What is Perfectionism?
This is the first of several articles that address perfectionism. In this article, we’ll explore what perfectionism is, the causes and characteristics. In the next article, we’ll look at why it is destructive. In the final articles, we’ll take a look at some strategies for both controlling the need to be perfect and living a more relaxed, satisfying life.
Perfectionists aspire to be top achievers and do not allow themselves to make even a single mistake. The are always on the alert for imperfections and weaknesses in themselves and others.
Perfectionism is not the same as striving for excellence. People who pursue excellence in a healthy way take genuine pleasure in working to meet high standards. Perfectionists are motivated by self-doubt and fears of disapproval, ridicule, and rejection. The high producer has drive, while the perfectionist is driven.
Causes and Characteristics
Fear of failure and rejection. The perfectionist believes that she will be rejected or fail if she is not always perfect. So if sure of success, she may rise to the occasion. Or, fearing failure, she becomes paralyzed and is unable to produce or perform at all. She takes herself out of the game.
Fear of success. The perfectionist believes that if he is successful in what he undertakes, he will have to keep it up. This becomes a heavy burden — who wants to operate at such a high level all of the time?
Low self-esteem. A perfectionist’s needs for love and approval tend to blind her to the needs and wishes of other. This makes it difficult or impossible to healthy relationships with others.
Black-and-white thinking. Perfectionists see most experiences as either good or bad, perfect or imperfect. There is nothing in between. The perfectionist believes that the flawless product or superb performance must be produced every time. Perfectionists believe if it can’t be done perfectly, it’s not worth doing.
Extreme determination. Perfectionists are determined to overcome all obstacles to achieving success. This is also true of high achievers, but the perfectionist focuses only on the result of his efforts. He is unable to enjoy the process of producing the achievement. His relentless pursuit of the goal becomes his downfall because it often results in overwhelming anxiety, sabotaging his heroic efforts.
To be continued.


Mental Health & Wellness
What is Mental Health?
Mental health is part of your overall health – both your mind and body.
- how you feel, think, and behave
- how you cope with the ups and downs of everyday life
- how you feel about yourself and your life
- how you see yourself and your future
- how stress affects you
- how you deal with the stresses that happen in your life
- your self-confidence and belief in yourself
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Feelings are a big part of your mental health and wellness. Most young people feel anger, sadness and worry from time to time, but these are not a big part of every day.
Feelings come and go as life’s ups and downs come and go. If these types of feelings are a constant part of your every day, or if they affect the things you do such as going to school, you might have questions about mental health concerns.
It helps to know some facts about kids and mental health:
- 1 in 5 kids struggle with their mental health.
- If you are feeling sad, down or angry or worry a lot, you are not alone.
- Mental health concerns can happen to any young person, regardless of their age or what their life is like.
- These concerns can affect a child or youth the same as any other illness, like asthma or diabetes.
- There’s no one to blame for mental health struggles and there is no shame in it.
If you are having some concerns about your mental health, what should you do?


When we discuss treatment for periodontal disease with our patients we often speak of two phases of treatment. The first is to eliminate the periodontal infection in the gums and bones and repair the damage caused by the infection. This reestablishes periodontal health. The second phase is to maintain good periodontal health. In other words, make sure you don't get infected again! After all, we want you to keep your teeth for a lifetime.
Why is periodontal maintenance necessary?
Most people who see us are under the care of a dentist and many are being seen once or twice a year for dental cleanings. So how did they get infected? While their brushing an flossing skills might need tweaking it is usually not that simple. Some of us are more susceptible to gum disease than others. For many that increased risk for infection is genetic. For others habits such as smoking or diseases such as diabetes lowers resistance to gum disease. The result is a bone level infection threatening the teeth. Once eliminated the trick is to prevent reinfection. That is why regular periodontal maintenance, coupled with effective home cleaning each day, is crucial to maintaining good oral health.
How often do I need a maintenance visit?
For most patients two visits each year with their dentist and dental hygienist is all that is needed. For patients with gum disease, however, the bar is higher. Science shows us that good cleaning at home each day coupled with a dental cleaning every 3 months works to keep most people from becoming infected again. Of course your dentist can see you four times each year but what seems to work best is for the periodontal specialist and the dentist to work together, each seeing the patient twice per year. This insures that all the bases are covered and the patient continues to get the specialty level care they need to remain healthy.


Our basic biology course is a perfect introduction to the miraculous science of life. But beyond biology, this class helps your student to learn how to learn and remember all those facts that sometimes appear to be overwhelming.
Whether your student loves, hates, or simply tolerates biology, this class will open up a fun new way to approach the subject. Students benefit from Dr. Dan’s many years of veterinary practice and teaching experience. Your student will be amazed at the unexpected and even silly things that Dr. Dan comes up with to make biology fun and rewarding.
Although we do use a text-book, we are not limited by one. Dr. Dan draws on many different sources such as additional texts and articles, diagrams, illustrations, stories, media reports, current events, basically anything that can add excitement to the material. It’s a tremendous learning experience that can’t be duplicated in just working through a text book alone.
Biology is an AP course (advanced placement) and can lay the groundwork for students who want to use the College Level Examination Program to “CLEP” out of college courses and get a jump on their higher level educational career.
Prerequisites: Physical and General Science with Dr. Dan or, if you feel that your student has the equivalent from another program, submit your application for review by Dr. Dan. If the student is at a satisfactory level of learning they can still be accepted into the class.
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The 14th Malaysian general election (GE14 or PRU14, acronym in Malay: Pilihan Raya Umum ke-14) will elect members of the 14th Parliament of Malaysia on 9 May 2018. The 13th Parliament of Malaysia was dissolved on 7 April 2018. It would have been automatically dissolved on 24 June 2018, five years after the first meeting of the first session of the 13th Parliament of Malaysia on 24 June 2013.
The Constitution of Malaysia requires that a general election to be held in the fifth calendar year unless it is dissolved earlier by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong due to a motion of no-confidence or at the request of the Prime Minister.
The 222 members of the House of Representatives (Malay: Dewan Rakyat) are elected from single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post voting system. Malaysia does not practice compulsory voting and automatic voter registration. The voting age is 21 although the age of majority in the country is 18. The redistricting of electoral boundaries for the entire country had been presented to and passed by the Dewan Rakyat, and subsequently gazetted on 29 March 2018 after obtaining the royal consent of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong ahead of the 14th general election. Elections are conducted by the Election Commission of Malaysia (EC), which is under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister’s Department.
Prior to the election, concerns have been raised about the redistricting efforts, including accusations of gerrymandering. The government has been criticised for rushing through the redistricting process, and for creating disproportionately large districts in opposition strongholds, where one MP may represent as many as 10 times as many constituents as an MP in a government dominated district.
Sources and Further Reading:
Electoral Commission of Malaysia
Malaysia elections: New electoral maps set to favour ruling coalition
Sultan Ibrahim consents to dissolution of Johor state assembly
Malaysia: a case study for democracy in retreat


We live in a special time, at least when it comes to space.
On Monday, a total solar eclipse will pass over a 70-mile-wide swath of the United States, stretching from Oregon to South Carolina.
But don't take it for granted. We won't always have the chance to experience total solar eclipses from Earth.
According to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, eventually, we won't be able to see these kinds of total eclipses from Earth at all.
In about 500 million to 1 billion years, the moon will be too far from our planet to totally blot out our closest star in the sky.
"There will be a day where the moon will never in its orbit be large enough to completely cover the sun," Tyson said in a new video.
Ever since its formation billions of years ago, the moon has been progressively getting farther and farther from Earth in its orbit.
In fact, according to Tyson, the moon was about 20 times larger in our sky when it first formed by comparison to its apparent size now.
Each year, the moon moves(opens in a new tab) about 1.5 inches, 3.8 centimeters, farther from our planet in its orbit.
While future occupants of our planet will be able to see eclipses -- which occur anytime the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, casting a shadow -- they just won't have a chance to see the moon fully cancel out the light of our star.


