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Sylvia Crowe and Magdalen College
Sylvia Crowe was a landscape architect and is well-known for the variety of her work, from her garden designs to her industrial and housing landscapes. She designed landscapes for hospitals, power stations and reservoirs including Rutland Water and assisted with the gardens at the new towns of Harlow and Basildon. Sylvia shared an office with Brenda Colvin, another pioneering female landscape architect.
Sylvia was concerned that new developments such as roads were being landscaped by non-specialists. She thought that the standard of landscape relative to housing was poor in this country and set out to improve things. She was president of the Institute of Landscape Architects, now the Landscape Institute, from 1957-9; and in 1967 Sylvia was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the CBE, and was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, DBE, in 1973. This award is made for an outstanding and long-term contribution in a significant capacity at a national level.
She became the first landscape consultant to the Forestry Commission in 1964, encouraging the Commission to use mixed trees rather than rows of conifers in their plantations. She used aesthetic and ecological principles in forestry, breaking up the straight lines of the plantations using natural features as boundaries. She continues to inspire and influence students through her many books.
Magdalen College's extensive gardens date from the 16th century. They include the Rose Garden, designed for the college by Sylvia in 1953 to commemorate the development of penicillin as an antibiotic in Oxford during the 1940s. Stimulated by wartime need, the research was one of Oxford's greatest contributions to medicine. Already discovered by Alexander Fleming, the Oxford team headed by Howard Walter Florey developed penicillin, isolating the active ingredient. A rose garden was stipulated by the donor, the American Lasker foundation. Mary Lasker was a champion of medical research and with her husband, Albert, established a legacy of effective philanthropy through their own efforts and their public support of important causes.
Sylvia decided on a formal framework for the roses echoing botanic garden layout through the centuries. Its rectangular rose beds, surrounded by low, clipped box hedges, are enclosed by yew hedges, with stone seats at the west end under a row of pleached copper beech.


Former Student Raises $27,000 For Substitute Former Teacher Living In A Car After The Pandemic Hit him Hard.
A former student rescued his kind substitute teacher who was living in a car due to his declining financial situation mostly after the pandemic gulped his job as a teacher. The student setup a GoFundMe page, and have him as a present a check of $27,000 on his birthday.
The pandemic has given us all quite a hard time when it hit last year. Many people went from poor circumstances to the worst where they couldn't even survive.
The same happened with substitute teacher José Villaruel who found himself out of work as lessons went online. The consequences were catastrophic for the teacher who already was having a tough time managing his finances and most of all, he had been using his income to send to his sick wife and children living in Mexico.
In fact, he had been living out of his car for quite a time so he could send his family the money they needed. Now, with no job, Villaruel was living off his Social Security check, most of which he sent to his loved ones.
But when a former student, Steven Nava, saw his teacher in a parking lot at 5 a.m. on the way to work, he was shocked. After plucking up the courage, he approached his old teacher and asked about his circumstances. When Villaruel explained his struggles, the 21-year-old felt compelled to help. Nava realized it was time to say him a Thank-you for the effort he put in his students.
Villaruel's response encouraged Nava to help him further, and he promised the teacher he'd do whatever it took to get him out of his predicament.
Nava set up a GoFundMe page and the donations quickly mounted up to $27,000. So along with some other former students, Nava successfully was able to help his teacher with whom he had a great time in the past. And remembering how he was so caring and kind, Nava was pleased to help him with all his heart.
Nava with some other students presented the check to the delighted teacher on his 77th birthday. Villarreal was so moved that he hugged him and thanked him for the effort he made to help him all along.
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text: The Greentec Silt Sock is an innovative low cost sediment-trapping device manufactured with quality filter materials in order to control water movement, minimize site wetness and reduce soil erosion. The Greentec silt sock is available in a variety of different lengths to maximize handling efficiencies, silt socks manage the storm water flow requirements of a site by diverting "clean" storm water runoff around traps or directing sediment laden water into sediment traps. These can be positioned around a storm water drain or around the boundary of a construction site. The Greentec silt socks are an extremely effective and flexible product to prevent silt and sediment from entering waterways. Constructed from robust non-woven geotextile filter cloth and typically filled with aggregate.

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 - 1 egg yolk
 - 2 tablespoons milk
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Puff pastry bunnies with scrambled eggs
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why bother with DbC?
 The difference between DbC and unit tests (and really, you should be doing both) is that if a test can be expressed as a constraint then it is useful to simply express that as a contract, while if the test is a specific input to output matching test then it is going to be useful as a separate unit test. When you run your unit tests the contract constraints will automatically get checked. More importantly they will help isolate exactly where the error occured when testing integrated systems. Furthermore, by putting constraints as contracts you have improved your API documentation (any decent DbC system includes automated inclusion of contract information in API documentation) which helps other people use your code correctly, and makes maintenance easier.
 Finally contracts allow automated testing. That's where you automatically generate data to pass to the code and let the contracts act as a test oracle to catch and locate problems. With something like AutoTest for Eiffel the data generation can be purely random (constrained by preconditions of course), or designed to sample the input according to best coverage via genertic algorithms, etc. The result is that you find corner cases that you might not have anticipated with your unit tests - and you would be surprised how often that happens, AutoTest found a number of subtle bugs in Eiffel's base libraries which had been production code for years.
 When there's a DbC language or add-on that checks the contracts at compile time, I'll be interested.
 Then you really need to check out JML [iastate.edu] and ESC/Java2, and Spec# [microsoft.com], because you would be interested.
 - by Sircus ( 16869 )
 Then you really need to check out JML [iastate.edu] and ESC/Java2, and Spec# [microsoft.com], because you would be interested.
 Thanks - I'll check out JML and ESC/Java2 (we're using Java throughout, both client and server-side).
 - Re: (Score:2, Insightful)
 by Tablizer ( 95088 )
 if a test can be expressed as a constraint then it is useful to simply express that as a contract,
 Us table-heads who like to shift the processing burden to the database instead of application languages would point out that this resembles database constraints and triggers.

