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Do Ducks Grieve? Understanding Grieving in Animals
It's a question that many bird enthusiasts and pet owners have asked – do ducks grieve? The answer is yes, ducks, just like other animals, can experience grief. This complex emotional process occurs when these birds lose a mate or offspring. In this blog post, we will delve deeper into the phenomenon of grieving in ducks to better understand their emotions and how we can support them during these difficult times.
Understanding Grieving in Animals
When we think of animal emotions, we often associate them with dogs and cats or even mammals more similar to humans. But what about birds? Specifically, what about ducks? Do they experience grief as well? Fascinatingly, new research suggests that ducks and other avian species have a far greater emotional depth than previously thought. This article will seek to explore this surprising aspect of bird behavior in detail by discussing the following:
Do Ducks Experience Grief?
Yes, it appears that ducks do indeed experience grief. Grieving, as a complex emotional process involving feelings such as sadness, denial, anger, and ultimately acceptance of loss (usually relating to death or separation from someone close), is not limited to just human beings. In fact, many animals are now known to display signs of grief in their own ways.
Historically, researchers might have dismissed avian emotionality due to the smaller size of their brains relative to our own. However, recent studies on bird brain anatomy revealed that they possess neuron-rich brain regions strikingly similar to those found in more "emotionally gifted" mammals like ourselves.
Comparing Duck Social Bonds to Other Bird Species
Just as various human cultures exhibit differing social norms and customs, so too do birds display different patterns of bonding based on their particular species. Ducks happen to be part of a larger family known as waterfowl (Anatidae), which also includes geese and swans.
These birds typically form strong pair bonds with their mates amidst the process of courtship and breeding. This devotion goes beyond mere reproduction; bonded pairs often take part in tantamount cooperative care for their offspring. Moreover, they might even establish long-lasting relationships extending over several years.
This stands in stark contrast with other bird species like hummingbirds and songbirds, which generally have more episodic or solitary breeding periods without the same degree of bonding seen in ducks.
Recognizing Signs of Distress and Sadness in Ducks
Noticing a duck experiencing grief might not be as apparent as with other animals. They lack the array of facial expressions mammals possess, so the clues lie more in their physical posture and vocalizations.
A grieving duck may exhibit a drooping head or wings, seeming withdrawal from its flockmates, or emitting softer calls (different from that of a distressed bird). While these behaviors could also indicate illness or injury, they are vital indicators to look out for if you suspect your feathered friend is struggling with loss.
Physical Indications of Grieving in Ducks
Beyond mere posture and vocal cues, there are other physical changes that grieving ducks may experience. They might experience shifts in their eating habits, either consuming less food due to depression-related anorexia or indulging in stress-induced overeating.
Additionally, they may suffer from disrupted sleep patterns resulting from stress or sadness. A disruption in normal preening habits may occur too (e.g., neglecting preening altogether or excessive over-preening). Altered feather quality could manifest as well – duller coloration, unkempt appearance – all linked to the physiological stress accompanying grief.
Behavioral Changes During the Mourning Process for Ducks
Grieving ducks often undergo notable behavioral changes during their bereavement process. Some birds become increasingly withdrawn – seeking solace through solitary activities like swimming aimlessly at the water's edge. On the other hand, those who've lost their most cherished companion might instead seem especially clingy to remaining flockmates.
Furthermore, some ducks exhibit disturbances within their daily routine since avian everyday activities are highly structured like morning preening, feeding, and bathing. In mourning instances, a duck might be seen engaging in these activities irregularly or not at all.
Effect of Loss and Separation on Mate-Bonded Pairs
Like humans dealing with the death of a spouse or partner, ducks that lose their mate suffer intense emotional pain. Due to their strong pair bonds, the surviving duck experiences feelings similar to grief. They may display detrimental effects such as diminished immune function due to elevated stress hormone levels.
Seeking new mates after losing one is also common among ducks; however, some bereaved birds appear unwilling or hesitant to find another partner right away.
How Parent Ducks Respond to Death or Disappearance of Their Ducklings
Just as heartbreaking as the loss of a mate is the death/disappearance of offspring. Contrary to popular belief that avian parents "don't care," several anecdotal accounts point toward ducks indeed feeling pain when this happens.
They may search for lost ducklings tirelessly or return repeatedly to places where they'd last seen them. Quieter calls – differing from frantic alarm calls when an active threat is present – showcase how these birds cope with sorrow.
Influence of Phases within the Lifecycle on Duck Mourning Behavior
A bird's age plays an important role in how it processes grief. Younger birds may recover more quickly because they lack previous traumatic experiences that could worsen their current emotional state (e.g., losses from earlier in life). Older birds might face more difficulty grieving due to physical ailments compounding emotional ones.
Grieving behaviors may also vary based on reproductive states (breeding vs. non-breeding) and seasonal factors (such as migration). Ducks deeply rooted into breeding might experience heightened emotions during this vulnerable time.
The Role Hormones Play During a Duck's Grieving Period
The presence of hormones like oxytocin and vasotocin in avian brains suggest ducks can feel interpersonal attachment just as we do. During a grieving period, these hormones play a crucial role in stress reduction.
In addition, levels of cortisol (aka the "stress hormone") could rise due to mourning-related stress. This rise can lower immune system function, impairing the bird's overall health and potentially leading to more severe emotional turmoil.
Ways to Support and Comfort Grieving Birds in Captivity
If you care for captive ducks, here are some ways you can help your grieving bird through their difficult time:
1. Provide emotional support by spending additional time with them
2. Offer a calming environment that caters to their preferred habitat
3. Encourage natural behaviors like swimming or bathing
4. Supply high-quality food containing necessary nutrients for optimal health
Remember, dealing with grief is an individual process—what works for one duck might not help another.
Role Human Caretakers Play In Recognizing And Assisting Emotional Recovery Of Pet Birds
Acknowledging that avian species like ducks have emotions, including grief, is paramount for responsible pet ownership. As caretakers, it's essential to foster environments allowing birds to express themselves fully without fear or judgment.
Humans must take an active role in observing any behavioral changes that could signal potential mourning periods among our feathered companions – from there, facilitate proper coping mechanisms through compassionate understanding and care.
Potential Long-Term Impact If A Bird's Emotions Are Overlooked And Unaddressed
When care providers don't address birds' emotional needs post-loss or during general experiences of sadness (which birds are no stranger to), the consequences could be dire.
Persistent exposure to stress hormones may lead to chronic physiological alterations, making them more susceptible to disease. Behavioral corollaries like depression-driven overeating or disrupted sleeping patterns may exacerbate further health issues.
In short, recognizing and addressing the emotional experience of ducks is essential not just for their mental well-being but also their physical health, thus enabling them to live the fullest life possible.


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What happens when you are surrounded by Canada's largest concentration of petrochemical factories? You start losing your male children. The Aamjiwnaang First Nation has learned this fact the hard way.
The Aamjiwnaang First Nation (a community of Chippewas), population of 850, is a small reserve covering 3,250 acres along an area near Sarnia, southwestern Ontario just across the border from Port Huron, Michigan. It lies within an area commonly referred to as "Chemical Valley" one of the largest concentrations of petrochemical manufacturing in Canada along with one of the largest hazardous waste dumps in the country.
Over the years, the community had learned to live with the acrid smells, the smokestacks, the oil slicks and the air-raid siren that would scream out its warning whenever the wind shifted in the wrong direction, cautioning everyone that the air quality was so bad they should head indoors and shut all the windows. They knew they lived in a contaminated area, but when Suncor Energy announced in 2003 that they wanted to build an ethanol plant on land adjoining the First Nation, the Band decided they had had enough.
The Band commissioned a biologist, Michael Gilbertson, to study the amounts of air, water and soil contamination that already existed on the reserve. When Gilbertson finished his study he reported back to the Band that there were already elevated levels of PCBs, pesticides and heavy metals in the Band's community. During that phone call with the Band, Gilbertson unexpectedly asked the Band members if girls outnumbered the boys in their community. It was that question that opened up the floodgates.
There was a definite skew in the ratio of boys born to girls. The Band had four baseball teams for their children – three teams of girls and one team of boys. When families got together, the girls usually outnumbered the boys by a wide margin. Since 1999, only a third of the babies born on the reserve were male. There was definitely something going on here.
A full scale investigation into the birth trends over the last 20 years of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation was launched. Everyone got into the act; the Band itself, the Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers, scientific professionals, students. The end result was startling.
Proportion of Live Male Births:
1984 – 1988 54%
1989 – 1993 55%
1993 – 1998 45%
1999 – 2003 35%
The normal ratio (pretty much a worldwide ratio) is 105 boys born for every 100 girls. Male fetuses and male babies are more vulnerable than females and die at a higher rate, especially in the very early weeks and months of life. The higher birth rate is compensated by the higher death rate, resulting in a fairly even balance of girls and boys.
The scientific community has long known that certain chemicals can affect the birth ratio in different ways. For example, exposure to dioxin, PCB's or methylmercury have been known to reduce the sex ratio (fewer boys). Communities exposed to petrochemical air pollution tend to have fewer girls. There have been numerous studies of the effects of a single chemical exposure (usually resulting from real life accidents such as the one in Seveso, Italy when a broken valve at a chemical plant released a dioxin-laden cloud over the Seveso municipality). Efforts are now being made to study the long term effects of these pollutants. What is still unknown is the problem facing the Aamjiwnaang First Nation – what happens when you are exposed to numerous and constantly varying combinations of chemicals AND over a long period time, perhaps even an entire lifetime. To add to the problem, it is now being recognized that differing effects occur depending on which parent is exposed to the chemicals.
It's a sad story with no easy or quick solutions. And humans are not the only victims. In Lake St. Clair. 30 miles from the reserve, intersex fish have been documented (fish with both male and female gonads). On the reserve itself, puppies have been born with paws that resemble flippers. No one doubts that these abnormalities are human-caused. To determine precisely what is happening will take generations to study. Our headlong rush into technology has created problems of such complexity that we may never be able to unravel or undo the damage. And I fear that we're not capable of learning our lessons from it. Mother Nature's power will always exceed ours.
The Aamjiwnaang are getting increasingly worried and obsessed about the pollution of their reserve. With every new baby, said Ron Plain, a member of the Aamjiwnaang environment committee, "we have to worry what's the matter with that child, five years from now, 10 years from now, 20 years from now
As for that proposed Suncor ethanol plant? In April 2005, Suncor Energy Products Inc. announced that they had received government approval to build their new ethanol plant in Chemical Valley scheduled for completion in the summer of 2006. The only concession to the Aamjiwnaang First Nation is that the facility is being built about ten miles south of the reserve. Small comfort. (In the meantime, Suncor has watched its profits soar to ten times its previous year's profits.)

