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Sensitive Plant - Impact, Cultivation and Health Benefits
By: Pankaj T. Yeole | Category: Agriculture | Date: 2017-08-03 05:31:17 | Views: 1275
Sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica), also called humble plant, plant in the pea family (Fabaceae) that responds to touch and other stimulation by rapidly closing its leaves and drooping. Native to South and Central America, the plant is a widespread weed in tropical regions and has naturalized elsewhere in warm areas. It is commonly grown as a curiosity in greenhouses. The plant is..
Sensitive Plant (Mimosa pudica)
Authors: P.T.Yeole*,Malode S.S.,. Kharade S.S., Wagh S. S.
K. K. Wagh College Agricultural Biotechnology, Nashik
Email : ptyeole@kkwagh.edu.in
Binomial name : Mimosa pudica
Description -:
The stem is erect in young plants, but becomes creeping or trailing with age. It can hang very low and become floppy. The stem is slender, branching, and sparsely to densely prickly, growing to a length of 1.5 m (5 ft).
The leaves are bipinnately compound, with one or two pinnae pairs, and 10–26 leaflets per pinna. The petioles are also prickly. Pedunculate (stalked) pale pink or purple flower heads arise from the leaf axils in mid summer with more and more flowers as the plant gets older. The globose to ovoid heads are 8–10 mm in diameter (excluding the stamens). On close examination, it is seen that the floret petals are red in their upper part and the filaments are pink to lavender. The fruit consists of clusters of 2–8 pods from 1–2 cm long each, these being prickly on the margins. The pods break into 2–5 segments and contain pale brown seeds some 2.5 mm long. The flowers are pollinated by the wind and insects. The seeds have hard seed coats which restrict germination.
The roots of Mimosa pudica create carbon disulfide, which prevents certain pathogenic and mycorrhizal fungi from growing within the plant's rhizosphere. This allows the formation of nodules on the roots of the plant that contain endosymbiotic diazotrophs , which fix atmospheric nitrogen and convert it into a form that is usable by the plant.
Mimosa pudica is a tetraploid (2n = 52).
Plant Movement -:
Mimosa pudica is well known for its rapid plant movement . Like a number of other plant species, it undergoes changes in leaf orientation termed "sleep" or nyctinastic movement.
The foliage closes during darkness and reopens in light. This was first studied by the French scientist Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan .
The leaflets also close when stimulated in other ways, such as touching, warming, blowing, or shaking. These types of movements have been termed seismonastic movements.
The stimulus is transmitted as an action potential from a stimulated leaflet, to the leaflet's swollen base ( pulvinus ), and from there to the pulvini of the other leaflets, which run along the length of the leaf's rachis .
The action potential then passes into the petiole , and finally to the large pulvinus at the end of the petiole, where the leaf attaches to the stem. The action potential causes potassium ions to flow out from the vacuoles of cells in the various pulvini.
This causes water to flow out from those cells by osmosis through aquaporin channels, making them lose turgor , which is the force that is applied onto the cell wall by water within the cell. Differences in turgidity in different regions of the leaf and stem results in the closing of the leaflets and the collapse of the leaf petiole .
This movement of folding inwards is energetically costly for the plant and also interferes with the process of photosynthesis. This characteristic is quite common within the Mimosoideae subfamily of the legume family, Fabaceae .
The stimulus can also be transmitted to neighboring leaves. It is not known exactly why Mimosa pudica evolved this trait, but many scientists think that the plant uses its ability to shrink as a defense from herbivores.
Animals may be afraid of a fast moving plant and would rather eat a less active one. Another possible explanation is that the sudden movement dislodges harmful insects. as a defense from herbivores. Animals may be afraid of a fast moving plant and would rather eat a less active one. Another possible explanation is that the sudden movement dislodges harmful insects.
Agriculture Impact-:
The species can be a troublesome weed in tropical crops, particularly when fields are hand cultivated. Crops it tends to affect are corn, coconuts, tomatoes, cotton, coffee, bananas, soybeans, papaya, and sugar cane. Dry thickets may become a fire hazard. In some cases it has become a forage plant although the variety in Hawaii is reported to be toxic to livestock.
In addition, Mimosa pudica can change the physico-chemical properties of the soil it invades. For example, the total N and K increased in significantly invaded areas.
Nitrogen Fixation-:
Mimosa pudica can form root nodules that are habitable by nitrogen-fixing bacteria . The bacteria are able to convert atmospheric nitrogen, which plants cannot use, into a form that plants can use. This trait is common among plants in the Fabaceae family.
Nitrogen is a vital element for both plant growth and reproduction. Nitrogen is also essential for plant photosynthesis because it is a component of chlorophyll . Nitrogen fixation contributes nitrogen to the plant and to the soil surrounding the plant's roots.
Mimosa pudica's ability to fix nitrogen may have arisen in conjunction with the evolution of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Nitrogen fixation is an adaptive trait that has transformed the parasitic relationship between the bacteria and plants into a mutualistic relationship.
The shifting dynamics of this relationship are demonstrated by the corresponding improvement of various symbiotic characteristics in both Mimosa pudica and bacteria. These traits include enhanced "competitive nodulation, nodule development, intracellular infection, and bacteroid persistence". As much as 60% of the nitrogen found in Mimosa pudica can be attributed to the fixation of N2 by bacteria.
Burkholderia phymatum STM815T and Cupriavidus taiwanensis LMG19424T are beta-rhizobial strains of diazotrophs that are highly effective at fixing nitrogen when coupled with M. pudica. Burkholderia is also shown to be a strong symbiont of Mimosa pudica in nitrogen-poor soils in regions like Cerrado and Caatinga.
Cultivation-:
In cultivation, this plant is most often grown as an indoor annual , but is also grown for groundcover. Propagation is generally by seed.
Mimosa pudica grows most effectively in nutrient poor soil that allows for substantial water drainage. However, this plant is also shown to grow in scalped and eroded subsoils. Typically, disrupted soil is necessary in order for M pudica. to become established in an area.
Additionally, the plant is shade intolerant and frost-sensitive, meaning that it does not tolerate low levels of light or cold temperatures. Mimosa pudica does not compete for resources with larger foliage or forest canopy undergrowth.
Chemical Constituant-:
Mimosa pudica contains the toxic alkaloid mimosine , which has been found to also have antiproliferative and apoptotic effects. The extracts of Mimosa pudica immobilize the filariform larvae of Strongyloides stercoralis in less than one hour.
Aqueous extracts of the roots of the plant have shown significant neutralizing effects in the lethality of the venom of the monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia). It appears to inhibit the myotoxicity and enzyme activity of cobra venom.
Mimosa pudica demonstrates both antioxidant and antibacterial properties. This plant has also been demonstrated to be non-toxic in brine shrimp lethality tests, which suggests that M. pudica has low levels of toxicity. Chemical analysis has shown that Mimosa pudica contains various compounds, including "alkaloids, flavonoid C-glycosides, sterols, terenoids, tannins, and fatty acids".
The roots of the plant have been shown to contain up to 10% tannin. A substance similar to adrenaline has been found within the plant's leaves. Mimosa pudica's seeds produce mucilage made up of D-glucuronic acid and D-xylose .
Additionally, extracts of M. pudica have been shown to contain crocetin-dimethylester, tubulin, and green-yellow fatty oils. A new class of phytohormone turgorines, which are derivatives of gallic acid 4-O-(β-D-glucopyranosyl-6'-sulfate), have been discovered within the plant.
The nitrogen-fixing properties of Mimosa pudica contribute to a high nitrogen content within the plant's leaves. The leaves of M. pudica also contain a wide range of carbon to mineral content, as well as, a large variation in C values.
The correlation between these two numbers suggests that significant ecological adaptation has occurred among the varieties of M. pudica in Brazil.
The roots contain sac-like structures that release organic and organosulfur compounds including SO2, methylsulfinic acid, pyruvic acid, lactic acid, ethanesulfinic acid, propane sulfinic acid, 2-mercaptoaniline , S-propyl propane 1-thiosulfinate, and thioformaldehyde, an elusive and highly unstable compound never before reported to be emitted by a plant.
Reserch with Mimosa Pudica -:
Due to Mimosa's unique response to touch, it became an ideal plant for many experiments regarding plant habituation and memory. Wilhelm Pfeffer , a German botanist during the 17th century, used Mimosa in one of the first experiments testing plant habituation. Further experimentation was done in 1965, when Holmes and Gruenberg discovered that Mimosa could distinguish between two stimuli, a water drop and a finger touch. Their findings also demonstrated that the habituated behavior was not due to fatigue since the leaf-folding response returned when another stimuli was presented.
More recently, Mimosa pudica was used in a 2014 study by Monica Gagliano from the University of Western Australia . She wanted to determine how environmental conditions impacted the rate of habituation to a specific stimuli, and how long this habituated behavior could last. To invoke habituation, Mimosa plants were continuously dropped from the same height until they no longer demonstrated their "shy" reflex. After an extended period of time, researchers dropped them again. Experimental results show that after a month had passed, Mimosa pudica plants were still habituated to dropping.
Health Benefits & Medicinal Uses Of Mimosa Pudica-:
1.Mimosa Pudica Wound Healing Activity: Traditionally the leaf extract made by grinding the leaves with little water and extracting the juice is used for treating wounds. This remedy has been proven scientifically now! For the study, both the methanolic and water extract was used in 3 different concentrations (0.5 %, 1 % and 2 %) in a basic ointment base. The ointment containing 2 % of both methanolic and water extract showed significant wound healing activity.
2. Mimosa Pudica Anti Venom Activity: An interesting study was done on the anti venomous activity of mimosa pudica and that too cobra venom! The study which was done on the water extract of the mimosa pudica dried root (made by boiling the dried root in water) proved that it is very good at inhibiting the activity of the snake venom. But this remedy has to done under the observation of an experienced healer or herbalist.
3. Mimosa Pudica For Piles: Mimosa Pudica is very good for treating bleeding piles and has been used as a remedy for it for many many years. For the remedy, crush the leaves into a fine paste and apply as a poultice, it will greatly ease the burning and bleeding. This is due to it's amazing wound healing properties.
4. Mimosa Pudica For Ulcers: Another very important study on mimosa pudica was its effect on ulcers. The study done on rats with artificially induced ulcers proved that 100 mg of ethanolic extract very effectively reduced the ulcers.
5. Mimosa Pudica For Diarrhea: Mimosa pudica is very good in treating diarrhea. A study done on albino rats by inducing them to diarrhea using castor oil and treating them with ethanolic extract proved to be very effective in controlling the diarrhea.
6. Mimosa Pudica Anti inflammatory Properties: Another study proved its anti inflammatory properties. The study done on rats with artificially induced paw odema proved its anti inflammatory properties. The results were very effective and significant. In village sides, we do boil the leaves of mimosa pudica and use the warm liquid as a compress, happy to know that it has been proven scientifically.
7. Mimosa Pudica Anti Diabetic Activity: Mimosa pudica's anti diabetic activity has been proven through research. The research was done using the ethanolic extract but usually the leaf powder or the root powder is taken daily for bringing down the blood sugar levels.
8. Liver Protecting Activity of Mimosa Pudica: Another important medicinal use it's protection of liver against toxins . When rats were given toxic ethanol along with mimosa pudica extract, it proved to be very effective in protecting the liver from toxicity.
9. Anti microbial, Anti Fungal & Anti Viral Properties Of Mimosa Pudica: Mimosa pudica has been proven for its anti microbial, anti fungal and anti viral properties. The research was done using different concentrations of the mimosa pudica ethanol extract on various fungus and bacteria and it proved to be very effective in controlling them.
10. Anti fertility Activity of Mimosa Pudica: Mimosa pudica has proven to have anti fertility properties. so if you are trying for pregnancy, never consume mimosa pudica in any form.
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Q: Typescript generic object mapping with a mapper object I'm trying to create a generic object mapping function that would allow me for example to map an entity object to a data transfer object. The rules for the mapping would be given in a mapper object.
For example, with the following,
class UserEntity {
  id: number
  userName: string
}
class CustomerDto {
  customerNumber: number
  name: string
  slug: string
}
const mapper = {
  customerNumber: 'id',
  name: 'userName',
  slug: (userEntity: UserEntity) => (
    userEntity.userName.toLowerCase().replace(/\s/g, '-')
  )
}

