Balloon actuators attached to the wearable move the person’s arm smoothly and naturally.
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have developed a soft wearable robotic device capable of significantly assisting upper arm and shoulder movement in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition that damages cells in the brain and spinal cord necessary for movement. According to Conor Walsh, senior author on Science Translational Medicine paper reporting the team’s work, “This study gives us hope that soft robotic wearable technology might help us develop new devices capable of restoring functional limb abilities in people with ALS and other diseases that rob patients of their mobility.” The soft, fabric-based prototype is powered cordlessly by a battery and consists of a shirt with inflatable, balloon-like actuators under the armpit. A pressurized balloon helps the wearer combat gravity to move their upper arm and shoulder.
The team developed a sensor system to detect residual movement of the arm and calibrate the appropriate pressurization of the balloon actuator to move the person’s arm smoothly and naturally. The researchers recruited ten people living with ALS to evaluate how well the device might extend or restore their movement and quality of life. After a 30-second calibration process to detect each wearer’s unique level of mobility and strength, the soft robotic wearable improved study participants’ range of motion, reduced muscle fatigue, and increased performance of tasks like holding or reaching for objects. It took participants less than 15 minutes to learn how to use the device.
The soft wearable is light on the body and feels like clothing to the wearer. The team sees wider applications of the technology including for those with spinal cord injuries or muscular dystrophy. However, the current prototype developed for ALS was only capable of functioning on study participants who still had some residual movements in their shoulder area. The team is exploring potential versions of assistive wearables whose movements could be controlled by signals in the brain. The researchers are still in the research phase, several years away from introducing a commercial product.
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The Reward of Virtue
Cardboard, paper, ink
Overall (Closed ): 13 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 1/4 in. (34.3 x 22.2 x 0.6 cm) Overall (Open): 13 1/2 x 17 5/8 x 1/8 in. (34.3 x 44
Rectangular, bi-fold game board; game printed on paper, hand-colored, and mounted on cardboard. Game track moves counter-clockwise around a track from space 1 in lower left corner to space 36.
The "Reward of Virtue," one of the earliest board games published in America, is closely based on the English game "Reward of Merit," invented by George Fox and published by John Harris and John Wallis in London in 1801. Both are moral games in which players race around a track with 36 or 37 squares of rewards and forfeits and aim to be the first to reach the "Reward of Virtue."
Transfered from N-YHS Library
Purchased from Libby, Boston, 1927; The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.


AECOM provided an array of environmental services for Sierra Pacific Power Company’s Falcon to Gonder 345 kV Transmission Line project in Nevada, including baseline field surveys; utility corridor siting; environmental impact statement / resource management plan amendments; construction, operation and maintenance planning; permitting assistance; and compliance monitoring.
In 1999, AECOM began by conducting baseline field surveys of wildlife, vegetation, and cultural resources along five potential transmission line routes in northern Nevada. Field survey data were combined with information gathered from agency resource materials to create a tailored GIS database. This database provided the key tool in conducting a utility corridor siting study to determine the environmentally preferred route and produce the EIS. The EIS was required as portions of the transmission line cross public lands managed by the BLM. Amendments to BLM Resource Management Plans were also required to designate a new utility corridor along the Falcon to Gonder route.
A total of 19 resource topics are analyzed in the EIS. Priority issues include sage grouse, ferruginous hawks, noxious weeds, cultural resources, and visual resources. The document also featured computer-generated visual simulations of the future transmission line in various landscapes. In addition to the EIS, AECOM produced a project website, coordinated public meetings, and publicized the project to obtain input from community members and agencies.
Coordination and outreach to Native American Tribes, Nevada Division of Wildlife, State Historic Preservation Office, and USFWS also were provided by the AECOM team. AECOM also produced the Construction, Operation and Maintenance Plan (COM Plan) for the Falcon to Gonder project. The COM Plan served as a guide for the construction contractors, as well as for BLM field monitors, to properly implement the EIS environmental mitigation measures and permit requirements. The project has been constructed and is fully operational.


Did you know herbs can pack in just as much nutrition as vegetables? Just like green leafy vegetables, fresh herbs are a good source of vitamins A, C and K and contain polyphenols – powerful plant compounds that have both antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Herbs are also alkalising and help support the bodies natural detoxification processes.
Growing herbs is a great way to help kids understand where their food comes from and research shows that children who are involved in the preparation of their food – especially vegetables – develop a more positive attitude towards, and preferences for, those foods. You don’t need a big garden to grow them in either, just a few pots on the window sill will do.
Some of my favourite herbs for kids to grow include: mint, basil, dill, chives and parsley. Their fragrance and mild versatile flavours mean kids can happily pick, smell and eat the leaves raw or sprinkle them over some of their favourite dishes – even just a small amount goes a long way to giving them a nutritional boost.
These little Herb & Feta Quinoa Patties are full of freshness and make a great lunchbox addition or vegetarian burger option. Quinoa is high in protein and fibre, two important nutrients that work to keep kids tummies feeling fuller for longer and their energy levels stable.
Find the recipe in the Autumn edition of my Sunshine Coast Kids Today ‘Kids in the Kitchen’ column, here.


The Vietnam War, which lasted from 1955 to 1975, was fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was supported by the USSR, China and North Korea, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States with its allies, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines. To honor the veterans who fought for our country and preserve the stories of American heroes, The News-Sentinel gathered stories, photos, maps and more to remember the 40th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon and end of U.S. involvement.
- 40 years after Vietnam War, north-south wounds fester
- US and Vietnam, 40 years after Saigon's fall, by the numbers
- 'Saigon has fallen' - a reporter's view of Vietnam War's end
- Golf course debate reflects Vietnam army's capitalist streak
- US vets come to Vietnam to confront past, and find a home
- Vietnam and the US test their hard-won friendship
Vietnam veterans share their stories
Forty years ago today, the Fall of Saigon signaled the end of the Vietnam War. Just two years before, the last American combat soldiers had left South Vietnam.
PTSD and Vietnam
For the 2.7 million Americans that fought in the Vietnam War, the painful memories of war still linger 40 years later.
From the archives: Vietnam Memorial keeps memories alive
It is a sunny, cloudless Monday at Veterans National Memorial Shrine on O'Day Road.
News-Sentinel multimedia reporter Jaclyn Goldsborough gets insight from a pair of war veterans, Willis "Bill" Colburn and Roy Buskirk, who talk about their wartime experiences and the struggles that followed.
A collection of powerful images from the Vietnam War
Learn more about the Vietnam War
List of local and area soldiers who died in the Vietnam War
Timeline of important events in the war


A hammer mill is a stone crusher in the fourth stage of crushing, which is used to crush fine grains.
The hammer mill of the roll machine is a mill with durable efficiency and the ability to grind (crushing) most fine grains. Hammer mills operate on the basis that most materials are crushed or ground by impact with hammers. The material enters the hammer mill from above (feeding) and pours into the mill tank. These materials come into contact with a series of rotating and hard hammers. These materials are ground as a result of frequent contact with these hammers, the wall of the grinding tank and the contact of the grains with each other. The materials remain in the grinding tank until they pass through the mesh that covers the lower (end) part of the grinding tank.
The hammer mill is one of the family of mills, it is used only for soft materials and by that the raw materials are soft by nature, they turn into powder. The mechanism of this type of mills is made by the rotating axis on which the hammers are installed, and all the output parts are placed under the mill. A mesh net is made, which remains inside the mill until the input material is reduced to a size smaller than the output mesh springs. Usually, the number of hammers can be 20 or more, which are placed on the axis of four rows. These types of hammers are made of hard alloys.


Depression affects a large portion of people, so much so that many of us have experienced it or know someone who has. Depression is the largest segment of the mentally and physically disabled population and affects 1 in 20 people worldwide. Suffering from depression can present a major challenge in an individual’s day to day life. The science of mental health is ever expanding and there is promising new research that suggests how CBD could potentially help.
Depression is a complicated illness and research suggests it is caused by different imbalances of the brain’s natural chemical responses. A large array of chemicals, such as Serotonin and Dopamine, can cause mood fluctuations if not balanced correctly. Since the imbalances don’t always match from person to person, therapies and their effectiveness can vary.
Research suggests that Cannabidiol (CBD) may potentially have an antidepressant like effect. A recent study examined mice that had been bred with a rodent version of depression. When the researchers added CBD along with an SSRI antidepressant (such as Fluoxetine) they found the symptoms of depression to be less severe, allowing better performance than the antidepressant alone. Another study revealed that CBD has an extremely rapid antidepressant effect, acting almost immediately upon administration. The study showed that CBD enhanced the levels of serotonin and glutamate in short time, allowing for a change in mood almost instantly.
Taking CBD may potentially help the body to balance the endocannabinoid system and there are a host of products that may be helpful. Always consult with your Doctor when considering using any supplements.
Although depression is prevalent in the world today, the potential for treatment is ever expanding. As research into the potential benefits of CBD broadens, the connection to depression may potentially become more clear, hopefully leading to an improved life for millions of individuals. You can keep up to date on the latest CBD news at the DiscoverCBD website.


