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A talent pipeline is a network of engaged passive candidates who can fill future roles in your company. Talent pipeline metrics help you measure the effectiveness of your sourcing strategies in finding and engaging those candidates. Here's a primer on five common talent pipeline metrics and how to calculate them:
Source of hire
Source of hire shows what percentage of your overall hires entered your pipeline from each recruiting source (e.g. referrals, social media sourcing.) This information helps you plan your recruiting budget and allocate resources for the most effective recruiting channels. For example, if employee referrals bring in a high percentage of hires, consider investing in a fully-fledged referral program.
It'd be a good idea to track candidate sources too. For example, a source that brings you a large number of high quality candidates is valuable, even if you end up hiring someone from another source. Use recruiting data from your Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to find out what percentage of your most qualified candidates each source brings in.
Candidate conversion rates
Candidate conversion rates show how effective recruiters are in enticing passive candidates and moving them further along in their pipeline. Imagine your talent pipeline model has the following main stages:
Measure conversion rates from each stage to the other. For example, let's assume that you send a sourcing email to 30 candidates in a week. Ask yourself:
- How many candidates reply? If five of them reply and agree to talk further, then your email conversion rate is 5/30*100% = 16.6%.
- How many candidates do you routinely follow-up with post-screening call? If you regularly check-in with one out of three candidates you speak with, then your conversion rate is 1/3 *100% = 33.3%.
- What percentage of your engaged candidates moved forward to an interview (or are hired)? For example, if you recommend five candidates from your talent pipeline per month, and hiring managers interview (or hire) three of those candidates, then your pipeline conversion rate that month is 3/5*100%, or 60%. The higher this rate is, the higher the quality of your pipeline.
Track these metrics across your recruiting pipeline and across time and calculate the average annual/ quarterly rates. Aim for the highest possible conversion rates.
Job offer acceptance rate
Your offer acceptance rate (OAR) shows what percentage of candidates accepted your job offer. Here's the formula to calculate OAR:
So, if you extended job offers to 10 candidates the past month, and six of those candidates accepted, your offer acceptance rate is 60%.
Track this metric per position and per hiring manager. Also, measure your OAR specifically for candidates you sourced and engaged with. This metric can indicate whether:
- Your candidates had positive experiences that compelled them to accept your job offer.
- You successfully matched candidates in your pipeline to open roles they were interested in.
- Your job offers are attractive enough for the best people in your talent pipeline.
Time to fill
Maintaining a talent pipeline helps you reduce the number of days it takes to fill an open position (your time to fill.) This is because you've already qualified and engaged candidates in your pipeline before a position opens. If you find that your talent pipeline doesn't significantly reduce your average time to fill, you may need to make your hiring process more efficient or rethink how you qualify candidates.
To calculate your time to fill, first define the time period you will be measuring. For example, your starting point could be the day HR or Finance approves a job opening. Then, count the days until your best candidate accepts your job offer.
Compare your time to fill across positions and departments to find out which teams or roles might need a stronger talent pipeline.
Candidate experience metrics
To build talent pipelines, recruiters should care about their candidates. This candidate-centric approach helps you build good relationships with candidates, boost your employer brand and even enhance your pipeline through referrals from your engaged candidates.
A good way to measure candidate experience is using online survey tools (e.g. Typeform) to ask for both qualitative and quantitative feedback. Here are example questions:
- How would you rate your overall experience communicating with our recruiter?
- What do you think we could improve in our hiring process?
Supplement this feedback by monitoring reviews on Glassdoor and social media.
These five talent pipeline metrics will help you assess the quality of your pipelines. Each company may choose to monitor additional recruitment metrics that fit specific needs. Always track cost per hire and quality of hire for a well-rounded view of your recruiting strategies.


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Adam Montri is a Hoophouse Outreach Specialist in the Department of Horticulture and with the MSU Center for Regional Food Systems. He works with farmers on the Hoophouse for Health program where he provides technical assistance as part of the Hoophouse Production Team. This program increases access to capital for farmers to build hoophouses while simultaneously increasing food access and Good Food purchasing power for vulnerable youth and their families. He and his wife, Dru and daughters, Lydia and Alison, own and operate Ten Hens Farm in Bath, MI where they use field production and hoophouses to grow and sell fresh produce year-round.
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The following study assesses cold-season hoop house lettuce production in the context of local food systems' relative environmental effects.
Allen Neighborhood Center Workshop: Understanding Institutional & Wholesale Markets - Products and Pricing
February 10, 2017
Institutional and wholesale markets can be a key component of a successful farm business. From farmers' experiences and information about their sales, learn about which products are in demand from institutional and wholesale buyers and how to price them.

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Serial or parallel elastic drives (SEA, PEA) are useful when energy efficiency, controllability and human-machine interaction are important. This drive topology uses elastic elements in the torque or force flow, which can be arranged serially, i.e. directly in the force flow, or parallel to it - for example to compensate for the weight force.
At the IMT, drives with about 20 W power and the widest possible frequency bandwidth (up to 500 Hz) are to be set up and characterised. Test benches and measurement infrastructure are available for this purpose.


In search of lost parts of his childhood, Jonny Briggs explores a reality outside what he was socialised into by creating new ones using himself and his parents as the main subject. Through these he uses photography to explore his relationship with deception, the constructed reality of the family, and question the boundaries between child/adult, self/other, nature/culture, real/fake in attempt to revive the unconditioned self, beyond the family bubble. Although easily assumed to be photoshopped or faked, upon closer inspection the images are often realised to be more real than first expected. Involving staged installations, the cartoonesque and the performative, Briggs looks back to his younger self and attempt to re-capture childhood nature through assuming adult eyes. Recent exhibitions include Photoforum PasquArt Photo Museum, Switzerland (2017), Unseen Art Fair, Amsterdam, MC2, Nehtherland (2017), When something bad happens more than once, it starts to feel normal, N Contemporary, Turin, Italy (2016), Centre Photographique, Rouen, Normandy, France, Curated by Raphaëlle Stopin (2016), Soil Culture: Young Shoots, The Eden Project, Cornwall, UK (2016).


