In the second half of the 20th century, the land in Phoenix was cheap, and the living was easy. In 1940, Phoenix was a small agricultural city, population 65,000. By 1980, its population was 1.5 million. Businesses and politicians lured corporations and people to the Valley of the Sun with ample government contracts, few regulations, and a pro-business climate. Cheap electricity lulled new arrivals into forgetting about the desert that surrounded them. Air-conditioned houses and cars stayed cool year-round. Water flowed from the taps with no evidence of the great distance it had traveled to get there. But all this growth also took a toll. Even before climate change had the world worrying about sustainability, Phoenix was plagued by air pollution and rising temperatures. What environmental, economic, social, and political forces transformed Phoenix into a metropolis? And does such a metropolis belong in the middle of the Arizona desert? New York University historian Andrew Needham, author of Power Lines: Phoenix and the Making of the Modern Southwest, former Phoenix mayor Terry Goddard, and Sarah Porter, director of ASU’s Kyl Center for Water Policy at Morrison Institute, visit Zócalo to discuss how Phoenix as we know it came to be–and the consequences of all its growth.
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Phoenix Is a Survivor
This City in the Sonoran Desert Is an Old Hand at Grappling with Its Thirst for Water and Electricity
The fact that people question Phoenix’s existence has been good for the city. That was the headline lesson from Tuesday night’s Zócalo/ASU College of Public Service & Community Solutions event, …


Coherence is a normalized - that is comprised between zero and one - measure of the confidence of the transfer function at a specific frequency.
In other words it describes how trustworthy the transfer function is at the corresponding frequency.
Coherence at a particular frequency indicates whether the system can accurately be described as linear gain and phase shift or not.
Low coherence most often indicate a bad measurement, so you should look for possible causes and correct them before starting again.
Typical culprits include a noisy device, presence of distortion, channel crosstalk, acoustical noise such as cooling fans, people talking, handling noise, bad isolation from the outside, etc. Low coherence also manifests when delay is improperly compensated for.
While maximizing coherence is desirable, in most cases, it will most likely be impossible to attain a flat curve approaching unity at all frequencies, except in an anechoic chamber or very ‘dead’ sounding room with minimal reflections.
Reverberation, as well as mismatched transducers, tends to give lower coherence, as the signal arriving at the microphone position is really the sum of several time-delayed version of the source.
Sometimes it will be impossible to get good overall coherence, and the magnitude and phase curves will therefore be less precise, stable and smooth. This does not mean you cannot attempt extract any information from those. As always, use your judgment and knowledge of the specific system to decide which assumptions seem reasonable.
By default, the transparency of the main magnitude curve is also modulated with the coherence values, which increases readability by effectively dimming untrustworthy curve portions. In addition to controls and settings identical to those of the spectrum magnitude curve, you can toggle the coherence curve on and off with the ‘Enable’ switch under ‘Coherence’ in the settings.


The BA Takes Part in Producing Films for the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
The BA Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CULTNAT), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities through the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization participated in the production of a number of films that feature 3D animation of the displayed museum artefacts in a new and creative way.
For the first time, the films present the scientific heritage of the ancient Egyptian civilization through the units of measurement, which were considered the most ancient types of measurement known to humanity. The ancient Egyptian cubit was the earliest unit of length, in addition to El-Khatt, which helped in the measurement and construction of pyramids and temples. Ancient units of measurement also encompassed tools that measured the weight of metals, products, and grains, in addition to water clocks and sundials.
Furthermore, the films tackle the musical heritage of Egypt, and the creativity of the ancient Egyptian in designing the flute and harp, as well as the formation of bands and knowledge of the heptatonic scale. They showcase the early humans’ perseverance 500,000 BC ago and their efforts to use stone tools in fishing and devising axes. The films also demonstrate the method of using and manufacturing the first prosthesis known to man, while elucidating the patient’s state and surgical intervention.
These films represent a new facet of the use of technology in the documentation and display of the ancient Egyptian civilization, and its major contribution to arts and sciences over the centuries.


Lesson 01 A Private conversation
Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned round again. ‘I can't hear a word!’ I said angrily.
‘It's none of your business,’ the young man said rudely. ‘This is a private conversation!’
Summary writing 摘要写作
Answer these questions in not more than 55 words.
1 Where did the writer go last week？
2 Did he enjoy the play or not？
3 Who was sitting behind him？
4 Were they talking loudly，or were they talking quietly？
5 Could the writer hear the actors or not？
6 Did he turn round or not？
7 What did he say？
8 Did the young man say, ‘The play is not interesting，’or did he say，‘This is a private conversation！’？


In collaboration with LG Sonic, Vale is using the MPC-Buoy technology to improve its overall water quality. This project is the first of its kind in Brazil and it’s already helping to keep blooms under control in Vale’s dam.
Vale is a Brazilian, multinational corporation with operations in 20 countries across five continents. Vale is committed to becoming one of the safest and most reliable companies in the world, always acting in alignment with its basic principle — life matters most. To achieve this, the company is dedicated to being a sustainable operator, a driver of local development and global sustainability. Fifty-four percent of the energy consumed by Vale is self-generated.
Algae blooms impact Brazil’s industries
Researchers in Brazil and the United States discovered that agriculture, mining and urbanization are degrading the water quality in Brazilian rivers. A consequence of the pollution resulting from such activities is the proliferation of harmful algae blooms that have been a problem for years in and around Brazil.
Algae, and the toxins they produce, present a great challenge for water treatment plant operators and to the public at large. When algae infiltrate treatment plants, they often clog sand filters. Some algae species produce geosmins and methylisoborneol (MIB), causing moldy taste and smells. As these compounds cannot be removed through conventional filtration, they raise concerns about water quality and safety. Additionally, it is also important to note that these compounds can harm humans, pets and aquatic organisms.
To deal with these by-products, water treatment plant operators often use copper sulphate. However, this method harms the ecosystem and it doesn’t always comply with regulatory requirements. Also, removing algae and manually cleaning sand filters from water treatment plants is costly, labor-intensive, and time-consuming.
Algae blooms can become a threat in several stages of the water treatment process, depending on the type and place of their growth. Thus, it’s crucial to tackle the problem at the source and prevent negative consequences within the entire water treatment system.
The appearance of toxic algae can become a problem in almost every type of stored water, including cooling reservoirs, discharge water and brackish water used for processes. Here, they create additional friction, which translates into increased pumping costs, and reduced water flow by up to 10%, or even more, in case of filamentous algae.


For a few weeks near the end of winter, both hot and cold dormant carnivorous plants can be found growing together. This location in a national park in northern Sydney is home to an impressive diversity of four species of Drosera and three species of Utricularia (and perhaps a few more subspecies).
In Sydney, the rains at the start of the winter soak into the ground and continually release water throughout the season. The cool weather and weaker sun allows for the hydration of shallow moss gardens on top of sandstone, in which the small red form of Drosera peltata grows. After a few months of productive growth, this species flowers at the end of winter before retreating back into a dormant tuber to survive the bone dry summer.
Nearby, Drosera spatulata also enjoy the wet seepages. This species turns a vivid red coloration during winter, probably due to environmental conditions such as reduced food sources, cold temperatures and sunny days. While this species doesn’t truly go dormant, they can enter a hibernation state during the regular summer droughts.
Drosera binata emerges from its winter dormancy as the day length increases and temperature rises. Unlike the Queensland populations, which grow year round, plants around Sydney enter a truly dormant state.
Often growing as a companion to D. binata, Utricularia uniflora inhabits permanenty wet seepages. Interestingly this year, the species continued to flower throughout winter (probably due to an abnormally warm season and global warming).
Away from the creek line, the tall scrambling form of D. peltata grows amongst the grasses in seasonally moist peat. Compared to the red form, these plants are an olive green color and reach over 30 cm, using nearby plants as supports.
Drosera pygmaea inhabits sandy, exposed aspects. The main growing season for this species is winter, when the soils are moist and the weather cool. This year, the plants already show signs of dormancy with a tuft of white reflective leaves protecting the central rosette. This species only has a weak dormancy and can be awakened by downpours during summer growing until the water dries up again.


Background of Visit
The human rights situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Australia has been examined by the UN Special Rapporteur, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, who has visited the country from 20 March to 3 April.
During her visit, Ms. Tauli-Corpuz has addressed a number of diverse issues including measures and policies adopted to reduce indigenous disadvantage, the administration of justice and detention conditions, land rights and native title, prevention of violence against women and the rate of children removed from their homes by officials.
The Special Rapporteur has also reviewed the application of the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) and its successor ‘Stronger Futures’ legislation.
Progress made in implementing recommendations made by the previous Special Rapporteur following his country visit to Australia in 2009 has also been studied.
The fifteen days visit is being held at the invitation of the Australian Government and the Special Rapporteur has met with federal and state level officials, as well as parliamentarians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and civil society organisations working for the rights of indigenous peoples. She has also visited indigenous communities to hear directly from them about their issues and concerns.
The independent expert mandated by the UN Human Rights Council to monitor, report and advise on the human rights situation of indigenous peoples around the world has traveled to Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Victoria and New South Wales.
The Special Rapporteur will present a report of her findings and recommendations to the UN Human Rights Council in September 2017.
Audio of Press Conference at UNIC Canberra by the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz on her visit to Australia (Pictured)
To access her statement please click Preliminary Findings.


