Today we’re going to get back to basics. Category one water damage. This is the basic kind of water damage and the type we run into most often.
So what is it? Category one water is water damage resulting from fresh water. It’s the water that’s coming from your faucet. Because it is so common is the reason we see it so often. But don’t let this type of water loss fool you. It can still be very damaging. Think of the Grand Canyon, it only takes a little water consistently going where it shouldn’t to wreak havoc on your home.
When fresh water gets in to places it shouldn’t be it causes lots of secondary damages. If it sits on engineered wood it will cause swelling and pealing of any laminates. If it gets on hardwood it can cause warping of the boards. If it sits on structural beams for too long it can cause weakening or rotting which will make your home unstable and unsafe. It can get under tile and ruin your subfloor which will lead to having to tear out the tile and starting over. The list goes on and on, and the worst part is that mold and bacteria love moisture. So any standing fresh water can lead to the growth of mold.
As category one water sits or passes over materials in your home it comes in contact with bacteria. So the longer a category one water loss sits the more dangerous it becomes. After 72 hours a category one water loss becomes classified as a category two water loss. After 120 hours a category one water loss becomes classified as a category three water loss. So sitting water is a major issue. Depending on where the water loss is located, fresh water could move to a more serious type of damage very fast.
Luckily there’s a solution to the problem. If you see water damage of any sort, call a professional. They should come out and test the area where the water loss occurred. After that, if it’s still a category one most surfaces and materials can be dried without becoming damaged or dangerous. So don’t delay when you see water damage.


Traditional teacher instruction is presented to students on a singular level. The reality in most classrooms is that students come into the classroom with varied needs and existing levels. Teachers who differentiate instruction look at the unique needs of each student. They find ways to vary the instruction so that it is accessible for all students. This Unit Plan: Differentiated Assignment will guide you in taking your Unit Plan: Lesson Plan Assignment and exploring ways to differentiate for the unique needs within your described class.
Add a plan for differentiation to the Unit Plan: Lesson Plan Assignment in the previous week. Utilize the Unit Plan: Differentiated Template to complete the following:
- Lesson Preparation Details
- Complete the first portion of the template with the details from your Unit Plan: Lesson Plan Assignment, for which you are building a plan for differentiation within the remainder of this Unit Plan: Differentiated Assignment.
- Class Diversity Description
- When creating your Class Description/Diversity, ensure that the class (grade level, type of school, number of students, disability categories, placement, and any other relevant data) is clearly described. It should also include a description of the characteristics of the varying abilities and disabilities. The description of the class should have a student who is ESL as well as a student with a specific disability.
- Plan for Differentiation
- Next, describe how to differentiate your lesson plan to meet the learning needs of the students described in the Diversity portion. Incorporate specific differentiated methods within the teaching of the concept as well as the practice of it.
Please review the Unit Plan: Differentiated Grading Rubric and the Unit Plan: Differentiated Sample.
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Gum diseases such as gingivitis and periodontitis are known to be severe oral conditions. They put one's entire oral health at risk and lead to issues such as oral infections, swelling, and inflammation of the gums, root canal infections, bleeding, halitosis, gradual bone deterioration, etc.
But, gum diseases are also known to influence certain heart conditions, and studies carried out over the past few years have some vital input in this regard. It was found that patients with gum diseases stand a higher chance of developing heart conditions than those who don't.
Plaque and tartar are the leading causes of gum diseases. The microbes in tartar end up irritating the nearby tissues, including teeth and gums. This can cause bleeding, the release of pus, and severe inflammation. The gums gradually become loose, which allows the microbes to deposit inside the gum pockets.
When such bacteria come in contact with blood vessels, the chances run high that they're spreading to different parts of the body through the bloodstream. This includes regions of the heart, such as the major arteries that supply blood to organs of the body. The presence of microbes can trigger inflammation in heart tissues as well as the arteries, which makes them stiff. The blood would have to pass through small apertures, and thus, it indirectly influences the blood pressure.
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Every automobile owner can attest that car repairs can be quite expensive. However, have you ever thought about the environmental costs of those repairs? That’s right. Simple repairs could significantly harm the environment. That’s where green point car repairs come in.
Green point car repairs, also known as eco-friendly car repairs, focus on using sustainable practices and reducing carbon emissions that harm the environment. Car owners now have the option of taking their vehicles to repair shops that prioritize the environment.
Auto repair shops that offer green point car repairs use environmentally friendly products that lower the impact on the environment and also protect mechanics from hazards associated with using toxic chemicals. It’s a win-win situation.
Green point car repairs also play a critical role in reducing carbon emissions. By using alternative energy sources, such as solar power, shops can decrease their carbon footprint, making it easier to comply with the environmental regulations.
Additionally, regular maintenance, such as oil changes and tire rotations, can be done in an eco-friendly way. Using recycled motor oil and rotating your tires regularly can reduce the toxic waste produced during the maintenance process.
Green point car repairs are a sustainable option for the environment, reduce toxic waste produced during car maintenance, and protect the health of mechanics. By taking your car to a repair shop that focuses on eco-friendly practices, you’re making a significant contribution to the preservation of our planet.


Conceived by Sahara Wind’s founder, an experimental wind test site was installed in 1994 on a desert farm located on the Atlantic coastline. The farm's greenhouse-grown vegetables, tomatoes and melons were originally destined for higher value off-season export markets. These products are currently supplying the region's growing local and regional markets.
The facility's electricity needs were supplied by two diesel generators, and a 50 kW wind turbine was added to the system.
The AOC 15/50 wind turbine was connected to a small 5500 volts distribution grid. With a diesel generator providing frequency regulation and backup power, any surplus wind power was fed to a variable-speed driven ice making plant. Used for fish conservation ice has a high market value due to the region’s fishing activities.
In operation, the AOC 15/50kW wind turbine was among the very first of its category on the continent. It now looks obsolete, as rated powers have increased significantly since. For a hybrid Wind/Diesel system however, the capacity utilized in these wind regimes proved to be more than enough.
Wind penetration rates of 70% were averaged with the system running. The control system, never tested outside experimental conditions required several modifications.
To overcome grid stability issues, power electronics and resistive dump loads were gradually added to the system.
To achieve higher efficiency gains, the resistive dump loads -generating essentially wasted heat- can be substituted by electrochemical loads. This opens new perspectives in using the region’s abundant wind resource.
Whereas electrolytic loads enhance access to wind-electricity, co-generated hydrogen, oxygen but also chlorine and caustic are common feedstock used in the processing of minerals available locally.
Besides meeting sustainability and resource maximization criteria, extractive industries can be cleaner and more inclusive.
On-campus deployments of semi-industrial electrolyzer units coupled to wind turbines are currently testing these prospects at partnering universities in Morocco and Mauritania.


Things we should teach kids about police officers
There are several things we should all tell our children about dealing with police officers. If a police car follows you with its siren blaring, pull over quickly, but safely. Roll your window down. Shut off the engine. Put your hands high on the steering wheel. Politely comply with the officer’s requests. Bear in mind that officers have been killed in “routine” stops such as yours.
There is also something we should not tell our children about dealing with the police. We should not tell them the police are out to get them, for several reasons.
If you tell your children the police are out to get them, that’s likely to make them very nervous if they are stopped. This might lead your child to make a bad decision, such as making a run for it, or being disrespectful. It’s possible the officer will notice your child’s nervousness, and perhaps detain your child longer than the officer would have otherwise detained him.
If you tell your children that the police are out to get them, that may sound like you are saying all police officers are out to get them. That isn’t true. Even if you think it’s true, you should not tell your children that. To do so is to pass on your prejudice to your children.
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The federal law ADEA, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, strives to prevent age discrimination in employment. It applies for workers 40 and older, as long as their employer has at least 20 workers. So, someone who is 25 may not necessarily have an age discrimination case.
This person would have to look toward state law to see if a case was possible. In Florida, it may be. The FCRA, Florida Civil Rights Act, covers all workers regardless of their age and applies to employers of 15 or more people. Some local laws go even further. Orlando’s anti-discrimination policies, for example, apply to businesses with more than 10 employees, as well as businesses that have five or more workers who put in more than 30 hours a week.
To some people, “reverse age discrimination” may not seem like a real issue. But it does exist and can be troubling. Here are some scenarios.
Suppose a 25-year-old worker is constantly late. So is a 55-year-old worker. They have the same manager, and this person does not say or do anything to the older worker. With the younger worker, though, the manager threatens pay cuts and termination, and often refers to the worker as an “irresponsible Millennial.” This could possibly be an age discrimination case. Ideally, the employer would have a handbook that details how the company addresses employee tardiness.
Treatment need not be “harsh” to put a worker at a disadvantage. Age discrimination may be occurring if an employer usually reserves its best technology or perks for older employees. Or, perhaps younger employees do not receive an invitation to a work meeting or gathering.
Disrespect in workplace culture
And then there is the workplace culture where younger workers are the subject of discriminatory comments such as, “What an infant”, or “You’re just a youngster.” Even a seeming series of jokes can actually be harassment.


