The VSP harbor tug Weser (1973). This beautiful model was built in a scale of 1:50 by G. Schmidt in the city of Flensburg. It is part of our exhibition on the harbour industries, on deck 9 of the museum.
This tug was built in 1973 as the “Weser”. She is a harbour tug with the capacity to work as a pusher tug or, as the US Americans call them, a towboat. That means that they are built to push barges and other not self-propelled cargo vessels. The peculiarity of pusher tugs is their square bow and the „knees“ on it. That’s how the large plates mounted on the bow of the tug are called. With them, she can push barges at various heights. The “Weser” was built at the Jadewerft shipyard in Wilhelmshaven for the Unterweser-Reederei AG company from Bremen. After 20 years of service, she was sold and renamed “Wotan”. She is still active and working under the Slovenian Flag at the Port of Koper, the main international merchant harbour of that country.
Another peculiarity of this boat is her propulsion. Those who are not familiar with a cyclomotor, or Voith Schneider Propeller (VSP) may wonder where the propeller of the boat is and what is the structure below the boat. That structure protects the VSP, a propulsion system that allows vessels to maneuver with an incredible precision, in any given direction and to change that direction almost instantaneously. From a circular plate, rotating around a vertical axis, a circular array of vertical blades (shaped like rudders) protrudes out of the bottom of the ship. Each blade can rotate itself around a vertical axis. The internal gear changes the angle of attack of the blades in sync with the rotation of the plate, so that each blade can provide thrust in any direction. The VSP was invented as a turbine by Austrian engineer Ernst Leo Schneider and developed into a propulsion system by the company Voith. Its first practical use dates from 1928.
This beautiful model was built in a scale of 1:50 by G. Schmidt in the city of Flensburg. It is part of our exhibition on the harbour industries, on deck 9 of the museum.


Communication that takes place via messengers such as WhatsApp, Signal, Threema or Telegram is a basic need for young people. Trivial things are exchanged here, as well as opinions, organizational matters, videos and photos with peers. But it is also used to settle conflicts and test the effect of one’s own person on others. You don’t post on bulletin boards, but in a more or less personal chat with single or multiple people. People seem to communicate privately via Messenger. However, group chats can also be organized and individual users can be blocked. Often the groups are so large that there is no question of privacy. In addition, photos can be saved on other devices and forwarded unnoticed, for example.
Through the social web, there are also other numerous ways to participate in the world and stay in touch with others with little effort, such as Instagram and TikTok. Whereby young people do (and can) distinguish between the more public communication via platforms like Instagram and the more or less private exchange. With the smartphone, this happens at any time in any place and, above all, in very different ways.


Truffles are rare and difficult to locate and are probably the most expensive food in the world. A truffle is a strong smelling fungus, a rare mushroom, the fruiting body of the fungus. They can be found in Asia, Europe, North Africa and North America but the majority of edible truffles are in France and Italy and the forests of Oregon and Washington State in the U.S.
Pigs and dogs are trained to be truffle hunters. Pigs love to eat truffles and don’t need much training, making dogs the hunters of choice. Dogs have more stamina than pigs and are easier to train. And their incredible sense of smell lets them point out truffles only at their peak ripeness. Truffle-hunting dogs carry a hefty price (in the thousands of dollars) for the dogs themselves and their training.
Training a dog to sniff out truffles begins with learning to retrieve a rubber ball. A smelly cheese is then substituted for the ball. Lastly a truffle replaces the cheese after which the dog is taught to dig up the truffle after it is place under leaves, rocks and then soil.
Truffles are so valuable that there are laws in Italy controlling their hunting.
Truffles form partnerships with certain trees such as pines, firs, oaks, eucalyptus, birches, hickories, beeches and hazel nuts. These are the trees truffle hunters look for. The spores of truffles are spread by animals such as squirrels, chipmunks and other rodents who find them tasty.
If you ever decide to go truffle hunting, before eating your discovery, ask an expert to make sure they are the edible kind of mushroom and not a poisonous fungus.


Hearing protection programs: A new take on an old problem
Exposure to high levels of noise can lead to permanent hearing loss. According to OSHA, roughly 30 million workers are exposed to hazardous noise every year. Although providing education and training and ensuring employees wear hearing protection is important, NIOSH encourages organizations to implement a “Buy Quiet” program.
According to NIOSH, a Buy Quiet program is a preventive initiative that aims to achieve three goals:
- Inspire companies to buy or rent quieter machinery and tools to help reduce worker exposure to noise levels
- Educate companies about hazardous workplace noise levels so employers can make informed decisions when buying equipment
- Encourage manufacturers to create quieter tools and machinery by producing a demand for quieter products
A successful Buy Quiet program can help organizations attain OSHA compliance, reduce employee hearing loss and lower the long-term costs of protective equipment and workers’ compensation claims, among other things.
If your organization is interested in initiating a Buy Quiet program, NIOSH recommends creating an inventory of your company’s current machines and their noise levels. Your company’s purchaser should then “use the inventory to compare the noise emission levels of differing models of replacement equipment prior to their purchase,” NIOSH states. For more information on Buy Quiet programs, visit www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/buyquiet.


By Wendy Harron - July 2, 2012
Self awareness impacts so much of our daily life. Awareness of where we are in space has a huge impact on safety. Awareness of other people around us impacts development of our social skills. Awareness of how we maintain our body impacts development of self care skills.
One of the skills that I have seen and gotten positive feedback from parents on while their children are involved in IM is the development of awareness. They have noted that their child is more observant, and less impulsive. When impulsivity decreases, it allows awareness to flourish. I had a 7 year old little boy with ADHD who was crashing into other children in the line at school. By the end of our sessions, his teacher had noticed that she did not need to redirect him when they were moving from class to class in the line nearly as often. Another 9 year old girl is now more aware and interested in keeping herself clean, dressed nicely and well groomed. An 8 year old boy with autism became aware of other people in his surroundings and made a friend.
When your children work with an IM trainer, one of the things they work on is learning how to pace themselves. Many children’s timing is way too fast. They try to anticipate to the point of just throwing themselves over the edge. It is wonderful to watch them learn how to slow themselves down, hesitate, pause – all things they had never done before, but that are useful in everyday life! They are sometimes very unaware of things around them – they bump into people, trip over things in their environment, come in disheveled and with very few friends. If this sounds like your child, you may want them to be evaluated for Interactive Metronome!


What is an oscillator?
The oscillator is a mechanical or electrical apparatus that produces periodic fluctuation. Or it is a device that produces a repeated waveform.
What is oscillation?
It’s a movement back and forth. Example: Pendulum of a clock. hands of the clock.
Transistor as Oscillator
An electronic oscillator basically converts dc energy into ac energy of high frequency ranging from a few Hz to several MHz. There are two types of oscillators: one is Sinusoidal and Non-Sinusoidal.
Sinusoidal oscillators generate oscillations in the form of sine waves at constant amplitude and frequency. Whereas non-sinusoidal oscillators generate complex non-sinusoidal waveforms like a square wave, triangular wave, or Sawtooth wave.
Sinusoidal oscillation can be of two types: Damped and Undamped. If the amplitude of the electrical oscillation decreases with time due to energy loss is called Damped oscillation.
On the other hand, the amplitude of the electrical oscillation remains constant with time in undamped oscillation.
Application of Oscillator
- To generate periodic sinusoidal or non-sinusoidal waveforms.
- To generate RF carriers
- To generate audio tones
- To generate a clock signal in digital circuits
- Sweep circuits in TV sets and CRO.


What Does Brushing Mean?
Brushing is a treatment done on the surface of a material as a preparation process before surface finishing protection processes are done. It consists of roughening the surface of the materials. It is used for:
- Removal of paint, coating or any form of corrosion
- Preparation for welding
- Roughening and deburring
- Polishing by removal of deposits
Corrosionpedia Explains Brushing
In surface modification such as painting or coating, there has to be a degree of roughness for the protection material to adhere to the substrate. There are different wire brushes in use depending on the substrate, for example: brushing in stainless steel and aluminum requires stainless steel and aluminum brush wires to prevent corrosion from occurring.
It should be noted that the corrosion resistance of a substrate will decrease with increasing roughness; this is a result of the increase in residual forces that may lead to stress-corrosion cracking. The pits and crevices developed can accumulate salts and other impurities that may assist in corrosion. Wire brushing goes hand in hand, mostly, with brush coating or painting.
Brushing is eventually not that effective as its results prove to be non-uniform. Hard brushes and the pressure to be exerted are the main control elements whenever brushing is being used in surface preparation. The environment is also important when choosing brushing due to corrosion and hazardous scenarios that may result from spark formation.


Soft skills: If we have to explain in simple and short words, soft skills are basically the characteristics of a certain person. These are the unique and unique characteristics of different persons. Ability to communicate, showing empathy towards others, helping others who are stuck in a problem, and ensuring teamwork, are examples of soft skills. One does not have to specially learn these skills. They are part of that person or that character. Soft skills are not easy to learn in a technical way. That is why companies give so much importance and attention to applicants’ soft skills while hiring.
Hard skills: Hard skills are those skills that one has to learn specifically. One has to go through specific courses and training to learn specific hard skills. Having the skill to do web development, playing a certain musical instrument, and being bilingual, are some examples of hard skills. Having certain hard skills is very important and sometimes necessary to get hired in certain jobs.
Difference between soft skills and hard skills: Soft skills are personal traits and characteristics, and hard skills are technological skills. This is the most basic difference between soft skills and hard skills. As mentioned earlier, soft skills are not easy to gain or acquire. But one can learn a specific hard skill through training or course. But soft skills are an integral part of one’s character. That is why it is quite tough to acquire them technically. Because of this reason, some companies give more importance and priority to soft skills while hiring. Hard skills like programming, instrument playing, and speaking other languages can be taught through training or course. But soft skills like the art of communication, the emotion of empathy, helpful mindset, these things can’t be taught easily.
These are basic and most important differences between soft skills and hard skills.


