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Interment of Ashes
There are two types of ashes interment, wild flower meadow and woodland.
- Wild flower meadow. These are an open meadow area where wild flowers are encouraged. A memorial tree can be planted close to the meadow are but not on the actual interment site. You can reserve an adjacent plot to the recently interred in the wild flower meadow. The site is marked with a grave plaque
- Woodland. The ashes are placed beneath the tree when it is planted. We plant bare-root trees between November and February, so ashes interments beneath trees can only take place during this time. You cannot reserve an adjacent plot to the recently interred in the woodland. The site is marked with a tree plaque.
Should I choose a Woodland or Meadow interment ?
If you wish to pre purchase a plot next to a family member, this is only available in the meadow area. We can reserve adjacent plots at the time of the first interment.
If you wish to have a tree planted directly with the ashes interment, this is a woodland interment.
You can book an woodland ashes interment at any time of the year, once the order has been received we will contact you with an appointment time from mid-November onwards.
All our ashes interments are carried out between Monday- Friday, unfortunately we are unable to offer weekend appointments.
Ashes can be interred in eco- friendly containers such as wicker, willow or cardboard, they can also be placed loose in the prepared site. The scattering of ashes is not permitted as this would adversely affect the condition of the topsoil.


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How to Use the Habitat Development Curve
Habitat Development Curves (HDCs) are used to determine the developmental status and trajectory of on-the-ground projects to create, restore, or enhance California wetland and stream habitats. Each HDC is based on assessments of habitat condition for different age areas of one habitat type that in aggregate represent the full spectrum of habitat development. The assessments of condition are provided by expert applications of the California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM). Visit the CRAM website for more information about CRAM.
For each HDC, reference condition is represented by areas of a habitat that consistently get very high CRAM scores, have not been subject to disruptive management practices, and exist within landscapes that are protected and managed for their natural conditions. The horizontal lines intersecting the top of an HDC represent the mean CRAM score and standard deviation of scores for 25 qualifying reference areas.
The age of a project is estimated as the elapsed time in years between the groundwork end date for the project and the date of the CRAM assessment. To add or update a groundwork end date, use the Project Events form in Project Tracker (ptrack.ecoatlas.org). The minimum age in years of a non-project area, including any natural reference area, is estimated from all available local information, including historical maps and imagery, historical written accounts, and place-specific scientific studies of habitat development.
An HDC can be used to address the following questions:
- At what time in the future will the area of assessed habitat achieve the reference condition or other milestones in habitat development? The HDC can answer this question if the CRAM score for the assessed area is within the confidence interval of the HDC. The answer is the time in years along the HDC between the current age of the assessed area and the future date corresponding to the intersection of the HDC and the reference condition or other milestone.
- Is the area of assessed habitat likely to develop faster, slower, or at the same pace as most other areas of the same habitat type? The habitat area is likely to develop faster, slower, or at the same pace if the CRAM score for the area is above, below, or within the confidence interval of the HDC, respectively.
- What can be done to improve the condition of the habitat area or to increase its rate of development? HDCs by themselves cannot answer this question. Possible answers can be inferred by the following analysis that involves HDCs:
- Examine the HDC for each of the four CRAM Attributes;
- Identify the Attribute(s) scoring below the HDC;
- For any low-scoring Attribute, examine the component Metric Scores (note: the Metric Scores for any public CRAM assessment in the CRAM database can be obtained through EcoAtlas);
- Assume the low score of an Attribute is due to its low-scoring Metric(s);
- Consider modifying the design or management of the habitat area in ways that will sustainably increase its score(s) for the low-scoring Metric(s).
For more information about CRAM Attributes and Metrics, including their scientific rationale, see the CRAM Manual.

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How To: Easily Lock Any App on Your iPhone or iPad Behind Passcode or Biometric Authentication
Easily Lock Any App on Your iPhone or iPad Behind Passcode or Biometric Authentication
Some iOS and iPadOS apps give you an option to lock them behind Face ID, Touch ID, or a passcode, but there aren't many.
While there's no setting on iOS and iPadOS to lock any app behind Face ID, Touch ID, or a passcode, some third-party developers incorporate the feature themselves. Still, they are few and far between, but a few workarounds can help fill the gap.
Many argue that locking your iPhone or iPad should be enough to keep people out of your apps, but if you share the device, accidentally leave it unlocked for anyone to glance at, or don't use a passcode on it, other people could open and use your apps. Apps like Messenger, Outlook, Signal, and WhatsApp let you lock them behind biometric authentication, but you'll need to use Shortcuts for other apps.
Apple has no action for using biometric authentication or your passcode in a shortcut or automation, but there are other ways to add more security to your apps. In a previous article, we showed an app-locking method in Shortcuts that used the AppDefense and AuthKit, but it's likely too complicated or daunting for most users. Here are a few easier alternatives that don't require extra shortcuts:
Method 1: Use a Timer Automation
Usually, when you set a timer in the Clock app, a sound goes off when the timer ends. If the timer sounds off when you're using your iPhone or iPad, you need to tap the notification to silence it.
However, you can set the timer to stop playing audio on your iPhone or iPad instead. When the timer ends, your music, podcast, or other playing audio will stop, and it'll take you to the lock screen. Even better, you'll still be taken to the lock screen if there wasn't any audio playing. When you land on the lock screen, you need to re-authenticate with Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode to continue. And that's how we can use it as an app lock in a Shortcuts automation.
To make your iPhone or iPad stop playing audio when a timer ends, open the Clock app, tap "When Timer Ends" for the "Timer," choose "Stop Playing," and hit "Set."
Now, to use the timer as an app lock, jump to the "Automation" tab in the Shortcuts app and start a new personal automation. From the list of triggers, choose "App."
To configure the trigger, tap "Choose" and select the app or multiple apps you want to lock from outside intruders. Then, ensure "Is Opened" is checked and tap "Next."
In the editor, tap "Add Action" or the search bar, then find and select the "Set Timer" action. In the new action box, set the value to "1" and change "minutes" to "seconds." Then, tap "Next."
Using the shortest possible time will make the automation run immediately, taking the person who opens the app to the lock screen. If you make it a large amount of time, that's how long they will have access to the app.
Finally, disable the "Ask Before Running" toggle and tap "Don't Ask" when the confirmation message appears. To finish, tap "Done."
The automation is now set. When you or someone else tries to open the app you indicated during the automation setup, your iPhone or iPad will automatically jump to the lock screen and lock itself after one second. To use the app, close the lock screen, re-authenticate with Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode, and you'll be back in the app.
The automation in action (left); The notification you get if a sound is set for the timer (right).
Caveats:
 - You'll have to exit the lock screen and re-authenticate yourself every time you want to open a linked app.
 - When you need to time something, the timer is less useful since it won't play a sound when it ends. To work around this, you can play audio during the timer and wait for it to stop, using that as the indicator.
 - Another workaround is temporarily changing "When Timer Ends" to an actual sound effect. However, you have to remember to change it back to "Stop Playing" when done so that the app lock automation still works. If you don't, your device will display a timer notification and play a ringtone or alert tone whenever a linked app opens.
 - One second is still long enough for someone to see something in the app they shouldn't, but it depends on the app.
 - Anyone familiar with Shortcuts can open that app and disable the automation.
Method 2: Use an 'Ask for Input' Shortcut
While there is no authentication action in Shortcuts, you can make your own version using the "Ask for Input" action and a new home screen icon for the app.
Basically, you create a shortcut that asks for a passcode or password to open the app you want to protect. Then you save a bookmark of that shortcut to your home screen with the same app icon and name as the app itself. Hide the actual app, and the fake app will open the real app when authenticated or do nothing if it's the wrong passcode or password.
Open the Shortcuts app to start setting it up. Then, add a new shortcut from the "My Shortcuts" (iOS and iPadOS 15) or "Shortcuts" tab (iOS and iPadOS 16) and name it as the app you want to lock.
In the editor, tap "Add Action" or the search bar, then find and select the "Ask for Input" action. In the new action box, tap "Text" to see your available options.
 - Text: Set an alphanumeric password with or without special characters.
 - Number: Set a simple numeric passcode.
 - URL: Set a web address (real or fake) as the password.
 - Date: Set a specific day as the answer.
 - Time: Set a specific time as the answer.
 - Date and Time: Set a specific time and date as the answer.
Using text, number, or a URL requires input from the keyboard when opening the app. Utilizing the date or time options will open a picker where they can choose the date, time, or date and time. I'll be using a number to set a simple passcode; To do the same, select "Number."
No matter what you go with, tap "Prompt" to enter text to explain what you expect whoever opens the app to enter. I went with "Enter Passcode," but it can be anything you want.
Now, add the "If" action. You can find and select it from the "Add Action" or search bar, or it may already be available as a suggestion you can tap at the bottom of the workflow. In the "If" action box, tap "Condition" and choose "is," then hit "Number" and type the passcode you want to use.
Then, add the "Open App" action and place it between the "If" and "Otherwise" actions. Tap "App" in the action box, and choose the app you want to lock.
At this point, the shortcut already works. It will open the app you choose if the passcode is correct and do nothing if it's not. However, if you want to make it more interesting, you can have the shortcut take a selfie every time an incorrect answer is given so that you can know who's been trying to open the app.
Take a Selfie if the Passcode Is Incorrect (Optional)
Add the "Take Photo" action and place it right after the "Otherwise" action. By default, the action will show the camera interface whenever an incorrect answer is given, so whoever tried opening the app can take a picture, but that's not what we want. Instead, tap the arrow icon to expand the submenu and disable the "Show Camera Preview" option so that the shortcut snaps a picture immediately.
Next, tap "Back" and change it to "Front" so the shortcut uses the front camera to take a selfie.
To be able to see the selfie, add the "Save to Photo Album" action and place it below the "Take Photo" action. By default, it will save the selfie to your "Recents" album, but you can tap that to change it to a different one.
That's all you need to take and save the selfie. But you can also add a prompt letting the person know they entered the wrong passcode.
Add a 'Wrong' Prompt if the Passcode Is Incorrect (Optional)
Add the "Show Alert" action below the "Save to Photo Album" action. Then, replace "Do you want to continue?" with any prompt you want, such as "Incorrect passcode, try again."
Add the Shortcut to Your Home Screen
To add the bookmark for the shortcut to your home screen in iOS and iPadOS 15, tap the options icon next to the shortcut's name in the editor. In iOS and iPadOS 16, tap the arrow next to the name in the editor instead and hit the share icon. After, tap


