Work Process of Aluminum Coil Coating
Aluminum coil coating is a critical process in the manufacturing of various products, including building materials, automotive parts, and household items. This process involves applying a protective or decorative coating to aluminum coils to enhance their durability and appearance. Understanding the work process of aluminum coil coating is essential for manufacturers and consumers alike.
Pre-Treatment
The process begins with pre-treatment, where the aluminum coils are cleaned and chemically treated to remove any contaminants and enhance adhesion.
Primer Application
Next, a primer is applied to the coils. The primer acts as a base layer, improving the adhesion of the topcoat and providing additional protection against corrosion.
Topcoat Application
The topcoat is then applied to the primed coils. This coating can be a variety of materials, including polyester, polyurethane, or fluorocarbon, depending on the desired finish and performance requirements.
Curing
After the topcoat is applied, the coils are cured in an oven. This process involves heating the coils to a specific temperature for a set period, allowing the coatings to cure and bond to the aluminum surface.
Cooling and Inspection
Once cured, the coils are cooled and inspected for quality assurance. Any defects or imperfections are identified and addressed before the coils move to the next stage.
Cutting and Packaging
Finally, the coated aluminum coils are cut to size and packaged for shipment to customers. These coils are ready to be used in various applications, providing protection, durability, and an attractive finish.
In conclusion, the work process of aluminum coil coating is a complex yet essential process that ensures the quality and performance of aluminum products. By understanding this process, manufacturers can produce high-quality coated aluminum products that meet the needs of their customers.
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Elon Musk's writing about a Tesla battery fire reminded me of some of the math related to trying to estimate the rate of a rare event from a single occurrence of the event (plus many non-event occurrences). In this article we work through some of the ideas.
Elon Musk wrote that the issues of the recent battery fire were: a significant impact from a large piece of debris (which would clearly have also been dangerous to a gasoline based vehicle) and a "1 fire in over 100 million miles for Tesla" operating record. There are tons of important questions as to what is a proper Apples to Apples comparison of vehicle safety, but what interested me is the minor issue: how biased is evaluating Tesla right after the first occurrence of a rare bad event?
Roughly: evaluating Tesla right after the first report of a rare bad event (called a "failure") is biased against Tesla. It roughly doubles the perceived rate the event occurs at. The math (based on the Markov property) is quick. If the bad event has probability p (p small) then the expected number of such events in n-trials is n*p. However, the expected number of events in n-trials where we picked n such that the n-th trials has the event (n picked after the events happen) is (n-1)*p + 1 (the normal expectation for the first n-1 events and then the forced 1 for the last event). If n is such that n*p is near 1 (which is plausible for an observation near the first occurrence) then we see the scoring right after the first failure roughly double the perceived failure rate.
Now the correct way to work with duration in this sort of problem is using survival analysis which treats duration as a continuous variable and doesn't treat "100 million miles" as 100 million discrete events (the discrete treatment introduces small unnecessary problems in changing scale to "200 million half-miles" and so on). But, let's stay with discrete events for fun. An important issue is: certain relations that are known for true values are only approximations for estimatesso it really matters what you estimate directly and what you infer indirectly.
For example: suppose we try to estimate directly expected duration to first event instead of event rate? Obviously if you know one of these you know the other. But the relationship between estimates of one to estimates of the other is a bit looser. So you really want to set up your experiments to directly estimate the one you care about.
Duration to first failure estimated by watching for the first failure can be estimated as follows. The probability of seeing the first failure on the k-th observation is exactly (1-p)^(k-1) * p ( you see k-1 successes followed by one failure). And if we see the first failure at the k-th step our natural estimate of the duration to first failure is k. The expected value of this sort of estimator summed over all possibilities is:
The 1/p expected value of the estimate is exactly what you would hope for.
However instead suppose we use a similar "reasonable sounding" procedure to try and estimate the rate p instead of the duration to failure. We say that if the first failure is seen at the k-th step then the reasonable estimate for p is 1/k. This estimate ends up being:
That is: our estimation procedure's expected value of estimate is -p*ln(p)/(1-p) instead of the correct (or unbiased) value of p. This is again an over-estimate, using the observed rate as the estimator is net-upward biased (as also shown in the expected number of failures argument).
Also notice that the multiplicative bias term -ln(p)/(1-p) changes as we change scale of p. If instead of measuring 100 million 1-mile events we measured 200 million half-mile events our number of events bias would go up, but slowly enough that our total miles bias would go down. This is why in survival analysis durations are treated as continuous quantities, so changes in scale don't change estimates. The simplest survival analysis would assume road-debris is constant hazard (doesn't systematically go up or down in the age of the car) and therefore the survival function of the car would be the exponential distribution (not "survival" means avoiding the failure event which stops the observations, not living or dying).
The lesson is: you introduce biases by deciding when you calculate (right after a failure) and choosing what to estimate. But with some care you can get all of this right.

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cmdline && fastboot get_staged /dev/stdout. The parameter lists the name of the panel node in the device tree.
Note: The generated panel driver should usually work without larger changes (follow the README). As usual, it is recommended to ask in the chat for further advice before running it.
You also need to add the display panel to your device tree. The panel driver generator also generates a device tree fragment in the.dtsi file that you can use as a base. Typically you just need to fill in the reset-gpios, which can be found downstream. You should also add pinctrl to the &dsi0 node. See commits for other devices for examples.
Note: If you have qcom,regulator-ldo-mode defined downstream you should add (do not add it if you do not have this property downstream!):
&dsi_phy0 {
In some cases, you may need to turn on a GPIO to enable the power supply of the panel. On mainline, this is implemented using a fixed regulator, which represents the hw component that creates the required voltage. You can then use the --regulator option in the panel driver generator to add code to automatically turn on that GPIO.
Note: On downstream, you can often run into drivers which pretend that the GPIO is instead routed to some magic "enable" pin of the panel controller. Ideally, you can dispute this by looking at schematics, respectively by looking at datasheet of said controller and attempting to locate said pin.
Some devices have an extra backlight IC that needs to be controlled separately in the kernel. The easy case is where it is simply enabled using a GPIO: in this case one can simply treat it like a fixed regulator. (It may, in fact, actually be one.) But some backlight ICs have an I²C interface and then need an extra driver in the kernel.
There are different approaches used to dim the brightness of the screen. The approach used in downstream is usually defined by the qcom,mdss-dsi-bl-pmic-control-type property in the panel node of the downstream device tree:
 - Pulse-width modulation (PWM) (bl_ctrl_pwm): In this case there is an external PWM generator that generates a PWM signal for the display. PM8916 (the PMIC of MSM8916) contains one PWM generator that can be configured for the display. arm64: dts: msm8916-longcheer-l8150: Add PWM backlight support is an example of how to set it up.
 - MIPI DCS commands (bl_ctrl_dcs): In this case the panel controller handles the brightness automatically. The generated panel driver should implement brightness without further changes.
 - Custom: Some devices (e.g. Samsung AMOLED panels) have bl_ctrl_dcs or something else listed, but actually use an entirely custom way to control display brightness. This needs to be implemented manually in the panel driver (or using an extra backlight driver).
The touchscreen is usually connected to an I²C bus, e.g. blsp_i2c5. Often it is either supplied by some PM8916 regulators or a set of fixed regulators. (This is often visible when the touchscreen has some "enable" GPIOs listed downstream; those usually represent a chip that can be enabled through a GPIO and then supplies a fixed voltage to the touchscreen...) This is where similarities end. There can be all sorts of touchscreens connected to the I²C bus and manufacturers like to use many different ones. Look through the supported touchscreen in mainline to see if a driver exists already, or can be modified eventually to support another version of a similar chip. Otherwise, you may need to write a simple driver yourself.
Note: if you are really unlucky (this is probably quite unlikely for a device with MSM8916), you may have a so-called incell touchscreen, that is, a touchscreen that is integrated into the panel. That is not necessarily an issue, but sadly these often have some integration with the display (e.g being configured using dsi commands), that is probably quite ugly and doesn't as of yet have a solution in mainline. If you suspect this to be the case, don't hesitate to ask for help in the chat!
Like the touchscreen, sensors are usually connected to an I²C bus, e.g. blsp_i2c2 and usually supplied by L17. This is where similarities end. There can be all sorts of sensors connected to the I²C bus and manufacturers like to use many different ones. Look through the supported sensors in mainline to see if a driver exists already, or can be modified eventually to support another version of a similar chip. Otherwise, you may need to write a simple driver yourself.
Some devices have a Hall effect sensor that is used to detect if the screen is covered by some kind of flip cover. It is usually a simple GPIO like the buttons, and can be set up easily using gpio-keys.
 - The sensor should show up in sysfs (/sys/bus/iio/devices/...). Usually there are some in_*_raw files you can read for initial testing.
 - Accelerometer: The accelerometer is used for automatic screen rotation, so let's make sure that works correctly.
