You might have heard of “inflammation”, but what does that mean, exactly? In layman’s terms, it means your immune system is activated but can’t “shut off”. Generally speaking, we think an active immune system is a good thing, because it protects us from illnesses. But when it overreacts and can’t settle down, your body’s immune cells can cause problems for you.
Chronic inflammation means your immune system is attacking you. Diseases like cancer, diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, and some metabolic syndromes are strongly linked to inflammation.
What causes inflammation? Often, inflammation results from certain dietary choices. Too much white flour, sugar, and fried foods can trigger the problem, and a lack of fruits, vegetables, and “good” fats can exacerbate it.
Obesity is another culprit. When fat cells reach critical mass, they can emit inflammatory compounds.
Finally, stress and lack of sleep will only make the problem worse. Lifestyle changes, including regular exercise, exposure to sunlight, and good sleep habits can help to boost healthy sleep patterns and reduce unhealthy levels of stress.
Fighting back against inflammation. Other than lifestyle changes, diet is probably the most important weapon against chronic inflammation. Take the time to clean out your pantry, getting rid of processed foods, sugars, and packaged snacks high in trans fats and white flours. Replace those items with:
- Fresh fruits and vegetables. Try to “eat the rainbow” by consuming produce in every color daily
- Certain spices and herbs – turmeric, ginger, garlic, rosemary, thyme, oregano, and many others have been shown to combat inflammation
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- Nuts – particularly walnuts, almonds, and cashews
- Seeds – like chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, and sunflower seeds
- Fish – such as salmon, mackerel, sardines, and rainbow trout
- Whole grains
- Green tea
- Dark chocolate
Ideally, you should institute these changes to prevent inflammation from harming your health in the future. If you’re already suffering the effects of chronic inflammation (such as arthritis) the above tips can help. But make sure to discuss your dietary and lifestyle changes with your doctor, and he or she can offer additional guidance.


The programming language “immediate C” or iC is a declarative, event-driven extension of the procedural language C – useful for machine control, robotics and for dealing with events generated in a GUI.
iC utilizes the syntax of C to give meaning to statements that have no semantic support in C. In addition to standard variables, which are modified by the flow of instructions, iC provides so-called ‘immediate‘ variables, whose values are updated, whenever a change of input calls for an immediate change in output. An efficient Data Flow technique implements this strategy.
iC provides programmers with built-in operators, whose function is closely modelled on integrated circuits. The name iC is a reminder of this fact. Logical AND, OR, EXCLUSIVE-OR and NOT as well as D flip-flops, SR flip-flops, shift registers and many others are implemented in such a way, that their use in iC follows the same design rules, which apply to their hardware counterparts. These rules have led to a well-developed hardware technology, whose effectiveness is demonstrated by the success of today’s complex computer hardware. Particularly the concept of clocked functions plays an important role in the language iC. It gives the same protection against timing races in iC programs, as it provides for hardware IC designs. But iC is not a hardware description language nor a simulation language – it provides the functionality and some of the speed of field-programmable gate arrays with a language, which is pre-compiled into straight C code, which is portable and produces efficient machine code.


Russia registered the first coronavirus vaccine for animals in the world, the country’s veterinary regulator said on Wednesday.
The vaccine was developed for carnivorous animals, said Konstantin Savenkov, deputy head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision (Rosselkhoznadzor).
The trials of the vaccine, named CarnivacCov, started last October, and it was tested on dogs, cats, arctic foxes, minks, foxes, and other animals, Savenkov said.
The results of the studies showed that the vaccine is harmless and 100% effective, he explained, adding that all the vaccinated animals developed antibodies to the coronavirus.
"The CarnivacCov vaccine against coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in carnivorous animals, developed by the Federal Center for Animal Health Protection, subordinated to the Rosselkhoznadzor, is registered in Russia. It is the first and, to date, the only COVID-19 prophylactic drug in the world for animals," he said.
According to Savenko, Greece, Poland, Austria, the US, Canada, and Singapore showed their interest in the vaccine.
Explaining the need for the vaccine for animals, Savenko recalled that it was revealed animals can be bearers of the virus and that many countries registered cases of mass animal infections.
"The use of the vaccine, according to Russian scientists, can prevent the development of mutations of the virus, which most often occur during interspecies transmission of the pathogen. At the same time, it is worth noting that there is no scientific evidence of the transmission of the coronavirus from animals to humans, as the World Health Organization repeatedly reported," he said.
The cases of animal infections with the coronavirus were reported in a number of countries with the biggest known outbreaks registered at mink farms in Denmark, the US, Italy, Spain, and Sweden.
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Images acquired with a commercially available digital camera were used to make measurements on 20 red oak (Quercus spp.) stems. The ranges of diameter at breast height (DBH) and height to a 10 cm upper-stem diameter were 16-66 cm and 12-20 m, respectively. Camera stations located 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 m from the stem were studied to determine the best distance to be used with the maximum wide angle setting on the camera. Geometric mean diameter estimates from the 12 and 15 m distances were within 94 cm at any height (95% x 2 ). Though unbiased, measurement variation was found to increase with stem height. Using camera derived heights and diameters, volumes were found to be within 8% of volumes calculated using taped measurements of individual stems two times out of three - an improvement over existing DBH-height volume equations. This preliminary work demonstrates the ability of using a digital camera to acquire stem diameters and heights. Some limitations of the current technology are also noted. By combining equipment and procedural modifications with improved data flow from imagery to information, terrestrial digital imagery may revolutionize stem or even plot level data collection.
Clark, Neil; Wynne, Randolph H.; Schmoldt, Daniel L.; Winn, Matthew F. 2000. An assessment of the utility of a non-metric digital camera for measuring standing trees. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 28: 151-169.


Diet and How it Can Help Your Memory
Even though a plate of fries and a beef burger sound delicious, you might want to know this before you order: what we eat has a high chance of affecting our memory.
Research has shown that the probability of developing dementia and having poor memory is linked to the consumption of saturated fat. Saturated fat increases blood and cholesterol levels, which speeds up the formation of beta-amyloid plaque in the brain. This plaque damages the brain and causes Alzheimer’s.
Confused about what to have for lunch now? Here is a list of foods you can have, which will also boost your memory.
Salmon, mackerel, tuna, and other fish are linked to lower levels of beta-amyloid proteins in the blood and are, therefore, good for health. Further, eating fish, rich in omega-3 fatty acids, is crucial in the proper functioning of neurons.
Having salads does not only keep your body in shape but also your mind. Martha Clara Morris, director of the section on nutrition in the Department of Internal medicine at Rush University, clarifies that salads make for a good diet as they are high in Vitamin E. This potent vitamin helps in the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease by protecting nerve cells.
Blueberries, strawberries, and acai berries are good for memory. Tuft University highlighted that consumption of such fruits can improve memory or delay memory loss. Toxic proteins that kill off cells are kept at bay by Anthocyanin- protective compounds found in Berries.
In order to remember things, the brain needs energy. A steady supply of energy can be obtained through the consumption of fiber-rich whole grains. Including these in your diet will increase concentration and focus.
If you are eating whole grains, it would be a good option to go for rice, pasta, cereal, and granary bread. Including these in your diet can reduce inflammation, oxidative stress, high blood pressure — all of which increase the risk of brain diseases.
Research has suggested that a powerful antioxidant, lycopene, found in tomatoes can help protect brain cells from damage. The best way to consume tomatoes is to cook them and eat them with olive oil.
Incorporating the foods mentioned above in your diet is highly recommended as they keep you physically and mentally fit.


Evolution Of The Wolf Species
The evolution of the wolf has been the most mystical thing for the biologists and people who have interest in the subject. Not much is known about the wolf and from where did it descend.
Wolves are prehistoric creatures, and they could have been a little bigger than the current day dog. The wolf has existed for more than 52 million years ago.The wolves are the ancestors of the canines and they came from the miacids, which were the first form of canids. Some of the biologists believe that the canids could have originated in North America. They eventually spread to Asia and South America. Some biologists believe that the canids could have originated in Asia, and then spread to America. However, the origins of these species are very unclear.
It is generally assumed that all wolves came from Canid species. The first of their kind could have been the grey wolf. It could have existed in the Eurasia region nearly one million years ago. The wolf is believed to have migrated to America more than seventy five thousand years ago. It was larger and also heavier, and this species of wolf become extinct due to climate changes. The prehistoric wolves lived in extreme cold weathers, and they had thick fur coat to protect their body from the severe cold. Such coats can be seen even today in the arctic wolves.
The wolf became extinct because its prey became extinct. Today, the version of wolf is much smaller and also it has an appearance more like the dog.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- While the Centers for Disease Control says the main way for people to become infected through the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is through person-to-person contact, there is uncertainty on how long the virus can live on a hard surface.
It may be for hours to days.
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That could make our cellphone is a source of transmission as we touch surfaces and then pick up our phones to send a text or check social media.
Frequently cleaning your device is a good way to protect yourself, besides washing your hands for at least 20 seconds.
The best way to disinfect your phone is to clean it with a disinfecting wipe that has at least 70% alcohol. (See CDC recommendations for disinfecting hard surfaces)
CORONAVIRUS PREVENTION: Here's how to properly wash your hands
"Things like Clorox wipes or Lysol wipes, those kinds of wipes that have a high disinfectant in them, they are going to break down the structure of the virus," said Claire Reilly, Senior Editor at CNET in San Francisco.
Reilly warns against spraying disinfectant spray directly on the cellphone. It is best to spray it on a cloth (paper towels are considered too abrasive) and then wipe the phone clean. Be careful not to get moisture into the headphone jack and other connectors.
Recently, Apple changed its recommendations to allow the use of disinfecting wipes on hard surfaces of iPhones and tablets.
Go here for the latest news, information and videos about the novel coronavirus.


