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1 Quart liquid imperial [qt] = 0.001 136 522 570 498 7 Cubic meter [m³] - Measurement calculator that can be used to convert Quart liquid imperial to Cubic meter, among others.
Convert Quart liquid imperial to Cubic meter (qt to m³):
 3. From the selection list, choose the unit that corresponds to the value you want to convert, in this case 'Quart liquid imperial [qt]'.
 4. Finally choose the unit you want the value to be converted to, in this case 'Cubic meter [m³]'.
With this calculator, it is possible to enter the value to be converted together with the original measurement unit; for example, '287 Quart liquid imperial'. In so doing, either the full name of the unit or its abbreviation can be usedas an example, either 'Quart liquid imperial' or 'qt'. Then, the calculator determines the category of the measurement unit of measure that is to be converted, in this case 'Volume'. After that, it converts the entered value into all of the appropriate units known to it. In the resulting list, you will be sure also to find the conversion you originally sought. Alternatively, the value to be converted can be entered as follows: '62 qt to m3' or '1 qt into m3' or '50 Quart liquid imperial -> Cubic meter' or '94 qt = m3' or '80 Quart liquid imperial to m3' or '28 qt to Cubic meter' or '97 Quart liquid imperial into Cubic meter'. For this alternative, the calculator also figures out immediately into which unit the original value is specifically to be converted. Regardless which of these possibilities one uses, it saves one the cumbersome search for the appropriate listing in long selection lists with myriad categories and countless supported units. All of that is taken over for us by the calculator and it gets the job done in a fraction of a second.
Furthermore, the calculator makes it possible to use mathematical expressions. As a result, not only can numbers be reckoned with one another, such as, for example, '(48 * 47) qt'. But different units of measurement can also be coupled with one another directly in the conversion. That could, for example, look like this: '287 Quart liquid imperial + 861 Cubic meter' or '53mm x 21cm x 24dm =? cm^3'. The units of measure combined in this way naturally have to fit together and make sense in the combination in question.


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The Rt Hon Lord Willetts on space, sustainability and what the UK can do next
The Rt Hon Lord Willetts FRS joined the Freeman Air and Space Institute for their summer lecture where he reflected on how the space domain has evolved since 2015 and how it will continue to change.
Lord Willetts speaking at the FASI summer lecture in June 2023.
The Rt Hon Lord Willetts hosted the lecture 'Space and Sustainability: what does it mean and what can the UK do?' with the Freeman Air and Space Institute (FASI) to discuss ways in which a safe and secure space environment can be sustained. The lecture was an update on his 2015 Briscoe Lecture on space, science, and security.
Referring to the Integrated Review, the Rt Hon Lord Willetts expressed the importance of space as a security domain and the influence space policy now has on wider policies. He also highlighted the UK Space Agency's current priority objectives, such as space discovery and exploration and connecting civil and security space programmes. Other priorities included the need to extend and fund new opportunities beyond the South East of England and the use of space as a tool to harness interest in STEM.
We start off with a picture of space as big and infinite and pristine and pure [but] when you start thinking about orbits and space debris... and the speed at which every object moves... suddenly low Earth orbits don't look so big and spacey after all.
Rt Hon Lord Willetts
He added that some parts of these orbits may, in the very near future, become unusable due to the number of satellites being sent up from Earth, "[there] could be thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit over the next decade or so and then everything we have previously assumed about easy access to space ceases to apply". If the number of satellites in Earth's low orbit continues to rise, there will be significant risks of collisions occurring.
FASI Co-Director, Dr David Jordan with the Rt Hon Lord Willetts.
Lord Willetts told the audience that since Brexit, the UK is well-placed to consider new alliances and partnerships, "space is an area where we can forge bilateral partnerships... There is undoubtedly an effort going into Commonwealth scientific collaboration and [there] is a revitalisation of the network of Commonwealth universities."
Emphasising the need for a "shared moral framework" regarding the treatment of space and the moon, Lord Willetts noted the Astra Carta, a new framework by the Sustainable Markets Initiative to align the global private sector's space-related activities with sustainability goals and standards. He expressed his excitement at the "technological advances and growth of the UK space sector" and reiterated the UK's important responsibility when it comes to the space domain.
We can't preach sustainability on earth and not practice it in space. That is a challenge we need to address.
Rt Hon Lord Willetts
The Freeman Air and Space Institute (FASI) provides independent and original research and analysis of air and space power issues. FASI was established in 2020 thanks to funding from the Royal Air Force (RAF) through the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL). Based in the School of Security Studies, King's College London, the Institute is an interdisciplinary initiative dedicated to generating an understanding of air and space power affairs in defence and security.

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Small reservoirs are important to flood control and water resource utilization in local areas. This study proposes a WebGIS-based flood control management system to support the flood discharge of small reservoirs during intensive rainfall in the flood season. The agile software development method and a loosely coupled structure are used to combine multidisciplinary knowledge from different experts. A flood level forecasting model for reservoirs in humid regions is established based on rainfall and water level measurements. It aims to provide concise information for reservoir managers to choose an appropriate discharging scheme, so that the capacity is maintained in a safe range on the next day. Using the Hengshan Reservoir in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River as an example, the model verification reveals that it is acceptable for rainfall events whose daily amount is near or above 100 mm (the heavy rainstorm level in China), and the system is verified by a trial operation during the typhoon season. While most existing flood control systems focus on river basins and large reservoirs, this study considers the data availability and practical flood discharging scenario of small reservoirs, and provides a useful tool for flood control management.
- flood control management
- limited hydrological measurements
- lower reaches of the Yangtze River
- small reservoir
- First received 11 May 2016.
- Accepted in revised form 29 September 2016.
- © IWA Publishing 2017

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What is the meaning of the 'the water-wraith was shrieking' in "Lord Ullin's Daughter"?
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This quote is part of a general description of the storm that is raging over the water which characterises how dangerous it was to go out on the ferry boat and to leave the safety of land. In this stanza, one of the key features is the way that the storm is personified, and this is certainly something that describing it as being the result of a "water-wraith" helps achieve:
By this the storm grew loud apace,
The water-wraith was shrieking;
And in the scowl of heaven each face
Grew dark as they were speaking.
Note how heaven is given a "scowl" as it is imagined as some kind of angry person, paralleling in fact the anger of Lord Ullin at his daughter's elopement. The "water-wraith" helps convey the violence of the storm and its impact on the water, because not only does it help imagine a supernatural being causing the turmoil but it also conveys the intensity of the tempest through the picture of this water-wraith "shrieking," with the use of onomatopoeia here enacting the sound of the water as it is churned and whipped by the elements. What is key is that even though the storm is described to be so ferocious and so intense, Lord Ullin's daughter would gladly face that than the anger of her father.
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The difference between prey drive & hunting instinct
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I think prey drive is more to describe the juvenile-like way of just chasing things. No method to it, just chase.
Whereas hunting instinct is used more to describe a more methodical approach. I think someone said something similar above? Same general thing though.
Here it'd be described as prey drive given just the total carelessness about the chase.
And this is more methodical, hunting instinct. An actual attempt to catch. He actually tries. Although gets confused by the initial lack in movement. Pheasants aren't that smart. laugh out loud
I don't think that stalking always means hunting instinct nor that hunting instinct is just stalking. It's just when the dog seems to really have it thought out what he wants. He has a goal. Whereas prey drive is more just for funzies. That's my take on it anyway.
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In her blog, Suzanne Clothier, a marvelous writer and trainer, has an entry entitled "Drive and Brakes and Steering." I'd like to quote from it some.
"For those who find the whole notion of biting and gripping worrisome, perhaps it is easiest to think about it this way: substitute "bite" or "grip" with retrieve, herd, chase. All of these behaviors are aspects of the predatory sequence. In his books DOGS, Ray Coppinger does a wonderful job of explaining the predatory behavior chain - I often recommend his book solely for that chapter.
In our dogs, the behaviors we see are the same ones that would be seen in a wolf's predatory sequence. These behaviors are instinctive, a natural part of the canine behavioral repertoire. Perhaps most importantly, when expressed by our domestic dogs, these behaviors can show considerable deviation from the natural behavior.
Specialized breeds reflect the results of selective breeding for specific behaviors or exaggerations of some behaviors or inhibition of other behaviors.Thus herding dogs exhibit strong chase behaviors but with inhibited bite/grip and highly inhibited killing behaviors, The Border Collie's famous "eye" is a result of generations of breeding for an exaggeration of a natural behavior. Bird dogs have the bite/grip intensely inhibited, thus the desired "soft mouth." In the case of pointing breeds, the naturally occurring stalk behavior is exaggerated to become a frozen "point".
The bite/grip/grab behavior is strong in many working lines, and there is a genetic component to how the dogs grip, where they grip, what will trigger a bite or grip. For example, some dogs bite low while others come up higher -- this becomes very clear when you see dogs worked on sheep or cattle. Are they moving the animals by nipping towards their heels (thus the term "heelers")? or grabbing a hindquarter or going higher for the shoulder/neck or higher still for nose ("headers")?
For many working lines (police K9, Schutzhund, ring sport, etc), there is a tendency to bite hard and to grip with a full mouth bite that goes right to the molars. This is prized, and for good reason: in an attack situation, you want the dog bringing his entire jaw power to bear, not merely the incisors and canines (sometimes called a "bitchy" bite, a grip that is more easily dislodged). These full, hard bites are evident from an early age in puppies from these lines, just as birdy pups demonstrate a keen interest in things with feathers, and field bred retriever puppies carry things, and herding puppies respond to moving things with delight.
Selective breeding is a way of engineering a bigger engine for that behavior (or set of behaviors), so that we can easily shape those behaviors into what we want, whether that's a retrieve of a duck or sheep neatly penned. But balance is the key in any working performance. If you think of instinctive behavior as the engine that drives the dog, then the balance comes in the form of the brakes and steering and multiple gears that allow that engine to be effectively utilized to good purpose. Just as it would not be okay to let a herding dog chase sheep willy-nilly or treat a toddler like an errant ewe, it's also necessary to teach a strong biting dog what is and is not appropriate for those jaws."
I think Clothier explains this question the best. thinking
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I think "prey drive" is something more instinctive and basic and "hunting instinct" is a modified (selectively developed) part of that drive. To me prey drive is a desire to kill things, very basic and critically important for survival. This strong instinct has been preserved in many types of dogs, both intentionally as in terriers, and not bred away from in Nordic breeds. The idea of hunting instinct is generally reserved for sporting breeds and refers to specific traits, like pointing or retrieving. These are unique traits (or parts of the prey capture sequence) that were isolated and enhanced through selective breeding.
My God-dog is a Sammy mix Brady and he has a huge prey drive. I was walking him once with my two pups and my guys who were off leash found an opossum, my Selli just wanted to sniff it and my Duff, a Sheltie Mix, barked at it. I went over with Brady on a leash (because I know how he is), to stop Duffy from barking, and I got one step too close and that was the end of the opossum. I have a friend who has a Brittany Cooper who one day brought her an opossum and dropped it in front of her. She thought the opossum was dead but she saw it run off a few minutes later. Brady had the desire to kill the opossum while Cooper just had the desire to bring it to her.
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The meat and poultry industry strives for maximum operating efficiency and productivity, which are directly affected by the line speed at each plant. The U.S. Department of Agriculture regulates line speeds. Lines that are more heavily staffed can move at a greater speed while maintaining quality standards.
If line speeds are set too fast, workers may be unable to perform their job correctly and may become injured. In addition, when lines move too quickly for the staffing, product quality problems may result.
Companies benefit by setting line speeds properly. USDA inspectors, in plants at all times, also may adjust line speeds down if they believe the speed of the line is preventing full compliance with federal food safety.
For additional information, see our Line Speeds Fact Sheet.