Take a look at the middle horizontal section, boxes 4 through 6. Note that box 4 can only have 8's in column 1. The 8's are in row 4 and 6. These are called "ghost 8's" and are grey to indicate that 8's are possible in either of the cells where a grey 8 resides but only one cell can actually have an 8.
Now look at the middle box (box 5). it can't have 8's in column 6. But 8's are possible in column 5 and an 8 is possible in column 4. It therefore has three "ghost 8's."
Even though we don't know yet which of the ghost 8's are the real 8's they often eliminate rows and columns. In this challenge they eliminate two of the three rows in the middle section.
Looking at both the left and middle boxes together (boxes 4 and 5) you will see that neither box can have an 8 anywhere in row 5. Because of that the 8 in the right box (box 6) must be in row 5, and you see that the only available place for an 8 in row 5 is the left-most cell.
This is what is called "double row elimination." It can also be used in columns. It is very powerful and can be found quite often in harder puzzles. When you learn to see this combination you will be able to fill in more numbers in harder puzzles.Watch this video which illustrates this technique.
To help solidify the concept of "double row/column elimination" do this additional activity: In this puzzle you will see another "double row elimination." See if you can find it. Hint: it contains the number 2.
Sudoku - the puzzle that addicts


CAFRE’s Liz Donnelly speaks to Gemma Daly, Senior Principal Veterinary Officer with DAERA, about ASF – African Swine Fever, about the signs and measures pig farmers, can take.
What are the signs of ASF?
The clinical signs of ASF vary, with many signs similar to other pig diseases.
Early signs include:
- A high fever;
- Loss of appetite;
- Sudden death without the appearance of other signs.
Later signs include:
- Reddening of the skin with patches on the tips of the ears, tail, feet, chest or under the belly;
- Laboured breathing;
- Swollen red eyes;
- Discharge from the eyes.
What are the top three things a pig farmer can do to reduce the risk?
Biosecurity, biosecurity, biosecurity! ASF virus is extremely resistant and can survive on clothes, boots, wheels and other materials.
Therefore, only allow essential visitors to your farm and insist they wear clean or disposable clothing and footwear and wash their hands (or shower if possible).
Do not allow people who have been in contact with other pigs onto the farm. Only allow vehicles and equipment that have been cleaned and disinfected onto your farm.
ASF virus can also survive in pork products. Do not allow staff/visitors to bring pork products onto the farm, and do not feed catering waste or scraps to your pigs.
Feeding food waste of animal origin or food waste which has been in contact with products of animal origin, whether raw or cooked, is illegal.
Has the risk of ASF increased, and if so, why?
Yes, the risk of ASF occurring within the UK has increased. In recent months, ASF has spread over long distances to previously unaffected areas in Europe.
The most recent case was in northwest Germany, close to the border with the Netherlands.
None of the recent cases are due to the movement of infected pigs. Human-mediated transport of infected products or contaminated equipment/products are the likely cause of spread.
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Pericardial mesothelioma is one of the rarest forms of the disease and occurs when asbestos fibers embed themselves in the lining around the heart causing it to function improperly. This form is often discovered after death because it is hard to diagnose. While asbestos has been linked to pericardial mesothelioma, researchers believe asbestos is also connected to other forms of mesothelioma or diseases like lung cancer.
To diagnose pericardial mesothelioma, imaging tests, such as x-rays and CT scans, are used. These tests are often ordered in response to irregularities in the chest cavity. Pathological examination of tissue or fluid obtained through a biopsy or autopsy is used to confirm a diagnosis.
Symptoms of pericardial mesothelioma often mimic other diseases making it difficult to diagnose. Pericardial mesothelioma can be misdiagnosed as other forms of cancer as well as heart disease, tuberculous, pericarditis and lupus.
Common symptoms include:
- Chest pain
- Difficulty breathing
- Pericardial effusion
- Abnormal heart beat
Since pericardial mesothelioma is rare and often diagnosed at later stages, treatment options are limited. With few reported cases, there isn’t a large body of research regarding treatment nor are there many clinical trials for the disease. The most common options for treating the disease, when it is discovered, are surgery and chemotherapy. Surgery tries to remove tumors and cancerous cells. Chemotherapy is commonly used to offer symptomatic relief.
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with pericardial mesothelioma, you may be eligible for compensation. Contact us today to schedule a free consultation.
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Do You Know the Harlequin Bug’s Favorite Color?
By Josh Lancette
Ever wondered what a harlequin bug’s favorite color is? Some researchers from Virginia Tech and the USDA-Agricultural Research Service now have an answer.
To help improve trapping of the harlequin bug (Murgantia histrionica), a pest of crops in the genus Brassica (such as cauliflower, broccoli, turnips, mustard, and cabbage) and a member of the stink bug contingent, the researchers tested which colors the bug responded positively to through two different tests. The results of the study are published today in the Journal of Economic Entomology.
The first test was performed in a laboratory and used a hexagonal arena to test which of six colors the bugs were most attracted to: green, black, white, red, yellow, or purple. In the second test, different traps of the same six colors were deployed throughout a field to test if the bugs were more attracted to some colors.
And what did the researchers discover about harlequin bug color preference?
In the laboratory test, green was the most attractive color for males, females, and nymphs. Females were also attracted to red.
In the field test, green won again, with black taking the silver medal.
“A positive attraction to green in harlequin bug may be associated with their attraction to Brassica host plants of high nutritional quality,” the researchers write. “The addition of red color components to a green or black trap could perhaps enhance attraction to harlequin bug females, but this idea still needs testing to confirm.”
This finding is important because the harlequin bug can be hard to monitor and trap.
“To our knowledge, there is no monitoring device or proven trapping system for this pest,” write the researchers. “Thus, an effective monitoring tool would be useful to assess the presence and abundance of this stink bug to determine the need for and timing of control tactics.”
“Color Preference of Harlequin Bug (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)”
Journal of Economic Entomology
Josh Lancette is manager of publications at the Entomological Society of America.
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The worst drought since the Dust Bowl has harmed crops from corn to soybeans to Christmas trees. The severe weather has even taken a toll on the monarch butterfly population and the availability of movie popcorn.
It may also cause food riots, according to a post from the Motherboard blog:
What’s the number one reason we riot? The plausible, justifiable motivations of trampled-upon humanfolk to fight back are many—poverty, oppression, disenfranchisement, etc—but the big one is more primal than any of the above. It’s hunger, plain and simple. If there’s a single factor that reliably sparks social unrest, it’s food becoming too scarce or too expensive. So argues a group of complex systems theorists in Cambridge, and it makes sense.
In a 2011 paper, researchers at the Complex Systems Institute unveiled a model that accurately explained why the waves of unrest that swept the world in 2008 and 2011 crashed when they did. The number one determinant was soaring food prices. Their model identified a precise threshold for global food prices that, if breached, would lead to worldwide unrest.
The MIT Technology Review explains how CSI’s model works: “The evidence comes from two sources. The first is data gathered by the United Nations that plots the price of food against time, the so-called food price index of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN. The second is the date of riots around the world, whatever their cause.” Plot the data, and it looks like this:
Pretty simple. Black dots are the food prices, red lines are the riots. In other words, whenever the UN’s food price index, which measures the monthly change in the price of a basket of food commodities, climbs above 210, the conditions ripen for social unrest around the world.Business Recorder reports food prices are high because of droughts in the U.S. and Eastern Europe:
From US to Ukraine, dry weather and draught have battered crops hard, and the resulting price spikes are battering the poor. World Bank, in its latest Food Price Watch, has reported a 10 percent month on month rise in July 2012 due to severe climate in Eastern Europe and United Sates. Food prices have remained volatile for a while, and the weather associated risk premium is the critical factor behind the food prices uncertainty and escalation.Pray for rain.


In Kiribati, elders are an important part of society. So important, in fact, that there are several holidays that are dedicated to them. Not only is their National Culture and Senior Citizens Day that’s observed between July 9th and 12th each year, but there are also Unimwane Day observed on July 15th and Unaine Day observed on July 16th.
It’s the latter holiday that we’re going to concern ourselves within this holiday guide. Unaine Day is a holiday that celebrates elder women. Although elder women didn’t have as high of a status in many of the islands, they still held an important position in society and had a wealth of information that could guide fellow members of their community.
The Role Of Women In Kiribati Society
In general, women in Kiribati are treated as subordinates to their male counterparts. Although they can own and inherit their own land, they generally don’t have access to as many resources as men in Kiribati did.
With that being said, they do have significant social obligations to their village. Obligations include fund-raising for the church, and sharing portions of food, money, and entertainment to other villagers — an obligation that’s referred to as meeting the buknibwai or “village shares.”
Observing Unaine Day
Although this is a holiday that’s observed across Kiribati, it’s not a public holiday, so businesses and government offices remain open on this day. And this day isn’t really celebrated with widespread events like it once was. Sometimes it’s acknowledged in speeches given by politicians, or by cultural events that are held across the country.
Some of the cultural events that may be held on this day include Kiribati folk music that’s based on a form of chanting that’s accompanied by body percussion and sometimes a guitar. There are also native Kiribati dances that are performed on this day.