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Species Hierarchy
Common name: SPRUCE - WHITE
Scentific name: PICEA GLAUCA
Species Info:
This lifeform is found north of the Mason Dixon line in North America.
White Spruce (Picea glauca - older literature, Picea canadensis) is found coast to coast in Canada and widely in Alaska. This species avoids the warmer coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest. It extends into the United States in several places such as northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. It is usually found near water and typically grows up to 70 feet tall, although older records indicate it can grow up to 110 feet tall. The needles are less than one inch long, and generally are located on the upperside of the branch. The cones are less than 2.5 inches long.
Spruces (Genus picea) are found in the colder climates of the Northern Hemisphere. These are a group of Gymnosperms that have stiff evergreen needles that grow singly along the branches. The cones also hang. There are about 40 species in this genus worldwide. China is blessed with about eighteen species. Seven species of spruces are native to North America, and there is also a European species (Picea abies) that has become established in North America. Because of their beauty many species are frequently planted as ornamentals.
These seven native North American species are listed below. All seven species are pictured and discussed herein. (*denotes discussed and pictured herein).
 SPECIES LOCATION
 *Picea breweriana (brewer spruce) NW USA (Local)
 *Picea engelmanni (engelmann spruce) Rocky Mountains
 *Picea glauca (white spruce) Alaska & most of Canada
 *Picea mariana (black spruce) Alaska & most of Canada
 *Picea rubens (red spruce) New England & E. Canada
 *Picea pungens (blue spruce) Colorado & Adjacent
 *Picea sitchensis (sitka spruce) Coastal Pacific NW
The following brief summary might help separate the spruces of the eastern USA.:
 White spruce (Picea glauca) is found across Canada and south into the United States to Maine and northern New York, Michigan, and South Dakota. The branches are horizontal and the tree has a pyramidal shape. The needles are form 2.0 to 2.5 cm long and the cones are from 3 to 6 cm long.
 Red spruce (Picea rubens) is found in eastern northern North America. This species has drooping branches and a pyramidal shape. The needles are from 1.2 to 2.0 cm long and the cones are from 3 to 5 cm long.
 Black spruce (Picea mariana) is found from Maine west to Alaska. This species has an unusual spire shape with relatively short branches. The short needles are from.8 to 1.2 cm long and the cones are from 1.5 to 2.5 cm long.
 Norway spruce (Picea abies) has many named garden varieties. This European species is a common ornamental. The needles are from 1.2 to 2.0 cm long, and the very long cones are from 10 to 17 cm long. The tigertail spruce (Picea polita) is native to the Orient. It is an occasional ornamental with upwards spreading branches. The needles are about 2.5 cm long and the cones are from 7-10 cm long.
 The blue spruce (Picea pungens) is native to Colorado, but is very widely and very commonly planted as an ornamental. The needles are from 2.5 to 3.5 cm long, and the cones are up to 8 cm long. The very unusual blue color of the needles will help identify this species.
Following is an incomplete list of some of the Eurasian Spruces (*denotes the species is discussed herein):
SPECIES LOCATION
*Picea abies(Norway spruce) Northern Europe
*Picea meyeri N. China
*Picea omorika Balkans of Europe
*Picea polita Orient
*Picea wilsonii C&W China
North American Pine family contains many valuable species.
Pines and Spruces, etc. (Family Panacea) comprise a group of about nine genera and about 195 species found worldwide. The family is of tremendous economic importance for building lumber. This group is also one of the most predominant forms of vegetation on much of the earth's land area. There are several important genera in this family, including the Firs (Abies), Spruces (Picea), Pines (Pinus), and Douglas Firs (Pseudotsuga).
Conifers (Order Coniferae) is an important group of trees and bushes found throughout the world. Although very common in the forests everywhere, this group of plants has only about 520 species. They are characterized by having needles. Pine trees and spruce trees are typical examples of conifers.
Gymnosperms are a group of trees and bushes usually characterized by needles and the production of cones to support the seeds. Most species are evergreen. (The actual technical definition has to do with the method of producing the seed.)
There are over 600 species of Gymnosperms known to science. The largest genus in this group in terms of species is the Pine genus with about 120 species. The second most common genus is the Podocarpus genus which is normally a more tropical group than the Pines.
Kartesz lists 135 species as growing in greater North America, including Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Seed plants (Phylum Embryophyta) are generally grouped into one large phylum containing three major classes: the Gymnosperms, the Monocots, and the Dicots. (Some scientists separate the Gymnosperms into a separate phylum and refer to the remaining plants as flowering plants or Angiospermae.)
For North American counts of the number of species in each genus and family, the primary reference has been John T. Kartesz, author of A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland (1994). The geographical scope of his lists include, as part of greater North America, Hawaii, Alaska, Greenland, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Kartesz lists 21,757 species of vascular plants comprising the ferns, gymnosperms and flowering plants as being found in greater North America (including Alaska, Hawaii, Greenland, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands).
There are estimates within the scientific world that about half of the listed North American seed plants were originally native with the balance being comprised of Eurasian and tropical plants that have become established.
Plant kingdom contains a large variety of different organisms including mosses, ferns, and seed plants. Most plants manufacture their energy from sunlight and water. Identification of many species is difficult in that most individual plants have characteristics that have variables based on soil moisture, soil chemistry, and sunlight.
Because of the difficulty in learning and identifying different plant groups, specialists have emerged that study only a limited group of plants. These specialists revise the taxonomy and give us detailed descriptions and ranges of the various species. Their results are published in technical journals and written with highly specialized words that apply to a specific group.
On the other hand, there are the nature publishers. These people and companies undertake the challenging task of trying to provide easy to use pictures and descriptions to identify those species.
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The intrinsic deep donor level, known as EL2, is responsible for semi-insulating behavior of undoped GaAs. EL2 is the most extensively studied point defect in GaAs. The most important property related to EL2 is the metastability under sub-bandgap light exposure at low temperature. The microscopic origin of EL2 and its photo-induced metastability is still under debate. We present an experimental investigation on unirradiated and irradiated semi-insulating GaAs using thermally stimulated current spectroscopy and photo-current quenching. In addition to EL2, we have discovered some other metastable defects in semi-insulating GaAs. Li ions of 48 MeV were used to irradiate semi-insulating GaAs with fluences between 1011and 1013ions/cm2. The energy loss of 48 MeV Li ions in GaAs is dominantly due to electronic processes because the energy loss due to nuclear collision processes is much less than the lattice binding energy of GaAs. Extended range of 48 MeV Li ions in GaAs has been used to modify the defect levels by electronic energy loss processes. Several modifications of defect levels, including the metastable levels in semi-insulating GaAs observed after irradiation, are discussed. © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- n. Plural form of shanty.
"Giant eyes stare from the roofs of tin shanties in Brazil."
"From there you are constantly being whipped forced to live in shanties and pick crops for no pay and no freedom."
"A third of residents live in shanties without sanitation and water."
"The university is gaining widespread recognition for the quality of that education, but thrifty education shoppers have known this since before the days of the GI bill, when veterans lived in shanties where Cassell Coliseum now stands."
"The hide and seek games, the desires to convert a blanket into a tent, the instinct for "shanties" -- which all boys universally manifest -- we are told that these forms of play are but the echo of remote ages when our ancestors sojourned in caves, lived in tents, or dwelt in the mountain fastness."
"The lumbering operations constituted the staple commerce, and the shanties were the winter homes of the greater number of the people."
"Victoria would be called shanties -- huts built of wood and canvas -- some of the larger of them being labelled "Saloon," "Eating-house,"
"One of the shanties was the future hotel of the place, at present, however, affording accommodation to neither man nor beast."
"Lorillard imported Italian and Slovak immigrants to build Tuxedo Park, and he rather thoughtlessly, but true to the period, named the shanties in which they lived "Fifth Avenue," "Broadway," and "Wall Street;" the workers mess hall was "Delmonico's.""
"There was bustle and movement everywhere, shrieking steam-whistles, quay porters with cases on their shoulders, lively "shanties" coming from the prams."
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La Amistad International Park
La Amistad, Panama
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The La Amistad International Park, or in Spanish Parque Internacional La Amistad, formerly the La Amistad National Park, is an Transboundary Protected Area in Latin America, management of which is shared between Costa Rica (Caribbean La Amistad and Pacific La Amistad Conservation Areas) and Panama, following a recommendation by UNESCO after the park's inclusion in the World Heritage Site list.
The park area is equally split between Costa Rica and Panama, as part of the former La Amistad Reserves of the Talamanca mountain range. It covers 401,000 ha of tropical forest and is the largest nature reserve in Central America and together with a 15 km buffer zone it represents a major biodiversity resource at a regional (ca 20% of the regions species diversity) and global level. This is recognized in its strategic position in the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor and its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its cross-frontier position gives it unique potential to improve bioregional planning. The park's buffer zone includes coffee and beef producers and indigenous subsistence farmers. A consequence of the difficulty of the terrain, the park is relatively unexplored and the only substantial scientific explorations deep into the park have been led by the Natural History Museum London, INBio and the University of Panama in the last 6 years (2003–2008).
In 2006 the UK's Darwin Initiative funded a three year collaborative project led by the Natural History Museum, London, INBio (Costa Rica) and ANAM (Panama). The aim of which was to generate baseline biodiversity information for the park and a map of the biodiversity. This involved a series of seven multi-disciplinary and international expeditions to remote parts of La Amistad during which over 7,500 plant, 17,000 beetle and 380 herpetological collections were made and deposited in the national collections of Costa Rica and Panama. These expeditions also lead to the discovery of 12 plant species, one dung beetle species, fifteen amphibian and three reptile species new to science.
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African Safari Wildlife raises over $1,000 to protect wild giraffes
PORT CLINTON, Ohio (WTVG) - African Safari Wildlife Park raised over $1,000 to help protect wild giraffes.
The Park is contributing a total of $1,235 to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation. According to the Park, they pledged to donate one dollar for each vehicle that passed through its gates between June 18 and June 21, which was World Giraffe Day.
"Giraffes are one of the world's most iconic, beloved animal species," said Park director Kelsey Keller. "We're proud to do our part to protect these African giants from our corner of the world."
The Park says it's home to seven male giraffes who serve as ambassadors for their counterparts in Africa. Those giraffes are Bingwa, Harrison, Lake, Matata, Nakuru and Poptart.
Since the 1980s, wild giraffe populations have declined by nearly 30% because of habitat loss and degradation, climate change and human hunting, according to the Park. GCF is the only nonprofit in the world that focuses solely on protecting giraffes. The organization works to build sustainable futures for giraffes through conservation monitoring, habitat protection, field research, translocation and community education programs across 17 African countries.
According to the Park, they have a long legacy of supporting conservation programs through its Guardian of Wildlife nonprofit, which started in the 1980s. Since 2016, the Park has donated over $26,000 to wildlife causes.
More information and donation opportunities can be found on the Park's website.
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Inclusive J/ψ production is studied in minimum-bias proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of s = 5.02 TeV by ALICE at the CERN LHC. The measurement is performed at mid-rapidity (|y| < 0.9) in the dielectron decay channel down to zero transverse momentum pT, using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of Lint = 19.4 ± 0.4 nb−1. The measured pT-integrated inclusive J/ψ production cross sec- tion is dσ/dy = 5.64 ± 0.22(stat.) ± 0.33(syst.) ± 0.12(lumi.) μb. The pT-differential cross section d2σ/dpTdy is measured in the pT range 0–10 GeV/c and compared with state-of- the-art QCD calculations. The J/ψ 〈pT〉 and 〈pT2〉 are extracted and compared with results obtained at other collision energies. [Figure not available: see fulltext.].
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Enormous Brown Bullhead Fishing in Manitoba - Manitoba Master Angler Minute
Fishing Planet - Everglades - Florida - Trophy Brown Bullhead
Breeding Brown Bullhead Catfish
2lb brown bullhead release #shorts
Brown Bullhead Catfish Under Lilypad
The brown bullhead is a fish of the Ictaluridae family that is widely distributed in North America. It is a species of bullhead catfish and is similar to the black bullhead and yellow bullhead. It was originally described as Pimelodus nebulosus by Charles Alexandre Lesueur in 1819, and is also referred to as Ictalurus nebulosus.


