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The Lemonade Diet
 -- The Master Cleanser --
 by Stanley Burroughs
When to Use It
How Long and Often?
for serious conditions.
How to Make Lemonade
An ideal formula involves freshly extracted juice from the sugar cane (readily available in India,
but not generally in the United States at the present time):
Blend a part of the lemon skin and pulp with the lemonade in a blender for further cleansing and laxative effect. (Note: commercially procured lemons may have had their skins dyed with yellow coloring and may have been subjected to poisonous insect sprays - be sure to peel off the outer skin if you cannot get uncolored, organically grown lemons.) The properties in the lemon skin also act as a hemostatic to prevent excess bleeding and to
prevent clotting internally should there be any such prevailing condition. (Don't worry - normal conditions will continue during the menstrual periods.)
cleansing period.
Special Instructions for the Diabetic:
DIABETES is the result of a deficiency diet consisting in part of white sugar and white flour. The lemonade with molasses is an ideal way to correct this deficiency. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY FOR BEST RESULTS. The molasses supplies the necessary elements for the pancreas to produce insulin. As the necessary elements are supplied to the pancreas, the amount of insulin taken may also be gradually reduced -- as an example.
explained in the following pages.
How Much Does One Drink?
The lemonade is already a food in liquid form.
to reduce. Extra water may be taken as desired.
Helping the Cleansing Along
Another Cleansing Aid: Internal Salt Water Bathing
then the herb laxative tea must be taken night and morning.
How to Break the Lemonade Diet
You are now ready to eat normally.
Drink several 8,oz. glasses of orange juice during the day - with extra water, if needed. Some time during the afternoon prepare a vegetable soup (no canned soup) as follows:
Recipe for Vegetable Soup
salt in the September 1977 issue of National Geographic magazine.
and tends to develop toxins throughout the body.
where it can cause intense pain and suffering.)
several more days until the system is ready for food.
Recap of the steps to be taken in the diet.
Be careful to read the entire instructions so that the diet will
be of the best benefit to you.
The Night Before starting the diet take the laxative tea.
In the morning take the salt water (or) laxative tea. This should be done each night and morning during the diet - rare exception - if diarrhea develops. When diarrhea is ended then continue above directions.
Now the lemonade formula (see How to Make Lemonade. For diabetic people, see Special Instruction).
About Lemon
Its oxygen builds vitality.
Its carbon acts as a motor stimulant.
Its sodium encourages tissue building.
Its magnesium acts as a blood alkalizer.
Its chlorine cleanses the blood plasmas
Its silicon aids the thyroid for deeper breathing.
About Maple Syrup:
The maple syrup is a balanced form of positive and negative sugar and must be used, not some "substitute.
"There are three grades of maple syrup. Grade A is the first run - mild in taste, sweet and with less minerals than the other grades. It is more expensive and less desirable but it may be used. Grade B is the second run with more minerals plus more maple taste. It is more suitable for the diet and is less expensive. Grade C is the third run with even more minerals and still stronger taste of maple and slightly less pleasant for most people, although acceptable in the diet. It is lower in price. As Grade C is less expensive it can be used as an excellent sweetening agent in preparing foods. The strong maple flavor blends very well.
Some uninformed operators of the sugaring of the maple syrup do use formaldehyde pellets, run through polyethylene tubing but there are many more that don't. Search out and demand the kind not using formaldehyde. The Maple River Company in Youngstown, New York does not use it. This is the kind I recommend.
Dozens of letters weekly, from around the world highly praise the many superior benefits of the lemonade diet. Thus, we must conclude that since it does so much for so many it is truly The Master Cleanser. The following is a quote from one of the letters: "I tried the lemonade diet with exceptionally beneficial results. I would like to order at least six at whatever your wholesale price would be - I know I will need many more as I do push the books. I believe they are the best in their field."
What About the Use of Honey?
Honey must not be used at any time internally. It is manufactured from the nectar picked up from the flowers by the bees - good enough in itself, perhaps - then predigested, vomited and stored for their own future use with a preservative added. It is deficient in calcium and has many detrimental effects for the human being.
According to one authority, honey is "a magical and mystical word in Healthfoodland. It is one of the most over promoted, overpriced product being sold to gullible health foodists. The great value attributed to honey is delusive... honey is only a little less empty and more dangerous than sugar."
Just as with alcohol, honey, being predigested, enters the blood directly, raising the sugar content very rapidly above normal. To correct this, the pancreas must produce insulin immediately or possible death can occur. More insulin than necessary is likely to be produced, and the blood sugar level then drops below normal. This can produce blackout spells and even death if it goes too low. When blood sugar is below normal, a person will feel depressed. The regular use of honey can create constant imbalances, which in turn will adversely affect the normal function of the liver, pancreas and spleen. Hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia are the results of the use of unbalanced sugars. The balanced sugar in maple syrup and sugar cane juice causes no dangerous side effects. All natural fruits and vegetables have balanced sugars in them. Artificial, synthetic, and refined sugars have no place in a natural diet.
Should I Take "Supplements"?
Some people want to take vitamin pills or food supplements while on the diet. This frequently fails to produce the desired result. There are many reasons. As the lymphatic glands become clogged, they are no longer able to assimilate and digest even the best of foods. As we cleanse our bodies and free our cells and glands of toxins that clog and paralyze our assimilation, we free our various organs and processes to do their proper jobs. Note Page 20. All the necessary vitamins and minerals are in the lemonade, and therefore we do not need an additional supply in most cases.
Vitamin pills and supplements do not grow on trees as such but rather come to us in fruits, berries, vegetables and plants. Man will never take a group of natural or synthetic foods; process and combine them in a variety of products, and come up with anything equal or better than the original. They have lost much of their basic life and energy by combining them according to a man made concept. Many dangerous side effects can occur because of improper and unequal balances present. Stay with the natural laws of balance. First one must decided if God is right or if man is right. If God is right then man and his ideas of processing -tearing apart and rearranging - are likely to be wrong.
Later, as we consume a more complete variety of foods, we find our sources of vitamins and minerals complete and in forms that are easily assimilated - it should not be necessary to return to these supplements even if one is accustomed to taking them. The sources of good food are steadily being enlarged as people become more educated concerning them. Search these sources and rely on them for your total nutritional needs.
What About the Use of Vitamins
Vitamins and minerals have always been a necessary part of natural living. Not satisfied with God's plan, man has attempted to improve the situation by separating them from fresh live foods, then processing and combining them to conform to his concept of what they should be. Not satisfied with the finished product, attempts were made to produce them synthetically. It was big business - and we became a world of "pill pushers," whether they were needed or not. More often they were not needed. No one really knew if the pills were needed, or how many - people just took them because they might have a deficiency!
Just how these vitamins and minerals should be balanced and formulated led to many differences of opinion. A large variety of experts, in processing and manufacturing of pills, disagree as to how the many billions of pills should be made. They all have different formulas and claim theirs are the best even though much is lost in the processing. However, even without any clear consensus as to their worth and use,
they were manufactured and processed; therefore they must be sold with no thought as to possible side effects from overdosing or imbalances. Millions of dollars are made by the producers and the sellers with little regard for the true needs of the consumer.
In reality, the whole process could have been completely avoided. Our Creator has already done a better job of making sure we receive all the needed vitamins and minerals in a perfectly balanced form. Only the finest of natural foods in their original package are good enough for bringing complete energy and life to build and retain a healthy body. Any time man attempts to improve on God's formulas and plans, the result is bound to be a failure.
The simple rules to complete nutrition include all the vitamins and minerals needed by all mankind and all animals. Our Creator


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 Well, I would recommend to look not into perl, but into TCP protocol, since you are using it. This protocol is not hidden away from you, you have to manage the events produced by the protocol stack.
