Bichon Frise Diet & Meal Plan Advice
By Hungry Bark | June 21, 2021
Playful and peppy are two of the distinctive traits of a Bichon Frise. Overly friendly, Bichon Frise is known for being energetic to meet new friends and doesn't have much aggression in them.
The combination of friendly demeanor, size, and confidence make the Bichon an ideal dog for small spaces and city environments. They are highly trainable, and their engaging personalities make them one of the more popular of the smaller breeds.
Daily cleaning rituals and monthly grooming are essential to a Bichon's overall health and proper diet and exercise.
To ensure that you're providing the best opportunity for a quality of life for your Bichon, provide only the best food you can at mealtime. Know that not every meal plan is the same, so keep reading if you're curious about what to provide your Bichon for its excellent health.
The Importance Of Getting Enough Exercise
Another benefit to daily exercise is that it allows for your Bichon to socialize and explore its environment. Dogs instinctually will sniff and explore their environment to discover sources of food and potential threats.
Dogs rely heavily on the sense of smell, and a daily walk or another outdoor activity allows them to engage with other animals, stimulate their mind, and aid in digestion as well.
Depending upon where you live, we have a few suggestions about the types of activities you can plan for your Bichon.
The key to any activity is that you are playing and bonding with your Bichon Frise.
Daily activities are something that both you and your dog can look forward to and create opportunities to teach and reinforce proper social behaviors.
Walks: Daily walks are a must to engage your Bichon's curiosity and get some exercise in the process. Walks also serve as a great way to reinforce the bonds and work together on good behaviors.
Hikes: Depending on where you live, take your Bichon on a short hike if you have the opportunity. Keep in mind the terrain and weather as they may negatively impact your Bichon, but you expose your dog to new smells and surroundings by getting out of your immediate neighborhood.
Dog Park: Dog parks are great for socialization skills and get some quality exercise. As Bichon are hyper-loyal, a dog park only scratches one part of their exercise needs.
What plays a significant role for Bichon's is bonding with their owner, so if you go to a dog park, expect to be engaged in their fun.
Swimming: Swimming is a great low-impact activity for older Bichons that may experience joint issues. It is a full-body workout that has significant cardiovascular benefits as well.
The Type Of Nutrition Your Bichon Needs
Even though they are friendly and peppy, your Bichon does have its personality, likes, and dislikes.
When deciding on the type of meal plan that is ideal for your dog, you must consider its age, weight, activity levels.
One more thing to consider is if there are foodborne issues that may cause allergies and intolerances.
Keep in mind that not all dog foods are manufactured with the same attention to optimal nutrition, and some subpar foods may impact your Bichon's optimal health.
Also, at different stages of your Bichon's life, they will have different nutritional needs.
Before we discuss the type of nutrition ideal for your Bichon, let's discuss some other crucial factors in making your meal plan decision.
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Your Bichon's Age And Weight
Striking the right balance of nutritional and caloric needs can be a little overwhelming at first. We suggest you factor in your dog's age first and foremost, then consider its weight and overall activity level.
Meal plans that focus on the suitable types of calories and nutrition and serving size will maintain the ideal weight for your Bichon.
How Active Is Your Dog
As you evaluate different foods, your next consideration is your Bichon's overall level of fitness and activity levels.
Some dogs are prone to overeating or being heavier than others, and knowing your dog's ideal weight, as well as its activity levels, are primary factors in choosing your meal plan.
Active dogs need much more protein than sedentary ones. A good meal plan should prioritize a single protein source such as turkey in the labeling as the primary ingredient before any carbohydrates or fats.
Does Your Bichon Have Allergies Or Food Intolerance
Food allergies and intolerances can appear randomly. That's why it's important to know what type of food your dog is eating.
Dogs who develop a food-borne allergy become more susceptible to additional allergies over time. This process happens because the immune system becomes over-stimulated and aggressively attacks other potential allergens located within the body.
Symptoms of food-borne allergies usually include digestive issues and/or excessive itching. Excessive itching can spiral quickly as it increases skin irritation caused by bacteria getting under the skin triggering the body's itch response.
Food intolerance occurs when your dog can digest a type of food. It may be due to an allergy or a toxic food source and can't be digested.
The best way to avoid potential food-borne allergies is to choose clearly labeled, high-quality dog food.
Why Your Bichon's Food Ingredients Are Important
The type of food you feed your Bichon is crucial to its overall health.
Avoiding foods that have a lot of fillers, additives, and preservatives is ideal. It is also essential to look for ingredient lists that show high protein levels, carbohydrates, and fats in that order.
Proteins are the primary energy source for your dog. They build muscle and help the heart perform its function effectively. Proteins also offer quick bursts of energy.
Carbohydrates break down into sugars in the body and provide a delayed energy source for your Bichon. One of the functions of sugar in the blood is that it serves as the primary energy source for mental function.
Fats provide long-term energy stored in reserves. Too much fat in the diet can lead to many health concerns, but every diet needs some fat levels for delayed energy, and fats aid in minerals and vitamins being absorbed by the body.
How To Read The Ingredients Label
When you read the food label of dog food, there are a few things you need to understand.
Dog food is listed by weight, making the first ingredient the heaviest and most prominent in the list. That means that a protein source should be the first ingredient listed followed by a specific type of carbohydrate such as "brown rice," to be followed with a source of fat before anything else such as vitamins and minerals are listed.
Reading a food label can also be misleading.
The FDA requires manufacturers to list the types of protein in a way that details the percentage included.
They have four different classifications, and understanding what each term means will inform you of the quality of food you're providing.
These terms you want to look for are "the 95% rule, "the 25% rule," "the 'with' rule," and finally, "the flavor rule."
The 95% Rule
Any ingredient listed, such as "chicken," must include 95% of that protein source in the ingredients.
The 25% Rule
Food descriptions such as "turkey dinner or salmon entree" mean that food manufacturers only need to include 25-94% of the total protein in the ingredients list by FDA standards.
The "With" Rule
"With" is another misleading term if you don't know. For example, "dog food with chicken" sounds healthy, but it means the product must have only 3% of chicken in the ingredient list by FDA standards.
The "Flavor" Rule
"Flavor" is another tricky way that subpar manufacturers make their foods seem more nutritious than they may be.
The "flavor" rule basically states that this term is used to describe the food. It needs just enough of the protein source to be traceable. In other words, the protein doesn't even need to have to be included; it just must have enough that could reasonably find it.
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Sample Preparatation Basics
The care that you take in preparing your sample mount is the most important factor influencing the data quality that will ultimately be obtained. A mount intended for SIMS analysis must be both flat and polished, with tolerances on the order micrometers. In general, it is the responsibility of the user to produce the required sample quality. Mounts arriving in Potsdam that are not of the required quality will be returned to the user for improvement, meaning in most cases that the date for the analyses will need to be rescheduled. Samples must be vacuum compatible to better than 10-6 Pa, and in most cases any necessary documentation of the sample (e.g., SEM images) or electron microprobe analyses should be conducted prior to sending your mounts to us.
For most projects samples will need to be in the Potsdam SIMS lab at least 7 days before the scheduled session. If the orientation of you sample is already defined (usually the case if you have done any imaging) you must make sure to make a small but obvious notch at the edge of each sample to indicate the north orientatation. Also, please scratch the sample number on the back side of each mount using a diamond-tip pen (or we will do this for you).
Possible Mount Geometries
Samples intended for analysis can consist of grain mounts, thin sections, or even polished rock disks or slices. The locations intended for analysis should be as close to the middle of the mount as possible. Materials for analysis in our SIMS facility can have the following geometries:
- 1" Diameter Rounds: The diameter of the mount should be between 24.5 and 25.5 mm, and the height of the mount should be no greater than 8 mm. It is best if the height is less than 4 mm tall, as this allows us to use springs to hold the sample in the sample holder.
- 10 mm Diameter Rounds: Sample diameter must be between 9.8 and 10.2 mm and sample height should be no greater than 3 mm.
- Flat Slices: The front and back of the sample must be parallel, allowing us to use springs to hold the polished surface against a metal face plate. The sample should be at least 5 x 5 mm in size, but no larger than 10 x 10 mm. This method is not recommended for isotope analyses requiring good analytical uncertainties.
Prior to analysis we will clean the sample in high-purity ethanol, gold coat the sample to make the surface electrically conductive, load the mount into a sample holder and will then image the sample using a flat-bed scanner (helps with the subsequent navigation).
When preparing multiple samples for a single mount, and especially if your will be requiring the measurement of point profiles, please position the samples so that the profiles are all run in the same direction. It greatly simplifies the measurement of profiles if they all run in the same directions (e.g., north-south or east-west on the mount's surface).
IMPORTANT: For isotope ratio analyses, and in particular for d18O determination where we strive for total uncertainties of around 0.1‰, all analysis points as well as the reference materials should be within 8 mm of the center of the sample mount. Target areas closer to the edge cannot be reliably analyzed due to deformation of the electric field caused by being too close to the edge of the sample holder.
Preparing Thin Section Mounts
Petrographic relationships often provide valuable information for augmenting isotopic data, hence thin sections are often the most appropriate sample type. Thin sections for SIMS analysis must be round and 25.0 ± 0.5 mm in diameter. As the SIMS primary beam penetrates only a few microns into the sample the thickness of the rock slice attached to the round piece of glass is not constrained, although retaining the 30 µm typical thickness for thin sections may help during the petrographic investigation. If the sample is more than perhaps 10 µm thick then it is important that the rock sample extends all the way to the edge of the glass -- failing to do so can result in the sample surface being tilted relative to the front of the SIMS sample holder.
A disadvantage of thin section style mounts is that it is difficult to insert reference materials into them, meaning that this might not be the preferred sample geometry when very good analytical uncertainties are reqeuired. Again it is stressed that areas intended for analysis should be near the center of the thin section.
Preparing Grain Mounts, in Particular Zircon Samples
In order for us to provide the best possible data for your project, grain mounts must be carefully made. In many cases (e.g., zircon U-Pb, d18O analyses) the reference material should be embedded in each 1-inch mount. It is essential that the mounts be flat, well polished and free of bubbles; it is important to pay close attention to assure that the epoxy resin makes good contact with each grain without any trenches forming between epoxy and the individual grains. It is also important that prior to doing your SIMS analyses you should obtain backscattered electron (BSE) and cathode luminesence (CL) images of each grain in order to improve the targeting of the SIMS ion beam. When taking such images with a scanning electron microscope you sould use the minimum electron beam current and the fastest scan rate which are compatible with getting the necessary information. Slow scanning and a high electron dose can damage the epoxy resin in which the zircons are mounted, and this can cause problem during the U-Pb analytical session.
We recommend that you contact us before beginning any sample prep work so that we can help you obtain the best possible data quality from the Cameca 1280.
For information regarding which types of embedding materials (epoxy) one might best use, we refer you to a detailed study by the Edinburgh SIMS facility.
How Not to Make a SIMS Sample Mount
The following photo gallery shows examples of poorly made SIMS samples that have arrived in Potsdam. These are meant as examples of how your sample should not look. Click on the indvidual photos to get an enlarged view and a more detailed figure caption.

