Datasets:

Lambent

/

20k-finewebedu-samples-512t

like 0

To see a larger image of the above photo, click directly on the photo. Note: The large signature/watermark on the image above is not on the final purchased image -- it is only on this page for copyright protection. Unauthorized use of this image is prohibited.. Owl Trio Standing Guard These beautiful young Great Horned Owlets would fly the nest three days later. They had gotten big, and every evening when night fell, they became very active, jumping to the edges of the nest and flapping their wings quite furiously! It was very dark when this photo was taken, even though it may look like daylight, so my camera was not able to capture the tiny detail it would have during the day. But I love this image of the three so much, looking so alive and fierce and ready for action! Great Horned Owls usually nest in trees such as cottonwood, juniper, pine, and others. They usually don’t build their own nests, instead adopting one that was built by another species, or they also use tree cavities, dead snags, building ledges, or cliff ledges. Both parents bring food for young owls; usually the male brings food and the female feeds the babies, but not always. Young owls may leave the nest and climb on nearby branches at 5 weeks, and they can fly at about 9-10 weeks. After that, they continue to be tended and fed by parents for up to several months. Photo taken in Boulder, Colorado, on April 27th, 2019

<urn:uuid:62509ecb-5c62-4553-84e3-2e6a7e19997b>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.judiphotography.com/project/owl-trio-standing-guard/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652494.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606082037-20230606112037-00407.warc.gz

en

Hashtagging Sandy: How are the psychological effects of natural disasters expressed in social media? Open Access Downloadable ContentDownload PDF View PDF in Browser Report an accessibility issue with this item In the wake of crisis, humans innately succumb to particular set of emotions, allowing psychologists to develop a pattern for their responses to trauma. While subjective, a general cycle of emotions can be broken down into three stages: anticipation, experience, and recovery. This study examines this traditional psychological theory and its application to current events through the October 2012 disaster, Hurricane Sandy, and how it was expressed through social media. Presenting the timeline of trending topics and hashtags as exhibits, the investigation asks: to what extent did social media act as an outlet to express the psychological effects of natural disasters? Using the psychological stages to trauma recovery, as described by Herman (2002), and Quarantelli and Dynes (1977), as methods, this study finds that a similar pattern of human response and cycle of emotions was captured on Twitter during Hurricane Sandy. During this computerized era, this investigation examines relevant information regarding the hybridization of traditional psychology and new technology. Notice to Authors If you are the author of this work and you have any questions about the information on this page, please use the Contact form to get in touch with us. |Hashtagging Sandy - How are the psychological effects of natural disasters expressed in social media.docx.pdf||2018-08-26||Open Access||

<urn:uuid:be6b1844-1efd-48c3-aa1c-b43a03880dbb>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/concern/gw_works/3t945q993

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643784.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528114832-20230528144832-00609.warc.gz

en

Volume is the amount of space enclosed by an object. You must have a three-dimensional object in order to find volume. Your goal is to find out how many cubic units the object can hold inside. Below you will find several formulas for finding volume. Since a cube has sides that are all the same size, this is a very easy volume formula to remember. We are going to find the area of the bottom of the cube and multiply by the height. So, that's length x width x height. Since the length, width and height are all the same dimensions, we can cube the length of the side. Take a look at the example. A rectangular prism is your basic box, that is not a cube. In order to find the volume, we will multiply the length x width x height. These dimensions may all be different, so there is no shortcut for this one! To find the volume of a cylinder, we must find the area of the base and multiply that by the height. Remember that the area of a circle (the base is a circle) is Pi times radius squared. The formulas for the following shapes are pretty clear. (To be honest, I am still looking for graphics to be able to show an example! Word does not offer these 3-dimensional shapes!) Click here if you need more help with these formulas. Need More Help With Your Algebra Studies? Get access to hundreds of video examples and practice problems with your subscription! Click here for more information on our affordable subscription options. Not ready to subscribe? Register for our FREE Pre-Algebra Refresher course. CommentsWe would love to hear what you have to say about this page!

<urn:uuid:a033a81e-f005-40a2-a4ad-32b6fe5ad7d0>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.algebra-class.com/volume-formulas.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224645089.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530032334-20230530062334-00009.warc.gz

en

View all Books Innovative coursebook series Helps students master everyday English First (FCE) for Schools For the Cambridge English Proficiency For the Michigan ECCE Preparation & Practice Tests A practical Modern English grammar book English for Adults Speak, Listen and Write Steps to Good Writing Preparation and Practice Tests for the TOEIC® (REVISED FORMAT) Preparation & 10 Practice Tests for PTE General Comprehensive Preparation for all sections & PRACTICE TESTS nocn B2 - Preparation & 10 Practice Tests Preparation & 10 Practice Tests for the LRN (CEF B2) Grivas English-Greek Dictionary Follow the link to sent us an email! Follow the link to make an order! Place An Order Simple Steps to Good Writing 1 Simple Steps to Good Writing 2 Simple Steps to Good Writing 3 Simple Steps to Good Writing 4 Key to Simple Steps to Good Writing Simple Steps to Good Writing is a four-book series which focuses on writing skills and takes learners from Beginner to Intermediate level. The series is both stimulating and practical, and covers a wide range of topics as well as introducing students to a variety of writing tasks. Each unit features: Simple Steps to Good Writing takes learners step-by-step through this difficult area of language learning, giving them a firm grounding in the writing techniques required for success in the writing tasks of various examinations. There is one Answer Key covering all four books in the series.

<urn:uuid:85515d1e-a927-4ec5-b471-3db8fb9c41cd>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.grivascy.com/catalogue/simplestepsgoodwritingonetofour/vkOowueIvPid

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649518.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604061300-20230604091300-00409.warc.gz

en

Children face various types of problems during their education life. It could be of psychological or technical. Whatever the problem be, the easiest way to solve a problem is “getting occupied” by another problem. Sounds crazy right? In fact, it is not. PAT Luxembourg’s “learning by doing” workshop thinks that the problem means, “the problem we all love it” “the problem more fun to solve” “the problem that is a solution to another problem”. Third session of “Science behind the wheels” was all about “Self-driving Cars” and “Solar Cars” a bit funny right for Children level? The main objective was to introduce the evolution of Cars, and to indoctrinate them the “history” to script the “future”. During previous weekends, children were building “wind cars” which is propelled by motors in turn energized by the battery. Now with the motors connected, they tend to understand the “sensors”, which detects and drives on a lane. The objectives in the session were how the energy stored is converted into linear motions. Interestingly the linear motion is now controlled, rather “programmed”. Some group of children already started assembling “solar” cars, and unfortunately, the climate did not allow testing them. Looking forward a sunny weekend and children are eager to see their solar cars are moving. Besides, we will still need to complete the testing of “self-driving” cars. Also going ahead, building our own car parts (for example motors) that would create our own vehicles from the inspiration we drawn from off-the-shelf DYI components.

<urn:uuid:5a2c8e3b-a74a-482e-9740-7d3baec7ddab>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://patlux.lu/66/lbd-differdange/get-occupied

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652161.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605185809-20230605215809-00609.warc.gz

en

Around the turn of the 20th century, Svante Arrhenius was the first to suggest that people could, through the burning of coal, increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and amplify the natural warming effect, thereby causing the atmosphere to warm more than it would through strictly natural processes. When humans burn gasoline, coal, natural gas, and other common fuels to make electricity or drive cars, they release a substantial amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. For every gallon (or liter) of gasoline your car burns, 1300 times that volume of CO2 is released (a gallon of gas weighs about 6 pounds or 2.8 kilograms, but the released CO2 would weigh over 19 pounds or 8.75 kilograms). Greenhouse gases are emitted from power plants and cars, but also from landfills, from farms and cleared forests, and through other subtle processes. Further more,To see how climate change affects different parts of the Earth, climate scientists break the models down into smaller pieces, calculate how small parts of the Earth’s surface react to the Sun and greenhouse gases, and then connect those small parts together, based on measurements of how the atmosphere and ocean interact. To ensure the accuracy of the models at projecting future climate trends, the models are often run backwards in time to “retrodict” past climate changes, and then compared with paleoclimate observations. The models through this process have become remarkably accurate and give the climate research community confidence that the future projections are robust.’ An interactive map from the Environmental Protection Agency shows US sources of key greenhouse gases. The World Resources Institute cataloged (PDF) global sources of greenhouse gases in 2005. In the 1950s, scientists began methodically measuring global increases in carbon dioxide. Since then they’ve been able to confirm that the increase has been caused primarily from the burning of fossil fuels (and through other human activities, such as clearing land, as well). This increase, and changes in the type of CO2 being added to the atmosphere provide the “smoking gun” that shows that humans are responsible for the increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

<urn:uuid:13877506-41ae-49f0-8e25-89382a524fa0>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://africanclimatereporter.com/2017/10/05/did-you-know-how-much-does-human-activity-affect-climate-change/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653183.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606214755-20230607004755-00209.warc.gz

en

One of the jobs horse owners dread is manure and waste management. This type of work increases exponentially depending on how many horses you have. But what if there was a way to make a sustainable energy source from your horse waste? In Finland, this is exactly what is being done. Continue reading for more information on this relatively new form of energy harvesting. Also, if you are looking for a horse property for sale in Colorado, contact Colorado Horse Property today and speak with one of our horse-person realtors. Manure Makes Sustainable Energy Current heat recovery technology works well and is gaining momentum in local equine shows and amongst farmers. It is the hope of some organizations that this will be a sustainable energy source that could replace fossil fuels. The idea is simple. Composting horse manure creates fertilizer and generates heat as a by product. This heat energy converts to a more usable power for homes. A rotary drum composting mechanism, equipped with a heat recovery system, generates the energy. The system converts energy until the waste is fully composted within a week. The recovered energy heats nearby rooms and water. However promising, manure management as an energy source faces some obstacles. At the moment, the technology only works on a small scale. Managing moisture is one of the key challenges. Also, manure is over 80% water. Therefore, it has a very low heating value when moist. One solution is mixing the manure with wood chips to overcome the humidity problem. Today, the Finns are researching more efficient ways to solve this problem and harness the potential energy. It is only a matter of time. Though Finland currently spearheads the movement, the entire world of horse owners are watching.

<urn:uuid:8f3086d3-4e1c-4677-b0b7-b3404c72d9a2>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://blog.coloradohorseproperty.com/2022/06/16/sustainable-energy-from-manure/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224645417.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530063958-20230530093958-00208.warc.gz

en

Descriptive Research Techniques Descriptive research is a multifaceted research approach. It can include quantitative data such as the use of empirical information, or can depict qualitative sources such as patterns of disease. Descriptive research requires gathering data that will describe an event and presenting the information in an organized, and often visual, manner. Description is used to explain the answer to “what is” and to depict patterns that emerge during a study through a variety of research techniques. 1 Case Studies Case studies are one of the most flexible means for descriptive research. This technique requires the detailed analysis of a single population or event. Data can be found in various sources such as newspapers, archival material, and journals. This enables the researcher to explain commonalities or what the event represented. Observations provide an opportunity for researchers to directly study behavior in a natural context. The researcher is able to record a vast amount of data by acting as a silent observer. Data collected from observations can be analyzed through both a qualitative or quantitative lens. Observational descriptive research requires the use of sampling to select the population that will be observed. It will also be limited to a certain number of observations. It is important to be aware of observer bias and account for it during data collection. A survey can comprise written questionnaires or interviews. It highlights common responses from interviewees and may help to establish a relationship between various factors. For example, if you want to uncover how people use mobile technology, a questionnaire can identify the common patterns of use. If these parameters are not limited, a survey can be a costly descriptive research technique. Therefore, planning is required to ensure the optimization of sample size and questions. Descriptive research can be applied to evaluate the outcomes of an event. This technique is useful for studying the effectiveness of social programs. It can be employed mid-project as a form of needs assessment that identifies what is working in the program and what can be further developed. The greatest advantage of using evaluation is employing this technique at the end of the project to ensure that the intended goals were realized. For example, evaluation could be used to establish whether a particular immunization program was able to prevent the disease or if it was able to attract the number of participants desired.

<urn:uuid:efa4e18c-852b-4ad3-970a-b0f4fe6f30f4>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://classroom.synonym.com/descriptive-research-techniques-8422856.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649741.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604093242-20230604123242-00609.warc.gz

en

Net Neutrality across Europe The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) has published its Guidelines to National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) on the implementation of the new net neutrality. From the guidelines it becomes clear that net neutrality across the whole of Europe is now in effect. In an earlier stage, The Netherlands already adopted stronger rules to ensure net neutrality. As well as providing rights to end-users, the Regulation establishes common rules “to safeguard equal and non-discriminatory treatment of traffic”. These new net neutrality rules seek to ensure that the internet ecosystem can continue to flourish as an engine of innovation and freedom of expression. The guidelines clarify vaguely worded provisions that experts say could have been exploited by telecoms to favor certain internet services over others. The net neutrality rules adopted by the European Parliament last year aimed to strengthen net neutrality by requiring internet service providers (ISPs) to treat all web traffic equally, without favoring some services over others. But the regulations contained several loopholes that raised concerns among net neutrality advocates, including a provision that would have allowed ISPs to create "fast lanes" for "specialized services," and another that would have allowed for zero-rating, under which certain services and apps would be exempt from counting against monthly data limits. A "traffic management" provision would have allowed telecoms to prioritize internet traffic from some services over others.

<urn:uuid:10e72fae-72fd-4afa-957a-c7176358e328>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://waag.org/en/article/net-neutrality-across-europe/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646937.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20230531150014-20230531180014-00207.warc.gz

en

The University of Juridical Sciences from West Bengal, India, created an elective subject for students of the final year in Law based on the Harry Potter series. The subject approaches topics like similarities between social and class rights in India with the enslavement of house-elves and marginalization of werewolves, and contracts studies, having the Unbreakable Vow as an example. It will also approach Quidditch and sports law at Hogwarts, study of Unforgivable Curses, Wizengamot judgments, Sirius Black’s innocence and Tom Riddle’s judgment. For professor Shouvik Kumar Guha, who created the course, it is about an experiment to encourage creative thinking. “In our current system, we simply tell students the black letter of law. Will they be able to apply pre-existing laws to situations that have never come up before?”, he said to BBC. The professor believes that it will be an opportunity to the students to come out of their comfort zones and learn from fantasy series that most of them grew up reading. “[J.K.] Rowling’s universe talks a lot about how legal institutions are failing in some scenarios”, he exemplified. Due to its popularity, Harry Potter prevailed over other alternatives to the subject, such as Star Trek and Game of Thrones. The course will carry 45 hours and the 40 available seats were quickly filled, with several requirements for upsizing the course capacity. This is the second university in India to offer a subject focused on Harry Potter. Around the world, universities as Yale, Georgetown, USP, and UNICAMP have already offered cursed based on the series. Translated into English by Caroline Dorigon Edited by Aline Michel

<urn:uuid:82bfca02-d494-41f0-9bd4-e119519f3056>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://potterish.net/law-school-creates-subject-based-on-harry-potter/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649177.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603064842-20230603094842-00009.warc.gz

en

The year 2050 is a time that is often thought of as a distant future, but it is closer than we think. In the next 30 years, the world will be drastically different than it is today. By 2050, the world’s population will exceed at least 9 billion, and India’s population will exceed that of China. This will be a major shift in the world’s population dynamics, as India is currently the second most populous country in the world. In addition to the changing population, the way we live our lives will also be drastically different. By 2050, it is estimated that 75% of the world’s population will be living in cities. This means that the cities of the future will be much more densely populated than they are today. Buildings will be reaching for the sky, and cities will be built from the ground up. In terms of technology, the advances that will be made by 2050 are mind-boggling. Artificial intelligence will be much more advanced than it is today, and it will be used in a variety of ways. Self-driving cars will be the norm, and the use of robots for everyday tasks will be commonplace. Augmented reality will be used to enhance our everyday lives, and virtual reality will be used for entertainment and educational purposes. In terms of energy, the world will be much more efficient than it is today. Renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and geothermal will be the primary sources of energy, and fossil fuels will be a thing of the past. This will lead to a much cleaner environment, as well as a more sustainable way of life. The world of 2050 will also be much more connected than it is today. The internet will be faster and more reliable than ever before, and it will be used to connect people from all over the world. Social media will be even more pervasive than it is today, and it will be used to share ideas, collaborate on projects, and even form relationships. The world of 2050 will be a very different place than it is today. It will be a world of advanced technology, a more connected population, and a much cleaner environment. It will be a world where the population is more balanced, and where people are living in harmony with nature. It will be a world of possibility, and a world that we can all look forward to.

<urn:uuid:470da59f-7f5a-46e0-89e5-2c70f2e98fb8>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://influencermagazine.uk/what-will-happen-in-year-2050/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652161.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605185809-20230605215809-00609.warc.gz

en

I got an email from a producer for National Geographic a few weeks ago, and they wanted to record me explaining how a citrus battery works. It’s for a new science/comedy show that comes out next year called Duck Quacks Don’t Echo. You put nails made out of two different metals into some acidic fruit, like an orange. If one is zinc and one is copper, you essentially make a zinc-hydrogen cell. The battery half-reactions are 1) zinc electrodissolution (anode): Zn → Zn2+ + 2e– And 2) hydrogen formation (cathode): 2H+ + 2e– → H2 The zinc electrodissolution obviously happens on the surface of the zinc nail, and releases electrons. These electrons are at a low potential and want to flow to someplace at high potential. The hydrogen formation has a higher potential, and occurs when the protons (H+) in the fruit acid meet the electrons at the copper nail to form hydrogen gas (H2). So if the two nails are connected, electrons will want to flow from the zinc nail to the copper nail. In between these two nails you place something like a cell phone. Flowing electrons are electricity, and so when they flow through the phone charger it’s electricity to charge the phone. This is how batteries work.

<urn:uuid:2155ae4f-1fb6-4139-a5fb-70737769e906>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://www.joshuagallaway.com/?m=201311

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653071.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606182640-20230606212640-00009.warc.gz

en

Microbes need resources for energy and cellular building material. They also need access to clement conditions with liquid water and a cellular damage rate that is lower than repair. When deprived of resources and clement conditions, microbes often enter some form of dormancy (e.g., by ceasing cell division, slowing metabolic rate, or forming an endospore) until they can grow again (Lennon and Jones, 2011). For example, at night, phototrophs wait for the sun to return. In winter, soil microbes wait for warmer temperatures. Microbes that cause diseases like tuberculosis can stay dormant for years, waiting for the cessation of antibiotic or immune system bombardment (Alnimr, 2015). But what about longer timescales? Unlike multicellular life, microbes survive in an extremely broad range of conditions and can access an amazing variety of resources to maintain cellular functions in the absence of cell division (Finkel and Kolter, 1999). This means that they have the potential to be dormant for much longer than a few months or years. There is no theoretical reason microbes cannot survive on maintenance energy for hundreds or thousands of years, or longer, with little to no cell proliferation (Hoehler and Jørgensen, 2013; Lever et al., 2015). Given this lack of theoretical constraints on the length of microbial dormancy intervals, two questions arise, (i) is there evidence for the existence of organisms experiencing very long dormancies? And (ii) what could be the advantages of such long wait times?

