Datasets:

Lambent

/

100k-finewebedu-samples2048t

like 0

Winning the Fight Against Fire “Fire! There’s a fire!” Sandra, who was eating breakfast at her in-laws’ home, saw flames coming out from under the door of a shed next to the house. She and Thomas, her husband, quickly jumped into action. While Sandra got the fire extinguisher, Thomas ran to the shed to investigate. Sandra hurried to give Thomas the fire extinguisher, and he put the fire out. She recalls: “If we had not intervened, the whole shed could have burned down.” How did Thomas and Sandra avoid panic and act so decisively? They, along with some 1,000 others who work at the branch office of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Selters, Germany, have been taught how to handle fire emergencies. The 30-hectare (70 a.) facility in Selters includes not only offices and residences but also a laundry, a printery, and various workshops—areas that carry unique risks of fire. Therefore, the branch’s Safety and Environment Department set up a program to teach fire safety. First, a group known as the Emergency Response Team practices with the local fire department. Second, all branch volunteers regularly do the following: Practice evacuation drills. Participate in fire safety lessons. Learn to fight a fire in its early stages. Thus, volunteers acquire skills that are indispensable during emergencies. Practicing Safe Firefighting During practice sessions, participants learn to fight fire safely. Christin, who had last learned about fire safety in elementary school, describes a training drill at the branch: “I grabbed the fire extinguisher, unlocked it, and approached the fire from the upwind side. Otherwise the flames could have blown into my face. Then I put the fire out—all by myself! I also learned how to fight a fire with a team of four or five people.” Practice sessions “reduce the fear of fire,” says Daniel, who works at the branch office as a fire safety trainer. He explains: “When fire breaks out, people are often stunned. They feel apprehensive, thinking, ‘What are we supposed to do? How do we handle a fire extinguisher?’ But if they know what to do, they can easily prevent a small fire from growing into an inferno.” During training, he says, “participants acquire the know-how to hold the fire extinguisher properly in an emergency and to put out the fire. They gain confidence and develop the courage to jump into action when needed.” Training Pays Off Many express gratitude for the training. Christin, quoted earlier, admits: “I held a fire extinguisher in my hands for the first time. I think everyone should get training like this.” Nadja, who volunteers part-time at the branch office and also works at an airport, relates: “Over the past ten years, I have had only theoretical fire safety lessons at the airport. But the practical training at the branch office made me feel more confident. If a fire breaks out, I will know what to do.” Sandra believes that her training at the branch office equipped her to act quickly at her in-laws’ home. “I have become less apprehensive about using a fire extinguisher,” she says. “It’s good to have training every year. It definitely helped me.” Practicing With the Local Fire Department The local fire department holds regular practice sessions on the branch office premises. Head firefighter Theo Neckermann explains why: “Our fire department is responsible for the municipality of Selters, a rural area. We usually handle fire emergencies in family homes or flats. The branch office facilities are unique to the region because of the large property, the huge buildings, and the industrial nature of the work. We need to acquire additional skills to handle emergencies at this facility. Therefore, we are glad and grateful to practice here.” The more than 100 members of the branch’s Emergency Response Team practice rescue operations and fire drills along with the fire department. Says Mr. Neckermann: “We admire your Emergency Response Team. Without their help and direction, fire drills and fire emergency operations would not run as smoothly.” The fire department and the Emergency Response Team showed their mettle one evening in February 2014. An entire apartment in one of the branch residence buildings became filled with smoke. “The smoke was so dense that we could not see our hands in front of our faces,” recalls Daniel, quoted earlier. “We immediately contacted the fire department and started evacuating all 88 apartments. When the fire department arrived, we had already vacated the entire building.” Mr. Neckermann says: “I can’t imagine evacuating such a huge building so quickly in a city like Frankfurt. You people were highly disciplined, and your Emergency Response Team was super!” The firefighters identified the hazard and removed it. Nobody was injured, and no serious damage occurred. All at the branch office in Selters hope that a serious fire emergency will never occur. But if it does, the volunteers are prepared because they have learned how to win the fight against fire.

<urn:uuid:55cfbf79-1d00-4b5d-b6cf-7548ccc3336e>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/bethel/winning-fight-against-fire/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224650409.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604225057-20230605015057-00648.warc.gz

en

What is a semiconductor? A semiconductor is a substance that has specific electrical properties that enable it to serve as a foundation for computers and other electronic devices. It is typically a solid chemical element or compound that conducts electricity under certain conditions but not others. This makes it an ideal medium to control electrical current and everyday electrical appliances. A substance that can conduct electricity is called the conductor and a substance that cannot conduct electricity is known as the insulator. Semiconductors have properties that sit between the conductor and insulator. A diode, integrated circuit (IC) and transistor are all made from semiconductors. The conductance can vary depending on the current or voltage applied to a control electrode or on the intensity of irradiation by infrared (IR), visible light, ultraviolet or X-rays. The specific properties of a semiconductor depend on the impurities -- known as dopants -- added to it. How do semiconductors work? Most semiconductors are composed of crystals made of several materials. To better understand how semiconductors work, users must understand atoms and how electrons organize themselves within the atom. Electrons arrange themselves in layers called shells inside an atom. The outermost shell in the atom is known as a valence shell. The electrons in this valence shell are the ones that form bonds with neighboring atoms. Such bonds are called covalent bonds. Most conductors have just one electron in the valence shell. Semiconductors, on the other hand, typically have four electrons in their valence shell. However, if atoms nearby are made of the same valence, electrons may bind with the valence electrons of other atoms. Whenever that happens, atoms organize themselves into crystal structures. We make most semiconductors with such crystals, mainly with silicon crystals. What is the difference between N-type and P-type semiconductors? An N-type semiconductor carries current mainly in the form of negatively charged electrons similar to the conduction of current in a wire. A P-type semiconductor carries current predominantly as electron deficiencies called holes. A hole has a positive electric charge, equal and opposite to the charge on an electron. In a semiconductor material, the flow of holes occurs in a direction opposite to the flow of electrons. Elemental semiconductors include antimony, arsenic, boron, carbon, germanium, selenium, silicon, sulfur and tellurium. Silicon is the best known of these, forming the basis of most ICs. Common semiconductor compounds include gallium arsenide, indium antimonide and the oxides of most metals. We also widely use gallium arsenide (GaAs) in low-noise, high-gain, weak-signal amplifying devices. A semiconductor device can perform the function of the original vacuum tube, but with hundreds of times its volume. Like a microprocessor chip, a single IC can do the work of a set of vacuum tubes that would fill a large building and require its own electricity generating plant. What is a semiconductor chip? A semiconductor substance lies between the conductor and insulator. It controls and manages the flow of electric current in electronic equipment and devices. As a result, it is a popular component of electronic chips made for computing components and a variety of electronic devices, including solid-state storage. What is an RF semiconductor? A radio frequency (RF) semiconductor is a device used to switch on or rectify power in electronic devices. RF semiconductors work in a radio frequency spectrum of about 3KHz up to 300GHz. What is a semiconductor optical amplifier? A semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is an element found in semiconductors that amplifies light. Users can find SOAs in optical transceiver modules used to enable communication between data centers. In this scenario, the SOA amplifies the optical signal used for Ethernet communication. This approach helps compensate for transmission loss. What is the difference between an intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductor? The primary difference between intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors is their form. For example, intrinsic semiconductors are pure in form and composed of only one kind of material. They do not have any form of impurity added to them. In contrast, extrinsic semiconductors are impure. Extrinsic semiconductors comprise multiple intrinsic semiconductors with other substances added to change their properties. These substances are typically doping trivalent or pentavalent impurities. What is a fable semiconductor? The term fable -- not to be confused with semiconductor fab -- describes companies that design, manufacture and sell hardware and semiconductor chips but don't build their own silicon wafers or chips. Instead, they outsource the fabrication to a foundry or another manufacturing plant. Two common types of solid-state memory (built on semiconductor materials) are NOR and NAND flash, as shown in the video above. See also bipolar transistor and field-effect transistor. Explore this guide on flash memory architecture, types and products.

<urn:uuid:1a98f461-a57d-4232-bad0-8bdf702414e7>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/semiconductor

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224655092.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20230608172023-20230608202023-00048.warc.gz

en

This is structured as an overview, followed by a table of contents at the end of this web page. For links to other sources of information, see http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/gene/peakoil/peakoil-links.html. Today, there is a strong debate over when the peak in oil production will come: either in the next five years; or beyond the year 2030. Since the true state of affairs will have severe consequences for economic growth, the discrepancy is worth studying. This is sometimes painted as a debate between a group of petroleum geologists [10,11,13] (peak in the next five years), and a group of economists [16,19] (peak beyond 2030). The geologists argue that the oil in the ground is finite. The very low rate of new oil discoveries since 1990 foretells that peak oil production will be reached in the next five years. The ``end'' will not be a sharp drop-off, but a plateau followed by decreasing oil production. This rise, plateau and falloff in production forms a bell curve, commonly called the Hubbert curve. In the 1950s, M.K. Hubbert correctly predicted that the United States would reach its peak oil production a little over a decade later, in the early 1970s. When Hubbert's approach is applied to the world, it predicts a peak in the next five years. This approach is discussed in detail in Section 2.5 (Technical Note: the Hubbert Model). The economists counter that the laws of supply and demand will operate even for our non-renewable oil resources. They argue that as prices rise, we will both search harder in order to raise the rate of oil discovery, and we will raise recovery rates to extract more of the existing oil. The demand for oil as gasoline is relatively inelastic. Hence, the economists predict that higher prices will bring higher oil production, bringing supply back into balance with demand. (At least, supply and demand will be in balance through 2030, according to forecasts by the EIA and IEA.) The economists' view is represented by the Energy Information Agency (EIA) of the United States and the International Energy Agency (IEA) of the industrialized nations. They argue that the peak will not arrive before 2030, and maybe much later. They base their arguments on the World Petroleum Assessment of the U.S. Geological Service (USGS) from the year 2000. That assessment is in turn based on the raw data of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1996. The 1996 survey assessed how much oil remains in the ground to be discovered. The 2000 assessment additionally assessed how much additional oil is to be recovered from existing fields through new technology and reassessments of the size of existing oil fields. Current oil price projections are also taken into account, to yield projections for a reference case, and for a high and low price case. Enough data from around the world now exists to show that the U.S. Geological Survey predictions from 1996 and 2000 are widely off course. The discrepancies are especially obvious for certain countries, like Indonesia. Based on estimated undiscovered oil, the EIA projects production of 1.5 million barrels per day from 1990 to 2025 for Indonesia. Yet current production in Indonesia is less than 1 million barrels per day, and is decreasing at approximately 10% per year. Consequently, the petroleum geologists have been predicting continuing declining production, based on the absence of significant new oil discoveries in Indonesia. Similar discrepancies hold for projections for the United States (flat versus declining production), the former Soviet Union (doubling of production versus flat production), etc. (See a comparison of the original statistics.) The greatest controversy surrounds Saudi Arabia. The EIA predicts a doubling from 10% of world oil production today to almost 20% in 2025. The petroleum geologists accept that Saudi Arabia has potential for some limited increased production, but much less than double. Even the Saudis do not endorse the EIA estimate. Saudi Arabia previously reached its peak oil production of 9.9 million barrels per day in 1980. The petroleum geologists strongly dispute that Saudi oil production can be doubled in the next 20 years. They base this on current production levels, the age of Saudi Arabia's currently producing oil fields, and hints of growing oil depletion found in scholarly oil journal articles by Saudi Aramco. Specifically, the last discovery of a super-giant oil field occurred 35 years ago , and most of current Saudi oil production is from oil fields discovered 50 years ago. Because the national oil company, Saudi Aramco, is a private company owned by the Saudi royal family, there is a lack of public data concerning Saudi oil fields. However, Saudi official statements speak only of an increase of 20% production in the medium term, and 50% production in the long term. They do not talk of a doubling of oil production. Some high former Saudi Aramco officials have gone on record to actively disagree with the EIA and IEA estimates [ 5, Channel4News]. This report is in three sections. Section 1 demonstrates that Peak Oil is already here in the ``rest of the world'' (excluding OPEC and the former Soviet Union). Section 2 provides a prognosis for future oil production and the arrival of peak oil. Section 3 considers the prospects for various alternative energy sources. Last, but not least, is the References section. No one should ever accept an argument without being able to check the underlying facts.

<urn:uuid:f76cbdff-49f3-4536-9acb-74cec8d5c684>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/gene/peakoil/index.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653764.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607111017-20230607141017-00248.warc.gz

en

FINGERPRINT AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM FOR ATM SECURITY APPLICATIONS 1.1 Background of the Study A biometric system is essentially a pattern recognition system that operates by acquiring biometric data from an individual, extracting a feature vector from the acquired data, comparing this feature vector from the database feature vector. Person authentication has always been an attractive goal in computer vision. Authentication systems based on human characteristics such as face, finger, iris and voice are known Biometrics systems. The basis of every biometric system is to get the input image and generate prominent feature vectors like color, texture, etc. Today, biometric recognition is a common and reliable way to authenticate the identity of a living person based on physiological or behavioral characteristics. A physiological characteristic is relatively stable physical characteristics, such as fingerprint, iris pattern, facial feature, hand silhouette, etc. This kind of measurement is basically unchanging and unalterable without significant duress. A behavioral characteristic is more a reflection of an individual’s psychological makeup as signature, speech pattern, or how one types at a keyboard. The degree of intra-personal variation in a physical characteristic is smaller than a behavioral characteristic. For examples, a signature is influenced by both controllable actions and less psychological factors, and speech pattern is influenced by current emotional state, whereas fingerprint template is independent. Nevertheless all physiology-based biometrics don’t offer satisfactory recognition rates (false acceptance and/or false reject rates, respectively referenced as FAR and FRR). The automated personal identity authentication systems based on iris recognition are reputed to be the most reliable we consider that the probability of finding two people with identical iris pattern is almost zero. That’s why iris recognition technology is becoming an important biometric solution for people identification in access control as networked access to computer application. Compared to fingerprint, iris is protected from the external environment behind the cornea and the eyelid. No subject to deleterious effects of aging, the small-scale radial features of the iris remain stable and fixed from about one year of age throughout life. 1.2 Statement of the Problem In recent years, in line with global trends, the banking sector has faced rising levels of cash card fraud resulting in the subsequent illegal withdrawal of funds from customer accounts. The account-holder is normally held responsible for the loss of funds from their accounts and, as such, the impact of this fraud could be potentially far-reaching. As a result of this, the banking sector has to embrace biometrics as the solution to the growing problem of counterfeit ATM cards and ID theft. Among others include 1. Fraudulent card readers, called skimmers are placed over the authentic reader to transfer numbers and codes to nearby thieves. 2. Spy cameras are also used by password voyeurs to collect access codes. 3. In cases of card lost, if the loss is not noticed immediately, consumers may loose all funds in an account. 4. If you forget your pin number, you cannot use the card. 5. The machine can retain your card when the machine malfunctions, when you forget your secret number or if the card is damaged. 1.3 Aim and Objectives The aim of this project work is to simulate an embedded fingerprint authentication system, which is used for ATM security applications. The specific objectives include: I. To provide a platform that will allow the bankers to collect customers’ finger print. II. To provide a platform that will allow the bankers to collect customers’ phone number and store them in a centralized database. III. To build a system that will forward 4-digit number to the customers’ mobile phone when the finger print reading matches. IV. To provide a platform that allows the customer to run his transaction after the system accepts the code generated. V. To create a platform that will be able to analyze biometric data in the global image analysis. 1.4 Scope of the Study This study is on implementing ATM security using the finger print. There is a centralized database to take care of customers’ personal and biometric data. The system is designed to query the database by inputting a user finger print and if it matches with the one in a system it will generate a 4-digit number that will enable the user to continue with his transactions. 1.5 Significance of the Study The current system of passwords and pin numbers needed to access financial services has drawn a lot of criticism of late due to the increasing incidents of hacking. The system is at the mercy of hackers, who use the hacked data to draw funds from the victims account. This is where Biometrics with its foolproof system comes in. Some of the reasons for building this system include: vIncrease security - Provide a convenient and low-cost additional tier of security. vReduce fraud by employing hard-to-forge technologies and materials. For e.g. minimize the opportunity for ATM fraud. vEliminate problems caused by lost ATMs or forgotten passwords by using physiological attributes. For e.g. prevent unauthorized use of lost, stolen or "borrowed" ATM cards. v Replace hard-to-remember secret digits which may be shared or observed. vIntegrate a wide range of biometric solutions and technologies, customer applications and databases into a robust and scalable control solution for facility and network access vMake it possible, automatically, to know WHO did WHAT, WHERE and WHEN!

<urn:uuid:d0c48c6c-454e-4b8b-b45d-c5f761ae3ddc>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://projectng.com/topic/co725/fingerprint-authentication-system-atm-security

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643585.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528051321-20230528081321-00448.warc.gz

en

I meet people every day who tell me they can’t write a story. The truth, however, is that we’ve grown up writing stories, creating make-believe worlds and imaginary scenarios. No one has lost the ability to write a story, in fact, I’m a firm believer that anyone can write a story. But, if you’re struggling to get going or barely know where to start, here are the four simple steps you need to create a narrative. Firstly, you need to figure out who your story is about, and what characters can join them on their journey. Starting with one or two characters and figuring out others as the narrative progresses is fine, but you need to start with someone. Ask yourself some questions to really get to know your protagonist: What’s their name? How old are they? What do they look like? What is their passion in life? What makes them sad? What’s their biggest fear? What’s their best and worst quality? The list goes on… but truly getting inside the mind of your character is the best way to make them real and believable. If you need help developing a character, this article can give you the tools to really find who they are and bring them to life. The story can follow someone, be about someone or something can happen to someone and that makes the story exist. For example, Harry Potter is the main character and the books follow his life but Katniss Everdeen becomes the main character because she is chosen for The Hunger Games. Once you have someone to star in your story, the rest can evolve from there… Your location is where the story is set, and where all the action takes place. Depending on your genre, this can be real or a fantasy location. If you decide to go down the fantasy route, this gives you loads of scope to do anything to the world you create. If you choose a real location, make sure you know it well enough to enhance your story and pick out the features and locations that could resonate with readers. Once you have chosen your location, the features of that setting, regardless of whether it is real or something you have created, will assist in developing your plot and even your characters. Another key aspect to think about where your story is set is to also think about when your story is set. For example, both The Fault in Our Stars by John Green and Divergent by Veronica Roth are set in the US, however the latter being in the future creates a very different setting for those characters, as opposed to the ones created by John Green. You can choose to set your story in the past, present or future, and within all these are limitless options for how your plot can unfold. If you choose to set it in the past, make sure you research key events and the reality of existence for people in that time to keep it engaging for readers passionate about your era and to really bring your story to life. Present-day stories are incredibly interesting for many readers, particularly those inspired by realism. Finally, throwing your plot into the future is an amazing way to get creative and project your vision of our future. Whether dystopian or utopian, 10 years or 1000 years in the future, lovers of fantasy and sci-fi can flourish with this. To add a whole new level of excitement, why not combine fantasy with time, and set your story in an existing time period, but in a fantasy world. Think Game of Thrones, which hosts a ‘medieval’ location (associated with our past) but is really a fantasy world with dragons and more. While location might often be overlooked, this could even be a better place to start prior to creating your characters. Allowing your location and time-period to thrive is the key of a good location, so get creative and follow your vision. Status Quo and Changing the Normal… A story is created when something happens that disrupts the normality or ‘status quo’ of the everyday life of your world or character. Regardless of your setting being fantasy or real, dystopian or utopian, micro or macro in scale, any change can ripple and evolve into a brilliant story. This change or disruption can be positive or negative. Characters can fall in love, win the lottery or survive a life-changing accident. What would happen if something positive influenced your character or your world? Try mind mapping, drawing, bullet-pointing or anything that gets your brain going, all the different branches you can think of that might come as a result of a positive change. Perhaps they all lead on from one-another or perhaps they could all be a story in their own right. Which one will you choose and how can you transform your characters’ or world’s lives? Negative change can often be more significant or even more fun to write. Anything from your protagonist forgetting their wallet to whole world invasions and wars – whatever scale you see this negative change will still cause waves of change to your story and create something exciting for readers to engage with. Perhaps your negative change could evolve into a happy ending. Maybe what seems positive on the surface will actually have detrimental effects. Something NEEDS to change for a story to be created. Let your mind take you to endless possibilities and see which one can grow into a mind-blowing story… The key to a good story is planning it and knowing all the twists and turns you might need to take to get to the finale you might envision from the start. Take your time to work out these core things, and the more you immerse yourself in your world, the easier it will be to bring to life. 0 comments on “Never Written a Story? Here’s how to Get Started”

<urn:uuid:09a39462-25e5-4fc7-b1c7-5b1b87518406>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://foreverendeavour.uk/2019/10/09/never-written-a-story-heres-how-to-get-started/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653071.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606182640-20230606212640-00247.warc.gz

en

Many of us associate insects with negativity and look at them with repulsion. That’s understandable given how different insects and people are physically but it is important to note that some insects – quite a few in fact – have had very positive symbolism throughout the ages and in the many different human cultures. Such symbolism is usually tied to a specific type of beetle, of course, such as the scarab beetle or dung beetle in ancient Egypt, the black beetle in southern Africa, and others. We can’t go over every separate beetle specie in a single article but we can cover the main aspects of beetle symbolism and what does it mean when a beetle lands on you. What is the spiritual meaning of beetles? According to almost every ancient culture, from the ancient Egyptians to the Native Americans, the beetle animal totem is an important reminder of strength, endurance, and the perseverance of life in the face of adversity and change. Here’s a quick breakdown of these key spiritual meanings. - Strength and power beyond what seems possible – many species of beetles are famous for their tremendous strength compared for their size compared to other animals in the animal kingdom. This has been known by every ancient culture too, hence why beetles are a universal symbol of extraordinary strength and power. - Progress and change always and forever – like many other insects, beetles are also strongly associated with change and transformation, as well as with one’s life journey and progress. This is why most beetles also symbolize both change and life’s essence in many cultures, including things such as resurrection, rebirth, and immortality. - Good luck and spiritual transformation – good fortune is also a standard part of a beetle’s symbolism, especially in a spiritual sense. While many people today are freaked out by beetles as they are by other insects, traditionally, finding a beetle in an unusual place meant that your fortunes will be looking up in the near future. - Endurance and constitution through the harshest trials – probably the most obvious characteristic of beetles is just how tough they are. Essentially the tanks of the insect kingdom, beetles’ thick exoskeletons are so strong that the only predators of these insects tend to be mammals, birds, and reptiles that are large enough to nullify this powerful advantage. Needless to say, that toughness has become quite symbolic. - Compassion and softness under a harsh outer shell – another key characteristic of beetles that’s become very symbolic throughout the ages lies in the beetles’ compassion, intellect, cooperation, as well as both literal and figurative softness. In that sense, people are often said to have a beetle spirit animal if they are tough on the outside but a good-natured softie on the inside. What does it mean when a beetle lands on you? In and of themselves, beetles tend to symbolize mostly positive traits. Now, let’s see whether it is a sign of good luck or bad luck if a beetle lands on you – here are 10 common interpretations. 1. You need to make some changes in your life As a symbol of transformation, change, and renewals, when beetles land on you, that’s a clear sign that it’s time for you to start making those changes you know you’ve been postponing for a while. This can apply to anything from physical and lifestyle to spiritual changes – it’s different for every person. And, yes, this process can be difficult, turbulent, and time-consuming but that’s all the more reason to start it at the appropriate time. In that sense, the meaning of a beetle landing on you is that of a call to action. 2. Some changes are going to happen whether you want them to or not Not all changes and transformations are purposeful or wanted but they often happen anyway. A beetle landing on you is often a sign that – whether or want it or not and whether you’ve planned for it or not – change is coming. That change can be anything from an unmitigated disaster to an unexpected jackpot. Usually, however, it is a sign of an incoming spiritual transformation of an aspect of your life and personality that has been in need of improvement. So, the best reaction to that sign is to rely on your wisdom, instincts, intuition, and improvisational creativity, and make the most out of this inevitable change. 3. You should stick to your core beliefs and integrity Change and transformation don’t mean that you’ll suddenly become a whole new person. Instead, these things tend to happen one step at a time. So, when a beetle lands on you to signify an incoming change, that can also be understood as a sign that you should stick to your core personality traits and beliefs throughout this period of change. In other words – you should be ready to look for the right compromise between the aspects of yourself you want to be changed or improved and the core belief, trait, and passion of your life you should hold on to. 4. Your life is in a mess and you need to get out of it as soon as possible A beetle landing on you is sometimes more than just some abstract “call to action”. Very often, it can serve as a wake-up call, similar to a sudden bad dream. This is usually the case when the arrival of the beetle is especially peculiar, timely, or fortuitous, as well as when the species of the beetle is one associated with especially positive traits such as a scarab or a ladybug. In other words, when something like that happens, it’s a sort of the last call for you to make some drastic and very major changes as soon as possible. 5. You have a purpose in life and you need to keep pursuing it Also related to the overall theme of change and transformation, a beetle landing on you is seen as a symbol for you to not give up on your life’s mission, dream, or goal, and to keep pursuing it with as much persistence and spiritual power as you can muster. In essence, this is a sign not so much to initiate some type of change but to stay on the road of transformation that you’ve already begun and not give up on it. 6. You’ve been idle for a while – it’s time to get moving again! The typical beetle spiritual meaning can also be seen as a call to restart the process of transformation that you paused a while back. This is, of course, quite normal – even though life is inherently transformative and ever-changing, we are only humans and we need the occasional break. No break should last forever when the metamorphosis you’re “breaking” from is important, however, so, a beetle landing on you is a sign that it’s time to get on with it again. 7. You have to persevere and you will A beetle flying or landing near you can also be seen as mere support from your power animal during a time of intense change and turmoil. Modern pop culture may have conditioned us to view butterflies flying around us as symbols of hope – and they are that too – but encounters with beetles are also a sign to find the necessary stability and resilience to get through the storm. That’s both because of their symbolism as harbingers of change and transformation and because of them having exceptionally hard shells and awesome constitution for their size. 8. You can find – and should look for – positives in the worst situations Beetles may be awesome but they are also notorious scavengers, like many other insects. As such, many beetles – and dung beetles in particular – have become symbolic of always looking for gifts in your surroundings, no matter how harsh your current circumstances might be. 9. It’s time to use your strength to your advantage The beetle spirit animal is also a great source of inspiration for knowing when is the right time to press on. Beetles are well-known not only for their physical prowess but also for knowing when to use it, when to wait, and when to back off. So, a beetle landing on you can be a clear-cut sign that now is the time to press on. 10. Teamwork can make anything possible While some beetles are solitaire animals, many of these bugs are team players or know when to look for cooperation even if they are normally independent. So, while they are not as interconnected as ants or bees, most beetles have the right understanding of teamwork in a time of need. As such, a beetle reaching out to you can be a symbol that you should reach out to someone else to help you enact the change you’re looking for. The symbolic meaning of these fascinating creatures can vary a bit depending on where on the planet you are. Almost universally, however, the beetle totem animal is associated with strength, change, and transformation. So, if a beetle lands on you on its own accord, the most likely interpretation is that you are about to – or should – go through some changes and you also can and should muster the necessary strength to do so.

<urn:uuid:f0b98cc1-f98c-483a-9b56-e6d06694a3d9>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.liquidsandsolids.com/what-does-it-mean-when-a-beetle-lands-on-you/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224645089.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530032334-20230530062334-00248.warc.gz

en

Any positive change that happens in a society, country or any field is called development. Positive change is a method that implements progressive initiation and helps in qualitative performance. Moreover, Positive change ensures growth in physical, economic, environmental, social, and demographic components. Things that maintain and retain their quality at a certain level are sustainable. Sustainability mainly focuses on the needs of the present scenario and meets the requirement of a future generation too. And, economic, environmental, and social are the three compositions of sustainability which also means profit, planet, and people respectively. Sustainable development: Introduction According to the Brundtland Report, “Sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Apart from basic needs, it offers relationships, freedom, values, etc. Sustainable development requires every basic need extending all the opportunities to satisfy their upcoming generation. Further, it includes consistency in qualitative development that runs for a long time. It deals with the situation for both the present and future without entertaining the destruction of the environment and natural resources. The slogans of sustainable development are famous among rally and protest of environmentalists and conservationists. In addition, a lot of people, country, and society have embraced this concept as it can be continued indefinitely or at a specific time. A brief history to present context In 1987, the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development published a report (The Brundtland) where they mentioned the term “sustainable development” with a definition. Later on, in 1992, the same UN commission prepared the concept of sustainable development. Although in 1972, a similar concept was proposed in a conference without terming sustainable development. The major debate that helped in the recognition of sustainable development was the discussion for the continuous support to the increasing population by the capacity of limited natural resources. And, it concluded that if the action against the rapid population growth will not be taken, it results in the depletion of the environment and natural resources. Communism: Basics one ought to know But, coming to this point in time, even if the concept of sustainable development has gained popularity in papers, the execution of plans is poor. While natural evolution has also halted the theories it requires the generation and application of creative ideas and innovative designs. However, the UN has failed to partner with governments and other concerned bodies for the new systems. Pillars of sustainable development Sustainable development focuses on three fundamental visions known as pillars. Further, they are economic sustainability, social sustainability, and environmental sustainability. The economic sustainability deals with the business from the ground. Moreover, it mainly focuses on the profit of the business. Further, it includes compliance, proper governance, risk management, etc. Nevertheless, it also provides the proper and legit platforms for corporates, shareholders, customers, and board of directors. On the other hand, social sustainability concerns the development of people and emphasizes empowerment, participation, equity, and accessibility. And, it also aims for the alleviation of poverty within the existing environmental and economic resources. Further, it also directs the development of communities and culture to gain peace, stability, healthcare, and a proper lifestyle. Similarly, the third pillar, environmental sustainability determines the margin and relation between the environment, natural resources, and human life. Also, it tries to maintain equilibrium on various factors as the ecosystem has its specific limits and boundaries. Notably, climate changes, natural disasters, and global warming are the major focus in this scenario. Principles and Goals The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992) listed the 18 principles of sustainable development. These 18 points mainly highlight the interdependence, participation, providing information, and improving science on development activities. Further, they also provide, support, and improve intergenerational equity and durability with the rules of governance. In particular, they are ensured to maintain and enhance the quality of society (via. community building), human life, environment, and economic vitality. The 18 principles of sustainable development are as follows: 1. People are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature. 2. Development today must not undermine the development and environment needs of present and future generations. 3. Nations have the sovereign right to exploit their own resources, however without causing environmental damage beyond their borders. 4. Nations shall also develop international laws to provide compensation for the damage that activities under their control cause to areas beyond their borders. 5. Moreover, nations shall use the precautionary approach to protect the environment. And, where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, scientific uncertainty shall not be used to postpone cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation. 6. In order to achieve sustainable development, environmental protection shall constitute an integral part of the development process and cannot be considered in isolation from it. 7. Eradicating poverty and reducing disparities in living standards in different parts of the world are essential to achieve sustainable development and to meet the needs of the majority of people. 8. Nations shall cooperate to conserve, protect and restore the health and integrity of the Earth’s ecosystem. And, the developed nations should acknowledge their responsibility for sustainable development. 9. Nations should reduce and eliminate unsustainable patterns of production and consumption and promote appropriate demographic policies. Great Organizations Working To Stop World Hunger 10. Environmental issues are best handled with the participation of all concerned citizens. Therefore, nations shall facilitate and encourage public awareness and participation by making environmental information widely available. 11. Nations shall also enact effective environmental laws and develop national laws regarding liability for the victims of environmental damages. And where they have authority, nations shall assess the environmental impact of proposed activities that are likely to have a significant adverse impact. 12. Nations should cooperate to promote an open international economic system. It will lead to economic growth and sustainable development in all countries. Environmental policies should not be used as an unjustifiable means of restricting international trade. 13. The polluter should, in principle, bear the cost of pollution. 14. Nations shall warn one another of natural disasters or activities that may be harmful transboundary impacts. 15. Sustainable development requires a better scientific understanding of the problems. Nations should share knowledge and innovative technologies to achieve the goal of sustainability. 16. The full participation of women is essential to achieve sustainable development. And, the creativity, ideas, and courage of youth and the knowledge of indigenous people are needed too. Nations should recognize and support the identity, culture, and interests of indigenous people. 17. Warfare is inherently destructive of sustainable development. In times of armed conflict, nations shall respect international laws, protect the environment and shall cooperate in the establishment of sustainable development. 18. Peace, development, and environmental protection are interdependent and indivisible. Likely, goals are always determined by the principles and their proper execution and implementation. In 2015, The General Assembly of the United Nations prepared 17 goals of sustainable development and aimed to achieve it by 2030. Read the details of sustainable development goals here! The 17 goals are No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Good Health and Well-being, Quality Education, Gender Equality. Clean Water and Sanitation, Affordable and Clean Energy and Decent Work and Economic Growth. Further, they are Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Reducing Inequality, Sustainable Cities and Communities. Responsible Consumption and Production, Climate Action, Life Below Water. And lastly, Life on Land, Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions, and Partnerships for the Goals. Importantly, the final and ultimate aim of sustainable development is to achieve equilibrium among economic, social, and environmental sustainability. However, there are a lot of challenges that lower the pace of sustainable development. And, radical improvements in eco-efficiency and fundamental renewal in technological systems can fix many of the problems. For more, keep following Wikye.com

<urn:uuid:cdd5cbee-8462-4a1a-9966-e0187def477e>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.wikye.com/sustainable-development-definition-history-principles-and-goals/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224655247.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609032325-20230609062325-00648.warc.gz

en

This is the first in a weekly series of posts leading up to the mini-conference The War of 1812: Whose War was it Anyway? being held at the University of Waterloo on May 30th. By Adriana Ayers, MA Candidate, University of Western Ontario Augmented reality games (ARGs) are immersive and interactive plot-based games, which break down the barriers between the gaming world and reality. They are not played in any one place or through any one medium, but sprawlsprawled across multiple media elements, such as email, Twitter, YouTube, Wiki pages, text messages, blogs, etc.etc.. No form of communication or digital interaction is off limits. Indeed, the point of an ARG is to pull game play out of the computer and into the real world, blurring the lines of simulation and experience. Unlike a regular computer game, which is controlled by artificial intelligence, ARG players interact directly with the human beings who design and control the game, appropriately named the PuppetMasters. Tecumseh Lies Here is an augmented reality game developed by faculty and students at the University of Western Ontario, designed to expose players to the history of the War of 1812, while teaching them traditional research techniques and skills necessary for practicing historians. In September 2011, the creators of the game ran a successful beta test on a group of unsuspecting public history graduate students—including me. Suspicious and even unwilling at first, I found myself drawn into the game through its clever incorporation of fake conspiracies among contemporary historiographical debates. My insatiable appetite for puzzles, and my perpetual need to finish what I started, made it difficult for me to ignore. Suddenly my hours spent in the archives filled more than a class requirement; I was solving riddles, unlocking ciphers, and racing around southwestern Ontario to open a GPS-powered treasure boxes. Tecumseh Lies Here explores the life of the Shawnee war-chief Tecumseh, and the myths and controversy surrounding his death and final resting place. Although Tecumseh died at the Battle of the Thames on October 5 1813, his body was never identified, giving rise to rumors that perhaps he had not died or that his body had been spirited away. White fascination with Tecumseh and the morbid question of his remains grew throughout the nineteenth century. Tecumseh Lies Here thrust me and my fellow players into a secret world of 1812 enthusiasts still searching for Tecumseh’s bones—a kind of metaphor for continuing contests over the commemoration of the war. Some of the characters we encountered were helpful and encouraging; some were whistleblowers in a complex historical conspiracy; and others were downright terrifying. While playing the game we found our everyday discussions, twitter-feeds, studies, seminars and eventually our dreams, completely consumed by Tecumseh and the mysteries surrounding his death. . The game blended fictional characters with a genuine historical mystery, and questions about the memory of the real Shawnee leader, and the meaning of the war. To “win” the game, I and the other players had to comb through libraries and archives, gather evidence, interpret primary sources, analyze secondary sources, and debate the best means of moving forward and solving the clues. Heritage and historical sites were part of the game as well. There were riddles involving museum exhibits, clues hidden in parks and battlegrounds, and devices that could only be activated in certain significant locales. The game, like the past, was pervasive—its traces could be anywhere. One of the most interesting and unexpected aspects of the game was how collaborative it was. From what I’ve read about ARGs, that was part of the point. ARGs are cooperative games that leverage the collective intelligence of all their players. Many historians can attest that sharing is not necessarily our strongest suit. The intricacy and range of the ARG’s content appealed to many learning styles and research strategies, giving everyone in the group their moment to shine. In order to solve clues and move on to a next round, it questioned the ‘acceptable’ way in which we traditionally interact with historical discourse – it challenged the way we viewed history and its creators. ARGs have exciting potential for education, training, and addressing real world problems. MIT’s educational ARG Reliving the Revolution (2005) turned the site of the American Revolutionary Battle of Lexington into an augmented learning environment where students learned techniques for historical inquiry, effective collaboration, and critical thinking skills. In the PBS-funded ARG World Without Oil (2007) over 2,000 players from twelve countries came together to manage a simulated global oil crisis, forecasting the results of the crisis and producing plausible strategies for managing a realistic future dilemma. And the World Bank’s Urgent Evoke (2010) enlisted over 19,000 players in an effort to empower young people, especially in Africa, to come up with creative solutions to environmental and social challenges. Historians and history educators have only begun to take note of these developments but the potential is exciting and real. Besides Tecumseh Lies Here, another ARG for history education is the Arcane Gallery of Gadgetry, developed by faculty and students at the University of Maryland. Historians and history educators have only begun to take note of these developments. But the potential is exciting and real. For more discussion on this topic, I and three of the creators of Tecumseh Lies Here will be leading an informal panel discussion at The War of 1812: Whose War was it Anyway?. We’ll present our experiences writing, running, and playing the game, and try to open up a discussion on the politics and pedagogy of the 1812 bicentennial, and the potentials and challenges of ARGs for history and heritage education. We hope to see you there! Hi do you know when the website Tecumsehlieshere go live?

<urn:uuid:5598bbe5-9395-4360-a47d-0cd919ddc78d>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://activehistory.ca/2012/05/tecumseh-lies-here/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653501.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607010703-20230607040703-00644.warc.gz

en

It indicates if an individual or firm is making profits from the daily operations it conducts. It also marks an entity’s capacity to repay its financial obligations. Such expenses are recorded in the liability column of the balance sheet. These stakeholders refer to the document to track the financial performance of the organizations and make well-informed, smart investment and business decisions. Going through the P&L accounting records thoroughly enables them to determine the level of risk involved in collaborating with these ventures. The preparation of P&L account is based on a partnership agreement. V.To distribute the profits among the partners in profit sharing ratio. Ii.To show how much is payable to partners in the form of salary, bonus, fees, commission , interest on capital etc. these all are debited to Profit and Loss Appropriation Account. This account is credited with the amount of net profit and debited with the amount of net loss. Profit and loss figures are calculated by deducting the total expenses from the revenue generated from different sources in a fiscal quarter or year. Accrual AccountingAccrual Accounting is an accounting method that instantly records revenues & expenditures after a transaction occurs, irrespective of when the payment is received or made. The left side is called as “Dr” that represents all direct and indirect expenses and the right side is called as “Cr” side that shows direct and indirect incomes from business operations. Income Accounts vs Expenditure Accounts This total was arrived at by applying all the period-specific adjustments necessary to the Profit and Loss statement. These are the expenses with the management of the business e.g. salaries of manager, accountant and office clerks, office rent, office stationary, office electric charges, office telephone etc. In the case of fluctuating capital, where will you record drawings, interest on drawing https://1investing.in/ ……………. Name the method of calculating interest on drawings of the partner if different amounts are withdrawn are different dates ……………. During the year ended on 31st December 2018, the firm made a profit of ₹ 2,20,000 before adjustment of interest, salary, and commission. The net profit of the firm before considering interest on capital and interest on drawings amounted to ₹ 35,000. - In the government’s case, the appropriation account displays the cash allocated to a particular project. - To prepare it, at first, the balance of Profit and Loss Account is transferred to this account. - Partners to be entitled to interest on capital @ 4% p.a. - Shanmugam draws Rs. 8,000 regularly beginning of every month. There should be an agreement among the persons to share the profit or loss of the business. Therefore the cost price of 10 notebooks is Rs.555 and the student has a loss of Rs. 55 after selling 10 notebooks. So the loss will be the difference between the cost price and the selling price. Drawing Accounts of the partners are closed by transferring them to the respective Partner’s Capital Account. Profit and loss account don’t have any opening or closing balance as it is prepared for a specific accounting period. Accounts of appropriations illustrate how organisations and governments allocate their available resources. Accrue Those ExpensesAn accrued expense is the expenses which is incurred by the company over one accounting period but not paid in the same accounting period. In the books of accounts it is recorded in a way that the expense account is debited and the accrued expense account is credited. There are two methods by which the accounting professionals prepare the P&L statement. Profit and Loss Formula Net profit and Interest on drawings of the partners are credited, and Interest on capital of the partners, Partners’ Salary and Commission are debited to Profit and Loss Appropriation Account. A profit and loss account, also known as an income statement, is one of the three financial statements that make up an organisation. It summarises an organisation’s revenues and expenses to determine whether it made a net profit or a net loss during a given period. The account through which annual net profit or loss of a business is ascertained, is called profit and loss account. Gross profit or loss of a business is ascertained throughtrading account and net profit is determined by deducting all indirect expenses from the gross profit through profit and loss account. Thus profit and loss account starts with the result provided bytrading account. Give necessary journal entries and prepare profit and loss appropriation account as of 31st December 2018. Profit and Loss Appropriation Account is prepared by a partnership firm to appropriate the net profit of the accounting year among the partners. Profit and Loss Appropriation Account is affected by the Partnership Deed or the Partnership Act. It is an extension of the Profit and Loss Account, and the items debited to the Profit and Loss Appropriation Account are not a charge against profit. Reserve is a part of profit kept aside to meet uncertain future financial requirements. It is a fund created for purposes like strengthening the financial position, meeting the anticipated or specific liability, etc. What is a Profit and Loss Account? Salary to the partner will be paid only if it is allowed by the ……………. Partners to be entitled to interest on capital @ 4% p.a. Interest on capital is to be allowed at 6% per annum. The first step is the single-step method in which professionals calculate the business’ total revenue, subtracting the expenses for that period from it to derive the amount remaining with the company. If you look at the above example of profit and loss statement, the total of direct income is reduced by direct expenses to arrive the gross profit. The gross profit is then added with indirect incomes and reduced by indirect expenses to arrive net profit. The profit and loss appropriation account may have carried forward balance from the previous accounting period. P&L appropriation account is prepared mainly by partnership firms. Analysts must go beyond the profit and loss statement to get a full picture of a company’s financial health. The purpose of trading account or this financial statement is to find out the gross profit or gross loss which, is an important indicator of business efficiency. All the extension of profit and loss account is the expenses and income which are direct in nature are considered. Profit and Loss Appropriation Account is credited with the net profit of the accounting year. Interest on partners drawings is changed to their respective ……………. The persons who have entered into partnership are collectively known as ……………. Ram withdrew ₹ 18,000 at the beginning of each half year. Calculate interest on the drawings for the year ending 31st December 2018 using the average period. Calculate interest on drawings for the year ending 31st March 2019 using the average period. On 1st April, 2018, Rajan introduced an additional capital of ₹ 40,000 and on 1st September, 2018, Devan introduced ₹ 30,000. No interest on capital is payable to any partner. The loan advanced by Chandru to the firm is ₹ 50,000. The name of the firm and nature and place of business. Difference between Profit and Loss Account And Profit and Loss Appropriation Account Please use ide.geeksforgeeks.org, generate link and share the link here. Pass necessary Journal entries related to the division of profit and prepare Profit and Loss Appropriation A/c for the year ending on 31st March,2022. If the problem persists, then check your internet connectivity. If all other sites open fine, then please contact the administrator of this website with the following information. Im curious to think what type of impact this would have globally? It is the second stage in the preparation of final accounts and the Accrual basis of accounting is followed in the preparation of this account. It helps in preparing the Balance Sheet and comparison with the previous year’s profit. Trading Account is an account which is prepared by a manufacturing/merchandising concern.

<urn:uuid:7f57ac00-ee5b-4793-929d-9fbaddadd32c>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://sepiapages.com/profit-and-loss-account-definition-explanation/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224655247.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609032325-20230609062325-00647.warc.gz

en

If you're looking to improve your calligraphy skills, these free printable worksheets are a great place to start. With 79 pages of A to Z practice sheets, you'll have plenty of opportunities to perfect your lettering and create beautiful works of art. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced calligrapher, these worksheets are a valuable resource for honing your skills. What is calligraphy? Calligraphy is the art of beautiful handwriting. It involves using a variety of tools, such as pens, brushes, and markers, to create elegant and decorative lettering. Calligraphy has a long history, dating back to ancient civilizations like China and Greece, and has been used for everything from religious texts to wedding invitations. Today, calligraphy is still a popular art form and is often used in graphic design, typography, and other creative fields. Why practice calligraphy? Practicing calligraphy can have many benefits, both practical and personal. For one, it can improve your handwriting and make it more legible and attractive. It can also help you develop patience, focus, and attention to detail. Additionally, calligraphy can be a relaxing and meditative activity, providing a creative outlet and a way to de-stress. Finally, if you're interested in pursuing a career in design or typography, calligraphy skills can be a valuable asset. How to use the practice sheets. To use the free calligraphy practice sheets, simply download and print them out. Each page includes a letter of the alphabet in both uppercase and lowercase, as well as a space for you to practice writing the letter yourself. Start by tracing the letter with a pencil, then try writing it on your own. Repeat this process for each letter until you feel comfortable with the strokes and shapes. As you progress, you can experiment with different pens and inks to create your own unique style. Happy practicing! Tips for improving your calligraphy skills. In addition to using the free calligraphy practice sheets, there are a few tips you can follow to improve your calligraphy skills. First, make sure you are holding your pen correctly and using the right amount of pressure. Practice writing slowly and deliberately, focusing on each stroke and shape. Experiment with different pens and inks to find the ones that work best for you. Finally, don't be afraid to make mistakes - calligraphy is all about practice and experimentation. Keep practicing and you'll be writing beautifully in no time! Additional resources for learning calligraphy. In addition to the free calligraphy practice sheets, there are many other resources available for learning calligraphy. Online courses, instructional books, and workshops can all be great ways to improve your skills and learn new techniques. You can also join calligraphy communities and forums to connect with other calligraphers and get feedback on your work. Don't be afraid to explore different resources and find what works best for you. Calligraphy, the artistic expression of handwriting, has become a popular hobby and skill for many who appreciate the beauty of well-crafted letters. From calligraphy worksheets to various calligraphy pdf resources available online, there is an abundance of materials for those looking to master this elegant art form. Calligraphy fonts, which mimic the style of calligraphy writing, are often sought after for their unique and decorative appearance. These fonts can be used in a variety of contexts, such as wedding invitations, logos, and personalized stationery. Calligraphy letters form the foundation of this art, with each individual letter showcasing the calligrapher's skill and precision. The calligraphy of alphabets, or the practice of creating each letter in a specific style, is a key aspect of learning calligraphy. The calligraphy alphabet typically includes both uppercase and lowercase letters, with each letter crafted using a set of unique strokes and flourishes. Calligraphy of English, or English calligraphy, is one of the most popular styles, as it encompasses a range of fonts and styles that suit a variety of applications. Calligraphy English, or the practice of calligraphy in English, has a rich history and numerous meanings. At its core, calligraphy meaning refers to the design and execution of lettering with a broad-tipped instrument, brush, or other writing instruments. One of the most recognizable examples of calligraphy is the capital letter "A" in various styles. The calligrapher meaning, on the other hand, refers to the artist who skillfully creates these beautiful letterforms. Calligraphy of a and calligraphy of s are just two examples of how individual letters can be transformed into artistic masterpieces. A comprehensive collection of calligraphy fonts, A to Z, can be found online, showcasing various styles and techniques. Calligraphy handwriting, which includes calligraphy A to Z, emphasizes the importance of mastering each letter in a consistent and precise manner. Calligraphy how to write resources, such as calligraphy letters A to Z tutorials, can be invaluable for beginners. Calligraphy English writing, or the practice of calligraphy writing in English, can be learned through instructional materials, video tutorials, and in-person workshops. Calligraphy for beginners often starts with the calligraphy alphabet A to Z, allowing newcomers to familiarize themselves with the basic letterforms before moving on to more advanced techniques. Calligraphy capital letters, which include uppercase calligraphy styles, can be more challenging to master due to their intricate and ornate designs. In contrast, lowercase calligraphy tends to be more approachable for beginners, as the letterforms are often simpler and more fluid. Calligraphy easy, or beginner-friendly calligraphy styles, can be a great starting point for those looking to learn this art form. Calligraphy how to learn resources are abundant, with calligraphy learning materials available in various formats, such as books, websites, and video tutorials. Calligraphy practice sheets, including calligraphy worksheets and calligraphy abcd sheets, offer a structured way for learners to develop their skills. Calligraphy alphabet letters can be practiced using these worksheet for calligraphy materials, which often include traceable templates and guides for proper stroke order. Handwritten notes pdf resources, which provide examples of calligraphy letter p, calligraphy letter m, and other individual letters, can serve as valuable references for students. Calligraphy handwriting A to Z guides offer a comprehensive overview of the various letterforms, including both uppercase calligraphy and lowercase calligraphy styles.

<urn:uuid:b3fb2491-1748-40cf-9954-0a8cf281a488>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://witknowlearn.com/worksheet/view/993/79-pages-of-free-a-to-z-calligraphy-practice-sheets-for-perfecting-your-skills

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648000.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601175345-20230601205345-00048.warc.gz

en

The conversation about mental health has increasingly become part of our daily narrative. With the pandemic’s impact, open dialogue on social media, and more people sharing experiences, mental health is top of mind. If you’re wondering whether medication could be right for you, you may have some questions. The internet is full of misinformation, especially when you open the comments section on a social media post. Do your research, speak with your healthcare provider, and learn about the most common misconceptions before you make a decision. Myth #1: It’s Too Expensive to Get Antidepressants Healthcare in the United States seems to evolve overnight, and the cost of care is no exception. Whether your employer’s health plan covers you, a family member’s, or the federal Marketplace, understanding coverage can be challenging. Review your provider’s benefits information, paying special attention to prescription coverage. Pay special attention to the tier level of the medication you’re considering, as the range may differ. Some plans pay a percentage of the medication cost, while others categorize them by type and necessity. Even if you have traditional insurance, you can access mental health treatment online, saving you time and money. You’ll complete a questionnaire to determine whether mental health treatment would be right for you. From there, you can message a provider who can assess your needs and issue a prescription, if indicated. You’ll receive your medication through the mail each month, usually at a competitive rate. Myth #2: You’ll Become Dependent on Medication One of the most common myths is that people become dependent on medication for mental health. The fact is, some people choose to abuse drugs or ingest medication not prescribed to them. Those with a true medical need and prescription shouldn’t worry about becoming dependent. Serotonin is an essential chemical for daily life, an important hormone that modulates mood, learning, and memory. Medications for depression, like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), help increase serotonin levels in the brain. If your body doesn’t produce enough serotonin, how you experience life and manage stress will be out of balance. One way to think of this is to compare your body to a car, with serotonin being the fuel. Without fuel for your vehicle, it’s easy to understand that it won’t go, no matter how much you want it to. Similarly, without serotonin, your brain can’t understand the signals it’s getting from the outside world. A depression diagnosis is one way to understand better your unique body and how to support its functionality. With antidepressant medication, you can fill in the gaps to function at your best. Myth #3: Your Personality Will Change The idea of your personality changing involuntarily is scary, so it’s easy to understand why this myth is so prevalent. Often, people with depression feel hopeless, angry, or unable to find pleasure in things, even activities commonly known as delight. As an individual with depression, you’ve managed life differently than you would have without depression. If you begin antidepressant medication, you’ll likely notice changes in your feelings and behavior. What won’t change is who you are as a person. Depending on how long you’ve been experiencing depression, you may notice a return to earlier versions of yourself. This could feel like an abrupt shift for you and those around you, so it is important to be observant. Before beginning medication, keep a log of your thoughts, feelings, and actions to establish a baseline. Once you start your prescribed dosage, take notes on what changes you’re feeling and observing, good and bad. Understand that improvements in symptoms are what the medication is designed for, not changing who you are. If something is wrong, reach out to your provider to determine if an adjustment is needed. Myth #4: Medication Will Fix Everything If there were a medication that would likely fix all of life’s problems, you’d already know about it. Medication can help individuals with depression manage their symptoms, but it won’t fix everything. Life is still challenging, and if you’ve been diagnosed with depression, things may feel more overwhelming for you than others. Nearly 300 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with depression, and the difference between pursuing treatment and not is staggering. Medication is a tool, as are therapy, lifestyle changes, and daily habits. When used according to your prescription, medication can reduce depressive symptoms so you can live a full and rewarding life. If left untreated, depression can lead to life-altering issues at home, work, and among friends. At its worst, depression can cause individuals to feel like they’re out of options. While medication isn’t the golden ticket to feeling like you can conquer the world, it isn’t an option to ignore. Consider Antidepressants as Part of a Total Mental Health Treatment Plan Mental health plays a major part in how you experience and enjoy your life. Therapy, medication, and lifestyle changes can all support your efforts to manage your diagnosis. As you explore treatment for your depression, commit to a comprehensive mental health treatment plan. Pursuing mental health treatment may require trial and error, but the lasting impact of your efforts will be worth it. When you prioritize your mental and physical health, you can be at your best in every area of your life.

<urn:uuid:a19999d5-2ebc-4e0a-8b74-536633dbe235>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://mqacg.com/debunking-the-myths-about-antidepressants/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224656788.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609164851-20230609194851-00448.warc.gz

en

The share of overweight and obese Americans has tripled since the 1980s, according to official data that lays bare the country’s obesity crisis. In the late 1980s, no more than 15% of the adult population was considered overweight or obese. But now US health officials say rates have reached “epidemic” proportions, with obesity rates reaching 42% nationwide. Experts say this shift has been driven by people starting to eat more ultra-processed foods that are high in fats, sugars and salts but low in vital nutrients. Americans have also started having more sedentary lifestyles and office jobs, while many people in rural communities now live in food deserts. The map above shows how obesity rates increased from 1987 to 2021 across the country. Initially, less than 15% of adults were obese, but the rate now stands at 42%. The map above shows obesity rates in the United States in 1987, by state. It shows that no state had a rate above 15% By 2003, however, the situation had changed, with most states having obesity rates above 20%. The obesity crisis in the United States was declared an epidemic by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1999. It is tracked through the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), which monitors trends nationwide. Each year, a group of 400,000 Americans are asked about their weight and height by the survey. Their answers are then converted into body mass index (BMI), with which is used to calculate obesity rates by state and for the entire country. In 1987, no state had an obesity rate above 15%, while most had rates below 10%. But by 2003, rates had jumped, with nearly half of the states having obesity rates of 20 to 24 percent. None were below 10%. The sudden change was likely linked to changing American diets, experts warned. Obesity rates began to climb in the 1980s, which was around the same time that ultra-processed foods, including pizza, ice cream and sugary drinks, became a bigger part important part of the American diet. These foods are high in fats, sugars and salts, but low in essential micro and macro nutrients for the body, which would make people eat more. In 2021, about 42% of Americans were overweight or obese according to official data. By state, there were two – Kentucky and West Virginia – where rates were above 40%, while 17 had figures between 35 and 40%. To top off the trend, the CDC’s maps have now added a category for states where one in two people are overweight or obese, perhaps in preparation for the increasingly large waistline. Researchers from Athabasca University, Canada, who analyzed US obesity rates in 2022, said these were the main driver of height expansion in the United States. They cited separate research showing that the amount of sugar per day in the average American diet jumped 36.7 grams between 1978 and 1997. “There is strong evidence that consuming sugary drinks leads to higher energy intake and greater weight gain,” they said. “A similar trend is also seen with other ultra-processed foods. “Factors that have likely contributed to the rise in consumption of ultra-processed foods include their relatively low price and the growing popularity of fast food restaurants.” There has also been a decline in physical activity since the 1960s and 1970s, with more Americans now working in offices. But scientists at Athabasca University insisted it played only a “minor role” in the obesity epidemic. And this map shows the situation in 2010, with more and more states having obesity rates above 25%. This map shows overall obesity rates by state from 2021, the latest year with data available. The map above shows the prevalence of obesity by state in the United States in 2021. It was highest in Kentucky and West Virginia, but lowest in Hawaii and Colorado. Washington DC, which is not yet a state, had the lowest rate The chart above shows diabetes rates as a proportion of the population, a key risk factor for people with diabetes. It shows that cases of diagnosed diabetes have increased since the early 2000s with obesity A rural-urban divide has also emerged, with rates tending to be higher in rural areas where access to healthy food is less. CDC Acting Senior Deputy Director Debra Houry said last year that the data “illustrates the urgent need to make obesity prevention and treatment available to all Americans in every state and community.” Obesity causes excess fat cells to accumulate around vital organs, impairing their function, while the extra weight can lead to strain on joints and limbs. Fat cells also release hormones in the body, leaving someone struggling to regulate their appetite and with higher levels of inflammation. Scientists have already linked obesity to a number of diseases, including heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes and even Alzheimer’s disease. According to the National Institutes of Health, obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States, behind smoking. About 280,000 Americans die directly from obesity each year. President Joe Biden has already unveiled plans to crack down on the country’s waistline, including introducing nutrition labeling on the front of food products to highlight snacks that are too high in fats, sugars and salts. Criteria for “healthy” foods have also been tightened under stricter rules.

<urn:uuid:844cc019-e22a-425a-bae6-8580ea7edc6e>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://coakleyfordelegate.com/fat-generation-time-lapse-maps-show-how-obesity-rates-have-tripled-over-the-past-40-years/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224651325.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605053432-20230605083432-00048.warc.gz

en

Welcome to the Complete Python Course! Learn Python from a software developer. If you want to master Python and write efficient, elegant, and simple code, this is the course you’ve been looking for! Even if you have no programming experience, this course will give you a super-strong foundation and teach you how to use Python to achieve any goal. We’ve crafted every piece of content to be concise and straightforward, while never leaving you confused: - Hundreds of code-along videos with in-depth explanations - Dozens of presentations with animated diagrams - Coding exercises - Python projects for you to learn to make real Python applications Why Choose THIS Course? - Get a broader and deeper experience in Python than with any other Udemy course on the market. - Start at zero and become an expert whilst learning all about the inner workings of Python. - Learn how to write professional Python code like a professional Python developer. - Embrace simplicity and develop good programming habits. - Explore advanced Python, such as decorators, asynchronous development, and managing project dependencies - Improve your Python code with formatters and linters - Store data in a database so it’s accessible and searchable. - Learn about web development using Flask, to create websites that you can share with users. - Extract information from existing websites using web scraping. - Control your browser using Selenium, to automate using almost any website! - Learn to interact with REST APIs to fetch data from other web applications. - Create desktop GUIs using Tkinter, and turn them into executable applications you can share with non-technical users. - Start working with unit testing in Python by learning about the unittest library Who Is This Course For? - Beginners who have never programmed before. - Programmers with experience in other languages who want to kickstart their Python programming. - Programmers who know some Python but want to round off their skills and become truly proficient. What Am I Going to Get From This Course? - Lifetime access to over 300 code-along lectures covering all aspects of Python, from the foundations to advanced concepts. - Complete written notes and code for you to read and refer to as you progress through the course. - Milestone projects for you to complete throughout the course. These provide a challenge and an opportunity for you to apply what you’ve learned. We always go over the code after to show you how we would tackle them. - Quizzes and coding exercises for you to check your understanding. - High-quality help and support. Every year we personally help thousands of students. We don’t leave a single question unanswered. Here’s a breakdown of some of the topics this course covers! - Command Line Basics - Installing Python - Running Python Code - Strings and Numbers - String Formatting - Lists, Dictionaries, Tuples, and Sets - Functions and lambdas - args/kwargs and default parameter values - The concept of mutability - Built-in Functions - Debugging and Error Handling - Type hinting (new in Python 3.8) - Creating your own error classes - Modules and installing libraries - Object Oriented Programming, in a lot of depth - Composition and Inheritance - File I/O - Database interactions - Unit testing - Regex (Regular Expressions) - Web Scraping - Algorithms and Data Structures - And much, much more! Feel free to read through the course curriculum, as well as watch the free lectures of this course. I’m sure you’ll enjoy them. But don’t take my word for it! Read through some of these reviews and see what other students are saying: > “Excellent teaching ability combined with deep understanding of the subject has produced one of the best online courses I’ve taken in decades. Fabulous work! Thank you!” – Maria Iano > “Really amazing course. would recommend to all the students or programmers who want to learn python from scratch.” – Hriday Panchal > “Exactly the course I needed!!! Explanations are clear, lots of examples, and everything you need in python! thanks so much.” – Julien Palleau > “Another amazing offering from Jose. This course offers the most comprehensive look at Python available. Consider, for example, the extensive treatment regarding asynchronous development, or the detailed introduction to web development with Flask, or the Tkinter GUI introduction. I have had several other offerings by Jose here on Udemy. Always get far more than I expected.” – Martin Dwyer > “Honestly, I don’t know much about other courses, but after taking a quick peek at some of them, I can safely say that this is the most complete Python course in Udemy. […] Definitely recommended for those who want to begin their Python journey but don’t know where to start.” – Mateo Delgadillo Karam Also remember: we have a 30-day money-back guarantee, so sign up and try the course totally risk-free! I’ll see you on the inside. Who this course is for: - Beginner programmers who want to get into one of the most popular and loved languages in the world - Programmers from other languages who want to kickstart their Python journey - Python programmers who want to refresh their skills and tackle advanced topics like algorithms and asynchronous programming - Access to a computer with an internet connection. Everything else we use in the course is publicly available and we’ll guide you through getting it. - There are no other requirements, besides getting started! Last Updated 4/2022 The Complete Python Course | Learn Python by Doing in 2022.zip (11.6 GB) | Mirror The Complete Python Course | Learn Python by Doing in 2022.torrent (259 KB) | Mirror

<urn:uuid:ba1ec2d3-1620-48f5-8cc2-8f013c8f667d>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://dlcourse.org/the-complete-python-course-learn-python-by-doing-in-2022/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224655244.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609000217-20230609030217-00448.warc.gz

en

The Lost Ship in the Desert by Bob Difley Of all the legends about lost and found, and lost again treasures in the Southwest, there is none more mystifying than the enduring tale of a large sailing vessel which lies, full of riches, somewhere in the restless sands of California’s Salton Sea basin, toward the northern end of the Sonoran Desert. Implausible as it sounds, the wreck of an ocean-going ship 100 miles or more inland from either the Pacific or the Gulf of California, the story has persisted for centuries in reports from Indian peoples, Spanish explorers, prospectors, migrants and treasure hunters. How could a ship come to rest on desert sands so far from salt water? One explanation holds that an exceptionally large tide from the Gulf of California may have collided with an exceptionally heavy runoff from the Colorado River at the delta, producing a flood which broke through the land barrier to the Salton Sea. The cresting waters could have carried a ship over the natural dam and down into the Salton Sea basin. The flood would have then retreated, leaving the vessel stranded. That scenario rests on an unlikely coincidence of events, but the topography of the area, the potential for monumental flooding, the early explorations by Spanish vessels and a tragedy in the 20th century have all given some currency to the possibility of a shipwreck in the desert. The Gulf of California and the Salton Sea were once connected, before the Colorado River delta emerged to separate them. In historic times, the Gulf of California’s incoming tides and the river’s outflow produced world-class "tidal bores," or walls of water moving up the stream bed. The basin, at more than 270 feet below sea level, would serve as a ready receptacle for flood waters. Spanish vessels sailed into the delta area in the 16th century, seeking treasures and ocean passages. An exceptionally large tidal bore moved up the delta stream bed in 1922, capsizing a steamship and killing 86 of 125 passengers. (Tidal bores no longer occur in the delta area because the river’s water is totally depleted by agricultural and municipal usage before it reaches the Gulf.) It would seem most likely that the ship, if it exists, would be a Spanish vessel, but some have speculated that it might be a craft from the navy of King Solomon, or the 10 lost tribes of Israel, or a warring people from the Indian Ocean, or a band of pirates. In an alternate story line, which appeared in Antonio de Fierro Blanco’s book, The Journey of the Flame, a celebrated Spanish coastal pilot named Iturbe sailed his 50-ton, pearl-laden ship from the Pacific through a natural channel into the Salton Sea in the year 1615. He hoped to find a passage the fabled Straits of Anian to the Atlantic. After three months, he gave up the search. When he tried to return through the natural channel to the Pacific, he found that a powerful storm had triggered a mud slide, which blocked his escape, or in another version the waters of the Salton Sea had fallen, leaving his ship stranded, her keel buried in a sandbar. Iturbe had to abandon his vessel standing upright as though she were still under sail and the great treasure. A century and a half later, according to Fierro Blanco, a mule driver named Tiburcio Manquerna, who accompanied the famous Juan Baptista de Anza in his search of a land route from Sonora to Alta California, claimed that, "I was sent to the right of the course, seeking a road to the ocean. Traveling by night because of the heat, I stumbled upon an ancient ship and in its hold were so many pearls as is beyond imagination. Fevered by this wealth, I took what I could carry, abandoned my comrades, and riding toward the ocean as far as my mule could carry me, I climbed the precipitous western mountains on foot. Fed by Indians, I at last reached San Luis Rey Mission. Since then I have spent my life searching for this ship." While in the camp of Don Firmin Sanhudo, a Spanish explorer, Manquerna whispered the story to Juan Colorado, who finally revealed the secret on his 104th birthday. In a puzzling conclusion to the story, Fierro Blanco said, "I have known, as a boy, natives from every tribe on the [Baja California] Peninsula, and they taught me much of great value but never did one lie to me. Some of their stories I did not then believe, but each as tested proved to be true in all parts." In yet another story, this one published by the Los Angeles Star on November 12, 1870, a man named "Charley Clusker and a party started out again this morning to find the mythical ship upon the desert this side of Dos Palmas [located on the northeast side of the Salton Sea Basin]. Charley made the trip three or four weeks ago, but made the wrong chute [sic] and mired his wagon fifteen miles from Dos Palmas. He is satisfied from information he has received from the Indians that the ship is no myth. He is prepared with a good wagon, pack saddles, and planks to cross the sandy ground." The Star printed another story a few weeks later, on December 1, saying that "Charley Clusker and party returned from the desert yesterday, just as we were going to press. They had a hard time of it, but they have succeeded in their effort. The ship has been found! Charley returns to the desert today, to reap the fruition of his labors. He was without food or water, under a hot broiling sun for over twenty-four hours, and came near perishing." Apparently, Clusker did indeed set out again for what he described as an ornately carved Spanish galleon, complete with crosses and broken masts, mostly buried in the sand several miles from the nearest water, but no one ever heard from Charley Clusker again. The question remains: Is there a lost ship in the desert sands of Salton Sea? It seems like a fantasy, a scene from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Pensanze, but the persistence, similarity and endurance of the story in both Native American and frontier lore cannot be completely discounted. Perhaps one day, when the right conditions of wind and shifting sands combine, an ornately carved hull and a mast of a Spanish galleon, filled with treasure, will emerge from its dusty tomb. View our forum page on the lost ship in the desert to see what other readers have to say. Read more about lost ships in the desert: The Last Voyage of the Content Share this page on Facebook: DesertUSA Newsletter -- We send articles on hiking, camping and places to explore, as well as animals, wildflower reports, plant information and much more. Sign up below or read more about the DesertUSA newsletter here. (It's Free.) The Desert Environment The North American Deserts Desert Geological Terms Click here to see current desert temperatures!