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Zimbabwe Agriculture Water Shortage
Problem At Hand
Avanteges and Disadvantages
- Will have water for agriculture almost all the time.
- Easy to get to
- There are different styles of water harvesting for different farm layouts. (size, location and budget).
- Depending where the water harvester is, bacteria could get into it.
- If the water sits still for too long, the water could possibly pick up diseases.
- There is limited water.
Source of information bibliography
Planting water: Sustainable agriculture in Zimbabwe. (2013, October 07). Retrieved from _URL_
Conflict over water threatens mining, farming communities. (n.d.). Retrieved from _URL_


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-paper-scissors scenario - boxer beats brawler, swarmer beats boxer, and brawler beats swarmer.
A classic "boxer" or stylist (also known as an "out-fighter") seeks to maintain distance between himself and his opponent, fighting with faster, longer range punches, most notably the jab, and gradually wearing his opponent down. Due to this reliance on weaker punches, out-fighters tend to win by point decisions rather than by knockout, though some out-fighters have notable knockout records. They are often regarded as the best boxing strategists due to their ability to control the pace of the fight and lead their opponent, methodically wearing him down and exhibiting more skill and finesse than a brawler. Out-fighters need reach, hand speed, reflexes, and footwork.
Notable out-fighters include Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, Joe Calzaghe, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Salvador Sanchez, Gene Tunney, Ezzard Charles, Willie Pep, Meldrick Taylor, Ricardo Lopez, Roy Jones, Jr., and Sugar Ray Leonard. This style was also used by fictional boxer Apollo Creed.
A boxer-puncher is a well-rounded boxer who is able to fight at close range with a combination of technique and power, often with the ability to knock opponents out with a combination and in some instances a single shot. Their movement and tactics are similar to that of an out-fighter (although they are generally not as mobile as an out-fighter), but instead of winning by decision, they tend to wear their opponents down using combinations and then move in to score the knockout. A boxer must be well rounded to be effective using this style.
Notable boxer-punchers include Wladimir Klitschko, Lennox Lewis, Joe Louis, Oscar de la Hoya, Archie Moore, Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Nonito Donaire, Sam Langford, Henry Armstrong, Sugar Ray Robinson, Tony Zale, Carlos Monzón, Alexis Argüello, Erik Morales, Terry Norris, Marco Antonio Barrera, Naseem Hamed, Thomas Hearns and Victor Ortiz.
Counter puncher
Counter punchers are slippery, defensive style fighters who often rely on their opponent's mistakes in order to gain the advantage, whether it be on the score cards or more preferably a knockout. They use their well-rounded defense to avoid or block shots and then immediately catch the opponent off guard with a well placed and timed punch. A fight with a skilled counter-puncher can turn into a war of attrition, where each shot landed is a battle in itself. Thus, fighting against counter punchers requires constant feinting and the ability to avoid telegraphing ones attacks. To be truly successful using this style they must have good reflexes, a high level of prediction and awareness, pinpoint accuracy and speed, both in striking and in footwork.
Notable counter punchers include Vitali Klitschko, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Evander Holyfield, Max Schmeling, Chris Byrd, Jim Corbett, Jack Johnson, Bernard Hopkins, Laszlo Papp, Jerry Quarry, Anselmo Moreno, James Toney, Marvin Hagler, Juan Manuel Márquez, Humberto Soto, Roger Mayweather, Pernell Whitaker and Sergio Gabriel Martinez
Counter punchers usually wear their opponents down by causing them to miss their punches. The more the opponent misses, the faster they'll tire, and the psychological effects of being unable to land a hit will start to sink in. The counter puncher often tries to outplay their opponent entirely, not just in a physical sense, but also in a mental and emotional sense. This style can be incredibly difficult, especially against seasoned fighters, but the pay-off from winning a fight without getting hit is often worth it. They usually try to stay away from the center of the ring, in order to outmaneuver and chip away at their opponents. A large advantage in counter-hitting is the forward momentum of the attacker, which drives them further into your return strike. As such, knockouts are more common than one would expect from a defensive style.
A brawler is a fighter who generally lacks finesse and footwork in the ring, but makes up for it through sheer punching power. Mainly Irish, Irish-American, Mexican, and Mexican-American boxers popularized this style. Many brawlers tend to lack mobility, preferring a less mobile, more stable platform and have difficulty pursuing fighters who are fast on their feet. They may also have a tendency to ignore combination punching in favour of continuous beat-downs with one hand and by throwing slower, more powerful single punches (such as hooks and uppercuts). Their slowness and predictable punching pattern (single punches with obvious leads) often leaves them open to counter punches, so successful brawlers must be able to absorb substantial amounts of punishment.
A brawler's most important assets are power and chin (the ability to absorb punishment while remaining able to continue boxing). Examples of this style include George Foreman, Sonny Liston, John L. Sullivan, Max Baer, Prince Naseem Hamed, Ray Mancini, David Tua, Arturo Gatti, Micky Ward, Michael Katsidis, James Kirkland, Marcos Maidana, Jake Lamotta, and Ireland's John Duddy. This style of boxing was also used by fictional boxers Rocky Balboa and James "Clubber" Lang. Manny Pacquiao is also a great example of an exceptional brawler.
Brawlers tend to be more predictable and easy to hit but usually fare well enough against other fighting styles because they train to take punches very well. They often have a higher chance than other fighting styles to score a knockout against their opponents because they focus on landing big, powerful hits, instead of smaller, faster attacks. Oftentimes they place focus on training on their upper body instead of their entire body, to increase power and endurance. They also aim to intimidate their opponents because of their power, stature and ability to take a punch.
In-fighters/swarmers (sometimes called "pressure fighters") attempt to stay close to an opponent, throwing intense flurries and combinations of hooks and uppercuts. A successful in-fighter often needs a good "chin" because swarming usually involves being hit with many jabs before they can maneuver inside where they are more effective. In-fighters operate best at close range because they are generally shorter and have less reach than their opponents and thus are more effective at a short distance where the longer arms of their opponents make punching awkward. However, several fighters tall for their division have been relatively adept at in-fighting as well as out-fighting.
The essence of a swarmer is non-stop aggression. Many short in-fighters utilize their stature to their advantage, employing a bob-and-weave defense by bending at the waist to slip underneath or to the sides of incoming punches. Unlike blocking, causing an opponent to miss a punch disrupts his balance, permits forward movement past the opponent's extended arm and keeps the hands free to counter. A distinct advantage that in-fighters have is when throwing uppercuts where they can channel their entire bodyweight behind the punch; Mike Tyson was famous for throwing devastating uppercuts. Julio César Chávez was known for his hard "chin", punching power, body attack and the stalking of his opponents. Some in-fighters, like Mike Tyson, have been known for being notoriously hard to hit. The key to a swarmer is aggression, endurance, chin, and bobbing-and-weaving.
Notable in-fighters include Joe Frazier, Mike Tyson (in his early career), Rocky Marciano, Jack Dempsey, Wayne McCullough, Amir Khan, Harry Greb, David Tua, Ricky Hatton and Julio César Chávez.
Combinations of styles
All fighters have primary skills with which they feel most comfortable, but truly elite fighters are often able to incorporate auxiliary styles when presented with a particular challenge. For example, an out-fighter will sometimes plant his feet and counter punch, or a slugger may have the stamina to pressure fight with his power punches.
Style matchups
There is a generally accepted rule of thumb about the success each of these boxing styles has against the others. In general, an in-fighter has an advantage over an out-fighter, an out-fighter has an advantage over a brawler, and a brawler has an advantage over an in-fighter; these form a cycle with each style being stronger relative to one, and weaker relative to another, with none dominating, as in rock-paper-scissors. Naturally, many other factors, such as the skill level and training of the combatants, determine the outcome of a fight, but the widely held belief in this relationship among the styles is embodied in the cliché amongst boxing fans and writers that "styles make fights."
Brawlers tend to overcome swarmers or in-fighters because, in trying to get close to the slugger, the in-fighter will invariably have to walk straight into the guns of the much harder-hitting brawler, so, unless the former has a very good chin and the latter's stamina is poor, the brawler's superior power will carry the day. A famous example of this type of match-up advantage would be George Foreman's knockout victory over Joe Frazier.
Although in-fighters struggle against heavy sluggers, they typically enjoy more success against out-fighters or boxers. Out-fighters prefer a slower fight, with some distance between themselves and the opponent. The in-fighter tries to close that gap and unleash furious flurries. On the inside, the out-fighter loses a lot of his combat effectiveness