 - Install iio-sensor-proxy (note: need to restart after installing it), start it (rc-service iio-sensor-proxy start) and use monitor-sensor.
 - Check if the orientations are reported correctly. See File:PhoneRotation.png for a visualization of the different orientations.
 - If the orientations are not correct you need a mount-matrix in your device tree. See e.g. [this explanation].
 - Interrupts: If your sensor has interrupts listed downstream you should also add them on mainline and check if they work correctly.
 - Install linux-tools-iio, then use sudo iio_generic_buffer -a -c -1 -N where is the number of the IIO device in sysfs (e.g. /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceN.
 - It should continuously print weird values.
 - Check /proc/interrupts if some interrupts were triggered for the sensor.
Audio functionality is split up in 3 main blocks (4 when using the modem):
 - LPASS (Low Power Audio Subsystem): The "sound card". Reads/writes digital audio data from/to memory and transmits it via I²S.
 - Digital Codec (msm8916-wcd-digital): Accepts digital audio via I²S, post-processes it (e.g. to change volume). Transmits it via PDM to analog codec. (A proprietary Qualcomm protocol but perhaps there are similiarities to Pulse-density modulation...)
 - Analog Codec (msm8916-wcd-analog): Integrated into PMIC (PM8916). Contains DACs (playback) and ADCs (capture) and amplifiers for Speaker, Earpiece and Headphones.
 - Audio DSP (qdsp6): Can optionally sit between CPU and LPASS to offload audio decoding (e.g. MP3, AC,...). Also handles voice call audio.
Here is diagram how the blocks relate to each other:
| MSM8916 GPIO| Some devices use
| | a custom speaker
| +--------+ |Quaternary amplifier!
| +-------+ | Modem | +-------+ | MI²S +-------------+
| | |<-->| (ADSP) |<-->| |<--> 112|<---->| Digital |
| | Linux | +--------+ | LPASS |<--> 117|<---->| Audio Codec |--> Speaker
| | (CPU) | Memory | |<--> 118|<---->| + Amplifier |
| | |<---------------->| |<--> 119|<---->+-------------+
| Primary | ^ Tertiary | +---------------+
| MI²S | | MI²S | | PM8916 |
| v | |PDM | |
| +-------+<---> 63|<-->|CLK +--------+|
| | |<---> 64|<-->|SYNC | ||<-- Microphone 1
| |Digital|<---> 65|<---|TX | Analog ||<-- Microphone 2
| | Codec |<---> 66|--->|RX0 | Codec ||--> Earpiece
| | |<---> 67|--->|RX1 | ||--> Headphones
| +-------+<---> 68|--->|RX2 +--------+|--> Speaker
Note: MI²S (multichannel I²S) is basically I²S with multiple data lines. This allows using more audio channels, although this is typically not used on MSM8916.
TODO For now, check related commits for other devices and ask on Matrix if you have any questions :)
Custom Speaker Amplifier
The analog codec in PM8916 contains a mono Class-D (audio) amplifier. However, there are several devices that do not make use of it. Perhaps because the manufacturer thought it's not powerful enough, or because they wanted to include stereo speakers. In that case they have likely included a custom speaker amplifier. There are two types of this:
 - Digital codec + speaker amplifier: This can be seen in the diagram above. It's connected via the Quaternary MI²S interface and contains it's own


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Antidiuretic hormone suppression: The antidiuretic hormone (ADH) suppression test measures the amount of water excreted after water load (up to 20 milliliters/kilogram body weight); water toxicity can occur in patients with syndrome of inappropriate ADH (SIADH), which prevents water excretion.
Other names for Antidiuretic hormone suppression include:
These symptoms may be diagnosed by, screened for, or associated with Antidiuretic hormone suppression:
These diseases or medical conditions may be diagnosed by, screened for, or associated with Antidiuretic hormone suppression:
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Witnessing Aggression: Media and Firsthand
This chapter discusses the role of media in influencing aggression. As examples, do the all consuming interests of the couch potato lead to conflict in marital and romantic relationships? The question of whether violence on television increases the aggression of viewers is explored along with the equally important question of whether there are effects that extend into the community well beyond the viewing situation, for example, suicides and homicides. A following section considers the content and effects of professional wrestling on young children and teens in dating relationships. The cognitive phenomenon of "priming" whereby violent rhetoric sets the stage for later aggression is examined. The results of studies designed to assess the effects of people personally viewing aggression from the stands are summarized. Also considered are the effects on viewers of displays of interpersonal aggression containing erotic themes.
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If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.

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OriginThe Nelore is of the species Bos indicus (Zebu), and has great dissimilarities to breeds of the Bos taurus (European) species, like the Angus, Hereford, Charolais and others. Their most distinctive characteristic is the presence of a prominent "hump" behind their neck, but there are many other fundamental differences between the Nelore and the European breeds.
There has never existed in India a breed called Nelore. This name corresponds to a district of the old Presidency of Madrás, now belonging to the new State of Andra, by the Bengal Sea. It was in Brazil that some authors started to use the name Nellore as a synonym to Ongole, the Indian breed that contributed most to the creation of the Nelore. The history of the Ongole dates back 2,000 years before Christian times. It was the Aryan people that brought the ancestors of the Nelore to India, where they were submitted to extreme weather conditions. The arid lands of Belushistan, the cold winters of Punjab, the alluvial lands of Ganges and the torrid lands by the Bengal sea provided the Ongole breed with the adaptation genes that are now favorably expressed in the modern Nelore.
Brazil has become the largest breeder of Nelore, and from there the breed was exported to Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela, Central America, Mexico, United States and many other countries. In all those places, the contribution of the Nelore was remarkable, whether through purebred selection within the breed or through crosses with local breeds, many times of European origin.
The Nelore was first acknowledged in Brazil in 1868, when a ship on its way to England carrying two Ongoles stopped in Salvador, Bahia, and the animals were there sold. Ten years later, a breeder from Rio de Janeiro, named Manoel Ubelhart Lemgruber, bought another couple from the Hamburg Zoo in Germany. Then the Nelore breed expanded gradually, first in Rio de Janeiro and Bahia, then in Minas Gerais, having reached Uberaba in 1875.
The creation of the Nelore Herd Book and the definition of the breed standards in Uberaba, 1938, was of great relevance in the formation of the Nelore. In 1960, 20 animals were imported, and in 1962, the last and most relevant purchase of live animals from India authorized by the Brazilian Government, 84 Ongoles were imported. These became founders of important breeding lines like Godahvari, Karvadi and Taj Mahal, and were decisive to the great expansion of the Brazilian herd in the last 30 years, going from 56 million in 1965 to 160 million in 1995, 100 million of which are Nelore.
Distinguishing CharacteristicsIt is said that there is no ideal breed, and that every breed has strong points and none is better for all important economic traits, the Nelore is certainly the best alternative for economic beef production in the tropics, which are responsible for 65% of the world's bovine population.
- Hardiness. The main advantage that the Nelore has over other breeds of beef cattle is its hardiness. Calves are alert, with an active behavior, standing up and suckling soon after they are born, without any need for constant human intervention. The Nelore has notable physical strength and is unexcelled in its ability to thrive under harsh climatic, nutritional and sanitary conditions, frequent in the tropics. Because of their hardiness and rustling ability, Nelores surpass all other breeds under conditions of poor range and drought.
- Heat and Insect Resistance. The Nelore has a loose skin with sweat glands that are twice as big and 30% more numerous than those of the European breeds. The Nelore's black skin, covered by a white or light gray coat helps filtering and reflecting harmful sun rays. Its low level of metabolism also contributes to heat resistance, as the Nelore feeds less but often, generating less internal heat. Nelores possess natural resistance to various insects, as its skin has a dense texture, making it difficult for blood sucking insects to penetrate. Nelores also have a well developed subcutaneous muscle layer which enables them to remove insects simply by shaking their coat.
- Metabolic Efficiency. The Nelore can efficiently convert poor quality forages into beef, and withstand long periods without water. Due to their habit of feeding lightly but frequently, Nelore and Nelore hybrid cattle are highly resistant to bloating, and death losses rarely occur from this cause. Excellent feed conversion ratio and good disposition allow the Nelore to be early finished in feedlots, with highly positive results.
- Meat Quality. While the beef of some breeds have excessive marbling, or intra-muscular fat, beef from Nelore cattle have enough fat to be highly palatable. The Nelore matches the recent shift in the beef industry towards a low calorie, leaner meat diet, without compromising taste. This was demonstrated at the 1991 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, when a purebred Nelore steer won the "Best Overall in Taste" contest, competing against dozens of hybrid and European steers.
