Lifestyle-associated hyperacidity is a growing situation among human beings beneath 50 according to a current pharmaceutical file, which has determined that sixty-one in keeping with cent of the human beings in city India inn instead regularly to popping tablets to control acidity. As the trouble compounds most of the more youthful populace in city India, erratic eating habits, junk food, disturbed sleep cycles, and stress have been found to take a toll on one’s digestive gadget, explained Dr. Mohammed Saaduddin Azmi, a senior gastroenterologist.
What is hyperacidity, and what causes it?
Hyperacidity is a country of excessive imbalance of the gastric machine indicated by using signs like pain, vomiting, bloating, and restlessness. An increasing variety of more youthful people are being recognized with hyperacidity, and this will be attributed to mistaken diet, lifestyle, and napping conduct.
How is hyperacidity distinct from acidity?
Hyperacidity isn’t the same as routine acidity in that its signs and symptoms are continual and intense and cause excessive pain to the patient, commonly necessitating visits to the health practitioner and now and again, even hospitalization. At the age, it’s far in all likelihood to be mistaken for cardiac diseases, leading to excessive research and pressure for the affected person. The burning inside the chest area coupled with the ache causes extreme pain and is regularly unsuitable for an impending heart attack.
How does a gastroenterologist commonly diagnose hyperacidity?
Gastroenterologists typically discover hyperacidity based on the patient’s signs, bodily examination, and now and again, via performing an endoscopy. These days, most medical doctors take to endoscopy to examine the severity of the trouble and prescribe medicinal drugs.


Metaphor is the language of life. All the world’s a stage for language to help us understand, to know ourselves. Erik, a fourth grader in Ms. Rodriguez’s class at Blackshear Elementary, shares an enigmatic poem this week, “The Green Window.” His first line, “This is a green window,” is uniquely open for interpretation. What is the “this”? Is he talking about a freshly mown lawn in spring, reflected in the windows of his classroom? Could the green of the window mean new? Could it be alive, like the plants and bluebonnets that sprinkle our landscape these days? The beauty of poetry, and of Erik’s poem, is that you, the reader, get to decide.
The Green Window
This is a green window
on a blue sky
over a house
or a sky
on a house
over a sky.
It is like a reflection of the window.
Erik, fourth grade, Blackshear Elementary School
One thought on “The Green Window”
I’m so proud of you, Erik! This is such a remarkable poem, and you are such a remarkable writer! ~Ms. Virginia


In Part 1, Marder introduces us to central pattern generators (CPGs), the circuits in the nervous system that control rhythmic movements such as walking or breathing. She goes on to explain that the stomatogastric nervous system from crustaceans is an excellent model system for studying CPGs, in part, because the connectivity of all the major neurons is known. Using the stomatogastic system, Marder and colleagues have asked how rhythmic circuits are generated and maintained over the life of the animal.
From early in her career, Marder wanted to understand the effect of all of the different neuropeptides and neuromodulators on a simple nervous system. In Part 2, she explains that the stomatogastric nervous system is influenced by many, many neuropeptides and their effects can be profound. A single peptide or modulator can impact many cells, and each cell can respond to many modulators, resulting in a finely tuned circuit.
In Part 3 of her talk, Marder addresses the question of how a nervous system and the circuits that are formed when an animal is an infant or juvenile, remain stable throughout the animals life, even while the individual receptors and ion channels in a neuron are continually turning over.
Lastly, in Part 4, Marder describes current work in her lab looking at the variability of individuals within a species in the quest to understand how different the structure of normal healthy brains can be. Measurements of pyloric rhythms in a population of animals has shown that there is a range of “normal” circuit activity and even circuits with similar activity may be the result of very different input parameters.
Eve Marder received her B.A. from Brandeis University and her Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego. She was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Oregon and at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. Marder returned to Brandeis in 1978 where she is now Head of the Division of Science, and Professor of… Continue Reading
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Introduction / History
The Malto are one of the tribal groups of India, and a lesser number of them live in Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, their primary language spoken is Mal Paharia, but in India their primary language is Santhali. In total, they speak three languages in Bangladesh and 31 languages in India.
Where are they located?
The Malto tribe lives mainly in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam, and Meghalaya.
What are their lives like?
Malto individuals can be farmers, teachers or politicians. They educate their boys but not their girls. They are not vegetarians and eat wheat and rice as their staple foods.
What are their beliefs?
Hinduism is their religion. Hindus can worship no gods or many gods. Some become "devotees" of a particular one. They do not have a caring or committed relationship with these gods. They believe that at death the soul continues in another life (reincarnation), so eternal salvation is not what they seek. Most Hindus seek to be reincarnated as a member of a higher caste in the next life.
What are their needs?
It is sometimes challenging to be a Hindu in a Muslim land like Bangladesh.
Pray for the Holy Spirit to give the Malto people teachable and understanding hearts.
Pray for a strong movement of the Holy Spirit that will bring entire Malto families into a rich experience of God's blessing.
Pray for Malto families to be drawn by the Holy Spirit to seek forgiveness, and to understand the adequacy of Christ's work on the cross.
Pray for teams of believers to do sustained, focused prayer for the Lord to open the hearts of Malto family leaders to experience God's blessing through a movement of family-based discovery Bible studies.
ReferencesView Malto in all countries.


Attempts at settling or sedentarizing nomadic herders in semi-arid and arid regions have been largely unsuccessful, partly on account of the difficulty of restricting the movements of domestic livestock in areas where low and irregular rainfall lead to scant and unreliable sources of water and grazing.
The enclosure of open rangeland and its allocation to individuals or groups is a component of many African livestock development projects. In project after project, however, pastoralists have declined to fence or reallocate ownership of their land according to project specifications.
Presents a collection of conference papers defining pastoral systems research; the survey and diagnostic phase of pastoral systems research; ILCA's experience in remote sensing techniques and aerial surveys; survey of vegetation resources; livestock productivity and animal nutrition; pastoral production strategies, wealth effects, household studies, and labour data collection as well as li
Recommendations for preservation and improvement of sub-Saharan rangelands, and for training people in range management and animal production.
The Sri Lankan based International Water Management Institute (IWMI) has produced this report assessing the need and effectiveness of agricultural water storage (AWS) in Africa, in the context of climate change risks.
Hardest hit by desertification is Sub-Saharan Africa, where poverty is more widespread, preparedness for catastrophe is lower, and means for adequately coping with the phenomenon are very weak; two thirds of the arable land will be lost by 2025.The subcontinent needs improved integrated initiatives on local, national und multinational level for a sustainable natural resources management.
Water, food and energy are fundamental to African development. However, several crucial issues need to be addressed. Are African resources used to meet African needs or are they being exploited to satisfy the needs of other actors facing food and energy insecurity?


In looking into the reasons that workplace discrimination still occurs, even with laws against it, researches stumbled across something very interesting. When meeting another person, people will often get a sense of “warmth” — or a lack thereof — from that person. They then judge the person based on this and make decisions revolving around that judgement.
The study found, for example, that people in the United States tended to view those who are homeless with a low level warmth. The same was true for those who were undocumented immigrants.
As a result, people would feel a desire to avoid these groups. If you asked them, they may say they technically had no problem with immigrants or the homeless, and that they even wanted to help these people, but the reality is that they’d feel this inner compulsion to avoid them.
The assessment of warmth is often not based on much more than social standing, researchers found. For instance, when people met those who are in the middle class, they typically felt positively about them. It’s a rash judgement, but it shows how quickly people can feel mildly prejudiced just by meeting someone.
As you can imagine, this can carry over into the workplace. It’s a more subtle form of discrimination, but when co-workers meet someone they’re not familiar with, they may not feel this warmth and make a snap decision to avoid that person or distrust him or her. This could matter tremendously when making hiring decisions or handing out promotions.
If you’ve been discriminated against, even if it’s been subtle, you need to know what legal rights you have.
Source: Forbes, “The New Face Of Workplace Discrimination,” Michael Morris and Susan Fiske, accessed July 14, 2017


GE: 3D Printers To 'Touch' Half Of Its Manufacturing
GE already uses 3D printing in a variety of areas from making medical devices and jet engine parts to prototyping components for washing machines.
Three-dimensional printing works by layering material, like plastic or ceramic, into a desired shape. Traditional manufacturing works the other way, by cutting out an object from a larger piece of material.
At GE, 3D printing isn't just a way to make products. It's also a way to try out new tools that could make products better.
"We don't have to invest the time and money into making a permanent tool, but we can 3D print one and be able to see if it really has the type of benefits we dream of," Furstoss said.
GE still plans to use conventional manufacturing techniques, especially for large components. But 3D printing, or additive manufacturing as GE calls it, is still seen playing a role, such as providing tools or repairing parts.
Eoin Treacy's view Above all else 3D printing, or additive manufacturing as it is also known, represents a breakthrough in how our imagination can take physical shape. While the above article focuses on the conventional use of 3D printing in industry, which remains a sizeable growth opportunity, the technology is increasingly being used in other fields, not least medicine. For example, this article from Gizmodo highlights how a team at Huazhong University in China have printed a working kidney.
For a look at how quickly one's imagination can turn into marketable products visit Shapeways.com which is an offshoot of Philips' lifestyle incubator and offers a range of services for the budding 3D developer.
From an investment perspective, the fact that there has been such swift consolidation in the 3-D printing space has resulted in a small number of companies that offer pure plays on growth. Both Stratasys and 3D Systems remain in reasonably consistent medium-term uptrends, defined by progressions of higher reaction lows but are somewhat overextended in the short term. ExOne found support in the region of the 200-day MA from three weeks ago and a sustained move below $40 would be required to question medium-term scope for additional upside.


