as a complete way of life, islam has provided guidelines and rules for ever sphere of society. naturally, a functioning economic system is vital of a healthy society, as the consumption of goods and services and the facilitation of this by a common medium of exchange play a major role in allowing people to realize their material and other goals in life.
islam has set some standards, based on justice and practicality, for such economic systems to be established. these standards aim to prevent the enmity that often occurs between different socioeconomic strata, and while they consider money to be among the most important elements in society, the gathering of which concerns almost every human being who participates in transactions with others, they do not lose sight of the fact that its position is secondary to the real purpose of human existence, the worship of allah.
there are three foundational principles that comprise the economic system in islam: personal property, freedom of activity, and the right of money.
an islamic economic system is not necessarily concerned with the precise amount of fiscal income and expenditure, imports and exports, and other economic statistics. while such matters are no doubt important, islam is concerned with the spirit of the economic system.
a society that implements islamic laws and promotes islamic manners will find that it infuses all the systems – social, economic, and so forth – that it deals with. islam teaches that allah has created provision for every person who he has brought to life. therefore, the competition for natural resources that is presumed to exist among the nations of the world is an illusion. while the earth has sufficient bounty to satisfy the needs of mankind, the challenge for humans lies in discovering, extracting, processing, and distributing these resources to those who need them.|


In advance of winter, Vanaprastha teams with reproductive activity, from oak trees peppering the ground with acorns to unseen frogs calling availability in chorus from the treetops, a little Leisure-Suit Larry romancing the large female orb-weaver at our back door to a pair of walking sticks clasped in copulo out front. Some encounters are quick and deadly, as was the case with rebuffed Larry, but other relationships, like our walking sticks’, are slow and lengthy. One day their antennae-entwined cleaving was almost stationary; the next, still coupled, they ambled legs in tandem across the front windows. After some research, I discovered that this mating was not only a part of the walking stick’s lifecycle, but also a movement in the symphony of forest survival.
Phasmatodea are masters of camouflage, disguising themselves as twigs or leaves, feigning motionless death or rocking with the breeze to avoid detection by birds or predator wasps. Some varieties have further defense mechanisms such as a display of startlingly bright colors, loud sounds, and wings for flight. Others attack with spiny legs or irritating, distasteful secretions. Lengthy coupling also seems to be a factor in walking stick defense: the male protects his territory from other males and guards the female from predators. Together, two sticks are hard to beat. But before we cheer, let us note that these phasmids as herbivores prey on leaves, and their offspring could defoliate the forest.
For everything there is a season. There is a time to sit still and a time to rock with the breeze; a time to blend in and the time to change color; a time to prevent attack and a time to defend; a time to plant seeds and a time to die.
During our time on earth, we humans experience a broader dimension of endeavors compared to oaks, frogs, spiders and walking sticks. But perhaps we have much in common with these phantoms of the forest and much to learn from them.
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This Talmud page is dedicated in memory of
Chaim Yisrael ben Sholom Yosef – Henry J. Greenbaum
Margy-Ruth and Perry Davis
Among the people listed in the Mishna as deserving the punishment of malkot (lashes) are people who eat animals that are not kosher, including animals that were killed improperly, those that were sick when they were slaughtered, as well as insects and other creepy-crawly creatures. The Gemara lists some of these creatures, noting that they may fall under more than one category and cause the person who eats them to be liable for several sets of lashes. For example, Abaye teaches that someone who eats an ant would be liable for five separate transgressions (two based on Vayikra 11:43, as well as additional transgressions that appear in that chapter in verses 41, 42 and 44), while someone who eats a hornet would be liable for six (the ones noted above, as well as one mentioned in Devarim 14:19).
The most basic prohibition appears in Sefer Vayikra (20:25) lo teshaktzu et nafshoteikhem (“you shall not make your souls detestable”). While the passage in the Torah clearly relates to eating shekatzim – insects and similar disgusting creatures – some of the Sages applied the prohibition to other settings, as well. For example, Rav Aḥai understands that we can learn from that passage that someone who does not go to the bathroom when he needs to violates this commandment; Rav Beivai bar Abaye learns that someone who drinks from a karna d’umna – an instrument used in the course of bloodletting – has violated it.
Rashi explains that the karna d’umna are the small beakers that were used in cupping, where the blood was extracted from the body by means of the creation of a vacuum. It is also possible that it refers to the siphon that was used to remove the blood during bloodletting. In any case, the instrument likely had on it remnants of congealed human blood.
Almost all of the commentaries explain that these are not actually Torah prohibitions, rather the Sages taught that certain behaviors paralleled the commandment to avoid disgusting activities, and that they are, therefore, forbidden on a rabbinic level.


Changing Cancer Cell's Surface Sugars Can Inhibit Tumor Growth
The key to halting cancer cells may lie in their sugary coats, scientists say. Carbohydrate molecules surround all cells and help them to identify and interact with one another. Now new research, published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, indicates that altering some of the surface sugars assoicated with cancer cells can control tumor growth. The findings suggest that the sugars could one day serve as targets for new anti-cancer therapies.
Previous research had suggested that certain features of the polysaccharide sugars surrounding tumor cells might indicate either the stage or aggressiveness of the cancer. Whether changes to the coating were a cause or a consequence of the disease, however, remained unclear. To investigate the control of a cancer cell's sugar jacket exerts over its growth, Ram Sasisekharan and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology employed two enzymes capable of cutting the sugar heparan sulfate in different places. They injected cancerous mice both with the enzymes and the two sugar fragments they produce. Injection of heparinase 1 (hep 1) or its corresponding sugar fragment promoted growth of melanoma tumors in the mice. Injection of heparinase III (hep III) or its product, in contrast, inhibited tumor growth and prevented spread of the disease to other organs.
The researchers also investigated the mechanism by which the two sugar fragments act on cancer cells and determined that the sugars bind to, and hence disrupt, the certain signaling molecules involved in tumor activity. The opposing effects that the two molecules have on tumor growth suggest that cancer could involve a biological balancing act. "Tumors might be kept in check by the body's production of specific enzymes that in turn release sugar fragments that keep tumor cells dormant." Sasisekharan explains. "Or, perhaps in response to pathophysiological changes, a tumor cell releases different enzymes that enable the tumor to grow more rapidly." - Sarah Graham


The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) code form FM 94 BUFR (Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data) is a binary code designed to represent, employing a continuous binary stream, any meteorological data. There is, however, nothing uniquely meteorological about BUFR. The meteorological emphasis is the result of the origin of the code. The code form may be applied to any numerical or qualitative data type.
The key to understanding the power of BUFR is the code's self-descriptive nature. A BUFR "message" (or record, the terms are interchangeable in this context) containing observational data of any sort also contains a complete description of what those data are: the description includes identifying the parameter in question, (height, temperature, pressure, latitude, date and time, whatever), the units, any decimal scaling that may have been employed to change the precision from that of the original units, data compression that may have been applied for efficiency, and the number of binary bits used to contain the numeric value of the observation. This data description is all contained in tables which are the major part of the BUFR documentation.
Now all GRIB, BUFR and CREX codes are available as RDF from the WMO Registry: http://codes.wmo.int/.
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We’ve known for a long time that positive thinking is good for our health. But new research is showing that choosing our words carefully and using them at the right time can also be a recipe for longevity.
Speaking in a positive way improves the health of your brain.
When you speak positively it gives you a better outlook on life. This, in turn, helps to keep us healthier both physically and emotionally. How you speak to someone who has health challenges can help them to become more optimistic which aids in improving how they feel. It’s been proven that those with serious illnesses can recover if they have the proper mindset.
How can hope and optimism help you recover from an illness?
We know now that it’s best to focus on the present and not the future. Focusing on what is going on at that exact moment can tell you more about your body and how you feel. When people are pessimistic about outcomes they are usually looking forward into a future where they see themselves as disabled in some way. Healthcare providers and family can help patients through the use of optimistic language. Optimistic seniors tend to have fewer chronic illnesses and also age better. Their blood pressure tends to be lower than their counterparts, they complain less of pain and are more resilient. Resilient seniors feel more competent and independent. If they do become ill, they bounce back more quickly. Optimism has been shown to help with coping strategies and for seniors this is especially important.
Overall positive language and optimism combined with positive thinking promote good health. Good health and the ability to cope help seniors to be happy. Well-being can improve with age, even for those with chronic illnesses. To read more on how your choice of words can affect how long you live, click here.


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Wild bullfinches feeding on the buds of orchard pear trees are known to prefer the cultivar 'Conference' to 'Doyenne du Comice', which differs in many...Read more
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Woodpigeons (Columba palumbus) foraging on Brassica sites in England spent about 50% of their time resting. They tended to move from Brassica to clove...Read more
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Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives Issues Proclamation by Governor Hogan of American Indian Heritage Day
Recognizes Contributions of Tribes and Indigenous Peoples
ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives today issued a proclamation by Governor Larry Hogan recognizing American Indian Heritage Day in Maryland.
“American Indians are an important part of the cultural fabric of Maryland,” Governor Hogan said. “This proclamation is to recognize the historical and modern-day contributions and achievements of our indigenous communities.”
The Maryland General Assembly approved House Bill 83 in 2008 designating the fourth Friday in November as a legal holiday recognizing the proud history of American Indians in Maryland. In 2012, the Piscataway Indian Nation and the Piscataway Conoy Tribe were granted Maryland Indian Status. In 2018, Governor Hogan granted Maryland Indian Status to the Accohannock Tribe. The Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs continues to serve as an outreach arm of the governor’s office and oversees the process of Maryland Indian Status.
American Indian Heritage Day in Maryland runs in conjunction with the national designation of the Friday after Thanksgiving as a day to pay tribute to Native Americans, established by the U.S. House of Representatives in November of 2007. Maryland’s indigenous communities include the following: Nause-Waiwash Band of Indians, Pocomoke Indian Nation, Assateague Indians, and Youghiogheny Shawnee. The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has maintained the largest American Indian population in the Baltimore Metropolitan area since the 1960’s.
The proclamation can be found here.


