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2002: Superintendent News - Study tracks waterbirds in Florida
By SCOTT KAUFFMAN
A study of waterbirds in southwest Florida golf communities has spawned optimism about the viability of course wetlands and ponds as healthy breeding grounds for such wildlife.
That's the opinion of University of Florida researchers who recently wrapped up the second phase of an intensive two-year study of 12 courses.
"In rapidly urbanizing areas, golf courses will have enormous potential to provide wildlife habitats," said Martin Main, Ph.D., wildlife ecologist and assistant professor at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. "It's not all species. You're certainly not going to have bears and panthers running around. But for a number of species, this can be viable. And we think in the future (golf courses) will become increasingly important as a habitat as we lose land."
According to Main and University of Florida graduate student LeAnn White, who co-authored the study, "Habitat Value of Golf Course Wetlands to Waterbirds," there were a total of 4,864 observations of 31 species of waterbirds in the first five months of last year. In all, there were 183 lakes on the 12 courses surveyed, and each course was visited eight times.
The effort was duplicated this year from Feb. 1-May 1, when the concentration of waterbirds is highest in southwest Florida and before some migratory birds move north.
"We are measuring the same factors as last year – the number and types of waterbirds, and various characteristics of the lakes such as productivity, slope of the banks, water depth, vegetation type and density, and surrounding landscape features," said White, who wrapped up her 2002 field work earlier this month.
"The data will be compared between the two years to monitor variation in bird abundance, as well as changes in other factors, such as vegetation density," she said.
One surprise sighting was a large population of hooded mergansers at Mediterra's South Course in Naples, a Tom Fazio-designed layout developed by The Bonita Bay Group.
"I don't recall ever having seen hooded mergansers on a golf course before," White said. "They are an uncommon species, especially for South Florida."
Main says survey results will help shape recommendations for how to make ponds and lakes even more productive, such as modifying shorelines to expand feeding areas for wading birds.
"Our goal is to identify how different habitat characteristics of golf course ponds and lakes influence use by wading and other waterbirds," said Main, who works in Immokalee, Fla.
According to Main, the estimated $50,000 study was funded by Bonita Bay Group, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the U.S. Golf Association's Wildlife Links Program.
Of the 12 courses studied, nine were Bonita Bay properties, including seven Audubon International Signature or Cooperative Sanctuary Program participants: Mediterra; Bonita Bay Club West's three courses designed by Arthur Hills; Bonita Bay Club East's two off-site golf courses designed by Fazio; and North Naples' TwinEagles Golf & Country Club Talon Course co-designed by Jack Nicklaus and Jack Nicklaus II in Naples.
The two non-Audubon courses were the Spring Run at The Brooks in Bonita Springs and Copperleaf at The Brooks in Naples, both designed by Gordon Lewis.
The study's other participants were WCI's residential golf communities: Arnold Palmer-designed Wildcat Run Golf & Country Club in Estero, Burnt Store Country Club, a Ron Garl and Mark McCumber collaboration in Punta Gorda, and Fazio-designed Gateway Golf and Country Club in Fort Myers.
Burnt Store superintendent Luis Olivarez describes the story as "very important."
"I think a lot of things have been said about golf courses being careless on the side of pesticides and not doing anything for the environment," he said. "I embrace these type of studies. It could be bad or good.
"But having a graduate student doing research backed up by the University of Florida gives us a lot of credibility."
Main and his staff picked courses at various points of maturity to evaluate the habitat systems at different stages, and also chose a mix of Audubon program participants and nonparticipants to "evaluate how Audubon-certified courses compare to courses that have not participated in the program."
Kim Fikoski, environmental manager with The Bonita Bay Group, says the study will provide a database that identifies the "best management practices for creating, enhancing and maintaining wetland habitat for water birds on golf courses."
"This is the first time a broad-spectrum study has been done on golf course properties to quantify the relationship between created wetland waterbird habitat and the use of these areas by water birds," Fikoski said. "We anticipate the information the study yields will help developers to create and protect habitat in the most beneficial ways for the greatest number of species."


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The Widerdonum
Princess Reisha
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Set between the end of the First Rose War, and the Thorne Rebellion, is the story of Princess Reisha, the Nechteran Revolt, and the Widerdonum.
The Nechteran Revolt
A smaller kingdom bordering the Middle Kingdom, Nechtera is considered to be a snd rate power and not generally a threat to the great power of the Middle Kingdom. Yet events in Nechtera will threaten to plunge most of the continent into a bloody struggle that could take decades to be fought out. The Revolt begins as a basic peasant uprising caused by a combination of taxation and several years of moderate drought. As the peasants muster and throw out the tax collectors, there is a build up of levies and militia soldiers on the side of the Nechteran nobility. In most cases, such a revolt would be easily put down and end as a minor footnote in the ledgers of history, but such would not be the case.
A traitor in the Royal Court does the unthinkable, he assassinates most of the entire royal family. The King of Nechtera, Thetavra the Wise suffers the most painful death as he is horrificly and slowly mutilated with a ceremonial sword of his King's Elite Guard. The rest of the royal family and most of those in line for the throne of Nechtera die from poison. The Poinson Tasters never knew that their vessels were treated with the antidote to the poison, thus protecting them while the unadulterated poison went on to slay those of noble blood.
This Revolt then took on a new aspect as the death of most of the Royal family shook the morale of the Royalists, and gave new fire to the rebels. It seemed that the commoners would rise up to eclipse the divine mandate of the nobility to rule. Many of the nations and Kingdoms that bordered Nechtera made plans to invade the small kingdom and put down the peasant revolt with their own troops, but faltered. Such an act of war would be nothing more than an act of war and might galvanize their own peasantage to rise up as the Nechterans had. Instead, the various nobles and the Blue faction of the Middle Kingdom's court produced an heir and avatar of their faction; Princess Reisha.
Now only 2nd in line to the throne, and with the first person missing and presumed slain, she had a right of succession to return to Nechtera and assume control of the nobility that remained. As a symbol of her right to rule, she carried an heirloom of the Nechteran Kings, a Dwarven Bow of sublime craftsmanship and unequalled power. This bow had been passed down from generation to generation, tracing it's way back to the first King of Nechtera and their ancient alliance with the dwarves of the mountains.
The Staging Point
Most of the events above will take place before the PCs become involved and will be backstory elements. Much of it may be well known, such as the peasant revolt, and the assassination of at least the King of Nechtera. Those with better connections might know the full extent of the assassin's attack. Those with political connections and noble influence might know that several other Kingdoms have begun to muster loyal forces to put down the Nechteran revolt if it threatens to spill out of the small kingdom, though at the moment their hands are tied by a grudging respect for the law and fear of causing the revolt to spread even faster than it already has.
Princess Reisha has arrived in the border city of Menethor, less than half a day from Nechtera. The mood in the city is tense, and the main tavern of the city is a simmering pot of apprehension and anxiety. In addition to reports of rebels siezing and burning Noble carvans and wagons, their are also reports of looting, pillage, and murder pouring out of Nechtera, along with a good stream of refugees who only wish to escape the fighting with their lives and a bit of their prosperity. On the other side, a full division of footmen have gathered under the tenative command of the Princess, as well as several dozen knights of the Blue and Green noble factions.
The Princess doesnt wish to agitate the matter any further and feels that if her intelligence is correct, the remaining Royalist forces can put down the revolt with a minimum of bloodshed or outside assistance. She doesnt wish to she her homeland ravaged by any more conflict than it has already faced. To this end, she is taking a small group of highly skilled professionals (IE the PCs) with her to assist in the operation and will send for the bulk of her forces only if dire need presents itself. As a symbol of her desire to rejoin the estranged peasantage and the nobility, she has since requisitioned and donned the armor of the folk hero and knight Errant, Huran.
A Bitter Homecoming
Crossing into Nechtera with the PC party and perhaps a dozen other mounted warriors, mostly green and blue knights, but a single yellow garbed advisor as well, they encounter signs of battles. There are refugess on the road, bandits are operating more openly and brazenly then ever, and there might even be a combat heavy encounter with an outrider band of Peasant Marauders. The scene in the capital is bittersweet. The locals cheer for the return of their loved princess, but there are signs that the city itself has seen heavy fighting, and the Royalist forces remain demoralized and lack any sort of strong leadership.
The Campaign that follows consists of gathering the Royalist Troops and rallying them under Princess Reisha and her cadre of professionals and knights. The first orders of conflict are clearing the roads of bandits, a task that she might send for her Middle Kingdom troops to take care of under the auspice of the bandits raiding across the border. The next order of action involves the PCs leading elements of the Royalist forces against rebel strongholds, and doing search and destroy missions against the more mobile forces of the Rebels. Eventually the campaign should end with a siege of the Rebel's last stronghold with the final goal being the capture of the rebel leaders and the end of the revolt.
The Revolt is more than a simple peasant uprising against what is percieved to be noble excess in a time of near famine. The conditions were right, and various members of the Yellow Faction, growing weary of Reisha and her Green's interference and outrage over her turning the rule of the Middle Kingdom over to the Viceroy after the First Rose war, inflamed the conflict. Using their merchant contacts, the Yellow faction funneled cheap weapons and armor into Nechtera, along with discrete mercenary advisors to train the peasantage into a half-way functional force that might overthrow the hide-bound aristocracy of Nechtera. The end goal was for a radical change in Nechtera's political alignment, bringing them away from the traditional viewpoint of the blues with strong Green tendancies firmly into the progressive clutches of the Yellow faction.
It is also the Yellow faction that has done much work to keep other kingdoms at bay while their experiment boils furiously. Discovering that Princess Reisha herself is going to attempt to quell the affair has them almost giddy. with the Princess away and heading into a danger zone, the Yellows are freed from higher level of scrutiny. To take advantage of this, they secretly have an assassin or two hired to attempt to kill the Princess in the field, but it has to look like she was killed in combat.
Expanding the scenario
The quelling of the Nechteran Revolt is a look into the dichotomy of Noble right to rule versus the radical idea of rule by the people. While Reisha will wish to support and protect the common people, she does so out of Noblesse Oblige, not out of a democratic spirit. It is the duty of the noblity to protect the common people, and to be worthy of their fealty, just as the common people have the duty of serving the nobility and being worthy of their protection. The entire campaign has a heavy military and combat theme, with the two factions squaring off across the kingdom.
Once Reisha is in charge, and the Royalists rallied under her and the PCs (now military advisors and leaders) the battles will quickly turn against the revolting peasants. The Royalists are better trained, better armed, and more experienced. The Peasants have larger numbers, but almost non-existant discipline and lack morale in large scale battles. The end of the campaign should have the peasants surrendering in large numbers, a few fighting a slowly failing guerilla war against the Royalists and an increasingly pressed strongpoint for the remaining rebels.
If the PCs are very successfull in routing the peasants, and preventing the last stronghold from becoming a siege situation, they should be able to secure agents of the Yellow Faction before their escape. If a siege results in taking the last rebel city/fortress, the Yellow agents will escape and aside from the standard espianoge and court back-stebbery no one will be the wiser to their machinations. Unless the siege turns into an absolute abattoir or lasts more than a year, they will find a prisoner being held since the


