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From Columbus to Indore
Does it rain more in Columbus or Indore?
In Columbus, there will be greater rainfall in Columbus compared to Indore over the next 20 days.
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With an average temperature of 104 °F, peak weather can be found in May. As a traveler, expect to see changes in flight prices during that period. The temperatures in Indore are hotter than in Columbus.


ouroboros-consensus-0.1.0.1: Consensus layer for the Ouroboros blockchain protocol
Safe Haskell None
Language Haskell2010
Ouroboros.Consensus.Block.NestedContent
Synopsis
Block contents
class ( forall a. Show ( NestedCtxt_ blk f a), SameDepIndex ( NestedCtxt_ blk f)) => HasNestedContent f blk where Source #
Nested content inside a block
Consider a simplified version of the hard fork combinator, defining
type HardFork a b = Either a b
Then encoding Hardfork ByronBlock ShelleyBlock is easy, in the same way that we encode any Either . The header of such a block will have type
HardFork (Header ByronBlock) (Header ShelleyBlock)
and encoding those (for example, to send them across the network) is similarly trivial. But now suppose we want to read a header from disk. We do not store headers directly, but instead store the blocks. The DB will know the offset and length (both in bytes) of the header inside the block, but how do we decode such a header? If it's a Byron block, we should use the decoder for Header ByronBlock , and similarly for Shelley, but how should we express this more generally?
Here is where HasNestedContent comes in. Continuing the example, we can unnest a Header (HardFork ByronBlock ShelleyBlock) into a pair of values, where the first value (a NestedCtxt ) tells us what type of block we have, and the second value gives us the actual header. So, if the first value says "this is a Byron block", the second value is a Header ByronBlock , and vice versa. In other words, this is a dependent pair.
This then solves the serialisation problem: we expect a dependent decoder which, given a NestedCtxt identifying the block type, decodes the raw bytes from the block into the type indicated by that NestedCtxt .
TODO: We could perhaps define this independent of blocks in DepPair .
Minimal complete definition
Nothing
data family NestedCtxt_ blk :: ( Type -> Type ) -> Type -> Type Source #
Context identifying what kind of block we have
In almost all places we will use NestedCtxt rather than NestedCtxt_ .
Instances
Instances details
SameDepIndex ( NestedCtxt_ m f) => SameDepIndex ( NestedCtxt_ ( DualBlock m a) f) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.Ledger.Dual
CanHardFork xs => SameDepIndex ( NestedCtxt_ ( HardForkBlock xs) Header ) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.HardFork.Combinator.Block
Show ( NestedCtxt_ m f x) => Show ( NestedCtxt_ ( DualBlock m a) f x) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.Ledger.Dual
All SingleEraBlock xs => Show ( NestedCtxt_ ( HardForkBlock xs) Header a) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.HardFork.Combinator.Block
data NestedCtxt_ ( HardForkBlock xs) a b Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.HardFork.Combinator.Block
data NestedCtxt_ ( HardForkBlock xs) a b where
newtype NestedCtxt_ ( DualBlock m a) f x Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.Ledger.Dual
newtype NestedCtxt_ ( DualBlock m a) f x where
Flip type arguments
newtype NestedCtxt f blk a Source #
Version of NestedCtxt_ with the type arguments swapped
NestedCtxt must be indexed on blk : it is the block that determines this type. However, we often want to partially apply the second argument (the functor), leaving the block type not yet defined.
Constructors
NestedCtxt
Instances
Instances details
Isomorphic ( SomeSecond ( NestedCtxt f)) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.HardFork.Combinator.Embed.Unary
SerialiseHFC xs => DecodeDiskDep ( NestedCtxt Header ) ( HardForkBlock xs) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.HardFork.Combinator.Serialisation.SerialiseDisk
SerialiseHFC xs => DecodeDiskDepIx ( NestedCtxt Header ) ( HardForkBlock xs) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.HardFork.Combinator.Serialisation.SerialiseDisk
SerialiseHFC xs => EncodeDiskDep ( NestedCtxt Header ) ( HardForkBlock xs) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.HardFork.Combinator.Serialisation.SerialiseDisk
SerialiseHFC xs => EncodeDiskDepIx ( NestedCtxt Header ) ( HardForkBlock xs) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.HardFork.Combinator.Serialisation.SerialiseDisk
EncodeDiskDep ( NestedCtxt Header ) m => EncodeDiskDep ( NestedCtxt Header ) ( DualBlock m a) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.Ledger.Dual
EncodeDiskDepIx ( NestedCtxt Header ) m => EncodeDiskDepIx ( NestedCtxt Header ) ( DualBlock m a) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.Ledger.Dual
SameDepIndex ( NestedCtxt_ blk f) => Eq ( SomeSecond ( NestedCtxt f) blk) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.Block.NestedContent
HasNestedContent f blk => Show ( SomeSecond ( NestedCtxt f) blk) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.Block.NestedContent
( HasNestedContent f blk, forall a. Show (g a)) => Show ( GenDepPair g ( NestedCtxt f blk)) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.Block.NestedContent
( Typeable f, Typeable blk) => NoThunks ( SomeSecond ( NestedCtxt f) blk) Source #
We can write a manual instance using the following quantified constraint:
forall a. NoThunks (f blk a)
However, this constraint would have to be propagated all the way up, which is rather verbose and annoying (standalone deriving has to be used), hence we use InspectHeap for convenience.
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.Block.NestedContent
TrivialDependency ( NestedCtxt_ blk f) => TrivialDependency ( NestedCtxt f blk) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.Block.NestedContent
Associated Types
type TrivialIndex ( NestedCtxt f blk) Source #
SameDepIndex ( NestedCtxt_ blk f) => SameDepIndex ( NestedCtxt f blk) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.Block.NestedContent
Show ( NestedCtxt_ blk f a) => Show ( NestedCtxt f blk a) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.Block.NestedContent
type TrivialIndex ( NestedCtxt f blk) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.Block.NestedContent
Existentials
Convenience re-exports
data SomeSecond (f :: Type -> Type -> Type ) a where Source #
Hide the second type argument of some functor
SomeSecond f a is isomorphic to Some (f a) , but is more convenient in partial applications.
Constructors
SomeSecond :: !(f a b) -> SomeSecond f a
Instances
Instances details
Isomorphic ( SomeSecond ( NestedCtxt f)) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.HardFork.Combinator.Embed.Unary
Inject ( SomeSecond BlockQuery ) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.HardFork.Combinator.Embed.Nary
SerialiseHFC xs => SerialiseNodeToClient ( HardForkBlock xs) ( SomeSecond BlockQuery ( HardForkBlock xs)) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.HardFork.Combinator.Serialisation.SerialiseNodeToClient
SameDepIndex ( NestedCtxt_ blk f) => Eq ( SomeSecond ( NestedCtxt f) blk) Source #
Instance details
Defined in Ouroboros.Consensus.Block.NestedContent
SameDepIndex (


how the XML is formatted. If you use the XmlSerializer regularly, then this should look familiar. The rule on OrderItem will check if the object is marked as dirty. If so, it tells the parent order to recalculate its total, and changes the dirty flag back to false. Notice also how the full type names are specified in this XML. Rules are always associated with a type. The rule names are also the same, but since they're on different types, it's OK.
RuleExec makes the job of coding a lot easier. We don't have to worry about running the parser ourselves or doing any of the set up work that was done in the previous section. The code below will create an Order, add an OrderItem to it, and change the number of units on that item:
Order o = new Order();
OrderItem oi = o.NewItem(2.3f, 2);
oi.Units = 5;
Console.WriteLine(" Total: " + o.Total);
Console.WriteLine(" Total: " + o.Total);
Looks much easier, huh? Here is the resulting output of this code:
 Total: 4.6
 Total: 11.5
Priorities and Halting
While working on my Guess Word game, I found that it is not guaranteed which order rules will be run in. They are not even run in the same order that they were entered into the RuleSet. Sometimes, it is necessary to run rules in a particular order. The solution to this is to use a priority.