In some situations, the mass of a component may not match the real world value. This would be caused by either an improper mass density of the material assigned, or the volumetric geometry is not identical to the physical component. The most common source is from imported geometry that is missing components or detail.
Within SOLIDWORKS, a mass override can be defined to explicitly give a component a custom mass. This can help with mass calculations of assemblies.
However when creating a Simulation study, it is very important to realize that these mass overrides are NOT applied to the study. Simulation is highly dependent on proper materials and geometry defined. To see the actual mass of the Simulation study, you can use the Simulation Mass Properties. Here you’ll notice the mass is not the same as the override.
If you wish to change the mass of a component in the Simulation study, obviously the best solution is to modify the geometry for accurate representation of the physical component. This would ensure the center of mass is correct. Another method is to create a custom material and define a density value based on the volume to reach the desired mass.
The Remote Load/Mass feature can be used if the geometry itself does not require analysis, but rather the effects of its mass on other components. Here you can enter a specific mass value and location of center of mass.
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Last month, more than 160 members of Congress said they would support getting rid of federal New Starts funding to save money.
New Starts is a program that provides metro areas help to build large transit projects that otherwise would be difficult, if impossible, to pay for themselves. The program, in fact, helped pay for the existing Red/Purple Lines subway, the Eastside Gold Line and is poised to help pay for the Westside Subway Extension and Regional Connector.
Is this really a program we want to get rid of?
Not coincidentally, most Americans — more than 75 percent — live in urban areas, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Furthermore, according to the Bureau’s 2009 American Community Survey, more than 56 percent of Americans live in the top 50 metro areas.
The following map below breaks down the distribution of Americans living in urban areas by state:
Even under the Census Bureau’s relatively loose definition of an urban area (which may include areas some would dismiss as the distant suburbs or, in layman’s terms, the boonies), most of America’s urbanites are concentrated in a relatively small quantity of space, according to this map:
This, perhaps, underscores the curiosity factor that led to the creation of the following map, which shows the location of the seven recently funded New Starts projects. Click on the red dots to learn more about the project:
At this point it seems likely that New Starts will survive, because there’s not enough votes to get rid of it. Our point is this: New Starts is putting taxpayer money where the majority of taxpayers live — in big cities and metro areas.
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Belton Bridge (East end of Old River Bridge Road)
Built in 1920, the Belton Bridge was the western entrance to Glacier National Park from 1920 to 1938, and was one of the park’s first major construction projects. Between 1933 and 1938, the bridge was also a vital link on Going-to-the-Sun Road, a 51-mile stretch of scenic road across the park. The road is significant as a unique engineering accomplishment of the early 20th century, and as the first product of a 1925 cooperative agreement between the National Park Service and the Bureau of Public Roads.
In 1964, an extraordinary flood destroyed all of the bridge except the reinforced concrete arch. Down the river, a highway bridge built in 1938 to replace this one was completely destroyed. As a temporary measure, the park hired E.F. Matelich Construction Company to build a timber superstructure on the bare arch to carry traffic for the tourist season of 1964. [i]
[i] Historic American Engineering Record-Benton Bridge; Kathryn Steen,
HAER Historian, 1990; http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/mt/mt0200/mt0243/data/mt0243data.pdf
2 thoughts on “Forgotten Landmark-Belton Bridge, West Glacier (MT)”
I will never forget my first year on the GNP trail crew, and having to watch the West Glacier Bridge buckle as huge logs and parts of houses crashed into the undercarriage of the bridge. The year was 1964, and our crew of four was diverted to flood control for a few weeks before we could head up to the Northfork to live and work on Bowman and Kinta Lakes.
Thank you for your comment. I am very envious of your experience at Glacier National Park.


Personal letter are the letters which are sent to a person or an organization in order to acknowledge things in an informal way. Mentioned below is the format useful for writing a personal letter.
The sender’s address is to be written by the sender on the extreme top right side of the letter. This information helps the receiver to reply back using the mentioned address details.
The receiver’s address is written on left side of the letter beneath the sender’s address. It’s important to include the name of the receiver.
The date of the letter should be written below the senders address on the top right side of the letter.
Example for the date format is: 1st March 2009.
Is important to start the letter by greeting the receiver by appropriate prefixes or words such as Mr. / Mrs. / Miss / Dear/ Dr. etc. according to the familiarity with the person.
Here the sender can write his/her message or information to the receiver. In a personal letter the sender usually can convey all his message in a less formal way according to his/her familiarity with the receiver.
This is where the sender can conclude his letter. It is appropriate or preferred to use warm or considerate word while concluding a personal letter.
Example: “Yours”, “Best wishes”, “All the Best” etc.
At the very end of the letter the sender need to write his name or preferred signature beneath the concluding phrase.


22nd May Friday
Good morning Year 3!
As Mrs Willgoose said on yesterday's page, today is an INSET day across the MAT, so I won't be setting a maths and SPaG task for you today. I did have them ready, but I will just have to save them for the first week back after half term! The focus is very much for you to make a start on your half term with your families and enjoy your time together, with a well-earned break all round from all of your hard work with your home learning. However, if anyone would like to do a bit of science, I have an optional task for you below. I won't be on the blog today, so will wish you all a wonderful half term.
Optional Science Task:
Think about what plants need to grow well and stay healthy. Visit bbc.co.uk/teach and search for ‘Ivy’s Plant Shop’. Then watch the video ‘What do plants need to survive?’ Make a poster about the different things that plants need to grow well.You could then help to look after some plants over the half term. Think about what you need to do to help them to grow well.


A head start in school and life
Head Start is a free, comprehensive child development program for families with children ages three to five (who are not enrolled in kindergarten) and who live in Northumberland County.
Designed to give children a "head start" in school and life, the program promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children.
Children with disabilities are welcome and included in all aspects of the program. In collaboration with CSIU Preschool Early Intervention, identification and specialized services are available.
Center-based preschool services are provided in locations throughout the county. Children attend the center for five days a week, for five hours a day during the school year. Each family also receives two home visits annually.
- Nutritious meals and snacks are provided during days at the center. Limited transportation is available for children enrolled in Head Start.
- Children participate in indoor and outdoor play. They are encouraged to express their feelings and develop self-confidence, as well as the ability to get along with others.
- Preschoolers in the Head Start program receive preventative health services including vision, hearing and developmental screenings.
- Assistance is provided for families to acquire health insurance, obtain physical exams, immunizations and dental health care for their children.
- Nutrition and health education are stressed in the classroom and during home visits.
Head Start’s philosophy is “the parent is the child’s first and most important teacher.” Family engagement is an important part of the Head Start program, as parents work in partnership with staff to promote the education of their children.
Parents help make decisions about the program at monthly Policy Council meetings. Head Start assists families by linking them to available community resources and services.
Programs are located in the following locations:
Line Mountain High School (Herndon, PA)
Watsontown Children's Center (Watsontown, PA)
Grace S. Beck Elementary (Sunbury, PA)
Shamokin Annex (Shamokin, PA)
White Deer Elementary (New Columbia, PA)
CSIU Aplicación para la pre-escuela
Any person or agency can refer a child who might benefit from this program.


Folk and Tribal Vigrahas are always special. Even more so when they are well made and here is an example.
Four armed Mardhini is holding Trishul, Drum and another Trishul (a short one) in her hands. She is pulling Mahisha out of the buffalo body with her lower left hand. Mardhini is standing on the buffalo’s body. The severed buffalo’s head is on the pedestal.
Normally Mardhini is shown with the sword used to severe the buffalo’s head. But as is the case with Indian iconography, for every rule there is an exception.
This Vigraha is hand-crafted and the fabrication of this Vigraha seems to have adopted a combination of techniques. Features to note include perforated prabhavali, applied patterns, bulging eyes, Kalasa as the finial for prabhavali, Sun and Moon symbols on the prabhavali.
Though the classical Mahishasuramardhini is shown with Saivite attributes (drum/Trishul) and/or Vaishnavite attributes (Shankha/Chakra), the tribal ones are invariably shown with Saivite attributes. Something to think about.
This Vigraha is about 9 cm in height and maybe about 100-150 years old. It is, most likely, from Central India.
Mahishasuramardhini is one of the few deities depicted in Tribal, Folk and Nagara (City) styles.
PS: This Vigraha came in a lot and I was planning to sell it. Sometimes, they grow on you.
9 Feb 2022: The message received from Nikhil Lotlikar.
“Similar to this vigraha, my family worships similar vigraha for 200+ years. At our relatives home in Vasco Da Gama. This Vigraha was brought from Tuljapur and we worship her as Tulja Bhavani which is also Mahishasur Mardini. Thought of sharing the pic with you.”
Retained part of the Alankar to give a sense as to how the deities are worshipped.


