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Salinas Valley – East Side Aquifer
- Basin Name
- Salinas Valley – East Side Aquifer
- Basin Number
- SGMA Basin Priority
- Critically Overdrafted
- Hydrologic Region Name
- Central Coast
Located in California's Central Coast hydrologic region, the Salinas Valley – East Side Aquifer is 57,474 acres in size. This High priority basin is home to an estimated 128,550 people (2010 value), which have been at a rate of 17.84.
Salinas Valley – East Side Aquifer is a(n) basin with approximately 808 wells, of which approximately 49 are water supply wells. Groundwater accounts for approximately 100 percent of the basin's water supply.
2018: Draft prioritization comments:
- Groundwater level decline: Longterm hydrographs show decline. "In most of the subareas, were seeing historic lows, said MCWRA senior hydrologist Howard Franklin, adding that he expects new data to show that underground seawater intrusion into the basin, which slowed in recent years, has restarted its march down the valley. Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/5/15
- Seawater intrusion: This began in the Salinas Valley by the 1930s and now extends more than five miles inland. The Monterey County Flood Control and Water Conservation District built Nacimiento Dam in 1957 and an Antonio Dam in 1965 to provide flood control and to accelerate groundwater recharge to mitigate seawater intrusion. In April 1998, the Monterey County Water Recycling Projects started delivering recycled water for irrigation in lieu of groundwater pumping, effectively slowing the seawater intrusion rate (MCWRA, 2006). Central Coast Groundwater: Seawater Intrusion and other Issues, California Water Foundation, August 4, 2014. 2)The Salinas Valley Water Project is currently being implemented by the Monterey County Water Resources Agency to mitigate groundwater overdraft and seawater intrusion. The project includes mitigation measures such as construction or retrofit of recharge dams, protection of recharge areas, and injection of recycled water into the impacted aquifers.
2018 Final Basin Prioritization: Basin status remains unchanged at high priority.


text: Central America is an ideal region for comparative phylogeographic studies because of its intricate geologic and biogeographic history, diversity of habitats and dynamic climatic and tectonic history. The aim of this work was to assess the phylogeography of two rodents codistributed throughout Central America, in order to identify if they show concordant genetic and phylogeographic patterns. The synopsis includes four parts: (1) an overview of the field of comparative phylogeography; (2) a detailed review that describes how genetic and geologic studies can be combined to elucidate general patterns of the biogeographic and evolutionary history of Central America; and a phylogeographic analysis of two species at both the (3) intraspecific and (4) comparative phylogeographic levels. The last incorporates specific ecological features and evaluates their influence on the species' genetic patterns. Results showed a concordant genetic structure influenced by geographic distance for both rodents, but dissimilar dispersal patterns due to ecological features and life history.