The priority attributes in this rule set indicate that Rule1 should run before Rule2. While it may seem that Rule1 will run before Rule2 anyway, this is not guaranteed. To guarantee the order, we specify the priority. In this particular case, forward-chaining would take over and recognize that we changed the Bar property. If Rule2 runs before Rule1, the worst that could happen is that the rule set is run twice. But, imagine you have several rules, all changing properties. Unless you use priorities, the rules could end up running many more times than they have to.
Another feature that is needed is halting. Rules in Workflow Foundation are allowed to have halt commands. These commands can be inserted anywhere into a set of then or else actions. What puzzles me about this is that conditions and loops are not allowed in then or else actions, so there's always a sequential flow. Anything after a halt would therefore be unreachable. With this in mind, it is safe to make halting an attribute on a rule.
Obviously, halts are false by default, and do not need to be specified. The same goes for priority. By default, all priorities are zero, and the Workflow Foundation decides the order that they're run in.
The new Windows Workflow Foundation in.NET 3.0 adds a rules library that can be quite useful. There are times when you're writing an application that you feel that you'll need rules, but not workflow. That's the reason I've put together this library. Microsoft has included a rule-writing GUI that will end up writing a.rules file that pairs with your original source code. This is nice for the workflow environment, but the serialization is not in a human-readable format. Using my CodeDom expression parser, I have made it possible to write rules in the application configuration. My intention was to introduce people to this rules library, and to give them the ability to embed rules into their application.
What's Inside
Here's a listing of the files inside:
 - CodeDomExpParser - My CodeDom expression parser library.
 - DmCodeDom - CodeDom helper library.
 - Assignment.cs - Creates a CodeAssignmentStatement.
 - Declaration.cs - Creates a CodeVariableDeclarationStatement.
 - DmCdStmt.cs - Base class.
 - ExprStmt.cs - Creates a CodeExpressionStatement.
 - ForLoop.cs - Creates a CodeIterationStatement.
 - IfElse.cs - Creates a CodeConditionStatement.
 - DmCodeDom.TestHarness - NUnit test harness for the DmCodeDom library.
 - TestDmCd.cs - Contains code that was mentioned in the article.
 - DmRules
 - Configuration\DmRulesConfigHandler.cs - A configuration section handler to read the rules from the application configuration.
 - DmRule.cs - Represents a rule.
 - DmRuleSet.cs - Holds all the rules.
 - DmRuleTypeSet.cs - Pairs a rule with a type.
 - RuleExec.cs - Static helper class for running rules.
 - DmRules.TestHarness - NUnit test harness for DmRules.
 - BaseObject.cs - A base class that has the IsDirty property.
 - Order.cs - The Order class used above.
 - OrderItem.cs - The OrderItem class used above.
 - TestDmRules.cs - Contains code that was used in the article.
 - 0.1 : 2006-06-20 : Initial version
 - Updated the CodeDomExpParser library to work with.NET 2.0. Created the initial version of DmRules with the capability to run rules per type. The primary consideration for the future of the library is forward-chaining across types.
 - 0.2 : 2006-07-10 : Added priorities and halting
 - Rules are not guaranteed to run in any particular order. Assigning a priority can fix this problem. Sometimes, it is necessary to halt processing of other rules, a halt command has been added for this.
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PyDelhi meetup at FUELED NOIDA
So the machine learning themed pydelhi meetup kicked off with Vishal ( giving a talk on OpenCV and facial recognition. Vishal started off with first clearing some basics about video and image capturing where he talked about how a computer handles video input. He uses OpenCV to take in video input using his laptop camera. Afterwards he uses facial recognition datasets to track faces in his video input using his Rasberry pi and tried out different datasets. talk-1
Then there was a quick lightning talk given by Raju.
Then we broke for snacks and networking involving a very intense foosball competition.
The Second Talk was given by Praneet Nigam( following on the Machine Learning Train by giving a talk on Matplotlib, Seaborn and Pandas where he showcased some ways to data filtering and classification. Praneet Used a Pokemon dataset where he evaluated features of his pokemon dataset which included the height, weight and type of pokemeon. all required data for the talk can be found here.(
We ended our machine learning themed meetup with community mixer and hiring pitches.
Until next time, Au revoir


Page 12 - Aickinstrut Framing Catalog
P. 12
Channel Loading
 CHANNEL LOADING
Channel loading generally occurs in one of the following modes:
- beam
- column • flange
BEAM LOADING
BEAM LOADING – PVC
The data listed in the Beam Loading Chart reflects testing conducted on Polyester (Type P) and vinyl ester (Type V) channels. PVC (Type E) material will differ from the Polyester/Vinyl ester Beam Loading Chart. To obtain the beam loading for PVC channel, reduce the load as follows:
(Polyester/Vinyl Ester Beam Load) PVC Beam Load = –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
NOTE: PVC is not recommended for lengths over 24". COLUMN LOADING
Beam loading data reflects
the maximum uniform load
allowed when using the
channel horizontally as in a
trapeze hanger. Refer to the
table on Page 13 for simple
beam loading capacity of various channels. Use the beam loading conversion chart on page 12 to calculate loading capacity for other beam loading conditions.
The Aickinstrut Trapeze hanger is an example of beam loading. To calculate the maximum allowable beam load for an Aickinstrut Trapeze hanger:
1. Measure the distance between the two threaded rod supports.
2. Using the length of the section hanger as the"beam", refer to the appropriate profile size in the Beam Loading Chart to determine whether the deflection meets your requirements.
BEAM LOAD
4
 Column loads are forces applied directly to the end of the channel. Refer to the table on Page 13 for column loading capacity of various channels.
COLUMN
 An example of a typical column LOAD load would be the pressure
exerted on a leg of an Aickinstrut
Battery Rack.
 BATTERY RACK
 AICKINSTRUT TRAPEZE HANGER
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Aickinstrut
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The group is due to meet airlines, MPs and the Civil Aviation Authority to discuss the treatment of disabled air travellers.
A survey of young disabled air passengers showed that 90% of wheelchair users are unable to use airline toilets and therefore have to avoid drinking before or during flights.
Some 60% of disabled passengers say their wheelchairs have been damaged when travelling with an airline and 60% said they felt unsafe when they transfer from a wheelchair to an airline seat;
Another 50% have problems related to disability when booking airline tickets.


Can an elderly person use an iPad?
Can an elderly person use an iPad?
The iPad is designed to make life easy for users of all ages. If you can change the settings and functions a bit, senior users will find the iPad easy to use. Yes, that's right.
Is iPad easy to use for seniors?
The iPad is a great device for seniors. It's easy to use, has a large selection of apps, and is easy on the eyes. Browse the top-ranked list of iPads for seniors below… along with associated reviews and opinions.
Why do old people use iPads?
They can download puzzle games that help improve memory and concentration and can connect more easily with friends. Accessibility devices can make it easier for seniors to communicate with people around them.
How do you teach an old person to use an iPad?
Setup the ipad to their individual needs. For example go into ipad settings and adjust brightness / volume can be adjusted. Ask family members to send lots of emails, photos and Face Time Calls. Setup reminders, calendars, shopping lists, contact details and appointments try to make the ipad as useful as possible.
How do I create an Apple ID for my elderly parent?
If you are getting a new Apple ID for anyone over the age of 13, getting set up is very simple. You can complete the entire process right on that brand new iPhone or iPad. Just open the Settings app and tap Sign in to your iPhone. The process to create an Apple ID will begin after you select Create Apple ID.
What is GrandPad and how does it work?
GrandPad is a simple and secure tablet computer that digitally connects a senior to their family and friends. The senior can easily view family photos and videos, play games, see weather for each family member, listen to music, check emails, make phone calls, place a video chat, and much more.
How can I use my iPhone as an older person?
On an iPhone: Go to Settings, Emergency SOS, and toggle Auto call on, then tap Edit and enter the pertinent information. It is activated by pressing and holding the Power button and one of the Volume buttons on an iPhone 8 or later, or by rapidly pressing the Power button five times on older iPhones.
Can a 14 year old have their own Apple ID?
Children under 13 can't create an Apple ID on their own. (This age varies by region.) But if you're the family organizer, you can create an Apple ID for your child.
Can I make an Apple ID for someone else?
Just open the Settings app and tap Sign in to your iPhone. The process to create an Apple ID will begin after you select Create Apple ID. Remember, you'll need to be able to check the email of the person you're creating the Apple ID for so you can confirm the process.
How does a grandPad work?
Are iPads easy to use?
iPads are generally easier to use and run smoother than tablets, although much of the time the difference is barely noticeable. In terms of overall user experience, Apple's iOS is clearly ahead of Google's Android OS system for the average user.
How do I clean up an old iPad?
Open the Settings app.
 - Choose "General."
 - Scroll down to the bottom of the menu.
 - Select "Reset."
 - Choose "Erase all Content and Settings."
 - You'll need to enter your device passcode if you have one set.
 - Tap Erase iPhone,then tap it again to confirm.
 - Is iPhone suitable for old people?
 iPhone SE 2020.
 - iPhone XR.
 - Samsung Galaxy S10e.
 - Huawei P Smart (2019) The Huawei P Smart (2019) might seem like an intriguing addition to a list of the best smartphones for seniors,since it's a little old at
 - Moto G8 Power Lite.
 - How to recycle your old iPad?
 – Once you received the box, pack your old I pad in that box (make sure its data is completely erased) and seal it securely. – Now, wait at least till the process of Ipad recycling is taking place. – in case you want to exchange your iPad instantly then take appointment form your near apple store and visit there.
 How to love your old iPad again?
 – No need to reset your iPad to transfer data – The existing data on your new iPad won't be deleted. – You can select what you wish to transfer from iPad to iPad. – Besides iOS to iOS, the tool can also transfer data between devices running on different platforms (like iOS to Android).