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A How-to-Guide for Student Leadership Summits
September 24, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET, 1.0 PDH credit
This free webinar has been developed by ITE Student Chapters for ITE Student Chapters and will focus on the Student Leadership Summit (SLS). Students who attend this webinar will receive background information on what SLS is and why it is important for chapters to be involved. The webinar will also share some brief statistics on other ITE Student Chapters' involvement with SLS, including budgets, attendees, and qualitative assessments on how SLS has helped their chapters.
Furthermore, students attending this webinar will receive tips on how they can maximize the value of attending SLS for their chapter. In terms of hosting SLS, the information will be provided to help student chapters determine if hosting is right for them. Useful advice from students who have recently hosted an SLS will also be provided to help student chapters overcome common challenges and barriers.
- Understand what SLS is and why it is important
- Gain insight on other student chapters' involvement levels in SLS and their views on its advantages and disadvantages
- Learns ways to make attending SLS effective for your chapter
- Understand the advantages and disadvantages of hosting an SLS
- Gain advice on hosting an SLS

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ISensorDriver::OnClientSubscribeToEvents method
The ISensorDriver::OnClientSubscribeToEvents method notifies the sensor driver that an authorized client application is requesting event notifications.
Syntax
HRESULT OnClientSubscribeToEvents(
 [in] IWDFFile *pClientFile,
 [in] LPWSTR pwszSensorID
);
Parameters
pClientFile [in]
Pointer to an IWDFFile interface that represents the file object for the application requesting event notifications.
pwszSensorID [in]
LPWSTR that contains the ID for the sensor from which the client application is requesting event notifications.
Return value
If the operation succeeds, this method returns S_OK. Otherwise, this method returns one of the error codes that are defined in Winerror.h.
Remarks
When a client application requests event notifications, the driver raises all events to the sensor class extension for the specified object ID. The class extension then forwards these events to the Sensor API as event notifications for applications.
You can maintain a reference count of connected applications for each sensor to avoid making event callbacks when not required.
Platform-defined events are defined in sensors.h.
For more information about how to use this method, see Filtering data.
Examples
The following example code demonstrates an implementation of ISensorDriver::OnClientSubscribeToEvents. This function uses an ATL simple map, named Clients, to keep track of connected clients. See ISensorDriver::OnClientConnect for an example of how connected clients are added to the map.
HRESULT CSensorDdi::OnClientSubscribeToEvents(
 __in IWDFFile* pClientFile,
 __in LPWSTR pwszSensorID
 )
{
 if(NULL == pClientFile ||
 NULL == pwszSensorID)
 {
 return E_POINTER;
 }
 HRESULT hr = S_OK;
 ClientData* pCD = NULL;
 if(m_cEventClients == 0)
 {
 // Create the event class.
 m_pSampleEvents = new(CSampleEvents);
 if(NULL == m_pSampleEvents)
 {
 hr = E_OUTOFMEMORY;
 }
 if(SUCCEEDED(hr))
 {
 // Initialize the event class.
 hr = m_pSampleEvents->Initialize(m_spSensorCXT, this, m_ulReportInterval);
 }
 }
 m_cEventClients++;
 pCD = Clients.Lookup(pClientFile);
 if(NULL == pCD)
 {
 hr = E_UNEXPECTED;
 }
 if(SUCCEEDED(hr))
 {
 // Mark this client as an event listener.
 pCD->bListening = TRUE;
 // Update the actual report interval by calling
 // a custom helper function. See Managing Report
 // Intervals for an example.
 m_ulReportInterval = GetNewReportInterval();
 // Notify the event class about the new interval.
 if(NULL != m_pSampleEvents)
 {
 m_pSampleEvents->SetInterval((DWORD)m_ulReportInterval);
 }
 }
 return hr;
}
Requirements
Minimum supported client
Windows 7
Minimum supported server
None supported
Target platform
Desktop
Version
Available in Windows 7.
Header
Sensorsclassextension.h
Library
SensorsClassExtension.lib
See also
ISensorClassExtension::PostEvent
ISensorClassExtension::PostStateChange
ISensorDriver::OnClientUnsubscribeFromEvents

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The best concentrate for calves ... – concentrate part 313. Juni 2022 — General Information, Calf Feeding, Calf management — #Work management #Calf cereal #Concentrated feed #Management #Pellets #Dry TMR #Growth #Gains
Which type of feed is the best?
Needless to say, it always depends on the raw materials that are used in mixing the feed. However, the question of acceptance by the calves is also important, because we aim to achieve the earliest possible uptake of the concentrate feed. Third, handling and labour also play a role in daily feeding. Dry TMR is an interesting alternative in all respects.
This article is about
Cereal or pellets?
We would like to make it clear that we at Holm & Laue have no preference between different types of concentrate. In addition to the classic feed meal, as is still often used today in proprietary mixtures, pelletised calf grain or calf cereal made from various crushed and flaked components are also provided.
We cannot see any overall difference in performance between pelletised feed or calf cereal, even though there are many different products of different qualities and price categories on the market.
Advantages of dry TMR for calves
We have already mentioned the significance of roughage in calf feeding in our article "Powerfood for calves". However, it is often difficult to obtain good hay and the quality of silage is not always optimal for calves. Moreover, calves may initially be reluctant to eat even a good silage mix for cows.
This is why the use of dry TMR (TMR = total mixed ration) has become established in calf feeding in recent years. This feed mixture consists of a mix of high-quality concentrate and chopped straw, hay or alfalfa. Here, both components are linked, usually by molasses, in such a way that the calves have to eat the concentrate and roughage together.
The advantages of dry TMR are obvious:
- The roughage component ensures good rumen growth, salivation and early rumination.
- The concentrated feed component ensures that the rumen villi develop well in the digestion process through short-chain fatty acids.
- It is not possible to separate out individual components. Roughage and concentrated feed are therefore eaten in an optimum ratio.
- In addition, it can be stored for a long time and can be easily prepared.
- It is generally not necessary to offer additional hay or other roughage, at least during the milk-feeding phase, but this can be done in preparation for the transition to the young cattle ration.
Preparing your own dry TMR
Besides ready-mixed products from feed manufacturers, it is relatively easy to prepare TMR rations for calves yourself.
1. Prepare feed analyses
All recommendations made here depend on what feed components are available and their quality. For this reason, it is important to analyse the ingredients of the concentrate components and, where necessary, also to determine the quality of the straw/hay.
When calculating the dry TMR feed mixture, the final product should contain approx. 10 MJ ME/kg and 15-17 % raw protein.
2. Chop straw
The raw fibre component is important here. Straw is most often used. Good meadow hay or alfalfa hay are very suitable. The chopped straw should be approx. 20-30 mm long. Longer structures often cause the finished TMR to separate again or the calves to start selecting.
The straw can, for example, be mixed in the feed mixer until the right length is reached. Care must also be taken to ensure that there is no feed residue in the mixer cart, which could later cause the dry TMR to become fungal.
You can also use bought-in, dedusted straw chaff if it is difficult to achieve the right length of straw or if the straw is too dusty after mixing. It is often sold in pressed plastic bags and can thus be stored in a confined space. In addition, this eliminates the step of crushing in the mixing cart, which can take up to 20 minutes.
3. Mix straw and molasses
Straw and molasses (molasses content: approx. 5 % of the finished mixture) are then mixed in the feed mixer cart. The purpose of the molasses is to ensure that the concentrate sticks to the straw later on. You can also add approx. 1 % vegetable oil to reduce dust, where necessary. Mixing must continue until it is clear that the liquid components are well dispersed and no lumps are visible.
4. Add concentrate components
The concentrate components are then added to the mixing cart. Depending on the mixing recommendation, you can mix between 20 and 30 percent by weight of straw with the remaining portion of concentrate. In terms of volume, a ratio of 50 % straw and 50 % concentrate has proved successful: one shovel of straw to one shovel of concentrate.
Depending on the mixing concept and mixing feed cart, the finished mixture should only be mixed briefly (a few minutes) until a homogeneous blend is achieved.
A dry TMR (min. 80-90 % dry matter) can be stored for 1-3 months without any problems (of course depending on the quality of the ingredients). Some advisers recommend mixing in milk replacer, for example. However, a mixture of this kind needs to be consumed within a few days.
Storage should be dry and enclosed. This prevents rodents and flies from accessing the feed. For example, cut-open IBC containers with lids or big bags have proven effective.
Feeding dry TMR
Dry TMR can be fed in a similar way to pure concentrate. You can start with small amounts as early as the 2nd week of life. Always only as much as a calf eats in a day. The food bowl should be just about empty.
When the calves consume approx. 1.5 - 2 kg, you can start feeding a high-performance cow ration (adjusted to approx. 25 l of milk) if desired. This should be done during the weaning phase or directly afterwards.
Very often, only dry TMR is fed in the calf pen, perhaps in combination with a hay supply, for work management reasons. This is OK if the calves do not stay in the calf pen for more than 2 weeks. You can then start providing the cows with a high-performance ration in addition to the dry TMR at the latest after they have been moved to the young cattle barn.
When they are 4-5 months old, limit the intake of dry TMR to 3 kg per day. Naturally, the calves' development must always be monitored to check that the weight targets set have been reached. Dry TMR can generally be discontinued as soon as the calves are 6 months old.