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Sports for Peace - Example: Sports for Peace Programme in Mindanao, Philippines
The concept of Sports for Peace was introduced to the Island of Mindanao, Philippines as an alternative approach to conflict transformation and peace building by the GTZ supported "Poverty Reduction and Conflict Transformation" (PRCT) Project team. It was tested in four regions in Mindanao.
After selecting the schools, the next step involved training the teachers for them to become effective trainers. The trainers/teachers were introduced to conflict sensitive approaches of dealing with the ongoing conflict. At the same time they were prepared for their assigned tasks in the Sports for Peace event. The whole team including the teachers/trainers involved in the preparation for the event embarked on developing peaceful and open atmosphere so that the students would feel comfortable and could concentrate on the programme. During the Sports for Peace programme, in preparation and for the actual sports event, the following steps were followed:
This step was the last one where the team got actively involved in. Here the students were able to show what they had learned during prior sessions and to act accordingly. The PRCT team had organized all materials required for the games including: different colored t-shirts as well as the awards for the various teams, which pictured the symbol of peace: a flying dove.
Figure 1: A step-by-step approach
Important for the success of the event is that all of the above steps depicted in figure 1 are needed for a successful Sports for Peace event. Each step builds upon each other.
Detailed activities for a Sports for Peace event
The activities which form part of each step were further sub-divided according to the age, mental and physical fitness as well as with a view to the expected outcome that should be reached by the activity. While the stepwise approach proved successful for the events organised by PRCT, they should not be treated as a value-print. The steps need to be adapted and modified according to the individual settings.
Photo 1 & 2: Adapting Sports for Peace for individual settings
Step I: Preparation, Administration and Management
Proper preparation, management and administration are important in ensuring the smooth implementation of the Sports for Peace event. If any rules are needed for managing the event these more often than not depend upon the persons responsible for the event as well as the general "management" or "organizational" culture of the community where the event is taking place.
Photo 3: There is no substitute for a good plan!
Step II: Looking Back to the Past to Find Peace
What also proved important was to present and discuss with the participants the the historical perspective of Mindanao and it various conflicts. This was necessary in order to enable participants to grasp the complexities and nature of the conflicts that have made peace so elusive. At the same time it was also necessary to discuss the different peace building and conflict transformation initiatives that had been undertaken, highlighting the success and lessons-learnt.
Activity 1: Description of the region in Mindanao where the Sports for Peace took place in
Photo 4: Learning about the history of Mindanao from each other
Step III: Peace Concept and Culture of Peace
Step III involved four modules. These were aimed at providing the participants with a broader orientation on peace concepts and pedagogical principles while developing positive values and attitudes necessary for both personal and societal transformation. The modules were developed using structured learning exercises (SLEs) and other participatory and creative activities that can be done either in classrooms or outdoor settings. The age bracket of participants was considered in developing the activities. Hence, the participants were grouped into three age brackets: 6-8, 9-11, and 12-15 years of age.
Module 1: Peace concept and activities
Activity 1: "Peace awareness"
Module 2: Personal peace
Personal Peace refers to the harmonious relationship with oneself, with others, with the natural environment, and with God, Allah or one Supreme Being. The issue of personal peace is very basic: unless a person is peaceful, nothing is peaceful to him or to her.
Module 3: Children's rights
The Convention on the Rights of a Child defines a child as a person under 18 years old, unless under the law applicable to the child the age of majority is attained earlier. While the Convention on the Rights of the Child recognizes 18 years as the upper age limit for children, it permits governments a degree of flexibility by adding the clause "age of majority".
At the end of the session or activity, the participants were able to:
Activity 1: "Picture identification"
Photo 5: Learning about their rights
Module 4: Cultural solidarity
Inter-cultural conflict and issues play a vital role in obstructing peace at the regional and national levels. It is important to realize that cultural solidarity is essential and highly desirable for peace. The cultural conflicts that are plaguing Mindanao must be resolved through non-violent strategies. The tasks of the concept were to have the people understand the different cultural values and traditions within Mindanao.
Activity 1: "Picture analysis I"
Step IV: Sports core values
The Sports for Peace programme in Mindanao aimed to inculcate sports three core values among children and youth through the process of playing:
"The marble/stone theory"
Step V: The actual sport events
The four sports chosen for the Sports for Peace programs in Mindanao — basketball, volleyball, baseball and football — were team sports that are based on popularity in the localities this concept was applied in. They are also played by both boys and girls and in mixed teams. However, other sports might be organized as long as they are intended at promoting peace and solidarity, teamwork and socialization while establishing the basic foundation of the core values of sports. The sports should likewise recognize individual talent and skills.
The sports event was the highlight of the Sports for Peace activity wherein the participating students were able to "live" the concepts and culture of peace they had learned. In the sports event, the concept, objectives and guidelines for Sports for Peace as well as the roles of all participants were discussed as these provided the bases of the evaluation and rating after the games have been played.
2. Preparatory discussions and workshops
As preparatory activities before the conduct of the games, discussions and workshops were organized to fully explain to all participants the concept and objectives of Sports for Peace.
3. The different team sports
In this section the sports requirements and rules for each sport were the main focus. Preparations before the Sports for Peace event provided exact information about e.g. the size of the field, the number of participants, the rules of the games and some simple examples on tactics. The descriptions used are those general procedures and rules known all over the world. While these general rules were applied, it was sometimes good to simplify the rules to make the sports more applicable to the students.
4. Roles of major stakeholders
There were different stakeholders involved in the Sports for Peace events and they had different roles. An important role is that of the resource person. The resource person is responsible for the overall programme and therefore needs to fully understand the whole process. The following roles proved important for the success of the Sports for Peace Events in Mindanao:
Photo 6: Involving different stakeholders and learning from the "wise-elders"
Throughout the whole process the sustainability of the different events was monitored by the PRCT team on a daily basis. Regular feedback sessions helped to continually improve the events and include the community and students in the set up of the Sports for Peace occasions. At the end of each event the team evaluated the entire process, and noted changes and improvements to be made for the next Sports for Peace event.
Photo 7: Regular feed-back sessions helped to improve the Sports for Peace events
Whether the concept of Sports for Peace proves to be a sustainable conflict transformation/peace building approach in the context of Mindanao cannot be assessed at this point in time as the number of events carried out (nine in total over two year period of time) is not sufficient as it takes a longer period to achieve a significant change of
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Going 3D the Israeli way
Posted By Tania Hershman On October 24, 2004 @ 11:00 pm In | No Comments
HumanEyes 3D creates a stereoscopic photograph by taking the pictures from a single digital camera which has been swept over a scene in continuous mode, and can even create a 3D picture of a complete 360 degree panorama.The virtual world of computers is finally catching up with reality and going three-dimensional, and an Israeli company is pioneering a simple approach to creating 3D content using a regular digital camera.
Until now, anyone who wanted to take a 3D photograph needed many cameras in different positions to take pictures of a scene from various angles. All these views of the scene were then merged to create a stereoscopic image, which means that, just like in real life when we look at something, each eye sees a different image and the brain combines the two to create a three-dimensional picture, without having to wear 3D glasses.
HumanEyes does away with all these cameras. In 2001, the company licensed technology developed by Professor Shmuel Peleg at the Hebrew University for taking 3D images with just one camera. The software that HumanEyes developed, called HumanEyes 3D, creates a stereoscopic photograph by taking the pictures from a single digital camera which has been swept over a scene in continuous mode, or has taken a number of still pictures of the scene. It can even create a 3D picture of a complete 360 degree panorama – something that could never be achieved before with multiple cameras.
Using only one camera, "the software calculates the virtual places where [multiple] cameras would be taking pictures if they existed," HumanEyes CEO and founder Gideon Ben Zvi told ISRAEL21c. The software pretends that there are many cameras photographing the scene, and creates the views that each of these pretend cameras would see, merging them to create a three-dimensional rendering of the scene. HumanEyes also allows the photographer to then create a picture of the scene from a different angle or zoom in on one particular place without having to re-take new photographs.
The resulting picture, which is made up of tiny, one-pixel-wide slices of selected views of the scene, is printed out and a special lenticular plastic sheet put over it so each eye sees a different image, and the viewer sees a 3D picture. Now the image can also be seen on the new 3D monitors, such as those from Sharp, that are just hitting the computer market.
HumanEyes' first application was aimed at graphic artists working in the packaging and advertising markets. One of the first to test the software in 2003 was Coca Cola, which used it to design vending machines with 3D pictures of Coke cans.
Coca Cola reported an average increase in sales of 11 percent from the ten 3D vending machines installed in various locations in Chile. Other customers include Dove soap, which created a 3D point-of-sale advertising campaign; Captain Morgan rum, which used HumanEyes to create 3D adverts on bus shelters in the US; Segafredo, the Italian coffee chain, for an advertising campaign in Italy, and the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf chain, for 3D storefront displays.
HumanEyes' activity in this graphics market has moved from what Ben Zvi calls "supporting projects" such as working with Coca Cola and Dove soap, to selling its products directly to graphic design and printing companies to create 3D. This is now one division of the company, and a second division has been set up for the newest trend: 3D computer monitors, laptops and other screens, including mobile phones.
Sharp was one of the first to launch a 3D desktop display, and in August 2004, HumanEyes and Sharp announced a partnership to offer everyone who buys a Sharp Actius RD3D display in 2004 a 30-day trial version of HumanEyes 3D Lite software, with the option to upgrade to the full version, to create 3D images with their digital camera to view on the desktop.
Despite the fact that almost four years have passed since HumanEyes was founded, no single-camera "shoot-and-click" 3D competitors have appeared on the scene. One player in the field who is also working with Sharp is the Australian company, DDD (dynamic digital depth). Its software converts existing 2D photos to 3D, but has several limitations: it can only guess the depth of the picture and it doesn't offer panoramic 3D or conversion of a series of pictures from one camera into an image that can be manipulated.
Ben Zvi has a history of successful imaging-related start-ups: He was a founder of the optical character recognition company Ligature and WizCom, the developers of the Quicktionary hand-held translation pen. HumanEyes has raised $5 million to date from, among others, BRM, the Israeli venture capital fund behind the success of firewall inventors Checkpoint; Benny Landa, the founder of digital printing pioneer Indigo and now strategic advisor to Hewlett Packard; and the Van Leer family fund.
HumanEyes, which is based in the High Tech Village of the Hebrew University's Givat Ram campus in Jerusalem, has offices in New York and Osaka, Japan, is now in the enviable position of having enough money in the bank, and doesn't need to raise any more funds.
This money will go towards not only the marketing and sales of current products, but also the adaptation of HumanEyes technology to all the 3D displays..
"Sharp sold 1.8 million 3D mobile phones in Japan in only 2 months," he says. "Everyone is now looking into it. People believe it is going to transform the world of monitors. When color monitors replaced black and white monitors they cost five times more. Today, 3-D monitors cost only 20 percent more to produce than color monitors. The manufacturers believe they are going to replace the standard monitors soon."
Ben Zvi believes it will become something everyone will have to have, even if they don't have a 3D content creation application. "It's like buying a mono radio for your car," he says. "Even though you only listen to news, you want to hear it in stereo."
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Fast heating induced impulse halogenation of refractory sample components in electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry by direct injection of a liquid halogenating agent
Faculty of Sciences. Chemistry
Talanta : the international journal of pure and applied analytical chemistry. - Oxford, 1958, currens
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University of Antwerp
A novel electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) method was developed for the halogenation of refractory sample components (Er, Nd and Nb) of lithium niobate (LiNbO3) and bismuth tellurite (Bi2TeO5) optical single crystals to overcome memory effects and carry-over. For this purpose, the cleaning step of a regular graphite furnace heating program was replaced with a halogenation cycle. In this cycle, after the graphite tube cooled to room temperature, a 20 μL aliquot of liquid carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) was dispensed with a conventional autosampler into the graphite tube. The CCl4 was partially dried at 80 °C under the mini-flow (40 cm3 min−1) condition of the Ar internal furnace gas (IFG), then the residue was decomposed (pyrolyzed) by fast furnace heating at _PHONE_ °C under interrupted flow of the IFG. This step was followed by a clean-out stage at 2100 °C under the maximum flow of the IFG. The advantage of the present method is that it does not require any alteration to the graphite furnace gas supply system in contrast to most of the formerly introduced halogenation techniques. The effectiveness of the halogenation method was verified with the determination of Er and Nd dopants in the optical crystals. In these analyses, a sensitivity decrease was observed, which was likely due to the enhanced deterioration of the graphite tube surface. Therefore, the application of mathematical correction (resloping) of the calibration was also required. The calibration curves were linear up to 1.5 and 10 μmol L−1 for Er and Nd, respectively. Characteristic masses of 18 and 241 pg and the limit of detection (LOD) values of 0.017 and 0.27 μmol L−1 were found for Er and Nd, respectively. These LOD data correspond to 0.68 μmol mol−1 Er and 11 μmol mol−1 Nd in solid bismuth tellurite samples. The analytical results were compared with those obtained by a conventional ETAAS method and validated with X-ray fluorescence spectrometry analysis.


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Kenyan Schools and Greenhouse Synergies
MidPway between Nairobi and Mombassa is Mtito Andei, a rural town in Kenya that has been hard hit by both climate change and the AIDS epidemic. The town is popular stop for truck drivers to spend the night. The Global Roots Children's Garden at Matangini elementary School has convinced impoverished families to send their children back to school, and also funded a greenhouse fitted with an optimal water drip system, making it possible to reduce the water footprint while producing vegetables all year around. Part of the production of vegetables at the school is used to feed HIV positive children before they take heavy doses of AIDS medication. Our Children's Garden in Mtito Andei is not only convincing parents to send their children back to school, it is also saving lives. Keeping children in school in this part of Kenya is critical because Mtito Andei is a place where unattended boys are forcibly recruited into gangs and unskilled girls forced into a lifetime of sexual slavery..


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The four lifesaving steps
The four lifesaving steps is an aide-memoir for remembering the aims and priorities in first aid. Originally developed by the US Army for battlefield / combat first aid, these steps sum up the main goals of a first aider.
You can sum up the four lifesaving steps of first aid with the following saying…
"Stop the Bleeding, Start the Breathing, Protect the Wound and Treat for Shock"
1. Stop the Bleeding – control any catastrophic bleeding
2. Start the Breathing – open the casualty's airway (using a head tilt / chin lift or jaw thrust), place them in the recovery position if they are breathing or commence cardiopulmonary resuscitation
3. Protect the Wound – apply a bandage / field dressing to cover wounds
4. Treat for Shock – severe blood loss causes 'shock', a medical condition caused by reduced blood volume. Treat for shock by lying the casualty down, raising their legs and keeping them warm


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Review written by Thomas Simon
'Lessons From 'Nothing' by Bruce Marsland is an extremely practical book from the stable of Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers. In this high tech day & age it is refreshing to come across a book that describes itself as a 'sourcebook of ELT exercises & activities which do not require extensive resources or facilities'. The book is designed with the 'limited-resource situation' in mind but all can apply to normal teaching situations. Don't you get tired of photocopying stuff & seeing students bogged down with copies that they'll never look at again?
It is comforting to go into a lesson with material but a material-less activity can be more interesting & exploit the classroom situation & the learners in it. With this learner-centred philosophy in mind 'Lessons From Nothing' provides a wide range of activities.
The book is divided into the following sections:
Activities using no resources
Activities using pens & paper only
Activities using blackboard, pens & paper
Activities using other resources
And each activity begins with the language to be practiced, the level & age, followed by the procedure, rationale & any variations on the procedure. All very clear & easy to follow.
There are quite a lot of straightforward traditional games & activities ranging from mime activities 'I Spy', '20 Questions' to 'Doodle' (guessing the doodle representation to practise modals). Drama plays a role throughout as an easy to set up imaginative way of providing speaking practice.
This is a very practical book that shows teachers just starting out, as well as a reminder for the more experienced teacher, that a little imagination can go a long way. 'Lessons From Nothing' is highly recommended for initial training courses.