Represents the four basic directions on a grid. You can conveniently use it like:
Directions as a maskable bit flag.
Calculates the cross product of <u1, u2, u3> and <v1, v2, v3>, putting the result in <s1, s2, s3>.
The four directions as a static array so you can assign to a local variable then shuffle, etc.
Generates a maze.
Implements the A* path finding algorithm on a grid.
A random value off Dir.
Cycles through all the directions the given number of times. If you have one cycle, it goes through each direction once in a random order. With two cycles, it will move each direction twice, but in random order - can be W, W, N, E, S, S, N, E, for example; it will not do the cycles in order but upon completion will have gone through them all.
3D rotates (x, y, z) theta radians about the axis represented by unit-vector (u, v, w), putting the results in (s1, s2, s3).
2D rotates (rotatingX, rotatingY) theta radians about (originX, originY), putting the result in (xp, yp).
Represents a 2d grid like an array. To encapsulate the whole [y*width + x] thing.
Note: much of the functionality of gamehelpers was moved to arsd.game on May 3, 2020. If you used that code, change import arsd.gamehelpers; to import arsd.game; and add game.d to your build (in addition to gamehelpers.d; the new game.d still imports this module) and you should be good to go.
This module now builds on only arsd.color to provide additional algorithm functions and data types that are common in games.


Bombus (Psithyrus) bohemicus | Gipsy Cuckoo Bee
- Cuckoo bumblebee
- White tail with yellow flashes where it meets the black hairs of the abdomen
- Queens have a yellow band at the top of the thorax and a very narrow pale band at the base of the thorax. This narrow lower band can sometimes be absent
- Males have two clear yellow bands on the thorax and a yellow band at the top of the abdomen
- Can be confused with B. barbutellus, B. sylvestris, but particularly B. vestalis
Widespread and found in a range of habitat types
Breeds in nests of Bombus lucorum
Polylectic - Taraxacum, Scabiosa, Knautia, Vicia, Centaurea, Carduus, Cirsium
Palaearctic, Japanese, Oriental Regions, Arctic border
Records submitted to Data Centre in 2023
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Conservation status: FitzPatrick Ú., Murray T.E., Byrne A., Paxton R.J., Brown M.J.F. (2006) Regional Red List of Irish Bees, Publ. Rep. to National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland) and Environment and Heritage Service (N. Ireland). http://www.npws.ie/publications/red-lists
Flowers visited & World distribution: Westrich, P. (1989) Die Wildbienen Baden-Württembergs. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, Germany.


Thoreau and Civil DisobedienceIn March 1845, the United States acquired a new president – James K. Polk – a forceful, aggressive political outsider intent on strengthening his country and asserting its pre-eminence in front of other world powers, especially Mexico and Great Britain. Within a year of his inauguration, he had declared full-scale war on Mexico because of squabbles over the Texan border, and was soon rattling his saber at Britain over the ownership of Oregon. To complete the picture, Polk was a vigorous defender of slavery, who dismissed the arguments of abolitionists as naïve and sentimental....
‘All machines have their friction,’ Thoreau admitted, but when injustice is too great, you should ‘let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine.’
Thoreau didn’t advocate the non-payment of taxes as a rule, and in fact, a well-meaning aunt soon paid his bill. The non-payment was just one example of the many non-violent ways that a democratically elected government could and must be resisted when its actions veer into aggression and unreason. An election settles who the president might be, it doesn’t determine that everything that president does is right or that one should simply do nothing until the next election. MORE
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Ferritin is a large multi-subunit protein whose main function is to store iron, thus creating a reservoir that the body can use for its multiple requirements.
|Buffer||TRIS buffer containining NaCl and Stabilizers|
|Purity||Purified ≥70% by SDS Page, Immunopure ≥95% by SDS Page|
|Assay||Assay performed on Roche Cobas c501|
|Molecular Weight||450 kDa|
|Appearance||Clear, amber-red in color|
After hemoglobin, the vast majority of iron in the body is stored in the crystalline core of ferritin. While ferritin can be found in all tissues of the body, it’s primarily found in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow. Holoferritin is the term used to refer to ferritin fully loaded with iron, whereas apoferritin refers to the protein alone. A partially degraded form of ferritin is known as hemosiderin. Ferritin is a versatile clinical analyte and has the ability to help with diagnosis of some disease and cancers such has Still’s disease, neuroblastoma, Hodgkin’s Disease, lung cancer, and laryngeal cancer.


Identification Chart for Tree Fruits
Infographic or identification chart that helps you to identify, learn and remember the fruits, berries, nuts, acorns, cones and seeds of trees and shrubs like alder, apple, ash, beech, birch, buckeye, buckthorn, cherry, chestnut, dogrose (rose-hips), elder (berry), elm, fir, hazel, holly, larch, hornbeam, linden/lime, locust, oak (acorn), maple, pine (nut), plane, poplar, rowan, sloe, spruce, walnut, sycamore, willow and yew.
I’ve drawn the fruits according to briefings from Landesforsten. They were first published as a poster for kids in their »Waldstück« magazine.
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Sometimes, water that is fine for drinking isn’t nearly good enough for other purposes. The dissolved minerals present in all natural water supplies may make the water undesirable for other domestic uses and unacceptable for some industrial applications. The solution is to remove these minerals, and the most widely used method is ion exchange, employing synthetic zeolite resins.
The most commonly offensive minerals in water are the so-called “hardness” ions, principally calcium and magnesium. These ions are responsible for soap scum in a bathtub, scale in a water heater or an industrial boiler, and contamination of chemical product solutions.
To remove them, we pass the water through a tank containing a bed of zeolite resin beads which have been charged with acceptable ions, usually sodium. The sodium ions leave their resin sites and “change places” with the hardness ions, which are held by the resin. The hard water is now made “soft”. When the resin has chemisorbed all the hardness it can handle, it is regenerated with a strong solution of sodium chloride, ordinary salt. It is then ready for another cycle.
Fort Bend Services’ engineers are experienced in the design, construction, and maintenance of units capable of softening a few hundred gallons per day, as in a home, up to units which can process several hundred thousand gallons per cycle, as needed for industrial processes or boiler feedwater.
In some applications, no mineral ions at all can be tolerated. Removal of both the cations like calcium, magnesium, etc., and the anions, like chloride, carbonate, etc., is called deionization. This set of processes uses an extension of softening technology, and requires at least two different zeolite resins. In one resin bed, cations are exchanged for hydrogen ions supplied by an acid. In another, anions are exchanged for hydroxyl ions supplied by an alkali. The end result is replacement of the mineral ions by a bit more water! Variations of these basic processes are capable of producing water of very high quality – the closest thing to totally pure water there is.
Fort Bend Services’ experience includes design, installation, and maintenance of deionizers from laboratory water supply size to power generating boiler feed size. Wherever the need is for pure water, we can help.


|Basic Taste||Indicates:||Taste Stimulus|
|Sour||Not yet ripe or spoilage||Vinegar (Acetic acid)|
|Salt||Essential minerals for fluid balance||Salt (Sodium chloride)|
|Bitter||Harmful / toxins||Quinine|
|UMAMI||Protein, amino acids||Glutamate / MSG|
The fact that we have evolved to taste glutamate is not surprising once we realize that it is an amino acid found abundantly in food. It indicates the presence of protein, a source of amino acids we need for healthy growth and development throughout life.
Glutamate Prompts the Umami Taste
Specific taste receptors on the tongue recognize each of the five basic tastes. For example, when glutamate comes in to contact with the umami fifth taste receptors, this information is relayed to the brain where the umami taste is then recognized.
The way in which we hunger for the tastes we need is demonstrated by nutrition studies among infants. Newborn babies have been shown to enjoy the sweet taste and umami taste and to dislike sour and bitter tastes. Umami taste may be recognised even before birth as human amniotic fluid contains significant levels of glutamate.
Human breast milk is very rich in free glutamate. A newborn breast-fed baby consumes free glutamate at levels far higher than we do from our diet later in life.
Monosodium glutamate, MSG, is glutamate seasoning – the simplest, purest way to add umami to food.
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STREAMS offers two major benefits for applications programmers:
Additional STREAMS features are provided to handle characteristic problems of protocol implementation and to assist in development. There are also kernel- and user-level facilities that support the implementation of advanced functions and allow asynchronous operation of a user process and STREAMS input and output. The following features are discussed:
One benefit of STREAMS is that it simplifies the creation of modules that present a service interface to any neighboring application program, module, or device driver. A service interface is defined at the boundary between two neighbors. In STREAMS, a service interface is a specified set of messages and the rules for allowable sequences of these messages across the boundary. A module that implements a service interface will receive a message from a neighbor and respond with an appropriate action (for example, send back a request to retransmit) based on the specific message received and the preceding sequence of messages.
STREAMS provides features that make it easier to design various application processes and modules to common service interfaces. If these modules are written to comply with industry-standard service interfaces, they are called protocol modules.
In general, any two modules can be connected anywhere in a stream. However, rational sequences are generally constructed by connecting modules with compatible protocol service interfaces.
STREAMS provides the capabilities to manipulate modules from user level, to interchange modules with common service interfaces, and to present a service interface to a stream user process. These capabilities yield benefits when implementing networking services and protocols, including:
Examples of the benefits of STREAMS capabilities to developers for creating service interfaces and manipulating modules are:
Alternative protocol modules (and device drivers) can be interchanged on the same machine if they are implemented to equivalent service interfaces.
The Module Reusability Diagram shows the same canonical module (for example, one that provides delete and kill processing on character strings) reused in two different streams. This module typically is implemented as a filter, with no downstream service interface. In both cases, a tty interface is presented to the stream user process since the module is nearest the stream head.


Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Whyanbeelia terrae-reginae Airy Shaw & B.Hyland
Airy Shaw, H.K. & Hyland, B.P.M. (1976) Kew Bulletin 31: 376. Type: Qld, Cook Dist, T R 55 Whyanbeel, lat. 16 deg 20 S., long. 145 deg 20 E., rain forest, alt. 150 m, 3 July 1974, Hyland 3052; holo: K; iso: QRS.
Blaze layering quite distinct.
Leaf blades about 10-14 x 3.5-5 cm. Lateral veins form loops well inside the blade margin. Young shoots and twigs clothed in short brown hairs. Crushed leaves may emit an odour like that of sarsaparilla.
Inflorescence about 6 cm long, not exceeding the leaves. Male flowers: Flowers with pedicels about 5-9 mm long, tepals about 1-1.5 mm long. Stamens about 50-55, staminal filaments about 2 mm long, inserted among the disk glands and long hairs. Disk glands about 0.7 mm long. Female flowers: Flowers with pedicels up to 9-14 mm long, tepals about 3-4 mm long, disk glands up to 2 mm long. Ovary about 3 x 2 mm, pubescent, ovules 2 per locule. Styles about 3-4 mm long.
Cotyledons elliptic to elliptic-obovate, about 20-25 x 14 mm. At the tenth leaf stage: leaves ovate or elongate-ovate, apex acuminate, base cuneate, a few hairs present on the upper surface at least along the midrib; petioles, stem and terminal bud clothed in pale brown hairs. Seed germination time 14 to 15 days.


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What does it mean to be human? Is there something that makes us distinct from computers, other great apes, Martians, gods? Is there philosophical, ethical, or political value in continuing to think in terms of a common human nature? Or should we rather throw this concept into the dustbin of history?
A paradox of the concept of “human nature” is that it holds both the promise of universal equality-insofar as it takes us all to share a common nature-while all too often rationalizing exploitation, oppression, and even violence against other individuals and other species. Most appallingly, differences in skin color and other physiological traits have been viewed as signs of a “lesser” humanity, or of outright inhumanity, and used to justify great harms. The volume asks: is the
concept of human nature separable from the racist, sexist, and speciest abuse that has been made of it? And is it even possible-or desirable-to articulate a notion of human nature unaffected by race or gender or class, as if it were possible to observe humanity in a pure form?
This volume traces the history of the concept “human” by examining the history of claims about distinctively human properties and capacities, and the ethical and political repercussions of such accounts. Spanning the history of philosophy, political science, religion, medical ethics, the history of art and science fiction, it illuminates how our self-understanding as “human” evolved across time and place-from ancient Greek, classical Chinese, and medieval Arabic accounts of human
nature to contemporary evolutionary theory and the transhumanist movement. It examines problems ranging from the intelligibility of Incarnation (a relationship between divine and human beings) to problems posed by genetic engineering and artificial intelligence. Short pieces, or Reflections, are interspersed
among the chapters, which take up topics ranging from Frankenstein to Marx’s concept of human nature.
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Each plant is adapted to a range of temperatures. When the temperature gets too high for its tissues, they are stressed, then finally die.
How Plants Heat Up
Plants get their heat from two sources, usually both at once. The first source of heat is the air that surrounds them. Air temperature is a good indication of plant temperature, but leaves can be warmer or cooler than air temperatures. The second source of heat is the radiation they receive. Plants in the sun can absorb enough heat from the sun’s rays to warm them to a temperature much higher than the air.
Heating from the sun is very local and specific. Leaves that are perpendicular to the sun’s rays heat up more than those at an angle to it, and the part of a curved leaf that is most perpendicular heats up most. When leaves burn from too much sunlight, it is usually due to the heat carried by the sunlight, and not from the light it carries.
Too much light can bleach the chlorophyll from a leaf not adapted to full sun, but usually doesn’t kill the tissues. The tissues are killed by overheating from the energy in the sunlight. The injured spot is usually in the part of the leaf that faced the sun late in the afternoon, when the air temperature is highest. It is usually on the southwest side of the plant, where the sunlight is at that time of day.
Radiant heat can also be used to warm plants in greenhouses, or outside when early or late frosts threaten. Even a single light bulb hung in a tender tree might keep it from freezing on a cold night.
How Plants Keep Cool
Plants keep cool by transpiring water. Almost all the water that enters their roots transpires from their leaves; only a small amount is incorporated into the plant. Transpiration cools a plant just as wearing a wet shirt cools a human. This is why it’s so important to keep plants watered on hot days. A plant can go without water for several days in cool weather, but can be killed from overheating in just a few hours on a hot day.
The American Horticultural Society has published a map of heat zones for the United States. For more information, see The Heat Zone Map.


The Channel Islands of California are a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California along the Santa Barbara Channel in the United States of America. Five of the islands are part of the Channel Islands National Park.
The eight islands are split among the jurisdictions of three separate California counties: Santa Barbara County (four), Ventura County (two) and Los Angeles County (two). The islands are divided into two groups — the Northern Channel Islands and the Southern Channel Islands. The four Northern Islands used to be a single landmass known as Santa Rosae.
The archipelago extends for 160 miles (257.5 kilometers) between San Miguel Island in the north and San Clemente Island in the south. Together, the islands’ land area totals 221,331 acres, or about 346 square miles.
Five of the islands (San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, and Santa Barbara) were made into the Channel Islands National Park in 1980. The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary encompasses the waters six nautical miles (11 kilometers) off Anacapa, Santa Cruz, San Miguel and Santa Barbara Islands.
Santa Catalina Island is the only one of the eight islands with a significant permanent civilian settlement—the resort city of Avalon, California, and the unincorporated town of Two Harbors.
The Channel Islands at low elevations are virtually frost-free and constitute one of the few such areas in the 48 contiguous US states. It never snows except rarely on higher tops of mountains.
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary is home to a rich and diverse community of marine life. The shoreline topography and currents in this region facilitate mixing of cool, nutrient rich waters from the north with warmer waters from the south, creating a biologic transition zone that brims with life.


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The electromagnetic buzzer is composed of an oscillator, an electromagnetic coil, a magnet, a vibrating diaphragm and a shell. After the power is turned on, the audio signal current generated by the oscillator passes through the electromagnetic coil, causing the electromagnetic coil to generate a magnetic field. The vibrating diaphragm periodically vibrates and produces sound under the interaction of the electromagnetic coil and the magnet. The electromagnetic transducer has the same working principle as the electromagnetic buzzer, but one less oscillating circuit.
The left side of the picture above is the structure diagram of the electromagnetic buzzer, and the right side is the structure diagram of the electromagnetic transducer, almost exactly the same. The only difference is whether it contains an oscillating circuit. So one of the ways to distinguish them is to see if they can be driven by DC voltage.
From the perspective of parameters to distinguish between electromagnetic buzzer and transducer:
1. Distinguish from whether the operating voltage is DC or AC. As mentioned above, the DC voltage is an electromagnetic buzzer, and vice versa is a transducer.
2. Normally, the coil resistance will not be marked in the parameter table of the electromagnetic buzzer, but the transducer will be marked.
So from these two points, you can simply distinguish that the product in your hand is an electromagnetic buzzer or a transducer.


Blockchain technology is a decentralized, distributed ledger system that is used to store and manage data. It was originally created to serve as the underlying technology for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, but it has since been applied to a wide range of use cases, including supply chain management, digital identity verification, and smart contracts.
The fundamental characteristic of blockchain technology is that it provides a secure and tamper-proof record of transactions. This is achieved by creating a network of nodes, each of which maintains a copy of the ledger. When a new transaction is made, it is broadcast to the network, and each node validates the transaction before adding it to the ledger. Once a transaction is added to the ledger, it cannot be altered or deleted.
One of the key advantages of blockchain technology is its decentralization. Because there is no central authority governing the network, it is resistant to censorship and hacking. Additionally, because each node has a copy of the ledger, there is no single point of failure in the system.
Another advantage of blockchain technology is its transparency. Because each transaction is recorded on the ledger, it is visible to anyone who has access to the network. This makes it easier to track and trace transactions, which can be particularly useful in supply chain management and other applications where transparency is important.
In order to develop blockchain applications, developers need to be familiar with a number of different technologies, including cryptography, distributed systems, and consensus algorithms. They also need to have a solid understanding of the specific blockchain platform they are working with, as different platforms may have different features and limitations.
Overall, blockchain technology is a powerful tool for creating decentralized, secure, and transparent applications. As such, it has the potential to revolutionize a wide range of industries and applications in the coming years.