 From the perspective of the protocol, you make quite a few mistakes. First of all, when using "select" one should make sockets non-blocking. For example, there's no guarantee that "accept" will return socket after the "select" has marked it as ready. By the time you call this function, kernel could have removed the socket, so you would end up blocked in the "accept" waiting for next connection. Of course, probability of this event is small, but you want to have robust program, right?
 Next thing. The TCP is "stream" protocol. So, you can not know how much of data is available for reading when your socket is marked as read-ready. You may get only 2 bytes out of expected 4, but when you call "recv" you'll get those 2. Your code is not prepared for that. It simply would throw away those 2 bytes.
 Writing to TCP socket also requires care. There's no guarantee that the peer will read quickly. So, you may fill up your system buffers (if you write a lot) and then your call to "send" will block (if the socket is blocking), or won't write everything, which you don't check.
 And now concerning your question about detecting presence of peer. As someone here already mentioned, if the peer has closed connection, or crashed (application crash), then your end of the socket shall become "read-ready", but when you try to read from it, you'll read 0 bytes. In this case you know that the peer is gone and you should close your socket.
 There's a catch here. If the peer has crashed when you write to it, then you won't see the 0 bytes input. In this case, your write may result in EPIPE error, actually by default it is passed as signal killing your whole application. So, you may want to pass "MSG_NOSIGNAL" flag to function "send" to prevent it. But if your write is short, then you'll get your socket "read-ready" after it, and you'll read the 0 bytes input, indicating that the peer can not accept your input any more.
 Finally. Don't put small timeout for "select" call. Why should you do anything, if you don't have any sockets ready? Real application would need support for timers, the presence of timers would define the time-out for "select" call. If you need timers, then use something like GLib events loop instead of "select".
 Again, all of the above stuff comes from knowing TCP protocol. You should know how the connection is established on the protocol level, you should know, how the data is passed, how the errors are communicated between peers and between protocol stack and the application. I encourage you to read "Unix network programming" written by Stevens. This book provides very complete description of networking.
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Dr. French was among the original scientists at the establishment of CIP in 1971 alongside the late Dr. Richard Sawyer. In fact, Dr. French first came to Peru in 1965 as an advisor from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and North Carolina University Mission to Peru. In 1971 while conducting research on tropical bacterial diseases of potato he became the founding head of the Plant Pathology and Nematology Department, a position that he held until 1992. Later he became the leader of CIP's Disease Management Program, Associate Director of Research and upon retirement in 1997 Scientist Emeritus.
"It is fitting that the CIP Plant Pathology Laboratory be dedicated in honor of Dr. French," said CIP Director General, Barbara H. Wells. "The scientific foundation laid by Dr. French in the early 70s has facilitated the many advances that CIP has laid claim to over the years in this discipline and we are thankful for his extensive contributions to science in general and CIP specifically."
Indeed the legacy of Dr. French is extensive. He has been honored with numerous titles and leadership roles throughout his career. He has been a visiting professor at the National Agrarian University of La Molina since 1967 and has served in leadership roles in several scientific societies among them are Asociacion Peruana de Fitopatologia and the American Phytopathological Society.
"Dr. French's legacy goes beyond the laboratory," remarked Oscar Ortiz, CIP Deputy Director General of Research and Development. "He has literally thousands of scientists and growers who he has either mentored directly or impacted indirectly through his prolific 50 year career."
The Dr. Edward French Plant Pathology Laboratory was dedicated in the presence of Dr. French, his family, CIP scientists past and present, and many Peruvian friends and colleagues or Dr. French.

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Plan And Get Directions For Multi-stop Itineraries On Android
My Route Directions - Multi-Stop Itinerary Planner
How to create routes with multiple destinations and show the directions for driving, delivering, commuting, walking, running and biking on Android.
For many users, Google Maps is the go-to app for looking up places and businesses and navigating to them. It supports a wide array of travel modes such as driving, public transit, walking and cycling.
You can also add multiple destinations to your trip:
 1. Choose a destination
 2. Opening the directions
 3. Change your starting point
 4. Open the 3-dot menu
 5. Choose the Add stop option
 6. Enter the new stop's address
Opening the 3-dot menu to add stop
You can add up to 9 stops and re-order the destinations by dragging them.
Route with multiple stops in Google Maps
As you could see, it's not very straightforward to create multi-destination routes as it involves many steps to just add a single point to the itinerary. Also, it doesn't provide a centralized solution where to save many routes for later use.
To simplify this process, the My Route Directions app can help you very easily create multi-stop routes and launch their directions using Google Maps any time you like. You can also get the directions for public transit routes with multiple destinations, which isn't possible with Google Maps.
My Route Directions
After installing My Route Directions on your Android device, open the app.
If you're prompted to allow it to access your device's location, choose the While using the app option.
Allowing access to the device's location
Click on the '+' button to start editing a new route. You can either navigate to your current location or search for places using the search bar.
Searching and navigating to places
Add as many locations and coordinates as you like. You can either long press the map or use the + button to add markers to the map. The starting point is indicated by the green marker.
Adding multiple destinations to the map
At any time, you can preview the current route's directions using Google Maps or in-app.
Viewing the itinerary directions on Google Maps
When you are satisfied with your planning, you can save the route by clicking the disk icon in the toolbar.
Saving a route
You can view your saved routes on the app's home page.
Displaying the saved routes
You can launch the directions of a particular route by clicking on its map's screenshot.
Viewing the itinerary directions on Google Maps


Falcons with Passport – Things You See Only in the UAE
Falcons are a significant part of the traditional culture of the UAE. With exact history not known as to when the Bedouins first started using them, Falcons have played a crucial role in the history of the United Arab Emirates. They have helped Bedouins hunt animals in the extreme hot desert environment. The one thing that set the Falcons apart from other predatory animals, is that they can be trained to deliver the hunt alive. This helped the Bedouins to ensure that the meat is halal.
Who are Bedouins?
Bedouins (or Bedawi in Arabic) are the oldest inhabitants of the deserts of Arabia. They are a nomadic group of desert-dwellers or local tribes who were always on the move. Bedouins used to travel thousands of kilometers in the deserts using just the sun and stars for navigation.
They were expert trackers, and it is believed that they could distinguish the footsteps of humans and animals in the sand, and also could say if the human being was a man or when and also could tell the approximate age of the person.
Bedouins were the first to use falcons for hunting and other pet purposes. But, today, Falcons are a symbol of one's status, and sometimes they sell for as high as $1 million each, making falcon trade attractive to smugglers. This is why the UAE Government has issues Passports for falcons too.
Falcon Passport in the UAE
Falcon Passport
The Ministry of Environment and Water can issue a falcon passport. This is usually valid for three years and costs around 130 USD. The falcon with a Passport gets an ID number which is tied to one of the legs of the falcon.
Falcons when traveling abroad go through the exact border control procedures as other travelers. The officials verify the ID number on passport and ensure the animal has got the same ID on his leg. Falcons get their Passport stamped when transferred abroad.
Falcon in Flight
Amusing Fact about Falcons:
They are the only animals in the UAE that are legally allowed to travel inside planes. However, Falcons can only travel in business and first class. So, next time if you see a falcon seated beside you, do not be surprised.
Lufthansa Airlines has a custom-designed "falcon tray" for the animals on-board.
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of their often harsh bush existence.
The North Island Brown Kiwi is found only in the upper two-thirds of the North Island. They are widespread in Northland in a diverse range of vegetation types including exotic forests and rough farm land.
Okarito Brown Kiwi
In one sense, the new kid on the block. It was only in 1993 that the Okarito Brown, living in lowland forest just north of Franz Josef was identified as a distinct variety of kiwi. Tell-tale signs are its slightly greyish plumage sometimes accompanied by white facial feathers.