Intelligence is the capability to handle information and derive conclusions based on the information that you analyzed and deliberated. The better are your analytical capabilities to find patterns , and understand the patterns, the more intelligent you are; you can derive conclusions from the information faster and better then somebody else who's not as intelligent as you are.
Now what is wisdom?
Wisdom is based on experience. An intelligent person knows how to get out of the hole. A wise person knows how not to fall into the hole in the first place. Why? Because he has experience. And the best experience is when to learn from other people who fell into the hole. You don't have to fall into the hole yourself to be wise. You learn from others, from the experience of others. So a wise person is extremely experienced without necessarily having to experience it on his own skin.
Young people are intelligent but not necessarily wise. We correlate wisdom with some white hair. Why white hair? Because there is experience and experience is not to tell people what to do, but what not to do. A wise person knows where the holes are, and prevents you from falling into them.In some companies, they make the mistake of hiring graduates from business schools who are the top in the class. Very intelligent, but they are not necessarily wise. Those companies are bypassing older people because they claim that they are outdated; The advances in technology made them obsolete. My advise, hire intelligent people who know the latest technology but for leadership positions hire wise people. In todays environment there are endless opportunities what to do. One needs to know what not to do.
Ichak Kalderon Adizes


What are the basic visual cues that determine our preference towards mundane everyday objects? We previously showed that a highly potent cue is the nature of the object's contour: people generally like objects with a curved contour compared with objects that have pointed features and a sharp-angled contour. This bias is hypothesized here to stem from an implicit perception of potential threat conveyed by sharp elements. Using human neuroimaging to test this hypothesis, we report that the amygdala, a brain structure that is involved in fear processing and has been shown to exhibit activation level that is proportional to arousal in general, is significantly more active for everyday sharp objects (e.g., a sofa with sharp corners) compared with their curved contour counterparts. Therefore, our results indicate that a preference bias towards a visual object can be induced by low-level perceptual properties, independent of semantic meaning, via visual elements that on some level could be associated with threat. We further present behavioral results that provide initial support for the link between the sharpness of the contour and threat perception. Our brains might be organized to extract these basic contour elements rapidly for deriving an early warning signal in the presence of potential danger.
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|State||Published - 2007|
Bibliographical noteFunding Information:
We thank K. Kveraga for programming tools used for filtering stimuli, as well as those used for both the recording and collection of voice responses to the filtered images used in the pilot for Experiment 3. We also thank E. Aminoff, M. Fenske, N. Gronau, M. Vangel, P. Whalen, and G. Wolford for helpful comments on the manuscript. This work was supported by the James S. McDonnell Foundation #21002039, NINDS R01 NS044319 and NS050615, the MIND Institute, and resource support by #5P41RR014075.


At Legacy Pediatrics we have started giving the new Meningitis B vaccine to teenagers beginning at age 16 years old. Three doses will be needed to complete the immunization series. The doses are to be given spread out with the second dose about 2 months after the first dose and a third dose at least 6 months after the first dose. This is the same schedule as the HPV vaccine for boys and girls that prevents cervical and vaginal cancer in girls, and anal cancer, some head/neck cancers, and genital warts in both boys and girls.
For many years Legacy Pediatrics has been giving a meningitis vaccine for 4 other strains of the Meningococcus bacteria, which is called Menactra. That vaccine contained 4 ingredients called A, C, Y and W135 corresponding to those 4 strains of the bacteria. We have been waiting for the Meningitis B vaccine for almost a decade and are excited it is finally here as it now allows us to prevent this additional strain of meningococcus from causing infections.
Most will remember the outbreak of Meningitis B at Princeton University last year. This vaccine was allowed to be used to break the epidemic on campus, even though it was not approved by the FDA last year. An exception was made since the FDA was nearing the end of its process of approval when the outbreak occurred.
We are especially proud to give all the meningitis vaccines in our practice because as many of you may know, Dr. Pichichero was on the discovery team of the first meningitis vaccine called the Hib vaccine. And that vaccine was first tested in Rochester NY in clinical studies led by him, leading to FDA approval. Then Dr. Pichichero went on to test the early versions of Prevnar vaccine as the second meningitis vaccine to be used for children. Again, that vaccine was first tested in Rochester NY in clinical studies led by him, leading to FDA approval. The third meningitis vaccine was Menactra. While Dr. Pichichero was not an “inventor” of that vaccine, Legacy Pediatrics led the national testing of that vaccine and Dr. Pichichero was the lead author in the main publication on the effectiveness of Menactra, with the paper appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).


In March 2007, Community Housing Works, a non-profit developer/owner of low income housing projects, unveiled a 56-unit multi-tenant unit (MTU) apartment complex called Solara in Poway, California, in San Diego county. Solara was designed from the ground up to incorporate green and sustainability features, including a net-zero energy footprint goal. To generate 100% of its own electricity, the project included a series of 836 solar photo voltaic (PV) panels with a total nameplate capacity of 142 kilowatts (kW) installed on rooftops and carports throughout the complex.
At the time of Solara's construction, most projects only attempted to incorporate solar PV to serve the energy load from common areas, such as laundry facilities or community rooms. These installations were limited because of outdated regulatory policies that required each individual unit to have its own physically isolated solar system.
Solara sought to bring solar power to all of its tenants and was forced in install separate arrays of panels for each and every unit. This meant taking a dozen panels at a time, wiring them to individual solar inverters (to convert energy from DC to AC), and running separate cabling from each cluster of solar panels directly into each tenant's separate electricity meter. Clearly, this was not the most efficient way to deliver power in an MTU property.
A Better Way?
In 2008, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) created a program called "Virtual Net Metering", or "VNM" specifically for Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing (MASH) projects like Solara. (CPUC decision 08-10-036.)
Joy Hughes, Founder, Solar Gardens Institute http://www.solargardens.org
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Madhya Pradesh Through The Ages- From The Earliest Times to 1305 A.D (A Study of Culture and Civilization)
|Author:||Kailash Chand Jain|
|Publisher:||B.R. Publishing Corporation|
|ISBN:||Vol-I 9788170189381 |
|Pages:||698 (Throughout Black and White Illustrations)|
|Other Details||9.50 X 7.50 inch|
This book describes the history and culture of Madhya Pradesh from the earliest times to 1305 A.D. This region is known as the heart of India on account of its central position. Its regional variations led to cultural diversities. This book deals with stone tools, fossils, rock shelters, pottery, coins, inscriptions, monuments and sculptures which help in reconstructing the history. An attempt has also been made to correlate the culture and traditions of literary works with the archaeological evidence.
The contributions of Madhya Pradesh to Indian Culture remained profound. Polity, religion, art, education, literature, sciences, economy and society of Madhya Pradesh have been discussed. The importance of this region during the Pradyota-Maurya Period was next only to Magadha. The Sunga-Satavahana-Saka period was of great prosperity as known from the discovery of numerous coins. Buddhism became very popular.
Born on 21st April, 1930 at Maroth in Nagor District of Rajasthan, Dr. K.C. Jain got his Ph.D. and D. Litt. in 1956 and 1963 respectively from the Rajasthan University. He joined the Vikram University in 1964, and served as Professor and Head, School of Studies in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Vikram University, Ujjain and was appointed as Senior Fellow by the Indian Council of Historical Society for a period of three years (1990-1993).
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The Use of Natural Resources at Notre Dame Girls Senior High School
By Sister Emelia Ayambire Agana
The presence of the School Sisters of Notre Dame at Notre Dame Girls Senior High School in Sunyani, Ghana, has made a great impact on the lives of both staff and students. The influence has come not only through classroom knowledge but also morals and more importantly, care for our common home.
The word “shalom” is a very common term that is used and practiced by both staff and students. We are aware of the peaceful co-existence of creation and therefore do our best.
We strive to live sustainably by making good use of the meager resources we have. Each morning the students give their best in keeping the environment clean. They are led by the teachers to pick up the dry leaves that have fallen from trees, and then send the bulk of the leaves, grass, and kitchen waste from the homes of the teachers who live on campus to a pit.
These leaves and the kitchen waste are allowed to decompose, and the compost is applied to young plants on campus to keep them growing. This forms part of our shalom mandate on campus in caring for our common home instead of using chemical fertilizer on our plants, which would become toxic to our soil and our bodies of water in the near future. Or burning the leaves which would lead to the death of microorganisms.
We believe in the call of Pope Francis in living Laudato Si’ each day.
More on Laudato Si’
- Read more reflections about the Laudato Si’ Action Platform goals.
- Click here to learn more about Laudato Si’ and the seven international goals of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform.


