The Theater of the Oppressed originated in Brazil, under the creative leadership of Augusto Boal. Boal and his theater group, drawing upon the ideas of Bertold Brecht and Paulo Freire, recognized the classical theater form as faulty: the audience was passive, presented with a world unrelated to their life experiences, where all they were allowed do was to applaud and leave. For Boal, theater is not only an elite art form produced in dedicated temples: the whole world is a theatre, and we are all actors: we all take roles and we all act. Instead of putting on stage plays written by European authors and directed by privileged intellectuals who had access to European universities, Boal and his associates wanted to perform about topics relating to their daily lives, and to open the theatrical experience for all classes and races of Brazil. Most importantly, instead of the audience being a passive recipient who watches the play without discussion, (literally!) in the dark, empathizing with the protagonists but deprived of the authority to change anything, it transforms into an active participant, able to co-create and change the play on the spot. This basic principle has turned the theater of the oppressed into one of the most frequently used drama-pedagogical methods in the world.
When we create the theater of the oppressed with children, they are provided a space where they have the opportunity to find a voice, to speak from their own perspective. We construct the space in such a way as to support different forms of cognition: through games and exercises featured in the workshop environment children have the opportunity to use embodied, aesthetic and sensory cognition, not having to focus exclusively or primarily on the verbal and logical aspects of thinking. While they listen to different perspectives and play different roles in scenes (that draw from their daily lives) they develop empathy and emotional intelligence. While they formulate problems and recognize injustice and various oppressions, and look for a way to correct them as individuals or as a group, they develop civic competence, becoming empowered for self-advocacy and active participation in society.


Workshop Rosslyn Chapel
Of the many mysteries and legends which envelop Rosslyn Chapel few can be so well known as that surrounding the ‘Apprentice’ Pillar.
The legend concerns the murdered apprentice with its overt references to the initiation rituals of ancient guilds of stonemasons which stretch back to the murder of Hiram Abif, the master mason, at the time of the building of ?King Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem. Thus, the murder of the apprentice at Rosslyn is seen as a symbolic re-enactment of the murder of Hiram Abif ?which, today, has immense spiritual and emotional connotations for the world-wide fraternity of Freemasons. The story of the murdered apprentice runs as follows:
«The master mason having received from his patron the model of a pillar of exquisite workmanship and design, hesitated to carry it out until he had been to Rome or some such foreign part. and seen the original. He went abroad, and in his absence, an apprentice, having dreamed the finished pillar, at once set to work and carried out the design as it now stands, a perfect marvel of workmanship. The master mason on his return was so stung with envy that he asked who had dared to do it in his absence. On being told it was his own apprentice, he was so inflamed with rage and passion, that he struck him with his mallet, killed him on the spot, and paid the penalty for his rash and cruel act.»
Bro Jens Rusch is trying to paint this, dedicating the art of stonecutting and mysteries:


Electro-acupuncture is the term used to refer to the application of a pulsating electrical current to acupuncture needles, or even without needles, to acupuncture points on the body. This Oriental medicine technique was developed in China in the 1930’s, and though it is a fairly recent development in the ancient method of acupuncture, the idea behind it corresponds directly with long-held beliefs. Acupuncture operates on the idea that a person’s qi, or life force, runs through body along certain meridians, and that specific points on the body correspond with these meridians. When these points are ‘activated’ or stimulated by touch, specific complaints of chronic pain or illnesses can be alleviated. Using a gentle electrical current in conjunction with, or instead of, acupuncture needles, is an alternative way to stimulate the point and enhance the qi.
The procedure for electro-acupuncture usually involves the needles inserted as in a traditional treatment, but a small electrode is attached to them. This electrode provides a gentle vibration that stimulates the qi running through these points. It is often very soothing to the patient, providing a soft humming and, essentially, a more fluid treatment. The electrode substitutes the practitioners’ hand maneuvering of the needle to activate the acupuncture point. This avoids any tiring of the practitioner, and ensures that the patient receives the proper amount of stimulation needed. Also, electro-acupuncture treatments are often shorter than regular acupuncture treatments due to the continued, and often stronger, stimulus.
While electro-acupuncture may be used as a component of almost all acupuncture treatments, it is has garnered especially good results regarding the treatment of neurological diseases, chronic pain, spasms, and paralysis. Also, holistic sports medicine commonly uses electro-acupuncture for injuries. When combined with acupressure (the stimulation of acupuncture points with the use of the practitioner’s hands and gentle massage, instead of needles), electro-acupuncture has been proven to promote the flow of qi and blood, relieve pain, and warm the muscles, removing blood stasis (a blockage, or poor circulation)


Arthritis not only takes a toll on our bodies, it can take a toll on our minds as well. Coping with symptoms like chronic pain, inflammation and fatigue, as well as the social and economic impact of arthritis, can sometimes cause or contribute to stress, anxiety and depression. Looking after our minds is just important as looking after our bodies, because factors such as stress can impact how we experience arthritis pain.
The World Health Association states that mental health isn’t simply the absence of mental illness, but defines it as “a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and is able to make a contribution to his or her community. Therefore, mental health is not just about our own bodies and minds, but also about how we interact with our community and the world around us.
There are a number of factors that can impact our mental health, including social, economic, environmental and biological factors. Studies have shown that people with rheumatoid arthritis, for example, often report higher rates of anxiety and depression than the general population, which is why it’s important to pay attention to signs if you’re feeling down or out of sorts to know when to seek help. Everyone feels a little blue sometimes, but if you’re having a hard time coping, it might be time to talk to someone. This resource can help you identify when it might be time to reach out for help and identify options you can take. While coping with arthritis can be a challenge both mentally and physically, there are steps you can take to improve your mental health and well-being.
If you’re experiencing a mental health crisis, please contact Crisis Services Canada at 1-833-456-4566, a crisis line in your region, or dial 9-1-1 in the case of an emergency.
The following quiz has been adapted from the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Mental Health Meter and Princeton University’s UMatter Wellness Self-Assessment. It is not a scientific test and is intended for educational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional advice. If you require mental health advice, please contact your doctor or a qualified mental healthcare professional.
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Flamenco includes dozens of different forms, known as palos, each a unique combination of rhythm, harmony, pulse, and lyrics. There are light festero (festive) forms and deeply expressive cante jondo (deep song) forms. There are regional forms and forms associated with individual artists. Some forms grew directly out of Andalusian folk music; others were created in the 20th Century. It's likely that we will have exciting new forms to look forward to in the 21st Century.
The Arból Genealógico del Cante is a graphic representation of the relationship between dozens of different flamenco forms, showing how new forms develop from older forms. The musicology of the Arból may be open to debate, but it captures the organic way in which flamenco has developed from its roots in the 19th Century.
The details that distinguish one form from another can be subtle and confusing. Even flamenco aficionados can sometimes be confused about what form they're listening to when they hear a piece for the first time. Don't let this throw you. Eventually, you'll learn to recognize the details that distinguish one form from another.
To get you started, we've created a series of pages with fundamental information about some of flamenco's most essential forms, including samples of each form.
Pick a form from the list, read about it, listen, watch, and be prepared to spend the rest of your life developing afición.


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HOW TO GROW A SUCCESSFUL MAN
Raising a successful child is the desire of all mothers and fathers. All parents dream that their children will be healthy, happy and successful. But if everything is clear with the first two points, then how to determine whether a child is successful or not? For some parents, success is admission to a prestigious university, and for others, financial stability. Someone dreams that the child could just do what he likes without thinking about his daily bread.
This is not to say that parents who put school and work in the first place are right, and those who care exclusively about the spiritual comfort of the child are mistaken. Only you know your child and understand all his aspirations. And we know what needs to be done right now so that he enters into adulthood a confident and self-sufficient person. Continue reading
“SQUARE, FIVE!” OR WHAT IS THE BEST ASSESSMENT SYSTEM BETTER?
KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
An important part of the educational process is the knowledge assessment system. This is the basis for checking the quality of assimilation of the material. Overseas, 10-, 12-, and 100-point systems have long been introduced, although parents in the post-Soviet space are more familiar with the classic 5-point rating system. Since 2000, domestic educational institutions have been using a 12-point grading system.
What scale will allow a more complete assessment of knowledge? What to pay attention to when evaluating? What is the child’s reaction to evaluating their successes and what do evaluations mean for them? Continue reading
4 TYPES OF PERCEPTION OF INFORMATION
The type of information perception affects the effectiveness of a child’s learning. If from early childhood, knowledge will be supplied to the baby based on how he perceives the world around him, then the effectiveness of training will increase significantly. But, of course, it is necessary to develop all channels.
METHODS OF PERCEPTION OF INFORMATION BY HUMAN
At the disposal of man there are several such ways. They are defined by five senses: vision, hearing, touch, taste and smell. In this regard, there is a certain classification of information according to the method of perception:
sound; Continue reading


One day, a woman named Emma noticed that somehow her dog suddenly began to bark at a certain area of the carpet.
At the same time, the animal, once in this very place, behaved rather strangely.
Several days passed, but the dog’s behavior did not change. He did the same thing, moreover, it was in the middle part of the carpet.
And then Emma realized that the dog was behaving so for a reason and decided to raise the carpet, which she did.
It was empty under the carpet, but the dog did not give up. And after that he became as if possessed, jumping tirelessly.
And then the woman removed a couple of boards from the floor.
It was there that the very surprise awaited her.
A mother and baby opossums huddled under the boards.
At first, the mother of the family began to show aggression, trying to protect her babies, so it was impossible to move them. The woman decided to just watch them.
She later estimated that there were eight cubs under the floor.
To make the brood more comfortable, the woman made a spacious house especially for them, where they could move when they were older, and their mother would calm down and begin to trust her involuntary owner.
Emma also began to feed them delicious fruits and fresh vegetables, which these animals simply adore.