– An overview of the recent developments in quantum computing –
Vienna, 12th of October, 2019:
Eliud Kipchoge became the first human to run a sub 2-hour marathon. Once believed to be unattainable, his time, 1:59:40, will not be officially recognized as a world record . The reason for this is that the experiment to run 26.2 miles in under two hours was conducted under specific conditions which are not comparable to standard racing situations. Having an electric car and a team of 41 world-class runners in front of him, setting the pace, he broke “the last barrier of modern athletics”. Or to put it in his own words: “Vienna is about running and breaking history, like the first man on the moon.” Continue reading “Is quantum advantage moving too fast for you to keep up?”→
Pictorial Quantum Simulation: Atoms are sitting in a lattice built up by standing light waves, ready to be used for studying the most intriguing questions of state of the art research.
cOOKING UP A qUANTUM sIMULATION
Supercomputers are cornerstones of modern industry. They help to design complicated objects like aircraft, provide the handling of big data sets in AI, trade shares at stock exchanges and set the standards for today’s encryption. However, there exist highly complex problems involving the smallest building blocks of our world which cannot be solved on these supercomputers yet. Continue reading “Quantum Simulation Cookbook”→


Wind power costs driven by innovation and experience with further reductions on the horizon
The costs of wind power have declined to levels on par with or below those of conventional sources in many parts of the world. Wind power has become one of the fastest‐growing sources of new electricity generation. We take stock of wind power cost evolution over the past 20 years, review methodologies commonly used for cost assessment, discuss the potential for continued cost reduction, and identify anticipated cost and value drivers. Our scope includes both onshore and offshore wind technologies. We draw from a vast body of literature on these topics to highlight key trends, approaches, and limitations. Furthermore, we discuss strategies for wind power assets to enhance their marginal economic value to the broader power system and consumers. We identify a myriad of factors that are expected to influence the future cost and value of wind power, including siting, project scale, turbine size, operational synergies, commodity prices, advancements in turbine technologies, enhanced management of the wind resource, and novel control technologies that provide value for the electricity grid. Because the common methods for forecasting future costs each have their own strengths and weaknesses, we find the best insights are elicited from a combination of methods. Overall, researchers and analysts anticipate further sizable cost reductions for onshore and offshore wind. Midrange forecasts for levelized cost of energy in 2050 are generally between $20 and $30/MWh for onshore wind and $40 and $60/MWh for offshore wind, a reduction to approximately half of today's levels. Optimistic forecasts anticipate these levels as early as 2030.


If lightning strikes an explosive or blasting circuit, detonation is very probable regardless of the precautions taken. Even a near miss will probably cause a detonation. Many studies have shown that a lightning strike can initiate electric blasting caps several miles away. Only a direct strike will initiate nonelectric initiation systems. When explosives prematurely detonate, the chances of death or serious injury are very high. Since 1962, premature initiations caused by lightning killed at least 10 miners and injured 17; 31 incidents were reported. More incidents have occurred but, quite often, when no one was hurt, the incident went unreported. U.S. Bureau of Mines accident studies report that lightning was reponsible for 16 out of 80 premature initiations of explosives from 1978 to 1985, more than any other single cause. This paper reviews the lightning warning systems available to the mining industry.
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Did Thor pretend to marry a frost giant to get Mjölnir, his beloved hammer, back? Did you know that according to the Aztecs, we are living in the 5th Sun? Trying to understand the forces of nature is one of the reasons why many myths and legends, although varied, carry similar messages. Was Quetzalcoatl full of feathers, did Pele indeed have skirts of lava, and how about a Japanese eight-headed serpent? Menehunes, Olympian Gods, Baba Yaga, BigFoot, werewolves are some of the myths, legends, and monsters we will learn about in our travels around the world. Drawing will be a big part of our adventures. This class is intended for the FALL and SPRING.
Materials and textbooks:Children will need a blank notebook (link here). and our textbook.Here is a link for our textbook:https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Atlas-Monsters-Heroes-Mythological/dp/1499808283/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=atlas+myths&qid=1625613017&sr=8-1
Teacher: Martha Zittel
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There’s no imagery that says “British Columbia” more than a Totem Pole. I’ve not seen totems outside of British Columbia (or even Vancouver for that matter), though this doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Historically, there are no early examples because once carved, poles are quickly re-taken by the damp forest rot.
The generally accepted theory is that the practice of carving poles originated with the Haida Gwaii and then spread to the rest of the Pacific Northwest (Alaska to Oregon).
When Europeans originally came to the Pacific Northwest, they thought that the poles were carvings used in religious ceremonies or as idols/icons. Some Christian missionaries went so far as to demand the poles be burned as objects of heathen worship.
However, as more people came and observed practices, they saw that poles would be built, be ignored, and then left behind when groups moved to the next camp; so, they couldn’t be important religious artifacts.
In essence, totem poles are a means in which people could communicate with each other, a community board or a newspaper of sorts. They tell stories, of unpleasant things that happened (a murder), indicate social structure (a totem pole in front of your house is seen as a sign of wealth), and can be used for shaming (in the case of unpaid debt or identifying a criminal).
All the totem pole images in the gallery below come from Stanley Park. However, in Vancouver, this isn’t the only place where you can find poles. They’ve become so commonplace and integrated into the city’s culture that they’re everywhere, including the airport.
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“Some Christian missionaries went so far as to demand the poles be burned as objects of heathen worship.” Those rascally missionaries always trying to ruin the fun for everyone.


CS Unplugged is a collection of free learning activities that teach Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around. We originally developed this so that young students could dive head-first into Computer Science, experiencing the kinds of questions and challenges that computer scientists experience, but without having to learn programming first.
The collection was originally intended as a resource for outreach and extension, but with the adoption of computing and computational thinking into many classrooms around the world, it is now widely used for teaching. The material has been used in many contexts outside the classroom as well, including science shows, talks for senior citizens, and special events.
Thanks to generous sponsorships we have been able to create associated resources such as the videos, which are intended to help teachers see how the activities work (please don’t show them to your classes – let them experience the activities themselves!). All of the activities that we provide are open source – they are released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence, so you can copy, share and modify the material.
For an explanation on the connections between CS Unplugged and Computational Thinking skills, see our Computational Thinking and CS Unplugged page.
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There is a strong correlation between the formation of genitals and limbs, the Boston Globe reports, citing a study conducted by researchers from the Harvard Medical School and published in the journal Nature.
Researchers examined the genetic processes that take place during the development of embryos in various animals, and also performed complex cell-transplant surgeries to see if they could get genitals to grow elsewhere. They partially succeeded — causing genital-like buds to form in a chicken embryo — by using the cells that generally form hind limbs.
Patrick Tschopp, the study’s lead author and a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard, pointed out that babies born with poorly formed limbs often also possess poorly formed genitalia. “We knew there was some sort of genetic link between the two, and this could provide some information about where these genetic links are,” he said.
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Popocatépetl, (Nahuatl: “Smoking Mountain”) volcano on the border of the states of México and Puebla, central Mexico. Popocatépetl lies along Mexico’s Cordillera Neo-Volcánica at the southern edge of the Mexican Plateau, 10 miles (16 km) south of its twin, Iztaccíhuatl, and 45 miles (72 km) southeast of Mexico City. The perpetually snowcapped, symmetrical cone of Popocatépetl rises to an elevation of 17,930 feet (5,465 metres), surpassed only by Mexico’s tallest volcano, Pico de Orizaba (18,406 feet [5,610 metres]).
The first Spanish ascent of Popocatépetl is thought to have been made in 1522 by Hernán Cortés’s men, who needed to acquire sulfur for the manufacture of gunpowder. After lying inactive for more than 70 years, Popocatépetl erupted in December 1994, causing an ashfall over Puebla. Volcanic activity recurred in March and October 1996, as well as in April 1997, and in December 2000 thousands of villagers were forced to evacuate after another eruption.


Michigan Bat Information
There are many types of bats in Michigan and the North Eastern part of the United States, but the Big and Little Brown Bat are the most likely to end up in attic spaces. The Brown Bat is one of the most common bats found in buildings and residential homes. These bats will consume nearly 3 times their body weight in insects per night.
Bats are actually mammals just like you and I, in fact they are the only flying mammal in existence. Bats can fit through an opening as small as a 1/2 in. They have a vertebrate, but their body is made up of primarily cartilage. What appear to be wings are actually their hands with webbing in between their fingers. When bats enter your home or attic they do not fly right through a small opening like a bird, they actually have to land first on a landing pad usually a 90 or 45 degree surface and crawl in. They are usually searching for a warm roosting place to call home.
Most bats, when in flight aren’t seeing where they are flying because they move by high-frequency sound waves. This helps them find food and avoid oncoming structures. The technique is called echolocation. These sounds can not be heard by humans. Things that may indicate a bat is nearby or possibly in your home could be hearing scratching or crawling noises as they move up and down walls or under insulation. You could also hear something flying throughout your attic. You will often hear a chirping sound which is distinct from any other animal noise. Once in your attic and walls bats will leave droppings, otherwise known as bat guano. When there is a build up of bat guano there will be quite a smell, one you will never forget! This guano can also contain bacteria and fungi which can be harmful to the human respiratory system if becoming airborne.
Although bats can cause damage to your home and health they can also provide many benefits to our environment. Bats control the insect population and prevent the spread of West Nile Disease. For more information on bats, visit batcon.org.