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Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned
By Mary Francis Gyles
The Classical Journal, Vol. 42, No. 4 (1947)
Introduction: Curiosity concerning the origin and development of the expression "Nero fiddled while Rome burned" leads to an investigation which has traversed the fields of History, Philology, Literature, and Music. The extent to which this phrase is used by the public in everyday speech and its frequent appearance in popular literature have placed it in the position of an adage. On examination its usage is found to hinge upon the meaning of the word fiddle. This word is defined by the New English Dictionary as "fiddle, substantive, a stringed instrument of music; usually the violin, but also, (with defining word as in bass fiddle) applied to other instruments of the viol kind." The verb, as given by the same dictionary, means to play a fiddle. Since musical historians agree that the viol class of instruments did not develop about the eleventh century, it is conclusive that Nero could not have fiddled in this sense of the word while Rome burned.
There is another meaning of the word fiddle in use today. It is often employed to indicate the idea of accomplishing nothing, and is so defined by the New English Dictionary. The common remark, "He's just fiddling around," is an excellent illustration of this usage. It suggests a lack of proficiency and an aimless or frivolous attitude.
The phrase "Nero fiddled while Rome burned" is used to express both these meanings of the word fiddle. First it presents the picture of an individual playing a musical instrument as he took a sadistic pleasure in the terrible misfortunes of others. Secondly it represents ineffectual effort. That is, Nero, who should have made himself useful, was fiddling. Although this conception is, in point of fact, unjust, it does not curtail the frequency with which it has been so used.

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Strong's Greek: 5603. ᾠδή (ódé) -- a song, ode
5603. ódé
Strong's Concordance
ódé: a song, ode
Original Word: ᾠδή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: ódé
Phonetic Spelling: (o-day')
Definition: a song, ode
Usage: an ode, song, hymn.
HELPS Word-studies
5603 ōdḗ – a song. 5603 (ōdḗ) is used in the NT of spontaneous, impromptu (unrehearsed) melodies of praisenot merely sung about (for) God but to God from a Spirit-filled heart. Spirit-inspired songs minister to God and exhort others, giving testimony about the living God to other worshipers.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
contr. from aoidé (a song); from the same as adó
a song, ode
NASB Translation
song (5), songs (2).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5603: ᾠδή
ᾠδή, ᾠδῆς, (equivalent to ἀοιδή, from ἀείδω, i. e. ᾄδω, to sing), from Sophocles and Euripides down, the Sept. for שִׁיר and שִׁירָה, a song, lay, ode; in the Scriptures a song in praise of God or Christ: Revelation 5:9; Revelation 14:3; Μωϋσέως καί τοῦ ἀρνίου, the song which Moses and Christ taught them to sing, Revelation 15:3; plural with the epithet πνευματικαι, Ephesians 5:19 (here Lachmann brackets πνευματικαῖς); Colossians 3:16. (Synonym: see ὕμνος, at the end.)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
From aido; a chant or "ode" (the general term for any words sung; while humnos denotes especially a religious metrical composition, and psalmos still more specially, a Hebrew cantillation) -- song.
see GREEK aido
see GREEK humnos
see GREEK psalmos
Forms and Transliterations
ωδαί ωδαις ωδαίς ᾠδαῖς ωδάς ωδη ωδή ωδην ωδήν ᾠδὴν ωδής ωδών odais ōdais oden ōdēn oidaîs ōidaîs oidḕn ōidḕn
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Englishman's Concordance
Ephesians 5:19 N-DFP
GRK: ὕμνοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς ᾄδοντες
NAS: and spiritual songs, singing
KJV: and spiritual songs, singing and
INT: hymns and songs spiritual singing
Colossians 3:16 N-DFP
GRK: ψαλμοῖς ὕμνοις ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς ἐν
NAS: [and] spiritual songs, singing
KJV: and spiritual songs, singing with
INT: in psalms hymns songs spiritual with
Revelation 5:9 N-AFS
GRK: καὶ ᾄδουσιν ᾠδὴν καινὴν λέγοντες
NAS: a new song, saying,
KJV: they sung a new song, saying, Thou art
INT: And they sing a song new saying
Revelation 14:3 N-AFS
GRK: ᾄδουσιν ὡς ᾠδὴν καινὴν ἐνώπιον
NAS: a new song before
KJV: a new song before
INT: they sing as a song new before
Revelation 14:3 N-AFS
GRK: μαθεῖν τὴν ᾠδὴν εἰ μὴ
NAS: learn the song except
KJV: could learn that song but the hundred
INT: to learn the song if not
Revelation 15:3 N-AFS
GRK: ᾄδουσιν τὴν ᾠδὴν Μωυσέως τοῦ
NAS: And they sang the song of Moses,
KJV: they sing the song of Moses
INT: they sing the song of Moses the
Revelation 15:3 N-AFS
GRK: καὶ τὴν ᾠδὴν τοῦ ἀρνίου
NAS: of God, and the song of the Lamb,
KJV: and the song of the Lamb,
INT: and the song of the Lamb
Strong's Greek 5603
7 Occurrences
ᾠδαῖς — 2 Occ.
ᾠδὴν — 5 Occ.
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Don't let your yard be a basic synthetic grass Fresno lawn. Add some personality to it by adding interesting elements and characteristics. This can be done in many ways like adding a main feature or accent pieces. However, one interesting trend in landscaping is using contrast to draw attention as well as create balance for your yard.
Three Ways to Add Contrast to a Synthetic Grass Landscape
Adding contrast to your artificial grass landscaping by combining elements with opposite characteristics. Done right, working with contrasting landscaping elements highlights the best qualities of each one. It adds to the overall appeal of a landscape that would otherwise look uniform and plain. Give these three combinations a try and see how it transforms your artificial grass installation in Fresno CA.
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Cover a wall with artificial grass and attach pots to it to create your very own hanging garden. Upholster furniture with turf for a touch of whimsy as well as added depth. Add grassy knolls and dips to the lawn to capture the feel of a rolling meadow. The contrast will add dimensions to any artificial grass Fresno lawn.
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The strategic combination of hardscape and softscape creates contrast in texture, color, and pattern. Simply by adding stone pavers or brick edging, it creates a pleasing contrast against the green of any synthetic grass in Fresno. Because of its versatility, synthetic grass is easy to use in combination in order to create the perfect balance of natural and artificial landscaping materials.
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StatusThe thesis was presented on the 15 June, 2007
Approved by NCAA on the 20 September, 2007
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The purpose of this research thesis is conditioned by great lately transformations in psychological science, in direct link with increasing importance of interdisciplinary researches. It appeared the necessity of harmonious and practical applying in common of psychological, pedagogical and medical approaches related to the problem of recovering of children with hereditary mental diseases (HMD) in the context of scientific progress in genetics, medicine, pedagogy and psychology fields. Development amelioration resources of children with hereditary mental diseases represent some recovering and correction procedures, methodically applied by a crew of divers specialists in institutions and in families of affected children.
In the first chapter is presented diversity and historical evolution of approaches and attitudes of specialists in different profiles: numerous physicians (in psychiatry, genetics, neurology, pediatrics), psyho-pedagogues, psychologists, pedagogues, sociologists, biologists, philosophers etc. related to problem of HMD. Different forms, tips, functions, and causes of HMD, particularities of development of affected children are described and analyzed in first chapter.
Children affected by Down and X–fragile syndromes, two most frequent forms of hereditary mental diseases, are experimentally studied in second chapter. This experimental research includes children in first three years of age, from family and institutional environments. The process of development of children affected by hereditary mental diseases is profoundly analyzed in the perspective of three psychical basic behaviors: psycho-motorial, social-affective, cognitive-verbal.
In the last chapter of thesis is described the applying procedure of psychological, pedagogical and medical resources of development improvement of children with HMD. It is emphasized the importance of sooner diagnosis of hereditary mental diseases form and applying of models and resources of correction and recovering of affected children. Role of family (parents and relatives) is considered to be of maximal importance in achievement of some progress in development of children under three years of age. Methodic applying of development improvement resources to children with hereditary mental diseases can be more efficient if it is done as soon as possible by a team of divers specialists in collaboration with relatives and family of child.

