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This miner's hat is rock hard. It was found in a mine in Tasmania where it had been covered with water for more than 50 years.
Over that time the chemicals in the water precipitated within the open structure of the felt material of the soft hat, thus turning the soft hat into stone by a process called calcification, which means that solid calcium carbonate has impregnated the original felt material of the hat.
The hat is now on display in a mining museum on Tasmania's west coast.
This quick-forming'stone' hat adds weight to the claims that creation scientists are correct when they say that thousands or millions of years are not needed to form rocks and fossilize animals and plants.


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Planting Seeds for the Future
The farm was recently profiled in emPower Magazine. Executive Director Pertula George shares the importance of hands-on experience on the farm for all age groups and opportunities for everyone to learn how to grow their own food and make healthy food choices in accomplishing the ultimate goal of "serving as a replicable model of a community-based urban food system." These broad changes start at home, and education-driven community building is fundamental to the mission of Common Good.
Anita Adalja, our Urban Grower, was featured in Express, where she shared her own focus on community engagement by showing others how to grow food, and teaches workshops in DC about pest control, composting, and other practical skills. Innovative initiatives such as Green Tomorrows and LEAF have put Common Good at the forefront of food justice work here in Washington, DC, inspiring staff, volunteers and community members alike.

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Presence Detection using Bluetooth and WiFi
Home automation often relies on the ability to detect whether someone is present within the house. This information can then be used to perform different action as appropriate. Most people have a mobile phone on them so we can use the presence of, or lack of, these devices to relatively accurately determine whether someone is home or not.
Bluetooth Presence Detection Script
The devices dictionary holds a set of key:value pairs. In this case the key is the name of the switch set up in OpenHab to hold the status and the value is the Bluetooth device address. Additional key:value pairs will allow you to include more devices as necessary. Provided that Bluetooth on the device is switched on (it doesn't have to be set to discoverable) and the device is within range, the script should be able to detect it.
#!/usr/bin/env python
import bluetooth
import time
import requests
devices = {
 'Person1BT': '00:00:00:00:00:00',
 'Person2BT': '00:00:00:00:00:00',
 'Person3BT': '00:00:00:00:00:00',
 'Person4BT': '00:00:00:00:00:00'
 }
while True:
 print "Checking Bluetooth Devices"
 for (switch, deviceaddress) in devices.items():
 print "Checking " + switch + "("+ deviceaddress +")"
 try:
 current = requests.get("http://localhost:8080/rest/items/"+switch+"/state")
 result = bluetooth.lookup_name(deviceaddress, timeout=5)
 print "Located Devices: " + str(result)
 if (result != None and current.text =="OFF"):
 r = requests.put("http://localhost:8080/rest/items/"+switch+"/state",data='ON')
 elif (result == None and current.text =="ON"):
 r = requests.put("http://localhost:8080/rest/items/"+switch+"/state",data='OFF')
 else:
 print "Nothing Needs Changing"
 except:
 print "Couldn't Connect"
 time.sleep(5)
WiFi Presence Detection Script
The devices dictionary holds a set of key:value pairs. In this case the key is the name of the switch set up in OpenHab to hold the status and the value is the IP address assigned to the device. Additional key:value pairs will allow you to include more devices as necessary. This script assumes that a device will always have the same IP address so your router should be set up accordingly. This will send one ping packet (-c1 ) silently (-q ) to the device, waiting a maximum of one second (-W 1 ) for a response. Whether or not the device can be located is determined by looking at the ping process' exit code:
Success: 0
No reply: 1
Other error: 2
#!/usr/bin/env python
import subprocess
import time
import requests
devices = {
 'Person1WIFI': '192.168.1.1',
 'Person2WIFI': '192.168.1.2',
 'Person3WIFI': '192.168.1.3',
 'Person4WIFI': '192.168.1.4'
 }
while True:
 print "Checking WiFi Devices"
 for (switch, ipaddress) in devices.items():
 print "Checking " + switch + "("+ ipaddress +")"
 try:
 current = requests.get("http://localhost:8080/rest/items/"+switch+"/state")
 result = subprocess.call('ping -q -c1 -W 1 '+ipaddress+' > /dev/null', shell=True)
 print "New Value: (0 = present, 1= not):" + str(result)
 if (result == 0 and current.text =="OFF"):
 r = requests.put("http://localhost:8080/rest/items/"+switch+"/state",data='ON')
 elif (result != 0 and current.text =="ON"):
 r = requests.put("http://localhost:8080/rest/items/"+switch+"/state",data='OFF')
 else:
 print "Nothing Needs Changing"
 except:
 print "Couldn't Connect"
 time.sleep(5)
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rajkotupdates.news : zydus needle free corona vaccine zycov d
Zydus Needle-Free Corona Vaccine Zycov-D: The World's First DNA-Based Vaccine
Zydus Cadila, a leading Indian pharmaceutical company, has developed the world's first needle-free COVID-19 vaccine, ZyCoV-D, which has recently received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) . The vaccine is built on a DNA platform and is administered using The PharmaJet®, a needle-free applicator that ensures painless intradermal vaccine delivery . This article provides an in-depth analysis of the Zydus needle-free corona vaccine, including its development, efficacy, administration, and safety.
Development of ZyCoV-D
ZyCoV-D is a three-dose vaccine that uses a plasmid DNA platform to produce the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus . The vaccine is designed to elicit an immune response against the spike protein, which is responsible for the virus's entry into human cells . The vaccine's development involved preclinical studies followed by clinical trials that included over 28,000 volunteers across India . The interim results of the clinical trials showed that the vaccine was safe and well-tolerated, with no serious adverse events reported . The vaccine also demonstrated an efficacy rate of 66.6% against symptomatic COVID-19 cases .
Efficacy of ZyCoV-D
The efficacy of ZyCoV-D has been a subject of debate since the vaccine's approval. While the vaccine's efficacy rate of 66.6% may seem lower than other COVID-19 vaccines, it is important to note that the vaccine was tested during the second wave of the pandemic in India, when the Delta variant was dominant . The vaccine's efficacy against the Delta variant is yet to be determined, but the company has stated that it expects the vaccine to be effective against the variant . Moreover, the vaccine has shown promising results in preventing severe disease and hospitalization, which are the primary goals of any COVID-19 vaccine .
Administration of ZyCoV-D
ZyCoV-D is administered using The PharmaJet®, a needle-free applicator that delivers the vaccine through the skin . The applicator uses a high-pressure stream of fluid to penetrate the skin's outer layer and deliver the vaccine into the intradermal tissue . The needle-free delivery system eliminates the need for needles and syringes, making the vaccine administration painless and reducing the risk of needle-stick injuries . The vaccine can be stored at 2-8°C, making it easier to transport and store than other COVID-19 vaccines that require ultra-cold storage .
Safety of ZyCoV-D
ZyCoV-D has been found to be safe and well-tolerated in clinical trials, with no serious adverse events reported . The vaccine's safety profile is expected to be similar to other DNA vaccines that have been approved for human use . However, as with any new vaccine, long-term safety data is yet to be established. The company has stated that it will continue to monitor the safety of the vaccine through post-marketing surveillance .
zycov d prons and cons
As with any vaccine, ZyCoV-D has its own set of pros and cons. Here are some of the potential advantages and disadvantages of this vaccine:
Needle-free delivery: ZyCoV-D is administered using a needle-free injector called the PharmaJet, which is a more comfortable option for individuals who are afraid of needles.
Efficacy: The clinical trials for ZyCoV-D have shown promising results in terms of efficacy. In a phase 3 clinical trial, the vaccine was found to be 66.6% effective against symptomatic COVID-19 cases.
Safety: The clinical trials have also shown that ZyCoV-D is generally safe and well-tolerated, with few side effects reported.
Production and distribution: ZyCoV-D is easier and less expensive to manufacture than some of the other COVID-19 vaccines, and it can be stored at normal refrigerator temperatures, which makes it easier to distribute.
Limited data: Although the clinical trials have shown promising results, there is still limited data available on the long-term safety and efficacy of ZyCoV-D.
Emergency use authorization: ZyCoV-D has been authorized for emergency use in India, but it has not yet been fully approved by regulatory agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Availability: ZyCoV-D is currently only available in India, and it may be difficult to obtain in other parts of the world.
Age restrictions: The vaccine has been authorized for use in individuals aged 12 years and above, which means it is not yet available for younger children.
It is important to discuss the potential benefits and risks of any vaccine with a healthcare provider to determine the best course of action for an individual's specific situation.
delivery or distribution of the Zydus Cadila's needle-free COVID-19 vaccine, ZyCoV-D.
ZyCoV-D is an indigenously developed DNA vaccine for COVID-19 that received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the Drug Controller General of India in August 2021. The vaccine is administered via a needle-free injector and is the first such vaccine to receive EUA in India.
Regarding the delivery or distribution of the vaccine, it is up to the Indian government and the vaccine manufacturer to decide on the distribution strategy. However, reports suggest that the vaccine will initially be supplied to the Indian government for its vaccination program and may be available in private hospitals and clinics at a later stage.
As for the coverage or number of people vaccinated with ZyCoV-D, there is no specific information available yet, as the vaccine has just received EUA and has not yet been widely distributed.