Listen. Listen to the pre-recorded Children’s Message together.
You can find it at pacificunionchurch.org/churchsmall
Have a conversation with the kids about what they are most scared of. If you would like, you can have the kids draw pictures of something scary.
How do we feel when we see something scary?
How does God do when he sees something scary? [Hint to parents: See Psalm 2:4.]
Why does God laugh?
How does it make you feel when you know that God is not afraid of anything?
God thinks scary things are funny because nothing is big enough or strong enough to scare him. But there is another reason we don’t have to be afraid.
Read Psalm 2:6-8 together.
Who is king of the whole world?
[Hint to parents: If the One on the throne is God the Father, then the king on Zion, that’s the hill that Jerusalem was built on, is Jesus.]
Why is it good news that Jesus is the king of the whole world?
[Hint to parents: Talk to your kids about how we know that Jesus loves us. If Jesus is love and he is very strong and in control of everything, then he will protect us.]
Respond. Have the kids draw a picture of how Jesus is bigger than our biggest fear. Use what you learned from Psalm 2.
Fear can get in the way of us praying, that is why Psalm 2 was written.
Take some time to pray together as a family.
- Pray that you will remember that God the Father laughs at scary things and that Jesus who loves us is the King of Everything so that we will not be afraid.
- Pray for people that you might know who are afraid.
When you tuck in your kids this week for bed, remind them that God laughs at scary things and Jesus is the King of Everything.
Share. What is one simple thing you learned this week that you can share with someone else? Who will you share it with? Make a plan to share what you learned this week with this person.


Dust squall (haboob) over Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia in June 2005.
24 May 2022
05 June 2005
By Jochen Kerkmann (EUMETSAT)
The sequence of MSG Dust RGB products (Figure 1) depicts the origination and ensuing trajectory of a dust squall (also called haboob, from the Arabic word 'haboob' meaning strong wind) originating from a complex of thunderstorms over Lebanon/Syria.
The synoptic situation of this case can be inferred from the Airmass RGB product (Figure 2), which shows a Potential Vorticity (PV) anomaly over the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan (see red-coloured area). On the eastern side of this PV anomaly, in the area of forced upward motion throughout a deep tropospheric layer, intense convection was initiated, probably helped by orographic convection over the Lebanese mountains.
Note that, during the night, the haboob crosses Iraq with a sharp demarcation at the frontal boundary. At this point, the parent storms have long dissipated and their remnants drifted to the northeast, leaving behind only the haboob within the gradually decaying outflow. Finally, on the following day (6 June), the haboob moves into northern Saudi Arabia, thus, travelling a distance of roughly 800km in 24 hours (average speed of 33km/h). For a more detailed description of this case, see the paper Haboob dust storms of the southern Arabian Peninsula (Steven Miller et al., 2008).


What is the message that this propaganda piece below is trying to convey visually? Is it successful in doing so? Does it inflict fear or pride? What is the story?
I feel that the image provided conveys a sense of intimidation, most likely due to the powerful reputation and enormity of the communist Chinese government under Mao Zedong’s rule (he is shown in the background). Although it’s somewhat unclear as to what the lying man is holding in his hand or what he is even on top of (maybe he’s clenching a book and is on an anvil?), I can tell that the figure above him is restraining him from his actions.
If restraining in this sense means preventing the man from reading or engaging in everyday life liberally, then this premise would make sense since the propaganda poster should highlight Mao and his government as being harsh and one that undermines free speech; the fact that the big figure with the red apron (a color synonymous with communism) is pointing outward with Mao in the background seems to bring to attention what people shouldn’t do (if the Chinese caption on the right says anything about this) and who people should look to embrace (or perhaps fear) in face of the culture of that era in China.
A specific fear in this piece is especially highlighted by the man being restrained by what looks like a clamp; more so, fear is ever present in the red color of the font as it visually portrays a seriously overwhelming power and gives forth to a bold identity associated with a communist government for those who look at this poster plastered between towns, countryside villages, and cities across China is that was probably likely done to spread awareness of the propaganda’s message.
Moving on to less dramatic fare, here are 2 very famous propaganda pieces that use an excellent combination of typography (to demonstrate keen presentation and emphasis on a simplistic message and straightforward tone) as well as composition (to support what is “said” visually, also in tone, mood, or even through exaggerated feelings for what someone really is meant to portray to the viewers in terms of overall purpose – purpose that can be felt and perhaps, acted on by onlookers sold by the propaganda piece):


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Thus, the cost of x pencils ( say y ) = x × the cost of 1 pencil
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November 1, 2014
Second Century for Bison Conservation
- as seen by -Stacia Stanek
Today, November 1, 2014, is National Bison Day.
The American bison (commonly referred to as a buffalo) embodies the American spirit, evoking a sense of perseverance, strength, and fortitude. Perhaps that’s because its story nearly ended. By the late nineteenth century, over-hunting had reduced the American bison population from roughly 40 million to around 1,000 animals. Fortunately, conservation pioneers and ranchers formed an unprecedented partnership and saved bison from extinction. Toward this effort, President Theodore Roosevelt and William Hornaday founded the American Bison Society (ABS) in 1905 at the Bronx Zoo. The ABS facilitated the creation of some of our first federally-managed bison herds at Wind Cave National Park (SD), Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge (OK), and the National Bison Range (MT).
Thankfully, the story of American bison continues today. As a result of ongoing conservation efforts and the growing number of private landowners that are raising bison, there are approximately 250,000 bison in the U.S. today. Bison are profiled on coins, depicted on the National Park Service’s seal, and featured on the logos of sports teams, businesses, and academic institutions. In recognition of the bison’s iconic status, the Wildlife Conservation Society, InterTribal Buffalo Council, and National Bison Association have joined together in establishing the Vote Bison campaign, which seeks to make the American bison our National Mammal and to celebrate National Bison Day annually on the first Saturday of November.
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This essay looks at the form of sovereignty that Alexis de Tocqueville saw as uniquely American in relation to the form of self-sovereignty that had developed in eighteenth-century England and France. By 1840, American democracy had, in Tocqueville's view, become the perfect breeding ground for the new form of sovereignty he called “the will of the majority” or “public opinion.” This popular rule worked against the very form of self-sovereignty coveted by European liberalism and cultivated by the English novel to transform such individuals into an irresistibly powerful political body. A Hawthorne story from the same period as Tocqueville's study shows the new collectivity paradoxically requiring the constraints of classical liberalism just as liberalism in turn seemed to require the popular energy unleashed by democracy to justify its constraints and exclusions. Hawthorne thus helps me argue that where theory, being theory, necessarily drives toward a point where the emerging nation becomes incoherent, fiction tells us that this point is where affect takes over and holds a liberal democracy together.
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Research Article| May 01 2014
Hawthorne on the Paradox of Popular Sovereignty
Novel (2014) 47 (1): 24–42.
Nancy Armstrong; Hawthorne on the Paradox of Popular Sovereignty. Novel 1 May 2014; 47 (1): 24–42. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00295132-2414048
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Neutron scattering methods enable a broad range of material studies that are difficult to carry out with other experimental methods. One specific example is the study of soft condensed matter, which includes polymeric systems. Under certain temperatures and concentrations, these polymers may crystallize into crystalline structures. This results in interesting viscoelastic properties of the material, such as gelation or shear thinning. We use Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear (LAOS) to exert strain on a polymeric sample with a rheometer. Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) is used to probe the periodically assembling crystal structures in the bulk of the material and address unanswered questions about nonlinear effects, such as shear bands and stress-overshoots which could be linked to non-uniform structures. To access the time scales necessary for analyzing an excitation with e.g. a frequency of 1 Hz, we take the neutron data in event mode, capturing every neutron event with a precise time stamp. Via a time-of-flight measurement, the detector data can then be linked to the stress-strain curve of the rheometer at the same synchronized time. Developing a corresponding data reduction pipeline based on the ESS software scipp is a core component of the project. This method also enables improved post processing and rebinning of the data at a later stage.


