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  1. Burns' Pediatric Primary Care (8th Edition) - Discussion Questions + PowerPoint Presentation

    Download it now: lttr.ai/AtCdY

    eighth edition ebook is also available in PDF

    #resource

  2. @RichardJMurphy 1/ Pic = too small

    2/ 1st post (similar) is here
    - with my #AI comments:

    3/ You do good work but...

    But see what's behind the #AI #curtain (WizardOfOz reference] and what's 'easy' or basically #AmericanIntelligence

    All American stuff you have to wonder why a #free #service & heavily invested #finance ppl...

    [#ANSWER BELOW]

    because you are their #dinner / #money / #resource while you get your short gain 'using them' (and we all lose) ....

    #RichardMurphy #AI #WizardOfOz

  3. @RichardJMurphy 1/ Pic = too small

    2/ 1st post (similar) is here
    - with my #AI comments:

    3/ You do good work but...

    But see what's behind the #AI #curtain (WizardOfOz reference] and what's 'easy' or basically #AmericanIntelligence

    All American stuff you have to wonder why a #free #service & heavily invested #finance ppl...

    [#ANSWER BELOW]

    because you are their #dinner / #money / #resource while you get your short gain 'using them' (and we all lose) ....

    #RichardMurphy #AI #WizardOfOz

  4. A Holding Room

    For immediate support, you can jump to the resources by clicking on the topics here:
    Immediate CrisisSexual AbuseChildhood AbuseDomestic ViolenceMental HealthDepression and Suicide

    I am really glad you’ve found your way here.

    Whether that’s because you’ve read one of my books and found it difficult to leave the pages even after the last word or because you’ve stumbled across a blog full of sensitive material or you happened to be at an event where you heard me speak and curiosity tugged you closer, I am glad you’re here. You’ve likely seen it written on other pages by now, or heard me say it, but your story matters. We all have one.

    I am many things.

    First, I am a mother. My heart beats because of them and my world revolves around them. Their names are Breathe and Alight: breathe because breath means life and to breathe means to actively sustain life; the verb form of alight means to descend, to light; the adjective form means to illuminate or set on fire. Alight was an answer to a direct prayer; she alighted onto my life as a gift from God but it was the adjective form that bought her the name. She illuminates my life. Together, they mean illuminated life then. They are exactly that for me.

    I’m also a writer, an advocate, a revenue management leader.

    And I am a survivor of rape. From the age of five, I’ve understood on an intimate level what it means to be held down and forced to do things you don’t want to do. The lessons survivors learn – don’t trust people, the system won’t help you, your body isn’t safe – I learned too. And I’ve spent half my life digging through the rubble, keeping the diamonds and turning ashes into dandelions through storytelling. I spend my nights researching the absolute worst in humanity just so I can find reasons to keep stumbling in the dark, hands outstretched, feeling my way through the world until I see it: light.

    It was my first speaking engagement in front of a crowd of people. I stood in a classroom at a college in Memphis that was full of students and it was being recorded and I knew there were many more watching. I had spent countless hours writing, rewriting, timing and agonizing over every word in this speech. I worried they might mock me. I worried they might not believe me. I worried they might blame me. I feared that I might receive a reaction that would confirm every awful thing I had been taught to believe.

    Then I got to the word.

    That moment in the speech – it was early, quick after the introduction – where I was supposed to say it. Say what happened. I was only a few years past initial disclosure and most of my talking had been through the written word. The word rape terrified me. Worse, it made liquid shame run through my whole body. Instead, I was more comfortable saying, I was hurt. Hurt was my euphemism; it was my protection. But as I stood looking at the crowd of college students staring back at me, something made me stop.