<urn:uuid:f49a6fd3-4e5d-4e2b-a7c8-d714058b36b3>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.darkenergybiosphere.org/publication/time-as-a-microbial-resource/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649293.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603133129-20230603163129-00407.warc.gz

en

Characteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) The report summarizes key results from surveys carried out on urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) in 2013. The aim was to provide a broad overview of the state of UPA in the study cities and a basis for future research endeavors. The randomized sampling approach used aerial photography to identify 10 sites in different categories of farm in each city. Farmers provided information on their cropping and livestock-rearing activities. There were similarities between the cities, but the differences in the expression of UPA in Tamale and Ouagadougou were more intriguing, as in farm sizes, crops grown and livestock ownership. Farmers were particularly concerned about diminishing access to land in Tamale, where sales by chiefs to private investors were accelerating. In Ouagadougou, formal reallocation of land to homeowners by the state had similarly decreased available farmland. Water availability was a universal concern, and the quality of water used for irrigation was potentially more questionable in Ouagadougou than in Tamale. The results point to the need for further work on uncontaminated, perennial water sources and soil fertility management, alongside focuses on commercialization of animal production, and the legal, political and institutional context of UPA in different West African cities.

<urn:uuid:36c6baed-56bd-40a6-a103-8aa7ff1b3bf7>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/419944/characteristics-of-urban-and-peri-urban-agriculture-in-west-africa-results-of-an-exploratory-survey-conducted-in-tamale-ghana-and-ouagadougou-burkina-faso/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653764.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607111017-20230607141017-00008.warc.gz

en

Today, the Grade 6 students met with their Grade One Science Buddies for another outdoor session. The objective of today's field work was to celebrate the biodiversity that exists within our schoolyard. Students started by completing a nature scavenger hunt. They looked for a wide variety of habitats, plants, insects, spiders, birds and mammals on the yard. After the scavenger hunt was complete, the Grade 6 students each took a field guide and looked up information about a species he or she found on the yard. The Grade 6's then read that information to their Grade 1 buddies. The final part of our biodiversity celebration involved drawing the species that Grade 1 and 6 buddies had read about in the field guides. Today’s outdoor session was adapted from Lesson G in The David Suzuki Foundation’s publication, “Connecting with Nature: An educational guide for grades four to six,” which is keyed to the Ontario Science Curriculum. This document can be downloaded for free at: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/connecting-with-nature-education-guide/ Thank you for visiting the class, via our BLOG. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to e-mail me: [email protected] or to add a comment to this page.

<urn:uuid:0e746cda-4910-462e-968c-c0015595ba14>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://blackdeer.edublogs.org/2012/10/02/science-buddies-session-four/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653608.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607042751-20230607072751-00608.warc.gz

en

The priority level of a running process determines how much precedence or importance the processor gives to the requests from the said process for processor time. By default all applications and processes are assigned the same level of priority, the “normal” level. A process with a priority higher than normal is allocated more CPU cycles than those with lower priority. Sometimes when all applications are running at the same priority and the number of running applications is high, the system may becomes sluggish because the CPU has to respond to each application equally irrespective of which applications you are currently working on. Mz Cpu Accelerator is a program that solves this issue by automatically increasing the priority of the active window. The result is that the applications you are currently working on gets more CPU “attention” and hence becomes more responsive. The priority of an applications can also be changed manually using applications such as PowerMenu or assigned rules using Process Lasso. But once you activate Mz Cpu Accelerator, it automatically changes the priority of the active window to high. Minimize the active window or switch to another window and the priority is instantly changed. The program also has an exclusion list using which you can exclude certain programs from this priority toggling. Additionally, Mz Cpu Accelerator is capable of assigning processor affinity to any process. As long as Mz Cpu Accelerator is running and the option is activated, the processor affinity for that particular process is permanent. One drawback of automatically switching priority of applications could be that if the active window somehow freezes, you can have a very hard time unfreezing it. Be the first to comment

<urn:uuid:04047825-bb7e-4c6e-b0fa-5d1c49c5a4fd>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.instantfundas.com/2009/05/mz-cpu-accelerator-automatically.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224656788.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609164851-20230609194851-00208.warc.gz

en

Which is your learning style? Are you an in-person or a virtual learner? All individuals have different learning styles. During this pandemic, students must enroll in the virtual learning style because it will help them to keep their families safe. The better you can tackle your learning style, the more you gain from virtual schooling. In this COVID time, students adapt the virtual classroom style for their success. “Adaptability is the simple secret of survival.” – Jessica Hagedorn Access to the tools and technology is a challenging factor for virtual learners. QW School assures the best services in hybrid remote learning; this is why it is one of the best in Ontario virtual schools. We have the best experience in online teaching with the OSSD credits and are famous for providing online high schools. To ensure that all virtual learners have access to computers for learning, the government provides the services and facilities through NAITSA. Yes, it is a fact that there is no easiness in virtual learning between the professors and students! An in-person query is something different that can get sorted quickly; there should be proper communication between peers and professors in the virtual school. This kind of virtual learning style is beneficial in the covid time. Students should be connected and learn from each other. Working and interacting with classmates does not make the students feel isolated in the virtual classroom. Why cannot you focus on the online classes? Since there is no direct attention, students may feel disturbed in the virtual session. The distraction can lead to missing out on their main topics. So, they should analyze the strategy to increase their concentration by taking necessary breaks. This strategy can increase the productivity of students. Another simple tactic that can help is to avoid the usage of mobiles and other electronic devices in the classes. A peaceful and positive environment can help students not be distracted during classes. All needs of virtual learners should be in the surroundings and always make sure of it before the session starts. These needs can include notepaper, pens, highlighter, water bottle, etcetera. Virtual learning is not an easy task, so always motivate and reward yourself for the completed tasks. These are a few things that students can ensure for virtual classes for better performance. If you are looking for one of the best Ontario virtual schools with flexible timings, please feel free to contact QW School Brampton.

<urn:uuid:22bd498d-e280-491e-a674-a6ca3b697860>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.qwschool.ca/4-study-tips-for-virtual-learner/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224657720.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610131939-20230610161939-00408.warc.gz

en

Deltacron: The New COVID-19 Variant The World Health Organization (WHO) identified a new COVID-19 variant, Deltacron, originating from the combination of genes of Delta and Omicron variants. To date, it has been detected in France, Netherlands and Denmark. WHO had previously forecasted more COVID-19 variants due to the virus previous behavior and the large amount of circulation of both Delta and Omicron. The Deltacron variant has not shown any changes in epidemiology or severity but it is still too early to draw up conclusions given the small number cases, said Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 Technical Lead, WHO. The WHO Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG-CO-VAC) warned that current vaccines might need to be updated due to the consistent evolution of the virus, as reported by MBN. Testing and monitoring remain critical parts of the COVID-19 response because health workers need information to save lives, said Van Kerkhove. “We need to keep a good handle on this virus, we need a good system in place to be able to check the changes and understand them,” she said. Although Deltacron has not arrived in Mexico and Omicron contagions have decreased, the virus continues affecting various industries such as automotive, logistics, tourism, retail and aerospace. “Throughout the pandemic, we had a significant drop in terminal passenger traffic... January was a difficult month due to the emergence of the omicron variant but we believe that the impact will be short-lived,” said Ricardo Dueñas, CEO, Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA) to MBN. The automotive industry has also been impacted by the Omicron variant. Total production contracted by 1.0 percent annually due to the pandemic and the shortage of semiconductors.

<urn:uuid:0958e660-7027-482a-bdad-ebda29bb34f0>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://mexicobusiness.news/health/news/deltacron-new-covid-19-variant

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644907.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20230529173312-20230529203312-00408.warc.gz

en

Slender climbing vine growing to 16 ft (5 m). Has heart-shaped leaves, tiny yellow-green flowers, and small spherical fruit. Habitat & Cultivation Betel is native to Malaysia and southern India. It is widely cultivated in much of southern Asia, East Africa and Madagascar, and the Caribbean. The leaves are gathered throughout the year and dried for extracts or to use whole. Leaves, root, fruit. Betel leaves contain up to 1% volatile oil (including cadinene, chavicol, chavibetol and cineole). As with many volatile oils, the percentages are variable. Malaysian samples have been shown to contain up to 69% chavibetol. History & Folklore Betel leaves, wrapped around areca nut (Areca catechu) and lime (Citrus aurantiifolia), are known to have been chewed in India and Southeast Asia for several thousand years. Betel leaves are described in the Mahavasama, the most ancient Sri Lankan text. Chewing quickly produces a red-stained saliva and does not, despite what is commonly thought, lead to blackened teeth. However, long-term use of betel leaves and areca nut is considered to increase the incidence of cancer of the mouth and tongue. Ironically, the habit of chewing betel leaves is now giving way in many regions to cigarette smoking. Medicinal Actions & Uses Betel leaves are chiefly used as a gentle stimulant, since they apparently induce a mild sensation of well-being. They also affect the digestive system, stimulating salivary secretions, relieving flatulence, and preventing worm infestation. In many Asian traditions, including Ayurvedic medicine, betel leaves are thought to have aphrodisiac and nerve tonic properties. In Chinese herbal medicine, betel root, leaves, and fruit are sometimes used as a mild tonic and stomach-settling herb. The root has been used with black pepper (P. nigrum) or jequirity (Abrus precatorius) to produce sterility in women. The observed increase in the occurrence of oral cancers in regular users makes it unwise to chew betel.

<urn:uuid:68d25133-eb39-4aa4-8d4e-15940dc60e3f>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://herbsandremedies.club/medicinal-plants/medicinal-use-of-betel-piper-betle-piperaceae/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649293.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603133129-20230603163129-00408.warc.gz

en

- Armadillos swallow large quantities of air to inflate themselves into a balloon-like shape and float across water bodies. - The three-banded armadillo is the only one of its species that can form into a complete ball. Its shell is so hard that even dogs can’t break it. - When startled, armadillos jump 3-4 feet vertically into the air. This is the biggest cause of fatal accidents between cars and armadillos. - The nine-banded armadillo becomes mother to 4 genetically-identical quadruplets each time it gives birth. Why? It produces a single egg that divides into 4 equal and completely identical parts. - Armadillos are the only animals other than humans which can contract leprosy. Armadillos are a delicacy in the United States. In fact, there’s a special dish called the Hoover Hog which locals in the southern United States make, using roadkill armadillo, fresh veggies and spices. However, I strongly discourage you to try this dish, as it is one of the causes of leprosy transmission between armadillos and humans. 2 thoughts on “5 Fun Facts About Armadillos” I like the way this is so informative and fun to read. LikeLiked by 1 person Thank you for the wonderful compliment Jean 😊

<urn:uuid:d6dde8be-71b0-4782-97f5-47bcb5f9b807>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://artfullywild.wordpress.com/2018/09/20/5-fun-facts-about-armadillos/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649439.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604025306-20230604055306-00208.warc.gz

en

|시간 제한||메모리 제한||제출||정답||맞힌 사람||정답 비율| |1 초||128 MB||772||190||159||24.575%| Farmer John is taking Bessie and the cows on a cruise! They are sailing on a network of rivers with N ports (1 <= N <= 1,000) labeled 1..N, and Bessie starts at port 1. Each port has exactly two rivers leading out of it which lead directly to other ports, and rivers can only be sailed one way. At each port, the tour guides choose either the "left" river or the "right" river to sail down next, but they keep repeating the same choices over and over. More specifically, the tour guides have chosen a short sequence of M directions (1 <= M <= 500), each either "left" or "right", and have repeated it K times (1 <= K <= 1,000,000,000). Bessie thinks she is going in circles -- help her figure out where she ends up! 4 3 3 2 4 3 1 4 2 1 3 L L R The port numbers are arranged clockwise in a circle, with 'L' being a clockwise rotation and 'R' being a counterclockwise rotation. The sequence taken is LLRLLRLLR. After the first iteration of the sequence of directions, Bessie is at port 2 (1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 2); after the second, she is at port 3 (2 -> 3 -> 4 -> 3), and at the end she is at port 4 (3 -> 4 -> 1 -> 4).

<urn:uuid:c75e0ecd-d14e-4178-bfb0-4eb9b59ceeaa>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.acmicpc.net/problem/5829

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224650201.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604161111-20230604191111-00009.warc.gz

en

Australian Bushfires Will Increase the Global TemperatureVijayan Sankar (Author) Published Date : Jan 08, 2020 14:53 IST Australian fires may affect the world climate, confirm surveys: Australian bush fires are making the effects of Amazon fires less to the world climate. The smokescreen of these fires is not only filling the Australian skies but also that of New Zealand and even up to South America. It is due to the massive production of carbon dioxide, aerosols, soot, fine particles, and others that will increase the dangers of climate change drastically. The unprecedented Australian bush fires have affected like the fires occurred in 2009. So far, it has claimed more than 25 humans lives. And it has also burnt approximately 15 million acres of land, which is the area equal to the combining of Vermont and New Hampshire. In NSW or New South Wales alone, there is an estimated death of 480 million animals, including 8,000 koalas, as per the findings of the University of Sydney. More than 2,000 Australians have lost their homes. The smokescreens due to the Australian fires have reached New Zealand, which is 2,000 km away and even South Africa, which is 16,000 km away. That is the effect of the Australian bush fires, which were gone out of proportion due to the record increase in temperatures of more than 50 degrees Celsius. As per a 2019 study published in Geophysical Research Letters, the far-reaching impact of the smoke screens are related to Pyrocumulonimbus clouds. In the study, it was found that the smoke plumes towering smoke-laden clouds may penetrate the stratosphere and may stay there up to five months to create net warming at the top of the atmosphere. Other researches have also confirmed that the winds can carry the Australian bush fire smoke up the Alpine regions like Arctic, Alaska, and even Greenland. And these could increase the melting of ice sheets and glaciers to cause climate change. Also the emissions like soot cause air pollution threatening the whole world. Australian Bushfires Will Increase the Global Temperature

<urn:uuid:2db236f1-0964-4b7a-b05f-593f28f3836a>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.microcapobserver.com/science/australian-bushfires-will-increase-the-global-temperature

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643585.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528051321-20230528081321-00209.warc.gz

en

E. coli contamination widespread, affects all ages A teenager in Altoona, Pennsylvania, is one of the latest to fall ill after consuming romaine lettuce contaminated with e. coli. The outbreak has now affected 60 people in 16 states, approximately half of whom have been hospitalized because of the severity of their symptoms. Pennsylvania has seen the most cases of confirmed illnesses directly related to the consumption of contaminated romaine lettuce. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has expanded its warning to consumers to cover all types of romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Arizona, growing region. This warning now includes whole heads and hearts of romaine lettuce, in addition to chopped romaine and salads and salad mixes containing romaine. CDC has indicated that the expanded warning is based on information from newly reported illnesses in Alaska. Ill people in Alaska reported eating lettuce from whole heads of romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Arizona, growing region. Consumers should not buy or eat romaine lettuce at a grocery store or restaurant unless you can confirm it is not from the Yuma, Arizona, growing region. Unfortunately, product labels often do not identify growing regions; so, throw out any romaine lettuce if you’re uncertain about where it was grown. This includes whole heads and hearts of romaine, chopped romaine, and salads and salad mixes containing romaine lettuce. If you do not know if the lettuce is romaine, do not eat it. E. coli contamination produces symptoms that can include abdominal pain, nausea, fatigue, and more severe symptoms in some cases. E. coli generally appears three to four days after the initial infection, though in some cases, symptoms don’t appear for over a week. If you have been a victim of the romaine lettuce e. coli outbreak, contact food poisoning lawyers at 1-888-335-4901 to learn more about your legal options. Contact us to discuss whether you should file a Romaine lettuce e. coli lawsuit

<urn:uuid:16dc72b7-1fe3-4cfb-b36b-29501a109e94>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.ronsimonassociates.com/romaine-lettuce-e-coli-outbreak-now-confirmed-in-60-victims-across-16-states/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643663.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528083025-20230528113025-00409.warc.gz

en

Louisiana Coast Experiences Rare Heat Burst Over the Weekend The National Weather Service Office in Lake Charles is reporting an extremely rare phenomenon that took place along the coast of southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana during the early morning hours of this past Saturday. It's called a Heat Burst and in the span of 12 minutes, the air temperature over that specific area rose almost 20 degrees Farenheight. According to the National Weather Service Office, the Heat Burst happened at about 1:30 in the early morning hours of Saturday. At that time a large thunderstorm complex was situated very near Calcasieu Pass. Weather Service instruments recorded wind gusts with the storm at 70 mph. That's just four miles an hour shy of Category 1 Hurricane strength. The temperature in the area jumped from just under 64 degrees to almost 83 degrees in a little over 10 minutes. The air pressure around the storm system also dropped an impressive 4.9 millibars during that short period of time as well. Most of us are not familiar with Heat Bursts. They are certainly not a normal occurrence in nature but they do happen. A Heat Burst occurs when downdrafts from strong thunderstorms, such as the one that was occurring south of Calcasieu Pass, bring dry air aloft down to the surface. This giant "whoosh" if you will, leads to strong winds and a sudden increase in temperature. In some cases, Heat Bursts can raise the temperature even more dramatically than what was experienced in Southwest Louisiana over the weekend. For example, in Lisbon Portugal in 1949 the temperature jumped from 100 degrees to 158 degrees in two minutes as a result of a Heat Burst. Heat Bursts themselves are not particularly dangerous, however, they usually happen around dangerous weather such as strong thunderstorms. They most often occur during the nighttime hours as well as many thunderstorms are decaying or dying out with the loss of daytime heat energy. I guess that's just nature being nature and there really isn't much we can do about it. However, we can observe, for example, were you aware that Mother Nature already had solutions to problems you never even thought about before? Goosebumps and other bodily reactions, explained

<urn:uuid:b5772cab-84bf-48b5-815c-a9497f90f943>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://999ktdy.com/louisiana-coast-experiences-rare-heat-burst-over-the-weekend/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649177.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603064842-20230603094842-00008.warc.gz

en

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast is an imaging test that uses strong magnets and radio waves to form pictures of the inside of the breast. It also creates images of the tissues that surround the breast. Breast MRI is used to check for problems, such as a leaking breast implant or a suspicious lump or mass. It can also be used to help determine if breast cancer is present and diagnose it. The test takes 30-60 minutes. Before Your Test During a breast MRI, you lie face down on a platform that slides into a tubelike machine called a scanner. - Breast MRI uses strong magnets, so you'll be asked to remove your watch, jewelry, and all other metal objects. - You may be asked to remove your makeup, which may contain some metal. The magnet used in breast MRI can cause metal objects in your body to move. You may be asked if you: - Have had stereotactic breast biopsy or previous surgery. - Have a pacemaker. - Have an artificial body part (prosthesis). - Have metal rods, screws, plates, or splinters in your body. - Wear a medicated adhesive patch. - Have tattoos. Your technologist will also ask you whether: - You're pregnant or think you may be pregnant. - You're claustrophobic (afraid of confined spaces). During Your Test - You may be asked to wear a hospital gown. - You may be injected with contrast (a special dye that makes the MRI image sharp). - You'll lie on a platform that slides into a tubelike machine called a scanner. You'll be on your stomach with your breasts placed through openings in the platform. - Remain as still as you can while the camera takes the pictures. This will ensure the best images. After Your Test - You can get back to normal activities right away. - If you were given contrast, it will pass naturally through your body within a day. - Drink lots of water so that the dye passes quickly out of your body. Getting Your Results Your doctor will discuss the test results with you during a follow-up appointment or over the phone.