text: Accurate quantification of transcription factor (TF)-DNA interactions is essential for understanding the regulation of gene expression. Since existing approaches suffer from significant limitations, we have developed a new method for determining TF-DNA binding affinities with high sensitivity on a large scale. The assay relies on the established fluorescence anisotropy (FA) principle but introduces important technical improvements. First, we measure a full FA competitive titration curve in a single well by incorporating TF and a fluorescently labeled reference DNA in a porous agarose gel matrix. Unlabeled DNA oligomer is loaded on the top as a competitor and, through diffusion, forms a spatio-temporal gradient. The resulting FA gradient is then read out using a customized epifluorescence microscope setup. This improved setup greatly increases the sensitivity of FA signal detection, allowing both weak and strong binding to be reliably quantified, even for molecules of similar molecular weights. In this fashion, we can measure one titration curve per well of a multi-well plate, and through a fitting procedure, we can extract both the absolute dissociation constant (KD) and active protein concentration. By testing all single-point mutation variants of a given consensus binding sequence, we can survey the entire binding specificity landscape of a TF, typically on a single plate. The resulting position weight matrices (PWMs) outperform those derived from other methods in predicting in vivo TF occupancy. Here, we present a detailed guide for implementing HiP-FA on a conventional automated fluorescent microscope and the data analysis pipeline.


Mortality Management
Disposal of dead livestock must be in accordance with Section 15 of the Livestock Manure and Mortalities Management Regulation. (PDF 69 KB) This regulation specifies that mortalities must be kept in a secure storage room, covered container or secure location and continually frozen or refrigerated if not disposed of within 48 hours after death. They must be stored in a location that prevents access by scavenger animals such as coyotes, wolves, dogs or birds. Acceptable methods of disposal include delivery to a rendering plant, burial, composting or incineration.
Disposal of Mass Mortalities
In the case of mass mortalities from events such as a barn fire or a disease outbreak, operators should contact their local Environment Officer for instructions on appropriate disposal. If there is a suspected animal health issue, operators should work with their veterinarian to determine how to deal with the situation.


The perils of predictability
Order is a standard part of nature, from the mathematical patterns found in natural structures to the predictable variation in sunrise times at different times of year. Indeed, animals and plants rely on regular, logical ordering of events. For example, in my work on pollinator ecology bees rely on seasonal patterns in flower blooming as a food source. But this regularity is a double-edged sword: just as a bee can exploit regularity in flowering times, so can birds exploit the regularity in bee occurrence. A shared synchrony of life cycles brings costs and benefits. And this is where we bring in the Greek sea-god Proteus (pictured right). Proteus was a god who was able to change his form to avoid having to tell the future, and he has given his name to "protean" phenomena – those phenomena that are changeable or unpredictable. We can see a potential benefit in the plants altering their timing of flowering (of exhibiting protean flowering patterns) – if they remain predictable then the bees on which they rely for pollination are also predictable, which means that they are easy to exploit as food for birds. However, unpredictable flowering times might result in flowers occurring when there are no pollinators, which would be bad for both groups. Synchrony in the seasonality of flowers, insects, and birds is a complex association between populations (or even communities) of animals, and this makes evolutionary change slow.
Protean behaviour and natural selection
A simpler example of evolutionary pressure for protean behaviour can be seen on the African savannah, where a much simpler interaction plays out (for your own sake, mute your speakers):
Note that during a number of chase sequences, the impala exhibit sudden changes in direction, dropping their shoulders and stomping on the ground to alter trajectory (0:43-0:53, 1:15-1:20, 1:54-2:05, and 2:53-3:10). Impala can run at 80kmph at a peak, but cheetah can run at up to 93kmph. By introducing unpredictable, sudden changes in direction, the impala can level the playing field (running track?) by removing the cheetah's straight-line advantage. This is a classic example of how natural selection can act very strongly on individuals to produce an increase in unpredictable behaviour.
Protean behaviour and sexual selection
However, some researchers have suggested that the evolution of protean behaviour could also have a sexual role as well. The complexity of a male bird's song is associated with higher levels of sexual selection, suggesting that when there is a lot of competition for mates females tend to choose males with greater complexity. There are many other factors at play, but complexity is one. Here is an example of the tui singing its unusually complex song (note that some parts of the vocalisation are inaudible to humans):
A role for protean behaviour in humans
Geoffrey Miller (he of the recent "fat students don't have the willpower to finish a PhD" tweet) proposed a controversial but interesting theory that the human mind itself was the product of sexual selection, and that recent encephalisation (development of brain size and structure) was due to female selection on male protean behaviour. He described this theory in his book "The Mating Mind". Miller has noted, for example, that "music is functionally analogous to sexually-selected acoustic displays in other species" and that in a large sample of classical, jazz and rock musicians, "males produced about 10 times as much music as females, and their musical output peaked in young adulthood, around age 30, near the time of peak mating effort and peak mating activity". Miller suggests that the human brain is a "protean courtship device" that is designed to generate and appreciate novelty in males and females, respectively. In this sense, the brain is to humans as an elaborate tail is to peacocks: both are immensely complex and expensive traits that are generated by sexual selection.
An experimental test of the role of protean behaviour in human mate choice
The problem is that there have been very few attempts to test these hypotheses experimentally. A 2012 study showed that women were more likely to respond to Facebook requests from men who were holding a guitar in their profile picture (seriously, this is pretty much as good as it gets so far!). Despite the fact that sample sizes were small, the authors tentatively suggest that this represents evidence for the music-as-sexual-selection theory put forward by Miller. More rigorous studies are easy to conceive: record the same male or female participants (say 10 of each) playing a series of four piano pieces. The first piece should be a common piece that everyone knows (Beethoven's Fur Elise, for example), the second piece should be an unusual piece that all participants are capable of replicating, the third piece should be a unique composition of the pianist, and the fourth could be a nonsense, atonal control that is common across all pianists but utterly without pattern. Ask participants (this can be done online) to rate the performers for attractiveness in a still photo, and then during performance of the pieces. If Miller's hypothesis holds, we would expect that the unfamiliar tune would be more attractive, controlling for the physical attractiveness of pianists using the still photo. Actually, that's pretty interesting – maybe I'll get an enthusiastic student to look at this this coming year…
Image credits: Proteus wood cut is by Jörg Breu displayed in the Book of Emblems by Andrea Alciato; pianist is by Михаил Аркадьев, both via Wikimedia Commons.
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African Christian Fellowship shall be a thriving Christian Community that models integrity, excellence, and compassion to mobilize and empower Africans worldwide to impact Africa's generation.
A Brief History
In 1991, a Family Fellowship comprising four Christian families in New Orleans metropolis began monthly meetings in its members' homes. It multiplied in numbers and the ministry of the Word. In 1993, it became a member of the African Christian Fellowship, USA (ACFUSA), and so was born the African Christian Fellowship, New Orleans Chapter, (ACFNOLA). African Christian Fellowship, USA, is the umbrella organization of about 3,000 members in Chapters spread across the United States and overseas with Chapters in the United Kingdom and Africa. It began in 1977 as African Christian Students Fellowship but was later changed to African Christian Fellowship, USA, to accommodate no longer students. An organization that started with some visionary university students grown to produce some of the best Christian professionals and body of Christ in all life works. Besides the young adults, children of the organization's elder members are actively carrying on the legacy passed on to them to be earnest Christians, productive and law-abiding, and shining the light of the glory of God into the communities they live.