Analytics Reporting URL Patterns
Each analytics event corresponds to a specific URL pattern. The pattern begins with a call to the ReportingEvent-Start endpoint, followed by a collection of URL parameters that are specific to each event. The SFRA and SGJC reference applications use different techniques to construct the URLs.
The following sections describe the URL patterns for each analytics event and provide information about where you view implementation details.
ABTest URL Pattern
The ABTest event isn't used in either SFRA or SGJC. However, SGJC does provide a template (ReportABTesting.isml) that you can use to record this event.
URL Parameter Parameter Value
ID The string "ABTest."
Name A name for the entire test (for example, "FastCheckout").
Segment A basket was created or opened.
For SGJC, the following code snippet from the ReportingABTesting.isml template shows how this URL pattern is constructed:
<isinclude url="${URLUtils.url('ReportingEvent-Start',
 'ID', 'ABTest',
 'Name', pdict.TestName,
 'Segment', pdict.BranchName
)}"/>
AccountOpen URL Pattern
The AccountOpen event is used in both SFRA and SGJC.
URL Parameter Parameter Value
ID The string "AccountOpen."
TotalUserCount The number of registered customers in the system.
For SFRA, see the helper method getAccountOpenReportingURLs() in reportingUrls.js.
For SGJC, the following snippet shows how this URL pattern is constructed in the ReportUserRegistration.isml template:
<isinclude url="${URLUtils.url('ReportingEvent-Start',
 'ID', 'AccountOpen',
 'TotalUserCount', StringUtils.formatNumber(dw.customer.CustomerMgr.registeredCustomerCount, '#,##0', locale)
)}"/>
BasketOpen URL Pattern
The BasketOpen event is used in both SFRA and SGJC.
URL Parameter Parameter Value
ID The string "BasketOpen."
BasketID The basket's UUID.
Items The number of product line items in the basket.
MerchandizeTotal The merchandize total price.
AdjMerchandizeTotal The adjusted merchandize total price including product-level adjustments.
AdjMerchandizeTotalPromo The adjusted merchandize total price including both product-level and order-level adjustments.
ShippingTotal The shipping total price.
AdjShippingTotal The adjusted shipping total price.
For SFRA, see the helper method getBasketOpenReportingURLs() in reportingUrls.js.
For SGJC, the following snippet shows how this URL pattern is constructed in the ReportUserRegistration.isml template:
<isinclude url="${URLUtils.url('ReportingEvent-Start',
 'ID', 'BasketOpen',
 'BasketID', pdict.Basket.UUID,
 'Items', StringUtils.formatNumber(
 pdict.Basket.productLineItems.length, '#,##0', locale),
 'MerchandizeTotal', StringUtils.formatNumber(
 pdict.Basket.merchandizeTotalPrice.value, '#,##0.00', locale),
 'AdjMerchandizeTotal', StringUtils.formatNumber(
 pdict.Basket.getAdjustedMerchandizeTotalPrice(false).value, '#,##0.00', locale),
 'AdjMerchandizeTotalPromo', StringUtils.formatNumber(
 pdict.Basket.getAdjustedMerchandizeTotalPrice(true).value, '#,##0.00', locale),
 'ShippingTotal', StringUtils.formatNumber(
 pdict.Basket.shippingTotalPrice.value, '#,##0.00', locale),
 'AdjShippingTotal', StringUtils.formatNumber(
 pdict.Basket.adjustedShippingTotalPrice.value, '#,##0.00', locale)
)}"/>
Checkout URL Pattern
The Checkout event is used in both SFRA and SGJC.
URL Parameter Parameter Value
ID The string "Checkout."
BasketID The basket's UUID.
Step The number of the checkout step.
Name The checkout name.
For SFRA, see the helper method getCheckoutReportingURLs() in reportingUrls.js.
For SGJC, the following snippet shows how this URL pattern is constructed in the ReportCheckout.isml template:
<isif condition="${empty(checkoutstep)}">
 <isinclude url="${URLUtils.url('ReportingEvent-Start',
 'ID', 'Checkout',
 'BasketID', pdict.Basket.UUID,
 'Step', StringUtils.formatNumber(1, '#,##0', locale),
 'Name', checkoutname
 )}"/>
<iselse/>
 <isinclude url="${URLUtils.url('ReportingEvent-Start',
 'ID', 'Checkout',
 'BasketID', pdict.Basket.UUID,
 'Step', StringUtils.formatNumber(checkoutstep, '#,##0', locale),
 'Name', checkoutname
 )}"/>
</isif>
GCPurchased URL Pattern
The GCPurchased event is used only in SGJC.
URL Parameter Parameter Value
ID The string "GCPurchased."
Amount The base price for the line item, which is the price of the unit before applying adjustments, in the purchase currency.
For SGJC, the following snippet shows how this URL pattern is constructed in the ReportOrder.isml template:
<isloop items="${pdict.Order.giftCertificateLineItems}" var="GCLI">
 <isinclude url="${URLUtils.url('ReportingEvent-Start',
 'ID', 'GCPurchased',
 'Amount', StringUtils.formatNumber(GCLI.basePrice.value, '#,##0.00', locale)
 )}"/>
</isloop>
GCRedeemed URL Pattern
The GCPurchased event is used only in SGJC.
URL Parameter Parameter Value
ID The string "GCRedeemed."
Amount The amount of money redeemed for the payment instrument.
For SGJC, the following snippet shows how this URL pattern is constructed in the ReportOrder.isml template:
<isloop items="${pdict.Order.giftCertificatePaymentInstruments}" var="GCPI">
 <isinclude url="${URLUtils.url('ReportingEvent-Start',
 'ID', 'GCRedeemed',
 'Amount', StringUtils.formatNumber(GCPI.paymentTransaction.amount.value, '#,##0.00', locale)
 )}"/>
</isloop>
Item URL Pattern
The Item event is used in both SFRA and SGJC.
URL Parameter Parameter Value
ID The string "Checkout."
SKU The line item's product ID.
Name The line item's product name.
UUID The line item's UUID.
Quantity The line item's quantity.
CurrencyCode The currency code of the order.
Base The line item's base price.
Net The line item's net price.
Tax The line item's tax amount.
Gross The line item's gross price.
AdjNet The net price of the product line item after applying all product-level adjustments.
AdjTax The tax of the line item after applying adjustments, in the purchase currency.
AdjGross The gross price of the line item after applying all product-level adjustments.
Mfg The name of the manufacturer of the product.
Bonus Boolean indicating if the product line item represents a bonus line item.
For SFRA, see the helper method getOrderReportingURLs() in reportingUrls.js.
For SGJC, the following snippet shows how this URL pattern is constructed in the ReportOrder.isml template:
<isloop items="${shipment.productLineItems}" var="


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Seattle Composite Squadron actively exercises all three of CAP's primary missions. Our cadet program is managed by a small but dedicated staff of senior members who have built a strong program. Our senior program is weighted toward emergency services, particularly air operations. Aerospace and Safety education are integrated into both the senior and cadet programs through regular agenda items.
Our cadet program officers' efforts were recognized by National HQ with a Quality Cadet Unit Award for 2014. Cadets are taught the tenets of leadership and given the opportunity to lead their peers as they progress through the program. Moral leadership and the importance of CAP's Core Values are taught regularly. Mathematics, science, engineering and history are taught through regular aerospace education lessons, which may be lectures on aviation and space or hands-on activities over the course of multiple weeks. Ground search and rescue training is given periodically and occasional "camping" weekends are held in the wilderness for practical exercise. Cadets may also take orientation flights in CAP aircraft where CAP pilots teach the cadet about aircraft operations and even allow them to fly the plane. If you have a child between the ages of 12 and 18, he or she is eligible for membership.
Most of our seniors are rated aircrew, a number are pilots and we also have a few rated ground team members and leaders. Our squadron is currently assigned a Cessna 182T Nav III (G1000 avionics). Many seniors also volunteer as emergency workers with WSDOT Aviation since much of the CAP and WSDOT aviation training is held jointly. Pilots have the opportunity to fly cadets on orientation flights, learn search and rescue flying, perform aerial photography missions and more. Senior members need not be pilots. The senior program has roles for people with interest in finance, law, public affairs, recruiting, information technology and more. If you have an interest in serving your community and the dedication to contribute positively to our program, please come visit.
Capt Ignacio Hoyos
Maj Wade Hasbrouck
Capt Lowell Silver
Seattle Composite Squadron, CAP
P.O. Box 80282
Seattle, WA 98108
Civil Air Patrol federal tax ID: EIN 75-_PHONE_

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CANCELLED: Harry Potter tour at the Ashmolean
harry potter
Image as: WA1898.18 Anonymous British, John Dee (1527 - 1608) Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
What does a real crystal ball look like? Why might you slip a love potion into Gillywater? What is the alchemical meaning behind the names of Albus Dumbledore, Rubeus Hagrid and Sirius Black? Did Elias Ashmole really believe that he could make the Philosopher's Stone?
If you have ever wondered about the history behind the Hogwarts adventures, then this is the tour for you. J.K. Rowling's imagination was fired by the historical myths and magic and on this tour we will look some of the Ashmolean's treasures which illuminate the real-world sources of her ideas. We will look at classical and Renaissance objects to explore some of the ways in which Harry Potter works its magic on the stories and material culture of the past.
This tour will be led by Dr Beatrice Groves, Research Fellow and Lecturer in Renaissance literature at Trinity College, and author of Literary Allusion in Harry Potter.
Free. Booking is essential.


