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Here are summaries of some of the IPM research, innovations and projects going on in Colorado, or benefitting Colorado agriculture, communities and natural areas. Projects listed here are not necessarily funded by the Western IPM Center.
- IPM Experience is Helping Schools Plan for Reopening Amid COVID Concerns
As students return to classrooms in the fall of 2020, coronavirus is very much on people's minds. In the West, having an IPM program in place seems to be helping schools plan for reopening.
- Colorado Farm Began its Journey to Sustainability with IPM
In south-central Colorado's high desert, Rockey Farms has followed a path toward increased sustainability. Beginning with integrated pest management, the multi-generational family farm has experimented and implemented one new farming practice after another, steadily increasing its sustainability, profitability, soil health and crop quality.
And it began with IPM.
- Looking for Answers as Kochia Rolls Across the West
Kochia is a tumbling weed plaguing growers and ranchers from Central Canada to West Texas.
"It's salt tolerant, heat tolerant, cold tolerant," said Kent Davis, a crop consultant with Crop Quest in Colorado. "I want to kill the damn stuff, there's no question about it, but you have to admire it at the same time."
- IPM in Action: Boulder City and County Battle Invasive Weeds
The city and county of Boulder, Colorado illustrate IPM perfectly. They each have weeds to manage on public land, but because their goals, weeds, acreage and approaches differ, their management differs.
- Dropping the Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine Could Impact the West
The U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has proposed lifting the domestic quarantine designed to slow the spread of emerald ash borer, an action that could speed the destructive insect's introduction into Western states that have so far kept it at bay.
- Preparing for the Invasion: Emerald Ash Borer in Colorado
As part of its urban planning, the city of Denver recently asked residents what they wanted most in a revitalized downtown and they chose trees. It's a shame so many of them are about to die.
- Targeting Weed Seeds at Harvest
As herbicide-resistant weeds become more common across the country, researchers and growers are looking for other ways to control weeds. In Colorado, they're looking at harvest weed-seed control, IPM-friendly methods designed to destroy or remove weed seeds during harvest.
- Feral Swine Wreak Havoc
As pests go, wild pigs are huge – and hugely effective.
- Grazing Guidelines for Noxious Weed Control
Researchers, ranchers, and land managers know that livestock grazing can be a valuable and selective noxious-weed management tool, and this guide summarizes all the effective techniques.
- Hill-Climbing Cows May Bring Big Benefits to Western Rangeland and Ranchers
Conventional wisdom says cows don't go up steep slopes. They don't climb hills and don't travel very far from water. But some cows never got that memo, and researchers are looking into whether naturally hill-climbing cows can provide production and environmental benefits in the rugged West.
- Protecting Kids from Pests and Pesticides by Promoting IPM in Schools
Both pests and pesticides in schools can pose a health risk to children, so promoting IPM practices in schools is doubly important. That's why the Western IPM Center has been helping Western researchers develop regional resources and promote school IPM.
- IPM Curriculum for Elementary Students Creates InPESTigators
How do you get teachers interested in integrated pest management? Turn IPM into a science curriculum they can use in their classrooms.
- School IPM Protects Kids from Pests and Pesticides
Both pests and pesticides are potentially harmful for kids and adults in schools. Common schools pests like the German cockroach or mice can carry disease and cause allergic responses. And children can be more at risk for harm from sprayed pesticides because of their behavior – playing on the floor or in grassy fields, for instance – and because of their developing physiology.
- Progress against Onion Pests
An update to the Pest Management Strategic Plan for dry bulb storage onions shows progress against thrips and Iris yellow spot virus, but still challenges to overcome.
- Center Funding Helps Develop a Better Way to Control Prionus Beetles
Hop growers in the Northwest - as well as a sweet cherry, apple and other fruit growers around the nation - now have a new mating disruption tool to combat the Prionus beetle and its root-boring larvae, thanks to research funded in part by the Western IPM Center.
- Boosting Invasive Species Cooperation Using Zebra Chip as a Model
When an invasive species is first detected in an area, the initial response is critical. Like with a cancer, the correct early detection and response can make a big difference in controlling the spread and severity of the outbreak.
- Montana Develops Weed Seedling Guide for the Northern Great Plains
Rapid and accurate identification of weeds at the seedling stage can save producers and land managers time and money but most weed identification guides only provide information about the mature stage of the plants. Not this one.
- IPM Adoption is Widespread in the West
Many integrated pest management practices are so widely adopted in Western agriculture they have become conventional pest management. That is one of the key findings of a new report by the Western Integrated Pest Management Center titled Adoption and Impacts of Integrated Pest Management in Agriculture in the Western United States.
- Decoding Chemical Communications to Control Insects
University of California, Riverside chemical ecologist Jocelyn Millar identifies the chemical signals insects use to communicate, then synthesizes versions of them to help monitor, trap or disrupt their activities. Lygus bug is just one of dozens of species Millar and his team are working on. The common thread is that they all communicate chemically, and decoding those chemical signals can create new ways to control those species where they are pests.
- Toolkit for Assessing IPM Outcomes and Impacts
The Western IPM Center's IPM Adoption and Impacts Assessment Work Group, a collection of natural and social scientists from across the country, created online resources showing IPM researchers how to conduct basic impact assessments.


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Sending your First Request through Postman
Postman enables you to create and send API requests.
You can send a request to an endpoint, retrieve data from a data source, or test an API's functionality.
You don't need to enter commands in a terminal or write any code.
All you have to do is to create a new request and select Send, and the API response appears right inside Postman.
Let me explain to you.
API requests defined
APIs provide a structured way for one application to access the capabilities of another application. Typically, this communication happens over the internet by way of an API server. A client application (like a mobile app) sends a request to the server, and after the request processes the server returns a response to the client.
A request includes the URL of the API endpoint and an HTTP request method. The method indicates the action you want the API to perform. Here are some of the most common methods:
 - GET retrieves data from an API.
 - POST sends new data to an API.
 - PATCH and PUT update existing data.
 - DELETE removes existing data.
Sending a request
When you're ready, open Postman and send your first request.
 1. Select + in the workbench to open a new tab.
 2. Enter _URL_ for the request URL.
 3. Select Send.
Postman displays the response data sent from the server in the lower pane.
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In this example, Postman is acting as the client application and is communicating with an API server. Here's what happened when you selected Send:
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- Plant Disease - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11)
Plants can get diseases, or illnesses, just as animals do. People worry mainly about the diseases that affect crop plants. Crop diseases can cause great losses of food and money.
- diseases of plants - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)
There are more than 80,000 plant diseases known worldwide. In fact, all plants are vulnerable to attack by disease. Crop plants are frequent victims, and crop diseases can result in enormous agricultural and economic losses.

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shtool-mdate: GNU shtool pretty-print last modification time
NAME
shtool mdate - GNU shtool pretty-print last modification time
SYNOPSIS
shtool mdate [-n|--newline] [-z|--zero] [-s|--shorten] [-d|--digits] [-f|--field-sep str] [-o|--order spec] path
DESCRIPTION
This command pretty-prints the last modification time of a given file or directory path, while still allowing one to specify the format of the date to display.
OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.
-n, --newline
By default, output is written to stdout followed by a ''newline'' (ASCII character 0x0a). If option -n is used, this newline character is omitted.
-z, --zero
Pads numeric day and numeric month with a leading zero. Default is to have variable width.
-s, --shorten
Shortens the name of the month to a english three character abbreviation. Default is full english name. This option is silently ignored when combined with -d.
-d, --digits
Use digits for month. Default is to use a english name.
-f, --field-sep str
Field separator string between the day month year tripple. Default is a single space character.
-o, --order spec
Specifies order of the day month year elements within the tripple. Each element represented as a single character out of ''"d"'', ''"m"'' and ''"y"''. The default for spec is ''"dmy"''.
EXAMPLE
 # shell script
 shtool mdate -n /
 shtool mdate -f '/' -z -d -o ymd foo.txt
 shtool mdate -f '-' -s foo.txt
HISTORY
The GNU shtool mdate command was originally written by Ulrich Drepper in 1995 and revised by Ralf S. Engelschall <rse [at] engelschall.com> in 1998 for inclusion into GNU shtool.
SEE ALSO
shtool(1), date(1), ls(1).


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The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has announced the award of $650,000 to Carteret County to partially fund the Radio Island Shoreline & Infrastructure Protection Project.
This was one of only 13 projects awarded in the National Defense Community Infrastructure Program funding opportunity.
The project supports Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia, and includes the restoration of a beach and dune system to mitigate erosion problems.
The Joint Expeditionary Base, Little Creek-Fort Story, also referred to as the Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, is the major operating base for the Amphibious Forces in the United States Navy's Atlantic Fleet.
The Radio Island facility is used as an amphibious embarkation and debarkation area for United States Marine Corps units at Camp Lejeune.
The DoD award will fund shoreline restoration and infrastructure protection measures on Radio Island, located within the Beaufort Inlet complex, by reusing 35,360 cubic yards of material dredged from East Taylor's Creek for placement on approximately 2,775 linear feet of estuarine shoreline along the southeast side of Radio Island.
Once complete, the restoration of the eastern shoreline's beach and dune system will greatly enhance the coastal resilience of Marine Road, improve public access, and maintain the recreational beach uses.
The southeast shoreline at Radio Island has experienced significant beach erosion due to frequent storm events, creating an enhanced risk to infrastructure and mission readiness.


