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The reason to hire tree cutting in Richmond is they're experienced at tree removal, tree trimming, tree removal and stump removal. A tree removal company in Richmond will also do tree replenishment when a tree stump collects on your land. This can be done by hiring a tree expert to dig up the stump and remove it. A tree expert will also use power tools to trim any overgrowth that may be occurring at the base of the tree. A tree removal company in Richmond, Australia can do all of these things for you without ever touching or even seeing your tree.
Tree cutting in Richmond will cut down any trees that are unwanted for a variety of reasons. Some people get rid of their trees for one reason or another. For example, someone may have had the trees on their property for several years and wants to get rid of them. In this instance, they would hire a tree arborist in Richmond to do the job for them. The tree arborist would make a plan for the tree removal, which would include removing dead branches and pruning young growing branches.
Another reason to hire a tree removal company in Richmond for tree removal is for pruning. Pruning is often done when trees are growing too close together. This is a great way to improve air circulation in a backyard or to increase privacy. If trees grow too close together in Richmond, tree arborists can prune them so that there space between the trees and eliminate the need for the trees to sit right next to each other.
It's also a good idea to prune in advance. Sometimes when a tree starts to grow more rapidly than it should, it can become too thick. When trees reach a certain size, it may be difficult to remove them. If the tree gets to be too thick, it may even cause structural damage to the home. Therefore, it's a good idea to prune the tree when it's growing to avoid structural damage to the home and expensive repairs.
Sometimes a tree may be cut down because the ground is too hard. This usually happens with old trees that haven't been pruned in a while. In some cases, tree cutting in Richmond requires digging a hole twice the width of the tree stump and burying it. The hole is then covered with dirt and a pressure washer is used to blast away the soil. This will allow the tree stump to be pulled away from the ground.
The tree arborists in Richmond will also sometimes deal with branches that have grown into neighbors' property. This could happen if the tree branches grow too close to their homes or their kids play on their land. To prevent this problem, tree arborists in the city will often trim the branches and tree limbs that are causing problems. They might need to move the branches a few feet to make sure they're not blocking an underground gas line or other valuable natural resource.
The tree arborists in Richmond also deal with trees that have been lost their leaves. They can't work on them until they get all the leaves off the tree, so they prune them before they shed their leaves. They may also need to trim the tree's branches to make it easier for the tree arborist to remove them. If you want to have your tree arborist help you do this, it's important that you give him or her the proper training so they know how to do it properly.
Tree cutting in Richmond isn't limited to trees that are unwanted and dangerous. If trees are damaged or dead, they can be removed from the area to make way for newer trees that are in town. A tree arborist should be able to help you do this, whether you want the tree cut down from a roadside or from a tree in the woods. You should let them know how much space you have available for them, where the tree will be placed, and what you plan to do with it afterward. Ask the tree arborist for references so you can find someone who specializes in tree cutting in the hills district. Call Hawkesbury Tree Cutting for tree removal, arborist, tree cutting services.


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Impala OFFSET Clause – 5 Min Tutorial
In our last tutorial, we discussed Limit Clause and Having Clause. Now, we will discuss Impala Offset Clause, used to decide from where the output should be considered in Impala. Moreover, we will learn introduction, syntax, and example of Impala Offset clause, to understand it well.
So, let's start Impala Offset Clause.
Impala OFFSET Clause
Basically, in a SELECT query, this clause causes the result set to start some number of rows after the logical first item. However, OFFSET 0 produces the same result as leaving out the OFFSET clause since the result set is numbered starting from zero.
Also, make sure always use this clause in combination with ORDER BY. Hence it is clear which item should be first, second, and so on. Whereas LIMIT covers a bounded range, such as items 0-9, 100-199, and so on.
So, we can combine a LIMIT clause with an OFFSET clause to produce a small result set that is different from a top-N query, in Impala 1.2.1 and higher.
Further, let's understand this with an example. In order to return items 11 through 20 with simulate "paged" results, we will use this technique.
Moreover, use this technique only for compatibility in cases where you cannot rewrite the application logic since Impala queries typically involve substantial amounts of I/O.
However, let's define it in simple words. Since we very well know the rows in the resultset of a select query starts from 0. So, to decide from where the output should be considered we use the offset clause.
For example, the result will be as usual if we choose the offset as 0. In the same way, the result starts from the fourth row if we choose the offset as 4.
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A Syntax of Offset Clause in Impala
So, the syntax for using Impala OFFSET Clause is-
select data from table_name Group BY col_name;
Impala Offset Clause Example
Lets take an example of Impala offset clause,
Basically, to understand, let's suppose we have a table named Employees in the database my_db. Further, its contents are −
[quickstart.cloudera:21000] > select * from Employees;
Query: select * from Employees
id name age address salary
3 kajal 27 alirajpur 40000
6 mehul 22 hyderabad 32000
1 shubham 32 delhi 20000
5 shreyash 23 pune 30000
2 monika 25 mumbai 15000
8 Rishabh 22 chennai 31000
9 Pulkit 23 Gandhi nagar 28000
7 Vaishnavi 25 Goa 23000
4 revti 25 indore 35000
Fetched 9 row(s) in 0.51s
Further, using limit and order by clauses, here we can arrange the records in the table in the ascending order of their id's and limit the number of records to 4.
Query: select * from Employees order by id limit 4
id name age address salary
1 shubham 32 delhi 20000
2 monika 25 mumbai 15000
3 kajal 27 alirajpur 40000
4 revti 25 indore 35000
Fetched 4 row(s) in 0.64s
Moreover, here is an example of the offset clause. Basically, we are getting the records in the Employees table in the order of their id's and printing the first four rows starting from the 0th row.
[quickstart.cloudera:21000] > select * from Employees order by id limit 4 offset 0;
So, we get the following result, on executing, the above query.
Query: select * from Employees order by id limit 4 offset 0
id name age address salary
1 shubham 32 delhi 20000
2 monika 25 mumbai 15000
3 kajal 27 alirajpur 40000
4 revti 25 indore 35000
Fetched 4 row(s) in 0.62s
Also, we can get four records from the Employees table starting from the row having offset 5.
[quickstart.cloudera:21000] > select * from Employees order by id limit 4 offset 5;
Query: select * from Employees order by id limit 4 offset 5
6 mehul 22 hyderabad 32000
7 Vaishnavi 25 Goa 23000
8 Rishabh 22 chennai 31000
9 Pulkit 23 Gandhi nagar 28000
Fetched 4 row(s) in 0.52s
So, this was all about Impala Offset Clause. Hope you like our explanation.
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Balls-into-bins processes are a useful and common abstraction for many load-balancing related problems. A well known paradigm for load balancing in distributed or parallel servers is the "multiple choice paradigm" where an item (ball) is put in the less loaded out of d uniformly chosen servers (bins). In many applications however the uniformity of the sampling probability is not guaranteed. If the system is heterogenous or dynamic it may be the case that some bins are sampled with a higher probability than others. We investigate the power of the multiple choice paradigm in the setting where bins are not sampled from the uniform distribution. Byers ηl showed that a logarithmic imbalance in the sampling probability could be tolerated, as long as the number of balls is linear in the number of bins. We show that if the number of balls is much larger than the number of bins, this ceases to be the case. Given a probability over bins, we prove tight upper and lower bounds for the number of choices needed in the 1-out-of-d scheme in order to maintain a balanced allocations when the number of items is arbitrarily high.
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The String editor makes sure you do not use an ID that's already in use. If you select an ID already in use, the String editor will notify you and then assign a generic unique ID, for example IDS_STRING58113.
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 4. Edit the Value, if necessary.
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Holgar Johnson, President of the Institute of Life Insurance, explains the importance of adapting to change for progress, and lists some of his beliefs such as: faith in honesty of people, respect for people, the importance of compassion, taking action for one's self, and the belief in a higher power. This essay also contains an advertisement for a This I Believe LP album.
William Dalrymple lecture entitled "Return of a King: Shah Shuja and the First Anglo-Afghan War 1839-42"
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Basketball coaches, parents should meet
November 4, 2012 - Burt Angeli
Good advice for coaches from Tom Hursey, executive director of the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan:
"In a matter of weeks you will be heading into another basketball season. Great expectations and excitement to see if your team is a contender or a pretender.
Every year I mention that the most important pre-season meeting you have will be that meeting with your players' parents.
First, if you don't have one, you are making a BIG mistake. Your parents will have more influence on the success of your team than you might think. They need to know what you are doing, when you will do it and how you plan to go about doing it.
You need to be specific about your practice plans and practice times. Are parents allowed to attend practices? Will you let families know your practice schedule ahead of time so they can make plans? How do you determine your starting line-up? What is your philosophy about playing time? Will you play 7-8 players until the outcome of the game is determined? Or will you try to play everybody?
Your parents need to know.
How will you use social media to communicate with the players? With the parents? How should parents contact you? Does your school have a policy for parents voicing their concerns about the coach? Are they allowed to start at the top or must they start with the coach and work up?
These are just a few questions that need to be answered at a meeting with parents BEFORE the games begin. I have found if the parents know what and why you are doing certain things, they might not agree, but they at least are aware of how you make decisions.
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Should students be allowed to decorate their graduation caps?
Lily Tran and Kylie Yamada
Lily Tran: pro
For seniors, graduation is a symbolic ceremony that celebrates a personal milestone: finishing high school. So it only seems fair to allow graduating students the opportunity to personalize their grad caps to reflect their personal interests and personality.
The only decoration seniors are currently allowed to wear are badges of extraneous academic performances — sashes for being a part of leadership, honor cords for tutoring, or a stole for completing 30+ volunteer hours for NHS. Aside from that, everyone looks plain and ordinary and uniform … too uniform.
Graduation ceremonies are inherently generic as an endless list of names is read to a smattering of applause or loud cheering. Students find themselves herded like cattle through the procession — their reward for slaving away in high school for years only to be denied the opportunity to express themselves and their happiness in graduating.
When a graduate's name is called, they only get a few seconds and a tiny moment to savor their success. Then the next name is called and that's it. Decorated caps would give graduates a way to celebrate their personal success throughout the entire ceremony rather than just having a short walk across a stage.
Decorating caps gives students the opportunity to showcase their creativity, their individuality and their personal success. Some seniors like to put their future college on their caps to show that they're really graduating and moving on to bigger things.
Students should be free to express themselves during their graduation. The First Amendment ensures freedom of speech, and denying students the right to decorate their caps is a violation of that right. They should be able to use that right and say or express what they want on their grad caps, as long as the decoration does not violate the school dress code.
The possibility of students inappropriately decorating their caps with insensitive, vulgar or ignorant content is fairly low. They aren't going to risk giving up graduation for a joke. Administration could just take away the inappropriately decorated caps or not allow them to walk.
Besides, graduation is supposed to be about each individual, and not just the class. Allowing students to decorate their caps gives them that opportunity to bask in their impending future and success.
Kylie Yamada: Con
The graduation ceremony is one of the most memorable and iconic parts of American high school culture. In the last few weeks of the school term, social media is filled with tweets and pictures of students celebrating their newfound freedom, including some students wearing graduation caps elaborately decorated with pictures, glitter and paint.
Here at Bear Creek, however, graduates have been restricted from decorating their caps for years. For the more artistically inclined of Bear Creek's population, this restriction is an outrage and violates students' rights to self-expression.
However, decorating graduation caps can force the ceremony to become a competition between students. A moment which should be about achievement and community could turn into an event which only highlights certain students — and not necessarily for academic reasons.
Decorated graduation caps can include anything from pop culture references to showcasing students' pride to political statements. Caps which are designed to go viral may conflict with other students' hopes for their own graduation. If you've waited 18 years to finally graduate from high school and there's a guy a row in front of you with memes on his cap, it might ruin the moment.
Maybe it seems humorless, but graduation carries so much meaning for each person in the auditorium. A high school graduation means just as much to a graduate's parents as it does to the graduate. Should we really allow for one impulsive teenager to ruin such an important time?
In addition, a high school graduation provides a sense of unity for all seniors which teenagers rarely find elsewhere. Despite all of the drama and all of the fights students go through, graduation is a time where a senior class of hundreds can look at each other and realize that this is a day which they will all share together. Let's make sure the experience stays just as enjoyable for every graduate.


