Masters In Nursing: Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail
Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail was one of the great Native American masters in nursing. She was an accomplished registered nurse (RN) and a pioneer for better health care for Native Americans throughout the 20th century. In honor of her achievements, Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail became the first Native American nurse inducted into the Nursing Hall of Fame.
Susie Walking Bear was born on January 27, 1903, on a Crow reservation near Pryor, Montana. After growing up on the reservation, she attended the Boston City Hospital School of Nursing, where she became the first Native American RN. Following graduation, Susie Walking Bear married Tom Yellowtail, a fellow Crow, and returned to aid the Crow community by working at the Bureau of Indian Affairs Hospital.
While working at the hospital from 1929 to 1931, she observed discrimination against Native American patients, including the non-consensual sterilization of Crow women. Yellowtail was outraged by the atrocities she observed and spent the next 30 years traveling to different reservations to assess and improve their health care. As she traveled, she taught the public about Native American culture in order to prevent the abuses she witnessed in hospitals.
One of Yellowtail’s assessments revealed that many Navajo infants died on the backs of their mothers during the long walks to the nearest hospital. Yellowtail’s work addressed this problem by improving health infrastructure within reservations, and strengthening connections with the surrounding hospitals. Working as a midwife and health advocate, she improved the state of health care within the reservations, and on the health policy level, where she served on a number of United States government councils.
Over her years of service, Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail joined a number of state health advisory boards, leading to her appointment to President Nixon’s Council on Indian Health, Education, and Welfare in the 1970s. She also received the President’s Award for Outstanding Nursing Health Care in 1962, and, possibly the highest honor, The American Indian Nurses Association named her “Grandmother of American Indian Nurses.”
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Definition of Strengths:
stamina, mental or physical
Synonyms of Strengths:
Opposite/Antonyms of Strengths:
Sentence/Example of Strengths:
There are certain earmarks that indicate these strengths and weaknesses.
At meals he is superb, not only for his strengths, but his weaknesses.
The strength of the unit is the sum of the strengths of its members.
What a noble thing is the soul in its strengths and in its weaknesses!
They are, for the most part, the strengths which figure so prominently in Barbour.
This is ordinarily about 93 to 95 per cent., and other strengths can be made as desired.
The shortcomings of Blitzkrieg ironically rest in its strengths.
The weaknesses of this system are merely the converse of its strengths.
The strengths used were of specific gravity 1.495, and downwards.
What a noble thing is the soul, in its strengths and in its weaknesses!


1. Over the last two decades, US forests have sequestered 700-800 million tons of CO2 per year.
2. It is unclear whether this increase in tree volume and C-sink has been driven by forest recovery from past land uses or other environmental factors such as elevated CO2.
3. This study uses data from tens of thousands of plots in the US to identify the role of elevated CO2 on wood volume in ten temperate forest groups.
The article is generally reliable and trustworthy, as it provides a comprehensive overview of the research conducted on the effect of carbon fertilization on naturally regenerated and planted US forests. The article is well-structured and clearly explains the research design used to isolate the effects of elevated CO2 on wood volume in different forest groups. The article also provides evidence for its claims, such as citing experimental studies that have examined the role of elevated CO2, tree ring studies, and a meta-analysis of experimental results that estimated that each 100-ppm increase in CO2 increases aboveground volume in ecosystems by 8.2%.
However, there are some potential biases present in the article which should be noted. For example, while the article does mention other environmental factors such as N deposition or climate change that could influence forest stocks, it does not provide any evidence for these claims or explore them further. Additionally, while it mentions that forest management through planting and harvesting can play a role in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), it does not provide any evidence for this claim either or explore how these approaches might affect NDCs. Finally, while it mentions that tree heights increased over time in Poland without identifying the role of CO2 concentration, it does not provide any evidence for this claim either or explore why this might be happening.
In conclusion, overall this article is reliable and trustworthy but there are some potential biases present which should be noted when considering its content.


Below is a TED Talk by Neil Burgess, a neuroscientist at the University College in London, who researches, as described on the TED website, “how patterns of electrical activity in brain cells guide us through space.”
Supplemental to the grid cells Dr. Burgess discusses are additional neurological systems that give us a sense of our surroundings. Dan Peterson, who writes a fascinating blog (Sports are 80 Percent Mental) about the body-mind connection in sports, recently posted “Spatial Awareness on the Football Field” (where we found the above TED Talk — Thanks, Dan!) in which he writes,
Jeffrey Taube, a professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth, has been studying our sense of direction and location. “Knowing what direction you are facing, where you are, and how to navigate are really fundamental to your survival,” said Taube.
In his research, he has found there are head direction cells, located in the thalamus, that act as a compass needle tracking the direction our head is currently facing. At the same time, in the hippocampus, place cells determine and track our location relative to landmarks in the environment, say the football field sideline or the end zone. These two sets of cells communicate with each other to guide our movement.
“They put that information together to give you an overall sense of ‘here,’ location wise and direction wise,” Taube explained. “That is the first ingredient for being able to ask the question, ‘How am I going to get to point B if I am at point A?’ It is the starting point on the cognitive map.”
It reminds us once again that strengths and affinities can be left at the door of our schools and classrooms if we don’t incorporate movement, action, and an intentional use of our bodies in our lessons and activities. Research continues to indicate that taking advantage of the neurological links between spatial ordering, graphomotor functioning, attention, and memory can help nurture achievement among a broader diversity of learners than the traditional sit-n-git approach (which leaves too many students itching for something more engaging).


Defending Mirador National Park
Global Conservation • 8m 4s
Mirador National Park in north-east Guatemala contains the largest remaining intact forest and wildlife habitat in Central America. The park is threatened daily by poaching, illegal land clearance and illegal logging.
In the US Senate a bill has been proposed to give US$150 million over ten years to make the park a much more secure and sustainable place.
The outcome is pending
NGO Global Conservation are seeking UNESCO world heritage designation for the Mirador Basin
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Battle for Borjomi
Borjomi Kharagauli is the Republic of Georgia's oldest and largest national park - it is home to most of the endangered species of the Caucuses. Logging, hunting, trapping and intimidation are the main issues that the park's rangers face.
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Sabah's Lost World
Home to pygmy elephants, clouded leopards, orangutangs and many other species, the Damai World Heritage Site in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo is one of south-east Asia’s last areas of pristine rain forest
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On Wednesday, May 5, Starship serial number 15 (SN15) successfully completed SpaceX’s fifth high-altitude flight test of a Starship prototype from Starbase in Texas.
Similar to previous high-altitude flight tests of Starship, SN15 was powered through ascent by three Raptor engines, each shutting down in sequence prior to the vehicle reaching apogee – approximately 10 km in altitude. SN15 performed a propellant transition to the internal header tanks, which hold landing propellant, before reorienting itself for reentry and a controlled aerodynamic descent.
The Starship prototype descended under active aerodynamic control, accomplished by independent movement of two forward and two aft flaps on the vehicle. All four flaps were actuated by an onboard flight computer to control Starship’s attitude during flight and enabled precise landing at the intended location. SN15’s Raptor engines reignited as the vehicle performed the landing flip maneuver immediately before touching down for a nominal landing on the pad.
These test flights of Starship are all about improving our understanding and development of a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo on long-duration interplanetary flights, and help humanity return to the Moon, and travel to Mars and beyond.
Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on SN15’s successful flight and landing!
Source: Space X


Brandy is the brown-eyed beauty of distilled spirits — the one from whom you can never quite get away, despite her flawed and fugitive nature.
What I like most about brandy is what I like most about people: the almost inexhaustible versatility.
The Dutch didn’t invent brandy, but the name comes from a Dutch word: brandewijn — or brandywine — which means “burnt wine.”
Most (though not all) of the world’s brandy comes from wine. And yet it’s significant to note that brandy can be made from any macerated fruit or fruits — apples, for instance, or pears, or apricots, or cherries, and many other things as well.
It’s not precisely known when in human history people discovered that we can convert food into alcohol through the process of fermentation. It is ancient. A strong argument can be made that the first distilled spirits were horse-milk brandies, whose alcohol was separated not through heat distillation but through cold distillation — which is to say, by freezing water out of the fermented horse milk during those long Mongolian winters.
Brandy, understand, is the genus under which many, many species are subsumed.
The French call fruit-based brandies eaux-de-vie (pronounced: oh-du-VEE), which means “waters of life” (as, incidentally, do the words “whisky” and “aquavit” and “vodka”).
Most brandy, like whiskey, is aged in barrels, the wood from which imparts a great deal of character and color and flavor to the brandy. You are perhaps familiar with the terms V.S. (for Very Special) and V.S.O.P. (Very Special On Pale) and X.O (for Extra Old). These are labeling terms that refer to the length of time the brandies have been aged.
Distilling brandy is a bastard art, very seductive to some, but make no mistake: she can break your heart.


