Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles have discovered a mechanism that allows cancer cells to digest glucose and gain the energy needed to survive and develop tumors, MedicalXpress said. However, the content of certain molecules, on the basis of which a precancerous state can be established, is increased in cells, BTA reports.
Scientists have identified a molecule known as sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2). It is a protein that is responsible for the transfer of glucose into the cell. Cancer cells need glucose to ensure their survival and growth. Therefore, another type of transport protein, known as glucose transporters (GLUT), is extremely important to them. Previous studies have shown that SGLT2 may play an important role in the development of some types of cancer, including the prostate and pancreas.
Positron emission tomography has been used to determine the activity of various glucose transporters in lung cancer cells at specific stages of the disease. It was found that a large amount of SGLT2 was contained in these cells. This suggests that the new emerging tumor is supplied with carbohydrates, primarily via sodium-glucose co-transporter rather than GLUT. In addition, the increased concentration of SGLT2 may be present prior to tumor initiation. This transforms the sodium-glucose cotransporter in question into an effective marker for the detection of malignant tumor formations at an early stage of their development.
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The COP27 climate talks in Egypt, which came close to collapse on their final day, neared resolution Sunday with a last-minute deal to create a fund to aid poor countries harmed by the impacts of climate change.
The agreement marks a landmark moment in global climate politics — an acknowledgment that richer nations are responsible to the developing world for the harm caused by rising temperatures. The deal, which was adopted without a single objection, responds to a key demand of developing nations and small island states.
Delegates agreed to establish funding arrangements for loss and damage, as it is known, in the very first minutes of a meeting that convened after 4 a.m. in Sharm El-Sheikh. But they were still deliberating over other thorny issues, including how the world should navigate the transition away from fossil fuels and rein in greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change.
Debates were still expected over a potential pledge to phase down all fossil fuels and peak emissions by 2025 — language that had been sought by the EU and other countries. But the loss and damage agreement already marked progress, three decades after Vanuatu first asked other nations to set up an insurance fund to help island nations cope with rising seas.
On loss and damage, countries agreed that the most vulnerable nations would be prioritized, and high emitters like China and India may also be able to contribute to the fund.
Under the agreement, the nations decided “to establish new funding arrangements for assisting developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, in responding to loss and damage.” That includes a focus on “providing and assisting in mobilizing new and additional resources,” which are meant to complement existing programs and funds.
The breakthrough came after a flurry of last-minute negotiations over how to address the increasing toll climate change is exacting from developing nations that have contributed few of the greenhouse gas emissions driving the phenomenon. The issue took on new urgency following monsoon flooding this summer in Pakistan that left more than 1,700 dead and caused at least $30 billion in losses.
Vulnerable nations had asked for a new program to provide technical assistance and funding as they deal with more intense droughts, storms and other weather events exacerbated by the Earth’s warming. There are still numerous details left to work out, including how the loss and damage facility will actually work or the amount of money that will go into it.


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Over 50 Million Cancer Deaths could have been prevented during the last four decades if the LNT model had not been used for radiation protection
How many cancer deaths could have been prevented if the LNT model were not in use and if the study of radiation hormesis had been done when there was some evidence for it?
Low-dose radiation has been observed to reduce cancers by approximately 15% in the Nuclear Shipyard Worker Study, 16% in the Taiwan apartment residents study, and 27% in the British Radiologists study. Based on such data we can assume that there would be about 20% reduction in cancers with the use of low-dose radiation.
The total number of cancer deaths worldwide annually was 10 million in 2020 and 4.3 million in 1980. Using the average of these two values, the number of cancer deaths worldwide from 1980 to 2020 would be about 0.5*(10 million +4.3 million)*41 = 293 million.
If low-dose radiation had been studied for cancer prevention when it was suggested in the 1973 study of Frigerio, et al., reduction of cancers would have been observed and the use of low-dose radiation would have been adopted in the subsequent years. The number of cancer deaths that could have been prevented from 1980 to 2020 with the use of low-dose radiation would be 20% of 293 million, i.e. 59 million.
However, low-dose radiation could not be studied for cancer prevention in clinical trials because of the use of the LNT model which raised fear of the smallest amount of radiation exposure. Thus, over 50 million cancer deaths could have been prevented over the past 4 decades if the LNT model had not been adopted by advisory bodies and used by regulatory agencies.
Current worldwide annual cancer deaths attributable to the LNT model are 20% of 10 million annual worldwide cancer deaths, i.e. 2 million per year or about 5500 per day.
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What is it?
An A1C is a blood test that measures your average blood sugar over the past three months. It is used to diagnose, or monitor treatment for, diabetes.
This test has other names that often include “hemoglobin” or some form of the word in it. That is because the test measures how much of your blood glucose, or blood sugar, attaches to the hemoglobin on your red blood cells. The higher your blood sugar, the more glucose will attach to the hemoglobin. The A1C is a measure of how much glucose is attached to the hemoglobin. The test results are reported as a percent. The higher the percent, the higher your blood sugar.
What do the A1C results mean:
- Normal - A1C under 5.7%
- Prediabetes - A1C between 5.7% and 6.4%
- Diabetes – A1C 6.5% or above
What is the Goal?
When looking at treatment, the general goal for individuals with diabetes is under 7%, however your healthcare provider may have a different goal for you. Depending on your A1C results, your healthcare provider may use this to modify how you are treating your diabetes. If you do not know what A1C goal to aim for, speak with your healthcare provider.
Because the results are based on a person’s red blood cells, an A1C can be affected by certain conditions like recent blood loss, sickle cell disease, hemodialysis, transfusions, iron-deficiency anemia, kidney failure, or liver disease.
How Often are A1Cs Done?
Depending on the goals you and your healthcare provider have, an A1C is usually done between two and four times a year.
How is My A1C Affected?
Because the A1C test is an average of the blood sugar over the past three months, short or temporary decreases or increases during that time will not affect your A1C. However, any major changes the 30 days before a test can have a greater effect on the A1C results than the two before it.
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Hydrated lime or lime putty can be blended with water to produce whitewash.
Whitewash is an inexpensive coating that historically has been used to decorate, protect and sanitize a wide range of materials. Whitewash typically has a bright white color. However, lime-fast pigments, can be added to provide a broad range of colors. The principal ingredients in whitewash are hydrated lime and water. Hydrated lime absorbs carbon dioxide from the air to convert back to limestone. This reaction provides a protective layer over the whitewashed surface. The pH of hydrated lime also helps to sanitize surfaces.
As well as being inexpensive to produce, whitewash can be used on both wood and masonry surfaces in building construction. The white color of the coating will also reflect light and subsequently reduce the absorption of heat on substrates such as roof tiles in hotter climates.
Graymont Spray Lime is a dolomitic hydrated-lime product that meets the criteria of ASTM C206 for Finishing Hydrated Lime. The fine particle size of this product contributes to excellent dispersal and coverage in whitewash formulations. Graymont Spray Lime is available in 50-lb. (22.5-kg) bags.


The recent COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, has affected tens of millions of people, and caused more than 1 million deaths worldwide. It affected our way of life and global economies with wide socio- and psychological outcomes.
The US Food and Drug Administration has been under constant pressure to approve new therapies including novel vaccines. Although effective treatments of this infection are urgently needed many people are concerned about their adequate testing including long-term side effects and clinical efficacy before they are widely applied to the public.
This situation also calls for increasing public understanding of the body’s immune system function, the ways SARS-CoV-2 infects cells in the body and whether there are effective and safe natural means to prevent and control this infection.
Our scientific studies demonstrate wide benefits of micronutrients against SARS-CoV-2 by their simultaneous inhibitory effects on key mechanisms of the coronavirus infection. These include the almost complete blocking of the coronavirus binding to ACE2 receptors which are the gateway for the coronavirus to enter the human cells. The micronutrients when used in specific combinations can also decrease the expression of ACE2 receptors in cells and affect other important mechanisms of this virus infectivity. Our unique approach is based on investigating the synergistic interactions of various micronutrients which when properly combined can simultaneously affect multiple cellular processes used by the virus. This creates the basis for comprehensive control of the viral infection with high efficacy and safety.
- Ivanov V, Ivanova S, Niedzwiecki A, Rath M. Effective and safe global public health strategy to fight the COVID-19 pandemic: Specific micronutrient composition inhibits Coronavirus cell-entry receptor (ACE2) expression J. Cellular Medicine and Natural Health 2020, July
- Goc A, Sumera W, Ivanov V, Niedzwiecki A, Rath M. Micronutrient combination inhibits two key steps of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection: viral binding to ACE2 receptor and its cellular expression. J. Cellular Medicine and Natural Health 2020, August
- Sumera W, Goc A, Niedzwiecki A, Rath M. The micronutrient combination with immune-enhancing effects. J. Cellular Medicine and Natural Health 2020, Aug


News is information about recent events. There are various ways through which it is delivered to the public. For instance, newspapers and radio stations may provide news to the general public. Other forms of media are targeted at specific audiences, such as TV. The purpose of news is to educate and inform.
News can be good or bad. Good news stories have positive overtones. Some examples of good news include a breakthrough, victory, or a cure. Bad news stories are usually negative. Examples of bad news are murder, theft, and terrorism.
The news value of a story is made up of elements such as exclusivity, magnitude, and relevance. These are not always easy to identify. However, they all have an impact on the way that a news story is evaluated.
An exclusive story is an event that is first reported by the news organisation. This can be a political issue, such as a scandal or a crime, or it can be an entertainment story, such as a show business or comic book story.
A magnitude story is an event that is significant in numbers. It can also be an extreme occurrence, such as a fire or a high temperature in an oven.
A magnitude story is important in some societies. In other societies, it might not be.
Despite the difference in the way that news is evaluated, the way that people judge it is the same everywhere. Although arbitrary factors can influence the value of news, the majority of societies tend to agree on how to determine whether an event is news or not.