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eye-catcher, constructed around 1765, as part of the estate of Gaynes Park, owned by the Lord Mayor of London in 1777.
The erection of fencing on the bridge has seriously damaged the structure, and overgrowth is making the stability even worse. Some structural repairs have been carried out in the past but further works are urgently required.
Stores Building at Abbey Mills Pumping Station, Newham
The storage building was used in 1865 by prominent engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette, famous for creating the sewer network.
The building was damaged by water, but the building is now wind and watertight. Works to fully repair the building and bring it back into use as a store are at an advanced stage.
Holy Trinity Church, Islington
The Grade II listed building is in 'very bad' condition and is at 'immediate risk of further rapid deterioration' despite urgent repairs being made to the roof and high level stonework in 2006.
The west turrets, aisle roofs and internal plaster and lath ceilings remain in bad condition.
Abbey Mills Pumping Station, Abbey Lane
A pumping station between 1910 to 1914, the internal pumping floor is sunk deep below ground level.
The building has been pretty much abandoned - it's slowly decaying and are no long-term proposals for the re-use of the building, although options are being discussed.
Tide Mill, Newham
The Tide Mill dates from 1776 and was last used in 1941. Much of the building fabric has been repaired, but work is needed to the undershot water wheels and surviving machinery.
The River Lea Tidal Mill Trust continues to work towards a sustainable strategy for repair of machinery, along with improvements to education and community facilities.
Sugar House Lane, Stratford
The industrial conservation area in East London has been given a condition rating of 'very bad', but happily it's also listed as 'improving'.
Three Mills, Stratford
This conservation area has also been given a condition rating of 'very bad', but it's listed as 'improving significantly' - a very positive sign.
Central buffet at Custom house, Royal Albert Dock
The Grade II listed restaurant was built in 1883 in a free classical style. The beautiful building is in poor condition, but a repair scheme is in progress and permission has been granted for restoration and use as a restaurant as part of the wider Royals Business Park development of Albert Dock.
Ancillary Pump House, Abbey Road
This part of Abbey Mills Pumping Station dates back to 1868 and is building a similar style to the main station.
There is some evidence of water ingress and the design of the exterior downpipes makes them vulnerable to plant growth and blockages. The building is vacant and has no identified use.
Gate lodge at Abbey Mills Pumping Station
This is the lodge to the pumping station, built around 1865, and it looks rather like an old village church.
It was in poor condition and without a secure use, but now works to repair and re-fit the building for use as an information centre and office are at an advanced stage.
Bases of pair of chimney stacks at Abbey Mills Pumping Station
The two chimney bases were also built in 1865 by Sir Joseph Bazalgette.
The brick and stonework has been severely damaged by invasive plant growth, although this is now being monitored and removed regularly. The stonework porches have suffered partial collapse. A survey has been carried out to enable Thames Water to consider options for repair.
Chimney to Beckton Sewage Works, Newham
A chimney dating from 1887 to 1889, designed by Joseph Bazalgette, as part of the improvements to the northern outfall of the London drainage network.
The chimney has been dismantled and is in storage, pending re-erection following completion of the tunnelling works. Regular surveys are carried out to review its condition.
Mausoleum of Sir Joseph William Bazalgette, Wimbledon
This guy again! The mausoleum is in St Mary's Churchyard, dedicated to the man who was the designer of the London sewer system and the builder of the Victoria and Albert Embankments in the 1860s.
The ironwork requires repair and the gates are missing. Water ingress is causing gradual collapse of the internal brickwork to the roof.
Burn Bullock Public House, Merton
The grand Grade II listed building, formerly the Kings Head Hotel, has a centuries old interior and exterior.
No longer a public house, it had been illegally occupied as a House in Multiple Occupation and has suffered associated deterioration. Essential repairs have been made and it has been externally decorated.
Northern block of Alice Billings House, Stratford
A block of firemen's accommodation built for the West Ham Fire Brigade in 1905 is a rare example of the incorporation of a practice hose/drying tower separate from the fire station building.
The building was used for offices from the 1980s and has since been vacant and slowly deteriorating for many years. The Local Authority is exploring options for its re-use.
New Testament Church of God, Bethnal Green
Formerly the Holy Trinity Church on Morgan Street, this grand place of worship was built between 1836 and 1839.
Repairs to the roofs and stonework were completed in 2007 but internal epairs are needed to the nave ceiling, windows and walls. The nave ceiling is currently netted as a precaution against further of plaster.
Church of St John, Bethnal Green
The parish church on Cambridge Heath Road was built in 1824 and later extended.
Repairs to high level stonework were completed in 2014, and now funding is ought for a further phase of repairs to the aisle roofs, the interior of the narthex and the church steps.
The Cross and Star Church, Bermondsey
This church was built as a Presbyterian chapel in 1888 with Queen Anne and Romanesque influences. It is now the London base for the church of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star - a sect of Christianity founded in Nigeria.
The external fabric is in need of repair, including the boundaries, the brickwork, rainwater goods and the stained glass windows.
Church of St Peter, Camberwell
Work started on this church in 1873 on land gifted by Dulwich College for a new parish formed from St Giles Camberwell. The tower and spire were completed in 1875 and the vestry enlarged in 1893.
The Church of England closed the church in 1984 and sold it to Worth Abbey who then sold it to the Deeper Life Bible Church. Slated roofs of the nave and timber-framed spire are in bad condition, there is settlement on the north side aisle and the parish hall is derelict.
The central area was converted to a private golf course in the early 20th century and while features of the historic designed landscape survive they are in poor condition.
A Parkland Plan has been prepared and a steering group of stakeholders meets regularly to promote implementation, plus possible sources of funding are being explored.
Central offices at Customs House, Royal Albert Dock
Offices, built in 1883, and now owned by the London Development Agency and part of Royals Business Park.
Permission has been granted for restoration and use as a club and art gallery as part of the wider Royals Business Park development of Albert Dock.
Braithwaite Viaduct, Brick Lane
The early railway viaduct was built in 1840 by John Braithwaite for the Eastern Counties Railway, and was formerly set within an extensive brick vaulted goods yard from around 1880, but was partially demolished in 2003.
St Clements Hospital, Bow
Decorative gates and railings forming the front boundary to the redundant St Clements Hospital are all at risk and in poor condition.
Planning permission has been granted for the conversion of the former hospital to housing, and works have started on site with expected completion in 2020.
Peckham Rye Station
The station is an H-shaped building, built in 1864 by Charles Henry Driver for the London, Brighton and South East Coast Railway. The northern wing has been refurbished and brought back into use.
Discussions are ongoing to bring the vacant areas in the southern wing back into use, and consent has been granted or a project to repair the roof and reinstate some of the lost decorative work to the station's front elevation.
The Grotto, Wanstead Park
This ruined grotto boathouse from 1762 consists of a large honeycomb rockwork facade of segmental plan with several arches at lake level, and window openings above.
The grotto has been managed as a ruin for many decades but its stability is threatened by mortar failure, loss of rockwork, and self-sown vegetation.
London Hospital, Stepney
The conservation area in Tower Hamlets is in a 'very bad' condition and 'no significant change' has been seen.
St Michael and All Angels Church, Walthamstow
This gothic church has an imposing interior augmented by stained glass windows and the highest nave roof of any church in the Chelmsford Diocese - in short, it's impressive.
The original cast iron rainwater goods are in very poor condition and inadequate in capacity to cater for storm rainfall. The consequent regular wetting of the soft red bricks is causing them to spall and decay. In addition, the vestry roof is felted over and needs renewal.
Water Turbine House, Chingford Mill Pumping Station
The water turbine house was built in 1895, and consent for residential use was granted in 2007 and subsequently renewed.
However, the building is in very poor condition, with damage to rainwater goods, windows, and plasterwork. The Local Authority and Historic England are liaising with the owners to identify and secure urgent remedial works.
Chingford Mill Pumping Station, Waltham Forest
The pumping statin was built in 1895 for East London Water Works, in a variant of the style popularised by Norman Shaw.
Part of the building is being converted for residential use; part remains for utility use. The roof to the tower section is in very poor condition and rainwater goods require repair.
Battersea Park Station
The Italianate style railway station built in around 1865 for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway but alterations to the service meant that the architecturally significant platform one is now redundant.
Repair works are complete, but the building