Important benefits of healthy living in youth
Getting youth involved in healthy living programming is critical to their development.
Healthy living is an essential component to living and breathing. Making good decisions on what you eat, drink, how often you exercise and whether you wear your seatbelt when you drive ultimately affects your healthy living bubble. Are you being conscience of the decisions you are making, and what impact does it have on your health?
Healthy living is a very broad category, and there are a ton of things that fall under it. It is important that youth understand what healthy living is all about so that they get into a habit of making sound decisions when it comes to choices surrounding healthy living.
Michigan State University Extension’s Healthy Youth programs are a way to get the word out to youth, adults and volunteers. The work that is being done to educate youth on the importance of healthy eating, being physically active and getting proper rest is growing around the state.
The following are some health-related facts for adolescences aged 9-11 that go until age 14 or 15:
- They become increasingly responsible and develop decision-making skills.
- They increase positive feeling about their changing bodies.
- They become more independent.
- They begin to plan and think about the future.
- They increase positive feeling about who they are.
When you see these facts, getting youth involved in healthy living programming is very critical to their development. Youth will form lifelong opinions and habits at these ages. Encourage youth to get involved in healthy living programs wherever they are. If you need some help in planning or want to request programming for your county, contact me at 517-432-7618 or firstname.lastname@example.org.
MSU Extension supports healthy living programs that helps encourage youth to make healthy lifelong decisions that may affect their nutrition choices, fitness goals and overall well-being.


You love your morning cuppa, but did you know that your coffee can be way healthier than it currently is? By picking the right type, you can help the planet, as well as yourself.
- Trade your regular brand for shade-grown beans. That’s because coffee grown on full-sun plantations is sprayed with harmful pesticides such as Endosulfan, a chemical in the same family as DDT, which is banned in Europe and other countries, but still allowed in the US. Joe Vinson, PhD, professor in the department of chemistry at the University of Scranton, found that organic and shade-grown coffee has 15 percent more antioxidants than conventional coffee. Unlike organic coffee or Fair Trade Certified coffee, there is no official certification for shade-grown coffee. But the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center has developed a bird-friendly certification, which guarantees that coffee was grown under shade canopies that provide habitats for migratory songbirds.
- Using a French press to brew your coffee gives you better results and a deeper flavor. But more importantly, you skip the dioxins that paper filters are bleached with.
- You could also look out for coffee with 100 percent Rainforest Alliance certification. This implies that the beans are grown under protective rain forest canopies.
- If you prefer a latte over black coffee, opt for non-dairy milk like unsweetened vanilla almond milk or unsweetened soy milk. It contains way more calcium than regular milk, and fewer calories. Moreover, the traditional methods of obtaining dairy-based milk are associated with animal cruelty.
- Instead of using sugar, or artificial sweeteners, sweeten your coffee with a pinch of cinnamon powder. This wonder spice tastes wonderful, and naturally optimizes blood sugar levels.
Did You Know? Coffee Is Most Effective Between 9:30AM & 11:30AM
Did You Know? A Coffee Bean Takes 5 Years To Yield Consumable Fruit


Argentina’s three major oilseed crops—soybeans, peanuts, and sunflower seeds—have all experienced challenges in 2018 that have reduced their production outlooks. A new report published by the USDA indicates peanut production at 792,000 tons, the lowest in 10 years due to unstable weather conditions and disease issues. Sunflower seeds fared better than peanuts and soybeans, but ongoing challenges with managing downy mildew disease threaten next year’s crop, which is forecast to expand in acreage by 200,000 hectares in 2019.
Widespread drought is mainly to blame for the downturn in soybean and peanut production, which have fallen 37 and 40 percent, respectively, from initial production estimates. Argentina is the world’s third largest soybean producer behind the United States (US) and Brazil, and the largest exporter of soybean oil and meal. However, in 2018 Argentina is set to import 3.9 million tonnes of soybeans, mainly from the US and Paraguay. That’s its largest volume ever, intended to supplement crush levels and protein content. Farmers hope that new drought resistant soybeans introduced to Argentine agriculture may mitigate soil moisture concerns for future crops. Gro Intelligence subscribers can easily stay up-to-date on oilseed production and trade data by using our data and analytics.
The visualization on the left illustrates Argentina's oilseed crop production over time. The left axis charts peanut and sunflower seed production in tonnes and the right axis (in green) charts soybean production in tonnes. The visualization on the right highlights Argentina's soybean oil and cake and meal export volumes compared to the combined volumes of the United States and Brazil.


One in ThreeMarch 12, 2009
Native American and Alaska Native women face a 1 in 3 chance of being raped in their lifetime. The numbers are shocking. In our report, Maze of Injustice, Amnesty uncovered the staggering statistic that Native American and Alaska Native women are more than two and a half times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted than women in the USA in general. This has to change!
Non-Native men who rape Native American and Alaska Native women can often do so with impunity, because of a lack of tribal authority to prosecute non-Native people who commit crimes of sexual violence on tribal lands. Most perpetrators are never punished because of a complex maze of tribal, state and federal jurisdictions that is so confusing that officials are often not clear on who is responsible for responding.
Thankfully, the Senate is considering re-introducing the Tribal Law and Order Act, a bill that would help fix this broken system of justice.
In honor of International Women’s Day, which was this past Sunday, AIUSA is holding a call-in week for people to let their senators know that they want them to support initiatives that will help stop violence against women and to urge them to cosponsor the Tribal Law and Order Act after it has been re-introduced. Please try to call today (Thursday) or tomorrow (Friday), but if you can’t, then please call early next week.


Posing a question question to someone on the phone if they can hear you is right, but it is not close enough to what we actually want to say.
On many occasions we speak words that do not imply what we mean in essence, but what can we do at times? Nothing.
Communication is very essential in life.
Our interactions with others rely so much on it; our expressions are largely based on words, and we do not want to take any chances.
We want to be as clear as possible.
According to Wiktionary.org, the word “can” suggests “to know how to,” “to be able to,” or “to know.”
Let us pretend you were on the phone with someone and you asked, “Can you hear me?”
Now because you do not ask someone if they can hear, but if they have heard what you said, the word “can” in that question has instantly fouled things up.
If you ask someone who has some form of hearing disability, it is correct because the word “can” is connected with ability, therefore it will be correct.
However if the person in question has no hearing defect, it is incorrect.
The statement is not incorrect in and of itself, but the application is.
Instead, ask, “Did you hear what I said?, did you hear what I said?” Do you hear what I’m saying?
That is a good approach to inquire about the person’s receipt of what you have passed on.
It is a confirmative query aimed at the person’s update on getting what you have passed on rather than the person’s hearing capabilities.
“Do you hear me?” is a query to see if the individual has heard what you have said; “can you hear me?” is a query about the person’s hearing abilities.
Thank you very much.


How to Cut a Tube
Custom orders or production runs of clear plastic tubing can be cut to a specified length so that each piece is the same size. Special cutting equipment is employed during the actual manufacturing process; it is not a separate process. This cutting equipment helps to make very clean cuts for the ends of each clear plastic tube.
However, 4-foot tubing is stocked and sold so that each piece can be cut in various lengths. There are a number of ways to manually cut clear plastic tubing, and often a simple pair of scissors or a paper cutter is all that is required. When using a paper cutter, it is helpful to insert an item, such as a wooden dowel or plastic pipe, inside the tubing to hold the clear tube firmly. It is best when the item inserted fits snuggley inside the tube. This process works best when you only need to cut a small volume of tubes.
When the project is larger and many tubes need to be cut, an electric mitre saw or chop saw is useful. For the cleanest cut, it is best to use a masonary blade or plastic tubing blade on the saw.
How to Determine the Length of a Hang Tube
Hang tubes are manufactured in two steps. First the tube is extruded, then one end of the tube is pressed closed, creating a closed-ended tube. Based on this, would you consider the length of the tube as the usable inside space or the actual physical length of the entire piece? Of course, this is a critical consideration when placing an order. If you have any questions, we are always ready to provide answers to help you get the best fit for your project.


