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The Alberta Food Regulation also highlights the requirement for mandatory certification of food handlers and is used by Public Health Inspectors during inspection.
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In Alberta, every operator of a food service establishment, and at least one employee on every shift, must hold a Food Handler Certificate.
Probe It Food Safety provides an accepted Food Handlers Certificate and is government approved. Our Food Handler Certificate will be valid for 5 years in Alberta and across Canada.
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A combination of provincial governments, municipalities and regional health authorities monitor food safety across Alberta. You must be ready for health inspector to come on-site to your business before you open, and within every four to six month timespan after that.
Health Inspectors will need to see your Alberta Food Safe Certificates and your Food Safety Plan during inspections.
They additionally have the authority to:
What does the Alberta Regulation say about Food Handlers Certificate?
If there are 5 or fewer food handlers working in the food premise, then there must be at least one person who has their food handler certificate. If there are 6 or more food handlers working in the food premise, then a manager or supervisor must have their food handler certificate and must be present on-site.
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Aquatic silk proteins in Chironomus: A review
Chironomid midge silk protein
Silk proteins secreted by salivary glands in the dipteran insect, Chironomus play a significant role as proteinaceous adhesives for construction of underwater housing nests by larvae. To date, only three Chironomus species, C. tentans Fabricius, C. pallidivittatus Malloch and C. riparius Meigen have been explored for characterization of their aquatic silk protein. Genes coding for silk proteins are located on specific chromosomal 'puffs' called Balbiani rings as well as non-Balbiani ring regions. Expression of these genes is closely regulated by developmental and hormonal alterations and environmental factors. Furthermore, pilot studies have postulated that silk proteins probably occur in diverse size classes grouped into large (~1000 kDa), intermediate (100-200 kDa) and small (≤100 kDa). Barring few preliminary reports that date back to the 1990s, the physical and bioproperties of silk from chironomid midges remain largely unknown, leading to paucity of updated information. This review was therefore aimed to compile existing literature database and to highlight the wide possibilities for commercialization of midge larval silk as a novel biopolymer.
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Copyright (c) 2018 Leena J. Thorat, Bimalendu B. Nath
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First World War Atlantic Convoy
This photograph shows six merchant ships in a First World War Atlantic convoy.
In response to increasing merchant ship losses caused by German U-Boats (submarines), the British Admiralty introduced convoys in 1917. By grouping together merchant ships and providing them with escorting warships, the U-Boats' task of finding and sinking ships was made much harder, and Allied shipping losses fell significantly. This photograph was likely taken by Sub-Lieutenant Arthur Rankin, the navigation officer aboard HMCS Canada, which helped escort convoys off Canada's east coast.
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REMARK: I just got aware of the fact, that V. Schende who coauthored the above paper is actually asking the question. So he probably knows about this application.
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+1 for the remark :-) – Kevin H. Lin Oct 19 '10 at 6:47
If I understand things right, the Hilbert scheme of points in $\mathbb{A}^2$ is hyperkahler manifold and the $n^\textrm{th}$ Calogero-Moser $CM_n$ space can be obtained by deforming the complex structure. The disjoint union of the $CM_n$ parametrizes isomorphism classes of (right) ideals in the first Weyl algebra (polynomial differential operators in 1 variable). This classification is related to Hyugen's principle in differential equations.
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One context in which Hilbert schemes provide a useful conceptual picture is in the Fourier expansion of partition functions that are associated to certain Siegel modular forms of genus 2.
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Who would've thought the name of the Alfa Romeo 4C Spider originates in the good old-fashioned horse and carriage? That's humorous, considering that today this sporty vehicle stands for speed on the road. (It's also funny to compare the name of our beloved sports car to a little black creature with eight legs.) But yes, way back in the nineteenth century, a horse suitable for traveling the road (as opposed to working in the fields) was called a roadster. By the end of the century, "roadster" could also mean a roadworthy bicycle or tricycle. By 1916, however, the Society of Automobile Engineers defined a roadster as an open car that could seat two or three people, with additional seating sometimes made available on running boards or a rear deck.
So where does "Spider" come in? Well, sometimes roadsters were called broughams (based on horse-drawn carriages that had a roof and an open seat up front for the driver), or phaetons (based on Phaeton, the name of a horse in Greek mythology). Wow, that's going way back. When people began to crave more and more speed on the road, however, manufacturers began to produce the spyder phaeton, a lighter version of the phaeton. Ah ha! We're almost there. Some investigators believe that the name spyder, which eventually became spider, refers to the new, lighter spyder carriage with its narrower, spindly wheels that resemble the web of a spider. Other writers, however, refer to the Italian pronunciation of the word
Some investigators believe that the name spyder, which eventually became spider, refers to the new, lighter spyder carriage with its narrower, spindly wheels that resemble the web of a spider. Other writers, however, refer to the Italian pronunciation of the word spider, which would be "speeder." And yes, the Alfa Rome Spider is a speedy little race car that could be called a speeder!
Alfa Romeo of Winter Haven realizes that we might never know the origin of the name for sure. But we do know that we love all Alfistis – those who love the Alfa Romeo brand. If you've been dreaming of a new Alfa Romeo cars such as the Alfa Romeo 4C Spider, then come to your Alfa Romeo dealership at 190 Avenue K SW in Winter Haven, FL, Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am-7:00 pm or Friday-Saturday 9:00-6:00. We'd love to talk spider.

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5 Ups and Downs of Special Education Labels
Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of special education labels.
Advantage #1: Identifying a Disability Helps You Help Your Student
Accurately and properly identifying the learning difficulty is an essential first step. Universal interventions help all, but individualized interventions are BETTER. Labeling can be a responsible and necessary step to find specific interventions and supports that target students' specialized needs.
Disadvantage #1: Teachers Can Stereotype Students Based on the Label
Teachers can stereotype students based on the label. Classifying a student with a particular label can cause others to mistake that all traits in the given category apply to the student. School officials need to understand that categories are abstract classifications that are not the be all and end all of the student's abilities.
Advantage #2: By Law, Kids With Labels Have Access to Special Services
Labels are required by educational code for students to receive special education services. Special education classifications given to students make teachers and schools legally responsible for providing services and supports to students.
Disadvantage #2: Special Education Services May Be Costly
Oftentimes the label comes too late. A preventative approach can help students with mild learning problems early on, which may reduce the number of students needing special education. This can also decrease money spent on special education and the stigma of a label.
Advantage #3: Categories Can Help Researchers Find New Solutions
Each category conveys a general idea about learning styles and characteristics. Classifying learning needs with a label helps professionals offer research-based interventions, accommodations, and modifications that are proven to help children with similar learning needs.
Disadvantage # 3: Labeling May Create a Self-Fulfilling Prophesy
Labels shape teacher expectations for the student. This may cause teachers to have lowered standards for the student. Treating students differently based on their special education classifications can inhibit the rate and kind of material students learn. Students may not be challenged to accomplish their full potential.
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Advantage # 4: Labels May Help Teachers and Peers Be More Understanding
Classifying students for special education can cause teachers and peers to better tolerate and accept these students for their differences. A label can protect students from ridicule or scolding that would otherwise cause greater blame to those students without a label.
Disadvantage # 4: Labels Can Create a Lasting Stigma
While a label can protect, it can also stigmatize. Special education labels often hinder a child's self-esteem. Special education categories usually focus on what the child cannot do, rather than which skills the child may be able to strengthen or learn.
Advantage # 5: Labeling Helps Spread Advocacy and Awareness
Special education labels highlight the concern for the public. Funding and resources for research are often geared toward helping difficulties grouped together under a common category. Disability-specific advocacy groups (e.g., parents of children with autism) causes individuals to come together to promote certain programs and trigger legislative change.
Disadvantage # 5: There Are Lapses and Loopholes with Labeling
Not all students are accurately labeled. There is an over-representation of minority groups and language learners in special education. Since different states have different eligibility criteria, a student can be diagnosed with a learning disability in one state and denied of special services in another.