 - DBC has a greater requirement towards designing everything up front.
 XP allows you to be more flexible in your approach, and supports the need
 to constantly refactor your code.
 In my experience, at the start of a complex project, we are never sure of
 all the answers. The ability to pull together small pieces, to constantly
 refactor as we learn more and to work in a close team outweighs the
 big-systems sort of approach where everything is specified to the last
 detail before you start.
 Tried both, DBC stuck in the th
 - by NovaX ( 37364 )
 Wow, that's so utterly wrong. You write contracts against methods, and thus express in the code explicitly the method's intent. This makes it easier to refactor because the code is clearer and the callers can't abuse it. You have an easier time refactoring this type of code because you know it is correct. And its easier to test after you've refactored because it won't hide bugs by spitting out wrong answers, but instead make them known. People who put the tiny amount required will have enough pride in thei
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 DBC has a greater requirement towards designing everything up front. XP allows you to be more flexible in your approach, and supports the need to constantly refactor your code.
 That DbC is up front design is simply not true. You can do "Contract Driven Design" as well as you can do "Test Driven Design" (though of course combining tests and contracts, using each where they make sense - contrct for constraints, tests for explicit input to output mappings - is the best bet). Indeed there are even frameworks like ESpec [yorku.ca] which are specifically designed for doing XP in Eiffel using contracts. Try reading one of the ESpec papers on XP programming with ESpec [yorku.ca]. Think of it this way - DbC is
 - Already mostly done (Score:4, Informative)
 by Todd Knarr ( 15451 ) on Saturday March 10, 2007 @05:45AM (#_PHONE_) Homepage
 As has been noted, most programmers already do design-by-contract, they just don't call it that. They call it argument checking. The first thing most routines do is validate their arguments, and return an error if any of them are invalid. The last thing done is to check the results and return an error if the results aren't valid. The calling code then checks for error codes or invalid results (eg. a search function returning a null pointer indicating the item wasn't found).
 In the real world I often skip this overhead when the conditions are enforced elsewhere. For example, a data structure needed by an internal function may not have to be checked for existence since if it hadn't been created my initialization function would've detected this and signaled an error and the program would've exited. In cases like that, I either omit the check or wrap it in an ifdef so it's only done during development and ignored by the compiler during the release build.
 Don't make the mistake of confusing the name of a concept with the concept itself. You'll find quite often that that nifty shiny-new concept someone's presenting as their own has actually been around for 30-40 years and they've just added some chrome, filed off the serial numbers and changed the name to keep you from noticing this.
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 As has been noted, most programmers already do design-by-contract, they just don't call it that. They call it argument checking.
 The argument against this is that it is confusing implementation and specification. A contract is separate from the code implementing the function, and is automatically included in the API documentation for the function. That makes it easier for other people to use the code (they don't have to have access to the source code, or bother reading through all your code, just to be able to know they are calling your code correctly and what they can expect of the result), and for you to maintain your code. There'
 - The first thing most routines do is validate their arguments
 Let me modify that just a little bit: "The first thing most routines should do is validate their arguments."
 A large majority of the security and stability problems we see in software occur precisely because (lazy|busy|rushed|incompetent) programmers didn't do this. When you're faced with that problem having the language force you to do the right thing can be helpful.
 Also many languages don't have all the right tools to make argument checking easy.
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 Just because you're interested I'll do a little boosterism for the Java DbC system because it is actually pretty cool. First I'll admit the downside: it works by embedding annotations for contracts in comments (like JavaDoc comments basically) which makes it a little bit hacked on, but you take what you can get. The upsides include: good tool support, so not only do you get a compiler that converts annotations into runtime checks, but a version of JavaDoc that incorporates annotations into the auto-generate
 - Cool. Thanks for the reply and journal link. I haven't read the whole thing yet, but I'll review it for a new project I'm starting work on soon. I'm funding this one myself, and somehow that makes design by contract much more appealing. :)
 - I wonder who voted your post to five informative, as you seem to be quite uninformed on the topic. DbC isn't argument checking. As Bertrand Meyer states in his seminal "Object-Oriented Software Construction":
 Non-Redundancy principle: Under no circumstances shall the body of a routine ever test for the routine's precondition.
 This rule is the reverse of what many software engineering or programming methodology textbooks advocate, often under the name of defensive programming -- the idea that to obtain reli
 - Re: (Score:3, Insightful)
 by Todd Knarr ( 15451 )
 Unfortunately Mr. Meyer runs up against the halting problem. If the definition of a function, or the contract, says that a parameter must never be the NULL pointer, there are two choices: the code must check whether that pointer is NULL, or it must be proven that that pointer can never possibly be NULL. The second is, with the current state of the art, impossible no matter what language constructs are around to help. That means the check has to be done, the only question is whether it's done by the caller o
 - by imbaczek ( 690596 ) <_EMAIL_ minus poet> on Saturday March 10, 2007 @06:35AM (#_PHONE_) Journal
 assert(condition) is your friend. It's not called a contract, it's not design (but a very good practice!) and it does the job well.
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Foreign Press Association members stop in Nikel.
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Paleo-Sardinian language
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Region Corsica et Sardinia
Ethnicity Nuragic civilization
Extinct c. 2nd century AD
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog None
Nuragic tribes
Paleo-Sardinian (Paleosardinian) or Paleo-Sardo (Paleosardo), also known as Nuragic, is the pre-Indo-European language (or perhaps languages) of Sardinia and Corsica, which is thought to have left traces in the modern Sardinian language. By the third century, Latin had become the language of Sardinia, and the old language(s) survive mainly in toponyms, which appear to preserve grammatical suffixes, and in a few names of plants. There is toponymic evidence suggesting that it may have had connection to Basque or to the pre-Indo-European Iberian language of Spain (Blasco Ferrer, 2010), or maybe to the ancient languages of Sicily[citation needed].
Archeologist Giovanni Ugas suggested that the three Nuragic peoples may have had separate origins and thus spoke different languages: The Balari from the Balearic Islands and possibly of Iberian origin, the Corsi from the north and possibly of Ligurian origin, and the Iolei / Iliensi from the south and possible Numidian (or perhaps Sicani[citation needed]) origin. The three modern dialects of Gallurese, Logudorese, and Campidanese might reflect that multilingual substratum.
Bertoldi & Terracini[citation needed] propose that the common suffix -ara (with stress on the antepenult) was a plural marker, and indicated a connection to Iberian or to the Paleo-Sicilian languages. Terracini claims a similar connection for the suffix -ànarV, -ànnarV, -énnarV, -ònnarV, as in the personal name Bonnànnaro. A suffix -ini also seems to be characteristic, as in the personal name Barùmini. A suffix or suffixes -arr-, -err-, -orr-, -urrhave been claimed to correspond to Numidia (Terracini), to Iberia (specifically Basque, Blasco Ferrer), to the south of Italy and Gascony (presumably Basque, Rohlfs), and to Basque (Wagner, Hubschmid).
The non-Latin suffixes -ài, -éi, -òi, -ùi survive in modern place names based on Latin roots. Terracini sees connections to Berber. Bertoldi sees an Anatolian connection in the endings -ài, -asài (similar claims have been made of the Elymians of Sicily). A suffix -aiko is also common in Iberia and may have a Celtic origin. The tribal suffix -itani, -etani, as in the Sulcitani, has also been identified as Paleosardinian.
See also[edit]
 - Eduardo Blasco Ferrer, ed. 2010. Paleosardo: Le radici linguistiche della Sardegna neolitica (Paleosardo: The Linguistic Roots of Neolithic Sardinian). De Gruyter Mouton.


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Kia Ora Stud
Until the recent ascendency of 'Arrowfield' under the astute stewardship of John Messara the stud in the area to produce the majority of champion stallions was Kia Ora Stud in the Segenhoe Valley near Aberdeen. During the 20th century Kia Ora stood no fewer than three champion stallions who between them won 10 championships: 10% of the national total during the 100 years. 'Magpie' won twice in 1928 and 1931; 'Midstream' three times in 1948, 1951 and 1952; 'Delville Wood' five successive titles 1953 – 1957 inclusive. Only Widden Stud exceeds this record throughout the 20th century.
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1937 – Percy Miller and the Kia Ora Stud
Percy Miller was a successful businessman and a hobby breeder with half a dozen mares. In 1914 he embarked on commercial thoroughbred production and purchased the cattle property Kia-Ora, over the Pages River from the established Segenhoe Stud, just east of Scone. With manager Bert Riddle, Miller set about developing Kia-Ora as a fully operational horse stud and by 1917 was able to offer two yearlings at the Sydney Easter Sales. It was to be the start of a sustained and most remarkable breeding record. In the same year a horse called Magpie ran second in the English 2000 Guineas and eventually came to Australia where he was acquired as a stallion by Percy Miller. Over the next decade Magpie became one of Australia's leading sires producing many feature race winners at Kia-Ora including Windbag, Amounis and Talking. This became the pattern with a succession of successful sires standing at Kia-Ora. Most notable of these were Midstream and Delville Wood who also became premiership winning sires and were responsible for such champions as Shannon, Delta, Hydrogen and Evening Peal.
They were to leave a legacy in a superb brand of brood mares but most remarkable about the record of Kia-Ora was the high percentage of winners that came off the property and the huge numbers, for the times, of well-grown yearlings that were sold off the stud. This peaked with 105 yearlings offered at the 1941 Sydney Easter Sales, while there were 103 catalogued in 1928 and 99 in both 1931 and 1936 for a total of 2,862 yearlings presented for sale between 1917 and 1949. Bert Riddle was the manager through all these years but on his death in 1952, four years after Percy Miller, the stud was scaled back by the family and finally dispersed in 1957. Kia-Ora had a series of owners from then on and amongst the stallions that stood at the farm were Australian champions Gunsynd and Baguette. Despite the numbers of horses bred at Kia-Ora being far less than before the winners kept coming, including top two year old Gretel and Caulfield Guineas victor Sou'wester.
The present owners took over Kia-Ora in 2000 and have re-developed the famous stud farm returning it to its former glory and once again making it home to some of the best bred mares in Australia.


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Title: Plan, from the circumference series
Dimensions: 510cm (radius)
Techinique: 97 ceramic roofing tiles
Local: Vermelho Gallery '" São Paulo – Brazil
Exploration of possibilities in the geometry of basic materials construction (tile). The circumference series part of common tiles given that your geometry trapezoidal allow create a circumference which is derived directly from the angle of opening of the tiles. In this way, each type of tile therefore leads to a different diameter, being the constant the biggest opening angle with the smaller diameter. The name of the circumference is taken by the name of the tile and the quantity of tiles is also determined by its geometry.


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.... and what to look for
Notice the difference in how flat these primers are.
Examining the flatness of your fired primers is the best way to read
chamber pressure. It's important to keep an eye on this when you're reloading. These 4 fired cases clearly show the different degrees
of chamber pressure, and this is an accurate representation when reloading any caliber. If you pay close attention to your fired cases, and
you slowly work your way to hotter loads, you'll avoid seeing any of the "serious" pressure signs.
Some brands of primers have a noticeably harder cup than others. This difference in hardness can cause a slight
variation in your pressure readings. Seating bullets too short or too long will affect chamber pressure considerably, and some types of powder
will increase pressure as the outside temperature increases. When you develop maximum loads in the winter, beware of the pressure increase
when using those handloads in the heat of summer.
- Very mild load (this is too mild).
- Mild load.
- This is an ideal load (could go just a bit hotter).
- Absolute Maximum load (approach this pressure very carefully).