Researchers Developing New Rapid Response Tool to Help Evaluate the Causes of U.S. Extreme Temperature and Drought Events
In the past decade, scientists have made great advances in their ability to attribute extreme climate and weather events to underlying causes including human-caused climate change and recurring climate phenomena such as El Niño. Now, a NOAA- funded research project will develop these advances into a prototype service to regularly evaluate the causes of extreme heat and cold waves and drought in the United States. This 3½ year effort brings together scientists from four NOAA labs/centers and university scientists at two of NOAA’s Cooperative Institutes. In this project, researchers will monitor for these extremes, analyze observed trends in a historical context to determine the chance of these events occurring, and use climate models to assess the influence of multiple causes. An overview of this project appears in the BAMS special report, Explaining Extreme Events of 2020 from a Climate Perspective.
Attribution of heat and drought extremes for the United States will require a better understanding of the regional differences across the United States. For example, understanding the contrast between the “warming hole” in the Eastern United States – where daily maximum temperatures have not increased – with the strong warming seen in the Western United States is of primary importance. Will this pattern persist? Or is a reversal of this pattern possible, uncovering the unrevealed hazard of extreme heat that has not yet been seen over larger parts of the country? Through a multi-pronged approach of careful monitoring, identification of the causes of events historically and in the present day, and a blending of observational and model-based analysis the researchers hope to answer these questions.
Every year NOAA identifies billion-dollar climate and weather disasters. As the climate warms, the impacts of these disasters are increasing. Understanding the causes of extreme climate and weather events will help communities, and emergency and resource planners better anticipate and plan for future events.
Barsugli, Joseph J. (PSL/CIRES), David R. Easterling, Derek S. Arndt, David A. Coates, Thomas L. Delworth, Martin P. Hoerling (PSL), et al. (2022): Development of a Rapid Response Capability to Evaluate Causes of Extreme Temperature and Drought Events in the United States. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc..
Posted: February 14, 2022


The design and development of the Public Health Research Data Management System highlights how it is possible to construct an information system, which allows greater access to well, preserved public health research data to enable it to be reused and shared. The Public Health Research Data Management System (PHRDMS) manages clinical, health service, community and survey research data within a secure web environment. The conceptual model under pinning the PHRDMS is based on three main entities: participant, community and health service. The PHRDMS was designed to provide data management to allow for data sharing and reuse. The system has been designed to enable rigorous research and ensure that: data that are unmanaged be managed, data that are disconnected be connected, data that are invisible be findable, data that are single use be reusable, within a structured collection. The PHRDMS is currently used by researchers to answer a broad range of policy relevant questions, including monitoring incidence of renal disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and mental health problems in different risk groups.
|Number of pages||9|
|Journal||Electronic Journal of Health Informatics|
|Publication status||Published - 2015|
Bibliographical notePublisher Copyright:
© by the authors.
- Database management systems
- Public health
- Secondary use


A coefficient used in the preliminary estimations of the power required in a new design to attain the desired speed.
Floating, not controlled, without a clearly determinable direction. A vessel is said to be adrift when she breaks away from her moorings.
A solid substance used to remove components from a gas being processed.
Adsorption is the adhesion of atoms, ions or molecules from a gas, liquid or dissolved solid to a surface.
The distance that the ship has advanced in a direction parallel to the original course measured from the point where the helm was put over. See also Manoeuvring parameters.
In the field of physics, engineering, and earth sciences, advection is the transport of a substance or quantity by bulk motion of a fluid.
The aerodynamic force which acts parallel to the direction of wind flow.
The aerodynamic force which acts perpendicular to the direction of wind flow.
Aerodynamics is the study of motion of air, particularly when affected by a solid object, such as a wind turbine blade.
In a floating condition; the opposite of aground.
A tanker with deadweight of 79,999dwt, however the term Aframax is generally used for tankers in the 50,000 – 100,000dwt capacity range.
A type of lifting gear often installed on stern of cable vessels, pipe-lying vessels and offshore construction vessels for sub sea load handling.
A compartment located aft of the aftermost watertight bulkhead.
A term applied to the first main transverse watertight bulkhead forward of the stern.
The compartment in the narrow part of the stern aft of the aft peak bulkhead.
The aft perpendicular passes through the aft end of the freeboard length L.
The part of the ship form where the parallel middle body and the run meet.
That portion of a ship hull aft amidships.
Agrivoltaics is co-developing the same area of land for both solar photovoltaic power as well as for agriculture. The coexistence of solar panels and crops implies a sharing of light between these two types of production.
When a vessel rests on something solid other than the blocks in a dry-dock or slipway she is said to be aground.


Voltage ratio measurement involves measuring the ratio of the voltage measured across a device
(e.g. a bridge) to the excitation voltage applied to the device, as illustrated in the above figure. This involves applying a voltage across the device and measuring the voltage across
the two intermediate nodes via a pair of instruNet Vin+ and Vin- input terminals. The excitation
voltage for the device is supplied either by instruNet or by an external voltage source.
instruNet calculates the ratio, returning "Volts/Volts" engineering units, using the equations:
1. Set the Sensor field in the Hardware settings area to Voltage.
2. Set the Wiring field in the Hardware settings area to Bridge.
3. Set the Ro field in the Constants settings area to the value of one Ro bridge resistor (i.e. or approx resistance across the device), in ohms units.
If working with hardware that has variable internal excitation (e.g. i100 ± 5V),
then set the Vout field in the Constants settings area to the desired
Alternatively, if applying an external excitation voltage, enter -Ro value in the Ro edit field (e.g. -100 instead of 100 ohms) to tell the
software that the excitation is external, and then enter the external excitation voltage in the Vout field.
5. Set the Vinit field in the Constants settings area to the
voltage measured when the bridge is not stimulated, in Volts units (to null the bridge).
6. Wire your voltage source per the above figure. Click here for a review of the instruNet sensor software, and click here if the measured value is not correct.
7. To eliminate susceptibility to RFI noise with the i100 (not with the i42x/i43x/i60x 12), it may be necessary to place a capacitor between the Vin+ and Vin- screw terminals,
and between the Vin- and Gnd screw terminals, as noted in Maximizing Strain Gage Accuracy. Typical values are 0.01uF.
Field Settings Summary
The following summarized the settings used with voltage ratio experiments.


A vehicle's design largely determines its fuel efficiency, but how it's driven--and where--can have a significant impact as well.
With their ability to drive solely on electric power at low speeds, hybrids appear better suited to city driving, while diesel drivers have been known to exceed their vehicles' rated fuel economy on the highway.
DON'T MISS: Peugeot 208 Hybrid Air Latest To Aim For French 117 MPG TargetThose perceptions are confirmed by a new study of U.K. data from research firm Emissions Analytics, which found that in terms of fuel economy, on average, hybrids do best in cities, while diesels do best on highways.
Note that this study used U.K.-market vehicles, which are rated using the highly-optimistic European testing cycle. The specific models surveyed also aren't available in the U.S.
Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion (2015 VW Golf body style in U.S.)
It was 7 percent for diesels, but only 3 percent for hybrids--which makes sense considering that many hybrids have higher rated city mpg than highway mpg, while it's usually the inverse for diesels and other vehicles that rely solely on internal-combustion power.
ALSO SEE: Diesel Pollution In London Makes Air Worse Than Beijing For Nitrous Oxides
Researchers said any advantage hybrids might have evaporated in highway driving, where diesels appeared much better suited to the conditions.
While the U.S. EPA test cycle is tougher than the European standard, those results likely won't surprise U.S. drivers.
Citroen C4 Cactus
Hybrids did have an advantage in another area, though.
Researchers noted that hybrids produce consistently lower levels of nitrogen-oxide emissions than diesels, especially in urban driving, when some zero-emission driving on electric power is factored in.
So while diesels may return more consistent fuel-economy results, hybrids remain the cleaner choice.