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In this motionbuilder tutorial I will take you through the processes involved in preparing and exporting your character into motionbuilder and then importing your lovingly crafted animation back on to your character. Because of the many different possible combination of plug-ins and software versions I will try to make this tutorial as generic as I can while still covering all the essentials. The only downside to this may mean you have to search online or test different plug-in settings to get the desired results with your particular combination of software and plug-in.
So excuses and apologies out of the way, let us begin
The main topics covered in this tutorial are:
- Building a Skeleton for MotionBuilder
- Importing a Character into MotionBuilder
- Exporting animation from MotionBuilder
- Importing an FBX File
Table of Contents
Building a Skeleton for MotionBuilder
- Create a skeleton. The first thing you will need to do is create a continuous FK skeleton hierarchy for you character if you haven't already done so. It is possible to have a complex skeleton with auxiliary joints to help with skinning and deformations, but the main joints of your character will need to be in a continuous parent child hierarchy.
- Align rotational axis. I'm not going to go over the principals of building a skeleton for your character, there are lots of good tutorials online about how to do this. The one thing I would recommend is that you have one of the joints rotational axis aligned down the joint. This will make your animation curves much easier to read and edit in an fcurve editor as you won't be dealing with compound rotations. It will also create smaller files when exporting to a game engine for instance, as you won't have unnecessary data on joints like the knees and elbows that only rotate in one axis. The cleaner you build your skeleton the easier it will be to work with and fault find should you run in to problems.
- Joint Naming. MotionBuilder does require a specific naming convention if you want to use the "drag and drop" Characterization on your character. However, it is possible to use your own naming convention for joints if you want or need to, it will just require a little more work to Characterize your character once you have it in MotionBuilder. Also once you have characterized one character with your own unique naming convention it is possible to extract that naming template and use the Character it creates to drag and drop on to any other character with the same joint names.
- Required Joints. For the Characterization process to work inside MotionBuilder your skeleton must contain at least the "Base" set of joints listed below.
- Remaining Joints. Beside the required "Base" joints listed above the Character Rig also supports:
- Auxiliary Joints – For single toes, shoulders, neck and single fingers
- Spine Joints – Up to 9 spine joints are supported
- Roll Bones – Currently only one roll bone per limb is supported.
- Left and Right Hands – For Fingers
- Left and Right Foot – For toes
- Left and Right In-Hand – For the joints in the hands
- Left and Right In-Foot – For the joints in the feet
- Neck – Currently supports up to 9 neck joints
- Skin the character. Before you skin your character delete the history from the mesh or collapse the stack as this information will not be exported to MotionBuilder. You can skin your character using rigid or smooth skinning as both are supported by the exporter. If you have any extra rigid geometry for things like eyes, teeth or finger nails these can simply be parented the appropriate joints for export.
- Align the Character. For the characterization process to be successful in MotionBuilder your character must be aligned in a T-Pose facing down positive Z. MotionBuilder relies on the character begin positioned in this way to set-up things like the full body IK and the offsets when mapping animation between different characters.The character's arms, legs, fingers and toes should be positioned so the mesh, not necessarily the bones, appears perfectly straight. (Sometime straightening the bones can cause the characters limbs to appear bent in an unnatural manner). Once the character is in the T-Pose you can rotate it to face down positive Z.
- Group character elements under a single node. It can be useful to group all the separate elements of your character under one node. I group any separate mesh elements under one node and all the skeleton nodes under another. The skeleton group node can then be used as the "Reference" in the Character Definitions Tab when characterizing your character. I also group the skeleton group under a "Scale" node so I can easily change the scale of the character in MotionBuilder if necessary. I then group the "Scale" node and mesh nodes under one last group so all the elements of the character sit neatly under one group. This makes it much easier to identify and select everything that belongs to the character in a scene.
- Save a clean file. Once I have finished the character set-up I save a "clean" version of the file to use for importing animation back from MotionBuilder. This means anything that cannot be exported to MotionBuilder is preserved in the scene and I only have to import animation on to the character which is much faster than importing an entire scene.
- Export as fbx. Because the plug-ins vary quite a bit between the different version of MotionBuilder and Maya/Max it is worth going on line and finding out exactly what objects the version of the exporter you are using supports. You should also find an explanation about what each of the different options in the exporter actually does. The early ones were pretty simple and only asked if you wanted to export animation and geometry. The more recent plug-ins now support more items and will require a little more investigation. As a basic guide the more recent plug-ins should support:
- Smooth and Rigid skinning
- Polygons and Nurbs surfaces without history
- Any UV sets and Multiple Shaders on geometry
- Simple shaders.
- Basic constraints
- Blend shapes ( Include the target shapes when exporting and only have one shape per channel).
- Test the Pipeline. Once you have your character in MotionBuilder create some key frames on it and import the resulting file back on to your character to make sure everything is working as expected. It's better to find any problems at this stage before you start creating lots of animation and then find you have to start changing the rig and remapping animations.
- Blend Shapes. If you are exporting Blend shapes to MotionBuilder for facial animation the target shapes must be in scene when exporting. These will not be visible when you open your scene in MotionBuilder, but they are required for the export process. Also the blend shapes can only contain one target per channel. In-line or progressive are not supported.
- Constraints. The more recent versions of the fbx exporter does support basic constraints. IK, Point, Rotation and Parent constraints can all be exported in to MotionBuilder. More complex constraints like Expression are not supported by the exporter, but they will still work if you only import the animation from a completed MotionBuilder file on to your character. Importing the animation on to your character apply the animation to the main joints while maintaining any expression constraints in your scene.
- File>Import your character in to MotionBuilder. If you are using MotionBuilder 2009 or above you will need to use File>FBX Plug-in Import… or File>FBX Plug-in Merge… to import your character. Pre MotionBuilder 2009 use the File>Import or File>Merge options. File>Import only allows you to specify which animations are imported, while File>Merge allows much more control over exactly what is merged in to the scene.
- Re-size joint display size. The display size of the joints may require adjusting once you have imported your character in to MotionBuilder. In the Asset Browser>>Properties>>Skeleton Node Settings>>Size change the value until the bones appear the right size. This only affects the display size of the joints and will not affect the actual joint size or scale.
- Scale the character. It may be necessary to re-scale your character due to different unit scales or to match the size of a performer when re-targeting data. If you created the "Scale" node before exporting your character you can use this or you can create a null, parent the skeleton to it and apply a scale to the null object.
- Align the character. If you haven't already aligned your character as described above, do so now.
- Characterize the character. Now you have your character in MotionBuilder it can be characterized using this handy tutorial.
- Plot the animation to the Skeleton. In the Character Controls window click Edit>Plot Character… and click Skeleton from the pop-up window.
- Plot any animated or constrained objects. Select all the objects you have animated or that have constraints attached to them and plot the animation to them. In the Key Controls window set the channels you want to plot from the Keying Mode drop down. Click Animation and from the drop down menu select Plot Selected (Selected Proerties)… to plot the animation to the objects you selected on the channels you chose.
- Re-Scale the character. If you changed the scale of your character after it was imported, you will need to return it back to it's original size be resetting the value on the Scale node.
- Save the scene. Using File>>Save As… save the completed scene as a.fbx file ready to be imported on to your character. It can be useful to keep a separate "MoBuImport" folder containing your completed files ready for importing
- Import the file. MotionBuilder files can be imported on to your "Clean" character file or in to an empty scene, using the importer to re-create all the objects from the fbx file.
- Plug-in Settings. Depending on which version of 3D software


