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OriginThe Nelore is of the species Bos indicus (Zebu), and has great dissimilarities to breeds of the Bos taurus (European) species, like the Angus, Hereford, Charolais and others. Their most distinctive characteristic is the presence of a prominent "hump" behind their neck, but there are many other fundamental differences between the Nelore and the European breeds.
There has never existed in India a breed called Nelore. This name corresponds to a district of the old Presidency of Madrás, now belonging to the new State of Andra, by the Bengal Sea. It was in Brazil that some authors started to use the name Nellore as a synonym to Ongole, the Indian breed that contributed most to the creation of the Nelore. The history of the Ongole dates back 2,000 years before Christian times. It was the Aryan people that brought the ancestors of the Nelore to India, where they were submitted to extreme weather conditions. The arid lands of Belushistan, the cold winters of Punjab, the alluvial lands of Ganges and the torrid lands by the Bengal sea provided the Ongole breed with the adaptation genes that are now favorably expressed in the modern Nelore.
Brazil has become the largest breeder of Nelore, and from there the breed was exported to Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela, Central America, Mexico, United States and many other countries. In all those places, the contribution of the Nelore was remarkable, whether through purebred selection within the breed or through crosses with local breeds, many times of European origin.
The Nelore was first acknowledged in Brazil in 1868, when a ship on its way to England carrying two Ongoles stopped in Salvador, Bahia, and the animals were there sold. Ten years later, a breeder from Rio de Janeiro, named Manoel Ubelhart Lemgruber, bought another couple from the Hamburg Zoo in Germany. Then the Nelore breed expanded gradually, first in Rio de Janeiro and Bahia, then in Minas Gerais, having reached Uberaba in 1875.
The creation of the Nelore Herd Book and the definition of the breed standards in Uberaba, 1938, was of great relevance in the formation of the Nelore. In 1960, 20 animals were imported, and in 1962, the last and most relevant purchase of live animals from India authorized by the Brazilian Government, 84 Ongoles were imported. These became founders of important breeding lines like Godahvari, Karvadi and Taj Mahal, and were decisive to the great expansion of the Brazilian herd in the last 30 years, going from 56 million in 1965 to 160 million in 1995, 100 million of which are Nelore.
Distinguishing CharacteristicsIt is said that there is no ideal breed, and that every breed has strong points and none is better for all important economic traits, the Nelore is certainly the best alternative for economic beef production in the tropics, which are responsible for 65% of the world's bovine population.
- Hardiness. The main advantage that the Nelore has over other breeds of beef cattle is its hardiness. Calves are alert, with an active behavior, standing up and suckling soon after they are born, without any need for constant human intervention. The Nelore has notable physical strength and is unexcelled in its ability to thrive under harsh climatic, nutritional and sanitary conditions, frequent in the tropics. Because of their hardiness and rustling ability, Nelores surpass all other breeds under conditions of poor range and drought.
- Heat and Insect Resistance. The Nelore has a loose skin with sweat glands that are twice as big and 30% more numerous than those of the European breeds. The Nelore's black skin, covered by a white or light gray coat helps filtering and reflecting harmful sun rays. Its low level of metabolism also contributes to heat resistance, as the Nelore feeds less but often, generating less internal heat. Nelores possess natural resistance to various insects, as its skin has a dense texture, making it difficult for blood sucking insects to penetrate. Nelores also have a well developed subcutaneous muscle layer which enables them to remove insects simply by shaking their coat.
- Metabolic Efficiency. The Nelore can efficiently convert poor quality forages into beef, and withstand long periods without water. Due to their habit of feeding lightly but frequently, Nelore and Nelore hybrid cattle are highly resistant to bloating, and death losses rarely occur from this cause. Excellent feed conversion ratio and good disposition allow the Nelore to be early finished in feedlots, with highly positive results.
