The Centers for Disease Control recently released a shocking report about the decline in American life expectancy, a rate they haven’t seen since influenza ran rampant in 1962 and 1963, and during the worst of the AIDS epidemic back in 1993. In 2016, the CDC saw a staggering 21 percent death rate fueled by the opioid epidemic and it was the second year in a row that life expectancy decreased.
In 2016, life expectancy dropped from 78.7 to 78.6. For men, it went from 76.3 to 76.1 while women held their expectancy at 81.8 years.
Regardless of the high-spend of medical care in the United States, life expectancy is lower than other developed countries, with younger to middle-aged Americans taking the brunt of the opioid epidemic. More than 42,000 Americans died of opioid overdoses alone in 2016, a 28 percent increase over 2015, and that’s not including the deaths from drugs like cocaine, methamphetamine and benzodiazepines. Drug mortality is the highest among people aged 25 to 54 and men are twice as likely to overdose and die than women are, according to the CDC.
The first dip in life expectancy occurred in 2015, due to 52,404 drug overdoses and paired with suicides, alcoholism, heart disease, strokes and diabetes. In 2016, 63,632 people died of overdoses despite the three major causes of death being unintentional injuries, Alzheimer’s disease and suicides. Year-over-year, that’s an 11,000 increase in drug-related deaths. Additionally, deaths from fentanyl and synthetic opioids doubled while deaths from heroin and prescription opioids rose modestly.
The CDC reports that 9,580 people fatally overdosed from fentanyl and synthetic opiates in 2015, and rose to 19,413 in 2016. Year-over-year, heroin deaths increased by 20 percent and deaths from opioid painkillers like hydrocodone and oxycodone increased by 14 percent.
The numbers are scary, but there is hope. It’s never too soon to start treatment. Spectrum Health Systems has 48 years of experience in treating substance use disorders and mental health. Beds are available today, call Outpatient Services at (800) 464-9555 or Inpatient Services at (800) 366-7732.


Erie Climate Data
Erie County is becoming increasingly vulnerable to both the short and long-term impacts of extreme weather and climate variability. Recent examples of these extremes have included record rain and snowfall events, tornados, ice storms, and more frequent high wind events. CRANE worked with GLISA to compile downscaled climate data and projections specific for Erie County. Learn more about Erie’s climate data by clicking here.
Erie Extreme Weather Survey
The Erie Extreme Weather survey was designed to gauge the Erie community’s perceptions, experiences, and concerns surrounding extreme weather events. The results of this survey helped to shape the content and focus of the Erie Hazardous Weather Vulnerability Assessment by identifying key weather impacts and capturing anecdotal accounts of how extreme weather is directly impacting Erie’s residents. The results of the survey represent input from respondents living or working within the Erie region. Respondents encompassed stakeholders from industries such as agriculture, marinas, transportation, grocery stores and businesses, municipalities, natural resources, and residents of the area. To date, 115 people have taken the survey; however, it remains open as an ongoing way to collect quantitative and qualitative information about how residents and business owners are experiencing climate impacts.
Take the survey here.
This framing document was developed as a tool to summarize historical and projected climate information and highlight results from the Erie Extreme Weather Survey. The purpose of this document was to help set the stage for additional steps in the Steps to Resilience process. It provides background information on the project and project location, summarizes data from the survey, and includes five weather disaster narratives reflecting the five top weather risks identified in the survey. Each of the weather disaster narratives includes an introduction, a “benchmark” weather scenario, and a “credible worst-case scenario.” The benchmark scenario indicates a historical baseline event that occurred at some point in Erie County’s history. The credible worst-case scenario indicates an event that hasn’t yet taken place, but that is plausible given climate projection and weather data. These examples were researched and developed by members of CRANE with data and expertise taken from sources such as New York’s Coastal Resilience Index and Community Self-Assessment the National Weather Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Northwest Regional Climate Center, and others. These scenarios were used as discussion points to frame the vulnerability assessment conducted in Step 2


In a June 2 column in the New York Times, Ford School professor Susan Dynarski writes that “class trumps ability when it comes to college graduation.”
Dynarski cites a recent publication from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which has been tracking a cohort of young people since 2002 as part of its Education Longitudinal Study.
NCES researchers found that while 58 percent of the high school students from the most disadvantaged families expected to earn a college degree, just 14 percent had done so thirteen years later. By comparison, 87 percent of the most advantaged students planned to earn a bachelors degree, and 60 percent eventually achieved that goal.
Were the poor children “simply overconfident, with aspirations outstripping their academic skills”? asks Dynarski. Her answer: no. “Academic skills in high school… explained only a small part of the socioeconomic gap in educational attainment.”
In fact, a disadvantaged teenager with top high school test scores and a rich teenager with average scores were equally likely to graduate with a college degree, writes Dynarski, with 41 percent of both groups having received a degree by their late 20s.
Susan Dynarski is a professor of public policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and a professor of education at the University of Michigan's School of Education. She is co-founder and co-director of the Ford School’s Education Policy Initiative, which engages in applied, policy-relevant research designed to improve overall educational achievement and outcomes.


There was a time when a tent was just a pole or frame and a piece of fabric. That time is long gone. Your tent doesn’t even have to be directly on the ground anymore! With the invention of rooftop tents in the 1930s, camping was changed forever. As you know, rooftop tents are similar to traditional tents, but with one key difference: the former can be fixed to the roofs of vehicles (hence the name), while the latter are usually only made to be fixed to the ground.
- Rooftop tents offer many advantages over other tent types. The biggest advantage is the design: your tent is off the ground, which can help keep it safer and drier than a ground-based setup. By camping on the roof of your vehicle, you can avoid the most dangerous animals (both big and small) and you won’t have to worry about moisture seeping into your tent through the base. The height offers another advantage that you might not immediately think of – a better view. A little height can add a lot of value to your camping experience. You can also camp anywhere, as long as you can park your vehicle there. Because most rooftop tents were designed to stay on the roof, they are often transported in that manner as well.
- The biggest advantage of rooftop tents may also be the biggest disadvantage: your tent’s elevation also means that it will experience more wind resistance, which means that very strong winds can cause damage. Make sure to park in an area where you are protected from the worst winds or park your vehicle in a way that will decrease the wind resistance in your tent. Luckily, rooftop tents are designed to withstand wind.
Your next camping adventure can make both the destination and the journey exciting. Rooftop camping makes it all possible.


Electronics engineers conduct research on, design, and direct the construction functioning, maintenance and repair of electronic systems, and study and advise on technological aspects of electronic engineering materials, products or processes.
Tasks include -
(a) advising on and designing electronic devices or components, circuits, semi-conductors, and systems;
(b) specifying production or installation methods, materials and quality standards, and directing production or installation work of electronic products and systems;
(c) establishing control standards and procedures to ensure efficient functioning and safety of electronic systems, motors and equipment;
(d) organizing and directing maintenance and repair of existing electronic systems and equipment;
(e) designing electronic circuits and components for use in fields such as aerospace guidance and propulsion control, acoustics, or instruments and controls;
(f) researching and advising on radar, telemetry and remote control systems, microwaves and other electronic equipment;
(g) designing and developing signal processing algorithms and implementing these through appropriate choice of hardware and software;
(h) developing apparatus and procedures to test electronic components, circuits and systems.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Computer hardware engineer
- Electronics engineer
- Instrumentation engineer
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Telecommunications engineer - 2153


Global Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Pasturelands and Rangelands: Magnitude, Spatiotemporal Patterns, and Attribution
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The application of manure and mineral nitrogen (N) fertilizer, and livestock excreta deposition are the main drivers of nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions in agricultural systems. However, the magnitude and spatiotemporal variations of N2O emissions due to different management practices (excreta deposition and manure/fertilizer application) from grassland ecosystems remain unclear. In this study, we used the Dynamic Land Ecosystem Model to simulate the spatiotemporal variation in global N2O emissions and their attribution to different sources from both intensively managed (pasturelands) and extensively managed (rangelands) grasslands during 1961-2014. Over the study period, pasturelands and rangelands experienced a significant increase in N2O emissions from 1.74 Tg N2O-N in 1961 to 3.11 Tg N2O-N in 2014 (p < 0.05). Globally, pasturelands and rangelands were responsible for 54% (2.2 Tg N2O-N) of the total agricultural N2O emissions (4.1 Tg N2O-N) in 2006. Natural and anthropogenic sources contributed 26% (0.64 Tg N2O-N/year) and 74% (1.78 Tg N2O-N/year) of the net emissions, respectively. Across different biomes, pasturelands (i.e., C3 and C4) were the single largest contributor to N2O fluxes, accounting for 86% of the net global emissions from grasslands. Among different sources, livestock excreta deposition contributed 54% of the net emissions, followed by manure N (13%) and mineral N (7%) application. Regionally, southern Asia contributed 38% of the total emissions, followed by Europe (29%) and North America (16%). Our modeling study demonstrates that livestock excreta deposition and manure/fertilizer application have dramatically altered the N cycle in pasturelands, with a substantial impact on the climate system.