Hand differences is one of the characteristics of Poland Syndrome and other congenital birth difference. Parents contact us frequently or visit our page to find the answers to lots of questions they have when they find out their child has hand differences.
They want to know will they be able to crawl, to climb, to draw, to play or to ride a bike. What will it be like for my child to grow up with hand differences? Will they get bullied, will they shy away in the corner, how can I help them overcome.
The one thing we’ve learned with our journey at PIP-UK is that children born with limb differences such as hand difference as in the case of Poland Syndrome just do. It’s that simple they don’t know any different. In the same way that a child without hand differences learns to tie laces, to swim, to talk, to run and all the other things we learn in the first 5 years of our life, children with hand differences learn.
The video below answers this question “What is it like to have a hand that is different?”
Parents can worry if a child’s hand looks different at birth, but there are ways to help your child function independently with this difference.
We think this is a great video so much you can learn from it. We’ve watched it a few times through. Hand differences can occur for a number of reasons at birth. In the case of Poland Syndrome you may see webbed fingers, missing digits or fingers joined together. The hand with Poland Syndrome will frequently be smaller than the other hand. On the same side of the body (where the hand is different) there may also be missing or under developed chest muscles so it’s important to seek a medical diagnosis and get this checked out.
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The Black Dragon Tea
antioxidant rich ∙ boosts energy ∙ promotes digestion
Oolong tea can be traced all the way back to the peak of the Qing Dynasty in China. The name "oolong" translates to "Black Dragon" in English, after the tea leaves' distinctive tiny dragon shape after being processed and rolled. Oolong grows mainly in China’s Fujian province, where the biodiversity is considered the ideal place to grow a very special tea. The rocky, mineral-rich soil and perfect levels of heat and humidity maintain a perfect growing climate that you can't find in many other places in the world.
🖤 HOW OOLONG IS MADE 🖤
Most teas come from the same plant, Camellia sinensis, and the main difference between white, green, oolong, black, and pu erh tea is the amount of time each type of tea is oxidized. Different levels of oxidation create different color, flavors, aromas, and levels of caffeine. Oolong tea is semi-oxidized, falling in between green and black tea.
Shortly after the leaves are picked, they are withered and semi-oxidized in the sun and then dried in the shade. The little oolong leaves are then basket-tossed and fired over a wok. The unique step of wok-firing is often done over charcoal or wood, which is an important element that gives oolong its unique taste. Finally, the leaves are curled or rolled into small-rock like shapes that resemble tiny black dragons.
The oolong in this blend was steamed in milk, giving it a slight sweet and creamy element, making it a fan favorite. Oolong also has many health benefits including:
- Oolong may help decrease the risk of heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure in some people.
- The combination of caffeine and polyphenols found in oolong tea may help increase the amount of calories and fat burned each day.
- Similar to green and black tea, oolong tea may have protective effects against cancer.
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Four Beautiful Places Threatened by Climate Change
16 November 2017
People v. Arctic Oil , our court case agains the Norwegian Government, is happening right now! Although the court case is focusing on oil drilling in the Arctic, it’s so important to realise that this legal battle will make waves all around the world. Why? Because when it comes to climate change ‘what happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic, it affects us all.’ Here are some of the most beautiful locations that are at risk;
Visiting Venice might require a snorkel if we don’t act to stop climate change and oil drilling in the Arctic. According to a new report on climate change, Venice urgently requires flood defences to be installed and will be underwater within a century if the destruction of the world is not halted.
Amazon Rainforest, South America
Covering nearly 40% of South America, the Amazon is the largest rainforest on Earth. Unfortunately, despite its size, Climate Change has made the Amazon a very fragile habitat. Among other things, extreme droughts have left tree species throughout the tropical jungle parched, making them more susceptible to forest fires.
At the opposite end of the globe to the Arctic, sits the Antarctic; One of the fastest warming places on Earth. In fact, in the last few decades alone, the Antarctic Peninsula was warmed nearly five degrees. And as if that wasn’t enough, penguins and whales also have to contend with a krill fishing industry which is looking to expand. Which is why we also need an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary – where krill fishing would be prohibited and animals like seals and penguins can flourish.
Glacier National Park, Montana
Global temperatures are rising and this pristine ecosystem is losing its main attractions: the very glaciers that give it its name. As the glaciers melt, entire ecosystems will be altered and scientists predict there will be little ice left after a couple more decades. As if this were not enough, this beautiful place is also home to hundreds of species of animals and thousands of plants that are finding it difficult to survive and adapt to this new warmer world. .
Now you know. Let’s do something about it.
Join the movement to stop oil drilling in the Arctic. Add your name to strengthen the evidence against Arctic Oil.


Before photography, the only opportunity to see your face, painters took advantage of the Venus Effect to break optical rules and show faces that couldn’t have been seen in the mirror.
Long before they were turned into chocolate, they were coloured, and hunted on Easter Sunday. Paintings by Claude Monet, Diego Velázquez, and others.
In Rome, in search of the temple of Aesculapius, and in the Gardens of the Villa Borghese, with Corot, Velázquez, Valenciennes, and others.
From the tribute to a dead colleague, and a record of an important exhibition, to the downright enigmatic embedded paintings of Velázquez, Courbet and others.
Spinning natural fibres like wool into yarn was “women’s work” and had several connotations, here explored in paintings, and the origin of the word ‘spinster’.
Ignored bodies, a complex chain from the head of John the Baptist, and Velazquez’s royal portrait which omits the King and Queen,
Paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby, William Dyce, Walter Crane, JW Waterhouse, Velázquez and others with allusions to the thread of time.
From Giorgione, Dürer and Altdorfer to Turner, Pissarro, Monet and Renoir: landmarks in the composition of landscape paintings.
Comedy is unusual in paintings, and where it occurs, it’s more usually a visual joke. But there are exceptions in a tale-within-a-tale from Homer.
From the Flemish artist Paul Bril, to Claude Lorrain, and then through the French ports of Claude-Joseph Vernet to the oil sketches of Valenciennes.


Symphony and symphonism today: phenomena and concepts
The article is polemical in nature – it raises the question of a certain decrease of interest in the genre of symphony among audience and composers. There is also a loss of attention to the concept of “symphonism”, which once was a sign of a deeply meaningful approach to reflection of the essence of reality in orchestral works. A brief overview of symphonies by Russian composers of the end of the 20th – beginning of the 21st century is given. The author outlines the metamorphosis of the genre in foreign music, noting that it is definitely being supplanted by film music, as well as a new area of musical art – video game music. The situation with concert performance, which is being constrained not only by cinema, but also by television broadcasts and network presentations is analyzed. As an example of transformations of the symphonic genre the article presents and examines its various versions – organ, choral or vocal symphonies, as well as symphonies for various instrumental ensembles. A brief overview of the genre is given in a historical perspective, starting with the Sinfonien by J. S. Bach. It describes the situation with the concept of “symphonism” in Russian and foreign academic literature of the recent past and today, explains the authors’ approach to this definition, which featured the technological laws of the symphonic form, the serious emphasis in Russian musicology was placed on the most significant problems of the socio-historical, psychological and social world – philosophical musical reflection of human existence.
The general idea of the article is to draw the attention of researchers of modern musical culture to the significant transformations in the life of genres, transformations of the familiar system of modern musical culture. A certain emphasis is placed on the necessity to study the historical transformations of theoretical definitions and concepts along with the study of new genre metamorphoses.
classical music, symphony, symphonism, film music, video game sound design, concert performance.
Dyadchenko M. Symphony and symphonism today: phenomena and concepts // South-Russian Musical Anthology. 2021. No. 4. Pp. 12–17.


We present version 1.0 of a global catalog of NOx emissions from point sources, derived from TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) measurements of tropospheric NO2 for 2018–2019. The identification of sources and quantification of emissions are based on the divergence (spatial derivative) of the mean horizontal flux, which is highly sensitive for point sources like power plant exhaust stacks.
The catalog lists 451 locations which could be clearly identified as NOx point sources by a fully automated algorithm, while ambiguous cases as well as area sources such as megacities are skipped. A total of 242 of these point sources could be automatically matched to power plants. Other NOx point sources listed in the catalog are metal smelters, cement plants, or industrial areas. The four largest localized NOx emitters are all coal combustion plants in South Africa. About 1/4 of all detected point sources are located in the Indian subcontinent and are mostly associated with power plants.
The catalog is incomplete, mainly due to persisting gaps in the TROPOMI NO2 product at some coastlines, inaccurate or complex wind fields in coastal and mountainous regions, and high noise in the divergence maps for high background pollution. The derived emissions are generally too low, lacking a factor of about 2 up to 8 for extreme cases. This strong low bias results from combination of different effects, most of all a strong underestimation of near-surface NO2 in TROPOMI NO2 columns.
Still, the catalog has high potential for checking and improving emission inventories, as it provides accurate and independent up-to-date information on the location of sources of NOx and thus also CO2.
The catalog of NOx emissions from point sources is freely available at https://doi.org/10.26050/WDCC/Quant_NOx_TROPOMI (Beirle et al., 2020).
Beirle, S., Borger, C., Dörner, S., Eskes, H., Kumar, V., de Laat, A., and Wagner, T.. Catalog of NOx emissions from point sources as derived from the divergence of the NO2 flux for TROPOMI
Journal: Earth Syst. Sci. Data, Volume: 13, Year: 2021, First page: 2995, Last page: 3012, doi: 10.5194/essd-13-2995-2021