the property id of UserEntity would be mapped to customerNumber on Customer, userName to name and the property slug would be set using the given function.
Here's my code:
type FilteredKeys<T, U> = {
  [P in keyof T]: T[P] extends U ? P : never
}[keyof T]

type Mapper<S, D> = {
  [DK in keyof D]?: ( FilteredKeys<S, D[DK]> ) | ( (source: S) => D[DK] )
}

function map<S, D>(
  source: S,
  mapper: Mapper<S, D>
) {
  const destination: D = {} as D
  for (const key in mapper) {
    const val = mapper[key]
    if (typeof val === 'function') {
      destination[key] = val(source)
    } else if (typeof val !== 'undefined') {
      destination[key] = source[val]
    }
  }
  return destination
}

Full example on StackBlitz
There are at least two type issues that I'm not sure how to solve:

*

*The mapper object property values cannot be used as keys for the source object.

*The type guarding is apparently not sufficient.

A simplified version ( StackBlitz ) that only supports functions in the mapper seems to work:
type Mapper<S, D> = {
  [DK in keyof D]?: (source: S) => D[DK]
}

A: You could use type guards and assert the type like this
function isFunction(val: any): val is () => string {
  return typeof val === "function";
}

function isUndefined(val: any): val is string {
  return typeof val !== "undefined";
}

and use it like this
function map<S, D>(source: S & { [key: string]: any }, mapper: Mapper<S, D>) {
  const destination: any = {};
  for (const key in mapper) {
    const val = mapper[key];
    if (isFunction(val)) {
      destination[key] = val(source);
    } else if (isUndefined(val)) {
      destination[key] = source[val];
    }
  }
  return destination;
}

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import json
import os
import shutil
import tempfile

from pathlib import Path

from django.conf import settings
from django.core.files.storage import default_storage as storage

import waffle

import olympia.core.logger

from olympia.amo.utils import StopWatch
from olympia.devhub.tasks import validation_task
from olympia.files.models import FileUpload
from olympia.files.utils import (
    ManifestJSONExtractor,
    extract_zip,
    get_sha256,
    parse_xpi,
)

log = olympia.core.logger.getLogger('z.files.task')