Squat and round and bigger than their northern Brown Kiwi cousins, they can grow to almost the same size as Great Spotted Kiwi. The Southern Tokoeka are found in Fiordland and on Stewart Island. They are the most communal of the somewhat reclusive kiwi.
The Haast Tokoeka, found in the rugged mountains behind Haast, was also identified as a distant variety of Kiwi in 1993. They spend their summers in the high sub alpine tussock grasslands but probably retreat to the lowland forests in winter.
Kiwi Sightings -- Where You Can See Kiwi
Few of us get the chance to see a kiwi in the wild but Brown Kiwi can be seen at the following places:


Damage Threshold is a combat statistic in Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout Tactics. It was removed in Fallout 3, leaving Damage Resistance as the only armor statistic. However, it was restored in Fallout: New Vegas, before being removed yet again in Fallout 4.
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Fallout: New Vegas
See also: Combat damage
Imagine that there is an amount of damage that armor directly subtracts from damage… a "threshold" of damage, if you will. While a small percentage of damage may get through even the thickest armor, damage threshold can effectively neutralize a lot of small arms.J.E. Sawyer
Fallout: New Vegas mostly moves away from the exclusive use of Damage Resistance (DR) in Fallout 3, towards Damage Threshold (DT). Like in previous games, DT can function as an outright subtraction: if a shot is fired with a damage value of 40 against a DT of 10, then 10 damage will be ignored.
However, the sequence of calculations differs compared to previous games. DR is applied first. The value after this adjustment depends on any DR a player character has, which is capped to a DR of 85 (85%); however, DR above 80 does nothing, so the theoretical cap is 80.
DT applies after that, with a limit: the final damage taken cannot be lower than 20% of the base attack; if lower, it is overwritten to 20% instead.[1] For example, with 80 DR, DT will not do anything; however, with 70 DR against an attack of 10 damage, a DT of 1 will reduce the damage taken from 3 to 2, and DT above that will not help. Provided that a character's DR is 79 or less, any amount of DT is theoretically useful. Applying the previous example to an incoming attack of 100 damage, 70 DR and 1 DT would reduce damage instead from 30 to 29 - a much less significant reduction than 3 to 2.
So, to evaluate the earlier example, if an attack of 40 damage hits a character with 85 DR and 10 DT, the damage is first reduced to 6 (40 × 0.15 = 6), and then reduced by 10. The final result (-4) is less than 20% of the base attack (40 × 0.20 = 8), so the damage taken is raised to 8 instead.
Damage which is reduced to below the 20% minimum value is indicated with a shield icon next to the health bar (either the player character's, or the non-player character's). When all of an enemy's DT (if it is not 0 to begin with) is overcome with armor piercing attacks, then a broken shield icon will appear in its place instead. The shield icon is shown during V.A.T.S. and on the health bars once damage has been inflicted upon a target and will remain for 3 seconds afterwards.
The default value for DT is set at 0; this is then modified mainly by the DT value of armor and clothing worn. Other attributes can affect the DT value of a character, both permanently or temporarily. Perks and consumables can increase the player character's DT, while the Kamikaze trait reduces it. When attacking, the use of ammunition can modify the target's DT either way, with hollow point generally increasing their DT, and armor piercing decreasing it.
Difficulty and critical damage impact
As with the player character's damage, the difficulty multiplier of incoming damage is applied after the damage resistance and damage threshold calculations. For example, a regular deathclaw does 125 damage and Very Hard difficulty's inbound damage multiplier is ×2. If the player character has no DT and DR, the damage dealt is 250. If the player character has 40 DT and no DR, the damage becomes (125 – 40) × 2 = 170.
Unlike the difficulty multiplier, the critical damage is applied before the damage threshold calculations as it counts as the base damage. The deathclaw mentioned above deals an additional 125 damage when it crits, leading to an attack power of 250 on Normal difficulty. With 40 DT, the player character suffers from 210 damage instead, leading to 420 damage on Very Hard difficulty.
While unimportant in such a case, it becomes vital when the enemy has a low attack power, which is reset to 20% of the base damage due to the cap mentioned in the previous section. For example, a young deathclaw does 40 damage and if the Courier's DT is 40, the attack will deal 8 (40 × 0.2) damage on Normal difficulty. However, when a young deathclaw crits, it deals an additional 40 damage resulting in 80 total damage. With the player character's DT applied, the final damage becomes 40, surpassing the 20% cap and dealing the raw damage. On Very Hard difficulty, it leads to 16 (non-crit) and 80 (crit) damage, respectively.
Comparison between Damage Threshold and Damage Resistance. Implications
DR factor becomes much more important in extreme cases. Vanilla deathclaw (like any other enemy) will completely ignore the DT factor if the Courier has 80%+ DR (Med-X + Slasher + Battle Brew combo gives 85%) and deal 50 damage on very hard difficulty in any case, against any DT index, as the damage cannot be lower than 20% of its basic attack ((125 × 0.2 = 25) × 2 (very hard difficulty multiplier) = 50); its critical damage will be capped at 100 instead (compare to 500 raw crit damage against the Courier with no protection and 420 damage against the courier with 40 DT). The armor indicator will appear upon the hit as well, confirming the deathclaw is dealing it's minimum possible damage.
It means that when the Courier has to deal with high damaging opponents (like said deathclaws), the most reliable method is to increase DR to its maximum wearing no armor at all for faster movement – or the armor with the best possible buffs[2]. If the player has no Battle Brew (→ 50% DR), then, against the said deathclaw, 37.5 DT is needed to cap creature's damage to its minimum (125 × 0.5 = 62.5; 62.5 – 37.5 = 25).
As a more extreme example, take Legendary bloatfly from Old World Blues add-on. Its plasma damage is set to 300 (equal to that of deathclaw alpha male), becoming plain 600 on very hard difficulty. However, with 80%+ DR it's attack power is capped at 60 at normal and 120 at very hard difficulty, making it possible to survive several blasts for a high-level Courier. With 50 DT and no DR, surviving its attacks dealing 500 damage on very hard difficulty ((300 – 50) × 2) is possible only on a very high level. With 50% DR and 50 DT, the damage becomes 200 ((300 × 0,5 – 50) × 2) on very hard difficulty.
Interestingly, although no DT and DR of 50% makes very hard difficulty experience equal to no armor experience on normal difficulty, the DT factor alters the picture. If the normal difficulty deathclaw hits the player with no DR and DT of 40, it deals 85 (125 – 40) damage; however, the very high difficulty deathclaw hitting the Courier with 50% DR and 40 DT results in 50 damage instead (125 × 0,5 – 40 = 22,5; → override to 125 × 0,2 = 25; 25 × 2 = 50 (very hard multiplier applied)).
To sum up, high DT is enough against lowbut fast-damaging opponents (e. g., any fast-firing humanoids) unless they don't get critical hits; however, enemies with powerful attacks (mainly deathclaws and humanoids with explosives or single-action high-end weapon) should be countered with maximum DR instead.
 - Despite DT being the determining factor for armor in Fallout: New Vegas, when repairing armor, merchants will list DR instead. All armors when viewed from the repair screen have a DR of 0. This is fixed in patch 1.1.1.
 - In Fallout: New Vegas, the only articles of clothing that provide DR are the rebreather, which is acquired during the quest Volare!, the Vault 11 jumpsuit and the Scientist outfit.
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 2. It is important to note that, due to a bug, any armor worn with high DR will receive immense amount of damage when hit and degrade extremely quick. This makes no-armor choice much more preferable.


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The Mystery Goo™ Containment Unit is a science part used to expose a special goo to both atmosphere and vacuum, in an attempt to gain science. In career mode, it is available at the Start, at level 1 of the technology tree.
