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Scientific name: Prunella modularis
Size: Up to 145mm
Distribution: Found throughout the UK
Months seen: All year round
Habitat: Parks, gardens, open woodland and areas with hedges and scrub
Food: Invertebrates and seeds
Special features: The dunnocks plumage is similar to the house sparrow, being mostly brown with black streaks, although the head and neck has a lot of blue-grey colouring and the underparts are generally darker. The beak is dark coloured and very thin, and the legs are an orange-brown color. The males and females are similar but the male frequently has more of the blue-grey colouring on the head.
Dunnocks are shy birds and like to be close to cover. Their flight is very jerky, and they spend a lot of time on the ground.
Dunnocks are sometimes called 'Hedge Sparrows' or 'Hedge Accentors'.


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Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Abraham Tulin, a veteran American Zionist, a lawyer, and a long-time supporter of the Haifa Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) who died yesterday at the age of 94. At the time of his death, Mr. Tulin was honorary board chairman of the American Technion Society.
In 1947 he served as chief counsel of the Jewish Agency for Palestine before the Anglo-American Commission of Inquiry on Palestine. He was a co-author, with Judges Stanley H. Fuld and Simon H. Rifkind and other distinguished jurists, of a fundamental document, "The Basic Equities of the Palestine Question" which was submitted to the joint commission.
Mr. Tulin was born in Besdjez, Russia, and his early interest in Zionism was kindled by the Dreyfus trial in France. He came to the United States as a child, attended high school in Hartford, Conn. and was graduated from Yale University in 1903. He earned his law degree from the Harvard Law School in 1906.
As a Zionist leader, Mr. Tulin was selected as an American delegate to the World Zionist Congresses held in London in 1919-20, in Basle, 1927 and 1931 and in Prague in 1933. In 1957 the Haifa Technion recognized his outstanding services to the school by awarding him an honorary doctorate in science and technology. He served both as chairman and honorary chairman of the American Technion Society.
Mr. Tulin was instrumental in obtaining for the American Technion Society an amount of about $8 million as a bequest by Gerard Swope, president of General Electric Co. In 1972, he became the first recipient of the Technion Society's Albert Einstein Award, its highest honor.

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Coconut shells have in modern days been put into different uses ranging from jewelry boxes to flower pots. Coconut shells can also be used as oil burning lamps, since they are easy to get, cheap and Eco friendly, and here is how to make one.
- Hard glue
- cotton string
- two coconuts.
- metallic bottle topProcedure
DIY for Oil burning lamps
- Cut the two coconut using the hacksaw into two halves thus having four halves
- Use the knife to remove the flesh
- Remove all the fibers to a smooth surface using the sand paper.
- hold together the two clean halves using the hard glue.
- make a hole on one side of the half big enough to place the glued shell on to serve as a stand
- using the knife make a hole on the bottle top and put through the string.
- place some oil in the shell and place the string in and close.
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People possess at least 10,000 Clovis points in total. While people have more than a few of them, they are still rare enough to be expensive. A Clovis point might be worth only a few hundred, or you might be able to sell it on eBay for $14000. They vary a lot in price, so make sure not to sell your point for much less than it's worth. via
Are Clovis points Rare?
Stanford says that Clovis points are rare, but it's not uncommon to find them on beaches. via
Where have most of the Clovis points been found?
Distribution. Clovis points were first discovered near the city of Clovis, New Mexico, and have since been found over most of North America and as far south as Venezuela. via
How do you identify a Clovis point?
Clovis points are wholly distinctive. Chipped from jasper, chert, obsidian and other fine, brittle stone, they have a lance-shaped tip and (sometimes) wickedly sharp edges. Extending from the base toward the tips are shallow, concave grooves called "flutes" that may have helped the points be inserted into spear shafts. via
What is a Clovis arrowhead worth?
The research began with the 2015 discovery of what is believed to be a Clovis point arrowhead, which Gramly says could be 12,800 or more years old and worth as much as $15,000. via
Are broken arrowheads worth anything?
A chipped or broken arrowhead is not going to be worth as much as one in good condition. More than a few of the arrowheads I find have broken points. A broken point or any other damage makes an arrowhead worth very little. via
What's the most expensive arrowhead ever sold?
The most expensive arrowhead ever sold went for $276,000. It was both prehistoric and made of green obsidian, a rare stone. Very ancient arrowheads are rare, with the famous Clovis points being the most sought-after and valuable rare arrowheads. via
Which is older Folsom or Clovis?
The Paleoindian Period: 13,000 (or earlier) to 6000 B.C.
Folsom points are often found with the bones of bison. Clovis points, which were made early in the Paleoindian period, have been found throughout North America, most often associated with the bones of mammoths. via
What is the best way to tell how old an artifact is?
Perhaps the most famous absolute dating technique, radiocarbon dating was developed during the 1940s and relies on chemistry to determine the ages of objects. Used on organic matter, the technique measures the amount of radioactive carbon decay to determine an object's age. via
Where Clovis sites have been found?
The Clovis culture was named after flint spearheads found in the 1930s at a site in Clovis, New Mexico. Clovis sites have been identified throughout the contiguous United States, as well as in Mexico and Central America. via
What were Clovis points mainly used for?
Clovis points are lance-shaped, partially fluted, and used for killing mammoths and other very large game (see Clovis complex). via
What do scholars know about Clovis points?
Definition of Clovis Points
Clovis Points are a type of prehistoric tool made by native peoples of North America roughly 10,000-13,500 years ago. They resemble a large spearhead, although the technical term used by archaeologists is projectile point, because it may have been thrown as a projectile for hunting. via
What does a Clovis point Arrowhead look like?
Known for its distinct, but primitive look, Clovis points are generally shaped like spearheads. These spearheads are bifacial, and most likely were made by smacking stone at an angle, in order to fracture the rock to produce a certain shape. via
How can you tell how old an arrowhead is?
Signs of use or wear of an arrowhead can also establish its age. Small damages to the blade or tips indicate wear. The once sharp edges had become smooth. And most prehistoric tool users sharpen the blades or dull tips of their tools. via
Why are Clovis points fluted?
Archaeologists have debated for years as to why the Clovis added this flute feature to their points. Basically, it is a thin groove chipped off at the base on both sides, perhaps first made by accident, which logically makes it very thin and brittle. via


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Common Name: Chaste Tree
Scientific Name: Vitex agnus-castus
Origin: Chaste Tree is native to the Mediterranean and Asia
Bloom time: Summer
Chaste Tree is a large shrub topping out at 15- to 20-feet-tall. It features grey-silver aromatic foliage and is covered with 6- to 12-inch spikes of pale violet blooms in mid-summer.