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 The election shall be completed and the ballots counted within the same voting period fixed by the Local Election Committee as provided in Article V - Elections, section 1(a).
 1. Each unit shall hold a meeting during the month of January at which a Nomination and Election Committee shall be elected and shall receive nominations at the meeting and to supervise elections for Unit Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary, delegates and alternate delegates to the Representative Council. At least 15 days' notice of this meeting shall be given by steward distribution, website posting, e-mailing, faxing and selected mailing to each unit member. In conducting the election, the committee shall abide by the relevant provisions of Article V.
 2. Upon the direction of the Executive Committee, the Elections Committee shall make every reasonable effort to implement and supervise workplace and/or electronic balloting for Unit elections.
 3. Except as provided in paragraph (b) above, election shall be by mailed-in ballot when less than 20 percent of the unit membership is present and voting. Elections shall be at the Unit Meeting or by mailed-in ballot at the discretion of the meeting when more than 20 percent of the unit membership is present at the unit meeting.
 4. Unit delegates shall be certified to the Representative Council by the Unit Secretary.
 5. All unit election disputes shall be decided by the Local Election and Referendum Committee.
 6. In elections for unit positions, a plurality and not a majority is necessary only to elect.
 2. Special Unit Meetings
 A special meeting not for the purpose of recall may be called by the Unit Chairperson or Acting Chairperson, but shall be called by the Unit Secretary on receipt of a written petition signed by not fewer than ten percent of the unit membership in good standing at the time of the filing of the petition, but in no case less than five members.
 3. An elected workplace representative may be recalled by the members he/she represents for failing to perform the duties of their office. A recall is initiated by a petition signed by 25 per cent of the members that the workplace representative represents. The petition must provide specific complaints against the workplace representative and be submitted to the Local President.
 4. The Local President shall notify the workplace representative of the complaints and provide a copy of the petition.
The Local Union shall call a special unit meeting with a minimum of seven days' notice with the sole purpose of addressing the specific complaints identified in the petition. A quorum for a recall meeting shall be 50 per cent of the unit members. A two-thirds majority vote of those present shall be required to recall an elected workplace representative. A workplace representative can face recall only once during his/her term of office.
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 Vacancies in the posts of unit officers or delegates to the Representative Council shall be filled by a unit election at the next meeting.
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Honey & Cornbread Cookies: Behind the Partnership!
Honey & Cornbread Cookies: Behind the Partnership!
We sat down with Anne Cole, our neighbor here in Santa Barbara, and collaborator on our new Honey & Cornbread Cookies flavor, to learn more about the business of bees. We chat about her family-owned honey company, San Marcos Farms, and learn why bees like it here on the central California coast about as much as we do.
1. Can you tell us a bit about your business? History? Why...?
San Marcos Farms has been a family-owned-and-operated beekeeping business since the mid-1980s. Our mission is to produce the highest quality honey, bee pollen and beeswax available. We are based both in Santa Barbara and Buellton, California. Our "honey house" is near the Santa Barbara Airport. At this location, we bring in the honeycombs from the field for extracting, and also bottle the honey, clean and package the bee pollen, and make beeswax candles.
Our bees are located on farms and ranches in the Goleta foothills and near the Santa Ynez wine country and Figueroa Mountain. In Goleta, the bees are used for crop pollination, such as avocados and citrus trees. They are also beneficial for organic row farming, pollinating numerous crops such as strawberries, squashes, melons, beans and peas and many others.
The locations in Santa Ynez are mostly away from agriculture and the bees are foraging in the native plant communities of the mountainous regions. The purpose here is honey production, and on a good rainfall year, this is where we place most of the bees from April to July.
2. Honey. Why?
While many commercial beekeepers focus on pollination, our focus has always been on varietal honey production. Every species of flowering plant that attracts bees and other pollinators produces a unique nectar. The flavor and color of the honey are attributed to that of the original nectar. For example, avocado honey has a dark amber color with a reddish hue and a molasses-like flavor, while orange honey has a light amber color, which varies from light yellow to orange in color, and the flavor is that of the fragrant orange blossoms.
The local wildflower honey will vary with the season, depending on what is blooming at the time, with eucalyptus and pittosporum being prominent in early spring, followed by the native toyon and sumacs in early summer. The local wildflower honey is popular for its delicious caramel flavor as well as its allergy-relieving benefits. The sage honey from the mountains is very light and is prized for its delicate flavor and versatility in use.
3. Is there something special to you about The Central Coast? In terms of honey, but in terms of food as a whole...?
The Central Coast has a unique sub-tropical Mediterranean climate, characterized by mild winter temperatures, which allows for the production of crops year-round. Additionally, the plant communities are extremely diverse, including plants of the native chaparral such as manzanita, ceanothus, and salvias, as well as ornamental flowering shrubs and trees introduced from all over the world. All of this variety of flowering vegetation is favorable for honeybees which enjoy year-round foraging, especially near the coast, where temperatures are mildest.*
*The Central Coast of California hosts many of the country's beehives as winter sets in throughout the Midwest. Migratory beekeepers move hives in by the truckloads in late fall, as the lucrative almond pollination season in the Central Valley approaches.
4. What about this partnership, if anything, makes it special?
We enjoy partnering with other businesses that use our honey in their products. McConnell's has been around now for several generations and we are very honored that you have created a flavor based on our wildflower honey.
5. You've tasted the ice cream. Any thoughts...?
I love the honey flavor in the ice cream, and a cornbread cookie combination is perfect since everyone knows that honey pairs well with cornbread!


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One of the most powerful tools available to a supervisor in the municipal workplace, for informing, creating understanding, training, and persuading workers, is strong communication skills, especially when making presentations such as crew talks. This session is part of the series of training for supervisors aimed at honing their communication skills as they manage their workers in day-to-day health and safety efforts.
The structure of this course guides the participant through several building block aspects in preparation for the delivery of a health and safety related topic. The skills covered in this workshop can also be applied to the presentation of any topic important for workers.
- Describe 3 key reasons for delivering a crew talk.
- Explain how the two-way communication process is applied when making presentations.
- Explain how to plan for the delivery of a crew talk.
- Describe the three key components of an outline for a crew talk.
- Identify design principles that can be applied when designing a crew talk.
- Identify how to integrate and apply delivery techniques when presenting a crew talk.


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Lambeth eye ointment pot inscribed "W. Singleton, Lambeth Butts", Spiers Collection, English, _PHONE_
The distinctive short rounded pot was the packaging for an ointment introduced in the 1700s. The ointment was made from a recipe dating from the late 1590s and passed down through the Singleton family by marriage. Painted on the side of the earthenware pot is the name "W Singleton", an obvious reference to the family who made the ointment at their home, in Lambeth Butts, in south London from 1784 to 1975.
Such pots were typical of the type of containers that were available at pharmacists of the period. Similar shaped pots were used until the product was discontinued, although the later ones were made from glass and plastic.


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Letter to the Editor
Effects of dust on light-curves of ϵ Aurigae-type stars
Astronomical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 05960 Tatranska Lomnica, Slovak Republic
Received: 23 May 2011
Accepted: 15 July 2011
Context.ϵ Auriga is one of the most mysterious objects in the sky. Previous modeling of its light-curve assumed a dark, inclined, non-transparent or semi-transparent dusty disk with a central hole. The hole was necessary to explain the light-curve with a sharp mid-eclipse brightening.
Aims. The aim of the present paper is to study the effects of dust on the light-curves of eclipsing binary stars and to develop an alternative physical model for ϵ Aur-type objects that is based on the optical properties of dust grains.
Methods. The code Shellspec was modified to calculate the light-curves and spectra of these objects. The code solves the radiative transfer along the line of sight in interacting binaries. Dust and angle-dependent Mie scattering were included in the code for this purpose.
Results. Our model of ϵ Aur consists of two geometrically thick flared disks: an internal optically thick disk and an external optically thin disk, which absorbs and scatters radiation. Disks are in the orbital plane and are almost edge-on. We argue that there is no need for a highly inclined disk with a hole to explain the current eclipse of ϵ Aur even if there is a possible shallow mid-eclipse brightening. We demonstrate that phase-dependent light scattering and the optical properties of the dust can have a significant effect on the light-curves of these stars and can even produce a mid-eclipse brightening. This is a natural consequence of the strong forward scattering. We also demonstrate that shallow mid-eclipse brightening might result from eclipses by nearly edge-on flared (dusty or gaseous) disks.
Key words: accretion, accretion disks / scattering / binaries: eclipsing / circumstellar matter / stars: individual:ϵAur
© ESO, 2011


So, the main reason I took the time to explain how the Auto Filter's envelope section works was so I could move into talking about the Auto Filter's sidechain capabilities as I did yesterday. If you're new to this, the important thing to understand is that the sidechain section of the Auto Filter works with the envelope. It can use the volume of any track to automatically adjust the filter's cutoff frequency.
There are lots of fun creative uses for this. For example, take a look at the following setup:
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Imagine that this filter is inserted on a shaker track playing a steady rhythm. Every time the snare drum hits, the shaker will get darker as the band pass filter is shifted into a lower frequency range (notice the negative Envelope value). Also make note of the longer Release time. This controls the length of time it will take the filter to return to it's original frequency after each snare hit. Due to the relatively long release time seen above, there will be an audible sweep in the shaker after each snare hit.