- Reproductive Efficiency. Nelores have long, deep bodies with clear underlines, keeping vulnerable parts out of the way of infection. Cows have small udders and short teats, while bulls' sheaths are also short. These characteristics contribute to the breed's reproductive efficiency. Nelore dams have a long and prolific reproductive life, pronounced mothering ability, and plenty of milk for their calves. The Nelore cows calve very easily due to their greater frame, wide pelvic opening and larger birth canal, which reduces the incidence of distocia.
- Maternal Instinct and Disposition. Nelore dams have highly developed maternal instinct throughout the whole milking period, which is of great importance for extensive breeding systems. They lick their newborn, put them to suckle and look for a safe place to hide them from predators. The active and vivid disposition of the Nelore is largely responsible for their unusual thriftiness, hardiness and adaptability to a wide range of feed and climate. Nelores like affection and quickly respond to kind handling methods, becoming extremely docile.
SelectionA lot of genetic variation exists among all breeds, and the selection within a breed is almost as important as the choice of the breed itself. Generation after generation, during thousands of years favoring the survival of the strongest and better prepared to withstand the intense heat, the lack of forages, the prolonged dry season and the many diseases has shaped anatomically and physiologically the ancestors of the modern Nelore with a common denominator: hardiness, fertility and longevity.
Once in Brazil, this natural selection base was then managed and redirected for beef production. The result was encouraging. In a few decades, the Brazilian Nelore became an impressive biotype in terms of uniformity, conformation and quality, still preserving the attributes of hardiness and vivid disposition. Once the ethnic purity was consolidated, the Brazilian Nelore breeders have been selected for body size and muscular development, as well as skeletal soundness.
Each and every registered Nelore sire is the outcome of a complex process of selection. Breeders receive assistance from a nationwide association, the Associação Brasileira dos Criadores de Zebu or ABCZ. Birth weight, weaning weight, yearling weight, scrotal circumference, are some of the traits measured. Research centers and universities calculate EPDs (Expected Progeny Difference) through complex mathematical models and powerful super-computers, making the results available to breeders to support their selection decisions.
Genetics and BreedingToday, the number of purebred registered Nelore is above 5 million. The challenge faced by selection is to multiply the genetic gains to a much larger population. To multiply the genetic potential of Nelore sires, Artificial Insemination is being used in large scale since the 60's. Sales of Nelore semen represent 65% of the AI market of all beef breeds in Brazil. The leading Nelore sire there produced and sold 34,000 straws of semen in 1995, followed by another Nelore that sold 30,000, which means that both sires must have bred more than 20,000 cows.
Effort is also being made to multiply the genetic potential of Nelore dams through the use of embryo transfer. With more than 50,000 embryos transferred per year, a great part of which are Nelores, Brazil is already the 3rd country in this technology, after the United States and France. Work is also well under way with frozen embryos, embryo splitting and In Vitro Fertilization of Nelores.
The Polled NeloreThere is a worldwide tendency for the elimination of horns in all cattle breeds through the use of naturally polled animals. The advent of the Polled Nelore, some 50 years ago, has presented the beef cattle industry with an option to avoid the mechanical removal of horns, a common practice, especially in feedlots. This dehorning method is expensive, time consuming and painful for the animal, causing stress and weight loss, besides exposing the steers to various infections. If horns were necessary for defense purpose in a wild environment, today a naturally polled animal brings many advantages.
Management of polled herds is easy and friendly, as herds are more homogeneous and it is possible to gather more animals at one time in the corral or in a truck for transportation. The polled Nelore also presents less injuries from fights, preserving their coats for the leather industry. As a result of these advantages, the number of genetically polled steers in commercial herds is rapidly increasing.
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XebiaLabs, the recognized leader in enterprise-class DevOps and Continuous Delivery software tools, announced the first predictive risk solution for DevOps that warns teams of delays and risks in the software delivery process.
Using a new DevOps Prediction Engine, the XebiaLabs DevOps Platform's Risk Prediction Module combines machine learning with a proprietary algorithm to give teams a "weather forecast" for their releases before those releases even start to run.
Software releases often plagued by unforeseen release delays and failures
It's hard for DevOps teams to predict factors that will delay releases or cause them to fail—and teams are often surprised by failures after release processes have already started, leaving them scrambling to roll back changes and resolve errors.
DevOps prediction engine shines light on release problems before they happen
The XebiaLabs DevOps Prediction Engine highlights potential bottlenecks before release processes start, so Release Managers, Developers, and DevOps Engineers can take preventative action, adjust timelines, and keep the business in the loop. Powerful predictive risk analysis enables DevOps teams to answer questions such as:
- What are the chances this release will fail, and what can we do about it?
- Is this release likely to be delayed, and by how long?
- How likely is a team member to skip specific release tasks, and why?
- What caused releases like this one to fail or be delayed in the past?
Predictive risk analysis prevents a release disaster
XebiaLabs already provides customizable risk scoring that identifies warning signs during a release process to indicate when it is not on track. Now, the company has added a new Risk Forecast Function to the XebiaLabs DevOps Platform. Powered by a machine learning-based DevOps Prediction Engine, it offers the following capabilities:
- Risk alerts that warn the team when a release is likely to be delayed or to fail, before the release pipeline starts running, so they can take preventative action
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- An overview of statistics for similar releases, so teams can see historical analysis at a glance and identify trends in both release and task failure, across all tools in their release pipeline
- Release forensics that uncover flaky automated tests, problematic build setups, long-running deployments, and time-consuming manual tasks, so teams can identify their biggest pain points and make the changes that will have the most impact on their ability to deliver software quickly and reliably
"The XebiaLabs DevOps Platform has long included advanced features for enabling organizations to reduce the potential for risk failure," said Andreas Prins, Vice President of Product Strategy for XebiaLabs. "The XebiaLabs Predictive DevOps Engine is another huge step forward towards increasing IT teams' ability to move away from reactive management of their releases, to a proactive approach that preempts failure and optimizes their pipelines for success."


Learn German with poetry and music - courses and workshops
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My name is Britta, and I offer workshops and courses that include the use of poetry and music to help you learn the German language.
During each workshop, we will look at one particular topic. Some workshops will focus on a grammatical topic and others will focus on speaking about the music and building up some German vocabulary. We will listen to German songs from different times and styles (traditional German folk music, classical, pop or rock music) that relate to the topic. The focus will always be on the German language.
During the ongoing courses, we can go into the language in greater depth. These courses are designed to offer a more comprehensive introduction to the German language than the workshops and will use both poetry and music to support the process, where appropriate. We can listen to songs that contain the grammatical structures we are working with, and also talk about the rules and use the grammar in converstaion. If it turns out that you find particular words or structures difficult to memorise, we can also work with rhythm. We might write new lines to songs or we can use music to relax while listening to verb forms. If participants wish, we can also do some singing - but there will be no pressure to do so! Our main focus is always learning the German language and music will only be used where it supports the process of learning this language.
The workshops and courses are suitable for people who have an interest in music and would like to try a different approach to learning German. No particular musical skills or training are required.
I am a qualified teacher for German as a Foreign Language. I also hold qualifications in musicology, German literature and music therapy. I have about ten years of experience teaching languages, as well as in the music therapy field (using music to help people reach various non-musical goals).
If you would like some more information and a more detailed timetable, just drop me a line!
I look forward to hearing from you!
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Summary of Survey on Housing, Ownership, and Community Amenities Preferences
In November 2020 we received completed surveys from 38 Founder households which is 98% of all Founder households. One third of the respondent households are single-person.
Most surveyed Founder households won't be ready to move in until 2024 or later.
Our three core amenities include:
- a dance/community hall
- a dining facility/food services
- a licensed Family Care Home (Household Model)
At least two-thirds of Founder households that responded to the survey indicated that these amenities should be either in place upon move-in or within one year thereafter.
Respondents considered the following other amenities (onor off-site) essential or important (by the percentages shown):
- cultural/recreational facilities: 82%
- a licensed Skilled Nursing Facility: 66%
- access to health care with a physician or nurse practitioner and in-home assistance with activities of daily living: 50%
The survey results on housing preferences suggest a development which prioritizes semi-detached dwellings first, apartments second, and single family residences in the third phase, but also realizes that a mix of housing is important in each phase.


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Revolution Sun Shield (Single)
This innovative product helps protect your child's delicate eyes and skin from up to 65% of the sun's heat, glare and UVA/UVB rays. It also provides protection from wind and flying insects. The specially designed mesh provides protection while still being transparent enough to allow children to see out and parents to see in. Protectors offer complete front, side, and rear protection.Features:
- Wind-resistant, nylon mesh window shields your child from the sun, wind and flying insects.
- Specially designed mesh screen reduces exposure to the sun's harmful rays.
- Attachment is simple to secure over the stroller.


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Catalonia's Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda, and the Institute of Agri-Food Research and Technology (IRTA) have revealed Spain's first Center for Innovation in Alternative Proteins (CiPA).
