Board of Directors Meeting Minutes (February 6, 1978)

This file contains the minutes from the Des Moines Area Community College Board meeting held on February 6, 1978

Dances with the LSO, Lawrence Symphony Orchestra, January 31, 2020

Memorial Chape

December 10, 1995 Program for Football Awards Banquet

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Kurz zum Klima: Europas grüne (R)Evolution

Seit Monaten befinden sich die Grünen in Umfragen auf einem historischen Höhenflug. Vor allem das wachsende Bewusstsein für Probleme des Klimawandels scheint ihnen Auftrieb zu verleihen. Der folgende Artikel gibt einen Überblick über die grünen Parteien in Europa.Grüne Revolution, Umweltorganisation, Ökologische Partei, Europa

Forekomsten av fjelljo Stercorarius longicaudus på Hardangervidda

Occurrence of Long-tailed Skuas Stercorarius longicaudus at HardangerviddaIn the Western Palearctic, the southernmost regular breeding area of Long-tailed Skuas is found at Hardangervidda mountain plateau, south Norway. Up to now, available information has indicated that the species only occurs in small numbers in this area (maximum four nests found in 1966). In 2001 and 2002 high abundances of small rodents were observed at Hardangervidda. We then found 12 and 9 nesting pairs of Long-tailed Skuas, respectively. In addition, one nest was found by other observers in both years, and several birds were observed in areas that we did not manage to cover, suggesting that at least 15 pairs may have bred in 2001. The whole area was not covered in 2002, but observations of clutch size and nest density indicated similar numbers of breeding pairs. Most breeding pairs were in both years concentrated within an area of about 20 km2. The density here was similar to what is reported from more central parts of the species range in Fennoscandia (mean neighbouring distance = 815 m, 0.83 pairs/km2; Fig. 2). No birds were observed at all in 2003, probably due to very low small rodent abundance, although the area was only visited once this summer. Compared with previous reports, our observations suggest that the Long-tailed Skua population has increased at Hardangervidda during the last few decades

IKHBĀR AL-QUR’ĀN ‘AN AL-MAZĀYĀ WA AL-KHAṢAIṢ FĪ ‘ĀLAM AL-NAML

Al-Quran as the miracle of The Prophet certainly has excellences that cannot be imitated by mere mortal. One of them is its scientific side of the miracle where al-Quran tells the scientific facts that cannot be understood by the sciences of the era of prophecy and just be proven by technology of modern era. This article revealed the scientific miracle of al-Quran about the life of the ants that includes their characteristics, uniqueness, and communication system with the colony and other animals. It is shown in surah an-Naml verse 18. Therefore, the researchers explained it with three key questions: 1) Why does it use collective pronoun (ḍamīr jama’ ‘uqalā) to refer to the ants? 2) What is the characteristic of the ants? 3) What are the special languages of the ants? The researchers used analytic descriptive method through researching interpretations that are related to the verse, both from classic interpreters or the contemporary ones, especially the scientific interpretations. Arguments were delivered with some explicit explanation from the experts of zoology studies. This research concluded that al-Quran is parallel to recent modern scientific discovery about ants, based on the diction, pronoun usage, and the context. This is the real proof that al-Qur’an is absolute revelation of Allah to the illiterate Prophet