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COURSE PURPOSE: Black Minds Matter is a public series that is designed to raise the national consciousness about issues facing Black students in education. The series intentionally addresses the pervasive undervaluing and criminalization of Black minds. Tangible solutions for promoting the learning, development, and success of Black students are offered.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
-Identify how assumptions of criminality about Black students are manifested in school, college, and university settings.
-Recognize how socially constructed viewpoints of Black intelligence decenter them as learners in educational institutions.
-Embrace asset-based views of Black students rooted in the concepts of equity-mindedness and institutional responsibility.
-Articulate research-based policies and practices that serve to promote the learning, development, and success of Black students throughout the educational pipeline.
There are two dispositional prerequisites for this course. Learners must have a willingness to:
1. Acknowledge their own unconscious and conscious biases and the effect this has on the educational experiences of Black students.
2. Engage their personal responsibility for redressing disparate educational outcomes for Black students in education.
Each module requires a 5 hours commitment (including video session and readings).
WHO CAN JOIN?
CORA (Center for Organizational Responsibility and Advancement) is offering Black Minds Matter for all educators.
Find this and other events on the Justice for George Floyd Initiatives page: https://inside.augsburg.edu/diversity/george-floyd-initiatives/


Citizen science can improve conservation science, natural resource management, and environmental protection
Citizen science has advanced science for hundreds of years, contributed to many peer-reviewed articles, and informed land management decisions and policies across the United States. Over the last 10 years, citizen science has grown immensely in the United States and many other countries. Here, we show how citizen science is a powerful tool for tackling many of the challenges faced in the field of conservation biology. We describe the two interwoven paths by which citizen science can improve conservation efforts, natural resource management, and environmental protection. The first path includes building scientific knowledge, while the other path involves informing policy and encouraging public action. We explore how citizen science is currently used and describe the investments needed to create a citizen science program.
|Authors:||Rick Bonney; Lea A. Shanley; Duncan C. McKinley; Abe J. Miller-Rushing; Heidi L. Ballard; Hutch Brown; Susan C. Cook-Patton; Daniel M. Evans; Rebecca A. French; Julia K. Parrish; Tina B. Phillips; Sean F. Ryan; Jennifer L. Shirk; Kristine F. Stepenuck; Jake F. Weltzin; Andrea Wiggins; Owen D. Boyle; Russell D. Briggs; Stuart F. Chapin III; David A. Hewitt; Peter W. Preuss; Michael A. Soukup;|
|Year of publication:||2016|


A study conducted by Rufa, A., et al. (2020) looked into how varied approaches to patients with lower back pain impacted their recovery.
2345 patients were examined, and either received care from a physical therapist who employed a biomedical approach, or by a biopsychosocial viewpoint. A biomedical approach would utilise a scientific methodology in explaining the biology of their low back pain. A biopsychosocial outlook draws on not only the biology of the injury, but also the psychology and socio-environmental factors that could be affected. Essentially, a biopsychosocial model will consider the patient sat in front of you, and how their injury is impacting their lives. Patients may say they are feeling low with their pain, trapped and isolated. This may go on to affect their ability to work, and relationships at home and with friends. If these factors can be identified, then they can observe improvements in their daily lives, rather than solely focusing on their levels of pain.
Results showed that physical therapists who believed in a stronger relationship between pain and disability had improved outcomes. This study highlights the importance of getting to know your patient, and not looking at them as a set of signs and symptoms. Understanding their struggles can help put an action plan together, and this may involve utilising other health professionals to help in their journey to improvement.


Using a flexible prototyping platform from NI, engineers have implemented Massive MIMO, where 128 antennas are deployed at the base station.
Engineers from the Universities of Bristol and Lund have teamed up with National Instruments (NI) to demonstrate how a massive antenna system can offer a 12-fold increase in spectrum efficiency compared with current 4G cellular technology.
Multiple antenna technology, referred to as MIMO, is already used in many Wi-Fi routers and 4G cellular phone systems. Normally this involves up to four antennas at a base station. Using a flexible prototyping platform from NI based on LabVIEW system design software and PXI hardware, the Bristol configuration implements Massive MIMO, where 128 antennas are deployed at the base station.
The hardware behind this demonstration was provided to Bristol University as part of the Bristol Is Open programmable city infrastructure. Lund University has a similar set-up, the LuMaMi testbed, enabling researchers at both sites to work in parallel with their development.
Bristol’s Massive MIMO system used for the demo operates at a carrier frequency of 3.5GHz and supports simultaneous wireless connectivity to up to 12 single antenna clients. Each client shares a common 20MHz radio channel. Complex digital signal processing algorithms unravel the individual data streams in the space domain seen by the antenna array.
__Figure 1:__ *The University of Bristol and Lund University implemented the world’s first 128-antenna, real-time massive MIMO testbed, which was used to set two consecutive world records in wireless spectral efficiency. (Source: National Instruments)*
The Massive MIMO demonstration was conducted in the atrium of Bristol’s Merchant Venturers Building and achieved an unprecedented bandwidth efficiency of 79.4bit/s/Hz. This equates to a sum rate throughput of 1.59Gbit/s in a 20MHz channel.


41 Facts About Online Students Infographic
The 41 Facts About Online Students Infographic analyzes online students and their motivations for going back to school in an online setting.
Who Are The Online Students?
- 80% of online students live within 100 miles of a campus or service center of the institution they attend.
- 46% say their biggest motivation to enroll was to advance their current career.
- 37% of online students were the first in their family to attend college.
- 32% of higher education students now take at least one online course.
- 33% study business.
- More than 80% of online undergraduate students have transfer credits.
Why Students Enroll in Online Courses?
- 68% Balance: The ability to balance work, family, and social responsibilities more easily.
- 64% Anytime, Anywhere: Students love the ability to study anytime, anywhere are their own convenience
- 37% Accelerated Courses: Fast-track courses motivate students to earn a college degree in an online setting.
- 30% Cheaper: The overall lower cost of online courses is very appealing to online students.
- 18% Faster Completion Time: With great flexibility, online degrees are generally completed faster than traditional degrees.
- 12% Variety: Course variety is one of the top reasons students choose to enroll in online courses
- 9% Credential Potential: Greater potential for specific educational credentials.
- 9% Effectiveness: Some students find online learning methods more effective than a traditional college setting.
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U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy (pictured, 2021) on Tuesday issued a general advisory, warning that social-media use could pose mental-health risks among children and teens. File Photo by Samuel Corum/UPI | License Photo
May 23 (UPI) -- Social media use could lead to mental health issues among children and teens, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said Tuesday as he called on policymakers to enact stricter guidelines.
"There are ample indicators that social media can also have a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents," Murthy wrote in the U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory.
A general advisory is a public statement that calls attention to an urgent public health issue and provides recommendations on addressing it.
The document is not meant to be exhaustive on the topic, Murthy said, rather it draws on available public evidence.
"Nothing's more important to parents than keeping our kids safe. And when it comes to protecting kids' wellbeing on social media, parents need more support," Murthy tweeted following the release of the advisory.
In the advisory, Murthy does point to some benefits as a result of social media use, listing self expression and social connections.
He also points to a 2019 longitudinal study that concluded adolescents spending more than than three hours per day on social media "faced double the risk of experiencing poor mental health outcomes including symptoms of depression and anxiety."
Murthy called the current social media situation a decades-long experiment.
"Our children and adolescents don't have the luxury of waiting years until we know the full extent of social media's impact," the Surgeon General wrote in the report.
"To date, the burden of protecting youth has fallen predominantly on children, adolescents, and their families."
The advisory goes on to list several suggestions for parents, lawmakers and tech companies.
Those suggestions include creating so-called "tech free" zones and establishing scientific advisory committees to help craft policy.
He also urged researchers to dedicate more time and effort to studying the topic.
In March, Utah pushed forward with legislation requiring parents or guardians to give consent for people younger than 18 to use social media accounts.


What Is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is an effective form of medical treatment that has evolved into a complete holistic health care system. Practitioners of acupuncture and Chinese medicine have used this noninvasive treatment method to help millions of people become well and stay well.
Acupuncture promotes natural healing. It can enhance recuperative power and immunity, support physical and emotional health, and improve overall function and well-being. It is a safe, relatively painless and effective way to treat a wide variety of medical problems.
How does it work?
Traditional Chinese Medicine is based on Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology. These are the fundamental cornerstones of Acupuncture. Insertion of needles which penetrate the skin and stimulate target tissues in the body, like muscles, tendons and fascia, cause changes in the body’s natural chemistry and chemical communication which promote and invigorate the body’s healing processes.
What does an acupuncturist do?
During the initial exam a full health history is taken. Questions are asked regarding health, symptoms and lifestyle. An appropriate physical exam is conducted, including pulse and tongue diagnosis. Gathering this information enables the practitioner to effectively assess your health concern and develop a well-structured treatment plan.


Strategies for producing muscle stem cells
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Muscular dystrophies are a group of chronic disorders characterized by progressive loss of muscle functions that unfortunately have no cure. Stem cell therapy emerges as a promising approach because it promotes healing by replacing diseased muscles with healthy muscles. Recently I have reported a robust teratoma method that can produce muscle stem cells at large quantities from pluripotent stem cells, allowing regeneration of healthy fibers and improvement of muscle functions. In this application, I propose a series of experiments that make use of this teratoma method to study how muscle stem cells develop and expand. My goal is to discover pathways that are fundamental to muscle stem cells development and to use this information to invent new protocols in producing repopulating muscle stem cells as therapeutics.
Muscular dystrophies are a group of chronic disorders characterized by progressive loss of muscle functions. Among them, Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common in Minnesota and in the US. An ideal treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy would be to replace damaged muscles with new healthy muscles. There are currently 2 promising approaches to achieve this goal: 1) by harnessing the regenerative power of endogenous muscle stem cells, and 2) by deriving muscle stem cells from pluripotent stem cells. Our research aims to advance both of these approaches. In our first year, we have used the state-of-the-art single-cell RNA-sequencing technology to decipher how muscle stem cells derive from pluripotent stem cells. We have also discovered factors that might enable expansion of endogenous muscle stem cells to a clinically relevant amount for potential cell therapy.