- Meat Quality. While the beef of some breeds have excessive marbling, or intra-muscular fat, beef from Nelore cattle have enough fat to be highly palatable. The Nelore matches the recent shift in the beef industry towards a low calorie, leaner meat diet, without compromising taste. This was demonstrated at the 1991 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, when a purebred Nelore steer won the "Best Overall in Taste" contest, competing against dozens of hybrid and European steers.
- Reproductive Efficiency. Nelores have long, deep bodies with clear underlines, keeping vulnerable parts out of the way of infection. Cows have small udders and short teats, while bulls' sheaths are also short. These characteristics contribute to the breed's reproductive efficiency. Nelore dams have a long and prolific reproductive life, pronounced mothering ability, and plenty of milk for their calves. The Nelore cows calve very easily due to their greater frame, wide pelvic opening and larger birth canal, which reduces the incidence of distocia.
- Maternal Instinct and Disposition. Nelore dams have highly developed maternal instinct throughout the whole milking period, which is of great importance for extensive breeding systems. They lick their newborn, put them to suckle and look for a safe place to hide them from predators. The active and vivid disposition of the Nelore is largely responsible for their unusual thriftiness, hardiness and adaptability to a wide range of feed and climate. Nelores like affection and quickly respond to kind handling methods, becoming extremely docile.
SelectionA lot of genetic variation exists among all breeds, and the selection within a breed is almost as important as the choice of the breed itself. Generation after generation, during thousands of years favoring the survival of the strongest and better prepared to withstand the intense heat, the lack of forages, the prolonged dry season and the many diseases has shaped anatomically and physiologically the ancestors of the modern Nelore with a common denominator: hardiness, fertility and longevity.
Once in Brazil, this natural selection base was then managed and redirected for beef production. The result was encouraging. In a few decades, the Brazilian Nelore became an impressive biotype in terms of uniformity, conformation and quality, still preserving the attributes of hardiness and vivid disposition. Once the ethnic purity was consolidated, the Brazilian Nelore breeders have been selected for body size and muscular development, as well as skeletal soundness.
Each and every registered Nelore sire is the outcome of a complex process of selection. Breeders receive assistance from a nationwide association, the Associação Brasileira dos Criadores de Zebu or ABCZ. Birth weight, weaning weight, yearling weight, scrotal circumference, are some of the traits measured. Research centers and universities calculate EPDs (Expected Progeny Difference) through complex mathematical models and powerful super-computers, making the results available to breeders to support their selection decisions.
Genetics and BreedingToday, the number of purebred registered Nelore is above 5 million. The challenge faced by selection is to multiply the genetic gains to a much larger population. To multiply the genetic potential of Nelore sires, Artificial Insemination is being used in large scale since the 60's. Sales of Nelore semen represent 65% of the AI market of all beef breeds in Brazil. The leading Nelore sire there produced and sold 34,000 straws of semen in 1995, followed by another Nelore that sold 30,000, which means that both sires must have bred more than 20,000 cows.
Effort is also being made to multiply the genetic potential of Nelore dams through the use of embryo transfer. With more than 50,000 embryos transferred per year, a great part of which are Nelores, Brazil is already the 3rd country in this technology, after the United States and France. Work is also well under way with frozen embryos, embryo splitting and In Vitro Fertilization of Nelores.
The Polled NeloreThere is a worldwide tendency for the elimination of horns in all cattle breeds through the use of naturally polled animals. The advent of the Polled Nelore, some 50 years ago, has presented the beef cattle industry with an option to avoid the mechanical removal of horns, a common practice, especially in feedlots. This dehorning method is expensive, time consuming and painful for the animal, causing stress and weight loss, besides exposing the steers to various infections. If horns were necessary for defense purpose in a wild environment, today a naturally polled animal brings many advantages.
Management of polled herds is easy and friendly, as herds are more homogeneous and it is possible to gather more animals at one time in the corral or in a truck for transportation. The polled Nelore also presents less injuries from fights, preserving their coats for the leather industry. As a result of these advantages, the number of genetically polled steers in commercial herds is rapidly increasing.