tables" in SQL++ are just lists of…anything. They don't have to be lists of objects with attributes.
A slightly more advanced query:
SELECT DISTINCT animal, names
 FROM Animals A, split(A.favorite_animals, ',') animal
 LET names = (SELECT VALUE A1.name
 FROM Animals A1,
 split(A1.favorite_animals, ',') A2
 WHERE A2 = animal);
Animal Names
Dog [ Mark ]
Cat [ Mark ]
Deer [ Ajay ]
Eagle [ Ajay ]
Parakeet [ Ajay, Mark ]
I've also introduced the LET syntax: It's like WITH but for correlated subqueries.
10.4 Nesting
Say we have:
{{
 { "name": "Mark", "age": 19 },
 { "name": "Shana", "age": 38 },
 { "name": "Dan", "age": 19 },
 { "name": "Zander", "age": 17 },
 { "name": "Kari", "age": 17 },
}}
And we want to group by age:
{{
 { "age": 17,
 "people": [{ "name": "Zander" }, { "name": "Kari" }]},
 { "age": 19,
 "people": [{ "name": "Mark" }, { "name": "Dan" }]},
 { "age": 38,
 "people": [{ "name": "Shana" }]}
}}
We can do this:
SELECT P.age,
 (SELECT P1.name
 FROM People AS P1
 WHERE P1.age = P.age) AS people
 FROM People AS P;
Correlated subqueries are the name of the game!
Small issue: it yields this!
{ "age": 38, "people": [ { "name": "Shana" } ] }
{ "age": 17, "people": [ { "name": "Zander" }, { "name": "Karianna" } ] }
{ "age": 19, "people": [ { "name": "Dan" }, { "name": "Mark" } ] }
{ "age": 19, "people": [ { "name": "Dan" }, { "name": "Mark" } ] }
{ "age": 17, "people": [ { "name": "Zander" }, { "name": "Karianna" } ] }
Adding DISTINCT right after SELECT fixes it.
What if we want this instead?
{{
 { "age": 17, "people": [ "Zander", "Kari" ]},
 { "age": 19, "people": [ "Mark", "Dan" ]},
 { "age": 38, "people": [ "Shana" ]}
}}
We can use the VALUE keyword to not print out column names. It only works when selecting a single column.
SELECT DISTINCT P.age,
 (SELECT VALUE P1.name
 FROM People AS P1
 WHERE P1.age = P.age) AS people
 FROM People AS P;
11 Other
11.1 Monotonicity
A monotonic query preserves containment/subset relations between tables in its results. More explicitly, the tuples returned by the query will be a subset of the tuples returned by the query when the input relation is a superset of the original relation. It's a homomorphism: The Q (perform query) operation preserves subset relations.
11.2 RDD
Resilient Distributed Dataset
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I'd like to know if there is a way to determine if a variable contains a MooTools Class instance.
Here's the example below in jsFiddle: _URL_
var a = new Class();
var aInstance = new a();
document.write('#1 instanceOf(aInstance,a) ='+ instanceOf(aInstance,a) + '') // aInstance is instance of a. Returns true.
document.write('#2 instanceOf(aInstance,Class) ='+ instanceOf(aInstance,Class) + '') // aInstance isn't instance of Class, so returns false.
Is there a way to make #2 happen?
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var Foo = new Class({});
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Use the Login Page Settings page to customize your login page.
To navigate to the Login Page Settings page, click the gear wheel, select Users & System Administration, and click Login Page under Customize.
Here, you can change the background image and the welcome text that displays above the Login credentials. The default text for the welcome text is your company name as registered in kintone Store.
To customize your login page:
- Enter desired Welcome Text in the box. To display nothing in this area of the Login Page, just leave this field blank.
- Click Browse, locate a file from your device, and select a background image.
- To delete the image, click the Delete icon.
- Click Save.
- When you logout and log back in, you will see the new image and text.
You can use the following file types for the background image:

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text:
[Sport & Fitness ★]
Cliff divers at Victoria Falls
(P2) The men are professionals. They normally jump from between 26.5 and 28 meters. Thirty meters is new to them.
(P3) Victoria Falls are the largest in the world. People also call them Mosi-oa-Tunya or the Smoke that Thunders.
If you found the passage difficult to read or had problems understanding specific words or idiomatic expressions, please discuss them with your tutor. The following discussion questions should be answered in your own words and with your own arguments.
- Briefly, summarize the content of the article in your own words.
- Would you jump from a cliff?
- Why do some people like this type of sport?
- Do you think this is a dangerous sport?
- Do you have any falls in your country?
What do the following expressions mean?
- Jump into (P1)
- Jump from (P2)
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text:
How long do leaves take to decompose?
It's autumn, which means that leaves are falling from the trees and covering the ground. If you're like most people, you probably just see them as a nuisance that you have to rake up. But have you ever stopped to think about how long it takes for leaves to decompose? It turns out that the answer is not as simple as you might think. The rate of decomposition depends on a number of factors, including the type of leaf, the moisture level, and the temperature. In this blog post, we will explore these factors in more detail and give you a better idea of how long it takes for leaves to decompose.
What is decomposition?
The process through which organic stuff decomposes into more basic organic or inorganic substances is called decomposition. The decomposition of leaves, for example, is caused by the action of microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi. These microorganisms break down the complex carbohydrates and other molecules in leaves into simpler compounds that can be used by plants and animals.
The rate at which leaves decompose depends on a number of factors, including the type of leaf, the climate, and the presence of other organisms. In general, however, it takes several months for leaves to fully decompose.
The decomposition process
When leaves decompose, they do so through a process of decay. This process is caused by the activity of microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi, which break down the organic matter in the leaves. The rate at which this happens depends on a number of factors, including the type of leaf, the temperature, and the amount of moisture present. In general, however, it takes leaves several weeks or even months to fully decompose.
Factors that affect the rate of decomposition
There are many factors that affect how quickly leaves decompose. Some of these include:
-The type of leaf: Some leaves decompose faster than others. For example, oak leaves take much longer to break down than maple leaves.
-The size of the leaf: Larger leaves will decompose more slowly than smaller ones.
-The temperature: Warmer temperatures will speed up the decomposition process.
-The moisture level: If the leaves are too dry, they will not decompose as quickly. If they are too wet, however, decomposition will also be slowed down.
-The presence of other organic matter: Leaves will decompose more quickly if there is other organic matter present to help break them down (such as worms or other insects).
How long does it take leaves to decompose?
When leaves fall from trees in autumn, they begin to decompose. The process of decomposition is slower in colder climates, but generally, it takes leaves a few weeks to several months to completely break down and become part of the soil.
Leaves are broken down by bacteria and fungi, which release enzymes that accelerate the decomposition process. Oxygen is also necessary for decomposition to occur, so leaves will decompose more quickly in moist conditions where there is plenty of oxygen available.
As leaves decompose, they release nutrients that are essential for plant growth back into the soil, making leaf litter an important part of the ecosystem.
It's clear that leaves decompose at different rates depending on the type of leaf and the conditions it's in. However, in general, it takes leaves a few weeks to several months to completely decompose. So if you're looking to add some extra nutrients to your garden, consider using fallen leaves as compost. With a little patience, you can turn those dead leaves into something alive and beautiful.


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The VMAP analytics project is a follow-up of the VMAP project also under the ITEA umbrella. This project is mainly driven by the Swedish partner, SWERIM AB, which is a metal research institute based in Luleå, Sweden.
This project mainly focusses on the integration of experimental data within the VMAP Standard and development of the process ontologies to build meaningful connections between the virtual and the simulation domains. The execution of data analytics to provide better correlation techniques is also part of the project scope.
The vision of VMAP analytics is to enable the realisation of smart Digital Twins for materials and manufacturing design tasks. The VMAP analytics interface standard will open the initial VMAP standard for multi-scale models, sensor and measurement data, and information from production machines. VMAP analytics will provide an open ontology for engineering processes in materials and manufacturing design. Together, the interface standard and open ontology will enable broad use of semantic search and artificial intelligence methods in these classical engineering disciplines.
Germany – Fraunhofer SCAI
Sweden – Gemit Solutions AB, Morgårdshammar AB, GRÄNGES AB, OVAKO AB, PREVAS, Swerim AB
Fraunhofer SCAI is self-funded. Swedish Partners are funded by Vinnova through the Eureka cluster program ITEA.


ThingM Project Feature: BlinkM in The MEAL Project
BlinkM in The MEAL Project Creator: Corinna Sherman
For the distracted diner who wants a subtle reminder to assess how full he or she is while eating, the MEAL dish is a weight-sensing dish that illuminates with colored light to give the user a sense of how much food has been eaten since the meal began. Normal dishware provides no feedback, placing the burden of self-monitoring entirely on the individual. Mealtime distractions pose less of an issue, however, when responsive MEAL dishes help people mind their own sense of satiety with subtle, pleasant cues via ambient light.
How It Works:
1. Plug the Arduino into wall outlet and press the power button on the base unit to register the minimum weight of the empty dish.
2. Fill the dish with food. 3 RGB LEDs that are located inside the base unit will pulse red when the minimum amount of weight has been added to enable subsequent monitoring.
3. Press the calibration button on the base unit to register the maximum weight.
4. Each of the dish's three legs sits upon a load sensor. The sensors connect to the Arduino, which monitors the total weight sensed over time. As food is eaten from the dish, the Arduino translates the sensed weight change into a hue shift in the LEDs from red (a color shown to stimulate appetite) to blue (a color shown to promote relaxation).
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Miguel Bruns Alonso, a student from the Netherlands' Delft University of Technology, has conceived a prototype pen that can measure and reduce the level of the user's stress.
The anti-stress pen features motion sensors and built-in electromagnets that react to the person's nervous system and detect stress. The pen was able to reduce the rate of heart fall by an average of five percent in an experiment performed on various persons.
Miguel Bruns Alonso's anti-stress pen is truly an important accessory in the busy modern world.


