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The Rural Housing and Community Facilities Programs, also known as the Rural Housing Service (RHS) and as the Rural Development Housing and Community Facilities Service (HCFP), is a division within the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development agency, which administers aid to rural communities in the form of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants for housing and community facilities. Programs focus on home ownership and restoration, farm worker housing, multi-family housing projects, community facilities, and rental assistance. Even though RHS aims to help isolated and underserved rural communities, a 2004 Congressional Research Report found that rural areas continued to account for a "disproportionate share of the nation's substandard housing." Although home ownership is the principal form of housing in rural areas, residents are faced with higher development costs, limited access to mortgage credit, and pay more of their household income for housing than urban residents. The Administrator for RHS is Tammye Treviño.
The Rural Housing Service was established in 1994, but its roots date to housing and community initiatives started in the Great Depression and continued under the Farmer's Home Administration (FmHA) that was created in 1946. The FmHA was tasked with providing loans and loan guarantees to farmers and low-income families in rural areas for construction and repair of housing, in addition to farm improvements and improvements to water systems and community safety.
In 1994, during a significant reorganization of the Department of Agriculture, the housing work of the FmHA was transferred to the newly created Rural Housing Service under the larger Rural Development agency.
USDA Rural Housing Programs: An Overview (by Bruce E. Foote, Congressional Research Service) (pdf)
The Rural Housing Service (RHS) offers 18 grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs directly to individuals or organizations; those programs are administered through state and local Rural Development offices and service centers across the country. Eligible applicants are typically residents in "open country or rural towns" with no more than 20,000 people. There are some exceptions for certain programs that allow for recipients in both rural and urban areas.
Programs include loans for buying, repairing, or constructing single-family homes, loans and grants to address safety and health hazards and construct or rent housing for farm workers and rural residents in general. The agency also provides rental assistance payments, interest subsidies for home loans, and loans for the development for rural housing. Other programs help provide housing projects for targeted communities such as the elderly or disabled, or community facilities such as libraries, schools, municipal buildings.
According to the FY 2012 proposed budget, the largest programs are the payments provided for rental assistance, under Section 502 and Section 521, which total $907 million in budget authority. Other large programs include the Community Facilities grant program with a budget authority of $38 million, and direct loans for multi-family housing which has a budget authority of $32 million.
From the Web Site of the Rural Housing and Community Facilities Programs
Recipients of Rural Housing Service (RHS) aid include rural residents, rural and urban farm workers, individuals and groups with special needs, rural communities, nonprofits, local governments, and individual homeowners and renters.
From 2002-2012, the RHS gave more than $6.2 billion in more than 40,000 direct payments, according to a query of USAspending.gov. The agency also gave more than $1.5 billion in grants, nearly $869 million in loans, and nearly $728 million in contracts from 2002-2012.
Rural Housing Budget Cuts
President Barack Obama's FY 2012 proposed budget called for the reduction or elimination of a number of rural housing loan and grant programs, including mutual and self-help housing, very-low income housing repair loans, single-family direct housing, and guaranteed community facility loans. In total, the reductions were nearly $400 million less than what was provided in FY 2011. The nonprofit Housing Assistance Council said that these cuts would "abandon important efforts to improve housing for the lowest-income homeowners and renters in rural America." Just a few weeks before the budget was released, Obama said in his State of the Union address, that he would push for a major reorganization of the federal government, citing redundancies in the area of housing policy and exports. Obama's proposed cuts come after successive cuts to rural housing during the previous administration of George W. Bush.
Clash with Congress Loom as Obama Rolls Out $3.73 Trillion Budget (by Steven Thomma, David Lightman and William Douglas, McClatchy Newspapers)
Administration Budget for FY 2012 Would Slash 502 Direct, Self-Help, and Multifamily Preservation (Housing Assistance Council)
Housing Budget Disappointing for Rural Americans, Experts Say (Housing Assistance Council)
Special Report on 2008 Farm Bill Conference Report (National Association of Development Organizations) (pdf)
In his 2011 State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama called for a major reorganization of the federal government, noting, among other things, that "There are at least five different agencies that deal with housing policy." In addition to the Rural Housing Service, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Housing Administration, the Federal Housing Finance Agency and offices in the departments of Defense, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs all oversee and administer housing policy.
State of the Union 2011: Obama Calls for Reorganization of Federal Agencies (by Ed O'Keefe, Washington Post)
How Would You Reorganize the Federal Government? (by Ed O'Keefe, Washington Post)
Obama Calls for Reorganization of Federal Bureaucracy (by Sean Reilly, Federal Times)
Obama Moves Forward with Government Reorganization (by David Jackson, USA Today)
Should Housing Subsidies Be Abolished?
Many argue that federal subsidies, including the housing aid provided by the RHS, should be abolished.
The conservative Cato Institute argues that subsidies in housing and electricity "duplicate functions that the private sector usually performs" and hinder growth, and so should be abolished.
Rural Subsidies (by Stephen Slivinski, CATO Institute)
Others believe that subsidies were instituted to solve issues of poverty that are still rampant in rural America. Although home ownership in rural areas is the principal form of housing, residents usually pay higher development costs and a higher percentage of their income for mortgage, and have more limited access to credit than their urban counterparts, a Congressional Research Service report found.
An Overview of USDA Rural Development Programs (by Tadlock Cowan, Congressional Research Service) (pdf)
Russell T. Davis, (2004-2009)
Russell T. Davis Speaker Biography (sixty entry) (pdf)
Tammye H. Treviño has served as administrator of the Rural Development Housing and Community Facilities Programs in the U.S. Department of Agriculture since June 2009. The agency administers aid to rural communities that focus on home ownership and restoration, farm worker housing, multi-family housing projects, community facilities and rental assistance.


Real world Scenario.
There are two scenario where Change Data Capture can play an important part:
 1. For data auditing
 2. For Use with Data warehousing
In the first scenario CDC can be very useful for tracking data changes for auditing purposes.
A concrete example for this is a bank application where a depositor would query
what have happened to his account and how his account has change over time
or in a much simpler term a historical view of his count.
Another scenario where CDC can play an important part is an accounting application
where dispute may usually happen.
CDC however is design for a short time audit because it has a retention period. However
you can disable retention and cleansing of CDC data. The default retention for CDC is 3 days.
Any application that would require an immediate access to the tail-end part of the transaction
would be a great candidate for an immediate audit requirements.
The second scenario where CDC can play an important part is in data warehousing. CDC table can be
used as data source for the ETL rather than the actual OLTP this is due to the fact that CDC can contain
a more historical data as compared to the regular OLTP tables. Another good reason is that you can do
the ETL without disturbing the base tables.
The strongest selling point of CDC is performance. As you can see from the diagram below.
The downside of course is that the logs can not be trimmed unless CDC has completed its task.
Although CDC is make use of transaction logs, database are not required to be in full recovery mode.
Figure 1. CDC Architecture. Diagram courtesy of MSDN
System Requirements
CDC works on the following version of SQL server:
 1. enterprise edition
 2. Developer edition
Change Data Capture Step-by-Step
Step #1. Create a database to be enabled for CDC
 Create database cdctestdb
Step #2. Enable CDC on the database
 use cdctestdb
 exec sys.sp_cdc_enable_db
Step #3. Verify that Cdc is enabled on the database
 select name, is_cdc_enabled from sys.databases
 CDC will also create system table in the database
 The System table which have been created under CDC schema are listed below:
cdc.captured_columns – This table returns result for list of captured column.
cdc.index_columns – This table contains indexes associated with change table.
Step #4. Create a Table
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[students](
 [student_id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
 [lastname] [varchar](50) NULL,
 [firstname] [nchar](50) NULL,
 [middle_name] [nchar](50) NULL,
 [student_id] ASC
Step #4. Enable CDC on the Table
exec sys.sp_cdc_enable_table
Step #5. Verify that CDC is enabled in the table
select name,is_tracked_by_cdc from sys.tables
where is_tracked_by_cdc=1
name is_tracked_by_cdc
students 1
Step #6. Insert records
 insert into students (lastname,firstname,middle_name)
Step #7. Check if the inserted record are being tracked
Notice that SQL Server will create a system table to track changes.
Run a select query on the cdc table to see audit entries
Step #8. Disable CDC
USE cdctestdb
EXEC sys.sp_cdc_disable_db
What's new in Change Data Capture In SQL Server 2012?
New feature of Change Data Capture in SQL Server 2012 is the addition of Change Data Capture
in SQL server Data Capture for oracle database. For more information please see the link below.