Students identify emergency food assistance programs and stereotypes surrounding hunger.
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Learners distinguish between the many different approaches to addressing hunger by looking at governmental versus nonprofit programs. They will describe the importance of philanthropic actions in solving the problems of hunger in the world.
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Learners research a natural disaster and examples of aid to help the affected populations. They learn the roles of the four sectors in responding to the needs. They participate in a collection campaign or other service project and learn about...
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The purpose of this lesson is to have students recognize the idea of an emerging democracy, analyze the struggles of the people, and decide on a way to help the people.
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In this lesson, the children identify foods to eat each day and foods that should be eaten in small amounts. They learn about healthy habits and healthy communities where all people have nutritious food.
These activities raise awareness of the five senses and the role the senses play in making food choices. We read a book about the senses and practice using them in center activities.
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Every day, we make choices about what to eat based on our health and what we like and can afford. As global citizens who care about the good of all, we can also be aware of making food choices based on our impact on an interconnected system.


DOG BREED DESCRIPTION:
The Cocker Spaniel was originally developed in Wales and southwestern parts of England to retrieve woodcock, a popular game bird, according to our research.
There are two types of Cocker Spaniels: English and American, which each adhere to their own respective breed standards. The American Cocker Spaniel is typified by its shorter muzzle, and smaller stature to that of its UK cousin. It is recognized as the smallest of all the sporting dogs. The English Cocker Spaniel is larger, with long ears and a longer sloping nose than the American variety.
Typified by their flowing, lustrous wavy or flat locks, Cocker Spaniels are elegant and intelligent retrievers who are fast at sport but gentle with children. They are affectionate, loving dogs noted for their intelligence and cheery disposition. Cocker Spaniels require regular grooming and exercise to keep trim as they can gain weight easily.
We spoke to our good friend Carol at Fidose of Reality who is a 25-year veteran to the Cocker Spaniel world and Mom to gorgeous “Wigglebutt” Dexter.
To find out more about Cocker Spaniels and see if they could be the right breed for you, read her super informative post here.
Personality: Even Tempered, Joyful, Merry, Sociable, Trusting
Kid Friendly (1-5): 5
Activity Level (1-5): 4
Trainability (1-5): 4
Hair lengths: long
Shedding (1-5): 3
Jobs: city living, family pet, hunting, lap dog, show dog
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|The new design of tidal turbine. Image courtesy of University of Oxford|
The turbine is the result of research in Oxford University's Department of Engineering Science by Professor Guy Houlsby, Professor of Civil Engineering, Dr. Malcolm McCulloch, head of the electrical power group, and Professor Martin Oldfield, Emeritus Professor of the thermofluids laboratory.
Kepler Energy Limited will design, test and develop a horizontal axis water turbine intended to intersect the largest possible area of current. The rota is cylindrical and rolls around its axis, thereby catching the current. The researchers received £50,000 in funding from the Oxford University Challenge Seed fund, managed by Isis Innovation, to build a 0.5 metre diameter prototype demonstrating the benefits of the design. A full-scale device would measure up to 10 metres in diameter, and a series of turbines can be chained together across a tidal channel.
UK waters are estimated to offer 10 per cent of the global extractable tidal resource. Tidal currents are sub-surface, so tidal turbines have minimum visual impact, unlike wind farms or estuary barrage schemes.
Tom Hockaday, managing director at Isis Innovation said: 'This is the latest in a number of spin-outs from the Department of Engineering Science. Isis is fortunate to work with such an entrepreneurial department, particularly on technologies which have the potential to make a big impact on our energy supply.'
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The MAPS of the 750 AD period to 1492 reveal how the 800 years of Muslim rule as a Caliphate was eventually overthrown by use of mercenaries (Conquistadors) of the Monarchy in 1492. These are fascinating maps, interactive and highly illuminating to someone new to this unfolding significant part of history. The power of a succession of Popes to influence the outcome of marriages between the various self created monarchy lines was vital. I recommend further reading on the subject of illegitimate, interbred aristocracy imposed on the peoples of a disunited landmass which eventually became known as a united Spain. The religious Catholic zeal grew out of the French Inquisition of the 12th century. Gradually it became a uniting belief to spread the faith and seek wealth through exploration of, as yet, unknown territory.
Coming to power in 1369, the House of Trastámara was a lineage of rulers of the Castilian and Aragonese thrones. The line of Trastámaran royalty in Castile ruled throughout a time period of military struggle with Aragon. Their family was sustained with large amounts of inbreeding, which led to a series of disputed struggles over rightful claims to the Castilian throne. This lineage ultimately ruled in Castile from the rise to power of Henry II in 1369 through the unification of the crowns under Ferdinand and Isabella.
Ferdinand was King of Sicily and heir to the Aragonese throne. He was the brother of Henry III and after his demise and that of Henry’s son, John II, who left a two year old son, Ferdinand, served as regent to the throne, along with John’s mother, Catalina of Lancaster. During his time as regent, Ferdinand was chosen as the ruler of Aragon, due to his maternal relation to the Aragonese throne, through the Compromise of Caspe in 1412. The Trastámaras now ruled in both the realms of Castile and Aragon.
Ferdinand was betrothed to Isabella when they were 6 years old. It was a difficult process for them to finally achieve this marriage from which major changes in the world flowed.
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Excerpts from articles about unwise use of antibiotics in America:
Nearly 25 million pounds of antibiotics are administered to livestock in the US every year for purposes other than treating disease, such as making the animals grow bigger faster.
In other parts of the world, such as the EU, adding antibiotics to animal feed to accelerate growth has been banned for years. The antibiotic residues in meat and dairy, as well as the resistant bacteria, are passed on to you in the foods you eat.
Eighty different antibiotics are allowed in cows’ milk. According to the CDC, 22 percent of antibiotic-resistant illness in humans is in fact linked to food. In the words of Dr. Srinivasan:
“The more you use an antibiotic, the more you expose a bacteria to an antibiotic, the greater the likelihood that resistance to that antibiotic is going to develop. So the more antibiotics we put into people, we put into the environment, we put into livestock, the more opportunities we create for these bacteria to become resistant.”
This is a much bigger issue than antibiotics simply being left behind in your meat. For instance, bacteria often share genes that make them resistant. In other words, the drug-resistant bacteria that contaminates your meat may pass on their resistant genes to other bacteria in your body, making you more likely to become sick.
After Denmark implemented an antibiotic ban for its pork industry, the country had drastically reduced antibiotic-resistant bacteria in their animals and food – and their pork industry grew by 43 percent.
Learn more about the danger to your loved ones. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria infect two million Americans every year, causing at least 23,000 deaths.


byTamilarasan Palanisamy, Somak Mitra, Nitinkumar Batra, Jasmin Smajic, Abdul‐Hamid Emwas, Iman Roqan, Pedro MFJ Costa
Ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors often suffer from the lack of spectral selectivity due to strong interference from visible light. In this study, the exceptional electrical properties of graphene and the unique optical properties of carbon nitride thin films (CNTFs) are used to design visible-blind UV photodetectors. First, polycrystalline CNTFs with different thicknesses (12–94 nm) are produced by thermal vapor condensation. Compared to the bulk carbon nitride powder, these films have a considerable sp2 nitrogen deficiency, which is thickness dependent. In addition to showing a wider bandgap than the bulk counterpart, their optical absorption profile (in the ultraviolet–visible range) is unique. Critically, the absorbance falls sharply above 400 nm, making the CNTFs suitable for ultraviolet photodetection. As a result, graphene field-effect transistors (GFETs) sensitized with CNTFs show 103 A W−1 responsivity to UV radiation, a stark contrast to the negligible value obtained in the visible spectrum. The effect of film thickness on the photoresponse is determined, with the thinner CNTF leading to much better device performance. The CNTF/GFET photodetectors are also characterized by their fast response and recovery times, 0.5 and 2.0 s, respectively. These findings pave a simple route for the development of sensitive, visible-blind UV photodetectors.


The crisis started on Nov. 4, 1979, when the trainees took the U.S. embassy to oppose President Jimmy Carter’ s choice to enable the deposed Shah of Iran into the U.S. for medical treatment.
The Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran’ s supreme spiritual leader, grabbed the circumstance, rejecting worldwide interest launch the captives.
Two weeks into the captive crisis, the ayatollah permitted non-U.S. hostages and all female and minority Americans to be launched on the premises that they were oppressed by the U.S. federal government.
The staying 52 captives, who were primarily State Department staff members and Marines , stayed captive for the next 14 months.
In April 1980, President Carter purchased a dreadful rescue operation that led to 8 U.S. military workers eliminated and no captives saved. 3 months later on, the shah passed away in Egypt, however the crisis continued.
FORMER GERMAN TRANSLATOR CHARGED WITH SPYING FOR IRAN
President Carter lost the 1980 election to Ronald Reagan, who the Iranians thought would pursue a more aggressive line of action than his predecessor.
In the following weeks, settlements were brought in between Iran and the United States, with the assistance of Algerian intermediaries .
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On Jan. 20, 1981 — the day Ronald Reagan was inaugurated president — the U.S. federal government unfroze almost $8 billion in Iranian possessions and the 52 American captives were released. The following day, Carter flew to West Germany to welcome the released captives on their method house.