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Styling Tutorials
Tutorials that deal with styling of the Share user interface. For example, how to create a custom theme.
Adding a custom Share Theme
Extension Point: Share Themes
Description:
This tutorial demonstrates how to customize the look and feel of the Share user interface by creating a custom theme. The Share user interface is currently implemented with both Aikau code and YUI code. This has an impact on what you need to do to style the whole Share UI, as Aikau components are styled differently from YUI components.
Implementation Steps:
The following steps are usually needed to customize the Share UI using a custom theme:
 1. Copy one of the existing out-of-the-box themes and use it as a basis for the new theme
 2. Give the new theme a name
 3. Update the CSS files with the new theme name
 4. Create an XML file <new theme name>.xml to let Share know about the new theme
 5. Replace logos and other images
 6. Customize the look and feel of YUI components by updating presentation.css and skin.css
 7. Customize the look and feel of Aikau components by overriding LESS variables in <new theme name>.xml
Important: If you are upgrading to a newer Content Services version, and you are using a custom theme, then it is important to make sure that whatever out-of-the-box theme your custom theme is base on (such as Green Theme) has not changed between Content Services versions. For example, upgrading from version 5.0 to 5.1 will mean that all the out-of-the-box themes will have an extra images/logo-enterprise.png file. So if you upgrade to a newer version you will also have to upgrade your custom theme to match.
Related Information:
This tutorial assumes that you are familiar with the Share architecture. If you are new to it then read up on it here before starting this tutorial.
Source Code: Go to code
This tutorial assumes you have created a new SDK All-In-One project.
Tutorial implementation steps:
 1. Create a new themes directory under: aio/aio-share-jar/src/main/resources/META-INF.
 2. Copy an existing theme, such as the Green Theme, from alfresco/tomcat/webapps/share/themes/greenTheme into the new aio/aio-share-jar/src/main/resources/META-INF/themes directory.
 As you might have guessed, this requires you to actually download and install Content Services. To avoid having to do that you can also run the all-in-one project once and you will have the required theme resources in all-in-one/share/target/share/themes
 3. Rename the theme directory to a custom theme name.
 Change the aio/aio-share-jar/src/main/resources/META-INF/themes/greenTheme directory name to aio/aio-share-jar/src/main/resources/META-INF/themes/tutorialTheme.
 4. Update the theme name in the CSS files.
 In both the aio/aio-share-jar/src/main/resources/META-INF/themes/tutorialTheme/presentation.css file and the aio/aio-share-jar/src/main/resources/META-INF/themes/tutorialTheme/yui/assets/skin.css file, search for the greenTheme name and replace it with tutorialTheme.
 5. Add a theme's descriptor file called tutorialTheme.xml to the aio/aio-share-jar/src/main/resources/alfresco/web-extension/site-data/themes directory (you would have to create the themes directory too):
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <theme>
 <title>Tutorial Theme</title>
 <title-id>theme.tutorialTheme</title-id>
 <css-tokens>
 </css-tokens>
 </theme>

 The theme ID will be determined by the file name, so from now on this theme is identified by tutorialTheme. The title elements determine the title of the theme in the UI. The css-token element will be covered later on in this tutorial.
 6. Optionally add an i18n resource file with the Theme title label.
 We can use the existing aio/aio-share-jar/src/main/resources/alfresco/web-extension/messages/aio-share-jar.properties file for this. Add the following property to it:
 theme.tutorialTheme=Tutorial Theme

 The property name theme.tutorialTheme must match what you specified in the tutorialTheme.xml file as title-id. If you don't bother defining any resource label properties in this file, then the theme title will be taken from the title element in the tutorialTheme.xml file.
 7. Replace logos.
 A basic customization of Share usually involves replacing the Alfresco logos with company specific logos. The following list explains where the different logo image files are displayed in the user interface:
 - aio/aio-share-jar/src/main/resources/META-INF/themes/tutorialTheme/images/app-logo-48.png - this is the logo that shows in the title of each page.
 - aio/aio-share-jar/src/main/resources/META-INF/themes/tutorialTheme/images/logo.png - this is the logo that shows up on the Login page.
 Replace these with whatever logos you want, and make sure to keep the same image sizes.
 8. Customize the YUI components in the Share user interface.
 This is done by updating CSS styles in the aio/aio-share-jar/src/main/resources/META-INF/themes/tutorialTheme/presentation.css file and the aio/aio-share-jar/src/main/resources/META-INF/themes/tutorialTheme/yui/assets/skin.css file.
 For example, to get a theme with more of a purple touch go through and replace the greenish colours as follows:
 Green Purple
 #92c15f -> #BDA0CB
 #00AE42 -> #7F00FF
 #5FAC34 -> #BF5FFF
 #3a6c38 -> #2E0854
 #009300 -> #A020F0
 #008F22 -> #A020F0
 #D4F8C4 -> #ECC8EC

 Replace only the color and background-color css tokens. To do more detailed customizations you will have to change the CSS classes in these files and see what the result looks like. This styling will not affect the Share Header with the menu and title, and any other Aikau components, how to do this is covered in the next step.
 9. Customize the Aikau components in the Share user interface.
 This is done by overriding LESS variables in the aio/aio-share-jar/src/main/resources/alfresco/web-extension/site-data/themes/tutorialTheme.xml file. Update it to look like this:
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <theme>
 <title>Tutorial Theme</title>
 <title-id>theme.tutorialTheme</title-id>
 <css-tokens>
 <!-- Aikau related LESS variables (requires Aikau 1.0.18) -->
 <less-variables>
 @header-background-color: #A020F0; <!-- Purple -->
 @header-font-color: yellow;
 @header-hover-background-color: #BDA0CB; <!-- Purple candy -->
 @header-hover-font-color: #ccc;
 @header-focus-background-color: #8A2BE2;
 @header-focus-font-color: red;
 @header-menubar-font-color: yellow;
 @header-dropdown-menu-font-color: yellow;

 @dashlet-background: #fff;
 @dashlet-border: 1px solid #bababa;
 @dashlet-border-radius: 0;
 @dashlet-title-background: #92c15f linear-gradient(to bottom, #a3d07a, #92c15f);
 @dashlet-title-border-bottom: 0;
 @dashlet-title-border-radius: 0;
 @dashlet-title-color: #fff;
 @dashlet-toolbar-background: #A020F0;
 @dashlet-toolbar-border-bottom: 1px solid #d3d3d3;
 @dashlet-body-background: #f9fcfd;
 @dashlet-body-border-radius: 0;
 </less-variables>
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||Converting CAD Drawings to Product Models
||The fundamental aim of this study is to examine whether it is possible to automatically convert vector-based drawings to product models. The reason for doing this is that the new object-based systems cannot make use of the information stored in CAD drawings, which limits the usability of these systems. Converting paper drawings to vector-format is used today and provides recognition of lines and text, but does not interpret what the shapes represent. A language for describing the geometrical representations that could be processed directly into a recognition program for building elements is missing. It is easier to describe how to recognize a line as a series of dots in a raster image, than it is to describe how a complex symbol of a building element looks like. The approach in this research work has been to test different shape recognition algorithms. The proposed method can be divided into four processes: grouping of geometrical primitives, classifying these groups, interpreting the content and analyzing the relationships between the groups. The algorithms developed here are based on research within related domains, such as pattern recognition and artificial intelligence. The algorithms have been developed in a prototype implementation and were tested with three layer-structured drawings used in practice. The results of the tests show that there are no crucial obstacles to recognizing a large part of the symbols of building elements in a CAD drawing. The requirement is that the recognition system is able to differentiate one from another and be tolerant of errors and variations in the shapes.
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Noack, Robert (2001).
Converting CAD Drawings to Product Models. Royal institute of Technology, Department of Construction Management and Economics,Licentiate thesis, Stockholm, Sweden,


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GIS - 22 September 2017: A three-day exhibition, aiming to provide a platform for the Fashion and Design Institute's final year students to showcase their works in the fields of arts and design, fashion and textiles, and graphic design, opened yesterday at the Institute in Ebène.
In his address on the occasion, the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection, Mr Ashit Kumar Gungah, underscored that fashion and innovative designs are ubiquitous in the world of business, at the level of manufacturing, commercial to service sectors. He emphasised the importance of being creative and innovative in the business world and urged the youth to adopt innovative practices which will enable them to be competitive and successful.
As regards the new objectives for the future of the fashion and design sector, Mr Gungah recalled the setting up of a jewellery centre under the aegis of the Fashion and Design Institute which is expected to give a greater visibility to the skills of students as enunciated in Budget 2017-2018. On this score, he encouraged young people to explore opportunities within the fashion and design industry and the world of business as future pathways for career development.
The Minister also lauded the concerted efforts of the Institute's talented students for having demonstrated practical knowledge and abilities gained through their projects.
The annual exhibition and the Institute
The annual exhibition has as objective to enable students showcase their innovative and artistic talents and it also allows them to build a network with stakeholders and professionals of the fashion and design industry.
During the three-day event, the public will be able to view different art works such as painting, photography, animation, products related to interior design, communication visuals, sculpture, and fashion.
The Fashion and Design Institute was set up in September 2009 with a view to rationalise resources in the creative sector and foster a focused development of the fashion industry. It aims at providing educational, research, consultancy and training facilities and services in the field of fashion and design.
Government Information Service, Prime Minister's Office, Level 6, New Government Centre, Port Louis, Mauritius. Email: _EMAIL_ Website:_URL_


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Iron sculpture Struktur
by Reinhard Scherer
This extraordinarily unique sculpture, made of iron, was created by Reinhard Scherer in 1990. It is located on the campus of the University of Stuttgart in Vaihingen.
Reinhard Scherer shows his distinctive understanding of space and dimensions in this work, and thereby, illustrates the possibilities related to these elements. He conceptualized his construction with the objective of encouraging dialog between his work and the surrounding landscape.
Through Struktur, Scherer plays with his artistic sensibilities for flat planes and lines with the understanding that the 17-meter high sculpture would seemingly move flexibly and elegantly in the air.
Scherer was born in 1948 in Wangen in Allgäu and first began to develop his career in the arts during his studies at the Freien Kunstschule in Stuttgart. Later, he went on to study sculpture at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart. Scherer has participated in various national and international competitions and has won several scholarships.
He is a member of the regional artist league, Künstlerbund-Baden-Württemberg. Since 1990, he has been living and working as a freelance sculptor in Alfdorf-Pfahlbronn.
Universitätsstraße 34
70569 Stuttgart