Proteins are crucial little molecules for life. They provide structure to cells, respond to stimuli, help chemical reactions, and much more. Each organism has its own proteome, a library of every single protein that can be assembled by its cells. Different species have wildly different proteomes, but new research has shown a surprising commonality: we all use proteins in the same way.
As reported in Nature, the work looked at 100 different species and analyzed 349,164 proteins across these species. The team discovered that the largest share of these proteins either work in producing energy for the organism or they keep the balance of the internal conditions, a phenomenon called homeostasis. Organisms have evolved different proteins to perform similar functions.
“We have mapped the proteins, together called the proteome of 100 different species. And it is obvious that they are extremely different. At the same time, though, they have more in common than we thought. In all these life forms, a large share of the proteins focus on metabolism and on maintaining a protein balance,” senior author Professor Matthias Mann, from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, said in a statement.
The team has employed mass spectrometry to study all the proteins created by the 100 species in question. In the past, many proteins were just assumed to exist based on the genetic code of the species in question. The new work provides experimental data on these proteins, doubling the number of confirmed proteins among the species. The team also used available datasets of known proteins and used machine learning algorithms to reveal correlations within the new dataset.
“Our work connecting quantitative mass spectrometry-based proteomics with database resources has resulted in a data set of eight million data points with 53 million interconnections. We made all the data publicly available, enabling other researchers to use it to identify new correlations. New technologies enabled by machine learning are on the rise and we expect those to benefit from the large and uniform dataset we provide publicly,” added lead author and PhD student Johannes Mueller, also from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry.
All the data used in the project is publicly available and can be downloaded at www.proteomesofife.org.


In their article "Teaching Digital Humanities in Romania" Mădălina Nicolaescu and Adriana Mihai describe a research project that sets out to promote digital humanities with an internet based platform in Shakespeare studies at the University of Bucharest. Texts have been collected and catalogued and the platform's technical construction is in construction. Based on the Shakespeare platform's content and presentation, Nicolaescu and Mihai propose participation strategies for involvement in the creation of a digital database that is both a research tool and a digital storytelling environment. The database is a collection of digitized translations of Shakespeare in Romanian followed by participants' input in the form of critical and creative work which allows users to interact in the platform, expand its metadata, and produce multilinear narratives of interpretation.
and Mihai, Adriana.
"Teaching Digital Humanities in Romania."
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We are interested in the history of the land occupied by the campus – the indigenous history, the settler history, the initial acquisition of the land by the province and then the university. The relationship between the university and the land involves community relations of all kinds and has influenced the nature and development of programs.
We are interested in the stories of all groups within the our campus community – faculty, students and staff. We are focusing on diversity broadly defined, student life, identity and how things have changed overtime.
A UTSC History Moment....
Fighting Colonialism Everyday
In this video short, Diane Hill, a third-year UTSC student, interviewed in May 2015, provides a snapshot of her experience as an indigenous woman coming from the reserve to UTSC in 2012. While our understanding and response to the issues facing indigenous peoples in Canada has changed significantly in the intervening 10 years, it is important to note that Diane’s experience predates the release of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2015) mandated to reveal the truth and legacy of the history of residential schools and to guide a process of healing and reconciliation and the University of Toronto’s response to the relevant TRC Calls to Action in 2017.
There are many issues that draw our attention in relation to the evolution of our institution – the changing role of technology, the influence of the changing political and economic conditions on enrollment and program development, changing governance and management structures influenced by the struggle for greater autonomy.


(Reuters) – Chinese astronauts carried out a manned docking with an experimental space module on Monday, the latest milestone in China’s ambitious campaign to build a space station.
The Shenzhou 9 and its three-person crew, which includes China’s first woman in space Liu Yang, linked with the Tiangong (Heavenly Palace) 1 module, with state television showing the pictures live.
Almost three hours later, the blue jumpsuit-wearing mission commander, Jing Haipeng, entered the module followed by colleague Liu Wang and Liu Yang, the first time China has been able to transfer astronauts between two orbiting craft.
Rendezvous and docking exercises between the two vessels are an important hurdle in China’s efforts to acquire the technological and logistical skills to run a full space lab that can house astronauts for long periods.
During the 13-day mission, the astronauts will work and sleep aboard Tiangong 1, a trial module that includes an exercise bike and a video telephone booth, according to media.
The mission has been accompanied by a blaze of national pride and has been given blanket coverage by state media, down to discussion on how flying a space ship is a bit like driving a car and how the astronauts will be able to spice up their food with chilli sauce.
China is still far from catching up with the established space superpowers, the United States and Russia. The Tiangong 1 is a trial module, not the building block of a space station.
But the docking mission is the latest show of China’s growing prowess in space and comes while budget restraints and shifting priorities have held back U.S. manned space launches.
This is China’s fourth manned space mission since 2003 when astronaut Yang Liwei became the country’s first person in orbit.
The United States will not test a new rocket to take people into space until 2017, and Russia has said manned missions are no longer a priority.
But NASA has begun investing in U.S. firms to provide commercial spaceflight services and is spending about $3 billion a year on a new rocket and capsule to send astronauts to the moon, asteroids and eventually to Mars.
China plans an unmanned moon landing and deployment of a moon rover. Scientists have raised the possibility of sending a man to the moon, but not before 2020.
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Immunodeficiency disorders occur when the body’s immune response is reduced or absent.
The immune system is made up of lymphoid tissue in the body, which includes:
Parts of the spleen and gastrointestinal tract
Proteins and cells in the blood are also part of the immune system.
The immune system helps protect the body from harmful substances called antigens.
Examples of antigens include bacteria, viruses, toxins, cancer cells, and foreign blood or tissues from another person or species.
People are said to be immunosuppressed when they have an immunodeficiency disorder due to medicines that weaken the immune system (such as corticosteroids).
Immunosuppression is also a common side effect of chemotherapy given to treat cancer.
Acquired immunodeficiency may be a complication of diseases such as HIV infection and malnutrition (especially if the person does not eat enough protein). Many cancers may also cause immunodeficiency.
People who have had their spleen removed have an acquired immunodeficiency and are at higher risk for infection by certain bacteria that the spleen would normally help fight. Patients with diabetes are also at higher risk for certain infections.
As you get older, the immune system becomes less effective. Immune system tissues (especially lymphoid tissue such as the thymus) shrink, and the number and activity of white blood cells drop.
The following conditions and diseases can lead to an immunodeficiency disorder:
Leukocyte adhesion defects


Correct diagnosis, correct therapy
Dental radiographs are fundamental to facilitate the dentist to make a diagnosis and individuate correct therapies. Our practice is provided with cutting-edge instruments to make the best radio-diagnostic investigation by minimizing x-ray exposure. X-rays are employed for various reasons: check the tooth root during devitalization, have a full mouth radiograph of a patient needing implants etc.
Intraoral radiography, one of the most used techniques, allows the dentist to have images of one, or a maximum of three, tooth in one single digital support. Through this exam, the dentist can verify the parameters or check the status of previously made therapies, but only on the adjacent teeth. Intraoral x-rays are employed during the devitalization of a tooth, to verify the length of channels contained in the roots of the tooth, that have to be cleaned.
Prophylaxis Cleaning with calcium phosphates
We recommend regular applications of calcium phosphates-based products to maintain the correct enamel mineralisation and prevent caries, white spots, sensitive gums etc., especially during childhood.
Fill up tooth grooves with sealants
The OMS and the Department of Health recommend sealants to fill up the grooves in permanent molars and premolars to guarantee a better cleaning of children’s teeth occlusal surface and prevent the risk of bacterial infiltration and decay.
This procedure is painless and safe but must be carried out according to the correct timing of intervention.
The dentist will guide you in choosing the right moment to carry out this important form of prevention.
We recommend at least six-monthly visits and professional hygiene sessions.


A significant number of young people will consider setting up a business soon after graduation, but the education system does not currently provide necessary skills. International school success does not translate into business world success by itself. Connecting secondary education to the labor market will benefit both students and society.
The Young Business Generations Business Courses provide entrepreneurial skills relevant to working life by combining up-to-date pedagogy, content created by experts and an innovative digital learning platform.
Courses take advantage of real life business content delivered by partner companies, and are modified for teaching purposes. The courses enhance knowledge on economic structures and provide relevant skills for working life.
There are four courses:
1. Sales, Marketing and Commercialization:, commercialization, managing your finances, the importance of marketing, sales conditions
2. Communication and negotiation skills: the conditions and importance of constructive communication in business; the stages, goals and techniques of negotiation and different ways of communicating
3. Global market economy: international trade, challenges and opportunities of globalization, megatrends in the economy, importance and implementation of responsible business
4. Economy, Finances and Entrepreneurship: running a profitable business, understanding entrepreneurship, accounting and financing
Online courses are completed partly under teacher supervision, partly remotely. Courses are available in Finnish, Swedish and English.
The engaging learning model, developed by the professor Kirsti Lonka of the University of Helsinki, has been selected as the pedagogical approach to the courses. It is one way of implementing phenomenon based learning, which has been scientifically proven to be one of the best ways to learn.
The engaging learning model emphasizes the steps of an activating and interactive learning process:
- Activation and attracting interest
- Collaborative information building
The key to engaging learning is experiencing the meaningfulness of learning and interest that together lead to internal motivation and discovery.
The experiences from the courses have been positive: 91% of the students participating in the courses would recommend them to their friends. The courses have been in use in over 40 high schools in Finland and abroad.