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Lokmangal Agriculture College
Lokmangal College of Agriculture, Wadala is an integral part of the Shriram Gramin Sanshodhan va Vikas Pratishthan, Wadala, N. Solapur. The Institute was established by Honorable Shri. Subhashji Deshmukh with a dynamic objective of making agricultural education easily available and accessible. The College started its first academic year in 2008-09 and has been making remarkable strides in the field ever since.
Over the last few years' Agricultural education has become a progressive and dynamic educational field. The branch is rapidly evolving and progressing to make way for innovations and developments in the field. The primary objective behind leading our way into direction was to develop all the fields of education like Agronomy, Horticulture, Soil Sciences, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Sciences, Engineering, Economics, Entomology, Genetics, Botany, and Extension Education.


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Port of Piraeus, Greece
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Piraeus Tower 2010 – Changing the Face / Façades Reformation — International Architectural Competition
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Piraeus is one of the symbols of Greece as its largest port. The tower is the most remarkable contemporary structure in the city and the first one seen from the sea. As a renewed symbol of Piraeus it can become a new symbol of the country too.
The Greek flag is beautiful, with an easily recognized simple and clear design. The proportions of the tower match almost exactly these of the flag. It is superimposed on two of the elevations as a three-dimensional structure, projecting form the façade plane, serving also as sun-shades.
The tower's proportions convey the feeling of a much lower building. For compensation, a new free-standing structure is raised on top, making the building higher and shading the top-floor terrace.
A pattern of opaque ceramic dots is applied on the glass to reduce the sunlight. They are larger on upper floors and decrease to lower ones. The dots are painted in white and black, according to the colours of the flag.


Corporate greed threatens survival of world's poor say Catholic bishops
By agency reporter
16 May 2012
Seventeen Catholic Bishops are calling on the European Union to tackle corporate secrecy and tax dodging which deprive the world's poorest countries of more than £100 billion a year.
The Bishops, who are from around the world and include John Arnold, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster and William Kenney, Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, have called for "rules to put more morality into the financial system".
"The greed of a few threatens the very survival of the most vulnerable populations",' they said.
"To end this, new rules are urgently needed that ensure that the wealth produced, particularly from the exploitation of natural resources, is not monopolised for the sole benefit of a minority. These resources should benefit all equitably and in particular the local people who are directly impacted by the activities of production or extraction."
Nearly two thirds of global trade is conducted within multinational corporations which are supposed to pay tax on the profits they make. By dumping their costs into countries with higher taxation and shifting profits to tax havens - where they pay little or no tax - they can slash their tax bill. Adopting country-by-country reporting would make these companies break down their results for each country in which they operate and help poor nations identify and collect the taxes they are due.
The Bishops add that improved transparency would also strengthen democracy: "It is now up to the European Union to improve the international standard of transparency. The Commission has proposed a rule for financial transparency, on both a country by country and project by project basis. If implemented effectively, these measures will offer more opportunities to citizens to monitor whether extractive industries are making a fair contribution to the economy. To achieve this goal, the European Union must ensure the threshold for reporting payments by extractive companies is set at a level that is meaningful for developing countries. Exemptions should not be allowed to create loopholes."
Christian Aid's economic justice advisor Joseph Stead backed the Bishops' call for better regulation.
He said: 'If developing countries are to be able to raise the revenue to pull themselves out of poverty and reduce dependency on aid they need to be able to collect the tax owed to them, including by rich corporations.
"We all have a moral responsibility to hold these companies to account and it is important that lawmakers play their part and introduce legislation which helps to end tax dodging."
In their statement the Bishops quote an extract from an overview of the Catholic Church's teachings about humanity's relationship to society; the Vatican Council II, Gaudium et Spes, which reads: "God intended the earth with everything contained in it for the use of all human beings and peoples. Thus under the leadership of justice and under the company of charity, created goods should be in abundance for all in like manner."
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Cubism was a style of painting explored by two artists – Braque and Picasso – in France at the beginning of the 20th century. Rather than paint an object from one direction, they showed things from a number of different viewpoints – from the front, the side, the top, the bottom. The effect of showing all these viewpoints together was that the painting was flattened out. Instead of using perspective, which is a way of showing distance in a painting, the cubists wanted to show how a painting is actually flat.
Look at Garden Green again. See how the table rises up the painting and look how the spoon and cup sit differently. It seems as though we are looking down on the spoon but looking across at the cup and saucer. If we were looking down at the cup and saucer we would be able to look right into it. Norah McGuinness is using square blocks of colour in this painting – think what a cube is! These cubes of paint are seen on the table, the lemon and particularly the patchwork garden outside.
Norah McGuinness has captured the sense of a lovely warm day. The kitchen table is before an open window with pink climbing roses outside and look at all the different tones of green she has used. There is a girl in the garden. What do you think she is doing? Maybe she is picking something from the garden for dinner!