One interesting dispute from Japan shows how language perceptions and differences can be crucial for trademark similarity.
In the case at hand, the well-known Japanese inventor Dr. Nakamatsu filed an application for the following trademark in classes 5,9,10,25,28, 35, and 45:
The mark was used for face shields which prevent from Covid-19 spreading.
Against this application, an opposition was filed by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. based on early registered word and combined marks for SUPERMAN in classes 25 and 28. According to the company, there was a similarity between both signs from a visual, phonetic, and conceptual point of view which can make consumers to associate the latter mark with the superhero character Superman.
The Patent Office, however, disagreed and dismissed the opposition in its entirety. According to the Office, considering the way how the mark applied is represented, including in katakana characters, there was no conceptual and visual similarity. The Office didn’t find specific meaning in the later mark to associate with the superhero character.
That’s an interesting decision which of course is based on national language specifics and perceptions. If this was a case in Europe or the US, most likely the opposition would be successful because the word M.E.N can be interpreted as MEN which is a plural form of MAN, so there is a solid conceptual and phonetic similarity.


The Community Agriculture Development Project helps families earn a livable and sustainable income through training in modern agriculture techniques and marketing, and provides farmers with subsidized tools, irrigation, and seedlings. Previously, farmers in the area relied on slash and burn farming, which is extremely detrimental to the environment. One sustainable and cost effective farming technique Wildlife Alliance is training families in is aquaponics- the practice of combining aquatic animal farming and hydroponics in a symbiotic environment. It works by creating a symbiotic ecosystem where the fish feed on the plants and then the fish’s excrement is used as nutrients for the plants. The fish essentially create their own food, so farmers do not have to provide the fish with supplemental food. Adding to the sustainability, the majority of the water used in the aquaponics system is recycled.
At Sovanna Baitong, community members have been consistently producing gallic, basilica, eggplants, sweet pepper, and fish in the aquaponics systems. Wildlife Alliance teaches families to create their own aquaponics kits using recycled materials. The families not only use their aquaponics harvests for self-consumption, but can also sell their products at the local market. To produce the best agriculture, Wildlife Alliance has also taught families to create their own fertilizer through worm composting, using dry compost, or by using grass and cow manure.
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Unary law is enunciated in two flavors. The Definition flavor ‘Space contains Knergy‘ defines properties of space with respect to it’s interactions with Knergy. The Assertion flavor ‘Knergy Exists (in space)’ relates to the fact that Konservation denies creation or annihilation in any such interaction. There are six important corollaries to unary law. These are;
- – Space has three dimensions
- – Knergy moves at constant speed in space.
- – Time is progressive and unidirectional.
- – Knergy can be freely distributed in space.
- – Space has affinity to possess Knergy
- – Space devoid of Knergy is homogenous
Knergy, due to Konserved nature has no dimension (Zero infinte order identity). In
observation it is a constant quantity (Invariant). It has a natural unit of measure. An object (Space containing unit Knergy) continuously drifts in space with a constant speed. Unit object possess cylindrical symmetry. It’s size is determined by its spatial measure along the drift direction (length). The length is inversely proportional to Knergy density in the point object.
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In 1999-2000, Warner, along with Roel Smits, James McQueen, and Anne Cutler, collected a very large quantity of data on Dutch listeners' perception of all possible strings of two Dutch sounds (all possible Dutch diphones) over time, as the sound unfolds over time. For example, when a listener is hearing a sequence like /hɶy/ as in the Dutch word huis 'house,' how much does the listener know about whether the first sound is an /h/ by 2/3 of the way through the /h/ sound? How much does the listener know by that point about what the sound after it (the diphthong /ɶy/) might be? How does this compare to sequences like /pt/ or /aɛ/? Testing all possible Dutch diphones (more than 2000 of them, gated to end at 6 time points in the sounds, resulting in over 12,000 stimuli) allows us to determine how much information spreads throughout sounds over time, and allows us to test questions about speech perception in a consistent way across all sounds of the language, unlike smaller studies. The listeners in total provided almost 500,000 perceptual datapoints. This data also forms the input to the Shortlist-B Bayesian model of Spoken Word Recognition for Dutch. All data from this project is publicly available, and other researchers are welcome to use it to answer additional questions, as long as the data is cited.
Warner, McQueen, and Cutler later collected matched data for English, testing all possible diphones of American English. The English dataset is slightly larger, but the size of the two datasets is comparable. This data is also publicly available.


We propose a concept called “JIZAI Body” that allows each person to live the way they wish to live in society. One who acquires a JIZAI Body can (simultaneously) control (or delegate control) of their natural body and extensions of it, both in physical and cyberspace. We begin by describing the JIZAI Body and the associated JIZAI state in more detail. We then provide a review of the literature, focusing on human augmentation and cybernetics, robotics and virtual reality, neuro and cognitive sciences, and the humanities; fields which are necessary for the conception, design, and understanding of the JIZAI Body. We then illustrate the five key aspects of a JIZAI Body through existing works. Finally, we present a series of example scenarios to suggest what a JIZAI society may look like. Overall, we present the JIZAI Body as a preferred state to aspire towards when developing and designing augmented humans.
Masahiko Inami, Daisuke Uriu, Zendai Kashino, Shigeo Yoshida, Hiroto Saito, Azumi Maekawa, and Michiteru Kitazaki. 2022. Cyborgs, Human Augmentation, Cybernetics, and JIZAI Body. In Augmented Humans 2022 (AHs 2022), March 13–15, 2022, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 13 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3519391.3519401


CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - Medical innovation has progressed exponentially over the past half-century, yet the persistence of health inequality limits the potential benefits of scientific and technological advances that can save or improve lives.
The debate over the allocation of vaccines and therapeutics during the COVID-19 pandemic is a vivid example of this inequality. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed yet again last September 23 that ending the pandemic requires equitable access to vaccines, at a time when only 19 percent of people in low-income countries were inoculated, compared to 75 percent of those in high-income ones.
Despite this imbalance, richer countries suffered greater losses of life years per capita than poorer ones - a paradox highlighting how health inequality exists at many levels, including within countries. In the United States, cumulative data show that people of color experienced higher rates of COVID-19 infection and death than white people. The disparity can be traced to social determinants of health, the non-medical factors that play a critical role in clinical outcomes. Those who suffer from institutional and structural discrimination, reduced health literacy, or cultuThe content herein is subject to copyright by Project Syndicate. All rights reserved. The content of the services is owned or licensed to The Yuan. The copying or storing of any content for anything other than personal use is expressly prohibited without prior written permission from The Yuan, or the copyright holder identified in the copyright notice contained in the content.


Keeping diseases at bay in the seafood industry was the subject of a recent meeting on Pacific Oyster Health between members of Ireland’s oyster farming community and Galway’s Marine Institute.
The Marine Institute presented their latest research on mortality and disease management that are crucial to oyster farmers trying to avoid significant losses in shellfish production.
The event attracted more than 80 participants from Ireland’s oyster farming industry, as well as representatives from Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, Bord Iascaigh Mhara.
Of big concern to farmers in recent years have been the Ostreid herpes virus-1 and the marine bacteria Vibrio aestuarianus, both of which can cause mass deaths in oyster beds, causing major losses.
Researchers from the Marine Institute and the UCC presented the major findings from the RESPOSUS project focused on reducing the threat to Pacific Oysters from pathogens.
The three year project involved trials in bays that have been hit by diseases, molecular studies of the herpes virus, and examining what environmental factors could impact on the mortality of oysters.
REPOSUS was funded by the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine’s FIRM programme.
French Institute IFREMER also presented the latest results from the pan-European VIVALDI research project funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme.
VIVALDI combines European research resources to better understand shellfish diseases and improve the sustainability and competitiveness of the European shellfish industry.
The Marine Institute is one of 21 partners involved in this research project.
The importance to the seafood industry of combating diseases was clear to see at the event as members of the oyster farming community shared their experiences of trying to manage massive losses due to disease.
A combination of this fresh research and feedback from the industry will be used to update the current guidelines for disease control and management in Ireland’s oyster industry.


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You may not be aware that blood is made up of three key components – red cells, platelets and plasma. Each component is critical to the human body, and each is needed to treat a different illness or injury.
As a result, there are different types of blood donations.
Determining what component is best for you to donate – and how you can impact a very special patient in need – begins with your blood type.
The most common type of donation is a whole blood donation. During a whole blood donation all parts of the blood are collected simultaneously, or as a whole.
Instead of collecting a unit (about a pint) of your whole blood, apheresis donations can be made for only the component that is needed most by local patients.
Double red cell, platelet, and plasma donations can only be collected via apheresis.
This process collects whole blood from the donor, isolates the needed component, then returns the remaining components along with a saline solution back to the donor.
Appointments are required for apheresis procedures.