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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI, Findout! dicusses the build-up to the war, along with battles, history, technology, and more.
Explore pre-war Europe, the US's entry into World War I, the role of women during the War, the technology developed, tanks and artillery, intelligence, espionage, propaganda, and much more. Become an expert on World War I and learn all about the key events that would shape the world. Read about the conditions that made a world war inevitable, and who the key players were. Written by an expert in the field, DK findout! World War I is a perfect addition to any home, school, or classroom library.
The DK findout! series tackles everything children need-and want-to know. From the core subjects to smaller, more specialized topics, these books explain and expand the world around children, while providing them with key curriculum information. No subject is too big or too small for DK findout! Packed with amazing photography and ingenious artwork, as well as engaging text, this series heralds a new generation of innovative children's illustrated reference.
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Dental X-rays (radiographs) are images of your teeth that your dentist uses to evaluate your oral health. These X-rays are used with low levels of radiation to capture images of the interior of your teeth and gums.
These X-rays can help your dentist to identify problems like cavities, tooth decay, and impacted teeth. Dental X-rays may seem complex, but they’re actually very common tools that are just as important as your teeth cleanings.
Dental radiographs, commonly known as X-rays, are radiographs used to diagnose hidden dental structures, malignant or benign masses, bone loss, and cavities.
A radiographic image is formed by a controlled burst of X-ray radiation which penetrates oral structures at different levels, depending on varying anatomical densities, before striking the film or sensor. Teeth appear lighter because less radiation penetrates them to reach the film. Dental caries, infections and other changes in the bone density, and the periodontal ligament, appear darker because X-rays readily penetrate these less dense structures. Dental restorations (fillings, crowns) may appear lighter or darker, depending on the density of the material.


Cultivation and care
Cultivation and care comprise:
- Preparing the soil for planting and improving growth
- Care of the seedlings and young plants
- Pruning and fertilisation
The plantation areas acquired had previously been used as cattle pasture. Apart from the quebradas (natural streams protected by nature protection legislation), the shrubbery and natural undergrowth is removed manually, which, while involving higher personnel costs, nevertheless benefits the soil and is the most valuable way of preparing the soil from an ecological point of view.
Care of the seedlings and young plants involves:
- Regulating the secondary forest growth: Secondary forest growth (secondary flora) is the term used to refer to all the forest plants that do not serve the aims of production (mostly the obtaining of timber) and that might hinder the growth of the forest wood (such as grasses, ferns, shrubbery, bushes, certain types of trees). Each case must be examined closely to determine whether the secondary flora’s effects are mainly positive, negative or neutral.
- Regulation of the secondary growth can in particular be carried out
- Biologically: cultivation of specific undergrowth
- Mechanically: mulching, targeted fertilisation
- Pruning the teak plants
A further criterion for intensive cultivation is pruning. By testing a number of alternatives on existing plantations over the last few years, the best approach has been determined and is now applied to all plantations. It is particularly important for timber quality (freedom from knots) and trunk growth that branches are removed up to a height of 8 metres. This process is repeated several times up to the harvest.
- Fertilisation: enrichment of the soils with nutrients and the addition of missing nutrients by means of plantbased measures and the controlled application of deposit fertiliser in order to ensure sustained growth.


Addicks Res Nr Addicks
June 2 2023
1% of Normal • Very Low
Water levels at Addicks Res Nr Addicks are currently 67 , about 1% of normal. The average for this time of year is approximately 10,632.9.
Maximum recorded since record keeping began in 2007 was 2021-11-30 when levels reached 279,700 . Lowest recorded was 2007-10-14 when levels receded to 0.43 .
Addicks Reservoir, located in Texas, was built in 1948 to control flooding within the Buffalo Bayou watershed. The reservoir is part of a larger flood control project built by the US Army Corps of Engineers. It has a capacity of 120,000 acre-feet and covers an area of about 2,200 acres. The reservoir is fed by several creeks and bayous, including Bear Creek, Horsepen Creek, Langham Creek, and South Mayde Creek. These waterways provide surface flow to the reservoir, while snowpack is not a significant contributor. The reservoir also serves as a water supply source and provides recreational opportunities such as fishing and boating. Additionally, the surrounding land is used for agricultural purposes.
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South Carolina Jockey Club
Horse racing has been a favorite sport in England since the sixteenth century and naturally found its way to the North American colonies not long after their settlement. The earliest record of horse racing in South Carolina surfaces in the South-Carolina Gazette of February 1734. During the next two decades the sport increased in popularity in the colony, but it became organized when a group of lowcountry gentlemen founded the South Carolina Jockey Club in 1758.
By the early 1770s race week became the most important time of the year for many South Carolinians. Troubles with the mother country, however, interrupted horse racing, and the South Carolina Jockey Club agreed to suspend its activities for the duration of the Revolutionary War. In December 1783, one year after the British evacuated Charleston, the Jockey Club revived anew with increased membership. During the economic turbulence of the postwar period, the association disbanded in 1788 and 1791 but was reestablished each time.
At the turn of the new century, the South Carolina Jockey Club ushered in what would be called the “golden age of racing.” Not only did the club’s annual races, usually held in January or February, serve as the high point of the Charleston social season, but they also served as a common meeting place for members of the planter class from across the state. In the ensuing years the races grew considerably and drew the attention of spectators and horse breeders from other states, who entered their horses in the competition. The loss of thoroughbreds during the Civil War and the economic decline that followed led to the demise of horse racing in the state. Efforts by the Jockey Club to revive the sport failed, and the club disbanded on December 28, 1899. Its assets were donated to the Charleston Library Society.
Irving, John Beaufain. The South Carolina Jockey Club. 1857. Reprint, Spartanburg, S.C.: Reprint Company, 1975.
Sparks, Randy J. “Gentleman’s Sport: Horse Racing in Antebellum Charleston.” South Carolina Historical Magazine 93 (January 1992): 15–30.


This very interesting name appears to be of Olde English pre 7th Century origin and drive from the North East where it is popular under a variety of spellings. These include Chivel, Shevell, Shevill, Sheivels and Shawel and as Shevill there is a Coat of Arms granted for Shevill of Bishopwearmonth, Co. Durham being a Chevron between two bars of Silver on a red field. There is also a Coat of Arms under "Shewal and all that ilk", a metonymic job description for a digger or tunneller and recorded as Turoldus le Scurel in 1148 (Hampshire), although this is not a surname.The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Elizabeth Shevill. which was dated 1594, who was baptised at Ryton Church, Durham. during the reign of QQueen Elizabeth 1, known as Good Queen Bess, 1558 - 1603. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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Israel Zangwill was a novelist, playwright, and Zionist leader. He was born in London in 1864 to Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire. His brother was novelist Louis Zangwill. Israel Zangwill was educated at the Jews’ Free School and at the University of London. He campaigned for people he considered oppressed and became involved with Jewish emancipation, Jewish assimilation, territorialism, cultural Zionism, pacifism, and women’s suffrage. After meeting Theodor Herzl in 1896, Zangwill became a spokesman for Zionism. He later broke with the movement to form the Jewish Territorialist Organization, of which he was president from 1905 to 1925. Zangwill wrote several novels, including Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People (1892) which he also dramatised on Broadway in 1899.
His most notable play, The Melting Pot, was first staged in 1908 in Washington, DC, and depicts the life of a Russian Jewish immigrant family in America. the play received its UK premiere at the Royal Court Theatre in 1914 and transferred to two West End theatres. It was revived in 2017 by the Finborough Theatre. The play popularized the phrase “melting pot” and Zangwill was an avid campaigner on behalf of the assimilation of immigrants to the United States, and the development of America as an amalgamation of migrant cultures. His views rather than his rather conventional dramatic form make him arguably the first ‘modern’ British-Jewish playwright.
Zangwill was married to the feminist and author Edith Ayrton. One of his sons, Oliver Zangwill, was a prominent psychologist. Israel Zangwill died in 1926.


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This course provides an overview of financial analysis and valuation for businesses. Emphasis is on financial statement analysis, time value of money, management of cash flow, risk and return, different financial ratios and methods of valuation. This is intended to develop skills for the strategic analysis of financial performance, and to develop experience in evaluating ability of resources to create value as well as identify the risk of default. A company's financial report conveys a wealth of useful information about its business. indeed, financial reports are the primary means by which managers communicate company results to investors, creditors and analysts. These parties use the reports to judge company performance, to assess creditworthiness, to predict future financial performances, and to analyze possible acquisitions and take-overs. Users of financial statements must be able to meaningfully interpret financial reports and construct measures of financial performance.
To enable meaningful comparison across businesses or entities, accounting regulators have developed a set of standards and rules that provide guidelines to the reporting firms. Nevertheless, these standards and rules still allow managers considerable discretion in reporting the firm's results. Since company managers choose among a set of available accounting procedures when preparing their reports, we need to learn about accounting choices in order to achieve a thorough understanding of the reports and their links to the underlying business activity and economic reality of the reporting entity.


According to a new US study taking omega-3 fatty acids seems to lower inflammation and guard against further declines in heart function among recent heart attack patients.
In the randomized controlled trial, 374 patients recovering from a heart attack and receiving standard treatment took either four grams of omega-3 fatty acids or a placebo daily (1). Blood work and cardiac imaging were analyzed at two to four weeks post-heart attack and again at six months. By using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, researchers were able to look at changes in patients’ hearts and see the disease process before and after treatment. The study results showed that patients taking the omega-3 fatty acids were 39% less likely to show a deterioration of heart function as compared to patients taking a placebo. In addition, key markers of systemic inflammation, which were also more likely to be improved in those patients taking the fish oil. Patients who had a 5% increase in the amount of omega-3 fatty acid in their blood seemed to have the best chance of improving heart function (a 10% improvement in left ventricular remodeling).
The researchers commented that omega-3 fatty acids may have anti-inflammatory effects and also promote better cardiac healing. The intake of higher-dose omega-3 fatty acids was not found to be associated with any safety issues. The scientists said that it is unlikely patients could get the amount of omega-3 fatty acids from diet alone: the daily 4 gram dose is roughly equivalent to someone eating a large, 8-ounce serving of salmon every day for six months. The American Heart Association recommends that people eat fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids at least twice a week because of its potential heart benefits. However, most North Americans do not follow this advice, while Japanese populations with higher levels of omega-3 and an otherwise similar risk profile to North Americans have lower risks of heart disease and sudden cardiac death.