May 25, 2021
Lorain County JVS Carpentry students and a few tenth graders came together to build two mud kitchens for Kendal Early Learning Center in Oberlin.
Jeni Hoover, Kendal Early Learning Center director, shared that nature and exploration are very important to them and they wanted an area where the children could just be children, without the restrictions and rules of daily lives.
“We recently designed an outdoor classroom where the children are able to explore, take risks, and be a little more wild than they are able to be in the typical classroom,” Hoover said.
Hoover had a vision of what she wanted, and the Lorain County JVS was able to make it a reality.
Working alongside the carpentry seniors, Tamarr Long, sophomore from Elyria, helped put the shingles on the rooftops of the two houses. “I’ve liked being able to shadow the carpentry lab. It has been fun and I’ve learned a lot. I really liked working on a project that will be a part of the local community too,” Long said.
“We are so pleased with the mud kitchens that the Lorain County JVS made for us. I had a vision of a small house that children could use to create in with items from nature, and the JVS made it come true. I see many mud pies, flower soups, stick castles, and other creations in our future,” shared Hoover.
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The Nobel prize in medicine was awarded to cellular biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi for his research in autophagy, a vital mechanism of biological cells by which they digest and recycle waste. Ohsumi's work is a vital discovery in biomedicine that is the foundation to many forms of treatment.
Autophagy literally means "self-eating." It was first observed in the 1960s, when researchers observed that living cells "recycled" its own waste, destroying subcellular parts of itself and transporting them to other regions of the cell. Studying these mechanisms was difficult, and very little was known about them until Ohsumi's groundbreaking experiments in the early 1990s.
The Japanese biologist used baker's yeast to elucidate the mechanism of autophagy in yeast, identifying genes essential in the cell's waste-processing system.
Ohsumi's work led to a new paradigm in understanding the cell. It was the first time the sophisticated machinery of the complex living cell was revealed. And ultimately, it led to an amazing influx of publications regarding this mechanism.
Degradation and the processing of waste is a vital mechanism of our body. Autophagy can eliminate bacteria and viruses after infections. It can rapidly provide fuel for energy and building blocks for renewal of cellular components. It could give us a way to make Parkinson’s disease drugs that work by controlling autophagy and cleaning up cellular clutter. It could provide new ways of fighting Diabetes and a host of other diseases.
Of course, those advancements are still some ways off, but Ohsumi's work has forever changed the landscape of medicine in the 21st century, and it will likely lead people to longer and healthier lives.


When doing work online, we send information from a single device to a new using net protocols. These kinds of data packets are easily traceable, and hackers can intercept them and use the facts to blackmail or rob private information. Data encryption is a fantastic solution to continue sensitive data safe from break and cyberattacks. Here, we can explore http://clouddatapro.org/bullguard-reviews-is-free-version-enough what VPN and data security will be, how they job, and the benefits of choosing a corporation with sturdy protocols and military-grade security.
A Digital Private Network (VPN) provides an impressive secure canal between your computer or perhaps mobile system and a server held by your VPN provider. The tunnel encrypts your information and masks your IP address, making it tricky for hackers to identify the original source of your data or site.
The canal is formed simply by authenticating the device using a VPN server and next encrypting each data bundle with a cryptographic process named encapsulation. It also assigns every packet a fresh IP address, which usually masks your name so that all of your activities in the internet apparently originate from the VPN server. If your VPN has hosts around the world, important computer data will travel around a shorter distance, improving performance.
When ever selecting a VPN, look for a system that offers reputable tunneling protocols like OpenVPN and 256-bit AES encryption, which can be virtually improbable to fracture. Avoid aged standards just like PPTP and L2TP/IPSec, which may be vulnerable to attack. A zero logs policy is also crucial, as lower-quality providers can sell your data to marketers or perhaps other third parties.


Public Disclosure: a Global Conundrum
Many inventors instinctively keep their ideas under wraps before meeting with an attorney to discuss patent protection. This is usually in part because inventors do not wish others to “steal” their ideas which may include creating the product when the inventor has no protection. There’s another reason not to: public disclosure of an invention can legally bar an inventor from receiving a patent.
What is meant by public disclosure?
As a general rule, a public disclosure is communication of an idea or invention to someone who is not under any obligation to keep the idea or invention secret. There are some limitations to this definition, for example, regarding detail disclosed or whether the material was publicly accessible. However, as a rule of thumb, any non-confidential communication of an invention may be considered a public disclosure.
Why does a public disclosure matter?
In the United States, a public disclosure made by the inventor (or joint inventor) may prevent an inventor from obtaining a patent if it is made one year before the filing of a patent application. The same rule applies if the person who disclosed the information obtained the information from the inventor. This seems like some breathing room, however, protection outside the United States is not so lenient. Many countries have rules about absolute novelty — in other words, if an inventor made a public disclosure of her invention, the inventor may be out of luck for patent protection in that country.
In other words, an inventor wishes to seek patent protection, she may want to keep her lips sealed (or her confidentiality agreements at the ready) before filing a patent application or risk losing rights.
DISCLAIMER: The information provided is for general informational purposes only. This post is not updated to account for changes in the law and should not be considered tax or legal advice. This article is not intended to create an attorney-client relationship. You should consult with legal and/or financial advisors for legal and tax advice tailored to your specific circumstances.


In this article i will explain how you can run commands in parallel and make sure you wait until all commands and have finished and then move forward.
Say you have a script which downloads few files or yu have to compile different maven project(independent of each other) or something else which can run in parallel and you have got a good machine which can run these tasks in parallel so that overall you can run the full task in lowest time.
For this you can use back ground task and wait from unix.
When you add & to any command that command runs in background
What is wait command?
wait is a built-in command of Linux that waits for completing any running process. wait command is used with a particular process id or job id. When multiple processes are running in the shell then only the process id of the last command will be known by the current shell. If wait command is executed this time, then it will be applied for the last command.
If no process id or job id is given with wait command then it will wait for all current child processes to complete and returns exit status.
Here goes an example
echo First Group: command A & command B & command C & wait #Command D will not run untill Command A,B, C all finished echo Second Group: command D & command E & wait #Command F will not run untill Command A,B, C,D and E all finished command F
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Elon Musk scouting for potential Mars landing sites
Elon Musk is serious about colonizing Mars and his aerospace company SpaceX has requested NASA to provide it with potential landing sites on the Red Planet.
SpaceX's HiRise images indicate it is interested in the Arcadia region of Mars, which has both volcanoes and large open plains.
SpaceX is currently building two orbital prototypes and just completed a successful short jump of its Starhopper prototype as a test of its Raptor engine, reports CNET.
SpaceX is building the "Starship" (formerly known as the BFR), a fully reusable vehicle designed to take humans and supplies to Mars.
In an interview with Axios, Musk said that that there is "70 per cent chance that he will go to Mars", despite a "good chance" of him not surviving either on the way or after landing.
Musk earlier floated the idea that making Mars warmer would be crucial for making it habitable for humans and one way of doing it would be launching thermonuclear weapons in order to create tiny "suns" over the regions.
The idea is to convert any frozen carbon dioxide into gas, thereby engineering a greenhouse gas.
Musk then floated a new theory, without abandoning the nuking Mars idea.
"Might make sense to have thousands of solar reflector satellites to warm Mars vs artificial suns (tbd)," he tweeted.
"Nuke Mars refers to a continuous stream of very low fallout nuclear fusion explosions above the atmosphere to create artificial suns. Much like our sun, this would not cause Mars to become radioactive," he added.
Musk has already estimated the cost of having a self-sustaining civilization on the Red Planet which is "between $100 billion and $10 trillion".
He arrived at the figure after estimating the approximate future cost of sending a minimum payload to Mars "to nearest order of magnitude", at $100,000 per tonne. So if building a self-sustaining city on Mars requires a million tonnes of cargo, the cost would be around $100 billion, Musk calculated.
Companies such as SpaceX and scientific bodies around the world have been working towards inventing technologies to allow humans to venture beyond Earth's moon but it could still take a decade or more before that is attempted.
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How to Measure Peel/Seal Strength
PEEL STRENGTH is a material's ability to resist forces that can pull it apart by separating a flexible surface from a rigid surface or another flexible surface.
Peel tests are useful for a variety of products and can be performed on containers such as jars, cans, trays, packaging pouches as well as assessment of adhesive, cosmetic and medical products such tapes, bandages, wax strips etc. The most common tests are the T-peel, 90 degree peel and the 180 degree peel strength test but different peeling angles are possible. Usually the average force per unit width and the peak force required to separate either of these two surfaces is measured.
Typical properties that can be obtained from a texture analyser graph:
Peel Strength, Force to Commence Peeling, Mean Peeling Force
Typical Texture Analyser graphs with annotated properties of 180 tape peel and packaging opening tests
Typical Probe/Fixture used for Measurement
180° Peel Rig
90° Peel Rig
Universal Peel Rig
Large Peel Strength Rig
Small Peel Strength Rig
Automated Linear Indexing System (ALIS)
Code: ALIS/25, ALIS/60
The above are only typical examples of peel strength measurement. We can, of course, design and manufacture probes or fixtures that are bespoke to your sample and its specific measurement.
Once your measurement is performed, our expertise in its graphical interpretation is unparalleled – no-one understands texture analysis like we do. Not only can we develop the most suitable and accurate method for the testing of your sample, but we can prepare analysis procedures that obtain the desired parameters from your curve and drop them into a spreadsheet or report designed around your requirements.
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A lottery is a game of chance in which participants pay small sums of money to win a prize, such as a substantial amount of cash. The prizes can also include goods or services. Lotteries are usually conducted by a state, but they can also be run by private companies. Some states prohibit lottery games, but others endorse and regulate them. In the United States, state-sanctioned lotteries raise more than $30 billion per year and are among the largest sources of public funding outside of taxes.
There are several different types of lotteries, including instant-win scratch-off tickets and daily games. Most of these lotteries require players to choose six numbers from a range of 1 to 50. The numbers are then drawn at random, and the winnings are paid out in a series of annual installments. The prize amounts vary, but they are almost always much higher than the cost of buying a ticket.
Lotteries have a long history of broad public support, with 60% of adults in states that have them reporting playing at least once a year. Some of the more recent criticisms of lotteries focus on specific features of their operations, such as their promotion of gambling and its alleged negative effects for poorer individuals, and on the way they funnel revenues to particular constituencies.
In the United States, for example, there are a number of different ways that lottery proceeds are used to fund projects, from units in subsidized housing developments to kindergarten placements in prestigious public schools. In addition, there are many private lottery games that provide prizes for a wide variety of items, from vacations to automobiles and baseball draft picks.


