It will be the first time such an extensive survey has been undertaken, said John Hilsinger, science advisor for the Aleutian King Crab Research Foundation, a harvester group.
Hilsinger said: “We need to survey the whole area in order to get a reliable index of what’s out there.”
Up through 2006 Alaska biologists surveyed a small part of the Aleutian crab region, he said, “but they don’t have the money to do it now.” That’s where the Foundation stepped in.
By using the crab fleet to set the pots and collect the data during their fishery, researchers can cover a larger area that has never been surveyed before. Hilsinger said for the first time managers will have a good idea of the size, age and sex makeup of the golden king crab population, and how they are distributed at different depths.
In helping science, the boats may be required to fish in areas where they normally wouldn’t. Catching the crab is tricky, no matter where they go. The goldens live on flat sandy bottom, but also among steep underwater mountains and canyons as deep as 800 fathoms. The fleet normally fishes the flatter areas between 100 and 300 fathoms.
The expanded crab surveys will start yielding useable results in three to five years, Hilsinger said, and it could be 10 years before a ‘proven track record’ of the population can be modeled over time.
“The crabbers are very committed to help over that time frame. That’s a real major contribution by the fleet,” Mr Hilsinger said.
Meanwhile, the Aleutians golden king crab fishery harvest has operated under a six million pound fixed cap for decades and crabbers believe the catch could be higher. Eventually, it could overtake Bristol Bay and become Alaska’s largest king crab fishery.
If the new expanded survey design gets the okay from managers in May, the Aleutians golden king crab survey will begin in mid-August when the fishery gets underway.


The Acheivosaurs – Reinforcing Positive Learning Behaviours in EYFS and Year 1
A range of three inch (eight centimetre) tall soft toy dinosaurs is helping young learners to develop life skills. The Achievosaurs teaching concept is reinforcing positive values in schools and Everything Dinosaur has lobbied hard to get these super dinosaur soft toys back into production. Many children in the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) and Year 1 are very familiar with dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Diplodocus. The fascination for all things dinosaur can help motivate young learners and these dinosaur soft toys have proved to be a valuable teaching aid for educationalists.
Dinosaur Soft Toys
The Achievosaurs – Super Soft Toy Dinosaurs for Use in Schools
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
This range of “Itsy Bitsy” dinosaur soft toys help encourage children. As these items are now back in production, Everything Dinosaur team members set out to examine how the “Achievosaurs” teaching concept came about.
Retired Bristol school teacher, Lori Mitchell got in touch with Everything Dinosaur and she explained how the idea for using dinosaur soft toys took shape.
Ms Mitchell commented:
“The idea for the Achievosaurs came after a South Gloucestershire Early Years course “Providing Challenge, Improving Outcomes” in October 2010. During the day, we were asked to consider how we encourage our children to reflect on their learning, rather than just talk about their activities, and how we can help them develop the skills needed to become life-long learners. We discussed the learning-focused qualities we wanted to encourage in our children and a colleague shared the “Curious Cat” she used with her class. One of the Early Years advisors then said something like “you know, dinosaurs would be another idea..you could have a Thinkasaurus”…and that was it…I went home after the course and devised the Achievosaurs!”
To view the dinosaur soft toys available from Everything Dinosaur: Dinosaur Soft Toys.


Fraud related to cyber security is a significant issue worldwide, with what seems to be a never-ending slew of scams and other crimes related to the internet. In the UK, police are turning to cyber security education to increase their understanding and to better advise people about how to protect themselves.
UK Police to understand cyber threats through different courses
Finding cyber criminals is difficult because they commit their crimes online. Then there are evidentiary issues that can make it difficult to put these criminals behind bars. As a result, prevention becomes an important element of the fight against cyber-crime.
Armed with a stronger understanding of the threats to cyber security, the UK Police are hoping that the new courses will better prepare them to educate the public and to make victims aware of their rights.
Courses to focus on networking and cyber security
Officers will take courses such as Cybersecurity Essentials and Introduction to Cybersecurity. As part of the European Cyber Security Awareness Month initiative, both courses can be undertaken for free by the general public as well.
The goal is to have both a police force and a citizenry that are better educated about the dangers and risks of cybercrime, so that when criminals use any of the multiple and constantly-changing methods to target would-be victims, they will find fewer who will actually fall prey to their scams.


When I was an undergraduate at UNC, I worked in the Pfennig lab on spadefoot toads, which exhibit a striking form of polyphenism. Polyphenism occurs when one genotype can produce multiple phenotypes in response to environmental conditions. As it turns out, stickleback have polyphenic traits too!
Matthew Wund in Susan Foster’s lab at Clark University published a paper in American Naturalist this past year that deals with an especially interesting form of plasticity called the “flexible stem” hypothesis. The idea is that polyphenism in an ancestral species may influence the pattern of diversification in its descendant lineages.
Stickleback are a great system for testing this idea, because freshwater sticklebacks have repeatedly diverged into “benthic” and “limnetic” forms when the ancestral marine form colonized freshwater habitats at the end of the last glaciation period.
Matthew and the Foster lab collected stickleback from a marine population, a freshwater limnetic population, and a freshwater benthic population, and bred them in the lab. They then took the young sticklebacks and fed them either limnetic food(small swimming crustaceans) or benthic food(bottom-dwelling insect larva).
Interestingly, the head morphology of marine fish changed; fish fed a benthic diet developed a head that looked like a benthic freshwater fish, and marine fish fed a limnetic diet developed a limnetic-like head.
The ancestral marine fish exhibit a polyphenism that resembles the descendent freshwater populations, which suggests that this ancestral polyphenism may be important in governing how a lineage diversifies.
Wund, M., Baker, J., Clancy, B., Golub, J., & Foster, S. (2008). A Test of the “Flexible Stem” Model of Evolution: Ancestral Plasticity, Genetic Accommodation, and Morphological Divergence in the Threespine Stickleback Radiation The American Naturalist, 172 (4), 449-462 DOI: 10.1086/590966


Mutations in the CFTR gene are responsible for cystic fibrosis. CFTR encodes a chloride transporter which in addition to its being expressed in the lungs and pancreas, is also found in the kidney. As I have blogged about previously, the CFTR chloride channel is responsible for chloride secretion in the human kidney, and may play a role in cyst expansion in individuals with polycystic kidney disease.
It turns out the CFTR chloride channel also has some interesting interactions with ENaC: the epithelial sodium transporter expressed in the collecting ducts of the kidney we all know and love. Like CFTR, ENaC is expressed in a variety of tissues other than just the kidney. It is also expressed in the skin and lungs, for example.
In the skin, coupled ionic transport via CFTR and ENaC are responsible for normal sweat gland function; CFTR secretes chloride and the ENaC reabsorbs sodium from the skin. In the sweat gland, CFTR has a stimulatory effect on ENaC. Thus, in cystic fibrosis, when CFTR isn’t working, ENaC activity is also depressed, and sodium reabsorption from the skin is suboptimal. This explains why patients with cystic fibrosis have sweat which tastes extremely salty, and provides the rationale for the chloride sweat test used in the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis.
The CFTR/ENaC relationship is just the opposite in tissues such as the lung: CFTR exerts an inhibitory effect on ENaC, and therefore in patients with cystic fibrosis, ENaC activity is significantly upregulated. The abnormally high sodium uptake from airway mucus results in a thick, viscous, dehydrated substance which is retained in the airways and predisposes to pulmonary infections, the hallmark of cystic fibrosis.
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Using the Ch. 6 “Guide to Writing a Rhetorical Analysis” write an “academic argument” (Ch. 17) in which you make a claim that demonstrates “how an argument works and [assesses the] effectiveness” (pg112) of your chosen text.
Claim: In order for students to succeed, they need to foster perseverance and grit.
- Clear claim (thesis) (pg115-116)
- Clear evidence for the claim (pg116)
- Effective organization and style (pg116-117)
- Accurate spelling, punctuation, mechanics, documentation, and format (pg117)
- Minimum 4 quotes from source (any length)
- Minimum 1 quote from chapter 6
- MLA Works Cited List correctly formatted
- Length: 3-4 pages
- Formatting: 12-point font, 1-inch margins, Title (unique), Name on document
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An important distinction to be made here is the difference between range and tessitura. According to The Complete Musician by Steve Laitz,
range is the total span of pitches that a voice can sing; this covers roughly the interval of a twelfth. ... a more comfortable register [is] referred to as its tessitura.
Laitz then provides a chart of SATB ranges and tessituras, reproduced below. "R" indicates range, while "T" indicates tessitura.
Most theory textbooks agree, but there are occasional differences. Note that these textbooks all only discuss the range, not the tessitura:
- Tonal Harmony by Kostka and Payne only has one difference: the lowest pitch of the bass is listed as E, not D. The same is true for Harmony in Context by Roig-Francolí.
- The Complete Musician by Clendinning and Marvin has the entire bass range moved up a step, from E to D instead of Laitz's D to C.
- Harmony and Voice Leading by Aldwell and Schachter has a few differences: the soprano can be extended by one step in both directions; the alto is listed as G to C, with the D an allowable extension; the tenor has a high A as an allowable extension; and the bass is listed as E to C, with both the lower and upper Ds allowed as extensions.
- Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music by Gauldin prefers D to F for the soprano, A to C for the alto, D to F for the tenor, and G to C for the bass. He lists one pitch above and below each range as an allowable extension.


