Humans are said to be different from animals because of their
powerful minds. Human mind is used in many ways- thinking, analyzing
and developing skills. Human resources are people's skills and
abilities to do something which can be used by a company or an
organization for...
the betterment of humans themselves.
There
are many newly established companies or organization that train,
enable and employ people according to their interests and skills. These
companies are called HR or Human Resource. They consider our abilities
like other natural resources. In this sense humans are the wealth of
the world. Any investment on humans never becomes worthless.
Developing
a person's health, education, skill and creativity power is to provide
man power to the nation. These healthy people can have the maximum use
of the nature without disturbing its natural quality. If a nation
develops its citizens as human resource, certainly the nation becomes
prosperous in many ways in a short period of time. If there is proper
regulation and management of human resources, no one will be
unemployed. People are born with unique skills and talents and the
world is always in need of human labor in service.
In the
under-developed countries school or colleges should adopt practical
teaching- learning activities based on an individual's interest, hobby
and aim so that each student masters his or her skills and becomes an
important manpower to the country or even the world. The production of
'Jack of all trades but master of none' cannot support a nation in the
field of economic and social prosperity.
In the
U.S., tornadoes are responsible for 80 deaths and more than 1,500
injuries each year. Although they occur quite frequently, tornadoes are
difficult to predict. Why? Tornadoes develop from storms, but only
some storms have the potential to become tornadoes. Meteorologists
don't know where and when a storm will touch the ground and turn into a
tornado. Today the warning time for a tornado is usually just 13
minutes.
Tim Samaras is a storm chaser. H is job is to find tornadoes and follow them. When he gets close to a tornado, he puts a special tool called a turtle probe on the ground. T his tool measures things like a twister's temperature, humidity, and wind speed. With this information, Samaras can learn what causes tornadoes to develop. I f meteorologists understand this, they can warn people about twisters sooner and save lives.
How does Samaras hunt tornadoes? It's not easy. First he has to find one. Tornadoes are too small to see using weather satellites. So Samaras can't rely on these tools to find a twister. Instead he waits for tornadoes to develop. E very May and June, Samaras drives about 40,000 kilometers (25,000 miles) across an area known as Tornado Alley, looking and hoping to spot a twister.
Tornado
Once Samaras sees a tornado, the chase begins. But a tornado is hard to follow. Some tornadoes change direction several times -- for example, moving east and then west and then east again. When Samaras finally gets near a tornado, he puts the turtle probe on the ground. Being this close to a twister is terrifying. Debris is flying in the air. T he wind is blowing at high speed. H e must get away quickly. The work is risky, even for a skilled chaser like Samaras. But danger won't stop his hunt for the perfect storm.
Keep Cool in Summer
Tim Samaras is a storm chaser. H is job is to find tornadoes and follow them. When he gets close to a tornado, he puts a special tool called a turtle probe on the ground. T his tool measures things like a twister's temperature, humidity, and wind speed. With this information, Samaras can learn what causes tornadoes to develop. I f meteorologists understand this, they can warn people about twisters sooner and save lives.
How does Samaras hunt tornadoes? It's not easy. First he has to find one. Tornadoes are too small to see using weather satellites. So Samaras can't rely on these tools to find a twister. Instead he waits for tornadoes to develop. E very May and June, Samaras drives about 40,000 kilometers (25,000 miles) across an area known as Tornado Alley, looking and hoping to spot a twister.
Tornado
Once Samaras sees a tornado, the chase begins. But a tornado is hard to follow. Some tornadoes change direction several times -- for example, moving east and then west and then east again. When Samaras finally gets near a tornado, he puts the turtle probe on the ground. Being this close to a twister is terrifying. Debris is flying in the air. T he wind is blowing at high speed. H e must get away quickly. The work is risky, even for a skilled chaser like Samaras. But danger won't stop his hunt for the perfect storm.