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Synchronization allows content to play at the same exact time within two different zones.
Refer to the Creating a Program solution to begin editing your program.
Follow these steps to synchronize two pieces of content in zones.
- Click and drag the orange puzzle piece from one zone to the other. Below we are going to click and drag the puzzle piece form Zone A to Zone B. Doing this will make Zone 1 content the Master and Zone 2 content the Slave. Whenever a specific file plays in Zone 1, Zone 2 content will automatically sync in playback.
2. After syncing the puzzle piece in the zone title area, a blue M (Master) and green S (Slave) will appear. The zones are now ready to allow the syncing of content.
3. Click and drag a track's puzzle piece on top of another track's puzzle piece until you see a successful sync. Refer to tracks 3 and 5 above.
Note: To ensure content playback remains perfectly synced as the program continues to play, set the slave content to have a longer duration than the master. For example, a master file with a 10 sec should be synced up to a file with a 15 second duration.

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the processing is passed back to the previous Action, including all already inserted form data. Extbase reads the necessary information from the hidden fields __referrer. In our case the Method newAction() is called again. In contrast to the first call, Extbase now tries to create an (invalid) Offer Object from the form data, and to pass it to the Method in $newOffer. Due to the annotation @Extbase\IgnoreValidation("newOffer") Extbase this time accepts the invalid object and displays the form once more. Formerly filled in data is put in the fields again and the previously saved error message is displayed if the template is intending so.
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Figure 7-1: Wrong input in the form of an offer leads to an error message (in this case a modal JavaScript window)
Tip
Standard error messages of Extbase are not yet localized in Version 1.2 (TYPO3 4.4). In section "Localize error messages" in chapter 8, we describe a possibility to translate them too, though.
Using the hidden field __trustedProperties, the Extbase property mapper compares the incoming property data with the one that are allowed. If the request contains data for non whitelisted properties, the property mapper throws an exception.
Using the \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Annotation\IgnoreValidation("parameterName") annotation, you tell Extbase that the argument is not to be validated. If the argument is an Object, the validation of its properties is also bypassed.
Flow Pattern "Editing an existing Domain Object"
The flow pattern we now present you, is quite similar to the previous one. We again need two action Methods, which this time we call editAction() and updateAction(). The Method editAction() provides the form for editing, while updateAction() updates the Object in the Repository. In contrast to newAction() it is not necessary to pass an organization to the Method editAction(). It is sufficient to pass the offer to be edited as an Argument.
<?php
declare(strict_types = 1);
namespace MyVendor\SjrOffers\Controller;
use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Annotation as Extbase;
use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Mvc\Controller\ActionController;
class OfferController extends ActionController
{
 // ...
 /**
 * @param \MyVendor\SjrOffers\Domain\Model\Offer $offer The existing, unmodified offer
 * @return string Form for editing the existing organization
 * @Extbase\IgnoreValidation("offer")
 */
 public function editAction(\MyVendor\SjrOffers\Domain\Model\Offer $offer)
 {
 $this->view->assign('offer', $offer);
 $this->view->assign('regions', $this->regionRepository->findAll());
 }
 // ...
}
Note once again the annotation @Extbase\IgnoreValidation("offer"). The Method updateAction() receives the changed offer and updates it in the repository. Afterwards a new request is started and the organization is shown with its updated offers.
/**
 * @param \MyVendor\SjrOffers\Domain\Model\Offer $offer The modified offer
 * @return void
 */
public function updateAction(\MyVendor\SjrOffers\Domain\Model\Offer $offer)
{
 $this->offerRepository->update($offer);
 $this->redirect('show', 'Organization', NULL, ['organization' => $offer->getOrganization()]);
}
Warning
Do not forget to explicitly update the changed Domain Object using update(). Extbase will not do this automatically for you, for doing so could lead to unexpected results. For example if you have to manipulate the incoming Domain Object inside your Action Method.
At this point we have to ask ourselves how to prevent unauthorized changes of our Domain data. The organization and offer data are not to be changed by all visitors after all. So an administrator is allocated to each organization, authorized to change the data of that organization. The administrator can change the contact data of the organization, create and delete offers and contact persons as well as edit existing offers. Securing against unauthorized access can be done on different levels:
 - On the level of TYPO3, access to the page and/or plugin is prohibited.
 - Inside the Action, it is checked, if access is authorized. In our case it has to be checked if the administrator of the organization is logged in.
 - In the template, links to Actions, to which the frontend user has no access are blinded out.
Of these three levels, only the first two offer reliable protection. We do not take a closer look on the first level in this book. You can find detailed information for setting up permissions in your TYPO3 system in the Core API. The second level, we are going to implement in all "critical" Actions. Let's look at an example with the Method updateAction().
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
use \MyVendor\SjrOffers\Service\AccessControlService;
public function initializeAction()
{
 $this->accessControlService = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(AccessControlService::class);
}
public function updateAction(\MyVendor\SjrOffers\Domain\Model\Offer $offer)
{
 $administrator = $offer->getOrganization()->getAdministrator();
 if ($this->accessControlService->isLoggedIn($administrator)) {
 $this->offerRepository->update($offer);
 } else {
 $this->flashMessages->add('Please sign in.');
 }
 $this->redirect('show', 'Organization', NULL, ['organization' => $offer->getOrganization()]);
}
We ask a previously instantiated AccessControlService if the administrator of the organization responsible for the offer is logged in the frontend. If yes, we do update the offer. If no, an error message is generated, which is displayed in the subsequently called organization overview.
Extbase does not yet offer an API for access control. We therefore implement an AccessControlService on ourselves. The description of the class is to be found in the file EXT:sjr_offers/Classes/Service/AccessControlService.php.
<?php
namespace MyVendor\SjrOffers\Service;
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\SingletonInterface;
class AccessControlService implements SingletonInterface
{
 public function isLoggedIn($person = NULL)
 {
 if (is_object($person)) {
 if ($person->getUid() === $this->getFrontendUserUid()) {
 return TRUE;
 }
 }
 return FALSE;
 }
 public function getFrontendUserUid()
 {
 if($this->hasLoggedInFrontendUser() && !empty($GLOBALS['TSFE']->fe_user->
 user['uid'])) {
 return intval($GLOBALS['TSFE']->fe_user->user['uid']);
 }
 return NULL;
 }
 public function hasLoggedInFrontendUser()
 {
 return $GLOBALS['TSFE']->loginUser === 1 ? TRUE : FALSE;
 }
}
The third level can easily be bypassed by manually typing the link or the form data. It therefore only reduces the confusion for honest visitors and the stimulus for the bad ones. Let's take a short look on this snippet from a template:
{namespace sjr=MyVendor\SjrOffers\ViewHelpers}
<!-- ... -->
<sjr:security.ifAuthenticated person="{organization.administrator}">
 <f:link.action controller="Offer" action="edit" arguments="{...}">
 <f:image src="EXT:sjr_offers/Resources/Public/Icons/edit.gif" alt="edit" />
 </f:link.action>
 <!-- ... -->
</sjr:security.ifAuthenticated>
Tip
A Service is often used to implement functionalities that are needed on multiple places in your extensions and are not related to one Domain Object.
Services are often stateless. In this context that means that their function does not depend on previous access. This does not rule out dependency to the "