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 End Sub
End Class
So load it up and play around with it. It works quite well. However, do something for me. Move it to the bottom right and then tell me if it changes the opacity. Nope, or at least, it shouldn't. Why is that? Because the Middle of the form has changed positions, yet we haven't updated our MidX or MidY values. So it still thinks that it's in the default starting position, which for VB is the top left of your screen.
First things first though, let me explain opacity. You may be wondering why I divide by 1000. Well, the answer is, you can use any number you want. 1000 was what I choose because it gives us a good range of opacities. The opacity setting on a form can be anywhere from 0, completely opaque, to 1, completely transparent. Therefore, we divide by a number and then subtract 1 from it so we can get a number between 0-1. On the off chance it's either higher than 1 or lower than 0, we just set it to the nearest one. So, onwards to adjusting for a resize and move.
Part 4: You can't fools me...I's toughist ork around....(I've been hitting the warhammer too much)
So now we need two more events. A Me.Move event and a Me.Resize event. You can create both of these using the handy-dandy property/event drop down menu that Visual Studio offers us - :^: .
Anyways, These are two simple events. All you have to do is copy and paste the MidX and MidY formulas into them. Since you already have these formulas, I don't think I need to write the code out again and so move I'll move on to something else. Form Focus. Let's face it, if they leave your form and go do something else, it doesn't really make sense to keep calculating opacity for our form. Instead, it should quietly disappear and sit in the background. Then when it gets focus again, the calculations start and it becomes completely opaque at first. For this we need a GotFocus and LostFocus event. Here's the code.
Timer1.Enabled = true
Timer1.Start()
Me.Opacity = 1
Timer1.Enabled = false
Timer1.Stop()
Me.Opacity = 0.05
I'll note on LostFocus that I use the value .05 because we don't want the form to be completely invisible. The user might want to click on it to give it focus again, or use alt+tab, or use Windows+tab (for Aero users), or use the taskbar. Either way, they all give focus to the window, so we'll leave it slightly visible for those who are mouse addicts (Joking).
Part 6: The Final
This is a simple part. Here's all the code for it. That's all. Enjoy! Look out for more forrays into my programming adventures - I think it's time to do a Python one.
Public Class Form1
 Private MidX As Integer = (Me.Left + (Me.Left + Me.Width)) / 2
 Private MidY As Integer = (Me.Top + (Me.Top + Me.Height)) / 2
 Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
 Dim P As System.Drawing.Point = Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position
 Dim XOffset As Double, YOffset As Double
 XOffset = System.Math.Abs(P.X - MidX)
 YOffset = System.Math.Abs(P.Y - MidY)
 set_opacity(CInt(System.Math.Sqrt(XOffset ^ 2 + YOffset ^ 2)))
 End Sub
 Sub set_opacity(ByVal Num As Integer)
 Dim Opac As Double
 Opac = 1 - (Num / 1000)
 Opac = CDbl(IIf(Opac < 0, 0, Opac))
 Opac = CDbl(IIf(Opac > 1, 1, Opac))
 Me.Opacity = Opac
 End Sub
 Private Sub Form1_GotFocus(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.GotFocus
 Timer1.Enabled = True
 Timer1.Start()
 Me.Opacity = 1
 End Sub
 Private Sub Form1_LostFocus(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.LostFocus
 Timer1.Enabled = False
 Timer1.Stop()
 Me.Opacity = 0.05
 End Sub
 Private Sub Form1_Move(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Move
 MidX = (Me.Left + (Me.Left + Me.Width)) / 2
 MidY = (Me.Top + (Me.Top + Me.Height)) / 2
 End Sub
 Private Sub Form1_ResizeEnd(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.ResizeEnd
 MidX = (Me.Left + (Me.Left + Me.Width)) / 2
 MidY = (Me.Top + (Me.Top + Me.Height)) / 2
 End Sub
End Class
If you feel like using this in a big project, I have one word for you. Module. Enough said. Toodles.
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No, During William Wallace's life the Scots Monarchs were:
Alexander III King of Scots - 4 September 1241 – 19 March 1286
Margaret Maid of Norway - Was queen-designate of the Scots from 1286 until her death in 1290 in Orkney.
John Balliol - Was King of Scots from 1292 to 1296.
Between the death of Margaret and after the abdication of Balliol Scotland was governed by Guardians of Scotland who were regents of the Kingdom of Scotland from 1286 until 1292 and from 1296 until 1306. William Wallace was one of the Guardians during the Second Interregnum 1296–1306.
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The increasing popularity of ambient assisted living solutions is claiming adaptive and scalable tools to monitor activities of daily living. Currently, most sensor-based activity recognition techniques rely on supervised learning algorithms. However, the acquisition of comprehensive training sets of activities in smart homes is expensive and violates the individual's privacy. In this work, we address this problem by proposing a novel hybrid approach that couples collaborative active learning with probabilistic and knowledge-based reasoning. The rationale of our approach is that a generic, and possibly incomplete, knowledge-based model of activities can be refined to target specific individuals and environments by collaboratively acquiring feedback from inhabitants. Specifically, we propose a collaborative active learning method exploiting users' feedback to (i) refine correlations among sensor events and activity types that are initially extracted from a high-level ontology, and (ii) mine temporal patterns of sensor events that are frequently generated by the execution of specific activities. A Markov Logic Network is used to recognize activities with probabilistic rules that capture both the ontological knowledge and the information obtained by active learning. We experimented our solution with a real-world dataset of activities carried out by several individuals in an interleaved fashion. Experimental results show that our collaborative and personalized active learning solution significantly improves recognition rates, while triggering a small number of feedback requests. Moreover, the overall recognition rates compare favorably with existing supervised and unsupervised activity recognition methods.
newNECTAR : Collaborative active learning for knowledge-based probabilistic activity recognition / G. Civitarese, C. Bettini, T. Sztyler, D. Riboni, H. Stuckenschmidt. - In: PERVASIVE AND MOBILE COMPUTING. - ISSN _PHONE_. - 56(2019 May), pp. 88-105.
|Titolo:||newNECTAR : Collaborative active learning for knowledge-based probabilistic activity recognition|
CIVITARESE, GABRIELE (Corresponding)
|Parole Chiave:||pervasive computing; activity recognition; active learning; temporal pattern mining|
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Effect of thin film stress on the elastic strain energy of coherent Cr thin film on substrate has been calculated by applying Eshelby's inclusion theory taking into account both the anisotropy and inhomogeneity. The elastic strain energy is more significantly influenced by the magnitude of coherent misfit than by the film orientation, which explains why the (200) Cr texture can develop on the (200) MgO seed layer. The application of compressive stress to a film showing a positive dilatational misfit with a constant magnitude has an effect to raise the elastic strain energy at all film orientations and causes for the (200)Cr orientation to have the smallest elastic strain energy at a sufficiently large compressive stress. This suggests a possibility that a coherent Cr thin film on substrate can exhibit a (200) texture due to a development of high thin film stress during an early period of sputter deposition. Concerning an incoherent Cr thin film on substrate, the elastic strain energy is mostly determined by that due to a thin film stress itself and is always the smallest at the (200) Cr orientation, unlikely from the coherent thin film. Although this energy is normally negligibly small compared with the elastic strain energy due to a coherent misfit, it can nevertheless attain a critical energy range for a texture change from the (110) to (200) Cr at thin film stresses more than several hundreds of MPa. This explains why the (200) Cr texture is promoted over the (110) on amorphous NiP coating on applying either a mechanical texturing or a bias of negative voltage during sputter deposition. All of these analyses strongly suggest that the thin film stress developed in thin film during an early period of sputter deposition plays an important role in determining its texture.
The texture and stress of sputtered Cr thin films on Si substrates have been investigated for various deposition conditions. The measurement of stress variation with Ar pressure indicates that a maximum tensile stress occurs at an intermediate pressure. As the substrate temperature and bias increase, the stress of Cr thin film decreases and the texture of Cr thin film changes from (110) to (200). This result is in good agreement with the prediction of our calculation.
Variation of surface undulation of thin film on substrate has been simulated using Discrete Atom Method(DAM) as a function of the magnitude of coherent misfit. The results are in accord with the thermodynamic critical wavelength suggested by Srolovitz considering the total energy of thin film as the sum of surface energy and elastic strain energy. The larger the misfit, the shorter the wavelength of surface undulation. The waves of surface undulation was observed when misfit is larger than a critical value. The observation of surface undulation of Cr thin film using Atomic Force Microscope(AFM) indicated that its wavelength became shorter with the increase of the thin film stress. This suggests that the misfit between Cr thin film and Si substrate is so small that thin film stress becomes a dominating factor in determining the elastic strain energy of Cr thin film. A new DAM program was developed so that it can handle the stress problem in addition to the misfit problem. The result showed that the thin film stress exerts a similar effect on the surface undulation as the misfit does. Further development of DAM program has been explored so that one can simulate a bi-layer thin film problem. The result showed that thin film stress on top layer plays a more important role in determining the surface undulation.


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In early April, the Kids Fashion Weekend Spring Festival was held at the Zagreb Zoo, where children had the opportunity to participate in several exciting workshops and activities. The event was also supported by JGL in the form of an Aqua Maris corner, where children could take part in an educational workshop titled "Plant for cleaner air because breathing means life!".
In addition to planting and sowing seeds of plants well-known for their air-purifying qualities, children and their parents learned about the importance of plants for human health. They decorated their plant pots, which they could take home as an incentive to continue caring for their plants.
The little creative minds joined a workshop on making butterflies, picture frames and jewellery from repurposed materials. This reaffirmed the idea that not all waste should be thrown away and that it can be used creatively with the ultimate goal of preserving nature and the environment.