Weight Loss Tips from Ayurveda Singapore
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Are you obese? Are you concerned about how to shed weight without any side effects? Then, the best is to consult an Ayurvedic physician. Look no further, as Ayurveda Singapore expert provides you the much-needed tips to shed your weight and regain your lost morale.
As we live in a fast and competitive world, eating junk food ordered through online apps, we neither have time at our disposal nor know how to alter our lifestyle to benefit our health. According to an expert from Ayurvedic Singapore, the science of Ayurveda, which originated in India some 5,000 years ago, is a wellness system focusing on mindful nutrition and stress reduction, in addition to the cultivation of a balanced lifestyle. Many those with obesity look to the dietary principles of Ayurveda and the natural ways they offer for altering their weight and gaining confidence in their lives. The expert at Ayurvedic Singapore offers a few weight loss methods you can practice to get the desired result.
Eating Food As Per Dosha
As per the expert at Ayurveda Singapore, the most important thing is for you to help yourself identify your dosha and accordingly streamline your diet. As per Ayurveda, human beings need to balance three forms of energy, while each energy is connected to natural elements. Vata is the energy movement connected with space and air, Pitta is the energy of metabolism linked with fire, and Kapha is the energy of your body's structure associated with earth and water.
According to the expert at Ayurveda Singapore, all human beings will have all these three forms of energy in their bodies, but, as an individual, your dosha is the form of energy that is dominant in your constitution. So, you have to eat food that would go well with your dosha.
Elaborating on how the prominent dosha in a person's constitution is determined, the expert from Ayurvedic Singapore advises consulting a trained Ayurvedic practitioner rather than relying on online dosha trackers that are there aplenty.
Dietary Recommendations
For instance, if you are a Vata dominant person, says the expert from Ayurveda Singapore, her advice is to eat three or four small meals daily with a gap of two hours. She also asks to add more cooked vegetables to your diet. There are a few dishes that should be avoided, and that includes nightshade vegetables, including brinjals, peppers, and tomatoes. She says you can eat juicy, sweet fruits and avoid astringent fruits, including cranberries and raw apples. While limiting legumes consumption, you can always eat a wide range of nuts and seeds. Moreover, you can avoid addictive items, including alcohol, sugar, tobacco, and raw, frozen, or icy foods.
If you are a Pitta-dominated person, according to an expert at Ayurveda Singapore, you can eat loads of raw vegetables and salads, especially in spring and summer. You can limit your intake of animal foods like meat, seafood, and eggs. At the same time, it would be better to avoid spicy foods, coffee, and alcohol, in addition to restraining from eating nuts and seeds. Of course, you can eat legumes and lentils in moderate amounts. Eat and drink dairy products, especially those that have been sweetened, she says.
While touching upon the dietary recommendations for Kapha dominant people, the Ayurvedic Singapore expert recommends limiting the quantity of food they eat. You can avoid dairy and foods high in fat but limit protein. You can eat lots of leafy greens and vegetables grown above ground (as opposed to root veggies). You can also go for astringent fruits like apples, cranberries, mangoes, and peaches. Remember, limit animal foods, nuts, and seeds.
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What is data classification, and why is it important?
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The benefits of data classification and the features of a tool like Microsoft Purview, a unified data governance service.
Data classification organizes data into categories based on its type, sensitivity, value, and usage. Data classification helps organizations at all levels to:
 - Protect sensitive and confidential data from unauthorized access, misuse, or loss.
 - Comply with data privacy and security regulations, such as GDPR, HIPAA, or CCPA.
 - Improve data quality, accuracy, and consistency to increase reliability; enhance data analysis, reporting, and decision-making by making the data more accessible and easily understood.
 - Comply with data privacy and security regulations, such as GDPR, HIPAA, or CCPA.
 - Optimize data storage, backup, and archiving strategies.
 - Improve data quality, accuracy, and consistency.
 - Enhance data analysis, reporting, and decision-making.
Data classification is not a one-time activity but a continuous process requiring regular monitoring and updating. However, data classification can be challenging, especially for large and complex data environments. Some of the common challenges I've ran into in the past are:
 - Lack of visibility and control over the data sources, locations, and flows.
 - Inconsistent or missing data labels, metadata, and tags.
 - Manual and time-consuming data classification processes.
 - Difficulty in enforcing data policies and standards across the organization.
 - High costs and risks of data breaches, fines, or reputational damage.
Data classification is also essential for dealing with large volumes of sensitive and regulated data, such as customer information, transaction records, credit scores, and financial statements. Data classification can help enterprise estates to:
 - Prevent data leaks, fraud, or identity theft that can harm customers and the institution's reputation.
 - Meet the compliance requirements of various regulators, such as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), or the Federal Reserve.
 - Reduce data storage and management costs by identifying and deleting redundant, obsolete, or trivial data.
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Data classification is a vital component of data governance and management. It helps organizations protect, optimize, and leverage their data assets. Tools like Microsoft Purview is a comprehensive data governance service that simplifies and automates data classification and other data governance tasks. With Microsoft Purview, organizations can gain more visibility, control, and value from their data.
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mIRage IR Microscope: New Partnership with Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp
We're proud to announce a new partnership with Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp as their official distributor in the UK, Ireland and Nordic region. Their mIRage IR microscope uses a proprietary O-PTIR technique to break the IR diffraction limit and overcome the greatest problems of IR spectroscopy.
Blue Scientific is the official distributor for Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp in the UK, Ireland and Nordic region (Norway, Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark). For more information or quotes, please get in touch.
mIRage IR Microscope
mIRage changes the field of IR spectroscopy by overcoming its two greatest problems: poor resolution and demanding sample preparation.
With the mIRage IR microscope you can:
- Achieve sub-micron spatial resolution
- Measure thick samples in reflection mode
- Without the contact limitations of ATR
- No dispersive artifacts
Perform IR imaging and spectroscopy with a spatial resolution improvement of over 20x. mIRage uses photothermal IR spectroscopy (PTIR) to acquire transmission quality FTIR spectra, even in reflection mode.
Measure Thick Samples
PTIR also overcomes another key limitation of IR microscopy: the inability to analyse thick samples. Without the contact limitations of ATR, this opens up a whole range of new applications.
This also means that sample preparation is less demanding, so results can be acquired faster, with lower costs.
Breaking the IR Diffraction Limit
mIRage overcomes the IR diffraction limit by combining a pulsed, tunable laser with a proprietary optical technique that measures the sample's photothermal response. The system is fast and easy to use. Results can be correlated to industry standard FTIR databases.
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...5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">In an agricultural field or horticultural plantation, weeds compete with cultivated plants for water and nutrients. The transpirated water by the weeds is needed to be replaced, which saddles surplus costs on the farmer, which could reduce the profitability of crop production. The aim of the precision plant protection system is to protect cultivated plants by applying site-specific technologies and optimized herbicides combination and methods, without environmental damage. The first step of precision weed control is the scouting for weeds. Traditional and modern (passive and active remote sensing) weed surveying technologies are available to detect weeds. The examination was carried out in an intensive apple orchard with drip irrigation system, protected by hail net of the Study and Regional Research Farm of the University of Debrecen near Pallag. The spectral-based weed detection was worked out by the Tetracam ADC broadband multispectral camera and the GreenSeeker 505 vegetation indexmeter. A strong correlation observed between vegetation indices and weed coverage. Based on the collected data, weed maps are created in appropriate software environment, thus the spatial distributions of the weeds are determined. The species level discrimination and the recognition of weed structural parameters were executed based on the 3D point cloud data by Leica ScanStation C10 laser scanner.
As a result of the technological development, remote sensing instruments and methods have become widespread in all segments of life (from precision agriculture through architecture to medicine). Among the innovative development of remote sensing instruments the 3D laser scanner is overriding importance. The horticulture applicability of terrest...rial laser scanning technique is innovation in the precision agriculture, because it could be determine the structure of trees and branches, the canopy extension, which can help to recognize some biophysical parameters. The examination was carried out with Leica ScanStation C10 terrestrial laser scanner in the Study and Regional Research Farm of the University of Debrecen near Pallag. In this article I present the measuring principle, the parameters and horticulture applicability of the terrestrial laser scanner.
The localization of fruit trees, the topology of the branch structure and the spatial structure of the canopy are important to plan sitespecific agro-ecological and production technology projects in an orchard. The currently used instruments and technologies – in the precision agriculture – give opportunities to obtain these informations. T...he examinations were carried out in the Study and Regional Research Farm of the University of Debrecen near Pallag with the use of a GreenSeeker 505 Hand Held™ Optical Sensor Unit, and its interface the Trimble AgGPS FmX Integrated Display board computer. The collected spectral data were completed with the 3D point cloud by Leica ScanStation C10 laser scanner. The laser impulse data and the vegetation index values were integrated in a unified 3D system. The integration of the two special data collection system provides new opportunities in the development of precision production technology system. The results could be directly used in phytotechnology, water management, plant protection and harvesting in orchards. Our elaborated method can supply digital high spatial accuracy guidance data for development of the automated machines, which could provide some new developmental way in the immediate future.
From the precision agriculture point of view, by the rapid development of the investigated technological elements – global positioning system (GPS), remote sensing (RS), global information system (GIS) – the number of services, which were not available in the past, because of their speed, complexity or price are increasing. The high accurac...y high-tech instruments provide opportunity to elaborate several fruit production technologies, which aim is creating and operating water and energy safe quality fruit production systems. To evaluate these possibilities, experience was carried out in the Study and Regional Research Farm of the University of Debrecen near Pallag with the use of a GreenSeeker 505 Hand Held™ Optical Sensor Unit, and its interface the Trimble AgGPS FmX Integrated Display board computer, and a ScanStation C10 laser scanner by Leica. The results show the absolute applicability of these equipments in precision horticulture.