Provide high-quality supports and protections to vulnerable Pennsylvanians
"I take our obligation to protect vulnerable populations in our commonwealth very seriously."
-Governor Tom Wolf
Why is this goal important?
Protecting Pennsylvania's most vulnerable residents and supporting them on a path toward healthy, self-sufficient lives is at the heart of the commonwealth's mission. The commonwealth is responsible for ensuring that vulnerable Pennsylvanians have access to high-quality services and supports – delivered efficiently – that enable them to live, work, and thrive in their communities.
What are we working on to reach this goal?
Governor Wolf has strengthened services for older Pennsylvanians, persons with disabilities, and individuals and families participating in the commonwealth's benefit programs. The executive order overhauling state services and systems intended to protect the most vulnerable Pennsylvanians, is yielding results with stronger compliance requirements for facilities providing services to vulnerable populations, greater awareness for identifying and supporting human trafficking victims, and progress toward a single system for child welfare case management. Shortly after entering office, Governor Wolf took action to save more than 180,000 seniors from losing their health plans. He has also signed legislation increasing income eligibility for prescription drug coverage, making the program available to an additional 17,000 older Pennsylvanians. The Community HealthChoices program continues to support older Pennsylvanians in securing high-quality health care close to home. Demonstrating his commitment to increasing home and community care options, Governor Wolf launched a Community Living Waiver to make services available to approximately 1,000 more individuals with an intellectual disability (ID) or autism. As part of his commitment to help people with disabilities find competitive jobs in the community, Governor Wolf announced the inaugural Employment First Oversight Commission annual report, outlining goals and recommendations for the commonwealth to continue prioritizing competitive integrated employment for Pennsylvanians with disabilities.
How are we doing?
Serving People in the Community
Related Measures
Protecting Vulnerable Children
Supporting Nutrition
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps Pennsylvanians buy food. By increasing their purchasing power in grocery stores and supermarkets, SNAP provides eligible low-income households with access to a nutritious diet. In Pennsylvania, SNAP serves roughly 1.8 million people, including children, older adults, and individuals with disabilities.
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Client: City of Omaha
Location: Omaha, NE, United States
Completion date: 2003
Artwork budget: $1,200,000
Leo A Daly
Standing over 3-stories tall at 30 feet tall, "Labor" is currently the second largest labor monument in the country. The 271-ton design features the original ladles that were used in the Smelting Plant located at the same site as the monument. The massive design includes five larger-than-life 8-foot figures depicting hard work and dedication to this craft. This sculpture is showcased prominently as part of the newly developed riverfront in Omaha, Nebraska.
Chosen for his unique creative style and realism, Matthew combined realism and abstract concepts to create a spectacular work of art that is inspiring and motivational. Each of the figures, four men and one woman, have weathered expressions and hardened bodies from their daily arduous contributions to their family, community, and country. Incorporating the actual ladles from the original Smelting Plant was a challenge, as they were turned into a functional water feature to mimic their original use. In the colder seasons "Labor" still works as a stand-alone sculpture without running water.
Created from more than 39,000 pounds of steel and over 500,000 pounds of cement, this monument was built with the help of local cement masons, electricians, plumbers, steamfitters, laborers, carpenters, ironworkers, and operating engineers.


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Someone I know is trying to figure out if the following concepts already have an established name in the literature, and MO is a great place to ask around.
1) Suppose $X$ is a metric space equipped with an associative product and a unit element. Let $m: X \times X \to X$ be the product. Suppose also that $m$ is nonexpansive, i.e. $$ d\big( m(x,x'),m(y,y') \big) \le d\big((x,x'),(y,y')\big) $$ say when $X\times X$ is given the Euclidean metric with respect to the given metric of $X$. Is there a standard name for this type of structure?
2) Let $f : X \to Y$ be a map between metric spaces with the property that for all $x,y \in X$ $$ d(f(x), f(y)) \geq d(x,y). $$ So in a way this is the opposite of a nonexpansive map. Is there a name for such maps?
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2) Expansive. – Bill Johnson Sep 27 '10 at 18:01
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At PSF we have over 10 years experience working with individuals in self employments or partnerships and owner-managed limited companies.
What We Offer:
- Preparation of accounts for self employed businesses and partnerships.
- Incorporation of business into limited companies.
- Preparation of statutory financial statements for limited companies and submission to Companies House.
- Completion of company secretarial duties to ensure all company deadlines are met such as the annual return.
- Preparation and submission of personal tax returns.
- Preparation and submission of partnership tax returns.
- Preparation and submission of corporation tax returns.
- Tax planning advice through out the year to improve tax efficiency.
How It Can Help:
- Tax planning can reduce your tax payments both now and in the future saving you money.
- We can reduce the risk of penalties from overdue submissions either to HMRC or Companies House.
- Your business accounts help to assess the performance of your business year on year and idenify areas of improvement


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Planting In Shared Spaces
For the past few years, we've been lucky to have an expert gardener, Kelly Baldry, looking after our office gardens at Chesterton House and Woolley, Beardsleys & Bosworth. This month Kelly released a book on planting in shared spaces, inspiring us on how they can positively influence our surroundings.
Kelly describes his book, Grasses and Perennials- Sustainable Planting For Shared Spaces, as outlining the principles for successfully planting shared spaces - the places we see and work at every day. Split into four chapters, the book delves into Kelly's experience maintaining gardens, as well as how to plant successfully in such spaces.
Whether you're interested in gardening or want to know more about planting in shared spaces, Kelly's book gives an expert insight into growing and maintaining a variety of plants, flowers and grasses.
Kelly says: " The aim is to contribute to the discussion about how planted spaces can positively influence our surroundings while being environmentally friendly, sustainable and stimulating. I have written the book I wish I had read at the beginning of my gardening career.
"People really do care about the views they see every day, the maintenance of our shared spaces makes a statement - it says that we care about our environment and our well-being."
The images on the right show photos of plants maintained by Kelly, followed by a photo of our garden at Chesterton House. We're proud to say that our wonderful gardens are prominently featured in Grasses and Perennials, which is available in paperback and on the Kindle, from Amazon here.
Have you seen our garden yet? Every year we host a Summer Garden Party at Chesterton House, to bring our clients together for a lovely evening of music, food and drink.
If you haven't seen it yet, next time you visit our offices, ask our Reception Team to show you our garden. We think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
If you enjoyed reading this article, you may also like How the Artist Madeline Green (_PHONE_) became a Financial Goal


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Cerrudo Services provided fence drainage improvements along the Deming and Santa Teresa Stations, New Mexico portion of border patrol roads. Post and rail vehicle fences required excavation and rock placement, and washes required a Normandy style vehicle barrier to be temporarily removed to accommodate excavation and rock placement under the foot print of the barriers. Cerrudo excavated drainage areas and off hauled excavated material, prepared excavated areas and placed geotextile material for erosion prevention. Rip rap to existing elevation was placed where required.
After layout erosion and site controls were installed, the foot print of the drainage structure was proof rolled to determine deflection caused by soft undesirable material. Soft or unsuitable material was removed or over excavated and replaced with engineered fill, then compacted. At some wash locations the excavation was completed up to the face of the foundation of the pedestrian fence with the excavator. Once the bottom of the excavation was prepared, geotextile was placed on the bottom and sides and pinned in place. The rip rap was staged near the excavation and placed and dressed with a loader and excavator.


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When you run rails generate rspec:install, the spec/spec_helper.rb file
includes the following configuration:
RSpec.configure do |config|
 config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
end
The name of this setting is a bit misleading. What it really means in Rails
is "run every test method within a transaction." In the context of rspec-rails,
it means "run every example within a transaction."
The idea is to start each example with a clean database, create whatever data
is necessary for that example, and then remove that data by simply rolling back
the transaction at the end of the example.
Disabling transactions
If you prefer to manage the data yourself, or using another tool like
database_cleaner to do it for you,
simply tell RSpec to tell Rails not to manage transactions:
RSpec.configure do |config|
 config.use_transactional_fixtures = false
end
Data created in before(:each) are rolled back
Any data you create in a before(:each) hook will be rolled back at the end of
the example. This is a good thing because it means that each example is
isolated from state that would otherwise be left around by the examples that
already ran. For example:
describe Widget do
 before(:each) do
 @widget = Widget.create
 end
 it "does something" do
 expect(@widget).to do_something
 end
 it "does something else" do
 expect(@widget).to do_something_else
 end
end
The @widget is recreated in each of the two examples above, so each example
has a different object, and the underlying data is rolled back so the data
backing the @widget in each example is new.
Data created in before(:all) are not rolled back
before(:all) hooks are invoked before the transaction is opened. You can use
this to speed things up by creating data once before any example in a group is
run, however, this introduces a number of complications and you should only do
this if you have a firm grasp of the implications. Here are a couple of
guidelines:
 1. Be sure to clean up any data in an after(:all) hook:
 before(:all) do
 @widget = Widget.create!
 end

 after(:all) do
 @widget.destroy
 end

 If you don't do that, you'll leave data lying around that will eventually
 interfere with other examples.
 2. Reload the object in a before(:each) hook.
 before(:all) do
 @widget = Widget.create!
 end

 before(:each) do
 @widget.reload
 end

 Even though database updates in each example will be rolled back, the
 object won't know about those rollbacks so the object and its backing
 data can easily get out of sync.
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1640s, from L. ambidexter, lit. "right-handed on both sides," from ambi- "both" (see ambi-) + dexter "right-handed" (see dexterity). Its opposite, ambilevous "left-handed on both sides, clumsy" (1640s) is rare. Ambidexter "one who takes bribes
from both sides" is attested from 1530s and is the earliest form of the word in Eng.; its sense of "one who uses both hands equally well" appears by 1590s.