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When your child is stuck indoors and looking for something fun to do then consider getting them to do an activity of threading pony beads on tree branches to build fine motor skills! It's simple to set up and the decorated branches look stunning!
As our Winter season comes to an end here in Australia my girls and I are slowly starting to pay more attention to the tiny buds of growth that are slowly and eagerly wanting to appear on tree branches. To make use of some of the old and broken branches, left over from a windy Winter, we decided to put them to use and decorate them with some brightly coloured pony beads.
Recommended age: 3 years +
(Strict and active supervision is required)
Threading pony beads on tree branches to build fine motor skills
My children love pony beads and secretly I do too. There is so many ways children can use them in play activities or for brightening up a craft. For this simple activity, which you can do indoors, you will need –
- Tree branch (with thin branches)
- Pony beads
- Play dough
Simply balance the branch by using a ball of play dough in front of your child. Ensure there are no branches that are likely to cause your child to poke their eye as they work.
Once everything is ready then you can simply ask your child to carefully thread the pony beads onto the tree branches. They will learn quite quickly that they need to take care with this as the branches can easily break and cause the pony beads to fall.
Whilst creating patterns was too advanced a challenge for Boo (aged 2.5 years) she loved to try and get all the pony bead colours available to her onto the tree branch.
Older children could make various patterns using the coloured pony beads.
As Boo was doing this activity I took advnatage of her intense level of concentration and counted some of the beads aloud. Simply counting aloud to a child is great for developing their awareness of numbers and how they are ordered.
Fine Motor Skills
Of course, using pony beads with children instantly gets them working on their fine motor skills. The pinching action they need to hold the bead between their two fingers is great and required for them to complete the challenge.
If you're stuck indoors, looking for something quick then give this a go. It requires very simple set up and it certainly kept my 2 year old occupied for a long time. The pony beads are so great for counting, in patterns and developing fine motor skills, which later helps with holding pencils to write etc.
Do you love pony bead activities?
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- A form of red ochre sometimes used to mark sheep
ruddle (third-person singular simple present ruddles, present participle ruddling, simple past and past participle ruddled)
- To mark something with red ochre.
- To raddle or twist.
ruddle (plural ruddles)
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- A riddle or sieve.
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JMP 11 Pro: Distribution Platform - Normal Mixtures. How does JMP decide how to label the distributions?
JMP 11 Pro: Distribution Platform - Normal Mixtures. How does JMP decide how to label the distributions?
I fit a mixture of 3 normal distributions to a (single) response. The 3 distributions identified by JMP are labelled 1, 2 and 3 in the JMP output, i.e. (π1, μ1, σ1), (π2, μ2, σ2) and (π3, μ3, σ3). How does JMP decide which of the 3 identified distributions to label respectively 1, 2 and 3? Is it based on the relative values of the μ's ? Or is it eg. so that I can be most 'confident' in the distribution labelled 3 and less 'confident' in the distribution labelled 1 (i.e. iterative like e.g.: first the distribution labelled 3 is identified as the most 'obvious' distribution in the data. Then this distribution is 'filtered out' and JMP identifies the distribution labelled '2' in the 'rest' after distribution 1 is filtered out. Finally, the distribution labelled '1' is identified after distribution 3 and 2 are 'filtered out')?

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Re: JMP 11 Pro: Distribution Platform - Normal Mixtures. How does JMP decide how to label the distributions?
"The answer is that there is no ordering given to the distributions. Fitting the normal mixtures model is solved as an optimization problem in the mixture proportions, means, and variance matrices. The user sees the parameters that are wherever that optimization algorithm lands at its last iteration, e.g. no further processing happens. As a user I wouldn't read much into the ordering that is given, and I would focus attention on the clusters with larger mixture probabilities."
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Re: JMP 11 Pro: Distribution Platform - Normal Mixtures. How does JMP decide how to label the distributions?
Thank you very much!
Is it possible to get a reference to the algorithm used?
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Re: JMP 11 Pro: Distribution Platform - Normal Mixtures. How does JMP decide how to label the distributions?
If I remember correctly, for the Distribution Platform, the cluster labels are based on the estimated cluster mean. The cluster with the lowest cluster mean gets the label "1", next highest gets label "2", and so on.
You can see an example of where I took advantage of that in this blog post _URL_
Unfortunately, the link to the JMP add-in I created that "bins" rows according to their most likely cluster doesn't work any more. I will see if I can upload the add-in to the JMP User Community.
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Re: JMP 11 Pro: Distribution Platform - Normal Mixtures. How does JMP decide how to label the distributions?
Just uploaded the add-in. You can find it here: Univariate Binning using the Normal Mixtures Distribution
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Scoping refers to which object another object is contained in. Scoping affects compartments, species, parameters, and rules.
A compartment is scoped to (or contained in) a model or another compartment.
Although a model can contain multiple compartments, each species is scoped to only one compartment.
A parameter is scoped to a model or a kinetic law.
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Improving reactive speed and observing surroundings in order to do tasks correctly.
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Two teams are on the floor facing each other on two sides of the net. By connecting commands to tasks, the players have to think before they do something. As can be seen in the video, the coach can link numbers to a team and make them work with volleyballs.
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This page of explanations of Metaphors is part of Web site biblesecrets.org which is a site devoted to the new view of Jesus Christ's second coming. It is based on the interpretation of The Book of Job which is an allegory for Jesus while he was on the cross trying to figure out why God had forsaken him..Copyright © 2000 DSOTO--
Many of the deeper meanings of the Old Testament are missed because metaphors are used so extensively. Examples of this are "eating" and "drinking," which refer to learning spiritual truths or the Word; and vines, trees, briers and thorns, cattle, and even fish when they refer to people. Jesus used these metaphors many times in the New Testament, even referring to himself as the "bread and water" from heaven. We should easily recognize the metaphor of eating because it's so common in our speech. Surely, you have heard such expressions: "I swallowed his story, hook, line and sinker;" or, "I swallowed my pride;" or, "I really liked his ideas; I ate them up." If you watch for them, metaphors are more common in our speech than we might first think. A line from a recent song comes to mind is a prime example, "You are the wind beneath my wings."
The metaphors in the Old Testament are a little harder to see sometimes, especially when they are only alluded to. They can be used so subtly that it is easy to miss the real message. A good example of this is found in Isaiah 28:8. He says: " For all the tables(1)), are full with vomit and filthiness, so there is no place clean." This verse is referring to the same metaphor of eating that Jesus uses so many times. It means that all the tables, which are places for eating, contains fouled food, not wholesome "bread," which means, "the word, truth". It means, there is no knowledge on the table that is clean to "feast upon," that all of "the bread" of God that should be there has been fouled by men. God's truths have been turned into what the philosophies of men turn "bread" into--vomit and excrement,(2) metaphorically of course. (Cf. Isaiah 21:5).
"WATER" the most frequently used metaphor
"Water," representing truth and knowledge, is probably the most frequently used metaphor in the Old Testament but still is very often missed. It shouldn't be, though, when we remember that a vine, metaphorically, meaning the Lord's people, needs spiritual watering and nurturing. Not only is Israel, collectively, considered as the Lords vine, but so is each of his children, individually. It is used hundreds of times in these ways (See Isa. 5:2-7; Psa. 80:8 for examples.). It is a small step to extend this metaphor to include light, recognizing that "vines" need both "water" and "light" to do well. Even so, it is amazing how often we fail to recognize this use of "water" in the Old Testament, especially when Jesus used it so plainly in the New Testament. Jesus said, "Whosoever drinketh of this water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life" (John 4:14). That water, of course, is his Gospel, which is the knowledge of how to "grow" into "everlasting life." He went on to tell us that he even personifies that water by saying "If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink, (John 7:37)." In other words he is saying, If any man thirsts for spiritual knowledge, "I am that water," which means he is the way, the only way to salvation, and is, therefore, the Messiah. (Cf. Rev. 7:15-17--"the Lamb...shall lead them unto living fountains of waters.)
Recently the importance of this metaphor was brought back to my attention. After I had studied and written about the meanings of "water" in the scriptures for many years, one day in a Sunday school class the teacher dropped a bomb on me, so to speak. She casually gave the class the definition of the Hebrew word for "prophet" from Smith's Bible Dictionary. What a great thing to learn; and it is unlikely I would have ever made this connection myself because it is doubtful I would have ever looked this up. This simple definition fit in with everything I had learned about this important metaphor. It also gave my testimony of the gospel another big boost. Incidentally, Smith's Bible Dictionary is on the internet.
The ordinary Hebrew word for prophet is nabi, derived from a verb signifying "to bubble forth" like a fountain; hence the word means one who announces or pours forth the declarations of God. The English word comes from the Greek prophetes (profetes ), which signifies in classical Greek one who speaks for another, especially one who speaks for a god, and so interprets his will to man; hence its essential meaning is "an interpreter." The use of the word in its modern sense as "one who predicts" is post-classical. The larger sense of interpretation has not, however, been lost. In fact the English word ways been used in a closer sense. (Underlining added)
A quick connection is easy to see when the above words of Jesus are considered, but it has a much greater significance. Because it is so well known you would think we would never miss this metaphor of "water" representing the truth or gospel, but it's easy to do in the Old Testament. Isaiah, alone, speaks of water this way a minimum of thirty-three times. In addition, he refers back to this metaphor using words such as thirst, dry, and drought. When he speaks of the wilderness, meaning a spiritual wilderness, he is still referring to this metaphor because the wilderness (where people live without the Gospel) is a wilderness because of the lack of "water" (spiritual truth). This is made more than clear when he talks about the wilderness becoming flooded with springs and streams and pools of water (Isa. 35:6-7). He is talking about floods of spiritual knowledge coming to them, not just rain. Look for this metaphor constantly; it's everywhere in the Old Testament, even taking on other forms such as ice and snow. In the early chapters of Isaiah (of curses) he takes away their water, making spiritual Israel a desert (3:1,5:13, 19:5-6), and in later chapters (of blessing), their "water" is restored in abundance (35:6-7, 41:18). The following verse, in a synonymous parallelism, teaches clearly that water is knowledge of God.
my people are gone into captivity, because they have no
And the honorable men are famished, and their multitude drieth up with thirst. (Isa. 5:13).
The "honorable men are famished" (hungry and thirsty), meaning they have neither bread nor water--the bread and water represents knowledge of God. They are "gone into captivity" in two ways: by Assyria, and by Satan, and for the same reason--because of their ignorance of God. Consider these lines from the same chapter: (Isa. 5:6-7)
I will lay
it waste, that vineyard.[Israel]
It shall not be pruned, neither digged,
But there shall come up briers and thorns.[wicked]
I will command the clouds that they not rain.
For the vineyard of the LORD is the house of Israel,
And the men of Judah, his pleasant plant.
It means that the Lord will withdraw his help or guidance, which is represented by "pruning," "digging," and "watering." And when he does withdraw, the men of Judah become "briers and thorns" instead of his "pleasant plant" (righteous ones). The following verses also use plants (which need water) to represent people. He uses "trees" for the righteous, "thorns and briers" for the wicked: (Isaiah 53:13)
shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace;
The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing,
And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree,
And instead of the brier, the myrtle tree.
It means Israel "shall go out" of the wicked world with "joy" and "peace," which is salvation. The "mountains and hills" is the Lord's mountain, where all those live who have lifted themselves up and out of the realm of Satan (the deep) by keeping the commandments of God. It is Zion, the pure in heart. They "sing" out of happiness for your salvation. "All the trees" (which are righteous people) "of the field" are also joyous for you. Instead of "thorns and briers," there will be "trees" (the righteous) in Israel.
Because "water" and its other forms are used so frequently, learning to recognize just this metaphor is crucial to understanding the Old Testament. The Book of Job uses water, and the other forms of water, such as rain, hail, snow, and frost, metaphorically many times. Most of the time they are used in synonymous parallelisms so the meaning is more clear. Surely