Catch a sight on the mind blowing photographs of Mexico at www.incrediblesnaps.com. United Mexico State commonly known as Mexico. Mexico is an amazing country for tourism it stands twenty-third highest tourism spenders in the world, the huge majority of tourists come to Mexico from the United States and Canada. Many other visitors come from Europe and Asia. There are so many places in Mexico which attracts the tourists like The Plaza de la Constitucin, or Zocalo, Catedral Metropolitana (Metropolitan Cathedral), Palacio Nacional (National Palace), Templo Mayor (Great Temple), Palacio de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts Palace), and Xochimilco, still there are so many beautiful places are there to visit. There is no constitutional official language at the federal level in Mexico. Mexico has the largest Spanish-speaking population, almost a third of all Spanish native speakers live in Mexico. Roman Catholicism is a main religion of Mexico this census was given by Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Mexican culture imitates the complexity of the country’s history through the blending of indigenous cultures and the culture of Spain. Mexican society enjoys a vast array of music genres, showing the diversity of Mexican culture. Traditional music includes Mariachi, Banda, Norteno, Ranchera and Corridos. The XIX Olympic Games in 1968 was first hosted by Mexico, football, baseball, and bull fight is the popular sports of Mexico. Here you can take a look on some of the photographs of Mexico which are really amazing.


Alberta’s Tyre Stewardship programme (Alberta Recycling) was one of the first in Canada and, allowing for the large area and the sparse population, it has been a very successful operation. Started in 1992 the programme has dealt with tyre stockpiles and addressed the needs of Albertans to dispose if their annual arisings of six million ELT in a responsible manner.
Impressive Feat for One of Canada’s Sparser Area
“This achievement shows Albertans’ commitment to protecting the environment is stronger than ever,” says Shannon Phillips, Minister of Environment and Parks. “It means that in every community there is a determination to do the right thing.”
Through the recycling programme, valuable material is diverted from landfills and recycled, creating jobs and new products that come back full-circle into everyday use.
Alberta Recycling chair Bob Barss says the tyres are recycled into sidewalk blocks, roofing tiles and playground surfaces.
“Albertans, municipalities, tyre and vehicle retailers and the province’s recycling industry should be proud of this achievement and their contribution to eliminating tyres from landfills and stockpiles. They have all played a key role in having those tyres recycled,” says Barss.
There are 350 collection sites across Alberta set up by urban and rural municipalities, First Nations and Metis Settlements that accept tyres for recycling. Since 2000, Alberta Recycling’s municipal grant programs have provided over $12 million to communities.
Environmental fees for tyres range from $CAN4 on car and light truck tyres to $CAN9 on large truck tyres, and up to $CAN200 for large industrial tyres. The fees are collected on the sale of new tyres and the funds used to manage the provincial tyre recycling programme. Almost 85 per cent of the money is used to help collect the tyres from every part of Alberta and process them into recycled tyre material and products.


HAKKAMA-VERB LAPSEKEELES: KAS ASPEKTILISUSE VÕI TULEVIKU TÄHISTAJA?
Author(s): Reili Argus, Helen Kõrgesaar
Hakkama-verb in child language: a marker of aspectuality or future?
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus
Keywords: language acquisition; child language; future; inchoative aspect
Summary/Abstract: In Estonian one of the most frequent means of expressing the future is the phase verb hakkama ’begin’, which acts similarly to a future auxiliary; however, in addition to the future, it has several other meanings, such as the inchoative aspect or the beginning of a situation. Because in Estonian the future is expressed also by the present forms and temporal words that specify the temporal localization of an event, the acquisition of the future enables us to observe the entwinement of lexical and grammatical devices in the acquisition process. The article focuses on spontaneous speech of two differently-aged children (the material of the younger child represents the age 1;7–3;0 and that of the older child 4;0, 4;1, 7;2, 10;1 and 11;0). The purpose of the study was to find out whether for an Estonian child the hakkama-verb expresses the future or aspectuality, that is, the beginning phase of an action rather than the future. The study analysed constructions with hakkama-verbs in the speech of both the child and the caregiver, which allowed to observe the kind of input that parental speech offers to the child with regard to both the number of hakkama-verbs and their occurrence contexts.
Journal: Emakeele Seltsi aastaraamat
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 57
- Page Range: 009-024
- Page Count: 15
- Language: Estonian


The Book ” Value Education Series Gift Of Life Book – 10 “ series keeping in mind the different religious backgrounds of the children and today are facing value conflicts and dilemma at every turn and stage of life to reach the socio-cultural and political changes that are taking place even in a highly traditional country like ours. It is very important that they acquire the necessary knowledge and skills while they are still young. The series stresses self-awareness, feelings, attitudes, choices, priorities, values and skills, relationships both with one’s intimate circles and institutions of the larger society. This series includes well-graded text from standard I to X as per the child’s mental level along vital since their concern in the moulding of their child’s character is higher than anyone else’s. Thus in our multi-cultured society, it is important to instil and reinforce the backgrounds of the children and the social, ethical and religious needs of today’s children to enable them to blossom into courageous, morally strong, better persons and confident citizens of the land.
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Glycans and Disease
Glycans are involved in disease in various ways.
Bacteria and viruses use glycans to recognize and attack the cells of their host. One example is the influenza virus, which uses its surface glycoproteins to attach itself to certain glycans on the surface of cells in the lining of the nose, throat and lungs so that it can invade. After multiplying within a cell, the new viruses bud off from its surface and infect new cells.
In tumors, cancer cells often make and display abnormal and incorrect amounts of natural glycans. This behavior could be targeted with new diagnostics and therapies.
Because glycans are vital to cell-cell interactions and communication, glycans also control the behavior of the immune system in many different ways.
Glycans are one indicator of whether cells or proteins belong to the body. Foreign glycan structures and patterns are recognized by the immune system as “non-self” and activate an immune response. Conversely, the presence of “self” glycans can act as a signal to prevent the immune system from over-reacting.
Glycans are also essential components of antibodies, which bind to pathogens and infected cells and either neutralize them or tag them for removal by white blood cells. Differences in glycan structure can change the target, binding ability and activity of an antibody.
As a result of these functions, the formation of incorrect glycan structures or patterns in either the immune system or in the rest of the body can cause autoimmune disease.
Much progress is being made in the development of new medicines and therapeutics based on the numerous roles of glycans in disease.


What is the Difference between Evaporation and Boiling?
the major difference between Evaporation and Boiling is that Evaporation is a process in which the water changes its state from liquid to vapor without boiling while boiling is the process in which a substance changes its state from liquid state to gaseous state.
What is Evaporation?
What is Boiling?
difference between Evaporation and Boiling
|Evaporation always occurs at a fixed temperature.||Boiling can occur at any temperature.|
|in this process, the bubbles are formed as a result of the liquid.||No bubbles are formed.|
|it takes place throughout the liquid.||only takes place on the surface of the liquid.|
|the temperature of the liquid body decreases when evaporation takes place.||in contrast, the temperature remains constant in this process.|
|It is a quick process rather than Boiling.||Boiling is a slow process.|
|continues as long as the air above the surface of liquid remains unsaturated.||it takes place until the internal temperature of the liquid is equal to the external temperature of the surroundings.|
|to initialize this process, a heat energy source is supplied to the liquid.||sunlight or surrounding temperature is a major source to initialize the boiling process.|
|the temperature remains constant to get the required results.||temperature can vary depends on the situation.|
|Evaporation reached the boiling point.||Evaporation can harm you at serious consequences.|
|known as the process of vaporization of liquids at room temperature.||known as the process of evaporation of liquids at the boiling point of liquids.|
|sweat from our bodies is one of the examples of evaporation.||example, water boils at 100 °C.|
dogshit. actually wrong in basic concepts science solved a couple centuries ago. actually factually incorrect


Narrowing the divide
While digital technology has proven an invaluable asset during the pandemic, there were great disadvantages for those without it, especially students. In a year when distance learning became the norm, the gap between students with adequate internet access and the 43% of homes in the world that UNESCO says lack it only widened.
Acquiring the proper equipment is another challenge. Lidia, a single mother in Colombia, represents the difficulties faced by many families throughout the world. Her three oldest children use her cell phone — the only digital device the family owns — to study and communicate with their teachers. “We often stay up until 2 or 3 in the morning doing the tasks they have to do,” she said.
Some families allocate part of their sponsorship funds for the purchase of equipment and internet access, but these expenses can be overwhelming. In some local Unbound programs, staff and parent groups are also doing what they can to help students avoid falling behind because of inadequate equipment. Jensen
, a sponsored senior high student in the Philippines, offered an example of how this is happening.
“When we heard from our PVL (parent volunteer leader) about the possibility that we can request financial assistance from Unbound in buying a laptop for our online class, we tried that opportunity since we really need to have it for our education,” he said. A few days later, Jensen and other students in the program were granted funds and given permission to purchase the equipment.
According to Velazquez, the organization recognizes the increased importance of technology for education and is responding to it. One way was to adjust the Unbound Scholarship Program to allow for use of funds to cover technology needs. The scholarship program provides financial support for promising students who otherwise wouldn’t be able to continue their studies.
“We know that local programs have changed their policies and communication to encourage this,” she said. “We also recently modified the Unbound Scholarship Program manual to specifically include technology devices, data plans and internet access as education expenses that fall under scholarship.”


