Inefficiencies in barcode label printing can decrease a company's throughput, resulting in customer dissatisfaction, delays, missed deadlines, fines, and ultimately a significant impact to overall business performance. Today, companies must be able to easily scale and handle high volumes of label throughput accurately and without fail. To efficiently meet these expanding business requirements, it is essential to optimize speed and network efficiency to print labels quickly and efficiently, independent of printer make and model. Implementing an Enterprise Labeling Solution with high-volume global printing capabilities allows companies to optimize their investment in printers, maximize print performance, and scale globally.
This brief Q&A explores printing barcode labels across a global enterprise.
What Challenges Do Companies Encounter When Trying to Address Requirements For HighVolume Global Printing?
There are a host of things you need to consider when addressing high volume global printing, ranging from network throughput and latency, to print speeds, to issues with label and device management, as well as security. When businesses aren't able to print labels at a predetermined or expected speeds, this can mean a disruption and even a stop in production. It also could result in significant downtime, which can cost companies millions and impact customer satisfaction. Also, when faced with printing performance issues and slow production times, companies may need to arrange for more capacity by having multiple different lines for print requests. This undoubtedly increases maintenance and cost for the company.
There are also issues with label management and having to manage a wide range of label templates, as well as device management since there are so many different types of devices involved in label printing today. And, then there is integrating the company's data into the printing process, since that data may not be located in the same place as the printers. Another important challenge is security. When you're dealing with access to data, companies need to think about prevent unauthorized access to data to limit the possibility of making mistakes resulting in mislabeling.
What Capabilities Facilitate High-Volume Global Printing?
The primary one is the ability for LAN based networks to have performance that is similar to that of a WAN based network. What that means is that you can look at a printer that's in Japan from a system in the United States and treat that printer as though it were right next to you. The infrastructure has to support that at the company site, but the labeling solution you use also has to support that concept. It can't look at that printer and say that's some Windows printer on the other side of the world. It has to look like it's right next to you.
Also, browser-based capabilities facilitate global scaling and high volume global printing. With browser-based labeling solutions you don't need to install any client software to be able to use the system. You simply bring your browser up and you're off and running. Also, standardization and the sophisticated integration capabilities today make a single source of truth more accessible to labeling solutions facilitating printing on a global scale.
Network technology is also important. The technology, which offers access on a global level, has developed substantially over the past ten years and continues to evolve. The concept of high-speed VPNs fifteen years ago looked like magic, but today they are commonplace. The idea that today you could have an office in Germany that could simply pull a large file off a drive in the United States in a couple of seconds is amazing. To continue to embrace these technologies and to keep pace with demands of global organizations, companies need to consider an Enterprise Labeling approach to address expanding business requirements for high volume global printing.
How Can an Enterprise Labeling Solution Enable Companies to Meet High-Volume Label Printing Requirements?
I think the functionality of an Enterprise Labeling Solution offers a variety of benefits for high volume printing. First, there's the performance side of it. The solution has got to be fast and it needs to be delivering as little data as possible to get the label printed. Also, it has to be scalable, not just in terms of the number of labels that are being printed but also the number of printers being used. Using an Enterprise Labeling Solution, which offers access to native printer drivers, reduces print streams to minimize network traffic, optimizes print performance and limits maintenance to meet these high volume requirements.
When you can reduce the size of print streams you're able to dramatically increase print speed. It's especially important for remote sites where you want to provide the smallest possible print stream or amount of data to these sites as possible. If you can do this, you can save substantial time and money with your label printing. The key here is to simplify the printing process with fewer moving parts in your labeling solution and enable companies to manage and support a broad set of printers across locations. This ultimately reduces maintenance and management of the printer network, increasing control and ensuring consistency. It also makes it easier to scale your labeling solution as demand increases, which can result in significant cost savings.
Enterprise Labeling Solutions utilize modern, multi-tier architectures to offer a standardized and centralized way of managing labels throughout a global supply chain. Companies are able to access data from their systems of record or their sources of truth, and have that data available at the right spot so that label printing can be done efficiently with the correct data. When a company adds a new location, a division, or even does an acquisition, the increased labeling can be managed centrally, reducing maintenance and limiting the need for additional resources throughout multiple regions, creating substantial savings for the company. Also, the approach allows controls over the quality of what's being printed which is especially critical in a validated environment. From a global standpoint an Enterprise Labeling Solution lets you manage what you're doing from one location and still print anywhere.
Mark Wick, Vice President, Software Development, Loftware, has over 25 years experience in the architecting and delivering world-class supply chain, enterprise application integration, and enterprise labeling software. He led the development of the labeling industry's first browser-based, all-in-one Enterprise Labeling Solution, Loftware Spectrum. Mr. Wick is an expert in labeling technologies and holds a BS in computer science from MIT.


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- Conditional culture
- F W Preece, Adelaide, 1938
Conditional culture is the manifesto of the Jindywoorobak position. Here, Ingamells saught to 'free Australian art from whatever alien inlfuences trammel it'. This involved a'recognition of environmental values', a de-Europeanising of artistic language and an incorporation of Aboriginal cultural forms into the European-Australian understanding of land.
'Commentary' by Ian Tilbrook follows Ingamell's essay.

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MQTT time stamp
I've set up a simple test that has a couple ESP32's that publish Temp/Humidity pairs to the MQTT connector. I'm able to display a graph with the published data that covers a 24 hour period. The problem I have is with the time display on the graph, it is UTC. Both the ESP32's and RaspberryPi are set to the correct local time. But the incoming data is always displayed using UTC. Is there a way to change this to local time?
Hi tresark,
If you are referring to the timestamp in the metadata, you can add the missing hours with a formular.
In Exceltime 1 represents 1 day. So adding 1/24 to your current time adds one hour to the total. :slight_smile:
Time in A1
In B1 you write =A1+(1/24)
The time in B1 is one hour later then the time in A1.
Thanks for the quick response. I'm not sure though how to use that with the draw.chart function.
What is your Streamsheet looking like at the moment, what do you use as your DataRange for the Chart?
The streamsheet is fairly trivial at the moment. It is based on the Windmill demo included during install. I was able to get the esp32 to post the data using MQTT. The current sensor values are moved from the 'inbox' to a pair of cells D5, D6. I then use the TIMEAGGREGATE function to keep a running average over the course of an hour (=TIMEAGGREGATE(D5,86400,1) in cell D7 and for the other in D8. Then I use (=DRAW.CHART("ID1","Chart1",13743,7594,11668,6191,"scatterLine",D7).
All that said, the demo Wind Cockpit that displays the moving chart for Wind Speed does the same thing. Across the bottom of that chart the times are in UTC.
In the Timeaggregate function you can use the parameter "timeserial".
This defaults to NOW() which is UTC. If you enter "NOW()+1/24" you added one hour to the UTC time! :slight_smile:
Example: =TIMEAGGREGATE(B11,,0,NOW()+1/24)
Perfect, thanks very much.
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Eating disorder link to dieting mothers
GIRLS whose mothers are on a diet are almost twice as likely to have an eating disorder, a poll of more than 500 teenagers has found.
Many girls say their mother has the biggest influence on their own self-image and they feel damaged by the effects of their mum's dieting and views on food.
The survey of 512 teenage girls, aged between 12 and 18 found that 6 per cent had an eating disorder, rising to one in ten among those whose mothers diet.
Almost four out of ten girls said their mother had the biggest influence on how they perceived themselves.
Two-thirds of those surveyed said they had heard their mum complaining about her own weight and 56 per cent have mothers who are on a diet
– despite 68 per cent describing their mother's body size as normal.