Keep Cool in Summer
The
start of the summer brings in a lot of fun activities and changes in
your routine style. Your attire will now include colorful custom t
shirts and a logo polo shirt that are specially designed for summer. In
addition to your attire, your eating habits and your daily life will
also change with the start of summer. However, though you might be
having fun in the beginning, as you experience increasing heat each
day, you may get sick of the rising temperatures. What you need to do
is keep yourself cool, and to do that, you will have to take a look at
some of the suggestions listed below:
• Change the timings of your workout. Whatever exercise you are in the habit of doing, make sure you do that when it is a bit cooler. This way you will save yourself from over-exhaustion. The times of the day that are relatively cooler are morning hours and evening hours. If you cannot fit your exercise routine during those times, what you can do is reduce the amount of your exercises. Reduce the time spent in exercising, or, instead of running, consider walking.
• Wear light colored clothes. Avoid black at maximum. Blacks will let in light, but whites will impede it. Similarly, use lighter fabrics that are somewhat airy.
• Have a pool in your garden. The best way to send heat away is to dive in a pool. If there is no pool in your garden, you can choose to have an inflatable pool in your garden. You can fill it with water using your garden hose, and sit and relax in the water.
• At times, the bricks or tiles around your pool might get hot because of direct sunlight falling on them. If you step on them bare footed, they can burn the soles of your feet. To avoid that, make sure you wear sandals or flops to protect your feet. You may also wish to spill a bucket of water on the surface before you dive, so that it is easy to walk on.
• Keep yourself hydrated. The best way to beat the heat is to keep cool on the inside. Take in considerable amounts of fluids each day, and especially when you are heading out in the sun. Moreover, make sure that you avoid alcohol and caffeinated drinks. They are dehydrating agents, and drinking them in summers will make your body even more dehydrated than before.
• To keep yourself cool, you can take instant showers. The weather outside is not always suitable for a swim. Thus, it is advisable that you take a quick cold water shower to keep yourself cool.
• If it is really hot outside, keep the windows and doors of your house closed. Close the curtains or blinds on your windows. This will keep the heat away from entering your house.
• Buy small portable battery operated fans. These will help you stay cool during events that are arranged outdoors.
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• Change the timings of your workout. Whatever exercise you are in the habit of doing, make sure you do that when it is a bit cooler. This way you will save yourself from over-exhaustion. The times of the day that are relatively cooler are morning hours and evening hours. If you cannot fit your exercise routine during those times, what you can do is reduce the amount of your exercises. Reduce the time spent in exercising, or, instead of running, consider walking.
• Wear light colored clothes. Avoid black at maximum. Blacks will let in light, but whites will impede it. Similarly, use lighter fabrics that are somewhat airy.
• Have a pool in your garden. The best way to send heat away is to dive in a pool. If there is no pool in your garden, you can choose to have an inflatable pool in your garden. You can fill it with water using your garden hose, and sit and relax in the water.
• At times, the bricks or tiles around your pool might get hot because of direct sunlight falling on them. If you step on them bare footed, they can burn the soles of your feet. To avoid that, make sure you wear sandals or flops to protect your feet. You may also wish to spill a bucket of water on the surface before you dive, so that it is easy to walk on.
• Keep yourself hydrated. The best way to beat the heat is to keep cool on the inside. Take in considerable amounts of fluids each day, and especially when you are heading out in the sun. Moreover, make sure that you avoid alcohol and caffeinated drinks. They are dehydrating agents, and drinking them in summers will make your body even more dehydrated than before.
• To keep yourself cool, you can take instant showers. The weather outside is not always suitable for a swim. Thus, it is advisable that you take a quick cold water shower to keep yourself cool.
• If it is really hot outside, keep the windows and doors of your house closed. Close the curtains or blinds on your windows. This will keep the heat away from entering your house.
• Buy small portable battery operated fans. These will help you stay cool during events that are arranged outdoors.