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Mach7: Pattern Matching for C++ Build Status: Linux, OSX Build Status: Windows Build Status: GitHub Actions
by Yuriy Solodkyy, Gabriel Dos Reis, Bjarne Stroustrup
Abstract
Pattern matching is an abstraction mechanism that can greatly simplify source code. Commonly, pattern matching is built into a language to provide better syntax, faster code, correctness guarantees and improved diagnostics. Mach7 is a library solution to pattern matching in C++ that maintains many of these features. All the patterns in Mach7 are user-definable, can be stored in variables, passed among functions, and allow the use of open class hierarchies.
Mach7 by Example
Fibonacci numbers demonstrates the use of patterns with built-in types in Mach7:
// Fibonacci numbers
int fib(int n)
{
 var<int> m;
 Match(n)
 {
 Case(1) return 1;
 Case(2) return 1;
 Case(2*m) return sqr(fib(m+1)) - sqr(fib(m-1));
 Case(2*m+1) return sqr(fib(m+1)) + sqr(fib(m));
 }
 EndMatch
}
Lambda calculator demonstrates use of pattern matching to decompose objects and nested patterns:
// Declare C++ equivalent of an Algebraic Data Type Term and its 3 variants:
struct Term { virtual ~Term() {} };
struct Var : Term { std::string name; };
struct Abs : Term { Var& var; Term& body;};
struct App : Term { Term& func; Term& arg; };
// Tell Mach7 library which members should be bound in which binding positions
namespace mch
{
 template <> struct bindings<Var> { Members(Var::name); };
 template <> struct bindings<Abs> { Members(Abs::var , Abs::body); };
 template <> struct bindings<App> { Members(App::func, App::arg); };
}
// Implement fully-functional lambda-calculator
Term* eval(Term* t)
{
 var<const Var&> v;
 var<const Term&> b,a;
 Match(*t)
 {
 Case(C<Var>()) return &match0;
 Case(C<Abs>()) return &match0;
 Case(C<App>(C<Abs>(v,b),a)) return eval(subs(b,v,a));
 Otherwise() cerr << "error"; return nullptr ;
 }
 EndMatch
}
It can also be used to demonstrate relational matching on several arguments:
bool operator==(const Term& left, const Term& right)
{
 var<std::string> s;
 var<const Term&> v,t,f;
 Match(left,right)
 {
 Case(C<Var>(s), C<Var>(+s) ) return true;
 Case(C<Abs>(&v,&t), C<Abs>(&+v,&+t)) return true;
 Case(C<App>(&f,&t), C<App>(&+f,&+t)) return true;
 Otherwise() return false;
 }
 EndMatch
 return false; // To prevent all control path warning
}
Next example demonstrates that the library can deal efficiently and in a type-safe manner with non-polymorphic classes like boost::variant as well.
void print(const boost::variant<double,float,int>& v)
{
 var<double> d; var<float> f; var<int> n;
 Match(v)
 {
 Case(C<double>(d)) cout << "double " << d << endl; break;
 Case(C<float> (f)) cout << "float " << f << endl; break;
 Case(C<int> (n)) cout << "int " << n << endl; break;
 }
 EndMatch
}
Breve syntax is not the only thing Mach7 has to offer - the generated code is faster than Visitors!
For a more detailed set of examples, have a look at the code that was prepared for CppCon 2014 presentation, and implemented using visitors as well as pattern matching. These are simple enough to help you get started on your own Mach7 project.
Continuous Integration
We use Travis CI and AppVeyor for continuous integration and currently have all check-ins validated in the following configurations:
Build Status G++ Clang
Linux 4.9 3.4
OSX 4.9 3.5
Build Status: Visual C++ 2019 2017 2015 2013 2012 2010 /analyze
x86 Fail OK OK OK OK OK OK
x64 Fail OK OK OK OK N/A OK
Build Status: GitHub Actions
Branches
 - master - main development branch
 - release - cleaned-up branch with non-essential files deleted. FI from but does not RI back to master to avoid deletion of files there. Don't do any actual editing in this branch.
Building sources
If you haven't done so yet, get a copy of this Git repo locally by executing:
git clone _URL_
The library itself is header only and does not require building. To build unit and timing tests we've accumulated over time several scripts, which we don't completely abandon in favor of newer ones as they maintain the flags the original experiments on the library were built with.
Using CMake (3.2 or later)
CMake support is the most recent and is still very experimental at this point. To build with cmake, perform the following commands from within Mach7 folder:
cmake -H. -Bbuild
cmake --build build --target install
Note: this requires administrative privileges under all systems, if you don't like this, try commands below:
cmake -H. -Bbuild -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/wherever/doesn't/require/administrative/priviege
cmake --build build --target install
But please make sure msvc/clang/gcc is able to find the path your provide above when including Mach7's headers in your own project:
Using Makefiles for GCC (4.4 or later) or Clang (3.3 or later)
Top-level Makefile synopsis:
make - build all library tests
make all - same as above right now
make unit - build all unit tests
make time - build all timing tests
make cmpl - build all tests for timing the compilation times of the library
make clean - clean all built targets and intermediaries
make test - run all the built tests
make check - run those tests for which there are correct_output/*.out files and check that the output is the same
make doc - build Mach7 documentation (requires doxygen)
make includes.png - build graph representation of header inclusions (requires graphviz dot)
To see a list of more specific targets supported by other makefiles, see comments inside them.
To build a particular file, say test/unit/example05.cpp, build a target with the same filename and extension .exe instead of .cpp (even on Unix family OS). For example:
cd $MACH7_ROOT/code/test/unit
make example05.exe
Lower-level makefiles support most of the phony targets of the top-level makefile, to which the top-level makefile forwards the corresponding calls. For example:
To build and run just the unit tests:
cd $MACH7_ROOT/code/test/unit
make
make check
make test
Similarly, to build and run all the timing tests:
cd $MACH7_ROOT/code/test/time
make
make test
Using Visual C++ (2010 or later)
Mach7 uses its own build.bat script to build all the examples and unit tests that come with it. The script assumes each .cpp file to be a standalone program. You can find the most up-to-date list of supported commands by running:
build.bat /?
Syntax:
build [ pgo | repro | tmp | <ver> ] [ filemask*.cpp ... ]
build [ syntax | timing | cmp | doc | clean | test | check ]
Commands supported so far:
build [ pgo | repro | tmp | <ver> | <arch> ] [ filemask*.cpp ... ] - build given C++ files
build - Build all examples using the most recent MS Visual C++ compiler installed
build unit - Build all unit tests
build syntax - Build all supported library options combination for syntax variations
build timing - Build all supported library options combination for timing variations
build cmp - Build all executables for comparison with other languages
build doc - Build Mach7 documentation
build clean - Clean all built examples
build test - Run all built examples
build check - Run those examples for which there are correct_output/*.out files and
 check that output is the same
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Hold the rubber band firmly at each end.
Touch it to your lips, and remember its temperature.
Move it away slightly and stretch it as far as it will comfortably go.
Touch it to your lips again.
Hold it stretched for a few seconds, then allow it to shrink back to its normal size again.
Feel the temperature again.
Is there any difference?
What may happen
You should find that the rubber band gets slightly warmer when you stretch it, and then slightly cooler as it shrinks again.
Why does it happen?
Rubber contains millions of randomly coiled long molecules called polymers, which are each made of shorter molecules known as monomers. At certain points the long polymer chains are joined together or crosslinked, but they are otherwise free to move around or vibrate owing to the heat energy in the structure.
When you stretch a piece of rubber the coiled molecules are pulled straight; when you let go again they move around at random through thermal vibrations, which restore them to their more compact coiled configuration.
So why does an elastic band become hotter when you stretch it and colder when it shrinks?
When you stretch the rubber band you are adding energy to the rubber, which causes it to vibrate more strongly and this makes it hotter. Then, when you let go, the rubber molecules must do work to pull the polymer chains back into their compact configuration; since this process uses energy, the eleastic band must have less energy after it has shrunk and therefore it becomes colder.
Below is a simple computer model of a small rubber molecule. You can drag the green end around and see what happens to the average energy and therefore the temperature of the molecule.
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Artificial Intelligence Intersects with Renewable Energy
In his sixth post in the series, Marshall Kirkpatrick focuses on the intersection between artificial intelligence and renewable energy. By way of reminder, Marshall launched a 30 day series that explores the intersection between AI and the various innovation components on my emerging futures visual.
AI Intersects with Renewable Energy
As he has in each post, Marshall identifies the key subject matter experts that sit at the intersection of AI and the visual component in question. In the case of renewable energy, the key influencers are: Jim HarrisJoe NyangonLauri Kinnunen, and Ketan Joshi. Here is the foresight and related future scenarios identified at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and renewable energy (taken straight from Marshall's post):
AI-optimized energy systems: AI could be used for super-detailed modeling of energy use across buildings and in natural systems, including detailed predictions of passive solar capacity, wind speed, and building energy load. By decreasing unpredictability, efficiency and utilization of renewable energy would grow substantially
Leaps forward in solar: Neural networks could substantially improve the efficiency and reliability of photovoltaic energy capture, serving as a boost converter and driving the cost of solar power way down
Bill bots: Intelligent autonomous agents could negotiate energy prices for our homes and energy-consuming devices around the clock, removing hassle from billing and conservation but increasing privacy risks by making energy consumption data signatures accessible to 3rd parties.
This intersection is a critical step towards the enablement of an Energy Internet as described by economist Jeremy Rifkin. Rifkin looks at the energy component of a third industrial revolution platform in his book titled the Zero Marginal Cost Society. In it, he describes how Internet technology and renewable energies are merging to create an energy Internet that changes the way power is generated and distributed in society – a paradigm shift in energy similar to what occurred in computing. He describes an emergent system with synergies between five pillars that drive this paradigm shift:
 1. Shifting to renewable energy
 3. Deploying hydrogen and other storage technologies to store intermittent energies
The intersection analysis that Marshall pursues via his posts is a great example of deriving the foresight required to navigate in this emerging future. The other posts in the series on AI and intersections can be found via the links below:
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How to be a good Grid'5000 citizen ?
The Grid'5000 platform is intended to support research in all areas of computer science related to grid computing. You should use Grid'5000 in the perspective of large scale experiments (at least 3 sites and 1000 CPUs).
You should NOT use Grid'5000 as a production platform. Any usage of Grid'5000 should make progress in Computer Science. You may generate useful results for other communities, as long as the community of computer science researchers learn something from your experiments.
It is a shared tool, used by many people with different and varying needs. The administrators pursue the following objectives, the main one being the first of this list:
 1. Make the tool available to experiments involving a significant number of nodes (in the 1000's). To make this possible, reservation fragmentation must be avoided as much as possible. Never using more than a single cluster for experiments will lead to investigations (using your user report) and could lead to account cancellation as this behaviour limits the availability of Grid'5000 for large scale experiments.
 3. Allow for experiments to run while administrators are available because platform availability is still greatly dependant on the administrators solving day to day issues.
 4. Increase the platform's machines usage as much as possible, as long as this usage doesn't interfere with the first three objectives.
Good usage rules (All users)
 1. Please try to plan large scale experiments during nighttime or during week-ends
 2. Tuesday is the only day where you should feel authorized to use all the machines of a cluster during work hours. On the other days, please leave a few nodes for people developing or preparing an experiment. Between 9am and 6pm you should not use more than the equivalent of 2 hours on all the nodes of a cluster (ie 4 hours on half the cluster or 8h on a quarter, etc..)
 3. If you want to use machines on a Tuesday, please do not reserve them before 13:00pm on the preceding Monday if is not a large scale experiment.
 4. You should probably not have more than 2 reservations in advance, because it kills good resource usage. Please submit jobs instead
 5. You should not be submitting jobs or making reservations if your experiment is not described in your User report
 6. You must mention Grid'5000 in all publications presenting results or content obtained or derived from the usage of Grid'5000.
Good usage rules (Local users)
Some sites have opened accounts on a local branch of LDAP. Users on these branches only have access to the local cluster. In addition to the above rules, they should
 1. Not have more than one reservation in advance
 3. Limit the size of their jobs to reasonable proportions such as those locally defined by the local site they have access to. The size of a job can by defined by the product of the number of machines by the time the cluster is used (e.g. In Rennes, this would be around 640h).
Platform usage is actively monitored by Grid'5000 staff. In case of unconform use, your account will be locked. Unconform use includes users whose user report is unsufficiently filled with regard to their usage of the resources.