Youth Role Models
Amariyanna “Mari” Copeny (age 14) is an activist who rose to prominence for her role during the Flint water crisis. At the age of 8, Copeny wrote a letter to President Obama that convinced him to come to the city and address the water crisis. Since then, Copeny, now known as “Little Ms. Flint,” has raised over $500,000 to support access to clean water in Flint and other resources to support health and well-being. See her official bio here.
Follow Mari on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
In the News
“5 Years into Water Crisis, Little Miss Flint Hasn’t Given Up,” ABC News
“The Flint Water Crisis Began 5 Years Ago. This 11-Year-Old Activist Knows It’s Still Not Over,” Elle
“This is How One Sixth Grade Girl Helped Improve Flint’s Water Crisis,” The Oprah Magazine
“Kids need to see themselves as superheroes.”
Special Note: The Center for Youth Political Participation, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University or any of its affiliates, are not directly connected or affiliated with the following individual. This page is to be utilized as a teaching tool for the RU Ready in the Classroom program.


Editor’s note: The Geology and Mining series, edited by Dan Wood and Jeffrey Hedenquist, is designed to introduce early-career professionals and students to a variety of topics in mineral exploration, development, and mining, in order to provide insight into the many ways in which geoscientists contribute to the mineral industry.
Resource and reserve estimation is a critical step in mine development and the progression from mineral exploration to commodity production. The data inputs typically change over time and reflect variations in geoscientific knowledge as well as the modifying factors required by regulation for estimating a reserve. These factors include mineral (ore) processing, metallurgical treatment of the ore, infrastructure requirements for mine and workforce, and the transportation of processed products to buyers; others that will affect the production of metals and/or minerals from a deposit include economic, marketing, legal, environmental, social, and governmental factors. All are needed by the mining industry to quantify the contained mineralization within mineral deposits that likely warrant the significant capital investment required to build a mine. However, these resource and reserve data are estimates that change over time due to unpredicted variations in the initial inputs. Paramount to the two estimates are the quality and accuracy of the geologic inputs and the communication of these to the professionals tasked with making each estimate. Geostatistical processing of the grade of the resource has become a dominant element of the estimation process, but this requires transparent and informed communication between geologists and mining engineers with the geostatistician responsible for mathematically processing the grade data. Regulatory constraints also mean that estimated resources and reserves seldom capture the full extent of a mineral deposit. Similarly, co- and by-product metals and minerals that are commonly produced by mines may not be captured by resource and reserve estimates because of their limited economic contribution. This suggests that reporting standards for co- and by-products—particularly for the critical metals that may have a sharp increase in demand—need improvement. Finally, the importance of these data to the mining industry is such that informing investors and the broader public about the nature of resource and reserve estimates, and the meaning of associated terminology, is also essential when considering the global metal and mineral supply, and the role of mining in modern society.


28th March, 2015 will be celebrated as Ram Navami, a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of the god Rama. As per the Hindu calendar, Ram Navami falls in the Shukla Paksha on the Navami, the ninth day of the month of Chaitra. This Chaitra Masa Shuklapaksha Navami also marks the end of nine-day Chaitra Navratri. It is said that Lord Vishnu took birth as Rama – oldest known god having human form, to slain the demon Ravana. Lord Rama was the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Ram Navami is the time when all Lord Rama devotees celebrate the birth of Lord Rama.
According to the legend, when the five planets and the sun were in the first house of cancer at noon along with the lunar asterism Pushya, Lord Rama was born in Ayodhya. As per vedic astrology, it is considered to an extremely auspicious moment. On the day of Ram Navami, devotees undertake a fast in the name of Lord Rama. Those who are more devout fast for nine days, from Gudi Padwa to Rama Navami. The fasts are undertaken not to ask for special favours of the deity but to seek perfection as a human being. Many people organize a Ramayana parayana, a discourse on the Ramayana, by a pundit at their home which usually lasts 9 days. The belief is that listening to the story of Rama cleanses the soul and chanting his name eases the pains of life.
The celebration of Ram Navami intends to glorify the role of Lord Rama in representing the supreme qualities like courage and sacrifice. He was also the true embodiment of humanity. Ram Navami is a therefore a special reminder of the noble ideals for which Lord Rama stood.


Yes, dogs can see colors but not as many as humans. Dogs have two types of color receptors in their eyes which means they can see different shades of blue and yellow, but cannot distinguish between red and green hues like humans do.
What is the color vision of a dog?
Dogs are dichromatic, meaning they have two types of cone cells in their eyes that allow them to see some colors. They can see shades of blue and yellow, but cannot distinguish between red and green.
Are dogs able to see colors similar to humans?
Dogs see colors differently than humans. While humans have three types of color receptors, dogs only have two, which means that they see fewer colors and might not be able to distinguish between some shades. They mainly see blues and yellows, but not reds and greens like we do. However, their visual acuity is better than humans in low light conditions due to a larger number of rods in their eyes.
How does the structure of a dog’s eye affect its ability to see colors?
The structure of a dog’s eye contains fewer color-sensitive cones than the human eye, which affects their ability to see colors. This means that dogs have a limited ability to see colors and can only distinguish between shades of blue and yellow. They cannot differentiate between red and green hues as humans do.
Are there any specific colors that dogs can or cannot see?
Dogs are not completely color-blind, but they do see the world differently than humans. They are able to perceive different hues primarily in the blue and yellow spectrums, while colors like green and red may appear more muted or can be difficult for them to distinguish. So, dogs cannot see all colors that humans can see.
Can training improve a dog’s ability to discern between different colors?
Dogs are dichromatic and cannot distinguish between colors as well as humans. However, with training and conditioning, dogs can learn to associate certain objects or actions with specific colors, but it is unlikely that they will be able to discern color in the same way humans do.


The art of layouts and charts analysis is usually not new. They have been employed as long as cave paintings. Through the Enlightenment, they will became more prevalent. Diagrams are a two-dimensional representation of information within a symbolic method. Unlike chart, which use figures to represent data, diagrams stand for qualitative data with figures connected by visual links. As what they are called advise, there are several types of graphs. Underneath, we’ll talk about some of them as well as some of the methods they are used.
A common sort of graph may be a bar chart. A bar council graph presents data over a column or possibly a horizontal axis. This helps the person understand the info and review it in a clear and concise method. Bar charts, for instance, show the percentage of increasing and reducing trends, although line graphs depict the proportion of lowering values. Charts are also valuable when analyzing statistical data, mainly because they can be overlaid with a number of points of interest.
A fishbone picture is another type of a decision woods. It shows the decisions and possible consequences of each. The “starting point” is often at the top still left corner, or possibly a 12 over a clock. Decision tree layouts can show the decisions that needs to be made by differing people. Some of these layouts include swimlanes, decision forest, and SIPOC diagrams. When you’re unsure of how to create a highly effective chart, take a look at our cost-free organizational graph and or http://infographicsaplenty.com/how-to-recognise-the-market-of-possibilities theme.


Teaching Tip: These are one-hour lectures and could be shown in class with class discussion following them.
When it comes to lectures, this one might not sound that exciting – “Reflections on the Federal Reserve and Its Place in Today’s Economy” – at least not until you learn that the person giving the lecture is Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Starting on Tuesday, March 20th, Bernanke will deliver a four-part lecture series about the Federal Reserve and the financial crisis that emerged in 2007. The series begins with a lecture on the origins and missions of central banks, followed by a lecture that will discuss the role and actions of the Federal Reserve in the period after World War II. In the final two lectures, the Chairman will review some of the causes of, and policy responses to, the recent financial crisis, focusing specifically on the actions of the Federal Reserve.
Lecture 1: Origins and Mission of the Federal Reserve
Recorded on March 20, 2012 12:45 p.m. ET.
Lecture 2: The Federal Reserve after World War II
Watch live on March 22, 2012 12:45 p.m. ET
Lecture 3: The Financial Crisis and the Great Recession
Watch live on March 27, 2012 12:45 p.m. ET
Lecture 4: The Aftermath of the Crisis
Watch live on March 29, 2012 12:45 p.m. ET
Live video of each lecture will be available to the public at Chairman Bernanke’s College Lecture Series. Transcripts and video recordings will be made available following each lecture.
Discussion Questions and Assignemnts:
1. Watch the lectures and write a one to two page paper on what you learned. Be prepared to discuss them in class.


During this series, we’ve mentioned several times that automation, robotics, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are great disruptors for many industries. While it can certainly be argued that efficiencies are realized with machines doing work, or thinking, for certain industries, it begs the question: What happens to the people that these machines displace?
My colleague Brendan Wagner has mentioned a few times how large corporations, who used to employ people in their accounting departments to keep track of payroll, accounts receivable and accounts payable, have been largely displaced with technology that can do those jobs faster. As a result, these companies not only are more efficient by the numbers, but also get a boost from having to pay less in payroll taxes, because there are less people to pay.
The federal government probably does NOT love this phenomenon. Take a look at the pie chart, and you can see that a huge chunk of our government is funded by payroll tax. And further, if less people are employed as a result of being displaced by technology, the other large chunk of federal funding derived from income tax probably takes a hit as well.
Enter the concept of the robot tax.
Bill Gates has been one of the most famous/prominent advocates of INTRODUCING this tax, and it is not just a domestic phenomenon. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, is an international consortium of over 30 democratic nations, and their members have DISCUSSED the same thing.
Economic concepts like income inequality and the implementation of an efficient robo-tax system quickly become very academic, as shown in THIS paper by Northwestern University. However, the paper does float the idea of a lump sum rebate that corporations would pay the federal government, to equalize out the effects of automation. In theory, this would keep the government coffers from being choked off, as well as protecting the American worker from an income equality standpoint. Again though, this is all theoretical.
Yes, there are dissenting views as well, as The Economist put THIS out last year arguing against the taxation of robots, instead viewing automation and human workers as having a more symbiotic relationship. The debates rage on, and in a world where we have machines like THIS that can act eerily human, should they be taxed as such? More human, THAN human!