Child support is the amount of money that a court orders a parent or both parents to pay every month to help pay for the support of the child (or children) and the child’s living expenses.
When parents separate, one of the first things they should think about is child support. Child support is the amount of money that a court orders a parent or both parents to pay every month to help pay for the support of the child (or children) and the child’s living expenses.
Children need the financial support of both parents because they do better. They also have a right to it by law. California’s child support law is based on the principle that even though parents have separated or divorced, children should continue to benefit from the financial support of both parents, just like they would if the parents were still together.
In making an order for support, the court will determine each parent’s ability to provide for the child’s needs based upon their financial circumstances. The court will use a child support guideline formula to determine which parent will pay support and how much that support will be.
In addition to this basic child support, the court may require the paying parent to pay additional support to contribute money towards special expenses for the children. If there is child care cost to enable the parent(s) to work or get employment training or there are any uninsured health care costs for the children, the court must divide this cost among the parents. The court can decide if the parents should share additional costs related to the child (rens) education, other special needs or travel expenses for visitation. Child support payments are usually made until children turn 18 (or 19 if they are still in high school full time, living at home, and cannot support themselves).
Child support is not the same as spousal or domestic partner support. Child support is money paid for the benefit of the child – not the parent who receives the child support payment. Child support is not a fee that is paid in exchange for spending time with the children. Whatever the parenting arrangements may be, children have the right to receive child support.


Why go to Mars
5 March 2020 | Written by La redazione
The red planet has long been the focus of attention of space agencies, organized and agents, why can't we wait to see the first man on Mars?
The red planet has an unmistakable charm, stretches of sand and pristine red earth under a thin sky crossed by two small moons. Reaching Mars seems to be the new challenge that space and private agencies have set themselves. What’s the point of reaching the red planet?
Mars project. From a certain point of view, already at the dawn of the space age, reaching Mars was seen as a natural continuation of the space race of which the Moon should have been the first stop. Wernher Von Braun, the chief designer with a dark past linked to Nazism who allowed the United States to win the race to the Moon, as a young man he dreamed of reaching Mars, a dream that he translated into words in 1952 with the book “Project Mars”, a detailed plan of colonization of the planet.
The value of exploration. Perhaps it is precisely the characteristic that made us the dominant species on Earth, the curiosity and the need to explore, which push us to want to reach Mars. But the reasons are also of a deeper nature, Mars hides its history in its rocks, part of the history of the Solar System and therefore part of our history. Exploring Mars could allow us to make discoveries that would otherwise remain buried in the rule forever.
The technological push. Wanting to be more concrete, the exploration of Mars, and that of space in general, leads us to face new challenges and therefore leads to create technological and scientific innovation that has repercussions on our everyday life. They are called spin-offs and they are already all around us: from peacemakers to microchips, from digital cameras to thermal blankets for emergency situations. All these things, and many others, are direct applications of technologies born for space. Going to Mars we would need to develop new ways to protect ourselves from radiation, recycle water, grow plants and reduce waste, generate electricity efficiently, all things that we need and that the race to Mars can provide us.
There are countless things to discover to go and go to Mars but we have already begun to reveal part of its secrets. Find out which:


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In the Past: North Africa is believed to be the original home of the hearty root vegetable we know as the beet. Both the leaves and the root were consumed by the Romans. Eventually white beets were developed and grown as livestock feed, and red sugar beets were grown for processing into sugar and alcohol.
In the Soil: The root of the beet is quite round, and supports broad leaves that extend vertically on long, typically red, stalks.
In the Kitchen: Beets are one of the more hearty root vegetables, with a distinct earthy taste. They are often dark red, though there are gold and yellow varieties and one red/white striped version called Chioggia. Beets are quite versatile; they can be roasted along with other root vegetables, added to soups or stews, shredded raw into salads, fermented as pickled beets, or juiced. The green tops are also edible, baby greens can be added to a salad, and larger greens can be sautéed. Because of their strong color, beets make an excellent natural dye for art projects.
In the Body: Beets are a great source of vitamins A, C, and riboflavin, as well as minerals potassium, magnesium iron and copper. They are thought to support digestion and stimulate the appetite.
In Connecticut: Beets grown in Connecticut are generally available July through mid-October, though proper storage may extend availability.


Our environment is designed to challenge our self-control. Could sugar be the answer to cultivate self-control? According to recent a study by University of Georgia, a mouth rinse with glucose improves self-control.
This study looked at 51 students who performed two tasks to test self-control. The first task, which has shown to deplete self-control, was the meticulous crossing out of Es on a page from a statistics book. Then, participants performed what is known as the Stroop task where they were asked to identify the color of various words flashed on a screen, which spell out the names of other colors. The Stroop task’s goal is to turn off the student’s tendency to read the words and instead see the colors.
Half of the students rinsed their mouths with lemonade sweetened with sugar while performing the Stroop test, the other half with lemonade sweetened with an artificial sweetener. Students, who rinsed with sugar, rather than artificial sweetener, were significantly faster at responding to the color rather than the word.
This study controverts the previous presumptions you had to drink the glucose and get it into your body to give you the energy to (have) self control. After this trial, it seems that glucose stimulates the simple carbohydrate sensors on the tongue. This, in turn, signals the motivational centers of the brain where our self-related goals are represented. These signals tell your body to pay attention.
The results might be indecisive on the effects of swishing with glucose on long-term self-control if you’re trying to quit smoking. However, sugar does spur self-control on the short-term.
In any case, an infallible technique would be if you self-invest, it will not just crank up your energy but also crank up your personal investment in what you are doing.


What is positive psychology?
Positive psychology focuses on strengths and flourishing. It is about taking the average life experience and making it better, making it extraordinary.
Why positive psychology for coaching?
The majority of people get through life, despite ups and downs. There are plenty of people functioning fine, not experiencing noteworthy distress, but who are not really taking full advantage of what life has to offer. They are getting through their days, are lost in their days, subject to a routine they ended up in, not aware of how to relish the time they have, or whatever the case is. These people likely have fun, have relationships, and enjoy things, but it is not what it could be. It is not exceptional. Positive psychology is about taking the ordinary and making it extraordinary.
If positive psychology is about fulfillment, maximizing potential, and life satisfaction, and life coaching is for improving yourself and your life, they are a perfect match! Aside from the shared ideas and purposes of positive psychology and coaching, positive psychology uses research. This means that there is scientific evidence showing the effectiveness of strategies, which is very important if you are hiring a life coach and want your coach to be working with you in ways that are effective and yield change. Positive psychology also has a host of research to improve the nature and effectiveness of the actual coaching relationship, too. Lastly, positive psychology complements other approaches to life coaching. It works well in conjunction with a cognitive-behavioral approach, motivational interviewing, mindfulness, and neuroscience.
What are some basic ideas of positive psychology?
Positive psychology focuses on what makes individuals and communities thrive; it explores the virtues and psychological traits that lead to flourishing. Positive psychology assumes that people want to leave meaningful lives. The Character Strengths and Virtues book, developed by Seligman and Peterson, identifies the six core virtues of people: wisdom and knowledge, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, transcendence. When developed, these contribute to leading a fulfilling and meaningful life. Additionally, positive psychology evaluates the role of negatives in our lives, and how we can best respond to them to maximize our potential and not let them interfere with our growth or life experience. Grit, a trendy topic during the past few years, comes from the field of positive psychology.
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The mellophone is a brass instrument that is typically used in place of the French horn in marching bands.
Like the horn, the mellophone has three valves. However, the valves are pressed with the right hand for mellophone, instead of the left for a concert horn. Also, although some of the mellophone fingerings are the same as those of the concert horn, they generally resemble trumpet fingerings more than horn fingerings. Mellophones are typically pitched in the key of F, like concert horns.
The main reason that the mellophone is used in place of the concert horn for marching is the weight of the concert horn, which makes it all but impossible to march with. The mellophone is also a bell-front instrument, so that the sound goes in the direction that the player is facing. This is especially important in drum corps-style marching, in which the audience is typically standing or sitting on only one side of the band. The direction of the bell, as well as the much-reduced amount of tubing (as compared to a concert horn) makes the mellophone look like a large trumpet. In fact, most mellophones use trumpet-style parabolic (“cup”) mouthpieces rather than the smaller, lighter, conical (“funnel”) mouthpieces used on concert horns.
Although the terms mellophone and marching French horn are often used interchangeably, these are actually two different instruments. The marching French horn is typically larger than the mellophone, plays in the key of B flat or F, and uses B flat or F French horn fingerings, and French horn mouthpieces.
- See www.hornplayer.net/archive/a129.html for some archived discussion about mellophones.
- Mellophone fingering chart.