When someone stops using alcohol, it can have both positive and negative effects on their body depending on the severity and duration of their drinking habit. Here are some of the changes that may occur:
Improved liver function: Heavy drinking can damage the liver over time, leading to conditions such as cirrhosis or liver failure. When someone stops drinking, the liver has a chance to heal, and liver function may improve.
Decreased risk of cancer: Long-term heavy drinking is associated with an increased risk of several types of cancer, including breast, liver, and mouth cancer. Quitting drinking can reduce the risk of developing these cancers.
Improved cardiovascular health: Heavy drinking can increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure. Quitting drinking can help to lower these risks and improve overall cardiovascular health.
Weight loss: Alcohol is high in calories, and heavy drinking can contribute to weight gain. When someone stops drinking, they may lose weight as a result.
Improved mental health: Alcohol use can contribute to depression and anxiety, and quitting drinking may improve overall mental health and mood.
Better sleep: Alcohol can disrupt sleep patterns, and quitting drinking may lead to improved sleep quality and duration.
Improved immune function: Heavy drinking can weaken the immune system, making someone more susceptible to infections. Quitting drinking can improve immune function and reduce the risk of infections.
On the other hand, quitting drinking can also lead to some negative effects, particularly in the short-term. These may include:
Withdrawal symptoms: When someone stops drinking, they may experience withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety, irritability, sweating, tremors, and nausea. In severe cases, withdrawal can cause seizures or delirium tremens, which can be life-threatening.
Dehydration: Heavy drinking can cause dehydration, and quitting drinking may lead to an increase in urination as the body rids itself of excess fluids.
Nutritional deficiencies: Heavy drinking can interfere with the body’s absorption of nutrients, and quitting drinking may lead to nutritional deficiencies as the body adjusts.
Overall, quitting drinking can have many positive effects on the body, but it is important to seek medical advice and support when stopping drinking, particularly for those who have been heavy drinkers. This can help to manage any potential withdrawal symptoms and ensure that the process is as safe and comfortable as possible.


Write 5 pages thesis on the topic the relationship between feminism and religion. Traditional religions like Christianity and Judaism have been considered to reinforce the oppressive structures that confined women to the tasks of raising children and doing household chores. The interpretations of Judaism, Christianity, and other organized religions do not offer much religious participation and involvement for women. Judeo-Christian traditions forbid women to become priests. In certain invocations and rituals of both religions, women are not allowed to participate (Gerami, 1996, 52). Feminists have tended to focus on alternative spirituality movements and religions. This has been done because these movements have given importance to women in the participation of religious rituals and ceremonies (Jon, 1998, 23). The aim of this research paper is to analyze and examine the importance of alternative spiritual movements in fostering and promoting religious activities inside women. The research paper uses the examples of “Islamic feminism” and “Wiccan feminism” to arrive at the conclusion that alternative religions offer better opportunities for women to practice and adhere to their religion.Organized religions like Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have been traditionally dominated and interpreted by men. This has led to the restriction of women’s rights as they have narrow opportunities to participate in religious activities. Traditional religion has also been one of the most vocal critics of feminism (Gross, 1996, 87). They have accused the feminism of breaking down the traditional family values. They believe that feminism seeks to ensure equality which is impractical. Feminist scholars have refuted these assumptions by pointing out that the interpretation of organized religion needs to be changed. They have extensively written on the scriptures. Feminists have arrived at the conclusion that the core texts do not maintain systematic discrimination and prejudice towards women. They insist that the male domination of religious services has led to the denial of religious rights to women.
Write 5 pages thesis on the topic the relationship between feminism and religion.
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Poisonous dart frogs get their poison from insects and arthropods they eat and there is not a widespread antidote for this poison. The most poisonous frog is the golden frog and can kill 20 people with their poison. These frogs are found in South and Central America and Hawaii.
Kneel with your head down and kneel on the ground when there is lightning close to you. Don’t stand by any solitary trees or lie on the ground. If you find someone struck by lightning, perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and give chest compressions if needed.
Make sure you go feet first over a waterfall and take a deep breath before going over the edge. You should also jump away from the edge if possible and cover your head with your arms. Swim immediately when you hit the water and swim away from the falls to not get trapped by rocks.
The best place to hit a shark if it is too close is the gills or eyes that are quick, repeated jabs.
People have the best chance to be rescued when they are lost in the snow is leaving signs you exist. Write HELP in the snow and draw arrows in the direction are you staying. Make a fire so smoke will be seen if rescuers are searching for you. Yell in groups of three which is the signal for distress. Don’t go down steep slopes or cross rivers. Try to find a populated area if possible.
Remain on your motorcycle if you can during a spinout and apply both breaks. Try to have a low-side crash and stay on your back with your helmet slightly raised. Make sure your arms and legs are spread slightly to distribute your body weight. Get up slowly when your motorcycle comes to a stop.


Travel is the moving movement of individuals between different far off geographical locations. Travel can be to a local area, state or country, across the globe or within an island or continental shelf. Travel can also be one way, round trip or multiple way, with no luggage or additional baggage allowances. There are many types of travel, such as commercial airline travel, private jet travel, caravan travel, trucking travel, motor sports travel, theme park travel, ice cream travel and so on.
There are many ways to define travel. With the development of technology, information can travel faster and at higher speeds than ever before. This has changed the definition of travel too, as we are able to communicate with people anywhere in the world almost instantly. We have seen the evolution of the computer and the internet, which has influenced travel in so many ways. A good example is the internet which has allowed for millions of bookings online, making it possible to plan a holiday in seconds.
One of the major changes in the way we travel is the fact that it has become much more convenient, including being able to travel from one place to another, within a limited time and in a short period of time. Travel has been made much easier with the changing needs of people who want to go for a long holiday, or for a short vacation. The invention of airplanes has revolutionized the industry of air travel and changed the face of travel forever. Airlines have increased their services and added many new features to make air travel a pleasurable experience for all types of travelers.


1 Contribution from Tidewater Agric. Res. & Ext. Center, Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Suffolk, VA.
Records of outbreaks of Sclerotinia blight of peanut at the Tidewater Center in Suffolk were summarized over a 16-yr period (1978-93). Initial outbreaks of the disease were determined through intensive scouting of fields at weekly intervals. First occurrences of Sclerotinia blight occurred between 10 July and 7 Sept., or 62 to 120 d after planting (DAP). The mean and median dates of initial outbreaks were 28 July (79 DAP) and 25 July (76 DAP), respectively. The initial onset of disease always occurred after vines were within 15 cm of touching between rows or after vines had lapped between rows. Under these conditions, a canopy of dense foliage shaded the soil surface and infection sites inside rows from direct sunlight. Rainfall summaries showed the heaviest accumulations were from 6 to 15 d before disease outbreaks. Maximum and minimum air temperatures over the 15-d period prior to disease onset averaged ca. 32 C and 20 C, respectively. Maximum and minimum soil temperatures at the 10-cm depth averaged ca. 30 and 25 C, respectively, during this same period. The results of this study provide evidence that vine growth and rainfall are primary determinants in triggering the onset of Sclerotinia blight of peanut in southeastern Virginia.
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Keywords: Sclerotinia minor, plant growth, rainfall, Temperature, epidemiology, disease forecasting
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Phipps, P., (1995) “An Assessment of Environmental Conditions Preceding Outbreaks of Sclerotinia Blight of Peanut in Virginia¹”, Peanut Science 22(2), p.90-93. doi: https://doi.org/10.3146/i0095-3679-22-2-3


Communication and Visual Thinking Tools: Patent Maps
Patent mapping is a tool to represent complex patent landscapes, i.e. create actionable intelligence. According to Paulal Germeraad, former vice president of research at Avery Dennison, “Frankly, I don’t understand why a company today would attempt to do R&D without the insights that patent mapping provides. It’s like trying to navigate the world of your business”. blind future without a map”.
Maps are graphical representations of various information collected from a variety of sources. Map communication is the component of thematic mapping, the purpose of which is to represent one of many possible outcomes of the knowledge base. Maps are tools for the patent researcher and practitioner to find and represent patterns and relationships between mapped data. Making associations is an important part of our thinking. We connect all the time. This skill is of great importance in the area of patents.
Rational patent mapping is defined as the interpretive distillation of a large amount of data, often complex and disorganized, into one or more high-value representations useful for making business decisions. Patent mapping relies on clustering, aggregation, and other operations to extract the technological value of patents to highlight specific features and provide information on technological developments in a particular technology domain.
There are no preset limits for representation types. This makes patent mapping both an art and a science, because it must be ensured that these representations can fulfill the role of a knowledge tool rather than visual tools.


gravitonThis means that virtual particles may be cosmic fugitives from “extra” dimensions.
“Massive gravitons are created by collisions of ordinary particles in the early universe,” said co-author of the study. “This process was thought to be too rare for massive particles to be candidates for dark matter.” Giacomo Cacciagliaa physicist at the University of Lyon, France.
According to recent calculations, enough gravitons may have formed in the early universe to explain existence dark matter.
virtual particles mass less than 1 megaelectronvolt (MeV), so no more than twice the mass of the electron alone (bulk mass 9,109 × 10-31kg). This mass level is much lower than the scale it is on Higgs boson Generates mass for ordinary matter.
Scientists ‘discovered’ gravitons while searching for evidence The presence of additional dimensionswhich can theoretically exist alongside the three known spatial dimensions (length, width, and height) and time.
In this theory, when gravity propagates through additional dimensions and embodied in our universe as huge gravitons.
However, these particles It will react poorly with ordinary matter And only the force of gravity. This is similar to what we know about dark matter, which does not interact with light but does influence gravity. This effect, among other things, prevents galaxies from collapsing.
The research team found this in the first picosecond (one trillionth of a second) after the great explosion, more gravitons will be produced than previous theories suggested. The new appearance is already enough for massive particles to fully explain the amount of dark matter in them Universe.
The search results are published in Physical Review Letters.
“Infuriatingly humble musicaholic. Problem solver. Reader. Hardcore writer. Alcohol evangelist.”
Longer life and more efficient batteries. Scientists have solved an important problem
Jupiter’s moon is very close up. IU looks really cool
Secret meeting of the elites. They will decide the future of artificial intelligence


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22nd May 2019
Household Battery Recycling
Residents across the Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council (CGRC) region are being encouraged to recycle household batteries, with an initiative from the NSW EPA and Community Recycling Centres.
Residents can source a household battery recycling box and information about recycling small batteries from both the Cootamundra and Gundagai Administration Offices.
There are a wide range of battery types, used in households, many of which contain toxic metals such as cadmium, mercury and lead. Others contain valuable materials like magnesium and zinc. Used rechargeable batteries are a hazardous waste and should not be placed in the garbage bin. This includes batteries in laptops, mobile phones, power tools and cameras.
Recycling household batteries is preferable to disposal, as most contain harmful substances. If they go to landfill they might contaminate the land or groundwater.
CGRC mayor Cr Abb McAlister supported the initiative and said he hoped residents participate.
“I encourage all residents to call into our administration offices and pick up a box and the information. We all have those small batteries from clocks, remote control units and the like, these are the types of batteries that can be recycled through this program,” Cr McAlister said.