GPUImageColorInvertFilter: Inverts the colors of an image
 - GPUImageGrayscaleFilter: Converts an image to grayscale (a slightly faster implementation of the saturation filter, without the ability to vary the color contribution)
 - GPUImageMonochromeFilter: Converts the image to a single-color version, based on the luminance of each pixel
 - intensity: The degree to which the specific color replaces the normal image color (0.0 - 1.0, with 1.0 as the default)
 - color: The color to use as the basis for the effect, with (0.6, 0.45, 0.3, 1.0) as the default.
 - GPUImageFalseColorFilter: Uses the luminance of the image to mix between two user-specified colors
 - firstColor: The first and second colors specify what colors replace the dark and light areas of the image, respectively. The defaults are (0.0, 0.0, 0.5) amd (1.0, 0.0, 0.0).
 - secondColor:
 - GPUImageSepiaFilter: Simple sepia tone filter
 - intensity: The degree to which the sepia tone replaces the normal image color (0.0 - 1.0, with 1.0 as the default)
 - GPUImageOpacityFilter: Adjusts the alpha channel of the incoming image
 - opacity: The value to multiply the incoming alpha channel for each pixel by (0.0 - 1.0, with 1.0 as the default)
 - GPUImageSolidColorGenerator: This outputs a generated image with a solid color. You need to define the image size using -forceProcessingAtSize:
 - color: The color, in a four component format, that is used to fill the image.
 - GPUImageLuminanceThresholdFilter: Pixels with a luminance above the threshold will appear white, and those below will be black
 - threshold: The luminance threshold, from 0.0 to 1.0, with a default of 0.5
 - GPUImageAdaptiveThresholdFilter: Determines the local luminance around a pixel, then turns the pixel black if it is below that local luminance and white if above. This can be useful for picking out text under varying lighting conditions.
 - GPUImageAverageLuminanceThresholdFilter: This applies a thresholding operation where the threshold is continually adjusted based on the average luminance of the scene.
 - thresholdMultiplier: This is a factor that the average luminance will be multiplied by in order to arrive at the final threshold to use. By default, this is 1.0.
 - GPUImageHistogramFilter: This analyzes the incoming image and creates an output histogram with the frequency at which each color value occurs. The output of this filter is a 3-pixel-high, 256-pixel-wide image with the center (vertical) pixels containing pixels that correspond to the frequency at which various color values occurred. Each color value occupies one of the 256 width positions, from 0 on the left to 255 on the right. This histogram can be generated for individual color channels (kGPUImageHistogramRed, kGPUImageHistogramGreen, kGPUImageHistogramBlue), the luminance of the image (kGPUImageHistogramLuminance), or for all three color channels at once (kGPUImageHistogramRGB).
 - downsamplingFactor: Rather than sampling every pixel, this dictates what fraction of the image is sampled. By default, this is 16 with a minimum of 1. This is needed to keep from saturating the histogram, which can only record 256 pixels for each color value before it becomes overloaded.
 - GPUImageHistogramGenerator: This is a special filter, in that it's primarily intended to work with the GPUImageHistogramFilter. It generates an output representation of the color histograms generated by GPUImageHistogramFilter, but it could be repurposed to display other kinds of values. It takes in an image and looks at the center (vertical) pixels. It then plots the numerical values of the RGB components in separate colored graphs in an output texture. You may need to force a size for this filter in order to make its output visible.
 - GPUImageAverageColor: This processes an input image and determines the average color of the scene, by averaging the RGBA components for each pixel in the image. A reduction process is used to progressively downsample the source image on the GPU, followed by a short averaging calculation on the CPU. The output from this filter is meaningless, but you need to set the colorAverageProcessingFinishedBlock property to a block that takes in four color components and a frame time and does something with them.
 - GPUImageLuminosity: Like the GPUImageAverageColor, this reduces an image to its average luminosity. You need to set the luminosityProcessingFinishedBlock to handle the output of this filter, which just returns a luminosity value and a frame time.
 - GPUImageChromaKeyFilter: For a given color in the image, sets the alpha channel to 0. This is similar to the GPUImageChromaKeyBlendFilter, only instead of blending in a second image for a matching color this doesn't take in a second image and just turns a given color transparent.
 - thresholdSensitivity: How close a color match needs to exist to the target color to be replaced (default of 0.4)
 - smoothing: How smoothly to blend for the color match (default of 0.1)
Image processing
 - GPUImageTransformFilter: This applies an arbitrary 2-D or 3-D transformation to an image
 - affineTransform: This takes in a CGAffineTransform to adjust an image in 2-D
 - transform3D: This takes in a CATransform3D to manipulate an image in 3-D
 - ignoreAspectRatio: By default, the aspect ratio of the transformed image is maintained, but this can be set to YES to make the transformation independent of aspect ratio
 - GPUImageCropFilter: This crops an image to a specific region, then passes only that region on to the next stage in the filter
 - cropRegion: A rectangular area to crop out of the image, normalized to coordinates from 0.0 - 1.0. The (0.0, 0.0) position is in the upper left of the image.
 - GPUImageLanczosResamplingFilter: This lets you up- or downsample an image using Lanczos resampling, which results in noticeably better quality than the standard linear or trilinear interpolation. Simply use -forceProcessingAtSize: to set the target output resolution for the filter, and the image will be resampled for that new size.
 - GPUImageSharpenFilter: Sharpens the image
 - sharpness: The sharpness adjustment to apply (-4.0 - 4.0, with 0.0 as the default)
 - GPUImageUnsharpMaskFilter: Applies an unsharp mask
 - blurSize: A multiplier for the underlying blur size, ranging from 0.0 on up, with a default of 1.0
 - intensity: The strength of the sharpening, from 0.0 on up, with a default of 1.0
 - GPUImageFastBlurFilter: A hardware-accelerated 9-hit Gaussian blur of an image
 - blurPasses: The number of times to re-apply this blur on an image. More passes lead to a blurrier image, yet they require more processing power. The default is 1.
 - GPUImageGaussianBlurFilter: A more generalized 9x9 Gaussian blur filter
 - blurSize: A multiplier for the size of the blur, ranging from 0.0 on up, with a default of 1.0
 - GPUImageGaussianSelectiveBlurFilter: A Gaussian blur that preserves focus within a circular region
 - blurSize: A multiplier for the size of the blur, ranging from 0.0 on up, with a default of 1.0
 - excludeCircleRadius: The radius of the circular area being excluded from the blur
 - excludeCirclePoint: The center of the circular area being excluded from the blur
 - excludeBlurSize: The size of the area between the blurred portion and the clear circle
 - aspectRatio: The aspect ratio of the image, used to adjust the circularity of the in-focus region. By default, this matches the image aspect ratio, but you can override this value.
 - GPUImageTiltShiftFilter: A simulated tilt shift lens effect
 - blurSize: A multiplier for the size of the out-of-focus blur, ranging from 0.0 on up, with a default of 2.0
 - topFocusLevel: The normalized location of the top of the in-focus area in the image, this value should be lower than bottomFocusLevel, default 0.4


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Central plate for 2 RJ outlets, flat model. The central plate has a transparent text field to which you can easily add text or icons. Finishing colour: gold coated.
Central plate data 2x RJ, gold coated.
- Material central plate: The central plate is enamelled and made of rigid PC and ASA.
- Colour: alu-look gold
- Text field: At the top, the central plate is equipped with a hinged, non-transparent window with label. Dimensions label: 9.5 x 42.4 mm.
- Dismantling: To dismount simply pull the central plate off the mechanism.
- Protection degree: IP41 for the combination of a mechanism, central plate and faceplate
- Impact resistance: The combination of a mechanism, a central plate and a faceplate has an impact-resistance of IK06
- Fire safety
- The plastic parts of the central plate are self-extinguishing (comply with a filament test of 650°C)
- The plastic parts of the central plate are halogen-free.
- Dimensions of finishing: 45 x 45 mm (HxW)
- Dimensions (HxWxD): 44.7 x 44.7 x 8.6 mm
- Marking: CE


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 - Database is the name of database where this object exists.
 - Schema is the name of schema where this object exists.
 - Name is the object name.
The file to import should have the following format:
 - Object;Database;Schema;Name – This format is mandatory for the Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Data Warehouse, and Netezza dialects of SQL.
 - Object;Schema;Name – Use this format for other SQL dialects.
To import a file list for the tree filter
 1. Open an existing AWS SCT project, connect to the database you want to apply the tree filter to, and then choose the filter icon.

 The filter icon for the schema tree
 2. Choose the Import File List tab.
 3. Choose Import File.
 4. Choose a file to import, and then choose Open.
 5. Choose Apply, and then choose Close.
Hiding schemas in the AWS SCT tree view
By using tree view settings, you specify what schemas and databases you want to see in the AWS SCT tree view. You can hide empty schemas, empty databases, system databases, and user-defined databases and schemas.
To hide databases and schemas in tree view
 1. Open an AWS SCT project.
 2. Connect to the data store that you want to show in tree view.
 3. Choose Settings, Global Settings, Tree View.