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What are the best architectural landmarks in Germany to visit as an architect?
Listed below are the best architectural landmarks in Germany to visit as an architect:
- Brandenburg Gate, Berlin: Brandenburg Gate is a must-visit for architects interested in neoclassical architecture. Designed by Carl Gotthard Langhans and completed in 1791, it symbolizes both the turbulent history and reunification of Germany. The gate's design is inspired by the Propylaea, the gateway to the Acropolis in Athens, exemplifying the influence of ancient Greek architecture on European neoclassicism. Its Doric columns, reliefs, and quadriga atop the gate offer a deep insight into the architectural artistry of the period.
- Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria: Neuschwanstein Castle is a seminal example of 19th-century Romantic architecture, making it an essential visit for architects studying this style. Commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria and opened in 1886, the castle's design was influenced by medieval and Byzantine architectural traditions, yet it also incorporated modern technology of the time. Its appearance has made it an inspiration for many modern-day storybook castles around the world.
- Bauhaus Dessau, Dessau: The Bauhaus Dessau building, designed by Walter Gropius and completed in 1926, is a pivotal site for architects exploring the Bauhaus movement and modernist architecture. The building's functional design, featuring a glass curtain wall, flat roof, and an emphasis on geometric forms, embodies the Bauhaus principles of functionalism and simplicity. It serves as a physical manifesto of the movement's ideas, combining art, craftsmanship, and technology in a cohesive architectural form.
- Cologne Cathedral, Cologne: Cologne Cathedral is a prime example of Gothic architecture, essential for architects interested in medieval building techniques and Gothic design. Construction began in 1248 and was completed in 1880, making it one of the largest cathedrals in Europe. The cathedral's intricate stonework, flying buttresses, and twin spires dominate Cologne's skyline, offering an in-depth look at the engineering marvels of Gothic architecture.
- Reichstag Building, Berlin: The Reichstag Building is a key site for architects studying the blend of historical and modern architecture. The original building, completed in 1894, has undergone several transformations, most notably the addition of the glass dome designed by Norman Foster in 1999. This modern addition symbolizes transparency and democracy, offering a view of the city and the parliamentary area below. The Reichstag stands as an example of how modern architecture can coexist with and enhance historic structures.
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What Are NOE Fractures?
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Nasoorbitoethmoid (NOE) refers to the anatomical complex involving the nasal, orbital, and ethmoid bones of the face. NOE fractures usually result from high-impact blunt trauma to the nasal region forcing depression of the nasal bones into the orbital and/or ethmoid bones.
While the NOE complex typically refers to these associated bones, NOE fractures may include damage to bones, blood supply, nerves, and other supporting structures of the mid-facial region. The force and point of impact determine the extent of injuries. Commonly associated causes of NOE fractures include falls, motor vehicle accidents, and contact sports.
Skull with nasal bone with fracture
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NOE Complex Anatomy
While NOE complex commonly refers to the three main structures mentioned, it actually encompasses six categories of facial structures.
Bones are one of the major components of the NOE complex. These include:
 - Nasal bones
 - Nasal process of the frontal bone
 - Nasal process of the maxilla
 - Lesser wing of the sphenoid bone (also known as orbitosphenoid bones)
 - Lacrimal bone
 - Lamina papyracea (also known as orbital lamina of the ethmoid bone)
 - Cribriform plate and perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone
Other components of the NOE complex include:
 - Sinus cavities formed from the bones listed above
 - Medial canthal tendon, located in the inside corner of the eye, which connects bone to eyelids
 - Nasal lacrimal duct components (lacrimal fossa, lacrimal sac, superior, and inferior canaliculi)
 - Nerves (ophthalmic, maxillary, olfactory, and ethmoid)
 - Arteries (ethmoid and maxillary arteries)
 - Structures associated with the orbital bone (orbital fat, medial rectus muscle, superior oblique muscle, and trochlea)
 - Buttresses of the face (areas of increased thickness that serve as support structures for other facial structures such as the eyes, dentition, airways, and muscle)
Signs and Symptoms
As you can infer from the many anatomical structures involved, there are many possible complications that can result from an NOE fracture.
The most common symptoms experienced include:
There are also several physical signs that your healthcare provider will be looking for, including:
 - Severe epistaxis (nose bleed)
 - Epiphora (overflowing tears, signaling that the lacrimal duct is not draining appropriately)
 - Ocular injury (globe rupture or ruptured eye, lens dislocation, retinal detachment, or vitreous hemorrhage)
 - Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak (noted as clear fluid draining from the nose)
 - Traumatic telecanthus (increased distance between the pupils or inside corner of the eye)
 - Periorbital ecchymoses (also called "raccoon eyes")
Not all injuries will present with signs or symptoms as severe as some of the above. The severity and location of the blunt force trauma determine the severity of associated problems.
Prevalence
NOE fractures represent approximately 5% of facial injuries in adults and 16% of facial injuries in children. From these NOE fractures, approximately 60% will include some sort of eye injury.
Being in a motor vehicle accident with unrestrained passengers increases the risk of an NOE fracture occurring.
It is actually thought that NOE fractures are on a decline with the increased use of seatbelts and airbag implementation.
Diagnosis
Rapid diagnosis of NOE fractures is necessary in order to reduce long-term complications as well as aesthetic deformities. During the initial assessment, it is important for your healthcare provider to differentiate an NOE fracture from an isolated nasal, orbital (eye), or ethmoid labyrinth (ethmoid sinus) injury.
Prior to any NOE fracture-related assessments, you will have a full-body trauma evaluation. This will help ensure the most emergent risks are identified—in particular, adequate circulation, airway control, and breathing will be assessed. Proper precautions to protect your cervical spine may have already been initiated, as an injury to your cervical spine is also possible with this type of injury.
Head and Face Assessment
Initial head and face assessment begins with inspecting for ecchymoses (bleeding underneath the skin), any soft tissue injury, or any misaligned facial bones.
A likely next assessment will be the intercanthal distance, which is the measurement of the distance between your medial canthus (inside corner of your eyes). The typical distance is around 29 to 35 millimeters (mm), which is approximately half the distance between both pupils. You will be diagnosed with telecanthus if the distance is greater than 40 mm.
Further medial canthal tendon testing may include the bowstring test. Your healthcare provider will grab your eyelashes and pull your eyelid laterally away from your nose while palpating the tendon in the corner of your eye. If your medial canthal tendon is intact, resistance will be felt. However, if the tendon has torn away, there will be no tension felt. This test is important in helping to stage the severity and type of an NOE fracture.
Nasal Evaluation
A nasal exam may require suctioning to clear any congestion prior to inserting a speculum or endoscope. Your healthcare provider will be looking for mucosal (lining of the inside of the nose) tears, deviated septum, hematomas, or CSF leak.
If your healthcare provider notes clear or straw-colored fluid draining from your nose, or suspects that the back wall of sinus cavities has been damaged, they will test a drop of fluid on a piece of gauze or surgical towel and look for a "halo" effect. In this test, the CSF spreads faster than other fluid, which creates a haloed image.
The diagnostic laboratory test to check for CSF in nasal drainage is the beta-2 transferrin assay.
Primary and secondary Jones dye tests may be performed to determine patency of the lacrimal duct. In these tests, your healthcare provider can use a fluorescent dye to determine if the dye remains in the eye or is transported through the lacrimal duct system into your nasal passages.
CT scans are the gold standard for rapid identification of NOE fractures. X-rays are very limited in their usefulness and a thorough physical exam is often more beneficial. Using two different CT views (axial and coronal), thorough viewing of the NOE and any intracranial complications can be visualized.
Treatment
Due to the many facial structures involved in the NOE complex, repairing an NOE fracture is one of the more challenging surgical reconstruction procedures. Complications related to surgeries to repair NOE fractures mirror NOE fracture symptoms with the addition of scarring and infection.
NOE fractures are grouped into three different severity categories based on the fracturing of bones and other structures in relation to the medial canthal tendon as follows:
 - Type-I fractures: A single large fragment with the medial canthon tendon still attached; also known as a unilateral Markowitz type 1 fracture
 - Type-II fractures: May be either unilateral or bilateral; involves multiple fragments of bone; one fragment remains attached to the medial canthal tendon
 - Type-III fractures: Similar to type-II fractures, but there is a detachment of the medial canthal tendon from the fragments
In type-I and type-II fractures, the nasal bones may or may not be fractured when fracturing is only on one side. In type-II fractures that involve bilateral fractures, nasal bone fracturing is commonly present. In most type-III fractures, the nasal bones are also fractured.
Repairing the bridge of your nose may require bone grafting in type-II and type-III fractures.
Related to the complexity of the surgeries, surgical interventions will start at the base of the skull (for stability) and the surgeon will work their way toward the mid-face. Early repairs will include realignment (reduction) and plating before proceeding to further repairs. Special attention is required in type-III fractures to reconstruct the orbital wall (bones around the eye socket) and reattachment of the medial canthal tendon.
In type-I and type-II, only minimal wiring and plating may be required. Repairing the lacrimal duct system may require insertion of a tube to stabilize the duct.
Treatment of NOE fractures can be very successful, however, you may still have several scars ranging from small to large depending on the severity and location of fractures. Soft tissue damage can also affect the cosmetic look of your face.
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Fracture patterns and their origin in the Upper Devonian Antrim Shale gas reservoir of the Michigan basin: A review
Robert T. Ryder
Open-File Report 96-23
PATTERNS OF GAS PRODUCTION AND CHEMISTRY OF ASSOCIATED RESERVOIR WATER
The influence of fractures on gas production is demonstrated by a plot of fracture frequency, measured from fracture-detection logs in three wells in Otsego County, against gas production from these wells (Decker, 1992). The plot shows a direct relationship between fracture frequency and gas production. The three wells used in the plot were also used in fracture studies by Decker and others (1992) and Caramanica (1993). Gas production from the three wells, measured over 24 hours, ranged from 243 to 500 thousand cubic feet of gas per day (MCFGPD). Accompanying water production from the wells ranged from 25 to 85 barrels of water per day (BWPD). All the wells are vertical, received similar stimulation treatment, and were tested for their gas yield at similar times in their production history.