Indian Stump-tailed macaque, also known as Bear macaque, is known by the scientific name of Macaca arctoides. It can reach upto a length of 70 cm, at the maximum, excluding the tail that may grow upto 8 cm in length. Indian Stump-tailed macaques weigh 6 to 13 kg and may live as long as 30 years.
Bear macaque of India has a strong and muscular body. Its coat is
covered with fur, which is dark brown in color. The tail of a
Stump-tailed macaque is short and hairless. Even the face is devoid of
any hair and is mottled with varying amounts of black and red skin. The
young ones are born with red fur and as they grow, their fur starts
turning into brown.
The natural habitat of Stump-tailed macaques consists of lowland
forests, monsoon forests, dry forests and mountain forests of India,
which are upto 2000 m in altitude. They mainly inhabit Southern China
and Southeast Asia, comprising of China, India, Myanmar, Bangladesh,
Malaysia and Thailand.
Bear macaque of India mainly survives on a diet of fruits, leaves and
Stump-tailed macaques are gregarious primates, living in multi-male,
multi-female groups. The groups follow strong matrilineal hierarchies,
with the average group size comprising of 20 to 50 members. They are
mainly diurnal creatures, which spend their time in trees as well as on
The gestation period of Stump-tailed macaque is between 166 days and
185 days, after which a single young one is born.
Stump-tailed macaques are listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.
Facts about Stump Tailed Macaque


The role of technology in classrooms is widely debated to this day.
The role of technology in classrooms is widely debated to this day. This report by Harvard’s Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning effectively summarizes the dichotomy between those for and against technology. Although it can be viewed as a significant source of distraction for students, the authors warn against dismissing the potential benefits of technology and instead call for integrating it into the classroom. This idea of repurposing technology is gaining traction among educators, evidenced by the increasing support for technology-enabled classrooms aimed at enhancing the learning experience.
Is technology effective in YOUR classroom for YOUR students?
However, it’s important to be cautious. The fact still stands that to a significant degree, every educator has their own teaching style shaped by the nature of the material being discussed. Furthermore, each student has their own set of needs and disadvantages that need to be addressed when considering technology’s role in classrooms. To some, technology might act as a perfect complement in the learning process, while for others, lack of access might severely undermine their ability to perform well. Under these constraints, it becomes a challenge to weigh the potential benefits and the costs associated with designing technology use into a course. So in effect, the question now becomes: is technology effective in YOUR classroom for YOUR students?
With a dizzying array of options for educators that do want to integrate technology into their classroom, it might seem as though the costs outweigh the benefits. However, research has shown that technology benefits students by accommodating their differences and leveling the playing field. Additionally, when combined with effective in-class instruction, technology use allows educators to bridge the generational gap that affects the medium of education. The next step is to evaluate HOW to incorporate technology into classrooms. Educators are well aware of how they like to teach and what they can expect from their students. Combining this knowledge with what technology can do for them can result in a constructive relationship between teaching, learning, and the classroom environment.
Technology is often polarizing in its effects. In which case, it falls upon educators to decide what works best for them. After all, the classroom is built for students hoping that they leave in a better state than when they find them.


Many of us consume a variety of foods without taking their side effects and the possible health risks that they come with into consideration.
For instance, there are so many drinks that we consume on a daily basis for many reasons, such as enjoyment or relaxation, but as enjoyable as they may be, there are extremely harmful for your teeth.
Take a look at drinks that are highly damaging for your teeth and gums, and try to limit their consumption as much as possible.
While most wines contain strong stain-causing dyes, there's one in particular that stains your teeth in the worst ways possible, which is a red dye. If you drink red wine regularly, you should know that it's really harmful to the teeth and cause serious tooth discoloration.
Tea and Coffee
Most people begin their day with tea and coffee, but again, both beverages contain dyes that can build up on your teeth by latching on to the enamel, thereby leading to teeth discoloration.
While we all need our daily caffeine dose, it's best to avoid or at least limit the consumption of both these beverages.
Many fruits contain acids that can adversely affect the teeth, but fruit juices contain even a higher concentration of acids as well as additives that can damage the teeth.
As delicious as sugary drinks might be, they contain a lot of sugar, which serves as a breeding ground for bacteria in the mouth. When the bacteria come into contact with acids in the sugar drinks, they produce harmful acids that can cause enamel erosion, tooth decay, and even the possible loss of your teeth.
If you have a habit of consuming these drinks regularly, you should get your teeth checked immediately. Call us at (303) 481-3901 to book an appointment with Dr. Adler and Dr. Coeling who will suggest you the right treatment methods.
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État de publication: publié
Nom de la revue: Reading and Writing
Intervalle de pages: 659-680
Résumé: The present study examines the concurrent relationship between morphological awareness and vocabulary breadth and depth after accounting for the effect of other potential contributors. A sample of French-speaking fourth-grade children who spoke either French at home (L1) (n = 55) or another language (L2) (n = 85) completed a number of tests assessing vocabulary breadth, vocabulary depth, morphological awareness, phonological awareness, word reading fluency, word spelling, and nonverbal intelligence. The results showed that morphological awareness was strongly correlated with vocabulary breadth and depth for L1 and L2 participants. Moreover, hierarchical regression analyses indicated that after controlling for one dimension of vocabulary, phonological awareness, word reading fluency, word spelling, age and nonverbal intelligence, morphological awareness explained significant variance in the outcomes on the other dimension of vocabulary for L2 participants. However, the magnitude of the contribution of morphological awareness remained significant in the prediction of vocabulary depth for L1 children only. This paper highlights the implications for research and educational practice of our findings.


1. The Logistics Cluster was activated in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2008 in response to one of the world’s most complex and longest-standing humanitarian crises.
2. Conflict, insecurity and Ebola have all affected the humanitarian situation. Every day, the cluster seeks solutions to logistics challenges across some of the country’s most remote and diverse landscapes to ensure responding agencies in the field can reach those in need
3. With an area of almost 2.4 million square kilometres, DRC is by far the largest country the Logistics Cluster operates in. This is an area bigger than Spain, France, Germany, Sweden and Norway combined!
4. In 2017, the Logistics Cluster in DRC worked alongside 185 different humanitarian organisations. This June alone, 106 different organisation used Logistics Cluster services in support of 8.5 million people in need of assistance.
5. The River Congo has the second largest river basin in the world after the Amazon, and covers a massive 3.4 million square kilometres. This means tributaries slice up the Congolese landscape, making overland transportation and delivery of relief items incredibly challenging. That’s why bridges are such a critical component of the country’s logistics infrastructure. The Logistics Cluster, through AASF, ACTED, CARITAS & MONUSCO, has helped facilitate the renovation of nine bridges in 2018 alone!
But when the roads remain impassable, and to reach those most isolated, flexibility is key. In these instances, the Logistics Cluster works with nature – not against it! - utilising this complex network of rivers to facilitate the transport humanitarian aid by boat.


During an October botanical expedition deep inside Bernheim’s forest, our team discovered two very rare flower species that hadn’t been seen at Bernheim for over 15 years. Yellow ladies tresses orchids (spiranthes ochroleuca) and Porter’s reedgrass (calamagrostis porter). Also discovered for the first time at Bernheim was a highbush blueberry (vaccinium corymbosum). Though common in the northern midwestern states, it is not common to Kentucky.
Finally, we also discovered the resurrection fern (pleopeltis polypodioides) for the first time inside Bernheim. This long-lived species inhabits boulders that have split from the cliffline. It is extremely drought tolerant – experts have estimated that it can live 100 years without water. It can lose up to 97% of its water and stay alive, whereas other similar plants would perish after losing just 10% of their water. The fern is very rare in our region, except on nearly pristine clifflines and boulder fields. Bernheim is one of the most northern regions of its range.
Spotting new and/or revived species is a fantastic sign of the health of our forests at Bernheim. Increasing plant diversity is one of the goals of Bernheim’s ecological stewardship.


Magnolias are magnificent trees with early spring flowers and glossy green leaves. If you see your magnolia leaves turning yellow and brown during the growing season, something is wrong. You’ll have to do some troubleshooting to figure out the problem with your tree since there are many causes of yellow magnolia leaves, ranging from natural to nutritional. Read on for some tips on how to figure out why you have yellowing leaves on your magnolia.
Reasons for Magnolia Trees with Yellowing Leaves
If you see yellow magnolia leaves on the tree in your backyard, don’t panic. It might not be very serious. In fact, it might be natural. Magnolias shed their old leaves all year – it’s part of their growth cycle, and the older magnolia leaves turn yellow and fall to the ground. Look carefully to determine whether new leaves are growing in to replace those yellow magnolia leaves. If so, you can relax. If not, continue troubleshooting.
Another reason you might have a magnolia tree with yellowing leaves is soil acidity, or lack of it. Magnolias do best when the soil is neutral to slightly acidic. Buy a soil pH tester in the garden store. If your soil is alkaline (with a high pH), you may want to consider a transplant to another location or a soil amendment to raise the acidity.
Poor irrigation is another reason you might have magnolia leaves turning yellow and brown. Too little water can cause drought stress, which results in yellowing leaves on magnolias. Too much water, or soil that doesn’t drain well, can drown the tree roots. This can also cause yellow magnolia leaves.
Yellow magnolia leaves can also be a symptom of sunburn or insufficient light. Evaluate the tree’s placement and figure out if sunlight could be an issue. Generally, the trees prefer a growing site that gets good light.
Sometimes an iron or other nutrient deficiency can result in yellowing leaves on magnolias. Get a thorough nutrient test done on your soil and figure out what the tree lacks. Buy and apply a fertilizer that offers the missing nutrient.


The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has forced parents and children to adopt significant changes in their daily routine, which has been a big challenge for families, with important implications for family stress. In this study, we aimed to analyze the potential risk and protective factors for parents’ and children’s well-being during a potentially traumatic event such as the COVID-19 quarantine. Specifically, we investigated parents’ and children’s well-being, parental stress, and children’s resilience. The study involved 463 Italian parents of children aged 5–17. All participants completed an online survey consisting of the Psychological General Well Being Index (PGWB) to assess parental well-being, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to measure children’s well-being, the Parent Stress Scale (PSS) to investigate parental stress, and the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-R) to measure children’s resilience. The results show that confinement measures and changes in daily routine negatively affect parents’ psychological dimensions, thus exposing children to a significant risk for their well-being. Our results also detect some risk factors for psychological maladjustments, such as parental stress, lower levels of resilience in children, changes in working conditions, and parental psychological, physical, or genetic problems. In this study, we attempted to identify the personal and contextual variables involved in the psychological adjustment to the COVID-19 quarantine to identify families at risk for maladjustment and pave the way for ad hoc intervention programs intended to support them. Our data show promising results for the early detection of the determinants of families’ psychological health. It is important to focus attention on the needs of families and children—including their mental health—to mitigate the health and economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic.