The unit is activated either via action group or right clicking the container and clicking observe mystery goo. The unit cannot be reused after its results are transmitted, unless it is cleaned via the Mobile Processing Lab MPL-LG-2 or a kerbal scientist on EVA. Like EVA reports, the science gained from observing the Mystery Goo varies depending on different conditions in flight.
|"||This unit was something one of our engineers came upon while dumpster divin-- Erm, while researching alternative applications for existing technologies. It's a sealed container which appears to be filled with a strange-looking substance. We couldn't reach in or break the canister open, but watching how the Goo behaves when subjected to different situations could be very educational.||"|
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Tramadol Use May Up Risk of Hypoglycemia Requiring Hospitalization
(HealthDay News) — Tramadol use is associated with an increased risk of hypoglycemia requiring hospitalization, especially in the first 30 days of use, according to a study published online December 8 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Jean-Pascal Fournier, MD, PhD, from the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, and colleagues compared the risk of hospitalization for hypoglycemia with tramadol use vs. codeine use. The authors conducted a nested case-control analysis within the United Kingdom Clinical Practice Research Datalink linked to the Hospital Episodes Statistics database. Cases of hospitalization for hypoglycemia were matched with up to 10 controls. A cohort analysis was performed comparing tramadol with codeine in the first 30 days after treatment initiation; a case-crossover analysis was also conducted which assessed exposure to tramadol in a 30-day risk period immediately before hospitalization for hypoglycemia, compared with 11 consecutive 30-day control periods.
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These are some excerpts taken from the book
"Fair is the Place" about early Cape Breton life.
Notes for RANALD MACDONALD:
Most of what follows is taken from "Fair Is The Place", by Mildred and
John Colin MacDonald of Judique, Nova Scotia.
Ranald MacDonald (Pioneer) was born on Eilean Shona, Scotland, on the
Baillie farm there. He was the son of James of Baillie and he followed
his father and brother Alasdair to Canada about 1796. Ranald was
probably married when he emigrated but his wife's name is unknown, and
unfortunately, nothing more is known of her. When Ranald came out to
Nova Scotia, he was more than likely accompanied by his wife and also by
his brother, Donald Ban. They probably landed at Pictou and then made
their way to the Arisaig area of Antigonish County where they would have
met up with other brother Alasdair (1730 - 1820's) and his family. No
doubt, their father James was either dying or already dead when they
arrived, so this must have saddened them. In 1798, Ranald and his family
crossed over to Long Point, Cape Breton, where he took up 180 acres just
south of his brother Alasdair's grant. Ranald's name and his son James
both appear in the 1818 census of Cape Breton.
In the years that followed their initial settlement, the "Clann Sheumais"
MacDonalds of Judique (named for James of Baille) developed a reputation
as strong fighters. Their men were considered proud and because they
were so often of such massive stature, they were rarely challenged
Notes for RANALD MACDONALD:
Ranald was of the first generation of our ancestors to be born in
Canada. When his generation came of age, there was no place left along
the shore to establish their homestead, so they were forced to clear the
lands in the back and build their homes there. So it was that Ranald and
Sarah settled in Rear Centennial where, it is believed, they built their
house in the 1820's. Ranald took over the property originally granted to
his brother James. Their house was built all of wood and there wasn't an
iron nail used in its construction. The house never know the luxury of
running water or electricity. There was not even a water pump in the
kitchen. Water had to be drawn from the well outside.
At some point in time, Ranald gave a half of his land to his son John
and the other half to son Joe and they, in turn, raised their own
families next door to each other along the Centennial Road.
Ranald and Sarah had seven children, four boys and three girls. Sarah
was born in Scotland in 1812 and was listed as a widow at age 59 in the
1871 census and head of house.
27. RANALD MACDONALD (JOHN, RANALD,
RANALD, JAMES OF
BAILLIE, DONALD MÓR, ALAISDAIR,
IAIN OG, IAIN
was born 1872 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and died July 10, 1938 in
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He married MARY JANE CHISOLM January 10, 1909
in St Paul's Church, Dorchester, Mass., daughter of ALLAN CHISOLM and
Notes for RANALD MACDONALD:
fishing to farming and so he tried to spend most of his time in pursuit
of the former. As a result, most of the farm chores were left to Mary
Jane, the children, and an occasional hired hand. Ranny, not unlike many
other men from the rear, would leave his home on Sunday night and not
return until Saturday evening. He would walk the five miles or so to the
shore where he had a shack equipped with a bed and a stove. He would
take with him provisions for a week's stay. He fished mostly for
lobsters from a dory in the waters in and around St. George's Bay.
Ranald, his wife, Mary Jane, and their family were the last of their
people to work the farm in Rear Centennial. Life on the farm had been
extremely harsh and difficult but because everybody around them lived
under the same conditions, the difficulties of everyday life were hardly
considered unusual. The farm was self-sustaining and, in spite of the
long, severe winters, there was usually ample food and wool to feed and
clothe a large family.
Mary Jane didn't leave the property for good until sometime in the
mid-sixties. By this time, most of the people had stopped farming for
their livelihood and had moved into newer homes with modern conveniences
closer to the main road, (Route 19).
One of the first ancestors to emigrate to
the United States below.
(JOHN, RANALD, RANALD, JAMES OF BAILLIE, DONALD MÓR,
ALAISDAIR, RUAIRI, ALAISDAIR, IAIN OG, IAIN MUIDEARTACH,
ALAISDAIR) was born 1874 in Centennial, CB, NS, and died February 7,
1944 in Portsmouth, NH. She married JAMES (SHEMAN GOUL) MACDONALD May
10, 1893 in Immaculate Conception Church, Portsmouth, NH, son of DOUGALD
MACDONALD and CATHERINE MACDONALD.
Notes for MARIAH MACDONALD:
Mariah MacDonald m.
James MacDonald on May 10th, 1893 at the Church of the Immaculate
Conception, Portsmouth, N. H. She was one of at least eight children
(four boys and four girls) born to John MacDonald and Catherine
MacEachern. She was born in the house believed to have been built by her
grandfather Ranald in the early 1820's. Her father was a farmer as were
all their neighbours and their house was located on the Centennial Road
between her uncle Joe's place on the south (her cousin, Mary Jess
O'Brien's family), and the MacInnis farm (more cousins) to the north.
Her husband, James, was known by his Gaelic nickname, "Sheman Goul"
(i.e., Jimmy, son of Dougald). He was the grandson of Peter and Margaret
MacDonald and the oldest of at least twelve children born to Dougald and
Katherine MacDonald of Creignish Rear and they lived on a farm at the
northeast quadrant of the crossroads in the Rear. However, when the
Empire census was taken in 1891, James was listed as a fisherman while
all his siblings were enumerated as farmers. James was the first of his
family to emigrate to the States. Local tradition has it that he
captained a fishing boat out of Gloucester, Mass. We know that his
brother Roderick (Rory) settled in Gloucester and he had at least one
son, Douglas, who visited Portsmouth a number of times. His brother, Dan
H., (the sixth son and eighth child), remained in the Rear and ran a
grocery store and post office at the crossroads.
According to Ann MacDonald Burke, Mariah's niece and daughter of Ranald,
James went off to the States to find work. When he was established, he
sent home for his young bride to be, Mariah, who was then nineteen years
old. They lived most of their years together at 30 Burkitt Street just a
few houses away from her sister, "Katie Bill" O'Brien. He died in N. H.
in December, 1943; she in early February, 1944.
Notes for JAMES (SHEMAN
James MacDonald m. Mariah MacDonald da. of John (Ranald) MacDonald and
Catherine MacEachern of Rear Centennial. (See pg. 399 Fair Is The Place
by Mildred and John Colin MacDonald). James was the only one of his
family listed as a fisherman. Local oral tradition has it that James
captained a fishing boat out of Gloucester, Massachusetts and when he
had enough money settled in Portsmouth, New Hampshire where he married
Mariah and raised his family. See also Notes on Mariah MacDonald.