Personal meaning attached to space through digital media gives rise to contested narratives and reveals a polyvocality of place (Farman, 2018). Attributing meaning or ensoulment (Blevis & Stolterman 2007) plays a key role in understanding the complexities of meaning to place, particularly when the ensoulment is from a community rather than an individual. As digital media tools develop and become easier to use, they afford new critical methods to investigate local heritage and discourse through participation.
Employing psychogeography and digital media tools within a participatory design framework this paper presents Digi-Mapping as a method. Digi-mapping uses map making (FIDA, 2009) as a polyvocal tool to unpack meaningful geographies in partnership with primary school children in Edinburgh, UK. The resulting output is a large scale, physical touch interactive map. Participatory at its core, the research in this project is performed by the project participants.
Digital Media tools combined with physical space support new means for participants to express the relationships they have with their local area. Digi-Mapping was conducted in three primary schools in the community of Wester Hailes with the creation of four Digi-Maps. Each Digi-map was created over six two-hour sessions within class. This project introduced participating children to sensory walks, building circuits and creating touch interactive drawings. The process culminated with the collaborative production of an interactive talking map of their local area.
This research was undertaken in partnership with the Creative Placemakers at WHALE Arts, Edinburgh. Employing a lens of creative placemaking, this project presents new methods of examining meaningful geographies of place using digital media tools.
Grandison, T., Flint, T., Jamieson, K., & Muir, L. (2020, August). Digi-Mapping: Unpacking meaning of place through Creative Technology. Paper presented at ACHS 2020 FUTURES – Association of Critical Heritage Studies 5th Biennial Conference, University College London, UK


Staff Writer, DL MullanMother's Day / Commericalization
Is Mother's Day a day of celebration for the sacrifices of mothers or a cheap, commericalized holiday? If you said both: you're right.
Mother's Day in one incarnation or another is celebrated the world over. In the United States, Mother's Day is celebrated with dinners, flowers, and cards. Most of which the founding mother of Mother's Day found repugnant. Anna Jarvis lobbied for the holiday after her mother died in 1905. By 1915, Woodrow Wilson was signing the day into law:
Following the success of her first Mother’s Day, Jarvis—who remained unmarried and childless her whole life—resolved to see her holiday added to the national calendar. Arguing that American holidays were biased toward male achievements, she started a massive letter writing campaign to newspapers and prominent politicians urging the adoption of a special day honoring motherhood.
As soon as her holiday for motherhood was official, the holiday became one of money and greed. Jarvis was soon disenchanted by her own achievement because others had ruined it with commercialism.
While Jarvis had initially worked with the floral industry to help raise Mother’s Day’s profile, by 1920 she had become disgusted with how the holiday had been commercialized. She outwardly denounced the transformation and urged people to stop buying Mother’s Day flowers, cards and candies. Jarvis eventually resorted to an open campaign against Mother’s Day profiteers, speaking out against confectioners, florists and even charities. She also launched countless lawsuits against groups that had used the name “Mother’s Day,” eventually spending most of her personal wealth in legal fees. By the time of her death in 1948 Jarvis had disowned the holiday altogether, and even actively lobbied the government to see it removed from the American calendar.
As you spend your Mother's Day remember: it's the thought that counts, not the cards, the gifts, or the pies. Those materialistic things are not what the holiday is about and never was to the founder Anna Jarvis.
It's about celebrating family.
Source: History Channel


Our district defines a gifted student as one who “performs or shows potential for performing at remarkably high levels of accomplishment when compared to others of their age, experience, or environment." We offer whole grade screening for students in first, second, fourth and fifth grade. Those who are identified as gifted participate in a variety of classroom enrichment activities and programs, including SOAR and Project Lead the Way (PLTW). To learn more about identification and services for students who are gifted, view our Gifted Services brochure.
Director of Special Services: Kate Little
Gifted, Testing and Accountability Supervisor: Sarah Schleehauf
Gifted Education Philosophy
The "Principles of Differentiation," presented by the National & State Leadership Training Institute on the Gifted and Talented Curriculum Committee, are designed to assist educators in modifying and developing curricula for gifted learners in the areas of content, process/thinking skills, and product outcomes. They include the following:
- Present content related to broad - based issues, themes, or problems.
- Integrate multiple disciplines into the area of study.
- Present comprehensive, related, mutually reinforcing experiences within an area of study.
- Allow for in-depth learning of a self-selected topic within an area of study.
- Develop independent or self-directed study skills.
- Develop productive, complex, abstract, and/or higher level thinking skills.
- Focus on open-ended tasks.
- Develop research skills and methods.
- Integrate basic skills and higher level thinking skills in the curriculum.
- Encourage the development of products that challenge existing ideas and produce "new" ideas.
- Encourage the development of products that use new techniques, materials, and forms.
- Encourage the development of self-understanding; i.e., recognizing and using one's abilities, becoming self-directed, appreciating likenesses and differences between oneself and others.
- Evaluating student outcomes by using appropriate and specific criteria through self-appraisal, criterion referenced, or standardized instruments.
The Huber Heights City School District Board of Education believes that individual students often require access to advanced curriculum in order to realize their potential contribution to themselves and society. The district recognizes that children who can exceed grade level indicators and benchmarks set forth in the Ohio Learning Standards must be afforded the opportunity and be encouraged to do so. To learn more about the acceleration process and related policies, view our Acceleration Guide.


07 Mar Does Cold Weather Cause Pain?
Do you ever notice that in the wintertime, your aches and pains get worse or that you have them more often? It may have to do with the cold temperature outside. Not only does the colder air cause symptoms or flare-ups of many conditions, but changes in barometric pressure or humidity can also make ailments worse. But just how much does cold weather cause pain?
This winter season has caused one of the coldest winters on record for much of the United States. With the constant snow storms and harsh weather, many people are experiencing more pain in the neck, joints, and back. The winter actually does make your pain worse and can be quite painful for those with severe conditions. In some cases, people have been able to predict the approaching cold weather by how much pain they are in. This is actually a symptom of cold allodynia. People with complex regional pain syndrome, arthritis, and low back pain, just to name a few, have expressed experiencing more pain during the winter months.
Some studies have found a strong relationship between short, cold, damp days and arthritis flare-ups. Some research suggests changes in barometric pressure worsen knee pain in people with arthritis, while colder temps can cause painful changes in joint fluid thickness. Cold weather can actually shrink the tissues causing them to pull on the nerve endings, thus causing joint pain. When it is cold, your nerve endings are extremely sensitive and the muscles surrounding your nerves tense up. When the barometric pressure drops, there is less atmospheric pressure to hold the tissues back and it causes more inflamed tissue to swell and thus, cold weather causes pain.
Here are some tips to minimize the effects of cold weather and pain:
- Keep bundled up so that your muscles and nerves stay warm. This can help the muscles not contract as much around your nerve endings, thus minimizing the pain you feel.
- Make sure you stretch in the morning and evening. This can help keep you stay limber and not tense up.
- Make sure you exercise regularly, preferably inside. It is important to stay active to avoid your joints from getting stagnant. When you don’t move your muscles or joints regularly they will stiffen and make it more painful when you do move them.
- Swimming in a heated pool can help alleviate back and joint pain.
Of course, if you have any questions about joint, neck, or back pain, call us at the Illinois Pain Institute today!


A video lecture by Amitav Ghosh, author of ‘The Great Derangement: Fiction, History, and Politics in the Age of Global Warming’ as part of a 4 part lecture series delivered at the University of Chicago’s Randy L. & Melvin R. Berlin Family Lectures. In this video lecture, Ghosh discusses the link between history and climate change. The video also discusses impacts of climate change on historical narratives of capitalism and imperialism in Asia.
Students will understand the role of climate change in shaping history. They will further understand how global warming has contributed to shaping societies in the Asian continent.
Use this tool to help your students find answers to:
- Discuss the link between climate change and history.
- Discuss how climate change influenced the history of South Asia.
About the Tool
|Tool Name||The Great Derangement: Literature, History, and Politics in the Age of Global Warming|
|Topic(s) in Discipline||History, Political History, Imperialism, Colonialism, Non-fiction, Literature, Climate Fiction|
|Climate Topic||Climate and Society|
|Type of tool||Video/ Micro Lecture (1 hr 13 mins)|
|Grade Level||Undergraduate, Graduate|
|Developed by||Amitav Ghosh at the Berlin Family Lectures, The University of Chicago|