The Brimstone, Gonopteryx rhamni
Does the butter-coloured Brimstone give all “butter-flies” their name? At the end of winter, the Brimstone is one of the earliest butterflies to be seen on the wing, although the pale females may often be mistaken for Large Whites. They can be seen all over the parish, but I have most regularly seen them in the wooded areas to the North such as near Dene Park and Clearhedges Wood, and then a bit later they do tend to wander along all the hedgerows and through the gardens in the village quite a lot.
Its a relatively large sized yellowish butterfly generally seen fluttering over hedges, often moving at speed – I have relatively few photographs! There is just one generation but their flight period spreads over much of the year, from August to June. On average the males emerge slightly before the females. Each individual has a lifespan many months.
This is a rather battered male, trying to snack on a primrose flower.
Here is a female Brimstone laying an egg on an Alder Buckthorn leaf.
This is the egg just laid, quite long and thin (spindle-shaped):
Predators and parasites


If you want to become a computer engineer, you can start by attending an engineering school in Tennessee. There are seven schools that can help you reach your goal. Two schools offer Associate’s degree programs and six schools have Bachelor’s degree programs. There are six schools in Tennessee with Master’s degree and PhD programs.
Each type of degree offers a different educational experience. An Associate’s degree takes the least amount of time; you complete 60 credits in about two years. The next step up is a Bachelor’s degree, which is required for licensure as an engineer. A Bachelor’s degree takes approximately four years to complete, since you have to earn 120 credits. Some of the courses you may take as an undergraduate student include Introduction to Data Structures, Operating Systems, and Assembly Language.
Earning a higher-level degree can help you if you want to research or teach computer engineering. A Master’s degree, which requires 30 credits, takes a minimum of two years to complete. A PhD, which requires a thesis, takes an average of seven years. Advanced courses you may take at this level include Parallel Computer Architecture, Advanced Coding Theory, and Microprocessor Design.
Tuition costs differ significantly between schools, although Tennessee does tend to be a very affordable state for students. The average cost of tuition in Tennessee is $9700. By applying for scholarships and grants, you might be able to save money on your education.
The American Council of Engineering Companies of Tennessee awards scholarships to selected students every school year. The Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners also awards scholarships on an annual basis, ranging in value from $2000 to $4000.
After you have graduated from your engineering program, you can apply for your license through the Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners. Before you are awarded your license, you must pass the NCEES-administered Fundamentals of Engineering exam. Then, you can fill out your application and send it to the board. As soon as you receive your license in the mail, you can begin working.


— -- Life expectancy in the United States is at an all-time high of 78 years and 9 ½ months, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Life expectancy for a child born in 2012 increased about six weeks from the life expectancy in 2010 and 2011, according to the CDC report, “Mortality in the United States, 2012.”
Women born in 2012 were expected to live more than 81 years and men nearly 76 ½ years, the CDC says.
“Life expectancy at birth represents the average number of years that a group of infants would live if the group was to experience throughout life the age-specific death rates present in the year of birth,” the report states.
Meanwhile, life expectancy for people age 65 in 2012 was more than 19 years, or about 20 ½ years for women and nearly 18 years for men.
From 2011 to 2012, age-adjusted death rates declined for eight of the 10 leading causes of death, with a 2.4 percent increase reported in suicide, according to the CDC report, the highest point for the suicide rate in 25 years.
That figure has been increasing since 2000 and "it's really hard to say why," said Robert Anderson, who oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention branch that issued the report today.
Heart disease and cancer remain the leading causes of death.
The infant mortality rate dropped again slightly, to a new low of 5.98 per 1,000 births. That's a historic low, but the U.S. infant mortality rate continues to be higher than in most European countries.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


Omicron Variant: What do we know about the new coronavirus?
A parasitic source can lead to an epidemic. It could be an infectious disease that infects humans, animals, or both. Typhoid is cholera, meningococcal and viral meningitis, and the new omicron variant is some of the many signs of a pandemic.
Such communal outbreaks can also result from a sudden change in ecology. A genetic modification of the pathogen supply, or even the new ones, can occur if a vector species increases or premature density.
It is dangerous as it poses a substantial global threat.
When a sudden increase in anxiety caused an epidemic in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, global anxiousness increased. According to health experts, the “turmoil” Coronavirus Disease 2019, also known as COVID-19, was named health professionals.
The epidemic is causing problems with breathing and organ failure. Some people have severe lung conditions, which cause low oxygen levels in the bloodstream and organs. This condition is known as acute respiratory distress syndrome. The virus can cause death in people with weak immune systems.
Within a month, the epidemic had quickly become a pandemic. It has now caused worldwide 403 million deaths and 5.78 million new cases.
The grass always grows on the other side, but that is not bad. Thanks to health experts who developed vaccinations to boost people’s immunity to the disease, such as Johnson & Johnson and BioNTech. Pfizer also has Moderna Vaccine. There are also COVID test for USA and day 2 test that helps monitor the spread of the illness and can help prevent it from spreading further.
Omicron Variant metamorphosed despite the reinforcement against COVID-19 and preparation. It appeared on the 26th of November 2021.
What causes this new mutation, and how can it affect the global community?
Continue reading the infographic below from Harley Medic International, a legitimate company that offers Official Rapid Tests, as they highlight all you need about Omicron Variant:
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Financial inclusion is having access to formal financial services such as payments, savings, credit, Takaful and more that help meet the financial needs of individuals and firms. Financial Inclusion helps in reducing poverty, Increases economic growth and Promotes stability therefore, the need for financial literacy has become increasingly important to create a more financially literate population in Pakistan. BankIslami has proudly launched National Financial Literacy Program (NFLP II) in collaboration with State Bank of Pakistan across rural and urban areas of the country with the objective of spreading knowledge about Islamic Finance to the wider public.
National Financial Literacy Program intends to engage the public to settle on better and successful choices in regards to the utilization of financial and allied services. In addition, it will make the financial industry more competitive, encourage new ideas, and work more efficiently to provide better financial services to citizens who are financially educated. Through dedicated classroom training sessions, street theaters, and other means, students are taught about a variety of financial topics like budgeting, savings, investments, consumers’ rights and responsibilities, Islamic banking, branchless banking, and currency management. One of the significant motivations why this general population remains unbanked is the absence of familiarity with financial items, how to utilize them and how these can assist them and settle on with bettering financial choices.
Taking benefit of National Financial Literacy Program, BankIslami also additionally onboard audience on Shariah compliant banking and financial solutions as well as create awareness about Riba Free banking.
The key objectives of the program are:
National Financial Literacy Program Class Room Session Conducted at BankIslami SITE Karachi Branch
National Financial Literacy Program Class Room Session for females conducted at D.I Khan by BankIslami
National Financial Literacy Program Class Room Session Conducted at Qila Saifullah by BankIslami
National Financial Literacy Program Street Theater Session Conducted at Killa Saifullah by BankIslami
National Financial Literacy Program Session Class Room Session Conducted at Multan


Romanesque basilicas and rotundas in Prague
The Prague Castle complex includes the Basilica of St. George, whose white tower, built out of carefully-worked marlstone blocks, is a major element of the Castle’s silhouette. Entry to the Basilica is included with a ticket to the National Gallery, which runs a permanent exhibition of 19th-century art at the Castle.
Several rotundas have also been preserved in Prague and the surrounding area. The oldest of these is the Rotunda of the Holy Rood in Karoliny Světlé street in the Old Town. In Na Rybníčku street in the New Town you will find the Rotunda of St. Longinus, and at Vyšehrad the Rotunda of St. Martin. On top of the legendary Mount Říp is the Rotunda of St. George.
Mediaeval paintings and the episcopal palace
Romanesque architecture can also be found in many monastery churches, for example those in Teplá and Milevsko. Exceptionally valuable paintings can be found on the interior of the Romanesque Rotunda of St. Catherine in the castle complex in Znojmo, whose Romanesque frescos from the end of the 11th century include Biblical motifs and a family-tree of the first rulers of Bohemia.
Next to the Cathedral of St. Wenceslas in Olomouc is the Archdiocesan Museum. During a tour of the museum you will visit the remains of the Romanesque episcopal palace, consisting of the western and northern peripheral walls, including many grouped Romanesque windows. One interesting and unusual sight is the drawings of animals and inscriptions on the jambs of the Romanesque windows. These were created by students of the cathedral school in the second third of the 13th century and serves as a reminder that school pupils have been relieving their boredom during class in a similar manner for centuries.