THE ANNOTATED PLUTARCH:
Plutarch’s Lives made easy!
Plutarch’s life of Romulus takes us back to the founding of Rome.
The story of Rome has captured our imaginations for more than a millennia. What is it about the narrative of ancient Rome that fascinates us so?
In Plutarch’s Life of Romulus, we return to the scene of Rome’s beginning with the story of Romulus and his twin brother Remus.
The Annotated Plutarch Series includes:
- The original text of Plutarch’s Life, edited for length and content
- Annotations, definitions, and pronunciations in the margins
- An introduction with biographical information about Plutarch himself
- A “Who’s Who” to help you understand the key players
- A prologue with essential background information about Romulus and the times in which he lived
- An epilogue that connects the text to modern events and gives the student some important ideas to think about
- A free Resources Page to bring your Plutarch study to life
Don’t forget the Picture Study! A Plutarch Picture Study: The Life of Romulus
Just as Charlotte used specially edited school editions that removed unsuitable content for students, Plutarch’s text for the Life of Romulus has been edited for length and content. You can feel comfortable handing it over to your student for independent use.
All books in The Annotated Plutarch Series use the translation by George Long and Aubrey Stewart. We feel that the translation by Long and Stewart is not only more accurate, it is also easier and more accessible for today’s students.
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KS4 Careers Webinar
Year 10 and Year 11 students and their parents benefited from a careers webinar delivered by our Independent Careers Adviser, Georgie Blackburn
On Wednesday 10th February our Independent Careers Adviser, Georgie Blackburn, delivered two webinars aimed at helping our Year 10 and Year 11 parents and carers to better support their child with their post-16 options. Topics covered included:
- The options available for your child and local provision in Gloucestershire
- The differences between types of courses and qualifications and learning environments
- How to learn more about sixth forms/colleges/apprenticeships and the application process
- Positive ways to support your child with career and education choices
It finished with a chance for questions and answers about any concerns. Both webinars were very well attended with over 75 families benefiting from Georgie Blackburn’s experience.
During both sessions a poll was taken asking parents and carers to comment on “Did they know at the age of 15 what career they wanted to do AND if so are they still doing it now”. Only 5 parents were able to answer yes to this question with the vast majority answering “I thought I knew what I wanted to do, but I’m doing something different now.” Current young people are unlikely to stay in one field for the whole of their career and so there is greater emphasis now on transferable skills and Georgie’s webinar focused on how best to prepare today’s 15 year olds on how to make informed decisions, post-16 and beyond.
A copy of the webinar will be posted on the careers page of the school website.


The interior arrangement of the tent reflects and reinforces social and cultural gender roles and orders. First and foremost, the interior is divided into three fundamental spheres.
The innermost area along the back side of the tent is reserved for food storage and displays of sacred religious objects. One often finds sacks of food—tsampa, dried cheese, flour, tea, butter, etc.—lined along the back edge of the tent. In front of the food sacks or sometimes on top of them and often toward the center, one will find religious images, daily water offering bowls, and an incense tray taking the most prominent place.
Toward the middle, the interior of the tent is primarily divided into two parts with a central stove or fire pit in the middle. An opening in the tent cover from the front entrance to the center is held together by hooks drawn through short loops of rope. When it’s raining or snowing, there is an extra woven flap that can cover the gap. This opening, which primarily functions as a chimney and skylight, can be regarded as a dividing line that coincidentally mirrors gender division and therefore division of labor between the genders.
From the entrance, the left side is primarily the domain of women. It contains milking buckets, milk churning crates, containers for water storage, cooking utensils, and so on. Women have an extremely busy life in a nomadic community—including milking, cleaning, cooking, fetching water, churning milk to extract butter, and collecting firewood or yak dung and drying them for fuel. Women’s labor is almost non-stop in the busiest times of the summer.
The right side is the domain of men: honored guests like monks, relatives, or officials would be invited to sit on that side. The right side has carpets, cushions, quilts, mats, and other sitting and sleeping necessities. Elder men might sit on a cushion or a yak-pelt mat to engage in regular prayers. Men’s life is relatively relaxed compared to women’s. Men often engage in trade that requires distant travel and communication, and they are often in charge of the herding, hunting, tanning, and making preparations for religious offerings and festivals.
In a way, the interior arrangement of the tent reflects the division of labor between the two primary genders.


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- December 18, 1835 Roxbury Massachusetts
- October 22, 1922 (aged 86) New York City New York
- Notable Works:
- “Christianity and Social Problems”
- Role In:
- Social Gospel
Lyman Abbott, (born December 18, 1835, Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States—died October 22, 1922, New York, New York), American Congregationalist minister and a leading exponent of the Social Gospel movement.
Abbott left law practice to study theology and was ordained in 1860. After serving in two pastorates, he became associate editor of Harper’s Magazine and in 1870 editor of the Illustrated Christian Weekly. In 1876 he joined Henry Ward Beecher’s Christian Union, a nondenominational religious weekly, and in 1881 Abbott became its editor in chief. He succeeded in 1888 to Beecher’s pulpit in the Plymouth Congregational Church, Brooklyn, where he served until 1899.
Abbott became interested in the social problems associated with the Industrial Revolution of the late 19th century. Under his editorship the Christian Union (renamed Outlook in 1893) promulgated the Social Gospel, which sought to apply Christianity to social and industrial problems. His Christianity and Social Problems (1897), The Rights of Man (1901), The Spirit of Democracy (1910), and America in the Making (1911) present his moderate sociological views, which rejected both socialism and laissez-faire capitalism. On other problems, Abbott presented the viewpoint of liberal Evangelical Protestantism. He sought to interpret, rather than condemn, the effect of the theory of evolution on religion.


Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)Leveraging Scientific Expertise to Build an Ebola Toolkit for Psychosocial Interventions at the Acfas Conference
On May 29, 2019, amidst the Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas) Congress – the largest francophone scientific conference in North America, the Government of Canada hosted a breakfast panel discussion on the topic of Ebola and its effect on the mental health of local communities.
Québec Science editor-in-chief, Marie Lambert-Chan, moderated the panel. The panelists included Dr. June Mary Cénat, Assistant Professor at the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa, Jean-Pierre Birangui, researcher at University of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Stéphanie Maltais, PhD candidate at the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa.
They discussed one of the research projects supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Rapid Research Fund for Ebola.
Panelists discussed the importance of learning from the survivors of past epidemics to better understand the implications of Ebola disease on the mental health of local communities. The goal of this work is to assemble a toolkit of psychosocial interventions that will improve the support and reintegration of survivors and their communities during and following an epidemic.


“If you cry once a week, your life will no longer be stressful,” said Hidefumi Yoshida, who is known as “the teacher of tears”.
Tears, whether derived from sadness or happiness, are thought to be an effective stress reliever. For this reason, more and more Japanese schools and companies encourage people to cry.
“Crying is a defensive act of self-defense against stress,” Junko Umihara, professor of Nippon Medical University, told the Japan Times.
Japanese companies and schools encourage people to cry to improve their mental health. Photo: JT.
Dubbed the “tear teacher” (namida sensei), 43-year-old Hidefumi Yoshida spent five and a half years traveling throughout Japan spreading the word about the benefits of crying. He realized crying has mental health benefits by witnessing a pupil no longer need psychological counseling after opening and crying.
“Compared to the effect of stress reduction, crying is better than laughing and sleeping,” commented the former high school teacher. Working with Hideho Arita, professor emeritus at Toho University’s Faculty of Medicine, Mr. Yoshida has been working with tears and lectures since 2014.
In 2015, Japan introduced a mandatory stress testing program for companies with 50 or more employees. Since then, Mr. Yoshida has been repeatedly invited to talk about crying.
According to Mr. Yoshida, the most important thing is to create the opportunity to cry. You can take advantage of touching movies, listen to lyrical music, or read inspirational stories. “If you cry once a week, your life will not be stress anymore”, “tears teacher” affirmed.
On September 7, Mr. Yoshida gave a lecture at Osaka High School in front of 79 grade 11 students. After watching an emotional film, the teenagers were asked to write and read their feelings. Thanks to that, many children could not hold back their tears.
“I think I should cry comfortably,” said Ryohai Tsuda, a 17-year-old male student. Sharing the same thought, Naito Sugimoto, also 17 years old, said: “It’s good to cry”.


In the United Nations, on university campuses, and among a growing number of our most prestigious Western newspapers, the historical record has been rewritten so thoroughly that Israel is seen as the worst of the oppressive Western occupiers of the Third World. So successful has this propaganda campaign been that Palestinian spinmeisters and their apologists have effectively declared the Israelis, a people living in the shadow of the Holocaust, to be “Nazis.” How could this happen? How did unacceptable anti-Semitism morph into justifiable anti-Zionism, and odious Jew-hatred turn into a politically correct Israel-hatred?
In History Upside Down, David Meir-Levi exposes the ideological DNA of Palestinian nationalism and its ludicrous “alternative” histories, revealing how Nazi fascism gave the Arab world’s amorphous hatred of the Jews an intellectual structure and how Soviet communism masked its genocidal intentions with the mantle of national liberation. Meir-Levi then explodes the cornerstone myths that the Palestinian movement created—myths that rationalize and celebrate decades of unremitting terror and genocidal ambitions, turning the history of the Middle East upside down and inside out, making the victim the aggressor and the aggressor the victim. History Upside Down is the first wave in a counterattack against this Arab war on history. It rejects the idea that the basic situation in the Middle East has changed since the United Nations first established the Jewish state and the Palestinian state that would have stood alongside it. Sadly, argues Meir-Levi, the issue in the Middle East is today what it has been since the Muslim invasion in the seventh century: the Arabs’ hatred of the Jews.