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Background and Purpose: During intramuscular manual therapy (IMT), an acupuncture needle is inserted into the skin and muscle. The direct mechanical stimulation may interrupt the pathogenic mechanisms of myofascial trigger points (MTrPs). The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the application and efficacy of IMT on a patient suffering from right chronic elbow lateral epicondylalgia. Methods: A case study of a 26-year-old male presenting with a 6-month history of right elbow pain who failed 11 conservative physical therapy sessions and previous site-specific acupuncture. The patient received 5 IMT sessions over 4 weeks. Findings: The patient had full symptom resolution, range of motion and strength, and avoided surgical intervention. At 6-month follow-up, the patient remained symptom-free. Clinical Relevance: Current treatment for lateral epicondylalgia lacks clinical consensus. This case demonstrated the significant impact of IMT as an adjunct treatment and supports its initial implementation as part of conservative care.
Harper BA. Intramuscular manual therapy after failed conservative care: a case report. Orthopedic Physical Therapy Practice. 2013;25(2):78-84.
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Consequent to a big arson fire in a karaoke establishment, a new Karaoke Establishments Bill is to be implemented for providing a safer indoor environment for karaoke activities. There, a long list of fire safety provisions is specified. There are concerns from the local industry as it has not been demonstrated that following the new requirements will ensure fire safety. Building refurbishment works on corridor width, deadends and fire resistant construction of the partition walls are the three main points. Earlier studies show that those points are not too critical in providing fire safety. Instead, the heat release rate of burning in a karaoke should be studied.||Heat release rate is an important parameter that will affect the course of a fire by providing the driving energy. Earlier surveys of local karaokes indicated that furniture, partition materials, surface linings, floor coverings and carpets are the key combustible items. The importance of studying the probable heat release rate by burning those combustibles in a karaoke box is pointed out.||Full-scale burning tests on selected designs of karaoke should be performed to identify key issues on fire safety. The heat release rate of burning in a karaoke box under local design can then be modeled with the aid of the measured data. Room fire models might be applied to understand the probable fire environment. Results will be applied to investigate how the fire safety provisions can be improved. These include providing better passive building design such as the application of fire retardants; and designing appropriate active fire protection systems. The information is necessary for implementing the new generation of building fire safety codes.
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|Journal||International journal on engineering performance-based fire codes|
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This neroNODE is designed to track Weather. It allows you to track a wide range of environmental conditions from anywhere in the world with our integrated monitoring software. The neroNODE Weather is capable of tracking temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, VOC AQI and detect lightning, all from one device. An optional sensor could be added to allow for the detection and tracking of rainfall. With non-volatile memory the neroNODE can be configured to store sensor data at set intervals between transmissions to allow in-depth analysis once an anomaly is detected.
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New Forest Remembers - Untold Stories of World War II
Few people realise the important role that the New Forest played in World War II. Its strategic location on the south coast meant that the New Forest was crucial in a range of operations and was home to a wide range of World War II installations. Whilst some of these are still visible today, many have been hidden by soil and vegetation or lost during land management activities.
It is estimated that the current archaeological records provide details of only a small proportion of the actual sites and artefacts that are present in the Forest. Similarly, at present there is a wealth of untapped information about the World War II activities in the memories of those who were living in the New Forest at the time, whether they be evacuees, local residents, or military personnel either from this country or from abroad. These people are now reaching their 80s and 90s and so it is critical to capture these memories during the next few years, to ensure that they can inform the understanding of future generations.
Current interpretation and general communication about World War II in the New Forest is also limited to a number of well-known sites, which further increases the bias in knowledge about our recent past. So despite a resurging interest in local history and information about World War II, the important role that the New Forest played during the period remains generally unknown by both visitors and residents alike.
The New Forest Remembers Project intends to address the lack of survey work, knowledge and understanding about the New Forest's role in World War II and aims to bring the war years alive for a wide range of people including residents, visitors, school children and community groups, offering a wide range of volunteering opportunities for those who might wish to be further involved.