<urn:uuid:a8153283-d8ac-4a1c-9e19-8a6a278b9ad1>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.platinumwomenshealth.com/contents/breast-mri

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649741.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604093242-20230604123242-00609.warc.gz

en

Authors: Hasan Gökcer Tekin, MD and Magnus Balslev Avnstorp, MD Learn how to use the skin in the glabella region for a transposition flap. The glabella flap is based on the dorsal nasal artery (lower part), or the supratrochlear artery (upper part). The muscles of the glabella involve m. procerus, m. frontalis and m. corrugator supercillii Designing the flap The glabella flap can be used for reconstructing primary defects on the proximal half of the nose with excessive skin from the glabellar region. The secondary defect is closed primarily with excellent aesthetic result. Local flaps from the glabella region can be designed as a variety of different geometric shapes such as transposition flaps (fig. 1), bilobed flaps (fig. 2), or as versatile rhombic (Limberg) flaps (Fig. 3). Key consideration when performing reconstruction on the nasal dorsum with glabella flaps, are aesthetic subunits of the nose, relaxed skin tension lines (RSTL), location of the defect (proximal or distal, central or off-center), the size of the defect and thickness of the flap. - The optimal location for reconstructing a defect with a glabella flap is on the proximal half of the nose, as the skin on the proximal half of the nose is more similar to glabellar skin and does not contain sebaceous glands. - Excess skin and bulk at the basis of the glabella flap is common due to less thinning of subcutaneous tissue and maintaining a stable blood supply. The distal half of the flap can be thinned more aggressively. Secondary debulking can be necessary as a two-step procedure. - Be cautious when flaps cross RSTL and the borders of different aesthetic subunits (nasal sidewalls, nasal dorsum, medial canthus etc.). Aesthethic units and RSTL represent lines where incision lines can be made and scars should be placed. Illustrations: Christian Kaare Paaskesen, med.stud and Anne Mosebo, med.stud.

<urn:uuid:357f6baa-6416-492c-a590-6c960d8eb08b>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://plastsurgeon.com/facial-flaps/glabella-flap/glabellar-flap/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652161.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605185809-20230605215809-00609.warc.gz

en

Ruins at Coco Mat Athens B.C. Hotel When construction began on this hotel, developers were surprised to find the ruins of an ancient civilization. This entry is a stub The Koukaki area of Athens was outside the city’s southern walls during ancient times, and was mostly an area of workshops and burial grounds with scattered housing. Various construction projects over the centuries revealed ruins and artifacts in the area. One of these projects was the construction of a hotel by the Coco-Mat company, which revealed layered ruins on the edge of the city’s ancient fortification walls. Greek Archaeological authorities determined the upper layer of the ruins were part of a Roman villa and was dated back to the 1st-century CE. The lower layer of ruins were determined to be part of a ceramic workshop dated back to the 5th-century BCE. Greek laws protecting archaeological sites and artifacts are strict, requiring the ruins to be protected and made available for display to the public. A construction plan was developed so the ruins would be on display in the main hotel lobby and were protected with a secure perimeter and partial glass flooring. Due to these ruins being on display, the owner of the hotel decided to add a “B.C.” to the hotel name, hence the hotel being named the “Coco-Mat B.C. Know Before You Go The ruins are on display in the hotel lobby 24-hours a day and are also visible from the sidewalk. Discretion should be used when visiting inside as the ruins are adjacent to a working area. Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders.Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook

<urn:uuid:e092f774-dabd-486e-8b88-0079f7ee2d6b>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ruins-at-coco-mat-athens-b-c-hotel?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=6cce04aa3a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_08_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-6cce04aa3a-69860905&mc_cid=6cce04aa3a&mc_eid=1736e63f8a

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648209.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601211701-20230602001701-00009.warc.gz

en

Although we live in a world of artificial light and Netflix binges that can keep you up well past sundown, our bodies still respond to an internal circadian clock. Through reacting to cues like light and hormones, the human body can anticipate the recurring rhythms of sleep, metabolism, and other physiological processes. Now, new research has found that time of day can affect the severity of health issues ranging from allergies to heart attacks. A review published in Trends in Immunology brought together studies investigating the connection between circadian rhythms and immune responses. Most of these studies involved mice, and some showed that there was an adaptive immune response under circadian control that allowed highly specialized, pathogen-fighting cells to develop. Results of some studies showed that – in both mice and humans – the numbers of white blood cells change in a circadian manner. One study found that heart attacks, which tend to be more severe in the morning than at night, may be influenced by decreased cardiac protection due to monocytes being elevated in infarcted heart tissue at night. This could result in decreased cardiac protection at that time of day relative to morning. Another study found that parasite infections are dependent on the time of day. Mice that were infected with Trichuris muris, a gastrointestinal parasite, in the morning were able to kill worms significantly faster than mice infected in the evening. Not only could parasite infections be time-of-day dependent, but an additional study found that allergies may be as well. The study showed that allergic symptoms were generally worse between midnight and early morning, which may indicate that the molecular clock can physiologically influence immune cell recruitment and outcomes of asthma in humans. “Investigating circadian rhythms in innate and adaptive immunity is a great tool to generally understand the physiological interplay and time-dependent succession of events in generating immune responses,” says senior author Christoph Scheiermann, an immunologist at the University of Geneva. “The challenge lies in how to channel our growing mechanistic understanding of circadian immunology into time-tailored therapies for human patients.” By Connor Ertz, Earth.com Staff Writer

<urn:uuid:b1c8b2bf-be60-47ee-b324-935a64a73e35>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.earth.com/news/time-day-body-fight-illness/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224654097.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20230608035801-20230608065801-00009.warc.gz

en

A negotiated sale is a sale of securities in which the terms are negotiated between the buyer and the seller, rather than being determined by an exchange or auction. In a negotiated sale, the price and other terms of the sale are agreed upon by the parties involved, rather than being set by the market. Negotiated sales are often used for large transactions, such as the sale of a new issue of bonds. They can also be used for secondary market transactions, although most secondary market trades are done through broker-dealers who act as intermediaries between buyers and sellers. What are the 2 types of bidding? 1. Straight/Regular Bidding: With this type of bidding, the investor simply states the price they are willing to pay for the security, and if that price is accepted, the trade is executed. This is the most common type of bidding. 2. Dutch Auction Bidding: With this type of bidding, the investor states the price they are willing to pay for the security, as well as the quantity they are willing to buy. The security is then auctioned off to the highest bidder. What are negotiated terms? Negotiated terms are the specific interest rate, maturity date, and other conditions that are agreed upon by the issuer and the investor when a bond is sold. The issuer is the entity that borrows money by selling the bond, and the investor is the entity that buys the bond. What is negotiated purchase? Negotiated purchase is the act of two parties agreeing to buy or sell a security at a specific price. This is different from an open market purchase, which is when securities are bought or sold at the current market price. What are the 5 types of negotiation? 1. Interest rate negotiation 2. Yield curve negotiation 3. Duration negotiation 4. Credit quality negotiation 5. Call protection negotiation What is a negotiated business deal or activity? A negotiated business deal or activity refers to a financial transaction or series of transactions in which the terms are agreed upon by the parties involved prior to the exchange of goods or services. This type of arrangement is typically used in situations where the parties involved have unequal bargaining power, or where the terms of the deal are not standardized.

<urn:uuid:629b1d6e-72a2-4854-b46c-2be4db783dce>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.infocomm.ky/negotiated-sale-definition/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643462.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528015553-20230528045553-00009.warc.gz

en

The house of the Greek Bishop Pindarou Street leads into what was known to the Jewish community as the ‘Calle Ancha’ (‘Broad Street’)—the heart of the Juderia—renamed today the ‘Square of the Hebrew Martyrs’ in memory of those who died in the Holocaust. The pleasant square, surrounded by balconied buildings, occupies the area of a mediaeval square named after another martyr of persecution—St Sebastian. The north side is dominated by the fine, 16th century ‘house of the Greek Bishop’ (sometimes arbitrarily referred to as the ‘Admiralty’). It is certainly a noble building; but the hypothesis that it was an arch-episcopal residence is based solely on the two inscriptions—one in Latin on the façade, the other in Greek above the stairs inside—which both read ‘Peace be with this house and all who dwell in it’. The importance of the mansion is emphasised by the ornate window-frames and the decisive moulding of the string-course which divides the functional ground floor of vaulted store-rooms from the elegant and perfectly symmetrical piano nobile above. From the fountain in front of the building, Aristotelous Street leads west back to Ippokratous Square—the hub of the commercial life of the walled city. Rhodes Island is part of the Dodecanese Island Group, Greece.

<urn:uuid:83245ecf-9e01-42c8-9e2b-1537c8484416>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.zeus.guide/rhodes-travel-guide/e-rhodes-rhodes-the-old-town-the-walls-and-withineastern-sector-east-of-pythagora-str-the-house-of-the-greek-bishop/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647459.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20230531214247-20230601004247-00607.warc.gz

en

It holds a mythological significance in the Indian history where it is believed to be the abode of Pandavas during their exile. The Pandav Caves are stated as evidential proof of the belief. Pachmarhi tourist places comprise of numerous caves, waterfalls, hilltops, temples and wildlife reserves which can contribute a wonderful itinerary for exploring this quaint hill station of Madhya Pradesh. Pachmarhi was always there on the Indian land but was discovered in the year 1857 by Captain James Forsyth. You will even find corroboration of the stone age in the form of paintings and cave drawings depicting the era. The hilltop temples housing natural Shiva Lingam and other epical traces can make a wonderful experience. The wondrous ridges and rifts, clefts and scarps found in the hills of Satpura range are true marvels of nature. If you are in the Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh or planning to be and seeking for a list of Pachmarhi places to visit, then you must scroll down this assemblage. The climate is mostly temperate and mild that makes Pachmarhi a suitable getaway throughout the year. Pachmarhi was the summer capital of British in Madhya Pradesh and is now an Army cantonment area. This small town encompasses pristine waterfalls, meandering rivers, densely covered National parks, ancient caves and historic monuments which can make a memorable escapade.

<urn:uuid:2d7c6eea-130d-4529-be2a-a50d1141cadc>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://ui-assets-gc.thrillophilia.com/destinations/pachmarhi/places-to-visit

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644683.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20230529042138-20230529072138-00608.warc.gz

en

A PHP script always begins with <?php and ends with ?> syntax. A PHP script can be placed anywhere in the document. On servers with shorthand support you can start a PHP script with <? And end with ?> syntax, but for maximum capabilities, we recommend that you use the standard form ( <?php … ?> ) rather than shorthand form ( <? … ?> ). A PHP file must have a .php extension. A PHP file normally contains HTML tags and some PHP scripting code. Below, we have an example of a simple PHP script that sends the text “Welcome to GetHow” back to the browser. <html> <body> <?php echo “Welcome to GetHow”; ?> </body> </html> Note: Each line in the PHP must end with a semicolon. The semicolon is a separator and is used to distinguish one set of instructions from another. There are two statements to output the text with PHP i.e. echo and print. In the above example we have used echo statement to output the text “Welcome to GetHow”. Comments in PHP In PHP, we use // to make a one line comment and for more than one lines we use /* at beginning and */ at end to make a comment block. <html> <body> <?php //This is a Statement for GetHow Site /* This is a comment block for more than one line */ ?> </body> </html> The above all are the basic syntax which are always used while writing a PHP script. We need to understand and practice it more so that, it gets stable on our fingers.

<urn:uuid:afdd1eff-5c88-4cdc-84ed-ab25b90d4954>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.gethow.org/php-syntax

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652235.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606045924-20230606075924-00208.warc.gz

en

Mumbai, the sprawling metropolis on India’s west coast and the country’s financial capital, is home to over 20 million people—and dozens of leopards. These elusive big cats live in and around the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, a 100-odd square kilometre reserve at the northern end of Mumbai. Surrounded by one of India’s largest cities, and living in close proximity to some 250,000 people who also call the national park home, these leopards sometimes come in conflict with humans, with deadly consequence. Still, they are surviving—and according to the latest census, perhaps thriving. On Nov. 19, National Geographic published on Instagram an amazing photograph of two leopard cubs roaming a hilltop, with Mumbai’s sparkling cityscape in the background: Shot by photojournalist Steve Winter, the image is part of a series of photographs accompanying American non-fiction writer Richard Conniff’s National Geographic Magazine story on the evolving relationship—and contest—between humans and leopards. “India may be the real test of survival in a crowded world—and perhaps a model for it—because leopards live there in large numbers, outside protected areas,” Conniff writes, “and in astonishing proximity to people.”

<urn:uuid:c610562e-fbd3-4d89-be7f-d2186c94fd7c>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://qz.com/india/555072/national-geographic-has-just-published-an-incredible-photo-of-mumbais-leopards

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646257.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20230531022541-20230531052541-00408.warc.gz

en

New artificial intelligence (AI) technology developed in the UK can diagnose scans for heart disease and lung cancer.Hospitals in the NHS are expected to start using the heart disease system this summer. Developed at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital, the system is able to pick up details in the scans that doctors can’t see. It then flags when it believes the patient is at risk of having a heart attack. According to BBC News, the Ultromics system was trained to identify potential problems by being given the scans of 1,000 patients who had been treated over the past seven years, along with information about whether they went on to have heart problems. Professor Paul Leeson, a cardiologist who developed the system, said that clinical trials in six cardiology units indicate that it greatly outperforms heart specialists. “As cardiologists, we accept that we don’t always get it right at the moment,” he said. “But now there is a possibility that may be able to do better.” The trial results suggest that the AI system could save the NHS more than £300m a year. Meanwhile, another AI system has been developed to look for signs of lung cancer. Clinical trials of this system have shown that it can diagnose lung cancer much earlier, and can also rule out the harmless cases which are unlikely to go on to become cancerous. As a result, as well as saving the NHS money, it could save patients several months of anxiety and give those who are diagnosed a greater chance of survival. Tags: AI, NHS, heart disease, lung cancer, virtual health, AI technology

<urn:uuid:e297b0df-2225-4e7c-bdd8-9df52a1983b9>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://connectedconsumer.osborneclarke.com/digital-health/ai-helps-doctors-diagnose-heart-disease-lung-cancer/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644913.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20230529205037-20230529235037-00609.warc.gz

en

Maths Zoom Lesson – please bring your whiteboard, number line and your pen Your follow up worksheets have been printed with the suggested activities for each day. The home learning video is available if you need any extra support. Phonics Each day there will be a new video from Letters and Sounds to introduce an alternative pronunciation of a sound that you have learnt. ‘aw claw’ Please find follow up activity in your home learning pack. Literacy lesson - See attached document and complete your work in your green exercise book. Please send a picture of this writing to me as soon as you have completed it today - I am looking forward to seeing what you have done! Science Lesson Follow the link to find a science lesson from the Oak National Academy. It follows on from yesterday's lesson. Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips. Our cookies ensure you get the best experience on our website. Please make your choice! Some cookies are necessary in order to make this website function correctly. These are set by default and whilst you can block or delete them by changing your browser settings, some functionality such as being able to log in to the website will not work if you do this. The necessary cookies set on this website are as follows: A 'sessionid' token is required for logging in to the website and a 'crfstoken' token is used to prevent cross site request forgery. An 'alertDismissed' token is used to prevent certain alerts from re-appearing if they have An 'awsUploads' object is used to facilitate file uploads. to improve the website performance by capturing information such as browser and device types. The data from this cookie is anonymised. Cookies are used to help distinguish between humans and bots on contact forms on this A cookie is used to store your cookie preferences for this website. Cookies that are not necessary to make the website work, but which enable additional functionality, can also be set. By default these cookies are disabled, but you can choose to enable them below:

<urn:uuid:6e89239a-4d60-4c7c-b188-3980b9a70262>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.colneyheath.herts.sch.uk/thursday-28th-january-3/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224650201.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604161111-20230604191111-00009.warc.gz

en

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex issues are taboo subjects in Lesotho, and the advent of Matrix in the community has bridged some of the gaps for LGBTI+ expression and rights. MATRIX is necessary in Lesotho to provide support to LGBTIQ+ members in Lesotho and to raise awareness on the incidences of violence, social exclusion, hate crimes and discrimination faced of this marginalised population within the communities. The recent study on the mental health and wellbeing of LGBTI in Lesotho amongst at least 173 people and 500 from MSM and WSW health and human rights study indicated that there is existence of LGBTI community amongst the Lesotho communities. Because of the conservative culture of the Basotho people, most LGBTIQ+ people are not able to live openly within their communities. Therefore, this MATRIX’s advocacy supports and strengths a coordinated voice for LGBTI persons as well as encourages integration of these people within the communities in Lesotho. The overall objective of MATRIX’s activities and programmes is to advocacy for equality and fair treatment of human rights among the communities living in the country, regardless of sex, sexuality and gender identity. This is because the LGBTIQ+ individuals in Lesotho are still marginalized and stigmatized from society at large due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. They face issues such they cannot have access to adequate treatment, care and support related to their health and HIV and AIDS or they find themselves unemployed because of the prejudice related to LGBTIQ+. Due to these issues, there is more and more LGBTIQ+ whose rights are evaluated and are being infected by HIV and AIDS or other Sexual transmitted diseases because they cannot have access to information to prevent them from being infected or even access legal systems.

<urn:uuid:82c58f42-be00-4efa-acf2-357d8275da99>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://thematrix.org.ls/country-context/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224645089.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530032334-20230530062334-00009.warc.gz

en

October 27th is National American Beer Day! Todays five food facts about beer: The bittering agent in beer, Hops, is closely related to marijuana. Brown bottles are designed to keep beer fresh. The average American consumes nearly 23 gallons of beer annually. According to broadcasting regulations, American beer commercials are not allowed to show anyone consuming alcohol. Obama is the first American President to brew his own beer. Today’s Food History 1728 Captain James Cook was born. British explorer who charted and named many Pacific Islands, including the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). 1806 Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle was born. A Swiss botanist, author of ‘Origin of Cultivated Plants.’ 1872 Emily Post was born. (or on October 3, 1873). Etiquette expert, newspaper columnist, author of ‘Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home’ (1922); ‘The Emily Post Cook Book’(1949); ‘Motor Manners’ (1950). 1873 Joseph F. Glidden applied for a patent for barbed wire. 1904 The first subway (underground) rail system in New York City began operating. The Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) line was 21 miles long. 1930 ‘Gorgonzola’ was recorded by Jack Hylton & His Orchestra with Leslie Sarony 1975 Rex Stout, American crime writer died. More than 70 of his novels and stories feature the fictional gourmand/gourmet detective, Nero Wolfe. Archie Goodwin, the detective’s assistant, described him as weighing “one seventh of a ton” (about 286 pounds). Shad Roe and Duck were two of Wolfe’s favorites, and he also consumed copious amounts of beer. Stout also published ‘The Nero Wolfe Cookbook’ in 1973. Check out my book! Tagged: National American beer day You must be logged in to post a comment.