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Love streaming your favorite music? Now it's easier than ever to share this passion with the rest of the world by building your own music streaming app.
Traditionally, it would take a whole engineering team to build a platform like Spotify or SoundCloud. With no-code tools like Bubble, however, it's never been easier for anyone to build their own mobile app - all without having to write a single line of code!
No-code tools like Bubble are revolutionizing how everyday makers can build software. Bubble's visual programming tool is the gateway for the makers of tomorrow. Our customers are using Bubble to build marketplaces, mobile apps, and even social networks.
Throughout this post, we'll uncover the process of using Bubble to build your own music streaming app, similar to Spotify or SoundCloud.
Whether you're looking to build a dedicated streaming service, or you're just interested in utilizing some of the core features from Spotify, this guide will share how to start building the underlying logic for your MVP.
The steps to build Spotify with no code include:
 1. Get Started
 2. Register your account on Bubble
 3. Configuring your database
 4. Building workflows
 5. Uploading a new song
 6. Displaying a list of songs
 7. Display dynamic content on a songs page
 8. Creating a playlist
 9. Adding a song to a playlist
 10. Displaying a list of playlists
 11. Additional features
 12. Launch
 13. Templates
 14. Start Building
Get Started
Before you start, you'll need to first register your free Bubble account. Then you can follow along as we build our product together.
Register your account on Bubble
We also recommend completing our introductory lessons, which will guide you through the step-by-step process of the most common Bubble features. This will help you get a running start when building your Spotify clone.
It'll also be beneficial if you understand how to create and edit user accounts. We've previously covered this in more detail in our How to Build Quora article.
When kickstarting your project, you can choose to begin by wireframing your app design, or building the necessary fields within your database.
In this case, we'll start by using Bubbles visual design tool to shape the user-interface of our mobile app. If you're replicating a version of Spotify, some of the core pages you'll want to include are:
 - Upload page - A backend portal where artists can upload songs
 - Home page - Displaying a list of songs by their categories
 - Playing page - Where an individual song can be played
 - Create playlist page - Allowing users to create new playlists
 - User profile - Displaying a users details and a list of their created playlists
 - Playlist page - Displaying a list of all the songs added in a playlist
A major feature within Bubble is the ability to send data between pages. This allows you to create one generic version of a page, then dynamically display the relevant content from your database when it's required.
In the case of your Spotify clone, you'll only need to create one page to host your individual songs. We can then write the necessary logic to display only the relevant song on each page when it's needed (we'll cover this in more detail soon).
Configuring your database
Once you've mapped out the display of your product, you can focus on creating the necessary data fields to power your application. We'll rely on these fields to connect the workflows behind your product.
Bubble's pre-built database makes it easy to create different data types with unique fields. When creating a database, we recommend splitting large items into separate data types to enhance the speed of your application.
For example, we'll create two separate data types for our songs. One data type will include the basic details of our song (including the name, artist, and cover photo), while the other data type will include the song file itself.
By creating these as separate data fields, it allows us to only load the necessary information when it's needed, reducing how much content the Bubble editor will need to render.
When building Spotify as an MVP, we'll need to create the following data types & fields:
Data type: User
Fields:
 - Name
 - Photo
 - Playlists - List of playlists. Note: Creating a field as a list based on a separate data type allows you to seamlessly integrate all of its relevant data fields without having to create additional fields
Data type: Song
Fields:
 - Title
 - Artist name
 - Cover image
 - Song content - Song content
 - Playlists added to - List of playlists
 - Category
Data type: Song Content
Fields:
 - Song file
Data type: Playlist
Fields:
 - Playlist name
 - Description
 - Playlist content - Playlist content
Data type: Playlist Content
Fields:
 - List of songs
Building workflows
Now that you've structured both the design and database for your application, it's time to start stitching everything together and making your app functional.
In Bubble, the main way to do this is with "workflows". Each workflow happens when an "event" occurs (e.g. a user clicks on a button), and then runs a series of "actions" in response (e.g. "sign the user up", "make a change to the database", etc.)