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Acute Stroke Nursing
Acute Stroke Nursing
Editor(s): Jane Williams, Lin Perry, Caroline Watkins
Published Online: 3 FEB 2010
Print ISBN: 9781405161046
Online ISBN: 9781444318838
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318838
About this Book
Stroke is a medical emergency that requires immediate medical attention. With active and efficient nursing management in the initial hours after stroke onset and throughout subsequent care, effective recovery and rehabilitation is increased. Acute Stroke Nursing provides an evidence-based, practical text facilitating the provision of optimal stroke care during the primary prevention, acute and continuing care phases.
This timely and comprehensive text is structured to follow the acute stroke pathway experienced by patients. It explores the causes, symptoms and effects of stroke, and provides guidance on issues such as nutrition, continence, positioning, mobility and carer support. The text also considers rehabilitation, discharge planning, palliative care and the role of the nurse within the multi-professional team. Acute Stroke Nursing is the definitive reference on acute stroke for all nurses and healthcare professionals wishing to extend their knowledge of stroke nursing.
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09/23/2022: Money Matters In The Classroom
Latest "The JOURNEY" podcast is now available to download wherever you get your podcasts!
This was a wonderful and insightful show this month featuring a long-time partner of Seneca Savings, EverFi. Kassie Soulis of EverFi works as an advocate on behalf of students, teachers, and Seneca Savings to bring financial literacy into the classroom. While financial literacy in schools is not required by New York State (yet), as some other states require, many schools opt into the program to begin to teach students how to better manage their money and prepare for the journey ahead. K-12 students have access to free tools and learning modules learning everything from how to budget, how to open a savings account, what's a credit card, a mortgage, how to manage their cash flow and their credit score. "It's a vital component to helping our students get off on the right foot," says Senior VP of Retail Banking at Seneca Savings, Laurie Ucher. "Often parents have a tough time with many of these aspects because they were never taught. So the cycle continues of kids not really understanding how to create a positive relationship with their money and how to prosper financially in life. These programs we're a part of help break that cycle and help to forge a new path for the students."


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STACEES is the St Andrews Network for Climate, Energy, Environment and Sustainability. We are a vibrant and diverse community of researchers based at the University of St Andrews, where we launched in April 2021.
Connecting with Bonn: Sustainability Research & Cooperation
30 May 2022, 12:00 to 13:30. Lunchtime networking event. Event information Would you like to know more about the Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research and Bonn-St Andrews funding opportunities? STACEES are delighted to announce a talk by Dr Sandra Gilgan, Managing Director of the Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research as part of her Erasmus+ visit to the University … Read more
Digitalisation and Sustainability at Home
24 May 2022, 11:00 to 12:00. Research seminar. Speaker: Dr Louise Reid (School of Geography & Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews) Abstract In November 2021, the United Nations Environment Programme published an Early Warning, Emerging Issues and Futures paper highlighting the growing environmental footprint of digitalisation, specifically the increase in energy demand, impacts from minerals and … Read more
Communicating Climate through Arts
29 April 2022, 12:00 to 13:00. Research seminar. Speakers: Olivia Booker and Claudia Lubao (PhD candidates, University of St Andrews) Abstracts Claudia Lubao (PhD candidate, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences)'The act of Musicalizing in Tanzania'This talk focuses on how popular music can be used as one of the strategies to change, mitigate and raise … Read more
Environmental Humanities @ St Andrews workshop: our contributions to climate research
18 March 2022, 10:00-12:00. STACEES and the Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA)* warmly invite members of the University of St Andrews research community working on or with an interest in the environmental humanities to join us for this virtual workshop. Participation is welcomed from all career stages, including students. Colleagues and students who do … Read more
STACEES @ Sustainability Fayre
11 February 2022, 13:00 to 15:00. STACEES participated with a stall at the Sustainability Fayre in the Large Rehearsal Room in the Union. Hosted by The Environment Subcommittee and Transition, the fayre's goal was to equip students/attendees with the knowledge or practice of how to integrate an aspect of sustainability into their everyday lives.


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The Heart and Stroke Foundation and Perth County EMS were busy last week making it easy for students in Stratford to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Recently, the Heart and Stroke Foundation launched an aggressive campaign to raise awareness about CPR, with the theme, "CPR Makes You Undead." The new campaign features an edgy, horror-movie style video that teaches people what to do if someone suffers cardiac arrest and helps raise awareness of the benefits of hands-only CPR.
More than 100 Grade 8 students attended a free CPR skills and AED (automated external defibrillator) awareness session last Tuesday at Jeanne Sauvé Catholic school, and another 100 Grade 6-7 kids received the specialized training on Friday at Shakespeare Public school.
"This is a great opportunity for these students to receive free CPR training," noted Chris Keyser, Perth County EMS platoon commander and Perth County PAD coordinator. "Statistics indicate, and I know from my own experience on the job, that CPR and AEDs can make the difference between life and death. "The more people in our community with these life-saving skills, the more lives may be saved."
There are 7,000 cardiac arrests in Ontario every year, and the odds of surviving one increases to up to 75 per cent when early CPR is used in combination with an AED in the first few minutes. For every minute that passes without help, a person's chance of surviving cardiac arrest drops by seven to 10 per cent.
According to Christine Hurtado, health promotion specialist with the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the key barriers stopping people from performing CPR are lack of training, fear of harming the victim, and failure to understand the consequences of not doing CPR.
"This is why the Heart and Stroke Foundation urges all Canadians to learn CPR and makes it easy by offering free training clinics. The more people trained, the greater the chance of keeping a person who is experiencing cardiac arrest alive until an ambulance arrives."
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada sets the Canadian Guidelines for CPR, defibrillation and other aspects of emergency cardiovascular care in Canada.
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Effects in World Space
In Spark AR Studio, you can create AR effects that transform someone's environment when they're looking through the back camera of a mobile device.
One way of doing this is by moving an object from camera space, into world space. If an object is in world space, you can set it to be in a fixed location in someone's environment. Only mobile devices with a gyroscopes can use effects in world space.
Another way of creating a world effect is with the plane tracker.
Learn about:
The difference between camera space and world space
By default, all objects are added to the scene as children of the Camera in the Scene panel. This means they're in camera space, and will move with the movement of the device.
To see camera space, select the Camera in the Scene panel. This will highlight 2 rectangles in the Viewport in blue:
 - The smaller rectangle represents the mobile device.
 - The larger rectangle represents what's in view of the camera.
In the example below, the heart is in camera space.
When an object is no longer a child of the Camera, it's in what's known as world space. This means the object can be placed in a fixed location in someone's environment.
Moving an object into world space
To move objects out of camera space and into world space, all you need to do is:
 1. Select the object.
 2. Drag it to the bottom of the Scene panel.
This will position the object at 0 along the X, Y and Z axes.
We've done this in the example below:
Positioning an object in world space
Use the Manipulators at the top of the Viewport or edit the Transformations of an object in the Inspector to experiment with its position, rotation and scale.
Previewing objects in world space
Use the Simulator to simulate the movement of the device, to get an idea of how your world effect looks.
Or, preview your effect on a device using the Spark AR Player app.
Removing device motion capability
When you move an object into world space, Device Motion Capability will be added. Leaving it in place will limit the mobile devices your effect can work on, so it's a good idea to remove it if you've decided to make an effect in camera space instead.
If you move that object back to camera space or delete it, you'll need to remove the capability:
 1. Go to Project in the Menu bar and select Edit Properties.
 2. Select Capabilities then Device Motion.
 3. Click -.
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Geothermal Energy in Mexico: new plant in Puebla with 50 MW
Mexico ranks third worldwide in geothermal energy generation with 959 megawatts, just behind the United States and the Philippines. In Mexico there are geothermal power plants in Baja California, Coahuila, Puebla, Michoacan and Jalisco.
This year will open the geothermal energy plant Los Sumeros in the state of Puebla, which is a project that has been working for the past year the federation and the state.
In this regard the Secretary Federal Energy (Sener), Jordi Herrera Flores, said that one of the renewable energy resources in Mexico is geothermal energy, and the state of Puebla has the conditions necessary to exploit this resource to generate renewable energy.
Los Sumeros geothermal energy plant will be achieved up to 50 megawatts of power, which is a normal scale in this type of technology, so the state will seek to support more resources to complete the power plant as soon as possible.
It should be noted that geothermal energy is provided by the heat of the earth and is generated through a variety of factors, which, according to federal officials, Puebla has the necessary conditions for obtaining the resource.
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New studies have found that people have been having sex much less frequently during lockdown, and the reason could be an increase in stress and anxiety.
A survey of 868 British adults from Anglia Ruskin University and Ulster University found that only 39.9% had taken part in any form of sexual activity in the previous seven days in lockdown.
And a study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine found similar patterns in the UK with 60 per cent not engaging in regular sexual activity during the lockdown.
Emerging research suggests stress and anxiety have played a major part.
The Body Shop commissioned a survey which found just 11% of Brits surveyed have sex before sleeping, this may be due to 38% of the UK being kept up at night due to anxiety.
The Body Shop survey also revealed that on average Brits are losing one hour of sleep a night compared to before the lockdown, the equivalent of 53.5 million hours a night across the nation.
The research also shows that over a quarter of the UK (26%) are going to bed at 12am or later, whereas three months ago the majority (22%) were going to bed between 10.01-11 pm, which would explain why the UK is feeling tired.
Mumsnet users have reported the lockdown having an impact on their libido. One said: "I have zero interest in lockdown. He is driving me up the wall all day and I have no personal space. Its the last thing I want."
Others mentioned how habits had changed since the lockdown. One said: "Normally about twice a week. Since lockdown? Once in eight weeks."
Another user highlighted how the low moods caused from the lockdown is the reason, "I don't think we've had sex since lockdown, I've been quite depressed and not in the mood at all. We've talked about it and he understands."
According to the NHS, loss of libido, can be linked to stress and tiredness as well as relationship issues.