Other findings include:
- Just over half of teenage girls surveyed have dieted, rising to 59 per cent among those girls whose mothers diet.
- Almost eight out of ten girls worry about their weight – 20 per cent say they worry about their looks all the time.
- One in five girls said they are criticised by family members for being "too big" and 51 per cent of those say they have been hurt by hearing their parents talking about their size. Almost one in three have been called names like "elephant" by relatives.
- Some 9 per cent of teenage girls say they are "constantly" on a diet. Among girls whose families comment on their weight, this rose to 24 per cent.
The survey was carried out among readers of teen magazine, Sugar. Its editor, Annabel Brog, said girls were heavily influenced by their family's views on diet and food – what she described as their "thinheritance".
And psychologist Amanda Hills said: "Children learn how to behave by watching their parents … at least half of the people I see with an eating disorder admit that there are problems with eating in the family."
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Choosing the best or most cost-effective pothole repair method has long been a complicated puzzle for road crews.
Now you can use a "decision tree" tool to match the best patch to fix your potholes.
The University of Minnesota Duluth's (UMD) Swenson College of Science and Engineering devised the tree while studying potholes and how to repair them.
The research examined all the different kinds of potholes, and all the different repair methods available as well.
Instead of recommending a one-size-fits-all approach, the researchers came up with their decision tree tool that matches the best patching method to the pothole in question. The idea has been so well received that it drew media attention.
If your pothole is a certain width, depth, in the wheel path or between lanes, or on a rural road with little traffic, the decision tree will show which patching method will work best, according to the National Road Research Alliance newsletter from the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
"Selecting the appropriate patching method and materials varies depending on several factors, including the size of the pothole and its location on the roadway," explains Manik Barman, an assistant professor with the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) Department of Civil Engineering.
"Patching methods and materials also face seasonal challenges in Minnesota when asphalt plants shut down for the winter, turning cold-weather repairs into short-term fixes," he says.
That's why the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) funded research to help road crews choose patching methods that match specific repair conditions.
UMD researchers explored patching tools, materials, and methods to identify which ones were most appropriate for specific pothole conditions, road locations and the time of year.
They also evaluated the effectiveness of different methods based on durability, road safety, ride quality and driver satisfaction, the university says.
"We wanted to develop a decision tree for choosing the right pothole repair method that could be laminated for use in the field," says Susan Lodahl, assistant state maintenance engineer with the MnDOT Office of Maintenance.
Researchers began by reviewing existing literature to identify the four repair methods best suited to Minnesota. Those are cold mix, hot recycled asphalt, mastic material, and mill-and-fill with hot-mix asphalt.
Next, they identified five sites near Duluth, where they oversaw 20 pothole repairs. Investigators monitored these repairs for two years to assess the methods and their best applications.
Their findings include these points:
- Cold-mix asphalt patch should only be used for temporary fixes in small to medium potholes. The material is not designed to be structurally sound for depths beyond two inches.
- Virgin hot-mix asphalt during the regular season is the most acceptable option for filling milled areas. This option can be used in any situation—mill-and-fill or established potholes.
- Mastic, although expensive, is the best option for repairing small potholes as well as longitudinal joints.
Using the findings from this study, researchers developed decision trees to help road crews choose the most suitable method for each repair. The trees come in in both flowchart and flash card forms.
The researchers also compiled best practice guidelines for patching method selection, placement, compaction practices, and moisture control to provide further guidance.
"The decision trees and best practices we developed can be easily combined into a patching guide that, with laminated flash cards, can be distributed to MnDOT road crews throughout the state and will also be invaluable to our local public agencies in Minnesota and beyond," Barman says.
A poster for the truck stations was also developed.

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Cradleboards were given to young girls to play with to help develop skills used when adulthood was reached. This cradleboard was made for a child. The cradle sack is made from red trade cloth and holds a cotton fabric doll. The facial features of the doll are hand embroidered and have human hair braids. On the left hand side of the board, just out of view, is a small beaded pouch that represents where the umbilical cord was kept. The only time the umbilical cord could be removed from the pouch, was if the child faced a life-threatening illness. The Medicine man or woman would use it in their healing.
Bison (Bos bison) Buckskin, wood, tradecloth, glass beads, hair. L 68.3, 31.2 cm
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The pumping pressure gauge in a concrete pump truck serves the purpose of measuring and monitoring the pressure of the concrete being pumped. Here is a description of the function and role of the pumping pressure gauge in a concrete pump truck:
The pumping pressure gauge, also known as the concrete pressure gauge or pump pressure indicator, is a device installed in the hydraulic system of a concrete pump truck. Its primary function is to provide real-time measurement and visualization of the pressure exerted by the concrete during pumping operations.
The pumping pressure gauge allows the operator to monitor and control the pressure within the pumping system. It provides crucial information about the force at which the concrete is being pushed through the pumping mechanism and the associated pipeline.
By observing the pressure gauge, the operator can ensure that the pumping system is operating within the desired range and pressure limits. It allows for precise adjustments to the pump's speed, output, and other parameters to maintain a consistent and optimal pressure during the concrete pumping process.
Monitoring the pumping pressure is essential for several reasons. Firstly, it helps to prevent over-pressurization, which can lead to pipeline bursts, equipment damage, or safety hazards. Secondly, it assists in identifying blockages or obstructions in the pipeline, as a sudden drop or fluctuation in pressure may indicate an issue that needs to be addressed promptly.
The pumping pressure gauge also provides valuable feedback on the efficiency and performance of the concrete pump. It allows the operator to evaluate the effectiveness of the pumping process, optimize the concrete mix design, and make necessary adjustments to achieve the desired concrete placement.
Regular calibration and maintenance of the pumping pressure gauge are necessary to ensure accurate readings and reliable operation. Any discrepancies or malfunctions should be promptly addressed to maintain the integrity of the pressure meas


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Pulley paradox discussion.
So why are crowned pulleys necessary for proper tracking of a flat belt? I've seen some internet sites that suggest it has something to do with centrifugal forces. These belts operate at low speeds, and the tracking behavior we wish to explain is easily observed at very low speeds where intertial effects play no role.
One side of the belt on a tapered-diameter pulley has greater tension. Can it be that this gives rise to greater friction, and that friction pulls the belt up the slope? Unfortunately for this hypothesis, the friction acts down the slope on a belt that is moving up the slope.
In the textbook Elements of Mechanism, Third Ed. by Schwamb, Merrill and James (Wiley, 1921), we find a rather insightful answer, at least as applies to a leather or slightly stiff, but still somewhat elastic, belt.
The belt in contact with the truncated cone lies on the pulley relatively flat and undistorted in shape. But along the dotted line at a the belt moving upward makes first contact with the pulley. Just below a the belt has a slight sidewise bend. But the important thing is that as the belt moves from a to b without slippinng, it moves along the dotted line to a point farther up the incline of the cone, and this process continues until the belt rides onto the apex.
Now let's look at the case of a flat belt running over two cylindrical pulleys whose axles are misaligned. Will the belt crawl to the right (where the belt tension will be higher) or to the left (where the tension is lower)? If the belt around the cylindrical pulleys does not slip, there's no geometric reason why the belt would move sidewise on either pulley. A different reason must be sought than the one we found above. Quoting the textbook referenced above:
This passage is a little murky at first reading. The essential difference between the two cases can be seen in the diagrams. In Fig. 1 the belt makes contact with the puley at line a. Note that the upper edge of the pulley (line b) makes an angle with line a. Also, note that line a is perpendicular to the incoming portion of the belt. In Fig 2. the belt makes contact with the puley at line a. Note that the upper edge of the cylindrical pulley (line b) is parallel to line a. Also note that line a is not perpendicular to the incoming portion of the belt. This is the important difference between the two cases. In Fig. 1, each new piece of belt coming onto the pulley is carried, without slipping, to a point higher (to the right in Fig. 1) on the slope. In Fig. 2, each new piece of belt coming onto the pulley is "laid onto" the pulley at a point slightly lower (to the left in Fig. 2) on the slope, and is carried around without slipping.