    If I said hurt, someone in that audience was going to be confused. Hurt how? Molested? Beaten? Verbally abused? Betrayed? There were as many ways to misunderstand that word as there were students in the room. Even worse, I’d had the training. I knew the statistics. In that room, there were dozens of survivors and each of them were likely in different stages: some of them could be in an actively abusive situation, some might have just disclosed to someone, someone might be pressing Congress for a new bill. My whole purpose in giving the speech was not to sell a single book. It was not to grow readership. It was to tell a survivor that someone else got it. I wanted a survivor to recognize her or himself in me. The only way that could happen is I said the word.

    So I did.

    Out loud.

    In front of a hundred or more people.

    My body immediately responded: my face heated with shame, my head dropped to avoid seeing reactions, I stumbled over the rest of the sentence, the world blurred behind unshed tears. Anyone watching immediately knew I wasn’t a healed anything; I was ashamed and saying it anyway.

    No one was unkind.

    In fact, someone approached me afterward and told me she heard me.

    I went home and brutally attacked that word rape by researching the full history. I didn’t just google it, I spent hours researching its history. And one definition stopped me in my tracks. Rape originally meant to seize, to take by force. The word that got me was “seize.” Because something was missing, something was taken. I felt it in my bones. I missed and ached for the little girl, the innocence that I barely remembered. What happened did seize something. When I applied that definition instead of thinking about it as a physical act, I could say it.

    The word “hero” comes from ancient Greek where it meant protector and has evolved to mean someone with exceptional courage. The word brave originally implied a sense of wildness. So, the phrase brave hero means someone who wildly protects someone or something. Protect didn’t originally mean save. It simply meant to shield. A shield can be anything that keeps something harmful at a safer distance.

    One of the most powerful shields against the lies of abuse, against the fear, against nightmares, against hopelessness, against all the tender things trauma attacks us with is conversation. When we invite someone to hold space for us so that we can share how we are feeling and what we are thinking, we shield our minds and hearts from more pain. We don’t have to say anything we don’t want to say. We don’t have to share details we don’t want to. Sometimes the shield is simply sitting beside someone without having to pretend we’re okay.

    It is the wildest, bravest act of protecting the part of you who needs someone.

    The hero in this room is you.

    Below is a list of resources — phone numbers, websites and places to begin — that are safe. They are lanterns flickering for you. If you’d like to know a bit more about what it might be like to reach out, I am a trained hotline specialist. You can read about what you might expect here. Whenever you are ready, these places are here for you.

    You do not have to know exactly what kind of help you need before reaching for it. Some of these organizations provide immediate, confidential support; others offer education, peer connection, longer-term resources, or help finding services near you. You are allowed to begin with the one that feels most possible.

    And — if what you need is help in sharing, this disclosure guide is yours. Free to download, print, and make yours. I am also providing a guide to help you prepare a Safety Plan for you to download.

    Disclosure Outline (Bound Documents)

    My Safety Guide

    Immediate help

    If you are in immediate physical danger, call 911.

    988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline


    Free, confidential support is available throughout the United States and its territories by calling or texting 988, or through online chat. A person does not have to be actively suicidal to contact 988; counselors also support people experiencing emotional distress, depression, loneliness, substance-use concerns, relationship crises, and other difficult moments. Spanish-language and Deaf or hard-of-hearing options are available.

    Sexual assault and sexual abuse

    RAINN

    Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network

    RAINN provides free, confidential, 24-hour support for people affected by sexual violence, whether the abuse happened recently or many years ago. Trained specialists can offer emotional support, information, and referrals to local services.

    Call: 800-656-HOPE (4673)
    Text: HOPE to 64673
    Online chat: Available through RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Hotline.
    email: [email protected] or [email protected]
    website: http://www.rainn.org

    1in6

    Support for men who have experienced sexual abuse or assault

    1in6 offers information, survivor resources, and confidential online support for men who have had unwanted or abusive sexual experiences. It also provides guidance for partners, family members, friends, and professionals supporting male survivors.