<urn:uuid:6e7b18f7-5b4c-4a26-a091-58c3d5f5b8fd>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://foodimentary.com/2016/10/27/october-27th-is-national-american-beer-day/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224651815.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605085657-20230605115657-00009.warc.gz

en

I can’t believe we’ve already been in school for 100 days! Where does time go? To celebrate this momentous occasion, my class participated in several 100 Day activities. Here are a few highlights from our special day: 1. If I Had $100 Writing Activity: I purchased this $100 bill pad from Really Good Stuff and printed pictures of students’ faces in black and white. I trimmed the pictures and glued each one onto a $100. Students brainstormed what they would do with $100 and then they recorded their responses on the writing page. Their answers were so funny! My favorites this year were, “Buy a hot tub,” “Buy a mansion,” and “Give Mrs. Murphy a raise.” (Love that one!) 2. Make a 100th Day Trail Mix: I sent home this parent letter along with a Ziploc snack bag and had students bring in 100 pieces of a snack. On the 100th Day, each student came up to the front of the room and showed his/her snack bag. The class decided the category (i.e., cereal, candy, etc.), the student poured the bag into the bowl and we colored the graph together. While the students were at recess, I scooped a cupful of 100th Day Trail Mix into their original Ziploc snack bags to take home along with our other 100th Day projects. 3. 100th Day Centers: I also incorporated 100th Day activities into our normal center rotations. During our writing center, students wrote 100 words on special celebratory paper. I allowed them to use clipboards and write their favorite words in the room which they loved! During our computation center, students had to write a variety of number sentences that equaled 100. Afterwards, they shared and compared with partners. I was so impressed with some of their diverse thinking! 4. 100th Day cards: At the end of the day, I passed out these adorable cards to students (with a special note to each on the back). These could also be used as an exit ticket, recounting or summarizing the special activities of the day. Love these engaging, no-prep ideas? Download our Happy 100th Day of School file for all of these activities and more! Do you have a creative 100th Day activity? Please share below!

<urn:uuid:4b25f1ea-f1c3-440b-ba7a-f04fc2107cc4>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.astutehoot.com/happy-100-celebrating-the-100th-day-of-school/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643585.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528051321-20230528081321-00209.warc.gz

en

The tsunami threat that followed the earthquake in Haiti was removed, the US Tsunami Warning System said on Saturday. “There is no tsunami threat although small sea level changes may occur”, the statement said. A powerful earthquake has struck off the coast of Haiti, the US Geological Survey said. The epicentre of the 7.2-magnitude tremor is located 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) northeast of Saint-Louis du Sud, or about 160 kilometres (100 miles) from the capital city of Port-au-Prince, according to the agency. As a result at least 29 people were killed and enormous damage was reported by local authorities. “As of now, unfortunately, there are 29 dead,” a representative of the civil defense agency of the Caribbean nation said on air of the RTNH broadcaster. President Joe Biden has approved “an immediate US response, and named USAID Administrator Samantha Power… to coordinate this effort” to the nation hit by the natural disaster, a senior White House official said. Following the quake, multiple videos emerged online, appearing to depict collapsed buildings and clouds of dust in the country. In 2010, the island nation was devastated by an earthquake that destroyed much of Port-au-Prince and other cities, claiming 200,000 lives and leaving 300,000 more injured.

<urn:uuid:83e9183f-07e3-42f9-ab10-8e3577c19d14>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://0-71.ru/world/at-least-29-killed-as-powerful-7-2-magnitude-earthquake-hits-haiti-photos-videos.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648322.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20230602040003-20230602070003-00408.warc.gz

en

A recent article in Wired Magazine highlighted how the genome revolution has been skipping most people in the world: 96% of participants in recent genomic studies trace most of their ancestry to Europe. Statistical analysis is simpler in groups tracing ancestry to just one continental region so fewer individuals are needed to make discoveries. Although African Americans typically trace about 20% of their ancestry to Europe, studies to verify previous findings in this population have not been done for many diseases. Our understanding of how DNA influences disease risk in people with mostly non-European ancestry has a lot of catching up to do. 23andMe hopes to bridge this growing divide through Roots into the Future, a research initiative addressing the needs of the African American community. Our partners in the research initiative include Dr. Henry Louis Gates and the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard, as well as advisors from academia, industry and the 23andMe community. Our goal is to enroll 10,000 participants who self-identify as African American, Black, or African in order to rapidly accelerate genetic research in the African American community. Roots into the Future will help determine how genetic factors contribute to the development of disease in this population. Which genetic associations identified in Europeans also apply to African Americans? Can we discover new genetic markers linked to conditions of particular relevance to the African American community, such as diabetes, prostate cancer, and heart disease? The initiative aligns with 23andMe’s broader mission of empowering individuals to understand their own genetic data. And 23andMe’s unique web-based research platform can accelerate critical research in this community. Project participants will receive free access to their personal genetic data used for the research, as well as health and ancestry interpretations of the data. As the project progresses, participants can expect to see additional relevant reports and features. Roots into the Future will launch at the end of July at the annual conference of the National Urban League in Boston. To learn more about the project, or to sign up to be notified when registration becomes more broadly available, go to www.23andme.com/roots.

<urn:uuid:c5a6d9ad-9673-4974-8e53-40ff4d7a5a37>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://blog.23andme.com/articles/roots-into-the-future

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224651815.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605085657-20230605115657-00008.warc.gz

en

Listed in: History, as HIST-258 Colleen P. Woods (Section 01) [USc] Until recently, American histories of the Vietnam War have focused on the reasons, roles, and results of the American intervention in Vietnam or, as one historian described it, “what Americans did in Vietnam (or even at home in the United States) and what was done to them.” In Vietnam, on the other hand, histories of the war were, until the 1990s, largely collapsed into a linear and nationalist narrative of state development. Transnational methodologies used by scholars in recent years have brought to the forefront new understandings of the conflict including: the complexities of colonialism, nationalism, and communist/socialist internationalism, the diversity of Vietnamese experiences, and the influence of culture on diplomatic policy-making. Drawing from this body of new scholarship, the course will engage multiple approaches to the study of the Vietnam War from accounts of French and U.S. colonialism in Asia, to investigations of the policy-making role of state officials in both Vietnam and the U.S., to micro-histories of village networks in South Vietnam. This course will also consider how “collective memory-making,” i.e., how people with shared experiences remember or retell the past, intersects with the contested histories of the war. Through considerations of film, memoir, and memorial sites, the course not only considers how the Vietnam War unfolded but also how its place in public memory was created and mobilized in its aftermath. Two class meeting per week. Limited to 25 students. Fall semester. Visiting Professor Woods.

<urn:uuid:77984bd1-1f24-4395-8fba-623fc384551f>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://acalert.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/courses/1213F/HIST/HIST-258-1213F

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646181.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530230622-20230531020622-00209.warc.gz

en

Exercise: It builds up the body and protects the brain Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University Published June 12, 2021 As with many other physicians, recommending physical activity to patients was just a doctor chore for me—until a few years ago. That was because I was not very active. Over the years, picking up boxing and becoming more active, allowed firsthand experience of positive impacts on the mind. Researching the effects of dance and movement therapies on trauma and anxiety in refugee children, I learned a lot about the neurobiology of exercise. Being a psychiatrist and neuroscientist researching the neurobiology of anxiety and how our interventions change the brain. I have begun to think of prescribing exercise as telling patients to take their “exercise pills.” Now knowing the importance of exercising, almost all of my patients commit to some level of exercise, with benefits to several areas of their life and livelihood. It is well documented that exercise improves musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, metabolic, and other aspects of health. What you may not know is how this happens within the brain. Brain biology and growth Working out regularly really does change the brain biology, and it is not just “go walk and you will just feel better.” Regular exercise, especially cardio, does change the brain. Contrary to what some may think, the brain is a very plastic organ. Not only are new neuronal connections formed every day, but also new cells are generated in important areas of the brain. One key area is the hippocampus, which is involved in learning and memory and regulating negative emotions. A molecule called brain-derived neurotrophic factor helps the brain produce neurons, or brain cells. A variety of aerobic and high-intensity interval training exercises significantly increase BDNF levels. There is evidence from animal research that these changes are at epigenetic level, which means these behaviors affect how genes are expressed, leading to changes in the neuronal connections and function. Moderate exercise also seems to have anti-inflammatory effects, regulating the immune system and excessive inflammation. This is important, given the new insight neuroscience is gaining into the potential role of inflammation in anxiety and depression. Finally, there is evidence for the positive effects of exercise on the neurotransmitters—brain chemicals that send signals between neurons—dopamine and endorphins. Both of these are involved in positive mood and motivation.

<urn:uuid:f0e5ba89-4c27-401d-ba07-917762a120ae>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://ppawd2.com/all-about-health-4/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652494.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606082037-20230606112037-00408.warc.gz

en

There is no point sending healthy animals out into the world if they’re just going to catch a deadly disease. Pacific tree frogs that can survive a normally lethal fungus infection are spreading it to species that cannot. Such “reservoir” species could threaten frogs released from captive breeding programmes. Between 2003 and 2010, the deadly chytrid fungus slashed the populations of two frog species in the Sierra Nevada, while populations of a third species – the Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla) – held steady. That isn’t because the Pacific tree frogs avoided infection: two-thirds of the Sierra Nevada population carry the fungus, Vance Vredenburg of San Francisco State University has now found. That suggests they can tolerate infection and so could spread the pathogen to new areas. Conservationists are breeding threatened amphibians in captivity in the hope of eventually re-establishing them in the wild. But reintroductions will fail if there is a reservoir species nearby, Vredenburg warns. The solution may be to breed from frog populations already decimated by the chytrid fungus, says Matthew Fisher of Imperial College London. There is evidence that some frogs are evolving tolerance, and survivors from an affected population are more likely to have the vital genes. These frogs could be cross-bred with susceptible individuals, accelerating the spread of tolerance – although Fisher admits the approach will be expensive. Journal reference: PLoS One, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033567

<urn:uuid:2a0ce376-371d-4818-affa-a5af8f97b6ea>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21583-deadly-frog-disease-spreads-through-tolerant-species/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224655143.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20230608204017-20230608234017-00008.warc.gz

en

The coordination of life in multicellular organisms is precisely controlled by cells via various internal and external signals. Cells depend on different types of signals to regulate their growth, division, metabolism as well as death. Signals are growth factors or hormones produced and secreted by other cells. Some signals such as nutrients are in the form of molecules from the environment. Signaling molecules are sensed by direct binding to specific receptor molecules. Depending on the biochemical properties and ways of molecules changes, we can group various signaling events in defined pathways. Throughout specific signal transduction pathways, a signal can modulate cellular activities and gene expression, thereby leading to changes in cell growth, metabolism, differentiation, or many other cellular functions. When genetic mutations or biochemical changes occur in key proteins of certain cellular signaling pathways, cellular homeostasis can be disrupted, thus triggering tissue malfunctions, itiation or spread of cancer, or developmental anomalies. Dissecting biochemical principles of these cell signaling pathways is essential for us to better understand mechanisms of both normal cells and pathological conditions, therefore our knowledge on signal transduction will provide valuable information to develop effective therapeutic agents to fight against diseases.. This 6 week-course will give you a solid introduction to the basic fundamentals of cell signaling. I will first define the concept of cell signaling and introduces major types of cellular signaling events. Throughout 6 weeks, we will study biochemical basis of electrical signaling, chemical signaling as well as gap junction-mediated signaling pathways. We will also learn about key principles underlying signal transduction pathways by studying significance of protein-protein interactions and signaling second messengers. In the end of each week, dysregulated cell signaling in pathological conditions such as cancer and diabetes will be presented and discussed. Everyone knows that cell signaling is essential for sustaining life. How can you explain insulin actions in lowering glucose in biochemical details? What can be the fundamental mode of oxygen sensing in our body? Have you ever thought about ways of how we can specifically remove or kill certain types of rapidly-growing cancer cells? Cell signaling accompanies various biochemical strategies to sense and transmit signals inside our cells. Without fine control of those signaling processes, cells, tissues, and organisms cannot maintain life. What you will learn Module 1 : Introduction of Cell Signaling & Electrical Signaling Module 2: Receptor tyrosine kinase signaling Module 3: Receptor serine/threonine kinase signaling Module 4: G protein coupled receptor signaling

<urn:uuid:8844e021-0aae-457b-b96e-bb7454061a8a>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.coursya.com/product/basic-principles-of-cell-signaling/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648245.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20230602003804-20230602033804-00208.warc.gz

en

The Burren region is located along Ireland’s mid-western coast and stretches across roughly 560 km2 of north Clare and south Galway. It ranges in height from sea level to just over 300m and contains a wealth of natural heritage. The landscape of the Burren has been formed by millions of years of glacial, tectonic, solutional and, just as importantly, human processes. Formed some 340 million years ago at the bottom of a warm, shallow sea, the often visibly fossil-rich layers of limestone characterise the Burren. When it comes to ecological wealth and diversity, the Burren has few parallels elsewhere in Ireland. In terms of flora the Burren is especially rich containing many rare and sought after species. The fauna of the Burren is a frequently overlooked aspect of the area’s natural heritage but many different species can be found here, some rare and threatened. Little do many visitors realise it, but the fascinating cultural and natural heritage that attracts them to the Burren is essentially a legacy of this agricultural tradition. Furthermore, the future security of this wonderful legacy very much depends upon the continuation of these traditions.

<urn:uuid:4883ae37-93b8-4239-a0cd-f2f039e572c6>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://burrenbeo.com/the-burren/natural-heritage/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643585.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528051321-20230528081321-00209.warc.gz

en

See correct NECO Physics Questions and Answers 2021/2022 | Essay and Objective. Today’s NECO Physical Education OBJ Answers: (2021 Answers) NECO Physical Education Essay Answers 2021(Expo) This are sample questions and answers from the previous Physical Education NECO examination. The main answers for 2021 will be loaded in this page 2 hours to the exam time. Physical fitness is a state of health and well-being and, more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of sports, occupations and daily activities. -In tabular form- (i) It means that the activities which are performed within the walls or within the campus of an institutions are called (ii)These activities are organised only for the students of a school or an institution. (iii)No student of other school can participate in these activities. (iv)There is mass participation (i)It means that the activities which are performed outside the walls of an institution or school. (ii)It means that the activities which are organised by an institution/school and the students of two or more schools can participate in them. (iii)In extramural competition, the students of other schools can also participate in sports related activities. It is also called inter-school (iv)There is no mass participation (i)Warming up helps the body to deliver oxygen to the exercising muscle groups. (ii)Warming up increases body temperature, which reduces the chance for muscle and tendon injuries. (iii)It helps to increases blood flow to the exercising muscles. (iv)Warming up increases the suppleness of the muscle, thereby enhancing the mechanical efficiency and power of the exercising muscles. More Answers Loading. keep Reloading this page for more answers….. Reload More NECO Physical Education Answers Here…

<urn:uuid:1c945b79-ac34-4f65-a68b-01670ba7f3d3>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://studentmajor.com/neco-physical-education-answers/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646257.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20230531022541-20230531052541-00409.warc.gz

en

US Geological Survey Date of this Version Land Use Policy 29 (2012) 710– 723 Land use and land cover changes have complex linkages to climate variability and change, biophysical resources, and socioeconomic driving forces. To assess these land change dynamics and their causes in the Great Plains, we compare and contrast contemporary changes across 16 ecoregions using Landsat satellite data and statistical analysis. Large-area change analysis of agricultural regions is often hampered by change detection error and the tendency for land conversions to occur at the local-scale. To facilitate a regional-scale analysis, a statistical sampling design of randomly selected 10 km × 10 km blocks is used to efficiently identify the types and rates of land conversions for four time intervals between 1973 and 2000, stratified by relatively homogenous ecoregions. Nearly 8% of the overall Great Plains region underwent land-use and land-cover change during the study period, with a substantial amount of ecoregion variability that ranged from less than 2% to greater than 13%. Agricultural land cover declined by more than 2% overall, with variability contingent on the differential characteristics of regional human–environment systems. A large part of the Great Plains is in relatively stable land cover. However, other land systems with significant biophysical and climate limitations for agriculture have high rates of land change when pushed by economic, policy, technology, or climate forcing factors. The results indicate the regionally based potential for land cover to persist or fluctuate as land uses are adapted to spatially and temporally variable forcing factors. Geology Commons, Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Commons, Other Earth Sciences Commons, Other Environmental Sciences Commons US government work

<urn:uuid:dee16d42-bded-4323-87ef-64ca34daeb43>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsstaffpub/915/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653501.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607010703-20230607040703-00408.warc.gz

en

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (AAAS)—The ancestry of modern-day Japanese populations can be traced back to 3 ancient cultures, rather than 2, according to an analysis of 12 newly sequenced ancient Japanese genomes spanning 8,000 years and 5 previously published genomes. The findings* support that the early hunter-gatherer Jomon population were the archipelago’s sole inhabitants until about 3,000 years ago, when Yayoi migrants from mainland China and Korea moved to the south of Japan, bringing wet-rice agriculture. Later, Kofun migrants, which may have had predominately Han Chinese ancestry, arrived in Japan, marking a period of affinity with Korea and China demonstrated by imports including mirrors, coins, and raw materials for iron production. While previous ancient DNA research has suggested modern Japanese populations have dual Jomon and Yayoi origins, the demographic origins and impact of the archipelago’s agricultural transition have remained largely unknown. To investigate, Niall P. Cooke and colleagues sequenced 12 ancient Japanese genomes from both pre- and post-farming periods and analyzed 5 previously published prehistoric Japanese genomes, finding that all of the Jomon individuals belonged to mitochondrial haplogroups (a group of alleles inherited together from one parent) that are rare outside Japan today, while the Kofun individuals belonged to mitochondrial haplogroups common throughout present-day East Asia. While the spread of agriculture in other regions has often involved one population replacing another, Cooke et al. found genetic evidence of almost equal genetic contributions from indigenous Jomon individuals and new immigrants during the Yayoi period, suggesting Japan’s agricultural transition involved assimilation instead. Furthermore, the researchers found that Kofun period individuals and modern Japanese people are almost genetically indistinguishable, suggesting that the genetic makeup of Japanese populations has remained relatively stable over the past 1,400 years. Article Source: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (AAAS) news release. *Ancient genomics reveals tripartite origins of Japanese populations, Science Advances, 17-Sep-2021. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abh2419 Summary author: Shannon Kelleher

<urn:uuid:1e022dfe-9d87-4f6d-bf41-ea63440b7f32>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://popular-archaeology.com/article/modern-japanese-populations-descend-from-not-2-but-3-ancient-cultures-genomic-analysis-suggests/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649193.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603101032-20230603131032-00208.warc.gz

en

The original conceptualization of a stress response revolves around the concept of “fight or flight,” but work led by Shelley Taylor illuminated a unique response to danger called “tend and befriend.” Taylor’s theory posits that some people, especially women, exhibit behaviors related to the protection of offspring (“tending”) the seeking out of social support and affiliation for the purpose of mutual protection and comfort (“befriending”). While this theory has been applied primarily to life-threatening dangers, it can also be applied to sexual situations, including hook-ups, which have the potential to turn violent or forceful, triggering a stress response. Through this lens, differences in the nature of responses to stressful hook-up situations were analyzed to evaluate their relationship with the content of one’s worries related to hook-ups. A large sample of young adults completed a survey on hookup behavior that included questions about how worried they were during hookups and questions about the nature of stress responses. Results indicated that there is a range of responses that includes fight or flight responses, tend and befriend responses and freezing responses. Results are discussed in relation to Taylor’s theory and gender roles. Download Full Text (328 KB) Herkel, Abbegail; Riestra, Juan; Riestra, Diana; Noor, Anta; and Schildwater, Julia, "Be Still My Racing Heart: An Analysis of Worry Content and Stress Responses in Hookups" (2021). Research Days Posters 2021. 2.