With €7 million in funding — believed to be one of the country's most significant investments made in the sector — CiPA aims to become a leading hub in southern Europe for research and innovation, focusing on ingredients, food, and feed alternatives to animal proteins.
Alex Holst, senior policy manager at GFI Europe, said: "This landmark announcement is a major step towards turning Catalonia into one of Spain's leading hubs for sustainable plant-based and fermentation-made foods."
The center will offer a comprehensive approach covering the entire value chain, from raw material production to consumer integration. With laboratory research and pilot plants, the center aims to find alternatives to farmed animals by driving advancements in biomass production, plant protein extraction, ingredient functionalization, safety evaluation, and alternative food prototypes.
Moreover, the center will help companies scale up the production of plant-based meat and fermentation-derived foods to deliver the flavor and texture of meat, dairy, and eggs and help consumers adopt plant-based products.
According to GFI Europe, Spain is the fourth largest retail market for plant-based foods across Europe, with increased sales by 9% between 2020 and 2022 to €447.4 million.
Additionally, CiPA will research food waste and how to transform agricultural surplus and byproducts into nutritious and delicious food, potentially providing new revenue sources for farmers.
Pioneering alt proteins
The CiPA will be distributed throughout the Catalan territory, taking advantage of the facilities and experience of the IRTA scientific staff in research on plant protein, fermentation, algae, and insects. The investment is expected to accelerate the green growth in the Catalan industry and create jobs.
"The region is already home to pioneering alternative protein companies, but this investment will help develop a vibrant Catalan sector capable of producing delicious, affordable foods for the growing alternative protein market, generating highly skilled jobs and export opportunities," added Holst.


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One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
An order for the demolition of buildings.
- 'The authority has now agreed to demolish the houses under a compulsory clearance order, after the owners refused to renovate or sell them on.'
- 'No avoidable delay occurred in my Department between the making of the clearance order and the confirmation thereof.'
- 'Four days later, he signed the first clearance order, which provided for the demolition of unfit houses in the town.'
- 'Once a high and wide route is established, the clearance order for the movement follows.'
- 'A slum clearance order was challenged because civil servants, acting on behalf of the minister, had conferred with local officials and heard additional evidence after a public inquiry had ended.'
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For years custom designed jewelry has been created using old world techniques dating as far back as the 1800's. Until recently, almost all-custom designed jewelry was created using these methods. The introduction of Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) has changed all that and in it's wake ushered in a whole new universe of possibilities. Designs that were never thought possible can be made to the highest quality standards.
Before learning about the benefits of 3D-CAD you'll need to know more about the custom jewelry design process. Most jewelry is made using a method called lost wax casting. A skilled artisan/jeweler hand carves a jewelry prototype out of jewelers wax using small scalpels and knives. This wax prototype also known as a "model" is placed in a flask and plaster called "investment" is poured all around the model. Once the investment hardens an exact impression of the model is formed inside of the flask. The wax model is burned out of the flask leaving a cavity of the jewelry design.
Next the molten metal is injected in the flask mold using vacuum or centrifugal casting. When the metal cools and hardens the investment is broken away revealing the un-finished jewelry casting. This casting is filed, polished and prepped for assembly, which may include setting the gemstones or welding other precious metal parts to the casting.
The process of hand carving the wax prototype has always been the accepted process for creating custom jewelry. The problem with this process is that the human hand can't be as precise as a computer-aided machine when carving the model. Precision equates to more design possibilities and much higher quality jewelry production. In the end you'll have a product that looks crisper and won't be prone to stone loss or breakage.
Computer Aided Design is a sophisticated modeling process using advanced software to plot coordinates for mechanical drawings. These drawings can be exported to various types of prototyping machines called CNC mills or growing machines. CNC mills cut-away material from a block of wax to make the jewelry model. The growing machines layer material from side to side much like a printer to build the model. The precision of these models exceeds what any human could do while hand carving the jewelry model. Design possibilities become limitless because the 3D-CAD software enables the designer to create parts and design elements that aren't possible using outmoded tools and methods.
Another benefit of 3D-CAD jewelry design is the ability to see a computer rendering before the final completion of the jewelry. In old methods the jeweler would create crude counter sketches of your concept and the rest would be left to your imagination. Now the designs that the jeweler creates in 3D-CAD can be rendered to photo-realistic images for you to view before making your final decisions.
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How Can I Estimate Corn Yield Potential?
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Question: I have seen some information you had that shows how to estimate corn yield potential. Can you provide that again?
Answer: Here's the basic formula, and I'm also including a chart that shows how to estimate corn yield potential under various row spacings.
If you're in 30-inch rows, use a tape measure to mark off 17 feet 5 inches in a row of corn.
average ears x average rows around x average kernels long = Yield
I've inserted some actual ear, row and kernel numbers in the formula here to give you an example:
32 x 16 x 35 = 199 bu/acre
I would encourage you to implement this practice in four or five different locations within each field, and then average the numbers, to arrive at a fairly accurate result.
Keep in mind the formula does not take into consideration kernel depths. Based on weather conditions during kernel fill you may increase or decrease your yield by 5 to 10 percent.
As you evaluate plant stand numbers and ear counts, consider that you can benefit from getting those two numbers to more closely align with each other.
While the number difference between plant stands and ear counts cannot be eliminated, it can be minimized. In a corn-soybean rotation, the difference between the two would ideally be no more than 1,200. In corn-on-corn, with heavy residue conditions, the ideal difference between the two would be 2,000 or less.
Table 1. Length of row to equal 1/1000th of
an acre for various row widths
Row spacing
Row Length
13 feet 1 inch
13 feet 6 inches
17 feet 5 inches
23 feet 9 inches
34 feet 10 inches
*Information provided courtesy of University of Minnesota Extension Service.
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a better route is available, that information can be put in the table. If a host has any significant amount of traffic sent to a second host, it is normally expected that the two hosts will set up a direct UUCP link and make an entry in their tables to send mail directly, even if they are in separate domains. Routing tables should be constructed to try to keep paths short and inexpensive for as much traffic as possible. Horton [Page 8]
RFC 976 February 1986 UUCP Mail Interchange Format Standard Here are some hints for the construction of the destination string n (step f above.) The "envelope recipient" information (the argument(s) to rmail) may be in either domain ! form (host.com!user) or domain @ form (_EMAIL_) as long as the sending site is sure the next hop is class 3. If the next hop is not class 3, or the sending site is not sure, the ! form should be used, if possible, since it is hard to predict what the next hop would do with a hybrid address. If the gateway is known to be class 3, domain ! form may be used, but if the sending site is not sure, and the entire destination string was matched in the lookup (rather than some parent domain), the 6 letter ! form should be used: r!user, for example: dumbhost!host!user. If the gateway appears to actually be a gateway for a subdomain, e.g. because a parent domain was matched, (such as the address _EMAIL_, where host.gateway.com was not found but gateway.com was) it can be assumed to be at class 3. This allows routes such as dumbhost!domain!host.domain.com!user to be used with a reasonable degree of safety. If a direct link exists to the destination host, the user@domain syntax or the domain!user syntax may be used. All hosts conforming to this standard are class 3, and all subdomain gateways must be class 3 hosts.
4. Example
Suppose host A.D.COM sends mail to host C.D.COM. Let's suppose that the 6 letter names for these hosts are aname and dname, and that the intermediate host to be routed through has name bname. The user on A types mail user@c.d.com The user interface creates a file such as Date: 9 Jan 1985 8:39 EST From: myname@A.D.COM (My Name) Subject: sample message To: user@c.d.com This is a sample message and passes it to the transport mechanism with a command such as Horton [Page 9]
RFC 976 February 1986 UUCP Mail Interchange Format Standard sendmail user@c.d.com < file The transport mechanism looks up a route to c.d.com. It does not find c.d.com in its database, so it looks up d.com, and finds that the path is bname!dname!%s, and that c.d.com is a class 3 host. Plugging in c.d.com!user, it gets the path bname!dname!c.d.com!user. (If it had found c.d.com with path bname!cname!%s, it would have omitted the domain from the resulting path: bname!cname!user, since it is not sure whether the destination host is class 1, 2, or 3.) It prepends a From_ line and passes it to uux: uux - bname!rmail dname!c.d.com!user < file2 where file2 contains From A.D.COM!user Wed Jan 9 12:43:35 1985 remote from aname Date: 9 Jan 1985 8:39 EST From: myname@A.D.COM (My Name) Subject: sample message To: user@c.d.com This is a sample message (Note the blank line at the end of the message - at least one blank line is required.) This results in the command rmail dname!c.d.com!user running on B. B prepends its own from line and passes the mail along: uux - dname!rmail c.d.com!user < file3 where file3 contains From nuucp Wed Jan 9 12:43:35 1985 remote from bname >From A.D.COM!user Wed Jan 9 11:21:48 1985 remote from aname Date: 9 Jan 1985 8:39 EST From: myname@A.D.COM (My Name) Subject: sample message To: user@c.d.com This is a sample message Horton [Page 10]
RFC 976 February 1986 UUCP Mail Interchange Format Standard The command rmail c.d.com!user is run on C, which stacks the From_ lines From bname!aname!A.D.COM!user Wed Jan 9 12:43:35 1985 Date: 9 Jan 1985 8:39 EST From: myname@A.D.COM (My Name) Subject: sample message To: user@c.d.com This is a sample message and stores the message locally, probably in this same format.