<urn:uuid:2bdb1876-69bc-46d9-908e-76359a964495>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.desertusa.com/desert-activity/lost-ship-desert.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644571.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528214404-20230529004404-00447.warc.gz

en

By Kurt Williams In the summer of 2014, Toledo, Ohio, instituted a days-long water consumption ban for its approximately 500,000 customers in northwest Ohio. A bloom of microcystis algae in Lake Erie’s western basin, near the city’s water intake station, led to the ban. Microcystis, sometimes referred to as a blue-green algae, is a type of cyanobacteria capable of producing toxins that are potentially harmful to humans and animals from consumption of contaminated water that contains such toxins. Such harmful blooms are different from non-toxic nuisance algal blooms. The 2014 algal bloom event in Lake Erie is part of a larger problem affecting bodies of water across the globe that may be driven in part by environmental changes brought about by climate change. The preconditions necessary for algal blooms, whether harmful or nuisance, are complex and include rising water temperatures and introduction of invasive species such as zebra and quagga mussels. The most important factor for harmful blooms is excess nutrients essential for algal growth, especially nitrogen and phosphorus. Climate change models predict increased runoff into rivers as a result of changes in precipitation — more intense rainstorms — in the Great Lakes Basin. Most of these nutrients arrive in Lake Erie through runoff from agricultural land in the Maumee River watershed, according to Steven Ruberg, a group leader in marine instrumentation at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) in Ann Arbor, Michigan. GLERL scientists follow yearly blooms using techniques including satellite aerial monitoring that detect pigments in the algae. “When we do a bloom forecast, the strongest correlation on the yearly basis on bloom aerial extent is with the Maumee River,” Ruberg said. Ruberg and his GLERL colleagues research techniques to monitor lake phosphorus levels in an effort to predict cyanobacterial blooms and related toxin levels. The team uses a number of systems to monitor nutrient loading and phosphorus and nitrogen levels in Lake Erie. Similar to the early symptoms of a disease in a patient, the solutions these scientists pursue allow them to alert Lake Erie communities when water systems may be threatened. GLERL’s methods currently in use and under development include: - Aerial (satellite) monitoring of the western basin of Lake Erie to assess the extent of algal blooms over time. - Buoys deployed to provide real-time changes in the cyanobacteria by assessing changes in the abundance of two pigments in the algae — chlorophyll and phycocyanin — that algae use for photosynthesis. One of these pigments is unique to cyanobacteria while an increase in the other pigment alerts officials to potential harmful blooms. - Environmental sample processors detect daily toxin levels, as well as organism samples for later genetic analysis. There’s a lot of information gathered from these technologies, and it’s important that scientists and coastal community leaders can trust the information, according to Ruberg. Therefore, scientists compare the data collected daily from buoys and environmental sample processors to measurements of the same information collected in weekly water samples from a ship that samples Lake Erie directly. The data has confirmed the Maumee River as the primary source of nutrient loading into Lake Erie, Ruberg said. The wind effect Monitors placed around the lake’s western basin allowed the scientists to identify a second important indirect source of nutrients contributing to algae blooms: the wind. Winds blowing across the lake can churn up water and sediments in the lake’s shallows, leading to suspension or lifting of sediments from the bottom. Algae cannot access nutrients being held in the sediments unless these sediments move up in the water. Ruberg said, “We don’t see strong correlation with wind events (and algal blooms) except in the nearshore areas where satellites can’t pick it up as readily. The stronger the wind event, the further out it impacts the lake. A large area of the western basin can be re-suspended because it’s so shallow.” The differences in response to nutrients and increases in algae between nearshore and the central deeper basin provide an added layer of complexity to the bloom problem. Mark Rowe, a scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research based at the University of Michigan, is interested in understanding how the movement of water within the lakes affects Great Lakes biology and ecology. “One of the topics of current interest in Great Lakes management is in nearshore water quality,” he said. “Now with more detailed hydrodynamic models, we’re able to model movement of nutrients from the nearshore to offshore regions,” Rowe said. If you’ve ever been swimming in the Great Lakes and noticed a sudden change from tolerable water temperatures near the surface to much colder temperatures as you swam deeper, that border between warm surface and cold bottom waters is referred to as the thermocline. The thermocline does more than take your breath away—it also marks the border between two distinct ecosystems. The warmer, less dense surface water is warmed by the sun’s energy and is high in oxygen. It’s separated from the deeper, colder and denser water nearer the bottom that contains less oxygen needed for life in the deep waters. The thermocline acts as a barrier, preventing mixing of the surface and deep waters. The thermocline keeps oxygen lower in the deepest regions of the lakes while surface waters are well-oxygenated. Dead zones discovered Rowe’s team placed sensors in Lake Erie to monitor oxygen levels in deep offshore waters. They were trying to relate changes in oxygen levels to nutrients coming into the lake and cyanobacteria blooms. They discovered that zones with very low oxygen develop in the deep waters following algal bloom events. Hypoxic zones, sometimes called dead zones by the news media, develop in response to nutrients and algae): - Nutrients — nitrogen and phosphorous — run off into waters. - Algae feed on the nutrients and increase in numbers. - As algae die, they sink to the deep waters in large numbers. - Decomposition of the dead algae requires oxygen. That pulls oxygen from the water, lowering the dissolved oxygen levels even lower, with regions of hypoxia developing. Hypoxia is the condition where oxygen becomes too low to support most life in the water. Hypoxia can harm water quality for human consumption, and alter the chemistry within these lake zones, Rowe said. “The water becomes more acidic and corrosive to water systems at treatment plants,” he said. Corrosion of pipes can expose people to lead and copper present in the pipes that deliver water to their homes. Algal blooms in the Upper Great Lakes Lake Erie is the smallest, shallowest and warmest of the lakes, providing an environment conducive to algal blooms, and scientists studying the lake and community water managers are concerned that similar seasonal bloom problems may develop in the Upper Great Lakes. GLERL’s Ruberg said, “It already is a problem in Green Bay. It’s a problem in the Bay of Quinte in Ontario and Lake St. Clair in Canadian waters through the Thames River, which is heavily sedimented through agriculture. We already have seen microcystis in Saginaw Bay, and we already have a program there.” The next step to address this issue is to develop a seasonal program based on what scientists have learned by studying Lake Erie, Ruberg said. Researchers have learned much about how and why algal blooms have reemerged as a problem in Lake Erie decades after the lake was pronounced dead from similar blooms in the 1960s and 1970s. The United States and Canada have pledged to cut the influx of phosphorous into Lake Erie by 40 percent, but scientists don’t know what impact that would have on the health of Lake Erie or the rest of the Great Lakes, said Henry Vanderploeg, a senior ecologist at GLERL. Vanderploeg warned against being too quick to draw conclusions about the impact on the Upper Great Lakes from how Lake Erie responds to proposed cuts in phosphorus. There’s no single solution to the problem of algal blooms in Lake Erie and the Upper Great Lakes, particularly with the challenges presented by climate change, Vanderploeg said. “We’re running an experiment without really knowing what might happen in Lake Erie, let alone much larger lakes such as Lake Michigan,” he said. There is one best single solution for Lake Erie, start back up the natural conveyor. That in conjunction with the smaller actions can restore health to the ecosystem. Killing The Lakes from our own Effluent, Humans will learn the Great Lakes are worth more alive than dead. A Great Lakes Surfer… aloha

<urn:uuid:205be972-493d-4640-81a3-980f264d6dac>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://greatlakesecho.org/2019/02/13/monitoring-algal-blooms-in-the-great-lakes-basin/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greatlakesecho%2Fall+%28Great+Lakes+Echo+%28All%29%29

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648245.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20230602003804-20230602033804-00444.warc.gz

en

Let’s take the time today to debunk a number of myths and beliefs (even urban legends!) to answer the tough question: do soilless crops taste good? Well, yes, crops do taste. Here are five arguments to prove it to you step by step. The human hand Do you know what a wild aubergine looks like? A melon found in the wild? A bean that grows by itself? Well, the aubergine (originally) is no bigger than a golf ball, full of seeds and very bitter. Appetizing, isn’t it? As for the melon, in nature it is 1cm in diameter, contains little flesh (translucent white) and many seeds, too. Beans are full of large seeds, with irregular pods and very stringy. Lettuce? Hairy and bitter. You would never eat that. It was in the 1960s that breeders succeeded in reducing the bitterness of chicory and other vegetables and made them so popular today. These famous breeders are still working on varieties such as escarole and curly leaf. As far as green beans are concerned, it was in the 70s and 80s that progress was made: new varieties without string or parchment became widespread, with pods that remain tender for longer and avoid tedious harvesting every two days. You’re starting to see us coming. Without the hand of man, we would not be where we are today in terms of food. And above all, the seed, the variety and the time of harvest play a major role in the taste of our vegetables. The taste comes from the seed Of course, the terroir plays a role. A little bit. But the seed plays a big part… a big, big part. Indeed, the genetic heritage of the seed is primarily responsible for its taste qualities. Left to their own devices, many of the plants that feed you today would be perfectly inedible. We have gradually put aside all bitter seeds in favour of sweet and sometimes even sugary varieties. This is the case with strawberries, tomatoes and melons in particular. Compared to the 2000s, today in the shops you can be pretty sure of finding sweet and tasty melons (if you don’t buy them in winter, of course). The substrate (soil, water) is only a means of transporting nutrients to the plants. The roots do not consume the soil, but precisely these nutrients. In short, the genes are 80% of the taste. Psst: Myfood seeds are particularly well chosen. We had our tomatoes and chard analysed and the result is clear. They are sweeter and tastier than those on the supermarket shelves. Harvest: not too early, not too late When perfectly ripe. Today, the fruit and vegetables you find in the shops are often grown for a number of reasons… at the expense of taste. What counts is rather - shelf life - resistance to the hazards of transport - resistance to disease and weather - and even visual appearance. A nice, round, colourful tomato will sell much better - Finally, many varieties are preferred for their yield (easy to produce in large quantities). Taste therefore takes a back seat. Ideally, the fruit should be picked when ripe. Before that, it will be less sweet and have less flavour. Afterwards, it will be spoiled and may taste too saturated. Organic is probably better. But local is the key We have the idea that it tastes better when it is grown without pesticides, and we find when we eat our fruit and vegetables that they taste better. This is the ‘halo effect’: a cognitive bias that affects our perception of people and things. Except that more than a quarter of organic produce comes from large farms in Central Europe or Poland and travels thousands of kilometres before reaching your plate. So you have to go local (as well as organic). Less transport means that the plants are often harvested more ripe… and therefore tastier. Poor in taste because of an early harvest, it also often means a lack of vitamins and nutrients… But that we’ll save for a future article😉 What about the seasons in all this? Do you find that your tomatoes in December taste like “water”? 70% of the tomatoes produced in France are grown hydroponically above ground, until the depth of winter. In this case, the main problem is not hydroponics, but the season. It is difficult to replace the effects of sunlight with LEDs and a greenhouse in the middle of winter. However, if you taste strawberries grown outdoors in May with the same technique, the taste will be conclusive. Remember our seed story? That’s why. A very sweet variety grown in aquaponics will taste “crazy”. We don’t say this, our users do. An extra tip for you: water sparingly, to concentrate the taste Take carrots. Many growers tend to water heavily to increase the volume of production. Except that if the soil is too waterlogged all the time, the vegetable will have trouble developing all its flavours. Ideally, when the fruit is ripening, you should water only a little and let the plants develop their flavours. There is one last point that needs to be debunked: do aquaponics crops taste like fish? If you have been following everything, you already know the answer. No, aquaponics crops do not taste fishy. When you eat your carrots or potatoes from your favourite market gardener, do you wonder if they taste like manure (used by farmers to enrich their soil)? Of course not. That’s because vegetables get their nutrients from fish droppings, which are rich in nitrogen, carbon, magnesium, potassium… in the form of molecules. These molecules have no taste. It is the genetic make-up that, once again, determines the taste of the plant. So you can sleep soundly and start aquaponics. You’ll probably eat even tastier than before 😉 Psst: the Myfood greenhouses are composed of an aquaponics growing system AND vegetable patches with potting soil, vermicompost and biochar(our famous “perma-bins” for the regulars). So you could really start a comparative study on the scale of your garden. We are counting on you to tell us about the results of your taste experiments, of course. Still not convinced? We are waiting for you in our premises in Alsace to let you taste our production. Meet us at 43 route Ecospace 67120 Molsheim, the door is open.

<urn:uuid:5e8516b6-51af-45d6-8c86-676736291e07>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.myfood.eu/2023/02/do-soilless-crops-taste-good/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648850.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20230602172755-20230602202755-00448.warc.gz

en

Why We Need Unions People who work for a living know about the inequality of power between workers and their employers. Workers want to have a voice at work so they can improve the quality of their lives, their job and their communities. Workers have a vested interest in the success of the company and feel that their input is valuable, but often feel ignored. The union changes that. Workers employed with the protection of a union contract have their basic rights protected and enforced. Members have a say in their jobs and are more productive due to the increased co-operation and better relations they have with management whom they work as equals with in order to remedy situations that might occur at work. Higher union wages translate into a stronger tax base for local communities. This in turn provides for better schools and healthier local economies. When workers have a real say in their hours and working conditions, they can spend more quality time with their families. There’s a lot of talk, both positive and negative, about what union membership can or can’t do for you and your rights in the workplace. The best way you can learn how becoming a union member will affect your life is by finding out for yourself. Look at the facts and then decide. And, when you’re ready to learn more, give the Organizing Department of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers a call at 416-510-3530. We’ll contact you as soon as possible to give you the answers that will allow you to make a choice that’s best for you and your family. All communication will be kept confidential. Union or nonunion? Unrepresented workers have very limited workplace rights, set out mainly in labour standards legislation. Unionized workers enjoy far greater rights. They have the minimum protections guaranteed under the Employment Standards Act, plus rights under the Labour Relations Act and more refined rights defined by a Collective Agreement. These extra rights include the right to bargain collectively the right, the right to fair representation, to grieve, and the right to arbitration. Unionized workers also enjoy enhanced health and safety protection, human rights guarantees, WSIB support services and professional representation. To enjoy these enhanced rights, you need to join a union. As a result of decades of pressure by the labour movement, most jurisdictions have enacted minimum standards legislation to protect the basic rights of all workers, whether or not they belong to a union. This legislation sets out the basic obligations of employers in areas such as minimum wages, hours of work, legal holidays and vacations. For workers without a union, this legislation is the principle source of employee rights. Unfortunately, it is often difficult for non-union workers to get any enforcement of these minimum standards. When was the last time you asked the Ministry of Labour to enforce fair payment of overtime, vacation pay or health and safety standards, without the fear of getting fired? What are the benefits of joining a Union? The major benefits of joining a union are that it gives workers a collective voice with which to deal with management as well as access to the provisions of a collective agreement. Unions give workers access to due process and to rights in the workplace making it a much more democratic setting than would otherwise be the case. It should also be stressed that the role of unions extends far beyond the workplace. A successful union is one which wins better wages and working conditions, rights and standards for its members through bargaining, but knows that the gains which are achieved will be more secure if they are shared by all workers. About one third of Canadian workers are unionized. Jobs covered by collective agreements pay about 40% more than jobs not covered by collective agreements. What are other benefits of joining a Union? With a Union your rights and benefits as a worker are spelled out in black and white. You have an opportunity to share in the profits you helped create by negotiating your wages, benefits and working conditions. You will have a procedure to deal with complaints. Union representatives and staff can assist you with problems on the job and with workers’ compensation appeals, employment insurance problems, pension information and more. By standing together as a Brotherhood, you and your co workers will be able to balance the power that is currently only in the hands of management. Union Members Have Strong Retirement Plans. Union members are also more likely to have a guaranteed retirement plan. Workers at Enron know the benefits of a guaranteed retirement plan. They didn’t have one and lost millions of dollars in their Pension savings due to management greed. Why Organize into a Union? In today’s political and economic climate, now more than ever workers benefit from sticking together. The IBEW can help create a fair playing field between you and your employer. It not only stands to reason, but the facts are that when you & your colleagues stand together to deal with your workplace issues, together you have more power than one voice. … if your workplace is non-union You are an “employee at will.” Your employer can discipline or fire you at any time for any reason; you have no recourse “Open door” policy means the employer will listen to you… and then do whatever he or she wants. Employer determines wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of work. If you’re not satisfied, your only option is to get another job Wages, benefits and other terms and conditions can be changed by the employer at any time. …if you join a union and have a contract Discipline, up to and including discharge, is subject to a grievance procedure and binding arbitration, As outlined the terms of your contract. Contract negotiations require both sides — labour and management — to listen, and reach reasonable compromises acceptable to both sides. Wages, benefits and working conditions are negotiated. If you are not satisfied, you can work for changes during contract negotiations. Neither labour nor management can make unilateral changes to a signed contract. Unless workers have a union contract, they are at the mercy company policies. Workers without a contract are considered “employees at will.” That means they can be fired at any time and without reason, the only exceptions are termination for discrimination, or union organizing. It’s not surprising then that workers without a union are often subject to arbitrariness and unfairness on the job. No surprise then that union wages are better, union shops are safer and union jobs are more secure! The Union Advantage in Pay and Benefits Jobs covered specifically by an IBEW collective agreement pay an average of 100% more than jobs that are not. (based upon an average of $28 per hour for the non-union electrician and $56 per hour for union electricians which is the 2011 pay rate in Toronto’s collective agreement.) Union workers earn more… But benefits are the biggest union advantage Employees bargain with strength for wages, benefits and rights when they join together. That’s why it’s important to unionize. However, even though you have the right to form a union that does not mean it will be easy. Companies can and will resist employee efforts to speak with a unified voice. Companies will try to intimidate and even fire employees for speaking out. Or, threaten to close if employees unionize. These tactics, while illegal, are often used successfully to deny rights. That’s why it is important to contact the IBEW before you start any efforts so that we can advise and guide you. All conversations between you and the IBEW are confidential.

<urn:uuid:ad12f08c-6aae-4197-bd52-54171d02db8a>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://ibew353.org/learn-more/why-we-need-unions/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649439.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604025306-20230604055306-00448.warc.gz

en

Today is the Feast of Stephen in the West. In the East, this feast falls tomorrow, on the Third Day of Christmas. We Americans might know this feast best from its reference within “Good King Wenceslas.” This English Christmas carol relates a much older story of a Bohemian king going on a journey and braving harsh winter weather to give alms to a poor peasant on the Feast of Stephen (December 26, the Second Day of Christmas). This king is himself a saint as the song records: “Heat was in the very sod / which the saint had printed.” What few of us American Christians know is that Saint Augustine wrote with extraordinary enthusiasm in The City of God (composed 413 to 426) regarding the miracles that he witnessed himself when the relics of Saint Stephen were recovered in Jerusalem for the first time in Augustine’s own day and carried throughout the Roman empire where they were accompanied by numerous healings and even resurrections of the dead in city after city. These relics of the first martyr, stoned to death as recounted in the opening of the Acts of the Apostles, were recovered because of multiple visions that came to a venerable priest in Jerusalem named Lucian in the year 415. Here is an account of this astounding recovery from Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler (first published 1756 to 1759): The second festival in honor of the holy protomartyr St. Stephen was instituted by the Church on the occasion of the discovery of his precious remains. His body lay long concealed, under the ruins of an old tomb, in a place twenty miles from Jerusalem, called Caphargamala, where stood a church which was served by a venerable priest named Lucian. In the year 415, on Friday, the 3d of December, about nine o’clock at night, Lucian was sleeping in his bed in the baptistery, where he commonly lay in order to guard the sacred vessels of the church. Being half awake, he saw a tall, comely old man of a venerable aspect, who approached him, and, calling him thrice by his name, bid him go to Jerusalem and tell Bishop John to come and open the tombs in which his remains and those of certain other servants of Christ lay, that through their means God might open to many the gates of His clemency. This vision was repeated twice. After the second time, Lucian went to Jerusalem and laid the whole affair before Bishop John, who bade him go and search for the relics, which, the Bishop concluded, would be found under a heap of small stones which lay in a field near his church. In digging up the earth here, three coffins or chests were found. Lucian sent immediately to acquaint Bishop John with this. He was then at the Council of Diospolis, and, taking along with him Eutonius, Bishop of Sebaste, and Eleutherius, Bishop of Jericho, came to the place. Upon the opening of St. Stephen’s coffin the earth shook, and there came out of the coffin such an agreeable odor that no one remembered to have ever smelled anything like it. There was a vast multitude of people assembled in that place, among whom were many persons afflicted with divers distempers, of whom seventy-three recovered their health upon the spot. They kissed the holy relics, and then shut them up. The Bishop consented to leave a small portion of them at Caphargamala; the rest were carried in the coffin with singing of psalms and hymns, to the Church of Sion at Jerusalem. The translation was performed on the 26th of December, on which day the Church hath ever since honored the memory of St. Stephen. Saint Augustine devotes many pages in The City of God to the miracles that he and others witness as these recently-discovered relics were brought to his city, and Augustine wished that he could devote even more space to the accounts: What am I to do? I am so pressed by the promise of finishing this work, that I cannot record all the miracles I know; and doubtless several of our adherents, when they read what I have narrated, will regret that I have omitted so many which they, as well as I, certainly know. Even now I beg these persons to excuse me, and to consider how long it would take me to relate all those miracles, which the necessity of finishing the work I have undertaken forces me to omit. For were I to be silent of all others, and to record exclusively the miracles of healing which were wrought in the district of Calama and of Hippo by means of this martyr— I mean the most glorious Stephen — they would fill many volumes; and yet all even of these could not be collected, but only those of which narratives have been written for public recital. For when I saw, in our own times, frequent signs of the presence of divine powers similar to those which had been given of old, I desired that narratives might be written, judging that the multitude should not remain ignorant of these things. It is not yet two years since these relics were first brought to Hippo-regius, and though many of the miracles which have been wrought by it have not, as I have the most certain means of knowing, been recorded, those which have been published amount to almost seventy at the hour at which I write. But at Calama, where these relics have been for a longer time, and where more of the miracles were narrated for public information, there are incomparably more. My father and godfather are both named Stephen, and this saint holds a special place in my heart. Holy First-Martyr Stephen, pray with us at the throne of our our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on this second day feasting our Lord’s nativity.

<urn:uuid:f94f7881-b576-4692-81f9-a3aef87f691d>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://jesusandtheancientpaths.com/2021/12/26/saint-augustine-on-the-feast-of-stephen/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647525.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601010402-20230601040402-00049.warc.gz

en

Human Rights & Ethical Trade Human Rights Due Diligence As outlined in our Human Rights & Environmental Due Diligence policy, we systematically monitor and assess human rights risks in our supply chains. Our risk assessment process is informed by greater transparency, our social compliance programme, internationally recognised assessment tools, as well as knowledge gathered through our supplier relationships and expert NGO partners. Modern Day Slavery The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that at least 21 million people worldwide are victims of forced labour. It is regarded as the fastest growing criminal industry and has been identified across multiple private sector economies, from construction and manufacturing to agriculture and fishing. Victims of slavery are often hidden within complex supply chains, controlled and threatened by criminal perpetrators, making their plight challenging to both identify and effectively remediate. Therefore we believe the only way to approach this topic is to ensure collaborative actions with other retailers and industry groups. Supporting Women in our Supply Chains We know that women play a crucial role within our food supply chains and understand that women can be more vulnerable to human rights violations, violence and abuse. In 2020 Lidl Ireland and Northern Ireland signed the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs). The WEPs are a collaborative initiative between UN Women and the UN Global Compact. It is the first global initiative which aims to promote women’s empowerment and gender equality within businesses and their supply chains. UN Women’s Empowerment Principles - Establish high-level corporate leadership for gender equality - Treat all women and men fairly at work – respect and support human rights and non-discrimination - Ensure the health, safety and well-being of all women and men workers - Promote education, training and professional development for women - Implement enterprise development, supply chain and marketing practices that empower women - Promote equality through community initiatives and advocacy - Measure and publicly report on progress to achieve We understand the potential barriers facing our supply chain with workers access to grievance mechanisms and remediation. Lidl’s collaborations with the Fairtrade Foundation, UTZ, and the Rainforest Alliance is aimed at helping enhance the lives of farming communities around the world by improving farming methods, protecting the environment, and increasing income through fair prices. Each of these standards have specific requirements to enable grievance mechanisms and remediation. Access to an effective grievance mechanism for employees in global supply chains is an essential part of corporate due diligence in order to uncover human rights risks and rights violations. Regardless of the complexities of the supply chain or circumstances such as language skills, access to information technology, cultural difference, employees should have access to grievance mechanisms. Lidl has therefore set itself the goal of piloting complaint mechanisms in various supply chains in order to identify scalable and effective approaches. In this first step, we have started to pilot complaint mechanisms in three risk supply chains: - Berries from Spain As part of this pilot project, we have worked with our partners Elevate to create a new, effective complaints mechanism for workers in the berry sector in Huelva, Spain. The complaint mechanism will be piloted with selected producers as part of the 2021/2022 harvest season. We attach particular importance to addressing existing access barriers for employees. The complaints mechanism has multiple complaints channels, including a hotline manned by trained staff, as well as the ability to report complaints via Whatsapp. Complaints are accepted in any language. The verbal exchange with the hotline employees is possible in Spanish, Arabic and English. In addition, workers are trained in the use of the mechanism. In order to take into account the fact that the majority of the workers on site are women from North Africa and Eastern Europe, all hotline employees are women. We will evaluate the pilot after the end of the harvest season and report on results and next steps. - Palm oil from Malaysia In Malaysia we work with our suppliers Griesson – de Beukelaer and Cargill to pilot an effective grievance mechanism in the palm oil sector. We use an existing complaints mechanism that was developed by our partner Elevate and is already being used by other companies. As part of the pilot, we are working with selected palm oil suppliers and their palm oil plantations to evaluate whether the complaint mechanism is suitable for a further roll-out in other regions or in relation to other product groups. The pilot is expected to run until the end of 2022. - Coconut milk from Vietnam In Vietnam, we are piloting another complaint mechanism, which is provided by the service provider Ulula in cooperation with amfori. This is a mechanism that is tested in both non-food and food areas. Lidl is participating in the project with production facilities in the textile and coconut milk sector. As part of the pilot, workers are also provided with various channels of complaint. Since several clients are often active in a production facility, complaints are investigated uniformly with the involvement of a commissioned third party and remedial measures are developed. The pilot will run until mid-2022 and will subsequently be evaluated by amfori and its members to consider further scaling. Working with our Non-food Suppliers We have been a member of the Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) since 2007, committing us to improving working conditions for people employed in our non-food supply chains. As part of the membership, Lidl’s non-food suppliers are required to regularly carry out independent social audits by qualified local personnel for all non-food producers and to comply with recognised international labour standards. Since 2008, we have also focused on going ‘beyond compliance’ in Bangladesh, working in partnership with the German Association for International Cooperation (GIZ) to provide dedicated training programmes for production facilities to support compliance with international labour standards. Our current joint programme focuses on Bangladesh, where GIZ currently employs more than 20 people who work exclusively for Lidl and to date have delivered on-the-ground training to 80 textile manufacturers across the country. We are a member of the Bangladesh Accord, which is an independent, legally-binding agreement between brands and trade unions designed to work towards a safe and healthy Bangladeshi ready-made garment industry. We are also part of the Action Collaboration Transformation (ACT) initiative. ACT is an agreement between global brands, retailers, unions and governments which aims to secure living wages for workers in clothing, textile and shoe industries. This ambition is achieved through national collective bargaining agreements at industry level which are supported by improved purchasing practices by the ACT member brands. Through this declaration we are confirming our commitment to responsible sourcing by focusing on collaboration with key stakeholders to address systemic challenges, leverage change and in turn increasing the number of suppliers covered by long-term commercial agreements. As part of our journey towards greater transparency, we have committed to publishing tier one information on our non-food supply chains. This includes disclosing information on the name, address and country of origin of all of our own-label suppliers. Within the non-food range our supplier list includes textiles and shoe suppliers, as well as hardware suppliers of products such as games, sports equipment and garden furniture. Our supplier lists can be downloaded on the following links: Lidl Ireland is also part of the wider Schwarz Group. The Schwarz Group, includes the retail chains Kaufland and Lidl, the environmental services provider PreZero, Schwarz Produktion and Schwarz Dienstleistungen, and recognizes its responsibility to respect human rights. On this basis, the following policy statement is issued on behalf of all companies of the Schwarz Group. It complements existing corporate principles, policies and addresses the impact of our activities at all locations and in all our business operations around the globe To download the Policy Statement that applies to the entire Schwarz Group click here

<urn:uuid:e359104c-4cd4-4578-805d-097712f7f7a5>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.abettertomorrow-lidl.ie/human-rights-ethical-trade/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647810.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601110845-20230601140845-00648.warc.gz

en

Last week, several students in my intermediate Spanish class crashed and burned on what looked to me like a routine homework assignment. The topic was the subjunctive in contexts of doubt and possibility, and the format was constructing sentences “Chinese menu” style, with one element from each column. I wasn’t wild about this activity. I would have liked to have seen more variety of subjects instead of just yo…yo…yo. Also, the activity included only one unambiguous indicative context (creo que). At the same time, it reinforced a clunky simplification that our textbook makes in introducing this topic. While in real life quizá(s) and tal vez can be followed by either the indicative or the subjunctive — this is, indeed, one of my favorite demonstrations of the power of the subjunctive — the textbook presents them as always triggering the subjunctive. I’d rather postpone quizá(s) and tal vez until students are ready to handle, and even enjoy, this flexibility. These misgivings aside, I was surprised by the fact that many of my best students kept the indicative (podré, me tomaré, encontraré, etc.) in all of their sentences. A class discussion revealed why: they were following the rule of thumb, drilled into them in high school classes, that the subjunctive is only found in sentences with a change of subject signaled by que. I could see where my students were coming from. In teaching the subjunctive one naturally emphasizes the difference between sentences like (1) and (2) below: - Quiero salir. ‘I want to leave.’ - Quiero que tú salgas. ‘I want you to leave.’ Whereas English uses the infinitive ‘to leave’ in both sentences, Spanish uses the infinitive only if the two clauses have the same subject. Sentences like the second one above, which has two different subjects (yo ‘I’ and tú ‘you’) separated by que, require the subjunctive. A rule of thumb, however, is different from an actual rule. Expressions of doubt require que and the subjunctive even when there is no change of subject: for example, Dudo que tenga un hijo el año que viene ‘I doubt I’ll have a kid next year’, to use one of the “Chinese menu” options. While the ‘rule of thumb’ suggests the use of the infinitive instead, the resulting sentence Dudo tener un hijo el año que viene sounds less natural than the subjunctive version. My students’ difficulty on this topic reflects the overall danger of relying on rules of thumb, including mnemonics, in teaching and learning. I’ve seen the same problem crop up in students’ reluctance to use the preterite to talk about weather (e.g. Ayer llovió ‘It rained yesterday), because somewhere along the line they learned to always use the imperfect. For more on this general pedagogical topic, please see this post from 2013. Finally, I must include a shout-out to this discussion, which I found helpful in answering my students’ questions about this topic, and which more or less inspired this post. I feel the right way to teach this is to teach the purpose of subjunctive instead of the rules. I’ll explain what I mean by using present indicative as an example. If the thing you’re talking about is currently happening or happens regularly as a matter of course, then you need to use the present indicative, otherwise you need to use the subjunctive. The only exception is when expressing an opinion about something that actually has happened or is happening – in this case the reason you use the subjunctive for the event is to put the emphasis on your opinion rather than putting it on the occurrence of the event. So, if you’re trying to think about whether something requires the subjunctive, ask yourself: * has it, in fact, happened? * it is happening right now? * does it regularly happen? If the answer to all of these is NO, then you NEED to use the subjunctive. I explain the general usage more vaguely, as a “weak” form of the verb that shows up in contexts where the regular verb forms are “too strong.” That weak/strong difference does a pretty good job in my experience, and it can handle the “expressing an opinion” case. “Weak versus strong”: I think this is much too vague. It’s deliberately vague — gets fleshed out as they learn more cases. This is actually a new approach I’m trying — too early to tell how effective it is in the long run. What post from 2013? Yikes — good catch! Fixed it, many thanks.

<urn:uuid:1636d6bf-3910-426d-bcaf-4e3eb02fc813>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://spanishlinguist.us/2018/10/single-subject-subjunctives/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643388.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20230527223515-20230528013515-00049.warc.gz

en

At the first Continental Congress, they discussed the proposition that they should start training men and stockpiling weapons. The British got wind of it and decided to confiscate the weapons. Many have heard of the story of Paul Revere; how he and William Dawes rode in from Boston to warn of the approaching soldiers. The distance between Boston and Lexington is no small journey, especially not on horse-back. On April 12, 1775, The Brits arrived at Lexington to find the citizens already aware of their approach. They faced off. To this day it is unknown who fired the first shot that has come to be nick-named “the shot heard around the world;” nonetheless, it was fired. Though it is known today as The Battle of Lexington, it was not really a battle, but would be more properly classified as a “skirmish.” The colonists and the British fought for a short time, then the British retreated to Concord (which was their main targeted destination anyways. There, the people had already hidden many of their firearms and were waiting outside the city. The British arrived, found them in this state, and proceeded into the city, leaving only a small party to guard the bridge. Inside, they discovered the firearms supplies and tried to destroy them; either by dumping them into the water, or by destroying it by means of smashing and-the-like (as they did to the cannons…rendering them un-usable. The group of colonists waiting outside the city grew. They began to see smoke. Now over 400 men, they decided to go and check out what the British were doing; mind you, their intentions were allegedly peaceful…just for some random reason they were armed and had a leader. Hmm… Upon approach, the British opened fire on them without warning or audible command. The colonist’s leader ordered them to retaliate. They colonist’s army grew and grew as more men continued to arrive. They destroyed both the group guarding the bridge and the British inside the city. Then the colonists chased the surviving British army back to Boston and laid siege on them there for two months. George Washington led the colonial army (who drastically outnumbered the British, numbering 15,000 to 6,000). On June 13 the colonists found out that the British were planning to capture the two hills near Boston. These hills would give the British an advantage, and yet, the colonists had not occupied them yet. However, when the colonists found out about the British’s plan, they hurried ahead of them and took the hills. Thus, when the Brits came and found hills occupied, a battle ensued. The colonists eventually did have to retreat over the hill (Bunker Hill, after which the battle was named), but they only suffered 367 casualties. The Brits, on the other hand, suffered 1,054; a significant difference (especially so because they were already outnumbered greatly). The British won the hills, and the claimed victory for it; but the colonists did not consider it to be their loss. Sure, the Brits had won the hills, but they had also lost a great deal more men and had instilled in the colonists a sense of courage and belief in their ability to hold off (for a time) the best trained army in the world. The colonists did not want to fight. They wanted freedom. So, on July 5, they made a petition asking for a reduction of the Intolerable Acts; if the British would do that, then they would cease fire. The King refused and pronounced them to be in rebellion. With their requests denied, people began thinking about the concept of seceding from the British. Thomas Paine anonymously printed a pamphlet, Common Sense, describing this idea in 1776. With more trust being put in the fighting ability of the colonial army, more soldiers were trained. During the early parts of the war, the colonists did very well, seizing Fort Ticonderoga (an important British fort in Canada, loaded with artillery that the colonists needed very badly), capturing British equipment as they proceeded to Quebec, and winning many of the fights they undertook. One of the amazing colonial fights happened when the colonists had to return to Fort Ticonderoga. There, they fought the battle of Valcour Island on Lake Chaplain. The British Navy was the largest and most experienced fleet in the world; however, the colonists, though they did have to retreat, were able to hold the British back for an amazingly long time. In 1776, the colonists issued the Declaration of Independence. This demanded the cessation of the 13 British colonies. They were granted it, but now that they were independent, they had to fight to keep it. Otherwise, they would fall right back into British hands; quite possibly worse off than they were before. The colonists were not alone, though. Actually, both the Spaniards, the Netherlands, and the French gave them aid. Since The Seven Years War there had been stress between France and Britain. France was more than willing to help them out…as long as it brought down the British. France did it secretly until the colonists pronounced independence. But the British started to return with reinforcements. This is when things went turned a little south for the colonists. Due to a series of loses, New York was captured by the British. Now, Both Boston and New York were in the hands of Great Britain. After a great start, the year 1776 wasn’t turning out so well for the colonists. Seemingly in an act of desperation, George Washington led the colonists across the frozen Delaware river on December 25, 1776. The very next day, he captured the British military city of Trenton. Then in 1777, the colonists won a major victory at Saratoga when 5,700 British troops surrendered. This victory was led by Horatio Gates who had a rather interesting style of leading. He would sit out behind the side-lines and would command from there. Saratoga turned out pretty well, but he devastated his reputation in a later battle of Camden. George Washington, Nathanael Green, Benedict Arnold, Marquis de Lafayette, Henry Knox, Baron von Steuben, Francis Marion, and the previously mentioned Horatio Gates are just a few of the most influential colonial leaders. After Saratoga, the British would win some, then the colonists would win some; it kind of passed back and forth between them. Then in 1778, France openly viewed the colonists as a separate country and so it was no longer required to help them in secret, they could do it publicly. Now the colonists (who truly weren’t colonists any more) had a significant advantage on the Brits as they had all they army right there on the same continent, but the British army had to wait for long periods of time to get reinforcements and supplies. The last battle that ended the Revolutionary war didn’t actually directly involve the colonists. It was a Naval battle fought between the French and British fleets. The British were returning with reinforcements for the holed-up British army, and the French were coming to the aid of the newly pronounced nation: United States of America. The French won the battle, and the war was basically over. There were a few other minor skirmishes, but those were mainly between parties were not aware that the war was over. Britain signed various treaties with the Netherlands, the Spaniards, and also the French, but the treaty between the colonists and Great Britain was called the Treaty of Paris. I apologize to the Ron Paul Curriculum for any direct quotes from the lectures that I may have accidentally put into writing. When I was writing down notes and historical facts several weeks ago, I don’t know if I rephrased the information in my own words, as I do now. This is why I source you. The Grade 8 Ron Paul History Course (Lessons 20-25)

<urn:uuid:b629c4df-712c-4858-99cd-96e17bcace26>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://sonofyhwh.wordpress.com/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224650201.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604161111-20230604191111-00248.warc.gz

en

We have entered the summer holidays! Although it may feel daunting to think about what your children can do for the next couple months before returning to education, there are still many projects and competitions going ahead over the summer for kids to enjoy whilst inspiring their learning. By introducing your child to a project at the beginning of the summer, you are giving them a sense of purpose, achievement and excitement to keep them occupied before returning to education, each project can take up as little or as much time as suits your family’s routine and adds a sense of structure to the seemingly endless summer! 1. The one to help their reading: Summer Reading Challenge Founded in 1999, the Summer Reading Challenge is a well-loved staple British summertime activity for any budding reader. The Challenge encourages children aged 4 to 11 to enjoy the benefits of reading over the summer holidays, providing enjoyment and encouragement through a programme topped with rewards, games and badges whilst giving them the opportunity to discover brilliant books to read this summer. This year’s Summer Reading Challenge is celebrating funny books, happiness and laughter. Children taking part in the Challenge will join the ‘Silly Squad’, a team of animals who love to have a laugh and read all different kinds of funny books, hoping to bring some light to their summer at home. 2. The one to get them running around: Blue Peter Summer 2020 Sports Badge Children can earn the limited edition Summer 2020 Sports Badge by taking up a new way of getting active. This could be a new skill like skipping or football tricks, garden obstacle courses or a new style of dance - it just must be something new! After starting their activity, simply send their application form via the post with a picture of them trying their new activity for a few weeks and what they have learned, and they can receive their very own sports badge. Designed to encourage children to get active again since schools have been closed, this is a great opportunity to get your little ones’ trainers on and head outside to, whilst earning a Blue Peter badge as either an addition or beginning of your child’s collection! 3. The one for young climate protectors: WWF Green Ambassadors badge The WWF Green Ambassadors 4 Youth scheme is a fantastic new badge scheme that engages young people and encourages them to be informed on topical environmental issues and help protect the planet. The programme is developed around six topical issues, each one fronted by a friendly character - Crush (waste), Switch (energy), Tap (water), Smith (food), Leafy (plants and animals), and Wheel (transport) - who guide children along their journey. The programme offers resources to complete the activities which are primarily aimed at 5-14 year olds. There are seven Green Ambassador badges to collect, including the extra special VIP badge. You can also complete activities to gain the One Planet Future badge, which has activities around safeguarding nature and tackling climate change. 4. The one for young scientists Crest Award The Crest Award is for those with a budding interest in science or engineering, and is a great opportunity over the summer months to continue inspiring children’s interest in these topics. Crest designed the Star and SuperStar levels for children typically aged 5-7 and 7-11 years respectively, designed to be easy-to-run and low-cost. Children gain the Crest Award by completing eight challenges, the registration for which is £1 per child. Crest is a recognised award which shows children can complete their own hands-on science activities, and is a brilliant opportunity to provide the science projects they have been missing since being out of school. 5. The one for the whole family John Muir Family Award This is a summer project for the whole family, as the the John Muir project focuses on people of all ages discovering, exploring and conserving areas of nature.The John Muir Family Award is an opportunity for families to work towards a shared goal, helping improve intergenerational relationships, boost confidence and to enjoy spending time together outdoors. There are 4 stages to this award: Discover, Explore, Conserve and Share, requiring families to discover a wild place near them, explore it, take some personal responsibility to conserve it, and share with the programme what you have achieved. When you finish the award you receive a John Muir Award certificate. The John Muir Family Award continues to support people to connect with the special qualities of National Parks during COVID 19 by creating remote opportunities which are still framed around the 4 Challenges of the Award, so you can still enjoy the challenge near home! 6. The one for their writing journey The Love Writing Academy Monthly Subscription Ages 3-6 This project is designed to give children who struggle with writing or who simply don’t enjoy it an opportunity to learn to love writing through a fun journey where their hand is held by our friendly animal characters at the Love Writing Academy. Our monthly subscription pack is designed to help children ages 3-6 develop their writing skills and boost their confidence along the way. For £6.49 per month including free UK postage, we will post 20 handwriting sheets along with 20 free downloadable worksheets and a phonics guide when you subscribe. The packs include over 60 engaging activities, 24 reward stickers and certificates to celebrate your child’s successes and improvements in their writing. Sign up by the 7th of August to receive your child’s first pack to start their summer writing journey this year. Keep an eye out for our next blog post discussing tips on how the whole family can get involved in a child’s learning journey.

<urn:uuid:a0b34bad-e02a-4417-a800-0c1a1474b9a6>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://lovewritingco.com/blogs/blog/summer-holiday-projects-for-kids-uk-2020

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224651325.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605053432-20230605083432-00048.warc.gz

en

I ran across an article published in the January 13, 1878 issue of the Chicago Tribune entitled “The Women of the Hills” and written by a correspondent for the St. Paul Pioneer-Press. The correspondent wrote his thoughts on some of the more “colorful” women of the wild and woolly South Dakota Black Hills. He was particularly enamored with Martha Canary, a.k.a. Calamity Jane, calling her “an original in herself” and someone who despised hypocrisy, imitated no one and was “easily melted to tears.” His list included Belle Siddons, a.k.a. Monte Verde, Kitty LeRoy, known as the queen of just about everything and a young woman known only as Nellie of Central City. His list of colorful characters ended with a paragraph on a “large negro woman, almost as broad as she is long” by the name of “Aunt Sally”. Sarah Campbell was born on July 10, 1823 in Kentucky to an African American slave named Marianne. It’s possible that the slave owner was Sally’s father because it had been stipulated that Marianne and her children were to be set free upon his death. Marianne instead remained enslaved until her death in 1834. Six days following her mother’s death, Sally was sold to Henry Choteau, cousin to St. Louis fur trader Pierre Choteau, Jr., who had founded Fort Pierre Choteau in 1832 as a trading post in what would later be called Dakota Territory. Sally, just eleven years old at the time, objected and filed an unlawful detainment lawsuit against Choteau in 1835. With the help of an attorney she won the lawsuit in 1837, and her freedom, and received one penny in damages. Before her freedom was granted, Sally had been hired out as a cook on steamboats which plied the waters of the upper Missouri River in support of the lucrative fur trade business. After winning her lawsuit, she continued to work on the steamboats and married another steamboat worker from Illinois. Together they had one son named St. Clair (or Sinclair). Little is known about her life during that time since African American history was sketchy at best during the nineteenth century. St. Clair’s name first appears on the 1870 census at Fort Randall in Dakota Territory where he operated a ferry service until his death in 1885. According to BlackPast.org, Sally moved to Bismarck, Dakota Territory as a widow. She owned and operated a private club and was a laundress and midwife, affectionately known as “Aunt Sally”. The following year she made history, becoming the first non-native woman to enter the Black Hills when she joined George Custer’s Black Hills Expedition. Aunt Sally, the expedition’s cook, served over a thousand men. Some have claimed she cooked for Custer, but he had written a letter to his wife and mentioned a cook named Johnson. According to an 1880 Black Hills Daily Times article, she cooked for John Smith, a sutler who sold provisions to the army. She was said to have been handy with a frying pan, not only for cooking purposes, but in fending off anyone who got fresh with her. During the expedition Sally joined twenty other residents of Bismarck and formed the Custer Park Mining Company. According to True West Magazine, it was the expedition’s intentions all along to not only find a suitable site for a military post to address the Indian problem, but to check out rumors of gold in the Black Hills. After reaching French Creek, two miners began panning for gold and on July 30 found “gold in them thar hills.” Everyone wanted to try their hand, including Aunt Sally. She called her claim “No. 7 below Discovery”, listed on an official notice posted on August 5, 1874 as belonging to Sarah Campbell. To this day, Custer County still show her claim in their records. One of the soldiers recorded in his diary that “Claim No. 7 below Discovery belonged to ‘Aunt Sally,’ sutler John W. Smith’s Negro cook. Sally’s real name was Sarah Campbell, a woman Curtis [the correspondent] described as a ‘huge mountain of dusky flesh.’” William Curtis was a young reporter for the Chicago Inter-Ocean and the New York World. His interview with Sally was published on August 27 just before she returned to Fort Lincoln with the expedition, describing her as “the most excited contestant in this chase after fortune. . . She is an old frontiersman, as it were, having been up and down the Missouri ever since its muddy water was broken by a paddle wheel, and having accumulated quite a little property, had settled down in Bismarck to ease and luxury.” She had anticipated the expedition, saying she “wanted to see dese Black Hills – an’ dey ain’t no blacker dan I am and I’m no African, now you just bet I ain’t; I’m one of your common herd.” One of the things she was known to tell everyone was “I’se the first white woman as ever entered the Hills.” As one correspondent who interviewed her put it, “of course it would be impolite in the presence of a lady to deny the soft impeachment, so I simply accepted the statement as in every sense true.” Seth Galvin, who as a young boy was acquainted with Sally, claimed she called herself a white woman because “she was not very literate, and the term ‘white’ was the only word she knew. She meant ‘civilized.’” Whether she was literate or not the St. Paul Pioneer-Press correspondent claimed she was a “walking encyclopedia of matters and facts connected with this country.” After returning from the expedition Sally vowed to return to the hills and continue prospecting, which she did, walking back into the Hills alongside an ox-drawn wagon. She filed a claim at Elk Creek and lived in Crook City and Galena, prospecting, cooking and serving as a midwife. Sally tried her hand at both gold and silver mining, filing a total of five claims, although only one, the Alice Lode silver mine was profitable. Fifteen months before her death she sold the Alice Lode for five hundred dollars. When the silver boom came to an end, she moved to a ranch and adopted a son, planning to run a camp for miners and railroad workers. Aunt Sally died on April 10, 1888 according to her gravestone in Galena’s Vinegar Hill Cemetery, although a grave marker erected in 1934 marking the expedition’s sixtieth anniversary indicated she died in 1887. She was quite a character, a beloved one at that, who participated in annual parades in her later years and enjoyed telling stories, while puffing on her pipe, about the Custer Expedition. The 1934 marker noted that she with her participation in that expedition she had “ventured with the vanguard of civilization.” For more information, please see Sarah Campbell: The First White Woman in the Black Hills Was African American, by Lilah Morton Pengra. Did you enjoy this article? Yes? Check out Digging History Magazine. Since January 2018 new articles are published in a digital magazine (PDF) available by individual issue purchase or subscription (with three options). Most issues run between 70-85 pages, filled with articles of interest to history-lovers and genealogists — it’s all history, right? 🙂 No ads — just carefully-researched, well-written stories, complete with footnotes and sources. Want to know more or try out a free issue? You can download either (or both) of the January-February 2019 and March-April 2019 issues here: https://digging-history.com/free-samples/ Thanks for stopping by! You probably need to mention that this information came from a book copyrighted by Lilah Morton Pengra, Sarah Campbell: The First White Woman in the Black Hills was African American, 2009.

<urn:uuid:b5530768-30a5-4469-b5d3-917246d5f01b>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://digging-history.com/2015/03/27/feisty-females-sarah-campbell-a-k-a-aunt-sally/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648209.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601211701-20230602001701-00248.warc.gz

en

On 3 November 1906, Dr. Alois Alzheimer, a German psychiatrist, described together the clinical symptoms of presenile dementia and the pathologic findings of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, based on clinical records and autopsy of patient Auguste D. Four years later, in 1910, Dr. Emil Kraepelin, an influential German psychiatrist, coined the name “Alzheimer’s Disease” for this disease, in the eighth edition of his textbook “Psychiatrie”. It wasn’t until 9 September 1993, however, or 86 years and 10 months following Dr. Alzheimer’s initial presentation, that the first drug specifically targeting symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease was approved, the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor Cognex (tacrine). There have been a total of six drugs approved for the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease, not including new formulations of previously approved drugs (click on Alzheimer’s Disease). The pharmacologic classes of the approved drugs for the treatment of patients with different stages of dementia of the Alzheimer’s type are only two, acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and NMDA antagonists: - Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors: 4 NME’s, i.e., Cognex (tacrine); Aricept (donepezil), Exelon (rivastigmine), and Razadyne (galantamine); registration interest spans 7 years and 5 months, from 1993 to 2001. Note that the first of these drugs, Cognex (tacrine), has been discontinued. - NMDA Antagonists: 1 NME, i.e., Namenda (mematine); approval in 2003. - Combination products: 1 non-NME, i.e., Namzaric (donepezil + memantine); approval in 2014. Note that this it not an NME, since both active components had been previously approved. It should be noted that Hydergine (ergoloid mesylates), first approved on 18 January 1953, has been used in the past for treating patients with dementia or ‘age-related’ cognitive symptoms, although it has not been approved for the treatment of symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease. All three current acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (Aricept, Exelon, Razadyne) are approved for the treatment of mild to moderate dementia of the Alzheimer’s type, and one (Aricept) is also approved for the treatment of moderate to severe dementia of the Alzheimer’s type. The other two approved drugs (Namenda, Namzaric) are approved for the treatment of moderate to severe dementia of the Alzheimer’s type. The registration (Phase III) trials for these agents have used similar assessment scales, i.e., ADAS-cog (the cognitive subscale of the Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale) and CIBIC-plus (Clinician’s Interview-Based Impression of Change with caregiver information) for mild to moderate, and ADCS-ADL (Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study – Activities of Daily Living) and SIB (Severe Impairment Battery) for moderate to severe. In general, the therapeutic effects of these agents were modest, and both the active treatments and the placebo treatments showed a wide range of responses, but the active treatments were more likely to show the greater improvements. Two issues are worth commenting on in the context of approved treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease. First, the most recent approval (Namzaric) involves a combination product of two previously approved drugs. Considering the current development challenges in this area (many failed development programs and failed mechanisms of action), the high unmet medical need, and that the effects of the approved drugs are not considered to significantly affect disease progression, although delaying cognitive decline, one wonders what other chronic diseases, where there has been limited development progress, might be ripe for new combination products of previously approved drugs. For example, for obesity, where there has been a paucity of new therapeutic approaches and high unmet medical need, two of the four drug approvals since 1999 (Contrave, Qsyma), have involved combination products of previously approved drugs (1). A systematic and comprehensive review of other therapeutic classes will undoubtedly identify several other diseases where similar situations exist, including for other Psychopharmacologic and Neurologic Therapeutics. Second, if recent history of progression of modern therapeutics is any guide, it is not unlikely that will take many years until there are next generation(s) of new NME drug approvals for Alzheimer’s Disease, including more than one per each new pharmacologic class. We note that the average number of pharmacologic classes per therapeutic class for 25 therapeutic classes that have been looked at is 4 (ranging from 1 to 10), and that the number of new NME drug approvals per pharmacologic class ranges widely, from 1 to 14 (2). We also note that the length of registration interest, defined here as the length of time from the first approval to the latest approval within a give pharmacologic class, has varied tremendously, ranging from a year or two to over 40 years (2). Thus, based on recent NME approval history of 25 therapeutic classes, and assuming there are one or more new breakthrough pharmacologic classes in the pipeline, and assuming more than one new NME drug approval per pharmacologic class, unfortunately, it is likely to take many years until we have a markedly different therapeutic choices for Alzheimer’s Disease. One hopes meaningful progress will have occurred before the 120th anniversary of Dr. Alois Alzheimer’s initial presentation. - Weight Reduction Drugs: Slow Progression and Innovation (https://tri-institute.org/?p=394). - Progression of Modern Therapeutics (2014 version), pages 33-35 (Progression of Modern Therapeutics (2014 Report)) Refer to page 23 of Progression of Modern Therapeutics (2014 Report) available under Reports on this website; this Report also includes the methodology used.

<urn:uuid:fe7e2cc7-3e1d-4f02-a231-25572efce89d>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://tri-institute.org/tag/alzheimers-disease/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224650264.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604193207-20230604223207-00447.warc.gz

en

Find free lesson plans online to help teach every subject under the sun. You'll find lots of worksheets, teaching tips, and more. Online Homeschool Lesson Plans Easy Fun School As opposed to many other sites offer online resources and lesson plans, Easy Fun School is designed with the homeschooling parent and child in mind. Through the subject index, you will find lesson plans and ideas for teaching art, holidays, reading, science, writing, unit studies, state studies, and much more. Although this website has an extensive collection of resources and lesson plans especially suited to a homeschooling family, it is by paid subscription only. If you are interested in the materials on this website, you may find it worth your while to pay for a subscription. Discovery School Lesson Plans Find hundreds of original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers. Browse by subject, grade, or both. This is a well designed website that makes it easy to find organized lesson plans for grades K-12 covering virtually every subject. The Lesson Tutor website offers reproducible free lesson plans, print ready worksheets for all levels, all abilities and all subjects from Pre-school to High School, and cross curriculum unit studies. These learning tools are all free for you to print and use for personal or educatinal purposes. EDSITEment is published by the National Endowment for the Humanities. It is a very well designed and easy to use source for online lesson plans and ideas. They have partnered with some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities to bring resources covering art and culture, literature, language arts, foreign language, history, and social studies. Their webiste includes links to over 100 of the top humanities sites and online lesson plans which integrate these resources to promote active learning. LessonPlanz.com is a searchable directory of free online lesson plans and lesson plan resources for all grades and subjects. Lesson Plans Page The Lesson Plans Page is a collection of over 3,500 lesson plans, primarily at the elementary level, that were developed by Kyle Yamnitz, students, and faculty at The University of Missouri. The Lesson Plans Page was developed to assist educators of all types. Elementary school teachers get lesson plans that are ready to use in their classrooms. College students get great example lesson plans or ideas to base their own lesson plans on. Home schoolers can get lesson plans to use at home and parents can get ideas for educational activities to use with their children. Teachers.Net Lesson Bank The Teachers.Net Lesson Bank is a resource designed to allow teachers to post and/or request specific lesson plans and teaching ideas. These lesson plans cover all sorts of subjects and grade levels. There is a remarkable amount of creativity and resources that can only come from the experience of teachers using these ideas successfully to make learning exciting. Note that because they are posted by individual teachers, there is not a standard format for these lesson plans (some don't have objectives, materials list, etc). As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. We get commissions for purchases made through links on this site. A Reason For® Handwriting A Reason For® Handwriting provides a fun, meaningful approach to developing effective handwriting skills. Each lesson is built around a Scripture verse chosen not only for proper letter combinations, but also inspirational content. “Border Sheets” encourage students to share God's Word with others. You'll find product information about A Reason For® Handwriting here. Choosing & Using Curriculum: For Your Special Child Homeschooling a child with special needs can be challenging. This book lays out a discussion of different reading and math programs, how to adapt materials for special situations, resources for blind, deaf and speech/language, and curriculum types and styles. It will help you find the resource you need to make your homeschooling successful. 100+ New Jersey Drivers Licensing Exam Facts That You Need To Know: Quick Review for the Written Test Prepare for the New Jersey's Driver's Written Exam. Know the 100+ important facts for the test. Be prepared to ace the exam! Pass Your New York DMV Test Guaranteed! 50 Real Test Questions! New York DMV Practice Test Questions This book is written by a former DMV classroom instructor. He shares the 50 most common questions and answers to the New York DMV written test. A great guide to help your teen pass the DMV test on their first try. Safe Young Drivers: A Guide for Parents and Teens Sixteen is by far the most dangerous age on the road. A 16-year-old is twelve times more likely than older drivers to die in a crash as a single occupant. Put two young teens in a vehicle, and the odds of death and injury nearly double. Despite these sobering facts, the procedure for obtaining a driver’s license in most states remains minimal. Commercial driving schools, even the most competent and conscientious among them, cannot possibly provide complete instruction. This book helps to address...

<urn:uuid:72b57ccf-7ec1-4184-ba63-8b435a458cee>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.homeschoolinginpennsylvania.com/subjects/lesson-plans

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646144.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530194919-20230530224919-00248.warc.gz

en

By Sean Shields, Structural Building Components Association Bellbottoms. Mullets. Lime-green shag carpet. Some things are just meant to be discarded, either because they’ve served their usefulness or a better alternative has been discovered. In the case of truss bracing and lateral restraint, there is a big difference between temporary bracing, which serves a useful purpose during installation, and permanent bracing, which serves a purpose throughout the life of the building. The last article in this series looked at best practices surrounding the application and use of temporary bracing (see “Embrace Diagonal Bracing” in the January 2022 issue of Frame Building News), and this article will do the same for permanent bracing. As has been stated several times in this series, metal plate-connected wood trusses are incredibly efficient at spanning long distances by distributing applied loads through compression and tension webs to wall bearing locations. This is why trusses are so often used in post-framed buildings to create large interior spaces. However, while trusses are very good at transferring loads within their vertical plane, trusses will tend to buckle out of plane if they do not have sufficient lateral support. The longer the truss span, the greater the tendency to buckle. This series has focused heavily on how to prevent, or at least minimize, conditions that would cause a truss to buckle, from how they are stored and hoisted, to how they are stabilized during the construction process with temporary bracing methods. It’s critical to note the installer’s job isn’t done once the trusses are erected. In most cases, while temporary bracing is removed to affix sheathing and add other building elements, permanent bracing and lateral restraint must be installed to ensure the trusses perform as intended throughout the life of the building. Chapter B3 of the Building Component Safety Information (BCSI-B3) includes this cautionary language in its introduction: WARNING: Disregarding Permanent Individual Truss Member Restraint and Permanent Building Stability Bracing (PBSB) recommendations is a major cause of truss field performance problems and has been known to lead to collapsed roof and/or floor systems. Failure to install the proper restraint and bracing will greatly increase the probability of truss performance problems or an accident resulting in property damage, personal injury or death. BCSI B-3 makes clear after this warning that not only do roof truss systems typically rely on Permanent Building Stability Bracing (PBSB) to transfer lateral loads from the truss system into the support structure (walls), but that certain trusses within the system may also require permanent lateral restraint and/or bracing to prevent buckling under assumed design loads. Permanent bracing, like temporary bracing during the installation process, provides stability to the truss system by supporting the trusses at right angles to the plane of the trusses. Per BCSI B-3, permanent bracing performs several functions: • Preventing out-of-plane buckling of certain truss members due to compression forced developed under the specified design load conditions. • Maintaining the proper truss spacing. • Resisting and transferring the lateral loads applied to the truss system (e.g., wind, seismic, snow, etc.) Permanent Bracing for Each Truss Plane Pay particular attention to the wood or metal purlins often used as bracing for trusses spaced greater than four feet on center (o.c.). BCSI B-3 cautions the material used for these purlins must be properly sized and fastened to the top chord of the trusses in accordance with the specifications provided in the building’s construction documents. It notes that purlins alone will not adequately brace or prevent buckling of the top chords, they must be braced diagonally with permanent members. Without this diagonal bracing, all the purlins do is ensure the top chords of the trusses will all buckle in the same direction. Again, per B-3, the permanent diagonal bracing can be provided multiple ways, including: • Installing diagonal bracing to the top chord plane at each end of the building at intervals along the length of the building, as specified by the building designer, to provide rigidity and to transfer the restraining forces from the purlins to a lateral force resisting system (e.g., braced wall panels, shear walls, braced frames, etc.) • Attaching structural sheathing directly to the purlins. The second bullet point is likely an installer’s preferred approach, but it’s critical to understand that not all sheathing products provide sufficient structural resistance. The building designer is responsible for determining if the sheathing can be used as part of the permanent bracing of the top chord plane. Because most post-frame buildings don’t typically have gypsum panels affixed to the bottom chords, permanent lateral restraint should be affixed to the bottom chords at the spacing indicated by the building designer using appropriate stress-rated lumber. Within the web member plane, some webs require restraint and diagonal bracing to prevent out-of-plane buckling when subjected to anticipated design loads. Web member restraint is sometimes accomplished by reinforcing a member with additional material to increase its cross-section. A truss design drawing (TDD) will indicate if and where web members require this type of restraint. T-, L-, scab, I-, or U-reinforcements are five options that involve adding lumber to increase a web’s ability to resist buckling. It is typically used as an alternative to the combination of permanent continuous lateral restraint (CLR) and diagonal bracing when they aren’t possible or desirable. The size, grade, ad species of web reinforcement materials, as well as the nailing schedule for attaching the reinforcement to the web, is typically specified in the TDD, but it can sometimes be specified separately in the construction documents. The Bottom Line Truss installation isn’t complete until permanent bracing is added to a truss system to ensure it performs as expected over the life of the building. BCSI B-3 provides excellent guidance on how to adhere to the Permanent Building Stability Bracing (PBSB) plan provided by the building designer. Failure to apply these important elements to the truss system may result in poor building performance and even failure of the truss system, leading to undesirable outcomes including callbacks and possible injuries or fatalities. FBN Sean Shields is Director of Communications for the Structural Building Components Association (SBCA, https://www.sbcacomponents.com) and has authored over a hundred articles focused on structural framing and off-site construction since 2004.