You may have seen these small lights in blue, red and eco-friendly colors. They are really LED’s or Light-giving off Diodes.
Nowadays, Brought technologies have advanced in a way that they’ll push forward the large number of programs that LED’s happen to be noted for.
Brought Technology: The Fundamentals
To possess a much deeper knowledge of what Brought technology is about, this is a quick definition. Brought is really a semiconductor diode which produces light when current is used into it.
Have a typical cell phone charger for example. When you hook it up, you will see a blue or red indicator light which signals the cell phone is charging. This is among the numerous programs of Brought technology by which Light-giving off Diodes are utilized.
As in comparison to other kinds of light-giving off products, LED’s don’t waste energy. It is because LED’s make use of the ‘cold light technology’ – where not a lot of heat is created through the device.
Programs of Brought Technology
Again, Brought technologies have numerous advantages over other kinds of lighting, which makes it appropriate for several unique programs.
Listed here are a couple of good examples:
Ultra-purple LED’s are utilized in water sterilization.
Ultra-purple LED’s are utilized in disinfection.
LED’s generally are utilized like a ‘grow light’ to boost the development of plants, imitating the sun rays from the sun to advertise photosynthesis.
With increased advancements in Brought technology within the horizon, there’s without doubt this helpful technology will still be used in many helpful programs later on.
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How to Make a Video Edit
Video editing is the process of manipulating and rearranging video shots to create a new work. Here are the steps to make a video edit:
Step 1: Import Footage
The first step in video editing is to import the footage you want to use. This can be done by using the import function in your video editing software or by dragging and dropping the files into the program.
Step 2: Arrange Footage
Once you have imported your footage, you can begin to arrange it in the order you want. This can be done by dragging and dropping the clips in the timeline or storyboard.
Step 3: Cut and Trim
After arranging your footage, you can begin to cut and trim it to create the desired length and flow. This can be done by using the razor tool or trim function in your video editing software.
Step 4: Add Transitions and Effects
Once you have your footage arranged and trimmed, you can add transitions and effects to enhance the visual appeal of your video. This can be done by using the effects and transition library in your video editing software.
Step 5: Add Audio and Music
After you have finished editing your video, you can add audio and music to enhance the overall experience. This can be done by importing audio files or recording voiceovers within the video editing software.
Step 6: Export the Video
Finally, you can export your video in the desired format. This can be done by using the export function in your video editing software and selecting the appropriate settings for your desired output.
By following these steps, you can create a professional-looking video edit that tells your story in a visually appealing way.


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CSC 150, Computer Science 1Programming Assignment 7Arrays85 PointsDog AdoptionsThe total number of dogs adopted out each month from a dog shelter is stored in a data file named dogs.txt. The file contains up to 12 numbers, each written on a separate line. Assume that the first amount is for January, the second for February, etc.Write a program to figure out which month had the most adoptions, which month had the least adoptions, the total and average number of adoptions per month and the median number of adoptions per month. Read the data from the dogs.txt file. Be sure to count the scores as you read them. Return the count to main and use it in the rest of your program to process your partially-filled array.Your program should have separate functions to: Read the dataDisplay the number of the month with the most adoptionsDisplay the number of the month with the least adoptionsFind the total and average (mean)Sort the dataFind the medianDisplay the highest month number, lowest month number, total, average, and sorted dataDesign your program by completing the CSC 150 Program Design Document. Be sure to include a structure chart for the program, the prototype for each function, and a brief description of each function’s purpose. Save the design in a file named DogsDesign_xxx.doc where xxx are your initials and submit it inthe Program 7 Design drop box by the date shown in the calendar – this is before the program due date. Code your program. Save it in a file named dogs_xxx.c where xxx are your initials. Compile, run and test your program. Submit your working .c file in the Program 7 drop box by the date shown in the calendar and drop box tools.
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Desalination breakthrough could lead to cheaper water filtration
Producing clean water at a lower cost could be on the horizon after researchers at the University of Texas at Austin and Penn State solved a complex problem that had baffled scientists for decades.
Desalination membranes remove salt and other chemicals from water, a process critical to the health of society, cleaning billions of gallons of water for agriculture, energy production and drinking. The idea seems simple -- push salty water through and clean water comes out the other side -- but the process contains complex intricacies that scientists are still trying to understand.
The research team, in partnership with DuPont Water Solutions, solved an important aspect of this mystery, opening the door to reduced costs in clean water production. The researchers determined that desalination membranes are inconsistent in density and mass distribution, and the inconsistency can hold back their performance. Uniform density at the nanoscale is the key to increasing how much clean water these membranes can create.
"Reverse osmosis membranes are widely used for cleaning water, but there's still a lot we don't know about them," said Manish Kumar, a civil, architectural and environmental engineer at UT Austin, who co-led the research. "We couldn't really say how water moves through them, so all the improvements over the past 40 years have essentially been done in the dark."
The findings were published in Science.
The paper documents an increase in efficiency in the membranes tested by 30%-40%, meaning they can clean more water while using significantly less energy. That could lead to increased access to clean water and lower water bills for individual homes and large users alike.
The team, which also includes researchers from Iowa State University, developed 3D reconstructions of a nanoscale membrane structure using state-of-the-art electron microscopes at the Materials Characterization Lab at Penn State. The scientists modeled the path water takes through these membranes to predict how efficiently water could be cleaned based on structure.
Researchers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center helped visualize these simulations, and most of the calculations were performed on the U.S. National Science Foundation-funded Stampede2, TACC's supercomputer.
"The NSF computational infrastructure offers a versatile platform that supports a broad range of research efforts with important outcomes, such as the essential work conducted by this public/private partnership to safeguard the nation's water supplies," said Manish Parashar, director of NSF's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure.


Entrepreneurship is an important facet of every economy across the globe due to the fact that many times, these new businesses find success when going abroad. The most obvious form of entrepreneurship is starting a new business. Other forms exist as well including revitalizing a mature organization in response to a new opportunity or when large organizations spin off a part of their company, making a new company.
While the definition of an entrepreneur may be very similar across the globe, many other contributing factors change according to the country and culture the entrepreneur is operating within. For example, in the United States entrepreneurs are seen as the drivers of economic growth; entrepreneurship is the “American Dream”. The stigma associated with the title of an entrepreneur is someone who is strong-willed, hardworking, and willing to take a risk (Is Entrepreneurship really that risky though?). If you fail at first, dust yourself off and get back up; nobody will judge you for your failure. Failure is seen almost as a necessary hurdle to overcome before becoming successful. However, many other countries in Europe frown upon failure and see it as a bad thing. If you fail once, why should investors invest in your project again? These cultural differences are very important and drive the entrepreneurial market in different countries.
The role entrepreneurs play in stimulating the economy is growing every year, so it is vital in the big picture of the word economy. This blog series will dive into these issues and more on a global scale and offer some tools for entrepreneurs globally.


The use of material resources has increased more than ten times since 1900 and is set to double again by 2030.
The UNECE region is a major user and producer of natural resources. Their production and consumption require enormous energy and leads to environmental degradation and increased vulnerability to climate change. Transitioning to a more circular economy and sustainable use of natural resources is therefore crucial for the region.
UNECE provides a variety of tools that can facilitate the widespread adoption of this approach. This shift offers a unique catalyst for cross-cutting SDGs progress, accelerating the move to greener and more resilient economies needed to recover better from the COVID-19 crisis.
Key areas of work
Podcast: One world, zero waste? The circular economy explained
We only have one planet, but we are using up its resources at an unprecedented speed. With mounting pressure on the environment, the challenge today is to tackle waste and pollution, speed up climate action and keep the economy prosperous at the same time. To achieve this, the idea of a ‘circular economy’ is increasingly being embraced by political leaders, businesses, and citizens.
But what does it mean in practice? From energy to forests, and from food to cars and clothing and beyond, UNECE's podcast "One world, zero waste? The circular economy explained" explores some of the key challenges and opportunities. Listen on Soundcloud or your favourite audio streaming platform.
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Francis Bitter invented the bitter plate
used in resistive magnets (also called bitter electromagnets. ) He is the one who thought of using dust to visualize a magnetic field (remember in grade school when you put metal filings on a paper with a magnet underneath?) He built the bitter electromagnet by using stacked copper plates, rather than coiled wire. Previous to this time there was no way to cool the magnets so their power was limited.
Dr. Bitter was born in Wehawken, New Jersey. He studied at Columbia University graduating in 1924. He continued his studies in Berlin from 1925-26 in physics and received a PhD at Columbia in 1929. He is a 3rd generation PhD from Hermann von Helmholtz who had 9 Nobel Prize winners in his academic progeny. Robert C. Richardson, one of Francis' students recieved the Nobel prize in physics in 1996.
His main contribution focuses on the magnetic properties of matter. He studied gases at Caltech with Robert Andrews Millikan, worked on various theoretical and applied problems at Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company in Pittsburgh. In 1934 he joined the faculty at the MIT where he developed the bitter electromagnet which was/is the most powerful electromagnets design. The MIT National Magnet Laboratory in Boston is named in his honor. He also did work in the first characterization of the zeeman effect.


