A controversy is a prolonged public dispute or debate, with people having different opinions. There may be several groups of people who have different opinions and who cannot agree. Examples for controversial topics are the question of whether abortion should be legal, or whether research on embryonic stem cells should be permitted. Controversies can happen when there is not a lot of understanding about a topic. A controversy may also happen when different people interpret the same information differently based on their own biases.
Any opinion that has opposing sides or points of view can become a controversy. In the winter of 2015, consumers argued over the color and design of Starbucks Christmas cup. Some suggested a boycott of the coffee brand to protest.
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- ↑ "controversy". Vocabulary.com. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ilya Somin (October 11, 2013). "Democracy and Political Ignorance". Cato Institute. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ↑ Emma Green (10 November 2015). "The Inanity of the Starbucks Christmas Cup 'Controversy' Seeking religious affirmation from corporate branding is ironic, misguided, and culturally damaging". The Atlantic. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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The aroma of coffee is how it smells. It is made up of volatile compounds (vapors and gases) we inhale which are released or agitated during the brewing process. Our roastery team trains their noses to distinguish between different aromas. Aroma is evaluated at multiple points during the tasting process.As you brew your coffee, stop to take notes on the different aromas you smell when:
- the coffee is first ground
- just after water is added to the grinds
- during the coffee brewing process*
*A layer of grinds will float to the top during the brew process. Concentrated volatile compounds are trapped underneath this layer inside the water. This is called the crust. Agitating this layer (breaking the crust) will release those concentrated compounds in one burst of aroma. Breathing in the aroma while breaking the crust can help pinpoint flavors.
At home, this crust will not be evident in all brewing methods, though may be most noticeable while brewing a pourover. Look for little bubbles forming as you add additional water to your pourover. This is the trapped gasses and vapors escaping from the coffee as the pouring water agitates the crust. Briefly pause while brewing and carefully take a whiff!
If your brewing method does not have a noticeable crust, try taking a deep breath of the aromas just as it finishes brewing and the grinds are discarded.
Can you notice any differences in the aromas between the 3 points?


In a paper published in the September issue of Nano Letters, Hickey, et al. reported a series of technologies that streamline enrichment, expansion, and detection of a wide range of antigen-specific T cells for cancer, infectious disease, and autoimmunity. The authors developed a concept of “adaptive artificial antigen presenting cells,” which can target an array of T cell specificities and are compatible with a 96-well plate format to facilitate high-throughput enrichment and expansion of rare, endogenous T cells. Likewise, adaptive detection particles are designed to be both modular and sensitive enough to detect a variety of T cell specificities, including rare, cancer-specific T cells. Together, these tools can provide a facile, “off-the-shelf” means of studying antigen-specific T cell responses across many different diseases.
This article has been curated and made freely available by the Immune Epitope Database and Analysis Resource (IEDB) with an IEDB Reference ID 1036997. The IEDB is sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID). IEDB seeks to collate experimental data about T cell and antibody epitopes for a variety of diseases and across a range of animal species. This resource is provided to the scientific community at no charge.
The authors artwork was also featured on the cover. Using magnetic nanoparticles to “find the needle in the (immune cell) haystack”: Adaptive artificial antigen presenting cells (black) can isolate rare antigen-specific CD8+ T cells (red) from a “haystack” of irrelevant immune cells. Our method provides a multiplexed, streamlined method for simultaneous magnetic enrichment, expansion, and detection of a wide range of antigen-specific T cells for cancer, infectious disease, and autoimmunity.


Food moths, also known as pantry moths, weevil moths, Indian mealmoths, and scientifically, Plodia interpunctella, are the most common species of moths that can reproduce inside of homes, developing as a pest of various foods, commonly found in pantries.
Prevent infestation with Food Moths
Plodia interpunctella, also known as the pantry moth, they are a common grain-feeding pest found around the world, feeding on cereals and similar products. They can infest a wide range of dry foodstuffs of vegetable origin, such as cereal, bread, pasta, rice, couscous, flour, spices, or dried fruits and nuts.
Information about Food Moths
The food moth (Plodia interpunctella), alternatively spelled Indianmeal moth, is a pyraloid moth of the family Pyralidae. P. interpunctella larvae (caterpillars) are commonly known as waxworms. It is important to note that they are not the same species as the waxworms often bred as animal feed.
The Indian mealmoth, also known as the food moth, is part of the Plodia order and Plodia interpunctella specie. It can infest a wide range of dry foods, the most common being dry pet food, birdseed, cereal, bread, pasta, rice, flour, spices, dried fruits and nuts. Once larvae or moths have been discovered, it is important to throw out all food sources, as they are contaminated, as this will also interrupt their mating and reproduction process, and then repel them from where the dry food is being kept. In order to prevent an infestation, you need to keep the food they are attracted to in tightly sealed containers.


101-0615-01L Materials Lab Exercises
|Semester||Autumn Semester 2021|
|Lecturers||R. J. Flatt, U. Angst, I. Burgert, D. Kammer, H. Richner, F. Wittel|
|Periodicity||yearly recurring course|
|Language of instruction||German|
|Abstract||Introduction into the basic and practical knowledge of important building materials and testing methods.|
|Objective||Introduction into the basic and practical knowledge of important building materials and testing methods.|
|Content||o Introduction of material testing equipment, with various examples of experiments on metals (tensile behaviour, hardness, bending and impact loading).|
o Theoretical background and practical aspects of concrete technology: mixture design, casting and setting; determination of mechanical properties.
o Properties of bricks and mortar: individual materials and the composite brickwork. Parameters like strength, Young’s modulus, water absorption and thermal conductivity are determined.
o Understanding the characteristic properties of wood: anisotropy, hygroscopic behaviour, shrinkage and swelling, and effect of size on strength. Introduction to test-methods for wood and wood-products.
o Introduction into the basics of scanning electron microscopy: practical exercises with the Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM).
o Introduction to fundamentals of Finite Element Methods and their application in examples.
o Introduction to durability of building materials and building structures: assessment of potentials for detecting and locating corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete.
|Lecture notes||For each topic a script will be provided, that can be downloaded under www.ifb.ethz.ch/education|


Advancing Universal Rights and Justice
Uprooting Fascisms and Fundamentalisms
Across the globe, feminist, women’s rights and gender justice defenders are challenging the agendas of fascist and fundamentalist actors. These oppressive forces target women, persons who are non-conforming in their gender identity, expression and/or sexual orientation, and other oppressed communities.
Discriminatory ideologies are undermining and co-opting our human rights systems and standards, with the aim of making rights the preserve of only certain groups. In the face of this, the Advancing Universal Rights and Justice (AURJ) initiative promotes the universality of rights - the foundational principle that human rights belong to everyone, no matter who they are, without exception.
We create space for feminist, women’s rights and gender justice movements and allies to recognize, strategize and take collective action to counter the influence and impact of anti-rights actors. We also seek to advance women’s rights and feminist frameworks, norms and proposals, and to protect and promote the universality of rights.
Through this initiative, we:
- Build knowledge: We support feminist, women’s rights and gender justice movements by disseminating and popularizing knowledge and key messages about anti-rights actors, their strategies, and impact in the international human rights systems through AWID’s leadership role in the collaborative platform, the Observatory on the Universality of Rights (OURs)*.
- Advance feminist agendas: We ally ourselves with partners in international human rights spaces including, the Human Rights Council, the Commission on Population and Development, the Commission on the Status of Women and the UN General Assembly.
- Create and amplify alternatives: We engage with our members to ensure that international commitments, resolutions and norms reflect and are fed back into organizing in other spaces locally, nationally and regionally.
- Mobilize solidarity action: We take action alongside women human rights defenders (WHRDs) including trans and intersex defenders and young feminists, working to challenge fundamentalisms and fascisms and call attention to situations of risk.


Notes & Neurons: Music, Emotion and the Brain
From axons to a cappella, or why music gives us chills and thrills.
By Maria Popova
Music is easily the widest-reaching, most universal emotional facilitator. Anecdotally, it shapes so many of life’s everyday experiences: An epic movie would fall flat without a cinematic soundtrack, a party without dance music is unthinkable, and a run without an upbeat playlist feels somehow much more tiresome. Scientifically, music has been shown to impact anything from our alertness and relaxation to our memory to our physical and emotional well-being.
Today, we take a look at just how music affects our brain and emotion, with Notes & Neurons: In Search of a Common Chorus — a fascinating event from the 2009 World Science Festival.
But before we launch into the geekier portion, here’s a quick improvised treat from phenomenal jazz and a cappella performer Bobby McFerrin, who embodies the intimate relationship between music and the human element.
The panel — hosted by John Schaefer and featuring Jamshed Barucha, scientist Daniel Levitin, Professor Lawrence Parsons and Bobby McFerrin — takes us through a series of live performances and demonstrations that illustrate music’s interaction with the brain and our emotions, exploring some of the most interesting questions about this incredible phenomenon.
Is our response to music hard-wired or culturally determined? Is the reaction to rhythm and melody universal or influenced by environment?
We encourage you to see the full Notes & Neurons: In Search of a Common Chorus program, or snack on some more digestible bites over at World Science Festival’s Vimeo channel.
And while we’re at it, we highly recommend neuroscientist Oliver Sacks’ Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain — an utterly fascinating read about the extreme effect music can have on our cognitive and emotional lives.
Published August 7, 2009


Industrial coatings are the best way to keep a variety of surfaces safe maintain the product as new as it was yet produced same color& gloss. Also we have opportunity to color the world around us no degradation or fade under environmental conditions. Coating preserve geometrical ferrous and non-ferrous materials sustaining same dimensions as rust affects by reducing thickness as external layers are oxidized sustaining same mechanical behavior under stresses.
Sometimes you may need to make a surface non-slip or non-stick. Decorative columns walls facades. Floors are one case of a place where you may require a mechanical quality covering to avoid slipping, particularly in ranges where there is a great deal of fluid that could drop onto the floor.
Different machines may require a non-stick surface within them to guarantee quick, quality handling of materials. Mechanical coatings are the most ideal approach to guard an assortment of surfaces.
Coatings give rise to the esthetics and usefulness of matters, these benefits usually must be weighed against environmental costs. Coatings are intended to stop corrosion by maintaining the part from exposure to oxygen and water.
Galvanizing or Zinc coatings protect ferrous metals from rusting by another way-zinc is oxidized before zinc-coated metal components begin to rust. The zinc coating will corrode instead of the protected ferrous metallic component. Anodizing is a process for non-ferrous metals that eliminates or reduces corrosion which we do it for aluminum in our facilities upon request.