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 I printed one prototype at 0.25mm and one at 0.15mm layers. Either setting will work, but the 0.15mm is nicer. The float struts did come out better with the 0.25mm setting so I recommend printing the wing at this setting. Both the floats and the fuselage need support to print.
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 Assemble the wings first. Using a piece of tape to join the wings, move the wings together until the middle struts touch and then glue together. This will put the right amount of dihedral in the wing. Once joined, the wing can be attached to floats, with the struts lining up with the two cross members. Assemble the tail and prop to the fuselage next. Finally, glue the fuselage to the wings - the back of the canopy and the back of the wing line up when it is in the right position.
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When you think of American cuisine, what comes to mind? Hamburgers? Fries? Apple pie? Most traditional American foods can be found at fast food restaurants, available conveniently and cheaply no matter where you are in the United States. Now, you can find American fast food chains in just about every country on the planet.
The Beginnings of Fast Food
The first fast food chain to open in the United States was White Castle in 1921, located in the Midwest. They served American cuisine, such as burgers and fries, quickly and at unbeatable prices.
Fast food differentiated itself from traditional sit-down restaurants in a number of ways. With the opening of the first fast food joint came a sort of culinary assembly line to get the customer their food as quickly as possible. There were no made-to-order dishes, no waiting for thirty minutes to eat. Now, your food could be ready even before you ordered it.
Standardization of ingredients and recipes across locations also ensured that customers would receive the same burger whether they were at a White Castle location in Kansas, or Ohio. Such uniformity and productivity allow fast food to be much cheaper than food served in a traditional restaurant.
The convenience and cheap prices that fast food offered caused a boom in popularity among the American people, creating a phenomenon that has grown to become a significant part of American culture.
A modern-day White Castle location
Convenience is Key
Have you ever seen waitresses bringing food to cars on roller skates in old movies? From the 1920s to the 1960s, this was a common way to receive your meal at American fast food joints. This allowed the customer to conveniently remain in their car—you could now order and enjoy your meal in the comfort of your own vehicle. The popular chain Sonic still employs carhops to deliver food to the customer on skates, creating an old-timey feel that evokes nostalgia for many Americans.
Carhops are less common today, and were largely replaced by drive-thrus in the 1960s, making the process even faster for the customer. Most fast food chains in the United States today have a drive-thru option attached to the restaurant, and the lines are often longer there than inside the store. Such innovations made fast food more accessible and appealing to the American people, making eating faster and easier than ever.
From the U.S. to Around the World
Since the 1920s, the original fast food chain White Castle has diminished in popularity, but many have taken its place as well-known American symbols of fast food. There are fast food chains that have locations in all 50 states and across the globe, as well as chains that can only be found in certain regions of the country. McDonald's is by far the most famous and influential fast food restaurant in the country, changing the way Americans approach food.
There are also regional chains such as In-N-Out, a burger chain only found on the West coast; Cook Out, located in the Southeast; and Whataburger, based in Texas. Many Americans make it a point to try these regional joints that they may not be able to find in their home state while traveling. Fast food is not limited to the conventional burgers and fries—there are now fast food chains serving up Mexican, Italian, and Chinese food. No matter what you're craving, there's a fast food restaurant out there with something you'll enjoy.
In the last few decades, fast food has become popular around the world, and different countries put unique regional spins on American dishes that appeal to locals. For example, McDonald's in Egypt offers a McFalafel, and McDonald's in India boast meatless options for their large vegetarian population.
There are even new traditions born from fast food. It's so common for families in Japan to order KFC on Christmas Eve, that you often must preorder to avoid long lines and ensure you receive your chicken on time. Fast food is not only popular in the United States. It is gaining popularity and recognition all over the world.
The firs McDonald's location, which originally opened in 1955 in Illinois.
Santa Claus outside a KFC in Japan, where it is a popular tradition to eat fried chicken on Christmas Eve.
Something for Everyone
For many foreigners, there are stereotypes about Americans and fast food. Some think that Americans exclusively eat fast food, that it is extremely unhealthy, or that it's only for people without the money to eat at restaurants. However, people from all backgrounds are known to enjoy fast food. People from the everyday American worker to the President of the United States enjoy a BigMac every once in a while.
It is true that most fast food is not particularly healthy, but many enjoy it in moderation as a quick and convenient meal on the go. American culture stresses productivity, convenience, and quick satisfaction. Fast food checks all of these boxes. When you're busy at work, don't have time to cook a meal after a long day, or are commuting with no time to sit down and eat, sometimes a cheap burger that will be ready instantly is just what you need.
A McDonald's drive-thru menu
Fast food in the United States is known worldwide for being quick and cheap . You've likely had fast food in your own country, though it's probably quite different from the American equivalent. If you travel to the U.S., try getting a taste of the uniquely American fast food culture.
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text: Nearly 100 hours of radar data were collected during the 4 weeks of the DECS experiment. The 94 GHz Doppler radar collected Doppler Spectra (512-points, +/- 8m/s) with a temporal resolution of 3 seconds and a height resolution of 30 m. The high-resolution radar data are used to map the vertical structure of the stratocumulus layer. The fields of the Doppler moments (reflectivity, mean Doppler velocity and spectrum width) are statistically analyzed for drizzle and non-drizzle periods. Cloud thickness varied from 100 m to 500 m and drizzle was observed in clouds less than 300 m thick. Using Doppler spectra, microphysical parameters are calculated for drizzle and non-drizzle conditions. The results show a clear picture of drizzle structure in the lower part of the cloud, which has a lower droplet concentration and bigger drops than in the upper part of the cloud. In addition, the temporal and spatial variability of the drizzle field is examined and its relationship to cloud updrafts and downdrafts is investigated. Finally the internal variability of drizzle and non-drizzle cloud modes is analyzed.


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The Seal of La Sierra University represents the core of our existence and our reason for being. Each element symbolizes an important part of our mission.
- The cross, the pre-eminent symbol for Christ, is placed in the position of greatest importance in the design, superimposing the world. It is in the Greek form rather than the Latin, with arms comprised of three strokes representing the Trinity. This "threeness" is repeated in the three elements of the open books; the aim To Seek, To Know, To Serve; and the braided strands of the border.
- The opened books are displayed in deep perspective, as though on a scholar's desk, their lines to converge at the center of the cross, indicating that Christ is at the heart of the University's life. The three books are titled by the three statements of the aim.
- The two intersecting circles in the right-hand border represent the mandorla, the symbol for the person of Jesus Christ linking the two realms of Heaven and Earth.
- The border and motto ("From Diversity, Community") come together in three strands that sweep across the motif to connect one side of the globe with the other, forming a braid of unity and strength that encompasses the University—and the world.


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About the report
This report is intended to help L&D practitioners involved with mentoring programs benchmark their own efforts against those of their peers in similar organizations and close the gap between knowing your objective and measuring the effectiveness of your program.
The following are the biggest overall trends emerging from the survey:
- "Leadership development" (49.5%) and "skill development" (47.1%) are the top two most frequently-reported objectives of mentoring programs.
- "Skills and competencies" (73.5%) was by far the most frequently reported matching criterion.
- "Feedback surveys" (75.2%) are the most frequently-reported means of measuring success.
- "Success metrics and the evaluation process" (51.2%) is the most frequently-reported thing that respondents would most like to improve or change about their mentoring program.
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The mounting paste is often used in presses with changing temperature loads. Due to the relative movement of heating platens and insulating boards a sufficient lubrication is required. Without suitable lubricants different factors can lead to corrosion and slip-stick effects influencing tolerances and precision sizes. The mounting paste ensures a long lasting lubrication even under pressure and high temperatures.
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Quality of Life Comparison
If you lived in Tajikistan instead of Peru, you would:
be 27.9% less likely to be obese
In Peru, 19.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Tajikistan, that number is 14.2% of people as of 2016.
live 5.7 years less
In Peru, the average life expectancy is 75 years (73 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2020. In Tajikistan, that number is 69 years (66 years for men, 72 years for women) as of 2020.
be 65.2% less likely to be unemployed
In Peru, 6.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Tajikistan, that number is 2.4% as of 2016.
pay a 56.7% lower top tax rate
Peru has a top tax rate of 30.0% as of 2016. In Tajikistan, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2016.
make 76.3% less money
Peru has a GDP per capita of $13,500 as of 2017, while in Tajikistan, the GDP per capita is $3,200 as of 2017.
be 38.8% more likely to be live below the poverty line
In Peru, 22.7% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Tajikistan, however, that number is 31.5% as of 2016.
be 80.7% less likely to die during childbirth
In Peru, approximately 88.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Tajikistan, 17.0 women do as of 2017.
have 28.2% more children
In Peru, there are approximately 17.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Tajikistan, there are 21.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.
be 72.5% more likely to die during infancy
In Peru, approximately 16.7 children die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Tajikistan, on the other hand, 28.8 children do as of 2020.
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be 58.2% less likely to have internet access
In Peru, approximately 52.5% of the population has internet access as of 2018. In Tajikistan, about 22.0% do as of 2018.
spend 33.3% more on education
Peru spends 3.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Tajikistan spends 5.2% of total GDP on education as of 2015.
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How big is Tajikistan compared to Peru? See an in-depth size comparison.
The statistics on this page were calculated using the following data sources: National Center of Legislation under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, The World Factbook, Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria.
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experiment uses a two-stage approach. The first stage is a pilot
study conducted of military public affairs practitioners to identify if
they felt their office was properly utilized. The second stage uses
a pre-test, treatment, post-test to study PA perceptions and treatment
effects at military leadership schools.
Stage I: Pilot study
The pilot study (see Table 1) is a convenience sample of 15 public affairs
practitioners in the Department of Defense Joint Communications Course.
The participants represented members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine
Corps, and Army National Guard. The study consisted of a survey intended
to determine how members of the military public affairs community felt
they were viewed by military leaders and servicemembers.
The survey consists of
1. Leadership Four questions
were used to determine if public affairs practitioners felt that leadership
understood the role of public affairs. The questions attempted to
see if leadership saw PA as a valuable tool, whether leaders understood
PAs roles and responsibilities and seriously accepted input from their
public affairs staff.
2. Utility Three
questions were used to determine if public affairs practitioners felt that
non-public affairs service members viewed Public Affairs as a viable tool
in planning. The questions focused on whether PA was used proactiviely,
included in the entire planning stage of an operation, and if public affairs
practitioners were accorded the same amount of respect as other professions
within the military.
3. Training Three questions
concerned the level of training required and available to the public affairs
practitioners. These questions ranged from how much training is available,
if PA training is required prior to being assigned to a public affairs
position, and whether service members are given PA responsibilities as
a secondary job.
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ranking Spain ranks # 36 out of 158 countries. In the first place is Switzerland.
If we talk about the number of smiles issued per country, the order changes. The United States is the one who smiles the most and Russia the least.
With respect to sex, women smile more often than men.
33% of adults smile more than twenty times a day, while 14% do it less than five times. This number is very low compared to children, who smile an average of 400 times a day.
As you can see the number of times a person smiles a day descends parallel to their growth, that is, the older you are the less you smile.
A recent study has shown that people, who inject botulinum substances around the eyes, are no longer able to smile genuinely, so they are more likely to become depressed.
Conversely, those people who inject these substances on the forehead to eliminate the wrinkles that form in that area, tend to be happier because they have lost the ability to frown.