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Origin Of Name?
There are several Australian butterflies with "Xenica" in their common names from the parent genera Geitoneura, Oreixenica, and Nesoxenica. The first named variety was the Ringed Xenica in 1805, with marbled orange/black wings marked with white-centered black eyespots.
In Temeraire's world, perhaps the Australian butterfly was named for a similar appearance to the British dragon. Conversely, perhaps Novik named the dragon after the butterfly.


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From A Weak to Confident Communicator - 30 Day Challenge
Day 25 Challenge: Tweak your words based on generation gap
People have a tendency to speak in the same manner to the person of every age. But every person thinks as per their age and experience.
Recall how your thought process was 10 years ago. You thought, behaved and spoke differently. If someone had to convince you 10 years ago, he had to use different words compared to what are necessary now.
When you are talking to a person 10 years younger or older to you, realize that they have a generation gap. Tweak your words to match the thought process of the listener to make a better impact.
Today, you must change your words when you speak to a younger or older person.
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Electrical Motor Control (Spring 2021)
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|M Tu W Th||10:00AM-6:00PM||WEB/LAB||M. Bullard|
- TRC, Table Rock Campus, White City
- Spring 2021 lasts from Monday, April 5, 2021 to Friday, June 18, 2021
- Introduces the fundamentals of electric relay control of AC electric motors found in industrial and commercial manufacturing applications. Students will gain an understanding of the operation, installation, design, and control of AC electric motor control circuits, transformers, ladder logic controls, and control relays for many common applications. Students will also develop skills in interpreting schematics, system design, motor start/stop circuits, and motor sequence control. In addition, students will be introduced to systems troubleshooting, reversing motor controls, automatic input devices and basic timer controls. Students will continue to develop skills in interpreting schematics, system design, motor start/stop circuits, and motor sequence control. Safety is emphasized throughout, highlighting motor safety, lockout/ tagout and safety interlocks.
- Hybrid Classes: This course will run in hybrid format with some course content delivered in person and some online. Specific schedules will be sent out to students on what sessions to attend prior to the class starting. Information about Web-based classes and required orientations can be found at _URL_.
- or MTH63
- or ACCUPLACER Elementary Algebra Score: 39
- or ACCUPLACER College Algebra Score: 39
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Traditional cork best for biodiversity conservation
In recent years, synthetic plastic bottle stoppers have been steadily replacing the traditional cork stoppers used to bottle wines, amid fears that cork extraction leads to declining biodiversity.
A new study published in the journal Biological Conservation (in press), proves exactly the opposite, demonstrating that cork extraction is in fact an economic activity that should be promoted for the benefit of biodiversity. The research is the first to look at the impact of cork extraction on biodiversity, using birds as indicators.
In the cork-making process, long strips of bark are taken from the cork oak, Quercus suber, every 9 years, starting when the tree is about 25 years old. The bark then regenerates throughout the life of the tree. Generally, cork oaks dominate areas of Mediterranean agro-forestry-pastoral systems called montados.
Montados are known to be important breeding habitat for many Mediterranean birds, including endangered species such as the Spanish imperial eagle (Aquila adalberti) and the black stork (Ciconia nigra).
Promotional campaigns for synthetic bottle stoppers claim that demand for cork stoppers is leading to an over-stripping of trees, with negative consequences for montadosand their biodiversity.
However, exactly how debarking cork oaks influences biodiversity has never previously been carefully studied. The new study looks at how bird densities differ between areas of recently extracted cork and older cork which has had time to recover.
The results indicate that although a few species that glean prey from bark have lower densities in recently stripped areas, the majority of species were entirely unaffected by debarking. The authors of the study also highlight that despite showing slight declines immediately after debarking, bark-gleaning species still had stable populations at the landscape level, and that montados remained the most favourable habitat in that region.
The report concludes that, contrary to some claims, cork extraction is compatible with maintaining biodiversity in montados, citing it as an example of the balance that can be achieved between socio-economic development and biodiversity conservation.
Currently, around 100,000 people are employed in cork-related activities in the seven Mediterranean cork-producing countries. But, with the advent of plastic bottle stoppers, the economic viability of montados has been greatly reduced, and land is consequently being abandoned in many areas and replaced with other land uses much less valuable for birds and other biodiversity - a problem which is already affecting areas in Spain, Portugal, France and Italy.

