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A prosthesis is a device made to replace a missing human body part. They are used by people who are missing body parts due to accidents, health problems (amputees) or being born without them. Originally, prostheses were simply pieces of wood (for example, wooden legs), but now they are made of lighter and stronger materials.   Currently available prostheses can help return mobility to those with transtibial (below the knee), transfemoral (above the knee), transradial (below the elbow), and transhumeral (above the elbow) amputations. There is still much research to be done before artificial limbs can function with the same versatility as a natural limb; as a result many of the currently available prosthetic limbs are tailored to a specific activity or need.  In sports. In Para-alpine skiing, the device needs to be made to work like an ankle because the way the ankle moves is very important in skiing. The device for skiing is only used in skiing. People use other prostheses when they are not skiing. Prosthetic arms can be designed for climbing as well. Private Jaco Van Gass, an amputee veteran, designed a special prosthetic arm with a built in ice pick that he would use to climb Mount Everest. It also includes a battery pack and heat patch to keep his stump warm.  Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius also had prostheses designs specifically for spot. He used carbon fiber running blades that, some argue, give an advantage over natural legs. Underlying Mechanisms. A traditional prosthetic limb consists of three main components: a socket, an attachment mechanism, and a control system. The socket is the part of the prosthetic that attaches to the users natural body. A precise fit is extremely important to the function of the limb, so typically molds are taken of a patient’s residual limb to ensure the fit is ideal. If it does not fit correctly, the socket could cause severe tissue damage to the patient.  The attachment mechanism is a means of securely anchoring the limb in a way that is both comfortable and easy for the user to control. The attachment mechanism may work by tension (straps
Saffron Walden is a town near the M11 motorway, in the Uttlesford district of Essex. It is a market town north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and north of London.  It has a rural appearance and some buildings of the medieval period.  The population was 15,504 at the 2011 census.
Leiston is a town near the A12 road, in Suffolk, England.  Along with the nearby hamlet of Sizewell, Leiston forms the Leiston-cum-Sizewell civil parish.
Halesworth is a town on the A144 road, in Suffolk, England. Twin towns. Halesworth is twinned with both
Wellingborough is a town in Northamptonshire, England. In 2001 there were 72,519 people living in the town. The town is near the A45 road. Wellingborough is an Anglo-Saxon town. It and was settled in the sixth century by the Saxons. It was first known as "Wendeling burh" - "the stronghold of Waendel's people".
A dormitory, also known as dorm, is a residence hall consisting of sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often in boarding. The term dorm can also refer to a multi occupancy bedroom where three or more people sleep.
A horse fly is a type of insect and a member of the family Tabanidae (order Diptera). More specifically they are any member of the genus "Tabanus". These stout flies are as small as a housefly or as large as a bumblebee. Their metallic or iridescent eyes meet dorsally in the male and are separate in the female. Gad-fly, a nickname, may refer either to the fly’s roving habits or to its mouthparts, which resemble a wedge-shaped miner’s tool.  The bites of the female fly often carry parasites onto the victim (such as a horse). The resulting sore can be extremely distressing to the animal.