<urn:uuid:18c0379f-eeee-401f-9a6e-8f5ee716a968>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2021/2/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646144.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530194919-20230530224919-00009.warc.gz

en

Social Security Disability benefits pay only to people who have a disability under the Social Security Administration’s definition. The SSA defines disability as something that prevents you from working and will last for at least a year. Under this definition, it may seem that alcoholism would qualify, but it is not that straightforward. The SSA will not give you benefits just because you have alcoholism. You must have some other type of disability first to qualify. Then, the SSA will assess your alcoholism as a contributing factor. A contributing factor is something that aggravates your disability or causing the disability to continue. However, the SSA will look into whether the main disability would still be present even if your alcoholism were not. If the disability is solely due to the alcoholism, then alcoholism is a contributing factor under the SSA definition. You can then get benefits even though your alcoholism is causing the disability or causing it to be worse. You must show medical evidence that you have alcoholism. You also must present medical evidence that your alcoholism contributes to your disability. In addition, you have to provide medical evidence about the foundation disability that qualifies you for benefits. Alcoholism with disability If you have alcoholism but no other disability, then you do not qualify for SSDI benefits. Alcoholism by itself is not a disability under the SSA definition. The requirement to have a qualifying disability is the backbone of these benefits, and since alcoholism alone is not a disability, you will need to prove another qualifying disability to secure benefits.

<urn:uuid:d04dc45b-a012-4c80-82c8-d7984cb689dd>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.kkllaw.com/blog/2020/12/is-alcoholism-a-disability/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644506.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528182446-20230528212446-00009.warc.gz

en

One of the debates in the HIV field is whether antibodies play in role in HIV transmission. Are antibody-neutralization resistant viruses more transmittable or are there other fitness characteristics that make a virus transmit and establish infection? To investigate this, scientists from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center studied mother-to child transmission. They found no correlation between maternal neutralization-resistant viruses and infant HIV acquisition risk. The role of neutralizing antibodies in protection against HIV is not fully understood. Studying mother-to-child transmission is a good setting to study if antibodies do play a role in transmission. Without effective medical care to HIV-infected mothers , approximately 30-45% of infants will become infected with the virus. This relatively low percentage suggests that there must be some protective immune component protecting most of these infants. The researchers, led by Julie Overbaugh, investigated whether mothers with antibody neutralization-resistant viruses transmit HIV to their infants easier than mothers with neutralization-sensitive HIV strains. The researchers recruited 10 transmitting and 10 nontransmitting mother-child pairs. The mothers all had high viral loads and therefore had greater chances of transmitting the virus to their infants. The transmitting and nontransmitting mothers had the same range of CD4 counts and duration of breastfeeding. The HIV-positive infants were HIV negative when they were born and their first HIV-positive tests were either at 6 or 14 weeks of age. The researchers sequenced through 5 viruses from the mothers in the cohort and made pseudoviruses. The pseudoviruses were made to test how well the maternal viruses were able to be neutralized by maternal autologous antibodies. There was no association between transmission risk and neutralization by autologous antibodies. Interestingly, the data showed that nontransmitting mothers had similar or more neutralization-resistant viruses (depending on the cutoff used) as compared to transmitting mothers. This is the largest study to look at autologous antibody responses to maternal HIV strains in mothers who either transmit or not. This study reveals that antibody neutralization resistance may not play a role in transmission. Other factors other than antibody escape mutants are playing a role in HIV transmission. Journal article: Milligan et al., 2016. Maternal Neutralization-Resistant Virus Variants Do Not Predict Infant HIV Infection Risk. mBio Article by Thandeka Moyo

<urn:uuid:edf4af89-2ab4-428f-b93e-0d3a3f2e81dd>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.immunopaedia.org.za/breaking-news/2017-articles/antibody-resistance-does-not-play-a-role-in-hiv-mother-to-child-transmission/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224655446.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609064417-20230609094417-00608.warc.gz

en

Quality of life can be improved through a strong economy that revitalizes communities, encourages business investment, and provides employment opportunities for a competitive workforce at all skill levels. North Dakota has been enjoying a robust economy, characterized by a flourishing energy development sector, in addition to strong agriculture, real estate, and government sectors. Communities rely on the strength of their economies to generate financial resources to provide employment at all skill levels and services for their residents. Maintaining a high-quality standard of living in all aspects of life – from housing, to health, to education – is influenced by a strong economy. Likewise, the vitality of our economy hinges on the continued success of all aspects of life as well. Investment in early childhood and later in education helps to ensure a skilled workforce enabling participation in our diverse economy. Providing access to high quality education will also expand economic opportunity for residents. Research suggests that individuals with higher levels of education are better able to compete for high quality jobs and more likely to obtain jobs with better working conditions, benefits, and opportunities for advancement. Education is an investment in the future of the state, because workers with higher incomes contribute more through taxes over the course of their lifetimes. Higher incomes are also associated with better educational outcomes for children, improved health outcomes for all residents, in addition to many other advantages. Educational attainment is also strongly related to U.S. unemployment rates. The more education a group has, the lower the unemployment rate. Those without a job, especially residents without assets or a second worker in the household, may experience hardships such as high debt, health consequences, hunger, foreclosure, and even homelessness. Multiple studies have shown that people living in poverty also tend to have more hardships, such as poorer health, dying younger, and poorer economic, social, and physical conditions. Furthermore, poverty is associated with an increased risk of homelessness, crime, and illiteracy. Poverty rates are associated with the general condition of the economy. As the economy grows, so do opportunities for employment and income growth.

<urn:uuid:0888100b-157d-495f-8fa6-3f98559769ed>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.ndcompass.org/economy/index.php

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643462.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528015553-20230528045553-00007.warc.gz

en

There are many kinds of collisions that can take place, but some of the most common are motorcycle crashes caused by drivers pulling into the motorcyclists’ paths. Unfortunately, left-hand turns are a common cause of motorcycle crashes as other vehicles pull out and block the road. Left turns are more dangerous than right-hand turns because drivers generally have to speed up, must move quickly across a larger area and require more physical and mental effort. Left-hand turns may also be problematic because of the vehicle’s A-pillar. The A-pillar, which is the beam that holds the roof and windshield in place, can obscure the driver’s vision, making a turn dangerous. Right-hand turns don’t usually have this same issue. Left-hand turns are dangerous for motorcyclists because of two main reasons. First, drivers could fail to see them. When the drivers go to make the turn, they cross into the motorcyclist’s path and cause a collision. Second, drivers may think motorcyclists are traveling more slowly than they are, leading them to pull out when there isn’t time to do so. Though drivers may need to yield to oncoming traffic when making left-handed turns, that doesn’t always happen. What should drivers do to minimize the risk of left-hand-turn-related collisions? To minimize the risk of a crash while making a left-handed turn, drivers need to: - Yield to the right of way of oncoming traffic - Wait until they have more than enough time to maneuver across traffic lanes - Wait to turn until there are no pedestrians, motorcyclists, bicyclists or other motorists in the path With simple preventative techniques, it’s possible to prevent a serious collision. If an accident does happen, however, it’s wise to find out more about your legal right to compensation for your losses.

<urn:uuid:f0230d5f-802a-4f77-9762-655b9a7f236a>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.sachsandhess.com/blog/2020/08/left-hand-turns-pose-real-hazards-to-motorcyclists/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644907.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20230529173312-20230529203312-00406.warc.gz

en

MONDAY, 7 JUNE 2010 With 2010 being the Year of Biodiversity, the question of how to measure the current state of biodiversity and monitor changes is particularly relevant. To understand how different sources contribute to our understanding of the range and occurrence of a species, a team of 18 researchers undertook a systematic review of the Galliformes, which includes turkeys, chickens, quails, partridges and pheasants. As a group, these birds have an unusually good historical record as they have been hunted for their meat and their feathers are decorative and have cultural importance. The sources of information on these birds include museums, the published literature, ringing (capture and release), ornithological atlases and trip reports on websites. While museums and literature provide the most detailed information of when and where a species has been recorded, they are not without bias. Both museum and literature data shows clustering in areas that have been studied more intensively and recent literature is biased towards reporting endangered species, which means that changes in the biodiveristy of other species may go unnoticed. Access to the biodiversity information is also an issue. This is where citizen science projects could come in useful. Initiatives such as the eBird project , allow users to report sightings of birds online making the data easily accessible. There are also attempts to highlight regions with few reports, to alleviate the geographical clustering problem and projects that record less 'charismatic' or popular organisms, such as freshwater sponges and lichens. In line with their recommendations, the authors have published their study in the open access journal PLoS Biology .It is hoped that with the participation of citizens over the world, we can build up a comprehensive picture of how biodiversity changes over time and act together to tackle and reverse the environmental issues that face humans and other organisms on Earth. Written by Wing Ying Chow

<urn:uuid:8c02efd8-65cc-48b2-878b-eb2e21c1287c>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://bluesci.soc.srcf.net/posts/call-for-citizen-scientists

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647459.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20230531214247-20230601004247-00608.warc.gz

en

1979 Yukon Nuggets The Dawson Flood of ‘79 In the spring of 1979, ice jams in the Yukon, Indian, and Klondike rivers caused the build-up of water to over-flow the make-shift sand-bag dykes on the riverfront in Dawson. Around midnight, in spite of efforts to shore up the dykes, the water poured over the banks, enveloping the town and causing extreme damage. In the morning, as people paddled around town in canoes and small boats, the real extent of damage became clear. Houses floated off their foundations. The water smelled of diesel and sewage. Parks Canada artifacts bobbed down the streets. Trailers were turned upside down by the silty, ice-choked waters. Propane tanks littered the streets. The waters subsided later in the day. A hole was cut in the dyke to let the waters return to the Yukon river. Then the cleanup began. Parks Canada had 20 properties in the flood plain. Some emerged intact while others floated off their foundations. Over $ 200,000 dollars in damage was recorded by Parks Canada alone. A dozen homes were written off. Some priceless artifacts from both public and private collections disappeared forever. The Yukon government created a disaster assistance program, flying in over 20,000 pounds of food and equipment the day after the flood. About 270 damage claims were filed, totalling over 2 million dollars. It took most of the summer to restore the town to some semblance of order. But for Parks Canada, restoration projects lasted for years. It wasn't the first flood in Dawson City's history. Since 1898, 22 floods were recorded, but the one in the spring of 1979 went down in history as one of the worst. A CKRW Yukon Nugget by Les McLaughlin.

<urn:uuid:dc6575ff-3c94-44db-a4a8-a5f7a678b994>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://yukonnuggets.com/stories/the-dawson-flood-of-79

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649348.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603233121-20230604023121-00009.warc.gz

en

Hindi Compulsory In The Eight Northeastern States: The Government of India provided that Hindi would be made compulsory up to Class 10 in the eight northeastern states. - Hindi is described as “the language of India”. - However, the move has been met with protests from various organisations in the Northeast. - Also, several south Indian states have criticised the central government decision. - Instead, these groups are supportive of three-language policy – English, Hindi and the local language. - The state is protected by the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution and the Centre would not be able to impose Hindi on the students. - Centre’s move will provide Hindi-speakers the economic, academic and administrative edge and let them control non-Hindi speaking regions of the country in the long run. - In India most of the states have been formed on linguistic basis. - Conflicts over identity, especially over languages tend to be escalated due to limited resources in India. - The status of language has been a critical issue that has caused division of states in the past. - Such states as Andhra Pradesh (1st state formed on linguistic basis), Punjab and Gujarat were created due to statehood demand on linguistic basis. - Three-Language Formula was first proposed by Kothari Commision 1968. Under this scheme: - First language: It will be the mother tongue or regional language. - Second language: In Hindi speaking states, it will be other modern Indian languages or English. In non-Hindi speaking states, it will be Hindi or English. - Third Language: In Hindi speaking states, it will be English or a modern Indian language. In the non-Hindi speaking state, it will be English or a modern Indian language.

<urn:uuid:55df2458-1966-4cbf-bed4-ddeccb7d4cd4>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://crackittoday.com/current-affairs/hindi-compulsory-in-the-eight-northeastern-states/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647895.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601143134-20230601173134-00609.warc.gz

en

Typically, wheat growers will keep back enough of their wheat seed to plant again, but also they may be looking to replace a variety in an effort to reduce seed-borne diseases and to improve genetics for various factors including but not limited to yield and disease prevention. Each year, many county agents put out wheat variety demonstration plots and conduct field days to view and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of varieties and wheat production issues. Most demonstration plots are also harvested. For further details of the cultural practices of the plot go to our web site at www.cottonwood.ksu.edu. This demonstration wheat plot should not be used solely for making your variety selection decisions, it is more for showing and talking about the varieties each year at the field day. Instead, I would highly encourage growers to make your variety selection decisions based on the K-State Agricultural Experiment Stations replicated wheat performance tests. They are randomized replicated trials, meaning each variety is randomly planted in 4 different spots in the field, all seed is either foundation or registered. Replicated field trials will account for or smooth out the variability within a field, and thus are more accurate. These results from the Agricultural Experiment Stations can also be found on our website. Yield should not be the only consideration in your selection, and multiple years of data should be considered. This plot was not harvested in 2019, therefore there is not a three-year average. Some other important considerations are stripe & leaf rust resistance, drought tolerance, winter hardiness, straw strength, shattering reputation, maturity and test weight. Each grower may differ some in what is most important to them and may add other considerations not mentioned. A good resource is “Wheat Variety Disease and Insect Ratings” publication that is updated yearly. It will be posted on our website as well, click onto Crops and Livestock, and look under Hot Topics. Many thanks to Great Bend Co-op, Ed Junior Farm and American Ag Credit; without their support we would not have had a plot this year. Stacy Campbell is an Agriculture and Natural Resources agent for Cottonwood Extension District. Email him at [email protected] call the Hays office, 785-628-9430.

<urn:uuid:20ddd703-5144-4ab3-99d6-28da7ab15e9e>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.gbtribune.com/news/business/barton-county-offers-wheat-variety-demonstration-plot/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647895.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601143134-20230601173134-00609.warc.gz

en

‘Offline’ Reading at home Reading can be a great escape from what is happening around you. It’s your chance to explore stories, poetry and different ways to graphically record details you need to remember. Parent tips for reading at home - Set aside some time - Find somewhere quiet without any distractions – turn off the TV/radio/computer. - Ask your child to choose a book - Sharing books they have chosen shows you care what they think and that their opinion matters. - Sit close together - Encourage your child to hold the book themselves and/or turn the pages. - Point to the pictures - If there are illustrations, relate them to something your child knows. Ask them to describe the characters or situation or what will happen next. - Encourage them to tell you the story by looking at the pictures. - Encourage your child to talk about the book - Talking about the characters and their dilemmas helps children understand relationships and is an excellent way for you to get to know each other or discuss difficult issues. Give your child plenty of time to respond. Ask them what will happen next, how a character might be feeling or how the book makes them feel. - And lastly, above all – make it fun It doesn’t matter how you read with a child, as long as you both enjoy the time together. Don’t be afraid to use funny voices – children love this! Links to support reading at home App – Years 0-4 Completely free app with educational videos and activities for kids aged 2 to 7. World Book Online Online – All levels. A fantastic library of ebooks available free until April 30th.

<urn:uuid:c1ba830f-2615-4455-94f5-f97c54ceae34>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://woodlandspark.school.nz/reading-at-home/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224656833.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609201549-20230609231549-00409.warc.gz

en

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is beating the drum again: We're consuming too much sodium and it's a reason we have such high rates of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Not me, you say? Well, chances are, yes, you. An analysis appearing in this week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report reveals that 89 percent of U.S. adults were consuming more than the recommended 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day in the years 2009-2012, according to National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data, or NHANES. On average, men between the ages of 19-51 consumed about 4,400 mg a day, while women were getting about 3,100 mg a day, according to the CDC report. The numbers were slightly lower for adults 51 and over. Some 90 percent of U.S. children of all ages also far exceeded the recommended daily amounts for their age groups. For example, boys and girls ages 9-13 consumed about 3,300 mg and 3,000 mg respectively, well above the 2,200 mg a day deemed healthful for them. Here's what makes this problem so stubborn: Most of this sodium isn't coming from the salt shaker, which is more or less easy to regulate on an individual basis. The vast majority of the sodium we consume comes from processed foods we buy and meals we eat in restaurants. We may not realize, or have any way to find out, how much is really in there.

<urn:uuid:e169c4d0-9d65-4025-9582-45fa591c8b40>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/105819/we-eat-too-much-sodium-because-companies-keep-dumping-it-in-our-food

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649348.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603233121-20230604023121-00009.warc.gz

en

What is: A mound on Pamunkey Neck, described as the gravesite of Powhatan. What was: Powhatan, was the leader of many Algonquian tribes and met on several occasions with Captain John Smith in 1607 in the earliest recorded meetings between a Native leader and the English. On one visit in 1609, the English forced Powhatan to bow so they could crown him as a ruler in Virginia. He died around 1618, and the ceremony for the “taking up” of his bones was a signal for the uprising that initiated the Second Anglo-Powhatan War in 1622. Colonists did not know the details of Powhatan’s death or burial, so the written records do not document the location of his grave. His bones may have been placed in a mat and kept in the Uttamusak temple complex, rather than interred in the ground. Whether or not Powhatan’s remains ended up on what is today the Pamunkey reservation, no one knows for sure. However, it highlights the association with the paramount chief and father of Pocahontas and gives the Pamunkey tribe special status today. The railroad tracks running across the Powhatan mound were first laid in 1855, across 22 acres of the Pamunkey reservation, without permission from the Pamunkey and with no compensation to the Pamunkey for this unsolicited and unwanted use of their land. In 1975 the Pamunkey began a suit against the Southern Railroad Company which in 1979 resulted in reparations of $100,000 being paid to the Pamunkey for the location of these tracks. The terms of their settlement also required that the railroad continue regular rent payments for use of that land in the future, and determined that if the railroad should at any point discontinue use of the tracks, the land will be returned to Pamunkey use. Leave a ReplyWant to join the discussion? Feel free to contribute!

<urn:uuid:0339d626-d497-4353-8057-658ac689b1e2>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://binhammerphotographs.com/2022/12/30/powhatan-mound-and-railroad-tracks/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653930.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607143116-20230607173116-00208.warc.gz

en

Sonification is the representation of any data or information through the sense of sound, as opposed to more conventional methods, such as plots, graphs, visual displays, etc. This particular project deals with the use of sound to represent medical imaging data, with a focus on supplementing existing diagnosis techniques for identifying Alzheimer’s disease. Medical imaging data is stored in a standardized format called DICOM. The datasets that are handled in this project are three-dimensional scans of human brains that have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, with varying levels of progression. These datasets are converted into easily readable (by humans and computers) text files utilizing MATLAB’s inbuilt functions to read DICOM files. The Sonification Tool The magic happens in the C++ tool that I developed named SoniScan++ (the MATLAB prototype was named SoniScan, and is shown below). Here the user is presented with the option to “sonify” a dataset in a number of ways. Some of the sonification techniques are voxel(volumetric pixel)-to-note mappings. Here, each datapoint, or voxel, is assigned a note to play on a pre-determined scale, and the various properties of the voxel, namely its position and value, are mapped to different parameters of the note to be played, such as which instrument should play the note, or how long and loud the note should play. The result is musical piece of sorts. Another sonification technique involves dividing the brain into its lobes, computing the average intensity of each region, and mapping that intensity to the frequency of a simple tone corresponding to that region. The result is a textural drone. The results of this technique seem to be quite promising for the improvement of consistency in diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. This research is funded by the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, NYU Langone Medical Center.