The following pairs of sentences illustrate broad and vague topic sentences and a clear, focused revised version. Study the pairs of sentences, keeping in mind that a good topic sentence: a) supports the thesis of the essay by stating a single main point in the discussion, b) announces what the paragraph will be about in specific terms, and c) controls the subject matter of the paragraph.
Unfocused: Too many people treat animals badly in experiments. [What people? Badly how? What kinds of experiments?]
Focused: The cosmetic industry often harms animals in unnecessary experiments designed to test their products.
Unfocused: Grades are unfair. [All grades? Unfair how?]
Focused: Course grades based solely on one term paper don't accurately measure a student's knowledge of the subject.
Unfocused: Getting the right job is important and can lead to rewarding experiences. [Note both vague language and a double focus - "important" and "can lead to rewarding experiences."]
Focused: Getting the right job can lead to an improved sense of self-esteem.
Now rewrite the following topic sentences so that they are clear and focused rather than fuzzy or broad.
Note: When looking at topic sentences in your own essay, remember that you first must determine how each topic sentence relates to the thesis of the essay as a whole. Then, after rewriting your topic sentences to be more specific, make sure you check the rest of the paragraph for adherence to that more specific subject. All examples and details in the entire paragraph must directly support the topic sentence.


The University of Utah Ergonomics and Safety Lab’s first device, developed several years ago, started with a call from Judy Gooch, a university hospital physician who worked with children with disabilities. Judy wanted to know if we could invent a system to help children with cerebral palsy (CP) exercise their gluteus muscles, which are important in walking. She noted that the existing method involved the children simply pulling their leg backward against the force of a bungee cord attached to a table leg — not much fun — and indicated that the kids got tired of it in minutes (who wouldn’t!). She wondered if we could come up with a way for the kids to exercise and have fun at the same time, which would make it easier to convince the kids to do it. After one iteration we came up with the idea of the trike, where the kids basically stand on the pedals and simulate walking — fun for the kids while also strengthening some of the same basic muscles as used in walking. One interesting outcome of this first project was the feedback from the parents that, while their child’s walking pattern improved, they were even more excited that their children were an active part of the neighborhood play activities — an unexpected (for us), but very satisfying, result.


Did you know, 85% of dogs and 70% of cats over the age of three suffer from some form of dental disease? Chances are, your pet could use a dental exam. Even if your pet doesn’t have stained teeth, bacteria can still be present below the gum line, so it’s important to have your pet’s oral cavity examined by a professional. In fact, if your pet has bad breath, they have a form of dental disease.
Can you imagine what your teeth would look like if you never brushed them? It’s no different for cats and dogs, though many pet owners don’t pay very much attention to their pet’s dental health. Bad breath and dirty teeth are unappealing, but many pet owners aren’t aware that these may be indicators of gum disease that can cause the spread of bacteria to the kidney, heart, and liver. The gums are a boundary to the bloodstream, so unless you are regularly providing dental care for your pet, you are neglecting an important factor in their overall health and putting them at a higher risk for serious illness.
Without proper care, plaque builds up on the teeth and turns into tartar. These areas spread as long as they are untreated and result in gum disease, tooth loss, and pain. Remember, your pet feels the pain of a toothache just like you do, and worst of all they can’t tell you they’re in pain. You wouldn’t go weeks or months without dealing with a toothache, would you? If your pet doesn’t receive routine dental care, they could be experiencing pain in their gums and jaw.
Routine dental cleanings and home care plays an important role to help prevent dental disease. Grand Montecito Animal Hospital offers dental exams and anesthetic dental cleaning for cats and dogs. Call us at (702) 656-1115 or come by with your pet to talk about their dental health today.
Our dental cleanings are performed while your pets are under anesthesia.
Anesthesia can be frightening, but we take the utmost care with your beloved pet family. We use state of the art equipment to monitor all our patients, IV (intravenous) catheterization, fluid therapy, blood pressure monitoring, and pain management is provided. We strive to provide the same quality of care to our furry patients that their human counter parts receive.


The sensitive information of tens of thousands of former University of Hawaii students was inadvertently posted online, where it remained for nearly a year before being removed.
How many victims? 40,000.
What type of personal information? Names, Social Security numbers, addresses, birth dates and educational data.
What happened? Last December, a faculty member inadvertently uploaded the sensitive files to an unencrypted web server. The faculty member, who recently retired from UH's West Oahu campus, was conducting a study about students.
Details: Those affected are students who attended UH's Manoa campus from 1990 to 1998 and during 2001. In addition, students who attended UH's West Oahu campus during fall of 1994 or graduated from 1988 to 1993 may be impacted.
The incident follows a separate UH breach disclosed in July that involved the personal information of 53,000 individuals.
What was the response? The university removed the files and disconnected the affected server from the network, after Liberty Coalition, a nonprofit group based in Washington D.C., notified university officials about the exposure on Oct. 18. Affected individuals are being notified.
The FBI and Honolulu Police Department have been notified. The university currently has no evidence that anyone's personal information was accessed for malicious intent. Meanwhile, the UH West Oahu campus is also working to adopt more proactive security measures to ensure a similar incident does not occur in the future.
Source: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/, University of Hawaii – Manoa, “Inadvertent exposure by UH West O'ahu affects Mānoa students,” Oct. 28, 2010.


As many as 59 million Americans have thyroid problems, and an alarming majority are not yet diagnosed. To give you an idea of just how important a healthy and functioning thyroid is to your health, consider this; if you don’t have a properly functioning thyroid when you are born, you can die within 24 hours.**
Weighing in at just under an ounce and shaped like a butterfly, you’d be a fool to underestimate the power and influence your thyroid has on your health. Every single aspect of your metabolism, from your heart rate to how effectively you can burn calories, is regulated by thyroid hormones. Your thyroid affects your health in aspects you probably never even considered. It can affect your weight, cause depression and zap your energy levels leaving you feeling tired, worn out and irritable. Without vital thyroid hormones, your health will severely suffer. The most important of these hormones is thyroxine (T4), tri-odothyronine (T3) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH).
The frightening reality of an undiagnosed thyroid problem is that it increases your risk of heart disease, depression, anxiety, obesity, hair loss and much, much more.
Undiagnosed thyroid problems can dramatically increase your risk of obesity, heart disease, depression, anxiety, hair loss, sexual dysfunction, infertility and a host of other symptoms and health problems that in the most extreme cases can lead to death.
Health and Wellness Clinic U.S.A in Coral Gables can help.
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Juneteenth, a blending of the words June and nineteenth, is an annual celebration on June 19th commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth is currently recognized by more than 47 states as a state holiday or observance, with propositions to make it a federal holiday. How can we acknowledge, celebrate, and teach about the significance of Juneteenth?
In this conversation with three experts, we will explore the importance of this holiday, how and why it’s celebrated across the country, as well as relevant books, teaching strategies, and more. Our panelists are Newbery and Caldecott Honor-winning author and poet Carole Boston Weatherford (Juneteenth Jamboree), alongside expert educators Dr. Amanda Vickery, Assistant Professor of Social Studies at University of North Texas, and Dawnavyn James, Missouri-based Early Childhood and Elementary Educator.
Attendees will come away with an understanding of the history behind Juneteenth; concrete applications for the classroom, library, and home; and a list of recommended supporting materials and resources for adults and students. Whether you are a teacher, librarian, administrator, or parent, please join us for this incredibly timely and essential conversation about an often overlooked holiday that deserves our attention.
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT
Duration: 1 Hour
How to Join: Register here. If you can’t join live, you can still register to receive a link to the recording after the webinar takes place.
Order copies of Carole Boston Weatherford’s book Juneteenth Jamboree when you register here and receive free domestic shipping (US addresses only).


Essay structure means that there is a format or template for types of writing. It is a way of outlining what you will say in your assessment that keeps your writing on track and helps you organise your thoughts. It can otherwise be known as an Essay Plan.
Writing an essay plan is very useful as a lot of the hard work when it comes to assessment writing is nutting out what to say. Once you have a plan for each paragraph the actual writing can seem a lot less daunting.
Essays have three main components.
Section 1. Introduction
Section 2. Body
The body of your paragraph is where you will provide information and evidence to support your main argument. This may include your arguments, critiques, analysis, reflections.
Note: If you are introducing a new idea - start a new paragraph.
Section 3. Conclusion
The conclusion ties together the essay, it provides a summary of what has been presented.
Note: Do NOT include any new material here.
Use the 'Essay planning template' below to get started.
Writing the Essay
Now that you have your essay plan it is important to pay attention to your writing skills. There are often a few mistakes students make when it comes to writing that you need to be aware of.
Paraphrasing is where you change the structure and words of somebody else's work but maintain the original 'meaning'.
How to Paraphrase
A quote provides evidence to support your argument using another author's authoritative voice.
How to Quote
Types of Essays
The Argumentative Essay
This essay is investigative, the author will present both sides of an issue/topic and argue for one that is correct. Evidence and research are provided to convince the reader and establish one viewpoint and support the author's claim.
Critical Reflection Essay
The critical reflection essay requires the author to challenge their ideas, question their knowledge and beliefs about a topic, and identify bias.