Basic Vehicle Controller
This recipe helps you get started with a basic vehicle controller.
The car has a
<RigidBody> component for the body to which four axles are attached with either a
RevoluteImpulseJoint for the steered wheels or a
FixedImpulseJoint for the unsteered back wheels.
Each wheel is attached to an axle with a
RevoluteImpulseJoint and the back wheels are configured to be a motor.
To increase the decoupling of joint rigid bodies, the solver iterations are increased by a factor of 100.
The car can be controlled with the WASD keys. The spacebar activates the handbreak.
<RigidBody> components can be used to make objects more or less vulnerable to impacts of the car.
- Experiment with front wheel drive or all wheel drive (property
- Play around with the
massproperties of the colliders
- Make an all wheel steered vehicle
- Increase or decrease the power output of the wheel motors
- Change the motor model from
ForceBased(you will need to adapt the power output)
- Experiment with different wheel collider shapes
- Increase or decrease the scale of the car
- Move the axles and observe the maneuverability


Educating students about the dangers of the drug methamphetamine. D-force is co-designed by police, a child psychologist, students and educators. Sign-up to receive access to the online program.
D-Force is a high school program aimed at year 7 and 8 students. The D-Force program teaches young people to protect themselves and their friends from the dangers of the drug methamphetamine.
Access to online learning resources including: surveys, lessons, activities and the online game ‘Defending Westhaven.’
Students learn to make positive choices and, if necessary, how to seek help. They develop a constructive dialogue with peers and teachers. Students use evidence & data (rather than ‘the word on the street’) to inform decision making.
D-Force was started by two police officers who wanted to prevent the damage they saw happening in the community from Methamphetamine use.
They gathered a group of specialists and community organisations to develop a program in conjunction with schools that would help to protect our kids from the drug methamphetamine.
The D-Force program was initially co-designed and trialled in consultation with schools.
We worked with students from three schools to develop an approach that engages kids in understanding the facts about the drug methamphetamine, knowing how to seek help, and how to defend their friends.
The outputs of the co-design workshops were given to Robot Circus, a professional educational games development company, who worked the ideas into a rich, thought-provoking, interactive game.
Preventing harm in the first place.
Criminals know how savagely addictive the drug methamphetamine is, so they let the kids try it for free, knowing that the kids can be hooked with one try.
If we don’t inform students, the only source of information our children have is ‘the word on the street’.
We welcome interest from the community, so if your question is not answered here, please feel free to contact us.


It is important to know that proteins are a fundamental building block for the body.
Protein is essential for the production/regulation of hormones, enzymes, neurotransmitters and many other bodily functions.
On the contrast, consuming more protein than your body needs will result in added stress on your kidneys, as they have to remove more nitrogen waste products from your blood.
Consuming excessive amounts of protein throughout the day will also result in a constant activation of mTOR. For muscle building, this is good. For optimal health, not so much.
Clearly, protein plays a crucial role in optimal health – but how much is too much?
Not everyone will have the same requirements.
Daily protein requirements will vary based on variables like sex, weight, age, activity level, current/past health history and goals!
For example: Certain individuals such as seniors, pregnant women and people who are very physically active will have higher dietary protein requirements vs someone who is sedentary.
There is also a difference between consuming dietary protein for optimal health vs optimal muscle gains.
How much protein I recommend for someone who is looking to achieve optimal health:
For someone living a more sedentary lifestyle: roughly around 0.4 grams per body weight (example: 50 grams of protein for someone who is 125lb)
For someone who is a senior, pregnant and/or very physically active: roughly around 0.7 grams per body weight (example: 87.5 grams of protein for someone who is 125lb)
Of course – your goal should always be on quality over quantity.
The focus should be on whole food sources! It’s important to remember that you can get protein from sources other than lean meats and protein shakes. Consuming these sources in excess can put the body in a very acidic state (which is not what we want when looking to achieve optimal health).
Just to put it in perspective – If you had a power bowl filled with quinoa (1 cup), spinach (2 cups), 3 tbsp of Hemp seeds and half of an avocado – you’re looking at 32 grams of protein


Focal treatments are laser, cryotherapy and chemotherapy delivered directly into the eye or to tissues surrounding it.
These procedures are done in the operating room during an Examination Under Anaesthetic (EUA). Repeated treatments are usually needed to destroy tumours.
Brachytherapy (radioactive plaque) is another focal therapy discussed separately in the Radiation Therapy section.
These treatments may be used separately or in combination with other therapies, such as systemic chemotherapy. As primary treatment, they are effective only for small tumours that do not threaten vision.
Systematic chemotherapy may be given to shrink tumours so they can be “finished off” with focal therapies. Chemotherapy alone rarely cures intraocular tumours. Good outcomes are achieved by following chemotherapy with laser and/or cryotherapy, repeated at monthly intervals until the tumour is a flat scar that remains inactive.
Both laser and cryotherapy are important to destroy recurrent growth of tumours when they are still small.
Focused beams of light are used to kill small tumours, both by destroying their blood supply and directly killing the tumour cells.
Nitrous oxide is used to cool a probe outside the eye, at the site of the tumour. This freezing treatment is best for small tumours in the periphery of the retina.
Periocular Chemotherapy Injection
Anti-cancer drugs can be injected into the tissues or space surrounding the eye.
Intravitreal Chemotherapy Injection
Chemotherapy can be injected directly into the fluid middle of the eye to treat seeds, only when the main tumour has been controlled with other therapies.
This May 2017 article from our blog explores four of the most common eye-saving treatments, including laser and cryotherapy, with photographs of tumour before, during and after the treatments.


Thank you for coming. We recommend you read through this first page, watch each of the videos, and then follow the links above from left to right.
In Parkland, Florida, a deranged 19 year old went to the school that had earlier expelled him and killed 17 people — most of them teenagers.
In Newtown, Connecticut, a 20 year old shot and killed his mother at their home. He then went to the nearby school and shot and killed 26 others. Twenty of these “others” were children 6-7 years old.
Millions of us wept for these defenseless children and for the pain caused to their loved ones. Many of us felt vulnerable regarding our own children.
There have been far too many of these tragic shootings. One is too many.
Politicians, community leaders, law enforcement, teachers, parents all want to know:
What is causing these senseless acts?
Is it the guns? Is it the violent video games? Are the creators of TV shows and movies entering too much violence into our world? Are we not paying enough attention to the “mentally ill”? Is the changing school environment a contributing factor? Is bullying the problem? Lack of self-esteem? Are the parents to blame?
Certainly each of these can play a role, but they are not the cause of these shootings.
These three videos go right to THE REASON these shootings are happening. It’s a bit tough to watch in spots, but hang in there. When you know the exact cause of a problem, you can provide the right solution.


This Black History Month theme from Carter G. Woodson’s Association for the Study of African American Life and History is “The Crisis in Black Education.” The Executive Summary follows:
The problem of educational inequality has a long history in America. The crisis in black education first began in the days of slavery when it was unlawful for slaves to learn to read and write. In pre-Civil War northern cities, free blacks were forced as children to walk long distances past white schools on their way to the one school relegated solely to them. Whether by laws, policies, or practices, racially separated schools remained the norm in America from the late nineteenth century well into our own time.
Throughout the last quarter of the twentieth century and continuing today, the crisis in black education has grown significantly in urban neighborhoods where public schools lack resources, endure overcrowding, exhibit a racial achievement gap, and confront policies that fail to deliver substantive opportunities. The touted benefits of education remain elusive to many blacks of all ages. Tragically, some poorly performing schools serve as pipelines to prison for youths.
Yet, African American history is rich in centuries-old efforts of resistance to this crisis: the slaves’ surreptitious endeavors to learn; the rise of black colleges and universities after the Civil War; unrelenting battles in the courts; the black history movement; the freedom schools of the 1960s; and local community-based academic and mentorship programs that inspire a love of learning and thirst for achievement. Addressing the crisis in black education should be considered one of the most important goals in America’s past, present, and future.
One of the ways that we can all help to improve the education of our children is by reading aloud to them every day. The National Commission on Reading states that “the single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children.” Research shows that reading daily to young children, starting in infancy, can help with language acquisition and literacy skills.
To help support this endeavor, Pasadena libraries have many story times around the city that will help towards this journey. Visit this website for storytime hours and locations: Pasadena Library Story Times.