Our Lake Forrest Preparatory School community is committed to keeping students and staff safe. However, we understand that having different schedules, different playtime rules, and adjusted classroom settings can be tiring for our students. Pandemic fatigue affects all ages, but children not used to coping with intense emotions can experience this more acutely than adults.
Here are a few ways you can help your children stay safe and remain vigilant during a prolonged pandemic:
It’s okay to not be okay — especially during a global pandemic.
Children, particularly younger children, won’t understand everything going on in the world. They’ll be upset they can’t play with everyone like they used to, hug grandparents, or visit their favorite stores without having a mask on their face. Rather than telling them to push these feelings down, help them acknowledge that the emotions they feel are relevant.
Keep screen time to a minimum.
When your family spends countless hours at home, it’s tempting to sit down and binge TV shows or movies together. However, kids can grow restless if this is the expected daily routine. Look for opportunities to step away from technology (ideally as a family), and engage with your kids in safe ways outside. Exposure to sunlight can boost the mood of the whole family, and getting in a brisk walk or bike ride after dinner can help improve attitudes and help your kids get out some of their energy.
Remind them of the good they’re doing by staying safe.
This tip can be tricky, especially if your child has a friend whose parents are a bit more lax in how they address the pandemic. Your children might be trying everything in their power to convince you to lighten up on COVID-19 restrictions. It’s hard for children to see the differences in what their friends can do and they can’t. However, this is an opportunity to inspire empathy in your own children. Their sacrifices are keeping other people safe — not just themselves.
At Lake Forrest Prep, one of Orlando’s leading private schools, we encourage empathy through safe practices with our students. We also encourage our LFPS families to continue safety at home. This keeps our students and faculty can stay healthy and happy.


Here are ten facts that shed light on the hunger situation in Zambia. Taken from allAfrica – click here.
1. 60 percent of people in Zambia live below the poverty line and 42 percent are considered to be extremely poor.
2. The prevalence of HIV among adults is 14.3 percent.
3. The number of HIV/AIDS orphans is estimated at 1.5 million which means that 1 in 5 children in the country is an orphan.
4. The prevalence of stunting in children – low growth for age – is 40 percent.
5. The prevalence of anemia is 53 percent among children under five years of age and 30 percent among women of child-bearing age.
6. 15 percent of children in Zambia are underweight.
7. More than 350,000 people in the country are food insecure, i.e. they do not have access to a regular supply of healthy food.
8. The mortality rate among under-fives is 75/1000 live births (a decline in recent years but still high in rural areas).
9. The infant mortality rate is 45/1000 live births (a decline in recent years but still high in rural areas).
10. In both rural and urban households, poverty levels are highest amongst female-headed households with extreme poverty levels of more than 60 percent in rural areas and 15 percent in urban areas.


MAKING VIRTUAL ARCHEOLOGY GREAT AGAIN (WITHOUT SCIENTIFIC COMPROMISE)
Keywords: Virtual reality, digital archaeology, cyberarchaeology, 3D environment, digital phenomenology, methodology
Abstract. In the past two decades or so, digital tools have been slowly integrated as part of the archaeological process of information acquisition, analysis, and dissemination. We are now entering a new era, adding the missing piece to the puzzle in order to complete this digital revolution and take archaeology one step further into virtual reality (VR). The main focus of this article is the methodology of digital archaeology that fully integrates virtual reality, from beta testing to interdisciplinary teamwork. We briefly discuss data acquisition and processing necessary to construct the 3D model, the analysis that can be conducted during and after the making or creation of the 3D environment and the dissemination of knowledge. We explain the relevance of this methodology through the case study on the intendant’s palace, an 18th century archaeological site in Quebec City, Canada. With this experience, we believe that VR can prompt new questions that would never have occurred otherwise and can provide technical advantages in terms of gathering data in the same virtual space. We conclude that multidisciplinary input in archaeological research is once again proven essential in this new, inclusive and vast digital structure of possibilities.


Following Kuhn (1962) paradigm shifts are described as discontinuous revolutionary breaks with earlier thoughts and experience. The mechanistic paradigm sees nature as a machine composed of related but discrete components. It helps support the idea that we humans are the crown of creation, the source of all value, the measure of all things. The ecological paradigm offers resistance to the mechanistic way of thinking and a rejection of the assumption of human self-importance in the larger scheme of things. Emphasis is placed on the whole and the view is described as holistic, organic, ecological or systemic. Physicist Fritjof Capra argues that society is embarking on a fundamental paradigm shift towards an ecological view of the world as an integrated network of all living and non-living entities (Capra, 1986). The paper identifies roots of both a mechanistic (or reductionist) and an ecological (or holistic) paradigm and describes significant aspects of a shift from one world view to the other, along with the importance of changing knowledge and values in contemporary and historical sustainability practices.
|Number of pages||10|
|Journal||International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability|
|Publication status||Published - 2009|
- paradigm shift


Is the Mobile Phone a Personalized Social Robot?
Jane Vincent, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of Surrey Digital World Research Centre
This paper explores how some people use their mobile phone to manage their emotions and presentation of self to such an extent that they develop a strong bond with it, turning to it first in times of emotional need. It examines how some social robots, designed by experts to provide bespoke emotional support, can address only particular emotional problems. This is further examined by contrasting the electronic emotions managed via the mobile phone with the uses for three social robots: Amazing Ally, KASPAR and Paro. Unlike these robots, that are effective only when responding to certain pre-programmed emotions, the mobile phone appears to be a constant companion dealing with every eventuality. Imbued with the user’s feelings and emotions that surround the continuous and always on presence of the device, the user constantly turns to it for solace, to share joyous moments, recall special memories and more. The resulting close emotional and physical association with a device that is filled with the personal biography of its user is that the mobile phone becomes like a personal social robot; a co-construction of functional machine and intimate emotional experiences known only to the user.


New research has revealed screens have taken over our lives after it was revealed that the average Brit now spends five and a half hours a day staring at their devices.
More than half the nation now sit through the working week looking at a monitor before winding down the day watching television, which means it’s almost impossible to avoid the harsh blue light of digital devices.
Many of those who work a 9 to 5 start to struggle with their eyesight by 2pm, with 88 per cent of those surveyed saying their eyes feel tired, dry and heavy as a result of constant screen glare.
It also emerged headaches caused by eye strain have affected over one third of office workers and one in five has even experienced blurred or disturbed vision.
The study, commissioned by Hycosan and Optase Eye Care, found 36 per cent of adults admitted they wouldn’t be able to avoid looking at a display for an entire 24-hour period and two in five can’t recall their last screen-free day.
Eye care expert and oculoplastic surgeon, Sabrina Shah-Desai, said: “The results demonstrate how screens have really taken over our lives, they are everywhere we look.”
“Obviously it’s difficult to avoid them, especially in a working environment, but it’s vital that we take steps to look after our eyes and have regular breaks from artificial light and digital devices.
“Office workers, in general, are more prone to dry eye disease as we naturally blink less when concentrating, blinking as few as 1-3 times per minute when focusing on a computer screen versus 15-20 blinks per minute when we’re not.
“It’s these longer periods between blinking where symptoms of dry eyes arise, causing redness and a feeling of ‘grittiness’ and blurred vision.
“Our eyes are essential, and we should treat them well to minimise any long term damage and maintain optimum health.”


In their statements about income inequality, most people ignore what I covered yesterday: the measurements of poverty almost invariably are based on income, not true poverty as measured by actual resources and consumption.
They appear to be stating that the only reason the wealthy have money is because they steal from the poor. That’s not born out by the evidence on upward mobility.
“Our analysis of new administrative records on income shows that children entering the labor market today have the same chances of moving up in the income distribution relative to their parents as children born in the 1970s. Putting together our results with evidence from Hertz (2007) and Lee and Solon (2009) that intergenerational elasticities of income did not change significantly between the 1950 and 1970 birth cohorts, we conclude that rank-based measures of social mobility have remained remarkably stable over the second half of the twentieth century in the United States. In light of the findings in our companion paper on the geography of mobility (CHKS), the key issue is not that prospects for upward mobility are declining but rather that some regions of the U.S. persistently offer less mobility than most other developed countries.”
It turns out that research indicates that conservative cities not only grow faster than liberal cities, but have better chances of upward mobility.
That same Brookings Institute referred to yesterday has reported what it takes to become middle class by US standards: graduate high school, get married before having children, and get a job..
We know what encourages learning and successful education. It’s not only money, although the bulk of education dollars should go to the classroom rather than the administration. The extent of parental involvement and prioritizing education is number one, along with a belief in the importance of attendance.
I hope this information helps you the next time someone implies that the income inequality in the US is caused by the aggression of the wealthy.
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A new study by Statistics Canada shows that women have been participating in the work force at increasingly higher rates since the Second World War. But traditionally, women in the West have been far more likely to have jobs than women in the East.
Since 1989, however, women in the east have made huge gains, mainly because of higher education levels and more day care, Statscan says. As a result, the dichotomy between Canada's regions has markedly diminished.
"The convergence in trends between Quebec and Alberta is particularly striking," writes the study's author Francine Roy, a senior economist for Stastcan's Canadian Economic Observer.
The pattern is particularly noticeable for women with children under six years old. In Alberta, the participation rate for this group dropped by a full percentage point in 2005, to 64.9 per cent. That's 10 points below the comparable rates in Quebec and Atlantic Canada.
And that's not because the mothers' husbands are rich from Alberta's oil and they choose not to work, Ms. Roy said. She found that family income levels made a difference for only 2,000 Alberta women.
Rather, she points to availability of daycare. Alberta has the smallest share of children in daycare &emdash; 43 per cent, Statscan said. Indeed, daycare capacity has actually fallen over the past decade, and now the province has fewer than 48,000 spots for 163,400 mothers of pre-schoolers.
Meanwhile, Quebec has radically improved the availability and affordability of daycare, at the same time as more women have become more educated, Statscan said. As a result, young Québécois mothers are now participating in the workforce at rates well above the national average.
- reprinted from the Globe and Mail