It is a mechanism that converts energy into the mechanical work required to propel a vehicle.
It is a mechanical system that controls the intake and exhaust valves in an internal combustion engine.
It is the metric used to indicate the power produced by a Jaguar XJ engine, it means the power of your car.
It is a parameter that shows the number of engine crankshaft revolutions at which the maximum power (number of horsepower) is reached.
Torque, simply, is the ability of a vehicle to perform work.
It is a parameter that shows the number of engine crankshaft revolutions at which the maximum torque is reached.
This parameter shows how long it takes to accelerate the vehicle from a standing position to 60 mph (equalling 100 km/h).
It is a time it takes a Jaguar XJ to travel a 1/4 mile.
It is the maximum speed the Jaguar XJ can reach in a 1/4 mile test.
This parameter shows the distance, measured in miles, that a car can travel per gallon of fuel in city traffic.
This parameter shows the distance, measured in miles, that a car can travel per gallon of fuel on a highway.
Are you presently keen to get hold of a 2018 XJ, but which of the Jaguar engines is the best to get? Out of several characteristics and different versions to choose from, our engine chart will help you make a decision on the most effective Jaguar engine in the XJ selection if you would like much more horsepower, torque, towing capacity, or much better gasoline economy. Just how long do 2018 Jaguar XJ engines function? What engines absolutely go with the XJ? What engines are interchangeable? Which are the choices for customizing of the stock set up?
When it comes to repairing your 2018 Jaguar XJ, buying a comprehensive engine can be a efficient option to acquiring a new vehicle. Explore the engine technical specs for 2018 Jaguar XJ models under, do a comparison across years or trims to see the exchange alternatives.
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Sizing information and measurement guide
|Shoe Size||Sole Length||Age|
|3.75 in (9.525 cm)||0-6 months|
|1||4.125 in (10.475 cm)||6-12 months|
|4.5 in (11.53 cm)||12-18 months|
|5 in (12.7 cm)||1.5-2 years|
|5.5 in (13.97 cm)||2-2.5 years|
|5||6 in (15.24 cm)||2.5-3 years|
Getting an accurate measurement of your child's foot is so important, and I know it can be tricky! Below is a quick step-by-step guide to help you get a good measurement. Be sure to add 1/4 inch of wiggle room to determine the correct sole length for your child's shoe size.
- Find a ruler, a pen or pencil and a piece of paper.
- Tape the paper to the ground and place your child's foot on it. Gently press down on their foot to make sure it is flat and that their toes are not curled.
- Draw a line behind their heel and another line in front of their longest toe.
- Measure the distance between the lines in inches.


Banishing Bullying With Science
As a researcher, adviser, and science communicator, APS Fellow Dorothy Espelage is raising awareness about effective strategies for preventing bullying and youth violence.
Unpacking the Link Between Teen Victimization and Mental Illness
A longitudinal twin study suggests that victimization makes general and far-reaching contributions to mental disorders.
Is the Justice System Overly Punitive?
Scientific American: Twenty years ago Rwanda was torn apart by violence. The Hutu majority slaughtered their Tutsi neighbors, killing approximately 70% of the Tutsi minority in the space of only four months. Once the killing
Both Stars and Blunderers Get Bullied at Work
While low performers are typically the targets of bullying from co-workers, research suggests that people tagged as aces are also victimized in more discrete ways.
Don’t Hurt That Robot! How Morality Muddles Perception of a Mind
LiveScience: Although people can’t directly experience the consciousness of another, they take for granted that other people have minds — that others can think, remember, experience pleasure and feel pain. People, however, don’t typically attribute
People Attribute Minds to Robots, Corpses That Are Targets of Harm
As Descartes famously noted, there’s no way to really know that another person has a mind — every mind we observe is, in a sense, a mind we create. Now, new research suggests that victimization


Root Nurture Grow: The Essential Guide to Propagating and Sharing Houseplants by Caro Langton & Rose Ray
Life with a potted plant is undeniably better. And better yet is the ability to grow and replicate new, healthy houseplants without ever having to visit a garden centre again. Learn to share, swap and celebrate the miraculous methods of multiplying all of your favourites at almost no cost at all. And here’s the secret: it’s really, really easy.
Plants are designed to multiply. They spread their roots, send off inquisitive shoots, and regenerate themselves in all sorts of exciting and unexpected ways without any help. Even for the beginner indoor gardener, a single leaf can hold enough life to be successfully grown into a brand new plant.
With Root, Nurture, Grow, you’ll quickly discover how to propagate any houseplant, take cuttings, cultivate runners and offsets, divide plants at the roots and even grow brand new root systems in the air. You’ll learn pruning methods that produce no waste, organic rooting medium recipes, and eventually enjoy gifting and swapping newly grown greenery with friends, family and other houseplant hoarders you’ll meet along the way.


May is Mental Health Awareness Month – a month to raise public awareness and educate communities on how to provide support for mental health issues. Let’s make mental health a priority this month!
Did you know millions of Americans are affected by mental health conditions every year? According to the opens in a new windowNational Alliance on Mental Illness, 1 in 5 Americans will experience mental illness each year. Below are a few ways you can support your sisters, friends and family.
- Offer Support. Keep in mind that your friend or loved one might not be ready to talk about what they’re going through or simply may not want your help right now. You cannot force someone to get help, so just do your best to be there. Be ready if and when they do finally reach out.
- Share Your Concerns. Share your observations with your friend or family member. Focus on being nonjudgmental, compassionate and understanding. Use “I” (instead of “you”) comments to get the conversation started.
- Reach Out to Someone You Trust. If someone you know is in need, you don’t need to go at it alone. Involve others who can provide added support. Try to find someone who might be understanding of the situation or be able to help. Your friend may feel cornered if you start involving others, so make sure to talk to your friend first.
- Learn more about mental health conditions. Find out opens in a new windowmore about what your loved one is going through so you are better able to help in future situations.
Don’t be afraid to reach out if you or someone you know needs help. Learning all you can about mental health is an important first step. Luckily, we don’t have to face it alone. We have the support of our sisters in Kappa Delta to face the world together!


A little more than forty years after the signing of the Constitution of the United States, the country’s economy is primarily agrarian, however, industrialization is taking root in the cities. Westward expansion is stimulating the development of a national infrastructure and fueling debate about states’ rights versus federalism. Large numbers of immigrants and free blacks are inflating the population and changing the demographics. The growth of a two-party system is altering the face of politics and political campaigning.
A philosophical shift prompts many Americans to actively support the abolition of slavery, the nascent suffragist movement, equal rights and free education for all. The traditional Calvinism of the early settlers is challenged by itinerant preachers who propagate evangelical Protestantism. In the extreme, religious and ideological prophets establish self-contained utopian communities based on the socialist tenet of shared property. Additionally, some advocate radical lifestyles such as celibacy, polygamy, group marriage and free love.
The end of the third decade of the nineteenth century is, indeed, a time of change and challenge. America underscores its growing transformation by sending Andrew Jackson, a rough, volatile, military hero from free-wheeling Tennessee to the White House to replace John Quincy Adams, a reserved, Harvard-educated diplomat from staid New England.
Taken from the Preface of Reverberation, The Novel.


“It’s a week of discoveries,” said Verum with a happy sigh as she gazed into her trusty crystal ball, “So many discoveries in various parts of the world. Oh, I am so excited to find out more about them.”
Scorch, Orak, and Felix gathered around their gleeful friend and said, “We’re here to hear about the news!”
“Let’s start with the marvelous discovery from India,” said Verum, looking up from her crystal ball with a broad smile, adding, “Maharashtra is a state in western India. It has a coastal region called Konkan. Konkan is a thin strip of land bordered by the Arabian Sea on one side and the Western Ghats mountain range on the other side.
Indian archaeologists discovered something fascinating in a cave located about 10 kilometers away from a village called Koloshi in the Sidhudurg district in Konkan. They found stone tools dating back tens of thousands of years in the cave earlier this year.
A research team was studying the petroglyphs or rock carvings of animals, birds, human figures, and geometrical designs in the area. That’s when they found this cave. Further excavations were carried out in two rounds. The researchers found several small and big stone tools.
These tools date back to the Mesolithic Period or the middle stone age. The smaller tools called microliths could be around 10,000 years old while the bigger tools could be about 20,000 years old. But it will take a few months to identify the exact period of these tools. As of now, the tools are said to be about 10,000 to 48,000 years old!”
“Whoa,” said Felix.
“But what were these tools used for?” said Scorch.
“Oh, we don’t know that yet. Archaeologist Dr. Parth Chauhan said that the residue on the edge of these tools will be studied using chemical reactions. This will tell us the functions of the tools,” said Verum.
“I want to visit the cave,” whispered Orak.


Striving for Justice: The Movement towards Gender Neutrality in Family Law
By Mishka Paswan, Amity Law School, Patna.*
Gender neutrality in family law has become a critical movement in recent years. And this article Striving for Justice: The Movement towards Gender Neutrality in Family Law will delve into it. Traditional gender roles and assumptions about gender have been deeply ingrained in family law, resulting in unfair outcomes for women and other gender minorities. This movement towards gender neutrality has been driven by several factors, including the changing roles of women in society, increased awareness of gender inequality, and changing attitudes towards gender and sexuality. As a result, laws and policies related to divorce, child custody, child support, and other family law matters have undergone significant changes in recent years.
Many states have adopted a presumption of shared parenting, which prioritizes the involvement of both parents in the lives of their children regardless of gender or sex. Additionally, the best interests of the child standard, which is used to determine custody arrangements and other family law matter, now take into account a wide range of factors beyond just gender and sex. The benefits of gender-neutral family law are many. By avoiding assumptions based on gender or sex and instead focusing on individual circumstances, gender-neutral family law promotes increased fairness and equality in family law proceedings. This approach also reduces reliance on gender stereotypes and assumptions, leading to more individualized and nuanced decisions.
* The author is a third-year student pursuing B.A. LL. B from Amity University, Patna.