<urn:uuid:a80f61bb-2d02-4fc4-b977-4984aa902e2b>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://harimohanraj.com/audio/sonification.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646350.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610200654-20230610230654-00609.warc.gz

en

“I often wake up with a numb hand. I shake it, and the numbness goes away. Could this be a sign of something harmful?” It might be. Numbness and tingling in the fingertips and hand at night are classic symptoms of nerve compression, which can occur anywhere from the neck down through the arm to the wrist. Your sleep position could be putting pressure on your shoulder, arm or hand, which temporarily compresses nerves. But many conditions, such as carpal tunnel syndrome or bone spurs (bony growths on the edge of a bone) in the neck, arm or hand, can cause nerve compression and result in numbness, tingling and pain. Poor posture, repetitive hand movements such as typing, or an injury can also put pressure on nerves in the arm and/or hand. If your numbness hasn’t gone away in a few weeks or seems to be getting worse, you should see your doctor. He/she will perform a physical exam and may give you a nerve conduction test, which uses electrodes to measure nerve functioning. Depending on the cause, treatments include a splint to wear on your hand…physical therapy…medication to relieve pain and inflammation…and, in serious cases, surgery to relieve pressure on the affected nerve. In some cases, numbness and tingling in the hands can indicate a more serious condition, such as multiple sclerosis or diabetes. In these instances, however, you are likely to have other symptoms, such as numbness and tingling in the feet.

<urn:uuid:7152ac38-18bf-4636-8ab7-d89e8b7ef774>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.bottomlineinc.com/health/diseases-conditions/what-a-numb-hand-could-really-mean

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224656737.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609132648-20230609162648-00009.warc.gz

en

- The Importance of Project Initiation - The Purpose of the Project Charter - The Timing and Importance of the Project Manager Assignment - The Value of Project-Selection Methods - Using Expert Judgment for Project Initiation - Management by Objectives - The Relationship to Planning Activities - Project Selection Accounting Concepts - Exam Prep Questions - Need to Know More? The Relationship to Planning Activities Because many project managers have limited project initiation experience, and because many organizations have differing views on what project initiation entails, it is not always clear how project initiation relates to project planning. When you review the following list of common project management activities performed during the Initiating phase, you can understand why the line between these two major activities is not clear: Determining business need Collecting historical info Determining project objectives and goals Resolving conflicting high-level goals Developing product descriptions Determining process outputs Identifying performance criteria Determining resource requirements Producing formal documentation Finalizing and gaining approval of the project charter from stakeholders In fact, there is considerable overlap in the sets of project management activities. The main point to remember is that many of the initiation activities are further refined during project planning, especially estimating, defining assumptions, and determining deliverables. Generally, any planning activity performed during initiation is "high level" and on the order-of-magnitude scale. In other words, the estimates are often reflected on a power-of-10 scale (10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, and so on).

<urn:uuid:f8ee6a7d-53a3-4005-aa36-81f56a2c09bb>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=102300&seqNum=7

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224657735.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610164417-20230610194417-00606.warc.gz

en

Dogs, just like humans, need physical activity and mental stimulation in order to be healthy. Sometimes we forget that our dogs want to contribute and feel useful too. It may appear that they are completely content being the couch potato of the house, but that’s simply not the case. Dogs need to be active, and when they’re not, their health can suffer. Take a look at Obie, the obese dachshund, for an extreme example:[highlight align=”left, right, center” style=”default, different”]In this video, Obie weighs in at a whopping 77 lbs! That’s a lot of dachshund if you ask me. Know how he got there? Obviously overeating but also consistent inactivity. And while Obie still might be cute, obesity can have a number of long-term effects on your dog’s health including risk of diabetes, respiratory problems, and arthritis. Obesity isn’t the only problem an inactive dog can face though.[/highlight] Destructive Behavior[highlight align=”left, right, center” style=”default, different”]How many times have you come home only to find your trash all over the kitchen floor or a pair of your favorite shoes chewed up? This type of destructive behavior may be a sign that your dog is not getting enough exercise. Dogs are naturally investigative. When they don’t get regular opportunities to play and explore they may resort to things like chewing, digging, and scratching.[/highlight] Hyperactivity[highlight align=”left, right, center” style=”default, different”]Does it seem like your dog is most awake when you are trying to sleep? Dogs need appropriate opportunities to release some of their energy. An overly hyperactive dog may be one that is lacking proper physical activity and mental stimulation.[/highlight] Other Problems:[highlight align=”left, right, center” style=”default, different”]- Unruliness such as jumping or knocking things over – Rough play or biting – Excessive whining or barking[/highlight] Regular physical and mental activity is crucial to your dog’s overall health. Don’t let your dog become an Obie! Check out our guide for quick and easy activities to keep your dog happy and healthy.

<urn:uuid:0c3bdbdf-1d41-4199-8e4c-f8fa5ffbe265>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://pawderosaranch.com/how-obie-the-obese-dachshund-gained-so-much-weight/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646350.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610200654-20230610230654-00606.warc.gz

en

Accidents can happen anywhere. So the knowledge of first aid is necessary. There are two types of accidents, major and minor, and both can happen anywhere to anyone at any time. Accidents do not give prior notification or notice before occurring. One should be prepared to face accidents. One way to prepare oneself for accidents is by learning first aid. Many classes give first aid training, Fremantle to people of all age groups. Learning first aid becomes crucial when minor accidents happen in the workplace. At home, we have our first aid kits ready at all times, but it is difficult to handle the first aid kit in our workplace. So, people working in offices should have a working and correct knowledge of first aid. Many appliances and machines can harm the employees in the office, like a coffee machine. Even the simplest things like your chair or the staircase can harm you. For major injuries, the patient must rush to the hospital. But for minor injuries and bruises, a first aider can help the injured. However, the first aider must have the proper knowledge of the art of giving first aid, which can be learned through first aid training, Fremantle. A first aider has many duties which he/she has to carry out while giving first aid to the injured. Some of them are: First aid is important and a piece of crucial knowledge. First aid can increase the chances of the injured’s survival. However, administering the wrong first aid will harm the injured even more. To ensure that you get the proper first aid training in Perth, visit West Coast First Aid Training. They have years of experience teaching first aid and trained staff to teach you all the necessary and important points to keep in mind while administering first aid. Learn first aid and save a life.

<urn:uuid:54f64fc6-7e6b-48a3-b5f8-2ea35a975769>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://westcoastfirstaid.au/why-is-the-knowledge-of-first-aid-necessary-in-workplace/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224654012.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607175304-20230607205304-00408.warc.gz

en

- Are your classes full of children who are desperate to learn? - Are the children always well organised? - Can they all ignore distractions? - Do they all do their best to avoid distracting others? - Do they all display grit and a desire to learn – a mindset for successful learning? Succeed at Secondary was written by an experienced teacher to encourage parents to work on learning attitudes. You will do your best to improve learning attitudes and you may become frustrated if you fail to do so. Working closely with parents on learning attitudes will improve learning and make your life easier. The interaction between learning skills and learning attitudes is the key. Working with parents you can help to shape the ‘inner voice‘ of any child you teach. Influencing a child’s ‘inner voice’ is easier when you CONNECT. When parents and teachers work together, using the same language, children are more likely to listen. The I.C.E. Approach is not a quick fix. It takes a lot of time and effort to change attitudes. However, you will be surprised at how much difference you can make with a slight change in focus. When home and school are working together on ‘being organised’ ‘going out of your comfort zone’ ‘concentration’ etc., real progress will be made. Using Succeed at Secondary (book) and Succeed (workshops) 1. We can deliver the Succeed parent workshops in your school. 2. Alternatively you can simply request the FREE guidance material and deliver the workshops yourself. 3. Succeed at Secondary (book) is available to schools at a significant discount when 10+ are purchased. Training on using the Identify – Connect – Explore (I.C.E.) Approach in school is available. Tutors working with children aged 11-13 can really make an impact on learning attitudes and behaviour using our I.C.E. Approach. Secondary schools can use our approach to develop independent learning skills. Primary schools can build confidence and focus on learning attitudes before transition to secondary. All our training includes support on classroom management strategies. Please contact us to discuss your needs.

<urn:uuid:3385cb8e-8a6c-4f58-8e07-3d5ad48f550d>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://www.succeedatsecondary.com/teachers/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224645089.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530032334-20230530062334-00009.warc.gz

en

Reuse on water treatment plant outlet Dunetec offers units for treating secondary water from Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTP). Thanks to a suitable electro-oxidation process, the outlet water leaving the WWTP is completely neutralized (destruction of viruses, bacteria, spores) in order to be used for irrigation (according to the regulations in force). As an example, in the situation of a city of 1000 inhabitants producing 80 m 3 of wastewater per day, the electrolysis system requires only a small technical area of 4 m² of floor space and a consumption of approximately 2 kW. Eperimental multi-technological, connected and collaborative demonstration site placed in the territory of Saint-Jean-de-Cornies (Hérault, 34, south of France), the Rur’eaux project demonstrated the performance of electrolysis for wastewater. The site has been in operation since early 2019. Measurement campaigns were carried out in the WWTP using planted reeds filters (PRF) from Saint Jean de Cornies. The results show the total efficiency of the electro-oxidation technology: |NPP/0,1L en Log||Entrée STEP||Sortie FPR||Sortie electro oxydation| |Escherischia Coli||7.7||4.8||Non décelable| |Phages ARN-f||2.6||2.3||Non décelable| To get more information: You want to know more about the Rur’eaux comparative project: http://rureaux.fr/ You want to benefit from a Dunetec wastewater treatment plant water system, contact the design office at http://www.montpellier-engineering.com/fr/contact-fr/

<urn:uuid:31875b01-5466-4efc-beb2-a761af05d0f3>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.dunetec.com/reuse-on-water-treatment-plant-outlet/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652149.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605153700-20230605183700-00409.warc.gz

en

Starting in the 1950s, the poultry industry has bred broiler chickens to grow bigger and faster. This rapid growth comes with a cost; industrial chickens grow so fast that their bones, heart, and lungs often can’t keep up. Research from the RSPCA details that fast-growing birds are twice as likely to die due to ill health, four times more likely to suffer from sores to their legs from resting on the ground for too long due to inactivity, and 3.5 times more likely to suffer from moderate to severe lameness. The RSPCA concludes, “Slower growing birds are a better choice – better for the chicken and better for consumers.” A comprehensive, two-year study conducted by the University of Guelph in partnership with Global Animal Partnership (GAP) confirms the RSPCA’s conclusion on breed; this study details how the breed of chicken is the most critical component for animal welfare. "Our breed, the Pioneer, is selectively bred from heritage line chickens, growing slower than conventional birds, resulting in a robust chicken with better gut health,” states Matthew Wadiak, Cooks Venture CEO and founder. “This is the culmination of over 12 years of research with heritage lines, to breed a better chicken without the disorders associated with 90% of chicken in America while prioritizing health and flavor...”

<urn:uuid:ee65a16e-1a7a-44ec-9164-6913d2d00303>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://cooksventure.com/blogs/blog/why-chicken-breed-matters

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647639.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601074606-20230601104606-00209.warc.gz

en

does not shed With a young dog, you can work out the command “Voice!”. This skill is very useful when working out methods of security training (for example, when a stranger is detected in a room or shelter or as a warning signal). Practicing exercises produce as long as the dog will not give voice in a variety of situations. Representatives of more temperamental breeds who are accustomed to accompanying their actions with barking (for example, German, Scottish and Belgian shepherds, Dobermans, Airedale terriers, etc.), undoubtedly, are easier to train this team than “silent” (such as rottweilers and mastiffs). Continue reading Performing the “Stand!” Command is necessary when the dog participates in competitions and exhibitions, and also practices during grooming, putting on special “ammunition” and veterinary examination. The first way. Use two leashes, one of which is fastened to the jerk chain around the dog’s neck, and the other is belted by the dog’s “waist” in front of the hind limbs. Give the command “Near!” And walk along with the dog a few steps. Continue reading Educational games and initial defense course exercises If the puppy is contained in a large cage, often let him walk freely in the room. Remember that you can keep it locked up no more than 12 hours a day. Puppies need active movement and play. In the game version, the foundation of the relationship between the dog and the outside world is laid. The game is a way of learning life in the “pack-family.” Such socialization and the beginning of the acquisition of life experience are closely related to attachment. Continue reading

<urn:uuid:85c0b31f-0c11-4724-b5f1-f9406ea45885>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://bordeauxdoggenforum.com/list/does-not-shed

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224650264.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604193207-20230604223207-00207.warc.gz

en

If you can explain what a Rational Number is to your K6 Student, so they can fully understand what it is, you will be arming them with success in many different areas of elementary mathematics. Rational Number is the mathematical term for fractions. You have to make sure that your child is familiar with this term and that it is represented by the symbol Q. It doesn't seem so rational that these numbers, also know as fractions would be represented by Q - but it is! The Q stands for Quotients, which stems directly from ratios, which are another form of fraction representation. There is quite a lot of information your child is expected to know about fractions. This is why I put together an entire course for you to work through with your child. This course has everything you need starting with what exactly fractions are all the way to converting fractions to decimals. You will find all the material you need as a parent, including explanations, worked examples, manipulatives and the all important printable fraction worksheets for your child to get the practice in! Click to start on the Rational Number Course. Don't forget to explore all that Printable Math Worksheets has to offer. You can send me a quick message, subscribe to K6Math Fun & Update, or join my Facebook Page - K6Math. Choose all the options so you don't miss any of the new material added to this site.

<urn:uuid:d00bbe0e-3a3e-486b-968b-5ceb16c26ecf>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.printable-math-worksheets.com/rational-number.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224645417.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530063958-20230530093958-00208.warc.gz

en

A study commissioned by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) claims the BP Deepwater Horizon spill on April 20, 2010 caused $17.2 billion in damage to the Gulf Coast’s natural resources. The study’s results were published in Science Magazine on the seventh anniversary of the disaster. According to Kevin Boyle, one of the study’s authors, the group surveyed people in order to determine how much they would be willing to pay to prevent a future occurrence of an oil spill; this number would essentially assign a value to the Gulf Coast’s resources. The study interviewed a large random sample of American adults who were told about (i) the state of the Gulf before the 2010 accident; (ii) what caused the accident; (iii) injuries to Gulf natural resources due to the spill; (iv) a proposed program for preventing a similar accident in the future; and (v) how much their household would pay in extra taxes if the program were implemented. The average surveyed participant said they would be willing to pay $153 for a prevention program to keep a spill from happening again. The sum total would would equal $17.2 billion, the researchers concluded. The researchers explained their method was designed to address criticism of way damages are assessed after a disaster. Although market transactions for privately owned assets provide information about how valuable they are to the people involved, the public services of natural assets are not exchanged on markets; thus, efforts to learn about people’s values involve either untestable assumptions about how other things people do relate to these services or empirical estimates based on responses to stated-preference surveys. Valuation based on such surveys has been criticized because the respondents are not engaged in real transactions. The blowout and resulting explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and spilled approximately 4.9 million barrels (50,000-70,000 barrels per day) of oil into the Gulf Coast. The incident is the largest oil spill in US history. In July 2015, BP settled pollution claims with the federal government and the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and Florida. The company agreed to pay $18.7 billion in damages caused by the oil spill, the largest environmental penalty in US history. Transocean, the owner of the rig, paid $1.4 billion to the federal government in 2013 for violations of the Clean Water Act.

<urn:uuid:a53402ee-b0bb-4fc9-8771-68035a0d4041>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://grasswire.com/2017/04/21/noaa-study-says-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-caused-17-2-billion-damage-gulf-coast/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643784.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528114832-20230528144832-00608.warc.gz

en

Kahoot - Check students understanding and progress in lesson Link to site: https://getkahoot.com/ As a teacher we are always thinking about different ways to check that our students are understanding what is being covered in class. With more and more students now having there own smart phone with them, this opens up new opportunities for them to use be used in constructive way during the lesson. That is a where Kahoot comes in, it is similar to Quizizz and Quizalize in that learner can respond to multi-choice or single answer quiz questions via their smart phone, to join the quiz all student need to do is to enter a simple code. This site you can simply create, a quiz, a discussion and a survey of a Jumble.using a very easy interface, students can then respond via their tablet or mobile phone by simply entering the a code. Having logged in,click create a quiz, you will them be asked to enter a title, a description, a cover image, an intro video and credit any resources used. You can then start adding in your questions, add question text, set a time limit, an image or video related to the question and either a single answer or multi-choice answers. A summary of results can them be seen by the tutor. There are also lots of existing public quizzes on a range of subjects that you can search and use. Here is my video guide on how to use it.

<urn:uuid:ccdc0a19-cf19-4167-ad00-3d1f55868fa6>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.jameskieft.com/post/kahoot-check-students-understanding-and-progress-in-lesson

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224655244.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609000217-20230609030217-00207.warc.gz

en

Preparing Your Child For Professional Music Instruction Posted on: 10 August 2022 If your child has indicated they would like to learn how to play an instrument, and you do not have the knowledge to teach them the fundamentals of music instruction, you have likely thought about signing your offspring up for lessons with a professional. Here are some preparatory steps to take to ensure your child gets the most from the sessions ahead. Be Sure About The Instrument To Be Learned There are several instruments that provide hours of enjoyment musically. Before you sign up your child for lessons, be completely at peace with the instrument that has been selected to learn to play. Many instruments are similar when it comes to the fundamentals learned and the processes needed to make music. Starting with an easier instrument can pave the way toward learning a harder one down the line. For example, if your child wishes to learn to play a brass instrument, it may be better to learn on a trumpet rather than a trombone because of its bulkiness. Instead of opting to learn the organ which has several tiers of keyboards, have your child learn how to play the piano first. Be Prepared To Be Diligent About Practice Time When learning to play a new instrument, there is a need for constant practice if your child wishes to be successful with mastering their playtime. Set aside time each day where your child focuses on their instrument and practices the information presented to them at music lessons. If your child does not wish to spend their time with their instrument, they will not learn to play it as well as they could. The lessons provided to them during their classes would need to be reviewed several times rather than allowing your child to advance to the next level of instrumental play. Visit The Teacher Before Lessons Are To Begin To aid in having your child feel comfortable with playing an instrument in front of their instructor, it is important that they have a positive connection with this person. If your child has fear or anxiety about playing for a particular person because of their disposition, it will be difficult for them to advance properly. Set up a time to meet with the instructor before sessions begin. This provides your child with a chance to familiarize themselves with the way the instructor talks and helps to give them a sense of calmness about taking lessons from them in the future. To find out more, contact a company like Cary School of Music.Share

<urn:uuid:a4923991-bf4b-4ba1-98b4-1228151d6ece>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://heritagebaptistnyc.com/2022/08/10/preparing-your-child-for-professional-music-instruction/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649177.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603064842-20230603094842-00008.warc.gz

en

Today (May 5th) is Red Dress Day, a day honouring the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA (Two-spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex and Asexual) people. The REDress Project was created by Jaime Black, a multidisciplinary artist of mixed Anishinaabe and European descent. It is an art installation that draws attention to and creates space for dialogue around violence against Indigenous women and girls. The dresses act as spectral reminders of both their absence through acts of violence and also the powerful presence of Indigenous women and girls in shaping a way forward for future generations. The dresses call on the public to confront the dangerous reality faced by Indigenous women and girls across the globe and remind us of our collective responsibility to create safe, thriving communities. As Jamie Black explains, “Through the installation I hope to draw attention to the gendered and racialized nature of violent crimes against Indigenous women and to evoke a presence through the marking of absence.” Black’s art practice engages in themes of memory, identity, place and resistance and is grounded in an understanding of the body and the land as sources of historical and cultural knowledge. Learn more about Jaime Black’s REDress project on her website.