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Middle rectal artery
Within the body's pelvic region, the middle rectal artery serves oxygenated blood to the rectum. However, there are anatomical variances between males and females. For men, the artery branches into blood vessels that serve the prostate as well as the seminal vesicles. In women, the artery branches into vessels that run into the vagina. In both sexes, the artery arises from the internal iliac artery. Also, the rectum is the end of the digestive tract. The supply of oxygenated blood that assists in the final stages of digestion is left over ingested matter processed into feces to be expelled from the body. The middle rectal artery has venal counterparts in the middle rectal veins. These vessels actively drain deoxygenated blood from the area and move it to the internal ileac vein. From there, the deoxygenated blood moves through venal circulatory system until it ends up in the heart via the inferior vena cava. The right side of the heart then pumps it into the lungs for fresh oxygen.
Written and medically reviewed by the Healthline Editorial Team
In Depth: Middle rectal artery

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"How about this weather?"
Social Dialog with Embodied Conversational Agents
Abstract Social dialogue can be used by an embodied interface agent both to satisfy "interpersonal" goals, such as building rapport with the user and demonstrating the expertise of the agent, and to directly or indirectly satisfy task goals, such as acquiring background information about the user. We describe the ongoing development of an embodied conversational agent that is capable of multimodal input understanding and output generation and operates in a limited application domain in which both social and task-oriented dialogue are used. An approach to discourse planning for social dialogue is described, along with an implementation and preliminary evaluation.


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Estimation of Aquifer properties from vertical electrical survey data
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Water is vital to man's existence on the planet earth so all effort to secure a good water should not be spared. Aquifer is a home of water in the earth crust which is properly located using geophysical means of vertical electrical sounding. Understanding the properties of aquifer is tantamount to understanding how good the the water in the aquifer is.The book therefore has delved into studying the properties of aquifer using the parameters of electrical properties of the earth.
Release Date 31.07.2017
Product Type Pocketbok
Dimension 220 x 150 mm


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The best way to clean water spots off plant leaves is to combine water and vinegar, then gently wipe away the spots. A recipe of half a gallon of water and half a teaspoon of vinegar is best to avoid damaging the leaves and soil. Be sure to avoid using cold water.
- 1 How do you get rid of water spots naturally?
- 2 How do you treat water spots?
- 3 What removes hard water spots?
- 4 Can I spray vinegar on houseplants?
- 5 Does vinegar remove hard water deposits?
- 6 Does WD-40 remove hard water stains?
- 7 Are water spots permanent?
- 8 What is the best way to remove water spots from a car?
- 9 Does clay bar remove water spots?
- 10 Does CLR remove hard water stains?
- 11 What removes hard water stains from glass shower doors?
- 12 How do I remove calcium deposits from my shower?
- 13 Can I spray my plants with white vinegar?
- 14 Will white vinegar hurt my plant?
- 15 Can I clean plant leaves with vinegar?
How do you get rid of water spots naturally?
Vinegar. Vinegar is a safe, all-natural household cleaner with the amazing ability to combat hard water stains. Pour some in a spray bottle and squirt any surface where you find hard water stains. Let it sit for five to 15 minutes to give the vinegar time to break down the minerals in the chalky, white stain.
How do you treat water spots?
Using A Distilled Water + White Vinegar Solution For Water Spot Removal. You wouldn't believe it, but one of the most effective solutions for hard water stains and mineral deposits is white vinegar. White vinegar contains natural acetic acid, which will readily dissolve calcium carbonate and other minerals.
What removes hard water spots?
Step 1: Create your cleaning solution by mixing 2 parts distilled water and 1 part white vinegar in a large bowl.
- Step 2: Pour the solution into a spray bottle.
- Step 3: Spray the mixture on the hard water stains.
- Step 4: Rub the water stains gently with a soft, clean cloth.
Can I spray vinegar on houseplants?
Vicious Vinegar and Your Houseplants While vinegar is nontoxic to cats and humans, it is harmful to plants because it contains 5 percent acetic acid. If you spray vinegar on the leaves of your houseplants, it will destroy their cell membranes, warns the Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides.
Does vinegar remove hard water deposits?
Vinegar is one of the most effective and versatile house cleaning products available, and it's perfect for removing hard water stains. So long as you also have rubber gloves, a spray bottle, a cloth, and a spare toothbrush, you'll have no trouble getting rid of the hard water stains in your home.
Does WD-40 remove hard water stains?
You probably didn't know you could use WD-40 for bathroom cleaning, but because it's a lubricant that's not as harsh as most chemicals you use in the bathroom, it's great for getting rid of hard water stains and other stubborn stains without harming your surfaces.
Are water spots permanent?
These harmless looking spots can permanently damage your cars paint by etching into the clear coat. Especially during the summer months when the sun is baking the spots into the paint. Over time, repeated exposure to hard water without cleaning the paint will make these spots hard or even impossible to remove.
What is the best way to remove water spots from a car?
Mix 1 part regular white vinegar with 1 part distilled water (soft water is good too). It's better not to use regular tap water which contains minerals. Apply the vinegar/water solution with a spray bottle on to the affected paint finish. Allow mixture to work for up to 10 minutes.
Does clay bar remove water spots?
Wash your car as normal, but before drying use a clay bar and clay lubricant to remove contaminants. Check out this guide to claying your paint. This will remove all water spots and etchings as well as removing light scratches from your car's paint.
Does CLR remove hard water stains?
CLR cleans what many household products can't. It dissolves and removes tough stains from the build-up of calcium, limescale and surface rust from hard water.
What removes hard water stains from glass shower doors?
The best way to remove hard water stains from your shower doors is to do so using regular household items such as white vinegar and baking soda.
How do I remove calcium deposits from my shower?
The acetic acid in white vinegar acts as a solvent, which helps to dissolve the mineral deposits that are clogging up your showerhead. After soaking in vinegar for an hour or two, that build up should wash away the next time you turn your shower on.
Can I spray my plants with white vinegar?
You have to be careful when spraying it around certain plants as it may be harmful to some, but when used on those pesky hard-to-kill weeds, they will disappear in two to three days' time. Combine a gallon of white vinegar, one cup of salt, and a couple tablespoons of dish soap to get the job done.
Will white vinegar hurt my plant?
Vinegar is non-selective, meaning it will damage any plants and turf grass it touches, not just the weeds you are trying to kill. When you spray the vinegar onto weeds, make sure it isn't hitting other plants.
Can I clean plant leaves with vinegar?
Mixing vinegar with water is especially effective at getting rid of residue buildup on leaves. However, do not overdo it. This one is not meant to be part of routine plant maintenance, but instead only when needed. Then dip the cloth in your mix and apply to gently to your plants.