 The Tree View Settings section of the Global Settings dialog
 box
 4. In the Tree View Settings section, do the following:
 - For Hide System Databases/Schemas, choose system databases and schemas by name to hide them.
 - For Hide User Defined Databases/Schemas, type the names of user-defined schemas and databases that you want to hide, and then choose Add. The names are case insensitive.
 - Choose Reset to Default to reset the tree view to default settings.
 5. Choose OK.
Keyboard shortcuts for the AWS SCT
The following are the keyboard shortcuts that you can use with the AWS SCT.
Keyboard shortcut Description
Ctrl+N
Create a new project.
Ctrl+O
Open an existing project.
Ctrl+S
Save an open project.
Ctrl+W
Create a new project by using the wizard.
Ctrl+L
Connect to the source database.
Ctrl+R
Connect to the target database.
Creating and reviewing the database migration assessment report
The database migration assessment report summarizes all of the action items for schema that can't be converted automatically to the engine of your target Amazon RDS DB instance. The report also includes estimates of the amount of effort that it will take to write the equivalent code for your target DB instance.
You can create (or update) a database migration assessment report in your project at any time by using the following procedure.
To create and view the database migration assessment report
 1. In the left panel that displays the schema from your source database, choose a schema object to create an assessment report for. Open the context (right-click) menu for the object, and then choose Create Report.

 Create database migration assessment report
 The assessment report view opens.
 2. Choose the Action Items tab.
 The Action Items tab displays a list of items that describe the schema that can't be converted automatically. Select one of the action items from the list. AWS SCT highlights the item from your schema that the action item applies to, as shown following.

 Action items tab
 3. Choose the Summary tab.
 The Summary tab displays the summary information from the database migration assessment report. It shows the number of items that were converted automatically, and the number of items that were not converted automatically. The summary also includes an estimate of the time that it will take to create schema in your target DB instance that are equivalent to those in your source database.
 The section License Evaluation and Cloud Support contains information about moving your existing on-premises database schema to an Amazon RDS DB instance running the same engine. For example, if you want to change license types, this section of the report tells you which features from your current database should be removed.
 An example of an assessment report summary is shown following.

 Assessment report summary
 4. Choose the Summary tab, and then choose Save to PDF. The database migration assessment report is saved as a PDF file. The PDF file contains both the summary and action item information.
 You can also choose Save to CSV to save the report as a comma-separated values (CSV) file. The CSV file contains only action item information.

 Database migration assessment report
Starting the AWS SCT
To start the AWS Schema Conversion Tool, use the instructions for your operating system shown following.
Operating system Instructions
Fedora Linux
Run the following command:
/opt/AWSSchemaConversionTool/AWSSchemaConversionTool
Microsoft Windows
Double-click the icon for the application.
Ubuntu Linux
Run the following command:
/opt/AWSSchemaConversionTool/AWSSchemaConversionTool
Creating an AWS SCT project
The following procedure shows you how to create an AWS Schema Conversion Tool project.
To create your project
 1. Start the AWS Schema Conversion Tool.
 2. Choose New Project from the File menu. The New Project dialog box appears.

 New Project dialog box
 3. Add the following preliminary project information.
 For this parameter Do this
 Project Name
 Type a name for your project, which is stored locally on your computer.
 Location
 Enter the location for your local project file.
 Choose Transactional Database (OLTP) or Data Warehouse (OLAP).
 Source DB Engine
 (OLTP) Choose Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, or PostgreSQL.
 (OLAP) Choose Amazon Redshift, Greenplum, Microsoft SQL Server DW, Netezza, Oracle DW, Teradata, or Vertica.
 Target DB Engine
 (OLTP) Choose Amazon Aurora (MySQL compatible), Amazon Aurora (PostgreSQL compatible), Amazon RDS for Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon RDS for MySQL, Amazon RDS for Oracle, or Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL.
 (OLAP) Choose Amazon Redshift.
 4. Choose OK to create your AWS SCT project.
Converting your schema
Use the following procedure to convert schema.
To convert your schema
 1. Choose View, and then choose Main View.

 Select main view
 2. In the left panel that displays the schema from your source database, choose a schema object to convert. Open the context (right-click) menu for the object, and then choose Convert schema.

 Convert schema
 3. When AWS SCT finishes converting the schema, you can view the proposed schema in the panel on the right of your project.
 At this point, no schema is applied to your target Amazon RDS DB instance. The planned schema is part of your project. If you select a converted schema item, you can see the planned schema command in the panel at lower center for your target Amazon RDS DB instance.
 You can edit the schema in this window. The edited schema is stored as part of your project and is written to the target DB instance when you choose to apply your converted schema.

 View the converted schema
Applying the converted schema to your target DB instance
You can apply the converted database schema to your target Amazon RDS DB instance. After the schema has been applied to your target DB instance, you can update the schema based on the action items in the database migration assessment report.
Warning
This procedure overwrites the existing target schema. Be careful not to overwrite schema unintentionally. Be careful not to overwrite schema in your target DB instance that you have already modified, or you will overwrite those changes.
To apply the converted database schema to your target Amazon RDS DB instance
 1. Choose the schema element in the right panel of your project that displays the planned schema for your target DB instance.
 2. Open the context (right-click) menu for the schema element, and then choose Apply to database.

 Apply to database
 The converted schema is applied to the target DB instance.


text: Learning from the data stored in a database is an important function increasingly available in relational engines. Methods using lower precision input data are of special interest given their overall higher efficiency but, in databases, these methods have a hidden cost: the quantization of the real value into a smaller number is an expensive step. To address the issue, in this paper we present MLWeaving, a data structure and hardware acceleration technique intended to speed up learning of generalized linear models in databases. ML-Weaving provides a compact, in-memory representation enabling the retrieval of data at any level of precision. MLWeaving also takes advantage of the increasing availability of FPGA-based accelerators to provide a highly efficient implementation of stochastic gradient descent. The solution adopted in MLWeaving is more efficient than existing designs in terms of space (since it can process any resolution on the same design) and resources (via the use of bit-serial multipliers). MLWeaving also enables the runtime tuning of precision, instead of a fixed precision level during the training. We illustrate this using a simple, dynamic precision schedule. Experimental results show MLWeaving achieves up to16 performance improvement over low-precision CPU implementations of first-order methods.


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Invaders or endemics? Molecular phylogenetics, biogeography and systematics of Dreissena in the Balkans
Article first published online: 5 JUN 2007
Volume 52, Issue 8, pages 1525–1536, August 2007
How to Cite
ALBRECHT, C., SCHULTHEIß, R., KEVREKIDIS, T., STREIT, B. and WILKE, T. (2007), Invaders or endemics? Molecular phylogenetics, biogeography and systematics of Dreissena in the Balkans. Freshwater Biology, 52: 1525–1536. doi: 10.1111/j._PHONE_.2007.01784.x
- Issue published online: 5 JUN 2007
- Article first published online: 5 JUN 2007
- (Manuscript accepted 28 March 2007)
- ancient lakes;
- Balkan Peninsula;
- invasive species
1. Zebra mussels and their relatives (Dreissena spp.) have been well studied in eastern, central and western Europe as well as in North America, because of their invasiveness and economic importance. Much less is known about the biology and biogeography of indigenous (endemic) taxa of Dreissena, in the Balkans. A better knowledge of these taxa could help us (i) understand the factors triggering invasiveness in some taxa and (ii) identify other potentially invasive species.
2. Using a phylogenetic approach (2108 base pairs from three gene fragments), Dreissena spp. from natural lakes in the Balkans were studied to test whether invasive Dreissena populations occur in such lakes on the Balkan Peninsula, whether Dreissena stankovici really is endemic to the ancient Lakes Ohrid and Prespa, and to infer the phylogenetic and biogeographical relationships of Balkan dreissenids.
3. No invasive species of Dreissena, such as Dreissena polymorpha, were recorded. The supposedly 'endemic'D. stankovici is not restricted to the ancient Lakes Ohrid and Prespa, but is the most widespread and dominant species in the west-central Balkans. Its southern sister taxon, Dreissena blanci, occurs sympatrically with D. stankovici in Lakes Prespa, Mikri Prespa and Pamvotis. Both species are classified into the subgenus Dreissena (Carinodreissena) of which the subgenus Dreissena (Dreissena) (which includes the invasive D. polymorpha) is the sister taxon. Dreissena blanci and D. stankovici are considered to represent distinct species.
4. On a global scale, the two Balkan species have small ranges. An early Pliocene time frame for the divergence of the subgenera Carinodreissena and Dreissena is discussed, as well as potential colonization routes of the most recent common ancestor of Carinodreissena spp.
5. The ambiguous taxonomy of dreissenids in the Balkans is addressed. As nominal D. blanci presbensis from Lake Prespa has nomenclatural priority over D. stankovici, the correct name for the latter taxon should be Dreissena presbensis.


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Guinea pigs have been popular pets ever since European traders introduced them to the West in the 16th century, due to their docile responsiveness and ease of care, meaning many of us have sentimental feelings for these cuddly creatures. For those of us who've grown up considering these cuddly creatures as pets, it can come as a surprise to know that guinea pigs originated in the Andes, where they were domesticated as early as 5000BC for their meat and are known as cuy. Originally reserved for ceremonial meals, it's become a very common dish year-round, especially for birthdays, holidays and other special occasions. Many urban and country households of the Andean highlands raise cuy, feeding them table scraps. They're considered a good investment because they require little room and reproduce quickly.
In fact, cuy pervades the popular culture. The Peruvian town of Huacho is known for its guinea pig festival, which involves costume contests, races, and of course, tastings. Those of you who do a Cusco city tour will also be surprised to see in the city's Cathedral a famous painting of the Last Supper which features guinea pig as the main dish.
The meat is rich in protein and low in fat and cholesterol, and the taste is slightly reminiscent of rabbit and the dark meat of chicken. A lot of tourists who try the dish, daintily picking with their knife and fork for the purely meat parts, find that it's more little bones than meat, but locals get their fill by taking the animal apart and sucking the meat off the bones.
How do you take your Guinea Pig?
You'll be surprised to know that if you're interested in trying guinea pig during your travels through Peru, you'll have a variety of options. Cuy Chactado is guinea pig flattened and fried whole, originating from the Arequipa region. Cuy asado, which is broiled, and cuy al horno, which is roasted, are traditional preparations that you can try if you're in the Cusco region, especially in Tipón, a small town just outside of Cusco city proper. Many local families in Cusco will visit Tipón on the weekends for a special meal. You can expect it to be slightly expensive relative to other local dishes …
One of the most traditional methods of eating cuy is roasted with potatoes in an oven of earth or rocks. A fire is stoked within a pit lined with rocks. Once the ground and rocks are quite hot, the fire is smothered and the food placed among the earth and rocks. The food is buried and left for about twenty minutes to cook in the residual heat of the fire. This preparation, known as huatia, is common throughout the countryside, but you're very unlikely to find it on a restaurant menu.
An option for the squeamish among you is to try the more modern fusion dishes of the Novo Andino school- cuy in casseroles, in fricassee, as a filling for ravioli…much more palatable, although you won't have those impressive photos of a whole guinea pig on a plate as a souvenir!
If you're interested in sampling traditional dishes, make sure to ask the receptionists in our Cusco hostels, our Arequipa hostel, or our Lima hostel for dining recommendations for roast, fried, or fusion guinea pig!


