Many homeowners are installing solar energy systems with battery backup. Energy stored in the battery can be used when the sun isn’t shining. As battery prices come down, utility-scale solar installations are also turning to battery-based energy storage.
Florida Power & Light has announced plans to build the world’s largest solar-storage combination facility in Manatee County. The 409-MW Manatee Energy Storage Center will be the largest solar-battery system by a factor of four. The specifics of the technology and source of the battery system components have yet to be announced.
The system, which is scheduled to be completed in late 2021, will be charged by a nearby FPL solar power plant. The plan is to discharge batteries during times of higher demand, thereby offsetting the need to run other power plants. As a result, there will be reduced emissions and customers will save as much as $100 million through avoided fuel costs.
Installing the mega-sized battery system will accelerate the retirements of two nearby 1970’s-era gas-fired generation units. At peak efficiency, the Manatee energy storage system will be able to power 390,000 homes for up to two hours.
FPL has already been pursuing the use of battery storage technology. Last year, they added a 10 MW battery storage system to its 74.5 MW Babcock Ranch Solar Energy Center in Charlotte County.
These large battery systems are increasingly practical because of dramatic reductions in lithium-ion battery costs. The levelized cost of electricity from lithium-ion batteries has declined a remarkable 38% just since the beginning of 2018. The economics of clean energy continue to get better and better.
FP&L Plans World’s Largest Energy Storage Battery To Support Its Renewable Energy Goals
Photo, posted April 21, 2010, courtesy of Frank Starmer via Flickr.
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The Lung Disease Center of Central Pennsylvania was the first in the area to adopt the findings from the National Lung Screening Trial. This study demonstrated that screening high-risk smokers (or former smokers) with low dose chest CT scans could reduce lung cancer mortality by 20% compared to simple chest x-rays. The US Preventive Services Task Force recommended using this type of screening in 2013. It was during this time that many insurance carriers, including Medicare, refused to pay for this service because it was a “screening” procedure not a diagnostic one. It was not until 2015 that Medicare agreed to provide payment for this screening and private carriers followed suit.
Different groups have offered criteria for screening patients. The original trial studied patients that were former or current smokers for at least 30 pack years (smoking one pack of cigarettes per day = one pack year). The age range was 55 to 74 in the original study, but some groups have advocated screening up to age 77 or 80.
A recent review of this now-accepted screening procedure looked at the cost-effectiveness of screenings. Specifically, along with improvement in mortality, did the screening actually save more money than was spent? CT scans are much more expensive studies than the usual chest x-ray so despite the improvement in mortality was it really worth spending the money on screening.
We are all happy to know that the analysis shows that CT scan screening for at risk patients is clearly cost-effective.


Spring is coming and we are in the midst of our farms’ first harvest of the year; maple water! Indigenous Peoples of this territory call this land, these northeast forests, Maple Nation. Such is the value of this keystone species, that the lands it thrives on were named after Maple.
For the second year now we are participating in a city-wide Sugarbush led by Rebekka Henriksen, Farm to School Coordinator for Schenectady City School District. While healthy Sugar Maple trees yield the most Maple water, all Maple trees can be tapped for Maple syrup.
Centered at Schenectady’s Zoeller Elementary School, the Maple water collected from the elementary school grounds, our farms and elsewhere around the city, is boiled down, in long and slow process, to the Maple syrup many of us know and love! Forty gallons of Maple water yields one gallon of Maple syrup; a precious liquid indeed. The syrup will be distributed first to Zoeller students.
The sap was immediately flowing when these trees were tapped. They require warm days and cold nights for optimal flow. Rebekka drilled about 2 inches, cleaned out the hole with another stick, then positioned the sterilized sap spouts, called spiles, with a mallet. Collection bags and sometimes buckets are placed on the spile to collect the sap.
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Sand casting is a process of casting that uses sand-based molds. Sand casting has many advantages compared to other casting processes due to which it is in demand and is preferred over other methods of casting.
Sand molds are cheap and can be created without spending a fortune. Another benefit of sand casting is that it supports 3D printing, which involves using a computer program, and 3D objects are made from raw material by the computer program.
In addition to sand, other components like binders and additives are also used in sand casting, but sand is the primary component. The metals and alloys are poured into the sand molds, and once the metal cools down completely, the sand mold is destroyed, and the desired solid shape of the metal is obtained. Thus, with such low dimensional accuracy, sand casting can be used to produce a wide range of products on a large scale.
Another reason why the foundries prefer sand casting is that it is a quicker process than other processes. A more comprehensive range of metals and alloys can be used, and scrap metal can be recycled. Also, small to large size castings can be done using sand molds.
The new technological developments in this field have made sand casting even more profitable and dynamic. Sand mold casting is now being used for various industries, including defense establishments like Military, Aerospace, Navy and other commercial industries. Its flexibility to be used for the manufacture of ferrous and nonferrous parts make it the first choice of foundries.
Many companies deal in sand casting. Visit our website and learn in detail about the services we offer.


Students enrolled in Studio I and Foundation art courses at South High participated in an in-class workshop focusing on the life, art and inspiration of abstract expressionist Willem de Kooning. The students’ original creations, using de Kooning’s technique, appeared in an exhibit at the Long Island Children’s Museum (LICM) in Garden City.
The workshop, titled Willem de Kooning: Reimagining the Figure, was conducted by Lauren Plate, LICM art director, and Stacey Lee, LICM outreach manager.
Ninth and tenth-grade students created an abstract design of the human figure and manipulated their compositions to develop unique representations of people. Students created their initial drawings with charcoal on tracing paper, and then learned how to transfer the images onto canvas. The canvas artwork was enhanced with colorful paint and charcoal in the de Kooning style.
The finished products were included in a monthlong exhibit on Willem de Kooning at LICM this past spring. After the conclusion of the exhibit, the artwork was returned to South High for display.
More than 30 schools and libraries are participating in this community outreach activity through LICM, which was provided free of charge, thanks to funding by the Willem de Kooning Foundation.


This paper leverages quasi-experimental variation in increased access to basic formal education, introduced by a large-scale school construction program in Indonesia in the 1970s, to quantify the benefits to the children of women targeted by the program. Novel and rich data allow the analysis of a range of health, cognitive and socio-emotional development outcomes for children ages 6 to 8 in 2013. The paper finds that increased maternal access to schooling has positive and multidimensional effects on children. The effects are particularly salient at the bottom of the distributions of outcomes. Drawing on insights from economics, psychology, and sociology, the paper examines pathways for these impacts. Evidence suggests that mothers who were exposed to more schooling opportunities during childhood demonstrate less hostility toward their children when parenting and also invest more in their children’s preschool education.
“Hasan, Amer; Nakajima, Nozomi; Rangel, Marcos A.. 2020. Mama Knows (and Does) Best : Maternal Schooling Opportunities and Child Development in Indonesia. Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9355. World Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34352 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”


Deployment of wind energy is proposed as a mechanism to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, wind energy and large birds, notably soaring raptors, both depend on suitable wind conditions. Conflicts in airspace use may thus arise due to the risks of collisions of birds with the blades of wind turbines. Using locations of GPS-tagged bearded vultures, a rare scavenging raptor reintroduced into the Alps, we built a spatially explicit model to predict potential areas of conflict with future wind turbine deployments in the Swiss Alps. We modelled the probability of bearded vultures flying within or below the rotor-swept zone of wind turbines as a function of wind and environmental conditions, including food supply. Seventy-four per cent of the GPS positions were collected below 200 m above ground level, i.e. where collisions could occur if wind turbines were present. Flight activity at potential risk of collision is concentrated on south-exposed mountainsides, especially in areas where ibex carcasses have a high occurrence probability, with critical areas covering vast expanses throughout the Swiss Alps. Our model provides a spatially explicit decision tool that will guide authorities and energy companies for planning the deployment of wind farms in a proactive manner to reduce risk to emblematic Alpine wildlife.


The goal with this degree in psychology is to be working with the adolescent population through individual therapy, group therapy, motivational seminars and 3-7 day workshops. The adolescent years can be some of the most challenging, influential, emotional and difficult times in a person's life. Hormones are changing and life can seem overwhelming as they venture to build who they want to be in this world. Unfortunately, many teens lack healthy and positive adult guidance in developing their identity and many struggle with mental problems such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders and substance abuse. Of these few examples of mental health issues among teens, this paper will explore anxiety disorders for this population. It will cover different approaches and models to address anxiety, consider common dual diagnoses with anxiety and cover ethical and cultural concerns and issues surrounding adolescents. .
Anxiety is not always an alarm for concern. It can be a natural reaction to stress and actually help to cope with tense situations and assist in maintaining focus (National Institute of Mental Health, n.d.). When anxiety becomes overwhelming and an excessive and irrational fear is featured with everyday situations, it has become a condition (National Institute of Mental Health, n.d.). According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (2015), anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorders in the United States, affecting 40 million adults over the age of 18 (about 18% of the U.S. population). There are many different anxiety disorders that differ from one another in what induces the fear, anxiety, avoidant behavior and cognitive process and it takes careful attention to these details to classify the type of disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Typically the symptoms include a persistent fear or anxiety that lasts 6 months or more, respectively (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).