Spring SAVY 2019, Day 3 – Autobiographies and the Story of You (3rd/4th)
Ms. Adrienne and I cannot believe that we’re already halfway through Spring SAVY! It’s been so rewarding to learn about our students’ lives and memories.
This week, debated the following question: Do self-portraits or photographs more likely to show a person’s change?
We began by examining photographs of me, one from when I was 14 and one from when I was 35. We then examined two photographs of Ms. Adrienne, one from her elementary school days, and the other from February 9, 2019. We noted the changes between each photo, and discussed candid shots (the one of me), posed shots (the one of Ms. Adrienne), and selfies. Which is more influential: the subject or the photographer?
From there, we examined self-portraits by famous painters: Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and Frida Kahlo. Each self-portrait was painted at different times in the artist’s life. We discussed color choices, poses, techniques, and even media and how each element depicts a different change or mood evident in the painter’s life.
After our break (and we all need those snacks to get through a long morning), we began work on our final project.
Reflect on the different pieces of text we’ve examined these past few weeks. How does each piece reflect a person’s change? How does each piece connect to our generalizations about change (Change is necessary for growth; change can be positive and/or negative; change creates more change; and change can be natural or constructed)? Using inspiration from one of the self-reflective pieces, depict a story from your own life. You may choose to write a short story (like Malala’s Magic Pencil) a book of poetry (like Each Kindness), a memoir (like Jacqueline Woodson’s About Me section), a comic strip, and/or a self-portrait.
Next week, we’ll look at how change is depicted in popular culture, and we’ll continue to work on our final projects. Please find attached the ppt we used. We missed our colleagues who couldn’t be with us this weekend!
Some of Our Autobiographers


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Since it’s about yourself, you already have a topic to write about. But it was not her own reflection that interested her most.
For Example, I Recently Got The Book True You, Which Is A Workbook With Guiding Questions.
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On the 20th of March every year, the world unites to help reduce the burden of oral diseases, which affect individuals, health systems and economies everywhere.
Why is World Oral Health Day important?
Oral diseases are a major health concern for many countries and negatively impacts people throughout their lives. Oral diseases lead to pain and discomfort, social isolation, and loss of self-confidence, and they are often linked to other serious health issues. And yet, there is no reason to suffer: most oral health conditions are largely preventable and can be treated in their early stages.
We partnered with Conley Harris (@Harris_Hikers) to share oral health tips while outdoors. You will learn why toothpaste while camping can attack bears and what snacks are dentist approved while being outdoors. Hint trail-mix is not one of them. One (1) winner will receive a Garmin Forerunner watch and a Patagonia backpack filled with oral health care supplies and Delta Dental swag.
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During the Sweepstakes Period (March 2, 2022 - March 20, 2022) you must:
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The Manchester Science Festival has a lot to offer. One of its major attractions is the new type of jeans ‘Catalytic Clothing’, the cutting edge catalytic converters, that you can put on while walking down the street. It is an innovative way to cut air pollution, clothes will now clean the air.
According to the creators’ team the new fabric is equipped with titanium dioxide particles. The denim has a special coating able to absorb and break nitrogen oxides into mild non-polluting particles.
‘Catalytic Clothing’ is a product of research conducted in the University of Sheffield. Both the designer Helen Storey and the chemist Tony Ryan have researched the properties of clothes when it comes to reducing air pollution. It all comes down to a laundry additive called CatClo. One pair of jeans washed with this very additive can remove 5g of nitrogen oxides a day.
As jeans are one of the most preferred garments, they are perfect for this mission. Denim jeans what most people wear on a daily basis. Starting from denim on, scientists aim at applying the additive more often and on other fabrics.
So if you are interested you can visit the current exhibition at the Manchester Science Festival.
For more information check: http://www.manchestersciencefestival.com/


The Umbrella Bird
1 Thessalonians 5:5
The best fishermen not only know where the fish are biting, but exactly what type of bait or lure is needed to catch the big ones. That's why I say that the best fisherman of all is not a man but a bird.
The black heron knows exactly where and when the fish are biting. He goes fishing for his food by wading into shallow lakes and ponds. But there's a problem. Fish avoid the water's surface to avoid the bright rays of the sun. Even if a fish does come close to the surface, the black heron is unable to see it because he is blinded by the sun's reflection.
But like I said, this bird is a master fisherman. What he does is shape his wings into a large black umbrella. He then crouches down until his wings are almost touching the water, effectively turning daylight into darkness, and attracting fish to the shade. Under cover of his umbrella, the black heron pokes his head into the water and comes out with a squirming fish in his beak.
This kind of fishing is known as canopy feeding. How did the black heron learn to fish like this? Creationists know, but evolutionists have no reasonable answer. They only have a term. Yes, evolutionists are good at coming up with terms like "canopy feeding", but when it comes to explaining how such a thing originated in the first place, they are still very much in the dark.
Notes: http://thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/birds/Ciconiiformes/Ardeidae/Egretta-ardesiaca. Photo: Courtesy of Steve Garvie. (CC-BY-SA 2.0 GENERIC). Creation Moments, Inc., P.O. Box 839, Foley, MN 56329 www.creationmoments.com
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Would you know to locate the geographic items you are asked about? You must point out each exact location on the map.
Locate countries are: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herze ...
Locate the different countries on the map of the old continent, Europe.
Click on countries to learn their names.
Would you know to locate Countries you are asked about? You must point out each exact location on the map.
Click on each of the 48 flags available and detail to which country it belongs.
Click on the correct country (you may select regions).
Drag each country onto the map.
Can you name all the countries of Europe? You have eight minutes to finish it.
Drag each country onto the map (countries disappear).
Type the first three letters of the country's name (no outlines given).
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Green methanol serves primarily the chemical industry as a base material for a wide range of chemical products such as polymer fibers for the textile industry, plastics for packaging, adhesives, diapers, paints, solvents and much more. Methanol also serves as a fuel or fuel additive.
Thanks to the growth of affordable renewable energy, methanol can be produced based on wind or solar power, geothermal energy or hydropower - significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This "green methanol" is environmentally friendly and can be used as an energy carrier to store renewably generated electricity or as a transportation fuel. In addition to LNG and ammonia, green methanol can also be considered as a substitute fuel for maritime applications. In addition, it can be blended with conventional liquid fuels or used as a fuel for 100% methanol-based propulsion systems.
thyssenkrupp uses its own Uhde methanol technology for production. The hydrogen is produced using highly efficient alkaline water electrolysis (AWE), based on thyssenkrupp's proven chlor-alkali electrolysis technology. The carbon dioxide is recovered from biogas or other fermentation plants as well as from a wide variety of applications such as flue and exhaust gases from chemical and petrochemical complexes, cement plants or steel mills. By removing this greenhouse gas from the atmosphere and "recycling" it, the production process can make a further positive contribution to climate protection.