Uploading a new song
The first feature we're going to build is a backend portal where artists or labels can upload music to the platform.
On the upload page, you can start by adding a combination of input fields, including; free-text fields, image uploaders, and a file uploader.
Once a user has added their relevant details within each input, they'll click the submit button to create a new entry in your database. This button click will be the necessary action to trigger your workflow.
Using the workflow editor, you can select to create a new thing within your database. In this instance, we'll be creating a new song.
You'll then need to start adding data from your on-page elements to their relevant fields within your database. Map each input field you'd like to create against its corresponding data field.
We'll first start by creating the new song content itself. This will create a siloed file where the song will be stored. By separating this large file from the songs additional details, it will enhance the speed of your application as the Bubble editor will only need to load this file when it's necessary.
Next, we'll then add another step in our workflow, this time creating a new song. This data type will include the remaining details of the song, including its title, cover image, and artist name. We'll rely on this information when displaying the track to users on the home page.
Although we've separated the file of the song from the songs information, this workflow allows us to merge these two data types together, but keep the files separate.
Displaying a list of songs
Once you've started adding songs to the platform, you're ready to display each item in a feed on the homepage. This can be achieved by using the repeating group element.
Repeating groups integrate with your database to display and update a list of dynamic content.
When using a repeating group, you'll need to first link the element to a data type within your database. In this instance, you'll classify the type as a song.
You'll also need to set the data source as a list of all the submitted songs from your database. If you'd like to segment each repeating group by a relevant category, you can add an additional constraint to your data source.
In this case, we'll add a constraint to only display songs that equal the HipHop category.
Now you're ready to start structuring the dynamic content that will be displayed within this grid. Simply map out the first column with the relevant content you'd like to show, then this powerful element will populate the remaining columns based on your existing data.
Within a repeating group, it's also possible to create events inside each individual column.
This feature will become useful when building navigational features across your platform. When selecting to play a song, we'll redirect the user to our dedicated playing page where they can stream the file itself.
To power this event, you'll need to start by creating a workflow that redirects a user when the title of the song is clicked.
Select to go to page - the dedicated playing page.
You'll then need to send additional data to this page so the Bubble editor knows which specific song to display. The data you'll need to display is that of the current cell's song.
Display dynamic content on a songs page
When a user is directed to a specific product page, you can easily pull this event data from your workflow to display the relevant content.
Before we create this workflow, you'll first need to ensure that the page type matches the data property that you're sending through your event logic. In this case, you'll need to set the playing page to a song property.
You can now start adding dynamic content into your page elements, displaying the information from the song that has been sent in your workflow.
Next, we'll add the Bubble Circle Music Player plugin to our application. This free plugin will allow users to start and stop


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How to Handle Liquids in Compounding Applications
While most of the ingredients for compounding processes are in solid form, liquids are also regularly used and can offer advantages in certain situations and particular applications.
Coperion K-Tron Liquid Feeder
Coperion K-Tron's modular liquid loss-in-weight feeders offer high accuracy addition of liquid additives in compounding processes.
Liquid ingredients such as oils or silicas can mix and disperse more effectively and can deliver faster reaction times in reactive processing. However, there are also a number of issues to consider when feeding liquids in plastics compounding operations.
Learn more about benefits and challenges when feeding liquids in these Questions & Answers.
What challenges can be encountered when feeding liquids and how can these be overcome?
Liquids tend to be incompressible, which means when they are fed the physical properties do not change. Variations in bulk density can be a massive issue in feeding bulk solids, but with liquids provided you have a consistent "volumetric" throughput you should get the equivalent "gravimetric" throughput.
Unfortunately, as flow rates and pressures increase the flow becomes less predictable, because of slippage back through the pump and cavitation (irregular filling of pump head), it becomes essential to provide a secondary measurement. As flow-meters suffer in the same way as described above the best way to measure and therefore control these materials is using a precise weighing system such as a loss-in-weight liquid feeder with high accuracy weighing technology.