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ROT stands for - Republic Of Texas
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Does it ever get too cold to snow?
“It’s too cold to snow.”
It’s a statement that’s been made many times, often passing unchallenged and into accepted truth by way of repetition.
But is it true? Can temperatures as low as those in the forecast this week — or even lower — eliminate the chance of snowfall?
The short answer is “no.”
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, two things must be present for snow to fall:
1. moist surface air rising into the atmosphere to form snow clouds, and
2. surface temperatures low enough that the precipitation will fall as snow.
When the surface temperatures drop to single-digit and below-zero temperatures, the air becomes very dry and generally does not rise. This decreases the likelihood that snow will fall when the surface temperature is very low.
“It rarely snows when the temperature drops below zero degrees Fahrenheit because the atmosphere is too stable,” according to NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory.
However, there are exceptions.
It is possible for air to rise if the air above it in the atmosphere is drier. “The temperature higher in the atmosphere can be much warmer than the air temperature at the surface, and that warm air aloft can hold more moist air than the colder air at the surface,” according to NOAA.
So, can it snow when the temperature is in the single digits or below? Yes.
According to AccuWeather, “Only at absolute zero (equivalent to –273.15°C or –459.67°F) would snow become impossible.”
Along, AccuWeather points out, with everything else.


The northwestern Indian Ocean harbors a number of larger marine vertebrate taxa that warrant the investigation of genetic population structure given remarkable spatial heterogeneity in biological characteristics such as distribution, behavior, and morphology. Here, we investigate the genetic population structure of four commercially exploited shark species with different biological characteristics (Carcharhinus limbatus, Carcharhinus sorrah, Rhizoprionodon acutus, and Sphyrna lewini) between the Red Sea and all other water bodies surrounding the Arabian Peninsula. To assess intraspecific patterns of connectivity, we constructed statistical parsimony networks among haplotypes and estimated (1) population structure; and (2) time of most recent population expansion, based on mitochondrial control region DNA and a total of 20 microsatellites. Our analysis indicates that, even in smaller, less vagile shark species, there are no contemporary barriers to gene flow across the study region, while historical events, for example, Pleistocene glacial cycles, may have affected connectivity in C. sorrah and R. acutus. A parsimony network analysis provided evidence that Arabian S. lewini may represent a population segment that is distinct from other known stocks in the Indian Ocean, raising a new layer of conservation concern. Our results call for urgent regional cooperation to ensure the sustainable exploitation of sharks in the Arabian region.
|Date made available||2015|
|Publisher||Dryad Digital Repository|


Gastritis refers to a condition that involves inflammation in the tissues lining your stomach. This condition may occur for a variety of reasons and can cause various symptoms. Antacids are a common medication for relieving gastritis. Although some antacids contain calcium, many antacid medications include a combination of magnesium and aluminum.
Gastritis is a common disorder that most people experience at some point in their lives. Symptoms of gastritis occur when certain substances or conditions irritate the stomach. The more prevalent causes of stomach irritation include consuming spicy foods, extended use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, bacterial infections, stress, drinking too much alcohol and smoking. Gastritis can cause stomach pain, nausea, belching and vomiting. You may experience a loss of appetite, belching and a sensation of abdominal fullness. If the irritation causes bleeding within your stomach, you may notice blood in your vomit or stool. The treatment for gastritis generally involves antacids or other medications, as well as avoidance of cigarettes and certain foods that cause irritation.
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Magnesium is an important nutrient your body needs to promote enzyme activation. Magnesium helps produce energy and supports the health of your muscles, kidneys, teeth and bones. Certain foods, such as leafy green vegetables, nuts and whole grains, provide rich sources of magnesium. The recommended amount of magnesium for most adults is between 270 and 400 milligrams daily. Although mineral supplements may help you meet your daily requirements, the magnesium in nutritional supplements is not recommended for treating gastritis.
Antacids help treat gastritis by neutralizing the stomach acid. Antacid medications that contain magnesium usually contain the magnesium hydroxide form of this mineral, although some may contain magnesium carbonate or magnesium trisilicate. By themselves, these magnesium salts tend to upset your normal bowel function, causing both diarrhea and constipation. Antacid medications usually combine aluminum with the magnesium salts to help reduce this side effect.
Tell your doctor about chronic or severe symptoms of gastritis, especially if over-the-counter antacid medications fail to help. Antacids that contain magnesium may cause muscle weakness and unusual tiredness. Avoid taking these types of antacids for more than two weeks, without your doctor's recommendation. Taking large amounts of antacid medications may increase your risk of developing osteoporosis, although this side effect is due to the aluminum they contain, rather than the magnesium.


Active travel is good for you and good for the environment. Travelling actively means walking, cycling, scootering or even running. Upper Tay Transport wants to make it easier to choose walking and cycling for every day journeys. We do this in a range of ways including enabling local people to borrow electric and manual bikes, providing free bike training, supporting gentle walking and cycling groups, providing information and more. We also work in schools to promote active travel.
What can walking or cycling do for your health?
Being inactive is a serious threat to our collective health. Research shows that keeping physically active can reduce the risk of heart and circulatory disease by as much as 35% and risk of early death by as much as 30%. It’s recommended that adults take part in 2.5 hours of moderate activity per week. But current physical activity levels in the UK are low: only 40% of men and 28% of women meet these minimum recommendations. One way to achieve this target is to do 30 minutes’ exercise at least five times a week – the perfect length of time for short, local journeys on foot or by bike. By swapping short car journeys for cycling or walking, you can easily build exercise into your day and reap the health benefits. Research shows adults who cycle regularly have fitness levels of someone up to 10 years younger. More information from Paths for All or Sustrans.
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The HiPER Project requires further development of several already sophisticated technologies, including:
- High power repetition rate infra-red lasers of order ~1kJ ~10Hz capability. These lasers will incorporate frequency conversion to green and thence to ultra-violet, fully automated control systems and a very fast-acting front-end pointing system to permit engagement of targets injected at high velocity into the fusion chamber.
- Fusion targets designed to yield maximum energy, but also sufficiently robust to survive intact for the period of time when they are in flight within a high temperature reactor environment, prior to engagement by lasers. Target design and modelling uses supercomputers with highly specialised computer codes. Designs are built and then tested on high power laser facilities to verify their performance, while experimental results are fed back to improve design modelling codes.
- High-precision mass production techniques for fusion fuel targets. Techniques include microfluidics, nanotechnology, lifting and handling, dielectrophoretics, isothermal cryogenic systems, sub-surface DT layering technology, precision metrology and micro electrical mechanical systems (MEMS). Techniques must be integrated into a target production line capable of producing the ~1 million targets required per day for an operating Laser Energy plant.
- A reactor and breeder blanket design for fusion energy capture, to be capable of sustained operation at very high energy throughput. Advanced materials and developed systems are required for energy capture, tritium and helium extraction and tritium refinement as part of the fusion fuel cycle.
- An injector system to propel the target into the fusion chamber at sufficient velocity that it will be unaffected by the reactor environment before engagement by the lasers to trigger fusion.
- A very high speed precision system to track the target in flight within the fusion chamber prior to laser engagement. System feedback will be interpreted by a control system which times each laser to engage precisely with the target. A control system to provide real time signalling to over 1000 individual laser beamlets, using high speed target tracking data to ensure precise target engagement by each laser, giving an efficient fusion burn and hence suitably high energy output.
The development of these technologies will bring benefit and growth in such fields as:
- Medical Science,
- Nuclear engineering operations,
- Space technology
- Science Research


During the past two rainy seasons, a relatively unknown bean disease has become prevalent in green bean production fields in the Highveld regions of Mpumalanga and Gauteng.
Scab, caused by Elsinoë phaseoli, has been known to occur in KwaZulu- Natal, especially around the cooler mist belt areas. This largely African pathogen can cause sporadic outbreaks in dry and green beans during cool, wet summers.
The damage is not limited to the leaves and stems of plants, where grey, warty scab lesions are formed, but severe infection on bean pods also results in unsightly circular grey to red lesions, rendering the green pods unmarketable. Damage can range from one or two plants affected in a field, to yield losses of up to 90%.
Extremely limited information about the epidemiology of this slow-growing fungal disease is available. The pathogen survives in residues of infected plants, and the host range includes most types of beans and even cowpeas. Bean residue must be ploughed in and be composted completely before another susceptible crop is planted on the same fields. It is evident from field observations that any stress conditions, for example soil compaction, can exacerbate the disease.
Little is known about cultivar resistance and chemical control, but some fungicides registered for the control of rust or anthracnose on beans, have shown potential to at least suppress disease development.


By: TrueNorth Steel
Jackson, WY is a town located in the Jackson Hole Valley, just south of Grand Teton National Park. Cache Creek flows through Jackson and originates in the Bridger National Forest in a Wilderness area. Cache Creek runs through 3 storm drain pipes below the town, some of which is located on private property and reemerges for final discharge into flat creek. As these creeks disappear via subterranean flows, a way to keep the community connected with the creek is to use a newer technique called “Daylighting” and ground stenciling. The route the creek flows through town. Daylighting is the process of resurfacing the flow back to a natural stream bed.
As part of an infrastructure project to consolidate the storm drain system underneath one right away, a treatment system was needed to improve the water quality and remove sediment, floatable debris and oil from the storm drain system and can target particle sizes as small as 50 microns. (For context, the diameter of a human hair is ~100 microns.) An AS-10 Hydrodynamic Separator (HDS) was selected as the solution to mitigate pollutants for final discharge into Flat Creek.
TrueNorth Steel manufactured the Polymeric Coated AS-10 Hydrodynamic Separator. The materials consist of 10ft diameter x 12ga 5×1 Polymeric coated steel and 12 ft vertical height. The inlet and outlet pipe are 30in Diameter x 16ga 2 2/3 x ½ Polymeric Coated Steel. The poly HDS system can treat water quality flows up to 17.5 cfs and is equipped with its own internal bypass to bypass high rain intensity events.
Traditional HDS system are typically manufactured using concrete manholes, which makes this type of system unique.
For more information visit the Teton Conservation website here.