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and night is gray with the graying black
but night is black, so we move on,
into dreams or out of dreams,
we chance upon a different color
and follow its rules, and say it is true
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the red of our eyes, the red over our bones
it is the shifting red, the red where the sun moves,
the red of replacement, the red of night-women,
the red that follows white, the sloughed-off red,
the silent but listening red.
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when its gray is reddened, it is blackened
The night is greened with horizons, a
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it speaks in bluish-green tones that are soft
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Measurement of static and total pressure is widely used to determine the flight conditions of aircrafts. Results of pressure measurements are used to monitor flight attitude, equivalent speed, Mach number, vertical velocity, etc. A variety of systems for monitoring of aircraft flight parameters based on different working principles exists today. The main objective of the study was to develop an improved design of an optical pressure sensor and algorithm for data acquisition and processing. The working principle of the developed optical pressure sensor is based on determination of the light spots position on the surface of photodetector array. The light spots are formed by radiation from light emitting diodes passing through the slotted shutter. The shutter is fixed to the elastic membrane which is displaced by pressure change. The obtained data is then processed by the microcontroller. The developed data acquisition and processing algorithm is based on the centroid-method. It allows to obtain the averaged result from n data points in one sequential poll of the photodetector array (where n is the number of slots in the shutter) increasing measurement accuracy. If the maximum measurement speed is required, the developed algorithm allows measuring the position of only a certain light spot thus increasing the measurement speed. The improved design together with the developed data processing algorithm increase speed and accuracy of measurements.
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THE ORIGIN OF THE BOTIJO
A botijo is a clay jug that is used for cooling water.
The function of the botijo is very simple: it is based on the
principles of evaporative cooling. The botijo is typically made of
a very porous material. Therefore, as the water within filters through the
pours of the clay, it evaporates once it passes through the miniscule holes
(capillaries) and comes into contact with the supposed dry
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well as from the liquid that remains within, while simultaneously lowering
its temperature. This phenomenon is know as the botijo effect.
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refrigerators. In Spain, where it's been used traditionally, the botijo
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Suppose I have two functions f1(x) and f2(x) that compute the same entity. Depending on the value of x one may be much faster than the other, or vice versa. It's apriori unknown which of the two functions will be faster for a given x.
So, I'd like like to run the two functions on the given x concurrently in parallel, and as soon as one produces an answer, I'd like to terminate the other function as well and return that answer. Please help me to design such a parallelized function concurrent_run(f1,f2,x) in Sage.
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After some googling and reading documentation, I have found that this can be done via standard Python's module multiprocessing as explained below.
First, we need our functions to store their results in a given queue, which can be done via a wrapper:
def func_wrapper(queue, func, x):
 queue.put( func(x) )
Then the concurrent run of f1 and f2 on x can be implemented as follows:
def concurrent_run(f1,f2,x):
 q = multiprocessing.Queue()
 p1 = multiprocessing.Process(target=func_wrapper, args=(q,f1,x))
 p2 = multiprocessing.Process(target=func_wrapper, args=(q,f2,x))
 p1.start()
 p2.start()
 res = q.get()
 p1.terminate()
 p2.terminate()
 return res
PS. Perhaps, we can simply use return q.get() without explicitly calling .terminate() methods and letting the corresponding Process classes to take care of a clean-up. On the other hand, for unresponsive processes we can use .kill() instead of .terminate() to force their shutdown.
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A simple solution proposed here using the @parallel decorator. It can easily be extended to other cases.
def use_all(f, algorithms):
 @parallel(len(algorithms), verbose=False)
 def h(alg):
 return f(algorithm=alg)
 for input, output in h(algorithms):
 return output, input[0][0]
and then
sage: set_random_seed(0)
sage: g = graphs.RandomGNP(20, .5)
sage: %time use_all(g.chromatic_number, ['DLX', 'MILP', 'CP'])
CPU times: user 2.61 ms, sys: 15.3 ms, total: 17.9 ms
Wall time: 63.4 ms
(6, 'DLX')
sage: g = graphs.RandomGNP(50, .3)
sage: %time use_all(g.chromatic_number, ['DLX', 'MILP', 'CP'])
CPU times: user 2.03 ms, sys: 11.8 ms, total: 13.8 ms
Wall time: 124 ms
(6, 'MILP')
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What's happening with the running threads upon return from the caller (use_all)? I suspect they may still be running in background until their normal completion, which would be a waste of resources.
Max Alekseyev gravatar imageMax Alekseyev ( 2021-10-27 14:41:33 +0200 )edit
I've tested this approach and it seems to work fine (ie. terminates the running threads upon return from the caller).
Max Alekseyev gravatar imageMax Alekseyev ( 2021-10-27 16:04:33 +0200 )edit
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It might work due to garbage collection killing the other spawned processes. I think @parallel uses fork rather than threads to avoid problems with Python's GIL. For what it's worth, I actually wrote the @parallel decorator in the first place, but can barely remember how it works. I just remember trying to find a simple-to-use "notation" at a Sage Days that would make it easy to do things in parallel in Sage, and @parallel seemed easy to sell :-).
William Stein2 gravatar imageWilliam Stein2 ( 2021-10-28 09:38:31 +0200 )edit
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I do not see there how to implement what I need. E.g. how to interrupt all parallelism as soon as one thread produced a result?
Max Alekseyev gravatar imageMax Alekseyev ( 2021-10-26 12:57:26 +0200 )edit
Apparently, @david-coudert was able to derive a simple solution from the @parallel decorator that was pointed by this link (the other process get interrupted once the first returns a result). Did you ever try ?
tmonteil gravatar imagetmonteil ( 2021-10-28 19:03:48 +0200 )edit
Yes, and I've accepted his solution. I've also added my own solution (based on multiprocessing module) above. Your link alone was not sufficient as the tricky part (terminating processes) is not described there.
Max Alekseyev gravatar imageMax Alekseyev ( 2021-10-28 19:38:33 +0200 )edit
It is not described in @david-coudert either, @parallel just works.
tmonteil gravatar imagetmonteil ( 2021-10-28 21:45:54 +0200 )edit
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1. Begin with a slightly melted ice cube in your mouth. Kiss your guy and pass it back and forth. As it gets smaller and smaller, hide it in different places so he has to try to find it with his tongue.
2. Use the ice cube to trace a chilly path along his naked body and then follow it with your tongue. The temp change will heighten his pleasure, while the anticipation of watching where your lips go will send him over the edge.
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There will be a lecture for alumni and staff, organised by the Division of Development and Alumni Relations, on Tuesday 21 September 2010 entitled "Urban Climate Change in Cities of the South: Disasters or slow invidious changes?". The lecture will be presented by Professor Caroline Moser, Professor of Urban Development and Director of the GURC (Global Urban Research Centre) in the School of Environment and Development.
The popular tendency to relate natural disasters to climate change means that slow, often imperceptive and consequently invidious, changes to the severity of weather receive far less attention. Yet, as recent research in Mombassa (Kenya) and Esteli (Nicaragua) show these may be more significant across cities of the South. These issues will be discussed in detail by Professor Moser.
The lecture will be held at the Manchester Conference Centre, Sackville Street at 6.30pm, with tea and coffee available from 6pm. The lecture is free to attend but advance booking is required. For more information or to reserve your place, please contact:
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Ventilators are crucial medical devices in treating COVID-19 patients. Here are some of the key challenges engineers face in their design.