Symbols of Canary Islands
By Isleta Design Studio 6 years ago
The inspiration
Fascinated by this beautiful archipelago in the Atlantic ocean and its wonderful landscapes, we decided to pay homage to Canary Islands representing those who are officially considered by the region as symbols of nature of each major island.
Presa Canario
The Perro de Presa Canario, a.k.a. the Canary Mastiff, is a large Molosser-type dog breed originally bred for working livestock. The name of the breed is Spanish, means "Canarian catch dog", and is often shortened to Presa Canario or simply Presa. It's the animal symbol of the island of Gran Canaria.
Presa canario dog on a beach, symbol of Gran Canaria island
Avutarda hubara bird on a sandy beach, symbol of Fuerteventura island
Avutarda hubara
The Avutarda Hubara (Chlamydotis undulata) is a large bird in the bustard family. This bustard is found in arid habitats spread across northern Africa and Southeast Asia with a population on the Canary Islands. It is the animal symbol of the island of Fuerteventura.
Cangrejo ciego
Munidopsis polymorpha is a species of squat lobster, also known as the blind albino cave crab, Cangrejo ciego, that is endemic to Lanzarote, Canary Islands. They are small, blind and pale, and can be found in the caves of Jameos del Agua, lava tubes formed by volcanic eruptions 3,000 years ago. It is the animal symbol of the island of Lanzarote.
Cangrejo ciego crab at the bottom of the ocean, symbol of Lanzarote island
Pinzón azul bird on a tree with Teide mountain landscape, symbol of Tenerife island
Pinzón azul
The Pinzón azul (Tenerife blue chaffinch) is a species of passerine bird in the finch family of Fringillidae, endemic to Tenerife in Canary Islands. This bird is the animal symbol of the island.
Paloma rabiche
The Paloma rabiche (Laurel pigeon or White-tailed laurel pigeon) is a species of bird in the Columba genus in the Columbidae family. It is endemic to the laurel forest habitat of Canary Islands. It is the animal symbol of the island of La Gomera.
Paloma rabiche pigeon bird on hill, symbol of La Gomera island
Lagarto gigante lizard standing on a rock, symbol of El Hierro island
Lagarto gigante
Gallotia simonyi is a species of wall lizard that can be found on the island of El Hierro, Canary Islands. This omnivorous giant lizard has been chosen as the animal symbol of the island.
The Graja is a subspecies of Red-billed chough or Cornish chough, a bird in the crow family, endemic to the island of La Palma, Canary Islands. This little chough is the animal symbol of the island.
Graja crow bird next to a cliff, symbol of La Palma island
Canary Islands art prints by Isleta Design Studio decorating the HashtagWorkspace coworking patio
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This section provides information on how you can consume the binding data.
Consumption of binding data
After the backing service exposes the binding data, for a workload to access and consume this data, you must project it into the workload from a backing service. Service Binding Operator automatically projects this set of data into the workload in the following methods:
 1. By default, as files.
 2. As environment variables, after you configure the .spec.bindAsFiles parameter from the ServiceBinding resource.
Configuration of the directory path to project the binding data inside workload container
By default, Service Binding Operator mounts the binding data as files at a specific directory in your workload resource. You can configure the directory path using the SERVICE_BINDING_ROOT environment variable setup in the container where your workload runs.
Example: Binding data mounted as files
$SERVICE_BINDING_ROOT (1)
├── account-database (2)
│ ├── type (3)
│ ├── provider (4)
│ ├── uri
│ ├── username
│ └── password
└── transaction-event-stream (2)
 ├── type
 ├── connection-count
 ├── uri
 ├── certificates
 └── private-key
1 Root directory.
2 Directory that stores the binding data.
3 Mandatory identifier that identifies the type of the binding data projected into the corresponding directory.
4 Optional: Identifier to identify the provider so that the application can identify the type of backing service it can connect to.
To consume the binding data as environment variables, use the built-in language feature of your programming language of choice that can read environment variables.
Example: Python client usage
import os
username = os.getenv("USERNAME")
password = os.getenv("PASSWORD")
Computation of the final path for projecting the binding data as files
The following table summarizes the configuration of how the final path for the binding data projection is computed when files are mounted at a specific directory:
Table 1. Summary of the final path computation
SERVICE_BINDING_ROOT Final path
Not available
/bindings/<ServiceBinding_ResourceName>
dir/path/root
dir/path/root/<ServiceBinding_ResourceName>
In the previous table, the <ServiceBinding_ResourceName> entry specifies the name of the ServiceBinding resource that you configure in the .metadata.name section of the custom resource (CR).
To access and consume the binding data within the existing SERVICE_BINDING_ROOT environment variable, use the built-in language feature of your programming language of choice that can read environment variables.
Example: Python client usage
from pyservicebinding import binding
try:
 sb = binding.ServiceBinding()
except binding.ServiceBindingRootMissingError as msg:
 # log the error message and retry/exit
 print("SERVICE_BINDING_ROOT env var not set")
sb = binding.ServiceBinding()
bindings_list = sb.bindings("postgresql")
In the previous example, the bindings_list variable contains the binding data for the postgresql database service type.
Projecting the binding data
Depending on your workload requirements and environment, you can choose to project the binding data either as files or environment variables.
Prerequisites
 - You understand the following concepts:
 - Environment and requirements of your workload, and how it works with the provided services.
 - Consumption of the binding data in your workload resource.
 - Configuration of how the final path for data projection is computed for the default method.
 - The binding data is exposed from the backing service.
Procedure
 1. To project the binding data as files, determine the destination folder by ensuring that the existing SERVICE_BINDING_ROOT environment variable is present in the container where your workload runs.
 2. To project the binding data as environment variables, set the value for the .spec.bindAsFiles parameter to false from the ServiceBinding resource in the custom resource (CR).
Additional resources


Selecting Scales for a DRO - Six Parameters that Matter
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Things were easy when iGaging "Remote DRO" were the only scales Android DRO supported. Now that it can work with most of the common scales things are becoming a bit more confusing, judging from the number of emails I've been getting lately. With other things being equal, the choice of scales will have the biggest impact on you DRO's performance. There is a number of options, ranging from cheap Chinese calipers to glass scales and other quadrature encoders. Although I can't definitively answer the question "which scales should I use for my DRO setup", in this post I'll try to explain which parameters matter most in a DRO application.
Most of the scales used in hobby DROs fall under one of the two major categories: capacitive scales and quadrature encoders. The former category encompasses things like AccuRemote and iGaging DigiMag* scales, digital calipers and the common "Chinese" linear scales that look like large calipers with jaws cut off. The latter consists of glass linear scales and rotary encoders as well as magnetic scales. Generally, capacitive scales are much less expensive but have some shortcomings, thus most of the commercial DRO units use either glass or magnetic scales. If money is not an issue you can stop reading and get a set of brand-name glass scales
*Many retailers have the word "magnetic" in the product name or descriptions. This is a bit misleading, since the scales are not magnetic; the DRO display can be magnetically attached to the machine. These are capacitive scales and should not be confused with magnetic quadrature scales.
Deciding Factors
There are a few factors that will drive your decision. In addition to the technical parameters, such as accuracy, resolution and reliability, there is an issue of cost and availability. I think a good place to start is to clarify what each of those parameters means and how it might influence the end result.
Resolution determines how fine the measurements will be. For example, the micromenter in the picture above has much better resolutions at 0.0001" than either of the rulers. For the purposes of the DRO the value that matters is counts per inch [for linear scales] and counts per revolution for rotary encoders.
Accuracy is often confused with resolution but it's a very different parameter. Accuracy tells you how close the reading from the scale will match the actual dimension. For example, when you measure a 1" standard, an accurate scale will read exactly one inch, while a bad one will show a different value. It's possible to have very high resolution but very poor accuracy. I.e. if I grind off some metal off the micrometer's anvil, it will still have the same resolution but won't be accurate at all.
Side note: Please keep in mind that some manufacturers/retailers often use the term "accuracy" to encompass such important parameters as repeatability, hysteresis and runout.
Repeatability defines how close together a set of successive readings will be to each other. For example, I can affect the readings from a micrometer by applying different amounts of torque, so the readings won't be repeatable (unless I use the clutch properly). In other words, when you move a scale by exactly one inch several times (from the same starting position), a repeatable scale will provide readings that are identical or very close together.
Hysteresis is the amount of travel the reading head can move before the scale starts registering the change in position. The best way to see the hysteresis is to first move the scale one way by exactly one inch in one direction, then by the same amount in the opposite direction, and compare the readout. In essence this can be thought of as scale's backlash.
Runout is another aspect of the overall accuracy that is as important as the repeatability. In a nutshell it describes how uniform the resolution of the scales is. For instance, when you move the scale from one end to the other in exactly one inch increments a good scale will give you a series of identical readings. You can think of runout as deviation in resolution over the scales length. If there is any difference it will lead to an error of measurement that will accumulate over longer distances.
Reliability is a somewhat subjective value and depends to a large degree of the shop environment, usage etc. Every scale will fail under some conditions, so it's up to you to determine what your particular usage envelope will be and if the scales are fit for it. Never the less some scales will be more reliable and last longer as a result of better protection, higher quality materials etc.
Practical Implications
All of the above parameters will influence the overall performance of the DRO. I've noticed that people tend to be most concerned with the resolution. Although its true that [to a point] a higher resolution will let you hold tighter tolerances, it's only one of the key factors you should look at. In practice repeatability is even more important specification, as it determines the overall performance of a DRO. For instance, 0.0001" resolution is pretty much worthless when the scale is only repeatable to 0.005". Moreover, as long as the scale is repeatable, the software can compensate for the offset, as long as it's constant.
Consider the illustration below; the first two cases will work equally well in a DRO, since the application will compensate for the offset. Third case is less precise but will get you in the "ball park". The last case, though, is pretty much worthless for any precision work as the readings will be all over the place.
Accuracy vs. Repeatability
Second most important property is the runout. Similar to the repeatability, runout determines the DRO's accuracy. Imagine that you need to drill a row of holes exactly 1.000" apart. If a scale has high runout, the holes will not be spaced equally.
Runout can be thought of as repeatability over the scales length
Finally, high hysteresis will add some "backlash" to the DRO. Most glass and magnetic scales have very small hysteresis; calipers and other capacitive scales list this parameter, unfortunately.
Effect of scale hysteresis is similar to backlash
Most of the scales you will come across will have resolution of at least 0.0005", which is more than adequate for most metal work.
One value that I haven't mentioned above is the scales refresh rate. I.e. the frequency at which the scale will report the position to the interface. If the refresh rate is too low there will be perceivable lag between the machine's movement and the DRO display. In my experience a refresh rate of 20Hz or above feels pretty much "real-time", while 5Hz and less is noticeably laggy.
 1. Nice and well written analysis. Everything seems much clearer now.
 2. Yuri, I would like to add a controller for (older) Heidenhain glass scales (example: LS803). These have an analog output, two phases. Each phase provides about 25 microamps, peak-to-peak. To help me in repairing a broken scale I build a transimpedance amplifier that converts this to a 5 volt peak-to-peak signal. The typical period of the scales is 40 microns or 20 microns. So to count, I need to track the "phase circle": to get one count every five microns I need to identify either 8 or 4 counts per circle. This is easy enough to code up. Would you suggest I try producing new controller code or modifying the existing code to do this? Bruce
 1. Bruce,
 If I were you, I would use a circuit similar to the "voltage converter" I built for the mixed scale controller to convert your since/cosine waves to a 50% duty cycle square wave. You don't want to be reading analogue values via the micro-controller, unless you're willing to move up to an ARM M3 or M4-based DSP. MSP430 (or Arduino for that matter) don't have enough horsepower to do that.
 Hope this makes sense.