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Cored wire technology is an out-of-furnace refining method produced with the advancement of science and technology. Alloy cored wire is used in steelmaking, which can purify the form of steel inclusions and improve the castability of molten steel and significantly increase the yield of ferroalloy, reduce alloy consumption, reduce steelmaking cost, and improve economic benefits.
The technical index of the alloy cored wire
1. The molten steel is treated with calcium on the feeding line, the molten steel reacts smoothly, avoids secondary oxidation, the floating speed of inclusions is fast, and the effect of purifying the molten steel is good.
2. It is beneficial to fine-tune the composition of steel.
3. The alloy yield has been greatly increased.
4. Feeding line can avoid bringing gas into molten steel.
5. The feeding line has strong adaptability and wide application range.
6. The feeding line is operated by equipment, which is convenient for maintenance, safe in production and does not pollute the environment.
It can be seen from the production process of the cored wire that the cored wire is a means of assisting in smelting steel. Through this method of refining outside the furnace, the performance of molten steel can be significantly improved, which is very beneficial to the reduction of steelmaking costs for enterprises.
The role of pure calcium cored wire
1. Using pure-calcium cored wire for calcium treatment in the production of low-carbon and low-silicon steel can reduce the temperature drop by 2.6°C on average, reduce the silicon increase by 0.001%, shorten the wire feeding time by 1 minute, and increase the yield by 2.29 times compared with the iron-calcium wire.
2. The feeding amount of iron-calcium wire is 3 times that of high-calcium wire. If it is converted into the same calcium content W (ca) for comparison, the feeding of iron-calcium wire is 2.45 times that of high-calcium wire.
3. High-calcium cored wire is used to process molten steel, and the level of inclusions in the steel is equivalent to that of fed iron-calcium wire, which can meet product requirements.
Design and functional requirements of solid calcium metal cored wire
1. Use self-made ￠7.0-￠7.8mm pure calcium wire as the core material of the cored wire.
2. The cold-rolled bright steel strip is adopted, the thickness of the strip is more reasonable, the diameter is ∮9-10mm, the wire diameter is uniform, and it has the advantages of high tensile strength, good toughness, and not easy to break, which is more conducive to accurate control of the amount of wire feeding.
3. This product can be applied to steel grades refined by calcium-iron cored wire and silicon-calcium cored wire, and the yield of calcium is increased by more than 50%.
4. Using the existing wire feeding equipment, a deeper feeding depth of molten steel can be achieved at a lower wire feeding speed, the amount of wire feeding is easy to accurately control, and the wire feeding process is stable.
5. The core wire is dense and tightly wrapped, which can be stored for a longer period of time and can also guarantee the use effect.
Advantages of solid calcium cored wire
- The yield rate of calcium element is increased. After feeding the solid core pure calcium cored wire developed by our factory, the average yield rate of calcium for low-carbon and low-silicon steel represented by SPHC is more than 15%.The use efficiency of calcium is about 52% higher than that of silicon-calcium cored wire.
- Cost reduction is obvious. The feeding weight of steel solid core pure calcium cored wire is only about 38% of that of silicon calcium cored wire.
- It is more conducive to the production of pure steel.
- Reduce and eliminate nozzle blockage of continuous casting steel.
- Reduced work intensity.

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Wrong number of arguments (Error 450)
The number of arguments to a procedure must match the number of parameters in the procedure's definition. This error has the following causes and solutions:
 - The number of arguments in the call to the procedure wasn't the same as the number of required arguments expected by the procedure.
 Check the argument list in the call against the procedure declaration or definition.
 - You specified an index for a control that isn't part of a control array.
 The index specification is interpreted as an argument but neither an index nor an argument is expected, so the error occurs. Remove the index specification, or follow the procedure for creating a control array. Set the Index property to a nonzero value in the control's property sheet or property window at design time.
 - You tried to assign a value to a read-only property, or you tried to assign a value to a property for which no Property Let procedure exists.
 Assigning a value to a property is the same as passing the value as an argument to the object's Property Let procedure. Properly define the Property Let procedure; it must have one more argument than the corresponding Property Get procedure. If the property is meant to be read-only, you can't assign a value to it.


A conformational study of the topographical requirements of a phytotropin recognition site on the naphthylphthalamic acid receptor
Gerard F Katekar, David Winkler, Art E Geissler
Research output: Contribution to journalArticleResearchpeer-review
13 Citations (Scopus)
Abstract
Phytotropins are a group of chemicals which have the ability to abolish the gravitropic response in plants by inhibiting the polar movement of auxin in the plant. They have other physiological properties such as inhibiting the phototropic response of stems. They bind to the naphthylphthalamic acid receptor and may elicit their physiological responses by this means. Most phytotropins consist of a benzoic acid moiety substituted at the ortho position by a bridging group connected to a second aryl group. Conformational energy calculations were performed on a subset of phytotropins. The calculations yielded a single, low energy conformation common to each molecule and thus identified three dimensional requirements for binding to the receptor. Electrostatic potential calculations, in the vicinity of the benzoic acid moiety, identified recognition and binding requirements for this group. Similar calculations for the second aryl group indicated that some similarity exists between the electrostatic potentials of molecules which bind most tightly to the receptor. The revised binding model was assessed by consideration of a second series of molecules showing phytotropic activity. The model was consistent with the biological activities of these molecules.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2881-2889
Number of pages9
JournalPhytochemistry
Volume26
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1987
Externally publishedYes
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Modeling the phase behavior of the membrane binding protein annexin V
Langmuir, Volume 18 p. 2988- 2992
The bulk thermodynamic properties of proteins originate from a varied and complex combination of interactions. We propose a simple model for the formation of ordered two-dimensional aggregates based on the interactions between pairs of annexin V molecules. Simulations of this model are shown to reproduce the experimental observations of a honeycomb (p6) and a triangular (p3) crystalline phase. The simulations indicate that the transition between these two phases is first order. While this model is extremely simple in that it relies only on hard body and short-range directional interactions, it nevertheless captures the essential physics of the interactions between the protein molecules and reproduces the phase behavior observed in electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy experiments.


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Middlesex County Utilities Authority (MCUA), Sayreville, NJ
- MCUA's Sayreville Pump Station was inundated with 4 feet of water following Hurricane Sandy.
- R3M mobilized resources to provide 24/7 emergency response along with construction contractors to be able to stabilize the pump station.
- R3M worked with MCUA staff to restart the disabled pump station, initially using temporary bypass pumping systems capable of 70 MGD within 10 days of the event. Ultimately restoring the existing pumps and motors and switchgear to its 300 MGD capacity.
- R3M worked with USEPA, NJDEP and US Army Corp representatives to develop unique temporary wet weather overflow systems to prevent further
flooding of pump station during emergency restoration activities.


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Monitoring, Transparency and Accountability
Abstract: A monitor is hired by a principal to oversee an agent's activity and to report on the agent's result. The monitor first collects information about the agent so as to develop an expertise in the agent's activity. This expertise makes her more likely to learn the result's value in the future. The agent observes the level of expertise of the monitor and makes a productive effort. Once the result is realized, the monitor decides whether to report its value to the principal (if she knows it). The principal uses the report to form an expectation of the result's value and subsequently rewards or punishes both the monitor and the agent as a function of his expectation. The monitor then is accountable for the result in the sense that she is punished if the agent's result is bad. In this model, the monitor faces a commitment issue, which undermines incentive provision. Ex ante, she would like to disclose the result's value any time she observes it so that her oversight disciplines the agent. Ex post however, she wants to inflate the principal's expectation and therefore hides bad results. This paper studies the monitor's incentives and asks whether incentive provision benefits from the principal observing the expertise level of the monitor (transparency). We show that the answer involves a trade-off between making expertise valuable to the monitor and making expertise deterrent for the agent.


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Terre dei Borghi is a farm that was established in 2016 in Arquà Petrarca, on land abandoned for many years in the heart of the Euganean Hills.
From the strong feeling of connection with this land, we undertook the restoration of the old vineyards and the management of different crops, with the help of the local community, witness of values and traditions to be preserved.
The farm covers four hectares, two of which are devoted to growing vines. Three grape varieties grow in the vineyards accompanied by olive trees, lavender, saffron and fruit trees.
We have chosen to cultivate our land using organic fertilisers, we try to avoid the use of plastic and we believe in manual work.
Our passion is expressed in the quality of what we produce. We strongly believe that to work well means knowing one's land and being aware of its biodiversity.
We are the caretakers of the soil, which we depend on. This is why we want to highlight its importance by preserving its identity."