Usually, the ac electrical energy transform into direct current (dc) can be called rectification, the process of the complete function of rectifier circuit known as the rectifier circuit, the rectifying process or rectifier device called a rectifier device.
And at the same time, the direct current (dc) can transform into ac power inverter
is the process by which, the complete function of inverter circuit known as the inverter circuit, the implement process of inverter device called the inverter device or inverter.
Modern inverter technology is the study of inverter circuit theory and application of a science and technology.
It is based on industrial electronics, semiconductor technology, modern control technology, modern power electronic technology, semiconductor converter technology, pulse width modulation (
Technical disciplines such as the basis of a practical technology.
It mainly includes the semiconductor power integrated device and its application, 3 most inverter circuit and the inverter control technology.
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◀ ▲ ▶Branches / Topology / Definition: Derived, Dense-in-itself, and Perfect Sets
Definition: Derived, Dense-in-itself, and Perfect Sets
Let $(X,\mathcal O)$ be a topological space.
* The set $V$ of all limit points of a subset $U\subset X$ is called derived of $U$.
* If $U$ contains no isolated points, it is called dense-in-itself.
* A closed dense-in-itself set $U$ is called perfect.
- Generally, derived sets contain some points of $U$ and some points of the complement $U^C$.
- By definition, dense-in-itself and perfect sets contain no isolated points.
- But this is also the case for derived sets: Any isolated point of $U$ is necessarily not in a derived set of $U,$ otherwise there would be open sets in $U$ containing both, the isolated point and a distinct limit of $U.$
Thank you to the contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0!
- Steen, L.A.;Seebach J.A.Jr.: "Counterexamples in Topology", Dover Publications, Inc, 1970
- Jänich, Klaus: "Topologie", Springer, 2001, 7th Edition


Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.16, No.4, 503-516, 2008
A state-of-the-art review of mixing in microfluidic mixers
Microreaction technology is one of the most innovative and rapid developing fields in chemical engineering, synthesis and process technology. Many expectations toward enhanced product selectivity, yield and purity, improved safety, and access to new products and processes are directed to the microreaction technology. Microfluidic mixer is the most important component in microfluidic devices. Based on various principles, active and passive micromixers have been designed and investigated. This review is focused on the recent developments in microfluidic mixers. An overview of the flow phenomena and mixing characteristics in active and passive micromixers is presented, including the types of physical phenomena and their utilization in micromixers. Due to the simple fabrication technology and the easy implementation in a complex microfluidic system, T-micromixer is highlighted as an example to illustrate the effect of design and operating parameters on mixing efficiency and fluid flow inside microfluidic mixers.
Keywords:micromixing;microfluidics;T-shaped micromixer;microfabrication techniques;microreaction technologies;microelectromechanical systems


hot drinks increase the risk of cancer
In 2018, according to an overview of coffee consumption in France, produced by the IFOP, 83% of French people consume coffee. At work, at home, in a chain of coffee shops, coffee consumption has become a real habit. The same goes for tea, which is also increasingly attractive.
However, according to researchers from the University of Cambridge (England) and the Karolinska Institute (Sweden): drinking too hot drinks could triple the risk of throat cancer and esophageal cancer.
According to Public Health France, in 2018, 2,753 men and 407 women suffered from throat cancer and 3,725 people died of a esophageal cancer.
Throat cancer: tea and coffee are not at fault
For this study, the researchers started from the premise that “coffee is one of the most consumed beverages in the world, with approximately 165 million 60 kg bags consumed per year. The potential impact of coffee consumption on public health is therefore substantial and health effects have already been suggested: cardiovascular illnessestype 2 diabetes, liver disease etc. »
They then studied data from 580,000 volunteers in the UK and Finland. Participants were asked if they drank their coffee or tea: hot, very hot, or very very hot. Result: people who prefer their coffee hot would have 2.7 times more risk of cancer of the throat or esophagus than non-drinkers, while those who prefer it “very hot” would present a risk 5.5 times higher and “very very hot” 4.1 times higher.
The risk of cancer is actually related to the physical damage to the body due to the consumption of hot liquid. Rest assured, coffee or tea has no effect carcinogenic. It is the heat of drinks that damages the throat and increases the risk of formation of cancer cells.
Scientists do not give the number of cups of hot drinks consumed from which there is a health risk.
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A mould is a hollowed out block that sets the shape of the product being made. It can be made of different materials, the most common of which are aluminium, steel, alloys and copper. It also has different components. These components include pins, bases, lifters, ejectors, guides, bushings, and alignment devices. The plastics injection moulding technique is used to produce plastic parts, which have a myriad of applications. Numerous utilities of plastic parts in the production of items that range from personal care commodities to high end-use consumers such as the automotive and the packaging sectors is expected to boost the global plastics injection moulding market in the foreseeable future.
The global injection moulded plastics market size crossed a valuation of over USD 320 billion in 2018 and is expected to surpass the value of USD 470 billion by the end of 2025. Injection moulded plastics are fabricated through the injection moulding manufacturing process, which produces parts by the injection of molten material into the mould, then allowed to cool and harden to form around the configuration of the cavity. Thus, due to demand it is best to invest in this project.
Few Indian major players are as under:
· Aasua Engineering Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
· Dimension Polyproducts Pvt. Ltd.
· Machino Plastics Ltd.
· Mecaplast India Pvt. Ltd.
· Mitsu Chem Plast Ltd.
· Mould-Masters Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
· N N Moulding Pvt. Ltd.


Dairy products like milk, cheese, yogurt, and other calcium-rich foods boost bone health and help in the prevention and management of osteoporosis. While dairy is most well-known for its calcium content, it also contains potassium, which helps increase bone formation and density, improves calcium balance, and reduces bone resorption by neutralizing metabolic acids. Milk is fortified with vitamin D, which helps the body absorb and process calcium. In addition to calcium and potassium, dairy contains other nutrients, such as riboflavin, a B vitamin shown to be helpful in the prevention of cataracts; zinc, a mineral involved in maintaining healthy skin and preventing and treating macular degeneration; and vitamin B12, which helps keep hair healthy and may slow memory loss and ease feelings of depression.
Dairy products contain calcium and minerals which can be good for bones, but new research has shown that dairy consumption may also have beneficial effects on metabolic health and can reduce risk of metabolic diseases such as obesity and type-2 diabetes.
The aim of a recent Canadian study in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism was to determine associations between dairy intake and specific metabolic risk factors, including height-weight ratios, plasma glucose, plasma lipid profile, inflammatory markers and blood pressure, in a healthy population.
A total of 254 participants from the greater Quebec City metropolitan area were recruited; 233 participants (105 men and 128 women) met all the eligibility criteria for the study ? meaning subjects had healthy metabolic profiles.
The Laval University study showed that the average individual consumed 2.5 portions of dairy per day. However, nearly 45% of the population in this study did not meet Canadas Food …
The complex carbohydrates and high fibers in whole grain cereals help boost your metabolism naturally by slowing down the release of insulin. The lower production of insulin helps to keep your metabolism going. When there is an increase of insulin production in the system, your body receives a signal to start storing food as fat. The metabolism must be slowed down in order for your body to store this fat and therefore you are burning fewer calories during this time. So by eating these metabolism boosting foods, you will slow down the production of insulin and increase your metabolism.
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User level thread vs Kernel level thread:
|User level thread||Kernel level thread|
|i)User level threads are faster to create and manage.||
i) Kernel level threads are slower to create and manage.
|ii)User level threads can run on any OS||ii)Kernel level threads are specific to that OS.|
|iii)User level threads are maintained by users||iii)Kernel level threads are maintained by OS.|
|iv)If one user level thread is blocked, then the entire process is blocked.||
iv) If one kernel level thread is blocked, then there is no effect on other threads.
|v)Eg-POSIX P-threads,Mach C-Threads||v) Eg-Windows 95/96,Solaris|
|vi)They are also called as many-to-one mapping threads.||
vi)They are also called as one-to-one mapping
User Level Thread:
Kernel Level Thread:
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What Happens When Thousands of Animals are Raised in One Small Space?
While the implications for the animals are obvious, the impact on the environment is very well concealed from public view. When you raise thousands of animals, you’re left with a lot of waste.
In a small farm setting, that waste is used to naturally fertilize the land, and in that way, it becomes quite healthy (at least useful – JK).
In a factory farm setting, however, there is no way you can use millions of gallons of animal waste in a “healthy” way. So, large “lagoons” are created to hold the waste, or excessive amounts of the waste are sprayed onto crops in the area.
It is not at all unusual for this waste to leach into groundwater or runoff into surface waters. At Farm Sanctuary, a farm animal protection organization, they explain what this means for the future of the environment:
“The quantity of waste produced by farm animals in the U.S. is more than 130 times greater than that produced by humans. Agricultural runoff has killed millions of fish, and is the main reason why 60% of America’s rivers and streams are “impaired.”
In states with concentrated animal agriculture, the waterways have become rife with Pfiesteria bacteria. In addition to killing fish, Pfiesteria causes open sores, nausea, memory loss, fatigue and disorientation in humans.”