Welcome Wagon: a welcoming service that provides information about a community to new residents.
— Collins English Dictionary
As the next several billion people come online, what would an appropriate Digital Welcome Wagon look like for them?
Currently, most people are handed a smartphone with some pre-loaded apps (determined by both the manufacturer and the service provider) and maybe some literature about their service plan. In some parts of the world this is supplemented with information about Facebook Basics. That’s about it. (When I recently started a new service in Nicaragua, I also got instructions about how Facebook and WhatsApp don’t charge for data, and also immediately started receiving multiple text messages with “upsells” for more data, music services, and discounts at Pizza Hut.)
What would an ideal new online experience be for a new smartphone user? How about:
- A welcome video in an appropriate language from a credible person to greet the new user;
- A quick tutorial on five really useful basic services to know about (such as phone, texting, camera, weather information, calendar);
- A curated list of one or two outstanding sites for news, health, education, finance, and government services;
- What to do if you need help;
- Simple tutorials for more information, including how to avoid problems with fake news, fraud, or other issues.
Ideally this would be developed and managed by either governmental or international organizations as to not favor any given corporation.
We’re soon being joined online by a few billion fellow humans. Let’s welcome them!


Difference between Sneakers and Shoes
Sneakers and shoes are two common types of footwear that are worn by people around the world.
The main difference is that sneakers are typically designed for athletic activities whereas shoes are designed for more formal or casual occasions.
Before we move to the differences, let’s understand what are Sneakers and Shoes:
- Sneakers: Sneakers, also known as athletic shoes or trainers, are designed for sports and other physical activities. They are lightweight and breathable, with a rubber sole that provides better traction and support.
- Shoes: Shoes are a general term for any type of footwear that covers the foot and has a more formal appearance. They are typically made with leather, suede, or synthetic materials and have a range of styles, from dress shoes to casual shoes.
Now, let’s move to Sneakers vs Shoes:
Major differences between Sneakers and Shoes
|Sneakers have a rubber sole for better traction.||Shoes usually have a more rigid sole.|
|Sneakers are typically made with synthetic materials, leather, and mesh.||Shoes are usually made with leather, suede, or synthetic materials.|
|Sneakers have a more casual appearance than shoes.||Shoes have a more formal appearance.|
|Sneakers are designed to provide support and flexibility.||Shoes are designed to provide support and protection.|
|Sneakers are designed for athletic activities.||Shoes are designed for everyday use and can be more formal.|
Note that sometimes, the question might also be asked as “distinguish between Sneakers and Shoes”.
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Sneakers and shoes are two different types of footwear that are designed for different purposes. While both types of footwear have their own unique features and benefits, the choice between sneakers and shoes ultimately depends on the occasion and personal preference.
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The Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus) is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia, where they inhabit woodland and cultivation.
The male is striking, with the typical oriole black and yellow coloration. The plumage is predominantly yellow, with a solid black hood, and black also in the wings and tail centre.
The female Black-hooded Oriole is a drabber bird with greenish underparts, but still has the black hood. Young birds are like the female, but have dark streaking on the underparts, and their hood is not solidly black, especially on the throat.
The black head of this species is an obvious distinction from Golden Oriole, Oriolus oriolus, which is a summer visitor to northern India. Orioles can be shy, and even the male may be difficult to see in the dappled yellow and green leaves of the canopy.
The Black-hooded Oriole’s flight is somewhat like a thrush, strong and direct with some shallow dips over longer distances.
The New World orioles are similar in appearance to the Oriolidae, but are icterids unrelated to the Old World birds.
Nesting / Breeding
The nest is built in a tree, and contains two eggs.
Diet / Feeding
The food is insects and fruit, especially figs, found in the tree canopies where the orioles spend much of their time.


Back pain caused by poor posture often affects older adults. This is because using improper posture for a few days or weeks is unlikely to lead to significant back pain. Over time, however, the cumulative effects of improper posture can accelerate the degenerative changes of the spine. This can lead to chronic back pain. Poor posture is especially likely to affect the cervical region of the spine, which includes the neck. Many people slouch forward while working at a computer or reading a book, often without realizing it. Over time, this simple issue can turn into a major problem.
Acute back pain, which occurs suddenly, is often the result of muscle strain. Muscle strain can be minor or severe, and it usually resolves within a few days. You may have heard the expression, “thrown out the back.” This typically refers to severe pain caused by a muscle strain or spasm. It’s often the result of lifting or carrying a heavy object improperly.
The intervertebral discs are cushion-like structures located between the spinal bones, which are called vertebrae. The discs are made up of a tough exterior wall and a softer inner material. Disc herniation occurs when a tear in the exterior wall allows the inner material to protrude outward. The displaced disc material might touch or press against a nerve, which can result in back pain. Disc herniation is often the result of the degenerative changes that occur over time. With age, the discs lose water content, and become less flexible and more susceptible to damage. Poor posture accelerates this process, along with other risk factors like smoking. In some cases, disc herniation is caused by sudden trauma, such as a car accident, football collision, or fall from an elevated position.


Shuqi Yan did her master research project on an “AI for Sustainable Development in Africa” project. Machine learning for the interpretation of land use and object recognition on satellite images is a technique which is already widely used, given the large availability of open access satellite imaging and the popularity of data science and artificial intelligence in recent years. Interpretation of remote sensing images is facilitated by the large availability of high resolution maps and description of lands and soils in highly organized environments.
In low resource environments, this is a different story. Often, a detailed description of soils and objects in the field is still lacking. Detailed field studies have in general not been carried out in remote rural areas, especially not on the ground. In these contexts, interpretation of satellite images and related object recongition can largely be improved by combining human and computer intelligence, given the fact that recognition and description of objects and patterns in the field may require human knowledge about the local context.
To tackle this interesting problem as an AI for Sustainable Development Challenge, international master student Shuqi Yan, at VU, designed a hybrid system that allows users to evaluate a satellite image and label objects in the field, to create a data store of object descriptions for a given context. Her proposed system combines machine learning algorithms such as convolutional neural networks (CNN) with human knowledge for object recognition, based on knowledge available about the field. She built a user interface that was tested by a number of test users, that allows to enter data about the detected objects. This helps to improve the quality of the machine’s output, for example to better recognize “mixed crops” and relevant other patterns or objects in the field.
The system designed by Shuqi Yan can be used to improve the currently available knowledge resources and enhance and support land management, for example to detect ongoing regreening, or to monitor soil degradation or vegetation loss. For more information read the thesis by Shuqi Yan. [PDF].


As the years go by, more and more women are entering the work force. With more women entering the work force, there is an increase in women who are in management/supervisory positions. Of course many people have their personal opinions about women in charge, or women running a company. Women supervisors can contribute positive things in a company just like male supervisors. But there is a portion of female supervisors who have negative traits that can affect the work place environment for others. Yes, I am talking about bullies!
Let me say, that I had experience female bullies at work. These women are no different than the men who bully their employees. I think for many people the shock value is high on female bullies because the society does not expect women to display that behavior. This is the society where women are viewed as nurturers, caring, understanding, and expressive with their feelings. So why do women bully female staff? What can staff do to handle this situation? First, understand the bullying is a power struggle for the supervisor. The low self esteem, narcissism, and emotional baggage from the past are some of the factors that allow female supervisors to bully their staff. This problem is very common for women of color whose supervisor is of color too. The effects of the bullying for the employee is the similar to an employee who is being sexually harassed. Female employees often experience increase in stress, anxiety, decrease productivity, calling out sick, increase headaches, stomach issues, sleep disturbance, irritability towards co workers, friends, and family. Oh yeah, the list goes on!


Submitted to: Plant Disease
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/23/2004
Publication Date: 2/1/2005
Citation: Hanu, R.P., Hellier, B.C., Dugan, F.M. 2005. First report of onion yellow dwarf virus, leek yellow stripe virus and garlic common latent virus in garlic in washington state. Plant Disease. V. 89. P. 205.
Interpretive Summary: The Western Regional Plant Introduction Station (part of the USDA-ARS National Plant Germplasm System) in Pullman, Washington, maintains and distributes accessions of garlic to breeders and researchers world-wide. Although Washington State ranks fourth in the country in garlic production, information regarding virus diseases of garlic in Washington is scanty. A team of USDA-ARS and Washington State University scientists, examining garlic from the 2004 season, have for the first time reported three viruses as occurring in Washington State: Onion yellow dwarf virus, Leek yellow stripe virus and Garlic common latent virus. The incidence of these viruses, and the threat posed by another virus, Iris yellow spot virus (not detected in this survey), suggest a need for evaluating garlic accessions for virus infection.
Technical Abstract: Washington State ranks fourth in the United States in terms of garlic (Allium sativum) production, but little specific documentation is available for specific viruses infecting garlic. Virus-like symptoms appeared in June, 2004, in several varieties of garlic grown by the USDA-ARS Western Regional Plant Introduction Station (WRPIS) at Pullman, WA. Onion yellow dwarf virus, Leek yellow stripe virus and Garlic common latent virus were diagnosed on the basis of symptoms, and with PCR primers and GenBank sequences specific to each virus. ELISA and PCR primers failed to confirm the presence of Iris yellow spot virus in garlic from the WRPIS Pullman facility. This is the first report of Onion yellow dwarf virus, Leek yellow stripe virus and Garlic common latent virus in Washington State.