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A dog drinking from the toilet – or a cat, for that matter – isn't that uncommon. But why would your pet prefer the flowing water from a toilet bowl when they have a water dish? Is it even safe for your pet to drink water this way?
An Easy Answer
Turns out, the reason for a dog drinking from the toilet really isn't a mystery. The water in a toilet bowl is often fresher than what your pet has in their water dish. The porcelain in the toilet keeps the water cool. And flushing keeps that cool water oxygenated.
As humans, we may think this dog behavior is gross. But your pet doesn't see it that way. Even if your dog knew the true use of that toilet, they probably wouldn't care. Also, the sound of flowing water is often times too much to resist!
It's the same thing as when your cat jumps up on your kitchen counter when the sink is running – or when your dog goes crazy over water coming out of a garden hose. Dogs and cats are naturally attracted to flowing water.1
Another Potential Reason for the Toilet Bowl Attraction
dog drinking from the toilet | Ultimate Pet NutritionWhile the urge to drink flowing water may be primal, there's another possible reason your dog prefers drinking from a toilet bowl. Your household could be why.
If you have a lot of kids in your family, or other pets, your home might be chaotic. Your dog may actually prefer the solitude of the bathroom to a water dish in the middle of a busy kitchen.
So, Is It Safe?
Can drinking from a toilet bowl harm your dog's health? Well, there are a couple of different viewpoints on this strange behavior. One says that the modern toilet bowl is actually very sanitary. Your kitchen, shower drain, or even your toothbrush contains a lot more bacteria than your toilet bowl.2
Many experts and pet parents feel otherwise.
Humans clean their toilet bowl with a lot of harsh chemicals.
While these chemicals are diluted in toilet water, they still exist. That can sometimes lead to problems when a pet decides to drink from the toilet.
In some areas of the country, people put antifreeze in their toilets during the winter. This helps keep the bathroom pipes from freezing.3 But ingesting antifreeze can be lethal for a pet.4
Water Quality and Other Potential Issues
Some people believe that water in a toilet is healthier than water in many other areas of the home. But it's not the same as the water that comes from your tap. Despite what some may say, toilet water contains bacteria that might make your pet sick.
There is also an injury risk associated with a dog drinking from the toilet. This is especially true if your pet is very small. Your pup could actually fall in the bowl and become trapped. A larger dog could be injured if their paw slips on the side of the bowl.
How to Stop Your Dog Drinking from the Toilet
Water from the toilet bowl might taste fresh and delicious to your pet. But the potential dangers outweigh the benefits. Does your pup like to sip from the toilet bowl? There are some things you can do to stop this type of dog behavior.
 - dog drinking from the toilet | Ultimate Pet NutritionRestrict access to the toilet bowl. Keep the bathroom door shut, or at least keep the toilet seat lid down.
 If you have a big family, and the toilet gets a lot of work during the day, consider installing a toilet lid lock. The toilet will stay closed when not in use.
 - Keep fresh water in your dog's water dish. Change it out four or five times a day, and put ice cubes in the water so it stays cool.
By keeping your dog's water fresh and cool and limiting access to the toilet bowl, you might be able to break your dog's habit.
What if Your Pet Just Has to Drink Water from the Toilet?
If your pet simply can't stay away from the toilet bowl, try a different water dish. Get one made out of ceramic or plastic if the current bowl is metal. A pet fountain might be another option. Your dog will drink water that is continually fresh as a result.
If ice cubes and fresh water don't get the job done, talk to your vet. They may have some other recommendations to help flush Fido's toilet bowl drinking habit!
Learn More:
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Definitions for viomycin
a basic polypeptide antibiotic (trade name Viocin) administered intramuscularly (along with other drugs) in the treatment of tuberculosis
An antibiotic, of complex structure, derived from the actinomycete Streptomyces puniceus
U.S. National Library of Medicine
A strongly basic peptide, antibiotic complex from several strains of Streptomyces. It is allergenic and toxic to kidneys and the labyrinth. Viomycin is used in tuberculosis as several different salts and in combination with other agents.

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This tutorial is based off of the MSDN Article _TAG_: Q194873. But, for a beginner, following these MSDN articles can be intimidating to say the least. One of the most often asked questions I see as a Visual C++ and Visual Basic programmer is how to call a VB DLL from VC++. Well, I am hoping to show you exactly that today. I am not going to go over the basic details of COM as this would take too long, so I am assuming you have an understanding of VB, VC++ and a little COM knowledge. It's not too hard to learn; just takes a little time. So let's get started.
The first thing you need to do is fire up Visual Basic 6 (VB 5 should work as well). With VB running, create a new "ActiveX DLL" project. Rename the project to "vbTestCOM" and the class to "clsTestClass". You can do this by clicking in the VB Project Explorer Window on the Project1 item (Step 1), then clicking in the Properties window and selecting the name property (Step 2). Do the same for the Class. Click on the class (Step 3), then the name property and enter the name mentioned above (Step 4). Your project so far should look like the folowing right hand side picture:
Ok, now we are ready to add some code to the VB Class. Click on the "Tools" menu, then select the "Add Procedure" menu item. The Add Procedure window will open up. In this window we need to add some information. First (Step 1) make sure the type is set to Function. Second (Step 2) enter a Function name called "CountStringLength". Finally hit the Ok button and VB will generate the new function in the class.
You should have an empty function with which to work. The first thing we will do is specify a return type and an input parameter. Edit your code to look like this:
Public Function CountStringLength(ByVal strValue As String) As Long
What are we doing here? We are taking one parameter, as a String type in this case, then returning the length through the return type, which is a Long. We specify the input parameter as ByVal, meaning VB will make a copy of this variable and use the copy in the function, rather than the default ByRef, which passes the variable by reference. This way we can be sure that we do not modify the string by accident that was passed to us by the calling program. Let's add the code now.
Public Function CountStringLength(ByVal strValue As String) As Long
If strValue = vbNullString Then
CountStringLength = 0
CountStringLength = Len(strValue)
In the first line of code we are checking to see if the calling program passed us an empty, or NULL, string. If so we return 0 as the length. If the user did pass something other than an empty string, then we count it's length and return the length back to the calling program.
Now would be a good time to save your project. Accept the default names and put it in a safe directory. We need to compile this project now. Go to the File menu and select the "Make vbCOMTest.dll..." menu item.
The compiler will produce a file called surprisingly enough: vbCOMTest.dll. The compiler will also do us the favor of entering this new DLL into the system registry. We have finished the VB side of this project, so let's start the VC++ side of it. Fire up a copy of VC++, then select from the menu, "New Project". The New Project window should appear. Select a "Win32 Console Application" (Step 1), then give it a name of "TestVBCOM" (Step 2). Finally, enter a directory you want to build this project in (Step 3 - your directory will vary from what I have entered).
Click on the "OK" button and the "Win32 Console Application - Step 1 of 1" window will appear. Leave everything on this page as the default, and click the "Finish" button. One final window will appear after this titled "New Project Information". Simply click the "Ok" button here. You should now have an empty Win32 Console project. Press the "Ctrl" and hit the "N" key. Another window titled "New" will appear. Select the "C++ Source File" (Step 1), then enter the new name for this file called, "TestVBCOM.cpp" (Step 2 - make sure the Add to Project checkbox is checked and the correct project name is in the drop down combo box), then click the "Ok" button to finish.
Now we are going to get fancy!
You need to go to your Start Menu in Windows and navigate to the "Visual Studio 6" menu and go into the "Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Tools" sub-menu. In here you will see an icon with the name "OLE View". Click on it.
The OLE View tool will open up. You will see a window similar to this one:
Collapse all the trees, if they are not already. This will make it easier to navigate to where we want to go. Highlight the "Type Libraries" (Step 1) and expand it. You should see a fairly massive listing. We need to locate our VB DLL. Now, remember what we named the project? Right, we need to look for vbTestCOM. Scroll down until you find this. Once you have found it, double click on it. A new window should appear - the "ITypeLib Viewer" window. We are only interested in the IDL (Interface Definition Language) code on the right side of the window. Select the entire IDL text and hit the "Ctrl" and "C" buttons to copy it to the clipboard.
You can close this window and the OLE View window now as we are done with the tool. We need to add the contents of the IDL file into our VC++ project folder. Go to the folder you told VC++ to create your project in and create a new text file there (If you are in Windows Explorer, you can right click in the directory and select "New" then scroll over following the arrow and select "Text Document"). Rename the text document to "vbCOMTEST.idl". Then double click on the new IDL file (VC++ should open it if you named it correctly with an IDL extension). Now paste the code in the file by pressing the "Ctrl" and "V" keys. The IDL text should be pasted into the file. So far, so good. Now, this IDL file is not going to do us much good until we compile it. That way, VC++ can use the files it generates to talk to the VB DLL. Let's do that now. Open a DOS window and navigate to the directory you created your VC++ project in. Once in that directory, at the prompt you need to type the following to invoke the MIDL compiler:
E:\VCSource\TestVBCOM\TestVBCOM\midl vbTestCOM.idl /h vbTestCOM.h
Hit the "Enter" key and let MIDL do its magic. You should see results similar to the following:
Close the DOS window and head back into VC++. We need to add the newly generated vbTestCOM.h and vbTestCOM_i.c files to the project. You can do this by going to the "Project" menu, then selecting the "Add to Project" item, and scrolling over to the "Files" menu item and clicking on it. A window titled, "Insert Files into Project" will open. Select the two files highlighted in the next picture, then select the "Ok" button.
These two files were generated by MIDL for us, and VC++ needs them in order to talk to the VB DLL (actually VC++ does not need the "vbCOMTest_i.c" file in the project, but it is handy have in the project to review). We are going to add the following code to the "TestVBCOM.cpp" file now, so navigate to that file in VC++ using the "Workspace" window. Open the file by double clicking it and VC++ will display the empty file for editing.
Now add the following code to the "TestVBCOM.cpp" file:
_clsVBTestClass *IVBTestClass = NULL;
hr = CoInitialize(0);
hr = CoCreateInstance( CLSID_clsVBTestClass,
_bstr_t bstrValue("Hello World");
hr = IVBTestClass->CountStringLength(bstrValue,
cout << "The string is: " << ReturnValue << " characters in
length." << endl;
hr = IVBTestClass->Release();
cout << "CoCreateInstance Failed." << endl;
If all the code is entered in correctly, then press the "F7" key to compile this project. Once the project has compiled cleanly, then press the "Ctrl" and the "F5" keys to run it. In the C++ code, we include the MIDL created "vbTestCOM.h" file, the "Comdef.h" file for the _bstr_t class support and the "iostream.h" file for the "cout" support. The rest of the comments should speak for themselves as to what's occurring. This simple tutorial shows how well a person can integrate VB and VC++ apps together using COM. Not too tough actually.