Gebby (3.5e Race)
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Gebby behavior is almost a strange parody of human behavior, as well as the behavior of humanoids in general; like humans greatly exaggerated. For this reason, gebbys are often viewed as a people of extremes,and this is true; compared to humans, gebbys are far more likely to be pious worshipers of a deity, whether that deity is in favor of good or ill. Likewise, gebbys are also far more likely to be consummate blasphemers, yelling curses at the gods, be they good or ill, and challenging their power. This does not mean that that all gebbys fall one one extreme of the spectrum or the other; the majority of gebbys still fall between the extremes.
Physical Description[edit]
Gebbys are humanoid in shape, typically 5 to 6 feet tall, weigh about 125-250 pounds, men and women are about the same weight. gebby have dark gray skin, and sunken eyes with orange scleras and black Irises. Their hair easily keeps a shape, and is almost always black and strait, but may, extremely rarely, be white and curly, with no variation in between. Each has a number of horns (usually 2), that vary widely in shape and size. They are Red near the skull, yellow near the tip, and orange in between, and grow steadily with age. Their teeth are usually pointed and conical, but may be similar to a humans; some may be longer than others and resemble tusks or fangs. Their teeth and horns are usually useless in battle. Piercings, tattoos and other body art are just as varied and common as they are among humans. The royalty have gills and fin shaped ears.
The gebby are a people of extremes; they may either trade with or seek total destruction with anyone they come in contact with. While usually either one or the other, there may be gebby civilizations that will trade with some and go with all out war with others ignoring very few, usually for arbitrary reasons. Far more common are gebby civilizations that simply wish to be left alone, and will kill anyone who insist on bothering them. It all depends on the morals and ethics of the ruler.
Morally, most gebby are neutral. Many of those that are not tend towards the extremes of alignment. Ethically, their alignment tendencies depend on their blood color; the higher the blood, the more likely to be lawful. The exception to all this is fuchsia blooded trolls, who are equally likely to be of any alignment other than true neutral, which is almost unheard of.
An individual gebby can live almost anywhere, but large gebby colonies are almost Invariably near inhabitable water, since the rulers of a large colony will likely be aquatic. Gebby are usually nocturnal by nature, and have a difficult time adjusting to a diurnal life style; they are therefore more likely to live in an area that is unaffected by a solar cycle, such as limbo, the elemental plane of water, or the underdark.
Most gebbys practice a kind of ancestor worship where a gebby will use the idea of a unusually genetically similar ancestor as a standard to emulate and measure up to. If a gebby worships a deity, it is often Gebbyblybyb. Gebbys do not bury their dead, are duogamous, and never know who their parents are.
All gebby speak Common. They will often learn other languages as well, depending on where they live; on the Elemental Plane of Water, they will most likely learn Aquan, in the Abyss, Abyssal, in forests Sylvan and/or Elven, etc.
Gebby will often Assimilate a language by mixing the languages that they know with each other, using their own alphabet when writing in any language, and applying their own slang to the languages they speak. Gebby slang, which is most often used by the lower castes in the hemospectrum, consists of omitting the name of a creature or object, and instead using a short, accurate description of the object; e.g. a war axe may be referred to as a "Short-bladed-large-chopping-weapon" a Rapier may be referred to as a "Elegant-long-bladed-weapon".
Gebby names are chosen by their lusus after they emerge from the trials endured by every gebby grub Before they are allowed their own hive. They are in two parts, each usually six letters long and are based, at least loosely, on what sound their lusus made after they emerged from the cave they hatched in (after passing the trials). Sometime after becoming an adult a gebby will usually earn or choose a tittle, that can have several parts one of which is usually eight letters long.
Racial Traits[edit]
 - Varies: Hemospectrum, Mutations, and Racial powers are all variables
 - Aberration (Psionic): Gebbys are not subject to spells or effects that affect humanoids only, such as charm person or dominate person.
 - Medium:As Medium creatures, gebby have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
 - Gebby base land speed is 30 feet.
 - Weapon and armor Proficiency: Sickle, War Sickle, Morningstar, Light Crossbow, Medium armor and Shields; Indigo:Long bow (Instead of crossbow), STRONG: Unarmed Strike, Crossbow as a club (or Broken Long Bow); Fuchsia: only Double Trident
 - Naturally Psionic: Gebby (Except Fuchsia) Gain 2 bonus power points at 1st level, powers are manifested using a chosen ability; Int, Wis, or Cha.
 - Psionics (Ps): Each gebby (Except Fuchsia) may choose 1 psionic power from the gebby racial power list at character creation.
 - Mutations (Ex): Each gebby may choose 1 favorable mutation at character creation, except those that are aquatic. A gebby may also pick any number of neutral mutations
 - Darkvision (Ex): out to 60ft. Nauseated in sunlight.
 - Hemospectrum: gebby have multiple blood colors chosen at Character creation. Certain blood colors have specific characteristics.
 - Timeless Body (Ex):After reaching adulthood, fuchsia blooded gebbys do not take ability score penalties for aging, and cannot be magically aged.
 - Aquatic (Ex): An Aquatic gebby (one with violet or fuchsia blood) has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard. It can always choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. It can use the run action while swimming, provided it swims in a straight line. It can breathe under water, and on land.
 - Lusus: Each gebby is bonded with a creature during what is best described as a coming of age ceremony that kills most of the grubs. The creature they are bonded to usually has low to mid range intellect, and may or may not be magical in nature. The lusus (selected from the racial lusus list at character creation) may take the place of a gebby's animal companion, familiar, and/or psicrystal. A Lusus that is killed does not incur an experience penalty, and may be revived.
 - Automatic Languages: Common. Bonus Languages: Any.
 - Favored Class: Most: Psion, Non-Psionic: Any, Cerulian: Cerulian Imitatior, Fuchsia/Violet: Aristocrat, STRONG: Barbarian.
 - Level Adjustment: +1, can be lowered to 0. Fuchsia: 0
 - Day Walker: No dark vision, not nauseated in Sunlight.
 - Versatile: Instead of gaining racial Weapon Proficiency, gain an extra skill point at each level.
 - Non-Psionic: Gain neither a Power nor Power Points, lose the (Psionic) Subtype, -1 LA
 - Average: Bonus Feat
 - Bio-Luminescence: Can emit light as bright as a torch from a chosen body part as a move action, and cease emitting light as a free action.
 - Hard Teeth and Horns: Bite and Gore attacks (1d6)
 - STRONG: +4 Str, -2: Wis, -2 Cha.
 - Speedy: +10 Base Land Speed
 - Smell Color: Blind sense 30 Ft. in Lit Conditions
 - Vision Twofold: gain 4 additional power points, gain psionic subtype if absent.
 - None: -1LA
Racial Feats[edit]
 - Vision Eight Fold: Permanent see invisibility effect. (Prerequisites: must be taken at character creation)
 - Vision Fourteen Fold: Permanent true seeing effect. (Prerequisites: Vision Eight Fold, must have 15 or more HD.)
Each power uses 1 power point
Vital Statistics[edit]
Table: Gebby Random Starting Ages
Adulthood Simple Moderate Complex
15 years +1d4 +1d6 +1d12
Table: Gebby Aging Effects By Caste
Blood Color Middle Age1 Old2 Venerable3 Maximum Age
Burgundy 30 years 45 years 60 years +1d10 years
Umber 35 years 53 years 70 years +2d10 years
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Before being made available for purchase on the market, the majority of electronic equipment must undergo thorough testing. The goal of testing engineers is to uncover flaws that could affect the product's quality and the brand's reputation. Even after the most extensive manual testing, the problems still exist. Therefore, the most effective way to ensure that there are no problems and that efficiency is increased is to use the ATE semiconductor test system.
Manual software testing is carried out by a person with the aid of a computer system. They must experiment with various input and usage combinations, navigate the software panels, understand the prediction outcomes, and record their overall evaluation.
During development, manual tests are conducted often to check for code changes as well as other factors like hardware and operating system variations. There are many other reasons why modern procedures need the support of an automated environment to be completed. Let's quickly review automated testing for semiconductor parts.
What is Semiconductor Test System?
The most popular type of automated test equipment is the semiconductor test system (ATE). This tester sends electrical impulses to semiconductor machinery, which then assesses the output signals in comparison to the predicted values. As was already said, testing is done to identify defects or determine whether an item functions as intended.
Logic testers, memory testers, and analogue testers are a few examples of semiconductor testers. The two testing steps are wafer testing and packaging testing. Wafers are tested using a probe card, and packages are tested using a test socket. It's time to understand the commercial importance of the technological components after becoming familiar with them.
Benefits of Semiconductor Test System
1. Test Code Templates Available:
The semiconductor test system offers a selection of drag-and-drop functional test code templates. The main purpose of this feature is to accelerate common semiconductor tests, such as pattern bursts, varied waveforms, continuity checks, and many more. These templates are made to be compatible with all contemporary devices and to adhere to the most recent 5G NR specifications.
2. Efficiency Optimization:
A solution for automatic test equipment that is ready for production is a semiconductor test system. These units can be used immediately on your semiconductor production and testing line after being removed from shipping containers because they are plug-and-play ready. Keep in mind that the semiconductor test equipment comes with all of the compatible connectors needed to start entering data or performing tests. Therefore, a full set of digital, RF, and DC instrumentation is needed in order to properly personalise the machine. The pin connectors, plugs and probes, and included within the device make it simple to communicate data.
3. Test Time Accuracy:
The semiconductor test equipment's test time accuracy is outstanding due to the accurate parameter measurement carried out during the device characterisation face. While minimising the amount of test time required throughout the manufacturing process, correct pass/fail binning is also achieved.
4. Enhanced Customer Experience:
High-end customer support services from National Instruments ensure the proper operation of a semiconductor test system. Engineering, training, and technical support are the main components of these services. Since semiconductor test systems employ standard test locks, utilising them with a wide range of other test devices is simple and hassle-free.
5. Conduct Multiple Tasks Simultaneously:
If you want to increase semiconductor quality, automated testing can expand the scope and volume of testing methods. A semiconductor test system is capable of carrying out the numerous tests that you would often avoid carrying out during human testing.
Numerous computers with various configurations are capable of controlling semiconductor test devices. They can effortlessly carry out hundreds of challenging test cases while guaranteeing coverage for each test run, which is impossible for manual testing to do.
The National Instruments PXI platform, the Lab VIEW Graphical programming system, and the TestStand software are all included in the semiconductor test system. Semiconductor testing can be done with less electricity and wasted space by enclosing those systems in a single, fully enclosed unit. To increase the effectiveness of your company's equipment, make an investment in the best and most compatible semiconductor test devices.