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Determining if objects are permanently unavailable
You can determine if objects are permanently unavailable by making a request using the TSM administrative console.
Before you begin
About this task
This example is provided for your information only; this procedure cannot help you identify all failure conditions that may result in unavailable objects or tape volumes. For information about TSM administration, see TSM Server documentation.
 1. Log in to an Admin Node:
 1. Enter the following command: ssh admin@Admin_Node_IP
 2. Enter the password listed in the Passwords.txt file.
 2. Identify the object or objects that could not be retrieved by the Archive Node:
 1. Go to the directory containing the audit log files: cd /var/local/audit/export
 The active audit log file is named audit.log. Once a day, the active audit.log file is saved, and a new audit.log file is started. The name of the saved file indicates when it was saved, in the format yyyy-mm-dd.txt. After a day, the saved file is compressed and renamed, in the format yyyy-mm-dd.txt.gz, which preserves the original date.
 2. Search the relevant audit log file for messages indicating that a retrieval failure occurred. For example, enter: grep ARCE audit.log | less -n
 When a retrieval fails, the ARCE audit message (Archive Object Retrieve End) displays ARUN (archive middleware unavailable) or GERR (general error) in the result field. The following example line from the audit log shows that the ARCE message terminated with the result ARUN for CBID 498D8A1F681F05B3.
 See the instructions for understanding audit messages.
 3. Record the CBID of each object with a request failure.
 You might also want to record the following additional information used by the TSM to identify objects saved by the Archive Node:
 - File Space Name: Select Support > Grid Topology. Then, select Archive Node > ARC > Target > Overview.
 The file space name is the Archive Node's node ID.
 - High Level Name: Equivalent to the volume ID assigned to the object by the Archive Node. The volume ID takes the form of a date (20091127), and is recorded as the VLID of the object in archive audit messages.
 - Low Level Name: Equivalent to the CBID assigned to an object by the StorageGRID system.
 4. Log out of the command shell: exit
 3. Check the TSM server to see if the objects identified in step 2 are permanently unavailable:
 1. Log in to the administrative console of the TSM server: dsmadmc
 Use the administrative user name and password that are configured for the ARC service. Enter the user name and password in the Grid Manager. (Select Support > Grid Topology. Then, select Archive Node > ARC > Target > Configuration.)
 2. Determine if the object is permanently unavailable.
 For example, you might search the TSM activity log for a data integrity error for that object. The following example shows a search of the activity log for the past day for an object with CBID 498D8A1F681F05B3.
 > query actlog begindate=-1 search=276C14E94082CC69
 12/21/2008 05:39:15 ANR0548W Retrieve or restore
 failed for session _PHONE_ for node DEV-ARC-20 (Bycast ARC)
 processing file space /_PHONE_ 4 for file /20081002/
 498D8A1F681F05B3 stored as Archive - data
 integrity error detected. (SESSION: _PHONE_)
 Note that depending on the nature of the error, the CBID might not be recorded in the TSM activity log. You might need to search the log for other TSM errors around the time of the request failure.
 3. If an entire tape is permanently unavailable, identify the CBIDs for all objects stored on that volume: query content TSM_Volume_Name
 where TSM_Volume_Name is the TSM name for the unavailable tape. The following is an example of the output for this command:
 > query content TSM-Volume-Name
 Node Name Type Filespace FSID Client's Name for File Name
 DEV-ARC-20 Arch /_PHONE_ 216 /20081201/ C1D172940E6C7E12
 DEV-ARC-20 Arch /_PHONE_ 216 /20081201/ F1D7FBC2B4B0779E
 The Client's Name for File Name" is the Archive Node volume ID (TSM "high level name") followed by the object's CBID (TSM "low level name). That is: /Archive Node volume ID /CBID or, in the first line of this example: /20081201/ C1D172940E6C7E12
 Recall also that the Filespace is the node ID of the Archive Node.
 You will need the CBID of each object stored on the volume and the node ID of the Archive Node to cancel the retrieval request in the next step.
 4. For each object that is permanently unavailable, cancel the retrieval request and inform the StorageGRID system that the object copy was lost:
 Attention: Use the ADE Console with caution. If the console is used improperly, it is possible to interrupt system operations and corrupt data. Enter commands carefully, and only use the commands documented in this procedure.
 1. If you are not already logged in to the Archive Node, log in as follows:
 1. Enter the following command: ssh admin@grid_node_IP
 2. Enter the password listed in the Passwords.txt file.
 4. Enter the password listed in the Passwords.txt file.
 2. Access the ADE console of the ARC service: telnet localhost 1409
 3. Cancel the request for the object: /proc/BRTR/cancel -c CBID
 where CBID is the identifier of the object that cannot be retrieved from the TSM.
 If the only copies of the object are on tape, the "bulk retrieval" request is canceled with a message "1 requests canceled". If copies of the object exist elsewhere in the system, the object retrieval is processed by a different module so the response to the message is "0 requests canceled".
 4. Notify the StorageGRID system that an object copy has been lost and an additional copy must be made of the indicated object: /proc/CMSI/Object_Lost CBID node_ID
 where CBID is the identifier of the object that cannot be retrieved from the TSM server.
 For Archive Nodes, you cannot use a range of CBIDs.
 node_ID is the node ID of the Archive Node where the retrieval failed.
 In most cases, the StorageGRID system immediately begins to make additional copies of object data to ensure that the system's ILM policy is followed. In a StorageGRID system configured to use an ILM rule with only one active content placement instruction, copies of an object are not made. If an object is lost, it cannot be recovered. In this case, running the Object_Lost command purges the lost object's metadata from the StorageGRID system.
 When the Object_Lost command completes successfully, it returns the message CLOC_LOST_ANS returned result 'SUCS'.
 5. Exit the ADE Console: exit
 6. Log out of the Archive Node: exit
 5. Reset the value of Request Failures in the StorageGRID system:
 1. Go to Archive Node > ARC > Retrieve > Configuration, and select Reset Request Failure Count.
 2. Click Apply Changes.


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Museum of Early Trades and Crafts
Housed in a 1900 Richardsonian-Romanesque Revival
James Library building listed on the National Register of Historic
places, the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts explores 18thand
19th-century American history, with a focus on New Jersey. Drawing
on its collection of over 8,000 hand tools and their products, METC
uses material culture to interpret the lives and technologies of people
who lived and worked before the rise of large-scale industrialization
in this country. The Museum offers visitors of all ages a broad range
of changing exhibits, and related programs that address many facets
of early American history, craftsmanship, and the diversity of trades
performed by men and women.
It all started with Madison residents, Edgar and Agnes Land who shared
a passion for collecting 18th and 19th century objects that were made
and used by ordinary people in New Jersey. Their collection had grown
to almost four thousand items when they approached the Borough of Madison
and requested the use of the
vacated James Library building as a museum.
Their objective was to interpret and preserve the history of the farmers, artisans and crafts people who settled in New Jersey. It was also to educate about the lives of ordinary people, an aspect of history that they felt was not being adequately addressed by other museums. On February 18, 1969, the Articles of Incorporation were filed and the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts was created.
Since that time, the collection has grown to over 8,000 artifacts representing more than twenty-one different trades. The Museum's mission continues to fulfill the vision of the Lands. Over 8,000 visitors a year enjoy the programs and exhibits of the Museum, and marvel at the magnificent building that houses it.
Originally given to the town of Madison by D. Willis James as the first free library, the building was solidly constructed of stone on the outside and brick on the inside. Accented by a clock tower and arched stained and painted glass windows, the building is an example of Richardson Romanesque Revival architecture. Many people think it was a church until they look more closely at the windows to see that the images are of artistic and educational themes. Meant to inspire library patrons, over sixty quotations excerpted from classic literature exalting science, art, music and reading accompany the the visual images in the windows. There is even an angel dispensing knowledge to the young.
Bringing the building back to life meant removing everything that had been added to or changed about it since 1899. The goal was to restore the building's beauty and make it accessible to all. A conservatory was added to bring more light into the building and to house the new elevator and a second staircase. Craftsmen removed and restored the stained and painted glass windows. When plywood and plaster walls were removed from one interior room, built-in bookcases and a large mantel piece appeared, complete with andiron and the carved inscription: How forcible are right words. This room at the back of the building, lighted by windows which show a lighthouse and running brooks, is enlivened each time a train goes by on the elevated track outside as the sun shines through the wheels and spaces between the cars. The restoration cost nearly two million dollars, required four years of preparation, and took two years to complete.
Family activities, school and scout programs and special workshops are scheduled throughout the year. Lectures, gallery tours on historic preservation and architecture, local walking tours, music and craft demonstrations allow participation by visitors of all ages. Activities during school vacations and holiday weekends add to the excitement at the Museum. Bus tour and collaborative programming with other museums, arboretums and historic houses are some of the activities that the Museum inspires.
Regular Museum admission is $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for seniors, students & children 6 and older, and free for members and children under 6. Family maximum admission $13.00. The Museum is open Tuesday – Saturday 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. and Sunday Noon to 5 P.M. Closed Monday. (SUMMER HOURSJuly & August, Tuesday-Saturday 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. and Closed Sunday & Monday.) _PHONE_. For more information, visit their website.


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Introduction to the scientific basis and critical analysis of environmental justice, with an emphasis on case studies, activism, and community engagement. This course meets the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion requirement and will prepare students to critique and develop scientific models, research designs, data, and knowledge production about the environment. Student projects include collaboration with a local environmental justice organization.
Introducing the UC San Diego Community and Labor Project
The Community and Labor Project (CLP) is dedicated to ensure that the institution/university works for the greater San Diego-Tijuana community under the principles of research justice and equitable participation based on the needs of workers and marginalized community members.


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Jim Joseph Foundation: Leadership Development for Current and Future Leaders in Jewish EducationDeadline: May 10, 2017
The Jim Joseph Foundation has begun to structure a framework for funding a new set of investments in current and future leaders in Jewish education organizations, with the initial over-arching goal for the Foundation to learn more about the field of Jewish leadership and have greater clarity around the most effective ways to invest. The Foundation is seeking to deepen its investment in leaders through supporting leadership development, management skills and technical knowledge. The initiative will include:
- Support of training of current or future leaders of Jewish education organizations serving one more of the Foundation's target audiences of teens, college students, young adults, and families with young children (ages 0 to 5) OR programs training current or future leaders who are themselves members of one or more of these target audiences.
- Support of programs that offer training in the following areas: general leadership development (e.g., developing personal and professional purpose, vision, self-awareness, ability to motivate others, ability to communicate and collaborate), management skills (e.g., board and staff development, project management, strategy and transition planning), and/or technical knowledge (e.g., finance and fundraising, evaluation and research, HR and culture, etc.).
- An external evaluation of the funded initiative.
The Foundation welcomes proposals for programs that:
- Have evidence of strong professional and lay leadership
- Expand the pipeline of excellent talent to fill leadership positions within the field of Jewish education
- Increase retention and advancement of Jewish education leaders
- Reach professional and/or volunteer leaders at various stages of their careers (early-career, mid-career, and veteran leaders)
- Are not currently receiving support from the Foundation for leadership programming or for general operating support
Amount: Up to six three-year grants will be awarded in early fall 2017 ranging between $100,000-$300,000 per year.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status. Organizations must have operating budgets of at least $500,000.