WHAT IS THE PIRIFORMIS?
The piriformis is a small muscle in your buttocks. It is attached to your sacrum on the one end and the top part of your femur on the other. Its main function is to turn your leg outwards.
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF PIRIFORMIS SYNDROME?
· Deep pain in the buttock
· Tingling and numbness in the buttock radiating into the leg (similar to sciatica)
· Weakness of the leg
· Tight buttock and hip
· Pain with sitting for extended periods
· Pain that worsens during the day
WHAT CAUSES PIRIFORMIS SYNDROME?
The sciatic nerve leaves the pelvis area underneath the piriformis muscle on its way to the leg. In 10% of the population the sciatic nerve passes through the muscle. The sciatic nerve, due to its position, is thus prone to being pinched by the piriformis if any tightness or trauma occurs in this area.
The elimination of sciatica is an important part of diagnosing piriformis syndrome. Current symptoms and a range of objective muscle tests and palpation will reveal the diagnosis quickly. Radiological imaging is only helpful in ruling out other potential causes of pain.
Piriformis syndrome reacts well to treatment. Treatment consists of stretches, soft tissue therapy and electrotherapy modalities.
If you have a pain in your butt that will not go away, call 780 723 1985 now. Physiotherapy can help relieve your pain.


The Environmental Protection Agency has recruited controversial scientists to argue that just a little bit of radiation may actually be good for public health, in an attempt to relax standards on radiation levels that the administration considers burdensome. The Associated Press reports that at a congressional hearing Wednesday to discuss the proposed rollback of standards, the EPA’s lead witness will be University of Massachusetts toxicologist Edward Calabrese, who believes that increased exposure to small amounts of radiation “would have a positive effect on human health as well as save billions and billions and billions of dollars.” Calabrese argues that radiation can act as a stressor, which will activate the body’s repair mechanisms. But other scientists have refuted the EPA’s argument, noting that Calabrese’s reasoning has been “generally dismissed by the great bulk of scientists.” The proposal has also concerned advocates for worker safety, who fear that relaxing standards will jeopardize the health of nuclear-plant workers, X-ray technicians, and anyone else unlucky enough to come into contact with radiation. “There’s no reason not to protect people as much as possible,” said the wife of a man who works at a nuclear-weapons plant.
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Lessons from The Angel Oak
LESSONS FROM THE ANGEL OAK is a collection of stories about two children who make regular visits to the centuries-old tree located on John's Island just steps from the St. John's Episcopal Church.
Young Brigid and John learn spiritual lessons from the storied tree considered to be the largest Live Oak east of the Mississippi River. The text is beautifully illustrated by local artist Grace Baker and photography by Jack Case.
The vignettes in this booklet are from a series of five children's talks given during the summer of 2022.
Copies are $10 and are available in our church office, Guerry Hall, and in the Grace Church Cathedral bookshop, as well as via Amazon.
All proceeds go to the emerging ministries at St. John’s.
Call 843-974-5593 for more information.
The Series Continues!
A brand-new installment from Brigid and John is presented each Sunday as a regular feature of the 10:30 liturgy at St. John's. Visit our video library below to view new lessons added to our YouTube channel each week.
Join us to learn weekly wisdom from Angel Oak!
Click on titles below to hear Vicar Callie share new conversations that Brigid and John have with the Angel Oak.


In collaboration with Google Arts & Culture, ARCE is pleased to announce the launch of “Preserving Egypt’s Layered History” today in celebration of Egyptian Archaeologists day.
The project will give people access to content developed based on ARCE’s repository of conservation projects in Egypt that reflect the diversity of its history. From anywhere in the world, people can explore the Tomb of Menna in 3D and go on a virtual tour at the Aslam Al Silahdar Mosque. There is also a range of content such as images, videos and recordings of other ARCE conservation efforts including the Basatin Cemetery, Saint Anthony’s Wall Paintings, and the Villa of the Birds Mosaics.
Explore the latest discoveries in the world of Egyptology, learn more about the history of ruling in Egypt and discover in-depth conservation secrets.
The Google Arts & Culture app puts the treasures, stories and knowledge of over 2,000 cultural institutions from 80 countries at your fingertips. If Google’s mission is to make the world’s information more accessible, then Arts & Culture’s mission is to make the world’s culture accessible to anyone, anywhere by means of modern technology such as high-resolution scanning, machine learning and Augmented Reality.


Constitution Week, A Preview
Date: Jan 01, 1970
Help us kick off Constitution Week! Stop by the ACS table in the Lobby to pick up your pocket Constitution and sign up to win a framed replica Constitution! We’ll be posting more on all the events we’re hosting during Constitution Week, but first, some history about Constitution Day and Week!
History of Constitution Week:
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) petitioned Congress in 1955 to designate the week of September 17-23 to commemorate the creation of the Constitution on September 17, 1787. President Eisenhower proclaimed the first Constitution Week with Proclamation 3109 on August 19, 1955, and enacted the Congressional resolution establishing Constitution Week on August 2, 1956. Citizenship Day coincides with Constitution Day on September 17 to celebrate the creation of American citizenship.
The DAR lists the aims of Constitution Week:
- To emphasize citizens’ responsibilities for protecting and defending the Constitution;
- Inform people that the Constitution is the basis for America’s great heritage and the foundation for our way of life; and
- Encourage the study of the historical events which led to the framing of the Constitution in September 1787.
For more on the history of the framing of the Constitution, see the National Archives page on the subject.
Constitution Week. Daughters of the American Revolution
Constitution of the United States – A History. National Archives.


A phobia is an irrational fear of something that is unlikely to cause harm or happen. The word itself comes from the Greek word “Phobos”, which means fear or horror. Phobias come in all shapes and sizes. Because there are an infinite number of objects and situations, the list of specific phobias is quite long. A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder that causes an individual to experience extreme irrational fear about a situation, a living creature, a place, or an object. When a person has a phobia, they will often shape their lives to avoid what they consider to be dangerous. The imagined threat is greater than any actual threat posed by the cause of terror. Phobias are diagnosable mental disorders. The person will experience intense distress when faced with the source of their phobia. This can prevent them from functioning normally and sometimes leads to panic attacks.
The most common phobias include:
- Claustrophobia: Fear of being in constricted, confined spaces.
- Aerophobia: Fear of flying.
- Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders.
- Driving phobia: Fear of driving a car.
- Emetophobia: Fear of vomiting.
- Erythrophobia: Fear of blushing.
- Hypochondria: Fear of becoming ill.
- Zoophobia: Fear of animals.
- Aquaphobia: Fear of water.
- Acrophobia: Fear of heights.
- Blood, injury, and injection (BII) phobia: Fear of injuries involving blood.
- Escalaphobia: Fear of escalators.
- Tunnel phobia: Fear of tunnels.
These are just some of the common phobias. People can develop a phobia from almost anything. Also, as society changes, the list of potential phobias changes. For instance, nomophobia is the fear of being without a cell phone or computer. As described in one paper, it is “the pathologic fear of remaining out of touch with technology.”
Manifestations of phobias include, but are not limited to, a sensation of uncontrollable anxiety when exposed to the source of fear; a feeling that the source of that fear must be avoided at all costs; not being able to function properly when exposed to the trigger; acknowledgment that the fear is irrational, unreasonable, and exaggerated combined with an inability to control the feelings.


The social structure of family and farm forestry in Alabama
|Authors:||John Schelhas, Robert Zabawa|
|Station:||Southern Research Station|
|Source:||In: Baumgartner, David M.; ed. Proceedings of Human Dimensions of Family, Farm, and Community Forestry International Symposium, March 29 – April 1, 2004. Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA. Washington State University Extension MISC0526|
Social research on, and programs for, forest landowners in the United States has tended to view them as individuals, and to be oriented toward transferring new knowledge, technical assistance, fi nancial assistance, and even cultural content to autonomous forest landowners. However, social scientists have long recognized that a great deal of human experience is relational, not individual, and that it is important to study the patterns of relationships among individuals. Social relationships are structured according to history, proximity, interests, class, race, and ethnicity, gender, and power; and the structure of forest values and knowledge is strongly infl uenced by these social relationships. Forestry in Alabama takes place primarily on private lands, mostly family owned. While past research has given us good descriptions of the characteristics and values of nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) landowners, including family and farm forest landowners, we know very little about their social relationships. This paper reports ongoing research in two Alabama counties on the household and family structure of forest ownership, historical patterns of land ownership and use, social networks, forest values and knowledge, economic and institutional relationships, and forest practices of NIPF landowners. The two counties, Macon and Escambia, have different historical race and class relationships that have given the private forestry sector of each a unique social structure.