A compromised digestive system is the most common health problem that everyone suffers from. This is also the starting point for the development of most health problems. If your body isn’t capable of properly digesting your food, you will suffer from deficiencies of the nutrients you were incapable of releasing from your food. Your body will also accumulate the undigested food that stagnates and becomes toxic waste. In fact, undigested food waste makes up the greatest volume of the substance degenerative disease is made of.
So, next to brushing your teeth at least twice a day, taking 2 Primagest with every meal should be the next most important habit every person needs to develop!
To fully appreciate why the Body Chemistry Support System begins by supplementing with plant source enzymes as we start to transition our diet, it’s necessary to understand a little about what enzymes are, what they do, and how they do it.
Enzymes can be described as tiny units of energy which are carried by protein molecules. Protein molecules carry enzymes in much the same way a light bulb carries an electric current. All cellular activity is initiated by enzymes. In fact, every function that is performed within the body is accomplished by enzyme activity. Without enzymes, there is no life in the body.
Raw foods contain live enzymes that are meant to digest these foods. Any form of processing, such as cooking, drastically reduces the enzyme levels in the foods we eat. When our food doesn’t contain these enzymes, it becomes necessary for the body to sacrifice metabolic enzymes (the life force of the body) for the process of digestion.
After years of eating a predominantly cooked diet, our bodies are seriously lacking in the life force which can be referred to as the “metabolic enzyme pool.” The average person sacrifices approximately half of their body energy to the digestive process. This is why supplementation for digestive support is an absolute must.
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Tesla will branch out from building electric, self-driving cars to produce humanoid robots designed to “eliminate dangerous, repetitive, boring tasks” and respond to voice commands from the owner.
The robot, referred to inside the company as Optimus, will be 173 centimetres tall and weigh 57 kilograms. The body will be powered by 40 electromechanical actuators and the robot’s face will feature a screen display.
Optimus will be able to carry a cargo of up to 20 kilograms and Tesla’s founder Elon Musk claims that a working prototype will be ready next year.
Speaking at the company’s AI Day event, designed to attract engineering and research talent to the company, Musk said that much of the technology in Tesla’s self-driving cars is applicable to or useful in creating humanoid robots.
“Tesla is arguably the world’s biggest robotics company, because our cars are semi-sentient robots on wheels,” he said. “It kind of makes sense to put that on to a humanoid form. We’re also quite good at sensors and factories and actuators.”
Musk said that the machine will be limited to a walking speed of 8 kilometres per hour and will be deliberately weak enough that most humans will be able to overpower it if needed. “You never know,” said Musk, who had suggested earlier in his presentation that general AI was the largest threat currently facing humanity.
The Tesla founder said the robot is still in development but automation will make physical work a choice in the future, which will have profound implications for the economy and require universal basic income as government policy. A human dancer inside a suit was presented at the event to give the audience a flavour of what to expect from the robot.
The company also announced an AI-optimised custom computer chip called D1 which Tesla is using to create a supercomputer called Dojo. This machine is intended to process vast amounts of camera and sensor data from Tesla cars and train the neural networks behind Tesla’s self-driving technology. These improvements and updates can then be sent out to cars around the world via the internet.
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The crane is a tall, graceful, wading bird. In Asian countries it is a symbol of long life and happiness.
Most cranes are migratory, which means they travel from one place to another depending on the season. Cranes live on every continent except Antarctica and South America.
Cranes are tall birds. For example, the whooping crane is more than 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall and has a wingspan of 7 feet (2.1 meters). It is white with black wing tips and has a red cap and face.
Cranes have feathers that grow close to their bodies and look smooth. They have three front toes and one back toe, with the back toe higher on the leg than the front toes. When a crane flies, it stretches its neck forward and holds it out in front. Cranes make a piercing, trumpetlike call that can be heard long after they have flown out of sight. This call comes from the crane’s windpipe, which is coiled and twisted like a horn.
Cranes eat a wide variety of food, such as small animals, fish, insects, frogs, salamanders, lizards, mice, grasshoppers, grass shoots, and even grains. They perform courtship dances by hopping and flapping their wings while making their calls.
Male cranes usually begin courting female cranes in the spring. Female cranes usually lay two or sometimes three shiny olive-gray eggs with brown spots. The nest is in the ground and lined with grass, reeds, rushes, or stems. The same nest may be used year after year. The young are covered with a full coat of soft, fluffy, brown down. They begin running around within a few hours of hatching. By autumn the young are strong enough to join the long flight to their winter grounds with the adults.
Many kinds of cranes are endangered because of hunting and habitat destruction. The North American whooping crane was quite common at the beginning of the 20th century but is now so rare that it is protected in special areas in Wisconsin and Texas. Strict laws and protected areas for breeding have saved these birds.


This week Dr. Jack and Mary investigate the prevalence of acute Lyme disease that really began in the mid 1990’s.
Make no mistake: Lyme disease has been known for a long time, but when Mr. Bergderfor discovered the tick-borne nature of the disease in the 1970’s, it was still considered a rare and terrible malady. It has been mystery exactly why diagnoses of this affliction began to skyrocket around 1995. The statistics are shocking as more and more people succumb every year to supposedly “tick-borne” illness.
Were the ticks carrying more or more potent strains of the bacteria that cause Lyme disease? Was global warming causing a huge uptick in ticks?
No. We were stunned by the troubling answer and we think you will be too.
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2 thoughts on “126: Lyme Disease – The Untold Story”
Very informative, I had heard of many more people being diagnosed with Lyme Disease and recovery seemed to take over a year or two.
The truth these days is hard to come by through the regular MD’s.
Thank-you for sharing your knowledge.
Isn’t it tragic that, in the medical world, we can’t put all of our resources together for the greater good?
Thank you for listening, Dean! We appreciate you!


Sep 1, 2020 - Science
Scientists spot two quasars in merging galaxies light-years away
Scientists have spotted pairs of quasars — supermassive black holes feeding on huge amounts of material — in merging galaxies light-years from our own.
Why it matters: By learning more about these types of rare mergers, scientists may be able to piece together details about how galaxies grow and evolve over billions of years.
- “In spite of their rarity, they represent an important stage in the evolution of galaxies, where the central giant is awakened, gaining mass, and potentially impacting the growth of its host galaxy,” Shenli Tang, an author of the study about these quasar pairs, said in a statement.
What they did: The team used three telescopes atop Maunakea in Hawaii to identify three quasar pairs in distant merging galaxies after hunting through thousands of previously identified quasars in a database.
- Astronomers previously identified quasar pairs, but simulations predicted far more than what's been observed in part because these objects are difficult to see. (Both quasars shine brightly due to the gas heating up around the feeding black hole and can be hard to distinguish from one another.)
- The new discoveries of these quasar pairs — detailed in a study in The Astrophysical Journal — suggest about 0.3% of all quasars are actually these dual quasar pairs.


Whispers of Revolution
British Major-General Stanley Maude enters Baghdad in March 11, 1917, capturing the province of Mesopotamia from the Ottoman Empire. (NYT)
The _Miami Herald_ runs a piece today on whispers of “revolution” filling the cafes of Baghdad this month as Iraqis look back on the rebellion of 1920 with pride and growing anger.
Whispers of “revolution” are growing louder in Baghdad this month at teahouses, public protests and tribal meetings as Iraqis point to the past as an omen for the future.
Iraqis remember 1920 as one of the most glorious moments in modern history, one followed by nearly eight decades of tumult. The bloody rebellion against British rule that year is memorialized in schoolbooks, monuments and mass-produced tapestries that hang in living rooms.
Now, many say there’s an uncanny similarity with today: unpopular foreign occupiers, unelected governing bodies and unhappy residents eager for self-determination. The result could be another bloody uprising.
“We are now under occupation, and the best treatment for a wound is sometimes fire,” said Najah al Najafi, a Shiite cleric who joined thousands of marchers at a recent demonstration where construction workers, tribal leaders and religious scholars spoke of 1920.
Could be bad. Could be hyperbole. We’ll have to see.


Unconscious (or implicit) bias refers to how we are biased or prejudicial in ways we’re not conscious of. Unconscious bias is reflected in our assumptions and stereotypes, which guide the ways we interact with, speak of, or make decisions around different groups of people or communities. For example, if we are surprised that our nurse is a man or our engineering consultant is a Black woman, that surprise is an indicator that we are holding onto an unconscious bias that a nurse or an engineering consultant should only look like a certain type of person.
Unconscious bias can be difficult to address, because none of us like the feeling of being accused of being prejudiced or discriminatory. But if we truly desire to free ourselves from preconceived judgments, we must be willing to listen and reflect when someone points out the results of inaccurate or harmful beliefs we may have absorbed from our culture or community.
Until recently, the majority of research on microaggressions has focused on asking people targeted by microaggressions about their experiences and perspectives, rather than researching the offenders. This previous research is crucial.
Our brains create categories to make sense of the world, recognize patterns and make quick decisions. But this ability to categorize also exacts a heavy toll in the form of unconscious bias. In this powerful talk, psychologist Jennifer L.
Research suggests that weight discrimination permeates the American workplace. A recent Harvard study examined how biases change over time. Researchers examined data that was collected over nine years and measured implicit and explicit biases.
Unconscious bias and lack of racial diversity in visual representation causes damage in schools, communities, workplaces and places of worship across the globe. It creates a divide between those who see themselves as empowered, and those who don’t.
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Carimabhava, Carima-bhava: 1 definition
Carimabhava means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Carimabhava refers to: the last rebirth (in Saṃsāra, with ref. to Arahantship) ThA. 260, cp. caramabhavika in Divy (frequent) & next. (Page 263)
Note: carimabhava is a Pali compound consisting of the words carima and bhava.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Honey Bee swarm arriving. Including photos of their communication dance on the landing of the beehive and some information of their duties.
Honey Bee Swarm Arriving.
The swarm arrived to the empty boxes left at the house. The boxes were dotted with lemongrass essential oils for distribution to the fields and blue gum trees to attract and catch new swarms.
It attracts the bees by producing the feremone smell of the queen bee.
Close up of a Bee
Good to see the bees close up as they investigate the new box they will stay in. Not aggressive at all.
Bees looking in and out of the box as well as Inspecting the box very well. Doing their dance of communication of where the food is available to forage.
A scout honey Bee, or a few honey bees duties are scout bees and their aim is to fly around and look for food and then seek new places to bring the colony of bees to stay.
Sometimes it’s after the eggs have hatched and they swarm off as there is to many bees and more than one queen in the hive.
Then the scout bees will go back to the original hive or where the queen and a swarm, that surround the queen are hanging. Sometimes swarms fly off and hang in tree branches or fences, as they were on route to their new home.
Bring them back to the hive and space they found for them to make a home.
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Carbon Footprint of Single-Use Plastic Items and Their Substitution
Single-use plastic is having a significant environmental impact and its reduction is a mandatory step to reduce plastic pollution worldwide. Indeed, the time that a plastic item can persist in the environment is very long and it is well known that it can produce devastating effects in particular in seas and oceans. Moreover, production, use and disposal of plastic items have a significant impact also on the greenhouse effect; this can be estimated in a life cycle approach, by evaluating their carbon footprint. In this work, a review of the carbon footprint evaluation of different single-use plastic categories has been carried out, developing a methodology to immediately evaluate the benefits related to their substitution with compostable and bio-plastic and/or multiple-use items and materials. The result of the novel methodology developed is a certain number of matrixes, which can categorize impact values in order to compare them with replacement with bio-based plastic materials or multi-use things. Finally, the methodology was tested and validated through a case study, where a plastic reduction plan was proposed and implemented and the CO2 equivalent reduction was assessed, demonstrating a reduction potential related to a replacement by bioplastic or other materials equal, respectively, to 73% and 90%.