Viscosity is a challenge because when a liquid is highly viscous it does not want to flow. This affects the type of pump that can be used. In most cases Coperion K-Tron recommends the use of gear pumps because they result in a very linear flow. Depending on the material characteristics we sometimes use membrane pumps instead. When a liquid is too viscous, one solution is to heat it up to reduce the viscosity. Coperion K-Tron then incorporates heating systems in the feeder to keep the liquid flowing as it is fed into the process.
Coperion K-Tron Liquid Feeder
Coperion K-Tron's modular liquid loss-in-weight feeders are available with insulation and heating systems to keep viscous liquids flowing.
What are the latest developments in liquid feeders?
When feeding liquids, the special requirements of each application vary widely. Thanks to the new modular design of the Coperion K-Tron Loss-in-Weight Liquid Feeders, a broad range of pumps and tanks can easily be combined to constitute a reliable liquid feeding system representing the ideal configuration for the specific application.
Although each liquid feeder is custom-designed to meet the desired feed rate, the process demands, the characteristics of the liquid, and the new modular concept streamlines the layout and engineering process of a feeder, thus reducing its lead time and initial cost. The new modularity also provides benefits in terms of a uniform mechanical construction as well as identical operation and maintenance for multiple differently sized units. This simplifies feeder operation, maintenance and spares inventory which in turn saves effort and cost. The same applies for retrofits..
Coperion K-Tron's modular liquid feeders are ideal for accurate gravimetric feeding of liquids in either continuous or batch operation. The liquid is metered by a pump outside the scale area. The feed pump is selected according to the feeding capacity which is required and the characteristics of the liquid to be fed. The modular concept makes it easy to tailor each liquid feeder to the parameters of the customer process.
The foundation of this modular liquid feeder is a base frame, available in various lengths and widths, which can be outfitted with optional feet or casters. The pump and weigh bridge are mounted on the base frame. The pump technology is selected depending on the viscosity of the liquid, for example gear or membrane pump.
The exclusive, patented Smart Force Transducer (SFT) weighing technology features vibrating wire technology and an on-board microprocessor with fine-tuned control algorithms to ensure high feeder accuracy. The storage tank is mounted on the scale; standard sizes range from 7.5 up to 300 liters, but larger custom systems have also been realized. A flexible connecting line is required between tank and pump. Depending on the needs of the application, additional options such as insulation or heating systems to maintain the process temperature can be supplied as well. ATEX configurations are also available.
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Anatomy of a mineral oil feeder for an extrusion system
What are the most important key features in liquid feeding for sheet foam manufacture?
Within many compounding processes the liquid component is introduced downstream under melt pressure to avoid early degradation of anti-static properties, for example. Working together with an international customer in the UK, Coperion K-Tron has developed several special configurations to handle low pressure addition to an atmospheric port in the case of cross-linking promoters / catalysts in sheet foam manufacture.
The addition rate is critical, hence the need for accurate gravimetric feeding and the nature of these fluids means that the pump selection is critical, requiring extensive trials to ensure long life. We discovered progressive cavity PD pumps with stainless rotors and fluoropolymer elastomer or EPDM stators worked extremely well, with a linear flow rate, but only for a short time because the elastomer absorbed the fluid and became deformed. Switching to conventional gear pumps with a loading valve worked well until the shaft seals failed due to rubber ingress. The final solution, which is now in production on many foam lines, uses our SFT weighing technology coupled with magnetically driven gear pumps, sealed from all mechanical forces.
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We're starting with these issues, which were postponed from D6 as they're present in D7 only:
- Find an Active, unassigned "Variable to config:" issue
- Assign it to yourself when you start work on it
- Convert it, write a test and submit
- Your guidelines are config/migrate.migration.d6_system_site.yml, lib/Drupal/migrate/Tests/MigrateSystemConfigsTest.php, lib/Drupal/migrate/Tests/Dump/Drupal6SystemSite.php
Note: There's a not-quite-finished D7 example patch at. Note: The drupal6_variable source plugin is being re-used, so the script will create a file that says:
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You'll also re-use Drupal6DumpCommon so:
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- Copy paste the update_variables_to_config call into the provided converter script and run it from your Drupal root. It will create the migration entity for you.