Assessment of Natural Hazard Damage and Reconstruction: A Case Study from Band Aceh, Indonesia
There is an increasing interest in assessing the strengths and weaknesses of remote sensing imagery and geographic information system products as they relate to estimating populations at risk before, during, and after natural hazards. This research examines the spatial and temporal effectiveness of satellites and extent of damage products that were created for Banda Aceh, Indonesia after the 26 December 2004 tsunami. SPOT, FORMOSAT, MODIS and Landsat ETM+ imagery provided high temporal resolution data within three days of the tsunami. However, high-resolution commercial satellites (Quickbird, IKONOS) provide the most accurate data that can be used to assess infrastructure damage in cities like Banda Aceh before and after natural disasters. Of the six extent of damage products (USAID, USGS, Dartmouth Flood Observatory, DLR, SERTIT, DPRC) created after the tsunami, DLR provided the most accurate data on the extent of damage in Banda Aceh (94% agreement with Quickbird imagery). When these products are combined with population data estimates of populations at risk can be created to identify the areas most severely affected by a natural disaster. Pre-tsunami and post-tsunami imagery combined with imagery collected two and a half years after the tsunami show an extensive reconstruction of structures. Satellite imagery and geographic information system methods used in this research are most effective in regions where field data is sparse or difficult to collect within the first week following a natural disaster.


Why creating opportunities for women is a win for developmentThursday March 30 2023
During a Women’s Empowerment Reception while visiting Kenya in February, the First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, noted that women must fight to expand their space at the decision-making table in all spheres of life.
Kenya has made some progress toward gender parity by passing legislation against domestic abuse and sexual offences, creating affirmative action funds for women-owned enterprises, and boosting the participation of women in public and political office.
Yet, only 29 percent of women are regarded as empowered, according to data released in 2020 by UN Women and the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).
Read: The future of women at work
The implementation of laws, funding, accountability systems, and the sluggish transformation of patriarchal and discriminatory gender norms, attitudes, and behaviours are all factors that slow down progress.
These hurdles not only affect women’s personal growth and development but also hinder gender parity and the realisation of a fair and just society.
Therefore, it is crucial to identify these challenges and define strategies to attain gender parity.
To promote gender parity, we must challenge gender stereotypes and promote diversity and inclusion.
Organisations and policymakers should implement policies and advance practices that promote equal opportunities for women and men, such as pay transparency, flexible working arrangements, and mentoring and coaching programmes.
Moreover, creating awareness and promoting education about gender parity and the negative impacts of gender bias can help challenge and change attitudes towards women.
Early childbearing, or pregnancy and delivery during adolescence, can derail girls’ otherwise healthy development into adulthood and have negative impacts on their education, livelihoods, and health.
Read: Make tendering work for women business owners
This begs the question of how do we teach these girls? How do we create opportunities for them?
In Dr Biden’s words, “when women earn money, we invest it in our families. We become mentors and help others find success as well. We create jobs. When women have the ability to participate fully in society, we create more peaceful, stable places to live. And when women get the opportunities that we deserve, there’s no limit to what we can do.”


Autoimmune disease is an area of medicine where conventional therapies come with many unwanted side-effects. Autoimmune disease is when the body's immune system turns against itself, instead of doing its primary function of protecting us from outside invaders, such as pathogens and toxins.
At Oasis Integrative Medicine, we successfully treat patients dealing with autoimmune disorders, by looking at triggers, root causes, inflammatory agent exposure, metabolic processes, toxins, allergies and hormonal pathway imbalances that all exacerbate or cause further progression of the disease process. Diet and lifestyle issues are addressed, looking at food and environmental allergens that trigger the immune system, further exacerbating the autoimmune, hyper-responsiveness in the body. Nutraceuticals and other lifestyle protocols are used, in the overall treatment paradigm of autoimmune disorders.
A dysfunctional immune system can affect the body, creating such conditions as Rheumatoid Arthritis, Crohn’s Disease, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, Lupus, Type 1 Diabetes and others. It is important to quiet down the immune system by removing triggers, balancing the immune function, and reducing symptoms. Many of today's medications work by suppressing the immune system. These new biological agents diminish overall immune function, creating a risk for other infections and diseases to take hold, while being treated with these medications.


Blob School is an educational resource designed specifically for one of the main purchasers of the Blobs - teachers! This practical resource aims to cover all the key areas of school life so that teachers, assistants, school workers, pupils and parents can reflect upon a wide range of contexts and issues which occur throughout the school year.
The book includes 47 images which can be projected upon an Interactive White Board or photocopied for whole class or small group discussion. The Blobs are simple. They deal with deep issues using the primary languages we learn from infancy - feelings and body language. This is why they are used with children as young as 4, all the way through to the elderly.
Without words, the Blobs can be interpreted in a hundred different ways. There is no right and wrong about the Blobs, which is very important. A leader who uses them in a 'one way of reading them only way' will find that the rest of their group become very frustrated in discussions. Each picture is a means to a conversation, rather than a problem to be solved or a message to be agreed upon.
'Improving children's' emotional wellbeing is vital to enabling them to access learning and being able to recognise and talk about feeling is an important part of this. The Blob series provide a vehicle for this and as school is the place where most children will be supported in this it seems an obvious title to add to the series.
I feel it would be particularly useful for individual children with particular difficulties with communication or social skills, or as part of a PSHE program.' — Jo Clayton, SENCo
'I would see teachers and teaching assistants using the visual images to encourage pupils to talk about their feelings. They could also be used to help pupils overcome fears around the topics listed. They could support in dealing with inappropriate behaviour by pupils who find it difficult to control anger and conform to school boundaries.' — Nicola Gwilym, School Mentor


Rad Girls Can: Stories of Bold, Brave, and Brilliant Young Women
Written by Kate Schatz & Mirian Klein Stahl
From the Publisher: In Rad Girls Can, you’ll learn about a diverse group of young women who are living rad lives, whether excelling in male-dominated sports like boxing, rock climbing, or skateboarding; speaking out against injustice and discrimination; expressing themselves through dance, writing, and music; or advocating for girls around the world. Each profile is paired with the dynamic paper-cut art that made the authors’ first two books New York Times bestsellers. Featuring both contemporary and historical figures, Rad Girls Can offers hope, inspiration, and motivation to readers of all ages and genders.
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
Written and Illustrated by Rachel Ignotofsky
From the Publisher: A charmingly illustrated and educational book, New York Times bestseller Women in Science highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from the ancient to the modern world. Full of striking, singular art, this fascinating collection also contains infographics about relevant topics such as lab equipment, rates of women currently working in STEM fields, and an illustrated scientific glossary. The trailblazing women profiled include well-known figures like primatologist Jane Goodall, as well as lesser-known pioneers such as Katherine Johnson, the African-American physicist and mathematician, who calculated the trajectory of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
Women Who Dared: 52 Stories of Fearless Daredevils, Adventurers & Rebels
Written by Linda Skeers
Illustrated by Livi Gosling
From the Publisher: Women have been doing amazing, daring, and dangerous things for years, but they’re rarely mentioned in our history books as adventurers, daredevils, or rebels. This new compilation of brief biographies features women throughout history who have risked their lives for adventure—many of whom you may not know, but all of whom you’ll WANT to!
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Genetic Tools for Mosquito Biology: Mosquitoes as New Model Organisms
To investigate sensory functions in mosquitoes, we introduced into An. gambiae the QF2/QUAS binary expression system we originally developed for Drosophila (Potter, 2010; Riabinina, 2015; Riabinina 2016, Riabinina, 2016). The QF2/QUAS system requires two components: the QF2 transcription factor expressed in a tissue of interest, and a QUAS-geneX effector (or reporter) transgene (Potter, 2010; Riabinina, 2015). QUAS denotes the DNA binding sites for the QF2 transcription factor. When the two binary components are in the same cell, geneX is robustly expressed. This is highly versatile since once a QF2 line is validated, it can be used to reproducibly and robustly express any effector gene in that tissue by crossing in a new QUAS-geneX line. Moreover, due to transcriptional amplification, geneX levels are often higher than what could be achieved by direct promoter–geneX fusions, which is particularly useful for capturing expression of chemosensory genes.
We cloned the promoter region for Orco, an olfactory gene expressed in 65% of all olfactory neurons, and generated AgOrco-QF2 transgenic mosquitoes. We rigorously validated AgOrco-QF2 transgenic mosquitoes as robustly driving QUAS-CD8:GFP (membrane-targeted GFP) expression in Orco+ neurons (verified by anti-Orco immunohistochemistry) (Riabinina, 2016). To monitor neuronal activity, we generated QUAS-GCaMP6f transgenic strains (Afify, 2019). GCaMP6f is a modified GFP that fluoresces more brightly in the presence of calcium, and it is routinely used as a proxy for neuronal activation. This allowed us to be the first to directly visualize odor-induced activities in genetically labeled olfactory neurons in living mosquitoes.


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25th Richard & Mary Rouse History of the Book Lecture: The Book of Hours in Literary History
The book of hours is one of the most familiar of medieval manuscript genres and yet it has not played a large part in histories of medieval reading, still less in histories of medieval literature. In this talk, Professor Jessica Brantley (Yale University) explores the importance of the book of hours for English literary history, investigating how these widely popular prayerbooks influenced such cultural developments as: the rise of private reading, the development of lay literate piety, the emergence of female readers, and the growing influence of the vernacular as the language of literate practice of all kinds. The book of hours shaped medieval readers’ fundamental understanding of how a person should engage with a book, with enormous consequences for medieval literary culture. Specifically, this lecture will focus on the complex intersections between the devotional culture of the hours and the poetry of John Lydgate, himself a prolific versifier whose work traces an arc between sacred and secular worlds.
A small exhibit of print and manuscript books of hours from UCLA Library Special Collections will be on display.
Advance registration not required. No fee. Limited seating.
The History of the Book Lecture series is funded entirely through the generosity of individual donors. Contributions are welcomed at any time. Gifts to support the series can be made at cmrs.ucla.edu/giving/.


