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SimpleRockets is a 2D, Physics-based, Sandbox, Space, and Single-player Simulation by Jundroo LLC. It is an exciting game that allows the player to build his spaceship and explore the area's beauty. At the start of the game, it allows the player to collect and combine the parts to create his ships/rocket. It offers different fuel tanks, rocket engines, and other parts the player must require to make a complete spacecraft.
After creating a dream, the rocket allows the player to blast off to fly in space and explore the solar system. It is an exploration game and allows the player to complete multiple challenges that the player can perform for progress. SimpleRockets offers key features such as fantastic game mechanics, Ultra-HD visual details, and dynamic background music.
#1 Space Shuttle Simulator
Thetis Games and Flight Simulator develop Space Shuttle Simulator. In this game, the ultimate task of the player is to create the best spacecraft and explore the space environment. The game offers a massive range of parts such as engines, fuel tanks, and different colors of bodies, and the player can choose the best parts and combine them to make a complete rocket to fly in space.
During the exploration, the player can interact with different objects using various types of technologies. Real environment, multiple characters, different modes, upgrades, and unlockable achievements are the most prominent features of the game. Space Shuttle Simulator offers a unique game setting, fantastic game mechanics, simple controls, and beautiful graphics details.
#2 Space Flight Simulator Lite
Space Flight Simulator Lite is a Space Simulation that allows the player to control a unique spacecraft and explore different planets, including the solar system. The game allows the player to combine the different parts to make a powerful rocket and launch it into space.
The player can move his rocket in any direction into the massive space environment to reveal the dark secrets about the galaxy. During the gameplay, the player needs to maintain his rocket fuel, and if the fuel runs out, the game will end, and the player will lose his life.
The game offers various modes, and each one is suggesting different tasks to complete. Space Flight Simulator Lite offers the most prominent features, such as different planets to explore, a realistic environment, real-time rockets, and solar systems, etc. The game provides a well-written storyline, enjoyable background music, simple controls, and brilliant graphics details.
#3 Rocket Builder: Moon Landing
Rocket Builder: Moon Landing is a Physic-based, F2P, Space, and Single-player Simulation developed and published by ThirPill Studios. The player has to complete his tutorial levels to learn about the game and get into the game world, where he can use a variety of parts to create his dream spacecraft. The ultimate goal is to explore the beauty of the Moon and try to reveal some darkest secrets.
The gameplay consists of several levels, and each one comes with exciting gameplay as compared to the last one. During the game, the player has to maintain and increase his fuel capacity through his journey to complete his objective. The player can freely move across the game space environment, where he can interact with different objects of the space to learn more about the massive area. The game features realistic physics behavior, superb settings, and outstanding visual details.
#4 Space Rocket Nexus
Space Rocket Nexus is a F2P, Physics-based, Exploration, and Single-player Simulation by Submarine Mobile. The player can take on a pilot of a spacecraft who starts his adventure to explore the massive environment full of different kinds of challenges. At the start of the game, it allows the player to gather different objects, create a modern design rocket, and launch them to explore the environment.
The gameplay consists of more than hundreds of levels, and each level of the game offers different and more complex gameplay than the last one. At each level, the player must collect all the yellow stars to progress. The game includes core features such as different background themes to explore, black holes, massive obstacles, a limited amount of fuel, power-ups, engaging gameplay, enjoyable background music, and brilliant visual details.
#5 Google Earth Flight Simulator
Google Earth Flight Simulator is an Addictive, Single, and Multiplayer Flight Simulation specially made for those players who want to explore the world's beauty. At the start, the player can choose his aircraft and get into the game world where the player can freely fly his aircraft anywhere in the game world to enjoy a realistic experience. The environment can be dynamically lit depending on the time of the day.
It also offers a navigation map that provides airspace charts, traffic position, and a variety of clickable runways to take off. The player clicks anywhere on the map that allows starting flying at any altitude at any point. Google Earth Flight Simulator also includes core features such as massive aircraft collections, various locations, unlockable achievements and day/night environment, fantastic game mechanics, and beautiful visual details.
#6 First Stage Landing Simulator
First Stage Landing Simulator is a Free play, Exploration, Single, and Multiplayer Simulation is developed and published by Butterflyware Games. According to the story of the game, the world is full of population, and the game allows the player to explore the different planets of space and find the way humanity lives. At the beginning of the game, it allows the player to customize unique spacecraft with different old and modern parts.
After creating a dream, a rocket allows the player to launch into space and complete a numbers task for progress. The player can face different kinds of enemies and massive obstacles to destroy the player's rocket. If any obstacle touches the player's rocket, the player will lose his life, and the game reset the mission again. It also allows the player to play with friends. First Stage Landing Simulator features quite impressive gameplay, a content-rich story plot, and beautiful visual details.
#7 Space Jet: War Galaxy Machines
Space Jet: War Galaxy Machines is an Adventure-based, Space, Sandbox, Single, and Online Multiplayer video game developed and published by Extreme Developers. It is a 3D Space Shooter game that allows the player to choose one of the various spacecraft and get into the battle where the ultimate task of the player is to defeat all the enemy creatures to destroy humanity. The game also offers online multiplayer cooperatively and competitive multiplayer mode, making the game more interesting and enjoyable.
The gameplay offers more than twenty missions, and each mission of the game offers more sophisticated gameplay than the last one. Space Jet: War Galaxy Machines includes core features such as the massive amount of maps, different kinds of weapons, customization options, upgrades, powerful enemies, daily quests, impressive gameplay, a well-written storyline, dynamic background music, and brilliant visual details.
#8 USSR Air Force Rocket Flight
Life Sim Games introduces a great game named USSR Air Force Rocket Flight, a Physics-based, Exploration, Space and Single-player Simulation. In this game, the player can take on the role of a member of the Russian Space Agency and send the player into the space to explore the space program. Different kinds of rockets, such as Proton, Energia, Soyuz, Vostok, etc., are added, and each has a different appearance and controls.
Choose a rocket and get into the game world to explore the infinite space system. It allows the player to use different technologies in the space. USSR Air Force Rocket Flight includes core features such as Real Soviet technologies, realistic space environment, explore the massive solar system, impressive gameplay, objectives storyline, and brilliant visual details.
#9 Space Shuttle Flight Simulator
Space Shuttle Flight Simulator is a Free play, Single-player Simulation by BrosGames. In this game, the player can take on an astronaut who controls a unique spacecraft and freely explore the infinite space. It also allows the player to use the latest NASA technologies to learn more deeply about the area and gain realistic flight experience.
The game also allows the player to customize his own spacecraft with real-time parts. Space Shuttle Flight Simulator includes core features such as explore different planets and solar systems, various kinds of NASA technologies, upgrades, different modes, impressive gameplay, objective storyline, simple controls, and beautiful visual details.
Tacoma is an Action-Adventure, Sci-Fi, Exploration, Space, and Single-player video game by Fullbright. It is an enjoyable narrative adventure game in the high-tech space station in the futuristic year of 2008. As the player goes about his mission, the player will explore every detail of how the station's people lived and worked, finding the clues that add to the gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster. The player explores the echoes of these captured moments surrounding the player.
The gameplay consists of several missions, and in each one, the player can complete different objectives to progress. Six crew members live and work on the space station, and the game allows the player to interact with members to face crises together. It also allows the player to use the abilities to rewind, forward, and move through the physical space. Tacoma includes core features such as a deeply interactive game world, multi-path story system, the vision of the future, compact narrative game, superb game setting, smooth controls, and beautiful visual details.
#11 Rocket Sim
Rocket Sim is a Single-player, Exploration, Crafting, and Space Simulation by 3583 Bytes. The game allows the player to launch a rocket into space and see multiple objects currently roaming in the earth's orbit. The player has the option of releasing three different models of missiles, a space shuttle, and six objects in space, including Telescope, International Space Station, Hubble, and Kepler, etc.
It is one of the best games for those players who want to learn about space flight and rockets. It allows the player to explore the beauty of the space by using different kinds of modern technologies. Rocket Sim offers


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When you model a device by IP, the following error pops up:
Error creating the model in landscape <>:
Often the cause of this error is because the IP address being used is in the AutoDiscovery IP Exclusion List.
Check for the ip address in the IP Exclusion List:
1. Log into OneClick as an ADMIN user
2. Find and select the VNM model
3. Click on the Information tab
4. Find and expand the AutoDiscovery Control -> Modeling and Protocol Options subview
5. Check for the ip address in the IP Exclusion List
Please reference the "AutoDiscovery Control Subview" section of the documentation for more information.