Hacking Elixir's Syntax
Elixir is quickly becoming one of my favorite languages. It's a functional language that runs on the Erlang VM and has lots of things going for it, like fast response times, a Ruby-like syntax and pattern matching.
While toying around with the language, I needed to test the operation of a function on binary numbers. For example, if you OR two numbers, the resulting number will be number that results from all the bits in either number, like this:
assert binary_or(0b10000000000000000, 0b0000000000000001) == 0b1000000000000001
If you are as bad at counting consecutive zeroes as I am, you'll probably have missed the error in the statement above1: The first number has one to many zeroes. In Ruby, you can use underscores in all numbers to make them easier to read. This is how the above code would look like if Elixir supported this:
assert binary_or(0b1000_0000_0000_0000_0, 0b0000_0000_0000_0001) == 0b1000_0000_0000_0001
The error becomes glaringly obvious. While Elixir does support underscores in decimal numbers, it doesn't support it in binary notation. Adding the support turned out to be not that hard, though.
The Elixir codebase was extremely easy to get running, just clone the repo and run make clean test. It worked out of the box for me, which is already a great experience. Some projects are extremely hard to build, but Elixir shines in this regard.
To find out where to look, I just used grep. The binary notation starts with '0b', so I hoped that there would be a test with these characters inside somewhere. Sure enough, this is the output of grep 0b1 -R:
~/r/elixir (master ⚡=) grep -R '0b1'
lib/elixir/lib/hash_dict.ex: @node_bitmap 0b111
lib/elixir/lib/hash_set.ex: @node_bitmap 0b111
lib/elixir/test/elixir/inspect_test.exs: assert inspect(86, base: :binary) == "0b1010110"
lib/elixir/test/elixir/integer_test.exs: assert Integer.undigits([1, 1], 2) == 0b11
lib/elixir/test/erlang/tokenizer_test.erl: [{number, {1,1,5}, 3}] = tokenize("0b11"),
The tokenizer is what we are looking for. As you can see by the .erl extension, it's written in Erlang. Elixir's source code is a mix of Erlang and Elixir: The low-level parts are implemented in Erlang, but things like the standard library are written in Elixir itself.
In the file we find the following lines of testing code:
hex_bin_octal_test() ->
 [{number, {1,1,5}, 255}] = tokenize("0xFF"),
 [{number, {1,1,5}, 63}] = tokenize("0o77"),
 [{number, {1,1,5}, 3}] = tokenize("0b11").
This is exactly what I was looking for, so I added the underscored variants, which should tokenize to the same result:
hex_bin_octal_test() ->
 [{number, {1,1,5}, 255}] = tokenize("0xFF"),
 [{number, {1,1,5}, 255}] = tokenize("0xF_F"),
 [{number, {1,1,5}, 63}] = tokenize("0o77"),
 [{number, {1,1,5}, 63}] = tokenize("0o7_7"),
 [{number, {1,1,5}, 3}] = tokenize("0b11"),
 [{number, {1,1,5}, 3}] = tokenize("0b1_1").
Looking into the Makefile, we can see that make test_erlang will only run the Erlang tests. Using this we get the expected error:
~/r/elixir (master ⚡=) make test_erlang
==> elixir (compile)
==> elixir (eunit)
tokenizer_test: hex_bin_octal_test...*failed*
in function tokenizer_test:hex_bin_octal_test/0 (lib/elixir/test/erlang/tokenizer_test.erl, line 32)
**error:{badmatch,[{number,{1,1,4},15},{identifier,{1,4,6},'_F'}]}
=======================================================
 Failed: 1. Skipped: 0. Passed: 197.
 Makefile:207: recipe for target 'test_erlang' failed
 make: *** [test_erlang] Error 1
The tokenizer choked on the _F, as expected. Let's try to make it work.
Guessing that the tokenizer would be implemented in a properly named file, I found elixir_tokenizer.erl. Reading through the code, I found the approriate functions around line 130. Here they are:
% Base integers
tokenize([$0, $x, H|T], Line, Column, Scope, Tokens) when ?is_hex(H) ->
 {Rest, Number, Length} = tokenize_hex([H|T], []),
 tokenize(Rest, Line, Column + 2 + Length, Scope, [{number, {Line, Column, Column + 2 + Length}, Number}|Tokens]);
tokenize([$0, $b, H|T], Line, Column, Scope, Tokens) when ?is_bin(H) ->
 {Rest, Number, Length} = tokenize_bin([H|T], []),
 tokenize(Rest, Line, Column + 2 + Length, Scope, [{number, {Line, Column, Column + 2 + Length}, Number}|Tokens]);
tokenize([$0, $o, H|T], Line, Column, Scope, Tokens) when ?is_octal(H) ->
 {Rest, Number, Length} = tokenize_octal([H|T], []),
 tokenize(Rest, Line, Column + 2 + Length, Scope, [{number, {Line, Column, Column + 2 + Length}, Number}|Tokens]);
This code calls the tokenize_{hex, bin, octal} functions when the number starts with 0x, 0b or 0o. Let's take a look at those functions, further down in the file.
tokenize_hex([H|T], Acc) when ?is_hex(H) -> tokenize_hex(T, [H|Acc]);
tokenize_hex(Rest, Acc) -> {Rest, list_to_integer(lists:reverse(Acc), 16), length(Acc)}.
tokenize_octal([H|T], Acc) when ?is_octal(H) -> tokenize_octal(T, [H|Acc]);
tokenize_octal(Rest, Acc) -> {Rest, list_to_integer(lists:reverse(Acc), 8), length(Acc)}.
tokenize_bin([H|T], Acc) when ?is_bin(H) -> tokenize_bin(T, [H|Acc]);
tokenize_bin(Rest, Acc) -> {Rest, list_to_integer(lists:reverse(Acc), 2), length(Acc)}.
The three functions are very similar. They put the current character into an accumulator list as long as it's a valid number for the given base. After that, they reverse the resulting accumulator and just call the list_to_integer function with the respective base.
The is_bin, is_hex and is_octal functions are actually macros. They are defined in elixir.hrl:
%% Numbers
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Ajay K. Garg of Cornell University and his colleagues modified strains of Indica rice, which is common throughout Asia, to produce a sugar known as trehalose. Although the simple sugar is common in many bacteria and insects, few plants manufacture the molecule. Those that do, however, are classified as "resurrection" plants because of their ability to survive long periods without water and revive quickly once moisture becomes available. Previous attempts to introduce trehalose-producing genes into rice resulted in plants that were less hardy than natural plants were. In the new work, the scientists first fused two genes from E. coli that synthesize the sugar and then introduced them, together with so-called promoter sequences, into the plant. These sequences allowed the researchers to control when and where the introduced genes expressed themselves. For instance, the leaf of a plant may produce trehalose, while the edible grains do not. Overall, the plants carrying the sugar-producing genes not only fared better under stressful conditions but also displayed more efficient photosynthesis under normal circumstances. (The image above shows rice plants after exposure to drought conditions. The plant on the left is transgenic.)
Despite the encouraging findings, trehalose-containing rice will not be planted outside a laboratory for at least a few years. "We still have a lot to learn about trehalose in important crop plants," Garg notes. But if the plants are judged safe and large-scale production is feasible, the modified rice could help to feed the world's burgeoning population. Says study co-author Ray J. Wu, "Anything we can do to help crop plants cope with environmental stresses will also raise the quality and quantity of food for those who need it most."


Help & Support » Guides » User Guide » Activities & Tasks » Tasks » Using Checklists
Using Checklists
Task management slowing you down?
Checklists for your Tasks
When creating a task in Accelo, you may want to cleanly lay out all of the key to-do items to ensure the task is completed properly.
Using the Checklist feature, these key to-dos can be easily listed, marked and tracked to ensure your tasks stay on track. When a checklist item is marked as completed, Accelo will record which user completed it.
Using this guide, you can:
Adding a Checklist when Creating Tasks
 1. On the task creation dialog box, scroll down to the Checklist option. To add an item, click Add Item.
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 2. To add a checklist item, type the item name in the Enter an item name field. Hit Enter when complete.
 3. When the checklist has been created, click OK to finish creating the task.
Adding Checklists to Pre-Existing Tasks
 1. Navigate to a task in Accelo. Click on the task to open the Task Details dialog box.
 2. On the right side of the dialog box, you will find the Checklists section.
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 3. To add items to the checklist, type the item name in the Enter an item name field.
 4. To save the checklist, click the Save checklist button.
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 5. To remove a checklist item, click the X on the right side of the item name.
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We are lucky in that we live in Southern California, where many foods are able to grow for longer periods of time throughout the year. That being said, much of the food is not necessarily produced locally, nor is it in season when we eat it. Many of us who live in urban areas may find it difficult to feel connected to the seasons… In supermarkets, produce is available year-round regardless of whether it's in season or where it was produced.
Here at Muir Ranch, we strive to educate students about where their food comes from (the ground!) and when certain foods are ripe. We would like to extend this education to you, as well. Knowing what is in season can help you eat locally. When you go to the supermarket in February and see a red tomato, you can bet it wasn't grown nearby. So if you have ever wondered what is in season when, check out this handy chart:
Keep in mind that growing seasons vary by year depending on the weather. These are just guidelines: what you can expect to find in your CSA shares and local farmers markets each month.
You may also want to check out our storage and cooking tips.