<urn:uuid:b85f4b4c-d7f6-4dc4-b1c7-fd3621781a5d>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://nac-cna.ca/en/stories/story/honouring-mmiwg2s-red-dress-day

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649518.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604061300-20230604091300-00407.warc.gz

en

Diesel from wasteflows and other alternatives to fossil fuels 1. Renewable diesel, made from biomasses and waste flows, produces up to 90% less greenhouse gas emissions than normal diesel. It is an excellent fuel, and can be used as is in diesel-powered vehicles. 2. Biogas is an alternative to natural gas, both in heat and electricity production and as a fuel for vehicles. Hydrogen, which can be produced from water using renewable energy, could potentially be added to biogas to further improve its properties. 3. Synthetic fuels, such as methanol, could be produced with renewable energy for wide use in maritime transport, renewable energy storage, and road transport. Synthetic fuels may be on the market within ten years. 4. A more environmentally friendly aviation fuel, biokerosene, is already being produced, though it’s more expensive than crude oil-based kerosene. Large-scale production of biokerosene requires more demand ― and consumers will need to get used to higher prices for air travel. 5. Maritime transport is a large source of greenhouse gas emissions. A bio-oil, produced from various raw materials and other materials such as forest industry by-products, is currently under development and, potentially, could be further refined to produce an economical fuel for maritime transport. Martti Larmi, Professor of Energy Technology From clean energy to personalized medicine – a book about the power of the university The Aalto Effect is a tribute to the ambitious and uncompromising work of dozens of researchers.

<urn:uuid:234b8033-404d-4b58-83c4-4c7b7f87f067>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.aalto.fi/en/news/diesel-from-wasteflows-and-other-alternatives-to-fossil-fuels

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649518.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604061300-20230604091300-00408.warc.gz

en

The harvesting energy with electrostrictive polymers has great potential for remote applications such as invivo sensors, embedded micro-electro- mechanical systems devices, and distributed network instruments. A majority of current research activities in this field refers to classical piezoelectric ceramics, but electrostrictive polymers offer promise of energy harvesting with few moving parts; power can be produced by simply stretching and contracting a relatively low-cost rubbery material. The use of such polymers for energy harvesting is a growing field, which has great potential from an energy density viewpoint. The output power is inversely proportional to the harvesters frequency bandwidth. Consequently, it is much harder to efficiently harvest power from low-frequency sources with a large frequency band response and with a very small system size than from a stabilized high-frequency vibration source. This paper presents a new structure that is able to predict mechanical frequency excitation in order to increase power-harvesting capabilities of electrostrictive polymers. An equivalent structure scheme has been developed by using current and electrical schemes models. With a transverse strain of 0.5% and a bias field of 10 V/μm, such a process rendered it possible to increase the converted power by 80% with a low-frequency mechanical excitation. This study contributes to provide a framework for developing an innovative energy-harvesting technology that collects vibrations from the environment and converts them into electricity to power a variety of sensors. |Journal||Journal of Applied Physics| |Publication status||Published - 2012 Sept 1| ASJC Scopus subject areas - Physics and Astronomy(all)

<urn:uuid:30ac7434-be14-475b-8055-e47e40d6dee9>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://tohoku.elsevierpure.com/en/publications/an-adaptive-prototype-design-to-maximize-power-harvesting-using-e

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224654606.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20230608071820-20230608101820-00209.warc.gz

en

Thankfully, many parents have gotten the message that fast food fare for kids is often unhealthy – providing far more calories, bad fat, and salt than kids should get, while skimping on the nutrients they need to grow strong, vibrant minds and bodies. But the kids’ meals at popular sit-down family restaurants are often even worse, according to a study by the Center for Science in the Public Interest published in the March 2004 issue of the Nutrition Action Healthletter. Senator Tom Harkin from Iowa introduced legislation on February 24, 2004 to require large restaurant chains to list nutrition info on the menu. This is important for children’s menus! The same item at different restaurants can have a very different impact. For instance, the CSPI study found that macaroni and cheese at Cracker Barrel has almost three times the bad fat of Chili’s macaroni and cheese – but Chili’s chicken fingers have three times the calories of Cracker Barrel’s chicken fingers. Parents deserve information like this to help their families make wise food choices. And kids deserve tasty, healthy options on their menus. And they deserve healthy side dishes (yogurt, fresh fruit, applesauce) instead of fries, fries, and more fries.

<urn:uuid:9cf17591-d6fb-4c38-8f86-0f4e4e4328a6>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.drgreene.com/sitdown-restaurant-kids-meals

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224655244.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609000217-20230609030217-00206.warc.gz

en

The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act expands on a 2010 law protecting animals subjected to “crush videos,” where small animals are seen crushed to death by faceless women in high heels. Animal rights activists criticized the 2010 law for failing to criminalize the acts of animal cruelty depicted in the videos, rather than just the videos themselves. The PACT Act passed Congress unanimously and President Trump signed it into law on Monday. It goes further than the 2010 law by directly banning animal cruelty, including crushing, drowning, suffocating, sexually exploiting, stabbing, or burning animals. Violators can be punished with fines, felony charges, and up to seven years in prison. Until now, the treatment of animals has largely been regulated at the state level. Previously, the Animal Welfare Act, passed in 1966, was the only federal law on the books regulating the treatment of animals and it only set a minimum standard. The PACT Act doesn’t apply to industries long targeted by animal rights activists, including meat production and scientific research. Still, activists have said the act is a victory for animal rights because it increases the likelihood that abuse would be punished by allowing federal law enforcement to get involved.

<urn:uuid:fe2fb634-931f-45b6-90ad-2500cdc96f9c>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://eacww.com/Animal-Cruelty-Is-Now-A-Federal-Crime-Vox-Nov~4957

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644855.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20230529105815-20230529135815-00008.warc.gz

en

Founded by the late Imam Khomeini, it is an event that symbolizes the undying spirit to eradicate injustice around the world. In August 1979, the year of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini declared: “I invite Muslims all over the globe to consecrate the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan as Al-Quds Day and to proclaim the international solidarity of Muslims in support of the legitimate rights of the Muslim people of Palestine. For many years, I have been notifying the Muslims of the danger posed by the usurper Israel which today has intensified its savage attacks against the Palestinian brothers and sisters, and which, in the south of Lebanon in particular, is continually bombing Palestinian homes in the hope of crushing the Palestinian struggle. I ask all the Muslims of the world and the Muslim governments to join together to sever the hand of this usurper and its supporters. I call on all the Muslims of the world to select as Al-Quds Day the last Friday in the holy month of Ramadan – which is itself a determining period and can also be the determiner of the Palestinian people’s fate – and through a ceremony demonstrating the solidarity of Muslims world-wide, announce their support for the legitimate rights of the Muslim people. I ask God Almighty for the victory of the Muslims over the infidels.” Following on from this tradition, and as with every year, this Ramadan thousands of people will be marching in London on Saturday 4th September 2010 from Marble Arch to the US Embassy in solidarity with the people of Palestine. For more information and details please visit Islamic Human Rights Comission website.

<urn:uuid:abcc3bb9-c56a-4024-81f7-90cec9dd862a>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.aimislam.com/major-london-event-al-quds-day-2010/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643784.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528114832-20230528144832-00609.warc.gz

en

The wolverine is a member of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes animals such as ermines, mink, ferrets, and marten. The wolverine resembles a small, squat, broad bear with a bushy tail. The mammal is noted for its strength, cunning, fearlessness, and voracity. Its scientific name is Gulo gulo. The wolverine lives in cold northern areas, especially in timbered places, around the world. Its head and body is generally 26–36 inches (65–90 centimeters) long, with a 5–10-inch (13–26-centimeter) tail. The animal weighs 20–66 pounds (9–30 kilograms). The wolverine has short, somewhat bowed, legs; long, sharp claws; and strong teeth. The fur is coarse, long, and blackish-brown, with a light brown stripe extending from each side of the neck along the body to the base of the tail. The animal has anal glands that secrete an unpleasant-smelling fluid. Wolverines are solitary night hunters, preying on all types of game and not hesitating to attack sheep, deer, or small bears. Wolverines are also skilled scavengers, and thus a large portion of their diet comes from scavenging the carcasses of elk, caribou, and other animals. Wolverines have no natural predators besides humans. People value the animal’s fur as trimming for parkas because frost and frozen breath can easily be brushed off the smooth hairs. The wolverine has a short courtship in February or March. A litter contains one to five young; the female’s gestation period is about nine months. Wolverines appear to be dependent on areas of deep snowpack. Scientists studying North American wolverines have observed significant population declines in regions experiencing sharp decreases in snowpack. It is thought that harsh winters with deep snow provide more opportunities for wolverines to obtain food. Carcasses of deer, elk, and other animals with hooves are more plentiful in such conditions. Likewise, rodents—a frequent prey of wolverines found tunneling underneath deep snow—are more abundant than in snow-free conditions.

<urn:uuid:1cdf4d96-98f8-4c03-886d-8367dcc76136>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/wolverine/599879

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224650201.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604161111-20230604191111-00009.warc.gz

en

Ethiopia is experiencing food insecurity and malnutrition, population pressure as well as effects of climate change. All these are indicators of need for new approaches such as production of nutrient rich root and tuber crops for instance potato and orange sweetpotato (OFSP) to avert over reliance on grains. This presentation reports International Potato Center (CIP) project aimed towards improving nutrition and food security among poor and vulnerable Ethiopians through consumption of micronutrient rich SP and potato. Some of the approaches adopted for promotion of OFSP include Institutional capacity building, demand creating, growing OFSP in school gardens for feeding and technology dissemination for products development including market support. Despite the success link to these approaches some constraints to OFSP are also listed such include long dry season, low access to good quality vines among others. Authors: Haile Tesfay, Haile Tesfay Contributors: Haile Tesfay, Haile Tesfay Subjects: dissemination, awareness creation Publisher: International Potato Center Publication Date: October 1, 2015 Keywords: Awareness creation, Diet diversifiication, OFSP dissemination, School feeding HOW TO CITE Kwikiriza, N., Jogo, W., Okello, J.J., Tesfay, H. and Asfaw, F. 2015. Scaling out sweetpotato and potato-led interventions to improve nutrition and food security in Tigray and SNNPR, Ethiopia. International Potato Center (CIP).

<urn:uuid:636bedd9-57ae-44c0-9213-dc35d778004d>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.sweetpotatoknowledge.org/files/scaling-out-sweetpotato-and-potato-led-interventions-to-improve-nutrition-and-food-security-in-tigray-and-snnpr-ethiopia/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224655446.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609064417-20230609094417-00608.warc.gz

en

…A key empirical question in the inequality debate is to what extent rich people derive their wealth from “rents”, which is windfall income they did not produce, as opposed to activities creating true economic benefit. Economists define “rent” as the difference between what people are paid and what they would have to be paid to do the work anyway. The classical example is the farmer who owns particularly fertile land. With the same effort, she can produce more than other farmers working on land of average productivity. The extra income she gets is a rent. Monopolists also get rent by overcharging customers as compared to what they could charge in competitive markets. … Data limitations do not allow us to compute rents anywhere close to accurately. But if I had to give a single number to settle the debate, it is this: when it comes to the very richest Americans (Forbes’ billionaires), 74% of their wealth is derived from rents. This finding has important moral, economic, and policy implications. To the extent that it is driven by rents as opposed to productive activities, the extreme concentration of wealth we observe is not fair according to a meritocratic conception of social justice. Moreover, because rents do not compensate productive activities, redistributing them through taxes or regulation does not harm the economy, and could even boost economic growth. As wealth inequality has become so extreme, even modest redistribution could have significant positive impact for the poor and the middle class. They Don’t Just Hide Their Money. Economist Says Most of Billionaire Wealth is Unearned. – Evonomics Inequality By Didier Jacobs The concentration of wealth from rent-seeking The 62 richest people in the world own as much wealth as half of humanity. Such extreme wealth conjures images of both fat cats and deserving entrepreneurs. So where did so much money come from?

<urn:uuid:5d019d58-43c5-4a5d-86d0-2863242c880e>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://rationallythinkingoutloud.com/dont-just-hide-money-economist-says-billionaire-wealth-unearned-evonomics-2/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649518.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604061300-20230604091300-00408.warc.gz

en

City of Washburn East Third Street Residential Historic District Now a Reality! The City of Washburn East Third Street Historic District is now in the National and State Register of Historic Places. The residential neighborhood includes 32 structures that encompass a variety of architectural styles. More importantly, the district captures the unique personality of Washburn. The concentration of single-family homes and duplexes have remained intact since many were built between 1915 through 1920 by the DuPont Corporation to house employees. Known locally as “DuPont Row,” the historic district becomes one of 84 nationally recognized districts in the State of Wisconsin. The mature neighborhood’s oldest architectural style is Queen Anne. But the mixture of styles, including American Carftsmen, Dutch Colonial Revival, American Foursquare, Bungalow, Prairie School and Colonial Revival, is what gives the new historic district its character. An impressive collection of Bungalow single-family houses and duplexes is the most dominant style of architecture within the district. The process began in August of 2008, when the City of Washburn’s Historic Preservation Commission undertook a survey of historically and architecturally significant resources. This initial study identified 147 different structures within the City that had potential historic importance. A second, more intensive survey was completed in July of 2009. In addition to creating a comprehensive database of information about Washburn’s historic resources, the survey identified specific buildings that were potentially eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in America. The East Third Street Historic District was one such location. A grant from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin funded the nomination of the district in October of 2012. According to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, historic districts bring economic value to a city. Historic districts typically have higher home values and promote a sense of community. They also can attract stable businesses, promote tourism, and bring more tax dollars into a community as well, allowing for greater public investment in infrastructure and services.

<urn:uuid:a08a36e0-ad0a-4f81-a1a1-f25d926ad706>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://www.washburnheritage.org/historic-washburn.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652161.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605185809-20230605215809-00609.warc.gz

en

Traditional baby monitors are divided into wireless baby monitors and direct-recording baby monitors according to their working principles and applications. Compared with network baby monitors, they are both in terms of working method, use distance and product structure. There are obvious differences. Wireless baby monitor (wireless baby monitor): usually composed of a control terminal with one or more monitoring terminals, the monitoring terminal sends the captured signal to the control terminal in the form of encrypted wireless electromagnetic waves, and is decrypted and restored by the control terminal. Image and sound. The wireless baby monitor is restricted by radio wave transmission attenuation and interference factors, so the theoretical use distance is about 100-250 meters. Direct recording baby monitor (recording baby monitor): There is only one host, and the user cannot see and hear the images and sounds captured by the baby monitor during work. The monitor must be connected to the computer and read and monitored by installing software The files recorded inside the device. The direct recording baby monitor is limited by the focal length of the camera, and the theoretical operating distance is 3-5 meters. IP baby monitor (IP baby monitor): There is only one host. When working, users can observe the images and sounds that are remotely shot and sent by the IP baby monitor through mobile phones or computers at any place that can access the Internet. The working transmission range of the network-type baby monitor is not restricted by distance, but the focal length of the camera must be considered to ensure that the captured images and sounds are clear.

<urn:uuid:41f1499f-8823-4484-bb05-9c0dddae8da3>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://www.cctv-camera-manufacturers.com/different-kinds-of-baby-monitor/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644574.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20230529010218-20230529040218-00407.warc.gz

en

Status and distribution Main range extends from southern Sweden, Denmark and Germany to the Black Sea and east to the Urals. Also breeds widely in Iberia, at scattered sites in western & southern France, Italy and Sicily, the southern Balkans, north Greece and Crete and in Turkey and the Caucasus. Breeding recently confirmed for the first time in Finland. Mediterranean and Caucasus populations mainly resident, more northerly birds are migratory. Winter range more extensive in southern Iberia and Greece, and also in the Near East. Has declined in some southern parts of range but appears to be expanding in the north. Vagrants recorded in Britain, Malta (increasingly recorded in winter), Cyprus (may have bred), Canary Is and Morocco. British records (c.150) are increasing since the first in the 1960s. Most often occurs in eastern and southern England in spring or frequently in autumn-winter, sometimes staying for long periods. Many records have involved two or three birds and it is likely that breeding will be attempted in Britain in the near future. Subspecies Nominate pendulinus occurs over most of European range replaced by caspius in the western Caspian region which has much more extensive chestnut on the head. Race menzbieri from Turkey and Transcaucasia resembles nominate but is generally paler and has reduced chestnut band on forehead. In the far east of the region in southern Kazakstan the race macronyx occurs with all black head and coronatus from Central Asia with whitish head has occurred as a vagrant in Austria. The races macronyx and coronatus belong to two different groups of subspecies which may overlap range of the pendulinus group without interbreeding. If so, the Penduline Tit should perhaps be split into 3 species. Habitat Reedbeds on fresh or brackish water, often with scrub and other plants intermixed. Also in trees, hedges and bushes close to or overhanging water. May be seen away from water on passage.

<urn:uuid:bd5d856d-80fa-4eba-864f-b1d90b9a988f>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://reinodelosmallos.com/ingles/asp/naturaleza_detalle.asp?cod=169

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224655143.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20230608204017-20230608234017-00008.warc.gz

en

National debt a new kind of slavery for poor nations On Saturday, finance ministers from the seven wealthiest countries, known as the G-7, will meet in London to consider 100 percent debt cancellation for about 40 of the world's poorest countries, the majority of which are in Africa. Your editorial on Jan. 23 "Hope for the world's poor" was right on target in describing the extreme poverty of so much of the world and suggesting that aid would yield benefits to both "poor and rich nations, because improved living conditions contribute to global stability." Sudden huge disasters, such as the recent tsunamis, trigger a massive outpouring of sympathy and aid, yet we pay little or no attention to the ongoing misery described by Nicholas Kristof in his op-ed piece on Jan. 9, in which he notes that every month, more people will die of malaria (165,000) and AIDS (240,000) than died in the tsunamis. Especially in Africa, the massive debt burden is the single biggest obstacle to development and the fight against HIV/AIDS. The All-African Conference of Churches has called this debt "a new form of slavery, as vicious as the slave trade." Most of these debts were contracted by undemocratic, oppressive governments, the funds often siphoned off by corruption, and the principle paid many times over. Now, after many years of pressure by organizations like Jubilee USA, 100 percent debt cancellation for some of these countries is on the agenda at the upcoming G-7 meeting. Hopefully, the U.S. negotiator, Treasury Secretary John Snow, will act for justice and ensure debt cancellation for 40 countries by the two largest creditors -- the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. As citizens, we can still urge our government to reach such an agreement among the G-7 nations; it is the moral and prudent thing to do.

<urn:uuid:90a965d0-ac41-4f02-a74a-153580e9ef84>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2005/01/30/national-debt-a-new-kind-of-slavery-for-poor-nations/28833150007/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224655247.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20230609032325-20230609062325-00408.warc.gz

en

AVI is a video file format developed by Microsoft. The Video for Windows package, within the framework of which the AVI format appeared, was developed by this company in November 1992. It was intended for the operating system Windows 3.1. Since then, for a quarter of a century, the AVI format has remained the main one for storing video files in all versions of Windows operating systems. The name of the format is an abbreviation of the full name Audio Video Interleave File. The format is used to store video data encrypted using a variety of codecs. AVI files, as a rule, use much less compression in comparison with similar formats. MPEG is a special standard for compressing audio files and video files into a different format, which is most convenient for downloading or forwarding, say, over a global network. The specified standard was developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group. It was created by the international organization ISO just in order to develop a standard for the compression and transmission of digital video and audio data. The official designation for this group is ISO / IEC JTC1 / SC29 WG11. The first time she met in Ottawa in May 1988. By 2005, up to 350 people became participants in the meetings. MPEG, that is, Moving Picture Experts Group, consists of 3 components: Audio, Video, System (combining and synchronizing the other two). There are different MPEG standards, which are also called phases: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-3, MPEG-4, MPEG-7. According to the MPEG-1 standard, for example, streams of video and audio data are sent at a speed of 150 kilobytes per second. The speed of a single-speed CD-ROM player is similar. Streams are managed by sampling key video frames and filling in areas that change between frames. This standard ensures the quality of the video image is significantly lower compared to the video that is transmitted on the television standard.