ListBox and EditValue, the rest deals with the behavior of the ComboBox.
 EditValue is overridden from the base class UITypeEditor. This function is the central point of the functionality of the ComboBox. When a user clicks on the arrow of the ComboBox to get the list of items, an event is fired which calls into this method. This method then calls the PopulateListBox method, attaches the internal ListBox that is used in the PropertyGrid, and waits for the user to perform an action (i.e., click on an item or press the ESC key). Processing continues by calling the derived GetDataObjectSelected method, which returns the data value or the instance of an object.
 The PopulateListBox method will call the derived method RetrieveDataList to find the data and populate the ComboBox. If a prior value was selected, the value is auto-selected in the list.
 ListGridComboBox – The RetrieveDataList is defined here. First, the list of attributes is obtained from the property that we are currently working with. The attribute that we are looking for is the DataListAttribute, which contains the path to the data. Once the attribute is found, the path is broken into its parts. Processing continues by determining if the data is found by navigating the current business object or if it is stored in a static class.
 The processing is essentially the same for both paths; break each segment of the path into various parts. This takes into account arrays, lists, and dictionaries that may be used. Once we retrieve the components of the current segment, the information is passed off to the reflection class, Reflect, which will retrieve the actual value/object.
 This process continues for each segment of the path until there are no more segments, at which time we should have obtained the list of data that we are looking for. If there are more segments, the value of the property obtained from the previous segment is used as the starting point for this segment.
 The value is returned, and a reference to the list is saved for future use. The reference to the list is saved because of the use of reflection. The other reason is because the location of the data will usually be stored in the same location. If you find that this is not true for your circumstances, don't store the reference to the data list.
 The other overridden method, GetDataObjectSelected, is implemented here as well. It is responsible for retrieving the value/object from the list and returning it. This implementation checks to see if the "<Add New...>" was selected, and then creates a new instance of the data object. If the object was created, a notification is sent if the option was set in the DataListAttribute. The creation of the object and the sending of the notification are once again handled by calling methods in the Reflect class.
 The event handler was designed with the intent of performing actions like setting default values on the object, such as a first or last name, which might be used in the ToString() method. The event handler would also need to add the object to the list so it can be reselected the next time.
Validation
Display
Validation of the data poses another challenge when using the PropertyGrid. There is no real mechanism for doing this. I have created an implementation that suited my general need of validating when the value of the property changed. If you need to do validation for each key stroke as in the case of a mask, you will have to provide your own implementation.
The down side to the current implementation is that if the data entered is incorrect and you move off the field after seeing the warning message box, you will be allowed to do so. I did this intentionally. There are too many implications that can arise from trying to prevent the user from moving off the field and how to allow it under some conditions. This article is meant to help you get going on providing validation. I leave the details of what to do after the data is not valid, to you, the developer.
In the CustomControls project is a folder named Rule that contains a base class and two implementations. The base class derives from Attribute once again, and provides for an error message field and an abstract IsValid() method. The other classes are:
 - PatternRuleAttibute – This rule is based on a string which is a regular expression. The data is validated using Regex.IsMatch. You can see several examples in the various view classes. Due to the fact that the backslash has special meaning with regular expressions, please make sure to add the '@' symbol in front of the string.
 [Category( "…" ), DescriptionAttribute( "…" ), DisplayName( "…" )]
 [PatternRule( @"^(\d{5}-\d{4})|(\d{5})$" )]
 public string Zip
 {
 …
 }
 - LengthRuleAttribute – This rule will validate that the length of the string entered falls between two values (min and max).
 [Category( "…" ), DescriptionAttribute( "…" ), DisplayName( "…" )]
 [LengthRule( 4, 20 )]
 public string City
 {
 …
 }
The addition of other validation rules can be easily done, just derive from the base class RuleBaseAttribute, add a constructor and fields, and implement the IsValid() method. Once the new attribute is added to the top of the property, the rule will be ready to run. In order for these rules to magically work, you will have to use the PropertyGridControl provided in the solution, or copy the code in it to your implementation. The PropertyGridControl just derives from the PropertyGrid, and has the PropertyValueChanged event wired up. The basic functionality of the PropertyValueChanged event handler is:
 - Get the class type
 - Get the property name
 - Get the property information
 - Get the custom attributes of the property
 - For each attribute:
 If it is a RuleBaseAttribute, then call the IsValid() method with the data that is changing. If the data is not valid, then show the message box with the error.
Utilities
Included in the solution is a project named Utilities. This project contains some classes to help with various aspects of obtaining the data for the ComboBox and for data validation. This article will look at them. Here is a general description of them.
 - ClassType – used to return a Type object using various inputs
 - PathParser – used to separate fully qualified paths to fields/properties/methods
 - Reflect – a static class of methods to use to reflect into a field/property/method of a static, or instance of a, class
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Blistered radishes with parsley from "The Nourished Kitchen."
Blistered radishes with parsley from "The Nourished Kitchen." (Photos by Jennifer McGruther, Provided by Ten Speed Press)
CRESTED BUTTE — Long-simmered broths, whole-milk yogurts, buttered vegetables, tender roasts and freshly baked sourdough breads are taking center stage in a rapidly growing movement that favors balance and moderation over restriction, making the case for a return to back-to-basics, traditional foods.
The traditional-foods movement calls us back to the kitchen, to real home cooking, and offers an opportunity to weave the connections between the food on our tables, the time we take to prepare it and the farms that produce it.
This technique-centered approach to food explores the dietary importance of old-world basics: mineral-rich bone broths, wholesome fats like butter and olive oil, sour-leavened whole-grain bread and stews made of soaked or sprouted legumes such as beans and lentils.
Bone marrow custard with black pepper and parsley.
Bone marrow custard with black pepper and parsley.
I prepare food like Great-grandmother might have, salting cabbage to prepare true sauerkraut, baking breads from scratch and slathering them with fresh, vitamin-rich butter.
Fermented foods like kombucha — a wildly popular tea that has lined refrigerated cases of health-food stores for years and is just now creeping into supermarkets — yogurt, kefir and sauerkraut represent a culinary path that emphasizes simple, artisanal techniques.
Fermentation not only preserves foods, but also increases their B vitamin content and enlivens them with beneficial bacteria that support digestive health and the immune system.
Traditional foods challenge conventional dietary assumptions, recognizing the inherent value that accountably raised animal foods and sustainably grown fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes can offer to the table.
With a nose-to-tail approach and a waste-not, want-not philosophy, liver is turned into luscious pâté, while marrow-rich bones transform into silky custards and broths.
Strawberries in minted honey syrup.
Strawberries in minted honey syrup.
Vegetables fresh from the garden partner with golden butter, and whole grains are soaked overnight to form creamy porridges or transformed into airy sourdough breads with crackled crusts.
This approach leads us to small-scale regional farms and ranches that produce grass-fed meats, milk and cream from pasture-raised cows, and fruits and vegetables grown without synthetic pesticides and fungicides.
When raised outside on a species-appropriate diet such as grass for cattle and sheep, and forage for chickens and pigs, animals raised for food yield more nutrient-dense meat, milk, cream and eggs.
Eggs from hens raised outside on pasture yield a third less cholesterol, two-thirds more vitamin A, three times more vitamin E and seven times more beta carotene than the eggs of hens raised in confinement, or even those hens who simply have limited access to pasture.
The milk of pasture-fed dairy cows yields higher levels of vitamin A, beta carotene, and healthy fats like conjugated linoleic acid and omega-3 fatty acids than the milk of grain-fed cows.
Holistic-livestock managers say a planned approach to grazing that honors the complexity of nature and the role of herd animals in their environment is a practical and effective approach to reversing desertification and restoring grasslands.
Potherb and goat cheese pie with potato crust from "The Nourished Kitchen." (Photo by Jennifer McGruther, provided by Ten Speed Press.)
Potherb and goat cheese pie with potato crust from "The Nourished Kitchen." (Photo by Jennifer McGruther, provided by Ten Speed Press.) (Jennifer McGruther, The Denver Post)
The Boulder-based Savory Institute ( advocates for techniques that keep the animals on fresh rangeland in a way that it says improves soil ecology and biodiversity.
The Weston A. Price Foundation (, an organization dedicated to educating the public about sustainable farming practices and traditional foods, has 14 chapters in Colorado that help residents connect with local growers who practice ecologically sound methods.
Many chapters also offer cooking workshops focused on traditional foods, including information on preparing sourdough breads, fermented foods, homemade yogurts and kefir, mineral-rich broths, offal, and grass-fed meats.
Look for locally produced, artisanal foods including microbrew kombucha, small-scale fermented vegetables and farmstead cheese at farmers markets.
Potherb and Goat Cheese Pie with a Potato Crust
I like to serve egg-rich vegetable pies for lunch or for a light dinner. I place heaping wedges onto plates with a scoop of fermented vegetables. I sometimes substitute thinly sliced potatoes for a floury crust. It makes for a charming, rustic appearance, and the potatoes grow tender and soft as the pie bakes. My favorite of these pies includes greens and herbs—particularly chard, kale, parsley, and thyme—though mustard greens make a nice substitute for either chard or kale. From "The Nourished Kitchen" by Jennifer McGruther, serves 6.
1 bunch Swiss chard (about 12 ounces)
1 small bunch curly kale (about 8 ounces)
¼ cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
4 Yukon Gold potatoes
2 tablespoons clarified butter (see below)
8 eggs
¼ cup heavy cream
½ teaspoon finely ground unrefined sea salt
4 ounces chèvre
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Trim the Swiss chard of any tough stems or veins, then stack the leaves on top of one another, roll them into a cigar, and slice them crosswise into strips about ¼- inch wide. Tear the kale leaves away from the tough stems and into small pieces no bigger than ½ inch; discard the stems. Put the torn kale in a bowl with the Swiss chard, parsley, and thyme.
Keeping the skins on, slice the potatoes crosswise into 1/8-inch-thick rounds.
Melt the butter in a 10-inch ovenproof skillet over medium-low heat. Swirl the skillet so that the butter lightly coats the bottom and sides. Turn off the heat and carefully arrange the potato slices along the bottom and sides of the pan to form a crust. Tightly pack the greens and herbs into the potato-lined skillet.
Crack the eggs into a mixing bowl and add the cream and salt. Beat them together until uniform in color. Pour the egg mixture over the vegetables, filling the skillet to within ½ inch of its rim; you may not need to use all the eggs. Drop the chèvre a teaspoon at a time into the eggs and vegetables.
Transfer the skillet to the oven and bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until the center of the pie no longer wobbles when you gently shake the pan. Allow the pie to rest for 5 minutes before slicing into wedges and serving.
Clarifying butter deepens its flavor and color and concentrates its butterfat by removing its milk solids. The process also helps to extend its shelf life. Store clarified butter at room temperature out of direct light, just as you would store olive oil, coconut oil, or any other concentrated fat. Once you've removed the milk solids from the butterfat, there's little risk of spoilage. You can apply high heat to clarified butter in ways that would cause regular butter to scorch. Makes about 12 ounces.
Place 1 pound unsalted butter in a wide sauté pan set over low heat. Allow the butter to melt slowly. As it heats, froth and foam will gather on top of the liquid butter. Skim this off and discard it. Continue heating the butter until it becomes perfectly clear, about 10 minutes.
Set a fine-mesh sieve over a bowl and line it with a double layer of cheesecloth or a single layer of butter muslin. Pour the melted butter through the cloth and into the bowl. Discard the milk solids in the cloth, then pour the clarified butter into three 4-ounce jars or one 12-ounce jar and cover tightly. Stored in a cool, dark space, the clarified butter will keep for up to 1 year.
Blistered Radishes with Parsley
In spring, when milder and more tender radishes begin to arrive at area farms, I prepare this dish from little Cherry Belle, Pink Beauty, and elongated French Breakfast radishes. From "The Nourished Kitchen" by Jennifer McGruther, serves 4.
16 radishes
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
¼ cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
Freshly ground unrefined sea salt
Chop the radishes into ¼-inch dice and set them in a bowl while you prepare the remaining ingredients. Melt the butter in a wide skillet over medium-high heat.
When the butter foams, decrease the heat to medium-low and stir in the radishes. Cook the radishes in the butter, stirring frequently, for 8 to 10 minutes, until their skins blister slightly. Sprinkle them with the parsley and season with salt to suit your preference. Serve warm.
Bone Marrow Custard With Black Pepper And Parsley
Long leg bones from beef steers provide delicious, buttery marrow. Purchase them precut, or ask your butcher or rancher to cut them 1 to 4 inches thick to make scooping out the marrow a little more manageable. While you can remove the marrow from the center of a raw bone, roasting the bones significantly improves the flavor and makes it easier to remove, too. From "The Nourished Kitchen" by Jennifer McGruther