Securing your personal data from hackers and attackers is possible: the important thing is to follow some simple rules
The number of hacker attacks is growing dramatically: the goal is always the same, to get hold of user data. The latest attack was against the Department of Public Administration in Italy: a hacker stole more than 4,500 access keys used by municipalities.
But Italy is not the only country in the crosshairs of hackers. A month ago, a DDoS attack blocked Internet access in much of the United States, and the same happened in Germany. Hackers are increasing their reach and also the intensity of their actions: in addition to classic attacks that try to install viruses and Trojans inside users' computers, hackers have specialized in ransomware attacks, also known as "blackmail malware". This virus blocks access to the computer and the hacker demands a fee to unlock it.
The danger is always around the corner
At the expense are mainly small and medium-sized businesses that do not have the capabilities to protect their devices: the latest case involved the San Francisco subway that saw more than 2000 computers hacked. The hackers demanded a "ransom" of 100 bitcoins, about $73,000. Victims are usually small companies or individuals with little experience in computer security: hackers exploit their weaknesses to get hold of users' personal data and make money out of it.
Although it seems impossible to stop a hacker, it's not really so. It only takes a few small tricks to make the life of hackers much more difficult and complex. And you don't have to be a computer expert to put them in place, even a user with little familiarity with computers will be able to defend their privacy online. Here's a simple beginner's guide to protecting your personal data from being attacked by crackers.


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Micro Lesson #9 — Copy and paste elements and styles between Webflow projects
Quick overview of copy and paste functionality inside of Webflow
If you're like us, you're often borrowing elements from previous projects when starting from scratch in a new project. Not only does this save time; it is scientifically proven to simultaneously reduce stress and improve muscle tone. In this special bilingual Webflow University Micro Lesson, Grímur shows us how to copy and paste between projects in both English and Icelandic. To copy an element (plus all its children elements), simply select the element and copy it to your clipboard using Command + C on macOS or Control + C on Windows. Open the destination project in a new tab, and simply select any element on the page to paste the copied element inside — Command + V on macOS or Control + V on Windows. To learn more about copying and pasting between projects in Webflow, check out our full lesson on Webflow University: https://university.webflow.com/lesson/copy-and-paste-between-projects ---------- Get started with Webflow: https://wfl.io/2r7cVUW https://webflow.com https://twitter.com/webflow https://facebook.com/webflow


These two terms are used varyingly in Chinese Medicine. They both signify change, change in pathology, or transition of the state of the body. They are not however used interchangeably. Bian, according to Wiseman, defines it as a major transmutation. Used in the Shan han lun, Bian zheng, it states a conversion of pattern from polar shift of state. Through improper use and diagnosis, a repletion can change to a depletion due to an inappropriate treatment. An outward change is shown, in a symptomatic systemic change in the body. For example an excessive fire needle treatment to a cold damage, can cause an excess, with palpitations and oppression in the chest where there was a deficiency. It is also used in transmutational patterns from one of the six levels to another.
Hua on the other hand, is an internal essential change. It is usually used in processes of the body. In describing the ripening of food in the digestive tract, Hua, is the change from a food particular to a nutrient. It is the process of change from ingested water to urine. It is the change of an external influence into an internal manifestation. Such as in the introduction of an external invasion, that stagnates the body’s qi, that qi in turn may transform into heat, fever, and the like.
“Bian tends to be associated with form (xing) and hua with matter (zhi). When a snowman melts, the form changes (bian) as the snow melts, hua, to water.” In chinese medicine one would use herbs or points that would help transform, Hua, a phase of the body, such as heat, water, or wind into another phase, where as bian would be more of a systemic outward change in pattern of the body, or state of health.
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There are only about 75 elementary school counselors in the entire state of Minnesota. Although the recommended student-to-counselor ratio is 250 to 1 (and the national average is 450 to 1), the ratio of Minnesota elementary students to counselors is appallingly high. According to MN 2020, that ratio is 5,647 to 1.
School counselors help elementary school kids deal with very serious problems such as depression, anxiety, and eating disorders, but MN 2020 reports that a lot of the work is preventative as well.
The help elementary school student receive isn’t limited to the students with the most dramatic needs. [Elementary school counselor Lisa] Karch said she has seen a drastic increase in the number of students entering kindergarten and first grade without the social skills and manners to handle group settings.
According to Karch, many of the students at her school don’t know how to be respectful—to say please and thank you, for instance.
"Learning these things is not automatic and if they don’t learn them at home, then it comes down to the teacher and the school counselor to teach these things to students. Then you see students with more severe cases like sadness that leads to depression that leads to self-injury and talk of suicide and that no one cares about them. We teach them that it’s OK to be sad and how to deal with those feelings."
Until recently, there was a perception that counseling isn’t needed until high school, but these kinds of issues obviously build upon each other, sometimes leading to more severe behavior. Kids who have trouble socializing slip through the cracks when a state only has 75 elementary counselors. This means that by the time they have access to counseling (most likely in high school), their problems will most likely have multiplied.
School counselors are essential to the mental health and well being of students in Minnesota. This problem must be corrected to ensure that kids in Minnesota receive the best access to counseling, and thus the best mental health care, possible.
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In the organic fertilizer production line, the binder is added to the formula to improve the granulation rate and particle strength. If it is a powder binder, it can be added into the mixing concentration in advance; if it is a liquid binder, it can be directly added into the granulator machine for fertilizer
There are three functions of binders:
(1) It is a joint material for filling the pores between material particles;
(2) It is to coat the surface of the powder particles into a film, and strengthen the adhesion of the contact points between the particles due to the adhesion;
(3) It is a solid bridge between binders or between binders and other powders and forms a third substance due to chemical reaction.
In the organic fertilizer production line
, in the first case, the amount of binder is generally 25% ~ 35% of the particle porosity; in the second case, it is determined by the specific surface of the particles and the dilution concentration of the binder. From the economic point of view, the general control range should be as small as possible.
The common binders and their selection are similar to those of extrusion granulator machine for fertilizer. Water is a commonly used cheap adhesive. The binder plays a role by filling the pores between primary particles and forming a liquid film with strong surface tension. Some binders can also react with the surface of primary particles to form a strong chemical bond. In addition to selecting suitable varieties, attention should also be paid to the amount of binder. Too little does not work, and too much may affect the application performance. For some suitable products, sometimes in order to promote the formation of particles, some fine bentonite powder is added into the raw material powder to improve the granulation strength due to its expansion and good surface wettability when meeting with water.


This free video lesson by Geoff Hohwald is designed to enable the beginner to learn a few simple rolls and to practice these at gradually increasing speeds. It is recommended that you watch the lesson on correct right hand technique to make sure that your technique is correct as you speed up. We will be playing the forward roll, the forward and backward roll and the alternating thumb pattern. The tablature for each of these rolls can be found below.
Here is the first roll we’ll try. It’s called a forward roll
Now let’s try a forward and backward roll
And finally let’s try an alternating thumb pattern
You should practice these rolls until they become second nature to you.
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The Beginning Banjo Warm-Up Series will help the student train the right hand to perform with the speed and accuracy that is essential to playing the 5 string banjo. The right hand is the driving force behind the three finger banjo style that is so popular today. Spending time to develop this technique now will pay big dividends in the future. During the video lessons, Geoff Hohwald will guide you through playing forward rolls at gradually increasing speeds. This teaching method has helped numerous beginner students to improve their right hand strength, speed, and accuracy. This course was designed to get the absolute beginner ready for the Banjo Primer Deluxe.


The Lessons: Job 29:1; 31:1-23; Acts 15:1-11; John 11:17-29
Job. Since the Lectionary has jumped around a bit, Job 29-31 is Job’s final speech in the dialogue with the three friends. (Elihu appears in chapter 32, and talks until the LORD’s appearance in chapter 38.) In this final speech Job recalls his past (chapter 29), laments his present (chapter 30), and ends with an extended set of self-curses (this chapter): may such-and-such happen to me if… If we’re looking for a summary of what is exemplary, this chapter (along with chapter 29) is more than adequate. We could do worse than use it to evaluate our choices—up and down the ballot—on November 3.
Acts. Luke started his account with this: “In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife was a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. Both of them were righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and regulations of the Lord” (Lk. 1:5-6). Now we hear Peter: “why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?” The “yoke” was unbearable for Zechariah and Elizabeth (and Joseph and Mary and…)?


||Philosophers often treat motivation in connection with desire, given that they often use the term "desire" to refer to mental states that are in essence motivational. This does not necessarily lead to the theory that we are all ultimately self-interested (psychological egoism), since our ultimate desires could concern the welfare of others. And some believe motivation can be generated by states other than desire, such as belief, imagination, or intentions. Still, many share the view often labelled psychologism: motivation, even acting on reasons, must involve psychological states of some sort or other. After all, how could the fact that there is salmon on the table motivate me to consume it unless I at least believe this and want some salmon? Not everyone buys into a tight connection between mental states and motivation, however. Some seek to make an exception at least for rational action, which not all animals can exhibit. Proponents of anti-psychologism maintain that we don't need mental states at all in the causation and explanation of rational action. When we act on good reasons, for example, perhaps we can be motivated by something like the contents of those states---the propositions believed or desired. Settling this dispute doesn't exhaust the philosophical issues surrounding motivation, but they are largely taken up in other categories.