<urn:uuid:dfa96319-41c9-4472-9598-f5bf1a683302>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://inettools.net/convert/avi-to-mpeg

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649518.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604061300-20230604091300-00409.warc.gz

en

By: Don Drysdale A project that can trace its history to 18th century Spanish explorers and involved the use of drone technology is unfolding in the southeastern California desert. The Bureau of Land Management and California Department of Conservation’s Division of Mine Reclamation (DMR) are working to eliminate 65 hazardous legacy mine shafts and openings to ensure public safety while also preserving wildlife habitat. The remediation work includes backfilling shallow shafts and installing metal gates and coverings that allow bats to enter and exit mines while keeping people out. The project should be complete in early April. A drone was used to help document the mine features that needed to be addressed. The mines are in the Cargo Muchacho Mountains, about a 3-hour drive east of San Diego. Mining has occurred in the area since the Spanish prospected in the 1780s. Large scale mining began in the 1880s and has continued sporadically until recent times. Although the setting is a bit out of the way, it receives significant seasonal visitation from “snowbirds” (winter RV campers), hikers, recreational miners, and the like. The mines can represent a danger to the public; for example, in 2006 two men were injured when they drove their vehicle into a vertical mine shaft. DMR’s Abandoned Mine Lands Unit reminds all Californians to “stay out and stay alive!” One Comment Add yours

<urn:uuid:e7fbe7b5-9c50-4400-bec6-65bf24ea7cb2>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://calconservation.blog/2019/04/08/doc-seals-65-dangerous-mine-openings-in-cargo-muchacho-mountains/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647810.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601110845-20230601140845-00409.warc.gz

en

#2018 #Teacher #ScienceTeacher #iteachmiddle #edtech #blendedlearning #schoology #respectagreement The 2018 calendar year has begun and I will be seeing my rambunctious 7th graders again very soon! For the first day back, I decided to hold off on starting my lesson to have a ‘Welcome Back; Let’s review classroom procedures’ type of day. First, we will… My students and I will be creating a respect agreement by submitting words to a poll I set up with http://www.PollEverywhere.com. The poll asks students, “What is a word or short phrase that relates to or defines respect?’ The words are gathered and create a ‘Word Cloud’. My plan is to then use my Cricut to cut out words and put them on a white board for the students to sign (update coming eventually). The point is that, as a class, we are coming together and defining and agreeing on how we will treat each other in class, by showing respect. Login to Schoology and take a ‘personality quiz’ students answer questions to determine their personality ‘color’. Submit color through Schoology assessment. Knowing about a students personality can help me get to know them better and assist when assigning students to groups. Students will take a Back to Class Quiz on Schoology. The questions will include things like, When is the best time to use the restroom? A. Between classes B. In the middle of a lesson C. The first 10 or last 10 minutes of class (10/10 Rule) What is the best way to get Ms. Bedner’s attention? A. Saying ‘Ms. Bedner’ repeatedly B. By creeping up behind her when she’s talking to another student C. Raising your hand D. Asking when she’s in the middle of talking to the class Just a silly quiz to remind my students of my rules and procedures. Can be used to replace/ drop a daily grade. Random Thought of the Moment: Instead of turning in lesson plans, can my principal just read my blog?

<urn:uuid:bbd29dfb-869f-4a95-adc7-ba839ff13d7c>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://blairbedner.com/2018/01/08/happy-new-year-welcome-back/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224647409.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20230531182033-20230531212033-00408.warc.gz

en

If you travel often, you’ve most likely read about the increased risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) during air travel. Just what is DVT, and how can you prevent it? A DVT is clotting of the blood in a deep vein, most often in the calves. Sometimes these clots break free and lodge in the arteries of the lung, causing what is called a Pulmonary Embolism (PE). PE can be life threatening. You need to see a doctor if you develop signs of DVT. Possible signs of a DVT are pain, tenderness or swelling in the leg, skin warm to the touch and discoloration or visibly large veins. About 50 percent of people will only develop minimal signs of a DVT or show no signs at all. Signs of a PE include shortness of breath, dizziness or fainting, increased sweating or anxiety, sharp chest pain, rapid pulse and coughing up blood. Any of these signs are cause to seek immediate medical care. The correlation between air travel and DVT is due to immobility during the flight. Immobility is a risk factor of DVT, as well as injuries, inherited clotting disorders, infections and inflammatory diseases, oral contraceptives, pregnancy, cancer, smoking and obesity. Most persons who get a DVT are older than 60, but it can happen in young travelers, as well. Here are some tips to help prevent a DVT while traveling: Stay well hydrated, avoiding alcohol and drinking plenty of water. Elevate your feet as much as possible on the plane, and walk a bit before the flight, as well as during it. Wear non-restrictive clothing and perform seat exercises and stretches. For info on exact exercises, check out www.dvt.net.

<urn:uuid:fe1f7e0c-8e11-4261-9db4-88e9fa0aae09>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.goworldtravel.com/airline-travel-and-dvt/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648209.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20230601211701-20230602001701-00008.warc.gz

en

The research of entomologist, Dr. Doug Tallamy, and his team at the University of Delaware have identified 14% of native plants (the keystones) support 90% of butterfly and moth lepidoptera species. The research of horticulturist Jarrod Fowler has shown that 15% to 60% of North American native bee species are pollen specialists who only eat pollen from 40% of native plants. The above information is from The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) website. Read the entire article here. Kalamazoo is in the Eastern Temperate Forests EcoRegion. Here are the best of the Keystone plants for our region: - Trees: The White Oak and the Black Oak support 436 Caterpillar Species and is the most important host tree for our region. - Shrubs: The Northern highbrush Blueberry, Black highbrush blueberry and the Hillside blueberry support 217 caterpillar species and 14 Pollen Specialist Bee species. - Flowering Perennials: The Stiff leaf goldenrod and the Atlantic Goldenrod support 104 caterpillar species and 42 Pollen Specialist Bee species. While the woodland sunflower supports the most Pollen Specialist Bee species at 50. Click here for the NWF table showing the full list of Keystone Native Plants for our EcoRegion.

<urn:uuid:542c3851-d27d-4142-9a06-40ec1887a168>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://kalamazoogardencouncil.org/what-are-keystone-native-plants-and-why-are-they-so-important/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643663.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528083025-20230528113025-00409.warc.gz

en

|A safe design that facilitates “eyes on the street”| The level of neighborhood safety can positively or negatively impact the health and social well-being of our neighborhoods. Current research suggests: - An association between crime or the fear of crime and lower levels of physical activity especially among women, children and the elderly - A lack of neighborhood safety discourages adults and children from walking or biking to destinations, children from playing outdoors and from using parks and other recreational facilities and, therefore, can negatively impact the health of a community or neighborhood - Children living in unsafe neighborhoods or those characterized by poor housing had a 30-60% higher likelihood of being obese or overweight than those living in better conditions Aspects of the physical environment can encourage or discourage street crime. Physical features, layout, circulation patterns, the design of buildings and neighborhoods and amenities such as good lighting, trees, benches and other aesthetic qualities can impact crime prevention, neighborhood deterioration and residents’ fear of crime. Designing to facilitate “eyes on the street”, buildings that have windows, doors and porches overlooking streets, parks and community open spaces, make for safer neighborhoods. Also, access to effective protective and emergency services encourage more people to frequent an area and can foster a sense of community and neighborhood safety. In one study people who classified their neighborhood as “not at all safe” were three times more likely to be physically inactive during leisure time than those who considered their neighborhood to be “extremely safe”. The Winston-Salem Police Department Strategic Plan identifies among its priorities improving the quality of life and reducing conditions that foster crime and fear of crime. This includes a focus on parks, schools and other public areas. The Department is also working to improve community trust, interaction, involvement and accountability. The Center for Community Safety at Winston-Salem State University focuses on the utilization of research to enhance response to community safety issues. It partners with the Winston-Salem Police Department and community groups on a number of projects and initiatives aimed at making the community and its neighborhoods safer such as the Weed and Seed Initiative, Project Safe Neighborhoods and Smart Policing Initiatives. Post a Comment

<urn:uuid:234cd89a-0093-4a70-b561-68052b37467c>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://www.legacy2030.com/2011/05/safety-and-security.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653183.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606214755-20230607004755-00209.warc.gz

en

Lesson 15 Design Your Own Robot Let’s use perimeter and area to design robots. Warm-up What Do You Know About …? What do you know about area and perimeter? Activity 1 Create Your Own Robot Create your own robot with these specifications. Explain or show your work so it is clear your robot meets the required specifications. Each body part must be a rectangle. Head: perimeter of 36 units Neck: perimeter of 8 units Body: perimeter of 64 units Each arm: perimeter of 24 units Each leg: perimeter of 32 units Include one more rectangular feature of your choice on your robot. Find the area of each of your robot’s body parts. Find the total area of your robot. Gallery Walk: As you visit the robots with your partner, discuss the different areas that can be created with rectangles that have the same perimeter. The body of your robot has a perimeter of 64 units. What were some different lengths and widths you could choose that fit on the grid? The head has a perimeter of 36 units. What were some different lengths and widths you could choose for the head that fit on the grid?

<urn:uuid:771cdf08-966e-4d6c-9d23-cd4f6b30e0e1>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://access.openupresources.org/curricula/our-k5-math/en/grade-3/unit-7/section-d/lesson-15/student.html

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649518.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604061300-20230604091300-00409.warc.gz

en

The increased demand for transportation (by cars and rails), especially in urban areas, has significant implications in terms of increased vibration, causing: - structural damage to buildings and cultural heritage; - increased noises and relative lowering of the quality of life in the living environment. To address the problem, a group of researchers from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering who developed Phononic Vibes: a new technology able to limit the propagation of vibrations, both elastic and acoustic, generated by traffic, machinery and industrial plants. “The effectiveness of Phononic Vibes is obtained thanks to specific periodic structures capable of controlling the propagation of waves, guaranteeing a three-dimensional isolation“, says Luca D’Alessandro, one of the inventors of the two patents that protect the technology. The periodic structures are made of materials commonly used in civil and mechanical engineering fields, such as steel and concrete, and organized in modules that can be placed side by side to create insulating barriers. These structures find an effective application in civil and industrial contexts. Examples of application are the control of vibrations originating from urban and interurban rail traffic, industrial machinery and construction sites. Alternatively, the module device can be made of other materials (eg. plastic), and in different sizes, to be adapted also in other contexts. The advantage of Phononic Vibes is both from a technical and an economic point of view: the proposed solution allows a higher reduction of vibrations if compared with the technologies currently available on the market at a lower cost.

<urn:uuid:de1353d2-a983-4a6e-afbf-ccef64e46920>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.polilink.polimi.it/en/phononicvibes/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644855.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20230529105815-20230529135815-00009.warc.gz

en

Ordinary test equipment using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method takes at least a few hours to detect a specific DNA strain type. The highly-accurate test technique also requires bulky testing equipment because the test specimens repeatedly need to be heated to temperatures between 60 and 95 degrees Celsius (140 and 203 degrees Fahrenheit). Quick test kits that provide COVID-19 test results in 15 minutes were introduced to South Korea in 2020 when the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country but the test kits were only about 50 percent accurate when they were used by professional medical personnel, according to a medical survey of 5,792 COVID-19 patients, conducted by South Korea's Joongang University Medical School in 2022. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) said that its research team used a photothermal nanomaterial to reduce the time taken for a PCR test to five minutes. Because the newly-developed technique does not need large thermal plates for heating test samples, the testing device can be made into a portable size. Researchers plan to commercialize the device in 2023. According to KIST, the photothermal nanomaterial used in the new PCR test device creates heat when shone with light. The researchers used a high-polymer composite to physically hold the nanomaterial together. The technique is capable of detecting multiple microparticles through a single test, meaning that different variants of COVID-19 viruses can be screened. "Through additional research, we plan to miniaturize the PCR technique and develop devices that can be used anywhere," KIST researcher Kim Sang-kyung said in a statement on January 5. Kim added that the device will be commercialized to be used at small hospitals by general practitioners, pharmacies, and homes. © Aju Business Daily & www.ajunews.com Copyright: All materials on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the authorization from the Aju News Corporation.

<urn:uuid:4e3fcfe3-7d34-4313-a374-dd50f042f2ad>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://eng.ajunews.com/view/20230105153611221

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224645595.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530095645-20230530125645-00408.warc.gz

en

CBI has helped promote partnerships between housing agencies and school systems. Children from low-income families face many barriers to success in school, from limited early reading opportunities to unsafe neighborhoods to eviction. Nearly one million of these children live in publicly supported housing. Along with housing stability, public housing agencies can provide place-based services to students and their families. They can also work with school systems to improve attendance, learning, and graduation rates, and to co-locate housing and schools. Yet across the country, partnerships between housing agencies and school systems are rare. Systematic experiments in cross-system coordination are just beginning. To promote deeper understanding, and to catalyze the formation of more partnerships in large cities, the Council of Large Public Housing Agencies (CLPHA) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation convened a series of national summits on Housing and Education. CBI was enlisted to design and facilitate the summits. The summits were designed to maximize opportunities for participants from housing agencies and school districts to learn from existing partnerships; to understand key legal, programmatic, and partnership-building issues; and to lay the groundwork for building successful partnerships in their own cities. CBI’s approach to the two-day summits included: The summits have more than doubled the number of participating housing and education partners. They have also educated policymakers on supporting partnerships and have created ongoing communities of practice at the national and regional levels. Successful partners are now working with children and families to broaden and deepen their impact, and to share what they learn with others. Across the country, more families are benefiting from effective integration of housing and educational support.

<urn:uuid:6c68fcde-f9c9-41ae-afc4-3c502d03ff13>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.cbi.org/case/building-public-housing-and-education-partnerships-in-the-u-s/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653501.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607010703-20230607040703-00409.warc.gz

en

The Marvelous Mastiff A dog characterized by its oxymoronic combination of sheer mass and gentle demeanor, the Mastiff is often considered one of the oldest breeds in existence. Although modern Mastiffs often prove leisure-loving giants, the breed’s colorful past contains stories of valor, vengeance, and suspense. In this edition of The StickerTalk, we have mustered a handful of the highlights of the Mastiff’s vibrant history. An Ancient Warrior The molossus, a predecessor of the present-day Mastiff, was bred for the purposes of hunting and combat. The molossus and other mastiff ancestors hunted lions in ancient Babylon, fought wild animals in Roman arenas, and charged into battle alongside Carthaginian and Celtic soldiers. Famous Cousins Because the Mastiff stands head and shoulders above the majority of other breeds, it may be difficult to believe that other dogs share their lineage with the canine behemoth. Some of the Mastiff’s cousins include the Chow Chow and, surprisingly, the pug! Protector, Patron… Pilgrim? Although the evidence is not conclusive, many reports claim that a Mastiff accompanied the pilgrims aboard the Mayflower across the Atlantic and into the New World.

<urn:uuid:ce371f8b-518a-462f-b5c7-4fd0b1df8683>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.stickertalk.com/blog/the-marvelous-mastiff/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224654097.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20230608035801-20230608065801-00009.warc.gz

en

Buy from Amazon The elements of murder The poisonous nature of heavy metals such as mercury, arsenic and lead is well known. In this book John Emsley examines how such elements have affected us, looking at their occurence in the environment, the danger they pose in industry and their use as medicines (where they poison the organisms which attack us). As such it is very informative, looking at the history of the elements, the symptoms they produce and their toxicity in organic and inorganic forms. But most of all it is about the use of these elements by murderers. If you enjoy a good murder story then you should certainly try this book. I was surprised at how long it took to catch some of the murderers and I'm glad that modern procedures are much better at identifying these poisons. I found that this book takes a bit of getting into - its a long book, and murders which would merit a few pages elsewhere get a whole chapter here. However, once you accept this then you should find it an enjoyable read. There is also speculation on how some well know people may have been affected by these poisons. Newton probably suffered from mercury poisoning due his alchemical studies. The madness of King George could have been caused by lead in his wine, and the antimony in Mozart's medicines probably killed him.

<urn:uuid:5660d0f6-a246-4e87-99e7-d373525298ab>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

http://www.chronon.org/Science/The_elements_of_murder.php

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224648465.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20230602072202-20230602102202-00608.warc.gz

en

by Robert Hii for Huff Post Green It was disheartening to read the headlines from this news report that said Kansas City and elsewhere, zoos brace against the threat of species extinction. It’s as if the orangutans are doomed to an existence merely in zoos located thousands of miles from their natural habitats. We can’t let this happen. Their population levels have plummeted for sure in the past two decades as timber, palm oil and mining ripped apart their habitats in Malaysia and Indonesia where these animals are found. If the situation in both countries remained in “business-as-usual” mode where forests were removed with zero regard for what lived in them, then yes, the orangutans are doomed but these are different times and we have to take new approaches to ensure their survival outside of zoos… Of the three subspecies of orangutans on Borneo island the Pongo pygmaeus morio in Sabah state and Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii in Sarawak, Malaysia both survive in a relatively stable environment. The two thousand plus orangutans in Sarawak are reported to be in new safer environs. This is due mostly to the new Chief Minister of the state, Adenan Satem, who has stunned the public in wanting to protect the remaining natural environment in Sarawak. Declaring recently in London, England that the state has enough palm oil and timber plantations, his government played a key role in freezing three hundred and seventy bank accounts belonging to companies suspected as being involved in illegal logging in the state. All of this bodes well for orangutans in Sarawak and I hope the CM will heed the advice of conservation groups that have called for the protection of its remaining forests. This excerpt from a commentary piece appeared in and is courtesy of Huff Post Green and can be read in its entirety here.

<urn:uuid:4a53454f-fe2b-47c0-aea4-5a4dff59b631>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://orangutan.com/commentary-new-approaches-needed-to-save-orangutans-in-indonesia/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652161.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605185809-20230605215809-00605.warc.gz

en

Digital Technologies at Campbell Primary School Across Campbell Primary School ICT is embedded in many learning areas, where students are given opportunities to use ICT effectively to access, create and communicate information ideas, solve problems and work collaboratively. We recognise that in a digital age, students need to develop skills, attitudes and habits to handle the rapid pace and rate of change of ICT today. We recognise that having access to technology within the classroom allows students greater control over how, where and when they learn. We are a multi-platform school by having iPads, Mac books and PCs available to all students. In this digital age students need to be able to move seamlessly from one technological device to another. Including, being aware of differing operating systems available. Many of students are using all devices available. All classrooms have Smartboards that are used on a daily basis to engage and motivate learners. In 2017 we introduced a Bring your own device (BYOD) iPad initiative. Through this program we aim to: - Cultivate flexible, responsive learners - Enable authentic learning beyond the traditional school day - Foster responsible participants in a global community - Facilitate shared learning through on-line collaboration To learn more about the BYOD program at Campbell Primary School, please visit the BYOD Page here. Simple Tips to Managing your Child’s Sleep with Technology

<urn:uuid:0afa5c41-8aa1-49f5-8330-ff4ee18dd025>

CC-MAIN-2023-23

https://www.campbellprimaryschool.wa.edu.au/teaching-learning/learning-areas/technologies/

s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649302.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603165228-20230603195228-00608.warc.gz

en