Water is a precious resource that is vital for life. However, the world's population has doubled since 1950 while water usage has tripled, straining fresh water supplies. Additionally, pollution from chemicals, fertilizers, and plastics has exacerbated health issues related to water. A large swath of plastic waste now exists in the Pacific Ocean that is disrupting ecosystems and entering the food chain. Enagic's SD501 water ionizer is presented as an eco-friendly solution that produces ionized water to reduce chemical and plastic usage and has received an environmental award for its positive impact.
Le 16 septembre 1987, 24 pays dont la France signent le Protocole de Montréal relatif à des substances qui appauvrissent la couche d'ozone et en 1994, l’assemblée générale de l’ONU proclame haut et fort le 16 septembre journée internationale de la protection de la couche d’ozone !!
[Challenge:Future] Kushirikiana Kudumisha Maendeleo kwa Wasichana (Hands on Y...Challenge:Future
The Mashuajaa Team in Kenya aims to empower young women in slums by giving them access to sanitary products. There is a huge challenge for young women living in slums to access sanitary towels due to poverty and lack of proper sanitation facilities. The team plans to use sports like volleyball and soccer to raise awareness and funds to provide sanitary towels while also giving the women a social support network. They hope to engage the government and organizations to address the issue and advocate for the rights of women living in slums.
[Challenge:Future] Project Phoenix: Fun + Meaning2 = 2030Challenge:Future
Phoenix is an organization that aims to educate youth about nature conservation through fun camps and concerts. It wants to create teams around the world to develop solutions for a cleaner future. Quotes from people in Hungary and Slovenia praise the project for giving people chances to learn about the environment and think globally. The summary cites Al Gore, who supports using people's will and lessons from achievements like landing on the moon to address environmental crises. It asks questions about who the organization wants to reach, where to start, difficulties in getting attention, and the biggest challenges to success.
- The document summarizes an orthodontist's 8-year experience using the SureSmile system for customized archwires.
- SureSmile cases saw treatment times of 13-17 months on average over the 8 years, significantly faster than the national average of 22 months for conventional treatment.
- SureSmile provided improved diagnostics, more efficient force delivery, increased practice capacity and cash flow, and resulted in better finished outcomes according to the orthodontist.
- However, the orthodontist notes some limitations with SureSmile including loss of control if the practice becomes overly reliant on the system and longer treatment times for more complex cases.
Water is a precious resource that is vital for life. However, the world's population has doubled since 1950 while water usage has tripled, straining fresh water supplies. Additionally, pollution from chemicals, fertilizers, and plastics has exacerbated health issues related to water. A large swath of plastic waste now exists in the Pacific Ocean that is disrupting ecosystems and entering the food chain. Enagic's SD501 water ionizer is presented as an eco-friendly solution that produces ionized water to reduce chemical and plastic usage and has received an environmental award for its positive impact.
Le 16 septembre 1987, 24 pays dont la France signent le Protocole de Montréal relatif à des substances qui appauvrissent la couche d'ozone et en 1994, l’assemblée générale de l’ONU proclame haut et fort le 16 septembre journée internationale de la protection de la couche d’ozone !!
[Challenge:Future] Kushirikiana Kudumisha Maendeleo kwa Wasichana (Hands on Y...Challenge:Future
The Mashuajaa Team in Kenya aims to empower young women in slums by giving them access to sanitary products. There is a huge challenge for young women living in slums to access sanitary towels due to poverty and lack of proper sanitation facilities. The team plans to use sports like volleyball and soccer to raise awareness and funds to provide sanitary towels while also giving the women a social support network. They hope to engage the government and organizations to address the issue and advocate for the rights of women living in slums.
[Challenge:Future] Project Phoenix: Fun + Meaning2 = 2030Challenge:Future
Phoenix is an organization that aims to educate youth about nature conservation through fun camps and concerts. It wants to create teams around the world to develop solutions for a cleaner future. Quotes from people in Hungary and Slovenia praise the project for giving people chances to learn about the environment and think globally. The summary cites Al Gore, who supports using people's will and lessons from achievements like landing on the moon to address environmental crises. It asks questions about who the organization wants to reach, where to start, difficulties in getting attention, and the biggest challenges to success.
- The document summarizes an orthodontist's 8-year experience using the SureSmile system for customized archwires.
- SureSmile cases saw treatment times of 13-17 months on average over the 8 years, significantly faster than the national average of 22 months for conventional treatment.
- SureSmile provided improved diagnostics, more efficient force delivery, increased practice capacity and cash flow, and resulted in better finished outcomes according to the orthodontist.