Welcome to a new series based on the book Wonder, the New York Times bestseller.
“August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial difference that prevented him from going to a mainstream school – until now. He’s about to enter fifth grade at Beecher Prep, and if you’ve ever been the new kid, then you know how hard that can be. The thing is Auggie’s just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he’s just like them, despite appearances?” (From the book jacket.)
This class is for advanced readers and speakers. Each week, students are assigned seven chapters to read, one chapter a day. Don’t worry, the chapters are short, averaging just one or two pages. During the week, students receive a handout and…
- Answer a warm-up question.
- Try to find five new vocabulary words in the story that are new to them. After looking-up and writing down the meaning, students use the word in an original sentence.
- Answer three questions about the week’s reading.
- Share their favorite part from the week’s reading.
In class, we discuss answers and the book.
Handouts (pdf format) These handouts cover the entire book.
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Wonder, by R.J. Palacio
Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf


What does "The Sound of Muzak" really mean?
"The music of rebellion makes you wanna rage, but it's made by millionaires who are nearly twice your age" Steven Wilson sings in the famous Porcupine Tree song "The Sound of Muzak." As can be understood from these lines, the song is about corporatization and commercialization of music, when it was meant to stay as an art form. Understanding The Sound of Muzak's meaning requires a deep dive into music history.
Why is "music" written as "muzak" in the title? Americans who lived in the 60s-80s may be familiar with the term. It is often used for background music played in public spaces that doesn't have any artistic or entertainment value. However, the word is actually a genericised trademark. Muzak is a company started in 1934 that specializes in exactly the kind of commercial music that Wilson is talking about in their song: elevator music. Though they never delivered to elevators, they aurally dominated every other public place. Every mall, every shop, every hotel was filled with a non-stimulating and unrecognizable sound. "It's only meant to repress and neutralise your brain" describes Wilson the sound of Muzak.
Some say that Muzak is helpful. Restaurant owners say that it makes "people feel comfortable staying" and that "it makes the room alive." Business owners use tempo adjusted Muzak to boost employees' productivity. A Muzak executive describes the benefits of it for a factory worker as such: “Toward ten thirty, [the employee] begins to feel a little tired, tense, so we give him a lift with the appropriate music."
It's tragicomic that the "helpful" aspects are exactly the commercial use around which "The Sound of Muzak" is based. Though Muzak went under, the 8th wonder of the world is still not completely safe. Many modern record labels, especially for mainstream pop and rap music, force the principles of Muzak onto their artists. They just wrap it around the façade of casual listening instead of presenting freely in elevators.


Data privacy is a hot-button topic. Most people can agree that it’s important to keep personal data private, but are you really doing much to keep your data safe?
Consumers are fervent in their fight to protect their data, but they do little to maintain it safe. It’s known as the privacy paradox, and it may be hurting consumer efforts in order to keep their information out of third-party hands.
What makes consumers so willing to give up their personal data?
Data in Exchange for Something Valuable
According to recent research, most (75%) of internet users don’t mind sharing personal information with companies – as long as they get something valuable in return.
A recent Harris Poll also found that 71% of adults surveyed in the U. S. would be willing to share more personal data with lenders if it meant receiving a fairer loan decision. Lenders typically ask for information about the applicant’s personal financial history, but the particular poll suggests that borrowers may be prepared to give up even more information.
Research suggests that consumers are well aware of and understand that data exchange is a sensitive matter, and they’re willing to be participants in the “game. ” But they want the particular game to be fair. In other words,…
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Other than saying something like "Because that's the way God made us), here is the Wikipedia link of the eyebrow's function. "The main function of the eyebrow is to prevent moisture, mostly salty sweat and rain, from flowing into the eye. The typical curved shape of the eyebrow (with a slant on the side) and the direction in which eyebrow hairs are pointed, make sure that moisture has a tendency to flow sideways around the eyes, along the side of the head and along the nose. The slightly protruding brow ridges of modern humans could also still play a supporting role in this process in this way it helps them make expressions. Together with the brow ridges, the eyebrows also shade the eyes from sunlight. Eyebrows also prevent debris such as dandruff and other small objects from falling into the eyes, as well as providing a more sensitive sense for detecting objects being near the eye, like small insects."
Another reason is from modern evolutionary thinking - they're there because there's no good reason why not. Instead of 'survival of the fittest', modern thinking is rather more 'what can survive will survive'. A mutation that removes the legs isn't likely to survive. The presence of eyebrows doesn't affect survival in any direct way. The lack of eyebrows could be a disadvantage in terms of the above post, and also for cosmetic reasons. These are totally non-survival factors that affect the ability to reproduce by the obtaining or otherwise of a partner in reproduction. THAT tribe, poor benighted beggars, think the acme of good looks include having a flat back to the head, a sloping forehead, and big front teeth. WE, of course, know better, and look for a proper upright forehead with a nice large nose below it, and a chin you couldn't use as a hammer. We, the real people, do agree with them that eyebrows are essential to good looks. (This thinking could well lead to the modern races of humans, and without the conscious thinking, to things like the peacock's tail.) (Source: regular keeping up to date with New Scientist and occasionally Scientific American. Both recommended reading.)


Good morning everyone present here, today I am going to give a speech on education should be free. Because not everyone can afford it, education should be free for all because it is the cornerstone of our successful future. Fees for colleges and universities are too expensive today. Children that wish to learn are unable to do so. This issue affects plenty of families. Parents were distraught and contemplating their options, including how to obtain high-paying employment and avoid disappointing a child.
They entered the workforce at a young age without any training or experience. As you could have guessed, they had no accomplishments. People, therefore, require free education in order to succeed. India’s government must make education free in order to unify and spread the country’s educational system.
Every child has the right to an education, but not every child is born into a stable family. As members of the postmodern age of civilized and educated people, we can do our part by establishing private institutions where we can give the slum kids in our area free instruction. These modest alterations could trigger more significant ones across a wider range.
In addition to allowing private companies to manage educational institutions, the Indian government should offer free education to assist poor families. Wealthy families who want their children to receive a top-notch education can enroll them in private schools. When competing with private firms, government-owned firms would result in high-quality service delivery. Thank you.


In an electrochemical cell, the electrolysis process takes place. For this performing process, we require two main components such as an electrolyte solution and types of electrodes.
Basically, an electrode is classified into two types. One is an anode and another is a cathode.
The anode and cathode are immersed in an electrolyte solution to generate DC power. Depending on the cells, both electrodes have different working functions.
Let’s dive into what is the basic difference between anode and cathode in tubular form.
Anode vs Cathode
07. Representation of anode and cathode symbol in battery.
Note: The charge positions inside the battery on electrodes (anode or cathode) can vary. It means that charge position depends on the types of electrical cells.
These are 7 points that covered anode vs cathode. Also, I have described the difference between the galvanic cell and electrolytic cell.
If you have any queries regarding the difference between anode and cathode, you can ask in the comment.
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Thrust: 18.14 kN (4,078 lbf). Gross mass: 120 kg (260 lb). Height: 2.27 m (7.44 ft). Span: 2.20 m (7.20 ft). Apogee: 3.00 km (1.80 mi).
The first Russian experiments with rockets in the antiaircraft role were conducted by Russia before World War I. Tests conducted from 1909-1912 at Sestroretska were unsuccessful due to the poor performance of powder rockets of the time. N V Gerasimov (1909-1912), N A Sytenko (1909-1910), I V Volovskiy (1912) and others all conducted tests at this time. Despite the lack of success in Russia, rockets were used as a weapon against hydrogen-filled German dirigibles during the war. Ernst Lehmann, who would later die aboard the Hindenburg, described a rocket attack on his zeppelin LZ-90 in January 1916. He was dropping 3000 kg of bombs at the rail yard at Bar-le-Dieu, France, when enemy rockets forced him to climb to 3260 m altitude.
Korolev's experimental 217 rocket was envisioned to be developed as a SAM.
Maximum range: 6.80 km (4.20 mi). Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Maximum speed: 300 kph (180 mph). Engine: 17.5 kg;3.5 sec burn time; PTP propellant.