Indigenous peoples of El Salvador protect their cultural identity
IndígenasInternational Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Plaza Las Americas and Salvador del Mundo monument in El Salvador were the places where the Salvadoran National Indigenous Coordinating Council (CCNIS), the Indigenous Council of Central America (CICA) and the Global Embassy of Activists for Peace (GEAP) celebrated the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples in coordination with different organizations belonging to the indigenous peoples of El Salvador, governmental organizations, international entities and the municipal mayor of San Salvador.
Likewise, the GEAP responded to the call of the Lenca, Kakawiras and Nahua-Pipil peoples, who met with the purpose of strengthening their rights and protecting their cultural identity recognized by the National Government and established in Article 63 of the Constitution of the Republic of El Salvador.
The promotion of respect for the worldview and demand of the State the immediate implementation of the policies embodied in the National Plan for Indigenous Peoples were some of the topics discussed during the activity.
Support from organizations of indigenous peoples, governmental institutions, international entities and Municipal Mayor of San Salvador.
The event began with a spiritual invocation led by representatives of indigenous peoples associated with the Salvadoran National Indigenous Coordinating Council (CCNIS). In addition, it was supported by the following organizations:
· The Indigenous Council of Central America (CICA)
· The Office of the Procurator for the Defense of Human Rights (PDDH)
· The Salvadoran Institute for Agrarian Transformation (ISTA)
· The Chancellery of El Salvador
· The Ministry of Labor of El Salvador (MINTRAB)
· The Ministry of Public Works of El Salvador (MOP)
· The International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD)
· The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
· UN Women, United Nations organization for gender equality and the empowerment of women.
· Municipal Mayor's Office of San Salvador (AMSS)
National Plan for Indigenous Peoples
The participants made an analysis of the current situation of the indigenous communities in El Salvador. They also highlighted the importance of this country is the first to present the National Plan for Indigenous Peoples, which emerged as an initiative of different organizations and was presented at the World Summit of Indigenous Peoples.
As part of the celebration, groups of dances were presented and through songs they thanked Mother Earth and all the elements of nature for their kindness.


20th March, 2010: World House Sparrow Day
If there is one bird you can remember from your childhood, it would probably be the House Sparrow. Since it lives in close proximity with humans, the House Sparrow is, for most of us, the first bird we learn to identify. Many bird watchers and ornithologists recall with fondness how the House Sparrow gave flight to their passion for observing birds. The association goes back centuries. No other bird has been associated with the day-to-day life of humanity like the House Sparrow. It is a bird that evokes fond memories and has thus found mention in folklore and songs from time immemorial.
Till not very long ago, the House Sparrow was one of the most abundant and common birds in the world. But like all other plants and animals which were once abundant and now face a shaky future, their numbers are declining across their natural range. This is because of wide ranging reasons such as destruction of habitat to lack of insect food for the young and even the increasing microwave pollution from mobile phone towers.
World House Sparrow Day (WHSD), is thus being celebrated on 20 March 2010, focusing on raising awareness about the decline of the House Sparrow and throw light on the problems faced by the House Sparrow in its daily fight for survival.
World House Sparrow Day also celebrates the common biodiversity found in and around us and draws attention to its importance. So make–20th March 2010–a day to celebrate the common birds and biodiversity around you and raise a toast to the House Sparrow!
The Honourable Chief Minister of Delhi, will be inaugurating this International event at her residence on 20th March at 10 AM. In order to participate or for more information, contact: Mohammed Dilawar – 91 94200 01820
Dr. Surya Prakash from JNU would also be carrying out an illustrative talk and exhibition along with WWF-India. He can be contacted at 09810408330.
5 thoughts on “20th March, 2010: World House Sparrow Day”
Really a wonderfull effort. We are quite lucky to hear house sparrows doing “chi chi” in our house at vallabh vidyanagar near Anand-Gujarat. Jay Jagat.
Wonderful effort. Best wishes.
It is indeed a very significant effort from your side.
Congratulations for your Brave Initiatives to save Delhi – We all are with you.


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Recording buttons are a useful tool for pet owners who want to communicate with their pets more effectively. These buttons can be programmed with different words or phrases that the pet can learn to associate with specific actions or requests. By pressing the button, the pet can communicate its needs or wants to the owner.
Teaching pets to use recording buttons can have several benefits. Here are a few examples:
Improved communication: By using recording buttons, pets can communicate more effectively with their owners. This can help reduce frustration and misunderstanding between pets and their owners, leading to better overall communication.
Increased independence: Pets that can use recording buttons to request food, water, or to go outside can become more independent. They can learn to take care of their basic needs without relying solely on their owners.
Enrichment: Recording buttons can be used to teach pets new words and phrases. This can provide mental stimulation and enrichment for pets, helping to keep them mentally sharp and engaged.
Fun: Using recording buttons can be a fun and engaging activity for pets and their owners. It can help strengthen the bond between the pet and the owner, and provide a source of entertainment for both.
Overall, teaching pets to use recording buttons can have many benefits, including improved communication, increased independence, mental enrichment, and fun. However, it's important to note that this type of training may require time and patience, as well as careful observation and reinforcement from the owner.


Symptoms of potassium deficiency in plants, characteristics of potassium deficiency in plants
Potassium is an essential ingredient for plant growth. Plants selectively absorb water-soluble potassium ions from the soil through their roots. Potassium is relatively concentrated in organs and tissues where plant metabolism is active, such as growth points, buds, young leaves and other parts. Today, I will share with you the influence of potash fertilizer on plant growth.
The nutritional functions of potassium on plants include: promoting the activity of enzymes in the plant, enhancing photosynthesis, promoting sugar metabolism, promoting protein synthesis, enhancing the ability of plants to resist drought, cold, salinity, pests and diseases, and potassium fertilizer improves the quality of plant products Also plays an important role.
The absorption of potassium by plants is also determined by the plant species, and the order of their potassium requirements is: sunflower, buckwheat, sugar beet, potato, corn rape, legumes, cereals and pastures.
The main characteristics of plant potassium deficiency: old leaves and leaf margins turn yellow first, then brown, scorched like shimmering, brown spots or patches appear on the leaves, but the middle of the leaves and the veins remain green, with the degree of potassium deficiency Intensified, the entire leaf becomes reddish-brown or dry, necrosis and shedding. But the symptoms of potassium deficiency on different crops are also specific.
Potassium deficiency in cereals: brown spots appear on the lower leaves, and the same symptoms appear on new leaves in severe cases. The leaves are soft and draped, the stems are thin, the internodes are short, the earing rate is low, the earing is uneven, and the seed setting rate is poor.
Potassium deficiency in cruciferous, leguminous, and cotton crops: the leaf veins become chlorosis, and then turn yellow, showing variegated leaves. In severe cases, the leaf margins are scorched and curled downwards, brown spots develop inward along the veins, and the epidermal tissue loses water Shrinking, the leaves are arched and sunken, gradually scorched and fallen off, and the plants aging prematurely.
Potassium deficiency in fruit trees: Leaf edges turn yellow, necrotic tissues gradually appear, and fruit sweetness is insufficient.
Because plants have high-standard absorption characteristics for potassium absorption, excessive application of potassium fertilizer will waste chemical fertilizers, inhibit the absorption of magnesium and calcium by plants, and affect crop yield and quality.


This week our paper about clays and organic acids is out in Langmuir!
Clays – the secondary mineral phases formed during weathering processes – and organic molecules rich in acidic functional groups are abundant in soils and sediments, and interact with each other to form soil aggregates. Such aggregates are vital for nutrient cycling and soil productivity, and once unstable, can bring about soil erosion. Organic acids in soils are products of oxidative decomposition of soil organic matter and, as such, comprise a large group of acidic molecules with different sizes, degrees of polymerization, structures, and functional groups. In our work, we target dicarboxylic acids, which are small molecules with a simple structure terminated with carboxylic groups on two ends. But do clay minerals really interact with such small and soluble molecules?
The answer is: no and yes. In our paper, we focused on abundant basal surfaces of mica clay. These surfaces are negatively charged and so are the organic molecules at most pH solution conditions. As a result clays and deprotonated dicarboxylic should electrostatically repel each other when dispersed in water. One may thus expect the ‘no’ answer: dicarboxylic molecules cannot effectively bind to clays and are rather inefficient in forming organo-mineral soil aggregates.
The missing part of the ‘yes’ answer are inorganic cations. It turns out that some multivalent cations, which densely populate the negatively charged clay surfaces, can act as bridges, bonding the deprotonated carboxyls to the Ca2+-rich clay surface. Clearly, that bridging action is extremely important in the formation of soil aggregates and to soil stability! But soil moisture and fluids percolating through soil horizons contain a multitude of other dissolved ions and species. What happens when the calcium ions are depleted and replaced by ubiquitous sodium?
To find out, and learn more about organic acids trapped between two surfaces, check out our paper!