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Queen of Hearts
The Queen of Hearts
She made some tarts,
All on a summer's day.
The Knave of Hearts,
He stole the tarts,
And took them clean away.
The King of Hearts,
Called for the tarts,
And beat the Knave full sore.
The Knave of Hearts
Brought back the tarts,
And vowed he'd steal no more.
Source: Wright, The Original Mother Goose (1916)
The Queen of Hearts she made some Tarts Upon a Summer's day,
The Knave of Hearts he saw those Tarts and Stole them all away; and stole them all away;
The King of Hearts heard of those Tarts, and To the Knave did say;
You Knave of Hearts restore the Tarts,
Or else for them you pay; or else for them you pay
Source: Baily, Queen of Hearts (sheet music), (1785)
The first known publication of "Queen of Hearts" was printed in "The European Magazines" in 1782 along with three less popular poems, "The King of Spades," "The King of Clubs," and "The King of Diamonds." These additional rhymes described their respective kings' living situations and their wives. In an English deck of playing cards, the Queen of Hearts has been linked to Elizabeth of York, queen to Henry VII. The headdress worn by the queen of hearts mimics the queen's crown of the early Tudor era. The Queen of Hearts is also a well-known character in Lewis Caroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."Download the sheet music of this rhyme
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A dreamteacher is a specialized type of virtual reality computer software that enables M'rowans (and, as it turns out, humans) to improve or learn new skills or languages while sleeping by creating dreams of situations designed to teach and allow the user to reflect on the skill in question.
Dreamteachers are best suited to teach mental or knowledge-based skills. Primarily physical skills, such as combat or sports, can be taught up to a point by (in a sense) 'programming' the user's nervous system, it is ultimately not a replacement for actual training of such skills.
The dreamteacher software requires a direct connection to the user's brain, which is usually established through a special helmet-like accessory; individuals with an implant computer and a neural jack or wireless connection do not need such equipment, though. In addition, the software can be fairly demanding in computer requirements – for less advanced skills, a personal computer will suffice, while more complex fields require a microframe or even a mainframe computer.