<urn:uuid:2a2a396e-9a2e-41f6-9d51-238cd0899045>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://framebuildingnews.com/focus-on-the-permanent/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649193.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603101032-20230603131032-00446.warc.gz

en

The Most Common Mental Health Issues in College Students It’s a rough time to be a college student. The COVID pandemic has affected many young adults severely, both on a personal and academic level — which has also brought about many mental health issues in college students. Students who were already struggling financially are facing rising costs and dropping incomes and might not have been able to rely on their families to continue to finance their education. College Students and COVID The social impact of COVID alone has affected the average student’s mental health. Among college students surveyed in 2020, more than half (56 percent) reported being significantly concerned with their ability to care for their mental health, while 63 percent said that their emotional wellbeing has worsened. Over 80 percent reported feelings of anxiety, 68 percent reported loneliness, and 63 percent refported depressive thoughts. One in five students had suicidal thoughts in the last month. Only 16 percent of students have been able to say that they felt better during lockdowns, as the break afforded more time for self-reflection. These issues aren’t unique to the pandemic. Teens have become increasingly more likely to report mental health issues in recent years, and teenage rates of anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues have been on the rise for a while. Common Mental Health Issues in College Students While the COVID pandemic has edged things on for many, college continues to be a stressful time in general, especially as teens feel as though they face greater academic pressure, much tougher job prospects, and much less social mobility than previous generations amid growing economic insecurity, wealth inequality, and the looming threat of climate change and its impact on the world. Addressing these key issues takes time. On an individual level, college students can learn to manage their mental health more effectively, learn to balance stressors and respective coping mechanisms and learn to value the importance of specific key lifestyle measures that can drastically improve their mental health, such as good sleep and frequent exercise. The Rise of Anxiety Anxiety disorders are the most common type of mental health disorder in the world. They affect 40 million US adults and have been on the rise. An anxiety disorder is generally characterized by irrational worry and intrusive, unwanted thoughts. These thoughts can often influence and affect behavior and create maladaptive or negative patterns in both thinking and acting. Someone with anxiety will have a hard time confronting it on their own because their thoughts continuously reinforce their fears and worries. It can lead to physical reactions, including unexpected and untriggered panic attacks and physical responses of fight-or-flight in relatively normal, non-threatening situations. Treating an anxiety disorder may require both therapy and medication. Anti-anxiety meds can help modulate the severity of a person’s symptoms, but it is the therapeutic approach to modeling and changing one’s thoughts and behavior over time that does the majority of the work in many patients. Depression in College Another common type of mental health problem is depression. Depression usually refers to major depressive disorder, or clinical depression – a condition characterized by at least multiple weeks of consistently low mood and a “baseline” of sadness. A depressed person isn’t just temporarily sad or mourning, but they struggle to feel joy and may have a hard time feeling motivated or inspired by anything, including the things they used to love. A common and severe characteristic of depression is anhedonia, or the inability to feel pleasure. In some cases, depressed thoughts can reverberate so strongly in a person that they lead to suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts. A depressed person may often think that they are useless or unwanted or that life has no point. This can also make it challenging to motivate oneself to perform even basic tasks of self-care, like getting out of bed to go to the shower or changing into regular clothes. Physical symptoms are also a common hallmark, usually in the form of unexplained aches and pains and endless fatigue. Substance Use in College Academic stress, poor mental health, isolation, and financial difficulties can all compound and raise the risk of substance abuse in teens and young adults, particularly alcohol use. High school and college-aged individuals are already at a much higher risk of binge drinking and adverse health effects related to alcohol consumption. Whether to deal with the stress or self-medicate, substance use problems are common in college. Co-occurring disorders or a dual diagnosis of addiction with a mental health disorder can further complicate things, as they require a holistic treatment plan tailored to an individual’s circumstances. College and ADHD Nearly one in five college students has ADHD, a condition that affects thinking and behavior and can disrupt concentration and severely impact learning. ADHD is a condition that responds incredibly well to medication but can lead to severe developmental, cognitive, and substance abuse-related issues if left untreated. Furthermore, ADHD often co-occurs with other mental health problems, making many cases a compound issue where multiple disorders may be addressed at once through proper treatment. In fact, a survey by the World Health Organization found that as many as half of college students with depression or anxiety (internalizing disorders) were also struggling with ADHD. And 76 percent of students with substance use problems had ADHD. Getting Professional Help Learning to identify the key characteristics of a mental health problem is an essential first step in improving your mental health – but the next step is even more important. Less than half of adults and less than 20 percent of teens and kids who are eligible for mental health treatment get the level of care they need, and many don’t seek it out in the first place. While the stigma around mental health issues feels like it may have receded in recent years, the truth is likely much more complicated. There is still an undeniable disconnect between realizing you need help and getting that help. It all starts with you. If you or someone you love is struggling with a mental health issue, don’t wait to act. Talk to them about professional help and speak to a psychiatrist together. Think about treatment clinics. Mental health issues like anxiety and depression are highly treatable – but it takes time and a commitment to the treatment process. Talk to a professional today and let them help you address your thoughts and worries.

<urn:uuid:99f52153-8cc5-4bc9-be00-4e192a3f06b5>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://amendtreatment.com/common-mental-health-issues-in-college-students/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224655244.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609000217-20230609030217-00448.warc.gz

en

If you’re reading this, it means you’re affected by some form of 0x0 0x0 Error. This is a pretty rarely occurring error but can cause a headache for Windows users who are facing this. Although this is a pretty minor form of error in the grand scheme of the Windows error catalog, still, no blue screen of death should be taken lightly! Especially one that causes your productivity to go down. Although this is a well-known issue, it occurs rarely on an individual level. Error 0x0 0x0 code can be caused for various reasons, and it can be quite tricky to figure out the actual cause of this error with some trial and error. This may look concerning, but do not worry. We’ll walk you through some quick and easy solutions. So, take along as we solve this error together. A common cause of this error can be an incorrect system setting. Additionally, it may also result from incorrect or irregular entries in the Windows registry. Let’s get started. What Causes Error 0x0 0x0? Error 0x0 0x0 can occur due to various factors. Before we attempt to fix this error, we first need to identify its root cause. Here are some of the following causes: - The Error 0x0 0x0 code can be caused by invalid installations, leaving invalid entries on your system drive. - It can also occur while uninstalling software incorrectly, which can leave incorrect registry entries. - Error 0x0 0x0 can also occur due to incorrect shutdowns and power failures. - It can also occur because of malware and virus attacks. - Outdated system drivers, software, and corrupted OS/software can also be the culprits, causing the 0x0 0x0 blue screen. These are just some of the common causes that we see on a regular basis. Now let’s get started fixing this repetitive issue. Here Are Some Easy Ways To Fix Error 0x0 0x0 Error code 0x0 0x0 is a flexible issue that can be cured with various techniques, although the root cause must be found. Method No.1: Terminate Problematic Programs As you install, uninstall, and update your programs incorrectly, problems might occur, which can lead to crashing your operating system (OS), freezing your desktop workspace, slowing down your computer, or even various types of blue screen of death, like the one we are discussing today. These issues mostly originate from problematic program updates. And we see more of these occurring nowadays due to software companies’ moving toward auto-dating overnight. which eliminates the need for user consent and preview. During such activities, users are unaware of any new updates or fixes/patches being released for their programs. These issues also occur due to faulty installs and uninstalls. While installing and uninstalling programs, any mistakes on the user’s end, sudden power loss, mid-process operation cancellation, etc. can lead to error code 0x0. - Maintain a habit of reviewing/previewing update/fix logs. - Let the process be completed when installing and uninstalling programs. - Use UPS for safety measures. - Uninstalling problematic software. Method No.2: Disk Cleanup This error can also occur due to a lack of disk space and corrupt files. For this reason, and to ensure the longevity of your hard disk or SSD, you should perform a thorough disk clean-up every few months. This will ensure your drive is free of unnecessary files and free up some disk real estate. To wipe your drive, you can right-click on your drive from This PC > Properties > Disk Cleanup > Cleanup System Files > Select all of the checkboxes and hit OK. This will wipe your drive clean, freeing up space. Note: We highly recommend going through each checkbox before selecting it, and seeing if you need anything. And a must – Backup your data before wiping the drive. You can also use third-party dedicated drive cleaning software for this task. But from our tests, we found that the Windows Disk Cleanup Tool works just fine. Method No.3: Graphics Driver This error code 0x0 0x0 can also derive from the graphics driver. A faulty driver, a driver update, or a hotfix can be the prime suspect in this case. To resolve this issue, try uninstalling and reinstalling your graphics driver. Head over to Windows > Search > Device Manager. From here, you can find your graphic driver under the Display Adapters drop-down menu, and from here you can uninstall your graphic driver. After that, make sure to restart your PC for a fresh boot. Now to reinstall an updated version of your graphic driver, visit your graphics card manufacturer’s website or processor manufacturer’s website. And download the latest or stable version of the driver and install it. Method No.4: Anti Virus Virus and Malware attacks can cause various errors. A good antivirus can go a long way in preventing issues like this. For this reason, choosing a good antivirus is a must for most. And not only that updating these types of programs on a regular basis is also a must-do. Method No.5: Up To Date OS Keeping your OS up to date is a must for various reasons. This keeps your computer running smoothly, problem-free, and clean. Not only will updating the operating system to the current version will help resolve a lot of issues. This will also allow you to unlock the latest features and program upgrades. This will also improve your productivity and quality of life improvements. - Windows 10 Display Issues, How to Fix Them - Samsung Drivers Windows 10 And Easy Methods to Install Them The Windows error code 0x0 0x0 is a frustrating issue that is causing headaches for users all over the world. Mainly due to its anonymity and lack of user awareness. Fortunately, it is fixable with a few simple solutions. If you can’t fix the problem yourself, you can consult an expert, or you can use the methods in this post. It’s best to contact a professional with technical expertise if you have little or no knowledge about the problem. I hope you found this article helpful. Some Frequently Asked Questions About Error 0x0 0x0 Error code 0x0 is generated when a software installation or uninstallation gets interrupted or corrupted mid-way, which inadvertently causes false/ incorrect system registry entries. No, error code 0x0 is caused by a software error. and does not affect the hardware. Yes, there are multiple methods that resolve this issue. Try the methods mentioned above and see which one works for you. Yes, the easy fix methods for Error Code 0x0 can be applied at home. These troubleshooting methods are easy to follow, and you can perform them at your discretion. But if you feel uncomfortable with these steps or simply lack the know-how around your computer, I recommend you get in touch with a professional technician. No, your Windows 10 operating system is not the cause behind this error code, and Error code 0x0 is not limited to Windows 10. This error can occur on older generations of Windows-based operating systems as well. To Sum-up Error Code 0x0-0x0 Possible Solutions How to Fix Error Code 0x0 on Windows Computer: - Terminate problematic programs. - Clean up your drives. - Reinstall your graphics drivers. - Use a reliable anti-virus. - Keep your OS up-to-date. Finally, we hope that you’ve found this helpful. Please do share this with someone who is going through a similar issue. And if you think that we’ve missed out on any easy error 0x0 fixing method, please feel free to mention it down below in the comment section. TAKE A BREATH Comments your view. No one becomes poor by sharing!!! share knowledge… share it… Leave a Reply

<urn:uuid:82c64df3-2ee1-46b5-81f6-4ab0bcb5a787>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://technologish.com/0x0-0x0

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648322.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20230602040003-20230602070003-00648.warc.gz

en

- Mesenteric panniculitis, also known as sclerosing mesenteritis, is a rare disease that causes chronic inflammation. - It damages and destroys fatty tissue in the mesentery (a fold of tissue in the abdomen) but it is not typically life threatening. - It may occur due to infection, surgery, certain medications, injury, or certain types of cancer. Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare disease that affects the part of the mesentery that contains fat cells. The mesentery is a continuous fold of tissue in your abdomen. You might not have heard of it before, but it’s important because it supports your intestines and attaches them to the abdominal wall of your body. The specific cause of mesenteric panniculitis isn’t known, but may be related to autoimmune disease, abdominal surgery, injury to your abdomen, bacterial infection, or vascular problems. It causes chronic inflammation that damages and destroys fatty tissue in the mesentery. Over time, this can lead to scarring on the mesentery. You might hear your doctor call mesenteric panniculitis by a different name, such as sclerosing mesenteritis. Some medical professionals use the following to describe the stages of the condition: - Mesenteric lipodystrophy is the first stage. A type of immune system cell replaces fat tissue in the mesentery. - Mesenteric panniculitis is the second stage. Additional types of immune system cells infiltrate the mesentery, and a lot of inflammation occurs during this stage. - Retractile mesenteritis is the third stage. It’s when the inflammation is accompanied by scar tissue formation in the mesentery. Mesenteric panniculitis typically isn’t life-threatening. It may go away on its own, or it could develop into a severe disease. But while the inflammation is there, it can cause pain and other symptoms that interfere with your life. Your doctor can give you medicine to manage this inflammation and control symptoms. Keep reading to learn more. Symptoms vary from person to person. The clinical course may vary from no symptoms to severe and aggressive disease. If there’s enough inflammation in the mesentery, the swelling can put pressure on organs near your intestines. This pressure can cause abdominal pain. Other common symptoms include: - feeling full quickly after you eat - loss of appetite - weight loss - lump in your abdomen Symptoms can last for a few weeks or months, and then go away. Although the exact cause isn’t known, doctors think mesenteric panniculitis is possibly a type of autoimmune disease. Normally, your immune system fights off bacteria, viruses, and other germs that can make you sick. In an autoimmune disease, your immune system mistakenly attacks your body’s own tissues. In this case, it attacks the mesentery. This attack produces the inflammation that causes symptoms. Autoimmune diseases have been linked to genes that run in families. People with mesenteric panniculitis often have a parent, sibling, or other relative with an autoimmune disease like rheumatoid arthritis or Crohn’s disease. This disease is rare overall, but it’s twice as common in men as in women. Inflammation may be triggered by damage to the abdomen, which can be caused by: - some medicines Cancer can also cause the mesentery to become inflamed and thickened. Mesenteric panniculitis may affect people with these cancers: Other conditions that are related to mesenteric panniculitis include: - orbital pseudotumor, which causes inflammation and swelling in the hollow space around and behind the eye - Riedel thyroiditis, which causes scar tissue to form in and around the thyroid gland - retroperitoneal fibrosis, which causes fibrous scar tissue to build up around organs located behind the membrane that lines and surrounds other organs in the front of your abdomen - sclerosing cholangitis, an inflammatory disease that causes scars to form in the bile ducts of your liver Mesenteric panniculitis is often misdiagnosed because it’s so rare. Sometimes doctors discover the disease incidentally when they do a CT scan to look for the cause of abdominal pain. This test can detect any signs of thickening or scarring in your mesentery. To make a diagnosis, your doctor may also have you undergo one or more blood tests to look for markers of inflammation in your body. This includes checking your erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein level. Your doctor may perform a biopsy to confirm the diagnosis. In this test, your doctor removes a sample of tissue from your mesentery and sends it to a lab to be examined. People with mesenteric panniculitis may not need treatment. Your doctor will monitor your symptoms and may do repeat CT scans to see if the inflammation is getting worse. It’s possible for mesenteric panniculitis will go away on its own within a few weeks or months. If your symptoms bother you or they cause complications, your doctor will give you medicine to bring down inflammation in your body. Many of the drugs used to treat this condition work by suppressing the overactive immune system response. Corticosteroid drugs are often used to treat mesenteric panniculitis. Other medicines that treat this condition include: - azathioprine (Imuran) - colchicine (Colcrys) - infliximab (Remicade) - naltrexone (Revia) at a low dose - thalidomide (Thalomid) Inflammation in the mesentery can sometimes lead to a blockage in your small intestine. This blockage can cause symptoms like nausea, bloating, and pain, and it can prevent your intestines from absorbing nutrients from foods you eat, in addition to decreasing the normal forward movement of substances through your intestines. In these cases, surgery may be necessary to relieve your symptoms. Mesenteric panniculitis has also been linked to cancers, like lymphoma, prostate cancer, and kidney cancer. In a 2016 study, Mesenteric panniculitis is chronic, but it usually isn’t serious or life-threatening. However, if your symptoms are severe, they can have a big effect on your quality of life. Symptoms can last anywhere from a couple of weeks to many years. The average length of time is about

<urn:uuid:45a011f1-1992-43f4-98b5-8fe93517e10d>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.healthline.com/health/mesenteric-panniculitis

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644571.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528214404-20230529004404-00447.warc.gz

en

What Is Globus Hystericus? The Globus Hystericus is a medical condition that is an intermittent non-painful sensation in the throat. It is commonly long-lasting condition, hard to treat and always has a tendency to recur. Globus sensation is the usual term used when a particular person has the feeling of a lump in their throat even though there is none. In this article we will explore the things you should know about the sensation lump in your throat. The Globus Hystericus is sometimes called Globus Pharynges (refers to the throat), but the most usual term for this medical ailment is Globus sensation. A feeling of lump in the throat even if there is none during the medical examination. The sensation is persistent and it usually may come and go. However, it does not interfere with your eating or drinking, as a matter of fact the food and water intake can rid of the symptoms. In many cases, the prevalence rate of Globus Hystericus was found out to be the seventh most common complaint or 4.1% among 4,330 consecutive first-five patients visit to a general otolaryngology clinic-Pubmed.com says. This lump sensation in the throat is relatively common among men but also affect certain percentage of women. Furthermore, the condition is reported also of 46% healthy individuals is being infested at their middle age, though the latter ages are more likely to seek health care professional if the symptoms persist. What causes it? The cause of the Globus Hystiricus is really uncertain, but some experts determined it through medical and intensive investigation. According to Susan Butler, PhD associate professor of surgical sciences-otolaryngology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, the condition is highly caused by stomach reflux in the upper esophagus, wherein it causes the esophageal sphincter (UES) muscle to go into spasm which resulted to the sensation of something stuck in the throat. “When they try to swallow, the cricopharyngeus/UES will not relax to let a big bolus or a big piece of food go into the esophagus. They can have solid food right above their airway. And some of those patients have had situations where they’ve needed the Heimlich maneuver to cough out a pill or piece of meat out of their airway,” Butler said. On the other hand, other causes may trigger the development of the sensational lump in the throat such as stress due to exhaustion that it can even make the symptoms worse. For instance, the Globus sensation can trigger to cause excessive mucus running from the nose down in the dorsal of the throat, commonly known as postnasal drip, resulting to worsening of the Globus Hystericus symptoms. Other causes may include; - Voice damaging (over usage of the vocal cords) - Smoking and bad habit lifestyle - Lack of rest (promote stress, ergo causing an increase in muscle tension As Globus Hystericus name as sensational lump in the throat, the common symptom is the sensation of “something” stuck in the throat that may come and go over the period of time. The unusual feeling can be sense in front of the neck and can move around up and down. In many cases of Globus Hystericus several symptoms can be characterized and suggests another disorder present in concern such as; - Dysphagia (Difficulty in swallowing and sometimes choked when eating) - Feeling of a movable mass in the throat - Hemoptysis (expectoration of blood or of blood stained sputum from the bronchi, larynx, trachea or lungs.) - Hoarseness of voice - Muscle weaknesses - Over weight loss - Persistent of all the symptoms - Regurgitation or spewing of food - Sore Throat - Throat pain or Throat irritation Will this be a sign of health risk? Some individual conceptualize the lump sensation or Globus Hystericus as cancer related, a common misconception about the condition. Therefore, in order to make sure the underlying disease must prevented, people who have warning symptoms should see a doctor within a few days or few weeks. Moreover, for those who don’t still should set an appointment to their health professional to thoroughly identify the underlying cause of sensation depending on the severity and nature of the condition. In order to diagnose the warning symptoms related to Globus Hystericus some possible diagnostic testing may use; A type of diagnostic testing in order to rule out the possibility of mediastinal tumor. Used for viewing the interior of the larynx (laryngoscope) and examination of the interior of the trachea using laryngoscope (tracheoscopy). It is a biopsy associated with the hoarse voice, chronic sinusitis, gastro esophageal reflux diseases (gerd), and vocal cord polyp. Another kind of x-ray that screen on how a particular patient swallow. It gives a clearer image of what is happening in your mouth or throat during swallowing. It test gives the doctor an indication if your esophagus is able to move the food going to your stomach normally, and suggest why you might be suffering from any discomfort into your digestive system. This test is also performed for people who are experiencing in difficulty of swallowing, pain, and heartburn and chest pain. The Globus Hystericus or Globus sensation does not require any treatment but it is always intended to have prevention. Note “Prevention is better than cure”, there is a recommended diet for Globus patient such as the following; - Avoid or minimize the intake of spicy, greasy and fatty foods - Avoid lying down after eating - Do not eat a meal less than an hour before going to bed - Drink 8 or more glasses of water every day to maintain the hydration of the body - Avoid too much exhaustion - Live the life stress free - Have regular check up

<urn:uuid:a15322b3-2c5a-422a-bf80-d0d801759d98>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.healthsurgical.com/globus-hystericus.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649293.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603133129-20230603163129-00648.warc.gz

en

By now we have bypassed the first progress report and approached the end of the first marking period. For us, we found a few themes present in the data we collected about students that are failing or in danger of failing one or more core classes. This may be all too familiar to you. Absences, tardies, missing classwork, and conduct have presented themselves as barriers to academic success. Now you may find yourself saying “duh, we already knew that!” Which is why I spoke of the themes being familiar ones. The purpose of this post is to push past what we know and move towards what we do know. You know the action steps. This is what we have done with our partner schools to address the issues present in these themes. Absences and Tardies When a student is absent from school and/or tardy, we know that they suffer academically because they are not present to participate in the learning experiences and complete classwork, quizzes, and tests. In other words, having a high attendance rate is important because students are more likely to succeed in academics when they attend school consistently. When a student is not present, it is difficult for the teacher to build their skills. However, the reasons why students are absent are very telling. Through conducting over 4,400 weekly home visits of students who are absent or late to school this school year, we found reasons that may drive your interventions. First, we found during our daily home visits that parents assume their child made it to school because they left the house. Early parental notification to students who are trending towards being chronically absent is a key component of making all stakeholders aware of this issue. Second is student illnesses. Addressing this issue is often handled after the student returns, which results in the student falling behind. Seeking other ways to get the student missing classwork prior to their return may be helpful. A final example of a reason that we found for student absences is a lack of student interest. Now this reason is pretty loaded. On the surface students have reported during the home visits that they are not interested in school, or a teacher in particular. Subsequently, a deeper dive into this reason reveals information about the students’ ability to perform in class, or traumatic experiences that take place at the school. An example of these experiences is being chosen to read in front of the class and not being able to read. Another example is being setup on a contract to be promoted to the next grade and not having the ability to meet the requirements of the contract. I could go on and on but, I believe you get the gist of what I am describing. OK, I know that I am presenting another obvious reason about students’ low academic performance but, let us use the implications of the data collected during home visits. Concentric Educational Solutions core service is related to increasing attendance. Now our thought is that if a student is present in school, they will have a better chance at accessing and participating in the learning environment. Thus, giving them an opportunity for academic success. Unfortunately, chronic absenteeism is a national problem. Further, chronic absenteeism suggests that students are not completing work due to them not being present to complete it. Considering all of the reasons that students may decide not to come to school, we must identify ways to extend the learning environment to reach them where they are. One suggestion might be identifying why students are not present to complete work. Another suggestion is identifying ways to encourage student participation in resources like Coach Classes and after-school tutoring, or social-emotional support that will assist with skill development. Student conduct in the classroom is a multifaceted subject. First, there is the outcome of poor conduct on the student’s academic performance. Second, there is the impact on the rest of the class. Lastly, there is the residual impact on the relationship between the teacher and the student. During visits at our partner schools we learned that the transformational relationship that should exist between students and teachers has been severely damaged in many cases. Restorative justice provides an opportunity for the repairing of damaged relationships between students and their educational environment. However, we have to develop ways to repair the relationships between students and school-based staff. While absences, tardies, missing classwork, and conduct have presented themselves as barriers to academic success, they also provide opportunities to positively impact students. We can do this through the proper use of home visits, providing opportunities to make up classwork, and repairing damaged relationships between teachers and students. Concentric Educational Solutions’ approach involves taking the time to develop relationships with families, teachers and administrators with the student’s success serving as the primary goal. We do this through our Home Visit Framework and our in-school support (SEL Groups, MTSS, In-class Assistance, Curriculum Support, etc.). Home visits are an opportunity for our Professional Student Advocates to learn from the parents firsthand about the student they are both trying to support. During the time spent getting to know your students, we learn why each student and their family is unique. Our staff uses this knowledge of the families to drive our in-school support; helping teachers and administrators enhance their daily practices. Home visits can also increase collaboration between schools and families and result in improved academic achievement in the classroom, empowerment for parents, and motivation for students. Written By Michael Gary Jr., Ph.D. and Bahiya Augustin Ed.S.

<urn:uuid:3d3ec51c-dbbc-47d9-8ccf-ae22fd20c452>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://concentriced.org/absences-tardies-missing-classwork-and-conduct/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648000.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601175345-20230601205345-00048.warc.gz

en

What Is a Skin Ulcer? Skin ulcers are open sores on your skin that don’t heal the way they should. You might get one from an injury, bad blood circulation, or continuous pressure on the area. You’re most likely to get them on your feet and legs. They can, though, also form in other areas like on your hands or in folds of skin on your body. Ulcers can start out small and grow larger. But you may not notice one until it’s larger than a quarter or even a silver dollar. Here is information that can help you learn how to recognize skin ulcers and know what you should do if you have one. How Will I Know It’s an Ulcer? If you’ve got an open sore that doesn’t get better as fast as it should, it could be an ulcer. If you do have an ulcer, it might look: - Swollen or crusty or both - Red, pink, yellow, brown, gray, or black You might also notice: - A strong odor - Green or yellow discharge - Pain (but not always) What Kind of Ulcer Could I Have? There are three common types of skin ulcers: - Arterial (also known as ischemic) ulcers: These usually affect people with poor blood flow in their legs. They tend to crop up on feet, especially heels, toes, and near the nail bed. - Neurotrophic (also known as diabetic) ulcers: If you have nerve damage that makes it hard to feel your feet, you could develop neurotrophic ulcers. These are often a problem for people whose nerve damage is from diabetes. The ulcers appear most often on feet, especially on pressure points on the soles of the feet or areas where shoes press on the skin. - Venous stasis ulcers: Venous stasis ulcers are common in people with leg swelling, spider (or varicose) veins, or a history of blood clots in their legs. They’re always on the leg, usually between the knee and ankle. Your doctor will figure out which type of ulcer you have based on how it looks and where it is. What Causes Ulcers? Ulcers form when you injure the outer layers of your skin. That leaves deeper layers exposed and unprotected. For most people, the injured outer skin layers heal and don’t cause a problem. Ulcers usually arise when your skin doesn’t heal because of another problem such as: - High blood pressure - Skin infections - Lymphedema, which is a buildup of fluid in your legs - Nerve damage (neuropathy) - Poor circulation - Vascular disease (abnormal blood vessels) Smoking can also raise your risk for ulcers. That’s because it damages nerves and blood vessels. Other less taboo behaviors can raise the risk for ulcers, too. You might be at greater risk if you: - Wear tight clothing or ill-fitting shoes - Don’t move regularly - Don’t get treatment for wounds or infections right away Your risk for ulcers may be in your genes, too. If your parents or close relatives were prone to them, you may be too. How Do You Treat an Ulcer? An untreated ulcer can lead to serious problems -- including the need for amputation. If you think you have an ulcer, see your doctor right away. The sooner you get treatment, the less likely you are to have another problem. Your doctor will examine your skin and may take an X-ray to see if your ulcer has affected the nearest bone. In some cases, your doctor may use other tests to see if you have blood vessel disease. Next, your doctor will treat your ulcer with a procedure called debridement. Here, the doctor removes unhealthy tissue from the wound to start the healing process. Your doctor may prescribe medications, such as antibiotics, that you swallow or rub on the sore. Talk to your doctor about how to care for your ulcer at home. You might need to: - Clean your ulcer daily with soap and water. Don’t use hydrogen peroxide or soak your wound in a bath or whirlpool. This can discourage healing and increase your risk of infection. - Keep your ulcer bandaged or covered with a wound dressing. Your doctor may recommend specific bandaging steps. “Airing out” a wound increases your odds of infection and slows healing. - Apply medications such as saline, skin substitutes, and substances that make skin cells grow. - Take better care of other health problems, such as diabetes or vascular disease. - Keep pressure off your ulcer, especially if it’s on your foot. You might need crutches, special footwear, a brace, or other devices to reduce pressure and irritation so your ulcer heals faster. If your ulcer doesn’t heal in about a month or becomes infected and spreads to your bones, you may need surgery or hyperbaric oxygen therapy. That’s when you breathe pure oxygen in a special room in order to help your body heal. Ulcers that don’t heal can develop gangrene. That’s when tissue dies because the area didn’t get enough blood flow. If this happens, your doctor may have to remove the affected body part such as your foot or leg. How Can You Prevent Ulcers? There’s a lot you can do to reduce your risk for ulcers: - Check yourself: If you can’t feel parts of your body -- such as your feet -- because of nerve damage, take a look at them every day. Look for blisters, cuts, cracks, sores, redness, white spots, thick calluses, discoloration, or other changes. If you feel warmer or colder than usual, that can be a sign that you have an open wound. But you may not feel anything. If you can’t check your legs or feet yourself, ask a family member to help. - Protect your feet: Don’t walk barefoot, especially if you have diabetes or can’t feel your feet. A foot injury can increase your risk for ulcers. Shoes that cover the whole foot, instead of sandals or flip-flops, are best. - Quit smoking: Cigarettes damage blood vessels, decrease blood flow and slow healing. Those things increase your risk for ulcers and amputation. If you smoke, talk to your doctor about resources that can help you kick the habit. Cleveland Clinic: “Leg and Foot Ulcers,” “Diabetic Ulcers: Why You Should Never Ignore Them.” American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, Foot Health Facts: “Ulcers.” American Academy of Dermatology: “Diabetes.” Joel Schlessinger MD, dermatologist, past president of the Nebraska Dermatology Society, President Emeritus of the American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery, Omaha, Nebraska. Mayo Clinic: “Gangrene.” American Podiatric Medical Association: “Diabetic Wound Care.” National Health Service (UK): “Amputation.” American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society: "Diabetic Foot Problems." American Diabetes Association: “Foot Complications.”

<urn:uuid:ede97d77-373c-446f-a64b-1694cb3e0602>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.medicinenet.com/skin_ulcer/article.htm

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646076.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530163210-20230530193210-00049.warc.gz

en

At the COP27 climate talks in Egypt this week, world leaders have sought to accelerate efforts to halt deforestation by 2030 - in line with a pledge 140 countries made last year to preserve forests. A new group of nations was created to boost momentum on that promise, along with new funding commitments, including 90 million pounds ($106 million) from Britain to support conservation of the Congo Basin - the world's second-largest rainforest. A more intact forest than regions like the Amazon, Central Africa's Congo Basin saw deforestation increase by 5% in 2021, according to a report released on Thursday by environmental group Climate Focus. Marion Ferrat, a senior consultant at Climate Focus who co-authored the report, said the new pledges to protect the Congo Basin are encouraging, "but there needs to be funding that reaches communities on the ground." Many of the promises are "very high-level", often lacking specific objectives and the mechanisms to track them, she added in a phone interview from the climate summit. As COP27 delegates discuss how to reduce planet-heating emissions to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, conservationists at the meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh say the role of the Congo Basin as a "carbon sink" is being underestimated. Carbon sinks are natural areas, such as oceans and forests, that absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, helping curb global warming. With its dense tropical peatlands, the Basin pulls around 4% of global CO2 emissions out of the atmosphere each year, according to the Central African Forest Initiative. Threats from logging and mining Spread over six countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Cameroon, the rainforest is home to more than 75 million people and 10,000 tropical plant species, as well as endangered wildlife from forest elephants to mountain gorillas, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). "The Congo Basin is obviously crucial not only for local and national economies... but also its potential to combat global warming," said Belmond Tchoumba, WWF's Central Africa forest programme coordinator. The Climate Focus report said the rainforest has been "passively" protected due to factors like low population density, political instability, a lack of infrastructure and high risks for private investors. While other tropical forests have been severely degraded by industrial activities like mining and agriculture, the report said most of the Congo Basin's deforestation has been due to small-scale subsistence farming - but this could be set to change. The Basin faces major threats from fossil fuel exploration, illegal logging and, due to its abundance of rare metals such as cobalt, even from mining for materials that are crucial for the renewable energy transition. New analysis released this week by Rainforest Foundation UK and Earth InSight revealed more than one-third of the Congo Basin now overlaps with existing or planned oil and gas exploration and production areas. "The world isn't paying remotely enough attention or investing sufficient resources to help the countries of the Congo Basin preserve their intact forests," said Joe Walston, executive vice president at the Wildlife Conservation Society. He said intact forests receive less funding as mechanisms like the United Nations' REDD+ conservation scheme focus on responding to recent deforestation trends - which are lower in places like the Congo Basin. "Intact forests are highly threatened and it is, perversely, only after they start getting logged for many years that the world steps in," Walston said in a phone interview. The fundamental challenge, analysts say, is ensuring that economic development of the Congo Basin happens in a way that is ecologically sustainable. This is particularly difficult in the DRC – by far the most populated nation in the region – where poverty rates are high and the government is looking to boost its oil output. "The opportunity cost for forest conservation is so high given the alternative uses (for) forest lands," said Jack Hurd, executive director of the Tropical Forest Alliance. He said a significant amount of finance is needed to incentivise good behaviours, as well as time to create structures for sustainable development such as robust regulations and local capacity to manage the rainforest. "Unless you're looking at the whole ecosystem... you're just playing defence – trying to keep things from happening in a protected area," Hurd said. A model for this kind of sustainable development may be found in Gabon, a sparsely populated nation in the Congo Basin where deforestation decreased by 28% in 2021, according to the Climate Focus report. Marie-Claire Paiz, Gabon country director at environmental organisation The Nature Conservancy, said the country has benefitted from strict forest management standards. For example, she said, forestry operators are required to develop a management plan to harvest trees on a 25-year rotation, based on a detailed inventory of tree species and size. The country also hopes carbon markets can encourage further investment, with businesses paying for forest conservation to offset their emissions, and her organisation is supporting the government to ensure that carbon credits are robust. At COP27 this week, a new Africa Carbon Markets Initiative was launched with the aim of developing the continent's voluntary carbon markets for projects like biodiversity protection. Even in Gabon, however, Paiz said there could be growing tensions if communities fail to benefit from nature protection, especially as the country is forced to move away from the oil industry - its primary source of revenue. "We need to figure (out) ways of helping to maintain the forest cover that we have right now, and do it in a way that is totally supportive to the economies of those countries," she said. "The world will pay for it, otherwise."

<urn:uuid:10f6abb5-e656-41e9-a0f8-aa23b30f0d8b>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://bdnews24.com/environment/yg341a38u1

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643388.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20230527223515-20230528013515-00049.warc.gz

en

NEW YORK (360Dx) – Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a set of modular paperfluidic blocks for use in the prototyping and development of point-of-care diagnostic devices. Called Ampli (asynchronous modular paperfluidic linear instrument-free) blocks, the system is inspired by the electronic breadboards that are commonly used to prototype electronic devices, said Jose Gomez-Marquez, co-director of MIT's Little Devices Lab and leader of the effort. Paper-based microfluidic devices have been in use for at least a decade at this point, Gomez-Marquez said, finding applications in areas like biomarker and environmental testing. In theory, such devices could enable clinicians, particularly in resource-constrained settings, to easily and cheaply build POC devices for a variety of testing purposes. Gomez-Marquez cited the medical laboratories in Honduras, where he grew up. "You would go in and get checked for everything from parasites to your glucose levels," he said. "They didn't have much, but they have maybe a spectrophotometer and some microscopes, and so it is a safe, clean place where you could create small [devices] to run small assays." "And our inspiration was, if we've taught a whole generation of people how to take malaria samples, how to do microscopy, how to take smears, why can't we teach them how to make paper tests?" he said. However, while development of paper tests is simple in theory, becoming good at the manual steps involved in building such test takes considerable practice. "You are dealing with things that are just millimeters wide, and you have to learn to place things very gingerly, Gomez-Marquez said. "It's almost like model ship building. It's a skill that you can acquire, but it's not something that you have automatically. In our lab it takes postdocs months to get up and running with these skills, to really get good at." That challenge led the MIT team to consider the breadboard concept, in which the components for device development come already made. "If you're a scientist working on a new [electronics] project, you certainly don't start by spinning your own capacitors," he said. "You have the pre-fabricated components and then you put them together." "You didn't have that for biology," Gomez-Marquez noted. "You didn't have that for paper tests. If you changed your mind about the antibody in a sequence or the label or the dye, you had to start again from scratch. We just thought there was a better way." The researchers described the Ampli system in a paper published last week in Advanced Healthcare Materials. It consists of 3D printed plastic blocks containing one or more laser-cut microfluidic membranes that can be connected to each other via complementary slots. Different blocks allow for different flow patterns or functionalization with different reagents like antibodies or dyes. Gomez-Marquez and his colleagues estimated that a set of four blocks including reagents and dyes would cost in the $7 to $9 range. Keeping the price modest is key to enabling the sort of experimentation the system is designed to facilitate, he said, noting that subtle differences in the material used can significantly impact a test's performance. "Sometimes just using [a membrane] with a pore size slightly different from another can make or break your test. It can mess with the evaporation rates and that sort of stuff," he said. Additionally, he noted, it can be difficult to determine precisely what reagents are being used in premade tests, which can further hamper the ability of researchers and clinicians to construct their own. "For instance, if I buy an Ebola test, it's often very hard to understand exactly what antibodies they are using," he said. "What we want is to generate a transparent library [of components] so people can know what's on the block, which one works better than others, which one is more expensive, and understand the trade-offs. And you can't really do that today with [existing] rapid tests that come already impregnated with the reagents." The open nature of the system also allows researchers to customize the blocks with their own reagents, Gomez-Marquez said, "because the most exciting reagents are the ones that the user generates locally that I may never get access to." In a proof of concept, the MIT team used the blocks to build a simple glucose test, using a block functionalized with potassium iodide (KI) for detection. They then swapped out the KI block for one functionalized with o-toluidine, which generated a much stronger colorimetric signal, demonstrating how users can use different components to fine-tune an assay's readout. The researchers also built a lateral flow immunoassay (LFI) for dinitrophenyl-biotin peptide as well as a four-channel multiplexed LFI. They noted that the ability to easily change test multiplexing levels could potentially save resources by allowing clinicians to customize tests more appropriately. "For instance," the wrote, "while STD–pregnancy test combinations may be useful for female patients, 50 percent of that test is wasted on a male patient. With dynamic multiplexing the pregnancy test branch could be deleted and saved for later, while still caring for the male patient." A key challenge the researchers faced in developing the system was bringing it down to a more practical size, said Gomez-Marquez. "The first versions of these systems, when we gave them to people for user testing, they generated these channels that were almost three-and-a-half-feet long," he said. "That immediately taught us that that was going to require a lot of sample and a lot of buffer to get it all the way across. So we had to miniaturize a lot of things." "It became a process of determining what is the best way to miniaturize it and defeat things like the natural surface tension of some of these liquids that are flowing through tiny spaces, and then at the same time battling things like the fact that if [the channel] is really small and there is not a lot of [sample] how do you make sure it doesn't evaporate?" he said. "It's a lot of the usual tuning that you would do in a traditional test." Having developed the system, Gomez-Marquez and his colleagues are now distributing them to interested scientists around the world. "We've sent them to Chile, to Nicaragua, to Europe. We're getting ready to send them to Honduras, where I'm from, and a handful of other countries," he said. The researchers are also developing a program called Open Diagnostics that will allow interested parties to apply for access to the Ampli tools. Gomez-Marquez said he ultimately hopes to turn the blocks into a commercial product people can order much as they would other scientific supplies.

<urn:uuid:7162cd78-4dfc-4a87-923d-54aa5992dc62>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.360dx.com/point-care-testing/mit-researchers-develop-modular-paperfluidics-kits-dx-design

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652116.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605121635-20230605151635-00447.warc.gz

en

Lessons to be learned from Google and Oracle's datacenter heatstroke It's getting hot in here so take down all your nodes Comment This year's summer heatwaves aren't just making your average Brit's life a bit miserable, it also caused problems for some cloud providers and server admins trying to keep their gear running. Last month east London datacenters operated by Google and Oracle suffered a breakdown amid the region's strongest heatwave on record. Parts of the country even edged above 40C. Both IT giants cited failures of their cooling systems. This allowed temperatures within the facilities to reach undesirable levels, and forced the shutdown of customer systems and workloads to prevent damage to the hardware and limit data loss. With climate scientists predicting more extreme weather to come, one wonders what can be learned from these outages to mitigate future disaster. Omdia analyst Moises Levy, who has spent the better part of his career designing and consulting on datacenters, said these events underscore the importance of risk management and planning when designing and maintaining these facilities. And while he said these kinds of outages aren’t that common and can be difficult to predict, learning from these incidents is an opportunity that shouldn’t be missed by site operators and executives. As described by Levy, datacenters operate in a finely tuned equilibrium in which workloads consume power and generate heat, and that heat has to be extracted by equipment that also typically requires power. Power equals cost, workloads equal revenue, and cooling is needed to keep that workload revenue flowing without too much cost. Not enough cooling equals damage and loss of revenue; too much cooling also has its problems. And cooling costs money to install. It's an interesting equation to figure out. When balancing power usage, cooling, and compute density, datacenter operators usually account for worst-case scenarios to avoid potential downtime. This is the strategy employed by Equinix, which operates colocation datacenters all around the world. “We design for local climatic conditions, optimizing plant selection for reliability and efficiency, both for current maximum observed, and forecast worst-case temperatures anticipated in the future,” Greg Metcalf, senior director of global design at Equinix told The Register. This can be as simple as spec'ing out and deploying redundant cooling plants or provisioning additional backup power. For example, in generally hot climates, such as Dallas, Texas, Equinix employs a complex and heavily redundant temperature control system to protect its facilities. Is a lack of standards holding immersion cooling back?READ MORE “The cooling plants are designed for worst-case conditions, and are factory tested as such,” Metcalf said. “Implementing hardware redundancy means in the event of a heat peak, backup machines can be called upon to reduce the overall effort of a particular site's cold production.” In a postmortem report following the London outage, Google blamed a "simultaneous failure of multiple, redundant cooling systems combined with the extraordinarily high outside temperatures" for the failure. It's very interesting to see Google use the words "simultaneous" and "redundant" in the same sentence in this way, as it suggests there may have been a single point of failure that caused its temperature-regulation systems to break down, or that the facility was designed in such a way that multiple systems could fail all at once in the same way. A datacenter or cloud outage typically occurs after a long or even short sequence of faults. One thing starts acting up or is misconfigured, and that causes another thing to fail, and that puts pressure on something else, and eventually it all collapses. Preventing an outage involves ensuring these individual screw-ups do not snowball into actual downtime. In a heatwave, for instance, the mechanisms for starting up a facility's temperature-control equipment and regulating it on demand have to be present and operational, too, and if they aren't, well, it won't matter how much extra cooling capacity you have – it won't get used in time, or at all. “It’s so important to look at the datacenter in a comprehensive way and not in silos," Levy said. "Anything can affect the other and we can have a cascade effect." For example, a disruption to the datacenter’s supply of electric power or a breakdown in the cooling control system, or a failure to respond to or detect rising temperatures, can set you down the path to an outage. This appears to have been what happened to Google and Oracle, with cooling system failures amid an overwhelming, historic heatwave. Google did not say (or did not want to say) its cooling simply couldn't mitigate the heat; it said its equipment failed to work when it was needed most. Levy also pointed out not every component within a datacenter is as susceptible to extreme temperatures as others. The various boxes found throughout the datacenter, whether they be compute, networking, or storage-oriented, work within a range of operating temperatures. That can be as high as 90C to 100C for CPUs, or 55C to 65C for hard drives. The age of the equipment can also play a factor. “Older equipment may be more sensitive to higher temperatures. Newer equipment may be less sensitive and they will accept higher ranges,” Levy said. We noted earlier this year that Google extended the lifespan of its cloud systems by an extra year to save money. Another point to bear in mind: in the event of a cooling crisis, it’s not always as simple as shutting down systems are that are particularly vulnerable to excess heat, since networking, storage, and compute resources are largely dependent on each other. For example, a virtual machine may be running on a compute node, but its resources may live on a separate storage node connected over the network. If any one of the three – compute, storage, networking/orchestration – go down due to hardware failure or to prevent damage, so does the virtual machine. - Google: We had to shut down a datacenter to save it during London's heatwave - Deploying disaster-proof apps may be easier than you think - Google, Oracle cloud servers wilt in UK heatwave, take down websites - DoE digs up molten salt nuclear reactor tech, taps Los Alamos to lead the way back Complicating matters is the fact compute resources are growing more power hungry and by extension hotter. Many accelerators are now pushing 700W TDPs, with some box builders cramming multiple kilowatts of compute into a 2U chassis. If datacenter operators don’t account for this with improvements to their power and cooling infrastructure, it can result in problems down the line, Levy explained. This is standard procedure for Equinix, which in addition to taking into account their often varied compute load, also considers external factors. “Sites are analyzed for climatic effects beyond weather, such as nearby heat sources, to capture the multiple elements affecting required heating and cooling,” Metcalf said. Lessons to learn While it’s easy to point to Britain's unprecedented heatwaves and blame them for the outages, operating datacenters in hot climates is hardly a new concept. Though to be fair to Google, no one expects to see London experience the sort of summer weather, say, Texas and Arizona in the US do; when building a server warehouse in the UK capital, the long scorching days of Austin and Phoenix probably don't come to mind. Yet. When power, cooling, compute, and external factors are taken into account, disruptions resulting from extreme weather events and the like can be mitigated. From what we can tell, it's just a case of whether the cost is worth it, given the risk. On the other hand, Google is not exactly strapped for cash, and aside from Oracle, its rivals didn't seem to suffer during the UK heatwave. “The datacenter industry is well prepared for all of these events. That being said, it’s not like the datacenter industry is immune to any event,” Levy added. When these outages do happen, analyzing their cause, identifying where the failure happened, and making that information public can help others avoid a similar fate. It’s important to understand exactly went wrong and which components were impacted first, Levy said. “Hopefully the lessons learned can be made publicly available. For me, that will be a huge gain for all of the industry so everybody will learn from those, and we can avoid these type of events.” This is mostly what Google has pledged to do in the wake of the outage. The American tech giant said it will investigate and develop advanced methods for decreasing the thermal load within its datacenters; examine procedures, tooling, and automated recovery systems to improve recovery times in the future; and audit cooling system equipment and standards across all of its datacenters. Finally, Levy emphasizes that steps to mitigate the impacts of these outages need to be taken. Hyperscalers and cloud providers can, for example, migrate workloads to other datacenters or run those workloads across multiple zones or regions to avoid interruptions to their services. However, as Uptime Institute analyst Owen Rogers told The Register in an earlier interview, implementing redundancy in cloud deployments isn’t automatic and often requires manual configuration on the customer’s part. ®

<urn:uuid:c6915bd4-fe3f-48cc-8d96-9648ddc8e87a>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/22/google_oracle_heatstroke/?td=keepreading

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224645089.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530032334-20230530062334-00247.warc.gz

en

By Victoria Silvis While the world has focused on rapidly developing a vaccine for SARS-CoV2, the WHO recently approved a vaccine that has been developed for malaria, a serious illness endemic to poorer tropic and subtropic regions globally. In 2020 alone, there were 229 million cases with an estimated half a million deaths.1 Malaria infections occur regardless of age or gender, but in children and pregnant people, infection can quickly become fatal. Although there have been great strides in reducing the mortality rate from 25 in 2000 to 10 in 2019, malaria is still a serious threat to individuals living in endemic regions (Figure 1)1. Sub-Saharan Africa, regions of South-East Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean, Western Pacific, and the Americas are all areas of high transmission, with sub-Saharan Africa having the highest number of cases and deaths.2 First, let’s establish what causes malaria. Malaria is caused by a parasite Plasmodium falciparum. There are other species in the Plasmodium family: P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae, but P. falciparum is the most common and therefore will be the focus here. P. falciparum is carried by female Anopheles mosquitos after biting an infected person and is then transmitted to the next person the mosquito bites, making the mosquito a vector. The hatred of a mosquito bite in the US comes with an irritating itch but doesn’t come with the fear of malaria transmission like it does in endemic countries as it is considered eliminated in the US. A mosquito bite is the typical route of transmission, however blood transfusion, organ transplant, needle sharing, and mothers transmitting to children during delivery are alternative transmission routes.4 Malaria can be categorized as uncomplicated or severe. Uncomplicated infection feels like the flu, with symptoms including fever, chills, sweats, nausea, and body aches. Often in countries with infrequent malaria cases, uncomplicated infection can go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed due to the symptom similarities with more common infections. Severe malaria occurs when organ failure or blood abnormalities are exhibited and can manifest in a variety of ways including cerebral complications severe anemia, acute kidney injury, metabolic acidosis, and acute respiratory distress. Uncomplicated malaria is often self-treated in endemic regions; however, severe malaria is a medical emergency and requires immediate and aggressive treatment.5 P. falciparum has multiple lifecycles but there are a few important steps to highlight (Figure 2). There is a sporogonic cycle (C) of replication within the mosquito where P. falciparum gametocytes (7) multiply to form sporozoites (12), which upon human inoculation infect the liver (A). The sporozoites mature within the liver forming a schizont (3) before rupturing and infecting red blood cells (5) which is when symptoms start to appear. The lifecycle in the bloodstream, or erythrocytic cycle (B), will prolong the infection in the individual while forming gametocytes (7) which allow replication within the next hungry mosquito perpetuating the transmission of malaria to others4. Those who plan to travel to malaria endemic regions should inform their doctor to obtain a prophylactic prescription for antimalarial medications. Additionally, keeping mosquitos off you by any means necessary, such as the commonly used insecticide-treated bed nets, is incredibly important in preventing malaria6. Now you may ask, why do we need a vaccine when malaria is treatable and preventable with prescription drugs? Unfortunately, most of the hot-spot transmission regions have insufficient resources or poor socio-economic stability causing access to preventative measures, like insecticides and bed nets, to be slim or non-existent in some cases7. Additionally, eradication efforts including insecticides and drugs have limited participation and instead have led to drug and insecticide resistance8. The Malaria Consortium is one of the leading non-profit organizations working to control and treat malaria and other neglected tropical diseases9. The Malaria Consortium provides seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC), which is a combination of two antimalarial drugs: sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) and amodiaquine (AQ), to children under three. SMC has been shown to prevent 75% of malaria cases in children under five in clinical trials9. While incredibly beneficial, widespread SMC provision requires community participation, volunteer distributors, drug procurement, and funding10. The best-case scenario is that malaria could be prevented from the get-go. That’s where the RTS,S/AS01E (Mosquirix) recombinant malaria vaccine comes in. Mosquirix was developed by GSK and the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative and has reduced childhood malaria cases by 39% in just 4 years.11 With the success in phase 3 trials, the WHO advocated for a pilot program to be rolled out in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi in 2019. The Mosquirix pilot has reached an estimated 800,000 children already and will continue through 2023. Mosquirix is offered along with other childhood vaccines and as such, families with access to routine immunizations, also have access to Mosquirix.12 SMC has been the gold-standard of malaria prevention, so how effective is Mosquirix compared to SMC? The results of a trial performed in Burkina Faso and Mali were recently published in NEJM comparing Mosquirix, SMC, and the combination of both interventions. The trial began in 2017 with 6861 children between age 5 and 17 months of age randomly assigned to vaccine-alone, chemoprevention-alone, or combination groups. Children in vaccination groups received five total doses, with the first three each one month apart, and the final two each one year from the last administration. Children in chemoprevention groups received SP and AQ monthly for four courses each year, beginning in August of year 1, before the high transmission season starting in December. Participants received placebos of either vaccine or chemoprevention based on group inclusion, and all participants were given insecticide treated bed nets at time of inclusion. Interestingly, the chemoprevention alone and vaccine alone groups had similar incidence rates of 304.8 and 278.2 events per 1000 person-years at risk respectively. The combination group had a reduction to 113 events per 1000 person-years at risk indicating increased protective efficacy. The combined intervention also had increased protection against hospitalization and severe malaria infection.13 While combined chemoprevention and vaccination provide the best protection from malaria, having either chemoprevention or vaccination remains beneficial to children in malaria-endemic regions. These interventions will not stop malaria overnight but are an added tool to the disease prevention toolbox. Even though it doesn’t happen on our doorstep, malaria is still very real and incredibly deadly. To find out more about malaria, other tropical disease prevention, or ways to help the cause, visit the Malaria Consortium website. - Malaria is still a serious threat globally, with almost half a million deaths annually. - Interventions only work as well as community participation and socioeconomic support allow. - A recently approved vaccine shows promise and when combined with already available chemoprevention is incredibly effective against childhood malaria infections and deaths. - RTS,S Clinical Trials Partnership. Efficacy and safety of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine with or without a booster dose in infants and children in Africa: final results of a phase 3, individually randomised, controlled trial. Lancet. 2015 July 4-10;386(9988):31-45. - Chandramohan D, Zongo I, Sagara I, Cairns M, Yerbanga R.-S., Diarra M, et al. Seasonal malaria vaccination with or without seasonal malaria chemoprevention. N Engl J Med. 2021 Aug 26;385:1005-17.

<urn:uuid:51d58fca-860f-4935-9a63-7ae6ab493ab6>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://lions-talk-science.org/2021/10/20/whats-the-buzz-about-mosquirix/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644571.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528214404-20230529004404-00447.warc.gz

en

Top 4 Reasons Why Your Garden's pH is Out of Whack The pH of your nutrient solution or soil is not a constant thing. In this article, Eric Hopper looks at the top four things that can cause your garden's pH to go up or down. The potential hydrogen, or pH, of a nutrient solution or soil plays a vital role in horticulture. In fact, the pH directly influences whether or not essential elements will be available for uptake by plants. Before explaining how that works, let’s first look a little closer at pH. On the pH scale, seven is considered neutral. All readings above seven are considered alkaline, and all readings below seven are considered acidic. The pH scale is an exponential logarithmic scale. In other words, every number on the pH scale represents an increase or decrease of tenfold. For example, a pH value of four is ten times more acidic than a pH value of five and 100 times more acidic than a pH value of six. The same holds true for readings above seven. For example, a pH value of 10 is 10 times more alkaline than a pH value of nine and 100 times more alkaline than a pH value of eight. In horticulture, the pH level of a nutrient solution or soil is important because every essential element used by plants has a pH range in which it can be absorbed. If the pH fluctuates too far from that range, a nutrient lockout may occur and cause nutrient deficiencies, hindering the growth and yield of a garden. For most hydroponic gardens, the ideal pH range is between 5.5-5.9. For most soil gardens, the ideal pH range is between 6.3-6.8. So, what exactly determines the pH of a nutrient solution? The pH of a nutrient solution is influenced by four main factors: the water source, the nutrients, microorganisms (bacteria), and growing medium. It will help a horticulturist greatly if they have a basic understanding of each. When I am asked about the pH of a nutrient solution, I always respond, “consider the source.” The source of the water a grower uses is the number one contributing factor to the nutrient solution’s initial pH and its pH stability over time. Tap water is probably the worst choice a grower can make in terms of pH stability as it’s full of elements and chemicals that will affect the overall pH of the final solution. Calcium and magnesium are just two of the elements usually found in non-ideal ratios in tap water, contributing to pH fluctuations. Growers with hard water experience continual problems with pH fluctuations thanks to high concentrations of calcium and magnesium. To remove excess or unwanted elements or chemicals, many hydroponic growers choose to use filtration devices, such as reverse osmosis systems. When done correctly, reverse osmosis will provide a horticulturist with pure water that has a neutral (seven) pH. Depending on the water’s surrounding environment, the pH can also change over time. For example, when water with a neutral pH is exposed to air, the pH will slowly become more acidic as the water absorbs carbon dioxide from the surrounding air. For most growers, this pH fluctuation is minimal and doesn’t require any further attention. However, growers who enrich their gardens with high levels of CO2 may experience more dramatic decreases in the system’s pH. The best way to minimize this problem is to remove the reservoir or holding tank from the room that is enriched with CO2. This way the water in the reservoir is no longer exposed to the high concentrations of CO2. This is also why hydroponic systems where the nutrition solution makes minimal contact with the CO2-enriched growing environment are far less affected by phenomenon. After securing a relatively balanced water source, growers should examine their nutrients and what effect they make on the solution’s overall pH. One thing to remember is the more nutrients that are added, the more the pH will be impacted. In other words, if a gardener plans on using a 24-part nutrition regimen, they should plan on taking a lot of time to figure out and balance the solution’s pH. Once you know how a nutrient affects pH, you can adjust the solution to bring it back to neutral. All adjustments should be made five to 10 minutes after all the nutrients have been added to the water. This will give the solution’s pH some time to stabilize. Even after making pH adjustments to the solution, however, it’s possible the overall pH will fluctuate over time. As the nutrients break down, some chemical compounds are absorbed by the plant and some are left in the solution. It’s these unused acidic and alkaline compounds that can cause pH fluctuations. The plants themselves can also affect the solution’s overall pH. As they absorb nutrient ions, they give off ions in return. For example, when a plant absorbs potassium ions, it gives off hydrogen ions that lower the pH. When a plant absorbs nitrogen ions, it gives off hydroxyl ions that result in a rise of pH. In other words, every chemical reaction happening in a plant’s root mass can potentially affect the pH of the nutrient solution. The countless microorganisms found in the growing medium, reservoir, nutrient solution, and root mass can also affect pH. In most cases, there is no negative effect when these microorganisms are in check. However, certain colonies of bacteria can be the cause of constant downward (more acidic) fluctuations in the solution’s pH. A good indicator that a bacteria colony is affecting the pH is when the solution’s pH becomes acidic quickly—within a few hours—after initial adjustments have been made. This is especially true if the solution continues to go acidic even after multiple pH adjustments. When this is observed, a flush of the entire system and a thorough cleaning of the reservoir should be implemented. Cleanliness is the best preventative measure for bacteria-caused pH fluctuations. If plants are still in the system, using a diluted hydrogen peroxide solution is a better choice than bleach because it will not leave behind any harmful residue. Either hydrogen peroxide or a diluted bleach solution can be used to clean hydroponic systems between garden cycles, however. Most hydroponic growers use an inert medium in their hydroponic systems. Though usually pH stable, growing mediums can hold nutrients and harbor microbial life that can, in turn, affect the pH of the nutrient solution. In other words, the growing medium can indirectly affect the pH. Also, growers should not rely on a hydroponic medium to be an effective buffering agent for pH (in nature, soil acts as a large-scale pH buffer). Instead, the medium’s ability to accumulate nutrients and harbor microbes should be taken into account when dealing with pH fluctuations. Indoor horticulturists should view the nutrient solution’s pH as the determining factor for nutrient uptake. Without a pH within the desired range, plants will not be able to uptake what they need and will suffer because of it. This is why it is so important for growers to check and recheck their system’s pH value (for hydroponic systems, there is no substitute for the daily monitoring of the system’s pH). Being aware of the most common factors that can influence a solution’s pH will give horticulturists better insight into how to correct or avoid certain pH fluctuations. Plants love consistency; they thrive on it. The pH of the nutrient solution is no exception. Horticulturists who can maintain a consistent pH within the range where nutrition uptake is maximized will be rewarded with healthier, faster growing plants and larger, more bountiful harvests. Written by Eric Hopper | Writer, Consultant, Product Tester Eric Hopper’s past experiences within the indoor gardening industry include being a hydroponic retail store manager and owner. Currently, he works as a writer, consultant and product tester for various indoor horticulture companies. His inquisitive nature keeps him busy seeking new technologies and methods that could help maximize a garden’s performance.

<urn:uuid:c6d6ad63-381c-4c97-970c-4101a07dc36b>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.maximumyield.com/the-top-4-reasons-why-your-gardens-ph-is-out-of-whack/2/3240

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224656833.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609201549-20230609231549-00647.warc.gz

en

High Glycemic Index Foods – Overview Do you remember being told to not eat too many sweets together? Well, elders do have better knowledge of health and food. Eating too many sweets or food which have a high glycemic index (GI) can make your blood a bit too sweet, aka increase blood glucose levels. And that’s not a good thing for you. High glycemic index foods should have a regulated intake in your diet. What is Glycemic Index (GI)? Glycemic Index is a measurement that ranks food containing carbohydrates and their potential to raise blood sugar levels. GI is based on the fact that not all carbs react in the same manner(1). While sugar in simple carbohydrates like soda breaks down easily, sugar in complex carbs like whole wheat and vegetables takes more time to absorb. The Glycemic Index Foundation (GIF) classifies the GI into three broad categories: low, medium, or high. |Low||55 or less| |High||70 or greater| What Factors Affect the Glycemic Index of Food? According to GIF, many factors cause a certain food to raise blood sugar levels. Some main factors are: - DNA, aka Physical and chemical structure of the food - Amount of fiber - Amount of protein, fat, and acid - If and how much the food is refined - Method of cooking Usually, foods that are refined and highly processed spikes blood sugar quickly, whereas foods with fats, protein, and fiber release glucose slowly. The amount of time taken to cook food also determines the release of glucose after consumption. Benefits of low glycemic index foods High GI food tends to increase the level of blood sugar sharply, simultaneously causing insulin levels to increase rapidly. After a while, the blood sugar levels drop quickly, leaving the person feeling low in energy and in a poor mood. A long-term dysregulation in blood sugar levels can cause insulin resistance. A low GI diet can potentially cause some health benefits. Especially for people who are suffering from diabetes or are in a pre-diabetic state, low GI foods can help control blood sugar and minimize the risk of long-term illness. Further studies suggest that a low GI diet has the potential to help lose weight. Are Low-GI foods Healthier? The purpose of a low GI diet is to choose foods that do not spike your blood sugar levels drastically. A balanced diet regularly includes some low-GI foods, including whole grains, fruit, vegetables, beans, lentils, etc. Only using GI to decide whether a food/diet is healthy or not isn’t enough. GI values do not tell you about the nutritional values of food. Preparation of food with fiber and protein can lower GI levels too. For example, watermelon has a GI of 76, and chocolate, on the other hand, has a GI of 49 only. The GI database currently does not rate or classify all foods. It’s just a list of foods that have been studied till now. By no means is it an endpoint? Overall, it is good to know GI levels, but it does not necessarily mean that you are taking healthy food, and by no means should it be the only indicator of a healthy diet. 5 High Glycemic Index Foods #1. Bread made of white flour White flour is processed from wheat after the bran and germ layers have been removed, effectively making it less healthy. Since the amount of fiber in processed white flour is less, it ends up spiking blood sugar levels. A large piece of white bread has 71 markings on the GI list. #2. Breakfast Cereals Cereals are a popular choice for breakfast. Easier to prepare and make, cereals are also quite affordable but not necessarily healthy. One cup of cornflakes has a GI of 79. Instant oatmeal has a GI of 83. Potatoes are the literal king on the GI list. A medium-sized potato has a GI level of 111. A boiled potato has slightly less GI levels of about 82. #4. Soft Drinks Sugary soft drinks have a GI of around 60, making them not necessarily high. But the added calories are not helpful either. Sugary soft drinks can contribute to obesity and are not healthy. Diet soft drinks with 0 GI and few carbs have no other nutritional value to offer, making them utterly useless. Are you a rice lover? Well then, we have mixed news for you. Rice has a GI of about 73. Brown rice, on the other hand, has low GI. If you consume rice regularly, it’s best to eat it with a healthy side serving of vegetables, lentils, and beans. Also, controlling the portion of rice is a good idea. GI levels inform us about the potential of a spike in blood sugar levels by a particular food. In no way is it an overall indicator of what a balanced diet should or should not include. High-level Index foods should be avoided in large quantities. It is one tool you can use while making food choices, especially if you are diabetic or prone to diabetes. A well-balanced diet with healthy carbs, fats, and protein is your ultimate option.