The topic today: How to use the Trim command in AutoCAD 2023?
In AutoCAD 2023 and the same as the previous version, the Trim command is used to remove unwanted lines or portions of a drawing to create a clean and precise design. Here’s how to use the Trim command:
1. Launch AutoCAD 2023 and open a drawing, or create a new one.
2. On the Home tab in the Modify panel, click the “Trim” command icon. You can also type “TRIM” or “TR” in the command prompt and press Enter to activate the Trim command.
3. You’ll be prompted to “Select cutting edges,” which are the objects used to trim other parts of your drawing. Click on the lines or objects you want to use as cutting edges. You can select multiple objects by holding down the Shift key while clicking on each one, or use a crossing window to select multiple objects at once.
4. Press Enter once you have selected all cutting edges.
5. Now you’ll be prompted to “Select objects to trim.” Click on the parts of the drawing you want to remove. The objects will be removed at the intersection of the cutting edges. You can select multiple objects by holding down the Shift key while clicking each one, or use a crossing window to select multiple objects at once.
6. Press Enter to complete the Trim command. Your drawing will now only show the desired portions and the discarded parts will be removed.
Tip: You can also use the “Edge” mode by typing “EDGE” or “E” after selecting the cutting edges and pressing Enter. This allows you to trim objects using an imaginary cutting edge formed by extending the cutting edges to the boundary of the drawing area.
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How to Install Virtual-box on Ubuntu and Create a Virtual Machine
What is a Virtual box and a Virtual Machine?
Virtual-box is a very simple & powerful virtualization tool that is used to create & manage Virtual Machines (VMs). A virtual machine is a computer file, typically called an image, that behaves like an actual computer. These are used to create ideal environment for testing other operating systems including beta releases, configuring firewall setups, accessing virus-infected data, creating operating system backups, and running software or applications on operating systems they weren’t originally intended for. VMs can run simultaneously on the same physical computer.
INSTALLATION AND SET UP OF A VIRTUAL MACHINE
Installation on VB on Windows :
- Copy the link (https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.28/VirtualBox-4.3.28-100309-Win.exe) and click enter , run it to install.
Installation on Ubuntu :
1 Open your ubuntu terminal and execute the command ( sudo apt-get install virtualbox ) as below :
2. Click “y” to proceed and virtual box will be auto installed.
CREATING A VIRTUAL MACHINE :
- Open the Virtual-box & click on New to create a new VM, give name of your choice, select Linux & version as 32 bit or 64 bit depending upon your system architecture.
2. Give a RAM Memory to the VM as below :
3. Mention a hard disk space on the next step, Let’s keep 8.00 GB here as recommended
4. Select the default VDI type for the hard disk and click Next as below :
5. Select the physical storage on hard disk, the recommended one is Dynamic as below :
6. Right click on the newly created VM to enter into the settings area as below :
7. Keep the hard disk on the top as boot priority by clicking on the encircled up arrow as below :
8. Click on Storage ==> Empty ==> DVD Icon & give the location path of the iso image file. Choose your favorite Linux flavor.
9. VM is now ready to boot.
10. Right click on the VM & start it as below :
Thus Virtual-box can be used play with a no. of Linux distributions by few clicks on your personal laptop or computer.


Facts on scent and scent experience
The nose is our most direct sense: it is highly emotional, intuitive and intimate, and it is therefore very powerful.
Fragrances & scents are literally not to be captured also because they are very difficult to describe. Looking for instance at the story of Patrick Süskind's "Das Parfum", where Grenouille tries to capture the natural smell of women. Generally speaking, exchanging ideas about smells can quickly be abstract, or even vague.
The French intellectual Marcel Proust described 100 years ago beautifully in his book called "A la recherche du temps perdu" (In search of the lost time) how strong he is caught by memories of his great-aunt and the village where she lived, when eating a madeleine (cookie) dipped in blossom tea. That is the reason why we call this effect, being directly traced back to a memory or emotion when smelling a scent, 'the Proust effect'.
Scents influence us consciously and unconsciously. Scent can determine our mood and our instinctive decisions that we take. Smelling is essential for our taste, it has an important alarm function, it retrieves memories, affects our feeling of well-being, our relationships, our motivation and memory processes.
A scent can touch the most primal of senses and immediately delivers their messages to the brain. For example, even before a newborn can see its mother clearly, it can determine love, warmth and care through the intimate body odour of its mother and will recognize its mother by her scent.
More scent facts:
- Sense of Smell: here you will find facts behind our sense of smell and its effects & perception.
- Sensory Branding: discover how to make use of all senses in order to build an anchor to a product or a message.
- Scent Science: the hard facts and the scientific side of our sense of smell can be explored here.


Species in focus: Red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
Population: Less than 15,000 individuals globally
Current status, according to the IUCN Red List: Endangered
Population trend: Decreasing
Do not get perplexed by the name: The red panda is not related to the giant panda; this small mammal is found in many parts of India, including West Bengal, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. According to the World Wildlife Fund, almost 50% of the red panda’s habitat is located in the Eastern Himalaya. But the loss of nesting trees and bamboo has led to a decline in populations across much of its natural range, which extends to Nepal, China, Bhutan and Myanmar.
This beautiful-looking creature grows to be slightly larger than an average domestic cat; its thick fur and bear-like body make it stand out. While its belly area and limbs are black, it has distinctive white markings on the sides of the heads and eyes. Another interesting physical characteristic is its bushy tail, which not only adds to its overall length and balance but also acts as a comfortable wraparound to keep warm in winter.
Red pandas are excellent climbers and mostly forage on trees—everything from bamboo to berries—and that is why deforestation and fragmentation of their natural habitat is one of the biggest threats to them. Poaching is the next big threat, with only 14,500-15,000 individuals left in the wild. The mammal is hunted for its meat, fur, and often collected for trade in the exotic pet business. Earlier this year, conservation NGO and wildlife trade monitor network TRAFFIC released a new report, titled Assessment Of Illegal Trade-related Threats To Red Panda In India And Selected Neighbouring Range Countries. The study, which collected information on the red panda trade in India, Nepal and Bhutan, made some important recommendations for the protection of the species: including a red panda crime database that would help with monitoring and analysis, and greater support for efforts to mitigate “non-targeted trapping”. The red panda is often caught or accidentally trapped in snares deployed for animals such as wild pigs, among others.
According to a 2019 United Nations report, one million animal and plant species are at risk of extinction within decades. The Species in Focus series looks at one endangered species in every instalment.


UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (EU GDPR) was put in place to standardise across Europe, the protection and rights afforded to citizens and to help protect people's personal data. It aims to ensure that people know where their data is held, what it is used for, who it is shared with and how long it will be kept for.
It also obliges organisations to treat people's data correctly, transparently and have systems in place for managing information.
The UK now applies GDPR as domestic law, and it remains the law applicable throughout the EU. It is augmented by the new UK Data Protection Act, and following the UK exit from the EU the UK GDPR is the primary legislation governing your rights as a data subject, and the data principles and obligations that organisations are required to observe.
The new regulation is the legal framework within which all organisations who are controllers of personal data must operate. It covers all data held about an individual (data subject) in both manual and computerised files.
We are committed to compliance with all requirements of the UK GDPR. We regard the protection of people's personal data as important, not only for improving confidence in us, but for improving the quality of service provided. The council is committed to openness and transparency; meeting our obligations under UK GDPR will help to achieve this commitment.
We will implement and follow procedures that aim to make sure the following people are made aware of their responsibilities and fulfil their duties under the UK GDPR:
- elected members
- other persons that have access to personal data held by or on behalf of us


Riddle: Three friends check into a motel for the night and the clerk tells them the bill is $30, payable in advance. So, they each pay the clerk $10 and go to their room. A few minutes later, the clerk realizes he has made an error and overcharged the trio by $5. He asks the bellhop to return $5 to the 3 friends who had just checked in. The bellhop sees this as an opportunity to make $2 as he reasons that the three friends would have a tough time dividing $5 evenly among them; so he decides to
tell them that the clerk made a mistake of only $3, giving a dollar back to each of the friends. He pockets the leftover $2 and goes home for the day! Now, each of the three friends gets a dollar back, thus they each paid $9 for the room which is a total of $27 for the night. We know the bellhop pocketed $2 and adding that to the $27, you get $29, not $30 which was originally spent. Where did the other dollar go????
Answer: There is no missing dollar
25 dollars for the room + 2 dollars that the bellman took + 3 dollars ruturned to the trio = 30 dollars. The riddle tricks your mide into adding and subtracting at different times. Its sort of like BEDMAS