    Call: 800-656-HOPE (4673), through RAINN
    Anonymous online support: http://www.1in6.org – free, anonymous, text-based groups facilitated by a counselor; no audio or visual required

    Saprea

    Resources for adult women who experienced childhood sexual abuse

    Saprea offers free, clinically informed resources for adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse, including online educational materials, survivor-led support groups, healing webinars, and a four-day retreat program.

    website: https://saprea.org
    Email: [email protected]
    Important: Saprea is not a crisis hotline. For immediate sexual-assault support, use RAINN.

    Adult Survivors of Child Abuse

    Peer support for adults who experienced childhood abuse or neglect

    ASCA is an international self-help support program specifically created for adults who experienced childhood physical, sexual, or emotional abuse or neglect. It offers online and in-person meetings, educational materials, and a free Survivor to Thriver manual and workbook.

    ASCA is a peer-support and educational program, not a crisis or abuse-reporting service.

    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: 415-937-1854
    Support Offered: online and in-person meetings, survivor resources
    Important: ASCA does not provide crisis counseling or child-abuse reporting services.

    Childhelp

    Childhelp operates a national hotline for questions and concerns involving child abuse and neglect. Counselors are available by call, text, or chat around the clock and can help current victims, concerned adults, families, and survivors locate appropriate resources.

    Website: http://www.childhelp.org
    Call or text: 800-4-A-CHILD, or 800-422-4453
    Available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.

    Domestic violence and relationship abuse

    National Domestic Violence Hotline

    The National Domestic Violence Hotline provides free, confidential, 24-hour support, safety planning, information, and referrals for people experiencing domestic or intimate-partner abuse. Advocates can also support friends and family members who are concerned about someone they love.

    Website: http://www.thehotline.org
    Phone: 800-799-SAFE (7233)
    Text: START to 88788
    Online chat: Available through The Hotline.
    Live chat: available through the hotline website 24/7

    Internet activity can be monitored and may not be possible to erase completely. When searching for help could increase danger, consider using a safer device or calling the hotline instead.

    Mental health support

    NAMI

    National Alliance on Mental Illness

    NAMI provides mental-health education, peer and family programs, local affiliates, support groups, and help locating relevant resources. Its HelpLine can assist people living with mental-health conditions as well as family members and caregivers.

    Website: http://www.nami.org
    Phone: 800-950-NAMI (6264)
    Text: NAMI to 62640
    Hours: Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern.

    The NAMI HelpLine is an information and support service, not a crisis or suicide hotline. For immediate crisis support, contact 988.

    Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, DBSA

    DBSA provides peer-led support groups, education, wellness tools, and resources for people living with depression or bipolar disorder, as well as their families and caregivers. Both online and local in-person groups are available. DBSA is not a crisis line.

    Website: https://www.dbsalliance.org/
    Phone: (not a crisis line; general info. For crisis, use 988): 312-642-0049
    Support offered: online and local groups through DBSA’s support group directory

    Depression, suicidal thoughts, and crisis support

    988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

    Call or text 988 at any hour for free, confidential, judgment-free support. People may contact 988 for suicidal thoughts, emotional distress, depression, loneliness, trauma, substance use, relationship difficulties, or simply because they need another person to stay with them through a difficult moment.

    Call: 988
    Text: Any message to 988
    Online chat: Available through the 988 Lifeline website
    Availability: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
    Spanish by phone: Call 988 and press 2
    Spanish by text: Text AYUDA to 988
    Veterans Crisis Line: Call 988 and press 1, or text 838255
    TTY: Use a preferred relay service or dial 711, then 988
    Immediate physical danger: Call 911

    American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, AFSP

    AFSP offers education about suicide prevention, guidance for helping someone who may be struggling, resources for people affected by suicide loss, support after a suicide attempt, local chapters, and information for finding mental-health care. AFSP is a prevention and education organization rather than a crisis hotline.

    Website: http://www.afsp.org
    General phone: 888-333-AFSP (2377)
    Email: [email protected]
    Media email: [email protected]
    Mailing address: 199 Water Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10038
    Important: AFSP is an education and prevention organization, not a crisis hotline. For immediate support, call or text 988.