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Aspects of Camera Lenses: Anterior Surface
Camera lenses are complex pieces of machinery composed of autofocus motors, mechanical rings, a few lenses (to create a compound lens), an aperture and lots more. Lenses function according to the physical law of optics. When we refer to our lenses, such as a 50mm or a zoom lens, we are referring to the whole lens unit.
The Anterior Surface
Anterior surface refers to the outer most piece of glass on the lens. This is the part of the lens that is furthest away from the photographic medium. It is through here that the light first enters through the lens on it's journey to becoming a photograph. This piece of glass is also most susceptible to damage and should be protected.
If it becomes scratched, it may become necessary to replace the entire lens, as the scratch will be visible in all the photographs that are taken. To help prevent the anterior surface from being scratched, one can purchase a UV filter for about $15 to cover the lens. Thus, any damage sustained happens to the filter and not the lens.
Anterior surface is a name that comes from anatomy. It refers to the cornea, the outer most layer of the eye.


Fundamentals of Transportation/Shockwaves/Solution
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Problem:
Flow on a road is q_1=1800 veh/hr/lane , and the density of k_1=14.4 veh/km/lane . To reduce speeding on a section of highway, a police cruiser decides to implement a rolling roadblock, and to travel in the left lane at the speed limit (v_2=88 km/hr) for 10 km. No one dares pass. After the police cruiser joins, the platoon density increases to 20 veh/km/lane and flow drops. How many vehicles (per lane) will be in the platoon when the police car leaves the highway?
How long will it take for the queue to dissipate?
Example
Solution:
Step 0
Solve for Unknowns:
Original speed
v_1=\frac{q_1}{k_1}=\frac{1800}{14.4} = 125 km/h
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Flow after police cruiser joins
q_2= k_2 v_2 = 88*20 = 1760 veh/h
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Step 1
Calculate the wave velocity:
v_w = \frac{{q_2 - q_1 }}{{k_2 - k_1 }} = \frac{{1760 - 1800}}{{20 - 14.4}} = - 7.14km/hr
\,\!
Step 2
Determine the growth rate of the platoon (relative speed)
v_{r2} = v_2 - v_w = 88 - ( - 7.14) = 95.1km/hr
\,\!
Step 3
Determine the time spent by the police cruiser on the highway
t = d/v = 10 km / 88 km/hr = 0.11 hr = 6.8 minutes
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Step 4
Calculate the Length of platoon (not a standing queue)
L = v t = 95.1 km/hr * 0.11 hr = 10.46 km
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Step 5
What is the rate at which the queue grows, in units of vehicles per hour?
\Delta{q} = q_1 - k_1 v_w = q_2 - k_2 v_w = 1800 - (14.4*-7.14) = 1760- (20*-7.14) = 1902 veh/hr
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Step 6
The number of vehicles in platoon
L_p k_2 = 10.46 km * 20 veh/km = 209.2 vehicles
\,\!
OR
\Delta{q} t = 1902 veh/hr*0.11hr=209.2veh
\,\!
How long will it take for the queue to dissipate?
(a) Where does the shockwave go after the police cruiser leaves? Just reverse everything?
{{v}_{w}}=\frac{{{q}_{2}}-{{q}_{1}}}{{{k}_{2}}-{{k}_{1}}}=\frac{_PHONE_}{14.4-20}=-7.14km/hr
Second wave never catches first.
(b) Return speed to 125, keep density @ 20? q_2 = 20*125=2500
\,\!
{{v}_{w}}=\frac{{{q}_{2}}-{{q}_{1}}}{{{k}_{2}}-{{k}_{1}}}=\frac{2500-1760}{20-20}=\infty km/hr
Second wave instantaneously catches first
(c) Return speed to 125, keep density @ halfway between 14.4 and 20? q_2 = 20*125=2500
\,\!
{{v}_{w}}=\frac{{{q}_{2}}-{{q}_{1}}}{{{k}_{2}}-{{k}_{1}}}=\frac{2150-1760}{17.2-20}=139km/hr
Second wave quickly catches first
\begin{align}
 & 139*t=7.14*\left( .11+t \right) \\
 & \left( 139-7.14 \right)t=7.14*11 \\
 & t=0.006h=.35\min =21\sec \\
\end{align}
(d) Drop upstream q,k to slow down formation curve.
{{v}_{w}}=\frac{{{q}_{2}}-{{q}_{1}}}{{{k}_{2}}-{{k}_{1}}}=\frac{_PHONE_}{14.24-20}=-3.47km/hr
Second wave eventually catches first
(e) If q_{upstream} falls below downstream capacity, wave dissipates
{{v}_{w}}=\frac{{{q}_{2}}-{{q}_{1}}}{{{k}_{2}}-{{k}_{1}}}=\frac{_PHONE_}{10-20}=+51km/hr
Forward moving wave.


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Ten American Battle Monuments Commission sites take part in European Heritage Days
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARLINGTON, Va. (Sept. 8, 2022) — The weekend of Sept. 17, 2022, ten American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) cemeteries will be featured in a series of events dedicated to highlighting European cultural heritage and ensuring citizens are aware of the historic significance of these sites. This year's theme is "sustainable heritage."
This year, the European Heritage Days is held at the following ABMC sites: Ardennes American Cemetery (ARAC), Brittany American Cemetery (BRAC), Cambridge American Cemetery (CAAC), Epinal American Cemetery (EPAC), Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery (LEMC), Lorraine American Cemetery (LOAC), Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery (MAAC), Netherlands American Cemetery (NEAC), Normandy American Cemetery (NOAC), St. Mihiel American Cemetery (SMAC) and Suresnes American Cemetery (SUAC).
Participating sites will offer free activities during regular operating hours that enable the public to learn more about ABMC, the way ABMC manages horticulture to adapt to climate change, the two World Wars, the history of the sites, as well as stories of service men and women buried within their grounds.
"European Heritage Days provides ABMC a unique opportunity to share with visitors the stories of the men and women commemorated overseas, and unveils how these hallowed grounds are maintained," said Karen Wurzburger, Visitor Services & Interpretation director at ABMC. "It enables ABMC to carry on Gen. John J. Pershing's promise that 'time will not dim the glory of their deeds,' and to ensure the stories of those who made the ultimate sacrifice are still remembered."
The program at ABMC sites is as follows:
- ARAC: Sept. 10, the local history club "Mémoire de Neupré" will organize free guided tours of the site.
- BRAC: Sept. 18 at 2 p.m., ABMC staff will organize tours through the cemetery and memorial. No reservations needed.
- CAAC: From Sept. 9 to 18, CAAC will take part in "Open Cambridge," which is organized and hosted by the University of Cambridge. They will actively participate on weekends only (Sept. 10-11; and Sept. 17-18, with three tours per day). CAAC interpretive staff will offer historic tours focusing on "astounding inventions." In addition, CAAC staff will also offer horticultural tours.
Reservations are needed through the following links:
- EPAC: Sept. 17 and 18, at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., ABMC staff will conduct tours on the origin of the American memorial and cemetery. Reservations are needed by email at _EMAIL_.
- LEMC:Sept.17and 24, the exhibit "First World War Aces," will be displayed for visitors to learn more about the American military aviators who fought with France during the Great War. The exhibit was developed in partnership with ONACVG (_URL_ No reservations needed.
- NOAC: Sept. 17 and 18, ABMC staff at NOAC will offer a Memory Trail with talks at different locations on various topics. Visitors will have the opportunity to follow all talks or pick up the ones they are most interested in. Thematic guided tours will also be provided: one for the general public, and one with a focus on families with young children. No reservations needed.
- SMAC: Sept. 17 and 18, at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., ABMC's greenspace workers will meet with the public and explain how they fulfill their mission of commemoration through excellent standards of care, while adapting to new environmental challenges. Tours will take place at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. No reservations needed.
For more information or if there are further questions, please contact:
Hélène Chaulin Ashleigh Byrnes
Cell: +33 (0)6 38 13 56 25 Cell : +00 _PHONE_
About American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC):
The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) operates and maintains 26 cemeteries and 32 federal memorials, monuments, and commemorative plaques in 17 countries throughout the world, including the United States. The four memorials in the United States are: the World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C.; the Honolulu memorial located within the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii; the West Coast Memorial located within the Presidio National Park in San Francisco, Calif; and the East Coast Memorial located within Battery City Park in New York, N.Y. Since March 4, 1923, ABMC's sacred mission remains to honor the service, achievements, and sacrifice of more than 200,000 U.S. service members buried and memorialized at our sites. For more information about ABMC, visit abmc.gov.