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Disaster in KZN Healthcare
If the KZN health department does not have its budget increased by R1.6 billion on the existing R28 billion it is allocated, elective procedures may need to be put on hold and state hospitals may only provide emergency services, reports The Witness.
"In the event the department received the funds, Zungu said, it would contain costs and use limited resources effectively, strengthen tender processes and identify savings, prevent fraud and corruption and ensure optimal use of its employees. But, if no funding was received, there would be no new employees except for critical posts, there would be delays in infrastructure projects that are under way and they would have to defer the decision to acquire new equipment and vehicles."
The department argues that if it receives additional funding, it would be able to identify savings, contain costs, and use resources effectively. However, the most certain way of forcing the department to identify savings, contain costs and use resources more effectively is to CUT its funding, not give it more money to blow.
This is a vision of what's to come if government goes ahead with the national health scheme. The more government control of the sector grows, the less services will be provided to the public at ever increasing prices.


Evaluation of the Utilization Wonorejo Reservoir as Flood Control in Balikpapan City
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 - Ezra Hartarto Pongtuluran Politeknik Negeri Balikpapan
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Several reservoirs have been built at several points in the area to control the floods that have been hitting Balikpapan City. However, it turns out that this alternative is still not able to reduce the occurrence of standing water in several locations, including in the Wonorejo area, so it still needs to be evaluated regarding its function as a control building or merely being a water storage pool that does not have a water release control system. In solving this problem, an analysis of the reservoir's characteristics is carried out, which is the relationship between elevation, area, and reservoir capacity, which is obtained using the 3rd order polynomial regression equation. Then, the cumulative volume of inflow volume projection in the reservoir is carried out using a linear program equation to the reservoir capacity. In knowing the output channel capacity (outflow) performance, a comparison is made to the input discharge (inflow) in the reservoir as an evaluation to find out that the outflow channel will not overflow into the surrounding area. Based on the characteristic curve, it is found that the storage capacity in the Wonorejo reservoir is 0.795 MCM or 794,900.45 m3 with the total volume entering the reservoir of 1,795,034 m3, which indicates that the current performance of the reservoir has been less effective. Whereas in the reservoir outflow capacity, it was found 57.90 m3/s, when compared to the amount of input discharge (inflow) of 33.00 m3/s, it can be said that the dimensions of the outflow channel still have sufficient capacity to accommodate flood discharge from within reservoir
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2020-10-30
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"Evaluation of the Utilization Wonorejo Reservoir as Flood Control in Balikpapan City", dynamicsaint, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 980–984, Oct. 2020, doi: 10.47178/dynamicsaint.v5i2.1093.
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It is one such predator that uses the subterranean reservoirs of the Central Desert as hunting grounds. It is about three feet (a meter) long and swims by means of paddles, one pair to each segment, beating in a wavelike action almost like an aquatic millipede. The slickribbon's mouth parts are mounted on an extendible trunk, which it can shoot out in a fraction of a second. Gloomworms that come too close to the surface of the water are its staple food source.
Garden worms are also hunted by the slickribbon when they retire to the caverns at night. They are more nutritious than gloomworms but more difficult to catch, dodging the hunters with their agile swimming action. The garden worm can also defend itself against a slickribbon by releasing a disgusting cloud of liquid in the path of the predator.


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Wildlife and Habitat
Holm Oak – The Holm Oak is not a native species to the UK. Normally found in Italy on the higher slopes, growing with olives this variety of Oak is also salt spray resistant. It is thought that the abundance of Holm Oak on the estate is due to the fact that branches of the trees were used as primitive bubble wrap inside crates containing marble statues and other treasures brought back by Thomas Coke on his Grand Tour of Europe. After the treasures were removed from their packing the packing material would have been sent for burning. It is totally plausible that seeds from the cut branches would have fallen out and taken root. Once settled the Holm Oak spread around the estate and has been encouraged to colonise the local area.
The brickyard is an area used to encourage the breeding of several species of wild game birds. The main game birds are Pheasant and Partridge but there is also widgeon, teal, and woodcock. The site is managed by Holkham Gamekeepers who control the finely balance ecosystem with modern sustainable practice. The gamekeepers are all very qualified for their coveted positions as "wardens of the countryside."
There are legal traps used to reduce the number of predators like foxes and stoats. The populations of most species are carefully regulated to ensure the birds have an ideal environment to multiply. If you come across any of these traps then please leave them well alone. If you are in any doubt please come and find one of us to help.
There are 4 types of deer found in this part of North Norfolk. All of them use the brickyard as part of a larger highway to get from one area to another. Linking up between the patchwork of fields, hedges and wooded areas provide cover for deer passing through their territory. On the way the deer may stop to take advantage of edible vegetation in season, but their main feeding and breeding grounds are in even more secluded places that the brickyard.
4 types of deer at the brickyard.
- Red deer
- Fallow Deer
- Roe Deer
- Muntjack Deer
Wild Birds and Song Birds
We are blessed with a large variety of birds here at the brickyard. There is an active ringing and population study being carried out here. The following birds have been seen regularly:
Woodpigeon, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Goldcrest, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, Cetti's Warbler, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Treecreeper, Wren, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Robin, Dunnock, Brambling, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Siskin, Yellowhammer, Magpie, crow, Thrush, Starling, Ring Ouzel, Pied Wagtail
Birds of prey
Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Barn Owl, Kestrel, Buzzard.

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 5. (Buyers) Financial institutions including asset-based lenders, Banks, Hedge funds, Venture Capital firms, private Equity Firms, and Corporations that have applied and been approved to bid on Receivables Market on receivable(s) offered for sale.
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This is how to make a really cool paper airplane. This is a distance flyer and you really need to be out in the open to get the full effect. That said, for some reason it can be kind of hit and miss so try it a couple of times more if your first one doesn't work so well.
(1) 8.5'' X 11'' copy paper
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Step 1: The Preliminaries
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1. Fold the 8.5'' X 11'' copy paper in half length-wise so that the two 11-inch sides are touching each other after folding.
2. After folding, unfold paper and flatten crease so that the paper lies flat on working surface.
Step 2: Building the Fuselage
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1. With folded paper lying concave on the table, fold left side of the paper over so that the top of the fold is at the crease in the middle of the paper and the bottom of the fold is at bottom left-hand corner of the paper.
2. Mirror this fold on the right hand side of the paper.
3. Fold any overlapping paper from the fold in Step 2(2) over and around the underside of the fuselage.
4. Turn paper over and fold in half along the crease so that the folds are on the exterior of the fuselage.
Step 3: Making the Wings/Final Touches
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1. Fold wings over so that the outer edges of the wings meet with the bottom of the fuselage on both sides.
2. Staple the fuselage roughly 2 ½ to 3 inches back from the front point of the plane as close to the crease underneath the wing as possible.
3. Fold the edge of each wing at the back of the plane over ½ of a centimeter to create the stabilizers. Each stabilizer should run roughly 2 inches along the edge of the wing from the back of the plane.
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Field experience has shown that inefficient transport of small cuttings is a main factor for excessive drag and torque during extended-reach drilling; however, very little is known about the transport behavior of small cuttings. In this study, extensive experiments with three sizes of cuttings (0.45 to 3.3 mm) were conducted in a field-scale flow loop (8 in.×4.5 in., 100-ft long) to identify the main factors affecting small cuttings transport. The effects of cuttings size, drillpipe rotation, fluid rheology, flow rate, and hole inclination were investigated.
The results show significant differences in cuttings transport based on cuttings size. Smaller cuttings result in a higher cuttings concentration than larger cuttings in a horizontal annulus when tested with water. However, a lower concentration was achieved for smaller cuttings when 0.25-ppb polyanionic cellulose (PAC) solutions were used. Unlike the transport of large cuttings, which is mainly dominated by fluid flow rate, the key factors controlling small cuttings transport were found to be pipe rotation and fluid rheology. Improvement by pipe rotation in the transport efficiency of small cuttings is up to twice as large as the improvement in large cuttings transport. Compared with water, PAC solutions significantly improve smaller cuttings transport, while the transport of larger cuttings is only slightly enhanced.
Mathematical modeling was performed to develop correlations for cuttings concentration and bed height in an annulus for field applications. Predictions from a three-layer model previously developed for larger cuttings were also compared with experimental results. Differences (up to 80%) indicate the need for improving the frequently used three-layer model by including correlations specifically developed for small cuttings to get a better design of extended-reach drilling. This study is also useful for horizontal or high-angle well drilling and completion through sand reservoirs.
Efficient cuttings transport is a major challenge when a long extended-reach well with a horizontal and highly inclined section of more than 20 thousand feet is drilled (Guild et al. 1995; Gao and Young 1995; Schamp et al. 2006). Cuttings can be ground to finer sand while being transported out of the hole, especially when rotary drilling is used. Drilling may not be able to proceed if cuttings transport remains a problem in such a hole. Because of excessive drag and torque caused by small cuttings settled at the lower side of the horizontal or inclined section, it may not be possible to run casing in place even if drilling to the target depth can be achieved. Similar problems exist in horizontal and highly inclined wells drilled through unconsolidated sand reservoirs.
Field practice and experimental observations (Parker 1987; Larsen 1990; Gavignet and Sobey 1989; Ahmed 2001; Bassal 1995) show that smaller cuttings are more difficult to transport under certain conditions. Moreover, smaller particles tend to more easily stick a drillpipe because of their cohesive effects (Ahmed 2001; Gailani et al. 2001). It is even more difficult to release the pipe once it is stuck by small, sand-sized cuttings.
An investigation into previous studies in the area of hole cleaning and sand transport shows that very limited information is available for small cuttings transport under drilling conditions. Though different cuttings have been tested by several investigators (Parker 1987; Larsen 1990; Ahmed 2001; Bassal 1995; Ford et al. 1990; Peden et al. 1990; Martins et al. 1996), no study has been conducted on small cuttings transport in horizontal or high-angle annuli involving drillpipe rotation. Previous conclusions about the cuttings size effects on cuttings transport are quite diverse, and even contradictory in some cases (Parker 1987; Larsen 1990; Gavignet and Sobey 1989; Ahmed 2001; Ford et al. 1990; Peden et al. 1990; Martins et al. 1996). Their experiments, upon which these conclusions are based, were conducted under incomparable conditions. It may not be correct, or at least not safe, to state explicitly that smaller cuttings are harder or easier to transport. The result may depend on various combinations of drilling parameters. This study was undertaken to understand why and under what conditions they are harder or easier to transport.