Data connection is a means of exchanging details between two or more devices. This could include sending emails and files, and is done utilizing a variety of methods.
The Internet of Things can be promising to jason derulo in a say of new info communications technologies. In the framework of organization, data conversation should be trustworthy, efficient and easy to use. A great data connection system should also contain a number of features to ensure their long-term usefulness.
Data may be the lifeblood of businesses and companies, so it is necessary that it always be transmitted with care. The indication medium can be a twisted pair cable, fiber optic cable tv or r / c waves.
Info communication is additionally a great way to preserve time. For instance , it will help you find essential data that is lost in the shuffle. In addition , it can continue important information in a central position.
The right combination of technology, program and equipment is crucial for a system to work. A data interaction product is a combination of software and hardware that is designed to assist you to send and receive data.
One of the most significant parts of info communication is a network. A substantial network isn’t just secure it also makes it much harder for cyber-terrorist to access the data they are after. In addition , it permits users to communicate smarturdu.design with each other very easily.
A good data communication program can help your company stay on top of its video game. It can help prevent errors and make sure that you are getting the most out of your data.


This January, Technische Universität Darmstadt and the Koehler Paper Group will kick off the Green Coating Collaboration, a research partnership aimed at developing functional surfaces from sustainable raw materials.
Koehler has already laid the foundation with an investment of over 300 million euros in its Kehl mill, where the company plans to produce paper-based solutions with special barrier properties. The objective is to replace plastic with sustainable paper solutions wherever possible and practical.
“We are leveraging infrastructure synergies, the core competencies, and the expertise of TU Darmstadt and Koehler in the best possible way for this innovative project,” said Dr. Markus Wildberger, corporate director of technology at Koehler, explaining the project’s intentions. “The institute for Macromolecular and Paper Chemistry at TU Darmstadt is a world-class research partner, and we are looking forward to working together.”
Within the framework of this collaboration, both Koehler employees and employees and students from TU Darmstadt will carry out joint research at the university to develop functional surfaces that are recyclable and/or biodegradable, which will allow the paper coated with these materials to be fed into the paper recycling process, the challenges of which, unlike many other materials cycles, have already been solved.
According to Dr. Markus Biesalski, who is heading up the project on behalf of TU Darmstadt, both sides are striving for a long-term collaboration and hope to expand the work between TU Darmstadt and Koehler into a permanent strategic partnership after an initial two-year phase, depending on how the project progresses.
“Koehler has an extremely well-positioned development department for a medium-sized company and brings a great deal of expertise to the table, which we will certainly benefit from,” he said, also emphasizing the expected synergies. In addition to Dr. Wildberger, Dr. Stefan Karrer and Dr. Michael Horn are both part of the team at Koehler responsible for the Green Coating Collaboration.


10 Surprising Benefits of Probiotics You Never Knew Before
Probiotics are live microorganisms that provide health benefits to their host when taken in adequate amounts. You may be familiar with yogurt or kefir, which are known to contain probiotics, but did you know that these beneficial bacteria can do more than just improve gut health?
1. Boosts Immunity
Probiotics have been shown to enhance the immune system’s response to harmful pathogens. They aid in the production of antibodies, increase white blood cell activity, and stimulate the production of natural killer cells.
2. Improves Digestion
Probiotics help the digestive system break down food and absorb nutrients, preventing digestive issues like bloating, diarrhea, and constipation. They also protect against harmful bacteria that leads to gastrointestinal infections.
3. Reduces the Risk of Certain Cancers
Probiotics have been linked to reduced risk of colorectal cancer and other types of cancer by reducing inflammation and increasing immune system function.
4. Lowers Cholesterol Levels
Probiotics can lower cholesterol levels by binding with bile acids in the gut and excreting them from the body. This reduces the amount of cholesterol that can be absorbed into the bloodstream.
5. Regulates Blood Sugar Levels
Probiotics have been shown to help regulate blood sugar levels and prevent insulin resistance, which is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes.
6. Relieves Allergies
Probiotics can reduce inflammation and prevent allergies by improving gut health and strengthening the immune system.
7. Enhances Mental Health
Probiotics can improve brain function and reduce the symptoms of anxiety and depression by reducing inflammation, which is linked to mental health issues.
8. Promotes Healthy Skin
Probiotics can improve the health of your skin by reducing inflammation, acne, and eczema.
9. Boosts Weight Loss
Probiotics can promote weight loss by regulating metabolism, reducing inflammation, and decreasing fat absorption.
10. Improves Oral Health
Probiotics can improve oral health by reducing the bacteria that causes tooth decay, bad breath, and gum disease.
With all these benefits considered, it’s no wonder why probiotics are becoming more widespread and popular. Consider adding probiotics to your daily diet, either in the form of supplements or through fermented foods like kimchi, kefir, or yogurt.


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Homelessness and law
Homelessness is complicated to talk about from a legislative perspective. The Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 is the first piece of English legislation that specifically pertains to homeless people, but other laws have been applied to people who are homeless, most infamously the Vagrancy Act 1824. Following the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act, there is now the Homelessness Act 2002, and later the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017. Another piece of legislation that does not specifically apply to homeless people, but nevertheless has significantly impacted them, is the Care Act 2014, primarily due to the changes the Act made to adult safeguarding in England.
These laws span a number of legal domains, from criminal concerns to property to social care. This is where the complications of discussing homelessness from a legislative perspective arise, because they require a degree of contextual understanding of several different areas of legal concern. Concepts like responsibility, entitlement and safeguarding can be hard to define.
One way to view homelessness legislation could be as in a state of evolution. A chronological analysis of laws that pertain to homeless people (including those that are not specifically about them) shows a gradual move away from viewing homelessness in a punitive fashion, or one that is exclusively a concern of housing and entitlement to housing support, to one that acknowledges homelessness as bringing in adult safeguarding and public health. Continue reading


Lottery is a form of gambling where players bet on a single number or series of numbers to win cash prizes. The prize can be large or small, and the winning numbers are chosen by a random process.
The origins of lottery can be traced back to ancient times, and the earliest records of them are from the Old Testament. In that Bible, Moses was instructed to take a census of the people of Israel and to divide the land among them by lot.
Throughout history, lotteries have been used as a means of raising money for various purposes. In the United States, for example, many of the early colonial-era lotteries were used to raise funds for public projects, such as paving streets and constructing wharves.
In modern times, many state governments have organized lotteries to raise revenue for state or local government activities. The revenues are used to fund things such as education, park services, and funds for veterans and seniors.
Advertising for the lottery involves trying to persuade people to buy tickets. This promotes gambling and can lead to negative consequences for those who are poor or suffer from problem gambling.
Decision models based on expected value maximization cannot account for the purchase of lottery tickets because the cost of tickets exceeds the expected gain. However, decision models based on utility functions defined on things other than lottery outcomes can explain the purchase of lottery tickets.
Lotteries are a popular form of gambling and have been used for centuries as a way to raise funds for projects. They are also a popular method of entertainment and amusement.


Place Category: Place Tags: Snow Hill and Worcester County
Through a 1742 General Assembly act, Somerset County was split to form Worcester County. During the same time period the General Assembly created a special commission to build a new courthouse in each county. Somerset County’s courthouse was to be located in Princess Anne and Worcester County’s courthouse was to be located in Snow Hill.1 The first Snow Hill courthouse built in 1742-1743 was destroyed by fire in 1834. This required the General Assembly to appoint commissioners for the rebuilding of a new courthouse. The second courthouse underwent major renovations in 1882 and 1883 that included an addition to the rear of the present courtroom, a new second floor courtroom, fireproof vaults provided for the Register of Wills and Clerk of Court, and a new slate roof.2 The night of August 7, 1893 the second courthouse and jail were destroyed by fire. It was not until the General Assembly’s meeting January 03, 1894 that an act was passed to once again rebuild the courthouse and jail.3 The total cost to build the red brick Victorian courthouse and jail was $37,449.87. Completed in 1894, the Victorian courthouse has remained essentially the same to this day.
In November 1861, a force of about 4,500 United States Army officers, soldiers, cavalrymen, and artillerists assembled in and around Snow Hill. Some of the troops camped on the Worcester County Courthouse yard before beginning a brief campaign to root out Confederate who were starting to organize in the area. Read more about the Worcester County Courthouse’s role in the Civil War.