Data centers are notorious for being energy powerhouses. But there are ways to streamline your data center, resulting in lower costs and better organization. You can alter several factors that impact the efficiency of a data center to lower your carbon footprint and utility costs.
The location of your data center is essential because it hinges on access to power and water. Why water? Many efficient data center cooling strategies use water to keep servers and other equipment cool instead of air conditioning. State and local taxes and any available clean energy methods, like solar or windmills, will also affect your energy costs.
Reduce Cooling Needs
All data centers need a stringent cooling strategy because of the heat that servers and other equipment create. You’ll spend most of your budget on air conditioning and other related cooling costs, but optimizing the space where you keep the equipment can help lower your utility costs in a few ways.
You can eliminate unused equipment, like zombie servers. They suck up power and create unnecessary heat. Moving some data onto a cloud and making your data center a hybrid cloud storage solution offers other benefits, such as continuity and tighter security.
Experiment With Temperatures
Does your data center need to be as cold as it is? Raising your thermostat by even two degrees could save or thousands in energy costs every year. Maintaining a cool temperature is vital, but you also have some wiggle room in how cool the room is.
In the same way that locating and eliminating zombie servers help with costs, you can optimize your space with a modular design. Modular design is a prefabricated data center module for upgrading infrastructure quickly. Some modular data centers have portions outfitted with the remaining space blocked from cooling and power until you need to grow.
Controlling utility costs and cooling strategy is one of the most important factors that impact the efficiency of a data center.


As students embody knowledge, skills and dispositions, then they become enhanced theories of their own experiences. What students do becomes their practice. This prompts me to consider what knowledge, skills and dispostions that we in our ‘school’s’ allow students to embody. Do we give them the knowledge, or do we allow them to build knowledge based on our constructivist instructional strategies? Do we allow them to develop skills? Do we allow their unique dispositions come through, or do we use behaviouristic strategies to control the dispositions. Are students allowed to develop their own theories in action, or are they extensions of the the teacher’s theory of action?
My strategies include:
- Orrganizing lessons and units around problems and student interests.
- Integrating subject matter.
- Incorporating a variety of instructional materials.
- Using whole, small and individualized groups.
- Making my schedule flexible with adjustable time periods.
- Creating heterogenous groupings –
- Differentiating for students
- Helping students to actively seek information that can be used or applied.
- Variability of classroom experiences and instructional situations.
- Promoting equal and flexible standards, with special consideration for lower achievers (ornsteing & Hunkins).
- Incorporating strategies that promote a deeper understanding of FNMI perspectives
It is also important to be aware of the Hidden Curriculum. The next post will describe the Hidden Curriculum in greater detail.
Part IV: Hidden Curriculum
Schubert, W. (2009). What is Worthwhile: From Knowing and Needing to Being and Sharing. Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 6, (1), 22-40.
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Mele Fong aka Ukulele Mele tells the story behind the song Hawaii Aloha, written by a missionary in the 1800s at the request of a Hawaiian king. This traditional Hawaiian song in the Hawaiian language is a love song about the state of Hawaii. Today, the song is typically sung at the end of a public gathering to signal the end of the event.
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Here is a webinar that you might find interesting if you want to learn more about ecological (natural) pest management. It is offered by USDA NRCS Science and Technology. You can find a link to more information and instructions for how to access the webinar at https://www.forestrywebinars.net/webinars/promoting-beneficial-insects-in-vineyards-for-conservation-biological-control. Note that preregistration is not required. Some continuing education credit is available.
Here is a description of the webinar:
Vineyards are a rapidly expanding specialty crop industry across the U.S., and they represent an easy entry point for the adoption of conservation biological control (natural or ecological pest management). In this webinar, learn about the needs of beneficial insects that provide conservation biological control and how conservation practices such as flowering cover crops, insectary strips, flowering field borders and more that can sustain natural pest management.
In the Understanding Organic Agriculture series, this webinar is presented by USDA NRCS Science and Technology. Contact Ben Bowell, Organic Specialist, for more information about this webinar.
Audio is Computer Broadcast only | Live captions
NOTE: A “view” button will be available within one week of the live presentation date to access the on-demand recording of this webinar.
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According to section 44.1011(2), Florida Statutes (2017), “mediation means a process whereby a neutral third person called a mediator acts to encourage and facilitate the resolution of a dispute between two or more parties. It is an informal and non-adversarial process with the objective of helping the disputing parties reach a mutually acceptable and voluntary agreement. In mediation, decision-making authority rests with the parties. The role of the mediator includes, but is not limited to, assisting the parties in identifying issues, fostering joint problem solving, and exploring settlement alternatives.”
According to Florida Rule for Certified and Court-Appointed Mediators 10.210, “mediation is a process whereby a neutral and impartial third person acts to encourage and facilitate the resolution of a dispute without prescribing what it should be. It is an informal and non-adversarial process intended to help disputing parties reach a mutually acceptable agreement.”
The statute and rule define mediation as a process which encourages and facilitates dispute resolution by using a mediator who must have no connection to the case, must be able to remain impartial throughout the process, and must encourage the parties to make their own decisions.
In mediation, the parties are not limited to only discussing issues raised by the pleadings. They may discuss any issues which they choose to discuss.
While mediation may be ordered by the court, section 44.102, Florida Statutes, it may also be voluntarily initiated by the parties either before or after filing a lawsuit. Further, there are statutes that call for mediation when no lawsuit is pending.


Rapid bus transport has specific requirements for passenger check-in. We have developed a number of devices that are directly designed for this type of transport. We placed our emphasis on durability and check-in speed.
Bus rapid transport (BRT), sometimes called the Metropolitan Bus (Metrobus), bus or surface metro, is a system of rapid bus or trolleybus transport in urban areas. It features its short service intervals, large-capacity vehicles, and dedicated lanes or even special roads. It usually forms the backbone of public transport, like the metro. Its advantage rests in its high capacity and speed comparable to railway or metro, but with much lower construction requirements.
The transport space confinement and emphasis on rapid and mass check-in require the use of a specific check-in system. Mikroelektronika has its extensive experience with check-in systems for BRT. The requirements for the BRT needs are already taken into account during the development of check-in devices themselves or equipment specially designed for this type of transport is developed. The main difference from the underground is the fact that the stops are exposed to the weather. All the equipment, such as stationary validators, vending machines, turnstiles, and gates must be; therefore, resistant to rain, sun, dust, and frost. At the same time, emphasis is placed on more compact dimensions, compared to the rail transport.
The typical BRT fare collection devices are stationary validators, turnstiles, and multifunctional self-service terminals.


Constructing a puzzle is like learning golf. The pieces are like the golf club, it dictates the function in which it is useful. Learning how to fit the pieces together are a matter of trial and error. Therefore there is no right or wrong way, it is different for everyone. Hence why kids love puzzles, until parents get involved and stifle their enjoyment of learning. Golf is like this when instructors get in the way of a golf athlete is learning to “figure” it out. The golf instructor jumps in to tell a student that what they are doing is wrong, not based on the golfer learning how to use the golf equipment (the piece), but based on his/her idea or methodology based on their learning or observations of tour players and their discovery of how to use the equipment (piece) for their success.
Remember your puzzle is not the same as someone else’s, you are unique, of course there will be similarities due to the fact you area human performing an act with a tool that is by and large the same as everyone else’s tool. As like any other puzzle you have figured out, it takes time, but the enjoyment is in the struggle of putting the pieces together. Allow the pieces to dictate where they go, you don’t have to force it to match another puzzle, your function will dictate form. If you are looking to be better, to have a more efficient golf swing, then first look at the pieces of the puzzle you have, do you have the functionality to move the way you would like to, to hit the ball the most efficient way for you? If you are not sure, take the time to learn about our Player Development Assessment. Assess your skills, your game and I promise you, your puzzle will come together quicker than you can dream of!
Enjoy your Journey!


It is vitally important that we make efforts to bring Amateur Radio to young people in schools and other venues. When we spend time bringing Amateur Radio to young people, we accomplish two important things. First, we have the potential to change a young person’s life for the better by involving them in Amateur Radio, a hobby and a service that inspires a lifetime of STEM learning and often leads to lifelong careers in Science or Engineering.
Secondly, our work in schools is one of the very best ways that we can make the general public aware of the positive benefits that Amateur Radio provides to their kids and to the general public…
Source: Importance of Amateur Radio in Schools
In my role as an ARISS Program Mentor, I recently had the pleasure of spending a week with Sussex County Charter School for Technology students and teachers to help teachers there to deliver their summer Radio Camp.
The summer Radio Camp was a STEM education program that the school developed in support of their upcoming contact with an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS). Members of the local Sussex County Amateur Radio Club teamed with the teachers at the school to deliver a 5-day program grounded in STEM learning through Amateur Radio.
You can read more about the activities that we did at the week-long summer Radio Camp via the link above.


Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world today with over 1.8 billion followers worldwide.
Islam (Arabic: الإسلام ; al-‘islām ; pronounced: [Es.læ.m]) is a monotheistic Abrahamic faith, which means it is based on the belief in one God, and was revealed through the holy Qur’an, the sacred scripture.
The word Islam can be interpreted as ‘submission’, or the total surrender of oneself to God (in Arabic الله , ‘Allāh ‘) the One and Only God of the Universe. However, there are other interpretations of the word Islam, relating to concepts such as peace, obedience and purity.
An adherent of Islam is known as a Muslim, meaning “one who submits (to God).” One in every four people in the world is Muslim, making Islam the second largest religion in the world, after Christianity.
Muslims believe mankind should live according to the commandments of Almighty God without adding to or subtracting from the basic principles revealed by Him.
Muslims believe that God revealed the Qur’an, the scripture of the Islamic faith, to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), God’s final Prophet, and regard the Qur’an and the Sunnah (words and deeds of Prophet (pbuh)) as the fundamental sources of Islam.
Muslims do not regard Prophet Muhammad as the founder of a new religion, rather as the restorer of the original monotheistic faith of Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and all the other prophets. Muslims, therefore, unlike other religions that take their name from their religious leaders, are not referred to as ‘Mohammedans’. The name of the religion, ‘Islam’ was chosen by God Himself, as stated in the Qur’an:
“This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favour upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion.” Qur’an – Chapter 5: Verse 3
Islam includes a number of rituals and practices. Muslims observe the Five Pillars of Islam, believe in the Six Pillars of Faith and adhere to the rulings of Islamic Law, known as the Shari’ah in Arabic, details of which can be found through the links provided.


|Brief Decription |
Coastal region and city-state in Haradwaith.
The greatest coastal port in Harad, during the Second and third Age. The name Umbar referred to the city, port, fortress, cape and surrounding coastal lands. It was a large natural harbor which by the second millenium of the Second Age had become the Númenórean's chief port in Middle-earth. In the year 3261 of the SecondAge, the Númenórean's raised a mighty fleet which landed in Umbar to contest Sauron's power, but after the destruction of Númenór those of that race in Umbar fell under Sauron's power. These people became known as the BlackNúmenoreans and they often led the powerful fleets of Umbar against the Dúnedain of Gondor, particularily those in the rival port of Pelargir.
In the tenth century of the ThirdAge, kings of Gondor attacked Umbar and broke the sea power of the BlackNúmenoreans and took possession of port, city and territories. Umbar became a part of the kingdom of Gondor until the civil war and revolt in 1448 (T.A.), when rebel forces and Haradrim allies took possession of the port and separated it from Gondor.
In 1810. Gondor briefly captured the port and city, but it was soon regained by the Haradrim. Once again the black ships, or dromonds, of Umbar were on the waters raiding the coast, and these people who were called the Corsairs of Umbar became the terror of the seas. In anticipation of the rising power of Sauron, Aragorn II in 2980 led a raiding party inot Umbar's port and burned a large part of its fleet.
During the War of the Ring, the Corsairs attacked Pelargir, but were devastatingly defeated by Aragorn and the Dead Men of Dunharrow. The Corsairs were forced to sue for peace and, during the Fourth Age, Umbar was controlled by the Dúnedain kings of the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor.
For a more comprehensive history of Umbar, see "The third Realm in Exile" at Lalaith's Middle-earth Science Pages.


Wisdom Theme 1
The way we think
'Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.'
How we think lies at the root of every word we speak and every action we perform – where we live, who we choose as our friends, what job we do and how we spend our time. Our lives are shaped by our thoughts from earliest childhood until the day we die. For this reason, recognizing the power of the mind is the most important theme that underlies the 16 Guidelines for Life.
It is a natural instinct to experience the world as something 'out there'. This focus on external circumstances makes us vulnerable to their ebb and flow, which can never be completely in our favor. However, if you probe more deeply, it becomes clear that your experience of the world is significantly affected by what is going on 'inside' – by your state of mind.
One day, to see a man and woman embracing in public can make us feel relaxed and happy. On another, we might feel envious and miserable. We are also influenced by our cultural conditioning. In one country, an embrace between a man and a woman, whether married or not, is regarded as a natural show of affection. In another, it may be considered immoral and unacceptable. Our emotional reactions are driven by a complex mixture of experiences, attitudes and beliefs.
If we pause to consider, we can recognize that behind every emotion lies a thought. We are often not conscious of this, because events happen so quickly. An outburst of anger might come from the thought, "This person frightens me," "I'm going to get hurt," or 'I can't get what I want." When we are depressed, thoughts can pile up relentlessly: "I'm not good enough," "I've made such a mess of things," "no-one likes me," or "this will never come to an end." Even if the thoughts are exaggerated or untrue, our minds have the power to create a downward spiral of misery and dissatisfaction.
Therein, however, also lies an opportunity. Just as an athlete trains her body, we can train and transform our minds, and in doing so shift our habitual patterns and explore new ways of living. Cultivating humility, patience, contentment and delight offers us four ways to achieve this.


Smart Sea Cucumber writes “Why are fur seals called seals when they look more like sea lions?”
Good observation, Smart Sea Cucumber! I like to think fur seals are called seals just to confuse all of us. Fur seals and sea lions belong to a group called otariids (oh-tar-eye-ids), which are commonly known as “eared” seals. Phocids (foh-sids) are commonly known as “earless” seals. This means that fur seals and sea lions are more closely related to each other than they are to “earless” seals, which is why they do look so similar! To help you become a marine mammal observation pro, here is a cheat sheet to help you identify some of the smaller differences between fur seals, sea lions, and seals. For more information, you can also check out these references. Keep observing and keep questioning, Smart Sea Cucumber!
– Karli the seal scientist
If you want to learn more about seals and sea lions, you can visit the Marine Mammal Center’s website.
Main image [Source]: Galapagos Fur Seals live off the coast of South America and are the smallest of the Otariids.


fischertechnik Education Pneumatics: Beginner construction set takes a learning- by-playing approach to the principles of pneumatics, with realistic models to show how pneumatic valves and cylinders work. The air is pumped manually into an air chamber. Pressing the hand valves conveys the compressed air through the hoses into the pneumatic cylinder. An excavator and four other models can be constructed. The instructional activity information for students is available online at the fischertechnik eLearning portal.
LIMITED TIME SALE - fischertechnik Pneumatic Power takes a learning-by-playing approach to the principles of pneumatics. This set includes realistic models to show how pneumatic valves and cylinders work. With 200 sturdy fischertechnik parts, young learners can construct an excavator and four other models - an included activity information and instruction manual shows them how! This set is a great way to inspire learning through play.
The first experiments with pneumatics were conducted in the third century B.C., which led to the discovery of the extreme versatility and usefulness of compressed air. Using 8 models and 29 experiments, STEM Pneumatics teaches the basic principles of pneumatics, and demonstrates the functioning of components like compressors, pneumatic valves and cylinders, as well as an exhaust throttle valve. The concept also includes a full set of lesson plans for teachers.
Even as early as the third century, people understood how practical and exciting pneumatics is! This building set teaches the fundamentals of pneumatics in a fun way, showing how components like compressors, pneumatic valves and cylinders, and an exhaust throttle valve work using realistic models, and demonstrating why this technology has been around for such a long time. It allows young inventors to enjoy exciting adventures at home with their tractor with tree grabber, front loader or double swather.


Westmoreland County was established as Pennsylvania’s eleventh county in 1773. Constituting most of southwestern Pennsylvania at its inception, it included the counties of present-day Westmoreland, Fayette, Greene and Washington, parts of Allegheny and Beaver counties south of the Ohio River, about two-thirds of the county of Indiana, and one-third of the county of Armstrong. Written in a clear, accessible style, Hassler’s Old Westmoreland was the first effort to render a coherent account of the Revolutionary War in western Pennsylvania, which essentially comprised the operations in the great transmontane region centering on Fort Pitt from 1775 to 1783. Unlike the events in the eastern theater of the Revolution, most of the battles in Westmoreland County pitted Pennsylvania Patriots against the Iroquois, Senecas, Tuscarawas, and other indigenous peoples allied with the British along the frontier. These momentous and often horrific encounters, as well as the evolution of the Patriot cause, are narrated in detail in vignettes about the [Patriot] Association of Westmoreland, Flight of the Pittsburgh Tories, Massacre of Wyoming, Sullivan’s Expedition, the Destruction of Coshocton, George Rogers Clark in Western Pennsylvania, Planning Another Campaign Against Sandusky, the Peace Journey of Ephraim Douglass, and much more. Mr. Hassler’s research was conducted from primary and secondary sources available to him at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, and he has listed his authorities at the beginning of his volume for all to see or double-check.
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Note: the MAKEDEV.bz2 file you have unpacked is not an archive, so it won't create a directory for you to cd into.
Create the device files by running the following commands:
chmod 755 MAKEDEV &&
cp MAKEDEV /dev &&
cd /dev &&
./MAKEDEV -v generic
The "generic" parameter passed to the MAKEDEV script doesn't create all the devices a user might need, such as audio devices, hdc, hdd and others. If it seems something is missing MAKEDEV has to be told to create it. To create hdc replace generic with hdc. A user can also add hdc to generic, so he would execute ./MAKEDEV -v generic hdc to create the generic set of devices files, plus the files he needs to be able to access hdc (and hdc1, hdc2, etc)
MAKEDEV will create hda[1-20] and hdb[1-20] and such but he has to keep in mind that he may not be able to use all of those devices due to kernel limitations regarding the max. number of partitions.
./MAKEDEV -v generic: This creates generic devices. Normally, these devices are all devices you need. It's possible that you are missing some special devices that are needed for your hardware configuration. Create them with ./MAKEDEV -v <device>.
The MAKEDEV package contains the MAKEDEV script.
MAKEDEV is a script that can help in creating the necessary static device files that usually reside in the /dev directory.