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Acute Care has highly variable needs across care areas/units. In keeping with diagnoses and situation, various patient populations require assistance to move, which may more often occur early in their inpatient stay.
Patient mobility often improves closer to discharge, however, it is this exact variability between dependency and independence which can lead to caregiver injuries.
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What is a mind machine
What are Mind Machines / Light and Sound Machines?
There are many names for this technology:
- Audio-visual stimulation devices
- Light and sound entrainment devices (SLEDs)
- Mind machines
Essentially it is a tiny low spec computer that controls signals to your light glasses and your headphones. Simply select a session (depending on what you want to achieve) and then put on the glasses and heaphones.
History of mind machines
The first concepts were born in the late 1940s by Gray Walter. he noticed that flashing lights caused the human brain to follow the frequencies of these flashing lights.
Following from this discovery, numerous machines were developed for brainwave entrainment. A majority included tiny lights mounted in a pair of spectacles.
As time went by, audio began to be introduced in much the same. Usually achieved by using the 'binaural beat' phenomenom. Binaural beats are where one beat is played in one ear, and a second, very slightly later, in the second ear. Simultaneously, the two beats would cause the brain to interprwet just the difference in timing between the tow, and would then follow that frequency.
 The combined effects of having both the photic and the auditory portions of the brain stimulated in synchrony was found to be profound.
Today, SLEDs are used by psychologists and hypnotherapists in their practices and now also by non-professionals for helping achieve relaxation, stress management, Insomnia, mind expansion, accelerated learning and retention, breaking limiting beliefs, phobias, anxiety, sports training, and promoting physical wellness.
What's usually included with mind machines
A typical system consists of the micro-processor driven base unit, stereo headphones, and light glasses that have 8 tiny lights (LEDs). They can be 1 channel which means one colour glasses or two channel where you can enjoy a combination of any two colours. They usually have the capability to respond to Audiostrobe signals like from the Audiostrobe cds.
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These products are not intended for medical usage. No claims are made for medical benefits and as such these devices are purely for entertainment. If you have a medical issue, please go to see your regular gp/doctor.
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Antigua is one of the most visited places in Guatemala and its fame lives up to this beautiful city. Its ancient buildings and alleys surrounded by flowers, no matter how destroyed, make us go back in time. Among the oldest and most beautiful cities in the Americas, Antigua is a Unesco World Heritage Site of cobbled streets, crumbling ruins and classic colonial architecture.
Surrounded by three impressive volcanoes, the city was the Guatemala's capital under the Spanish from 1543 to 1776. After numerous earthquakes and volcano eruptions in the 18th century the capital was transferred to Ciudad de Guatemala.
Currently, many artists and foreigners live there and appreciate its beauty and history. For tourists, the city is at its most vibrant during Semana Santa (Easter Week), when the streets are carpeted with elaborate decorations, colored sawdust and flower petals.


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Where can i find local zoning about people counts
At the start of the game, only low density residential, low density commercial and industrial zones will be available to the player. The other zone types are unlocked at early milestones. Residential zones can be specialized into Self-Sufficient Buildings. Industry can be specialized into Oil , Ore , Forest and Fertile land.
Office can be specialized into IT Cluster. For residential zoning, low or high density will influence but not determine the eventual occupant. The density also influences the way the citizens travel: residents of low density housing have a higher affinity for using cars or bikes, while high density residents prefer public transport. One thing to note is that High Density building generally cause higher traffic, and cause congestion on small roads.
If you're looking to build a massive city, and not crammed into one space, use low density, as it needs less services, and takes up a larger space than the high density. Note that industries and commercial zones contribute to traffic congestion, especially if goods must be imported from outside the town due to a lack of local industrial zones. Importing goods does not affect the revenue of these industries, but does affect gameplay by requiring a well-developed roadway grid. Highways have—for the moment—a limited goods import capacity, thus requiring the player to build ports and railways to import enough goods for a city.
In general, stoplight-controlled intersections cannot manage enough heavy traffic to sustain an entire city, so well-planned interchanges and roundabouts are necessary for heavy import practices.
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In terms of the supply chain , industry and commerce produce and sell goods respectively, whilst residents are employees and consumers for this process. Office zones do not directly contribute to the supply chain, however they provide pollution-free and traffic-light employment for cims who can then spend their wages in patronizing your city's commercial zones. Households: Each residential building hold one or more households , which are families of cims that make up the inhabitants of your city.
Each household includes up to two workers and one or more children. As the level of a residential building rises, so does the number of households that can live in it; and High Density Residential buildings contain approximately four times as many households as their Low Density Residential counterparts. It doesn't really matter how a residential zone develops into differently-sized buildings.
As long as all of the available tiles are used, the total number of households will more or less average out to what it should be according to the table below. To add new buildings to your city, you first need to build a road which allows zoning next to it.
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After the road is built, you can select the zoning tool and pick the desired zone type from the available zones. There are four basic tools for zoning: fill, marquee, and brush. It is recommended that the player paints zones in small blocks close to a power source rather than zoning a large area with the marquee tool, this will prevent buildings being isolated from the main power grid for an extended period of time.
Assigned zones can be reverted to empty zones by de-zoning them. You can also de-zone zones with buildings in them. Existing buildings will quickly disappear and gradually be replaced with buildings of the new zone type. In order to replace a pre-existing zone with a new zone you must de-zone first. A zoning assistant would need to determine your property's zoning in order to confirm this as a permitted use.
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Please contact the Planning and Development Department to discuss your particular situation. Whether or not a property is eligible for subdivision requires the analysis of several factors, including the zoning district, road frontage and access, total acreage, as well as a number of other items. The Zoning Section's staff would be happy to provide you with more information on the subdivision process. Please contact the Zoning Section to obtain additional information. Building plan records requests are handled by the Archives Division of the Building Inspections Division.
Please call This may be a permitted accessory use depending on the zoning district you are in and whether or not it contains a kitchen. Call the Zoning Section for the specific regulation for your zoning classification. Usually, in residential zoning districts, boats, RV's and utility trailers are required to be parked behind or beside your house. They must meet the front yard setback for the zoning district of that particular property.
For specific regulation contact the Zoning Office. Generally, no. The setbacks for pools or other accessory structures are usually less than the required setbacks for your house as long as they are built at least 5 feet away from the house. However, these accessory structures can only be located in rear or side yards, not in the required front yard area. Docks and boathouses are permitted on waterfront property, provided there is a house on the lot.
Docks must be constructed no closer than the zoning district's minimum side yard setbacks. Boathouses may not have more than square feet of area and shall not be higher than 15 feet above the mean high water mark. They may not be used for dwelling purposes or contain any sleeping or living quarters. Army Corp of Engineers.
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A reckoning with single-family zoning is necessary, they say, amid mounting crises over housing affordability, racial inequality and climate change. But take these laws away, many homeowners fear, and their property values and quality of life will suffer. Today the effect of single-family zoning is far-reaching: It is illegal on 75 percent of the residential land in many American cities to build anything other than a detached single-family home.
That figure is even higher in many suburbs and newer Sun Belt cities, according to an analysis The Upshot conducted with UrbanFootprint , software that maps and measures the impact of development and policy change on cities. That shift led Minneapolis to look like this:. The Upshot used public zoning data compiled by UrbanFootprint to calculate this and draw similar maps for 10 other American cities. Zoning codes vary significantly by city. But in each place, we sought to identify codes devoted to detached single-family homes, grouping rowhouses more common in older East Coast cities like Washington and New York into a second category covering all other housing types.
Many cities allow additional housing in nonresidential zones: for instance, in apartments built over offices or stores.
Size counts: Plymouth officials alter home-size rules
These maps highlight the land exclusively set aside for housing. About one-third of D. Such maps reflect the belief that denser housing can be a nuisance to single-family neighborhoods just as a factory would be. That conviction is at least as old as the Supreme Court decision that upheld zoning in America.
Apartments, the court warned , block the sun and air. They bring noise and traffic. Today, the very density that the court scorned is viewed by environmentalists as an antidote to sprawling development patterns that feed gridlock and auto emissions. Senior housing — banned. Low-income housing, which is only multi-unit — banned. Student housing — banned. That was the fairest solution, officials argued.