Is boxing good for kids? Absolutely! Children’s boxing lessons, which are generally designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of the sport and encourage physical fitness in a safe and supportive environment, are a great extracurricular for young ones. Let’s look at some of the benefits of boxing for kids.
Boxing for kids is a full body workout. Warm-ups and boxing drills are great cardio. Boxing with boxing gloves also provides resistance, which helps to build and tone muscle. It’s also a fun way to keep energetic kids busy and challenged.
Boxing for kids is fun, but it’s not easy. Learning and practicing techniques requires patience, listening to their coaches, and a commitment to self-improvement. In working through the challenges that come along with boxing lessons, kids will strengthen their character as well as their punches.
Whether they involve shadow boxing, focus pad work, heavy bag drills, or a combination of all of the above, boxing classes for kids will improve precision, coordination, and timing.
The above training also requires mental strength and concentration, which means that boxing for kids improves their focus and problem-solving skills. This can also help them in the classroom and in life.
With the guidance of their boxing coaches, kids learn to set and reach goals. Boxing for kids instills pride in hard work and a self worth that doesn’t come from whether you win or lose, but how hard you tried.


October 2017, New Zealand: Students from Gisborne Intermediate and Makauri schools traded pencils for utensils to celebrate International Chefs Day.
Gisborne Intermediate ran a special workshop that focused on “the heroes of vegetables”.
Students learned how to make an orange and carrot salad, broccoli salad with raisins and hummus, as well as other healthy recipes.
“It’s all about turning kids on to healthy cooking,” said chef Sue Matthews of Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT).
“Learning to cook is so important and we focused on cooking with fresh produce. It’s also about making cooking fun.
Smoothies were also on the menu. Budding young cooks were encouraged to try different combinations, using carrots, celery, bananas, strawberries and cranberry juice.
International Chefs Day was a global event during which the New Zealand Chefs Association and Nestle New Zealand ran chef-led workshops in schools around the country.
Ms Matthews, the adult community education coordinator at EIT and an active member of the Chefs Association, is enthusiastic about getting kids hooked on growing and cooking their own food.
“I believe we, as chefs, have a greater responsibility and role to play in our communities. We have the knowledge and skills to create nutritious food, which has a positive impact on people’s health and wellbeing. By passing these to the younger generation, we can bring enormous benefits to them and their whanau.
The Ministry of Health’s New Zealand Health Survey 2015/16 revealed that 11 percent of Kiwi kids were obese and a further 21 percent were overweight.
Nestle New Zealand country manager and chief executive, Christian Abboud, said these statistics highlighted the importance of people working together to “create a healthy tomorrow for today’s children”.
“Being able to prepare a healthy meal is a fundamental part of enjoying a healthy diet as adults.
“International Chefs Day workshops give children the chance to have fun and be creative with food while they prepare supercharged meals using the superhero foods that are the focus for this year.”
Reprinted from Gisborne Herald: http://gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/3058328-135/veggie-heroes-as-students-hit-kitchen


Coronary angiography is a medical imaging procedure used to evaluate the health and function of the heart's blood vessels, known as the coronary arteries. This test is often performed in cardiology services as a diagnostic tool for various heart conditions, including coronary artery disease.
During a coronary angiography, a small catheter is inserted into an artery in the groin or arm and guided to the heart. A contrast dye is injected through the catheter, which helps to highlight the coronary arteries on an Display screen. The images produced by the Screen / Monitor can help healthcare professionals identify any blockages or abnormalities in the coronary arteries.
Coronary angiography is a relatively safe procedure that is performed in a hospital or cardiac catheterization laboratory. Patients are typically given a sedative or mild anesthesia to help them relax during the procedure. While there is a slight risk of complications, such as bleeding or infection, these are rare and can be managed by experienced healthcare professionals.
Coronary angiography is often used to diagnose coronary artery disease, a condition in which the coronary arteries become narrowed or blocked due to the buildup of plaque. This can lead to chest pain, shortness of breath, and other symptoms. By visualizing the coronary arteries, healthcare professionals can determine the severity of any blockages and decide on the most appropriate treatment plan.
In addition to diagnosing coronary artery disease, coronary angiography can also be used to evaluate the effectiveness of heart treatments, such as stents or bypass surgery. By performing follow-up angiograms, healthcare professionals can monitor how well the treatments are working and make adjustments as needed.
Overall, coronary angiography is a valuable tool in cardiology services for diagnosing and managing various heart conditions. If you are experiencing symptoms of heart disease, your healthcare provider may recommend a coronary angiogram to help evaluate your heart health. While the procedure may seem intimidating, it is a safe and effective way to visualize the coronary arteries and determine the best course of treatment.
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Douglas Haig (June 19, 1861 – January 28, 1928) was a British soldier and senior commander during World War 1. He had independent wealth: his family manufactured Haig & Haig whisky.
Born in Edinburgh, Haig studied at Brasenose College, Oxford and from 1884 at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He took a commission in the 7th Queen’s Own Hussars and saw service in India, in the Omdurman campaign in the Sudan and during the Boer War. Haig returned to India in 1903 as a Colonel and inspector of general cavalry. He was promoted to Major General before returning to England to a post in the War Office in 1906.
Haig helped found the British Expeditionary Force and in 1914 he was promoted to Lieutenant General and placed in command of the 1st Army Corps. Following relative successes at Mons and Ypres (1st Battle of Ypres), Haig was promoted to full General and made second-in-command of the British forces in France under Sir John French. In December 1915 Haig became Commander-in-Chief of the British forces, with French returning to Britain to head the Home forces.
He directed several British campaigns, including the disastrous British offensive at the Somme, in which his side lost over 500,000 casualties while ultimately taking only few kilometers of ground, and the campaign at Passchendaele (3rd Battle of Ypres). Despite the failures, in 1917 Haig was made a Field Marshal. In 1918 following the final German assault Haig’s forces had much success.
Post-war Haig became an Earl in 1919 and Baron Haig of Bemersyde in 1921. He was commander-in-chief of home forces until his retirement in 1921. He was criticised post-war for the excessive slaughter of troops under his command which earned him the nickname “Butcher” Haig.


Master's Thesis (Open Access)
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Homework is a teaching tool used to facilitate student learning outside of the classroom. The purpose of this study was to observe if parental homework involvement increased homework effectiveness. By soliciting parental involvement using Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork (TIPS) assignments, the study implemented an experimental quantitative design with pre and posttests to measure differences in student learning. Convenience sampling was used to select two random class periods, each with 28 students. One period acted as the control group; whereas, the other served as the intervention group. The intervention group received TIPS homework; whereas, the control group received non-TIPS homework. Data was gathered across a three week study. Independent and paired samples t-tests were conducted to determine if there were statistically significant differences between the means of both groups. Both groups showed an increase in average quiz scores from pretest to posttest; however, the control group had greater and statistically significant growth which rejects the hypothesis that using TIPS homework improved students' comprehension above and beyond their normal instruction. Such findings go against much of the available research. As a result, further research is recommended. Possible factors negatively impacting results include: small sample size and difficulty in soliciting homework completion and turn in.
Chu, Ying Ying K., "Effects of TIPS Homework on Student Learning" (2017). Capstone Projects and Master's Theses. 128.


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Go back to the list of questions you came up with regarding the contradictions or problems you found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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People are increasingly familiar with redlining and gentrification as processes that produce racially unjust conditions in housing. But these on their own are not enough to understand the deeply rooted policies and practices of racial exclusion that make up the history of housing in the Bay Area and that continue to shape its current housing landscape. Part of addressing structural racism is understanding what caused it, as well as learning about how individuals and communities have resisted it and put forward alternatives. This work must also be grounded in radical imagination that illuminates future scenarios and solutions and engages in action that brings these visions to life. This project is an attempt to make more accessible these histories, processes, visions, and actions in the hopes that teaching and learning about them can lead to justice, needed repair, and belonging for all.
The curricular materials and resources on this page center on the issue of race and housing and were co-created by a cohort of teachers collaborating with the Othering and Belonging Institute and other researchers and practitioners. Resources on this page are interdisciplinary in nature and are rooted in social and racial justice education. On this webpage, you will find two types of resources: 1) K-12 curriculum and 2) presentations on race and housing. The K-12 curricular units were designed by Bay Area teachers and follow project-based learning principles. This curriculum features three units: one on Place & Identity, one on Afrofuturism, and one on Racial Capitalism. Each unit has a unit overview as well as student-facing materials. This curriculum can be used as is, or adapted for various grade levels and settings. The presentations on race and housing were developed by Othering and Belonging Institute staff and community partners for OBI's summer teacher fellowship.