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Uplifting music 'boosts alertness': study
- From: AAP
- March 19, 2013
UPLIFTING music can boost mental alertness and concentration, according to British researchers who studied the effect of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.
A group of 14 young volunteers listened to the concertos while performing a challenging mental task.
At the same time, scientists measured the electrical activity of their brains.
Results showed that participants carried out the task faster and more accurately while listening to the uplifting strains of the Spring concerto.
They slowed down during the more sombre Autumn passage.
"The Spring movement enhanced overall activity within the brain but had an exaggerated effect on the area of the brain that's important for emotional processing," said psychologist Dr Leigh Riby, from the University of Northumbria.
"It seemed to give rise to particular imagery in the brain and evoke positive, contented feelings which translated into higher levels of cognitive functioning."
The task involved pressing the space bar on a computer keyboard whenever a green square appeared on the screen. Different coloured circles and squares that appeared intermittently had to be ignored.
When tested in silence, the volunteers' average response time was 408.1 milliseconds.
This fell to 393.8 milliseconds during the Spring concerto, compared with 413.3 milliseconds during the Autumn concerto.
The findings are published in the journal Experimental Psychology.
Riby pointed out that the Spring movement had been successfully used in marketing to alter mood and influence behaviour.
"The current study provides evidence that there is an indirect effect of music on cognition that is created by mood, alertness and emotion," Riby said.
"This experiment shows that cognitive capacity is enhanced when pleasant and arousing stimuli are introduced."
Both pieces were written in major keys, suggesting that major or minor key type makes no difference to the impact of music on mental performance.
Music based on a minor key is often associated with sadness, yet the more downbeat Autumn concerto in Vivaldi's The Four Seasons is written in a major key.