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Ocracoke Light Station Rehabilitation
Buildings associated with the Ocracoke Light Station complex include the Double Keepers' Quarters, carpenter's shop, store house, cisterns, privy, oil house, generator house and lighthouse. The Ocracoke Lighthouse was built in 1823 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is the oldest functioning lighthouse in North Carolina and the second oldest lighthouse still in service in the United States. A wooden picket fence encloses the station, and several historic live oak and eastern red cedar, and two bald cypress trees survive in the landscape near the dwelling.
In the wake of recent storm damage and flooding events and in consideration of future impacts exacerbated by climate change and sea level rise, the National Park Service is proposing to sustainably rehabilitate the Ocracoke Light Station and mitigate reasonably foreseeable flooding impacts to this site.
The project is needed because historic structures have been damaged from recent storms and, if the buildings are left as they are, it is expected they will be damaged further by future storms. Furthermore, the site has evolved with the addition, alteration, and demolition of structures over the years to meet the needs of the Seashore, and rehabilitation of these structures is needed to assist with storm recovery and preservation.
The Seashore needs guidance on a sustainable path forward that considers the longevity
and sustainability of any changes considered.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore (the Seashore) is considering rehabilitation options for the Ocracoke Light Station on Ocracoke Island, NC.


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One of the main issues related to routing problems applied in an urban context with uncertainty related to the transportation costs is how to define realistic instances. In this paper, we overcome this issue, providing a standard methodology to extend routing instances from the literature incorporating real data provided by sensors networks. In order to test the methodology, we consider a routing problem specifically designed for City Logistics and Smart City applications, the multi-path Traveling Salesman Problem with stochastic travel costs, where several paths connect each pair of nodes and each path shows a stochastic travel cost with unknown distribution.
|Titolo:||The Multi-path Traveling Salesman Problem with Stochastic Travel Costs: Building Realistic Instances for City Logistics Applications|
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The need for a multidimensional measure of population health that accounts for its distribution remains a central problem to guide the allocation of limited resources. Absolute proxy measures, like the infant mortality rate (IMR), are limited because they ignore inequality and spatial clustering. We propose a novel, three-part, multidimensional mortality indicator that can be used as the first step to differentiate interventions in a region or country. The three-part indicator (MortalityABC index) combines absolute mortality rate, the Theil Index to calculate mortality inequality and the Getis-Ord G statistic to determine the degree of spatial clustering. The analysis utilises global sub-national IMR data to empirically illustrate the proposed indicator. The three-part indicator is mapped globally to display regional/country variation and further highlight its potential application. Developing countries (e.g. in sub-Saharan Africa) display high levels of absolute mortality as well as variable mortality inequality with evidence of spatial clustering within certain sub-national units ("hotspots"). Although greater inequality is observed outside developed regions, high mortality inequality and spatial clustering are common in both developed and developing countries. Significant positive correlation was observed between the degree of spatial clustering and absolute mortality. The proposed multidimensional indicator should prove useful for spatial allocation of healthcare resources within a country, because it can prompt a wide range of policy options and prioritise high-risk areas. The new indicator demonstrates the inadequacy of IMR as a single measure of population health, and it can also be adapted to lower administrative levels within a country and other population health measures.
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Campus: San Diego State University -- February 9, 2005
SDSU, Mexican University Complete Comprehensive Tijuana
River Watershed Atlas
Researchers at San Diego State University, along with partners around San Diego
and at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF) in Mexico, have completed the most
comprehensive set of geographical data ever assembled about the Tijuana River
watershed, a crucial step toward successful long-term planning and management
for the fast-growing binational area.
The Tijuana River Watershed Atlas, in development for nearly a decade, includes
approximately 80 photographs, maps, and text in English and Spanish. It captures
much of the diversity and complexity of the watershed, a 1,750-square-mile drainage
basin that stretches from the Pacific Ocean at the Tijuana River Estuary north to
Mount Laguna and southeast into remote mountains and valleys located well inside
Richard Wright, professor of geography at SDSU and Rafael Vela of COLEF, general
editors of the project, said the new atlas is an important breakthrough because
it presents the first unified view of the watershed as seen by scholars on both
sides of the border.
"For the first time, policymakers and planners from the United States and Mexico
can work from a common set of data," Wright said. "That has been one of the
impediments to binational cooperation over the watershed in the past. If you're
not working with the same information, how can you productively discuss your
similarities and differences of opinion?"
The atlas, a boxed set of dozens of maps, photos and text each suitable for display
on a wall, includes many types of data, ranging from topography and climate
information to human population and land use patterns.
In addition to serving as a policy and planning tool, Wright said the atlas also
serves as an effective educational aid for demonstrating how the two nations are
intertwined by the watershed's systems and landscape. More than 200 copies of the
atlas are being provided to the San Diego Natural History Museum for use in the
PROBEA project, a binational environmental teacher education program. Some
copies of the atlas will be available to other educational agencies at no cost.
Compiling the atlas was a challenging endeavor at times, Wright said. The
researchers had to arrange for National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) aircraft to fly over Mexican airspace to take aerial photographs of the
areas of the watershed south of the border. SDSU partnered with the San Diego
Association of Governments to obtain needed satellite imagery. Common classification
systems had to be created in English and Spanish for some data, such as land use.
In some cases, maps required extensive field work and many months of labor to
For more information or to obtain copies of the atlas, call _PHONE_ or
visit _URL_ Funding for
research and production of the Tijuana River Watershed Atlas was provided by the
Southwest Consortium for Environmental Research and Policy, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, NOAA, and SDSU's Institute for Regional Studies of the
Californias (IRSC) and Department of Geography Center for Earth Systems Analysis
Research. Harry Johnson of the Department of Geography was the chief cartographer
for the atlas and Paul Ganster, director of IRSC, was the principal text editor.
Media Contact: Jason Foster,
_EMAIL_, _PHONE_

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text: We perform second-harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy with circularly polarized (CP) light to measure chirality of individual twisted-cross gold nanodimers. The chiral signatures, based on different SHG response for the two CP components of incident light, are clearly visible even with off-resonance excitation. The SHG responses of individual nanodimers are found to vary by about a factor of five. The technique thus has very high sensitivity to the nanoscale deformations of the structure. The chiral signatures of the dimers, however, are found to be more uniform, and the technique is thus able to recognize the handedness of the twisted nanodimers with high reliability.


Nicomedes II King of Kingdom of Bithynia from 149 BC to 127 BC.
Nicomedes II was the king of Bithynia from 149 to c. 127 BC. He was the son and successor of Prusias II and Apame IV. He was so popular with the people that his father sent him to Rome to limit his influence. However, in Rome, he also gained favor from the Roman Senate, forcing Prusias to send an emissary named Menas with secret orders to assassinate him. But the emissary revealed the plot, and persuaded the prince to rebel against his father.
Supported by King Attalus II of Pergamon, he was completely successful, and ordered his father to be put to death at Nicomedia. During his long reign Nicomedes adhered steadily to the Roman alliance, and assisted them against the pretender to the throne of Pergamon Eumenes III. He was succeeded by his son Nicomedes III.
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text: Changes in annual, June-September and March-May rainfall and rainy days herein (defined as a day with rainfall greater than 1 mm) have been analysed based on 11 key stations located in different climatic zones of Ethiopia over the common period _PHONE_. The progressive Mann-Kendall trend test shows that there is no trend in the annual rainfall total, the seasonal rainfall total or rainy days over central, northern and northwestern Ethiopia in the period _PHONE_. In contrast, the annual and the June-September total rainfalls for the eastern (Jijiga, 137 mm/decade), southern (Negele, 119 mm/decade) and southwestern (Gore 257 mm/decade) stations show a significant decline since about 1982. Correlation analysis shows that the decline of rainfall in eastern, south and southwestern Ethiopia is caused by the corresponding persistent warming of the South Atlantic Ocean over the period approximately from 1986 to 2002. The sea-surface temperature (SST) over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean is not significantly correlated with the main rainfall of the semi-arid lowland areas of eastern, southern, and southwestern Ethiopia, except at marginal zones in transition to the Ethiopian Highlands.June-September rainfall over the Ethiopian Highlands is positively correlated to the equatorial east Pacific sea-level pressure and the southern oscillation index, and negatively correlated to SST over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean as expected, confirming again that warm El Niño-southern oscillation episodes are associated with below-average June-September rainfall over the Ethiopian Highlands.