JolasMATIKA: An Experience for Teaching and Learning Computing Topics From University to Primary Education
Larraza Mendiluze, Edurne
Lucas Múgica, José Francisco
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IEE Transactions on Education 63(3) : 136-143 (2020)
Contribution: A learning-by-teaching methodology through games can be used to promote informatics (computer science) in primary and secondary education. Applying the proposed activities can change students' perception of informatics from seeing it as merely using computers to seeing its relationship with mathematics. The experience can also help students acquire competences in teaching. Background: Although students, specifically in primary and secondary education, are increasingly competent in terms of technology use, it has been found that in many cases informatics, as a science, has been relegated to a secondary status; it is usually considered only as a tool or additional resource, and not as an object of study. Intended Outcomes: To refine the application of the learning-to-teach-to-learn (L2T2L) methodology, a learning-by-teaching methodology that has students learn and then, in turn, teach that learning to younger students, in cascade from university to secondary to primary students. To analyze its effects on students' attitudes toward informatics. Application Design: The model incorporates a learning-by-teaching approach in a multistage sequence across different kinds of learners and teachers, using fun, game-like materials. Findings: The use of the action research methodology allowed adjustment of the educational methodology, providing more reliable data and enough experience to suggest how to extend the project to a broader audience. Although the results obtained were less significant than expected, the experience did give students a more realistic view of informatics.


Eco-friendly energy is electricity produced by renewable sources for example wind, sun, water, waves, geothermal power heat and organic matter. It is a type of souped up that is created in a fashion that has a lesser negative impact towards the environment than powers like non-renewable fuels, that are frequently created with dangerous negative effects.
The robust growth and development of new waterpower technologies, for example individuals of Hydro Eco-friendly Energy, will substantially bolster efforts to lessen the impacts of global warming, improve quality of air, stabilize the electrical power company, better help meet growing electricity demand and reduce reliance on fossil sources for producing electricity. It is now simpler than ever before to aid eco-friendly energy generation from sources such as the sun and biomass. A minimum of 50 % from the alternative energy originate from solar sources. As interest in alternative energy increases, the greater cost of eco-friendly energy generation might be offset by improved technology and production efficiency. Among the most effective we may have a direct effect on climatic change and also the environment is as simple as powering the house with eco-friendly energy. Using the growing prices of oil, eco-friendly energy now become the best looking resource for renewable power. Simultaneously, the increasing price of capital is which makes it tougher for both consumer and suppliers of other energy equipment and services to invest in new eco-friendly projects. However with constant growth and development of fraxel treatments, eco-friendly energy will less expensive.
Solar energy is really a eco-friendly power source, the power the originates from the sun’s rays and changed into electricity using a solar energy system. The disadvantage is the fact that solar might not produce much energy in places that don’t get enough sunlight. Though, this is often compensated if there’s a great storage, just like an variety of top quality batteries. The aim of eco-friendly energy is to create power with very little pollution as you possibly can created like a by product. When utilized correctly, solar power could be created in this way, which may be delivered back with the local power company and used at other destinations. Should you generate your personal electrical power too, you might really have the ability to earn revenue by selling it towards the power company, or safeguard yourself from power blackouts by choosing a stand-alone, off-grid system.
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This image shows a lava channel north of Kuiper Crater in the high southern latitudes just before spring equinox. It was a target suggested by members of the public, using our suggestion tool called HiWish .
The channel confluence at the top of the image illustrates interesting volcanic processes that took place long ago. However, it was the mounds on the rim of the channel to the south of the confluence that we initially found alarming. These mounds, up to 400 meters in diameter, are decorated by radial and concentric patterns that resemble spider webs .
Radial and concentric fractures are familiar from forces penetrating a brittle layer, such as a rock thrown through a glass window. These particular fractures were evidently produced by something emerging from below the brittle surface of Mars. It seems likely that ice lenses, resulting from the accumulation of ice beneath the surface, created these peculiar mounds. Ice is less dense than rock, so the buried ice rose and pushed upwards on the surface and generated these spider web-like patterns. An analogous process creates similar sized mounds in arctic tundra on Earth that are known as “pingos,”, an Inuit word. The Martian fractures in this location are nowadays filled with dust instead of ice, so it is unclear how long ago this activity took place. It seems likely that these pingo-forming periglacial processes took place much more recently than the volcanic activity also evident in this region of Mars.
Written by: Paul Geissler (audio: Tre Gibbs) (19 October 2016)
More info and image formats at http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_046359_1250
Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona


There are many different ethnic groups in the world. We can all learn something new from each one of the ethnic groups.
Our race does not completely make up who we are. It has some influence as we may follow some of our cultural traditions. How we are raised, who we learn from and who we spend much of our time with is what mainly helps to make up who we are. For example, if you hang around with friends that get into trouble frequently, down the road do you think you will get into trouble? Probably. We all know the saying "guilty by association." Even if you are not a troublemaker, but you spend a lot of time with troublemakers, you will soon see your reputation as a person start to change in other people’s eyes. We usually share the same beliefs and values with the people we become friends with. If we hang around racist people, most likely we will hear it enough and find ourselves thinking and saying some of the same things.
People need to keep an open mind and only judge people for their personalities and deeds they have done, do not throw race into the mix.
There are so many ethnic groups in one area. For instance, did you know that the Philippines has many ethnic groups? Besides having different ethnic groups, the Philippines has a sub-list of groups. You will find the Visayan ethnic group to the Ilocano ethnic group to the Tagalog ethnic group, etc.
In the United States of America which is named "the melting pot" you will find Hispanic ethnic groups, Black ethnic groups, Caucasians ethnic groups, etc.
Each ethnic group brings something to the table so to speak. We can all learn something from each other. Instead of jumping to conclusions and prejudices, we should embrace our differences. We should try to understand and learn about each other’s cultures. Think of all of the fascinating things we could learn. We may even adopt some of each ethnic group’s culture traditions.
If your neighbor is of another ethnic group or someone you work with or go to school with, sit down and get to know him or her. Really listen. You may find that you enjoy getting to know other folk’s culture. You may also find that you have made a new really good friend.
For more information on ethnic groups, please visit http://www.usariseup.com.
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People who are interested in space activities will like the month of May. On May 15 and 16, the world will experience the first lunar eclipse of the year. The crimson moon will be seen during the Lunar Eclipse.
When the Moon and Sun are on opposite sides of the Earth and the Moon moves into the Earth’s shadow, the natural phenomenon happens. This is also the first Lunar Eclipse of the year, which will be complete.
When the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, a lunar eclipse occurs. (Photo courtesy of Shutterstock)
Dates and Times of the Lunar Eclipse in 2022
According to NASA, the whole Lunar Eclipse will be visible from Earth will also be known as blood moon. It will start at 07:58 a.m. IST on May 16 and last until 11.35 a.m. IST the same day. On May 16, a Lunar Eclipse is projected to last more than three hours.
When will the Lunar Eclipse be at its most powerful?
On May 16, the red moon will be at its fullest at 9:41 a.m.
Will India be able to see the lunar eclipse?
The Lunar Eclipse will not be seen in India this time, according to the space agency. Only South America, Eastern North America, sections of Antarctica, Western Europe, Western and Southern Africa, and the eastern edge of the Pacific region will see the crimson moon.
What is the significance of the name Blood Moon?
Because the Lunar Eclipse will occur on a full moon day, the moon will seem red as the earth’s shadow falls on it.
The moon will reflect various colours and keep the red colour due to its wavelength as sunlight falls on its surface after passing through the Earth’s atmosphere. It will appear reddish in colour as a result of this. The term ‘Blood Moon’ comes from this.