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Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Ultimately from Latin dēsōlātiō.
desolation (plural desolations)
- The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
- The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
- A place or country wasted and forsaken.
Middle French
desolation f (plural desolations)


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Signaling is defined by Yvain as "a method of conveying information among not-necessarily-trustworthy parties by performing an action which is more likely or less costly if the information is true than if it is not true". Some signaling is performed exclusively to impress others (to improve your status), and in some cases isn't even worth that. In other cases, signaling is a side-effect of an otherwise useful activity.
For example, if doing something is easy for one type of person and hard for another type of person, you might do that thing just to get people to think you're the former type of person, even if the thing isn't in itself worth doing. This could explain many facets of human behavior, and reveal opportunities for reducing waste.
Not all signaling is about abilities. Signaling can also be about personality, current emotional state, beliefs, loyalty to a particular group, status within a group, etc.
by Robin Hanson
- Do Helping Professions Help More? and Gifts Hurt
- Excess Signaling Example
- A Tale Of Two Tradeoffs
- Why Signals Are Shallow - "We all want to affiliate with high status people, but since status is about common distant perceptions of quality, we often care more about what distant observers would think about our associates than about how we privately evaluate them."
- Signals Are Forever
- Least Signaling Activities?
- What Is Signaling, Really? by Yvain
- Think Before You Speak (And Signal It) by Wei Dai
- Declare Your Signaling and Hidden Agendas by Kaj Sotala
- Modularity, Signaling, and Belief in Belief by Kaj Sotala


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Budget Box: Storm Drains
If you drive to Skull Creek Boathouse in Hilton Head, South Carolina, then you have traveled only three miles farther than the length of storm drains that are owned and maintained by The Landings Association. The storm drains and pipes are beneath the surfaces that we use to travel on every day. These hidden assets are crucial to help prevent flooding by diverting rainwater off streets and other paved surfaces to a nearby water body.
The phased nature in the community development of The Landings resulted in the use of different materials over time for storm drain construction, including corrugated metal, concrete, and plastic. Most of this infrastructure is original to the development, some of which is now 51 years old.
Each year, sections of storm drains are inspected with a video camera that the Association purchased in 2021 to identify areas in need of repair and/or replacement. Those sections are cleared of debris, root intrusions, and nature's obstructions. When possible, sections requiring repair are "slip-lined" through a cured-in-place pipe, a trenchless rehabilitation method that produces a jointless, seamless pipe lining within an existing pipe.
The 2023 budget includes funding of $733,600 for storm drain repair and maintenance. This includes storm drains located in the Romerly Road and Landings Way North/Nathaniel Lane areas.
This article was originally published by The Landings Association on their website. Visit landings.org to read the original article. _URL_


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The Scottish Key - The First Film On The Origins Of Freemasonry (1h
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Discover for the first time the true genesis of Freemasonry. This audiovisual documentary unveils the birth of this movement.
Who created it? Why did men invent this mysterious club? This investigation plunges us into an exciting adventure. As of yet unrevealed documents, and astonishing testimonies, shed new light on a little known history.
"The Scottish Key", the first film on the origins of freemasonry!
The Scottish Key An Investigation into the Origins of Freemasonry:
An enigmatic and mysterious topic, subject to allegations and fantasies of all sorts. Spread across the globe, this discrete and mysterious association has been a source of curiosity, fascination and suspicion for over 300 years. Today Freemasonry gathers several millions of people throughout the world.
Protected from the outside world, from which they isolate themselves for the length of an evening, freemasons meet in lodges and there develop a peculiar spirituality. How was this movement born? Are its origins veiled in secrecy? Even amidst its own members, few know the actual beginnings of Freemasonry. The lodges themselves have forgotten from whence they came.
For the first time, based on the most recent findings, a critical documentary investigates the question of the origins of Freemasonry. What are its links with the Knights Templar? Are they the descendants of stone masons from the Middle Ages? How did the first lodges come to be? Take an esoteric road of unsolved mysteries, starting in England in the 18th century.
Discover the events that led to the creation of the Grand Lodge of London in 1717. Ascertain the true ambitions of the men who launched this incredible adventure, and how the most intriguing fraternal society of modern times was born. Explore the centuries old stone mason lodges and their ties to the birth of Freemasonry in London.
See how these men were inspired by their secular rites such as the mason's word and the art of memory. Find out the roots of Freemasonry in Scotland, and the real influence of the Middle Ages.
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Lyran Wars and Humanity's Genetic Origins
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It may be hard to fathom that in this moment in the metaphysical realms we are re-living the seed of the first wars of the Anti-Christ that began in Lyra. This takes us into our true Galactic history where this war further spread into the Orion constellation, when divine humans were seeded upon our first home world, 5D Tara. There were those that were so terrorized by the pure eternal light of the forces of Love we carried in our crystal heart, that in fear they tried to eliminate us from ever incarnating again into this Universe. We are again at that same juncture in time where we have to make a decision moving forward into the next cycle of evolution, to learn from and move beyond our past history. We must call upon our true humanity, the power of our eternal Sacred Crystal Hearts, and put all of our best efforts upon the altar of serving humanity, God and spirit. We stand at the precipice of great transformation and positive change in the possibility of making choices that integrate great forces of spiritual healing, health and harmony into our world, in order to end the great Galactic War cycles that began in Lyra, from continually repeating the same destructive events of human genocidal agendas and planetary cataclysms, once and for all.
During these critical events happening on the earth now that have opened access into previous timelines, we are going back in time to observe humanity's original seeding and genetic ascendancy that is sourced directly from the Cradle of Lyra and the Lyrans. Through trans-time connection, if we can do our part to stay out of fear and continually choose love and peace, we can create a link through time in which our present timeline can phase lock into the future timeline of the Christos realignment where spiritual freedom and human freedom have already manifested. These destructive events of human genocidal campaigns and holocaust which have haunted our race for millions of years in the Galactic history will lose their power over our future destiny and will cease to manifest in this present time.
Lyran Avatar Matrix
Fourth Harmonic Universe
The fourth Harmonic Universe is the Avatar Matrix that includes the Cradle of Lyra, and the histories of invasion which led to the Fall of Lyra.
Seed of Anti-Christ Conflict
The Lyran Wars are the very first seed of Anti-Christ conflict recorded in the Universal Time Matrix, in which the Black Hole Entities intended to conquer the entire Milky Way system. This resulted in the first Galactic war intended as a rebellion over the Lyrans creation of the 12D Christos template human seedings that first began on Planet Tara. This is the original timeline in the Solar Logos Avatar Matrix where the first electronic wars and time rips were used as a genocidal campaign for committing the first Christos human holocaust when the neighboring black hole entities attacked the Royal Houses and destroyed the Lyran Gates in order to sever the Milky Way matrix from its Mother Universe, Andromeda.
The aftermath of the destruction caused by the Lyran Wars resulted in the Milky Way time matrix digressing into a Fallen Universe, in which these original Lyran coded fragments were used to form the Phantom Matrix and the Base 10 Artificial Tree of Life, that essentially became the new home for the invading forces of the NAA. After the destruction of the Lyran 12th Stargate and Lyra-Aramatena, the Emerald Order Lyran-Elohim-Feline races were appointed to serve as the primary Universal security team to repair the timeline architecture, but also to carry out the reclamation of the Christos Mission and assist the many other fallen races in order to be able to continue a path of evolution to Ascension. These fallen races have been partially or fully assimilated into AI programs, black hole technology that was historically used both as a technological weapon to enslave other living matrices, and to pull them into phantom matrices where those captured would be consumed and eaten. The point of AI infection of this Black Hole Technology ripping holes into our matrix and infecting our system began during the Lyran Wars, which was also intended to stop the seeding of Founder and Christos races.
The first lineages of the main original Lyran-Elohim-Feline humanoid races were also called the Anuhazi of the Emerald Order. The Anuhazi embodied as the liquid light biological forms of the original Christos races in this Universe existing in the Solar Logos fields of Lyra-Aramatena and are the Founder emanations that embodied the architecture of the Cosmic Sovereign Law of One, which includes the ancient builder templates of God creator code. The Lyran-Elohim-Felines were supervising the Sirians to host the seeding of 12 Strand DNA genetics on the 5D planet Tara for Christos race embodiment. After the Fall of Tara, the Anuhazi down stepped themselves into the lower dimensions through the Azurites and Oraphim 24-48 DNA strand template to create the Interdimensional Free World Councils. This was to protect and embody in the Universal Stargate locations to repair AI damage, and to reassemble and protect the Royal House of Lyra's original genetic library which was the source code design for Christos forms.
The Royal Houses of Lyra
The Trinity of the Emerald Order, Gold Order and Amethyst Order incarnations that were seeded in the fourth Harmonic Universe in the Lyran Matrix are known as the Royal Houses.[1]
AI Infection, Reversal Polarity
During the Lyran Wars, the destruction created rips and tears in the fabric of space-time generating severe damage in the time matrix which further resulted in an unnatural black hole system, which appears to have made our fallen time matrix easily susceptible to this mass AI infection. The unnatural black hole was exploited by the NAA to build their artificial realities into the phantom matrix, an AI system that siphons energy from living things. The Phantom matrix is set to run on reversed polarity currents fed through the Victim-Victimizer (V-V) polarity software, which then mutated itself into several dimensional layers of AI programming. The infection began at the point of the Lyran Gate destruction and with the Solar Logos body fragmenting its consciousness into the lower particle dimensions, while this AI infection of the V-V was put in each dimensional layer as a trojan horse that would generate extreme polarity reversal and gender splitting in each of the down stepped spectrums of frequency.
Reversal Polarity Currents were designed to stop Polarity Integration and eliminate tri wave manifestation, which is required for these parasitic entity's survival. They also use reversal polarity current to run their Alien Machinery, artificial timelines and advanced technologies for psychotronic warfare that are used against those they intend to capture. This brings us to their foremost AI mind control weapon of choice, the mutation in consciousness that occurred from the original AI infection inserted during the Lyran Wars, which brought on the infamous Victim-Victimizer programming. The V-V software was very effective in generating polarity reversal current and creating consciousness slaves that could be controlled for the purpose of harvesting Loosh for the NAA.
Mutated Polarity Consciousness, Victim-Victimizer
The goal of the invading entities which brought on the Lyran Wars, was to destroy access between the Universal Gates, Lyran Gates and Andromeda, to prevent any metaterrestrial Founder races from gaining access into the Milky Way system, and preventing the future seedings and incarnations of the Christos Founder Races DNA. But soon the Lyran Wars spread to the constellation of Orion and through the Metagalactic Core, where it became a war with those who wanted to dominate others in this system based upon the Victim-Victimizer fear-based mind-sets. This can also be called archetypal Enemy Patterning. Entities with the Service to Self ideology were attempting to enslave or eliminate those who followed the Law of One, with the ideology of Service to Others that held love-based mind sets.[2]
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Guest Post: Epigenetics: Barriers to the translation of scientific knowledge into public policies
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Bioethics Programs, School of Public Health, University of Montreal
Environmental epigenetics is a rising field of scientific research that has been receiving much attention. It explores how exposure to various physical and social environments (e.g. pollution or social adversity) affects gene expression and, eventually, our health. Environmental epigenetics can sometimes explain why some of us carry increased risks of developing specific diseases. It provides activists a powerful vocabulary to promote environmental awareness and social justice. This new vocabulary, which allows us to discuss the consequences of disparities at the molecular level, has been enthusiastically mobilized as an effective way of stimulating political will for promoting public health preventive strategies. Continue reading