Sea Monkeys Add Water
The water purifier contains salt which is essential for your sea monkeys since it allows them to hatch and thrive. Once you put the packet in the water, stir a little and allow the water to sit in room temperature for a day or up to 36 hours before adding the sea monkeys to the tank. That means the Sea Monkeys can survive years and even decades of drought, but to the naked human eye the eggs just look like sand. Just add water and "instant life!" Photos used under Creative Commons from Genista rogerajohnson. What are Sea Monkeys? Sea Monkeys in History
Basically unchanged for 300 million years (!), triops are
Next add package#2, the meteor bits(the instant live eggs)into the water.These space rock fragments actually have prehistoric sea monkeys enclosed from the precambrian, the time when the first.
Sea monkeys add water. Sea-Monkeys adapt well to the gradual process of their water world becoming more salty as the water level drops. However, replenishing the water can be a shock to their system as the salt concentration quickly changes when fresh water is added back to their tank. The more water that has evaporated from the tank, the greater the shock to their. Sea-Monkeys are a hybrid breed of brine shrimp called Artemia NYOS invented in 1957 by Harold von Braunhut. Initially marketed as "Instant Life," Sea-Monkeys are sold in hatching kits as novelty. Adult Sea-Monkeys: As your Sea-Monkeys grow larger, use the large end of the Aqua-Measure Spoon and feed once a week.Cloudy water: If the water gets cloudy, you're over-feeding and should stop adding food until the water clears. Common sense: Employ common sense. Obviously, you would feed 5 dogs MORE food than you would feed just 1.
CHECK THE WATER LEVEL: Eventually, some water will evaporate. When down by 1.5 inches, add fresh water to within 1/2″ from the top. Why Can't I Grow My Sea-Monkeys®? Sea-Monkeys® really aren't hard to raise at all. First, you have to prepare the water. Most people mix everything together at once and expect the Sea-Monkeys® to be born. 24 hours later, cut open packet #2 "Instant Live Eggs", add contents to water and stir for one minute. Keep the aquarium in shaded area away from direct sunlight. Step 3. Five days later, use a Sea-Monkey® Feeding Spoon to add one small scoop of powder from packet #3 "Growth Food". Do not stir. Sea-Monkeys WILL NOT HATCH if you measured the WRONG AMOUNT OF WATER that should be used. You must use EXACTLY 12 ounces of water to get Sea-Monkeys to hatch "on the button." Failure to use the RIGHT QUANTITY of water will NOT ruin the experiment. It WILL however cause a DELAY. Too little water: If YOU used too LITTLE water, simply add MORE to.
When down by 1.5 inches, add fresh water to within 1/2" from the top. Why Can't I Grow My Sea-Monkeys? Sea-Monkeys® really aren't hard to raise at all. First, you have to prepare the water. Most people mix everything together at once and expect the Sea-Monkeys® to be born. Well, you don't get anything but a jar of dirty water if you do that. Sea-Monkeys are fun lovable little creatures, relatives of brine shrimps, that are too small to hug, but are highly enjoyable! The great thing is that they are virtually maintenance-free pets; these little creatures are probably one of the easiest pets to raise, and come in a package. Just add water! Pour water into this special tank using a purifier that removes all the harmful chemicals. Add the Sea Monkey Eggs and these unique laboratory created hybrid brine shrimp seem to hatch instantly! As the weeks go by the Brine Shrimp will grow up to 20mm long, a special growth food is included – simply feed the Sea Monkeys every.
Add your water purifier. Open the pack of water purifier and pour its contents into the water. The water purifier is intended to balance the chemical makeup of the water and help create an appropriate environment for your sea monkeys. Stir the water so the purifier can more easily spread throughout the tank. With the help of this trait, sea monkeys possess a unique distinction compared from other sea creatures. Once you purchase a packet of sea monkey eggs, they appear as lifeless dust. When you pour this dust (brine shrimp eggs) in a tank or aquarium with purified water, the sea monkeys will spring to life in a jiffy. Sea-Monkeys might be hardy little animals but they still require basic care. As well as feeding your brine shrimp, you may need to keep the habitat clean, which involves changing some of the water. This doesn't mean scooping out some water and filling up the tank or container from the faucet, which would almost.
Directed by Penny Lane. With Sam Mercurio, Rich Pell. For decades, Sea-Monkeys won the hearts of children everywhere and quickly transformed into cultural phenomena thanks to inventor, marketing genius, and complicated eccentric Harold von Braunhut. What Are Sea Monkeys? Despite their name, a sea monkey isn't an amazing underwater primate. Instead, they're a species of brine shrimp. This species, known as Artemia NYOS, is a hybrid of several types of naturally occurring brine shrimp.The creators wanted to create a hardy breed that was large enough for children to see since most brine shrimp are nearly microscopic. The sea monkeys or sea pets will adapt to the water, but don't throw in salt unless you have thrown in a lot of fresh water. In this case it will be a shock on them. Use the salt from our salt rocks only to break of a pinch to add to the water. Only add small amounts of distilled water or bottled water as a general rule so that they can adapt.
Get set for sea monkeys at Argos. Same Day delivery 7 days a week £3.95, or fast store collection. Sea-Monkeys are a novelty aquarium pet, a type of brine shrimp that undergoes cryptobiosis.Developed in the United States in 1957, by Harold von Braunhut, the shrimp are intended to be added to water, and almost always come bundled in a 3-pouch kit with other required pouches and instructions.Sometimes a small tank and/or supplementary pouches may also be included with the product. Add tap water until the total mass of the solution inside the beaker is 1,000 grams, stirring until the salt is completely dissolved (remember to take the weight of the beaker itself into account). Rock salt, sea salt, kosher salt and table salt can all be used to make seawater at home.
Smell the tank water to check that it no longer smells foul. Then, put the water back in the tank, followed by the sea monkeys. Top up the tank water with purified, room temperature water. Feed your sea monkeys and aerate the tank several times throughout the day. Then, feed them again five days later, per their usual feeding schedule.
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PCB Global and Landing Areas
PCB shape was traditionally measured at room temperature using shim gauges and a granite flat table. The shadow moiré technique is a far superior approach to measurement of PCB shape. Large area PCB shape can be captured at high speed and temperature without sacrificing measurement resolution, unlike some other optical measurement approaches, like Fringe Projection. Bow and Twist standards can be applied automatically through the Akrometrix software to these global PCB measurements.
With tighter component pitches and tolerances, the warpage of PCB landing areas over temperature is becoming increasingly more critical to quantify. Akrometrix equipment is capable of capturing both global and landing area warpage at high resolution in a single thermal run. Many PCBs are known to exhibit different warpage behavior after exposure to multiple reflows. This makes capturing both global and local landing area in a single thermal run essential. Akrometrix Surface Analysis software can batch process multiple PCB landing areas in a repeatable fashion. Additionally the fast (sub 2 second) acquisition time of Akrometrix systems is beneficial for measurement of thinner PCBs that can change shape quickly.
A PCB global and local 3D surface plot are shown below. The image on the right is only a 4x4mm PCB landing area measured with Fringe Projection.
PCB landing area data can be imported into the Akrometrix Interface Analysis software for comparison with corresponding component warpage over temperature. Having both component and PCB landing area warpage over the same temperature points and temperature profile gives customers the ability to analyze the gaps between PCB and component attach surfaces. Below, on the left, a plot of a component bottom and PCB landing area is shown plotted in the Interface Analysis software. A Gap plot between these two surfaces can also be visualized as shown on the right.


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KUWAIT CITY, Sept 28: Ministry of Education and Higher Education became the gateway for fake certificates due to lack of scrutiny about the sources of certificates, reports Al-Shahed daily.
The daily quoting sources said the Ministry of Higher Education depends on the Cultural Office to endorse certificates, although the latter's routine task does not allow for scrutinizing the content of certificates.
They added the Ministry of Education and Higher Education endorses Medicine and Engineering certificates issued by universities in countries that have no cultural offices in Kuwait, leading to infiltration of the job market with fake certificates. Sources pointed to expatriate teachers flooding the Ministry of Education without necessary approval due to widespread influence (wasta) and favoritism. They stated many reasons for appointing such teachers, including low salaries.
They reiterated the committee formed by the Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa to investigate fake certificates was merely a routine procedure, indicating no positive result came out of its activities due to the interference of some politicians and influence.


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Inxpect for a safe Sylva
"Sylva" represents an autonomous, immersive landscape built by Tiziano Derme and Daniela Mitterberger to honour the relationship between women, education, and technology. The constructed landscape is understood as synchronization of different parts of the ecosystem: the growth of plants, the movement of two robots, and a real-time soundscape and visualization.
Being an event open to the public, safety is one of the key aspects of the installation, which is why the innovative Inxpect safety radars were used: people and machines, together, safely in the same area.
The project follows the topicality of Magic Queen, an autonomous garden that is currently presented at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021 in collaboration with ABB and Inxpect and is part of the Artificial Ecologies series.
A project by MAEID (Büro für Architektur und transmediale Kunst) in collaboration with the Princess of Asturias Foundation on the occasion of the 2021 Princess of Asturias Awards.