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Lesson 1 (from Chapter 1, Cache Lake, Portage to Contentment)
Chapter 1, Cache Lake, Portage to Contentment
Over the following 30 days, students will read "Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods." The objective of this lesson is to stimulate interest in studying John J. Rowlands' book.
1) Research Topic: Biographical overview of John J. "Jim" Rowlands. Focus on his background concerning the outdoor topics addressed in the book. Consider the chronological calendar style employed.
2) Class Discussion: In writing "Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods", what background or personal history was likely to have influenced Jim? What were the author's aims? How significant toward the achievement of those goals do students anticipate to have ranked Henry B. Kane's illustrations? What have those with published reviews of "Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods" had to say? What sort of interest do the students anticipate? Was there anything they came across in their research, or...
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We report on the simulation and characterisation of compound phase-shifted fiber Bragg structures for use as novel in-fiber magneto-optical point sensors. Through simulation we show that the Faraday rotation spectra of phase-shifted gratings can be tailored by tuning the ratio of substructure lengths. A design process for tailoring the magneto-optical spectrum is illustrated, and it is shown that a general optimum structure exists for producing a region of total reflection incorporating magneto-optical Faraday rotation that is enhanced both in strength and spectral width. A practical optical fiber system that exploits the proposed distributed feedback (DFB) structures to enable novel all-fiber sensors for the dual measurement of magnetic field strength and temperature is described in detail, and the sensor response is simulated. The study is supported by laboratory fabrication of the proposed fiber DFB structures which demonstrates the principle of enhancement in terms of tailored group delay spectra and highlights practical issues for sensor packaging.
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Python Check If File is Empty – 4 Ways
Are you looking for how you can check if file is empty in Python? In this post, I will show you to check if any given file is empty or not in Python in three different ways.
The best way would be just by checking the size of the file. But there are other various ways using which you can quickly identify if the given file is empty or not. Note that you should know the path of your file in python.
1. Using seek method of OS:
The OS[1] library of python has an inbuilt function that can be used on file objects to verify whether the given file is empty or not. This is the most efficient way to check and it actually tells if the file is empty in any given condition.
import os
with open("\user\FileToCheck.txt") as currFile:
 currFiel.seek(0, os.SEEK_END) #if it goes to end of the file
 if currFiel.tell() == 0:
 print("File is Empty")
 else:
 print("File is not Empty")
If you think the above code is complicated then you can try out other methods mentioned below examples.
2. Using OS function st_size:
In Python the OS library has an inbuilt function named st_size, this function if used on any file will let you know the size of that file. And if the size of the file is zero it means that the file is empty and there is no content present. Let us see it in actual code.
import os
isFileEmpty = os.stat("\user\FileToCheck.txt").st_size
if isFileEmpty == 0:
 print("File is Empty")
else:
 print("File is not Empty")
3. Using Path Lib inbuilt Function
There is a library present in Python 3 and the above with the name Path which has an inbuilt function as a stat and attributes st_size.
from pathlib import Path
currentPath = Path("user/path/toTheFile/FileToCheck.txt")
isFileEmpty = currentPath.stat().st_size()
if isFileEmpty == 0:
 print("File is Empty")
else:
 print("File is not Empty")
4. Using getsize function of OS
In the OS library, we have another inbuilt function know as getsize(). This function returns zero if the file or input file is empty otherwise it will return the size of the file.
from os
isFileEmpty = os.path.getsize("user/path/toTheFile/FileToCheck.txt")
if isFileEmpty == 0:
 print("File is Empty")
else:
 print("File is not Empty")
But do note that this function can throw an OS exception in few cases hence it is always advisable to put this getsize function code line in a try and catch to handle the exception in Python.
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text: A water level automatic control system of a landslide physical model test comprises water tanks, a control cabinet and a slope surface information acquisition device. Two water tanks are respectively arranged at the front and at the back of a landslide physical model test frame. Side faces of the two water tanks, which are contacted with a landslide model, are respectively provided with a plurality of groups of water feeding and discharging holes. Bottoms of the water tanks are connected with water inlet pipelines and water outlet pipelines respectively, water pumps and water inlet electromagnetic valves are arranged on the water inlet pipelines, and water outlet electromagnetic valves are arranged on the water outlet pipelines. Liquid level transmitters for monitoring water levels in the water tanks are arranged in two water tanks, the control cabinet is respectively connected with all the liquid level transmitters, the water pumps, the water inlet electromagnetic valves and the water outlet valves and used for receiving water level signals and controlling opening and closing of the water pumps and the electromagnetic valves, and the slope surface information acquisition device is arranged above the water tank arranged at the front of the landslide physical model test frame. The water level automatic control system of the landslide physical model test can monitor parameters of landslide surface displacement and the like under the condition of stored water level variation precisely and comprehensively and provide an important basis for landslide stability studies.


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Power View is an add-in included within Excel 2013 and later versions. This tutorial shows how to create Power View reports based on Analysis Services tabular models.
- Overview - what is Power View?
- Creating your first Power View report
- Creating and formatting basic visualisations (tables)
- Text boxes and images in Power View (this blog)
- Filtering reports using tiles, slicers and filters
- Matrices and cards in Power View
- Charts in Power View
Posted by Andy Brown on 08 December 2015
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Text boxes and images in Power View
This part of my blog shows how you can add text boxes and images to your Power View reports. Note that a report comes with one text box already added:
Every new report automatically contains a title like this.
Often the easiest thing to do is to delete this title, and add text boxes when and where you want them!
Adding text boxes
To add a text box, choose this option on the Power View tab of the ribbon:
Adding a text box.
You can then type text into your text box (and resize it) in the (sort of) usual way:
Position the mouse on a corner of the text box and click and drag to resize it.
To format a text box, select it and choose this tab on the Excel ribbon:
Choose the TEXT tab on the ribbon.
You can then do a very limited amount of formatting:
Wondering where all of the other standard formatting tools are? Me too.
Adding floating images/pictures
You can add pictures to a report in a similar way. First choose to add an image:
Choose to add a picture from the Power View tab.
When you choose an image, Power View will display it on your report:
Photoshop this is not. You can resize and move your image, but that's about it.
Adding watermark images
An alternative way to add an image is to choose this option:
You can set an image to be your watermark.
You can then choose a combination of the image position and transparency ratio to produce the desired (or otherwise) effect:
This is tiled with 80% transparency.
Here are the options for the image position and transparency:
And that's about it for text boxes and images! Next we'll have a look at 3 ways to filter reports, using tiles, slicers or the filter window.