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The nodes of Wireless Sensor Network used in forest monitoring can not replace battery frequently, so they can not use disposable chemical battery with limited energy as traditional sensor network nodes. This article studied on the WSN node power system for forest monitoring, designed a node solar power system on the basis of analysis of the sensor node hardware and energy situation, and introduced the microprocessor control and software control flow of this system in detail. The solar power system was specifically designed to be capable of step-down and step-up the solar panel output DC (Direct current) voltage not only when the light is sufficient to meet the work requirements of each module of the sensor node, but also be able to step-up the output DC voltage when the solar cell was under voltage in poor light to ensure the energy supply in light or low light environments, extending the service life of sensor nodes. Finally, simulation results are presented to show the feasibility of solar power system applied in WSN.
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Date of Conference: 23-24 Oct. 2010


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History of the Libby Water Distribution System
Libby's water distribution system contains approximately 38 miles of distribution piping. The pipe sizes range between 2-inch and 10-inch, and generally consist of steel in the older areas of town and PVC in the newer areas. The distribution system was constructed beginning in 1911. Many of the mains have provided service well beyond their functional service life and are now beginning to fail.
Libby's unaccounted for water loss is unusually high for a municipal water system. The average unaccounted water from 2006 to 2010 was approximately 28 million gallons per month (620 gallons per minute). This represents 74 percent of the total treated water entering the system.
Sources of water loss in the system include:
- Main and Service Leaks
- Unmetered Irrigation
- Broken Meters
- Inaccurate Meters
In an effort to reduce the amount of leakage in the system, the City of Libby commissioned a leak detection study in 2011. This report identified numerous leaks in the distribution system and estimated the volume of water lost through these leaks. The estimated volume of water loss due to leaks is approximately 14 million gallons per month (310 gallons per minute).
The entire water distribution system currently operates within a single pressure zone. As a result, the City cannot control the pressures in localized areas (i.e. they have to increase or decrease the pressure of the entire system). This results in low pressures in the south and west areas of the system, and the potential for excessive pressures in the north and east areas, closer to the Kootenai River. The proposed water system improvement project addresses the water losses and the pressure variations in the system.
Main Replacement and Pressure Reducing Stations Project – The City of Libby will replace approximately 1,600 feet of water mains that are contributing to the highest amount of water loss. The City will provide information regarding the location and extent of these projects as the final design progresses. The City of Libby will also install a series of pressure reducing valve stations (PRV stations) to increase low pressures and to moderate high pressures. The PRV stations project includes the installation of five new PRV stations and approximately 2,900 feet of new water main. These improvements are projected to eliminate approximately 8.6 million gallons of water lost to leaks each month. The total estimated project cost is $1,776,000. The estimated construction start date for this project is April 2013.
Water Meter Replacement Project – The City of Libby has implemented a meter installation and replacement program to account for water through non-registering meters and non-metered connections. This is an ongoing project that will continue beyond the current water system improvement projects.
The City of Libby has submitted a funding application to the United States Department of Agriculture – Rural Development. The City may be eligible for up to 45% grant funding for this project with the remaining 55% funding through a low interest loan. This funding is anticipated to be available in late 2012.
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The nursing profession remains overwhelmingly female, but the representation of men has increased as the demand for nurses has grown over the last several decades, according to a U.S. Census Bureau study released yesterday.
The new study shows the proportion of male registered nurses has more than tripled since 1970, from 2.7 percent to 9.6 percent, and the proportion of male licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses has more than doubled from 3.9 percent to 8.1 percent.
The study, Men in Nursing Occupations, presents data from the 2011 American Community Survey to analyze the percentage of men in each of the detailed nursing occupations: registered nurse, nurse anesthetist, nurse practitioner, and licensed practical and licensed vocational nurse. The study also provide estimates on a wide range of characteristics of men and women in nursing occupations. These include employment status, age, race, Hispanic origin, citizenship, educational attainment, work hours, time of departure to work, median earnings, industry and class of worker.
"The aging of our population has fueled an increasing demand for long-term care and end-of-life services," said the report's author, Liana Christin Landivar, a sociologist in the Census Bureau's Industry and Occupation Statistics Branch. "A predicted shortage has led to recruiting and retraining efforts to increase the pool of nurses. These efforts have included recruiting men into nursing."
Men typically outearn women in nursing fields but not by as much as they do across all occupations. For example, women working as nurses full time, year-round earned 91 cents for every dollar male nurses earned; in contrast, women earned 77 cents to the dollar men earned across all occupations.
Because the demand for skilled nursing care is so high, nurses have very low unemployment rates. Unemployment was lowest among nurse practitioners and nurse anesthetists (about 0.8 percent for both). For registered nurses and licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses, these rates were a bit higher, but still very low, at 1.8 percent and 4.3 percent, respectively.
* There were 3.5 million employed nurses in 2011, about 3.2 million of whom were female and 330,000 male.
* Of the employed nurses (both sexes), 78 percent were registered nurses, 19 percent were licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses, 3 percent were nurse practitioners, and 1 percent were nurse anesthetists.
* While most registered nurses (both sexes) left home for work between 5am and 11:59am (72 percent), a sizable minority (19 percent) worked the evening or night shifts.
* The majority of registered nurses (both sexes) worked in hospitals (64 percent). The majority of licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses worked in nursing care facilities or hospitals (about 30 percent each). The percentages for hospitals and nursing care facilities are not significantly different from each other.
* In 2011, 9 percent of all nurses were men while 91 percent were women. Men earned, on average, $60,700 per year, while women earned $51,100 per year.
* Men's representation was highest among nurse anesthetists at 41 percent.
* Male nurse anesthetists earned more than twice as much as the male average for all nursing occupations: $162,900 versus $60,700.
The American Community Survey provides a wide range of important statistics about people and housing for every community across the nation. The results are used by everyone from town and city planners to retailers and homebuilders. The survey is the only source of local estimates for most of the 40 topics it covers, such as education, occupation, language, ancestry and housing costs for even the smallest communities. Ever since Thomas Jefferson directed the first census in 1790, the census has collected detailed characteristics about our nation's people. Questions about jobs and the economy were added 20 years later under James Madison, who said such information would allow Congress to "adapt the public measures to the particular circumstances of the community," and over the decades allow America "an opportunity of marking the progress of the society." (US Census)