The hellbender salamander does well in Pennsylvania due to the state's clean water, rocky stream bottoms and abundance of crayfish.
Researchers with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy have discovered a new population of hellbender salamanders in an undisclosed body of water in Butler County, PA.
Hellbenders, also known as snot otters, are the largest amphibians in North America.
According to tribLive, Eric Chapman, director of aquatic science for the WPC, a conservancy crew was doing stream stabilization work over the summer when they happened upon the new population of the amphibian.
Hellbender Salamander Conceived With Cryopreserved Sperm Hatches at Nashville Zoo
“That goes to show that we are still finding new populations,” Chapman said. The hellbender, which is the state amphibian, thrives in Pennsylvania, according to Chapman, due to high water quality, rocky substrate where the salamander thrives, and an abundance of crayfish, which is its preferred food.
Hellbender salamanders, also known as snot otters, are listed as near threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Their bodies are fairly flat and their skin is folded and wrinkled. They breathe by absorbing oxygen through their skin, which is covered in mucus that is toxic to predators but not humans. The eastern hellbender grows to more than two feet in length and is found in streams in the eastern United States to Mississippi. They are fully aquatic salamanders and don't leave the water. They develop skin lesions when exposed to highly polluted waters. Nocturnal, the hellbender feeds on crayfish, dead fish, insects and other amphibians. They are prey to fish, turtles and snakes. They reach maturity in five to eight years and can live up to about 30 years.


The last time you bought a new gas appliance- grill, dryer or range for example, you were likely asked what type of gas you used in your home. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or natural gas are both used to power those and other household appliances,but they have different properties and will be used differently in an appliance.
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), is a product of crude oil distillation. It contains mostly propane, or C3H8. Propane has the nice property that, when you compress it, it condenses into a liquid. This means that it is much easier to store in a tank than natural gas, which does not easily compress.
Natural gas is just that — natural. If you sink a well in the right spot, natural gas flows out of the ground. It is mostly methane, or CH4.
Howstuffworks.com offers further explanation:
You can see the difference between natural gas and LPG most easily when you buy a gas stove. Normally, you are supplied with two sets of jets, one set for natural gas and one set for LPG. You install one jet in each burner. The jet is simply a little screw-in cap with a hole drilled into it. The difference is that the hole in the jet for natural gas is bigger — about twice as big — as the hole in the jet for LPG.
The reason for this difference is because LPG contains much more energy than natural gas. A cubic foot of natural gas contains something like 1,000 BTU (British Thermal Units) of energy. A cubic foot of propane contains perhaps 2,500 BTU. You can see that if you take a gas appliance set up for natural gas and then run it on LPG, the appliance is going to run more than twice as hot. In the case of a water heater , it is apparently hot enough to start a fire.
So, the seemingly simple question of what type of gas fuels your home, can be an important piece of fire safety information for protecting you and your family.


Ethylene glycol monoethyl, also known as 2-ethoxyethanol, has a variety of industrial uses due to its solvent properties. Some of the most common uses of ethylene glycol monoethyl include:
- Paints, coatings, and varnishes: Ethylene glycol monoethyl is commonly used as a solvent in the manufacturing of paints, coatings, and varnishes, as it can dissolve a wide range of organic compounds.
- Cleaning products: Ethylene glycol monoethyl is also used as a solvent in the production of cleaning products, such as degreasers, stain removers, and glass cleaners.
- Cosmetics and personal care products: Due to its solubility properties, ethylene glycol monoethyl is used in the production of cosmetics and personal care products, such as perfumes, lotions, and hair sprays.
- Pharmaceuticals: Ethylene glycol monoethyl is sometimes used as a solvent in the production of pharmaceuticals, as it can dissolve a variety of active ingredients.
- Gasoline and fuel additives: Ethylene glycol monoethyl is sometimes used as a gasoline additive to improve fuel performance and reduce emissions.
- Industrial chemical processing: Ethylene glycol monoethyl is used in the production of other chemical compounds, such as acetic acid and ethylene oxide.
However, it is important to note that ethylene glycol monoethyl can be toxic if ingested or inhaled in large amounts, so proper safety precautions should always be taken when handling this chemical
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Peace education in regions of intractable conflict faces a number of severe challenges, such as conflicting collective narratives, shared histories and beliefs, grave inequalities, excessive emotionality, and unsupportive social climates. In this light, the chances of success for peace education programs are rather slim. A series of quasi-experimental studies carried out with Israeli-Jewish and Palestinian youngsters revealed that despite the ongoing violence, participation in various programs yields positive attitudinal, perceptual, and relational changes manifested in, for example, more positive views of "peace," better ability to see the other side's perspective, and greater willingness for contact. These changes depend on participants' initial political views, and thus, as found in one study, play an attitude-reinforcing function, but, as found in another study, prevent the worsening of perceptions of and attribution to the other side, thereby serving in a preventive capacity.
|Number of pages||18|
|Journal||Peace and Conflict|
|State||Published - 2004|
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Political Science and International Relations


Piano Improvisation. First steps
Who is this course for?
For classical pianists, as well as musicians who wish to learn improvisation on the piano.
Knowledge of musical notation. Basic knowledge of music theory. Mastery of the academic piano.
The goal of the course is to teach in a very compact and clear way how to take your first steps in improvisation on the piano. Considering that many academic musicians are “tied” to the notes and want to learn to play music freely, these lessons include a series of exercises aimed at letting go of the notes, developing the performer’s imagination,
develop coordination in playing with both hands, etc.
It also includes an introduction to different musical styles such as blues, ragtime, reggae … The system of chord symbols, the structure of harmonies and their application are explained. In addition to the theory, each lesson includes a practical part with concrete tasks and exercises aimed at deepening the information received. The course will be of interest to academic pianists and instrumentalists who have a basic knowledge of elementary music theory and are familiar with musical notation.
Do not try to skim all the lessons superficially and just repeat and copy. You will achieve the best results if you understand the information very thoroughly and then work through the practical part and, at most, try to use your imagination in playing (even with a metronome if you like) on the basis of the theoretical knowledge you have acquired. Only when you have fully grasped and understood the principle, you can proceed to the next lesson.
Despite the compactness of the lessons, it may take some time to achieve the result and complete freedom in improvisation.
All practical tasks of the course are the result of my own experience with the study of improvisation on the piano, as well as the experience of teaching students with absolutely different levels of education, age and technical data.
I wish you patience, motivation and success!


Gender inequality has been one of the characteristic principles of interaction between people for millennia. Despite significant changes in modern society, people continue to treat men and women differently. In my opinion, people of different genders are indeed prone to different activities, but this does not mean that they cannot perform actions that are “not characteristic” of their gender. However, the existing structure in society often suppresses such manifestations of individuality.
Barbara Risman, in the article Gender as structure, writes about the system of intergender relationships. Her work is based on various studies by sociologists on the interaction of people of different genders. According to Risman (1998), society can indeed be thought of as a structure. Often it determines the roles of people in the family, at work, and in other areas of life. For example, gender distribution affects who does household chores and even wage levels. Undoubtedly, it cannot be called fair, so some parts of this structure should definitely be changed.
The creation of a specific gender structure largely determines the behavior of people. According to Risman (1998), “gender structure creates gendered selves” (p. 298). In other words, people are often perceived not as a collection of certain personal characteristics, but as a generalized set of gender stereotypes. Social expectations force people to perform even those actions to which they are not predisposed. Depending on gender, people obey established patterns, sometimes without even trying to listen to their true desires. This article helped me better understand how social principles and gender are related. Indeed, some parts of the structure are fair enough: for example, men are more prone to hard physical work. Despite this, regardless of gender, people wave to do exactly what they feel is right and necessary.
Risman, B. (1998). Gender as structure. Gender Vertigo: American Families in Transition.