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Syracuse University Special Collections, John LaFarge, Timothy Cole, art, DeVinne, wood engraving, Scribner's Magazine
American Art and Architecture | Art and Design | History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Modern Art and Architecture
This article traces the history of modern wood engraving, including the argument in the art world that took place regarding whether wood engraving could be considered "art" in the first place. As the art form gained popularity with print publishers due to its convenience and beauty, internal debates took place about which direction the art form should take, especially within the "New School" of wood engraving that had emerged. Research for the article was aided by Syracuse University's Special Collections.
Gokey, Edward A. "The New School of Wood Engraving." The Courier 25.1 (1990): 53-83.

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Chalk Brushes for Illustrator Inspired by Early 20th Century Drygoods Stores.
Drygoods refers to dry food and other miscellaneous household goods. The term was often used during the late 19th and early 20th century.
The DryGoods – Chalk Brushes for Illustrator Pack is a throwback to these stores.
Included in this set:
- 23 chalk brushes including heaps of different strokes -Converted from real source material using our Five Step Conversion Method -Includes standard chalk, fine point, wide edges (great for filling areas), and more
- Presented on an attractive sample sheet (this sheet looks so good you'll want to print it and put it on your wall)
- Versions saved for CS4, CS5, CS6 and CC
Due to the ever-changing assortment of goods chalkboard signs and A-frame signs were used to advertise the days specials.
The DryGoods set equips you with 23 chalk Illustrator brushes. These brushes were created by using a variety of different chalks. Each with different amounts of wear and tear (for maximum diversity in your work.
Finally, we scanned them in at 600 PPI, post processed the scans in Photoshop, used premium auto trace software to convert to vector, and then minimized as many points as possible.
The result is a set of chalk brushes that look extremely real. Even though they're vector (as you can see from the examples) they look just like real chalk!
Note: These chalk brushes were made using our 5-Step-Vectorization Method. The result is extremely realistic chalk brushes, so real, they're hard to tell from the real thing!
Software compatibility: Adobe Illustrator CS4 and newer.
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Kim K.H.,Polymer Fusion Research Center |
Kim K.H.,Chonbuk National University |
Lee C.J.,Polymer Fusion Research Center |
Lee C.J.,Chonbuk National University |
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Polymer (Korea) | Year: 2013
Zaltoprofen loaded polyoxalate (POX) microspheres were prepared by an emulsion solvent-evaporation/extraction method like oil-in-water (O/W) for sustained release of zaltoprofen. The influence of several preparation parameters such as fabrication temperature, stirring speed, intensity of the sonication, initial drug ratio, molecular weight (M′) of POX, concentration of POX and concentration of emulsifier has been investigated on the zaltoprofen release profiles. Physicochemical properties and morphology of zaltoprofen loaded POX microspheres were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR). Through the analyzed results, it was demonstrated that the characteristics of the microspheres greatly affected by the prepared condition. The releases behavior of zaltoprofen was investigated for 10 days in vitro. It was confirmed that the release behavior of zaltoprofen can be controlled by the manufacturing factor of solvent-evaporation/ extraction method.


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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Relax, anglers. If you catch a fish in West Virginia and think it might be one of those nasty northern snakeheads you've heard about, chances are it's not.
It's almost certainly a bowfin - a species that has prowled the depths of Mountain State waters since before the last Ice Age.
"We've gotten calls from people who think they have caught snakeheads, but really what they had caught were bowfins," said Scott Morrison, a district fisheries biologist for the state Division of Natural Resources. "We've never had a confirmed sighting of a snakehead in West Virginia."
Maryland and Virginia fisheries officials have been trying to eradicate snakeheads in tributaries of Chesapeake Bay, where the species has become established. Authorities became aware of the species in 2002 when a fisherman caught one from a pond in Crofton, Md.
Maryland law enforcement officers discovered that a local man had purchased two adult snakeheads from a New York market and had released them into the pond. The pond was drained and the snakeheads were destroyed, but the incident put officials on high alert.
A 2004 search found an established population of snakeheads in the Potomac River between Great Falls and the Chesapeake Bay. Fisheries experts believe the fish are restricted to that single stretch of river by the presence of the falls upstream and the salinity of the bay downstream.
Even so, West Virginia officials have been on the lookout for snakeheads ever since. If the species ever gets established upstream from Great Falls, it could then migrate upstream into West Virginia's Cacapon and South Branch rivers.
As awareness of snakeheads has increased, so have reports from anglers who believe they might have caught them.
Morrison said all those fish turned out to be bowfins. To help fishermen distinguish snakeheads from bowfins, DNR officials had a graphic created, and have posted the graphic on the agency's website.
"The easiest way to tell the two species apart is to look at the anal fin - the long, non-paired fin on the fish's underside," Morrison said. "In the snakehead, that fin is very, very long. It's more than half the length of the dorsal fin, which is also very long.


Department of Antiquities
The 'Scorpion King' Mace head
When was it made and why is it so large?
Egyptian Mace head, AN1896-1908.E3632
When was it made?
About 3100 BC, in the period immediately preceding the unification of Upper and Lower (southern and northern) Egypt under one king - traditionally identified as a powerful ruler from the south.
Why is it so large?
This macehead is about five times the size of a functional one. It's decorated with scenes carved in low relief, and was made for dedication in the temple of the falcon god at Hierakonpolis, possibly to celebrate a victory.


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Luctor et Emergo" is a heart-warming, true story about the author's parents and their loss of hearing at a young age. The Latin phrase "Luctor et Emergo" means "I struggle and overcome". This simple Latin expression was often quoted by the author's father, Horace E. Dean, and it sums up the theme of the book.
People can overcome the most difficult of circumstances in life if they will persevere. The book details the myriad of challenges the author's deaf parents faced throughout life and their persistent determination to overcome their disability and disappointments with their faith in God. This uplifting and sometimes humorous story of the indomitable nature of the human spirit will encourage young and old alike, especially those persons who are struggling with life's challenges.
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Milan Average Weather & Yearly Climate
Average weather in Milan provides about 19 celsius but it does vary during the year with averages differing
Our weather figures highlight July is the hottest period and January is the coldest period of the year. Temperatures differ by 24.You should expect average daily temperatures to typically be around 20 from Spring, 30 in Summer, 19 throughout Autumn and 8 in the Winter period.
What are the Weather Insights, Yearly Temperature, Climate in Milan?
We have collected historical weather facts and data to help you determine when the best time to visit Milan
- Typical Average Daily Temperature: 19
- Typical Hottest Month: July
- Typical Coldest Month: January
- Average Spring Temperature: 20
- Average Summer Temperature: 30
- Average Autumn Temperature: 19
- Average Winter Temperature: 8


Mini Eggs
Mini eggs are about quarter of the size of a normal egg. They usually don't have a yolk inside, just the 'white' or albumen as it is technically called.
Mini Egg in an egg boxA mini egg is caused when a small foreign object enters the oviduct and triggers the normal formation of an egg, so just the same as a yolk, it gets wrapped in albumen and then popped inside an egg shell.
Normally only one mini egg is laid and then normal laying continues and it is nothing to worry about.
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Time domain modeling for impulse source localization in urban environments
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The localization of acoustic sources with a network of distributed microphones is difficult in urban environments, due to the complex propagation effects such as reflexions and diffractions on buildings. The present study discusses our efforts toward localizing impulse sources using a Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) model. Our model is evaluated against theory and observations in presence of urban-type obstacles. The computational burden is made tractable on the basis of comprehensive physical considerations. Two approaches for localization are introduced. The first approach essentially relies on the time reversal of the microphones measurements with the FDTD model. In the second approach, the source is localized by matching the observed characteristics to a look-up table obtained from time-domain simulations for various source positions. The two approaches are tested and compared with impulse measurements in an urban area, and their respective sensitivities are discussed.
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What direction is Israel from California?
Israel is located nearly west side to California. The given west direction from California is only approximate.
What direction is Jerusalem from Los Angeles?
Los Angeles is located nearly east side to Jerusalem. The given east direction from Jerusalem is only approximate.
What direction is Israel from the United States?
Israel is located nearly west side to Usa. The given west direction from Usa is only approximate.
Which direction is Israel from Los Angeles?
Israel is located nearly west side to Los Angeles. The given west direction from Los Angeles is only approximate. The given google map shows the direction in which the blue color line indicates road connectivity to Israel .
How long does it take to fly from California to Israel?
Average direct flight time is 14 hours 38 minutes.
The fastest direct flight from California to Israel is 14 hours 38 minutes.
How far is Jerusalem from California by plane?
How many miles is it from Jerusalem to California. 5907 miles / 9506.4 km is the flight distance between these two places.
How many hours is from USA to Israel?
Distance from Israel to United States is 10,882 kilometers.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Israel and United States is 10,882 km= 6,762 miles. If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Israel to United States, It takes 12.07 hours to arrive.
How many hours is lax to Israel?
Flight distance from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv (Los Angeles International Airport – Ben Gurion Airport) is 7574 miles / 12189 kilometers / 6581 nautical miles. Estimated flight time is 14 hours 50 minutes.
Is Jerusalem a part of Israel?
|Jerusalem ירושלים (Hebrew) القُدس (Arabic)|
|Claimed by||Israel and Palestine|


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Grosskreisentfernung / Great Circle Distance Mail Art
46 artists from 12 countries collaborated on a Mail Art project that travelled over 66,000 km and was exhibited for the first time in Berlin from 8-20 July 2019 at project space tête.
Grosskreisentfernung / Great Circle Distance Mail Art project relied on the global mail system to create a visual dialogue between 46 artists from 12 countries. Great Circle Distance refers to the shortest distance between two points on the Earth's surface. The project's total Great Circle Distance was more than 66,000 km.
Each artist created a new artwork in response to one posted to them by another artist. This sequential process began and ended in Berlin. This global artistic dialogue continued the tradition of Mail Art that dates back to at least the 1940s with Ray Johnson (New York), and the FLUXUS movement of the 1960s and 70s. Despite the ubiquity and instantaneousness of e-mail, there is still an important place for Mail as a means of human communication, and for artworks to be made, exchanged and shared outside the traditional world of white cube galleries and the commercial art market.