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Northern Pine Snake - September 2003 Species of the Month
If unexpectedly encountered on the trail or in the
woods, this large, white-and-black patterned snake would most likely vibrate
its tail, hiss loudly, and then try to escape. Though its bold appearance
and actions may fool or scare some people, this particular species of
snake is not venomous. In fact, it is harmless to people and is a beneficial
predator in nature.
The Northern pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus
melanoleucus) is a threatened species in New Jersey and was the September
Species of the Month. The designation was part
of a yearlong program to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the New
Jersey Endangered Species Conservation Act and the formation of DEP's
Endangered and Nongame Species Program (ENSP).
Northern Pine Snake
Coiled Northern Pine Snake
Northern Pine Snake on sand
Northern PIne Snake
In Search of a Secretive Snake...
- There are four types of pine snakes that
can be found in the United States. The northern pine snake is
found in the Northern and Eastern-Central regions of the country,
in areas with sandy soils and dry upland forests. The population
distribution of this pine snake is spotty and all indications
suggest that pine snake abundance is decreasing throughout the
- The New Jersey Pinelands may provide residence
for some of the largest populations of pine snakes in the Northeast,
but even in the protected Pinelands this species may be at risk.
- The northern pine snake is known for being
secretive and is therefore challenging to study and detect.
This species of snake, which rarely climbs vegetation and prefers
to be on the ground, has the ability to tunnel underground and
excavate its own nests, summer dens and places to hibernate.
Therefore, scientists believe that it prefers the more pliable
sandy soils and forested areas of the Pinelands.
- The northern pine snake populations in
New Jersey have been affected by a loss of habitat due to development,
illegal collecting (due to its popularity as a pet), and other
more individualized behavior such as the thoughtless killing
of snakes by hikers, automobile drivers and users of off-road
- Department biologists in the Endangered
and Nongame Species Program have created a technique for
using land cover and soils information to produce maps of potential
pine snake habitat. They used scientific literature, information
from pine snake experts and the DEP's
Geographic Information Systems and wildlife databases to
develop the maps. These maps, which depict potential pine snake
habitat, have been completed for the southern New Jersey Pinelands.
Biologists plan to compare known locations of pine snakes with
the mapped habitat to help refine the mapping criteria and guide
future management plans.
Northern Pine Snake Facts
- The northern pine snake can grow to 5 feet to 7
feet long and has a black and dull white pattern. There are dark blotches
along the top and sides of the body which are less distinct in the front
part of the body and more distinct in the hind part. The belly is white
with rows of black dots along either side.
- This species of snake has a small pointed
head with a tipped snout and thick neck, which are helpful when
it moves soil around or burrows. It also has a special scale at
the front of its snout that shields its nose and protects it as
it tunnels underground. In fact, much of its time is spent hidden
- The pine snake is a nonvenomous constrictor.
It kills its prey by coiling itself around it in order to suffocate
the animal. Pine snakes are known to eat mammals as large as rabbits,
as well as small rodents and birds. They are usually most active
in early morning or late afternoon when they leave their burrows
- Pine snakes are egg-layers and typically
lay their eggs in underground nests that they excavate in open
sandy areas. Eggs are usually laid in mid-summer, and adult females
have the tendency to re-use their nest sites year after year.
|Ways You Can Help
- Avoid killing a snake if encountering one in a
natural area, either when you are traveling on foot or in a vehicle.
Back away slowly and do not disturb it.
Anyone who is interested in reptiles and amphibians
and enjoys being outdoors can become a volunteer with the Herp
Atlas Project. Department staff and volunteers are collecting
data on the locations and abundance of all reptile and amphibian species
throughout the state. This data will be used to map the critical habitat
and distribution of these species, which will allow the agency to
better plan for the state's wildlife conservation efforts.
- Attention, observant nature lovers! Department
staff would like to learn about your sightings of an endangered, threatened or rare
species in New Jersey. To file a report of a sighting, download and
complete the Threatened and Endangered Species
Report Form. This data helps biologists and wildlife managers to
look at habitat and population trends and then develop appropriate conservation
Conserve Wildlife special interest license plate for your vehicle. It's
tax-deductible, with 80% of the payment benefiting New Jersey's Endangered
and Nongame Species Program.
Do you enjoy learning about New Jersey wildlife? Being
outdoors? Interacting with the public? Assisting with meaningful volunteer
If so, join the Wildlife Conservation Corps,
the state's largest natural resource management volunteer group. Volunteer
opportunities are diverse and include lending assistance with trout stocking;
operating check stations; maintaining shooting ranges; and instructing
the public. Adults interested in public speaking are also invited to join
the Corp's Endangered and Nongame Species Program's
Speakers Bureau. The bureau provides speakers to organizations interested
in learning more about New Jersey's threatened and endangered species.
Want to learn new information quickly about New Jersey
wildlife? The Division of Fish and Wildlife offers eight E-mail "mailing
list" choices to the public. Visit the E-mail
List Subscription Page to learn more about this free service and how
to sign up.


text: In this work, we propose a feasible 3D video generation method to enable high quality visual perception using a monocular uncalibrated camera. Anthropometric distances between face standard landmarks are approximated based on the person's age and gender. These measurements are used in a 2-stage approach to facilitate the construction of binocular stereo images. Specifically, one view of the background is registered in initial stage of video shooting. It is followed by an automatically guided displacement of the camera toward its secondary position. At the secondary position the real-time capturing is started and the foreground (viewed person) region is extracted for each frame. After an accurate parallax estimation the extracted foreground is placed in front of the background image that was captured at the initial position. So the constructed full view of the initial position combined with the view of the secondary (current) position, form the complete binocular pairs during real-time video shooting. The subjective evaluation results present a competent depth perception quality through the proposed system.


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Everything you need to understand or teach Journey into a Dark Heart by Peter Høeg.
"Journey into a Dark Heart" begins by introducing David Rehn, a young Dane (citizen of Denmark), who is attending the 1929 dedication of a new railway line. The railway runs from the western coast of Africa in Cabinda through the Belgian Congo and deep into the heart of the continent. The dedication includes many representatives of royalty and international business, and the grand display reinforces David's view that European civilization is indeed great. David has come to this event as a fluke, having acquired a position with a global trading company after he gave up his lifelong pursuit of mathematics. David had always relied on the stability of mathematics to get him through any emotional crisis until one year earlier, when he met Kurt Gödel, a mathematician whose ideas were bound to shake up the world of mathematics. With his passion for mathematics threatened by these new ideas, David abandoned... View more of the Journey into a Dark Heart Summary


How do i plant an avacado pit/seed?
Key West, FL(Zone 11)
A neighbor gave me an avocado from her tree and i was wondering how do I grow one for myself?
Lee's Summit, MO(Zone 6a)
From a search:
To sprout the seed, remove the large seed from the center of the fruit and wash it in water. For propagation purposes, the broad end of the seed is considered to be the bottom. The pointed end is the top. Insert several toothpicks into the sides of the seed. They should be placed about halfway up the pit. Then suspend the seed in a glass of water. The bottom one fourth of the seed should rest in water.
The seed should sprout within a few weeks. During this time, periodically add water to maintain the initial water level. If it doesn't sprout within 2 to 3 months, discard the original avocado and begin another. The roots are usually the first to emerge from the seed. The stem appears later. Pot the seedling when the root system has become well developed; the roots should be at least 2 to 3 inches long.
Remove the toothpicks and plant into a 6 to 8 inch pot using a commercial potting mix. Position the seed in the center of the pot. The top of the seed should be level with the soil surface. After potting, water thoroughly, then place the plant in a brightly lit location. A location near an east or west window is ideal. Water the plant regularly. Keep the soil moist, but not wet. Fertilize once or twice a month during the spring and summer with a houseplant fertilizer.
Avocado plants grow rapidly. They often have to be discarded after 2 or 3 years because they've become too large for indoors. (The avocado is actually a tree. It will never produce fruit indoors as it may take 20 or more years to bear fruit.)
Mc Call Creek, MS
I've had some that accidentally got thrown in my mulch pile. They come up just as if they were planted.
The Other Kay
(Hi Kay Jones! Long time no hear. Good to hear from you!)
Lee's Summit, MO(Zone 6a)
Portland, OR(Zone 8a)
I've enjoyed starting avocado seeds for years. I use them as a house plant and when they die they get composted. Not sure they would survive as an outside tree in this climate. The planting advice above is correct. I have recently learned that topping the plant/tree would make for a more bushy plant. It works.
I think that if you want fruit you need at least two trees to cross-pollinate.
Attached is a picture of two of my avocado plants. The one on the left is lopped and the one on the right is not.
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Dublin, CA(Zone 9a)
They will produce fruit without a second tree--I had one in the backyard at my old house and it was the only avocado for miles and it still produced fruit just fine. Maybe they'd produce more if they had a "friend" but you can definitely get fruit from just one.
Key West, FL(Zone 11)
Thanks guys, i guess its a big tree coz ive beem eating them for weeks now...I'll see what happens..Cheers
Mc Call Creek, MS
Many years ago when we lived in New Orleans (zone 9b) our neighbor across the street planted an avocado seed. It grew into an enormous, beautiful tree.....much taller than his house. It covered itself with avocados....hundreds of them I think. Our neighbor told us how delicious they were and how much they were enjoying them.
That winter we got the worst freeze I can remember in New Orleans. The palm trees, the bottlebrush trees,.......all the tropical plants, of which New Orleans was covered....froze to the ground.
...including their beautiful, fruitful avocado tree. Nope! We never got a taste of one of those avocados, but that tree gave me hope that some day I might grow one big enought to bear fruit.
Besides, this man made home made pecan Easter eggs for our kids one year and brought them over. He fed them and all the kids in the neighborhood ice cream when the ice cream man passed one day. When his garden made enormous tomatoes, he brought us over a huge tomato one day, sliced in two and covered with Italian cheese, and baked. Delicious! He was a very good man at heart.
This is truly off the subject, but he had a problem. He worked offshore and could not drink on the job. So he stayed drunk the entire time he was home. You never KNEW he was drunk because you had never seen him any other way.
One day another neighbor stopped at our curb to talk with my husband, who was out mowing the yard. He had stopped directly behind the neighbor across the street's driveway. The neighbor across the street got in his car, backed out, hit the other neighbor's car, waved and drove off.
The next day the other neighbor went to see the neighbor across the street to tell him that he would need to pay for the damage to his car. The neighbor across the street called my husband to ask him if he had really backed into the other neighbor. When my husband told him, "yes", he gave the other neighbor his insurance information to pay the damages.
It was really sad,.... but it was still so funny! He just had no recollection of the incident at all.
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I'd like to thank you for this thread--all of you, even the off topic stuff, which was interesting and with a couple of great recipes thrown in for good measure! I was on my way over here (from the less tropical forums where things regularly freeze) to ask about growing avocados indoors for an ambitious friend. This thread answered all his (and my) questions very thoroughly, so on behalf of my friend and myself, again, I thank you all.
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Advanced Nutrients Big Bud uses the right ratios of macronutrients and amino acids to make your cannabis plants produce the biggest buds possible.
Is Advanced Nutrients Big Bud good for growing cannabis?
You're likely to be among the 91.7% of cannabis growers who use bloom boosters during the flowering stage, so it's natural for you to want to be sure that your boosters give you the biggest buds possible for your garden.
You want to use Advanced Big Bud Nutrients if you're looking for larger, heavier & more dense cannabis buds. Big Bud is also good at giving marijuana flowers more essential oils, aromatics, terpenoids, phenols and other potency factors.
Bigger Yields using Advanced Nutrients Big Bud
When in comes to the yield your cannabis plants produce while using Big Bud Nutrients, there is a measurable, significant increases in overall harvest weight, which means more money when you sell your harvest.
How do most bloom boosters stack up in meeting these goals? Not as well as they could. In fact, until recently poorly-absorbed forms of phosphorus and potassium (P and K) were the main ingredients in most bloom boosters.
Worse yet, almost all bloom boosters have incorrect ratios or types of phosphorus and potassium. Most bloom boosters provide double the amount of phosphorus to potassium. That's not useful. Your plants are much hungrier for potassium than for phosphorus during bloom phase.
And when too much phosphorus is dumped into your plants, it creates a potential for phosphorus toxicity that works against flower production and overall plant health.
Not only that, your crops may taste harsh so they hurt your throat and lungs.
When to use Advanced Nutrients Big Bud?
For best results, start using the Big Bud nutrients during week 2 of the flowering stage.