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The raclette de Savoie is a tasty dish of melted cheese which is eaten with potatoes or bread. Centuries ago, the local shepherds melted a piece of cheese over a wood fire. When the cheese is melted it is scraped off with a knife. The name refers to the French word râcler, which means scraping.
Another local specialty is cheese fondue. According to the French, the fondue Savoyarde is the real deal, with Comté de Savoie, Beaufort and Tomme de Savoie. Cheese fondue is eaten from a Caquelon, a thick-walled pan, which is smeared with garlic and kept warm while eating so that the fondue does not solidify. The word fondue comes from the French word fondre (melting).
A good portion of Reblochon, potatoes, cream, onion and bacon and you will have yourself a tasty Tartiflette. The well-stocked casserole is not a light meal but tastes delicious. The dish was devised by the cheese farmers as a mean to sell their Reblochon cheese.


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A new gallery of 50-plus interactive exhibits exploring the human body opens Friday in the UK.
The exhibits explore cardiovascular systems, reproduction, locomotion, senses, digestion, DNA and the brain. According to the museum, they are designed to give hands-on insight into how the body works.
Select exhibits will even allow visitors to explore their own bodies. 'Sound Bite' lets you listen to music through the vibrations of bones in your jaw by biting down on a plastic straw. 'Vein Viewer' allows you to see the veins in your own hands under near-infrared light.
Clare Matterson, Director of Medical Humanities & Engagement at the Wellcome Trust, said: "We hope this new exhibition will make people look at their bodies with fresh eyes, and gain some insight to how scientists are trying to understand what is going on in there."


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12 Nature Friendly Summer Activities for Portland Kids!
As a parent, it's safe to say that kids playing outside is (almost always) a good thing. Especially during an Oregon summer. With so much beauty – trees, flowers, rivers and nature abounding, the climate is perfect for all types of outdoor activities.
Wondering what to do with the kids in this wonderful summery weather? I started this list for our family and decided to expand it for others. What I found was that the list falls into 2 types of activities: drop-off kids at camp kind of activities or activities to do together as a family.
Here are some of my favorites:
- Portland Audubon Society Programs:
"Portland Audubon's passionate and growing community has loved and advocated for Oregon's wildlife and wild places for more than 100 years. With the help of our vast network of advocates, nature enthusiasts, and partners, we inspire and connect people to nature through a variety of programs that are grounded in science and learning".
Here in the Portland area they offer a variety of youth programs, including Outdoor School and Outdoor programs.
- Portland Parks and Recreation Nature Camps: They also offer a variety of programs for families including Nature Day Camps.
- Strawberry tasting at Ecology Outdoors. This is a camp that offers a variety of nature friendly programs for kids. From farm steading to how to survive in the Wild West, kids get hands-on experience in a natural environment and learn how to be in relationship with the outdoor world around them.
- Fun days for kids at Camp Collins: When it comes to camps for kids the YMCA always comes through with a variety of camps and programs.
- Trackers PDX: Offer a variety of camp and outdoor programs. The founder describes their purpose is to provide a:
"Greater connection to community, nature and many generations beyond our lifetime".
- Learn about Habitats: and a variety of other programs through the Oregon Zoo Summer Camps.
- Visit the Portland Japanese Garden for free! Using the Oregon Library Cultural Pass. Sign-up through your local library to see what free passes are available (availability dependent upon County library program).
- Go on a night walk to see owls: Friends of Silver Falls is a state park in the SW area of Portland that offers a variety of programs including night walks to see owls!
- Try a field trip to Zenger Farms: They offer a variety of activities, including farm camps for kids of all ages and a bi-monthly program to support local urban beekeepers!
If you drive a little ways out of Portland, you'll find:
- A weekly farm camp: at Old McDonalds Farm (no I'm not singing, that's their real name!) They not only offer weekly farm camps but also a junior vet program!
- Berry Picking at Bella Organic Farms: In NW Portland, Bella Organic Pumpkin Patch and Winery offers a veggies stand, a small petting zoo (including a Llama!) Their pumpkin patch and maze are popular for a Fall activity.
- Do you have really energetic kids? Activities and outdoor adventures offers kids an obstacle challenge in Sherwood, OR.
To get more ideas, try asking other parents what their recommendations are for local activities. You can also look for activities through local athletic clubs, girl scouts groups or churches in your area.
Have a great summer and enjoy your time in the sun with the kids!
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Effects of Interaction of Static Load and Frost on Damage Mechanism of Concrete Elements
Keywords:concrete, cyclic freezing and thawing, scaling, bending, fracture mechanics, interaction
AbstractFrost damage is typical material deterioration in concrete structures subjected to external environmental conditions. However, the weather conditions do not make the sufficient factor causing the worsening of the concrete properties. Concrete structures with frost damage in service are subjected to loadings. The investigation was carried out with the primary objective to assess the influence of interaction of mechanical load and freeze-thaw cycles on damage process of concrete. The salt scaling process was observed for beam specimens subjected to cyclic freezing and thawing in third-point loading condition. The damage development due to internal cracking was monitored using fracture mechanics parameters.


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A long all-day meeting can be mentally draining: actively taking part and concentrating in a way you are not used to, having to absorb new information and maybe meeting new people.
Icebreakers and energising activities are ways of bringing participants together in a short time to give them new energy and new focus with help from short entertaining exercises. These activities can be a fun and effective way of loosening up the conversation, revitalising the participants, as well as allowing social interaction, which often encourages creativity.
The activities take from 5-60 minutes and can be applied in larger or smaller meetings. The longer activities can be used to start the day, after lunch or as an end to the meeting. The shorter activities require a minimum of preparation and can therefore be quickly finished to give the participants an energising short break before continuing the meeting.
These icebreakers and interim activities can also be combined with other experiences offered by Klatretræ.dk for a longer team building exercise later the same day.
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The Moon is Upside Down
When you are in the southern hemisphere, the moon looks upside down.
When I came back to the US from living in Australia for 4 years, I published a poster with a picture of the moon on in and I placed it "upside down" – someone pointed it out and I looked at the moon and said "the moon is upside down." This was true – in the Northern Hemisphere – but to people living in the Southern Hemisphere the moon appears "upside down."
I was shocked, but the claim was true – in the Northern Hemisphere! But to Australians and other people living in places in the Southern Hemisphere the moon appears "upside down."


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Bunting, banners and threats for Winegrower's Revolt anniversary
- Monday 11 June 2007
This September, during the traditional European Culture Day that takes place on September 19-20, the Languedoc-Roussillon region has taken the Winegrower's Revolt as its theme.
Special events will take place in the village of Marseillan, where the leader of the uprising lived and worked, while commemorative objects, from banners to statues, will be placed in villages around the region.
Local museums and wine properties will have exhibitions on related topics such as how to preserve the viticultural landscape of the Languedoc against increasingly industrialised winemaking practises.
June 2007 is the 100th anniversary of the uprising – the first time that southern French winemakers voiced their frustration through angry demonstrations that flooded over into violence.
Cheap wine from Algeria was flooding the Midi, and winemakers were going bankrupt en masse. Marcellin Albert, an innkeeper and winemaker from Marseillan, organised The Winegrowers' Revolt, with huge demonstrations in Montpellier, Narbonne and Béziers involving up to 800,000 demonstrators that led to six deaths.
Remy Pech, a local historian who has been researching the revolt, has commented, 'It is important to remember an event that shaped not just the region but the entire country.'
At the same time the protest group CRAV (Comité Regional d'Action Viticole) – which over the past few years has been responsible for bombings, attempted sabotage on TGV tracks and other direct action – appeared recently on local TV with the exhortation, 'Wine producers, we appeal to you to revolt. Show yourselves to be the worthy successors of the rebels of 1907, when people died so that future generations might earn their living from the land.'
Other events to remember the centenary have been going on throughout the year in Languedoc-Roussillon.
In April, a Vignerons d'Europe conference was held in Montpellier in conjunction with Slow Food France. Over 1,000 winemakers from around Europe met at the conference, and the centenary was used as a basis for discussing the current wine crisis.


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- Timing is everything when asking someone out, so always wait until they've returned from the bathroom.
- Put your own unique spin on it. Instead of a phone call, mail a Valentine's Day card dated five years in the future.
- Make sure you are facing the sun so the light can illuminate the unfurling of your brilliant plumage.
- Get to the point quickly. Don't beat around the bush by asking too many lead-in questions or allowing them to speak.
- When you successfully leave the bar with their phone number, double-check that it came with all ten digits.
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text: Thailand's flood crisis in 2011 brought damage to many areas in Thailand. Especially in Bangkok, the water could not drain into the Gulf of Thailand at that time. This paper aims to apply two algorithms, consisting of the generic augmenting path algorithm and the labelling algorithm, in order to determine the maximum flow of water from the north of Bangkok to the Gulf of Thailand. The flow of water in Bangkok is represented by network flow. Rivers and canals are represented by nodes and arcs. Labelling and the generic augmenting path algorithms were used to find the water route from a source to a sink and maximum water flow respectively. The results showed that the maximum flow in Bangkok was 228,960,000 cubic meters per day.


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The contributors at Principia Labs have demonstrated a method of controlling four (or more) servos from a PC running python and an Arduino board. Their reason for doing so was to create a base software stack that could be built upon for any other python script. As shown in the video below they have found several uses, including joystick control of the servos:
Thinking of embedding an Arduino-compatible board in your next project? Consider using the Freetronics LeoStick:
Apart from being one of the smallest Arduino-compatibles on the market with USB, it also has an onboard RGB LED and piezo which can be used a knock sensor and various tune and sound effects. Plus you can add extra circuitry with the matching protostick! For more information and to order, click here.