The Soul of the Statesman
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Uncovers clues regarding the inner life of Machiavelli's political leaders.
The political statesman, Machiavelli tells us, must love his country more than his own soul. Political leaders must often transgress clear moral principles, using means that are typically wrong, even horrifying. What sort of inner life does a leader who "uses evil well" experience and endure? The conventional view held by most scholars is that a Machiavellian statesman lacks any "inwardness" because Machiavelli did not delve into the state of mind one might find in a politician with "dirty hands. " While such a leader would bask in his glory, the argument goes, we can only wonder at the condition of the soul they have presumably risked in discharging their duties. In Machiavelli's Secret, Raymond Angelo Belliotti uncovers a range of clues in Machiavelli's writings that, when pieced together, reveal that the Machiavellian hero most certainly has "inwardness" and is surely deeply affected by the evil means he must sometimes employ. Belliotti not only reveals the nature of this internal condition, but also provides a springboard for the possibility of Machiavelli's ideal statesman.
Raymond Angelo Belliotti is SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Fredonia. He is the author of several books, including Jesus or Nietzsche: How Should We Live Our Lives? and Jesus the Radical: The Parables and Modern Morality.
"…a valuable contribution to contemporary Machiavelli scholarship. " — CHOICE
"Belliotti identifies an important cluster of philosophical problems, including the extent to which statesman should bend the moral rules for the collective good and what implications such decisions might have for the statesman. Moreover, using Machiavelli to tie together this discussion both illustrates the timeless quality of the problem and provides a fresh way of thinking about the problem. The book nicely demonstrates the ways that contemporary philosophers can benefit from knowing more about history and also how historians can make use of contemporary discussions. " — John Draeger, State University of New York College at Buffalo


Australian Journal of Teacher Education
Exploring Professional Knowing, Being and Becoming through Inclusive Pedagogical Approach in Action (IPAA) Framework
Despite extensive changes in early childhood inclusive education policy and practice, various barriers continue to inhibit access and participation of children with special needs in inclusive schools. Often mentioned barriers include negative beliefs, lack of understanding of inclusive pedagogy and the effectiveness of professional development to improve teacher knowledge to reduce these barriers. This study reports on a Thai Bureau of Special Education professional development partnership program with an Australian inclusive school in which 16 early childhood teachers from Thailand participated. This community of practice inquiry project generated qualitative data from pre- and post-professional workshops semi-structured interviews and analysis of teachers’ professional learning journals during the inquiry phases of the project. Thematic analysis of the data showed that the international professional learning immersion program exerted an influential impact on the teachers who participated suggesting; teachers developed better understandings of children with special education needs by creating a mindset for change.
Klibthong, Sunanta and Agbenyega, Joseph S.
"Exploring Professional Knowing, Being and Becoming through Inclusive Pedagogical Approach in Action (IPAA) Framework,"
Australian Journal of Teacher Education: Vol. 43
, Article 7.
Available at: https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol43/iss3/7


Food Information Data
The figures were based on historical analysis and consumer behavior deductive reasoning to obtain relevant data. Table 1 shows that survey of consumers’ opinions on and degree of confidence in the quality and safety of commercially available food:In 2015, according to a survey on awareness of food quality and safety focussed on urban residents, 87% of consumers responded that they took quality and safety into consideration when buying food, and 78% thought that food that was commercially available was not safe. Table 2 shows that in the context of an increasing number of products accompanied by inadequate information about safety, the likelihood with which consumers choose products irrationally increases, which consequently increases the risk of making a wrong choice. In other words, when fewer products with accurate quality and safety information are available, the risk of wrong consumption choices increases. Conversely, the greater the number of products with accurate information, the higher the proportion of consumers who make the right choices. Table 3 shows that the reasons consumers chose defective products and risked the possible detrimental effects from such choices were as follows: 1) Most consumers are not involved in the production of food under the Commodity Economy and are isolated from product information. 2) The rapid development of production technology and changes in product categories contribute to a lack of knowledge among consumers about the products, leading them to make irrational choices about new products. 3) Consumers are misled by inaccurate information.


The Connections view is a collection of views that enable you to create connections between components and the application, to bind component properties together, and to add custom properties for components.
The components of the application UI and the application logic need to communicate with each other. For example, a button needs to know that the user has clicked it. The button may then change color to indicate its state or perform an action. Further, the application needs to know whether the user clicked the button because it may need to relay this clicking event to other applications. For this purpose, a button typically contains a Mouse Area component, which can receive different pointer events and emit signals in response to them.
Another way to connect components is to bind their properties together. A component's property can be assigned a static value which stays constant until it is explicitly changed. To make the UI more dynamic, you can use property bindings. This means that you can specify relationships between component properties so that when the value of a property changes, the values of any properties that are bound to it are updated accordingly.
Each preset component has a set of preset properties that you can specify values for. You can add custom properties that would not otherwise exist for a particular component type.
Summary of the Connections View Tabs
|Connections||Create connections between components and the application logic by accessing signals outside of the components that emit them.||Connecting Components to Signals|
|Bindings||Dynamically change the behavior of a component by creating a binding between the properties of two components.||Adding Bindings Between Properties|
|Properties||Add custom properties that would not otherwise exist for a particular preset component or your own custom component.||Specifying Custom Properties|
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51 COM, Rare Earths 2012—PDF
Since the mid-1980s, we have seen a significant and accelerating number of advancements in technology which continue to enhance our quality of life. These technologies, be they in the areas of renewable energy production, energy storage or demand-side energy efficiency, hybrid vehicles, tablet computers, smartphones, digital displays or lasers all rely on materials made possible by the rare earth elements (commonly referred to as “rare earths”). Consumer and policy-driven demand for these advanced technology products has strained the supply of available rare earths. The rare earth supply chain, from mine to final product, is complex and relatively long, and faces a number of unique challenges particularly as it is in its relatively early stages of development. It is therefore critically important to conduct research on all steps of the supply chain, from geology, extraction, separation and refining, to final product design, and lifecycle management and recycling. Also important is an understanding of the economic and environmental issues related to meeting the demand for rare earth based materials. This inaugural Rare Earths Symposium at the Conference of Metallurgists aims to provide a collaborative forum to discuss these critical and timely issues.
J.R. Goode, G. Moldoveanu, M.S. Rayat
Rare earths, extractive metallurgy, uranium, thorium, environmental issues, separation and metal production, physical metallurgy, recycling


What Happens If There is A Confirmed Case?
Please find the government advice:
When a child, young person or staff member develops symptoms compatible with coronavirus (COVID-19), they should be sent home and advised to self-isolate for 7 days and arrange to have a test to see if they have COVID-19. They can do this by visiting NHS.UK to arrange or contact NHS 119 via telephone if they do not have internet access. Their fellow household members should self-isolate for 14 days. All staff and students who are attending an education or childcare setting will have access to a test if they display symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), and are encouraged to get tested in this scenario.
Where the child, young person or staff member tests negative, they can return to their setting and the fellow household members can end their self-isolation.
Where the child, young person or staff member tests positive, the rest of their class or group within their childcare or education setting should be sent home and advised to self-isolate for 14 days. The other household members of that wider class or group do not need to self-isolate unless the child, young person or staff member they live with in that group subsequently develops symptoms.
As part of the national test and trace programme, if other cases are detected within the cohort or in the wider setting, Public Health England’s local health protection teams will conduct a rapid investigation and will advise schools and other settings on the most appropriate action to take. In some cases a larger number of other children, young people may be asked to self-isolate at home as a precautionary measure – perhaps the whole class, site or year group. Where settings are observing guidance on infection prevention and control, which will reduce risk of transmission, closure of the whole setting will not generally be necessary.


How to introduce an article in an essay
Introducing an article in an essay is an important step in the writing process. It allows readers to gain an understanding of the articles overall purpose and arguments. An effective introduction should be concise, interesting, and provide necessary background information while also setting up the readers expectations for the rest of the paper.
To begin, consider the context of the article. What is the overall topic of your essay? If it is a review of a scholarly article, consider how this article fits into the larger body of research in the field. This background information will help to frame your argument and provide an introduction to the article.
Next, introduce the article itself. Provide the full title, author, year and source of publication. This will allow readers to locate the article and gain an understanding of its main points. If there are multiple authors or sources, make sure to include that information as well.
The third step is to introduce the main argument of the article. Give a brief summary of what the author is arguing, without going into too much detail. This should be broad enough to capture the argument without being so broad that readers are left without any direction or understanding of what the argument is trying to convey.
Finally, provide a transition from introduction to body. Explain how the articles argument ties in with the larger body of research on the topic, or introduce the main themes or ideas that will be discussed in the body of the paper. This will give readers an understanding of what to expect throughout the essay and will encourage them to keep reading.
In conclusion, introducing an article in an essay is an important part of the writing process. It helps set up the readers expectations and provides necessary context. Make sure to include information such as the title, authors, year and source of publication, as well as a brief summary of the argument and how it ties into the larger body of research on the topic. With these steps, you can ensure that your introduction will set your essay up for success.


In several countries, not least along the Norwegian coastline, small high-speed passenger vessels are an important part of the infrastructure. However, speed has its price. Emissions from the existing vessels are sky high, measured per passenger-kilometre.
The aim of this pilot is to realise a small high-speed hydrogen-powered passenger vessel. Specifically, the pilot considers a vessel with a capacity of 100-150 passengers on the route Florø-Måløy in Vestland county.
Hydrogen will eliminate emissions from the vessel. Clean water is the only emission after the conversion of hydrogen in fuel cells, provided hydrogen is produced in the most environmentally friendly way.
Hydrogen without CO2 emissions can either be produced from hydro, wind or solar power (green hydrogen), or from natural gas with CO2 capture and storage (blue hydrogen).
The pilot has further developed and adapted a ship design for hydrogen operation and has analysed feasibility, investment and operating costs, payback time, and environmental benefits for the abovementioned passenger vessel on the Florø – Måløy route.
Vestland county municipality has a key role in the realisation of the pilot. The county municipality has ordered zero-emission solutions for eight of the high-speed ferries in the county, with gradual delivery between May 2022-May 2024. A hydrogen-powered vessel for a unique pilot route could be realised through innovative procurement (e.g. in a development contract).
The pilot has produced an important factual basis for the procurement process
The pilot has been presented to Prime Minister Erna Solberg, and the pilot initiators and Solberg have discussed issues related to project financing and realisation with the initiators.
In 2018, the pilot received ZERO’s (environmental foundation) award for this year’s local climate action.
The goal is to have high-speed hydrogen-powered passenger vessels in operation from 2023 or 2024.