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Telemedicine Africa Rolls Out Virtual eHealth Centers in South Africa
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Telemedicine Africa has collaborated with Dimension Data and the IDC to set up private telehealth centres in South Africa.
The virtual eHealth centres will use a public-private partnership (PPP) model to provide nurses at primary care clinics with workstations that boast video conferencing infrastructure connected to medical devices, such as electronic stethoscopes and blood pressure machines, to examine a patient. The patient information is then sent to a doctor or specialist remotely to make an informed diagnosis.
In an interview with eHealthNews, Telemedicine Africa Managing Director and one of the creators of the telemedicine workstations, Dr Moretlo Molefi, explained that clinics and hospitals would continue to contract different types of specialists on specific days of the week as they do currently. However, the use of telemedicine will ensure that patient waiting times are reduced in an efficient and cost effective manner.
"We understood the need for a user friendly system for nurses and we developed our workstations in collaboration with Stellenbosch University, SUNPA and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) as a model for all developing countries," said Molefi.
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* Default: 50
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* Note that this does not control the enforcement of the scheduler quota.
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* Quota information is conveyed from the members to the captain. Network delays
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* Default: false
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* Default: false
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Africa has immense natural resources and yet it is industrially the most backward continent because of following reasons.
*The continent Africa lack good institutions and schools and all people are not well educated and have not proper knowledge of natural resources utilization.
*There is lack of human resources.
*Frequent civil wars take place in Africa which leads to loss of resources and it also cause mass scale corruption in the government and hinders the growth of country.
*Foreign rule over African countries and use their resources for their own benefits rather than developing industries.
*There is lack of technology. The exploration and extraction of natural resources could not be possible without technology.
*Africa has indigenous and numerous resources but it is poorly distributed among people and states in those countries. Wealth distribution is an issue which make it industrially backward and poor country.
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coffee carCoffee-powered car owner Martin Bacon has just beaten the 65 mph record for cars of that class. The car achieved the feat with an audience including a Guinness World Records adjudicator and Bacon's wife at Greater Manchester's Woodford Airfield.
The 42-year-old achieved a speed of 65.536 mph to claim the record in a car that makes use of pellets of coffee chaff (waste from coffee production) which when heated in a gasifier break down into hydrogen and carbon monoxide which are in turn combusted to power the engine.
Bacon expressed his delight at their breaking the record for that range of cars, stating that it has taken years to make that "Coffee Car" although cars powered by gasification have been in wide usage before, such as in the period of World War Two. He also added that worldwide, there were more than 900,000 vehicles being driven by gasifiers with the inception of the 20th century.
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Probably New England. Ribbon, human hair, and ink in a hand-made paper book bound with ribbon, the paper bearing the mark of CONGRESS PARSONS C_. Dates range from 1836 to 1862. This little book is a terrific example of an art form known as Memory or Friendship Books, which were cherished tokens of family, love, and friendship exchanged by early Americans. The unadorned cover protects four pages of decorative entries, delicately crafted and remaining in remarkable condition. About 4 3/4 inches tall x 3 wide. See Expressions of Innocence and Eloquence, Selections from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana, pp. 85-101 for related and similar examples, and a thorough discussion of the importance of these books in 19th century America.
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orthodox. Since the rivers in both cities are narrow and often crowded, there is little opportunity for punting "at full pressure", so these variations in stance are of little importance. Nevertheless the traditions are often strongly held; students at Oxford and Cambridge frequently believe that theirs is the only correct style, to the extent that the till end is often known as the 'Cambridge End', and the other as the 'Oxford End'.
The orthodox position may benefit the experienced punter who does have the opportunity of a clear river or who is planning a long day trip.
For the beginner
Rivington recommends that the beginner should:
- Stand near the back of the punt (that is, on the box in Cambridge or on the "swim" in Oxford) and as near to the side as confidence and balance allow, facing over the side of the punt.
- With the forward hand throw the pole vertically down close to the side of the punt, guiding it with the lower hand.
- Let it fall all the way until it touches the bottom and then reach forward with both hands and gently pull the pole past your chest.
- At the end of the stroke, relax and allow the pole to float up like a rudder behind you.
- When the punt is going straight, recover the pole hand over hand until you can throw it down again and begin the next stroke.
The habit of relaxing at the end of the stroke helps to avoid falling in should the pole unexpectedly get stuck.
For the more experienced
More experienced punters sometimes stand to one side of the punt, so that it tips down slightly on that side. This makes a slight keel under the boat and helps to keep it in a straight line.
Some experienced punters punt one-handed. This technique is slower and harder to master than punting with both hands, and consists of a "bucket" recovery of the pole (where the pole is thrown forward rather than just pulled up), except that this recovery is done with one hand.
Racing punters tend to stand in the middle of the punt, because it is more efficient to do so. Indeed many racing punts have cross braces with canvas covers both fore and aft, so it is only possible to stand in the middle. Pleasure punters may like to try punting from the middle, but it is probably advisable to remove the seats and the passengers first.
It is also possible to punt tandem, that is with two punters standing one behind another in the middle of the boat, and generally punting from the same side. Some punt races are organized for pairs punting tandem.
Punting in England
I admit that it is better fun to punt than to be punted, and... a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry.
The pleasure punts in use in England today were first built around 1860, becoming massively popular in the 1910s. The oldest punting company (Scudamore's Punting Company) in the UK today was founded in 1910 and is found in Cambridge
Their use declined across much of England in the 1950s and 1960s in proportion to the increase in motor boat traffic on English rivers, but has increased again as the tourist industry has grown in England.
Punting is a popular leisure activity on the rivers of several well-known tourist destinations: there are commercial organizations that offer punts for hire on the Avon in Bath, the Cam in Cambridge, the Cherwell & Isis in Oxford, at Stratford-on-Avon, and on the lower Thames near Sunbury. A small number of private punts are also registered on these rivers, especially by the colleges in Oxford and Cambridge. In June 2012, Norwich City Council gave the go-ahead to introduce punting on the River Wensum.
Punting in Cambridge
Traditional Thames pleasure punts were not introduced to Cambridge until about 1902–1904, but they rapidly became the most popular craft on the river, and today there are probably more punts on the Cam than on any other river in England. This is partly because the river is shallow and gravelly (at least along The Backs) which makes it ideal for punting, but mainly because the Cam goes through the heart of Cambridge and passes close to many very attractive old college buildings. The popularity of punting beside the old colleges in Cambridge can produce significant congestion on this relatively narrow stretch of the river during the peak tourist season, leading to frequent collisions between inexperienced punters. These collisions are mostly harmless, but visitors to the city may prefer the calmer experience offered on the river above the weir. Further upstream, the river enters some particularly beautiful and tranquil countryside as it approaches the village of Grantchester.
A popular summer pastime for Cambridge students is to punt to Grantchester and back, stopping for lunch in a pleasant Grantchester pub. During tourist season, students have been known to steal the poles of tourist punts as they pass below the College bridges.
There are several companies on the Cam operating tours and hiring punts to visitors and, while most of the colleges along the river keep punts for the exclusive use of their students, at Trinity College the punts are also available for hire to the public. There is also the Cambridge University Punting Society, an undergraduate student society in the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 2010, and holds official society status in the University of Cambridge. It operates on the River Cam, and its upper reaches, known as the River Granta, which flows from Grantchester down to Cambridge.
The tradition in Cambridge is to punt from the till (locally known as the "deck") at the back of the punt. There are some advantages to this: punters are less likely to drip on their passengers and can steer more easily by swinging the pole behind them, but it is not how Thames punts were traditionally propelled. Nor was the till originally designed for standing on; Cambridge-built punts are made with extra strong decks, and sometimes with a deck at both ends. Photographs of punting on the Backs in 1910 show that the practice was well established by then; according to an old Cambridge boat man, Don Strange interviewed in the 1970s, the practice was started by women from Girton anxious to show off their ankles.
From late in the 19th century until at least 1989, an undergraduate social club called the Damper Club, (or Dampers Club after 1958) took a loose responsibility for the interests of punting on the Cam. Membership was open to "all those who have unwillingly entered the Cam fully clothed". The future Python Graham Chapman was president in 1961–62. The Dampers Club has been succeeded by the Cambridge University Punting Society.
The Cambridge towpath
Where the River Cam flows through the town in Cambridge, experienced punters follow the path of a gravel ridge that makes for easier punting. This ridge has a curious history. It is the remains of an old towpath built when the Cam was still used for commercial river traffic. The banks on either side of the river belong to various university colleges; faced with their combined opposition to a conventional towpath on one side or the other, the river tradesmen were forced to build the towpath in the course of the stream, and to make the tow horses wade along it.
The weir and slipway
The part of the River Cam in Cambridge where punting normally occurs is separated into two levels by a weir at the Mill Pool near the University Centre. (Punting on the lower river below Jesus Lock is not normally allowed.) Punters wishing to move from one level to the other drag their punts between the levels via a slipway with rollers. Tourists wishing to visit only one level can hire punts at the appropriate level to avoid the transfer, which requires about 4 average adults.
Punting in Oxford
Except in the immediate vicinity of Magdalen Bridge, punting in Oxford is a surprisingly quiet and rural experience. Most of the punting is done on the River Cherwell, which flows through Oxford's protected green belt of fields and woods for the last few miles before it joins the Thames just south-east of Christ Church Meadow. Unfortunately this tranquillity comes at a price, for the Cherwell is both deep and muddy, and the muddy patches cling tenaciously to the pole's shoe at unexpected moments.
Punting on the Thames below Folly Bridge is often less enjoyable, mainly because of the competition from eights and sculls and motor boats; punts are recommended to keep close in beside the towpath. The best punting to be had in Oxford is on the Isis alongside Port Meadow to the west of the town; this stretch of river is both shallow and gravelly, has attractive scenery, and is well supplied with pubs (such as The Trout Inn, Wolvercote where some of the Inspector Morse dramas were filmed).
The tradition at Oxford is to punt from inside the boat rather than from on top of the till (or "box" as it tends to be called in Oxford) and to propel the punt with the till end facing forwards. The tradition dates from before 1880.
Punting elsewhere in England
There is some punting on the River Wear in Durham and some of the colleges of Durham University own punts; however, small rowing boats are more popular and better suited to the Wear. Specifically, University College owns punts for the use of its students.
In the Roman spa town of Bath, it is possible to punt on the Avon from the town centre. The river however is deep and shared with large motor vessels. The puntable stretch of river runs beside Brunel's Great Western Railway line. It is also possible to punt on the