Average gas production for Otsego County wells in March 1993 was contoured by Richards, Walter, and others (1994). A strong northeast-southwest trend in the 100- and 200-MCFGPD contours imply that "sweet spots" in the producing trend are controlled by the northeast-southwest fracture set. Moreover, contoured variations in water chemistry (e.g. HCO3- ion) across the gas-producing trend show the same northeast-southwest trend as the gas production (Walter and others, 1993; Richards, Walter, and others, 1994).
Gas production superimposed on the 28-township regional structure map of Decker and others (1992)(fig. 8) provides an insight to the influence of largeand small-scale structures on gas production and fracture frequency. Because most gas production in the Antrim Shale is reported by lease or project rather than by well, it is expressed on the map as average gas flow rates per quarter township. The highest gas production per quarter township in the region, 100 to 225 MCFGPD, is in south-central to southeastern Otsego County (fig. 8) where structures are characterized by small-scale flexures and terraces (Decker and others, 1992). Somewhat surprisingly, the production is rather low (12 to 86 MCFGPD) along the prominent southeast-plunging anticlinal nose in western Otsego County shown on 1:1,000,000 scale maps by Fisher (1980). The one exception is an 8 sq mi area in western Otsego County and adjoining Antrim County where gas production ranges from 113 to 123 MCFGPD (fig. 8).
A comparison of gas production and structural configuration in the 4-township "sweet spot" of southern Otsego County also shows that the best gas production, and probably the highest fracture frequency, is not necessarily associated with the most obvious anticlines and anticlinal noses(fig. 9). Production assigned to each of the 200+ wells in the data set was prorated from net production data for a given lease. Although good production rates in the 4-township area are associated with the easily recognized southto southwest-plunging anticlinal nose interrupted by small-scale flexures and terraces, better production is generally located on the west flank of the structure (fig. 10).
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Local oscillator and GHz clocks requirements in radio applications systems with LMX2594
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Introduction: Local oscillator and GHz clocks requirements in radio systems with LMX2593
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This training discusses the key requirements of local oscillators in microwave/RF and GHz clocks for radio applications. The topics covered will establish the key relationships between the requirements of a signal source and their impact in a radio system. After this training, you will be armed with the ability to understand the system requirements of your customer and how they pertain to a signal source so you can engage with your customer in a very meaningful way.
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Video 1 of 5: Introduction.
Agenda:
-Introduction
-Specifications of a signal source:
–Phase noise
–Jitter
–Spurs
–Lock time
-How signal source specifications impact RF radio performance:
–Reciprocal mixing
–SNR and noise figure
–Error vector magnitude
–Coherent receiver and phase alignment.
–Lock time
-Understanding the key phase noise specifications with a D/S using LMX2594
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Theory of personality that focuses on career and vocational choice. It groups people based on their suitability for six different categories of occupations. The six types yield the RIASEC acronym, by which the theory is also commonly known.
Young people (15 – 29 years). It can even be used when working with adults.
Step 1 (15 min): Short debate on vocational choices, the RIASEC theory and six vocational types and how we can use this knowledge in our career.
Step 2 (15 min): Participants explore Holland's model and explore what are their possible 3 top types.
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- what professions are connected with the six types,
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- what are the strong points of people in each type, and what do they still need to learn,
- who are good collaborators to work in a team, etc.?
Note: Best option would be for participants to solve the Hollands test, but this depends on country regulations. To perform the test yourself, you need to complete training and obtain a certificate that enables them to purchase the SDS Holland test.
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Robust Real-Time Optimization of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stack
On-line control and optimization can improve the eﬃciency of fuel cell systems whilst simultaneously ensuring that the operation remains within a safe region. Also, fuel cells are subject to frequent variations in their power demand. This paper investigates the real-time optimization (RTO) of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack. An optimization problem maximizing the efficiency subject to operating constraints is deﬁned. Due to inevitable model inaccuracies, the open-loop implementation of optimal inputs evaluated oﬀ-line may be suboptimal, or worse, infeasible. Infeasibility can be avoided by controlling the constrained quantities. However, the constraints that determine optimal operation might switch with varying power demand, thus requiring a change in the regulator structure.
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Derlindati and Caziani • MIST NETS AND POINT COUNTS IN CHACO FOREST FIG. 1. Copo National Park study area, Santiago del Estero province, northwestern Argentina. METHODS Study area.—Copo National Park (114,000 ha, 160 m elevation) is located in Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina (25 55 S, 62 05 W). The area is considered a key preserve for threatened Neotropical birds (Wege and Long 1995). Extensive stands of old-growth forest persist in the northern and eastern portions of the park; the southwestern sector was selectively logged in the 1950s (Fig. 1). The climate is seasonal, with 80% of annual rainfall occurring October–March. Summer temperatures in the region are extreme (mean maximum 47 C; Prohaska 1959). The dominant vegetation is thorny, semideciduous forest dominated by quebracho colorado santiagueño (Schinopsis lorentzii), quebracho blanco (Aspidosperma quebrachoblanco), and mistol (Zizyphus mistol), and is interrupted by belts of natural grasslands associated with ancient river beds. The under- 93 story is a dense, shrubby layer (4 m mean height), dominated by sacha poroto (Capparis retusa; Protomastro 1988, Tálamo and Caziani 2003). Above this layer, mistol forms a sparse layer with both quebracho species, the tops of which attain a mean height of 12 m (López de Casenave et al. 1998). Sampling.—We conducted bird surveys during six periods in Copo National Park (December 1998, March 1999, August 1999, December 1999, April 2000, and September 2000) in two forest types: old-growth and second-growth (i.e., 50 years after selective logging). In each forest type, we established eight mist-net stations, 100 to 200 m apart, four in the understory (0–3 m above ground) and four in the canopy (5–8 m above the shrubby layer). At each station, we placed one mist net, 12.5 m long 2.8 m high (36-mm mesh). We operated nets for 3 days in each type of forest during each survey period (Ralph et al.
94 THE WILSON BULLETIN • Vol. 117, No. 1, March 2005 1996), except for the second-growth forest in December 1998, when only 1 day of sampling occurred; thus, we mist-netted for 18 days in old-growth and 16 days in second-growth. We opened nets before sunrise and operated them for 3–6 hr/day when possible, but we often had to close nets early due to temperature and weather conditions. Canopy nets were installed with a modification of the technique described by Humphrey et al. (1968), with trees supporting a system of pulleys and ropes. We added vertical aluminum poles for additional support. For each bird captured, we recorded species, forest type, layer, date, time, weight, standard morphological measurements, and sex. Each bird was banded with National Park Administration aluminum bands and released. Data were expressed as captures per 100 mist-net hr (MNH), including recaptures (Bibby et al. 1992). We established eight point-count stations, at least 400 m apart, in each of the two forest types. In each survey period, we twice visited all point-count stations to conduct 10-min unlimited-distance point counts on 2 consecutive days, reversing the order of visits to avoid time-of-day bias. Surveys began at sunrise and were completed within 3 hr (Bibby et al. 1992, Ralph et al. 1996, Gram and Faaborg 1997). During each point count, we recorded species and number of individuals detected by sight or sound, and the forest layer in which each individual was detected for the first time. Layers were defined as understory (0–4 m) and canopy (4 m). Every individual seen or heard was recorded only once, so that observations per layer were considered to be independent, and layers at a single station were treated as separate treatments in the analysis. Birds over-flying the canopy were not included. Results are expressed as number of detections per 10 min (Bibby et al. 1992). One observer (EJD) conducted all point counts. Guilds were defined according to previous studies in the area (Caziani 1996, López de Casenave et al. 1998) as follows: omnivores, carnivores, nectivores, terrestrial granivores, arboreal granivores, terrestrial insectivores, bark insectivores, foliage insectivores, shortflight insect hunters, long-flight insect hunters, frugivores, and undergrowth granivores. Statistical analyses.—We compared species richness using rarefaction curves, given that the number of individuals in a sample can influence the number of recorded species (James and Rathbun 1981). Rarefaction estimates the number of species expected from different samples, based on multiple random sampling of increasing abundance. Curves were built with 1,000 iterations for each abundance level using Program EcoSim (Gotelli and Entsminger 2002). The program calculates a 95% confidence interval for each mean species richness value. For each survey method, we compared total records, total records by guild, and records of the most common species. We employed a factorial design with forest type as the first factor (two levels: old-growth forest and second-growth forest, a 2) and layer as the second factor (two levels: understory and canopy, b 2). Replicates by treatment (forest layer) were the four mist-net stations (r 4) and the eight point-count stations (r 8), respectively. Seasonality was not considered; however, the six survey periods were included in the analysis as repeated measures, using a split-plot ANOVA (Von Ende 1993). Assumptions of ANOVA were satisfied by logarithmic transformation of the data. For the betweenfactor comparisons, error degrees of freedom were calculated as [a b (r 1)]; due to the collapse of three nets in one survey period (two canopy nets and one understory net), 3 degrees of freedom were subtracted from the error degrees of freedom. Detrended correspondence analysis.—To describe the association of bird species and guilds with treatments (forest layer), we applied Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA) to the matrices of total captures by net stations and total detections by point-count stations using Program PC-ORD (Gauch 1982, McCune and Mefford 1997). DCA is an ordination technique that groups species and stations in a two-dimensional scatterplot, where species lying close together show similar use of forest layers and forest types, and forest layers and types lying close together have similar avian communities. RESULTS We recorded 91 species, including 13 recorded only with mist nets and 43 only with point counts. An additional 17 species were observed either flying over the study area or