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While
a large number of scientists believe the world is warming due to
greenhouse gases, another large number believe that we are in a natural
cycle and that what comes next is cooling. Some say the cooling has
already begun and that climate changes, which nobody disputes, are
happening independently of greenhouse gases. What is not at all in
debate is the fact that the earth is undergoing climate change. That, in
the view of scientists, will continue for at least the next 30 years
if global warming continues, no matter what the cause of global
warming.
Writing in the 2008 July/August issue of Water Efficiency, Penelope Grenoble has provided a profound report entitled "The Future Is Now". She pulls together research and reports of scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California in San Diego; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison; the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - to name but some - as they study what is happening to the earth's climate and say what they think will happen next.
Keeping the discussion to North America, the considered predictions for at least the next 30 years, based on studies of the oceans, ice caps, past records of climate change and the atmosphere are very discouraging for the western and southwest states.
The air near the tropics will become increasingly warmer, causing it to rise higher and faster. When air warms its capacity to absorb moisture expands. Thus, more humidity will be propelled upward over the tropics. When air rises it cools and condenses, creating rainfall. When it rises high enough the moisture turns to ice and the rain event also gains wind. Thus, the forecast is for more rain over the tropics and for larger and more intense storms across the western states.
There will also be more dry periods in many places. California and the Southwest will gradually become deserts. Some researchers speculate that drought will claim most of the western states all the way to Canada and perhaps some of Canada as well. The last time California experienced a climate change like the one happening now was in the twelfth century. That dry spell lasted for 60 years.
It's not that there will be less rain but that the rain will be far more intermittent: the dry spells will last longer. When the rains and storms come they will pour down greater and greater amounts of water. Dry spells make the ground less able to absorb rainfall and runoff waters. So, when the rains and snows do occur, more and more of the water will be lost to runoff. The runoff will pour into existing reservoirs at rates too fast to control the pollution, and it will also create erosion and flooding. Available water for irrigation, power generation, industrial use and everyday consumption will become less plentiful.
One graphic example is Lake Meade: it will continue to be drawn down faster than it can be replenished until there will be no more water available for irrigation or power generation. Lake Meade is already down approximately 150 feet.
The higher the altitude the drier will be the situation. The Rockies, for example, will receive less and less precipitation events but what does come will be with a fury.
Snow will occur later and later in the fall because the cold will come later. This has been happening for some years already in Minnesota and other northern states.
There are three ways to respond to the water crisis. They are conservation, desalination and recycling. Recycling includes redesigning and rerouting runoff water to hold more of it in reservoirs. It also includes treating and keeping wastewater within the watershed regions rather than flushing it out to sea or down the nearest river.
Desalination is very expensive. Conservation will be important but in and of itself cannot solve the problem. There is a growing demand for irrigation, including domestic watering of gardens, shrubs and lawns. More water will be needed for crops. Generation of electricity claims 48% of the drawdown. Humans actually consume only a small percentage of the water being used. Of course they will be called upon to use even less. The biggest hope is that more water can be recycled at the sites where it is used, as well as recycled within the watersheds.
Bottom Lines
The bottom lines for landowners in the West and Southwest are several. Briefly:
"plan to spend more for water in the future and to use less.
"plan on higher taxes and utility bills: electricity will cost much more, the cost of water will rise dramatically and the cost of reconfiguring infrastructure to capture runoff and to recycle wastewater will be very great.
"if you are on a septic system expect more inspections and more frequent pump outs to be mandated as a means of protecting groundwater quality.
"develop alternatives for well water if you currently depend on well water.
"expect long dry spells and plan for drought, while at the same time planning for excessive amounts of runoff like not seen before in living memory
"plan for intense storms: electrical storms in the summer, blizzards in the winter and heavier rains
"if you do not already have backup generators now would be a good time to begin budgeting for them.
"pay close attention to the politics that are inevitably involved with climate change and energy. Expect a need for tighter governmental control of water and energy. Remember, water and energy are linked. It takes energy to treat and transport water and wastewater and it often requires water, in vast amounts, to produce energy.