We often take for granted the importance of education in social development. It is something that we are told we need to do in order to succeed in life, and many of us go through school without questioning why it is so important. But why is education so important? And what can we learn from social development theories about its importance?
Why is education important to social development?
One of the most important tools that a society has to develop is education. Education allows people to learn about their surroundings, and to understand the world around them. It also allows them to develop skills and knowledge that can help them in their everyday lives. It can also help them to understand and participate in society. In short, education is essential for social development.
What are the benefits of an educated populace?
There are many benefits to an educated populace. One of the most obvious is that it leads to a more prosperous society. Education provides people with the skills and knowledge necessary for success in every aspect of life, both domestically and internationally. It also encourages civic engagement and social responsibility, which are essential for creating a strong and healthy community. Furthermore, an educated populace is more likely to find solutions to the world’s problems. All of these factors make education an incredibly important social development tool.
What are some ways that education can be improved?
Education is one of the most important aspects of social development. It allows people to access and use knowledge and skills to participate in society, work, and live productive lives. The World Health Organization defines education as “the process of acquiring the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for an individual or group to meet the challenges of a changing world.” Therefore, it is essential that education be effective and efficient in order to enable social progress. Here are some ways that education can be improved:
1. Education should be affordable and accessible for all.
2. Education should be inclusive and provide opportunities for all learners, including students with disabilities, first-generation students, and students from low-income families.
3. Education should encourage critical thinking and creativity.
4. Education should help students build strong relationships with others.
5. Education should prepare students for future careers and life opportunities.


Writing Inspired By: Song
I am intrigued and amazed by the rising of the sun since I was young.
The raising of the sun still is happening even if you do not see it behinds the clouds.
We all talk about the rising of the sun, but in fact the sun is at the center of our solar system. The sun is rotating at different durations depending on the different parts of the sun. The average revolution is 27 days.
Earth is rotating and circling the sun. The earth completes one revolution in 24 hours and circles the sun in 365 days plus one quarter of a day. Which accounts for February having the 29th day every four years.
The moon rotates every 27 plus days and circles the earth. The moon’s circling pattern changes over time and repeated regularly as it circles the earth.
The earth has weather pattern and conditional that prohibit us from seeing the moon and sun, but both the Sun and Moon are out there and active.
Zoom out from Earth and you have our Solar System.
At the center of our solar system is of course the Sun, and some number of planets all rotation and circling the Sun. They include Earth in the collection of planets, moons and other orbiting objects named or numbered.
Zoom out and we enter the Milky Way, one of many Galaxies.
Our Solar system is but one in many solar systems include in the milky way, a galaxy comprising a collection of solar systems like our solar system.
Zoom out to Quasars and Large Quasar Group.
Yet another extensive collection of rotating and circling planets out in space.
The Guardians of the Deepness hold the universe together with objects spinning and circling other objects.
They have for some undetermined amount of time done so with no end in sight continuing on the same course.
We know so little compared to the vastness beyond our planet.
Share you thoughts in comments, please.


Give Your Valentine A Hug - Cuddling Boosts Overall Health
Medical and health research from across the country shows that cuddling and touching is also a great health boost that is proven to have serious benefits.
“The next time your significant isn’t interested in cuddle time - present the evidence,” says Sonal Haerter, MD, a physician in St. Joseph’s Internal Medicine Center. “Medical studies show that cuddling can boost overall health by lowering blood pressure and releasing ‘feel good’ hormones such as endorphins and oxytocin.
Cuddling is one of the best means of physical affection and ignites a brain chemistry reaction that has far reaching effects. It garners closeness and increases your mental well-being.
Other health benefits of cuddling include:
- Pain relief
- Lowering of blood pressure
- Reduction of social anxiety
- Stress reduction
- Protection against inflammation
Although cuddling and physical affection is often associated with romantic relationships, something as simple as a hug can increase oxytocin levels and provide a health boost. In addition, it has been proven that mother and infant skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth improves chances of successful breastfeeding, and touch by nurses improve the health of the elderly in nursing homes.
“I often give my patients hugs when they come to see me for medical treatment,” says Dr. Haerter. “Non-verbal communication can transmit empathy and understanding. A hug can go a long way.”
Contact: Carmelle Malkovich, (602) 406-3319
Publish date:Monday, February 10, 2014


Hint for process of elimination: Taking test values such as $latex a=3 $ and $latex b=5 $ and carefully using order of operations will help you eliminate most or all answers. If your own choice of values of $latex a $ and $latex b $ do not eliminate all choices, making a second choice (or in very extreme cases even a third choice) will finish off all remaining incorrect answers.
Another hint is, variables are never being multiplied with other variables, this eliminates choices D and E. Also, there is nothing in the original expression which can combine with and eliminate the number 2 from the expression. This eliminates choices A and C, leaving you with the correct answer, B.
Read on for a full solution.
Solution: You need to know that a negative sign can be distributed over parentheses because $latex -(a + b) = -1 \cdot (a+b) $. You also need to know that the product of a positive number and a negative number is negative, and the product of two negative numbers is positive. Use that to justify the following algebra:
$latex 5a+3b-(5b-2) = 5a+3b-5b+2 = 5a-2b+2 $, which is choice B.
Work it out! Make sure you get the same answer.


I-Cas: Intelligent Crop Advisory System for Farmers
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Over the past three to four decades, the growth of population in India has raised the requirement of food grains. Though modern technology is supporting agriculture, the area of agriculture is getting declined day-by-day due to several reasons such as lack of water resources, lack of man power, and insufficient mechanism to disseminate necessary information to farmers. In this case, the use of technology is inevitable. Now a days, most of the government organizations attempts to implement technology based solutions which give rise to E-Governance especially in rural India. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays a vital role in every domain but merely in Agriculture. Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a latest technology which is capable of acquiring data from any environment with the help of sensors. The objective of this work is to develop a system, which acquires farm-field data, analyses with the help of agro-expert systems, predicts the type of cultivation based on the soil quality and disseminates viable information to the farmers with the aid of ICT and WSN. In general, in and around Dindigul district three types of soils are available viz., Laterite Soil, Black Soil and Red Soil. The main challenges in Dindigul district are to choose the type of cultivation in order to improve yield and that achieves better quality based on the chemical components of soil. Moreover, the cultivation depends on the parameters such as soil erosion, application of proper fertilizers, liming and proper irrigation. The benefit of this technology will reach the farmers at their door steps through Mobile Communication as Short Message Service (SMS) in their native language.
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Since the summer days, the Ecoambiente Club of the vocational school, Escuela Superior Vocacional Manuel Méndez Liciaga, were planning wonderful fun-filled activities for their big event in October. In the days leading up to the main event, all of the students from the school came together to help out in any way they could.
Cosmetology students reinforced their skills by providing make-up and designing outfits that represented certain birds. Similarly, the horticulture students collaborated by recycling used automobile tires. They decorated them to simulate birds and hung them in the trees of their school’s backyard. A biology teacher even gave a lesson about the native birds that surrounded them in Puerto Rico. Other students helped design a brochure to advertise the event. Clearly, everyone was excited to enjoy birds with the community.
On the day of the event, a total of around 250-500 people showed up! Several students gave brief talks about birds using the material provided by Celebrate Urban Birds in the library of their school. Participants were able to enjoy various activities around the school, such as singing songs, dressing up (using the clothing designed by the cosmetology students), and dancing, all with a focus on birds.
One of the main activities included an avian poster contest, in which participants had to draw their favorite urban bird. There were over 200 entries, amazing! The judges must have had a very difficult decision to pick only three winners. Nevertheless, all the posters were used to decorate the hallways around the library.
Another successful activity was the planting of sunflowers all around the school. The students and community came together to plant around 100 sunflowers. They learned about the necessary conditions needed to grow plants and how to choose a location that is both safe and accessible for birds. Most of all, they all learned about the importance of greening the environment.
Here are some of the entries for the contest:
The coordinator, Belkis Diaz, along with the help of students guided participants in the 10-minute Celebrate Urban Bird Observations. They went around the school trying to identify any of the native species of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico. And, it was a huge success as a total of 160 observations were done.
It is very inspiring to know that any community can come together and enjoy the nature and the birds around them. Congratulations to all the students, teachers, and everyone involved in making this event so successful!