Richard Firth-Godbehere is a Wellcome Trust-funded doctoral candidate in the medical humanities. This is an excerpt from a recent article on Gizmodo. Richard’s thesis – ‘Understanding the Opposites of Desire and the Prehistory of Disgust, c.1604 – c.1755’ – explores how people tried to make varying sense of aversions as ‘the opposite of desire’ across a time of huge intellectual, political, religious, social, and cultural change, finally resulting in something akin to the modern notion of ‘disgust’. Twitter @AbominableHMan
According to proponents of Affective Computing, the days when machines have emotions are much closer than the twenty-fourth century … These gadgets and platforms all claim to be able to recognise emotions through facial recognition and speech analysis.
All this might muster up visions of a terrible dystopian future, in which our slave-like vacuum cleaners buzz around the floor sucking up the stale crumbs from last night’s Quattro Formaggi pizza with more enthusiasm than is comfortable. A world in which Siri sulks, refusing to talk to us for days every time we suggest that our iPhone might work better as a projectile, and our car autopilots wake up in a particularly bad mood. Thankfully, Affective Computing is a long way from creating machines that feel the way humans do because of three main problems.
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House Bill (HB) 224 was passed by the Utah legislature in March 2021. It tasks the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) with creation of a three-year pilot program to improve pollinator habitat in Utah. UDAF is currently receiving support from local non-profits and other conservation specialists with initial efforts to establish the pilot program.
Many pollinator species (bees, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, and others) are in decline worldwide due to a combination of factors including habitat loss and degradation, pesticide use, and changing climate. Pollinators are key to the production of specialty food crops such as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and seeds which provide us with essential micronutrients. Specialty food crop production in Utah is being promoted under UDAF’s current Specialty Crop Block Grant Program designed to enhance the competitiveness of Utah-grown specialty crops.
The vast majority of pollinator species are wild, including more than 900 species of native bees that call Utah home. Some wild bees are excellent pollinators of Utah’s tree fruits, raspberries, squashes, melons and cucumbers. These hardworking insects may rarely be noticed but they are key to ecosystem stability and food production.
Under the Utah pollinator pilot program (Utah Code 4-2-701), UDAF may implement one or more of several objectives to increase awareness of and habitat for pollinators including the provision of grants that cover up to 25% of the costs for the planting of pollinator-friendly native plants or seeds in Utah on private or public land. Utah’s landowners and managers are instrumental in promoting land stewardship practices that enhance the health and diversity of our pollinators while supporting Utah’s specialty crop production. We encourage you to participate in this exciting and rewarding pollinator pilot program.
Click here to return to the main Utah Pollinator Habitat Program page.


Researchers at McGill University in Montreal, Canada released a study Monday suggesting that an untold number of experiments involving lab mice were potentially compromised because of a disparity in the animals' reactions to men and women involved.
"People have not paid attention to this in the entire history of scientific research of animals," team leader Jeffrey Mogil told The Verge. "I think that it may have confounded, to whatever degree, some very large subset of existing research."
The study, published in the journal Nature Methods, found that when the animals were exposed to men during experiments, they exhibited signs of pain reduction associated with increased stress levels, as well as body temperature increases.
According to Mogil's team, the increased anxiety can be tied to territorial behavior regarding other males. The mice had similar reactions when exposed to the smell of males from other species like dogs, cats, and guinea pigs. The effects also manifested when the mice were exposed to t-shirts worn by male and female researchers.
"If you put a male-worn T-shirt and a female-worn T-shirt in the same room, the female T-shirt counteracts the effect of a male T-shirt," he was quoted as saying. "A lone male is up to no good — either hunting or defending his territory."
The study also found that the effects diminished over time, while cautioning future tests involving mice to account for the gender of those conducting a given experiment in their results.
"Scientists whisper to each other at conferences that their rodent research subjects appear to be aware of their presence, and that this might affect the results of experiments," Mogil told NBC News. "But this has never been directly demonstrated until now."
[Image: "Two Scientists Observe Black Transgenic Mouse," via Shutterstock]


Dirt On Us
Lifestyle & Philosophy
We come from a background of cowboys, ranchers, and farmers. We live on this land where we work it, care for it, and in turn it provides us with what we need.
We are the stewards of this land, and our goal is to develop a sustainable farming system with a stable bison population. We want to make sure the bison will always roam this valley, and future generations will always feed their families with good clean food and healthy living.
Soil, Carbon Cowboys & The Future of Farming
Every good cowboy worth his salt knows you have to put your herd first. That’s your job. And a healthy herd begins with the soil.
That’s why we don’t use pesticides or fertilizers to accelerate the growth of grazing land. It’s why we use the holistic practice of rotational grazing to ensure that our soils and pastures recover properly and naturally. And it’s why we herd bison.
The bison have evolved to survive in this ecosystem. They have a stronger immune system which helps keep them free of disease. The shape of their hooves are designed to aerate the soil, and best of all, they taste darn good.
Carbon is important for all life on Earth. And the carbon cycle is a series of processes where carbon compounds are continuously reused within the environment. But changes in weather patterns and changing landscapes disrupts the process of carbon absorption back into the soil. The natural grazing habits of our bison help place carbon back into the earth, which helps keep the soil fertile and ready for growth.
Bison are just the beginning of our vision for sustainable and progressive agriculture. Our vision is to encourage a holistic system of farming and animal husbandry that works symbiotically with nature. Our role is to enhance nature with humankind’s knowledge, skill, and care. Our goal is to produce food just as nature intended.


Edvard Munch Art History Activity for Elementary Art, Middle, High School Art
What educators are saying
Art history is an incredibly important part of any art class. Create a well-balanced visual art class for elementary art, middle school art, and high school art classes by setting aside time every week to teach your students about important artists such as Edvard Munch.
This lesson focuses on the artist, Edvard Munch, his life, his sculptures, mobiles, abstract art, and his influence on modern art. Two presentations and activities are included for younger grades or adapted students and for middle and high school students.
Put a fun spin on it by presenting it as a way for them to travel around the world and learn about other cultures. They can earn stamps for their journals, similar to an actual passport, by learning about the artwork in different time periods and places.
All in all this resource includes:
➣Lesson plan (including big idea, essential questions, objectives, national art standards, Australian art standards, supplies, and step by step instructions on implementing the assignment)
➣Munch art presentation (for adapted and younger grades)
➣Artist information sheet and two variations on designing a mobile
➣Munch presentation (for middle and high school students)
➣Art history travel journal packet
➣Art history analysis explanation sheet
➣The Scream fun fact sheet
This art history lesson can be completed in class or for the students to review at home. Step-by-step instructions are included that can be followed by the teacher or a student in an independent, distance learning, or virtual learning situation.
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Using a virtual private network, you can securely connect to another computer over the Internet or a private network. These VPNs can be very useful in creating secure connections, but only if your router is configured to enable such networks. This is called VPN passthrough, and without this feature enabled, you can't connect to a VPN using that connection. However, most routers can be easily configured to enable VPN passthrough.
Connect to the Internet using your local area network and launch your preferred Web browser.
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Enter the IP address of your router's administration program into the URL bar. In most cases, the IP address for this program is either 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1, although this is not always the case. If neither of these addresses works, check your owner's manual for the exact IP address for your router.
Enter the administrator ID and password when prompted by the administration program.
Access the router's security configuration options. These options will be under a tab or heading marked "Security."
Select the option to enable "PPTP Passthrough." PPTP stands for Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol, the standard protocol for implementing VPNs and VPN connections.
Access the port forwarding options from the administrative program and enable port forwarding for PPTP on port 1723. The exact process for enabling port forwarding varies from one manufacturer to the next. Consult your owner's manual for specific instructions on port forwarding.
Press the Windows key and type VPN in the search bar, then select the Settings category.
Select "Set up a virtual private network (VPN) connection."
Enter the VPN's Internet address in the "Internet address" field, and the name of the VPN in the "Destination name" field. Make sure the "Remember my credentials" box is checked, then click "Create."
Select the VPN and click "Connect" from the Networks pane. If you've configured passthrough correctly, you'll be prompted to supply your username and password for the VPN.


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Research Approved to Study Effects of Medical Marijuana on PTSD
After a lengthy approval process, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted research to study the effects of medical marijuana on people living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This summer, the research group MAPS was given the go-ahead by FDA to conduct a:
Placebo-Controlled, Triple-Blind, Randomized Crossover Pilot Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Five Different Potencies of Smoked or Vaporized Marijuana in 50 Veterans with Chronic, Treatment-Resistant [PTSD].
The effects of medical marijuana on PTSD has been a growing area of inquiry given the difficulty of treating the condition and its prevalence among U.S. troops coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as others. PTSD affects as many as 7.8 percent of Americans and according to the New York Times:
Currently, nearly a third of the 4,982 patients approved for medical marijuana in New Mexico suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, more than any other condition, according to the state’s health department.
Preceding final approval by the federal government to conduct PTSD research using medical marijuana, the Journal Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience published an article in June 2011 on “The role of cannabinoids [the compounds found in the marijuana plant] in modulating emotional and emotional memory processes in the hippocampus.”
Unfortunately, MAPS still needs approval from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) before it can begin trials, but Americans for Safe Access looks forward to the eventual completion of this research and the greater acceptability of using marijuana to treat a debilitating condition that affects millions of people in the U.S.
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Everyone knows that parents sometimes need a little break from their kids–to have a much-needed date, for work purposes, or just for some family bonding time. In fact, one of the largest studies of older adults (ages 70 to 100 years old), known as The Berlin Aging Study, shows that grandparents who care for their grandchildren significantly lower their risk of passing away. What does that mean? It means a typical 70-year-old grandmother can add another 10 years to her life just by watching her grandbabies!
1. Better Cognitive Function
As the human brain ages, anything that stimulates cognitive function significantly is especially important. 120 grandmas studied by Australian researchers showed that grandmothers taking care of little ones at least one day a week had improved memory and other cognitive skills. This is because human interaction stimulates nerve pathways that improve these functions.
2. Lower Risk of Depression
Grandparents and children both receive a reduced risk of depression when they spend time together. Emotional closeness and mutual sharing create positive effects on mood.
3. Stronger Immune System
When stress is reduced, the immune system is both maintained and strengthened. And the grandparent-grandchild interaction provides for emotional intimacy, peacefulness and calm, which reduces stress (and in turn, blood pressure and pain). Says Dr. Christine Arthur of the Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in California, “When people are exposed to more touch, they often have a decrease in inflammatory cells and an increase in white blood cells, the fighter cells.”
4. Increased Physical Activity
Anyone who has watched children knows that it is a physical activity in and of itself! And getting that movement, bending, leaning, chasing, and so much more is motivating and stimulating. And physical activity breeds the desire and motivation to engage in more physical activity, a win-win situation for the elderly.
5. Strengthens Sense of Purpose
Everyone needs to feel like they have purpose in life, and that is a feeling that can decrease in a person’s twilight years. Taking care of grandchildren reduces social isolation and loneliness, giving the grandparent a sense of connection and purpose in life.
So take advantage of your parent’s wisdom, love, knowledge and nurturing, and invite them over to spend some time with the kiddos! It will benefit everyone involved.