text: [img]_URL_ SARC Ausf A-1 The Supersonic Advanced Reconnaissance Craft is an autonomous drone that travels at Mach 6.5, it follows a predetermined route using a terrain contouring machine (TERCOM) to fly over points of strategic interest. It is powered by two Single Linear Expansion Ramp (SERN) ramjets, and takes off with a reusable rocket booster. From taking off, it accelerates from mach 2 to mach 3.5. Equipped with advanced thermal imaging, radiation mapping equipment, and Osterriech designed radar arrays, it can create relatively accurate maps of enemy positions with little to no risk of being intercepted. Because of the simple design of its propulsion system, the main expense is the electronic payload and the body of the craft itself. To cope with heat expansion, the fuel tanks and lines have overlapping expansion walls to prevent leaking while on the ground. Upon completing its mission, it will turn around and parachute safely down at the base of operations it originated from, allowing for the data to be retrieved. Data maps can be used in unison with PSM-1 drones to reduce the time friendly bombers have to loiter around a target area to acquire targets. Can be used in an AEW&C role by detecting the heat and radiation signatures of aircraft and missiles, although its large turning radius means it isn't the most efficient in this role on its own.


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With over 3000 recorded plant species, including 180 endemic, it's not surprising that the spring months of June and July are a spectacular festival of wild flowers, trees and plants, in the central Pyrenees. The pastures and mountainsides are completely carpeted with a variety of stunning plants and flowers, creating a cacophony of colour. This is one of our favourite times of year to walk out here. Be warned though – walking holidays at this time of year can be slow at times, as people try to capture the beauty of flower-filled meadows and mountains on camera!
We've listed and described some of the plants and flowers you are most likely to see while walking in the French High Pyrenees, although, of course, this list is not extensive. There are also several uniquely Pyrenean species such as the Pyrenean saxifrage, the Pyrenean iris, the Pyrenean blue thistle, and the ramonda, which can only be found here, in the Pyrenees.
The Pyrenean tree-line can reach as high up as 2600m on the southern slopes of the Neouvielle massif. The highest altitude trees are the Pyrenean mountain pines (pinus uncinata or Pinus mugo), with their distinctive hooked tips on their cone scales. Black pines (pinus negra) can be found up to 2100m and then as you move lower down you can find Scots pine, beech, silver fir, birch and poplar. Below 1000m, the trees vary even more, with maple, hornbeam, sweet chestnuts and oaks.
Trumpet Gentiane, Gentiana kochiana (also known as Gentiana acaulis) (French: Gentiane de Koch)
This small gentian is native to central and Southern group and can be found here in the Pyrenees up to 3,000m. It has evergreen leaves which form a rosette, from which the trumpet shaped flower emerges. A perennial plant you can often see its blue flowers and their olive-green throats basking directly in the spring and summer sun.
Sundew or round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia
This carnivorous plant has its basal leaves arranged in a rosette, with a long stem that ends in a white or pink flower. The average plant has a diameter of 3 to 5 cm, with the flower having five petals and slender, tapered, light brown seeds. Thriving in wetlands, you can find it in sunny places.
Pyrenean Buttercup Ranunculus pyrenaeus
One of the first flowers of the spring, the Pyrenean Buttercup can sometimes be seen before the snow has even melted!
Rose Daphne Daphne cneorum
This shrub is named for it's smell rather than appearance, as it gives off a sweet and very rose-like aroma.


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Accession Number : AD0872856
Title : Theory of Intrinsically Strain Broadened Line Shapes for Magnetic Resonance Absorption Within a Non-Kramers Doublet.
Descriptive Note : Technical rept.,
Corporate Author : ARMY MISSILE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING LAB REDSTONE ARSENAL AL PHY SICAL SCIENCES DIRECTORATE
Personal Author(s) : Bowden, C. M. ; Meyer, H. C. ; Donoho, P. L.
Report Date : 27 APR 1970
Pagination or Media Count : 58
Abstract : A theoretical model was calculated for the line shape of magnetic resonance absorption for transitions within a non-Kraers doublet for the point group symmetries C(3V) and O(h). This was done for both the acoustical paramagnetic resonance and the electron paramagnetic resonance line shapes. The asymmetric broadening of the absorption distribution is interpreted on the basis of the spin-lattice coupling. For the case of C(3V) symmetry, the calculation was done for both electric radio frequency field and magnetic radio frequency field induced transitions, the necessary condition for the former being a lack of inversion symmetry. (Author)
Descriptors : *MAGNETIC RESONANCE), (*CRYSTAL LATTICES, CRYSTAL DEFECTS, IMPURITIES, IONS, PHONONS, PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE, SYMMETRY(CRYSTALLOGRAPHY).
Subject Categories : Solid State Physics
Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE


* Only bucket summaries that are considered "up to date" are used to
 deliver results.
* This value is the default value of the 'allow_old_summaries' setting,
 if that argument is not specified in the command.
* When set to "false", 'tstats' always confirms that the datamodel
 search in each bucket's summary metadata is considered up to date with the
 current datamodel search.
* When set to "true", 'tstats' delivers results even from bucket summaries
 that are considered out of date with the current datamodel.
* Default: false
apply_search_filter = <boolean>
* Whether or not 'tstats' applies role-based search filters when users
 run the command on normal index data.
* If set to "true", 'tstats' applies role-based search filters.
* NOTE: Regardless of this setting value, 'tstats' never applies search
 filters to data collected with 'tscollect', or with datamodel acceleration.
* Default: true
bucket_localize_max_lookahead = <integer>
* This setting is only relevant when using remote storage.
* Specifies the maximum number of buckets the tstats command localizes for
 look-ahead purposes, in addition to the required bucket.
* Increasing this value can improve performance, at the cost of additional
 network/io/disk utilization.
* Valid values are 0-64. Any value larger than 64 will be set to 64. Other
 invalid values will be discarded and the default will be substituted.
* Default: 10
chunk_size = <unsigned integer>
* ADVANCED: The default value of 'chunk_size' arg if not specified by
 the command
* This argument controls how many events are retrieved at a time within a
 single TSIDX file when answering queries
* Consider lowering this value if tstats queries are using too much memory
 (cannot be set lower than 10000)
* Larger values will tend to cause more memory to be used (per search) and
 might have performance benefits.
* Smaller values will tend to reduce performance and might reduce memory used
 (per search).
* Altering this value without careful measurement is not advised.
* Default: _PHONE_
summariesonly = <boolean>
* Whether or not 'tstats' employs a mixed mode when running against an
 accelerated datamodel.
* This value is the default value for the 'summariesonly' setting, if that
 argument is not specified in the command.
* In mixed mode, 'tstats' falls back to search if it encounters missing
 tsidx data.
* If set to "true", 'tstats' overrides this mixed mode, and only generates
 results from available tsidx data, which might be incomplete.
* If set to "false", 'tstats' uses mixed mode, and falls back to search for
 tsidx data that is missing.
* Default: false
warn_on_missing_summaries = <boolean>
* ADVANCED: Only meant for debugging 'summariesonly=true' searches on
 accelerated datamodels.
* When set to "true", search will issue a warning for a tstats 'summariesonly=true'
 search for the following scenarios:
 a) If there is a non-hot bucket that has no corresponding datamodel
 acceleration summary whatsoever.
 b) If the bucket's summary does not match with the current datamodel
 acceleration search.
* Default: false
batch_search_max_pipeline = <integer>
* Controls the number of tstats/mstats search pipelines launched at the
 indexer during batch search.
* Increase the number of search pipelines to improve search performance, at
 the cost of a concurrent increase in thread and memory usage.
* This value applies only to searches that run on remote indexers.
* Default: 1
[typeahead]
cache_ttl_sec = <integer>
* How long, in seconds, the typeahead cached results are valid.
* Default 300
fetch_multiplier = <integer>
* A multiplying factor that determines the number of terms to fetch from the
 index, fetch = fetch_multiplier x count.
* Default: 50
max_concurrent_per_user = <integer>
* The maximum number of concurrent typeahead searches per user. Once this
 maximum is reached only cached typeahead results might be available
* Default: 3
maxcount = <integer>
* Maximum number of typeahead results to find.
* Default: 1000
min_prefix_length = <integer>
* The minimum length of the string prefix after which to provide typeahead.
* Default: 1
use_cache = [0|1]
* Specifies whether the typeahead cache will be used if use_cache is not
 specified in the command line or endpoint.
* Default: true or 1
[typer]
maxlen = <integer>
* In eventtyping, pay attention to first <integer> characters of any attribute
 (such as _raw), including individual tokens. Can be overridden by supplying
 the typer operator with the argument maxlen (for example,
 "|typer maxlen=300").
* Default: 10000
[xyseries]
* This stanza allows for fine tuning of xyseries search command.
max_mem_usage_mb = <non-negative integer>
* Overrides the default value for 'max_mem_usage_mb'
* See definition in [default] max_mem_usage_mb for more details
GENERAL SETTINGS
 This section contains the stanzas for a variety of general settings.
[authtokens]
expiration_time = <integer>
* Expiration time, in seconds, of auth tokens.
* Default: 3600 (60 minutes)
[auto_summarizer]
allow_event_summarization = <boolean>
* Whether auto summarization of searches whose remote part returns events
 rather than results will be allowed.
* Default: false
cache_timeout = <integer>
* The minimum amount of time, in seconds, to cache auto summary details and
 search hash codes.
* The cached entry expires randomly between 'cache_timeout' and
 2 * "cache_timeout" seconds.
* Default: 600 (10 minutes)
detailed_dashboard = <boolean>
* Turn on/off the display of both normalized and regular summaries in the
 Report Acceleration summary dashboard and details.
* Default: false
maintenance_period = <integer>
* The period of time, in seconds, that the auto summarization maintenance
 happens
* Default: 1800 (30 minutes)
max_run_stats = <integer>
* Maximum number of summarization run statistics to keep track and expose via
 REST.
* Default: 48
max_verify_buckets = <integer>
* When verifying buckets, stop after verifying this many buckets if no failures
 have been found
* 0 means never
* Default: 100
max_verify_bucket_time = <integer>
* Maximum time, in seconds, to spend verifying each bucket.
* Default: 15
max_verify_ratio = <number>
* Maximum fraction of data in each bucket to verify
* Default: 0.1 (10%)
max_verify_total_time = <integer>
* Maximum total time in seconds to spend doing verification, regardless if any
 buckets have failed or not
* When set to "0": Specifies no limit.
* Default: 0
normalized_summaries = <boolean>
* Turn on/off normalization of report acceleration summaries.
* Default: true
return_actions_with_normalized_ids = [yes|no|fromcontext]
* Report acceleration summaries are stored under a signature/hash which can be
 regular or normalized.
 * Normalization improves the re-use of pre-built summaries but is not
 supported before 5.0. This config will determine the default value of how
 normalization works (regular/normalized)
 * When set to "fromcontext": Specifies that the end points and summaries
 would be operating based on context.
* Normalization strategy can also be changed via admin/summarization REST calls
 with the "use_normalization" parameter which can take the values
 "yes"/"no"/"fromcontext"
* Default: fromcontext
search_2_hash_cache_timeout = <integer>
* The amount of time, in seconds, to cache search hash codes
* Default: The value of the "cache_timeout" setting
shc_accurate_access_counts = <boolean>
* Only relevant if you are using search head clustering
* Turn on/off to make acceleration summary access counts accurate on the
 captain.
* by centralizing
verify_delete = <boolean>
* Should summaries that fail verification be automatically deleted?
* Default: false
[export]
add_offset = <boolean>
* Add an offset/row number to JSON streaming output
* Default: true
add_timestamp = <boolean>
* Add a epoch time timestamp to JSON streaming output that reflects the time
 the results were generated/retrieved
* Default: false
[extern]
perf_warn_limit = <integer>
* Warn when external scripted command is applied to more than this many
 events
* When set to "0": Specifies for no message (message is always INFO level)
* Default: 10000
[auth]
* Settings for managing au


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Activating this feature causes excessive GPU memory consumption and rendering slowdowns. Use it in two cases only:
Activating this feature causes excessive GPU memory consumption and rendering slowdowns. You still can use it in the following two cases:
* You have the Bloom post-processing effect.
* If you are using Bloom post-processing effect.
* You enjoy smooth procedural gradients in your node-based material.
* There are procedural gradient nodes/maps in your materials.
Beware, setting this option is not required to get cool lighting with HDR maps!
Enabling HDR rendering will significantly improve the quality in both above-mentioned cases.

Contrary to popular belief, HDR rendering is NOT required for image-based lighting, even if it's uses HDR maps.
== Using non-power-of-two (NPOT) textures ==
== Using non-power-of-two (NPOT) textures ==
Revision as of 12:45, 23 June 2022
This page describes some typical problems you might experience when creating 3D web content. These issues might cause problems with rendering or performance (or both).
Too much copy-paste in Puzzles
Say you need to perform 10 different actions for 5 objects on your scene. The most straightforward way to handle this would be just using copy-paste:
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However, such a scenario is really hard to maintain. It also slows down the Puzzles editor. Instead, you might employ procedures that will make your scenario way more compact:
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Also, by using lists you can simplify the logic even further:
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It's definitely worth spending a little time to learn these two techniques, since it may save you many hours later.
Enabling HDR Rendering when not required
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Activating this feature causes excessive GPU memory consumption and rendering slowdowns. You still can use it in the following two cases:
 - If you are using Bloom post-processing effect.
 - There are procedural gradient nodes/maps in your materials.
Enabling HDR rendering will significantly improve the quality in both above-mentioned cases.
Contrary to popular belief, HDR rendering is NOT required for image-based lighting, even if it's uses HDR maps.
Using non-power-of-two (NPOT) textures
Avoid textures which have resolutions like 1000x1000, 1200x600, 1920x1080. See NPOT Textures article for more info.
Huge shadow maps
Setting shadow size to high values basically kills performance on most devices:
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Try to minimize shadow maps as much as possible. Instead of increasing shadow size, reduce pixelation of your shadows by using more advanced shadow filtering algorithms, like PCF (Poisson Disk) or ESM.
Swapping object on click
Say you need to replace some object by another one given they both occupy the same place, e.g swap CubeGold by CubeSilver and vice versa. Most evident way would be using two when clicked puzzles:
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This won't work however since both events happen right after another. So the first event handler will switch to CubeSilver, then the second will switch back to CubeGold.
A possible workaround could be delaying the actions by one render frame:
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Forgetting to enable asset compression in the scene file
Say you enable asset compression in Puzzles but forgot to enable it in the modelling suite:
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There will be one of the two possible situations as a result of this:
 - Situation #1 (bad). You won't be able to load your scene, since your app expects the compressed asset (e.g my_awesome_app.gltf.xz) which is unavailable. As a result the app preloader will freeze forever.
 - Situation #2 (even worse). You have file called my_awesome_app.gltf.xz in your app which you exported earlier. As a result it is now out of sync with the uncompressed version (my_awesome_app.gltf), and so with your source scene (.blend/.max/.mb). You will have hard time trying to figure out why Verge3D rendering no longer reflects the changes you make in your scene.