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The IRIS Data Management System (DMS) invites individuals at IRIS member institutions to submit Letters of Interest that outline new data product types and related development plans. Authors of selected data product descriptions will be requested to submit full proposals to acquire funding from the IRIS DMS to support the development of the completed product. This is an excellent opportunity for researchers to put forward unique and useful data product ideas, receive funding for their development, and collaborate with the IRIS Data Management Center (DMC) on their presentation and long term management. Typically derived from raw data, these data products can serve many purposes including as a foundation for future research.
The deadline for submitting Letters of Interest for data product development is April 30, 2013.
The goal of our product development effort is to create data products that complement the raw time series data traditionally managed by the IRIS DMC. The development effort is guided by the IRIS community through the IRIS Data Products Working Group. The DMC currently manages more than a dozen data product types produced either by the community or by the DMC as a result of this relatively new effort. A list of these product types is available at _URL_
The purpose of this call for Letters of Interest is to solicit data product ideas from our community of users. After reviewing all submitted Letters, the selection committee will request selected authors to submit proposals for funding the development of the data product. We anticipate individual development awards to range between $10,000 and $25,000. All products developed under this agreement will ultimately be hosted and managed at the IRIS DMC.
The types of data products that might be proposed include:
- Products which serve as stepping stones to further processing, i.e., pre-processing for more advanced processing. Examples include the calculation of envelope functions and the calculation of receiver functions for data in the DMC archive.
- Visualizations of the data in ways that provide insight to geophysical processes and/or the data set. Examples include the DMC's Event Plot suite and USArray Ground Motion Visualizations.
- The "productization" of research results that are useful to a broad range of the scientific community. For example, a database of shear-wave splitting measurements.
- Educational products that increase accessibility to data and information for students and future researchers.
- Modernization and availability of data sets. For example, the conversion of processed geodetic data to formats readily usable to the seismic research community.
Examples of data product development previously funded include:
- Ambient noise cross correlations for the Western US (M. Ritzwoller, et. al.)
- SeisSound, an audio/visual illustration of seismic frequency and amplitude (D. Kilb)
- Earthquake energy and duration tools, in progress (A. Newman, et al.)
- EMERALD software release, in progress (M. Fouch and J. West)
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Cultural Landscapes is an open-access, online academic journal of Cultural Studies based in the Cultural Studies Program at Columbia College Chicago. The journal has a special commitment to publishing the work of undergraduate students, graduate students, and emerging scholars in the field of Cultural Studies.
Our journal provides a critical and much-needed forum in which diverse work in the Humanities and Social Sciences can be published. We encourage interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies. At the same, we demand a rigorous engagement with issues of cultural research, theory, and practice. We especially encourage work that explicitly seeks to link the humanities and social sciences, combining a variety of methods of interpretation and analysis to explore the production, distribution, and consumption of cultural phenomena in their social context.


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Unlike with physical books, Amazon has no control over the price of ebooks.
If someone has performed the steps required to publish an ebook via Kindle Direct Publishing, they set the price as they please, with no exceptions.
This constraint is the reason ebooks sometimes cost more than paperbacks.
Are Kindle books cheaper?
Yes most of the books I buy are less expensive than the paperback books available. They are generally cheaper than in a bookstore, plus you can get Kindle Unlimited, which lets you 'borrow' up to 10 books at once.
Why are digital books so expensive?
Despite this publisher's claim, the reason e-books are as expensive, or even more expensive, than traditional books isn't because they cost as much to produce and distribute. Anyone who produces anything digital that was formerly physical knows digital is cheaper. An e-book costs less than a physical book.
How are Kindle books priced?
They initially set up the KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) program to sell competitively priced eBooks. The catch is, to make 70% users must price their eBooks competitively—between $2.99 and $9.99. The lowest price of $2.99 keeps the content from being devalued, while keeping it at a no-brainer investment for consumers.
Why is ebook more expensive than paperback?
This is why a new ebook almost costs as much as a hardcover and is normally more expensive than a paperback. Very early on, publishers realized that e-books do not have as much legal protections as physical books do, because they are considered a service and not a product.


The difference between 360 Virtual Tour and Virtual Reality
The difference between 360 Virtual Tour and Virtual Reality
Let's discuss the difference here.
What is virtual tour?
A 360° virtual tour is a digital marketing tool with an actual photography from a number of 360-degree cameras that are stitched together, to appear as a seamless whole. It provides photo or video of given environments such as real estate, hotels, resorts, casinos, education, tourism destinations, restaurant, clubs and more. Viewer can look around within the content created, but doesn't allow to navigate it or control anything beyond the direction you're looking, in 360 you're simply along for the ride. It's mostly about immersive visual experiences.
A 360° virtual tour can be viewed in many ways. You can watch 24/7, 365 days – even when you are closed through any smartphone, tablet, and computer as you scroll through your Facebook feed, using your finger to move around to get the 360 degree perspective.
Let's look at 360° virtual tour:
On the other hand, virtual reality or VR is a lot more immersive than a 360° virtual.
But, what is virtual reality?
In the most basic of explanations, virtual reality is a way to immerse users in an entirely virtual world. You are able to interact with the surroundings and are granted basic freedoms that 360 video simply can't match. Simply put, you can control the experience. It create an alternate world for you and place you inside it.
Let's look at virtual reality, or VR:
To conclude, Virtual Tour and and VR are different technologies and serve their own purposes. Now that you know what are some of their differences and where they stands amongst the current technologies for entertainment and business, go ahead and learn to how to use them.
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Introduction to knowledge about electric wrenches
? Nowadays, there are many kinds of tools and tools on the market. Electric wrenches are a kind of tools with high frequency of use, mainly impact wrenches, corner wrenches and angle wrenches, etc., which are mainly used in engineering construction and home decoration. As the most common tool, the electric wrench has a good appearance, easy to carry, convenient and practical. Next, we will introduce the application scope and performance of the electric wrench. Scope of application Electric wrenches are mainly used in the steel structure installation industry. They are specially used to install high-strength steel structure bolts. High-strength bolts are used to connect steel structure contacts, usually in the form of bolt groups. High-strength bolts can be divided into two types: torsional shear type and large hexagonal type. The national standard torsional shear type high-strength bolts are M16, M20, M22, and M24. The non-national standard M27 and M30 are two types; the national standard large hexagonal high-strength bolts are M16 and M20. , M22, M24, M27, M30, etc. Generally, the tightening of high-strength bolts must be tightened first and then tightened, and each step requires strict torque requirements. Both the initial tightening and the final tightening of the large hexagon high-strength bolts must use constant torque wrenches, so various electric wrenches come for various tightening needs. Effect Impact electric wrenches are mainly for initial tightening of bolts. Its use is very simple, just align the bolts and pull the power switch. The electric torsion shear wrench is mainly for tightening the torsion shear type high strength bolt. Its use is to align the bolt and pull the power switch until the torx head of the torsion shear type high strength bolt is interrupted. Electric constant torque wrench can be used for initial tightening and final tightening. Its use is to adjust the torque first and then tighten the bolts. The electric corner wrench is also a kind of fixed torque wrench. Its use is to adjust the degree of rotation first, and then tighten the bolt. The electric angle wrench is a kind of electric wrench specially used to fasten the bolts at the angle part of the steel frame. Its use is the same as the principle of the electric torsion shear wrench. Practical performance Electric torsional shear wrench, as the name implies, is an essential tool for torsion shearing torx head bolts. It helps you install and remove bolts and nuts, and can control the tightening torque more accurately. Using the fixed torque of the bolt, when the wrench reaches a certain torque, the torx head portion of the bolt can be cut. The torque accuracy and axial tensile force are guaranteed by the V-cut of the fixed torque of the bolt. The disassembly and assembly torque is large, which is more safe and reliable than manual.