JUNE 2002 – The end of the ‘Fürstenzug’ (‘Treck of Princes’) mosaic image in Dresden, Germany. © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
Dresden is Germany is a fantastic destination for a weekend trip in summer. It is a vibrant city with a long and rich history that shows almost everywhere.
One of the absolute highlights is the ‘Fürstenzug’ (‘Treck of Princes’) mosaic image at the Augustusstraße. It is really long (over 100 Meters!), made from roughly 23,000 porcellain tiles and is in perfect condition. It shows important Saxonian leaders of the past – between 1127 and 1873 – in one long treck.
You can find a super-large panorama photo (61972 x 3888 Pixels) of the entire treck and some more details on Wikipedia (in German.)
The high resolution image
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Authors : Deivy Zulyanti Nasution; Amalia Mustika; Fachrul Husain Habibie; Myrza Rahmanita; Arief Faizal Rachman
Volume/Issue : Volume 6 - 2021, Issue 12 - December
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Tourist motivation is determined by physical,
social, status, intellectual and mental needs. All tourist
needs have implications for the availability of tourist
attractions that aim to meet the needs of these tourists. The
characteristics of tourists are different, known as
Psychographics, Midcentrics and Allocentrics, that has
implications for the development of the spatial aspects of
the tourism geography of a tourist area.
The spatial aspect that is used for activities starts
from stage 1 to stage 4 with motivations and types of
tourists involved. This spatial aspect develops not only in a
destination but undergoes a process of extensification
(expansion) to other destinations to meet the dynamics of
different tourist motivations.
Keywords : Component; Tourist Motivation, Regional, Spatial Aspects, Overland Tour.


Facial Paralysis Laqwa لقوہ
A total loss of voluntary muscle movement of one side of the face.
Persons most commonly affected:
All age groups
Organ or part of body involved:
Symptoms and indications:
The entire face is paralysed, including the motion of the eyebrows or the mid face is paralysed, but eyebrow can move normally.
The person feels stiffness on the face and there is difficulty in moving the face. Normal activity like holding water in the mouth, closing the eyelids seem to be difficult and sometimes impossible. Numbness sets in the paralysis. There is loss of sensation in the face. The face becomes expressionless and motionless. Eating and drinking becomes difficult.
Causes and risk factors: About 75% of all adult facial paralysis cases are due to Bell’s palsy, a condition in which the facial nerve becomes inflamed.
Stroke may cause facial paralysis. When stroke is the cause of facial paralysis, the person may still be able to close the eye on the affected side, as well as wrinkle the forehead. People with Bell’s palsy cannot do either of these. With a stroke, other muscles on one side of the body may also be involved.
Facial paralysis due to a brain tumor generally develops slowly and causes headaches, seizures, or hearing loss.
In newborns, facial paralysis may result from birth trauma.
The face must not be exposed to drastic weather conditions, especially of the cold and rain. In winter special care needs to be taken as the nerves can become numb. The whole body must be kept properly draped with a shawl during daytime and with a blanket at night.


Puerto Rican Culture
Puerto Rican culture is somewhat complex - others will call it colorful. Culture is a series of visual manifestations and interactions with the environment that make a region and/or a group of people different from the rest of the world. Puerto Rico, without a doubt has several unique characteristics that distinguish our culture from any other.
Lets consider that the people of Puerto Rico represent a cultural and racial mix. During the early 18-century, the Spaniard in order to populate the country took Taino Indian women as brides. Later on as labor was needed to maintain crops and build roads, African slaves were imported, followed by the importation of Chinese immigrants, then continued with the arrival of Italians, French, German, and even Lebanese people. Puerto Rico became a colony of the United States in 1898 and many American expatriates came to the island. Long after Spain had lost control of Puerto Rico, Spanish immigrants continued to arrive on the island. The most significant new immigrant population arrived in the 1960s, when thousands of Cubans fled from Fidel Castro's Communist state. The latest arrivals to Puerto Rico have come from the economically depressed Dominican Republic. This historic intermingling has resulted in a contemporary Puerto Rico practically without racial problems (very close to but not completely).
Additionally, Puerto Rico is full of contrasts. While we (Puerto Ricans) love our country and accept the free association with the United States, we also like to emphasize our loyalty to our culture, folklore, hospitality and way of life.
You'll experience the wonderful array of food, music, and family traditions. These are the hundreds of traditions that define the island of Puerto Rico.


Nodal boundary conditions are very important in ANSYS® analyses to define them by selecting proper nodes. First of all, we need to create our mesh structure. Because nodes are the elements of mesh structures.
So, you can define boundary conditions by selecting nodes, which will make your boundary conditions of the simulation or analysis will be more compliant with a mesh structure.
There are various kinds of boundary conditions available in ANSYS®. And also, you can define some of them as the nodal basis. Here, we will show you which boundary conditions that you can define as a nodal basis in ANSYS.
Node-Based Boundary Conditions In ANSYS®
- Nodal Force In ANSYS®: In physical models, forces are a very important aspect. Defining forces as boundary conditions is very important for engineering analyses. In ANSYS®, you can define node-based forces by selecting nodes from the mesh structure of the simulation model.
- Nodal Pressure In ANSYS®: Pressure is the force application into the unit area. So, the logic of pressure is nearly the same as the nodal force. You can see the detailed information by clicking the given links.
- Nodal Displacement In ANSYS®: You can also define displacements as node-based which is very important to see the stress and strain distribution on the model at the defined displacement in ANSYS®.
Node-based boundary conditions are also used in academic studies about finite element methods. Comparisons can be made between a finite element model of basic physical systems. You can create these theoretical models in ANSYS® with these nodal boundary conditions.
Do not forget to leave your comments and questions below about the node-based boundary conditions in ANSYS® Mechanical.
NOTE: All the screenshots and images are used for educational and informative purposes. Images used courtesy of ANSYS, Inc.
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|Part of the Politics series|
A royal family is the immediate family of kings/queens, emirs/emiras, sultans/sultanas, or raja/rani and sometimes their extended family.
The term imperial family appropriately describes the family of an emperor or empress, and the term papal family describes the family of a pope, while the terms baronial family, comital family, ducal family, archducal family, grand ducal family, or princely family are more appropriate to describe, respectively, the relatives of a reigning baron, count/earl, duke, archduke, grand duke, or prince.
However, in common parlance members of any family which reigns by hereditary right are often referred to as royalty or "royals". It is also customary in some circles to refer to the extended relations of a deposed monarch and their descendants as a royal family. A dynasty is sometimes referred to as the "House of ...". In July 2013 there were 26 active sovereign dynasties in the world that ruled or reigned over 43 monarchies.
As of 2021[update], while there are several European countries whose nominal head of state, by long tradition, is a king or queen, the associated royal families, with the notable exception of the British royal family, are non-notable ordinary citizens who may bear a title but are not involved in public affairs.
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Where did the name Kalamazoo come from?
(South Haven, Michigan)
Do you know the meaning of "Kalamazoo?" I know it's a weird question but we were just talking about it at dinner and no one had any idea!
So, as with history, there are a few different ideas of how the name came to be. We researched this and came up with a few ideas.
At one point, Kalamazoo was called Bronson but the name was changed to Kalamazoo in 1836. Kalamazoo's name comes from a Potawatomi word.
Previously, the Kalamazoo River was known by Canadians and French as La rivière Kikanamaso.
The word, "Ki-ka-ma-sung", meaning "boiling water", referred to a race held by local Native Americans, in which challengers raced to the river and back before a pot of hot water came to a boil.
The word negikanamazo, having something to do with otters, has also been cited as a possible origin of the name.
If you are visiting area, we have photos, reviews and more of our favorite Kalamazoo restaurants and breweries listed here:
Top 10 Kalamazoo Restaurants (Fresh Farm to Table, Downtown Kzoo Dining, Hot Breweries, Outdoor Seating For Your Date Tonight)
Here are some fun things to do and see in Kalamazoo!
Kalamazoo Michigan: Top 11 Things To Do in Kzoo MI! (See the Air Zoo, Gilmore Car Museum, K-Wings Hockey Game +Free Ideas!)
Cheers to Michigan Travel,
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Traveling Michigan Events, Inspiration and FUN!