Cast Iron Piston Made In China
The piston is a key part of engine. It
consists of piston rings, piston pin, and connecting rod. The shapes
of pistons include disc shaped and cylindrical.
The primary mission of piston is passed the pressure of combustion
gases to the crankshaft. Make the crankshaft rotating and output
The types of pistons include diesel piston, gasoline car piston,
generator piston, farm machinery piston and general-purpose piston.
Because pistons working in the high speed, high pressure and high
temperature of the hostile environment, so the piston must have
enough strength and stiffness, expansion coefficient is smaller,
weight is lighter, wearing resistance, corrosion resistance and
thermal conductivity should be better.
The materials of pistons
The materials of pistons include
cast iron, cast steel,
and aluminum alloy, of which cast iron is the most common materials.
The castability of cast iron is good and it has enough strength and
stiffness, expansion coefficient is smaller, and good wearing
resistance and corrosion resistance.
Moreover, the cost of cast iron is lower, but its weight is heavy,
thermal conductivity is smaller, heat absorptivity is about 30%
higher than aluminum alloy.
The weight of aluminum alloy is lighter, thermal conductivity is
bigger, it has quick heat dissipation, but its strength and wearing
resistance are worse, expansion coefficient is bigger, easy for
expands and jammed inside in the cylinders.
The production processes of pistons are usually included casting and
As for casting process to produce piston, it has good wear
resistance, corrosion resistance and life time is long. Casting
process is fitted for common engine pistons.
As for forging process to produce piston, it has good strength and
stiffness. Forging process if fitted for high-performance engines


BP announced it plans to donate the net revenue from oil recovered from the MC252 oil spill to create a new wildlife fund that would create, restore, improve and protect wildlife habitat along the coastline of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
The creation of this fund exceeds the company’s obligations under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
BP’s net revenue from the sale of oil recovered from skimming operations and the well containment systems is slated to be deposited into this newly-created fund. At this point, BP cannot predict the total of amount of net revenue that will be deposited into the wildlife fund. The amount of funding will be contingent upon the amount of oil collected during operations and the price at which the oil is sold. BP will provide regular updates on the amount of proceeds being deposited into the fund.
“We’ve already launched the largest environmental response in history, and BP is committed to protecting the ecosystems and wildlife on the Gulf Coast. Proceeds from the sale of oil recovered from the MC252 well will be used to further this commitment,” said Tony Hayward, BP’s CEO. “We believe these funds will have a significant positive impact on the environment in this region.”
The creation of the wildlife fund is the latest example of BP’s commitment to help the Gulf Coast states and their residents. On May 24, 2010, BP announced a commitment of up to $500 million for an open research program studying the impact of the Deepwater Horizon incident, and its associated response, on the marine and shoreline environment of the Gulf of Mexico.


Documentation is a verb, not a finished product to be written and filed away or forgotten. It is a way of being in relationship, a disposition to pay close attention and to engage our minds and our hearts during our days with children in our care.
Documentation practices in early education typically focus on children’s learning; educators are present in documentation only as observers – whether enthusiastic or neutral, their role in documentation is to report on what children have done, and said, and accomplished.
What if we turn this conceptualization of documentation on its head? What if we acknowledge that documentation speaks volumes about what educators find meaningful, worthy of their attention and time, provocative, enlivening? What if we call educators to be present in the documentation they create, with their curiosity and insight and uncertainty and self-awareness?
We’ll take up these questions during our evening together, and explore the idea that documentation is as much about educators as it is about children. We’ll play with writing exercises that make educators’ thinking, wondering, and valuing visible. Please bring a notebook and pen, and come ready to write.
The Vancouver Reggio Consortium will hold its annual general meeting prior to Ann’s talk, from 6:30 to 7:00 PM. All are welcome.
About Ann Pelo
Ann is the author of five books, most recently The Goodness of Rain: Developing an Ecological Identity in Young Children (2013). She’s deep into work on her next book, with a focus on pedagogical leadership.


MedINA is participating at the “Training workshop on Climate change, Nature based solutions, CO2 & soil practices (Onsite)” , which is taking place on 22 – 24 November 2021 at Tour du Valat, France.
Cultural landscapes prove to be beneficial to both the conservation of biodiversity and the livelihoods of the local communities. Through the connection between nature and culture, they deliver environmental, social and economic benefits to the society. Their sustainability is under threat from many different factors, including the current changes to the climate. However, cultural landscapes have great potential to play an important role in climate change resilience.
This three-day capacity building is designed for the partners of the Alliance of Mediterranean Nature & Culture (AMNC), interested in understanding the aspects of climate change mitigation and adaptation. The objective is to develop the capacity of the partners in developing nature-based climate change action plans and to establish a baseline for monitoring climate change in their cultural landscapes and translating their work in climate change terms.
The focus of the workshop will be on the following subjects (both at theoretical and practical level): 1. How to contribute to reduce CO2. How to store carbon in the soils (practices that will contribute to do it). 2. How to develop a management plan for a more resilient landscape. Examples of managements. Nature Based Solutions. The objectives we want to achieve are:
- Learn about all aspects of Climate Change -mitigation, resilience and adaptation and the role of Nature Based solutions
- Increase skills in developing nature-based climate change action plans
- A list of practical ideas to be implemented in the field. Such as Regenerative livestock farming (CO2 sequestration) and Keyline systems to increase the moisture content of agricultural land
- Methodologies to measure the impact of Climate Change on natural ecosystems and biodiversity
- Establish a baseline for the monitoring of Climate Change and translate the work in Climate Change terms


IMPORTANCE OF BOARD GAMES FOR KIDS
There are a few important pointers that I wanted to share about board games, things that I personally observed.
Various skills are being developed :
- Understanding and following instructions
- Learning to take turns to play
- Accepting to win and to lose
- Observation skill develops
- Language skill develops
- Learns to play as a team – teamwork
- Develops patience
- Learning to make decisions -Problem solving (planning/analysing/execution)
- Attention span increases
- Family bonding gets beautiful (when played with the family)
- Social interaction develops
- An healthy competition develops
Board games is one of the easiest way to get your kids some screen free time.
Apart from all these pointers that I’ve mentioned there is something absolutely takes over – it is “Family time” that we get, everyone is involved, no devices for distraction. Various emotions are staged like a smiling face, serious face, cunning look much more. A favourite snack as an add on will make it last even longer.
The family laughs together and creates memories.
If you don’t have any board games right now, wait for it, ill share a few DIY games that you can play as a family.
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Mirage Over the BigHorns (They don’t look like that)….
Fata Morgana = Complex Mirage
Often observed over large patches of snow/ice at low uniform temperature. Sounds like here lolol… A Fata Morgana is a pretty rare event in my experience. I’ve never seen this before but it can occur anywhere. There is no limitation for temperature though as they can occur on hot days. This was not a hot day lolol.
Fata Morgana is described as a very complex “superior” form of mirage. It will have three or more distorted erect and inverted images . All within the primary mirage. Changes of the constantly variable conditions of the atmosphere cause it to change form rapidly. A Fata Morgana may change in infinite ways within just a few seconds, Including changing to become a straightforward superior mirage. A superior mirage occurs when the air under the line of sight is colder than the air above it. This unusual arrangement is termed ” temperature inversion”. Warm air above cold air is the opposite of the normal temperature gradient of the atmosphere during the daytime. That obviously was the case here.
Seen from sea level to mountain tops, this phenomena has even been seen from aircraft. I’ve never ever experienced this in 20 years of living up here. Now the Big Horn Mountains are 130 miles distant. That is one long distance mirage. About 200 miles line of sight past the Big Horns are the Wind River Mountains. The strange slopes COULD be from the Wind River Slopes showing in the mirage. Alternately, the mirage COULD be Multiplying and stacking in several layers the slopes of the Big Horns themselves. (Educated Speculation at best).
“Atmospheric ducting” of light causes this. The lensing created by bending the light rays in an arc equal to the curvature of the earth. Proper Positioning is necessary to see this. Being JUST below or actually in the atmospheric duct is necessary to see the Fata Morgana Mirage.
Location: Bliss Dinosaur ranch, Wyoming/Montana borderlands (Wyotana).
Title: Mirage Over the BigHorns


Tips: Cluster communications
Consider these tips when you set up your communications paths.
- Be sure you have adequate bandwidth on your communication lines to handle the non cluster activity along with the clustering heartbeating function and continue to monitor for increased activity.
- For best reliability, do not configure a single communication path linking one or more nodes.
- Do not overburden the line that is responsible for ensuring that you are still communicating with a node.
- Eliminate as many single points of failure as possible, such as having two communication lines coming into a single adapter, same input-output processor (IOP), or same expansion unit.
- If you have an extremely high volume of data being passed over your communication lines, you may want to consider putting data replication and heartbeat monitoring on separate networks.
- User Datagram Protocol (UDP) multicast is the preferred protocol that the cluster communications infrastructure uses to send cluster management information between nodes in a cluster. When the physical media supports multicast capabilities, cluster communications uses the UDP multicast to send management messaging from a given node to all local cluster nodes that support the same subnet address. Messages that are sent to nodes on remote networks are always sent by using UDP point-to-point capabilities. Cluster communications does not rely on routing capability for multicast messages.
- The multicast traffic that supports cluster management messaging tends to fluctuate by nature. Depending on the number of nodes on a given LAN (that supports a common subnet address) and the complexity of the cluster management structure that is chosen by the cluster administrator, cluster-related multicast packets can easily exceed 40 packets per second. Fluctuations of this nature can have a negative effect on older networking equipment. One example is congestion problems on devices on the LAN that serve as Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agents that need to evaluate every UDP multicast packet. Some of the earlier networking equipment does not have adequate bandwidth to keep up with this type of traffic. You need to ensure that you or the network administrator has reviewed the capacity of the networks to handle UDP multicast traffic to make certain that clustering does not have a negative effect on the performance of the networks.