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The Advanced Format is a generic term pertaining to any disk sector format used to store data on magnetic disks in hard disk drives (HDDs) that uses 4 kilobyte sectors instead of the traditional 512 byte sectors. The main idea behind using 4096-byte sectors is to increase the bit density on each track by reducing the number of gaps which hold Sync/DAM and ECC (Error Correction Code) information between data sectors. The old format gave a format efficiency of 88.7%, whereas Advanced Format results in a format efficiency of 97.3%.
There are two types of AF drives:
 - Advanced Format drives, marked with an orange "AF" logo: internally, they use 4k sectors, but provide an emulation layer for compatibility with OSes which lack support for them.
 - Advanced Format 4k native drives, marked with a blue "4Kn" logo: they require OS support (Windows 8+, or Linux 2.6.31+). Because they do not need a translation layer, they are cheaper, however they might be incompatible with old tools.
How to determine if HDD employ a 4k sector
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Reason: Provided commands are deprecated or unreliable. (Discuss in Talk:Advanced Format#Provided commands to check for sector size are deprecated or unreliable)
The physical and logical sector size of hard disk /dev/sdX can be determined by reading the following sysfs entries:
$ cat /sys/class/block/sdX/queue/physical_block_size
$ cat /sys/class/block/sdX/queue/logical_block_size
Drives with a translation layer (see above) will usually report a logical block size of 512 (for backwards compatibility) and a physical block size of 4096 (indicating they are AF drives).
Tools which will report the sector of a drive (provided the drive will report it correctly) includes:
# fdisk -l /dev/sdX | grep 'Sector size'
# smartctl -a /dev/sdX | grep 'Sector Sizes:'
# hdparm -I /dev/sdX | grep 'Sector size:'
Note that both works even for USB-attached discs (if the USB bridge supports SAT aka SCSI/ATA Translation, ANSI INCITS _PHONE_).
Filesystem sector size
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Reason: mkfs.ext4[1], mkfs.f2fs and mkfs.xfs[2] set the optimal block size per default. mkfs.btrfs, mkfs.jfs, mkfs.nilfs2 and mkfs.reiserfs default to a 4096 byte sector size. (Discuss in Talk:Advanced Format)
It is recommended to explicitly format the aligned partitions with sector (also named cluster, blocks, depending on the file system) of the same size of the physical sector size, otherwise blocks will be written in other size (usually 512 bytes) and the firmware will still have to do the mapping of many file system sectors to one physical drive sector. While this is usually and transparently done by the translation layer, it is an overhead that can be avoided and doing so will achieve an increased performance.
In particular shingled magnetic recording (SMR) drives that are firmware-managed are severely and negatively impacted if using a logical sector size of 512 bytes if their physical sector size is of 4096 bytes. Those drives have different performance writing zones and remapping reallocation occurs while being idle, but during heavy active writes (e.g., RAID resilvering, backups, writing many small files, rsync, etc.), a different file system sector size could drop write speed to single digit megabytes/second, as the higher performance write areas get depleted, and the sector translation layer gets overworked on the shingled areas.
Here are some examples to set the 4096-byte sector size explicitly:
# mkfs.ext4 -F -b 4096 /dev/device
# mkfs.xfs -f -s size=4096 /dev/device
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Jacksonian seizure definition - Medical Dictionary: Definitions of Popular Terms Defined on MedTerms
Definition of Jacksonian seizure
Jacksonian seizure: A form of epilepsy involving brief alteration in movement, sensation or nerve function caused by abnormal electrical activity in a localized area of the brain. Jacksonian seizures is a form of simple complex seizures in which the abnormal electrical activity is localized to one region in the brain. Seizures of this type typically cause no change in awareness or alertness. They are transient, fleeting, and ephemeral.
Jacksonian seizures are extremely varied and may involve, for example, apparently purposeful movements such as turning the head, eye movements, smacking the lips, mouth movements, drooling, rhythmic muscle contractions in a part of the body, abnormal numbness, tingling, and a crawling sensation over the skin.
These seizures are named for the English neurologist, John Hughlings Jackson, who studied speech defects in brain disorders and confirmed the location in the brain of the speech center ("Broca's center"). He described what are today called Jacksonian seizures in 1863 and in 1875 found the areas in the brain that caused them. Jackson was among the towering figures of 19th-century medicine, one of "the great men of medicine." (There were few, if any, women in medicine in the 19th century.)
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QueryRecorder
QueryRecorder is a tool for detecting the N+1 queries problem from tests.
Implemented in spec/support/query_recorder.rb via 9c623e3e
As a rule, merge requests should not increase query counts. If you find yourself adding something like .includes(:author, :assignee) to avoid having N+1 queries, consider using QueryRecorder to enforce this with a test. Without this, a new feature which causes an additional model to be accessed can silently reintroduce the problem.
How it works
This style of test works by counting the number of SQL queries executed by ActiveRecord. First a control count is taken, then you add new records to the database and rerun the count. If the number of queries has significantly increased then an N+1 queries problem exists.
it "avoids N+1 database queries", :use_sql_query_cache do
 control = ActiveRecord::QueryRecorder.new(skip_cached: false) { visit_some_page }
 create_list(:issue, 5)
 expect { visit_some_page }.to issue_same_number_of_queries_as(control)
end
You can if you wish, have both the expectation and the control as QueryRecorder instances:
it "avoids N+1 database queries" do
 control = ActiveRecord::QueryRecorder.new { visit_some_page }
 create_list(:issue, 5)
 action = ActiveRecord::QueryRecorder.new { visit_some_page }
 expect(action).to issue_same_number_of_queries_as(control)
end
As an example you might create 5 issues in between counts, which would cause the query count to increase by 5 if an N+1 problem exists.
In some cases, the query count might change slightly between runs for unrelated reasons. In this case you might need to test issue_same_number_of_queries_as(control_count + acceptable_change), but this should be avoided if possible.
If this test fails, and the control was passed as a QueryRecorder, then the failure message indicates where the extra queries are by matching queries on the longest common prefix, grouping similar queries together.
In some cases, N+1 specs have been written to include three requests: first one to warm the cache, second one to establish a control, third one to validate that there are no N+1 queries. Rather than make an extra request to warm the cache, prefer two requests (control and test) and configure your test to ignore cached queries in N+1 specs.
it "avoids N+1 database queries" do
 # warm up
 visit_some_page
 control = ActiveRecord::QueryRecorder.new(skip_cached: true) { visit_some_page }
 create_list(:issue, 5)
 expect { visit_some_page }.to issue_same_number_of_queries_as(control)
end
Cached queries
By default, QueryRecorder ignores cached queries in the count. However, it may be better to count all queries to avoid introducing an N+1 query that may be masked by the statement cache. To do this, this requires the :use_sql_query_cache flag to be set. You should pass the skip_cached variable to QueryRecorder and use the issue_same_number_of_queries_as matcher:
it "avoids N+1 database queries", :use_sql_query_cache do
 control = ActiveRecord::QueryRecorder.new(skip_cached: false) { visit_some_page }
 create_list(:issue, 5)
 expect { visit_some_page }.to issue_same_number_of_queries_as(control)
end
Using RequestStore
RequestStore / Gitlab::SafeRequestStore helps us to avoid N+1 queries by caching data in memory for the duration of a request. However, it is disabled by default in tests and can lead to false negatives when testing for N+1 queries.
To enable RequestStore in tests, use the request_store helper when needed:
it "avoids N+1 database queries", :request_store do
 control = ActiveRecord::QueryRecorder.new(skip_cached: true) { visit_some_page }
 create_list(:issue, 5)
 expect { visit_some_page }.to issue_same_number_of_queries_as(control)
end
Use request specs instead of controller specs
Use a request spec when writing a N+1 test on the controller level.
Controller specs should not be used to write N+1 tests as the controller is only initialized once per example. This could lead to false successes where subsequent "requests" could have queries reduced (for example, because of memoization).
Never trust a test you haven't seen fail
Before you add a test for N+1 queries, you should first verify that the test fails without your change. This is because the test may be broken, or the test may be passing for the wrong reasons.
Finding the source of the query
There are multiple ways to find the source of queries.
 - Inspect the QueryRecorder data attribute. It stores queries by file_name:line_number:method_name. Each entry is a hash with the following fields:
 - count: the number of times a query from this file_name:line_number:method_name was called
 - occurrences: the actual SQL of each call
 - backtrace: the stack trace of each call (if either of the two following options were enabled)
 QueryRecorder#find_query allows filtering queries by their file_name:line_number:method_name and count attributes. For example:
 control = ActiveRecord::QueryRecorder.new(skip_cached: false) { visit_some_page }
 control.find_query(/.*note.rb.*/, 0, first_only: true)
 QueryRecorder#occurrences_by_line_method returns a sorted array based on data, sorted by count.
 - View the call backtrace for the specific QueryRecorder instance you want by using ActiveRecord::QueryRecorder.new(query_recorder_debug: true). The output is stored in file test.log.
 - Enable the call backtrace for all tests using the QUERY_RECORDER_DEBUG environment variable.
 To enable this, run the specs with the QUERY_RECORDER_DEBUG environment variable set. For example:
 QUERY_RECORDER_DEBUG=1 bundle exec rspec spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb
 This logs calls to QueryRecorder into the test.log file. For example:
 QueryRecorder SQL: SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "issues" WHERE "issues"."deleted_at" IS NULL AND "issues"."project_id" = $1 AND ("issues"."state" IN ('opened')) AND "issues"."confidential" = $2
 --> /home/user/gitlab/gdk/gitlab/spec/support/query_recorder.rb:19:in 'callback'
 --> /home/user/.rbenv/versions/2.3.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.8/lib/active_support/notifications/fanout.rb:127:in 'finish'
 --> /home/user/.rbenv/versions/2.3.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.8/lib/active_support/notifications/fanout.rb:46:in 'block in finish'
 --> /home/user/.rbenv/versions/2.3.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.8/lib/active_support/notifications/fanout.rb:46:in 'each'
 --> /home/user/.rbenv/versions/2.3.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.8/lib/active_support/notifications/fanout.rb:46:in 'finish'
 --> /home/user/.rbenv/versions/2.3.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.8/lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb:36:in 'finish'
 --> /home/user/.rbenv/versions/2.3.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.8/lib/active_support