Precast Concrete Finishes & Textures
Colors - precast color is achieved through a combination of white or gray cement, coloring agents, and fine or course aggregates. Matching caulk colors, stains and paint are also available.
Colors of Concrete
The finished appearance of concrete comes from the combination of materials used to make it. Concrete is composed of aggregates—sand and small stones of varying sizes, cement, and coloring agents (pigments) mixed with water. Many color and texture options are possible by varying aggregate color, size, pigments, cement color, finishing processes and depth of exposure.
Cement, pozzolans, and sand are blended to form a matrix which surrounds the stone. This matrix can be colored either using colored sand or powdered pigments or both to match or contrast with the stone.
Cement can be gray or white. Gray cements usually cost less, but require pigments to assure color consistency. White cement is used where light or highly consistent color is required. Sometimes waste-byproduct pozzolans, in concrete terms, a powdered material that improves the strength or other properties of the concrete, such as fly ash, silica fume, and slag are used to reduce the cement used in a mix
Sand and Aggregates
Size - Uniformity


(Robert Leroy Parker)
Birthplace: Beaver, Utah
Butch Cassidy was the most prolific bank and train robber of his time. After a term in prison (1894–96) Cassidy organized a group of outlaws, including the“Sundance Kid,” Harry Longabaugh, known as the Wild Bunch. From 1896–1901 the Wild Bunch robbed over a dozen banks and trains throughout the West, relying on their secret hideout, known as the“Hole in the Wall” for escape. In 1901, Cassidy and Sundance, with girlfriend Etta Place, fled to New York City and then Argentina. After several years of ranching in Argentina, Cassidy and the Kid continued their outlaw ways, robbing banks in South American countries, including Argentina and Bolivia. In 1908 the two were cornered by a group of soldiers in San Vincente, Bolivia. According to most sources the soldiers killed both Cassidy and Sundance, and rumors that circulated placing them in Uruguay or living out their lives under assumed names in the United States were subsequently proven false. The duo were popularly portrayed in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford.Died: 1908?


Lucy Mae Turner: A Forgotten Daughter of the New Negro Renaissance
Dr. Tanya Walker
Like their male counterparts, many female writers such as Zora Neale Hurston and Georgia Douglas Johnson tackled subjects like lynching, socio-economic inequities, and sexual violence, subjects that consumed many black thinkers and other artists of their time. Yet, the women created their works to serve as platforms for emphasizing black women’s perspectives. This project addresses the issue of under-representation in the study of black women writers by compiling primary and secondary data and creating of a multimedia database for researchers and students. As a digital humanities project, this work reaches beyond traditional ways of researching authors and texts by blending the content of the English discipline with the innovation of technology to increase accessibility of the content.
STARTALK STEAM-Infused Chinese Summer Program
Dr. Wen Xiong funded by Department of Defense National Security Agency through University of Maryland National Foreign Language Center (NFLC)
A three-week program for high school and college students in the Triad Piedmont Areas of North Carolina, STARTTALK by Dr. Wen Xiong, aims at providing national standard-based language and culture instruction to prepare the young generation for essential and critical language skills in the twenty-first century for an ever-changing world. It offers intensive Chinese language learning opportunities at the beginning and Intermediate levels with an enriched culture for literacy learning.


The bond between a parent and a child is special as well as very sensitive. The parent-child bond nurtures your child's overall development. This relationship is the foundation of your child's overall personality, behaviour, attitude and choices they make in life. This relationship plays an important part in your child's life.
Why is it important to have a positive and healthy relationship with your child??
• If you are having a healthy relationship with your child, your child is more likely to have a positive relationship with others. Which will help him individually as well as socially.
• Children feel safe and secure as they know that you are always there for them. It helps in building self-confidence in children.
• It helps to improve their social skills, develops their personality and emotional intelligence and improves mental health.
• It improves your child's performance socially and academically.
• Children get better at managing their emotions and situations.
Tips to strengthen the Parent-Child relationship:
• Always express your love, make your child feel valued and important and that you care for them and will always be there for them.
• Trust is the base of any relationship, if you promise them something then give your best to fulfil it.
• Give them your time and attention.
•Check on them regularly but without interrupting them.
• Spend time together as a family, eat meals together and play together.
• Develop values and discipline. They learn by observing and following you and not by listening to you so always look after your actions in front of kids.
• Listen and Empathize.
• Be a role model to your child. As your child will look up to you.
• Mutual respect is very important. It will teach your child that respect goes both ways and irrespective of age, gender and choices everybody deserves to be respected.
To build a strong future the foundation/ base needs to be strong. The positive and healthy parent-child relationship is that strong base. So nurture it carefully.
:- Priyanka Thokale is a content strategist and a blogger for Clapstore. She is an entrepreneur and has her handcrafted skincare brand. Currently, she's pursuing MBA in Marketing and also heading towards her passionate path of writing. She takes pride in providing the best content possible and expressing her perspective on the changing scenarios.
Disclaimer:- The opinions expressed in the post are the personal views of the author. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the Clapstore.


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Fermented foods are rich in probiotics and have been associated with a number of health benefits:
1⃣ Provide a good source of live, active microbes.
2⃣ Enhance food flavor, texture and digestibility.
3⃣ Increase concentrations of vitamins and minerals.
4⃣ Generate new nutrients and active compounds not present in the raw ingredients.
5⃣ Support digestive health, immune function, and general wellbeing.
6⃣ Remove/reduce toxins or anti-nutrients present in the original food.
Crunch is crucial in a good dill pickle. How do you achieve the right level of crunchiness? Remove a very thin slice from the blossom part of the cucumber (there is an enzyme present in the blossom that causes the cucumber to soften). Adding tannins to the brine also helps retain crispness. Grape leaves are the traditional source of tanning, but black/green tea leaves, fig tree leaves, raspberry leave,, currant leaves, sour cherry leaves and horseradish leaves can also be used.
Cucumbers can be bitter, and pickling does not solve the problem. All members of the gourd family produce organic compounds that remain in the leaves of the plant. If the plant is stressed (big fluctuations in temperature, uneven watering, or extreme heat) these compounds may enter the fruit. Occasionally, the bitterness is only in the ends of the cucumber, so if this is the case, trimming off the ends will be enough.
Cucumbers pickle quickly because the juice contains certain elements that encourage the growth of L. plantarum.
NOTE: If you are new to fermented foods, make sure to start with small amounts and SLOWLY BUILD UP. Some common side effects you may experience when introducing fermented foods for the first time include bloating, gas and diarrhea.
If you are not making these foods at home, always make sure to read labels when you buy. These products may contain sugar, caffeine, salt, MSG (monosodium glutamate) and even small amounts of alcohol that are part of the initial ingredients or produced as byproducts of the fermentation process.


Asiatic cheetahs are globally “Critically Endangered” according to the IUCN Red List. Iran is home to the last population of the Asiatic cheetah in the world. With a presumed population of 50 cheetah individuals at best, challenges associated with the current status of the Asiatic cheetah population include incidental killing of cheetahs by people or livestock guarding dogs, habitat fragmentation and loss of biological corridors and prey base depletion. Twelve years ago, the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) proposed August 31st as the “National Cheetah Day” in Iran to encourage conservation of the last remaining population of Asiatic cheetahs. The National Cheetah Day is now endorsed and celebrated by Iran Department of the Environment, Conservation of the Asiatic Cheetah Project and several Iranian NGOs every year. In honor of the Cheetah National Day, ICS releases “Save Our Cheetah” – a short video by Majid Sarhaddi, an Iranian filmmaker and friend of ICS.
This year ICS scientists joined a campaign to raise awareness of the critical status of the Asiatic cheetah in the Iranian public media. In a series of articles published in Etemaad, a leading Farsi-language daily newspaper, ICS scientists discuss the challenges and potential solutions to recover the Asiatic cheetah population. Recently, Iran Department of the Environment declared that, together with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), it is working on the draft of the third phase of the Conservation of the Asiatic Cheetah Project considering the measures proposed by national and international collaborators.


DetailsThese fun and colorful board books start the youngest learners on the road to reading. Each title is brimming with vibrant photos of a child's favorite and familiar everyday objects. The accompanying text makes it easy to introduce kids to the joys of reading. These beautiful and interactive vocabulary books help kids learn to describe their world.
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British Council Ireland, together with FameLabber, science communicator and teacher, Eoin Murphy, are delighted to present this exciting new toolkit aimed at Transition Year Students interested in developing their science, and broader communication skills and knowledge.
Science communication is a rapidly growing area. Over the past decade, the world has seen an explosion in the use of social media and other forms of digital communication which has made it easier than ever to access all sorts of scientific content. However, this growth has also been accompanied by the emergence of misinformation and fake news, often designed to cast doubt around evidence dating back decades and even centuries. Never before has there been such a need for those studying or working in STEM to share evidence-based science with the world.
This resource, created by Eoin Murphy with the support of British Council Ireland and fellow FameLab Ireland alumni, will:
- Introduce Transition Year students to the concept of science communication
- Give students the tools and confidence to develop core skills for effective science communication
- Help increase knowledge and engagement, as well as inspire passion for science and science communication
- Demonstrate to students the diversity offered within the science sector
Approach and Themes
The Science Communication Toolkit, comprising six units, is designed for both teachers and students. Activities have been created to allow for students to work independently but also in collaboration with each other and their teacher(s). It includes an abundance of reading, video and practical materials, allowing teachers to use it flexibly and to decide on an approach which suits them best. The resource covers six topics:
- Body language
- Audience participation
- Language tricks