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I'm wondering if there's a simple proof that solutions to non-linear differential equations do not satisfy the superposition principle?
Some explicit examples would also be great.
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It depends what your definition of linear is in this case. I think it wouldn't be unreasonable to say "a DE is linear if linear combinations of solutions are solutions" which is pretty much "a DE is linear if it satisfies superposition" – Ben Millwood May 24 '12 at 13:52
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For such cases the simplest example that comes to mind usually works. Consider d.e. $y'=y^2$. It has solutions $y_c(x)=\frac 1{c-x}\,$ for $c\in \mathbb R$. But functions $y_1+y_2$ and $2y_1$ are not solutions.
But it cannot be said that all solutions of any nonlinear equation do not satisfy the superposition principle. Consider, for example, equation $(y'')^2=0$.
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Is there some general proof (barring trivial solutions), or am I looking for something that can't be found? – trolle3000 May 24 '12 at 17:36
_USER_ Proof of that exactly? An example is given in the answer. Also given an example of a non-linear equation all solutions of which satisfy the superposition principle. – Andrew May 24 '12 at 17:44
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Redesigning Shipping Containers To Reduce Food Costs
CED-78-81, Apr 28, 1978
The cost of food distribution is an important element in food costs. Processed and fresh products for retail sale are transported in shipping containers to their destinations. The variety of container sizes and shapes has made it difficult to develop efficient handling techniques.
Modularization, a concept that geometrically relates food shipping container sizes to one another, offers a way of reducing food costs. This concept has been used in European countries with good results, but little has been done in the United States to implement such standardization. If used, it would permit more efficient transportation and handling of goods, eliminating wasted space and resulting in less damage to goods. Because of diverse package sizes and large capital investments in the packaging industry, modularization can involve high initial equipment costs, but costs can be reduced as size changes are coordinated with new products and normal equipment replacement. Manufacturers would bear the greatest burden of conversion costs and benefit least, while wholesalers would benefit most. Conversion to the metric system would simplify geometric relationships which could help in modularization. If the food industry should convert to the metric system, some manufacturers may design new packages in modular units. Increased food system efficiency could lead to lower food prices, but with neither government nor industry promoting modularization, this is unlikely.
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Recommendation: The Department of Agriculture should initiate the advancement of modularization and enlist the participation of the food industry. Such an effort should include: (1) identifying and quantifying costs and benefits of modularization; (2) determining the most feasible method to coordinate modularization with industry changes; (3) exploring with the food industry what further steps may be necessary; and (4) obtaining the assistance of the National Bureau of Standards. The U.S. Metric Board, when formed, should consider modularization in actions to change food package sizes. Congress should examine the status of efforts to coordinate metrication and modularization and examine food industry progress toward modularization. (HTW)
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There's no independence without an end to detention and incarceration. On the day before our country celebrates Independence Day, we gather in front of the Elizabeth Detention Center to demand a release of all detainees to their communities and an end to the carceral state. No one can be free until we are all free. we demand _TAG_ and _TAG_.
Jails and prisons have seen major COVID-19 outbreaks even in areas where the virus is not spreading as sharply in the general population. Detainees at the privately-run Elizabeth Detention Center have spoken out about the dangerous conditions at the private ICE immigration facility operated by CoreCivic. Detainees recently joined a lawsuit seeking the immediate release of people detained at EDC or, in the alternative, expedited bail hearings. The lawsuit also seeks to stop ICE from admitting new people into EDC and from unilaterally transferring people from EDC to other immigration jails and prisons around the country
Keep in mind:
- New Jersey is located in the US epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the second-highest number of confirmed cases in the country.
- Union County has the fourth-highest number of cases and fatalities in the state.
- Additionally, the Core Civic private detention center in Elizabeth is not relaying information on testing or conditions to the public.
- Hector Mendoza, a plaintiff in the lawsuit, was deported to Mexico two-days after the lawsuit was filed, without notice to his attorney and after a federal judge filed an injection against the deportation. He is still missing.
- Living conditions are inhumane and unsafe
- DHS's own doctors and experts around the nation are speaking up about the need for ICE to release detainees but ICE is not providing adequate levels of testing. _URL_
- Detained individuals are denied testing and medical treatment until they experience only the most severe symptoms of COVID-19, putting them at a higher risk of serious infection. Everyone must be tested properly and released from ICE and jail facilities.
- Many detainees are put in quarantine which is essentially solitary for 23 and half hours a day. This cannot be allowed and there needs to be a humane way to quarantine.
- Detainees must use their own commissary money to buy soap and fever reducers. What happens if they don't have the money?


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ITU and NGMN Alliance underline commitment to enabling the 5G era
ITU and the NGMN Alliance have signed a cooperation agreement formalizing their mutual commitment to the development of next-generation mobile broadband technologies.
The agreement highlights the mutual intent of ITU and NGMN to coordinate their contributions to the development of 5G technology and architecture. This cooperation will also extend to the management of the interplay of intellectual property rights and standardization in the 5G era, and the creation of an enabling environment for open-source software to assist in shaping the future of broadband.
The agreement affirms NGMN's support for ITU's international standardization of 5G systems. ITU is proactive in building cooperation with bodies such as NGMN, recognizing that the efficient collaboration of technical bodies active in the 5G arena will be crucial to ensuring that 5G fulfils its potential to assist social and economic development.
In 2012, ITU established a programme on "International Mobile Telecommunications for 2020 and beyond (IMT-2020)", providing the framework for 5G research and development worldwide. ITU members have defined the framework and overall objectives of this standardization process, as well as the roadmap to guide this process to its conclusion by 2020.
ITU's Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) is coordinating the international standardization and identification of spectrum for 5G mobile development. ITU's Standardization Sector (ITU-T) will play a similar convening role for the technologies and architectures of the wireline elements of 5G networks.
Learn more about ITU-R's programme on IMT-2020 and beyond here…
Learn more about ITU-T's study of wireline networking innovations for IMT-2020 here…