<urn:uuid:3e6514f5-4943-4b86-8bfe-1af2543a4037>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.dietsmealplan.com/food-list/high-glycemic-index-foods/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647639.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601074606-20230601104606-00448.warc.gz

en

Alms Tax for the Poor and the Needy (Pillar 3) Required Tax for the Poor and Needy (zakat) Islamic law requires Muslims to pay a tax, referred to as “alms” (zakat). This tax is usually a 2.5% tax levied on a person’s wealth and is distributed to charitable purposes in the Islamic community. There are more specific rules for farmers and livestock, etc. Zakat does not include charitable giving from kindness and generosity but is rather a systematic distribution of wealth to individuals, community projects, etc. Muslims believe that paying the required zakat is a good gift to help the poor, a helpful reminder of the temporal nature of wealth, a practice in self-discipline, and worship to Allah. In relation to Ramadan, Muslims often give to the poor out of the money they would normally spend on food during the thirty-day fast. This is not the zakat tax, but it speaks to the high priority Muslims place on caring financially for their community. Muslims as a whole are extremely communal, loving, and giving. “Zakat is the compulsory giving of a set proportion of one’s wealth to charity. It is regarded as a type of worship and of self-purification.”BBC Interestingly, Sura 5:12 (chapter 5, verse 12) of the Qur’an misinterprets and twists God’s instruction to the Israelites regarding giving. Rather than the identity of God’s people resting on His covenant and His grace, the Qur’an records the twelve tribes as being required to pay the alms and say the prayers in order to be forgiven of sins. “God received a pledge from the Children of Israel, and We raised among them twelve chiefs. God said, “I am with you; if you perform the prayer, and pay the alms, and believe in My messengers and support them, and lend God a loan of righteousness; I will remit your sins, and admit you into Gardens beneath which rivers flow. But whoever among you disbelieves afterwards has strayed from the right way.'” – Qur’an (Sura 5:12) Itani, Talal. Quran in English: Modern English Translation. (p. 44). Kindle Edition. The Qur’an, while mentioning repentance for sins, expressly adds the requirement of performing prayers and paying the alms tax to the Muslim community. “When the Sacred Months have passed, kill the polytheists wherever you find them. And capture them, and besiege them, and lie in wait for them at every ambush. But if they repent, and perform the prayers, and pay the alms, then let them go their way. God is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.” – Qur’an (Sura 9:5) Itani, Talal. Quran in English: Modern English Translation. (p. 77). Kindle Edition. What does the Bible Teach About Giving to the Poor? Ultimately, the Bible teaches us that giving to the Church community and to needy individuals should never be compulsory but always an act of love. In Colossians, Scripture reveals that the love of Christ will compel us to give to others. The same grace that provides atonement and forgiveness through the sacrifice of Jesus also enables us to give cheerfully and sacrificially: “Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work” (Corinthians 9:7-8). “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. ‘Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.'” (Matthew 6:1–4) Christians should never give out of expecting anything in return, but merely as worship to Christ and love for others. Imagined forgiveness, recognition from man, and government laws are poor motivators for cheerful giving! When we give out of the overflow of grace and love from Jesus, then our heart goes with our financial and material gifts. It is more than a mere transaction, but rather a stewardship that brings glory to God. Likewise, Jesus also taught that we should obey the laws of the land and pay required taxes—just as He did (Matthew 22:15-22). There is no side-stepping the biblical instruction for Christians to respect political rulers and obey the established laws, so long as they do not go against God’s Word (Titus 3:1-2). In The Gospel for Muslims, Thabiti Anyabwile and Mack Stiles point out the inseparable connection to good works and repentance that Muslims are trapped under. Over and again, Christ is reduced to less than He truly is and grace is replaced by requirements of good works. We must graciously show our Muslim friends that our good works are worthless to counteract the curse of sin in our souls, but that forgiveness from Christ will drive us to joyful obedience in loving others. Salvation is by grace through faith, but true faith (by God’s grace) will work itself out through good works (James 2:14-18). “Muslims believe that good deeds are essential for earning salvation, being added to faith. But that’s not the gospel of the Bible. Adding anything to the cross of Christ is slavery to the law and makes Christ “of no value to [us] at all.” Depending on our righteousness alienates us from Christ and God’s grace (Gal. 5: 1–4).”Thabiti Anyabwile And, later in the book, Anyabwile points out: “…we must make it clear that forgiveness from God comes by grace alone apart from any works on our behalf. Genuine conversion issues forth in good works and a changed life (Eph. 2: 10), but good works and a moral life do not earn God’s forgiveness or salvation.”Thabiti Anyabwile Prayer for Muslims: Lord Jesus, thank you for your free gift of grace and forgiveness. Thank you for loving us sacrificially and coming to our rescue through your sinless life, voluntary death on the cross, and glorious resurrection. I praise you for your goodness to me as a sinner, and I thank you that you don’t let me remain in sin and selfishness. Conform me more to your image every day. I know that you have made me righteous by your blood, and I am confident you will continually change my actions to reflect my new identity as your child. Help me to love others around me, and give sacrificially to those in need—both Christian and non-Christian. Convict my heart when my actions don’t line up with your will and give me the Christ-like love it will take to build friendships with people that don’t yet know you. Help me to see them as who they really are — image-bearers that you have died for and want to bring into your family through repentance and faith. Help me to visibly be defined by the love and fellowship that you have given me so that Muslims will see your goodness and glory! Go & Do: - Find out where the nearest mosque is. - Do some research and learn more about Muslims in your area. Learn the demographics of Muslim people groups in your area so that you can better pray for them and be ready for engaging conversations with new friends. - Browse the IMB Global Research site for more info on a certain country or people group: https://grd.imb.org/ - View the IMB Unengaged & Unreached People Groups map, and scan your state for pockets of concentrated peoples in your area. http://imb.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Viewer/index.html?appid=807928071960422291fd231a2dda7e4e How To Reach Muslims During Ramadan The Gospel for Muslims: An Encouragement to Share Christ with Confidence – Thabiti Anyabwile Zakat: Charity – BBC Subscribe To Our Newsletter Get resources, podcast episodes, and SWO updates sent directly to your inbox.

<urn:uuid:e72ff7be-d78d-4f19-a37f-4bc3818ece5c>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://swoutfitters.com/study-guides/5-pillars-alms-tax-for-the-poor-and-the-needy/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224657720.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610131939-20230610161939-00648.warc.gz

en

If designing usable products for people is hard, designing products for children is even harder. Children have a more difficult time conveying what they want, we have a harder time working out the important factors of what they say, and they (especially younger children) tend to be rather non-critical. “Did you like it?” the developers invariably ask the children. “Yes. It was great!” is the inevitable reply. The Child Computer Interaction Group at UCLan in Preston, UK, is a dedicated research group that concentrates on the specific area of usability and user experience design for children’s technologies. Formed in 2002, the group carries out research and development projects that focus on the creation and understanding of interactive products for children aged three to sixteen. Our work is collaborative, working with researchers across the globe, but also, and more interestingly, working with children and their teachers in immersive design and evaluation activities. In several projects we have used our own pioneering approach with children, called MESS (Mad Evaluation Sessions with Schoolchildren) days. MESS days are events where a whole school class of children take part in a series of activities that typically include evaluations of products, design sessions, small research studies, and activities that are purely for fun. What is unique about MESS days is that we occupy a whole classroom of children for anything between an hour and all day, depending on the work being done. The MESS day epitomizes our approach to research and interaction design with children—that it will be messy, that it should be inclusive, that it should be fun, and that it should be fast paced and constantly refreshing. The UMSIC Project Recently we have used the MESS day approach in the EU-funded UMSIC project. The UMSIC (Usability of Music for Social Inclusion of Children) project plans to deliver novel mobile music-making applications that can be used collaboratively by children—especially those who are new immigrants in a European country or who have attentional difficulties. In the UMSIC project, the development of the technology is far removed from the design, both in terms of location—UK and Northern Finland—but also in terms of context—designers used to working with children, developers used to working with Java. Design: Obstructed Theater In the early stages of the UMSIC project, we held MESS days to gather ideas for designs for mobile products as well as to test out new concepts and new interaction techniques. For example, in one session, around half the children spent their time designing mobile music products using paper and cards, pipe cleaners, glue, and other prototyping items (see Figure 1). At the same time, the other children in the class tried out and commented on existing mobile music products including iPhone apps, Nintendo DS games, and PC applications. To initiate the design session, we employed a method that we call “Obstructed Theatre.” Obstructed Theatre is a modification of a method first used at Newcastle University in design work with adults; in their variation, two professional actors talked about a technology product that was hidden from view. In our own version of this technique, we adapted it for children by having two twelve year olds videotape a short sketch of a situation in which the mobile device would be used. Keeping the item hidden, we then used this short video to kick off the design session. This method allowed us to convey the key requirements for the product to be designed without giving anything away about how it should look. Evaluation: The Fun Toolkit In our evaluations of competing technologies, we were interested in the way children used them, the features they tended to use, and the ways in which they interacted with the products. For this we mainly used observations and kept notes of interesting things. However, we also used the Fun Toolkit, a set of tools we specifically designed to help us overcome the “Yes, it was great,” syndrome that is known to occur in user experience evaluations with children. The Fun Toolkit includes three simple tools, the Smileyometer (see Figure 2), Fun Sorter (see Figure 3), and Again Again table (see Figure 4). By combining the results obtained with these tools, it is possible to determine which products and features the children prefer. As the project progressed, we drilled down into the design space that surrounded the specifics of the product that was being designed—the JamMo. All along we knew that this would be a mobile application to be built on a Nokia touch screen device. Having gotten some general ideas from children relating to the arena of music making, we used our second series of MESS days to get a better understanding of interactivity in the mobile context. In these MESS days, we again engaged the children in different activities. In a design-focused activity, we looked at the interface designs of the JamMo and asked children to create a set of “screens” and then position them on a “mockup” device (see Figure 5). Just as you would with adult participants, we used this “paper prototype” to test that the interactions and flow of visuals and sounds would succeed once built. Since studies with children and touch screen interactions are rare, we also included a MESS day activity to check out the optimal sizes for interactive items on the small screens. Children: Not Simply Smaller Users As mentioned earlier, one of the interesting aspects of the UMSIC project was that the developers and designers were geographically and contextually separate. This created some problems conveying requirements, design ideas, interaction rules, and ideas for new concepts. It is not straightforward to take something that has been created or suggested by a child and make it understandable or relevant to a programmer. All too often the connection from child-centered design to child-centered product is lost in translation. In the UMSIC product, by virtue of persistent communication and by communicating ideas in drawings rather than text, a good number of the design features requested from the design team made their way into the final product. A turning point in the design space was when the software programming team came face-to-face with children users for a prototype product exercise in the UK. More than any of our other communications, this event really made the users come alive for the development team. They came to realize that the children were not simply smaller users. Including Children in Real Projects Our research group has spent considerable time studying the usefulness and the usability of MESS days in the product design process. We have come to realize that their use varies according to the context of the work. In real software development projects, MESS days need to be structured around the development teams. In addition, products from the MESS days need to be carefully translated and made relevant to the developers. This model, including activities for children, is shown in Figure 6. This model can be broken into three phases: Hold off designing anything until the first round of requirements gathering with children has taken place; use Obstructed Theater so that your ideas don’t overly influence the children. Check out competing products and discover which of them gives the best user experience using observations, the Fun Toolkit, and other approaches. Create a first design as a paper/lo-fidelity prototype. Identify any interaction problems and test them out. Ensure this testing is done in such a way that it can be generalized. Check out the logic of the design; walk through paper- or screen-based prototypes with real children. Create a functional prototype. Try out the prototype with children in the company of the development team. This will have a lasting effect on the programmers. They will start to understand, and better listen to, the design team. Engage children in adding their own uniqueness to the prototypes (for example, making icons, adding music, and titles). This gives ownership to the child design team. Evaluate this prototype against its competitors and make plans to fix anything that makes it especially poor in comparison. Plan for version two by giving children a chance to suggest improvements. This needs to be done before the product goes to market since once it is adopted, no child will ever be critical of it again. Build the final version. Designing with children adds a new dimension to user experience design and usability testing. Challenges still exist in finding appropriate ways to convey design requirements and design ideas across the divide from designer to developer; there is still work to be done in understanding how children can best contribute across this divide. Retrieved from http://uxpamagazine.org/mess_days/

<urn:uuid:324392c8-4b30-4510-adce-5e2f9b666aba>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://uxpamagazine.org/mess_days/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224651325.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605053432-20230605083432-00049.warc.gz

en

Have you experienced a lack of muscle control, increased sensitivity to touch, or numbness? Welcome to our comprehensive blog on peripheral neuropathy. This is a complex and multifaceted condition affecting millions of people worldwide. Our mission is to provide you with the latest information, research, and expert insights into the causes, symptoms, and treatments. We will explore its various forms and investigate the underlying factors and potential triggers. It also lists some effective strategies for managing and alleviating its impact on daily life. What is Peripheral Neuropathy? Peripheral neuropathy is a condition involving damage to the peripheral nervous system. This system is a vast communications network that sends signals between the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) and all other parts of the body. It is a result of damage to the nerves located outside of the brain and spinal cord (peripheral nerves), causing weakness, numbness, and pain in the hands and feet. It can also affect other areas and body functions such as digestion, urination, and circulation. Some of the common peripheral neuropathies include the following: - Diabetic neuropathy is caused by damage to the nerves due to high blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. - Charcot-Marie-tooth disease is a progressive illness that causes muscle weakness, numbness, and tingling in the hands, feet, and lower legs. - Guillain-Barre syndrome is an autoimmune disorder affecting the peripheral nerves. This starts in the feet and legs and can spread to the upper body. - Chemotherapy-induced neuropathy is a side effect of chemotherapy drugs used to treat cancer. - HIV-related neuropathy. This type affects people with HIV indicating advanced HIV infection. What are the Symptoms of Peripheral Neuropathy? - Gradual onset of numbness, prickling, or tingling in the feet or hands spreading upward into the legs and arms. - Sharp, jabbing, throbbing, or burning pain in the feet or hands. - Extreme sensitivity to touch. - Loss of coordination and falling. - Muscle weakness, especially in the feet or hands. - Inability to feel pain, pressure, or temperature changes. - Lack of muscle control or twitching. - Bowel or bladder problems. - Dizziness or light-headedness. - Sexual dysfunction. How Can I Prevent Peripheral Neuropathy? The most vital thing is to control your blood sugar levels. This will help prevent nerve damage from developing in your body. Suppose you have type 2 diabetes; try eating foods high in fiber and omega-3 fatty acids. These foods will help to lower cholesterol levels and inflammation and thus; protect against heart disease. Other preventive measures include: - Avoid alcohol and smoking - Correcting vitamin deficiencies - Eating a healthy diet - Losing weight - Avoid toxins - Doing regular exercises What Causes Peripheral Neuropathy? Peripheral neuropathy is caused by damage to the peripheral nerves. This can result from a variety of factors. The common factor is diabetes, which causes nerve damage due to high blood sugar levels over time. High blood glucose and fat levels in the blood from diabetes can damage the nerves and the small blood vessels nourishing them. This leads to peripheral neuropathy. Smoking, excessive drinking, and high blood pressure are also risk factors for diabetes-related neuropathy. Diabetes-related neuropathy is nerve damage caused by elevated blood sugar. High blood glucose causes chemical alteration in nerves. This impairs the nerves’ ability to transmit signals. It can also damage blood vessels carrying oxygen and nutrients to the nerves. How Can You Test for Peripheral Neuropathy? There are several ways to test for peripheral neuropathy. However, the initial step is a thorough physical examination of your medical history and symptoms. Meanwhile, the test is: - Blood tests: These tests can identify possible underlying causes of neuropathy, such as diabetes or vitamin deficiencies. - Imaging tests: MRI or CT scans can help detect nerve damage, inflammation, or tumors causing neuropathy. - Nerve function tests: Nerve conduction studies (NCS) and electromyography (EMG) are used to measure nerve function and diagnose neuropathy. What is a Nerve Conduction Test (NCS)? A nerve conduction study (NCS) is a non-invasive diagnostic that measures the speed and strength of electrical signals in your nerves. During the test, electrodes are placed on your skin near the affected nerves. A small electrical current is applied to stimulate the nerves. The response is recorded. The data obtained from these tests can help determine the extent of nerve damage and pinpoint the specific nerves involved. Treatments for Peripheral Neuropathy Your healthcare provider may recommend one or more of the following approaches: - Medication: Pain relievers, anti-seizure medications, and antidepressants can help alleviate neuropathic pain. - Topical treatments: Over-the-counter creams and patches containing capsaicin or lidocaine offer temporary relief. - Physical therapy: Exercises and stretches can improve muscle strength, mobility, and balance, reducing the risk of falls and injuries. - Lifestyle changes: Maintaining a healthy diet, regular exercise, and managing stress can help improve overall health to reduce neuropathy symptoms. Contact Us to Get Tested for Peripheral Neuropathy! It is not just about walking, it is about getting back to the activities you love. Suppose you are ready to get back in the game; we can help. If you have neuropathy, make sure to take care of your feet every day, which can save your feet in the future! Our team has over 25 years of experience helping people with peripheral neuropathy get their lives back. We have helped thousands of people with peripheral neuropathy regain their mobility, strength, and independence. That is why Burlington County Foot & Ankle Associates can help you understand your condition, determine appropriate treatment options, and develop a personalized recovery plan. Please get in touch with our office today by calling 609-714-0052, or by filling out our online contact form to schedule your appointment. FILL OUT THE FORM TO 520 Stokes Road, Medford, NJ 08055 © Burlington County Foot & Ankle, Assoc., Inc. All Rights Reserved. Web Design by CP Solutions. Marketed by VMD Services.

<urn:uuid:b3df0013-e2f9-4a61-aab5-a583270ea6d1>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://keepuwalking.com/peripheral-neuropathy/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652494.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606082037-20230606112037-00648.warc.gz

en

In the west today, we have become obsessed with rectifying historical injustices; slavery; Apartheid; colonialism and, of course, The Holocaust, yet we are all too often highly selective in that which we are willing to recognise. Seemingly nobody, for instances, spares a thought for the European Christian victims of the Armenian genocide, perpetrated by Turkish (Muslim) Ottomans at the end of the First World War. Nor do we care much for the Afrikaners (Boers), who lost their lives during the Second Boer War (1899-1902) when the British invented the concentration camp. And finally, as the subject and introduction to this article has made apparent, we do not remember the Ukrainian victims of the Holodomor, a socially engineered famine committed by Soviet Communists in the early 1930’s – perhaps you will be noticing a pattern here, that the victims are always forgotten if they’re European Christians. Food for thought, maybe. The Holodomor is still unrivalled in terms of the death it caused and its severity unsurpassed on the scale of crimes against humanity. As many as 12 million Ukrainians lost their lives as a result of Soviet-enforced famine, many from starvation, but a great number of them fell victim to deportation (which meant certain death in Siberia), and summary executions carried out by the Cheka. The famine did untold damage to Ukraine, and drove many to the extreme lengths of foraging for food like dogs and even cannibalism. An atrocity such as this outweighs the holocaust both in terms of severity and side-effect, yet barely a sole outside the borders of the Ukraine itself have ever heard of it. There’s no museum of its namesake in London, no memorial in Berlin and no universally recognised memorial day. The victims have been, sadly, forgotten, or otherwise swept under the proverbial carpet. The story begins a decade earlier, in 1922, upon the formation of the Soviet Union. The Russian Civil War which immediately proceeded the First World War enabled the Bolshevik Party to first seize power, then tighten its grip on that power and seize further territory disputed as a part of the violent upheaval. In 1922 the Ukraine joined the USSR as one of its constituent republics, essentially becoming a vassal of Moscow and the Bolshevik Central Committee. 5 years prior to this, however, the people of Ukraine had declared independence as the Ukraine Peoples’ Republic – a parallel declaration by the Ukraine Soviet Republic was made, which of course had the support of the Soviet Union, but could not command the support of a majority of Ukrainians, nor was it recognised internationally as the former was. A conflict ensued between the two factions, known as the Ukrainian-Soviet War (1917-21), in which the Soviet faction were supported by arms and soldiers from Russia, whereas the support for the Peoples’ Republic by the Western powers shamefully did not extend beyond formal recognition. Upon Lenin’s death in 1924, Joseph Stalin took charge of the USSR and began implementing economic plans that would spell disaster for millions of people in Eastern Europe. In particular, agriculture was designated for significant upheaval, with the Soviets’ preferred design a system of collective farms that stripped farmers of their right to own the farms they worked, instead giving multiple farm worker an artificial stake in the land. Perhaps the most devastating measure was the quota system, whereby farmers were not entitled to sell their produce in their chosen markets, but instead were forced to forfeit the vast majority of their grain and other foodstuffs to the central government in Moscow, who would then distribute the produce to their chosen markets and customers. In 1929, Stalin appointed the enthusiastic young “Ukrainian” Communist Yakov Yakovlev to the position of Peoples’ Commissar of Agriculture, giving him far-reaching control over the entirety of the USSR’s agriculture policies. Yakovlev was nominally Ukrainian, but he came from a strongly Jewish family and his real surname was Epstein – he, like many of the leading Bolsheviks, took a more Slavic-sounding surname in a fleeting attempt to ingratiate himself with the people he now dictated to. It is no coincidence that 1929 was also the year when the terror began. Many Ukrainian farmers, known in Russian as Kulaks, had remained steadfast in the refusal to join the collective farms, as they were antithetical to the independent sensibilities of most rural Ukrainians. This opposition to Moscow’s policy was met with fierce reprisals from Yakovlev’s ministry, who fermented class warfare between urban and rural Ukrainians, vowing to “liquidate them [Kulaks] as a class”. The production quotas were sharply increased, ensuring that they could not be met, and punitive measures were then enforced as a result. Communist activists and Red Army staff were sent house-to-house in rural Ukrainian villages, confiscating every trace a food they found. The Death Penalty was the punishment for any man, woman or child, who took so much as a handful of grain from their own farms. The most “troublesome” of Kulaks were deported to Siberia by the Red Army, or summarily executed by the Cheka for refusing to comply with the new collectivisation. Military blockades were placed around each village, ensuring that aid relief vehicles couldn’t access them and none of their native inhabitants could leave in search of food. The plot was as obvious as it was effective; to depopulate rural Ukraine and replace them with more Soviet-minded inhabitants who would prove more compliant with Epstein’s policies. This is exactly what happened, in any case, as the Moscow government moved foreign elements into the eventually depopulated rural areas of the Ukraine, such as Stalin’s Georgian compatriots, or Jewish-led communities of staunch Bolsheviks. By 1930, Stalin and Epstein’s “Dekulakisation” process had claimed the lives of over 1.5 million people. Armed Soviet brigades had by this point swarmed into Ukraine to enforce the famine, and then subsequently to oversee and assist the confiscation of privately owned farmland. Around 500,000 men, women and children were taken from their homes by the Cheka and deported to remote areas of Siberia, where they would inevitably starve or be worked to death. A great number of child deportees perished in transit as a result of being herded into cattle trucks with no food or water. At the height of the famine in the summer of 1933, as many as 30,000 Ukrainians were dying each day, while Stalin and Epstein continued to deny to the world that any such disaster was taking place. Production quotas were again increased, and the blockades, executions and deportations continued unabated. A third of the dead were children under 10 years of age. Between 1932-34, a further 4 million people died as a direct result of the famine, with many more millions dying as a result of the disease or widespread hunger created further afield in the Ukraine. This figure does not even include the millions who were shot by the Cheka, or deported to Siberia by the authorities. The Western powers, even at the time, refused to acknowledge any such famine and instead, in 1933, the newly elected President Roosevelt of the United States officially recognised Stalin’s murderous regime for the first time. Simultaneously, Soviet Jewish emigres to the United States continued to sing the praises of the Communist regime, with a splattering of articles appearing in their favourite mouthpiece The New York Times during 1933, with not one mention of the atrocities. One prominent example of this type of behaviour can be seen in Joe Rapoport, a Soviet emigre to the United States who visited the Ukraine in 1934. His account of the visit bore no mention of the famine, instead extolling the virtues of the Soviet Union. In particular, he is happy that Jews are protected in the USSR, and that Jewish culture is accepted by Jews and non-Jews alike. The exact figure for the number of deaths caused by the Holodomor is unknown. Unlike others, they do not profess the ability to label it with a mystical, artificial number, but a conservative estimate based on the data available places the minimum number of deaths at about 7 million, with the maximum number of deaths with a more generous analysis being as high as 12 million. Despite the gravity of this event, and as it is plain to see, there is very little knowledge that the Holodomor ever took place. There’s only a few humble memorials in Ukraine itself, the only country that has a memorial day for this crime against humanity. The reason for this lack of awareness is quite obvious. There are no special interest parties with big capital advancing the cause, and the fact that the victims were European and mostly Christian of course places them at a significant disadvantage. But it is high time that this injustice was overturned. Instead of fawning over Holocaust Memorial Day, and instead of constantly chastising ourselves for slavery (an institution that ended 150 years ago), we should instead be concentrating on genuine atrocities that were committed against our own and closer to home. It is our duty to raise awareness and bring the Holodomor into the collective conscious, otherwise we do a great disservice to our European kith and kin who suffered immeasurably at the hands of a hostile Bolshevik elite.

<urn:uuid:341f3c39-8554-4518-8eb9-a96dc6028e59>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://stopthecabal.blog/tag/history/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646937.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20230531150014-20230531180014-00447.warc.gz

en

Prior to beginning work on this final paper, read Chapters 10, 11, and 12 in the course textbook. It is recommended to review Chapters 1, 2, and 3, too. For this final paper, you will be reviewing and reflecting on the quality management concepts and knowledge gained throughout the course. You will be applying your critical thinking, drawing your own conclusions, and applying what you have learned to improve quality and performance excellence. Follow the prompts below and make sure to address each in sufficient depth to answer the questions and cover the associated concepts. This will serve as a good review of the content, methods, and principles learned of total quality management (TQM). As you work on your final paper, keep in mind the following bullet point observations on the role of quality. - Six quality perspectives are listed below and explain how each quality perspective applies to the product or service: - Quality in manufacturing. - Quality in service organizations. - Quality in business support functions. - The role of the quality function. - Quality and competitive advantage (business results). - Quality and personal values. - Modern day quality management practices represent the approaches that organizations use to achieve the quality management principles. - Customer satisfaction is vital to keeping customers and growing a business. - Customer requirements, as expressed in the customer’s own terms, are called the voice of the customer. - Organizations continue to learn that to satisfy customers, they must first satisfy the workforce. (Review Chapter 4, specifically Table 4.1: Key Workforce-Focused Practices for Quality, and the two Chapter 4 sections: High-Performance Work Cultures, and Principles of Workforce Engagement and Motivation.) - Motivation theories can be applied to support high performance in any organization. In your paper, - Explain how your selected organization applies the six steps from key customer-focused practices for quality management in the customer focus to meet or exceed customer requirements. - Identify which of the variety of methods, or “listening posts,” your selected organization uses to gather the voice of the customer, including their needs and expectations, their feeling of importance, and their satisfaction as a customer. - Evaluate the principles of workforce engagement, and empowerment and motivation, and evaluate why these two items are important to quality, and which five of Deming’s 14 points relate directly to the notion of empowerment. - Apply one content theory, one process theory, and one environmentally-based theory to your selected organization, detailing the context and situation. - State if the selected organization has a high-performance work culture and describe why or why not. - Summarize how your selected organization embodies the Baldrige Award Excellence Framework, core values, and processes. - Assess the impact, if any, of the Baldrige Award Excellence Framework and the Deming philosophy on the organization. - Select a product or service that your organization, or an organization of your choosing, purchases on a regular basis: - Explain why quality is important to that product or service. - Evaluate the competitive environment for the product or service selected. - Appraise how each quality perspective applies to the selected product or service and why. - Illustrate how each of the seven quality management principles pertain to your organization or an organization of your choosing using three approaches per principle. - Appraise how the Deming philosophy and Deming’s 14 points may apply to the product or service selected. The Managing for Quality and Performance Excellence paper - Must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.) resource. - Must include a separate title page with the following: - Title of paper in bold font - Space should be between title and the rest of the information on the title page. - Student’s name - Name of institution (University of Arizona Global Campus) - Course name and number - Instructor’s name - Due date - Title of paper in bold font - Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance. - Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper. - Your textbook is the main resource for this course. To complete the week 4 assignment, please use your textbook and 4 other resources for a total of 5 resources. - Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide. - Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications. Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

<urn:uuid:d18aff7e-7080-41fa-8324-11b820dab2ef>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://speedyresearchpapers.com/prior-to-beginning-work-on-this-final-paper-read-chapters/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644571.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528214404-20230529004404-00448.warc.gz

en

It can be hard to resist the allure of a mysterious object found in a context that doesn’t seem to make rational sense, suggesting that it’s proof of time travelers, lost civilizations or alien visitors. You don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist or a cryptozoologist to marvel at a bizarre computer-like device that dates back to Ancient Greece, or a 2,000-year-old battery found outside Baghdad in the 1930s. So-called “Out of Place Artifacts,” also known as OOPArts, are often said to “baffle scientists,” and conspiracy theorists suggest that scientific efforts to identify their origin and purpose willfully ignore potentially controversial explanations outside the mainstream. After all, it’s true enough that science is constantly evolving, and we still don’t have the answers to many of life’s mysteries. But imagine how everyday objects from our own times might be misinterpreted thousands of years from now if information about how they’re used doesn’t survive. A lot of artifacts become “out of place” because their original context might have provided important clues, but the object was moved and that context is lost. When we’re so far removed from the original circumstances in which a historical object was created, it’s easy to let all sorts of things cloud our conclusions about what those objects represent. How do you explain a sarcophagus lid that appears to show a spaceship, primitive sculptures that look like airplanes or cave drawings resembling astronauts in space suits? Some proponents of “ancient astronaut” or “ancient alien” theories posit that intelligent extraterrestrial beings visited Earth thousands of years ago and made contact with humans, potentially influencing their technology. These visitors might have even been misinterpreted as gods, the theories muse. The supposed proof of these theories lies in drawings like the petroglyphs of Val Camonica, Italy, which depict figures with ‘helmets’ around their heads that could just as easily be ceremonial headdresses or have some other, more down-to-Earth explanation. Ancient astronaut proponents also cite artifacts like a Mesopotamian cylinder seal that sort of looks like a spaceship, since it’s just sort of hovering there – although the first use of linear perspective wasn’t seen in art until the late 14th century, so the position of objects on a field in an ancient composition doesn’t necessarily mean anything significant. A 1968 best selling book by Erich von Däniken interprets imagery on the lid of a stone tomb belonging to K’inich Janaab Pakal I (Pacal the Great), a Mayan ruler who died in the year 683 CE, as a depiction of extraterrestrial influence on the ancient Maya. “In the center of the frame is a man sitting, bending forward. He has a mask on his nose, he uses his two hands to manipulate some controls, and the hell of his left foot is on a kind of pedal with different adjustments. The rear portion is separated from him; he is sitting on a complicated chair, and outside of this whole frame, you see a little flame like exhaust.” …Or, Pacal could be sitting on a pillar in front of a stylized temple – among many other plausible explanations. What all of this shows us is the extent to which wishful thinking can alter our interpretations. If we really want to see the helmets of astronauts, that’s what we’ll see. Technology, or its Inspiration? It’s obvious how the so-called Helicopter hieroglyphs found in Abydos, Egypt got their name. Those images really do look like modern aircraft, right? Then there’s the Saqqara Bird, a sculpture made of sycamore wood discovered during the 1898 excavation of the Pa-di-Imen tomb in Egypt, which dates back to about 200 BCE. Some people have suggested that it might be evidence that ancient Egyptians developed the first aircraft many thousands of years ago (possibly with the help of aliens.) The Quimbaya Artifacts, a collection of tiny golden figurines found in Colombia and dated to around 1000 CE, look a lot like flying objects, too. When it comes to investigating OOPArts, the best tool might just be Occam’s Razor: the principle that the simplest explanation is the most likely to be correct. The simple explanation for all of these objects is that we’ve taken a lot of inspiration for our airplanes, helicopters, spaceships and drones from nature, and abstracted birds look a lot like planes. Archaeologists say the Quimbaya Artifacts are just highly stylized birds, insects and amphibians. The function of the Saqqara Bird is unknown because very little documentation of the period survives, but no credible evidence of Egyptian aircraft has ever been found. And though they might be the most puzzling, the Abydos “helicopter” hieroglyphs aren’t what they seem at first glance: the original carved images have been altered over time due to the carved stone being re-used over the centuries, creating overlapping images. The Klerksdorp spheres discovered by miners in South Africa seemed like they had to be man-made, owing to their supposedly perfect proportions, but they were estimated to be 2.8 billion years old. Does that mean they’re evidence of advanced pre-human civilizations on Earth – whether some other species from this planet or extraterrestrial – as suggested by Michael Cremo, author of Forbidden Archaeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race? Nope. Though they certainly look hand-carved, these spheres are far from perfect, and most geologists agree that they were naturally formed as concretions formed in volcanic sediments or ash. The grooves were likely produced due to the varying permeability of the layered sediments in which the stones were formed. It’s pretty easy to confuse natural formations for man-made creations given the complexity of nature and its ability to surprise us. Just look at the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland, the faces we’re constantly seeing in rocks and many other misleadingly sculptural features. Less Complex Than They Seem? When the aforementioned Baghdad Battery was discovered in modern Khujut Rabi, Iraq, near the ancient metropolis of Ctesiphon (150-650 CE), it was really just three distinct objects: a fired ceramic container, an iron rod and a bit of rolled sheet copper. Wilhelm König, an assistant at the National Museum of Iraq at the time, thought it looked like a primitive galvanic cell, and theorized that it was used for electroplating gold onto silver objects. About a decade later, a man named Willard Gray made a reproduction of the objects, put them together and filled the vessel with grape juice to prove its conductive properties. But if it is a battery, it’s not a particularly effective one, and it’s just as likely that the objects weren’t even meant to fit together in this way. Though its origin and purpose are still unclear, most contemporary archaeologists don’t believe it’s a battery at all, noting that the vessel and rod might have just protected papyrus scrolls. Perhaps it’s helpful to remember that you can make all kinds of things that aren’t really batteries produce electricity, including potatoes. Just Plain Fake To the surprise of pretty much no one, a lot of supposed Out of Place Artifacts are just forgeries and hoaxes. When images of a clay object resembling a modern mobile phone emerged online in 2015 along with the explanation that it was discovered during a dig in Austria, eager theorists were quick to declare it obvious evidence of time travel. As it turns out, the “Babylonokia” is a sculpture by German artist Karl Weingartner. But what about enduring mysteries like the Antikythera Mechanism, which is believed to be an ancient Greek analog computer used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses? The device, discovered among wreckage off the coast of the island of Antikythera, dates to sometime between 87 and 205 BCE and consists of a complex clockwork mechanism with at least 30 bronze gears. As far as we know, this is no hoax or misinterpretation. It’s certainly a lot more advanced than most of the surviving artifacts from that place and time, but makes use of contemporary Greek astronomy and mathematics. Humans of Ancient Greece and roughly concurrent societies might not have had cars, air conditioning or wifi, but their technology was often more advanced than many of us imagine. All sorts of things could have been developed, used and then forgotten as civilizations rose and fell and so much of that all-important context disappeared over time. Archaeology is a puzzle, and without all the pieces, we’re often just guessing. Which is why it’s important to note that scientific consensus can shift and change, too. Few conclusions are fully set in stone, so to speak, and we never know when we might receive new information that changes our perceptions.

<urn:uuid:cb916339-a992-4389-8962-1d36b882872f>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://weburbanist.com/2018/09/05/out-of-place-artifacts-the-perpetual-puzzle-of-reverse-engineering-mysterious-objects/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224657144.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610062920-20230610092920-00248.warc.gz

en

Muslim sons of a Brahmin 'Peshwa' - Peshwa Bajirao I’s love for the dancer Mastani resulted in Muslim sons being born into a Brahmin line - Ali Bahadur II was the last of the powerful princes of this family with a fascinating provenance In the summer of 1858, as British troops battled the celebrated rani of Jhansi at the fort of Kalpi, fighting alongside her was a Muslim prince called Ali Bahadur II. Though styled nawab of Banda in his own right, in actual fact, as one account put it, Ali was merely “a titular prince, possessing no political power", living off a pension paid by the English East India Company. Indeed, when the Great Rebellion had convulsed the country the previous year, he first lent protection to local Englishmen before switching to the rebel cause—one tale suggests that it was a rakhi from Lakshmibai that inspired the nawab’s change of heart. His “honorary bodyguard of native troops" was a force to be reckoned with, and in April, for instance, he had faced a Company army with as many as 7,000 men. The battle didn’t go well for Ali, however, and when he fled, the nawab was forced to abandon 17 valuable siege-guns, not to speak of 400 corpses of men who had raised swords bravely in his name. The Banda nawabs, of whom Ali was the last powerful prince, were a family with a fascinating provenance. It was in 1729 that the celebrated Peshwa Bajirao I, de facto head of the emerging Maratha confederacy, arrived in Bundelkhand to aid the raja Chhatrasal in his time of military need. Not only did Bajirao please his ally enough to open doors into the region for Maratha ambitions, among the presents he took back to Pune was a dancer called Mastani. While some claim she was Chattrasal’s daughter, she first appears in official records in 1730 as a kalavantin (woman of the arts) who was rewarded with robes and ₹233 for performing at Bajirao’s son’s wedding. But she was also in love with her patron, who not only housed her in his palace, but also had a son with her. So it was that a morganatic line of Muslim cousins was born in the house of the Brahmin peshwa, causing, understandably, a scandal that tormented him till the end. Through the 1730s, Mastani remained with Bajirao, confronting intrigue as well as periods of forced separation. Blame for Bajirao’s appetite for meat and love of alcohol were laid at her door, for instance, and despite all his power, Bajirao was ostracized by Brahmins in Pune for violating the laws of caste and religion. When his legitimate son was invested with the sacred thread, Bajirao had to absent himself so as not to give offence to the priests and his kin and community. Mastani too was policed and often placed under house arrest. Their union, which defied convention as well as immense pressure, sparked a hundred romantic songs, however, and while Mastani faded away after the Bajirao’s death in 1740, there was some consolation in the acceptance his family gave her son. Named Krishnasing Shamsher Bahadur, the boy could not become a Brahmin like his late father. But he did become a loyal general in Bajirao’s army, serving his Hindu half-siblings with valour and honour. So we have Krishnasing fighting the nizam of Hyderabad under the Maratha flag in 1752, just as he put down rebellion in the Konkan three years later. He invaded Marwar soon after, and by the end of the decade was mediating a succession dispute in Bundelkhand. He even joined a major campaign that saw the Marathas claim such faraway regions as Multan and Peshawar. “Chiranjeev" Shamsher Bahadur was present at the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761—where the Marathas suffered their most demoralizing defeat at the hands of invading Afghans—but this time his name featured among those who were lost: Seriously wounded, he managed to get away from the carnage but succumbed to his injuries. His son took up service in Bajirao’s court, and it was he who established himself as nawab of Banda, winning enough honour for one of the five palace gates in Pune, hitherto called the Mastani Darwaza after his grandmother, to be renamed after him. Settled in Bundelkhand, the nawabs remained part of the vast Maratha political universe, and, in 1803, it was loyalty to the peshwa that pitched their flag against the British in the Second Anglo-Maratha War. It was an ill-fated enterprise, however, and while the peshwa’s wings were clipped, the nawabs lost all their powers to rule. In return for pledging loyalty to the corporate house that was steadily becoming India’s overlord, they were granted an annuity of ₹4 lakh, and this the family enjoyed for over half a century. In 1823, the titular nawab, a grandson of Shamsher Bahadur’s, died and was replaced by his brother, Zulfikar, whose own death in 1849 brought Ali to the fore. Only 17 years old at the time, he stayed loyal to the Company, before, of course, throwing his hat in the opposite direction a decade later, alongside Lakshmibai, Tantia Tope and other great heroes of Maratha lore. At first, Ali had every reason, like his allies, to hope for victory. At Koonch, for instance, they had faced Company fire and lost despite technically being on the stronger side. As even their British opponent admitted: “While so many drawbacks weakened me, the enemy, physically speaking, was unusually strong. They were under three rebel leaders of considerable influence, Rao Sahib…the Nawab of Banda, and the Rani of Jhansi." Their next reversal in Kalpi, however, rang the death knell of the dynasty founded by Mastani and Bajirao. Though Ali kept fighting for many more months, in November 1858, when he realized that theirs was fast becoming a lost cause, he surrendered. And though he was accused of several crimes, his life was spared—Bajirao’s great-grandson was exiled to Indore with a reduced pension of ₹36,000, and there he lived till his death in 1873, a prisoner in his own house. Medium Rare is a column on society, politics and history. Manu S. Pillai is the author of The Ivory Throne (2015)and Rebel Sultans (2018). He tweets at @unampillai FIRST PUBLISHED06.12.2019 | 09:21 AM IST - For all the latest Fashion News, Lifestyle News, Food News, Smart Living, Health Tips, and Relationships, only on Mint Lounge.

<urn:uuid:3a013836-77e4-401d-9159-6f136a2fc509>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/muslim-sons-of-a-brahmin-peshwa-111641418905938.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644855.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20230529105815-20230529135815-00246.warc.gz

en

Home | Human Flourishing | Personal Development | Major Life Changes BY: T. Franklin Murphy | October 2016 (edited 1-3-2022) We don't magically transform. Major life change is often slow and methodical. Slow down, watch yourselves, and let small choices create major changes. Major events impact our lives and force change—loss of a loved one, a major illness, unemployment. Tragedy shocks our system, exposing us to different realities and compelling adjustments; we change. We are adaptable—for the most part. We meet the challenges of life and survive. Our tendency (when not confronted with a life-changing event) is, however, to maintain balance, allowing the trajectory of our life to continue uninhibited. We want better but fail to change day to day decisions. Major, positive, life changes are within our reach. We just need to make a few minor tweaks to our lives, allowing the subtle changes to make major differences. Life Mindlessly Follows Habits We believe we are in charge, pulling the strings of choice, but in the normal flow of living, we mindlessly give way to the same habits, behaviors, and thoughts. Life often unfolds without interference of intelligent choice. Until, of course, we encounter a major event; but we don't have to wait for tragedy to change. We can intercede, experiencing self-efficacy over the unfolding of our lives. Mindful exploration opens new possibilities, exposing hidden secrets, and bringing to light our blind obedience to habitual patterns. We can create magnificent change with seemingly insignificant choice. Small Successes Motivate Persistent constructive small behaviors continued overtime inspires major transformations, slowly molding futures and smoothing rough edges. In a Harvard Business Review article, Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer present the progress principle. The explain that making progress in meaningful work can boost emotions, motivation, and perceptions more than any other single ingredient. "The more frequently people experience that sense of progress, the more likely they are to be creatively productive in the long run" (2011). The point is we don't need huge breakthroughs; but we do need a series of small successes. The crowning great achievement fails to motivate day to day activity. The notable achievement of a graduate level degree is comprised of thousands of small achievements—completing assignments, getting up early for class, reading a chapter. We can't forget the overall purpose but these much smaller leaps can provide necessary motivation for the next small progression. We need to give attention and enjoy success of these much smaller achievements. Small Changes Accumulate Through positive gentle changes, our relationships deepen, and wisdom expands. Small changes may seem insignificant but often are instrumental in larger revolutions of the soul. Behaviors don’t occur in a vacuum. How we act nourishes or infects others. Others respond to our behaviors and we respond to their behaviors. Each little behavior creates ripples, flowing outward, creating changes to the self and to the larger whole. "Small acts of decency ripple in ways we could never imagine." When we focus small behaviors on changing underlying character, these movements alter much larger trajectories. Shifting the possibilities of the future. The positive changes add color and richness to previously bleak hopes and dreams of an under-lived life. Life doesn’t transform immediately. We need more than a fleeting desire motivated by the ache of the moment; but the first stirrings of dissatisfaction may be a starting point. If we follow-up with structured goals and designed measurements, we keep the motivation alive and begin a much greater work. Our first successes give confidence. We begin to believe in our power to change. We begin the flow of transformation by adding to these first positive movements knowledge, skill and external support. The new engine of change begins to pick up speed, moving with greater momentum towards a better future. "Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance." But all is not done. Previous destructive habits are patient, waiting for opportunities to return. Once we believe we conquered the past, in a moment of fatigue, the poisons powerfully leap back into our lives, disrupting new successes and damaging self-confidence. Beware of these moments of weakness, for when anxieties, fears and disappointments accumulate, they tear apart resolve. Kindly recognize momentary slips, avoid debilitating guilt, and reengage in the healthier desired paths. See Ego Depletion for more on this topic Small Changes We Can Make The list for small improvements is limitless. Yet, sometimes we need a small boost to begin our own thoughtful creativity. Here are a few suggestions for improving your well-being: We become great through small insignificant moments—the small swings of the sculptor’s mallet shape our lives. Slow down, decide on a few small changes to implement today that when continued lead to major life changes. Add a little compassion and a little work to begin the transformations that lead to the major life changes we desire. Please support Flourishing Life Society with a social media share or by visiting a link: Amabile, T. M., Kramer, S. J. (2011). The Power of Small Wins. Harvard Business Review. Published 05-2011. Retrieved 2-19-2021.

<urn:uuid:e859e6bc-e645-46db-853d-96b74af4222d>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.flourishinglifesociety.com/major-life-changes.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648245.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20230602003804-20230602033804-00448.warc.gz

en

Economic activity is slowing rapidly, both in the United States and around the world. Social distancing, stalling global trade, widespread illness and the closing of borders, restaurants and schools will all contribute to the next Great Recession. Early estimates suggest that between 14 million and 37 million jobs could be lost during the initial spread of COVID-19. Even the low-end estimates are five times larger than the job losses the U.S. experienced in the first few months of the Great Recession that lasted from 2007 to 2009. Since nearly 6.6 million jobs were lost in just one week at the end of March, the odds are that unemployment will be very, very high, perhaps as high as the 25% range of Great Depression of the 1930s. As scholars of communications, labor economics, inequality and equity, we know that recessions generally hit insecure families hardest. That will be true this time as well. However, this recession will be different in an important way – service sector jobs will be shed first. For the majority of service sector workers, those that are paid poverty-level wages – typically defined as those that make below the $15 per hour living wage threshold – this recession will hit fast and hard. Because they risk exposure to COVID-19 or face unemployment because of it, workers receiving the lowest hourly wages are more likely to lack the financial resources, health care and sick leave to deal with the crisis. The risks to service workers Almost 80% of all U.S. private sector employment is in the service sector, totaling some 129 million jobs. The coronavirus pandemic poses a unique threat, both of eliminating jobs and putting workers at risk of infection. These workers are among the least equipped to deal with these risks. About 69% of service workers are low-wage, meaning they make less than $15 an hour, as shown in our research. Some 58% do not have paid sick leave, 61% have no or inadequate health insurance and very few have paid family leave to care for the sick and dying. Our analysis pinpoints the states, industries and demographic groups where these low-wage workers are most likely to be found, and provides recommendations for better assisting those most at risk. Most U.S. service and retail employers pay low wages. As is well known, the U.S. has the highest inequality among high income countries, meaning there is the broadest gap between the salaries of the best and worst paid workers. We found that restaurants and bars are the worst employers, paying less than $15 per hour to 79% of all employees. Hotels also employ a lot of low-wage workers, paying about 63% of their workers less than $15 per hour. Many workers in the business of direct customer services are likely to be fired as their workplaces close. Our report estimates that 57% of nursing home workers, 69% of grocery store workers and 74% of cleaning employees are low-wage workers. These types of service workers are less likely to lose their jobs, having been deemed essential during the crisis – but they risk exposure to the virus. A recent New York Times report cites cashiers, janitors, messengers and food service employees as among the most at-risk workers based on their exposure to possible carriers of the virus. Women and people of color hold a disproportionate share of service industry jobs, and will likely bear the brunt of the economic recession as a result. Women hold 60% of all service jobs in the U.S. Among these female service workers, 70% earn less than $15 an hour. Broken down by race, 69% of white, 71% of black and 76% of Latina women workers are paid wages below the living wage threshold of $15 per hour. Men do only marginally better, with 58% percent of men working in service occupations paid less than $15 an hour. The low-wage nature of these jobs does not vary much by race: The majority of white, black and Latino men in service occupations – 55%, 63% and 62% respectively – are in low-wage jobs. The high proportion of women in low-pay, high-risk industries such as house cleaning, nursing and store retail further increases their economic and health vulnerability. The majority of service workers in every state — with the lone exception of Hawaii — earn less than $15 per hour. Arkansas has the highest percentage of low-wage service workers in the U.S. at 77.6%, a figure that rises to 81.4% among women. States like Arkansas, Mississippi, Idaho, New Mexico and South Carolina that have the highest percentage of low-wage workers will likely fare the worst in the coming economic recession. Among these, the citizens of Mississippi and South Carolina, both of which rejected the extension of Medicaid under Obamacare to their working poor, will likely fare even worse. States with higher urban density and costs of living are also at increased risk. In New York, California and Washington, currently the states hardest hit by the pandemic, more than 57% of service workers make less than $15 an hour, but have to pay more than the national average for rent, food and housing. Hopeful signs for service workers The U.S. is the richest country in the world, yet 40% of its jobs pay poverty-level wages. Paying low wages and low or no health benefits is business as usual for many firms, particularly in retail, service, warehousing and agriculture. The COVID-19 pandemic – and its economic consequences – presents the U.S. with an opportunity to reject our low-wage labor market structure and transition to an economy similar to that of other high-income countries, one characterized by jobs that deliver living wages and a society that insures universal health care and job security in the face of illness, such as Denmark. The new federal economic stimulus legislation contains useful short-term reactions to this enormous crisis. It expands access to unemployment benefits and sends money to households, but does little to keep workers on the job. There are already widespread reports of employers putting profits over the welfare of their employees. Importantly, there are also some hopeful signs that service workers are demanding and gaining additional pay and benefits even during the COVID-19 pandemic. We believe Denmark’s recent measures to combat the crisis, which include paying 75% of employees salaries, along with proposals championed by Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are closer to what the country needs in the longer run: high minimum wages, universal health care and a strengthened labor movement. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

<urn:uuid:82e01f03-ab61-4b11-8859-fe632e5c17d5>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.chicagoreporter.com/how-the-coronavirus-recession-puts-service-workers-at-risk/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649293.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603133129-20230603163129-00648.warc.gz

en

- Development & Aid - Economy & Trade - Human Rights - Global Governance - Civil Society Tuesday, May 30, 2023 SRINAGAR, India , May 5 2014 (IPS) - Forty-seven-year-old Shahmala’s husband has been missing since 1993. In India’s restive Jammu and Kashmir state, she is what is known as a half-widow, a woman who has no clue whether her husband is dead or alive. In December last year, a group of clerics issued a fatwa (Islamic decree) at a meeting in state capital Srinagar that women in Kashmir whose husbands had been missing for more than four years could remarry. But for Shahmala, the decree is of no consequence. She has lost her youth, her children have grown up, and she has weathered the blows of life as a single mother for 21 years. The prospect of marriage at this stage seems remote. “It should have come much earlier in order to help hundreds of half-widows across Kashmir remarry,” law professor Showkat Sheikh, who teaches at the Central University of Kashmir, told IPS. According to the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (CCS), there are 1,500 half-widows in the state, where an insurgency since 1989 has resulted in many custodial disappearances of men. Human rights activists say most of these men were taken away by the security forces that were battling insurgents, and never seen again. The ‘half-widows’ they leave behind are stigmatised, lonely and often under severe financial strain. Many of these women join sit-ins by the relatives of missing persons every month in Srinagar to seek the whereabouts of their loved ones. All these years, the half-widows of Muslim-majority Kashmir had to abide by Islam’s Hannafi school of thought that says a woman has to wait up to 90 years to marry again following the disappearance of her husband. But civil society groups appealed to Islamic scholars to find a solution to Kashmir’s problem. The result was the new fatwa in December, a decree on remarriage coming for the first time since insurgency broke out in the state 25 years ago. While the decision has been widely welcomed, many also say it has come too late as most disappearances in Kashmir took place during the 1990s and early 2000s. According to the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons in Kashmir, at least 8,000 people have gone missing. Some of these cases, as Professor Sheikh observes, are 15 to 20 years old. “The half-widows who are still young might think of remarrying, but it might not be helpful for those now advanced in age,” he told IPS. Shahmala has struggled all these years to make ends meet. Following her husband’s disappearance, her two brothers-in-law started taking care of her and her two children. “But after four-five years, their wives wanted to live separately,” Shahmala told IPS in Lolab area, 110 km north of Srinagar. “Our family disintegrated, though my brothers-in-law continued to help with my children’s education.” This arrangement too did not last long. Both children eventually dropped out of school. “Fatherless children can hardly study, especially when their mother is also uneducated and without any source of income,” she said. “My son is now 21 and drives a cab to fend for the family,” Shahmala said. “Had his father been around, he would have been in a college or university. But this is what fate has chosen.” Human rights activists say Kashmir’s half-widows do not fall under a compensation policy. The Kashmir government does give an equivalent of around 3,300 dollars to the families of those killed in militancy-related incidents. Dr. Peerzada Mohammad Amin, who teaches sociology in Kashmir University, told IPS: “I think Islamic scholars across South Asia and particularly in our part of the world focus more on ritualistic Islam than on social problems even though it is clearly mentioned in basic Islamic literature that religion can’t be separated from politics, sociology and economy. “In all these years, society, state and religion have failed to respond to this human problem in Kashmir. If they come forward in a committed manner, things can still be done for these women.” In spite of societal pressures, there are many half-widows, especially the younger ones, who would like another shot at a happy married life. Mehmooda (name changed) is only 29. When her husband went missing five years ago, they had been married for just one-and-a-half years, and was pregnant. She has thought of remarrying but continues to live with her in-laws on their insistence. “They are very good people and they take good care of me,” she told IPS. But, she says, they didn’t agree when her parents brought a marriage proposal for her. “While I respect my in-laws and appreciate whatever they are doing for me, I have my whole life ahead,” she said. “Things don’t always stay the same.” This story includes downloadable print-quality images -- Copyright IPS, to be used exclusively with this story. IPS is an international communication institution with a global news agency at its core, raising the voices of the South and civil society on issues of development, globalisation, human rights and the environment Copyright © 2023 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. - Terms & Conditions You have the Power to Make a Difference Would you consider a $20.00 contribution today that will help to keep the IPS news wire active? Your contribution will make a huge difference.

<urn:uuid:56f211eb-3432-49e3-910e-47e5557a53e7>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/05/fatwa-comes-late-kashmirs-half-widows/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224645595.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530095645-20230530125645-00647.warc.gz

en

Parashat Korach – Numbers 16:1 – 18:32 In Parashat Korach, Moses confronts an epic challenge. Korach, an ordinary Levite, a small band of followers, and 250 elected leaders “combined against Moses and Aaron and said to them, ‘You have gone too far! For all the community are holy, all of them, and the Lord is in their midst. Why then do you raise yourselves above the Lord’s congregation?'” (Numbers 16:3). In response, Moses instructs those who oppose him to appear with him and Aaron “before the Lord” the next morning bearing fire pans with incense. God would then resolve the issue: “… the man whom the Lord chooses, he shall be the holy one” (16:7). At the appointed time and place, Moses, Aaron, Korach, the small band and the elected leaders all gather “before the Lord” with their fire pans in hand. At that moment, “the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up with their households, all Korah’s people and all their possessions” (16:32), and “a fire went forth from the Lord and consumed the two hundred and fifty men offering the incense”(16:35). In this stunning fashion, God once again chose Moses and Aaron to lead the People of Israel. This incident, known as Korah’s Rebellion, serves as the basis for the rabbis’ discussion in the Talmud of arguments that are or are not for the sake of heaven: Every machloket (conflict) which is l’shem shamayim (for the sake of Heaven) is destined to endure. And that which is not l’shem shamayim (for the sake of Heaven) is destined not to endure. What is a machloket that is for the sake of Heaven? The disagreements over Jewish law in the Talmud between Hillel and Shammai. What is a machloket that is not for the sake of Heaven? The dispute of Korach and his cohorts. (Mishnah Avot 5:17) This teaching raises several questions. What does it mean for an argument to “endure?” Wouldn’t it make sense for a “bad” conflict to endure but a “good” conflict to come to a tidy resolution? Why do the rabbis elevate the disagreements between Hillel and Shammai to the status of “for the sake of Heaven?” What exactly is wrong with the “dispute of Korach and his cohorts?” The answers to these questions are instructive in our lives, where conflict, which is inevitable, can either be positive and constructive or negative and destructive. Hillel and Shammai represent two schools of rabbinic thought around the beginning of the first century of the common era, each of whose arguments on issues from ritual practice to the essence of Torah are recorded in the Talmud. What distinguishes the Hillel-Shammai disagreements and, thus, warrants the inclusion of each school’s positions in our sacred literature, is that Hillel and Shammai and their followers are searching for Truth. They are in dialogue over their understandings of God’s instruction as laid out in the Torah. They aren’t arguing just to prove a point, to build themselves up or to bring each other down. They are arguing over big ideas. In fact, they aren’t even so much rivals as partners in a sacred, ongoing effort to discern what God wants of us. Not so with Korach and his ilk. They seek victory for victory’s sake. They seek power. There can be no greater good to their dispute, no higher purpose to perpetuating their struggle with Moses and Aaron. According to Nechama Leibowitz, a great and revered contemporary Torah scholar writes: …that Korah and his followers “were simply a band of malcontents, each harboring [individual] personal grievances against authority, animated by individual pride and ambition, united to overthrow Moses and Aaron hoping thereby to attain their individual desires.” Eventually, ”they would quarrel among themselves, as each one strove to attain selfish ambitions….” They deserve their punishment, argues Leibowitz, because all their motives were self-serving, meant to splinter and divide the Jewish people. (See Studies in Bemidbar, pp. 181-185). (Fields, Harvey J. . A Torah Commentary for Our Times: Vol. Three: Numbers and Deuteronomy. New York, NY: UAHC Press, p. 50) How often do we engage in or witness a debate in which one or more parties resembles Korach and his followers, arguing from a place of pride, ambition, and self-interest? Argumentation in such debates is often couched in noble terms. (Note that Korach hides his grab for power behind the pretext of caring for the holiness of “all the community.”) But don’t be fooled. The noble terms are merely a smoke screen or a tactic of manipulation. In the end, there is no higher purpose to such debates. They waste time and energy and may very well end only after a great deal of harm has been inflicted. To be sure, the Korach-like arguments in our lives should be avoided if at all possible. It is interesting that Korach finds himself being swallowed up by the earth. It is not only his argument that is not for the sake of Heaven. He himself has degraded himself by his own actions. Neither he nor his argument is for the sake of Heaven. In the words of our parashah, “They went down alive into Sheol (the netherworld)” (16:33). We must remember that, as tempting as it may be to lash out against those with whom we disagree and to seek their demise, holding hatred in our hearts and expending our resources vengefully usually comes at a huge price. Not only does our lust for power and our pettiness separate us potentially from our friends, family and community, it also affects our health, our daily functioning, and our self-image. Little good can come out of such conflict, save a degree – albeit even a large degree — of personal gratification. On the other hand, legitimate, respectful, impassioned debate over big ideas may very well bring us into relationship with others, sharpen our minds, and give greater meaning to our lives. This is why argumentation is so valued in Jewish houses of study. As Jews, we belief that argumentation at its best is ultimately redemptive for all concerned. Let us seek to emulate the ways of Hillel and Shammai as we find ourselves in conflict. Let us ask if what we are arguing for is ultimately about ourselves or if there is a larger, sacred purpose. Are we repeating the mistake of Korach and his associates? Or are we carrying on our sages’ legacy of sacred debate? If the former, let us consider if our short-term objectives are worth the longer-term destruction we may cause. In any case, let us stop and think before engaging in conflict and resolve to make all our debates l’shem shamayim, for the sake of Heaven.

<urn:uuid:ba50367a-25ea-48ae-b3b5-44b118ba5f6e>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://rabbiaronson.com/2014/06/19/arguing-for-the-sake-of-heaven/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647525.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601010402-20230601040402-00049.warc.gz

en

In the parable of the ten virgins, we have seen that all ten of the virgins took their lamps or torches and an initial supply of oil, but only those who were wise or prudent thought to take along extra oil for their lamps, allowing that the Bridegroom might tarry and their lamps go out in the darkest part of the night and they have no light to go out and meet Him. We have also seen that because the Bridegroom did tarry late into the night, they all became drowsy and began to sleep in regard to the spiritual needs of their souls and the righteous requirements of the gospel to which they ought to have been awake and alert. What immediate example do we find in Scripture of Christ’s disciples becoming drowsy and falling asleep in the middle of the night when they ought to have been awake and keeping watch? See Mat 26:36-46. If such could happen to His closest disciples while He was yet with them in person, is it possible that the same could happen to us today? At what time of the night does the parable say that the Bridegroom finally arrived? See Mat 25:6, and notice that midnight is literally the middle or midst of the night, and not necessarily a specific time on a clock as we might think of it. In regard to the two-fold nature of Christ’s coming both for the deliverance of His people and the destruction of His enemies, what other significant event in salvation history also took place at midnight? See Exo 12:29-32. How were the slumbering virgins awakened to know that the Bridegroom had arrived, and it was time to go out and meet Him? See Mat 25:6. What is the significance, again in the context of the two-fold nature of Christ’s coming in a time of great darkness, that the shout described by the NAS is not a shout of command as in 1Th 4:16 (“The Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout…”), but an uproar, a cry of distress, or an outcry against evil, as it is used throughout the LXX? See Gen 18:20-21, 19:13, Exo 3:7,9, 11:6, 12:30, Neh 5:1,6, 9:9, Psa 9:12, 18:6, 102:1, Isa 5:7, 66:6, Jer 8:19, 14:2, 25:36, 31:35 (roar, cf. Luk 21:25), Jer 46:12, 50:46, 51:54-55, Jon 1:2 (lit. “the cry of its wickedness is come up to me”); see also Luke’s use of the word in Act 23:9 (uproar) and Paul’s use in Eph 4:31 (clamor). How does this understanding of the nature of the shout that awakened the slumbering virgins help us to better understand what it means to come out and meet the Bridegroom? See 2Co 6:17, Rev 18:4; cf. Jer 50:8, 51:6,45. We have seen that if people are unwilling to come out and be gathered under the Lord’s wings of refuge, it is not possible for the Lord to save them from the coming destruction (Mat 23:37-38); what does this parable teach us even about those who are willing to come out if they are foolishly unprepared? Cf. Luk 13:23-27. How are the foolish virgins then like so many Christians today who serve the Lord only in pretense? When is the time to get prepared and give heed to the potential need for extra oil and take steps to procure it? Is it at spiritual midnight, after one’s oil has run out, or during the day, before the Bridegroom has come? Cf. Joh 12:35. What does this remind us about the need to resist the world’s appeal that lulls people to sleep spiritually and our need for regular prayer and meditation upon God’s word and meeting with other saints to spur one another on to love and good deeds in order that we always have a reserve of the oil of God’s Holy Spirit? What does the parable say the virgins did at the sound of the shout or clamor? See Mat 25:7, and notice that rose (NAS) or arose (KJV) is also the same word for awakened as it is translated by the NET and NIV; cf. Act 12:7, Rom 13:11. Was it just the wise virgins who were awakened from their slumber by the uproar to go out and meet the Bridegroom? Although the foolish virgins woke up just like the wise virgins, did that mean that they would be admitted to the wedding feast? See Mat 25:10-12. Hence, although the Lord is patient and does not want any to perish, does that mean that one can safely put off the demands of the gospel until the need appears? Or is there more to salvation than just saying a sinner’s prayer at the last minute in order to receive a get into heaven free card? Cf. Rom 2:4-5. 1. If it was hard to the disciples to watch with Christ an hour, much more to watch with him an age. Matthew Henry.↩ Now Available At Amazon! The Atonement of Christ's Blood: Understanding How the Blood of Christ Saves and Reconciles us to God - What is the relationship between Jesus’ sacrifice and our redemption, forgiveness and receiving an inheritance per the terms of the covenant / will that was effected by His death? - From what, and to what, are we saved? Is it Jesus’ death alone that saves us? What part does His resurrection have in our salvation? - Does the justice of God demand the satisfaction of blood before He will forgive, similar to what pagans throughout history have believed? - What was the purpose of the Old Testament sacrifices? - Does blood alone atone for sin? - How does Christ’s death render powerless the devil? - To whom was Christ’s life given as a ransom? From what are we ransomed? - Why did Jesus not only die, but suffer and die? If all that was necessary was His shed blood, why didn’t God sovereignly ordain a more merciful death for His own dear Son? - What is the relationship between a will or testament, and a covenant? What was willed to Jesus as an inheritance from His Father, and what was willed to us through the new testament in His blood?