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- Why did German immigrants come to the United States?
- When did Volga Germans come to Kansas?
- Why did Mennonites leave Prussia?
- Why did Mennonites leave Germany?
- Where did the immigrants of Kansas come from?
- What was the cause of early immigration to Germany?
- What was life like for the Germans in Kansas?
- When did most German immigrants come to America?
Why did German immigrants come to the United States?
They migrated to America for a variety of reasons. Push factors involved worsening opportunities for farm ownership in central Europe, persecution of some religious groups, and military conscription; pull factors were better economic conditions, especially the opportunity to own land, and religious freedom.
When did Volga Germans come to Kansas?
28 November 1875
A large group of Volga Germans arrived in Topeka on 28 November 1875. They were from the colonies of Herzog, Katharinenstadt, Liebental, Beauregard, Ober-Monjou, Neu-Obermonjou, Mariental, Louis, Marienberg, and Graf.
Why did Mennonites leave Prussia?
Origins in the Vistula Delta In the early-to-mid 16th century, Mennonites began to flee to the Vistula delta region in the Kingdom of Poland in order to avoid persecution in the Low Countries, especially Friesland and Flanders, seeking religious freedom and exemption from military service.
Why did Mennonites leave Germany?
Beginning in 1663, Mennonites emigrated to North America to preserve the faith of their fathers, to seek economic opportunity and adventure, and especially to escape European militarism.
Where did the immigrants of Kansas come from?
Germans were the largest group of foreign immigrants to Kansas. Some came from Germany, but many came from the Volga River in southern Russia, where they excelled in agriculture and were drawn to Kansas by railroad posters. But before the Volga Germans came, they sent five scouts to investigate.
What was the cause of early immigration to Germany?
Early Immigration, _PHONE_. Two forces were paramount in prompting early German immigration: heavy taxation and German laws of primogeniture, which permitted only the eldest sons in families to inherit their fathers' land.
What was life like for the Germans in Kansas?
Germans in Kansas did not always have it easy. They often faced difficult times while settling, and even after being in communities for years, faced anti-German sentiment during World Wars I and II. Germans had a large impact on the formation of Kansas a s a state.
When did most German immigrants come to America?
Wars in Europe and America had slowed the arrival of immigrants for several decades starting in the 1770s, but by 1830 German immigration had increased more than tenfold. From that year until World War I, almost 90 percent of all German emigrants chose the United States as their destination.


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Gemmellaro Museum is one of the most important geological and paleontologic institutions of Italy. It is the fruit of the organizing and classifying efforts of Professor P. Calcara and Professor G.G. Gemmellaro during the 19th Century, and nowadays hosts more than 600,000 specimens, the most ancient of them from Sosio Valley dating back 270,000 years. The Olphin Room, on the first floor, has the didactical purpose of explaining the phases of Sicilian geological history, showing representative fossils and rocks. It also features specimens from Ferdinandea, a volcanic island which emerges and sinks from erosion every once in a while, the last recorded incidence being between 1831 and 1832. Upstairs the Room of Man hosts the skeleton of Thea, the most ancient Sicilian woman ever found, whose face was reconstructed using advanced technology. The Crystal Room shows beautiful specimens of minerals like sulphur, gypsum and celestine, which testify to the Mediterranean Sea's closing during the Messinian age and the resulting evaporation of the water. A gypsum crystal still remains preserved, holding inside of it a drop of that ancient water. The museum also features the skeletons of Sicilian miniature elephants and other prehistoric animals that lived on the island.
- Open Hours: Monday to Saturday from 09:00 AM to 01:00 PM
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|Heraldry of the World |
Wappen der Welt
Civic heraldry of Germany
State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Verden
Additions : 1972 Armsen, Bendingbostel, Brunsbrock, Heins, Hohenaverbergen, Holtum (Geest), Kreepen, Kükenmoor, Luttum, Neddenaverbergen, Otersen, Schafwinkel, Sehlingen, Stemmen, Weitzmühlen, Wittlohe
(de) Gespalten von Rot und Gold, vorn ein durchgehendes geschliffenes silbernes lateinisches Hochkreuz, hinten einen blauen Pflug.
The arms were officially granted on July 4, 1975.
The red is used as a symbol for the flowering heather (Erica sp) in the municipality. The cross is a canting symbol (Kirch=church). At the same time is also indicates the crossing of two main historical trade roads in the municipality. One of these was the 'salt-road' from and to Lüneburg. The salt is also symbolised on the centre of the cross.
The golden field refers to the sandy soils in the region . The plough is a typical symbol for the agricultural character of the municipality.


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To secure communication between the SAML source and destination sites, communication between the source site and destination site should be encrypted. Additionally, certificates should be used to verify the identity of the other party during SAML interaction. In this step I'll create and register certificates that will be used in the communication between the source site and the destination site.
Generate a key using the keytool utility (part of your JDK). By default, a keystore called DemoIdentity.jks will already be configured for domainA and domainB.
Now I'll show how to generate a private key and certificate for test purposes:
keytool -genkey -keypass testkeypass -keystore DemoIdentity.jks -storepass DemoIdentityKeyStorePassPhrase -keyalg rsa -alias testalias
Now run the keytool command with -export option, as shown in Figure 2, to generate a key file called
keytool -export -keypass testkeypass -keystore DemoIdentity.jks -storepass DemoIdentityKeyStorePassPhrase -alias testalias -file testalias.der
I'll begin with the SAML source site configuration.
In this step I will create and configure a SAML Credential Mapper V2 instance. The SAML Credential Mapper acts as a producer of SAML security assertions, allowing
domainA to act as a source site for using SAML for SSO.
A SAML security assertion is a package of information that supplies one or more statements made by a SAML authority (meaning an asserting party). The statements made are of the following types; authentication statements, attribute statements, and authorization decision statements.
I'll start by configuring a SAML Credential Mapper V2 instance (note that the SAML Credential Mapper V1 is deprecated as of BEA WebLogic Server 9.2):
Figure 3. Create a new SAML credential mapping provider
_URL_ This unique URI tells the destination site ( domainB/appB) the origin of the SAML message and allows it to match with the key. Typically, the URL is used to guarantee uniqueness.
Figure 4. SAML credential mapping provider settings
At this point the SAML credential mapper provider is configured to allow domainA to act as a source site (source of SAML security assertions) and also it is configured to use the keystore you generated in Step 4.
In this step I'll create and configure a relying party. When you configure WebLogic Server to act as a source of SAML security assertions, you need to register the parties that may request SAML assertions that will be accepted. For a SAML relying party, you can specify: the SAML profile used, details about the relying party, and the attributes expected in assertions for the relying party.
The relying party determines whether it trusts the assertions provided to it by the asserting party. SAML defines a number of mechanisms that enable the relying party to trust the assertions provided to it.
Figure 5. Relying party configuration
|Enabled||Select the checkbox(true)|
|Assertion Consumer URL||https://localhost:7004/samlacs/acs|
|Assertion Consumer Parameters||APID= ap_00001|
|Signature Required||Select the checkbox(true)|
|Include Keyinfo||Select the checkbox(true)|
Table 3. Relying Party (rp_00001) Values
Although a relying party may trust the assertions provided to it for user
ssouser, the local access policy on the destination site application appB on
domainB defines whether the subject (
ssouser) may access local resources.