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Why You Shouldn't Get Your Pet High
Cannabis may be harmless to people, but that doesn't mean you should get your pet high.
Why You Shouldn't Get Your Pet High
There comes a time when you're sitting around, enjoying your own stoned thoughts and your pet walks into the room. You wonder: Would they enjoy this as much as I do? In short, don't share the herb, especially if that means blowing smoke in your pet's face. Here's why you shouldn't get your pet high.
A doggie high is different than a human high
Getting your pet high can be dangerous. According to experts, weed can lower a dog's blood pressure and heart rate, and cause them enormous stress.
It's unlikely that your pet will be seriously hurt, or die, from marijuana, but the smaller the animal, the greater the risk. The number one reason why you shouldn't get your pet high is how unsafe marijuana can be for animals.
Like humans, dogs, cats and all mammals experience 'highs' from marijuana due to the cannabinoid receptors found in the brain. In fact, dogs have more of these receptors, so they get more high than humans do.
Animals' size also plays a role in how an animal experiences marijuana. What might contribute to a subtle high for you could get your pet high for over a day. In doggie years, a day is a long time.
If your pet gets high, accidentally or not, take it to the vet as soon as possible. They could need medication, administered orally or intravenously, to counter the effects of marijuana.
If you're worried about the consequences of giving your pet weed, know that you won't get in trouble at the vet. What is most important for the veterinarian and for you is getting your pet the right medical attention, and being honest about what happened.
They don't understand what it means to be 'stoned'.
Why You Shouldn't Get Your Pet High
Unlike humans who understand, and enjoy, everything from the mellowest of mellows to full-blown couch-lock, animals, no matter how smart, have no idea what's going on.
The stress animals feel when they're high can exacerbate the symptoms listed above. Even if your pet enjoyed the feeling of being stoned, which is unlikely, it didn't consent to this experience.
Getting anyone or anything high against its will is unethical. And it's totally not what cannabis culture is about.
Other ingredients in edibles can get your pet sick.
The most common form of edible is the pot brownie. Unluckily for dogs, who often consume edibles accidentally, pot brownies contain two ingredients that are unsafe for dogs: weed and chocolate.
As most pet owners know, chocolate is poisonous to dogs. It is for cats, too, though they are less unlikely to eat it unless encouraged. At best, chocolate will make your dog throw up on their own.
When dogs eat a lot of chocolate, they can experience seizures, diarrhea and extreme anxiety. For cats, chocolate is even more dangerous and can result in death.
With the combined effects of psychoactive marijuana and chocolate, edibles pose a huge risk to pets. If your pet eats an edible, take them to the vet as soon as possible.
You can also check out these at-home tips on what to do if your dog eats a chocolate edible.
Are CBD products dangerous for animals?
Why You Shouldn't Get Your Pet High
There is huge momentum in the medical community to use CBD as a treatment for a variety of illnesses. Whether you're looking to stop PMS, or for an alternative treatment to a serious condition like epilepsy, CBD could be the answer.
Understanding the medical and medicinal, many pet-owners are wondering what CBD can do for their pets. As many know, CBD is a non-psychoactive cannabinoid in marijuana, meaning that unlike THC, CBD won't get you or your pet high.
While both compounds have enormous health benefits, CBD is less ethnically problematic when considering cannabis for pet care.
It's important to remember that very little research has been conducted on the effects of cannabis, CBD-specific or otherwise, on animals.
What we do know is that CBD may function as an alleviate to many of the conditions affecting humans and animals alike.
Some sources believe that CBD products can help their pets with seizures, nausea, pain management, and arthritis.
Final Hit: Why You Shouldn't Get your Pet High
Weed is extremely potent for animals because of their size and the subtle difference between their endocannabinoid systems and ours. Not only can weed really harm your pet, it can also cause psychological stress.
There are a lot of health and ethical reasons why you shouldn't get your pets high with psychoactive THC.
When it comes to CBD, we'd suggest using your own discretion. There is a lot we don't know about this miracle cannabinoid when it comes to health, especially animal health. But if it seems to provide a holistic remedy to your animal's health issues, we're all for it.
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desert plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant(noun)
plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
Any plant suited for life in a habitat where water is scarce, such as in a desert or chaparral. Such plants may be succulent, have small or reduced leaves, or spines.
A desert plant
Origin: xero- + -phyte
A xerophyte is a species of plant that has adapted to survive in an arid environment, such as a desert. The morphology and physiology of xerophytes are variously adapted to conserve water, and commonly also to store large quantities of water, during dry periods. Other species may be adapted to survive long periods of desiccation of their tissues, during which their metabolic activity may effectively shut down. Plants with such morphological and physiological adaptations are called xeromorphic.
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Psychiatric Medical Consensus: Importance Over Patient Opinion
August 2, 2020 Natasha Tracy
Medical consensus in psychiatry is critical. Many people do have many opinions, of course, but understanding psychiatric medical consensus is what makes all the difference. If you have 1000 psychiatrists in a room, after all, you can be guaranteed someone is going to disagree on any subject, but who do you believe, the 999 or the one? And is a medical consensus in psychiatry worth more than the opinion of psychiatric patients?
What Is Medical Consensus in Psychiatry?
According to the Medical Dictionary,1 a "consensus statement" is:
A comprehensive summary of the opinions of a panel of experts about a particular scientific, medical, nursing, or administrative issue. Its purpose is to provide guidance to health care professionals esp. [especially] on controversial or poorly understood aspects of care.
So a psychiatric medical consensus, then, is a summary of opinions about a topic relating to psychiatry. As the above definition says, this is typically issued for controversial or poorly-understood subjects. A medical consensus may lead to a formal position or policy for an organization and typically drives practice guidelines.
For example, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) published the following in 2015 as their official position on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT):2
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is a safe and effective evidence-based medical treatment. ECT is endorsed by the APA when administered by properly qualified psychiatrists for appropriately selected patients.
This is the conclusion all the available evidence has led to, even though ECT may be considered controversial by some.
Why a Psychiatric Medical Consensus Matters
Often, doctors look to a medical consensus for information on how to treat someone. That is because doctors don't have the time to read all the research on every topic. It's impossible to keep up with every study in every journal. Moreover, all doctors, even specialists like psychiatrists, must treat things in which they have not analyzed all the data. (The more refined the subject area of a specialist, however, the most likely they know all the literature on it.) That's why experts in a particular area of medicine, those who do understand the technical details behind all the studies on a given subject, are the ones who shape the medical consensus. Consensus indicates a broad acceptance.
For example, for the above, the APA Assemply plus their Board of Trustees had to sign off on the written official policy.
Don't Patient Opinions Matter in a Medical Consensus in Psychiatry?
Whether or not a psychiatric medical consensus matters more than the opinions of patients depends on how you look at it. Any patient's opinion matters to that patient and, hopefully, his or her provider. However, does a patient opinion matter to the medical consensus in a field like psychiatry? Probably not.
For example, there are special interest groups out there who will tell you that ECT is evil and should be outlawed. There are also people who have had bad experiences with ECT. But as I said, in any room of 1000 people (like patients), some are going to disagree (and in the case of patients, most aren't going to understand the scientific literature).
And if you research ECT on your own, you may be very scared by the bad experienced and/or swayed by special interest groups. These things may form your opinion on ECT.
Why Medical Consensuses in Psychiatry Matter More Than Your Opinion
And this is where the importance of a psychiatric medical consensus comes in. During your research, you may have found scary stories, but those stories are by one person on the Internet, and you don't even know if they are real. And if there is a group that collects these stories, they may look overwhelming. Moreover, you may have found a study that appeared to support a scary position. But the psychiatric medical consensus on ECT should be weighed more heavily than any of that because actual experts drove it. Actual experts who really run studies and treat patients every day and understand neuroscience drove that consensus. That makes it infinitely more meaningful than random anecdotes on the Internet. It also makes it more meaningful than any one, single study of which you don't understand the mechanics.
I get asked all the time what my opinion is of ECT, and I get asked whether an individual should get it. My answer is always the same: Electroconvulsive therapy can be a very effective treatment for some conditions (like treatment-resistant depression) and is a good choice for some people and not others. The only way you will know which one you are is by talking to your psychiatrist.
I can confidently say that because my opinions, too, are evidence- and consensus-driven. I know that some people don't agree with that, and that's okay. Psychiatric medical consensus is more important than those patient's opinions. And that's okay.
(Note that I am not saying you have to do something just because there is a medical consensus in psychiatry. As I mentioned, each person is an individual, meaning that some things will be right for you while others won't. That's okay, too.)
Source
 1. Medical Dictionary, "consensus statement." Accessed August 1, 2020.
 2. American Psychiatric Association, "Position Statement on Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)." July 2015.
APA Reference
Tracy, N. (2020, August 2). Psychiatric Medical Consensus: Importance Over Patient Opinion, HealthyPlace. Retrieved on 2022, December 5 from _URL_
Author: Natasha Tracy
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August, 2 2020 at 11:12 pm
I think I understand the point you are trying to make, that psychiatrists need a guide of some sort based on a consensus of well educated, experienced professionals in their field of expertise. Somewhat like how info is currently collated into the DSM and revised every couple of years.
I've noticed that some psychiatrists specialize/focus a large part of their practice on patients with a particular type of diagnosis (since that's where their special skill set lies). Their main focus being on maybe a half dozen different diagnosis.
In much the same way a psychologist will often focus their practice on treating individuals with a certain type of issue ie drug & alcohol addiction, depression & anxiety, marriage & family, PTSD & sexual abuse, etc
Having an overall guide is good, but in my humble opinion...
The treatment is only as good as the diagnosis and the diagnosis is only as good as the one making it and the information received from the patients themselves as well as those that know them best.
Unlike days of old, professionals nowadays do not spend nearly enough time getting to know their patients or allow outside input from those that know them best.
In my opinion professionals need to focus a lot more on building a strong healthy empathetic therapeutic relationship with their patients. Empathy and trust goes a long way in getting a patient to open up. I've heard of some drs who won't even tell a patient what their diagnosis is. How can anyone be expected to trust a dr who prescribes meds for an illness that they are not even informed about. A collaborative caring approach is much more important than an authoritative paternal one. Drs need to take the time to listen more and address their patients concerns instead of being dismissive of them or undermining their intelligence. The patient needs to buy into their diagnosis to accept it and take appropriate responsibility in the treatment of it
I recently watched a heartbreaking video by Kay Warren the mother of Matthew Warren who committed suicide. She entrusted her son's life to the professionals who were unable to help him. Ironically Matthew's father Rick Warren wrote the popular book "A Purpose Driven Life". Kay has become a mental health advocate. Here is her speech at a summit on children's mental health
_URL_ and one in front of a group of psychiatrists _URL_
Matthew Warren lived with mental illness and suicidal ideation from a young age. His diagnoses included depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder and near the end of his life, borderline personality disorder. Matthew, took his life on April 5, 2013. The system had failed him. He'd become cynical of professional help, and turned to a blog devoted entirely to people on the verge of suicide. A very tragic ending
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I assume you are OK with the standard mathematical way of writing the limit. Then the following works.
InertForm:-Display('%>'(%limit(X[i] %^ (rho = 0), alpha = infinity), 0), inert = false)