Some processing classes need to allow external entities to change the behavior of the objects asynchronously during their execution. Input controls are the mechanism to perform this kind of run-time changes. Also, a processing class may be used to detect some kind of event. Output controls are the way to make notifications on asynchronous events. A Processing object output controls can be connected to the input controls of other Processing objects. In CLAM control values are floating point numbers that are sent using an event-driven asynchronous mechanism.
There are two different mechanisms to implement input controls. Regular controls simply store a value, and allow an externally connected output control to change this value.
On the other hand, ``extended controls'' use a callback-based mechanism. For using such controls call-back method that will be called whenever a new value is sent to the input control must be added to the class. Some reasons for wanting to use such mechanism might be:
Output controls are added in the same way than regular input controls, but taking into account that the name of the control class is now OutControl. Output controls are usually sent from time to time in the Do() method, using the SendControl(TControlData val) method of the OutControl class.
Input controls must be initialized in the ConcreteStart() method. If the initial value of a control should be chosen by the user, a configuration attribute can be provided in the associated configuration class for this task.


OHSU scientists will set up two demonstration stations to help about 200 sixth and seventh graders get ready for their February Science Fair. This is the kick-off event for the OHSU collaboration with Robert Gray Middle School.
Wednesday, Jan. 8, 9:15 - 12:45 p.m.
Robert Gray Middle School, 5505 S.W. 23rd Ave., Portland. The physics of sound demonstration will be in the physical science room, and the hearing presentation will be biology classroom.
William Cameron, Ph.D., associate professor of physiology and pharmacology, OHSU School of Medicine, will be presenting a physics demonstration about how sound works. William Martin, Ph.D., multi-program director of the Oregon Hearing and Research Center, and professor of otolaryngology/head and neck surgery, OHSU School of Medicine, will talk about sounds that can be dangerous to our ears, what happens when we are exposed to dangerous sounds, and how to protect ourselves from these sounds.
These demonstrations are designed to get students thinking about creating their own projects for the school science fair planned for Feb. 12 and 13. OHSU scientists and staff will be available to assist the sixth-and seventh-graders as they design their science fair projects.
Robert Gray Middle School is part of the Schools Uniting Neighborhoods Initiative (SUN), which was created by the City of Portland and Multnomah County to improve the lives of children, their families and the community to develop schools as community centers. It also links community businesses with the schools. Robert Gray chose OHSU as its business partner. This science fair collaboration is the first step in this partnership.Also, ten students who will be identified as being especially in need of help with their science projects will be mentored one-on-one with OHSU scientists who will help them in their designs and presentations. OHSU will also provide 20 to 30 judges for the science fair. This kick-off is part of a research collaboration with Portland State University and Portland Public Schools on whether a pre-science fair event influences students¹ attitudes and participation in science fairs. This information will be useful as Portland schools begin preparing for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair planned for May 2004 in Portland.


Jeffrey Muller taught two courses in History of Art and Architecture with a focus on the Early Modern World. The first, “Arts Between Europe and the World: 1500-1700,” considered how arts and visual objects of all kinds mediate between Europe and regions of the world which were laid open to contact through trade, conquest, religious conversion, and the exchange of knowledge. This seminar sought to identify the major contexts of these exchanges and the best methods to understand their histories, considering the conditions which enabled or prevented mutual recognition. The course examined the ways in which foreign materials were imported and integrated, such as Chinese porcelain in the Netherlands or European glass in China. The balances of power which determined these exchanges, from the colonial extinction of Pre-Columbian art to the adaptation of western perspective in Japanese prints, were also considered.
The second, “Dutch and Flemish Art: Visual Culture of the Netherlands in the Seventeenth Century” surveyed the amazing art in Holland and Flanders that revolutionized all media. The class showed how paintings, sculpture, and architecture formed the historical environment of life in the 17th-century Netherlands. The work of such artists as Rubens, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, and Vermeer was presented as part of this history of art in a “golden age.”


Currency exchange markets
he foreign exchange market is very multifaceted. Many economists are still arguing about how to correctly interpret this concept.
The foreign exchange market is a system of stable economic and organizational relations arising from transactions for the purchase and / or sale of foreign currency, payment documents in foreign currencies, as well as operations for the movement of capital of foreign investors.
There are dozens or even hundreds of definitions of the foreign exchange market, each of which has its own peculiarity. As they say, how many people, so many opinions. But no matter how you understand and interpret the concept of "foreign exchange market", its essence will not change, it will still have clear functions and fulfill the economic tasks set. In simple terms, the foreign exchange market is a place where investors, sellers and buyers of currency values come to a certain consensus.
Perhaps this article was written much later, but the situation that is happening in the foreign exchange market made us understand in more detail some concepts, understand why significant jumps in the dollar and euro exchange rates occur, who influences these changes, how to protect ourselves from loss of value for money. Of course, within the framework of one article it will be difficult to consider general concepts, to analyze what is happening, and even delve into financial analytics. But we will try to give answers to many questions that arise in the most concise and informative way.
Foreign exchange market: what is it? As you already understood, the foreign exchange market is a system of special economic relations that are built on the sale and purchase of currency values. This market has all the attributes of an ordinary market: subjects and objects, supply and demand, structure, communications, price of goods, even its speculators and dishonest players. The most important difference (just like this atricle shows ForEx scalping strategy) lies in the specific product. Here, currency values and the currency itself of different countries of the world act as a basis.
Modern foreign exchange markets did not arise by chance, but as a result of the evolution of society and economic relations. It is worth noting that operations for the purchase, sale and exchange of currency existed in ancient Rome, and in Russia there were even special money changers who exchanged money, taking a small fee for this. But the first foreign exchange market, which became the "great-grandfathers" of modern ones, appeared in the 19th century.


Anti-Immigrant Policy and Nativism
For this paper, I would like you to trace the history of the following theme to provide context for a modern event. In your analysis, I would like you to trace the narrative history of the topic you have selected and analyze any patterns of change over time that you interpret. Explain how this event provides a context for a modern event of historical importance. Anti-immigrant Policy and Nativism Use only your discussion notes and assigned class readings to support your essay. I do not want you to do outside research, but instead use the assigned work you have completed. If you would like to cite a contemporary resource to discuss a modern event, you may do so, but please also include a works cited page. This paper should be between 4-6 pages, typed, double-spaced, in MLA or Chicago format, and with standard margins. You should use parenthetical citations when you cite a statistic or take an excerpt directly from the textbook or lecture slides. No works cited page is required unless you use a modern source. Things to make sure: The paper also includes a clear analysis of the relationship between the events. The proper historical background for the essay’s topic is addressed in the paper. This essay includes a clearly written thesis statement that properly addresses the essay prompt. The essay includes analysis of change over time. This essay includes the proper amount of evidence to back up the thesis outlined in the essay. Evidence comes from class materials and does not use outside sources, as required by the paper instructions. There is a balance between lecture and text book materials. A bonus for the use of primary sources.


A vector space over the field $\mathbf C$ of complex numbers, on which there is given an inner product of vectors (where the product $(a,b)$ of two vectors $a$ and $b$ is, in general, a complex number) that satisfies the following axioms:
2) $(\alpha a,b)=\alpha(a,b)$;
4) if $a\neq0$, then $(a,a)>0$, i.e. the scalar square of a non-zero vector is a positive real number.
A unitary space need not be finite-dimensional. In a unitary space one can, just as in Euclidean spaces, introduce the concept of orthogonality and of an orthonormal system of vectors, and in the finite-dimensional case one can prove the existence of an orthonormal basis.
|[a1]||W. Noll, "Finite dimensional spaces" , M. Nijhoff (1987) pp. 338|
|[a2]||W.H. Greub, "Linear algebra" , Springer (1975) pp. Chapt. XI|
Unitary space. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Unitary_space&oldid=53843


Goals for the Kindergarten Teacher
While it’s important to help set goals for your kindergarten students to strive toward, kindergarten teachers need to have their own set of goals as well. A kindergarten teacher’s goals should be set to ensure that they provide a calm and effective learning environment that allows students to develop.
1 Well-Rounded Curriculum
A well-rounded curriculum is a goal kindergarten teachers need to keep in sight. While school districts will usually provide guidelines for curricula, the teacher must set out a plan for teaching each subject in an effective and cohesive manner. Subjects for kindergarten may seem simple but are important building blocks for future schooling. Subjects include an early introduction to reading and math, as well as the alphabet, counting, and basic social skills.
2 Neat And Orderly Classroom
Another goal of a kindergarten teacher is to keep the classroom neat and orderly to provide a safe and effective learning environment. This can include developing a seating chart, stations for all of the learning tools such as a story time area, painting area or naptime area, and arranging student desks in a functional fashion. Part of keeping this goal is also cleaning the classroom daily, including putting away supplies after they are used, and straightening the desks and chairs.
3 Good Teacher-Student and Parent Relationships
Developing open communication with students is important for kindergarten teachers. Good communication not only helps your ability to teach and communicate information easier but also allows you to keep a closer eye on students and evaluate progress. Communication is also important with the parents of your kindergarteners. Learning isn’t limited to the classroom. Having open communication with parents can ensure that learning continues at home. It can also help make sure that any learning disabilities or behavioral issues are addressed both in school and at home.
4 Conflict Resolution
Young children are just beginning to develop social skills, and conflicts among them will arise in the classroom. A kindergarten teacher needs to be able to assess conflict and resolve it fairly. This requires patience and the ability to see all of the positives and negatives of a situation in order to ensure successful and unbiased conflict resolution. You should model good conflict resolution practices to students and help them to develop their own abilities to resolve disputes.