What is a DSD?
First of all, intersex and DSD are not the same thing, but they do involve exactly the same group of people. The acronym DSD, which stands for disorders of sex development, was coined in 2006 by health professionals who found the word intersex stigmatizing and inaccurate. So in 2006, intersex and DSD meant exactly the same thing. But shortly after the publication introducing DSD, it became apparent that the perceived value of DSD was not identical to that of the word intersex. Both patient groups and intersex activists stumbled over the word disorders which has a strong negative connotation. It was seen as extra stigmatizing and medicalizing. Nowadays, the alternative differences of sex development is often used. This name is not ideal either, because it suggests that there is another group that sees itself as the norm. In sociology this is called ‘othering‘.
The imposed name Disorders of Sex Development is seen by many intersex individuals as an example of medicalization. Physicians define DSD as
…congenital disorders affecting the reproductive system, in which development of chromosomal, gonadal, or anatomical sex is atypical.
In practice, a large number of diagnoses fall under the heading of DSD, including Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, Klinefelter Syndrome, micropenis, Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster Syndrome, and Turner Syndrome (see also the Wikipedia page on DSD).


Of the township of Mostyn, Whitford, Flintshire. The dates of his birth and death are not known. All that is known of him is derived from an anthology of Welsh poetry by bards of the counties of Flint and Denbigh which he published in 1765 under the title Cyfaill i'r Cymro. The book (148 pp.) was printed at Chester by Read and Huxley, and was sold in Flintshire by W. Hope. This suggests that he was an itinerant bookseller in that county. His own contribution to the book consisted of two englynion, a preface, a carol for 1764, a poem against avarice, and a poem in praise of poets. At the end of his section of the volume he calls himself 'William Hope, or the deaf poet.' The entry of the book under the year 1769 in Cambrian Bibliography is almost certainly a duplication of the entry under 1765 and is a second edition of the work.
Published date: 1959
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The familiar winter sky constellation Orion takes on a spectacular guise in the infrared, as seen in this false-color image constructed from data collected by IRAS, the Infrared Astronomical Satellite. This picture, covering about 30 x 24 degrees is a composite of IRAS wavelength band data centered at 12 microns, 60 microns, and 100 microns. New processing techniques have been used to enhance faint details and remove the instrumental artifacts (stripes) seen in earlier IRAS images. The warmest features, e.g.~the stars, are brightest at 12 microns. This emission is coded blue. The interstellar dust is cooler and shines brighter at 60 microns (coded green) and 100 microns (coded red).
The bright yellow region in the lower right of the picture is the Sword of Orion, containing the Great Orion Nebula (M42 and M43). Above it to the left is the nebulosity around the belt star Zeta Orionis which contains the often photographed Horsehead Nebula (barely visible as a small indentation on the right side). Higher and to the left is M78, a reflection nebula. The Rosette Nebula is the brightest object near the left margin of the picture.
Most of the visually bright stars of Orion are not prominent in the infrared. However, Betelgeuse can be easily seen in the upper center of the picture as a blue-white dot (the faint tail is an instrumental artifact). The large ring to the right of Betelgeuse is the remnant of a supernova explosion, centered around the star Lambda Orionis. These rings are quite common in the IRAS sky. Another one, fainter and larger, can be seen in the lower left quadrant of the image.
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Diseases of the Mouth
Would be treated with baths in LIFEGUARD in smaller fish or aquarium fish, or in larger fish, using the bacterial fighters in this article.
Mouth Won’t Close – Examine the mouth for an acorn or pebble. If you find something in there, push the object out of the mouth by putting a smooth blunt object in through a gill cover and then poke the object out of the mouth. Secondary infections are possible. Look for sores in the mouth cavity if it’s gone on a while. If you suspect a bacterial secondary infection, look at THIS.
Mass Growing on Mouth – Cancers aren’t uncommon on the mouths of fish. Providing a great environment and locating a fish veterinarian to consider surgical ‘debulking’ would be a good idea. Sometimes, what appears to be a “mass” on the mouth is just a big infection. If you suspect a bacterial secondary infection, look at THIS.
IF you decide to try and pare down any lesion that’s interfering with eating, or breathing for the sake of the fish, be careful. And you will need the dissection kit in the Lab Gear document as well as some Oil of Cloves.


The Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) is a medium-sized goose species with a wingspan of 51 to 63 inches and a length of 25 to 32 inches. Adults have a brownish-gray body with black bars on the flanks and a distinctive white forehead and eye stripe. The bill and feet are pinkish-orange, and the eyes are dark brown. Males and females have similar plumage, although males are usually slightly larger than females.
The Greater White-fronted Goose breeds in the tundra and forest-tundra regions of northern Eurasia and North America. During the fall migration, they form large flocks and fly south to wintering grounds in the southern United States, Mexico, and even as far south as Central America. In spring, they fly back north to their breeding grounds, often stopping to rest and feed in wetlands along the way.
Adult Greater White-fronted Geese weigh between 3.5 and 7.7 pounds, with males usually weighing slightly more than females. Juvenile birds are typically smaller than adults and have less distinct markings on their plumage. They feed on a variety of plant material, including grasses, sedges, and grains, as well as some animal matter such as insects and small invertebrates.
The Greater White-fronted Goose is known for its distinctive, high-pitched honking call. During migration, they can often be heard flying overhead in large flocks, honking loudly as they go. In recent years, populations of this species have shown some declines, primarily due to habitat loss and degradation.
Overall, the Greater White-fronted Goose is an impressive bird that is easily recognized by its striking white forehead and distinctive call. As they travel between their breeding and wintering grounds, they provide a spectacle of migration that is not to be missed.


Are intergalactic lolcats in our future? SETI Founder Frank Drake thinks it's possible. Recently Drake said that alien civilizations may have created an intergalactic internet using an aspect of general relativity called gravitational lensing. How would that work?
Gravitational lensing is the effect where massive objects (such as stars) can bend the light of a background object. Say for instance a distant planet full of intelligent life is sending electromagnetic signals of their presence. Now if on the way to Earth, these signals happen to come across a foreground star or other large object, it is possible for that signal to be bent around the star thanks to the star's gravitational field, thus magnifying the signal. This ‘brightening' of the signal is wholly dependent on the mass of the foreground ‘lens' star as well as the relative motion of the source.
The cause of gravitational lensing inevitably lies in Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. In his theory, Einstein says that massive objects can cause a ‘bending' of space time. Because light always follows the shortest path, it too must follow these bends in space time, hence causing light from distant background objects that wouldn't necessarily reach us being ‘focused' onto the Earth and causing us to observe a stronger signal than we would otherwise. In fact, it was gravitational lensing being observed by Sir Arthur Eddington in 1919 during a solar eclipse that was the first proof of General Relativity being true.
For astronomers, gravitational lensing has many uses, from mapping the Universe's dark matter to discovering extrasolar planets. Drake, however, hopes to use the Sun as a ‘giant magnifying glass' by positioning a satellite observatory about 500 AU (46.4 billion miles). As well as magnifying any signals sent from these planets, Drake says that it would be theoretically possible to even see the planet's continents and oceans!
Now this all may sound too good to be true, and to an extent it is. With current propulsion technologies it would take us hundreds of years to reach this distance and add our node to this galactic internet. But Drake proposes that intelligent civilizations could have been transmitting these signals for billions of years and are just "waiting for us to log on."
If you'd like to read more about this, Italian Astrophysicist Claudio Maccone has written a textbook on the topic published by Springer-Praxis Books.


Ice Age: Continental Drift was released July 13, 2012, but Ice Age 5 is expect out in 2016.
If you’re asking about the geological period called an “ice age”, the most recent one is going on now, but there’s no need to run out and find a tauntaun to climb into. The term “ice age” refers to a period when there are polar ice caps. The current one began about 110,000 years ago and for the past 11,000 years we have been in an interglacial period.
The Last Glacial Maximum was about 20,000 years ago when ice covered around 10 million square miles of the Earth. Glaciers covered all of Canada and parts of the U.S. In Europe ice came down as far as the British Isles.
There have been at least five major ice ages but for most of Earth’s history, the poles have not been covered in ice, and glaciers were only at high altitudes (alpine glaciers).
There was a period from the late 1300s until around 1850 that is known as the “Little Ice Age”. It brought colder winters and cooler, wetter summers. It has been blamed for famines, plagues, and general human stupidity (witch hunts, war, riots, and the French Revolution).
The interglacial period is usually about 10,000 and it’s been longer than that, does that mean Winter Is Coming? Yes, but we have thousands, even tens of thousands, of years to prepare for it.
Find more about the Little Ice Age from History.com.


The carrot weevil is native to northeastern North America. Each female can lay 300 eggs. After hatching and entering the carrot, the larvae tunnel through the carrot, filling the tunnels with excreta. The epidermal cells around the tunnels die and become dark brown. The presence of larvae, excreta and feeding damage are of major concern to carrot processors because of strict FDA quality control in processed foods. Processors are unwilling to accept carrots if they find one live larva in a sample or if the carrots have more than 1% damage. Since the 1940s, effective broad spectrum insecticides kept carrot weevil damage to a minimum; however, the most effective insecticides have been cancelled for use in the US.
“Adults [carrot weevils] overwinter in and near carrot fields where carrots were grown the previous year, emerging in late April to early May in New Jersey. The adults feed directly on the leaves and crowns of carrots, and females oviposit from the beginning of May until late June in carrot roots. Larvae tunnel extensively throughout the upper third of the roots, damaging 80% or more of the carrots in untreated processing carrot fields.”
“Consequently, pesticide applications are directed at adult weevils to prevent or reduce oviposition. … However, during the past several years, carrot weevil damage has been increasing in New Jersey carrot farms, and the damage has been as high as 90% loss on farms in Salem County. These losses are partly due to the cancellation of broad-spectrum insecticides, such as parathion, azinphos-methyl, and phosmet during the early 1990s.”
Authors: G.M. Ghidiu¹, E. Hitchner², M. Zimmerman¹ and E. Rossell¹
Affiliations: ¹Rutgers University; ²Virginia Tech
Title: Effect of two different nozzle arrangements on control of carrot weevil, Listronotus oregonensis (LeConte), in processing carrots.
Publication: Plant Health Progress. April 3, 2006.