Heat recovery system explained. Heat Recovery Systems: Benefits Explained 2022-10-21
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Heat recovery systems are designed to capture and reuse the heat that is generated during the normal operation of a building or industrial process. These systems can be used to improve the energy efficiency of a building or process, as well as to reduce its environmental impact.
There are several different types of heat recovery systems, including air-to-air systems, air-to-water systems, and exhaust air systems. Each of these systems works by capturing the heat that is generated during the normal operation of a building or process and using it to heat or cool another area.
One common type of heat recovery system is the air-to-air system. This system captures the heat that is generated by the HVAC system in a building and uses it to heat or cool another area. For example, if a building has a central heating and cooling system, the heat recovery system can capture the heat that is generated by the system and use it to heat another area of the building. This can help to reduce the energy consumption of the building and lower its operating costs.
Another type of heat recovery system is the air-to-water system. This system captures the heat that is generated by a building or process and uses it to heat water. The hot water can then be used for a variety of purposes, such as heating the building or providing hot water for showers and other uses.
Exhaust air systems are another type of heat recovery system. These systems capture the heat that is generated by the exhaust air from a building or process and use it to heat or cool another area. For example, if a building has a kitchen with a range hood, the exhaust air from the hood can be used to heat the kitchen or another area of the building.
Heat recovery systems can be used in a variety of settings, including residential buildings, commercial buildings, and industrial processes. They can help to improve the energy efficiency of these buildings and processes, which can help to reduce their environmental impact and lower their operating costs.
In conclusion, heat recovery systems are an important tool for improving the energy efficiency of buildings and industrial processes. By capturing and reusing the heat that is generated during normal operation, these systems can help to reduce energy consumption and lower operating costs.
Heat Recovery Ventilation (HRV): Definition, Advantages & Installation
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Heat recovery and ventilation system information Introduction to Heat Recovery Systems We produce energy and heat everywhere we go and we do it practically all the time — in our houses, in the office, at school, during our leisure time and in industry. The house heat recovery ventilation system operates without interruption to provide new, filtered air to inhabitable rooms and extracts stale air and moisture from wet rooms like bathrooms. Oil-based heating systems certified under ASME Section VIII provide additional savings, as a licensed boiler operator does not have to be present on-site. Aside from the benefits listed above, homeowners need to recover heat for several reasons. How Does a Heat Recovery Ventilation System Work? Consequently, they help in maintaining a comfortable environment in your office or home.
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It is used to convert kinetic energy generated under braking into electricity, after storing it in the ES system. If you are in the process of making your building energy efficient then contact us to ask about a Heat Recovery Ventilation system. Also, the operation and maintenance costs of a Passive House are typically much lower, because of the decreased utility costs and the durability of components. This means we use materials such as SIP frames that are highly insulative to ensure your home does not leak air or heating. Today, two kinds of rotary thermal wheels, namely enthalpy desiccant wheels and heat wheels. Due to this, reducing gas emissions became one of the most crucial issues of the world that should be resolved immediately. A better whole-house solution is to create balanced ventilation.
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Of course, opening a window swaps the old stale air for fresh new air. This has a huge impact on both comfort and energy costs! And depending on the arrangement of the heat pipe, the fluid or gas is usually transported from one side of the pipe to the other through pressure or gravity. It is a passive device, which means it has no moving parts. Modern buildings are normally constructed to far higher technological standards than homes made a few decades ago and have much more energy efficiency, mainly due to better heat sealing. What is Heat Recovery Ventilation, or What is the HRV system? Unfortunately, many businesses and homes have polluted air.
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Understanding Heat Recovery Ventilation System
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Being extremely efficient a MVHR system can recover up to 90% of heat being lost through extraction and transferal to incoming air. In addition, it allows them to meet their ever-growing operational demands. It moves the stale air through the innumerable number of small pipes while drawing in cold air from outside via the other ducts. Besides, opening a window chills a space too fast in winter months. Not only this but a heat recovery system will supply much fresher and filtered air than regular ventilation systems. Run-around coil systems for heat recovery are regenerative heat recovery systems wherein the airflows are entirely separated from one airstream to another. On the first cycle, it draws out the stale air and moisture from inside the property.
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What is a Heat Recovery System
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The gas will then turn back into a fluid within the condenser section wherein thermal energy reaches the cooler airstream raising the temperature. Discover how you can Heat Recovery System Efficiencies Apart from heat pumps, heat recovery systems are generally not considered as renewable technologies but they do allow us to make the most of the energy that we produce. Click HRV Appropriate Installation Reference: alibaba. Heat Recovery Ventilator Types Heat recovery ventilation systems have different types, but all include some form of heat exchanger. The heat from the exhaust air is transferred to the incoming air via a heat exchanger. The average size of the duct is 200 mm.
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They can also be reassembled to older ones and catch the heated vapor, which can then be utilized in diverse ways to increase boiler efficiency. This also helps decrease the volume and size of the HRV systems utilize filters to take away many pollutants from the air prior to entering homes and business places. Modules can be combined in tandem up to a total of three outdoor modules. They have always managed to improve the quality of living, thanks to their advanced technologies, which have been showing visible signs of improvement since day one. This is partly because humans breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. At the forefront of innovation, heat recovery ventilators HRVs or energy recovery ventilation ERV systems transfer heat or coolness from stale exhaust air to fresh intake air. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers ASHRAE sets the standard for residential ventilation at a minimum of.
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Heat Recovery Ventilation: What is it?
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Find out more about the Integration of Heat Recovery into Existing Systems The wide ranging benefits of any heat recovery technologies can help get the most out your existing systems. Our thermal fluid heaters and hot oil systems are used in many industrial applications for safe and reliable indirect heating and cooling, and they offer high levels of efficiency, especially in waste heat recovery applications. Working independently of any normal heating system, the unit allows the air to flow past each other without physically mixing. First, it can help save you a lot of money on your energy bill throughout the year. Water-cooled, where multiple compressors are connected to a water-source loop, allowing the heat recovery between compressor units. Check out or website to see the range of filtersavailable for each individual unit. Follow manufacturers' recommended install practices of keeping the angle of the refnet below 15 degrees for outdoor unit piping and 30 degrees for indoor piping.
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Thermal Fluid Systems for Heat Recovery
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And if you used a heat recovery system you could save up to 90% of this normally wasted heat. Because it is connected to the crankshaft through the timing gears, when the driver of the car accelerates, it also acts as a motor, providing an additional 160 horsepower, that can be used for 33 seconds per lap. A MVHR system virtually eliminates condensation and mould within a building by constantly ventilating a property. Find out more about the. MGU-K MGU-K stands for Motor Generator Unit Kinetic and is, in fact, an updated version of KERS. What is Heat Recovery Ventilation HRV? Sadly, many homes and businesses have contaminated air.
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How Do Heat Recovery Systems Work?
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Flexible Size Compared to other heat recovery solutions, heat pipes are the minimalist option as they take less space. They run in the same way as a refrigeration device and can be utilized for both warming and cooling the air like an HRV system. If PVE is exposed to moisture, it turns the oil into sludge. . These systems are also great for reducing mold and removing any toxins that may be within the air. Heat recovery filters work by filtering harmful particles that may enter your home from the air outside.
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Inside the pipe is a fluid that turns into gas in the evaporator section. A survey conducted in the UK back in 2019 asked 2,000 parents about how much time they spend outdoors, with over half of respondents saying they spent less than one hour outside each day. Energy Consumption HVAC, in most industrialized countries


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Recently, an approach using the discrete event paradigm for the simulation of continuous systems has been developed. This approach is based on the use of piecewise-linear approximations for the representation of continuous, time-varying quantities. The focus of this paper is to show how this new technique can be implemented on a multiprocessor. Our hypothesis is that the Time Warp algorithm is the natural protocol for parallel simulation using continuous, piecewise-linear signals.
We have implemented a prototype simulator and measured its performance on a multiprocessor using several benchmarks. On the basis of these benchmarks we show that the best performance is achieved when using a scheduling algorithm that gives priority to messages with lower timestamps and when the lazy-cancellation variant of Time Warp is used. In this case, the performance of our prototype simulator compares quite favourably with the estimates of optimum performance based on a critical path analysis of the sequential simulation. In fact, our results indicate that in certain cases the performance of the Time Warp algorithm using lazy cancellation can exceed the conservative optimum estimate obtained from the critical path analysis.
Copyright 1991 by Ablex Publishing Corporation.
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text: We present the results of an investigation that compares matching SIFT local image features that have been extracted from a software-based retina model under two different forms of retina geometry, log(z) and log(z + α). Our retinas are sampled by receptive fields (RF) which are organized at a high density in the central foveal region of the retina and with progressively sparser density in the surrounding periphery in a configuration similar to that found in biological vision. We demonstrate our retinas using either point-based or variable-sized overlapping Gaussian kernel sampling of the input image and present visualisation results depicting the sampled retina responses back-projected as images in retinal coordinates. Multi-resolution, space-variant visual information is extracted on a scale-space continuum and SIFT interest point descriptors are extracted from these back-projected images in order to represent the visual appearance of local regions surrounding SIFT interest points. This paper describes the design, implementation and initial evaluation of space variant artificial log(z) and log(z+α) retina tessellations comprising a circular overlapping RF model. We compare the matching performance of the back-projected space-variant response using standard SIFT by plotting receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. While the primary objective of retina sampled SIFT is to reduce feature data rates while focusing attention in the context of visual search, our preliminary matching results indicate that SIFT applied to the log(z + α) retina images outperformed SIFT applied to the log(z) retina by 5% and 4% at false alarm rates set to 10% and 20% respectively.