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|Crew complement:||Could be operated by a single individual|
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A Bajoran lightship was a type of early Bajoran spacegoing vessel that utilized solar sail-powered space flight. These vessels were used by the Bajorans as early as the 16th century, at a time prior to the Fall of their First Republic. (DS9: "Explorers")
Bajorans first traveled from Bajor to Cardassia, and established First Contact between the two worlds. For many years the Cardassians disputed this claim, referring to it as a "Bajoran fairy tale," because they refused to admit that the Bajorans had achieved interstellar flight before they had. However, Captain Benjamin Sisko and his son, Jake, inadvertently proved that the voyage was possible when they arrived in Cardassian space in a similar lightship. By a proclaimed remarkable coincidence, which Captain Sisko strongly doubted, the Cardassians announced that they found the remains of an ancient Bajoran lightship on Cardassia, thereby proving such an interstellar voyage was made. (DS9: "Explorers")
Although lightships weren't capable of achieving warp speeds by design, a semi-controlled warp jump was possible if particles that were moving faster than light, for example tachyons, were to collide with the sails. However because the ship wasn't designed to endure the stress of warp speeds, it could be severely damaged as a result. It was thanks to such an uncontrolled warp jump that the ancient Bajorans were able to bypass the Denorios belt and reach the Cardassian system before they crashed on Cardassia Prime. (DS9: "Explorers")
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Illustrator Jim Martin described the idea behind the lightship's design as a "Bajoran turtle with gossamer wings." (Sailing Through the Stars: A Special Look at "Explorers", DS9 Season 3 DVD, Special Features)
Production designer Herman Zimmerman, illustrator Jim Martin and set designer Scott Herbertson envisioned the Siskos as "sailors in space" and intentionally made the set of the lightship similar to a sailing boat. Writer René Echevarria even told Zimmerman and Martin that he wanted the ship to have a "Jules Verne look, a wooden cabin outfitted with brass." Indeed, some real sailing equipment can be seen in the background at various points. Both Martin and Zimmerman count the lightship among their favorites to work on from a design point of view, and Zimmerman mentions it in the Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Special Edition DVD special feature "Herman Zimmerman: A Tribute". They also both discuss how much they enjoyed the project in "Sailing Through the Stars: A Special Look at "Explorers"", a featurette on the DS9 Season 3 DVD.
The design of the lightship itself was inspired by the Kon-Tiki, a deliberately primitive sailing craft that Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl used to sail from Peru to Tahiti in 1947, substantiating his belief that it was possible that a Pre-Columbian South American civilization could have settled Polynesia by making a trans-oceanic voyage.
As Jim Martin explains, in reality, a solar sail would need to be several miles wide to propel a ship like this. As such, "We needed to take it into the realm of fantasy. But that was a very whimsical idea, and we could be very whimsical with it, and do something that was kind of in a fun fantasy vein." (Sailing Through the Stars: A Special Look at "Explorers", DS9 Season 3 DVD special features)
- John Knoll at Industrial Light & Magic rendered the lightship as a CGI model. (Star Trek Encyclopedia 2nd ed., p. 30) He later used the model for Akorem Laan's ship in "Accession".
- At its 1995 convention, the Space Frontier Foundation recognized this episode for exemplifying "the most imaginative use of a vehicle to travel in space," and awarded the episode the "Best Vision of the Future" award. The award was presented by Robert Staehle, the world's foremost expert on solar sails.
- Most shots of the lightship are from the aft (rear) because, being powered by solar "currents", the ship always has its back to the Bajoran sun.
- A model of the lightship was released by Galoob as part of their Star Trek Micro Machines collection.


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Sistan (sēstänˈ) [key] or Seistan sā–, border lowland region of SW Afghanistan and E Iran, c.6,000 sq mi (15,540 sq km), fed mainly by the spring flood of the Helmand River and other streams. At low water, the region is reduced to two lagoons (Hamun-i-Helmand [Sistan Lake] and Gaud-i-Zirreh [or Gowd-e Zereh]), and wheat, barley, and cotton are grown on the exposed land. Sistan's c.300,000 inhabitants live mainly on three deltas.
Sistan corresponds roughly to ancient Drangiana. In the 2d–3d cent. A.D. it was held by the Scythians and was called Sakastan, from which the modern name derives. From the 4th–7th cent. the region was the center of Zoroastrian worship. Sistan prospered under the Arabs from the 8th cent. A.D. until 1383, when Mongol conquerors destroyed the Helmand River control system and ended Sistan's prosperity. The area was disputed between Persia and Afghanistan from the 16th to early 20th cent. In times of drought, when the lake itself may dry up, water rights are still contested.
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My hair turned green after bleaching, how can I fix it?
how to turn it to ashy
First of all, when you say your hair turned green, what do you mean? Choose an option.
 1. I mean, greenish tinted.
 2. I mean completely unnatural green hair.
If you chose the first option, you can continue reading, because I'll help you solve it.
If you chose the second option, it's best to ask a professional.
 - In that case, you should neutralize the green by applying a mahogany blonde hair dye to your hair. In a few moments, I'll tell you how to choose the right hair color.
 - What you should never do is bleach your hair again immediately, as this will only weaken it and severely damage it.
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When you bleach your hair, depending on the base tone from which you start, different tones can always appear
 - If you bleach brown hair, you will most likely see red or orange shades or tones.
 - If you bleach dark blond hair, yellow highlights are likely to appear.
 - And if you bleach an ashy blonde hair, you may get those greenish tones, which are so annoying right now.
Do you know why this is happening?
Because hair doesn't have a uniform color. In addition to that tone that you can see at first glance, there are underlying pigments, which appear after bleaching.
 So if you've been coloring your hair with an ash dye and haven't applied the bleach mixture evenly, haven't used the right amount of peroxide, or haven't left the bleach mixture on long enough, you can get those green tones.
But don't worry. Everything has a solution. So stay here, because I'll tell you:
 - Why ash-blonde hair stays green after bleaching
 - How to choose the right color to remove green tones after bleaching
Why hair turns green after bleaching
three shades
As I told you initially, the tone resulting from the bleaching of an ashy color is usually green. Now I want to go a little deeper into this subject, so you really understand how the bleaching mixture works on hair.
The bleaching mixture's main purpose is to remove the pigments that are impregnated in the hair fiber.
Do you know what the underlying color is in the ashy tones?
 - It's the color blue.
 - That means that any ashy tone will have blue pigments in its composition.
 - When you apply the bleaching mixture, your hair will lighten to a yellow tone. The ashy tone, which has blue pigments, plus the color of your yellow hair, results in green color.
 - In other words, when you apply the bleach, the blue pigment wears away, leaving green tones.
 That's why bleaching is a very complex chemical process, and it's very important to consider the background of the hair. It's not the same to bleach a previously colored hair as it is to bleach natural hair.
Many women come to my salon with real rainbows in their hair because they have no experience in this chemical process. They don't know about exposure times or how to neutralize unwanted tones. They don't even research whether their hair can be bleached or not.
But also, in some cases, they make an even more serious mistake. Can you imagine what that might be?
They bleach their hair twice! Yes, believe it or not.
 They bleach their hair again, thinking that the green will disappear. But it doesn't. Not only does the green tint not disappear, but also they damage their hair to the point of almost burning it.
So, if you can't remove the green bleaching your hair, what should you do?
You must neutralize the green tones.
How do you neutralize them? With the opposite color.
All tones have an opposite color that "cancels" them out.
For example:
 - Green is neutralized by red
 - Orange is neutralized by purple
 - And yellow is neutralized by blue
 In this case, to neutralize the green, you need a dye with red pigments.
Don't panic! Your hair won't turn red, but you must choose a dye that contains red tones. To identify them is very easy. Now you see, all dyes have a number that indicates the tone.
For example, 1.0 is black, 10.0 is platinum, and 5.0 is medium brown.
But you may have noticed that some dyes have a number followed by a dot. That number is the tone that has a numerical scale as well:
 - Ash (blue)
 - Iridescent/pearly (violet mulberry)
 - Gold (yellow)
 - Copper (orange)
 - Mahogany (red)
For example, 4.3 is golden brown, 6.1 is light ash brown, and 9.5 is very light mahogany blonde.
Now, if you bleached your hair and it resulted in having some green shades, you need a dye with mahogany tones, which are identified by number 5.
This way, the color's highlights will neutralize your hair's green tones.
How to choose the right hair color tone to neutralize unwanted greens
It's time to choose the right tone of hair color to removing greenish tint from your hair.
The first thing to consider is the primary tone that your hair has reached with the bleaching. It can be:
 - 7 dark blonde
 - 8 blonde
 - 9 light blonde
 - 10 extra light blonde
Once you identify the tone, the rest is straightforward.
If you can't identify the tone easily, you can compare your hair with the photo in the coloring kit or ask the beauty shop for advice.
If you already know it, just look for a tone with red highlights (mahogany):
 - 7.5 dark blonde mahogany
 - 8.5 mahogany blonde
 - 9.5 light blonde mahogany
 - 10.5 extra light blond mahogany
Once you have the right color, you only have to proceed to the application:
 - Comb your hair thoroughly.
 - Prepare the revealing cream and dye mixture that comes in the kit.
 - Apply the coloring mixture starting with the lengths and ends, and then continue with the roots and growth
 - Respect the exposure time, approximately 40 minutes. Remember that each manufacturer has its own recommendations. So, read them carefully.
 - Rinse your hair and …
The green will be gone!
If your hair turns green after bleaching, the bleach mixture most likely has not removed the underlying tones in the hair cuticle.
Therefore, you should apply a color with mahogany highlights, always respecting your hair's base tone. If your base tone is an 8, for example, you should apply an 8.5, mahogany blonde.
What you should never do is bleach your hair again because that way, you risk damaging it permanently.
What tone of blonde will you use to neutralize the green?
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goals. A hook such as "Ragnar respects his mentor" can be restated as "Ragnar has a goal of honoring and emulating his mentor." Stakes are the chance to achieve or prevent harm to the thing one or more characters care about.
If you've been reading Run a Game, you already know I believe there are two types of stakes: Threats and Opportunities.
 - Threats happen when a conflict threatens to harm or frustrate the PCs' goals ("The villain is tarnishing Ragnar's mentor's reputation. What can he do to repair the damage and stop the villain?")
 - Opportunities happen when the PCs can take a risk to advance their goals ("Ragnar's mentor learned a powerful battle stance by visiting the monk atop the mountain. Can Ragnar replicate his mentor's great journey?")
What You Need to Know about Stakes
Setting stakes is a GM "core competency." Getting good at setting stakes makes your games better. This is because the clearer the stakes, the stronger the tension. Here's the formula for fun in RPGs, once again:
Story generates problems, problems set the stakes, the stakes create tension, excitement comes from daring action in tense situations, and fun comes from participating in exciting action.
Stakes apply at every level of your game. There are stakes for a single die roll to complete a task. There are stakes for a series of tasks to overcome a challenge. There are stakes for challenges to resolve a scene or encounter. There are stakes for resolving the component scenes to complete an adventure goal. There are stakes for completing adventure goals to achieve the campaign goal.
You should make the stakes clear for every die roll. That's right, describe the stakes for every single roll of the dice. This is what people mean when they refer to Vincent Baker's "say yes or roll the dice" credo. The only time a die roll matters is when failure matters. The only time failure matters is when something is at stake.
What stakes you use set the mood of your game. RPGs with lighter mood tend to focus on death and treasure stakes, with the former being rare and the latter being common. RPGs with darker mood tend to focus on mature, gritty stakes like innocent people being harmed, descent into madness and despair, and utter ruination. Compare dying in 5th edition D&D to finding your agent's Solace exsanguinated in Night's Black Agents. D&D death is a temporary annoyance, but the loss (and possible Turning) of a Solace is a moment of horror in Night's Black Agents.
Your players provide you with hooks to generate stakes from. Here's the thing... you can only generate stakes from what the players tell you they care about inside the game world. The players tend to tell you what they care about when they write a character background, or buy into your plot hooks. If there are no compelling hooks and the character backgrounds are thin on pathos, you're stuck threatening to kill the PCs all the time, and that's boring.
Stakes help you control the pace of the game. You adjust the pace of the game with three sliders:
- How often you introduce stakes (instead of exposition scenes)
- How often those stakes are threats instead of opportunities
- How high those stakes are - they should build to a climax
Stakes let you frame scenes around the real dramatic question of the conflict, rather than the shape of a dungeon room and stats of its inhabitants.
The more you use life-or-death stakes, the less meaning life-or-death stakes have!
Character death cannot serve as the stakes of every encounter. This is mainly because you really can't afford to.
Let's do the math. Say you're running a game for 4 hours a week for a year. That's 200 one-hour scenes. Let's say you want about two characters to die as major dramatic events during the campaign. And let's say you want dangerous life-or-death scenes to feel really scary - with about a 20% chance a character could die in that scene. We divide the number of expected character deaths by the number of hours played, then divide that by how scary we want our life-or-death scenes to be. That tells us we have to limit life-or-death scenes to 5% of all scenes in the campaign!
2 character deaths
÷ 200 hours
÷ 20% chance of character death
= 5% of scenes
Another way to look at that math is to reverse it to assess how lethal a game like D&D really is. As it turns out, it's not very lethal. Some even say D&D is too easy. Say 50% of scenes in your D&D campaign are going to use life or death stakes. That means, to get 2 character deaths over 200 hours of play, scenes have to have a mere 2% chance of character death. If you raise the threat level, you will have a geometric increase in character death. Going to 20% lethality means you'll have 20 character deaths, or about one every other session. Your players will rebel, unless this is an ensemble method survival horror game.
Character death should rarely be part of the stakes, except in D&D and Pathfinder, where (after a certain level) character death is just a temporary status effect (albeit a nasty one). You can make life-or-death stakes more fun by using house rules like the Death Omens rule from Reinhart at Chaos Engineering.
And again, if you're playing D&D or Pathfinder, even death stops being all that high stakes once the PCs can bring back the dead.
Consider this: Your 9th level Pathfinder rogue is dangling over a 200' drop onto jagged rocks, but so too is a 10,000gp ruby. You have one action. Do you save yourself or save the 10,000gp ruby that will surely be shattered and worthless if it falls on the rocks below?
Answer: The ruby, of course! It only costs 5,000 to bring you back from the dead, and 1,000gp (each) for the two Restoration spells to fix the negative levels you come back with. You can afford to come back to life and still have 3,000gp of profit compared to losing the ruby!
Obviously 99% of players would role-play their character, make the choice of self-preservation and avoiding horrible pain, and watch the ruby fall. But it's a perverse incentive. What if the situation were murkier? What if it was a room full of traps instead of a precipice? "Here, guys. Hold my Scroll of Raise Dead while I go into that room and try to get the ruby."
Even in a game that's all about fighting, you can go a long time without life or death stakes. Here's a big list of stakes in combat other than life or death. (Remember how much I love examples? That list is so good, I don't feel the need to give you examples. Just go read it!)
Insights from History
Our RPG hobby grew out of wargaming. In a traditional wargame, like Warhammer, players build armies and models, then battle to see who wins. The challenge is beating the other guy. In Gary Gygax's group, they started moving toward having several players play single heroes, with one player challenging the group with horrible monsters. The origin of our hobby had no stakes but death.
As the game evolved, the players decided that their heroes were adventurers seeking glory and treasure. The stakes grew from "life or death" to "treasure or no treasure." Players quickly became fond of their characters. Soon they started developing personalities, histories, and individual goals for them. Dave Arneson started to structure games around an ongoing storyline, with multiple plot threads, colorful antagonists, and a vibrant campaign world called Blackmoor. Soon, TSR published Greyhawk, and other campaign settings followed. The available stakes started to include "success or no success" at adventure goals, in addition to treasure and death.
As time went on, new RPGs were developed, and some emphasized the personal agendas and many games were written to "focus on story." Today, we have real "story games" where the players play with the story itself; but back in the 1990s, "focus on story" meant "stakes other than death and treasure." It was that innovative.
Compare Vampire: the Masquerade with Shadowrun with AD&D 2nd Edition. The three games came out at about the same time. AD&D 2nd Edition is still mostly "death or treasure." Shadowrun is a "death or nuyen" game, but it incorporates other character goals - enmity with various corporate and supernatural villains, allegiance with various social groups and political movements, advancing freedom and justice in a world gone terribly wrong, etc. Vampire: the Masquerade was quite the innovation, focusing first and foremost on characters' personal (usually political) agendas, with death-related stakes taking a back seat -- and almost no treasure-related stakes.
Today, even D&D has incorporated