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Screech Beetle - Hygrobia hermanni
Family - Hygrobiidae
Also known as - Squeak Beetles
Screech beetles are group of six species of which only one, Hygrobia hermanni is resident in the UK and Europe, also in Asia and Australia. It is a distinctively marked aquatic beetle around 8v11mm (03–0.45in) long that is light brown in colour, with a darker brown oak leaf shaped marking to the wing cases (elytra), black banding on the head and pronotum, the antennae and legs are the same light brown as the elytra. The elytron and pronotum are finely dimpled giving an almost leathery took to the adult, the scutellum is very small. It is a common UK species that will be seen between March and October at the margins of stagnant or still water bodies where there is a layer of mud or silt at the bottom in which they live.
They get their common name from the grating noise they make when disturbed, by stridulating, moving an abdominal tergite over a rough file like surface on the underside of the elytra. Both adults, who are strong swimmers, and the larvae are predators specialising on various small Tubifex worm species. Eggs are laid in small rows on the surface of aquatic vegetation and develop into crustacean–like larvae that are entirely aquatic, breathing through gills and living among the bottom mud, silt and accumulated detritus. There are three larval stages that once adult overwinter buried in submerged soil.
The Screech Beetle is a UK Biodiversity Action Plan listed species.
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Concept map on Arab Sicily and Arab domination. Characteristics, chronology and history of the Arabs in Sicily
The Arab domination in Sicily has left numerous testimonies in the history of art – Source: Getty-Images
The Sicily , ruled by the Byzantines , was sacked by repeatedly Arabs between the seventh and eighth centuries. In 827 , the Arabs of the Alabite Muslim dynasty left for Sicily (download the Concept Map here ).
Conquered Mazara del Vallo and Marsala , Palermo was conquered rather easily in 831, the city chosen as the seat of the new capital of Muslim rule.
In 843 Messina fell into the hands of the Muslims and in 878 Syracuse. With the conquest of Rometta , in 965, the whole of Sicily was in the hands of the Muslims. The Muslim dynasties that took turns in the conquest and domination of Sicily were those of the Aglabites , the Fatimids , the Kalbites .
ARABS IN SICILY: INNOVATIONS
The Muslims greatly influenced the history of Sicily from an architectural and cultural point of view.
Remarkable were the improvements that the Arabs were able to bring also in the field of agriculture with the introduction of new cultures and irrigation techniques.
Cultivation is due to the Arabs:
- sugar cane,
- apricot tree,
- some artichoke,
- of a new type of wheat.
Sicily during the Muslim domination underwent a phase of intense urbanization.
In the cities lived Muslims, Jews, Christians . Those who did not intend to convert to Islam had to pay some sort of tax.
BYZANTINE AND NORMANIANS
The Byzantines tried to oppose the Muslim conquest of the island at various times, but the end of the Arab domination in Sicily was caused by the invasion of the Normans led by Roger I which took place during the 11th century .He conquered Palermo in 1072 and in 1091 he completed the conquest of the region by dropping the city of Noto in 1091.
Roger I was quite tolerant and used many Muslim officials to govern the island and at the same time maintained the structure of the pre-existing administrative order.


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Augusta refers us back to video # 157 when she introduces this series of videos where she’s examining writing and thinking skills by using the lives of two black men and their very popular autobiographical books.
She quickly reviews the two books and tells how, after reading James McBride’s combination biography and autobiography, The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother, she became interested in comparing the lives, from childhood on, of James McBride and Malcolm X.
Using The Autobiography of Malcom X as the reference for Malcolm X’s life, she found so many similarities that she thought the examination of the lives of the two men might make for excellent student lessons in reading comprehension and writing.
Next she shows a chart of a high school ELA standard for writing and thinking skills and explains that in a series of videos she will compare and review some of the autobiographical details of the two men and contrast their experiences related to Family and Childhood; Race and Culture; Self-Identity, and Personal Transformation.
In the first of the series, Video # 158, she starts with a focus on family and childhood and uses an excerpt from The Color of Water where McBride describes his step--father. In today’s video, #159, she uses an excerpt from The Autobiography of Malcolm X where he describes his father.
After reading that excerpt she had written on a chart, Augusta tells how the series will continue with lessons on comparing and contrasting the family and childhoods of the two men and then will continue and go on into the intersection of the other identified topics of race and culture; self-Identity; and personal transformation.
Attached is the excerpt from The Autobiography of Malcolm X that Augusta uses.
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Museum of North Idaho, 2014
During the Pacific Northwest’s mining boom in the second half of the nineteenth century, small communities to house and supply miners appeared throughout the West. And the need to move supplies into these areas lead to the arrival of steamboats on Lake Pend Oreille and the Clark Fork River.
Author Linda Hackbarth looks into the area around Lake Pend Oreille in the 1860s and the efforts of a steamboat company to capitalize on the potential for trade in the Northern Idaho territory.
Hackbarth, a former WSU assistant professor who is now a volunteer historian in her North Idaho community, documents the milestones of the Oregon & Montana Transportation Company’s Pend Oreille route, including the very beginning, when a need for these trails arose. She writes about the men who risked life and limb to plot the routes, and the demise of the supply trails when railroads obliterated any need for them.
Strategically-placed biographies familiarize the reader with the early miners and businessmen. Using letters and journals from the characters of Lake Pend Oreille, the author delivers first-hand details of life there in the mid to late 1800s.
Overall, Trail to Gold provides an in-depth exploration of an era that had left Hackbarth wanting answers. This record of her explorations proves to be an insightful and interesting read.


IN THE 1960s, Louise Morphis stored her money in a neighbor’s garage in the small town of Bynum, N.C. The rural Southern town’s white-run banks refused to serve the Black community, so the neighbor, vice principal of the local Black public school, housed a credit union in his garage through the 1990s.
“Some people go to the bank, some people have to go to the garage,” Morphis’ grandson, William J. “Bill” Bynum, told Sojourners. Those early memories of economic injustice stayed with Bynum, who was born in East Harlem and moved with his family when he was age 5 back to Bynum—“an old mill town actually named after my ancestors who had once worked there as slaves,” Bynum told the Delta Business Journal last fall.
In 1995, Bill Bynum helped found his own version of the “garage bank” his grandmother used. That seedling project, begun in the tithing room of a church in Jackson, Miss., became Hope Credit Union. Today, Hope has 23 branches and has generated more than $3.6 billion in financing in the Mississippi Delta region and across the Deep South.
Hope found its purpose in places where—as in Bynum’s hometown—entrenched generational poverty can be traced back to slavery. “If you look at a map of the country prior to the Civil War, and where slavery was concentrated, and a map today of where you have the worst job conditions, housing conditions, education outcomes, health outcomes, and where you have the fewest banks and the most payday lenders, they’re the same,” said Bynum, who serves as CEO of Hope Credit Union. “There’s a legacy of underinvestment and—no other way to describe it—institutional discrimination that limits opportunity.”


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The Assessor generally uses three approaches, Market Approach, Cost Approach, and Income Approach.
Market approach is to find properties that are comparable to yours which have sold recently. Local conditions peculiar to your property are taken into consideration. The assessor also uses sales ratio studies to determine the general level of assessment in a community, in order to adjust for local conditions.
Cost approach is an estimate of how many dollars at current labor and material prices it would take to replace your property with one similar to it. In the event improvement is not new appropriate amounts for depreciation and obsolescence would be deducted from replacement value. Value of the land then would be added to arrive at the total estimate of value.
Income approach is used if your property produces income such as an apartment or office building. In that case, your property could be valued according to its ability to produce income under prudent management; in other words, what another investor would give for a property in order to gain its income. The income approach is the most complex of the three approaches because of the research, information and analysis necessary for an accurate estimate of value. This method requires thorough knowledge of local and national financial conditions, as well as any developmental trends in the area of the subject property being appraised since errors or inaccurate information can seriously effect the final estimate of value.


Education in Bhutan
Bhutan spends around 7% of its GDP on education, but the quality of education, especially for girls, is not high. Several remote rural villages do not have access to roads, let alone electricity or telephones, and access to schools is very difficult.
For children in these settings the day starts before dawn, as they walk for nearly four hours to reach their schools. The daily eight-hour trek to and from school leaves these young students with little energy for school work and study. The problem is compounded for girls who have to help with household chores, and girls often do not complete school.
Cultural practices also stand in the way of education, with the culture dictating that children must look after their parents and grandparents. This often means that, even if the parents are supportive of the girl’s education, grandparents will stand in the way, demanding that she stay at home to look after them, especially if she is the only girl in the family.
- Pray for improved resources and access to school and education for children in Bhutan.
- Pray that families will realise the importance of education for girls and see how this can enhance and develop their culture, rather than opposing it.
- Pray that cycles of poverty and deprivation will be broken through increased education.
- Pray that as children learn to read, they will have access to and understanding in their hearts of the Word of God.
Source: the 10/40 Reporter, www.unicef.org
Pray that God will provide the resources and means for local schools, so young boys and girls will be benefitted, and cycles of poverty and deprivation will be broken (The Bible, Psalm 82:3).


As a result of our damp spring, this fungal disease has been appearing on our landscapes more frequently than normal this summer. Members of the red oak group, the ones with the sharp points on their leaves, are particularly susceptible. Less so are the white oaks, identifiable by their leaves with rounded lobes.
The only tree damage from this disease is to the leaves. Symptoms are yellow, blister-like, raised areas, 1/16 to ½ inch in diameter, scattered over the upper leaf surface, with corresponding grey depressions on the lower surface. They will turn from yellow to reddish brown with age. Several blister areas may merge and cause the entire leaf to curl.
The fungus reproduces from spores that lodge in and overwinter in the buds.
If the tree is in good health, little harm is done. No control is really needed. However, in a landscape situation where “near perfection” is the standard, a dormant application of a fungicide containing chlorothalonil just before new growth begins in the spring, can be helpful. One application should suffice. To be effective, fungicide must cover all the buds and twigs on the tree. Generally, this is a job for the tree professional.
Article written by Glenn Palmer, Extension Master Gardener Volunteer.