The newest Plan and Guide of Vienna and Environs (Paperback)
"Vienna, the capital of the Empire and residence of the Emperor, is situated in a plain, bounded by branches of the Bohemian and Moravian border-mountains, the Lesser Carpathian and Leitha mountains and the hills of the Wiener Wald which decline gently towards the city. A canal or arm of the Danube, to which the Alserbach and the little river "Wien" are tributaries, passes through the City.The municipal territory of the city comprises an area of 5540, and with the suburbs, to an extent of 70 Kilometers 14.940 hectares. upon which 23097 houses are built, 12.522 of which are in the City. According to the census of the 31. December 1880, the population of the city amounted to 725.658, that of the suburbs to 373.888 persons, in total a population of l,099.546 persons, including a garrison of 20.900 soldiers. The first district (Bezirk), the Interior City (innere Stadt) lies in the centre, the others are grouped around it from the left to the right, so that the Leopoldstadt forms the II., the Landstrasse the III., the Wieden the IV., Margarethen the V., Mariahilf the VI., Neubau the VII., Josefstadt the VIII, Alsergrund the IX., and Favoriten the X. district. These ten districts, which comprise the territory formerly divided into the Interior City and 34 Suburbs, are likely at no very distant period of time to increase to double the number when the suburban districts lying on the outskirts will be included in the total area of Vienna. The 18 suburban districts which are at present still divided from the town districts by the moats at the lines, are Sechshaus, F nfhaus, Rudolfsheim, Hietzing, Ober- and Unter-Meidling, Hernals, Ottakring, Neulerchenfeld, W hring, Ober- and Unter-D bling, Heiligenstadt, Weinbaus, Simmering, Gaudenzdorf and Wilhelrnsdorf." ...]This book is a historic guide through Vienna and its environs, still very interesting for every visitor of the Austrian capital.Reprint of 1891 published book.


What is a biography?
A biography or autobiography is an account of the special and important events in a person’s life along with the basic facts such as date of birth, date of death, nationality, profession, or reason for celebrity. An autobiography is written by the individual themself and a biography is written by an author interested in the individual.
A biography may be a short entry in an encyclopedia or a full length, very detailed account of a person’s life. A book or article will talk about the individual’s accomplishments, cultural background and their historical significance.
How can I find a biography?
When you search for a biography it helps to know the person’s full name or alternate name, along with the general time period of their life. If the person has a common name you might want to include their profession in the search terms. Here are some places to search for biographies on the CSN Libraries website:
- Find Books: Do a keyword search by name for a comprehensive book on the person’s life. Or to find information about a person included with others in their discipline use keywords such as “notable women scientists” or “Latino writers.” Your results may contain print books or ebooks. If you use Advanced Search (click the magnifying glass once, click advanced search, and use the subject field) you can type the person’s last name followed by their first name (ex. Jobs, Steve). You’ll find books where he is the main subject. I found 7 books this way, some in print and some in electronic format.
- Find Articles: Do a keyword search to find articles using the person’s name and their profession and use the word “biography.” Other words you can use as search terms to find biographical information are “obituary,” “life” or “career.” Advanced Search works well too.
- Browse Databases: Recommended databases to find biographies include Gale Virtual Reference Library, Credo Reference, EBSCO, ProQuest, Hoover’s Company Profiles, and Literature Resource Center.
If you need help using any of these resources, just ask a librarian.


Money laundering is a financial crime. It involves trying to make illicit revenue or income look like legitimate, legal money. For example, someone illegally selling drugs might run a small store and record numerous cash transactions despite having little product on their shelves as a way to cover their real source of income. Sometimes, the business is only a front. Other times, it is a separate entity that just helps cover the real origin of money.
Any criminal operation that generates a large amount of revenue will eventually begin to worry about legitimizing that money. People cannot make large, unreported cash deposits into their banking accounts without attracting scrutiny, nor can they make large purchases with cash.
Money laundering allows people to use money obtained by selling stolen goods, trafficking drugs or engaging in prostitution for mainstream purposes, like financing a retirement account or buying a house. How can someone defend against allegations of money laundering?
Carefully review state evidence
Money laundering allegations don’t materialize out of thin air. They are usually the result of a protracted law enforcement investigation.
Sometimes, law enforcement agencies will use marked money to connect an unrelated business to the activity of local criminals who spend their money at a certain store. Other times, audio and visual surveillance may play a role in showing some kind of questionable financial activity.
You will need to review the evidence to decide the best way to fight back against the charges. Perhaps a forensic accountant could help explore the so-called discrepancies in your financial records to show they are benign. Only when you understand the evidence against you can you start to think of a way to defend yourself.
What kind of defense strategies are possible?
If the allegations stem from your involvement in the specific transaction, an alibi might be enough to exonerate you. If there are repeat transactions at a business you own or run, proving that you were unaware of the criminal affiliations if your customers could help.
Strategies might range from showing that you engaged in efforts to reduce illegal activity at your company or showing that you in no way profited from the alleged money laundering. You can challenge the evidence, the way the police gathered it or even how they tried to interpret it.
Facing claims of money laundering or similar white-collar crimes will require careful planning if you hope to defend yourself against those charges.


Costa Rica: A high standard of living!
Costa Rica as a small country in Central America, connects with Nicaragua and Panama and have the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean as neighbors that make a rich and diverse ecology, a variety of different ecosystems, like maintain rainforest, coastal forests, tropical lowlands and highlands that are call the Cordillera Central full of Volcanic Range also making part of several dry tropical forests. And if you are guessing… Yes, it’s easy to cross the country from Pacific to Atlantic in a day, around 180 miles, but there so many beautiful
places around, that you better take your time in every spot, the ecosystems make home to our flora and fauna making every area a hotspot for tourist.
While the biodiversity is truly amazing is under threat protection from human activity and the government has implemented several laws to maintain it, the country holds 5% of the existing biodiversity in the entire planet. Almost 26% of the country is composed of conservation and natural protected territory, worth enjoying.
Costa Rica has a million different species of birds and more than 500 species of mammals, the majority of these animals are nocturnal or shy, making them difficult to spot in the wild. Tourists come to Costa Rica to see and appreciate the wildlife that is easy to catch, just some of them are dangerous, no worries at all, its like wildlife know you're just a paparazzi not precisely their food!
Costa Rica counts with a high standard of living. The people are also known for their friendly and laid back attitude, they are proud of their natural heritage and want to make sure that future generations will be able to experience it for themselves. To ensure this, the government has created a number of nature reserves and protected areas throughout the country.
The government has also banned the use of pesticides and other chemical fertilizers on crops throughout the country, and has made educational programs to teach children about the importance on protecting the environment.


California Meteor Broke Speed Record For Atmospheric Entry
A meteor that flew through the California sky in April broke the speed record for atmospheric entry as it streaked through the sky as a massive fireball.
The incident took place on April 22 over northern California’s gold country, reports the Scientific American. Meteor astronomer Peter Jenniskens took the opportunity to search for pieces of the meteorite to study.
The meteorite was picked up by Doppler radar stations, allowing researchers to pinpoint the spot where it landed. Jenniskens and other researchers were able to pick up 77 pieces of the meteorite, though they were only a fraction of the object’s original mass.
The Scientific American notes that the meteor astronomer and his colleagues believe that the meteor hit the atmosphere at about 28.6 kilometers per second — or about 64,000 miles per hour. At that speed, the meteor broke the record as the highest entry velocity ever recorded for a recovered meteorite.
Named the Sutter’s Hill meteorite for it’s recovery area, the researchers were able to discover that the massive meteor was a rare variety called a carbonaceous chondrite. The Latino Post notes that the fragments recovered by Jenniskens and his colleagues may hold clues to the early stages of the universe.
The space rock is believed to have formed about 4.5 billion years ago and was part of a Jupiter-family comet that broke off around 50,000 years ago, according to The Latino Post. The meteor’s landing in April released the energy equivalent of about four kilotons of TNT, or about one-fourth the impact of the atomic bomb released on Hiroshima. Ed Allen, a resident in the area who heard the meteor land, recalled:
“I was out on my hillside burning some branches and so forth, and I heard this sonic boom. It wasn’t just one boom. It was a series of booms, literally right over my head.”
The meteor that broke the speed record displays “considerable diversity” of mineraology, petrography, and isotope and organic chemistry, according to Jenniskens. The meteor astronomer’s study about the California meteor will appear in the journal Science on Friday.