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Customizing chart-based insights
Applicable to Cosmos React and Theme Cosmos applications
Adjust the appearance and contents of chart-based insights to visualize only the specific information that is relevant to your business needs. For example, in a flight booking application, you can visualize data about recent reservations, and then filter the results by specific destinations to analyze the latest trends in business.
You can choose from a wide range of chart types to conveniently present your data.
Add the Explore Data page to your application. For more information, see Organizing the main menu for a portal.
You can add the Explore Data page only if your application uses a Cosmos React or Theme Cosmos in hybrid mode.
 1. In the navigation pane of your application, click Explore Data.
 2. In the Insights section, click the chart-based insight that you want to modify.
 3. On the right side of the insight, click Edit.
 4. In the customization screen of your insight, on the DATA tab, manage the content of your insight:
 Choices Actions
 Change visualization In the Chart type section, in the types list, select the chart that you want to view.
 Visualize specific data
 1. From the Fields section on the right side of the screen, drag numerical data into the Measures area.
 If you change the object type, the system discards all settings of the insight, such as filter conditions, chart type, and selected data.
 2. Create a chart by dragging further data into the Dimensions area.
 Drag the Loan amount and Customer data records into the Measures and Dimensions fields respectively to visualize the loans of specific borrowers.
 Change measures
 1. In the Fields section, in the Measures area, next to the record that you want to edit, click More, and then select a measure to include in the chart.
 For the Loan amount record, select Maximum to visualize records with the highest loan amount.
 For the Amount to insure record, select Count to visualize the number of items to insure per customer.
 Apply basic filters
 1. From the Fields section, drag the data by which you want to filter the chart into the Filters area.
 Drag the Last name record to filter results by specific surname.
 2. In the list of relational operators, select an operator for your filter.
 Select is equal to, and then enter Smith to visualize the loan data of customers whose surname is Smith.
 3. Click Submit.
 4. Optional:
 To apply more filters, drag more records into the Filters area.
 Apply advanced filters
 1. In the Filters section, click Add advanced filter, and then, in the dialog box with filters, click Advanced mode.
 2. In the Advanced condition field, enter the filter logic, and then click Submit.
 If you apply two filters, enter 1 OR 2 to filter data by either of the conditions.
 Sort data
 1. In the Sorting section, in the Sort by list, select the data by which you want to sort the chart.
 2. In the Sort order list, specify how you want to sort the data.
 Select Ascending to display values from lowest to highest.
 5. On the CHART tab of your insight, manage how the system displays supplementary information in the chart:
 Choices Actions
 Customize the range of axes
 1. Expand the Axis section.
 2. Manage the axes of the chart by selecting specific check boxes.
 Select Customize range, and then in the Minimum and Maximum fields, modify the scale of the chart.
 Toggle tooltips Expand the Tooltips section, and then select the Show tooltip check box to display supplementary information about the chart columns.
 Manage chart legend
 1. Expand the Legend section, and then select the Show legend check box.
 2. Customize the chart legend by providing specific details.
 In the Type list, select Check boxes to create a legend in the form of clickable check boxes.
 The system hides the columns that correspond to the check boxes that you clear.
 6. In the upper-right corner of the insight, click Save insight.
You can filter data of your insights to get the specific information that you require at the moment. The following visualization presents how to retrieve data about profits that each state generates by selling television sets that are shipped by regular air transport.
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The Manx (Kayt Manninagh or Stubbin in Manx) is a breed of cat with a naturally occurring mutation of the spine. This mutation shortens the tail, resulting in a range of tail lengths from normal to tailless. Many Manx have a small'stub' of a tail, but Manx cats are best known as being entirely tailless; the distinguishing characteristic of the breed and a cat body type genetic mutation. Some Manx cats resemble rabbits because of their long hind legs and often short tail, which has resulted in many being called Cabbits, a portmanteau of rabbit and cat.
The Manx are said to be skilled hunters, known to take down larger prey even when they are young. It is not uncommon to find a Manx with a squirrel or an opossum which are much larger than itself. They are often sought by farmers with rodent problems.
Folk beliefs claim the Manx Cats came from the Spanish Armada; a ship founded on Spanish Rock on the coast of the Isle of Man. According to legend, the cats on the ship swam ashore and became an established breed. Legend has it that the cats originally went onboard the Spanish ship in the Far East.
The Manx tail-less gene is dominant and highly penetrant; kittens from Manx parents are generally born without any tail. Having two copies of the gene is lethal and kittens are usually spontaneously aborted before birth. This means that tail-less cats can carry only one copy of the gene. Because of the danger of having two copies of the tail-less gene, breeders have to be careful about breeding two tail-less Manxes together. Problems can be avoided by breeding tail-less cats with tailed ones and this breeding practice is responsible for the decreasing occurrence of spinal problems in recent years.
There are various legends that seek to explain why the Manx has no tail. In one of them, Noah closed the door of the ark when it began to rain and accidentally cut off the Manx's tail, who'd been playing and almost got left behind. Another legend claims that the Manx is the offspring of a cat and a rabbit which is why it has no tail and rather long hind legs. In addition, they move with more of a hop than a stride, like a rabbit. This legend was further reinforced by the Cabbit myth. Recent postcards on the Isle of Man depict a cartoon scene of a cat's tail being run over and removed by a motorbike, because motorbike racing is popular on the Island.
Populations of tail-less cats also exist in a few other places in Europe. The population on the isolated Danish peninsula (former island) of Reersø in the Great Belt may be due to cats of Manx origin being shipwrecked on the island.
Manx kittens are classified according to tail length:
-Tail length is random throughout litter.
The ideal show Manx is the rumpy; the stumpy and tailed Manx do not qualify to be shown. In the past, kittens with stumpy or full tails have been docked at birth as a preventative measure due to some partial tails being very prone to a form of arthritis that causes the cat severe pain.
"Manx Syndrome" is a colloquial name given to the condition which results when the mutant tailless gene shortens the spine too much. It can seriously damage the spinal cord and the nerves causing spina bifida as well as problems with the bowels, bladder, and digestion. Some only live for 3 years; the oldest recorded was 5. In one study it was shown to affect about 20% of Manx cats, but almost all of those cases were rumpies, which exhibit the most extreme phenotype. Actual occurrences of this are rare in modern examples of the breed due to informed breeding practices. Most pedigreed cats are not placed until four months of age (to make sure that they are properly socialised) and this gives adequate time for any health problems to be identified. Renowned feline expert Roger Tabor has stated that "Only the fact that the Manx is a historic breed stops us being as critical of this dangerous gene as of other more recent selected abnormalities.
The Manx breed, in spite of the absence of tail, has no problems with balance.