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Nao robots are a programmable standard model of small scale humanoid robot by French firm Aldebaran Robotics, and they are used for, among other things, the RoboCup soccer tournament to provide a standard platform to compare programming skills. Anyone paying attention to robot/dancing-related news on the internet will be aware that Nao robots have been trained to do synchronised dance routines, although such routines are usually pre-programmed.
Patrick Bechon and Jean-Jacques Slotine, from MIT, have developed a means to link a group of robots, using coupled oscillators, so that a dance routine can be followed and synchronised – so a robot which gets disturbed during the piece can rejoin at the right point, as demonstrated beautifully in the video below. The robots use Network Time Protocol to synchronise their clocks, and while other co-operative programs have been seen before (not least, in the RoboCup where the team works together), this new work involves strong synchronisation, which means even if there's a delay in loading the programme or transmitting between robots, or if a new robot is added during the choreography, they are still all in time with each other. Plus, they're pretty cute.
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Paper: Synchronization and quorum sensing in a swarm of humanoid robots


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One of the passionate motivations for the FEAST coordinators – Rusty Diggs, her husband Christopher Evans, and Whitney Hartzell – is that "teenagers are a population that's counted out right from the start. People have told us, 'It sounds great, but you'll never get kids interested in participating – especially not in the summertime.'
"Now, they're begging to be part of the process of finding solutions. They're learning about it in school but never about how they can be part of the process. FEAST teaches practical solutions.
And it blows away our senior citizens that kids are interested in being re-introduced to the island's agricultural heritage.
It's not a new education; it's returning to what works."
The FEAST project is revived from Christopher Evans 2001 program, started with the support of the FunHouse. Back then, Evans traveled to Oregon to learn more about sustainable farming, where he met Rusty Diggs at the Aprovecho project, an alternative education center in gardening, forestry and appropriate technologies. In 2004, Diggs and Evans and moved to Orcas.
Hartzell came forward to coordinate the program this year. She and Owen Cheevers moved to Orcas three years ago and have been active in sustainability projects. Hartzell taught teenagers in Mexico for 10 years in programs similar to FEAST.
Fourteen teenagers have applied to be part of the program this year. "There is an awarness that we need to work together," said Evans. In addition to the core group of teens, other students will come for parts of the course. Students will plant in the central garden Eastsound location and at other farms on the island.
FEAST is rising to the challenges facing our whole society, providing answers for our society, part of a broader movement on Orcas island to preserve our resources and to build the local economy," says Evans
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Department of Earth and Space Science University Of Washington: Department of Earth and Space Science. Save The Earth is funding research to understand the natural baseline from which climate change occurs:Climate change occurs in response to natural forces, but also in response to some of mankind's activities, but all we can observe is the resultant of changes from both sources. If we are ever to address some of the climate problems we are facing, it is necessary to understand the causes. What we are doing in Central Asia helps establish how the natural climate system behaved before there was any question of anthropocentric forcing.
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The Huairou Commission's (HC) Community Resilience Fund (CRF) channels resources to organized groups of women in poor, rural and urban hazard-prone settlements, enabling them to mobilize collaborative resilience practices that reduce community vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change. The CRF partners with grassroots women's organizations, women farmers, producer cooperatives, savings and credit groups, and informal settlement associations in 21 countries. These organizations have used CRF to:
Enable grassroots women to take public leadership in identifying and addressing climate, disaster and other risks
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Tutorial - How to create a static stress analysis simulation in Solidworks?
Tutorial by Tom Martin
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In this tutorial I will show the basic steps to create a static stress analysis model in Solidworks. This model is from the GE jet engine bracket challenge. The goal is to find the least amount of material volume and stress based on the parameter given.
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 1. Click on your simulation tab, then "new study". and click OK. (green check mark)
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 2. Click on "apply material" in your material library. Do this for all parts in your assembly. and click OK (green check mark).
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 3. Click on connectors advisor pull down tab, and select "rigid connection". and click OK.
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 4. Click on Fixture advisor pull down tab, and select "fixed geometry". Choose the inside surfaces of the bolt holes. and click OK.
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 5. Click on external load pull down tab, and select "force", then select the face to apply the force load. Select "normal" radio button. Select your chosen units of measurement (IE IPS). Enter load value (8000 lbs). and OK
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 6. Click "Run" analysis.
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 7. Review results of stress plot. To change units to "PSI" in stress plot, right click on "stress1" under Results. Edit definition, then choose "psi", and click on the "true scale" radio button. Click OK.
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Spring has sprung (almost), and it's time to give that dull winter skin the TLC it needs to face the sunnier days ahead. In a cheap and easy beauty treatment that is also good enough to eat, a DIY banana face mask can help to calm and clean skin for the change of the seasons.
Before the how, let's start with the why. Wandering into your kitchen and putting a little fresh fruit on your face is not as crazy as it sounds, according to Dr. Kathryn A. Boling, M.D., a primary care provider of Family Medicine at Maryland's Lutherville Personal Physicians. "Bananas contain many beneficial vitamins, including manganese, vitamin C, potassium, biotin and copper. Some of these vitamins are proven to be beneficial to skin," says Dr. Boling.
But this still raises the question: Why the face mask versus eating your favorite fruit? Dr. Boling explains, "Most nutrients are delivered to the skin via the bloodstream, but some can be applied topically. However, the top layer of the skin — called the stratum corneum — is made up of dead skin cells (about 15 – 20 layers) and acts as a barrier to protect the underlying skin from infection and harmful chemicals. Also, it makes absorption of topical vitamins difficult.
Therefore, exfoliation should be the first step prior to using a natural banana mask. Secondly, studies in animals show that vitamin C can be absorbed by the skin in an acidic environment. It may be beneficial to add in an acid (like lemon or citrus of some sort) to encourage vitamin C absorption."
Whether you eat them or put them on your skin, you're bound to see a big change in your complexion when you make bananas your new best friend. When used in a handy DIY mask, bananas can nourish the skin, along with the help of honey to absorb and retain moisture, to deeply hydrate and enhance your natural glow. And as Dr. Boling suggests, just a touch of lemon juice can help to exfoliate and improve vitamin C absorption.
What you will need:
- Small bowl
- Measuring spoon
- Metal spoon for mashing and mixing
- 1 ripe banana
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 10 drops lemon juice
1. Cut or break a banana into small pieces, and place into a mixing bowl. Mash up the banana with a metal spoon.
2. Add honey and lemon juice to the mashed banana. Mix well.
3. Apply the mask to the entire face, and let sit for 15 minutes. Rinse well using a warm washcloth.
For those who don't have time to whip up an entire DIY banana mask, a fresh banana against inflamed skin might do the trick. Dr. Boling reminds us that bananas have medicinal properties that can be used to soothe a number of inflammatory skin conditions, including acne. Dr. Boling says, "According to a 2012 article in the Journal of Pharmacology and Phytochemistry, bananas have been used to treat burns or wounds due to their soothing properties. Thus, using a banana peel against the skin to decrease inflammation could also be very beneficial."