Maple calculates THE sqrt (sqrt is a function); sqrt(4) does not give +/-2. From the help page "sqrt(x) represents the "principal square root", defined by the formula sqrt(x) = exp(1/2 * ln(x))".
coeffs finds all the coefficients, and then they can be used in solve (by default solve assumes they are equal to zero). But solve(identity(,...) automates this process. There is no solution for eq4, but for eq1 if you do not specify q[0], then there is a trivial solution.
Solve_for_coefficients2.mw
I'd say it is a bug. A workaround if to use evalf
sol:=[-1/4*x^2, (-1/2-1/2*(-3)^(1/2))^2+(-1/2-1/2*(-3)^(1/2))*x, (-1/2+1/2*(-3)^(1/2))^2+(-1/2+1/2*(-3)^(1/2))*x];
plot(evalf(sol),legend=sol)

I've added missing information with random values. This gives a magnitude plot colored by phase.
ps - if providing code, please don't include the output.
restart;
local gamma;
gamma
Added random values for the parameters theta and gamma
params := {alpha = 2.5, k = 3, w = 2, beta[3] = 3, beta[4] = 1.7, theta = 0, gamma = 0.2};
xi := beta[3]*(2*alpha*k*t + x)*sqrt(1/(36*alpha*beta[4] + 36*gamma*beta[4]));
{alpha = 2.5, gamma = .2, k = 3, theta = 0, w = 2, beta[3] = 3, beta[4] = 1.7}
beta[3]*(2*alpha*k*t+x)*(1/(36*alpha*beta[4]+36*gamma*beta[4]))^(1/2)
We perhaps want to plot the magnitude and color it with the phase - so make [mag, phase]
sol1 := [U(xi), (-sqrt(1/(36*alpha*beta[4] + 36*gamma*beta[4]))*x + w*t + theta)];
[U(beta[3]*(2*alpha*k*t+x)*(1/(36*alpha*beta[4]+36*gamma*beta[4]))^(1/2)), -(1/(36*alpha*beta[4]+36*gamma*beta[4]))^(1/2)*x+w*t+theta]
Assume some functional form for U(xi)
sol2 := eval(sol1, U(xi) = xi^2);
[beta[3]^2*(2*alpha*k*t+x)^2/(36*alpha*beta[4]+36*gamma*beta[4]), -(1/(36*alpha*beta[4]+36*gamma*beta[4]))^(1/2)*x+w*t+theta]
insert numerical values
solnum :=eval(sol2, params);
[0.5446623094e-1*(15.0*t+x)^2, -0.7779333800e-1*x+2*t]
plots:-complexplot3d(solnum, x = 0.. 5, t = 0..5);
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Download complexplot3d.mw

If you try
for y in [0, 0.5, 1, 5, 10] do
 p := plot(y);
 plottools:-getdata(p, rangesonly);
end do;
Then the y range is always reported just y..y, but the actual ranges are
y=0: -1..1
other y: y-y/2..y+y/2
so perhaps that is a general rule.
The plot,ranges help just says "If the vertical range is unspecified, a suitable range will be deduced from the values computed" :-(
dsolve works here, and finds a simple correct solution. I'm guessing something about the problem is not correctly formulated here.
restart
with(Physics)
Setup(realobjects = {a, g, v, K(diff(rho(x), x)), f(diff(rho(x), x))})
[realobjects = {a, g, v, K('rho''), f('rho'')}]
Original divided by nu^2
y_1 := -'rho''^2*(diff(K('rho''), 'rho'', 'rho''))-2*'rho''*(diff(K('rho''), 'rho''))-K('rho'')*(K('rho'')^2*a*'rho''^2*v^2+(1/2)*f('rho'')^2+(-2*'rho''-1)*f('rho'')-a*v^2*'rho''^2+2*'rho''-3/2)
-'rho''^2*(diff(diff(K('rho''), 'rho''), 'rho''))-2*(diff(K('rho''), 'rho''))*'rho''-K('rho'')*(K('rho'')^2*a*'rho''^2*v^2+(1/2)*f('rho'')^2+(-2*'rho''-1)*f('rho'')-a*v^2*'rho''^2+2*'rho''-3/2)
y_2 := numer(normal(2*(diff(f('rho''), 'rho'', 'rho''))/g^2+(-4*f('rho'')^3+24*f('rho'')^2+(-'rho''^2*v^2*g^2*K('rho'')^2-44)*f('rho'')+24+(2*('rho''+1/2))*g^2*'rho''^2*v^2*K('rho'')^2)/(2*'rho''^2*g^2)))
-f('rho'')*K('rho'')^2*g^2*'rho''^2*v^2+2*'rho''^3*v^2*g^2*K('rho'')^2+'rho''^2*v^2*g^2*K('rho'')^2+4*(diff(diff(f('rho''), 'rho''), 'rho''))*'rho''^2-4*f('rho'')^3+24*f('rho'')^2-44*f('rho'')+24
ics := f(0) = 1, K(0) = 0, (D(f))(inf) = 0, (D(K