The Blues Music Awards are presented by the Blues Foundation, an organization to promote the blues music. The Blues Foundation started the awards in 1980 under the name W. C. Handy Awards. In 2006 they were renamed Blues Music Awards. The Blues Music Award is one of the highest honors a blues musician can get in the USA. Like the Grammys the Blues Music Award is given in different categories. The nominees are chosen by a group of people who are connected with Blues music.  Blues Music Award 2009. Acoustic Album of the Year. Eden Brent - Mississippi Number One Acoustic Artist of the Year. Eden Brent Album of the Year. Buddy Guy - Skin Deep B.B. King Entertainer of the Year. Janiva Magness Band of the Year. Lil' Ed &amp; the Blues Imperials Best New Artist Debut. Cedric Burnside &amp; Lightnin' Malcolm - 2 Man Wrecking Crew Contemporary Blues Album of the Year. Buddy Guy - Skin Deep Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year. Janiva Magness Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year. Buddy Guy DVD. Broke &amp; Hungry Records, Cathead Blues &amp; Mudpuppy Recordings - M For Mississippi: A Road Trip Through The Birthplace of the Blues Historical Album of the Year. Eagle Records - Albert Collins Live At Montreux 1992 Instrumentalist-Bass. Mookie Brill Instrumentalist-Drums. Willie "Big Eyes" Smith Instrumentalist-Guitar. Sonny Landreth Instrumentalist-Harmonica. Billy Gibson Instrumentalist-Horn. Deanna Bogart Instrumentalist-Other. Otis Taylor - Banjo Pinetop Perkins Piano Player. Marcia Ball Rock Blues Album of the Year. Jeff Healey - Mess of Blues Song of the Year. Kenny Neal - Let Life Flow (Kenny Neal) Soul Blues Album of the Year. Irma Thomas - Simply Grand Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year. Etta James Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year. Bobby Rush Traditional Blues Album of the Year. B. B. King - One Kind Favor Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year. Koko Taylor Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year. B.B. King
Beaconsfield is a town near the M40 motorway in Buckinghamshire, England. A new service station has opened on the motorway called Beaconsfield service station. It has a population of 12, 081 as of 2011. References.
Berkhamsted is a town and civil parish near the A41 road in Dacorum, Hertfordshire, England. In 2001 there were 16,498 people living in Berkhamsted. References.
Bridport is a town near the A35 road in Dorset, England. It is near the coast at the western end of Chesil Beach. In 2006 West Dorset district was named 10th best place to live in the UK. The town is twinned with Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, France.
Tadcaster is a town near the A64 road in North Yorkshire, England. In 2001 there were 6,039 people living in Tadcaster. References.
Cockermouth is a town near the A66 road in Cumbria, England, in the Borough of Allerdale. In 2011 there were 8,761 living in Cockermouth. Other website. Town Council website
Maryport is a town on the A596 road in Allerdale, Cumbria, England. In 2001 there were 11,275 people living in Maryport. The Romans built the fort Uxellodunum in Alauna (which is now called Maryport) around the year 122, to help defend the western end of Hadrian's Wall.
Louth is a town near the A16 road in Lincolnshire, England. In 2001 there were 15,930 people living in Louth. References.
Skegness is a town and civil parish on the A52 road and A158 road in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England. In 2001 there were 18,910 people living in Skegness. It is known for being bracing, which means that it often has high winds. This is due to its exposed position on the North Sea. Skegness is known as the home of Butlins, a theme park. References.
Okehampton is an old market town on Dartmoor near the A30 road in West Devon, England. In 2001, there were 5,846 people living in Okehampton. Okehampton is the ideal place to explore Dartmoor with the highest Tor on Dartmoor (Yes Tor) being a short distance from the town.  Heritage railway services were operated from Okehampton railway station until the line reopened for regular passenger service on 20th November 2021, serving Okehampton with a direct link to Exeter for onward travel. The station was formerly on the Southern Railway main line from Exeter to Padstow.
Launceston is a town near the A30 road in Cornwall, England. In 2001 there were 7,135 people living in Launceston. The parish church is dedicated to St Mary Magdalen. Launceston was the former capital of Cornwall until it was replaced by Bodmin in 1835. Launceston is just over one mile (1.6 km) west of the River Tamar which marks the border between Cornwall and Devon and is often referred to as the "gateway to Cornwall". The Norman ruler of Cornwall built a castle here which is now in ruins.
Wadebridge is a town on the A39 road in Cornwall, England. In 2001 there were 6,351 people living in Wadebridge. The town is on the south side of the River Camel a few miles inland from the north coast of Cornwall. It is well known for the road bridge across the river which was built to replace the dangerous ford in the Middle Ages. The showground for the Royal Cornwall Show is near Wadebridge.
Falmouth (meaning mouth of the River Fal) is a town on the south coast of Cornwall. The A39 road links Falmouth with North Devon. In 2001 there were 20,775 people living in Falmouth. Falmouth harbour is a large natural harbour and Carrick Roads are nearby. Carrick Roads are the estuary of the River Fal. The MP for Falmouth is Sarah Newton, a Tory. The school there is Falmouth School.