Somatic Movements
Somatics is a field within bodywork and movement studies which emphasizes internal physical perception and experience. The term is used in movement therapy to signify approaches based on the soma, or "the body as perceived from within," including Alexander technique, the Feldenkrais Method, and Rolfing. In dance, the term refers to techniques based on the dancer's internal sensation, in contrast with "performative techniques," such as ballet or modern dance, which emphasize the external observation of movement by an audience. Somatic techniques may be used in bodywork, psychotherapy, dance, or spiritual practices - Wikipaedia


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MEXICO — Students from the Oswego County BOCES Public Safety and Justice program, Nursing Assistant program and the three New Vision programs participated in a ground school training session with Mercy Flight Central, a non-profit air medical transportation service.
Pilot Dan Tanton, Flight Paramedic Bob Breese, and Flight Nurse Yuri Pashchuk arrived via helicopter at the campus in Mexico and spoke to high school juniors and seniors about the benefits of air medical transportation, their individual roles as part of a critical care response team, and the services they are equipped to provide aboard the aircraft. "We bring the hospital," the crew said as they explained how they are an extension of the care that EMS crews are able to provide.
In addition, Mercy Flight Outreach Coordinator Colleen Gleeson joined the training to speak to students about the appropriate utilization of air medical services and what is expected of emergency ground responders to aid with patient transportation. In preparation for the flight's arrival, Gleeson talked to students about the area of approach, exit points, and danger areas of the aircraft for ground responders.
Cadets in the Public Safety and Justice program often have an interest in pursuing professional training in the areas of police science, emergency management and firefighting and often serve as the emergency ground responders responsible for requesting air medical transportation and establishing a safe, secure and well-marked landing zone area for air medical transportation.


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The Estimation of Age and Analyses of the Growth Rate Piliostigma thonningii (Schum.) Milne-Redhead in the Guinea Savanna Zone of Nigeria
Estimates of age and analyses of growth rate of Piliostigma thonningii were made by counting rings and measuring ring widths in those plants that formed distinct rings. In the others, with indistinct rings or no rings, the regression method was used to estimate the ages, using known ages and girths to derive a regression equation. There was a high correlation coefficient between age and girth (r = 0.96), less so between age and mean annual growth increment (r = 0.71) and much less so between age and bark thickness (r = 0.54). The estimated mean annual growth increment (cm) for all the tress sampled was 1.07 ± 0.23 (at 95% confidence limit).


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The annual solar UVA exposures in four cars were estimated by measuring the UVA irradiances in the vehicles in each of the four seasons and in the morning, noon and afternoon. For the cars with untinted windows the maximum UVA irradiances in cars do not necessarily occur at noon when the outside irradiances are at their highest. Additionally, they do not occur in summer. The range of annual UVA exposures between 9:00 and 15:00 EST is 1918 to 6177 J.cm-2 for the cars without the after-market window tint. These correspond to 5% to 17% of the ambient UVA on a horizontal plane over the same period outside the cars. The range is for the different sites in the car. For the car with the after-market window tint, the range of the annual UVA exposures was 489 to 2969 J.cm-2 or 1% to 8% of the ambient UVA.
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Set Up User Accounts:
Create a root password and an email address for the Proxmox administration account. This account will have full access to the Proxmox interface and will be used to manage the cluster.
Finalize the Installation:
Once all the settings are configured, proceed with the installation. The process may take a few minutes. After completion, remove the USB drive and reboot the ZimaBlade SBC.
Access the Proxmox Web Interface:
After the reboot, access the Proxmox web interface by entering the IP address you assigned during installation into a web browser on another device. Log in using the root account credentials you created earlier.
Repeat for Each ZimaBlade SBC:
Repeat the installation process for each ZimaBlade SBC in your cluster, ensuring each one is correctly configured and accessible via the Proxmox web interface.
3. Cluster Configuration
3.1 Connect the ZimaBlade SBCs to Form a Cluster
Access the Proxmox Web Interface:
Start by logging into the Proxmox web interface on one of your ZimaBlade SBCs using the IP address you configured during installation. Use the root credentials you set up earlier.
Create a New Cluster:
Navigate to the Datacenter section in the Proxmox web interface. Here, you will find an option to create a new cluster. Click on Create Cluster and enter a name for your cluster. Make sure the name is unique and descriptive, as this will be used to identify the cluster within the Proxmox environment.
Configure Cluster Settings:
Set up the necessary cluster settings, including the network configuration for cluster communication. Ensure that the correct network interface is selected for cluster traffic, typically the one connected to your managed switch.
Generate Cluster Join Information:
Once the cluster is created, Proxmox will provide a command that you can use to join other ZimaBlade SBCs to this cluster. Copy this command, as you will need it for the next steps.
Join Additional Nodes:
Log into the Proxmox web interface on the other ZimaBlade SBCs. Navigate to the Datacenter section, and instead of creating a new cluster, select Join Cluster. Paste the command you copied from the first node and execute it. This will connect the SBC to the existing cluster.
Verify Cluster Formation:
After joining all nodes, return to the original Proxmox interface and verify that all ZimaBlade SBCs are listed as part of the cluster. You should see each node listed under the Cluster tab in the Datacenter section.
3.2 Configure Proxmox to Manage the Cluster
Cluster Management Overview:
With your ZimaBlade SBCs connected into a cluster, you can now manage them collectively through the Proxmox interface. This centralized management system allows you to control all nodes from a single interface, simplifying maintenance and resource allocation.
Resource Allocation:
Within the Proxmox web interface, navigate to each node and allocate resources such as CPU cores, memory, and storage. You can also configure specific roles for each node, depending on your cluste's workload requirements.
High Availability (HA) Setup:
To ensure that your cluster remains operational even if one node fails, you can configure High Availability (HA) for critical virtual machines (VMs) and containers. Navigate to the High Availability section, select the VMs or containers you want to make HA, and set the HA parameters. This will allow the cluster to automatically restart the services on another node if a failure occurs.
Network Configuration:
Configure network settings to optimize traffic across the cluster. This may involve setting up additional VLANs for different types of traffic (e.g., management, storage, and VM traffic) to prevent bottlenecks and ensure smooth operation.
3.3 Set Up Shared Storage and Network Settings for Efficient Resource Management
Shared Storage Configuration:
Setting up shared storage allows all nodes in the cluster to access the same data, which is essential for running VMs and containers across different nodes. Go to the Storage section in the Proxmox web interface and add a shared storage solution, such as NFS, Ceph, or iSCSI.
Adding Shared Storage:
Choose the type of shared storage you want to implement (e.g., NFS for simplicity or Ceph for scalability and redundancy). Enter the necessary details, such as the storage serve's IP address and export path. Once configured, the shared storage will be available to all nodes in the cluster.
Network Bonding and VLAN Configuration:
For enhanced performance and redundancy, you can configure network bonding on your ZimaBlade SBCs. This combines multiple network interfaces into a single bonded interface, providing higher throughput and failover capabilities.
Additionally, configure VLANs to separate different types of network traffic. For example, you might have one VLAN for management traffic, another for storage traffic, and a third for VM traffic. This helps in organizing network traffic and avoiding congestion.
Testing and Optimization:
After configuring shared storage and network settings, test the setup by migrating VMs or containers between nodes to ensure everything is functioning correctly. Monitor network performance and make adjustments to settings like QoS or bandwidth allocation as needed to optimize cluster performance.
Final Checks:
Once the cluster configuration is complete, review all settings and perform a few test scenarios, such as node failover or live migration of VMs, to confirm that the cluster is operating smoothly and efficiently.
4. Final Setup and Testing - Optimize the Cluster for Performance and Stability
Performance Tuning:
Begin by reviewing the resource allocation across the cluster. Ensure that each ZimaBlade SBC is optimally configured with appropriate CPU cores, memory, and storage for the workloads you intend to run. Adjust these allocations as needed based on the performance characteristics of your applications.
Enable Performance Features:
In the Proxmox web interface, explore advanced performance features such as CPU pinning, which allows you to dedicate specific CPU cores to certain VMs or containers. This can enhance performance for CPU-intensive tasks.
Another optimization technique is to enable ballooning for memory management. This allows Proxmox to dynamically adjust the memory usage of VMs based on demand, helping to avoid memory shortages while optimizing overall performance.
Stability Enhancements:
Configure watchdog timers for your critical VMs. This ensures that if a VM becomes unresponsive, the cluster can automatically restart it. Navigate to the VM's hardware settings in Proxmox and add a watchdog device, configuring it to reboot the VM on failure.
Implement redundancy measures by ensuring that critical services are spread across multiple nodes and are not all reliant on a single point of failure. Consider setting up replication or mirroring for essential data within your shared storage solution.
System Monitoring:
Set up monitoring tools within Proxmox to keep track of system health, resource utilization, and performance metrics. Tools like Grafana and Prometheus can be integrated for more detailed analysis and alerting.
Regularly review logs and system reports to identify potential issues before they impact the performance or stability of your cluster.
4.2 Test the Cluster by Running Basic Server Applications
Deploy Test Applications:
Start by deploying a few basic server applications within your Proxmox cluster. Examples include a simple web server (e.g., Apache or Nginx), a database server (e.g., MySQL or PostgreSQL), or a file server (e.g., Samba).
Create a new VM or container for each application and allocate appropriate resources. Install the necessary software and configure it as you would in a production environment.
Functional Testing:
After deployment, perform basic functional tests on each server application to ensure they are operating correctly. For a web server, this might involve accessing a sample webpage from a client machine. For a database server, you might execute basic queries to verify database functionality.
Additionally, test the interaction between different applications, such as connecting your web server to the database server, to ensure that network communication and data exchange are functioning properly.
Load Testing:
Simulate typical or peak load conditions on the server applications to evaluate how the cluster handles increased traffic or processing demands. Tools like Apache JMeter or Locust can be used to generate load and measure performance.
Monitor resource usage during load testing to identify any bottlenecks or areas where performance might degrade. Adjust resource allocations, optimize configurations, or scale out additional nodes if necessary.
4.3 Troubleshoot Any Issues and Make Necessary Adjustments
Identify Issues:
If you encounter any problems during testing, such as performance bottlenecks, network issues, or application failures, use ProxmoxÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s built-in diagnostic tools to identify the root cause. Check system logs, monitor network traffic, and review resource usage statistics.
Common Troubleshooting Steps:
Network Issues: Verify that all network cables are securely connected and that the managed switch is properly configured. Ensure that VLANs and QoS settings are correctly applied. If VMs cannot communicate, check IP configurations and firewall rules.
Performance Bottlenecks: If certain VMs or applications are slow, consider reallocating more CPU, memory, or disk I/O resources. You may also need to optimize the applications themselves or reduce the number of running services.
Application Failures: Check the application logs within the VM or container for errors. Ensure that all dependencies are correctly installed and configured. If a