Melanie Albin PsyS. LMFT
Problem-solving skills in a nutshell: At least 3 options exist for every problem.
Updated: May 27
First, try to think of 3 options for your problem. There are always at least 3. Sometimes more than 3 options exist. If you can't come up with 3 then stop thinking about it until you have time to research the options with an expert in the field of the problem. The research can be done online, over the phone, or in consultation with an expert. #problemsolvingskills
Since thinking about a problem triggers adrenaline, starting the stress cycle which speeds up your heart rate and your breathing causing you to be anxious, and shuts off your digestion and your immune system that ends in depletion, you want to turn your adrenaline off for now. Take some deep breaths and imagine you are in a relaxing place. Or spend 20 minutes exercising, cleaning or involve yourself in a hobby or interest for 20 minutes. All these will turn off the adrenaline and the stress cycle.
Once you have at least 3 options, think about or list the pros and cons of each option.
Then, think about or list the short and long-term consequences of each option.
Then you are in the best position to decide on an option. And you can stop thinking or obsessing about it because unless you come across another option, there is no need to ruminate about it which only turns on your adrenaline, which will turn on the stress cycle with all its side effects.


What Is a Dental Filling?
Why Might a Dental Filling Be Needed?
Once tooth decay infiltrates through the tooth enamel, it can quickly become painful and a serious tooth problem. Deep tooth decay allows bacteria inside the tooth, which can lead to a tooth infection or abscess. Dental fillings of tooth decay at the first detection of a cavity can prevent tooth infections that may require a root canal or extraction. Dental fillings can also be used to repair cracked or chipped teeth.
Who Is a Candidate for Dental Fillings?
Anyone who has a cavity or damage to their tooth may be a candidate for a dental filling procedure. Most cavities do not cause pain and are not always visible to the patient, which is why frequent dental exams are important. During routine dental exams and cleanings, our dentist will carefully inspect the teeth physically and with digital x-rays to look for signs of decay or damage to the teeth. If a dental filling is needed, it can often be performed the same day.
What Happens During the Dental Filling Process?
If you have a tooth that has a cavity, Dr. Daniels and our dental team will ensure you are comfortable before we begin your dental filling. The tooth will be numbed with a local anesthetic, and the tooth decay will be removed. Once all the damaged tooth material is gone, we can fill the hole or indent with the filling material, usually composite resin. We can match composite dental fillings to match the color of the tooth, so it blends perfectly. The resin is cured to harden within the tooth – this only takes a few minutes. Then, the surface is polished.


Masterminds: George Washington Carver
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Is there a child in your life who would love to learn about influential figures in S.T.E.A.M. who have made massive contributions to their field and how their stories and discoveries remain relevant today? This book about George Washington Carver will be a favorite, and the whole Masterminds series will be a perfect addition at home or in the classroom!
Parents, teachers, and gift givers will find:
- books about people like George Washington Carver and Jane Goodall to inspire kids
- colorful pages filled with current and relevant information
- a whole series about influential figures in S.T.E.A.M.
George Washington Carver was born a slave but became one of the most prominent scientists and inventors in U.S. history. As an agricultural scientist, Carver promoted the idea of growing peanuts and sweet potatoes to be used in over a hundred different ways. He also spent his time championing various efforts in agricultural education in the South. The perfect book about George Washington Carver for kids!
- Size: 7.50 in x 9 in
- Pages: 32
- Case Count: 50
- Age range: 7-11
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The Greek Orthodox Archbishop Iakovos marched hand-in-hand with the King in Selma, unlike other church figures, where civil rights marchers protested against segregation and for equal voting rights. Such acts were not common, and certainly not covered, back in 1965. “Iakovos was threatened,” says one close assistant and friend of the archbishop, “but he never thought of his decision twice.”
Coretta Scott King, King’s wife, said when Iakovos died in 2005, “At a time when many of the nation’s most prominent clergy were silent, Archbishop Iakovos courageously supported our Freedom Movement and marched with my husband, and throughout his life he continued to support the nonviolent movement against poverty, racism and violence.”
In 1965, the reputable LIFE magazine cover showcased the historical moment, capturing a strong Iakovos standing to Martin Luther King Jr’s right.
Even before the march in Selma, Archbishop Iakovos had been a strong supporter of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. He stated as the bill was finally passed: “Glory to the most high! May this mark the beginning of a new age for all humankind, an era when the word of God charts and guides our lives.”
He said that the recognition of Orthodox chaplains in the U.S. armed forces and the dialogue he formed with representatives of the Episcopal, Lutheran, Southern Baptist, and black churches, as well as with Judaism and Islam, were among his most proud achievements.
The Greek Orthodox Archbishop was born Demetrios Koukouzis on the Greek island of Imvros on July 29th, 1911. When he turned 15, he enrolled in the Ecumenical Patriarchal Theological School of Halki. This is ccording to the Encyclopedia of Christianity in the US.
Archbishop Iakovos continued to be an advocate of equality throughout his life. In 1980, the 39th US President Jimmy Carter awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
See the moving video below as Archbishop Iakovos narrates the struggles he faced in 1965 and throughout his life:


Elementary students follow the Core Knowledge curriculum for visual art. They will be introduced to contemporary artists and art history from around the world (Africa, China, Japan, India, the Middle East, and the United States). Students learn about different forms of art such as sculpture, architecture, portraits, still lifes, murals, and landscapes. Art from prehistoric times, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and early American art will be studied.Students draw, color, paint, sculpt, and build with various media along the way to create their own works of art.
Middle School Visual Art students explore a “Journey of Self”, and how art can be a tool of expression and understanding. Students will investigate the significance of art history and discover how plays a roll in contemporary life, along with creating using a variety of mediums, traditional and non-traditional.
The High School Visual Arts department strives to create an inclusive environment where students cultivate and flourish their appreciation, knowledge, and abilities of the visual arts. Our focus in within the classroom apart from creating is to develop an understanding of art history which is rooted in classical education. We utilize the core knowledge sequence which often couples with current contemporary art. We aim for our graduates to also understand the opportunities and inspiration our modern world provides for artists who are working today.
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Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Health have identified a novel mechanism and potential new therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
The findings are published in the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
“Alzheimer’s is such a devastating disease and currently there is no cure or effective therapy,” said Tao Ma, Ph.D., assistant professor of gerontology and geriatric medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine, part of Wake Forest Baptist Health.
“All completed clinical trials of new drugs have failed so there is clearly a need for novel therapeutic targets for potential treatments.”
Alzheimer’s is characterized by profound memory loss and synaptic failure. Although the exact cause of Alzheimer’s remains unclear, it is well established that maintaining memory and synaptic plasticity requires protein synthesis.
Ma’s team and others recently have shown AD-associated activation of a signaling molecule termed eEF2K leads to inhibition of protein synthesis. In this study they wanted to determine if suppression of eEF2K could improve protein synthesis capacity and consequently alleviate the cognitive and synaptic impairments associated with the disease.
The researchers used a genetic approach to repress the activity of eEF2K in two different Alzheimer’s mouse models. They found that genetic suppression of eEF2K prevented memory loss in those animal models and significantly improved synaptic function.
“These findings are encouraging and provide a new pathway for further research,” Ma said.
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, c2200 BCE
Naram-Sin was king of the Akkadian Empire ca. 2254-2218 BCE. He was the fourth Akkadian king and grandson of Sargon, founder of the empire. The Akkadian empire united the Sumerian and Semitic peoples, covering Mesopotamia, the Levant, and parts of Iran. During Naram-Sin's reign the empire grew to its greatest extent and Naram-Sin was the first Mesopotamian king to claim divinity for himself. This stele, created sometime during Naram-Sin's reign, shows the king in his divine status as he leads his army to victory over the Lullubians. Naram-Sin appears far larger than anyone else and wearing a horned helmet that symbolized divinity. The king ascends this mountain, literally crushing his enemies underfoot, while his army follows behind. Every figure in this scene looks toward Naram-Sin, even a Lullubian on the far right who flees in terror and awe. The order and discipline of Naram-Sin's army is contrasted with the chaos of the Lullubians who are shown in gruesome defeat (one man is thrown from the mountain while another has a spear in his neck). Naram-Sin himself, in addition to his size, is depicted with nobility and strength; his pose is resolute and deliberate as he ascends toward the heavens to join the gods, represented here by the Star of Shamash, the sun god. This monumental piece (about 6.5 feet tall) is the first known Mesopotamian monument to depict a continuous scene, rather than splitting the action into several horizontal registers. The artist unified the action to commemorate the glory of Naram-Sin, just as Naram-Sin is shown as the universal monarch, known as "King of the Four Regions".
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Vayera opens with “And the Almighty appeared to him [Avraham] in Elonei Mamre as he sat at the tent’s entrance in the heat of the day.”
Q: If the Torah wanted to pinpoint the place or locale from where this prophetic vision emanated, then the verse only needed to state “in Elonei Mamrei” or “at the tent’s entrance.” Why was it important to add a prepositional phrase regarding this event’s timing “in the heat of the day”?
A: In that seemingly unassuming detail, a Torah truism is being suggested. But before we get to that basic fundamental, we need to determine: What does “the heat of the day” mean? The expression, plausibly, refers to a day’s morning hours when a town typically teems with activity. Peddlers, hawking merchants, hondling, and traffic were backed up from the “heated” exchanges that are naturally associated with vibrant shuk life and commerce.
Here is the Torah truism. Until Avraham’s time, when a truth-seeker wanted to commune with Hashem, it was done far away from society's honking and hollering. And it was done in the wee hours of the night when one could hear a pin drop.
That changed after Avraham underwent circumcision (see last week’s parasha). The brit spiritually charged Avraham so much so that he could even receive Hashem’s divine messages “in the heat of the day.” The first Jewish forefather connected and tuned in to the Almighty – around the clock and in any venue.