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Vegetarian dining in Portugal
Eating out in Lisbon and Portugal as a vegetarian.
This article researches the possibilities for vegetarians to have a good time on holiday in Lisbon and the rest of Portugal, eat enough healthy food and even taste traditional Portuguese food without having to consort to eating meat.
We'll give you some advice and tips on the best places to eat, get your nutrients and enjoy great meals dining out the way you should on holiday!
In the large Supermarkets all over the country vegetarian food has become easily available from the large choice of beans, lentil and nuts already much used in the traditional Portuguese Cuisine, you now also will find many soya meat imitations, Tofu, Seitan and other meat replacement products.
Going to restaurants you generally wont find these things on the menu.
If you don't eat meat but fish there is no problem, fish is on just about every menu. Inland you'll find less fresh fish but many Bacalhua (salted cod dishes) that make up a large part of the traditional menu all over Portugal.
You don't eat meat or fish? Than eggs, cheese are often available but after that it gets more difficult.
Some vegetarian facts
Vegetarianism is growing and growing worldwide and anno 2013 the statistics demand that we take vegetarians serious in our supermarkets and restaurants.
We already know countries like India and Taiwan to have a large percentage of vegetarians (respectively 40% and 10%)
Europe however has lower percentages but the amount of vegetarians are steadily growing due to more food and environmental awareness and the various meat scams of recent years.
The Netherlands has a percentage of roughly 5% vegetarians and most of the population eat meat only a couple of times a week.
The Uk scores higher roughly 10% of it's population is fully vegetarian.
Germany has almost 8 million vegetarians making it one the most vegetarian countries in Europe.
America scores around 6% of its population, which is, let's face it, a substantial amount of people.
Portugal however scores around 0.3% and most Portuguese cannot imagine a meal without meat or fish.
Hopefully, in the future, more and more restaurants will understand the necessity of creating fully vegetarian, balanced and delicious meals.
Traditional vegetarian foods that you can find in restaurants
Eating traditional Portuguese: It can be a bit of a challenge finding typical Portuguese food that doesn't consist of meat or fish, yet it's possible!
First of all don't make the mistake of going to a traditional restaurant thinking they can and will throw something together that will come close to a meal. The best you can hope for in most restaurants is an omelet or a couple of fried eggs, salad (not much more than lettuce, tomato and onion), white rice, potato, chips and if there out of eggs, well…..
So lets look at the traditional kitchen most dishes consist of fish, meat or mixes of fish and meat.
Some of the the side dishes however, can be exciting for vegetarians especially the really traditional ones that go back to a time when fish and meat where not daily available making some of them are really fully nutritious vegetarian meals and delicious if made well.
Check out the following
not a meal but a great beer snack that many Portuguese eat while socializing with friends over a beer or a glass of wine. They are big butter beans, salted and delicious as a snack. Most Portuguese will pop the bean out of it's skin (as it can be bitter) and eat only the inside leaving the skin on the plate provided.
Acorda is found all over Portugal and it's much like the Italian risotto but not made with rice but bread mixed with almost anything. Not al Acorda's are vegetarian but a lot of them are or could be if you ask the cook.
Acorda can be with beans, veg or gamba's. It's always mixed with plenty of olive oil and seasoning.
A type of acorda with beans. A filling and great vegetarian meal.
Migas Now Migas is one of my favourites. Especially the regional Ribatejan dish that you will find in Lisbon in restaurants that serve dishes from Ribatejo. But the whole country has different types of Migas all worth trying.
It literally means breadcrumbs and is made of the tougher, heavier country bread type. In Ribatejo they use Broa. The bread is cut into small pieces, mixed with olive, white bean, a Portuguese cabbage called caldo verde or couve Portuguesa also finely chopped, salt, pepper, sometimes garlic and other seasoning. It's delicious mixed with salad it's a filling and perfectly nutritious meal.
Most Portuguese soups are vegetarian. Generally stock cubes aren't used in preparing soups and a vegetable soups will be made using partly pureed vegetables, salt and olive oil. So if you can handle a meal made purely of soup (bread and olives) this can be a safe way to go.
Chick pea chick pea is part of the traditional Portuguese kitchen and most restaurants will have them. Very often they are mixed with chopped onion and fresh parsley and they can help in making a sufficient vegetarian meal.
In portuguese they are called grao (grouwng)
Many restaurants offer buffet and a lot of these buffet will have at least a few vegetarian dishes (if your strict you may want to check with the cook which dishes are really vegetarian but I've had a few of these meals choosing the veg, bean and chickpea dishes that did taste good and where fulfilling.
And from my experience that's where 'vegetarian' stops in all Portuguese traditional restaurants.
In Lisbon there are plenty of alternatives, generally a bit more expensive than the average, although the vegetarian meal is likely to be the cheapest.
Italian, Thai, Chinese, Indian, Turkish restaurants all offer vegetarian meals and there are many of them.
This month we will introducing a new tag to our restaurants that serve also fully fledged vegetarian meals, so they become easier to find!
Being a vegetarian I love the fully vegetarian restaurants that give me a menu where I can choose, wow, but being a person I like to go out with friends and not all of them get as excited as I do when I say 'vegetarian restaurant!'. that's why all restaurants should offer vegetarian alternatives, there are to many of us to ignore! And our meat eating friends do take us into consideration and will also move to a restaurant that offers both if they are to be found.
If on average 7% of eaters are vegetarian than 7% of menu's should be vegetarian but lets make it 10% it rounds better and gives meat eaters the opportunity to skip for one day.
Sadly not every vegetarian want tofu, which is pretty difficult to get and even more difficult to cook, if you want to get it right.
Why never a vegetarian lasagna (nuts replace meat very well) or a quiche. Want to do it portugeuse use all the beans from the traditional kitchen, spice them up the way you would any other Portuguese dish, serve with rice and a well fried egg or boiled potato and voila, a traditional Portuguese vegetarian meal is born!
Conclusion: if an average of 7% of the total tourist population are vegetarians just taking Europe and America into perspective, isn't it time for Portugal to start thinking of alternatives? At least there where there are tourists? And maybe offering fully fledged vegetarian meals to the Portuguese just to show them how delicious vegetarian food can be!
Vegetarian food is easier to cook, easier to keep fresh and a lot cheaper, shouldn't every restaurant be happy to have at least one dish on their menu and at least 2 because they like to offer choice!
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Confilev 500mg Tablet
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Confilev Tablet contains Levetiracetam. It is used to treat epilepsy (fits). It can be used on its own or in combination with other medications. It works to prevent seizures as long as you keep takin
it. This medicine should be taken as directed by the doctor and in doses and duration as prescribed. Before starting this medicine, inform the doctor if you are pregnant, planning a pregnancy or breastfeeding and about your detailed medical history.
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Allelopathic effect of aqueous extracts of different organs of three sunflower cultivars on germination of radish
Keywords:allelopathy, initial growth, Raphanus sativus, Helianthus annuus
This study aimed to evaluate the allelopathic potential of aqueous extracts of different organs of three sunflower cultivars on the germination and initial development of radish. The study was conducted in a Laboratory of Plant Physiology of the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil. The design was completely randomized in a three-factor scheme with four replications. The first factor consisted of three sunflower cultivars: Olisun 3, Olisun 5, and Aguará 6. The second factor consisted of different organs: leaves, stems, and roots. The third factor consisted of the extracts concentrations: 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100%. The experimental unit (EU) used was gearboxes with two sheets of germitest paper that were moistened with the extracts. The EUs were placed in BOD germination chamber at 25 °C. Daily count of germinated seeds was performed. The radicle length and hypocotyl were measured on the 10th day. The variables analyzed included germination (G); germination speed index (GSI); radicle length (RL); and hypocotyl length (HL). Sunflowers have allelopathic potential on the radish. The extract concentration of 75% of all organs and cultivars were sufficient to significantly reduce the variables. The allelopathic activity differs between organs (leaves, stems, and roots) and sunflower cultivars. The amount of allelopathic effects vary in the order of root, stem, and then leaf. Extracts from the roots showed the greatest allelopathic effect on germination and initial development on the radish; however, this depends on the cultivar used. Field studies should be performed to verify such allelopathic activities.
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Copyright (c) 2018 Carlos Alberto Gonsiorkiewicz Rigon, Adriana Tourinho Salamoni, Adalin Cezar Morais de Aguiar, Luan Cutti
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Sweetgum trees (Liquidambar styraciflua) look spectacular in fall when their leaves turn brilliant shades of scarlet, yellow, orange, or purple. The autumn show continues into late fall and early winter, and these stately shade trees are worth planting just to enjoy this fall color. Birds, chipmunks, and squirrels love sweetgum trees, which provide them with food, shelter, and nesting sites.
What is a Sweetgum Tree?
Sweetgums are straight, tall trees with a single trunk that reaches a height of 75 feet (23 m.) or more. These handsome trees have a pyramidal canopy when young that becomes rounded with age. They make excellent lawn or shade trees in large landscapes. Sweet gum tree leaves have five to seven pointed lobes, and their shape will remind you of a star. Mature leaves are 4 to 7 inches (10 to 18 cm.) wide. Their fall color lasts much longer than most other trees. The downside to growing a sweetgum tree is the seed pods. Children call them gumballs or stickerballs, and it's rare to find a child with a sweetgum growing nearby that hasn't had an unpleasant experience with the spiky pods. Adults despise them as well because they can roll underfoot and cause a fall, especially on paved surfaces.
Sweetgum Tree Info
Although sweetgum trees are often planted as street trees, they have shallow roots that can lift sidewalks and curbs. If you plan to plant a sweetgum, keep it at least 10 feet (3 m.) from pavements and foundations to avoid damage. The falling gumballs that are a hazard on pavements are another reason to keep them away from sidewalks and driveways. Sweetgum trees are considered pioneer trees. These are trees that can become invasive in an area because they take root easily from seeds and grow quickly, often excluding all other plants in the area. It's best to plant them in maintained areas where you'll be cleaning up the seed pods.
How to Grow Sweetgum Trees
Sweetgums need a location in full sun or partial shade. They grow in almost any soil, from sandy to clay and from acid to slightly alkaline. They have a lot of shallow roots, but they also have some deep roots that prefer moist, deep soil. They tolerate winters in USDA plant hardiness zones 5 through 9. Water sweetgum trees regularly until they are well-established and growing. Once the trees mature, they tolerate occasional drought as well as periodic flooding. Mature trees need very little care.
Caring for Sweet Gum Trees
Once established, sweetgums need very little care. You don't need to fertilize them every year, although they appreciate some general purpose fertilizer or compost every few years. The trees are drought tolerant and don't need to be watered once mature. Although they don't need much direct care, they add quite a bit to your fall landscape maintenance. They drop an abundance of leaves that need raking, and gumballs fall from the tree over a period of months. Because of the hazard they present and the potential to take root, you'll want to keep them swept up.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
How Does Warmer Weather Affect Your Workout?
The winter coats are back in the closet, the sun is shining, and all the festivals are starting up. It's a great time to be outside! But how does this warmer weather affect your workout? Is it really the best time to head to yoga in the park or take a walk around Lady Bird Lake? The answer isn't as simple as you might think.
Colder weather is actually better for athletic performance. Without the heat, you can exercise harder, without the risk of heat exhaustion. And because your body doesn't sweat as much, you're less likely to be dehydrated. Of course once it gets too cold, no one wants to be outside.
The Not So Surprising Warm Weather Benefits
But there are benefits of warmer weather and exercise. You might not necessarily improve your workout, but you're more likely to go outside and actually work out! There's a real psychological connection between warmer weather, wanting to be outside, and having the motivation to exercise.
There are other benefits to warmer weather. During the spring, when temperatures are in the 70s, it takes less time for your muscles to warm up. Also, because the sun's ultraviolet light is stronger in the warmer moths, you can increase your vitamin D levels. This is important because without the right amount of vitamin D, bones can become think, brittle, or misshapen. But don't forget your sunscreen - it doesn't take long to get sunburned in our hot, Texas heat.
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A Lim-völgy (Limska draga vagy Limska dolina) a Pazinčica folyó 35 kilométer hosszú völgye, ami a Lim-öbölben (Limski zaljev), egy 10 kilométer hosszú torkolatban végződik. A Lim-völgy a „határ" jelentésű latin „limes" szóról kapta a nevét, mivel ez volt a határ két római provincia között. Keskenysége miatt a horvátok néha Lim-csatornaként (Limski kanal) is emlegetik. A torkolatot néha fjordnak is nevezik, noha valójában nem fjord, hanem ria, ugyanis nem a jég, hanem az Adriai-tenger felé tartó folyó koptatta ki, amikor a tengerszint alacsonyabban volt.
Lim-csatorna (Rovinj, Isztria)
Lim Channel, Travel Guide for holidays in Lim Channel, Istria
Lim Channel – Points of interests