Interesting facts about using hand tools. Hand tool use usually requires harder physical work than power tools, but they offer a higher degree of skill and concentration in achieving accuracy. Hand tools will always be ensured a place in the workshop due to their compactness and relative economy. In many cases, they provide the quickest solution since they require little or no setup time. Some cabinet making still calls for many operations which machines cannot tackle. The other main advantage to using hand tools is the pure enjoyment derived from them. Hand tools operate in relative quiet, therefore not creating the noisy distractions that power tools can sometimes produce. Hand tools such as chisels and hand planes require sharpening occasionally, which is another skill that needs to be developed.
Hand tools have evolved over the past centuries, and today’s tools are vastly superior in both quality of metal, and manufacturing accuracy. The hand tools of yesteryear remain treasured items though, since there is almost always a story behind a particular tool. Here in my furniture studio I use hand tools as much as possible, due to the benefits of reduced dust and noise levels and the higher degree of fine craftsmanship possible. Most educational programs in woodworking begin by teaching the use and virtues of hand tools. This is done because hand tools are almost essential, and will be needed at some phase of a project. Projects can be built exclusively with hand tools or a combination of hand tools and machine tools.


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Predicting geographical ancestry and physical characteristics from a single DNA profile
There is extraordinary DNA analysis and research work being done by the experts at our Forensic & Analytical Science Service (FASS) in support of criminal investigations as well as missing persons and unidentified human remains cases.
Since March 2021, the FASS Forensic Biology/DNA team has been using Massively Parallel Sequencing (MPS) technology to predict biogeographical ancestry and a person’s physical appearance such as hair and eye colour from a DNA sample.
This information can help criminal investigations and support the work of the Coroner by helping to build a picture from unknown human remains or from the DNA found at a crime scene. The FASS DNA Research team are now undertaking testing to further enhance this analysis and add skin colour to the information provided.
Also, FASS has begun using MPS for what’s known as “whole mitochondrial genome sequencing.” This further enhances the mitochondrial DNA sequencing service that has been provided by FASS since 2015 and will be particularly useful for compromised or degraded samples from unknown human remains and missing persons cases.
It’s expected that in the future other traits such as age and height will be incorporated into the testing of DNA samples as well as what’s known as “molecular autopsy” which, among a number of applications, can help identify the cause of sudden cardiac death.


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The recent position paper from the Office of the Chief Scientist has called for a strategic approach to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in the national interest (Office of the Chief Scientist, 2013). To reverse the declining trends in STEM participation at all levels of education, the paper recommends students be guided in their study decisions by highlighting the need for an increasingly diverse and well qualified STEM workforce.
Much has been written about the importance of using STEM professionals as role models to steer school students towards STEM careers (e.g. NFER 2013, Ware & Stein 2013). There is also a focus on presenting career options to senior secondary school students to guide their tertiary study choices. However, the declining numbers of students studying sciences and mathematics as senior subjects means that there is already a lower pool of students to make the progression to tertiary studies in STEM areas.
The STEM Futures model has been developed by the Science and Engineering Faculty as part of the QUT Widening Participation program to build aspirations for tertiary STEM studies for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The program works in conjunction with science and mathematics departments in target high schools to showcase STEM-based careers to students in year 10.
By demystifying the tertiary study required for these professions through presentations by currently enrolled student ambassadors, the program endeavours to increase the number of students undertaking science and mathematics in senior school in preparation for their progression to university STEM studies. The premise of the program is based on a continuum of career decision making, particularly for those ‘first in family’ students, with the decision to undertake senior science and mathematics a requisite to successful transition to the tertiary studies associated with their desired STEM-based career.
Results to date have been very positive, with targeted schools reporting an increased interest and level of enrolment in senior sciences and mathematics subjects. This program also has broader application, with requests to host STEM Future events from schools outside the Widening Participation network.


By: Jeff Daniher
The level of reported cyberattacks continues to expand. What can you do to minimize your risk of being a victim? The joke about not having to outrun the bear, only having to outrun your partner, has significant similarities when it comes to computer security.
First, do not skimp on technology. Equipment running older operating systems are more vulnerable than those with newer more secure systems. The cost of technology continues to decline, so if your laptop or desktop is not running the most recent version of the software because your hardware can’t support the demands, it is time to get new hardware. Consider replacing any computers once they reach three to four years of age.
Second, passphrase not password. The longer the string of characters, the more secure. Hackers have lots of computing power and shorter passwords can be guessed by sheer brute force of trying combination after combination. Additional characters increase the time this takes exponentially. Consider 12 characters the minimum. 16 or 20 is better. Several words strung together with alphanumeric characters is best.
Third, do not reuse passwords. Every computer user has multiple passwords, if not hundreds of different ones. How to remember them? Use a password keeper that can generate random passphrases for you and remembers them for you. You will still have to remember the password for the password keeper, so make it a tough one!
Fourth, backups. Ransomware holds your computer hostage and if you want your pictures and recipes stored locally back, you will have to pay. If your data and digital valuables are available elsewhere, you have more options. Nobody wants to have to start fresh and format a computer due to hackers, but if your data is still secure, you are less vulnerable to this type of extortion.
Fifth, be safe. Updating your software automatically is like keeping your computer vaccinated. It won’t protect against everything, but it does reduce the risk from known exploits. Don’t click on links that are unfamiliar. If in doubt about the validity of an attachment, inquire before clicking. It is better to verify than to have to undo malicious software. Many of the newer operating systems ask if you want to install a program. Don’t automatically give permission if you don’t know why the program is trying to install something.
Take these five recommendations seriously and you will have a head start in avoiding the criminals in cyberspace.


Those at high risk could then take steps to minimise the danger such as lowering weight, blood pressure and cholesterol.
Researchers used machine learning to develop a test that can identify inflammation and scarring in the lining blood vessels that supply the heart – a key red flag for a heart attack.
They plan to introduce the technology to some health centres in the next 12 months and hope it will be routinely offered on the NHS in the next two years.
Professor Charalambos Antoniades, from the University of Oxford, said: “We genuinely believe this technology could be saving lives within the next year.
“By harnessing the power of AI, we’ve developed a fingerprint to find ‘bad’ characteristics around people’s arteries. This has huge potential to detect the early signs of disease and to be able to take all preventative steps before a heart attack strikes, ultimately saving lives.”
At the moment when someone goes to hospital with chest pain, they are typically given a coronary artery scan known as a CCTA.
If there is no significant narrowing of the artery people are sent home, yet some of them will still have a heart attack at some point in the future. Prof Antoniades wants his technology to be incorporated alongside CCTA scans. There are currently no methods used routinely by doctors that can spot all of the underlying red flags for a future heart attack.
Every five minutes, someone is admitted to a UK hospital due to a heart attack. Professor Metin Avkiran, associate medical director at the British Heart Foundation, said the new research was therefore a “significant advance”.
The foundation funded the research along with the National Institute for Health Research.
Prof Avkiran said: “Such AI-based technology to predict an impending heart attack with greater precision could represent a big step forward in personalised care for people with suspected coronary artery disease.
“This research is a powerful example of how innovative use of machine learning technology has the potential to revolutionise how we identify people at risk of a heart attack and prevent them from happening.”
The findings are being presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Paris and published in the European Heart Journal.
The researchers compared the CCTA scans of people who went on to have a heart attack or cardiovascular death within five years with those who did not to understand the changes in the blood vessels which indicate that someone is at higher risk of a heart attack.


The forms of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures were developed in the 1960s in the United States. The ADR is based on conciliation of the parties rather than judgement. This is possible through ensuring of broad participation of the parties in the dispute resolution. The ADR has as its objective the replacement of the adjudication process by forms of arbitration, contract, mediation and conciliation. The goal is to reach
a compromise. The basic division of the ADR is into the basic and the mixed (hybrid) forms. The basic ones include mediation, negotiations and arbitration. The hybrid forms include, for example, conciliation, fact finding, mini-trial. The ADR tools are successfully used for solving disputes in civil law, labour law, and administrative law and even in criminal cases. American agencies also apply ADR procedure called reg-neg to work out the content of legal regulations between officials and representatives of the parties concerned. ADR forms are also used in appeal proceedings. Despite unquestionable advantages of the ADR methods, there are critics who blame them for lowering the standard of the judiciary. There is no doubt that the application of ADR results in de-formalisation and simplification of the court proceedings and often in delegating the position of a negotiator or mediator to people without a legal background. However, this should not overshadow the greatest asset of the ADR, namely, the achievement of permanent agreements satisfactory for both parties.