What I like about this puzzle is that (1) the behavior on the crowned pulley is counter-intuitive; (2) most of the initial hypotheses you make will turn out to be wrong; and (3) some explanations of the crowned pulley seem so "right"until you apply the same reasoning to the parallel shaft problem, then it's "back to the drawing-board". I like puzzles that have several levels of apparent paradox and counter-intuitive features. They teach us not to trust our intuition, which is a good thing. Intuition can sometimes be a part of the problem solving process, but at some point, it must give way to "sweating the details" and being ruthlessly critical of "plausible-sounding" answers.
Fig. 3 shows rubber-band models made with steel construction set parts and wooden pulleys. The model on the left has a wooden file handle as a pulley. This serves to illustrate how the rubber band will migrate along the wooden pulley from the narrowest part at the left, to the its largest diameter. The file handle has both convex and concave profiles. Placed in the concave part, the rubber band will quickly rise up the slope and will stabilize at the largest radius, even if that is the very narrow portion near the right end. In the misaligned cylindrical pulley model, on the right, the rubber band moves to the left side, where the pulleys are closer together, contrary to most people's expectations. It's better to use wooden dowels, or cover the metal cylinder surfaces with something like cloth tape to prevent belt slippage.
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Naming of University Schools and Other Academic Entities
Recommended By: Cabinet
Ruben Armiñana, President
Date of Issue: March 15, 2001
Effective Date: March 15, 2001
Contact Office: Academic Affairs
Policy #2001-1
 1. Authority
 The Board of Trustees of The California State University (CSU) has the authority to approve the naming of colleges, schools, and other academic entities at CSU campuses. The Board of Trustees policy on this subject was approved as of July 8, 1999.
 This policy is intended to encourage private support through opportunities to name colleges, schools, programs, centers, institutes, and other academic entities. Opportunities to name these entities are for fund-raising purposes only.
 Each proposal for naming a CSU college, school, program, center, institute, or other academic entity shall be considered on its own merits. No commitment for naming shall be made prior to Board of Trustee approval of the proposed name.
 2. Criteria for Selection of a Name
 A name of a CSU college, school, program, center, institute or other academic entity presented for Board of Trustees' approval must meet the following criteria:
 1. It shall honor an individual or an organization.
 1. It is desirable for the CSU to name colleges, schools, programs, centers, institutes or other academic entities in honor of significant contributors of funds to the university.
 2. The Board of Trustees will take into consideration the significance and amount of the proposed current gift and future potential giving with regard to the academic prestige and recognition of the proposed college, school, program, center, institute, or other academic entity.
 2. In special circumstances, the Board of Trustees may waive any or all of the above criteria.
 3. Procedures
 1. Proposals for naming a college, school, program, center, institute or other academic entity may be initiated by any university office or recognized university organization. The proposal shall be formulated in accordance with the criteria set forth in this policy and shall include a detailed justification for the proposed name.
 2. The initiating unit shall submit the naming proposal to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Deans' Council. The Deans' Council shall consider the proposal and decide whether the proposal merits further consideration. The Deans' Council shall either accept the proposal for consideration or return it to the initiating unit with a written explanation for the rejection.
 3. If the Deans' Council accepts the proposal for consideration, the Provost will submit the proposal to the President. The President shall appoint a committee to evaluate the proposal.
 4. The evaluating committee shall consist of one to three members of the Deans' Council, one of whom shall serve as chair, and three to five members selected at large from the faculty, administration, staff, and students. The committee should include at least two university employees who are directly associated with the college, school, program, center or institute for which a name is being proposed.
 5. The evaluating committee, in its deliberations, shall consider the function of the college, school, program, center or institute, its history and traditions, the relationship of the entity to the campus as a whole, the relationship to the university of any individual being honored, the financial implications, and any other ramifications.
 6. At the conclusion of its study, the evaluating committee shall recommend to the Deans' Council whether or not the proposed name should be adopted and set forth the complete rationale for its recommendation.
 7. The Deans' Council as a whole shall review the committee's report and recommendation, reach its own decision, and forward its recommendation and rationale to the President.
 8. The President shall review the report of the Deans' Council, and consult in a timely manner with the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate and other university constituencies, as appropriate.
 9. If the President approves the naming proposal, he/she shall forward it to the Vice Chancellor for University Relations for presentation to the CSU Board of Trustees. Each naming proposal must:
 1. Be submitted at least six weeks prior to the Board of Trustees' meeting at which it is to be presented;
 2. Demonstrate compliance with Board of Trustees' policy;
 3. Succinctly state the reasons for the proposed name;
 4. Name the constituent group(s) or individual(s) initiating the proposal; name the constituent group(s) or individual(s) recommending the proposal to the President; and confirm that the President has consulted, in a timely manner, with the Executive Committee of the campus Academic Senate;
 5. Include complete biographical information about the individual or organization;
 6. Ensure that all participants involved in the process remember that strict confidentiality is required; and
 7. Identify the special circumstances, if any, when requesting a waiver of the policy.
 10. If the President does not approve the naming proposal, he/she shall return it to the Deans' Council and that body shall then communicate the decision to the initiating unit.
 11. If the Board of Trustees approves the proposed name, the President shall take all necessary steps to implement that decision.
 12. Confidentiality is to be maintained throughout the process until a decision is announced by the Board of Trustees.
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Garden Organic to Open New Demonstration Garden
Published on June 29th 2021
Garden Organic is to open a new demonstration garden to inspire the nation to grow flowers, fruit and vegetables in a sustainable, eco-friendly manner.
The environmentally friendly demonstration garden has been created on the part of the former 22-acre Ryton Organic Gardens in Coventry, which were sold to Coventry University in 2019 and closed to the public. Garden Organic leased a smaller plot in a bid to spread the word about organic growing, with the garden now scheduled to open on 9th July after a delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In addition to demonstrating practices and principles of organic gardening, the demonstration garden will help visitors deal with climate change challenges such as drought and flooding.
Pictured: Emma O'Neill, Head Gardener at Garden Organic | Copyright | Shaun Fellows Shine Pix Ltd
Garden Organic head gardener Emma O'Neill told Candide: "There has been a massive uptake in organic gardening. People want to know where their food has come from, and by growing your own organically, you know exactly what has gone into the soil while crops taste better.
"We will be demonstrating how best to look after the soil, showing comparisons of areas with no-dig and dug beds to see what works best, with demonstrations and trials of different mulches. Composting is a big focus at the garden, along with water-saving, enhancing biodiversity, increasing wildlife, companion planting and crop rotation techniques," Emma added.
Potager area has 4 large beds used for crop rotation. Squash, courgette and sweetcorn are shown | Copyright | Shaun Fellows Shine Pix Ltd
Compost bins | Copyright | Shaun Fellows Shine Pix Ltd
Planting infront of the Alitex | Copyright | Shaun Fellows Shine Pix Ltd
Garden Organic's demonstration garden will be split into three areas: a kitchen garden, floral garden and main working area. Featuring a four-bed crop rotation system, the kitchen garden showcases unusual and endangered vegetable varieties preserved by Garden Organic's Heritage Seed Library.