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If you're serious about improving your game and becoming a pro, then you need to be recording your gameplay. Console recording has many benefits that go beyond simple improvement of your game and can change the way you play entirely to track psychographic segmentation.
In this guide from WatchThemLive, I'll cover 5 benefits of console recording and how to get started with it today. So let's get started!
#1 Better Video Editing
Console recording can make your video editing process much smoother. By recording your gameplay footage directly from the console, you can avoid having to transfer files from one device to another. This can save you time and frustration, especially if you're working with large files.
Console recording can also improve the audio quality of your videos. When you record directly from the console, you bypass the need for an external microphone, which can sometimes pick up the unwanted background noise.
#2 Shareable Videos
Recording your console gaming sessions can result in some highly shareable videos. After all, who doesn't love watching someone else dominate a game? But there are other benefits to recording your gameplay as well.
#3 More Consistent Videos
If you record your videos directly onto your computer, you're at the mercy of your computer's performance.
Console recording gives you a more consistent video quality because it takes the load off of your computer. This is especially important if you plan on recording long videos or if you'll be doing a lot of recording at once.
#4 Get Rid of Fear
One of the best things about console recording is that it can help you get over the fear of recording. This is because you can take your time setting up the perfect recording without having to worry about making mistakes.
Plus, you can always go back and make changes if you need to. Another great thing about console recording is that it saves you both time and money! It eliminates the need for expensive equipment like microphones or soundproofing.
If there are anything a solo artist needs, it's an audio engineer who can provide constructive feedback on what sounds good and what doesn't. Console recordings let you have a personal audio engineer for free!
#5 Save Time and Money
One of the main benefits of console recording is that it can save you time and money. With console recording, you can record all of your tracks at once, which can save you a lot of time in the studio.
In addition, console recording can be less expensive than tracking each instrument separately. Console recording is also great for getting a tight, cohesive sound from your band.
Video game recording, also known as Console Recording or Screen Recording, allows you to capture gameplay and save it to your computer for editing, sharing, and uploading. It can be used as part of a Let's Play series on YouTube or Twitch, in video reviews of new games or expansions, and even by gamers who want to create their own narrated walkthroughs of popular titles or mods they've created themselves. Although it can take some time to set up, there are lots of benefits to video game recording that make the time and effort worth it!


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Let's say we have a coin and 10 chances. Here, we will first initialize the values for the code above is to display heads or tails in a 100 times coin flip. It is added with counter for both heads and tails so that out of 100 times coin flip, i am able to know how many are heads or tails. lastly to print the result to display count. – Edward Feb 8 '20 at 16:06 Whole class Distribute the '100 Coin Flip' homework task and discuss the activity. (15 – 20 min) Homework Students flip a coin. If the result is heads, they flip a coin 100 times and record results.
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Oct 09, 2009 · If the user selects the radio button for one flip of the coin then all is well and the output is either one head or one tail. If however the user selects the radio button for three flips the output is random, meaning, I might get 1 tail and 0 heads, 3 heads and no tails, 2 head and one tail, and so on but the total of heads and tails does not Dec 13, 2018 · Mathematically, coin toss experiment can be thought of a Binomial experiment, where we have a coin with probability of getting head as success at each coin toss is p. In a binomial experiment, given n and p, we toss the coin n times and we are interested in the number of heads/successes we will get. Load the packages needed Instant online coin toss.
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That's the only principle that we would be using. The coin flipper uses a random number generator to determine if heads or tails is the result of each simulated coin flip. The results are stored and the averages and percentages are included as well. The results are stored and the averages and percentages are included as well. I am VERY new to Python and I have to create a game that simulates flipping a coin and ask the user to enter the number of times that a coin should be tossed.
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In the realm of sports and fitness, boxing has long been celebrated for its intense training regimen and its ability to sculpt strong, agile athletes. But beyond its reputation as a combat sport, boxing has gained attention for its potential role in recovery. While recovery often conjures images of rest and relaxation, engaging in physical activity can surprisingly aid the healing process. This blog delves into the question: Is boxing good for recovery?
Before we dive into the specifics of boxing's potential role in recovery, it's important to understand what recovery truly means. Recovery is the process by which the body and mind repair and rejuvenate themselves following physical or mental stress. It involves not only rest but also nutrition, hydration, and active techniques that promote healing. Recovery can be especially vital for athletes and individuals engaged in strenuous physical activities.
Boxing and Recovery: The Unlikely Pair
At first glance, boxing might seem like an unlikely candidate for aiding recovery. After all, it's a high-impact sport that involves rigorous training, intense workouts, and physical exertion. However, there are several ways in which boxing can actually contribute positively to the recovery process.
- Cardiovascular Health: Boxing is a cardiovascular workout that gets the heart pumping and the blood flowing. Engaging in regular cardiovascular exercise can improve heart health, increase lung capacity, and enhance overall circulation. This improved circulation can help deliver oxygen and nutrients to muscles, aiding in their repair and recovery.
- Stress Relief: Boxing can serve as a powerful stress reliever. When you're stressed, your body produces cortisol, a hormone that can hinder the recovery process. Engaging in physical activity like boxing triggers the release of endorphins, which are natural mood enhancers that counteract the effects of cortisol. By reducing stress, boxing indirectly supports the body's healing mechanisms.
- Improved Flexibility and Mobility: Boxing training often includes a variety of dynamic movements that promote flexibility and mobility. Stretching and proper movement patterns can alleviate muscle tension, improve joint range of motion, and reduce the risk of injury. When recovering from an injury, maintaining or improving flexibility and mobility can be crucial for rehabilitation.
- Strength Training: Boxing involves a significant amount of strength training. While overtraining can hinder recovery, appropriate strength training can help build and maintain muscle mass. Strong muscles provide better support for joints and bones, reducing the likelihood of injuries and aiding in recovery from existing injuries.
- Mental Focus and Mindfulness: Boxing requires intense mental focus and concentration. Engaging in such focused activities can help divert attention from pain or discomfort, making it an effective tool for managing chronic pain. Additionally, practicing mindfulness during boxing workouts can help individuals connect with their bodies and become more attuned to their physical sensations, aiding the recovery process.
- Social Support: Many boxing training environments are built around a supportive community. Social support is essential for overall well-being, and engaging in activities like boxing can provide a sense of camaraderie and belonging, which can positively impact mental and emotional recovery.
- Adaptive Training: One of the strengths of boxing is its adaptability. Trainers can modify exercises and routines to accommodate various fitness levels and physical conditions. This adaptability makes boxing a potential option for individuals who are recovering from injuries or health conditions.
Precautions and Considerations
While boxing can offer several benefits for recovery, it's important to approach it with caution and consider individual circumstances.
- Consult a Healthcare Professional: Before engaging in any physical activity, especially if you're recovering from an injury or have underlying health conditions, it's crucial to consult a healthcare professional. They can provide personalized guidance based on your specific situation.
- Gradual Progression: If you're new to boxing or recovering from an injury, start slowly and gradually increase the intensity of your workouts. Pushing too hard too soon can lead to setbacks in your recovery journey.
- Proper Technique: Proper boxing technique is essential to avoid unnecessary strain or injury. Enlist the guidance of a qualified boxing coach to ensure you're performing movements correctly.
- Listen to Your Body: Pay attention to your body's signals. If something feels painful or uncomfortable, stop and reassess. Pushing through pain can exacerbate injuries and hinder the recovery process.
- Rest and Nutrition: While boxing can be a valuable tool for recovery, rest and nutrition remain integral components. Adequate sleep, hydration, and proper nutrition are vital for optimal healing.
The question of whether boxing is good for recovery can be answered with a cautious "yes." While boxing might not be suitable for everyone, it offers potential benefits that can support the recovery process when approached mindfully and responsibly. From improved cardiovascular health and stress relief to enhanced flexibility and strength, boxing provides a multifaceted approach to healing.
Ultimately, the effectiveness of boxing for recovery depends on an individual's unique circumstances, including their health status, fitness level, and personal preferences. As with any form of physical activity, it's crucial to prioritize safety, seek professional guidance, and be attuned to your body's needs. When integrated wisely into a comprehensive recovery plan, boxing can contribute positively to the journey of healing and well-being.


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Satellite Antarctica Expedition 2005-2006
About the Expedition
Satellite Antarctica Expedition 2005-2006 - 'SAE 05-06' took place
at the end of 2005 - the beginning of 2006 within the framework of the
'Image of the
Day' project performed by the Brockmann
The purpose of the expedition was:
To make the presented data uniform the Lambert Conformal Conic Projection was used having the following parameters:
The scale is: one pixel - 1000 m
along the Latitude of Intersection (75°S) for the year 2006, and 1000
÷ 1500 m for December, 2005.
The source of the toponymic data and Antarctica maps: USGS.
The operations were performed by
the participants of the expedition.
We ask you to acknowledge Brockmann Consult when using the materials presented on this page.