Towards sustainable food systems in cities (FUSILLI)
The goal of the EU project FUSILLI is to develop and implement an integrated, systemic food policy in the urban, peri-urban and rural areas of 12 European cities. The focus is on the development of a Living Lab in each city, which act as open innovation ecosystems. Here, various measures will be implemented that include all stages of the food chain: from production and processing to distribution, logistics and consumption. Furthermore, food waste and the political level are addressed.
Through the so-called FUSILLI Knowledge Community, cities can identify best practices to implement innovative and personalised actions, putting citizens at the center of the process. FUSILLI addresses all key stakeholders, sectors and geographical levels.
As project partner, Steinbeis Europa Zentrum is responsible for the communication activities and the dissemination and exploitation of project results.
- Project name acronym: FUSILLI
- Funding Institution: European Commission
- Funding budget for all partners: 12,8 M EUR
- Participating countries: Denmark, Germany, Finland, Greece, Italy, Croation, Luxemburg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and Ukraine
- Project duration: 01/2021 – 12/2024


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Athanas djiboutensis Coutière, 1897
Athanas Djiboutensis Coutière, 1897a:234 [type locality: Djibouti].
Athanas sulcatipes Borradaile, 1898:1011, pl. 65: fig. 9 [type locality: Funafuti, Ellice Islands].
Athanas djiboutensis.—D.M. and A.H. Banner, 1973:306, fig. 3.—A.H. and D.M. Banner, 1983:77.
DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum variable in length; orbit with supracorneal, extracorneal, and infracorneal teeth, latter overreaching extracorneal teeth; major cheliped with chela subcylindrical, merus deeply excavate on flexor surface, minor cheliped of mature female with carpus shorter than palm; 2nd pereopod with 5 carpal articles; 3rd pereopod with dactyl simple, not biunguiculate, about as long as propodus; maximum carapace length to base of rostrum about 3 mm.
RANGE.—Red Sea, eastern and South Africa, Maldive and Laccadive islands, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Coral Sea coast of Australia, and eastward through the Pacific islands to the Marquesas and Society groups; under rocks at low tide and in dead coral. More than 30 specimens of A. djiboutensis were collected at the Visayan Islands, northern Negros, and one specimen at the Cuyo Islands in the northern Sulu Sea in 1978.
- bibliographic citation
- Chace, Fenner Albert, Jr. 1997. "The Caridean shrimps (Crustacea:Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907-1910, Part 7: Families Atyidae, Eugonatonotidae, Rhynchocinetidae, Bathypalaemonidae, Processidae, and Hippolytidae." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-106. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.381.1


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There are a growing number of tests available that can be performed early in pregnancy to give you more information about the chance for a chromosome disorder. A genetic counselor or your doctor can discuss these testing options with you to help you understand the similarities and differences between the testing options.
The first trimester screen (FTS) is a routine test that can screen for chromosome disorders, heart defects, and other rare genetic disorders. This test is performed around the 12th week of pregnancy. This test requires a sample of the mother’s blood, a sonogram of the fetus, and the mother’s age.
A new technique called cell-free fetal DNA (cfDNA) screening is able to use the small amount of placental DNA naturally present in the mother’s blood to screen for chromosome disorders.
Both the FTS and cfDNA screening are classified as a screening test, meaning that they only provide a risk factor and are not able to provide a definitive yes or no answer about chromosome disorders in the pregnancy.
While detection rates for chromosome disorders may be slightly higher with cfDNA screening, the first trimester screen can screen for heart defects, structural anomalies, or rare genetic disorders that would be missed by cfDNA screening. There are benefits and limitations for doing either one of these tests, making it crucial to understand the differences between these tests to choose which (if not both) is best for your pregnancy. A genetic counselor is a great resource to answer any of your questions and explain the similarities and differences between your screening test options.


What is Cloudy Cornea?
The cornea is the window ‘glass’ at the front of the eye ball and it is normally transparent allowing light to enter the eye. Cloudy cornea occurs if the cornea has lost this transparency from various eye diseases. Cloudy Cornea is also known as Corneal Dystrophy.
What are the common causes of cloudy cornea in children?
Congenital corneal structure abnormalities include:
- Congenital Hereditary Endothelial Dystrophy (CHED)
- Scleral cornea
- Peter’s anomaly
- Birth trauma
- Cornea infections (this is the most common cause of cloudy cornea in children)
- Advanced keratoconus
- Congenital glaucoma
What is the treatment for cloudy cornea in children?
The treatment of acloudy cornea is determined by the underlying cause. Various treatments can include treating the corneal infection (caused by viruses or bacteria) if present, to a corneal transplant for congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy or Peter’s anomaly. The child should follow the guidance of an ophthalmologist for accurate diagnosis and management of their condition.
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Recent studies have explored the unique protection that many children experience when infected with COVID-19. However, researchers from Yale University explained that some children have developed multi-system inflammatory response (MIS-C) nearly a month after being exposed to the virus.
“Why does this happen when there is no virus or antiviral response still present and in kids?” asked researcher Carrie Lucas. “And why is it only occurring in youth?”
In a recent study, the team learned that the differences in kids’ and adults’ immune systems could be responsible for these severe reactions.
Identifying immune system differences
The researchers analyzed blood samples from four different groups: children and adults unaffected by COVID-19, adults with severe cases of COVID-19, and children with MIS-C.
The blood tests showed significant immune differences between children diagnosed with MIS-C and the other groups involved in the study. While the body is designed to have certain immune responses that protect against infection, MIS-C was associated with higher levels of immune cells called alarmins; though they’re supposed to attack viruses like COVID-19, they can actually harm the body when there are too many of them.
When caught early, the researchers say MIS-C can be treated with medication and isn’t harmful long-term. However, if undetected, an infection can ultimately become life-threatening. In relation to COVID-19, experts have found that roughly 1 in 1,000 children who are diagnosed with the virus, whether a mild or asymptomatic case, have gotten MIS-C more than a month after the initial infection.
Though most kids only experience mild cases of COVID-19 because of the way their immune systems respond to the virus, the researchers explained that it could be this unique immune response that leads to MIS-C.
“Innate immunity may be more active in children who are infected with the virus,” said Lucas. “But on the flip side, in rare cases it may get too revved up and contribute to this inflammatory disease.”


Waste of resources
Critical, non-regenerative raw materials are wasted to push ever more short-lived electric and electrical equipment into the markets!
It is impossible to imagine our everyday life without electric and electrical equipment. But the raw materials for the equipment are finite and the demand is constantly increasing. Your smartphone contains up to 30 different metals. The required metals come from different parts of the world, mainly from developing or emerging countries such as South Africa, the Republic of Congo or China.
⇒ The construction and operation of mines often goes hand in hand with environmental damage: In order to reach the ore-bearing strata, forests often have to be cleared over large areas and earth and rock removed.
⇒ Also, precious metals can only be dissolved from the rock in part by the use of toxic chemicals such as mercury - there is a risk that the harmful substances could be released into the environment. (Source: Informationszentrum Mobilfunk)
⇒ In addition, there is often a exploitative practice in which the countries of origin and ordinary workers hardly benefit at all. Human rights and occupational safety are a distant dream in many mines.
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The demand for resources is continuously increasing and the deposits are finite.
The World Exhaustion Day of a given year is the day when human demand for natural resources exceeds the earth's capacity to reproduce those resources in that year.
1987 the day was on December 19.
2019 it was already July 29.
More information about World Exhaustion Day you can find here.
By repairing old equipment and recycling spare parts, we at R.U.S.Z. make a significant contribution to keeping valuable raw materials in the economic cycle and using them as sensibly as possible. This saves valuable raw materials and the environment!
Sepp Eisenriegler: "When you put an electrical appliance into operation for the first time, more than half of the damage has already been done: Over 50% of the environmental impact in the life of a washing machine is caused by its production and distribution."


This essay focuses on eras of policing. Explain in detail the three eras of policing. Further what role did the following play in law enforcement during the Colonial era;
Firstly, Explain in detail the three eras of policing.
Further, what role did the following play in law enforcement during the Colonial era;
Sheriffs, Constable, Watchmen, and Slave Patrols?
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Due to the development of industrial cities in the United States from the mid 1800’s till the 1920’s policing was establish in the United States.
This era of policing is refer to as the “Political Era of policing.
During this era, police represent the local politicians in the neighborhoods that they patrol.
There was no civil service system, so the police were hire, fire and manage at the discretion of the local politicians.
Politicians ran precincts as small departments.
This meant that the mission of the police was also the same mission of their local politicians.
During this era, the police in the United States had to keep the politicians
please which led the police to handle community crime problems that favor the local politicians.
Officers were select for their political service and the police officer owe his allegiance to the ward boss
and police captain who chose him.
New officers were sent on patrol with no training and few instructions beyond rulebook.
A police officer was consider a decent job but had extremely poor job security due to political turnover.


Common Hazel is found in meadows, along streams, paths and in woodlands. It is used to create hedges and for nuts production. Hazelnuts are eaten raw, toasted or cooked. They are used in pastry and for oil making. The nuts are food for the wildlife. The bark, fruit, leaves and seeds have nutritional, astringent properties. The wood is used in marquetry work and cabinet making. Dowsers look for water with Hazel rods.
Deciduous tree growing up to 4m with hairy and oval leaves. Small yellow and red flowers. The fruit is the hazelnut.
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STRATEGIES FOR VIRTUAL RESEARCH
Please find below some research advice to aid you with collecting and evaluating virtual research.
The Toronto Public Library has put together a list of strategies high school students can implement in order to be successful and practice online research skills. This resource provides students with tips on how to develop search terms, explore multiple types of resources, and how to evaluate sources.
Western University has developed a short video describing the importance of creating a strong research question to guide your research.
Brock University provides a guide for evaluating information sources. The guide includes strategies for understanding the purpose of the research and the intended audience as well as recognizing objectivity or bias when evaluating a resource.
Purdue Writing Lab, Purdue University has developed a practical tool to help users understand where to begin in their research journey, the types of sources to look for, and how to properly reference and cite resources to avoid plagiarism.
Literacy Ideas for Teachers and Students, has developed a list of effective online research strategies. This resource will help students to understand the use of search engines, how to ensure you are selecting credible sources, and planning strategies when working in groups or teams of people.
Edutopia has created a list of strategies to help middle and high school students recognize relevance, accuracy, bias, and reliability in the sources and content they are evaluating.
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Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation
The field of Nondestructive Testing (NDT) and Evaluation encompasses a family of scientific techniques and practices that reveal the internal and external characteristics of materials without impairing their future usefulness.
If you’re interested in using your hands as well as your mind in a dynamic and growing industry, this program may be for you — providing hands-on training for a well-paying career that helps make the world a safer place.
Why is NDT Important?
Whether you’re driving a car or boarding a plane, the strength or structural integrity of the parts holding everything together is imperative for the safety of all involved. In much the same way as a dentist checks your teeth for fractures using x-rays and other tests, NDT Technicians check parts and materials for defects to ensure that the parts are safe and structurally sound, without destroying them.
NDT Technicians inspect, test, and evaluate materials, components, or assemblies for flaws or differences in characteristics that may lead to failures. They play a critical role in ensuring our transportation, bridges, buildings, and infrastructure are sound and help to prevent accidents—potentially saving lives.
According to the National Science Foundation, NDT “plays a big role in keeping our world safe and is used to test many of the things that you come in contact with everyday. Nondestructive testing means parts and materials are tested or inspected without causing damage to them. NDT methods are used to make sure that important parts on airplanes, trains, and automobiles are free of defects that could lead to an accident. NDT is also used in many other industries to make sure that parts do not have defects that would lead to unhappy customers.”