Highlights include the Freer's Mummy Pea, rumoured to have come from the tomb of Tutankhamun, as well as Black Valentine, a dwarf French bean that was first recorded in 1897 and is cultivated at Highgrove. In addition, visitors will be able to see more than 16 types of comfrey – a plant that's ideal for making nutrient-rich organic liquid fertiliser.
Companion planting will be a key theme, focusing on how to attract a range of natural pest predators into gardens, such as ladybirds, lacewings and predatory wasps. Emma explained: "Organic gardening is about not using any pesticides or chemicals, so you need to attract beneficial insects that act as the gardener's friend. This is achieved by growing as many different varieties of plants as possible to create a more diverse garden."
With more people growing edibles in tiny gardens or living in rented accommodation, the area features a container garden and raised beds to help gardeners with limited space to grow their own.
Pictured: The gardens comfrey collection in the container garden | Copyright | Shaun Fellows Shine Pix Ltd
Pictured: Swiss chard HSL variety | Copyright | Shaun Fellows Shine Pix Ltd
Pictured: HSL varieties Bronze Arrow (purple) and Burpees Iceberg | Copyright | Shaun Fellows Shine Pix Ltd
Comprising three large beds, the floral garden will introduce gardeners to flowers suitable for hot, dry, damp and shady conditions. Displays of plants for dry environments include Hydrangea macrophylla 'Dr Jean Varnier', Achillea 'Red Velvet' and Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead'. For visitors with poorly drained soil, recommendations include Persicaria affinis 'Superba', which provides year-round colour, and Alchemilla mollis.
Those keen to embrace organics can take inspiration from plants to attract pollinators, such as Tetrapanax papyrifer, the Chinese rice-paper plant, which is a magnet for bees, along with the coneflowers Helenium 'Wyndley' and Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm'. Other pollinator-friendly stars include Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron', which features vibrant red spikes.
Pictured: Rudbeckia | Copyright | Shaun Fellows Shine Pix Ltd
Pictured: The garden alitex next to the veg patch | Copyright | Shaun Fellows Shine Pix Ltd
A pond area can also be found at the demonstration garden | Copyright | Shaun Fellows Shine Pix Ltd
The garden, which Viridian Nutrition has supported, will be home to a display of 30 alpines dedicated to Garden Organic founder Lawrence Hills – a specialist alpine grower who created displays at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. A pond area will feature, too, demonstrating how even a small pool of water can enhance biodiversity in gardens.
Visitors will also be able to explore Garden Organic's working areas such as its glasshouse and polytunnel, home to fast-growing crops such as radish, lettuce and spring onions. Masterclasses set to be delivered will encompass topics such as gardening for biodiversity, seed saving and climate-change gardening.
To enable social distancing, visits to the demonstration garden will be via pre-booked tours and courses only. Visit _URL_ for information.
Pictured: A bug hotel at Ryton Gardens | Copyright | Shaun Fellows Shine Pix Ltd
Pictured: Garden vegetables being hardened off in a cold frame | Copyright | Shaun Fellows Shine Pix Ltd
Pictured: Phacelia and Calendula | Shaun Copyright | Shaun Fellows Shine Pix Ltd
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, Fig. 42, are much alike. The gouge is used for roughing out round corners, cutting oil grooves, or drawing a drill to center.
The round nose chisel may be used for trimming round corners off of sheet metal or for roughing off convex surfaces and round corners. Cold chisels may be any width or length to suit the job.
CHISEL TEMPER (Use.75 to.85 Carbon Steel)
All steel is not suitable for making cold chisels. As a chisel must withstand heavy blows repeatedly, it is not practical to harden the whole tool. After the chisel is forged into the desired shape it is annealed, and the cutting edge is tempered and ground to the desired angle. The temper extends about 3/4 inch from the edge. Flat cold chisels and cape chisels are ground on one face only. The stock used is generally octagon in shape, but round stock is often used.
Mushrooming of the top of the chisel will result from ordinary use. Keep the mushroom down to a minimum by grinding before it spalls off and hurts someone. See Fig. 38 for the correct shape of the head.
Be careful to chip away from anyone working near, and if necessary, give a warning to avoid injuries. Watch for the corner of a chisel to break and fly. Use goggles when chipping.
Figure 43 shows how several cuts are taken off the edge of the piece of metal when chipping. The chip curls ahead of the cutting edge. Taking several cuts is much more quickly and easily accomplished than try to do the job with one cut.
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1. Explain why a cold chisel is not tempered for the entire length.
2. What is the principal difference between a flat cold chisel and a cape chisel.
3. What should be done to avoid injury from a mushroomed chisel?
4. What chisel should be used when cutting a narrow groove?
5. Name one necessary safety precaution when chipping.
Open End Wrenches
The name "open end" means that the wrench opening, which fits the nut is cut out at the end of the wrench so the wrench may he slipped on the nut from the side instead of setting the wrench down over the nut as is the case with a box type or socket wrench. See Fig. 44.
The wrench may be applied and the nut turned down very rapidly with an open end wrench, but care must be taken to use a wrench of the correct size. The size of the opening is usually stamped on the wrench. Open end wrenches are usually double ended, having different size openings on each end; and the wrenches come in sets.
In Merchant Marine Work when figuring the size of the opening for a snug fit on the nut, the rule is: Diameter of bolt x 1 1/2 + 1/8".
For example: Diameter of bolt 1/2". Size of opening in wrench 1/2 x 1 1/2 + 1/8" = 7/8".
The U. S. Navy Standard size of wrench opening is diameter of bolt x 1 1/2.
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For example: Diameter of bolt is 1/2". Size of opening in wrench 1/2 x 1 1/2 = 3/4 in.
When too large a wrench is used, the corners of the nut are chewed off, making it difficult to get the nut on or off. Wrench opening sizes are always measured across the flat of a nut.
Open end wrenches are designed to withstand a pull on the handle about equal to the same force that the bolt will withstand. Hitting the wrench handle with a hammer is poor practice. A jolt with the palm of the hand should be sufficient to tighten the nut, ordinarily. In special cases a short piece of pipe may be slipped over the wrench to give additional leverage. Be very careful in doing this not to break the wrench, or sheer the bolt.
Never use a wrench as a hammer. A battered wrench always gives trouble.
1. What is the advantage of an open end wrench?
2. Explain why the correct size opening for the nut should always be used.
3. Where is a nut measured to get the size of the wrench opening?
4. State the rule for finding the size of the wrench opening from the bolt diameter. Commercial? U. S. Navy?
5. Explain how a wrench should be used to draw a nut down snugly.
6. Name some of the troubles encountered with a wrench that has been battered by using the wrench for a hammer.
7. How may the troubles, named in question 6, be avoided?
Drills and Drilling
The outside machinist drills many holes through steel shafting, deck plates, bulkheads, etc. Twist drills are kept in the tool crib for the purpose of filling the mechanics' needs. As these tools are made of high carbon or high speed steel, they may be easily broken. Either the cutting edges may be chipped or the drill may be snapped off short if the workman does not take care to hold the drill steady while drilling.
The action of forcing the drill into the work is called the "feed". Too much force applied to the feed, especially with the smaller size drills, will very likely break the drill.
When drilling at an angle, feed very slowly until the drill is cutting "to size". This means until the drill has entered far enough for all of the drill point to be below the surface of the work and then the drill cannot slip, but it can be leaned sidewise and cramped, causing it to break. Be careful to avoid this.