The Eurocard is a standardized printed circuit board in a three height unit(HE) format. It is also referred to as 3U format. The connector strips are located at the rear of the plug-in card; the locking levers on the front provide the necessary pressure and locking of the Eurocard. The eurocard is inserted into the guide rails of the racks.
The Eurocard is used as a slide-in card in subracks and racks and has a size of 100 mm x 160 mm and a thickness of 1.6 mm. The size of 100 mm, which does not correspond to the dimension of three height units (HE) - one height unit corresponds to 44.45 mm - was defined according to the installation dimension for subracks and is extended by three height units (133.35 mm) for larger boards. Thus, the double euroboard with 6 U has a size of 233.35 mm and the 9 U board is 366.70 mm. The size of the half euroboard is 100 mm x 80 mm.
The board formats are defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission( IEC) in the IEC 60297 or DIN IEC 249 standard. The 3U Europe format provides for two plug-in strips, while the double 6U format provides for five. The connectors on the boards are numbered J1 to J5; those on the backplane are numbered P1 to P5.
In addition to the board formats mentioned, there are others with board depths of 230 mm and 340 mm, as well as the rarely used design with a board depth of 400 mm. In addition, there is the 9U format, a larger board with a size of 360 mm and a board depth of 340 mm. This format is used in the VME bus and VXI bus, among others.


The SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Is Happening Tomorrow. Here’s Everything We Know.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 is the first-ever reusable rocket, and it’s already been launched a remarkable 96 times. Now the Falcon 9 is preparing for takeoff once again.
For those who love space, like my family, you may remember the Falcon 9 rocket was used during the historic Crew Dragon launch back in May. But that launch, while incredibly historic, was largely a demonstration and test run.
This latest launch with the Falcon 9 rocket and accompanying Crew Dragon space capsule is going to be every bit as historic. That’s because the Crew-1 mission is supposed to kick off a series of routine missions to the International Space Station (ISS), which is super exciting.
The Crew-1 mission will have four astronauts aboard (including three from NASA). Their task: get to the ISS with some help from the Falcon 9 rocket and become full-time staff members aboard the floating space station.
The four astronauts are scheduled to work aboard the ISS for six months. The next Crew Dragon mission is then slated for the spring of 2021.
So when is this particular Falcon 9 rocket helping Crew Dragon get into space? It was originally slated for launch on Saturday, November 14, but that’s since been delayed due to weather.
The new Crew-1 mission launch is set for Sunday evening, November 15, at 7:27 pm Eastern. But the Florida weather on Sunday may be an issue too.
If that’s the case, the launch will be pushed back again to Wednesday, November 18. No matter what, gather your kids around and watch the livestream here.
- An easy start to exploring anything is a good book! Astronomy for Kids can be used without a telescope to help your children develop a love of space.
- If your soon-to-be astrophysicist is ready for the next step in exploring the sky, check out this fantastic Beginner Telescope, available on Amazon!
- A fun, rocket-fuel-free experiment for you and your kids to learn about launching rockets? Check out this DIY Rocket Experiment that uses water power to launch!


Animal health law to protect against transmissible diseases
The European Parliament and the Council adopted a new Regulation on transmissible animal diseases (“Animal Health Law”) in March 2016. The Regulation enters into force on 21 April 2021. Overall, the single, comprehensive new animal health law will support the EU livestock sector in its quest towards competitiveness and safe and smooth EU market of animals and of their products. It will lead towards growth and jobs in this important sector.
Benefits of new regulations
- The huge number of legal acts are streamlined into a single law
- Simpler and clearer rules enable authorities and those having to follow the rules to focus on key priorities: preventing and eradicating disease
- Responsibilities are clarified for farmers, vets and others dealing with animals
- The new rules allow greater use of new technologies for animal health activities – surveillance of pathogens, electronic identification and registration of animals
- Better early detection & control of animal diseases, including emerging diseases linked to climate change. This will help to reduce the occurrence and effects of animal epidemics
- There will be more flexibility to adjust rules to local circumstances, and to emerging issues such as climate and social change
- It sets out a better legal basis for monitoring animal pathogens resistant to antimicrobial agents supplementing existing rules and two other proposals currently being negotiated in the European Parliament and Council, on veterinary medicines and on medicated feed.
The animal health law is part of a package of measures proposed by the Commission in May 2013 to strengthen the enforcement of health and safety standards for the whole agri-food chain. It is the biggest and the first of those to get the approval of the co-legislators.
Read the full regulation here
Find out how your company can implement these regulations together with experts in animal euthenasia.


Developed for the United Nations ISDR group, Stop Disasters tackles the very real issue of saving lives and reducing the financial impact that natural hazards cause when they develop into disasters.
This sim disaster style employs strategy, planning and constructive activities to raise awareness of how disasters affect people every day and how often very simple measures can save many lives. Knowledge is power.
Whether you call it serious games or ‘edutainment’, projects such as these are tough to balance. Young audiences are easily turned off by too many facts whereas too much ‘fun’ lessens the gravity of the subject matter. Gaming allows for the staged delivery or bite-sized information in layers that the user discovers on the way to achieving their goals, rather than being spoon-fed information that they won’t retain.
The game is aimed at a global secondary level education audience on low level spec machines, has been translated into 5 languages so far and distributed on CD in some regions.
Using a game to promoting such a serious issue is recognition by the UN ISDR that targeting a youth audience requires a step change in approach from their existing data fact sheets and school packs, and we’re looking forward to working with them again on future initiatives.


Watch Cyberattacks Spread Across The Globe In Real Time [Infographic]
A gorgeous visualization of a scary problem.
This beautiful, hard-to-look-away-from graphic from the Honeynet Project shows cyberattacks as they happen, and where they happen. The red dots represent attacks; the yellow dots are “honeypots,” or sensors, which monitor and publish the flow of cyberattacks. You can watch it all flow across the bottom, too. Almost every second, a new attack is reported and pushed through.
So what this shows are cyberattacks. Some cyberattacks. Not anywhere close to all of them. Only some of the sensors are reporting the attacks on vulnerable systems to the internal feed system, where that scrolling list is coming from. The graphic is automatically charting those attacks based on the IP addresses that are published.
That means we’re getting a skewed world view of global attacks. Watch Europe: it’s charting way, way more attacks than anything else, but that doesn’t mean it’s really getting targeted that much more; more attacks are just being published there. On the Honeymap FAQ popup, they note that they have a particular active group of sensors in Aachen, Germany. Aachen is getting a lot of hits, but there’s not a cyberattack epidemic; there’s just a lot more sensors.
In that sense, this is more art project than diagnostic manual. Also on the FAQ, they explain how it’s a project done “just for fun.” But it’s enough to make you consider: if Aachen is the place they’re monitoring the attacks best, how fast would a true world cyberattack map fill up? Probably quick.
Click here to see it in real time.


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A New Idea for How to Assemble Life
If we want to understand complex constructions, such as ourselves, assembly theory says we must account for the entire history of how such entities came to be.
The Curious Strength of a Sea Sponge’s Glass Skeleton
A glass sponge found deep in the Pacific shows a remarkable ability to withstand compression and bending, on top of the sponge’s other unusual properties.
New Fish Data Reveal How Evolutionary Bursts Create Species
In three bursts of adaptive change, one species of cichlid fish in Lake Tanganyika gave rise to hundreds.
Soil’s Microbial Market Shows the Ruthless Side of Forests
In the “underground economy” for soil nutrients, fungi strike hard bargains and punish plants that won’t meet their price.
In Ecology Studies and Selfless Ants, He Finds Hope for the Future
For more than six decades, the influential biologist Edward O. Wilson has drawn connections between evolution, ecology and behavior, often sparking controversies inside and outside of science.
Rapid Oxygen Changes Fueled an Explosion in Ancient Animal Diversity
Skyrocketing animal diversity a half-billion years ago was linked to spikes and dips in marine oxygen levels, according to a detailed geological study.
Why Evolution Reversed These Insects’ Sex Organs
Among these cave insects, the females evolved to have penises — twice. The reasons challenge common assumptions about sex.
Complex Animals Led to More Oxygen, Says Maverick Theory
For decades, researchers have commonly assumed that higher oxygen levels led to the sudden diversification of animal life 540 million years ago. But one iconoclast argues the opposite: that new animal behaviors raised oxygen levels and remade the environment.


The first year of school is an exciting time for children and families alike. Learning to read, write and become numerate are important goals for all involved, along with the opportunity to make new friends and continue to develop social and emotional maturity. At Fairfield Primary School we honour this unique and special time by offering a program that balances learning, child-directed play and guided play.
Early in the Foundation year, teachers carry out one on one literacy and numeracy assessments with each child. This assists teachers to understand the children’s starting points – whether that might be learning to write their own name, or completing a simple sentence independently. Explicit whole group and small group instruction is provided each day in reading, writing and mathematics to build on and extend these understandings.
We respect that play is a critical element in young children’s engagement with learning. Daily Exploration sessions support children’s intellectual, physical, social and creative development, through a range of intentional play-based learning opportunities and meaningful interactions with adults and peers. These experiences of learning through play allow children to follow their own interests, investigate topics more deeply and build on their prior understandings about the world. Exploration reflects and respects children’s ideas, interests, strengths and challenges, and ensures that school is a place of possibilities.
Foundation students also participate weekly in Visual Arts, Physical Education and Performing Arts, each with a specialist teacher. In the second half of the year they are introduced to French. The BounceBack program guides children each day, building social and emotional resilience and instilling our school’s core values.


نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
استادیار دانشگاه پیام نور واحد دوبی
عنوان مقاله [English]
On the one hand man is a social being and living side by side of the others is one of his innate needs on the other hand the existence of racial, linguistic, ethnic, religious differences threatens this basic need. Throughout history, the emergence of all sorts of racial and ethnic wars, illustrates the bitter reality that, in the face of intolerance, it casts a heavy shadow on human societies. One way to avoid this is to extend the tolerance range between them. that means, for the peaceful coexistence of human beings who differ in their views, beliefs, and other attributes, there is a formula of civilizations called "tolerance". So that people can use it in all their social relationships. In line with international documents and the efforts of the United Nations and its affiliated institutions, including UNESCO, one of the best ways to combat war and violence is education. Tolerance education is the most effective way of combating the manifestations of intolerance and, consequently, promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms. Since the ultimate goal of the practice of tolerance is the replacement of peace with the culture of war, tolerance education must also focus on this goal. In this context, education should be in keeping with the principles and values of tolerance. Therefore, it is recommended to incorporate the principle of tolerance and tolerance values into the content of curricula and educational programs from childhood. Accordingly, tolerance education is the most effective way for achieving a culture of peace.


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Salvia lemmonii A. Gray
Lamiaceae (Mint Family)
Synonym(s): Salvia microphylla var. wislizeni
USDA Symbol: SALE5
USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
An aromatic, leafy, branched plant, somewhat woody near base, with upward-angled, bilaterally symmetrical, deep pink to crimson flowers in raceme-like clusters at stem ends.
This handsome plant has the long, tubular, reddish flowers typical of many plants visited by hummingbirds.
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Plant CharacteristicsDuration: Perennial
Size Notes: Up to about 28 inches tall.
Bloom InformationBloom Color: Red , Pink
Bloom Time: Jul , Aug , Sep , Oct
DistributionUSA: AZ , NM
Native Distribution: Southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
Native Habitat: In dry woods on rocky slopes and in canyons.
Web ReferenceWebref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter
Additional resourcesUSDA: Find Salvia lemmonii in USDA Plants
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Google: Search Google for Salvia lemmonii
MetadataRecord Modified: 2023-04-07
Research By: TWC Staff


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Aspergillosis is acquired by inhalation of spores of Aspergillus, a ubiquitous species in the environment. In normal hosts, spore inhalation rarely causes lung disease.
Pulmonary aspergillosis covers a wide spectrum of clinical syndromes depending on the interaction between Aspergillus and the host (immune-status, prior bronchopulmonary disease). It runs the gamut from invasive aspergillosis to Aspergillus bronchitis and colonization.
Invasive aspergillosis occurs in severely immunocompromised patients, typically with neutropenia. Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis affects patients with chronic structural lung disease such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, mycobacterial lung disease, but without significant immunocompromise. Aspergillus bronchitis affects patients with bronchial disease such as bronchiectasis. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis affects patients with bronchial asthma or cystic fibrosis, and is due to an allergic response to Aspergillus.
In this review of literature, we discuss the pulmonary manifestations of Aspergillus infection, its diagnosis and treatments.
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Jalil, Bilal A.; Galvis, Juan M.; El Kersh, Karim A.; Saad, Mohamed; Fraig, Mostafa M.; and Guardiola, Juan J. II
"Pulmonary Aspergillosis: A Review on Diagnosis and Management,"
The University of Louisville Journal of Respiratory Infections: Vol. 2
, Article 6.
Available at: https://ir.library.louisville.edu/jri/vol2/iss2/6
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For centuries, the fine art world forced women to fight for scraps of recognition and prove that their names deserved to be displayed next to their male contemporaries. The anonymity foisted upon female artists has always been one of the main roadblocks for both women in art history and contemporary artists, and yet it is through this anonymity that the Guerrilla Girls are able to critique the lack of representation in art.
By wearing gorilla masks in public and using deceased female artists’ names as pseudonyms, they have been able to illuminate the issues plaguing museums while keeping the attention off of individual members. According to the Guerrilla Girls website, the reason they remain anonymous is
The Guerrilla Girls were founded in 1984 and is a collective group of women, with approximately 100 members over the years—two of the founding members still remain. Despite being created over three decades ago, their work remains influential and is still used as a tool to expose the gender and racial disparities in art museums all around the world. Their longevity also points to how far the world still has to go in providing fair representation to women throughout art history.
The Guerrilla Girls focus on creating posters and billboards, doing lectures, and staging protests. Their posters often confront the lack of female artists present in museums, with one of their most famous pieces, Advantages of Being a Female Artist, sarcastically pointing out how few women are in art museums, as well as the difficulties female artists face. They have successfully taken the anonymity once forced onto women and weaponized it to serve their purpose. Fighting anonymity with anonymity is an unlikely and ironic tactic, yet the Guerrilla Girls have employed it dutifully over their many years of work.
- “Our Story.” Guerrilla Girls, www.guerrillagirls.com/.
- “The Guerrilla Girls Biography.” The Art Story, http://www.theartstory.org/artist-guerrilla-girls.htm.


There is no better lab to be chosen for a nationwide tick-testing project than our very own University of Massachusetts of Amherst’s Laboratory of Medical Zoology. With the state of Massachusetts’ status as one of the top states for Lyme disease and ticks, we are ground zero for tick-borne diseases.
UMass was chosen by Battelle, which happens to be the world’s largest independent, non-profit research and development organization. UMass is charged with conducting pathogen tests on ticks collected from 47 sites across the country. The testing is a contribution to the National Science Foundation’s 30-year National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) project.
Project NEON is a nationwide effort to collect standardized, calibrated, long-term ecological data which will be accessible to the scientific community through a data portal. NEON will be a fantastic tool for tick-borne disease research and surveillance with the addition of pathogen testing, which will begin in 2018.
The Amherst Lab has tested on average 6,000 ticks per year since 2006. When a person knows what pathogen a tick was carrying, they can provide those test results to their doctor for quicker diagnosis should they become infected with a tick-borne disease. The goal has previously been primarily public health, but with NEON, the UMass lab will be tracking ecological information in a comprehensive way for future use. They’ll eventually have the ability to track tick population and tick-borne disease trends over many decades.
UMass Amherst earned a two-year contract for $112,000 per year for testing thousands of ticks for six different bacterial and one protozoan pathogen. They will use DNA-based assays for conducting these tests.
While we look forward to the continuous growth of knowledge about ticks and tick-borne disease, we hope you’ll protect yourself and your loved ones with tick control for your yard. It only takes one tick bite from an infected tick to cause a potentially disruptive health problem. Call Mosquito Squad of Fall River today to get a free quote for tick control on your property.


We often tell new customers “The puppies tell the story.”
In our experience puppies tend to act similarly with respect to heat.
- If a puppy is curled in a “C” they are too cold
- If they are piled on top of each other they are too cold.
- If they are spending all of their time at the edge of the glass, their body is starting to thermoregulate better and the incubator is now too warm
- If the puppies are spending time at the glass and crying–they may be at a point they are ready to graduate from the incubator. Lower the incubator temperature by 2ºF and see how they react.
- If they are moving back and forth between the center and the glass, they are actively using the environment to regulate their temperature. This is a very good indicator of puppy health and that the environment is right for this stage of the puppies development.
- “Laying out long”–stretched out straight–essentially the puppy is maximizing surface area exposed to the infrared heat. this is a comfy puppy.
- Belly up to the heater–comfy puppy
- Moving just a couple inches at a time–the puppy is absorbing the heat energy from the mat, then moving to an adjacent spot to absorb more heat energy from the mat. This is a very good indicator of puppy health
- “Rolling” after being out of the incubator for feeding. What the puppy is doing is having more surface area in tough with the warm mat. A puppy that has lost heat can increase its body temperature by 1ºF. when they find a warmer part of the mat, they will generally settle down and let their body temperature return
Puppies develop during the time in the incubator. Please consider this a staring point of what to look for to become acquainted with the information puppies communicate to you by how they act in the Puppywarmer incubator.