Monday 16 February 2009.
With the support of American Bird Conservancy, IUCN Netherlands/SPN, Netherlands Postcode Lottery and ProAves has established a 1,500 acre nature reserve, which is the first private protected area for the critically endangered and endemic Fuertes’s Parrot.
The species, whose population size is estimated at just 160 individuals, is restricted to a small area in the Cordillera Central of Colombia and is heavily impacted by deforestation. It was rediscovered by Fundación ProAves’ President Alonso Quevedo who found a flock of 14 Fuertes’s Parrots and confirmed the survival of a species that had last been seen in 1911, thanks to support from Fundación Loro Parque.
The reserve in Quindío department is characterized by a spectacular landscape of montane forests and páramo, and is situated in the core of the species population – an area recognized as crucial for the species by the Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE). It consolidates a zone of more than 5,000 acres with municipality of Génova land that ProAves manages. A strategic high elevation forest corridor is established to assist the Fuertes’s Parrot survival. The area is also extremely important for the Golden-plumed Parakeet (Vulnerable), and Rufous-fronted Parakeet (endemic, EN).
Reserve is situated in the western flank of the Central Cordillera, one hour from the town of Génova between the elevations 2,277-3,908 meters. Temperatures vary from 6° to 15° C and the area is often shrouded in dense cloud which promotes epiphytes that Fuertes’s Parrot feeds Adopt a nest box firstname.lastname@example.org
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Some birds are very beautiful to look at and they usually sing beautiful songs. Others are pretty but ugly, loud and noisy, or even scary to watch. These birds make loud calls. Some people think that all birds are alike. Some people think they are just birds that sing songs.
People who own shrikes are very proud of their pets. They make shrikes as a reminder of how tough and cruel the world can be. They like to make fun of people and they do it with their beautiful birds. Shrikes kill their prey then they stab them with their spiky beaks.
What’s in a name? A shrike’s name reflects how fierce the metal birds is. A shrike is called a shrike because it’s the type of bird that is supposed to stab and kill other birds. It gets its name from the word shikari. The shikari means hunter. People call the bird the shrike because it makes sounds similar to those made by a real shrike.
A shrike may seem like a cute little bird but it’s one of the most vicious birds. The shrike is known to hunt small animals like mice, lizards, and even frogs. The shrike is not afraid of anything. It will go after all of these types of animals.


TODAY IN THREE'S
Wednesday, May 1st, 2019
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The friends had a very active morning, engaging in play that included:
-buzzing around as bees in the dramatic play bee hive
-playing "Up The Ant Farm" game
-painting personal creations
-building with kapla blocks
During circle time, the Red Room friends sang "Two Little Hands, Ten Little Fingers". Then they listed to the story "Counting in the Garden" by Kim Parker. After the friends watched and listened as Mrs. Bee, the puppet, taught the friends the "Waggle Dance" learning that it is how the bees communicate to each other where to locate pollen, that it is like giving directions. The friends then took turns sharing a dance move with each other.
The Blue Room friends listened to the story "Rosie's Walk" by Pat Hutchins. Then the friends took turns pretending to be bees flying to flowers. They discovered that the pollen sticks to them, by watching as the tape represented how the pollen clumps to the bees legs to form a pollen basket. After the friends had a taste of honey on crackers.
For snack the friends enjoyed bagels with cream cheese. After both the Red Room and Blue Room friends took a walk to the pond, where we observed a turtle sunbathing on a rock while another went for a swim. We spotted many frogs along the ponds edge. The friends were delighted to observed a frog up close, after Mr. Salinetro successfully caught one! After taking time to look at the frog's details, we cheered as the frog leapt back into the pond.
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Author(s): Matthew R. Hipsey; Jorg Imberger; Andrea Paparini; Jason P. Antenucci; Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa; Vincenzo Romano-Spica; Chris J. Dallimore
Linked Author(s): Jörg Imberger
Keywords: Daptive management; Real-time decision support; Self-learning; Coupled model; Hydrodynamics; Water quality; Sustainability; Optimisation
Abstract: Across the globe, surface (e. g. wetlands, lakes, reservoirs, rivers and estuaries) and coastal waters face increasing pressures from development such as eutrophication and pollution from contaminants that are potentially deleterious to human and ecosystem health (e. g. pathogens, heavy metals, organic compounds). The sustainable management of such impacted systems requires a quantitative assessment of ecosystem dynamics and services to guide decision support activities. Models are used to support decision makers as they serve as virtual environmental laboratories where the functioning and sensitivities of systems can be explored, either in a natural or perturbed condition. They are also important since they support our capacity to reconcile theory with observation. Advances in cyberinfrastructure, sensors and observation networks have opened up new challenges for the development and application of models. Real-time data streams can now be utilised not only for model validation and testing, but they can also be dynamically integrated within a modelling system to enable adaptation of the model parameters as the simulation evolves. Although, such self-learning behaviour has been demonstrated for numerous physical systems (e. g. hydraulics), highly non-linear systems (e. g. aquatic ecology) paradoxically suffers from insufficient data which is essential for validation and further model development. This paper highlights the mismatch in water quality modelling between system and model complexity, and the available data-streams. An overview of new technologies such as flow-cytometry and real-time PCR that have potential to be applied in situ and operate in near real-time is presented. The integration of such advanced data-streams opens up a new paradigm for the way ecological models may adapt their operation and configuration in response to observed phenomena.


The Coveted Title of King of Kish in Ancient Sumer
According to ancient Mesopotamian tradition, Etana, founder of the first dynasty of Kish, was the very first ruler ever to have ruled as king. Not only did the kings of Kish stand tall in the history of ancient Sumer, the title ‘King of Kish’ was coveted by all great rulers in and of that land.
The House of Kish
In ancient Mesopotamian tradition, the first House of Kish stands out as one of the most important dynasties ever to have ruled in that ancient land. What is especially significant about this dynasty is the title ‘lugal’ or ‘king’ that was first used by their kings. In contrast to the title of king, which refers to a warrior-leader, the Sumerians called their rulers ‘en’, which refers to a priestly ruler. Throughout the long history of the land of Sumer and Uri (later Akkad), the title ‘King of Kish’ was one of the most coveted titles among the rulers of the various city states.
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Prayer wheel from Tibet. Made from copper and brass with a cane handle. It is traditional for the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum to be inscribed on the outside of the wheel, so the prayer will be repeated over and over again as the wheel spins. Prayer wheels are used to build wisdom and good merit and to purify the bad karma into good.
West Berkshire Museum holds objects that have been collected from around the world. These objects were largely compiled by Harold Peake, Honorary Curator of the Museum between 1909 and 1946, who was best known as an archaeologist and anthropologist. Peake travelled for his research and purchased objects to bring back, often focussing on his interests in India, Europe and the Middle East. He also purchased objects from other museums and dealers, and sold pieces from the ‘Newbury Museum’ in order to build a large collection from around the world; a comparative historic world collection that would illustrate the history of civilisation. This is not how museums build and manage collections today, although it was common practice during Peake’s time.
The Museum also has donations and transfers of objects from other museums that have connections to Ancient Egypt and the tourist trade in Africa, America and Asia. The Museum also holds objects relating to military campaigns such as the Boer War, the Anglo-Ashanti Wars and the First and Second World Wars that can tell layered and meaningful histories of our colonial past.