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Dynamic Witness improves Windows 2012 Cluster High Availability
Posted by Alin D on February 21, 2013
Determined to make Windows Failover Clusters as resilient as possible, Microsoft has once again made significant improvements to its quorum mechanisms in Windows Server 2012. The Dynamic Quorum Management option allows the cluster to dynamically adjust the quorum (or majority) of votes required for the cluster to continue running. This prevents the loss of quorum when nodes fail or shut down sequentially, allowing the cluster to continue running with less than a majority of active nodes.
In addition to dynamic quorum, multisite geoclusters now benefit from the ability to specify which nodes receive votes and which ones don't. This allows you to bias a particular site (e.g., the primary site) to have the controlling votes, or nodes, to maintain quorum. This also prevents a split-brain scenario from occurring as the secondary site tries to update the cluster database when the primary site is down
Configuring Dynamic Quorum in Windows Server 2012
The principle behind quorum in a failover cluster environment is to ensure that only a majority of nodes can form and participate in a cluster. This prevents a second subset of nodes from forming a separate cluster that can access the same shared resources in an uncoordinated fashion, which can lead to corruption. When nodes are shut down or fail, there are fewer active nodes remaining to maintain the static quorum value of votes needed for the cluster to function. The new Dynamic Quorum Management dynamically adjusts the votes of remaining active nodes to ensure that quorum can be maintained in the event of yet another node failure or shutdown.
There are a few requirements that must be met before the Dynamic Quorum mechanism kicks in. First, Dynamic Quorum must be enabled, which it is, by default, in Windows Server 2012. The Failover Cluster Manager can be used to view or modify the Dynamic Quorum option by running the Configure Cluster Quorum Wizard. Start the wizard by highlighting the cluster in the left-hand pane, right-clicking on it, selecting More Actions and then choosing Configure Cluster Quorum Settings.
The Quorum Wizard prompts you to select from several different quorum configurations depending on your environment (Typical, Add/Change or Advanced). By default, the cluster will use the typical settings for your configuration to establish the quorum management options. You can also add or change the quorum witness if one was selected during the installation process.
To view or change the Dynamic Quorum Management option, use the Advanced quorum configuration option, as seen above. Stepping through the Quorum Wizard, it will prompt you to Configure Quorum Management. This is where you can view or change the Dynamic Quorum option.
You can also view or modify the cluster's Dynamic Quorum setting by using PowerShell cmdlets. The first cmdlet, Get-Cluster, as shown in below, reveals the current Dynamic Quorum setting (0=disabled, 1=enabled). You can then use PowerShell to enable Dynamic Quorum by establishing the variable $cluster with Get-Cluster and then set the property DynamicQuorum to a value of 1.
With Dynamic Quorum enabled, the next condition that must be met is that the cluster must be up and running and currently sustaining quorum based on the initial cluster configuration. The final condition for Dynamic Quorum to work is that any subsequent node failures or shutdowns must be experienced sequentially — not with multiple nodes going down at the same time. A lengthier cluster regroup operation would occur if multiple nodes exited the cluster simultaneously.
You can use PowerShell to view the number of votes and observe the inner workings of the Dynamic Quorum mechanism. By default, each server in the cluster gets a single vote, or NodeWeight. When Dynamic Quorum is enabled, an additional property called DynamicWeight is used to track a server's dynamic vote toward quorum. The cluster will adjust a node's dynamic weight to zero, if necessary, to avoid losing quorum, should another node exit the cluster. The PowerShell cmdlet reveals the NodeWeight and DynamicWeight for a two-node cluster.
Dynamic Quorum allows cluster nodes to be individually shut down or fail to the point where just a single node is left functioning ("last man standing"). Just as quorum is dynamically adjusted downward as nodes fail or are shut down in the cluster, quorum is adjusted upward as nodes are rebooted back into the cluster.
Using weighted votes to assign nodes
The other major enhancement to the quorum mechanism in Windows Server 2012 is the ability to specify which nodes in a cluster receive a vote. As mentioned, all nodes receive a vote that contributes toward quorum by default. In multisite geocluster configurations, it may be beneficial to give nodes in the primary site a vote to ensure they keep running in the event of a network failure between sites. Nodes in the secondary site can be configured with zero votes so they cannot form a cluster.
You can use the Quorum Wizard (Advanced Quorum Configurations) to configure whether a node receives a vote. The wizard also allows you to see how Node1 is given a vote and Node2 is not.
Alternatively, you can use PowerShell to specify whether a node receives a vote. Use the Get-ClusterNode cmdlet to set the NodeWeight for Node2 back to 1 so that it receives a vote.
Windows Server 2012 has made significant improvements to the quorum mechanism, resulting in more resilient Failover Clusters. Dynamic Quorum Management takes the worry out of whether enough servers are active to achieve or maintain quorum if systems should fail or shut down. Multisite geoclusters also use weighted votes to specify which primary site should continue running in the event of intersite network failures.


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Measuring intragroup dynamics in an elementary school setting using mobile devices
1University of Oulu, Faculty of Education, Educational Sciences
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The aim of this thesis is to track and study the changes in intragroup dynamics during an authentic collaborative project at elementary school. The main focus is to study the impact of group members' geographical proximity on intragroup dynamics. In addition, by implementing methods that capture group members' collaboration-related experiences, the study discusses how mobile instrumentation and Experience Sampling Method (ESM) combined with the location tracking data can enhance teachers' understanding of their students' intragroup processes. The specific research questions are: (1) How do different groups experience collaboration in the course of the project work?; (2) Are there any discrepancies between teacher observations and student self-reflection via ESM?; (3) How is the impact of geographical proximity on intragroup dynamics visible in the data collected via mobile devices, instrumentation, and sensors? The participants of the study were students from the 5th grade (n = 15, age 10–11, 60% male) from Oulu University Teacher Training School. In this study, the mobile devices, which were using AWARE middleware framework for mobile sensing and were given out to every participant, functioned as the main tool for multi-source data collection, set to track collaboration-related intragroup processes. The data was collected from three different sources, namely (1) student self-reports obtained via mobile devices using the Experience Sampling Method (ESM); (2) RSSI location data for individual student localization purposes along the whole duration of project work; (3) qualitative data from the semi-structured face-to-face interview with the classroom teacher. The results show that all of the groups experienced collaboration differently due to not being equally successful with the project. ESM data analysis results show that the level of success influenced intragroup dynamics of all the groups the most, and impacted the students' level of willingness to continue working together and degree of importance of the project work. 5 discrepancies between teacher interview data and student self-reflection via ESM were found (enjoyment of working together, the influence of low achieving pupils on intragroup dynamics and students' motivation level). The geographical proximity of students had an impact on intragroup dynamics, as the data analysis shows students had influenced the rest of the group members and, as a consequence, project work's success and outcome both positively and negatively by being physically present in the group. The paper contributes to the issue of using the mobile devices and instrumentation in the classroom for research purposes. It argues that the usage of mobile devices and instrumentation in the classroom could provide the teachers and researchers with new insights into the classroom-related processes, and discusses both the technical and social obstacles unique to this context. Such obstacles should be taken into an account before and during the data collection as well as at all stages of data analysis. Moreover, the used approach can be utilized in future research designs and by class teachers in classrooms to gather information on students' learning progress and difficulties.
© Sergei Kopytin, 2018. This publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited.


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Track 3: Climate and Heritage in Crisis: Integrating Old and New in Buildings and Communities
This session has been approved for 1.5 LU | HSW.
As we face challenges related to rapid climate change in the built environment, we see our heritage in crisis. It is clear that we all must consider a multitude of approaches for how to build and improve resiliency not only within the built heritage urban environments in coastal cities but also in our inland communities locally and globally. In this session, presenters will focus on successful approaches for setting verifiable goals for sustainable practice, building resiliency and energy performance improvements in rehabilitation and renovation programs. Speakers will also focus on the selection, analysis and impact of how material choices can meet requirements for various levels of rehabilitation programs and energy retrofits as part of an integrated design process. Regional case studies will be explored to provide examples of how historic resources can remain viable for future generations.


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Operating cranes in urban environments comes with many challenges that you may struggle to overcome with traditional craneage. Static and larger crane models can struggle to find their way through built-up cities, historical buildings, and areas with high foot or motor vehicle traffic. This is where the spider crane comes in.
Since GGR Group was one of the first to introduce spider cranes to the UK market back in 2001 it has become the go-to crane for restricted areas. Spider cranes offer a solution to the puzzle that urban environments present for operators. With GGR Group's expertise in applying spider cranes to various construction challenges, we are the solution for you.
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The challenges faced by urban construction sites demand lifting solutions that can handle the challenging landscape of cities, keep disruptions to a minimum and increase efficiency. Many urban
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Spider cranes get their name for their spider-like shape with four retractable outriggers. When folded the spider crane adorns a boxlike shape which allows it to easily track through small openings. Once unfolded the outriggers provide the crane with enhanced strength due to spreading the weight of the load over a wider area. These features make them ideal for urban environments where you may need something a bit smaller that can easily navigate congested areas, narrow entry points, and floors that cannot endure heavier machinery.
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As leaders in construction innovation, GGR Group has utilised their Mini Spider Crane to tackle challenging projects across a broad spectrum of settings. Urban environments are one of the many places that see a benefit from the combining of GGR's expertise and the spider crane's features. To find out more about how GGR and our Mini Spider Cranes can help you contact us here.


TY - JOUR T1 - In planta bacterial multi-omics analysis illuminates regulatory principles underlying plant-pathogen interactions JF - bioRxiv DO - 10.1101/822932 SP - 822932 AU - Nobori, Tatsuya AU - Wang, Yiming AU - Wu, Jingni AU - Stolze, Sara Christina AU - Tsuda, Yayoi AU - Finkemeier, Iris AU - Nakagami, Hirofumi AU - Tsuda, Kenichi Y1 - 2019/01/01 UR - _URL_ N2 - Understanding how gene expression is regulated in plant pathogens is crucial for pest control and thus global food security. An integrated understanding of bacterial gene regulation in the host is dependent on multi-omic datasets, but these are largely lacking. Here, we simultaneously characterized the transcriptome and proteome of a foliar bacterial pathogen, Pseudomonas syringae, in Arabidopsis thaliana and identified a number of bacterial processes influenced by plant immunity at the mRNA and the protein level. We found instances of both concordant and discordant regulation of bacterial mRNAs and proteins. Notably, the tip component of bacterial type III secretion system was selectively suppressed by the plant salicylic acid pathway at the protein level, suggesting protein-level targeting of the bacterial virulence system by plant immunity. Furthermore, gene co-expression analysis illuminated previously unknown gene regulatory modules underlying bacterial virulence and their regulatory hierarchy. Collectively, the integrated in planta bacterial omics approach provides molecular insights into multiple layers of bacterial gene regulation that contribute to bacterial growth in planta and elucidate the role of plant immunity in controlling pathogens. ER -