    This page is offered as a starting place, not as medical care, therapy, legal advice, or emergency intervention. Availability and services may change, and inclusion here does not mean every resource will be right for every person. In immediate danger, call 911. For emotional distress or thoughts of suicide, call or text 988.

    #abuse #depression #healing #hope #mentalHealth #resource #sexualAssault #suicide #survivor #trauma #women
  5. substack.com/home/post/p-15333
    The Atlas Network has ... history of using its influence ... to crush foreign impediments to #American #corporate interests. It has acted against #FirstPeoples’ power in #LatinAmerica, in #Canada, and in #Australia.
    ... actively working to suppress #protest rights around the world, particularly those directed at #climate action. It has long feared the combined power of First Peoples with the #environmental movement to obstruct #resource #extraction profits.

  6. substack.com/home/post/p-15333
    The Atlas Network has ... history of using its influence ... to crush foreign impediments to #American #corporate interests. It has acted against #FirstPeoples’ power in #LatinAmerica, in #Canada, and in #Australia.
    ... actively working to suppress #protest rights around the world, particularly those directed at #climate action. It has long feared the combined power of First Peoples with the #environmental movement to obstruct #resource #extraction profits.

  7. A new Ohio LGBTQ+ nonprofit emerges from ‘a deep belief that community care can change lives’

    Rae’s Safe Haven in Mahoning County

    Archive: ia: s.faithcollapsing.com/x50k3

    #boardman #charity-pickup #community #dj-divincenzo #lgbtq+-support #mahoning-county #name-change-clinic #nonprofit #raes-safe-haven #resource-hub #transohio #youngstown
    thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/07/13

  8. A new Ohio LGBTQ+ nonprofit emerges from ‘a deep belief that community care can change lives’

    Rae’s Safe Haven in Mahoning County

    Archive: ia: s.faithcollapsing.com/x50k3

    #boardman #charity-pickup #community #dj-divincenzo #lgbtq+-support #mahoning-county #name-change-clinic #nonprofit #raes-safe-haven #resource-hub #transohio #youngstown
    thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/07/13

  9. Is anybody aware of a good tool for #capacity / #resource #planning? I have a couple of people working on projects and would like to be able to see if we can fit in tasks before a deadline.

    I'm explicitly not looking for task/issue management, planning, or generic PM tools.

    I can program it myself, not interested.

    Would prefer something web-based so I can share plans (but it can be a static generator publishing the result).

    I'd like something free or open source so I can spend money on drugs and booze instead, preferably self-hosted.

    Constraints would be something like: 3 projects; projects A has a fixed deadline and estimated duration, project B has a specific weekly time commitment and an end-date, project C has no end date. Person 1 works 3 days on project A in Q3 and 2 days in Q4, 1-2 days on project B, person 2 works 2 days on project A, person 3 works Wednesdays on project C and the remainder on project B. We would like to fit in projects D and E, each with a duration (say 1 and 1 ½ weeks); E has a deadline, when can we promise D is done? This is for projects, not tasks, and most are measured in weeks or months.

    LibrePlan is too task-oriented, Runn might be a candidate but would cut into the drugs budget (and is priced per resource per month which is just wild; what happed to buying software?).
  10. Is anybody aware of a good tool for #capacity / #resource #planning? I have a couple of people working on projects and would like to be able to see if we can fit in tasks before a deadline.

    I'm explicitly not looking for task/issue management, planning, or generic PM tools.

    I can program it myself, not interested.

    Would prefer something web-based so I can share plans (but it can be a static generator publishing the result).

    I'd like something free or open source so I can spend money on drugs and booze instead, preferably self-hosted.

    Constraints would be something like: 3 projects; projects A has a fixed deadline and estimated duration, project B has a specific weekly time commitment and an end-date, project C has no end date. Person 1 works 3 days on project A in Q3 and 2 days in Q4, 1-2 days on project B, person 2 works 2 days on project A, person 3 works Wednesdays on project C and the remainder on project B. We would like to fit in projects D and E, each with a duration (say 1 and 1 ½ weeks); E has a deadline, when can we promise D is done? This is for projects, not tasks, and most are measured in weeks or months.