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Time is running out to give your views through the public consultation on 'Food at the Heart of Our Society – A Prospectus for Change', which aims to create Northern Ireland's first ever Food Strategy Framework.
The Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots said: "As I have previously said, Northern Ireland is already renowned for its high-quality, tasty, welfare-focused, award-winning and environmentally sustainable food.
We punch well above our weight on the world stage and our food ends up on plates all across the globe.
"It's now time to focus our efforts on taking such a fantastic product and ensuring we maximise its benefits for our local health, economy, environment and for the generations to come," he added.
So by working together, we can transform our food system into one that protects natural resources for future generations, is economically and environmentally sustainable and provides safe, nourishing, accessible food to people, who make informed healthy choices.
"There are [less than] two weeks to the closing date of the consultation (Friday, November, 19). I encourage you to share your views on the proposals for a new strategic food systems approach, and on the proposed vision, principles and goals of the NI Food Strategy Framework," the minister concluded.
NI Food Strategy Framework
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) said that the framework focuses on six strategic priorities and will be a living document that is dynamic and responsive to changing circumstances.
The six strategic priorities include:
- Building connections between health / wellbeing and food;
- Building sustainable economic prosperity;
- Building a food culture and food conscious society;
- Protecting and enhancing natural resources;
- Building healthy lives through food education;
- Building and maintaining appropriate emergency contingency plans across the supply chain.


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Remember the "ecology symbol" popularized in the seventies? Like a new sign of the Zodiac, it seemed to herald a dawning awareness of Earth and environment.
What better time to revive it?
In 1969 the cartoonist Ron Cobb designed the ecology symbol and published it in the Los Angeles Free Press. A circle with a horizontal bar through its midsection, the symbol was often seen alongside the ubiquitous peace sign.
Somehow, the ecology symbol wasn't as enduring. The green theta adorned flags, buttons, t-shirts and walls for several years before it disappeared.
They were important years:
- The EPA was founded in 1970. In a 1971 public service announcement, more successful than Smokey Bear's, a Native American canoed down a polluted stream; a single tear rolled down his face.
- America was conducting nuclear tests in the Aleutian Islands.
- A group of anti-whaling environmentalists claimed the name "Greenpeace" in 1972.
The symbol played an important role as a visual emblem, a simple sign of solidarity. It accompanied what was, for many, new vocabulary: "Ecology." Billboards appeared around Vancouver saying, "Ecology? Look it up! You're involved."
The beginning of the ecology movement was an irreversible cultural shift. It brought us more vocabulary — recycling, acid rain, climate change — and the collective will to do something about it.
Let's bring theta back into our visual vocabulary.
Photo: Ecology Symbol mini buton, courtesy of EcoConscious, used by permission.


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Knife, Fork, and Plate from Libby Prison
Grade Range: 5-12
Resource Type(s): Primary Source, Artifacts
Date Posted: 12/28/2010
During the Civil War, Libby Prison held over 125,000 men, mostly Union officers. This knife, fork, and plate was issued to prisoner of war Colonel John S. Crocker, 93rd Infantry Regiment, New York Volunteers, by the commandant of Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, and used by him at Libby and Salisbury prisons, 1862.
Historical Thinking Standards (Grades 5-12)
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About Alexander Logie du Toit
Alexander Logie du Toit FRS (14 March 1878 – 25 February 1948) was a South African geologist - an early supporter of Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift.
the most important geologist in the history of South Africa. A field geologist with observational and synthetic powers of the highest rank, early in the twentieth century he embarked upon a twenty year study of the geology of South Africa which produced a series of important books and articles over the later portion of that period. Securing a grant from the Carnegie Institution of Washington in 1923, he spent five months in South America familiarizing himself with the geology of Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil, and comparing this to the units in South Africa; this led the publication of his A Geological Comparison of South America with South Africa in 1927, and the even more celebrated Our Wandering Continents; An Hypothesis of Continental Drifting in 1937. Du Toit had some success in convincing Old World geologists of the possibility of continental drifting but rather less with American observers; it was not until the plate tectonics revolution of the 1960s that the quality of his vision was first fully universally acknowledged.


Distran releases the world's first ATEX certified ultrasound camera for gas leak detection
Distran Ultra Pro X detects gas leaks of any gas type in industrial facilities. It pinpoints the location of the sound source — i.e., the source of the gas leak, from up to a 50-meter distance. Gas leaks from gases commonly found in power plants and oil and gas facilities such as hydrogen, methane and compressed air can all be found by Ultra Pro X.
As an ATEX certified ultrasound camera, the Distran Ultra Pro X represents a revolutionary technology for surveying areas with potentially explosive gases. Instead of scanning each potential point of leak, Ultra Pro X allows to detect leaks from a safe distance outside of hazardous areas and to inspect closer once the area is deemed safe. The ATEX certification allows operators to improve their safety.
Like Distran's existing ultrasound camera, Ultra Pro X is a single handed ultrasound camera that captures ultrasounds emitted by gas leaks. The acoustic information detected from its microphones is overlaid in real-time onto an optical image obtained by a high-resolution camera, offering a clear pinpointing of leaks. The leak rate quantification is also indicated in real time, allowing users to classify leaks and prioritize maintenance operations. Looking for gas leaks is an essential task within industrial plants, to increase operators' safety to gas, ensure environmental safety and keep high availability.