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knob or the AM/FM button.
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3. NEWS appears on the display.
4. Select NEWS again and press ENTER to
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Traffic information – TP
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1. Select TP in the menu and press ENTER.
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3. Select TP again and press ENTER to deactivate the TP function.
TP is shown in the display when this function
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TP Search
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motorists of major accidents and catastrophes, such as a bridge collapse or an accident
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5. Press ENTER for one or more of the listed
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radio resumes normal mode.
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heeded.
The AF function selects one of the strongest
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FM wavelength to find a strong transmitter. If
this occurs, the radio mutes and PI SEEK
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3. Select TP STATION and press ENTER.
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Resetting RDS functions
The EON function is especially useful in urban
areas with many regional radio stations. It
allows the distance between the car and the
radio station transmitter to determine when
programme functions should interrupt the current audio source.
Resets all radio settings to the original factory
settings.
2. Select RESET ALL and press ENTER.
- LOCAL – interrupts only if the radio station
3. Press ENTER again to confirm.
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1. Select RADIO SETTINGS in the menu and
press ENTER.
transmitter is close.
- DISTANT 1 – interrupts if the station transmitter is far away, even if there is a lot of
static.
- OFF – no interruption for programmes from
other transmitters.
Activating/deactivating EON
1. Select RADIO SETTINGS in the menu and
press ENTER.
2. Select EON and press ENTER.
3. Select LOCAL, DISTANT or OFF and
press ENTER.
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Default/factory settings.
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CD functions
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Inserting a CD (CD changer)
Audio files
±
Apart from normal music CDs, the CD player
supports MP3 and WMA format audio files.
Select an empty position with the number
buttons 1 - 6 or Up/Down on the navigation
button.
An empty position is marked on the display.
The text INSERT DISC shows that a new disc
can be inserted. The CD changer can hold up
to six CDs.
±
Insert a CD into the CD changer slot (2).
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CD eject
A CD will stay in the ejected position for
max. 12 seconds. Following which it is reinserted in the player and playback continues.
Starting playback (CD player)
Single discs (CD player)
If a music CD is in the player when the audio
system is in CD mode then playback is started
automatically. Otherwise, load a disc and
change to CD mode using SELECTOR (4) or
CD(1).
Eject individual discs by pressing the eject button (3).
Starting playback (CD changer)
If a CD position with a music CD is already
selected when the audio system is activated
then playback starts automatically. Otherwise
change to CD changer mode using
SELECTOR (4) or CD (1) and select a disc with
the number buttons 1 - 6.
All discs (CD changer)
Eject all discs with a long press on the eject
button. The entire magazine is emptied disc by
disc. The message EJECTING ALL is shown
in the display.
This function can only be activated if the car is
stationary. Eject is interrupted if the car begins
to move.
Pause
If the volume is turned down completely, the
CD player is stopped. The player is restarted
when volume is increased.
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NOTE
Certain types of copy-protected audio files
cannot be read by the player.
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Whitbarrow National Nature Reserve: Howe Ridding Wood
This reserve consists of broadleaved ancient woodland overlying limestone. It is on the west side of Whitbarrow Scar. The limestone creates small crags, scree slopes, and terraces. On them grow yew and Lancastrian whitebeam in the low crags. Ash and hazel grow in areas of better soil. Oak, birch, holly, and small-leaved lime are also seen in the reserve.
Some scarce and uncommon species grow beneath the trees and include dark red helleborine, rigid buckler fern, mezereon, green hellebore, wild daffodil and herb Paris. Winter sees the arrival of mosses on the tree trunks.
The remains of an orchard can be seen at the northern end of the reserve where there are a number of springs. Next to the orchard is an area known as Calf Close Wood. Oak, birch and alder thrive in the waterlogged soil.
Red squirrels, red deer, and roe deer live in the reserve. Birds include the buzzard, tawny owl, sparrowhawk, woodcock, great spotted woodpecker, and nuthatch. The reserve is especially favourable for butterflies with 23 species recorded. The rare high brown fritillary and the pearl-bordered fritillary are two of them.
Sheet No 97
SD 435 882
Open to members and non-members.
From A590 head to Witherslack and past the Witherslack Hall School for one km. Park at site of footpath leaving the road on right hand side and follow path through woods to reach the reserve.
Photos courtesy Martin Black
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in Nigeria.
Places of interest in River State include:
* Port Harcourt tourer Beach
* Isaac Boro Garden Park
* Cultural Centre
* Statute of King Jaja of Opobo
* Bonnie Island
* Biseni Forest
The South-South States in Nigeria has a number of the eye-catching landscapes in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, lots of stunning places to visit for your next vacation trip are situated in these states.
- List of Ethnic Groups in Nigeria, Culture, and States
- Nigeria Geographical Zones And Their States – All You Need To Know
- HISTORY OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
- TYPES OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA
- EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC RECESSION IN NIGERIA
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Armenian reform package (1914) was an Ottoman Empire reform solution to appoint an inspector general over Armenian issues. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Inspector general will be the highest position in the vilayets that Armenians live. This project was prepared by the A. Mandelstam (Dragoman, Russian Embassy in Istanbul), and Armenian representatives of Armenian national assembly. Armenian National Assembly was the governing body of the Armenian Millet established by Armenian National Constitution of 1863 under Ottoman The reform package was signed on February 1914. It was abolished on 16 December 1914.
The Balkan wars created an opportunity for revival of new design in order to improve the Ottoman Armenians. The Balkan Wars were two wars in South-eastern Europe in 1912–1913 in the course of which the Balkan League ( Bulgaria, Montenegro, Greece The French-Britain-Italy was anxious to limit the German influence, Russian government encouraged the Catholicos of Armenia to appeal through the viceroy of the caucuses to the imperial government (Ottoman Empire) for an intervention in favor of reforms in the vilayets that Armenians live. The Catholicos of All Armenians (plural Catholicoi, due to its Greek origin is the Chief Bishop of Armenia's national church the Armenian The Imperial Government of the Ottoman Empire was the government structure added to the Ottoman governing structure during the Second Constitutional Era. This project was prepared by the A. Mandelstam (Dragoman, Russian Embassy in Istanbul), and Armenian representatives. It was introduced and discussed in Constantinople in the meeting of the ambassadors of French-Britain-Italy. The project suggested the formation of one province from six vilayets (Erzurum, Van, Bitlis, Diyarbakir, Kharput and Sivas) under either an Ottoman Christian or a European governor general. Governor general should be appointed by the powers for the next five years. Germany opposed the project and succeeded in pressuring to remodel it. The reform package was signed on February 1914, between Ottoman Empire and Russia. The package developed two provinces by these six vilayets and assigning European inspector general to overlook at the affairs.


