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MATERIALS Leather or suitable synthetic material. It may be treated to make it water resistant and easier to grip. WEIGHT 410 - 460 grams AIR PRESSURE AT THE START OF PLAY 65.71-68.75 kilopascals, or 0.67-0.70 kilograms per square centimetre, or 9.5-10.0 lbs per square inch. NUMBERS AND POSITIONS OF PLAYERS Forwards 1 : Loose head prop 2 : Hooker 3 : Tight head prop 4 : Lock / Second row 5 : Lock / Second row 6 : Blind side flanker / blind-side wing-forward 7 : Open…

A LIVING HAZARD: BRACKEN FERN [Pteridium aquilinum (L.)Kuhn] INTRODUCTION With their large, shiny green and highly dissected leaves, ferns are so visually appealing and many of them are sold as ornamentals. But certain fern species can create substantial problems and they are herein called “problem ferns”. Pteridium aquilinum (bracken fern) is one of the problem ferns which cause the greatest range of problems on ecology and human welfare. Bracken fern has been described as one of the five…

• Procoptodon Goliah (picture 1) – The Procoptodon Goliah was a part of the Sthenurines (short faced Kangaroo) This animal had a very short, deep ‘brachycephalic’ skull and a low jaw. The large Kangaroo stood at around 2 metres tall with a mass of around 200 kg. Tim Flannery an Australian mammologist, palaeontologist, and environmentalist proposed that its closest extant relative is the tiny banded hare wallaby (Lagostrophus fasciatus) this small animal only weighs 2kg in weight and is about 15…

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley are two timeless novels that stylized a now-popular form of fiction - the dystopian genre. This genre typically takes place in a futuristic setting, with many works having themes of oppressive governments, advancement of technology, and sometimes even human evolution. Both novels, Fahrenheit 451 and Brave New World, share a common overall theme of a unique, creative, and often terrifying dystopian society, though they differ in…

In 1933, a new era of safety and prosperity began for the people of Germany. For the coming years, crime was nearly nonexistent; it was a far cry from the atmosphere they had known in the years following the First World War. Furthermore, they once again had a powerful currency with legitimate value unlike before when the only good use for a Deutsche Mark was as kindling for fires. Likewise. there was a general mood of happiness that overcame the population of the country, and even furthering…

Sports have been a part of human history since our very existence. Although, the earliest recorded sporting event was around 776 BC during the ancient Greek era. The literature explains that "The Archaic Age (c. 750–500 BC) laid the foundation for modern athletics when athletic festivals complemented earlier funeral games, and by the mid 6th century Olympia (see OLYMPIC GAMES, ANCIENT) was the greatest of the four Panhellenic crown, or stephanitic, games (non-war games of crown festivals), the…

the wrappings of a cigarette packet — everywhere. Always the eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, working or eating, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or in bed — no escape. Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull” (Orwell 27). The people in the world of 1984 no longer have any privacy, they are constantly watched and their only privacy and place to be themselves is inside their own head, much like our world is becoming. Nowadays,…

Lines “Just tell me this Doctor, suppose you really are a slave of the drug habit, is there any cure?” I lay alone on a bench on the fringe of some park, wearing the same clothes as yesterday; a grey hoodie, shapeless, faded jeans and trainers with frayed laces. Around me the park was seemingly void of any life, I liked being here, the way the trees rustled to the the ominous tune of the wind, the way the glistening grass rolled down to the lake side, but most of all, I liked how here I could…

Introduction From the 8th century to the 11th century, some Scandinavians, as a stronghold of Scandinavia Peninsula, exploited westward to Iceland and Greenland, even Canada, south to mainland Western Europe and southwest to Britain and Ireland. Tyranny and poor living conditions might be the main reasons for their invasion (Owen 1999 10). There are two invader sources, one was from Norway, we called them ‘Norse’, the other was from Denmark, we called them ‘Danelaw’. At the beginning of the…

precise (accurate to 4-5 drops). The pipette was then cleaned, placed back in test tube and excess hexanes disposed of into the hydrocarbon waste. Next a retort stand was set up with an iron ring attached with a watch glass placed on top about thirty centimetres from the lab bench. The watch glass was obtained from the fume hood, with tongs and was rinses with tap water and then distilled water. After being placed, the watch glass was filled to the edges with distilled water, and the diameter…