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Submarine Cable Management Software
MakaiLay Seismic is an extension of the successful cable installation software, MakaiLay, developed by Makai Ocean Engineering and currently used by over 80% of the deep water cable installers in the world to accurately lay military arrays, telecommunication and power cables with a high degree of placement and slack/tension accuracy. MakaiLay Seismic runs on a PC under Windows XP/7/8 operating systems. MakaiLay Seismic has been specifically designed to address the new challenge faced by the seismic industry to accurately install and retrieve Ocean Bottom Cables (OBC) in mid- and deep waters.
In addition to the large number of features already existing in MakaiLay (see Makai's brochure on MakaiLay for details), the MakaiLay Seismic software provides the following capabilities for the cable installation and retrieval process.
MakaiLay Seismic Cable Software MakaiLay Seismic Submarine Cable Retrieval
New design tools are provided to the operator to efficiently prepare the assembly of the seismic arrays, including the location for each in-line geophone and transponder along the cable and the laydown routes along the seabed. The planning is done in a Geographic Information System (GIS) environment to allow the user to precisely place their arrays relative to each other, shorelines, bathymetry, other cables, etc. The software can import and properly translate data from other GIS databases in a variety of formats, projections and datums (over 150 different formats are supported).
Installation Planning & Training
Installation planning is achieved by running computer simulated cable lays in the office to dynamically model the cable, equipment, procedures and environment of the actual lay. Such simulations allows for detailed analysis/selection of the equipment, techniques and data inputs required to safely and reliably lay the cable along the planned route. The system can simulate real world problems such as ship navigation errors, variations in ship and cable payout speed, unobserved changes in ocean currents and bathymetry. This capability allows users to answer important questions before going to sea, such as: Is a dynamic positioning system required on the vessel? Is it necessary to measure currents to achieve the desired placement accuracy? Do we need to attach transponders on the cable and how often? How much does the installation speed affect the placement accuracy of the sensors?
In addition, the system has proven to be an excellent training tool, and it provides operators with as much experience as possible under different deployment scenarios before the real lay. The cable lay simulations allow the operator to become familiar with how the cable behaves (e.g., response times and cable shapes) under different environmental conditions and help him to develop a clear understanding of efficient techniques for sensor placement/retrieval and bottom tension/slack control. In addition, the operator can be trained in dealing with contingency situations. For example, under a sudden cable halt in payout, what should the vessel do to prevent undesirable bottom cable motion and tension? The 3D cable model has been rigorously tested and calibrated at-sea, and as a result, the cable touchdown conditions location, slack, tension and even bottom dragging are confidently computed.
MakaiLay Seismic can guide the ship along the Ship Plan by working directly with a DP system or by displaying guidance to the helmsman. The navigation display provides ship guidance information and optionally shows any or all other related information in a GIS environment.
Monitoring & Controlling the Installation
The heart of MakaiLay Seismic is a detailed and rigorous 3-D dynamic model of the cable. The model accurately computes the geometry and forces acting on the suspended cable, and the cable touchdown position and bottom tension (or slack). This is accomplished by taking into account cable characteristics (size/weight), ship velocity, bathymetry, currents, feedback from transponders attached along the cable and all other parameters affecting the dynamic position and accuracy of the cable lay. With such knowledge available at all times, immediate and accurate cable lay forecasts and command decisions can be made that account for any complex real-world situation, both planned and unplanned.
The software changes the focus of cable deployment control from the cable condition as it leaves the vessel (current practice for OBC) to its condition on the seafloor. It allows cable installers to focus on the most important issue in any cable lay: the installed condition of the sensors on the seafloor. The sophisticated computer model monitors in near real-time the cable bottom conditions in the recent past and can predict the results of future cable and ship actions on cable seafloor conditions. Ouputs are presented to the user in tabular and graphical form. The result is a major improvement in the installer's knowledge of the cable condition on the seafloor and in his ability to predict and control touchdown conditions.
Using Transponders to Improve Placement Accuracy
As explained above, the control system itself is based on rigorous cable physics, and its accuracy has been validated multiple times in the past. Accuracy is, however, limited by the quality of the input data, in particular the measurements of cable length paid out and ocean currents. Having accurate position measurements of transponders attached to the cable can compensate for some of these input errors and can be used to significantly improve the overall cable and sensor placement accuracy. This is of particular importance for OBC installations where transponders are placed at regular intervals along the arrays.
If the position information provided by the transponder is not as accurate as desired, the software can still use the positions of multiple transponders in the water column in a Kalman Filter to estimate the ocean currents acting on the cable and improve the cable shape and touchdown computations. This is particularly helpful when ocean currents are not being measured or when the quality of the transponder position data is not very high. The Kalman filter outputs a current profile such that the difference between the measured and calculated (by the model) transponder positions is minimized. These currents can be used by the cable model to predict touchdown conditions in the near future and make corrections to the installation procedure to avoid undesirable touchdown conditions.
Measuring & Using Currents
Historically, arrays have been retrieved with high tensions in order to prevent the array from looping back on itself or fouling with seafloor obstacles. However, high tensions have resulted in damage to the sensors and the array. Today, arrays are being retrieved at conservative speeds to minimize damage to the cable. Slower speeds result in longer retrieval operations and an increase in costs. MakaiLay Seismic provides cable engineers with real-time feedback of the cable touchdown and tension on the seafloor and on the effect of cross currents acting on the array. Therefore, the tension of the cable can be better controlled during the retrieval process maximizing cost savings while minimizing array damage.


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Professor Margo Jackson, Ph.D., is leading a university-wide collaborative project for new faculty to develop critical consciousness and skills to facilitate challenging diversity dialogues in the classroom.
The Constructive Diversity Pedagogy PAR (Participatory Action Research) with New Faculty will develop
- critical consciousness of potential blind spots;
- empathic resources for recognizing pervasive social injustice influences in our classrooms at internal, interpersonal, and contextual (environmental, structural, institutional) levels; and
- skills to constructively facilitate challenging diversity dialogues in our classrooms that include multiple voices, consider alternative perspectives, promote social justice, and expand learning.
The aim of the (PAR) project is to engage a team of faculty as participants, formative evaluators, and contributors to documenting and sharing useful results.


Why Do Humanoid Robots Walk in a Semi-Squatted Position?
Discover the biomechanics behind humanoid robots' semi-squatted walking and how nature-inspired design meets robotics technology.
Why Do Humanoid Robots Walk in a Semi-Squatted Position?
Photo by Ben Griffiths / Unsplash
Humanoid robots, developed to mimic human motion and behavior, incorporate a semi-squatted walking posture for enhanced stability and control.
This positioning allows them to have a lower center of mass, providing better balance and agility during movement.
Control in the Knees
When humanoid robots walk in a semi-squatted position, they gain more control, especially in the knees.
Unlike walking in an upright position, the knee joints have the ability to move in multiple directions, enabling the robot to navigate diverse terrains and adapt to uneven surfaces efficiently.
Nature's Influence
In nature, many animals, particularly quadrupeds, often adopt a semi-squatted posture when walking or running.
This position offers them enhanced stability and control while conserving energy.
Humanoid robot designers have drawn inspiration from these natural movements to incorporate similar mechanics into the robots' walking patterns.
Upright Walking vs. Squat Walking
Humanoid robots walking in a semi-squatted position differ from humans who predominantly walk in an upright position.
The biomechanics of upright walking allow humans to conserve more energy compared to squat walking.
However, humanoid robots are currently more focused on enabling them to walk in varying environments rather than optimizing for the most energy-efficient gait.
Challenges in Designing Upright Walking Robots
Designing humanoid robots to walk in an upright position poses numerous challenges, including the complexity of replicating the intricate mechanics of the human body.
Additionally, upright walking requires advanced balance control and intricate sensorimotor skills, which are difficult to replicate artificially.
Robotics Technology
As robotics technology continues to advance, it will be fascinating to observe how future developments may bridge the gap between nature-inspired movement and energy-efficient walking in humanoid robots.