@validation_task
def repack_fileupload(results, upload_pk):
    log.info('Starting task to repackage FileUpload %s', upload_pk)
    upload = FileUpload.objects.get(pk=upload_pk)
    # When a FileUpload is created and a file added to it, if it's a xpi/zip,
    # it should be move to upload.path, and it should have a .zip extension,
    # so we only need to care about that extension here.
    # We don't trust upload.name: it's the original filename as used by the
    # developer, so it could be something else.
    if upload.path.endswith('.zip'):
        timer = StopWatch('files.tasks.repack_fileupload.')
        timer.start()
        # tempdir must *not* be on TMP_PATH, we want local fs instead. It will be
        # deleted automatically once we exit the context manager.
        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='repack_fileupload_extract') as tempdir:
            # extract_zip can raise an exception for a number of reasons, but
            # @validation_task should catch everything, return a nice error
            # message to the developer and log the exception if it's not
            # something we are handling.
            extract_zip(upload.path, tempdir=tempdir)

            if waffle.switch_is_active('enable-manifest-normalization'):
                manifest = Path(tempdir) / 'manifest.json'

                if manifest.exists():
                    try:
                        xpi_data = parse_xpi(upload.path, minimal=True)

                        if not xpi_data.get('is_mozilla_signed_extension', False):
                            json_data = ManifestJSONExtractor(
                                manifest.read_bytes()
                            ).data
                            manifest.write_text(json.dumps(json_data, indent=2))
                    except Exception:
                        # If we cannot normalize the manifest file, we skip
                        # this step and let the linter catch the exact
                        # cause in order to return a more appropriate error
                        # than "unexpected error", which would happen if
                        # this task was handling the error itself.
                        pass
            timer.log_interval('1.extracted')
            log.info('Zip from upload %s extracted, repackaging', upload_pk)
            # We'll move the file to its final location below with move_stored_file(),
            # so don't let tempfile delete it.
            file_ = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
                dir=settings.TMP_PATH, suffix='.zip', delete=False
            )
            shutil.make_archive(os.path.splitext(file_.name)[0], 'zip', tempdir)
        upload.hash = 'sha256:%s' % get_sha256(file_)
        timer.log_interval('2.repackaged')
        log.info('Zip from upload %s repackaged, moving file back', upload_pk)
        storage.move_stored_file(file_.name, upload.path)
        timer.log_interval('3.moved')
        upload.save()
        timer.log_interval('4.end')
    else:
        log.info('Not repackaging upload %s, it is not a zip file.', upload_pk)
    return results

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Whether you use a Mac or a PC, maybe you've heard of Linux. This little penguin is its logo.
It's better. Really. It's an Operating System, like Windows or Mac. Both Microsoft and Apple have a team of experts to make their operating systems. It's a small team. They come up with ideas for new features and functions. They try them out, rejecting some of them and keeping others. But here's the problem. It's a small team writing a huge operating system. (Windows is 50 million lines of code) They forget things and miss others. And sometimes their "great idea" is actually a nightmare for a real world user.
Linux is Open Source, which means 1,000s of coders are working on it all over the world, all the time. And they are looking for flaws, security holes, and problems 24/7. The big guys let problems go for months or even years. They wait until people complain or get hacked. Anytime someone finds a problem with Linux, it get reported and fixed, often in hours.
Linux is faster. Both PCs and Macs work for their owners, Microsoft and Apple. Not you. PCs and Macs are collecting information about you and how you use your machine and sending it over the web. They are competing with you for bandwidth, for your hard drive, for the brain of the machine. Linux isn't doing anything behind the scenes. So your machine will work for you and work faster.
No back doors means more security. Macs and PCs have secret back doors so that technicians can fix problems. But what if one of those folks was also a hacker. He or she could secretly log onto your computer and do whatever they like with it. With Linux, open source means if someone tried to make a back door, someone else will see it and brick over it.
Update everything on your computer with one click.
Linux makes your hard drive faster. Windows stores files where ever it can, the nearest box. But for bigger files it stores them all over the hard drive, and then makes another file to keep track of where all the pieces are. When it has to open a file, it has to got all over the place to find all the pieces. Or you have to defragment your hard drive, which means you have to do it. And it can take hours, during which time you either can't use the machine or it's terribly slow. Linux stores a file in one spot so there aren't any fragments in the first place.
New software is easy. You've seen the pop up boxes. "This was downloaded from the internet, are you sure you want to install it?" Huh, yes, I downloaded it. "Software from the internet can harm your computer." Yes, darn it. "We are scanning the file to determine if it is safe." Wait why didn't you do that in the first place? "We have determined that this program is unknown. Are you sure?" YES! "Please exit all other programs." Stop it. "You must reboot your computer before changes can take effect." Oh for the love of… How about this instead. Enter in the type of program you want, select the one you want. click install. Done. All the programs are pre-scanned to determine if they are safe (Genius!) and pre-configured to work on your specific machine (Why hasn't that caught on?).
Customizable. You can change a few things in Mac and Windows to make it look like "your" machine. But what if you could change all of it? "Wouldn't it be great if this program could _____, too?" "What if…" with Linux is really simple. If yave an idea, you submit it to the community. If they like it they make it happen. If they don't seem interested, you can hire your own people to make it happen.
And with Linux you probably don't need a new machine. You can take that old machine out of the closet and use that. Or, if you want to keep your current operating system AND use Linux you can do that too.


Do you wish to share some important news with dear ones? Do you want to do so in a really memorable way? If yes, Tiny Prints can help you do just that with specially designed announcements and invitations. Tiny Prints understands the value of such occasions and ensures the best-quality paper is used for its entire product range. This thick, eco-friendly paper is custom made in Italy and premium printing methods allow customers to personalize their materials just the way they want them. Available products include holiday cards (for every major festivity, from New Year's Day to Christmas), birthday invitations, business cards, birth announcements, personal stationery, and more.
The Tiny Prints website has been designed to help customers find the perfect cards, invitations, and stationery to fit their needs. Each week, exclusive items are added to the online store, including new selections of stationery from the top artists in the field. With an extensive selection, high-quality customer service, and fast delivery times, 100-percent satisfaction is guaranteed for every order. A team of professional designers will give your materials the personal attention needed to make sure everything about your product is flawless. If there is anything wrong with your cards, Tiny Prints will gladly reprint them.
Once you choose a design you like, you can personalize it with photos and text. If you wish for specialized assistance, you can pay for the personal shopper service and Tiny Prints designers will select the perfect designs for you. Whether you are in need of thank-you cards, moving announcements, birthday cards, or wedding stationery, there is a plethora of creative possibilities at your disposal. Once you have finished your order, the product will go through up to four rounds of quality review to ensure photos are aligned properly, text is spelled correctly, and colors are printed out crisp and clear. And if you buy stamps and add the company's free mailing service to your order, Tiny Prints will stamp, seal, and mail your cards for you!
Everything you can purchase at Tiny Prints is arranged to help you find not only cards, invitations, announcements, and stationery, but also photo books, address labels, stamps, embossers, and custom keepsakes. Your photo card can easily be turned into a canvas, a framed photo, an easel art piece, or a mounted print. And if you sign up with Tiny Prints, you can receive updates for interesting offers, as well as opportunities to collect special coupons for free gifts.
With the help of Tiny Prints, announcements for births, graduations, engagements, and weddings can all be created and treasured, bringing eventful occasions to customers' memories for years to come.
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I always get compliments when I send cards from Tiny Prints. Thanks for offering such good deals on their products.