The full form of KPI is a key performance indicator. The KPI is considered a business metric, which can be measured to showcase the effectiveness of a company at achieving the different types of business goals as well as objectives. Depending on the nature and primary goals of the company, a business owner can use numerous KPIs to determine the overall success of their business at completing the targets.
In short, KPIs can be considered numerous sets of measures that can support the objectives of the company while also helping the business owners focus their efforts towards the right direction. High-level KPIs are capable of monitoring the performance of the organization. On the other hand, low-level KPIs can focus on the other parts of the business such as support, HR, marketing, sales, etc.
What are the Different Types of KPIs?
Apart from the KPI full form, this is another important piece of information you need to know. The different types of KPIs are:
- Input KPIs: These will measure the investment such as resources, assets, or other types of money-generated results.
- Process KPIs: These can measure the productivity of efficiency of the overall process of the business such as the time taken to complete an order delivery. When an order is delivered in less time, the performance will be higher.
- Output KPIs: It will measure both the nonfinancial and financial outputs of your business activities as well as the complete processes such as the total generated revenue, the total number of new admissions, the number of subscribers, etc.
- Lagging KPIs: The lagging KPIs will come in handy if you want to determine the failure or success of any event. The financial KPIs will measure past outputs. The indicators you receive will determine the guidance as per the future results.
- Leading KPIs: This specific KPI is extremely effective at measuring the progress of the specific activities that might affect the overall future performance of your business.
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Laikas occurring on Russian territory belong to northern primitive breeds. All Laikas are versatile dogs, but in certain parts of the country they became more or less specialised, depending on their use and environment. Here I will show only those Laika breeds of Russia that have been used primarily for hunting. They are dogs of the taiga forest zone. Laikas living with native peoples of the polar desert and tundra zones of Europe and Siberia became specialised for driving reindeer herds and/or pulling sleds. Although some of these dogs still can become good hunting dogs, their hunting ability is inferior to true hunting Laikas of the taiga zone.
In the Russian language, the term ‘Laika’ originated from the word ‘layat’ that means ‘to bark.’ The word Laika simply means a dog that barks. Indeed, any hunting Laika is a bark pointer. Since prehistoric times, these dogs served native people as hunting assistants and as watchdogs. In most populated and industrialised parts of Russia, specialised hunting breeds with lop ears, such as scent hounds, sighthounds and bird dogs, gradually replaced Laikas. Some aboriginal Laika types still remain with hunters of remote northern and northeastern provinces of the country. In the 20th c, Russians tried to save some hunting Laikas from extinction by importing them from different geographic regions of Russia and breeding them pure. In the period from 193- to 1940 and after World War II, they established four breeds as purebreds: the Karelo-Finnish Laika, the Russo-European Laika, the West Siberian Laika, and the East Siberian Laika. The hunting style of all Laikas is generally similar. However, each Laika breed has its own advantages associated with adaptations to ecological conditions and the most popular game in the region of their origin.
All Russian Laika breeds are very affectionate and devoted to the master and his family dogs. They are efficient and versatile hunting dogs. Their wolf-like appearance, endurance at work, strong health, intelligence and ability to survive under conditions of minimal care, make them particularly attractive for many hunter dog lovers who value primitive dogs.


BEEF MAKES US HAPPY? VEGETARIANS HAVE DOUBLE THE RISK OF DEPRESSION
Depression is a word that is being used more and more recently. We learn more and more about it every day, even as we try to find more ways to treat it safely. And with the new pandemic times, this will only be more of a concern with long Covid and other Rona issues. But one study has made truly remarkable finding. Some will find it controversial (and you will know who they are!). The Journal of Affective Disorders just published the study, which found that beef, of all things, is the only food that lowers the risk of depression. So much so, that vegetarians are twice as likely to suffer from depression!
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IF I WAS A VEGETARIAN, I’D HAVE DEPRESSION EVERY DAY, EVERY WEEK, EVERY MONTH
So all you vegetarians, don’t freak out completely before hearing about the methodology. The study asked over 14,000 people in Brazil, aged 35-74, if they were vegetarians. They then interviewed them all to log their episodes of depression. They also took into consideration other lifestyle factors, like exercise, smoking habits or alcohol, BMI, etc. After going thru the data in context to each individual’s interviews, the study found that meatless diets was associated with people having twice as many episodes of depression. While that is a rather shocking finding, there are some logical explanations.
BEEF HAS A LOT OF NUTRIENTS THAT FIGHT DEPRESSION, HELP WITH COGNITIVE HEALTH
Beef in particular has a number of important nutrients, like iron, vitamin B, zinc and protein. All of those help us have better brain function. The authors of the study don’t think the nutrient factors explain their findings. But several nutritionists say that the lack of those nutrients can have significant impacts on physiological as well as cognitive health. I eat meat, and have a harder time with mood if I don’t exercise regularly as well. But vegetarians don’t need to start eating a T-bone every week. Not yet, at least. The research will continue to learn more about meatless diets and the risk of depression.
But I am going to have a burger tonight.


A recent study found that young adults consume more alcohol when they are around a greater number of friends. The study took place in natural settings, not a lab. The subjects recorded when they had a drink, and how many friends were around them at the time they had a drink. Though both sexes showed a significant increase in the amount of drinks they had when a greater number of friends were around, the peak in consumption was especially prevalent in males.
Young adult’s drinking is affected when others are around them. Young adults also have an unrealistic view of others in their social circle. Many times, they see their peers as more daring than they really are. This can lead to attempting to live up to unrealistic expectations they place on themselves. They believe they need to make more daring decisions, and take steps to achieve that. With substance abuse, this can quickly lead to addiction.
Addiction treatment can often be tricky with young adults. Many times, they see treatment as a form of punishment, and therapists as extensions of parental authority. This can cause the young person to not be as open to retaining valuable knowledge gained in rehabilitation as their older counterparts. To truly reach, and treat, young adults a program must be designed specifically for them.
Harmony Foundation offers a young adult recovery track that caters to the unique circumstances of young people. If you would like to learn more about what Harmony’s young adult program offers, please contact us for additional information.


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Education is one of the most necessary preconditions for long-time period prosperity for society as a whole. That is why Bayer places such great emphasis on supporting schooling and analysis in its societal setting. Our focus in that is on the pure sciences, life sciences and agricultural science, environment safety, technology, and medication. The International Science and Education Program offered grants supporting analysis, extension, and teaching activities that enhanced the capabilities of American schools and universities to conduct worldwide collaborative analysis, extension and instructing.
Perhaps the most extensively used classification of human thought is Bloom’s Taxonomy. Benjamin Bloom and his group or researchers wrote extensively on the topic, significantly on the six primary levels of cognitive outcomes they identified – data, comprehension, software, evaluation, synthesis, and analysis. Bloom’s taxonomy (6.1) is hierarchical, with information, comprehension and utility as elementary levels, and analysis, synthesis and evaluation as superior (6.1-6.4).
The fest attracts college students from colleges all across Pune, in addition to national institutes throughout India. “Student achievement will not enhance except and till teaching improves. Higher standards, extra testing, smaller schools, etc. do not, by themselves, improve educating. Science Education Online offers rolling admission, admitting students 12 months round.
When educators check with “larger level reasoning,” they are generally referring to evaluation, synthesis and/or evaluation. One of the main themes of this guide is to develop greater order pondering expertise via the instructing of science. Numerous theories and perspectives in regards to the instructing and studying of science are … Read More


Microsoft Access Training
Microsoft Access is a software for creating and managing databases, developed by Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Access is equipped with Forms, Query and Relationship functionality. The software also provides the Reports function, enabling users to create reports directly from this software without having to open any other software, thus saving users time.
This Microsoft Access Training is organized with the purpose of helping participants learn how to use Microsoft Access. This training will focus on how to create a database, store and manipulate data, and create data reports using Microsoft Access.
At the end of this training, users will learn and be able to store and access data in the table, analyze data, link data and create data reports using the tools provided in Microsoft Access.
Upcoming Microsoft Office Training
This Microsoft Office Training is open to all, especially those who are new to computers and Microsoft Office. Microsoft Office is software that can be labelled as a package, containing a variety of software suitable for use during work. Some of the basic software available include Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. This training focuses on the basic skills of using the software available in Microsoft Office with the aim of increasing their potential to a whole new level.
At the end of this training, participants will be able to use all the basic functionality of the software provided in Microsoft Office to do their day-to-day work in the short term, while increasing their productivity at work.
Upcoming Microsoft Word Training
Microsoft Word is a standard word processing program used on most computers. With Word, you can create documents and complete several other functions related to word processing. This program brings many benefits that you can take advantage of.
This software is used to create, edit, and format written documents at work, at school, and at home. For example, formal letters, resumes, articles and daily reports. Intermediate and advanced knowledge of this software can lead to job opportunities as the use of Microsoft Word is widely used in the workplace.


One of the most common damselflies in the northeast, Slender Spreadwing is only found in the northern parts of the region. It has an unusually long abdomen and distinctive pale blue antehumeral stripes.
The eyes of the male are blue. The rear of the head is black becoming pruinose at maturity. The antehumeral area is black except for a pale blue middorsal and antealar carina.
There is a pale blue stripe on the lateral quarter of the mesepisterna that extends on to the dorsal edge of the mesepimeron.
The rest of the mesepimeron is black. The remaining lateral and ventral areas of the pterothorax are pale yellow becoming slightly pruinose with age. Each femur has a black line running its length on the outside. The tibiae are nearly all yellow with a black line only apparent anteriorly. Abdominal segments 1 and 2 are black dorsally and pale yellow or blue laterally. A dark dorsal line on segment 2 narrows at its middle to form 2 distinct spots, but this can be obscured in older individuals. Segments 3-7 have a dorsal stripe lighter, more tan or brown, and only slightly darker than the lateral pale areas. Segments 8-10 are black dorsally and pale yellow laterally. Segments 9 and 10 darken with age so only the pale yellow apical and basal rings remain. This is the only spreadwing in our region with paraprocts distinctly and strongly curved downward.
The color pattern of the female is similar to the male, but the abdomen is uniformly black dorsally and tan laterally. The black of the antehumeral and metepisternal areas is less extensive than in males. Segments 9 and 10 are pale laterally becoming darker ventrally. The posterolateral corner of the ovipositor’s basal plate is acute, generally forming a distinctive tooth.