Radiation is energy that travels through material or space in the form of waves or streams of particles. It is present everywhere in our environment.
There are two kinds of radiation:
- Ionizing radiation: radiation from both natural and manufactured radioactive materials, such as cosmic rays, nuclear power plants and x-ray machines.
- Non-ionizing radiation: lower-energy radiation, such as ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun, radio waves and microwaves.
Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation
Sunlight is the main source of ultraviolet radiation, which can damage the DNA in your skin cells. Ultraviolet radiation is a major factor in the development of skin cancer. Tanning beds are artificial sources of UV radiation.
Radon is a radioactive gas that has no colour, odour or taste. Found in some areas of B.C., radon is formed by the breakdown of uranium – a radioactive material found in soil, rock and groundwater. Outdoors, radon is not a concern because it is present in low concentrations. However, radon in buildings and other enclosed spaces tends to accumulate to high levels, and can cause lung cancer.
Electromagnetic fields occur naturally, and are also created by equipment such as cell phones, Wi Fi, smart meters, microwave ovens, telecommunications towers, smart meters and radar.


In honor of nearing 116 years since the original opening of the Panama Canal, we wanted to share our company’s tie to this historic project.
So, how is a construction software company connected to the Panama Canal?
The Panama Canal first opened as a 300 ft., one-way passage on August 15, 1904.
After World War II, increased commercial shipping volume made shipowners resort to larger vessels. This increase in demand and ship size caused 48-hour wait periods to pass through the canal.
After pressure from ship owners reached its peak, funding was raised to widen the canal to 500 ft.
Now, here’s where Oman Systems’ predecessor company, Oman Construction, comes in.
For the first time in history, outside contractors were selected to work on the canal. Oman Construction was awarded the contract for the final 8.3 miles of the Gaillard Cut. This section was the most dangerous part of the project because of the risk of landslides. This stretch of the canal also required workers to seamlessly complete the project alongside the daily ship traffic.
Not only did Oman Construction complete this dangerous part of the project without incident, but the company also wrapped up 19 months ahead of schedule.
Not to brag, but we don’t know many software companies who can boast connections to the Panama Canal as well as the Trans Alaska Pipeline, FDR’s swimming pool, and the largest earth-fill dam in the U.S.
A software company with a long line of construction history under our belt, that’s who we are.


The educational materials listed on this page are about Zone Till.
Zone tillage, also known as vertical tillage, uses special equipment called the zone builder to cut strips into the subsoil. This method of conservation tillage is similar to strip tillage and is known for being able to improve soil health, foster deep root growth and improve water movement in the soil. Following the zone builder, a row crop planter creates a seed-bed moving the previous plant's residue to the side. Zone tillage is preferred to no-till for systems that are susceptible to compaction, and in humid and cold climates where it is better to remove some of the residue from the soil surface. Read more about zone tillage and other reduced tillage options in Building Soils for Better Crops.
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As the ranks of organic farmers swell in America, so does the need for answers to tough problems in organic agriculture. For example, how can weeds be controlled without soil-eroding tillage? How can risk be minimized? How can farmers learn from one another? Thanks to researcher/educators like Anu Rangarajan of Cornell University, new and transitioning […]


Safety belts, commonly called seat belts, are harnesses that secure people riding inside cars, trucks, and other vehicles. They are considered the most important traffic safety devices at protecting occupants in the event of sudden stopping or crashes. Wearing a seat belt can reduce risk of injury during a crash by 50 percent. Between 2004 and 2008, more than 75,000 lives were saved by seat belt use.
Use of seat belts has been on the rise and currently averages 88 percent. However, seat belt use is lowest among young drivers. Washington, D.C., and 49 states have mandatory seat belt laws, making it smart for teens to buckle up when driving. Whether seated in the front or back seats, passengers should also use their seat belts.
Despite popular belief, being thrown clear of wreckage during a vehicle crash is one of the worst things that can happen. Occupants thrown from vehicles during crashes are four times more likely to suffer fatal injuries. In 2006, 217 drivers and occupants of trucks alone died when ejected from cabs during vehicle crashes. A safety belt can prevent a vehicle occupant from being thrown through the windshield, dragged on the ground, or crushed by the occupied or another vehicle.
Even experienced drivers should wear their seat belts because they can encounter vehicle problems, bad weather, or bad drivers at any time. By wearing seat belts, drivers protect themselves and prevent ejection from their vehicles. When driving in 2008, one Texas driver sent his truck over a guardrail, dropping 40 feet, when he swerved to avoid another car. Police said that he walked away because he was wearing his seatbelt.
When vehicle occupants do not wear their seat belts, they increase their chances of being killed by almost 25 times. Seat belts contact the body at its strongest points, the shoulders and hips. A child restraint supports the entire body and avoids placing stress on any single area. Seat belts protect the spinal cord and head, keeping it away from hard surfaces of the vehicle interior.
Seat belts also prevent vehicle occupants from injuring each other during a crash. For a vehicle traveling at just 30 miles per hour during a crash, 3.5 tons of force is generated by a passenger flying from the back seat into the front seat. By securing them tightly to the vehicle, seat belts allow occupants to take maximum advantage of extended distance and stopping time provided by vehicle crush zones.
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Family status discrimination protects families with children under 18, and includes pregnancies. In 1988, the Fair Housing Act was amended to include a prohibition against family status discrimination. This protection also exists under Massachusetts law.
Family status discrimination can happen in many different ways, but there are some common forms.
Refusal to rent. A common form of housing discrimination is refusal to rent. A housing provider that does not want to rent to a family with children may be concerned with lead paint in the apartment. Lead paint can be expensive to remove, but it is the provider’s obligation. Some housing provider’s try to avoid lead paint abatement (removal) by refusing families with children under six.
Housing providers may also say that there are too many people for the apartment and suggest it violates housing occupancy standards. Housing occupancy standards are typically accommodating and based on the number of rooms and square feet. Most apartments meet housing occupancy standards. If a housing provider applies a stricter standard, it may be family status discrimination.
Another form of family status discrimination happens when a housing provider limits families to first floor units, or denies availability of upstairs units because of the noise from children’s footsteps.
Some housing providers are also concerned with noise from children, and may not want to rent for that reason. There are very limited instances where it is lawful to refuse to rent to families with children. Some housing specifically created for older adults can limit or exclude families with children. Families with children may be excluded from multi-family housing with three or fewer units, where at least one unit is occupied by an elderly or infirm person for whom the presence of children would be a hardship.
Terms and conditions. In addition to refusal to rent, family status discrimination may also happen in the way a family is treated during their tenancy. Requiring compliance with restrictive noise standards for children compared to other adults is different treatment and prohibited.
Resources on Family Status Discrimination:


China’s state-affiliated media reported Tuesday that scientists have cloned three milking cows to produce unusually high levels of milk.
Three calves were born in Ningxia by a team of scientists from Northwest University of Agricultural and Forestry Science and Technology just before the Chinese New Year.
The calves were cloned using “super cows”, which are unusually productive cows that can produce 18 metric tons and 100 tons of milk each year
The average American milk-producing cow produces 10.8 metric tonnes of milk each year. This is compared to according to the latest US Department of Agriculture figures.
Only five out of 10,000 Chinese cattle breeds can produce the same amount of milk as super cows.
According to Jin Yaping, the project leader, it is difficult to breed super cows after their deaths, as they are not designated as such at the end.
Jin stated that his team “reincarnated the super cows” to boost China’s milk production , which is struggling to meet domestic demand due to rising feed costs.
Jin’s team used the tissue from the cows’ ears to create 120 embryos. 42% were successfully immunized in surrogate cows. 17.5% remained fertile after 200 day.
According to the outlet, scientists pointed out that one of the calves had exactly the same skin pattern as its predecessor.
Jin stated that it would take Jin two to three years for a herd consisting of more than 1,000 super cows to be built.
Insider reached Jin but did not receive a response immediately.