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Caribou Weather In September
The record high September temperature in Caribou Maine for the last 71 years was 91 degrees Fahrenheit, on September 7, 1945, while the normal high temperature is 64. The lowest documented temperature for Caribou for the past 71 years in September was 23 most recently measured on September 29, 1980, while the normal low measured temperature is 44.
United States National Weather Service historical Caribou September Weather data shows that on September 30, 1992, the high temperature did not exceed 39 degrees Fahrenheit, the lowest high measured in Caribou in the past 71 years. Weather Service records also indicate that on September 9, 2001, the low temperature for the day was not measured below 67 degrees, the highest low measured in Caribou in the last 71 years.
According to the National Weather Service, the high temperature in Caribou in September on the first day of the month averages 70 degrees and the high on the last day of the month averages 59 degrees. The daily low temperature in Caribou on September First averages 48 degrees Fahrenheit and the low on the last day of September averages 39 degrees.
Caribou usually receives an average of 3.27 inches of precipitation during September. September Caribou Weather records indicated that on September 11, 1954 Caribou received 6.21 inches of precipitation, the most rain recorded in a single day in September.


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KUWAIT CITY, Sept 28: Ministry of Education and Higher Education became the gateway for fake certificates due to lack of scrutiny about the sources of certificates, reports Al-Shahed daily.
The daily quoting sources said the Ministry of Higher Education depends on the Cultural Office to endorse certificates, although the latter's routine task does not allow for scrutinizing the content of certificates.
They added the Ministry of Education and Higher Education endorses Medicine and Engineering certificates issued by universities in countries that have no cultural offices in Kuwait, leading to infiltration of the job market with fake certificates. Sources pointed to expatriate teachers flooding the Ministry of Education without necessary approval due to widespread influence (wasta) and favoritism. They stated many reasons for appointing such teachers, including low salaries.
They reiterated the committee formed by the Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa to investigate fake certificates was merely a routine procedure, indicating no positive result came out of its activities due to the interference of some politicians and influence.


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Dr. Peter M. Schweizer
Owner and CEO
Peter's extensive process-related know-how and know-why in coating and drying technology qualifies him to be a consultant for interested partners from industry and academia.
After having spent 16 years in the photographic industry, Peter changed from the user side to the supplier side of converting technology where he was partner of a die manufacturer for 3 years, and worked 15 years for a manufacturer of coating machines. His main focus has been on pre-metered coating methods including fluid conditioning and delivery systems as well as die design. In addition, he has gathered much experience in other coating methods and drying processes.
In parallel, Peter has taught in various short courses in coating and drying technology all over the world, published his knowledge in scientific and trade-related journals, presented his knowledge various times at conferences in Europe, Asia and America, acted as Board Member of the International Society of Coating Science and Technology (ISCST) and the European Coating Society (ECS), organized the ISCST Conference in Orlando as well as the ECS Conference in Fribourg (2003, 2017), and obtained several patents.
Together with Stefan Kistler he edited the book Liquid Film Coating, which appeared in 1997, and which is often referred to as the Bible of coating technology.
In 2006, Peter was honored with the John A. Talmadge Award from the International Society for Coating Science and Technology for his continued public engagement in this field.
In 2022, Peter published a book entitled Premetered Coating Methods


Open Source Add Refactoring to Your PHP Development with MySQL Stored Procedures and Views
Add Refactoring to Your PHP Development with MySQL Stored Procedures and Views
A common programming mistake is heavily intermingling the application logic and the domain model. In particular, it's so easy to interact with a MySQL database via a PHP-driven website that developers fall prey to less-than-optimal coding strategies. For example, PHP developers who have MySQL on their backends tend to cram an inordinate amount of SQL into their website logic, resulting in undecipherable code that's impossible to maintainable. A number of products have emerged to help developers avoid this practice, most notably MVC frameworks such as the Zend Framework.
However, whether you use an MVC framework or write custom code, you can further separate your application logic from the domain model by taking advantage of MySQL's views and stored procedures. Both features enable you to bundle more of the domain model's logic within the database server itself, thereby minimizing the number of changes you'll need to make later due to code refactoring — not to mention assigning more control over domain model-related matters to a database administrator when working in larger team environments.
In his PHPBuilder.com article, Jason Gilmore introduces MySQL stored procedures and views, and shows you how to use them for refactoring within your PHP development.
Read the full story at PHPBuilder:
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A note on the distribution of cassava amongst different climate and soil types in South America
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CARTER, S.E. 1986. A note on the distribution of cassava amongst different climate and soil types in South America. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 17 p.
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The distribution of cassava among different climate and soil types in South America, based on the adopted hierachical classification of soil and climate conditions for cassava, is briefly discussed. Both soil and climate components of the classification have been used to produce a map of environmental homologues for the crop. By subdividing cassava-growing areas on the basis of a simple climatic and edaphic classification, it is apparent that the ecosystems of CIAT's cassava program cover some important climate-soil homologues; if the system is to be continuously used, a more systematic approach towards soils is required and there are some important semiarid and highland areas that are not currently covered. It is recognized that the cassava program cannot work specifically for all the different classes identified, but the knowledge of their existence and relative importance can help the process of deciding where to work and how many different ecosystems to work for. The organization of data in a microregion framework is seen as a longer-term solution to climatic and edaphic classification problems that arise in the cassava program's research and planning. (CIAT)
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French women will now need to be 18 years or older to consent to marry, three years older than previously required by law. The French parliament passed the law as a method of preventing forced marriages, reports Ireland Online, and the French standard is now aligned with other states that belong to the European Union.
Ireland Online also reports that the new law marks the first change to the legal age for marriage age since 1804, when Napoleon enacted his Napoleonic Code. For 200 years, women's age of consent has been 15, while men's has been 18. In addition to the marriage age, the law addresses marital rape and abuse. According to BBC, the French parliament is also passing laws to combat child pornography, female genital mutilation, and sex tourism.
Media Resources: Assemblée Nationale Texte Adopté n. 558; BBC 3/23/06; Ireland Online 3/23/06


text: Directions: Print out dinosaur finger puppets. Color and cut out each puppet on the dotted lines. Use a pencil to punch a hole through the center of the circles. Place your first two fingers through the holes of a puppet to form the legs. Make the puppet move by moving your fingers. You can tell a story with your puppets.


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A bald barber is not today nonsense.
Being in a large city you can meet a bald barber.
You know that Bald – means the absence of hair. Sometimes Bald is the name of the place or animal associated with the meaning of the word bald. For example, the bald barber also has a connection with the word Bald.
Even among celebrities, one can meet a bald barber.
Bald what is it?
Modern medicine believes that Bald is due to several reasons. First, predisposition. Secondly, the lack of hormones.
If they start to get bald, they resort to various tricks: they transplant hair, drink hormones and wear wigs. Also, probably, a bald barber may stop being bald if he wants to do it. But these are just our assumptions.