Stained Glass Windows
In 1914, Robert McCausland Limited created 24 stained glass windows for the four exterior walls of the new Weston Public Library. Each window was decorated with a crest and a banner. Twenty-three of the banners were inscribed with the name of a prominent author of the time, while one banner was left mysteriously blank. The firm was paid $715 for its work.
Born in Toronto in 1856, Robert McCausland was the eldest son of Joseph McCausland (1828-1905), a painter, a decorator, a designer and a manufacturer of stained-glass windows, who had started as a practicing artisan at age 11.
Robert became a partner in his father’s firm in 1881. Occupying four buildings on King Street West, Joseph McCausland and Son had from 70 to 100 employees. Its work in Toronto includes windows in many churches and residences, in the Ontario Legislative Buildings as well as the opulent skylight at the Bank of Montreal (now the Hockey Hall of Fame).
The stained-glass department of the McCausland firm was made a separate company under Robert in 1897. The first commission to come to him on his own (and the best-known McCausland work) was the large window on the stairs opposite the entrance in Toronto’s third City Hall.
Robert McCausland died in 1923, but his firm continues to operate, claiming in 2014 that “Robert McCausland Limited is the oldest stained glass company in the Western Hemisphere … also the longest, continuously-owned family company in Canada.”
“Stained glass was used in several of the early Carnegie libraries to add an air of quality to the appearance;” claim the authors of The Best Gift, a record of the Carnegie libraries in Ontario, “the libraries at Guelph, Chatham, and Ottawa, for example, were enriched in this way.”
Authors' names were inscribed on a few other Carnegie-funded libraries in Ontario, they also note. “The Brantford window heads with display of authors' names were matched in the Fort William Library, where the busts of similar authors were depicted in the stained glass window heads on three sides of the building.”
To see a pictures of each window and to learn more about the authors shown on them, select a Stained Glass Window location from the menu at right.


As you will no doubt be aware, the current year has an extra day inserted at the end of February, making it a ‘leap year’. The word ‘leap’ developed from the Anglo-Saxon verb hlēapan. It is one of several words of Germanic origin that in Early English began with the letters ‘hl’ but lost the initial ‘h’ as the Anglo-Saxon language developed into modern English. Other examples include hlǣdder (ladder) and hlid (lid).
To leap is defined as ‘to jump suddenly from one place to another’, so it might appear odd that we talk of a ‘leap year’ when the extra day does not speed up the passage of the year but only prolongs it. The explanation for the name is probably that the extra day breaks the pattern by which the same date falls on the following day of the week in the following year. So if Christmas Day falls on a Thursday one year it will normally fall on a Friday in the following year. But when the following year is a leap year, it leaps ahead and falls on a Saturday.
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Our vision and values are at the core of everything we do. They underpin our teaching and learning, and provide an environment which prepares our pupils as confident, happy citizens.
''A small, nurturing school with a big heart and even bigger ambitions for its children.Through high-quality teaching, we aspire for every child to leave as a confident and resilient learner, prepared for the future."
At Kingswood Primary School we aim for children to
Be independent mathematicians
Be confident writers
Apply computing skills in an ever changing world
Be enthusiastic readers
Have a broad understanding of the world around them through enriching curriculum experiences
Adopt physically and emotionally healthy lifestyles
..learn with Purpose
Demonstrate exemplary learning behaviours
Be responsible and considerate towards the environment
Build positive relationships with others
Respect and appreciate the uniqueness of everyone
Be self-motivated with a love of learning and an enquiring mind
..aim for Success
Embrace mistakes as learning opportunities
Have their progress at all levels celebrated to foster self-esteem
Aim high and achieve their best in their learning
Have the opportunity to share and show case musical, sporting and artistic talents
We have six half termly values that are promoted through the curriculum, assemblies and PSHE so children can learn about key attributes that will help them develop into understanding and respectful individuals which help to prepare them for the ever changing and diverse world that we live in.
The values include:


An epilogue to the translation of the lessons of Haeckel
Επίλογος εις την μετάφρασιν των μαθημάτων του Haeckel
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This article is a defense of Haeckel , n the light of the many attacks by Skaltsounis in 'Anaplasis' and in his book 'Psychological Investigations'. Skaltsounis, Makrakis and Souggris are decried as not having a true scientific understanding of the issues involved, and as displaying irreligious sentiments and stances. Haeckel and Darwin, on the other hand, are portrayed as true pioneers of science, and science itself as a moral undertaking that aims at finding the truth. Thus, it is truly a religious enterprise.
Type of Source:
Prometheus (Προμηθέας) 1891, 275-278


Katherine Mary Dunham (1909-2006) was a legendary African-American dancer, choreographer, innovator, and anthropologist. She changed the world of dance forever and promoted greater cultural understanding through social activism. Today we celebrate Black History Month by honoring Katherine Dunham.
Dunham began dancing at an early age but she didn’t consider dance as a career. Followed her family’s wish to become a teacher and attended the University of Chicago. Thus becoming the first African-American woman to attend this university and where she earned a bachelors, masters, and doctorate degree in anthropology.
After graduation, Dunham founded the first American black dance company. They performed with the Chicago opera company, which led to the Rosenwald Foundation awarding Dunham a large grant to continue her innovative work. She used the money to travel throughout the Caribbean studying dance from an Anthropological perspective.
When she returned to the United States, Dunham revolutionized the world of dance by introducing the use of folk and ethnic choreography. She offered the rich cultural heritage of African-American dance based on black roots and is credited for bringing Caribbean and African influences to the European-dominated dance world.
Dunham opened her own school of dance in New York in 1944, making her the first black woman to own a dance company. The company toured for two decades and had great success throughout the world. She later became the first black choreographer at the metropolitan opera in New York City when she choreographed Aida in 1963.
Katherine Dunham has a long list of accomplishments including appearing in multiple movies, authoring nine books and numerous articles during her lifetime. She received multiple awards and accolades for her contribution to the arts. But she has also been recognized for using her talent to reduce poverty and violence, advocate for racial equality, and fight for social justice through the arts. Dunham was truly a national treasure both on the dance floor and off. Today we honor her legacy, she made history.
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Data_Sheet_1_A Plant Gene Encoding One-Heme and Two-Heme Hemoglobins With Extreme Reactivities Toward Diatomic Gases and Nitrite.pdf
In plants, symbiotic hemoglobins act as carriers and buffers of O2 in nodules, whereas nonsymbiotic hemoglobins or phytoglobins (Glbs) are ubiquitous in tissues and may perform multiple, but still poorly defined, functions related to O2 and/or nitric oxide (NO). Here, we have identified a Glb gene of the model legume Medicago truncatula with unique properties. The gene, designated MtGlb1-2, generates four alternative splice forms encoding Glbs with one or two heme domains and 215–351 amino acid residues. This is more than double the size of any hemoglobin from plants or other organisms described so far. A combination of molecular, cellular, biochemical, and biophysical methods was used to characterize these novel proteins. RNA-sequencing showed that the four splice variants are expressed in plant tissues. MtGlb1-2 is transcriptionally activated by hypoxia and its expression is further enhanced by an NO source. The gene is preferentially expressed in the meristems and vascular bundles of roots and nodules. Two of the proteins, bearing one or two hemes, were characterized using mutants in the distal histidines of the hemes. The Glbs are extremely reactive toward the physiological ligands O2, NO, and nitrite. They show very high O2 affinities, NO dioxygenase activity (in the presence of O2), and nitrite reductase (NiR) activity (in the absence of O2) compared with the hemoglobins from vertebrates and other plants. We propose that these Glbs act as either NO scavengers or NO producers depending on the O2 tension in the plant tissue, being involved in the fast and fine tuning of NO concentration in the cytosol in response to sudden changes in O2 availability.


The role of the National Biodiversity Data Centre is to provide national coordination and management of information on Ireland’s non-native invasive species, and to support the National Parks and Wildlife Service with the implementation and reporting on the EU Invasive Alien Regulations (1143/2014).
Central to this work is maintaining Ireland’s National Invasive Species Database to collate detailed information on the status and trends on Ireland’s non-native invasive alien species. This includes operating an Early Warning Alert System in partnership with key agencies and partners. The ultimate aim of this network is to support decision-making to mitigate the spread and impact of invasive species in Ireland.
National Invasive Species Database
The National Invasive Species Database provides a centralized source of up-to-date information on the distribution and status of invasive species in Ireland. Its uses include:
- providing a centralized portal for submission of invasive species sightings and access to distribution data
- delivering Ireland’s Early Warning Alert System for invasive species
- supporting surveillance and monitoring of invasive species
- analyze data for trends in introductions of invasive species to Ireland
- collating data on non-native species for use in impact risk assessment and horizon scan exercises
- providing referenced species profiles linked to real time sighting interactive distribution maps
- connecting Ireland’s data to European and international information networks.
Significant contributions have been made in recent years in Ireland to addressing the threat posed by invasive alien species, to fill knowledge gaps and provide information to support policy and management decision making. There is however, still much more to be done.
Everyone can take positive action to tackle the threat of invasive species in Ireland but not everyone is aware of the role they can play. In September 2021, with thanks to funding from the National Parks and Wildlife Service, an Invasive Species Engagement Officer role was created. Throughout 2022, sectoral guidance resources on invasive species actions will be developed, three biosecurity campaigns will be up-dated and promoted, and, the Actions on Invasives mapping portal will go live.