Plan For Vacation Day
National Plan For Vacation Day is a holiday that’s observed on the last Tuesday in January and encourages everyone around the U.S to start planning their much-anticipated summer vacations. This is a holiday that serves a purpose for both the people who usually take a vacation and for people who never take a vacation.
For some Americans who do regularly vacation, summer is the time to go to a beautiful or culturally significant location and to spend time with friends and family members. On the other hand, too many Americans leave their vacation days unused and this holiday encourages those Americans to take their vacation day when summer rolls around. No matter which side of the fence you stand behind, the message of this holiday is simple: Plan a great vacation for this summer!
Facts About American Vacations
Want to know how many people are taking their vacation days in the U.S. If you do, then you’ve come to the right place. We’ve discovered the following statistics that should underline how important it is for more Americans to take their vacation time.
- American workers accumulated over 705 million unused vacation days in 2017.
- In 2016, Americans had over 662 million days of unused vacation days.
- Every year, Americans forfeit approximately 210+ million vacation days.
- Over 50% of American workers have unused vacation time.
Observing National Plan For Vacation Day
Get out your travel planner, hit the Internet, and start researching some of the places you want to go for your vacation. Maybe it’s something as simple as taking a cross-country drive, or maybe it’s some as sensational as a hiking trip across Europe.
It all depends on what you and your family want to do. Before you start planning your holiday, be sure to use the hashtag #NationalPlanForVacationDay to encourage everyone to observe this holiday.


St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School implements the Australian Curriculum for Prep – Year 6. The curriculum emphasises the importance of knowledge, understanding and skills in all subject areas, General Capabilities and Cross-curriculum Priorities, as the basis for a curriculum designed to support 21st century learning.
The Australian Curriculum describes a learning entitlement for each Australian student that provides foundations for successful, lifelong learning and participation in the Australian community. It acknowledges that the needs and interests of students will vary, and that schools and teachers plan from the curriculum in ways that respond to those needs and interests.
The Australian Curriculum sets out what all young people should be taught through the specification of curriculum content and the learning expected at points in their schooling through the specification of Achievement Standards (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2011). Please visit www.acara.edu.au for any further information.
All Australian Curriculum subjects have been implemented into student learning at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School.
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES
HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION


U.S. President signs an executive order to expand critical minerals production
On 20 December 2017, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reverse US’s dependence on other countries for critical minerals.
The order aims to identify new sources of critical minerals, ensure that miners and producers have access to the best data and streamline the leasing and permitting process to expedite production, reprocessing and recycling of minerals at all levels of the supply chain.
The order follows the publication of a report prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey demonstrating that the U.S. is most reliant on China for critical minerals with at least 20 of these sourced exclusively in China. Other countries such as Russia, South Africa, Brazil and Canada also supply many critical minerals. The report updates the previous USGS report published in 1973.
For each of the mineral commodities taken into consideration, the USGS describes how the commodity is used, the location of identified resources and their distribution nationally and globally, the state of current geologic knowledge, potential for finding additional deposits, and geoenvironmental issues that may be related to the production and uses of these mineral commodities.
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For more information on the report published by the USGS, please click here.


Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) are organisms that have been introduced into ecosystems that are not originally within their natural range. They often cause harm to their nonnative ecosystems as well as impact human uses that depend on these environments. To see what Aquatic Invasive Species are currently present in Le Sueur County, click on the link to review the Minnesota DNR’s infested waters list. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/ais/infested.html
Each year the State of Minnesota delegates 10 million dollars to counties to assist with Aquatic Invasive Species prevention. The funds that are received by each county are dependent on the watercraft launches and parking spaces that are available to the public. If counties elect to utilize AIS funds, they are required to develop an Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Plan to describe how the funds will be used. Some examples of what AIS funds can used for include the following: watercraft inspections, education and outreach events, educational materials, promotional items, studies and research, mechanical treatments, herbicide treatments, advertisements, rapid response, etc.
If you would like additional information on Aquatic Invasive Species in Minnesota, please click on the following link: https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/ais/index.html


Pretty soon school hallways and bulletin boards will be filled with crafts like my fish example. Travel over to Pinterest for a minute and you will see tons of examples under “preschool art” 😢
What do I have against this sad little paper plate fish?
It is focused on a product. The fish I make and the fish you make should look similar in the end. We want the finished product to look like the teacher example.
This leaves very little room for process learning....the messy middle.
The place where we actually study fish in the water.
The place where we try to draw what they look like moving along the rocks at the bottom. The place where I’m allowed to talk about my knowledge of fish in the creek versus fish in the pond versus fish in my friend’s tank. The place where I try to decide what materials to use to show you what a fish looks like: does this color seem right? Does marker work best? Or should I use clay?
Be honest. Which of the two examples do you have hanging on your fridge? Which type of learning did your child experience?
Open-ended projects allow for children to explore the process of learning without a clear cut, teacher determined end in mind. Children always accomplish more than what teachers could imagine when we just trust them. Do you want to try a Reggio-inspired project with your child? Are you just not sure how? I would love to help you!
Sign up for Atelier @ Home! It is a one-month at a time parent coaching group. You can find out more here.
If you want to hear me on my soap box about craptivities, you can give this video a listen:
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About Reading Counts
Scholastic Reading Counts! is an independent reading program which combines reading practice and software-based reading assessment. This program, based on the Lexile framework, is proven to develop reading skills, help raise test scores, and motivate students to achieve reading success. Westlake Elementary recently updated our computer programs and the book list now includes over 48,000 titles. The Reading Counts! program is used by students in grades 2 through 5. It is also available to kindergarten and first grade students through teacher recommendation. This wonderful program is brought to you by your Direct Donation dollars and is supported by the volunteer efforts of your PFA.
The program begins with great books – students read fiction, nonfiction, and curriculum-based books based on their interests and Lexile level, ensuring they will enjoy and have success with what they read.
In the school library, Reading Counts books have been identified with a color coded sticker that corresponds to the Lexile system. However, we only have a fraction of the 48,000 titles available. Please use the Online Catalog to see the complete list of books, searchable by title, author and Lexile. Scholastic adds titles to the catalog on a monthly basis so be sure to check back frequently.
After selecting and reading the book, students then take a brief computerized quiz about it in the library. They earn points for each quiz they pass. Points vary according to the length and difficulty of the book read. We keep track of the points each student has received and then award prizes when certain point levels have been met. Westlake Elementary has had great success with the program, and have found that it:
MOTIVATES students with suggested reading choices that match their interests and reading levels.
EMPOWERS teachers and staff with reports and actionable date at the student and school level.
REINFORCES comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency skills.
Note: A Lexile measure is a valuable piece of information about a students reading ability or the difficulty of a text, like a book or magazine article. The Lexile measure is shown as a number with an "L" after it — 880L is 880 Lexile. For more information on the Lexile system, please visit www.lexile.com


The renowned bluebird from the film Brazil has finally vanished this bird is just amazing
According to , at least 6 animal types have vanished in a latest days. The purple animal, popularized by the film «Sao Paulo», is one of them.
Appeals for people to care about just the SiPix’s parrot from the strong film Rio might well have come slowly.
The SiPix’s macaw has indeed been certified and thought to be extinct just a few weeks ago. The presence of humans in their homelands came to be too much for this small group.
Parrots battled to live in a famous animated feature film as Blues flew from North to Rio in search of Beth, the only female of its type.
In a good ending narrative, the two form a relationship and also have a kid. These pigeons, regrettably, certainly didn’t make it in.
The research reveals that while the majority of bird extinction events occurred on small islands, the latest occurred in Southern Mexico.
Deforestation has increased dramatically in the area, which has had an effect. Approximately 188 songbirds have vanished from the planet since 1500,
according to the types. According to a study, the entrance of alien species, poaching, and degradation are all factors contributing to the fast reduction.
Many creatures are being required to adjust or fade away as a result of the massive expansion of them.
The vivid bluebirds have finally vanished into the wilderness. Some specimens, on the other hand, are kept in zoos.


An average Nashville household of 4 throws out approximately $1,800 in food each year.
Over one third of the food purchased in Nashville goes to waste.
Food waste in the U.S. contributes the same amount of climate pollution as 20% of all passenger vehicles.
Help Nashville Thrive. Eat the Food.
Trust Your Nose
Freshness indicators are simply suggestions. The best way to know if your food is good to eat is by conducting the sniff test. If it smells good, it will taste good as well.
If You Don’t Eat It, Freeze It.
Do you know most foods can be placed in the freezer for up to a month and maybe more? It’s a great way to save money and preserve food that you just don’t have time to cook.
Irregular Food is Still Good Food
We tend to believe all pears are pear-shaped and a carrot should look like every other carrot. However, this isn’t always the case. Some food just grows differently.
Ways to Make a Difference
Consumers are the largest source of food waste, but we can do something about it. Use the Guest-imator to help you determine how much food you’ll need for the size of your group, and make a grocery list to ensure you only buy what you need. Browse recipes to help you use all parts of your food. Learn how to store your food so it stays fresh as long as possible.
The Nashville Food Waste Initiative (NFWI) drives citywide policies and strategies that reduce food waste by preventing wasted food, rescuing surplus food for those in need, and composting and recycling food scraps to build healthy soil. NFWI has developed citywide food waste policy recommendations for Metro Government, mobilized 40 restaurants to join the Mayor's Food Saver Challenge, and collects and analyzes food waste metrics for the city.
Urban Green Lab, in partnership with NRDC and the Kroger Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation, revealed a new mural on the Bandywood Drive side of the Kroger in Green Hills to celebrate the beauty of food and inspire shoppers to reduce food waste. Read more.