Suicide by tobacco use rises in U.S. young people
More young adults are dying by suicide – a trend that may be worsening in part because of a growing awareness of the danger of smoking for parents and siblings medical experts said.
Currently about 1000 each year are dying by suicide with a tobacco-related cause according to The American Medical Association.
The new data covering 2012 to 2018 are the first such head-to-head comparison of suicide mortality rates for young people from the two most common methods of smoking – traditional cigarettes and hookah smoke.
Today were faced with a pressing need to describe the data and draw conclusions said James P. Finney an associate professor of public health sciences who studies tobacco-related injuries health behaviors and health interventions. Suicide conditions are usually associated with a combination of substance abuse and tobacco use disorder in which the two can act together making suicide more likely.
The study showed a slight decline in suicide-related deaths among 15- to 24-year-olds with no significant increase through 25-year-olds. It also found that the decline was more dramatic and rapid among minorities from lower socioeconomic status.
Although suicide has been involved in increasing among minority groups for decades suicide was more common among adolescent and young adult youth in the U. S. Finney said. We found that in those 15- to 24-year-old groups suicide death rates were 6. 35 times higher if the suicide was from external causes or from an unhealthy mental or physical conduct.
The data underscore the urgent need for more education about the dangers coupled with the opportunity to quit to reduce the risk for young people the researchers said.
In World Health Organization (WHO) countries girls are more than twice as likely as boys to die by suicide and per capita suicide is much higher among girls than among boys Finney said.
He said the findings show that on many of these groups tobacco is a much more pressing need and for young people massive numbers of tobacco users are dying by suicide.


Naperville’s Dr. Hamilton C. Daniels treated patients in his home and medical office.
Nineteenth-century medical science offered three main options for treating diseases: bloodletting, purging the stomach and blistering the skin. Some patients preferred patent medicines to these traditional cures. Patent medicines were tinctures made from plants and minerals, suspended in alcohol and sweetened to taste. Most recipes were rooted in old folklore remedies and used ingredients familiar to patients.
Dr. Hamilton C. Daniels provided both traditional medical care and patent medicines to his Naperville patients. He worked out of his home and medical office for over forty years after receiving his professional training at Chicago Rush Medical College. Dr. Daniels’ prescriptions included hair dyes, asthma remedies, tonic for fever and cures for skin problems. After his death, Dr. Daniels’ sons published a catalogue of fifty recipes for his medicines, confirming the scientific basis of his prescriptions at a time when medical practitioners were criticizing patent medicines in favor of traditional treatments.
The Daniels House was built on Washington Street in 1852 in the Greek Revival style of architecture popular in the mid-nineteenth century. It was moved to Naper Settlement in 1974.
Volunteers invested hundreds of hours of labor in the restoration of the Daniels House, which is currently only open to the public during Weed Ladies sales. The house serves as the workshop for the Naperville Heritage Society's Weed Ladies, who create beautiful dried and silk floral arrangements that are sold during their annual sales.


In Laconia in southern Greece, lies a rich geological museum of a petrified forest that dates back to between two or three million years ago.
In a large seaside area that extends from Agios Nikolaos, Agia Marina, Spitha, and Voies lie a little-known geopark.
Palm trees, conifers, and hardwood trunks ranging from 0.50 cm (.2 inches) to 1 meter 3.2 feet) in diameter were petrified due to various natural phenomena and then recalcified by the rise of the sea level.
The findings, unique in Europe, are priceless for scientific study.
The petrified palm forest in Greece
The uniqueness of the fossil forest, however, lies in the way all those trees were petrified: In contrast with other fossil forests around Greece, they weren’t pyritized, or mummified because of volcanic eruptions but fossilized through a different process, namely permineralization.
Million of years ago, when the climate in the area was sub-tropical, there was an extensive palm forest where palm trees coexisted with pines and other broad-leaved trees.
A violent flood, however (possibly due to volcanic activity) struck the area, and the forest was submerged in water. Most of the trees were destroyed, and their roots were covered by deposits, sand, pebbles, and other materials, mostly composed of calcium, from the seabed.
Over the flooded forest came various marine animals of newer geological age, among them mollusks, sea urchins, seashells, and crustaceans. Many of them were also fossilized later on and their fossils can be found for many kilometers along the coast of Cape Maleas.
The parts of trees however that were immediately covered by sand and calcitic deposits had a different fate. The plant tissues, under the influence of calcium carbonate, were gradually transformed to stone.
Unlike other types of fossils which are typically impressions or compressions, petrified wood is a three-dimensional representation of the original organic material.
Today, parts of the flooded area are on dry land once again, and the trees stand yet again under the Greek sun.
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Having a macular hole may sound like something that would happen in a horror movie or at least in your worst nightmare. However, although the term “macular hole” is frightening, it is actually an eye condition that can be treated very successfully once it is diagnosed. Read on for more information about macular holes and why they aren’t really as scary as they sound.
What is a macular hole?
The macula is located in the center of the retina, tissue that lines the back of the eye. A macular hole is a tear in the macula, which forms when the vitreous (the jelly-like substance that fills the middle of the eye) shrinks and starts to pull away from the retina. Oftentimes the vitreous is stuck to the macula, and when the vitreous shrinks it can stretch the macula and tear it.
The vitreous shrinking is, unfortunately, often just a normal part of aging. If it results in a macular hole, your vision may start to blur or seem wavy and you may have sudden difficulty seeing to read, although patients with a macular hole can still have good side (peripheral) vision. Macular holes are typically only found in one eye, and besides being a side effect of aging, they can also be caused by an eye injury or eye disease.
Macular holes may go away on their own, but often they have to be fixed with a surgical procedure. This takes less than an hour and can be done under light sedation. The vitreous is removed, and a gas bubble is placed into the eye to keep the hole in place and allow it to heal. Over time the gas bubble will harmlessly evaporate on its own. You may be asked to stay face down for a few days after the procedure in order to recover successfully.
If you have been noticing problems with your vision, it may be time to contact your eye doctor, to make sure it isn’t a macular hole or something more serious. Call the Eye Care Institute for an appointment today, at the office in Santa Rosa or Petaluma at (707) 546-9800.


Paediatric rheumatology & Immunology is a speciality branch of Paediatrics that deals with the diseases of the immune system which may affect the joints, skin, eyes and/or any other organ system in the body.
Want to find out more about the treatment? The answer to your questions can be found below.
Who is a Paediatrician?
A paediatrician is a medical doctor who specializes in the care of children upto 14 years. Paediatricians have undergone special training in the health and illnesses of infants, teens, and young adults.
Are vaccines safe?
Vaccines are extremely safe and serious side effects are rare. Almost all sickness or discomfort after vaccination is minor and temporary, such as soreness at the injection site or mild fever.
Why is immunization important for a child's health?
Immunization is a simple and effective way of protecting children from serious diseases. Vaccines work by triggering the immune system to fight against certain diseases. If a vaccinated person comes in contact with these diseases, their immune system is able to respond more effectively, preventing the disease.
Why should I come to Aster MIMS hospital for Paediatric treatment?
Aster MIMS Hospital has a wide range of paediatric services and treatments that are available under one roof. We believe that children deserve to be treated with understanding and care and to receive the highest quality health care. Aster Mims is specifically designed to take care of the whole child through a family-centred approach to medicine.


6 Main Differences between Injection and Blow Molding
Blow and injection molding are processes used to manufacture plastic parts. Injection molding is used to manufacture solid parts, whereas blow molding produces hollow parts.Thermoplastic materials are used in both the processes.
Main Differences between Injection and Blow Molding
The following are the major differences between the processes used for plastic product manufacturing:
|S.N.||Injection Molding||Blow Molding|
|1||Used to manufacture solid parts||Used to manufacture hollow parts|
|2||Thermoplastic material is injected into a mold||A thermoplastic sheet is pushed into a mold using high speed air|
|3||Thickness of part is pre-determined and is dependent on the construction of the mold||Thickness of part is dependent on the amount the material stretches. Hence, thickness will differ from place to place|
|4||Time spent making the mold – 90% of total manufacturing time||Time spent making the mold – 50% of total manufacturing time|
|5||During the manufacturing process, no air is allowed inside the mold.||This process depends on air to form the product|
|6||Manufacturing Process: During the injection molding process, the raw material is injected into a mold. The plastic is allowed to cool down and set in a particular shape. Once the part has been formed, it is extracted from the mold.||Manufacturing Process: A mold that is split open from the middle is used for blow molding. A plastic mold is closed on a preform or parison (depending on the type of blow molding process used). Air is then blown into the mold, which causes the preform or parison to inflate and touch the walls of the mold. Once the plastic cools and takes the right shape, the mold is opened.|
Injection molding and blow molding are used to fabricate plastic products with different physical properties. The process befitting your product and application should be selected accordingly.


