Protests can function as a way to spread awareness about an issue or put pressure on those in power to make a specific change. What do you hope to accomplish with your protest? Figure out who the audience of your protest will be and plan your strategy from there. You're more likely to get the outcome you want if you take time to set a goal for achieving it. For example, let's say you want to stage a protest at a local factory farm as a way to spread awareness about how animals are treated there so people will stop buying their products. In this case your audience is the public. You may have a more specific goal, like trying to prevent or change a discriminating law or policy. In this case the aim of the protest might be to put pressure on the local government to address human rights, and the needs of the community who feels the discrimination. In some cases your goal might be quite large in scale, like if you're protesting a war or a governmental policy. In this case the protest can be used as a tool to show political leaders that their constituents want a change in policy. Find a location that is practical, symbolic or convenient - or all three. The location you choose should be the one that helps you reach your target audience so that the protest is as effective as possible. This could be the sidewalk in front of a business, a public street corner, the courthouse, the capitol building, or a park that has historically been used for protests in your city. Just remember that in order for the protest to be legal, the site you choose must be public. Protest at a time when you'll be able to gather the largest crowd and have the greatest impact on your audience. For example, if you're protesting a certain company's business practices you'll want to stage the protest when the CEO is present, which will probably be during business hours. On the other hand, if the goal of your protest is to gather as many people as possible, you might want to protest on a weekend when more people will be available to come. Check with your city officials about whether you need to get a permit to protest in the location you choose. Each city has its own laws regarding how many people can protest and where they can gather. Do your homework and get the permits you need so that your protest won't get disbanded before it can gain any traction. In some cases the permit will set limits on how many people can gather, how much noise you can make, and where protesters can move about. If you disagree with the terms, you can contact an attorney to help you try to get them altered. Some cities don't issue protest permits. If you're expecting a large crowd to come to the protest, you should alert the police department anyway. If they know what to expect they can help with crowd control and there will be less chance of conflict occurring. What actions will best help you achieve your goal? It's important to have an agenda in mind for what will happen once everyone is gathered for the protest. Do some research on other effective protests and come up with a game plan that will help you target your goal. Here are a few ideas: Have community leaders introduce the protest and make speeches on the issue at hand. Have an emcee who can lead protest chants and songs, and have bands play protest music. Plan a march from one location to another. This is a classic form of protesting that helps bring widespread attention to a cause. Implement performance art to help get your point across. Screen an informative video or documentary on the subject you're protesting. Consider having a sit-in or sleep-in - occupying a space until your demands are met. Take this important step to make sure your protest gets as much attention as possible. The aim isn't just to encourage people to show up for the protest, but to capture that attention of the media, too. Pull out all the stops to spread the word starting a few weeks before the protest. Post details about the protest on all your social media channels. Make flyers about the protest and put them up around town. Target college campuses and other places where people likely to be interested in protesting your issue congregate. Call local newspapers and radio stations and ask them to publish information about the protest and promote it on the air.

Summary: Set a goal. Choose a location. Pick a time to stage the protest. Get the necessary permits. Plan the sequence of events. Publicize the protest.

Amebiasis is a common health problem in Africa, Mexico, India, and parts of South America. Up to 90% of cases do not show active symptoms. This means you may not even be aware you have it. So it is always best to seek a professional opinion when in doubt. If you suspect you may have amebiasis, your doctor can perform blood tests or stool tests to determine whether or not you have the disease. These include: fever and/or chills bloody or mucoid diarrhea abdominal discomfort alternating diarrhea with constipation. Amebiasis often resolves on its own; however, treatment can speed recovery and also prevent complications. Complications can include severe and debilitating bowel troubles, as well as extra-intestinal disease, which means that the parasite invaded the lining of your colon and infected other areas of your body. The most common location for extra-intestinal disease is in the liver, which always requires medical treatment, and sometimes surgery as well. If you suspect you have amebiasis, or have been diagnosed with it, it is always best to seek the professional advice of your doctor on how best to proceed with treatment.

Summary: Consult your doctor if you have travelled to an endemic area and suspect you may have it. Know the symptoms of amebiasis, when they are present. Obtain treatment promptly if you have been diagnosed with amebiasis.

If you need to share files with Windows or Mac computers, you will be much more successful using Samba. When sharing files with NFS, there are two side: the server and the clients. The server is the computer that is actually storing the files, while the clients are the computers that are accessing the shared folder by mounting the shared folder as a virtual drive. NFS will need to be configured on both the server and any client that wants to connect. This is the computer that will be hosting the shared files. The server computer will need to be turned on and logged in in order for clients to mount the shared folder. NFS requires using the terminal to install and configure both the server and client. sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server nfs-common portmap and press Enter. This will begin downloading and installing the NFS files on your computer. dpkg-reconfigure portmap. Select "No" from the menu that appears. This will enable other computers on the network to connect to your shared folder. sudo /etc/init.d/portmap restart to restart the portmap service. This will ensure that your changes take effect. This is an empty directory that will direct the clients to the actual shared directory. This will allow you to change the shared directory on your server later without having to make any changes to the clients. Type .mkdir -p /export/dummyname and press Enter. This will create a directory named dummyname that the clients will see. This will open the /etc/fstab file and allow you to automatically mount the shared drive whenever the server boots up. sharedpath dummypath none bind 0 0 to the end of the file. Replace sharedpath with the location of the shared drive, and replace dummypath with the location of the dummy directory you created earlier. For example, to share the /dev/sdb drive with the clients using the dummy directory created earlier, you would type /dev/sdb /export/Shared none bind 0 0. Save the changes to the file. /etc/exports file. You will need to add your dummy directory as well as the IPs that are allowed to access it to this file. Use the following format to share with all the IP addresses on your local network: /export/dummyname 192.168.1.1/24(rw,no_root_squash,async). sudo /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart command to restart the NFS server.
Summary: Use NFS (Network File System) to share files between Linux computers on a local network. Understand how NFS works. Open the terminal on the server computer. Type . After installation, type . Type . Make a dummy directory that will be used to share the data. Type pico /etc/fstab and press Enter. Add . Open the . Use the .