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Key FeaturesPP foam food container is using HMS-PP as raw material, by extruding process to make PP foam sheet, then thermal vacuum forming. Working temperature 125℃, with excellent insulation & standing high temperature, give user more safety when heated from microwave. PP foam food container is 100% recyclable, after recycling can be applied to insulation building material. By extending its life cycle to decrease resource consumption. Advantage of PP foam food container: More insulation than non-foam PP food container Standing high temperature (125℃) Easier in recycling than paper food container Non-toxic and anti-acid
The purpose of Slider Kit is to gather common slideshow-like jQuery functionalities (such as news sliders, photos galleries/sliders, carousels, tabs menus)
When tracking mouse movement, you usually need to know the actual position of the mouse pointer. The event object that is passed to the handler contains some information about the mouse coordinates.


Allowed incoming accounts
You can specify the accounts that are allowed to access the audit store database. By configuring these accounts, you can control which collector computers can connect to the audit store database and which management databases have access to the data stored in the audit store database.
Your account must have Manage SQL Login permission to configure the incoming accounts.
To configure allowed accounts:
 1. Open Audit Manager.
 2. Expand the installation node, then expand Audit Stores and select a specific audit store name.
 3. Select a database under the audit store, right-click, then select Properties.
 4. Click the Advanced tab.
 5. Click Add to add a collector or management database account. For example:
 6. Select an authentication type.
 - If you select Windows authentication, you can browse to select a computer, user, or group to add.
 - If you select SQL Server authentication, you can select an existing SQL Server login or create a new login.
Connections should use Windows authentication whenever possible. However, computers in an untrusted forest cannot connect to an audit management database using Windows authentication. To allow connections from an untrusted forest, add a SQL Server login account as the incoming account for the management database.


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Published Online: 15 JAN 2013
Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Encyclopedia of Environmetrics
How to Cite
Barry, R. P. 2013. Nelder Plots . Encyclopedia of Environmetrics. 4.
- Published Online: 15 JAN 2013
A Nelder plot, also called a Nelder Wheel or Nelder Fan, is a systematic planting design in which plants or trees are planted at the intersection of circular arcs and linear spokes. In general, Nelder plots allow many different planting densities to be examined in a single plot. This is frequently more efficient than planting a different plot for each planting density. Nelder plots can be constructed that allow the effect of different planting geometries to be examined in a single plot. This article discusses the construction of Nelder plots and the analysis of data derived from Nelder plots.


Survey: Dinner or Supper?
What word do you use to refer to the last meal of the day? Some of us say "supper," and some of us say "dinner." We've noticed it's either a regional or a generational thing, and we're interested in knowing what you say. More on the history of dinner versus supper below...
Technically, the word "supper" refers to a light evening meal, and "dinner" is a more formal, hearty meal.
In colonial days, farmers were too busy to eat three meals a day, so they only had breakfast and dinner, and the wealthy had three meals a day: breakfast, dinner, and supper. Back then, dinner was a hearty meal that one ate in the middle of the day, and supper was a lighter meal that one ate before retiring for the evening.
In the 1800's, things shifted a little bit. In households of the upper classes that employed a cook or servant, dinner was served at the end of the day. Supper was eaten in the afternoon and was a lighter meal. Usually the wealthy hosted dinner parties, and were expected to set out lavish meals that lasted for several hours.
In middle class households without servants, dinner was eaten in the middle of the day, and supper was the last meal, for practical reasons: it took a lot of work to get the stove fires going, so after cooking breakfast, the housewife would keep the fires going and cook dinner next. This way she wouldn't have to make two stove fires a day and she could concentrate on her other house chores and the raising of children. This practice worked well with people who traveled or lived in encampments: think pioneer wagon trains and gold rush people.
These days, we think people just say what their parents (or others around them) say. What do you think?
(Image: Painting by Frederick Cotman; available through Easyart for Â£34.95)


The Guardener Deer Repeller
The Guardner, a new DEER REPELLING DEVICE, has features designed to make it one of the best product on the market today. The Guardener™ A201 uses two proven deer repelling technologies (ultrasound and water spraying) in a package that is environmentally "green" and solves many of the shortcomings of other water sprayers or ultrasonic repelling devices. The product uses BOTH repelling technologies (water and ultrasound), is solar powered, and has a strong battery operated pump to produce a very effective water pattern over a large area.
The A201 Guardener does not require a water hose connection, electrical wiring,or stakes to hold it in place. It contains its own water supply and battery power. This makes it easily portable. It does not create wet or muddy areas, and because there are no hoses it does not interfere with lawn mowing or produce tripping hazards as other products do. Our product can easily be placed far from water supplies or in areas where it would be impractical to run a water hose. Since it uses NO chemicals or irritants is compatible with organic gardening and does anger animal rights activists. We never want our products to harm animals in any way! Satisfaction guarantees and warranties apply.
Watch This Great Video Showing How It Works
There are other similar devices, such as the Scarecrow device. To review all types of mechanical deer controls, check out our mechanical deer control main page Mechanical Deer Repellent
Not sure if your damaged is caused by deer, or need help making a decision about repellent? Check out our Deer Damage, and Deer Control Tips pages. Deer Damage Explained
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More Questions About The Guardener?
What is the Guardener? The Guardener is an intelligent device aimed to stop deer and other animals from invading garden crops or precious flowers. It is a solar powered, maintenance free device--- aside from filling the tank with water as needed. It provides an independent water pressure system so your garden is clear of additional water pipes.
How does the Guardener deter animals? The device is equipped with 2 effective yet non-harming weapons to deter animals. First, it issues an ultrasonic alarm which can only be heard by the animals when they approach to a specific area set by the sensitivity. If the animals are not deterred by the alarm, the second weapon—a pressurized water jet will physically scare them away.
How does the device know animals are approaching? The device uses a motion sensor to detect the presence of nearby animals. You can set the detecting area by adjusting the sensitivity knob.
What is the effective range of the motion sensor? The range can be adjusted from a minimum of 15 feet to a maximum of 25 feet. Different weather conditions may slightly alter ranges.
How much area can the the Guardener cover? The sprinkler can rotate up to 170 degrees and shooting pressurized water as far as 17 to 22 feet.
Can I adjust the distance range for the sprinkler? No. The sprinkler is customized for simplicity and cannot be adjusted.
How do I avoid accidentally setting off the device? As long as you approach the device from behind, you will not set it off. Should you accidentally activate the sensor from the front; you still have time to walk away during the buzzing period which signals activation of the ultrasound alarm. If you intend to work around the detecting area for a time period, you can simply press the off button to deactivate the system. Just remember to switch it back on when done.
How I install my Guardener to avoid aiming to other people? In general, the sensor should only face the garden. People working behind the sensor will not activate the sensor.
My garden is near a street. Will the vehicles driving by activate my Guardener? As long as your sensor is not facing the street, it will be fine. In addition, there is a delay time sensor activation such that a fast moving object will not cause the sensor to respond.
What is the advantage of the Guardener compared to other animal repelling system? A unique feature of The Guardener is that it uses both ultrasound and water blast to repel animals. Consequently, it is more effective and reliable than products which use only one feature to deter animals.
Is the water system by the Guardener better than other water blast repelling systems? Another unique and important feature of the Guardener water system is that it does not connect to a water resource through water pipe ensuring the cleanliness and beauty of your yard. the Guardener only needs water refilled into its tank on average of once every 10-14 days.
Then how the water is pressurized? A high pressure, self-operating submersible water pump delivers water pressure of 2 bars to the sprinkler. The sprinkler then rotates to spray the water toward unwanted animals.
How much water is stored in the tank and how many times does a full tank last? The tank itself can hold about 3.5 gallons of water which is enough for 30 to 40 times of pumping.
How long does the sprinkler work in a cycle? Each blast lasts about 4 seconds back and forth when the angle is set to 120 degrees.
Under normal use, how often you need to fill up the water tank? On average, if a deer visits 2 times a day, it would take about 10 days to 2 weeks to empty a full tank. We anticipate you will need to water your garden much more frequently than refilling your Guardener. On the same note, we found that when deer come close enough to be sprayed by the water after hearing the ultrasound, they learn to stay away from the area just from ultrasound alone. This results in less water use over time.
What could be the reason for the water tank to empty unusually fast? Unless you have animals visiting more than 30 times a day, the most probable cause is false triggering from pointing the Guardener at moving water or vehicles or severe wind. You may need to adjust your location if you have false triggering issues.
Except occasionally filling the water tank, is the Guardener a maintenance free system? Yes. The system uses a solar energy panel to recharge the battery power.
What sunshine exposure is sufficient for normal use? For an average use of 3-4 times of triggering the water pump each day, around 2 hours of exposure will be plenty.
What if my location does not provide enough sunlight to power the Guardener? You may need to try alternative locations. If you cannot find an ideal location, you can purchase an additional solar panel from AimerGard which can be easily connected to the Guardener though an existing spare connector.
Will the Guardener be damaged if the water runs out? The pump is capable of running dry for longer than 5 minutes. Since every pumping cycle only lasts 4 seconds, there will be no immediate damage.
Can the Guardener be used the whole year long? The Guardener is designed to operate in conditions that support plant life. The Guardener is not designed to pump frozen water, therefore, it is mandatory to move the Guardener to shelter in freezing conditions.
How do I store the Guardener? The water tank should be emptied. We also recommend charging the solar panel for 1-2 days before storage.
Are the products available in different colors? The products are only available in the green color; this was chosen to both blend in with the natural environment and to allow the customer to easily view the water level in the tank. If you wish to change the color of the product to blend in with your house, etc., you may paint it with any commercial spray paint.
Is there any factor I should consider if I choose to paint the product? The green color of the product allows the water level to be easily seen. If you choose to paint the product & wish to be able to easily view the water level in your tank, then you should consider either 1) leaving an unpainted vertical strip on the product, or 2) choosing a paint color that is light enough or translucent enough to be able to view the water level.
Can I use any paint to change the color of the product? Yes, you can use any commercial outdoor paint available from home improvement stores, etc.