Between Two Seas (Traversing the Canal du Midi by yacht)
A typical Canal du Midi view. All photos on this post: Leica M9 Summilux 21mm
The Canal du Midi is more than just a convenient way to get from the Med to the Atlantic by boat, it is also extremely beautiful and despite its age, most efficient. The max speed in the canal is just 8 kmh and with about 20 minutes per lock the average speed works out at about 4 kmh which is no more than a pleasant walking pace. You might think that you'll never manage to do the 400 kms of its total length at that speed but even taking it relatively easy it can easily be done in two weeks.
If you love nature, peace and quiet, culture and history you will love the Canal du Midi. It was built 350 years ago and you will be amazed at the way it works. It really is a very impressive piece of engineering indeed and not a day went by when I did not reflect on the imagination and the foresight of the people who had the courage to make it happen all those years ago.
Most of the locks on the Canal du Midi are oval like this one. It works on the same principal of an arch. The idea being that it stops the lock walls collapsing when there is no water in them to support them.
The Canal du Midi was originally designed with commerce in mind and it was used to transport such commodities as wine, grain and fuels using barges pulled by horses. These barges, or Peniche as they are called in French were originally made of wood but more lately in steel. There are very few wooden ones left and almost all of the peniche on the Canal du Midi have been converted to house boats or tripper boats. Today the Canal du Midi is no longer used for transporting goods.
The way the French solved the many issues of just how to take a waterway through the whole country is fascinating. At the summit, some 650 feet above sea level are three lakes which feed the canal with the water that it needs and even today the canal is rarely short of water thanks to this. Along almost the entire length of the Canal du Midi were planted trees. These trees serve many purposes. The leaves provide shade from the southern French sun so that the horses did not over heat and reduce evaporation from the strong Midi summer sun but more than that, their roots hold the banks together and the leaves that fall line the canal bed and help to waterproof it.
Every now and then we'd come across a line of dead trees like these.
Most of the trees today are plane trees which were planted about 150 years ago to replace the original trees which were mostly fruit trees. Today the trees are under threat from a fungus which is killing them off at a disturbing rate. I asked many of the lock keepers (eclusiers) about it and received a different answer each time. Some said that the fungus came over during the war in the wooden cases that the Americans used to hold ammo but however it got here the results of the fungus are clear to see in the many dead trees along the way. Quite how the fungus is passed from one tree to another is not clear either.
Some eclusiers said that the fungus is in the water, others said that it was caused by people tying up to the trees and then spreading the disease when they subsequently tied to another tree further down the way. However this doesn't seem very likely as many of the trees that are affected are on corners and in other places where it is very unlikely that anyone has ever tied to them. More likely is that the fungus is carried in the water. This is born out by the fact that after the summit at Toulouse headed towards the Atlantic most of the trees are fine as the fungus cannot climb beyond the summit as the flow of water is always downwards. Some said that it was the spikes that people use to tie their boats to the banks and in many of the locks in affected areas there were pots of disinfectant that you are supposed to wash your spikes in before using them somewhere else.
In the round lock at Agde.
There were occasional signs at the effected areas instructing canal users not to tie up but since no one really knows what to do about it, all the measures are somewhat half hearted. It seems that the only remedy is to replace the trees with a more resistant species. The problem with this is that the old tree needs to be removed which in itself is no mean feat as many of these trees are a century and a half old and are a good 100 feet high! And the entire tree, roots and all needs to be removed before a new tree can be planted. One lock keeper said that it costs about 1000€ to replace one tree and if this is true the cost of doing so along the entire 400 km length of the Canal du Midi equates to one massive and hugely expensive project. I estimated that there are about 400 trees per one km so as you can see this could be a serious problem.
One wonders how the government will be able to justify such a huge expense when the canal is no longer used by commercial traffic. We paid just 66€ for a months stay in the canal which is nothing at all. It's not the dues from the pleasure boats that will raise the money to replace the trees.
Just one of the many narrow and low bridges on the Canal du Midi. Maximum air draft is 3 metres.
In an effort to reduce the cost of running the Canal du Midi many of the locks have been automated whereas before, every lock had a resident eclusier. The VNF (Voies Navigables de France) who run the Canal du Midi and the other canals in France have also managed to delegate much of the maintenance of the canal banks to another department who have created a fabulous cycle lane that runs the entire length of the canal and I'm delighted to say that not one day went by when we did not see a number of cyclists using the pathways.
According to many sources the Canal du Midi attracts 10,000 boats and two million visitors annually. I don't know where they get those figures from but I would be amazed if there were that many boats in or using the Canal du Midi. The Canal du Midi is a UNESCO site but will this be enough to save the canal? An estimated 210 million € is needed to replace the trees.
Chugging across one of the many aquaducts on the canal This one carries the canal over a river.
Anyway, enough of the sad news. It is my hope and belief that the Canal du Midi is too important and too beautiful for it to ever fall into disrepair. One way or another the trees will be replaced and it will go on for another 350 years at least. Let's talk about the nice things.
If you love birds you will love the Canal du Midi. Because you are chugging quietly along you do not disturb the birds who nest in the trees. A sharp eye, a good pair of binoculars and a bird book are all that needed. In the two weeks we were in the canal we saw over 10% of all the bird species in France. That's over 50 species!
The mad and slightly hectic 7 lock 'staircase' at Bezier. This section is the busiest of the entire canal. Note the two 'bumper boats' on the right.
There are a lot of birds of prey in the canals and we once saw a buzzard swoop down to the surface of the water and grab a fish. Another time we saw a parent feeding a chick in the nest, and another we saw a buzzard fly down to the water's edge and take a drink. We saw herons (grey, night and purple) we even got to see a Roller fly into its nest hole in a tree. One morning we were woken by the wonderful call of a Golden Oriole.
Leaving the tunnel at Malpas. This tunnel was dug entirely by trained badgers.
Asides from the stunning bird life there are also all sorts of other creatures such as dragon and damsel flies, fish in the canal, frogs, water snakes and butterflies.
If nature's not your thing then there are no end of fabulous and historic sites to see since the canal runs through some spectacular towns along the way, each with its own regional speciality. We stopped in Carcassonne where we had a genuine cassoulet. Where ever possible we always like to sample the local fare.
A strange metal sculpture with a head made from a camping gaz bottle for sale at one of the locks.
So you fancy having a go? What kind of boat is best? Well, you can do the trip in a yacht with the mast down but if you draw more than 4 feet or 1.2 metres you may have a few problems. They say that a boat drawing 150 cm can make the trip but we draw 120 cm and we had some moments that were touch and go. At the entrance to the Canal du Midi at the Etang de Thau we were skimming the bottom. We could feel the boat rise up and slow down. A load of throttle saw us get by but I don't think a boat drawing more than us would have managed. There is no shortage of water in the canal, at least there was not this year (2012) as there had been a lot of rain. All the sections of the canal were as full as they could have been but despite that the waters were shallow. I guess that the canal needs regular dredging now that the peniche no longer pass through.
The amazing fortified Cité of Carcassonne.
We did the trip in a yacht but if I was going to do this again