Ventilators are the last line of defense against the coronavirus. They keep patients alive by delivering oxygen—often pure oxygen—when their lungs fill with fluid. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 40 percent to 70 percent of COVID-19 critical care patients in China received ventilation.
Hospitals around the world are facing shortages shortages of ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients. As manufacturers rise to the challenge, and shift their production lines to manufacturer ventilator, here are some of the key challenges engineers face when designing these vital machines.
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Most keyfobs out there that open cars, garage doors, and gates use a rolling code for security. This works by transmitting a different key every time you press the button. If the keys line up, the signal is considered legitimate and the door opens.
[Spencer] took a look into hacking rolling code keyfobs using low cost software-defined radio equipment. There's two pars of this attack. The first involves jamming the frequency the keyfob transmits on while recording using a RTL-SDR dongle. The jamming signal prevents the receiver from acknowledging the request, but it can be filtered out using GNU Radio to recover the key.
Since the receiver hasn't seen this key yet, it will still be valid. By replaying the key, the receiver can be tricked. To pull off the replay, GNU Radio was used to demodulate the amplitude shift keying (ASK) signal used by the transmitter. This was played out of a computer sound card into a ASK transmitter module, which sent out a valid key.


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You can use the search function in Taxi to search for projects, mailings and versions on your account. This saves time searching through pages of projects, mailings or versions. You can find the search function on the bottom left of your Taxi screen.
There are two things that we suggest to improve the search results:
1. There are advance search symbols:
'-' exclude documents that contain the term from the search results. The '-' operator only applies to individual terms.
For example, to exclude documents that contain the term email in the default search field, specify: '-email'. Searching for 'new -email' retrieves all documents that do not contain the term email, but do contain the term new.
'|' include documents that contain the term in the search results, even if they don't contain the other terms. The '|' operator only applies to individual terms.
For example, to include documents that contain either of two terms, specify: 'term1 |term2'. Searching for 'new email | campaign' includes documents that contain both 'new' and 'email', or the term 'campaign'.
'*' This matches results that contain the prefix followed by zero or more characters. You must specify at least one character as the prefix.
For example, to include documents that contain 'term1' or 'term2' or 'terminal', specify: 'term*'. Searching for 'term*' includes documents that contain any of the words that starts with 'term'.
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Penile cancer can start out as a tightening of the foreskin or a red blotch on the end of the penis (the glans) and can grow into a lump. The cancer can spread and affect parts of the groin called 'lymph nodes'. As a rare cancer, with approximately 400 new diagnoses in the UK every year, this condition is treated by specialist centres that are spread out across the regions of the UK. The standard treatment is to surgically remove the cancer and any lymph nodes that affected. The larger the cancer, the greater the amount of penile tissue that needs removing, which means that surgery can have implications for sexual relations and going to the toilet. Nevertheless, the surgery is technically uncomplicated, most men quickly recover good physical health and the chances of cure are high. We interviewed 27 men about their experiences of this condition. Select from the key topics below, choose from the full list of topics, or explore all the interviews.
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Let $Q=(Q_0,Q_1)$ be a quiver and $k$ a field. We construct a new quiver $\bar{Q}$ in the following way. Let the vertices of $\bar{Q}$ be the same as the vertices of $Q$, and let the arrows of $\bar{Q}$ be the arrows $Q_1$ together with arrows $\alpha ^* :j\rightarrow i$ for each arrow $\alpha :i\rightarrow j$ in $Q_1$, so $\bar{Q}_1=Q_1\cup Q_1^*$. The $\textbf{preprojective algebra}$ of the quiver $Q$ is defined as \begin{equation*} \mathcal{P}_k(Q)=k\bar{Q}/(\rho )\nonumber \end{equation*} where \begin{align*} \rho = \displaystyle \sum_{\alpha \in Q_1}[\alpha,\alpha^*]=\sum_{\alpha \in Q_1}(\alpha \alpha^*-\alpha^*\alpha) \end{align*} Let $\theta = \text{Ext}_{kQ}^1(D(kQ_{kQ}),kQ)$. We then have the isomorphism \begin{equation*} \mathcal{P}_k(Q) \cong T_{kQ}(\theta )\nonumber \end{equation*} which acts as identity on $kQ$, and which maps the arrows in $Q_1^*$ onto the augmentation ideal of $T_{kQ}(\theta )$. This is useful since the right side is easier to generalize. It also implies that the preprojective algebra is the sum of the preprojective modules. For a proof of the isomorphism see _URL_ or theorem 3.1 in _URL_
I am wondering why one studies the preprojective algebra? What was the original motivation? In the paper by Ringel he mentions that they occur naturally in diverse situations, and I was wondering if anyone is familiar with any such examples? The paper by Ringel is quite old so there are probably more recent examples as well.
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I can't speak for an original motivation, but from a modern (geometric) point of view, the reason the preprojective algebra is an interesting object is that the moduli stack of representations of the preprojective algebra is equal to the cotangent bundle of the moduli stack of representations of the original quiver Q.
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thanks for the answer, I really appreciated this insight. do you have a reference for this? – bananastack Apr 26 at 2:53
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COPY
[file-name | * ]
[ from-line to-line ]
[ { BEFORE | AFTER } line-label ]
Operands
file-name | *
The name of the file you wish to include in the edit data.
If a single * is entered, it requests the filename to be fetched from the current clipboard contents.
from-line to-line
Represents the starting line number, and ending line number, of the file you are copying from. If used, both the from-line and the to-line must be present, but need not be in ascending order. If one number is larger than the actual number of lines in the copied file, it is treated like the line number of the last line in the copied file was specified. If both numbers are larger than the actual number of lines in the copied file, the effect is the same as if an empty file were copied. When these numbers are omitted, the entire file is copied.
{ BEFORE | AFTER }
line-label
If specified, the file is copied before, or after, a defined line label.
If a before/after line label is not specified, the file is copied into the current edit file in one of the following ways:
 - before a B line command
 - after an A line command
 - repeatedly before the lines in a BB block
 - repeatedly after the lines in an AA block
 - into a H/HH block, replacing the existing lines in that H/HH block
Description
COPY adds a copy of data that already exists to the edit session.
To copy data into an empty file:
On the Command line, type:
COPY filename
The filename operand is optional. If you do not specify it, the standard Windows file open dialog will be displayed. You may then select the filename in this dialog.
Press Enter. The data is copied.
To copy data into an existing edit file:
Use the A, B, AA, BB, or H/HH line commands to indicate where the copied data is to be inserted, or use the BEFORE/AFTER line-label option
 - for the A or B command you may not enter a repeat value
 - for the AA and BB command you are allowed to specify the nth line option (see the Help for AA and BB line commands for details)
 - For the H/HH commands, mark off the line existing lines you want replaced by the file you are copying in
 - To copy the file before or after a label instead of using the A/B line commands, define a label and use BEFORE label or AFTER label.
On the Command line, type:
COPY filename
The filename operand is optional. If you do not specify it the standard Windows File Open dialog will be displayed. You may then select the filename in this dialog.
Press Enter. The data is copied.
Note: If the current edit session is not empty, and you do not specify a destination, you will be asked to provide one of the destination options described above.
Determining the Default Directory
When COPY is specified with no filename operand at all, or with just a simple unqualified filename, the default directory is used for searching for the file. Or, if an Open dialog is displayed, Open dialog's starting directory will be determined as follows:
If there is a named file being edited in the tab where the command is issued, then the path for named file is used as the default for the command.
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Can Chickens Lay More Than One Egg a Day?
If you have chickens, or are considering chickens, you might be wondering if it's possible for one chicken to lay more than one egg a day. This question can easily send you down a rabbit hole of research, looking into chicken fertility, breeds that lay the most, and how long chickens can be expected to produce eggs. But fear not! We have all the answers for you here.