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Molly Bang crafts a tale about anger that kids of all ages can relate to. Click here to read When Sophie Gets Angry–Really, Really Angry… at the ICDL (International Children's Digital Library), then answer the questions below.
1. When you watch a movie or read a book, you are the audience. When writers sit down to create a story, they think about their audience, or who will read the book when it's finished. Molly Bang is the author of When Sophie Gets Angry–Really, Really Angry… Describe the audience.
2. Writers write for a reason. This reason is called the author's purpose. There are three main purposes. The first is to entertain, which means to tell a story that is fun to read. The second reason is to inform. An author informs their audience when they teach them something new. The third reason is to persuade, which is when an author tries to get their audience to do something, or stop doing something. Describe Molly Bang's purpose for writing this book.
3. Narratives are stories, and the characters are the animals, people, or other creatures in the story. Who are the characters in this narrative?
4. The setting of a narrative is where and when it takes place. What is the setting of When Sophie Gets Angry–Really, Really Angry…?
5. A narrative has a conflict, and a resolution. The conflict is the problem. The resolution is how the problem gets fixed. How would you describe the conflict of this narrative?
6. How does Sophie resolve the conflict?
7. Molly Bang received a Caldecott Award for her illustrations in this book. How does she use color to make the characters, setting and action come to life?
8. Writers use similes to compare two things with the words like or as. For example, an author could say a runner is as speedy as a cheetah. Metaphors compare two things without using like or as. When Sophie gets angry, Molly Bang uses the metaphor, "Sophie is a volcano, ready to explode." Write another metaphor for anger that describes Sophie. Next, write a simile for Sophie.
9. Many authors use onomatopoeia to make their books fun to read. Onomatopoeia are words that sound like something real. Some examples are bonk, splat and whoosh. Find "PABAM!" in the book. Why does Molly Bang (whose last name happens to be an example of onomatopoeia) use onomatopoeia on this page?
10. Create a list of five other examples of onomatopoeia that could be used instead of "PABAM!"
11. Alliteration is when authors use the same beginning sound for words. For example, a light, little leaf landed on a log in Louisiana late last night. Locate an example of alliteration in the book. Write the example of alliteration, then draw a picture that matches the words.
12. Look closely at each page of the book. Find your favorite illustration. Use alliteration to describe what you see on the page.
13. The five senses are sight, touch, smell, taste and hearing. A person is mindful when they focus one or more senses on a single thought, feeling, flavor, texture, color or sound. Sophie is mindful after she cries. How does she use her senses during this part of the story?
14. How does mindfulness help Sophie feel better?
15. Describe a time you or someone you know were as angry as Sophie. Describe the conflict. Use transition words like first, next, then, before, after, etc. If there was a resolution, describe that too.
16. How could mindfulness have helped the person feel better?
17. When Sophie sits in the beech tree, Molly Bang writes, "The wide world comforts her." Click here for a kids' dictionary, then look up the meaning of comfort. How can the "wide world" comfort a person?
18. Describe a time something or someone comforted you. Use transition words like first, next, then, before, after, etc.
19. Think about a time when you comforted another person or animal. Describe what happened. Use transition words like first, next, then, before, after, etc.
20. When readers compare two things, they think about how they are the same. Compare yourself to Sophie.
21. Readers contrast two things when they think about how they are different. Contrast Sophie and yourself.
22. When Sophie gets home, it is "warm and smells good." Warm and good are adjectives. Adjectives are used to describe something. Close your eyes and image the warm home, and why it smells good. Explain why the home smells good. Use other adjectives to describe what you imagine.
23. After reading When Sophie Gets Angry–Really, Really Angry…, what questions would you like to ask Sophie, her family, or the author?
24. Everyone feels angry, sad, or worried sometimes. These feelings are perfectly normal. It's okay to feel these emotions, and it's important to recognize them. Recognize means you know what something is, and that it is there. When we feel sad, worried, or angry about something, we can stop to be mindful of our feelings. When we hold on to one of these feelings for too long, it's like trying to blow up a balloon more and more until it pops. When we feel like we're going to pop like a balloon, we need to stop, recognize what is happening, then let out the air. Click here and explore a mindfulness exercise you can use anytime you feel like you're about to pop like a balloon.
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1. Imagine yourself coming home. Close your eyes and count to thirty. Be mindful of your surroundings. Write and complete the passage below to describe the experience.
When I walk inside, my home smells __________. I also smell __________. I see __________, __________, and __________. They are __________. I can hear __________, __________, __________, and __________. I sit down, and the __________ feels __________, and __________. __________ brings me a __________ for a snack, and I can taste __________, and __________. My home is…
2. Create the scene of yourself coming home. Draw, paint or sculpt what you described. Give it to someone special.


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Effects of Different Irrigation Regimes and Genotypes on Yield Contributing Parameters of Potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.) Under Chhattisgarh, India
Keywords:Irrigation regimes, Potato genotypes, Fresh weight of tuber, Growth parameters, Harvest index (%)
The field experiment was conducted at the Horticultural Research Farm, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India during Rabi 2018-19 in Split plot Design with four level of irrigation regimes and four potato genotypes. The irrigation treatments were allotted in the main plot while, potato genotypes allotted in the sub-plots. At 75 days after planting (DAP) and 90 days after planting (DAP), the various yield contributing parameters were affected significantly by the different irrigation regimes except the plant emergence and number of shoots/plant. The number of shoots/plant, number of total leaves/plant, fresh weight of tubers/plant (g), total number of tuber/plant and harvest index (%) were significantly affected by the different irrigation regimes and potato genotypes. The plant with irrigation at 25 mm cumulative pan evaporation (CPE) produced the maximum plant height, number of shoots/plant, number of total leaves/plant, number of tubers/plant, fresh weight/plant and harvest index at 75 DAP and 90 DAP, respectively. The potato genotype AICRP-P-38 gave the highest fresh weight of tuber/ plant, number of tubers/plant and harvest index at 75 DAP and 90 DAP, respectively.
Bangladesh J. Bot. 52(1): 211-216, 2023 (March)
How to Cite
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Authors are required to transfer the copyright of their articles to the journal. The Declaration form is available here _URL_