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Network>WAN Failover & LB
WAN Failover and Load Balancing allows you to designate the Modem interface
for dialup backup or use the user-assigned OPT interface as
a Secondary backup WAN port. The Secondary WAN port can be used in a simple
active/passive setup, where traffic is only routed through the Secondary WAN
port if the Primary WAN port is down and/or unavailable. This feature is referred
to as basic failover. This allows the SonicWALL security appliance
to maintain a persistent connection for WAN port traffic by failing over to
the modem or a secondary WAN port. It can also be used in a more dynamic active/active
setup, where the administrator can choose a method of dividing outbound traffic
flows between the Primary fixed WAN port and the user-assigned Secondary WAN
port. This latter feature is referred to
as load balancing.
you begin, be sure you have configured a user-defined interface to mirror
the WAN port settings.
WAN Failover Caveats
WAN Failover and Load-Balancing applies to outbound-initiated traffic only;
it cannot be used to perform inbound load-balancing functions, such as what
a content switching or load-balancing appliance provides.
- Make sure that the SonicWALL security appliance has the proper NAT policies
for the Secondary WAN interface an incorrect or missing NAT Policy for
the Secondary WAN port is the most common problem seen when configuring WAN
Failover & Load-Balancing.
- The Primary and Secondary WAN ports cannot be on the same IP subnet; each
WAN connection must be on unique IP subnets in order to work properly.
- You cannot use the WAN failover feature if you have configured the SonicWALL
security appliance to use Transparent Mode in the Network > Settings page.
Setting Up WAN Failover and Load Balancing
The following are the steps to configuring WAN Failover and Load Balancing
on the SonicWALL security appliance:
- Configuring an interface as a Secondary WAN port
- Creating a NAT Policy for the Secondary WAN port
- Activating WAN Failover/Load-Balancing
- Choosing a WAN Failover/Load-Balancing method
- Setting Up Probe Monitoring
Configure WAN Failover to the Modem
If you are using the Modem as a backup connection for your WAN, enable WAN
failover to the modem. If your primary WAN connection fails, the TZ 170 SP
Wireless will automatically try to connect with the modem. It will then monitor
the WAN port, and switch back when it has a reliable connection again. To
configure WAN failover to the modem:
- In the Ethernet WAN Failover & Load Balancing section, check
Load Balancing box.
- Check the Enable Dial-Up Wan Failover box.
- Click Apply.
Configuring the OPT Interface as a Secondary WAN Port
On Network > Interfaces page, configure the OPT port
to be in WAN zone, and enter in the correct address settings provided by the
Secondary ISP. In
the example, the SonicWALL security appliance is acquiring its secondary WAN
address dynamically from ISP #2, using DHCP. Any interface added to the WAN
zone by default creates a NAT Policy allowing internal LAN subnets to NAT out
this Secondary WAN interface.
Creating a NAT Policy for the Secondary WAN Port
You need to create a NAT policy on your SonicWALL for WAN Failover. Follow
these steps to create a NAT policy on your SonicWALL using theor OPT interface:
- Select Network>NAT Policies.
- Click Add. The Add NAT Policy window is displayed.
- Select Any from the Original Source menu.
- Select OPT IP from the Translated
- Select Any from the Original Destination menu.
- Select Original from the Translated Destination menu.
- Select Any from the Original Service menu.
- Select Original from the Translated Service menu.
- Select X0 from the Inbound Interface menu.
- Select OPT interface from the
Outbound Interface menu.
- Make sure the Enable setting is checked.
- Click OK.
Activating WAN Failover and Load Balancing
To configure the SonicWALL for WAN failover and load balancing, follow the
- On the Network > WAN Failover & LB page, select
Enable Load Balancing.
- From the Secondary WAN Interface menu, select your secondary WAN interface.
- Enter a number between 5 and 300, in the Check Interface Every
_ Seconds field. You can use the default value of 5 seconds.
- In the Deactivate Interface after _ missed intervals field, enter a number
between 1 and 10. You can use the default value of 3. If the default
value is used,
then the interface is considered inactive after 3 successive attempts
at 5 seconds each.
- Enter a number between 1 and 10 in the Reactivate Interface after
_ successful intervals field. You can use the default value of
3. If the default value is
used, then the interface is considered active after 3 successive
attempts at 5
- Click Apply.
Choosing an Outbound Load Balancing Method
You need to choose a load balancing method. By default, the SonicWALL will
select Basic Active/Passive Failover as the method, but there are four load
balancing methods available:
Basic Active/Passive Failover: When this setting is selected,
the SonicWALL security appliance only sends traffic through the Secondary
WAN interface if
the Primary WAN interface has been marked inactive. The SonicWALL security
appliance is set to use this as the default load balancing method. If the
Primary WAN fails, then the SonicWALL security appliance reverts to this
of the ones described below. This mode will automatically return back to
using the Primary WAN interface once it has been restored (preempt mode).
has an associated Preempt and fail back to Primary WAN when possible checkbox.
When this checkbox is selected, the SonicWALL security appliance switches
back to sending its traffic across the Primary WAN interface when it resumes
to the SonicWALL security appliance's checks (the WAN's physical
link is restored, or the logical probe targets on the WAN port resume responding).
Per Destination Round-Robin: When this setting is selected,
the SonicWALL security appliance load-balances outgoing traffic on a per-destination
basis. This is
a simple load balancing method and, though not very granular, allows you
to utilize both links in a basic fashion (instead of the method above,
not utilize the capability of the Secondary WAN until the Primary WAN has
failed). The SonicWALL security appliance needs to examine outbound flows
in source IP and destination IP and make the determination as to which
interface to send the traffic out of and accept it back on. Please note
will be overridden by specific static route entries.
Spillover-Based: When this settings is selected, the user
can specify when the SonicWALL security appliance starts sending traffic
through the Secondary
WAN interface. This method allows you to control when and if the Secondary
interface is used. This method is used if you do not want outbound traffic
sent across the Secondary WAN unless the Primary WAN is overloaded. The
SonicWALL security appliance has a non-Management Interface exposed hold
timer set to
20 seconds – if the sustained outbound traffic across the Primary
WAN interface exceeds the administrator defined Kbps, then the SonicWALL
appliance spills outbound traffic to the Secondary WAN interface (on a
per-destination basis). The user entry box should not have a default entry
and be left empty
for the user. Please note this feature will be overridden by specific static
- Percentage Based:
When this setting is selected, you can specify the percentages of traffic
sent through the Primary WAN and Secondary WAN interfaces. This
method allows you to actively utilize both Primary and Secondary WAN interfaces.
Only one entry box is required (percentage for Primary WAN), as the SonicWALL
will auto-populate a non-user-editable entry box with the remaining percentage
assigned to the Secondary WAN interface. Please note this feature will
be overridden by specific static route entries.
WAN Load Balancing Statistics
The WAN Load Balancing Statistics section displays the following status
information on the Primary and Secondary WAN interfaces:
- Link Status
- Load Balance State
- Probe Monitoring
- New Connections
- Total Connections
- Rx Unicast Packets
- Rx Bytes
- Tx Unicast Packets
- Tx Bytes
- Tx Current Percentage
- Tx Current Throughput (KB/s)
Clicking the Clear Statistics button at the top of the Network>WAN
Faliover & Load Balancing page clears the WAN Load Balancing Statistics.


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- Customization #1: Change the Desktop Theme
- Customization #2: Create a Desktop Slideshow
- Customization #3: Move the Taskbar
- Customization #4: Add Programs and Documents to the Taskbar
- Customization #5: Personalize the Start Menu
- Customization #6: Change What the Power Button Does
- Customization #7: Add Gadgets to the Desktop
- Customization #8: Change Windows 7's Default Programs
- Customization #9: Remove Auto-Loading Programs
- Customization #10: Remove Unnecessary Windows Components
There are lots of little things you can do to personalize your copy of the Windows 7 operating system. Microsoft lets you configure all sorts of settings, from what appears on the desktop to which programs load automatically when Windows launches. All you need to know is what can be changedand how to change it.
Customization #1: Change the Desktop Theme
Pretty much the first thing most people do when they get a new computer is go to work on the desktop. They like to create a personal desktop, complete with their own background image, window colors, shortcut icons, gadgets, and the like.
This is easier than ever in Windows 7, which organizes the desktop background, windows color, system sounds, and screen saver into what Microsoft calls a theme. Change a theme and all these elements change in tandem.
To apply one of Windows' pre-existing themes, follow these steps:
- Right-click anywhere on the desktop and click Personalize from the pop-up menu.
- When the Personalization window appears, as shown in Figure 1, click the new theme you want to apply.
Figure 1 Use the Personalization window to select a new theme.
The new theme is applied as soon as you click it in the Personalization windowno Save or OK button to click. This means you can see how the theme looks while you're still in the Personalization windowand change to another theme if you don't like the one you first selected.
You can also create your own custom themes. Start by applying the desktop background, colors, sounds, and screen saver you want for the theme; your choices now appear in the Personalization window as an Unsaved Theme.
Right-click this theme in the window and select Save Theme; when prompted, give the theme a name and click the Save button. This new theme now appears in the Personalization window for you to select in the future.


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By Frances Clark, Louise Goss, and Sam Holland
Piano - Frances Clark Music Tree
Time to Begin Activities is colorful, cheerful and a delight for students to complete either at the lesson or at home. Activities reinforce reading, rhythm and theory introduced in Time to Begin. Each unit includes at least one game-like activity. As students near the grand staff, note names direction and intervals become an integrated activity.