The Different Ways Earthmoving Equipment Is Used in Preparing Sites for Construction Projects
Before work can commence at a construction site, proper site preparation will need to be carried out. As the name suggests, site preparation involves getting a site ready for actual construction work. All the different types of heavy construction machines used in site preparation are collectively called earthmoving machines. The construction professionals that use these machines to get work done are known as earthmoving contractors.
Earthmoving machines are versatile pieces of construction machinery that can be used to perform a variety of tasks at a construction site. Take a look at a few common uses of earthmoving equipment below.
Although it often causes disturbance to the local ecology, land clearing is usually a crucial aspect of virtually any construction project. It involves clearing off any trees, vegetation, large rocks, rubbish, and other obstructions that may be present on-site to give way for new development.
By removing the obstacles, earthmoving contractors make the site more accessible to the crew and the various types of heavy construction equipment needed to complete the project. This helps get work done faster, thus increasing the likelihood of beating the deadline.
This is a construction activity that can be performed for a variety of purposes, but mainly for site levelling. Where the slope of the land makes it difficult to start construction, earthmoving contractors can move earth from higher spots to lower spots to achieve a perfectly level base for installing the foundation of a building. This helps keep the structure strong and stable.
Land grading can also be performed to reconfigure the topography of a worksite — that is, for the land to take the shape the site surveyor wants.
Laying the foundation of a building often requires major excavation work. This is because the weight of the building should be transferred to a stable layer of the soil.
Earthmoving machines can be used for digging and removing large volumes of earth from a site to allow crew members to start building the foundation. The debris should be removed from the site safely and efficiently to minimise workplace accidents and keep work flowing smoothly.
As you can see, construction teams heavily rely on earthmoving machines to get work done fast and efficiently. If you want to learn more about the uses of this type of heavy construction equipment, don't hesitate to get in touch with the experts at an earthmoving company near you.


May 31st, 2010
On April 20th, 2010 a Deepwater Horizon and BP oil rig exploded off the southeast coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, sparking what became the worse man-made environmental catastrophe in American history. The unfathomable amount of leaked oil far exceeded the Exxon Valdez spill, which ravaged Alaska’s Prince William Sound in March of 1989, at the time causing the largest oil spill our nation had ever seen.
The formation of our production company served the immediate purpose of producing a film that strives to document the effects of the spill and the way in which BP and the United States Government has responded to it.
Two decades ago, the Exxon Valdez spilled left the shores of Cordova, Alaska stained black with oil. One of our nation’s most pristine and naturally vibrant ecosystems, Prince William Sound was devastated. The spill attached the sound’s wildlife but it’s effects reached far beyond the waters in which it took place. The livelihoods of entire communities were forever changed and many have not recovered to this day. Despite this unspeakable disaster, BP and our nation have allowed another oil crisis to occur, this time on an unconscionable scale. Regardless of the details of who and what and why, one thing is clear; this negligence can not continue. Our hope is that the film that we produce can help educate and inform the public and serve to inspire change, in action and in mind, in the way that we interact with our environment.
November 11th, 2010
Our crew spent over five months shooting throughout the Gulf of Mexico, exploring the environmental, social, and economic impacts of the April, 2010 British Petroleum oil spill. In our time there we’ve found that while the spill itself was possibly the worst man made environmental disaster in North American history, it was what followed that was the true crime. Throughout our time in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida it was impossible to ignore the public outcry for increased efforts. Just as evident was BP and the U.S. government’s general neglect of such outcry. Why was BP allowed to run the clean up of the spill that they allowed to happen? Why were governmental agencies like NOAA less stringent with their scientific data than independent researchers from all over the country? These are just some of the questions we’ve been asking and topics we’ve been exploring.


South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said that an agreement in principle had been reached by both countries and their respective allies, China and the US
The Korean War, which lasted from 1950 to 1953, split the peninsula into two ( North Korea and South Korea ), but the war technically has never ended. The conflict ended in an armistice (to stop fighting for some time), not a peace treaty.
The US fought alongside South Korea during the war, and China backed North Korea.
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said that an agreement in principle had been reached by both countries and their respective allies, China and the US.
- Japanese occupied Korea between 1910- 1945.
- When the Japanese got defeated in WW2, it was agreed in principle to establish a “four-power trusteeship over Korea” consisting of the USA, Great Britain, the USSR, and China.
- But, the USSR invaded Korea and took control of the north. The South remained under the rest of the allies, mainly the USA.
- The two regions were divided along the 38th parallel north, which still continues to be the official border dividing the two Koreas.
- In 1948 the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) were established.
- However, the world started witnessing the start of the cold war between the USSR and the USA for hegemony. To establish their clout, both the countries tried to spread and impose their ideology on countries that were still trying to chart out their course of action.
- Korean War – In 1950, North Korea, backed by the USSR, launched an attack on South Korea and occupied most of the country. In response, the USA retaliated.
- In 1951, US forces crossed the 38th parallel triggering China’s entry in support of North Korea.
- Finally, in 1953, the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed, leading to an official ceasefire but without any peace treaty.
- Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) was established – It is a strip of land across the Korean Peninsula that acts as a buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea. DMZ roughly follows the 38th parallel, the original demarcation line between North Korea and South Korea at the end of World War II.
For the complete story and everything you need to know about North-South Korea relations – Watch the video here


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(Solved): Biology 3400: Principles of Genetics FINAL STUDY GUIDE II: DNA Transcription \& Translation 1. Draw ...
Biology 3400: Principles of Genetics FINAL STUDY GUIDE II: DNA Transcription \& Translation 1. Draw a diagram representing prokaryotic transcription and translation. Try eukaryotic on the back of this sheet!: 2. Label the diagram of The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology below: 3. Label the DNA structure: 4. Find the start codon AUG and translate the polypeptide, label the introns and exons: CACUUGCAUCCACGGACUAUGCCGAUUCGUUAAUGAAGCUACUAGCAUGCUAGCAUCGA
Prokaryotic Transcription and Translation:
In prokaryotes, such as bacteria, transcription and translation occur simultaneously in the cytoplasm. The process involves the following steps:Transcription:The DNA double helix unwinds, exposing the template strand.RNA polymerase binds to the promoter region on the DNA template strand.RNA polymerase synthesizes a complementary RNA molecule by adding nucleotides according to the base-pairing rules (A-U and G-C).Transcription continues until the RNA polymerase reaches a termination sequence, which signals the end of transcription.


ISPARC Move, Play, Compete
In 2007, driven by the desire to improve the health and well-being of BC’s Indigenous people, several prominent provincial Indigenous organizations came together to develop a social legacy from the Cowichan 2008 North American Indigenous Games—a legacy that would lead to transformative change in the health and well-being of Indigenous people across the province.
Click here to explore the Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation Council website. It highlights many opportunities for community recreation, coaching opportunities, performance sport programs, as well as healthy living activities and grant opportunities.
Indigenous Games for Children
The Indigenous Games for Children Resource is a collection of traditional Indigenous games and activities
to help front line leaders introduce or reconnect children to recreational and sport activities that reflect the
rich cultural heritage of our Indigenous peoples across Canada.
Through consultation with Indigenous communities and cultural organizations, researchers and existing
publications, this resource is a collection of activity cards for use by leaders working with children in a
program setting. There are several activities that put children in touch with nature. Indigenous people in
Canada have always had a special bond with their natural environments and for many years, depended
entirely upon Mother Earth for their survival. Many games were introduced to children by elders to help
them learn and develop skills necessary for survival, building strength and agility, hunting and gathering
food in harsh weather environments. Many of these active games will also help children increase their
physical activity levels while strengthening their sense of culture and tradition.
Indigenous Support Worker Jessica Flowers, of Inuit ancestry, teaches traditional Inuit games to students at Miracle Beach Elementary. Easy to teach, and no equipment required…give them a try!


CIGAL Reference Manual, Chapter 2 (Commands): BOX
usage: box [ color v1 v2 width flag ] ; where V1 and V2 are vectors
or: box [ color x1 y1 nx ny width flag ]
BOX draws a rectangle on the graphics display by adding line drawing instructions to the list of graphics vectors. The box is drawn with intensity COLOR (default COLOR is the value of the internal variable LCOLOR).
The size and position of the rectangle is determined by the coordinates of two diagonal corners. These corners can be specified either as two vectors, each of which has its own X, Y, and Z values, or by entering explicit X and Y values for the upper left corner, and NX and NY for the size of the box – in this case Z is set to the current value of the internal variable ZVALUE (see ZVALUE(4)) and NZ is 0. If the coordinates for either corner are missing, then BOX waits for cursor input to specify the missing corner.
The WIDTH parameter specifies the width of the lines to be drawn and can take on values 1 to 15.
The FLAG parameter allows you to select various drawing options: 1 - draw shape in absolute coordinates (ignoring transformation and clipping settings). 2 - don't store vectors in VECS (assumed if FLAG & 1). 4 - store lines or surfaces as individual vectors to facilitate transformations (ignored if FLAG & 3). 8 - paint inside of box. 16 - XOR values rather than replacing them.
The default value for FLAG varies depending on the context in which BOX is called: If called during a SKETCH(2) command then FLAG defaults to 0, other- wise the default value is 2.
box ; waits for you to mark 2 corners with ; the cursor; color is LCOLOR box 14 ; waits for cursor corners; color is 14 box 100 v1 ; waits for cursor for V2; color is 100 box 100 10 20 150 200 ; box from (10,20) to (150,200)
CIRCLE(2), ELLIPSE(2), GETBOX(3), GETXYZ(3), GRAPHICS(1), LINE(2), SKETCH(2), VARIABLES(1), VECS(4), ZVALUE(4)


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Responsible gambling involves knowing the odds, knowing when to quit, and budgeting accordingly. It is not a realistic way to make money, and the best way to stay on track is to treat gambling as a cost and not as a source of income. It is helpful to understand why we gamble, and then use this information to avoid it. For instance, most of us gamble to pass the time, so we can’t spend too much on gambling.
Gambling addiction affects the individual mentally, physically, and socially. It is considered an impulse-control disorder and has negative social, professional, and psychological effects. Some individuals with gambling addiction experience physical health problems such as digestive disorders, abdominal discomfort, and migraine. The psychological toll of problem gambling can be devastating, resulting in feelings of hopelessness, depression, and even attempts at suicide. Fortunately, there are various ways to overcome the addiction. Read on to learn about gambling addiction treatment.
Most states in the U.S. have legalized gambling, with the exception of Hawaii and Utah. These two states are notable for their high Mormon populations, which affects regulations. Additionally, Hawaii’s residents are concerned about gambling’s impact on their family relationships. Despite the legality of gambling, most states have laws prohibiting gambling outside of gaming towns. Those living in these states must follow the laws of their state to avoid being a victim of gambling law enforcement.
A game of chance can be considered gambling if it involves a wager or prize. Gambling is a form of betting, where the player wagers money or valuables on the outcome of an uncertain event. While gambling is most often associated with casinos, there are other forms of gambling such as lottery tickets, playing bingo, and betting on office pool games. It doesn’t matter what form of gambling you enjoy, just as long as it is legal, you should be aware of the rules before participating.