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This is a companion article to the feature, "Cerebrospinal Fluid Testing."
The GloCyte CSF cell counter by Advanced Instruments, Norwood, Mass, offers a new approach to CSF cell counting.
The automated instrument uses a combination of fluorescence imaging and a unique sample cartridge.
In the GloCyte procedure for counting CSF cells, stained sample is deposited onto a disposable cartridge and vacuum is applied to accelerate the capturing of cells. A laser excites the stained cells, causing them to fluoresce.
The cells captured in the cartridge are then imaged and enumerated by the automated cell counter, using an intelligent algorithm that ensures accurate cell counts.


that termination at Step 5 correctly determines that no path exists. As established in B, the sequence of hit points has decreasing distance, so an infinite loop is not possible: Bug 2 must either find the goal or terminate with "No path". As established in A, "No path" will not be returned if there is a path to the goal. By contradiction, returning "No path" implies there is no path to the goal. QED.
Roadmap planners
Roadmap planners are able to achieve higher quality paths than bug algorithms, but require advance knowledge of all obstacles. They operate by computing a graph $G$ where vertices indicate free configurations and edges indicate collision-free paths (usually straight lines). Then, graph search is performed on this structure to produce a free path. See Appendix C.1 for more information about graph search algorithms.
A straightforward method for planning paths in 2D is grid search. Let us define the graph $G$ such that all vertices lie on a grid, and all edges are vertical or horizontal and connect subsequent vertices. Let us assume that $s$ and $g$ lie directly on grid vertices. If we remove all vertices from the grid that are contained within obstacles, and remove edges that intersect obstacles, then a search on the remaining graph will yield a path from the start to the goal (Fig. 4).
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Figure 4. Searching along a grid is a resolution complete method.
If the grid has $m$ divisions in the $x$ direction and $n$ divisions in the $y$ direction, then there are at most $mn$ vertices in the grid. As discussed in Appendix C.1, the running time of Dijkstra's algorithm will be $O(mn \log mn)$.
There are two main issues with grid search. First, if the obstacles are constructed to contain narrow passages smaller than the resolution of the grid, then it is unlikely for the graph to contain a feasible path even if one exists in the continuous space (unless we are lucky and the narrow passage lines up with the grid edges). The solution to this problem is to increase the resolution of the grid until it is sufficiently fine to find a path through the narrow passage, as shown below.
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Figure 5. (Left) A grid search is very likely to fail if the robot needs to pass through a narrow passage smaller than the grid resolution. (Middle) The clearance of a path is the minimum distance to obstacles of any point on the path. (Right) If there exists a path with clearance at least $d \geq h/\sqrt{2}$ away from obstacles, then a grid planner with resolution $h$ will find a path.
To make this more rigorous, let us denote the clearance of a point as the distance to the nearest obstacle, and the clearance of a path to be the minimum clearance of all points along the path. It can be easily shown that if there exists in the free space a path with clearance at least $h / \sqrt 2$, then search on a grid with resolution $h$ will find a feasible path. Hence, grid search is resolution-complete.
The second issue is that the grid does not contain shortest paths in the original space. Any diagonal movement can only be approximated by a series of axis-aligned movements, which is suboptimal regardless of the resolution of the grid. To partially mitigate this suboptimality, four $45^\circ$ diagonal edges between grid cells may be added with cost $h \sqrt 2$. For an even better result, the 8 diagonal edges passing two cells on each axis (moving in directions (2,1) (1,2), (-1,2), etc.) can be added to the graph. The drawback of adding additional edges is that more edges must be checked for collision when constructing the graph.
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Figure 6. Searching with 8-connected grid points allows the planner to compute slightly shorter paths.
Techniques that address these problems include the Any-Angle A* and the Fast Marching Method (FMM). Both of these methods perform the propagation of distances to a vertex's neighbor not only using the cost of the path along the edge, but also via off-edge paths. Any-Angle A* maintains information at each vertex about the source of straight line cost accumulation, while FMM approximates path costs via interpolation of the costs of any other explored vertices in adjoining grid cells. A complete description of these methods is beyond the scope of this book, but suffice to say the approximation quality of both methods improves with finer grids.
Visibility graph
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Figure 7. Illustrating the visibility graph method. First, edges from each vertex to every other vertex are added if collision free. Next, the visibility graph is completed. Finally, a shortest path is produced via graph search.
The visibility graph method was one of the earliest motion planning algorithms and is also notable because it is a complete, optimal algorithm for polygonal obstacles. The idea of the visibility graph is to construct a graph whose vertices are the start, goal, and all obstacle vertices, and the edges consist of all possible collision-free line segments and obstacle edges. As a result, the solution paths will pass directly through obstacle corners. Pseudocode for the basic visibility graph method is given below.
**Algorithm Visibility-Graph**
 1. Let $V \gets \{ s, g \}$ and all obstacle vertices.
 2. $E \gets \{ \}$.
 3. for all pairs of distinct vertices $u, v \in V$
 4. if $\overline{uv}$ is an obstacle edge
 5. Add $(u,v)$ to $E$.
 6. else if $\overline{uv}$ is collision free
 7. Add $(u,v)$ to $E$.
 8. Search $G = (V,E)$, with Cartesian distance as the edge cost, to connect $s$ and $g$.
 9. return the path if one is found.
The number of iterations of Line 3 is O($n^2$) where $n$ is the number of obstacle vertices. Line 6 requires collision checking an edge with all other obstacle edges, which is an O($n$) operation. Overall, this brute-force construction visibility graph is constructed in O($n^3$) time. Proving the correctness and optimality of this planner is left as an exercise.
Because $n$ may be quite large, e.g., in the hundreds or thousands, it may be fruitful to reduce the computational complexity of this algorithm. First, we can observe that if two convex obstacles have many intermediate vertices, most of the possible edges between them cannot be a part of an optimal path. Only the edges connecting obstacle tangents --- that is, an edge such that the prior and next obstacle vertex are on the same side of the edge --- need be checked for collision. Second, we can check for collisions between related edges in a more efficient way.
One method for doing so is known as the rotational sweep. The rotational sweep methods collision checks all outgoing edges from a given vertex $u$ in $O(n \log n)$ time by tracking the closest obstacle edge as a ray centered at $u$ sweeps around the full circle. The procedure is as follows:
 1. Sort all vertices around $u$ in order of increasing rotational angle. Ties are broken by closest distance. $O(n \log n)$ time.
 2. For the vertex $v$ with minimum angle, perform a collision check with the infinite ray from $u$ toward $v$. Order all of the edges $I = (e_1,\ldots,e_k)$ intersected by the ray by order of increasing distance. If $v$ is on the closest edge, add the edge $(u,v)$ to $E$. $O(n + log n)$ time.
 3. Proceed to the next vertex $w$ in the sorted list. If $w$ is the end of edge $e_1$, add $(u,w)$ to $E$ and remove $e_1$ from $I$. If it ends any other edge $e_k \in I$, remove it from $I$. If $w$ is the start of any edge $e \notin I$, then add it to $I$ in order of intersection distance. With binary search to identify edges in $I$, this takes $O(\log n)$ time.
 4. Repeat Step 3 until all vertices are visited.
Cell decomposition
The class of cell decomposition methods differs from the above techniques in that the graph does not characterize a network of configurations, but rather the connectivity between free-space regions that meet at their boundary. So, once a cell decomposition is created, we can identify the cells containing the start and goal configurations and then search the graph to find a sequence of cells that contains a feasible path.
One of the simplest cell-decomposition methods is the trapezoidal decomposition. This method divides free-space into trapezoids by imagining vertical upper and lower edges emanating from each obstacle vertex. The remaining cells are trapezoids and triangles, which are degenerate trapezoids with one edge of length zero. Each cell that borders another with a vertical line can be connected together with an edge in the graph. Because each cell is convex, any line connecting the left and right edges


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Sand is often interpreted as a tip to the fact that one considers his life, his intentions and plans not enough and secures (on sand built) has, – therefore, success is unsafe. Sand in the dream symbolises unstableness and a lack of security. Sand and sea show together lacking emotional security. Quicksand points out to the fact that the dreaming is not probably able to decide what is inalienable for him in his life. Sand in an hourglass wants to warn the dreaming about the fact that the time runs out.
The sand as a sandy dune or sandy beach mostly deals with holiday recollections of the dreaming or also with his wish for rest and rest. Nevertheless, the sand as a vision is often a symbol for the time and also for transitoriness, the running off lifetime is shown thus. Sand often appears in the dream because the dreaming is afraid of age and death. The construction of sand castles is an employment which has no real purpose, because they become a further-washed of the flood. If the dreaming follows in his dream of this employment, this is a tip to the fact that the structure which he tries to give to his life cannot be long-lasting and is, hence, an illusion. Sand can often symbolise the granules which we would like to strew other in the eyes. Who sees a sandy storm in the dream or will suffer in him hineingerät, maybe by the unmind of his people a harsh loss. If one digs himself in in the sand or one lies in a sandy hollow, one probably undermines his own existence.
At the spiritual level sand stands for the transitoriness of the physical life and can symbolise the oncoming death.
- see: uncertain relations will disturb you very much, – a reminder not to waste his spiritual and physical forces further on plan which cannot be realised, nevertheless,
- go on it: you make unsafe deals,
- shovel: with little application you have high profit,
- scatter: you waste your property,
- in the mouth: one will make you very angry.
- like 'ground', but deadly and without every strength, because the foundation and the basis are absent,
- see: annoyance and disappointments brings meant so much like insecurity in all, – need, problems and losses,
- lie in it: if means the danger of the existence,
- scatter: you will receive disagreeable visit,
- sandy storm: tells the breakdown of the achieved up to now in.
- scatter: Visit announces the visit.