Deforestation is the purposeful clearing of forested land. Forests are cut down to make space for animal grazing, agriculture, and to obtain wood for fuel, manufacturing, and construction. Deforestation has greatly altered landscapes around the world and continues to do so today.
Deforestation is the second largest contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, trailing only fossil fuel use. Deforestation can lead to all sorts of problems, including biodiversity loss, soil erosion, desertification, and flooding. Deforestation also threatens peoples’ livelihoods and increases inequality and conflict.
As a result, many companies around the world have made pledges to remove deforestation from their supply chains. In fact, more than 94 companies had adopted zero-deforestation commitments by 2021. But while these companies are talking the talk, they don’t seem to be walking the walk.
According to a new study recently published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, companies’ deforestation-free supply chain pledges have barely impacted forest clearance in the Amazon.
The research team from the University of Cambridge, Boston University, ETH Zurich, and New York University found corporate pledges to not purchase soybeans grown on land deforested after 2006 have only reduced tree clearance in the Brazilian Amazon by 1.6% between 2006 and 2015. The researchers found that if these pledges had been implemented, the current levels of deforestation in Brazil could be reduced by approximately 40%.
According to the research team, the findings of the study indicate that private sector efforts are not enough to stop deforestation. Political leadership will also be vital to forest conservation efforts.
Companies’ ‘deforestation-free’ supply chain pledges have barely impacted forest clearance in the Amazon, researchers say
Photo, posted November 18, 2020, courtesy of Ivan Radic via Flickr.
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There is a common myth that drinking green tea can help flush out sperm from the female body. However, there is no scientific evidence to support this claim. In this article, we will examine the science behind this myth and explore the health benefits of green tea.
Firstly, it is important to understand how sperm fertilizes an egg. Sperm can survive in the female reproductive tract for up to five days. During this time, they swim towards the egg and can fertilize it if they reach it in time. However, once the egg is fertilized, it implants in the uterine lining, and there is no way to “flush it out” with green tea or any other substance.
Green tea contains antioxidants called catechins, which have been shown to have many health benefits. These include reducing the risk of heart disease, improving brain function, and even aiding in weight loss. However, there is no evidence to suggest that green tea has any effect on fertility or the reproductive system.
In fact, some studies have suggested that consuming large amounts of green tea may actually have a negative impact on fertility. A study published in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health found that high doses of green tea extract can cause abnormal sperm production and motility in male rats.
Furthermore, it is important to note that green tea should not be used as a form of birth control or to prevent pregnancy. While some herbs and plants have been used traditionally for contraception, there is no evidence to suggest that green tea is effective for this purpose.
In conclusion, there is no scientific evidence to support the claim that green tea can flush out sperm from the female body. While green tea has many health benefits, it should not be used as a form of birth control or to prevent pregnancy. If you are trying to conceive or prevent pregnancy, it is important to talk to your healthcare provider about your options.
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The development of building technologies over the centuries has been a key factor in the progress of humanity. From the first civilizations that discovered how to use mud bricks to create rudimentary dwellings, to the advanced engineering processes used to build today's skyscrapers, mankind has always sought to develop more efficient ways to create lasting structures.
The complex of activities relating to the construction of buildings of all kinds, from the design and construction of individual buildings and finishing works to planning for the construction of a city, falls under the umbrella of building technology and construction techniques.
Each construction is a building object but at the same time it is an architectural work. The term building includes construction materials and techniques, whereas architecture is the realization through the use of these materials and techniques of a new space, that we shall call architectural. Thus, architecture through construction creates new envelopes, new environments, more generically the built environment.
One of the oldest building technologies still widely used today is masonry. It involves laying stones or other materials, such as brick or concrete, to form strong and durable walls and arches. Carpentry is another ancient building technology which involves cutting, shaping, joining and finishing wood and other materials such as plastic or metal into useful objects or structures. While carpentry is mostly used in residential buildings, it has also been employed in the construction of commercial buildings such as shopping malls, office buildings, stadiums, and amusement parks.
Advances in building technologies have dramatically improved our ability to build structures faster and stronger than ever before.
In this section we will talk a lot about building technology, new building technologies on the market with technical focus on the various parts that make up a building. From the construction of internal structures and partitions, passing through thermal and acoustic insulation to renewable sources for the energy supply of buildings.


A thin voice begged for help.
Holly had often heard of puppies being thrown in the trash and then found and rescued by someone. She was sure this would never happen to her, but she found a tiny kitten in a garbage can one day. The baby was only a week old, but it turned out to be a unique creature, Holly later learned.
She couldn’t believe her ears when she heard a pitiful squeak from the garbage can. But it was unmistakable: a thin voice begged for help. Holly went to the garbage can and saw a tiny kitten, just seven days old. The newborn was in terrible condition: one leg was broken, and the other three were infected.
After consulting the veterinarian, the girl rushed home to follow his recommendations. She prepared bottles, a heating pad, and anything else a tiny kitten might need to survive without its mother.
Holly’s efforts were successful as the baby grew and gained weight. Soon it opened its eyes and could look at its rescuer. But walking was difficult for him. The doctor could not heal a leg injured by an infection; it had to be amputated. The baby had to take his first steps on three thin legs.
As it got bigger, it turned out to be tricolored, which gave it a lot of charm. Since the sex of the baby could not yet be determined, Holly thought she had saved a cute “girl.”
The miracle of genetics
She was amazed when the vet told her it wasn’t a cat, but a tomcat! The veterinarian was stunned because the birth of a three-colored male is genetically an infrequent event! Who would have thought such an unusual kitten would move in with Holly and become her pet?
How did such a purring kitten come about? The doctor explains that a cat with this color is the “product” of a rare gene mutation, so in nature, there are 1 in 3,000 tricolors “males.” Such cats, as a rule, are infertile; that is, they cannot pass on their beautiful color to their offspring.
But that wasn’t the most crucial thing for Holly. She was glad that the baby was doing well, and that life was not dangerous.
She decided that she would never part with her pet and that she would be the best friend of her pet, who has an affectionate and playful personality!
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Nuts contain many trace elements (for example, iron, copper, cobalt), antioxidants, unsaturated fatty acids, protein, more than 20 essential amino acids, as well as B vitamins, vitamins C, PP. Thanks to these benefits, nuts can be safely considered a product that a person needs every day to maintain good health. They can be used to prepare sauces and salads, as a component of sandwiches and soups.
However, nuts should not be eaten in case you have intestinal diseases – enteritis and colitis. Here is more.
Read also: How To Choose Fruits And Berries
How to store freshly pickled walnuts
Spread the freshly picked nuts in a single layer in a warm room and leave them to dry for 7-10 days. They can then be folded into small canvas bags or wooden crates. Store at room temperature; otherwise, the fruit may become damp and moldy. Some people store nuts by shelling them. This is wrong – cleaned kernels deteriorate more quickly.
Also read: Pearl Barley: Health Benefits And Harms
How to properly store shelled nuts
Since nuts contain a high percentage of fat, they go rancid rather quickly in the heat. You can store them at room temperature for up to a month. But after that, be sure to transfer the nuts to an airtight container and refrigerate. They will be stored in the main chamber for 6 months, in the freezer for a year.
To “freshen up” any nuts before eating (or cooking with them), roast them on a baking sheet in the oven at 180° C for 10 minutes, or place the nuts in a small bowl and reheat in the microwave for 1-2 minutes.
Adapted and translated by The Cop Cart Staff
Sources: Today Lifestyle


Securing entangled cables together is a very complex and time-intensive process. Cable ties work to counteract this. They are essential to lay cables in order and to keep them under control.
Cable ties were invented in 1954 by George M. Rapata. They are available in different widths, lengths and colours as well as from different materials such as polyamide 6.6, polyurethane and stainless steel. Since 1968 cable ties have been produced mainly from polyamide 6.6 by means of an injection molding process instead of from PVC. This results in improved product features such as weather resistance. They are also flame, abrasion- and deformation, grease, oil, chlorate and alkalis resistant as well as temperature-resistant from -40 °C to 85 °C. Acid resistance is conditional.
Cable ties - versatile use
Cable ties provide for the orderly fastening of cables to objects or to each other. For this reason, they are widely used in, for example, the following industries:
At Automation24, you will find quality cable ties from the manufacturer BIT Bierther GmbH in the category Connection technology at favourable prices. These are made from the material Polyamide 6.6. and guarantee a high tensile strength as well as reliable fastening. The cable ties can be purchased in the widths of 2.5 mm to 12.5 mm and in the lengths of 100 to 1,000 mm. They meet the fire protection standards according to UL 94 V2.
Purchase cable ties from BIT Bierther GmbH at the best prices from Automation24 and ensure secure and orderly fastening of your cables today.