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[OSM-legal-talk] OpenStreetMap Geocoded Replication Data and Licensing
Rudloff, Peter J
peter.rudloff at okstate.edu
Wed Aug 20 17:12:50 UTC 2014
I have a question regarding a research project I and my colleague are working on at Oklahoma State University. We are working with a dataset of terrorist events that contains location data such as "city name, administrative/state name, country name". We are planning on geocoding the dataset with the MapQuest Open Geocoding API Web Service, which uses the OpenStreetMap data. The Global Terrorism Database (_URL_ we are using contains approximately 70,000 events (although many are duplicates in terms of location) that will be geocoded (i.e. associated with latitude, longitude, etc. from the OpenStreetMap data). My question pertains to the license we are allowed to use when distributing our replication data, which would contain within it some data drawn from the OpenStreetMap data (i.e. latitude and longitude). As this is an academic project we hope to publish, we want to make our data available to others for easy analysis and replication, etc. Do we have the ability to assign our own license to this replication data, or will we have to release the replication data under the ODC Open Database License?
Also, is there anything else that you would like researchers to do when publishing work using the OpenStreetMap data, such as using a particular citation, notifying the OpenStreetMap Foundation when a work is published that used OpenStreetMap data, etc.?
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Medical Term:
beriberi
Pronunciation: ber′ē-ber′ē
Definition: A specific nutritional deficiency syndrome occurring in endemic form in eastern and southern Asia, sporadically in other parts of the world without reference to climate, and sometimes in alcoholic patients, resulting mainly from a dietary deficiency of thiamin; the "dry" form is characterized by a painful polyneuropathy that involves both large and small somatic nerve fibers, as well as autonomic nerve fibers, the initial symptom is burning feet, and later symptoms consist of painful parasthesias in the distal upper limbs as well, weakness and atrophy of the feet and hands, and distal atrophic skin and hair loss; the "wet" form is characterized by edema resulting from a high output form of heart failure, but usually there is evidence of a coexisting polyneuropathy as well.
Synonym(s): endemic neuritis
[Singhalese, extreme weakness]
See Also: nutritional polyneuropathy
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Implementation of an active noise control system on a mining truck
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© 25th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2018, ICSV 2018: Hiroshima Calling. All rights reserved. This paper is concerned with the implementation of an active noise control (ANC) system for reducing the mining truck noise. Based on the spatial radiation pattern of the dominated frequency component of the truck noise at idle condition, active control experiments for reducing the dominant low frequency noise component globally in free space were carried out with two sets of 3-input 3-output ANC systems respectively. For each set of ANC system, more than 20 dB sound pressure level reduction was achieved at the error microphones, and the corresponding global sound power reduction evaluated at 13 evaluated points 10 m away was more than 1.0 dB. The performance of ANC systems over different distances (10 m, 20 m and 30 m) was also measured in front of the mining truck, and the noise level attenuated at 10 m is about 6 dB more than that at 30 m. This research explored the feasibility of controlling tonal noise from a mining truck in the far-field.
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Why Do Peanut Butter Cookies Have Criss Cross Marks on Them
I have to admit I am not a big baker. This topic is a little beyond my scope of baking knowledge but I will try my best to find the underlying cause of this issue. It has become traditional to put marks with a fork on peanut butter cookies because it has always been done that way. The first cookbook with peanut butter cookies came from Ruth Wakefield's Tollhouse in 1936. What is the thought behind the marks? Well there are a couple of trains of thought on this one. In fact, some of them are somewhat funny. Some think the criss cross is a warning. Others think it has religious undertones either good or evil! Still others think it is to mark the cookies so you know what they are. Remember some people have allergies to nuts. This would be one way to let them know the peanut ingredient within the cookies.
However, this one explanation makes sense. In the early 1930's recipes began to tell cooks to make a criss cross pattern on the cookies. People also refer to them as hatch marks. It did not tell them why? Over the years, cooks have come to their own conclusions. One such conclusion is that it flattens the dough and thus making them crispier. I would tend to agree. Another reasonable explanation is that it flattens the dough so it can bake more evenly. In researching this topic, it seems that flattening the dough actually helps to keep the cookie dough together and uniformed. Otherwise, it may just crumble apart while baking. Could it be that all this guessing and hindsight is for nothing? Perhaps it is just a design for the cookie. Just something to dress it up? Maybe there is no real significance to the forked criss cross pattern after all.
Being a Christian myself, I like the thought that it has a religious meaning. It is thought that the marks are actually a holy image of the cross. This could have been a way to protect the people eating the cookies, which were probably your own family. That is a nice and protecting thought. So there you have the reasons and thoughts behind the criss cross marks made on peanut butter cookies. Which one do you think is true? The next time you have a peanut butter cookie maybe you will figure it out.
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 1. I thought it was because Peanut Butter cookies don't spread out in the oven like chocolate chip and other cookies. So, in order to have a flat cookie shape, you have to roll a ball, put it on the cookie sheet, and flatten it with a fork. That's what makes the criss-crosses – the fork flattening. And the crosses are only on Peanut Butter cookies because they are the only cookies that you need to do this for them to bake right. All other cookies, you roll into a ball, place on the sheet, and then let the oven flatten them while they bake. No fork needed. Thus, no criss-crosses.
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UW-CTRI staff will present results from various projects pertaining to tobacco research and outreach at the 2017 National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Austin, Texas March 22-24. Here's a rundown:
- Panel presentation, Using the Electronic Health Record to Drive the Delivery of Innovative Tobacco Cessation Interventions in Health Care Settings – Lessons Learned from New Advances. UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore will moderate. UW-CTRI Outreach Director Rob Adsit will present on the Center's collaboration with Epic and healthcare systems to integrate tobacco treatment into electronic health records.
- Panel presentation, Making the Case for Intensive Tobacco Dependence Treatment Services. UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper will present research employing the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) to engineer a more intensive smoking-cessation treatment that is appropriate for use in primary care settings, noting superior outcomes relative to an intervention involving medication and quitline referral.
- Poster, Building Enthusiasm among Providers and Patients in Wisconsin's Successful Medicaid Smoking Cessation Study. UW-CTRI Outreach Specialists Roger Dier and Amy Skora will demonstrate recruitment techniques for Striving to Quit, a research study designed to test the effects of incentives on engaging Medicaid members to reduce or quit smoking.
- Poster, A Tailored Tobacco Dependence Treatment for Those with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness. UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Bruce Christiansen will present on a partnership between NAMI Wisconsin, Community Treatment Alternatives (a Community Support Program [CSP]) and UW-CTRI to develop a clinic-wide tobacco-dependence intervention for those with persistent mental illness. Co-authors are Julianne Carbin (NAMI Wisconsin), Mary Jo Olsen and Liza Haroldson (Journey Mental Health).
For a preview of UW-CTRI presentations at the annual conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), click here.


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Taming notifications: why you should block most browser alerts
Ever been happily browsing when a blaring notification explodes on your screen, shattering your digital zen? Welcome to the age of browser notifications, where websites vie for your attention with pop-up alerts that range from annoying to outright risky. But fear not, you're not at the mercy of this digital bombardment. In fact, you hold the power to silence the notification cacophony and reclaim your browser's peace.
Here's the deal: those tempting "Allow" buttons accompanying notification prompts might seem harmless, but they come with hidden strings. Clicking them grants websites permission to send you alerts, often without any control over their frequency or content. This can quickly lead to a deluge of pop-ups, cluttering your screen and distracting you from your online tasks. Worse, some malicious websites can exploit notifications to spread malware or lure you to phishing scams.
So, should you ditch notifications altogether? Not necessarily. There might be a handful of websites where notifications offer value. Maybe you want instant alerts for breaking news or auction updates. In those rare cases, you can choose to "Allow" notifications on a case-by-case basis. But remember, this should be the exception, not the rule.
Here are some tips for keeping your browser notification-free:
 - Block first, ask later: This should be your mantra when it comes to browser notifications. Hit that "Block" button like a karate master deflecting pop-up spam. Trust me, you'll thank yourself later.
 - Audit your existing permissions: Most browsers let you manage previously granted notification permissions. Take some time to review your settings and revoke access for websites you no longer want to hear from.
 - Install a browser extension: Some extensions offer additional control over notifications, often blocking them by default.
 - Embrace the privacy settings: Many browsers have built-in options to restrict notifications or even disable them altogether. Check your browser's settings and adjust them to your comfort level.
Remember, notifications are a double-edged sword. While some offer convenience, others are just digital noise pollution. By taking control of your browser's notification settings, you can create a calmer, more focused online experience. So, silence the notification storm, reclaim your browsing peace, and remember, "block first, ask later" is your mantra for a safer, saner digital life.


Just like all other lifestyle associated diseases, the worsening of the symptoms of piles like bleeding and discomfort, is definitely related to what you have had the day before. Hot and spicy food with loads of oil and meats, lack of greens and beans, as is common in most Indian kitchens, is more often than not an aggravating factor for an already brewing case of piles. If we take to eating healthy by incorporating plenty of fibres and salads, fruits, sensible amounts of meats, whole grains, and make our diet complete and balanced, the malady from piles can largely be avoided. To summate, what we take in healthy, gets out healthy!