Free Ten Frame Addition to 10 – Clovers
by Fun Classroom Creations
Free Ten Frame Addition to 10 - Clovers Use the pictures to solve the addition sentences. Use anytime during the year or near St. Patrick's Day. Like this sample?…
Common Core Standards Posters for 2nd Grade Set.
This illustrated 2nd grade Common Core Standards set will help your classroom look great while displaying the standards. The illustrations on each card help students understand their learning goals. You should laminate the standards and posters to use again. Velcro works great to stick the standards to your poster and makes it easy to switch them throughout the year.
*HALF PAGE Posters
*All 2nd grade ELA Standards
*All 2nd grade Math Standards
*4 Versions Included — “I can”, “I will”, “we can”, and “we will” statements.
*The standards each have a colorful illustration to make the goal easy to understand.
*The standards are written in kid friendly language.
*Powerpoint Template to easily create additions.
I’ve also included many theme posters for the standards to be displayed in your classroom (or you could make your own).
These look terrific printed in color and laminated, but they also look good printed in black and white.
No state additions are included in this product. All the regular ELA and Math Common Core Standards are included. These are found at www.corestandards.org. Some states have chosen to create additional standards to use together with the Common Core Standards. However, I have included blank templates for anybody who wishes to create state additions that match this set of posters. The template is provided as a Powerpoint file. Open the file in Powerpoint, choose the font sizes (24 for half page, 48 or 54 full page), font style (Comic Sans MS), find clip art images to paste into the Powerpoint files, Save As PDF, and print.
I hope you and your students find this product useful and fun.


Checkout From GIT 101
- Install Git on your local machine by visiting the official website and downloading the appropriate version for your operating system.
- Open a terminal or command prompt and navigate to the directory where you want to create a local copy of the repository.
- Run the command “git clone [repository URL]” to create a local copy of the repository on your machine. The repository URL can be found on the GitHub website by navigating to the repository and clicking the “Clone or download” button.
- Once the repository has been cloned, navigate the newly created directory by running the command “cd [repository name]”.
- To check out a specific branch, run the command “git checkout [branch name]”. This will switch your local repository to the specified branch, allowing you to make changes and view the code for that branch.
- You can also create a new branch by running the command “git checkout -b [new branch name]”. This will create a new branch and switch your local repository to that branch.
- To view the list of branches, run the command “git branch”. This will display a list of all branches in the repository, including the current branch.
- Once you have made the changes to the code, you can commit them by running “git commit -am “[commit message]”
- To push the commit to the remote repository, you can use the command “git push origin [branch name]”
- Once you are done with the changes and ready to merge them to the main branch, you can create a pull request on the GitHub website.
Finally, you can merge the pull request once the reviewers approve it.
** This is a general outline for checking out a repository from GitHub and making changes to the code. It’s important to note that Git is a complex tool with many other commands and options available.


A new report by the UNEP and INTERPOL has found that up to 90 per cent of tropical deforestation can be attributed to organized crime, which controls up to 30 per cent of the global timber trade. The economic value of illegal logging is estimated to be worth $30-$100 billion and makes up 10-30 percent of all timber trade. Additionally, the loss of revenue and tax income from illegally harvested wood is at worth least $10 billion per year.
International crime organizations get involved in the timber trade because they are attracted by both the profits and the low risk of being caught. For years, environmental regulators thought that illegal logging was decreasing worldwide but the criminals have simply become better at hiding their tracks. Common ploys include forging permits, hacking trade databases, bribing officials, concealing timber’s true origin, and hiding illegal timber amid legal stocks.
“The vast majority of deforestation and illegal logging takes place in the tropical forests of the Amazon, Central Africa and Southeast Asia,” the report notes. “Recent studies into the extent of illegal logging estimate that it accounts for 50–90 per cent of the volume of forestry in key producer tropical countries”
The report recognizes the importance of REDD+ projects in combating illegal logging and protecting not only forests but also the indigenous tribes and people who endangered or displaced by this activity.


Complementary and Different Drugs (CAM) refers to a gaggle of diverse medical and healthcare techniques, practices, and merchandise not at the moment thought of as typical drugs. Various medicines or therapies vary from being scientifically provable to scientifically disproven, and might be benign (and often ridiculous) all the way to downright harmful. As a very distinctive graduate degree program, we work with students who’re thinking about pursuing careers in healthcare but also wanting to study an exceptional talent set combining science, CAM, and evidence.
Editorial board members of the Alternative & Integrative Medication or outside experts full the evaluation. There is a surprising paucity of evidence relating to whether or not using CAM in addition to typical remedy has an hostile impact on most cancers survival, but the proof that we do have could be very clear on at the very least one factor: CAM doesn’t enhance cancer survival.
Complementary medication describes various drugs used along with typical medication. Many people in Western international locations are exploring various medicine as part of their medical care. Rankin left her conventional OB-GYN follow in 2007 to open an integrative well being apply. Asked concerning the therapy, Dr. Daniel Monti, who directs the integrative well being center, acknowledged that the data is basically anecdotal,” and said the hospital gives the remedy only not often, when there are few different options.” But those caveats do not come by on the web site.
Some states have licensing necessities for certain specialists, like acupuncturists and massage therapists, and lots of are increasing their necessities for licensing as CAM practices develop in popularity. The authors identified solely 280 sufferers who match the factors, and noted that sufferers in the alternative medicine group have been prone to be younger, female, and have a lower Charlson-Deyo Comorbidity Rating (CDCS, a measure of preexisting comorbidities or of how sick” the patient is on the time of diagnosis).
Final 12 months, for example, The New England Journal of Medicine published a study displaying that folks with Parkinson’s disease can improve their steadiness and stability by training Tai Chi, an ancient Chinese language train system. Lastly, a recent research from Malaysia discovered a powerful correlation between CAM use and delays in diagnosis and remedy in breast cancer sufferers, although this study also prompt that the reason many ladies use alternative medication is as a result of they do not have good entry to top quality medical care.


Girl stops a kidnapper – level 3
In Florida, US, Jared Paul Stanga attempted to kidnap an 11-year-old girl named Alyssa Bonai.
Security camera footage recorded her playing in grass next to a road while she waited for the school bus. A white van drove by her, and then a minute later, it came back.
Stanga jumped out of the van and threatened her with a knife as he tried to pull her to the van. She pushed him off, kicked and tripped him, and wiped the homemade blue slime that she had been playing with on him. Then they both ran away from each other. Later on, the police found the suspect by tracing the license plate on his van and saw the blue slime on his arms.
Bonai said she learned from the TV show ‘Law & Order SVU’ that you need to leave evidence behind to help catch a criminal.
Difficult words: trip (to fall when your foot hits something), slime (unpleasant thick liquid substance that some people use as a toy), suspect (a person who possibly did something wrong), trace (to track).
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Advantages of organic farminggestinet
Introducing Organic Farming:
Organic farming reduces and ends the problems that arise in traditional farming. Below we will highlight the most important points of the advantages of organic farming.
Climatological factors together with human factors are the ones that produce greater soil erosion.
The impact of man in traditional agriculture has caused and continues to cause erosion to accelerate, this is due to the lack of soil rest, the excessive use of chemicals, among many other factors.
Ecological cultivation reduces the impact by using different techniques such as mulching with dry organic matter, an increase of decomposed matter in the soil, rational use of ecological products, etc.
Contamination of plants and the environment.
In traditional cultivation, and often without awareness or knowledge of it, exaggerated amounts of chemicals are added that make the environment sick because their residues accumulate in the soil and subsoil, in groundwater and rivers and also in the air.
By cultivating organically, we avoid these and other problems. By doing so, we contribute to preserve essential nutrients and to have cure of natural resources.
The final product:
If we discard the use of chemicals and bet on natural extracts and ecological and residue-free live microorganisms we will achieve a final product of excellent quality since the plant, throughout its life cycle, has been treated with respect.
We are all equal:
We must remember that every movement and action of man must have a reason for being. Each and every living being deserves to be treated well, cannabis is no exception.