The state is following California’s lead
35% of new vehicles will have to be EVs by 2026 and then 68% by 2030
A number of financial programs will help buyers afford EVs
Since California announced its plan to ban new internal combustion vehicles by 2035, a number of states have been drawing up their own EV adoption plans, the latest of which is New York.
The state wants to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 85% by 2050 and to do so, it chose to ban new vehicles powered by gasoline or diesel starting in 2035.
In order to verify the progression toward this goal, the program contains two checkpoints, with the first mandating 35% of new vehicles be EVs in 2026 and the second requiring 68% of them to be EVs in 2030.
Since electric vehicles are almost always more expensive than comparable vehicles powered by combustion engines, the state of New York has set up a few financial programs destined to help buyers who want to move to an EV.
These include a state rebate of up to $2,000 that can be used in addition to the $7,500 federal tax credit on electric vehicles as well as a program destined for municipalities that want to replace their fleet vehicles with EVs. Both of these programs will cost the state around $15,75 million.
To help fund its electrification, New York will receive $175 million over five years from a federal program that aims to improve the state’s electric vehicle charging network, which recently saw the installation of its 100th public fast charger as part of an existing $250 million plan to bonify the charging infrastructure.
While this ban on new combustion-powered vehicles will help reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions, it will need to do more than that to achieve its goal for 2050 since California, which has a very similar emissions reduction plan estimates it will only reduce its emissions by 50% between 2026 and 2040.
Many other US states are expected to follow California and New York in mandating that all new vehicles sold on their territory by 2035 will have to be electric vehicles.


NEITHER art installation nor photographic effect, this is the high-tide mark left by a million cubic metres of corrosive sludge that burst the banks of an industrial reservoir in Ajka, Hungary, in October 2010. Sweeping across farmland and through the villages of Kolontár and Devecser in waves up to 2 metres high, the red deluge swept cars off roads and damaged houses, before spilling into the river Torna, a tributary of the Danube. At least seven people were killed, over 100 injured, and many more displaced.
Visiting the site six months later, Spanish photographer Palíndromo Mészáros documented the effect on the landscape in a series of images he called The Line. The breached reservoir held caustic waste from a local plant that refined bauxite ore into an aluminium oxide known as alumina, the basic ingredient for manufacturing aluminium. Chief among the components of this by-product was iron oxide – hence the rust-red staining – but it also contained highly alkaline sodium hydroxide, used to dissolve aluminium oxide.
In the days following the flood, huge quantities of gypsum plaster and chemical fertilisers were tipped into rivers to bind the sludge and to neutralise its alkalinity. The Hungarian prime minister blamed human error. By the time Mészáros witnessed the aftermath, people had been rehoused and the red scar was fading – though toxic dust was still present in the air, he says.
In The Line, Mészáros had a purpose beyond capturing the haunting beauty of the disaster. “I think that we suffer an overexposure to images that leads us to a lack of sensitivity towards the big dramas,” he says. The images depict “a terrible accident, not a beautiful installation”, but it is the aesthetic impact that first grabs our attention. See the full series of photographs at www.palindromo.info.


Where to start on African history?
I didn’t know much about African history, outside of Egypt, until I studied these history sentences along with my kids.
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At our local library I found this book: African Beginnings by James Haskins & Kathleen Benson.
and it has been a GREAT resource/overview for studying African history.
One of my favorite features of this book, is the map at the front. It shows the various tribes/people groups on a large map of Africa, with some of the major geography features labeled.
It devotes a page of two to several of the things we are learning about in CC – Ghana, Mali, Kush, Egypt, Zimbabwe, and the slave trade. It also gives information about other people groups like the Nubia and Benin and Jenne-Jeno.
It has several pages devoted to how the slave trade affected the continent of Africa and ends with the modern strength of the people of Africa.
This book has been a great discussion starter to move just a little past our memory work. I love tying our memory to maps and pictures and discussions.
If you are looking into going more in depth in your study of Africa, I recommend several missionary stories set in Africa.
Currently, our campus is heavy into a map drawing challenge. We as a campus are attempting to draw 950 maps over six weeks. So, we will be drawing maps of Africa using the African Beginnings book, our Foundations guide, and another map drawing resource I recommend.
For our drawing challenge, it is up to mom what counts as a map – it can be traced or very loose for young children or more detailed for older children. A map must have 7 key features labeled. So, for our community, a well done map with 49 things labeled can count as 7 maps. (Again, up to mom on what counts as labeling.)


Inveterate Invertebrates: Dragonflies, Butterflies & Praying Mantis
This article is about resident invertebrates at Island Lakes.
Invertebrates are among the oldest known animals on earth dating back 428 million years. They are defined as animals without backbones. Invertebrates range from simple animals found in the ocean to the millions of insects found everywhere in the world.
Look for butterflies in summer. They can be found on flowers, drinking water from mud, or resting on bare places. These gorgeous creatures that brighten our landscapes have transitioned from egg to caterpillar to pupa and emerged as adults. Metamorphosis is synchronized with the seasons of the year (Neill, 2001). It is the adults that caption our attention.
Most of the butterflies we see at Island Lakes are year around residents. They survive the winter by shutting down metabolism to the bare minimum – the equivalent of hibernation.
During the warmest days of summer dragonflies can be seen in the air space over our lakes. They are strong fliers, zipping and chasing, all the while putting on an acrobatic air show. When they come to rest on nearby vegetation they afford a photo opportunity. As with butterflies, dragonflies transition through life stages: egg to nymph to adult.
The praying mantis is named for the kneeling position of its front legs which suggests the position of prayer. But far from praying for forgiveness she is likely praying for her next meal. The praying mantis has a triangular head that can swivel 180° which makes it a formidable predator. A notorious mating behavior of the adult female is eating her mate just after – or even during – mating (National Geographic website). The eggs she lays must be nourished.
Open your eyes to the natural world that
is our heritage at Island Lakes!
- Fun Facts about Arthropods
- Gordon, Steve and Cary Kerst. 2005. Dragonflies & Damselflies of the Willamette Valley, Oregon: A Beginner’s Guide. CraneDance Publications. Eugene, OR.
- National Geographic
- Neill, William. 2001. The Guide to Butterflies of Oregon and Washington. Westcliffe Publishers. Englewood, CO.


‘The author of this absorbing book was, where India is concerned, truly present at the Creation…I urge her book on everyone who lived in those great years and on all those who want to know more about them.’—John Kenneth Galbraith
When Mahatma Gandhi gave the call for the nation to join in the freedom struggle, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit threw herself wholeheartedly into the Movement, along with her father, Motilal Nehru, brother Jawaharlal, and husband, Ranjit Sitaram Pandit. Prison Days is an account of her third and final term in Naini Central Jail in Allahabad.
She was arrested on 12 August 1942. World War II was on, the country was under military rule and arrest and imprisonment took place without trial. Several lorries filled with armed policemen arrived that night at Anand Bhawan to arrest one lone, unarmed woman. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was soon joined in jail by her 25-year-old niece, Indira Gandhi.
In this diary, Pandit recounts her experiences in jail and the hardships she endured along with others who had joined the fight for freedom: rations mixed with dirt and stones, a lack of water and sanitary facilities, surviving on an allowance of 9 annas a day, and only the hard ground to sleep on. Though it is more the personal, day-to-day details of her life that fill Pandit’s jail diary, it is the politics of the day—the overarching desire to throw off the shackles of British rule and Mahatma Gandhi’s unique approach of non-violence and non-cooperation to achieve this, that define the book. It is this that gives Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit and her fellow prisoners the courage to carry on the fight with unbroken spirits—and at the stroke of the midnight hour on 15 August 1947, victory was theirs. India was reborn as an independent nation.


You might be thinking, “hang on – this activity is called 3D imaging! The simulation in the Explore section demonstrated the effect of the number of projections using a 2D image! What’s going on here?”
The answer is that in order to build a 3D image, we take lots of 2D reconstructions (that we refer to as slices) and stack them on top of each other. This is useful for two reasons. One is that we can look at any slice we choose and analyse the information in it. Secondly, if we want to look at the entire volume, we simply stack the individual slices and look at the entire 3D structure.
Computed tomography of a human brain. The slices represent information that goes from the base of the skull (top left) to the top of the skull (bottom right)
Below you can see similar slice reconstructions. The x-ray data was taken using x-ray tomography equipment at La Trobe University.
Of course, the grid above only shows a small subset of all the slices. For the data shown above, we reconstructed 512 individual slices through the object with each slice representing an extremely thin layer of the object. Below you can watch movies that show the reconstructed slices through the object. Once the slices are reconstructed they are stacked together to form a 3D rendering of the object.
Ball Bearing Slices
Ball Bearing Reconstruction Outer
Ball Bearing Reconstruction Inner
Seashell Reconstruction Outer
Seashell Reconstruction Inner


Cambridge researchers develop new tool to map beginnings of heart disease
Researcher Dr Dirk Paul said: “We previously discovered that certain gene variants are more common in people with heart disease. Now the challenge is to find out how exactly these gene variants contribute to the risk of heart disease.”
Using stem cells from 200 healthy volunteers, the team grew them in the laboratory into macrophages, which are specialist cells responsible for sweeping up harmful particles, such as cholesterol in the arteries.
Dr Paul said: “Macrophages are part of the biological machinery that clears away fatty material inside the arteries – but in individuals who carry these gene variants, the machinery doesn’t work properly leading to a build-up of cholesterol.
“This in turn leads to atherosclerosis, the condition that causes most heart attacks and strokes.
“We fed the macrophages with cholesterol and then studied them in minute molecular detail to see what happened. This will improve our understanding of how atherosclerosis develops.
“This new approach will help us see how the gene variants affect disease risk and translate this knowledge into new treatments.”
- This study was funded by the NIHR Cambridge BRC and the BHF Cambridge Centre of Research Excellence.
- For more information visit the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit – Integrative Human Genomics research web pages.