Partly, sectoral thinking is going to hinder us to achieve and enjoy sustainable developmental goals. The only question left is, how sectors could be more intertwined and involved to the joined-up nature goals.
Why can’t We Enjoy the Best of Both Worlds?
Conventionally speaking, we typically see these sectors competing against each other with the thought that for one to advance, there has to be a compromise.
Meaning, environmental quality can’t be preserved without sacrificing community development and vice versa.
There’s been a skepticism from those within two communities regarding the approaches or intentions of others. Economists haven’t been entirely welcome in environmental issues and there’s mistrust with regards to concerns that are significant to many.
It’s how Things Go
Now, there are roughly 20 million small-scale miners and artisanal globally. Each are accountable for at least 1/10th of gold production worldwide. Aside from that, they’re doing significant damage to the environment and accounting for largest single usage of mercury that is drinking water supplies and poisoning land.
The activity is quite difficult to control since miners are dispersed widely and usually follow illegal operations in remote locations.
What is needed are business models to which environmental grants and development aid are used in initiating things. Then, they have to stand on their own to prove their worth.


Communication and Language
Communication and language skills are crucial for every child’s overall development
Speaking, listening and understanding are central to every aspect of our lives. From expressing our needs to learning how the world works, we depend on our ability to listen, communicate and make sense of our social and material environment. Please see the activities and websites below to support your child's development in these areas
Practical Communication and Language activities
Top Tips for reading at home:
- Read 10 minutes every night with your child.
- Discuss the illustrations. What do they think is going on? Why?
- Predict what may happen? What would be good/bad etc.
- Make up alternative endings.
- Discuss what your child’s likes/dislikes are about the text.
- What did we learn from the story? Was there a moral, did it give them any information? Was it factual or a fiction story?
- Can you change your voice for all the characters?
- Be guided by your child’s interests- Read your own stories as well as school books.
- Become an explorer- Read fact, fiction, rhymes, poems, picture books.
- Ask questions about the story.
- Discuss the sequence of events. Can you recall the events?
- Most important keep it short, enjoyable and fun.
Acting out Stories
After reading a story together, children enjoy re-enacting the story together. Place lots of emphasis on the verbs to encourage action. Stories about animals work well, as they involve children using their imagination to move in a particular way.
Children enjoy making up stories, as they engage in small-world and imaginary play scenarios. A child is invited to tell their story and an adult scribes. The adult repeats the child’s words precisely, writing the words down. We talk slowly through the story, working one sentence at a time. Once we have recorded the story, the children are invited to act it out.


Until then, I encourage you to get help from some of the country’s local experts. my colleagues Kasper Nørgaard at KU, Kim Daasbjerg at iNANO, aller Qijin Chi at DTU Chemistry, who himself works with different kinds of “bulk” or “powder” graphene. Back when I read books on basic meteorology, it was very simple: sea surface had to be above 27°C before “hurricanes” would form. Exactly where that number actually came from was not clear and somewhat depending on where you read it. Experience said very clearly that it was a threshold value and there were people with computer models who were beginning to have an idea.
Politicians At The Table
Why it was a threshold value, but the uncertainties were enormous. The uncertainties have become much smaller, the weather models much bigger and better, but there is still much SMS Gateway Brunei we do not know. Intuitively, hurricanes become wilder the more energy they can pull out of the sea and this scales in some way with the temperature of the sea surface, typically abbreviat “SST”, “Sea Surface Temperature” . Here is a current and very typical plot from NASA: michael NASA Note the color scale: Either it’s too cold or it’s warm enough to strengthen hurricanes.
A Very Sharp Deadline
Hurricane Michael has pretty accurately follow the bright r “highway” it had reach on this plot and has just made landfall up in the corner of Florida’s “panhandle” with wind DP Leads spes, not gusts, but wind spes of 250km/h, just a few km /h too little to become a category 5 hurricane. It came as something of a surprise because this morning, Danish time, it was announc that it would be a category 3 or almost four, because it was expect that it would lose strength during the night. The embarrassing truth is that the data base for the correlation between SST approaching 30°C and the strength of a Hurricane is thin, very, very, very thin.


The City of Madison has installed over 20 solar electric (PV) systems throughout the City since 2008, ranging in size from 2.36 to 360 kW.
As of 2020, the cumulative installed capacity exceeds 1 Mega-Watt of capacity, which generates over 1,000,000 Kilo-Watts of electricity per year. This offsets a significant amount of electricity use from City operations.
Our goal is to continue to install systems on City facilities each year and approach 10 Mega-Watts of capacity by 2030.
- Building Automation System
Learn about the system the City uses to monitor energy use in its buildings.
- Building Envelope, Upgrades
Learn more about the most expensive part of most new building projects and generally the most expensive to repair if it fails.
- EV Charging
Keeping our City's electric cars charged is part of our overall energy goals. Find out how many vehicles, plus how we keep them fully charged.
- Energy Dashboard
See all the main City Buildings and a live reading of energy use and savings.
- GreenPower Program
A program we're proud of in Engineering as leaders of solar education. Trainees learn about solar installation and basic electrical skills in our program. Learn how to apply.
- LED Light Conversion
Just a few quick switches of lights can make a huge difference in savings. It's all explained in our LED Light Conversion Program.
- Retro Commissioning, Commissioning
We're constantly working to be more efficient. Savings vary depending on the building size, age and location, and the scope of the retro-commissioning process. Learn more here.


Readers are leaders; it’s a known fact. As this picture of second graders reading with Dustin Martin (#21 on our Panther Team) illustrates, there is always something magical about Story Time (especially on game day around here!). Dustin is a football star on the field, but he talks with younger students about the importance of doing well in school, studying, and taking time out to read. Our students are blessed to have wonderful reading models like Dustin each Friday with our Panther Team Readers.
A language-rich and print-rich environment at school and at home are instrumental in building better readers, writers, listeners, and thinkers. The best way to promote strong reading skills, share a love of books, and just spend time together (as a model reader) occurs during Read-Alouds or Story Time. Want to spend time with your learner building reading skills and teaching a love of books? Here are some simple suggestions:
- Read regularly – try to read together daily, perhaps at bedtime (what I called rocker time when my girls were little). Read-alouds can be done on the way to soccer practice or while supper is cooking.
- Take turns choosing books together – old favorites are fun but learn to branch out some into new genres such as poetry, non-fiction, or biographies.
- Let the child participate and be playful – use different voices for different characters or substitute the child’s name for the main character along with family member names for other characters. Ask your child to turn pages or finish rhyming words in sentences for you.
The joy of reading is cultivated just like your favorite flower or herb in the garden. Reading is the foundation of everything we do at school; reading sets expectations for all future academic success. We are grateful to the many volunteers who spend valuable time in our classrooms as guest readers and leaders . . . and as Dustin knows from the football field to the classroom, readers are leaders! Go Panthers!


The Graylag Goose (Greylag Goose) is considered the ancestor of most breeds of domestic goose. They are mostly dark gray all over, with a pinkish-orange bill which sometimes has a white tip at the end, and dull pink legs.
Males and females look alike, but the females are slightly smaller than the males.
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- Length: 34 in (86.36 cm)
- Weight: 76 oz (2154 g)
- Wingspan: 66 in (167.6 cm)
Graylag Geese in North America are often domesticated geese and may be too large to fly. Wild ones are rare to find here as they are originally from Europe.
Habitat And Diet
You may find Graylag Geese in marshes, lakes, and reservoirs during their breeding season. They prefer habitats with thick ground cover like reeds, rushes, and bushes. In winter, they are seen on saltwater marshes, estuaries, bogs, and even on agricultural land.
Graylag Geese feed both on land and water. On land, they graze in pastures feeding on the grass with sheep or cows. They also feed on cereals, like oats, wheat, and barley, that they find in agricultural fields and farmlands.
Near or on water, Graylag Geese feed on aquatic plants and insects, such as small fish, amphibians, crustaceans, mollusks, and insects.
Graylag Geese Call:
Nests of the Graylag Goose are usually found on the ground among tall reeds or shrubs. The female usually lays four to six eggs, and incubation only starts when the last egg is laid. She will incubate the eggs for about for weeks while the male defends the territory.
The feathers of Graylag Goose were used as quill pens and served to fletch arrows.