"Do not assume anything will be business as usual. Tax dollars, water rights, restrictions on consumption and higher prices are at stake for businesses, property owners and private citizens.
Writing in the 2008 July/August issue of Water Efficiency, Penelope Grenoble has provided a profound report entitled "The Future Is Now". She pulls together research and reports of scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California in San Diego; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison; the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - to name but some - as they study what is happening to the earth's climate and say what they think will happen next.
Keeping the discussion to North America, the considered predictions for at least the next 30 years, based on studies of the oceans, ice caps, past records of climate change and the atmosphere are very discouraging for the western and southwest states.
The air near the tropics will become increasingly warmer, causing it to rise higher and faster. When air warms its capacity to absorb moisture expands. Thus, more humidity will be propelled upward over the tropics. When air rises it cools and condenses, creating rainfall. When it rises high enough the moisture turns to ice and the rain event also gains wind. Thus, the forecast is for more rain over the tropics and for larger and more intense storms across the western states.
There will also be more dry periods in many places. California and the Southwest will gradually become deserts. Some researchers speculate that drought will claim most of the western states all the way to Canada and perhaps some of Canada as well. The last time California experienced a climate change like the one happening now was in the twelfth century. That dry spell lasted for 60 years.
It's not that there will be less rain but that the rain will be far more intermittent: the dry spells will last longer. When the rains and storms come they will pour down greater and greater amounts of water. Dry spells make the ground less able to absorb rainfall and runoff waters. So, when the rains and snows do occur, more and more of the water will be lost to runoff. The runoff will pour into existing reservoirs at rates too fast to control the pollution, and it will also create erosion and flooding. Available water for irrigation, power generation, industrial use and everyday consumption will become less plentiful.
One graphic example is Lake Meade: it will continue to be drawn down faster than it can be replenished until there will be no more water available for irrigation or power generation. Lake Meade is already down approximately 150 feet.
The higher the altitude the drier will be the situation. The Rockies, for example, will receive less and less precipitation events but what does come will be with a fury.
Snow will occur later and later in the fall because the cold will come later. This has been happening for some years already in Minnesota and other northern states.
There are three ways to respond to the water crisis. They are conservation, desalination and recycling. Recycling includes redesigning and rerouting runoff water to hold more of it in reservoirs. It also includes treating and keeping wastewater within the watershed regions rather than flushing it out to sea or down the nearest river.
Desalination is very expensive. Conservation will be important but in and of itself cannot solve the problem. There is a growing demand for irrigation, including domestic watering of gardens, shrubs and lawns. More water will be needed for crops. Generation of electricity claims 48% of the drawdown. Humans actually consume only a small percentage of the water being used. Of course they will be called upon to use even less. The biggest hope is that more water can be recycled at the sites where it is used, as well as recycled within the watersheds.
Bottom Lines
The bottom lines for landowners in the West and Southwest are several. Briefly:
"plan to spend more for water in the future and to use less.
"plan on higher taxes and utility bills: electricity will cost much more, the cost of water will rise dramatically and the cost of reconfiguring infrastructure to capture runoff and to recycle wastewater will be very great.
"if you are on a septic system expect more inspections and more frequent pump outs to be mandated as a means of protecting groundwater quality.
"develop alternatives for well water if you currently depend on well water.
"expect long dry spells and plan for drought, while at the same time planning for excessive amounts of runoff like not seen before in living memory
"plan for intense storms: electrical storms in the summer, blizzards in the winter and heavier rains
"if you do not already have backup generators now would be a good time to begin budgeting for them.
"pay close attention to the politics that are inevitably involved with climate change and energy. Expect a need for tighter governmental control of water and energy. Remember, water and energy are linked. It takes energy to treat and transport water and wastewater and it often requires water, in vast amounts, to produce energy.
"Do not assume anything will be business as usual. Tax dollars, water rights, restrictions on consumption and higher prices are at stake for businesses, property owners and private citizens.
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