How to Navigate Through a Train Station
Just last week I posted a tutorial about how to interpret your train ticket. The tutorial was specific to Italy based on the examples of my tickets and Italian, but can be modified and used throughout Europe! Same applies to navigating through a train station. All my examples are from my most recent trip to Italy, but apply to train stations all over the continent, and world.
To learn how to interpret your train ticket: Click here!
After you understand how to interpret your train ticket, you'll need to find your train! Train stations can be busy and overwhelming, but as long as you show up early (I recommend about thirty minutes) you should be good to go! Remember that it's ok to ask others around you for questions, and if you are unsure or confused, there is always an information counter. When traveling we have to let go of our pride and open our hearts up to learn. It's better to feel like you're asking a stupid question but make it to your destination versus missing your train because you were too scared/confused/proud to ask for help.
I know, I apologize, the clarity in the picture is awful. Zooming in on my cell phone didn't do me justice. However, this is the departure board. These are located all over the place in train stations. To find them, they are typically placed on the wall above train platforms and across from train platforms. You will need to look up. The information presented on these boards (from left to right) is the train company and train number (Treno), destination (Destinazione), departure time (Partenza), information on station stops (Informazioni), and platform number.
The departure screen in the middle with platforms 6 and 7 on the left side and platforms 8 and 9 on the right side
Now even though you arrive 30 minutes early, you often do not have a train platform until 10 minutes until departure. So, when looking at those big screens, it's important to look at the specific train number along with the destination and departure time. I have seen my same train number for a different destination and time, but that was because they re-use these numbers! Just be mindful and pay attention! Within two minutes of asking for help, the screen changed and showed my train number with the correct destination and time. The eye roll was worth the reassurance.
Once you find your platform number for your correct destination and departure time, you will want to make your way to the platform. The platforms are numbered and the walkways have access to only two trains. One on the left side and one on the right side. Pictured here, you can find platforms 12 (on the left) and 13 (on the right). You will wait here for your train to arrive. It is also important to find your assigned carriage, (listed above as carriage 8) if you have a scheduled ticket with assigned seating.
If you do not have a scheduled ticket, be sure to validate your ticket in the machine below, and sit in an open seat. The validation machine is located around the self service kiosks and train platforms. To validate your ticket, stick your ticket into the machine as far as it will go, and to the left as far as it will go. You will hear the machine stamp your ticket, and will see the stamp upon removal of your ticket from the machine.
Each platform provides the specific information for the expected train. In the image below, this is platform 5. The destination (Destinazione) is Viareggio, departing (Partenza) at 13:10 (or 1:10 pm). The train information (Treno) lists the train number as 21410 with the company Trenitalia. Additional information (Informazioni) shows the different station stops and their arrival time. For example, on the train to Viareggio, arrival at Pescia will happen at 14:11. Sometimes your personal destination is not the final destination of the train. That's why it is important to know your specific destination and arrival time, and pay attention while riding the train.
Now once you have found your correct train platform, double check. Look at all the important information on your ticket and check that it matches all the information on the platform screen. Does your departure date and time match? Does your train number and company match? Does your destination or informational station stops match? If they do-great-wait for your train! If they don't, simply walk back to the main departures board and look up the correct platform.
When your train arrives, if you have a scheduled ticket, you will have assigned seats. The assigned seats are listed next to the train number on your ticket and will show both the carriage (Carrozza) and seat (Posti). The carriage numbers are listed on the platform station and on the physical train. When boarding the train, be mindful that your carriage matches the carriage listed on your ticket and find your appropriate seat.
If you have a general ticket that is missing information on departure date and departure time, please validate and sit where there is an open seat. If at another stop, you are sitting in someone's assigned seat, you will be required to move.
So, to wrap up navigating a train station, you need to make sure you:
 1. Have your ticket
 2. Check the departure board for train number, departure time, destination, and platform number
 3. Find the appropriate platform number
 4. Double check that your ticket information matches the platform information
 5. Board at the correct carriage and sit in your assigned seat if traveling with a scheduled ticket
 5. Board and sit in an empty seat AFTER validating your general ticket
But most importantly, enjoy the journey!!!
How was this tutorial? Did you find it helpful? Are you feeling confident and excited to see the world? What information was not helpful or misleading? Please let me know, in the comments below, or feel free to contact me with the form on the main page!
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 1. This is beyond useful I went from Naples to Rome very confusing train station. Thankfully made my train but if I read this before I went would have saved me tons of time and 47899 questions.
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Google presentations gives you many ways to format objects on a slide. To get started, click the object you want to format, resize, or move.
- To add custom formatting to an object, you can use the Format menu or the toolbar above the slide editing space.
- To copy formatting from one shape to another, such as background color, use the paint format tool. It works in the same way as the paint format tool in Google documents.
- To resize an object, click one of the resize handles surrounding it. Then, drag the box inward or outward until you're happy with the size. You can preserve the object's height or width by holding Shift while resizing the object.
- To move an object, drag-and-drop it to another place on the slide.
- To turn on vertical and horizontal dragging guides, hold the Shift key while dragging an object.
- To nudge an object in one pixel increments, hold the Shift key while moving an object with the arrow keys.
- To preserve an object's aspect ratio while resizing, hold the Shift key while resizing an object.
- To rotate an object 15 degrees at a time, hold the Shift key, click the small circle above an object, and drag your mouse clockwise or counter-clockwise.
You can also adjust the dimensions and alignment of an object. Select an object, then click the small yellow diamond in the middle. Dragging this diamond lets you edit the dimensions and proportions of the object. You can also click the circle connected to the top of the object to rotate it clockwise or counterclockwise.
Change the color of objects
To change the color of objects, select an object or multiple objects. Then, click the Fill color icon in the toolbar. Select a color from the color picker.
You can also create custom colors for objects. When the color picker is open, select Custom... (Add a color in the old version of presentations) or select one of the blank custom color boxes. Here, you can choose a custom color, add a color by name, or insert a hex value.
Modify multiple objects at once
To select multiple objects, hold the Shift key while selecting each object or drag your mouse over all of the objects you'd like to select. To deselect one or more objects, press the Shift key and click the object(s). Multi-shape formatting only applies to objects in the new presentations editor.
You can perform the following actions on all selected objects:
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"Civility's defining characteristic is its ties to city and society. The word derives from the Latin civitas, which means city, especially in the sense of civic community," says author P.M Forni in his book Choosing Civility: The Twenty Five Rules of Considerate Conduct. Another Latin word for city is urbs, which refers to the physical structures or buildings that make up a city. "While buildings and roads make up our physical city or campus, people and relationships make up our community."
In the Fall of 2003, the Office of Campus Life launched the CIVITAS campaign to encourage civility and responsible citizenship in the AU community. Since then, AU community members have continued the goals of this campaign through many different efforts.
CIVITAS, the Latin word for city, was chosen as the theme for the campaign because it connotes the kind of environment that shapes us as good citizens and good neighbors.
The mission of the CIVITAS campaign was to heighten our awareness of the relationship between our personal conduct and the quality of campus life. What we do and say always has an effect on others, whether we see it or not. Civility means more than just holding the door open for someone or respecting campus facilities and grounds. It means consistently treating people with consideration and respect. When our behavior is guided by concern for others in our community, we are being civil!
Practicing civility requires thoughtful behavior and continuous refinement of our perceptions of what matters to us and to others. A short checklist of actions can help us move toward more civil conduct:
Choose - We choose how we behave. Make your choices conscious ones by deciding ahead of time how you will act in a situation and rehearsing it in your mind.
Act – Act thoughtfully, as if you were in the other person's shoes!
Reflect – Consider how your actions and words have made others feel. If you have caused harm or discomfort, apologize, and consider how you can modify your behavior the next time.


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All About the Benefits of Owning A Ranch
Why do people buy ranches? Many people buy them for profit. Certainly, someone with the right knowledge and technical know-how can make money from the livestock or fishery a ranch produces. Proper ranch management is said to the key to a profitable ranch operation. Furthermore, ranches are subject to attractive tax incentives. As a ranch owner, you can donate your property into a conservation easement, and promise to not develop it. Doing this can give you significant tax deductions.
Investment experts, however, caution potential ranch owners about the income-generating capability of ranches. As with any other agricultural enterprise, the profitability of cattle and other ranch produce depends largely on market conditions. Also, while very attractive properties, ranches are not as easy to sell as other agricultural lands. Some financial experts categorize ranches as an alternative investment, that is, it requires a fairly large amount of capital that may yield profits only after a considerable period. Others see them as inflation hedges. A number of present ranch owners are also exploring other revenue-generating ventures such as opening their properties for recreation, or engaging their land in carbon trading projects.
However, experts are one in saying that the true benefits of owning a ranch come from its non-financial rewards: the satisfaction of owning acres of scenic property and wide open spaces that soothe the soul, a rural lifestyle of "living off the land", and the prestige one gets in the community from being a ranch-owner.


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ICD-10-CM Code M53.2
Non-Billable CodeNon-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.
ICD Code M53.2 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the one child codes of M53.2 that describes the diagnosis 'spinal instabilities' in more detail.
- M53.2 Spinal instabilities NON-BILLABLE
- M53.2X Spinal instabilities NON-BILLABLE
- M53.2X1 Spinal instabilities, occipito-atlanto-axial region BILLABLE
- M53.2X2 Spinal instabilities, cervical region BILLABLE
- M53.2X3 Spinal instabilities, cervicothoracic region BILLABLE
- M53.2X4 Spinal instabilities, thoracic region BILLABLE
- M53.2X5 Spinal instabilities, thoracolumbar region BILLABLE
- M53.2X6 Spinal instabilities, lumbar region BILLABLE
- M53.2X7 Spinal instabilities, lumbosacral region BILLABLE
- M53.2X8 Spinal instabilities, sacral and sacrococcygeal region BILLABLE
- M53.2X9 Spinal instabilities, site unspecified BILLABLE
The ICD code M53 is used to code Spondyloarthropathy
Spondyloarthropathy or spondyloarthrosis refers to any joint disease of the vertebral column. As such, it is a class or category of diseases rather than a single, specific entity. It differs from spondylopathy, which is a disease of the vertebra itself. However, many conditions involve both spondylopathy and spondyloarthropathy.
|ICD 9 Code:||720.721722723724|


Ankylosing Spondylitis
The Importance of an Ankylosing Spondylitis Diet Plan
With any diet, a diet plan is essential to reach your desired goal or effect. In this case of Ankylosing spondylitis (AS), an Ankylosing Spondylitis diet plan is essential for managing this disabling disease to reduce pain, symptoms and severity of disease.
Ankylosing Spondylitis Diet Plan
An Ankylosing spondylitis diet plan should always consists of these six essential components:
1. Quality of food
The problem with most diets is that quality of food tend to be ignored. In fact, one of the main reasons why AS diets or diets in general tend to fail because the person is denied of having tasty food that they can eat.
Having food that is tasty is vital for any diet because it prevents the feeling of starvation and also encourages the person to continue or reward the person for eating a healthy diet.
2. Nutritional balance
Green vegetables and fruits are very healthy for an AS diet. But, eating just green vegetables and fruit does not provide all the nutrition you need for a healthy body. Proteins like lean meat and dairy food are essential for a healthy balanced diet.
Unfortunately, some diet fads promote eating one source of food which can have undesired or fatal consequences. This way of eating is unhealthy. The best way is always a balanced diet.
Nutritional balance
3. Quantity of food intake
Too little food is not good. Too much food is also bad. When planning an Ankylosing Spondylitis diet, you should always if possible have six meals a day that isn't heavily portioned. Having a meal like this will prevent you feeling empty in the stomach and prevents over engorgement of food due to long periods of starvation.

4. Goal Planning
Goals is one most important component of an Ankylosing Spondylitis diet plan. This is because the goal is reason why you are doing the diet. For an Ankylosing spondylitis diet plan, you should have a goal written up that is clear, have a defined reason and a time frame to achieve it. When you do this, it makes achieving and sticking onto your diet much easier.
Goal Planning
5. Penalty measure
If you do something wrong in your diet, you should have a penalty measure. For instance, if you eat a sloppy hamburger for lunch, you should be penalised by doing 10 push ups. The reason why you must have a penalty measure because if you don't, then there is no incentive to achieve your goal and there is no checking measure to reach your goal. That is, if you do something wrong, then it doesn't make you feel bad on not keeping onto a diet.
Having a penalty measure will increase the likely hood that you will stick to the diet plan.
6. Reward for reaching goals
When you reach certain goals in your diet, you should always give yourself a reward. This is because it increases the motivation to continue on with your diet and also helps you focus clearly on the benefits of being on a diet.
These six essential components of an Ankylosing Spondylitis diet plan are vital for Ankylosing Spondylitis diet to be effective.
Following these rules will help you achieve a healthy body and mind.
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