How to Make Your Building Safer From COVID-19
apartment building
Businesses are mandated by the government to follow health and safety protocols amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. However, not much is said if landlords of private residential buildings are required to do the same, and it is unclear if landlords should be held liable if their tenants catch the virus. But regardless of the rules, landlords should take part in making their apartment buildings safer in this pandemic for the sake of everyone on the premises.
We are currently about a year into the pandemic, but it may not be too late for landlords to incorporate these health and safety measures in their building protocols.
1. Post visual reminders in the building
By now, people already know the basic guidelines to protect themselves from the pandemic, including handwashing and social distancing. However, the pandemic has dragged on for too long that some people are starting to get complacent, and are therefore becoming lax on safety measures.
Posting posters or memos with health information on COVID-19 throughout the building should serve as a constant reminder for all tenants. While this measure may seem insignificant, helping people remember to wash their hands and stay six feet away from each other is better than nothing.
2. Upgrade building security and insurance
The economic effects of the pandemic have impacted millions of people in the working class, many of which are from the low-income category. With record-high rates of unemployment, crime rates may increase as people become more desperate for relief.
That said, homeowners that rent out their property must ask themselves again 'how much insurance do I need for my house?' while landlords of apartment buildings can revisit the query: 'should I upgrade my business property insurance?'. It is important to ensure that policies cover theft and damage caused by it, even if the perceived possibility of a crime occurring in the building is low.
Moreover, landlords should also beef up the security on their properties. This could mean upgrading security systems, installing new CCTV cameras, increasing lighting around the property, changing the locks, or employing a security guard, among many other measures.
3. Limit physical interaction between management and tenants
To reduce the risk of virus transmission within the building, landlords should keep non-physical communication lines open and encourage tenants to divert non-urgent matters there. Tenants shouldn't have to go down to the office just to have someone from maintenance fix a leak in their apartment. Moreover, building staff shouldn't have to have unnecessary exposure to other people while working.
4. Put up hand sanitizers around the building
sanitizing hands
Proper hygiene is one of the most effective ways to prevent the transmission of viruses. Building management can help staff, tenants, and visitors alike protect themselves and others from COVID-19 by putting up hand sanitizing stations in entryways, common areas, public bathrooms, the office, and other frequented areas. If there are public bathrooms in the building, soap and hand towels should be topped up regularly to encourage people to wash their hands.
5. Have sanitizing foot baths in all entrances
Shoes can spread coronavirus on floors. So even if tenants use hand sanitizers before entering the building, they could still be inadvertently tracking in the virus via their feet. To avoid this, apartment buildings should have foot baths in all entrances and exits. Footbaths are essentially absorbent material soaked in a disinfectant that sanitizes people's shoes before they enter the building. Apart from ensuring that there are footbaths in all entryways, management must be diligent in cleaning footbaths regularly and replenishing the solution inside them.
6. Disinfect frequently touched areas
Maintenance staff should disinfect frequently touched areas in common areas periodically, including light switches, door handles, elevators, mailboxes, hand railings, and doorbells.
7. Discourage people from staying too long in common areas
The more people that stay in the apartment lobby, the higher the chance of virus transmission. While common areas are essential amenities in residential buildings, a global pandemic should be a good enough reason for landlords to set stricter rules. For example, the number of people in the common area should be limited so that the six-foot social distancing rule is followed.
For smaller buildings with tiny common areas, restricting access might be the safest option since social distancing may not be doable. Landlords can remove furniture or tape off the area to prevent tenants from using it.
In the middle of a global pandemic, everyone should do their part in helping curb the spread of the virus: property owners and building management included. With these strategies, landlords can protect everyone in the building against the virus, as well as increase their reputation in the process.
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Castle Doctrine in California
In California, it is a common misconception that self-defense protections pertaining to a person's home extend beyond the home and onto the curtilage or onto the public property.
California law provides protections for the use of deadly force inside a person's residence that would otherwise be unavailable outside of the home. The law also provides a homeowner with a right to "stand your ground" inside your home, meaning that one does not have a duty to retreat from such threat, even if a safe retreat was possible. Legal protections within the home are often referred to as the "Castle Doctrine."
Let's examine how California law applies to the use of deadly force in a person's home.
What the Law Says
Unlike use of force in public, which is an affirmative defense a defendant may raise at trial after being charged with a criminal offense, California law goes one step further for home invasion matters and creates a presumption that a homeowner was in fear of death or great bodily injury in certain situations. As noted, California law does not require a person whose life is threatened within their residence to retreat from an intruder, even if that option is available.
A presumption under the law simply means unless the State proves otherwise, the presumption applies. That is called a "rebuttable presumption." Basically, the prosecution would have the burden of proof of negating the presumption. This is different from a law that provides immunity from prosecution for specific conduct.
If we break this statute down further, the law presumes a homeowner was reasonably afraid of death or great bodily injury if the following elements are present:
 - An intruder unlawfully or forcibly entered, or was in the process of entering, the defendant's home;
 - The defendant knew about the illegal/forced entry into the defendant's home;
 - The intruder was not a member of the defendant's household or family and/or had not been invited to enter; AND
 - The defendant used force, or was reasonably viewed as threatening to use force, likely to cause death or great bodily injury to the occupants inside the home.
Self-Defense Outside the Home
There are several important distinctions here that extend additional protections to incidents that occur inside the home versus in public. First, this law automatically creates a presumption that the resident was reasonably afraid of death or great bodily injury if the above criteria are met. This is different than California's affirmative defense that may be raised to defend against a charge involving the use of force in public, which requires the defendant to have a reasonable belief that he or she was in imminent danger, reasonably believed the immediate use of force was necessary, and used no more force than was reasonably necessary to defend.
Second, if a defendant is entitled to an instruction under Cal. Penal Code § 198.5, a prosecutor must overcome the presumption with sufficient evidence. This means that the prosecutor must prove that the defendant did not have a reasonable fear of imminent death or injury to himself or herself or to a member of his or her family or household, when he or she used force against the intruder because at least one of the above criteria was not true.
Additionally, note that California's Castle Doctrine creates a presumption of fear of death or great bodily injury only when an intruder enters a residence. "Enters" is the operative word here, meaning the protections provided under this statute do not extend beyond the physical walls of the home. If the intruder remains on your lawn, or just close by, but does not actually enter the home or attempt to enter, then the Castle Doctrine would not apply.
An Example: People v. Johnnie Brown
For example, in People v. Brown, 8 Cal.Rptr.2d 513 (Cal. App. 1992), a homeowner was convicted at trial of assault with a deadly weapon after he shot and injured an intruder who came upon the defendant's front porch, but did not actually "enter" the physical residence. The intruder raised a hammer into the air and was approaching the defendant on the front porch when defendant shot him in the leg. This case, again, shows that all cases involving a use of potentially deadly force are highly fact specific.
Upon being convicted, the defendant appealed. The California Court of Appeals for the Third District concluded the defendant was not entitled to a jury instruction under Cal. Penal Code § 198.5 because, "Although there was evidence that the victim's entry onto the defendant's front porch was unlawful and forcible, an entry onto a front porch…does not constitute entry into a residence as required…[U]nder these circumstances, a residential occupant does not have a reasonable expectation of protection from unauthorized intrusion onto the porch and thus an entry there does not entitle a defendant occupant to an instruction based on section 198.5. In this situation, the occupant is left with the standard instructions on self-defense." Again, this meant that the burden of establishing "self-defense" was on the defendant, and obviously the jury rejected his claim.
The Bottom Line
Deadly force should always be used as a last resort due to a perceived threat to your life or someone else's life that is both dire and immediate. Indeed, California requires as much. Even in the home, all incidents involving the use of deadly force will be thoroughly scrutinized based on the specific facts of each case. However, legal firearm owners in California should take some comfort in knowing that California law does recognize your home as your "castle" and extends additional protections to homeowners that use deadly force against intruders within their home. Again, even inside your castle, the use of force must be proportional to the nature and extent of the threat.
If you have any questions regarding gun laws or your rights, call U.S. LawShield and ask to speak with your Independent Program Attorney.


Does colored mulch affect the growth rate of a plant?
Purpose: To determine if different colored plastic (or mulch) on the soil surface affects the temperature of soil.
Materials: Digital thermometer; potting soil; 8 pots; colored mulch in black, white, and red; window sill with full sun; tape. For the colored mulch, you can use different paint colors to paint black plastic, or you might use different colored plastic bags or mulch from the store.
Procedure: Fill pots with equal amounts of soil. Place 2 uncovered pots on the window sill where there is full sun. Cover 2 pots with black plastic, 2 pots with white plastic, and 2 pots with red plastic. Make sure the plastic covers the top of the pot, and tape it to the pot. Place these pots on the window sill. In 24 hours, record your first temperature measurements. You can do this by sticking the temperature probe in the drainage hole of the pot. For 10 days, record the temperatures for each pot in the morning and afternoon. Note the differences in temperature among the colors, and record observations.
Think About This:
1. Which pot had the highest soil temperature?
2. What color kept the soil the coolest?
3. Why do you think that some mulch colors make the soil hotter or cooler?
Return to: Ways to boss around a plant – experiments for middle schoolers
USDA-ARS. Does Colored Mulch Affect Soil Temperature? June 2009l


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Activity: Lens 3: Use of technology
Activity designed for the OULDI-LSBU workshop May 2010
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In this activity you will look at your learning design with a focus on your use of technology. For this exercise the term 'technology' can be broadly interpreted. Ensure that pedagogy informs your choice of technology, not the other way round!
Choose whether you want to explore the use of technology for 1) curriculum design, or 2) course delivery and/or assessment
Tools and resources
Your whole module outcomes(s)
Your Course Map
CompendiumLD stickers (see below) and an A3 piece of paper (option 1)
Scissors and pens (option 1)
eTivity templates (option 2)
Option 1: CompendiumLD Task Swimlane Activity (25 mins)
- Choose just one week from your Storyboard to focus on
- Using the CompendiumLD stickers (and the guide if you like) map out the weeks' learning as far as you can at this stage
- Using the different technology stalls and the Pheobe teaching and learning guidance, choose technologies that are pedagogically appropriate
- In the 'Intent and challenges' column explain why you have chosen the technologies you have and the challenges you may face in implementing them.
Option 2: Using eTivities for delivery and/or assessment (25 mins)
- Examine your Storyboard for an opportunity to use an eTivity to engage the students in a learning or assessment activity.
- With reference to the Salmon 5 stage model (in your pack), design an activity that takes account of the stage of the students, according to the model.
- Use the eTivity (spark; purpose; task; response) template to set out the activity. Be sure to set clear parameters, including deadlines, for the activity.
- In the 'Intent and challenges' frame, briefly set out why you have chosen this activity and list the resources that will need to be employed in its execution.
To finish (5 minutes)
- Transfer your notes to your Storyboard
- Check to see if your Course Map needs updating based on the work you have just done
- Identify action points for your plan


Plantwatch: Hazel switches supposed to ward off the evil spirits
Hazel Corylus avellana catkins on snow covered tree in winter
Hazel catkins dangle on a snow covered tree in winter Photograph: Nigel Cattlin /Alamy
This has been a cruel winter. Snowdrops, daffodils and early Japanese cherry blossom all began to come out early in the mild spell over Christmas and New Year. There were even young leaves bursting out on hawthorn bushes. But just as it looked like an early spring was on the cards, winter returned with a vengeance and the big freeze put everything on hold.
However, there are still signs of spring. Catkins are dangling off hazel trees, many of them hard and unripe but others have turned into lamb's tails. Those soft, yellow catkins that wiggle around in the breeze and shed their cargo of powdery pollen on the female flowers, which resemble tiny red stars on the same twigs. And the lamb's tails will be dancing around in the wind up until April.
Hazel is certainly a tough character well used to freezing conditions. It was one of the first trees to colonise Britain after the last ice age. The early Britons soon discovered that hazel branches were so flexible they could be woven or even tied into knots and could be used for the wattle and daub walls of their dwellings.
Today, hazel is still used for pegging down thatched roofs. The hazel tree has a reputation as a magical tree – rods made from hazel are supposed to ward off evil spirits and are used as divining rods. In some parts of England, hazel nuts were also kept as charms or held to ward off rheumatism.


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Execution level
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Select Highest Available to have the AIS retrieve the highest available access privileges for the user who starts the process.
UI access
If the application needs to drive input to higher privilege windows on the desktop, such as an on-screen keyboard, select the "Allow access to protected system UI" check box. For most applications you should not select this check box. Microsoft provides this setting for user interface Assistive Technology (Section 508) applications.
Authenticode signing required
If you check this box, the application must be Authenticode signed and must reside in a protected location, such as Program Files or Windows\system32.