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A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant.
A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.
An enclosed space containing air. In bridge work it usually refers to the working chamber in a pneumatic caisson.
a vertical pipe located in the wall cavity at the point near a faucet or valve where the water supply pipe exits the wall
A closed section of pipe or other container designed to trap air at atmospheric pressure when mounted on a tee in a water supply line and intended to reduce water hammer pressures.
Vertical, air-filled pipe or spring coil, set above the water line to absorb pressure when water is turned off at the faucet. Pressure absorbing devices to eliminate water hammer.
Chamber or capped pipe filled with air to prevent water hammer.
A vertical, air-filled pipe that prevents water hammer by absorbing pressure when water is shut off at a faucet or valve.
A chamber filled with air and that serves to eliminate the pulsations caused by the operation of piston or rotary-gear pumps; a pulsator eliminator.
An extra length of pipe installed vertically on a supply line near a fixture to prevent water hammer.


Oracle8i SQL Reference
Release 3 (8.1.7)
Part Number A85397-01
SQL Statements:
Use the INSERT statement to add rows to a table, a view's base table, a partition of a partitioned table or a subpartition of a composite-partitioned table, or an object table or an object view's base table.
Additional Topics
For you to insert rows into a table, the table must be in your own schema or you must have INSERT privilege on the table.
For you to insert rows into the base table of a view, the owner of the schema containing the view must have INSERT privilege on the base table. Also, if the view is in a schema other than your own, you must have INSERT privilege on the view.
If you have the INSERT ANY TABLE system privilege, you can also insert rows into any table or any view's base table.
subquery: see SELECT and subquery.
Keywords and Parameters
See Also: "Hints" and Oracle8i Performance Guide and Reference for the syntax and description of hints
Specify the schema containing the table or view. If you omit schema, Oracle assumes the table or view is in your own schema.
table | view | subquery
Specify the name of the table or object table, or view or object view, or the column or columns returned by a subquery, into which rows are to be inserted. If you specify a view or object view, Oracle inserts rows into the view's base table.
If any value to be inserted is a REF to an object table, and if the object table has a primary key object identifier, then the column into which you insert the REF must be a REF column with a referential integrity or SCOPE constraint to the object table.
If table (or the base table of view) contains one or more domain index columns, this statement executes the appropriate indextype insert routine.
Issuing an INSERT statement against a table fires any INSERT triggers defined on the table.
See Also: Oracle8i Data Cartridge Developer's Guide for more information on these routines
PARTITION (partition_name) | SUBPARTITION (subpartition_name)
Specify the name of the partition or subpartition within table (or the base table of view) targeted for inserts.
If a row to be inserted does not map into a specified partition or subpartition, Oracle returns an error.
Restriction: This clause is not valid for object tables or object views.
Specify a complete or partial name of a database link to a remote database where the table or view is located. You can insert rows into a remote table or view only if you are using Oracle's distributed functionality.
If you omit dblink, Oracle assumes that the table or view is on the local database.
See Also: "Syntax for Schema Objects and Parts in SQL Statements"for information on referring to database links
Restrictions on the DML_table_expression_clause:
Use the with_clause to restrict the subquery in one of the following ways:
Use the table_collection_expression to inform Oracle that the collection value expression should be treated as a table.
See Also: "Table Collection Examples"
Specify a subquery that selects a nested table column from table or view
Note: In earlier releases of Oracle, table_collection_expression was expressed as "THE subquery". That usage is now deprecated.
Specify a column of the table or view. In the inserted row, each column in this list is assigned a value from the values_clause or the subquery.
If you omit one of the table's columns from this list, the column's value for the inserted row is the column's default value as specified when the table was created. If any of these columns has a NOT NULL constraint, then Oracle returns an error indicating that the constraint has been violated and rolls back the INSERT statement.
If you omit the column list altogether, the values_clause or query must specify values for all columns in the table.
See Also: CREATE TABLE for more information on default column values
Specify a row of values to be inserted into the table or view. You must specify a value in the values_clause for each column in the column list. If you omit the column list, then the values_clause must provide values for every column in the table.
The returning clause retrieves the rows affected by a DML (INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE) statement. You can specify this clause for tables and snapshots, and for views with a single base table.
Specify a subquery that returns rows that are inserted into the table. If the subquery selects no rows, Oracle inserts no rows into the table.
The subquery can refer to any table, view, or snapshot, including the target table of the INSERT statement. The select list of this subquery must have the same number of columns as the column list of the INSERT statement. If you omit the column list, then the subquery must provide values for every column in the table.
You can use subquery in combination with the TO_LOB function to convert the values in a LONG column to LOB values in another column in the same or another table. To migrate LONGs to LOBs in a view, you must perform the migration on the base table, and then add the LOB to the view.
See Also:
 - If subquery returns (in part or totally) the equivalent of an existing materialized view, Oracle may use the materialized view (for query rewrite) in place of one or more tables specified in subquery.
 See Also: Oracle8i Data Warehousing Guide for more information on materialized views and query rewrite.
 - If this subquery refers to remote objects, the INSERT operation can run in parallel as long as the reference does not loop back to an object on the local database. However, if the subquery in the DML_query_expression_clause refers to any remote objects, the INSERT operation will run serially without notification.
 See Also: parallel_clause in CREATE TABLE
Inserting Values Examples
The following statement inserts a row into the dept table:
The following statement inserts a row with six columns into the emp table. One of these columns is assigned NULL and another is assigned a number in scientific notation:
 VALUES (7890, 'JINKS', 'CLERK', 1.2E3, NULL, 40);
The following statement has the same effect as the preceding example, but uses a subquery in the DML_query_expression_clause:
INSERT INTO (SELECT empno, ename, job, sal, comm, deptno FROM emp)
Inserting Values with a Subquery Example
The following statement copies managers and presidents or employees whose commission exceeds 25% of their salary into the bonus table:
 SELECT ename, job, sal, comm
 FROM emp
 WHERE comm > 0.25 * sal
Inserting into a Remote Database Example
The following statement inserts a row into the accounts table owned by the user scott on the database accessible by the database link sales:
INSERT INTO scott.accounts@sales (acc_no, acc_name)
 VALUES (5001, 'BOWER');
Assuming that the accounts table has a balance column, the newly inserted row is assigned the default value for this column (if one has been defined), because this INSERT statement does not specify a balance value.
Inserting Sequence Values Example
The following statement inserts a new row containing the next value of the employee sequence into the emp table:
 VALUES (empseq.nextval, 'LEWIS', 'CLERK',
 7902, SYSDATE, 1200, NULL, 20);
Inserting into a Partition Example
The following example adds rows from latest_data into partition oct98 of the sales table:
 SELECT * FROM latest_data;
Inserting Using Bind Variables Example
The following example returns the values of the inserted rows into output bind variables :bnd1 and :bnd2:
INSERT INTO emp VALUES (empseq.nextval, 'LEWIS', 'CLARK',
 7902, SYSDATE, 1200, NULL, 20)
 RETURNING sal*12, job INTO :bnd1, :bnd2;
Returning Values into a Bind Array Example
The following example returns the reference value for the inserted row into bind array :1:
INSERT INTO employee
 VALUES ('Kitty Mine', 'Peaches Fuzz', 'Meena Katz')
 RETURNING REF(employee) INTO :1;
Inserting with TO_LOB Example
The following example copies LONG data to a LOB column in the following existing table:
CREATE TABLE long_tab (long_pics LONG RAW);
First you must create a table with a LOB.
CREATE TABLE lob_tab (lob_pics BLOB);
Next, use an INSERT... SELECT statement to copy the data in all rows for the LONG column into the newly created LOB column:
INSERT INTO lob_tab (lob_pics)
 SELECT TO_LOB(long_pics) FROM long_tab;
Once you are confident that the migration has been successful, you can drop the long_pics table. Alternatively, if the table contains other columns, you can simply drop the LONG column from the table as follows:
ALTER TABLE long_tab DROP COLUMN long_pics;
Inserting into a BFILE Example
When you INSERT or UPDATE a BFILE, you must initialize it to null or to a directory alias and filename, as shown in the next example. Assume that the emp table has a number column followed by a BFILE column:
 VALUES (1, BFILENAME ('a_dir_alias', 'a_filename'));
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How Do I VIEW My PC Specifications?
View the below instructions based on your PC Operating System to view your system information.
Use the following steps to view system information:
- Click the Start menu and select Settings.
- Click System.
- Select About.
You can view a summary of important info about your PC by opening System in Control Panel. You can see basic hardware info, such as your PC's name, and you can also change important system settings.
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text: In this work it is used a setup for Digital Holography Microscopy (MHD) for 3D biologic samples reconstruction. The phase contrast image reconstruction is done by using the Double propagation Method. The system was calibrated and tested by using a micrometric scale and pure phase object respectively. It was simulated the human red blood cell (erythrocyte) and beginning from the simulated hologram the digital 3D phase image for erythrocytes it was calculated. Also there was obtained experimental holograms of human erythrocytes and its corresponding 3D phase images, being evident the correspondence qualitative and quantitative between these characteristics in the simulated erythrocyte and in the experimentally calculated by DHM in both cases.