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BACKGROUND: Since its introduction in the early 1980s, strictureplasty (SXP) has become a viable option in the surgical management of obstructing small bowel Crohn's disease. Questions still remain regarding its safety and longterm durability in comparison to resection. Precise indications and contraindications to the procedure are also not well defined. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective review of all patients undergoing SXP for obstructing small bowel Crohn's disease at the Cleveland Clinic between 1984 and 1999 was conducted. A total of 314 patients underwent a laparotomy that included the index SXP. The total number of SXPs performed was 1,124, with a median of two (range 1 to 19) per patient. Sixty-six percent of patients underwent a synchronous bowel resection. Recurrence was defined as the need for reoperation. Followup information was determined by personal interviews, phone interviews, or both. RESULTS: The overall morbidity rate was 18%, with septic complications occurring in 5% of patients. Preoperative weight loss (p = 0.004) and older age (p = 0.008) were found to be significant predictors of morbidity. The surgical recurrence rate was 34%, with a median followup period of 7.5 years (range 1 to 16 years). Age was found to be a significant predictor of recurrence (p = 0.02), with younger patients having a shorter time to reoperation. CONCLUSIONS: This large series of patients with longterm followup confirms the safety and efficacy of strictureplasty in patients with obstructing small bowel Crohn's disease. The 18% morbidity and 34% operative recurrence rates compare favorably with reported results of resective surgery. Caution should be used in patients with preoperative weight loss, because they experienced higher complication rates. Although young patients seem to follow an accelerated course, SXP remains indicated as part of an overall strategy to conserve intestinal length.
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A recent study found that low vitamin D receptor count is associated with patterned hair loss.
Tag Archives: vitamin D receptor
Health Canal discusses a study that found resistance exercise increases the number of vitamin D receptors in rats.
Vitamin D receptor may regulate proteins responsible for cell proliferation and migration and stress response
Study shows mice without vitamin D receptors have different levels of certain proteins related to multiple cell functions in the small intestine


text: Argser (from 'ARGuments parSER') is a library that aims to simplify the process of parsing arguments in command line scripts written in Ruby. It provides an easy way to specify which parameters are valid, their type or format, error conditions, description, etc. In that way, it reduces the need to write code specificaly to parse and validate such arguments. The idea is pretty simple. To be able to use the arguments passed when the script was executed in a easy and consistent way, you only need to specify some general options for the application, a list of parameters and some properties that must hold for both, parameters and what is called the'remaining array' (an array with strings that don't belong to any parameter).


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Once the PPP contract is signed and financial close has been achieved (refer to chapter 6), the Construction Phase commences. This culminates in a form of commissioning, which triggers the beginning of the Operations Phase. While the structure of the PPP Certification Guide treats the Construction Phase and the Operations Phase as being distinctive phases and provides separate guidance on each, there is an overarching theme that unites the two phases. The theme is contract management.
This chapter begins with a general introduction to contract management in PPPs (part A of this chapter), covering the main components that will be applicable to both the Construction and Operations Phases. Sections 2, 3 and 4 below introduce contract management in the PPP context and set out an overall contract management framework including governance structures, leadership and management, roles and responsibilities, establishing and implementing contract administration, and relationship and performance management. These sections provide a high level view of each of these activities. Further detail is provided in the individual sections that fall under the Construction Phase (part B of this chapter) and Operations Phase in chapter 8.