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In this letter, a novel image restoring technique for interlaced video is presented. We employ a motion-degree detector to determine the type of motion in the adjacent pictures efficiently and a hybrid interpolation based on spatial and/or temporal information to restore the missing pixels for each motion type. Extensive experimental results demonstrate that our method can obtain better performances in terms of both quantitative evaluation and visual quality than the state-of-the-art image restoring techniques. Since the proposed method requires low computational complexity, it is very suitable for real-time hardware implementation and can be applied to current television systems.
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Named after its original owner and operator, Thomas Ryan, Ryan's Mart opened on July 1, 1856. It came to be after a city ordinance banned slave auctions around the Old Exchange Building, previously Charleston's busiest slave trading destination. It was later sold to local slave trader Ziba Oakes, at which point it became known as "the Mart." It operated for seven years, closing in 1863 when Union bombardment forced its evacuation and closure. Slave trading continued in other parts of Charleston until February 1865, when the city was reclaimed by the U. S. Army.
The Old Slave Mart Museum is located at the site of Ryan's Mart, Charleston's most prominent location for public slave auctions on the eve of the American Civil War.
Ryan's Mart was a four-building complex that stretched from Chalmers Street to Queen Street. The Old Slave Mart Museum is housed in the Mart's last remaining structure, which served as a salesroom and showroom. During its years of operation, Ryan's Mart also included a kitchen, an infirmary, a four-story jail where enslaved people were confined prior to sale, and a large enclosed lot used as a slave pen.
After the Civil War, former property that made up the Mart was broken up and served a variety of roles, including as tenement housing for local African Americans. In 1938, Miriam B. Wilson opened the Old Slave Mart Museum in the former salesroom building at Chalmers. Privately owned for its first fifty years, the museum was acquired in 1988 by the City of Charleston, who renovated and reopened it in 2007.


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Peter Wise Lake Guardian Visits Oswego
The U.S. EPA's 180-foot research vessel, the R/V Peter Wise Lake Guardian, visited the port of Oswego as part of its exploration of Lake Ontario geography and natural resources. The week-long program is sponsored by New York Sea Grant and the Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) Great Lakes. It has taken the crew from Youngstown, Ohio to Clayton, NY with stops in Toronto, Canada; and Rochester and Buffalo, New York in addition to Oswego's visit.
The Environmental Protection Agency's research vessel, the Peter Wise Lake Guardian, recently docked in Oswego for a tour of the Eastern Lake Ontario shoreline along with the Salmon River Fish Hatchery. Fifteen teachers and environmental educators are aboard to work alongside federal researchers as they perform field exercises and collect data to monitor the Great Lakes. Pictured is sixth-grade science teacher Kenneth Huff from Buffalo, NY.
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In just a few years, Minecraft became one of the world's most popular games. Most of the time, the Minecraft is described as a 'Sandbox' game. In other words, it means a virtual land where the players can create their worlds and experiences by using building blocks, resources discovered on the site, and their creativity.
Since it was first released in 2009, the game has grown in popularity, especially among primary aged children. Minecraft is available on multiple platforms like Windows, Android, iOS, Tablet, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Playstation.
If you are new to the world of Minecraft, then you are in the right place! We are here to tell you about Crossbow, which is one of the familiar items in Minecraft.
The ranged missile that uses arrows and fireworks as a bullet is known as Crossbow.
The crossbows use iron in their crafting recipe. However, they cannot smelt into iron nuggets. Similar to bows, yet they take a more extended time and more powerful (shooting farther with the mostly higher accuracy). The firework rockets or arrows can be fired after fully charged. Afterward, the player speed returns to normal. They can be placed in another inventory slot or into an item frame.
Making a Crossbow in Minecraft
Making a crossbow in Minecraft is very easy. Usually, it requires only 1 minute.
The ingredients needed are one iron ingot, three stick, three-string, and one tripwire hook. The crafting process creates one Crossbow for each set of components used.
Step 1: Open a crafting menu.
With the ingredients mentioned above, open the crafting menu. You will see the 3×3 crafting grid.
Step 2: Arrange the things on the crafting grid.
To make the Crossbow, arrange the iron ingot, string, sticks, and tripwire hook on the crafting grid. When complete, the Crossbow will appear to the right of the 3×3 grid.
The pattern is:
Row 1: Stick, Iron Nagot, Stick
Row 2: String Tripwire Hook, Strong
Row 3: Empty, Stick, Empty
Step 3: Placement of completed Crossbow
After making the Crossbow, select the completed Crossbow and drag it to the player inventory.
Using a Crossbow
To use a crossbow, at least one arrow or fireworks rocket must be there in the stock. The users can choose the type of indicator to use based on location in their inventory.
The crossbows take around 1.25 seconds to load and can load firework or arrow of any color.
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If you are charged with a weapons offence, you need to know your rights. Caramanna Friedberg LLP has a successful track record representing clients charged with weapons offences in Ontario.
In Canada, it is illegal to carry a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Simply possessing a weapon in certain circumstances can be a criminal offence as well, such as carrying a concealed weapon in a public place.
The definition of weapon is extremely broad and can include any object that is used to cause injury to a person. A weapon is any object that is used to either threaten or intimidate another individual. Many weapons are designated as restricted or prohibited by law. Being in unauthorized possession of a restricted or a prohibited weapon can significantly increase the possible penalties associated with an offence.
There are many possible ways to defend a weapons offence. Our firm has represented hundreds of clients on weapons related offences. We have had charges dismissed based on some of the following factors:
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Weapons offences are complex and are often related to other criminal charges. Caramanna Friedberg LLP has the knowledge, expertise and experience to ensure you have outstanding legal representation when facing a possible conviction.
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text: Nanometer-thick liquid lubricant films are useful for the lubrication of miniaturized mechanical systems, such as hard disk drives or microelectromechanical systems. However, there are no established methods for measuring the mechanical properties of such thin films, which can be an obstacle to the optimal design of lubrication systems. We previously developed a highly sensitive method for measuring shear forces, which we called the fiber-wobbling method (FWM). In the FWM, we used a ball-ended optical fiber to probe shear and we measured the friction force acting on the probe tip by detecting the deflection of the fiber. By this means we succeeded in measuring friction forces in nanometer-thick liquid lubricant films. However, we could not evaluate the mechanical properties of the films quantitatively because the contact area between the probe tip and lubricant film was unknown. Here, we developed a method for measuring the contact area during shearing of nanometer-thick liquid lubricant films in the FWM.


Are the intermolecular forces between the chains in a Thermosoftening polymer strong or weak?
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Are the intermolecular forces between the chains in a Thermosoftening polymer strong or weak?
weak intermolecular forces
There are weak intermolecular forces between polymer chains in thermosoftening polymers.
What are the properties of Thermosoftening polymers?
Thermosoftening (also called thermoplastics) are plastics which will soften when heated and can be reshaped. Thermosetting plastics are plastics do not soften on heating. They are used when resistance to heat is important (eg kettles, plugs, laptop chargers etc).
What is the structure of Thermosoftening plastic?
Thermosoftening polymers are polymers that can be re-shaped into a new shape once they are heated up. Polyethylene is an example of a thermosoftening polymer. This includes both types of polyethylene polymers, high-density and low-density. High-density is a straight chain and is stronger.
Which force of attraction is present in thermosetting plastic?
Thermosetting polymers are formed by condensation polymerization. In this kind of polymer, the individual monomer units are bind by strong covalent bonds and form a three dimensional cross linked-network.
Why are Thermosoftening thermoplastic polymers soft and flexible?
Like the noodles, these polymers can slide over one another making these items made from them soft and flexible. In fact, these polymers can only interact by weak intermolecular forces and can, therefore, be separated rather easily when heated giving them relatively low melting points.
Why are Thermosoftening polymers soft and flexible?
Thermosoftening plastics do not have covalent bonds between neighbouring polymer molecules, so the molecules can move over each other when heated and the plastic melts.
What happens when a Thermosoftening polymer is heated?
Thermosoftening plastics melt when they are heated. Most plastics that we come across in everyday life are thermosoftening plastics. This means that they can be recycled , which involves melting them before making a new product.
What is present between polymer chains in Thermosoftening polymers?
Thermosoftening polymers [thermoplastic]: consist of individual, tangled polymer chains without cross-links between molecules. the polymer softens on intense heating-the heat breaks down the weak intermolecular van der Waals forces of attraction between the polymer chains.
Which polymer has strong intermolecular forces * thermoplastic thermosetting plastic elastomer plastic?
Here's your answer!! Option (d) Thermosetting polymers is the correct answer. Explanation ➡ Thermosetting polymers are cross linked or heavily branched molecules which on hetaing undergo extensive cross linking in moulds and again become fusible. These have strongest intermolecular forces.
Which polymer has strongest intermolecular forces?
The polymer having strongest intermolecular forces is
 - Neoprene.
 - Polythene.
 - Nylon-6.
 - Buna-S.