condenser coil for evaporative condenser
1) The evaporative condenser is one of the most important parts of the whole refrigeration system.
2) The condenser condenses the refrigerant gas inside the coil and complete a heat exchange circle.
3) The evaporative condenser is widely applied to cold storage, ice-store, chemical industry, supermarket and etc.
OCEANBLUE Evaporative condenser use Oval type heat exchange tube,size 31.7*21.6mm,compare the DN25mm round tube,same length the surface more 10% than Round tube.Also the water contact tube Oval type better than Round type.Can see the bellow pictures.
The cross profile decreased then the velocity of medium in the tube comes faster.
(1) Decrease inner diameter of heat exchange tube wiith more compact tube arrangement can increase 65% of the heat exchange area in the same volume .
(2) Special oval tube ensure a better contacting of water on the outer surface of tubes .also can make the form tighter ,less filling rate of liquid and less air flow resistance.
How to make the condenser coil?
Condenser coil Working
(1)The coil section rejects heat through the fresh air evaporating ,on the other side is through the sensible heat effect of pre-cooled circulating spray water .
(2)Reducing the coils’ evaporative cooling effect is helpful to reduce the possibility of the coils surface scaling
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Asthma is a long-term condition that affects both children and adults. It can develop at any age. If you have asthma, your airways are particularly sensitive and can react to a variety of triggers. Symptoms can include shortness of breath, chest tightness, coughing and wheezing. Sometimes these symptoms can get much worse, either suddenly or after building up over days. This is an asthma attack and can be life-threatening.
There’s no one clear cause of asthma but we do know it can run in families.
If you have asthma, you might find symptoms are triggered by a chest infection or a cold. Attacks can also be triggered by something in your environment, like dust, smoke or pollen, or by something you come into contact with at work. Some people wheeze with exercise and others are triggered by medicines, such as ibuprofen.
It’s important to get to know your asthma and work out your own triggers. You should try and avoid the ones you can and prepare for situations that normally affect your breathing. So take your reliever with you when you exercise or get your hayfever under control, if that applies to you.
Living with asthma shouldn’t mean you have to restrict your activities or put up with poor sleep. Good asthma control means:
Asthma is a very variable condition and it’s common to need adjustments in medication. Symptoms can gradually, or suddenly, become more troublesome - even if you’ve been well for a while.
Speak to your GP or asthma nurse if you feel your asthma isn’t as well controlled as it could be. It’s really important not to ignore any worsening issues - a simple change in medication can help you get back on track.
Take an active role in managing your asthma and know when to involve health professionals. It can make all the difference to how much symptoms affect your life.
The top five things you can do are:
If you don’t have an asthma plan you can get one online or from your GP. Stopping smoking and maintaining a healthy weight are also likely to help reduce your symptoms.
Page last reviewed by: Dr. Christina Hennessey 21/06/2021


When designing and constructing a hydraulic tank there are a lot of things to consider. One of them is to ensure an air-sucking vortex (like that you see when water goes down a drain) can not develop at the pump intake line penetration. Doing the following will ensure that it doesn’t:
–Locate the intake penetration at least five times its inside diameter from the nearest reservoir wall, and no less than half its inside diameter, (but at least 100 mm or 4″), off the bottom.
–Ensure the intake penetration always remains submerged by at least twice its inside diameter.
–Size the intake line so that fluid velocity is no more than 1.2 m/sec (4 ft/sec), and preferably slower.
–Terminate the intake penetration inside the tank with a bell-mouthed adapter or flared tube. This reduces fluid velocity at the point of entry. It also tends to minimize turbulence which results in quieter pump operation.
–On flooded inlets, install a vertical baffle along the intake penetration’s center line. (To check the effectiveness of this technique, pull the plug on a sink of water, wait for the vortex to develop, and then watch what happens when you insert your experimental baffle!)
Bottom line: air is a contaminant of hydraulic fluid and allowing it to get into a hydraulic system can have serious consequences. And to discover six other costly mistakes you want to be sure to avoid with your hydraulic equipment, get “Six Costly Mistakes Most Hydraulics Users Make… And How You Can Avoid Them!” available for FREE download here.
Greetings, wish to clarify on about the term “Intake penetration” used in this article, could you please able to clearly explain with a sketch/image about this term to understand better.
Ravi, this is the fitting that penetrates the tank wall to which the pump intake line is connected.


If you are anything closely related to a science geek, space nerd, casual star gazer or hard core astronomer, you have most likely heard of Comet ISON. NASA has just released awesome video of the comet streaking through space. ISON could prove to be the largest comet the Earth has seen in recorded history later this fall.
Later this year, Comet ISON will make a close pass to Earth and as it approaches the sun, its tail will glow as well as grow. Many leading authorities believe that ISON will be the largest comet ever witnessed from Earth's surface. At its peak it could be brighter than the full moon, and its tail could stretch the width of 96 full moons.
Chances are high that ISON might even be bright enough to be visible during the daytime, which is virtually unheard of. I for one have set aside several days in November and December to photograph and observe the great comet, which is believed to have originated in the Oort Cloud and has an orbit of several hundred thousand years.
Comet ISON was discovered 14 months before this perihelion passage - its closest point to the sun - while still distant and faint, by Russians astronomers Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok, who detected it using a 15.7-inch reflecting telescope at the International Scientific Optical Network (ISON), which is located near Kislovodsk, at the northern foot of the Caucasus range in Russia.


Laboratories require precise control of atmospheric conditions, humidity being one of the most essential. Laboratory humidity control systems are essential to keep labs running efficiently and properly. Here are some of the main reasons why humidity control is so important.
Laboratory Temperature and Humidity Control Standards
Airborne Infection Control
Working with different strains of bacteria in a lab can be risky and even dangerous if proper humidity control isn't met. Humidifiers regulate humidity. This ensures aerosols and other hazardous airborne materials cannot spread as easily. Proper humidity control is essential to the wellbeing of laboratory workers as well.
Laboratories usually demand a humidity to run properly. Proper humidity protects sensitive equipment from electrostatic discharges, and also reduces the risk of damage from excessive moisture buildup on the equipment. Humidity levels should usually be between 40 and 60 percent in labs to protect sensitive laboratory equipment.
Lab data is directly tied to the source bacteria and materials that are examined. If humidity in the environment is too low or high it can produce inaccurate results. Humidity conditions in your lab should be consistently maintained to ensure accurate data.
Equipment in labs is abundant, and so is the power needed to run most labs. With regulated and consistent humidity control a laboratory's energy consumption can be greatly reduced, saving labs valuable resources for other needs.
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Occupational Therapy promotes a person’s ability to independently participate in activities that bring meaning and purpose to their life.
At Lighthouse International, occupational therapists work with people of all ages with a variety of diagnoses such as stroke, cardiac conditions, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, arthritis, macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy.
The Occupational Therapist focuses on a number of areas that affect a person’s functional ability. Some of these include:
- Training and educating in the use of visual devices such as magnifiers for reading mail and managing finances.
- Visual skills training such as scanning for finding misplaced objects, and eccentric viewing for face recognition.
- Treatment of sensory motor impairments that affects ones physical function especially hand skills.
- Modify the environment for best task performance such as appropriate lighting and contrast, glare control and ergonomics.
- Adapt grooming and dressing techniques for people especially affected by strokes
- Participation in leisure activities
- Individually designed home exercise programs to ensure successful outcomes
- Creating and teaching the use of a memory book for people affected by dementia
- Collaboration with school personnel and families for students with learning disabilities
- Instruction in energy conservation techniques for those with cardiac conditions
- Training people with arthritis in the use of joint protection principles for daily tasks
Home Safety and Fall Prevention
- Identify fall hazards such as scatter rugs and wires
- Make recommendations for safety equipment in the bathroom for transfer
- Task: lighting in the kitchen for food preparation and medication management
- Appropriate lighting for doorways and stairs
- Increased contrast in potential fall areas
Occupational Therapists work with the visually impaired in a large variety of settings such as low vision clinics, schools, hospitals, nursing facilities, the workplace and in people’s homes. They collaborate and work with other low vision professionals to reduce the impact of vision loss and promote independence
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Many schools are targeting times tables recall this year with the potential opportunity to trial the Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) this academic year before it becomes statutory in summer 2020.
I’ve been delivering Times Tables CPD in schools this term and reminding colleagues about the importance of the teaching of times tables sitting alongside the testing of times tables. Many schools are buying into TTR – Times Tables Rockstars – which is a real motivator for many children to develop their quick recall.
But let’s remember about teaching time tables as well, thinking about the key teaching points of repeated addition, commutativity, related facts, inverse and fact families. Using manipulatives can highlighted many of these key features.
I have also been showing the ATM clip of Jill Mansergh teaching a large group of student teachers the x17 tables. My delegates have been watching this open mouthed, often reluctant to join in at first then unable to resist by the end. One teacher asked a great question after watching it: “does it work for any table?”. We then proceeded to practice with a counting stick using the table of their choice (most chose x7). If you have never seen this clip or haven’t for a long time, I strongly advise that you look it up on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXdHGBfoqfw
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Decline in Social Status Post TBI Affects Brain Recovery
TBI is a form of brain damage that decreases the number of healthy brain cells and disrupts functional brain networks. If it is serious enough a TBI can cause disability with job and income loss leading to loss of socio-economic status and self-esteem. When you can’t work and you can’t pay your bills it is a sad fact of life that many people will treat you less well. It turns out that social stress actually decreases the ability of the brain to produce new cells to replace the ones that have died or suffered damages.
At the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology this month the Society for Neuroscience presented scientific evidence showing that people and animals under social stress (due to living in chaotic environments or being forced into submissive roles in the social hierarchy by more dominant beings) show brain abnormalities. The new findings include the following:
- Adult rats living in disrupted environments produce fewer new brain cells than rats in stable societies, supporting theories that unstable conditions impair mental health and cognition
- People who have many friends have certain brain regions that are bigger and better connected than those with fewer friends. It’s unknown whether their brains were predisposed to social engagement or whether larger social networks prompted brain development
- Defeats heighten sensitivity to social hierarchies and may exacerbate brain activity related to social anxiety
“Social subordination and social instability have been associated with an increased incidence of mental illness in humans,” said press conference moderator Larry Young, PhD, of Emory University, an expert in brain functions involved with social behavior. “We now have a better picture of how these situations impact the brain.” What does this mean for TBI survivors? For those who have access to rehabilitation services that can return them to useful, personally meaningful work it makes sense to go for it, because returning to work may decrease anxiety and promote healthy brain repair. What about people who are too injured to return to work? It is possible to decrease anxiety through psychotherapy, meditation practice or prayer practice designed to increase self-acceptance. From experience I know that a person can find something valuable within herself even she cannot work even if this requires help from a psychologist, mental health counselor, clergy or chaplain.
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How Much Should I Be Eating?
Updated: Jan 23
You may not be surprised that the answer is:
But truly it does! How much you should eat depends on many factors, most importantly being what the outcome is you're working towards. Typically that falls into one of three categories:
Maintenance: a rough estimate for daily calories is your body weight x15, however age, gender, and activity levels will all impact this number.
Deficit: typically 200-300 calories less per day than maintenance (or your body weight x11 or 12). It's a good idea to have a range here, rather than an absolute number.
Surplus: shoot for about 10 - 20% more calories than maintenance if your goal is to gain muscle size and strength.
(For more precise calculations, and a full, personalized nutrition guide, check out my Custom Nutrition Calculator.)
What do these calorie ranges mean in terms of food?
Active women do best with 4-6 servings of each food group per day (~1,500 - 2,100 kcal):
1-2 palms of protein-dense foods at each meal
1-2 fists of vegetables at each meal
1-2 cupped handfuls of carbohydrates at most meals
1-2 thumbs of fat-dense foods at most meals
Once you have determined your target range of calories (or servings of each food group), be as consistent as possible for a few weeks. At this point you can evaluate your progress and decide if you need to adjust up or down.