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When the Church Was a Family: Recapturing Jesus' Vision for Authentic Christian Community
Spiritual formation occurs primarily in the context of community. But as the modern cultural norm of what social scientists call "radical American individualism" extends itself, many Christians grow lax in their relational accountability to the church. Faith threatens to become an "I" not "us," a "my God" not "our God" concern.When the Church Was a Family calls believers back to the wisdom of the first century, examining the early Christian church from a sociohistorical perspective and applying the findings to the evangelical church in America today. With confidence, author Joseph Hellerman writes intentionally to traditional church leaders and emerging church visionaries alike, believing what is detailed here about Jesus' original vision for authentic Christian community will deeply satisfy the relational longings of both audiences.
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A client computer joined to domain gathers the list of GPOs to be processed as mentioned below:
- Client computer starts.
- Winlogon Service on the client computer starts. The DCLocator component executes an API call; DsGetDcName to find the domain controller. A DNS Query is send to configured DNS Server.
- DNS Server receives the DNS Query and provides the list of domain controllers.
- Winlogon selects one of the Domain Controller listed in the list and then authenticates the client computer.
- Winlogon now processes the GPOs to be applies to the computer.
- It checks the location of Computer Account in the Active Directory and then check the GPOs configured on the OU.
- Winlogon checks the following permissions for the Computer Account.
Authenticated Users: Read and AGP
Note: Authenticated Users is added by default when you create a GPO and this Security Group has all authenticated domain users and computer accounts.
- Winlogon next checks the gpcFilePath in the Active Directory to check the path of the SYSVOL share where this policy resides. A gpcFilePath looks like below:
Note: If this attribute is missing or has an empty value then this Group Policy will not be processed for client computers.
- After it has found the sysvol path, it then processes the Registry.POL file in the GUID folder. The Registry.POL file contains the Registry based settings you have defined in the Group Policy.
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Theoretical Economics 7 (2012), 283–322
Contract, renegotiation, and hold up: Results on the technology of trade and investment
Kristy Buzard, Joel Watson
This paper examines a class of contractual relationships with specific investment, a non-durable trading opportunity, and renegotiation. Trade actions are modeled as individual and trade-action-based option contracts ("non-forcing contracts") are explored. The paper introduces the distinction between divided and unified investment and trade actions, and it shows the key role this distinction plays in determining whether efficient investment and trade can be achieved. Under a non-forcing dual-option contract, the party without the trade action is made residual claimant with regard to the investment action, which induces efficient investment in the divided case. The unified case is more problematic; here, efficiency is typically not attainable but the dual-option contract is still optimal in a wide class of settings. More generally, the paper shows that, with ex post renegotiation, constraining parties to use "forcing contracts" implies a strict reduction in the set of implementable value functions.
Keywords: Contract, renegotiation, hold up, forcing contracts, non-forcing contracts, specific investment, technology of trade, mechanism design
JEL classification: C70, D23
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- Causes of Future Sea Level Rise
- Elevation Maps
- Will we really lose all that land?
- Sea Level Rise Planning Maps
Notice and inspection will be increasingly important as submergence becomes imminent.
As with all conservation easements, a key task for the rolling easement holder or local government will be to periodically remind landowners of the requirements. This is important both to prevent owners from violating the terms of the easement, and to discourage them from doing things that are inadvisable given those terms. A major renovation would increase the temptation to legally challenge (or cheat on) the requirement to refrain from shore protection; a decision to not renovate, by contrast, would help to settle the owners expectations of the eventual abandonment. Clear warnings from realtors (particularly buyers agents who discuss possible problems before the first visit) can discourage those unwilling to comply with the easement from even considering the property, making it more likely that the land will be bought by someone who is able to fit the eventual abandonment into his plans. No matter what the easement holder does, some people may take the chance of purchasing the land and then attempting to evade the terms of the easement. But most likely they would do so as a matter of economic speculation, which they would drop once there is no economic benefit from pursuing the matter. The purchaser who is never informed of the terms, by contrast, may come to oppose the rolling easement for more than economic reasons and thus be willing to take on legal costs (and impose legal costs on the holder) even when there is no economic benefit from doing so. Hence, ensuring that purchasers are truly aware of the terms of the easement will becomes increasingly important as the submerge date approaches.
In Section 8.1, we suggest that routine inspection might not be necessary for most of the duration of a rolling easement because shore protection is both unlikely and generally harmless several decades before submergence. Once submergence becomes imminent, however, inspection is important so that any violations can be cured before they matter. If a shoreline migration conservation easement is designed to ensure that wetlands migrate inland, then once submergence of part of the parcel is expected within about a decade, the holder should inspect the ground elevations to ensure that land grades have not been artificially elevated over the years. If grade elevation has taken place, the holder can require the owner to re-grade the land back to the original elevation so it will become submerged as originally agreed. Whether the parcel is along an eroding beach or a wetland shore, the inspection can also look for structures built for another purpose but likely to have an effect similar to a shore protection structure (e.g., retaining wall, paved elevated driveway).
The practical necessity of noticing violations before the submerge date is likely to create legal reasons for frequent inspections as well. Legal duties are often based on what a reasonable person should do. It is reasonable for a rolling easement holder to pay more attention to lands about to be submerged than to those that are on high ground and still some distance from the shore. Although periodic reminders should be sufficient to show that the easement holder has not abandoned the easement, more frequent inspections might help an easement holder to address a number of legal issues regarding specific violations:
- Statute of Limitations. The statute of limitations period to prove a specific violation is generally shorter than the prescriptive period necessary to prove abandonment, and is often based on the statute of limitations for breach of contract. In many states, an easement holder must go to court within three or four years of when the holder knows or should know about the violation. A periodic inspection schedule could clarify when the holder should know about violations. Thus frequent inspections can reduce the risk that a court will decline to order a remedy on grounds that the holder should have known about it sooner.
- Evidence to prove shore protection. Over time memories fade and witnesses move or die. A witness who has seen dump trucks bringing topsoil to the property could provide compelling testimony that the grade has been elevated. Yet a land trust will not generally look for such witnesses until a violation is noticed.
- Likelihood that a court orders a remedy. Even if a violation is proven, the doctrines of estoppel, waiver, and laches are sometimes advanced as reasons for a court to not order a remedy. The rationale for these doctrines is that enforcement is unfair if the landowner made an investment while reasonably relying on the easement holders apparent intent to not use the easement to block the project. Frequent notice should be sufficient to prove that it was unreasonable for an owner to assume that the land trust would not object if the land is elevated. Still, some types of notice are easy to overlook. An on-site inspection is strong evidence that the landowner had notice that the holder takes the restrictions seriously.
The decade before submergence may also be a good time to begin negotiations on the endgame for the easement, especially with a shoreline migration easement owned by a land trust. Although a rolling easement can outline the basic set of responsibilities, the actual transition may involve details that cannot all be anticipated when the instrument is originally negotiated. The parameters of any such negotiations would depend, most of all, on whether the rolling easement will terminate the landowners use of any buildings on the property.
If the rolling easement terminates use of any building once it is seaward of the rolling design boundary, it may be advantageous to both parties to set a specific transfer date. If it is clear (for example) that the land will be submerged over a period starting in 6 years and ending in about 20 years, and that the homes location will be submerged in 10–12 years, both parties may benefit by replacing restrictions based on the rolling design boundary, with specific language that will transfer title to the land (for example) 12 years hence. The landowners title could be converted to an estate for years with a duration of 12 years, with the rolling easement converted to a remainder interest that vests 12 years hence. Most landowners—particularly those residing on the property—would benefit from eliminating the uncertainty about their tenure; and both parties would be spared the time invested in annual inspections and protracted negotiations. If violations need to be cured, both parties may benefit by simply transferring the property on the date when it would have been submerged but for the violation, instead of re-grading the land down to the original elevation and then transferring it on that date anyway.
If a rolling easement allows continued occupation after the home is seaward of spring high water, then property owners will have little reason to convert their land title into an estate for years. But in most cases, the landowners right to occupy a home will end once the home is seaward of the public trust boundary—for example mean high water. At that point, the negotiations will be similar to the situation where a home must be abandoned as soon as it is within the wetlands, except that the negotiated transfer date (and possibly the negotiations) will be later.
Rolling easements are likely to allow continued occupation of homes in areas where the public trust boundary does not roll, and in areas where the comprehensive plan calls for an accommodation pathway. Negotiations would be very different. They might involve an inducement to abandon the home given the increasing costs of continued occupation, or they might simply focus on how the wetlands would be managed.
The likelihood of negotiating the details of the endgame depends on what happens to similar properties nearby. If adjacent properties have already been abandoned under similar arrangements, owners are likely to generally assume that the terms of the easement are binding, and negotiate the details in good faith. If other properties have been abandoned under different arrangements—or if this is the first parcel to be submerged—then some owners are likely to resist the requirement to abandon the property, or at least resist the timing specified in the rolling easement.
When the holder of a rolling easement is a government agency, then landowners can also make a political appeal against enforcing the easement. If the environmental, safety, and budgetary benefits of allowing the shore to retreat are generally accepted, then such appeals will generally fail. For example, Texas has generally declined to provide more than temporary relief in response to requests for exemptions from its rolling easement policy. A record of repeated reminders about the easement and efforts to negotiate in good faith may also help agencies resist such pressure. Nevertheless, to mitigate the perceived hardship, some sort of financial payment may be necessary.
 Under the doctrine of waste, the owner of a possibility of reverter may have the power to stop such grade elevation, if the title transfers upon a given rise in sea level. If title transfers upon shore protection, the holder will have to take precautions to find such violations or risk losing title to the land through adverse possession.
 See, e.g., supra Table 6 (suggesting an initial elevation survey).
 This paragraph draws upon a memo to EPA prepared by Leslie Ratley-Beach, Sylvia Bates, and Rush Shay of the Land Trust alliance concerning the importance of frequent inspections. See generally Ratley-Beach, Sylvia Bates & Rush Shay, RE: Review Request: Draft Primer on Rolling Easements (email from Leslie Ratley-Beach to Jeremy Martinich of EPA, November 1, 2010).
 See generally Lynn M LoPucki, Statute of Limitations in Warranty, 21 U. of Fla. L. Rev. 336 (1968). But cf. Cheever, supra note 215, at 1098 n.109 (noting that the statute of limitations in at least one state does not directly articulate the discovery rule, which tolls the statute of limitations from the time of a violation until the time when the injured party knows or should