5. Summary
Hosts conforming to this standard should accept all of the following forms: rmail localuser (no !%@ in user) rmail hosta!hostb!user (no !%@ in user) rmail user@domain (only . in domain) rmail domain!user (at least 1 . in domain) rmail domain.!user (in case domain has no dots) The "envelope" portion of the message ("From_" lines) should conform to existing conventions, using ! routing. The "heading" portion of the message (the Word: lines such as Date:, From:, To:, and Subject:) must conform to RFC-822. All header addresses must be in the @ form. The originating site should ensure that the addresses conform to RFC-822, since no requirement is placed on forwarding sites or gateways to transform addresses into legal RFC-822 format. (Such forwarding sites and gateways should NOT, however, change a legal RFC-822 address such as user@domain into an illegal RFC-822 address such as gateway!user@domain, even if forwarding to a class 1 UUCP host.)
6. References
[1] Postel, J., "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol", RFC-821, USC/Information Sciences Institute, August, 1982. [2] Crocker, D., "Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages", RFC-822, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Delaware, August, 1982. Horton [Page 11]
RFC 976 February 1986 UUCP Mail Interchange Format Standard [3] Postel, J., and J. K. Reynolds, "Domain Requirements", RFC-920, USC/Information Sciences Institute, October, 1984. Horton [Page 12]


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Cincinnati-based retailer and nation's largest traditional grocer, Kroger Co. has become the 1st national retailer offering a new line of longer lasting produce. Kroger will now offer Apeel Sciences' longer-lasting avocados in all its stores (more than 1,100 stores).
Kroger ran an avocado expansion pilot program for a year in 109 Midwest stores that seeded this expansion idea. The Krogerfeedback survey helped solidify this approach and take action. Furthermore it has plans to launch a similar program of Apeel asparagus and limes in all its Cincinnati stores this fall. Kroger has built a Zero Hunger Zero Waste initiative which focuses on going green and reducing food waste nationwide. These products are being added as part of the same drive.
Apeel is using plant derived technology to add an extra peel to the vegetables it produces in order to slow the rate of water loss and oxidation that leads to spoiling of the foodstuff. It aims to almost triple the shelf life of many such perishable goods in order to reduce overall food waste. Around 40 percent of the food produced in the U.S. is thrown away. All this happens while 1 in 8 Americans struggle with hunger. Other than this the food waste also equally contributes to 8 percent of annual greenhouse gas emissions according to Kroger and Apeel. It is considered a top cause of climate change.
Kroger vice president of produce Frank Remero has mentioned in the company's statement that Apeel's innovative food-based solution has proved to extend life of perishable produce which leads to reduction of food waste not only in transport and retail stores but also in consumer's homes. And they are looking forward to the long term association.


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Really, I don't like the term 'up and down bow' very much because the motion of a bow is very fluid and when played artfully, gives a seamless, warm, glowing sound – nothing to do with 'up' or 'down' which sounds very rigid. My violin teacher (Kato Havas) says that all a bow going 'up and down' does is iron the music flat, so to get to the essence of the music the player should try and achieve a naturalness of phrasing which transcends the bow.
Nevertheless, there are instances when composers or string arrangers purposefully write a certain bow direction to attain a musical effect. For example, Stravinsky wrote several down bows (travelling in a downward motion repeatedly, lifted from the string in between notes) in a row to create an aggressive, percussive effect. An example of 'up bows' is in Paganini's 24th Caprice where he alternates left hand pizzicatos (a future blog entry!) with 'up bows' played near the tip of the bow – the effect is of a whipping, pecking sound that goes well when alternated with the pizzicato.
Symbols are added to a score to indicate when there is a particular 'up or down' direction to the bowing. In 18th and 19th century music, this was often left to the discretion of the individual player but increasingly in the 20th century composers began to specify up and down bow markings more, frequently seeking the advice of professional string players on how best to 'bow' the piece.
In a live orchestral performance, bowings are marked into the parts in advance to enable each section to play with synchronised bows travelling in the same direction together – although Leopold Stokowski's Philadelphia Orchestra were famous in using 'free bowing' which the conductor felt achieved a more glossy sound, even though it didn't look as impressively uniform.This leads onto the phrase 'staggered bowing'. This is where longer notes which would require more than one bow direction to keep sustained are bowed in such a way that members of a string section change in different places, this gives a smooth and continuous effect so that the change in bowing is inaudible.


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CHAPTER 12 – The Arc
Why Arc was a game changer? Because it allowed explosion of all other GBs. The details would be explained below.
This is an important graph that you need to understand how Arc works.
The X axis is level of onwer's Arc that is being worked on
The Y axis is net cost of Arc (it means that total FPs required MINUS FPs earned by donor including donor's Arc bonus). This means total FPs required to complete GB after maximum FPs are harvested from rewards.
Different lines represent different Arc bonuses of donors. The better the donor bonus, the less the owner of GB has to pay for his GB because more FPs is coming back from the rewards.
Positive overall Y value means that GB owner must contribute to level GB, while negative value means that GB owner can actually profit from leveling a GB.
This graph assumes that GB owner works with 5 other donors that have the same arc value (different lines).
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The reason why you have such a graph pattern is because the reward although it is unknown, it appears to be linear, while total FPs of Arc is exponential (next level total FPs = previous level total FPs *1.025). During levels 0-10, the total FPs values are fixed, while rewards are small. This is why you have such an increase in cost. During levels 10-50, the exponential function is early stage and is overrun by linear function of rewards. While after lvl50, the exponential function (total FPs) explodes with respect to linear function (rewards), making GBs very pricey. You can appreciate the impact of the increasing rewards by noticing that after lvl10 the different color lines are further and further apart, while after lvl60 they start to come closer again becasue rewards become insignificant with respect to overall cost of GB.
The Arc increases to 30% in first ten levels, then by 1% to level 60, then for next 20 levels by 0.5% until 190% total, and then 0.1% per level afterwards.
In early spring 2016, we were able to develop this graph when our Arc's were just started to grow. We understood that if Inno made 1% per level or even 0.5% per level, we could have huge profits (we assumed that initial lvl20, lvl40, lvl60 pattern would follow and there was possibility that overall cost of GB would be negative). However, Inno correctly assigned 0.1% after lvl80, still theoretically possible to achieve a time when certain GBs levels become free of real cost, but limiting these levels to narrow range of 40-60 only when huge arc bonuses are provided as donors.
Notice that for "average" player who gets a little bit extra on top of his reward maybe 100% or 120% or 140%, the cost really increases with level. Majority of players will not be able to break through the "cheap" levels, and they will be stuck in expensive range lvl5-20 forever. Even if they do, starting from lvl 20-30, they will start to be heavily sniped as GB is much more attractive with rewards and this increasing the cost for the host again. This is basically 95-99% of all players. First, you need to get to higher level, and second you need donors with high arc to provide the combination that does the magic.
The costs pattern is not identical for each individual GB and that goes beyond of this topic, but it follows similar patterns.
Majority of average experienced players (unless they do not earn horrendous amounts of FPs) stop their GBs around lvl60-80. If you follow the teal line which represents the 100+90% arc (lvl80) donor, the line starts significantly creep up after owner of GB reached lvl60, and shoot up vertically after lvl80.The rule of thumb is that even with all 90% arcs, the lvl80 for most GBs costs about 1000 FPs, and that is often too much.
The reason players choose to take their arc from lvl60 to lvl80 is because there is a significant in GB leveling cost reduction from purple line (80%) to teal line (90%). It might appear initially that there is a little difference between 180% and 190% in sniping, but that is a big difference. If the sniping profits margins are small e.g. 10%, additional 10% might double the profit making the large investment into Arc reasonable. There are players that rush their Arc beyond 90%, but in reality that will not have a significant impact. In order to provide costs on such investments these players will have to hoard FPs left and right, snipe day and night, and employ an army of noobs that will feed Fps in variety of ways to them. This action is often driven by wanting to have highest GB in the ranking. The cost of leveling arc 80->180 lvl is about few million FPs, and that is just too pricey for 10% extra bonus for 99.999% players.
This graph also explains why levels 30-70 are so prone to sniping from outside. This is because the rewards are increasing significantly with respect to not so fast increasing total FPs making GB attractive to stealing what could have been used to level the GB, but then leaving the empty unfilled gap, and if it is done on correct GB, the GB owner is usually forced to cover the remaining.