- However, the orthodontist notes some limitations with SureSmile including loss of control if the practice becomes overly reliant on the system and longer treatment times for more complex cases.
Este documento resume un proyecto de investigación del NCHRP que tuvo como objetivo desarrollar pautas de diseño recomendadas para tratamientos de costados de calzadas urbanas que sean seguros y estéticos, así como una caja de herramientas con tratamientos efectivos de caminos que equilibren la seguridad y movilidad de usuarios. La investigación incluyó una evaluación de corredores urbanos y un análisis de casos de estudio de proyectos de mejora vial para identificar configuraciones asociadas a choques y
touch screen based industrial load switichingsankrityayan
This document describes a touch screen based industrial load switching system. A touch screen panel is interfaced with a microcontroller to allow loads to be turned on and off by touching specific areas of the touch screen. The microcontroller receives x and y coordinates from the touch screen and controls the loads accordingly using optoisolators and triacs. The system aims to provide a safer and more user-friendly means of controlling industrial loads compared to conventional switches. It could potentially reduce errors and improve efficiency in industrial operations.
The document discusses making OpenStack controller core services highly available. It describes using Pacemaker and Corosync to manage virtual IP addresses and services across multiple nodes. HAProxy is used as a load balancer between the virtual IPs and service instances. The database uses Galera cluster for multi-master replication. RabbitMQ and Memcached are made highly available through clustering as well. Failure scenarios are tested by stopping nodes and services.
OpenStack Project Freezer is a backup and restore service that automates the data backup and restore process. It supports backing up and restoring various platforms and storage types. Freezer has a low memory footprint and supports incremental backups, old backup removal, restoring from a specific date, bandwidth limiting, and clustering of backups across multiple servers. The document then describes Freezer's architecture, components, experiences optimizing backups to Swift storage, and concludes with an overview of demonstrations of Freezer's backup and restore of Nova VMs, Cinder volumes, file systems, and MySQL databases.
El documento habla sobre la segunda venida de Cristo y la esperanza que genera este evento. Menciona que ante problemas como la corrupción moral y el cambio climático, el regreso de Cristo ofrece la oportunidad de un mundo mejor. También describe señales bíblicas sobre la venida de Cristo, como conductas morales deterioradas y desastres naturales. Finalmente, destaca que los salvados vivirán eternamente en la nueva Jerusalén sin sufrimiento, dolor o muerte.
Este documento resume un proyecto de investigación del NCHRP que tuvo como objetivo desarrollar pautas de diseño recomendadas para tratamientos de costados de calzadas urbanas que sean seguros y estéticos, así como una caja de herramientas con tratamientos efectivos de caminos que equilibren la seguridad y movilidad de usuarios. La investigación incluyó una evaluación de corredores urbanos y un análisis de casos de estudio de proyectos de mejora vial para identificar configuraciones asociadas a choques y
touch screen based industrial load switichingsankrityayan
This document describes a touch screen based industrial load switching system. A touch screen panel is interfaced with a microcontroller to allow loads to be turned on and off by touching specific areas of the touch screen. The microcontroller receives x and y coordinates from the touch screen and controls the loads accordingly using optoisolators and triacs. The system aims to provide a safer and more user-friendly means of controlling industrial loads compared to conventional switches. It could potentially reduce errors and improve efficiency in industrial operations.
The document discusses making OpenStack controller core services highly available. It describes using Pacemaker and Corosync to manage virtual IP addresses and services across multiple nodes. HAProxy is used as a load balancer between the virtual IPs and service instances. The database uses Galera cluster for multi-master replication. RabbitMQ and Memcached are made highly available through clustering as well. Failure scenarios are tested by stopping nodes and services.
OpenStack Project Freezer is a backup and restore service that automates the data backup and restore process. It supports backing up and restoring various platforms and storage types. Freezer has a low memory footprint and supports incremental backups, old backup removal, restoring from a specific date, bandwidth limiting, and clustering of backups across multiple servers. The document then describes Freezer's architecture, components, experiences optimizing backups to Swift storage, and concludes with an overview of demonstrations of Freezer's backup and restore of Nova VMs, Cinder volumes, file systems, and MySQL databases.
El documento habla sobre la segunda venida de Cristo y la esperanza que genera este evento. Menciona que ante problemas como la corrupción moral y el cambio climático, el regreso de Cristo ofrece la oportunidad de un mundo mejor. También describe señales bíblicas sobre la venida de Cristo, como conductas morales deterioradas y desastres naturales. Finalmente, destaca que los salvados vivirán eternamente en la nueva Jerusalén sin sufrimiento, dolor o muerte.