Fort St. John Dental Clinic offers dental crowns to repair teeth that are badly decayed or fractured.
Restore Your Smile with a Dental Crown
Our Fort St. John dentist uses dental crowns to fix teeth that are too damaged to be repaired by a filling by covering or capping a tooth that is badly damaged, restoring its strength and shape.
How Dental Crowns Work
Dental crowns cover a tooth and restores it to its original shape, size and colour. They improve the strength, function and appearance of a broken tooth that may otherwise be lost.
First, decay is removed and cleaned from the tooth and a highly accurate 3D scan is made of the prepared surface.
This scan is used to create a virtual model of the tooth which is then sent to a machine that creates a porcelain crown. The crown is then cemented onto the prepared surface of the tooth.
A crown can hold a cracked tooth together and prevent the damage from increasing. Crowns can also be used to attach a dental bridge, and to cover badly shaped or discoloured teeth.
Crowns are incredibly strong due to the fact that they are made of strong porcelain. This protects and strengthens the remaining tooth structure.


Dumpling is a broad classification for a dish that consists of pieces of dough (made from a variety of starch sources) wrapped around a filling or of dough with no filling. The dough can be based on bread, flour, or potatoes, and may be filled with meat, fish, cheese, vegetables, fruits, or sweets. Dumplings may be prepared using a variety of methods, including baking, boiling, frying, simmering, or steaming, and are found in many world cuisines.
Banku and kenkey fit the definition of a dumpling in that they are starchy balls of dough that are steamed. They are formed from fermented cornmeal. Banku is boiled and requires continuous kneading, while kenkey is partly boiled then finished by steaming in corn or banana leaves.
Fufu may be described as a dumpling although in actual sense, it is not. Fufu is made by pounding boiled cassava (common in Ghana) or yam (common in Nigeria) in a wooden mortar with a wooden pestle. Plantain or cocoyam may be added. There are several other versions of fufu in Africa and the Caribbean. There have been other versions of fufu which fit better into the definition of dumplings. These are mostly common outside Africa where they originate. It is made by steaming cassava and plantain/cocoyam flour into thick starchy balls.
Tihlo—prepared from roasted barley flour—originated in the Tigray region of Ethiopia and is now very popular in Amhara as well and spreading further south.
Souskluitjies are dumplings found in South Africa. They are a steamed sweet dumpling, sometimes made with plain flour and sometimes with the addition of dried fruits or other flavors. They are often served with a syrup flavored with cinnamon or a custard sauce.
South Africa has another kind of dumpling known as melkkos. These dumplings are formed by putting milk, one teaspoon at a time, into a dry flour mixture. The flour clings to the milk and forms dumplings, which are then boiled in a mixture of milk and butter. They are served hot and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar.
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Each November, Americans celebrate a mythical version of US history. Thanksgiving Day’s portrayal of the experience of Native Americans under the boot of settler-colonialism is one of the Empire’s most cherished falsehoods.
To hear about the true story of native peoples’ plight – from genocide to re-education – Abby Martin interviews Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, renowned indigenous scholar and activist, about her most recent book An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States.
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The SAT Math Test is designed to measure a range of math proficiencies, with an emphasis on problem solving, modeling, using tools strategically, and using algebraic structure. The Math Test is divided into two sections: Math Test–Calculator and Math Test–No Calculator.
Questions on both sections are mostly multiple choice, but some Student-Produced Response questions or “grid-ins” require test takers to bubble in specific answers rather than select a given answer choice.
SAT Math questions evaluate quantitative fluency, conceptual understanding, problem solving, and calculation ability across four primary math areas:
- Heart of Algebra questions focus on the mastery of linear equations and systems.
- Problem Solving and Data Analysis questions focus on quantitative literacy.
- Passport to Advanced Math questions focus on the manipulation of complex equations.
- Additional Topics in Math questions focus on the geometry and trigonometry most relevant to college and career readiness.
The timed nature of this section also rewards mental math ability and creative problem solving along with critical test taking skills like focus, endurance, and answer awareness.
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To diagnose and treat an abnormal heart rhythm, known as arrhythmia, an electrophysiology (EP) study or procedure may be recommended for you. Rely on our board-certified cardiologists and knowledgeable staff to get your heart rhythm back on track.
Radiofrequency (RF) Ablation
Energy from radiofrequency — similar to heat from a microwave — can be targeted to a small area of your heart tissue that’s causing rapid or irregular heartbeats. Radiofrequency (RF) ablation, sometimes called catheter ablation, destroys the malfunctioning tissue to restore your heart’s normal rhythm.
This procedure, which can take a couple of hours, uses a catheter inserted into your vein (usually in your groin) to reach your heart. By using electrodes, your provider will detect the exact location(s) of misfiring cells and then apply the radiofrequency energy to destroy those cells.
By putting electrodes on the outside of your chest, the electric cardioversion procedure can treat an irregular heartbeat, called fibrillation, or one that’s too fast, known as tachycardia. Your provider can instantly see if your normal heartbeat is restored. Sometimes, you may need more than one shock to get your heart back on a regular rhythm. Often, you can go home the same day this procedure is done.
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Placement
A small, battery-powered device called an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) can be inserted under your skin near your chest to continuously monitor irregularities in your heartbeats. The ICD sends electric shocks through thin wires connected to your heart if it detects an abnormal heart rhythm, and it can be adjusted by your provider based on the data the ICD provides. Usually, you can go home the same day of the procedure.
A pacemaker helps control your heartbeat, but only when it needs to. The small electronic device is inserted into your chest to help keep your heart from beating irregularly or too slowly. If the device notices irregularities, it will send an electric pulse to your heart. This is different from a ICD because it helps guide your heart with pulses as needed, and an ICD can send a shock if it notices a dangerous rhythm.


When is a MOSFET considered a voltage controlled resistor?
All transistors are voltage-controlled resistors. Trans istor is a kind of compilatio, transient resistance I think they were originally called, and the phenomenon they display is called transistance.
the mosfet is a three-terminal device. The basic idea behind using the MOSFET as a voltage-controlled resistor is to control the width of the conductive channel (resistor) between two terminals by modulating the voltage at the third terminal.
most often, the resistance of the drain to the source is modulated by the gate voltage, vgs.
when it works in the active part of its operating range. for example, when it is used in the most linear part of this range for the amplification of analog signals. The disadvantage of this type of operation is that it can become very hot – it must absolutely be mounted correctly on a heat sink of the appropriate size.
A mosfet will behave much more like a switch if it is operated only at the ends of its operating region: cutoff or saturation. at break, it looks a lot like an open switch; at saturation, it looks a lot like a closed switch. By switching the power supplies (and certain types of amplifiers), the mosfet will have to cut or saturate most of the time, spending as little time as possible in the active region. (It will still spend a little time there, because it has a non-zero rise time and a non-zero fall time for saturation and saturation transitions), the unit will work much colder and can thus control much more power going to the load if it is used more like a switch than a resistance. the switching frequencies are generally quite high (to reduce the size of the inductors and transformers elsewhere in the circuit), but the higher the frequency, the higher the percentage of time spent by the device in its active region (when it behaves as a resistance) is high. go up and down transitions.


With areas of distinction in marine science, materials science, data science, biomedical science – and other research areas, OSU faculty and students are fighting climate change and moving the world forward to a greener future – whether that is through harnessing new materials, interpreting complex data or reimagining how organisms can adapt to changes. We share just a few examples in this three-part series.
Oregon State University scientists are rapidly rising to the challenge of our changing climate, supported by hundreds of graduate and undergraduate researchers who are committed to leaving a better world than the one they inherited. In part three of this series, we examine some of the data-driven research that is helping usher in a new era of climate policy and action.
Mathematics and statistics are two of the quickest-growing fields in the country, and it's not hard to guess why. As technology advances, mathematical modeling or statistical analysis can provide a faster, more reliable way to examine lots of data. In practice, these skills can provide critical insight to collaborative projects or inform policymakers on the most environmentally sound decisions.
Making green energy safer for wildlife
Professor of statistics Lisa Madsen and statisticians from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) have come together to develop methodology to estimate the total mortality of bats, birds and other small creatures on wind farms and solar facilities. The Endangered Species Act requires that wind farms pay particular attention to endangered or threatened species such as golden eagles, brown pelicans, whooping cranes, condors and Indiana bats, which are killed when they accidentally collide with turbine blades.
Madsen and her colleagues have developed complex statistical tools that estimate the actual number of carcasses when they are undetectable for any reason by taking into account a host of predictor variables such as searcher efficiency, variations in plot sizes and location of inaccessible areas.
The software package, created by the team, will be utilized by government agencies as well as Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., which has already begun to implement the software to assist their clients. The project has also attracted attention from environmental and government agencies in Canada, South Africa, Portugal and Scotland among others. In addition, the USGS statisticians have conducted workshops demonstrating how to use the software to estimate animal mortality at wind and solar energy facilities.