    LibrePlan is too task-oriented, Runn might be a candidate but would cut into the drugs budget (and is priced per resource per month which is just wild; what happed to buying software?).
  11. We’re at the Carnival on Saturday and Party in the Park on Sunday!

    Wellingborough Eco Group & Wellie Wombles

    This year's theme for us for Wellingborough Carnival tomorrow is Resource Rescuers - Top Team. It's nuts, sorry a fun way of reusing things rather than throwing them away!

    So, cheer us on at Wellingborough Carnival this Saturday, we'll have top hats made of newspapers and things to shake with bottle tops, and more. If you have not had enough of us, join us for Party in the Park, in Croyland Park, on our games and information stall on Sunday!

    Fun, fun, fun, for everyone, this weekend, join in, join us if you can 🥳

    #resource #rescurers #top #team #eco #Wellingborough

  12. Remote Sensing, Real Impact - Technology-Driven Conservation At The Jane Goodall Institute
    (How the Jane Goodall Institute [JGI] is using satellite imagery and spatial technology to help people and animals thrive.)
    --
    geoweeknews.com/news/conservat <-- shared technical article
    --
    iceye.com/blog/government/solu <-- shared technical article
    --
    [this post should not be seen as endorsement of a particular provider and/or approach]
    “Dr. Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking research at Gombe National Park in Tanzania began in 1960, and transformed our understanding of chimpanzees and redefined the relationship between humans and animals. Dr. Goodall dedicated her life to conservation and community empowerment. Her recent passing marks the end of an extraordinary career in ethology and conservation science. Yet her legacy lives on powerfully through the Jane Goodall Institute [JGI] and the countless individuals and communities she inspired worldwide. Her pioneering work revealed that chimpanzees make and use tools, have complex social structures, and possess individual personalities; discoveries that fundamentally challenged our understanding of what it means to be human, for the better…
    The institute's current work embodies Dr. Goodall's profound philosophy: that humanity can only reach its full potential "when our clever brains and our compassionate hearts are connected."
    This principle guides every aspect of JGI's conservation science strategy, from analyzing satellite data to providing local communities with the tools they need to strengthen their environment. Dr. Goodall's vision that conservation must be rooted in compassion, scientific rigor, and respect for local communities continues to shape the institute's innovative approach to using technology for conservation action.
    As time has gone on, geospatial technologies have become increasingly indispensable to this mission, enabling JGI to monitor forest health in real-time, map critical chimpanzee habitats and migration corridors, and measure the tangible impact of community-led conservation initiatives. But perhaps most importantly, these technologies help the communities understand that the lives of people, animals and their shared environment are all interconnected…”
    #ConservationTechnology #illegal #Deforestation #hunting #mining #GombeNationalPark #remotesensing #radar #earthobservation #chimpanzee #conservation #communityempowerment #JaneGoodallInstitute #JGI #satellite #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #habitat #destruction #migration #corridors #monitoring #conservationscience #strategy #resource #cloudcover #alerts #foresthealth #protection #SAR #vegetation #ecosystems #rainforest #greatape #disease #foodsecurity #DRC #Tanzania #CongoBasin #nationalpark #ranger #parkranger #security #safety #alerts #wildlifetrafficking
    @JaneGoodallInstitute @iceeye