where the total order on the space of keys is inherited from the order "$ \ge$ " for integers $ \mathbb{Z}$. Especially the set of keys is a totally ordered subset of integers.
Question: How are the two concept of 'key' related to each other? My first idea was that if we consider in light of for definition (as elements of power set of attributes), we can simply randomly enumerate all the keys (that is associate to each key an number; formally speaking to specify an injection $ f:\mathcal{K} \to \mathbb{Z}, K \mapsto f(K)$ where $ \mathcal{K} \subset \Omega(A)$ )
and then treat them as numbers when working with b-trees. Is this exactly the correct connection or is there another deeper one and my approach is wrong?


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STRATEGIC LEVERS FOR IMPACT
In achieving long-term social impact, three key strategic drivers have been identified that are measurable and able to improve the quality of life of individuals, communities and society as a whole. Hasanah terms the three strategic levers of impact as Increase, Innovate and Influence.
Increasingly, we have seen Hasanah's programmes driving scale, investing in new and improved methodologies and involved in advocacy and influencing of policies and structures for the long-term.
Scaling up and deepening reach, engagements and programmes across all focus areas.
Develop new, innovative and improved approaches (content) and sustainable solutions to pressing social and environmental issues.
Advocate and shape policies to achieve structural changes and systems reform in our focus areas.


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Volume 8, Issue 1 (2022)
The Spring 2022 issue of the Journal of Educational Leadership in Action (ELA) is now available. This focused issue of ELA centers on leadership during a pandemic and the allocation of resources. The issue provides research and perspectives on supporting the mental health needs of Latina/o students during the COVID pandemic, the pandemic's impact on principal self-efficacy, and the role of school principals' practices with resource allocation. We welcome and value your readership and encourage you to submit for future publication(s).
- Editor, Robyne Elder, EdD
Leadership Matters: Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Black and Latina/o Students in a Post COVID-19 World
Larry Walker, Michelle Sullivan, and Nicola Stewart-Walker


How to Plan A High Calorie Diet For Athletic Dogs
How to Plan A High Calorie Diet For Athletic Dogs
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If you are a parent to an athletic canine you must pay close attention to their diet and asses whether they are indeed an athletic dog or just one that has high energy. What qualifies for an athletic dog? If your dog does either of the following they are an athletic dog:
 - Is a working dog and must stay alert for long hours
 - Is involved in high agility sports
 - Is a working dog and trains for long hours everyday
 - Accompanies you in morning jogs/runs that are more than 30 minutes long
 - Has a rigorous training session and often does shows
 - Runs/Plays continuously for more than half an hour everyday
If your dog does any one or more of the activities above, they are an athletic dog and therefore need a special athletic diet. However, just like for human athletes, there is no one diet that serves all high agility dogs. Similarly for dogs, their diet should be planned according to their workout routine, the amount of calories they burn and their breed and body type.
Things to Keep Before Outlining A High Calorific Diet For Athletic Dogs
The first step is to find out how many calories they burn in a day. We suggest consulting your vet about your dog's metabolic energy requirement and basing it to create a detailed calorie chart. The next step is to divide the calories into small equal portions to feed them throughout the day. For athletic canines it is ideal for them to eat small quantities of food frequently throughout the day rather than having two large portions.
Small portions of carbohydrates are good for dogs but instead of grains, try to source their starch from complex carbohydrates like potatoes and other dog safe vegetables. Carb loading is a common practice done by many athletes and though it works well for us, there are various reasons why it is not as effective for dogs.
Research shows that dogs have more mitochondria (small organelles present within cells that provide energy) in their cells than humans do. This means that they do not burn glycogen as their primary source of energy, rather, they burn fat. So, don't load their system with carbs, weeks before an event. Chances are it will ruin their performance instead of enhancing it. Energy drinks (which many allow their dogs to sip on) and glucose will not help them as much as a hard boil egg will.
Another important thing to keep in mind is how often they are in their peak. Some dogs must maintain a stable agility level as they are working every day in the year. Others must maintain their peak only during certain months of the year and live the rest like a high energy dog. If your dog falls in the latter category, make sure you gradually change their diet to a performance enhancing meal during their training months. Performance enhancers are usually lot more expensive than a regular meal, but since you need lesser amounts of it, it is a reasonable exchange. It is made to keep your athletic dog light and active.
Performance enhancers work well if they are taken for a short period of time. Gradually increase their intake as they are closer to their peak in fitness and decrease it slowly after they have completed the season. Too much of any high protein and fat diet can easily cause obesity if they are not burning as many calories.
To make sure that we provide our athletic canines with the best, we must understand that athletic dogs and highly energetic dog are different from each other. If you have an athletic dog – one that is constantly involved in various canine sports – you will have to specially form a diet that caters to their needs. If your dog does strenuous activities a few times a month, like trekking with you, or going to the beach during the weekends, they largely fall into the second category. This means that though they are not 'athletic' their energy levels are above average dogs. They have a good metabolism and you can get away with a few extra (dog safe) fruit pieces and treats in the day. Fruits have antioxidants that help dogs the same way as it helps humans. It nourishes them and supplies the rest of their body. But, because of the increased amounts of mitochondria, it does not provide them with instant energy.
If your dog isn't a working dog but walks for long hours every day, they will not be considered an athletic dog but will require more calories than an average dog. In this case you need not alter their diet completely, but you can add a small portion of healthy fats to it. Just add half a teaspoon of olive oil, coconut oil or fish oil (like salmon oil), to their daily diet. This will not only enhance the taste, but also help them restore energy from the rigorous workout they had with you earlier.
Lastly, it is important to understand your dog and their needs. High calorie diets are effective only when they are burning that many calories. Otherwise, it just becomes a recipe for obesity. So, watch them closely, keep tabs on their weight and only make changes if it is necessary.
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AV-550 Soil Strengthener
AV-550 Soil Strengthener is designed to permeate and stabilize various types of soil to increase the load bearing capacity of permeable soil by greatly increasing the cohesion between soil particles and by filling void areas in the soil. The uncured resin reacts when it comes in contact with water.
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What Is The Meaning Of Recklessly In English?
What is the meaning of recklessly?
1 : marked by lack of proper caution : careless of consequences.
2 : irresponsible reckless charges..
How do you use reckless in a sentence?
1, She was charged with reckless driving. 2, She was a good rider, but reckless. 3, He showed a reckless disregard for his own safety. 4, He had always been reckless with money.
What's another word for reckless?
Some common synonyms of reckless are adventurous, daredevil, daring, foolhardy, rash, and venturesome. While all these words mean "exposing oneself to danger more than required by good sense," reckless implies heedlessness of probable consequences.
What does good recklessly mean?
The fact that the need could have been fake simply did not outweigh the good that would come if the need was indeed real. Thus, "Do Good Recklessly" was born. The purpose of the phrase "Do Good Recklessly" is to put the kindness and compassion of the world back into perspective.
What is reckless Behaviour?
Reckless behavior. Definition. Reckless behavior is the conscious disregard of a substantial and unjustifiable risk. … They know others are not engaging in the behavior (i.e., it is not the norm). The behavior represents a conscious choice to disregard what they know to be a substantial and unjustifiable risk.
What does recklessness mean?
adjective. utterly unconcerned about the consequences of some action; without caution; careless (usually followed by of): to be reckless of danger.
Is reckless a negative word?
The word reckless comes from the Old English word receleas, meaning "careless, thoughtless, heedless." If you have a reckless attitude, you aren't concerned about what happens to yourself or others who are affected by your actions. In this usage, reckless is the opposite of considerate.
What does bawl mean?
1 : to cry out loudly and unrestrainedly a sergeant bawling at his troops. 2 : to cry loudly : wail He lay on his bed, bawling uncontrollably. transitive verb. : to cry out at the top of one's voice "Get out of the car!" she bawled. bawl.
How much is too much meaning?
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Hill Standpipe, which holds l,750,000 gallons of water, is a riveted
wrought iron tank with a wood frame jacket located on Thomas Hill. The
tank is 50 feet high and 75 feet in diameter. Built in l897, it is the
District's oldest standpipe and has been in use since its construction.
Its purpose is the same today: to help regulate Bangor's water pressure
in the downtown area and to provide water storage for emergencies.
standpipe is really two structures in one. The standpipe itself consists
of steel plates riveted one outside the other. The building which
enclosed it is 85 feet in diameter and 110 feet high. The 24 main posts
which extend up past the observation deck begin at the base of the
structure. Of hard pine, they measure 12x12 inches and are 48 feet long.
The entire structure has a stone foundation 9 feet high and 3 1/2 feet
thick at the base. The sill atop the foundation is made of bent pine
planks and is 14 inches thick. Along the interior wall of the fašade is
a winding staircase which leads to the promenade deck encircling the top
of the building. The deck is 12 feet wide and 280 feet in circumference.
To erect the wooden part of the structure took 42,000 feet of hard pine
and 22,000 cedar shingles. When constructed in 1898, the contractor
employed 22 men and erected a portable saw mill and blacksmith shop on
the site. The entire project took about six months to complete.
the exterior was painted dark gray with the pillars and lattice work
painted white. During World War II, the standpipe was painted drab olive
for camouflage purposes, but was repainted white in 1949. Once open to
the public, it was closed in the 1940's following an accident in which
an eleven-year-old boy was killed when he fell while climbing on beams
under the stairway. A fire detection system and a "dry"
sprinkler system which can be filled from an outside hydrant were added
several years ago to protect the landmark structure.
standpipe is a National Historic Landmark as designated by the Register
of Historic Places and the Maine Historic Preservation Commission. It is
also designated an American Water Landmark by the American Water Works
Association. BWD assumed ownership of the standpipe in 1957 when a
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Every Creature Singing is an adult curriculum for congregations, small groups or individuals who want to explore questions like these:
- What guidance does the Christian faith offer on issues like climate change and environmental injustice?
- Where in our circle of influence is creation struggling, and what can we do about it?
- How can we as a community be faithful in pursuing spiritual and household practices that help us care for the earth?
See the links in the left panel of this page to download the curriculum free of charge. Note that there is a U.S. version and a Canadian version.
U.S. Readers: Please use the Canadian version for now and give us another week or two to get the U.S. version back online. Or email _EMAIL_ for the original U.S. version.
Curriculum Structure and Format
Every Creature Singing is divided into three units of four sessions each.
- Biblical and Theological Foundations
- Pursuing Peace and Justice
- Choosing A Simple Lifestyle
The thirteenth session is left open to be used at the congregation's discretion.
Each session includes:
- suggested scripture passages,
- a reflective essay and discussion questions,
- suggested spiritual practices and household practices,
- Knowing Your Place questions that focus on the group's surrounding neighborhood
- additional resources
The leader's guide offers goals and teaching ideas for shaping each session.
While we provide material for a traditional quarter-long, one-hour Christian education, we hope people will feel free to be creative in adapting this material to fit their time slot and group. Suggestions for other approaches are described in the introductory material.
In July 2013, Mennonite Creation Care Network proposed a resolution to the delegates gathered at Mennonite Church USA's biennial convention. The resolution called all Mennonite congregations to study creation care within their own ecological and social contexts during the next two years. The resolution passed, and Every Creature Singing was created to aid congregations in fulfilling this commitment.
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While this curriculum was developed with the Mennonite Church USA in mind, we hope it can serve a broader community as well. If you are from another denomination, please be gracious in tolerating our references to Mennonites!