It was probably over 25 years ago I sowed some seed of a kiwi (Actinidia deliciosa) from the supermarket just for fun! Little did I know that it would be flowering in my garden in the year 2020. The seed germinated and I accidentally left the plants in a pot in the garden all winter. I had lost the label and I didn’t recognise the plant when it leafed out in spring. A gardening friend (Alvilde) visiting that summer did recognised it and I recalled having sowed those seeds. It also showed that it was much more hardy than I imagined. I therefore planted two plants in the warmest spot I could find in the garden against the south side of the house. Unfortunately, one of the two plants died and you need two to get fruit….not that I had any pretense of ever eating my own kiwis (I’d read that Actinidia deliciosa needs temperatures over 20C for 3-4 months to ripen fruit). Some summers, we only have 10-20 such days! I carried on growing it more of a curiosity than anything else…a plant one doesn’t expect to see at 63.5N! Then in 2007, I had a visit from a Swedish gardening club (STA). I told them about the kiwi and one of them commented that it was flowering. I hadn’t noticed the two flowers:
I never saw a flower again, until just a week ago when I lifted one of the branches and discovered a couple of flowers well hidden under the leaves. On closer examination there were about 10 flowers altogether! A mild winter followed by record temperatures in June had stimulated it to flower “profusely” (of course, I could have missed the odd flower in the past). I didn’t round to taking pictures for several days by which time the flowers were over (see below). Given that I will never have my own fruit, I wonder if other parts of kiwis can be eaten. I found one reference to the leaves being edible on a kiwi web site. Can anyone confirm? There are references in the literature to both Actinidia arguta and Actinidia polygama shoots being eaten.


Reconstructive eye surgery is used to treat diseases of the eye. It can also be used to treat abnormalities of the eyelids, midface and the eye orbits. It is done because there are times when cosmetic eye surgery can’t repair damage as well as reconstructive eye surgery. The conditions which can be treated may be diverse. This surgery can also treat problems which are single or multiple. Reconstructive eye surgery can treat orbital problems and injuries to the eyelids. It can also be used to treat diseases involving the eyelids and tear duct system.
Also, reconstructive eye surgery can treat thyroid related diseases, like Grave’s disease. Grave’s ophthalmopathy causes a protrusion of the eyeball. This condition is called exophthalmos or proptosis. This condition causes the swelling of the muscles tissues around the eyes. It can cause vision loss and even disfigurement. It can be treated with radiation and medication.
However, sometimes more space is needed for the eye to prevent vision loss so orbital decompression is used. In this procedure, bone tissue between the eye socket and the sinuses are removed. This makes more room for the eye and helps to reduce eye protrusion. The hospital stay is short and the procedure is performed under general anesthesia. There can be some complications from this type of reconstruction eye surgery though as with all surgery. You can experience some feeling of numbness in the cheek, lip and upper teeth of the affected side. Sometimes you may even develop double vision.
To close, although cosmetic eye lid surgery can repair some problems, sometimes only reconstructive eye surgery can fix others. So if you are having eye lid issues, consulting any number of Miami eye specialists today is the first step to better eye health.


The short straw: bio-based construction
Source:The Architectural Review
An abundance of straw offers an ecological alternative to the supremacy of concrete in French construction
In the face of the climate crisis, the construction sector must urgently offer alternatives to the hegemony of concrete. Cement production is responsible for about eight per cent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and consumes large amounts of increasingly rare resources: energy, water, sand and aggregates. Wood, straw, hemp, reed or bamboo, in combination with earth or stone for their high thermal inertia, offer virtuous alternatives. The new French environmental regulations (RE2020) position natural materials as a priority for a sustainable future in construction, in both housing and public buildings.
Straw-bale construction was developed in the 1880s by settlers on the North Central Plains of the United States. In the absence of traditional building materials, they stacked hay and then straw bales to build the load-bearing walls of their homes, implementing the so-called ‘Nebraska technique’. The oldest known existing wood-frame building with straw insulation is the Maison Feuillette in Montargis, France. Built in 1920, this small 110m2 house with a gable roof is a symbol of the durability of this technique. It was designed by the engineer Émile Feuillette with the aim of creating a home that was economical and quick to build. In this period of postwar reconstruction, materials were scarce. He therefore used small timber sections for the load-bearing framework of oak and poplar lattice beams, and filled them with straw bales for insulation. The layout of the wooden structure avoided cutting the bales to save material and time. He built a few other houses with this principle, but the supremacy of concrete in the following decades marginalised vernacular materials such as wood, straw, stone and earth. In 2013, the Réseau Français de la Construction Paille (RFCP) crowdfunded to buy the house to preserve and restore it. After the renovation, it has set up headquarters there.


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3D Printed Technologies
3D Printed Electronics
Aerosol Jet Process
The minimum feature size of circuits produced by conventional screen- or tampon- printing is limited to ca. 100microns. In contrast the Aerosol Jet process is able to produce circuits well below 5o microns. Therefore, the process has the potential to support the miniaturisation of electronic systems in a contactless and mask-less way. Furthermore, the process is able to print onto both 2D and 3D parts which enables 3D-MID devices to be manufactured.
The Aerosol Jet process prints a wide range of functional inks via a Pneumatic or an Ultrasonic atomisation process. After the aerosol is created in the atomiser it is aerodynamically focussed in the print head to a concentrated beam and then projected on to the substrate.
The functional ink can consists of solutions or suspensions of conductive, semi-conductive, resistive or isolating materials. So the entire range of building blocks for electronic systems can be printed. If the ink contains solid particles these should be kept to below 1micron in size: i.e. nano-particle materials. The deposited inks can be sintered or cured according to their material type and properties (oven sintering, light sintering, UV curing…). A further advantage of the process is the ability to possible to print multilayer, multi-material structures and devices.


Gardening is an incredible hobby to embrace. By putting your green thumb to practice, you are benefitting yourself and your environment. Spending your free time planting a vegetable garden and growing vegetables in your very own backyard offers many benefits that will improve your quality of life while practicing sustainability.
Some of the main benefits of planting your vegetable garden include:
Improved Physical Health
Gardening offers an opportunity for you to enjoy more time outside. While practicing this hobby, you can soak in the fresh air and sun. You’ll grow more of an appreciation for nature while absorbing some vitamin D and clean air, which will support your physical well-being.
On top of the fresh air and sun, the physical activity of gardening helps support your muscle development and fitness. It’s a low-impact method of staying active, which will help with your organ health as the act of standing, bending, using your arm muscles, and more will keep your circulation flowing and heart pumping oxygen throughout the body. You’ll burn calories, lowering your blood pressure, and build more bone strength while doing something you enjoy.
Access to Nutrition
Having vegetables growing on your property also offers convenience. You no longer need to venture to the store to grab items for your salad. Need a crunchy snack? Simply walk to the backyard and pull a carrot from your garden. You’ll have easy access to nutrients that will contribute to a healthy diet. You’ll
build immunity from diseases and feel more energized thanks to your own veggie supply.
Improved Mental Health
Having a hobby is beneficial to your mental well-being. Your gardening will offer you an outlet to release stress and clear your mind as you focus on growing your vegetables.
Nourishing Your Soil
By gardening, you can nurture the soil around your home. Your healthy soil will support growth by offering oxygen, water, temperature leveling, and nutrients to your vegetables. You’ll establish a healthy ecosystem in your backyard by growing vegetables and feeding your soil.
So how can you get started on setting up your vegetable garden?
- Start small with limited space and one or two vegetables
- Grow veggies you would enjoy
- Plant vegetables that will thrive in the season you are entering
- Find a garden spot with sun exposure
- Water your garden regularly
- Layout your vegetables in rows so they can adequately develop


Offgrid Residential Design
This is a two hour program focuses on residential off-grid systems. However, the material components are similar to what would be suitable for commercial battery projects up to 50kW.
Most grid-tied residential solar batteries are small and intended for back-up only. What are the considerations when planning an off-grid residential electrical system?
Growth in battery manufacturing is reducing costs of lithium ion batteries. While off-grid living is still expensive, it has never been more within reach. In certain cases, the cost of grid expansion can result in a happy off-grid solar customer. Learn more about what it takes to size a system for off-grid residential solar living.
This program covers electrical offgrid solar sizing principles and technical component discussion. The goal is to better understand the risks of offgrid living, to improve system reliability and value optimization during the project planning stage.
This program was written by a NABCEP-certified PV installer and mechanical engineer to help technical professionals better understand solar and battery project scope.
This course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Identify local solar performance during cloudy weather conditions to improve reliability.
- Evaluate the technical capabilities of off-grid battery inverters to improve project planning.
- Perform a sizing example for off-grid residential new construction to build design skill.
- Understand the design risks of low and high voltage battery banks to improve safety.
- Review component specification sheets to increase technical knowledge.
- Learn how to manage electrical loads and optimize appliance selection.
- Detail wiring diagrams of residential-sized offgrid systems to improve technical proficiency.
- Understand common balance-of-system material to improve system professionalism.
Battery storage is a new, fast-growing energy market. In this live webinar, you will be introduced to residential battery inverter systems with an emphasis on grid-connected systems like the ever famous Tesla Powerwall. This is not a powerwall class, this is a class to help you better understand the capabilities, costs, and design practices of lithium ion technologies as well as associated design and material selection.
Please register for one of our products to gain access to our classroom.