Influence of sport activity on satisfaction with life and sense of coherence among physically disabled people
Background: The study discusses the differences in the levels of satisfaction with life (SWL) and a sense of coherence (SOC) in disabled sedentary people, disabled persons performing leisure sports and competitive disabled athletes. Material/Methods: The data were analyzed using analysis of covariance, Pearson-correlation and a linear regression. Results: The results indicate that sport elicits an insignificant increase in SWL and SOC. SOC correlates with SWL in sedentary disabled and competitive disabled athletes. In disabled persons performing leisure sports, the level of physical activity must be tuned in order to elicit a congruent increase in SWL and SOC. Conclusions: Continued research on sport and wellness interventions for the individuals with disabilities is recommended. A critical emerging issue is to develop and promote evidence-based sport and wellness programs for physically disabled people in the Republic of Poland.
Ziolkowski A, Zubrzycki I, Blachnio A, et al. Influence of sport activity on satisfaction with life and sense of coherence among physically disabled people. Balt J Health Phys Act. 2016; 8(4): 109-116. doi: 10.29359/BJHPA.08.4.12
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Function Wrappers in Python
Wrappers around the functions are also knows as decorators which are a very powerful and useful tool in Python since it allows programmers to modify the behavior of function or class. Decorators allow us to wrap another function in order to extend the behavior of the wrapped function, without permanently modifying it. In Decorators, functions are taken as the argument into another function and then called inside the wrapper function.
@wrapper def function(n): statements(s)
This is also similar to
def function(n): statement(s) function = wrapper(function)
Let’s see the below examples for better understanding.
Hello, this is before function execution This is inside the function !! This is after function execution
Example 2: Let’s define a decorator that count the time taken by the function for execution.
countdown 1.6689300537109375e-06 countdown 5.507469177246094e-05
It’s critical to emphasize that decorators generally do not alter the calling signature or return value of function being wrapped. The use of *args and**kwargs is there to make sure that any input arguments can be accepted. The return value of a decorator is almost always the result of calling func(*args, **kwargs), where func is the original unwrapped function.
Please refer Decorators in Python for more details.
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Giving is a powerful act that can bring numerous benefits to both the giver and the receiver. Whether it’s donating money to a charity, volunteering time at a local organization, or simply offering a kind gesture to a friend or stranger, giving has the power to create positive change and impact in the world. In this blog, we’ll explore some of the many benefits of giving.
- Increased happiness and well-being: Studies have shown that giving can increase happiness and well-being. When we give, our brain releases feel-good chemicals like dopamine, which can boost our mood and reduce stress levels. Additionally, giving can give us a sense of purpose and meaning, which can lead to greater life satisfaction.
- Improved physical health: Giving has been linked to improved physical health as well. A study by the National Institutes of Health found that individuals who gave social support to others had lower blood pressure and a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease.
- Strengthened relationships: Giving can also strengthen our relationships with others. When we give to others, we show them that we care, which can help to build trust and deepen our connections with them. Additionally, giving can create a sense of reciprocity, which can lead to more positive interactions and strengthened relationships.
- Positive impact on society: Giving can have a significant impact on society as a whole. When we give to charities or volunteer our time, we are contributing to important causes and helping to make a difference in the world. Additionally, giving can inspire others to give as well, creating a ripple effect of positive change.
- Increased sense of gratitude: Giving can also increase our sense of gratitude. When we give to others, we are reminded of the things we have to be grateful for in our own lives. This can lead to greater appreciation and a more positive outlook on life.
In conclusion, giving has numerous benefits for both the giver and the receiver. Whether it’s through donating money, volunteering time, or offering a kind gesture, giving has the power to create positive change in the world and bring greater happiness and well-being to our own lives. So why not take a moment to consider how you can give back today?
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Social segregation occurs when groups from differing socioeconomic backgrounds living in the same city have little opportunity of interaction with each other. This has profound impacts on socioeconomic outcomes. The measure of social segregation has traditionally been carried out through the use of census records. However, one key issue with relying on this method is that it is dependent on residential data. Increasingly, our social networks extend far beyond where we live, and our actual interactions include where we work, go to school, eat, and spend leisure time.
As such, we are compelled towards the following question: What other methodology can be explored to measure segregation within a city and improve on the social and urban policy sphere?
Looking specifically at Singapore, ACI research uses anonymized GPS records, spatially joined to census records, to examine daily movements across geographically refined neighbourhoods. The research concludes that GPS-derived data has the ability to detect segregation by poverty, even with an imperfect proxy and despite having targeted urban policies aimed at social integration. The study uses GPS ping records obtained from CITYDATA.ai, and tests whether real-time movement across neighbourhoods in Singapore correlate with census-derived poverty levels.
The recent paper titled ‘Segregation Across Neighbourhoods in a Small City’ supports the use of GPS-type data as an emerging tool to understand and study social interactions at a temporal frequency much higher than possible with traditional census-based measures. It is important to understand how this affects the traditional approach towards social and urban policy. Detecting social segregation from GPS-derived movement patterns suggests that there are limits to urban planning policies that specifically aim to socially integrate a diverse group of population. Singapore has a history of policies that aim at social integration such as via public housing allocation along ethnic lines, which itself nests integration by income. In this context, detecting social segregation by real-time exposure of individuals suggests limits to integration policies.
Past research in this area has already outlined its importance, further enhanced by the new research by ACI. Although the analysis is based on Singapore, the method can be adapted to other metropolitan areas. The efficacy of the GPS-derived data to detect segregation in a city that is meticulous with urban planning and social integration bodes well for the use of GPS data in general.
By Sunena GUPTA
Researchers: Shu En LEE, Jing Zhi LIM, Lucas SHEN


Íllgörða-flokkrOld Norse Dictionary - íllgörða-flokkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "íllgörða-flokkr" (or íllgǫrða-flokkr) in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- íllgörða-flokkr (íllgǫrða-flokkr)
- m. a gang of rogues, Fms. viii. 232.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, íllgörða-flokkr may be more accurately written as íllgǫrða-flokkr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛚᛚᚴᚢᚱᚦᛅ-ᚠᛚᚢᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Works & Authors cited:
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)


Why Children Should Eat Fish
This news comes from Norway where researchers found that children introduced to fish (or cod liver oil) when they’re about a year old are 28 to 40 percent less likely to develop asthma, eczema or wheezing by the time they reach age six. The investigators compared children who ate fish at least once a week until they were two years old with those who ate less fish.
Lead researcher Torbjørn Øien of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology said consuming fish early in life appears to be “more significant than the mother’s intake of fish and cod liver oil during pregnancy or breastfeeding or the child’s intake at two years, which do not appear to have the same protective effect.” Another member of the study team noted that these benefits were seen with eating any type of fish, not just fatty fish.
The study included data from more than 4,000 families. The researchers noted that asthma and eczema have increased sharply in Norway since the 1950s and have been linked to lifestyle changes including the fact that the population as a whole is eating less fish.
Torbjørn Øien et al, “Fish Consumption at One Year of Age Reduces the Risk of Eczema, Asthma and Wheeze at Six Years of Age,” Nutrients, August 21, 2019 21, 2019, doi.org/10.3390/nu11091969
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Today, June 6th, 2020, The National WWII Museum commemorates the 76th anniversary of the D-Day invasion and celebrate the 20th anniversary of its opening as The National D-Day Museum in 2000.
The National WWII Museum tells the story of the American experience in the war that changed the world—why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today—so that future generations will know the price of freedom and be inspired by what they learn. Dedicated in 2000 as The National D-Day Museum and now designated by Congress as America’s National WWII Museum, the institution celebrates the American spirit, the teamwork, optimism, courage and sacrifices of the men and women who fought on the battlefront and served on the Home Front.
This showcase has been designed to celebrate the stories shared over the last 20 years and some of the most loved collections from the museum. We hope you enjoy this time of refelction, exploration and discovery.
This series of exhibitions have been curated to celebrate 20 Years of sharing the stories of American military personnel and civilians during the Second World War. Through their oral histories, correspondence, diaries and photographs, these exhibits serve as a tribute to their experiences, their reflections and service.
Doodles of World War II Prisoners
Thousands of American citizens were held captive as prisoners of war during World War Two. The experience of capture and imprisonment inspired a great deal of artwork by U.S. Prisoners of War. This exhibit includes a selection of artwork produced during periods of captivity in German POW camps, along with an oral history from a fellow POW.
Etched in Our Memory
This exhibit comprises a series of extracts sourced from Prisoner of War hand written journals, looking at how HTR technology has enhanced our reading of these in recent years and serves to preserve these stories for generations to come.
Reflections on Service
The Oral Histories collection at The National WWII Museum boats over 500 video interviews, each offering an invaluable insight into the involvement of American men and women in World War Two, both in a military capacity and as civilians on the Home Front. This exhibitions explores three such histories, reflecting on historic moments of the war - from being in Times Square on V-J Day, the surrender of the Japanese and the liberation of Moosburg prisoner camp.