The little Zig-Zaging of the function line is due to rounding to nearest "5fp" on GBs, and it has no significant effect overall.
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CHAPTER 13 – GvG HQ and Defense Bonus
One of most annoying thing that can happen is when an inexperienced member with trusted rights moves HQ, and that person has minimal understanding of the consequences and mechanism of HQ bonus distribution that can easily lead to your guild losing several additional sectors.
50% and especially 75% sectors are a deterrent. They can be killed by larger guilds pretty quickly, but in repetitive fights when filled with correct defense units especially when attacker is forced to go auto, it can cause significant damage to the attacker. 0% sectors are much more vunerable and easier to kill, and often attacker losses less than half of units than defender. An action from one person placing HQ correctly and understanding how 50% bonus is applied to sectors can often cause more damage to other guild than several fighters. That skill can give an edge when war is pretty even.
The specific age defense points are different to the Support Pool Bonus that guilds receive from guild level. However, they are linked by support factor.
(Support Pool Bonus + Total defense bonus from all defense GBs in guild) / Support Factor for specific age = Total defense points for specific age
> Support Pool Bonus
A guild receives these points for higher level. It is the number with a shield.
> Total defense bonus from all defense GBs in guild
Every defense GB contributes extra points on top of Support Pool Bonus. St. Basil contributes 3 points (for 1st 10 levels), Deal Castle contributes 3 points (for 1st 10 levels), and observatory contributes 10 points.
> Support factor
It is a number that is preset. They can be derived by solving the equation above when it is only the variable missing. It can be derived also from the ratio of support factors when you know total defense points for specific age. Also other numbers from that equation can be derived for example, you do not have to add all your defense GBs within the guild, but you can derive the total.2
I derived them previously, but I can be wrong if I do not remember them correctly. Please let me know if I got it wrong.
IA - 1.0
EMA - 1.5
HMA - 2.0
LMA - 3.0
CA - 4.0
InA - 6.0
PE - 8.0
ME - 10.0
CE - 12.0
TE - 14.0
TF - 16.0
AA - 16.0
> Total defense points for specific age
This is a total number of % that is redistributed to sectors as a defense.
For most (higher ages) the maximum % defense for HQ is 75% and other sectors is %50
Exceptions include (HQ/other sectors)
InA 25%/0% | EMA 35%/10% | HMA 45%/20% | LMA 55%/30% | CA 65%/40%
These lower values make sectors less stable and easier to take making it less attractive to older and larger guilds.
In our case = Support Pool Bonus (8540) + Total defense bonus from all defense GBs in guild (3092) = 11632 total bonus
Specific age (AA) total defense bonus = 11632 / 16 = 727 (%)
In other words, we can fill one HQ (75%) and 13 other sectors (13*50%=650%) total of 725% before next sectors will not have full bonus.
The defense bonus is distributed in concentric circles from HQ, which means the closest sectors to HQ have the priority to receiving it. Here is how priority of sectors would look like on these arrangements. If there is enough defense bonuses on HQ, it would spread to 1-away-from-HQ, if all sectors have enough bonus that are 1-away, then 2-away would receive defense bonus and so on.
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The approximately 1000-km2 Las Vegas Valley contains a rich assemblage of unique plant communities in the eastern Mojave Desert. Yet, there is little published documentation of this vegetation as its destruction continues with proceeding urban development. Development has intensified after the 1998 Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act mandated the disposal of federal lands. We document plant communities at four unique grassy remnants, some of which have since been destroyed, in the southwestern Las Vegas Valley. Sample plots of 0.25 or 0.09 ha at each site contained washes (supporting catclaw [Acacia greggii] at three sites) and associated uplands. Native perennial grasses comprised 12% of plant species richness/100 m2 and 5% of total relative cover on average. A total of 8 native perennial grasses were detected at the four sites, with predominant species including fluff grass (Dasyochloa pulchella), purple three-awn (Aristida purpurea), big galleta (Pleuraphis rigida), red grama (Bouteloua trifida), and slim tridens (Tridens muticus). These communities appeared as grass-shrublands, rather than the widespread shrublands commonly described for the Mojave Desert. Of large shrubs at the three sites containing catclaw, catclaw density ranged from 52-124/ha, Mojave yucca (Yucca schidigera) from 8-32/ha, and creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) from 168-456/ha. We also obtained permission to salvage native plants from one site prior to land development. Overall survival of salvaged plants of eight species exceeded 76% after one year of greenhouse/outdoor storage. We suggest that while many opportunities have already been lost, collecting and documenting information on the rich vegetation of the Las Vegas Valley and salvaging native plants or seed for use in desert landscaping, parks, and habitat improvement in protected areas would leave a future legacy of this ecologically unique region.
California -- Mojave Desert; Endemic plants; Grasses; Nevada – Las Vegas Valley; Plant communities; Remnant vegetation
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This is the reason most of the software is available on ZIP file extension. The wide applications of this tool thus need serious protection otherwise a greater extent of information compressed in a ZIP file can be misused if fallen into wrong hands.
Here in this article, we would demonstrate few methods to create password protected ZIP file. Keep reading to know the methods in details.
- Method 1: To Create Password Protected ZIP file in Windows XP
- Method 2: Make A Password Protected ZIP File with 7-Zip Utility
- Method 3: Password Protect Your ZIP File with WINRAR
Method #1: To Create Password Protected ZIP file in Windows XP
The ZIP file password protection feature is available on Windows XP, unlike Windows Vista or Windows 7 which do not include the feature. Thus at one point, XP is more convenient to add the password to your ZIP files. Follow the instructions below to know how to add the password to your compressed files:
Step 1. Turn on Windows XP PC, and locate the desired ZIP file from the My Computer or Windows Explorer.
Step 2. Double-click the file to open it. Click "File" button from the menu bar.
Step 3. From the context menu that appears, click on "Add a Password" option.
Step 4. From the following pop up window, input your password twice for confirmation and then click "Ok".
Step 5. If you further wish to disable the password protection, simply go to the "File" option again, and choose "Remove Password" (Decryption) from the context menu.
The above-mentioned method is only restricted to Windows XP operating system. Thus for windows 7 or later version, you may need to look at from a different angle.
Method 2: Make A Password Protected ZIP File with 7-Zip Utility
Unlike Windows XP, the later versions of Windows do not have the inbuilt feature to add a password to ZIP files, therefore free third-party file compression utility would be required. 7-Zip utility is one of those free file compression programs that can easily encrypt a file with a password at one go. Read the instructions below to add the password.
Step 1. Before you start with the procedure, make sure that you have the utility installed on your computer and choose the program wisely depending upon whether the OS is 32-bit or 64-bit.
Step 2. Now; once you have completed this much, right click on the folder you want to compress into a password protected ZIP file.
Step 3. From the context menu, select "7-Zip" and then select "Add to archive".
Step 4. Now; in the "Add to archive" panel, type a name next to the archive section or prefer to keep its default name.
Step 5. Choose "zip" as the archive format.
Step 6. Go to the encryption box on the right-hand side of the panel, and enter your password in the "Enter password" box and input it again in the "Re-enter password" box.
Step 7. After you have done this much, click "OK" to finish the procedure.
However, sometimes you may forget your ZIP file password and locked out of your ZIP file, Even so, you can still have the chance to unlock your ZIP password without losing the original data. Just try ZIP password recovery tool.
Method 3: Password Protect Your ZIP File with WINRAR
WINRAR is another free utility which can create password-protected ZIP files like the 7-Zip. Read below to know the method description.
Step 1.Make sure you have got WINRAR program properly installed on your system.
Step 2.Select the folder you want to password protect and right-click on it.
Step 3.From the sub-menu, click "Add to archive".
Step 4. From the following "Archive name and parameters" operating window, choose the "General" tab.
Step 5. Keep a name next to the archive section, or you can prefer the default name also. Select "zip" in the "Archive format" and then click on "Set password" button.
Step 6.You have to enter your password twice for confirmation and then click "OK" and then click "OK" again.
Once the password is set, you cannot open it unless the right password is entered by the user.
Large size files or software cannot be shared without compressing to smaller sizes. Thus most of the confidential data is transferred in the ZIP file extension. Hence such important files need to be password protected otherwise can be exploited. The main issue with a password-protected zipped file is that anyone can still open the zipped file and can read the file names that they can easily search on the internet and download it. It is true that they won't be able to open the file without entering the password but even if you know the name of the file then they can be easily searched on Google and information can be retrieved easily.


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UL, which owns 3DMark, has issued its own statement on Huawei's benchmarking practices after the company was discovered to be artificially inflating its benchmark performance by pushing its SoCs out of thermal bounds when benchmarks were added to a whitelist that allowed the SoC to run at clocks that actually match those listed on a phone's packaging. In all other cases, devices run far below their listed clocks to stay within thermal limits.