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There are multiple variations of IF statements:
The simple IF construct is used to evaluate a Boolean condition and execute an appropriate set of commands. For instance the following example determines whether the current day of the week is Friday:
IF DATEPART(dw, GETDATE()) = 6 BEGIN PRINT 'TGI Friday' END
We can easily extend the same construct by adding an ELSE clause to take the alternative course of action and calculate the number of days before Friday:
IF DATEPART(dw, GETDATE()) = 6 BEGIN PRINT 'TGI Friday' END ELSE BEGIN SELECT 'Sorry, Friday is'+ CONVERT(VARCHAR(1), (6-DATEPART(dw, GETDATE())) )+'days away' END
Alternatively we can determine the Boolean value of a condition based on the outcome of a SELECT statement:
IF (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM authors) > 20 PRINT 'authors table contains more than 20 records'
Note: If you wish to execute multiple statements depending on the value of a condition, be sure to enclose those statements within a BEGIN END block
ometimes you have to check for multiple conditions and control your program accordingly. You can do so by combining these conditions with AND and OR within the simple IF construct. The following example demonstrates two conditions combined with AND operator:
IF (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM authors) > 20 AND (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM authors WHERE state = 'ca')>0 PRINT 'authors table contains more than 20 records' SELECT CAST((SELECT COUNT(*) FROM authors WHERE state = 'ca') AS VARCHAR(2)) +'of them are from california'
The previous query will return the number of authors in CA only if the authors table contains any authors from that state and only if the total number of authors is greater than 20. Therefore the AND operator returns true only if both parts of the condition are true.You can also combine conditions with the OR operator, which checks both conditions and returns TRUE if one of them is TRUE or if both of them are true. The OR operator returns FALSE if both parts of the condition are FALSE. Although you can use the OR operator within a simple IF construct it is not recommended to do so. If you have to check for multiple conditions combined with OR logic, it is recommended to use either nested IF statements or CASE operator.
IF EXISTS construct checks for the existence of a record fitting a specified criterion or any records in the specified table and takes action accordingly. This is a great approach to take if you don't have to retrieve any values from a table. Since you cannot do any data retrieval with EXISTS, the SELECT statement within the EXISTS clause does not have to specify any column names - the "*" operator will suffice. In fact IF EXISTS will be more efficient than IF SELECT. The following example checks whether there are any authors from KS in the authors table:
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM authors WHERE state = 'ks') PRINT 'found author(s) from KS'
As we noted earlier, if you have to check multiple conditions you can use nested IF ELSE statements. These should be handled with care and appropriately indented to make the code readable. If you've used any other programming language you'll find T-SQL nested IFs very easy to get used to. The following example executes appropriate user stored procedures depending on the price of "abc" stocks:
DECLARE _USER_ SMALLMONEY SELECT _USER_ = stock_price FROM high_yield_stock WHERE stock_symbol = 'abc' IF _USER_ > 10.01 BEGIN EXEC usp_alert_for_high_prices END ELSE IF _USER_ BETWEEN 5.01 and 10.00 BEGIN EXEC usp_notify_managers END ELSE EXEC usp_alert_for_price_drop
If the outer condition evaluates to TRUE, the inner conditions will not be checked. This is especially useful if the evaluation criteria require multi-table joins or searches which are resource intensive.
IF NOT (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sales WHERE ord_date BETWEEN '1/1/95' AND '12/31/95') > 0 BEGIN PRINT 'no sales have been recorded in 1995' END