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It should come as no surprise that Beech Hedges (Fagus Sylvatica) are among the most widely used varieties of hedging in the UK. They originate from the British Isles and change with the seasons, cycling through a range of colorful, vivacious, and energizing hues as the year goes on.
From spring's bright, fresh green foliage to summer's darker, more inviting leaves. Then, in the fall, when the leaves change from a rich green to flaming oranges and copper browns, the true magic happens. Even more alluring is the possibility of keeping the beech hedge in leaf all through the harsher winter months with only a brief pruning in August or September.
It's important to properly maintain beech hedges if you want them to grow into a beautiful screen. Even the beech hedge planting procedure is important.
Although beech grown in pots can be planted at any time of the year, it is best to purchase and plant beech during the dormant season. Grow in full sun or partial shade with any appropriate drainage-friendly soil. To keep hedges in a nice form, prune them in late winter to early spring and trim if necessary in late summer.
Beech may thrive on a variety of soils as long as there is enough drainage. Avoid coastal areas, hot, dry environments, and regions with soil that retains moisture.
Green-leaved beech may be grown in full sun or light shade. While yellow-leaved beech varieties do better in partial shade because full light may burn the leaf, purple beech colors are finest in the sun.
Be aware that beech, when grown as a conventional tree, is challenging to underplant due to its shallow root structure and tight canopy of leaf, which allows very little light through.
On a calm, cloudy day in late winter or early spring is the best time to plant your new hedge greenery. The ground shouldn't be overly cold or moist.
Planting between two and four seedlings per metre is known as row planting. Accordingly, you will want between 12 and 24 plants for a length of 6 meters. Usually, planting is done in a double row that is staggered. By doing this, your hedge will rapidly develop into a robust windbreak and privacy barrier. Five to seven plants are planted per metre in this instance while utilizing baled commodities. Goods in containers require a little extra room. In this case, four to six plants per metre are adequate. Additionally, keep at least 50 cm away from walls and property lines since tree roots have a great tendency to raise and break pavement.
When buying or receiving bundles of goods, do not be surprised if they appear more lifeless than living. Nevertheless, following sowing, healthy plants emerge rather fast. Plants should be healthy and at least 60 cm tall, whether they are in a ball or a container. Because bare-root plants, in particular, are delicate to cold and dryness and should be carried properly, special consideration should be given to the packaging in the case of mail-order plants.
The plants stay in their packing or pots and are kept wet until planting. The tender young plants are housed in a safe, frost-free, yet unheated area. Container items may be stored for longer periods of time than bales, which should be buried as soon as feasible.
Beech trees require good, nutrient-rich, loose soil. Soil preparation is necessary before planting. Since the soil is still quite hard at planting time from the chilly winter temperatures, this is done in the preceding autumn. Continue as follows:
– Prepare the planting space by digging three times as deep as the root ball and adding compost or mature manure to the soil.
– All weeds are eliminated before to planting so that the seedlings are not forced to compete with them. The planting holes should next be dug. The planting hole is made somewhat deeper than the root ball's height and two to four times wider than the root ball. A trench can be dug as an alternative. The soil is somewhat heaped up in the center.
It is necessary to moisten bales of products for many hours prior. The roots are put in a pot with water to do this. Do not, however, leave the plants submerged in water all night. It might take too long for the roots to begin molding. The plants are then put on the mound in the middle of the planting hole after the damaged roots have been cut out. The mount is surrounded by cleverly arranged roots. Injuries are prevented since this is more in accordance with their normal growth. The root ball's surface is flat with the top of the soil.
Soil is added to the planting hole until all of the roots are covered. Make sure the earth is not heaped up in the root region when doing this. The plants are unable to handle this and might possibly perish in the short term. The earth is forced into place after filling. The best thing to do is to set up a watering edge that is also pushed in.
When watering, the watering rim is extremely helpful. Water is put inside of it, which may then quietly seep into the earth where it is needed. Not merely because the plants are not yet rooted and have less access to water in the soil, watering is crucial. The main purpose of this is to remove air bubbles from the soil and allow it to settle.
After planting, cover the root zone with a thick layer of mulch, mature manure, grass clippings, or leaves. The young tree is shielded from the wind and pests by a protective cover for the trunk. Utilizing a plastic spiral tree guard is recommended. It develops alongside the trunk.
– Beech is offered in a wide variety of sizes and costs. Plants used for hedging range in height from 30 cm to 1.8–2 meters. Bundles of ten bare-rooted plants are offered for sale. Although this does provide rapid screening, the most expensive option to purchase hedging is as ready-grown and trimmed "instant" hedging. You can also check out the artificial hedge green wall panels.
– Beech trees can also be purchased root-balled, bare-rooted, or year-round in containers (only whilst dormant)
– Buying bare roots beech online is the simplest option because plants are light and simple to package and ship from November to March. The more costly pot-grown beech is delivered by courier or on a pallet.
The fact that beech hedge retains the majority of its leaves during the winter is one of the factors that attracts many people to it. Even when the leaves are dead and brown, they still offer a thick covering that gives you solitude.
The leaves of beech species with green leaves should change in the fall from green to burned orange. Different color variations occur throughout the year in other kinds. For instance, the copper beech has purple leaves that become copper in the fall.
A soil that drains properly without being too dry is ideal for beech hedges. Their roots will decay in moist, heavy soils since they do not thrive there. For this kind of soil, a hornbeam hedge could be a preferable choice.
Some beech species, such the Dawyck purple beech, can only thrive in direct sunshine, whilst other beech species require some shade.
While plants in pots may be purchased at any time, it is better to put them outside in the winter or early spring to prevent them from drying out. Bare root beech plants will be available for planting in the winter.
Keep your plants hydrated for up to two seasons and space them between 18 inches and two feet apart. Although staking is not required, you might wish to set up some security if there are rabbits around.
Your hedge won't require feeding, but if you want to accelerate development, you may add some blood, fish, and bones, or other similar feed from its second spring. After rigorous trimming, it's a good idea to fertilize the hedge on all sides.
Arborcure, a team of qualified landscape professionals, can handle all of your requirements for beech hedging. This covers gathering, planting, and pruning.
When it is most convenient for you to do so is the ideal time to establish a beech hedge. When you plant the hedge when it will benefit you most, you can focus on doing it appropriately. Buy pot-grown hedge plants if you wish to plant during unusual seasons of the year, such as the summer.
Since bare root hedging has no soil root ball, it is important to plant it as soon as it is received in order to preserve the health of its roots. Keep bare root hedge roots moist until you're ready to plant them to prevent them from drying out.
This is based on how big the plant is when it is being planted. The ideal distance between beech plants is often approximately 30 cm. A larger room may be required for plants that have grown more maturely in pots.
Beech hedges require a lot of water and maintenance to grow the fastest, reaching heights of 1 to 2 feet per year. With typical attention, it is most fair to anticipate development of roughly 1 foot.
A beech hedge should ideally be pruned after each flush, and in September is also a good time to do so to avoid winter leaf drop.


[UPDATE] Old American Indian Canoe Recovered in Lake Munson
By: Jennifer Milton/ AP Email
By: Jennifer Milton/ AP Email
D.W. Jones has discovered a piece of history. The 16-year old, his daughter and his father Dennis were spending the day at Lake Munson near Tallahassee when they stumbled upon an ancient American Indian Canoe that historians believe could be 500 to 800 years old.
"How is this thing still here for it to be so old you know. It's just like you see, you know you get a piece of fire wood and two years later it's rotten and destroyed. But, just something to be 800 years old and be wood, it's unbelievable," said Jones.
Historic conservators believe the 23 foot long dugout canoe belonged to the Apalachee Indian tribe who used to fish, hunt and gather food in the water. Historical experts say they are blown away by its superior condition.
"The technology that they had at the time to be able to build a canoe this nice, it's pretty amazing to me, when you look at it, how crisply and cleanly it's made and the tools that they had available, shells, sharks teeth, flint," said James Levy.
The enormous canoe took 12 people nearly 6 hours to excavate the rare artifact in tip-top shape.
"Whoever did it was really good because it has sharp 90 degree corners on it and nice clean platforms on the end with just good,sharp edges, so they were very good at it," said Levy.
The canoe is currently at the Museum of Florida History but conservators plan to examine the item further and eventually will put it on display.
More than 350 dugout canoes have been discovered in Florida, but around 1 in 50 are in good condition.
An American Indian dugout canoe believed to be 500 to 800 years old has been recovered from the muck of a lake bed south of Tallahassee.
State archaeologists said Tuesday, November 30 that the 23-foot-long canoe is unusual because it is well-preserved and each end is finely carved.
More than 350 dugout canoes have been found in Florida, some
dating back 6,000 years, but most are degraded from repeated
periods of wetting and drying.
The canoe was exposed when Lake Munson was drawn down.
Crawfordville resident Dennis Jones first reported the canoe to the
Florida Museum of History.
Archaeologists removed it Monday so it can be conserved and
exhibited and to protect it from curiosity seekers who tried to dig
it out.
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The Central Gonja District is located at the southern end of the Northern Region of Ghana. It covers a total land area of 8,353 Km2, representing 12% of the total landmass of the Northern Region. Buipe is the administrative capital.
The land form of the district is low lying but gently undulating at altitudes ranging between 150m to 300m above sea level though some parts average 600m.
The area is traversed by two major rivers - the White Volta, which flows longitudinally through the district, and the Black Volta, which forms the district's southern boundary with the Kintampo North Municipal. A lot of streams crisscross the district and flow into the two Volta Rivers.
It shares boundaries in the north with the Tamale Metropolis, the Kintampo North Municipal of the Brong-Ahafo Region in the south, East Gonja Municipal in the east and the West Gonja District in the west.
The population of the District according to 2010 population and housing census stands at 87,877 with 43,860 males and 44,017 females.