When your child’s adult teeth start to grow in, there may be ridges on the tips of the teeth. These ridges and bumps are known as tooth mamelons. Mamelons vary from person to person. Some are very noticeable, while others don’t seem to have mamelons at all! Tooth mamelons are common on the upper and lower permanent lateral and central incisors.
Why Do Teeth Have Mamelons?
When an adult tooth forms under the gum tissue, three groups of cells form the tooth’s incisal edge. This edge helps the tooth break through the gum tissue more easily. However, some parents are afraid that the tooth appears to be damaged when it erupts. Fortunately, this is just the tooth mamelon helping the tooth grow through the gums! Most adults don’t have mamelons because they slowly wear off with time.
Some orthodontics will remove the mamelons after braces are removed to improve the smile’s appearance. This is a painless procedure; The vibrations from the mamelon removal may tickle your nose, but there are no other side effects.
If you’re concerned about the appearance of your tooth mamelons, please contact Garlock Orthodontics. We can talk more about the mamelon removal process at your next visit! To make an appointment, please call our Aurora orthodontist here in Aurora, Colorado.


Written by Tom Prohl, Production Educator for our Teen Ag Program, “Tom Talk” is a weekly feature in our summer CSA newsletter and offers insights on a range of topics regarding our five-acre vegetable plot.
For the second summer in a row, Maine is in a severe drought advisory. For many people this is easy to overlook…sunny days at the beach, clear skies and endless heat, what could be better? For growing vegetables and hay crops, consistent water is essential for crop production. We are currently running over 10,000 feet of drip line which slowly drips water at the base of our plants. We like to irrigate early in the morning, and in the evening when the sun is not beating down on the plants.
How does vegetable farming change in drought conditions?
Plants become stressed and stunted by lack of water uptake. Leaves curl, fruit sets become smaller, and insect feeding leads to even more damage and more stress. This makes timing crop production for our CSA or events more challenging, as crops are growing and ripening inconsistently. Cover cropping in the field becomes increasingly difficult, as seed need water to germinate. We are forced to time cover cropping with thunderstorms and hope that enough rain falls to germinate the seeds. This is stressful when hundreds of dollars of seed are being put down to cover crop with 50/50 odds of success in drought conditions.
Worse yet are bare soils which dry out, and valuable top soil that flies away with the wind. Last Friday, the rains finally came and soaked our ground. Long stretches of drought, followed by heavy rain, have consequences as well. Plants under heat and water stress struggle to regulate water uptake after a long rain. Many of our tomatoes cracked after taking up too much water. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for more consistent rainfall!← Back to Blog


To provide an understanding about the concept of “Communication” and to study the key elements in a communication process. Through various communication theories students will be able to understand how technology influences communication and the major characteristics of media.
At the end of the course, learners will be able to:
CO1: understand the various types of communication and the various factors that affect the communication system.
CO2: gain knowledge about various communication models.
CO3: differentiate the Verbal and Non-verbal Communication.
CO4: know media effect theories and it gives a complete knowledge about the influence of Media on society.
CO5: perceive press theories which gives a depth understanding about the functions of Press.
Unit I – Introduction to Communication
Unit 1: Communication – Definition – Nature and Scope of Communication – Sociological and Psychological aspects of Communication – Levels of Communication – Intra-personal – Inter-personal, Group and Mass Communication – Verbal and Non-verbal Communication.
Unit II – Models of Communication
Communication process – One step – Two step – Multi step flow of Information – – Communication models – Definition – Scope – Purpose of Models – Shannon and Weaver – Lasswell – Osgood and Schramm – Spiral Model – Gerbner’s Model – Diffusion of Innovation Model
Unit III – Theories of Communication
Communication Theories – Cognitive Dissonance – Normative Theories – Perception and Retention – Uses and Gratification Approach – Cultivation Approach – Marxist and Neo-Marxist Approaches.
Unit IV – Mass Communication
Mass Media and Society – Mass Culture – Characteristics and functions of mass communication – Importance of mass communication – Gatekeeping – Mass media – press, radio, TV, web and traditional media.
Unit V – Public Communication
Communicating with the masses – Public speaking as communication – audience, structure and formality – Group dynamics- Motivation – Persuasion – leadership traits – Using forms of mass communication – Creative and technical presentations – graphiti – photography – PowerPoint presentations – debates – street plays.
Total :60 Hrs


A ruler, a short length of wood, plastic or metal, is used to find out how long something is. In the United States, the units of measurement are inches, feet and yards. In the United States most rulers are 12 inches (30.48 centimeters) long and have big marks to show inches and smaller marks for parts of an inch. In much of the world the metric system is used, which measures in millimeters, centimeters and meters. The United Kingdom uses both systems of measurement and many rulers have inches on one side and centimeters on the other side.
Here's how to use and read a ruler.
- 12 inch ruler
- 30 centimeter ruler
First we'll measure a line in inches:
- Make a straight horizontal line on the sheet of paper, using the pencil and the 12-inch ruler. The line should be shorter than the ruler.
- Place the ruler along the line. The edge of the ruler with the lower numbers should be at the left end of the line. The ruler should span the entire length of the line. The line will end near one of the marks on the ruler.
- Look at the big mark closest to the right of the end of the line. That will give you a number in whole inches.
- Count how many smaller marks there are between this big mark and the end of your line. Each small mark is ? of an inch. If your line ends one small mark after the 7-inch mark, the line measures 7? inches [source: Conversion, Lesson Snips].
Now we'll measure a line in centimeters
- Repeat steps 1 and 2 above, using the 30-centimeter ruler.
- Look at the big mark closest to the right of the end of the line. That will give you a number in whole centimeters.
- Count how many small marks there are between the big mark to the left and the end of your line. Each small mark is one millimeter. If your line ends one small mark after the 7 centimeter mark, the line measures 7 centimeters and 1 millimeter, or 7.1 centimeters [source: Conversion, Lesson Snips].


Mic Level Signals Explained – Balanced, Low Impedance
Posted: 22 August 2013
Synopsis: Pro audio mics all output mic level signals, which are quite weak and therefore susceptible to any interference . For this reason mic signals are also 'balanced', with the result being that most interference picked up along the length of the cable is canc
All pro audio microphones output what is known as a Mic Level signal. This is a low impedance signal ranging typically from 200ohm to 1000ohm, carried on a microphone cable with 3pin XLR connectors.
A microphone works by detecting the differences in air pressure when you sing or record an instrument. The signal produced by the air pressure fluctuations is weak, and therefore any interference is very noticeable within the signal. For this reason, microphones output what is known as a 'balanced' signal which has the effect of cancelling out interference picked up along the cable, providing the mic is plugged into a balanced input such as a mixing desk mic input.
Because of the interference rejection provided by balanced mic signals, microphone cables can be run in long lengths. Multicore cables, often with stage boxes attached at one end, are really just many length of balanced microphone cable bound together and can be as long as 70m. Running a mic signal a long length will result in a small amount of signal loss, but it generally not an issue due to the fact that all mic signals are later boosted by a preamp.
Once the mic signal arrives at the mixing desk it is hopefully free of interference noise, but will require the preamp to boost the mic level signal up to an appropriate level for the mixing desk and other audio processing equipment to use. At this stage, the mic level signal has been changed to a 'Line Level' signal.
Microphones, similar to speakers, perform best when the impedance's are matched. That is saying that the output impedance of the microphone should match, or be as close as possible to the rated impedance of the preamp input. Some preamp's have a control to adjust the impedance of the input, to better suit different microphones.
There is a direct relationship between the sensitivity of the microphone and the level of gain required on the preamp. It is important to adjust the gain to an appropriate level for each microphone to ensure optimal performance if the mic and minimise the risk of feedback.


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Whoa! Things are looking pretty bad down there, but don't worry. I'm going to give weather forecasters a heads up and help you stay safe. I'm a GOES-R series weather satellite, and one of my jobs is to keep an eye on Earth's weather as I orbit above.
But I'm 22,000 miles above Earth. How does your local weather forecaster know what I see all the way up here? First I have to figure out what's going on. I point my special camera at the Earth and take pictures of the clouds I see below.
My pictures show where the clouds are, but I also take lots of other notes about the clouds. For example how high they reach into the atmosphere, how much rain they might cause and when a severe storm may be forming. But I can't keep all of this information to myself. I have to share it with weather forecasters down on Earth.
A big antenna is waiting for my call. Since I'm a satellite, I send my pictures and notes in a computer language of ones and zeroes. Luckily the antenna speaks my language. Computers connected to the antenna organize my notes and combine all of the pictures and cloud information and translate them into weather maps. They send a version of the maps back up to me. I'll hold onto these for later.
Another copy of the maps is split into smaller pieces. This helps the maps move faster from one place to another. The map pieces are then sent for processing before being sent back up in the sky to a communications satellite.
From there the maps are picked up by antennas at the National Weather Service forecast offices in each region. There are more than 100 offices!
I also take the maps that I received and send them out to companies that specialize in making the maps more colorful and better for viewing on TVs and computers. The colorful maps and the maps from the forecast offices then go to your local weather forecaster. The forecaster combines the information from these maps with lots of other information like model forecast data and radar data to make predictions about the upcoming weather in your area.
And that's how I help you find out if bad weather is going to ruin your afternoon plans. You're welcome!