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Distance from Burkina Faso to Poland
Distance from Burkina Faso to Poland is 4,779 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 2,970 miles.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Burkina Faso and Poland is 4,779 km= 2,970 miles.
If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Burkina Faso to Poland, It takes 5.3 hours to arrive.
|GPS Coordinates (DMS)||12° 14' 17.9880'' N |
1° 33' 41.7240'' W
Map of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso Distances to Countries
|Distance from Burkina Faso to Togo||480 km|
|Distance from Burkina Faso to Northern Mariana Islands||15,298 km|
|Distance from Burkina Faso to Falkland Islands||9,022 km|
|GPS Coordinates||51° 55' 9.9840'' N |
19° 8' 42.5040'' E
Map of Poland
Poland Distances to Countries
|Distance from Gabon to Poland||5,905 km|
|Distance from Northern Mariana Islands to Poland||10,963 km|
|Distance from Belarus to Poland||624 km|


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The rapid growth of Short Message Service (SMS) text messaging is generating substantial commercial and research interest in fast and efficient text input methods for mobile devices. This paper presents an empirical study that compares three mobile phone text input techniques. The methods are 'multi-press input with timeout', 'multi-press input with a next button', and 'two-key'. The study shows that there is a significant speed difference, in words per minute (wpm), between the methods. The multi-press with next method provided the most rapid text input at 7.2 wpm, followed by multi-press with timeout at 6.4 wpm. The two-key method was the slowest at 5.5 wpm. These results are much slower than those predicted by Fitts' Law models reported in prior re- search. Subjective results regarding learnability, errors and efficiency showed no significant difference between the methods.
|Cite as: Butts, L. and Cockburn, A. (2002). An Evaluation of Mobile Phone Text Input Methods. In Proc. Third Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC2002), Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 7. Grundy, J. and Calder, P., Eds. ACS. 55-59. |
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On Monday, the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership (STPP) released a new report on pedestrian safety in 360 metro areas — and they found that the top four most dangerous walking cities are in Florida. The top ten deadliest cities are all in the South.
The New York and San Francisco Bay areas ranked first and second for the absolute number of pedestrian traffic deaths — but both are also high-population, high-density areas that ranked first and second for the number of people who walk to work. More people are killed by cars because more people are out on the streets.
"Not many people walk to work in Florida," says John Classe, an engineer and vice president of the massive PBSJ corporation, which manages construction projects around the world.
"One big reason is that it is hot for a long period of time," he says. "Weather patterns are also difficult in the summer. Plus, there is not much residential within walking distance of employment." These conditions prevail across the South, which probably explains the rankings in the STPP report.
Perhaps as a result, cities in Florida (where I lived for nine years) are not usually designed for walking or biking — and according to eRedux.com, Florida is the fourth most polluting state in the US. Each Florida resident produces 15 tons of carbon dioxide per year, compared to 11 tons in California and New York (which is nothing to brag about, by the way).
When the STPP divided pedestrian deaths per 100,000 people by the number of people walking to work in the metro area, it turned out that you are most likely to be killed on foot in the Orlando, Tampa-St. Pete, Miami, and Jacksonville areas.
Classe lives in Orlando; I met him last week at the Urban Land Institute meeting in San Francisco, introduced by our mutual friend Daniel Delisi, a planning consultant in South Florida. Classe directed the planning, design, and construction of Baldwin Park, just outside of Orlando, which has won numerous awards for its energy efficiency and walkable design. (See photo at left.) The planned community features 15 parks, more than 200 acres of lakes, and more than 50 miles of walking paths.
Classe started off our conversation by describing how Baldwin Park was built along a major corridor for people commuting to downtown Orlando for work. Most neighborhoods in Florida, he and Delisi explained to me, are designed with two ways in and out (as a teenager in Ormond Beach, Florida, I actually lived in a development designed in exactly that way). As a result, residents must often drive long, roundabout distances in order to reach their strip malls and supermarkets. This is why Floridians often object to dense development — they fear the traffic.
Not so at Baldwin Park. The development is relatively dense and walkable, Classe proudly told me, and residents have 32 points of ingress and egress with their cars. This disperses the traffic and also reduces the amount of driving that residents must do — they can get in and out of the neighborhood more quickly.
But when I asked Classe about light rail (thinking that a neighborhood where everyone commutes downtown would need it), his eyebrows rose as though I had posed an odd question. "There was an effort to establish light rail in the Orlando area several years ago," he said, "but it was killed."
A week later, I described Baldwin Park's design to a transportation engineer for the city of San Francisco–and she also looked at me strangely. "How does that help reduce the carbon footprint?" she asked. "That's crazy. It's better than nothing, but I wouldn't call it 'sustainable.'"
Those two reactions reveal the disparities in perspective between places like San Francisco and cities like Orlando.
"Maybe I have my head in the ground, maybe I spend too much time on the two coasts, but it does feel to me like this country is beginning to reshape or modulate its consumerism, and that is the first step toward sharing," Zipcar founder Robin Chase told me in our Shareable Q&A. I share Chase's hopes, but conversations with folks like Classe and Delisi remind us that word of the sharing revolution hasn't yet reached places like North Central Florida. They judge their efforts toward sustainability by a different standard than does a transportation engineer in San Francisco.
Delisi and I met as students working on environmental issues in Boston. He's taken those values with him as a planner to Florida, hoping to make a difference, but over the years he's had to content himself with small victories. "Success for me in South Florida is building a strip mall that people can walk to," he told me. But why should those people walk, the STPP report suggests, if they are so likely to be hit by cars?
Florida doesn't necessarily lack money for pedestrian and bike safety; it lacks the political and cultural will. It's not alone among the states.
Since 1992, the Transportation Enhancements (TE) program has set aside 10 percent of each state's federal aid for green transport. But the authors of the STPP report (fittingly titled "Dangerous by Design") found that most states have spent only 80 percent of the nearly $9.4 billion made available through the TE program, and only 35 percent of the Safe Routes to Schools program since 2005.
What's the solution?
Developments like Baldwin Park may not be perfect, but they suggest that Florida can take steps in a more sustainable direction. State and federal policy changes would help: The report recommends requiring that federal safety money be spent in an amount proportional to the risk facing pedestrians and that we adopt a national "complete streets" policy that would require cities and counties to accommodate all road users. But in the end, that's not enough.
"There still is a long way to go to repair the damage done to communities in the past, even as we begin to shift policies and design philosophy to build streets that are safer for pedestrians and motorists alike," says the STPP.
However, there are a growing number of excellent models to build on and thousands of communities eager to move forward. The forthcoming rewrite of the nation's transportation policy presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create safer streets that will be critical to keeping our neighborhoods livable, our population more fit and our nation less dependent on foreign oil.


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Allowances for larger and taller mass timber buildings have been approved as part of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 5000, Building Construction and Safety Code, and, where applicable, NFPA 101, Life Safety Code.
The American Wood Council (AWC) and International Code Council (ICC) have released a joint publication, "Mass Timber Buildings and the IBC," providing an overview of requirements for mass timber construction as found in the 2015, 2018, and 2021 International Building Code (IBC).
The American Wood Council (AWC) has released seven updated cradle-to-gate, industry-wide environmental product declarations (EPDs) for wood products. These third-party verified updates replace the 2013 editions previously available for use in determining the environmental footprint of the industry's principal products, as well as with green building rating systems and sustainable construction standards.
Oregon has become the first state to approve the use of science-based building code requirements for tall mass timber buildings under its Statewide Alternate Method (SAM). The new document, SAM No. 18-01, Tall Wood Buildings, provides prescriptive technical requirements for tall wood buildings ranging from eight to 18 stories, depending on design and construction methods.
American Wood Council (AWC) regularly reviews and updates its codes and standards to keep pace with technological advances and material innovations affecting the use of wood products in the country. The council recently updated its National Design Specification (NDS) for Wood Construction. Developed by AWC's wood design standards committee, the 2018 NDS is referenced for wood design in this year's International Building Code (IBC).


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To capture thermal transients associated with temporal variations in BWT, we envisioned a borehole observatory in a new 180 m hole close to Site 642, consisting of a CORK to seal the borehole from the overlying ocean and a thermistor string and data logger to make and record temperature measurements. This configuration allows high-precision temperature measurements as a function of both depth and time. High-precision temperature measurements will be made at two timescales: in quick succession and over longer time intervals. Averaging a quick succession of temperature measurements is an effective way to reduce instrumental and environmental noise. Temperature measurements with an appropriate length of time between them can be used to directly monitor the propagation of transient temperatures (Chapman and Harris, 1992).
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