Deal is a town on the A258 road in Kent, England. In 2011, there were over 30,000 people living in Deal. In 1989, 11 military bandsmen were killed when the PIRA bombed the Royal Marine Depot.
Blandford Forum is a historic Georgian town in Dorset, England. In 2001 there were 8,745 people living in Blandford Forum. There is a church in the centre of the town. It is on the River Stour. There are three Primary Schools: Archbishiopwake Primary School, Milldown Primary and Blandford St Mary. There is also a Secondary School called The Blandford School. Town Centre. There is a large well known brewery Hall and Woodhouse who also own the Crown Hotel. Facilities. There is a leisure centre which has a 25m pool and children's water slide. A sauna and steam room are next to the pool. There is also a fully equipped gym and a cafe. Events. The famous annual Steam Fair is held nearby in Tarrant Hinton. and Blandford Forum is host to the rock festival every year, called Teddy Rocks which is charitable event to raise money for cancer awareness. Annually there is a Georgian Fayre in the town centre and also a Yuletide Festival. The Blandford Carnival is well known celebration of the local community.
Eye is a town in Suffolk, England. In 2001, the town had a population of 2,000 people. Eye is near the A140 road. Twin town. Eye is twinned with   Pouzauges.
Basildon ( ) is a large town in Essex, England. It had a recorded population of 115,955 at the 2021 census. In 1931, the town had a population of 1,159. It was then expanded when it became a new town in the late 1940s. It lies east of Central London, south of the city of Chelmsford and west of the city of Southend-on-Sea.
The Palearctic (or 'Palaearctic') ecozone is one of the eight dividing the Earth's surface. The Palearctic is by far the largest ecozone. It includes the terrestrial ecoregions of Europe, Asia north of the Himalayan foothills, northern Africa, and the northern and central parts of the Arabian Peninsula.  Major ecological regions. The Palearctic ecozone includes mostly boreal and temperate climate ecoregions, which run across Eurasia from western Europe to the Bering Strait. Euro-Siberian region. The boreal and temperate Euro-Siberian region is the Palearctic's largest biogeographic region, which transitions from tundra in the northern reaches of Russia and Scandinavia to the vast taiga, the boreal coniferous forests which run across the continent. South of the taiga are a belt of temperate broadleaf and mixed forests and temperate coniferous forests. This vast Euro-Siberian region has many shared plant and animal species, and many similarities with the temperate and boreal regions of the Nearctic of North America.  Eurasia and North America were often connected by the Bering land bridge, and have very similar mammal and bird fauna, with many Eurasian species having moved into North America, and fewer North American species having moved into Eurasia.  Many zoologists consider the Palearctic and Nearctic to be a single Holarctic ecozone. The Palearctic and Nearctic also share many plant species. Mediterranean Basin. The lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea in southern Europe, north Africa, and western Asia are home to the Mediterranean basin ecoregions, which together constitute world's largest and most diverse mediterranean climate region of the world, with generally mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers. The Mediterranean basin's mosaic of forests, woodlands, and scrub are home to 13,000 endemic species. "Conservation International" has designated the Mediterranean basin as one of the world's biodiversity hotspots. Sahara and Arabian deserts. A great belt of deserts, including the Sahara desert, and Arabian desert, separates the Palearctic and Afrotropic e
The Holarctic ecozone refers to the habitats found throughout the northern continents of the world as a whole.  This region is divided into the Palearctic and the Nearctic. The palearctic is Northern Africa and all of Eurasia, with the exception of Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The Nearctic is North America north of southern Mexico.  These are further subdivided into a variety of ecoregions. Many ecosystems, and the animal and plant communities that depend on them, are found across multiple continents in large portions of this ecozone.  The continuity of these ecosystems results from the shared glacial history of this ecozone. Also, during glacial periods, mammal fauna was able to cross from Asia to North America via the Bering Strait.