population is not evenly distributed throughout the world.
How many of these problems are the direct or indirect result of overpopulation? Would we have such a problem with the top three -- pollution, global warming and habitat -- if world population was not so large? Other than some of the natural disasters (and even those are arguable), most of these other environmental problems are due to overpopulation.
The characterization of overpopulation as the cause of many environmental problems may be an oversimplification. Consumption of natural resources also plays an important role in straining the environment. On a global scale, it is probably pretty intuitive to students that the presence of more people in the world causes a bigger strain on natural resources. What may not be intuitive is the concept of sustainability. What does sustainability mean?
Friends of the Earth define sustainability as "the simple principle of taking from the earth only what it can provide indefinitely, thus leaving future generations no less than we have access to ourselves." Many other organizations define it in differently; however, the crux of the definition is the same. Sustainability involves living within the limits of the resources of the Earth, understanding connections among economy, society, and environment, and equitable distribution of resources and opportunities.
It is the last part of the definition that joins population growth, particularly in developed countries, and resource use. Developed countries, in general, have and use more of the Earth's resources. Population growth in developed countries puts a greater strain on global resources and the environment than growth in less developed nations. For example, in 1997, the U.S. generated 27.5% of the world's total CO2 emissions; more than five times that of India (5% of the world's total), a country with 4-5 times the population of tht U.S (Texas A&M's LABB). In fact, the way of life in the United States, on average, requires approximately 5 times the resources available on Earth today (Earthday Network).
To emphasize the disparate effects of population and lifestyle in developed vs. undeveloped countries have your students complete the "Ecological Footprint quiz" from Earthday Network. This quiz shows the participants how many "Earths" would be needed if everyone lived the way that they do. It is likely that students in the United States will find that they need approximately 5 planets to sustain their lifestyles! It may surprise them to learn this. If you want to reinforce (or contrast) the impact of undeveloped nations on resources, have your students take the quiz for an undeveloped nation. You may wish to tell them the choices to make or you may want them to make decisions about how they think people in that country live. The results may shock them.
The above makes developed nations out to be the bad guys but that is not entirely true. Undeveloped countries with large (and growing) populations also put a strain on the local environment and the limited resources that they have. Countries that struggle to meet growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel can alter the fragile ecosystems in their area, putting a great strain on the limited resources that they have to draw from (ICTSD.org).
N is the number of individuals in the population at a given instant.
- but most students in entry-level courses can handle the algebraic solution presented below.
e is the constant 2.71828... (the base of natural logarithms).
A plot of this equation looks something like the plot on the right. Population grows exponentially - if the rate of natural increase (r) doesn't change. The variable r is controlled by human behavior as described below.
0.69/r = t; where r is the rate and t is the doubling time.
In many ways, it is similar to half-life. But instead of the time it takes for half the isotopes to decay, it is the time it takes for a known quantity to double.
And it may be quite intuitive to students that b - d = r. However, students may not have considered the factors that can influence both birth and death rates.
Let's think about some of the factors that may modify the birth and death rates in a region (or in the world). Do you think these things are constant throughout time? What other "variables" could change them?
age structure of the population - the number of women of child bearing age affects the rate of population growth.
total fertility rate - Total fertility rate (TFR) is the average number of children that each woman will have in her lifetime and affects the birth rate.
health care - the quality and availability of health care in an area can affect both death rate (by increasing average life expectancy) and birth rate (babies are more likely to survive past childhood). Access to immunizations, family planning and birth control are also important to the overall picture of population growth.
jobs - Birth rates also fall off when unemployment is low.
standard of living - Birth rates are lower where standards of living and quality of life are high. Unfortunately, standards of living are difficult to raise in areas where population growth is high - this creates a negative feedback loop that is difficult for some countries to get out of.
immigration/emigration - the number of people entering or leaving a country (area) actually changes the N0 and changes population in a more complex way than by altering birth rate or death rate.
disease - in a given year (or even decade) epidemics of infectious diseases can increase death rate dramatically, particularly for a specific area. For example, the bubonic plague decimated Europe in the 14th century - the population of Europe was cut nearly in half by 1400.
war/political upheval - War and political upheval can also increase death rates.
climate - Natural disasters such as drought or flooding can affect food resources and the population will be affected accordingly.
There are many more variables that can affect change in the population and its growth - have your students brainstorm about other factors that affect the rate and prediction of population growth.
UNESCO and World Bank have a website with a number of learning modules on population related topics.
The concept of population density is sometimes difficult for students to grasp. Population density can be calculated by dividing the total population of a city (or country) by its area.
and may not comprehend that other places in the world are far more crowded than where they live. To give them a sense of perspective, I try to give them a sense of what it is like to live in other places. For example, I tell them that in Winnebago county (the county UW-Oshkosh is situated) has a population density of 138 people/km2. On the other hand, in 1990, Kowloon (a walled part of Hong Kong) had a population density 1,924,563 people/km2 (demographia.com)! Other places of interest include: Bombay (Mumbai), India, with 39,860 people/km2 , Manhattan (New York City), United States, with 25,849 people/km2, London, England, with 4,700 people/km2 and Sydney, Australia, with about 2,500 people/km2 (wikipedia.com). Estimates of population density by city vary considerably but the general idea is that most small cities in the U.S. are not very densely populated.
I also use a story about a friend of mine who moved from China to the U.S. about 5 years ago. My friend Gong Yan moved to Atlanta from Wuhan, China, where he grew up and went to university. When he got to Atlanta, he was very uncomfortable because he felt there was so much open space.
In Wuhan, when he was in a public place, he was always surrounded by people - people bumping into him, people talking to him, people streaming along the street. He would often go to a mall in Atlanta just to be around people. In contrast, many Americans become uncomfortable when in large crowds. A friend of mine traveled to Japan and tells a story of standing in line at the airport with the Japanese gentleman behind her pushing her with her body while she strained not to touch the person in front of her in line. Culturally, we deal with population density problems by changing our concept of "personal space". In many parts of the U.S., we have the luxury of significant amounts of personal space; other developing and highly urban places do not.
This exercise includes a template for teaching functions in introductory courses and a complete exercise (ready to use) for teaching about population growth. There are also links to interesting pages with population data.
This website is part of the World Bank Group's educational site with modules that address sustainable development in the world. There are a number of activities that can be used by educators to help students understand population growth rate.
This is the opening webpage for the "Footprint" quiz on Earthday's website. It takes one through a number of questions about standard of living and lifestyle and estimates how "sustainable" one's way of life really is.
The SERC Starting Point site has two activities, students explore models of population with Excel and students compare models to actual data. Each has an activity sheet (as PDF) that can be downloaded and handed out to your students.
The UN Population division has a website about World Population Prospects that has downloadable data regarding many important population variables.
Mark Francek at Central Michigan University provides links to several other sites with population data (more info) .
The Population Reference Bureau (more info) has all sorts of great information on almost every country; birth rates, death rates, GDP, health, environment, etc.