Iterator vs enumeration in java
Here we will learn about major differences between:
Iterator vs Enumeration differ based on the following parameters:
Enumeration was introduced as part of JDK1.0
Iterator was introduced from JDK1.2
2. Modifying Collection
Enumeration cannot be used to modify the elements in Collection while traversing.
Iterator can be used to remove the element in Collection while traversing (it can remove element using remove() )
3. Available methods
Enumeration: hasMoreElements(), nextElement()
Iterator: hasNext(), next(), remove()
4. Fail fast or Fail safe
Enumeration is fail safe by nature.
Iterator is fail fast by nature.
Iterator being fail fast by nature is considered safe than enumeration as it throws ConcurrentModificationException, if any other thread tries to modify the Collection that is being traversed by Iterator.
5. Legacy concept
Enumeration is generally preferred for traversing over legacy classes like Vector, HashTable, etc.
Iterator is used to traverse over almost all classes in java Collection framework like ArrayList, LinkedList, HashMap, HashSet, etc.
Iterator is preferred over Enumeration.
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Researchers from the Conservation Research Department at Dunhuang Academy in China have discovered evidence of the long-hypothesized link between soil, air humidity and atmospheric pressure.
The air in the soil, or vadose zone, is called earth-air. Studies have long suggested that earth-air undergoes a passive breathing effect due to atmospheric pumping. The earth-air can be modeled as an ideal gas in a closed system, so that the volume of earth-air varies as the atmospheric pressure (AP) fluctuates. When AP rises, earth-air is compressed and external air is drawn into the vadose zone. Conversely, when AP drops, earth-air expands and moist earth-air enters the atmosphere. In arid regions, there is a moisture gradient in soil due to dryness of the climate – the humidity is relatively low in the upper soil layer, and relatively high in the subsoil. Therefore, if earth-air undergoes passive breathing, the humidity of earth-air will fluctuate with AP. This means that passive breathing of the earth-air should leave traces in the recorded moisture which exactly match AP fluctuations.
This research uses a trap to monitor humidity in 30cm gravelly sand and shows that it fluctuates with atmospheric pressure (AP). The researchers found that relative humidity (RH) in soil negatively correlated with the atmospheric fluctuations. The correlation between 10-min average AP and RH timeseries reaches −0.75 for the time-periods of 20 days. This study therefore provides a new understanding in land-atmosphere heat/mass exchange from the perspective of vertical fluid dynamics.
Hongshou Li, Shunren Wang, Fei Li, Yipu Gong and Xiaowei Wang published the paper, named Passive Breathing of Earth-Air: “Fingerprint” Evidence From Moisture Records, on May 18, 2022, in the Journal of Geophysical Research.


Whales are the most important animals on Earth and stay longer than all different mammals within the up to date animal kingdom.
Whereas many ocean lovers can simply determine the enduring sperm whale, the charismatic humpback and the wily orca, not all are aware of the bowhead. In keeping with scientists, this colossal year-round Arctic dweller could stay 200-plus years. The bowhead’s lifespan will be the second-longest of all animals, topped solely by the 500-year span of a North Atlantic clam known as the ocean quahog.
The bowhead whale’s first declare to (scientific) fame was its humongous head, which homes the largest mouth of any animal—its extremely arched form provides the species its identify—and will comprise practically 25 toes of a mature male’s 65-foot size. The general size of the bowhead is lengthy sufficient to stretch throughout a four-lane freeway with loads of room on both facet.
Any bio of the bowhead wouldn’t be full with out mentioning its weight, which ranges from 75-100 tons, and its 1.6-foot-wide layer of insulating blubber, which makes it very “effectively suited” to its icy surroundings.
The bowhead additionally sports activities, at as much as 13 toes lengthy, the longest baleen (filter-feeding organ) of its dozen baleen-whale “cousins.” Bowheads additionally boast two blowholes, as do all baleen whales.
NOAA’s Nationwide Marine Fisheries Service has federal accountability for shielding marine mammals and threatened and endangered marine life. With an estimated inhabitants of roughly 10,000, the bowhead whale is listed as endangered below the Endangered Species Act and depleted below the Marine Mammal Safety Act.


Perfecting Pastry Cream
Pastry cream is ruined if you overcook the eggs. How do you determine its doneness?
Pastry cream is an anomaly among custards. Although overheating a typical custard can lead to curdling, it’s vital to bring pastry cream almost to a boil. Doing so sets the eggs and activates the starch, thereby ensuring a proper consistency.
As a typical custard heats, the egg proteins unravel and intertwine, eventually forming cross-links that can result in coagulation, or curdling. Why is pastry cream different? Because it contains starch (flour or cornstarch), which affects texture in two ways. First, the starch interferes with the cross-linking of egg proteins, thus preventing coagulation. Second, pastry cream must be heated to a temperature high enough to destroy the amylase enzyme present in egg yolks, which would otherwise break down the starch and make the pastry cream runny.
The takeaway: For pastry cream that will be thick, not soupy, once it cools, make sure to heat it sufficiently. When it’s hot enough, three or four bubbles will burst on the surface, its temperature will read 200 degrees on an instant-read thermometer, and it will appear thick and glossy.


While you’re complaining about sub-zero temperatures this winter, just be happy you’re not a bee.
Despite recent efforts by the White House, the forecast for bee health this winter is not a good one, reports Agri-Pulse. In a blog post, Dick Rogers, the head scientist at the Bayer Bee Care Center in North Carolina, writes that his hive evaluations this year revealed ”the vast majority of hives contained mite infestations well above the threshold level of concern.”
Rogers is referring to the Varroa mite, one of several causes of a recent massive decline in honeybee populations. Mites are like bee vampires, sucking bees’ bloodlike fluid hemoplymph from their bodies and weakening their immune systems. While manmade problems like pesticide use and the loss of bee habitat are also linked to the pollinators’ falling numbers, Varroa mites are “public enemy number one,” as Keith Delaplane, director of the University of Georgia Honey Bee Program told Quartz in June.
Though winters are always challenging for beekeepers, this year will be even worse. Through his 30 years of experience, Rogers says he has identified a threshold level of three mites per 100 bees as a sign that “the colony is in trouble.” (A colony can easily have 40,000 bees, making that a lot of parasites.)
The US Department of Agriculture and the Bee Informed Partnership, he says, has confirmed his own recent findings, seeing a national infestation average of seven to eight mites per 100 bees, this year.
In the US, pollinators like bees and monarchs are responsible for an estimated $15 billion in crop value annually—a mite infestation could have devastating consequences on beekeepers, who need to restock their dying hives so they can continue pollinating.
While Rogers says that the commonly used treatment for mites isn’t quite working like it once did, he says scientists are working hard to bring new varroacides to market, while other researchers are trying to breed hardier bees that will tolerate the mites better. Those solutions, though, will not be immediately helpful.
“For now,” he writes, “there is little beekeepers can do to change the hand they’ve been dealt.”


STABILISATION AND SOLIDIFICATION
Soil stabilisation can be used to transform weak, unsuitable materials into reusable construction products by adding lime, cement or other binders. It can also be used to immobilise contaminants, effectively removing the linkage between contaminants and receptors (Source-Pathway-Receptor model). Stabilised soils are then suitable for a range of applications, such as bulk fill or road construction. This removes the need for waste disposal and associated costs, as well as reducing material procurement requirements, helping make sites more sustainable and save money.
Soil stabilisation techniques can be broadly be split into two types, Stabilisation and Solidification:
Stabilisation involves addition of immobilising agents which reduce the contaminant’s leachability, mobility or change it into a less toxic form. For example, using a reducing agent to turn hexavalent chromium into insoluble and non-toxic trivalent chromium.
Solidification involves reducing the mobility of the contaminant, using methods such as incorporating contaminated soil into concrete, or bulk-fill using low-level asbestos containing materials (ACM) The objective being that the contaminants can’t reach any receptors, thereby removing the risk.
Whether or not Soil Stabilisation has potential on a site is influenced by many factors, such as contaminant type and the chemical and physical characteristics of the soil. ERS offers treatability testing and laboratory or on-site scale pilot trials which can demonstrate the efficiency of agents or the suitability binders before designing a full-scale programme.
If you’d like to find out if Soil Stabilisation is suitable for your site, contact us today to speak to one of our experts.


The first question to ask is what motivates the lawyer to participate in the “death bet.” The lawyer rationalized his decision the night before by stating that any life is better than death. The lawyer’s rationalization included a two-million-dollar prize and fifteen years of retirement. But is this a rationale? The lawyer has several other good reasons for participating in the “death bet,” including loneliness, depression, and belief in oneself and abilities.
Loneliness has many consequences on an individual’s self-image. It increases implicit hypervigilance to social threats, increases the salience of social cues, and produces negative memory biases. Loneliness may also increase the lawyer’s perception of others, causing him to form negative impressions and forget social interactions. These effects can have negative consequences on an individual’s timescale.
Loneliness can breed more loneliness. Koenen saw the dangers for his mother, who lives alone in Atlanta. She wanted to travel to Boston to see her, but the pandemic had not yet reached her home state. So, Koenen and his brother visited her regularly, asking her to engage with other people. Loneliness hurts the self-esteem of a person, so the lawyer and his brother encouraged her to interact with others.
In an adaptive model of depression, the benefits of depressive symptoms evolved to enhance survival in a pathogenic environment. This model supports the view that depression emerged from sickness behavior, with the lawyer participating in the bet as a means of survival. In contrast, recent models shift the focus from the benefit of depressive symptoms to their adverse effects on survival. This view, however, ignores the role of genes in the development of depressive symptoms.