How to compile and run the code
Linux and OS X
- input.txt and main.cpp should be saved in the same folder
- compilation on Linux and OS X:
g++ main.cpp -o skmf
- running (e.g. in bash shell):
The quickest way to try the software on Windows is to download the SKMF.exe and input.txt files, copy them to the same folder, then run SKMF.exe .
Alternatively, if you would like to see the code and compile yourself, download the provided main.cpp and input.txt files and copy them to the same folder.
Installing Code::Blocks and opening main.cpp
The program code is written in C++. To compile it on Windows, we recommend installing the open source Code::Blocks IDE (integrated development environment). Download the binary release from the following link:
Download the codeblocks-XX.YYmingw-nosetup.zip file, where XX.YY is the current version number (16.01 on 28/04/2016). Extract the downloaded .zip file and run codeblocks.exe .
In Code::Blocks open the downloaded main.cpp file under File -> Open.
Changing to C++11 standard
The program code uses C++11 standard, the compiler must be set accordingly.
Go to Settings -> Compiler...
Under Compiler Settings -> Compiler flags tick the box next to the "Have g++ follow the C++11 ISO C++ language standard [-std=C++11]" line, then click the OK button.
Compiling and running the code
To create an executable .exe file press Ctrl+F9 or click on the yellow gear icon in the top row.
Go to the folder where you copied the input.txt and main.cpp files and run the newly created main.exe file.
Visualizing the results
The SKMF software's output file is in extended .XYZ file format. To visualize the results we recommend OVITO, The Open Visualization Tool which is available to all major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, MacOS and Linux.
To get help in the first steps of using OVITO to visualise the results of the simulations, please go to our OVITO tutorial page.


A few years after the death of his successor, Inan was killed in the fight against Uighurs. Uighur leader Tumidu nominally flout China, but in their possessions continued to call Kagan herself, was killed in 648 by his nephew UGE. UGE and his successors did not have such a value, and Kyrgyz are now able to operate independently. In 648, the year of death Tumidu, 3 years after the death of Inan, and during the decline of Western power, the Turkish Kagan doula, was sent first Kyrgyz embassy in China. China has achieved at this time is highly power, nominally subordinate to all the lands that were previously part of the Turkish Empire, as the eastern (back to 630 AD) and the western (after 658) branches. The scope of the Chinese Empire and the country formally became the Kirghiz, and was officially restored to its former Chinese name Gyangun. The actual rulers of the steppes were all former khans and lords, but now they are considered by Chinese governors, received the Chinese ranks and were subordinated to the Chinese governor, who lived in the city Yanzhan (in Shanxi Province, near the present city Datunfu, and is now considered to be "one of the important strategic points in North China ").


This is an indexing project commissioned for the texts of the 3rd edition of this longstanding volume by the editor, Prof. Paul E. Lovejoy of York University, Toronto. Released in October 2011, the edition is available for order on the website of the publishers, Edinburgh University Press (EUP) at http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item1166735/?site_locale=en_GB and via major online retail stores including amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.
From the back cover blurb:
This history of slavery in Africa from the fifteenth to the early twentieth century examines how indigenous African slavery developed within an international context. Professor Lovejoy discusses the medieval Islamic slave trade and the Atlantic trade as well as the process of enslavement and the marketing of slaves. He considers the impact of European abolition and assesses slavery's role in African history. The book corrects the accepted interpretation that African slavery was mild and resulted in the slaves' assimilation. Instead, slaves were used extensively in production, although the exploitation methods and the relationships to world markets differed from those in the Americas. Nevertheless, slavery in Africa, like slavery in the Americas, developed from its position on the periphery of capitalist Europe. This second edition revises all statistical material on the slave trade demography and incorporates more recent research with an updated bibliography.
PAUL E. LOVEJOY received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1973 and has been Chair of the Department of History, York University, and Vice President of the Social sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. He is currently Distinguished Research Professor of History at York University as well as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and he serves on the International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Slave Route Project. He has edited or authored 14 books and more than 50 articles and chapters in books on African history and slavery
Cover Illustration: “A Slave” from Africa and its Exploration as told by Explorers. Sampson Low (Marston and Company, 1907)


This month we honor the gifts of our ancestors by celebrating Indigenous knowledge, traditions, language, and culture.
But at Interior we do that every day.
All of our work is done with the leadership of President Biden and an all-of-government approach to ensure Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Island communities have a seat at the table.
Native American history IS American history, and it is only by recognizing that history that we can build a future that is equitable and inclusive. Happy National Native American Heritage Month!
USCIS 100:59. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
USCIS 100:87. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
USCIS 100:94. What is the capital of the United States?*
USCIS 100:12. What is the “rule of law”?
USCIS 100:41. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
USCIS 100:42. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states (and tribes). What is one power of the states (and tribes)?
USCIS 100:28. What is the name of the President of the United States now?*
USCIS 100:35. What does the President’s Cabinet do?
USCIS 100:36. What are two Cabinet-level positions?
USCIS 100:91. Name one U.S. territory
Citizenship Resources for Native American Heritage Month post


Drowning and near drowning in children in the United Kingdom: lessons for prevention.British Medical Journal 1992; 304 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.304.6835.1143 (Published 02 May 1992) Cite this as: British Medical Journal 1992;304:1143
- A. Kemp,
- J. R. Sibert
OBJECTIVES--To determine the pattern of drowning and near drowning of children in Britain and identify means of prevention. DESIGN--Study of drowned and nearly drowned children under 15 years old. SETTING--United Kingdom, 1988 and 1989. SUBJECTS--Children under 15 years either drowning or admitted to hospital after a submersion incident. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES--Number of nearly drowned children, obtained from consultant paediatricians returning monthly notification cards through the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit. Number of drowned children notified by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys and other national epidemiological offices; information from coroners. RESULTS--306 children had confirmed submersion incidents: 149 died and 157 survived after near drowning. The annual incidence in England and Wales was 1.5/100,000, and mortality 0.7/100,000. Mortality was lowest in public pools 6% (2/32) and highest in rivers, canals, and lakes (78%, 56/73). Most of the children (263, 83%) were unsupervised at the time of the accident. 208 (68%) children were under 5 years old. CONCLUSIONS--Drowning and near drowning of children are problems in the British Isles. Appropriate supervision and safety barriers seem important for preventing such accidents. Improving information on dangers of drowning given to parents through the child surveillance programmes, encouraging fencing or draining of garden ponds and domestic swimming pools, and increasing supervision of swimming in lakes, rivers, and beaches should reduce the number of accidents.


State Youth Councils
About Youth Councils
What if the youth in your community made a difference? What if they brought about change to make your area a better place to live? What if they addressed problems that youth just like them are confronted with every day, and realized solutions? What if they had a voice?
With a local Youth Council, all of this is possible! In Youth Councils, dedicated youth work with local government agencies and concerned adults to address the needs of their local peers. These young leaders organize programs and projects to enhance their communities and the well-being of other youth in their communities.
Members of Youth Councils learn the value of teamwork, respect for self and others, a strong work ethic, and what it means to be a responsible citizen. Youth Councils provide a creative outlet for the youth of the community. The focus is not to replace any existing youth group, but to allow collaboration and serve as one united voice for all local youth.
Purpose of NC Youth Councils:
- To be the voice of youth in the community and serve as a line of communication between youth and adults in the area.
- To provide an organization in which youth can organize and supervise programs for the benefit of area youth and the community. These programs are open to all and should not duplicate or overlap existing programs in the area. The object is not to compete with constituent groups, but to provide a central planning body.
- To serve as an advisory committee on youth affairs to the local government. This goal is generally met by staying in touch with elected and governmental officials, bringing them ideas and concerns of youth that are within their realms of operation.
- To provide an opportunity for youth to share in local government matters and to learn to become responsible citizens.
- To encourage city and county planning agencies to invite youth to serve on city and county committees and contribute to community planning
Start a Youth Council
Thinking about starting a youth council in your area? Here are a few resources:
Ready to start a Youth Council? Click here to download the charter application.
For more information about State Youth Council, contact State Coordinator, Anaja McClinton at email@example.com


Animals give us everything. All of their unconditional love, emotions, loyalty and 100% of their energy. Just like people, an animal’s healthy energy can become depleted or blocked. This can result from emotional unbalance, trauma, illness or a variety of life stressors.
As animals cannot communicate their energetic needs, imbalances present as emotional, physical and behavioral issues.
Reiki, a Japanese system of healing with energy, balances animals’ energetic needs, allowing a deep healing to take place. Emotional issues are reduced, physical pain decreased and behavioral issues are easier to be resolved. Animals that are energetically balanced are happy, feel safer, have more focus and are better connected with their families.
- Behavioral issues such as excessive barking or fearful reactions
- Arthritis or joint pain
- Recovery from injury or surgery
- Relationships between animals and their people
- Relieves issues from past traumas
- And much more…
In Sarah’s Pet Reiki course, you will learn to use Reiki to assist your pets to heal themselves. Animals have powerful innate healing abilities. Pet Reiki teaches you to use Reiki to remove any blocks that are interfering with your pet’s own healing journey.
Pet Reiki fosters a deeper connection between guardian and animal and teaches you to meet all your pet’s emotional, spiritual and mental needs.
This Pet Reiki class includes:
- The ethics of working with animals
- The chakra system of various animals
- Using Reiki to address physical ailments
- Using Reiki to help with behavioral problems
- Using Reiki to resolve emotional distress
- Safety protocols when working with animals
- Setting up a safe and healing space for animals
- Proper techniques for keeping your own energy clear and protected


A lawyer or, more properly, an attorney-in-fact, is a practitioner of the law who defends or argues a case in court as representing either a client or representing themselves. In the US, lawyer applies to anyone practicing law. The term lawyer comes from French, which means one appointed or created by the king to defend people of a certain area against their enemies or accuse them of crimes. The word lawyer originates from the Latin word “justis” which means just.
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A lawyer can either be a public defender or a private counselor, a representative of one of the two main legal systems, or a lawyer who practices exclusively in the courts, i.e., a notary public. In addition to defending or providing legal advice, lawyers also prepare legal documents and prepare pleadings, practice law, and conduct depositions. While a lawyer provides legal advice, it differs from giving services in which the lawyer simply presents information, collects fees, and gives out legal documents.
A lawyer can be of two types: criminal and civil. A criminal lawyer is specialized in prosecuting those who have violated the law, but not necessarily in criminal cases. Civil lawyers, on the other hand, defend clients from both criminal and civil proceedings. A lawyer who practices exclusively in the courts is called a “generalist” or “specialist”. This type of lawyer is not employed exclusively in the courts but may provide legal services in other fields, such as immigration and labor law, real estate law, probate, corporate law, and family law.