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To build a set of dog steps take two boards and cut them zig zagged 3 times making sure they are the same size. now take flat boards and nail it onto the top of each zig zag making the stair.
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Born and raised in Mercedes, Texas, Jamie was confronted with the realities of wealth disparity at a very young age. Inspired to change and improve the communities in which she lived, she pursued a degree in Architectural Engineering, followed by a master's in Structural Engineering and Mechanics of Materials, specializing in earthquake engineering. She spent the next several years learning and mastering the structural needs of the Los Angeles community, before launching The Design Collaborative in 2017. Rooted in her passion for community, sustainability, and design, Jamie hopes to foster an environment of openly flowing ideas from people of diverse and often underrepresented communities. She believes that when we collaborate, we can build something beautiful.
Throughout her 17-year career, Jamie has led the structural design for projects in the Education, Civic, Aviation, Residential, Hospitality, Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Healthcare, and Commercial sectors. She has utilized performance-based engineering to design, retrofit, and evaluate over 40 buildings. Some of her most notable projects include leading the innovative retrofit of the LAX Theme Building, structural design of the new Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Beverly Hills, and structural design of four student housing towers at Stanford University.
Jamie recently co-authored the paper, "Should We Rely on Existing Building Lateral Systems when Retrofitting Buildings?," and presented the findings during the 2018 Structural Engineering Association of California Convention. The research provides an overview of our building codes and analysis tools, as well as a complete picture of what earthquake resilience requires. Jamie is committed to collaborating with clients and architects to truly implement resilient structural design.


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Iran Zoroastrians celebrate ancient feast of fire
ALI AKBAR DAREINI Associated Press Published:
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Followers of Iran's minority Zoroastrian religion gathered after sunset to mark Sadeh -- an ancient mid-winter feast dating to Iran's pre-Islamic past that is also drawing new interest from Muslims.
Zoroastrian priests, dressed in white to symbolize purity, recited verses from Avesta, the holy Zoroastrian book, before more than 2,000 people on Tuesday.
Men and women in traditional dress carried torches and lit a huge bonfire on the outskirts of Tehran Tuesday, as young people danced.
Sadeh, the feast of creation of fire, has been observed since ancient days, when Zoroastrianism was the dominant religion in the powerful Persian empire.
Zoroastrianism lost dominance after Muslim Arabs invaded and conquered Persia in the seventh century. Today, most of Iran's 75 million people are Shiite Muslims, and the ruling establishment is led by clerics who preach a strict version of Islam.
After the 1979 revolution brought in the hard-line Islamic religious government, many Zoroastrians emigrated to the U.S., and their festivals were strongly discouraged.
About 20,000 Zoroastrians remain today -- down from 300,000 in the 1970s, when many emigrated to the United States. They make up part of Iran's small non-Muslim population, including 150,000 Christians and 15,000 Jews.
Although the feast of fire has traditionally been marked by Zoroastrians, many Muslim Iranians joined the festival Tuesday.
"This festival promotes friendship and happiness. The feast is an opportunity to thank God for the creation of fire. The light and warmth of fire brings affection among communities. That's the reason we are here," Zoroastrian priest Sohrab Hengami said.
Ali Doosti, an Iranian Muslim who attended Tuesday's celebration, said Sadeh should not been seen from a purely religious perspective.
"Sadeh is an ancient celebration that symbolizes Iran's rich cultural heritage. There is no reason why Iranian Muslims shouldn't observe the event," he said.
To Zoroastrians, fire represents life and the inherent nature of Ahura Mazda -- total goodness.
"Sadeh is a celebration of fire, but we are not fire worshippers. We worship one God," said Ardeshir Khorshidian, another priest.
Fire plays a central role in worship as a symbol of truth and the spirit of God. Prayer is often performed in front of a fire, and consecrated fires are kept perpetually burning in major temples.


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You can speed up the access to nodes of a large Info file by giving it a tags table. Unlike the tags table for a program, the tags table for an Info file lives inside the file itself and is used automatically whenever Info reads in the file.
To make a tags table, go to a node in the file using Emacs Info mode and type
M-x Info-tagify. Then you must use C-x C-s to save the
file. Info files produced by the
makeinfo command that is part
of the Texinfo package always have tags tables to begin with.
Once the Info file has a tags table, you must make certain it is up
to date. If you edit an Info file directly (as opposed to editing its
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more than a thousand characters in the file from the position
recorded in the tags table, Info will no longer be able to find that
node. To update the tags table, use the
An Info file tags table appears at the end of the file and looks like this:
^_^L Tag Table: File: info, Node: Cross-refs^?21419 File: info, Node: Tags^?22145 ^_ End Tag Table
Note that it contains one line per node, and this line contains the beginning of the node's header (ending just after the node name), a 'DEL' character, and the character position in the file of the beginning of the node.

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Mythimna, colloquially known as Moth, is a tidally locked world. Its one half lies in permanent daylight, its other half in endless night.
A vast and ancient world, Moth is home to many landscapes and cultures.
It is believed that, hundreds of thousands of years ago, Moth would spin around its axis, and day would follow night. An unknown event caused the world to fall still. Since then, the people of Moth have evolved separately on the daylit and dark sides; the two peoples have had almost no contact since.
Mythimna is commonely called Moth since its continents resemble the duskmoth, a breed of moth with one white wing, one black wing.
A map of Moth can be viewed here.
For full details, see Timandra.
Timandra, colloquially known as Dayside, is the sunlit half of Moth. Timandra contains many vast, varied landscapes: sub-arctic pine forests, temperate plains, deserts, rainforests, savanas, and more. It is home to eight kingdoms, each with their own language, culture, and history. Living in eternal sunlight, most Timandrians fear and hate Eloria, the land of darkness and secrets.
For full details, see Eloria.
Eloria, colloquially known as Nightside, is the dark half of Moth. Permanently dark, Eloria is a vast, barren land lacking plantlife. However, it is home to ancient, sprawling civilizations whose people have evolved to survive in the dark. Elorians have large eyes -- roughly the size and shape of chicken eggs -- pale skin, white hair, and large ears. They enjoy a diet of meat and mushrooms. Several kingdoms rule Eloria, sometimes clashing violently. For thousands of years, Eloria has had no contact with Timandra, a land Elorians perceive as hellish and full of demons.


A child is sliding ona sled at 1.7 {\rm m/s} to the right. You stop the sled by pushing on itfor 0.70 {\rm s} in a direction opposite to its motion. If the massof the child and sled is 32 {\rm kg}, what average force do you need to apply to stopthe sled? Use the concepts of impulse and momentum.