A number of issues are unique to the female athlete. Some are at the very least more prevalent in women, including anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears of the knee and concussions.
Anterior Cruciate Ligament tears
Due to the high incidence of ACL injuries in sports, prevention programs are critical. They are especially important for female athletes, who face a higher risk of ACL tears. Neuromuscular training exercises can help reduce the risk of an ACL injury from an early age. These prevention programs blend landing stabilization exercises with lower extremity strengthening.
Women face a higher risk of concussion when playing the same sport as men. Soccer and basketball are common examples—and the reason for this is multifactorial. Dr. Wang has published and lectured internationally on these topics. Visit the Concussion section of this website for details.
Dr. Wang also serves on the advisory board of PINK Concussions, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing awareness of female brain injuries. Visit https://www.pinkconcussions.com for more information.
ACL injuries and concussions are not the only issues affecting female athletes. Below you’ll find a modification of Dr. Wang’s “Female Athlete Diamond” concept, originally published in the Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science: Volleyball
The Female Athlete Diamond
This “Female Athlete Diamond” diagram illustrates common presenting medical conditions seen in female athletes (pink) and their contributing causes. With increased awareness of these factors, we can better care for the female athlete.


Possessive Nouns for beginners
Possessive structures have many functions like showing ownership or belonging. With the help of apostrophe 's', we can make a possessive noun. Let's start!
What Are Possessive Nouns?
When we want to talk about something that belongs to somebody, we use possessive nouns.
We use apostrophe s (’s) to show that something belongs to someone or something.
|Mike has a car.||The car belongs to Mike.||
This is Mike
|Kara has a doll.||The doll belongs to Kara.||
This is Kara
First we say the owner's name, then we add the 's and lastly we add the name of the thing.
Here, it means that Sam has a car.
Here, it shows that Hannah has a pet cat.
Forming Possessive Nouns
'Possessive nouns' are formed by adding an 's to the noun which is the owner of something. Remember there is always a noun after 's. For example:
'S can be added to both proper and common nouns. Here are some examples:
Talking about Family Relationships
'S' does not only show possession, it can also be used to show relationships. Look at the examples below:
Possession with Singular and Plural Nouns
We use (’s) after a singular noun and ’ after a plural noun.
|Singular Nouns||Plural Nouns|


The Original Water Ritual
In 1980, two Unitarian Universalist women—Carolyn McDade and Lucile Schuck Longview—were asked to create a worship service for the Women and Religion Continental Convocation of Unitarian Universalists.
As they shaped that service, McDade and Longview wanted to create a new ritual “that spoke to our connectedness to one another, to the totality of life, and to our place on this planet.” They included a new, inclusive symbol of women’s spirituality: water.
“Water is more than simply a metaphor. It is elemental and primary, calling forth feelings of awe and reverence. Acknowledging that the ocean is considered by many to be the place from which all life on our planet came—it is the womb of life—and that amniotic waters surround each of us prenatally, we now realize that [this worship service] was for us a new story of creation... We choose water as our symbol of our empowerment.”
The November service, held in East Lansing, Michigan, was called “Coming Home Like Rivers to the Sea." As its creators, McDade and Longview enacted their ritual in the liberating space of a semicircle around a large earthenware bowl. They asked eight different women—each coming from distant places—to bring water, and they did: water from the Rio Grande and Assiniboine Rivers, rain water from Maryland, water from the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and others were poured into the earthenware bowl as each bearer described its significance.
"As the ritual is continued," says Carolyn McDade, "water deepens in meaning for us, just as water deepens during its long and winding journey to the sea."
For more on the 1980 water ritual and the women who created it, please read Rev. Dr. Susan Ritchie's detailed history.
Many thanks to Carolyn McDade, Rev. Dr. Susan Ritchie, and Marian Shatto for their assistance in building this


Lucky for the School of Visual Concepts and for mechanically impaired letterpress printers everywhere, David Black artfully applies his skills from his former career as a trained motorcycle mechanic to his latest obsession: letterpress equipment. He is the proprietor of 13 Black Press and cares for his own one hundred and thirty year-old printing press while scouting dusty basements and warehouses for more pieces of letterpress history.
David Black has been a major contributor to the following articles:
The technique of engraving an image in end-grained hardwoods for relief printing is called wood engraving. It differs from technique of woodcuts in that the wood is worked across the grain, rather than parallel to it as in a woodcut. Tools similar to and including those used in metal engraving … Continue reading →
Woodcuts are relief printing plates made by carving marks in blocks of long grained planks or plywood. Long-grain refers to the grain following the direction of growth, i.e, parallel to the tree trunk/branch the piece of wood was cut from. Woodcuts vs. Wood Engravings While both are relief printing methods, … Continue reading →
Linoleum is a material made from a composition of linseed oil, cork, wood flour (a fine sawdust), and powdered minerals such as calcium carbonate supported by a burlap backing combined under heat & pressure to form a sheet. Once a common flooring material, it was broadly replaced in common household … Continue reading →
Paper is a layer of intertwined fibers formed into a sheet. This simple definition covers a seemingly infinite variety of paper available to the printer. Paper Types Paper can be separated into four general groups. There are papers that straddle one or more of these outlines. Commercial Paper Made primarily … Continue reading →
Manufactured to be relatively portable, simple to operate and even easier to maintain, the lever-operated table top platen press is an excellent entry point for the aspiring printer without the resources or space for a traditional freestanding letterpress. Definition of Table Top “Table top press” is a broad term generally … Continue reading →
Discovering potential faults with your printing press before they turn into damage or failures is worth the extra effort and care. For the sake of simplicity the maintenance tasks described below are generalized and are not specific to make or model. Adapt suggestions as indicated; specialized maintenance tasks as required … Continue reading →


Does your child love Lego? Tinkering with things to see how they work? Building and creating? Spending time on their tech? Our innovative courses, designed for even the youngest of minds, put confidence-building practical challenges and skills development in your child’s hands. Expertly guided by our qualified teachers, using high quality age-appropriate Lego or Arduino sets supplied by us, your child will have their eyes opened.
They’ll experience first-hand not only the potential of robotic engineering in solving problems, but in their own ability to find, lead and execute the solutions. They’ll also see mathematical and scientific concepts put to practice, helping to improve their engagement and appreciation for these school subjects.
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Our courses are a foundation for learning programming and robotics – skills we know will be much sought after in the future. We have found a way to deliver these skills to young audiences by teaching them to build and control robots, in other words, machines that move and react.
But our courses offer so much more. When children work in teams, they learn, explore, adapt their ideas and find solutions together. We make sure even the quietest child is heard, and their contributions celebrated. Children also learn resilience, that the first answer is not always the right one but part of the journey. And they’ll develop the skills to think creatively, with the satisfaction of seeing exciting results right before their eyes.


Wild horses are symbolic of freedom and are part of the mythology and legends of the American West. Yet growing herds are costing millions of taxpayer dollars as politics and society collide over how to manage them. Pulitzer Prize- winning journalist Dave Philipps of Colorado Springs digs into the history and the current battle over America’s mustangs in his new book, “Wild Horse Country.”
One argument against letting wild horses roam freely on western rangeland is that they aren’t seen as a native species. Many people say that they were brought to North America in the 1500s by Spanish explorers. Philipps says that the earliest prehistoric horses evolved in North America 55 million years ago and fossil evidence of them is found around the west. It’s possible that early humans hunted these wild horse populations into extinction, so he asks the question, if it was because of humans that a native species disappeared and it’s because of humans that the species returned, why isn’t that species native anymore?
Philipps speaks with Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner about the history of wild horses in the West, the problems surrounding their current situation and what their future might look like. Listen to their conversation and read an excerpt from the book at cprnews.org


The advantage with history as a subject is that there are roads leading to it from other subjects and areas of interest. Take sports, for instance. There’s a wealth of history in and around every single sport, from tennis to gilli danda to kho-kho to (of course) cricket! This article shows you how you can travel down one historical lane by tracing the development of bowling innovations in cricket.
Bowling in cricket is a tough discipline nowadays. To manipulate the title of an old John Lennon song, bowlers are the niggers of the world! The game is now heavily in favour of the batters, with boundaries getting shorter, bats becoming better, and pitches becoming flatter and flatter. It is no coincidence that the cricket ball continues to be the same weight and size, with technology being denied to make the ball swing or bounce more. Allowing the stitched seam more prominence would in fact help the ball ‘cut’ more off the pitch, but even this is disallowed within the rules. Ground-staff around the world are now instructed to shave off grass on the pitches to make matches last longer, and to dry out any moisture that would help seam the ball off the pitch. Cricket has become a game of fours and sixes, and the World-Cup has reinforced that trend. After all, children seem to primarily fight over who wants to bat first (bat-owner included), the rest draw short straws for bowling and fielding respectively. You can probably confirm this in your own neighbourhood.
This piece celebrates bowlers and their innovations within cricket. It traces a strictly anecdotal history of some creative bowling innovations known to cricket history, and some of the names connected with it.
The author is a research scholar associated with the Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad. He made his first-class cricket debut in 2004 in England. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.