One of the pieces of advice his social worker gave him when he became angry: “They would just tell me to breathe,” Theron, 12, says.
< backThe United Nations sets an ambitious goal for adapting to climate change and increasingly severe weather. Everyone on Earth should be protected against more severe weather and climate change over the next five years, according to an ambitious new United Nations target published a few days ago.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has charged the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) with leading the effort and presenting an action plan to accomplish this aim during this November's UN climate summit in Egypt.
The news came on the occasion of World Meteorological Day, which this year had the theme Early Warning and Early Action.
"Climate change induced by humans is now causing chaos in every region. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's most recent report reveals the suffering that has already occurred. Each degree of global warming adds to the frequency and intensity of extreme weather occurrences," Mr. Guterres said.
"We must invest in both adaptation and resilience in equal measure. This includes data that enables us to forecast storms, heatwaves, floods, and droughts," the UN head continued.
Over the last 50 years (1970-2019), an average of one weather, climate, or water-related disaster happened every day, killing 115 people and incurring US$ 202 million in damage daily, according to a 2021 WMO study on disaster data. The number of documented disasters grew by a factor of five, owing to human-induced climate change, more intense weather occurrences, and improved reporting.
"As a result of climate change, the increasing incidence of catastrophes jeopardizes the achievement of a significant number of Sustainable Development Goals. Apart from vital mitigation, it is becoming increasingly critical to invest in climate adaptation. Improved weather, water, and climate early warning systems, as well as associated monitoring infrastructures, provide one of the greatest returns on investments. There is a requirement to invest 1.5 billion dollars over the next five years to increase the quality of services and related infrastructures, particularly in LDC and SIDS nations," WMO Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas said.
Spokane, Wash. – With a firm eye on the data, Spokane Health Officer Dr. Bob Lutz announced today his support for Spokane County school districts allowing early learners (K-2) to convert to in-person school.
Lutz explained schools, both public and private, to include Spokane Public Schools, Central Valley, Cheney and West Valley, have been working closely with Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) to develop plans for the eventual return to in-person learning.
Lutz stated he supports schools bringing kindergarten students back to in-person learning, with a phased return for the remainder of elementary grades. This will address needs for social and emotional learning and skill development, concerns of child safety, and academic inequities among those with limited access to technology – all needs that regular interaction with school employees identify.
My only concern is that in iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. apps (I’m thinking gmail, facebook, & twitter) the menus are always on the left. Do you think it would be a big deal if we moved it to the left for the tablet size?
I also don’t think this ‘has’ to be just on non desktop devices. It could work for the larger screens also as focuses on the content.
Do we have to have the floaty TOC thing? Personally, I loathe these with an absolute vengeance. On a more serious note, I’m also concerned as how it would impact overall accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility). any chance of a compromise – an option that would allow the reader to un-dock the TOC if they want?
I would like to see a little X that the user can click so that if the user wants they can stop it scrolling and it sits in the sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme.. An X or a link that says something link “Stop scrolling” or “Stick to sidebar” or something like that.
There should be a way to stop it scrolling as some people (like me) will find it annoying.
Sorry to say but I’d really advise against the floaty thing it’s not a great experience – there’s a reason it’s not a common used feature on tablets/mobile. Also people often use the left to scroll down which means they will hit it constantly.
More common (and more user friendly) are slide in / out menus or we can easily have a bottom wrapper or just a click to top minimal menu.
Aside from that it’s cool I like the idea of having a set series of styles.
I agree, but have to question if a sticky TOC is as *useful* as sticky site navigation.
I’m divided; I personally don’t use TOCs for in-page navigation, though it sounds like others do like and use that feature, based on feedback from the other wireframes.
How do you use a TOC, Mel?
Let’s take a step back for a minute. Design decisions need to reflect our content and our users’ goals and activities.
What content is going to populate these handbooks? Do we have drafts of any of them yet? Does the design even matter yet if we won’t have content to shape design?
How many of our users will be reading on desktop vs. tablet vs. phone? Our navigation doesn’t need to be the same across devices as long as it is appropriate and intuitive for the tasks users are trying to complete.
What other tasks will they be doing while they’re reading the handbooks? If they’re switching between multiples windows, tabs and programs, then sticky might be good because they’ll always have a clear indication of where they are.
In all honesty, I’m not sure I use a lot of sites—aside from books and the Codex, actually—which include a TOC. With something like a story or a browser-based book, I tend to only navigate linearly. With the Codex, I tend to cmd+f anything I’m looking for or scan headlines.
Those are great points, and I think the answer is that the content will vary based on the handbook and it’s intended audience. It sparked an interesting discussion on IRC yesterday (see log) and what is clear is that this design needs to accomodate several different learning styles.
As to how long a TOC can be, this example from @raggedrobins shows that it can potentially be very long indeed! I’m not really a fan of long articles like this, but several people in IRC felt that they were useful depending on the task, as they keep all the steps on one page, avoiding the issue of multiple tabs, jumps, etc.
@esmi – I am totally with you; I don’t love them either. Lots of feedback from the other two wireframes asking for this, however, which I why I show it here.
I just don’t use a TOC so heavily (as navigation) that I feel the need to see it in my view when I scroll, so personally I think it’s unnecessary, but on really long pages with lots of headings I suppose it could be helpful.
If we are going to do a stationary link for the TOC, I would rather see it on the top upper-right part of the page, not the bottom. So many sites have bottom menus that you can’t get rid of. They are distracting and annoying for me. I’m thinking that a simple “back to top” link would be much better.
Reasoning & Answer: The dog has an apron on its back but the dog is not necessarily helping in the kitchen.
it is not possible to tell
Question: Premise: "A miniature dachshund has an apron on its back."
Hypothesis: "The dog is helping in the kitchen."
Do we know that the hypothesis entailed by the premise?

Reasoning & Answer: Not all men with cream all over their head is shaving their head.
it is not possible to tell
Question: Given the sentence "A man in a black shirt and army pants with white cream all over his head." is it true that "The man is shaving his head."?

Reasoning & Answer: They are either chopping down a tree or harvesting below the tree.
no
Question:
Test for natural language inference.
Premise: "Family on hillside harvesting below the tree."
Hypothesis: "They are chopping down the treet."
Is the hypothesis entailed by the premise?
Options:
- yes
- no
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