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How To: Watch Server Logs in Real Time
Servers do a fantastic job of writing down in log files what is happening right that moment. While going back and reading logs later to determine what happened in the past is helpful, it is also useful to watch logs in real time. Linux provides a command line tool that lets us do just that: tail.
A Brief Introduction to Tail
The primary purpose of tail is to grab the last few lines of a file (ten lines by default). To do so with any file would look like this:
tail example.txt
Tail also gives us a way to watch files that are updated by other programs in real time: the -f flag.
tail -f example.log
While the -f flag is not exclusively for log files, it is the most common use case.
When you are through following the log, you will need to press the Control and c keys at the same time in order to stop the tail process.
Good Times to Tail: Apache
Suppose there is a link on your site that, every time you click on it, gives you an Apache error. Depending on how your site is coded, the error page may not provide you with much information beyond the fact that there is an error message. First, start tailing the error log (n.b.: the following examples assume you have a cPanel server):
tail -f /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log
If the log is not updating frequently, it is a good idea to hit the spacebar a few times so the error you are trying to reproduce is set apart from previous errors. Then, go back to your browser and click on the link that was giving you the error. It should provide an entry in the error log that matches what you have seen in the browser. This is a surefire way to verify that the log entry corresponds to clicking on that particular link on the site.
Good Times to Tail: Exim
Another use for tail -f can just be to get a broad overview to see if something is wrong. Often, if you see the same error repeated over and over again in a log file, you can get an indication of a server-wide problem.
Perhaps you are starting to hear multiple complaints that email addresses over several domains on your cPanel server are not receiving mail. A quick
tail -f /var/log/exim_mainlog
could show you in real time that multiple email accounts are all receiving the same error.
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Local Resident Makes Olympic History
(written by Megan of the Archives staff)
Did you know that the first African-American to win a medal at the modern Olympic games was from La Crosse?
George Coleman Poage (_PHONE_) was born in Hannibal, Missouri, and moved with his family to La Crosse when he was still a youngster. At La Crosse High School, Poage excelled as both a student and an athlete. He was easily the school's best athlete during the years he was enrolled. As the second-best student in his class (and first African-American graduate), Poage addressed the assembly at graduation in 1899.
After high school, Poage went to the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He was the first black athlete to run for the University of Wisconsin; the first black individual Big Ten track champion in conference history (placing first in both the 440-yard dash and the 220-yard hurdles); and the first African-American to win a medal in the modern Olympic Games. Poage won two bronze medals at the 1904 games in St. Louis (200 and 400 meter hurdle events).
Poage returned to St. Louis after the Olympics to teach at segregated Sumner High School, where he was the head of the English department and a coach for the school's sports teams. After teaching at Sumner for about ten years, Poage purchased a farm in Minnesota and lived there until after World War I.
Moving to Chicago at the height of the Jim Crow era, Poage found few job opportunities, despite his college degree. In 1924, Poage was hired by the United States Postal Service and worked as a postal clerk for nearly thirty years. After his retirement in the 1950s, he remained in Chicago until his death in 1962.
George Poage and his accomplishments were, for the most part, a forgotten piece of La Crosse history. To honor and celebrate his memory, Hood Park will soon be renamed George C. Poage Park.
Hood Street, on the south side of La Crosse, was apparently named for William A. Hood, an early La Crosse resident and surveyor. Although early history is not clear exactly when a park was established, a 1909 map of La Crosse shows a 1.05 acre plat of green space between 5th and 6th Streets, bounded by Adams and Hood Streets, as belonging to the city of La Crosse. The property had come into the hands of the C. & J. Michel Brewing Company, who sold the property to the city in 1909 for the establishment of the Adams Street Playfield.
The Adams Street Playfield was originally laid out with an open area for games and winter skating. Some improvements were made in the early years of city ownership (a skating rink and baseball field), and the park proved to be very popular with neighborhood residents. Even though there has been no formal name change, the Adams Street Playfield has commonly been known as Hood Park for many decades.


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First, you'll need to configure AWS to work with Internal. Then, enter the following information to connect your database to Internal:
When you connect DynamoDB to Internal, we'll generate the following automatically:
Internal uses the Dynamo Query operation to perform filtering. This allows filtering on Sort Keys only, for both tables and indexes. We do not use the Dynamo Scan operation for use in filtering as each query would require an entire table scan in order to provide accurate results.
To enable filtering on specific columns, you can create a Global Secondary Index with a constant partition key and the field you want to filter on as the sort key. This groups all records into one partition on the index, allowing the sort key to be used for filtering purposes. There are no size restrictions on Partition keys for Global Secondary Indexes.
All operators are supported for the partition key. Only the "=" operator is supported for sort keys.


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Query API reference
This applies tov2.25
Interana's API gives you a way to extract summarized and aggregated data for use in downstream processes, data warehouses, dashboards, or reports. For some customers, Interana is one of several analytics processes they run and consolidation of these various analyses in a single report or dashboard is important. Other customers need aggregated data from Interana to feed into separate processes. With the advent of the API, users can now run queries outside of the Interana front end.
The Interana external API is a REST API that allows integration with Interana outside of the standard interface. The API is deployed automatically as part of an Interana cluster installation. The first version of the API provides basic functionality for single measurement and time series queries.
Single Measurement Queries
Single measurement queries are queries that return a single result set. An example of a single measurement query is a Table view query that extracts a site's top users based on the count of user events. Only one table of results is returned for the given time range.
Time series queries are queries that return a result set for every data point in the query's time range. In Interana Explorer, time series queries are rendered using the Time view.
The API currently supports one endpoint: query. The query endpoint allows the user to make queries against Interana. The URL path to the query endpoint is:
https:///api/v1/query
The query endpoint must be accessed with the GET http method.
Authentication and authorization
All requests to the API must be over SSL (https protocol).
The API uses a token based authentication model. Tokens can be created or revoked by Interana support, or you can generate your own API tokens. Tokens must be passed in the Authorization header of each request to the API in the following format:
Authorization: Token
Every user account is authorized to make requests to the API, as long as they use a valid request token.
Requests to the query endpoint must be sent with the GET HTTP method. The required query parameter defines the query to be executed on Interana. It is a JSON object that is URL-encoded and passed as a parameter to the request.
Object format
The query object has the following format:
Name Type Required Description
dataset string yes The name of the dataset that you want to use.
start int yes The start time for the query. Represented as milliseconds since UNIX Epoch time.
end int yes The end time for the query. Represented as milliseconds since UNIX Epoch time.
timezone_offset int no Milliseconds offset from UTC, used for day alignment. This defaults to the configuration of your Interana instance, or Pacific daylight time if the instance is not configured (PDT = -7hr\*60m / hr\*60s / m\*1000ms / s = -25200000 ms).
queries array yes A list of objects containing details about the query. For most basic queries, this list will only contain one element (see queries).
group_by array no
An array of strings listing the columns to group by. Applies to all query objects.
The response will return the columns in the same order that you specify in the group_by.
max_groups int no The number of groups to return if group_by is specified. Defaults to 10.
order_by string no Specify the order in which results are returned. See order_by for more information.
sampled boolean no Whether to run a sampled query. The default is true.
compute_all_others boolean no When group_by is specified, whether to compute the "All others" group. Defaults to false.
 "Type" refers to the JSON type of the property. See for more information.
Name Type Required Description
type string no The type of query to run. Select single_measurement (the default value) or time_series.
measure object yes An object defining an aggregation to measure (see measure).
filter string no Filters to apply to the query. This uses the Advanced filter syntax.
You can use the advanced filter syntax with the API to reference per-actor metrics in queries. The API does not support ratio metrics.
Name Type Required Description
aggregator string yes
The aggregation to measure.
One of: "count_star", "unique_count", "sum", "avg", "min", "max", "P1", "P5", "P10", "P25", "P50", "P75", "P90", "P95", "P99"
column string yes The column that you want to measure.
Name Type Required Description
type string No Specify what you want to order by. Select measure to order by the query measure, or select count_star to order by the count of events.
direction string No Specify the sort order, either asc (ascending) or desc (descending).
The API will return the http status code 200 for successful requests to the query endpoint, along with a JSON object containing the results of the query.
Object format
The query result object format is:
Name Type Description
columns array An array of column objects
rows array An array of row objects
Name Type Description
label array or string A description of the column
type string
The type of the data in the column. Specify "array", 'number'', or ''time_series''
See Data types for more information.
Name Type Description
values array The data corresponding to the defined columns. The order of elements in this array corresponds to the order of elements in the columns array. The length of this array will always equal the length of the columns array. The type of data will match the type defined in the corresponding column object (see Data types).
properties object A map of properties for the result. For time_series queries, this includes information about the time bucketing used to calculate the result. If no properties are applicable, this field will be omitted. See row properties, below.
row properties
Name Type Description
rate string Select ''day'', ''week'', or ''month''
resolution int The time between data points, in milliseconds
window int The length of the time window, in milliseconds. The window must be greater than or equal to the resolution setting.
Data types
The type property of column objects describes the type of data that will appear in each row. The following table describes the JSON format of the possible type values.
Name Type Description
number number
array array
time_series array An array of time_series objects
Name Type Description
timestamp int The timestamp of the data point in milliseconds since UNIX Epoch time
value number The value of the data point
properties array See time_series properties
time_series properties
Name Type Description
event_count int
The number of events used to compute the value. This is the number of events scanned in the time window (window).
For unsampled queries, this should equal the number of events that exist in that particular time window.
object_count int
The number of unique objects used to compute the value.
For unsampled queries, object_count will equal value. For example, if you run an unsampled Count Unique of user_id that scans 500 events in the time window (the event_count), and count 20 unique users, the object_count and value will be 20.
If you run a sampled Count Unique of user_id that scans 24 events in the time window (event_count), and counts 10 unique user_ids (object_count), the value returned is scaled accordingly (because of sampling) and returns 120 as the estimated unique user count for that time window.
Examples: single measurement and time series
Single measurement queries
In this single measurement example, the query is looking for the number of unique userids, grouped by artist, from April 25, 2016 to April 30, 2016.
The same query can be executed in the API with the following request and response calls. Note that start and end times are specified as milliseconds since epoch and timezone_offset is relative to GMT.
Request: single measurement
 "dataset": "Music",
 "start": 1461567600000,
 "end": 1461999600000,
 "timezone_offset": -25200000,
 "queries": [ {
 "type": "single_measurement",
 "measure": {
 "aggregator": "unique_count",
 "column": "userId"
 "filter": "('artist'!= \"*null*\")"
 } ],
 "sampled": true,
 "group_by": ["artist"],
 "max_groups": 5,
 "compute_all_others": false
Response: single measurement
 "rows": [
 {"values": [ [ "3 Doors Down"], 31456] },
 {"values": [ [ "Justin Bieber"], 31336] },
 {"values": [ [ "OneRepublic"], 31772] },
 {"values": [ [ "Taylor Swift"], 30136] },
 {"values": [ [ "The White Stripes"], 27036] }
 "columns": [
 {"type": "array", "label": ["artist"] },
 {"type": "number", "label": "measure_value"}
Time series queries
If the single measurement query example used above is issued as a time series query, each x-axis point in the query time range returns a count of each user's events for that given time window. In other words, the query returns a separate result set for each point in the x-axis.
The time series query in the example below looks for the number of events between April 29, 2016 12:00 am and April 29, 2016 12