3.1 The shortcomings of healthcare
The conclusions of the many reports into the shortcomings of healthcare for people with learning disabilities echo one another. Their findings include:
- poor communication
- failure to listen to and learn from family and others who know the person well
- failure to adjust systems and communications methods to take account of poor literacy, lack of access to transport and other disadvantages experienced by people with learning disabilities
- need for documentation, such as a health passport, to accompany the person as they encounter healthcare
- need for more and improved training for all healthcare professionals.
Recommendations to deal with these now well recognised problems include the following measures:
- introducing ‘health navigators’, people who have the job of helping someone with very complex needs to ‘navigate’ the health and care system
- using liaison nurses in hospitals whose job it is to support other staff when treating someone with a learning disability
- the use of health passports explaining the person’s health conditions, their likes and dislikes, and their preferred methods of communication
- more and improved training for all healthcare professionals
- involving the patient’s family/people who know them well in their care and treatment
- making adjustments, such as longer appointment times, phone calls instead of letters, appointments at quiet times, etc. to suit the needs of people with learning disabilities.
Some of these ideas have been translated into legislation, known as ‘reasonable adjustments’, to promote equality of access.


Camila Boin Bakit & Andrés Melián Rivas
Last December in China, an outbreak of pneumonia caused by a new viral strain of coronavirus or SARSCoV-2, never seen in humans, originated, which aroused worldwide attention. Likewise, on January 30, a public health emergency of international concern was declared by the WHO, marking the start of a highly pathogenic pandemic called "2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19)" that is transmitted from person to person by means of respiratory secretions. The main symptoms that appear in patients are fever, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, fatigue and general malaise; However, there is a percentage of asymptomatic people who represent a high risk of contagion for health professionals who work in the airway and digestive tract, such as dentist. Consequently, this study aims to show the necessary protection measures so that the health team can intervene in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 safely, avoiding the spread of the disease.
KEY WORDS: COVID-19, dentistry, dental care, security.
How to cite this article
BOIN, B. C. & MELIÁN, R. A. Dental care for COVID-19 positive patients. What to do in an emergency? Int. J. Odontostomat., 14(3):321-324, 2020.


Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) are responsible for metabolizing the bulk of ethanol consumed as part of the diet and their activities contribute to the rate of ethanol elimination from the blood. They are expressed at highest levels in liver, but at lower levels in many tissues. This pathway probably evolved as a detoxification mechanism for environmental alcohols. However, with the consumption of large amounts of ethanol, the oxidation of ethanol can become a major energy source and, particularly in the liver, interferes with the metabolism of other nutrients. Polymorphic variants of the genes for these enzymes encode enzymes with altered kinetic properties. The pathophysiological effects of these variants may be mediated by accumulation of acetaldehyde; high-activity ADH variants are predicted to increase the rate of acetaldehyde generation, while the low-activity ALDH2 variant is associated with an inability to metabolize this compound. The effects of acetaldehyde may be expressed either in the cells generating it, or by delivery of acetaldehyde to various tissues by the bloodstream or even saliva. Inheritance of the high-activity ADH beta2, encoded by the ADH2*2 gene, and the inactive ALDH2*2 gene product have been conclusively associated with reduced risk of alcoholism. This association is influenced by gene-environment interactions, such as religion and national origin. The variants have also been studied for association with alcoholic liver disease, cancer, fetal alcohol syndrome, CVD, gout, asthma and clearance of xenobiotics. The strongest correlations found to date have been those between the ALDH2*2 allele and cancers of the oro-pharynx and oesophagus. It will be important to replicate other interesting associations between these variants and other cancers and heart disease, and to determine the biochemical mechanisms underlying the associations.


Managing money is one of the most critical tasks of a business. This requires allocating company cash, forecasting earnings and handling expenditures. In addition , it ensures that the several departments of a company will be operating in the budget.
It is vital to keep good enough cash on hand to pay for day-to-day expenses also to keep the company’s credit rating. It is additionally essential to come with an effective credit system with suppliers and financial institutions.
A prospering financial management system is the one which allows an enterprise to minimize their risks, improve its functions, and decrease manual labor. It will help businesses build revenue and minimize costs. It can possibly help the business to put together it is financial arguments and find financial commitment opportunities.
Businesses have to generate financial decisions based on how much money they can https://finadministration.com/how-to-manage-deal-sourcing-in-the-virtual-data-room/ comes from various resources, such as you will have, loans, equity, and dividends. They must also consider the cost of loans and return about financing. They need to have an enough credit system with their suppliers and banking institutions, and they needs to have insurance coverage to defend themselves out of risk.
There are two primary types of financial management: corporate finance and managerial pay for. Corporate economic is usually even more applicable to large companies. It concentrates on long-term capital budgeting. It also involves examining a business’s financial performance and ensuring that its long-term goals are staying met.
A different type of financial management is definitely the distribution of profits. It is necessary to determine just how much profit a company can hold in order to improve shareholder worth. It is also important to decide on just how much of the provider’s net profit must be allocated meant for growth or perhaps innovation.


The East China Sea (ECS) is affected by severe hypoxia. It exerts significant influences on living resources, alterations of biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem degradation.
Previous studies have proved that organic matters (OM) decomposition in the Kuroshio Subsurface Water (KSSW) played a significant role in forming the coastal hypoxia.
Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) scientists provided new information on the sources of decomposed organic matters in Kuroshio Subsurface Water on hypoxia formation in ECS by applying the nitrate isotopes technique.
The study was published in Marine Pollution Bulletin.
Scientists found stronger oxidations
Scientists found stronger oxidations in the Kuroshio Subsurface Water than ambient waters in either June or October on the ECS shelf. It reduced the dissolved oxygen in the bottom. The reaction was stronger in June than that in October.
The nitrogen from N2 fixation was introduced into the bottom nitrate in Kuroshio Subsurface Water in the southern ECS during June. Those signals were hardly observed during October. The decomposition of terrestrial organic matters enhanced in the northern ECS during June and most of the ECS during October.
The decomposition of terrestrial organic matters enhanced in the northern ECS during June and most of the ECS during October., based on the isotopic balance equation. The terrestrial and marine sources contributed almost equally to the development of ECS hypoxia. This judged the impact of human activities and natural process on coastal hypoxia quantitatively.


Cactus is two miles east of Interstate Highway 35 and twenty miles north of Laredo in northern Webb County. The settlement began around 1881 as a shipping point on the International and Great Northern Railroad. A local school enrolled forty-five pupils in 1907, and a post office served area residents from 1884 through 1916. After 1892 the community's reported population never exceeded fifty, and the number of residents had declined to twenty-five by the late 1940s. No population figures were available for Cactus from 1968 through the early 1990s. In the 1980s a combination gas station and grocery, a few scattered dwellings, and a cemetery remained in the vicinity.
Adapted from the official Handbook of Texas, a state encyclopedia developed by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). It is an authoritative source of trusted historical records.
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What are earthquake hazards? There are more than the obvious.
The most obvious hazards of earthquakes are the earth shaking and damage to buildings. Included with the ground shaking are the hazards of objects falling down and injuring (or killing) you. Most people expect damaged and collapsed buildings after an earthquake, although, unless you’ve actually seen the aftermath of a large earthquake it can be hard to visualize as videos don’t provide the same impression.
Besides the main earthquake, the single biggest earthquake hazard most people face is entering into an unsafe building. Buildings damaged by earthquakes can increase your risk of injury or death, particularly if an aftershock strikes and causes the already weakened structure to partially or fully collapse.
Incidentally, the risk of falling debris is the biggest reason you shouldn't go running (or walking) out of a building during an earthquake. And, if you're near a structure during a quake, particularly if it's an older or unreinforced masonry building, you need to get under protective cover or move away from the building. The single greatest hazard is the risk of something falling on you.
Unlike a hurricane or tornado, the safest place in an earthquake is actually outside, in completely open space, where nothing has a chance of falling on you.
However, an earthquake can pose a number of other hazards. Some are obvious, while others may not be so evident. So, while you might avoid having something fall on you, you need to be aware of other hazardous risks of earthquakes.
Besides damaged buildings and infrastructure, and the inevitable aftershocks, earthquakes can also cause seiches, dam failures, flooding, fires, landslides and rockfalls, liquefaction, surface fault ruptures, and tectonic subsidence. In some cases, earthquakes have caused the release of hazardous materials, and near the coast earthquakes can cause tsunamis.
When you consider the earthquake risks for your area, make sure you also identify other potential hazards and threats that an earthquake can cause. Identifying these other hazards—such as flooding, seiches, landslides, and liquefaction potential—can help you become better prepared.
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Planning and Organizing
Each week, you will be asked to respond to the prompt or prompts in the discussion forum. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length, and is due on Sunday. By Tuesday, you should respond to two additional posts from your peers.
This week you have learned about the planning and organizing management functions and the importance they have in decision making. To demonstrate how planning, organizing, and decision making are applied in the workplace, this week’s discussion will involve researching an article using one of the following sources:
- USA Today (www.usatoday.com)
- Wall Street Journal (www.wsj.com)
- New Your Times (www.nytimes.com)
- Forbes (www.forbes.com)
- Bloomberg Business Week (www.bloomberg.com)
- Inc. Magazine (www.inc.com)
- Economist (www.economist.com)
- Entrepreneur (www.entrepreneur.com)
- Harvard Business Review- (www.hbr.org)
Your task is to choose a current article (published in last 60 days) from one of the above-listed sources that relate to how managers plan and/or organize their responsibilities.
- What additional skills or knowledge do managers need to carry out their planning and organizing functions?
- What key points in the article support your statements?
Copy and paste the URL address of the article so it can be easily shared with your classmates.