Demographics > Table > Interpret
Interpretation of Demographics Data
Demographic Data Report for Puerto Rico
Education: At least high school
Ages 25+, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Name
- Value (Percent) : The value is 88.9 percent.
- People (Education: At Least High School) : The number of people (education: at least high school) is 200,101,961.
- Rank within US : N/A
- Value (Percent) : The value is 78.4 percent.
- People (Education: At Least High School) : The number of people (education: at least high school) is 1,879,952.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 212 of 3143
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/28/2023 7:26 pm.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Education: At least high school, see the dictionary.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.


The Chicago River was once not so much a waterway as a filth canal. In the 1850s, sewage, garbage, animal parts and other unsavory substances routinely went into it. In places, the river literally ran red with blood.
Things have improved a lot since then. But there is still a habit in Chicago of using the river as a dumping site for unwanted waste. Even as the lakefront has been polished to a peerless jewel and the river has attracted development, authorities continue to let it be fouled. Chicago is alone among major American cities in not disinfecting its sewage.
But that may be about to change. The federal Environmental Protection Agency has ordered a cleanup that will make the river safe even for swimming. If the state refuses, the EPA will take over the job.
It's about time. The river is a part of the natural patrimony of Illinois, and it ought to be protected and improved — not only for aesthetic and recreational reasons but for practical ones. It's a giant economic asset that has been abused and neglected.
In suburban Elgin, reported the Tribune's Michael Hawthorne, the treated sewage going into the Fox River has about 23 "colony-forming units" of fecal coliform per 100 milliliters of water. At Chicago's North Side Treatment Plan, the average exceeds 12,000 CFUs and sometimes reaches 170,000.
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District says disinfecting waste pumped into the Chicago River would cost too much and provide insufficient benefits to justify the expense. But the EPA says its program would add only about $40 a year to the typical homeowner's sewer rates.
Besides, the real question is not why it should be cleaned up. It's why anyone should be allowed to pollute a major waterway merely because it's cheap and convenient to do so. We wouldn't let homeowners empty chamber pots in the street to save them the cost of indoor plumbing. Why allow public agencies to discharge filth into the river?
Fortunately, Mayor Rahm Emanuel doesn't need to be told the importance of protecting a major public resource for the good of all, today and tomorrow. "By making its waters safe and clean, we can restore the river as a center for recreation and unlock its full potential to enhance Chicagoans' quality of life," a spokeswoman said. Let's get on with it.


Topics: Fundamentals for Startups, Sustainability, Training
This talk explores the important role that startups with a clear sense of purpose play in driving innovation and sustainability. Companies with a clear purpose beyond just making money are better positioned to create positive change in the world. Entrepreneurship has the power to drive change and promote sustainability, which are catalysts for attracting and retaining talented employees. Kenny Lee will aim to explore what inspires individuals and organizations to embrace sustainability as a driver for innovation, and to see the potential of purpose-driven startups to create positive change in the world.
Kenny is a co-founder and CEO at Aigen with the mission to accelerate the world’s transition to a healthy food ecosystem with robotics and AI.
Kenny spent his career in the tech industry, and before Aigen, he was a co-founder of a cybersecurity startup with a successful exit. Most recently, his focus has been learning and investing in environmental, social, and governance (ESG), climate change, and technologies that can transform people’s lives for the better. He is also a mentor, advisor, and board member of early-stage startups.
Kenny received a Bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.


I like to live with a sense of deep time. It provides context to our human existence on the planet in both space and time. For a decade, I tried to piece together the deep history of this region. Rock outcrops and bedrock I drilled into as part of my geology work, provided clues to the underlying makeup. Ultimately, the creation of this image, “Newark Basin”, provided the deeper history and sense of place that I sought.
This 3-mile deep “cut” extends from the Coastal Plain and Princeton to the east (right) 30-miles across the Newark Basin to the Highlands to the west (left) looking north.
The rocks visible in this image formed over a span of the last quarter of the Earth’s history. The rocks formed during the cycle of continents colliding to form a super continent then breaking apart to form an ocean, followed by the ocean closing as continents collided to form a super continent and finally breaking apart again to form the Atlantic Ocean. As the last super continent, Pangaea broke apart around 100 million years ago, cracks (faults) formed in the crust and crustal blocks dropped to form a rift basin named the Newark Basin. Over time, sediment was eroded from nearby highlands, transported via streams, and deposited in the basin.
Creation of this image began using a framework in the form of a cross section on the “Bedrock Geologic Map of Northern New Jersey” (Avery Ala Drake, Jr., et. al., 1993) constructed by Gregory Herman PhD. The cross section was enlarged 1.8 times in the vertical direction to better depict the nature of the basin features. The framework of the bottom half of this image does not exist in the cross section noted above and is my interpretation based on my geologic knowledge and research.
I visited dozens the outcrops to photograph specific rock types. I transferred these photographs to the computer and placed them in sequences that represent the underlying structure. I took photographs from an airplane to create the sequence of land surface regions resting above the bedrock.
I am indebted to Jim Peterson of Princeton Geoscience for commissioning this piece and to Gregory Herman PhD for offering critique at one phase in the construction of the image.


In Windows 8 users are asked to use a Microsoft Live account to log into the system. This allows syncing and sharing personal data across multiple devices very easily. However, this can be very dangerous if someone gains unauthorized access to your Live account. To avoid this situation, many users may want to use a local account instead.
One of the wonderful new features about Windows 8 is the ability to sync and share easily. Microsoft does this by relating everything to your Microsoft Live account. Along with the data that is shared will be personal information. Weighing the risk and benefits of syncing in this fashion can be a difficult task.
If you do not wish to use a Live account to sync and share across multiple computers, you can use this technique to login using a local account instead.
1. Move your mouse to the bottom right of the screen then move it up to access the Charms bar. Click Settings.
2. Click More PC settings.
3. In the PC settings screen, choose Users.
4. On the right-side screen, click the Switch to a local account button.
5. To process creating a local account, you must provide the password of the current Windows account. When you are done, click Next.
6. Now, Windows will let you create a new local account. Required information are: User name and Password (type it in both password field)
7. When the local account is created, you will see a screen like below. Just click Sign out and finish.
8. You can then log in to your local account. If you come back to the Users settings page, you will notice that your local account is the current active one.


Thyristors are a class of nonlinear electronic device that exhibit bistable resistance - that is, they can be switched between two different conductance states. Thyristors are widely used as inverters (direct to alternating current converters) and for the smooth control of power in a variety of applications such as motors and refrigerators. Materials and structures that exhibit nonlinear resistance of this sort are not only useful for practical applications: they also provide systems for exploring fundamental aspects of solid-state and statistical physics. Here we report the discovery of a giant nonlinear resistance effect in the conducting organic salt \[thetas]-(BEDT-TTF) "2CsCo(SCN)"4, the voltage-current characteristics of which are essentially the same as those of a conventional thyristor. This intrinsic organic thyristor works as an inverter, generating an alternating current when a static direct-current voltage is applied. Whereas conventional thyristors consist of a series of diodes (their nonlinearity comes from interface effects at the p-n junctions), the present salt exhibits giant nonlinear resistance as a bulk phenomenon. We attribute the origin of this effect to the current-induced melting of insulating charge-order domains, an intrinsically non-equilibrium phenomenon in the sense that ordered domains are melted by a steady flow.
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Polish Army Museum
This extensive collection covers thousands of years of Polish military history.
When walking around the corner of the Polish National Museum, it’s hard to miss the square filled with army vehicles, airplanes, helicopters, missile launchers, cannons, tanks, and even amphibious vehicles. The vehicles are parked all over the place, almost as if they’re in a parade of some sorts.
The equipment is all part of the Polish Army Museum. All of these machines have either served in the Polish army or were captured during a war. Little signs in Polish and English explain the story and history behind the items and how they were used during battle. In the summer, it’s common to see veterans near the newer equipment, explaining how it works and telling their personal stories.
Besides the large outdoor collection, there is also an indoor exhibition that covers much older military equipment and smaller items that cannot be stored outdoors. Here, you can find armor and weapons from all over the world. The collection spans as far back as the 10th century and includes equipment from as recently as 2010, as items from the Smolensk plane crash are exhibited.
Know Before You Go
The outside exhibition of the museum is free, but you need a ticket to see what's inside. The vehicles are popular with children.
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STEAM AT MATHEWS
Science Technology Engineering Arts Math
Our school embraces creative learning opportunities while using 21st century technology woven into the day-to-day curriculum. Our teachers are dedicated to working with online tools in their daily instruction, creating hands-on learning opportunities for all.
Each grade, grades Pre-K through 6th, visit the Innovation Lab at least once a week and:
Receive online tools and online safety instruction,
Receive keyboarding lessons,
Learn coding through either Scratch JR (PK-2nd) or Scratch MIT (2nd-6th),
Explore with MakeyMakey and Ozobots.
In the Spring of 2016, Mathews Elementary received a grant from Austin Ed Fund to purchase a LittleBits wall. We also recently acquired a 3-D printer (Lulzbot Mini) to teach students about 3-D design.
Since Fall 2017, thanks to an initiative of the Austin ISD Early Childhood department, our Pre-K students are learning code with Cubetto.
Each year, the campus celebrates STEAM through Maker projects, school-wide engineering days, school-wide literacy projects, etc.
We partner with the wonderful Makers at MakerReady, who built our Maker tool carts. Students learn not only how to use electronic technology, but are also exposed to good ol' tools like sewing machines, hand saws, hot glue guns, etc. The school is committed to high-tech and low-tech. We reuse and up-cycle common household items, which become amazing building materials.