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Francis Griffith Newlands (August 28, 1846December 24, 1917) was a United States representative and Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party.

A supporter of westward expansion, he helped pass the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902, which created the Bureau of Reclamation and boosted the agricultural industry by building dams to support irrigation in the arid Western states. An avowed white supremacist, Senator Newlands argued publicly for racial restrictions on immigration and repealing the 15th Amendment.

As land developer, Newlands founded the neighborhoods of Chevy Chase, Washington, D.C.; and Chevy Chase, Maryland, and took steps to prevent non-white people from moving there.

Early life
Newlands was born in Natchez, Mississippi, on August 28, 1846 (or 1848; sources differ). He was the fourth of five children born to Jessie and James Newlands, immigrants from Scotland. His father, trained as a physician in Edinburgh, died in 1851. Newlands was raised in Illinois and Washington, D.C.

In 1867, he went to Yale University but left after his first year. In 1869, he graduated from Columbian College, which is now George Washington University Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1869. In 1901, he received an honorary M.A. degree.

Career
In 1870, Newlands moved to San Francisco, California. He married Clara Adelaide Sharon, the daughter of future Nevada senator William Sharon, in 1874. They had three daughters. Newlands helped William Sharon to reopen the Bank of California, and supervised the management of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. When Newlands' wife died, he inherited the Sharon estate. Newlands married Edith McAllister and moved to Nevada in 1888.

Land developer
In the late 1880s, Newlands and his partners began to acquire farmland in northwestern Washington, D.C., and southern Montgomery County, Maryland, in order to develop a residential streetcar suburb for the nation's capital. On June 23, 1888, Newlands chartered the Rock Creek Railway for a single-track streetcar. Two years later, Newlands and his partners purchased more than 1,700 acres and formed the Chevy Chase Land Company. Between 1890 and 1892, the Land Company built five miles of Connecticut Avenue from Rock Creek past the District line and into Maryland, erected two bridges, and laid streetcar tracks along the road. The Rock Creek Railway opened in 1892. To supply the electricity to the streetcars, the company dammed Coquelin Run, a small tributary of Rock Creek, just east of Connecticut Avenue; the resulting Chevy Chase Lake supplied water for an electric generating plant.

Newlands' development companies attached covenants to lots in Chevy Chase, D.C.; Chevy Chase, Maryland; and later Burlingame, California. These covenants did not explicitly forbid their sale to people of specific races or religions. Instead they forbade buyers to build homes that cost less than certain amounts — e.g., $3,000 and $5,000 — effectively preventing their sale to members of minority populations with less access to wealth.

Newlands created the Chevy Chase Springs Hotel (later the Chevy Chase School for Girls, now the 4-H Youth Conference Center). Newlands ensured the community included schools, churches, country clubs, tree-lined streets, a water supply and a sewage system. Groceries and daily purchases were brought from Washington, D.C., on the railway at no charge to residents. From 1894 to 1936, the Land Company operated an amusement park on the lake as a means to draw prospective buyers to the development and to keep the streetcars supplied with evening and weekend passengers.

In 1893, Newlands began to subdivide some property he inherited in Burlingame, California. He started with the Burlingame Country Club and five cottages. The following year, he added the Burlingame train station.

U.S. Representative
Newlands represented Nevada in the United States House of Representatives from 1893 to 1903 as a member of the Silver Party. In 1898, he created the Newlands Resolution, which annexed the Republic of Hawaii, creating a new territory. He supported a greater federal role in conservation and pushed for federal funding of western arid land irrigation projects. He helped pass the Reclamation Act of 1902, also called the Newlands Act, which created what would become the Bureau of Reclamation.

U.S. Senator

Newlands entered the United States Senate in 1903 as a Democrat. He supported the protection of the National Forests under the United States Forest Service in 1905, and the creation of the National Park Service in 1916. He was a member of the Senate subcommittee that investigated the 1912 sinking of . In 1916, he was the only Democratic senator to vote against the nomination of Louis Brandeis to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Newlands held white supremacist beliefs and spoke publicly in favor of restricting the rights of African-Americans.

He died in office on December 24, 1917. He died of heart failure in his home in Washington, D.C. He was interred at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

Legacy
The Francis Griffith Newlands Memorial Fountain is in Chevy Chase Circle, a federal park that divides D.C. and Maryland. In 2014, a member of the Chevy Chase advisory neighborhood commission proposed a resolution calling for the removal of Newlands' name from the fountain because of his white supremacist views on race, including his desire to remove the vote for African-Americans. Others argued that Chevy Chase should not alter the monument because the change would belittle Newlands' legislative accomplishments.

On July 27, 2020, the Advisory Neighborhood Commission of Chevy Chase, D.C., voted unanimously to ask the National Park Service to remove the plaque bearing his name from the Francis Griffith Newlands Memorial Fountain and create an exhibit documenting Newlands's racism.

A similar renaming effort has begun around Newlands Park in Reno, Nevada.

Newlands' former mansion in Reno is one of six properties in Nevada designated as a National Historic Landmark.  Many notable people, including Barbara Hutton in 1935, stayed at the house while waiting for their divorce paperwork to be finalized by George Thatcher, a local divorce lawyer who purchased the home in 1920.

Racial views
Newlands was an outspoken white supremacist who advocated for those beliefs as a senator, and a white nationalist who sought to secure the United States as a homeland for whites. In 1905, he advocated for the paid resettlement of African Americans to the Caribbean. In a 1909 journal article, "A Western View of the Race Question" published in the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Newlands wrote that Black people were "a race of children" who threatened the United States. The country, he wrote, "should start immediately upon the serious consideration of a national policy regarding the people of the black race now within our boundaries, which, with a proper regard for humanity, will minimize the danger which they constitute to our institutions and our civilizations." He also expressed fear that people from Asia would take over the West Coast: "Asia, with nearly a billion people of the yellow and brown races, who, if there were no restrictions, would quickly settle upon and take possession of our entire western coast and intermountain region." He distinguished between Chinese and Japanese people using stereotypes: "the Chinese, who are patient and submissive, would not create as many complications as the presence of the Japanese, whose strong and virile qualities would constitute an additional element of difficulty."

In a June 17, 1912, article in the New York Times, Newlands wrote, "I believe this should be a white man's country and that we should frankly express our determination that it shall be." At the 1912 Democratic National Convention, he proposed that the party's platform include a "White Plank" calling for the repeal of the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution and the restriction of immigration to whites.

See also
 National Irrigation Congress
 List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References

External links

Francis Griffith Newlands papers MS 371 Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
Video: "A Closer Look at Chevy Chase Founder Francis G. Newlands," the Spring 2021 Chevy Chase Historical Society Lecture by historian and author William Rowley, emeritus professor of history at the University of Nevada-Reno

 Memorial addresses for Francis G. Newlands delivered in the Senate on Jan. 3, 1918, and in the House on September 2, 1918.