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Optimised colour conversion between different printing standards
The colour conversion profiles preserve the separation structure, limit the total colour application for the selected printing standard and maintain the purity of the primary and secondary colours. They ensure smooth transitions in gradients and enable correct conversion of PDF and PDF/X data. Separation-preserving conversion ensures that pure grey tones are not built up into four colours and that duplex tones (black+primary colour) and triplex tones (black+secondary colour) remain pure, while still being colour-metrically transformed in the best possible way. In addition, the colour impression of the source colour space is optimally preserved in the target colour space by taking into account both paper colouration and dot gain.
Limitation of Total Allocation of Colour (TAC)
For current printing standards of ISO, Fogra, ECI, Ifra, Gravure (PSR), Gracol, Swop, SNAP, these profiles ensure a targeted limitation of the maximum ink application without completely new separation. This reliably prevents problems with set-off and improves the drying behaviour. These profiles are suitable if the data is generally already in the desired colour space, but individual images or objects have too much ink application.


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If you have problems reducing the colors on a raster image try the following.
Combine automatic and manual reduction
Use a combination of automatic and manual color reduction.
For example, if you have a 256 color image that you want to reduce to 16 colors, you could try reducing it to 32 colors automatically and then making the final reduction manually using Palette Menu > View/Edit Palette.
Rescan the drawing
Color reduction will not work well on muddy, wishy-washy colors.
Experiment with your scanner's brightness and contrast settings and rescan the drawing so that the colors on the raster image are as high contrast, vibrant and saturated as possible.
Thin the raster image before reducing the colors
Some raster images have lines with "haloes" that are not the same color as the main line. To resolve this problem, try thinning the image before you reduce the colors.
Despeckle the raster image after reducing the colors
Despeckle the raster image after reducing the colors to make the reduced color areas more uniform.
Vectorize the image using the Vector Colors to Raster Colors method
If you can't reduce the colors acceptably or it is taking too long, try vectorizing the raster image using the Vector Colors to Raster Colors method.
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Convolution and Equidistribution explores an important aspect of number theory — the theory of exponential sums over finite fields and their Mellin transforms — from a new, categorical point of view. The book presents fundamentally important results and a plethora of examples, opening up new directions in the subject.
The finite-field Mellin transform (of a function on the multiplicative group of a finite field) is defined by summing that function against variable multiplicative characters. The basic question considered in the book is how the values of the Mellin transform are distributed (in a probabilistic sense), in cases where the input function is suitably algebro-geometric. This question is answered by the book's main theorem, using a mixture of geometric, categorical, and group-theoretic methods.
By providing a new framework for studying Mellin transforms over finite fields, this book opens up a new way for researchers to further explore the subject.