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Ever dreamed of having a vending machine in your room? With this engineering kit, you can build and experiment with your own toy vending machine. First, follow the step-by-step instructions to assemble the machine. Then test and configure it to get it working perfectly. Load your vending machine with the included soda-bottle gummy candies or any other small candies or prizes you supply, and you're in business! Insert some coins and have fun watching them get sorted, perform stunts as they slide down the tracks, dispense prizes, and finally end up in the coin bank in the base of the machine.
This awesome vending machine has four main interactive segments: First, you insert coins (quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies) into the slot at the top and turn a knob to sort the coins. Then, the coins fall into an interactive coin track area where they slide down ramps, make jumps, and ring bells. Next, the coins fall into a device that allows you to make your "purchase" with the push of a button. Finally, your prize pops out of the machine, and the coin falls into the bank, sorted into neat stacks by denomination.
The vending machine can sit on a tabletop or hang on a wall. A small key allows you to access the vending machine compartments for refilling the prizes.
Explore lessons in physics, math, and mechanical engineering as you build and play with the vending machine. Learn about gears and other simple machines, gravity, forces, motion, and collisions. Try some simple math lessons related to the coins and money.
- Soda-bottle gummy candies included!
- Have fun engineering a vending machine
- Make coins do fun stunts and tricks and learn physics lessons
- Automatic coin-sorting bank
- Pretend-play vending machine experience
- Stands up on a tabletop or hangs on a wall
- Build your own toy vending machine that sorts coins, dispenses candy or other small prizes, and doubles as a coin bank.
- Experiment to make the coins perform cool tricks and stunts in the customizable coin track area.
- Learn about gears, gravity, forces, motion, collisions, and more — even some simple math lessons with money.
- Fun, gamified approach to engineering lessons with a sweet candy reward
- Refill your machine with your own treats and prizes for long-lasting fun.
- Insert your coins, turn the knob, make your selection, and out comes candy AND STEM fun and learning!
- Perfect companion kit to Candy Claw Machine, a 2022 STEAM Toy of the Year finalist.
Piece Count: 48
Manual Pages: 16
Product Dimensions: 13 x 11.5 x 3.8 in
Product Weight: 2.2 lbs
Manual Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 in


I traveled to Rio de Janeiro to gather insights about the cultural and art life in the city. Through qualitative research methods it became evident that Rio is a fragmented city - communities are isolated from each other, culturally, economically, and physically. Furthermore, cultural producers lack communication and networking channels. Despite these challenges, we identified that festive events can bring together diverse neighborhoods.
The collaboration between two teams, one in NYC and one in Rio de Janeiro, allowed us to develop a strategy based on local information and global trends. Our goal was to design a service that would allow Rio's residents to learn about communities in their city through a fun and engaging way. Barulho Labs became a co-creation platform that enabled the design of festive events to promote cultural networks.
Through prototyping we learned that one of the main assets of the proposed strategy was to bring together artists and producers to collaborate and seek economic opportunities as well as to promote peer to peer interaction to increase assistance and participation to the festive events. We are currently refining the idea by further prototyping and engaging local partners.
Barulho Labs
Through an online and offline platform, Barulho Labs, enables artists, producers and audiences to co-create festive events to foster social mobility.
Using design thinking and rapid prototyping to develop a strategy to enahnce cultural networks.
Role: Strategic Designer
Core team NYC: Andrea Morales Coto and Janson Cheng
Team Rio de Janeiro: Hanna Gutwilen, Mariane Martins and Lívia King.
Partners: CAIS and PUC-Rio
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who ruled from 1504 to 1550. She played a very significant role in the rise and reign of her son. She was a strong warrior who fought relentlessly before and during her son's reign as the Oba (king
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while another son, Arhuaran, was based in the equally important city of Udo about twenty miles away. Idia mobilised an army around Esigie, which successfully defeated Arhuaran, and Oba Esigie became the 16th king.
Subsequently, the neighboring Igala peoples sent warriors across the Benue River to wrest control of Benin's northern territories. Esigie conquered the Igala, reestablishing the unity and military strength of the kingdom. His mother Idia received much of the credit for these victories as her political counsel, together with her magical powers and medicinal knowledge, were viewed as critical elements of Esigie's success on the battlefield.
Idia became the first Iyoba (Queen Mother) of Benin when Esigie conferred upon her the title and the Eguae-Iyoba (Palace of the Queen Mother).


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Radiant Run: The Chromatic Charger of the Twilight Fields
As twilight descends upon the Twilight Fields, a mystical energy stirs within the meadow. Amidst this serene expanse, where the sky kisses the earth in a symphony of colors, emerges the Chromatic Charger, a steed composed of the very essence of the spectrum. Known to the awed onlookers as Aetherius, his presence is as fleeting as the setting sun, his coat a canvas of vibrant hues that dance with the fading light.
Aetherius is no ordinary being; he is the weaver of day into night, his majestic trot an artist's brush across the canvas of the world. With every graceful movement, his mane and tail leave behind a trail of multicolored stardust, igniting the sky with the colors of hope and promise. The flora of the fields, touched by his light, shimmer with an ethereal glow, singing praises to the horse that races with the wind.
Legends tell of a time when the world knew only the drabness of dusk, until Aetherius burst forth from the heart of a dying star. His arrival brought forth the richness of color, the purples of twilight, the oranges of dawn, and the infinite blues of the day. He became the harbinger of change, the herald of ends and beginnings, his every appearance a reminder of the cycle of day and night, of life and dreams.
As the last light of day retreats behind the distant mountains, Aetherius gallops across the threshold of night, his figure becoming one with the shadows. Yet, the glow of his passage lingers in the hearts of those who witness it, a memory to cherish in the quiet of the night. In the realm of Twilight Fields, the legend of the Radiant Run lives on, whispering the eternal dance of light and darkness.
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Support French Culture
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy promotes the best of French arts, literature, cinema, digital innovation, language, and higher education across the US, bringing artists, authors, intellectuals, and innovators to cities nationwide and building partnerships between leading French and American thinkers and institutions.
In order to offer French artists and intellectuals and the American public a platform and tools for cultural exchange, the Cultural Services relies on a robust network of individuals, corporations, and foundations that join forces with the French Embassy and its non-profit partner French-American Cultural Exchange (FACE) Foundation. These partners generously support French and American university and artist exchanges; grant programs for contemporary music, theater, dance, and visual art; bilingual education programs; and French film festivals, among other initiatives.
These philanthropic partnerships make French culture accessible to a new generation of Americans and help bring France a little closer to the US. The Embassy is extraordinarily grateful to its generous supporters and friends.
Image: President Emmanuel Macron of the Republic of France and dual language students from The Boerum Hill School at the Graduate Center, CUNY on September 20, 2017, during the inauguration of the French Dual Language Fund.


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Icons are prevalent from road signs to graphical menus, conveying complex concepts with simple graphical representations. However, designing such icons, particularly for a compound concept such as health insurance, requires sophisticated and creative design skills to effectively combine semantics, layouts/space and styles. In this study, we aim to automate the generation of icons given compound concepts. Informed by interviews with professional icon designers, we developed Iconate, a novel icon design tool that automatically generates icons based on textual queries and allows users to explore and customize the icons. We also introduce a computational pipeline that automatically finds typical icons for sub-concepts, and arranges them according to inferred conventions. To enable the pipeline, we also collected a new data set consisting of concepts and annotated icons. We evaluated the feasibility of the tool with designers and the validity of the pipeline through a crowd sourced experiment.
The paper can be found here (pdf here). Our presentation video is on YouTube here, the project webpage is here, and the interface we created is here.