How your chicken makes eggs
In order to understand how many eggs to expect from a chicken, it is useful to understand the chicken's reproductive cycle. According to this article from PennState Extension, this cycle begins within 30 minutes after the last egg was laid. At this point, a new yolk forms in the hen's ovary. Once the yolk is large enough, the egg can be fertilized. This initiates the process of growing the egg which takes a little more than 24 hours. During this period only one egg is produced.
At this point you might be thinking to yourself, "I'm certain I've heard someone say that their hen lays more than one egg!" While there may be rare hens that have this ability (and why not, if there are people with six fingers on one hand) they are certainly not the norm. There are several more likely answers though.
It can be pretty easy to miss an egg, especially if you're checking early in the morning before you've had a cup of coffee to perk you up. (I've been known to do this once or twice.) It's also possible that you hen has an odd laying cycle. If she dropped an egg late at night and then later in the morning the next time, it may seem like she dropped two eggs in a few hours when in reality we just missed her window.
This news might seem a little disappointing if you were having dreams of owning just one or two hens and having cartons upon cartons of fresh eggs to share with friends or neighbors. If we take a look at it from the chicken's perspective though, we can understand why laying one egg at a time is better for your bird.
According to Dr. Jacquie Jacob from the University of Kentucky, the way hens lay eggs is part of their nature as a prey species. Chickens lay once per day over a period of consecutive days. Because the eggs contain all the nutrients needed to feed the chicks for a few days after hatching, spacing the eggs out means that if a hen had to leave the nest to avoid a predator, she could come back a few days later and at least some of her young would still be healthy.
The eggs a hen lays in a group is called a clutch. Once the hen lays her clutch, she takes a little break to prepare for motherhood. This system of laying eggs in clutches is important to understand how many eggs a hen can produce in a year.
Why a chicken might not be laying eggs
When a hen lays all the eggs in a clutch, she needs a little break before she can start producing eggs again. If you have chickens, you might notice that your chicken does not always lay an egg every day, and this is part of the reason. A chicken's reproductive cycle is also very dependent on light.
Most hens require a certain number of hours of light each day to produce their egg. Under normal circumstances, hens ovulate before 3 pm each day, as long as they are experiencing a normal daylight cycle. Not getting enough sunlight could reduce your bird's fertility. Happiness and nutrition are also key to making sure your chicken consistently produces eggs.
Breeds that lay the most eggs
Some breeds of chicken can lay more eggs in a clutch meaning that they spend less time each year recovering and more time producing. These breeds tend to have smaller bodies, so they tend to be egg producers only instead of being used for eggs and poultry.
Breeds like the ISA Brown chicken are known for both high production (a whopping 300 eggs per year) and for being very docile. This breed is particularly popular with families and backyard farmers, as the hens tend to be calm and quiet.
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Another popular high-production breed is the Rhode Island Red. This chicken's size makes it a good dual-purpose bird. The Red can lay 250 eggs in a year, which is very impressive.
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If you've seen the old cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn, then you are already familiar with the Leghorn breed. The Leghorn is known for its pure white body and bright red comb, an iconic look. This distinctive white bird lays about 250 eggs in a year.
There are several other breeds that can lay 200 or more eggs in a year, and it can be a tough choice if you are shopping around. It is a great idea to consider what you need. If you plan to have your chicken coop in the backyard, a quiet or friendlier breed is a great choice. It is also helpful to consider how long you would like your chicken to produce eggs for, which brings me to my next point.
Hens produce less as they age
It is a natural part of the aging process for a hen to produce fewer eggs as she ages. According to the folks over at The Happy Chicken Coop hens typically produce the most eggs for the first 18 months to two years. At that point, commercial farmers typically cull their chickens and replace them with younger birds.
Producing more eggs over a shorter period of time will put more strain on a chicken's body. The exertion of constant production combined with genetic problems from breeding chickens for egg production only has an effect. This means that high yield hens like the ISA Brown are going to have shorter lives and more health problems, especially after they hit that two year mark.
If your goal is to have hens that will lay more consistently and for longer, it may be a good idea to look into a lower yield breed. Heritage hens, in particular, are known to be productive for five to seven years.
Although your chickens won't be laying several eggs per day, if you make sure that they are happy and healthy you will likely find that they still produce well. Understanding your hen's reproductive cycle and breed goes a long way in being happy tender of chickens. I hope you feel better informed and ready to start your own coop. Happy farming!
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How Much Acoustic Panelling Do I Need? Part 1: What Kind of Acoustic Environment Do You Want?
Posted by janine gliener on Nov 2, 2016 3:44:18 PM
So, you've decided that you want acoustic panelling in a space (see "How To Know When You Need Acoustic Panels In Your Room"). The obvious next question is "how much?"
The answer is ... there is no single right answer! What matters is what's right for YOU, based on who will be using the space and what they'll be doing there. But there IS a right PROCESS for deciding. And as with all project planning, it helps to begin with the end goal in mind and then take the steps that will achieve the goal.
Specifically, for an acoustic panels intallation the steps are:
 1. Qualitatively set the goal: What KIND of acoustic environment do you need?
 2. Acoustically quantify the goal ...
 3. Calculate the starting point ...
 4. Calculate the amount of sound absorption needed to get from start to goal ...
 5. Check the results against available space and budget
 ... then design your installation!
Sounds simple, right? Actually, room acoustics for most business, restaurant and home spaces ARE fairly straightforward, but it's a good idea to consult with a knowledgeable acoustics provider.
This post addresses the first step of the process. Later posts will complete the cycle.
What KIND of Acoustic Environment do you need?
It's said that "noise is in the ear of the listener". In other words, the difference between "sound" and "noise" depends on the when, where and who of the hearers. Music for example, is welcome sound at a party but it's likely noise when in the workplace. And "noise", pretty much by definition, is distracting and irritating!
Geoff Leventhall, an independent noise consultant and author says "The actual level of sound as objectively measured in decibels makes up only about 30 percent of how it is perceived. People's attitude can play a big part." This is worth a moment's consideration! While a good sound meter will reliably and consistently register the number of decibels, it's mostly up to the listeners to say whether something is loud or not! And those listeners may change their assessments, for different times, places and contexts!
A room's acoustics should be tuned to the desires and goals of the people who use it. Whether you are a design professional working on behalf of a client or planning for your own use, the ACOUSTICAL GOAL is the most important conversation to have with your acoustics professional.
Acoustics need to support the intended occupants, function and mood of the space. Who will be using the room? What will they be doing there? For example ....
Acoustics for conversation
There are many environments where people need to speak comfortably and hear easily. Speech discrimination is essential in schools for teaching and learning. In fact, there are usually regulated acoustic standards for classrooms, gymnasiums and specialty areas. Boardroom-Ginkgo-Acoustic-Panels.jpg
Meeting room acoustics: from large conference and boardrooms to small break-out spaces and private phone rooms, it's all about conversation. Many businesses and other organizations have installed expensive AV or telephone systems to allow remote participation. Sound distortion here is irritating and unproductive.
In these environments, speech discrimination is key and the acoustic goal is to support that. Acoustic panels will be used to reduce sound reverberation enough to enhance clarity of speech.

Acoustics for a party
Other environments call for a little more "buzz". When the atmosphere is more social or casual, we might include some music and want to be aware of the voices and energy of people around us. While the need for conversation in these social settings doesn't go away, it's not the only goal.
Restaurant acoustics: lively restaurants and clubs want an energetic mood and a social atmosphere. So we can get a little louder. A higher level of sound reverberation turns up the volume. The acoustics can be adjusted in a larger space, for quieter and louder areas.
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A note on specialized acoustics: Performing and recording environments, such as concert halls and churches, will have specific and usually complex acoustics requirements. In these situations, a highly trained acoustic engineer will likely be engaged to plan and design the installations.