On June 11 and 12, 2018, the Adirondack Pollinator Project is set to host two free public lectures by Kim Eierman, an environmental horticulturist specializing in ecological landscapes and native plants.
Attendees will have the opportunity to learn how to create habitat for pollinators in their own backyards. After the lecture, a one-hour reception will give guests the chance to ask questions and begin planning their own pollinator gardens. Free packet of wildflower seeds will be distributed and there will be a limited supply of pollinator plants for sale.
Lectures are scheduled for June 11, at 6 pm at the Plattsburgh Wine Company, Plattsburgh, and June 12 at 6 pm at The Wild Center, Tupper Lake.
Many pollinator species have suffered declines in recent years. Pollinators are responsible for the pollination of 80% of all flowering plants, and at least 30% of the our food, but face declining habitat and forage. Homeowners can attract and support an array of pollinators.
The guest lecturer, Kim Eierman, teaches at the New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Native Plant Center in NY, and at Rutgers Home Gardeners School. In addition to being a Certified Horticulturist through the American Society for Horticultural Science, Kim is a Master Gardener, a Master Naturalist, an Accredited Organic Landcare Professional, a Steering Committee member of The Native Plant Center, and a member of the Garden Writers Association.
For more information about The Pollinator Project click here.
Photo of Kim Eierman provided.
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By Siew Guan Lee, MS, RD – University of Idaho Extension
We seem to have heard it a million times: Stay Home.
Staying home sounds easy, but the fear and anxiety of being cooped up at home may lead to more stress and intense emotions. As the stay-home order continues, here are some tips to cope with stress and maintain mental well-being during this pandemic:
Limit exposure to news and social media. Hearing about the pandemic repeatedly can be overwhelming and upsetting. Take a break from media coverage and find the positive in daily life.
Engage in other activities you enjoy. Walking the dog, reading a book or starting your garden can help you de-stress. Practice positive stress management activities and avoid using alcohol and drugs. If you do go out, wash your hands as soon as you get home.
Continue regular and healthy routines. Eat meals at regular times rather than skipping meals or eating mindlessly. Share these meals with your family at the table to create a routine for everyone. Participate in regular physical activity or relaxation activities, such as yoga, meditation or simply taking deep breaths. Get plenty of sleep by waking up and going to bed at the same time every day.
Choose healthful food options. Eating nutritious food is especially important to improve your immune system and stay healthy. Try recipes that use only a few ingredients and use what you have on hand. If you need to shop for groceries, plan ahead and make a shopping list to stock up on nutritious ingredients – fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein and dairy – and minimize multiple trips to the store. Some stores may offer delivery services as another option.
Stay connected with others. Talking with your friends and family members can ease stress and improve the way you feel overall. It also helps build your sense of purpose and belonging.
Contact your healthcare provider if stress gets in the way of your daily activities and becomes a problem.
Source: Stress and Coping from the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/managing-stress-anxiety.html
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You may have a safe home and a new panel, but your power quality is at the mercy of the utility company and Mother Nature. Downed power lines, scheduled maintenance, and lightning are just a few of the things that can cause you to lose power and experience a surge.
What is a surge?
A surge is a momentary spike in voltage that can compromise and destroy the electronic equipment in your home. Spikes can range from 100s-1000s of volts, but damage occurs when the spike is above an appliance’s normal operating voltage.
What causes surges?
A surge can occur inside the house. The most common incidents happen when using heavy duty electrical devices like space heaters, fridges, and air conditioners. Larger surges can be attributed to external factors such as lightning strikes and disturbance due to utility (hydro) companies switching or compromising power lines.
Protect your expensive electronics!
Each year, it is estimated that surges cause $26 billion in lost time, repairs, and equipment.
How is a whole home surge protector installed?
Surge Protection at the Panel
A surge protection device installed in the main panel will divert the initial spike in voltage to ground and away from the electrical system. The device is mounted to the load side of the panel and serves to protect your home against residual external power disturbances and internally generated power surges. It may be externally mounted to the side or bottom of your panel or internally installed as a "surge breaker."
Surge Protection at the Device
Point-of-use surge strips are the last line of defense against surges and protect your sensitive electronics that are plugged into this strip. Keep in mind that a surge protection strip is not to be confused with a power bar, which is essentially an extension cord with extra outlets.
What do we recommend?
HomeSAFE offers Whole Home Surge Protection, a comprehensive system that ensures that all possible entry points are monitored and, subsequently, prevent the occurrence of a surge. All of our devices come with a manufacturer’s guarantee to protect your electronics downstream, up to a certain dollar value (based on the type installed). We do not require the power to be shut down; all that is required is at least two free spaces in your panel.CLICK HERE TO GET A QUOTE


"Horses and mules that went unsold were shot and sold as carcasses for less than $2 apiece at the rate of three thousand a month. One visitor to Washington witnessed horses being led down to the river one by one, shot, and thrown onto a pile of fifty carcasses. They were loaded onto barges and floated to a 'bone factory' near the Long Bridge. Horseshoes were removed for scrap iron, the hooves used to make hair combs and glue, the hides sold to tanners, and the hairs from the manes and tails exported to Europe for weaving into horsehair cloth. The shinbones were valued as imitation ivory for use in cane heads, knife hilts and pistol handles. Once skinned, the carcasses were boiled in a huge vat, 140 at a time, and the oil skimmed off and barreled for sale as a lubricant and an ingredient in soap. The bones were ground into 'bone dust' fertilizer. The sale of dead horses netted the government $60,000 per year."
I am currently reading Kenneth J. Winkle's Lincoln's Citadel: The Civil War in Washington D.C. and am enjoying it thus far. (I will write a review of it after I finish reading it.) I came across the above paragraph on pages 172 and 173 and thought it was rather fascinating. Civil War books and articles frequently describe soldiers being killed and though there are stories about the remains of dead animals on the battlefields (either being burned by the army which held the field or by local civilians after the stench from the corpses became too powerful), I had not seen the specific usages of dead horse parts as mentioned here.
Some of the animals the government purchased for military use were not fit for service and were put up for auction, but not all of them sold, as discussed above. It is interesting that the government found a way to recoup some of the costs of purchasing so many animals for the war effort. Even the dead ones were worth money (At least there is no mention of the dead bodies being turned into food, though at times during the war a freshly killed horse may have sounded welcome to some soldiers.)
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Aircraft powered by piston and turboprop engines feature propeller blades that pull or push on the air around the aircraft to provide propulsion. As piston engines have become more powerful, they require more and more propeller blades.
To understand why, we need to understand the working principle of a propeller. The purpose of a propeller is to “absorb” the power produced by the engine and transmit that power to the air passing through the propeller, which generates the thrust force that propels the aircraft through the air. Therefore, if the propeller and engine are not properly matched based on the power of the engine, the system is inefficient.
As engine power increases, the designer has several different options to design an aircraft propeller that can efficiently absorb that power. However, most of these options have severe drawbacks.
Therefore, there are two viable options for increasing a propeller’s output. Either you can increase the blade’s width, or chord, or increase the number of blades on the propeller. Increasing the blade chord is easier, but once again, changing the chord affects the aircraft’s aerodynamic efficiency. Thus, this leaves us with the last option, increasing the number of aircraft propeller blades. By doing so, you increase the solidity of the propeller disk, the space that the propeller rotates in. By increasing the solidity, the propeller can transfer more power to the air, thus increasing thrust.
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Frequently Confused Words #2 Make or Do?
Another difficult area, for many non native speakers, is working out when to use make or do. The problem is that they have very similar meanings, but they do have very different uses.
Do is used when we are talking about general and daily activities and when no physical object is produced.
What are you doing? I’m doing the housework.
I really hate doing the ironing.
I wish I didn’t have to do it.
Examples: Do the washing up
Do my homework
Do our jobs
We also often use do with, nothing, everything, anything, something.
It’s my day off tomorrow, would you like to do something?
Does anything really matter?
I’ve done everything you asked me to do
Make, on the other hand, is very often used when we are talking about creating, building or constructing something that we can actually touch or see.
I am making breakfast/lunch/supper
He made a really beautiful box in his woodwork class
My grandmother used to make her own clothes.
Do and make are also used with a large number of set expressions, (collocations) the problem is (rather like a lot of things in English!!!) there are no rules to help you decide and so these just have to be learnt.
Follow this link to see a list of set expressions and to try out some exercises.


The Dunlins' summer plumage while on migration to their arctic breeding grounds was strikingly different from their familiar dull winter plumage. Only the drooping bill with its wilting tip looked the same.
They were sporting a rufous cap and a bright rufous back. In addition they stood out by a sharply defined black patch on their belly, making them very conspicuous among the pale-bellied shorebirds. I wonder, since everything has to have a reason, what's the advantage of having a black underside?
It is easier to understand the dramatic, and confusing, coloration of the Ruddy Turnstones, shown here with several Short-billed Dowitchers and a Sanderling: it makes them blend in with the pebbles of the shore.
Short-billed Dowitcher above, compare to the slightly smaller Lesser Yellowlegs below.
Some locations were made intolerable by the dense clouds of gnats that materialized within a couple of minutes of our arrival. Pete Dunne, our guide on several trips, was wearing an ingeniously constructed, airy, and bug-proof: The Original Bug Shirt on sale at the Cape May Bird Observatory. I decided I had to have one too. Although a little late on this trip, I will find a useful during black fly season in Vermont, or when exploring swampy, mosquito-infested areas, such as the heron rookery below.
In closing a photo of a Boat-tailed Grackle, amusing and noisy coastal inhabitant. Happy Birding!