Introduction to Acoustic Grid Participation
Acoustic grid participation is an important diagnostic tool for understanding what area of the structure contributes significantly to the interior acoustic response.
This understanding will then allow you to determine what potential design changes can help reduce the acoustic response.
Acoustic grid participation is a way to break down an acoustic response to contributions from grids on the fluid-structure interface (see below):
Figure 1.
Structure grid participation
Provides participations from the body structure side of the fluid-structure interface.
Fluid grid participation
Provides participations from the interior cavity side of the interface.
Physical
The body structure grids vibrate, exciting the interior cavity fluid grids, which eventually generates an acoustic response (which is typically a driver's or passenger's response).
Note: Both Structure and Fluid grid participations are acoustic grid participations. The word 'acoustic' in 'acoustic grid participation' relates to the fact that the response is acoustic (or pertains to sound).


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Scholing Hands-on training in systematic reviews of animal studie
In this workshop you will be introduced to the concepts of synthesis of evidence and systematic reviews of animal studies and to the differences between these review methods and classical, so-called narrative reviews. Both the advantages and the limitations of systematic reviews will be discussed.
Scholing Scientific Integrity for PhD candidates
Lately science has been compromised in more than one occasion by issues having to do with the integrity of researchers and research teams. This course is designed to discuss these matters with researchers in training for PhD. The 2-days course will be held five times in 2018.


3 Tips for Dramatic Effects with a Pocket Video Camera
A pocket camera is one of the most basic pieces of video equipment anyone can own since it is easy to carry and operate. However, even this little gizmo is capable of dramatic effects in photography with just a little creativity from its owner. Here are a few tips for creating dramatic effects with your pocket video camera.
1. Time Lapse Effect
This dramatic effect speeds up time, compressing a whole day into just a video clip of five minutes. You can use this for skyline videos to show the passing of hours or for plants to show their growth. All you need is the patience and consistency to take videos at certain times and connect them all in one clip.
2. Slow Motion Effect
Most mini-video cameras already have this camera feature; all you have to do is press the button and shoot. It is very important that the scene you are shooting has movement so ask those you are videotaping to expand their actions and facial expressions to maximize this effect.
3. Focus Effects
Change the focus of the camera to create a smoky or cloudy effect to create a dizzy feel. Shake the camera continually and have the actors move around to create an earthquake scene.


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Kokedamas (Small $20, Medium $25, Large $35)
Kokedamas are made in Melbourne by Ana Soares. A kokedama is a ball of soil, covered with moss on which an ornamental plant grows. Our Plants came from our local Nursery _USER_:
Our Kokedamas have :
1. Ornamental Plant
2. Bonsail Soil
3. Peat Moss
4. Sphagnum Moss
5. Indoors Plant food by _USER_
6.Neem Oil in the foliage.
Watering Procedure: Soaking. Depending on the size of your kokedama, fill a bowl, bucket or sink with room temperature water. Place your kokedama in the water, plant side up. Push the moss ball down so that it is fully submerged and begins to absorb water. Allow to soak for 10-25 minutes, or until fully saturated with water. Remove the kokedama from the water, and gently squeeze the moss ball to allow excess water to drain. Allow the kokedama to drip dry in a colander before replacing it to its given home.FeedingDuring spring and summer, fertilize your kokedama monthly with a liquid indoor plant fertilizer at 1/2 the recommended concentration. Simply mix the fertilizer into the water and soak as usual. Leaf BrowningKokedamas are susceptible to overand under-watering just like any other potted plant. Leave browning and crisping around edges tends to indicate under-watering. A brown "mushiness" of the leaves or stems, black stems at the base, and leaf-yellowing tends to indicate over-watering. Remember; all plants require less water during dormancy (in fall in winter,) and more during periods of active growth (in spring and summer).


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When space is limited, an image pre-processor can be used in place of multiple vision
There are multiple visions
. As Guzman and Silver (2018) note, sociological canons are spaces of contention and sites where social inequalities are reproduced, as is evident in their summary of most frequently listed authors in Canadian sociological theory syllabi.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has come to power on a wave of promises and multiple visions
of what Pakistan can be, including the exemplary models of 'Riasat-e-Medina' and China.
The Music of Trees elaborates on this concept across three series of tree photographs: Tree Portraits, Memoria, and Multiple Visions
. Each series explores a different way of seeing, progressing from representational images to multiple exposures to a final series of great abstraction with graceful perspicacity.
The effect is trippy, wonderful; a conjured scene that holds multiple visions
in check without closing any windows.
What might appear first to be a book of parts serves to underline the existence of multiple visions
and cultures cohabiting and competing with each other within curial Rome.
Not at all coincidentally, the market is across the Museum Hill plaza from the renowned Museum of International Folk Art--don't miss Multiple Visions
, the late designer Alexander Girard's collection of works from around the world, which anchors the museum.


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DEFINITION of 'Bimetallic Standard'
A monetary system in which a government recognizes coins composed of gold or silver as legal tender. The bimetallic standard (or bimetallism) backs a unit of currency to a fixed ratio of gold and/or silver.
BREAKING DOWN 'Bimetallic Standard'
The bimetallic standard was first used in the United States in 1792 as a means of controlling the value of money. For example, during the 18th century in the United States, one ounce of gold was equal to 15 ounces of silver. Therefore, there would be 15 times more Silver (by weight) in $10 worth of silver coins than $10 worth of gold coins. Adequate gold and silver was kept in reserves to back the paper currency. This bimetallic standard was used until the civil war, when the Resumption Act of 1875 stated that paper money could be converted to gold.