How to install Insync in Solus
Insync is a cross platform Google Drive client
It's possible to sync local or symlinked directories with your Google Drive or OneDrive using insync, third-party software available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Maintaining a connection to Google Drive is now easy and efficient. Data stored in Google Drive may be accessed immediately, and the software ensures that it is constantly in sync. Although it's a paid service, Linux users love it because it is easy to set up.
Solus (formerly Evolve OS) is a Linux-based operating system for the x86-64 architecture created in-house. Users can select between the Budgie desktop environment, GNOME, MATE, and KDE Plasma as their desktop environment.
Installing Insync in Solus
Before delving into this article guide, it is vital to highlight the necessary prerequisites needed to get going.
Prerequisites
 1. Solus Operating system or a VirtualBox containing Solus.
 2. Terminal
 3. Internet access
Once you have assembled the necessary prerequisites, you can proceed and install insync. However, if you have not installed or virtualized Solus, check out this brief installation guide to help you.
Quick summary of installing Solus
Follow the steps provided here to install or virtualize Solus:
Step 1: Go to _URL_ and download your desired ISO package
Step 2: Install VMware or VirtualBox, depending on your preference
Step 3: Launch the VirtualBox/VMware software and create a new virtual machine.
Step 4: During the software selection process, choose 'Fedora' and locate your downloaded ISO package.
Step 5: Once you have set the preferences as you deem fit, continue with the installation process. This entire process will take a while to complete. Be patient until you get a 'Restart now' prompt.
Step 6: Restart your virtual machine and enjoy using Solus.
I hope this short illustration guide helped you accomplish this task. However, if it did not, don't freak out. Check out this detailed guide on how to install Solus.
Now that we are done with Solus installation, it is time to focus on installing insync on our Solus operating system.
Note: Solus' package manager is eopkg, based on PiSi (Packages Installed Successfully as Intended), a package manager created for Pardus, a Debian-based distribution supported by the Turkish government. Because it was fashioned from the ground up, the amount of packages accessible in its repository is restricted, in contrast to Arch and Arch-based distros like Manjaro, which include AUR. However, it also supports Flatpak and Snap packages. If you want to utilize a graphical interface to manage the software installed, there is a Software Center that you can access via the icons next to the menu.
How to install insync in Solus
Below is a step-by-step tutorial guide to aid in completing the installation of insync on your Solus operating system.
Step 1: Launch the terminal using the 'menu section' as illustrated below:
launch terminal
Launch terminal
Step 2: The command provided herein will download the insync installer from the Solus GitHub official page.
Note: Ensure to copy and paste the command to avoid running into unprecedented errors.
sudo eopkg bi --ignore-safety _URL_
download insync files
Download insync files
Step 3: After successfully downloading the insync installer, execute the line of code below to install the downloaded installer file:
sudo eopkg it insync-3.7.11.50381-83-1-x86_64.eopkg
install downloaded isync file
Install the downloaded insync file
That's all. By now, insync should have been installed on your Solus operating system. You can locate it in the programs section.
locate installed insync software
Locate installed insync software
How to uninstall insync from solus
If you are done using the software and wish to uninstall it, don't freak out, as the process is as simple as abc. All you need to do is launch the terminal and execute the following command to get rid of insync:
sudo rm insync-3.7.11.50381-83-1-x86_64.eopkg
Conclusion
Although insync is a paid service, most Linux users love the software due to its astonishing flawless and easy-to-use interface. It is a perfect alternative to Gnome online accounts that will ease your work. This article has provided an in-depth, step-by-step installation procedure. We hope you found it helpful.
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A non-contact and simple interferometric technique has been used to measure the refractive index variation of gamma irradiated CR-39 polymer samples. Six samples of thickness (750 μm) and dimensions of 1.5 × 3 cm2, have been irradiated with gamma radiation doses in the range from zero to 600 kGy. It is observed that the refractive index increases by increasing the dose and reaches its maximum value at 40 kGy dose, and then starts to decrease again. This means that the gamma radiation deformation in the CR-39 polymer is a chain scission effect. This interferometric technique could make a contribution to recombination and degradation mechanisms on CR-39 polymer. Copyright © 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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West Virginia University professors Ed Jacobs and Chris Schimmel co-authored an article published in October's edition of School Counselor magazine on their work on a progressive method of creative counseling called impact therapy.
Impact therapy is an active, multisensory, creative, theory-driven approach to counseling. By employing techniques that engage multiple senses, a therapist is able to counsel the client in a way that is clear and thought-provoking. For example, Jacobs and Schimmel might use a dollar bill to demonstrate self-worth to a client, or shake up a soda bottle to get them to visualize their anger more clearly.
School Counselor magazine goes to school counselors throughout the country.
Jacobs, an associate professor and coordinator of the master's program in the Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling, and Counseling Psychology Department, and Schimmel, assistant professor and coordinator of the department's school counseling program, have been perfecting the method of impact therapy since its inception in the early 90s. Schimmel was Jacobs' student at the time he began to teach impact therapy as a counseling technique and has since then worked with him to develop it.
"The brain likes novelty," Jacobs said. "Using multisensory techniques like a shaken up soda bottle to represent anger, or a small chair to represent the little boy or little girl part of the client, helps to more fully engage the client."
In the article, Jacobs and Schimmel encourage school counselors, who work with students on a time constraint, to utilize impact therapy. They note that using these methods with difficult students could mean the difference between not getting through to them and helping them work through their issues in a limited period of time. They provide suggestions on the use of props, as well as writing, to create specific imagery that makes an impact.
"We are pleased that our work is now reaching school counselors throughout the country," said Jacobs and Schimmel, "because impact therapy is such a useful approach for those counseling school-aged kids."
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Listnr: Start a podcast without recording anything
Easiest way to start a podcast
by: - Last updated on: March 29th, 2021
Key Takeaways
 - Listnr is a podcasting solution that lowers the barrier to entry in podcasting by allowing you to create a podcast without having to record anything.
 - You can use Listnr to convert your blog posts into audio and embed them on your website or share them across different social platforms. Additionally, you can also use it to transform your ebooks into audiobooks.
 - When you create a podcast with Listnr, it takes care of everything from creating a podcast to customizing its elements and publishing it across different podcasting platforms.
Audio consumption, when compared to other media verticals like text, images, and videos, has been steadily growing over the past few years. So much so that Google is building an audio search engine. One that will solely focus on curating content in the audio vertical and making podcasts and audience discovery faster.
IMAGE: Listnr
The sudden rise in audio consumption over the past few years can be attributed widely to the increase in audio creation and consumption platforms and tools that are empowering creators to churn out audio versions of their content to cater to a larger audience. Listnr happens to be one such tool that we are discussing today. It is an all-new podcasting solution that helps you convert blog posts into audio (speech) content, which you can distribute or embed across various online platforms. Listnr drastically brings down the barriers involved in Podcast production.
Let's check out Listnr in detail and see how you can take use it to increase your content's reach on the internet.
What is Listnr, and how does it work?
Listnr is a podcasting solution that helps you convert text into audio. You can use it to convert your blog posts or any other written content into speech and distribute it across different audio platforms. Founded by Anan Batra, Listnr offers support for over 100 voices, in 20+ languages including English (US, UK, Indian), German, and Spanish in both male and female versions, which you can use to diversify your content. Listnr is using the APIs from some of the best in the business – Google, Amazon and IBM.
Listnr podcasting solution
One of the best things about Listnr is that you can either use its speech synthesis engine to transform your text into audio or upload your own audio.
In general, when you plan to start a podcast, you need two things: content and distribution platform. For the former, you can either record the entire episode talking yourself or convert a written piece of content into audio using a text-to-audio program like Listnr.
However, when it comes to distributing your podcast, there are numerous factors that you need to consider. Of these, one of the most crucial ones is ensuring your podcast gets a good reach. Although distribution platforms have a significant part to play in this, the vital constituent in the mix is how you present and optimize your podcast for these platforms.
This is where Listnr comes into the picture — to help you create episodes and customize them to your preference.
What can you do with Listnr?
By now, it's well established that Listnr is a text-to-audio conversion tool of sorts that simplifies the podcast production process for you. But the question that still remains is, what all can you do with it?
Well, to put it simply, you can put Listnr to use to transform all your written content, be it blog posts, essays, etc., into audio — kind of like voice-over — and embed it in your blog/website or broadcast it on some other distribution platform. Likewise, you also get the ability to add voice-overs for your YouTube videos in a range of different languages on the platform to reach a diverse audience.
Listnr usage
Besides, Listnr can even help you convert your e-books into their audiobook equivalent, which you can then distribute in an audio form over the internet.
Listnr Features
Now that you know what Listnr is and what you can use it for, here's a quick rundown of its features that you can employ in producing, editing, and hosting your podcast.
Listnr features
1. Support for over 100 natural (human-sounding) voices in more than 22 different languages and more than 4 dialects.
2. Automatic RSS feed updates to update the RSS feed across all podcast platforms as soon as you upload new content.
3. Email subscribers feature to give your audience the ability to subscribe to your podcast right from the audio player using email capture.
4. Freedom to publish your podcast on popular hosting platforms like Spotify, Google Podcasts, Transistor, and more.
5. Social sharing to let you share your podcast on various social media handles such as Twitter, Facebook, etc.
How to use Listnr to create a podcast?
Creating a podcast is as simple as following a few steps. Here's how.
Step 1. Go to Listnr and log in to your account. If you don't have an account, create one.
Step 2. Click on the hamburger-like menu button on the top-left to expand the sidebar and choose Dashboard.
Step 3. On the Dashboard window, click on the Start a Podcast button.
Creating a podcast with Listnr
Step 4. You will now be redirected to the Podcast Gallery. Here, click on the Create New Show button, and in the show form, fill in the details about your show. And hit Create a Show.
Creating a podcast with Listnr
Step 5. Now, you have two options: you can either start your own show by using Listnr's speech synthesis engine or upload your own audio and use Listnr's hosting.
Step 6. With either option selected, add your episode script into the Show Editor window and customize its elements to your preference. Listnr allows you to change settings for speech emphasis, volume, rate, and pitch.
Creating a podcast with Listnr
Listnr Pricing
Listnr is available as both a free (trial) and a paid service. With the free plan, you get a limited balance of 500 credits that you can use to convert 500 words per month. Since that won't be sufficient for most users, Listnr also has three paid plans: Solo, Startup, and Agency.
Listnr pricing
The Solo plan costs $90 per year and allows 30,000-word conversions per month with free podcast hosting and 3 podcast shows. On the other hand, the Startup and the Agency plan come in at $200 and $500 per year, respectively, and they allow 5 podcast shows and access to some more functionalities.
It's not like Listnr has no competition. There has been a surge in companies working on speech synthesis and deep learning algorithms to reproduce human-sounding voices. But Listnr is one of the few which provides the scale required to achieve greatness without breaking the bank. Take Play.ht for example. They charge $90 per year for a total of 120,000 words (translates to 10,000 words a month) and go up to $640 per year for 1,200,000 words. Listnr is roughly one-third cheaper.
As per its roadmap, Listnr is soon coming out with a Google Chrome extension that can convert any article into a podcast with just a click (like Podcastle.ai) and Podcast templates with intro/outro music like BuildBubbles. There's also a mobile app in the works alongside a standalone podcast hosting platform. The best of the lot is the ability to Podcast in your own voice by uploading a 90-second voice clip and letting Listnr synthesize the podcast in your own voice.
Listnr Lifetime deal
Listnr is currently running a lifetime deal for its product on Dealify. It starts at just $69 for 45,000 words per month and goes up to $329 for 300,000 words per month. These are one-time payments to keep using the platform forever. Absolute steal. Check out Listnr LTD here.
Creating podcasts with Listnr
With a pretty straightforward process to transform blog posts and turn them into episodes and all the essential podcasting features, Listnr lowers the barrier to entry in the podcasting space, and in the process, makes it easier for anyone to create a podcast, modify it, and distribute it on any platform on the internet.
The ability to convert written content into audio, in particular, is one of the interesting functionalities of Listnr since you can use it to create audio versions of your blog posts and embed them on your websites to cater to those who prefer audio over text. And in turn, grow your audience.
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