Up to 3/16" in diameter the drill shank is straight. See Fig. 45. A few drills above 3/16" may be straight, but they are usually tapered. Tapered shank drills hold better in the drill chuck without slipping than do straight shank drills. See Fig. 46.
Taper shanks are not all the same size. Larger drills have larger shanks, and of course provision must be made for the drills to fit the drill chuck. All tapered shank drills are usable in one drill chuck by employing taper sleeves in the chuck. The sleeve has a tapered hole which fits the drill shank taper and the outside of the sleeve fits the hole in the drill chuck. Both sleeve and drill must be securely inserted to prevent slipping. See Fig. 49.
Most shipyard air drilling machines have a flat side in the chuck taper. There is a corresponding flat-on the taper shank of the drill.
There is very little danger that this type of drill will slip in a chuck. See Figs. 50, 51, and 52.
Wipe the hole in the chuck and the shank of the drill With a rag or some clean waste before inserting the drill in the chuck. Never allow dirt or grit to remain on these surfaces. The drill will be thrown out of line and the tapers scored.
When removing the drill from the chuck, use a drift made for the purpose. Never strike the drill to loosen it from the chuck or sleeve.
A drift is a piece of steel tapered like a wedge. The drift thickness fits the width of the slot in the chuck spindle or tapered sleeve. The thin edge of the wedge is inserted in the slot between the end of the drill shank and the upper end of the slot. As the drift (wedge) is driven inward, it forces the drill downward. A light blow is sufficient in most cases.
Always examine drills when getting them out of the tool crib. A dull drill never cuts well and is likely to "burn" (lose its temper) if used. If the drill is dull, have it ground or exchange it for another at once. If by some accident or mishandling the drill is broken or chipped while in use, have it replaced or ground immediately. Do not risk spoiling a job by trying to use a faulty tool. Be sure the tool crib attendant furnishes the size drills requested when applying at the tool crib window for drills.
When drilling cast iron no lubricant is necessary. Use a light lubricant for steel. The lubricant acts as a coolant and prevents the drill from burning. Sometimes a hard spot is encountered in the metal. Continuous drilling on such a hard spot may ruin the drill point. The addition of lubricant will not help the situation in most cases. Use a high speed drill (this does not mean run the drill at high speed) or chip the hard particle out with a gouge or diamond point chisel. If it is found that the metal is hard, stop at once. Hardened metal must be annealed before it can be drilled. An application of heat with an acetylene torch may help, but the metal should be covered and allowed to cool slowly before proceeding. In case heat is not available or a part can not be heated owing to the grade of steel or other parts near by being affected by the heat, use a little turpentine and grind the drill often.
When drilling brass use a very light oil, or drilling compound. The cutting lips of the drill must be ground with a neutral rake to prevent "hogging in". Hogging is very likely to occur when following a pilot hole. Be sure the cutting lips of the drill are ground to the same length.
Drills of 1 1/4" and larger do not start very easily in a center punch mark. The best thing to do in this case is to drill a "pilot hole" first. The size of the pilot hole used is from 3/


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A Chinese company has developed a small-scale gari production machine to reduce the tedious labour involved in the traditional making of dry edible granules.
A video of the technological invention expected to substitute all the manual processes involved in making gari and increase productivity has awed many people.
The three-minute video highlights each production line and its specially designated machine.
Just as the traditional method requires the cassava to be peeled and grated, before the gari making itself, the unknown Chinese company has invented a cassava peeler and grater.
From there, the starch obtained goes through a mash fermentation and dewatering with the assistance of a hydraulic press.
Then, a specially designed gari fryer and vibration sieve is used to achieve the dry edible granules.
Gari, over the years, has been considered one of West Africa's popular foods, however, due to its lengthy manual production method, its production is seen as tedious.
In Ghana, producers of the dry edible granules, mostly women have on various occasions appealed to the government to construct a factory to help expand the gari business and make it appealing to the youth.
As such, the invention of the small-scale gari production machine sends a glimmer of hope to gari producers who thought their plight could never be resolved.
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Return-To-Work is a proactive approach to helping injured workers return to safe and productive work activities as soon as it is physically possible. It is a partnership involving employers, workers, health care providers, unions, and a Return-To-Work committee. The primary goal of a Return-To-Work Program is to return workers to their pre-accident jobs. However, this is not the only goal. A Return-To-Work Program must also strive to restore all injured workers to the economic, social and vocational status that they had prior to the injury.
Generally, Return-To-Work plans, within an overall workplace Return-To-Work Program, are individually designed for each injured worker as a short-term accommodation, working towards a common, primary goal – a successful return to work. Return-To-Work Plans have time frames and schedules that are transitional and depend on the type of injury, physical abilities and limitations, skills, and pre-accident employment duties of the injured worker.
Injuries are costly to all members of today's workplace partnership – employers, workers, medical providers, unions, and the insurance companies. While accident prevention is the best way to reduce overall injury costs, an effective workplace Return-To-Work Program is the best way to manage costs after an injury has occurred. Integral to return to work programming is early assistance in helping workers return to work as soon as it is physically possible. Research and practical experience has shown that for workers who are absent from the workplace:
There is only a 50% chance that they return to work after a six-month absence; This declines to a 25% chance following a one-year absence, and This further reduced to a 1% chance after a two-year absence.
To Whom Does the Return-To-Work Program apply? Return-To-Work Programs should be available to all injured workers. Each worker should be treated equally and objectively to minimize conflict and encourage support in the workplace. Fair and consistent treatment of workers help gain and maintain support for the program and maximizes its success.
Objectives should be identified so that the success of the program may be measured and evaluated. Some objectives may include:
Returning the injured to full pre-injury employment;
Returning the injured worker to alternate employment;
Improving employment relations; and
Reducing the number of workplace accidents.
Objectives may be added or modified based on workplace's needs and goals.
Worker involvement is critical for the success of any Return-To-Work Program. The experience and knowledge of people from all areas and all levels of the workplace will provide invaluable information for the development of a Return-To-Work Program. As a first step in developing a Return-To-Work Program, a preliminary meeting should be arranged between the employer and union/worker representatives. This will allow mutual commitment to be gained from the onset. During this initial meeting, discussions should be held around topics such as why to develop a Return-To-Work Program and how to involve the staff in this process.
Following the initial employer/union/worker representative meeting, it will be necessary to inform the entire workforce about the Return-To-Work Program. This can be done best through department and staff meetings, with follow-up details and updates communicated in newsletters, memos, electronic mailings, etc. Some workplaces have also found it useful to designate a centrally located bulletin board to display Return-To-Work Program updates. During workplace program development, there are some consistent messages that need to be shared with all levels of the company – workers, supervisors, managers, union executives and directors. These messages include:
Human and Financial Impact of Workplace Accidents There are many costs associated with the workplace accidents for both the employer and worker. Some costs are direct (those that are easily identified with specific activities) and others are indirect (those that are not identified with specific activities). The following list provides some examples of each:
Most of the expense of workplace accidents consist of indirect or hidden costs. They include:
The above costs are ones to which a dollar value can be assigned. But what about the intangible costs to the worker? What dollar value can be assigned to these?
The best way to reduce and perhaps eliminate all these costs is to prevent the accident from happening in the first place. The establishment of a Safety Program at the workplace can help achieve this. However, when an injury does occur, costs can be minimized by having a Return-To-Work Program in place that will assist in restoring the injured worker to a healthy and full lifestyle, both on and off the job.