The Importance Of Nature
According to a study done by the American Institutes for Research, children and teenagers benefit more than any other population from their experiences with nature. Not only did this study demonstrate that students in outdoor science programs have higher test scores, but they also improved in their conflict resolution and cooperation skills than other students.
These results are just one of many reasons why parents look to teen wilderness adventure and summer camps for their teenagers. Sometimes these teens are in need of a new environment or social role, but this isn’t always true or necessary. By exposing all children and teenagers to the outside world and all that nature has to offer, you are opening their eyes to new challenges and experiences.
There are so many other cognitive, physical, and social benefits to getting outside. Not only can the great outdoors reduce one’s stress level, helping them to maintain better mental health, but it is also a great way to help maintain a more physically well-being, which also encourages a more psychologically well-being as well. When enjoying the outdoors, many people are often enjoying it in groups, encouraging the development of essential life skills such as teamwork, communication, and relationship building. It is also plays an influential role in establishing a sense of belonging and self-worth.
In more recent times, nature has been replaced by technology, but it is important that we, as parents, are encouraging our family to get outside. Some of the best ways to do this is by backpacking, bike rides, rock climbing, or simply going on a nature hike.
If you need help in encouraging your child to appreciate the world around them and understand the importance of nature, visit Wilderness Adventures. We have wilderness adventure camps of all types for all ages, including family adventure camps.


Use the Right Tools
One of the biggest mistakes people make when using power tools is not using the right tool for the job-at-hand. It may seem like a time-saving idea to grab the closest power tool nearby – or continue using the same one job after job – but it’s not. Not only will it not work, it’ll probably damage the tool, and could injure the user. No matter what job is being done, take time to find the right power tool.
For help, reference an owner’s manual. These often provide work capacities and other tips to prolong tool life. Before using any power tool, check the power rating on its nameplate to ensure it matches the power source. Most power tools are designed to operate at specific voltages. Attempting to use power tools below their voltage limits could result in loss of power, overheating, and damage to the tool.
Be especially careful when working with generators or extension cords. Both can affect voltage and power tool operation. Users should also be aware of any worn or damaged cords: it’s best to replace these immediately. Safety tips for power tools: Inspect your tool prior to each use; Pick the correct tool for the job; Wear your PPE; Don’t alter or change your tools; Handle with care; Keep your distance; Pick up and replace after each use; Unplug and/or disconnect after each use; Keep your workplace clean; Make sure your are properly trained to operate the tool.


- Site number:135
- Area:7,372 ha
- Designation date:10-01-1977
- Coordinates:31°49'N 36°48'E
Materials presented on this website, particularly maps and territorial information, are as-is and as-available based on available data and do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
Azraq Oasis. 10/01/77; 7,372 ha; 31°49'N 036°48'E. Added to the Montreux Record, 4 July 1990. Waterbird Reserve. A formerly permanent, spring-fed wetland and extensive (6,127ha) seasonally-flooded mudflat of a large drainage basin. Under natural conditions, the lush oasis supported reed and sedge communities restricted to Jordan and Azraq. It is a valuable staging area for migrating birds and serves as an important water supply for local communities, as well as the main water source for the capital city, Amman. Placed on the Montreux Record in 1990 because unsustainable groundwater extraction led to the almost complete desiccation of the site. In February 1998 it was reported that phase one of the physical rehabilitation was almost complete, and the next phase involving addressing the social and economic concerns of the people living in the site vicinity would begin. Subject of a Ramsar Advisory Mission in 1990. Ramsar site no. 135. Most recent RIS information: 1998.
- National legal designation:
- wetland reserve
- Last publication date:01-01-1998
Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS)
Additional reports and documents
- Other published literature


The Pentagon said Monday it is teaming with Australia to work on developing air-breathing hypersonic weapon technologies.
The U.S. Air Force will lead the bilateral Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment (SCIFiRE) program with Australia, and look to develop full-size prototypes “that are affordable and provide a flexible, long range capability, culminating in flight demonstrations in operationally relevant conditions.”
“SCIFiRE is a true testament to the enduring friendship and strong partnership between the United States and Australia. This initiative will be essential to the future of hypersonic research and development, ensuring the U.S. and our allies lead the world in the advancement of this transformational warfighting capability,” Michael Kratsios, acting under secretary of defense for research and engineering, said in a statement.
DoD said SCIFiRE builds on previous work with Australia over the last 15 years on the Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation (HIFiRE) program, and continues current collaborative air-breathing hypersonic missile research between the U.S. Air Force and Navy and the Australian military.
“The SCIFiRE initiative is another opportunity to advance the capabilities in our Air Combat Capability Program to support joint force effects to advance Australia’s security and prosperity,” Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld, chief of the Royal Australian Air Force, said in a statement. “Working with our defense scientists here in Australia and our partners in the U.S. Air Force and across the U.S. Department of Defense on leading edge capabilities brings out the best in our Air Force team.”
In September, DARPA announced it had completed captive carry tests of two variants of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) and was ready to proceed to first free-flight testing within the calendar year (Defense Daily, Sept. 1).


Edited by Meta G. Carstarphen and John P. Sanchez
In the twenty-first century, when many American Indians live in urban areas, why do the mass media still rely on Indian imagery stuck in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? How can more accurate views of contemporaryIndian cultures replace such stereotypes? These and similar questions ground the essays collected in American Indians and the Mass Media, which explores Native experience and the mainstream media’s impact on American Indian histories, cultures, and communities.
Chronicling milestones in the relationship between Indians and the media, some of the chapters employ a historical perspective, and others focus on contemporary practices and new technologies. All foreground American Indian perspectives missing from other books on mass communications. Particularly valuable are the essays highlighting authentic tribal voices in current and future media. Mark Trahant chronicles the formation of the Native American Journalists Association, perhaps the most important early Indian advocacy organization, which he helped found. As the contributions on new media point out, American Indians with access to a computer can tell their own stories—instantly to millions of people—making social networking and other Internet tools effective means for combating stereotypes.
Including discussion questions for each essay and an extensive bibliography, American Indians and the Mass Media is a unique educational resource.
Meta G. Cartstarphen is Gaylord Endowed Professor in the Gaylord College of Journalism, University of Oklahoma, and is co-editor of Sexual Rhetoric: Media Perspectives on Sexuality, Gender, and Identity, among other books.
John P. Sanchez is Associate Professor in the College of Communications, Pennsylvania State University. He has published numerous journal articles and book chapters on teacher education, communications, and American Indian issues.
University of Oklahoma Press, 2012


You wouldn’t know it by looking at this picture, but this American ash tree (Fraxinus pennsylvanica), is almost 5’ in diameter, and one of the largest we’ve seen on a residential property in our 27 years. According to the owner Zach, the house dates back to the early to mid-1800s.
Unfortunately, the close proximity of this tree to the house, (its roots are pushing against the foundation and most of the limbs stretch precariously over the roof), along with the threat of the Emerald Ash Borer (now responsible for the destruction of tens of millions of ash trees in 30 states) means this old timer will, unfortunately, need to be removed. Part of the master plan we’re putting together will be to replace the old patio with something more efficient and better aligned with the recent renovations to the house.
The Emerald Ash Borer (above) is responsible for the destruction of tens of millions of trees in North America and follows a long list of destructive pests and pathogens that have ravaged our native forests, suburban and urban parks, and street trees. The first truly noticeable devastation began with the chestnut blight, which killed large and small trees, and altered our hardwood forests forever. A few decades later, Dutch Elm disease came through, killing majestic American elms along city streets and in forests. Today, more than 450 species of nonnative forests insects and at least 17 significant forest pathogens are established in the U.S. Most go unnoticed, but about 15 percent have had major consequences.
View more of our garden projects on our blog.