Droopy Drawers Sempervivum
I've noticed that some of my Sempervivum (hens and chicks), even when the plant appears healthy, with glossy and plump leaves, seem to droop on the lower layers.
After I dig them up, sometimes they have a lot of dead leaves clinging on to the thick root (caudex). Why do they do this, and is it a bad thing?
Drought Smart Plants reply:
My theory about this is that the lower leaves will droop to the soil surface for two reasons.
As this happens mostly when the soil is wet, in early spring, I think it is to pry the crown of the plant up off the soil, to get better drainage around it, and also as the leaves are pointing away from the crown, this will drain heavy rains away from the base of the plant, like the roof of a house.
I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing on its own, as if the rest of the plant is healthy it probably can resist any damage.
However, if your plants do this and also look sickly, I would take steps to dry out the area by digging up the plants, adding some good drainage material such as lava rock or even gravel, and then put the plants over top of that. The extra layer of drainage will eliminate standing water from around the base of the plants.
Root damage from excessively sodden soil will cause a lot of plant death in many hardy succulent plants. Luckily, they seem to have the ability to shrug off most short term wet conditions. The dead leaves that appear are a normal part of the aging process. You can peel these off if they seem to be rotting.
Providing some extra drainage to the soil will also prevent root damage from frost during the winter.
In some cases, the roots can be completely rotted away by the time warm weather arrives from the constant heaving caused by alternate freezing and thawing. Luckily, hens and chicks, along with other hardy succulents, have the ability to make a whole new root system and replace the ones lost to damage or rot.
The key is to observe your Sempervivum and other hardy succulents, especially before growth starts in the spring, and if there is excessive spring rain to take action if trouble appears.


The aperture is a set of blades that control the opening of the camera lens. It can be a wide opening or a narrow opening. This opening controls how much light will enter the camera. If the opening is wide, obviously large amount of light will enter the camera, but if the opening is small, less amount of light will enter the camera. The aperture is measured in f/stops. A wide aperture is f/1.8 and a narrow aperture is f/20. So if you decrease or increase the size of the lens opening that lets light into the camera, you eventually control the amount of light that gets in.
In a situation where the picture you clicked turned out too bright, how will you fix it? An over bright picture is the result of more light entering the camera. So you need a small aperture (lens opening) setting to control it. There is an inverse relationship between the f-stop (number) and the aperture. Like a small aperture in f stops is f/22 (larger number) whereas a large aperture in f stops is f/3.5 (smaller number)
Small aperture = small lens opening = large or higher F stop (e.g. f/22)
Large aperture = wide lens opening = small or lower F stop (e.g. f/3.5)
So, simply by choosing a smaller aperture you can cut down the amount of light that gets into your camera.
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Artificial intelligence technology enables us to compute large amounts of data and find answers to a myriad of questions faster than ever before.
Our faculty and students are leveraging AI and machine learning, in their research and education in nearly every field. From discovering new medical advances that improve human health to exploring the outer reaches of the universe, LSU researchers are using AI and machine learning to push the boundaries in every discipline.
The sky is not the limit. Join us on the journey.
Our AI research:
Discovers new, safe and effective medicine in mere minutes
Predicts wildfires to help planners and responders
Leverages the power of social media to track critical resource needs during hurricanes and extreme weather events
Creates new media tools in our virtual production program
faculty engaged in research using artificial intelligence & machine learning to propel solutions
in funded AI and machine learning projects over the past four years
AI computers: DGX A100, DGX1 & two Exxact Deep Learning Servers
Less than half of all U.S. adults have access to prime credit because of their credit score. But new LSU and Harvard University research shows a lot more people could become eligible if lenders use artificial intelligence, or AI, and alternative data, such as education and employment history. Smarter underwriting algorithms would especially benefit recent college graduates and young people with short credit histories as well as people with low or no credit scores.
BASF, the largest chemical producer in the world, is collaborating with LSU chemical engineers to better understand and predict its own production ebbs and flows using artificial intelligence, or AI.
The LSU-developed tool to predict storm surge and flooding during severe weather events has become an essential resource for thousands of emergency managers and first responders in Louisiana and the nation’s coastal states to help protect people and infrastructure.
Fuel Cell Technology Draws Interest from General Motors, Brings Toyota to Campus
Higher power densities could transform future, green travel—including by air—and Louisiana is poised to lead in zero-carbon and low-carbon chemical fuel manufacturing.
“In seconds, our AI can process more information than any human could in a lifetime. It sees patterns we would never spot otherwise, and far exceeds human intuition in finding drug candidates.”
Frej Berglind, LSU Department of Mathematics graduate student


L. Ron Hubbard
L. Ron Hubbard was a writer, an engineer, a philosopher, an educator and a researcher whose discoveries and writings cover a wide range of secular (non-religious) activity. Mr. Hubbard became interested in education as a young man while teaching English in a native school in Guam during the 1920s.
Over the next forty years, Mr. Hubbard continued his research into education, and by the early 1960's, he'd observed that declining educational standards were having a profound effect on the learning abilities of people from all walks of life. He set out to investigate this decline. His research into the basic axioms and laws of education led to a revolutionary development in the field—a technology of study. His lectures on his research formed the basis for a whole new approach to teaching and learning (referred to as Study Technology or simply Study Tech). The use of Study Tech markedly improves a student's ability to understand and apply what is being studied. This breakthrough technology forms the foundation of the study tools learned by all Delphian students.
In addition to the study method, Delphian School owes a debt of gratitude to Mr. Hubbard for his writings on children, education, ethics and organization, all of which continue to provide insight and inspiration to the school’s mission and activities.
Grateful acknowledgment is made to L. Ron Hubbard Library for permission to reproduce selections from the copyrighted works of L. Ron Hubbard.


This week saw the passing of Doctor Stephen Hawking. Stephen Hawking rose to prominence as a brilliant theoretical physicist in the mid-1960's while studying at University College in Oxford. He won numerous accolades, a fellowship, and honorary positions throughout his life. Mr. Hawking contracted ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, during his graduate studies, but despite being given a life expectancy of two years, Hawking proved resilient and lived a long life with his wife and children.
If you are interested in Mr. Hawking, the St. Tammany Parish Library has several items available:
Kitty Ferguson originally wrote this biography in 1992. Updated in 2012, it remains one of the better biographies on Mr. Hawking.
This biography is aimed at juvenile readers who are interested in the accomplishments of Mr. Hawking and what his life has been like.
Hawking's masterpiece, A Brief History of Time was originally published in 1988. This updated edition highlights advancements made in understanding both the micro- and macrocosms of the universe, and much in between.
Co-written by Leonard Mlodinow, The Grand Design discusses some of the deeper questions in physics, such as why we exist, why the universe exists, and why we have certain rules in physics as opposed to others. Hawking and his peers ultimately seek to answer what they call "Grand Unified Field Theories."
Are you stumbled by A Brief History of Time? Mr. Hawking released a condensed version of his best-seller. Not only was Stephen a proponent of science, but also in disseminating scientific information to the public in as painless a way as possible.
Starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, this biographical film shows the highlights of Mr. Hawking's grad school and adult days, his coping with ALS, and his quest to maintain and provide for his family and prove that his disease does not define who he is or what he can achieve.
Want to read about Steven Hawking on the go? This biography is available through Hoopla, one of our online resources.
And if you are interested in what else Hoopla has to offer, there are two television shows ready to stream or download:
Do you have a favorite book, show, or movie about Stephen Hawking? Feel free to leave a comment below.


Today we are sharing some ideas about how social media could be used in the classroom and how it can benefit your classroom and your school.
Connecting, communicating and sharing. Connect and communicate with other classrooms through social media. Connect and share resources with other teachers from your school or from other schools. You can also use hashtags to facilitate guest speaker discussions.
Improving teamwork. Use social media for class discussions. Create a private group for discussing a particular topic or engage in open discussions.
Engagement. Engage with students, parents and communities by posting updates regarding school news and events
Learning. Share online learning resources with students. Add links to useful websites, videos and documents online. Encourage students to share useful learning materials with their peers.
Staying up to date. Require students to post news related or any other trending articles. This activity encourages students to read relevant articles every day.
Sharing. Use social media platforms to share the work of your students. Publish interesting articles, presentations or other projects that your students create.
Increasing awareness of your school. Sharing links to your school website on social media can help increase the search engine rankings which means that your school website attracts more visitors that can lead to more people choosing your school.
To conclude, it is worth looking at different methods of incorporating social media in the classroom. It does not have to become a permanent thing, give it a go and maybe you will discover something that really helps to engage with students. Make sure you always educate your students how to use social media safely.