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Healthy Foods, Healthy Communities
What's to love about food co-ops? So much! Co-ops have a cool way of doing things differently. They're people working together for better food, stronger communities and a healthier world. And cooperative grocers are making a big impact. A new study, Healthy Foods Healthy Communities: The Social and Economic Impacts of Food Co-ops,* quantifies the impact food co-ops have as compared to conventional grocery stores. The study's compelling results demonstrate the many ways that food co-ops do well while doing good.
Unlike their conventional counterparts, co-ops are owned and governed by member-shoppers and rooted in principles like community, voluntary and open membership, economic participation and cooperation. Because of these principles and practices, food co-ops inherently serve and benefit the communities where they are located. For example, the study finds that for every dollar spent at a food co-op, $0.38 is reinvested in the local economy compared to $0.24 at conventional grocers.
Supporting Local Food Systems and Sustainable Foods
Though "local" has popped up in conventional grocery stores in recent years, retail food co-ops are leaps and bounds ahead of the pack. Where conventional grocers work with an average of 65 local farmers and food producers, food co-ops work with an average of 157. Likewise, locally sourced products make up an average of 20 percent of co-op sales compared to 6 percent at conventional stores.
Years after creating the market for organic foods, co-ops are still the place to find them. Of produce sales at food co-ops, 82 percent are organic, compared to 12 percent for conventional grocers. And, organics make up 48 percent of grocery sales in food co-ops, compared to just 2 percent in conventional grocers.
Local Economic Impact
The economic impact that a grocery store has on its local economy is greater than just the sum of its local spending, because a portion of money spent locally recirculates. For example, food co-ops purchase from local farmers who, in turn, buy supplies from local sources, hire local technicians to repair equipment, and purchase goods and services from local retailers. To some extent, conventional grocers do too, but the gap is still significant. For every $1,000 a shopper spends at their local food co-op, $1,604 in economic activity is generated in their local economy—$239 more than if they had spent that same $1,000 at a conventional grocer.
The average co-op earning $10 million per year in revenue provides jobs for over 90 workers. In total, 68 percent of those workers are eligible for health insurance, compared to 56 percent of employees at conventional grocers. Co-op employees also earn an average of nearly $1.00 more per hour than conventional grocery workers when bonuses and profit sharing are taken into account.
Grocery stores—co-ops and conventional alike—generate a significant amount of waste. What sets retail food co-ops apart is what they do with that waste. Co-ops recycle 96 percent of cardboard, 74 percent of food waste and 81 percent of plastics compared to 91 percent, 36 percent and 29 percent, respectively, recycled by conventional grocers.
- Impact Report - to see the impact up close, view the Healthy Foods Healthy Communities: The Social and Economic Impacts of Food Co-ops report.
- Infographics – find a PDF of the above and an additional infographic in Healthy Foods Healthy Communities Study Infographics.
- Videos – Find the animated video above along with other videos about food co-ops on our YouTube channel: _URL_
* The study behind this report was commissioned by National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA), the organization of grocery cooperatives that brings you this site. NCGA partnered with the ICA Group—a national not-for-profit consulting firm with expertise in cooperatives, economic development, and business research.


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Drawing from the Japanese craft resurrecting shattered vessels with sutures of pure gold joinery, Kintsugi++ imagines a machine trained in the delicate craft of mosaic.
Presented as a response to the practice of shattering pieces that do not meet the standard for perfection in elite porcelain factories, we collect the remnants and use computer vision to reclaim and ennoble them as elements of complex and intricate new forms. Staged as an immersive double projection, the viewer enters the dream state of the algorithm, an animated galaxy of recombinant fragments and shards. The dynamic mosaics constantly assembling and disintegrating create a kaleidoscope of artificially imagined vessels of striking new potential. We propose a new way to think about the radical reuse of waste, a new relationship between maker, machine, and material.