<urn:uuid:207d43d8-b30c-4690-9d2b-497e45963d48>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://inductivebible.org/?page_id=3679

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643388.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20230527223515-20230528013515-00048.warc.gz

en

HomeProfile Product RangeIndustriesInfrastructureOur QualityCustom ManufacturingNetworkContact UsSend Enquiry Acid Dye- Applied to polyamide fibres from acidic solutions. Essentially synthetic dyes, they are used for silk, wool and nylon. Affinity- In dyeing, affinity means the preferential attraction of dye towards fibre rather than for solution of the dye bath. A dye that has strong affinity easily leaves the dye solution of dispersion and attaches itself to the fibre being dyed. Aniline- Aniline is a very commonly used term in the synthesis of dyes. Chemical formula - C6H7N. Also known as aniline oil and used as a sort of synonym for synthetic dyes. Azo- Azo refers to a chemical compound that contains double nitrogen atoms with a double bond between them (-N=N-). Azo dyes forms the largest group of dyes and display light-fastness, stability, strongness and respond well to mixing. Azo dyes may be found among the dye classes of direct, acid, basic, reactive and disperse. Basic Dye- Basic dyes are generally cationic dyes. Basic dyes are the dyes that is able to react with acidic groups on fibres. Bifunctional Reactive Dye- These dyes are designed for having the potential to react with the fibre in more than a single way. Binder- A colorless material used to attach a pigment to fabric. Binders are like "glue" that holds the pigment in place. Example: Paints that has pigments mixed with binders. Cation- Known as the positively charged ion. Numerous chemicals applied in textile processing are referred to as Cellulose- A polymer consisting of a large numbers of units, each of the general formula represented by C6H10O5. Chromophore- A color-bearing compound that has a special property found in an organic molecule which make it appear colored. Colour Index- A publication jointly brought out by the Society of Dyers and Colorists of Great Britain and the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists. Chrome- Any salt of chromium, that is used in tanning and dyeing. Direct application- A method usually used to describe a process where a solution of dye is locally applied to different areas of fabric, like squirting, painting, spraying, stamping, Direct Dye- A dye that is carried out by immersing the fibre in a dye solution without any requirement of other chemicals for bonding the dye to the fibres. Disperse Dye- Disperse dyes are found in the dye bath as a kind of suspension or dispersion of microscopic particles, with only a minuscule amount in true solution at any given moment of time. Enzyme- Enzymes are now popularly used in textile processing. These are the type of protein that perform the role of a catalyst in a biochemical reaction. Examples: Amylase - applied for desizing; Cellulase - Used in modification of cellulosic fabrics. Exhaust Dyeing- Exhaust Dyeing is used for denoting the application of a dye bath of a moderately larger liquor to goods ratio, where the fibre is immersed for a while. It allows the dye molecules to exit the bath and get attach to the fibres. FBA- Fluorescent brightening agent. Fixation- Fixation refers to the formation of a sort of final bond between the fibre and dye. The bond type formed changes with the type of dye and the fibre. Gel Dyeing- A continuous type of tow-dyeing method where soluble dyes are used to wet-spun fibres in the gel state (i.e. After the processes of extrusion and coagulation, but before drying and drawing). Hardness- A measurement that ascertains the content of minerals that imparts specific properties. Illuminating Dye- A dye that is mixed with discharge paste in printing methods also referred to as head dyes. Indigo- A sort of natural or synthetic vat dye given the designation of Color Index Vat Blue 1. Indigo is perhaps one of the oldest colorants that is used for textiles. Originally extraction was done from plants, but now it is usually synthetic. Jet Dyeing- Used in dyeing of Polyester. Kilogram- An unit of mass (weight) in the system of metric. It equals approximately 2.2 pounds avoirdupois. Lake- The pigments that are produced as a result of absorption of the dye on the substrate. Most common substrate can be alumina hydrate. Liquor ratio (also liquor to goods ratio)- The ratio that is used to denote the weight of the dyebath or any other processing bath to the weight of goods that is being dyed or processed. Lightfastness- Light Fastness is typically used as measurement to ascertain how resistant a coloring material, such as dye would be fading when exposed to light. Metal- Complex Dye- A dye that typically has co-ordinated metal atoms in its molecule. Mordant- Chemicals that helps in attachment of dyestuff to fibres by bonding to the fibre as well as to the dye. Non-ionic - A chemical that does not ionize in a solution while remaining is in intact molecular form some surfactants are non-ionic. No-wick HF- Used with Liquid Decorator Colors, for enabling fine pH- A perfect measure of the concentration of hydronium that is found in a solution. Pigment- A substance used in the particulate form that is substantially insoluble in a medium. Reactive Dye- A dye that, under proper conditions, can react chemically with a substrate for forming a covalent Retayne- A type of cationic dye fixing agent. Typically used on cotton fabrics for improving wet fastness of the direct dyes and to add color paper pulp. Sodium Hydroxide- It is a strong base; also called caustic soda or lye, or just "caustic" in dyeing terms. Chemical Formula: NaOH. Sulphur Dye- A dye, that contains sulphur as an integral part of the chromophore and as well as in attached polysulphide chains. Sulphur dyes are not soluble in water, and must get converted to a soluble form before Sublimation- It is the conversion of solid directly into gas, without passing through the liquid phase. Tannic Acid- A mixture of compounds derived from natural sources like oak. Tannic acid treatment, followed by a treatment of tartar emetic, has been reported to improve the wash fastness of dyed nylon or wool. Ultraviolet- The light that is beyond the portion that is visible of the light spectrum at the blue end. It is the Ultraviolet light that causes fading of colors, and makes fluorescent Union Dye- A dye that is generally a mixture of two or more different classes of dye. It is used to dye blends of fibres. Vat Dye- Vat dyes are water-insoluble dye containing keto groups, which is normally applied to the fibre from an aqueous alkaline solution of the reduced enol (leuco) form, that subsequently gets oxidised in the fibre to an insoluble form. Vinyl Sulphone- Vinyl sulphone reactive dyes are generally intermediate in their reactivity, so they are used above room temperature, but considerably below the boiling point of water. These are typically used for cellulosic fibres and with some use for wool also. Washfastness- Washfastness is used to measure resistance of a dye to washing out. Wetting Agent- A chemical that helps the water to penetrate a material or to form a film over its surface; usually it is a surfactant. Wetting agents are generally used in the dyeing process where it helps the dye solution to penetrate to the individual fibres. Yarn Dyeing- Yarn gets dyed before being woven into fabric. Zinc Formaldehyde Sulphoxylate- A Color Index Reducing Agent 6, used for application in discharge.

<urn:uuid:1ded6b33-2e56-42dc-883f-12b0780eb6ea>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.dyes-pigment.com/glossary.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224645595.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530095645-20230530125645-00648.warc.gz

en

4 Common Causes of Indoor Air Pollution As your local residential and commercial HVAC specialists, our team at Florida Air Temp. Inc. understands that the temperature inside your Palm Beach County home is essential to creating a comfortable and inviting atmosphere. However, we also know that there is another, equally important aspect of indoor air control that many homeowners inadvertently overlook. The reality is that the air inside your home can become dirty and polluted over time, leading to poor indoor air quality. Poor indoor air quality can lead to health complications for the most vulnerable people in your home, including young children, elderly people, and people with chronic illnesses. Unfortunately, indoor air contaminants are abundant, emanating from a number of surprising sources. In fact, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, research suggests that indoor air quality may actually be worse than outdoor air quality, even in big cities. Here at Florida Air Temp, Inc., we understand how important it is that your home's air is both temperature controlled and clean. That's why we offer indoor air quality services in addition to our air conditioning and heating services. Indoor air pollutants come from a variety of commonplace sources, but no matter the source, we offer a variety of air cleaners to take care of your indoor air quality needs. If you suspect that your indoor air could be polluted from any of these or other sources in your Palm Beach County home, contact our friendly staff today professional help with an air cleaner installation. Most households regularly prepare and cook food in their homes, so it might surprise to learn that cooking indoors can be a major contributor to indoor air contaminants. Homes that have gas stoves and oven contribute to their indoor air pollutants every time they turn on the stove or oven. Burning gas to heat your food can actually contribute significant amounts of nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and even formaldehyde to your indoor air. However, swapping out your range and stove for an electric model will not solve all of your indoor pollution problems- even food cooked on an electric stove or in an electric oven can give off particulates that contaminate your home air. Even cooking with oil or grease can add pollutants to your indoor air, regardless of the type of stove or oven you use. All of these problems are worsened in homes that do not have a range installed to ventilate the kitchen. Your home is full of sources of biological contaminants that can pollute your air. From animal dander and waste, to bugs and mites, to bacteria, the list is as unpleasant as it is endless. What is worse, these and other biological contaminants can thrive in humid, moist environments such as the climate down here in Palm Beach County. Moisture in your home can feed and breed the growth of dust mites, bacteria, insects, and even mold and mildew, all of which can adversely impact the quality of your indoor air. Mold and mildew in particular can be very harmful for your indoor air quality, and can cause health complications for anybody who suffers from asthma or allergies. You would think that the products you use to clean your home would be good for your indoor air, but unfortunately, many cleaning products contain fragrances and other chemicals that are bad for humans to breathe. Cleaning products such as aerosol sprays, furniture polish, and detergents all emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that can negatively impact your home's indoor air quality. Using these products routinely in a relatively air tight home without any air cleaners in place is a recipe for heavily polluted indoor air. At this point, you might be thinking that you wish you could reduce or eliminate all the cleaning and cooking you do in your home. However, even if you were to completely change your lifestyle and routines to pursue clean indoor air, unfortunately the very materials that your home is built with can contribute to your home indoor air pollution . Building materials such as treated wood and flooring adhesive can emit VOCs, detracting from your home's indoor air quality Have An Air Cleaner Professionally Installed Indoor air contaminants are more prevalent than many homeowners ever suspect. However, you do not have to suffer with poor quality indoor air anymore! If someone in your home is particularly susceptible to indoor air contaminants, or if you are simple looking for ways to reduce your Palm Beach County home's indoor air pollution, Florida Air Temp Inc. has the perfect solution for you! From selecting an air cleaner that works for your home's needs to professionally installing it, we can get you started on cleaner, fresher, healthier air right away! Contact Florida Air Temp. Inc. today for more information about our indoor air quality services in Palm Beach County at 561-790-6866 or complete our online request form.

<urn:uuid:b5c01611-a446-4ab5-a0fa-fbf758b911ce>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.floridaairtemp.com/palm-beach-county-air-conditioning/4-common-causes-of-indoor-air-pollution.php

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646937.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20230531150014-20230531180014-00448.warc.gz

en

CBS professor Marlene Zuk writes popular literature about mate selection, courtship and sex in the insect world, which sheds light on human behavior. When you build a career on the animal kingdom’s vast diversity of sexual behavior, certain questions come with the territory. Marlene Zuk gets "Is adultery normal?" a lot. Her standard reply: “What do you mean by that?” and “What is ‘normal’?” A new professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (EEB), Zuk will tell you that “normal” sexual behavior takes virtually every form imaginable. Her scientific writings include the essay “Family Values in Black and White” (about penguins, which sometimes form same-sex couples), and three popular books; the latest is Sex on Six Legs: Lessons on Life, Love, and Language from the Insect World. “Insects have some of the most interesting behavior in animals,” she says. “A lot of people don’t appreciate how variable sex is.” Zuk comes to the College of Biological Sciences after 20 years as a biology professor at the University of California-Riverside, where she also had oversight of faculty equity and diversity. She currently studies a species of Pacific field cricket in Hawaii, where a parasitic fly kills males after homing in on their mating chirps. For many of those males, chirping brings doom, not dates. But all is not lost. Over just five years, a rare mutation that alters the wing structure and silences male chirping spread to more than 90 percent of the population, Zuk says. This cloaks the males from the fly, but also from potential lady friends. Singing wing man Or does it? The mutation couldn’t spread unless silent males were reproducing, so perhaps, Zuk says, notions about the crickets’ sexual repertoire were off base. For one thing, silent males seem drawn to chirping males, which should put them in position to meet females after all. “Or maybe the less choosy females were selected for,” says Zuk. “I think crickets were much more flexible than we gave them credit for. A male may have a rule of thumb to move toward song if his own world is silent. And a female may be inclined to mate with a silent male if the whole world is silent. To test these ideas, Zuk and her colleagues will raise crickets in a state-of-the-art soundproof chamber in the Ecology Building. With acoustic conditions strictly controlled, they can observe the effects of sound on cricket behavior and reproductive success. By combining studies of behavior and evolution, Zuk is a natural for EEB, says department head Scott Lanyon. “We like to look for people doing good solid research at the interface of the subdivisions of biology,” he explains. “Marlene can easily identify herself as a behaviorist and an evolutionary biologist. That’s critical for having a truly integrated department and for training graduate students. We think that to be great in any of these three subdisciplines, you have to understand the other ones.” Notions and biases about the sexes have long hampered scientific work, Zuk says. “For example, scientists have argued for a long time about the evolution of characteristics like the peacock’s tail or a cricket’s chirp, which may hinder a male’s survival but that are preferred by females,” she notes. While Charles Darwin favored this idea, naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, a rival of Darwin, didn’t buy it. “Wallace thought the idea that females chose particular males was rubbish,” Zuk explains. “He thought some males just had excess energy and vitality.” Also, the Victorians thought if peahens liked peacocks with big tails, it implied that peahens had an aesthetic sense—something considered exclusive to people in the upper echelons of society. Today, most naturalists accept that Darwin was right about the basics: Female choice can help fitter males leave more offspring, says Zuk, who also supports the concept. Its central tenet is that males with showy but “useless” accessories are advertising that they are fit enough to invest energy on ornaments. After decades on the academic scene, she suggests that women continue to lag behind men in the sciences largely due to bias in the way the sexes are evaluated. “Even when we believe ourselves to be egalitarian, we may act to favor our unconscious beliefs about the sexes,” Zuk says. “The challenge now is to recognize those biases and correct them.” To get students to think about how the sexes differ in their reproductive strategy (with behavior to match), Zuk asks them how many children a woman could have. Then a man. The answers are, of course, quite different, and so are the sexes’ reproductive strategies. “This disparity between what will maximize reproductive success is at the core of sexual behavior and how it evolved,” Zuk explains. “Males and females are different—why is that? That’s at the basis of a lot of what I study. How can you not want to know why the sexes are different?” – Deane Morrison

<urn:uuid:f9984454-c455-4830-ada4-9f75be76934c>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://cbs.umn.edu/node/5050

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224655247.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609032325-20230609062325-00648.warc.gz

en

What is enteral feeding? Enteral feeding refers to intake of food via the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The GI tract is composed of the mouth, esophagus, stomach, and intestines. Enteral feeding may mean nutrition taken through the mouth or through a tube that goes directly to the stomach or small intestine. In the medical setting, the term enteral feeding is most often used to mean tube feeding. A person on enteral feeds usually has a condition or injury that prevents eating a regular diet by mouth, but their GI tract is still able to function. Being fed through a tube allows them to receive nutrition and keep their GI tract working. Enteral feeding may make up their entire caloric intake or may be used as a supplement. When is enteral feeding used? Tube feedings may become necessary when you can’t eat enough calories to meet your nutritional needs. This may occur if you physically can’t eat, can’t eat safely, or if your caloric requirements are increased beyond your ability to eat. If you can’t eat enough, you’re at risk for malnourishment, weight loss, and very serious health issues. This may happen for a variety of reasons. Some of the more common underlying reasons for enteral feeding include: - a stroke, which may impair ability to swallow - cancer, which may cause fatigue, nausea, and vomiting that make it difficult to eat - critical illness or injury, which reduces energy or ability to eat - failure to thrive or inability to eat in young children or infants - serious illness, which places the body in a state of stress, making it difficult to take in enough nutrients - neurological or movement disorders that increase caloric requirements while making it more difficult to eat - GI dysfunction or disease, although this may require intravenous (IV) nutrition instead Types of enteral feeding According to the American College of Gastroenterology, there are six main types of feeding tubes. These tubes may have further subtypes depending on exactly where they end in the stomach or intestines. The placement of the tube will be chosen by a doctor based on what size tube is needed, how long enteral feeds will be required, and your digestive abilities. A medical professional will also choose an enteral formula to be used based on tube placement, digestive abilities, and nutritional needs. The main types of enteral feeding tubes include: - Nasogastric tube (NGT) starts in the nose and ends in the stomach. - Nasoenteric tube starts in the nose and ends in the intestines (subtypes include nasojejunal and nasoduodenal tubes). - Gastrostomy tube is placed through the skin of the abdomen straight to the stomach (subtypes include PEG, PRG, and button tubes). - Jejunostomy tube is placed through the skin of the abdomen straight into the intestines (subtypes include PEJ and PRJ tubes). Possible complications of enteral feeding There are some complications that can occur as a result of enteral feeding. Some of the most common include: - aspiration, which is food going into the lungs - refeeding syndrome, dangerous electrolyte imbalances that may occur in people who are very malnourished and start receiving enteral feeds - infection of the tube or insertion site - nausea and vomiting that may result from feeds that are too large or fast, or from slowed emptying of the stomach - skin irritation at the tube insertion site - diarrhea due to a liquid diet or possibly medications - tube dislodgement - tube blockage, which may occur if not flushed properly There are not typically long-term complications of enteral feeding. Who shouldn’t have enteral feeding? The main reason a person wouldn’t be able to have enteral feeds is if their stomach or intestines aren’t working properly. Someone with a bowel obstruction, decreased blood flow to their intestines (ischemic bowel), or severe intestinal disease such as Crohn’s disease would likely not benefit from enteral feedings. Enteral feeding is often used as a short-term solution while someone recovers from an illness, injury, or surgery. Most people receiving enteral feeds return to regular eating. There are some situations where enteral feeding is used as a long-term solution, such as for people with movement disorders or children with physical disabilities. In some cases, enteral nutrition can be used to prolong life in someone who is critically ill or an older person who can’t maintain their nutritional needs. The ethics of using enteral feeding to prolong life have to be evaluated in each individual case. Enteral feeding can seem like a challenging adjustment for you or a loved one. Your doctor, nurses, a nutritionist, and home health care providers can help make this adjustment a successful one.

<urn:uuid:265eadbd-87ac-4c90-bf15-64a728573ec4>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://livingwithdys.com/enteral-nutrition/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224654606.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20230608071820-20230608101820-00446.warc.gz

en

Seems that after the Civil War, Mexico was fine with Immigration…Just not black folks immigrating. When Mexicans Feared American Immigration When the path to upward mobility for thousands of free black Americans was south of the border, Mexico stopped just short of calling for their own wall. If there is one issue that has steered 2016 in a startling direction, it has been immigration. The GOP’s strategy to increase its appeal to Latinos after Mitt Romney’s upset in 2012 quickly unraveled once the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, charged that Mexico was sending “criminals, drug dealers, rapists” to the United States. Before long, chants of “Build that wall!”—a reference to Trump’s promise to construct a “beautiful” concrete wall along the Mexican border—could be heard at political rallies, high school sporting events and beyond. The GOP’s concerns about inclusion, it seems, pale in comparison to Americans’ anxieties about jobs, crime, national security and the sense that there is a teeming mass of people desperate to burst across the border. It hasn’t always been this way; for much of American history, the U.S.-Mexico border has been largely unprotected. Only in 1891 did the United States start deporting illegal immigrants (a category at the time limited principally to Chinese workers as well as felons, paupers and the insane), and it wasn’t until 1924 that Congress formed the Border Patrol. And at one point, remarkably, our contemporary debate was even flipped: Hordes of Americans wanted to escape their bleak prospects for a better life—and the place they wanted to flee to was Mexico. But Mexico didn’t want them. The story unfolded in the late 19th century, in the form of a little-known black migration scheme to the low-lying, underdeveloped parts of south and central Mexico—Veracruz, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Michoacán and San Luis Potosi—and was spearheaded by a man sparingly remembered by history. He intended [to avoid repeating scheme] to relocate thousands of black families to start a new colony in Mexico, which would have radically changed the demographics and the economy of that region, if not all of Mexico. The plan provoked sensationalist, often racist, reports in the Mexican press—one warned of a “race war”—and fiery fights in the country’s Senate. In the end, it failed—no such colony was ever settled. But the history lesson, of a time when our current debate was flipped on its head, is a timely reminder of those fluid identities, and just how easily these centuries-old, deeply ingrained fears can be stoked—on either side of the border. Born as a slave in 1894 on a cotton plantation in the small South Texas town of Victoria, William Henry Ellis managed in his early 20s to transform himself into a successful merchant in San Antonio. To do so, however, he had to craft an alternative persona for himself as a Mexican named Guillermo Enrique Eliseo (his name translated into Spanish) to gain entry to the all-white business settings that would have otherwise been closed to him. To further his ethnic charades, Ellis cultivated a showy Mexican-style mustache, dressed in the Mexican fashion, and used the fluent Spanish that he had learned in Victoria as a child. In the 19th century, during the administration of President Porifirio Díaz, Mexico was hoping to modernize its economy by attracting more immigrants. Ellis did much of his business across the border in Mexico, and he saw the United States’ southern neighbor, with its lack of legal segregation, as a place of great promise not only for himself but for other African-Americans as well. He thus set in motion in 1889 an ambitious plan to facilitate the large-scale migration of African-Americans to Mexico. Taking advantage of new railroad connections between the U.S. and Mexico, Ellis journeyed to Mexico City. Tucked in his luggage, he carried letters of introduction from the Mexican consul in San Antonio to Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Ignacio Mariscal, and Secretary of Fomento (Public Works), Carlos Pacheco Villalobos. Once in the Mexican capital, Ellis persuaded Pacheco, a grizzled former general who had lost both an arm and a leg in Mexico’s recent war against the French-backed emperor Maximilian, to grant him a 10-year contract to colonize up to twenty thousand settlers in Mexico. Although the race and nationality of the colonists was not specified in the contract—only that each colonist would have a certificate attesting to their “morality, honesty and diligence”—Ellis’s comments to the press left little doubt that he intended to fill the colonists’ ranks with African-Americans. The colonization movement represented one of the most divisive fault lines running through African-American politics in the late 19th century. Even as they defended the right of blacks to live wherever they pleased, most black leaders, from Frederick Douglass to Norris Wright Cuney, the influential chairman of the Texas’ Republican Party, decried efforts to relocate African-Americans (a movement known in the language of the day as colonization). These figures charged that colonization not only diminished the pool of African-American voters in the United States; it also encouraged long-standing white fantasies of solving the United States’ “race problem” by ethnically cleansing all blacks from the nation. Even the great liberator Abraham Lincoln had briefly entertained thoughts of colonizing freed slaves on Mexico’s Tehuantepec isthmus or Yucatán peninsula. Above all, by presenting blacks’ real home as elsew here, emigration diverted attention from what many African-Americans perceived as the more pressing task: achieving their full civil rights in the United States. “I cannot see wherein [African-Americans] would gain anything [by colonization],” contended Cuney. “They are so thoroughly identified with the perpetuity of our American institutions, that it seems to me to be rather late for them now to seek homes in a new country with the customs, government and people of which they are thoroughly unacquainted. There is much more glory, honor and gain for the colored man here in the land of his birth, and here he should stay and fight his way to the front.” Relocating to Mexico, however, did not necessarily represent a retreat from politics in Ellis’s eyes. Rather, it highlighted the shortcomings of Reconstruction—in particular, the federal government’s failure to support blacks’ economic aspirations. Whites blamed the poverty in which blacks found themselves trapped after Emancipation on a lack of work ethic. Ellis, in contrast, knew that the problem lay not with African-American character but rather with their lack of access to land, the foundation of wealth in a predominantly agricultural society. If the place of their birth would not facilitate black access to property, perhaps Mexico, in its desire to attract immigrants, would. “The idea of Mr. Ellis,” explained one observer, “is that the colonists will become self-sustaining farmers.” Colonization tended to draw its support from the most marginalized members of the black community—those, unsurprisingly, who suffered the worst oppressions and therefore had the least to lose in relocating to an unfamiliar land. Even before Ellis finalized his contract with the Mexican government, he had compiled a list of several hundred families from four adjoining Texas counties— Fort Bend, Matagorda, Brazoria and Wharton, all “places where the colored people have been having trouble” in Ellis’s apt phrase—who had expressed interest in moving to Mexico. These counties were home to the largest African-American majorities in all of Texas. Not only had these conditions led unsympathetic whites to dub the region “Senegambia”; it also spawned fierce racial strife as local whites endeavored, despite the demographic imbalance, to “free . . . themselves from Negro rule” by threatening the area’s black elected officials….Read The Rest of This Engrossing Story Here…

<urn:uuid:75f6740c-a984-4a05-b65f-aea4dc64626a>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://btx3.wordpress.com/2016/06/05/when-mexico-wanted-a-wall-to-keep-americans-out/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224650409.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604225057-20230605015057-00648.warc.gz

en

Solar Panel Systems? Posted by Homeimprovement on May 8th, 2021 Electricity is now vital in life. It powers the machines that most us utilize every day. So, exactly what are solar panels? Imagine when you may create your own personal? In this column, we'll reveal to you a straightforward way to build your very own functional solar panel. A solar panel is normally fabricated from six (6) parts specifically the PV (photovoltaic) cell or electrical cell which creates the electricity, the glass that covers and covers the photo voltaic cells, so the framework that offers rigidity, the backsheet where the solarcells are put , the junction box at which the wirings are enclosed and connected, and the encapsulant which functions as glues. solar companies near me in Santa Barbara Since most people do have access to gear in manufacturing solar panels, so it's important to note and comprehend those 6 components to allow anyone to be able to plan the substances necessary to produce an do-it-yourself or home-made cell. The materials needed about how to generate a solar panel has to be available locally or online and should not go past the fee of the brand new solar panel or does take quite a while for you to construct. Inch.) PV Cell First matter to consider when establishing your very own solar panel would be your solar panel. Photovoltaic (PV) solar or cell panel expands visual light right into power. A single (1) photo voltaic cell however is not sufficient to generate a usable volume of power like the microbes in Baymax (Hero 6) which only becomes handy when combined as a set. This simple apparatus generates a DC (direct current) voltage of 0.5 to 1 liter and even though this really is reasonable, the voltage remains nevertheless too tiny for several software. To generate a helpful DC voltage, the solar panels are connected in sequence after which encapsulated in modules making up the solar panel. If one cell generates 0.5 volt and can be connected with some other cell in series, these two cells need to be able to develop 1 liter plus they are able to then be referred to as a module. A more standard module typically is composed of 28 to 36 cells in string. A 28-cell module ought to have the ability to create approximately 14 volts (28 x 0.5 = 14VDC) which is enough to charge a 12V battery powered or 12V power devices. Joining a couple of solar cells require you have basic knowledge of series and parallel connection that is very similar to connecting batteries to create a battery up powered storage system. You will find just two most common solar cells which may be purchased in the market; a mono-crystalline cellphone and also a polycrystalline cellphone. Those two can have the exact dimensions, 156mm x 156mm, however the major difference is efficacy. It is very important to buy additional cells to serve as backup just in the event you neglect on some of those cells i.e. lousy solder, broken cell, scratched, etc.. Monocrystalline solar cells tend to be black and white octagonal fit. Such a solar cell is constructed from the highest and purest tier silicon, that tends to make them expensive. But they have been definitely the absolute most efficient of all types of photo voltaic panels and also are nearly always the selection of solar contractors if distance is an important component to take into account in attaining the power they would like to achieve predicated on their solar power design. Poly crystalline PV Cells is characterized by their bluish color and rectangular form. These tissues are manufactured in a far easier procedure which reduces the quality of their ion material and lowers the efficacy of the end item. Generally, mono-crystalline cells tend to be somewhat more efficient than poly-crystalline cells however this also does not signify that mono-crystalline cells function and outputs more energy compared to poly crystalline cells. SolarCell efficiency has something to do with all the size of the cells and just about every solar panel or cells possess an efficiency evaluation predicated on conventional tests when they're manufactured. This rating is generally in percent and also the normal values range from 15% to 20 percent. The glass protects the PV cells while still enabling optimal sunlight to maneuver through. These are ordinarily made from anti-reflective materials. Tempered-glass would be the option of cloth now for unknown and new manufacturers, although you can still find people that utilize horizontal plate-glass on their own solar panels. Tempered-glass are made by thermal or chemical methods and can be many times more durable than steel rendering it more expensive to create but the cost of fabricating them now is cost-effective and reasonable. Flat plate-glass creates long and sharp shards if broken as opposed to hardened glass which shatters safely in small pieces upon impression, that is why they also call it glass. It should be said here that most amorphous solarpanels use horizontal plate-glass because of the way in which the panel is constructed. Tempered-glass is exactly what manufacturers use within bulk producing their panels. Within our DIY endeavor , we suggest using Plexiglas also called acrylic glass which is safer than the regular normal glass in your regional hardware shop. It's a bit expensive than glass however is more weather resistant and does not crack easily. Even the Plexiglas can likewise be screwed or glued easily for the frame. A framework is ordinarily manufactured from anodized aluminum which gives construction and rigidity into the solar module. These aluminum frames are also designed to be compatible with most solar mounting methods and specialized gear for simple and safe installation to a roof or on the ground. The framework in a factory-built solar-panel is usually the aluminum part at which all four sides of this solarpanel sheet are all inserted. Think of it as a skeletal rectangular framework. The solar panel sheet by the manner is composed of the other 4 elements plus are laminated and layered at the subsequent sequence from top to underside; the tempered glass, high encapsulantthe solarcells, bottom encapsulant, and the backsheet. In our do it yourself solar panel, then we'll use a wood frame and also the end-result are something akin to a picture frame where the graphic is that the solar cells glued to your non-conductive plank , the glass to your own Plexiglas upper pay, and the wooden region because the framework and also backsheet. The backsheet could be the layer of plastic picture on the trunk outermost layer of the top layer. This really is the only layer guarding the module out of unsafe DC voltage. The major purpose of the backsheet would be to insulate and safeguard the handler from shock and provide the safest, most effective, and dependable electric conductivity potential. The backsheet is likely to be considered a wooden plywood where the framework will undoubtedly be stitched towards the top and onto the sides. It needs to be said that a perforated hard board (Pegboard) will be utilized to set and align with the PV Cells and also this Pegboard will take a seat top of their wooden backsheet and fitted in the wooden frame. 5.) Junction Box The junction box is where the final cables and bypass diodes are located and concealed. The final wires are basically the constructive and negative wires based around the series links of their PV Cells and also certainly will be connected into a solar panel system, a charge controller, a battery system, or to a inverter, based upon the system design and style. The bypass diode is a protective mechanism which prevent power from getting back into the solar power if it is not producing energy like in case as it really is nighttime . TO GO : CLICK HERE Like it? Share it! About the AuthorHomeimprovement Joined: January 21st, 2021 Articles Posted: 105 More by this author

<urn:uuid:6db48563-efbd-4c2b-9fb7-130387c77cdf>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://uberant.com/article/1450013-solar-panel-systems/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644817.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20230529074001-20230529104001-00049.warc.gz

en

This common problem, also known as an enlarged prostate, can be treated. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a health issue that becomes more common with age. It's also called an enlarged prostate. The prostate is a small gland that helps make semen. It's found just below the bladder. And it often gets bigger as you get older. An enlarged prostate can cause symptoms that may bother you, such as blocking the flow of urine out of the bladder. It also can cause bladder, urinary tract or kidney problems. Many treatments can help BPH. These include medicines, surgery and other procedures. Your health care provider can help you choose. The right option depends on things such as: Common symptoms of BPH include: Less common symptoms include: The symptoms of BPH tend to slowly get worse. But sometimes they stay the same or even improve over time. The size of the prostate doesn't always determine how serious the symptoms are. Some people with slightly enlarged prostates can have major symptoms. Others who have very enlarged prostates can have minor problems. And some people with enlarged prostates don't have any symptoms at all. Some other health problems can lead to symptoms that are like those caused by enlarged prostate. These include: Some medicines also may lead to symptoms that seem like those caused by BPH. These include: Talk to your health care provider about your symptoms, even if they don't bother you. It's important to find out if there are any causes that could be treated. Without treatment, the risk of a dangerous blockage of the urinary tract can rise. If you can't pass any urine, get medical help right away. The prostate gland is located beneath the bladder. The tube that moves urine from the bladder out of the penis is called the urethra. This tube passes through the center of the prostate. When the prostate gets bigger, it starts to block urine flow. The prostate is a gland that typically keeps growing throughout life. This growth often enlarges the prostate enough to cause symptoms or to block urine flow. It isn't clear what causes the prostate to get bigger. It might be due to changes in the balance of sex hormones as you grow older. Usually, the prostate gland is about the size and shape of a walnut or golf ball. When enlarged, the prostate may block the flow of urine from the bladder to the outside of the body. Risk factors for an enlarged prostate include: Complications of an enlarged prostate can include: Treatment for BPH lowers the risk of these complications. But urinary retention and kidney damage can be serious health threats. Having an enlarged prostate is not thought to raise the risk of getting prostate cancer. Your health care provider likely will start by asking questions about your symptoms. You'll also get a physical exam. This exam is likely to include: After that, you might need other tests that can help confirm an enlarged prostate. These tests include: If your health problem is more complex, you may need tests including: Many treatments are available for enlarged prostate. These include medicines, surgery and procedures that involve smaller, fewer or no cuts. The best treatment choice for you depends on: If your symptoms don't get in the way of your life, you might decide to put off treatment. Instead, you could wait to see if your symptoms change or get worse. For some people, symptoms of BPH can ease without treatment. Taking medicine is the most common treatment for mild to moderate symptoms of an enlarged prostate. Options include: Surgery or other procedures might help with BPH symptoms if you: Surgery or other procedures might not be an option if you have: Any type of prostate procedure can cause side effects. Depending on the procedure you choose, health issues afterward might include: There are many types of surgeries and other procedures that can treat an enlarged prostate. A thin tool with a light, called a scope, is inserted into the urethra. The surgeon removes all but the outer part of the prostate. TURP often relieves symptoms quickly. Some people have a stronger urine flow soon after the procedure too. After TURP, you might need a catheter to drain your bladder for a little while. A lighted scope is inserted into the urethra. The surgeon makes one or two small cuts in the prostate gland. This makes it easier for urine to pass through the urethra. TUIP might be an option if you have a small or slightly enlarged prostate gland. It also may be an option if you have health problems that make other surgeries too risky. A special catheter is placed through the urethra into the prostate area. Microwave energy from the catheter destroys the inner portion of the enlarged prostate gland. This shrinks the prostate and eases urine flow. TUMT might relieve only some of your symptoms. It also might take some time before you notice results. In general, this surgery is used only on small prostates in special situations because the treatment might be needed again. A high-energy laser destroys or removes overgrown prostate tissue. Laser therapy has a lower risk of side effects than does nonlaser surgery. It might be used in people who shouldn't have other prostate procedures because they take blood-thinning medicines. Laser therapy options include: Special tags are used to compress the sides of the prostate. This can improve the flow of urine. A prostate lift might be an option if the middle section of the prostate gland doesn't get in the way of urine flow. It's less likely to cause sexual side effects than are many other surgical treatments. In this experimental procedure, the blood supply to or from the prostate is blocked in chosen areas. This causes the prostate to get smaller. Long-term data on how well this procedure works isn't available. A device is placed in the urethra. It turns water into steam. This wears away extra prostate tissue. WVTT can ease symptoms of an enlarged prostate. It is less likely to cause sexual side effects compared with many other surgical treatments. This procedure uses imaging tests and robotic tools to guide a device into the urethra. The device releases tiny, powerful jets of water to remove extra prostate tissue. This can ease symptoms of an enlarged prostate. Robotic waterjet treatment can cause some of the same side effects that TURP can cause. One or more cuts are made in the lower stomach area. This lets the surgeon reach the prostate and remove tissue. In general, this type of surgery is done if you have a large or very large prostate. A short hospital stay is often needed afterward. The surgery is linked with a higher risk of needing donated blood due to bleeding. Your follow-up care will depend on the technique used to treat your enlarged prostate. Your health care provider should tell you what activities to stay away from and for how long. You can do things at home to help control the symptoms of an enlarged prostate. Try to make healthy diet and exercise changes: Also try these bathroom habits: Other things that might help include: In the United States, no herbal supplements are approved to treat an enlarged prostate. Guidelines from the American Urological Association say that many studies on supplements used for BPH have weaknesses, such as not being studied for enough time. Two stronger studies of people with BPH found that saw palmetto had no benefits over a harmless treatment that contained no medicine, called a placebo. Other herbal supplements include beta-sitosterol extracts, pygeum and rye grass. These have been suggested by some as helpful for easing enlarged prostate symptoms. But the safety and long-term effectiveness of these supplements hasn't been proved. If you take any herbal remedies, tell your health care provider. Certain herbal products might raise the risk of bleeding or affect other medicines that you take. For an enlarged prostate, you might be referred to a doctor who specializes in urinary issues, called a urologist. For BPH, some questions to ask your health care provider are: Feel free to ask other questions during your appointment. Your provider is likely to ask you some questions. Be ready to answer them. It might give you more time to talk about your concerns. You'll probably be asked questions about your symptoms, such as: You might also be asked questions about your health history and diet, such as:

<urn:uuid:4319f791-fd58-40c3-b10b-d080442d26d0>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.stclair.org/services/mayo-clinic-health-information/diseases-and-conditions/CON-20370065

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224651815.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605085657-20230605115657-00248.warc.gz

en

중국의 수소 제조 및 수소 충전소 업계(2016-2030년) Research Report on Hydrogen Manufacturing and Hydrogen Refueling Station Industry in China, 2016-2030 수소 충전소는 2020년 말까지 세계에서 553기가 되고, 2019년과 비교해 107기가 새롭게 설치되었습니다. 515기 충전소는 일반적으로 개방되어 있으며, 나머지는 버스나 기업내 등에서 사용되고 있습니다. 그 중에서도 아시아는 275기로 세계 수소 충전소의 49.73%를 차지하고, 다음으로 유럽이 36.16%로 200기에 달하고 있습니다. 중국의 수소 제조 및 수소 충전소(Hydrogen Manufacturing and Hydrogen Refueling Station) 업계에 대해 조사 분석했으며, 경제·정책 환경, COVID-19의 영향, 주요 기업 등에 대해 최신 정보를 제공합니다. A fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) is a non-polluting vehicle that is powered by electricity generated from the vehicle's stored high-pressure hydrogen and ambient air. These vehicles use hydrogen as an energy source and generate electricity from a fuel cell system. This technology has the potential to be applied across the industry because of the unlimited storage of hydrogen as a fuel on the earth and the eco-friendly nature of the energy production process. The biggest advantage of FCEVs over pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles is that hydrogen refueling usually takes only 3 minutes and the range can easily reach over 600 km. At the same time, hydrogen energy has the advantages of abundant sources, wide range of uses, high calorific value, light total weight and environmental virtues, etc., but is currently subject to greater infrastructure constraints. In addition, the FCEV policy is favorable in the long term, and the scale of FCEV is accelerating. With the launch of FCEV demonstration and point evaluation, the total subsidy scale of fuel cell industry has saw a significant increase. With the demonstrative city point and subsidy, the total subsidy amount of Chinese government will exceed CNY 4 billion (USD 620 million) per year with reference to the existing range of subsidized cities, and the industry scale will also increase significantly, driving the whole scale of industry chain to 10,000 units. In China, local auto manufacturers have been launching FCEVs in succession. Among them, SAIC Group presented early in the field of hydrogen fuel cells, launching Rongwei 950 fuel cell passenger car in 2016, which stands for the first fuel cell passenger car to complete the announcement, sales and licensing in China. Great Wall Motor's first fuel cell vehicle type based on an exclusive platform was scheduled to be demonstrated in 2020. Geely Automobile, for its part, will launch a mass-production model with hydrogen fuel cells in 2025. In 2020, global sales of FCEVs amounted to a total of 9,006, down 9.1% YOY. The sales of the U.S. and China witnessed approximately 50% decrease, only 937 (down 55% YOY) and 1177(down 57% YOY) respectively. Unlike the U.S., which was disturbed by the epidemic, China's downturn in sales was mainly due to the shift in government subsidies and the development of demonstration city clusters. In terms of hydrogen refueling stations, there were 553 hydrogen refueling stations worldwide by the end of 2020, including 107 new stations compared to 2019. 515 stations are open for service to the public and the rest are used for buses or within enterprises, etc., and are not open to the public. Among them, Asia accounts for 49.73% of the world's hydrogen refueling stations with 275 stations, followed by Europe with 36.16% of hydrogen refueling stations, reaching 200 stations. There are 6 countries with more than 30 hydrogen refueling stations in the world, among which Japan has the largest number of hydrogen refueling stations with 142 stations, followed by Germany with 100 stations and China with 69 stations. The total number of hydrogen refueling stations in Japan, Germany and China is 311, accounting for 62% of the world, and these three countries are in the absolute leading position in hydrogen energy development. By the end of 2020, 80 hydrogen refueling stations had been put into operation in China, and these stations are mainly concentrated in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta regions. It is expected that 1,000 stations will be built by 2030. By the end of 2020, China had more than 7,000 FCEVs, making it the country with the largest number of fuel cell commercial vehicles in the world, which were mainly used in the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and Beijing-Tianjin regions. With the guidance of policy and market, China's hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles will be on the fast track. It is expected that by 2025, the number of fuel cell vehicles in China will reach 100,000. With reference to the development process of new energy vehicles, fuel cell vehicles will form a good industrial chain after the implementation of the "demonstrative application" policy, and are expected to see an explosion of production and sales around 2025.

<urn:uuid:48ad0f0c-a59b-4fb3-9728-fcb603d6f848>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.giikorea.co.kr/report/cri1043932-research-report-on-hydrogen-manufacturing-hydrogen.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224654012.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607175304-20230607205304-00648.warc.gz

en

These ruins are what remains of the house of Haleemah Sa’diya in the Banu Sa’d region in the desert of Hudaibiyah. Haleemah (رضي الله عنها) fostered the Prophet (ﷺ) here in the early years of his life. - It was customary among the citizens of Makkah to put their newborns in the care of Bedouin women who would raise them for a couple of years in the desert. The Makkans believed that the unspoiled, rugged desert environment would make their children strong and hardy. Furthermore, an upbringing among the Bedouins ensured that the children would learn the purest form of the Arabic language spoken throughout Arabia. - Abdul Muttalib was looking for one such Bedouin women who would serve as a wetnurse and take his grandson to the desert. Some women from Banu Sa’d came to Makkah to offer their services to local families. Abdul Muttalib asked each of them to take his grandson Muhammad, but all of them declined the offer when they were told the child’s father was dead. They felt the family of a fatherless child would not be able to reward them handsomely. - Haleemah bint Abu Dhuwayb had come to Makkah that day. While all the other Bedouin women had found children to nurse, she was not so fortunate. She saw Abdul Muttalib with an infant in his arms and took pity on the child who had been rejected by the other women. She and her husband took the infant Muhammad back to the desert, happy that they were not returning empty-handed. Haleemah and her husband, Harith bin Abdul Uzzah, both belonged to the tribe of Sa’d bin Bakr bin Hawazen. Their children became the Prophet’s foster brothers and sisters. Their names were Abdullah, Anisa, and Judhama, who was better known as Shayma. - Haleemah and her husband found their lives changed the moment they took Muhammad home. They had travelled to Makkah on a frail female donkey that could barely keep up with their caravan. On the return journey, however, as Haleemah rode with the infant in her arms, the same animal moved so swiftly that it left the caravan behind. - While Muhammad stayed with Haleemah’s family, the house overflowed with blessings. Haleemah herself narrated that she brought Muhammad to her home during a drought. Her she-camel would not give a drop of milk and her own baby would cry the whole night out of hunger. With the child so distraught, Haleemah and Harith found it hard to sleep at night. - Things changed, however, when Haleemah brought Muhammad home and placed him on her lap. Her breasts overflowed with milk so that both Muhammad and her own child drank their fill of milk and fell fast asleep. When Harith went to the she-camel, he was amazed at what he saw. The she-camel’s udder were full of milk and ready to overflow. It gave so much milk that Haleemah’s family was able to sleep that night on full stomachs. Haleemah’s household suddenly appeared to be untouched by the drought, although they lived in Dayar Banu Sa’d, the most drought-stricken spot in the region. The family’s goats would return from grazing with their stomachs full of grass and their udders bursting with milk. Husband and wife would milk their goats often while others failed to get even a drop of milk. - Haleemah’s household continued to be blessed for the next two years, after which she weaned Muhammad. Although he grew up during a great drought, he had developed into a strong, healthy child. - Every six months Haleemah would take Muhammad to Makkah to be with his mother and other family members. She would then return with him to Dayar Banu Sa’d. After Muhammad was weaned, it was time for him to go back to his family for good. When Haleemah took him back to his mother, she begged Aminah to let her keep the boy longer because he had brought her good fortune. She pleaded he would grow stronger and healthier in the desert, far away from the frequent epidemics that raged in Makkah. Aminah consented, and Haleemah returned home with Muhammad, happy at her extended good fortune. - Two years later, however, a strange event occurred that frightened Haleemah and her husband, prompting them to return Muhammad to his family in Makkah. Anas bin Malik (رضي الله عنه) relates that one day as Muhammad was playing with some children near Haleemah’s house, Jibreel (عليه السلام) appeared and made Muhammad lie down. He then opened up the boy’s chest, took out his heart, and extracted a lump of flesh from it, saying: ”This is the portion of Satan in you.” Then he put Muhammad’s heart in a golden tray filled with Zamzam water, washed it and replaced it in his chest. The other children ran to Haleemah in terror crying that Muhammad had been killed. When they reached Muhammad, they found him alive, his face pale from shock. Anas (رضي الله عنه) later said that he saw the scar on the Prophet’s (ﷺ) chest where it had been sewn back together. - In the wake of this supernatural event Muhammad was carried back to Makkah, where for the next two years he grew up under his mother’s care. - Haleemah (رضي الله عنها) died in 8 AH and is buried in Jannatul Baqi in Madinah. References: When the Moon Split – Shaikh Safiur-Rahman Mubarakpuri

<urn:uuid:51663b2e-e505-4848-a6f8-53fbfd012d6a>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.islamiclandmarks.com/saudiarabia-additional-places/house-of-haleemah-ra

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224654012.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607175304-20230607205304-00648.warc.gz

en

Like most mental health difficulties, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, is complex. It is a neuro-biological condition that affects the mind. Along with treatment, the social environment can make a big difference. When people without ADHD support people with it, a person with ADHD can thrive in their own way. ADHD has a big impact on the individual, as well as the social and economic environment. Following through with treatment can help improve attention span, increase self-confidence, and build better relationships. Timely treatment improves school, work and social interactions by addressing core symptoms. Some of these are impulse control, distractedness, hyperactivity, emotional dysregulation (where emotional reactions fall outside the typical response level), and executive dysfunction (where a person’s ability to manage their thoughts and actions are disrupted). Treatment also reduces the risk for smoking, substance abuse, depression, suicidality, sexually transmitted infections, accidental injuries and joblessness. Because ADHD is unique for each person, treatment needs to be individualised for best results, regardless of age or gender. A ‘multimodal’ approach works best, meaning that more than one treatment is needed at the same time. Although medication is the first approach, for some patients, psychosocial treatment and support are important for achieving quality of life. The biological basis to ADHD includes chemical transmitters in the brain called catecholamines, which include dopamine and norepinephrine. Dopamine is important for reward and behavioural regulation pathways, and norepinephrine for alertness, arousal and attention. People with ADHD have lower levels of dopamine and norepinephrine in the prefrontal cortex, which is located at the front of the brain behind the forehead). Medication for ADHD helps improve transmission of dopamine and norepinephrine. The first step in getting ADHD treatment is to see your doctor for a diagnosis. Once a person is diagnosed with ADHD, medical options are explored to find the best fit. Effective medication include amphetamines and methylphenidate. These medications, called psychostimulants, block the reuptake of dopamine and norepinephrine in the region between brain cells (synaptic space or synapse). They do this by blocking transporters that move dopamine and norepinephrine within the synapse. There are long-acting stimulants (effective up to 16 hours) and short-acting stimulants, which begin working in about 30 minutes and last up to six hours. There are also non-stimulant options, which work in the norepinephrine synapses of the brain. To understand how all of this works, imagine a busy street with no traffic lights or stop signs. Medications act as traffic controllers, organising the internal cacophony where someone with ADHD becomes overwhelmed from trying to process life all at once. A medically assisted balance of transmitters helps tune out distractions so the mind can focus on the task at hand, be it safely crossing the street, maintaining focus in a conversation, or completing homework or household chores. Since ADHD is different for everyone, the dose and medication need to be tailored to have the optimum effect with the least side effects. The types of medication the doctor will prescribe depends on what is approved and available in the country where you live. Treatment is most successful when the patient is supported by their family and social environment. Psychosocial support at home, in the social milieu, at school and at work, are important for a person with ADHD. After all, pills don’t teach skills! Support can be garnered through multiple routes, from parental behavioural interventions for children and youth, educating the self and others, therapy, exercise, and meditation. Children with ADHD-related challenges, such as an explosive temper, or an inability to complete tasks, need parental support, especially in regions where the resources available for families are limited. Positive parenting strategies, where, for example, you connect with your child before you correct their behaviour, can help. This can be done by repeating their expressions of frustration, like – ‘I hear you are angry, and that’s okay. Can you tell me why you are upset?’ This has a calming effect over demanding that they calm down and focus. They do not have the skills to quiet their minds and concentrate, and need help to do so. Parents can also help by being mindful of their children’s activity levels. Physical exercise and spending time outdoors is beneficial for everyone, particularly for people with ADHD. Physical movement, like walking, running and jumping, creates healthy blood flow throughout the body and brain. Movement improves overall health, in addition to demanding focus in the moment allowing someone with ADHD to ‘get out of their own heads’ for a while. Nurturing your mental health can help manage the emotional load of having ADHD. Occupational, art, and music therapy have been shown to have benefits, depending on the individual. Doing something creative – from doodling, tapping a rhythm with your fingers and gardening – can have a positive impact. Cognitive therapy, the only validated non-drug therapy for ADHD is where an individual and a therapist develop strategies for dealing with ADHD. For some patients, meditation, which draws focus to the breath and body in that moment, can help ease anxiety and depression as well as improve memory and focus. Speaking at a recent conference (Center for ADHD Awareness Canada, CADDAC 2022), Dr Joan Flood likened having ADHD to a brand new computer, all set up and ready to go, but “the internet connection has only one bar. This (medical treatment and social support) is our way of getting from one bar to four bars!” A person does not need to suffer alone with ADHD. With treatment and support, the life of the individual and their social, work, and family relationships, can be full and satisfying. The authors thank Dr Alka Subramanyam, Dr Doron Almagor, Dr Mantosh Dewan, and Dr Stephen V Faraone for providing comments about this article. Dr Alka Subramanyam is associate professor, Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai. Dr Doron Almagor is founder and director of Possibilities Clinic in Toronto, Canada. Dr Mantosh Dewan is distinguished service professor, department of psychiatry, and president, SUNY Upstate Medical University, USA. Dr Stephen V Faraone is president of the World Federation of ADHD. He is distinguished professor, department of psychiatry, and vice-chair for research, SUNY Upstate Medical University, USA (www.ADHDevidence.org) Mel Lefebvre is communications director; Sarojini M Sengupta, PhD, is CEO of AIMH (www.aimhinc.com) Read all the Latest Opinions here

<urn:uuid:8dc591aa-0367-4ec5-a770-70b155a5a457>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.news18.com/opinion/adhd-persons-full-satisfying-life-psychosocial-treatment-support-make-difference-7385545.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652235.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606045924-20230606075924-00448.warc.gz

en

How much should flowers be watered? Correct irrigation methods It is a common choice to use flowers to decorate our homes and offices. However, the correct irrigation method and timing is very important for the flowers to grow healthily. Improper watering can damage plant roots and even cause death. Therefore, the question of how much water the flowers should have is very important. In this article we help your plants grow healthy and beautiful by providing information on how much to water your flowers and the correct irrigation techniques. What are the correct irrigation methods? Correct irrigation practices are extremely important to keep plants healthy and strong. Flowers have different irrigation needs depending on their different shapes and sizes. Some plants need less water, others more. First of all, remember that the plants must be watered regularly without letting the soil dry out. Drying out of the soil can damage the plant’s roots and cause death. It is also important to consider the amount of water the plant needs. As an irrigation method, underground irrigation (drip irrigation) or soil irrigation (air irrigation) can be used. Irrigation from the ground helps the roots of the plants absorb water better, while irrigation from the ground directs water directly to the roots of the plant and reduces water loss. The frequency and amount of watering of plants depends on the type of plant, its size and environmental factors. In general, plants should be watered once or twice a week to ensure that the soil is moist. However, some plants can increase or decrease the frequency of watering. Also, do not spray the leaves of the plants when watering, as the water left on the leaves can cause various fungal and bacterial infections. You can keep your plants healthy and strong by using proper irrigation methods. However, remember that when watering your plants, you should consider the amount and frequency of water your plants need, and change your irrigation methods if necessary. Which flowers need to be watered how often? Because each flower has a different water requirement, it is important to research the flower’s water requirements before watering each plant. In addition, the temperature of the environment in which the flowers are located, humidity and exposure to sunlight can also affect the frequency of irrigation. Evergreen plants generally need little water. It is recommended to water these plants until the soil is always dry. Flowers may need less water, especially in winter. 2. Deciduous plants Deciduous plants can also generally have few irrigation requirements. The soil of these plants should be slightly moist, but excessive irrigation should be avoided. Succulents are plants that can retain water, so they need less water. It is advisable to water the succulents until the soil is completely dry. The water needs of orchids can vary depending on the type and size. In general, orchid soil should be slightly moist, but excessive watering should be avoided. 5. Medicinal plants The irrigation requirements of medicinal plants can vary depending on the type and size. However, the soil for these plants should generally be slightly moist. What are wrong irrigation methods and what are the disadvantages? Many plants have different needs regarding the amount, frequency and method of irrigation. Correct irrigation practices are very important for the health and growth of your plants. However, improper irrigation methods can damage your plants and even cause death. 1. Water regularly Instead of watering your plants every day, water them according to the moisture level of the soil. Keeping the soil consistently moist can cause root rot. 2. Surface irrigation Watering your plants from the surface ensures that the water only reaches the top layers of the soil and prevents the roots from going deeper. As a result, plants remain on the surface and the roots rot. 3. Allow urination Overwatering your plants can cause puddles to form at the bottom of the pot. This prevents the roots from getting oxygen, which causes them to rot. 4. Watering in the hot sun Watering under the hot sun will cause the water to evaporate quickly and not be able to provide your plants with enough moisture. It is therefore preferable to water your plants in a cool time. 5. Irrigation with hot water Watering your plants with hot water can cause root burns. When watering, make sure that the temperature of the water is close to room temperature. How does the effect of weather affect the amount of water? Weather conditions such as temperature, humidity and sunlight affect plant growth and development. Because of this, the irrigation needs of plants can change and determining the right amount of irrigation can become even more important. For example, plants need more water in hot weather because the water evaporates and disappears from the leaves of the plant. Therefore, the amount of water that plants are watered in hot weather should be increased. Similarly, in humid weather, plants may need less water because there is already enough moisture in the air. Sunlight also affects the water requirements of plants. Plants that are exposed to the sun need more water because they dry out faster. However, plants in the shade need less water. Some plants grow better in certain weather conditions. For example, succulents grow better in hot, dry weather conditions, so watering should be less. For this reason, the amount of irrigation should be adjusted taking into account the type of plants and growing conditions. How should houseplants and outdoor plants be watered? Houseplants and outdoor plants have different water needs for their flowers. Since houseplants are small in size to fit in your home, they usually require less water. Outdoor plants, on the other hand, require more water because they are taller. There are some things to know about indoor plants and outdoor plant watering methods. Houseplants usually need to be watered before their soil dries out. The water should reach the bottom of the soil and the soil should be completely moist. You may know that your plants need water when the top of the soil dries up. Watering frequency can vary depending on the type and size of the plant, but usually watering once or twice a week is sufficient. Outdoor plants need to be watered more often because the soil dries out faster. These plants should be watered regularly to keep the soil moist, rather than waiting for the soil to dry completely. Usually, watering once or twice a day is sufficient. But keep in mind that as temperatures rise or rainfall decreases, your plants will need more water. The amount of water for indoor and outdoor plants can vary depending on the plant’s needs and environmental factors. Therefore, to understand the irrigation needs of the plant, it is important to pay attention to the type and size of the plant, the drying of the soil, the weather conditions and the method of irrigation. How often should flowers be watered? Frequent watering of flowers depends on the type of plant, size, soil type and growing conditions. It is generally recommended to water the flowers as the soil dries. However, some plants need more moisture, while others need less. Because each plant has different water needs, it’s best to follow the recommended watering frequency on the label or plant care guide. Between what hours should flowers be watered? It is generally recommended to water the flowers early in the morning. This can ensure that the plant absorbs water better when exposed to sunlight and temperatures and prevents the plant from losing moisture. It is also recommended not to water in the evening, as keeping the plant moist at night can cause mold or other diseases. How often should flowers be watered? The number of times the flowers are watered depends on the needs of the plant. Some plants need more frequent watering, while others need less frequent watering. In addition, the temperature and humidity of the air can affect the frequency of irrigation. It is generally recommended to water the flowers as the soil dries. You can control soil moisture by lightly digging the top of the soil. How should flowers be watered? Different methods can be used to water flowers depending on the type and size of the plant. Wetting the leaves of some plants is not recommended, while it is important for others. In general, it is best to water the plant slowly and evenly. Watering too quickly or too much can cause root rot. The temperature of the irrigation water is also important. Cold water can damage the roots of the plant, so it is recommended to use water at room temperature.

<urn:uuid:bcb12a4a-50d0-4c56-9567-12cd5e8754bf>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://blog.dizih.com/how-much-should-flowers-be-watered-correct-irrigation-methods/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646257.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20230531022541-20230531052541-00648.warc.gz

en

What Is Pass-The-Hash? Pass-The-Hash (PTH) is an attack designed to allow an unauthenticated attacker (usually on an internal network) to take control of the NTLMv1 or NTLMv2 hashes of a compromised Windows user and send them to another Windows computer to be used to authenticate. It is an attack that is designed to let attackers move laterally around a Windows network with ease and can be especially dangerous when the hash being used belongs to an Administrative level account. Why Is PTH Important? As a Security Consultant (read: penetration tester, or, as my manager says, "Professional Hacker"), I find that the easiest way that I can get the coveted "keys to the kingdom" in Microsoft Windows environments - the Domain Admin, or even Enterprise Admin account - is through compromising some server or workstation that is running some administrative credentials, mostly local administrator, and using those credentials to move around the network. Windows networks are not particularly setup with security in mind, as most IT administrators just want them to work. Having been one of these administrators myself in a past life, I understand the pain of having to make sure that THINGS JUST WORK. There are *MANY* issues with Windows networks, from patching, to running old software, to weak passwords for user accounts, etc. Many of these issues can be solved with a little elbow grease and time, but it's usually best done when the network is being setup, because once it WORKS, as an admin, we don't want ANYONE messing with our network. However, one of the issues in Windows networks that is often overlooked is how often an admin can setup an image with the same local administrator account on all computers for that image, whether it be for the server farm or for different workstation images, and the same password, while it may be long and complex, is used EVERYWHERE. While this may keep the casual malicious user/attacker from guessing the password, once a skilled attacker gains access to the computer, it's trivial to dump either the NTLMv1/NTLMv2 hash or the password itself from memory on the machine. Now, it needs to be noted that in order to dump passwords or hashes from memory, it requires administrative or System privileges on the compromised computer. With that being said, if a Windows 7 workstation or 2008 R2 server has not been patched for Microsoft's MS17-010 vulnerability, and an attacker finds it, it's potentially Game Over. This particular vulnerability, when successfully exploited, gives "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" privileges on the compromised machine. This can be particularly problematic (or AWESOME, depending on your vantage point) if the local administrator is logged into the machine at the time, and the password is the same across all machines. As an attacker, I am usually successful at gaining admin or system privileges on a machine once I'm on the internal network. I can then use the dumped passwords/hashes to compromise the rest of the network. If there's no user logged in, it's again trivial to use Windows-based tools to dump the Security Account Manager file from memory and gain access to the local administrator hash. If this password is the same on all computers, then the password hash will be the same on all computers, and I can either attempt to crack the hash, or use that hash to access other computers in a Pass-The-Hash attack. Once a computer with a Domain/Enterprise Admin account is found logged in, then I will dump those credentials from memory (again, hashes or plaintext passwords, depending on the OS and tool), and utilize them to compromise the entire network. Please note, the many ways that password credentials (passwords and the various types of hashes) can be gained and used for nefarious purposes is beyond the scope of this article. This is a Windows 10 Enterprise system. This is not my real password. :-) How To Defend Against Pass-The-Hash There are a few techniques that make my job to perform penentration tests (and, of course, any other unauthorized user) much harder. - Microsoft LAPS The best technique to mitigate the "local administrator" PTH attack is to use Microsoft's Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) on all servers and workstations. It's a free tool from Microsoft designed to make attacks like these useless, at least for the local administrator account. It's an Active Directory add-on that works by changing the local administrator account password at a user specified interval and with user specified length and character settings. It then stores that password in Active Directory attributes. The next blog post will have more information on how to install it and best practices for using it. - Admin Account Restrictions Turn off the Domain/Enterprise Admin (DA) accounts. Disable them. Re-enable them when needed; then, disable them again. Even in small networks, not everyone needs to have admin credentials. As a matter of fact, NO ONE needs to have full administrative credentials 100% of the time. If a DA account is needed full time, investigate as to why that is. Managed Service Accounts (MSA) were introduced in Windows 2008 R2 to allow specific services to be ran, and the password changes automatically. MSAs were designed to be a replacement for the local accounts or the DA service accounts that so many of us were guilty of creating, then forgetting about. That password for that DA service account might be 64 characters long, but if I can get the hash for it, I don't need to crack it. Now, this particular remedy tends to be a proverbial "thorn in the side" because of the effort it takes to implement, but in the event that you experience a compromise on your network, it will save you tons of grief. You can thank me later. - Network Segmentation and Access Controls If your network is flat, there may be nothing stopping me from compromising a workstation and using that to launch an attack on your servers, then your entire network. Plan for network segmentation. Put servers in their own VLAN(s), printers in their own VLAN, users in their own VLAN(s), wireless users in their own VLAN, etc. Then monitor how your users and applications access and communicate with other servers, applications, web applications, databases, etc. This will set the baseline for your network. From there, use firewalls and access controls to restrict access to certain networks and services to only authorized networks or IP addresses. - Example #1 - If a user VLAN doesn't need to directly access a database server, use access controls (firewalls) to restrict access. - Example #2 - On local workstations, Windows Firewall is a built-in, configurable solution to restrict certain networks from communicating with certain ports. For instance, if you use Microsoft Remote Desktop or $VNC service, configure Windows Firewall to restrict access to only certain networks or even IP addresses for access. If you made it to the end of this long blog post, CONGRATULATIONS! I will be completing this little foray into the world of Pass-the-Hash in the next article, "Installing Microsoft LAPS for Fun and Profit."