November is Native American Heritage Month. Visit DEC’s Native American Heritage Month page to learn more about the agency’s cooperation with Indigenous people on natural, cultural, and subsistence resources.
Edutopia’s Lessons Learned in Teaching Native American History by a non-native middle school teacher, chronicles some important lessons she has learned from teaching Native history for many years. She suggests to be humble: we can always, and should always, continue to listen and learn from the many Native voices speaking, writing, and sharing their history. Use tools, such as a Native lands map to find information on local Indigenous people and research their past and current struggles and achievements. Native-Land also has a great section on Land Acknowledgments, including reasons to move beyond these acknowledgements and how to ensure they are just a first step. Land Acknowledgments are also discussed by Native academics in “The Conversation”.
However, the biggest take away is to ensure that students are taught that Native history is not separate from American history and that there are many Native people living in the United States today. More resources to help you incorporate Indigenous knowledge and history:
- The Canadian-based website, Take Me Outside, offers suggestions of activities with students and Indigenous resources for educators.
- Watch Natural Curiosity: ‘From Acknowledgement to Action: Workshops for Educators’
- Listen to Green Teacher’s Talking with Green Teachers podcast Episode 21: Indigenous perspectives in inquiry-based learning
- Want to look at children’s books that portray Indigenous ways and life accurately? Visit American Indians in Children’s Literature blog run by a professor (and former school teacher) from the Nambé Owingeh.
- Visit SUNY Environmental Sciences & Forestry’s Center for Native Peoples and the Environment
Photo: Ndakinna cultural center hosts a native storytelling night online in this Almanack file photo By Eric Jenks
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The Theaetetus is one of the middle to later dialogues of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. Plato was Socrates’ student and Aristotle’s teacher. As in most of Plato’s dialogues, the main character is Socrates. In the Theaetetus, Socrates converses with Theaetetus, a boy, and Theodorus, his mathematics teacher. Although this dialogue features Plato’s most sustained discussion on the concept of knowledge, it fails to yield an adequate definition of knowledge, thus ending inconclusively. Despite this lack of a positive definition, the Theaetetus has been the source of endless scholarly fascination. In addition to its main emphasis on the nature of cognition, it considers a wide variety of philosophical issues: the Socratic Dialectic, Heraclitean Flux, Protagorean Relativism, rhetorical versus philosophical life, and false judgment. These issues are also discussed in other Platonic dialogues.
The Theaetetus poses a special difficulty for Plato scholars trying to interpret the dialogue: in light of Plato’s metaphysical and epistemological commitments, expounded in earlier dialogues such as the Republic, the Forms are the only suitable objects of knowledge, and yet the Theaetetus fails explicitly to acknowledge them. Might this failure mean that Plato has lost faith in the Forms, as the Parmenides suggests, or is this omission of the Forms a calculated move on Plato’s part to show that knowledge is indeed indefinable without a proper acknowledgement of the Forms? Scholars have also been puzzled by the picture of the philosopher painted by Socrates in the digression: there the philosopher emerges as a man indifferent to the affairs of the city and concerned solely with “becoming as much godlike as possible.” What does this version of the philosophic life have to do with a city-bound Socrates whose chief concern was to benefit his fellow citizens? These are only two of the questions that have preoccupied Plato scholars in their attempt to interpret this highly complex dialogue.


Root canal (Endodontic therapy) is a treatment for repairing badly decayed, inflamed or infected tooth to prevent further infections or tooth loss.
Root canal treatment is needed when the pulp (the part at the center of the tooth beneath the enamel which is composed of connective tissue) is inflamed or infected. The cause of inflammation or infection could be deep tooth decay, repeated dental procedures on the same tooth or trauma, such as cracks, chipping or root fracture. Also, gum diseases can result in root canal problems.
There are few symptoms to look for, such as pain, prolonged sensitivity to heat or cold, sensitive to touching and chewing, swelling and tenderness in gum tissues. Sometimes, however, there are no symptoms and it would be difficult to determine the extent of the condition.
The procedure can be done in a single visit or multiple visits depending on many factors, such as the tooth is being treated, the degree of infection, patient’s compliance, etc.
The procedure is not painful and the dentist uses anesthesia during the surgery. First, the dentist will examine and take an x-ray of the tooth. Then local anesthesia will be administered.
After the tooth is numb, the dentist makes a small hole in the crown of the tooth. of Next, the infected or inflamed pulp is removed and cleans both the pulp and the root canal is cleaned. After space is cleaned, the root canal is filled with a biocompatible material and the opening is sealed with a temporary filling that is going to be removed before tooth restoration. To protect and restore the full functionality of the tooth, a crown or a similar restoration must be placed on it.
It is very successful and helps stop the pain, protect the tooth from removed, restores efficient chewing, normal biting, sensation, and natural appearance.
Sometimes, complications occur after the procedure.
For a few days after the procedure, tooth sensitivity or discomfort will occur. It can be treated with painkillers. What are the precautions after treatment?
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In October, the National Fire Protection Association reminds us to think about fire prevention and check our smoke alarms.
People over 65 are twice as likely as others to be killed or injured by fires.
Follow these steps to protect your loved one:
Check that your relative does not
- overload electrical outlets when space heaters or other appliances are plugged in;
- wear clothing with loose sleeves when cooking;
- store flammable items (paper towels, towels) near the stovetop;
- leave the room when something’s on the burner;
- leave grease on the stove after cooking;
- use the oven or an iron without setting a timer.
Most of the fires that result in death occur at night. We don’t smell smoke in our sleep! In fact, smoke tends to make us sleep deeper. That’s why alarms are so important. Test batteries once a month. Replace them once a year. Also, check for an automatic sprinkler system if your relative moves into a new house or apartment.
Plan for an emergency
- Identify two possible exits for each room (doors? windows?).
- Designate two people to look out for your relative, especially if he or she might need assistance with evacuating.
- Check with local emergency responders to see what information they keep on file about special needs: person sleeping on the second floor, oxygen in the home, need for mobility assistance, hard of hearing, dementia.
Practice the plan
Now and then, check to be sure your loved one can still do what’s needed. If not, alter the plan. Can he or she
- easily open windows and doors? Ensure they are not blocked, or painted or nailed shut;
- unlock security bars on doors or windows? Practice using the quick-release feature on the inside;
- call for help right away? Practice calling 911 and asking for help.


| Research, carried out in our Department, is focused on physics of elementary particles at the high energy frontier. The primary aim of these studies is to find manifestations of new physics phenomena that may occur in proton-proton and heavy-ion collisions at the highest accelerator energies.
We are participating in the international ATLAS experiment at Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. The LHC is the world-class accelerator that provides a rich physics potential to be explored by broad international cooperation.
Effective pursuing of this research programme requires huge computing resources which can only be provided by Grid-like projects which integrate computing resources distributed all over the world. Hence we are also actively involved in the project: Worldwide Grid for LHC experiments (WLCG).
One of the main achievements of the ATLAS experiment is the discovery of a new particle consistent with the long searched Higgs boson. This measurement is of highest importance for our understanding of the basic forces holding the whole Universe. Particularly, the Higgs boson explains how some particles can acquire mass. Without particles mass the Universe would not exist. The event display, on right, shows a single proton-proton collision seen by ATLAS with possible Higgs boson produced (H → 4 electrons).