The Lim valley (Limska draga or Limska dolina) is the 35 km long valley of the river Pazinčica, which transforms into the Lim Channel (Limski kanal), a 10 kilometers long estuary. Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits.The estuary is sometimes called a fjord. Even if the movie The Vikings starring Kirk Douglas was shot there in 1958, it isn't a fjord but a ria, since it wasn't carved by a glacier but by the river eroding the ground on its way to the Adriatic Sea. The area around the channel has been inhabited since the Neolithic era. Under the Romans, the channel built the border between the administrative units of Porec and Pula. At the beginning of the 11th century it was the home of the hermit St.Romuald who founded the monastery of St. Michael near Kloštar. Today the 105m long St Romuald's cave is open for visits in the summertime. Fishing in the Lim Channel has always been excellent. Now the natural species have been increased by farmed mussels and oysters which are offered in two excellent restaurants on the channel. The easiest way to visit the Lim Channel is to take part in an organised excursion from Rovinj but it's also possible to visit it independently. Many excursion boats make hour-long runs up the channel from the main dock. The main season is from June to September and the boats run every hour. There's a small beach shaded by pines right next to the dock.
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If your JLG scissor lift has stopped working, you may need to reset the machine. To do this, follow these steps: 1.Turn off the power to the lift. 2.Remove the battery. 3.Disconnect the wires from the motor. 4.Reconnect the battery. 5.Turn on the power to the lift. 6.Test the lift by moving it up and down.
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There are a few things you can do to reset a JLG scissor lift. One is to disconnect the power source and then reconnect it. Another is to press the reset button on the control panel. Finally, you can contact JLG customer service for help.
In this day and age, it's important to know how to reset jlg scissor lift in case of an emergency. Many people rely on these lifts to get around, and if something were to happen to them, it could be disastrous. Learning how to reset them is simple and could potentially save someone's life.
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If the JLG scissor lift is not functioning properly, it may need to be reset. To reset the lift, follow these steps: 1. Turn the key to the ON position. 2. Press and hold the UP and DOWN buttons at the same time for 5 seconds. 3. Release the buttons and press the UP button once. The scissor lift should now be reset and ready to use.
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Before attempting any repairs on a JLG scissor lift, it is important to disconnect the power to the lift. This will prevent the lift from accidentally moving while you are working on it. To do this, locate the power switch on the control panel and switch it to the "Off" position. Then, unplug the power cord from the outlet.
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To reset a JLG scissor lift, first remove the battery. This can be done by disconnecting the negative terminal first, then the positive terminal. Once the battery is removed, press and hold the up and down arrow buttons on the control panel for 5 seconds.
Step 4: Press And Hold The Reset Button On The Control Panel For 10 Seconds
If the JLG scissor lift is not functioning properly, the first step is to check all the power sources and make sure they are turned on. If the machine still does not work, the next step is to press and hold the reset button on the control panel for 10 seconds. This will reset the machine and hopefully fix the problem.
Step 5: Replace The Battery And Reconnect The Power
In order to reset a JLG scissor lift, you will first need to replace the battery and reconnect the power. Once the power is reconnected, you will need to press and hold the reset button for 5 seconds.
Step 6: The Lift Should Now Be Reset
To reset the JLG scissor lift, the first step is to disconnect the power. Next, the user will need to press and hold the up and down arrow keys at the same time. After that, the user will need to press the enter key. Finally, the user will need to press the mode key.
Frequently Asked Questions
How Do You Reset A Man Lift?
First, consult the lift's manual for specific resetting instructions. In general, however, you will need to disconnect the power source, lower the lift platform to the ground, and engage the emergency brake. Once the platform is lowered, you can access the control panel and reset the machine.
How Do You Use A Man Lift?
A man lift is a device used to raise or lower a person. There are many different types of man lifts, each with its own specific use. One type of man lift, for example, may be used to raise a person from the ground to the top of a tall building. Another type of man lift may be used to lower a person into a pit or other difficult-to-reach location.
How Do You Turn On A Lift?
In order to turn on a lift, you will need to first locate the power source. Once you have found the power source, you will need to connect it to the lift. Once the lift is connected to the power source, you will need to press the 'on' button.
In Closing
To reset a JLG scissor lift, first make sure that it is turned off and unplugged. Next, locate the four screws at the base of the lift and remove them. Carefully pull the lift up and away from the base, then disconnect the wiring harness. Finally, reattach the wiring harness, replace the screws, and lower the lift back into place.
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Skincare trends are closely related to general wellness trends, and precious stones are no exception. The natural properties of jade are being used to benefit skin in the form of hand-held rollers that are easy to find and use. Curious? Read on to learn more about this hot trend.
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INTER OFFICE MEMORANDUM
DATE: September 9, 2009
TO: Phillip L. McConnell, Assistant Chief Engineer - Design
FROM: Charles Clements, Engineer of Roadway Design Division
Palarm Creek and
HYDRAULICS REFERENCE NUMBER 8-108
The Hydraulics Section has completed a review of the highway drainage structures across Palarm Creek and Lake Conway at Highway 365, Interstate 40, and Highway 89 in Mayflower. It was determined that the Highway 365 and Interstate 40 stream crossings have no effect on flood elevations at Grassy Lake Road. The Highway 89 crossings (1 culvert crossing and 1 bridge crossing) have only a very minor affect on flood elevations on Lake Conway.
The Little Rock District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provided stream gage (water surface elevation) information from Lock and Dam #7 (Murray), Lock and Dam #8 (Toad Suck), as well as the HEC2 stream hydraulic models for Palarm Creek that were developed for the Faulkner County Flood Insurance Study. The Corps also provided the most recent plot of flood profiles for various estimated frequency flood events on Murray Lake (Pool #7) between Murray Dam and Toad Suck Dam, and a HEC1 basin hydrologic (rainfall/runoff/peak flow estimation) model for the Palarm Creek/Lake Conway drainage basin. Palarm Creek's confluence with the Arkansas River is located within Murray Lake, at Nautical Mile 136.9, or about 1/3 of the distance between Murray Dam and Toad Suck Dam, nearest Murray Dam (see attached aerial photo).
The Arkansas River gage data supplied by the Corps was for the period of record from January 1, 1975 until December 31, 2008. This data was reviewed to determine how many occurrences of, and for how many days during each occurrence, flooding at Grassy Lake Road could be directly attributed to backwater from the Arkansas River. During that 34 year period of record, only 3 flood events produced a stage on the Arkansas River that was sufficient to be the primary cause of flooding at Grassy Lake Road. The flood profile plot for Murray Lake indicates that a flood event in excess of approximately a 20% annual chance (5-year) flood on the Arkansas River would have to occur before backwater from the river would cause Grassy Lake Road to be inundated.
Although it is clear that flood stages on the Arkansas River can often influence the depth and duration of flooding that occurs at Grassy Lake Road and the agricultural and private properties in the vicinity of the I-40 crossing over Palarm Creek, it is also evident that backwater from the river is not the primary cause of the flooding during more frequent storm events. It has been observed that the flooding of Grassy Lake Road typically occurs more than 1 time in any given year, and this cannot be explained simply by backwater from the river.
The hydraulic stream model for Palarm Creek was revised to estimate the effects of several different scenarios: 1) a 50% annual chance (2-year) backwater flood stage from the Arkansas River, 2) an average daily flow stage from the Arkansas River; these were made to determine the effects of the Arkansas River flood stage on the flooding at Grassy Lake Road. Then 2 additional scenarios were modeled to estimate the effects of: 3) complete removal of the Highway 365 crossing over Palarm Creek, and 4) complete removal of both the Highway 365 crossing and the Interstate 40 crossing over Palarm Creek. All of these stream models were run with various flow rates on Palarm Creek.
A review of the results of these model runs indicates that backwater from the Arkansas River has little effect on flood depths at Grassy Lake Road during 50% annual chance (2-year), and more frequent (lesser magnitude) floods. During floods of between a 50% annual chance (2-year) and 20% annual chance (5-year) the flood stage on the river will tend to flatten the water surface profile slope on Palarm Creek, leading to slightly higher (a few inches) flood stages and longer times to drain for a given flow rate on Palarm Creek . But during floods of greater than that of a 5-year event on the Arkansas River, backwater from the river will control the depths and duration of flooding in the area. Grassy Lake Road appears to be flooded when the flows on Palarm Creek exceed approximately 1,500 to 2,000 cfs.
The HEC1 (rainfall/runoff/peak flow estimation) basin model for Palarm Creek/Lake Conway was modified to estimate the peak flows along Palarm Creek for various flood events. It was learned that the peak flows on Palarm Creek at Grassy Lake Road are greater than approximately 2,000 cfs after a 2-year storm event.
It was also noted that complete removal of the Highway 365 bridge and roadway embankment, and the Interstate 40 bridge and roadway embankment, would have a negligible effect on the flood depths and duration at Grassy Lake Road and surrounding properties during any of the flood events that were studied.
It appears that the flooding in the vicinity of Grassy Lake Road on Palarm Creek is controlled by the limited capacity of the existing channel downstream from Interstate 40. Some improvement may be realized by channel clearing, widening, or straightening downstream from the interstate, but the magnitude of improvement realized would tend to decrease as flood stages on the Arkansas River climb above that of the 5-year flood.
Highway 89 crosses a small cove on Lake Conway just east of the Interstate 40 interchange at Mayflower. There are currently two 48" corrugated metal pipe culverts under the highway to drain the surface water runoff approaching the cove under the highway and into the larger body of Lake Conway north of the highway. We estimate that surface water runoff from approximately 1.4 square miles approaches the pipe culverts, producing a 50-year peak flood flow rate of 530 cfs.
The existing pipe culverts only have a peak capacity of approximately 200 cfs before headwater over their inlet ends would be sufficient to overtop the highway. However, the temporary storm water storage volume available in the cove has decreased the peak flows approaching the Highway 89 culverts and prevented the water from overtopping the highway during most rainfall events. The water surface elevations on the cove will be slightly higher than those on the main body of Lake Conway for a brief period of time following an intense rainfall event, but should equalize within a matter of hours.
Lake Conway bridge (Highway 89, Section 4, Log Mile 9.94)
The existing Highway 89 Bridge over Lake Conway is 180 ft. long and was constructed in 1968. The Palarm Creek HEC2 hydraulic model provided by the Corps of Engineers indicates that when Palarm Creek/Lake Conway basin experiences a 10-year flood flow, the Highway 89 bridge would cause approximately 4 ½ inches of backwater. This is not normally considered a large amount of backwater, and lengthening the bridge to decrease the amount of backwater it causes would prove very expensive with little effectiveness.
As an example, lengthening the bridge to 360 ft. long would only result in lowering the amount of backwater produced during a 10-year flood to 2 ½ inches. Raising the bridge was also found to be relatively ineffective at reducing the backwater. Our analysis indicated that a 360 ft. long bridge with the low beam elevation raised 1 ft. would decrease the amount of backwater produced during a 10-year flood to 2 inches. These results were very similar to the results produced by an analysis of the Highway 89 crossing site with the entire highway bridge and roadway embankment removed.
Grassy Lake Road is flooded when the peak flows on Palarm Creek (primarily the release rates from Lake Conway Dam) exceed 1,500 to 2,000 cfs, and/or when flood stages on the Arkansas River are greater than that of a 5-year flood. Lake Conway was not designed for flood mitigation and does not have sufficient capacity to retain a significant volume of surface water runoff from a large magnitude rainfall event without its water surface elevation encroaching onto private properties surrounding the lake.
An existing double 48" C.M. pipe culvert under Highway 89 just east of the Interstate 40 interchange appears to be slightly undersized, but the floodwater storage capacity of the cove south of the highway prevents the highway from being overtopped by floodwaters during most storm events. Increasing the number of culverts under the highway would not result in a major decrease in flood elevations on those properties surrounding the cove following a heavy rainfall event. Lake Conway flood management practices (dam releases) have a greater affect on flood depths and durations in this area than do the highway culverts.
The existing Highway 89 Bridge over Lake Conway was constructed in 1968 and causes a relatively small increase in backwater on that portion of the lake north of the bridge after most rainfall events. Lengthening and/or raising the bridge would do little to decrease the depth and duration of flooding experienced on those properties surrounding the lake north of the bridge. Maintaining the lake at a lower elevation and/or increasing the release rates from the Lake Conway dam preceding and during a moderate to intense rainfall event would be less costly and more effective in reducing flooding on those properties surrounding the lake. Unfortunately, increasing the dam release rates would have the undesirable effect of increased flooding of Grassy Lake Road given the roads current centerline profile elevation.
An annotated aerial photograph of the area in question is attached for a location reference.
If there are any questions concerning this review, please contact Brooks Booher in the Hydraulics Section.