'Seventeenth' in the Bible
On the seventeenth day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, all the springs of the great deep burst open, the floodgates of the heavens were opened,
The ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat on the seventeenth day of the seventh month.
Ahab's son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat of Judah. He reigned for two years over Israel.
During the seventeenth year of the reign of Remaliah's son Pekah, Jotham's son Ahaz became king of Judah.
the seventeenth for Hezir, the eighteenth for Happizzez,
the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve;
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Plant genetics is the study of plant genes, genetic diversity and heritability. How plant traits are determined by their genes can be useful to help people breed towards specific targets more efficiently and effectively.
Genetics can affect anything from germination rate, cannabinoid production, plant structure, fiber content, and optimal harvest times. Developing hardy hemp varieties with stable and favorable genetics is very much a part of hemp cultivation.
The industry needs more groups developing better hemp varieties that speak to the hundreds if not thousands of industrial applications. LeafWorks assists those hemp breeding groups through supportive marker-assisted breeding services. In these services, we assay the genetic signature of a trait of interest and identify which plants are best to breed and propagate for your formal breeding program.
Hemp Companies Can Create and Patent New Varieties. Hemp Genetic Testing Can Help You Get There.
Cannabis business owners and investors want to purchase hemp seeds that are proven to be top-notch quality and consistent. The 2018 Farm Bill does not address marijuana, but the federal regulatory environment now allows for federally legal hemp production.
Currently, hemp breeding companies can cultivate and, breed new varieties and formally register and protect their intellectual property with well-characterized plant descriptions and corresponding genetic sequencing to back up claims with the USPTO. In theory, patenting for protection sounds straightforward, but in reality it’s fairly complex in this emerging market. Even when you know what your cultivar is, whether you can actually call it yours and prevent anyone else from growing it is complicated.
To patent a plant variety, you have to know exactly what you are patenting, which means you need to know the cultivar’s consistent features- how does the plant grow? What attribute do you care about that it uniquely produces? Are these features reproducible? Are they novel? Plants that have been in commerce for more than a year cannot be patented. You can’t buy a plant from someone else, call it yours and patent it. You have to demonstrate that you have bred that plant into a new variety in order to do so. That involves targeted hemp breeding. Hemp genetic testing can help here in the form of marker-assisted breeding. By focusing on the genetics of key attributes a breeder wants to change, genetic testing can help you narrow in on the genetic features you want all plants to have in order to get to a consistent result, and a new variety


The topic is codependency: what it is and what it is NOT; the difference between normal and codependent behaviors and what a person can do to help themselves.
Do you know someone who has
- a need to be perfect,
- low self-esteem,
- poor boundaries with others,
- a need to control their environment, and
- chronic dissatisfaction in relationships ?
If those descriptions ring a bell, you probably know someone who may be considered ‘codependent’.
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If you’re into self-help at all, you probably have heard the term codependency- it’s often talked about it in terms of one having a codependent personality. I want to be clear that codependency is NOT a diagnosable condition, although it is talked about in those terms. You may also have been familiar with it, but have been unsure of a clear definition of it. That’s because there is not 1 universal definition of it. There is however, consensus that it is a cluster of behaviors in relationships which can be somewhat easily identified and very often problematic.
The history of the term dates back to the 1940s and early 1950s. Primarily it was identified in studying the behavior of an alcoholic within the context of their family experience. The behaviors identified as codependent appeared to be a pattern in these families. The use of the term seemed to explode though a few decades later. In the 1980s with the advent of a focus of family system dynamics, several books came out designed to help people break those dysfunctional behavior patterns. The most famous book that still is referenced today on the subject is Melody Beattie’s “Codependent No More“. During that time, everyone started studying the families of alcoholics and saw these behaviors but as the clusters of behaviors became more recognizable, so did the fact that so many other people exhibited the same behavior patters who did not come from alcoholic families. The term is now popularly used to generally describe a cluster of behaviors in relationships.
Read the codependent article ‘I need you to complete me’ at the PriceOfBusiness.com


THERMIE plays a crucial role in promoting energy technology in the island regions of the Community
The islands of the European Community face much the same problems as other areas, but to an accentuated degree. Their geographical isolation, in most cases from energy supply, production and distribution systems, creates problems such as higher costs, vulnerability of supplies, high local environmental impact and waste disposal From a social and economic point of views, the islands have experienced two clear trends over the past 10 years: the first, increased tourism, and, the second, modernization of traditional economic sectors such as agriculture and fisheries. The overall impact of these trends on the energy sector has been a doubling of island power consumption in just 10 years. THERMIE plays an important role on the islands, since the benefits of energy saving (or energy substitution) are magnified by the specific island situation, where the price of energy is a crucial factor in economic and social development. Almost 100 energy technology projects have received Community support under the energy demonstration programme (1979-1989) and in the current THERMIE programme (1990-1994). Of these, 80 have proved successful. The total investment in these 80 projects is about ECU 92 million, with EC support representing approximately ECU 29 million of that. A project breakdown shows that 59 out of the 80 projects are in the fields of wind and solar energy. This shows that renewable energy sources present the most promising opportunities for development on the islands. As regards geothermal energy, despite the limited number of projects (four), the energy substitution effect obtained by their implementation represents half of the total energy saving or substitution achieved by all 80 projects. Another sector with an apparent high level of effectiveness, but which is still insufficiently exploited, is mini-hydro. THERMIE associated measures play a major role for disseminating the wide experience gained through the 80 supported projects. Examining OPET (Organizations for the Promotion of Energy Activities) activities over the period January 1991 to June 1992, 32 promotional actions of particular interest for the islands can be identified.


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May 9, 2023 7:27 pm
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) have announced the hatching of a rockhopper penguin chick in to their penguin colony at Edinburgh Zoo. Doting parents Pinny and Bruce welcomed their chick in to the world on April 26th.
Over 100 penguins of three species in the colony (king, northern rockhopper and gentoo) make up the colony at the zoo. This is the first chick to hatch in the colony in 2023 kicking off the breeding season.
The 2022 breeding season saw two northern rockhopper penguin chicks hatch in the colony named Sammy and Frankie.
Michael Livingstone, senior keeper at Edinburgh Zoo, said, “Northern rockhopper penguins are endangered due to climate change, changes in marine ecosystems and overfishing, so it is really exciting to welcome a new chick. The first 30 days are critical for their development, so we will be keeping a close eye on the youngster at this sensitive time.
With a rapid decline in their population over the last 30 years the northern rockhopper penguin has been listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). This decline is believed to be driven by oil pollution, disease and the displacement of their prey species.
Along with breeding northern rockhopper penguins as part of the collaborative European breeding programme RZSS also support penguin conservation in the wild. Their work includes partnering with other conservation organizations on the species conservation action plan and undertaking gene research at the RZSS WildGenes lab to understand connectivity between the breeding populations on remote islands in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
With 18 species of penguin living in the South of our globe their is plenty to learn about them and the best place for that is our fact file.
Each year the rockhopper penguin undergoes a moult. During this period they lose all of their old feathers in one go and grow a new coat of feathers. During this period they are unable to swim and must live on the reserves which they have gained in the weeks prior.
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If you ever dreamed of making that next-to-impossible discovery that will change the world, here is your chance. Perhaps it is not too late to give thought to one of the biggest mysteries in science – what is dark matter?
Results from large new experiments, like the colossal LUX experiment built into a defunct mining cave in South Dakota, have yet again reported null results. These and other large physics experiments occupy engineers, computer programmers and physicists for many years. In the case of the LUX experiment there is the construction of the tanks to hold 370 kg of liquid Xenon plus integration of the sensors and detectors which are designed to detect the occasional expected ‘hit’ of a dark matter particle.
Unfortunately, such experiments are not yielding any kind of new particle that we can ‘hold in our hand’ that fits the dark matter description. Despite all the effort, there is just no hard evidence for what is this particle we call dark matter which dominates over the ordinary matter that you and I and everything we ever touched or saw is made out of.
At the risk of sounding a bit like character Ben Kanobi’s description of “The Force” in the movie Star Wars, it appears that dark matter may surround us and help to bind the universe together. So what is it?
Astronomers first discovered dark matter. Well, that is to say that we first detected its presence indirectly by observing that the way stars orbit galaxies is different from the way planets orbit the Sun. The only explanation we could come up with is that there is a lot of extra matter in space that is hidden which has the effect of changing the way the stars orbit galaxies.
Yet try as we may neither astronomers looking out into space nor physicists here on Earth has made the award-winning discovery. Is dark matter real? If so, what is it? Will we ever be able to hold dark matter in our hands? Science is a beautiful endeavor in that every one of us, whether trained for half our lives in physics or not, can contribute to solving such problems. What do you think dark matter is?


This article introduces the notion of genetic essentialist biases: cognitive biases associated with essentialist thinking that are elicited when people encounter arguments that genes are relevant for a behavior, condition, or social group. Learning about genetic attributions for various human conditions leads to a particular set of thoughts regarding those conditions: they are more likely to be perceived as (a) immutable and determined, (b) having a specific etiology, (c) homogeneous and discrete, and (d) natural, which can lead to the naturalistic fallacy. There are rare cases of "strong genetic explanation" when such responses to genetic attributions may be appropriate; however, people tend to overweigh genetic attributions compared with competing attributions even in cases of "weak genetic explanation," which are far more common. The authors reviewed research on people's understanding of race, gender, sexual orientation, criminality, mental illness, and obesity through a genetic essentialism lens, highlighting attitudinal, cognitive, and behavioral changes that stem from consideration of genetic attributions as bases of these categories. Scientific and media portrayals of genetic discoveries are discussed with respect to genetic essentialism, as is the role that genetic essentialism has played (and continues to play) in various public policies, legislation, scientific endeavors, and ideological movements in recent history. Last, moderating factors and interventions to reduce the magnitude of genetic essentialism, which identify promising directions to explore in order to reduce these biases, are discussed.
(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved).