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POE 3.4 Delve: How to Easily Find Hidden Paths
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Within the Delve, the label of the room will appear around the map, but there is no direct passage to go. This demands the use of torches and explosives to explore. But we've got a technique to rule out which roads are likely to result in hidden rooms. This guide will show you tips on how to swiftly obtain the ideal path in restricted possibilities.
POE 3.4 Delve: How to Easily Find Hidden Paths
Start Seeking
We are able to see some hidden nodes when we explore the map, and you will find no apparent paths leading to these nodes.
Some are much more worthwhile, special nodes, like talisman or abyss.
The node asks you to blow up fractured walls to seek out a path to this encounter
It is an encounter just like each other node so far.
This implies that you will be at some point going to escort the crawler to it so as to claim your prize.
Thus, there might be a clear path among some other node and this hidden 1, where the crawler will travel.
So that you can determine where this hidden path is, we need to 1st consider how paths connect to each other. Listed here are some guidelines you'll be able to figure out based on the delve map:
The delve map is a grid
four paths max to a node, 1 each direction, no diagonals.
1 path per non-node square, no overlapping paths
Nodes have either 1, three or four connections, but not two.
2-path nodes have a hidden, third path.
Dead ends never have hidden paths.
The way to uncover the true path
Probable paths
Because the rule: Nodes have either 1, three or four connections, but not 2.
So we are able to rule out the following possibilities
Obtaining the point in the map
Keep in mind that this node will at some point possess a crawler operating to it. This means the cart will lead out of your center checkpoint and towards the side with the map that goes within the proper direction.
The wall will probably be discovered someplace along the predicted path from the crawler.
If you are exploring, most of the time you could just rush into the darkness together with your quicksilver flask or movement ability, fill out the mini-map, then get back into the light and critique the mini-map. You aren't wanting to visually search the region. That little level of exploring might be adequate to find out if it really is there or not.
Do not neglect to upgrade your darkness resistance when you do this, although.
Now let's examine the remaining attainable paths one by one particular.
Path 1
No luck. There does not appear like there's a path within the appropriate path, towards the best proper. Of course, this element is often a straight mineshaft, but for those who don't find anything within around one particular screen of your candle checkpoint, then it is not there. Go to another attainable path.
Path 3
Very same issue. There is certainly no path inside the expected path, within the bottom suitable.
Go to a different achievable path.
Path 2
We discover a path in the major correct? Let's throw down some flares and appear a bit additional!
Good results! Notice the rocky searching mini-map icon. It'll show up when you get close sufficient to it.
Test your findings
Now you might have discovered the wall, you will need to bring flares to survive and a few dynamite to bring it down. Dynamite now one-shots walls every single time. That implies that the number of dynamite is almost certainly one of the most valuable upgrades, although they could apparently be employed to deal tons of harm to mobs/bosses.
Now you might have found the wall, you will need to bring flares to survive and a few dynamite to bring it down. Dynamite now one-shots walls each time. That implies that the amount of dynamite is likely one of the most valuable upgrades, even though they could apparently be made use of to deal tons of damage to mobs/bosses.