Four tips for maintaining healthy gums
A healthy smile is more than just white, bright teeth. The gums play an integral role in maintaining a healthy smile as well! Your gums are soft tissues that can be easily impacted by bacteria or disease. In fact, gum disease, or periodontal disease, starts in the gum tissues and can cause them to become red, swollen, and irritated. This also comes along with bleeding while brushing and flossing. At Montefiore Medical Center, we encourage patients to learn more about how to care for the teeth and gums to reduce the risk of infection and other common soft tissue problems.
What are some ways to maintain healthy gums?
- Brush teeth at least twice a day for two minutes each time. Be sure to use a fluoride toothpaste to also help strengthen the teeth.
- Floss at least once a day, or after each meal if possible. This removes food particles between teeth that might contribute to the development of gum disease.
- Use an antibacterial mouthwash at least once a day. These are available over-the-counter at your local drugstore, or special prescription mouthwash might be recommended by your dentist.
- Chew sugar-free gum after meals. This is helpful in maintaining saliva flow to wash away food particles in-between meals and snacks, reducing the risk of dry mouth--a common condition that can increase one's risk of periodontal disease and tooth decay.
These are all excellent ways to keep your teeth healthy and cavity-free. If you can’t brush your teeth for some reason, at least try to floss and use mouthwash. And don’t forget to chew sugar-free gum – it helps remove bacteria and food particles from your teeth while keeping your saliva flow up.
Discuss oral health recommendations with a quality team of professionals
Montefiore Medical Center has 11 convenient locations throughout the area to help patients obtain the best possible care for their smiles. If you are located in the community and want to speak to a dentist about your oral health needs, call our main number at 888-700-6623 to request a consultation appointment. We are open at all of our practice locations for new patients and families seeking comprehensive dental care, including general, cosmetic, and restorative dentistry for all ages.


The hypermoderns were a school of chess players who set out to rethink some of the principles of chess openings. The name was given to them by the Polish-French grandmaster Tartakower.
The key idea was, in reaction to the older ideas of Siegbert Tarrasch, to dispute control of the centre by more subtle methods. Whereas old theory was to occupy the centre with two or three pawns immediately, the hypermoderns concentrated more on attacking the opponent's centre. A characteristic first move was 1Nf3 with White, or 1...Nf6 with Black, especially in reply to 1d4. To 1e4 they favoured an asymmetric defence such as 1...e6 or 1...c5 rather than the classical reply 1...e5.
Nimzovich was the founder, and Alekhine, Tartakower, Réti, Grünfeld, and Bogolyubov all took part. All were top grandmasters of the 1920s and 30s. Several modern openings owe their popularity to this group: Alekhine's Defence (1e4 Nf6); Réti's Opening (1Nf3); the King's Indian Defence (1d4 Nf6 2c4 g6 3Nc3 Bg7); the Grünfeld Defence (1d4 Bf6 2c4 g6 3Nc3 d5) and the Modern Defence (1...g6).p178
- ↑ Hooper D. and Whyld K. 1992. The Oxford companion to chess. 2nd ed, Oxford University Press.


How Can You Ensure that Your Child Experiences Emotional Safety?
Emotional safety sets your child up for a lifetime of mental and physical health, and happiness. It helps your baby learn trust, and encourages you to trust your instincts as a parent.
A series of renowned experts in early childhood, beginning with Dr. Evan Adams, now First Nations Health Authority Chief Medical Officer, describe the various aspects of Emotional Safety. They share current research on brain development and social and emotional development using everyday language.
Authentic and diverse parents, from teen parents who were street kids to Harvard Educated university professors and an Indigenous elder, share parenting stories and model nurturing. They show how you can help your child feel emotionally safe.
The Importance of Your Baby’s First Relationships
The research on healthy social and emotional development is compelling: first relationships create a template for all future relationships. When you respond to your baby’s cues and turn-take while talking to your baby, when you sing, hold and touch your baby, you are helping your baby to feel secure. When babies feel secure they can relax and learn. Early nurturing, as described and demonstrated in this video, can put your child on the path for lifelong wellbeing.
Developed with Vancouver Native Health Society
Special thanks to Nadine Gagné and Children of the Rainbow Drum Group for generously donating their music.
Dr. Evan Adams, Dr. Nils Bergman, Dr. Thomas Boyce, Dr. Adele Diamond, Dr. Andrew Macnab, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Dr. Janet Werker


Best Practices in Disaster SNAP (D-SNAP) Operations and Planning
The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) plays a vital role in providing supplemental nutrition assistance in the wake of a disaster. As part of this response, FNS administers the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP), which provides short-term food assistance benefits to households affected by a disaster. In recent years, as weather-related disasters in the United States have become more frequent, the number of States providing D-SNAP benefits each year has increased.
In fiscal years 2017 and 2018 alone, D-SNAP aided nearly 6 million households and responded to more than a dozen disasters. FNS supports states’ D-SNAP planning and operations through provision of D-SNAP training, technical assistance, and guidance. The primary purpose of this study is to identify and document best practices in D-SNAP planning and operations from across the country and for a variety of disaster types. Specifically, Insight is addressing the following study objectives:
- Assess the implementation and operation of D-SNAP for selected disasters in each study state.
- Describe the characteristics and economic circumstances of the D-SNAP households for the selected disasters.
- Document each state’s approach to protecting program integrity while operating D-SNAP.
- Determine best practices for developing annual disaster plans to address various disaster types.
- Determine best practices for implementing and operating D-SNAP for a variety of disaster types.
To address these objectives, Insight is conducting case studies of up to 10 D-SNAPs in 5 states. The study includes the following four primary data collection components:
- Review of all available information on the planning, implementation, operation, and postdisaster reporting of D-SNAP in five states
- Interviews with federal staff at FNS Headquarters and Regional Offices who worked with states on D-SNAP administration and approvals
- Site visits to the five selected states to assess all aspects of the D-SNAP operations based on in-depth interviews, process-mapping discussions, and on-the-ground observations at former D-SNAP sites and disaster areas
- Collection of administrative caseload data to examine the characteristics and economic circumstances of D-SNAP households and estimate the economic impact in the affected areas


Climate Change is Here!
“There is mounting evidence that harm to the nation will increase substantially in the future unless global emissions of heat-trapping gases are greatly reduced,” U.S. National Climate Assessment, May 2014
Climate Change is real, we are living it, it’s serious, and our human activity is making it worse. In Minnesota our insurance rates have increase 267% since 1998, as we have become vulnerable to our changing climate with more droughts, and more heavy rain.
How can we consume less energy? The following are my suggestions for things we can all do to reduce the amount of carbon we dump into the air:
- Always turn off lights and unplug electronics when not in use.
- Drive less: Walk, bike, ride share, Carpool, combine errands, and take public transport.
- Reduce two-cycle engine pollution: Add more garden and pollinator friendly plants to reduce your lawn mowing, shovel snow by hand, and choose silent sports. Polluting our air is not cool!!
- Reduce or eliminate your use of pesticides, and all chemicals. Your family, your pets, birds and butterflies will be much healthier.
- Reduce or eliminate beef from your diet. Producing beef uses lots of energy!
- Recycle all plastics, glass and metal cans, and of course paper. According to TerraCycle 84% of household waste can be recycled
- Purchase products made from recycled materials. This saves energy, trees, water and natural resources. Recycled paper products are the easiest to find.
- Turn down the thermostat in the winter and reduce air conditioning in the summer. Schedule an energy audit from your local power company for ways your home can be more efficient.
- Finally, work to elect leaders that believe in Climate Change, and support clean renewable energy solutions.
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Have you heard of the sneaky Green Iguana? This reptile is not only an invasive species, but it’s also causing damage and spreading disease throughout our community. Their droppings are everywhere – on docks, boats, porches, decks, and even in swimming pools! Plus, they can transmit the infectious bacterium Salmonella to humans.
Green iguanas are not native to South Florida. They were likely introduced to the area through the pet trade, as they were popular pets in the past. Over time, some iguanas were either intentionally or unintentionally released into the wild by their owners or escaped from captivity.
These released iguanas were able to establish breeding populations, and their numbers grew rapidly due to the warm and humid climate in South Florida, which is similar to their native range in Central and South America. With no natural predators and an abundance of food sources, the population of green iguanas in South Florida exploded. Today, they are considered an invasive species and pose a serious threat to the local ecosystem.
But don’t worry, there are some easy ways to deal with these pesky creatures. Property owners can get creative by modifying the Iguana habitat, removing their favorite plants, and filling in holes to make their property less inviting. You can even spray them with water to encourage relocation (it’s like a fun game of tag!).
Adventurous homeowners can capture and remove the animals themselves (just make sure to follow the anti-cruelty laws). If you’re not up for the task, no problem – the City of Hollywood has hired a team of professional trappers who wear bright orange shirts with “Wildlife Trapper” written on them. They use pellet air rifles for humane removal and are licensed by the Department of Agriculture and Florida Fish and Wildlife. They’re like the superheroes of iguana removal!
So let’s all work together to keep our community clean and safe. If you have any questions or concerns about iguana control, call the City of Hollywood Department of Public Works at 954-967-4526. Let’s show those iguanas who’s boss!