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Methods | Statistics | Clinical | Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology |
Training Analysis (sometimes called Training Needs Analysis (TNA)) is the formal process of identifying the training gap and its related training need.
Training can be described as "the acquisition of skills, concepts or attitudes that result in improved performance within the job environment". Training analysis looks at each aspect of an operational domain so that the initial skills, concepts and attitudes of the human elements of a system can be effectively identified and appropriate training can be specified.
Training analysis as a process often covers:
- Training Analysis is most often used as part of the system development process. Due to the close tie between the design of the system and the training required, in most cases it runs alongside the development to capture the training requirements.
Design Integrated Training AnalysisEdit
K. Tara Smith proposed and developed tools and methods for an integrated approach Design Integrated Training Analysis, where the trade-offs between design and training are both assessed in the light of the understanding of the operational tasks.
This approach also used information regarding recorded critical incidents to review proposed training and to provide traceability between hazards and training.
This single integrated approach to human factors and training analysis has been successfully used on a number of defence projects.
Training Analysis ProcessEdit
Over the last 20 years the critical nature of the man-in-the-loop has changed from simply manual dexterity and procedural operation to a state in which their decision making, cognitive abilities, data assimilation, communication skills, and attitude are all crucial. In addition the job structure of the personnel operationally involved with modern systems has diversified in direct proportion to the complexity of the technology. This has fuelled the need for a formal approach.
The task of training can be broken down into a number of discrete components, each addressing a different part of the overall learning process. This breakdown is as follows:-
- Psycho-motor Skills
- Procedural Skills
- Knowledge Transfer
- Communication Skills
- Colossal Thinking
- Attitude Learning
- Performance Training.
The role of training analysis is to build a formal bridge between the available design data and the training media and training objectives, in order to facilitate the transfer of training elements into the operational environment.
For complex multi-user system a user-to-task map is often constructed to present the relationship between the tasks and the identified team structure and also to identify new groups of users that would need to have an understanding of the system. The training gap is assessed by a comparison between the goals and tasks undertaken by the individuals and the existing training.
There is a wide variety of training media that can be used, ranging from traditional lecture-based teaching to sophisticated simulators. Different media will be more or less appropriate for different activities. It is necessary to determine the most suitable and cost-effective training media for the different areas.
There have been many different approaches defined, however, the system approach to training has been the most successful.
Training Needs Analysis (TNA) is defined as the "Identification of training requirements and the most cost effective means of meeting those requirements".
A TNA should always be performed where a major new development in policy, equipment acquisition or procedures is deemed to have potential impact upon the current training regime.
TST has considerable experience of successfully employing the accepted techniques applied to the development of training systems, including the Systems Approach to Training (SAT) in both the defence and civilian domains using customer specific standards such as JSP 822 where required.
Carrying out all TNA activates in accordance with SAT principles ensures rigorous visibility in each design stage with clear audit trails from the initial Scoping Study through to the recommended solution.
See also Edit
- ROI In Training: The good, the bad, and... the real A Focalworks article
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text: Context.-Reliable quantification of alpha -fetoprotein (AFP) is critical for clinical diagnosis. Accuracy in AFP analysis relies on traceability to reference materials with confirmed commutability. Objective.-To assess the commutability of the reference materials for AFP. We screened for appropriate reference materials for the calibration of clinical AFP analysis and for application in an external quality assessment scheme. The feasibility of using water to dilute a reference material from the World Health Organization was also evaluated. Design.-Patient serum samples with various levels of AFP were randomly interspersed among AFP reference materials from the World Health Organization, the Beijing Center for Clinical Laboratories, and Beijing Controls and Standards Biotechnology and quality controls from BioRad. The samples were analyzed on 5 different platforms to assess the comparability of the results and commutability of the reference materials. Results.-Significant variations in AFP measurement were observed among the 5 instrument platforms. The Beijing Center for Clinical Laboratories and Beijing Controls and Standards Biotechnology reference materials were commutable across all the instrument platforms. The World Health Organization AFP 72/225 reference material diluted with distilled water was also commutable at high concentrations. The Bio-Rad quality control materials for AFP were commutable among 4 out of 5 instrument platforms. Conclusions.-Our results suggested that the Beijing Center for Clinical Laboratories and Beijing Controls and Standards Biotechnology materials were commutable across all 5 instrument platforms, whereas the Bio-Rad quality controls were limited by the concentration of AFP and the instrument platforms used. Caution needs to be taken in using water to dilute the World Health Organization 72/225 reference material because its commutability is limited to high concentrations.


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The Caribbean Video Assistance Service (CVAS) is an initiative of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), a regional inter-governmental organisation, dedicated to supporting the development of the Caribbean information and communications technologies (ICT) sector. A CARICOM Institution, the CTU is unique in that its membership not only comprises 20 regional CARICOM and non-CARICOM governments but specialised ICT governmental agencies, and private sector and civil society organisations. Serving the region since 1989, the CTU is committed to shaping Caribbean communications for all. CVAS therefore is part of fulfilling its ICT4ALL mandate.
CVAS uses ICT to empower members of the Deaf and Blind communities. It does this by using video telephony to enable Deaf sign language users to communicate with hearing people and Blind users to be provided with sighted assistance, remotely. Available for decades in many developed countries, CVAS is the first service of its kind in the Caribbean and is expected over time to enhance the quality of the lives of persons who are Deaf or Blind in the Caribbean.
The CTU and its partners listed below are proud to introduce CVAS. The CVAS partners are as follows:
Caribbean Telecommunications Union
: 4 Mary Street, St. Clair, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
: _PHONE_, ext. 234
© 2020 Caribbean Video Assistance Service. All Rights Reserved.


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How do I get the tablet's password for GAULEM bay?
I have put in almost every combination and it fails. What am I doing wrong?
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Zarwid_Thwic answered:
I won't tell you what the exact password is, but you have to match the location of the robots eyes when they glow red to the "poster with an eye on it". You should get your answer from that.
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cloakedboltz answered:
Consider your point of view and the map of the room.
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Prince_Pyro answered:
There are two separate passwords. Activate the robots by using the yellow console, and then pay attention to which of the robot eyes are lit up. Match the letters on the [FILE: POSTER WITH AN EYE ON IT] that correspond to the robot eyes that are glowing, then do the same for the letters that correspond to the eyes that are NOT glowing. The top row of letters refers to the robots on the top side of the room (according to [FILE: ROUGH SKETCH OF THE ROOM]) and the bottom row of letters correspond to the robots on the other side of the room. It will help if you try and consider the robots as seen from the center of the room.
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In 2012 the City of Melbourne released its Urban Forest Strategy. The strategy outlines the importance of the urban forest and green open spaces in cooling the city and adapting to climate change.
At this time, several of the trees in Burston Reserve had either been removed or were in very poor health. The reserve was upgraded to increase its green footprint and open space and to become a water sensitive landscape.
The park redesign included:
- Expanding turf and garden areas and reducing the width of surrounding footpaths.
- Installation of three new raingarden tree pits to capture stormwater runoff from Macarthur Street.
- Installation of two soaker pits to capture runoff and direct it to four new trees.
- Removing and replacing declining trees and planting additional trees.
At Stop 1 you can see the three raingarden tree pits within the pavement. These trees are younger than most of the other trees in the reserve.
How do the raingarden tree pits work?
Each raingarden tree pit works like a small raingarden. When it rains, stormwater runs off road surfaces and into the gutters.
The raingarden tree pits are set into the kerb along Macarthur Street. They intercept and clean the water before it goes into the drain.
Each pit contains layers of substrate that work with the tree's root system to filter pollution from the stormwater. This includes nitrogen, phosphorus and oils.
The tree pits also include a rock mulch layer to retain moisture in the soil and prevent erosion during rain.
A grate sits around the base of the tree, flush with the pavement. This protects the tree pit from damage and ensures that pedestrians don't trip over it.
A pipe is located at the bottom of the well. It allows cleaned stormwater to drain back into the drainage system.
This is the end of the tour!