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19th-century American politicians
American people of Scottish descent
American white supremacists
Burials at Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences alumni
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada
Democratic Party United States senators from Nevada
History of racism in Maryland
Nevada lawyers
Politicians from Natchez, Mississippi
Politicians from Reno, Nevada
Silver Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada
Yale University alumni

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Met Eireann issues weather warning ahead of torrential rain around Ireland
So much for a nice summer, right? Rain is set to sweep through County Kerry as well as other parts of the country over the next few days
Met Eireann has issued a grim weather warning ahead of torrential rain around Ireland over the next few days.
The Status Yellow rainfall warning for Kerry was issued this afternoon and comes into force tomorrow morning.
It is valid from 07:00 tomorrow morning for 24 hours until 07:00 on Thursday.
The Kingdom can expect 35 to 50 mm of rain as well as spot flooding. Drivers are also urged to be careful on the roads.
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Met Eireann says: "From Wednesday morning until Thursday morning, heavy rainfall will bring 35 to 50 mm of rain with higher amounts possible in mountainous areas. Spot flooding, poor visibility and hazardous driving conditions are expected."
Elsewhere, this afternoon and evening will be bright and breezy with some sunny spells and temperatures of up to 10 degrees, mainly in the south of the country.
The forecast reads: "Scattered showers will affect Ulster and north Leinster and will mostly die out this evening. Highest temperatures of 14 to 19 degrees, coolest in the northwest, in moderate to fresh and gusty northwest breezes."
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It continues: "Tonight will be mainly dry with clear spells and perhaps a few light showers in northern areas.
"Cloud will thicken in the southwest overnight. Lowest temperatures of 7 to 10 degrees in light and variable breezes."
The wet weather will hit the southwest of the country tomorrow morning before moving up the country as the day progresses.
The worse of the forecast will be the south west of Ireland.
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Met.ie says: "Wednesday will start off mainly dry with some sunny spells in the northeast. Rain developing in the southwest early in the morning will gradually extend northeastwards, reaching Ulster towards evening and northern counties by nightfall.
"The rain will be heaviest in the southwest with spot flooding possible.
"Highest temperatures of only 14 to 17 degrees with moderate to fresh south to southeast winds."

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When juggling all the responsibilities of a freelance designer, it's common to worry most about things like writing a contract, getting paid, and actually building the website. Sometimes, however, communication between the designer and the client is the trickiest part to get right. Especially early in a project, before there is a prototype or mockup to share, it's easy for designers to wonder what to share with clients and how often, when to be an open book and when to keep to themselves.
What do I show my clients? What do they want to see? Do they even care about my work process?
Sharing during the user experience design process gives designers clear checkpoints for pausing to communicate with clients. These five user experience design deliverables play double-duty. Not only do they give clients a way to understand the time and effort that goes into UX design while keeping clients and designers on the same page, but they also keep designers on track. When you share your UX design process, you force yourself to plan well at the beginning of your project. When you're elbow-deep in developing your site, you'll have a clear foundation to build on.
Use a simple list of questions to dial in on your client's ideal user. Even if clients want to target a broad audience, describing (and even naming!) ideal site visitors helps to focus the entire design process. If your ideal user is a 45-year-old fisherman named Henry, you'll want to have that in mind before you design a site that markets to 25-year-old accountants named Jill. Communicating with your client as you produce user personas means that both designer and client are on the same page about the site audience. Click for more ideas about defining user personas.
Whether you use cool software like Gliffy or get out a pen and paper, a site map and user flow help determine early on what actions users should take when they arrive at your client's site. Before you get too deep in your design, it helps to clarify with clients that the desired end goal is the sales page and not the social media page, for example.
Site maps and user flows also force designers and clients to think about how users arrive at the site and where they'll go next, meaning that you can design your site knowing where content will be featured (and why). Planning for users to arrive on a mobile platform or via blogpost, for example, will make a difference when it comes to designing the layout and organization of the site.
Showing your client a visual before you get into the nitty gritty of design can save you a lot of hassle down the road. After designing a 13-column, responsive grid-system, do you want to find out that your client has recently decided that's probably unlucky? Draw a wireframe in a notebook and take a snapshot to share with your client, or use one of these fancy tools.
Have you ever had a client tell you he or she wanted a site that was "edgy, yet safe, but also cool and blue, but not icey or hospital-y?" Me too. A mood board is a great tool for stopping to check that your idea of the site's look and feel matches your client's. Click here for tips for implementing mood boards.
Creating a type scale is an often-forgotten stage in the design process. Selecting your brand color and font is important, but you want to make sure your content is readable. Instead of using standard font-sizes, creating a modular type scale that defines font sizes based on a ratio and scales them according to screen size means a lot less work down the road. It's a good idea to share a type scale with your client as well, especially if your client is concerned about readability. Doing the work upfront means a lot less tinkering later. Here's a great tutorial for setting a type scale.
Some designers prefer to show clients finished, polished products. But snippets, like screenshots of a homepage, can give clients an idea of the direction a site is going. It sure beats building a whole site before learning that a client has an issue with "the whole site organization"!!
Looking to learn more about UX design? Our brand new Visual Designer Blueprint is a great place to start. Get on the first to know list here to find out when enrollment opens.


Using OpenText, we're now handling 92 percent of our invoices electronically through EDI, massively reducing the workload for manual data entry.
National Merchant Buying Society (NMBS) is the most successful trading platform and buying group in the United Kingdom for independent builders, plumbers, hardware, and timber merchants. Founded in 1963, its primary aim is to enable members to get the best possible deal from suppliers by offering the most cost effective route to the independent marketplace. In 2015, the total purchasing power of NMBS amounted to £1.4billion, serving more than 1,000 members, representing more than 3,000 branch locations.


The Appliance Loft in Cincinnati, OH is an authorized dealer of Smeg Products. Smeg's certified laboratories strive to develop solutions that respond to the demands of contemporary living, drawing on all of the company's experience and the most advanced technology. Essential qualities such as durability, safety, flexibility and attractiveness can be seen in all Smeg products. The stringent testing that is repeatedly carried out during the production process is proof that Smeg is 100% committed to ensuring 100% reliability.
So if you are looking for Smeg products in Cincinnati, Norwood, Oakley, Reading, Hyde Park, Blue Ash, Montgomery, Sharonville, White Oak, Springdale and Ft Thomas, or if you have any questions about Smeg products, please feel free to call us at 513-533-0440 or simply stop by The Appliance Loft at any time and we would be glad to help you.