On the 19th of June, Year 6 school journeyed to Turnham Green to take part in our final debate with Garden House and Orchard House. This debate was all about reducing the effects of global warming in order to make our planet a better place.
We were all given a possible solution to the problem to research. These included: wind power, nuclear power, biomass power, stopping deforestation and using electric cars. Pupils from Garden House played the role of scientists and their role was to investigate how their solution works. Orchard House pupils were negotiators, so they had to consider the possible objections to their solution. Glendower pupils were entrepreneurs, so we had to think about how our solution could be implemented.
Every group had scientists, entrepreneurs and diplomats to support their solution. We spent some time discussing our ideas and sharing our research. Then, one speaker from each of these areas had to present the speech they had formed in order to argue that their solution was best. At the end, we held a vote and the wind power team (Sisi, Michelle and Isabel) was voted most popular.
I believe it was a very interesting day for all of us as we learnt all the different ways in which we can make the world a cleaner and healthier place. This was the last debate for the Year 6s – I hope we all do more in the future!


In every marginalized community, education continues to be the significant route towards the way out of poverty. It’s time for administrators, teachers and staff developers to build awareness of how their beliefs and assumptions about local families influence their interactions with them and to understand how their school’s demographics inform what might support or hinder their efforts to engage more families in their schools.
Including families and communities in schools is about building authentic ongoing relationships, meaningful interactions and two-way communications between educators, families and community members. In particular, families living in public housing, may have a harder time interacting with their schools because of:
- Parents or other family members did not do well in school or educators told parents what they should do without acknowledging what they might already be doing;
- Cultural barriers that have parents or their representatives believe they should defer to educators;
- Limited professional development and training of educators in family and community engagement;
- Educators’ own cultural beliefs and attitudes.
If educators believe that parents will do little to support a child’s education at home, educators may not reach out to the family and will have lower expectations of the student. Viewing interactions from families’ perspectives help educators work more effectively with them. It’s equally important for educators to consider how they will provide information to families in a multicultural environment. Sensitivity to cultural differences will help prevent roadblocks that keep members of the school community from working together.
To reveal deep unspoken and unconscious influences of cultural beliefs and actions, educators should understand the dynamics of the “Iceberg concept of culture.” Like an iceberg, the largest share of cultural influences are found below the surface:


Abstract: Filtering of power line interference is very meaningful in the measurement of biomedical events recording, particularly in the case of recording signals as weak as the ECG signal. ECG is a biomedical signal which gives electrical activity of heart. This ECG signal is corrupted by various noises like power line interference, baseline wandering, channel noise, contact noise, muscle artifacts etc. Frequency range of ECG signal is nearly same as the frequency of power line interference. ECG signal has frequency range from 0.5 Hz to 80 Hz and power line interference introduces 50 to 60 Hz frequency component in that signal which is the major cause of corruption of ECG. From various artifacts contaminate electrocardiogram (ECG) recording, the most common are power line interference. Power line interference is not easily recognizable since the interfering voltage in the ECG may have frequency 50 Hz. The most common cause of 50 Hz interference is the disconnected electrode resulting in a very strong disturbing signal, and therefore needs quick action. Electromagnetic interference from the power lines also results in poor quality tracings. Electrical equipment’s such as air conditioner, elevators and X-ray units draw heavy power line current, which induce 50 Hz signals in the input circuits of the ECG machine. This project focuses on a technique for de noising of such non stationary ECG signal using adaptive filter algorithms like LMS, NLMS, RLS and compares their performance characteristics using MATLAB.
Keywords: ECG, LMS, NLMS, RLS, MATLAB, Power Line Interference.


In the rest of the article, we’ll talk about how modern research in psychology defines passion. In addition, we propose several practical questions that you can ask yourself to help you identify and develop your passion . What does passion mean? Psychologist and researcher Robert Vallerand has made it his life’s work to study the psychology of passion . After decades of research and studying thousands of people who have “found their passion”, Vallerand has come to the following conclusion: Passion is a strong inclination toward action that has three characteristics: It’s something we enjoy.
That complement us positively
This is something we value. It’s something we can commit to. In addition to these three points, he offers two other important ideas about passion. The most phone number list passionate people are naturally motivate towards their passions Below you can find some questions inspire by Vallerand’s research that will help you figure out what types of activities have the most potential for passion. QUESTION no. 1: Does this activity have a high potential for positive complementarity? Vallerand’s research on passion states that the first important criterion for what type of activity amounts to passion is enjoyable activity Seems pretty obvious.
The things we enjoy tend
It probably helps if you clarify this question by thinking more about pleasure than from the point of view of positive complementation . to be activities . We enjoy AOB Directory eating ice cream because it’s a cold yet delicious combination of sugar and fat that makes our brain’s pleasure center light up like a sparkler. Although enjoyment is one expression of positive reinforcement , positive support is much more than just enjoyment. Let’s take this same example of ice cream for example.


by: Makalah Sizer
Imagine your shopping on a new online website, and the first thing that pops up is is to accept or deny something called cookies. But not a warm sweet treat to enjoy, but a data program to collect your information. The question is, should you do it or not, and if you do what happens?
What does Tracking Behavior mean?
Every website that you have frequently visited, or even purchased from has tracked a portion of your information. However, they couldn’t have done it without you. Websites have to ask your permission to record your information.
In order to collect your information, a website owner has to install a web analytics program to its website, like Google Analytics, for example. Then the magic begins.
Analytics doesn’t exactly take down the name and address of its users. It’s identified from a person’s unique computer or device, through cookies.
Cookies and how it works
Cookies is a packet of data that a computer receives. It helps keep track of consumer activity on the site and track their activity.
Cookies are also really useful because they can store your personal information, like your login or credit card history. However, should people allow cookies to do this?
Most times everyone says yes, it’s really helpful and it can help the consumer save time, but consumers often fear that they are then tracking all of their information. That being said, is it ethical?
Ethical or Unethical?
I think that under most circumstances tracking user behavior is ethical. It’s when they start sharing your information with third parties when they cross that line.
It’s partially up to the consumer to even allow for companies to take their information, so it’s a shared responsibility. Users also have the ability at any time to delete cookies from their web browser. So taking these factors into consideration, I would say that it is ethical under normal circumstances to track user behavior.


The California perspective
Climate change effects such as wildfires, coastal erosion, water shortage, and rising temperatures are increasingly becoming factors defining California lives. The way we generate our energy also needs to change. Offshore wind is very complementary to other renewable energy sources in the California energy system, thus helping the state attain its ambitious goals for transitioning to 100 percent clean energy.
Leadership for the climate crisis
Offshore wind energy has become a key cornerstone of global efforts to decarbonize electricity production. Under SB 100, a landmark state law enacted in 2018, California established an ambitious target of 100 percent of retail electricity supply to be produced with renewable and zero-carbon resources by 2045. Offshore wind will play a key role in this energy mix because its generation profile peaks in the evening, just when solar power vanishes each day and new renewable capacity is most needed.
California has set a goal of installing 25 GW of offshore wind generation by 2045. The first 5 GW of large-scale projects are now in the lease process and could be deployed as early as 2032. This will bring new green energy, new jobs and more opportunities. However, it is important that California’s switch to offshore wind power goes smoothly.
CADEMO will allow California to get it right before the big industrial boom starts with hundreds of turbines. A pilot project in California will have the ability to provide real evidence, allow environmental testing and implement mitigation measures on actual turbines in relevant ocean ecosystems on the Central Coast. CADEMO will also pave the way for local industry and jobs.


“The pursuit of knowledge (Inan), wisdom (Pragyaa), and truth (Satya) was always considered in Indian thought and philosophy as the highest human goal.”
NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY 2020
Education is the greatest wealth and is the best tool for achieving economic and social mobility, inclusion, and equality. Keeping this in mind, the Government of India had drafted the New Education Policy (NEP) which will cater to the needs of all students, irrespective of their place of residence and social background. It will provide them a quality education and help them to evolve as good human beings capable of rational thoughts and actions, possessing compassion and empathy, scientific temper and creative imagination, with ethical morals and values.
The National Education Policy 2020 is the first education policy of the 21st century that aims to address the many growing developmental imperatives of our country. It lays particular emphasis on the development of the creative potential of each individual. It also encourages holistic development not only at primary and upper primary stages, but also at the secondary levels.
At Shri Ram Global School, we acknowledge the fact that an outdated education system and methods won’t be applicable for the twenty-first century when the children will be expected to think for themselves, pose and solve complex problems, and generally produce knowledge rather than reproduce it. The motivation and empowerment of teachers is required for the best possible future of our children and our nation. So, to update the teachers about the changes in the education policy, Ms. Sangeeta Yadav, Principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) Aliganj, addressed them at SRGS. She briefed about the Vision of NEP and its Key Proposals. The teachers found the session an enlightening one.
The SRGS team, is set to adhere to all the protocols of the set pattern provided by the NEP, to ensure that we gear our students to be able to develop the much needed analytical and critical thinking; in order to help them evolve into well- rounded personalities.