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How COVID-19 pushed focus on smart buildings?

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The outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus in central China and then in the rest of the world has been the most significant headline in 2020. Coronavirus disease (COVID19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. On the economic side, the impact of the coronavirus has already been extensive worldwide. Many countries have been put under strict lockdown to contain the spread of the virus, leading to a total halt to major industrial production chains, travel bans, and supply-chain disruption, along with deteriorating financial conditions and falling commodity prices. While some countries in Asia and Europe have been gradually lifting their lockdown restrictions and restarting their economy, experts predict a global recession that should be deeper than that of 2008–09. World real GDP is predicted to decline by 3% in 2020, compared with a 1.7% contraction in 2009.   The COVID-19 pandemic has infected many vulnerable emerging markets with reduced revenue and ...

Save Green Sea Turtles: Most Beautiful and Largest Species of Turtle!

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Green sea turtles are one of the world’s largest species of turtle, weighing around 65-130kg and measuring between 1-1.2m long. WHY THEY MATTER? These turtles are believed to improve the health of seagrass beds and associated microhabitats. They will graze the beds, taking off the tops of leaf blades, while avoiding the roots. The seagrass will grow healthier and faster with a daily trim! Learn about their diet. Green turtles graze on seagrasses and algae, which maintains the seagrass beds and makes them more productive (much like mowing the lawn to keep it healthy). Seagrass consumed by green turtles is quickly digested and becomes available as recycled nutrients to the many species of plants and animals that live in the sea grass ecosystem. Seagrass beds also function as nurseries for several species of invertebrates and fish, many of which are of considerable value to commercial fisheries and therefore important to human food security. DID YOU KNOW? 1. Green sea turtles ar...

Together We Can Make World Drug Free: Know the Facts and Risks of Street Drugs!

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Drug abuse is a major problem in the World. One of the most significant issues concerning drug abuse is the high risk for developing an addiction. The abuse of drugs can have serious ramifications on a person’s physical health, mental health, and overall well-being. Diagnosed clinically as a substance use disorder, addiction is a recognised condition involving compulsive use of a substance despite negative consequences.  Drug abuse is the inappropriate use of substances – including alcohol, prescription medication, or illegal drugs – for purposes such as pleasure, to feel or perform better in certain situations, or to change one’s perception of reality. Abusing substances creates both changes in behaviour and in the way the brain works, specifically in the areas governing judgement and reward. Continued abuse of substances can be a warning sign that an individual is beginning to lose control over their drug use. Many people don't understand why or how other people become addicted t...

BELIEVE YOU CAN SUCCEED AND YOU WILL !!

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SUCCESS MEANS MANY WONDERFUL, positive things. Success means personal prosperity: a fine home, vacations, travel, new things, financial security, giving your children maximum advantages. Success means winning admiration, leadership, being looked up to by people in your business and social life. Success means freedom: freedom from worries, fears, frustrations, and failure. Success means self-respect, continually finding more real happiness and satisfaction from life, being able to do more for those who depend on you. Success means winning. Success – achievement – is the goal of life! Every human being wants success. Everybody wants the best this life can deliver. Nobody enjoys crawling, living in mediocrity. No one likes feeling second-class and feeling forced to go that way. There is nothing magical or mystical about the power of belief. Belief works this way. Belief, the 'I’m-positive-I-can" attitude, generates the power, skill, and energy needed to do. When you believe I-can...