A Welcome Cocktail will be organized at the beginning of the European Conference, on Tuesday evening, the 28th of August 2012, at 8 p.m., at "Le Corum", the Congress Center of Montpellier.
LM Traiteur will serve to everyone a "buffet dinner" on the last floor of "Le Corum".
A gala dinner will be organized at the end of the European Conference, on Thursday evening, the 30th of August 2012, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Abbaye de Valmagne, a gothic abbey near Mèze and the Etang de Thau (45 minutes by bus from Corum de Montpellier).
From the 12th to the 13th century, Valmagne was one of the richest abbeys in South of France.
The actual church in classical Gothic style was begun in 1257 on the foundations of the original Romanesque chapel, which had become too small for the ever-increasing number of monks. Inspired from the great cathedrals of the North of France, it has 83 meters long and 24 meters high.
Confiscated as a national property during the French Revolution, the abbey was sold in 1791 to Mr Granier - Joyeuse who turned the church into a vine cellar.
The cloister has the exquisite charm of the Tuscany's garden, with the Chapter House and its ribbed voult, witness of the presence of the monks since the 12th century, and its elegant and magnificent fountain bringing the most pure and fresh water from the spring of Diane.
Open to the public since 1975, Valmagne is well known to all archaeologists and lovers of old monuments.
Germain Traiteur, one of the most famous caterers in Languedoc-Roussillon, will offer you a refined mediterranean food, served with the best local wines.
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Alaska Communications Systems rebranded and challenged KPB Architects to develop a new retail image for the local communications company that would compete with the retail image of the national communication companies in the area. The design team started the design process by investigating the customer experience.
The design team worked with Alaska Communications to identify the changes that needed to be made to update the customer experience. KPB Architects identified how the representatives needed to interact with the customers and developed a new culture of the retail experience. The design team established that the Alaska Communications culture needed to change to complete the success of the new prototype design.
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Ashgabat, wrecked by inflation, shoves aside Hong Kong as world's costliest expatriate city
The capital of Turkmenistan, where inflation accelerated by 13.3 per cent in 2018, unseated Hong Kong from its three-year perch as world's costliest city
Hong Kong fell to second spot while the Lebanese capital Beirut jumped 42 spots to third place, according to Mercer's 2021 cost of living survey
Ashgabat, the Turkmen capital with the world's largest concentration of white marble-finished buildings, has unseated Hong Kong from its three-year perch as the most expensive urban centre on earth for expatriates, according to Mercer's 2021 cost of living survey.
The central Asian capital, where inflation slowed to 7.6 per cent last year from 13.3 per cent in 2018, surpassed Hong Kong in the top spot "primarily due to a continuing socio-economic crisis which has led to food shortages and hyperinflation," said Mercer Asia-Pacific's global mobility leader Julia Radchenko.
Hong Kong, which topped the ranking for three consecutive years due to the city's costly property prices, slipped to second place. The Lebanese capital Beirut jumped 42 spots to third place.
Mercer's annual report ranks 209 cities worldwide based on the comparative cost of expenses including housing, transport, food and entertainment, with New York City used as a baseline comparison.
Hong Kong's slight decline reflects how two years of economic turmoil, brought by the 2019 street protests and the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, have wreaked havoc on the city. The city of 7.5 million people
slipped into recession in the third quarter last year
, its worst economic contraction on record, as tourists and business travellers – lifeblood of the services-dependent city – stayed away during the Covid-19 outbreak.
"Home rent could be one of the reasons for the fall in Hong Kong's ranking," said Alva To, vice-president Greater China, head of consulting, Cushman & Wakefield, who pointed out that the rent for luxury homes in the expatriate enclave of Kowloon Station has dropped by 15 per cent. "Expenses for food and drink have also become more affordable as more people preferred takeaways instead of dining out during the pandemic."
The average home rent in Hong Kong has declined by 12 per cent from August 2019 through December, according to government data.
"Rent fell between 10 and 15 per cent last year when Covid-19 started," said Victoria Allan, founder and managing director of real estate agency Habitat Property, whose clients are mostly expats looking for homes to rent in Hong Kong. "The cost of living has become more competitive here in Hong Kong."
This year, however, with better management of the pandemic and the city began mass vaccination, home rents have started to recover, rising for two consecutive months.
Mercer measured the cost of living based on food, alcohol and tobacco, domestic supplies, housing, clothing and footwear, home services, utilities, personal care, transport and recreation and entertainment.
The comparison of prices of various cities in the world allows companies to formulate their compensation and recruitment strategy amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Mercer.
Petroleum costs the most in Hong Kong, with petrol topping the scales at US$2.5 a litre in the city that imports all its fuel. Expatriates living in the city will be happy to know that beer, bread and blue jeans are relatively affordable.
"Across the region, companies actively reassess their talent and mobility strategies in light of the complex challenges brought on by Covid-19," Radchenko said. "Companies are realising more than ever that they need to diversify their mobility scenarios and related compensation practices. And it is no longer about just geographical mobility, it is about talent mobility which implies lateral moves, distributed workforce, geographical mobility, international remote working, virtual assignments."
With additional reporting by Sandy Li
Hong Kong News International