Performance Problems - Not Where You'd Expect
The new rendering system in Woopsi is coming along nicely. In most areas it increases rendering speed and reduces flicker. In one area, though, it hasn't been an improvement at all. Scrolling has become a problem.
In the old system, scrolling regions were extremely quick, mainly because most of the scrolling is done by just using the DMA to copy the existing pixels to a new location. In the new system, however, scrolling is sluggish and annoying. It seems to take more than one frame to perform a single scroll operation, which results in the display lagging behind the stylus and the system appearing to be, well, a bit rubbish.
I've already made one major optimisation. Instead of asking every gadget to draw every damaged rectangle until there are no rectangles left (which results in dozens of pointless, complex clipping operations), Woopsi uses the hierarchy of the gadgets to its advantage. If a parent gadget does not intersect a damaged rectangle, there is no way for its children to intersect it either. In avoiding trying to draw those children we save a lot of time.
However, this did not solve the scrolling problem. So what could it be? More to the point, how can it have happened, as the scrolling code hasn't actually changed?
I had a few guesses. Perhaps the scrolling operation was running more than once. Putting break points into the Xcode version of Woopsi quickly killed that idea. Perhaps I need to cache the contents of ScrollingPanels in some sort of off-screen bitmap - maybe it's all the redrawing that is a problem. But it couldn't be that - there weren't any problems before. Perhaps the list of newly-revealed rectangles that need to be redrawn that is returned by the scrolling routine is inaccurate. Testing it overturned that idea.
So I turn to Xcode's "Instruments", something that I wish Visual Studio would copy. Running Woopsi through the CPU Sampler suggests that the only thing Woopsi is doing is creating Rect objects. Creating rectangles is making Woopsi's scrolling rubbish? That makes no sense.
Except, perhaps it does.
All of the new rendering functions create WoopsiArrays of Rect objects. As the inital size of a WoopsiArray is 100, and as they store objects, not pointers to objects, that means that each function call to one of these methods creates hundreds of Rect objects. Worse, these functions are recursive. There are probably tens of thousands of Rect objects being created every time the screen redraws.
I tried switching to arrays of pointers-to-rect objects, but quickly got bogged down in recursive memory allocation hell. Instead, I altered the WoopsiArray class so that it accepts an initial reserved size parameter. In most cases, none of the methods needs more than 4 rects in a list, so I've gone with that as the initial size. I've also changed the way that the array class resizes itself; it now doubles in size every time it needs to allocate more space instead of increasing by 100 elements. I believe this is the behaviour of the STL's vector class.
Surprisingly enough, these very minor changes fixed the scrolling problems and boosted the speed of Woopsi everywhere else. I'm not sure I can remember it being this quick.
It's a very old programmer's cliche, but it's true. Performance problems aren't always where you'd expect.
Happy Belated Birthday, and More Event Stuff
It was the blog's birthday on April 11th. I'd intended to put up a birthday post like I did last year, and maybe a celebratory Woopsi app, but exam work got in the way. Ah well.
Anyhoo, I made some more Woopsi changes nearly a month ago that I haven't been able to post about yet, so here's some info on those.
One of the lingering problems with the Gadget class has been the way it overloads the draw() method. There are two draw() methods, one without parameters, and one with a single parameter (a Gadget::Rect). The first method works out which parts of the gadget are visible, whilst the second actually draws those visible parts. Sounds good, but in practice it causes problems.
There is a bug in GCC (or a weird C++ behaviour; let's assume it's a bug in the compiler and not a design flaw in the language) that prevents this arrangement from working. If we create a subclass of gadget (let's call it "SubGadget"), we want to override the draw(Rect) method so the gadget can define how to draw each visible region. However, we don't want to override the draw() method, as this is identical for all gadgets. Unfortunately, we can't override one without also overriding the other. The compiler complains. As a workaround for this I have been overriding draw() with a method that just calls the base method, but this is clunky.
As a proper fix, the draw() method is now called "redraw()". This change will probably break your code if you have created your own gadgets.
There are a few more changes in the event system. Previously, whenever a selection was made in the context menu, the gadget that "owned" the menu raised an event indicating the selection. It was then the programmer's responsibility to check the context menu gadget itself to determine which value had been chosen. This is no longer the case - the handleContextMenuSelectionEvent() method now receives a reference to a "ContextMenuEventArgs" object that contains a pointer to the menu item that was selected. Much simpler to work with.
In other changes, the WoopsiArray and LinkedList classes no longer contain the "begin()" methods. This was left over from when Woopsi switched from the STL vector class to the WoopsiArray, a change in which I'd purposely made the WoopsiArray a drop-in replacement for the vector. The "begin()" was just a stub method, though - the WoopsiArray does not implement the STL iterator code, and begin() simply returned a zero. The WoopsiArray uses indexes internally, not pointer arithmetic, to navigate its contents.


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The University of Texas at Tyler Innovation Academy is a public university Charter School that was established in 2012 to provide students with a hands-on approach to learning by incorporating technology and innovative teaching methods. We are innovating at all levels – in Project-Based Learning, the flipped model classroom, and technology. Our mission is to prepare students to be college ready.
The Innovation Academy incorporates STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education into daily curriculum. The University of Texas at Tyler Innovation Academy works to help students gain the skills necessary to succeed in these fields. As a STEM school, students are required to complete rigorous and challenging coursework specifically designed to prepare them for a seamless transition to higher education. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, STEM careers have grown three times as fast as jobs in non-STEM careers over the past ten years.
We believe that learning is both engaging and social. Therefore, all content is taught through project-based activities. Students are organized into small groups to collectively learn and master a very challenging curriculum.
We believe that students can and should learn 21st century skills, such as problem solving, communication, research, and collaboration. These skills are incorporated into projects designed from the state standards, ensuring that students are learning the material that they need to know to be successful.
We believe that learning is an ongoing process, and we strive to extend learning beyond the classroom. One way we extend learning is by providing at home assignments. Students in the UT Tyler Innovation Academy spend roughly half as much time with teachers then they would in a traditional classroom. The remainder of the time is spent away from school working independently on virtual assignments.
We believe that education should be individualized for all students. Projects are developed with the intent of allowing students to operate at multiple grade-levels. Furthermore, we encourage students to work ahead on their own or address weaknesses that they have identified with the help of their teachers and parents.
The UT Tyler Innovation Academy is dedicated to implementing the newest and most promising practices in education. This commitment is evident as you walk our halls and visit our classrooms. I encourage you to view our website, watch our videos, and come see our schools.


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- Campus code for Geelong Waterfront Campus, used in Callista.
The letter 'F' is used to denote the Geelong Waterfront Campus for the direction of internal mail.
Student Amenities Higher Education Loan Program
- School of Communication and Creative Arts
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Student Equity
- The method of organisation of the teaching year. Deakin moved from a semester system to a trimester system in 2008.
At Deakin there are three trimesters; trimester 1 runs from March to June; trimester 2 runs from July to October; trimester 3 runs from November to February.
- Senior Research Fellow
- Senior Research Fellow
- School Executive Officer
- student evaluation of teaching and units (survey)
- School of History, Heritage and Society (now School of Humanities and Social Sciences)
- School of International and Political Studies (now School of Humanities and Social Sciences)
- sick leave
- Student Learning Entitlement
- student loans survey
- senior leadership team
- subject matter expert
- School of Education
- specified credit transfer
- Credit may be granted for a specific Deakin unit where previous studies involve a substantial overlap of content at a similar standard. When specified credit is awarded for studies deemed to be the equivalent of Deakin units, this equivalence may be determined only by the Board of the faculty that offers the Deakin unit.