Huawei may have come up with this idea as a means to avoid being accused of overclocking its hardware -- you can't argue something is overclocked if it's only hitting its specified frequencies -- but the larger problem is that the company's hardware tweaks completely blow the power budget and only apply to whitelisted benchmarks.Data by
Huawei and UL have had several conversations on this topic in which Huawei attempted to explain that this wasn't cheating, but reflected new AI optimizations being used to ensure maximum performance. At the same time, however, these AI optimizations are only being used when the handset is benchmarked in specific tests as opposed to in games -- and they're pushing the devices so far out of bounds, they're overheating in some cases. Since the entire point of a benchmark is to capture useful information about the performance of a device, a benchmark mode that only runs when the device is being tested is the exact opposite of helpful.UL writes(Opens in a new window):
UL understands the intent of Huawei's approach, but is opposed to forcing the use of a "Performance Mode" by default when a benchmarking application is detected by the device. UL rules require a device to run the benchmark as if it were any other application.
Huawei respects consumers' right to choose what to do with their devices. Therefore, Huawei will provide users with open access to "Performance Mode" in EMUI 9.0, so that the user can choose when to use the maximum power of their device...To prevent confusion around current benchmarking results, after discussion, UL and Huawei have temporarily delisted the benchmark scores of a range of Huawei devices, and will reinstate them after Huawei grants all users of Huawei handsets access to the Performance Mode.
This kind of problem is far from new in mobile benchmarking, and while there's evidence that Huawei is indeed trying to develop a new approach to improving its GPU performance through the use of AI, what the company did here appears far more like a standard whitelist trick to boost performance in the apps people use to test phones by blowing the SoC's power curve. The device can't practically operate for any length of time while drawing 8W of power, and that's what matters -- far more than any question of AI optimization or feature usefulness.Now Read: Samsung Goes Legit, Stops Cheating on Android Benchmarks, Tests Appear to Show the OnePlus Five Cheating on Tests, and Lies, Damned Lies, and Benchmarks


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Sexual activity between teenage girls is higher then ever before, claims new research
Teenage girls in America are having more sexual contact with other females than ever before, according to new research.
Sexual activity between young girls is reported to have gone up in the last decade, while teenage pregnancy has gone down.
New analysis of the U.S. National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) has revealed the surprising shifts in the sexual activity.
Teens: Sexual activity between young girls is reported to have gone up in the last decade, while teenage pregnancy has gone down (file photo)
A comparison of NSFG data in 2002 and figures from 2006 to 2008 showed that 11 percent of 17-year-old girls in the more recent statistics had engaged in contact with other girls, compared with just five percent in 2002.
The same girls also claim to have had significantly less heterosexual sexual contact, at just 46 percent in 2006-2008, compared with 63 per cent in 2002.
The decrease could in go some way to explain in the drop in the number of girls who have been pregnant from 18 per cent to 12 per cent.
'Factors that may account for this drop include our findings that more were waiting until later in adolescence to become heterosexually involved.
Sexually active: Teenage girls in America are having more sexual contact with other females than ever before, according to new research (file photo)
'More were using emergency contraception
if they were heterosexually active, and perhaps even that more were
engaging in same-sex behavior,'
Dr. Nanette Gartrell, NSFG lead author, told the Windy City Times.
'It will be interesting to see if the next cycle of NSFG data collection reveals whether these changes are a long-term trend.' she added.
The survey results were published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.
The findings follow a study by Boise State University, which found that 60 percent of heterosexual women have been sexually attracted to other women, while 50 percent confessed to having had same-sex fantasies, reports the Huffington Post.
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Changing ZCS Time Zones
Time zones change when governments change daylight saving time policies. When a time zone changes, it is necessary to change the time zone settings in ZCS. This article discusses the tools used to change time zone settings in a deployed Zimbra Collaboration Suite server, and steps to use time zone tools.
If you are interested in reading more about how ZCS interacts with time zones from different sources, see Time Zones in ZCS.
ZCS Time Zone Tools
The following tools are used to define and change time zone settings in ZCS.
The timezones.ics file contains a list of well-known time zones. This file is a valid iCalendar (RFC2445) object containing a VTIMEZONE block for each time zone. It is located in /opt/zimbra/conf/.
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Example Rule File
Changing a ZCS Time Zone Setting
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Soil Erosion by Water/Soil Detachment by Interrill Overland Flow
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Soil Detachment by Interrill Overland Flow[edit | edit source]
Soil detachment by interrill overland flow[edit | edit source]
Interrill erosion
Interrill erosion
Interrill overland flow on a soil surface is a mass of anastomosing or braided water courses with no pronounced channels rather than a sheet of water of uniform depth. The flow is broken up by stones and cobbles and by the vegetation cover, often swirling around tufts of grass and small shrubs.
Shear Stress of Flow[edit | edit source]
The important factor in the basic hydraulic relationships of Reynolds, and Froude numbers is the flow velocity, commonly expressed by the Manning equation:
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where is the hydraulic radius, is the slope and is Manning's coefficient of roughness. The equation assumes fully turbulet flow moving over a rough surface.
Because of an inherent resistance of the soil, velocity must attain a threshold value before erosion commences. Basically, the detachment of an individual soil particle from the soil mass occurs when the forces exerted by the flo exceed the forces keeping the particle at rest. The processes involved and the forces at work when particle movement over relatively gentle slopes in rivers is initiated are controlled by critical conditions of the dimensionless shear stress of the flow , and the particle roughness Reynolds number , respectively, defined by:
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where is the Shields (1936) number[1], and are the densities of water and soil respectively, is the acceleration of gravity, is the diameter of the respective soil particle and is the shear velocity of the flow, expressed as:
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When the value of is greater than 40 (turbulent flow), the critical value of for particle movement assumes a constant value of 0.05. Unfortunately, this value does not hold when the particles are not fully submerged or the flow has Reynolds numbers in the laminar range, as it is the case with overland flow. Studies with rock fragments in shallow flows suggest that is about 0.01 in value (Poesen, 1987[2]; Torri and Poesen, 1988[3]).
Figure 1.2: Critical shear velocity for soil particle detachment in turbulent water flow as function of particle size (Savat, 1982)
Figure 1.2: Critical shear velocity for soil particle detachment in turbulent water flow as function of particle size[4]
Other research (Govers, 1987[5]; Guy and Dickinson, 1990[6]; Torri and Borselli, 1991[7]) indicates that Shields number consistently overpredicts the hydraulic requirements of particle movement. This implies that the initiation of particle movement is not solely a phenomenon of fluid shear stress but is enhanced by further factors:
 - Effects of raindrop impact on the flow,
 - Angle of repose of the particle in relation to ground slope,
 - Strong influence of gravity as slope steepness increases,
 - Cohesion of the soil,
 - Changes in density of the fluid as sediment concentration in the flow increases,
 - Abrasion between particles moving in the flow and the soil beneath.
Since the above approach has not proved satisfactory, empirical procedures have been adopted by Savat (1982)[8], based on a critical value of the flow's shear velocity for initiating particle movement (fig. 1.2). Once the critical conditions for particle movement are exceeded, soil partilces may be detached from the soil mass at a rate that is dependent on the shear velocity of the flow and the unit discharge (Govers and Rauws, 1986)[9].
However this is only valid, if the shear velocity is exerted solely on the soil particles, which implies that the resistance to the flow wold entirely be due to grain resistance. This situation is only true for completely smooth bare soil surfaces. In practice, resistance due to the microtopographic form of the soil surface and the plant cover is usually more important and grain resistance may be as little as 5 % of the total resistance offered to the flow (Abrahams et al., 1992)[10].
Soil Detachment[edit | edit source]
Since it is difficult to determine the level of grain resistance, only very generalized relationships can be developed for describing detachment rate , depending on a simplified relationship between detachment and flow velocity. Integrating the continuity and Manning's velocity equations, Meyer (1965)[11] showed that:
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for constant roughness conditions, where is discharge or flow rate. Assuming that the detachment rate varies with the square of the velocity Meyer and Wishmeier (1969)[12] showed that:
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with , and . Quansah (1985)[13] obtained more accurate exponent values of f = 1.5 and j = 1.44 experimentally for a range of soil types from clay to sand. Both versions relate only to the action of water flow over the soil surface. When flow is accompanied by rainfall, he found that the exponents decreased in value to f = 1.12 and j = 0.64 indicating that raindrop impact inhibits the ability of flow to detach soil particles.
However, detachment depends on the amount of sediment already suspended in the flow (Meyer and Monke, 1965)[14], in eqn. 1.12 applies to the detachment capacity that only occurs when the flow is clear. Unter other conditions, depends on the difference between the actual sediment concentration in the flow and the maximum concentration that the flow can hold (Foster and Meyer, 1972)[15]:
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This implies that in theory the detachment rate declines as sediment concentration in the flow increases and that when the maximum sediment concentration is reached, the detachment rate becomes zero.