The Afrotropic is one of the Earth's eight ecozones. The zone was formerly known as the Ethiopian Zone. The zone includes Africa south of the Sahara, the southern and eastern parts of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran, extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. Almost all this land was part of the ancient southern supercontinent of Gondwana, which started to break up 150 million years ago. Major ecological regions. Because Africa is a very large continent, and runs north/south acrsoss the equator, the zone has many different climates and habitats. Most of the Afrotropic, has a tropical climate. A broad belt of deserts separate the Afrotropic from the Palearctic ecozone, which includes northern Africa and temperate Eurasia. Sahel and Sudan. South of the Sahara, two belts of tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands run east and west across the continent, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Ethiopian Highlands.  Immediately south of the Sahara lies the Sahel belt, a transitional zone of semi-arid short grassland and Acacia savanna.  Rainfall increases further south in the Sudan, a belt of taller grasslands and savannas. The Sudanian savanna is home to two great flooded grasslands and savannas, the Sudd wetland in the Sudan, and the Niger Inland Delta in Mali. Southern Arabian woodlands. South Arabia, mostly Yemen and parts of western Oman and southwest Saudi Arabia, has few permanent forests. Otherwise woodlands scatter the land and are very small Juniper or Acacia forests. Forest zone. A belt of lowland tropical moist broadleaf forests, runs across most of equatorial Africa.  The largest tropical forest zone in Africa are the forests of the Congo Basin in Central Africa. A belt of tropical moist broadleaf forest also runs along the Indian Ocean coast, from southern Somalia to South Africa. East Africa. The Great Rift Valley gives East Africa its unique mix of deep lakes, highlands, volcanoes and grassland. Southern African. Woodlands, savannas, grasslands and desert. Madagascar and the Indian Ocean
York Cottage was the home of King George V and Queen Mary when they were Duke and Duchess of York. It is currently used as the Estate Office for Sandringham House. Some of the building is also used as flats for estate employees and holiday accommodation. King George V and his wife, Queen Mary, lived in the house after their marriage in 1893.
Newcastle-under-Lyme, known locally as just Newcastle, is a market town in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire in England, near to the city of Stoke-on-Trent. It is located in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, near to the borders with Shropshire and Cheshire.  In 2011, the town had a population of 75,082 people. The "Newcastle" part of the town's name comes from the town being the location of a new castle in the 12th century. The "Lyme" part of the name could refer to the Lyme Brook, a stream of the River Trent, or the Forest of Lyme that covered the area with lime trees in the Middle Ages. The town is home to Newcastle-under-Lyme School, an independent school. The school was established in the 17th century. In the 18th century, Newcastle was an important coaching town, located on the main road from Liverpool and Manchester to Birmingham and London. In 2023, Newcastle-under-Lyme celebrated 850 years since its first Royal Charter which was granted in 1173.
Fort Belvedere is a country house on Shrubs Hill in Windsor Great Park, England, very near Sunningdale, Berkshire, but actually over the border in the borough of Runnymede in Surrey. It is a former royal residence - from 1750 to 1976 - and is most famous for being the home of King Edward VIII. Fort Belvedere is still owned by the Crown, and is now occupied by private tenants. Early history. Fort Belvedere was built 1750-1755, for Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, younger son of George II and Queen Caroline, famous for his role in the Battle of Culloden. It was, at first, merely a folly (a building built as art, instead of having a purely practical purposes). It was used as a summer-house, and seven counties could be seen, as now, from the top of the flagstaff tower. The triangular turreted structure was set in a dense plantation of trees and overlooked Virginia Water, a man-made body of water constructed by Thomas and Paul Sandby at the request of the Duke. Sir Jeffrey Wyattville, who was responsible for the rebuilding of Windsor Castle under George IV, enlarged the house in 1828, for use as a hunting lodge. Additions included an octagon room in the North-East side, where the King regularly had dinner. The new work included the extension of the military appearance of the house, though it never had any military use. A set of 31 guns, cast 1729-1749 by the first master founder at the Royal Foundry, later the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, were used to fire salutes until 1907, often for Queen Victoria who was a frequent visitor. The Bombardier entrusted with the care of the guns lived in Bombardier’s Cottage, connected to the main house by an archway. Later the property was used by a variety of royals, or their servants. In 1911, the old building was converted into a residence, and was used by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. The fort has 7 bedrooms. The ruins in the grounds can be seen from
The radiated tortoise is a type of tortoise. It has vibrant yellow streaks down its bumpy black shell. It lives in southern and hotter parts of Madagascar. It can stay alive up to about 50 years in the wild and about 100 years in captivity. Description. The radiated tortoise has a black patch on its head. Its scaly legs are yellow. Its shell is its most impressive feature. The shell is black and bumpy with a pattern of yellow stripes on it. The radiated tortoise can weigh up to 35 lbs. Diet. The radiated tortoise likes to use the same food source many times before choosing a new one. They eat seeds, fruit, succulent plants and shrubs. They get their water from water pools on rocks. It is very hot so they have to stay hydrated.