Next-gen space travel is here, or at least according to Thoth Technology it is. The Canadian space firm has been granted a patent in the U.S. for a freestanding space tower that could change the way astronauts launch rockets into space.
Space elevators aren’t exactly a new concept—the idea dates back to the 20th century. The problem is, engineers have struggled to develop a working design since there is no known material capable of supporting the entire weight of a freestanding building at such heights.
Thoth claims they’ve found a solution to this design challenge: Build the space tower only 12.4 miles high so that it sits in the stratosphere rather than going all the way out into geostationary orbit, where satellites fly, which is around 22,000 miles up.
The ‘ThothX Tower’ would be inflatable, made with reinforced segments and topped with a runway from which satellite payloads could be launched. It would stay upright using a complex arrangements of fly-wheels to compensate for the tower bending.
So how would this thing work? Astronauts would board an electrical elevator, which would take them 12 miles above sea level. Once passengers reach the top of the tower, they would then board a space plane that takes them the rest of the way into space. The building wouldn’t actually be a true geostationary space elevator, since 12 miles isn’t even a quarter of the way into space. Instead, it would function more like a very high launching pad for space exploration.
According to its patent, pressurized cars would either run in the core of the structure, or they could climb up the outside like a funicular railway, with each car able to carry around 10 tons of cargo. Apparently they’d also be used for communications, scientific studies and power generation using wind turbines.
If we were to ever see one of these things come to life, a space elevator could be a potential alternative to costly, energy eating rockets that burn most of their fuel supply trying to fight against the atmosphere. That all sounds great, but I still think there are more design challenges than Thoth is leading on. What do you think the biggest challenges launching a space elevator will be?


The Poetry of Mirza Ghalib
This program features some of the most famous poems by Urdu’s greatest poet Mirza Ghalib. He was born in Agra in 1797 and died in Delhi in 1869. His birth name was Asadullah Khan. Mirza is a title indicating high rank or nobility. In his early poems, he used the pen name Asad, which means lion. Later he took the pen name, Ghalib, which means dominant, which indeed he was. He died in Delhi. Among the featured poems, ghazals, are such classics as “Bus ke Dushwaar hai,” Muddat hui hai,” “Ye na thi Hamari Qismat,” and “Bazeecha-e-Itafaal hai.” You will hear the original poem recited in Urdu by Asad Zaidi and then sung by either Begum Akhtar or Muhammad Rafi, followed by the English translation. Begum Akhtar and Muhammad Rafi of India were two giants of ghazal singing and both had a particular affinity for Ghalib’s poetry.
Produced and hosted by David Barsamian as part of his World Poetry Series on KGNU.
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan known by his pen name Ghalib was Urdu’s finest poet and master of the ghazal, love poem. He was born in Agra in 1797 and died in Delhi in 1869. His range, imagery, and command of language are stunning. Today his poems are recited by South Asians everywhere.
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February 12, 1809 arrived like every other day before it, with the turning of the Earth to accept the rays of the early morning sun.
But on this particular day, two men were born who would both later find themselves mentioned on the list of the world’s all-time most influential people.
Their names were Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin.
The men could not have had more dissimilar origins.
Charles Darwin was born that day in Shropshire, England to a wealthy doctor and financier. His mother was descended from the wealthy Wedgwood lineage (of Wedgwood China fame) and his paternal grandfather was the famous scientist Erasmus Darwin. He attended the University of Edinburgh Medical School, but found more interest in taxidermy, which he learned from a freed slave.
In 1831, young Charles embarked on a five-year voyage on the HMS Beagle to help chart the coastline of South America. Charles spent much of his time on the journey collecting specimens of plant and animal life. His studies eventually led to the formulation of his Theory of Natural Selection many years later, which brought the concept of vast eons of time and the mutability of species into the discussion of life on Earth. His writings still stir up controversy 150 years after they were first published.
Lincoln was born that same day in a log cabin in central Kentucky, 5,000 miles away. Not having the luxury of wealth, he was largely self-educated. Lincoln possessed a sharp mind and a keen sense of humor, which enabled him to become a successful attorney. Unlike Darwin, he never ventured much farther from his home than the White House.
Shortly after Darwin published his landmark treatise On The Origin of Species in 1859, Lincoln found himself the leader of a divided nation: one where many citizens believed that the ownership of other humans was not only proper, but divinely ordained. Lincoln spent the last years of his life waging a war partly to insure that slavery would never again be permissible on the North American continent.
While their contributions came in far different arenas – Lincoln’s primarily political, and Darwin’s in the field of biology – both men ended up bringing about far-reaching change by making people question whether the conclusions reached by the majority were correct and by suggesting that it was time for humanity to embrace new modes of thinking.


Letter to the Editor
Ice age coming
Australia’s Hottest Summer 2018/19 Report is Baloney — the BOM deliberately did not tell you of 33.5°C recorded at Rutherglen in 1938/1939 or Charles Sturt’s Records in 1828 it was a blistering 53.9 °C at Buddah lake.
The BOM report is an insult to the 71 lives lost on 13 January 1939 and embarrassment to science. The Black Friday Firestorm destroyed four times the area of farmland and forest as the devastating February 2009 fires – twenty times as much as burnt this last summer.
The norther hemisphere is cooling, winters longer and much colder, the southern hemisphere is hotter, that’s how climate works.
Prominent Russian Scientists have predicted the northern hemisphere will be in an ice-age mid-century “Earth on the Brink of an Ice Age.” Dr. Abdussamatov is featured on page 140 of the 2009 U.S. Senate Report of More Than 700 Dissenting Scientists Over Man-Made Global Warming.
European and Russian scientists say the next ice age will arrive suddenly dropping fast, temperatures are dropping quicker than previously known. No one is sure if it will accelerate or not?
The Sun is entering one of the deepest Solar Minima of the Space Age. Sunspots have been absent for nearly two years, and the Sun’s ultraviolet output has sharply dropped.
The new NASA findings are in line with studies released by University Califorin-San Diego and Northumbria University in Great Britain last year, both of which predict a Grand Solar Minimum cooling in coming decades due to low sunspot activity. Both studies predicted Sun activity similar to the Ice Age in the mid-17th to early 18th centuries.
G J May


What are we willing to give to help those in need? Judaism’s word for giving, tzedakhah, translates most accurately as justice, not charity.
This week’s Torah portion Re-eh offers some guidelines for giving in the Jewish tradition and introduces the idea of tithing. Tithing is giving 10 percent of your income in money, time, or products. Even though we are encouraged to be generous in our giving, the text indicates that we should not give more than 20 percent. The tradition is trying to model a balance between taking care of others and taking care of ourselves.
There are many ways to give and countless opportunities to make a difference. We can give money to causes or institutions that align with our values. We can work in advocacy, raising awareness and trying to promote change. We can donate food, clothing or household goods. We can teach and educate those around us. We can be the heads of organizations working for good in the world, and we can be involved on the most grassroots level as helpers. We can make a difference at home in private, and we can make a difference publicly in our communities. What is important is not how much we give, but that we do give graciously in relation to our means.
TALK TO YOUR KIDS about giving of themselves to those in need.
CONNECT TO THEIR LIVES:
- How can you make a positive difference in this world?
- What can you give in money, time, or items?
- What is keeping you from giving in this way?
- How does it feel to help people in need?
- How do you avoid embarrassing someone you are trying to help?
Values & Ethics—Through a Jewish Lens is created by Fred and Joyce Claar to bring the wisdom of Judaism into family discussions.


A graphical user interface's navigation bar, also referred to as the navigation system, aids users in finding information. Navigation bars are used in web browsers, file browsers, and as a design element on some websites.
On all pages of a website, there is usually a major navigation bar and a secondary navigation bar. These areas of the website will contain links to the site's most significant sections. A significant part of web design and usability is the implementation and design of navigation bars.
There are many types of nab bars like fixed navbar(whose position is fixed at any location in a webpage), scrolling navbar( which scrolls up with the page), and sticky navbar ( which sticks at a specified position no matter where its relative position is).
The difference between the fixed navbar and sticky navbar is that to make a navbar fixed we use its position as an absolute and provide a location where to fix it(i.e. top, bottom, left, and right), but in the case of the sticky navbar, we define a position as sticky and then specify the location where to make it sticky. In the sticky navbar by default position of the navbar is relative(i.e. where it should be as per the flow of HTML), but as we scroll the page, it will stick at the specified location as it reaches there.
A sticky navbar is simple to create on your own if you know a little HTML and CSS. You will learn how to create a straightforward sticky navbar in this article. The code is very easy to understand and understandable. For better understanding, we advise you to watch the video after the code:
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Populations of benthic invertebrates in neighbouring streams are isolated from each other by intervening terrestrial habitat. The adult stages of stream insects that are capable of flight may disperse between streams, although little is known of the extent of inter-stream dispersal, or the degree to which movement is influenced by riparian vegetation. Double-headed Malaise traps were set at differing distances from the channel to measure the numbers of adult stoneflies moving towards or away from three upland streams draining adjacent catchments on the Plynlimon ridge in mid-Wales. Riparian vegetation differed between the streams: open sheep-grazed moorland, buffer strips left free from 15 year old plantation forestry, and mature conifers planted up to the stream bank. Adult abundance was broadly consistent with benthic larval abundance. In three of the five most abundant species (Amphinemura sulcicollis, Leuctra fusca and Siphonoperla torrentium) abundance varied inversely with the amount of forestry in the riparian zone. In the others (L. inermis and L. nigra) numbers caught were unrelated to forestry. Relationships between adult abundance and distance from the channel were best described by inverse power functions. Numbers of adults declined sharply with distance from the stream; 90 % of adults were caught within 11m of the stream channel. The rate of decline of adult numbers with distance did not differ with riparian vegetation. Inter-stream differences in the numbers caught at particular distances were due to differences in overall abundance. There were no differences in the number of males or females caught at different distances from the stream. At all times more stoneflies were caught in the side of the trap facing the stream than that facing away, although the difference was greatest in the middle of the flight period and least at the beginning and end. Overall, the majority of adult stoneflies did not disperse a significant distance from the stream channel, suggesting that only a very limited number of individuals are likely to disperse between streams.
|Number of pages||18|
|Journal||Archiv für Hydrobiologie|
|Publication status||Published - 2002|


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First and foremost, before riding your bicycle on a sidewalk, check with your local municipality to determine whether or not bicycles are permitted on sidewalks in the municipality. Many municipalities have by-laws that either prohibit the operation of bicycles on sidewalks entirely or in certain areas such as business areas.
Remember that sidewalks were designed for pedestrians. If you must be on the sidewalk consider walking your bike, especially in downtown areas. Always give pedestrians a little extra room. Always assume that pedestrians do not see or hear you. Watch your speed especially on residential streets and downhill. People can not hear you behind them. Never try to scare anybody. Slow down and call out – for example: “Excuse me, on your left please.” The same will apply if passing another bicycle. Be considerate of people crossing the street. You have the same responsibility as a motorist to yield to the right of way of pedestrians.
Finally, please respect the rights of those who can’t get around as easily as you can. Many pedestrians have disabilities which limit their hearing, vision or mobility. They may not be able to see or hear you approach, or able to quickly move out of the way. The safety of pedestrians depends on your courtesy. Please be courteous and slow down when operating a bicycle on a sidewalk.


Comfrey Leaf Benefits For Skin
Since 400 BC, early Greek physicians have used Comfrey to heal wounds and heal damaged
skin. The high Allantoin content promotes skin cell regeneration, stimulates the growth of
new cells and helps sensitive skin to become more resilient, counteracting dryness and
cracking. The Good Stuff Botanicals infuses apple cider vinegar with Comfrey Leaf in it's
Earth Tone herbal skin toner & astringent. Comfrey acts as an emollient and is very soothing,
inhibiting further damage to tissues, stimulating the production of cartilage, tendons and
muscles. It has been esteemed as a blood, bone and flesh builder.
The name comfrey is believed to come from Latin ‘confera’, meaning knitting together. The
genus name symphytum means to heal together, and for this use, it is renown: that it can
assist the body to heal any part that is torn or broken, which also explains the reason for
another common name, knitbone.
Scientific research shows that chlorophyll helps to rejuvenate old cells and promote the
growth of new cells. This action, together with comfrey’s allantoin properties (a cell proliferant)
provides us with a very powerful herb. Allantoin is one of the elements that makes comfrey
unique. Allantoin is also produced in the allantois gland of the umbilical cord (the link between mother and developing baby, which feeds the embryo) for promoting rapid cell growth. Allantoin is a leucocytosis promoter (increases white blood cells) that helps to establish immunity from many infectious conditions. This allantoin compound hastens skin regeneration and stimulates cell proliferation.
Comfrey leaf is also known for healing bruises and scrapes quite effectively. Studies in Europe show it’s effective in treating eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis, and viral skin infections. So, it can be effective in replacing the damaged cells of the body. Besides allantoin, another important compound found in it is mucilage. Both allantoin and mucilage have anti-inflammatory properties. So, they are used in alleviating the pain and inflammation associated with broken bones, sprains, arthritis, wounds, etc. Mucilage is also effective in intestinal disorders, while allantoin augments the immune system to fight against infectious diseases.


Man proposes, god dispossess. True. The forces of nature are strong and nothing seems to work against her. Human beings have always tried to combat these strong natural forces one way or the other. Hence, the invention of science. Science has always tried to counter the destructive forces of nature. One such story is from the state of Tamil Nadu.
What’s the story about?
Recently, the state of Tamil Nadu was hit by Cyclone Vardah. Now, we all know that Tamil Nadu is a coastal state. It is prone to such cyclones. The aftermaths of such cyclones are devastating. There are huge casualties on both sides, that is life and property.
This Monday that is 12th of December was a day when this coastal state had to face the wrath of nature. Large number of people would have died if not for two ISRO satellites. An ISRO official recalls that, how two satellites –Insat 3DRand ScatSat -1- predicted the cyclones activities and this helped the authorities in taking necessary action. The public was alerted at the right time. Rescue operations were carried out by National Disaster Response Force.
The heroes of the story –ISRO’s satellites
Insat-3DR is a state of the art meteorological satellite configured with an imaging system and an atmospheric sounder. The three-stage Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) launched it on September 8.
ScatSat-1 is a wind vector data products provider and helps in weather forecasting. It was of grave help in cyclone tracking.
Also, another major factor to be noticed is that the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota also didn’t suffer any major damage. All, thanks to these satellites.
Dealing with natural calamities
Natural calamities or natural disasters can play havoc on all forms of life. All, one can do under such situation is act with prudence and not lose courage.


...By Jack Sylva for TDPel Media.
Artificial intelligence (AI) expert Geoffrey Hinton has warned that AI technology is developing at an alarming rate and has called for its expansion to be brought under human control.
Hinton, who was a longtime researcher at Google, said the software development firm OpenAI’s GPT-4 chatbot system “eclipses a person in the amount of general knowledge it has”, although he also cautioned that such systems are still in the early stages of development and possess flaws, with some producing incorrect or made-up information.
There is debate over whether self-awareness is possible for a digital creation.
Hinton, who was a pioneer in neural network design and won the Turing Award, computing’s top honour, in 2018, has said that the AI systems in development are “very different” from other kinds of software.
Hinton’s warning is in line with the concerns of Pope Francis and other Catholic leaders, who have advocated for the ethical use of AI technologies, with Francis calling for them to be used for “the future of humanity”.
Speaking to participants in the Minerva Dialogues, a digital technologies-focused gathering, the pope highlighted that while artificial intelligence has potential, it will only be realised if developers remain committed to ethical standards.
The pope added that he welcomes the regulation of AI to ensure that it contributes to a better world.
The risks posed by AI systems, including the automation of work that is currently done by people, leading to job losses, and the potential for AI to create and propagate disinformation, have been cited by other experts.
Long-term risks, such as the possibility of AI systems destroying humanity, have also been raised.
There is a real concern that AI systems may be interlinked with other internet services and gain the power to self-modify themselves, posing a danger that they could escape human control.
While AI has enormous potential, it should not be developed at the expense of the common good, as this could lead to real dangers.
There is a need for the ethical and responsible use of AI and for developers to act ethically and responsibly.
There is also a need for regulation to ensure that AI is used for the benefit of society.


Because corten steel corrosion is a natural state of the material itself, and weathering steel can be chemically coated. Therefore, weathering steel materials can present different visual effects according to the characteristics of the project.
Corten steel is often called "synonym of the industrial age", "visual expression of the concept of time" and so on according to different types of design appearances, and corten steel is widely used in various fields.
Even better, the case with corten board landscape has won awards. The judges wrote in their award speech for the corten steel project: "This is a brave project. It is not about how to decorate the site, but an example of various reasonable measures to restore the pit. And the light will flow at any time, It will become richer and more beautiful."
It can also be used for the application of difficult construction technology. Corten steel shows its powerful shape shaping ability in construction. And like other metal materials, corroded steel plates are easier to mold into rich and varied shapes and can maintain good integrity. This characteristic of weathering steel is difficult to achieve with wood, stone and concrete.
In short, the aesthetics of weathering steel in plastic art directly promotes the application of this material in landscape design. Not only that, the unique morphological and performance characteristics of corten steel and its application in landscape design have guided the change of the public's aesthetic consciousness, and at the same time, it has played a very positive role in respecting history.
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import "math/big" numStr := "12345678901234567890" num := new(big.Int) num, _ = num.SetString(numStr, 10)
import "math/big" a := big.NewInt(12345678901234567890) b := big.NewInt(98765432109876543210) c := big.NewInt(0) c.Add(a, b)
import "math/big" a := big.NewInt(12345678901234567890) b := big.NewInt(98765432109876543210) gcd := big.NewInt(0) gcd.GCD(nil, nil, a, b)This example demonstrates how to compute the greatest common divisor (GCD) of two big Ints using the GCD function from the math/big package. We create two big Int variables and initialize them with the values of the numbers we want to compute the GCD for. We then create a third big Int variable and use the GCD function to compute the GCD of the first two variables and set the result to the third variable. The first two arguments to the GCD function in this case are nil, indicating that we want the function to use the default GCD algorithm. In conclusion, the math/big package is a powerful tool for dealing with large numbers in Go. Its functions and methods are versatile and can be used in various applications that involve integer arithmetic.


A 38-year-old female presented to the Emergency Department with history of slight vaginal bleeding. A
pelvic ultrasound exam was performed. Single live intrauterine embryo was seen. Cardiac activity was
observed. A linear echogenic structure was observed in the region of the cervical canal.
What is the arrow pointing to?
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A. Blood clot
B. Air in the cervical canal
C. Intrauterine device (IUD)
Test your knowledge of POCUS Lung with this knowledge check
Intrauterine contraceptive devices are quite effective in preventing intrauterine pregnancy. Fewer than
1-2% of women with a copper or hormonal IUD get pregnant every year. Ultrasound is a great imaging
modality to localize an IUD. In this example the pregnancy occurred because the IUD got displaced and
slipped into the cervical canal. Seek proper medical care to manage this condition. Gentle removal of the
IUD would be necessary. If the pregnancy occurred with an older IUD in the uterine cavity it may lead to
a spontaneous abortion. Transvaginal ultrasound may be needed to visualize the IUD clearly.
Figure 1. Observe direction of blood flow (red arrow) during diastole from the left atrium into the left ventricle.
Figure – Normal location of an IUD in the uterine cavity in a non-pregnant patient.


A review of the parasitic dinoflagellates Hematodinium species and Hematodinium-like infections in marine crustaceans
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
Parasitic dinoflagellates in the genus Hematodinium are important parasites of marine Crustacea. Outbreaks of these parasites have damaged commercial stocks of Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus, snow crab Chionoecetes opilio, Tanner crab C. bairdi, American blue crab Callinectes sapidus, and velvet swimming crab Necora puber. Species of Hematodinium can reach high enough levels to regulate their host populations, but mortalities are also centred on the unfished juveniles and females, hosts not normally sampled by fisheries; hence impacts are often underreported. Seasonal prevalences of up to 85 % occur annually in many host populations; in effect, these parasites form cryptic blooms in the water column with crabs and other crustaceans at risk of disease. We review the biology and ecology of Hematodinium spp. infections in crustaceans. lncluded is a comparison of the different infections, a synthesis of what is known, and an attempt to highlight fruitful areas for continued research.
Stentiford, GD and Shields, Jeffrey D., A review of the parasitic dinoflagellates Hematodinium species and Hematodinium-like infections in marine crustaceans (2005). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 66(1), 47-70.


To ensure that athletes to accomplish peak performance in their competitive season, all physical and mental sports training and preparation must build throughout the year. Fitness practicing for peak performance means following an annual training plan intended to match the exact demands of your sport. A fitness plan is generally set up on phases of 4-6 weeks. Each phase, or period, incorporates a specific purpose that prepares athletes to the competitive season. It produces in life key training principles--specificity, overload, recovery, and variation.
The key of variation will be the first step toward periodized training, or periodization. Periodization was popularized through the Eastern Europeans. It calls for making a carefully-designed training curriculum in cycles of lengths as short as seven days to some year. Practicing varying activity will also apply to learning sport skills whenever they pass the beginner stage of learning. athletic net Learning phases not only helps athletes build toward their peak at the optimal time, what's more, it prevents boredom and receiving stuck at plateaus. The earliest phase of fitness training starts immediately after the end of the first season. Right after a short break and an active rest, general conditioning begins all over again. Conditioning builds a base of strength, endurance, and various key components of fitness. It might also want to assist in preventing common injuries.
Another few phases to train be intense and specific. These phases build upon conditioning. They enhance such qualities as agility, explosiveness, and jumping ability for gameplay in basketball or volleyball. High intensity training can build cardio through fast, intermittent bursts of activity and short recovery periods that closely match the competitive conditions of countless sports. Intense weightlifting, which will be carefully coordinated along with other aspects to train, boosts power and gross motor coordination while balancing muscle groups. The final in-season phase to train is critical. And here , all athletes must attend their full capacity to the peak of the competitive season. To peak, it's dependent on maintaining high levels of sport-specific fitness and sharpening physical and mental skills for top game play.
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St. John’s Fountain was built as in the 1860s indoor plumbing was non-existent in the older sections of Limerick City, such as Irish Town, during this period there was wide spread disease as a result of this lack of clean water. This was a time of reform in health care and a group of concerned citizens got together and arranged for a free water supply in the John’s Gate area. This area had been transformed with the building of St. John’s Cathedral in 1856.
St. John’s Fountain also known as Cathedral fountain is situated in front of St. John’s Cathedral it is a square free-standing limestone and marble structure in a Gothic Revival style drinking fountain. It was built in 1865 to that once met the sanitary and health requirements of the local population of the parish .
It had four spouts one of each of its sides. Iron goblets were attached to two of its spouts to provide on the spot drinking facilities for the public at large and help them fill small containers easily. while larger vessels were filled at the other two spouts.
There are four plaques on the fountain reading:
- “Erected the ninth day of December in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty five. John Rickard Tinsly – Mayor. Pat McNamara, Reuben Harvey, James H. Boyd M.C., Edward Fitt, John Mackern – Trustees”
- “The inhabitants of St. John’s Square are earnestly requested to protect this fountain from injury”
- “This fountain was erected by the Limerick Pery and Jubilee Loan Society at the suggestion at the suggestion of the late Isaac W. Unthank Esqer. former Hon. Sec. of the Society for the benefit of the inhabitants of St. John’s Parish and for which the corporation have granted a free supply of water.’
- “St. John’s Parish Drinking fountain erected in 1865 by the Pery and Jubilee loan Society. Refurbished through a joint environmental project by Limerick City Council and Limerick Civic Trust during the mayoralty of Cllr. John Gilligan 2008.
There is also a benchmark on the fountain, you can read more about benchmarks here.


5.10. Structure of the refrigerator highway of the air conditioning system
The refrigerator path of air conditioning system has the standard organization.
Scheme of the organization of a refrigerator path of the air conditioning system
After an exit from the compressor coolant is banished via the condenser, comes to a receiver / dehumidifier, is pumped over via the evaporator and comes back in the compressor. Process of transition of coolant to gaseous state is controlled from the outside by means of the evaporator of the broad valve which is built in assembly.
Protection of system against excessive decrease / increase in pressure is carried out by means of the sensor switch which is built in in a receiver — as soon as pressure in system exceeds the limit of admissible range (up or down), the sensor switch is disconnected, stopping functioning of the compressor.
Besides, the safety valve which is carrying out emergency dumping of surplus of coolant into the atmosphere at excess by pressure in a path of value in 3.73 kPa is built in a back part of the compressor.


Ahh…asparagus, one of the first foods that signal the beginning of Spring…so fresh, tender and tasty, AND so nutritious! Asparagus boast quite a few amazing health benefits, including high levels of Vitamins K, A, E and C, folate, iron, copper, potassium and manganese.
Other benefits include:
- anti-inflammatory- help prevent and eliminate inflammation causing chronic illness
- anti-oxidants – prevents accumulation of free radicals which ravage the body putting one at risk chronic disease
- cancer fighting – asparagus is high in the master anti-oxidant glutathione which helps reduce cancer risk and helps to eliminate inflammation in the body
- protects heart and fight disease – lowers blood pressure and decreases risk of heart disease
- curbs appetite, stabilizes blood sugar – so good for weight loss
- helps prevent birth defects – high in folate which is necessary for health, growth and development on the unborn, especially in the early stages of pregnancy. Protects unborn against neural tube defects
- brain booster – helps fight cognitive delay
- diuretic – used to treat swelling, arthritis, PMS, and rheumatism
- bone health – good source of Vitamin K which helps put calcium into the bones and teeth
- Detoxes heavy metals – high in chlorophyll, asparagus works to detox heavy metals. Chlorophyll is what gives plants their green color and is similar in structure as human blood without the heme. Chlorophyll binds with other specific amino acids that help detox heavy metals from the body, such as mercury and lead.
At only 35 calories a cup, it fills you up, and not out! So eat up!
For my Savory Ham and Asparagus Dress recipe: https://veronicashealthyliving.com/savory-ham-and-a…igrette-dressing/


Get acquainted with the cow. Make friends. This is a collaboration, not a battle, so you must find a way to join forces despite the cow’s opinion of you. Ascertain the cow’s opinion of you.
Ascertain as well the cow’s motivations. Why will this cow not move? Is it stuck? Is this a choice? If so, perhaps make the surroundings less comfortable for the cow. Introduce flies or possibly a beehive or two within kicking distance.
If the cow simply will not move, you must move relative to the cow. Change your frame of reference. Run past the cow and the cow will appear to be moving.
The cow’s acceleration is equal to the total force you provide it divided by its mass. Do not allow the cow to have infinite mass.
If the cow seems un-acceleratable, you must assume it has willed itself into a state of infinite inertia.
Get acquainted with your own motivations, especially if the cow appears immovable. How badly do you want to move this immovable cow? Are you harboring resistance to the project within yourself? If so, overcome it. You must be an unstoppable force.
No cow can resist an unstoppable force. No force can move an immovable cow. Encourage the cow to remain immovable. When the immovable cow meets your unstoppable force it will both move and not move.
If you are to be an unstoppable force, you must find within yourself an infinite amount of energy. Try carbo loading or eat some sugar.
Once you have become infinite energy, attempt to move the cow again. The cow will absorb your energy and you will move out of existence. You might consider this a win for the cow. However, in the process the cow’s infinite mass will have become infinite energy and the cow has also moved out of existence. The cow has moved and you have triumphed!
Moving the cow has resulted in your mutual annihilation and your effort has come to nothing, you cow.


Even as the devastating effects from Hurricane Harvey in the Gulf Coast are still being calculated, a very strong hurricane, Irma, is tracking toward the U.S., and possibly North Carolina.
Forecasts like these rightly generate concern. Flooding is the biggest, given it is how most lives are lost. But hurricanes also raise concern about loss or damage to homes and crops, as well as other immediate effects such as power outages.
Some activists like to sound false alarms about pollution from hog farms. (And some in the media will bite.) The facts are much different.
Just last year, when Hurricane Matthew dropped more than 16 inches of rain across North Carolina, it caused some of the worst flooding our state has ever seen. And yet hog farms fared remarkably well.
Only one hog farm lost any animals because of the storm. And only one hog lagoon, located on an inactive farm, suffered structural damage.
More than 99.5% of North Carolina hog lagoons didn’t experience any flooding as a result of the hurricane.
When it comes to possible pollution, a much greater threat comes from municipal wastewater treatment plants. During Matthew, multiple municipal plants were flooded and millions of gallons of waste were released into the waters of the state.
State regulators note that the massive volume of rainfall associated with storms has a dilutive effect on the many sources of pollution that end up in the waters.
Still, North Carolina pig farmers are not resting easy.
Our farmers have learned valuable lessons from past hurricanes and taken meaningful steps to better prepare for future hurricanes. Since Hurricane Floyd hit North Carolina in 1999, more than 100 farms in flood-prone areas — and more than 200 lagoons — have been closed.
The N.C. Pork Council is currently working to help secure funding that would voluntarily close additional farms that could be susceptible to flooding.
During Hurricane Matthew, our farmers came together to help those in need. When necessary, we moved animals to higher ground, delivered feed to farms only accessible by boat, and provided fuel to those without power. We took steps to secure lagoons.
Those actions allowed our farms to protect their animals — and our environment — under incredibly challenging conditions.
We hope and pray that no hurricane delivers that same punch.
But if one does, you can rest assured that our farmers are prepared.
— Andy Curliss, CEO


It is in medieval times when we have the first written witnesses about the village. Some documents of the 10th century mention it with the names of Petra scissa and Petra cortada. The castle of Peratallada, around which the population was sheltered, was the center of the barony that belonged to the Peratallada lineage, documented since the eleventh century. The castle is proven to have existed in 1065 but some architectural structures seem to show that this nucleus already had a fortress from earlier. The fortified nucleus is built on a huge base of natural sandy rock, artificially cut to give it verticality. The rocky mound rises 4 or 5 meters above the surrounding terrain. Above it rises the great castle, with its characteristic keep, and the magnificent palace, facing east, which overlooks the Plaza del Castillo. The wall surrounding the main tower adapts to the irregular shape of the hill and reaches a considerable height. Remains of battlements can also be seen, giving a great attraction and mysticism to the construction. The tall keep, the hallmark of the town, is rectangular in plan, crowned by square battlements. It has a voussoir door and had an intermediate wooden floor. It is built with rows of squared ashlars.


Cannabis is a genus of plants that encompasses species C. sativa, C. indica, and C. ruderalis.
Each of these species has its own unique terpene and cannabinoid compounds, which is why there are so many varieties of marijuana available on the market. In addition to pure indica, sativa, and ruderalis varieties, hybrid varieties with varying proportions of these three types are also common. Growers cross cannabis plants to develop new strains with specific characteristics, and experts suggest that there are more than 700 varieties of cannabis. But scientifically, we don't know how, or why, or even if sativas and indicas exist in pure form.
Myles suggests that it is better to think that the herb exists on a spectrum of sativa and indica, and the most accurate way to describe the herb is its THC and CBD content rather than its genetic heritage.Autoflowering cannabis strains have the advantage of being discreet due to their small stature. They also require shorter growth periods, as well as having the added advantage that they don't rely on a change in photoperiod to determine when to flower. Lowryder was an early autoflowering hybrid that maintained the flowering behavior of ruderalis plants, while producing appreciable amounts of THC and CBD.The differences between marijuana varieties are due to the genetic makeup of existing cannabis species, as well as the different types of weed used by different stoners. Cannabis strains are pure or hybrid varieties of the plant genus Cannabis, which encompasses species C.
Each strain has its own unique terpene and cannabinoid compounds that define all the differences.The most commonly cultivated species of the Cannabis genus are Cannabis indica and Cannabis sativa. A third species, Cannabis ruderalis, is very short and produces only traces of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), so it is not commonly cultivated for industrial, recreational or medicinal use. However, because Cannabis ruderalis blooms regardless of photoperiod and age, it has been used to breed autoflowering strains.When it comes to the genetic differences between a strain of herb that is supposedly 30 percent indica and 70 percent sativa, or vice versa, science has already strongly suggested that it's a big lie. This may be because each strain has its own unique terpene and cannabinoid compounds that define all the differences.


Watch Scientists in Iceland Cook Hot Dogs on Lava From an Active Volcano
When the average person sees lava spewing out of the ground, they may respond by running in the opposite direction. A group of scientists studying a volcano in Iceland took the opportunity to have a barbecue.
A video from Reuters shows researchers roasting hot dogs on lava from the newly active Geldingardalsgos volcano in Fagradalsfjall, Iceland. After staying dormant for roughly 6000 years, the volcano awoke with a violent eruption on March 19, 2021. The event marks the first volcanic activity on the Reykjanes Peninsula in more than eight centuries, and it's drawn thousands of spectators to the site.
The researchers were there to study the volcano, but they found time for fun as well. In the video below, you can watch them cook hot dogs by laying the sausages on the cooling lava. After toasting their buns the same way and dressing the hotdogs with ketchup, they enjoy the meal in the shadow of an active volcano.
Lava has been proven to be a suitable replacement for grills in the past. Several years ago, Syracuse University researchers with the Lava Project used volcanic heat to cook a feast of steaks and salmon as well as hot dogs. A lava-fueled barbecue sounds like a fun idea, but getting close to an active volcano is incredibly risky, so it's best to leave this activity to the experts.


Groundwater Resources Information
Groundwater is an important resource in Ventura County supplying more than 63% of the county’s water needs. The proper management of this limited resource is vital to meet the current and future demands of urban, industrial, agricultural and in-stream water uses. Management of this resource requires coordination among programs and projects to protect and enhance water supply and water quality to maintain sustainable supplies.
There are many sources of information regarding local groundwater. The County of Ventura has a number of responsibilities regarding groundwater management and monitoring. Please visit their website for information:
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
In September of 2014, the California Legislature enacted comprehensive legislation aimed at strengthening local control and management of groundwater basins throughout the state. Known as the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) of 2014, the legislation provides a framework for sustainable management of groundwater supplies by local authorities, with a limited role for state intervention when necessary to protect the resource.
The first step in the process laid out by the legislation is that local agencies must form local groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) within two years. These GSAs must be formed to address groundwater basins determined by the state to be of high or medium priority. In the County 7 basins are designated as medium priority and four are designated as high priority. 10% of all Medium and High Priority Basins are in Ventura County. In addition, three basins the County are designated as critically overdrafted (Oxnard, Pleasant Valley, Cuyama Valley).
Local Groundwater Management Agencies (GMA)
Local Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSA):
Groundwater Information Included in IRWM Plan:
Several sections of the Watersheds Coalition of Ventura County IRWM Plan address groundwater resources and management:


Solve the name error pd not defined
Make sure to import the pandas library into your Python script or Jupyter notebook and assign it the alias pd before invoking any of the library methods:
import pandas as pd your_df = pd.DataFrame()
Reproducing the name error
Suppose that you run the following snippet in your Jupyter Notebook, Pycharm , Spyder, VS Code or other Python dev environment:
# define lists of column values month = ['September', 'November', 'March', 'September'] salary = [141.0, 140.5, 102.0, 153.0] interviews = dict(month = month, salary = salary) #create DataFrame hr = pd.DataFrame(data=interviews)
This will render a NameError exception. Here’s a screenshot from my Jupyter notebook:
Understanding the error
The root cause is that you are trying to use the pandas library before declaring it in your code. First you need to import the library, and then if interested define an alias for the library that you will use in your code.
Fixing the error
First off, make sure to verify that pandas is installed in your Python environment. Then make sure to import pandas and define the pd alias as shown below
import pandas as pd #rest of your code here hr = pandas.DataFrame(data=interviews)
Note: Although defining an alias for pandas (and other Python packages) in your code helps readability, that is not mandatory. You could as well use other alias than ‘pd’, although that is the standard notation.
Same code without using the ‘pd’ alias:
import pandas #rest of your code here hr = pandas.DataFrame(data=interviews)


Did you know that a Norwegian gold treasure once got rescued by a bunch of kids from the Nazis during World War II? True story! We read “Snow Treasure” at school and I was very impressed how brave and smart Peter Lundstrom and his friends helped to make it happen.
Peter was a 12 year old Norwegian boy and one day when he came home from sled riding and having fun, he saw that the mood in town was rather down.
He found out that the Nazis were about to invade Norway and everyone was worried getting the gold treasure out of the country.
Peter’s uncle Victor came up with an idea: All children older than 10 years should carry the gold on their sleds to a special place, burry it in the snow and build a snow man on top for distraction.
At night uncle Victor would come and get the treasure onboard his ship the Cleng Peerson to take it to America.
Of course not everything went according to plan and Peter and his friends got into some trouble with a Nazi commandant. If you want to find out how the kids managed to rescue the treasure you should definitely read the book!
How did I like the book?
I really liked the book although it felt a bit strange to be the German kid in class when Germany is portrait as the evil enemy in the story. Luckily my teacher explained that this has nothing to do with Germany nowadays. It is important to remember what happened back then to make sure it never happens again.
Who is that book for?
This Book is for kids 8 years and older.


Managing Our World: GIS for Natural Resources Includes Real-Life Stories with Results to Learn From
Natural resource organizations face the challenge of improving sustainability efforts while remaining competitive. Many governments and businesses are realizing that sustainability policies also improve an organization’s profitability. But successfully implementing these practices requires data-driven insights, many of which are geographic. To support these organizations’ goals, Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, has released Managing Our World: GIS for Natural Resources.
This book—a collection of real-life stories about agriculture, forestry, mining, energy, pipeline, and renewable energy organizations—is about finding a balance between meeting market demand for natural resources and preserving them for future generations by using geographic information system (GIS) technology. The examples in the book provide a guide for how to increase profits, enhance environmental protections, expand societal benefits, and improve operational efficiency with maps and analytics.
Managing Our World includes a section that provides ideas, strategies, tools, and actions to help jump-start an organization’s use of GIS for natural resources. An online component—including additional stories, videos, new ideas and concepts, and downloadable tools and content—complements the book.
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Can Lack Of Sleep Hurt Your Physical Fitness?
Researchers in Holland had 11 men perform a 20-minute cycling endurance test in various scenarios.. One scenario was after a night with little or no sleep and then again after a full night's sleep. After each test, the athletes were asked to estimate the distance they believed they had covered over the 20 minutes. In both trials, the men cycled for an average of 7.6 to 7.7 kilometers, around five miles. What varied was how far they thought they biked. After a good night's sleep, the men estimated they had ridden 7.26 kilometers. Without sleep, that guess fell to just 6.51. It seems that the study is telling us that subjective estimates of performance are not in line with actual performance for endurance exercise after sleep deprivation.
In other words, lack of sleep might make you feel wimpier than normal. That's good news for anyone whose sleep suffers from game day jitters: Even if you're feeling less than your best, you won't necessarily run a slower race or ruin your tennis match. Still, no need to stay up late on purpose. Regularly getting even just one extra hour of sleep a night has been shown to improve athletic performance, even if more sleep means less time to do other things.


GSI Educational Supplements aim to help bridge the knowledge gap between academics and the public, particularly high school students. Each educational supplement seeks to raise awareness about genocide and other atrocity crimes among future generations, and inspire students to act as engaged global citizens, by providing a lesson plan and worksheet on content from the journal for teachers to use in their classes.
We're aware of the gap between knowledge created by and for researchers, and knowledge consumed by a broad audience, including high school students, and we wanted to begin to build a bridge between the two. It's our hope that this supplement, and the others that follow, will bring the latest research about genocide and human rights to anyone who would like to access it, and allow the next generation of human rights leaders to participate in the conversations and debates happening today.
Prof. Jennifer Rich, Associate Professor, Rowan University
Holocaust Memorial Day
This Education Supplement has been created in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked annually on January 27th.
It begins with a brief background of the commemoration day, and then moves into the harder work of defining the Holocaust. Here, students are presented with five definitions of the Holocaust and asked to read them for similarities and differences before considering which they feel is most appropriate.


Responsible for creating word-for-word transcripts of speeches, dialogue, legal proceedings, meetings, and trials. Preserves spoken word as a written transcript.
- Create verbatim transcripts of court proceedings, trials, and meetings using a stenographic.
- Document conversations to create legal proof if they must be accessed and verified at a later date.
- Ensure complete, accurate, and secure legal records.
- Search for information in official record.
- Supply judge with snippets from the transcript.
- Make suggestions to judges and attorneys regarding courtroom administration and procedure.
- Document all statements in official proceedings.
- Press multiple keys at once to record combinations of letters representing sounds, words, or phrases.
- Record symbols electronically.
- Translate and display symbols as text.
- Provide closed-captioning and real-time translating services to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.
- Use audio equipment to record court proceedings.
- Monitor process and take notes.
- Identify speakers.
- Ensure recording is clearly audible.
- Produce written transcript of recorded proceeding.
- Speak directly into a voice silencer to record proceedings.
- Record everything said by all parties, including gestures and reactions.
- Prepare written transcripts from voice writing.
- Create and maintain computer dictionary.
- Customize the dictionary with parts of words, entire words, or terminology specific to the proceeding, program, or event.


Amblyopia In Adults
Amblyopia is the most common form of impairment of vision affecting one eye, with a prevalence of about 1–5% of the total world population. Amblyopia in adults is caused by abnormal visual experience during the early years of childhood.
Amblyopia in adults results in dramatic loss of visual acuity in an apparently healthy eye.
Visual deprivation or ocular abnormalities during early years of life can result in long-term or even permanent damage to the vision. This period during the early years of life (up to age 7-9) is called the critical age. Treating amblyopia during these years will achieve best results.
It was accepted in the past that, due to a lack of sufficient plasticity within the brain, amblyopia in adults is untreatable. However, recent studies show that rehabilitation and recovery from amblyopia in the adult brain is achievable even after the critical age due to plasticity of the brain.
Amblyopia in adults is treatable using optometric strategies boosting brain plasticity which may allow vision improvement in amblyopia in adults.
Revitalvision is a unique treatment for amblyopia in adults, since it is the only treatment available for children over the age of 9 and adults, well after the end of the critical period .Revitalvision eye exercises stimulate specific areas in the brain and take advantage of the plasticity of the brain in adults, leading to improvement of the visual acuity. These exercises last approximately 30 minutes each and are done under the supervision of an optometrist or ophthalmologist. More than 85% of patients who were candidates for this treatment and completed its course improved their visual acuity by 2.5 rows on the vision chart and showed 100% improvement in their contrast sensitivity.
amblyopia treatment for adults


Islamic Guidance and Counseling in Developing Skills Youth Communication in The Digital Era
Romdiyah, Mufida Istati
Available Online December 2018.
- 10.2991/iccite-18.2018.55How to use a DOI?
- Islamic counseling, adolescent's communication in the digital era
Islamic counseling and guidance is a technique which can be used to help an adolescent in developing their communication skills. Guidance and counseling services were carried out for three meetings with specific themes, including communication characteristics in the digital era, communication ethics on social media according to Islamic teaching, and training for implementing the Islamic communication ethics on social media.
- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Romdiyah AU - Mufida Istati PY - 2018/12 DA - 2018/12 TI - Islamic Guidance and Counseling in Developing Skills Youth Communication in The Digital Era BT - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Creativity, Innovation and Technology in Education (IC-CITE 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 252 EP - 257 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/iccite-18.2018.55 DO - 10.2991/iccite-18.2018.55 ID - 2018/12 ER -


Darwin & the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence declared all men equal. Whatever the differences among humans, none amounted to the difference between humans and the animals that they could use as they saw fit. As equal to each other in this sense, no one had the right to rule or use anyone else, as all had the right to rule or use other animals. Legitimate government must arise, therefore, only from the consent of the governed. This sense of what justice required rested on the idea that humans formed a distinct kind, different from other animals and all other kinds of things found in the world. The distinctions between kinds were not arbitrary or invented, but natural. Men were created equal. Modern science does not share this understanding of nature. This is most clear in Darwinism, the view taking its bearing, if not its every claim, from Darwin’s Origin of Species. In its contemporary form, Darwinism denies that life is by nature organized into different kinds and that there is any rank of superior or inferior among natural beings. For some, this has come to mean that humans must treat animals as humans treat other humans. For others, it has come to mean that they may treat humans as humans treat animals. In either case, this is not the argument of the Declaration. What can be made of the Declaration’s argument in the light of modern science? And if in the Declaration’s view science was the ally of liberal politics, revealing in its spreading light the order of nature upon which those politics rested, what of the relation of science and politics now?


The word ‘Mashru’ comes from the
Arabic word ‘shari a’ that means
“permitted by Islamic law.” Mashru
was developed around the sixteenth
century to allow Muslim men to
exercise some agency within a rigid
sartorial system that prohibited luxury
in their lifestyles; in this system, silk
was equated with leisure and decadence.
Not quite silk, and not quite not, Mashru
was a brilliant, highly skilled invention
that presented a blurring of binaries in
being both silk and cotton. The warp faced
satin weave allowed silk to be visible on the
surface, giving the fabric its desired shine.
Mashru broke a rule within a system, and
emerged as a legally ‘permitted’ fabric for
men to wear. Mashru came to India through
the silk route. It was originally woven in three
parts of India: Gujarat, The Deccan and
Uttar Pradesh. The colour palettes used to
weave Mashru were mostly bright, often striped,
and the textile was commonly dotted with motifs.
One type of Mashru even used ikat. Despite its
versatility, Mashru showed its deep Ottoman
and Mughal influences.
Photographed by: Prarthna Singh