Interior Design: How Valuable is Art to Property?
Interior Design: How Valuable is Art to Property?
There is a process known as cultural placemaking which is about the connection between the arts and commerce. This can be something that makes the arts side of the equation feel uncomfortable, but it is about the realities of what art is worth in the wider world.
In terms of cultural placemaking, this is where developers contact artists early in the process, to work out how to best integrate art into an overall development.
In 2017, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, commissioned a World Cities Culture Report. This identified culture as a city's defining essence. Therefore, in terms of property development, it makes sense to involve art early on.
How does this work, or indeed can it work, in terms of an established fine art market?
Property Aspects Magazine asked Sarah Samuels, Cheshire-based fine art dealer at Sarah Samuels Fine Paintings, for her thoughts.
How is Art Transforming Interior Design?
"There's an increasing trend for developers to engage artists early in the process of renovation, or even new builds, to incorporate fine art concepts in interior design," explains Sarah.
This manifests itself in vivid, unique decorative detail, such as Grayson Perry's contribution to A House For Essex in Wrabness.
"For some collectors, the logical next step is to incorporate art into the actual fabric of their homes. This adds a practical element to it, so the art is more than decorative."
"Where people are finding architects' visions for their homes a little on the conservative side, they are then turning to artists to help develop the uniqueness of their vision"
Sarah Samuels, Sarah Samuels Fine Paintings
This is where elements such as architectural fixtures and interior details take on a whole new dimension, that is as much connected to their status as their look and function.
"What this means for art in general is that it is increasingly embedded in the concept of what good, distinctive interior design means."
Fine Art for the Home
"It is easier than ever to buy art, but this comes with certain challenges," says Sarah.
"It's not just about the price of a picture, and certainly not about whether it fits with your home's colour scheme. Rather, it's about the true value of it, and its potential legacy."
This question of provenance is key when it comes to selecting fine art for the home.
"Ideally, the buyer of the art wants as much of a connection as possible to the artist. This is where the right dealer adds value. It is about trust."
"The artist trusts the dealer, and the dealer builds trust with the potential customer based on being able to convey a depth of knowledge of the artist's intentions and motivations"
Sarah Samuels, Sarah Samuels Fine Paintings
Ultimately, does art matter in interior design?
"Your home is more than a space and is something with which you build a deep connection," Sarah concludes. "Art can help strengthen this connection. It adds meaning to your home, and therefore, your life."
To discover how art can improve your home and your life, please contact Sarah Samuels on 0785 _PHONE_ or visit
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The Power Wheelchair
By Maria Basso Lipani, LCSW
©2008-2010
Summary: The power wheelchair can substantially enhance independence for those who are physically disabled. For those who require this piece of mobility equipment due to a medical condition, it is possible that Medicare will pay for a substantial portion of the cost. Although power wheelchairs are similar to mobility scooters, there are significant differences.
Dear Maria: My mother has recently been diagnosed with ALS and I want to learn everything I can about equipment that can help her maximize her independence for as long as possible. She is still able to walk at this time, but I know that there will come a time when she cannot. I'm assuming that the first step would be to get her a mobility scooter and then later, a power wheelchair, is this right? Ann, Redding, Pennsylvania
Dear Ann: When walking first becomes difficult, most people look to a cane or walker first. If neither of these pieces of equipment provides sufficient stability, a manual wheelchair would be next. If a person is unable to propel a manual wheelchair on his or her own, Medicare may pay for an electric or motorized scooter. If a scooter becomes no longer sufficient, then yes, a power wheelchair would be next.
Although the requirements for reimbursement from Medicare are similar for a scooter and a power wheelchair, there are very different standards for what makes each piece of equipment medically necessary.
Generally speaking, a person would qualify for a power wheelchair only when a qualifying diagnosis such as ALS has caused him or her to lose the upper body strength to sit upright in a scooter and operate one safely. So long as your mother is able to do this, the scooter would likely be the most appropriate piece of equipment.
The most important thing to keep in mind when ordering a power wheelchair (or a scooter for that matter) is that your mother speaks with her physician first, to obtain a prescription. The prescription is what she'll give to the vendor. Before writing the prescription, the physician must carefully document the need for a power wheelchair in her medical record indicating the reasons that he or she feels this piece of equipment is essential to her day-to-day functioning and why. If this process is not followed, Medicare may not pay.
If your mother does require a power wheelchair at some point, chances are she may also need a lift. Power wheelchair lifts may or may not be sold by the same vendor, so it would be important to ask. Although they are not a covered benefit under most insurance, they offer significant benefits with regard to transportation as well a entering or exiting a home.


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Rabbits and Hares can cause substantial damage as is common with animals that proliferate at an accelerated rate. Rabbits can be quite detrimental in that they have been known to chew through irrigation lines and carry many diseases such as tularemia, ticks, mites and others that can adversely affect humans.
Contrarily, rabbits provide an important food source for their prey animals and humans alike. They also provide an excellent source of fertilizer for the ecosystem.
Whether you are a suburban homeowner or a commercial grower there are many common positive and negative affects of the rabbits in your yard, gardens or landscaping.


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The Investigation Of Reflective Inquiry Based Activities' Effects On Preservice Teachers' Laboratory Self-Efficiancy Perceptions
Today's science education reforms emphasis on constructivism and inquiry in the education systems. This research investigates the effects of Reflective Inquiry Based activities on preservice teachers' laboratory self-efficiancy perceptions. The study was conducted at a public university's education faculty which is located in Istanbul, with Science Education Program's second grade students in the 2010-2011 Academic Year Spring Semester. The working group was 66 preservice science teachers; 36 of them were control, 30 of them were experimental group. The applications were made by researcher in General Biology Laboratory Course II along 8 weeks, 2 hours each week with traditional approach to control group and with reflective inquiry approach to experimental group. The problem statement of the study was "Is there any statistical difference between control and experimental groups' laboratory self-efficiancy perceptions according to be taught by reflective inquiry based or traditional approaches?" Datas were collected by "Laboratory Self-Efficiancy Perception Scale" and "Reflection Skills Questions". At the end of the study, statistically increase was found in laboratory self efficiancy perceptions and reflection skills in favor of experimental group. It was seen that reflective skills questions were also supported laboratory self-efficiancy perceptions scale findings.
KeywordsReflective Inquiry, 5E Model, Science Teacher Training, General Biology Laboratory.


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In human society and its environment (HSIE), the subjects of history and geography are mandatory from Kindergarten to Year 10, where students study specific historical and geographical concepts and skills.
In HSIE, students explore varied subjects in human society and its environment to learn about history, geography, people, societies and culture.
Students also have an opportunity to learn more about people and the societies and environments in which they live through elective subjects.
A large number of individual subjects make up the key learning area of HSIE in which students:
- research, gather and analyse information
- question and make judgements
- write for a variety of purposes.


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text: 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data let f:[0,oo) -> R be given by f(x) = sin(x) / x for x>0 and f(0) = c. Prove that f is improper riemann integrable without computing the integral explicitly 3. The attempt at a solution I've attempted to find a upperbound for f(x) such that the integral does not diverge. The most simple one is to use the fact that sin(x) <= 1 for all x, but this gives a divergent integral. I've already proved that f is Lebesgue measurable for every c in R. So I could turn the integral [tex]\int_0^R f(x) dx[/tex] into a Lebesgue integral and then use one of the convergence theorems to try to show with them that the integral does not diverge. But I haven't succeded in doing this :( Can anyone help me out?


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Electrochemical charging of an electrochemical system results in Maxwell stress and a variation in the surface energy of the electrode. The charging-induced variation in the surface energy of the electrode and Maxwell stress introduce mechanical deformation and create stresses in the electrode. To relax the strain energy stored in the electrode, surface cracking and buckling can occur. Under the condition that the charging-induced change in the surface energy is the dominant factor controlling the in-plane deformation of a planar electrode, i.e. the bonding between the adsorbate and the substrate is weak, the variation in the surface energy of the electrode can be described by the Lippmann equation. Using the Lippmann equation, both the surface charge density on the electrode and the surface energy of the electrode are formulated as a function of the electrode potential. Analytical relations between the critical electrode potential and average damage size have been obtained for the charging-induced cracking and buckling in a planar, thin-film electrode. The results show that surface cracking will prevail over local buckling in accordance with experimental observations. Both critical electrode potentials are inversely proportional to the square root of the magnitude of the differential capacity of the electrical double layer at the electrode potential of zero charge.
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This work was supported by the NSF through grant CMMI-_PHONE_, monitored by Dr Khershed Cooper, and was supported by the KSEF through grant KSEF-148-502-15-341.
© the Owner Societies 2017.
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry


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WHEN babies crawl they 'kick up' a dust storm of dirt, skin cells, bacteria, pollen, and fungal spores which they breathe in, a study found
And because they are so close to the floor they inhale four times as much as when an adult walks across the same surface, with carpets and rugs the worst for the 'dust smog'.
But while this cloud of dust and dirt may sound alarming, experts reassured parents it was not necessarily a bad thing as it could help infants build up defences against asthma and allergies.
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Brandon Boor of Purdue University in Indiana said: 'We are interested in the biological material an infant inhales, especially during their first year of life when they are crawling.
'Many studies have shown that inhalation exposure to microbes and allergen-carrying particles in that portion of life plays a significant role in both the development of, and protection from, asthma and allergic diseases.
'There are studies that have shown that being exposed to a high diversity and concentration of biological materials may reduce the prevalence of asthma and allergies later in life.'
While previous studies have looked at how much dirt and biological material is kicked up and resuspended into the air when an adult walks indoors, the study is the first study to look at what happens with infants and their unique forms of locomotion.
Babies are the only mammals that cannot get up and walk straight after birth and they take months before they can take a few wobbly steps like a newborn elephant, giraffe or horse.
As babies roll, slide and crawl on the floor, their movements stir up more particulates into the air, and their mouths and nostrils are much closer to the floor where the concentrations are greater.
This is countered somewhat by the fact that babies tend to move in much shorter bursts of activity than do older children or adults.
To explore the smog kicked up, the study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology built a robotic crawling baby.
The robot was then tested crawling on actual carpet samples they had removed from homes and researchers measured and analysed the particulates in the breathing zone.
It was found a concentrated cloud of resuspended particles formed around the robot and concentrations around them can be as much as 20 times greater than the levels of material higher in the room.
Moreover, infants' bodies aren't as good at blocking this dust storm — but counterintuitively this may be just what nature intended.
In the late 1980s, British epidemiologist David Strachan was the first to propose the 'hygiene hypothesis', which says that too clean of an environment may suppress the development of the immune system.
Allergists also sometimes refer to this as 'the farming effect'.
Prof Boor said: 'Exposure to certain bacterial and fungal species can result in the development of asthma, but numerous studies have shown that when an infant is exposed to a very high diversity of microbes, at a high concentration, they can have a lower rate of asthma later in life.
'Such exposures act to stimulate and challenge your immune system.'


Is Garlic Safe During Pregnancy?
Pregnant women will want to limit how much garlic they eat for a number of reasons, including the fact that it can act as a blood thinner if it is consumed in large amounts. There have been numerous studies done on the affects of garlic on pregnant women, though none of them yielded any noteworthy results.
As long as garlic is not consumed in extremely high amounts, pregnant women should be okay with eating it once in a while. Garlic does however have some components in it that can pass through the placenta and into the amniotic fluid, which could cause problems with the birth or baby.
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Classroom Talk for Social Change
Critical Conversations in English Language Arts
Melissa Schieble Amy Vetter Kahdeidra Monét Martin Rebecca Rogers
Teachers College Press
Learn how to foster critical conversations in English language arts classrooms. This guide encourages teachers to engage students in noticing and discussing harmful discourses about race, gender, and other identities. The authors take readers through a framework that includes knowledge about power, a critical learner stance, critical pedagogies, critical talk moves, and vulnerability. The text features in-depth classroom examples from six secondary English language arts classrooms. Each chapter offers specific ways in which teachers can begin and sustain critical conversations with their students, including the creation of teacher inquiry groups that use transcript analysis as a learning tool.
- Strategies that educators can use to facilitate conversations about critical issues.
- In-depth classroom examples of teachers doing this work with their students.
- Questions, activities, and resources that foster self-reflection.
- Tools for engaging in transcript analysis of classroom conversations.
- Suggestions for developing inquiry groups focused on critical conversations.
Melissa Schieble is an associate professor of English education at Hunter College of the City University of New York. Amy Vetter is a professor in English education in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Kahdeidra Monét Martin is a presidential research fellow and doctoral candidate in Urban Education at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.


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In this paper, the limitations of the performance of electroabsorption modulators (EAMs) as optical transceivers in passive picocell systems by using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method are theoretically investigated. EAMs with no bias voltage are modeled by the FDTD method with consideration of the interaction between electromagnetic fields and optical powers in optical waveguides. Transmission and responsivity of EAMs according to various optical input powers and chip lengths are calculated. Then, power margins of the downlink and uplink paths are estimated to define the service ranges of the passive picocell systems. In addition, EAMs with biased voltage are characterized for comparison. The results suggest that the service range of the passive picocell system using a no-biased EAM can be extended up to 20 m with a chip length of 400 μm and an optical input power larger than 10 dBm.
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Rel that are vanishing Hares and hedgehogs skylarks and water voles even the humble house sparrow are in freefall But now at last there is hopeAuthor and naturalist Stephen Moss has travelled the length and breadth of the United Kingdom to see just how Britons are fighting back to save the wildlife they love In Newcastle he sees otters that have returned to the river Tyne and red kites fl. Time spent with nature is never wastedA bit like time with a good book For if we lose touch with nature we will eventually lose touch with who we areYou can tell from the title of this book that it is not for everyone It very much focuses on Britain so is really targeted at British wildlifenature lovers But then I am one of thoseStephen Moss examines a number of different natural environments found across the British Isles Farmland Woods Forests Mountains Moorlands Rivers Streams Coast Sea Towns Cities and Gardens Other Artificial Habitats In each case he looks at the history of these environments the current state and the potential future The history tends as it must to focus on damage that has been done we have not been good at looking after nature The current state offers a mixture of hope and despondency Undoubtedly there are many exciting and potentially very productive initiatives underway across many different natural habitats But there are also many many areas where little is being done The future could go either way As a lover of nature I know what I hope for but it is a fragile balanceAnd balance is one of the key themes of the book One of Moss's recurring discussions is about achieving balance between man and nature And he also is very keen to talk about the often unintended conseuences of actions that disrupt the balance in ways that could hardly have been imagined at the time Often the effects take a long time to come into play As an example consider Britain after the Second World War and the push to provide sufficient cheap food for the nation meant significant changes to farming practices This pressure has continued and we as a nation have gone from spending something like one third of our income on food to something like one tenth I may be exaggerating but it is that order of magnitude This is only possible because of mass production techniues that are very very bad for nature and wildlife Today we are coming to realise that and we are seeing action to move in the opposite direction with many farmers introducing edges back to their fields where wildlife can thriveIt's an interesting read with plenty of food for thought I learned uite a few things as I read If I hadn't recently read Simon Barnes' The Meaning of Birds I don't think I would have set the bar uite so high and might have ended up giving this a higher rating but it doesn't have the same resonance and uality of writing as Barnes' book But recommended reading for anyone with an interesting in British nature and wildlife
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Wild Kingdom Bringing Back Britain's Wildlife Free read ë 104 ' [Reading] ➷ Wild Kingdom Bringing Back Britain's Wildlife By Stephen Moss – Johns-cycling-diary.co.uk Britain's wildlife is in trouble Wild creatures that have lived here for thousands of years are disappearing because of pollution and persecBritain's wildlife is in trouble Wild creatures that Bringing Back Epub #217 have lived here for thousands of years are disappearing Wild Kingdom PDF or because of pollution and persecution competition with alien species changing farming and forestry practices and climate changeIt's not Kingdom Bringing Back PDFEPUB #234 just rare creatures such as the Scottish wildcat or the red suir. Wildlife has been declining in Britain over the last few decades; it is an unfortunate by product of human population growth which in the modern world has increased significantly Through this book Moss suggests a few ways in which we can start to bring back some of Britain's wildlife without compromising the human way of life we can co exist with natureResponsibility is the key with a strong emphasis on a active approach to understanding the environment and ecology Moss is very aware of the impact of farming on natural land on the habitats of wildlife though he isn't about blaming the farmers They have a job to do a nation to feed and a uota to meet to ensure profit What Moss instead suggests is that environmentally friendly methods can be adopted by farmers methods that wouldn't damage their profits too heavily but would also ensure the survival of wildlife He wants to work with the farmers with the nation and strive for mutual improvementFor example he suggests that space is the key He draws on case studies studies in which farmers have left hedgerows on their land and natural foliage on the outskirts In these instances the population of wildlife has increased insects have been attracted to the plant life and then predators have soon followed This has increased sightings of rare birds on such land Small simple changes are indeed very effective However one oversight I noticed was a lack of consideration for farming sustainable things Improving the methods is always good but if we can farm productive alternatives then it would eliminate much of the problemIf such ideas and responsible practices can be applied on a larger scale to our forests to our rivers and to the oceans then there would be wider spread improvement Wildlife numbers would increase The real looming threat though is global climate change and its effect on the natural world If this isn't addressed then no minor improvements will have any effect Moss rightfully recognises this though it is not the focus of his book The ideas he gives are changes that we can reach for on a societal level ones that would install a sense of responsibility the globe needs to adopt The writing is elouent and highly detailed; it's the words of a man who loves the wildlife of Britain and one who laments the fact that so much has been lostHowever the most successful element of the writing is its power to debunk the myth that Britain's countryside is ripe and green The reality of the situation is that it was once ripe and green but our way of life has changed this greatly Even now though there is a chance to change this The book is rich in optimism a hope that things can and will get better if we work for it And therein is the rub do we want it Moss offers a compelling case for improvement an excellent account that is both passionate and informed It's hard not be convinced by the argument he offers I received an advanced reading copy of this book from The Bookbag in exchange for an honest review originally posted here