Restrict Deployment Access to Specific Environments
Updated 9 months ago by Michael Cretzman
By default, all Harness User Group members have full permissions on all Applications.
Using Harness RBAC functionality, you can restrict the deployments a User Group may perform to specific Harness Applications and their subordinate Environments.
Restricting a User Group's deployments to specific Environments enables you to manage which target infrastructures are impacted by your different teams. For example, you can have Dev environments only impacted by Dev teams, and QA environments only impacted by QA teams.
In this topic:
Before You Begin
Ensure you are familiar with the following Harness features:
Visual Summary
In the following image, you can see that the Application Permissions for a Harness User Group are set for a specific Application and three of its Environments:
Members of this User Group will have permission to execute Workflow and Pipeline deployments for those target Environments only.
Step 1: Create or Edit a User Group
Harness User Groups are managed in Security > Access Management > User Groups.
Open a User Group. You will edit its Application Permissions to restrict its members deployment permissions to specific Application Environments.
For steps on setting up a User Group, see Managing Users and Groups (RBAC).
Step 2: Set Application Permissions
By default, all Harness User Groups members have full permissions on all Applications.
In Application Permissions, click the pencil icon to edit the default permissions.
The Application Permission settings appear. Configure the following settings:
 1. In Permission Type, enable Deployments and any other permissions other than All Permission Types.
 2. In Application, select the Application(s) you want to grant deployment permissions for. Use the search feature if needed.
 3. In Filter, select the Environments in the Applications you selected. These are the Environments that you want to allow the User Group members to deploy to. Use the search feature if needed.
 4. In Action, select Read, Execute Workflow, and Execute Pipeline.
When you're done, the Application Permission will look something like this:
Now this User Group's members can only deploy to the Environments you selected.
Add and remove members as needed.
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- Michelin this week revealed that it has begun fleet testing
of an RFID transponder embedded in its tires to enable them to be tracked
electronically. After it completes testing, which will likely last 18 months,
Michelin will begin offering automakers the option of purchasing tires
with embedded transponders.
- The US Congress passed the TREAD (Transportation, Recall,
Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation) Act in the wake of the Firestone/Ford
Explorer debacle. The act mandates that car makers closely track tires
from the 2004 model year on, so they can be recalled if there's a problem.
This technology could be available for the 2005 model year.
- Michelin hopes manufacturers will pay a little more for
tires with RFID transponders, because it makes the tires easier to track.
The microchip stores the tire's unique ID, which can be associated with
the vehicle identification number. The chip can also store information
about when and where the tire was made, its maximum inflation pressure,
size and so on. Information can be updated with a handheld reader.
- Other tire makers have demonstrated the ability to read
RFID transponders embedded in tires. But Michelin claims to be the first
to meet the Automotive Industry Action Group's B-11 standard for North
America, which calls for a read distance of 24 inches. Achieving that range
has been a challenge because the rubber makes it harder to read the tag.
- When Michelin took off-the-shelf, passive UHF transponders
and embedded them in tires, the read distance dropped to less than three
inches, according to George O'Brien, Michelin's North American technical
director for electronic products and services. To boost the read range,
the company took microchips from Fairchild Semiconductor and Philips Semiconductor
and designed its own special antenna.
- O'Brien would not reveal details, but he said the antenna
was designed to compensate for the fact that electromagnetic waves travel
differently through rubber than through air. He said the transponder that
his team designed loses only 10 percent of its read range when it is embedded
in a tire.
- The other key issue was to ensure that the rubber bonds
to the antenna. Michelin developed a proprietary coating it puts on the
transponders before putting them into the rubber. "The most important
concern is making sure the tire is not compromised in any way," O'Brien
says. "You have to make sure the rubber bonds carefully to antenna
so the wire that the antenna is made from doesnít break and then
work its way out of the sidewall of the tire."
- The tire is now being tested in several areas of the
country by taxi and rental car fleets. Michelin says the transponders cost
"several dollars" today, but the price will drop if they are
manufactured in mass volumes (Michelin manufactures more than 800,000 tires
a day). It's not clear yet whether automakers will be willing to pay the
- The Fairchild and Philips chips are based on Intermec's
Intellitag. Saleem Miyan, Philips global strategic business manager for
RFID products, says his company made some refinements to the Intellitag
design, which it has licensed from Intermec.The Philips I-Code HSL chip
operates at 868-915 MHz stores about 2 kiliobytes of information. It is
currently available only in sample quantities. it will be mass-produced
starting in the middle of the year.
- Philips and Texas Instruments have also developed pressure
and temperature sensors that use battery-powered RFID tags to communicate
with a reader in the dashboard. That enables the driver to know when the
pressure of one particular tire drops below a certain level (see RFID Chip
To Monitor Tire Pressure). The Michelin transponder is strictly for identification


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When you save a text in a constant or a variable, your are saving a string in Swift. Furthermore, you can see a string as a serie of characters. For that reason, you can access to the content of a string in various ways, such as Collection (Array i.e.) of characters.
Initialize a String
A string literal is a text writed with a double quote at beginning and at the end. So, if you need to save a text in a constant or a variable, you only must to assign a string literal to it.
let coach = "Ted Lasso" var team = "AFC Richmond"
NOTE: It is fundamental remember that strings are case sensitive. So, "a simple string" it is different of "A simple string".
If you need to save the value of two strings in another constant or variable, you can concatenate it.
It is as easy as use the operator
+ between the two values when you have to assign it.
let name = "Michael" let lastName = "Scott" let funnyBoss = name + lastName
Another way, it is to use the operator
+= to add text to a previous initialized string
var spy = "Bond" spy += ", James Bond"
In the above example, the final value of
Bond, James Bond
And, as a String is a Collection of characters, you can also use the method
var greet = "Hello, world" greet.append("!")
In the last code, greet value is
But maybe the most used feature in Strings could be String interpolation. It allows use constants or variables values inside a string.
In this case, you can do it, writing the constant or variable name, inside parenthesis "()", and starting with a backlash "". That is
let name = "Forest" let fullName = "Forest Gump" let introduction = "Hello, I am \(name), \(fullName)"
The final value of
"Hello, I am Forest, Forest Gump"
Finishing (althought it is not used often in real world apps) maybe sometimes you need to save larger texts in a string, and it could be difficult read the value for others programmers o for yourself. In this case, you can use a multiline string.
To save a multiline string, you only need to write three quotation marks at the beginning, and finish with another three in a single line. For example:
let text = """ To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die, to sleep; """
First triple double quotes doesn't need to be in a single line, but it helps to focus in text value.
You can see useful methods in the post Useful String methods in Swift
Happy coding! 👨🏻💻


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It depends on what triggered the shift.
As _USER_ pointed out, PHB1 p.287 describes a
Charge as (emphasis mine):
Move and Attack: Move your speed as part of a charge and make a melee basic attack or a bull rush at the end of your move.
As _USER_ pointed out, PHB1 pg 268 describes an
Immediate Interrupt as (emphasis mine):
An immediate interrupt lets you jump in when a certain trigger condition arises, acting
before the trigger resolves. If an interrupt invalidates a triggering action, that action is lost. For example, an enemy makes a melee attack against you, but you use a power that lets you shift away as an immediate interrupt. If your enemy can no longer reach you, the enemy's attack action is lost.
If the attack was the trigger (for example,
Trigger: You are the target of a melee attack.), then movement is already done. The charger has already transitioned from the "movement" phase of the charge to the "attack" phase, and can't move any more.
If the movement was the trigger (for example,
Trigger: A foe enters a square adjacent to you.) then the shift happens before the "movement" phase of the charge resolves (i.e. finishes). In that case the charger can continue as long as they have movement left and each square of movement brings them closer to the target's new location.
The pseudo-momentum doesn't say you can't change directions, only that you must always be getting closer to your target. For example, because of how 4e counts diagonals, the following 90 degree turn in mid-charge is perfectly valid:
o = empty space,
X = obstacles,
T = target,
S = charger's starting position,
F = charger's final position,
P = charger's path


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Internet sock puppet
A sock puppet describes an additional account created by an existing member of an Internet community, sometimes to manufacture the illusion of support in a vote or argument. Other reasons include a desire to support or vote on an issue coupled with a desire to have one's "main" account stay away from the issue. This behaviour is sometimes seen as being dishonest by online communities, and as a result these individuals are often labeled as trolls.
One type of sock puppet is sometimes referred to as a "straw man sock puppet". They are created by users with one point of view, but act as though they have an opposing point of view, in order to make that point of view look bad. They will often make poor arguments which their "opponents" can then easily refute. This can allow them to make straw man arguments. Such sock puppets thus become a personification of the straw man argument which their creators argue against. They often act as unintelligent or uninformed, and may behave in an overtly bigoted manner. The effect is often to obfuscate the debate and prevent a serious discussion of the arguments from each side. Suspicion of such sock puppets is often harder to verify though, as there are often people who naturally behave in such a manner with the same effects.
- Based on an article titled "Sock_puppet" at Wipipedia
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Returns a string representation of the key attribute(s) that is suitable for use in an HTML DOM id. This can be overwritten to customize the default generated string representation if desired. If you need to read back a key from a dom_id in order to query for the underlying database record, you should write a helper like 'person_record_from_dom_id' that will extract the key either based on the default implementation (which just joins all key attributes with '-') or on your own overwritten version of the method. By default, this implementation passes the key string through a method that replaces all characters that are invalid inside DOM ids, with valid ones. You need to make sure yourself that your dom ids are valid, in case you overwrite this method.
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Piracy doesn't pay, especially not for those who get caught. About two years ago, there was a huge piracy bust involving two man in California who were pirating tons of media, including music, software and movies. Now, after all this time, those two men have been sentenced, and they certainly didn't get a slap on the wrist.
For their part in pushing the replicated goods, they will both be receiving 37 months in prison and severe fines. One of them will be responsible for a $125,000, whereas the other faces a steep $6.9 million:
Ye Teng Wen, also known as Michael Wen, 31, and Hao He, who is sometimes called Kevin He, 32, both of Union City, Calif., were each sentenced to 37 months in federal prison, three years of supervised release, a $125,000 fine, and a $500 mandatory special assessment. On June 4, a third conspirator, Yaobin Zhai, also known as Ben Zhai, 34, of Fremont, Calif., received the same sentence but also was ordered to pay $6.9 million in restitution.
Definitely not a light sentence for such a crime, showing how much more aggressive authorities are becoming towards piraters. The past three years in particular have been marked by several high-profile cases in which a group or sometimes even an individual faces prison for piracy.