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Return to Grampus (thing)
The term 'grampus' is rarely heard these days, and it was not a formal term even when it was in common usage. It could refer to many types of small whale, usually either an Orca or large dolphin1. These days it most often refers to Risso's dolphin, whose formal Latin name is Grampus griseus; Risso's dolphin is the only species of the genus Grampus.
In the 1500s on through the 1800s grampus was a general term, referring to a 'grand fish' (probably from the Latin grandis piscis), and generally to those members of the Delphinidae family that did not have a beak-like snout. As such, they were the fish that came to the surface to snort and splash and spout. It might also have included the Beaked Whales, which generally do have snouts but are also larger and have distinctive protruding tusks, disqualifying them as dolphins in the eyes of sailors. The grampus was not quite a sea monster, but it existed in the same general category.
The splashing and spouting were very much a part of the grampus image, so much so that sailors might call a person given to puffing and blowing a grampus2, and the the phrase 'to blow the grampus' meant to pour water over a sleeping or drunken sailor in order to rouse him.
1. specifically, any large member of the Delphinidae family; the sailors recognized'regular' dolphins as a familiar species.


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In this fabric craft, turn a pizza box into a storyboard. Kids can bring the story to life with felt pictures.
What You'll Need:
- Unused medium-size pizza box
- Assorted colors of felt
- Blunt scissors
- Craft glue
- Trims (chenille stems, straw, yarn, etc.)
- Resealable plastic bags
How to Make Felt Storyboards:
Step 1: To make the storyboard background, cut two pieces of dark-colored felt to fit the inside of the top and bottom of the pizza box.
Step 2: Apply a layer of glue to the inside top and bottom of the box. Place both felt background pieces down in the box over the glue. Let the glue dry completely.
Step 3: Using assorted colors of felt, cut out felt pieces to make a picture. For example, if you were telling the story of "The Three Little Pigs," you would need three pig cutouts, one wolf cutout, and three house cutouts.
Step 4: Draw features on the pieces with markers. Draw the eyes, noses, and mouths on the pigs. Glue a small piece of curled chenille stem for the tail, and glue on cutout felt overalls. Draw in the eyes, nose, mouth, and teeth on the wolf.
Step 5: Decorate each house with markers, felt, and other trims. Glue or draw straw on one house, some twigs on another house, and red felt bricks on the last house.
Step 6: Place your pieces on the felt background to tell your story. When you're done playing with the storyboard, store each set of pieces in a plastic bag and place the bags in your pizza box.
Next, find out how to create a fruit display that will never go bad.


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Whether or not fashion should be considered an art form is doubtless a question that will never be answered, but the crossover between the two worlds is one that is fruitful for all involved.
Indeed, the relationship between art and fashion has long been mutually beneficial as designers take inspiration from past masters and emerging artists. High-brow hook-ups on the fashion pack's radar include the forthcoming menswear collaboration between Louis Vuitton and artists Jake and Dinos Chapman.
Swedish brand Acne has previously collaborated with the portrait photographer the Earl of Snowdon on a shirt collection, book and travelling exhibition. For autumn/winter it presented a collection inspired by the archive of the Musée Galliera in Paris. The artist Katerina Jebb created artworks by scanning historical garments from the museum's archive and using them to construct photo montages - abstract interpretations that show a respectful awareness of history and handicraft.
As well as designers using literal representations of great works of art to add surface decoration and a contextual anchor to collections, brands are increasingly working to create a fuller profile that will inspire their customers.
The annual Serpentine Summer Party, at which the temporary Pavilion installation is revealed, has long been an important event in British society. This year, the party was co-hosted by the designer L'Wren Scott, who days earlier had been in New York to discuss the influence of Gustav Klimt on her autumn/winter collection. The installation, by the Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, was inspired by the idea of a primitive future, "purposefulness, combining instinctive and imaginative forms of creation".
Not just a visual feast, soon the Pavilion will play host to a programme of Park Nights, consisting of performances, film screenings and talks on selected Friday evenings over the next few months. Supported by COS, this is just the latest artistic collaboration for the intellectual brand in the H&M stable, which has previously sponsored the Frame section of the Frieze Art Fair, supporting galleries under six years old, and worked with the Wapping Project Bookshop.
To mark this new project, the brand has created limited-edition shirts for men and women which go on sale later this month. The former "features small, modern touches that reinvent the classic wardrobe staple," says Martin Andersson, the head of menswear design at COS.
Of the project, he states: "The Serpentine Gallery is world-renowned for its inspiring contemporary-art exhibits and its incredible and unique location in a royal park. We feel extremely privileged to be supporting its work." For their part, Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist, the director and co-director of the gallery, said: "We love COS. We love their style and the things that they like."
The Italian fashion entrepreneur Federico Marchetti has branched out into the world of art, not only through projects such as the one with Magnum Photos on his website Yoox, but also by sponsoring a showcase for the home-grown Venetian talent that often gets overlooked when the art-world circus that is the Biennale rolls into town.
As state support for the arts unravels, collaborations can not only raise a brand in the estimations of its potential customers, but provide a chance to give back. Converse, for example, is so much more than a sneaker brand thanks to its musical connections, but its art-world nous is a lesser-known facet. Entries have just closed on the brand's fourth annual Emerging Artists Award in conjunction with the Whitechapel Gallery and Dazed & Confused.
To be judged by the Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller and the gallerist Sadie Coles, among others, all shortlisted artists receive a cash prize. The highly regarded award aims to "support burgeoning talent at the moment that it needs it most".
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Decisions are made under uncertainty when there are distinct outcomes of a given action, and one is uncertain to which the act will lead. Decisions are made under indeterminacy when there are distinct outcomes of a given action, and it is indeterminate to which the act will lead. This paper develops a theory of (synchronic and diachronic) decision-making under indeterminacy that portrays the rational response to such situations as inconstant. Rational agents have to capriciously and randomly choose how to resolve the indeterminacy relevant to a given choice-situation, but such capricious choices once made constrain how they will choose in the future. The account is illustrated by the case of self-interested action in situations where it is indeterminate whether you yourself will survive to benefit or suffer the consequences. The conclusion emphasizes some distinctive anti-hedging predictions of the account.


What Is The Person Giving An Offer Called?
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What is an example of an offer?
Offer is to put forth or suggest for consideration, acceptance or rejection. An example of offer is to make a bid on a house. … An example of offer is the act of putting in a bid on a house. An example of offer is the suggested sum of $30 per hour for tutoring.
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In the context of the purchase of goods, the buyer will generally be the offeror. For example, if a merchant has a store filled with goods and a person picks up goods from the store and presents it to a cashier, the buyer is making an offer on the terms of the invitation to treat (advertised price).
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What's your offer meaning?
""What's your offer" woukd be the seller's first inquiry in a bartering transaction. Neither side (usually) is willing to be the first to state a price, since the seller would probably aim high and the buyer would aim low.
What does it mean when someone offers something to you?
To suggest or propose doing something on behalf of someone or for someone's benefit. Jim offered to cook dinner because I wasn't feeling very well. She offered to speak to the boss to clear the issue up. 2. To suggest or propose giving to someone as a gift, favor, payment, compensation, etc.
What is a cross offer?
A cross offer is made when both the parties make identical offers to each other without knowing that the other has made a similar offer. It lacks acceptance and communication. Thus, it does not form a valid contract.
Can an offeror revoke an offer?
An offeror may revoke an offer before it has been accepted, but the revocation must be communicated to the offeree, although not necessarily by the offeror. … However, an offer may not be revoked if it has been encapsulated in an option.
What is a special offer?
special offer | Business English goods that are sold at a lower price than usual: … a product or service that is offered free or at a very low price to encourage people to buy or use another product or service: The special offer includes an extra night's stay at the hotel for corporate customers.
Who is an offeror?
The offeror is the party who makes the offer. The offeree is the person who either accepts or does not accept the offer. … Once this offer is made to the offeree, something called power of acceptance comes into play. Power of acceptance means that the offer is now being controlled by the offeree.
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An offer is the amount of money that someone says they will pay to buy something. The company accepted a takeover offer of $29.835 a share. … An offer is the amount of money that someone says they will pay to buy something.
What is a cross offer what is its effect?
Cross-offer is a contract law term that refers to an offer made to another in ignorance that the offeree has made the same offer to the offeror. In a cross offer both parties state to each other the same proposal.
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We're label makers, and sometimes, we need to print white to create a gorgeous custom label for you. Here's the who, what, where, when, why, and how of white plates.
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What is a white plate?
In the digital world, where we've outgrown the actual plate, a white plate is also known as white ink, white ink separation, or underlying ink. No matter what you call it, at the most basic level, a white plate is the white ink we use as a primer. It's applied to metallic or clear stocks to make your ink visible.
Simply put, your white plate shows us what is supposed to be clear or metallic, and what isn't. If you are using a clear stock (like a clear BOPP) or a metallic stock (like a met BOPP), you're going to need a white plate.
In this blog post, we're going to chat about why you need a white plate and explain the stocks and printing processes involved.
Why white plates are important
The first thing that you need to understand when it comes to white plates, is the stocks that require them—and how ink shows up on these stocks.
Metallic stocks
Metallic BOPP (or met BOPP as it's commonly referred to) is a metallic stock which is typically used to create a reflective metallic colour— like gold, rose gold, or silver, in your label. What's critical here, is that the ink does not make this stock metallic, the stock itself is metallic.
Clear stocks
Clear BOPP is a transparent stock. It's typically used for labels that have see-through cut-outs or sections, or for creating the look of specialty shapes without the custom dies. What's vital here is the stock itself is transparent.
How white plates work
When printing on one of these stocks, it's important to remember what it's made from. When printing on met BOPP for instance, you're printing on a grey material, so any ink you place on top may come out duller and darker than you intended. Also, if printed directly on the stock, they may also have a metallic sheen to them.
That's where white ink comes in.
Acting the same as a primer over a bright coloured wall, white ink puts an opaque layer over the metallic stock, so when you print on top of this primer, your colours turn out how you intended. The more hits of white ink you add, the more opaque your colours will appear.
White plates in the printing process
Flexographic printing occurs in layers, one at a time: the colours (CMYK and white) are printed over each other to replicate your artwork. When printing, white ink goes on first and CMYK inks (cyan, magenta, yellow and black) print next. This is where the term white plate originated.
For us as digital printers, each layer of ink goes down at the same time so we need to let the machine know where you want each colour printed. For more on the differences between flexo and digital printing check out our tell all blog here
At the end of the day, it's essential to indicate your white plates in your artwork because you want the printer to understand where you need the primer, where the colours go, which areas are to remain metallic (no ink) and which are meant to be coloured metallics (gold ink without the white primer underneath).
To learn how to set up your white plates, check out our step-by-step tutorial here.