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Profit Chart (Analysis Services - Data Mining)
You can view two types of charts in the Lift Chart tab of the Mining Accuracy Chart tab of Data Mining Designer: a lift chart and a profit chart. After you have configured the model and the data source to use, you can select the type of chart you want. After you select Profit Chart from the list, the Profit Chart Setting dialog box automatically opens. If you set the parameters that define a profit chart, the chart that is displayed in Mining Accuracy Chart tab automatically changes to a profit chart.
A profit chart displays the estimated profit increase that is associated with using a mining model. For example, if your model predicts which customers a company should contact in a business scenario, the profit chart incorporates information about the cost of conducting the targeted mailing campaign to contact x number of customers, and calculates the estimated profit. A typical profit chart shows an increase in profits up to a point, after which profits decrease as more of the population is contacted.
For example, in the Basic Data Mining Tutorial, you create a decision tree model, TM_Decision Tree, that predicts which AdventureWorks prospective customers are more likely to buy a bike. To generate a profit chart that represents the costs and benefits of sending a mailing to just those customers, you follow the general steps used to build a lift chart, and then configure the settings that are unique to profit charts. When you finish setting the chart parameters, the chart is automatically changed to a profit chart. The following diagram is based on these assumptions:
Which model should you use?
What value should be predicted?
[Bike Buyer] =1, meaning customers who are likely to buy a bike
What data set should be used to assess accuracy?
To assess accuracy and potential profit, you will use the test set that was saved when the mining structure was created.
When you actually create the mailing, you will use a different data set/
What is the total target population?
Out of all customers in the database, you will send targeted mailings to only 20,000.
What is the one-time cost of setting up a targeted mailing campaign for 20,000 people?
What is the per-unit cost for the targeted mailing campaign?
This amount will be multiplied by a number less than or equal to 20,000, depending on how many customers the model predicts are good candidates.
What profit or income can be expected from a successful result?
This amount will be used to project the total profit associated with high probability cases.
The Y-axis of the chart represents the profit, while the X-axis represents the percentage of the population that the company contacted.
The profit chart contains a gray vertical line that marks a percentage of the target population. You can move the line by clicking a location in the chart. Each time you move the line, the Mining Legend is updated to display the percentage value, a profit score, and the predict probability that is associated with the population percentage at the vertical gray line. If you move the gray line to the point in the chart where profits are the highest, you can use the predict probability value to determine a strategy for contacting customers.
By experimenting with this graph, you might determine that the peak of the profit curve is at 55 percent of the population and the associated predict probability is 20 percent. These results indicate that to achieve maximum profits you should only contact those customers whose response is predicted with a 20 percent or greater chance.
To create a profit chart, you follow these basic steps:
On the Input Selection, choose a model or models.
Choose a predictable attribute.
Optionally, specify a value to predict.
Choose the data source to use for evaluation
Change to chart view by clicking Lift Chart.
On the Lift Chart tab, select the type of chart you want by clicking the Chart Type list.
Configure options specific to profit charts.
For a step-by-step explanation of how to create all chart types, see How to: Create an Accuracy Chart for a Mining Model. The Basic Data Mining tutorial also contains a walkthrough of how to create a lift chart. For more information, see Testing Accuracy with Lift Charts (Basic Data Mining Tutorial).
The following list describes the parameters that you can set in the Profit Chart Settings dialog box.


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Publication Date : 15 September 2012
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This ethnomusicological and organological study of the Paraguayan diatonic harp in the twentieth century tells its story as an emblematic national musical instrument. First used liturgically by Jesuit missions in colonial times, the transplanted European diatonic harp was transformed and adopted into the folk music vocabulary of Paraguay and the Río de la Plata region. Following the commercial success of Paraguayan harpist Félix Pérez Cardozo in the 1930s in Argentina, the instrument's symbolic value as an icon of social, cultural, and national identity was articulated in local traditions such as popular folk music festivals. It received the designation of arpa paraguaya (Paraguayan harp) and, in 2010, official recognition as símbolo de la cultura nacional (cultural national symbol).
The book integrates an account of the historical and musical development of the diatonic harp in Paraguay, an analysis of the musical contributions by harp composers and performers, a survey of the various traditional genres associated with the instrument, and a discussion of the popular and academic settings where the instrument has been cultivated and performed in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The author's fieldwork in Paraguay and continuous contact with composers, educators, festival organizers, harp performers, researchers, and festival organizers have provided unique insights into the development of the Paraguayan harp tradition as a cultural icon of the nation.
This book will be of interest to a large and varied audience, including scholars and professionals in the fields of musicology and ethnomusicology, Latin American specialists, historians, libraries, harp performers and other musicians, and general readers interested in the history of musical instruments and culture.


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Romare Bearden: Celebrating the Victoryby Myron Schwartzman
The collage artist Romare Bearden (_PHONE_) believed that art had a greater function than just to be admired. Bearden's distinctive collage style combined cut and pasted paper, scraps of photographs, pieces of burlap, wallpaper, and paint, glued together to make a work mean more than just the sum of its parts. He drew on influences such as the cubism of Picasso, Braque, and Davis, the cut-out style of Matisse, and even Chinese landscape painting.
Author Myron Schwartzman traces the fascinating life of this African-American artist. In Harlem, his studio was in the heart of one of America's most vibrant artistic communities. He crossed paths with artists, composers, and prominent jazz and blues musicians, who became his friends and muses.
In this deeply personal biography, Myron Schwartzman has drawn on his own conversations with the artist to help us understand how Bearden was able to translate his experiences as a twentieth-century African-American into a body of truly victorious art.
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To locate self-assessment questionnaires that help score the competencies of a strategy consultant.
- Although McKinsey does not share a self-assessment questionnaire per se, it does share examples of problem-solving assessment tests and cases it uses for selection purposes.
- The first one, "Practice Test A," presents three scenarios based on actual cases. The goal is to assess one's ability to extract relevant data from the information provided, understanding of financial and business concepts, logical thinking, and others.
- Test B and Test C follow the same approach.
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- Bain follows a similar process. Consultant candidates are asked to solve a case study. The company provides three examples. For instance, the "Coffee Shop Co." case study asks candidates to analyze the financial aspects involved in opening a coffee shop in England based on the information provided.
- The "Performance Consulting Self-Assessment" test allows consultants to check which areas they need improvement. The test covers four competency areas: business knowledge, performance knowledge, partnering skills, and consulting skill.
- Our initial research shows that there is limited publicly available information regarding self-assessment questionnaires for strategy consultants that would cover all the required skills. Some consulting giants share examples of tests used to assess consultant candidates; however, they cover a limited range of skills.
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The Ligao-Oas Water District supplies the potable water requirements of households in the urban barangays and some neighboring lowland barangays. Potable water in rural barangays are, in turn, obtained from springs developed and maintained by the City Government. There however remain 10 rural and coastal barangays that have no access to piped water due to unavailable spring sources in their areas. These barangays obtain their water supply either from deep wells or artesian wells.
Mt. Mayon, Mt. Masaraga and the Talisay River system are considered the important watersheds of the City's water resources. New water sources have to be identified in order to assure brighter economic prospects for the City.
Ligao City is highly dependent on spring sources for its potable water supply. Practically more than half of the city's requirements is obtained from Tres Marias Spring i n Barangay Herera, while the other source is a deepwell in Barangay Binatagan. Both water sources are sensitive to the conditions of the watersheds that recharge them. Hence, it is important that the watersheds are preserved and conserved to ensure sustainable yields.
Goal and Objectives
- To provide adequate and efficient water supply services covering the largest possible areas and serving the highest possible number of residents in the urban and rural areas.
- To provide water of sufficient quantity and quality to the City in support of its development strategies ;
- To minimize non-revenue water and improve water utilization within the service areas of Ligao Water District;
- To protect, preserve and conserve existing water supplies within Ligao particularly springs and groundwater sources to assure sustainable yields;
- To explore and identify other potential sources of water consisting of springs and groundwater for the residents in the rural areas ; and
- To tap and develop potential sources to assure adequacy of water supplies to the residential and production zones of the City .
- Explore, identify and tap other potential sources of water consisting of springs and groundwater;
- Conduct regular monitoring of the city's potable water supply sources in terms of yield and quality;
- LGU to enjoin constituents to conserve water through IEC campaigns; and
- LGU to enjoin constituents to protect watersheds and all possible potable water supplies through IEC campaigns.


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The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, today expressed his deep regret at the destruction of Québec's ancient drill hall, a landmark adjacent to the Historic District of Old Québec, which was inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1985.
"I deeply regret the destruction of this important landmark," said the Director-General. "It is particularly sad that this proud testimony of Québec's history was so severely damaged on the eve of the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Québec City."
"It is doubly poignant that this loss should occur at a time when Canada is showing great and generous commitment to heritage preservation with its preparations to host the next session of the World Heritage Committee in July," the Director-General declared. "I hope that it will be possible to rebuild the ancient drill hall using existing plans and photographs," he concluded.
Built of brick and timber in 1887, the landmark burnt down on 4 April. Only one brick wall, the main entrance and two towers remained after the blaze whose cause has yet to be determined.