In the electric vehicle industry, ultra-fast charging is a concept for the ability to rapidly recharge the battery of an electric vehicle at a significantly higher power than conventional charging methods.
The time required for charging an EV is reduced with the ultra-fast charging method, making it more convenient and comparable to refueling a traditional internal combustion engine vehicle.
The key aspects of ultra-fast charging are:
- High power levels are delivered by the ultra-fast charging method to the electric vehicle’s battery during the charging process. The charging infrastructure is special, with a higher capacity for electrical connections to handle the increased power flow.
- The charging speeds are significantly reduced in terms of the time required for charging an electric vehicle. The charging time is significantly faster, enabling fast charging in just a matter of minutes.
- The charging stations of the ultra-fast charging infrastructure support high-power charging. It utilizes advanced technology and high-power charging equipment, such as high-capacity DC fast chargers, to deliver the necessary power to the vehicle’s battery.
- Battery Compatibility: The battery requirement for an ultra-fast charging network is to accept high-power charging. The batteries are designed to handle increased current and power levels without compromising safety or longevity.
- The deployment requires substantial investments in infrastructure. The availability of ultra-fast charging stations is expanding due to the collaboration of charging providers, governments, and automakers. The main targets are major highways, urban areas, and other high-traffic locations for enhancing the practicality and convenience of long-distance electric travel.
- Charging Standards: Interoperability and compatibility across different electric vehicle models are ensured with ultra-fast charging stations. Such as the CCS (Combined Charging System) standard and the CHAdeMO standards are widely used for high-power DC fast charging.
Source: Battery University, kia


Teeth Care = Health Care
Okay. So all of us have been told that regular visits to the dentist are good for us and good for our health. Here are a few reasons why having your teeth cleaned regularly is a good idea.
1. To Help Prevent Bad Breath:
Persistent bad breath, or halitosis, has several causes such as poor oral hygiene, periodontal disease, unclean dentures, oral cancers, or throat infections. Good oral hygiene is essential in preventing many of these conditions and can, in turn, prevent bad breath.
2. To Prevent Gum Disease:
Gum (periodontal) disease is a bacterial infection caused by plaque – the sticky, colorless, bacteria-filled film that adheres to your teeth. As plaque builds up on your teeth, it hardens and becomes tartar, which is not only unsightly, but can be difficult to remove. In addition, the bacteria in plaque produce toxins that irritate the gums and cause inflammation and gingivitis. If bacteria are not removed and the inflammation continues, the gum tissues can be destroyed and more advanced stages of gum disease may follow.
3. To Ensure You Keep Your Teeth:
Did you know that gum disease is the leading cause of tooth loss in adults? As gum disease advances, the pockets around your teeth grow deeper, and plaque moves further down the tooth root, which can destroy supporting bone. The affected teeth may loosen and eventually fall out.
4. To Maintain Your Overall Health:
There is growing evidence of a connection between one’s oral health and overall health. Recent studies have linked heart attacks and strokes to gum disease. Although no causal relationships have been discovered, a dental cleaning every six months to keep your teeth and gums healthy could possibly reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke. In addition, if you have regular oral examinations, your dentist may be the first health care provider to diagnose a health problem in its early stages.
Be sure to follow a good oral hygiene regimen and have your teeth checked at least twice a year. These habits will not only keep your smile happy and bright, but will help you avoid more costly procedures in the future.


What is freedom?
How much freedom do you feel you have? How realistic is that compared to reality?
We tend to refer to freedom in the form of freedoms that are granted us in our society: Freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of movement, freedom of information, democratic rights and other freedoms or rights.
Lockdown “took away some of our freedoms,” some people say. But is this really true? Did it really take away our freedom? Sure, we may have felt imprisoned inside our homes, but isn’t that also a perspective? Some people chose to celebrate and feel freedom from commuting, too much socialising and dress codes.
What about our freedom to think, feel and analyse? To choose our way of behaving and responding to the outside world?
Many great thinkers have discussed the nature of freedom and our relationship to it.
Victor Frankl says that “Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude”.
Rules that limit our movements cannot take away this ultimate freedom.
In her inspirational book: “The Choice. A true history of choice”, Edith Eger writes about how we are the master of our own perspective, even in very bleak circumstances.
Going back a couple of millennia, the stoic Epictetus, wrote that, “Freedom is won by disregarding things beyond your control”.
Imagine that we could look beyond imposed limits or bleak circumstances – not to try and change them, but to stop obsessing about them.
Some specialists in creativity claim that we are more creative when we have boundaries to work within. What if we chose to adopt this attitude? The limitations imposed on us are just boundaries in which we can be creative and find new ways – of living and working.
Epectetus also advises that “No man is free who is not master of himself”. In other words, we will find freedom when we can find ways to master ourselves, our thoughts and our attitudes. While that may not be automatic, it is doable if we work at it.
To join in a conversation and an exploration about freedom, the feeling and perception of freedom – and how to create more of those – please join us for a free webinar next Monday.find out more


Hawaii bill could become nation’s first carbon emissions tax
HONOLULU — Hawaii could become the first state to enact a tax on carbon emissions, but the bill still requires passage by the House and the governor.
A carbon tax proposed by Democratic state Sen. Karl Rhoads was recently passed by the Senate, Hawaii Public Radio reported Monday.
No dollar figure for the tax has yet been specified in the bill’s current draft, which would take effect in 2021, with graduated increases every three years until 2030.
The tax outlined in the bill would be paid by wholesale distributors of fossil fuels, but could be passed on to retailers, utilities and consumers.
Revenue from the carbon tax would be go into six special funds for purposes such as energy security and environmental response.
The House could change the bill or defeat the measure.
University of Hawaii economics professor Michael Roberts said economists from across the political spectrum support a tax on carbon emissions.
“The essential idea is that pollution is bad for society and we don’t pay for it. There’s no price for pollution,” Roberts said.
A carbon tax could nudge individuals and businesses to reduce emissions and accelerate the development of green technologies, Roberts said.
“It would really harness all aspects of our incredibly complex economy to deal with this problem,” he said.
Tom Yamachika, president of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, said taxes aimed at reducing specific market activity are not a reliable long-term revenue source.
Lawmakers should consider the example of the state’s cigarette tax when considering how to use revenue raised by a theoretical carbon tax, Yamachika said.
The cigarette tax funds the University of Hawaii’s cancer research center, but a decline in revenue since 2013 has forced the university to request additional funding.
“One of the goals of the tax is to be high enough to change people’s behavior. And guess what? It’s working,” Yamachika said. “People are consuming less and so as a result, the amount of money that’s going into the cancer center is going down.”


Photographic workshops for children and young people
The goal of the workshops is to instruct the participants how to create vanishing, almost forgotten photographic forms. Photography is not only taking pictures with a digital camera. One can get photographs not only by having the film developed. Photography, or actually its quality, is hardly dependent on the kind of equipment we have or how much we spent on it. How interesting our creation is, and how deeply it will engage the viewer, depends mainly on the idea and its realisation.
Workshop participants will learn about the basic properties of the chemical ingredients used in black-and-white photography, how to prepare them, and, using that chemistry, will create their own images, drawings and forms. An important element of the workshops is to equip children and young people with a new, alternative means of expression, offering enormous possibilities of spatial creation.
Painting with developer.
Painting with brushes, pressing various forms, materials that are textured or have unusual forms, and using parts of their own bodies, the participants create images that are impossible to achieve using traditional graphic techniques.
This technique works by putting different objects on photographic paper – their shadows, after exposing and fixing, result in one-of-a-kind compositions. This technique uses materials that let the light through, and ones that do not. Calculating the exposition time for each of the objects or a set of objects, the participants create unique patterns, forms and images.
Workshop coordinator: Waldemar Domagała


Skin cancer is the most common form of human cancer. It is estimated that over 1 million new cases occur annually. The annual rates of all forms of skin cancer are increasing each year, representing a growing public concern. It has also been estimated that nearly half of all Americans who live to age 65 will develop skin cancer at least once.
The most common warning sign of skin cancer is a change in the appearance of the skin, such as a new growth or a sore that will not heal.
The term "skin cancer" refers to three different conditions. From the least to the most dangerous, they are:
Basal cell carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
The two most common forms of skin cancer are basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Together, these two are also referred to as nonmelanoma skin cancer. Melanoma is generally the most serious form of skin cancer because it tends to spread (metastasize) throughout the body quickly. Skin cancer is also known as skin neoplasia.
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American Heart Month
Did you know that more than 600,000 Americans die each year from heart disease? Heart disease is the number one cause of deaths for most groups and it affects all ages, genders, and ethnicities. That is why every February, American Heart Month is observed to raise awareness on the importance of a healthy heart and to encourage healthy habits that help reduce the risk of heart disease and improve overall heart health. As stated by NHLBI, American Heart Month’s goal is even more important in recent years as those with poor cardiovascular health are also at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19.
How to Get Involved
- Wear Red: The first Friday of February is National Wear Red Day in the United States. Wear red and encourage others to do the same. Help raise awareness that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. and largely preventable.
- Take Up a Heart-Healthy Habit: This month, work on creating a new healthy habit for yourself. It can be anything from jogging a few times a week or substituting sodas with water. Whatever you choose, try to stick with it and build on it throughout the year.
- Manage Your Stress: Unmanaged stress and anxiety can be dangerous for heart health. Dr. Rachel M. Bond, system director of women’s heart health at Dignity Health in Arizona, suggests finding healthy ways to cope with stress during these uncertain times. Visit our previous blog post to learn more about stress management techniques.
- Educate Yourself: Learn about types of hearts disease, the risk factors and symptoms, the ways you can prevent them, and the lifestyle choices that can help you stay healthy.
Reading about heart disease can seem scary but prevention doesn’t have to be. Managing your diet, stress, sleep, and activity levels are all great ways you can show your heart some love. Stay tuned throughout American Heart Month as we go into detail on ways you can improve your heart health and prevent heart disease.