<urn:uuid:d5a73405-c339-44ba-8964-3c119886554b>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://truedigitalsecurity.com/blog/defending-against-pass-the-hash

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649986.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604125132-20230604155132-00046.warc.gz

en

If You Are AssaultedThe following guide is meant to help you navigate next steps in the event that you should experience an extremely difficult event such as physical or sexual assault. If You Are Assaulted Get to a safe place. Call a friend, family member, or if you choose, the police for help. Call the Rape Crisis Center for support and information on possible options you have regarding reporting or not reporting the assault. Reporting to the police is YOUR choice. Don’t shower, bathe, douche, change clothes, or straighten up the area if you plan to report the attack. You will destroy the evidence you may need. What Consent Looks Like Consent is an agreement between two people to engage in sexual activity. Consent is about communication! Giving consent one time for one activity does not mean consent is given for increased or reoccurring sexual contact. What is Trauma? It is important to remember, that everyone experiences some type of trauma in their life. We suffer it individually, as a family, or as a society. We experience life-altering accidents, a health crisis, the death of a loved one, or a natural disaster. The aftereffects of trauma are nothing to be ashamed of. People suffer from physical, emotional, and cognitive effects. In the acute trauma stage (the first 30 days) a person can feel anxiety, lack sleep, have nightmares, become hypervigilant, experience increased depression and feel physically ill. Traumatic events, physical or psychological have short and long-term effects on your health. Even if you do not have physical injures, your health may be impacted. If you experience sexual assault, abuse, or any intimate partner violence your physical and emotional health can be affected. Survivors of trauma might feel shocked, scared, guilty, ashamed, angry, or vulnerable. Trauma tends to be harder to recover or cope with if it is a repeated trauma or it happens in childhood. The North County Rape Crisis and Child Protection Center provides services to help survivors and their family and friends find their healing path from these traumatic events. Those services include individual and group counseling. Victims’ Bill of Rights: Marsy’s Law On November 4, 2008, the People of the State of California approved Proposition 9, the Victims’ Bill of Rights Act of 2008: Marsy’s Law. This measure amended the California Constitution to provide additional rights to victims. This card contains specific sections of the Victims’ Bill of Rights and resources. Crime victims may obtain additional information regarding Marsy’s Law by contacting the Attorney General’s Victim Services Unit at 1.877.433.9069; the local Victim Witness Assistance Center may be contacted at 1.805.654.3622. - To be treated with fairness and respect for his or her privacy and dignity, and to be free from intimidation, harassment, and abuse, throughout the criminal or juvenile justice process. - To be reasonably protected from the defendant and persons acting on behalf of the defendant. - To have the safety of the victim and the victim’s family considered in fixing the amount of bail and release conditions for the defendant. - To prevent the disclosure of confidential information or records to the defendant, the defendant’s attorney, or any other person acting on behalf of the defendant, which could be used to locate or harass the victim or the victim’s family or which disclose confidential communications made in the course of medical or counseling treatment, or which are otherwise privileged or confidential by law. - To refuse an interview, deposition, or discovery request by the defendant, the defendant’s attorney, or any other person acting on behalf of the defendant, and to set reasonable conditions on the conduct of any such interview to which the victim consents. - To reasonable notice of and to reasonably confer with the prosecuting agency, upon request, regarding, the arrest of the defendant if known by the prosecutor, the charges filed, the determination whether to extradite the defendant and, upon request, to be notified of and informed before any pretrial disposition of the case. - To reasonable notice of all public proceedings, including delinquency proceedings, upon request, at which the defendant and the prosecutor are entitled to be present and of all parole or other post-conviction release proceedings, and to be present at all such proceedings. - To be heard, upon request, at any proceeding, including any delinquency proceeding, involving a post-arrest release decision, plea, sentencing, post-conviction release decision, or any proceeding in which a right of the victim is at issue. - To a speedy trial and a prompt and final conclusion of the case and any related post-judgment proceedings. - To provide information to a probation department official conducting a pre-sentence investigation concerning the impact of the offense on the victim and the victim’s family and any sentencing recommendations before the sentencing of the defendant. - To receive, upon request, the pre-sentence report when available to the defendant, except for those portions made confidential by law. - To be informed, upon request, of the conviction, sentence, place and time of incarceration, or other disposition of the defendant, the scheduled release date of the defendant, and the release of or the escape by the defendant from custody. - To restitution. - It is the unequivocal intention of the People of the State of California that all persons who suffer losses as a result of criminal activity shall have the right to seek and secure restitution from the persons convicted of the crimes causing the losses they suffer. - Restitution shall be ordered from the convicted wrongdoer in every case, regardless of the sentence or disposition imposed, in which a crime victim suffers a loss. - All monetary payments, monies, and property collected from any person who has been ordered to make restitution shall be first applied to pay the amounts ordered as restitution to the victim. - To the prompt return of property when no longer needed as evidence. - To be informed of all parole procedures, to participate in the parole process, to provide information to the parole authority to be considered before the parole of the offender, and to be notified, upon request, of the parole or other release of the offender. - To have the safety of the victim, the victim’s family, and the general public considered before any parole or other post-judgment release decision is made. - To be informed of the rights enumerated in paragraphs (1) through (16). Source: California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation 24-Hour Support Line Lompoc Police: (805) 736-2341 Lompoc Sheriff Substation: (805) 737-7737 Santa Ynez Sheriff Substation: (805) 686-5000 Buellton Sheriff Substation: (805) 686-8150 VAFB Security Police: (805) 606-3911 Santa Maria Police: (805) 928-3781 Santa Maria Sheriff Substation: (805) 934-6150 Guadalupe Police: (805) 343-2112 Vandenberg AFB SARC Office Child Welfare Services Reporting Hotline: 1-800-367-0166 Lompoc: (805) 737-7078 Santa Maria: (805) 346-7170 Domestic Violence Solutions Lompoc: (805) 736-0965 Santa Maria: (805) 928-8701 STESA / Standing Together to End Sexual Assault (805) 564-3696 Hotline UCSB Campus Advocacy Resources and Education (CARE) Program San Luis Obispo County Sexual Assault Recovery and Prevention Center (805)545-8888 Hotline & Office Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence Los Angeles County Peace Over Violence Hotline: (213)626-3393 www.peaceoverviolence.org YWCA of Los Angeles, Compton Center Project SISTER Sexual Assault Crisis Center Center for the Pacific Asian Family, Inc. Services available in Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean Other Southland Centers Community Service Programs, Inc. – Sexual Assault Victim Services San Francisco Women Against Rape Hotline (415)647-7273 www.sfwar.org Bay Area Women Against Rape R.A.I.N.N. (Rape of Youth & Incest National Network Hotline) Automatically connects the caller to a Rape Crisis Center in her/his area based on the caller’s area code. 800-656-4673 North County Rape Crisis & Child Protection Center 511 E Ocean Ave, Lompoc, CA 93436 Santa Maria Office 301 Miller St # 206, Santa Maria, CA 93454 Follow the Center Copyright 2020. North County Rape Crisis. All Rights Reserved.

<urn:uuid:36398015-cc69-45e9-870a-7875763d8d72>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://sbcountyrapecrisis.org/steps/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648635.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20230602104352-20230602134352-00049.warc.gz

en

Palm oil ban in Sri Lanka: Is it sustainable? 2 years ago Sri Lanka’s edible oil market has received considerable attention in recent weeks due to a series of events: the banning of palm oil importation in a bid to promote the coconut industry, detection of aflatoxins in imported coconut oil, importation of coconut kernel chips, issuing license for palm oil imports, and banning of oil palm cultivation. The edible oil industry is important for Sri Lanka: Oils and fats are a major constituent of the typical Sri Lankan diet and a raw material in manufacturing, in particular the food manufacturing industry. According to the latest available data, there are around 5,057 establishments employing 332,828 workers in the formal food manufacturing sector which generate an annual output of approximately Rs. 1.4 billion. This blog assesses the local edible oil market and its potential for import substitution. Sri Lanka’s edible oil market The demand for domestic edible oils comes from two segments: households and industries. Data from the 2016 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) of the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) show that an average household consumes 1.6 litres of fats and oils per month and the annual consumer demand is around 96,249 MT, with coconut oil being the main source of edible oil (Figure 1). Industrial demand in 2020 can be approximated to 167,372 MT. This demand for edible oils in the country is met by locally produced oils as well as imported oils. Coconut oil and palm oil are the local edible oil sources. In 2020, total edible oil production was 44,326 MT. Coconut oil production was 19,759 MT which depends on annual coconut production. Crude palm oil and palm kernel oil production was 24, 567 according to the Coconut Development Authority (CDA). According to the CDA, the quantity of imported fats and oils in 2020 was 219,295 MT. A range of edible oils are imported to meet industrial demand and partially to meet household demand (Figure 2). The foreign exchange outflow in 2020 was Rs. 37,378 million for edible oils imports. Total edible oil supply during 2020 was 263, 621 MT both from local production (44, 326 MT) and imports (219,295). Around 83% of the requirement is met by imports, and industrial demand is nearly two-thirds of the total demand (Figure 3). The available data show that it is difficult to meet the edible oil demand from the local supply. The average coconut production during the last five years was around 2,792 million nuts. Nearly 65-70% of the produce is consumed as fresh coconuts (1,800 million nuts). Processing industries utilise the remaining coconuts (around 1,000 million). Around 108,108 MT of coconut oil can be produced from 1,000 million nuts at the expense of export industries, yet 155,513 MT of excess demand has to be met. Palm oil is cultivated in 12,000 Ha which is expected to produce nearly 48,000 MT. Together, coconut and palm oil can be expected to supply 156,108 MT of edible oil, which is still short of 107,513 MT of oil required to meet the consumer and industry demand. Way forward Given the current context, Sri Lanka cannot meet its edible oil demand as the coconut supply is not sufficient to meet the edible oil demand, and expansion of production is difficult in the short term. Imported edible oils are an essential ingredient in food manufacturing due to its unique properties and low cost. Therefore, facilitating importation is required to meet the local demand. Sri Lanka spends around Rs. 37 billion for edible oil imports, and looking for alternatives is a sensible solution. Rice bran oil is a potential byproduct of paddy milling and it does not demand extra land for cultivation. Sri Lanka has to invest in utilising this potential resource. Measures to achieve optimum productivity from existing coconut lands are vital to reduce oil imports. Investments have already been made in palm oil production. It is important to reinvestigate the concerns around palm oil cultivation. Oil palm being an exotic species, the impact on the local ecosystem is yet unknown with concerns of losing rubber lands, groundwater depletion and effluent disposal. Palm oil is more efficient in oil production than coconut; 1 Ha of oil palm produces nearly 4 MT of oil while coconut produces nearly 1 MT of oil. Limited availability of lands restricts further expansion of coconut lands. Therefore, a combination of coconut and oil palm can be considered to meet the demand for edible oil and the other products. The coconut industry is directly influenced by edible oil importation. Imported edible oils are cheap, reduce the demand for local coconut oil, and allow adulteration. However, the low cost is an advantage for manufacturing industries. Coconut being a multipurpose tree is incomparable to oil palm in food security and livelihoods terms. Promoting coconut export industries is economically attractive. Export income in 2020 from kernel products was Rs. 63,293 million. Sri Lanka’s coconut products enjoy export demand and a competitive advantage due to its unique taste and colour. Thus, imported raw material is unlikely to be a substitute for export industries and the potential for earning foreign exchange would be low. The present policy of permitting coconut oil imports under low tariff rates and kernel chips as a raw material to meet the household coconut oil demand while keeping the coconut oil millers in business can only be a short-term solution. Facilitating traditional millers to reach global Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) and lauric acid value chains will assure their competitiveness while rewarding the coconut growers with a reasonable price. Further, domestic coconut oil consumers may need to partially shift to substitute oils or imported coconut oil until coconut production is substantially increased. A comprehensive analysis to ascertain the cost benefits of using different types of edible oils for different purposes is a priority. Availability of these facts will help consumers make informed decisions, address misapprehensions, and better ensure the well-being of all Sri Lankans. [The writer is a Research Economist at the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) with research interests in the analysis of industries and markets, competitiveness and SMEs. She holds a BSc in Agriculture from the University of Peradeniya, an MPhil in Agricultural Economics from the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, and a PhD in Agricultural Economics from The University of Melbourne, Australia. She can be contacted via email@example.com]

<urn:uuid:651552f2-8b43-4138-99ac-d0fe253dd8ad>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.themorning.lk/articles/133233

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643462.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528015553-20230528045553-00247.warc.gz

en

Thankfully, you’re not alone, and help is available by France Benoit Each spring, many Yellowknifers experience symptoms of the affliction known as Growing Food in Small Spaces Syndrome (GFSSS). Those suffering look at the amount of space they have to grow food in and begin to experience chest pains or anxiety attacks. They want more space to grow food yet feel helpless. Feelings of exhaustion and confusion may emerge as patients are not able to surmount their feelings of inadequacy, especially when they see other people’s gardens or photos of large commercial greenhouses. Symptoms are particularly acute in late spring and early summer. In this sense, it can be regarded as a seasonal disorder. If you answer yes to any of the following questions, you are suffering from GFSSS: Do you crave kale and want to grow this hardy superfood? Are you looking forward to the Dehcho Bridge because seedlings may arrive earlier in the season? Have you decided to hang the picture of your first garden (or the family farm) in your living room? Do you long to sink your fingers in dirt? Have you cringed at the cost of buying fresh produce? Thankfully, help is available in Yellowknife and treatment need not be expensive. Here are just a few of the options: 1) The window of opportunity: Start small on your windowsill. You can grow herbs, lettuce and Asian greens which can foster your healing. Any small/narrow waterproof container will do. Plant seeds as early as March in a south-facing window. Keep planting seeds every two weeks to ensure both a steady supply and your sanity. 2) Weed yourself of negative thoughts: You believe you have limited space to grow food, but this is just not true. The space you really need to worry about is that between your ears. Look at the space you have and imagine the possibilities. Daily meditation is a known remedy. Choose a location with a southern exposure and repeat three times each statement: I have space, I can grow food, I am a beautiful gardener. Although never tried by this author, scrapbooking may be conducive to healing. Open a seed catalogue and try cutting out the faces of those people standing next to their 20-pound zucchini or 500-pound pumpkin and glue your face instead. 3) Embrace the vegetable in you: If you are committed to recovery, a quick first rule of thumb is to consider replacing the flowers you normally grow with vegetables. You may go cool cucumber (a.k.a. cold turkey) and stop growing flowers immediately, or you can go in moderation to reduce withdrawal symptoms. Good replacements include bush beans with colourful petals and edible flowers such as nasturtiums. To ease the transition, you may find useful to repeat while watering: If I am going to water you, you might as well feed me. 4) Express your love from your balcony: You can attach planters on both sides of your railing. If the sun reaches down, you may put containers or planters directly onto the floor. If you have a brick wall, there are special attachments to hang light baskets in which you can grow herbs. Be careful to match the size of the container to the chosen vegetable. It may be obvious to most, but remember you are under the influence of GFSSS. 5) Look up, look way up! Another good use of space is to grow vertically along a trellis, lattice or your wall. Runner beans or peas are good climbers but so are winter squashes. If some of your veggies grow up, that leaves room to grow more down below. You can also do the reverse and let it all hang out: grow peppers or tomatoes upside down in specially designed hanging baskets. You can purchase those locally or check online for easy DIY instructions. Remember: the more you grow, the less you suffer. 6) Harvest your yard: If symptoms have not abated, you may be ready to convert (not in the religious sense, although gardening can be a religious experience) part of your yard or driveway into a vegetable garden. Are you willing to line your driveway with containers in which to grow food? You can, and you should. Breathe deeply. 7) Remember, you are not alone: While on the road to recovery, remember you are part of a large food movement, one that extends beyond your window, fence, balcony, deck or yard. Joining an AG (Anonymous Gardeners) support group can be beneficial. Recommended dosage: at least once a week pay a visit to the new Territorial Farmers Association website for tips on how to grow food from fellow GFSSS gardeners from across the NWT at www.farmnwt.com. 8) Prevention is truly the best medicine: If symptoms continue late into the growing season, do not despair; there is always next summer. Start planning early for next year’s crop of GFSSS. Recommendations include ample time in bed reading seed catalogues (this author’s sure road to recovery), researching online and library gardening resources. Continue with meditation and visualizations through the winter. If all else fails, you are in the incurable and addictive phase. Repeating the Gardener’s Serenity Prayer may be your only recourse: Goddess of the Garden, grant me the serenity to accept the limits of my own growing space; the courage to find ways to increase my growing space and the wisdom to figure out the difference before next spring. For the Newbie YK Gardener | Critical tips to get growing 1. Start your own tomato or pepper seedlings indoors in March/April. 2. Transplant seedlings outside around May 30, the approximate last day of frost for the area. 3. Protect your seedlings from the cold by covering them with clear plastic containers or garbage bags. 4. Three easy vegetables to grow in the NWT are potatoes, lettuce and peas. 5. Water, water, water: if you think you’ve watered enough, water some more.

<urn:uuid:b6dc1e1a-0b44-476a-a211-e1233c442d0c>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://edgenorth.ca/article/fearful-of-vegetable-gardening-at-home/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649518.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604061300-20230604091300-00644.warc.gz

en

As Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) works to develop a wolf restoration and management plan for the state, a first of its kind, it will take a diverse and passionate group of wildlife experts to execute the steps needed to establish a viable, self-sustaining wolf population in Colorado. One brave individual who sits on the state’s frontline to accomplish this challenging conservation work is Ellen Brandell, a CPW wildlife research scientist, who was specifically hired to study wolf ecology for the state. Brandell has been researching wolves for more than a decade now, including work in Yellowstone National Park, where she studied wolf population and disease dynamics and published a series of scientific papers that showcased her specialization in carnivore research and planning. Ellen’s passion for her scientific work radiates. She wants to share her findings so others can be awed and intrigued by wildlife ecosystems. “During my Ph.D., I became focused on the intersection between disease, predator-prey dynamics and population dynamics. This combination gave me a good understanding of different ecological processes without being super focused on just one aspect of wolf ecology. I think that background is going to be helpful in planning research here in Colorado,” said Brandell. So where did this passion for wildlife come from? Ellen Brandell, originally from an urban area near Detroit, Mich., said her fascination with working with wildlife started at a young age when she daydreamed about a career in wildlife biology. “I remember watching wildlife shows on TV and being mesmerized that there is this whole world out there where people can study wildlife,” said Brandell. “It felt so far away to me, but I felt a pull that I wanted to learn about wildlife and understand their lives and worlds.” Down the rabbit hole of wildlife research she fell, earning a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Biology with minors in Climate Change Studies and Communication Studies with a thesis on “Wolf-Cougar Co-occurrence in the Central Canadian Rocky Mountains” from the University of Montana. Brandell then continued her education at Pennsylvania State University to earn a Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and completed a thesis on “Disease invasion in Yellowstone: Exploring the effects of wolf social organization and trophic interactions.” “I think a common misconception people have about wolves — especially wolves in Yellowstone — is that there is a standard blueprint on how wolves will behave no matter where they live. But based on my experience and research, it’s not that simple. Wolves in Yellowstone have only been studied there since 1995, so there is still a lot to learn about that particular ecosystem,” said Brandell. “It’s important that we keep a broad scope when designing research – for example, by incorporating information about wolves that have inhabited areas for thousands of years, like in Canada and Alaska.” Although studying wolves comes with a cloud of wanderlust, the job itself is incredibly difficult and not for the faint of heart. Long hours, intense weather conditions, public scrutiny and unpredictable days in the field, which can generate limited data are just a few unique challenges that come with the job. “It takes a lot of resilience to study wolves. It is challenging to enter their habitat or pack environment and try to see the world through their eyes. Wolves are going to be wolves whether we are there to witness them or not. There are days our team goes out into the field, and we don’t see anything. It can be disheartening at times, but it is also that much more rewarding and thrilling when we do see wolves on the landscapes and can collect data that will help us better understand the ebb and flow of wolf populations in our state both now and in years to come,” said Brandell. Colorado is part of the gray wolf’s native range, but wolves were eradicated by the 1940s. Over the past decade, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) restored gray wolves in Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, and Arizona. Individual wolves, including two wolves that have since mated and produced pups in Jackson County, have been periodically migrating into Colorado. Wolves from the south may do so someday as well. As CPW works to reintroduce 30 to 50 wolves in total over the next three to five years (10-15 animals per year), Brandell’s specialization in carnivore research and planning will help CPW set up both short-term and long-term wolf research projects. “Ellen is a dedicated professional who will objectively address research questions to enhance our understanding of wolves as they reestablish in Colorado,” said CPW’s Mammal Research Leader Chuck Anderson. “She is a great asset to our agency and brings a unique perspective to our research programs.” There is still a lot of uncertainty about wolves in Colorado as the state waits for the Parks and Wildlife Commission to approve a Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan. The state has also requested that the federal government approve a 10(j) rule that would provide CPW with broader flexibility in managing wolves, which are currently listed as federally endangered species. “Developing the wolf program in Colorado is a playground for a researcher — there is so much possibility and many things to discover,” said Brandell. “This truly is a natural experiment and the opportunity for Coloradans to observe, learn and embrace the opportunity to witness wolves like never before in our state’s history.” EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second part of a series profiling Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff involved in gray wolf reintroduction in Colorado. Read part 1 – Wolf Update: CPW’s Adam Baca brings a history of success using non-lethal mitigation tools. CPW is proud of the work of its highly trained experts coordinating reintroduction efforts following the passage of Colorado Proposition 114, now state statute 33-2-105.8, that directed CPW to develop a plan to reintroduce and manage gray wolves in designated areas in Colorado west of the Continental Divide no later than Dec. 31, 2023. Written by Bridget O’Rourke. Bridget is a Statewide Public Information Officer and Marketing and Communication Specialist for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Big mistake Coloradans. Hear in Wis. our hands have been tied since 2014 to control over population of wolves because of animal activists, lawyers, and politics. Soon your ranchers will be losing livestock. Your income from hunters in your state will decline because of lack of game. Your suburbs will lose pets. You will be scared to let little children play in the yard. Like mountain lions, they really don’t have a fear from anything. Wolves work in packs. There is a reason our forefathers all but eliminated them a hundred or so years ago. And don’t forget about tribal reservation lands as well. No control of numbers. Sorry ( BIG MISTAKE !!) Anonymous nonsense and the royal we aside, y’all have your hands full and, from what I’ve heard, have been doing great work. Thank you! Do you live with Wolves roming free in your yard Bill? Maybe we should let them run free in the cities where you and the voters live and then we can talk about nonsense.

<urn:uuid:cb6f1360-1317-4f48-a9be-d64c9968fdee>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://coloradooutdoorsmag.com/2023/03/28/wolf-update-ellen-brandell/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648209.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601211701-20230602001701-00245.warc.gz

en

[ Tajum Yomcha ] Arunachal Pradesh is bestowed with a huge diversity of habitats and species, making it the 18th global biodiversity hotspot of the world. It is home to many species of endangered and endemic plants and animals. The state’s forests are known for contributing over 5000 species of plants, 500 different birds, 100 terrestrial mammals, and a wide number of insects, butterflies and reptiles, and many newer species getting discovered now and then. However, with the shrinkage of the green cover and the rapid decline of floral and faunal species throughout the state, we are also experiencing an impact on the state’s ecological system. By birth we are forest dwellers, and forest-based products form a part of our livelihood. In earlier times, the products from the forests were derived sustainably through the traditional manner, but with the advent of rapid modernization and introduction of modern technology, our requisites are being taken over by greed. This is evident from the fact that we are losing our biodiversity at a much faster rate, bringing many of our fauna to the brink of local extinction. Direct sighting of wild animals in Arunachal is turning into a distant dream. Much of the state is facing this alarming situation. A villager from central Arunachal says, “Earlier we could see hornbills in abundance flying in the evening skies” – a sight he describes as an enigma now. This is where the Mishmi hills, in eastern Arunachal, contribute significantly in maintaining and restoring our already dilapidated regional biodiversity. A major portion of the Mishmi hills falls under the two Dibang Valley districts of Arunachal – Upper and Lower – and a small portion of it falls under Lohit district. Due to its varied altitudinal ranges, extending from 400 m to 3600 m, and geographic location, it supports varied vegetation types characterized by tropical evergreen forests to temperate coniferous forests, thus supporting an array of plants and animal diversity – probably the richest in terms of diversity in India. In terms of faunal species richness, there are more than 100 mammalian species and more than 600 species of avi-fauna recorded from the Mishmi hills. With the kind of richness in bird diversity, and the ever increasing growth of birders in the country, the Mishmi hills is turning into a favourite and sought-after destination for the birders in the country. This is the only region in India that is home to many endemic and rare birds. To name a few are the rare Scalaters monal, the Bengal florican, the Ward’s trogon, the Blyth’s tragopan, the Mishmi wren-babblers (endemic), the Temminck’s tragopan, the green cochoa, the purple cochoa, the beautiful nuthatch, the fire-tailed myzornis, the Gould’s shortwing, the grey-headed parrotbill, the silvered-eared mesia, and many more. These birds not only provide free ecological services but the number of birdwatchers flocking to the Mishmi hills provide a source of employment generation to many unemployed youths of the area, viz, in the form of local guides and providing opportunities for wayside amenities and homestays for visiting guests. Butterfly watching is another fast-growing tourism-based activity, and with the presence of more than 200 species of butterflies (rare and endangered) recorded from the Mishmi hills, this area is another exciting place for the butterfly lovers and researchers alike. Most of the Mishmi hills remain unexplored, and many more species of butterflies are waiting to be discovered. A couple of rare and endangered butterflies from the Mishmi hills are De Nicéville’s windmill and the Khaki Silverline. The Mishmi hills are located at the junction of the northeastern Himalaya and the Indo-Burma ranges and, owing to this geographic location, the diversity and richness of its faunal species is huge for the area. It is home to the rare and vulnerable Mishmi takin (deriving its name from the Mishmi tribe), an ungulate which prefers a habitat at a higher altitude (1000-4000 m). It is also home to many species of ungulates like the barking deer, sambar, the red goral, the Himalayan serow, gaur and musk deer at higher elevations, etc. These animals act as prey base for many predators, thus maintaining an ecological balance. Among the primates, there are two species of apes found in India – the western hoolock gibbon and eastern hoolock gibbon. The lower reaches of the Mishmi hills are home to the newly described Mishmi Hills hoolock gibbon, which is another feather on the cap for the already biodiversity-rich area. The newly described Mishmi hills flying squirrel is also an addition to the biodiversity of the region. It is home to a diverse group of predators, ranging from small carnivores to large ones. The recently published paper (2019) on the six different coat colour morph in the golden cat from the Mishmi hills is testimony that, apart from animal diversity, there is also a presence of morphological diversity within the species of the region. During 2012, a chance rescue of three tiger cubs from Angrim valley in Anini had created a stir among the tiger conservationists in India as that was the highest elevation (1968 m) of tiger record in India at that point of time. India hosts 70 percent of the global tiger population, but very little information was available on the population from the temperate region. A three-year research conducted by the Wildlife Institute of India recorded 11 different individuals and two cubs from the Mishmi hills in 2017, concluding that the Mishmi hills has the highest elevation record of tiger presence in India, at an altitude of 3630 metres. Apart from large carnivores like tiger, the Mishmi hills is also home to many endangered and elusive cats like the marbled cat, the clouded leopard, the common leopard and smaller cats like the leopard cat, jungle cat, etc. The Mishmi hills are probably one of the few green covers left in Arunachal where the biodiversity is still intact. Nowhere else in Arunachal can one find such pristine habitat for the wildlife to prosper, owing to the fact that the remaining parts in the state are subjected to excessive hunting, deforestation, unplanned infrastructure development, etc. The Mishmi hills are a jewel among the forested habitats in Arunachal. There is an urgent need to preserve its biodiversity at all costs. The participation of all the stakeholders (the forest department, the community, and community-based organisations) in a sustainable manner will extensively help in the preservation of the last frontier of thriving wildlife in Arunachal Pradesh. (The writer is Research Officer, Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Changlang) Mishmi hills: The last frontier of wildlife in Arunachal [ Tajum Yomcha ]

<urn:uuid:98016b6d-8cdc-4b9a-9a0c-38661ce80e35>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://arunachaltimes.in/index.php/2019/11/02/mishmi-hills-the-last-frontier-of-wildlife-in-arunachal/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224655247.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609032325-20230609062325-00648.warc.gz

en

What is Procrastination and How to Stop It Procrastination involves the habit of delaying your tasks or decisions, usually focusing on less urgent but more enjoyable things to do or to think about instead. The habit of putting off our tasks stems from a lack of self-control – when we need to get things done, we rely on our self-control and motivation to bring ourselves to do it. When we lack motivation or struggle with self-control, we start procrastinating – postponing something although we know there will be consequences. Procrastination can undermine your potentials, skills, and chances for success, especially when it comes to work and career. The Difference between Procrastination and Laziness People often confuse procrastination with laziness, but they are different things. Laziness is the feet-dragging habit that involves one’s apathy and unwillingness to act. On the other hand, procrastination is an active process in which we choose to do something else instead of what we should be doing. Why Do We Procrastinate? We all procrastinate sometimes. And we do it for different reasons. For example, you may postpone your tasks because you feel aversion toward tasks, hate your work, or because you feel overwhelmed by your workload. You may procrastinate because you are a perfectionist. Some people procrastinate because they lack confidence or struggle with low self-esteem, anxiety, or depression. Also, you may postpone your tasks and decisions because you lack energy or motivation. However, one of the primary reasons for procrastination is fear. We often procrastinate because we are afraid of failure or negative feedback and judgment. When fear and anxiety surmount our self-control and motivation, we start procrastinating. How Fear of Failure Leads to Procrastination Fear of failure is something everyone experiences now and then. However, when self-sabotaging thoughts behind your fear of failure become persistent, you may reach for procrastination to cope with it. You may start believing that you are a failure. When you make mistakes or fall short of your goals, your inner voice may tell you that you will never be good enough. So, you procrastinate to avoid this fear of failure, which actually causes you to experience the failure you feared. People with a fixed mindset tend to fear failure, so they are likely to avoid challenges and complex tasks. They see challenges as obstacles that trigger discomfort, anxiety, worry instead of observing them as learning opportunities. People with a fixed mindset feel uncomfortable in situations that involve uncertainty, procrastinating on taking action toward their goals to minimize this feeling of uneasiness. How to Stop Procrastinating 1. Practice Mindfulness Mindfulness is about being present here and now. It represents the ability to observe our thoughts in a given moment without self-judgment. Mindfulness practice can help you spot negative thoughts that provoke your fear of failure and spot procrastination as soon as you start with it. 2. Nurture the Growth Mindset People with the growth mindset view challenges and mistakes as opportunities for growth and learning. They are not afraid of failure, often stepping out of their comfort zone to explore the possibilities and find solutions to their problems. Growth-oriented people know that the brain can change and adapt to new situations by strengthening its neural connections or forming new ones. That being said, people with the growth mindset believe that their skills, intelligence, and traits can change throughout life. Therefore, they enjoy the learning process, focusing on the proves rather than on results and accomplishments. 3. Break Down Tasks A feeling of overwhelm about the big task you need to handle or a large amount of work you have to do, etc., can cause you to avoid or postpone tasks, feeling paralyzed in front of them. For example, if you have a big exam to prepare for, the fact that studying will take so long might cause you to feel overwhelmed. So, you may avoid getting started in the first place. To avoid procrastination, you need to break down the tasks, mapping out what needs to be done, and setting the time frame and deadline for each step. 4. Visualize Success When at the beginning of a task, work, or project, we tend to create various outcomes in our minds. When negative thoughts take over, we visualize adverse outcomes, fear failure, and start procrastinating. Instead, try envisioning success and achievement. Visualization can imprint pictures of success in your subconscious mind programming your subconscious to attract desired outcomes. At the same time, visualization will improve your mood, increase confidence and boost your self-esteem. 5. Understand Which Type You Belong To If you have the habit of postponing your tasks, understanding your procrastination style can help you overcome it more effectively. Three main types of procrastinators are: Perfectionists tend to procrastinate because they are too focused on details. Focusing on details prevents them from finishing the tasks or projects. In addition, they often fear that people will judge their work and see them as incompetent. So, perfectionists seldom complete a job because they won’t accept anything less than perfect. Delayers have a hard time getting started on any task, so they always find excuses for putting their tasks off. For example, a delayer will complain that they are too tired to complete the work, need a break, or don’t have time to do it. These people are easily distractible, always finding something else to do. Unlike the perfectionist, the dreamer doesn’t like the details and often overlooks them. Since they don’t pay much attention to detail, dreamers have difficulty implementing their ideas, so they start procrastinating. Procrastination is a behavior we reach for when we feel overwhelmed by tasks or decisions, postponing them, so we don’t have to deal with them. We often do this to minimize anxiety, discomfort, or fear. Procrastination can cause self-sabotage, impede your performance and success, and lead to dissatisfaction, anxiety, depression. However, procrastination is a behavior that can be changed. Understanding why we procrastinate and identifying the most common types of procrastination is the first step in overcoming this inhibiting behavior. Shifting how my clients think and moving through fears is what I do. If you are ready to live to the life you want, let’s talk. www.chatwithkamini.com

<urn:uuid:d05d6f2f-cf5f-452f-814b-0a752c2393bb>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.kaminiwood.com/what-is-procrastination-and-how-to-stop-it/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652116.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605121635-20230605151635-00448.warc.gz

en

Purple Brown Color – It will depend on how the light indexes on it: if it is transmitted through the material, the cup will be purple, but if it is reflected, it will be brown. Details were published in the Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. Vittorio Saggiomo and colleagues at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands created this cup from a mixture of gold nanoparticles with citrate, an acid derivative that makes lemons sour. The objective was to obtain a dichroic liquid, that is, one that changes color in different lighting conditions. A transparent 3D-printable plastic was then chosen to dissolve in the liquid before the previous solution dries. The last thing was to give the entire mixture the desired shape through a 3D printer. How Does Purple Brown Color Work? As mentioned at the opening, there are two possibilities: the glass turns purple or brown. The first case happens when light passes through the material. This is because the electrons on the surface of the gold nanoparticles absorb light at specific wavelengths but allow violet light to pass through the plastic. On the other hand, nanoparticles also scatter light, reflecting it with a different wavelength. For that reason, when the cup is illuminating from another direction, it appears to be brown. Characteristics Of Purple Brown Color Purple hair color is diverse. The color palette contains many colors with different temperature and saturation levels. color itself combines two intense colors: blue and red. The predominance of one of them determines the color temperature: it can be hot or cold. Color Is Not Universal – It Is Quite Controversial And Demanding Also, the choice will be affecting the age. Purple hair color is irrelevant in children and the elderly set. In both cases, it doesn’t look pleasant. But if the girls, this can be a special children’s painting, washable with water, in the form of an old lady in purple, evokes nostalgia. It seems that the lady wearing purple ink and beauty and hair. The whole appearance of the whole, are devalued. To Go With Purple Brown Color? Any experiments with paint, despite the structure of the hair. It can be both straight and wavy Purple hair can give women a unique shape, not cross the beauty and femininity. It is terrible to say with absolute certainty that this is the color of any girl. He is capricious, and even two women can look very different, emphasizing glamour and destroying the image of the other. At the same time, the natural color of the hair is of great importance: the purple color perfectly suits the owners of the natural curls of the cold shade. However, this does not mean that girls with more vivid shades of curls will have to abandon the popular shades. They can also afford to experiment with different colors, and choose between one or another painting technique. The most suitable for girls are dark hair color and owners of light brown curls color. At the same time, the Nordic appearance can mean not only grey but also blue and brown eyes. It is not necessary to paint the hair in autumn purple owners of facial features (a girl with red hair). In this case, adding a set of purple color will give the person a painful yellowish hue. In Spring and summer, Valais will have to use purple with mid-tones of pink. For example, it can be a shade of fuchsia. In terms of complexion and age, purple hair color looks better on a skinny girl from this point of view. If they still lose a forgivable tone in adulthood, such as paint can look if it’s not comical, it’s old-fashioned. Combination With Other Colors A purple tint can be combined with the hair’s natural colour and pick it up to different contrasts. Thus, a second color can change the perception of the basic violet tint. For example, the combination of black paint will fill the Gothic image, but here you have to pay meticulous attention to the dominance of purple. You can bet on the color and warmth pink tide. The blue-violet contrast looks creative and fresh. Owners of winter facial features as a combination add aristocratic notes. This staining is done from top to bottom initially, from dark to light. In addition, there will be fitting and coloring. Hair length at the same time can not only belong: short hair will look bold and original. How To Choose Hair Color Basic rules From time to time, every woman thinks about how to change her appearance. And most often, the hair changes – if not their length, then the color. For the coloring to give a positive result and decorate you, it is important to follow not only the changing fashion but also some rules that will help you choose your hair color. Positive aspects of coloring Psychologists say that a radical image change can be beneficial. An example of this is the many celebrities for whom the change in hair color has become a life change: If Norma Jean Baker hadn’t dyed her hair brown to blonde, people would never have known about Marilyn Monroe. 1The same goes for Madonna: Maria Luisa Ciccone remained little known until she said goodbye to her blonde curls and turned blonde. Dita Von Teese could not build a career as a blonde, but choosing curly hair, she became a burlesque star. Polina Gagarina transformed from plump brown hair into a slim platinum blonde and took second place at Eurovision 2015. natural color Who Will Have Purple Brown Hair? It is especially suitable for the owner of green or brown eyes and pale skin (therefore, it is ideal primarily for a winter or spring makeover). The color palette is extensive. Very organic, elegant color. Especially in combination with light skin and dark eyes. Purple Brown Color – every color has its beauty and shade. Similarly, the purple-brown color has its uniqueness. You can mix different tones of this color to get attractive new shades. Prepare various browns from different combinations of primary and secondary colors. Then shuffle them to see the result they give. Also Read – Color Rouge – Have Pretty Red Hair.

<urn:uuid:3385d9a3-81a9-4dbc-8871-d69d436e1388>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.beautifullhouse.com/purple-brown-color/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649348.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603233121-20230604023121-00246.warc.gz

en

Involving Men in Ending Violence Against Women Stopping violence against women must involve men and changing the perception of manhood and masculinity, says one of our favorite feminists Michael Kaufman. Michael Kaufman has been working on ways to stop men and boys from perpetrating violence against women and girls, but he wants people to know that men are not monsters. “Most men in most countries don’t use violence, but a significant minority does,” he said earlier this month in a public lecture and an interview at Erasmus Huis, South Jakarta. The event was held by Aliansi Laki-Laki Baru (New Men’s Alliance) and Yayasan Pulih, two organizations that work to prevent violence against women and for the recovery of victims of violence against women. “Society has given permission to violence against women. We make excuses for men who use violence. Violence against women and children is considered a private matter. It’s the only act of violence that is considered a private matter.” While men are part, if not the problem in this issue, the campaign to end violence against women has rarely focused on men. “I know not all men use violence, but so many of them do. And other men are not speaking out, we are silent,” said the Canadian activist. “We have to bring men in as allies if we want to bring about this issue. Men have the responsibility to speak out against violence against women.” Based on this thought, Kaufman and fellow activists as well as politicians in Canada initiated the White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) in 1991, a movement involving men wearing white ribbon to signify opposition to violence against women. A response to the École Polytechnique massacre on Dec. 6, 1989, where an anti-feminist attacker killed 14 women, WRC’s basic principle is the importance of men and boys to speak out against all forms of violence against women. Now spread to over 57 countries around the world, its major campaign runs from Nov. 25 – the International Day for the Eradication of Violence Against Women – until Dec. 10. The current status of violence against women is dire. Existing efforts to prevent domestic violence are insufficient as a third of women worldwide are physically abused, according to a series of studies by the World Health Organization (WHO) published on Nov. 21. The studies show that between 100 million and 140 million women are victims of genital mutilation, around 70 million girls are married before 18, often against their will, and some 7 percent of women risk being raped in their lifetimes. False Sense of Masculinity Various researches indicate the perception of manhood or masculinity has contributed to violent behavior, including the use of violence against women as a way to assert their manhood. Kaufman said the idea of masculinity has been narrow and destructive, not only to women but also to men. “I believe most men are affected in negative ways on manhood. From the start we raise men to be powerful and strong. When they are not ‘manly’ enough, they are humiliated in sexist languages. We also tell them not to feel or trust their own feeling,” he said. The status quo is not so good for men, he added. Men die faster and more likely to end up in prison or addicted to alcohol. One of the reasons men die younger is because they don’t go to the doctor, as it is perceived as signs of weakness. The way we raise boys come at terrible cost. There is no man who can live up to all expectations. Right now, Kaufman said, when we raise boys, it becomes worse for them, with trend of “supersizing masculinity.” He went on to show a series of pictures comparing toys in the 1960s or 70s with the ones sold at today’s markets. Action figures of superheroes like Batman, G.I. Joe and Star Wars characters looked “normal” back then, but now they have been beefed up with more muscular physique, creating an impossible standard of manhood. “The way we raise boys come at terrible cost. There is no man who can live up to all expectations. The result is violence against women and men. Men feel insecure so they use violence. Men who rape, hit, or bully their wives or partners do that to make them feel powerful,” Kaufman said. Sadly, girls picked up the values of destructive masculinity as a way to assert power. Kaufman observed how girls-on-girls bullying is increasing worldwide because society still measures strength and power by dominating other people. Liberation, Not Just Equality Kaufman said there is a need to promote ‘positive masculinity. “Women for many years have been reshaping their lives, redefining what it means to be women. We’ve divided the genders, nothing done in the middle. Women have said, no, we don’t want only one side, we want a full range of humanity. Men haven’t done that. There are good qualities in masculinity, such as being protectors, providing for families. But there’s all these other human attributes that men want,” he said. The concept of man as the head of the household is strange and outdated and should be challenged. Boys and girls should be raised equally and have the same jobs at home, he said, so that they are more independent. “Work hard as parents to model things we want to be. Encourage boys to feel,” said Kaufman, 63. “Children are happier, more well-adjusted when men are more involved as parents. They are less likely to use violence. Men who do childcare and house chores are proven to be healthier.” Kaufman experienced it firsthand, coming from a loving family with a loving, gentle father who is currently 99 years old. “When journalists interviewed me, they assume I come from a terrible family background, with my mother beaten up or something. Exactly the opposite. It was not until I became an adult that I found out how many women experience violence. I then started to write about it, give counseling groups for men,” he said. Children are happier, more well-adjusted when men are more involved as parents. They are less likely to use violence. For men to start speaking up against violence against women, he said, perhaps they can start by changing the subject when you don’t feel comfortable with sexist joke. “Start talking about domestic violence when seeing such case. But don’t humiliate them. Challenge people’s behavior, to say it’s wrong, to suggest help. There are many other ways. Ask the women, ‘how can I support you?’, ‘what do you need?’. Go to them. If they tell you it is not your business, tell them it is. It affects everyone around you,” he said. Advertisements on violence against women and parenthood should come with more positive images, as they are more efficient, Kaufman said. “Our work has to be not only for equality but liberation. It’s not good enough for women to be able to do what men have, to act like men. Who wants that? I don’t even want men to do the destructive things that men have done to dominate and control,” he said. “Women’s lib movement just didn’t want equality but also to redefine power and manhood.” Read Hera’s interview with feminist Muslim scholar Kyai Hussein.

<urn:uuid:636e8be9-83ae-4c42-8b89-7703bb7dddca>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://magdalene.co/story/involving-men-in-ending-violence-against-women/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649293.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603133129-20230603163129-00648.warc.gz

en

5 things you should know before choosing renewable energy Looking into clean energy companies like CleanChoice Energy? Here’s what you need to know about signing up with a clean electricity supplier. Fighting climate change is one of the most important issues of our lifetime. Many of us try to do our part by adopting whatever eco-friendly actions we can, whether it’s bringing reusable bags to the grocery store or switching to electric cars. But one of the best tools we have to fight climate change is clean, renewable energy from sources like wind and solar. Shifting away from dirty fossil fuels towards cleaner energy sources will be one of the most impactful ways we can tackle the climate crisis and protect our planet for generations to come. Curious how you can play a role in supporting clean energy? There are a variety of options to allow you to make a clean energy choice. Here are some things you should know when evaluating your options. 1. Where your energy is currently coming from Have you ever thought about where the electricity powering your home is coming from? The typical fuel mix from your utility might be dirtier than you think. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 61% of the electricity generated at utility-scale facilities came from fossil fuel sources such as coal and gas. Meanwhile, only 19.8% of the electricity came from renewable sources, such as wind (9.2%) and solar (2.8%). This means that the electricity coming to your home is likely from a mix containing mostly dirty energy sources such as coal and natural gas, which are harmful to our environment and contribute to climate change. 2. What exactly “renewable energy” means Renewable energy sources are considered to be the natural energy sources that are replenished faster than they are consumed—for example, wind and solar power, which are derived from the renewable sources of sunlight and wind. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also describes “green power” sources such as wind and solar as “those renewable energy resources and technologies that provide the highest environmental benefit by reducing the emissions associated with traditional electricity sources.” Wind and solar power are considered both renewable and clean energy sources, and they are some of the best tools at our disposal to reduce pollution and fight climate change. 3. How you can choose cleaner energy Luckily, you have the option to choose cleaner energy. In the U.S., different states have different laws related to energy. This means that people in different states might have different options for choosing clean energy. For homeowners who would like to support clean energy, rooftop solar can be a great option. However, it might not be the right solution for everyone, as it requires a roof suitable for solar panels, upfront costs, and home visits and installations. But for people who may not be able to or want to install rooftop solar, there are now options on the market that don’t require new equipment or installation. Renewable energy companies like CleanChoice Energy provide options for homeowners or renters to easily access 100% wind and solar energy. People living in Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. can choose 100% clean energy from wind and solar sources by switching to a clean electricity supplier such as CleanChoice Energy. If you don’t live in one of these states, don’t worry—you can still access clean energy! With services like Clean Energy Option from CleanChoice Energy, the electricity your home uses is matched with renewable energy certificates, ensuring that you’re powering your home with clean energy. If you live in Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, or Washington, D.C., you can also take advantage of Community Solar through a company like CleanChoice Energy. By joining a local community solar farm, homeowners and renters alike can receive the financial and environmental benefits of solar energy—without having to install rooftop solar panels. 4. The major positive impact you can make by choosing clean, renewable energy If you’re looking for ways you can play an even bigger role in the fight against climate change, supporting renewable energy might be your best bet. On average, choosing clean energy means preventing more than 11,000 pounds of carbon pollution every year. That has an environmental impact equivalent to: - 139 trees planted; or - 9,315 lbs of coal not burned; or - 364 trash bags of waste recycled instead of landfilled; or - 20,898 miles not driven (by a gas-powered car)! 5. How easy and seamless it is to make the switch Switching your home electricity to pollution-free wind and solar energy is one of the most impactful ways you can help protect our environment—and depending on what option you choose, it can also be one of the easiest. For some options, like those provided by CleanChoice Energy, signing up takes less than 2 minutes, and once you’ve enrolled, there’s nothing else you’ll have to do. You can continue to use electricity as you normally would, and your utility will still maintain your lines, send you your bill, and continue to deliver the same reliable service. Plus, no service calls, new equipment, or installations are needed. It’s that simple! When you choose renewable energy with a partner like CleanChoice Energy, you can sit back and enjoy the fact that you’re making a positive impact on our planet everyday—without any changes to your daily routine, long term commitments, or home installations. Source : theguardian.com

<urn:uuid:9ee3a20e-00ae-4c10-98e6-a0a5f4a61a8e>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://sebangsanetwork.com/en/5-things-you-should-know-before-choosing-renewable-energy/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648245.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20230602003804-20230602033804-00448.warc.gz

en

What is a Carbon Sink? A carbon sink is anything, natural or otherwise, that accumulates and stores some carbon-containing chemical compound for an indefinite period and thereby removes carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. Carbon sinks are a vital part of the Earth’s carbon cycle, and help to regulate the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. Plants and trees are the most common type of natural carbon sink, as they absorb CO2 during photosynthesis. Other examples of carbon sinks include oceans, soils, and rocks. Carbon sinks play an important role in mitigating climate change, as they help to remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In order to be effective, however, carbon sinks must be managed properly. This means avoiding activities that would release the stored carbon back into the atmosphere, such as deforestation or burning fossil fuels. The four types of carbon sinks are: - Vegetation: This includes all plant life, such as trees, bushes, and grasses. When these plants photosynthesize, they take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen. - Soil: Soil contains organic matter, which is made up of dead plants and animals. As organic matter decomposes, it sequesters (or stores) carbon. - Oceans: The oceans are the largest reservoir of carbon on Earth. They absorb about 30% of the CO2 that is emitted into the atmosphere each year. - Rocks: Carbon can be stored in rocks through a process called carbon sequestration. When CO2 is injected into rocks deep underground, it reacts with minerals to form solid carbons. Forests as a Carbon Sink While all types of carbon sinks are important, forests play a particularly vital role in sequestering carbon. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), forests currently store approximately one-third of all the carbon in terrestrial ecosystems. Forests provide many other benefits besides carbon sequestration. They are home to a large percentage of the world’s biodiversity, and play an important role in regulating local climates and water cycles. In addition, forests provide critical ecosystem services such as watershed protection and soil stabilization. The implementation of sound forest management practices is essential to maintaining the long-term health and productivity of forests as carbon sinks. Things like deforestation, forest fires, and poor logging practices can all release large amounts of stored carbon back into the atmosphere, negating the climate benefits that forests provide. Soil as a Carbon Sink Soil is another important carbon sink, and one that is often undervalued. Soil organic matter (SOM) is composed of dead plant and animal matter, and it plays a critical role in sequestering carbon. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), soil organic matter can store up to four times its weight in carbon. This makes soil an important buffer against climate change, as it can help to mitigate the release of atmospheric CO2. In order to maximize the carbon-sequestering potential of soils, it is important to practice sound land management practices. This includes avoiding tillage (plowing), which can release stored carbon back into the atmosphere. In addition, maintaining healthy soil fertility through the use of organic matter and cover crops can help to improve soil health and carbon-sequestering capacity. Oceans as a Carbon Sink The oceans are the largest reservoir of carbon on Earth, and they play a vital role in regulating atmospheric CO2 levels. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the oceans currently absorb about 30% of all the CO2 that is emitted into the atmosphere each year. This helps to mitigate the greenhouse effect, and makes the oceans an important part of the global carbon cycle. While the oceans are a major carbon sink, they are also vulnerable to climate change. Rising temperatures and acidification caused by increasing atmospheric CO2 levels are having a negative impact on marine ecosystems. These changes are already causing problems for marine life, and are expected to have major impacts on global food security in the future. Rocks as a Carbon Sink Rocks can also store carbon, through a process called carbon sequestration. When CO2 is injected into rocks deep underground, it reacts with minerals to form solid carbons. This process can permanently remove large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere, making it an important tool in the fight against climate change. Carbon sequestration in rocks is a relatively new technology, and it is still being developed. Currently, there are a limited number of commercial sequestration projects underway, but this is expected to change in the future as the technology matures. While carbon sequestration in rocks is promising, it is not without its challenges. Injecting large amounts of CO2 into rocks can cause seismic activity, and there is a risk that the stored carbon could eventually leak back into the atmosphere. The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement that was adopted in 1997 to help address the issue of climate change. The Protocol sets targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions, and includes a number of mechanisms to help countries meet these targets. One of the key mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol is the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The CDM allows developed countries to offset their emissions by investing in clean development projects in developing countries. These projects can include things like renewable energy, energy efficiency, and forestry, and has been successful in promoting investment in clean development projects. Carbon markets are a market-based approach to emissions trading. It is a system where companies and countries can buy and sell allowances for their emissions, including through the financing of various carbon sinks. The carbon market is one way to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as it provides an incentive for companies to reduce their emissions. The carbon market was created by the Kyoto Protocol, and it is currently the largest market-based approach to climate change. Carbon markets are expected to grow in the future as more countries adopt policies to combat climate change. Carbon offsets or carbon credits are a way to offset your emissions by investing in projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon offsets can be used to offset emissions from things like travel, home energy use, and even events. Carbon offsets are a voluntary way to reduce your emissions, and they can be a great way to offset your carbon footprint. One Carbon credit or carbon offset represents a tonne of carbon dioxide that has been removed from the atmosphere. Carbon credits can be bought and sold, and they are often used to offset emissions from things like travel, energy use, or daily lifestyle habits. Investing in preserving and renewing carbon sinks is a major pillar of carbon credits. Voluntary Carbon Offsets Voluntary carbon offsets are carbon credits that are not required by law. They are a way for individuals and businesses to offset their emissions on a voluntary basis. There are many different types of voluntary carbon offsets, and they can be bought and sold in the carbon market. Voluntary carbon offsets are a great way to offset your emissions if you are not required to by law. They provide an incentive for companies to reduce their emissions, and they can be used to offset your carbon footprint. Protection of Carbon Sinks Protecting carbon sinks is an important part of mitigating climate change. Carbon sinks play a vital role in the global carbon cycle, and their protection is essential to maintaining the Earth’s climate. There are a number of ways to protect carbon sinks, including: 1) Reducing deforestation and protecting forests 2) Improving agricultural practices 3) Conserving wetlands 4) Protecting oceans and marine life All of these activities help to preserve carbon sinks and prevent greenhouse gas emissions from entering the atmosphere.

<urn:uuid:e47ee60e-bc60-447c-9101-c74aa9d82440>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://xeero.io/carbon-sinks/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649986.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604125132-20230604155132-00047.warc.gz

en

Objectively, Food Safety Standard Act 2006 aims to protect public health against sub-standard food articles. It has outlined an array of provisions that govern the entire supply chain of food, right from raw material selection to the retailing of the finished goods. Almost every business dealing with food-related articles is bound to align with FSS Act norms. Here’s everything you need to know about the FSS Act 2006. Advent and Scope of FSS Act 2006 FSS Act 2006 was come into existence because of the growing dominance of sub-standard foods. Other factors that have contributed to the enactment of this legislation include changing lifestyle of people, the ever-increasing dominance of packaged foods, the influx of new technologies, and the escalation in adulteration practices. FSS Act 2006 was introduced as a comprehensive legal fencing for food producers who rarely follow any quality standards. Here’s what FSS Act 2006 states: An Act to comprise the laws concerning food articles and to set up the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to enact science-based norms for food items, and to govern their production process, storage, distribution, and import to ensure the availability of safe food articles for human consumption and matters concerning the same. FSS Act ensures comprehensive legal fencing for food production by enacting science-based norms via an apex regulator- FSSAI. The arrival of the FSS act supersedes the following legislations that don’t exist anymore. - Vegetable Oil Products (Control) Order, 1947 - Fruit Products Order, 1955 - Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 - Meat Food Products Order, 1973 Functions of FSSAI under the FSS Act 2006 FSSAI– Food Safety Standards Authority of India came into effect by virtue of powers conferred under the FSS Act 2006. As an apex regulator, FSSAI performs the following undertakings: - Drafting norms to ensure standardization of different food articles meant for mass consumption. - Underpinning guidelines for certification agencies that authenticate the food safety management systems (FSMS) for FBOs. - Formulating processes and norms for the authorization of the food-testing labs. - To assist Central and State Governments in devising viable policies concerning food safety and nutrition. - Collect insight and data concerning food consumption, biological risk, malpractices, emerging threats, and launch of the rapid notification system - Setting up a robust data network nationwide so that end-users receive fast and accurate information concerning food safety and issues connected thereof. - Training programs are facilitated to individuals intending to commence a food business. - Aligning with global standards for food safety and quality and devising improved norms. - Advocating food safety and food standards nationwide through different communication mediums. Licensing of Food Business Operators under the FSS Act 2006 FSS Act 2006 mandates FSSAI to monitor and handle the licensing requirements of FBOs across India. The apex regulator is entrusted with the responsibility of granting Food registration/license based on the following; It is a basic registration covering small businesses, including petty food vendors. It is mandatory for businesses with a yearly income of less than Rs 12 lacs. FSSAI State License FSSAI State license is compulsory for FBOs with a yearly turnover ranging from Rs 12lacs-20crores. This license primarily covers moderate-sized food businesses. FSSAI Central License FSSAI central license covers FBOs having a sizable business footprint or production. It is a mandate for businesses with annual turnover worth more than Rs 20 crores. Key Norms listed under the FSS Act 2006 FSS Act 2006 has penned down a long list of compliances for food business operators nationwide. Here are some frontline provisions that must be followed by FBOs without fail. - Grant of the food license is not possible if the applicant is found guilty of breaching hygiene norms. - The license holders of the food production units need to maintain proper ventilation and cleanliness in the food storage area to avert bacterial confrontation. - Periodic fumigation of the workplace and storage is mandatory, particularly for those dealing with perishable food items. - Apt labelling of food items is compulsory. Every food package must reflect the manufacturer’s name, license number, batch number, shelf life, and so on. Improper or non-labelling can incur severe penalties, including the seizure of finished products. - The nutraceutical products must reflect the list of ingredients in correspondence to the exact measures as prescribed. - FSSAI registration/license is granted for the validity tenure, ranging from 1-5 years. The license fee shall vary as per the validity tenure chosen by the applicant. The higher the validity, the higher the licensing fee. - Some of the key documents serving as an annexure to the FSSAI license application include the FSMS plan, Water testing report, Form IX, a list of equipment and test apparatus, the applicant’s identity proof, and so on. - There is a limit on how much amount of preservative FBOs can use to elevate the taste of the given food article. The preservation amount should not exceed what is advisable under the Act. - Adulteration of the food product is an offence and hence apt penalties would be levied by the authority on the defaulter. FSS Act 2006 is all about underpinning comprehensive norms for the protection of customers’ health interests. It is a daunting task for the FSSAI to effectively curb and monitor the supply of sub-standard foods. However, the authority has strived various measures to stay atop of this ever-rising concern. FSS Act 2006 serves as a comprehensive legal framework that renders explicit guidelines on how and when to abide by different norms that ensure elevated safety and quality. In a nation like India, where rampant applicability of legislation can seem to fall apart at times, FSS Act 2006 ticks all the right boxes as far as its effectiveness is concerned. Read Our Article:FSSAI Registration Fees and Various Aspects

<urn:uuid:b02d0076-2f62-4ea5-a6f4-6287e24e1efa>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://corpbiz.io/learning/fss-act-2006-scope-objectives-and-norms/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224657169.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610095459-20230610125459-00446.warc.gz

en

Do you live in, on, or at a house? Are you heading toward or far from the tree? These words that show the relationship between ideas are called prepositions. Keep reading as I go over a preposition’s simple definition, types, and how to identify one. You’ll also learn its correct usage in sentences. What is a Preposition? I may be dating myself here, but I learned all about prepositions from Schoolhouse Rock when I was a kid. I can still hear those catch tunes today. English prepositions are words that show logical relationships between nouns, pronouns, noun phrases, verbs, and other words in a sentence. These words always come before nouns or pronouns. This part of speech is sometimes called “big little words” because they are short but have significant roles. In fact, we use individual prepositions more frequently than individual words. The most common prepositions in sentences are simple prepositions, like in, on, at, with, on, to, from, and upon. Prepositions can be grouped into: - Prepositions of time. - Prepositions of place. - Prepositions of location. - Preposition of spatial relationships. How Do You Identify a Preposition? There are many ways to identify a preposition in a sentence. Prepositions Following English Verbs and Adjectives You’ll usually find prepositions after a verb or adjective to give them new meanings. These common verb and preposition mixes are called a phrasal verb. There are several types of phrasal verbs, such as transitive phrasal verbs and intransitive phrasal verbs. The most common prepositions with verbs are about, at, from, for, in, of, on, to, and with. Here are some examples of advanced verb preposition combinations in sentences. - I approve of the proposal. - She arrived at 12 AM. - She suffered from appendicitis. You’ll also see prepositions after adjectives. Some common adjectives and prepositions combinations include accustomed to, aware of, beneficial to, different from, and employed at. For example: - This hydrating foundation is different from the matte one. - She’s good at playing the piano. You’ll also see prepositions before nouns and pronouns. These preposition patterns are called prepositional phrases, and the type of preposition used is a transitive preposition. For example: - I like being with you. - I like listening to music at home. - I placed it on the table. These phrases function as adverbs because they add meaning to the verbs in sentences. Notice how the examples modify the verbs being, listening, and placed. Prepositional phrases do not change the structure of the sentence. A simple sentence stays as a simple sentence despite an embedded prepositional phrase. Groups of Prepositions Single prepositions are more common in sentences. But some also come in pairs or groups called complex prepositions. For example: - We stayed inside because of the bad weather. Ending a Sentence with a Preposition One of the most common preposition mistakes people commit is ending their sentences with prepositions. It’s also one of the most common preposition questions that English learners have. Preposition stranding is the term where a preposition is left with no object. This incorrect preposition usage is only acceptable in informal writing to avoid unnatural sentences. Here are some examples: - What are you thinking of? - Whom did you go to? The only exception is when we use intransitive prepositions. These are prepositions that can stand on their own as complete prepositional phrases. For example: - Let’s stay inside. A List of Common Prepositions There are several types of prepositions you should learn because this part of speech can indicate various types of relationships. Prepositions of Time Prepositions of time indicate period of time. They show temporal relationships or relationships of time with other words in the sentence. The most common prepositions of time are: Remember to use at for a specific time of day or event. For instance, the temporal phrase at 7AMi is correct. In is for a general period of time, while on is for specific days. Memorizing these prepositions of time will help you avoid awkward sentence structures. Prepositions of time also express extended time. Some preposition examples include: Prepositions of Location/Prepositions of Spatial Relationships/Prepositions of Place Prepositions show a noun’s literal location in space. Many of these words are also used as adverb particles, a different class of adverbs. Here’s a list of prepositions of location. - Next to. - Away from. Below the table is an example of a spatial phrase. Is on a preposition of place? On is a preposition of place and time. Use it when the object is on top of something. Is at a preposition of place? At is a preposition of place and time. Use it for a specific address or general location. Prepositions of Direction Prepositions of directions are part of the answer to the question, where? Here are some examples. Prepositions and Abstract Meanings Aside from giving concrete meanings, prepositions also show relationships between abstract concepts. For example: - I am for the enactment of this law. The precise meaning of for is intended to be given to. But in the sentence above, there is a difference in meaning. Sometimes, we use unnecessary prepositions that make your academic and formal writing more complicated. Here’s an example to avoid. - We’ll miss out on the concert. This type of sentence could be shortened to We’ll miss the concert without producing an unclear sentence. How to Use a Preposition in a Sentence Here are more examples of prepositions in sentences - The rat ran up the table leg. - I am on the place. - She is in the car. - The store is located at 65 Rockwell Street. - I went into the cave and found nothing. - The mouse sat on the table. - I’ll meet you before sunset. - Sheena lives across the street. - I want to go to the movies. Summary of Prepositions Thank goodness for prepositions. Without them, it’s impossible to show a relationship between ideas in a sentence. They establish relationships in space, time, or between two nouns. This guide has shown you the preposition basics. You already know its definition, types, and rules for correct usage. I also provided a preposition list for you to remember. Don’t forget to practice your prepositions! Comments are closed.