Become an EMS Firefighter
Become an EMS Firefighter and Improve Your Odds of Finding Employment
If you have always dreamed of becoming a firefighter, then you will want to do everything that you can to ensure that your dream becomes a reality. One of the ways that you can do that is by Become an EMS Firefighterenrolling in a fire science school to learn more about fire, firefighting, and investigation, even before you try to become a firefighter. Another thing that you will likely want to do is to take paramedic courses so you can become an EMS firefighter. Firefighters who have emergency medical service skills are in demand, and it can help improve your chance of finding employment. When you are considering a career as an EMS firefighter, you have to understand that it is going to take quite a bit of dedication and study to do so. Becoming a firefighter isn't easy, and it takes mental and physical prowess to do well. Make sure that you keep up a consistent training regimen before you enter the academy, and take steps to improve your education. By finishing a course in fire science and by obtaining first aid and lifesaving training as a paramedic, it will better prepare you for the reality of becoming an EMS firefighter. The more training you have the better off you are going to be.
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An EMS firefighter is going to be responsible for more than just driving the truck or helping to put out fires. Those who have this training will also need to be able to administer medical help that encompasses a wide range of different possibilities. While you may have to tend to burn victims and those suffering from smoke inhalation, many other types of medical emergencies could crop up as well. Someone could have a heart attack or a stroke. Perhaps someone has been shot or stabbed.
…firefighters who have emergency medical service skills are in demand"When arriving at the scene, you never know what you can expect. Having more training is going to ensure that you have preparation to handle just about anything the world can throw at you though. Take a step in the right direction and start looking for schooling in fire science and emergency medical training that will be able to give you more skills and more education. Train now so you can do a better job later, and so you can increase your odds of finding a job or getting a promotion. You will be glad that you have these skills under your belt.


Closing the tax loopholes: A Buffett rule for Australia
by Matt Grudnoff
The report examines merits of a "Buffet rule" for Australia. The rule is named after billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who commented that his secretary should not pay a higher average rate of tax than he does.
This paper is the first in a series of policy proposals that would not only reduce Australia's budget deficit, but do so in a fairer and more equitable way than the measures rejected by the Senate.
The idea of the Buffett Rule is to charge a minimum average rate of tax on very high income households based on their total income. This applies to their income before they go through the process of making tax deductions. This would mean that if very high income households are able to make large deductions to reduce their taxable income to low levels they would still pay a reasonable amount of tax based on their total income.
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The objective of Waseda Law School is to foster legal professionals with specialized legal knowledge, imbue them with the ability to critically examine this knowledge and an expansive, creative way of thinking, and outstanding powers to negotiate and persuade. The school also aims to foster highly aspiring legal professionals who can accurately analyze the legal issues occurring in society with a wide knowledge and sense of human rights, and solve these issues. In other words, the School aims to nurture high-level legal professionals who will be able to lead society. Waseda Law School has continued with the history and achievements made over the many long years since the establishment of the Departments of Law, Tokyo Senmon Gakko (College) in sending out into Japan and the rest of the world many promising human resources with a firm grounding in law. We provide an environment in which diverse individuality can be developed, new horizons are opened up, and excellent legal professionals who can work across the globe in a wide range of areas are fostered.
The Waseda Law School has adopted the following three operational policies.
Making good use of the comprehensive and creative nature of Waseda University, we develop a systematic educational program, cross-university educational environment and student life environment, while at the same time encouraging interaction between a diversity of disciplines, cultures, languages and sets of values, thereby nurturing human resources who are able to make proactive contributions to global society.
The objective of Waseda Law School is to arm students with sophisticated specialist knowledge in jurisprudence, give them the ability to critically examine this knowledge and an expansive, creative way of thinking, and outstanding powers to negotiate and persuade. The School also aims to foster highly aspiring legal professionals who are widely learned, have a sensitive perception of issues, can accurately grasp the essence of the myriad problems that can occur in society, and who aim by appropriately solving these problems to make a contribution to society.
In the first year of the course we aim that students master the basic law subjects, while in the second year we aim to endow them with an expansive comprehension of the basic law subjects and basic skills in practice of law. In the third year we foster within them the ability to apply themselves to cases on basic law subjects, and also offer various workshop programs and subjects on contemporary legal issues. In comprehensive terms, it is a curriculum structure wherein by conducting the basic law subjects on a tiered and systematic basis students go over and gain an understanding of each legal area through a process of repetition, while deepening their output ability for applying the knowledge they have gained in the arena of their own legal practices.
With the educational mission of "academic independence," Waseda University welcomes students from both Japan and overseas who have a certain level of academic attainment, a lively intellectual curiosity, are full of the progressive spirit encapsulated by our ethos, and have a burning desire to study.
Our primary objective here at Waseda Law School is to unearth human resources who will be able to work as superb legal professionals in "the real world." Candidate entrants will be comprehensively evaluated and selected according to not only just their professional knowledge, but also their background, innate gifts and capabilities.


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Boundary layer dynamics and surface processes control the daily evolution of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the fair weather boundary layer. An important process in CO2 diurnal variability is the CO2 exchange between the atmospheric boundary layer and the free atmosphere. This CO2 exchange process depends largely on the initial boundary layer and the boundary layer development. Two convective boundary layers are studied: Cabauw (the Netherlands, RECAB exp) and Beaumont (USA, CASES-97 exp). Both sites are characterized by grass vegetation. Data from these sites is analyzed. In addition, mixed-layer theory and a Large-Eddy simulation model is used to study the evolution of the mean and CO2 flux vertical profiles. Potential temperature, specific humidity and their exchanges are also studied as these variables are important for the development of the boundary layer. The model results show that the CO2 exchange can be important in the evolution and distribution of CO2 in the atmospheric boundary layer. The exchange fluxes ranged between 0% and 100% of the surfaceflux values. Also, it is revealed that the initial CO2 concentration discontinuity has an important role in determining the exchange of CO2. Especially in the morning this exchange can have a large impact on the CO2 diurnal variability.
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 Now things get interesting. Your call to f(ref d) passes a reference to a Derived by reference. When the f function modifies its formal parameter b, it's actually modifying your variable d. What's worse, it's putting a Base in it! When f returns, your variable d, which is declared as being a reference to a Derived is actually a reference to the base class Base.
 At this point everything falls apart. Your program calls some method like d.OnlyInDerived(), and the CLR ends up executing a method on an object that doesn't even support that method.
 You actually knew this; you just didn't know it. Let's start from the easier cases and work up. First, passing a reference into a function:
 void f(SomeClass s);
 T t = new T();
 The function f expects to receive a reference to a SomeClass, but you're passing a reference to a T. When is this legal?
 "Duh. T must be SomeClass or a class derived from SomeClass."
 What's good for the goose is good for the gander. When you pass a parameter as ref, it not only goes into the method, but it also comes out. (Not strictly true but close enough.) You can think of it as a bidirectional parameter to the function call. Therefore, the rule "If a function expects a reference to a class, you must provide a reference to that class or a derived class" applies in both directions. When the parameter goes in, you must provide a reference to that class or a derived class. And when the parameter comes out, it also must be a reference to that class or a derived class (because the function is "passing the parameter" back to you, the caller).
 But the only time that S can be T or a subclass, while simultaneously having T be S or a subclass is when S and T are the same thing. This is just the law of antisymmetry for partially-ordered sets: "if a ≤ b and b ≤ a, then a = b."
 - The Old New Thing
 Common gotchas when writing your own p/invoke
 If you're looking to get into some p/invoke action, you'd be well-served to check out the pinvoke wiki to see if somebody else has done it too. If what you need isn't there, you may end up forced to write your own, and here are some gotchas I've seen people run into:
 - C++ bool and Win32 BOOLEAN are not the same as C# bool (aka System.Boolean). In Win32, BOOL is a 4-byte type, and BOOLEAN is a 1-byte type. [See also MadQ's remarks about VARIANT_BOOL.] Meanwhile, C++ bool is not standardized by Win32, so the size will vary based on your compiler, but most compilers use a 1-byte value. And then C# is even weirder: The bool is a 1-byte type, but it marshals as a 4-byte type by default.
 - Win32 char is not the same as C# char (aka System.Char). In C#, char is a Unicode character (two bytes), whereas in C/C++ under Win32 it is an ANSI character (one byte).
 - Win32 long is not the same as C# long (aka System.Int64). In C#, long is 64-bit value, whereas in C/C++ under Win32 it is a 32-bit value.
 - If memory is allocated and freed across the interop boundary, make sure both sides are using the same allocator. It is my understanding that the CLR uses CoTaskMemAlloc/CoTaskMemFree by default. If your Win32 function doesn't use CoTaskMemAlloc, you'll have to teach the CLR which allocator you really want.
 - When laying out structures, you have to watch out for alignment.
 That last one is particularly gnarly on 64-bit systems, where alignment requirements are less forgiving than on x86. The structure declarations on tend to ignore 64-bit issues. For example, the declaration of the INPUT structure (as of this writing—it's a wiki so it's probably changed by the time you read this) reads as follows:
 [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]struct INPUT {
 [FieldOffset(0)] int type;
 [FieldOffset(4)] MOUSEINPUT mi;
 [FieldOffset(4)] KEYBDINPUT ki;
 [FieldOffset(4)] HARDWAREINPUT hi;
 This structure layout is correct for 32-bit Windows, but it's incorrect for 64-bit Windows.
 Let's take a look at that MOUSEINPUT structure, for starters.
 typedef struct tagMOUSEINPUT {
 LONG dx;
 LONG dy;
 DWORD mouseData;
 DWORD dwFlags;
 DWORD time;
 ULONG_PTR dwExtraInfo;
 In 64-bit Windows, the LONG and DWORD members are four bytes, but the dwExtraInfo is a ULONG_PTR, which is eight bytes on a 64-bit machine. Since Windows assumes /Zp8 packing, the dwExtraInfo must be aligned on an 8-byte boundary, which forces four bytes of padding to be inserted after the time to get the dwExtraInfo to align properly. And in order for all this to work, the MOUSEINPUT structure itself must be 8-byte aligned.
 Now let's look at that INPUT structure again. Since the MOUSEINPUT comes after the type, there also needs to be padding between the type and the MOUSEINPUT to get the MOUSEINPUT back to an 8-byte boundary. In other words, the offset of mi in the INPUT structure is 8 on 64-bit Windows, not 4.
 Here's how I would've written it:
 // This generates the anonymous union
 [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)] struct INPUT_UNION {
 [FieldOffset(0)] MOUSEINPUT mi;
 [FieldOffset(0)] KEYBDINPUT ki;
 [FieldOffset(0)] HARDWAREINPUT hi;
 [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)] struct INPUT {
 int type;
 INPUT_UNION u;
 I introduce a helper structure to represent the anonymous union that is the second half of the Win32 INPUT structure. By doing it this way, I let somebody else worry about the alignment, and it'll be correct for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows.
 static public void Main()
 Console.WriteLine(Marshal.OffsetOf(typeof(INPUT), "u"));
 On a 32-bit system, this prints 4, and on a 64-bit system, it prints 8. The downside is that you have to type an extra u. when you access the mi, ki or hi members.
 input i;
 i.u.mi.dx = 0;
 (I haven't checked what the PInvoke Interop Assistant comes up with for the INPUT structure.)
 - The Old New Thing
 Why does Windows wait longer than my screen saver idle timeout before starting the screen saver?
 You may find yourself in a situation where Windows takes longer than your specified screen saver idle timeout to start the screen saver.
 First of all, there are ways for programs to block the screen saver entirely. Calling SetThreadExecutionState(ES_DISPLAY_REQUIRED), is how a program says, "Even though there is no mouse or keyboard input, the screen is indeed in use, so don't blank it or start the screen saver." Media playback programs use this so the screen saver doesn't kick in while you're watching a movie on your DVD, and presentation programs use it so the screen saver doesn't start in the middle of your multi-million-dollar proposal.
 But even if no program has marked the screen as busy, Windows itself will delay activating the screen saver if it detects that you would prefer that it not run for a while.
 If you repeatedly dismiss the screen saver less than one minute after it starts on Windows Vista or later, the operating system says, "Oh, sorry. I thought there was nobody there, but obviously there is. You're probably reading an information-dense document or using your laptop as a flashlight or clock, and you want the screen to stay on even though you aren't generating any input. I'll hold off the screen saver for a little while for you."
 After the second time you do a "fast dismiss" of the screen saver, the screen saver idle time is temporarily incremented by its nominal value. For example, if you set your screen saver timeout to two minutes, then starting with the second fast dismiss, Windows will wait an additional two minutes before trying the screen saver again. Here's a timeline for people who like timelines:
 - At T = 0, you stop generating input.
 - At T = 2m, the screen saver starts. You dismiss it immediately.
 - At T = 4m, the screen saver starts. You dismiss it immediately. This is your second consecutive fast dismiss, so the screen saver timeout is temporarily increased to 4 minutes.
 - At T = 8m, the screen saver starts. You dismiss it immediately. This is your third consecutive fast dismiss, so the screen saver timeout is temporarily increased to 6 minutes.
 - At T = 14m, the screen saver starts. You dismiss it immediately. This is your fourth consecutive fast dismiss, so the screen saver timeout is temporarily increased to 8 minutes.
 As long as you keep fast-dismissing, the delay will increase. Of course, the delay won't grow indefinitely, because you'll eventually hit some other idle timeout


Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Looking for some Vitamin C?
Greengrocer C. Carrot wants to expose his oranges neatly for sale. Doing this he discovers that one orange is left over when he places them in groups of three. The same happens if he tries to place them in groups of 5, 7, or 9 oranges. Only when he makes groups of 11 oranges, it fits exactly.
The Question: How many oranges does the greengrocer have at least?
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 1. Assume the number of oranges is A. Then A-1 is divisible by 3, 5, 7 and 9. So, A-1 is a multiple of 5×7×9 = 315 (note: 9 is also a multiple of 3, so 3 must not be included!).
 We are looking for a value of N for which holds that 315×N + 1 is divisible by 11.
 After some trying it turns out that the smallest N for which this holds is N = 3. This means that the greengrocer has at least 946 oranges.
 Note that for N = 14, 25, 36, etc. (so each time 11 more) it also holds that 315×N + 1 is divisible by 11.
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Definitions of indifference
n. - The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; want of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance. 2
n. - Passableness; mediocrity. 2
n. - Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or bias. 2
n. - Absence of anxiety or interest in respect to what is presented to the mind; unconcernedness; as, entire indifference to all that occurs. 2
The word "indifference" uses 12 letters: C D E E E F F I I N N R.
No direct anagrams for indifference found in this word list.
Words formed by adding one letter before or after indifference (in bold), or to cdeeeffiinnr in any order:
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The federal government is offering more than $3 million in grants and the technical support of a new website in its new push for pipeline safety.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), part of the Department of Transportation, has announced $2.01 million in grants for 24 states to establish or improve underground pipeline damage prevention programs.
The grants will support "key elements" of such programs, including increased communication between pipeline operators and stakeholders, the use of technology in locating pipelines, and partnerships in employee training and public education, according to a DOT statement.
Investigation into September's fatal gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, CA, is focusing in part on the pipe coatings.
The State Damage Prevention grants were established by the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement and Safety Act of 2006. Grant recipients
must provide mid-term and final progress and financial reports that demonstrate completion of their work as outlined in the grant agreements.
PHMSA says it will "thoroughly oversee this process to evaluate the expected outcomes of each grant project."
"Accidents caused by digging are 100 percent preventable," said DOT Secretary Ray LaHood. "These grants will help states save lives and prevent damage to pipelines by creating or improving existing state safety programs."
Support for One Call
PHMSA has also announced the release of $1.06 million in One Call grants to help improve state pipeline safety programs. The grants are intended to minimize risks to excavators, protect the environment, and reduce the incidence of excavation damage to underground facilities.
One Call centers, established in 1995, respond to a national 811 phone number used by professional excavators and homeowners planning to dig in an area. The centers were launched after several serious accidents caused by excavation. One Call centers notify local utility companies and send locators to mark the locations of underground lines, pipes and cables before any digging begins.
With two deadly pipeline explosions in residential areas since September and a spill last summer, LaHood has called on U.S. pipeline owners and operators to conduct a comprehensive review of their oil and gas pipelines to identify areas of high risk and accelerate critical repair and replacement work.
LaHood has also called for federal legislation aimed at strengthening pipeline safety oversight and proposed increased fines for violations.
Website Locates Lines
Another part of the initiative: a new Pipeline Safety Awareness website
designed to provide the public, community planners and developers with an easy-to-understand, accessible place for information and guidance on locating area pipelines.
"Most people have no idea about the pipelines running under their houses and through their neighborhoods," said LaHood. The website will "provide the public with information about the location of these pipelines and the safety record of the companies that operate them."
The web site includes safety advisories on specific pipelines, as well as maps, reports, research, frequently asked questions and other resources regarding local pipeline infrastructure.
Forum Addresses Safety
The site was announced Monday (April 18) at the national Pipeline Safety Forum as part of DOT's plan to address immediate concerns in pipeline safety.
The day-long forum and webcast
included panel discussions on "What Are The Highest Pipeline Risks?" "What Are The Challenges and How Are We Addressing Them?" and "What More Can Be Done?"
Attendees included numerous utilities representatives, officials of Pipeline Research Council International, government officials, safety organizations and pipeline companies.


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Date of this Version
Published in Chem. Eng. Technol. (2011) 34:12, 1989–1996. DOI: 10.1002/ceat.201100353
Sugarcane bagasse was partially acetylated to enhance its oil-wicking ability in saturated environments while holding moisture for hydrocarbon biodegradation. The water sorption capacity of raw bagasse was reduced fourfold after treatment, which indicated considerably increased hydrophobicity but not a limited capability to hold moisture for hydrocarbon biodegradation. Characterization results by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and surface area analyzer suggested that treated bagasse exhibited enhanced hydrophobicity and surface area. Oil wicking test results indicate that treated bagasse is more effective in wicking oil from highly saturated environments than raw bagasse and suggest that application of this material in remediation of oil spills in highly saturated wetlands is promising.