How Does Marijuana Affect Our Brains?
by Crystal Collier, PhD, LPC-S author of The NeuroWhereAbouts Guide and creator of BrainAbouts
There is a prevailing opinion in our community today that marijuana is a good and safe choice for treating a multitude of emotional and physical problems in youth and adults. But what are the facts? How does marijuana affect the brain?
What To Do If My Child is Using Marijuana?
by Crystal Collier, PhD, LPC-S author of The NeuroWhereAbouts Guide
Knowledge is the Key
In the era of non-regulated, legal marijuana, parents must empower themselves with current data regarding the effects of mass-produced, genetically modified, high-potency cannabis products. Armed with sound science, parents can confidently adopt a drug-free brain policy that is backed by decades of research documenting marijuana’s deleterious effects on neurodevelopment. Although caregivers never need a reason to keep their children safe, the literature on this topic offers thousands.
First and foremost, follow the functional family rule: Talk, Deal, Trust, Feel. You might be surprised at how many families fail to talk about it using the excuse, ‘Well, I smoked some in high school and I’m okay.’ Some choose not to deal with it by rationalizing, ‘It’s legal now so, it must be safe.’ Others afraid of confrontation decide to avoid the issues that could be causing their kids to turn toward drugs.


TROPICS UPDATE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2019
THERE IS DISTURBED WEATHER IN THE GULF, BUT NO DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED. THE HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN BLOCKING COLD FRONTS SO FAR THIS FALL IS FORECAST TO STAY IN CONTROL OF SOUTH FLORIDA’S WEATHER FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER WEEK.
The Tropical Disturbance in the northern Gulf of Mexico is moving toward the northern Gulf coast as a moisture surge. In the southern Gulf, an upper-level low-pressure system has been causing heavy rain, but it is weakening.
Both systems are forecast to be absorbed into another strong cold front that will move off Texas into the Gulf tomorrow.
This cold front will not make it to South Florida. Blocking High Pressure over Florida and the Bahamas, which has been holding the warm, humid air in place, is forecast to stay in control into next week.
By the end of next week, there are indications that the jet stream pattern across the northern U.S. might begin to change. This might open the door to a push from the jet stream to dislodge the high-pressure system. It's too early to know for sure.
In the North Atlantic, a giant non-tropical storm is sitting and spinning over warmish water. Thunderstorms near the center indicate that is could become tropical enough in its structure and characteristics to get a name – which would be Rebekah. Sometimes these huge, stationary winter-time storms can form a separate system that resembles a tropical storm in its center. In any case, it appears its window will close by the end of the week. It will not threaten land.
Elsewhere, nothing is brewing.


Reading the chapter, I thought back on what my classroom environment was previously and is now. I like to think my teaching style and the environment I seek to cultivate is a positive and supportive. But I think it is easy to get caught up in objectives, testing, and daily activities and forget to reflect upon our own class “environment”.
As I continue my long-term substitute position as an orchestra director, I have had the good fortune of working with a lead director who has mastered motivating her students with goals, value, and expectancies. Many students in her high school orchestra are already highly achieving honors students, and all of them have auditioned for chair placements in the performing ensemble. In addition to performance technique, this director teaches her students to be organized in their notes and practicing, is clear about her expectations, and doesn’t request more of them than they are capable of giving. Students are continuously reviewing and rating their own rehearsals and discussing how they can be more productive. They are learning in an environment where they feel supported by teacher and peers and usually find that they develop skills far beyond what they imagined by the end of the year (this is one of the top high school orchestra programs in the country). While the director maintains high expectations and runs a strict rehearsal, she does so with a sense of humor. She is clear about the groups’ objectives and the students respect her. There are always bumps in the road, but as an assistant with this class for the past year I have been amazed at how environment does affect learning (and the students’ belief in self) in a big way.


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Scripts are items placed in an objects inventory (marked with the icon) to create an effect. This effect has a very large number of things that it can do. How objects look, move, interact with avatars, and communicate are all examples of what can be done with scripts.
Scripts are created through an in-world editor similar to a text file editor. Key words that perform specific actions or run when an action is performed are highlighted. The language used to write scripts is Linden Scripting Language (LSL), and is an event oriented programming language.
LSL Portal is dedicated to LSL and how to use it to obtain the in-world effects. If you are new to scripting try looking at some of the Tutorials.
This category is for functions and events that are connected with the script Virtual Machine (VM), the functions control or query the VM and the events are some aspect of the result of that interaction. For functions and events who's functionalities are specific to scripts and in there nature.
Sharing Script Access
In the course of shared projects, you may often need to let team members access scripts in objects owned by you, or need yourself to access scripts in objects owned by them.
To enable this, see: Editing someone else's scripts and notecards.


Tree Sisters is a UK charity planting millions of trees, with the goal of a billion a year. Forests, which sequester carbon, can have a real impact to slow climate change. In countries including Kenya, Brazil, Madagascar, and Nepal, Tree Sisters employs people, especially women, to plant trees, which increases clean water, habitat for endangered species, gives women the resources to educate their children, and even prevents further deforestation.
Founded by Clare Dubois, a former teacher, Tree Sisters was inspired when she crashed into a tree, which saved her from going over the edge of a gully and being seriously injured. During the crash, she received a vision from of uniting women around the world to give back to the Earth by reforesting the tropics. The tropics are particularly crucial to stabilize the climate.
Being a Tree Sister is an experience of being connected through the roots of an enormous, growing forest floor of women extending around the world.
Nature awaits each of us to consciously come home to her. She is always with us because we are nature and nature is us. You, too, can experience the joy of becoming a Restorer along with thousands of other Tree Sisters and some Tree Brothers. For more information, check out www.treesisters.org


One of the most common misconceptions in the electrical world is the difference between a GFCI receptacle and a GFI outlet. There is no significant difference at all.
When discussing GFCI receptacles, common conversations use the terms GFCI ground fault circuit interrupter outlets or simply a ground fault interrupter (GFI). They are generally counted as the exact same thing.
Although this may be a confusing concept for those unfamiliar with electrical products, you cannot go wrong with either term. Though, many electricians use the term GFCI receptacle as opposed to GFI receptacle in dialogue.
AFCIs and GFCIs are both NEC requirements to increase the safety and reduce the risk of injury within buildings. Read to learn more about the differences between the two and the NEC requirements for installation.
GFCI stands for Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter, which shuts off if it detects a current flowing down the wrong path. Read our blog to learn all about GFCIs and when and why you should use them.
Effective June 29, 2015, UL revised their UL 943 Standard for Safety for GFCIs. This revision makes it mandatory for GFCIs to feature a self-test and reverse line-load misfire function.
After deciding to replace your outdated outlets with GFCI outlets, you need to know the different types of outlets. Read our guide to learn about each type of outlet and the requirements for installation.
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Our population includes Indigenous Peoples who have lived here for thousands of years and people from around the world who immigrated here.
At Royal Roads, we warmly welcome people of all backgrounds and beliefs. And we work together to create an equitable, diverse and inclusive community.
Getting to know each other
We hope your time on Canada's stunning west coast is a learning experience like no other.
We hope you have the opportunity to share your own beliefs and experiences, and to challenge your new community to grow and learn.
You'll find a supportive network at Royal Roads University to help.
Like every country, Canadian mannerisms and way of being might be different from others.
Although everyone is unique, here are a few general tips:
- All genders are considered equal in work and life.
- Canada was one of the first countries in the world to legalize same-sex marriage and the law protects the rights of the LGBTQ2S+ community.
- Interactions between people are often informal but respectful. That can mean listening when someone is talking, showing kindness, and helping out if you can.
- The Canadian version of being polite is making eye contact, smiling, saying please and thank you (and sorry, sometimes a lot), letting others pass in front of us, waiting in line patiently, and holding the door for people.
- It's unacceptable to make jokes or comments that insult someone's race, religion, gender, ability or appearance.
- It can be considered impolite to ask someone you do not know well about personal information like age, salary, marital status, relationships and the cost of personal items.
- Although there are two official languages, English and French, you'll hear a lot of languages spoken.


In people with type-1 diabetes, beta cells in the pancreas don’t produce a hormone called insulin, leading to increased glucose levels in the blood. To control the problem, patients inject themselves with insulin. In the search for a better way to tackle diabetes, researchers have used stem cells to make new beta cells. Now, they may have a simpler strategy. By delivering three transcription factors – proteins that control gene activity – into mice, they transformed intestinal cells called crypt cells (stained green) into insulin-producing cells (red). The same combination of proteins turned human intestine cells grown in the dish into beta-like cells. So, if researchers can perfect this cellular alchemy to produce higher-quality beta-like cells, the intestines of diabetes patients could provide a ready supply of insulin-producing cells. These cells could then be given back to patients to regulate blood-sugar levels without the need for regular injections.
BPoD stands for Biomedical Picture of the Day. Managed by the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences the website aims to engage everyone, young and old, in the wonders of biomedicine. Images are kindly provided for inclusion on this website through the generosity of scientists across the globe.
BPoD is also available in Catalan at www.bpod.cat with translations by the University of Valencia.


Do Prefab Steel Buildings Suffer from Rust?
Rust is the result of steel corrosion, after the iron particles in it have been exposed to moisture and oxygen. Oxygen causes the electrons to rise and form hydroxyl ions that react with iron to form hydrated iron oxide (FeOH), more commonly known as rust.
Although metal structures seem solid, water molecules are still able to penetrate into the microscopic gaps in its structure. That’s how the corrosion process begins.
Buildings on metal structures are very durable, but even the best ones need periodic maintenance, which includes identifying areas vulnerable to rust or already rusty, cleaning them and protecting them with the help of special substances and paints.
Common signs of wear in a metal structure that you need to take into account:
- scratches or notches in metal that favors rust
- more or less severe impact damage
- corrosion, discoloration or damage to finished surfaces
To prevent some scratching and bumps, cut down the trees that grow too close to the building, clean the area around the building of leaves, twigs and other debris, and, in winter, clean ice and snow so as not to let moisture favor rust formation.
Areas affected by rust must first be sanded and primed, and then painted with special anti-corrosion paint. For more tips on metal building construction and care look to https://canamsteelbuildings.com/.