Acoustics for an age
Many people are surprised to learn that we begin to lose our hearing as young as our 30's! And it's worsened by exposure to loud noise levels, such as live music or high volume through our earbuds and headsets. It's common now to hear even people in their 20's complain about not being able to have conversation in a noisy restaurant. And every decade thereafter, it gets tougher!
So the older the occupants, the greater the need for acoustic absorption.
Acoustics for everything & everybody!
Often one space will have multiple usages and people in it. A restaurant with a bar area, perhaps an open kitchen as well as dining room seating. A workplace with employees of many ages and temperments (introverts are getting a lot of attention these days!) as well as areas for collaboration and areas for individual work.
In these situations, acoustics zones can usually be configured to match the functional ones and the treatments can be varied within the space. The restaurant can keep the bar area more lively and at the same time allow comfortable conversation over a meal. Workplaces can support both teamwork and individual wellbeing and productivity, with a variety of permanent and moveable fixtures.
Now that we're clear on what we want to achieve, we can begin to plan the acoustic installation. Next posts in this series will talk about how to achieve the goals.

Acoustics With Design is a Canadian distributor bringing beautiful products to the Canadian acoustics market. This is the first in a series of posts on the subject of planning acoustic panel installations, that will address when, where and how acoustic panels can enhance built environments and user experiences.
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It began with the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve (DDCR). Working alongside the Dubai Government, Emirates established this reserve to protect critical desert habitat and a variety of endangered species – it is still the largest protected area in the UAE today. The DDCR was also the first conservation area officially protected in the UAE, with a constitution and environmental law dedicated to ensuring its status as a nature reserve.
The DDCR takes up a massive 225km2, or 5% of Dubai's total land mass, and also includes a leading conservation-based luxury resort. As well as protecting several endangered large mammal species, such as the Arabian and Scimitar-horned Oryx, the DDCR is a major contributor to both local scientific research and conservation efforts.
100% of all visitor revenue from DCCR is spent on conversation and wildlife care, with Emirates also sponsoring a dedicated conservation team of eight ecologists and wildlife specialists.
After five years of planning, Emirates opened the 1,250 hectare Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa in October 2009 – one of Australia's first luxury conservation resorts. Nestled in the Wolgan Valley beneath spectacular sandstone escarpments, this environmentally sensitive resort is in keeping with the unique wilderness of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage area in New South Wales – about 2.5 hours drive from Sydney. Bordering the Wollemi and Gardens of Stone National Parks, guests enjoy a true wilderness experience during their stay – while still enjoying the finest luxury hospitality.
The resort buildings themselves take up less than 2% of the conservation reserve, and have been designed with green buildings principles in mind – they boast the latest designs to minimise energy and water consumption, such as heat pumps, solar panels and passive ventilation systems. To show this commitment, Emirates was proud to announce that, on opening, the Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa became the first carboNZero©™ certified hotel in the world, and the first carbon neutral resort in the world to be certified through an internationally accredited greenhouse gas programme.
The property is located a short distance from a secret canyon in the Wollemi National Park, in which the Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis) was discovered by an intrepid naturalist in 1994. The Wollemi Pine belongs to a 200 million year old plant family, the Araucariaceae, and its discovery in modern times has become one of the most exciting botanical finds of the century. The significance of its discovery has been compared to the equivalent of finding a live dinosaur in the present time. A number of Wollemi Pine specimens have been planted in an appropriate habitat on site, and its distinctive leaves are the basis for the resort's emblem.
Emirates invested over 125 million USD into this project to ensure the conservation of the unique biodiversity of this region. The property was previously used for cattle grazing and suffered numerous environmental stresses from streambank erosion and vegetation clearance to infestation with feral animals and weeds. Cattle have now been removed from the site and an extensive revegetation programme has been undertaken to stabilise eroding waterways and re-establish vegetation and wildlife corridors.
The whole property is now being used as a private reserve for the conservation of the region's endangered species and the reintroduction of native flora and fauna. Emirates has planted over 125,000 native trees and shrubs across the site and is actively removing feral animals and introduced plant species.
Many small native animal species in the greater Blue Mountains area have been driven to extinction, falling victim to introduced predators such as feral cats, foxes and wild dogs. Emirates has been conducting research into predator control and habitat protection of these species in conjunction with local conservation groups and academic institutions – trialling the use of 'feral-proof' fencing and targeted pest eradication programmes.
Recent sightings of endangered species at Wolgan Valley have included Red-headed Flying Foxes feeding on flowering eucalyptus trees and large numbers of Bronze-winged and Wonga Pigeons. There have also been sightings of Regent Honeyeaters and Spotted-tailed Quolls in the tree line along Carne Creek at night. Quolls (pictured) are medium sized carnivorous marsupials that are at risk from foxes and feral cats and uncontrolled baiting and trapping. This year has seen the Red-rumped Parrot increase in numbers along with the Eastern Rosella and other parrots. With more medium sized parrots available, the Peregrine Falcon will have more food for its young.


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Same Soul, Many Bodies (Kobo eBook)
The bestselling author of Many Lives, Many Masters breaks new ground to reveal how progression therapy into future lives can help transform us in the present.
How often have you wished you could peer into the future? In Same Soul, Many Bodies, Brian L. Weiss, MD, shows us how. Through envisioning our lives to come, we can influence their outcome and use this process to bring more joy and healing to our present lives. Dr. Weiss pioneered regression therapy—guiding people through their past lives. Here, he goes beyond that to demonstrate the therapeutic benefits of progression therapy—guiding people through the future in a scientific, responsible, and healing way.
Through dozens of case histories detailing both past-life and future-life experiences, Dr. Weiss shows how the choices that we make now will determine our future quality of life. From Samantha, who overcame academic failure once she learned of her future as a great physician, to Evelyn, whose fears and prejudices ended after she envisioned prior and forthcoming lives as a hate victim, Dr. Weiss gives concrete examples of lives transformed by regression and progression therapy.
A groundbreaking work, Same Soul, Many Bodies is sure to deeply affect peoples' lives as they strive toward their future


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Cell Selection and Re-Selection
Cell selection entity handles the cell selection/ reselection functionality, it is responsible for selecting the most suitable cell to camp on for the UE. The cell selections are made on different parameters. These parameters include the Power parameters and the parameters included in the system information Broadcasts.
Cell Selection Criteria
In order to be the candidate for a suitable or acceptable cell, the following criterion is to be met:
Srxlev > 0
Srxlev = Qrxmeasured – Qrxlevmin – Pcomposition
Cell Re-Selection Criteria
The cell reselection is performed on the basis of the ranking of the current and the neighboring cells. The ranking is performed on the basis of the following R values
Rs = Qmeas,s + Qhysts
Rn = Qmeas,n – Qoffsets,n
Cell Selection Process Diagram
In the Idle mode the CSE performs the following tasks in order to select a cell:
1. When a PLMN is selected the cell selection is made through one of the cell selection procedures
2. If suitable cell is found the UE camp normally on the cell.
3. In camp normally state the cell reselection is made depending upon the triggers described later in this document.
4. If no suitable cell found in 2, the UE searches for an acceptable cell and enters the camp on any cell state
5. In camp on any state the cell reselection is made depending upon the triggers, if no suitable cell found the UE move to any cell state
6. If suitable cell found in 5 the UE move to the camp normally state.
7. In either state i.e. camped normally or camped on any when ever the UE returns from the connected mode to the idle mode the UE tries to camp on the last cell used for camping in the connected mode.
8. In case last cell in 5 is not a suitable or acceptable cell, procedure 1 and 4 are repeated depending upon the camped state.
The following figure shows the process diagram of the cell selection and re-selection
in idle mode for LTE.