Learning Resource Support (LRT)
Regina Christian School offers learning support primarily in the areas of literacy and numeracy. However, support in developing social skills, organizational skills, fine and gross motor skills and speech and language development is also offered depending on the needs of the individual and the school. Our Learning Resource program follows a Response to Intervention model. Once a need is identified, the classroom teacher, parents and learning resource teacher work together to provide interventions. Additional professionals are brought in should situations warrant the support.
Our first response is to work within the classroom environment to provide adaptations and interventions that will meet the students’ needs. Students needs may be addressed within the classroom through technology, sensory or work load adaptations. When needed, interventions also take place outside the classroom where a small group of students is pulled to receive some additional assistance with reading, writing or math. This support is continued while needed then gradually reduced as students become more independent. Should the need continue, support from a psychologist, school counselor, occupational therapist and/or speech language pathologist may be required. In consultation with parents, this Student Achievement Team (classroom teacher, learning resource teacher, and educational professionals) work together to understand and meet the student’s needs. If the student does not respond to the intervention, standardized testing may be done to assess students’ strengths and weaknesses and to determine what is keeping them from achieving academic success individually. The team would then work to use the recommendations from such an assessment to guide in program planning for the student.
High School LRT
Our High School Learning Resource program is provided to meet the individual learning needs of high school students and to support them in meeting their academic potential. Our learning resource teacher instructs in small-group tutorials to reinforce concepts and material taught in the general education classes. The tutorial classes also focus on teaching learning strategies, organization skills, and study skills. Our learning resource teacher works collaboratively with the subject area teachers to ensure that appropriate adaptations are made in the classroom for assignments and tests.
The High School Learning Resource program is designed to support students in the successful completion of their 24 compulsory credits required for graduation. Tutorial class, itself, is a non-credit course. Enrollment in the Tutorial class is based on a recommendation from the subject area teacher in consultation with the learning resource teacher, school administration, and in agreement with the student as well as parents.


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Place Based Education Overview
Uses your location and community (schoolyard, neighborhood, natural features, stores, historical monuments, architecture etc.) as the core of instruction
Student learning progresses over time from local to global
inquiry based and learner centered
place is seen as a blend of economy, ecology and culture of a community
Unique To Place
In a true Place Based Educational environment, education is rooted in culture, values and relationship specific to the community.
One community cannot be replicated. This holistic perspective suggests that we learn best when we use what is around us, in our place, because we can relate and we live here.
Life and Citizenship Skills
Place Based Education addresses true community ideas and concerns which ties learners directly to the content in real and authentic ways.
Within this practice, learners are challenged to think critically about their actions thus developing skills such as; decision making, self direction, reflection, communication and collaboration.
Community As Resource
Members of a community contribute to efforts of student learning. PBE is about considering all angles of community interaction. Students learn how choices can lead to change and forward movement by engaging the community.
EX: Students notice that there is a certain amount of trash piling up in an area near their schools neighborhood (natural inquiry). They wonder why this is happening, so they look closer at the trash and notice that there are a large amount of wrappers from a local fast food restaurant. This problem is further researched by visiting the restaurant and asking questions to staff and visitors.
Perhaps they will then notice that the trash cans are placed in a bad place, or people are choosing not to clean up. Students decide to act on this and create new places to dispose of trash, or to bring awareness to this problem. At this point, students can engage local waste management and dig into possible solutions.


One of the things we’d like to inculcate in our kids is the value of hard work and earning your keep. One way to do this, we thought, was to let them participate in the work that our people do at the farm. Our purpose is to show them how hard it is for other people to earn money to feed their families. RD’s older brothers were amused when, on the second day of harvesting, he told them, “You know, I like to do school work better.”
The kids worked for four (4) days, and during that time, learned that something as “mundane” as harvesting corn wasn’t as easy as they thought. They learned new insights on what it takes for some people to have to earn money for their daily sustenance. Many kids have it so easy these days, that the principles of hard work is lost in the din of many petty things that take our attention away from the things that really matter.
It is important for us, parents, to teach our children the value of working hard and earning money or position, independence and self-sufficiency, and the benefits that come from being diligent and focused on values that really count.
How can we do this? For young kids, it may be as simple as cleaning their room or doing some household chores. For older ones, it may be saving a certain amount of money in a week or month, or doing something that can benefit the community. It might be important to note, however, that we cannot just give them something to do on an average level. We must push them, challenge them to do more than they think they can. Help them set goals that they can strive for. This will set the stage for the time when they want something that might be impossible, but can be reached because they know how to push themselves farther than usual.
Above all, keep a positive attitude. Allow them to make mistakes, and encourage them to keep working amid frustrations and hurdles. Teach them to grow and recover from their failures… and never be “historical” about it! Teach them to learn from wrong decisions and move on.
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Preparing and Using Biochar
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2050kids invites people from around the world to take part in The Cookstove Challenge, an interactive global learning experience.
The challenge engages participants in constructing the Climate Rescue Can Cookstove, a biochar-producing cookstove which captures carbon from the air and rejuvenates soils. The cookstove was designed by 2050kids advisor James Greyson and has been fine tuned for over a year for release via open sourced infographics.
Download the simple infographics and accompanying materials and get started today!
As 2050kids launches the Cookstove Challenge globally, 2050kids project staff is working on challenges locally with Middle School students in the United States . The students are providing oral feedback on the instructions as they prepare to use the biochar produced by their stoves in their gardens. Their feedback will inform further ideations of the instructions and help 2050kids determine if the project is viable to introduce in rural farming communities in developing countries.
The ‘endgame’ of the challenge is to facilitate locally directed learning activities which involve communities in a hands-on process to discover the value of biochar in improving the soil in community or market gardens.
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To virtually participate in the challenge:
- Download the infographics and accompanying materials
- Gather the materials and tools (or find substitutes)
- Start building
- Share your comments, questions, and ideas in comments below
For more information, contact firstname.lastname@example.org.


Process improvements have a tendency to slip back to how things were done, just like a stretched rubber band snaps back when released. The process control plan will help prevent this from happening.
Let’s learn more about how that can be done.
Overview: What is a process control plan?
The purpose of the process control plan is to be sure the process improvements made by your Six Sigma improvement team can be sustained over time. The process control plan will be developed during the Control phase of DMAIC. It is a written summary that describes what’s needed to keep your process at the improved level.
The control plan will usually display the improved process map, key process variables, and the reaction plan if the improved process starts to degrade.
While there are a variety of control plan formats, some of the key elements should include:
- Process flowchart: A visual representation of the high-level process steps for the improved process.
- Critical metrics: Key measurable characteristics of a product or process whose performance standards or specification limits must be met in order to satisfy the customer. These are often referred to as CTQs (critical to quality).
- Measurement method: Documents the method used to collect the process measurement or CTQ.
- Sample size: The sample size chosen for measurement.
- Measurement frequency: Identifies how often the data should be collected.
- Reaction plan: A documented process for correcting deviations from the desired state including the who, what, when, and where of the actions taken.
An industry example of a process control plan
As the project team was finishing up the Control phase, the Master Black Belt assigned to the team provided a quick tutorial on how to create a process control plan. She showed them the following template as an example of how they can develop one for their project:
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about a process control plan
1. What is a process control plan used for?
A process control plan is a written document used to sustain and maintain the gains achieved during a process improvement event.
2. When is the process control plan developed?
It is developed in the Control phase of the DMAIC methodology.
3. What are the major elements of a process control plan?
The major elements of a process control plan are:
- Process flowchart
- Critical metrics.
- Measurement method
- Sample size
- Measurement frequency
- Reaction plan


Ilhan Omar, American politician, is the first Somali-American Member of Congress, the first woman of color to represent Minnesota, one of the first two Muslim-American women elected to Congress. This makes her the highest-elected Somali-American public official in the United States. Representative Omar was sworn into office in January 2019 for Minnesota’s 5th congressional district.
Born in Somalia, Rep. Omar and her family fled the country’s civil war when she was just eight years old. The family spent four years in a refugee camp in Kenya before coming to the United States in 1995 when her family secured asylum. Her early years were filled with devastation and loss. Rather then allowing these experiences to beat her down, she utilized them to motivate her to make the world a more just place for others.
It was Omar’s grandfather that inspired and encouraged her to get involved in politics. Prior to running for office, Omar worked as a community educator and organizer, policy analyst, public speaker and advocate. In 2016 she was elected as the Minnesota House Representative for District 60B where she served until 2018. It is important to note that Omar received the largest percentage of votes for any female candidate running for U.S. House of Representatives in Minnesota state’s history.
Omar’s presence in politics has upset the status quo because she is a Black female Muslim immigrant. As a result, she has been the target of ongoing harassment and threats of extreme violence. However, Omar remains committed to her principles to fight for the rights of citizens and ensure equality for all Americans.
Links For Learning:
Ilhan Omar Is One of the First Muslim Women and the First Somali-American in Congress – TeenVogue