More information: Otten, Pinto, Paffen, Seth & Kanai (in press). The Uniformity Illusion: Central stimuli can determine peripheral perception. Psychological Science
Four examples of the uniformity illusion with motion as an example.
- Open the video fullscreen.
- Keep your eyes fixated on the centre of the screen for a good amount of time (tens of seconds to minutes).
- In the first two examples the central stimuli are present from the start, in the latter two the central stimuli appear after a while. The first and the third example contain no fixation spot, the second and the fourth do. Some people find that the illusion works better without a fixation spot, but you can try out which works best for yourself.
- The fifth example is similar to the third, but now all the motion is much slower.
For more information, see the text below the examples.
In all examples the dots in the periphery rotate four times as fast as the central dots, but all dots seem to be going at the same speed after a while. When the central stimuli appear later (in the latter two examples), it leads, for some people, to a more dramatic effect. Now the peripheral stimuli abruptly appear to slow down. In the last example there can be some strange effects, because now the central motion is very slow. Again the peripheral motion is four times faster than the central motion. When the centre is empty, the periphery can be seen to move slowly and smoothly. However, when the central moving dots appear, the whole screen sometimes seems to become static. The peripheral motion can seem jerky at moments, as if it stops and goes.


After the parents, teacher is the most important person in an individual’s life. Teacher is the one who moulds the individual from the initial stage of the life and makes the individual into and perfect one. Even though the teacher schools or beats sometimes it is all for the well-being of the student and for the bright future of the student.
The first teacher in everyone’s life is their mother. Beginning with the correct thing the first mistake of the child, mother plays a very important role in correcting many of the mistakes in an individual’s life. Also the father who corrects the mistakes and puts the children in a correct way. And the teacher, who is very important in our students life to achieve their desired goals.
Teachers play a very important role in making the student perfect and make them to understand the need of the situation. Teachers help the students to reach their desired goals and in any situation teacher motivates a student to get up and stand in all the ups and downs. Like that of the mother and the father, the teacher also feels equally happy when their student acheives high in their life and when they reach their desired goals.
Whatever may be the situation or whatever may be the condition, in any circumstances the teacher never leaves the hand of the student and helps the student to the fullest. So, a student must never behave in a disrespectful manner with the teacher and never make fun of the teachers in any situation.


Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have developed a user-friendly, integrated platform for analyzing the transcriptomic and epigenomic “big data.” Reporting their platform in Genome Biology, scientists say that the new platform — called BioWardrobe — could help biomedical researchers answer questions about both basic biology and disease.
The recent proliferation of next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based methods for analysis of gene expression, chromatin structure and protein-DNA interactions have opened new horizons for molecular biology. These methods include RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq), chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-Seq), DNase I sequencing (DNase-Seq), micrococcal nuclease sequencing (MNase-Seq), assay for transposase-accessible chromatin sequencing (ATAC-Seq) and others.
The sheer volume of the data obtained from sequencing requires computational data analysis. However, the bioinformatics and programming expertise required for this analysis is usually absent in typical biomedical laboratories, according to the authors. This results in data inaccessibility or delays in applying modern sequencing-based technologies to pressing questions in basic and health-related research.
“Although biologists can perform experiments and obtain the data, they often lack the programming expertise required to perform computational data analysis,” says Artem Barski, PhD, senior author and assistant professor in the Divisions of Allergy and Immunology and Human Genetics at Cincinnati Children’s. “BioWardrobe aims to empower researchers by bridging this gap between data and knowledge.”
Andrey Kartashov, MS and Barski collaboratively developed BioWardrobe to facilitate the analysis and utilization of both newly generated and publically available datasets.
“Huge amounts of published data have been deposited in public databases, such as Gene Expression Omnibus or Short Read Archive, but remain inaccessible to majority of researchers due to lack of bioinformatics expertise,” Kartashov said. “BioWardrobe allows biologists to analyze the data without having to learn how to program.”
Citation: Andrey V. Kartashov, Artem Barski. BioWardrobe: an integrated platform for analysis of epigenomics


- Why did everyone start to hate the Russians if the U.S. did the same thing in Afghanistan, Iraq?
- What needs to be corrected in the management of Russia first?
- Why did Blaise Pascal become a religious man at the end of his life?
- How do I know if a guy likes you?
- When they say "one generation", how many do they mean?
The category “painting” includes all types of paintings created on canvas, paper or other surfaces using paints (oil, gouache, tempera) or pastels. Pictorial techniques differ from graphics in their “density” and multi-layered images.
Painting is a type of visual art. Usually, artists create works using paper / canvas and paints. They depict both real and fictional images.
Art, where the main thing is color. And the works of this art. I. e. we, as an artist, convey space and depth with color on a flat sheet. Unlike graphics( drawing), where the primary element and composition are a POINT, LINE AND SPOT. No, of course, in painting they are also there, but they are colored. And the main emotion is the COLOR. Also, do not forget that without a good strong drawing, there is no painting.
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Outdoor Art Apprentice Activity Booklet
This activity booklet was designed to fulfill the requirements for the Cadette Outdoor Art Apprentice badge or can be used by frontier girl leaders to earn similar badges. Great for teachers and home schooled kids as well.
This booklet will give you a chance to bring your art and the outdoors together to create something. You will make some of your greatest art with the inspiration of nature, and design all kinds of different art pieces. You will make a number of creative outdoor themed pieces expressing your self from photography and making your own music and the best part you will have lots of fun doing it.
- Experience and learn more about art outdoors: Play a game and learn more about a artist who uses leaves as her canvas and make a leaf masterpiece yourself.
- Get creative and make art: create a nature masterpiece using pinecones and sticks to create a flower display for your home.
- Find and explore the sounds of nature: as a group learn how to make sound effects from nature and record the masterpiece on your phone.
- Photograph nature: create a 5 senses scavenger hunt and take turns doing each others hunts. Also a leadership opportunity with a younger group of girls.
- Weather and Sun Art: learn all about barometers and how they can help predict weather by making your own and then make a sun catcher.
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20 MAY 2013
The legend of Prosecco
In Col San Martino, between one glass and another, the legend of Mastro Bortolo circulates.
A man, Mastro Bortolo, cultivated grapes around the church of San Martino; he put his whole soul into it and, with sacrifices and dedication, he was able to obtain a wine so good that it was called: “Elisir Prosecco”. Some local noble owners, who learned of these special grapes, sent their henchmen to harvest Mastro Bortolo’s grapes, without his permission and with great arrogance: The farmer was powerless in the face of the oppressions of the lords and understood that the the only thing to do was to harvest before they came to steal the grapes. However, he also had to hide the grapes and the wine he would make from them; finally, after a long thought, he had an idea.
At the foot of the hill there was a gigantic oak tree considered sacred and inviolable by everyone, even by the nobility, because it was believed to have been planted by the god Endymion, son of Zeus; it was therefore an excellent hiding place.
For months and months the farmer worked hard, digging an underground tunnel that led from his vineyard to under the great oak. Inside the gigantic tree he managed to create a cellar and a room to squeeze the grapes, thus doing it in spite of the overbearing lords.
From that harvest onwards, the ‘Elisir Prosecco’ could thus be managed by the rightful owner and drunk only by his friends, in good company.
Taken from “Unusual Guide of the Veneto” by Maurizio Vittoria


They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look
The water crisis in California is not nearly as bad as it was in 2002. But the state’s residents need to brace for a fresh round of water shortages over the next decade, experts say.
A combination of low rainfall, a growing population and a water-efficient plant use have left state authorities scrambling to find solutions as the state begins to run out of water in 2014.
By then, there may be as many as three decades of water supply shortages in California – the result of a crisis that began under the tenure of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. It’s also only a harbinger for a much bigger problem that could lie ahead.
While Schwarzenegger presided over a dramatic drop in California water consumption, the rest of the nation was hit with record drought and declining water supplies. In the Pacific Northwest, irrigation efforts were suspended and water-intensive crops were left unharvested – a phenomenon called the “drought in the future.” And many of California’s neighbors to the south saw their water supplies suffer as well.
But the latest round of water problems in California are not nearly as bad as they were in 2002. State officials think the worst-case scenario, and perhaps more likely, is an average of three years’ supply. But the problem is far from resolved.
“I don’t know if this is going to be a long-term problem,” said Jeff Gannon, a water resources expert at the University of California, Davis. “With some of the other [water] crises we have had, we have had periods of years where we have had a temporary shortage. This is the first that really has a significant effect.”
The latest crisis stems from two main factors: First, after years of drought and the use of drought-tolerant grasses, the plant is producing less water. And second, rainfall has been relatively light this year because of a low El Nino, which could lead to even drier conditions later this year – if and when another El Nino returns.
“The problem is that both of these conditions have combined to reduce the amount of water we have in California,” said Gary Giddens, a regional water resources expert at the University of California, Mer


History of cricket
Cricket was initially introduced into the Seychelles by the British during the colonial times in the late 20th century. An area named Gordon Square was rented from the government by the Seychelles Amateur Cricket Club. Matches were played against visiting ship crews and during World War II, matches were organised between nationalities that were posted in Seychelles at the time.
The late governor, Sir John Thorpe, played cricket in the late 1950s and the game was played at Seychelles College, where they played Inter-House cricket. In 1966, Gustave Commarmond retired as Chairman and Ayub Adam took over until his retirement in 1995. During this time, he served a term of 20 years for which he was honored by the National Sports Council. In 1983, the then Minister of Sport, Esme Jumeau, requested that all clubs should form Federations or Associations and thus the Seychelles Cricket Association was formed.
In 2010, Seychelles was recognised as an Affiliate Member of the International Cricket Council, becoming the 105th Member.
International cricket and developing the game
In 1976, the first touring team, Kathiwar CC from Kenya, visited Seychelles. This was followed by Parlands CC, Lohana Youth and Pagani CC, all from Kenya. A tour to Mauritius was organised in November 1992 when the Islanders XI played two limited-over matches, which it won to clinch the series. Over the years, there have been other tours including the Mauritius tour of the Seychelles.
There are a number of senior teams playing in competitions with two tournaments being held during the year. Seychelles also has a women's team and four teams playing in the children's league. Although the game is not very popular with the local populace, SCA has been trying to create awareness by using the local media, newspapers and television.