Routing in ASP.NET MVC
Tutorialsrack 18/02/2021 C# ASP.NET MVC
In this article, we will learn about routing in ASP.NET web applications. Routing plays a vital role in the ASP.NET MVC web applications.
In this article, we will discuss
 - What is Routing in ASP.NET MVC?
 - Why use routing?
 - How does it work?
 - Properties of Route
 - Basic Understanding of the Routing
 - Types of Routing
 - Custom Routing
By the end of this article, you have a basic understanding of Routing in ASP.NET MVC.
What is ASP.NET Routing?
The ASP.NET Routing is a pattern matching mechanism that is responsible for mapping the incoming request from the browser to specific controller actions.
Why use routing?
In the ASP.NET WebForm application, each URL must match with a particular ".aspx file. For example, a URL "_URL_ must match with the file "empinfo.aspx which contains the code and markup for rendering a response to the browser.
To Overcome the problem of mapping each URL to the physical file. ASP.NET introduces the Routing. In ASP.NET WebForm request handler is ".aspx" file and in ASP.NET MVC request handler is a controller and an action method.
For Example, "_URL_ can be mapped to "_URL_ in ASP.NET Webforms and the same URL can be mapped to Employee Controller and Index action method in MVC.
How does it work?
 - When the web application is running then the application registers one or more patterns with the framework's route table to tell the routing engine what to do with any requests that match those patterns.
 - When the route engine receives a request at runtime, it matches the requested URL pattern against the pattern URL registered with the route table and returns the response according to the pattern match.
 - If the Incoming URL pattern found in the RouteTable returns the desired response and if the incoming URL pattern is not found in the RouteTable then it returns the HTTP 404 error which means URL Not Found.
Properties of Routes
A URL contains the Following properties as follows:
 - Route Name: A route name may be used as a specific reference to a given route. And it Must Be unique. By defaults, RouteName is the default.
 - URL Pattern: A URL pattern can contain literal values and variable placeholders (referred to as URL parameters). The literals and placeholders are located in segments of the URL that are delimited by the slash (/) character.
 When a request is made, the URL is parsed into segments and placeholders, and the variable values are provided to the request handler. This process is similar to the way the data in query strings is parsed and passed to the request handler. In both cases, variable information is included in the URL and passed to the handler in the form of key-value pairs. For query strings, both the keys and the values are in the URL. For routes, the keys are the placeholder names defined in the URL pattern, and only the values are in the URL.
 - Defaults: When you define a route, you can assign a default value for a parameter. The default is an object that contains default route values.
 - Constraints: A set of constraints to apply against the URL pattern to more narrowly define the URL that it matches. In other words, You use route constraints to restrict the browser requests that match a particular route. You can use a regular expression to specify a route constraint.
Basic Understanding of the Default Route
The ASP.NET MVC framework comes out with a default route. The default routing template also displays the property names of the route attributes, so it is easier for a beginner to understand what's going on. You can find the Default Routes in the App_Start folder in RouteConfig.cs file. Let's have a look at the default route:
Example - Default Route
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) {
 // Ignore the Url thats end with.axd Extension
 name: "Default", // Route Name. Each Route has a Unique Name
 url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL Pattern to be Mapped
 // Default Values for the URL
 defaults: new {
 controller = "Home",
 action = "Index",
 id = UrlParameter.Optional
 - Each route has a unique name. The default name of the route is Default.
 - URL attributes describe the pattern of the URL. And the default pattern of the URL is "controller/action/id".
 - The defaults Attributes sets default properties for the controller, action, and sets the id as optional. The default values are used when no values for the attribute are passed.
The valid URLs for this route are as follows:
 - /
 - /Home
 - /Admin
 - /Home/Index
 - /Home/Index/123abc
 - /Home/Index/abc
Additionally to the default route, the ASP.NET MVC template implements the routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");.
This is used for ignoring the Url that ends with.axd Extension or you can define other extensions to ignore routes.
Types of Routing
There are two types of routing in ASP.NET as follows:
 1. Convention Based Routing
 2. Attribute-Based Routing
Convention Based Routing: To define the Convention Based Routing, we call the MapRoute method and set its unique name, URL pattern, and specify some default values.
Example of Convention based Routing
Example - Convention based Routing
 name: "Default", // Route Name, Each Route has a Unique Name
 // Default Values for the URL
 id = UrlParameter.Optional }
Attribute-Based Routing: The Attribute Routing introduced in ASP.NET MVC 5. To define the Attribute-Based Routing, we specify the Route attribute above the action method of the controller or above the controller. To use attribute-based routing, you need to enable it first in RouteConfig.cs file.
Example for Enable Attribute-Based Routing
Example - Enable Attribute-Based Routing
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
 // Ignore the Url thats end with.axd Extension
Example of Attribute-based Routing
Example - Attribute based Routing
public ActionResult Index() {
 return View();
Custom Routing in ASP.NET MVC
For most of the requests, your web application's default route will work fine, however, you might have different needs to which are not satisfied by the default routing of ASP.NET MVC. So you can create a custom route for your web applications.
For example, sometimes you need to URL structure like this as given below:
 - "{language}-{country}/{controller}/{action}"
 - "{date}/{controller}/{action}"
 - "blog/{articletitle}"
So you can create your own custom routing for your controller action methods.
Note: when you create a custom route for your web application, keep one thing in mind that the custom routing is always placed above the Default Route in case of Convention Based Routing.
Example of Custom Routing
Example - Custom Routing
public class RouteConfig {
 public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) {
 //Custom Route
 name: "CustomRoute", url: "blog/{articletitle}", defaults: new {
 Controller = "Home",
 action = "articleDetails"
 // Default Route
 name: "Default", url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}", defaults: new {
 controller = "Home",
 action = "Index",
 id = UrlParameter.Optional
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Documenting the construction of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, this collection of photographs captures the transient stages of a massive, three year project.
One of the largest buildings in the world devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts, the library was designed to have room in the central tower for 180,000 volumes and in the underground book stacks for over 600,000 volumes; it now contains well over 500,000 volumes and several million manuscripts.
The building, of Vermont marble and granite, bronze and glass, was designed by Gordon Bunshaft, of the firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill; the George A. Fuller Construction Company of Hamden, Connecticut was the general contractor. Work began on the building in 1960 and was completed in 1963. The white, gray-veined marble panes of the exterior are one and one-quarter inches thick and are framed by light gray Vermont granite. These marble panels filter light so that rare materials can be displayed without damage from harmful ultraviolet light. From the exterior, however, the building's powerful stone geometry serves to dominate the space it occupies in Hewitt University Quadrangle, amidst neo-Classical and neo-Gothic neighbors.
The building and its endowment are the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, Yale 1907; Frederick W. Beinecke, Yale 1909; Walter Beinecke, Yale 1910; and their families.
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This article presents a simple model of heating dielectric with a fractal structure, which is based on a nonlinear heat equation, fractal property of the material is considered only in the calculations of radiation energy loss and coefficient of thermal conductivity on temperature, which leads to a nonlinear heat equation. Displaying the numerical solution of the equation. With using numerical simulation shows that the presence of fractal leads to an overall increase in heating temperature. Performed detailed analysis of the impact parameters of laser irradiation on the heating process. Applying the formula Havriliak–Negami for describe the complex permittivity. We implemented a comprehensive approach to the analysis of the kinetics of thermal processes in dielectric fractal solids. Model is valid in the absence of gas-dynamic effects and effects associated with ionization and plasma formation
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One of the biggest post-fire cleanup concerns property owners have is regarding the time frame needed for restoration before reopening. SERVPRO technicians can estimate the downtime necessary to enable a safe reopening for the business.
The odors left behind after fire damage in a Champaign/Urbana business can be significant; because soot can be caustic to surfaces and airborne particles can cause issues, it is crucial to get them removed before reopening. SERVPRO technicians have a multi-layered approach to fire clean-up, which includes:
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SERVPRO techs have different types of fire odor removal processes depending on the part of the business getting treated. Hydroxyl generators are beneficial for eradicating airborne particulates that cause pungent odors. This method of odor control is safe for use around people and plants. When the technicians use thermal fogging to neutralize odors, the building needs to be cleared of people, and the technician wears protective clothing. The heated solutions permeate porous items such as reception area furnishings and carpet, where it latches onto smoke molecules and eradicates them.
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Visualizing Language Use in Team Conversations: Designing Through Theory, Experiments, and Iterations
One way to potentially help people develop effective teamwork skills is to visualize elements of their language use during team conversations. There are several challenges in designing such visualizations, such as how to balance attention between the conversation and the visualization and how much guidance to offer about appropriate behaviors. We discuss the design space around these questions in the context of GroupMeter, a chatroom augmented with visualizations of language use. We generate and critique potential answers to these questions using prior theoretical and empirical work, then describe how the interface evolved and how our answers changed over a series of prototypes we deployed in experimental studies. We conclude with the lessons from our experience that could be used by designers of collaboration-enhancing systems.


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Creating an IAM Policy to Access Amazon S3 Resources
Aurora can access Amazon S3 resources to either load data to or save data from an Aurora DB cluster. However, you must first create an IAM policy that provides the bucket and object permissions that allow Aurora to access Amazon S3.
The following table lists the Aurora features that can access an Amazon S3 bucket on your behalf, and the minimum required bucket and object permissions required by each feature.
Feature Bucket Permissions Object Permissions
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You can use the following steps to create an IAM policy that provides the minimum required permissions for Aurora to access an Amazon S3 bucket on your behalf. To allow Aurora to access all of your Amazon S3 buckets, you can skip these steps and use either the AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccess or AmazonS3FullAccess predefined IAM policy instead of creating your own.
To create an IAM policy to grant access to your Amazon S3 resources
 1. Open the IAM Console.
 2. In the navigation pane, choose Policies.
 3. Choose Create Policy.
 4. For Policy Generator, choose Select.
 5. In Edit Permissions, set the following values to grant bucket permissions:
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 - Actions – Specify the bucket permissions needed for the IAM policy.
 Bucket permissions are permissions for bucket operations in Amazon S3, and need to be granted on either a wildcard (*) or a bucket. For more information about permissions for bucket operations in Amazon S3, see Specifying Permissions in a Policy.
 - Set Amazon Resource Name (ARN) to the ARN of the Amazon S3 bucket to allow access to. For instance, if you want to allow Aurora to access the Amazon S3 bucket named example-bucket, then set the ARN value to arn:aws:s3:::example-bucket.
 6. Choose Add Statement.
 Note
 You can repeat this and the previous step to add corresponding bucket permission statements to your policy for each Amazon S3 bucket that you want Aurora to access. Optionally, you can also grant access to all buckets and objects in Amazon S3.
 7. In Edit Permissions, set the following values to grant object permissions:
 - EffectAllow
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 - Actions – Specify the object permissions needed for the IAM policy.
 Object permissions are permissions for object operations in Amazon S3, and need to be granted for objects in a bucket, not the bucket itself. For more information about permissions for object operations in Amazon S3, see Specifying Permissions in a Policy.
 - Set Amazon Resource Name (ARN) to the ARN of the Amazon S3 bucket to allow access to. For instance, if you want to allow Aurora to access all of the files in the Amazon S3 bucket named example-bucket, then set the ARN value to arn:aws:s3:::example-bucket/*.
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 You can set Amazon Resource Name (ARN) to a more specific ARN value in order to allow Aurora to access only specific files or folders in an Amazon S3 bucket. For more information about how to define an access policy for Amazon S3, see Managing Access Permissions to Your Amazon S3 Resources.
 8. Choose Add Statement.
 Note
 You can repeat this and the previous step to add corresponding object permission statements to your policy for each Amazon S3 bucket that you want Aurora to access. Optionally, you can also grant access to all buckets and objects in Amazon S3.
 9. Choose Next Step.
 10. Set Policy Name to a name for your IAM policy, for example AllowAuroraToExampleBucket. You use this name when you create an IAM role to associate with your Aurora DB cluster. You can also add an optional Description value.
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Can Guinea Pigs Eat Butter?
Butter is a dairy product which contains up to 80% butterfat which is solid when chilled and at room temperature in some regions and liquid when warmed.
It is frequently made from cows milk, and can also be manufactured from the milk of other mammals, such as goats or sheep. (source)
Can guinea pigs eat butter?
Unfortunately, dairy products are not good for guinea pigs at all. They cannot handle the content in particularly the fat.
It will make them sick if they eat it and so is worth avoiding as a food for them.
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- Single signal switches activation of genes in a sequential order
- Each state ensures that the previous state is switched off
- Each state 'primes' the next state to make it ready to be switched on
- Signal need only be pulsed for a short time
- First signal pulse is sent, activating On1, On2 and On3
- On2 and On3 cannot yet do anything
- On1 activates Gene1 (which maintains itself) and Prime2 (which also maintains itself)
- After the signal pulse, On1, On2 and On3 will degrade. This leaves Prime2 and Gene1 in the system
- Therefore, the system state is Gene 1 = ON, Gene 2 = OFF, Gene 3 = OFF
- Second signal pulse is sent, activating On1, On2 and On3
- On3 cannot yet do anything
- On1 effectively does nothing because it tells Prime2 and Gene1 to switch on but they already are on
- On2 combined with Prime2 activates Gene2 (which maintains itself) and Prime3 (which maintains itself)
- Gene2 also activates Off1 (self-maintaining), which represses Gene1 and On1
- After the signal pulse, On1, On2 and On3 degrade, leaving Prime 3 and Gene2 in the system
- Therefore the system state is Gene 1 = OFF, Gene 2 ON, Gene 3 OFF
- Third signal pulse is sent, activating On1, On2 and On3
- On1 is repressed
- On2 would activate Prime3 and Gene2 but they are already active
- On3 combined with Prime3 activates Gene3 (which maintains itself)
- Gene3 activates Off2 (self-maintaining), which represses Gene2 and On2
- On1, On2 and On3 degrade after the pulse is stopped, leaving Gene3 in the system
- Therefore the system state is Gene 1 = OFF, Gene 2 = OFF, Gene 3 = ON and we have a system that goes from 0→1→2→3 with a pulse of a single signal.
- The kinetics of this model would be very important, Prime2 cannot accumulate after the first pulse until On2 degrades
- Possible solution, make On2 be activated by Signal + Prime2
- Would it be possible to make all the On proteins the same, with just the Prime protein being the determinant of which state gets turned on next?
- Should the Off1 protein be activated directly by On2/Prime2 to decrease the time until Gene1 is switched off?
- 1. It is great to see a non-binary clock model. How modular will this design be (ie. Can it be easily recombined with other modules for functions other than telling time?)
- 2. If we want to time above 3, what is needed (this again is related to modularity and extension)?
- 3. If this is going to be implemented in a single cell, your pulsing and processing of the entire gene1,2, and 3 expression need to finish prior DNA replication (ie ~ 20mins in E.coli). This also goes to say that lloyd's model001 will encounter this problem too because it is a single cell implementation. Lloyd's model002 is currently underway and it is a B0, B1, B2 cells (ie multicells) approach. Can you explain if this will be a single cell or multicell model?
- 4. How different is your implementation to Elowitz repressilator that also did gene1 ON, gene2 OFF, gene3 OFF, AND THEN gene1 OFF, gene2 ON, gene3 OFF AND THEN gene1 OFF, gene2 OFF and gene3 ON in a cycle manner?
- 5. How does your model deal with asynchronous gene expression responses?