The Terakoya literacy education program began in 2007 with 13 children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. It is based on the terakoya (“temple school”) system of private education that existed in Japan during the Edo Period (1603–1868). Although the government of Uganda provides free education via the Universal Primary Education scheme, orphans of Ashinaga Uganda are generally unable to study at regular schools, because they cannot afford to pay for even the most basic items needed, such as uniforms, lunch, and school materials.
Terakoya follows the curriculum of Ugandan government schools, and after children complete the program, they are able to study at regular schools on Terakoya scholarships. There are consistently about 100 children, ranging in age from 9 to 16, enrolled in the Terakoya program. These students have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS, other diseases or traffic accidents. Many have never attended school, or have dropped out. At first, many pupils cannot read or write English, or do simple arithmetic. Through the program, they learn not only academic skills, but also moral values. They surely experience great joy at having the opportunity to study.
The motto of Terakoya is “Education for the Future.” Ashinaga Uganda firmly believes that education is the key to eradicate poverty. It is our hope that students graduating from the Terakoya program will grow into leaders, committed to social good.


How mail pigeons find the road?
Pigeon mail thousands of years. It was used yet by Egyptian and Greek navigators long before our era. So they reported home about their arrival. It was used in the First World War, and in the second, mainly in intelligence. And during the battle for Moscow based on the nursery of the Central School of Communication of dog breeding and pigeon breeding, pigeon communication station was specially created.
To transfer letters, a special breed of pigeons, which differ in particular endurance and ability to navigate the terrain. But how do they find where to fly? Figuratively speaking, "sticks the recipient brand". To get a letter, you must first give the pigeon to the sender. These birds have a "Homing" – the innate ability to return to its nest, that is, home.
One of the main landmarks for birds is the sun. Pigeons fly at an angle to the luminaire, making an amendment for a time, in which the internal hours help them. If the sun is hidden behind the clouds, see polarized light. Some scientists suggest that birds can determine the geographical coordinates of the area, but as – not yet clear. Perhaps at the height of the sun over the horizon or the length of the shade, which the objects discarded.
But it is known that even blind pigeons find the road. In this case, it helps a good sense of smell, and they fly on the smell of a familiar place. In addition, the pigeons perceive the infrasound of 0.06 Hz, which corresponds to the sound of a long-range surf, and in modern conditions – the railway, highway, etc. And since low sounds spread over long distances, the sound of passing machines can well serve as an auditory landmark from afar. When the pigeons come to familiar places, oriented already on the inner map. Because the surroundings of the nest they remember in the smallest details.


One of our products in development includes a heat sink, where a temperature sensor operates a fan and a protective shutdown circuit to control the heat sink temperature. Testing the temperature sensor operation requires measuring the temperature of the heat sink. The temperature measuring probe that is included with the Syscomp DVM-101 multimeter has been indispensable in tracking the temperature of the heat sink while monitoring the operation of the fan and limit protection circuits.
In the process, we discovered something interesting. The circuit temperature sensor is in a TO-92 plastic package, attached to the heat sink. It’s a small mass, so we expected it to track the heat sink temperature fairly closely. But when we measured the temperature of the heat sink with the DVM-101 temperature probe, and compared that to the temperature measured by the circuit sensor, we found the circuit sensor reading is always some fraction (like 80%) of the correct value.
If you think about the thermal conduction model for this arrangement, that result makes sense. The figure shows the thermal equivalent circuit. The thermal resistance of the plastic between the sensor chip and the heat sink, together with the sensor leads to the PC board and the plastic that is exposed to air, all act as a thermal voltage divider. Part of the design process is to determine this ‘divider factor’ and allow for it in the controller operation.
This divider effect is going to appear wherever the temperature sensor is encased in plastic. It might be less evident for something like a thermocouple, where there is very little thermal resistance between the sensor and the source of the heat.
You can find more on thermal modeling in Section 28 on Cooling in our Ebook Analog Circuit Design.
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Palestinians remember loss of homeland 75 years ago
May 16, 2023
Ramallah [Palestine], May 16: Thousands of Palestinians commemorated the loss of their homeland on Monday by taking part in demonstrations and marches in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Palestinians observe the Nakba (catastrophe) Day every year on May 15 - one day after the anniversary of the founding of the Israeli state on May 14, 1948 - commemorating the flight and displacement of more than 700,000 Palestinians during the first Middle East war in 1948.
Many people took time off work to take part in the annual rally in the Palestinian city of Ramallah. They paraded through the streets with Palestinian flags, signs and music.
This year, the Nakba is also being officially commemorated at the United Nations in New York for the first time, with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas scheduled to speak.
The fighting in 1947 and 1948 was triggered by the UN partition plan of November 29, 1947, which provided for the establishment of an Arab and a Jewish state. Arab countries rejected the plan and attacked Israel immediately after the proclamation of the Jewish state.
According to the UN, the number of Palestinian refugees and their descendants in the conflict is now close to around six million. The refugee problem, along with the dispute over the future status of Jerusalem, is one of the most complicated issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
According to the Palestinian Bureau of Statistics, there are more than 14 million Palestinians worldwide. Around half of them live in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and Israel.
Source: Qatar Tribune


What we wanted to discuss with you today is the reason why we use an instrument called the Surface EMG. The Surface EMG is an instrument that we use to analyze the effect of subluxation on the human nervous system.
So the different parts of the nervous system that come through the spinal cord or through the spine can actually be interfered with. So the motor portion of that part of the spine, the nerve, can actually be measured by using a surface EMG.
If you look at the cardiologist and they want to look for problems with the heart, they use what’s called an EKG or electrocardiogram. And you can magnify the impulses that the heart gives off, and you can analyze and determine if there’s anything wrong and find a diagnosis.
If you have somebody with problems with the brain, you can use what’s called an electroencephalogram or EEG.
In Chiropractic, what we have is what’s called the surface EMG. And what we do is we put that on the surface of the spine and to determine if there are any anomalies as a consequence of misalignment of the vertebrae or subluxations that create motor problems in the nervous system, which would then show up as different colors.
And that’s how we can then, number one, have confidence in speaking to the patient. Yes, you have subluxations, and it is measurable. And if you begin care and you continue with your care, we can measure then the outcome of the progress of your care by looking at something objective. And that really helps.
We take care of a lot of children. Most kids aren’t able to explain to us how they feel because their sensory system doesn’t fully develop until they’re 19 years old. So by having an instrument that’s measuring the stress on the nervous system, we can then be guided as doctors of chiropractic on how to take care of children appropriately and measure the outcomes of our intervention.


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Saqi Books, a London-based independent publishing house, announced the publishing of A Concise History of Sunni and Shi’is by John McHugo , an author, historian, Arabic linguist and international lawyer.
The book Demystifies the current conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Pakistan and other Muslim countries and provides an essential guide to understanding the most important divide in the Muslim world by acclaimed historian of the Middle East
In this definitive account, John McHugo charts the history of Islam from the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad to the present day. He describes the conflicts that raged over the succession to the Prophet, how Sunnism and Shi‘ism evolved as different sects during the Abbasid caliphate, and how the rivalry between the empires of the Sunni Ottomans and Shi‘i Safavids ensured that the split would continue into the modern age. In recent decades, this centuries old divide has acquired a new toxicity resulting
The book was highly regarded by media. Asian Affairs described the book as “A valuable introduction to Arab history … Recommended for anyone wishing to learn more about the multifaceted history of the Arab world and its relevance to modern day events.
Geographical Magazine said: “Anyone with any interest in Middle Eastern history and politics must read Syria. There was a need for an accessible guide to the past century of history, which this admirably provides”.
John McHugo is an honorary Senior Fellow at the Centre for Syrian Studies at St Andrews, and a board member of the Council for Arab-British Understanding and the British Egyptian Society. He has also written on legal aspects of the Arab-Israeli dispute and advised Tim Farron, when he was leader of the Liberal Democrats, on Palestinian issues. Previous titles include A Concise History of the Arabs and Syria: A Recent History.


Study: On social media, most people do care about accurate news but need reminders not to spread misinformation.
Stopping the spread of political misinformation on social media may seem like an impossible task. But a new study co-authored by MIT scholars finds that most people who share false news stories online do so unintentionally and that their sharing habits can be modified through reminders about accuracy.
When such reminders are displayed, it can increase the gap between the percentage of true news stories and false news stories that people share online, as shown in online experiments that the researchers developed.
“Getting people to think about accuracy makes them more discerning in their sharing, regardless of ideology,” says MIT Professor David Rand, co-author of a newly published paper detailing the results. “And it translates into a scalable and easily implementable intervention for social media platforms.”
The study also indicates why people share false information online. Among people who shared a set of false news stories used in the study, around 50 per cent did so because of inattention, related to the hasty way people use social media; another 33 per cent were mistaken about the accuracy of the news they saw and shared it because they (incorrectly) thought it was true, and about 16 per cent knowingly shared false news headlines.