Malawi is a little-known gem of a country in the heart of central southern Africa that offers a true African experience at a relatively low cost.
It is a long and narrow landlocked country covering more than 1000 kilometers from north to south. Lake Malawi, nearly 600km long and up to 80km wide, dominates the countryside.
There is no country in all of Africa that has its geography so sculpted and determined by Africa’s Great Rift Valley, the largest single geographical feature on Earth. This ancient 5000 km-long geological formation bisects much of Africa from Egypt to Botswana and boasts a bewildering array of habitats and lush vegetation. Towering mountains, lush, fertile valley floors, and enormous crystal-clear lakes are hallmarks of the Rift Valley – and Malawi displays them all. Fertile soils are a result of the Rift Valley and evidence of this is to be found everywhere in Malawi. Throw a seed to the ground and a plant grows.
Malawi’s scenery is diverse and the habitats are varied. At its lowest point, the country is only about 35m above sea level; its highest point, Mount Mulanje, is 140km away and over 3000m above sea level. Between these altitude extremes there are rolling hills, plateaus, cool misty mountains, and wide-ranging scenery. Each of the many diverse habitats is protected within Malawi’s nine national parks and game reserves – from elephants to orchids.
For those keen on experiencing African culture in all its complexity and beauty, Malawi is a warm and welcoming country that offers visitors wonderful scenery, fascinating parks, and some of the friendliest people in Africa. It is no wonder that it is known as the “warm heart of Africa”.


What is education? Education is a process of learning new skills, knowledge, and values. Education starts when we are still a baby in our mothers’ womb. Education never ends; it follows us until our very last breathe. Through education, we become a better person.
Teachers are provided to teach us. They are capable of teaching us reading, writing, history, science, and mathematics. Lessons are either taught in English or Malay in most educational institutions.
There are 4 common types of education:
1. Primary Education. Also known as Elementary School. Consisting about 5-7 years of studies, starting from either 5 or 6; varies in countries. In some countries, this level of education is further subdivided into infant school and junior school.
2. Secondary Education. Also known as High School. Consisting of 5-6 years of studies, starting from the age of either 13 or 14.
3. Higher Education. Also known as Tertiary Education. A further level after completing secondary education to obtain certificates, diplomas, and academic degrees. Students continuing studies from various colleges and universities worldwide, though some are done locally. In some institutions, students are given an internship in selected companies for real-time training.
4. Adult Education. Working adults can continue their education even after leaving higher education. Students can apply for Online Education, the most common education choice, as students need not attend classes. Instead, all can be done through the Internet. Classes are conducted virtually.
However, teachers today are not capable enough to teach. Not all but some. For example, teachers who taught mathematics in one language may not teach the subject in another language. This may cause a burden to some teachers.
Not only that, some educational institutions lack teaching materials and equipment, including a proper library. Therefore, some students have difficulties visualizing the situation or object. And teachers may face the same problem too. So how can students put in more interest in study? The Ministry of Education, teachers, and students should make an effort to develop ideas to improve the current education system. Agree?


One of the most common activities that we carry out in our cars is the engine oil change.
Changing engine oil's mission to prevent burnout is subjected every minute the car engine is running.
Whereas most of the engine wear occurs at start is vital that the engine oil is properly chosen to provide adequate lubrication at all times.
The cold engine wear becomes between 70% and 80% of wear, this detail is that the choice of engine oil should aim to cover as first point wear on the ignition and then must maintain lubrication suitable no matter if the ambient temperature is very low, as in the mountains or cities over 1000 meters, or very high, as in the case of coastal cities.
If an engine oil lubricates properly at low temperatures and at high temperatures is called multigrade oil.
To be effective lubrication, the viscosity of engine oil should be low at any engine operating temperature and ambient temperature.
Viscosity is defined as a facility that has a fluid-either our case engine oil, to flow over a surface.
To identify whether a multigrade oil is you add the letter "W" between two numbers that specify a given oil. The letter W is for winter.
For example 20W50 oil has a similar viscosity to 10 degrees Celsius to 40 degrees Celsius as, and so the oil is 20W50 multigrade.
In the case of Chevrolet Spark and Daewoo Matiz can keep a handy little rule to define what motor oil to use:
The proper selection of engine oil provides protection and lubrication to the engine but also contributes to High Performance Fuel in your car.
The engine oil should be changed every 5,000 miles or every three months if the car has small paths, so you can not reach a distance of 3,000 km in three months.
If the bustle of the car is in high temperature environments change of engine oil is required, otherwise the engine wear will be present in an accelerated, as the oil loses its lubricating properties at high temperatures.
In case of frequent travel between areas of high temperature difference is advisable to use a 10W30 motor oil directly and not worry about the zone change.
If the ambient operating temperature is very low, near 0 degrees or less, then you should use 5W30 oil is one to protect the engine and help overcome the problems of starting a cold engine.
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The art of winning without fighting
27/06/2019 - 17:42
Culture. The exhibition ‘The Art of War: Strategies for Winning without Fighting’, is on at Montjuïc Castle until 9 January.
“He who knows his enemy and knows himself can fight a hundred battles at no risk” is one of the most famous sentences from ‘The Art of War’, the military treatise written in China by Sun Tzu around 500 BC. An exhibition by the ICUB at Montjuïc Castle illustrates the political, historical and cultural context for the book, which deals with the use of stratagems, manipulation, intelligence and concealment to cut the cost of battles.
The exhibition ‘The Art of War: Strategies for Winning without Fighting’ features a visual, physical and sensorial route. A bamboo forest bears seventeen famous sentences from Sun Tzu’s work, as well as an audio-visual piece where the translator of the work into Spanish, Dr Albert Galvany, talks about the origin of the author, the book and its political, historical and cultural context.
The display also includes a multilingual interactive game with 36 stratagems to test dexterity and intuition in the knowledge of these anonymous and enigmatic proverbs, which use deception and ingenuity to tackle conflicts successfully. It is a memory game where users must choose between three possible titles which correspond to each of the strategies which appear on the screen.
The display includes a reproduction of the original work in bamboo cane, along with a table showing the front covers of various works inspired by The Art of War.
In parallel to the exhibition, a series of activities are being offered at Montjuïc Castle until 9 January 2020 for the public to learn more about the author and his work.
Why is The Art of War so important?
The book is set in China in the 6th and 5th centuries BC, in a sub-period of the Zhou dynasty known as the Warring States period. In this turbulent period of battling kingdoms, Sun Tzu centres all efforts on the strategy of avoiding battle and bloodshed through risk calculations, alliances and deceptive information and politics to avoid military confrontation.
In recent decades the book has become a highly relevant work not only in military terms, but also in relation to culture, politics and strategic thinking. It has been applied as a management tool for sports trainers, in self-help manuals and for negotiation and competition in legal, economic and business spheres.


As concerns about the environmental impact of buildings continue to grow, architecture firms in Dubai and designers are increasingly seeking ways to create more sustainable and eco-friendly structures. Sustainable architecture solutions involve using materials, systems, and design strategies that reduce the environmental footprint of a building and promote its long-term resilience and adaptability. Here are some examples of sustainable solutions in architecture:
Green roofs and walls:
Green roofs and walls, also known as living roofs and walls, are vegetation planted on top of or alongside a building. These features can provide several benefits, including insulation, stormwater management, and air purification. They can also create a visually pleasing and calming environment for building occupants and the surrounding community.
Passive solar design:
The passive solar design uses natural heating and cooling principles to regulate the temperature inside a building. This can be achieved through orientation, insulation, thermal mass, and ventilation.
For example, a building oriented to face the sun can take advantage of the sun’s warmth in the winter, while overhangs and shading devices can protect the building from excess solar gain in the summer. Thermal mass materials, such as concrete or brick, can absorb and store heat, while ventilation systems can help to circulate fresh air and regulate temperature.
Energy-efficient systems, such as LED lighting and HVAC systems can help to reduce a building’s energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. These systems can be powered by renewable energy sources, such as solar panels or wind turbines, which can further reduce the building’s environmental impact.
Materials and construction techniques:
The materials and construction techniques used in a building can also impact its sustainability. For example, using recycled materials or locally sourced materials can reduce the environmental impact of transportation, while using materials with low embodied energy (the energy required to produce and transport a material) can reduce the overall energy required to construct a building.
In conclusion, sustainable architecture solutions involve using materials, systems, and design strategies that reduce the environmental impact of a building and promote its long-term resilience. These solutions can help to create healthier and more livable environments for building occupants and the surrounding community, and can also contribute to the overall sustainability of the built environment.