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Authors: Terri Grace, Cat McGill, Charity McColl, Dolly Price, Donna Doyle, Emma Morgan, Grace Given, Misty Shae
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Mail Order Bride Rescued by the Traveling Cowboy
Author: Emma Morgan
Genre: Western Historical
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When Kent Avery's sister dies and leaves him with her three young children, Kent knows he needs to find a wife to help him with his sudden family. So when lovely Jena Mansfield arrives in response to his ad for a mail order bride, he welcomes her into his home. But when she struggles to bring order to the house, he wonders if he's made a mistake.
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A Bride Worth Dying For
Genre: Western Contemporary
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Mail Order Bride: Taken by the Fearless Brave
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Mail Order Bride: Robbed and Bound to the Wary Rancher
When Lily Smithers places her ad as a mail order bride, she is ready for the chance to start a new life. But she is not ready when her train is robbed and her dowry stolen—money she knows her new husband was hoping to use to help start their home. Still grieving the death of his father, Hank Mathe...
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Frontier Love Complete Boxset
Authors: Terri Grace, Emma Morgan
Series: Frontier Love
Tags: Mail Order Bride, Terri Grace Boxsets
***FIVE BOOK BOX SET - FREE TO READ ON KINDLE UNLIMITED *** It's 1867 and sparks are flying in the small frontier town of Firestone, Montana. 'Frontier Love' follows the struggles of Mail Order Bride, Ginny Douglas, and pioneer cowboy, Manly Forsythe, as they overcome every challenge the wild West t...
Destined For Love Complete Boxset
Series: Destined For Love
Tags: PureRead Boxsets, Terri Grace Boxsets
***READ FOR FREE ON KINDLE UNLIMITED***In this heart warming 'Destined For Love' series, strong and courageous Mail Order Brides overcome deep personal challenges to find lasting love with faithful men on the Western Frontier.Overweight Mail Order Bride For A Half-Blind CowboyMeet Mindy Silvers, a b...
Valentine Brides – The Miracle of Love Boxset
Series: Valentine Brides
The Miracle of Love 5 Book Boxset is a celebration of the miracle of love and faith, set in the rugged romance of the old West. Each of the stories is guaranteed to inspire!Included in this special faith and love-filled bundle:Deaf Mail Order Bride Hears The Words I Love You For The Very First Time ...
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Series: Pioneer Hearts
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Mail Order Brides & Babies Boxset
Series: Mail Order Brides & Babies
NEW EDITION BARGAIN 6 BOOK BOXSET OF BRIDE AND BABIES HISTORICAL ROMANCEIn each delightful story pregnant brides or brides with babies find love on the Frontier with strong men and faithful fathers.Surprise Valentine DeliveryA forced holiday leads Judith Haskell to an event that will change her life...
Mail Order Bride: Loving My Indian Captor
Left alone and heartbroken after her husband is killed, Marie Brooks is desperate for a way to support herself and her small son. She is a skilled nurse, but jobs are few and far between now. So, at the advice of an old friend, she accepts an offer as a mail order bride, and soon she is headed west ...
Mail Order Brides of Benson Creek Complete Boxset
Series: Benson Creek Mail Order Brides
*FREE TO READ ON KINDLE UNLIMITED* Love and laugh with the girls of Benson Creek, as these Mail Order Brides overcome personal challenges to find new lives—and good men to share them with—on the Western frontier.Enjoy this superb Mail Oder bride boxset that includes all six Benson Creek Brides t...
The Case of the Outlaw's Watch
Happily planning her upcoming wedding, Meredith Ivey makes a devastating discovery. Her husband-to-be is not who he seems, and the police have arrived to arrest him. Knowing her reputation in town will always be ruined, and wanting to escape her past, Meredith forges west as a mail order bride, read...
Mail Order Bride: An Unexpected Family for the Suspicious Blacksmith
Eager to escape her abusive father, Lydia Duncan had chosen the life of a mail order bride. As soon as winter ends, she will be traveling west to marry Mr. Jacob Jefferson. However, before she can leave, her mother dies during childbirth, leaving Lydia alone with the tiny baby. Knowing her father wo...
The Gruff Cowboy's Triple Baby Trouble
When Mathew Barnes places an ad for a mail order bride, he never expects three brides in return! He had been seeking a woman to help him care for his three young children, and it seems that so was his mother and brother. Now he has three women who've traveled to marry him, and he has to decide whi...
The Golden Spur Series Box Set
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A Wild Mail Order Bride for the Straight-Laced Banker
Series: Benson Creek Mail Order Brides, Book 6
Tags: Mail Order Bride, Romance
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A Stuttering Mail Order Bride for the Hotheaded Cattle Wrangler
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A Shy Mail Order Bride for the Rough and Rugged Cowboy
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A Crippled Mail Order Bride for the Unexpected Horse Whisperer
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A Blind Mail Order Bride for the Rebellious Cowboy
Love and laugh with the girls of Benson Creek, as these Mail Order Brides overcome personal challenges to find new lives—and good men to share them with—on the Western frontier.When Mail Order Bride Rebecca Stains first meets her husband-to-be, she knows she has her work cut out for her.Rebecca ...
A Lonely Christmas Bride for the Solitary Miner
Series: The Twelve Mail Order Brides of Christmas, Book 11
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A Pair of Christmas Sisters for the Lumberjack Brothers
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A Sudden Christmas Family for the Hesitant Rancher
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The Miracle Christmas Baby
Series: Mail Order Bride Christmas in the Country, Book 7
Ready to start a new life after the death of her grandmother, Helen Parker decides to accept an offer from a Mr. Mack Cooper as a mail order bride. However, when she arrives, she realizes Mack is not the man she is meant to marry. Instead, he sent for her for a friend, Phillip, who knows nothing of ...
A Reluctant Christmas Family for the Gentle Horseman
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The Unexpected Christmas Baby and Katie's Surprise Husband
Ready to start a new life as a mail order bride, far from the reaches of her uncle, nineteen-year-old Catherine Statler has been expecting her world to change. But she does not expect to show up at her intended's door with a stranger's baby. Unwilling leave the baby alone, she takes her chances ...
A Curious Christmas Bride for the Cautious Sheriff
Celebrate the miracle of love and the joy of the holiday season on the Western frontier with the Twelve Mail Order Brides of Christmas, a new series from popular author Emma Morgan!When nineteen-year-old Jessica Downs arrives in Pinoche as a mail order bride, she's devastated to learn that her int...
A Pregnant Christmas Bride for the Bad Mannered Brick Layer
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A Clever Christmas Bride for the Burdened Shop Owner
Series: The Twelve Mail Order Brides of Christmas
Celebrate the miracle of love and the joy of the holiday season on the Western frontier with the Twelve Mail Order Brides of Christmas, a new series from popular author Emma Morgan!When Callie Browning agrees to travel West as a mail order bride, she never intends to stay. In fact, she plans to canc...
The Best Christmas Present
Mabel Martin's parents have given her two choices—become the mail order bride to a Mr. James Carter in California, or give up her inheritance and live in poverty in her hometown. So soon, she is on train headed west, to a dusty little town in Arizona. Mabel is accustomed to a life of privilege a...
A Spoiled Christmas Bride for the Struggling Cowboy
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A Christmas Home for the Devastated Newlyweds and Rescued Baby
Devastated to learn of her father's ruthless business dealings—and his desire to marry her off to the despicable Mr.Bergner—Celia Ward leaves behind her wealthy home to pursue a life out West as a mail order bride. She is ready for a new life of challenges and adventure, but she does not expec...
A Desperate Christmas Bride for the Cold Hearted Rancher
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The Miracle Christmas Daddy
Left alone with her tiny daughter after her husband dies, Adaline is desperate to escape her grief. And so she answers an ad for a mail order bride, hoping to at least find some security for her small family. But is she really ready for a life on the frontier—and for a life with the cold and withd...
A Headstrong Christmas Bride for the Lonely Father
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Snowed in at the Dovetail Inn
Desperate to find a new life for herself and her daughter, Jenni Lee McMullen heads west to marry a man she's never met. But fate has other plans for Jenni, and a terrible blizzard leads her to Collin Riddell, the owner of the Dovetail Inn. And as Jenni rests and waits out the storm, she realizes ...
The Widow's Christmas Wish
Authors: Emma Morgan, Pure Read
Left alone with her baby girl after her husband is killed—and with winter on the way—Beth Fletcher is out of options. And so she joins a wagon caravan, leaving behind the cold streets of Virginia to forge a new life as a mail order bride in California. The trail is long and dangerous, but with t...
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The Eighteen Year Old Orphan Rescued by the Heartbroken Farmer
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Mail Order Bride: A Borrowed Baby and An Orphaned Bride
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Fortune sticks, creepy cats and "Hotel California" by the Eagles are all parts of chemistry teacher Paul Dean's unique teaching style, based on his view of education, that he has crafted over years.
"I'm always trying to bring out the relevance," Dean said.
Relevance means a lot to Dean, who tries to connect chemistry to every student's life.
"Chemistry is not everyone's favorite subject," he said. "But it's not some inscrutable, unattainable idea. You deal with chemistry every day."
Dean has been teaching at Lake Braddock for 13 years, beginning in 2004. He said that every student is different, and he appreciates their diversity.
"It's always educational to see what people seize on in the lab," he said. "I've done these labs dozens of times. Some students will seize on something, and it's like, 'Hey, that's besides the point.' But it's great if they get excited about it."
Dean has lots of labs in his class and has altered the way he runs his labs over the years. The first lab in his class is always a simulation of baking brownies. The same skills used for cooking are important in chemistry. Sometimes students will try to eat his 10 year-old brownie mix. Dean is often surprised by the behavior of students during class, he said.
Even though the chemicals and flames used in chemistry labs can be very dangerous, he has had almost no safety issues during his career.
"I've only had to use the eyewash once; It wasn't even a lab," he said. "They were passing around glow sticks. And a student twisted it into a sort of pretzel shape, and it squirted into her eye."
Dean, who has a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Virginia, first came to Lake Braddock after he left his engineering career. He said that he has always been interested in education.
Dean said that mastery of the material in class is important for students to be successful.
"Besides mastery, I'm all about 'effort equals achievement,' " Dean said. "Ninety-five percent of those kids won't remember all that chemistry when they graduate, but the whole point of education is not to be a know-it-all but to be able to put in the time and the effort. "
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