<urn:uuid:37764437-8652-4f8f-951c-8f9590616c10>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://grammarist.com/grammar/prepositions/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649177.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603064842-20230603094842-00247.warc.gz

en

WiFi Controlled Electric Radiators With a ✅ WiFi controlled radiator ✅, you'll be able to adjust and manage your heating remotely using your smartphone. Great for energy savings and comfort. A wireless network or “WiFi” technology is what makes it possible for devices like computers or mobile phones to connect to the internet without cables. They can then exchange information with each other, creating a network to meet the needs of users. With the arrival of the Internet of Things system, WiFi can now also be applied to many other devices, such as household appliances in our homes. Think lighting, music systems and heating. At Rointe we have applied this technology to our D Series electric radiators, making them a pioneer WiFi product in heating with high performance. Did you know the official term is “Wi-Fi”, but other common aliases are used such as wifi, wi-fi, WiFi and wi fi. We’ll continue to use WiFi as our standard term because we like to be a little bit different. It also has an official symbol compromising yin and yang to certify its interoperability. How does it work? WiFi uses radio waves, which is a form of electromagnetic radiation. Your device will use commonly use a wireless adapter to translate data into a radio signal and then transmits that signal using an antenna. As those radio waves radiate out from the antenna, they are received by your wireless router. Your wireless router then converts the radio waves back into data and then sends it to the Internet using a physical connection. To get data from the Internet, this process is reversed. WiFi transmits at frequencies of 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz. This is important, especially for Rointe connected heating products and it must be 2.4 GHz or higher for them to work. These frequencies are much higher than those for cellular transmission. Higher frequencies mean signals can carry more data. The average router has a range of about 100 ft. Now you’re probably wondering why if the range is quite large, you can’t get a signal standing next to your router? Well, it might be a physical barrier that’s the problem. Radio waves can pass through most types of materials but can be blocked by those that conduct electricity. It could potentially be interference. If you think of how many people are using WiFi across the planet, combined with other sorts of radio waves (including space), these waves often collide with one another. This interferes with your signal. Do WiFi heating systems work differently? Many “WiFi” controlled heating systems in the market are in fact, radio frequency control systems where your heating products are connected by RF868 to a central gateway. This gateway is then connected to your WiFi router, adding an extra step in the process. These types of installations are expensive and difficult to install for users, plus they are not very reliable. If your central gateway fails, all your connected heating products go offline because they’re all linked together. They also usually have a limit of between 10 and 15 connections, so are not suitable for medium and large heating installations. How are Rointe WiFi controlled radiators better? The main difference between Rointe WiFi controlled products (like our radiators) and other competitors is that Rointe’s do not need an additional gateway or any other intermediate terminal for the system to work. Rointe WiFi controlled radiators only need a WiFi router and the Rointe Connect app for your smartphone, tablet or PC. This is thanks to the fact that Rointe incorporates WiFi modules directly in the electronics (called Wi-Fi Inside) and our patented E·Life technology. This technology is the communications protocol developed by Rointe, which enables data exchange between Rointe WiFi controlled radiators and the Rointe Connect mobile control application, wirelessly and via the Internet. There are many wireless control systems on the heating market that use Wi-Fi technology to control products, but none like Rointe’s E · Life technology. This offers an immediate response capacity of 270 milliseconds between the Rointe Connect app and the Rointe heater. The changes you execute in the app will be instantly updated in your Rointe WiFi heating system. E · Life Technology never drops and has no device connection limit, so you can connect unlimited Rointe WiFi heating products which can be individually controlled. This feature makes it perfect for any type of installation: from a small home to large hotel chains, since the number of heating products you want can be controlled from the same application, Rointe Connect. Why should I choose Rointe WiFi controlled radiators? When you choose WiFi controlled radiators, you’ll be able to take advantage of many more benefits to help manage your consumption and comfort more effectively. Rointe WiFi radiators are perfect for any home or property, combining style with efficiency: Buy Rointe WiFi controlled radiators Rointe WiFi controlled radiators provide efficient warmth and comfort using just your smartphone. Easy to install, choose from our standard colours (white and graphite) or our designer collection (DESIGNLINE) with special finishes like gold, marble and copper.

<urn:uuid:db3647b9-3c1d-4b62-b0c2-80da3dc81478>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://rointe.ie/energy-efficient-radiators/wifi-controlled/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646652.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610233020-20230611023020-00248.warc.gz

en

Last Updated on October 1, 2022 by Editorial Team REVIEWED BY NUMBERDYSLEXIA’S EXPERT PANEL ON MAY 30, 2020 Number sense refers to the understanding of the number system and the ability to use, relate, and manipulate it for solving mathematical tasks. A strong number sense is important for gripping basic concepts well before diving into complex math topics in the future. Children with good number sense have a range of mathematical strategies at their disposal and they know when to use them and how to adapt them to meet different situations. Number Sense is usually weak in people with dyscalculia. Good number sense skill is a must for performing complex mathematical operations and functions. Dyscalculics often struggle with these basic skills. Number sense routine and why it is important In order to develop a strong number sense in kids, some routine activities are recommended. These are the activities that need to be practiced on a regular basis in order to give students a sense of belonging, ownership, and predictability, which make the classroom a place to take risks and try new things when dealing with numbers and operations. The predictability and ritualistic nature of routines make everyone feel encouraged to participate, which in turn promotes successful learning. Note that the routine does not always need to be related to the math lesson for that day or the math unit for that month. Its purpose is to provide a daily experience with a number sense concept. The ultimate goal is to let students make connections over time, build an understanding of relationships among numbers and operations, and ultimately apply their number sense understandings in problem-solving. Here are some of the recommended routine activities for developing a strong number sense in little learners. Top 8 routine activities for building strong number sense 1. Count in Circle Counting in a circle is a very interesting routine. Kids love doing it as it’s quite entertaining. In this, the class is arranged in a circle and a random number (say 340) is thrown to a student from where the sequence begins. Now, the turns could be clockwise or anticlockwise. But both are recommended to be exercised alternatively. The student is then asked to add 10 to the number and say it to the whole class. As the sequence continues, each kid keeps adding 10 to the resultant. The teacher may draw an open line on the board with each number stops to assist students, in case anyone stucks in between. After 10, make it a little harder and ask to add 20 or 30 this time. Students will get a sense of how the pattern of unit place value works with the sequence. Try jumping the sequence of 2 or 3 as this will make the kid think about his/her number in advance instead of relying on the next kid. After addition, Go for the subtraction sequence. Explain to them briefly how the events of subtraction turn into addition to negative values. As kids start feeling confident about it. Move over to the much harder multiplication and dividing sequence. 2. Choral Counting In choral counting, the whole class counts aloud a number sequence altogether. This routine activity is similar to counting in a circle. The same level of variation in sequences must be exercised. However, unlike the former, this routine doesn’t necessarily require a circle formation. Choral counting is recommended in class when the majority of the class struggles with counting sequences. 3. Ten Frames Ten-Frames are two-by-five rectangular frames into which objects, e.g. counters, are placed to show numbers less than or equal to ten. Ten frames are a really helpful tool for building mental math fluency in kids. It involves composing and decomposing numbers for a better understanding of mathematical operations. Teachers may use ten frames in school by arranging counters on the ten frames in different ways and asking kids to look at the numbers’ relationship to ten. Eg. Arrange 6 yellow and ask kids how many more will it take to make it to the number 10. Then arrange 3 yellow counters. Similarly, do it with other numbers up to 10. Try different combinations every time for better understanding, say 2 green and 6 yellow, 5 yellow, and 3 green to make 8. 4. Number of the day In this activity, the teacher chooses a number randomly (say 100) and frame questions around it. This is really beneficial in teaching kids how number works in various contexts. Some of the questions to ask are: when 100 is large or small? Adjacent numbers to 100?, How much 100 is larger than a certain number? How many 10s, the 20s, or 50s could fit in a 100?. 5. Rekenrek aka Arithmetic Rack Rekenrek is a learning tool designed by Adrian Treffers, a mathematics curriculum researcher at the Freudenthal Institute in Holland, that provides a visual perspective of number relations and various mathematical operations, It consists of two rows of 10 beads. Larger versions with ten rows of ten beads are also available. Each row is made of five red beads and five white beads. The setup allows students to prepare a mental image of numbers and use it (5 or 10) as an anchor for counting, adding, and subtracting. It is important to let students get familiar with the concept first by letting them play with it for a while. Basic activity with Rekenrek involves asking to show a number (0-10) by moving the beads with one push. For numbers between 11 to 20 allows only 2 pushes. Another good activity to perform using Rekenrek is by showing different ways of making a number. For this, use only the top row beads and cover the bottom row with a folded sheet of card or piece of fabric. Slide red beads to the left and white ones to the right. Take random between 1 to 9 (say 7). Perform different ways of making 7 like sliding 1 red and 6 white, 4 red and 3 white, 5 red, and 2 white beads to the center. Once children are confident using the top row, combinations can be found using both the top and bottom rows. Children can record the different ways they find to build the given number. 6. Counting Anything Counting real objects randomly is a simple but quite effective practice for building number sense in early learners. Instead of sticking to the routine classroom counting, Give them the freedom of counting anything and everything of their choice. Having first-hand experience with counting real objects will help them understand numbers better. While doing this practice, slide some questions like, how many wings does this fan have? How many apples are there on the table? To level up, ask them to count backward. 7. Dice Throw Throw one dice on the table. Let kids observe it for 1-2 seconds, and then take it away. Ask them the number of dots they saw. This will make them think about the dots in the group instead of counting these by ones. When they are confident with one dice, throw 2. Again let them visualize for about 2- 3 seconds and then ask the number on each dice. If they are correct, ask them to add the number. This practice improves the ability of students to visualize amounts. 8. Number line Stops Another interesting way of teaching how the number system works is by using number line stops. In this, the gap between the two numbers and the jump required to complete the sequence are discussed. Draw number line on board of any two numbers such as there 9 stops in between. For the beginning, take 1 to 10 with each number written at the corresponding stop. Arrange 10 students in line and name them similar to the numbers on board. Practice some questions with students like, Where does this number go on our number line? How do you know? How many between numbers are there between Tim and John? If we remove so and so, how many numbers are left? Where is the half value, 1/3rd, 1/4th, 2/3rd and etc.? Level up the challenge after each iteration. Try some 2 or 3 digits numbers, or 2 digits with a difference of 20, 25…50, and so on. When you realize students are confident with whole numbers, jump to decimals and fraction values like 1.1, 1.2…1.9 between 1 and 2. Activities offer a gamified way of befriending basic concepts like number sense. Try doing activities with your dyscalculic kid at home or students in school and assess how these improve the number sense among growing math learners. These activities have been designed to ensure that students feel driven to learn number sense and can appreciate the practical aspect of this skill. Thus, you may find students having a firmer grip on this basic skill and full of confidence in employing these for solving lots of math problems. Note: Some parts of this post are inspired by Jessica F. Shumway’s Number Sense Routines: Building Numerical Literacy Every Day in Grades K-3. A must-read book for developing number sense. Check out the official page of the book on Goodreads.

<urn:uuid:97485d13-17e1-45b7-923c-f673aa5626a1>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://numberdyslexia.com/top-8-daily-routine-activities-for-building-strong-number-sense/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646652.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610233020-20230611023020-00248.warc.gz

en

Many patients with COVID-19 who have mild to moderate symptoms can be taken care of at home if they are under the age of 60. They need not get admitted to the hospital but can keep in touch with the doctor. However, patients who smoke, are obese, have chronic lung disease, cardiovascular disease, immunosuppression, cancer, diabetes mellitus, and chronic kidney disease must check with their doctor. That said people with underlying health issues must consult a healthcare professional. For them, the doctor will determine if the home isolation is suitable or the patient has to be admitted to the hospital. Family member with Covid-19 who have mild symptoms can take care of them at home, but it is vital to follow some safety precautions. If the other family member is an older adult or at higher risk of getting the infection, it is better to hire a trained caregiver who can take care of the Covid-19 patient at home. Patients need to stay in home isolation until they test negative or can no longer transmit the infection. Usually, they have to stay in isolation for 14 days and break the isolation when they do not have any fever or respiratory symptoms. Also, people who do not have any symptoms but are tested positive have to be isolated for a minimum of 10 days. It is important to monitor and keep track of the symptoms and treat the patient according to the doctor’s instructions. Further, the caretaker must know what symptoms to expect. Some of the common signs are body aches, cough, fever, fatigue, chills, runny nose, shortness of breath, and loss of taste and smell. Some emergency warning signs are signs such as the bluish face, lips, nails, trouble breathing, confusion, and pain or pressure in the chest. If the patient’s health gets worse, then one must seek immediate medical help. How to Care for Someone With Covid-19? Taking care of someone with COVID-19 should be done very carefully as one can get infected easily. If a family member who is caring for the covid-19 patient has some underlying health issues, then it is vital that they get a caregiver; otherwise, the other family person may also catch the virus. Here are some steps to safely care for someone who is infected with COVID-19 1. Have the sick person stay in a separate room that has good ventilation. 2. Designate a separate bathroom for the patient, if possible. 3. Cover the basic needs, such as buying groceries, over-the-counter medications, prescription medicines, and other necessities. 4. Make sure the person drinks more fluids and takes complete bed rest. 5. Other family members or caregivers must wear a mask when entering the room where the sick person lies. They must discard the mask after leaving the room and should wash their hands with soap. 6. Monitor the symptoms and keep in touch with the doctor. 7. Keep the thermometer and oximeter at hand. Check the temperate and pulse of the sick person at intervals. 8. Do not let the patient use the common living room and kitchen. 9. Cough and sneeze should be covered with a disposable tissue or flexed elbow. 10. Outsiders should not be allowed in the home until the person becomes negative. 11. Take care of pets and limit the sick person’s contact with the pet. 12. The utensils, bed linens, towels, soaps, etc., should not be shared with anyone. 13. Regular cleaning of the home is essential, and if the ill person touches any surface, it should be cleaned with a disinfectant. 14. Any waste from the patient should be packed in a closed bag before disposal. If symptoms get worse, call 911 or a local emergency facility. Signs such as difficulty in breathing, bluish face or lips, chest pain, inability to stay awake or wake, confusion, etc., are some of the severe symptoms of Covid-19. How Is Covid-19 Treated Now? There is no cure available for treating COVID-19 as antibiotics are not effective, but the FDA has approved remdesivir (an antiviral drug) for COVID-19 patients. This drug is only administered in a healthcare setting. However, during public health emergencies, the FDA may authorize some unapproved drugs. The FDA has granted EUA (emergency use authorization) of monoclonal antibody meds such as imdevimab and casirivimab. It is administered to patients who are at high risk of serious illness or exposure. This treatment is for those whose immune system is weak and is not fully vaccinated. In some cases, rheumatoid arthritis drug baricitinib is used to reduce inflammation. The pill also has antiviral activity, so it may work against COVID-19. The FDA has authorized its use, and it also states that this pill may be administered to the Covid-19 patients who are hospitalized and need oxygen. Also, NIH (National Institutes of Health) recommends corticosteroid dexamethasone, hydrocortisone, methylprednisolone, and prednisone (any one of these) for the Covid-19 patients who are on supplemental oxygen. Convalescent plasma therapy is also authorized by the FDA, in which blood is donated by the people who have recovered from COVID-19. It is used for the hospitalized Covid-19 patients who have either weakened immune systems or are in the early stage of the illness. These were some of the drugs that are given to the Covid-19 patients. However, most Covid-19 patients have mild to moderate illnesses that can be treated at home. They need to take plenty of rest, high fluid intake, cough syrup or medication, and pain relievers. They can also take ibuprofen and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs if needed. Patients with mild to moderate symptoms need to be isolated at home for a certain period of time. It is highly recommended to go to the hospital if the symptoms get worse. Centric Healthcare’s Services Offer Centric Healthcare is ready to help the Covid-19 patients who are disabled, live alone, or cannot take care of themselves. Also, if the family members of such individuals are at high risk of getting infections, then also our team can help. It is always the best approach to consider expert medical professionals to take care of the patient right in their home. At Centric Healthcare, they provide services such as nursing care, private duty nursing, pediatric home health care, senior home care, and many more services. The agency understands that tough times are going on, and coronavirus is troubling several people. So, our team of skilled medical professionals can assist in taking care of the Covid-19 patients at home and help them get and feel better.

<urn:uuid:01ca89af-5a62-4af4-a60b-9d7d17ffd4d0>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://centrichealthcare.org/how-to-care-for-someone-with-covid-19/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644506.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528182446-20230528212446-00246.warc.gz

en

Wireless internet, wi-fi, fixed wireless, 4G, 5G and LTE…what do all these terms mean? These terms sound familiar and simple when they’re thrown around in marketing materials. However, the truth is that few take the time to understand the terminology and what each could mean for business decisions. What does “Wireless Internet” Really Mean? At the highest level, “wireless” is an umbrella term that covers a range of connections and terminology. Loosely, it is a connection free of wires. Common types of wireless internet connection-types include 3G/4G/5G, LTE, Satellite Internet, and Fixed Wireless. Most businesses and homes are set up for devices to connect wirelessly, but remember that while your device is free of wires, the type of internet connection is not. Physical wires (cable, telephone, or fibre optic) deliver the internet connection to your router, which then broadcasts a wireless signal. What are 3G, 4G and 5G? These terms are often listed next to the signal strength icon on your mobile devices, which makes them familiar to a lot of people. To understand these terms, let’s start by recognizing that the “G” in each term stands for each “generation” of mobile internet networks as defined by a set of network standards through the years. 1G is where it all started. Launched in the 80s, 1G was a voice-only, analog cell phone service (2 kbps) that inspired today’s ideas around mobile communication and internet accessibility. 2G was introduced in the 1990s and saw signals switch from analog to digital. With increased speed capabilities (14 – 64 kbps), 2G launched cell phone technology to a mass market. The late 90s saw the rollout of 3G networks, with significantly more – and faster – data and voice capacity. 3G revolutionized our device use with the onset of smartphones but has since been bypassed by faster networks. With speeds of about 2 Mbps, 3G is considered a slow network. Evolving through the 2000s, 4G offered even greater speeds (1000 Mbps – 1 Gbps). These networks were built to bring high speed, high quality, high capacity and better security to users. The two key standards of 4G were WiMAX and LTE technology, with LTE taking the lead with upgrades and widespread growth. Learn more about LTE below. The latest and greatest fifth-generation – 5G – is growing wireless connectivity even further with faster data rates and higher connection density (1 Gbps – 35 Gbps). By utilizing multiple bands at once, 5G provides reduced latency and packet loss in addition to faster speeds. This makes 5G a great choice for businesses operating in rural or remote locations! 5G network roll-outs are underway across the globe. What is LTE? Long Term Evolution, or LTE, is technology within the 4G standards for wireless communications. The introduction of LTE technology paved the way for the resizing and simplification of network architecture. LTE upgraded the speeds and capacity of wireless data based on signal processing and modulations design which transfers data into an IP system. LTE is often marketed as separate from 4G but is actually an enhancement within the 4G standards. Decreased traffic with data transmission means that LTE allows for more users to work on the same frequency, as well as enabling higher data transfer rates that maximize upload and download speeds. In summary, LTE is a faster continuum of 4G technology and standards. It’s also worth noting that LTE isn’t just for personal devices anymore. LTE has evolved into an excellent option for business networks too. Business LTE internet offers a strong alternative to Satellite and Fixed Wireless Internet solutions. Business LTE is widely available across Canada and offers versatility, security, and reliability for some of the most challenging locations. What is Satellite Internet? Satellite Internet is just that – a wireless internet connection delivered via a satellite connection. A common solution in rural areas, this is often the only option when other types of internet are not available. Data signals need to travel thousands of kilometres and will undoubtedly encounter interference from weather and physical objects between each data point, which impacts speeds and uptime. The good news is that satellite internet has no competition for bandwidth and can be an affordable solution for those with limited options and budgets. New innovations – including Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks – are dramatically improving the speed and performance of satellite internet offerings. LEO satellites orbit significantly lower in the atmosphere, reducing the potential interference. They also exist in greater numbers, orbiting in a networked fleet instead of as a solitary device. Despite their improved connectivity, signals can still be intermittent – as one satellite passes by, bandwidth can drop until the next one is overhead. These options are a great choice for rural and remote locations, especially as part of a bonded solution in tandem with 5G/LTE circuits. What Does “Fixed” Wireless Internet Mean? Fixed Wireless Internet is another common solution in rural areas as well as locations with other barriers. Instead of a wired connection (telephone, cable, or fibre), a fixed wireless internet connection delivers the data signal to your location via a receiver that accepts radio waves from a nearby base station. Fixed Wireless Internet is often used to extend a network when laying cables isn’t possible – or cost-effective. It can overcome physical obstacles (like a river or train tracks) and save the provider the expense of laying cables to a sparsely populated area. Fixed Wireless Internet provides stronger signals and more stability than satellite connections, but can still be affected by interference. Weather conditions and line of sight impediments between the receiver and base station can all impact the signal strength. Where Do We Go From Here? There are a lot of terms that fall under the broad “wireless” umbrella and the good news is that experts like iTel can help you navigate these solutions. Our team will ensure that you meet your business goals with the right technology stack. Let’s Connect.

<urn:uuid:7e2ffb24-889f-4a21-8c98-00cf3937db43>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://itel.com/wireless-business-internet-terms-to-know/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644817.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20230529074001-20230529104001-00044.warc.gz

en

When an organization expands, the occupancy and tasks get complicated with no time. Therefore, a proper scheduled process is necessary to manage everything in an organization. Business process modelling is one of them, which creates an appropriate workflow for the company by using graphical representations and tools. Business process modelling, a technique used in business process management (BPM) that generates data-driven representations of workflows, allows business analysts to obtain end-to-end views of the business process lifecycle. These process models assist firms in identifying possible issues, surfacing critical metrics, identifying workflows, and intelligently automating activities. So, let’s move ahead and understand various aspects and business process modeling techniques in simple words. What is Business Process Modeling? Every business requirement is to perform potential tasks throughout the year. Then, once the year ends, the inspection team does the testing and analysis. Growth can only be achieved when you know how the business works. So, what is business process modeling? Business process modeling is nothing but the graphical chart representation that systematically denotes an organization’s various workflow. It captures the different workflows and presents them in the form of straightforward visual representation for better understanding. This is useful in determining any bottlenecks or backlogs in work and identifying them for future reference. In this case, different tools are necessary to understand the current situation and compare them with future aspects. Aspects Of Business Process Modelling Business process modeling is the best way to understand the working community and make changes wherever necessary. First, however, you need to understand a few aspects of business process modeling before moving. - Business process modeling is not manual. Instead, they are processed by various data mining algorithms that use pre-occupied data to make the business model. - Objective views of the workflow are assured because business process modelling works on quantitative data. Therefore, it includes critical data, metrics, and events from the past. - Typically, process models are displayed using either the Unified Modeling Language (UML) or Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), two standardized types of graphical business process notation (UML). When utilized in a process model, specific visual components of these notation systems have widely understood meanings. - Process maps, another popular variety of business process diagrams, should not be confused with business process models. Instead, process maps are manually developed based on employee reports and offer higher-level perspectives of workflows. Also Read – What is Business Process Reengineering (BPR)? Why Use Business Process Modelling? An organization can make better decisions for resource allocation, process improvement, and overall business strategy with the help of business process modelling, which provides objective business intelligence. Enterprise teams may ensure that workflows produce the expected results by clearly understanding the processes involved. Operating expenses are reduced, revenue increases, and company outcomes are strengthened. However, this helps companies to do specific tasks like- - Access and analyze quantitative data - Reduce the operation costs - Streamline and increase the process automation Must Read – Key Skills of Business Analyst in Analytics Projects Business Process Modelling Techniques Depending on your business type, a firm may appear to be a collection of straightforward tasks performed to accomplish the main objective, such as gaining more clients or selling more products. But if you look more closely, you’ll see several tiny but crucial processes involving various stakeholders that must cooperate to achieve a common objective. Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) Now BPMN 2.0 is becoming one of the most attentive tools for analysts who seek process modelling. It uses lines, arrows, and geometric shapes to communicate the flow of the process. Process consultants must see the demo of the BPMN and understand how it works. BPMN is primarily designed for business process modelling. Flowcharts are a straightforward yet efficient approach to explaining intricate process flows. They show the various steps of the process sequentially, from inputs to the actual process to the outcomes. Flowcharts offer BPMN’s fundamental structure for displaying complex process flows. One of the widely used methods of business process modelling is the use of UML diagrams. Unified Modeling Language, or UML, was initially created for the software development industry. Use case diagrams, sequence diagrams, communication diagrams, and other variants of UML are examples of object-oriented representation charts that show the connections between “actors” and “systems.” Gantt charts can depict the entire process using “time taken” as one of the critical axes rather than showing the steps sequentially. Compared to other solutions, it better displays the total time needed to do a project. Also Read – Tableau Certification – A Comprehensive Exam Guide Advantages of using a Business Process Modelling? As we have discussed business process modeling techniques, let us now look at the bigger picture. But, first, let us now understand why business process modelling is essential for businesses in the first place. - To maintain and understand the clear picture of an organization - To understand the workflow and how the company operates in micro-level - Understanding the interaction in workflow and bringing out the defects if necessary - Stop reductant tasks and understand the automation process. - Agility and flexibility - Standardization across the organization Treading – Data Analysis Skills for Business Analysts Why is it essential to use Business Process Modeling Software? - Instead of using Business Process Modeling Notation, various software visual workflow builder is proprietary and straightforward. - The software automates business processes quickly and effectively for small and large businesses. - Most of your daily tasks can be automated in minutes using the freely available workflow templates. - Your workers can quickly come under the enchantment of automation thanks to business process modelling software. - The business process modelling software can help you work more effectively with automatic email reminders, cloud-based file access, and interfaces with external systems. - The modelling tool can visualize and automate complicated operations more quickly. As we know, business process modelling is an essential practice for any business to grow constantly. However, there are various bottlenecks to the efficiency and productivity of the workflow. Before understanding the process, it is essential to analyze your organization. It will help in the easy application of the model and will provide you with maximum results. Any automation endeavor or business process management project must start with process modelling. Enterprises cannot efficiently optimize and automate workflows at scale without complete views of the existing processes and the underlying business logic.

<urn:uuid:5ec3c068-e9c3-489b-96eb-b2e86c9b0bde>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://businessanalyst.techcanvass.com/business-process-modelling/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224645595.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530095645-20230530125645-00648.warc.gz

en

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have observed an unexpected thin disc of material encircling a supermassive black hole at the heart of the spiral galaxy NGC 3147, located 130 million light-years away. The presence of the black hole disc in such a low-luminosity active galaxy has astronomers surprised. Black holes in certain types of galaxies such as NGC 3147 are considered to be starving as there is insufficient gravitationally captured material to feed them regularly. It is therefore puzzling that there is a thin disc encircling a starving black hole that mimics the much larger discs found in extremely active galaxies. Of particular interest, this disc of material circling the black hole offers a unique opportunity to test Albert Einstein’s theories of relativity. The disc is so deeply embedded in the black hole’s intense gravitational field that the light from the gas disc is altered, according to these theories, giving astronomers a unique peek at the dynamic processes close to a black hole. “We’ve never seen the effects of both general and special relativity in visible light with this much clarity,” said team member Marco Chiaberge of AURA for ESA, STScI, and Johns Hopkins University. The disc’s material was measured by Hubble to be whirling around the black hole at more than 10% of the speed of light. At such extreme velocities, the gas appears to brighten as it travels toward Earth on one side and dims as it speeds away from our planet on the other. This effect is known as relativistic beaming. Hubble’s observations also show that the gas is embedded so deep in a gravitational well that light is struggling to escape, and therefore appears stretched to redder wavelengths. The black hole’s mass is around 250 million times that of the Sun. “This is an intriguing peek at a disc very close to a black hole, so close that the velocities and the intensity of the gravitational pull are affecting how we see the photons of light,” explained the study’s first author, Stefano Bianchi, of Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Italy. Artist’s impression of the peculiar thin disc of material circling a supermassive black hole at the heart of the spiral galaxy NGC 3147, located 130 million light-years away. Credit: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser In order to study the matter swirling deep inside this disc, the researchers used the Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) instrument. This diagnostic tool divides the light from an object into its many individual wavelengths to determine the object’s speed, temperature, and other characteristics at very high precision. STIS was integral to effectively observe the low-luminosity region around the black hole, blocking out the galaxy’s brilliant light. The astronomers initially selected this galaxy to validate accepted models about lower-luminosity active galaxies: those with malnourished black holes. These models predict that discs of material should form when ample amounts of gas are trapped by a black hole’s strong gravitational pull, subsequently emitting lots of light and producing a brilliant beacon called a quasar. Top-down view of an artist’s impression of the peculiar thin disc of material circling a supermassive black hole at the heart of the spiral galaxy NGC 3147, located 130 million light-years away. Credit: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser “The type of disc we see is a scaled-down quasar that we did not expect to exist,” Bianchi explained. “It’s the same type of disc we see in objects that are 1000 or even 100 000 times more luminous. The predictions of current models for very faint active galaxies clearly failed.” The team hopes to use Hubble to hunt for other very compact discs around low-luminosity black holes in similar active galaxies. Reference: “HST unveils a compact mildly relativistic broad-line region in the candidate true type 2 NGC 3147” by Stefano Bianchi, Robert Antonucci, Alessandro Capetti, Marco Chiaberge, Ari Laor, Loredana Bassani, Francisco J Carrera, Fabio La Franca, Andrea Marinucci, Giorgio Matt, Riccardo Middei and Francesca Panessa, 11 July 2019, MNRAS. I am a spammer! I’m not sure I understand how this is different than a black hole with matter to consume. I mean it so nds like it’s not as starving as it wants us to believe. Black hole are the womb ofbthe universewere all the elements are guantifi latrr tramsfer or expulse to the outside to form new world to the plesure of the creator Everything is expanding because the Creation was intended to be around into Eternity. It will continue to expand probably already has far beyond what science knows now.Man with his finite mind will never understand an infinite supernatural Creator.

<urn:uuid:ca2d8ea1-436f-49de-ab20-74b14abb18e1>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://scitechdaily.com/hubble-telescope-discovers-mysterious-black-hole-disc/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224657169.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610095459-20230610125459-00447.warc.gz

en

While most people know that students were killed at Kent State in 1970, very few know about the murder of students at Jackson State and even less about South Carolina State College in Orangeburg. In Orangeburg, two years before the Kent State murders, 28 students were injured and three were killed — most shot in the back by the state police while involved in a peaceful protest. One of the by-standers, Cleveland Sellers, was arrested for inciting a riot and sentenced to a year of in prison. Now president of Voorhees College, he was the only person to do time. Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968 is an excellent documentary which brings to light this untold story of the Civil Rights Movement including candid interviews with many of those involved in the event: students, journalists, officers on the scene, and the then-Governor. The film also provides students with a good understanding of the concept of Black Power in the context of the Civil Rights Movement. Description of the Orangeburg Massacre In 1968, Orangeburg was a typical Southern town still clinging to its Jim Crow traditions. Although home to two black colleges and a majority black population, economic and political power remained exclusively in the hands of whites. Growing black resentment and white fear provided the kindling; the spark came when a black Vietnam War veteran was denied access to a nearby bowling alley, one of the last segregated facilities in town. Three hundred protestors from South Carolina State College and Claflin University converged on the alley in a non-violent demonstration. A melee with the police ensued during which police beat two female students; the incensed students then smashed the windows of white-owned businesses along the route back to campus. The Governor sent in the state police and National Guard. By the late evening of February 8th, army tanks and over 100 heavily armed law enforcement officers had cordoned off the campus; 450 more had been stationed downtown. About 200 students milled around a bonfire on S.C. State’s campus; a fire truck with armed escort was sent in. Without warning the crackle of shotgun fire shattered the cold night air. It lasted less than ten seconds. When it was over, twenty-eight students lay on State’s campus with multiple buckshot wounds; three others had been killed. Almost all were shot in the back or side. Students and police vividly describe what they experienced that night. Journalists remember that the Governor and law enforcement officials on the scene claimed police had fired in self-defense. The Associated Press’ initial account, carried in newspapers the morning after the shooting, misreported what happened as “an exchange of gunfire.” The source, an AP photographer on the scene, subsequently revealed that he heard no gunfire from the campus. In Orangeburg, police fingered Cleveland Sellers as the inevitable “outside agitator” who, they claimed, had incited the students. Twenty-three years old, he had returned home, leaving his position as Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) program director, to organize black consciousness groups on South Carolina campuses. Sellers had already attracted the attention of law enforcement officials as a friend of SNCC head Stokely Carmichael, who had frightened many Americans with his call for “Black Power.” Carmichael’s ideas articulated the Movement’s shift from a focus on integration to one of gaining political and economic power within the black community. South Carolina officials therefore saw Sellers as a direct challenge to their power. Wounded in the Massacre, Sellers was arrested at the hospital and charged with “inciting to riot.” Though students made clear he was only minimally involved with their demonstrations, Sellers was tried and sentenced to one year of hard labor. He was finally pardoned 23 years after the incident. The U.S. Justice Department charged the nine police officers who admitted shooting that night with abuse of power. However, neither of two South Carolina juries would uphold the charges. The Orangeburg Massacre has been excluded from most histories of the Civil Rights Movement. But forty years later, some remember the tragedy as if it happened only yesterday. The film interviews the most important participants on both sides of the tragedy, some of whom speak for the first time about the Massacre. The survivors are still visibly traumatized by that night, while the Governor and one of the accused policemen remain convinced they had no other choice. Two prominent Southern white journalists, Jack Bass and Jack Nelson, authors of The Orangeburg Massacre and historical consultants to the film, discuss their revealing, independent investigation. At an historic conference about South Carolina’s Civil Rights Movement, white officials try to evade discussion of the Massacre, arguing that an investigation isn’t warranted because it is time to move forward.’ However, African Americans insist that true reconciliation cannot begin without an investigation and report that finally sheds light on the many unanswered questions. Cleveland Sellers, now president of Voorhees, a historically black college in South Carolina, and his son, Bakari, at 21 the youngest state legislator in South Carolina history, call on us to remember those slain in Orangeburg with the other Civil Rights martyrs. With a resonance that carries us far beyond the tragedy itself, the film is a powerful antidote to historical amnesia. [Description from California Newsreel.] “The truth-telling power of history is made manifest in this profoundly moving and healing documentary.” —Darlene Clark Hine, Michigan State University “This documentary should be shown in every schoolroom in America. We might then create a new generation of activists, emulating the heroic young people of that time, moving this country towards new levels of equality and justice.” —Howard Zinn “This masterful film tells a story previously known by too few. Among its many lessons is the truth of the phrase no justice, no peace.’” —Julian Bond, NAACP Board Chairman Distributed by California Newsreel. Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968 is a co-production of Northern Light Productions, the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and the National Black Programming Consortium, with funds provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Sally Jo Fifer Executive Producer for ITVS. - The Orangeburg Massacre by Jack Bass and Jack Nelson - The Orangeburg Massacre 1968 website - A Brother Lost To The Civil Rights Struggle. A Storycorps interview with Samuel Hammond Jr.’s sisters. - 40 Years Ago: Police Kill Two Students at Jackson State in Mississippi, Ten Days After Kent State Killings. Interview with witness Gene Young on Democracy Now! - 1968, Forty Years Later: A Look Back at the Orangeburg Massacre When SC Police Opened Fire on Black Students Protesting Segregation. Interview with Cleveland Sellers on Democracy Now! I am 68 years old never heard of this,bad when people of law shoot you in back. zinn history educates me more than honors history classes i took at U mich This is the year I turned 18 and was enlisted in the navy I never heard of this event in history and this was the time of George Wallace running for president This is why, we do not TRUST the Government or POLICE. What has changed? Laws on the books does not make them act accordingly. It’s 2015 and this is not mentioned in our HISTORY BOOKS. It’s truly amazing how THE POLICE & GOVERNMENT has gotten away with MURDERING our Talented and Beautiful Children for many years. My heart is so heavy.

<urn:uuid:c4636359-e3e9-4b3b-afd2-cc311d0e1559>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/scarred-justice-1968-orangeburg-massacre

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653930.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607143116-20230607173116-00448.warc.gz

en

Python – GUI Programming (Tkinter) Python provides various options for developing graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Most important are listed below. - Tkinter − Tkinter is the Python interface to the Tk GUI toolkit shipped with Python. We would look this option in this chapter. - wxPython − This is an open-source Python interface for wxWindows http://wxpython.org. - JPython − JPython is a Python port for Java which gives Python scripts seamless access to Java class libraries on the local machine http://www.jython.org. There are many other interfaces available, which you can find them on the net. Tkinter is the standard GUI library for Python. Python when combined with Tkinter provides a fast and easy way to create GUI applications. Tkinter provides a powerful object-oriented interface to the Tk GUI toolkit. Creating a GUI application using Tkinter is an easy task. All you need to do is perform the following steps − - Import the Tkinter module. - Create the GUI application main window. - Add one or more of the above-mentioned widgets to the GUI application. - Enter the main event loop to take action against each event triggered by the user. #!/usr/bin/python import Tkinter top = Tkinter.Tk() # Code to add widgets will go here... top.mainloop() This would create a following window − Tkinter provides various controls, such as buttons, labels and text boxes used in a GUI application. These controls are commonly called widgets. There are currently 15 types of widgets in Tkinter. We present these widgets as well as a brief description in the following table − |Sr.No.||Operator & Description| |1||Button The Button widget is used to display buttons in your application.| |2||Canvas The Canvas widget is used to draw shapes, such as lines, ovals, polygons and rectangles, in your application.| |3||Checkbutton The Checkbutton widget is used to display a number of options as checkboxes. The user can select multiple options at a time.| |4||Entry The Entry widget is used to display a single-line text field for accepting values from a user.| |5||Frame The Frame widget is used as a container widget to organize other widgets.| |6||Label The Label widget is used to provide a single-line caption for other widgets. It can also contain images.| |7||Listbox The Listbox widget is used to provide a list of options to a user.| |8||Menubutton The Menubutton widget is used to display menus in your application.| |9||Menu The Menu widget is used to provide various commands to a user. These commands are contained inside Menubutton.| |10||Message The Message widget is used to display multiline text fields for accepting values from a user.| |11||Radiobutton The Radiobutton widget is used to display a number of options as radio buttons. The user can select only one option at a time.| |12||Scale The Scale widget is used to provide a slider widget.| |13||Scrollbar The Scrollbar widget is used to add scrolling capability to various widgets, such as list boxes.| |14||Text The Text widget is used to display text in multiple lines.| |15||Toplevel The Toplevel widget is used to provide a separate window container.| |16||Spinbox The Spinbox widget is a variant of the standard Tkinter Entry widget, which can be used to select from a fixed number of values.| |17||PanedWindow A PanedWindow is a container widget that may contain any number of panes, arranged horizontally or vertically.| |18||LabelFrame A labelframe is a simple container widget. Its primary purpose is to act as a spacer or container for complex window layouts.| |19||tkMessageBox This module is used to display message boxes in your applications.| Let us study these widgets in detail − Let us take a look at how some of their common attributes.such as sizes, colors and fonts are specified. Let us study them briefly − All Tkinter widgets have access to specific geometry management methods, which have the purpose of organizing widgets throughout the parent widget area. Tkinter exposes the following geometry manager classes: pack, grid, and place. - The pack() Method − This geometry manager organizes widgets in blocks before placing them in the parent widget. - The grid() Method − This geometry manager organizes widgets in a table-like structure in the parent widget. - The place() Method − This geometry manager organizes widgets by placing them in a specific position in the parent widget. Let us study the geometry management methods briefly − 1,410 total views, 1 views today

<urn:uuid:2dcaed6b-dae2-49bc-84ef-363752d8a042>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://www.euroinformatica.ro/python-gui-programming-tkinter/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224654871.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20230608103815-20230608133815-00647.warc.gz

en

Early Life of Kartar Singh Sarabha Kartar Singh Sarabha, a Ghadar revolutionary, was born on 24 May1886 in the village of Sarabha, in Ludhiana district of the Punjab in the house of Mangal Singh, a well-to-do farmer. After receiving his primary education in his own village, Kartar Singh entered the Malwa Khalsa High school at Ludhiana for his matriculation. He was in tenth grade when he went to live with his uncle in Orissa where, after finishing high school, he joined college. In 1912, when he was barely 16 years old, he sailed for San Francisco (U.S.A), and joined the University of California at Berkeley, enrolling for a degree in chemistry. His association with Nalanda club of Indian students at Berkeley aroused his patriotic sentiments and he felt agitated about the treatment immigrants from India, especially labourers received in the United States. The Europeans looked down upon the Indians like slaves and as a result they were treated badly. Political Career of Kartar Singh Sarabha When the Ghadar party was founded in mid-1913 with Sohan Singh, a Sikh peasant from Bhakna village in Amritsar district, as president and Hardyal as secretary, Kartar Singh stopped his university work, moved in with Har Dyal and became his helpmate in running the revolutionary newspaper Ghadr (revolt). He undertook the responsibility for printing of the Gurmukhi edition of the paper. He composed patriotic poetry for it and wrote articles. He also went out among the Sikh farmers and arranged meetings at which he and other Ghadr leaders made speeches urging them to united action against British. At a meeting at Sacremento, California, on 31 October 1913, he jumped to the stage and began to sing: "Chalo chaliye desh nu yudh karen, eho akhiri vachan te farman ho gaye" (Come! let us go and join the battle of freedom; the final call has come, let us go!). Kartar Singh was one of the first to follow his own call. As World war I broke out, members of Ghadar party were openly exhorted to return to India to make armed revolt against the British. Kartar Singh left the United States on 15 September 1914, nearly a month ahead of the main body of Sikhs who were to follow. He returned to India via Colombo, resolved to set up in his village a centre on the model of Ghadar party's Yugantar Ashram in San Francisco. When Bhai Parmanand arrived in India in December 1914 to lead the movement, Kartar Singh was charged with spreading the network in Ludhiana district. In this connection, he went to Bengal to secure weapons and made contacts with revolutionaries such as Vishnu Ganesh Pingley, Sachindra Nath Sanyal and Rash Behari Bose. With Pingley, Kartar Singh visited cantonments at Meerut, Agra, Benaras, Allahabad, Ambala, Lahore and Rawalpindi, with a view to incite soldiers to revolt. As far as armaments, Kartar Singh and his associates succeeded in manufacturing bombs on a small scale at Jhabeval and later at Lohtbaddi, both in Ludhiana district. Kartar Singh organized and participated in raids on the villages of Sahneval and Mansuran in January 1915, in order to procure funds for the party. At this time, a meeting took place in the Central Jail Lahore on the 4th October, 1930 between the two great stars of the struggle for independence. It was held during the period, when the government thwarted a meeting of two such top-ranking revolutionaries, one of whom had just completed a life term after conviction as the hero of the famous Second Lahore Conspiracy Case, and the other just condemned to death by hanging for murder of Saunders, the British officer responsible for the lathi charge on the group led by Lala Lajpat Rai, resulting in his death. As hinted above, one of the parties to the meeting was Shahid Bhagat Singh who was hanged at Lahore. The other party to the meeting was Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh, who along with another great freedom fighter and martyr, Sardar Kartar Singh Sarabha, had organised an army revolt at Ferozepur cantonment in 1915. In February 1915, just before the planned revolt was to erupt, there was a massive roundup of the Ghadar leaders, following the disclosures made by a police informer, Kirpal, who had surreptiously gained admittance into the party. Kartar Singh, Jagat Singh of Sursingh, and Harnam Singh Tundilat escaped to Kabul. All three however, came back to Punjab to continue their work. They were seized on 2nd of March, 1915 at Wilsonpur, in Shahpur district, where they had gone to incite the troops of the 22nd Cavalry. The plan unfortunately failed due to infiltration of some traitors, who later turned approvers. The result was that seventeen brave sons of Punjab were hanged, besides scores sentenced for life or various terms of imprisonment according to British 'justice'. Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh was sentenced to life imprisonment and his property confiscated in March 1916 as a leader of the Conspiracy. The trial of arrested leaders in the Lahore conspiracy cases of 1915-1916 highlighted the role of Kartar Singh Sarabha in the movement. His defence was just one eloquent statement of his revolutionary creed. He was sentenced to death on 13th of September, 1915 and received the hangman's noose on 16th of November, 1915. Kartar Singh has also been immortalized in the fictional account 'Ik Mian Do Talwaran' by the famous Punjabi novelist, Nanak Singh. |More Articles in Indian Freedom Fighters (185)|

<urn:uuid:25655055-c0ab-44ef-85a7-0e8b2baac57a>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.indianetzone.com/67/kartar_singh_sarabha.htm

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647639.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601074606-20230601104606-00448.warc.gz

en

During the Second World War the Germans carried out a sustained bombing campaign against Great Britain and Northern Ireland which is known as The Blitz (from the German word Blitzkrieg, meaning ‘lightning war’). The attacks started in September 1940, and by the end of 1941 41,987 civilians had been killed. For many people the devastation was summed up by a photograph of St Paul’s cathedral taken by Herbert Mason and published in the Daily Mail on 31st December 1940. The photograph was taken during one of the most destructive of all the raids which became known as the ‘Second Great Fire of London’ as it caused fires in an area greater than the original Fire of London in 1666. In just three and a half hours during the night of Sunday 29th December 1940 136 German bombers dropped more than 100,000 bombs on London. Whole streets were flattened by the blasts killing more than 160 civilians on the night with many more dying of their injuries over the following days; but the civilian population were only secondary casualties for the Germans as their main targets were train stations, communication lines, the telephone centre on Faraday Street and bridges over the Thames. The Square Mile (the part of London best known to tourists) was particularly badly hit with 19 churches (8 of which had been built by Sir Christopher Wren after the fire in 1666) and 31 guild halls being totally destroyed along with about five million books in London’s publishing district. Many of the buildings in the Square Mile were not covered by the Fire Watchers Order of September 1940, and as they were closed and locked on a Sunday evening this gave the incendiary bombs a chance to quickly take hold. Only 12 x 3 inches, these small bombs were filled with magnesium which started intense fires that were difficult to extinguish. The raid was deliberately planned for when the River Thames was at a low ebb causing the water hoses used to tackle the fires to become clogged with mud; this, along with a drastic fall in water pressure when the mains were ruptured, made fighting the fires incredibly difficult. As well as the bombs dropped that night there were also many unexploded bombs from the previous 113 nights of raids which made the work of the firefighters even more dangerous – 14 firefighters were killed that night with another 250 injured. Artist Leonard Rosoman, who was serving with the Auxiliary Fire Service on the night of the raid, was relieved of his hose and stepped back for a moment to rest, almost immediately a wall collapsed where he had been working and the two firefighters who had just taken his place were killed. Rosoman painted A House Collapsing on Two Firemen, Shoe Lane, London, EC4 as tribute to them. Like Rosoman, the majority of the men who manned the pumps were volunteers; these pumps needed fuel in order to work so women carried out one of the most dangerous jobs of the night – driving vans filled with petrol through flame filled streets to keep the pumps working. Although most of the fires were extinguished by dawn of the following day others continued to burn for days. While most people have not heard of the Second Great Fire of London many will be familiar with the photograph taken from the roof of the Daily Mail building by Herbert Mason that night, and which has become one of the iconic photographs of the war. The St Paul’s Watch was a multinational group first set up during the First War to protect the cathedral from German zeppelins then re-constituted when war was declared in 1939. Their job was to ensure that the cathedral was able to maintain daily services during the war, and they were on duty that night. When the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, heard that St Paul’s had been struck by incendiary bombs (28 in total) he sent a message to the volunteers of the St Paul’s Watch saying that the cathedral ‘must be saved at all costs’; and through their heroic efforts the building remained standing whilst almost everything around it was destroyed. It was at this point that Mason took his photograph of the dome of St Paul’ still standing amidst the smoke and ruin, illuminated by the fires which raged throughout the city. The picture was cleared by the censors the next day and appeared in the Daily Mail on 31st December 1940 (cropped to emphasise the dome and to omit many of the gutted buildings which had appeared in the original). Entitled ‘War’s Greatest Picture’ it soon became a symbol of the strength of the British people to stand together in the face of unimaginable odds, and survive; as the editor of the Mail said to its 1,450,000 readers, you should ‘cherish this picture as a symbol of the steadiness of London’s stand against the enemy; the firmness of Right against Wrong’. The photograph was also used by the Illustrated London News and Life magazine (in an America which had yet to declare war on Germany) as ‘a symbol of the indestructible faith of the whole civilised world.’ But, as with everything, this picture was used in Germany as a way to tell a very different story when it appeared on the cover of the photo-magazine Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung in January 1941. Far from seeing it as a symbol of hope and endurance the headline was ‘The City of London Burns’, saying that the smoke was not a symbol of London rising from the ashes but obscured the extent of the destruction wreaked by the Luftwaffe. Whichever propaganda take you might have on Mason’s photograph, it still remains a potent symbol of the devastating attacks which London and so many other cities endured during the Blitz.

<urn:uuid:8d083ef1-2cc9-4650-a133-af1b3a43d23e>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://dorindabalchin.com/2020/12/22/the-second-great-fire-of-london/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647525.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601010402-20230601040402-00049.warc.gz

en

KM Component 38 – Archiving, Document Management, and Records Management Archiving in a knowledge management context is the process for creating offline file storage for legal, audit, or historical purposes, using tapes, CDs, or other long-term media. Archiving is the process of moving files that are no longer actively used to a separate storage device for long-term retention. Archived files are still important to the organization and may be needed for future reference or must be retained for regulatory compliance. Archives should be indexed and searchable so that files can be easily located and retrieved. As part of the lifecycle of information, archiving is an important final stage. Keeping too much old information available online consumes valuable storage which could be better used for newer information, increases the number of irrelevant search results returned, and adds to the effort required to maintain, migrate, and reclassify content. There are good reasons to archive content rather than simply delete it. Laws may require content to be kept for specific periods. Internal and external audits may require document retention. Preserving information as a part of history is another worthy goal. And there are times when information which had been thought to be no longer useful later turns out to be needed. Archiving information addresses each of these requirements. Document management is the process for tracking and storing electronic documents and/or images of paper documents, keeping track of the different versions modified by different users, and archiving as needed. A document management system (DMS) is technology that provides a comprehensive solution for managing the creation, capture, indexing, storage, retrieval, and disposition of the records and information assets of an organization. Records management is the process for maintaining the records of an organization from the time they are created up to their eventual disposal. This may include classifying, storing, securing, archiving, and destroying records. Records management is knowing what you have, where you have it, how long you have to keep it and how secure it is. Here are process, policy, and procedure recommendations: - Document Management Process: The ideal information lifecycle management process provides an easy method for content to be reviewed, with the reusable content preserved and the other content archived on suitable media. For example, at the end of a project, all documents in the project team space are listed, the user checks boxes for the reusable ones, and then clicks on an archive button. The result is that the reusable documents are extracted from the team space and stored in the appropriate repository using the associated metadata, and all other documents are archived to a CD which is then stored in the specified archive library. - Records Management Policy: Define the policy for how the organization’s business records are to be managed. - Archiving Procedure: Detail the steps to follow in support of the records management policy’s archiving rules. Don’t automatically archive content Knowledge repositories often are configured to automatically archive documents after some predetermined period of time. The intent is that after content has been available for 90 days (or whatever duration is chosen) it is no longer current, and thus should be removed from the repository. The assumption is that this old content should not appear in search results or in lists of available documents. Reasons for this include: - Old documents are no longer relevant, accurate, or useful. - Searches yield too many results, so weeding out old documents will improve user satisfaction with search. - Content contributors should refresh documents periodically. Contributed content does not automatically become obsolete after a fixed period of time. It may remain valuable indefinitely. I offer the analogy that just because Peter Drucker died in 2005, we don’t remove his books from the library. His insights will continue to be useful for a very long time. One firm where I worked had an automatic archiving process. As a result, I would often receive messages from frustrated users who were searching for content that they had previously found in the repository but could no longer find. I would have to restore this content from the archive to the active repository. This caused users to be annoyed with the KM program, resulted in a lot of wasted time and effort, and sometimes delayed the retrieval of important information needed for client work. With the cost of mass storage steadily decreasing, there are few good reasons to remove content from knowledge repositories unless it is known to be outdated, incorrect, or useless. Instead, allow search engines to limit results based on dates and other metadata to help users more easily find the content they need. Don’t automatically archive content in a knowledge repository, online threaded discussion, or other collection of knowledge. Instead, ensure that the search engine can limit results by the date of the knowledge object. Defaults can be set to limit results to the last 90 days, one year, or whatever duration is desired. But it should be easy for users to change the date range to include older content in the search results. For more about this, see KM Secret: Improve Findability. Related content from Lucidea Please enjoy Stan’s additional blog posts offering advice and insights drawn from many years as a KM practitioner. You may also want to download a copy of his book, Proven Practices for Implementing a Knowledge Management Program, from Lucidea Press. And learn about Lucidea’s Inmagic Presto and SydneyEnterprise with KM capabilities to support successful knowledge curation and sharing. The Five Cs of KM: Create Part 1—Basics, Connection, and Methods Knowledge creation includes inventing concepts, approaches, methods, techniques, products, services, and ideas to benefit people and organizations. Lucidea’s Lens: Knowledge Management Thought Leaders Part 36 – Charlene Li KM thought leaders; Charlene Li specializes in disruption, digital transformation, leadership, customer experience and the future of work. The Five Cs of KM: Collaborate Part 4—Working Out Loud The goal of Working Out Loud (WOL) is to inform others about projects and to respond, learn, and apply the knowledge of others to their own work. The Five Cs of KM: Collaborate Part 3—Communities Review of tips, tools, and proven practices that enable and support productive community of practice collaboration in knowledge-intensive venues Leave a Comment Comments are reviewed and must adhere to our comments policy.

<urn:uuid:26653e1f-630f-415c-ac6a-63a46222b8ac>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://lucidea.com/blog/km-component-38-archiving-document-management-and-records-management/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647409.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20230531182033-20230531212033-00646.warc.gz

en

When I first considered adding a native plant to my garden, the word “succulent” didn’t spring to mind. It does now. Succulents native to California range in size from tiny groundcovers to the high desert Joshua Tree, and 25 are commonly available in nurseries. Many are cacti, agave and yucca native to Southern California, but Northern California has some, too, including the pretty subalpine Lewisia cotyledon with its clusters of pink-orange petalled flowers, nine Dudleya species and two sedums. Two succulents are Marin County natives. And those two succulents are wonderful. So wonderful, in fact, that one, Dudleya farinosa, became a target for avaricious poachers who combed the coastal cliffs of Marin, Sonoma and Humboldt counties. The other, the tiny, less-coveted-but-no-less-beautiful yellow stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium), grows throughout Northern California. Both are appropriate for home gardens. You can find them in local native plant nurseries and other nurseries that carry succulents and native plants. First, the tiny yellow stonecrop, also known as the broadleaf or spoon-leaved stonecrop. “Yellow” describes the diminutive flower petals, not the groundcover’s small rosettes. Broadleaf and spoon-leaved describe the tiny, thick, spade-shaped leaves. In spring and summer, flowers shoot up from the rosettes on erect stalks. There are numerous Sedum spathulifolium cultivars, but the elegant ‘Cape Blanco’ and ‘Purpureum’ are widely available. ‘Cape Blanco’ has pewter/gray-blue leaves. ‘Purpureum’ has reddish-purple/silver leaves. Both cultivars received the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. These succulent groundcovers could be a wise and beautiful choice for the area near buildings where it’s important to keep plants low and well hydrated. Winter and spring rains alone can keep them hydrated all summer, although without any summer water the plants can shrivel. But, once established — that is, well rooted in the ground — the plants need water no more than once a month. The perennial, evergreen sedums spread at a moderate rate to create a mound that could reach 3 feet wide. The plants are deer-resistant, tolerate cold to 5 degrees and are likely hosts to 10 butterflies and moths. Dudleya is a genus of succulents in the same stonecrop family, Crassulaceae, as the sedums ‘Cape Blanco’ and ‘Purpureum.’ There are 68 species and subspecies of Dudleya in North America, of which about 50 live along hillsides from Southern Oregon to Baja, California. Many are on endangered species lists. Fortunately, Marin County’s native, Dudleya farinosa, is not on those lists. Between 2017 and 2018, several people were arrested for poaching thousands of Dudleya farinosa, which had become a favorite of succulent fans in South Korea and China. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife estimated the harvested plants were worth in excess of $1 million. Efforts spearheaded by the California Native Plant Society to propagate these plants has now put more Dudleya into commercial markets, and in September 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law making Dudleya poaching illegal with penalties for doing so. Dudleya farinosa, commonly called bluff lettuce or powdery liveforever, typically has pale green leaves sometimes tipped with bright red, and grows well in pots. Like the sedum with which it co-exists and from which it evolved, Dudleya leaves form a rosette. But each spade-shaped leaf on Dudleya farinosa can be about 2- to 2 1/2-inches wide and the plant can grow 8 inches tall by 1 foot wide. In summer, a tall red stem with a cluster of red, yellow or pink flowers atop attracts hummingbirds and other pollinators. In winter, Dudleya farinosa tolerates cold to 25 to 30 degrees. Sedum spathulifolium and Dudleya farinosa can handle sun or part shade, but they must have fast-draining soil, especially in a shaded area with less evaporation. Plant them at an angle, water no more than once a month when established, don’t water from above and you can enjoy these native Marin succulents in your own backyard. Sponsored by UC Cooperative Extension, the University of California Marin Master Gardeners provide science- and research-based information for home gardeners. Email questions to firstname.lastname@example.org. Attach photos for inquiries about plant pests or diseases. The office is closed for drop-in visits. Subscribe to the Leaflet, UC Marin Master Gardener’s free quarterly e-newsletter, at marinmg.ucanr.edu

<urn:uuid:16f44b02-cc5e-457b-abe3-fa120f60ce96>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.marinij.com/2022/08/12/consider-adding-marin-county-native-succulents-into-your-garden/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224656963.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610030340-20230610060340-00047.warc.gz

en

Why Is My Voltage Not Right After My Circuit Breaker Tripped Off? How to Restore an Electric Circuit: Check the voltage of both legs of power to ground, or test receptacle outlets and devices in the home. If it is found that the voltage is still not correct you may need to call a qualified electrical contractor to make a few tests to identify the problem and make the necessary repairs. Understanding Circuit Breakers and Home Electrical Circuits Electrical Question: A circuit breaker tripped off and now any circuit I turn has low power. - My electrical question is: - I have a pole building that draws power from my home. I tripped a circuit breaker this morning and now any circuit I turn on drops power to around 70 to 40 volts and the opposite lug jumps to 180 volts to 200 volts. - Could it be a bad main or the service lines from the house to the shed? - I have checked all outlets and lights and nothing is burnt or wired wrong that I can tell. - Every thing in the pole barn is in conduit and all was working just fine before the outside outlet shorted. - The electrical is only 5 years old and I have a square D box in both the house and pole barn. Additional Comments: Great information! I have wired several homes and out buildings over the years with no problems, but can still learn from this website! Background: John, a Handyman from Colfax, Wisconsin. Thanks for your electrical wiring question John. How to Restore an Electric Circuit Application: Testing Electrical Wiring Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced. This electrical wiring project is best performed by a Licensed Electrical Contractor. Tools Required: Basic Electricians Pouch Hand Tools and Voltage Tester or Continuity Tester Estimated Time: Depends on experience and level of problem solving skills. Precaution: Testing live wires is dangerous and should be done by an experienced individual only. Testing using a continuity tester should only be made after the circuit has been identified and turned OFF and Tagged. Take these steps to Help Identify Circuit Problems and Restore Electrical Power to the Home - First you need to find out why the circuit breaker tripped off and either remove or repair the fault. - Is there damage to the electrical panel or buss? - If no damage has been found then reset the circuit breaker - Turn the circuit breaker all the way into the OFF position, and then turn it back ON. - Check the voltage of both legs of power to ground, or test receptacle outlets and devices in the home. - If it is found that the voltage is still not correct you may need to call a qualified electrical contractor to make a few tests to identify the problem and make the necessary repairs. Troubleshooting and Repairing Electrical Wiring Licensed Electrician Reveals the Secrets of Successful Electrical Troubleshooting Methods used to solve the majority of the home electrical problems and wiring failures encountered. More about Home Electrical Circuits [ad#block2]Troubleshooting Electrical Wiring Electric Circuit Listing The size of the home electrical service panel is designed by calculating the square footage of the home and factoring in the code requirements for the electrical circuits that are required. Home Electrical Circuit Breakers A guide to home electrical circuit breakers and how they work to protect your electrical wiring. When properly installed, your home electrical wiring is protected by a circuit protection device. For Best Results Consult a Licensed Electrical Contractor. Locate An Electrical Contractor in Your Area The following may also be helpful for you: Learn more about Home Electrical Wiring Be Careful and Be Safe - Never Work on Energized Circuits! Consult your Local Building Department about Permits and Inspections for all Electric Wiring Projects. The Safest Way to Test Electrical Devices and Identify Electric Wires!The Non-Contact Electrical Tester This is a testing tool that I have had in my personal electrical tool pouch for years, and is the first test tool I grab to help identify electrical wiring. It is a Non-contact tester that I use to easily Detect Voltage in Cables, Cords, Circuit Breakers, Lighting Fixtures, Switches, Outlets and Wires. Simply insert the end of the tester into an outlet, lamp socket, or hold the end of the tester against the wire you wish to test. Very handy and easy to use. The Quickest Way to Check for Faulty Electrical Wiring!The Plug-In Outlet Tester This is the first tool I grab to troubleshoot a problem with outlet circuit wiring. This popular tester is also used by most inspectors to test for power and check the polarity of circuit wiring. It detects probable improper wiring conditions in standard 110-125 VAC outlets Provides 6 probable wiring conditions that are quick and easy to read for ultimate efficiency Lights indicate if wiring is correct and indicator light chart is included Tests standard 3-wire outlets UL Listed Light indicates if wiring is incorrect Very handy and easy to use. Strip Off Wire Insulation without Nicking and Damaging the Electric Wire!The Wire Stripper and Wire Cutter My absolute favorite wire stripping tool that I have had in my personal electrical tool pouch for years, and this is the tool I use to safely strip electrical wires. This handy tool has multiple uses: The wire gauges are shown on the side of the tool so you know which slot to use for stripping insulation. The end of the tool can be used to grip and bend wire which is handy for attaching wire onto the screw terminals of switches and outlets.. The wire stripper will work on both solid and stranded wire. This tool is Very Handy and Easy to Use. |More articles about Electrical, Troubleshooting and Home Electrical Wiring:| |« Previous||Next »| |Why The Oven Makes The House Power Go Back On||How to Install Wiring for Garage Lighting|

<urn:uuid:507d3ee1-92fd-40b1-a8ed-9f9a1a365e26>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://ask-the-electrician.com/why-is-my-voltage-not-right-after-my-circuit-breaker-tripped-off/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224655143.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20230608204017-20230608234017-00248.warc.gz

en

In a recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers perform two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in parallel among adults and children to gather immunogenicity and safety data for three vaccines used to prevent Zaire Ebola virus disease (EVD). Study: Randomized Trial of Vaccines for Zaire Ebola Virus Disease. Image Credit: javirozas / Shutterstock.com Additionally, they assessed how quickly and robustly these vaccines elicited antibody responses in people comprising these cohorts. Both RCT studies followed the protocol of the Partnership for Research on Ebola Vaccinations (PREVAC) consortium in western Africa. The researchers tested the adenovirus type 26–vectored vaccine that encodes the Ebola glycoprotein ZEBOV (Ad26.ZEBOV-GP), as well as a booster dose of the modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA)-BN-Filo follows after 56 days and the recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (rVSV)ΔG-ZEBOV-GP vaccine. The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved some Ebola vaccines; however, they are typically administered only to people at high risk during Ebola outbreaks. To date, most studies have not been able to find a robust correlate of immunity to EVD following vaccination. Some studies have shown that Ebola glycoprotein-binding antibody titers correlate with neutralizing antibody titers in primate models and humans. Another clinical trial testing a single dose of rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP increased the neutralizing antibody concentration by a factor of two or more from the baseline, which seems like a fitting correlate of protection conferred by this vaccine. However, studies quantifying post-vaccination antibody titers have shown considerable temporal variability in the results. An analysis based on immunogenicity data could help better evaluate EVD vaccination strategies. About the study In the present study, researchers performed an RCT where they randomized 1,400 adults and 1,401 children and divided them into the Ad26-MVA, rVSV-booster, and rVSV groups to gather immunogenicity, safety, and durability data for the Ad26.ZEBOV-MVA-BN-Filo combination and the rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP vaccine. All study participants, children between one to 17 years old, and adults 18 years and older, did not have a history of EVD and were enrolled from six regions of four West African countries. The Ad26-MVA group received 0.5ml of the Ad26.ZEBOV vaccine, followed by 0.5 ml of the MVA-BN-Filo vaccine booster 56 days later. The rVSV group received 1 ml of the rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP vaccine and then a placebo. The team used two placebos that were administered 56 days after the vaccine to compensate for the different vaccine volumes used in the study. The team arranged follow-up visits on days seven, 14, and 28 following the first vaccination/placebo. An additional follow-up visit was scheduled on day 63, as well as months three, six, and 12. The researchers assessed antibody response to the vaccines at each visit, whereas other vaccine effects, such as symptoms, fever, headache, and injection-site reactions, were reported through month six. Information regarding serious adverse events post-vaccination through month 12 was also collected. Further, the team evaluated the immediacy of antibody responses on day 14 separately for the rVSV∆G-ZEBOV-GP and Ad26.ZEBOV-MVA-BN-Filo vaccine regimens with placebo. For RCT involving children, prespecified subgroup analyses stratified by age groups, one to four years, five to 11 years, and 12 to 17 years were performed. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to measure serum concentrations of immunoglobulin G (IgG) binding antibodies against ZEBOV. The primary immunogenicity endpoint was an antibody response of a minimum of 200 ELISA units (EU) per milliliter (ml) at month 12, as well as an increase in the antibody concentration by a factor of four from baseline. Finally, the researchers used odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to compare the proportion of participants with an antibody response between each vaccine and placebo at all follow-up visits. Geometric mean ratios for each vaccine as compared to the placebo were also reported, in addition to 95% Cis. At baseline, 15% and 12% of adults and children, respectively, had an antibody concentration of a minimum of 200 EU per ml per the immunogenicity endpoint data captured for over 90% of the adults and children. Seven days post boosting, and at month three, the percentages of participants with an antibody response was the greatest in the Ad26-MVA and rVSV-booster groups. By one year, these levels returned to the baseline levels. Seven days post-vaccination, the incidence of injection-site reaction in the Ad26-MVA group, pooled rVSV groups and the placebo groups were 9%, 22%, and 5%, respectively. Likewise, 50%, 66%, and 44% of participants reported symptoms through day seven. There were reports of a few serious adverse events in children and adults; however, these were unrelated to the vaccine or placebo. Consistent with previous data, the researchers observed higher antibody concentrations with the Ad26-MVA and rVSV vaccines in children than in adults, with notable differences in the kinetic features of antibodies in children vaccinated with rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP compared to adults. No safety concerns in adults or children were reported. The side effects, if any, were only mild to moderate in intensity and diminished with time. Yet, clinicians have restricted the use of the rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP vaccine to adults. Overall, the current study data add to existing information on the immunogenicity and safety of all three vaccines tested against EVD in adults and children. These vaccines elicited adequate antibody titers starting 14 days, which remained persistent for up to a year. Most importantly, all three vaccines had a good safety profile in children as young as one year, whose overall immune responses were better than adults. - PREVAC Study Team. (2022). Randomized Trial of Vaccines for Zaire Ebola Virus Disease. The New England Journal of Medicine. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2200072 Posted in: Drug Trial News | Medical Research News | Disease/Infection News | Pharmaceutical News Tags: Adenovirus, Antibodies, Antibody, Assay, Children, Clinical Trial, Ebola Virus Disease, ELISA, Enzyme, Fever, Glycoprotein, Headache, immunity, Immunoglobulin, Placebo, Research, Stomatitis, Vaccine, Virus Neha is a digital marketing professional based in Gurugram, India. She has a Master’s degree from the University of Rajasthan with a specialization in Biotechnology in 2008. She has experience in pre-clinical research as part of her research project in The Department of Toxicology at the prestigious Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, India. She also holds a certification in C++ programming. Source: Read Full Article

<urn:uuid:c3abe832-644c-4e7b-a14c-39150de9485e>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://gohealthygo.com/health-news/trial-of-three-vaccines-for-zaire-ebola-virus-disease/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644867.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20230529141542-20230529171542-00448.warc.gz

en

Learning New Skills Keeps an Aging Mind Sharp Older adults are often encouraged to stay active and engaged to keep their minds sharp, that they have to “use it or lose it.” But new research indicates that only certain activities — learning a mentally demanding skill like photography, for instance — are likely to improve cognitive functioning. These findings, forthcoming in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, reveal that less demanding activities, such as listening to classical music or completing word puzzles, probably won’t bring noticeable benefits to an aging mind. “It seems it is not enough just to get out and do something—it is important to get out and do something that is unfamiliar and mentally challenging, and that provides broad stimulation mentally and socially,” says psychological scientist and lead researcher Denise Park of the University of Texas at Dallas. “When you are inside your comfort zone you may be outside of the enhancement zone.” The new findings provide much-needed insight into the components of everyday activities that contribute to cognitive vitality as we age. “We need, as a society, to learn how to maintain a healthy mind, just like we know how to maintain vascular health with diet and exercise,” says Park. “We know so little right now.” For their study, Park and colleagues randomly assigned 221 adults, ages 60 to 90, to engage in a particular type of activity for 15 hours a week over the course of three months. Some participants were assigned to learn a new skill — digital photography, quilting, or both — which required active engagement and tapped working memory, long-term memory and other high-level cognitive processes. Other participants were instructed to engage in more familiar activities at home, such as listening to classical music and completing word puzzles. And, to account for the possible influence of social contact, some participants were assigned to a social group that included social interactions, field trips, and entertainment. At the end of three months, Park and colleagues found that the adults who were productively engaged in learning new skills showed improvements in memory compared to those who engaged in social activities or non-demanding mental activities at home. “The findings suggest that engagement alone is not enough,” says Park. “The three learning groups were pushed very hard to keep learning more and mastering more tasks and skills. Only the groups that were confronted with continuous and prolonged mental challenge improved.” The study is particularly noteworthy given that the researchers were able to systematically intervene in people’s lives, putting them in new environments and providing them with skills and relationships: “Our participants essentially agreed to be assigned randomly to different lifestyles for three months so that we could compare how different social and learning environments affected the mind,” says Park. “People built relationships and learned new skills — we hope these are gifts that keep on giving, and continue to be a source of engagement and stimulation even after they finished the study.” Park and colleagues are planning on following up with the participants one year and five years down the road to see if the effects remain over the long term. They believe that the research has the potential to be profoundly important and relevant, especially as the number of seniors continues to rise: “This is speculation, but what if challenging mental activity slows the rate at which the brain ages?” asks Park. “Every year that you save could be an added year of high quality life and independence.” Interesting. Any info on the follow up studies? Thank you for your impressive research and clearly conveying the meaning. I participate as a 65 y.o. in a third age university in British Columbia.I’ve been going for about three years now and I’m fascinated to note that these people, many of whom are well into their 80s and some even in their 90s seem vital and healthy. I’m wondering if this observation is widely understood. Could it mean that people like to learn in a social setting are any healthier than those who prefer to learn on their own? Would this have any ramifications for remote, online studies? I am a senior citizen from Indiana and I would like to know what classes would be available for me I want to take the classes online so could you tell me some of your procedures and if there’s cost involved please let me know that also thank you. APS regularly opens certain online articles for discussion on our website. Effective February 2021, you must be a logged-in APS member to post comments. By posting a comment, you agree to our Community Guidelines and the display of your profile information, including your name and affiliation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations present in article comments are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the views of APS or the article’s author. For more information, please see our Community Guidelines. Please login with your APS account to comment.