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 1. Explain what a disability is. What are the different types of disability?
 2. Research a famous person with a disability.
 Make a poster or write about their life and achievements.
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 Write down what you find out.
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 Think of a different example to the ones in steps 2, 3 or 4.
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Marathon reservoir was created by constructing a dam located in Attica at the junction of Charadros and Barnabas streams. Works for the construction of the dam began in 1926 and completed in 1929. The dam has been made by concrete and is entirely covered by Pentelic marble, which gives it uniqueness worldwide.
Due to its proximity to Athens, Marathon reservoir functions as an auxiliary intake source in cases of emergency. Its water supply is done by Iliki and Mornos reservoirs and through Yliki Aqueduct and Mornos – Yliki Aqueduct.
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Restricted Parenteral Antibiotics Usage Policy in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in IndiaCorrespondence Address :
Dr. Smita Anand Tiwari,
Department of Pharmacology, B.J. Government Medical College, Pune-416410, Maharashtra, India.
Introduction: The indoor hospital use of antibiotic irrationally has been a growing concern in the recent past. For the patients and providers of health care services this kind of drug consumption account for a major chunk of the budget.
Aim: To assess the outcome of restriction on the use of parenteral antibiotics with respect to their utilization and monetary benefits, in a tertiary care hospital in India.
Materials and Methods: Data details were collected regarding drug utilization two months before and after restriction respectively. A total 1605 patient records assessed. Drug utilization was expressed as DDD/100 patient bed days. Use of Carbapenems were restricted to culture positive cases only. Antibiotics started for patients as per clinical judgment were issued for only five days. Culture sensitivity reports verified physically on a special indent form, before every antibiotic issued thereafter.
Results: Piperacillin-tazobactum (DDD/100 BD 1.72 before and 1.29 after restrictions) was the commonly used antibiotic. Considering values expressed in DDD/100 BD before and after restriction respectively, substantial decrease in consumption of antibiotics like Imipenem- Cilastin (0.22 to 0.16), meropenem (0.30 to 0.09), piperacillin-tazobactum (1.72 to 1.29), teicoplanin (0.24 to 0.05) and vancomycin (0.69 to 0.40) was observed. An increase in consumption of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (0.90 to 1.04) and clarithromycin (0.44 to 0.55) noted, pointing to a shift in antibiotic use. Restriction decreased expenditure burden on these antibiotics by INR 1,45,911 (17.31 %).
Conclusion: Restriction of antibiotics cuts down consumption and benefits hospital budget immensely.
Drug audit, Drug consumption, Injectable antimicrobials, Pharmacoeconomics
Smita Anand Tiwari, Balasheb Baburao Ghongane, Bharti Ramchandra Daswani, Sangeeta Sanjay Dabhade. RESTRICTED PARENTERAL ANTIBIOTICS USAGE POLICY IN A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL IN INDIA. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research [serial online] 2017 May [cited: 2017 Apr 26 ]; 11:FC06-FC09. Available from
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Date of Peer Review: Oct 18, 2016
Date of Acceptance: Dec 10, 2016
Date of Publishing: May 01, 2017
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The Future Perfect is pleased to present an exhibition by Seoul-based designer Seungjin Yang at Casa Perfect Los Angeles, opening May 9th during Legends Art Fair.
Seungjiin Yang is best known for his "Blowing Series," in which blown balloons are coated with epoxy resin and shaped as furniture, such as chairs, benches, and stools. Yang was attracted to the idea of transforming fragile balloons into solid sculptures through his own interpretations. His inspiration recalls childhood memories, yet his process incorporates industrial furniture making. "I tried to turn a simple making process based on my personal childhood memories into an industrial fabrication furniture-making process," as told to Dezeen.
The multi-step process begins with blowing up balloons into the desired shape and size, and then affixing them to form furniture, including chairs, benches, and stools. Epoxy resin is then poured over the pieces, and repeated a total of eight times, in order to create a durable and rigid structure that is able to support the weight. The process takes a week to complete a single stool. Once complete, the resin takes on a glossy surface resembling glass. Yang recently told Dezeen, "I was fascinated by a form that is changed into a transparent and clear surface like glass when I set epoxy resin on balloons.


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Colibri coruscans (Sparkling Violet Ear) is a species of birds in the family hummingbirds. They are listed in cites appendix ii. They are found in The Neotropics. They visit flowers of Plutarchia guascensis, marmalade bush, Barnadesia spinosa, and Callianthe vexillarium. They rely on flight to move around.
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Fred Pearce describes the role of "honey-suckers" in recycling human waste as fertiliser in contemporary India (16 February, p 48). Less than a hundred years ago, this was a not-uncommon practice in the urban UK. Houses built in central Gateshead in the 1890s, and still standing, typically have two hatches in the wall separating them from the back lane. The upper was for deliveries of coal, the lower for taking out human faeces, to which ash from the coal fire had been added.
Those doing the removal were called "honey-pot men"; the euphemism has clearly travelled and lasted. In the mining town of Ashington, Northumberland, a narrow-gauge railway ran down the back lanes between rows of houses, to take the closet contents for use as fertiliser on the mine company's farm.
Pearce does not mention pharmaceuticals and the risks they pose when using human effluent as fertiliser. There are,...
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Moisture caused by water ingress or condensation from within the home can accumulate in the fabric of the building. If this moisture is not able to escape it can lead to issues associated with damp, resulting in long term problems and extra expense.
A breathable paint is the natural choice for all masonry surfaces.
Modern masonry paints are polymer based and don't allow your walls to breathe. The petrochemical-based plastic polymers found in standard modern masonry paints stick to themselves rather than creating a strong bond to the actual substrate and so form a non-breathable plastic film around the building.
This impenetrable barrier seals in moisture and with no way to escape the walls this moisture can be drawn back into the building, creating damp patches and mould within the home, or can forced out through the exterior paint causing it to fail, blister, peel and flake.
Polymer-based paints are not recommended when a breathable coating is required. For example for application onto substrates such as lime renders and mortars or application onto a solid wall construction, The solution is to use a breathable paint such as Earles Masonry Paint.
Earles Masonry paint is different. Composed of natural minerals, it is plastic free, vapour permeable and one hundred times more breathable than a standard paint. It works by forming a strong, weatherproof bond to bare masonry. This allows moisture stored within the walls to pass through and evaporate whilst protecting your home from the elements.
With an attractive matt finish, Earles Masonry Paint is tough, durable and extremely long lasting. It can be used with confidence on all masonry surfaces including lime renders and mortars and due to its superior breathability, is suitable for use on listed buildings.