“The freest child is the child who is most interested in what he is doing, and at whose hand are the materials for his work or play.”
— Caroline Pratt, progressive education reformer & founder City and Country School NYC
Materials have been on my mind a lot lately. Human made and nature provided. Cardboard and string. Paper and paint. Sticks. Pinecones. Trees. My 2nd grade Reading classes have been hard at work and play with such materials these last couple of weeks. As part of our study of setting, using the book Roxaboxen by Barbara Cooney, students planned, designed and built their own version of the magical kids-only town right here at Bixby. The natural beauty of our school grounds, wonderfully tweaked by our founders and subsequent teachers, provides a unique opportunity for larger scale building and other projects. It is a dream come true for me as a teacher of young children to work with them in such beautiful surroundings. As the children brainstormed what they might build- an ice cream shop, homes, a town hall, a jail!- they considered what materials they might need to bring the project to fruition. The consensus was that we needed boxes, lots of boxes. So, families sent them in and, in no time, the Reading room began to resemble an Amazon warehouse. We collected hundreds of pinecones from around Bixby that would be used to map out the footprint of our Roxaboxen. Kids painted signs and other necessary markers. In the hands of kids, toilet paper rolls and colorful crepe paper quickly became ice cream cones. Sturdy paper plates became steering wheels. Horses were fashioned out of branches and string. Hanging back and letting the students take charge and collaborate around the use of materials, I saw their imaginations light up. They enthusiastically shared ideas and made suggestions amongst each other. Once building began, the students worked quickly and with focus. They were highly motivated and dedicated. Below are a few highlights of our Roxaboxen.
1st-3rd Grade: Reading; 1st Grade: Group Time


At the global level, there is a push to bring water supply services close to the home via piped supplies. This is particularly to reduce the burden of carrying water over long distances. Nevertheless, political, financial and environmental realities mean that handpumps will continue to significantly contribute to rural water supplies for many remote and/or low income communities.
RWSN remains the global knowledge hub for handpumps evolving from the Handpump Technology Network (HTN). Up until the late 2000s much effort was placed on agreeing public domain standards for common pumps, such as the India Mark II, Afridev and Tara, and encouraging national governments to adopt handpump standardisation policies to improve viability of supply chains and repair skills. Today, issues of financial and environmental sustainability of handpumps as well as the suitability and quality of handpump materials with respect to corrosion are pertinent.
Worldwide, solar pumps are rapidly being installed by humanitarian and development agencies, for-profit industries, and private households. However, up-to-date guidelines and tools are lacking. The uptake rate of solar pumping installations escalates a number of impending issues, with implications for:
- planning, implementation, operation and maintenance, monitoring, and regulation of rural water supplies
- sustainability of groundwater resources in light of increased abstraction
- appropriateness and feasibility of upgrading from handpumps to solar pumps
The interrelated issues between handpumps, and solar pumps will be tackled in RWSN’s groundwater abstraction topic.
What is the Groundwater Abstraction topic is trying to achieve
Outcomes by 2023: National policies, strategies and plans for rural water supply include solar pumping and incorporate technical guidelines promoted by RWSN. Rural water supply professionals have a sound understanding of the opportunities and constraints of handpump and solar pumping technologies. alongside other water lifting technologies.
Aims by 2030:
- National standardisation policies and practices ensure that corrosive handpump components are not installed.
- Rural water supply professionals consider national standardisation policies and practices for handpumps when selecting technologies.
- Solar pumping contributes significantly to the goal of universal water access, with management and regulatory systems in place to ensure sustainability of finance and the water resources.
- Solar pumps
- Handpump technology
- Publications on Supply chains and Mechanic associations


CERN addresses fundamental questions of the Universe at a facility of unprecedented scale. It is the world’s largest particle physics laboratory, making available complex, purpose-built particle accelerators and detectors, as well as computing technology, for its global research community (more than 13,000 researchers, from 75+ countries and 100+ nationalities) that spans various fields (particle-, nuclear-, astro- and accelerator physics, computing, engineering and beyond). As an international organisation, it brings together the community to develop and build state-of-the-art instruments and experiments, continually pushing the boundaries of facilities technology and engineering, computation and analytics.
The UK is one of CERN’s founding members and has been centrally involved throughout its history. Through a subscription –managed by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), on behalf of the UK – it currently contributes £144m per year to the CERN budget (16% of Member State subscriptions, 2019). This covers the building, operation and maintenance of the infrastructure, plus the governance and administration of CERN. The construction, maintenance, upgrade and operation of the experimental programme and the computing infrastructure is then additionally supported through funding from agencies of participating countries (for the UK, mainly by STFC). Over the past decade, the UK’s total investment in CERN through subscriptions and funding has averaged £152m per year.
STFC commissioned Technopolis to undertake an evaluation that would capture, demonstrate and measure the range of scientific, economic and social impacts emerging from the UK’s investment in and co-development of CERN, both from direct UK involvement and use, as well as wider influences of CERN on the UK. The study drew on multiple sources of evidence, including desk research, surveys, interviews, case studies and bibliometrics, to explore the various impacts of CERN on the UK.
CERN’s strands of activity and engagement are multi-faceted, with a wide range of types of benefits and impact, flowing through a series of interrelated pathways. The study therefore defined and demonstrated 12 main areas of impact that flow to the UK, which are organised under the broad impact areas of research, innovation, skills and science diplomacy. The figure below summarises each of these impact pathways, which are then described in more detail in the report.
The highlights of the research are available here.
Full report of the study.


DIVISION (I.) FORMATION OF IDEAS
Section II. PRECURSORY CONDITIONS AND OPERATIONS
Attention –N. mindfulness; intentness, thought; advertency; observance, observation; consideration, reflection, perpension; heed; particularity; notice, regard; circumspection (care); study, scrutiny, once-over, inspection, introspection; revision; minuteness, attention to detail. absorption of mind (abstraction). indication, calling attention to.
Inattention. –N. inconsideration; oversight; inadvertence, non-observance, disregard. supineness (inactivity); want of thought; heedlessness (neglect); insouciance (indifference). abstraction; absence of mind; preoccupation, distraction, reverie, brown study, deep musing, fit of abstraction, woolgathering.
Thesaurus of Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget, M.D., F.R.S. Enlarged by John Lewis Roget, M.A., New Edition Revised and Enlarged by Samuel Romily Roget, M.A. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, the edition is copyright 1941, 1947.


A WAV file is an uncompressed audio file, typically used on Windows PCs. A BIN/CUE file is an image descriptor file that mirrors content held on a CD or DVD. Converting WAV files to a BIN/CUE is a two step process, which involves making a CD of the WAV files, and then creating an image of the CD.
Convert WAV to MP3
Download and install Any Audio Converter.
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Run Any Audio Converter.
Select "Add Media Files" at the top of the main Any Audio Converter screen, and then navigate to the WAV files to be converted in the "Open" window. Select the files and click "Open."
Select "MP3 Audio" from the "Output Profile" drop-down menu at the bottom of the main screen.
Click "Start Encoding" button at the top of the main screen. The converted documents are automatically placed in a file in "My Documents" named "Any Audio Converter."
Insert a blank CD in the computer's CD/DVD drive.
Select "Start" then "My Computer" and then the drive into which the blank CD was inserted.
Open the "Any Audio Converter" folder and move the converted MP3 files to the blank CD file and select "Burn Files to CD."
Download Alcohol 120
Insert the disc to be converted to a Bin/Cue file into the CD/DVD drive.
Start Alcohol 120. Select "Image Making Wizard" from the main menu on the left side of the screen.
Select the drive where the disc is in the "CD/DVD" device blank, and click "Next."
Name the file in the "Image Name" blank.
Select the file where the image will be created in the "Image Location" window.
Select "CDRWIN Image File (.cue)" in the "Image Format" blank.
Click "Start" to begin creation of the BIN/CUE file.


A healthy lifestyle is still the best preventive measure for any disease. Although men are less likely to have breast cancer, it can be more aggressive when it does occur.
Consider Genetic Testing
Factors like being of Jewish descent and Ashkenazi descent exposes a person to a greater risk of cancer. They are both linked to ovary cancer and ovarian cancer. Get checked for BRCA mutation.
Starting the age of 40, women should get annual exams mammograms as well as breast exam every three years. Digital mammography works better as the image is easier to see. MRI and Sonogram are two other tests used besides mammogram.
Know the Family History
Family history is involved in about 15 percent of breast cancer cases. A first degree relative with breast cancer raises the risk twice. With two relatives, the risk increases five-fold.
Eat Your Veggies
A low-fat diet reduces the risk of breast cancer. You may add cruciferous vegetables for better protection. Eat vegetables like broccoli. Sulforaphane in them prevents the cancer cells from multiplying. Better yet, eat them raw for optimum effects.
Drink Less Alcohol
Two drinks a day increases the risk of breast cancer by 21 percent. Instead of wine, go for fresh grapes. Resveratrol in grape skins are capable of reducing the levels of estrogen. This lowers the risk of breast cancer.
Break a Sweat
Exercising from 45 minutes to one hour in a week will be of great help. When done regularly, working out helps by boosting the immune system, dealing with the factors involved in obesity, and lowers estrogen levels and insulin levels.
Stay at a Healthy Weight
Being heavy increases the risk of developing the cancer as well as reducing the risk of surviving it.
Take the necessary steps to increase your chances of avoiding health problems. Optimize your health with healthy choices.


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Despite record cold air temperatures, soil temperatures averaged slightly warmer than normal in Illinois this winter. Consequently, the arctic conditions are expected to have little effect on overwintering field crop insect pest populations.
A wide range of air temperatures occurred in Illinois this winter with periods of warmer temperatures in the 60s and 70s and extreme cold with lows in the -30s. Overall, temperatures averaged 29.9 degrees, 0.8 degrees above normal for the season.
Soil temperatures followed similar patterns, according to Jennie Atkins with the Illinois State Water Survey’s Water and Atmospheric Resources Monitoring Program, part of the Prairie Research Institute at Illinois. Soil temperatures at 4 inches under bare soil averaged 36.5 degrees for December, January and February, which is 1.5 degrees higher than normal and equal to that of last winter.
Insects not only overwinter in different life stages (egg, larva, pupa or adult), but they can also overwinter in different locations, said Kelly Estes, a researcher with the Illinois Natural History Survey’s Illinois Pest Survey.
Some overwinter deep in the soil, whereas others seek shelter in leaf debris, grass or under tree bark. Regardless of the location, though, insects have adapted well to winter conditions.
Temperatures rose and fell throughout the season with lows in the single digits and highs in the 50s. The lowest temperatures occurred at the end of January and the beginning of February when the state experienced record cold weather. Soil temperatures were below freezing from Jan. 29 through Feb. 2. However, they quickly rebounded to a statewide average of 37 degrees on Feb. 4.
Soils have been warming in the second week of March. Temperatures statewide averaged 42 degrees on March 13 with highs in the 40s and 50s in southern and central Illinois. The northern region remains cooler, with daily highs in the 30s.