  13. Remote Sensing, Real Impact - Technology-Driven Conservation At The Jane Goodall Institute
    (How the Jane Goodall Institute [JGI] is using satellite imagery and spatial technology to help people and animals thrive.)
    --
    geoweeknews.com/news/conservat <-- shared technical article
    --
    iceye.com/blog/government/solu <-- shared technical article
    --
    [this post should not be seen as endorsement of a particular provider and/or approach]
    “Dr. Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking research at Gombe National Park in Tanzania began in 1960, and transformed our understanding of chimpanzees and redefined the relationship between humans and animals. Dr. Goodall dedicated her life to conservation and community empowerment. Her recent passing marks the end of an extraordinary career in ethology and conservation science. Yet her legacy lives on powerfully through the Jane Goodall Institute [JGI] and the countless individuals and communities she inspired worldwide. Her pioneering work revealed that chimpanzees make and use tools, have complex social structures, and possess individual personalities; discoveries that fundamentally challenged our understanding of what it means to be human, for the better…
    The institute's current work embodies Dr. Goodall's profound philosophy: that humanity can only reach its full potential "when our clever brains and our compassionate hearts are connected."
    This principle guides every aspect of JGI's conservation science strategy, from analyzing satellite data to providing local communities with the tools they need to strengthen their environment. Dr. Goodall's vision that conservation must be rooted in compassion, scientific rigor, and respect for local communities continues to shape the institute's innovative approach to using technology for conservation action.
    As time has gone on, geospatial technologies have become increasingly indispensable to this mission, enabling JGI to monitor forest health in real-time, map critical chimpanzee habitats and migration corridors, and measure the tangible impact of community-led conservation initiatives. But perhaps most importantly, these technologies help the communities understand that the lives of people, animals and their shared environment are all interconnected…”

    @JaneGoodallInstitute @iceeye

  14. Published at #IRRJ: "CASTlog: A Comprehensive Log of Children’s Interactions with the Child Adaptive Search Tool" by Christine Pinney, Casey Kennington, Katherine Landau Wright, Sole Pera, Jerry Alan Fails. #Children, #InformationRetrieval, #resource, #dataset, #QueryLog, #ChildSystemInteraction

    doi.org/10.54195/irrj.26178

  15. Published at #IRRJ: "CASTlog: A Comprehensive Log of Children’s Interactions with the Child Adaptive Search Tool" by Christine Pinney, Casey Kennington, Katherine Landau Wright, Sole Pera, Jerry Alan Fails. #Children, #InformationRetrieval, #resource, #dataset, #QueryLog, #ChildSystemInteraction

    doi.org/10.54195/irrj.26178

  16. #MissKittyRaw #Revolution means change. Immoral people think it means killing. Of course that's wrong. Even in #Capitalist model should be seen so clearly. When you eliminate much of your most valuable #Resource, how can you possibly succeed? Thou shalt not kill cuz As Thyself. Can I get an #Amen?!

  17. A Bonanza For Fans Of The Natural World - The Digital Library Sharing 64 million Pages Of Scientific Knowledge With Everyone
    --
    theguardian.com/environment/20 ← shared technical media article
    --
    biodiversitylibrary.org/ <-- shared BHL home page / data portal
    --
    [glorious resource!]
    “The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.“
    --
    “The Biodiversity Heritage Library [BHL} is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities...
    Some go there to read about the wood that Victorian manufacturers used to make walking sticks. Others want to see an illustration of a Tasmanian tiger or marvel at the field diary of one of the first known botanists to explore the Antarctic.
    Over the past 20 years, more than 64m pages have been made freely available through the... BHL – a digital treasure trove for fans of the natural world. More than 680 museums, universities, libraries and scientific institutions from China, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand to Europe, Africa, Mexico, Canada and the US, have contributed to the library.
    This week, a report from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew... revealed the crucial role digitisation [like BHL’s] is playing in “transforming our ability to understand and respond to the climate and biodiversity crises”, but it was the creation of the BHL 20 years ago that first demonstrated how bringing centuries of scientific knowledge online can unlock transformative discoveries and insights about the natural world.
    David Iggulden, who chairs the BHL executive committee alongside his job as head of data and digital, library and archives at RBG Kew, describes the library as an invaluable and “absolutely essential” resource for scientists in the field. But it is also used by scientific researchers, environmental historians, educators, art historians, artists, citizen scientists and members of the public who – like Iggulden – simply enjoy browsing its contents on a rainy weekend.
    “I just get caught up in it sometimes, looking at the various collections,” he says. “I think it’s amazing that we can explore such a vast array of different collections from very different institutions.”
    As well as published biodiversity literature and journals, there are letters, illustrations, climate records, field diaries, ecosystem profiles, distribution records and manuscripts containing the original collecting stories of a particular species or detailing voyages of discovery…”
    #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary #BHL #Biodiversity #library #literature #illustrations #UK #texts #historic #reference #online #opendata #visualisation #museum #walkingstick #university #research #institute #species #ecosystems #habitat #data #digital #climatechange #response #reference #resource #correspondence #illustrations #records #manuscripts
    @BiodiversityHeritageLibrary