<urn:uuid:12727e58-fe4b-4a8f-9fd4-285c85fe95fa>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/learning-new-skills-keeps-an-aging-mind-sharp.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647525.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601010402-20230601040402-00049.warc.gz

en

Carrying a knife is an essential tool for many individuals, whether it be for work or personal use. However, the legality of carrying a knife varies from state to state and country to country. The length of the blade is one crucial factor that determines if carrying a particular knife in public spaces is legal or not. As a knife law expert, understanding the regulations surrounding knives’ length can help you avoid any potential legal issues when carrying your favorite cutting tool in public areas. Moreover, exploring this topic can lead to discovering innovative designs and features that manufacturers have developed to comply with different countries’ laws while still providing maximum functionality for their users. In this article, we will delve into how long of a knife you are legally allowed to carry in various parts of the world and explore some exciting new developments in the industry. Knife Laws By State In The Us Knife laws vary by state in the United States, and it is important to be aware of these laws before carrying a knife. In general, there are two types of carry: concealed carry and open carry. Concealed carry refers to carrying a knife that is not visible to others. Some states allow concealed carry without restrictions, while others require a permit or prohibit it altogether. For example, California requires individuals who wish to conceal carry a knife with a blade longer than 2.5 inches to obtain a permit, while New York prohibits concealed carry entirely. Open carry refers to carrying a knife that is visible to others. Again, some states allow open carry without restrictions, while others have specific requirements or prohibitions. Texas allows open carry of any type of knife except for certain prohibited locations, such as schools and government buildings. It is important for individuals to research the knife laws in their state before deciding how they want to carry their knives. Failure to comply with state laws can result in fines or even criminal charges. It is also worth noting that local governments may have additional regulations on top of state law, so it’s always best to check with both sources before carrying a knife in public places. Knife Regulations In Different Countries Laws and regulations concerning the carrying of knives vary greatly across different countries. While some nations have strict laws in place, others may be more lenient or simply lack any specific knife-related regulations altogether. It is important for individuals to research and understand the customs regulations on carrying knives before traveling internationally. Cultural attitudes towards knives also play a significant role in determining how they are regulated, with certain societies viewing them as tools or symbols of masculinity while others associate them with violence and danger. For example, many European countries have stricter knife laws due to high rates of knife crime, whereas in Japan, where knives hold cultural significance in cooking and craftsmanship, there are fewer restrictions on their possession. It is crucial for travelers to familiarize themselves with these varying attitudes and legal frameworks when it comes to carrying knives abroad. Failure to do so can result in serious consequences such as fines, imprisonment, or deportation. Here are three key points to keep in mind: - Always research local laws and customs regarding knives before arriving in a foreign country. - Be mindful of cultural attitudes towards knives and adjust your behavior accordingly. - If unsure about the legality of possessing a particular type or size of knife overseas, err on the side of caution and leave it at home. As an expert in knife law, I cannot stress enough the importance of understanding international regulations surrounding this issue. By doing so, you not only avoid potential legal trouble but also demonstrate respect for cultural differences around the world. As society evolves and innovates new technologies every day, we must also adapt our behaviors accordingly – including how we carry and use everyday objects like knives. Innovative Knife Designs To Comply With Legal Requirements Knife enthusiasts and collectors understand the importance of having a versatile knife that can be carried legally in various situations. Therefore, manufacturers have come up with innovative designs for knives that comply with legal requirements while providing maximum functionality. One of these innovations is customized knife handles. Handles made from materials such as carbon fiber or titanium are lightweight and durable, making them ideal for outdoor activities. Additionally, some manufacturers allow customers to customize their handle design to suit their preferences, including adding personal engravings or choosing specific colors. Another innovation is multi-functional knife blades. These blades serve multiple purposes such as being able to cut through tough materials like ropes, cables or even leather while also functioning as screwdrivers, bottle openers and other tools useful in everyday life. Multi-functional blades enable the user to carry one tool instead of many individual ones without sacrificing utility. By incorporating these innovative designs into their products, manufacturers are not only catering to the needs of consumers but also ensuring compliance with local laws on carrying knives. Knives outfitted with customized handles and multifunctional blades provide an efficient solution for individuals who want a versatile tool without breaking any regulations regarding blade length or usage restrictions. Tips For Carrying A Knife Legally And Safely Just as a chef prepares and handles their knives with care, so too must knife owners be conscious of the laws surrounding carrying restrictions and proper knife handling. Knife ownership comes with a great responsibility to ensure that one is not violating any legal stipulations in regards to carrying length or blade type. It’s important to understand these regulations before purchasing a knife. Carrying restrictions vary by state and sometimes even by city, so it’s crucial for individuals to research their local laws beforehand. In some states, certain types of knives are prohibited outright while others may have maximum lengths or specific requirements for concealed carry permits. Failing to adhere to these guidelines could result in hefty fines or even jail time. Therefore, responsible knife ownership involves staying informed about current legislation. In addition to complying with legal requirements, proper knife handling is equally imperative. This includes storing knives safely when not in use and using them appropriately during tasks. Knowing how to handle a sharp object properly can prevent accidents from occurring and keep both users and those around them safe. By taking these measures seriously, knife owners can continue enjoying their tools without compromising on safety or legality concerns. The knife laws in the US and different countries vary greatly, making it essential to research the rules before carrying a knife. For instance, some states prohibit carrying knives with blades over a certain length, while others have no restrictions on blade length but regulate how they’re carried. Additionally, many countries don’t allow travelers to carry knives at all. In response to legal requirements, manufacturers are creating innovative designs of knives that satisfy regulations without compromising user safety or functionality. Knives with foldable blades, removable handles, and other features provide convenient and safe ways for people who need them for work or hobby purposes. However, it’s crucial always to handle any sharp tool responsibly and safely. When considering carrying a knife legally and safely, one must adhere to the law by researching state or country-specific guidelines beforehand. Furthermore, using an appropriate figure of speech can evoke emotional responses from audiences such as fear or urgency when emphasizing cautionary measures like handling sharp tools responsibly. Remembering these tips is vital when deciding what type of knife to carry so you won’t end up facing serious consequences from violating local laws surrounding weapons possession. As an expert in this field would say: “Adhering strictly to the set regulations ensures your safety and protects those around you.” And I’m the editor here at TheMacheteGuide.com I’m passionate about getting the most from your machetes and empowering you with the knowledge you need to clean machetes most efficiently and safely possible. I will review all types of machetes which you can use for different purposes.

<urn:uuid:47830966-b2b7-41b8-a5a6-74caf1b3258d>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://themacheteguide.com/how-long-of-a-knife-can-you-carry/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646076.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530163210-20230530193210-00049.warc.gz

en

During her time at the Moore College of Art and Design, Karen Noel — the administrative assistant for the Newman University School of Social Work — drew the first illustration of a new grasshopper species in Ecuador. Noel’s contribution to the documentation of this new species began during a student internship in 1988. “When I was in college, my major was illustration, but I leaned toward scientific and medical,” Noel said. “So when I did my internship, I did it at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia in their entomology department. “Basically, I was doing illustrations for the various entomologists in that department. One of them had traveled to Ecuador, and while he was there, he actually discovered this new species of grasshopper. So when he brought that back, it needed to be documented in order to get it out to fellow scientists.” Drawing the discovery Originally discovered by entomologist George Glenn in 1987, Caenolampis ottei had characteristics distinctive enough to merit a new species within its genus. Glenn decided to use the last name of mentor and colleague Daniel Otte, Ph.D., professor emeritus at Drexel University, to coin C. ottei. In addition to the detailed notes and biological observations that are included in scientific journals, discoveries are oftentimes accompanied by some sort of visual or illustration. “I happened to be there doing my internship, so I’m the lucky one who got to do the illustrations,” Noel said. “Those illustrations were the first time that scientists were ever seeing that specific species of grasshopper.” In the process of illustrating the species, Noel learned that her mission wasn’t simply to draw a grasshopper, she said. Beyond the skills and technical aspects already required of drawing, Noel now had to consider many biological elements to ensure that the new species was properly represented. “There are certain factors and elements of an insect that make it fall into a particular genus and species,” she explained. “It took many trial and error designs, but eventually, my illustration ended up getting published in the journal, ‘Proceedings of the Academy of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.’” Art across the board Following her internship, Noel went on to use her illustration skills in the legal field as well. “I used to work for attorneys for a while doing medical malpractice illustrations. I would meet with doctors and surgeons, and we would talk about specific cases that they wanted to display in court for the jury to look at.” Whether applied to science, law, mathematics or any other logic-intensive field, there are many ways in which art can open one’s eyes to the world around him or her. “There are a lot of procedures that need to be illustrated step by step, things that you can’t always get with the camera,” Noel added. “A physician or a surgeon may develop a procedure, but the only way to get that to other surgeons is through these drawings that end up in journals and textbooks.” In the eye of the beholder Though many aspects inadvertently separate the fields of science and art, the overlap of the two empowers and informs them both. “It’s interesting how something so artistic can blend together with something so scientific to create something visually pleasing but also scientifically and medically accurate.” Much like science, art is a way to see the world, and for any artist, it can take many years to develop an eye for the craft. “A lot of times people dismiss the field of study, ‘Oh, you went to art school?’ but it was still four years, it was still all my humanities, and it was hard: six-hour classes, drawing, life drawing. So it’s not always as simple as, you know, I can just wave a wand and it happens.” Once one develops an eye for the craft, he or she may begin to realize that it applies to much more than just graphite and canvas. “I always try to explain to my kids that there’s more out there than just what you see. You know, try to think of things in different ways — in artistic ways — and it’s amazing how differently you can see the world.” As it relates to her current position at Newman, Noel said that even if social work doesn’t inherently provide a space for art, art itself can be used as a means of helping yourself or others. “Being an admin in the social work department has helped me to realize how important art is as a therapeutic ‘tool.’ It can be therapeutic to create art, view art or inspire art.” “I have always known how therapeutic art is for me personally but whenever possible I try to encourage my friends who are not artistic to at least give it a try. It doesn’t matter if the art a person creates is perfect or beautiful. If it helps them find some calm and provides self-care then it’s a success.” Fine Arts Program Gain exposure to historical perspectives, the principles of design, and a diversity of media through our curriculum.

<urn:uuid:6b8c3ffc-bdbb-4091-bdfd-d1afc6390d58>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://news.newmanu.edu/karen-noel/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652494.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606082037-20230606112037-00648.warc.gz

en

The History of Carolina Gold Rice While other American patriots were vehemently discussing our young nation’s future at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Thomas Jefferson, then serving as American Minister to France, was busy smuggling. Jefferson believed in an agrarian republic, saying that government would remain virtuous, as long as we remained agricultural. He considered it to be the greatest service to add a useful plant. After several months in France, Jefferson had gone on a three-week detour across the Alps to find out what kind of rice the Italians were growing, hoping that it would thrive in South Carolina. Under threat of the death penalty, he had smuggled as much as his coat and overcoat pockets would hold. His pride in this bit of horticultural espionage was so great that Jefferson listed this accomplishment alongside his own drafting of the Declaration of Independence. Today it might seem extraordinary that Jefferson risked imprisonment – and his life – for a few grains of rice, but he truly believed that they might hold the seeds of America’s future. “Agriculture,” Jefferson wrote that summer, was “the surest road to affluence and best preservative of morals.” He was certainly not wrong about the affluence of agriculture, especially the agriculture of rice. At the time of Jefferson’s smuggling episode, South Carolina had already been growing rice for some time. Historical statistics indicate that in 1698, ten thousand pounds of rice were exported; in 1699, one hundred thirty thousand pounds; and in 1700, three hundred ninety-five thousand pounds. This was almost a forty-fold increase in just three years. It was said that in 1700, the volume of rice waiting on Charleston docks for export overwhelmed the available ships. By 1747, rice accounted for 55% of the total export value of South Carolina. During the early part of the 1800s, planters in Georgetown County grew as much as 45 million pounds of rice a year on as many as 45,000 acres of rice fields. Joshua John Ward, of Brookgreen Plantation, has been credited with growing half of all the rice in Georgetown County, South Carolina, while Georgetown County was growing half of all the rice in America. For the low country of South Carolina, this meant rapid economic expansion. The local landowning population was by far the richest single group in colonial America and, by extension, on average it was probably the wealthiest in the world. Nowhere else in America did a segment of the population live so well. But where did the rice come from? In 1685, a two-masted brigantine sailing from Madagascar encountered a tropical storm and put in to Charles Towne, South Carolina, for emergency repairs. While waiting for his ship to be made seaworthy, the captain, John Thurber, befriended a man by the name of Dr. Henry Woodward, a ship’s surgeon, and gifted his new friend with a peck of seed rice. At the time, Dr. Woodward owned Abbapoola Plantation on Johns Island, and it was there that he planted his rice. It flourished. Soon, South Carolina would be introduced to rice varieties from throughout Asia, Europe, and Africa, and it seems almost certain that enslaved Africans brought their own local varieties with them. In spite of the diverse varieties of rice introduced, it appears that the original seed, which had a golden hue when ripe, became known as Carolina Gold. This name gained popularity in the period preceding the American Revolution. Carolina Gold quickly became the most celebrated variety. As the crop matures and the grain hardens, a most remarkable visual transformation occurs in the Carolina Gold rice fields. The stems and leaves, which are lime green, contrast sharply with the grain heads, which turn to a golden brown. Best appreciated in low ambient light in the early morning or late evening, the fields become a sea of shimmering, glittering gold. A gentle breeze can add to the effect. Hence the name is derived from the plant’s appearance as well as that of the grain. Carolina Gold would remain a dominant commodity on the coastal rivers of South Carolina until the time of the Civil War. There is little doubt that the rice industry, with its dependence on a large, regimented, low-cost labor force, could not have flourished without the institution of slavery. Without the knowledge and skill of their enslaved West Africans, plantation owners could no longer maintain the difficult and delicate work of growing rice. By the 1900s, rice production was basically nonexistent. The last commercial crop of rice in South Carolina was planted in 1927. It would be almost 60 years before the state would see a rebirth of its famous grain. In 1985, Richard Schulz, a former surgeon, embarked on an ambitious experiment to grow rice on his newly acquired land, Turnbridge Plantation. His extensive search for Carolina Gold seed rice ended in the gene bank of an agricultural research station. The staff was generous enough to let Dr. Schulz take some home with him. It had been 300 years exactly since another surgeon in South Carolina had been gifted with a peck of seed rice. From that moment, it would take Dr. Schulz three long, hard years to yield a large enough harvest so that he could indulge himself in actually eating some of it. On that occasion, he had this to say, “At long last, the fabled grain could be tasted. Tricia, my wife and co-worker, arranged a reintroduction banquet at the Oglethorpe Club in Savannah in December 1988. Four dozen friends joined to discover that rice did, indeed, live up to its reputation. A variety of rice dishes, all the way through to rice pudding dessert, confirmed, without a doubt, that Carolina Gold was indeed something very special. Junior Member of the Carolina Gold Chapter.

<urn:uuid:5c397c1e-a697-47b6-b8a1-2e6f378640db>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://carolinagolddar.org/history-of-carolina-gold-rice/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224655092.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20230608172023-20230608202023-00046.warc.gz

en

Open Standards are the foundation of cooperation in modern society. They allow people to share all kinds of data freely, prevent vendor lock-in and other artificial barriers to interoperability, and promote choice between vendors and technology solutions. Open Standards are implementable with Free Software, and thus provide full competition in the market. FSFE advocates for fair competition, interoperability of solutions, and choice for consumers. Open Standards are necessary prerequisite to ensure these freedoms. What is a technical standard? A technical standard is a set of commonly agreed rules in regard to technical systems. It is usually documented in a so-called 'standard specification' that describes ways to consistently organise information so that it can be understood and used by multiple independent applications. Standards which are used for information storage are called 'formats', and those for transmitting information are called 'protocols'. A standard establishes common ground that provides means for interoperability and competition. The antipode of standardisation is monopoly: users of one product or service can only interoperate with users of the same product or service. Therefore, standards are used to enable competition for the Standards can also be beneficial for innovation by allowing all actors on the market to innovate on top of the standard and build their own services in order to serve the standard. Why Open Standards? The problem arises when a standard is owned by one market player that uses their position to control the further development of the standard, or tries to manipulate it through licensing policies in order to exclude or include some specific groups of actors. In this case, the standardisation is used for contrary purposes than promoting competition and interoperability. The full competition in the market is, therefore, provided by standards that are open. As Open Standards are freely available without any restrictions, they allow standardised technology to be used in products and services without any a priori advantage based on the ownership of the standard. As a consequence, the access to technology is allowed to all actors on the market irrespective of one's business model. What is an 'open' standard? Open Standards are implementable with Free Software. If a standard does not meet the following criteria, it discriminates against Free Software and cannot be thus called an 'open' standard: An Open Standard refers to a format or protocol that is: - Subject to full public assessment and use without constraints in a manner equally available to all parties; - Without any components or extensions that have dependencies on formats or protocols that do not meet the definition of an Open - Free from legal or technical clauses that limit its utilisation by any party or in any business model; - Managed and further developed independently of any single vendor in a process open to the equal participation of competitors and third parties; - Available in multiple complete implementations by competing vendors, or as a complete implementation equally available to all This way the standard ensures that technology is accessible for everyone, irrespective of business-model, size, or exclusive rights portfolio. Why should a standard be minimalistic? The aim of standards is to establish a common ground in technology and enable different applications to interact with each other. With more and more data being digitally stored, it is more important to ensure its portability between different applications. This is why it is essential to make sure that the format one chooses to store data is accessible with multiple applications, irrespective of vendor or a technical solution. This is why the standard needs to be not only open, but also in order to solve the technical problem adequately, and allow as many implementers of that standard as possible. In other words, there is a need to assess whether the standard is as simple as possible, and as complicated Overburdened standards with multiple unnecessary features give their vendors an advantage: it is more difficult for another implementer to adequately read the format, and the customer is forced to a vendor lock-in. In addition, standards bloated with rarely used features leave backdoors and vulnerabilities for malicious attackers to take advantage of. is implementable with Free Software For software standards the actual standard is defined through both the formal specification and the actual implementation. Acquiring the formal specification is often not enough in order to implement the standard for complex digital systems. For any company wishing to implement the standard, knowledge of existing implementations can be as valuable as the formal specification, as this helps to avoid the extended trial-and-error process for resolving ambiguities in formal Hence, for a standard to be sufficiently 'open', the openness needs to address both the specification and implementation. Consequently, for open implementations it is economically more beneficial to publish reference implementations under a Free Software licence. This will allow the reference implementation to be freely available and also to act as a formal specification without the institutional process of Patents in standards Sometimes, the standard specification includes technical solutions that are needed in order to implement the standard. These technical solutions can be protected by patents. Whoever wishes to adopt and implement the standard has to, therefore, acquire the appropriate licence from the Industry has turned to different licensing practices in order to overcome the issue of patents essential to standard implementation: for example 'royalty-free' (RF) or an alternative 'fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory' (FRAND) terms. FRAND terms are incompatible with Free Software. Furthermore, due to the fact that FRAND are usually kept secret, it is impossible to prove whether the imposed terms are objectively 'fair' or 'non-discriminatory'. Consequently, FRAND can be used as a tool to manipulate the standardisation process to exclude competition. While RF licensing addresses only the royalty-payment criteria, it does not address other restrictions that may be placed on adoption and implementation of a standard by Free Software. In this regard, the licensing policies of patented technology in standardisation have to be compatible with the widest range of actors on the market, as the purpose of standardisation is to promote competition and to allow innovation on top of it. It is noteworthy that hardly any new system in information and communications technology (ICT) is built without the use of Free Software, and the exclusion of companies basing their products on Free Software from standardisation can significantly hamper innovation. Therefore, the appropriate licence for standard-essential-patents is the one that does not place any restrictions to the standard implementation with Free Software, i.e. 'restriction-free', according to the Open Standard definition. What can you do? As a citizen Insist on Open Standards: don't let your government, university, employer, or a local public administration push you into using locked down formats. As a politician - Promote policies that in practice ensure competition and innovation in standardisation, i.e. minimalistic Open Standards implementable with - Promote licensing policies that are based on 'restriction-free' terms in order to achieve the widest adoption of standards and allow their implementation by all actors on the market. - Prioritise the use of Open Standards in public procurement and software development in order to increase the interoperability of all software solutions used in public sector.

<urn:uuid:d1ed92ca-c3d1-47f5-aede-3615ee0582e8>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/standards/standards.bs.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224656737.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609132648-20230609162648-00248.warc.gz

en

Learning is a fundamental process that allows individuals to acquire new knowledge, skills, and behaviors. The brain plays a crucial role in learning as it is responsible for receiving, processing, storing, and retrieving information. Over the years, various theories have been proposed to explain the mechanisms underlying brain learning. One of the most widely accepted theories of brain learning is the connectionist theory, also known as neural network theory. This theory suggests that learning occurs through the formation of connections, or synapses, between neurons in the brain. When we encounter new information, our brains create new neural connections to store this information. These connections can be strengthened or weakened depending on how often the information is used. For example, when we practice a skill, the connections related to that skill become stronger, allowing us to perform the task more efficiently. Another theory of brain learning is known as the cognitivist theory, which focuses on the role of cognitive processes in learning. According to this theory, learning involves the active construction of meaning by the learner, rather than the passive absorption of information. This theory suggests that learning occurs when we actively process and analyze new information, rather than simply memorizing it. A third theory of brain learning is the constructivist theory, which emphasizes the role of the learner in constructing their own understanding of the world. This theory suggests that learning occurs when we actively engage with and make sense of new information, rather than simply receiving it passively. Constructivist theories of learning often emphasize the importance of real-world experiences and hands-on learning activities in facilitating learning. Overall, there are multiple theories of brain learning that offer different perspectives on the mechanisms underlying this process. While each theory has its own strengths and limitations, they all highlight the important role that the brain plays in learning and the complex cognitive processes that are involved. This is crucial to helping many kinds of students take their own experiences and include them in their learning. Photo credit: Avoid long lectures Only 5-10% of information imparted during a lecture is retained after just one day. The lower right C quadrant controls emotions, feelings, interpersonal skills and kinesthetic, while the upper right D quadrant is responsible for holistic, imaginative, intuitive, integrative and synthesizing processes. The use of color adds to the images. This ability is influenced by things like exercise, diet, and stress level. The more group work students do, the more they learn how to cooperate and compromise. The goal is to make the lesson memorable so the factual elements stick as well. I loved the intensity, practicality and intuitiveness of the 4-day presentation. The Global Aspects of Brain-Based Learning. Memories are strengthened by frequency, intensity and practice under varying conditions and contexts. A healthy body promotes a healthy mind Learning should engage the entire body. Cognitive theory has developed over time, breaking off into sub-theories that focus on unique elements of learning and understanding. Integrated Learning Services, Inc. Teaching to the Right Brain Through these ideas, adults can create simple opportunities to encourage right brain learning and development in ways that are fun and also educational for all involved. If the child finds playing video games to be enjoyable, encourage him to research the aspects of creating a game from start to finish — and then to create a video game of his own. They prefer to see the information they need to learn in action through experiences and stories. There is a lot that science does not understand about the learning process, and specifically, brain based learning theories. Students will gain a better understanding of the subject through practice, rather than just memorizing the details. As a learning approach, brain based learning is based on the structure and function of the human brain. Educational Horizons, Fall 2009, 88 1 , pp. For example, when teaching about percentages, a shopping activity can be set up. Brain-based Learning: A Reality Check. Integrated Learning Services, Inc. We have learned about how environments impact our learning, the role of trauma and the effects of distress and threat. Though his influence came from other theorists such as John Dewey, Kurt Lewin, and Jean Piaget, Kolb was able to identify four stages of ELT. We have heard five basic criticisms about brain-based education. The left-brain is in charge of Right brain learning theory is the idea of focusing learning on the right hemisphere of the brain. Some of the drive to be social is the desire to learn through imitation and respond to the behaviors that are seen. It is difficult for people to maintain focus for extended periods of time. Each item could be on sale and the student challenged to calculate the sale price before they can be rewarded with it. Another application is modeling assignments on real-world challenges students experience. Brain-based education offers some direction for educators who want more purposeful, informed teaching. For example, a lesson on economics could be related to smartphone ownership. After reading an excerpt from a book or article, teachers can have students draw how that part of the text made them feel or connect colors to certain emotions throughout the text. The phrase brain-based learning sounds redundant because every style of education involves the brain. When adopting this method, educators must forget established conventions. Speedy and efficient learning. MYTH: The left brain is logical. Teachers in a classroom can utilize positive reinforcement to help students better learn a concept. She describes the two kinds of thinking we use when learning or problem solving: focused and diffuse. On top of that, you may not see eye-to-eye all the time. Every effort is made to select from reliable sources with supporting data. Thus, learning occurs through a complex set of continuous signals which inform your brain about whether to form a memory or not. At this early stage, that would be like calling the first dim lightbulb by Thomas Edison a failure because it only was a 10 watt bulb and produced minimal brightness. The two focuses of transformative learning. Anyone working in education knows the importance of finding the most effective way to impart knowledge. Allowing them to direct their own learning experience is critical to their success. Group Work Working in teams with classmates allows students to learn from one another. As it turns out, brain-based learning requires that teachers guide students in developing metacognitive skills, help them practice independence and autonomy, and recognize the need for social interaction in learning. Using this research as a springboard, teachers implement brain-based learning principles in the classroom. For example, student stress could be reduced by playing calming music or arranging regular physical activities. This also happens when the individual has a new experience or practices different skills as time goes on. The Learning Way: Meta-cognitive Aspects of Experiential Learning. This approach, called brain-based learning, focuses on activities that allow students to be active while learning. So, in a sense, they are inseparable.

<urn:uuid:c269c6dc-43f1-464f-a3a1-ef84b5240ef6>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://childhealthpolicy.vumc.org/rylebizuq49393.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644817.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20230529074001-20230529104001-00049.warc.gz

en

Quick Answer: How To Save Tomato Plants From Deer? The tomato plants can be saved from deer using odor and taste-based repellents, including soaps, hot sauce sprays, and companion planting deer-resistant garden plants. The non-lethal methods, including erecting a fence, laying down wires, and setting up motion-activated sensors and ultrasonics devices, can deter deers. Commercially available deer repellents can also be used. In this guide, I will introduce various methods to save tomato plants from deer that work. Let us get started! - Quick Answer: How To Save Tomato Plants From Deer? - How Deer Harms Tomato Plants? - How To Confirm That Deer Is Troubling Your Tomato Plant? - How To Save Tomato Plants From Deer? - Natural Ways To Deter Deer From Tomato Plants - Physical Ways To Deter Deer From Tomato Plants - Chemical Ways To Deter Deer From Tomato Plants How Deer Harms Tomato Plants? Deer are hungry animals and will eat the tomato fruits, foliage, and tomato stems when they are hungry. If left uninterrupted, these animals can eat the whole plant and occasionally even the roots. It will bite from the top of the plant. You may watch this video to know more: How To Confirm That Deer Is Troubling Your Tomato Plant? The critical sign that deer are troubling the tomato plant is the loss of foliage and fruits from the top part of the plant. Also, they may pull the entire plant and result in a torn stem with a serrated edge. If you observe that the whole tomato plant is vanished or find it lying on the ground, you may confirm that deer are visiting your garden and troubling your plants. You may also look for signs of hoofprints and droppings on the garden soil around the soil. Check out this link for additional information: How To Save Tomato Plants From Deer? There are different natural, physical, and chemical methods to save tomato plants from damage by deer. You may choose one depending on your garden and preferences. Next, let us explore the different methods to deter deer in detail. Natural Ways To Deter Deer From Tomato Plants The different natural ways that deter deer from damaging tomato plants are using odor and taste-based repellents. It includes soaps, diluted hot sauce spray, and growing popular herbs near the tomato vines. 1. Use Nylon Stockings With Soap The scent of soap can be a quicker and more cost-effective measure to deter deer from damaging tomato plants. - Prepare nylon stockings- Fill the nylon stockings with a strong-scented soap bar. - Hang it around the plants– Tie the stockings to the stake, fence post, or other structures within three feet of the tomato plants. - Replace the soap– Replace the soap if the soap melts or loses its scent. Here is a video on using soap to deter deer: 2. Spray Diluted Hot Sauce Hot sauce is used as a deer deterrent and prevents the deer from touching the plants. It doesn’t harm the animals but creates a burning sensation in the mouths. - Prepare the hot sauce spray-Mix one part of the hot sauce with 16 parts of water and transfer to a spray bottle. - Spray on the plants– Spray the tomato plants with the diluted hot sauce until they are dripping. Respray the plants after it rains. It will prevent the deer from damaging the plants. 3. Use Homemade Deer Repellent Milk, eggs, and essential oils act as odor repellents. Tabasco sauce acts as a taste repellent whereas dish soap acts as a detergent. It helps in saving the tomato plants from deer damage. - Prepare the homemade spray-Mix two beaten eggs, one cup of milk, two teaspoons of Tabasco sauce, 20 drops of essential oil, one teaspoon of cooking oil, and one teaspoon of liquid soap. Top a gallon tank with water. - Spray on the plants– Shake the sprayer and mist on the dry foliage of tomato plants. Here is a useful video on making homemade deer repellent: 4. Plant Deer-resistant Plants As Companion Plants Companion plants have a bitter flavor or scent that can be used as the first of defense against deer. These plants can be grown near tomato plants to prevent deer from damaging the plants. - Plant companion plants– You may choose plants with hairy leaves, including heliotrope, begonia, and poppies as companion plants. Aromatic herbs, including sage, thyme, lavender, rosemary, and thyme can be grown near tomato plants. Check out this video on using companion plants as deer deterrents: Physical Ways To Deter Deer From Tomato Plants The different physical ways to deter deer are installing a fence, creating a perimeter, installing motion detectors, and ultrasonic devices. These are noninvasive methods that are unaffected by weather. 1. Install A Fence Erecting wire fences are considered to be an effective means of preventing deers from damaging tomato plants. You may use a double fence or electric fence to keep the deer out of your garden. - Hammer wooden stakes– Secure the stakes into the ground around the tomato plants. It should be at least eight feet high. - Wrap the mesh– Wrap the mesh around the outside of the stake and tie it with string. Push it to the nest stake and tie it. Repeat the process until all the stakes are covered. 2. Create A Perimeter Around The Plants Another cost-effective method to deter deer is to lay down the fencing wire around the tomato garden. Wide rock beds can also prevent deer into the garden. - Lay down the wire– Lay down the wire fencing on the ground along the border of your tomato garden. It will retreat the deer after stepping on the wire as it doesn’t like the feel of wire under its hooves. - Border using rocks– You may also create a 6-8 foot border of large rocks around the area to prevent deers from leaping into gardens. 3. Install Motion Activated Sprinklers Motion-activated sprinklers can be used to save your tomato plants from deer. It will deliver a burst of water when it detects deer motion and scares the animals. - Install the motion-activated sprinklers– Follow the manufacturer’s instructions and install the sprinklers with motion detectors around the garden’s perimeter. - Move the sprinkler– Move the sprinkler to a new spot every few days for maximum protection. These detectors can also be rigged with a scarecrow or bright lights to scare the deer. You may watch this video on setting up a motion-censored sprinkler to deter deer: 4. Use Ultrasonic Deer Repellents Ultrasonic repellers create high-frequency sounds that deers find hard to tolerate. It can help in saving the tomato plants from deer damage. It is the most humane and noninvasive deer deterrent method. - Install ultrasonic deer repellents- Install the ultrasonic repellers near the tomato plants by following the manufacturer’s instructions. It triggers the sounds when the deer are near. Check out this video on using electronic deer repellers: Chemical Ways To Deter Deer From Tomato Plants Different sprays, liquid concentrates, and granular repellents are available to discourage the deer from damaging tomato plants. Keep pets and children away from these chemicals. 1. Use Commercial Deer Repellent Commercial deer repellents can keep deer away. It comes in the form of sprays or granules. It has an offensive taste, odor, or combination of both to discourage deer. - Prepare commercial deer repellent– Follow the manufacturer’s directions and dilute the chemical repellent as required. - Apply the chemical repellent– Spray the prepared repellent on the plants. Reapply as required as the smell fades away. Here is a useful video on using deer repellents: Some gardeners have had success with sprinkling coffee grounds close to the plants to deter deer due to its strong bitter smell. However, there is no scientific evidence to prove that coffee grounds will prevent deer from damaging the garden. The leaves, stems, and unripe fruits of tomatoes contain solanine compounds that can be toxic to humans and deer. If the deer ingests a few leaves, it won’t damage the animal. But, ingestion of large quantities of solanine can be harmful. Few initial studies have shown that coyote urine applied to cotton balls or old clothes can deter deer due to its strong smell. However, pure urine will oxidize and lose its smell in the air. So, more studies are required to warrant its effect. I hope this guide was insightful in providing many methods to deer-proof your garden and protect the tomato plants. If you have any other tips or tricks to share, please leave a comment! And don’t forget to share this article with your friends and family so they can learn how to protect their tomato plants too. There are other pests you need to be aware of and careful about. Find about them here>

<urn:uuid:74164971-7ed2-4479-9445-7812f7c93abc>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://thescientificgardener.com/save-tomato-plants-deer

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652184.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605221713-20230606011713-00048.warc.gz

en

The global public emergency caused by COVID-19 may be officially over but the pandemic will still be with us for many years. Nor is it clear that governments have learned enough from the outbreak to be prepared to fight newly emerging pathogens that could trigger worse disasters. These are the stark conclusions of the responding scientists last week’s news That the World Health Organization (WHO) no longer considers COVID-19 – which has killed more than 7 million people in the last three years – a public health emergency of international concern. Most researchers welcomed the decision as it reflects the fact that the acute phase of the COVID-19 outbreak is now over. At its peak, in January 2021, the global death toll reached more than 100,000 people a week. Last week it had come down to around 3,500. However, health officials and scientists also pointed out that the immunity to the disease is short-lived, while restrictions previously imposed to prevent people from infecting each other have been significantly eased. So future waves of infections are inevitable, he warned. Professor Stephen Griffin from the University of Leeds said, “Nobody just flips a switch and declares a pandemic over, especially one so damaging and on such a scale.” Professor Susan Michie, director of the Center for Behavior Change at University College London, supported the idea. “Whether or not Covid-19 is called a global pandemic, many countries around the world are experiencing significant waves of infection, with thousands dying every week,” she said. “This will continue for the foreseeable future while there is no global effort to mitigate Covid-19, and therefore the potential for new variants to cause harm.” Professor Benjamin Neumann of Texas A&M University was even more critical. “This sour-sweet announcement sounds more like a white flag than a celebration,” he said. “While profound progress has been made, this decision more clearly reflects the political reality of Covid than the medical situation.” Many scientists told Observer That the legacy of the pandemic – though it is at its peak – will be deep and long-lasting. The cause, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, is still killing one person every three minutes, while many survivors suffer the debilitating long-term effects of Covid, which can leave them incapacitated for months. The virus remains a continuing threat to elderly people and those with underlying health conditions, posing a new annual threat to seasonal diseases such as influenza and other winter-related respiratory illnesses. “We now have a new human coronavirus that will continue to harm human populations in the future,” said Professor Andrew Lee from the University of Sheffield. In short, the impact of the pandemic will be felt for a long time, both in terms of new cases and those already suffering from Covid for a long time. “We will need to invest in our healthcare system to deal with all the extra people who need care every year,” said Professor Mark Jitt, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. “Above all, the world will need to work together so that we can be better prepared for such emergencies in the future – whether they are caused by a deadly new strain of the Covid virus, or by an entirely new microbe. Reasons we’ve never seen before.” This latter point is of particular concern to many scientists. As habitat destruction continues across the planet and air travel opens up more and more parts of the globe, new emerging viruses are likely to appear – and in some cases they may spread to humans. Prior to COVID-19, the Ebola virus, as well as the coronaviruses that cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), caused worrisome pandemics, although none of them had the global impact of COVID . However, this may not be the case with the next emerging virus. Unfortunately, some governments are ramping up their efforts to detect outbreaks of new diseases before they spread to large human populations. “There is a range of ongoing inquiries to see how we can better respond to the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Professor Mark Woolhouse, from Edinburgh University. “I hope that these will determine how we can mitigate not only the damage caused by the virus itself, but also the damage caused by the strategy of locking down so much of society in an effort to reduce transmission rates. can also be reduced. Lessons need to be learned given the ever-present threat of another pandemic.” This argument was supported by psychologist Simon Williams of Swansea University. “It is time to reflect on what we have learned during the pandemic, and what happens next,” he said. “I think this emergency has taught us how adaptive and responsive people can be – how much people were willing to sacrifice to keep others safe – but how little many governments and institutions were willing to do. “The past three years have taught us how resilient we can be as individuals, but how we need to build better institutional resilience. That is, we need to make sure we are better prepared for future health emergencies.”

<urn:uuid:437badab-2007-480c-a181-f016c685634a>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://newsmeta.in/is-covid-really-over-whos-announcement-sounds-more-like-surrender-than-victory/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224654012.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607175304-20230607205304-00647.warc.gz

en

Drug use is a common practice in the world today but a lack of control and over usage can often lead to serious health diseases, as the human body loses a major part of control. Even though the phencyclidine test is a common medical procedure, the intention behind the test is not clear to everyone. The phencyclidine test is conducted to help detect the presence of PCP in the bloodstream. PCP consumption in the early days was only for medical anesthesia, however, with time, this drug is now being consumed for leisure. For anyone who is looking to sit for a phencyclidine test, the first step is to consult a doctor to understand whether the test is right for you or not. The phencyclidine test is performed to detect the possibility of drug abuse concerning the consumption of PCP, also known as hog, angel hair, or angel dust. It is necessary to detect this drug element as it is known to trigger hallucinations and dissociation of the mind with the body. Additionally, this drug causes long-lasting after-effects on the nervous system, especially the brain and the spinal cord. The test also helps in observing the possibility of other medication on the brain of a patient, if symptoms are visible. As the name suggests, with the help of a phencyclidine test, the main intention is to measure the PCP level in the blood. It is an important medical procedure that can be conducted in both a blood test or urine test format. However, given the non-invasive quality of the urine test, the majority of the patients opt for the same. Moreover, the accuracy of the urine PCP test is higher, as the drug presence can be detected for a longer period (a minimum of three weeks). There are other methods to measure the phencyclidine or PCP level in the blood, like a saliva test. Each test has its pros and cons, the biggest pro being the ability to detect the drug over a longer period. The measurement of PCP level helps determine the possible intoxication of other harmful substances along with PCP, and the consumption of other medications that are causing discomfort to the body. The medical procedure involved in the phencyclidine test is either a blood test or a urine sample test. The risks involved in both the procedures are none as they are not invasive. However, for the blood test, some patients do experience some side effects initially and these include dizziness, soreness, bleeding, or slight bruising. These side effects are not long-lasting and usually heal on their own. Other than this, there are no major side effects or risks. If you are looking to book a PCP test in Delhi and are searching for “PCP test near me” and “PCP test price and cost in Delhi”, Flebo.in’s home collection services are here to bring comfort and convenience to your doorstep. These home collection services can be used for a wide range of test types and you can book the sample collection in a few easy steps from home. The test reports are also shared with you faster than lab reports. Flebo.in also stores all your previous test reports for you for easier access whenever needed. Regardless of which sample collection you pick between urine or blood test, there are no prerequisites required to prepare for the test. However, it is always advisable to consult the doctor for any necessary pre-test steps. PCP as a drug is harmful overall. Even though it is known to cause the feeling of joy, overconsumption can lead to severe toxicity or even death in some situations. It is thus recommended to stay clear of any harmful substance like PCP. Some of the commonly experienced side effects include loss of coordination or balance, numbness around arms and legs, feeling of impending doom, anxiety, mood swings, etc. Other than knowing where to book the phencyclidine test in Bangalore, it is also important to know what the test results mean. This helps you be more aware of your medical condition and encourages you to take active participation in the treatment process, without feeling out of the loop. Here are some pointers to help you read your next test report for the phencyclidine test. For the test results, there are only two possible case scenarios. It can either be a positive test result or a negative test result. |Negative||No PCP in the urine sample| |Positive||PCP Present in the urine sample| Some of Flebo.in's customers reviews Today everyone is on the lookout for convenient and efficient services, especially when healthcare is concerned. To meet these requirements, home sample collection services are now garnering maximum popularity. So, if you wish to book a phencyclidine test home collection service, you can choose Flebo. in to give your sample from the comfort of your home or office. The expert will not only reach you at your chosen time but will also ensure the speedy delivery of reports at your doorstep. Just enter your phone number, add OTP and basic details and complete your booking.

<urn:uuid:da62e192-27e9-4026-9d94-940111138d60>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://flebo.in/health/bangalore/phencyclidine-test-in-bangalore/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647525.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601010402-20230601040402-00048.warc.gz

en

If it’s been a few months since you moved out of your parents’ house and started living on your own, you must’ve realized that life isn’t a piece of cake. The things that seemed like a blessing some time ago, such as having your personal and financial freedom, now feel like a condemnation. What if I tell you that learning about financial literacy may help you improve your personal and professional life? Financial literacy is just a fancy word for learning how to manage your everyday finances. It includes everything from setting a budget, saving part of your earnings, and investing your savings to generate revenue. Best Financial Literacy Tips for Beginners While all of that may seem easy at the beginning, without financial literacy, you’ll feel broke and devastated all the time. I learned it hard and wouldn’t want the same for anyone. So, here’s my list of financial literacy tips for beginners. 1 – Make a Proper Budget We know what you’re thinking – you know what you need and how much it costs, why do you have to write it down? However, if you want to organize your expenses so you can be financially productive in the near future, you’ll need a properly written document to keep an eye on your expenses. Your budget doesn’t necessarily have to be maintained on high-end software or a paid app. Start by making a simple excel sheet noting down everything you spend. This will not only give you a clear picture of your expenses but will help you see any loopholes and problems in your everyday expenditure. However, remember never to obsess over your budget. There will be times when you won’t be able to stick to the plan. Let it go and relax, after all, it’s all about you in the end. 2 – Note Your Complete Financial Details If you’re a student, you’re probably neck-deep in student loans. It doesn’t matter how bad it is, you need to write down the exact amount of debt piling up on you. Besides that, make a note of your net worth, taking into account every small thing you own and all of your savings. This might seem insignificant, but as you move forward to effective saving and investment options, a clear view of where you stand will be helpful. 3 – Lead a Realistic Lifestyle The third of the financial literacy tips for beginners is to lead a realistic lifestyle. Yes, we can’t possibly overstate the importance of this. Keep your lifestyle strictly according to your basic earnings. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have fun now and then, but don’t overdo it. Investing in luxuries such as eating out daily or partying every weekend while slowly eating up your savings isn’t a financially literate decision at all. As a simple rule of thumb, you must remember to live below your means. In short, whatever you treat yourself to – make sure you do it well inside your salary limit. When we’re young, peer pressure and outward appearances matter to us a lot. Rather than showing yourself off as a person with branded clothing and luxury cars, make a smart, self-composed image for yourself. That will benefit you in the long run. 4 – Create Separate Accounts for Checking and Savings This is a crucial aspect if you really want to keep your savings safe. Otherwise, you’ll end up using up your savings as well without any calculation. Also, it makes calculations easier for you. When you get your salary, transfer your monthly allotted savings at once into a separate account, and enjoy spending the rest without any concern. Even if the amount is limited, this way, you’ll find a way to manage things. Just make sure not to touch the savings account. Most importantly, look into bank accounts that give good interest rates on your savings, to generate steady revenue from your income. 5 – Keep Yourself First You’ll find this concept in lots of financial literacy books and publications. It’s like saving up for your future like you usually do but changing your perspective in this case. Most people do it as soon as they get their salary, they start by paying the bills, the rent, and whatnot. The key to being financially at peace is to keep yourself first. Before taking out money for all that, pay yourself. Keep a particular amount aside as savings for further investments to benefit yourself. After all, it’s you you’re working for, right? You can use a tool like Personal Capital to manage your money in less than 20 minutes per month. 6 – Take Out Time To Learn and Understand If you don’t keep track of the financial world, you’re highly unlikely to move forward from where you are. Increase your basic knowledge about concepts such as investments, interest rates, dollar-cost averaging, etc. Money podcasts and Reddit personal finance groups are some great ways to learn more and interact with a community of like-minded individuals. Besides that, look for opportunities to grow your income. Maybe learn a new skill, improve your existing ones, or begin some side hustles. Investing in yourself will prove more beneficial than you think. 7 – Ditch Procrastination Let us guess since you’ve read the first tip, you’re scrolling down on each one thinking, yes, I’ll start on that tomorrow. If we are right, the first thing you need to do is change your attitude. No matter how harsh you think it is, you’ll find no one to assist you with your personal finances. So how you manage them depends totally on you. Why does that matter? Even though it seems insignificant right now, every little decision you make today will matter in the future. Start organizing everything today and make your hard work pay off. 8 – Have Fun, but After You’re Done With Calculations Perhaps the most difficult aspect of managing your finances nowadays is that everything is so accessible. You’ve just opened your browser up, and you’re pounded with all sorts of advertisements out to get your money. Beginners tend to fall for that easily, according to my personal experience. Whenever I used to see something I liked, if I had the money, I’d buy it. Now, as a person who has faced the consequences for that, I’d say give it some time. As a day or two passes, you’ll realize you don’t actually need that stuff at all. Coming to that, you need to understand that ‘stuff’ isn’t what you need. Usually, we spend so much on things that will soon run out, or we’ll get bored. Instead of such trivial things, invest in learning experiences and opportunities that promote your personal and financial growth. 9 – Set Defined Money Goals for Yourself Where do you want to be financially until the end of this year? That’s the most dreaded question for every beginner, but it does give some self-realization. Do you really know where you stand? Or, if what you’re doing right now is going to be beneficial for you? You won’t know any of that unless you make a definite goal for yourself. It doesn’t matter whether you achieve it or not. Again, never obsess over your plans. If you have goals, at least you’ll be able to compare achievements to your expectations, and who knows, maybe you end up exceeding them? Also, once you start achieving your financial goals, don’t reward yourself by spending a hefty amount. Instead, upgrade your goals for the coming year to keep testing your limits. Wrapping this up, just remember that financial literacy is not something you can learn overnight. Yes, you can do your research and work on it yourself, but in the end, you’ll be learning from your own mistakes and experiences. So, don’t worry if something goes wrong, and stay well-informed and organized. Everything else will fall into place if you have a streamlined vision for your future self. Use these 9 top financial literacy tips for beginners and you’ll be well on your way.

<urn:uuid:7425ca1d-70dd-4a8a-a6ab-316fdd4ba6a1>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://savoteur.com/financial-literacy-tips/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646652.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610233020-20230611023020-00248.warc.gz

en

Gain-of-function research is more than just tweaking risky viruses – it’s a routine and essential tool in all biology research By Seema Lakdawala, University of Pittsburgh and Anice Lowen, Emory University The term “gain of function” is often taken to refer to research with viruses that puts society at risk of an infectious disease outbreak for questionable gain. Some research on emerging viruses can result in variants that gain the ability to infect people but this does not necessarily mean the research is dangerous or that it is not fruitful. Concerns have focused on lab research on the virus that causes bird flu in 2012 and on the virus that causes COVID-19 since 2020. The National Institutes of Health had previously implemented a three-year moratorium on gain-of-function research on certain viruses, and some U.S. legislatures have proposed bills prohibiting gain-of-function research on “potentially pandemic pathogens.” The possibility that a genetically modified virus could escape the lab needs to be taken seriously. But it does not mean that gain-of-function experiments are inherently risky or the purview of mad scientists. In fact, gain-of-function approaches are a fundamental tool in biology used to study much more than just viruses, contributing to many, if not most, modern discoveries in the field, including penicillin, cancer immunotherapies and drought-resistant crops. As scientists who study viruses, we believe that misunderstanding the term “gain of function” as something nefarious comes at the cost of progress in human health, ecological sustainability and technological advancement. Clarifying what gain-of-function research really is can help clarify why it is an essential scientific tool. What is gain of function? To study how a living thing operates, scientists can change a specific part of it and then observe the effects. These changes sometimes result in the organism’s gaining a function it didn’t have before or losing a function it once had. For example, if the goal is to enhance the tumor-killing ability of immune cells, researchers can take a sample of a person’s immune cells and modify them to express a protein that specifically targets cancer cells. This mutated immune cell, called a CAR-T cell thereby “gains the function” of being able to bind to cancerous cells and kill them. The advance of similar immunotherapies that help the immune system attack cancer cells is based on the exploratory research of scientists who synthesized such “Frankenstein” proteins in the 1980s. At that time, there was no way to know how useful these chimeric proteins would be to cancer treatment today, some 40 years later. Similarly, by adding specific genes into rice, corn or wheat plants that increase their production in diverse climates, scientists have been able to produce plants that are able to grow and thrive in geographical regions they previously could not. This is a critical advance to maintain food supplies in the face of climate change. Well-known examples of food sources that have their origins in gain-of-function research include rice plants that can grow in high flood plains or in drought conditions or that contain vitamin A to reduce malnutrition. Medical advances from gain-of-function research Gain-of-function experiments are ingrained in the scientific process. In many instances, the benefits that stem from gain-of-function experiments are not immediately clear. Only decades later does the research bring a new treatment to the clinic or a new technology within reach. The development of most antibiotics have relied on the manipulation of bacteria or mold in gain-of-function experiments. Alexander Fleming’s initial discovery that the mold Penicillium rubens could produce a compound toxic to bacteria was a profound medical advance. But it wasn’t until scientists experimented with growth conditions and mold strains that therapeutic use of penicillin became feasible. Using a specific growth medium allowed the mold to gain the function of increased penicillin production, which was essential for its mass production and widespread use as a drug. Research on antibiotic resistance also relies heavily on gain-of-function approaches. Studying how bacteria gain resistance against drugs is essential to developing new treatments microbes are unable to evade quickly. Gain-of-function research in virology has also been critical to the advancement of science and health. Oncolytic viruses are genetically modified in the laboratory to infect and kill cancerous cells like melanoma. Similarly, the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine contains an adenovirus altered to produce the spike protein that helps the COVID-19 virus infect cells. Scientists developed live attenuated flu vaccines by adapting them to grow at low temperatures and thereby lose the ability to grow at human lung temperatures. By giving viruses new functions, scientists were able to develop new tools to treat and prevent disease. Nature’s gain-of-function experiments Gain-of-function approaches are needed to advance understanding of viruses in part because these processes already occur in nature. Many viruses that infect such nonhuman animals as bats, pigs, birds and mice have the potential to spill over into people. Every time a virus copies its genome, it makes mistakes. Most of these mutations are detrimental – they reduce a virus’s ability to replicate – but some may allow a virus to replicate faster or better in human cells. Variant viruses with these rare, beneficial mutations will spread better than other variants and therefore come to dominate the viral population – that is how natural selection works. If these viruses can replicate even a little bit within people, they have the potential to adapt and thereby thrive in their new human hosts. That is nature’s gain-of-function experiment, and it is happening constantly. Gain-of-function experiments in the lab can help scientists anticipate the changes viruses may undergo in nature by understanding what specific features allow them to transmit between people and infect them. In contrast to nature’s experiments, these are conducted in highly controlled lab conditions designed to limit infection risk to laboratory personnel and others, including air flow control, personal protective equipment and waste sterilization. It is important that researchers carefully observe lab safety to minimize the theoretical risk of infecting the general population. It is equally important that virologists continue to apply the tools of modern science to gauge the risk of natural viral spillovers before they become outbreaks. A bird flu outbreak is currently raging across multiple continents. While the H5N1 virus is primarily infecting birds, some people have gotten sick too. More spillover events can change the virus in ways that would allow it to transmit more efficiently among people, potentially leading to a pandemic. Scientists have a better appreciation of the tangible risk of bird flu spillover because of gain-of-function experiments published a decade ago. Those lab studies showed that bird flu viruses could be transmitted through the air between ferrets within a few feet of one another. They also revealed multiple features of the evolutionary path the H5N1 virus would need to take before it becomes transmissible in mammals, informing what signatures researchers need to look out for during surveillance of the current outbreak. Oversight on gain of function Perhaps this sounds like a semantic argument, and in many respects it is. Many researchers would likely agree that gain of function as a general tool is an important way to study biology that should not be restricted, while also arguing that it should be curtailed for research on specific dangerous pathogens. The problem with this argument is that pathogen research needs to include gain-of-function approaches in order to be effective – just as in any area of biology. Oversight of gain-of-function research on potential pandemic pathogens already exists. Multiple layers of safety measures at the institutional and national levels minimize the risks of virus research. While updates to current oversight are not unreasonable, we believe that blanket bans or additional restrictions on gain-of-function research do not make society safer. They may instead slow research in areas ranging from cancer therapies to agriculture. Clarifying which specific research areas are of concern regarding gain-of-function approaches can help identify how the current oversight framework can be improved. Seema Lakdawala, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Emory University and Adjunct Professor Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh and Anice Lowen, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

<urn:uuid:3bf32b40-9ff6-4115-a511-598bb4eab41b>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.philstockworld.com/2023/05/08/gain-of-function-research-is-more-than-just-tweaking-risky-viruses-its-a-routine-and-essential-tool-in-all-biology-research/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653764.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607111017-20230607141017-00248.warc.gz

en

In “The Different Types of Practice,” I presented several practice types, which teachers must understand in order to help their students develop effective practice habits. From the very first piano lesson, it is the role and responsibility of the teacher to assign the work to be prepared between lessons and to provide students with the necessary tools to practice effectively at home. For younger students, parental supervision, guidance and support during practice sessions are essential if they are to make good progress. Few students love to practice in the beginning, however, if parents and teachers are able to help students form good and regular practice habits, students are much more likely to achieve success in their music studies. In the article “Not All Practice Makes Perfect: Moving from naive to purposeful practice can dramatically increase performance,” Dr. K. Anders Ericsson (1947–2020) and Robert Pool note the importance of the role of an expert teacher or coach in helping accelerate a student’s progression to expertise. In their view, having a teacher who is already familiar with the obstacles a student might encounter is invaluable to student success because the teacher can suggest ways to overcome such challenges. However, novice music teachers often assign homework to be practiced without offering any practice strategies or much in the way of practice advice to their students. In the article, “Productive Practicing,” eminent piano pedagogue Robert Pace (1924–2010) outlines a number of excellent suggestions aimed at guiding teachers to better help their students accomplish more during practice sessions. Teaching our students to do more than simply practice using repetition but to play with musical thought and concentration can make a huge difference. In my experience, ineffective practice can lead to mediocre playing as well as a general lack of enjoyment as a result. As such, I have found that students often give up music study altogether because they do not know how to get over the next hurdle or plateau in their practice. How do we get our students to practice? What do we get them to do during their practice time in order to make progress? In their oft-cited study, “It’s Not How Much; It’s How: Characteristics of Practice Behavior and Retention of Performance Skills,” music educators, Robert Duke, Amy Simmons and Carla Davis Cash make it clear that it is the proportion of correct repetitions in relation to total number of repetitions undertaken during a practice session that translates into playing accurately with consistency. To this point, we might have a student who plays poorly during the lesson say, “I played it much better at home.” I respond by asking, “Which time was it better, and how many times did you play it to its best?” More often than not, the student made many errors in his or her practice, often through trial-and-error, or naïve, repetitions, only to finally arrive (often by luck) at an accurate rendering of the passage in question. As such, the student believes that “practice makes (or has made) perfect.” However, this old maxim is untrue. Let’s say the student played the passage 20 times with the first 19 times being inaccurate and the last iteration was finally played cleanly. The chances that the student will play this passage correctly again, especially in the context of a lesson where he or she is more self-conscious than at home, is exceedingly unlikely. As such, “practice makes (or has made) the inaccuracy permanent.” With this in mind, the old maxim should perhaps be amended to more correctly state that “perfect practice makes perfect.” One of the most effective ways to improve the quality of our students’ practice is to help them craft an effective practice plan. Such a plan should not only include all of the materials to be practiced and activities to be undertaken, but also the structure or organization of each practice session, time spent on each item or activity, as well as the specific practice goals and strategies to achieve them to be implemented in every instance. In fact, the quality of the practice to be done is more important than the quantity or amount of time spent practicing in total. To help my students foster productive practice habits more consistently, I have created a practice planning template with sample strategies and more that I use in my studio. When I first use this with my students, we fill it in together. Over time, I encourage my students to create their weekly practice plan by themselves because my goal is to instill independence and empower them to be self-reliant. Pace wrote, “The best teachers help students learn to teach themselves, enabling them to progress beyond their mentors’ expertise and to continue learning for the rest of their lives.” Indeed, this is certainly a noble goal, and one I am hoping to achieve with my students. For additional ideas about creating effective practice plans, Réa Beaumont’s article “Take Note: Developing an organized practice system for piano lessons” in Clavier Companion magazine is a superb resource. Geoffrey Tankard provides excellent examples of practice time tables and how to effectively distribute a student’s practice time in the chapter on “Practicing” in his book, “Pianoforte Diplomas & Degrees” (see pages 49-50). In addition, Tankard provides a “suggested practice chart for covering 1 hour a day [of technique] for six days [per week]” on page 3 of his comprehensive technical exercise manual written with Eric Harrison, “Pianoforte Technique on an Hour a Day.” Teachers can also find innumerable online templates and utilize countless apps to help their students better structure and organize their practice sessions. Another way that teachers can help their students improve their practice habits is to monitor their students’ actual practice sessions. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is easier than ever for teachers to check in with their students via Zoom, Skype or FaceTime. An occasional practice check-in during the week is brief and helps keep students accountable and considerate of their practice habits. Similarly, at monthly group lessons at my home, I always incorporate a portion of time specifically dedicated to supervised practice. I am able to do this easily with a small group of students using one acoustic and two digital instruments. In addition to utilizing practice plans and monitoring and supervising students’ practice time, I am a big proponent of having my students perform as much as possible in order to develop confidence on stage and a performance mindset. Since it can be hard to find and secure an audience, a simple way to simulate the sense of a performance is to record ourselves. In preparation for a recital, competition or music exam, my students will sometimes send me daily videos or audio recordings of themselves playing for several weeks in advance. Not only do I send them feedback, I also have them listen and critique themselves. In these ways, they become increasingly used to performing while honing their own critical listening and analytical skills. And finally, it is important that I make it clear to my students that the regularity of their practice is more important for their progress than the total amount of time they spend practicing during a given period. Building regularity helps to foster a habit. If students practice at a similar time each day, the practice habit is much more likely to stick. In addition, less time spent practicing in total every day will probably yield better results than one long day of practice each week. The analogy of physical exercise can be helpful in this regard: If we only work out for two hours one day per week there will be some benefit. However, if we exercise for 10 minutes each day for a total of 70 minutes, wouldn’t the physical benefit be greater even though we have spent less time exercising in total? In my article, “12 Practice Tips, Suggestions and Strategies,” I present practical guidelines that music educators can employ to help students practice more effectively. Copyright © 2023 Yamaha Corporation of America and Yamaha Corporation. All rights reserved.

<urn:uuid:07527b72-3d0b-4974-aaff-425dd3938528>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://hub.yamaha.com/music-educators/prof-dev/teaching-tips/teacher-role-in-practice/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224657144.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610062920-20230610092920-00248.warc.gz

en