CHNOSZ: Thermodynamic Calculations and Diagrams for Geochemistry
An integrated set of tools for thermodynamic calculations in aqueous geochemistry and geobiochemistry. Functions are provided for writing balanced reactions to form species from user-selected basis species and for calculating the standard molal properties of species and reactions, including the standard Gibbs energy and equilibrium constant. Calculations of the non-equilibrium chemical affinity and equilibrium chemical activity of species can be portrayed on diagrams as a function of temperature, pressure, or activity of basis species; in two dimensions, this gives a maximum affinity or predominance diagram. The diagrams have formatted chemical formulas and axis labels, and water stability limits can be added to Eh-pH, oxygen fugacity- temperature, and other diagrams with a redox variable. The package has been developed to handle common calculations in aqueous geochemistry, such as solubility due to complexation of metal ions, mineral buffers of redox or pH, and changing the basis species across a diagram ("mosaic diagrams"). CHNOSZ also has unique capabilities for comparing the compositional and thermodynamic properties of different proteins.
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text: Binaural reproduction over headphones is becoming popular with applications in teleconferencing, virtual reality and entertainment. Many binaural reproduction methods are developed and studied extensively for spherical and other specially-designed arrays. However, some applications require simpler arrays, such as wearable or mobile. Recently, a binaural reproduction method was developed for such arrays based on binaural signals matching (BSM). While showing that BSM can produce accurate binaural signals, the study was limited to two array configurations and head-tracking was not incorporated. As a follow-up, this paper studies BSM with a varying number of microphones in a semi-circular configuration and investigates a solution for head-tracking. Simulations show that placing two microphones close to the ear positions of the head related transfer functions significantly improves reproduction with a static head. However, microphones placed away from ear positions are needed for head-tracking. This is then subjectively studied in a listening experiment with a semi-circular array, showing that compensating for head-rotations is important for accurate spatial perception but may introduce timbral artifacts due to the limited number of microphones.


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Minha Jo Nicolas Grande Sebastian Comeaux Sriram Rajamani Vikas Patel Tarun Karthikeyen Jacob Adamski
We address the ongoing development of a dynamic soaring (DS) capable unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform optimized for minimal power consumption. This project has been funded by the Embry-Riddle Of..
We address the ongoing development of a dynamic soaring (DS) capable unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform optimized for minimal power consumption. This project has been funded by the Embry-Riddle Office of Undergraduate Research through the Ignite program. Dynamic soaring is a bio-inspired flight maneuver in which energy is extracted from the wind shear layer by flying through regions of varying wind speed. The objective of our project is to design an autonomous dynamic soaring flight controller and perform DS with a real-world UAV. Development of this project can be divided into three sub-categories: (1) the UAV platform, (2) flight simulations, and (3) the flight controller. The UAV platform is an FMS Fox Aerobatic Glider, a high aspect-ratio glider with a nose-mounted engine. A flight control system has been crafted to allow us to integrate our DS autopilot. In previous works we have created a 6-degree-of-freedom (6DoF) flight simulation environment in MATLAB and Simulink to develop and test DS flight controllers. The simulator can be adapted to integrate our current UAV by building a variable-fidelity aerodynamic model using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Finally, we are developing a robust reinforcement-learning (RL) trained artificial intelligence (AI) that will optimize the path of the UAV to minimize power consumption. RL is performed in the simulator and the AI will be deployed on the UAV when complete. This presentation will discuss current progress as well as address challenges we face in the completion of our goals.


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As an island nation Britain has a long maritime tradition; explore it here with features, news, events and listings drawn from UK maritime museums and heritage sites.
An archive of more than 200 shipwrecks off the coastlines of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has been bought by Royal Museums Greenwich for £122,500.
A daring commander who took on the German High Seas Fleet and took part in Special Service will be remembered through his medals, which have gone to Gosport.
Commemorating the centenary of World War I and anniversaries of the signing of the Longitude Act and formation of Trinity House, curators in Greenwich are busy.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has created a touring exhibition to raise awareness and appreciation of those who volunteered for them during World War I.
Historic Scotland have begun an underwater survey at Scapa Flow that could lead to its valuable remains becoming a Historic Marine Protected Area.
The National Maritime Museum's new permanent gallery brings out the big guns and heroes. Yet the most fallible aspects provide the most intrigue in Greenwich.
On the centenary of the Royal Navy's first submarine being accidentally sunk, the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport is celebrating the pioneering design of the vessel.
Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust awarded £3.75 million grant to support traditional boatbuilding
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded the Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust £3.75 million for its Boatbuilding and Heritage Skills Training Centre project based at the Portsmouth Historic......
A conservation volunteer has made a detailed recreation of the mighty HMS Alliance after finding a giant courgette on his vegetable patch.
Go down a hobbit hole, stroll across the Severn, visit 100 acres of Welsh parkland or imagine life in an early 19th century Irish farmhouse - the best open air museums to visit this summer.
Cambridge University Digital Library now contains the full story of the hopeless schemes and endless searching to measure longitude 200 years ago.
Clad in the Queen's uniform, a group of rowers will monitor swans as part of an ancient tradition on the Thames this month. An exhibition devoted to them explains more.
We take a look inside the £35 million Mary Rose Museum in Portsmoutn - a replica of one of the greatest ships in Henry VIII's "sea army".
Rolling gaits, whistle-toting officers, strong-legged gunners and dodgy teeth: here are some of the reconstructions of the Mary Rose's crew, compiled by forensic experts.
As the new £35 million Mary Rose Museum prepares to open to the public aboard Henry VIII's rescued ship, we take a look at some of the exhibits lying in wait.


You might think "legendary" lost treasure is the stuff of fiction, something you could only hope to find if you were a character in an Indiana Jones film. However, there are a vast array of lost treasures that actually exist in the real world, waiting to be found by whomever is willing to search hard enough for them. Keep reading to discover some of the most lucrative treasure hunting locations on the planet.
San Miguel
In the 18th century, Spain possessed an 11-ship fleet that carried a staggering $2-billion in treasures, including jewels, minerals and precious metals. The ships were last spotted near the coast of Florida, when they were thwarted in an attempt to make it back to their home destination before a devastating hurricane was due to hit. The ships immediately sank deep into the ocean's depths, killing the sailing crews aboard and burying all of the riches far below the sea. As of present, crews have unearthed seven out of the 11 ships. However, it is believed all of the treasure aboard is still missing. The San Miguel is the most noteworthy lost ship. It held the largest amount of Spanish treasure. If you have diving experience and are willing to travel to the Floridian coast or perhaps beyond, the San Miguel and its riches could be yours.
The Treasure of Forrest Fenn
Forrest Fenn, a military pilot and master of treasure hunting in his own right, thought his last living act would be scattering every valuable he'd amassed over the years across the country, leaving riddles for other adventurous people to use to find all $1-million worth. However, as of 2015, he is still alive and no one has managed to unearth any of Fenn's riches. If you dare, you could be the first person to find Fenn's treasure.
The Buried Treasure of Key West
Spain is yet again the source of this mysteriously-located wealth mine. Nuestra Senora de Atocha, a 17th century Spanish fleet, was swept up in a severe storm while passing by the Florida Keys. Several of its ships were unable to survive the storm and sank below the sea's surface, taking with it up to $700-million worth of valuables. Mel Fisher was able to find part of this massive prize, specifically around $500-million of it, during the mid-1980s. However, there is evidence that suggests more treasure waits to be found. The captain of the fleet wrote a manifesto detailing just how much treasure was loaded onto the fleet.
This is just a taste of hidden treasure troves that exist in the world. If you're interested in the idea of real treasure hunts, we can point you in the right direction. If you're interested in discovering more treasure hunting hotspots, contact us at our website. We provide a full network for treasure hunters to share and explore.