Flanagan and Nearing (1995)[16] describe the interrill detachment rate as explicit function of baseline interrill erodibility , effective rainfall intensity , interrill runoff rate , canopy, ground cover and interrill slope adjustment factors , and , spacing and width of rills and , and a sediment delivery ratio :
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with
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where is the fraction of the soil protected by canopy cover, is the effective canopy height, is the fraction of interrill surface covered by plant residue, and is the interrill slope angle. According to Foster (1982)[17] may be estimated as function of soil surface random roughness, interrill slope and interrill sediment particle size distribution.
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Bibliography[edit | edit source]
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 2. Poesen, J. (1987). Transport of rock fragments by rill flow: a field study. Catena Supplement, 8:35–54.
 3. Torri, D. and Poesen, J. (1988). Incipient motion conditions for single rock fragments in simulated rill flow. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 13:225–237.
 4. Savat, J. (1982). Common and uncommon selectivity in the process of fluid transportation: field observations and laboratory experiments on bare surfaces. Catena Supplement, 1:139–160.
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 8. Savat, J. (1979). Laboratory experiments on erosion and deposition of loess by laminar sheet flow and turbulent rill flow. In Vogt, H. and Vogt, T., editors, Colloque sur l'erosion agricole des sols en milieu tempere non Mediterraneen, pages 139–143. L'Universite Lois Pasteur, Strasbourg.
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 13. Quansah, C. (1985). Rate of soil detached by overland flow, with and without rain, and its relationship with discharge, slope steepness and soil type. In El-Swaify, S., Moldenhauer,


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Discovered: giving rats their due, nostalgia for cave-dwelling, shrubbery as global warming data point, and shifting the burden of responsibility for eating cookie dough.
- The lab rats finally get their due. Poked, prodded, enhanced, given alcohol, drugs, and subjected to pretty much everything by inquisitive researchers, the plight of lab rats and mice often seems bleak (even though they may be doing humanity a favor). So, is it surprising that a new study finds them banding together and displaying "compassion and helping other rodents"? Sure, it may have been a shock to some scientists, as the Associated Press informed, but rats gotta stick together. They've been through enough over the years. Humorously, the thing that they were helping each other with appears to have to do with fleeing their cages: "Given a choice between munching on a tasty chocolate treat or helping a fellow rat escape from a restraint, test rodents often preferred to liberate a pal in need," wrote the AFP. Lab jailbreak in the works? [Associated Press, AFP]
- Since we'll never learn to not eat uncooked cookie dough... Let's just encourage manufactures to make it edible, because the temptation to eat the cookie dough is irresistible. But, is that possible? Who knows. That's the suggestion from researchers affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who studied the E. coli outbreak in raw cookie dough in 2009 and came to the conclusion that even with the potential threat of getting pretty ill by eating contaminated dough, plenty of us will still risk it anyway. So, the team seems to suggest placing the burden of responsibility on the companies churning out the dough: "Manufacturers should consider using heat-treated or pasteurized flour, in ready-to-cook or ready-to-bake foods that may be consumed without cooking or baking." What about cookie dough ice cream? [Eurekalert]
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Dynamic Design. Introduction
Dmitry Kirsanov's monthly column
|Adding life to your designs does not necessarily mean using animated GIFs or dynamic HTML. Master the dynamic power of static objects and learn to direct the user's eye through your pages for a seamless experience.|
otion in design compositions is a complex and challenging topic. You may think computer animation is all there is to it, but this concept is in fact much more versatile. This time I will focus on a not so showy, but very important aspect of perceived dynamism in the "still life" of elements that do not resort to explicit animation or interactivity.
Yes, static photos, text, and even geometric primitives may carry a strong implication of movement, both by themselves and in the context of other elements. An ability to recognize these implied motions, adjust and organize their directions and forces is an essential prerequisite for professional design. As for animation proper and its use in multimedia and Web design, I hope to devote a separate article to this important topic in the future.
Motion can be thought of as a direct opposite of balance. A moving object, be it an explicitly moving cartoon character in an animated banner or an implicitly moving (but actually static) photo of a jumping athlete, makes us feel that not only this element is about to be repositioned, but also that the entire composition is about to go from one state to another.
This instability, when obvious, adds a unique dynamic flavor to a design. However, "dynamic" not always means "unstable"; hardly any composition can be successful without subtle yet important bits of motion spread over the page. Only a perfectly symmetric figure, such as a circle taken in isolation, can be said to be absolutely motionless - and, as a result, lifeless and dull.
The article starts with a discussion of design elements capable of adding realistic dynamism to a composition, such as photos or artwork depicting objects in motion. Much more important, however, is abstract dynamism of common geometric shapes, of which perhaps the most important is a straight line. Another aspect is how elements interact to create dynamic eye flows, and the big picture of dynamism in the composition.
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Seven Hanging Valleys Circular
The Seven Hanging Valleys Trail is a waymarked walk which follows the high cliffs between Praia Marinha and Praia Vale de Centeanes. This circular route is for those who want to tackle the often challenging 5.7km trail to Praia Vale de Centeanes but would prefer a less demanding return to Praia Marinha (the promoted route is linear). If clear turquoise waters, crashing waves and unspoilt beaches are not your 'thing' then focus instead on the many fascinating geological features along the route, including caves, arches and stacks. Stare down into the numerous (and fenced) sinkholes and listen to the sound of the ocean far below.
There are illustrated information boards along the way explaining how erosion has moulded this limestone landscape, as well as information about local flora and fauna. Walk highlights include Benagil, a beach which is consistently voted among the most beautiful in Europe; and the Farol de Alfanzina (a 23-metre lighthouse built in 1920 and still in operation today).
Portugal - South Portugal - Central Algarve - Lagoa
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Does Cultural Sensitivity Matter to Maintaining Business Relationships in the Export Markets?: An empirical investigation in the Norwegian seafood industry
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The aim of this study is twofold. The first aim is to develop the cultural sensitivity concept. A review of literature, including literature focusing on international business, marketing, and adaptive selling, has provided the basis from where the cultural sensitivity concept has been developed. This study proposes a model of the concept as multi-dimensional. Cultural sensitivity is perceived as a competence, held by a person responsible for sales in the export markets. Experience is viewed as essential to advance a salesperson's cultural sensitivity. The dimensions, and thus the variables composing cultural sensitivity, are as follows: international experience, country experience, open-mindedness, adaptive business style, and ongoing business experience. The measurement scales were adopted from previous research, but were accommodated to the context studied. The second aim of this study is to investigate the extent to which the various dimensions of cultural sensitivity are important to the maintaining of business relationships in export marketing channel contexts. The empirical setting is the Norwegian seafood export industry with selected business partners in the export markets. The sample consists of 111 cases, and regression analyses were conducted to test 12 hypotheses. The conceptual model proposes that the five variables that compose cultural sensitivity have different roles. International experience, country experience and open-mindedness are hypothesised to have an impact on relational qualities (trust between exchange partners and exchange of information) indirectly through adaptive business style. The findings give support to this view. These three variables do not have significant effects on trust and exchange of information directly. The findings show that country experience and open-mindedness have positive and significant effects on an adaptive business style. The findings show that adaptive business style does not have a significant impact on trust between exchange partners. Adaptive business style has a significant impact on exchange of information, though only at a p <.10 level. Ongoing business experience is viewed as a moderator variable. It is expected to strengthen the relationship between adaptive business style and trust, and the relationship between adaptive business style and exchange of information. The results show that the former relationship is strengthened from a non-significant to a significant relationship. The significance is though only at a p <.10 level.
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The liberal arts model has traditionally been preferred in Lutheran elementary classrooms. No other educational paradigm so well meets the requirements of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. There is no reason that the liberal arts cannot be adapted to meet contemporary needs. The question is, what should be the main focus of a contemporary presentation of the arts?
Thomas Korcok demonstrates how the Wittenberg theologians settled on a liberal arts education as the preferred model for Evangelical Christian elementary schools. He then traces how that model persisted and was adapted as Lutherans moved from Europe to North America. Korcok concludes that the liberal arts model fits our contemporary setting as changes in society today make it ever more important to have an elementary education that is compatible with Evangelical Theology. The book includes:
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A timely contribution to discussions within contemporary Lutheran education and . . . a must read for every Lutheran educator and those who are preparing to teach children.
Thomas Korcok, PhD, serves as a senior lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies at Niagara University in Niagara Falls, NY. He is broadly experienced, having studied educational models and theology in the United States, Canada, Scotland, and Holland. Dr. Korcok has also taught Catechetics at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. While serving as pastor of Grace Ev. Lutheran Church in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada, he developed an elementary school that was based on many of the principles in this book.


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