time-consuming physicians. technique difficult physician master , take hours achieve hysterical paroxysm . referral midwives, had been common practice, meant loss of business physician, and, @ times, husbands asked assist. development of vibrator a solution invention of massage devices, shortened needed treatment hours minutes, removing need midwives , increasing physician s treatment capacity. @ turn of century, hydrotherap

Extensions and variants Stochastic gradient descent

1 extensions , variants 1.1 momentum 1.2 averaging 1.3 adagrad 1.4 rmsprop 1.5 adam 1.6 ksgd extensions , variants many improvements on basic stochastic gradient descent algorithm have been proposed , used. in particular, in machine learning, need set learning rate (step size) has been recognized problematic. setting parameter high can cause algorithm diverge; setting low makes slow converge. conceptually simple extension of stochastic gradient descent makes learning rate decreasing function ηt of iteration number t, giving learning rate schedule, first iterations cause large changes in parameters, while later ones fine-tuning. such schedules have been known since work of macqueen on k-means clustering. momentum further proposals include momentum method, appeared in rumelhart, hinton , williams seminal paper on backpropagation learning. stochastic gradient descent momentum remembers update Δ w @ each iteration, , determines next update linear combination of gradient , previous update: