Learning is a lifelong journey of every individual. It is a choice that people should be aware of. Without the awareness of its importance, people will become blind to how learning can have a big impact on their lives. It is indeed true that the learnings in life can bring out the best in people. When it is applied in the daily lives of someone, something will really change little by little. Of course, learnings should always be the reason for people to become the better version of themselves. Also, knowledge is the only thing that they can carry through the course of their life.
Aside from our home, school is the second top place that is considered as one of the learning institutions of an individual. Children will meet the teachers that will make them learn important things that will surely help them in their future. In fact, it will really lead someone to a bright tomorrow, which will help them to reach their goals. But all of these things will not happen if there is no person that will guide every child on the right path. It will only take professionalism, dedication, and passion to make a change in the society. For teachers, they are the living proof that learning will always be present in life. They will make sure that their students will come and go with the knowledge that they shared with them.
The Most Effective Way
For children, learning should always be fun. If not, they will not be interested in anything a teacher would give to them. One of the most effective ways to make things interesting for them is colorful supplies they can be attracted to. It shows that it is also up to the teachers on how they will make things more fun and joyful. Of course, children naturally love to enjoy and have fun. It is the main reason why the teacher supplies should be lively and colorful. There are many things that a teacher can do for their students and one of these is to give them what they want. In reality, most teacher know how to get their student’s attention, and this is by giving them a fun activity. And when they said fun, it is surely full of colorful materials that the children will surely love.
The secret of teaching is not always based on what needs to be discussed, sometimes the children will be eager to learn more when there is fun happening during class. And to make it all fun, teachers provided them with colorful and attention catcher materials. In this way, the discussion between teachers and students will be more lively and fun at the same time.


What Is Religion?
Religion is a set of beliefs, values, and practices that help people live meaningful lives. These beliefs, values, and practices are common throughout human history and are reflected in many different cultures worldwide.
Religious practices include belief in a god, a divine power or spirit, a supernatural realm or spiritual dimension, or a greater reality (e.g., Buddhism). There are also beliefs that involve salvation of the soul either in a literal way with a heaven after death as in Christianity or in a more symbolic sense such as reaching an end to suffering, as in some Eastern religions.
The term “religion” comes from a Latin word meaning “sacred.” It can refer to a system of beliefs and practices that is sacred to some group of people or to an entire society. There is no clear definition of what constitutes religion; it varies widely from culture to culture and from one time period to the next.
Among the main reasons for this is that it can be difficult to define what is considered “religious” in a culture, and many of the different religions that are found around the world differ in their beliefs, rituals, and practices.
The main societal function of religion is to promote social cohesion, promote behaviour consistency, and offer strength during times of crisis or transition (e.g., when someone dies). These functions are important in a society because they help people stay together during difficult times and allow people to form social groups that share similar values and beliefs.


Brain damage is one of the most serious consequences that can develop from brain injuries. In fact, almost 100,000 people sustain brain injuries in the U.S. every year, including some residents of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. A brain injury can result either from work-related accidents or car crashes. An individual may even suffer a brain injury from sports activities and contact sports, including football, boxing and even mixed martial arts.
Sports-related brain injuries appeared in the headlines again after a study discovered that MMA fighters are at greater risk of brain injury than boxers. The research, which was published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, examined MMA matches that occurred from 2006 to 2012. The researchers found that 108 MMA fights ended in knockouts while 179 matches ended in technical knockouts. Researchers were alarmed by the technical knockouts because those fights ended after the fighter received an estimated additional three blows to the head before the match was stopped. However, UFC officials have argued that the MMA fights, including kickboxing, wrestling and judo, are safer than boxing.
Preliminary results from research conducted by the Cleveland Clinic seem to indicate otherwise. The study found that athletes exposed to head trauma are more likely to have lower scores on cognitive testing. The findings were based upon a formula that includes the athlete’s years of fighting, as well as the number of matches and fights per year.
A brain injury may cause life-altering changes for an individual. Damage to the brain requires medical attention and long-term care, which can be emotionally and financially challenging for victims and their families. When considering this possibility, risking the life of an athlete for short-term success may not be worthwhile. Also, failing to protect or warn an individual about the risk of brain injury may possibly lead to legal consequences in the long run.
Source: CBS Sports, “Study reveals MMA fighters at higher risk of brain injury than boxers,” Evan Hilbert, March 28, 2014


Advice by Sport
The benefits of running are endless, so it is no surprise that it has been popular in recent years. As well as exercising muscles all over the body, running can increase lung capacity and prevent various diseases. While running may seem simple, having the correct posture takes time to learn. It can greatly improve your running efficiency and prevent injury. Take a look at the running posture guidelines below to check whether your running form is correct.
The first technique is to be aware of your body’s centre of gravity, which should be in front of your body. Lean forward moderately, and keep your body straight, so that your shoulders, ears and lower back are aligned. Many people get tired as they run and tend to lean back. This is a common mistake with running posture.
Test it for yourself. Does your heel, toe, or whole foot touch the ground first? To maintain an effective running posture, every step should land on the middle of your foot. Landing on your toes may increase your risk of injury, while landing on your heels slows down your speed significantly.
Another mistake that runners often make is running with their head down. Spatially unaware, they may run into people or something worse. When an accident occurs in front of you, if you have been looking forward you can easily respond in time.


Working Hard, Working Poor: A Global Journey (January, 2012)
Gary S. Fields
More than three billion people, nearly half of humankind, live on less than two-and-a-half U.S. dollars per person per day. Studies have shown repeatedly that the main and often the sole asset of the poor is their labor. It follows that to understand global poverty one must understand labor markets and labor earnings in the developing world. Excellent books exist on ending world poverty that discuss in depth many important aspects of economic development but do not focus on employment and self-employment, work and non-work. Working Hard, Working Poor fills in where the other books leave off.Issues of analyzing poverty and low earnings in the developing world are quite different from those in the developed world. The discourse in the developed world is about incentive effects of social welfare programs, cultures of poverty, single-parenthood, homelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, ill health, mental illness, domestic violence, and the like. But in the developing world, different issues predominate, such as own-account work and household enterprises, agricultural work, casual employment, and informal work. And some of the policy issues--stimulating economic growth, harnessing the energies of the private sector, increasing paid employment, and raising the returns to self-employment--take a different twist. This book shows how people in poverty work, what has been effective in helping the poor earn their way out of poverty, and how readers might help. [from publisher web site]
New York: Oxford University Press. 230 pages.
Call number: HC59.72.P6 F54 2011


The purpose of homebound instruction is to maintain continuity in the educational process for those students who, because of an extended illness, medical or mental health condition, cannot attend school for a period greater than three weeks. Homebound instruction shall not be used in lieu of the student’s normal educational placement. For students who are eligible to receive special education services and who may require homebound services, an IEP Team will determine whether homebound instruction is appropriate.
The district may provide instruction, as appropriate, for students confined to home or hospitalized upon the request of parents and with verification of need by a health care provider. A health care provider is defined as an M.D., D.O., Nurse Practitioner, P.A., Dentist, or Psychiatrist.
In each instance the health care provider must certify that the student will be unable to attend school either full or part time. The health care provider shall also be asked to give an estimate of the probable length of the student’s need for homebound education.
There shall be an adult over the age of twenty-one in the home during the entire period of homebound instruction.
For students with IEPs, the student will receive such services as permit him/her to make progress in the general education curriculum and on his/her IEP goals.
Homebound instruction, although correlated with what the student is missing in the classroom, shall focus on the student’s needs and what the student is capable of doing during the period away from school. Textbooks and supporting materials shall be provided by the appropriate school. The student is responsible for returning all instructional materials and textbooks to the homebound teacher at the conclusion of services.
The director of student support services shall publish guidelines, determine how many hours of weekly instruction a student shall receive, and administer the assignment of these services. Once it has been determined that a student requires homebound instruction, the type and frequency of such instruction will be at the discretion of the director of student support services or designee.
View Board of Education Policy


Financial Inclusion in North America
For the purposes of regional data analysis, the World Bank classification of North America includes only two countries: United States and Canada. According to the 2021 edition of the Global Findex – the World Bank’s global database that tracks financial inclusion – North America has the highest percentage of people who own an account. Specifically, 99.6 of the adult population in Canada and 95 percent in the United States own an account with a financial institution or mobile money provider.
Moreover, the use of digital financial services is widespread in North America. In Canada, 98 percent of the population reported having made or received a digital payment in the last year; in the United States, the figure is 93 percent. However, Findex data reveal that people with lower levels of education in the United States are substantially less likely to have made or received digital payments. Only 54 percent of people with only primary school education reported having made or received a digital payment, compared to 94 percent of those who have secondary education or more.
East Asia & Pacific | Europe & Central Asia | Latin America & the Caribbean | Middle East & North Africa | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Global
- A Guide to Global Findex 2021: What You Need to Know, FinDev Gateway 2022
- Global Findex: Digitalization in COVID-19 Boosted Financial Inclusion, CGAP 2022
- The Global 2021 Findex Database: Financial Inclusion, Digital Payments, and Resilience in the Age of COVID-19, World Bank 2022
- Findex Database and Visualization Dashboard, World Bank 2022
- Financial Inclusion and Digital Payments, World Bank 2022
- 2021 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households


The Ctrl-Alt-Del function on Windows PCs has always been a bit of an awkward two-handed operation. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he wanted it to be simpler, but engineers balked at the idea. And if he had it to do over again, it would be a single-key operation.
Ctrl-Alt-Del is a force quit function when the Windows OS freezes. It is also used to call up Task Manager or reboot the system, but Gates said during a Bloomberg business forum that the operation should have been easier. "The IBM PC hardware keyboard only had one way that it could get a guaranteed interrupt generated," he said in response to a question about the peculiar process. "So, clearly the people involved, they should have put another key on it to make that work. A lot of machines these days do have that as a more obvious function."
When pressed further on whether he regretted the decision, he said that all things considered, "I'd make that a single-key operation."
This is not the first time Gates has expressed some frustration with the function. In 2013, he took IBM engineers to task for the "mistake."
"We could have had a single button, but the guy who did the IBM keyboard design didn't want to give us our single button." That "guy" was David Bradley, the engineer credited with inventing the combination originally designed to reboot the PC.
"I have to share the credit. I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous," Bradley said during an appearance with Gates in 2011.
The combination was used by Microsoft for Windows NT as a logon. The feature was originally a BIOS function, but Microsoft made it a Windows feature in hopes that it could sell NT to the government. The function would have been a government-required Secure Attention Key that would prevent malware from spoofing a login.
32 Comments - Add comment


Oops! Oldest Evidence of Life Turns Out To Be Iron Deposits
So this little story comes as quite a shock to many, but a complete embarrassment to quite a few.
Once thought to have been 3.5 billion year old fossils of bacteria in Australian rock, has no been discovered as nothing more than a few insensible minerals. Oh yes, quite a few researchers had to hide their faces in shame on this one, but pretty much no one will be able to live this one down.
This discovery came from a team of people at the University of Kansas. By taking a closer look at the Australian rock, it was discovered that there was no presence of the oxygen-producing cyanobacteria, but that it was only iron minerals.
Researcher Allison Marshall stated that she went into the study thinking that these were actually microfossils and that many people in the scientific community believed it as well. It was very hard for many to believe that this discover would have gone unnoticed, but it did. Many asked the question; why did it take so long to figure this truth out? But many did not have answer.
This was basically a life lesson on believing what you find in the data, not going by what someone has told you to be the truth. While many went along with the belief that this was actually the oldest form of evidential life, there were a few who just didn’t settle for what everyone else thought to be true.
This particular team of scientists has suggested that it is better to take a closer look at the findings of microfossils. Do not settle on the first thing you see, but look closer into what you see. You should raise questions and never stop looking for the right answer. You never know what truths you can eventually find.
it seems like that , image of any animal
Evolutionists judging by mere appearances once again. Will any learn their lesson yet?
OMG !! Ross would be shattered….
Actually this is a case of not believing what they are telling you, The Australian finds had yet to be determined to be micro-fossils, its been an ongoing investigation into them since they were first discovered. This article is full of shit, sorry to disabuse you of that fact.
Oh and it is not conclusive about it being iron deposits either, we have yet to determine exactly what they are.


One of the (many) great delights I’ve found in being a parent is reading to my kids at bedtime. Alas, my eldest two are self sufficient these days and read to themselves, but I still sometimes get to read to my youngest. There’s a fabulous wealth of children’s literature out there, and the simple but often profound messages that the stories contain.
Although I read extensively myself, both fiction and from the personal development and self help world for my own continued professional development, sometimes I find that adult literature just makes it all a bit too complicated. Like many things in life, often it’s the simplest things that are the most powerful. And an added bonus to the simple wisdom they contain is that reading a children’s book is quicker, has more pictures and is a lot more fun!
Here are some of my favourites for the simple wisdom and messages they contain:
- The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig (Eugene Trivizas and Helen Oxenbury) for messages about how if you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got, challenging perceptions and assumptions about others and personal transformation!
- The Bear under the Stairs (Helen Cooper) about how many of our fears are born out of our own imagination and confronting them head on (with the help and support others if necessary) is the best way to overcome them.
- A Squash and a Squeeze (Julia Donaldson, Alex Scheffler) for how you may grumble about your lot but it’s all relative!
- Green Eggs and Ham (Dr Seuss) for try before you cry….
- And Miss Lily’s Fabulous Pink Feather Boa for using positive anchors to overcome fear, loneliness lack of confidence and isolation
So for simple but profound food for thought, next time you’re in a bookshop, head to the children’s section rather than the ‘shelf help’! Enjoy…


“Life is too short. Stop repeating yourself. Flip your classroom!”
– Dr. Lodge McCammon, FIZZ Project Director
Flip Your Class
Did you know?
A growing number of educators continue to turn learning on its head by replacing traditional classroom lectures with video tutorials. They are focusing classroom time on solving problems, advancing concepts and engaging in collaborative learning. This new instructional model has been labeled the “flipped classroom.” This movement, inspired in part by the work of the Khan Academy’s Sal Khan, calls on educators to make class time more relevant, engaging, interactive and student focused. This FIZZ Institute video introduces a flipped instructional framework with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Gardener’s Multiple Intelligences (MI) to help instructors create powerful lessons. Find out how to design differentiated instruction, tailored specifically to your students’ strengths, with this activity.
- Ask students some questions about how they learn best.
- Distribute the Student Activity, review directions and complete.
- Form small groups to discuss and compare students’ MI.
Suggest that students address these questions:
What’s their strongest/weakest intelligence?
Who in the group has similar intelligences?
Why is identifying and knowing their MI important to them?
- List ways this MI information will be helpful to you and your students.
Above and Beyond
Lassen Community College in Susanville, CA has embraced the flip your class model, employing the necessary technology to support the transition. And, for added perspective, a group of “flip” pioneers offer more on the concept as a Vehicle to the Future.


MP3 Audio Sample
In American While Black, Niambi Michele Carter argues that immigration, both historically and in the contemporary moment, has served as a reminder of the limited inclusion of African Americans in the body politic.
At the same time that the Civil Rights Movement brought increasing opportunities for blacks, the United States liberalized its immigration policy. While the broadening of the United States's borders to non-European immigrants fits with a black political agenda of social justice, recent waves of immigration have presented a dilemma for blacks, prompting ambivalent or even negative attitudes toward migrants. What has an expanded immigration regime meant for how blacks express national attachment?
In this book, Niambi Michele Carter argues that immigration, both historically and in the contemporary moment, has served as a reminder of the limited inclusion of African Americans in the body politic. As Carter contends, blacks use the issue of immigration as a way to understand the nature and meaning of their American citizenship—specifically the way that white supremacy structures and constrains not just their place in the American political landscape, but their political opinions as well. Carter draws on original interview material and empirical data on African American political opinion to offer the first theory of black public opinion toward immigration.
Author Niambi Michele Carter
Narrated by Janina Edwards
Publication date Apr 21, 2020
Running time 8 hrs 10 min


How Far Apart Do You Plant Mondo Grass?
Mondo grass, a type of ground cover native to Asia, is commonly found in Hawaii and other warm-weather climates. Mondo grass is versatile, tolerant to both drought and full sun; however, it grows best in moist soil with partial shade. Mondo grass is evergreen and has white flowers in the summer and bright blue berries in the fall.
Separate mondo grass clumps into individual tufts. Be sure each clump contains roots or rhizomes.
Dwarf varieties should be planted 2 to 4 inches apart. Regular varieties should be planted 4 to 12 inches apart. If you want faster ground cover, use the minimum spacing when planting.
When planting, make sure the roots and rhizomes are well-covered by gently pressing the soil around them, but do not plant the crowns too deeply.
After planting, apply an herbicide to deter weed growth. This will help the mondo grass become established free of other vegetation.
Disease and Pest Control
The most common problems of mondo grass, root rot and scale, can be controlled with the use of a fungicide and any oil-based insecticide made for use with ornamental plants.
Robin Devereaux has been writing professionally for more than 25 years. She has written for "The Sowell Review, "Health and Healing Magazine" and has been a contributor to several local Eastern Michigan publications. Robin is a graduate of the Central Michigan University Arts Program.


The peregrine falcon is a fascinating bird of prey that can be found all over the world. Here are some interesting facts about this amazing creature.
The peregrine falcon is a medium-sized bird of prey with a wingspan of up to 1 meter and weighing around 500 grams. They have a gray-blue back and white underbelly, with black markings on their head and below their eyes. Their talons are razor-sharp, designed for grasping prey while in flight.
Where To Find This Bird
Peregrine falcons can be found on every continent except Antarctica. They prefer open areas such as coastal cliffs, mountainsides, and even urban buildings where they can hunt pigeons or other small birds.
In North America, peregrine falcons breed in northern tundra regions during the summer months before heading south for winter. In Eurasia, they breed further south near forests or riverbanks but still migrate to avoid harsh winter conditions.
As carnivorous predators at the top of the food chain, peregrines rely heavily on birds as their primary source of food but will also eat bats or insects if necessary. Peregrines are known for their high-speed dives called “stoops,” which allow them to catch flying birds mid-air with incredible accuracy.
The peregrine’s hunting ability made it popular among humans who used them as trained hunters throughout history until DDT pesticide almost exterminated them from North America in the mid-20th century.
However, after environmental regulations banning DDT use were put into place due to declining populations numbers plummeting; conservation efforts began bringing these magnificent creatures back from near extinction.
Peregrine falcons are incredible birds with striking coloring and unparalleled hunting abilities. Their range spans across the globe, making them a truly global species. They also serve as an example of how human activity can severely impact wildlife populations but also show that conservation efforts can make a difference in saving endangered species from extinction.


Circular economy: Wesfarmers’ strategy
Over the past two years, Australian company Wesfarmers has worked to develop circular economy strategies with the aim of reducing the use of raw (or virgin or natural) material inputs and energy.
Wesfarmers has driven the circular economy by manufacturing products and using materials more efficiently (including through increased use of recycled materials or recyclable materials) and preventing waste through reuse or repurposing where possible.
The circular economy requires collaboration across the supply chain, government and industry to achieve systemic change.
While the transition to a circular economy is not something that can be achieved overnight, Wesfarmers’ divisions are making progress in the way they reuse waste at various stages of the product life cycle. Some cases of their strategy, across their various businesses, are as follows.
Kmart is making changes by sourcing and incorporating more recycled materials in active, coat, denim, swim, footwear and bedding ranges.
This helps reduce reliance on raw material (or virgin fibers) and creates demand for recycled materials that would otherwise go to landfill.
Also Kmart Group is working to find ways to reuse waste generated in garment production through its participation in Circular Fashion Partnership, a cross-sector project led by Global Fashion Agenda, with Reverse Resources, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association and P4G, to develop long-term, scalable solutions for capturing and reusing post-production textile waste.
Officeworks’ circular economy commitments include becoming a zero-waste business by designing and maximizing recycling, ensuring that the packaging of all products it sells is reusable or recyclable, and helping customers dispose of products responsibly at the end of their life cycle.
Finally, Bunnings began its journey to capture packaging and product data to understand material flow and where it can have the greatest impact.


Chaos theory must also be taken into account. It is an interdisciplinary theory stating that “within the apparent randomness of chaotic complex systems, there are underlying patterns, constant feedback loops, repetition, self-similarity, fractals and self-organization” that also is a factor, it ignores odds. It doesn’t matter if the odds are bigger than atoms in the universe, (there are many more particles, neutron, dark matter particles than atoms in the universe). Not proof of anything.
The other part of randomness and not design is that the universe is 99.9% hostile to life, with thousands of different objects colliding randomly and ignoring other bodies. Earth could be wiped out in random collision with another object. Earth life has gone over 90 % extinct because it could not adapt to a changing environment. The ones that survive today are full of flaws, many deformed, mental deficiencies, illnesses, not only in animals but all life forms, not showing intelligence, but indicate random combinations, very few ones which are viable for a while. The complex eye, has many counterparts, from simple light detector to a myriad of different designs which were sufficient for that particular species to survive. For some species, not needing eye sight, the remnants of an eye, used by a previous version still remains. Our eyes are not perfect either,
Nature is a mighty force but it is obviously not intelligent, It keeps trying all possible combinations, 99.99999……..% unsuccessful and the survivors are not perfect by any means. The partly successful ones are bound to go extinct sometime in the future. Evolution does not stop, all life on earth is constantly evolving and not always in an improving way. It can go both ways.
Life forms’ survival depends on consuming and destroying of other life forms. Randomness, or bad luck as well as good luck, reigns supreme. Nothing points to an intelligent design.


The Balearic Islands are an archipelago located in the Mediterranean Sea to the southeast of Spain. Catalan—the native tongue—and Spanish are the official languages. The islands are an autonomous community and province of Spain, located about midway between the southeastern coastline of Spain and the northern coastline of Algeria.
This astronaut photograph from the International Space Station highlights the large island of Majorca (also known as Mallorca in Spanish), on which the provincial capital of Palma is located. Like the other Balearic Islands, Majorca is a popular holiday destination for Europeans, with tourism forming a major part of the island’s economy. The 5,400 square kilometer (2,100 square mile) island offers many recreational opportunities, with mountainous regions along the northwest coastline and eastern third. The central region of Majorca includes agricultural lands (tan, light brown, and green, image center), forested patches and corridors (dark green, image center), and urban centers (gray). Diving is a popular activity for those visiting the coastal beaches.
In addition to Majorca, the other major islands of the archipelago include Ibiza, Formentera, and Minorca. The small island of Cabrera to the southwest (image lower right) hosts the Parc Nacional de l’Arxipélag de Cabrera.
Astronaut photograph ISS030-E-30290 was acquired on December 31, 2011, with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera using a 60 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by the Expedition 30 crew. The image has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Caption by William L. Stefanov, Jacobs Technology/ESCG at NASA-JSC.


The last of SOLID principles about OOD is known as Dependency Inversion Principle (DIP).
This principle says that:
High-level modules should not depend on low-level modules. Both should depend on abstractions. Abstractions should not depend upon details. Details should depend upon abstractions.
This principle, with the OCP principle already discussed, are intended to make software application loosely coupled. This feature is achieved by removing as much as possible dependencies between higher level modules (those usually more general) and the low-level modules (those usually more specific). In fact, usually in conventional application architecture, the high level modules use the functionality exposed by low-level modules using direct references to the latter, thus creating a strong coupling between them.
This coupling results in any change of low-level modules, also lead inevitably change of high-level, and this situation is certainly not desirable.
So instead of depending directly on low-level modules, the high-level modules should depend on abstractions, such as interfaces or abstract classes. In this way if you change some details behind those abstractions the high level modules remain unchanged as they depend on abstractions (interfaces).
The term “inversion”means that by applying this principle the direction of the dependency is reversed because the high-level modules do not depend on low-level modules buy they depend on abstractions, as well as the implementation details.
Moreover, as the abstractions raise a “wall” between the different levels, any changes can not propagate everywhere, but there are only confined within the module to which these changes belong logically.
The latter is a fundamental prerequisite so that software applications are easily maintainable.
You can find an implementation of DIP in Dependency Injection Pattern or in the Inversion of Control.
In fact there is some confusion around these terms and many people use them interchangeably, both refer to the principle or refer to patterns, but the fact remains that the inversion of control or dependency injection is an implementation of DIP.
Just to add to the confusion the Hollywood Principle is just another way of calling the Inversion Of Control.
Comments are closed.


Tired of feeling exhausted each morning after a night of heavy drinking? Do you worry if you should cut down your alcohol use? NIAAA mentioned that “SAMHSA defines heavy alcohol use as binge drinking on 5 or more days in the past month”. Drinking alcohol is a significant problem influencing the lives of many. According to National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, “an estimated 88,000 people die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States. The first is tobacco, and the second is poor diet and physical inactivity” (NIAAA, 2018).
There are many health risk factors that can occur when someone drinks alcohol excessively. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018), “some of the long-term causes are high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, liver disease, and digestive problems, cancer of the breast, mouth, throat, esophagus, liver, and colon, learning and memory problems, including dementia and poor school performance, mental health problems, including depression and anxiety, social problems, including lost productivity, family problems, and unemployment, and finally alcohol dependence, or alcoholism.” By making a decision to not frequently drink alcohol, you may experience some benefits such as healthier skin, saving money, losing weight, a healthy heart and liver, and improved sleep (Ashwood Recovery, 2018).
April is National Alcohol Awareness Month and this is a good time to reflect on your drinking. If alcohol is causing you some problems in your life, it is important to take the steps to work on this problem. The Center for Behavioral Health is here to help with concerns you may have or wonder about with drinking alcohol. Even when you know it is time to stop drinking, it can feel overwhelming to take that next step towards moderation or sobriety. At Center for Behavioral Health, our caring and empathetic clinicians are here to offer an ear to listen while also providing coping mechanisms for those who want to moderate their alcohol use. If you are having trouble with alcohol, please reach out to us. Call the Center for Behavioral Health (502-792-7011) to start improving your life!
You must be logged in to post a comment.


Steam heating is a type of heating system that uses steam to heat up buildings. Here are some of the pros and cons of steam heating:
Effective heating: Steam heating provides an effective way of heating up buildings and is known for providing consistent and even heat.
Quiet operation: Steam heating systems operate quietly and do not produce any noise.
Low maintenance: Steam heating systems require minimal maintenance and have a long lifespan.
Energy efficiency: Steam heating systems can be energy efficient if they are properly maintained and insulated.
Slow heating: Steam heating systems can be slow to heat up buildings, which can be a disadvantage in colder climates or during extreme weather conditions.
Inefficient distribution: Steam heating systems can suffer from heat loss due to inefficient distribution, which can result in higher energy costs.
Inconsistent temperatures: Steam heating systems can result in inconsistent temperatures within buildings, as some areas may be hotter or colder than others.
Safety concerns: Steam heating systems can be hazardous if they are not properly maintained or if there are leaks or malfunctions.
Overall, steam heating systems can be an effective way of heating buildings, but they also have limitations and challenges. The slow heating time and potential for heat loss can result in higher energy costs, and the inconsistent temperatures and safety concerns must be considered when evaluating their use. However, the low maintenance and long lifespan of steam heating systems make them a popular choice for some buildings.


- Conner Emery
Queer History Club: Revision or Reclamation?
The school curriculum is expanding through the CVCHS Queer History Club.
Queer History Club aims to add depth to prominent historical figures and highlight underrecognized individuals and communities. A presentation on the hijra of South Asia—a historically gender non-conforming community—will occupy one meeting and the closeted bisexual life of a 1940s Hollywood star will be the subject of another. The Queer History Club seeks to span cultures and illustrate the prevalence of queerness throughout history.
“We created the club to highlight queer voices in a welcoming space where people can share ideas and history,” said Avery Baxter, club president.
The Queer History Club formed last school year. Meetings skew toward historical presentation and lessons, though major contemporary developments for the queer community are given space for discussion.
“We’ll go back thousands of years to Ancient Greece or we’ll cover more recently,” affirmed Daniel Parker, World History teacher and advisor for the club.
Elle Fardella, the club treasurer, noted the Queer History Club balances a breadth of material and a beleaguered modern community. “I feel that we cannot commemorate the achievements of queer people without also acknowledging the trials and struggles that they have had to endure. However, I feel it is easier to focus on the negative aspects of being queer because negativity and queerness are so frequently and prominently associated with each other, so I try to conclude the lessons I teach on a positive note.”
Queerness is often erased from history, but its tenets of documenting different cultures and time periods align with the goals of the Queer History Club nonetheless. “Of course queer history is history, but it is an often overlooked piece,” said Baxter. The exploration of different cultures and time periods enables the “spectrum” of queerness to be truly reflected.
Fardella also explained that queer activism in the United States and its proclivity for racial discrimination influenced the practices of the Queer History Club. “We make it a point to lift up the narratives of those queer people who are marginalized in their own community, who fought for BIPOC desegregation within the community, who paved the way for transgender rights.”


Copper Oxide CuO Powder is a nano material. It has been extensively used in inorganic materials. There are many physical properties that make this material unique. Some of these include thermal resistance, volume effect, and quantum size effect. The chemical activity of this material is also of interest, as it is able to be restored by hydrogen or carbon monoxide at high temperature.
In this study, the XRD, FESEM, HRTEM, and XPS spectroscopy were used to characterize the performance of CuO powder. The most impressive spectroscopic feature of this nanomaterial is the tin-silver transition, which is shown by the XPS spectrometer. This type of transition is not found in natural materials. Another interesting property of this material is the indirect-type transition.
A tangent line plot was performed to identify the band gap of the CuO powder. This spectra was calibrated by external methods. As an internal standard, Yttrium at 5 ug/L was used.
A cellulose triacetate membrane (CTM) with a 47 mm diameter was used as the platform to adsorb the sample. After wetting the sample with colloidal suspensions, the sample was dried in the air. Afterwards, a CPS disc centrifuge was used to measure the size of the nanoparticles.
For the most part, it was not surprising that the hematological parameters were altered by the Cu2CO3(OH)2 NPs. The effects on WBC count were the result of an increase in neutrophilic granulocytes, a decrease in red blood cell count, and a rise in lymphocytes.


Consumers, quats and COVID-19: Are disinfectant products safe?
In the face of a persistent global pandemic, disinfectants are more important than ever. These products sometimes rely on quaternary ammonium compounds, or "quats," to kill bacteria and viruses on surfaces. However, some scientists have started to examine these compounds for their possible toxicity in cells and animals. A new story in Chemical & Engineering News, the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, explores the safety of quat-containing disinfectants.
Quats are a family of several hundred compounds that have at least one positively charged nitrogen atom, typically linked to four alkyl or benzyl groups. These compounds kill bacteria and viruses by disrupting the structures of proteins and lipid membranes, writes special correspondent Xiaozhi Lim. Quats have been in use since the 1930s, and today they can be found in disinfecting sprays and wipes, hand soaps and hand sanitizers. They're also used as preservatives in eye drops and as surfactants in shampoo.
In recent years, concerns have mounted regarding potential toxicity of quats. In animal and cell experiments, scientists have found links between the compounds and fertility and developmental problems, as well as disruption of other cellular processes. However, industry experts are skeptical about health risks in humans, as test doses given to animals in studies far exceed typical exposures in people. Some experts say that skin irritation is the biggest concern with the disinfectants, and that only a small amount of the compounds are actually absorbed by the body. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to further explore quat safety, according to researchers.
More information: "Do we know enough about the safety of quat disinfectants?," cen.acs.org/safety/consumer-sa … disinfectants/98/i30
Provided by American Chemical Society


"What is Plagiarism?" Plagiarism.org. iParadigms, LLC, 2014. Web. 28 Sept. 2016.
What are the consequences of plagiarism at WCC?
Sanctions that can be assigned by a faculty member range from giving a reduced grade on the particular work in question to failing the student for the entire course. In addition, some academic departments and programs have their own policies for dealing with academic dishonesty.
There are three main techniques of integrating someone else’s words and/or ideas into your paper, and all require parenthetical (in-text) citations.
1.) Summarizing: When you summarize, you write in your own words the most outstanding point(s) another writer makes. Your summary is usually much shorter than the original, because it only highlights the most important information/ ideas. So you could summarize an entire book or article in a single paragraph (Ex. for an annotated bibliography).
2.) Paraphrasing: Paraphrasing is another way of conveying the original author's ideas in your own words. A paraphrase is usually different from a summary in that it simply rephrases a specific line or short passage, rather than condensing a longer passage. A paraphrase of one sentence probably conveys about the same amount of information found in the original-- but again, in your own words (You must CITE the source).
3.) Quoting: When you quote a writer directly, you record his or her exact words, exactly as they appear in the original document. You MUST put quotation marks around the material you use from the original. Quotations from a text give you specific information or “evidence” to support your points (You must CITE the source).


Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; — opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind. Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal. In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; — opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct. Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; — opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal. Requiring or implying action or exertion; — opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes. Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; — opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman. Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn. Implying or producing rapid action. Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice. Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive. Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state. enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner such a role in anal sex
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
Example sentence: Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It's not 'I love you' for this or that reason, not 'I love you if you love me.' It's love for no reason, love without an object.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate.


NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T
But there is something else about the plaque that doesn’t seem right. The plaque says the tree was planted in 1850. Jane Ollington would’ve been only six years old! And can anyone explain the emblem at the top of the plaque?
New Update: As it turns out, the oak tree on Trowutta Road was not planted by Jane Ollington. Please refer to post dated 11 March 2018, An Inconvenient Truth, for more information (see link).
THE OLD OAK TREE ON TROWUTTA ROAD
While on the subject of Trowutta, it may be of interest to mention Jane Ollington. A few years before her passing, as the oldest resident of Smithton, Jane was given the honors to plant one of two acorns sent to the municipality from the Royal Oak at Windsor Park. She took delight in that it not only germinated but its roots grew through the bottom of the pot into the ground. She was there again to transplant to where it now stands on Trowutta Road at Forest. An inscribed tablet was later affixed to the tree for public information. I visited the site several years ago but the inscribed tablet was simply not there, only a white stump as seen in the image to the left.
This magnificent oak, grown from seedling, came from Windsor Park in England to commemorate the accession of King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth.
The other of the two coronation oak trees planted by Jane Ollington in the 1930s is adjacent to a store where East Esplanade turns to join King Street in Smithton. Unfortunately the tree had been neglected and is not thriving as well as the one on Trowutta Road.
Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
Leave a Reply.
Thanks for checking in and welcome to my adventure
Follow in Facebook to receive the latest updates


Services are a unit of functionality that are run independently. That is to say that a service can be deployed separately from the rest of your systems and applications. Services are designed to maximize reuse as opposed to being designed to fit a particular system or application.Components are parts of a system or application that are designed to work together. They may be deployed together in a tightly bound configuration.
Services vs ComponentsServices are ideal for highly resilient systems whereby parts of your infrastructure can crash but the rest keeps going gracefully. Components are designed to fit together to deliver functionality. This doesn't mean that they aren't reusable as a component can be an API that gets used in a wide range of systems and applications. Services and components aren't mutually exclusive architectures as a service can be made from components. Components may also call services.
|Definition||A unit of functionality that is designed to be deployed independently and reused by multiple systems.||A unit of functionality that is designed to serve as a part of a system or application.|
This is the complete list of articles we have written about software design.
If you enjoyed this page, please consider bookmarking Simplicable.
© 2010-2023 Simplicable. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of materials found on this site, in any form, without explicit permission is prohibited.
View credits & copyrights or citation information for this page.


A study published in the February 2009 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry found that those teenagers who watched more than 9 hours a day of television where more likely to become depressed as young adults.
The researchers used data from a larger study of 4,142 adolescents who were initially not depressed. After seven years of followup, more than 7 percent had symptoms of depression.
But only 6 percent of the children who watched less than three hours a day of TV became depressed, while more than 17 percent of those who watched 9 or more hours a day became depressed.
Interestingly, there was no association with playing video games, or listening to music, or watching videos. The association of TV and depression was stronger for boys than girls, and was constant after the researchers adjusted for age, race, wealth, and educational level.
So what does this mean? First of all, it’s important to put this into context. Nine hours of TV watching is a lot!!!! It means that these kids came home from school at 3pm, and turned on the TV, and kept it on until midnight! Or it means that they spent the entire weekend watching television. So these findings are not so surprising. Basically television was their entire life, and that means that they had no hobbies, no friends, and no sports or extra-curricular activities. All these are a prescription for depression. The kids who watched less than 3 hours of television a day had lives, which is probably why fewer of them got depressed.
So the moral of the story is make sure your children have balanced lives, and limit screen time (which includes video gaming) to 2 or 3 hours a day, or less. One good way to control television time is not to have television sets in children’s bedrooms. Have a main television in the living room, and that allows you to know when and what your children are watching.
Okay, now I am off to watch no more than two hours of my favorite television shows…
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Gottlieb, Ph.D. /The Psychology Lounge/TPL Productions


“The invention of photography was also quickly picked up in the Biedermeier idyll of Vienna. As early as 1839, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre sent from Paris some of his first images to Metternich, who showed them to the emperor and had them exhibited in the Art Academy. Metternich dispatched the physicist Andreas von Ettingshausen to Paris. Ettingshausen took photography lessons from Daguerre and acquired a Chevalier camera in Paris. The oldest known photograph of Vienna, which shows Michaelerplatz, originates from him. From this point on, the transformation of the city has been recorded in a burgeon ing production of photographs. The first fast portrait lens, made according to the precise calculations of Hungarian mathematician Josef Petzval, was produced by Viennese optician Peter Wilhelm Friedrich Voigtländer.”From: Andreas J. Hirsch, Chapter #1: Capital of a Multiethnic Empire — Laboratory of Modernity 1839–1918, in Christian Brandstätter, Andreas J. Hirsch, Hans-Michael Koetzle (eds.), Vienna — Portrait of a City, TASCHEN, Cologne, 2019
This volume is a treasure trove of photography from the last 175 years, following the evolution of Vienna from imperial capital to modern metropolis. Like a visual walk through time and cityscape, hundreds of carefully curated pictures trace the developments in Vienna’s built environment and the cultural and historical trends they reflect, whether the urban Gesamtkunstwerk of the 19th-century Ringstrasse or the experiments of “Red Vienna” in the 1920s, when the city had a social democrat government for the first time.
Hardcover, 25 x 34 cm, 532 pages
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German
TASCHEN, Cologne, 2019
Information about the book on the publisher’s website:


GCSE results reflect a north-south divide
Education data firm SchoolDash has mapped this year’s national summer GCSE results and it emerges that 4.7 percentage points more school students in the south of England achieve five ‘good’ GCSEs, including English and Maths, that their northern counterparts.
In 2012, the gap had been 1.8 per cent, rising to 2.8 per cent in 2013 and then spiking to 4.8 per cent in 2014. A breakdown of the results implies that London has consistently been the top achiever, with the South West and East Anglia showing improvement. SchoolDash founder, Timo Hannay, stated that the overview of the mapped results suggests that regional performance up to the age of seven “correlates closely with deprivation except in London, which does unusually well.”
The north-south education gap is by no means a new phenomenon this year. Statistical evidence from IPPR North’s ‘The State of The North’ report shows that “many children in the North get off to a bad start in life, particularly those from more economically disadvantaged backgrounds.”
In London, a much higher proportion of the poorest children achieve a “good level of development”: they have a 12 percentage point advantage over their northern peers. It also shows that, since 2010, the North’s overall GCSE attainment scores have slipped more than the national average.
Unsurprisingly, this ‘early years gap’ between northern and southern children proves extremely hard to equalise as they get older. In 2011, The Sutton Trust showed that a higher proportion of students from London and the South-East achieve three A grades at A-level and that young people from the London and South East of England are more likely to get places at top universities, even though 75 per cent of the UK’s population do not live in those regions.


The History of the House
The Ward-Heitmann House is the oldest surviving building in West Haven It may have been built as early as 1684, but was certainly on the site in 1725. The house was built by Ebenezer Clark. He sold it to John Humphreville, who had married Clark's sister, Rebecca. The house remained in the Clark family until 1788, when it was bought by sea captain Thomas Ward. It remained in the Ward family until George Ward sold it to Susan Perrin in 1861. She eventually sold it to Louisa Ward Heitmann, George Ward's sister, in 1868. Louisa's daughter, Henrietta Heitmann, inherited the house in 1897. She was engaged in several business ventures and added the north wing to the house, using it as a dame school. The house passed out of the Ward family when it was purchased by Charles Elliott Pickett in 1910. In the twentieth century the house had a number of owners and for a time housed an antique store and later a tearoom. The Milano family owned the house from 1949 to the early 1990s, when it was left to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Trust sold it to the Ward-Heitmann House Museum Foundation in 1995 and it was restored to become a museum. In 2003, the Ward-Heitmann House was added to The National Register of Historic Places.


Oulangan kansallispuiston metsä- ja suokasvillisuus
Söyrinki N., Salmela R., Suvanto J. (1977). Oulangan kansallispuiston metsä- ja suokasvillisuus. Acta Forestalia Fennica no. 154 article id 7588. https://doi.org/10.14214/aff.7588English title: The forest and mire vegetation of the Oulanka National Park, Northern Finland
The Oulanka National Park is situated in the district of Kuusamo on the eastern border of Finland, close to the Arctic Circle and within the coniferous forest zone. It covers a surface area of 107 km2, and is known for the richness of its vegetation and flora, a product of a varied bedrock pattern including occurrences of dolomite. A description is given of the vegetation of the 9 forest and 47 peatland types distinguishable in the area by means of tables based on quadrat surveys. The distribution of each forest and peatland type is described in a vegetation map. The vegetation types are discussed in terms of the structure of their soil and the ecological and floristic features of their plant cover.
The PDF includes a summary in English.
kasvillisuus; metsätyypit; Lappi; suotyypit; kansallispuistot; suojelualueet
vegetation; Finland; Lapland; nature conservation; forest types; national parks; peatland types; vegetation types
Published in 1977
Available at https://doi.org/10.14214/aff.7588 | Download PDF


September 26.- 30.
1. How lessons from the past may help address questions related to migrations today. Issues like integration, assimilation, segregation, multiculturalism, cultural pluralism, xenophobia and problems of the third generation immigrants were already discussed during time of the great migration by historians like Louis Adamic and Marcus Lee Hansen.
Many scholars believe that Adamic´s works on cultural diversity in a multi-ethnic society are still important for the development of strategies in the area of cultural pluralism not only in the United States but also in Europe today.
What can the integration of European immigrants in the New World teach us about the migration challenge in Europe today ?
2. Shaping Europe´s identity: Internal migrations – past and present.
Internal migrations involved about half or more of the total European populations by the middle of the 1800s, and transborder migrations was particularly high for Poles and Italians. The rebuilding of Europe after World War II, the creation, and later enlargements of EU, the Balkan wars, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and the present global financial crisis, have in various ways established new forms of mobilities.
How have these changing migration patterns shaped Europe´s identity ?
1. A book on Europe´s migratory history
2. European Migration Heritage Routes.


HealthDay Reports: Nanotechnology Might Help Fight Deadly 'Cytokine Storm' of COVID-19
A new mice study looked at how nanotechnology might help humans fight off the severe "cytokine storm" that occurs in severe cases of COVID-19.
Nanotechnology Might Help Fight Deadly 'Cytokine Storm' of COVID-19
TUESDAY, April 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For many COVID-19 patients battling for their lives in the ICU, a runaway immune system response -- known as a "cytokine storm" -- is their primary foe.
Doctors have few tools to help tame this hyperinflammatory condition, but early research is suggesting that nanotechnology might safely deliver drugs to affected tissues, quieting the storm.
It's so far only been tested in mice, but researchers in Brazil and France said the approach could be "a new tool in the fight against the complex and multi-factorial phenomenon of uncontrolled inflammation." They reported their findings online April 27 in the journal Science Advances.
It's not clear why some young, robust patients experience life-threatening illness from COVID-19, while others have either mild or no symptoms.
But when severe illness does strike, it's often in the form of an out-of-control immune system response.


The Global Liver Institute (GLI), a patient-led liver health nonprofit, this month released its Global State of Liver Health report, which compiles statistics and expert opinions to encourage lifestyle changes and global management regarding liver health.
Liver diseases have become a leading cause of death worldwide. Some 844 million people worldwide are living with chronic liver disease, which accounts for 2 million deaths each year. In keeping with GLI’s Liver Health Is Public Health initiative, the report dissects some of the challenges faced by specific communities throughout the world and provides specialized recommendations for the prevention of liver diseases.
The report found that various forms of liver disease are on the rise worldwide. Experts credit this to changes in diet and lifestyle that contribute to obesity, which has been connected to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
Despite technological advances, some developing countries still do not have the means (vaccinations, treatment) to control viral hepatitis, which affects more than 360 million people worldwide. Experts involved in the report recommend “national-level action with community-level impact,” according to a GLI news release.
The report provides plans for “averting a disaster in liver disease.” In North America, for example, experts suggest this may be accomplished via harnessing new technologies, encouraging testing, tackling the obesity crisis and raising awareness of NAFLD and NASH.
“A scarcity of high-quality, summative information about liver health worldwide has forestalled an informed, effective response to the rising challenge of liver disease,” said Donna R. Cryer, president and CEO of GLI, in the news release. “For the 1.5 billion people in the world living with liver diseases—including me—this has been unacceptable. This groundbreaking report is both a rallying cry and a foundational resource for clinicians, policymakers and community leaders to build upon as they combat liver disease.”


Consequentialist Ethics and Accountability in Contemporary Society
Various trends and orientations stand out from the history of ethics. Our attention focuses on three major aspects in this history, which will help us in the analysis of the decision-making process, in putting these decisions in effect and in taking accountability for the consequences of the decisional act. The perspectives under the lens are: the Aristotelian ethics of virtue, the utilitarian ethics or consequentialism, and the Kantian deontological ethics. By evaluating these types of ethics, we reach the conclusion that, confronted with the changes in the contemporary society, consequentialist ethics proves operational, both at the individual level and at the group, institutional or organisational level.
 Bentham J. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. Kitchener: Batoche Books; 2000: 248.
 Mill J. St. Utilitarismul. Bucureşti: Editura All; 2014:117.
 Kant I. Critica raţiunii practice. Bucureşti: Editura ştiinţifică; 1972: 342.
Copyright (c) 2018 LUMEN Proceedings
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the Organizing Committee of the conference.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


We all have a role to play in the fight against plastic pollution. The RAP program is a vehicle through which you can launch your own campaign to reduce plastics in your home, school, workplace, or community. RAP volunteers have presented at schools, hosted screenings of plastic pollution documentaries at local businesses, held reusable bag giveaways in front of grocery stores, and even organized “Straws Suck” bar crawls to educate the community in a fun, interactive way. As long as it furthers our shared goal of reducing single-use plastics, the sky’s the limit!
If you have an idea and are willing to execute it, we want to hear about it.
The RAP committee meets every third Tuesday from 6:30 - 8 pm.
Most plastic pollution at sea starts on land from overflowing landfills or as litter on beaches, streets, and sidewalks. Rain flushes that plastic through storm drains or directly into creeks, streams, and rivers that lead to the ocean. After plastics enter the marine environment, they never "break down" but slowly photodegrade into smaller and smaller pieces that marine life can mistake for food, sometimes with fatal results, working its way into our food chain. Research groups report that ocean gyres — a system of circulating currents in an ocean — concentrate plastic pollution in five main areas of the world's oceans, with alarming consequences.
The entire lifecycle of plastics is problematic.
From extraction to disposal, plastic pollutes our communities and the environment. Plastic production is a leading contributor to climate change, and more often than not, it disproportionately harms low-income, Black, Indigenous, and communities of color.
Simple local actions can help make an impact to solve this global issue. Join us in protecting the coast and Rise Above Plastics.


It’s just a few days before key United Nations climate change talks start in Bali, and Friends of the Earth International have declared that biofuels must not be promoted as a solution to climate change.
The government talks are scheduled for 3 – 14th December and FoE warned that an increase in the use of biofuels would have disastrous social and environmental impacts. However they are already said to be promoted as a major solution to climate change at the UN discussion.
The demand for biofuels (or ‘agrofuels’) is increasing considerably – predominantly in over-consuming industrialised countries, yet recent studies from around the world highlight that the agrofuels boom is having severe social and environmental impacts.
“Forest dwelling communities are being displaced, often violently, from their territories to make way for agrofuels plantations run by multinational corporations that expropriate land and water resources.”
“Large areas of forest lands traditionally used by Indigenous Peoples have already been expropriated for monoculture plantations, for example for palm oil in Indonesia where it is estimated that 100 million people mainly on forests and natural resource goods and services.”
“Paradoxically, while agrofuels are being promoted as a solution to climate change, the draining of peat lands and cutting down of tropical forests for their cultivation is releasing huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, far more than would be saved by resorting to agrofuels”.
More details on the Friends Of The Earth site


St. Thomas, called Didymus, that is “the twin,” was probably a Galilean of lowly condition and a fisherman. He was chosen to be one of the apostles in the year 31, as can be determined for the mention of his name in the catalogue of the apostles in St. Matthew. He is reputed to have been slow of understanding and little acquainted with secular learning. When Jesus was about to go to the neighborhood of Jerusalem in order to raise Lazarus from the dead the other apostles tried to dissuade Him, lest the Jews stone Him. But in his enthusiastic love St. Thomas exclaimed, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him!”
Again, it was at the Last Supper that the Savior said: “And whither I go you know, and the way you know.” To this Thomas, burning with an ardent desire to follow the Master said, “Lord, we know not whither Thou goest; and how can we know the way?” To which Our Lord replied with the beautiful words, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father but by Me.” In the Gospel for today the response of Jesus to the doubt which Thomas had expressed concerning his resurrection is related, with the answer of Thomas, “My Lord and my God.”
St. Thomas is said to have planted the standard of the cross among the Medes, Persians, and neighboring nations. He is called the Apostle of India. He is said to have been slain for the faith at Calamina in India; and there is a legend to the effect that he was executed by the sword or by a lance.
(Source: The New Roman Missal, Rev. F. X. Lasance)
You must be logged in to post a comment.


Legal Status of official English in North Carolina
North Carolina adopted English as its official language via legislation in 1987.
Official English Law of North Carolina
§ 145‑12. State language.
- (a) Purpose. English is the common language of the people of the United States of America and the State of North Carolina. This section is intended to preserve, protect and strengthen the English language, and not to supersede any of the rights guaranteed to the people by the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of North Carolina.
- (b) English as the Official Language of North Carolina. English is the official language of the State of North Carolina.
LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN NORTH CAROLINA
|603,517||All languages other than English combined|
|378,942||Spanish or Spanish Creole|
|33,201||French (incl. Patois, Cajun)|
|3,171||Portuguese or Portuguese Creole|
|2,093||Other Native North American languages|


China Moon rover unveiled
Nuclear-powered probe expected to pave way for manned lunar expedition.
In photographs, the rover appeared similar to Nasa’s unmanned Spirit and Opportunity Mars explorers that were launched in 2003 and are still operating.
However, unlike the rechargeable lithium ion batteries used by those rovers, the Chinese model will eventually run on a nuclear power source to ensure a constant energy supply, the report said.
|The rover was shown off during a joint UK-China
meeting on space technology [Reuters]
“We want to make it better than the early US and Russian rovers,” the institute’s director, Luo Jian, was quoted as saying.
Rival rovers are being developed by similar institutes in Beijing and elsewhere and a decision to put Shanghai’s candidate on public display over the weekend appeared to be an attempt to get an edge on the competition.
It is not known when the successful candidate will be selected.
With an average speed of 100 metres per hour, it can negotiate inclines and has automatic sensors to prevent it from crashing into other objects, the report said.
Researchers were still refining its ability to handle low gravity, exposure to cosmic rays and temperature extremes, and plan to build an even more sophisticated laboratory to mimic those conditions, the newspaper said.
The institute is part of China’s sprawling military-linked space programme that has so far sent two manned missions into space.
A third manned space mission is scheduled for next year and will reportedly include the country’s first spacewalk.
China plans to send an unmanned space ship to orbit the Moon this year, in the first step in its three-stage lunar exploration project.
An unmanned mission to land on the Moon is next and a manned lunar voyage is planned for some time after 2017.


Improper discharge of septic tanks or sewage
Every third well in the Pannonian Croatia exceeds the maximum permitted concentration of nitrate in drinking water, making it undrinkable (source: Ecologica). The consequences of this are, in addition to contamination of drinking and surface water, soil fertility decline (loss of organic matter, erosion, contamination by pesticides, heavy metals, veterinary preparations, etc.), air pollution, which is often attributed to other sources (ammonia and greenhouse gases emission) and the loss of biodiversity (genetic, species diversity, habitat types) and quality of the landscape. One of the reasons for pollution is certainly the WASTEWATER. A huge problem encountered by almost all of the smaller cities in Slavonia is drainage, i.e. a partial or complete lack of the public sewage system for domestic wastewater. On the greater part of our counties septic tanks are in use, which, by its capacity, often do not satisfy needs, and often are ‘cleverly’ designed and made with a porous bottom, so that they do not have to be discharged often, or the citizens empty them wherever they can, even in wells.
1. photograph the event if possible;
2. Write a brief statement about the event and describe as precisely as possible how to arrive to the location (if there is a correct address, some visible object, distinctive sign and the like.)
3. Contact the competent institution yourself. In this case, these are: The Ministry of Health, Directorate for Sanitary Inspection and Public Health and Municipal Services.
WHOM TO CALL: and/or Green Phone service for your county (072 123 456) - the report may be sent anonymously, too.
NOTE: You can always call the service 112, especially if it is a matter of great urgency, and during the weekends, holidays or at night


Artificial Reality | What is it?
How is Artificial Reality (XR) Different From VR?
Artificial Reality was coined in 1969 by Myron Kruger. He used the term in reference to his work with interactive, immersive environments which later became VR. He then used Artificial Reality as the name of his book. So, when using the term Artificial Reality, know that you are referencing the book by Myron Kruger
Additionally, Artificial Reality is different from Virtual Reality in that Artificial Reality includes any part of the Virtual Continuum other than reality itself. Everything from Augmented Reality to Virtual Reality is considered Artificial reality.
Want to learn about Simulation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), or Law and Corporate Practices? Check out our Training Courses!
Learn more about how AVT Simulation helps change the simulation training industry with our products and services.
Initially, Applied Visual Technology Inc., AVT has been developing modeling and simulation expertise through engineering services since 1998. This is due to our founder who has accumulated over 30 years of military MS&T expertise in aviation applications. Nonetheless, everyone at AVT specializes in making old training systems new again and making new ones for less. Consequently, for 20 years AVT has served our Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine customers by providing the highest quality of service and solutions. Following its inception, AVT’s highly specialized staff of engineers has included some of the top leaders in the simulation industry. With over 20 years of simulation experience, our dedicated team provides specialized solutions for customers with complex problems.


The concept of mind ( /ˈmaɪnd/) is understood in many different ways by many different traditions, ranging from panpsychism and animism to traditional and organized religious views, as well as secular and materialist philosophies. Most agree that minds are constituted by conscious experience and intelligent thought. Common attributes of mind include perception, reason, imagination, memory, emotion, attention, and a capacity for communication. A rich set of unconscious processes are also included in many modern characterizations of mind.
Theories of mind and its function are numerous. Earliest recorded speculations are from the likes of Zoroaster, the Buddha, Plato, Aristotle, and other ancient Greek, Indian and, later, Islamic and medieval European philosophers. Pre-modern understandings of the mind, such as the neoplatonic "nous" saw it as an aspect of the soul, in the sense of being both divine and immortal, linking human thinking with the un-changing ordering principle of the cosmos itself.
Which attributes make up the mind is much debated. Some psychologists argue that only the "higher" intellectual functions constitute mind, particularly reason and memory. In this view the emotions—love, hate, fear, joy—are more primitive or subjective in nature and should be seen as different from the mind as such. Others argue that various rational and emotional states cannot be so separated, that they are of the same nature and origin, and should therefore be considered all part of what we call the mind.
In popular usage mind is frequently synonymous with thought: the private conversation with ourselves that we carry on "inside our heads." Thus we "make up our minds," "change our minds" or are "of two minds" about something. One of the key attributes of the mind in this sense is that it is a private sphere to which no one but the owner has access. No one else can "know our mind." They can only interpret what we consciously or unconsciously communicate.


If you work construction in North Carolina or Virginia, you know that your back takes a beating as your perform your duties from day to day. So many of them require you to lift, move or otherwise maneuver heavy objects and equipment.
This constant strain on your back can quickly lead to your developing a painful musculoskeletal condition or even sustain an outright back injury. Needless to say, your risk of back problems increases the older you become and the longer you work construction.
While all construction jobs take a heavy toll on your back, your risk of injury increases even more if you work as one of the following:
- Bricklayer or stonemason
- Jackhammer operator
- Floor or wall tile installer
- Drywall installer
The incredible weight you lift
The Center for Construction Research and Training gives an eye-opening example of why the muscles and tendons in your back deteriorate over time when you work construction. In this example, you work as a bricklayer who lifts about 200 38-pound bricks as part of your daily work. Believe it or not, this seemingly light load translates into the following astounding figures:
- For every day you work, you lift 3.8 tons
- For every week you work, you lift 19 tons
- For every year you work, you lift 950 tons
Given these incredible weights, your best strategy consists of doing everything possible to protect your back while on the job. For instance, when you must lift something, rely on your legs and knees, not just your back, to help you do it. Whenever possible, lift and move things with a forklift, hoist, dolly, etc. rather than with your body. And never attempt to lift anything weighing 50 pounds or more without the help of a coworker.
This is general educational information and not intended to provide legal advice.


United flight 15 from New York’s JFK to San Francisco uses a Boeing 757-200 with 182 seats. Because some people with reservations don’t show up, United can overbook by accepting more than 182 reservations. If the flight is not overbooked, the airline will lose revenue due to empty seats, but if too many seats are sold and some passengers are denied seats, the airline loses money from the compensation that must be given to bumped passengers. Assume that there is a 0.0995 probability that a passenger with a reservation will not show up for the flight. Also assume that airline accepts 200 reservations for the 182 seats that are available.9. Find the probability that when 200 reservations are accepted for United flight 15, there are more passengers than seats available. Show your calculation.10. Is the probability of overbooking small enough that it does not happen very often (ie, unusual), or is it high enough to consider making changes to lower the probability of overbooking? Justify your answer using a complete sentence and proper grammar.11. Use trial and error (and your calculator) to find the maximum number of reservations that could be accepted so that the probability of having more passengers than seats is 0.05 or less. Make a table like the one below:Number of reservationsP(more passengers than seats available)200199198197….
"Looking for a Similar Assignment? Order now and Get 15% Discount! Use Code "FIRST15"
"Do you have an upcoming essay or assignment due?
Get any topic done in as little as 6 hoursIf yes Order Similar Paper
All of our assignments are originally produced, unique, and free of plagiarism.


On September 17th, Musk announced the first private passenger in the history of the world: Yusaku Maezawa—a 43-year-old Japanese billionaire. A lot of people may agree that it is so cool to take a luxury travel like this. Today, the author will introduce you to another new concept of space travel!
There have been many airships in the movies used for transportation. The airship in “Mummy 2” is the most impressive, which is very consistent with the characteristics of that era. The rough tarpaulin, the rope-type hull, the fuel-carrying propeller, and the tail rudder at the tail of the nacelle to control the flight direction. Imagine traveling on such an airship, drinking a glass of wine, listening to the soft music, watching the sunset, enjoying the night sky, how pleasant it could be!So can it occur in real life?
The Spanish company’s CEO Jose Mariano Lopez-Udiales will launch a “near-earth space tour”, which uses a giant helium balloon to bring passengers to nearly 360,000-meter-high in the stratosphere to overlook the vast universe and beautiful earth. Lopez-Udiales said: “We have conducted five airborne test flights, flying height can be as high as 32,000 meters. I think we are ready to send the first group of passengers to explore the near-Earth space.”
The balloon will cruise for about five hours at a height of approximately 36 kilometers from the ground, during the first three hours’ excursions, visitors can also have the opportunity to enjoy the spectacular sunrise. After the trip, the giant helium balloon will leave the capsule. After the space capsule has landed at a certain height, a parachute attached to it will be opened and carry it slowly to the vicinity of the designated landing point.
After finding out about “near-earth space tour”, do you have any new ideas about travelling?
Let’s follow the LK702 airship to enjoy the new way of travel!


Tackling a Double-Threat: Children at the Front and Centre of Urban Fragility and Climate Change
Author(s): Yukiko Yamada Morovic and Aline Rahbany
Climate change is a threat multiplier, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable girls and boys. Though children are the least responsible for climate change, those living in urban informal settlements, as well as fragile and developing contexts, are among the most susceptible to its ravages. This policy brief explores the linkages between urban fragility and climate change and the resulting impacts on children in marginalized urban settings.
This document provides an overview of case studies on civil society organizations’ work on climate action in cities with and for children. It also highlights a set of recommendations for key actors to ensure children’s rights to a healthy, safe and sustainable urban future.
This brief was developed jointly by World Vision International, Plan International and UNICEF for the Urban Thinkers Campus “Climate Action in Cities: Children at the Front and Centre”, June 2021 as part of the World Urban Campaign. Plan International, UNICEF and World Vision International are all part of the Global Alliance – Cities 4 Children, an interdisciplinary alliance of 22 member organisations working together to ensure that child rights are firmly embedded in the urban agenda.


We understand that you can’t constantly monitor everywhere your dog puts its mouth or paws. Sometimes their adventurous and playful nature can put them in danger. Danger can come from regular foods and beverages that are not canine-friendly, such as apricots, chocolate, coffee, and soda, etc. but there are also a host of substances that can be harmful to your pet in and around your home. Some examples include bath products, cleaning chemicals, venomous creatures, gardening chemicals, and rodenticides.
Suppose you are ever in a situation where you are the only line of help for your dog to survive—what do you do? It will not be helpful if you only start asking questions like “what are the symptoms of dog poisoning?” when your pet is in an emergency and in dire need of your help. This article will highlight common symptoms of dog poisoning and what each sign may imply for your pet. So, the next time you encounter these symptoms, you can easily recognize them as abnormal and request medical assistance immediately.
1. Kidney Failure Symptoms
- Lack of appetite
- Lack of urine or excessive urination
- Increased thirst
- Bad breath
2. Internal Bleeding Symptoms
- Lack of appetite
- Bloody vomit
- Increased heart rate
- Pale gums
- Coughing up blood
- Sudden collapse
3. Gastrointestinal Disorder Symptoms
- Loss of appetite
- Excessive salivation
4. Liver Failure Symptoms
- Black tarry stools
- Weakness or collapse due to low blood sugar
- Abnormal behavior and reduced mental activity
Dangers Of Pet Poisoning
A one size fits all approach is not always efficient when treating pet poisoning. All the symptoms mentioned may sometimes indicate different toxicity levels or different types of poisoning, and only a trained medical professional would be able to truly diagnose the cause of the symptoms and prescribe a suitable treatment. Attempting to administer first aid when you are not fully aware of the type of poison or your dog’s circumstances may cause more harm than good.
If your pet has ingested poison from any source or you notice your dog exhibiting any of the above symptoms, contact your veterinarian or Pet Poison Helpline® at 855-764-7661 straight away.


i. What starting materials would you use to prepare each of the following compounds by the Diels–Alder reaction?
ii. Diels–Alder reactions with benzene are rare, and require a very reactive (electron-deficient) dienophile, because benzene is a rather unreactive diene. Two are shown below. Give the structures of the product produced in each reaction.
iii. Shown below are two heteroatom compounds that undergo the Diels–Alder reaction. Formulate the product obtained in each reaction.
The post What starting materials would you use to prepare each of the following compounds by the Diels–Alder reaction? appeared first on Best Custom Essay Writing Services | EssayBureau.com.
Ask your questions to our best tutors for quality and timely answers whenever you need. Learn fast and seek help from our solution library that grooms your concepts with over 500 courses. When you place an order with us, be sure that the content will be authentic and free from plagiarism. Moreover, we do make sure that the content is research-based!
From essays to dissertations, we have writing experts for all your assignment needs!


Going into the programming and developer field there are some must know programming languages that are sure to land you a job. Having the knowledge to work around these languages makes candidates competitive in a market that changes every day. There are 3 main languages that we will mention in this article.
What is a Programming Language?
First, before naming any languages, what is a programming language? To explain it easily it is a way for humans (programmers specifically) to communicate with computers. This is a set of instructions that are introduced to a program that are later carried out on the user end of a program.
A quickly growing programming language because of the ease to learn, Python is a free, open-source language. It is backed by a large community which helps the language grow and stay relevant in today’s tech applications. Python is primarily used for machine learning and deep learning applications. Some applications include video games, videos, education, and the business world. Finally, Python developers can make upwards of $100,000 annually.
A Microsoft product, C# gained popularity in the 2000s. Furthermore, C# is the most used programing language for .NET framework. You may use C# on applications for Windows, Android, and iOS since it uses Microsoft Visual C++. Also, C# is found on the backend of websites like Visual Studio. An expert in C# can make around $100,000 annually. This language is easy to use, scalable, open sourced and very fast.
After reading about these 3 programming languages, which would you like to learn? Is there any must know programming language that you would include? Find out more about Talentus and follow our Instagram page.


The African Swine Fever:
The African Swine Fever has stuck Meghalaya. Earlier, it had struck Mizoram.
- The African Swine Fever has killed 1,700 pigs in Mizoram in a month. It has now spread to Meghalaya and has killed three hundred pigs here so far.
- The Philippines Government recently placed the country under a State of Calamity for a year to address the impact of African Swine Fever.
- The first case of African Swine Fever was reported in 2019.
- It has killed more than three million hogs (domesticated pigs) since its outbreak in 2019.
About African Swine Fever:
- It was first detected in Africa in the 1920s.
- There is no cure for the disease and thus the only way to stop the disease from spreading is by culling the animals.
- It is not a threat to human beings.
- This is because the disease spreads from animal to animal.
- The African Swine Fever virus is resistant to low temperatures.
- It dies only when the hogs are heated to seventy to a hundred degrees Celsius.
- It is highly contagious and is a transboundary disease.
- Between 2016 and 2019, there were 10,211 outbreaks in Europe, Asia, and Africa.
- The disease is transmitted through direct contact.
- The biological vectors that transmit the disease are ticks and fomites.


OR WAIT null SECS
© 2023 MJH Life Sciences™ and BioPharm International. All rights reserved.
Researchers concluded that the nasal spray should catch and coat the virus inside the nose, preventing it from spreading throughout the body, and it is then removed by nose-blowing or swallowing.
The University of Birmingham, United Kingdom’s Healthcare Technologies Institute announced on Nov. 19, 2020 that they have formulated a nasal spray to provide protection against COVID-19.
According to a company press release, the nasal spray consists of λcarrageenan, an antiviral agent, and a gellan polysaccharide, both of which are already manufactured to pharmaceutical grade and approved by regulatory bodies in the UK, Europe, and the United States. The University of Birmingham Enterprise has filed a patent application for the nasal spray for use as an oral, nasal, or multi-surface spray, and is currently looking to license the patent to an organization that wants to manufacture a consumer product for a wide audience.
The research team was led by Professor Liam Grover and Dr. Richard Moakes, who aimed to create a spray that coated the nose evenly and remained at the site it was sprayed onto, the press release said. The team measured the nasal spray’s ability to counteract infection in cell cultures challenged by the virus and tested the dosing by treating the virus before it was added to the cell culture, and then by treating the cells first and then introducing the virus. They concluded that, when used, the nasal spray should catch and coat the virus inside the nose, preventing it from spreading throughout the body, and it is then removed by nose-blowing or swallowing.
“This spray is made from readily available products that are already being used in food products and medicines, and we purposely built these conditions into our design process. It means that, with the right partners, we could start mass production within weeks,” said Dr. Moakes in the press release. “Products like these don’t replace existing measures such as mask wearing and handwashing, which will continue to be vital to preventing the spread of the virus. What this spray will do, however, is add a second layer of protection to prevent and slow virus transmission.”
Source: University of Birmingham


Benefits of Almonds
The health benefits of almonds have been documented for centuries and modern research is backing up many of the claims. The simple almond is a true health food. Nuts and seeds are the vegetable foods that are richest in fiber after cereals, which could explain why almonds are good for cardiovascular health. Almonds also contain high levels of healthy unsaturated fatty acids in addition to a lot of bioactive molecules (such as fiber, phytosterols, vitamins, other minerals, and antioxidants) which can help prevent cardiovascular heart diseases. For years, we have known about the amount of protein they contain, but now we are finding out more great health benefits of this tasty nut. Approximately 1 ounce of almonds have 1/8 of our daily protein needs.
Almonds increase the levels of vitamin E in the plasma and red blood cells which helps to lower cholesterol. A study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association found that eating a handful of almonds a day is a great way to get the vitamin E your body needs to stay healthy. Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that defends your cells against damage on a daily basis and prevents artery-clogging oxidation of cholesterol.
In the journal, Circulation, there was a study published that discovered “almonds used as snacks in the diets of hyperlipidemic subjects significantly reduce coronary heart disease risk factors, probably in part because of the nonfat (protein and fiber) and monounsaturated fatty acid components of the nut.” Almonds, along with nuts and seeds in general, are often associated with improved levels of blood lipids and being good for the heart.
Recently researchers have studied almonds and their effect on the prevention of cancers, most notably colon cancer. The results suggested that “almond consumption may reduce colon cancer risk and does so through at least one almond lipid-associated component.” Another study published in the journal BMC Medicine concluded that people who regularly eat nuts are at a lower risk of death from cancer.
In the New England Journal of Medicine, a study was published that found that people who eat a handful of nuts every day live longer than those who do not eat them at all.


SENSE OF REALTY
We think one day we’ll find another Earth
encircling some other distant sun.
It won’t be like the planet of our birth.
not one can stand up to comparison.
If lucky, we’ll find one that’s the right mass —
not to crush us with its gravitation —
with atmosphere made of breathable gas
(in our case, that means lots of oxygen).
It should spin a twenty-four hour day.
Its orbit had better be stable, too,
with axis tilted not too far away —
for gentle seasons like we are used to.
The climate should be warm enough to melt
the ice into water to quench our thirst —
no warmer than our home’s tropical belt —
so other life will likely be there first.
We’d like it landscaped with vegetation,
but first we must send in robotic probes;
before we establish a garrison,
we’ll have to contend with native microbes.
It also must have a magnetic field
to deflect its stellar radiation
and outer giants to make comets yield
an orbital path free from devastation.
And if its sun is anything like ours,
it should have an ozone layer intact,
or UV rays will burn our skin to scars
and cause our corneas to cataract.
… far easier to solve our problems here
than find fresh starts beyond our earthly sphere.


Flower Clock Crafts
These FREE flower clock crafts are a fun addition to telling time activities. They’re suitable for kids in Preschool up to First Grade.
Paper Plate Flower Clock
I really love this clock craft for kids in Preschool or Kindergarten. It helps kids develop an awareness of numbers and telling time, with the added bonus of developing fine motor skills too!
Preparation – For this activity you’ll need paper plate, yellow paint, a paintbrush, twelve small colored patty pans, the clock template, scissors, glue and a split pin. The googly eyes are optional.
Instructions – First turn the paper plate face down so it looks like a dome. Next, paint the center of the plate yellow and allow it to dry. When the clock is dry paste twelve patty pans around the perimeter of the clock. Then paste one number inside each patty pan in order from one to twelve. After that, paste the stem to the back of the plate and attach the clock hands to the center of the plate with a split pin. Finally, draw a cute face on the clock.
Voila, you now have a flower clock!
Flower Clock Template
This flower clock craft is a fun telling time activity for kids in kindergarten or first grade.
Preparation – Print your preferred template on cardstock and then grab some scissors, crayons and a split pin.
Instructions – Start by getting the kids to decorate the flower clock with crayons. After that, cut out the flower clock and clock hands. Once you’ve cut out the clock hands attach them to the center of the clock with a split pin.
<< Grab these FREE clock templates from TpT by clicking on the download button at the bottom of this page.>>
More Telling Time Activities
You may also be interested my Telling Time Activities pack. You can learn more about that here.
More Fun Garden Activities
For more fun flower and garden themed activities be sure to check out the freebies below.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT
Garden Puzzle Busy Bag // Teach me Mommy
Garden Theme Activities // Sarah Chesworth
Caterpillar Garden Poem // Little Learning Corner
Garden Spin and Trace Numbers // Teach me Mommy
Flower Measurement Activities // Fairy Poppins
Flower Clock Crafts // Fairy Poppins