Did you know that almost all the
healthcare you receive is based solely
on research performed on men?
But we have known for over twenty years that the genetic difference between a woman and a man is fifteen times greater than the genetic difference between two men, and that these genetic differences really matter when it comes to health care.
From over-looked symptoms, to overdoses on medications, to procedures ill-fitted to women’s bodies — women receive sub-par healthcare every single day, worldwide, because of the basic inequality in the practice of medicine. Women are literally at risk of life and limb.
Almost every disease affects women differently than it does men. And unfortunately, in most cases, diseases that are particularly debilitating to women receive less attention and research dollars than erectile dysfunction. But our film cannot take on all those diseases. Our film will focus on the number one killer of women — heart disease.
The death toll from heart disease in women outnumbers all cancers combined. And yet most women don’t know when they are having warning signs of an impending heart attack, because women’s heart attacks present differently than men’s do. Rather than the pain in the left arm and the intense, gripping pain in the chest that is often depicted in dramatic style via Hollywood films, women are more likely to have jaw pain, indigestion, or weakness and exhaustion that is unusual and debilitating.
Even more alarming — a great deal of the medical community is also not aware of these differences.
The New England Journal of Medicine reports that female heart patients in their 50’s or younger are seven times more likely to be misdiagnosed and sent home from the ER during a myocardial infarction than are male patients. The FDA and the NIH have both issued directives requiring pharmaceutical research to include women. But those directives have done little to turn the tide toward sex specific medicine in practice.
Things change when people change, and people only change when they are moved. This is why our film will be following the stories of people: real women whose lives and families have been disastrously affected by this basic inequity in the medical care that women receive. Through their stories we will experience just how strong women can be, and just how much we, as individuals, are able to change the world.


It’s May-June-July-August and you love oysters yet you’re waiting until September to devour your favorite seafood.
Why? You can eat oysters year-round (and should. They’re not only good. They’re great for you thanks to all the nutrients in them). It’s hard to discredit myths that are nothing but old fish tales, but here we go.
Back in the day, the adage said it was only OK to eat oysters in months that contained an r in their spelling. Of course, that eliminates May, June, July and August. The practice of only eating oysters in the colder months dates back 4,000 years.
Prior to advanced refrigeration, it wasn’t unusual for oysters to sit on the dock after they were caught, baking under the kind of temperatures that have kept many of us indoors this summer. Add to that that oysters were often not as tasty right after spawning. More bacteria and algae are often present in warmer waters, which can lead to foodborne illness.
Oyster farming evolved, making it perfectly safe to eat oysters during the R-less months. Today’s oyster farmers are aquaculturists who rely on sophisticated tools to monitor water quality and harvest sustainably. Regulations are in place to ensure oyster safety. You won’t see oysters sunning themselves on docks anymore; they are immediately refrigerated.
Always buy oysters from reputable sources. Check where they came from and when they are harvested. Don’t buy oysters and then run around doing multiple errands. Take them home and refrigerate them immediately unshucked. Ideally eat them within a few days of purchase. You’ll be glad you did. Fried, baked, grilled, broiled, steamed or raw, have an oyster this month or any month! They’re only safe to eat – they’re yummy!


Extreme weather analysis is often used when dimensioning for sensitive equipment or structures that are required to withstand hard weather for a long period of time. This is done to determine the probability of a certain event or a combination of events to occur.
Our consultants within the fields of meteorology, hydrology and oceanography will provide you with the statistical information you need. We can determine which monitoring stations and which statistical method is best suited to address your specific issue.
Return period calculation
Return periods can be calculated for all available variables, such as sea level, river discharge, wind speed, maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation and snow depth. The results are presented in a short report complete with diagrams and explanatory texts. The contents of the report can be altered according to your wishes.
In a future climate
Signs of climate change are already starting to show. The global mean temperature is rising, sea levels are increasing and precipitation patterns are changing. We can add a comment in the report on how global warming is expected to affect return periods in the future.
About return periods, probability and risk
A 100-year value has a return period of 100 years. It is on average reached or exceeded one time every 100 years. This means that the probability for this event to happen is 1% for each individual year. Since you are exposed to the risk over a number of years, the accumulated risk is much greater.
For a structure whose life span is expected to be 100 years, the accumulated risk that the 100-year value is exceeded at some point during 100 years amounts to 63%. Another way to put it is to say that it is more probable that the 100-year value will be exceeded than that it will not, if this safety level is selected.
A table with the accumulated risk that a weather event with a certain return period occurs during a certain period of time is to be found in the right hand column.


EXCERPTS from an article by Sal Khan
Researchers have known for some time that the brain is like a muscle; that the more you use it, the more it grows. They’ve found that neural connections form and deepen most when we make mistakes doing difficult tasks rather than repeatedly having success with easy ones.
What this means is that our intelligence is not fixed, and the best way that we can grow our intelligence is to embrace tasks where we might struggle and fail.
However, not everyone realizes this. Dr. Carol Dweck of Stanford University has been studying people’s mindsets towards learning for decades. She has found that most people adhere to one of two mindsets: fixed or growth. Fixed mindsets mistakenly believe that people are either smart or not, that intelligence is fixed by genes. People with growth mindsets correctly believe that capability and intelligence can be grown through effort, struggle and failure. Dweck found that those with a fixed mindset tended to focus their effort on tasks where they had a high likelihood of success and avoided tasks where they may have had to struggle, which limited their learning. People with a growth mindset, however, embraced challenges, and understood that tenacity and effort could change their learning outcomes. As you can imagine, this correlated with the latter group more actively pushing themselves and growing intellectually.
Read the full article here.


Just two weeks after Wyntir and her newborn made international headlines, fellow orphaned rhino River, gave birth to a little bullcalf.
Baby Pebble was born between 05:00-and 05:30 on the morning of 1st March 2022 and is the second calf to be born at Care for Wild to two orphans of poaching.
River was rescued on the 4th September 2014 after poachers killed her mother. Alone and defenceless, River was attacked by lions who left deep wounds on her legs. River underwent an extensive rehabilitation programme and was released into the IntensiveProtection Zone in 2017. Although her injuries healed, River still bears the scars which serve as a continual reminder of her fight for survival.
Until recently it was unknown, whether orphaned rhinos would be able to conceive and deliver their own calves naturally. Nobody knew the long term implications for rhinos who had never had their mother’s teachings or experienced the social dynamics of wild crashes. Nobody knew whether they would be able to understand reproductive behaviour queues, or if they would know how to raise their own calf. There was also uncertainty around the impact of physical injuries as well as psychological trauma.
So far this year, there have been two monumental and historical moments in rhino conservation history with the birth of Blizzyand Pebble.
It has been unbelievable to observe how Wyntir and River have adapted to motherhood.
What an absolute privilege to witness these miraculous moments.


Lubbock, We Might Be Able To See The Green Comet Tonight
Here in Lubbock, we may be able to see the green comet we've all been hearing about, no telescope is needed. Although if you do have a telescope or even binoculars, it'll certainly enhance your viewing experience, assuming you know how to operate your apparatus.
According to NPR, the comet should be visible tonight (2/2/2023), and according to The Weather Channel, skies should be clear this evening. That's a winning combination.
This is possibly the first time the comet has ever come this close to Earth, certainly the first time in thousands of years and it isn't coming back during our lifetimes.
Why is the Comet Green?
Because the gas surrounding the core of the comet (ice and dust) is diatomic carbon, a reactive compound that is, um, reacting and emitting that light. I'm not a chemist, in fact, I barely passed Chem I in high school, so that's the best explanation I can give you.
But What Does the Comet Mean?
Comets have been associated with great changes throughout human history. Not always positive ones. They are seen as harbingers of "death". But if we are using the spiritual meaning of death here- it simply means the end of a cycle, the chance for rebirth.
Perhaps viewing the comet will fill you with both a sense of awe at the vastness and majesty of the universe, and also provide you with the catharsis you need to move past some sort of loss. Or maybe it'll just be a greenish blob of dirty ice in the night sky. You get to decide.


At St Joseph's we use a whole school approach to teaching our pupils about Online Safety, that goes beyond teaching to include all aspects of school life, including:
- partnerships with families and the community
Our principles of online safety include:
- clear processes for reporting incidents or concerns in the child protection policy
- reflecting online behaviours in the school’s behaviour and bullying policies
We teach our pupils to be clear about what is expected of them online as offline.
It's important to remember that the legal age to have an account on most social media - Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Snapchat - is 13 years old.
Online safety is an integral part of children’s education in today’s digital world and is embedded in their learning at school. We also want to help our parents and children improve their own understanding of online safety issues so they can learn to use the internet and all digital media in a safe and secure way.
We proactively engage staff, pupils, parents and carers in school activities that promote the agreed principles of online safety.
- Online safety workshops for pupils and parents
- Regular online safety newsletters for parents
- Safer Internet Day and online safety assemblies
- Responding to current online safety issues
- Extending support to parents, so they are able to incorporate the same principles of online safety at home.