- Strategic Teaching and Learning Grant Scheme
- Student Timetable Allocation and Registration
- Statutes and regulations of the University provide for the organisation, management and good governance of the University. University legislation establishes the structure of the University and its staff. It sets out the courses which are offered and related matters such as admission and selection, fees, academic progress, academic awards and student discipline. Statutes and regulations are available in The Guide.
- Student Connect
- A web based administration portal which allows access to student enrolment details.
- student contribution
- Amount Commonwealth supported students contribute for each unit of study.
- Student Services and Amenities Fee
A fee that higher education providers can charge their students for student services and amenities of a non-academic nature, such as sporting and recreational activities, employment and career advice, child care, financial advice and food services.
- A study assistance activity development package that integrates with Vista in Deakin Studies Online (DSO). It allows you to create Flash-based activities and games.


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Trend in economic inequality Economic inequality is a common social issue that affects many Canadians, either directly or indirectly. It has for example led to social stratification by economic capacities. Osberg identify five economic classes in the Canadian society and offers a review of times series data for percentage income distribution among Canadians. The evaluation of five economic classes, bottom 20 %, second 20 %, middle 20 %, fourth 20 %, and the top 20 % identifies concentration of resources in the hands of a few individuals while a majority of the Canadian citizens are within average and poor economic classes (Osberg, 2008, p. 7). Data, obtained from Statistics Canada, reported that by the year 2005, 60 percent of Canadian population only controlled less than 30 percent of the country's wealth while the larger portion, more than 70 percent was in the hands on the top economic class that forms only 40 percent of the country' population…. This is attributable to the great depression of the 1970s that contracted profit margins for business organizations and prompted measures for increasing profitability. Reduced wage rates for employees, and layoffs became characteristics to reduce the percentage of wealth ownership by the low classes while the capitalists retained their share of profits. The move to increase organizations' profitability also led to high remunerations for top managers to facilitate their inputs towards operational efficiencies. Change in demand for labor is another factor to the increasing economic inequality. While Canada is becoming more industrialized and oriented to developing skills-based commodities, demand for skilled labor has risen while demand for unskilled labor has lagged. The trend in demand has therefore led to higher remuneration among skilled workers than among the unskilled to contribute to economic inequality. Effects of globalization that allows the capitalist class to dictate low wage rates for employees has also ensured higher profit margins to increase wealth concentration among rich investors. This is because enterprises can obtain alternative cheap labor through importation of workers or relocating to other countries, and these forces Canadians to accept low remuneration rates (Conference, 2012). Macroeconomic factors have also significantly facilitated the increasing trend of economic inequality. The decreased effectiveness of trade unions has weakened workers bargaining power for equitable remunerations and consequently led to high wage rate disparity. Minimum wage rate has also remained constant and allowed employers to stipulate low wages among the bottom economic class. A shift from a regulated economy to a deregulated


Traces + Patterns at the Olympic Sculpture Park / PIQUE
PIQUE often engages in the practice of Guerrilla Architecture. In an effort to exercise their design process, critical eye and interest in the urban fabric, they undertake subversive interrogations & interventions. This latest research project for the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park is one such project that is beginning to get some real traction.
More images, a video and the architect's description after the break.
The Olympic Sculpture Park frames their study as this park provides an invaluable amenity to the city by generously offering this private collection of art, open and free to the public. It is the first in the city to clearly and actively engage a connection from urban to natural landscapes. Its design connects the joy of discovering landscape with the joy of discovering art.
The first phase of study consisted of observing, documenting and graphically assimilating how people move through and spend time in this place. The results of the interrogation revealed "hotspots" on the master plan where people congregate and spend greater amounts of time. Not surprisingly, the majority of these spots are in front of art, but a considerable amount of time is spent in open areas along the switchback of the "Z" circulation path above Elliot Avenue and in front of Calder's Eagle. This study highlighted the existence of the orange chairs along this stretch of path, which seemed to be added as an afterthought.
Based on the effect these chairs have on how visitors use the space of the park, PIQUE considers these chairs as active 'agents', which can be used to various affect. These chairs create orientation and provide a tangible, tactile experience that is human-scale and able to be manipulated. As the research continued, a project for a public art insertion naturally unfolded.
The diagrams which resulted from the research became rhetorically dense, rich and graphically beautiful pieces of art; the richness and graphical beauty derived from a rigorous analysis of the visitors' use of the park. By layering the paths of each person in the park, the visitors were unknowingly contributing to a piece of artwork that covered the entire sculpture park. The resulting project engages two key issues: 1. How can the park itself act as a piece of public art? 2. How can the significance of these chairs, revealed through the time-lapse studies, be turned into an event on the site?
The resulting insertion puts in place a system that sparks circumstance and engagement. A racking system is proposed for specially designed chairs so that, as a visitor pulls a chair, they then need to make a decision where to put it on the site. Throughout the day these chairs move about, creating an active, evolving dance. The chairs are designed to fit together in different configurations sparking a playful, engaging sense and assuring that each visit will be unique.
A video camera situated on the adjacent building documents the patterns of use on the lawn as it unfolds throughout the day and sends a feed to the Seattle Art Museum website and downtown lobby. Here, visitors can see how they contributed to that day's artwork of use. At the end of the day, the night watchman returns the remaining chairs into the storage rack, clearing the canvas for the next day's artwork.
Cite:Sebastian Jordana. "Traces + Patterns at the Olympic Sculpture Park / PIQUE" 22 Feb 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed.


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Analyst Insight: Most companies fail to take a holistic approach to supply chain risk management. Individual functions do address some of their own risks in isolation, but typically there is no high-level executive with the charter and power to create and drive an integrated approach to managing supply chain risk.
-Bill McBeath, chief research officer at ChainLink Research
Who is responsible for managing supply chain risk in the enterprise? Many companies don't have a good answer. The responsibility is typically split between several roles:
- Risk Managers-Often companies have a risk manager, but frequently that person's focus is on managing insurance: ensuring that company is adequately covered and taking steps to control premiums.
- Sourcing and Procurement Personnel-They are generally responsible for managing suppliers performance. For mature sourcing organizations, this includes assessing risk during supplier selection and during the period of performance. But this is often confined to checking financial viability of the supplier and trying to limit sole-sourcing situations. Rarely does it include a more holistic approach to risk that would encompass things like the business continuity readiness of the supplier or the location of the suppliers plants or who the supplier might be outsourcing to.
- Business Continuity Manager-This is often an IT-centric function that focuses on keeping information systems up and running. It also can include disaster recovery plans for the various facilities and functions within the company, such as manufacturing, distribution, call center, etc.
- Supply Chain Planning-In long-term planning (network design) and short-term planning (inventory planning), some thought is given to the risks as part of the overall planning process.
- Logistics and Transportation-Usually seeks some diversity in carriers and routes and may or may not have backup plans in place.
So risk management is taking place in pockets. But do these functions coordinate their risk analysis and mitigation into a holistic plan? Rarely. And do they consider the risk going back several tiers into the supply chain, which is becoming more and more important? Almost never.
Sure, we have a few Chief Risk Officers in place, but that is the exception rather than the rule, and even then you have to wonder how much clout they really hold in the organization. Until supply chain risk management becomes high on the CEO's agenda, this situation is unlikely to change.
Research has shown that when there is a major disruption to a company's supply chain, their stock typically falls between 25 percent and 30 percent relative to the market (and it stays there for at least 12 months). That fact has not been enough to get the attention of the CEO. Not until the markets start explicitly pricing the stock (up or down), based on a company's level of supply chain resilience, do we expect the current approaches to risk management to change significantly.