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While the cylinder label is the primary means of identifying the properties of the gas in a cylinder, the colour coding of the cylinder itself, can often time provide a further guide.
Cylinder Shoulder - European Standard Color Coding
The color applied to the shoulder, or curved part, at the top of the cylinder signifies the European standard color coding that has recently come into force. The aim of the standard (EN 1089-3), which has replaced the old cylinder colour scheme (BS349), is to help improve safety standards within the gases industry.
A number of gases have been assigned a specific colour and some of these are shown below:
Cylinder Body - BOC Colour Coding
The colour of the body of the cylinder may differ for the same gas among different gas companies. The BOC cylinder body colours are displayed below:
- Variation in monitor colour settings may impact colours displayed.
- Cylinder colors are a guide ONLY. Labels MUST be used as the primary means of identification cylinder content.
- For more detail on cylinder identification, colour coding and labelling standards under the new European cylinder color coding system, visit the British Compressed Gases Association website.


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Ray Hughes – The History of Wellington's Banks
October 25, 2017 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
The first mention of a bank in Wellington was in 1795. The Clifton Group have been researching the history of banking in Wellington since that date and will trace how the major banks established themselves in the town over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through a fascinating series of mergers and acquisitions identifying some surprising founders of predecessor banks that have now been incorporated into the multi national enterprises of the current day as well as exploring what happened to a smaller bank and building society that are now defunct.


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The Public Works Academy offers the Basic Maintenance of Traffic class. This class is often referred to as the Flagger Class and is required by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for anyone performing flagging duties. Please note that this certificate does not permit the maintenance or set up of work zones/temporary traffic control zones. For this level training, please visit the Intermediate Maintenance of Traffic class.
The Basic Maintenance of Traffic class, often referred to as Flagger Training, addresses traffic safety topics including fundamental principles of flagging and Part 6E of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices,
Cards and Certificates can be printed out at motadmin.com.


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Problems of translating modern Scottish literature into French, with special reference to 'The crow road' by Iain Banks
This thesis, which is written in French, examines the problems of translating modem Scottish literature into French. To illustrate them, a case study on The Crow Road by lain Banks will be undertaken. A short introduction first establishes the content of the thesis, its different parts and the strategy that we have adopted to tackle our main problem. This is identified as the cultural "otherness" of Scottish writing, which has been to a greater or lesser degree occulted in French translations of Scottish Literature. Chapter I looks at theoretical aspects of translation from a thematic point of view ranging from a philosophical approach, through a linguistic one to various cultural approaches, with specific reference to Eugene Nida and Lawrence Venuti. Chapter II examines Scotland as a nation and as a country with important linguistic and cultural differences from its southern neighbour. We will see how important this separation is in literature and how some theorists have dealt in particular with the problem of translating the vernacular. Chapter III is devoted to the analysis of the French translations of four Scottish authors, James Kelman, William McIlvanney, Irvine Welsh and lain Banks. It examines passages from the texts but also emphasises the strategies adopted by the translators. Chapters IV and V focus on respectively on lain Banks and The Crow Road in order to provide thorough social and cultural contextualisation before considering ways of translating the novel. Chapter VI considers a number of potential strategies for translating sections of The Crow Road: a 'domesticated' one, a Nabokov style, the use of a French dialect and finally one using Venuti's concepts. The conclusion suggests that translators are free to choose between competing strategies, or even to mix them, but that what is crucial is to have a thorough knowledge of the source culture, and a conscious and apparent strategy, before approaching works as culturally laden as contemporary Scottish novels. The Translator may have to have the courage to offend against existing French translation norms if translation is to be truly trans cui tural.


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Canada Nicotine Cap
by Daniel Lofchick on May 26, 2021
The current nicotine cap in Canada is 66 mg/ml. Health Canada is proposing lowering that cap to 20 mg/ml - the limit set in the European Union.
Their rationale is simple - there has been a sharp increase in youths vaping, and they want to curb that increase. Health Canada identified the availability of high nicotine vaping products as one of the reasons that youth vaping has increased.
This article presents an analysis of both sides of this argument, and some alternative proposals to the nicotine cap. Before we begin, however, it's worth noting that we're not writing this with a totally impartial tone; the nicotine cap is something we're not sold on.
There is strong evidence that vaping can help smokers quit. This evidence is so strong that Health Canada, itself, notes that completely switching from smoking to vaping reduces your exposure to harmful chemicals.
We'll delve more deeply into that point as we go along, but one can't help but think that by reducing the amount of nicotine that's allowable in vaping products, the Government may actually discourage smokers from switching to vapes. Cigarette addiction is a massive burden on our public health resources. One hopes the Government could find a way to minimize youth vaping without dissuading smokers who are trying to quit by vaping instead.
The rise in youth vaping
The dramatic rise in youth vaping is, indeed, cause for concern. Vaping among Canadian teens doubled over the course of 2 years (from 2017-2019). The study which found the increase in teen vaping also found that similar trends can be observed in the U.S., but not in the U.K. One of the study's conclusions was that this was the result of stricter nicotine laws in the U.K. (among other things).
That's a pretty frightening increase in the number of teens who are vaping. Some have blamed the popularity and accessibility of JUUL - nicotine salts can have higher concentrations of nicotine than traditional e-juice, and they're what JUULpods use.
There's a whole complicated discussion to be had about how nicotine is absorbed by the body, but this isn't the time or place for that (though it is interesting). JUULs are popular, and they use e-juice with a high concentration of nicotine. A study found that this may contribute to youth vaping. Let's leave it at that for now.
Where things get interesting is how the rate of cigarette use by youth has been affected. While vape use has increased, cigarette use has decreased - and given that cigarettes are much more harmful than vaping, that's a good thing. Obviously, we'd rather our youth use no nicotine products at all, but if it's one or the other, it's better that they vape.
For a more thorough breakdown on the reports, their methodology, and some of the flaws in thinking, check out Clive Bates' analysis of Canada's approach to youth vaping. Note that Clive isn't exactly an unbiased actor - a lot of his posts are him criticising anti-vaping laws - but his breakdown of the papers is thorough. He brings up some very relevant points.
How will this affect the vaping industry?
A point of clarity: the regulations limiting the amount of nicotine to 20 mg/ml have not yet come into effect. We're still not sure whether or not they ever will.
There are two ways, then, that we can evaluate how these regulations could affect the vape industry. First, the threat of regulation could produce a chilling effect. Manufacturers might limit the supply of vape juice over 20 mg/ml that they produce for the Canadian market, in anticipation that the product will soon be outlawed. In the same vein, vape shops may also limit the amount of product they purchase for resale.
Should regulations limiting nicotine levels come into effect, the vaping industry will lose money. This is accounted for in Health Canada's own assessment of the situation (found in the Canada Gazette). Their assessment is quite candid about estimated losses to the industry:
"The proposed Regulations would result in total incremental costs for the vaping industry estimated at $452 million present value (PV) over 30 years (or $36.4 million annually). The monetized costs to the vaping industry are associated with the disposal of their stocks of vaping products above 20 mg/ml nicotine, as these would no longer be sold or distributed, and potential industry profit losses."
What are industry associations and advocates saying?
Given the millions of dollars in yearly losses that Health Canada itself estimates will occur, you won't be surprised to learn that industry associations and advocates are not for this change.
Here's a cynical take: industry advocates are against the change because they don't want to lose money.
And a less cynical take: industry advocates are against the change because they don't want people to turn away from vaping and start smoking cigarettes.
Vaping advocates almost always advocate for its uses as a healthier alternative to cigarettes, and as a quitting aid. You're reading this article on the website for a business called "Cold Turkey" - a name that's obviously alluding to quitting.
Most industry advocates feel that there are better ways of going about harm reduction, including more restrictive rules about advertising to youth.
Are flavours the next to go?
At this rate, it's pretty likely. JUUL has already stopped selling all but two flavours in Canada. The two flavours they still sell? Nicotine and mint, the flavours that can traditionally be found in cigarettes.
There are new regulations in Ontario banning the sale of most flavoured vape juices in all except specialty shops. The flavours that are exempt? Tobacco, mint, and menthol. You get the picture.
This is just one writer's opinion, but honestly? The Ontario model seems like a good one to follow. Limit available flavours, make them harder to purchase outside of specialty shops, and limit advertising. Reducing nicotine content? That seems like a good way to get people to turn back to cigarettes.
For now? You can still buy nic salts and pods with higher concentrations of nicotine. We have some available at our Saint James vape shop - get them while you can.