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To be a great basketball shooter, it is not just enough to be able to stand at the three-point line and catch and shoot. You also need to be able to shoot the basketball on the move and off of screens. This means that you need to use different basketball drills to get used to moving, cutting, and coming into your shot from different angles and spots on the floor.
This basketball shooting drill is great for simulating game speed shot off of down screens. This basketball drill is named after Ray Allen, who was one of the best at moving without the basketball and shooting off screens. As much as this drill will work on shooting, it is also going to work on footwork. This means that you need to really lock-in on the correct footwork for setting up your defender, using the screen, and then, finally, using the fade cut.
Basketball Drill Overview
Drill Name: Ray Allen Fade Cut Basketball Shooting Drill
Equipment Needed: 1 basketball, 2 chairs, and a partner.
Similar Basketball Drills and Resources
- Reaction Inside Pivot Basketball Shooting Drill
- Ray Allen Straight Cut Basketball Shooting Drill
- Ray Allen Curl Cut Basketball Shooting Drill
Goals of the Drill
- Improve shooting and work on the fade cut footwork.
- Set your man up on each cut and mix in slow to fast on your cuts.
- Visualize how you would do it in a game.
- Jump straight up and down on your shot, don't drift.
Basketball Drill Instructions
- Set a chair on each side of the paint about 2 feet outside of the lane.
- Passer stands at the top of the key, and shooter stands under the basket.
- There are three different types of cuts.
- 1. There is the regular fade cut off of one of the chairs.
- 2. There is the figure 8 cut where you curl off of the first chair and then come back down in the paint and immediately fade cut off of the other chair for the shot.
- 3. Is the curl around the chair, cut back into the paint, pause in the middle, and then fade cut around the same chair for the shot.
- Set your man up each time and fade cut before every shot.
- Do 10 shots in a row and mix in all three different cuts as you do.


The Structure
The Hothouse itself is an inspiring, purpose-built creative space on Salamanca Lawns, designed by Sydney's Cave Urban and University of Tasmania Masters of Architecture students.
The design of the Hothouse is intended to bring a conversation about education in Tasmania into the public and community sphere.
By placing the structure on Salamanca Lawns, education is brought out of private, personal and professional contexts and into a shared space.
The permeable structure encourages participation through its open entrances, the woven bamboo walls and roof allow the outside world and context to permeate the conversations and thinking within the house and smaller pod spaces.
Rather than a space to simply house people, the Hothouse helps facilitate and cultivate a context of openness, collaboration and community. A space in which subject experts, community members, young people and influencers can openly discuss and debate education.


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The Search For A Concealed Impact Crater
Monday, January 15th, 2018
Professor Dr. Donald Stierman and student Eric Armstrong from the University of Toledo, Ohio (UT) recently used the MOHO Tromino passive seismic system from Exploration Instruments (EXI) to try to detect the bottom of a suspected impact crater located in Seneca County, Ohio. It is believed the crater is concealed under 10 meters of till and the survey area is covered with row crops spring to autumn.
The MOHO Tromino is a small broadband, three component seismograph that utilizes the Horizontal to Vertical Spectral Ratio (HVSR) method to generate a shear wave velocity model of the subsurface. UT used the Tromino to measure the passive ambient seismic noise using its three component seismograph (N-S, E-W, and Vertical components) outside and inside the potential crater. Employing MOHO's HSVR processing software, Grilla, the measured background ambient noise was used to generate Impedance Amplitude Reponses verse Frequency plots. The higher the amplitude the larger the contrast between layers and the lower the frequency the deeper the contrasting layer. Data from outside the potential impact crater in Figure 1 shows a strong impedance contrast response observed at a frequency of approximately 10 hz. A depth verse shear wave velocity plot was modeled based on the H/V response in Figure 2 using Grilla which shows data consistent with the soil / bedrock interface of 10 meters from well logs and other geophysical data from outside the potential crater.
The record from inside the suspected crater area, shown in Figure 3, indicates a more gradual impedance contrast - consistent with the fractured bedrock expected in the crater.
UT is still performing final processing and interpretation of the Tromino data and EXI will share the final results when UT's analysis is complete. The most recent formal report by UT is a GSA poster you can view via a link from the abstract _URL_


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Vance Dickason Consulting, 333 S. State St., Ste. 152, Lake Oswego, OR 97035
Although successful CAE software that allows the accurate simulation and development of loudspeaker enclosures and crossover networks has been available for professional design work for several years, a number of loudspeaker industry practitioners still persist in using traditional methods of ''cut and try.'' This presentation outlines a computer-aided loudspeaker development case study of a commercial three-way loudspeaker using a vented enclosure and a crossover network that incorporated fourth-order acoustic slopes. Measurement of the resulting prototype showed close agreement, within 0.5--1 dB, with the computer simulation. Time required for the development of the fairly complex crossover network determined for this loudspeaker was less than 1.5 h, substantially less than what is generally expected of ''cut and try'' methods. Key to the resulting accuracy using this type of computer software is the correct portrayal of interdriver time delay and driver phase. Driver phase for this project was derived from the driver magnitude using a highly sophisticated phase calculation methodology, as opposed to being directly measured with a two-port analyzer. Other criteria responsible for the success of the loudspeaker modeling portrayed in this case study are the ability to predetermine the group delay performance of the enclosure design, and the ability to examine crossover network transfer function during the design process.


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Honouring the 100th anniversary of when the eyes of the world came to Wallal, Western Australia to watch the proof of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity unfold! As a lunar eclipse occurred before scientists in attendance, images and measurements were recorded, and Einstein's theory was proved!
Minted from one ounce of 99.9% pure silver, this Royal Australian Mint collector coin utilises the domed shape to perfect effect. What better way to demonstrate an eclipse and the Earth's position in the galaxy, than on a domed silver coin? Perfect.


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Hydrolysisgreenspun.com : LUSENET : Introductory Geology, Oswego State : One Thread
In class Monday we talked about Hydrolysis. I was wondering why potassium feldspar leaves a solid of clay minerals and doesn't dissolve completely like a calcite mineral would.
-- Sandra Feocco (DOMINICK F @ Prodigy.NET), February 27, 2001
I found this information on the internet in Encarta.msn.com under Calcite. I hope this helps a little. Calcite group - Group of minerals belonging to the carbonate group that are isomorphous with one another and have the same properties. Minerals in this group can partially or fully replace one another. For example, iron may take the place of magnesium in Magnesite Calcite is only slightly soluble in pure cold water. However, rainwater or other water in contact with air will absorb carbon dioxide from the air. Carbon dioxide reacts with water to form carbonic acid. Calcite reacts with carbonic acid to form calcium bicarbonate. Calcium bicarbonate is quite soluble in water. Thus, the solubility of calcite is sensitive to the acidity of the water. The solubility of calcite is also sensitive to the temperature of the water, being quite soluble in hot water but not in cold water. Calcite frequently dissolves in one location and precipitates in another location when the water becomes less acidic or cools.
(MgCO3), transforming it to Siderite (FeCO3). This information was found in the Encyclopedia under Potassium. Potassium is found in nature in large quantities, ranking eighth in order of abundance of the elements in the crust of the earth, in various minerals such as carnallite, feldspar, saltpeter, greensand, and sylvite. Potassium is a constituent of all plant and animal tissue as well as a vital constituent of fertile soil.
My guess is that because calcite is a dissolvable and potassium feldspar is a mettalic which is undissolvable are the reasons you are looking for. I hope I am right or on the right track for you.
-- Tina Miller (_EMAIL_), February 27, 2001.


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I. Introduction: Designer Discrimination Algorithms
A significant problem in developing a revolutionary new theory is the parallel development of methods and technologies appropriate to testing the theory. As I have said a number of times in response to criticisms of Multiple Designers Theory, the absolutely necessary first step in the MDT research program must be the development and validation of designer discrimination methodologies. In the Introduction to Multiple Designers Theory above I saidthat in developing a design discrimination methodology, MDT has the same task as mainstream ID. First the methodology must be systematized and formalized. Then it must be empirically validated on test materials for which we already know the histories. The first task of MDT is to develop a formalized researcher-independent methodology that, when it is eventually applied to phenomena whose provenance and history we do not know, it can be legitimately expected to reliably tell us something of interest about the phenomena. Mainstream intelligent design has so far avoided that task: there are no validation data at all on its principal design detection methods. MDT, however, has begun the task of validation and calibration of its methodologies.
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Surface Pro is a surface protectant, dielectric grease, and contact irritant useful for protecting structural surfaces, electrical wiring, and junction boxes from damage related to corrosive weather elements.
It can be applied to indoor and outdoor surfaces, such as wood, metal, plastic, ceramic tile, brick, cinderblock, and cement. Porous surfaces must be sealed by spreading a coat of silicone before application.
- Residential, industrial & manufacturing sites
- Storage, garage & warehouse sites
- Autos, boats & marine equipment, farm equipment, construction equipment, etc.
- Electric, phone and cable connections
- Housing and junction boxes


Inspire Positive Action, Build a Better Community, and Support Individuals In Their Recovery.
What We Do
The Dawgpatch Bandits Inc. is a nonprofit organization that operates on a three tier model. 1) Promote and execute endorphin activating physical challenges including, but not limited to, running, swimming, biking and paddling in the natural environment. 2) Plan and build outdoor community projects that promote health and fitness. 3) Support individuals struggling with addiction get the recovery they need.
Why We Do It
We believe that the health of the community and the individual are one. By creating a community that inspires positive action, ambition, and creativity, the individual can do the same.
The idea is to push individuals towards gaining a greater knowledge and understanding of their own physical and mental capabilities, and to combat barriers that may hinder that pursuit.
– Drew Harvey, Dawgpatch Bandits Founder