The economic downturn was actually somewhat good for the risk management business. In particular, people were more worried about trying to know which of their suppliers will survive or not. So will the recovery be bad for risk management? Not necessarily, but don't expect a surge of interest in risk management this year. People are much more focused on growing their businesses.
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evity. These skipped types are the FileStoreReaderRouter, FileSystemStoreReader and DatabaseStoreReader classes.
The original contract stated that the GetFileContent() method should return the content of a file that was previously stored using the StoreFile() method. Now, after we split it into two contracts, no individual class or interface has such responsibility since no class or interface has the two methods together. Where did this responsibility go?
The Composition Root
Applying these SOLID principles, we are making our individual classes and interfaces simpler. Instead of having few big classes that have big responsibilities and know much about the system, we are having small and simple classes that have smaller responsibilities and that know less about the system. We are having more contracts that each have lesser conditions.
Where is this responsibility going? Where is this knowledge of the system going?
To the Composition Root.
The Composition Root is the place in an application where we wire all our classes together to create the object graph that constitutes the application. After we apply the SRP and the ISP, the responsibility of the Composition Root is much higher.
Before applying these principles, the Composition Root had only a few big puzzle pieces to put together. Now, it has a lot of smaller puzzle pieces that it needs to put together.
In our example, the Composition Root is responsible for making sure that the IFileStoreReader implementation that is injected into the DownloadController, can return the content of files uploaded by using the IFileStoreWriter implementation injected into the UploadController.
Before splitting IFileStore into these two interfaces, the Composition Root had no such responsibility. The IFileStore implementation had this responsibility then.
Although it is harder to break the LSP now, we can still break the application by composing our object graph in an incorrect way. E.g., by injecting some implementation of some interface into the wrong place.
But now, the responsibility of not breaking the application is where it should be; the entity that constitutes the application, i.e., the Composition Root.
To summarize the responsibilities:
 - Individual classes have the responsibility to abide by the implementer part of the contracts they implement (usually a single contract if we apply the SOLID principles)
 - Individual classes have the responsibility to abide by the consumer part of the contracts of the dependencies that they have.
 - The Composition Root has the responsibility of creating the individual objects and wiring them correctly so that the application does what it is supposed to do. This is not an easy thing to do because individual classes are highly composable and we can easily compose them in a way that does not match the application's requirement.

The Null Object Pattern
One pattern that is related to the argument of this article is the Null Object Pattern. With this pattern, we create an implementation of a specific interface that actually does nothing. There are many uses for such a pattern. For example, sometimes when we want to modify the application to turn off a specific feature. Instead of changing the code in the consuming class, we simply inject a Null Object to it.
For example, in the case of our IFileStoreWriter, we could create a NullFileStoreWriter that does nothing when the StoreFile method is invoked.
Imagine what would happen if we inject this implementation into every place where IFileStoreWriter is expected. This will most probably break the application. Does the Null Object Pattern violate LSP?
Summary:
When we apply SOLID principles, the SRP and the ISP in particular, we get a large number of classes and contracts. Such configuration means that we have a set of highly composable components that we initially compose in a particular way but that can be easily composed in a different way to meet new requirements.
Such composition happens in the Composition Root. In this article, I argued that the Composition Root has a bigger responsibility of not breaking the application and thus individual classes need only care about not violating the contracts they deal with in order not to violate the LSP.
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Trace gas and particle emissions from domestic and industrial biofuel use and garbage burning in central Mexico
Christian, T. J.; Yokelson, R. J.; Cardenas, B.; Molina, L. T.; Engling, G.; Hsu, S.-C. 2010. Trace gas and particle emissions from domestic and industrial biofuel use and garbage burning in central Mexico. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 10: 565-584.
In central Mexico during the spring of 2007 we measured the initial emissions of 12 gases and the aerosol speciation for elemental and organic carbon (EC, OC), anhydrosugars, Cl-, NO-3, and 20 metals from 10 cooking fires, four garbage fires, three brick making kilns, three charcoal making kilns, and two crop residue fires. Global biofuel use has been estimated at over 2600 Tg/y. With several simple case studies we show that cooking fires can be a major, or the major, source of several gases and fine particles in developing countries. Insulated cook stoves with chimneys were earlier shown to reduce indoor air pollution and the fuel use per cooking task. We confirm that they also reduce the emissions of VOC pollutants per mass of fuel burned by about half. We did not detect HCN emissions from cooking fires in Mexico or Africa. Thus, if regional source attribution is based on HCN emissions typical for other types of biomass burning (BB), then biofuel use and total BB will be underestimated in much of the developing world. This is also significant because cooking fires are not detected from space.
Keywords: trace gas, particle emissions, biofuel, Mexico
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The battery pack is the core energy source of new energy vehicles, which provides driving power for the whole vehicle. In order to protect the internal components of the battery pack from dust, rain and other erosion, the sealing of the battery pack must reach a certain dust-proof and waterproof level. According to the requirements of the industry on the protection level of electrical equipment shell, the protection level of the battery pack in terms of dust prevention and waterproof should generally reach IP67 or IP68. Therefore, manufacturers generally design for the waterproof of the battery pack, and the waterproof sealing shell materials generally used include: rubber sealing ring, sealant and foam tape, etc. But no matter what kind of material is used, it is also very important to test the waterproof of battery pack.
There are a variety of waterproof test methods for battery packs. This time, Harris technology will bring you the waterproof test of new energy vehicle battery packs. I hope it can help you.
1、 Process display of new energy vehicle battery pack
The sealing of new energy vehicle battery pack needs to cooperate with the structure of the battery pack box and the sealing ring. The whole sealing of the battery box needs to be realized through laser splicing, which belongs to the structural sealing. In addition, the battery pack also uses sealing aids such as sealing rings or sealants to help form a more sealed structure.
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2、 Problems of poor waterproof sealing of battery pack for new energy vehicles
1. The cracking of the sealing glue between the top cover and the bottom groove results in poor sealing performance, which easily leads to the infiltration of external liquid and pollutes the working environment of the battery.
2. Leakage of safety valve due to sealing problem may cause damage to other parts.
3. The poor sealing results in acid leakage at the terminals, affecting the wires of the battery car and causing the circuit to burn out.
4. The failure of sealing leads to the loss of capacitance and the decrease of battery life and safety.
3、 Difficulties and key points of new energy vehicle battery pack
1. The appearance of new energy vehicle battery pack is fully wrapped with waterproof material, which is strong in sealing and large in volume, which is not conducive to the use of mold for fully enclosed detection;
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2. It is necessary to realize non-destructive testing to avoid substantial damage to the tested products;
4、 New energy vehicle battery pack testing difficulties breakthrough and testing points display
As the volume of new energy vehicle battery pack is too large, it is not suitable to carry out fully enclosed detection, so Harris technology adopts direct detection. There is a special pipe for conveying detection gas on the instrument. During detection, the pipe is connected with the connecting pipe of new energy vehicle battery pack, which is convenient and fast;
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In addition, when the device detects, a certain volume of dry and impurity free gas will be filled into the cavity of the battery pack, and then the compressed air supply will be cut off, and the pressure will be stabilized for a period of time. After a given measurement time, the tiny change of air pressure in the detection environment will be monitored. The sensor will send this information to the detection system, and finally through a series of calculations, the leakage value of the gas can be obtained, and the waterproof performance and IP waterproof grade of the battery pack can be detected according to the leakage value.
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5、 Parameter table of waterproof tester for battery pack of new energy vehicle
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