When people think of the health risks associated with smoking tobacco, lung cancer is usually the first thing to come to mind. But, did you know that smoking can cause damage to much more than just your lungs? Optical patients who smoke cigarettes are often at a higher risk for eye-related diseases and complications. Here are some ways smoking can affect your vision:
Age-related macular degeneration is an optical disease that can cause irreversible blindness in patients and is the leading cause of vision loss among Canadians. It involves the deterioration of the central part of your retina (the macula) which is where we see the sharpest detail. Research has shown that smokers are at triple the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration and are more likely to develop it earlier in life than nonsmokers.
Cataracts are an optical condition which involves the lens of the eye becoming progressively opaque, resulting in blurred vision and ultimately blindness. In fact, cataracts are actually one of the leading causes of blindness around the globe.
Patients who smoke cigarettes have double to triple the risk of developing cataracts. Symptoms can include double vision, reduced night vision, light sensitivity and even blurred vision. While most cataract cases can be reversed by surgically removing them, it is best to prevent them from forming in the first place by reducing or eliminating smoking habits.
Retinopathy is a common optical condition that affects patients with diabetes by causing damage to the blood vessels in the retina, eventually bleeding into the eye. Those that smoke cigarettes are up to 40% more likely to develop diabetes; tobacco use can also speed up the progression of diabetic retinopathy.
Are you a current or former cigarette smoker? Wondering if your habit has caused any damage to your eyes or vision? Contact Seema Eye Care Centre in Calgary today! We would be more than happy to evaluate your eyes and assess your optical health and vision.


Neolithic Period, Liangzhu Culture (ca. 3400 – ca. 2200 BCE)
Height: 24.9 cm
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Exhibited & Published:
Weisbrod 30 Years, An Anniversary Exhibition, Spring 2002, Weisbrod Chinese Art, Ltd., New York, no. 1A.
Weisbrod 50 Years, An Anniversary Exhibition, Spring 2002, Hong Kong, 1A.
The tubular object, tapering toward the bottom, is square in cross-section with a cylindrical hole, drilled from both sides, running the length of it. Each corner is carved into nine horizontal registers of geometric forms. Each register has two raised bands, separated by a depressed band, then a pair of circular, finely drilled eyes, below which a bar shape is carved in relief. The jade’s original color was a grey-green, which is still visible in areas, but now most of the Cong has altered to a creamy white.
The abstract geometric design, called by many a mask design, on each register emanates from the tubular column, turning a cylindrical tube into a square one. The mask design is most likely a stylized version of more elaborate masks found on smaller Cong , see Yang , number 29.
Historians still do not know for what purposes cong were produced and used. In fact the object was named Cong in Zhou Dynasty texts, which were written over one thousand years later than the production of these objects. Cong have been found in tombs, sometimes in multiples (in tomb 3 at Sidun, Wujin county, Jiangsu Province, 32 Cong were found), along with many other jade objects, and therefore seem important ritually, and only accessible to the very wealthy and powerful.
A similar but smaller cong, also with abstracted masks, is in the collection of the Liangzhu Culture Museum, Yuhang, see Liangzhu Culture Museum, number 4. A very similar Cong, is in the Art Institute of Chicago, see Pearlstein, fig. 5. With nine registers of decoration, and carved from brown jade, this example was produced during the 3rd millennium BCE. Reportedly discovered in Zhejiang Province.


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|Native name||石井 四郎|
|Born||June 25, 1892|
Shibayama, Chiba, Japan
|Died||October 9, 1959 (aged 67)|
|Service/branch||Imperial Japanese Army|
|Years of service||1921–1945|
|Rank||Surgeon general (lieutenant-general)|
|Commands held||Unit 731, Kwantung Army|
|Awards||Order of the Golden Kite, Fourth Class|
Surgeon General Shirō Ishii (石井 四郎, Ishii Shirō, [iɕiː ɕiɾoː]; June 25, 1892 – October 9, 1959) was a Japanese microbiologist and army medical officer who served as the director of Unit 731, a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army.
Ishii led the creation and use of biological weapons at Unit 731 in Manchukuo during the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937 to 1945, including the bubonic plague attacks at Chinese cities of Changde and Ningbo, and planned the Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night biological attack against the United States. Ishii and his coworkers also experimented with humans unethically, resulting in the deaths of over 10,000 people, most of them civilians or prisoners of war. Ishii was later granted immunity in the International Military Tribunal for the Far East by the United States government in exchange for information and research for the U.S. biological warfare program.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Williams and Wallace "UNIT 731" p. 246, 247
- ↑ Harris, Sheldon (2002). Factories Of Death. pp. 14.


An eating disorder is a preoccupation and obsession with food, eating, body image and appearance.
It is more than simply being aware of the importance of a healthy diet. If your preoccupation affects your life, causing you to change your habits and behaviour, this is commonly known as an eating disorder.
How do I know if I have an eating disorder?
Eating disorders are far more complex than simply a desire to be thin. Different eating disorders will affect people in different ways and people with eating issues can become adept at hiding their problems.
Symptoms of eating disorders can vary, you may present with some and not others. If you’re concerned that you may have an eating disorder, Northumberland NHS has provided an excellent self-help guide on Eating Disorders, which includes a questionnaire you can take as a rough guide to your eating difficulties.
What can I do to help myself?
You may feel that food is the one thing in your life you can control but, without help, eating disorders can have many negative physical and mental consequences. It may help to make a list of all the reasons you want to change, either now, or at some point in the future.
- BEAT Eating Disorders Association
- CCI - Building body acceptance
- CCI - Overcoming disordered eating, part A
- CCI - Overcoming disordered eating, part B
- Mind Your Head video - Body Perception in Eating Disorders
- National Centre for Eating Disorders
- Fight For Freedom: A young woman's quest to raise awareness about Anorexia Nervosa


- Why did everyone start to hate the Russians if the U.S. did the same thing in Afghanistan, Iraq?
- What needs to be corrected in the management of Russia first?
- Why did Blaise Pascal become a religious man at the end of his life?
- How do I know if a guy likes you?
- When they say "one generation", how many do they mean?
It depends on what area. Knowledge in itself gives a certain outlook, the ability to navigate in the world, in related and completely different areas from the main activity. This is the meaning of university education!
But any activity necessarily implies skills and abilities.
The organization of knowledge and its application-even only in theoretical constructions-is already a skill! That is, a desk scientist who seems to be dealing with “pure knowledge” has a lot of skills in working with information.
In general, this is a single bundle, the methodological basis of any teaching: ZUN. Knowledge-Skills – Skills.
Knowledge – theory.
Skills – the ability to apply knowledge in practice in a calm study or work environment.
Skills – the ability to apply skills freely, automatically and flexibly in any stressful situation – without thinking. There is only one way to translate a skill into a skill: a very large number of repetitions. To indicate the order offhand – from 2000 to 5000 repetitions in changing conditions. Of course, it can be less or more.
In short, for general development, support by the cultural and associative level of the main activity, you can gain general erudition: “just knowledge”.
And for any activity – of course, it is necessary to develop the knowledge that is special for this activity into skills and abilities.


India has some of the worlds most polluted cities (WEF)
- A recent IQAir and Greenpeace study found that of the 30 most air polluted cities in the world, 22 of them were located in India.
- Estimates from the World Bank claim that the impact of air pollution equates to 8.5% of India’s GDP, which has resulted in new government measures to address the problem.
- By 2024, India’s National Clean Air Programme aims to reduce air pollution by 20-30%. Some measures include a reduction in the reliance of diesel for public transport, cleaner energy and the implementation of congestion charges and fuel taxes.
Analysis & Comments
- Reducing air pollution levels is one of the important political drivers behind both EV subsidies & city centre bans on the most polluting cars.
- This is not just a European phenomenon – although the list of countries and cities that have plans to ban or otherwise reduce traditional ICE (especially diesel) use in urban areas is growing.
- Air pollution reduction is also important in China – which is why people flag the challenges faced in India. At present India is a tiny market for EV’s – mainly due to protectionist measures aimed at helping domestic industries.
- If these can be reduced, or circumvented via JV’s etc, India offers massive potential for EV’s, including buses & LGV’s.