  18. A Bonanza For Fans Of The Natural World - The Digital Library Sharing 64 million Pages Of Scientific Knowledge With Everyone
    --
    theguardian.com/environment/20 ← shared technical media article
    --
    biodiversitylibrary.org/ <-- shared BHL home page / data portal
    --
    [glorious resource!]
    “The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.“
    --
    “The Biodiversity Heritage Library [BHL} is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities...
    Some go there to read about the wood that Victorian manufacturers used to make walking sticks. Others want to see an illustration of a Tasmanian tiger or marvel at the field diary of one of the first known botanists to explore the Antarctic.
    Over the past 20 years, more than 64m pages have been made freely available through the... BHL – a digital treasure trove for fans of the natural world. More than 680 museums, universities, libraries and scientific institutions from China, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand to Europe, Africa, Mexico, Canada and the US, have contributed to the library.
    This week, a report from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew... revealed the crucial role digitisation [like BHL’s] is playing in “transforming our ability to understand and respond to the climate and biodiversity crises”, but it was the creation of the BHL 20 years ago that first demonstrated how bringing centuries of scientific knowledge online can unlock transformative discoveries and insights about the natural world.
    David Iggulden, who chairs the BHL executive committee alongside his job as head of data and digital, library and archives at RBG Kew, describes the library as an invaluable and “absolutely essential” resource for scientists in the field. But it is also used by scientific researchers, environmental historians, educators, art historians, artists, citizen scientists and members of the public who – like Iggulden – simply enjoy browsing its contents on a rainy weekend.
    “I just get caught up in it sometimes, looking at the various collections,” he says. “I think it’s amazing that we can explore such a vast array of different collections from very different institutions.”
    As well as published biodiversity literature and journals, there are letters, illustrations, climate records, field diaries, ecosystem profiles, distribution records and manuscripts containing the original collecting stories of a particular species or detailing voyages of discovery…”

    @BiodiversityHeritageLibrary

  19. Japanese Learning Materials
    When people from overseas try to learn Japanese, the first thing they encounter is the wall of letters. Just learning katakana and hiragana is tough, and the hurdle becomes even higher when kanji is added.

    note.com/poison_raika/n/nd894c

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    #Japanese_learning #Japan #culture #otaku #interact #kawaii #cool_Japan #community #communication #love #like #life #sub_culture #You_Tube #material #resource #cute #peaple #katakana #hiragana #kanji #start #audio #free_material

  20. Навчальні матеріали японської мови
    Коли люди з-за кордону намагаються вивчити японську мову, першим бар’єром, з яким вони стикаються, є письмовий бар’єр.

    note.com/poison_raika/n/n7e715

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    #Japanese_learning #Japan #culture #otaku #interact #kawaii #cool_Japan #community #communication #love #like #life #sub_culture #You_Tube #material #resource #cute #peaple #katakana #hiragana #kanji #start #audio #free_material

  21. De nieuwe #Resource is uit! Met in dit nummer o.a.: Mono of poly: studenten en relaties, energietransitie in tijden van geopolitieke onrust, virtuele realiteit verslaat lab bij voedselonderzoek, hoe maak je Amsterdamse grachten toekomstbestendig en nog veel meer: issuu.com/wageningenur/docs/re