If there is an animal that usually produces a great creep to most people, it is the scolopendra . And certainly, with its primitive appearance it looks like an earthworm with a lot of legs. However, although it is generally a very feared arthropod, on many occasions that fear is not entirely justified.
It is true that its sting can be fatal, but only in the event of anaphylactic shock, that is, if we are allergic to its venom. Still, there is nothing like prevention, and just in case we are not going to take unnecessary risks. Let ‘s see how to keep scolopendras away.
- 1 Do not leave organic materials in your garden
- 2 Use cayenne pepper at entry points
- 3 Avoid wet areas
- 4 Seek professional help
Do not leave organic materials in your garden
The scolopendras feed on insects and other animals, such as spiders or beetles, which find shelter among the piles of wooden sticks or among the remains of pruning. Therefore, to avoid them it is essential to have the garden as clean as possible .
Use cayenne pepper at entry points
Cayenne pepper is a natural repellent for scolopendras and centipedes, so it is highly advisable to spread a thin layer at all points of entry to the home , as well as in those areas of the garden where you do not want them to go.
Avoid wet areas
These animals become dehydrated if they cannot find a moist place , so it is essential to try to prevent the floor of the patio or terrace from being wet for too long. In the event that there are plants, it is highly recommended to put a plate under them, but you have to remember to remove the excess water 10 or 15 minutes after watering so that their roots do not suffocate.
seek professional help
If you have tried all of the above and it has not worked for you, then you will have no choice but to seek professional help. The fumigator will locate the problem and eliminate it permanently.
Good luck with your fight against the scolopendras


Cancer tumors can become surrounded by interstitial fluid, owing to damage of the lymphatic and circulatory systems caused by solid tumors, and is an important point to consider in the fight against cancer. It is important, because such instances of fluid pressure build-up around tumors can impede the deliverance of anti-cancer drugs in a uniform and effective way.
However, it has been shown that when microbubbles–encapsulating anticancer agents–burst in this interstitial fluid, the therapeutic drugs are effectively propelled along “micro jets” against the pressure barrier, and successfully penetrate the tumor. What’s more, the use of ultrasound directed towards the tumor can remotely cause these microbubbles to burst. This process is known as ultrasound-assisted drug delivery.
Research published in Advanced Healthcare Materials shows how using cone-shaped gold nanoparticles, with the help of ultrasound, could enhance the delivery of such vital therapeutics further. This is because the shape of the nanoparticles are able to encapsulate bubbles at the sub-micrometer size. The smaller the bubbles, the more stable they are until they reach their desired target, and are burst by ultrasonic waves. This means they can achieve larger penetration depths into the tumor.
Gold is used as a material due to its biocompatibility, ease of functionalization, one-step synthesis method, and being non-toxic. Furthermore, the gold nanoparticles are stable for at least five days at body temperature, according to in vitro experiments, and upon activation with ultrasound, show fantastic penetration depths.
The authors hope these results could lead to such gold nanoparticles being functionalized with an array of therapeutic macromolecules for fighting cancer. Advantages being that the use of ultrasound is less invasive than other methods of physical stimuli of nanoparticles such as heat or light, and clinically-available ultrasound machines prove to be sufficient to activate these gold nanoparticles.


April - November
Herbal Studies Course
8-Month Training in herbalism
Holistic wild herbs and medicinal herb studies – the roots of healing and prevention gain the knowledge of traditional medicine and modern science. This training is intended for people working in the healing professions (such as alternative practitioners, nutritionists, chefs, educators, teachers, etc.) and wellness professions, as well as for anyone interested in plants for personal or other reasons.
Additional experts will be invited as guest lecturers.
- Botany and plant systematics
- Alternative medicine and modern science
- The nature of plants
- Herbal walks to identify wild plants, bushes and trees in all seasons and in various ecosystems
- Preparation of herbal remedies and cosmetics
- Wild foods! How to prepare natural culinary delights and integrate “weeds“ into your everyday life
- Magic and spirit of plants
- Medicinal and wild herbs, trees and roots -music, precious stones and symbols
Outline of training
The course contents will be taught holistically (body, mind und soul) in a relaxed and inspiring atmosphere. Observing, encountering and classifying medicinal and wild herbs, bushes and trees in the annual cycle in order to obtain knowledge and become in tune with oneself and nature.
Encounter plants with different senses; perceive, feel and experience them. Curious?
I would love to accompany you on this exciting path!
Feel free to get in contact with me.


We talk to little babies, and pretty soon, they start talking back to us. (but that's another story!) In fact, most children seem to learn to speak without much effort. Once in a while though, you might begin to wonder if a child is talking as well as he should be for his age. Happily, the answer is usually "Yes".
If family and friends seem to have trouble understanding your child, then contacting a Speech Pathologist is a good next step. By the way, we've been called Speech Pathologists, Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs), Speech Therapists, Speech Clinicians, or Communication Disorders Specialists, depending upon custom at the time. The names don't reflect any difference in our training or in our national certification from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
our schools (Boise, Idaho), we try to help the children whose speech or
language interferes with their ability to function in a school environment.
If a child doesn't communicate as well as he should, the problem might
be the production of the sounds or in the structure of his language - and
these can be affected by a variety of factors
My e-mail -- clouss (at) wy-os.net
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“We are starting in the days where there is no discrimination, no distinction between one community and another, no discrimination between one caste or creed, and another. We are starting with this fundamental principle: that we are all citizens, and equal citizens, of one State.”
– Muhammad Ali Jinnah
For those living in Pakistan, March 23 isn’t just an ordinary date on the calendar; it has a great importance. To understand the importance, we have to wind the clock back to 1940 to the original day that will later be known as Pakistan Day.
In 1940, Muslims in the Indian sub-continent sought to gain their own piece of land and chose Muhammad Ali Jinnah to lead them in this resolution. Under a common goal, their shared passion is what united them and inevitably lead to the birth of Pakistan.
This special day set the foundation for the first Islamic Republic on the world map. A monument was later built in memory of the resolution that changed society in Manto Park, which is now called Minar-e-Pakistan. The United States was the very first country to establish diplomatic relations with our newborn country, setting an example of open-mindedness.
How Do We Celebrate?
For the past 80 years, Pakistan Day has been celebrated throughout the country with enormous enthusiasm. The day starts with an early morning military parade, while fighter jets perform aerobatic maneuvers over the capital city of Islamabad. Government buildings and Minar-e-Pakistan are decorated with national flags and lights. And finally, fireworks are set off in remembrance and celebration of the day.
Our offices in Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi are closed for Pakistan Day so everyone can participate in the celebration. Employees show their love for their homeland by dressing in green and white and cutting decorative cakes to share together.
Learning about other cultures, their people and history is a core part of Allshore’s vision. We’re putting together this blog to promote understanding and curiosity to learn about history of Pakistan and relationship between people of the two countries. Let us know what you think in the comments below!


Green is something that is very close to our hearts. GPS totally believes in sustainable habitat and tries to do its bit towards securing the environment for the future. As an educational institution, we feel it is our responsibility to sensitize these young minds towards nature and its importance. After all they only will carve the future of the environment.
There have been some very innovative approaches undertaken in building the facilities that are contributing hugely in terms of reducing the carbon foot prints. And what makes this even more interesting is the intelligent out of the box approaches like introducing an 'In school compost pit', 'Paper recycling unit' and many other activities so that the students reach out to influence, engage their parents and neighborhood communities to promote sound environmental behavior.
Dramatics is an extra-curricular activity for students. The purpose here is to make them learn about acting, play production, and stage work with utmost confidence.
The English clubs is a part of a programme to promote learning of the language and provide opportunities for interaction between the learner and the teacher, which is vital for making learning of the language easier and enjoyable.
The importance being given to learning of English arises from the realization that it can provide greater scope for job opportunities within and outside the country and proficiency in English helps the child remain tuned to developments in all fields of knowledge.
Science club channelizes the energy of students and makes use of their skills and talents, which satisfies their instincts and helps in their overall personality development. Science club works in association with classroom instructions of science subjects. Therefore, we can define science club as “an organization, which helps in the development of scientific attitude, and develop genuine interest in science and scientific activities, supplements the work of the classroom and the laboratory and parts the syllabus on a practical basis.
The club provides an enjoyable and easy way for children to develop many literacy skills, simply by reading books. The aim is to develop fluency with expression. In addition, the children learn new vocabulary words and are exposed to new ideas and concepts.
The club is an educational and fun group. The objective here is to make the students learn more about computers. The club explores both computer architecture and new application softwares. The mission is to promote computer programming and to expand the scope of computer knowledge within the school.


Several wildlife species will burrow under buildings, porches, or decks. Large burrow holes (four inches or more in diameter) are typically made or used by skunks or foxes. Coyotes, badgers, and woodchucks (also known as groundhogs) also dig and use burrows, but the burrow hole tends to be larger (10 to 14 inches in diameter). Muskrat, mink, and weasel burrows tend to be near water.
Smaller burrows (three inches or less in diameter) are usually made by chipmunks, thirteen-lined ground squirrels, voles, crayfish, or snakes. Small holes outside the home near foundations or under sidewalks are often used by chipmunks. Thirteen-lined ground squirrels make multiple burrow entrances and prefer areas of short grass. Crayfish holes will be found near water and look like small tubes of mud with a hole in the middle.
If you have seen the animal at its burrow and know which species it is, the Wildlife Identification pages for mammals provide wildlife damage prevention and control methods for each species. If you aren’t sure what species is using the burrow, the Burrows & Dens pages provide photos to assist in identification.


Racing enthusiasts are perhaps already familiar with this enhancement under the hood. The introduction of a cold air intake changes the way your engine sucks oxygen into the unit to power combustion. Oxygen is mixed into the system alongside gasoline in order to provide the engine with the ingredients it needs to power the car. In a typical air intake system, air from within the engine compartment is filtered into the engine to mix in this critical component. A cold air intake feeds the engine with cooler air that’s found outside this part of the car. Colder air is more dense and therefore contains a greater volume of oxygen. The result of a cold air intake is an uptick in fuel-burning efficiency, leading to improved performance metrics from the engine.
A standard cold air intake is likely to improve your engine’s power output by about 5%. This can translate into a boost of just a few horsepower in cars with small engines, or as much as 20 or 30 horsepower in existing performance vehicles that are already seething with quick throttling energy. The throttle is another area that sees improvement with this addition. Drivers should expect a boost in acceleration and throttle response in the same way that a runner or lifter gains a surge of strength after a deep breath. Similarly, for drivers looking to augment their experience behind the wheel, a cold air intake amplifies the athletic sound that naturally emanates from your engine.