The Australasian zone is an ecological region which fits the geographic region of Australasia. That means Australia, New Guinea and neighbouring islands. The northern boundary is the Wallace Line.  The ecozone includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (including Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian province of Papua).  The smaller islands include the eastern part of the Indonesian archipelago, including the island of Sulawesi, the Moluccan islands (the Indonesian provinces of Maluku and North Maluku) and islands of Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, and Timor, often known as the Lesser Sundas.  The Australasian ecozone also includes several Pacific island groups, including the Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and New Caledonia. New Zealand and its surrounding islands are a distinctive sub-region of the Australasian ecozone. The rest of Indonesia is part of the Indomalayan ecozone.  The Australasian continental plate was once attached to Antarctica as part of the Gondwana supercontinent. The peculiarity of its flora and fauna is due to its long separation from the rest of the world. Apart from some birds, and until recent introductions by man, the native life had been undisturbed by invasions. The ecozone has the only two living monotremes, and has no native eutherian mammals.  Almost all its native mammals (except the two monotremes) are marsupials. The indisputable remains of Australian placental mammals started from the Miocene, when Australia moved closer to Indonesia. After 15 million years ago (mya) bats appeared in the fossil record, and after 5-10 mya rodents did, and 1 mya rats arrived. This information is based on the fossil record. Several thousand years ago, man brought the dingo, and 200 years ago many more species. This information applies to Australia. The fauna of New Zealand, and the Pacific islands shows a different pattern. There the migrations from the Indomalayan ecozone mostly did not arrive. Alfred Russell Wallace found the dividing line between the Australasian ecozone and the rest of the world. It runs between the islands of Lombok (Australasia) and Bali (Indomalaya).
A Dog of Flanders was written in 1872 by English author Marie Louise de la Ramée. It is about a dog named Patrasche who ends up living with an artist named Nello and his grandfather, Jeehan Daas.  Several movies and TV series have been made based on this book. Among them are:
Eczema (from Greek "ēkzema", "to boil over") is a form of dermatitis, or inflammation of the epidermis. The epidermis is the outer layer of the skin. Eczema is a skin disease that makes the skin dry with a red or pink color to it. It becomes irritated very easily. The person's skin may start to fall off. The person may get a rash, and the skin may ooze fluids (liquid will come out from the area). If a person has eczema, the person's skin might itch and turn a lighter color in the area. Eczema is common in creases of the body (i.e. on the backs of knees, on the eyelids, in between the fingers). It worsens with extreme temperatures, so it is most common during the winter and the summer. The extreme heat can make the person sweat which will irritate the dry spots. The extreme cold will dry the skin out even more. It also can become irritated from a quick change in temperature. For example, being outside on a summer day and coming into an air conditioned environment.  Eczema can last for a most of a person's life, but there is a good chance that they will outgrow it before they are eighteen. If they do not outgrow it by the age of eighteen, the odds that they will have it for the rest of their life increase. The good thing is, even if a person does not outgrow it, symptoms usually lessen with age. The worst breakouts are usually when a person is very young. Some babies are born with eczema and deal with it a lot during their first years of life.  There are seven different kinds of eczema: atopic, dyshidrotic, nummular, contact dermatitis, sebbhoric dermatitis, neurodermatitis, and stasis dermatitis . No kind of Eczema is contagious. If a person's relatives have Eczema, that person is more likely to have it, too, or in other words, it is hereditary For example, if their father grew up having eczema there is a