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Hinduism, the most ancient of all religions continue to illuminate humankind to this day, says CIF
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Toronto/Canadian-Media: As the Hindu Heritage Month in Ontario is nearing its conclusion, it is a good time to ponder, explain and understand ideas and concepts behind Hinduism, the most ancient of all religions that continue to illuminate humankind to this day, Canada India Foundation said.
As a part of Ontario's Hindu Heritage Month celebrations, a major virtual event would be held on Nov.29, 9.30 by Canada India Foundation in collaboration with several IndoCanadian organizations.
Hindu Philosophy and its Relevance
The keynote address would be delivered online by Yog Rishi Baba Ramdev, one of the world's most popular Yoga Gurus, a great orator with an estimated following of 800 million, to celebrate Hindu Heritage in Ontario. Besides, there will be more dignitaries joining the virtual event with greetings to the community.
The event would highlight the salient features of the millennia-long rich Hindu Heritage, said CIF to provide an opportunity to educate and enlighten the rest of Canada on the basic principles that guide Sanatan Dharma, or the Eternal Tradition, a concept that predates all religious texts.
CIF continued to say that primary Hindu texts the Vedas, Upanishads, the Ramayana, and the Mahabharat passed down the centuries first through a robust oral tradition and later through written down texts, which contain hymns, incantations, philosophies, rituals, poems, and stories from which nearly a billion Hindus draw their inspiration.
The combined wisdom inherent in those words, said CIF resulted in creating an inclusive, forward-thinking, and innovative culture encompassing the great discoveries in sciences, logic, economics, politics, and every sphere of human activity to influence the world.
As the Covid19 pandemic has put the whole world in a crisis, it becomes important to consider the wisdom inherent in the Vedic sciences, like that of yoga and Ayurveda. Recent evidence establishes the practices and medicines recommended thousands of years ago for good health and wellness may still be valid in the time of Covid19.
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (the world is one big family), first found in the Vedic literature, and the only such universal humanistic concept should be considered a crucial guiding principle of Hinduism, said CIF.
Thinkers, scholars, and seekers have made a beeline to the shores of India in search of truth for millennia. Many world figures have been fascinated by the myriad aspects of the Hindu way of life, said CIF and the depth and originality of Hindu thoughts and traditions have been praised its core values in their writings by great men and women
The event is being held with enthusiastic participation and supported by various diaspora organizations.
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Quality of life, perceived stigma, activity and participation of people with leprosy-related disabilities in South-East Nepal
In Nepal, many people live with leprosy-related disabilities. The objective of this study was to evaluate differences in socio-economic characteristics, quality of life (QOL), perceived stigma, activity and participation among people affected by leprosy as a group and between this group and the general population, and to identify prime determinants of QOL among the leprosy-affected people. People with leprosy-related disabilities (N=100; 54DGI/46DGII) and community controls (N=100) were selected from Morang district, South-East Nepal, using quota sampling. QOL, perceived stigma and participation and activity limitations were measured using the Nepali abbreviated version of the World Health Organisation Quality of Life (WHOQOL) assessment and the Nepali versions of the Jacoby Scale, Participation Scale and Green Pastures Activity Scale (GPAS), respectively. Total QOL, participation and activity levels of people affected by leprosy were worse than those of the general population. Regression analysis showed that the ability to maintain a family, satisfaction with health, vocational training, sex, activity and participation limitations (the latter for QOL only), perceived stigma and living situation (i.e. joint family, type of house) were significantly associated with a deterioration in QOL and higher participation restriction in one or both of the grading groups. There is an urgent need for interventions focused on quick referral of people with leprosy, to minimize the development of visible impairments, and social rehabilitation. The latter can be achieved by creating more public awareness, providing (financial) support for income generating projects and /or vocational training to leprosy- affected people, and by encouraging them to be involved in all community development activities. The current results indicate that such measures would help improve the quality of life of people with leprosy-related disabilities.


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We show that the binding energy of the shallow impurity (at the center of the quantum well) ground state is strongly reduced by the presence of a metallic mirror at a few effective Bohr radii from the quantum well. For a given depth of the quantum well, we find that the absolute value of the image potential energy without the metallic mirror is equal to that with a fixed metallic mirror while a certain width of the quantum well is met. Hence, it is proposed that the binding energy of the shallow impurity ground state in the quantum well with and without the metallic mirror can be separately measured by the variation of the width of quantum well. The contribution of the image potential energy to the binding energy of the shallow impurity ground state may then be deduced.
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Use the ouptu of a call to doCV and create a summary of the performance for multiple methods.
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This function parses the returned list object from function doCV and extracts the performance data for each classification method. It assembles the data and generates either a ROC curve for each method (binary classification) or a boxplot representation of the multiclass AUC values gathered through the CV.
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Meter calibration on the ISA Two
To calibrate the meters on your ISA Two to your DAW, follow the instructions below:
1. Send a test tone to the line input of ISA Two. This can be achieved using the tone generator in your DAW, and the line output of your interface.
2. Connect the line output of ISA Two to a line input of your interface.
3. Monitor the input level in your DAW, and adjust the gain of ISA Two until the DAW input level reads 0dBFS.
4. Adjust the calibration knob on the rear panel of ISA Two until the ISA Two's meter value matches that of your DAW.
Please note that the meter of ISA Two has an adjustment range of +16 to +24 dBu = 0dBFS. If the maximum input level of your interface falls outside of this range, you will need to calibrate your system with an offset. i.e. If your interface has a maximum input level of +14 dBu, you would need to calibrate the meter of ISA Two such that when it reads -2 dBFS, its output level would actually correspond to the maximum input level of the interface.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns you can get in touch with us through our Support Contact Form and we will be happy to help.


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Community Assessments (Rates)
MWRA is a "wholesaler" to its member communities.
MWRA's charges ("community assessments ") typically represent about 45% of the amount that communities bill their customers. The proportion varies considerably among communities.
MWRA WATER AND SEWER RATE METHODOLOGY
How MWRA sets water and sewer assessments to for communities:
In setting water rates, MWRA first identifies through its budgeting process the total amount of revenue that must be raised to run the water system. Charges are calculated using a flat rate per million gallons – $3,032.39 for FY2013 – times the metered water use by a community in the last full calendar year.
Sewer charges are computed on a proportional allocation basis utilizing total flow, contributing population and census population for each community. The total amount of required revenue for the sewer system is allocated either to operating costs or capital costs. Operating costs are allocated to each community based on the average of the prior three calendar years' total flow, with adjustments for strength of flow.
Capital costs, including debt service, are allocated to each community based on a combination of (1) average of the prior three years' peak month wastewater flow and average concentrations of total suspended solids and biochemical oxygen demand; (2) the proportion of the population of the community that is served by the local sewer system; and (3) the proportion of the community's U.S. census population to the total census population in the sewer system.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR BILL
If you live in an MWRA community, your water and sewer bills come from from your local water and/or sewer department. If you have questions or concerns about your water/sewer bill, you should contact your local water/sewer department. Click here for links to local departments.
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Hal Gard is the Rail and Public Transit Division Administrator.
As Rail Division Administrator, Hal Gard oversees a division responsible for rail safety, crossing safety, and operations of passenger and freight rail service in Oregon. In addition, upon the retirement of Michael Ward in May of this year, Hal was asked to oversee the Public Transit Division. The Public Transit Division is responsible for providing public transportation and transportation options technical assistance and grant administration to over 200 public transportation providers, agencies and communities.
Hal recently managed the Geo-Environmental Section within ODOT's Technical Services Branch and served as the agency's tribal liaison for regulatory issues. Hal began his ODOT career in 1994 when he was hired as the department's first archaeologist. After developing and managing that program for eight years, he joined the newly-formed Bridge Delivery Unit to work on new environmental streamlining opportunities presented by the Oregon Transportation Investment Act III.
In 2011, Hal received the Hewes Award, recognizing outstanding contributions to highway development, from the Western Association of State Highway Transportation Officials. In presenting the award, WASHTO noted his considerable individual efforts in improving environmental performance in Oregon's transportation projects and programs.
A Registered Professional Archaeologist, Hal holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of California in Anthropology and a Master's Degree in the co-fields of Archaeology, Fish and Wildlife, and Geo-science from Oregon State University.


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You may need more calcium if you are taking the following anticonvulsants:
If you are taking the following medications, you should take your calcium supplement at least 2 hours before or after your dose of medication because calcium interferes with the absorption (and vice versa):
Do not take extra calcium except on the advice of a physician if you are taking
Do not take calcium together with high-dose vitamin D except on the advice of a physician if you are taking
calcium channel blockers
You may need extra calcium if you are taking:
- Ideally, you should take calcium at a different time of day from these other minerals because it may interfere with their absorption.
It may be advisable to wait 2 hours after taking calcium supplements to eat soy (or vice versa).
A constituent of
called phytic acid can interfere with the absorption of calcium.
Taking supplemental calcium may be helpful if you are taking