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It was a border town between the Saxon and the Vikings (c.900AD), and again during the Civil War between the Royalists and Parliamentarians (c.1643AD). The Normans (c.1185) built a motte and bailey castle, nowadays called "Bury Mount", which has undergone re-shaping. Towcester was a busy coaching town, until the railways came. Then it was a busy traffic thronged town on the A5 until the M1 motorway was built.
On this site you can
- Find out about the History of Towcester
- See Photographs and Line Drawings
- Research your Family History from the lists we provide
- Find out about Towcester People and Places, and of course
- Find information about the Towcester and District Local History Society, including our varied programme of meetings, social events, research projects, summer outings and the books and booklets we have published.
Click The Society / Guide to this web site to see what we have written about Towcester.
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WM_NCCALCSIZE message
Sent when the size and position of a window's client area must be calculated. By processing this message, an application can control the content of the window's client area when the size or position of the window changes.
A window receives this message through its WindowProc function.
#define WM_NCCALCSIZE 0x0083
Parameters
wParam
If wParam is TRUE, it specifies that the application should indicate which part of the client area contains valid information. The system copies the valid information to the specified area within the new client area.
If wParam is FALSE, the application does not need to indicate the valid part of the client area.
lParam
If wParam is TRUE, lParam points to an NCCALCSIZE_PARAMS structure that contains information an application can use to calculate the new size and position of the client rectangle.
If wParam is FALSE, lParam points to a RECT structure. On entry, the structure contains the proposed window rectangle for the window. On exit, the structure should contain the screen coordinates of the corresponding window client area.
Return value
Type: LRESULT
If the wParam parameter is FALSE, the application should return zero.
If wParam is TRUE, the application should return zero or a combination of the following values.
If wParam is TRUE and an application returns zero, the old client area is preserved and is aligned with the upper-left corner of the new client area.
Return code/valueDescription
WVR_ALIGNTOP
0x0010
Specifies that the client area of the window is to be preserved and aligned with the top of the new position of the window. For example, to align the client area to the upper-left corner, return the WVR_ALIGNTOP and WVR_ALIGNLEFT values.
WVR_ALIGNRIGHT
0x0080
Specifies that the client area of the window is to be preserved and aligned with the right side of the new position of the window. For example, to align the client area to the lower-right corner, return the WVR_ALIGNRIGHT and WVR_ALIGNBOTTOM values.
WVR_ALIGNLEFT
0x0020
Specifies that the client area of the window is to be preserved and aligned with the left side of the new position of the window. For example, to align the client area to the lower-left corner, return the WVR_ALIGNLEFT and WVR_ALIGNBOTTOM values.
WVR_ALIGNBOTTOM
0x0040
Specifies that the client area of the window is to be preserved and aligned with the bottom of the new position of the window. For example, to align the client area to the top-left corner, return the WVR_ALIGNTOP and WVR_ALIGNLEFT values.
WVR_HREDRAW
0x0100
Used in combination with any other values, except WVR_VALIDRECTS, causes the window to be completely redrawn if the client rectangle changes size horizontally. This value is similar to CS_HREDRAW class style
WVR_VREDRAW
0x0200
Used in combination with any other values, except WVR_VALIDRECTS, causes the window to be completely redrawn if the client rectangle changes size vertically. This value is similar to CS_VREDRAW class style
WVR_REDRAW
0x0300
This value causes the entire window to be redrawn. It is a combination of WVR_HREDRAW and WVR_VREDRAW values.
WVR_VALIDRECTS
0x0400
This value indicates that, upon return from WM_NCCALCSIZE, the rectangles specified by the rgrc[1] and rgrc[2] members of the NCCALCSIZE_PARAMS structure contain valid destination and source area rectangles, respectively. The system combines these rectangles to calculate the area of the window to be preserved. The system copies any part of the window image that is within the source rectangle and clips the image to the destination rectangle. Both rectangles are in parent-relative or screen-relative coordinates. This flag cannot be combined with any other flags.
This return value allows an application to implement more elaborate client-area preservation strategies, such as centering or preserving a subset of the client area.

Remarks
The window may be redrawn, depending on whether the CS_HREDRAW or CS_VREDRAW class style is specified. This is the default, backward-compatible processing of this message by the DefWindowProc function (in addition to the usual client rectangle calculation described in the preceding table).
When wParam is TRUE, simply returning 0 without processing the NCCALCSIZE_PARAMS rectangles will cause the client area to resize to the size of the window, including the window frame. This will remove the window frame and caption items from your window, leaving only the client area displayed.
Starting with Windows Vista, removing the standard frame by simply returning 0 when the wParam is TRUE does not affect frames that are extended into the client area using the DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea function. Only the standard frame will be removed.
Requirements
Minimum supported client
Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server
Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Header
Winuser.h (include Windows.h)
See also
Reference
DefWindowProc
MoveWindow
SetWindowPos
NCCALCSIZE_PARAMS
Conceptual
Windows
Other Resources
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A high groundwater table and soil salinity, especially in arid regions, often cause serious problems for agriculture. In irrigated areas the subsurface drainage can be an effective technique to lower the depth of the groundwater table and reduce soil salinity. In drainage systems, lateral pipes are designed to collect the free water from soil and convey it into collectors. In other words, collectors are commonly designed to convey drainage water from laterals downstream, while the laterals play an additional role in removing excess water from irrigated land. The present research was conducted to investigate the effects of collectors in discharging excess water from soil using a laboratory-tank model. The results indicated that on average 24% of drainage water was directly discharged through the collector pipe when the hydraulic gradient of the flow was sloped toward the collector pipe. Hence, it was concluded that, with proper monitoring, collectors were capable of reducing the drainage coefficient from an average of 32.5 to 24.5 mm/day, while drain spacing of the laterals can increase the results by about 15% in comparison with the present situation.
The effect of pipe collectors in reducing the drainage coefficient rate
Karim Ghorbani, Aimrun Wayayok, Masumeh Abbaszadeh, Ahmad Fikri; The effect of pipe collectors in reducing the drainage coefficient rate. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply 1 July 2015; 15 (4): 675–682. doi: _URL_
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A global community of nature enthusiasts
photographing and learning about wildlife
Wet pinelands and prairies.
Not 100% sure of species; there are 2 listed in the Everglades National Park's Vascular Plants List: Dichromena* colorata and Dichromena floridensis. *(EOL and other sources use the Genus Rhynchospora instead of Dichromena as currently used). However, unscientifically, floridensis looks smaller than colorata as did the ones in my photos.


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|Look up gable in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.|
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used (which is often related to climate and availability of materials) and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable. A gable wall or gable end more commonly refers to the entire wall, including the gable and the wall below it.
A variation of the gable is a crow-stepped gable, which has a stair-step design to accomplish the sloping portion. Crow-stepped gables were used in Scotland and England as early as the seventeenth century. Examples of the crow-stepped gable can be seen at Muchalls Castle and Monboddo House, both 17th century Scottish buildings. Other early examples are found in parts of Denmark and Sweden.
Gable ends of more recent buildings are often treated in the same way as the Classic pediment form. But unlike Classical structures, which operate through trabeation, the gable ends of many buildings are actually bearing-wall structures. Thus, the detailing tends to be ambiguous, misleading, and to some architects "deceitful".[why?] See: John Ruskin and The Seven Lamps of Architecture.
Gable end roofs are among the worst roof designs for hurricane regions. Not only do gable roofs easily peel off in hurricane winds, but according to one hurricane survival guide book, a gable end "catches wind like a sail."[this quote needs a citation] When wind flows over a gable roof it behaves much like a wing. Lift is created on the leeward side of the roof. The flatter the roof the more likely this will happen. Steep roofs tend to cause the wind to "stall" as it goes over the roof and breaks up the effect. The addition of a "vertical fin" to low pitched roofs will also help.
See also
- Bell-gable – Espadaña
- Crow-stepped gable
- Dutch gable
- Gablet roof
- Hip roof
- Cape Dutch architecture
- Roof damage by hurricane force winds in Bermuda The Fabian Experience, September 2003, page 5, Mark Rowe, Department of Environmental Protection, Government of Bermuda
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As it continues to improve its sensor technology to help its vehicle understand its surroundings and respond quickly and safely to unfolding events, it's also been considering how to deal with unavoidable collisions, whether it's with a "soft" human that could easily sustain an injury, or a harder object like another vehicle. A patent recently awarded to Waymo offers some insight into how the company is approaching the issue. In Waymo's own words: "The vehicle may contain tension members that are arranged so that a change in tension across one or more of the tension members will alter the rigidity of the vehicle's surface. The vehicle may identify and respond to a potential collision by altering the tension that is applied to one or more tension members, thereby altering the rigidity of the vehicle's surface."
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