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text: Of the more than sixty early Shakespeare quartos, only two were issued without title page dates. It has been conjectured (although not definitively) that Q4 Romeo and Juliet and Q4 Hamlet date from 1622 and 1625, respectively. Scholarly interest in whether one or both quartos influenced the text of the First Folio has fueled recent attempts to adduce bibliographical evidence to date the two quartos with more certainty. Hailey shows that a date for Q4 Hamlet of 1619–21, on the basis of deterioration of Smethwick's publisher's device, is faulty, while an effort to date Q4 Romeo and Juliet by its paper stocks proves to be inconclusive. Rightly understood, however, the comparative analysis of paper stocks, including but not limited to their watermarks, can be a powerful forensic tool for dating imprints more precisely. Hailey explains how and why paper can be useful for dating, and he describes his method for collecting and analyzing paper data. Primarily on the evidence of their paper stocks, Q4 Romeo and Juliet is dated with a high degree of probability to 1623; Q4 Hamlet is demonstrably dated to 1625. Thus, neither of these quartos could have influenced the First Folio text, and the unique shared readings between Q4 and Folio Hamlet texts must result from the Folio's influence on Q4.


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Hadassah meaning
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🔼The name Hadassah: Summary
From the noun הדס (hadas), myrtle.
🔼The name Hadassah in the Bible
There's only one person named Hadassah in the Bible. It's the Hebrew name of Esther, who became the wife of king Ahasuerus and thus queen of Persia in place of Vashti.
The name Hadassah occurs only once in the Bible, in Esther 2:7, which reads: "...and he [Mordecai] was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle's daughter..".
🔼Etymology of the name Hadassah
Scholars agree that the name Hadassah is a feminized form of the word הדס (hadas), meaning myrtle:
Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
The noun הדס (hadash) describes the myrtle tree. It occurs in several related languages but it's unclear where it originated and from which verb it derived. That means that we don't know what action this tree was named after, and thus, essentially what the noun really means.
In the Bible this tree has nevertheless an important symbolic role, from booths made from myrtles to angelic horsemen standing among them, and a holocaust-averting empress who was named after them.
🔼Hadassah meaning
BDB Theological Dictionary, NOBSE Study Bible Name List and Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names unite in rare agreement and read Myrtle for the meaning of the name Hadassah.