What are your thoughts on cell theory? In biology, cell theory is the historical scientific theory that living organisms are made up of cells, and all cells occur from pre-existing cells. Cells are the fundamental component of structure in all organisms, and they are the basic unit of reproduction. The action of an life form depends on the total activity in independent cells. This quiz will be helpful to you. Don’t forget to take your certificate upon completion of the quiz.
Robert Hook, Albert Einstein, Carolus Linnaeus
Theodor Schwann, Matthias Schleiden, and Rudolf Virchow
Robert Hooke, Rudolf Virchow, Teresa Engebretsen
Theodor Schwann, Rudolf Virchow and Robert Hooke
All living things must exhibit most of these characteristics.
All living things exhibit at least one of these characteristics at all times.
All living things pitch in to help each other so that no one goes without.
All living things exhibit all 6 characteristics, or they are not considered living things.
The Cell Theory organizes how we think about living things.
Cells are the basic building blocks of all living things because all living things are composed of cells.
There is a hierarchy in the importance of cells in a living thing.
All of these
They are composed of more than one cell.
They are composed on only one cell.
They usually have cells that are organized into tissue, organs, and organ systems.
Cells in multicellular organisms all perform the same function.
Cells in multicellular organisms may perform very different functions.
Ability to reproduce
None of these
Cells are made primarily of water.
All organisms are made up of one or more cells.
The cell is the basic unit of structure and function of living things because all life functions occur within cells.
All cells come from pre-existing cells.
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One in five children in Douglas County is estimated to have experienced childhood trauma, defined as exposure to three or more Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) which include child abuse or neglect, parental mental illness, substance abuse, incarceration, divorce, and domestic violence.
ACEs were first identified in a Kaiser Permanente and Centers for Disease Control study in the 1990s, which connected later-life health consequences with adverse experiences in childhood. These experiences put children at high risk for lifelong physical and mental health problems and can be transmitted to their own children.
When this trauma, also known as toxic stress, happens to very young children (birth to age 5), it impairs the brain during the period when ninety percent of development occurs, creating learning and behavioral challenges that can last a lifetime.
The 2016 National Survey of Children's Health found that 38 percent of children in every state have at least one ACE, and 24 percent of Kansas children have two or more. The Kansas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey in 2014 and 2015 reported that 20.9 percent of adults had three or more ACEs.
We use the 20 percent (one in five) estimate because research demonstrates that parental ACEs impact children even when the children do not have these experiences themselves. While ACEs are universal across all income and racial groupings, they are more prevalent among children from low-income families and also among Hispanic and African-American children.
Three to five-year-olds with two or more ACEs are four times more likely to have trouble calming themselves, be easily distracted and have difficulty making and keeping friends. These behaviors not only limit the child's learning and healthy development, they also disrupt classrooms and negatively impact other children's ability to learn and have positive school experiences.
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Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Write an 800-1,000 word essay on your personal worldview. Briefly discuss the various possible meanings of the term "spirituality," and your understanding of the concepts of pluralism, scientism, and postmodernism.
Write an 800-1,000 word essay on your personal worldview. Briefly discuss the various possible meanings of the term “spirituality,” and your understanding of the concepts of pluralism, scientism, and postmodernism. Primarily, address the following seven basic worldview questions:
- What is prime reality?
- What is the nature of the world around you?
- What is a human being?
- What happens to a person at death?
- Why is it possible to know anything at all?
- How do people know what is right or wrong?
- What is the meaning of human history?
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
The theoretical foundations of qualitative and quantitative methods are very different, but many researchers believe both methods should be used in the research study to increase validity and reliability. What advantages or disadvantages do you see in using both types of methods in a nursing study? Support your answer with current evidence-based literature.


The Complete Series for Legal Writersby Alexa Z. Chew and Katie Rose Guest Pryal
Alexa Z. Chew, J.D.
New lawyers and law students spend a lot of time worrying about legal citation. But most of that time is spent worrying about the wrong thing—formatting. The primary purpose of legal citation is to communicate information to the reader. Thus, legal citations are integral parts of the legal documents that lawyers read and write. But rather than viewing citation as communication, law students, and the new lawyers they become, tend to view it as a formatting sideshow dictated by the Bluebook or other citation style guides. This view is both inaccurate and counterproductive. I argue that the reason for this detrimental and misplaced focus on citation form is because law schools do not teach what I call citation literacy: the ability to both read and write legal citations.
Despite the pervasive presence of citations in judicial opinions, which first-year law students spend most of their time reading, pondering, and discussing, law schools teach students only how to write citations. This “write-first” approach to teaching citation deprives legal novices of opportunities to learn to make meaning from citations as readers. Were students able to understand as readers how legal citations operate as communication, the tedious task of writing legal citations would be grounded in an intrinsic purpose rather than a seemingly arbitrary style guide. As things stand now, students must be prodded to follow citation norms for extrinsic gains, which satisfies neither student nor professor.
The citation literacy pedagogy I propose would first teach law students to study the citations in the documents they read—the edited judicial opinions they find in casebooks, the unedited judicial opinions they read in legal writing courses, and sample memoranda or briefs. To teach students to make meaning from citations, citation should be introduced concurrently with foundational lessons in legal authority. Once students understand what citations mean, they can more easily write the citation forms set forth in citation style guides and adapt that knowledge to the heterogeneity of citation forms they will encounter in practice.
Chew, Alexa, Citation Literacy (March 13, 2017). 70 Arkansas Law Review, Vol. 70, No. 4., Article 2, January 2018; UNC Legal Studies Research Paper. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3008851


Reclycling Beds, Flame Retardants, Bed Bugs,
Most organisations can’t take old and used mattresses due to health reasons which is completely understandable given the amount of dust, bedbugs and bacteria an old mattress can harbor.
One issue with mattresses is the use of chemical flame retardants, these can prove to be toxic not only to humans but when dumped in landfill.
The chemicals can leach from the mattress and contaminate the wider environment through seepage into groundwater.
Choosing a New Mattress
When shopping for a new mattress, give some thought to what you’re going to do when the new one wears out.
One of the best ways to do this is to avoid mattresses with springs but for an even more environmentally friendly choice, look for mattresses made from materials such as certified wood frames, natural latex cores, wool, bamboo, hemp and organic cotton.
If you have your heart set on a spring mattress, try to locate one that uses recycled steel for the springs.
The use of components such as wool also removes the need for chemical fire retardants to be used.
If your budget isn’t too tight, consider spending a little more on a mattress than you usually would… We spend up to a third of our lives lying on a mattress so you may as well be comfortable!
While environmentally friendly mattresses tend to cost a little more, the added benefit is they can last far longer… A good quality core mattress can last for decades.
Using Silver in Mattresses and Bedding
It is best to purchase a mattress and bedding that uses silver thread or silver zeolite.
Silver has been medically proven to kill bacteria and dust mites and some viruses.


The health of our rivers, salmon runs, wildlife, and communities is intimately tied to our forestry techniques — especially as the impacts of climate change become more pronounced. By protecting mature forests and restoring dense tree plantations through active management, we can make forests and watersheds more resilient to climate impacts while improving wildlife habitat, expanding recreational opportunities, increasing carbon storage, and supporting jobs in the woods.
RE Sources is excited to announce the launch of our Future Forests Campaign. The primary aim of this campaign is to promote ecological forest management (or ecological forestry) as a tool to enhance the climate resilience of the Nooksack and Lake Whatcom watersheds.
What is ecological forestry?
We’ll let preeminent forest ecologist Jerry Franklin explain, who pioneered this innovative approach to forest management, in our new short film below!
As Dr. Franklin describes in the video, ecological forest management offers an alternative approach to industrial logging. Instead of managing forests as crops, ecological foresters treat forests as complex ecosystems that provide numerous benefits. Ecological forestry is not a “lock it up” approach to forest management, but instead requires a hand-on approach to restore forests from intensive clearcut-plantation forestry.
Climate change will further increase winter flows and decrease summer flows in our region, meaning we’ll have way too much water when we don’t need it and far too little when farmers and fish need it most. Research suggests that ecological forestry can increase the resilience of our watersheds to these impacts while producing high quality logs and sustaining jobs in the woods.
Want to learn more about ecological forestry? Watch our new video with Jerry Franklin and learn about the Future Forests Campaign.