- Create your Dump class based on the source variables and any values you like. It's preferred to use the default values for the variables from D7 but if that's too much work, we are good with any values.
- If your module does not already have a MigrateModuleNameConfigsTest.php, create it. Now add a method for this specific config file based on the testSystemSite method which should be self explanatory: you need to change:
- the second argument of the entity_load to the id found in the yaml (both file name and inside as id:),
- the dump path,
- the name of the config()
- all the asserts
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Argentina Restaurant Faces Backlash For Holocaust-Themed Menu
A restaurant called the Honky Donky in Rafaela, Argentina, isn't helping the reputation of the South American state, which long served as a safe haven for Nazi Germans.
Guests can order "Adolf fries," which appropriately come with decidedly non-kosher bacon, and a 3.5-ounce "Ana Frank burger," which for $11 is accompanied by lettuce, tomato, pickles and mayonnaise, according to the New York Post.
Dishes included "Adolf fries" — fried potatoes doused in bacon and cheddar — and an "Ana Frank burger," which entailed 3.5 ounces of ground beef with lettuce, tomato, pickles and mayonnaise for around $11.
Frank was a Jewish teenager who famously hid out from the Nazis during their occupation of the Netherlands in 1942 — a harrowing saga that she chronicled in her now-iconic eponymous diary.
"It's unclear why Honky Donky, which also featured menu items named Benito, after Benito Mussolini, and 'Gengis,' after Genghis Khan, decided to roll out Holocaust-themed noshes," said the Post.
The local Jewish community expressed its "deepest rejection and indignation," and threatened to sue the establishment.
The restaurant apologized on social media, scrapped the Hitler fries and renamed the burger after the executed English queen Anne Boleyn.
"The restaurant also pledged to roll out dishes based on more inspiring and heroic historical figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela, among others," the Post reported.
After World War II, Argentina provided refuge for Nazis fleeing justice. Israeli Mossad agents captured Nazi Party officer Adolf Eichmann in Argentina in 1960 before bringing him to Jerusalem for trial, where he was ultimately hanged.
"SS Lieutenant-Colonel Adolf Eichmann was Chief of the Jewish Office of the Gestapo during World War II and implemented the Final Solution which aimed at the total extermination of European Jewry, Adolf Eichmann was born in Solingen, Germany, on March 19, 1906," said the Jewish Virtual Library
Argentina restaurant scrapped 'Ana Frank burger,' 'Adolf fries' from menu. The local Jewish community, which expressed "deepest rejection and indignation," is threatening to sue.
Produced in association with Jewish News Syndicate
Edited by Judy J. Rotich and Newsdesk Manager
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Legend: The letter 'F' stands for 'Number Of Fields'.
The meaning of the parts is as follows:
The FIELD START OFFSETS is a list of numbers containing the information "where a field starts".
The EXTRA BYTES is a fixed-size header.
The FIELD CONTENTS contains the actual data.
An Important Note About The Word "Origin"
The "Origin" or "Zero Point" of a record is the first byte of the Field Contents --- not the first byte of the Field Start Offsets. If there is a pointer to a record, that pointer is pointing to the Origin. Therefore the first two parts of the record are addressed by subtracting from the pointer, and only the third part is addressed by adding to the pointer.

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Be a Leader in Developing and Applying Sustainability Practices
Sustainability has been called "the art of doing business in an interconnected world." Often referred to as the "triple bottom line," a sustainable organization is one that creates profits for its owners (or accomplishes its mission as a non-profit) while protecting the environment and improving the lives of those it touches.
This approach is rapidly gaining momentum. Increasingly, sustainability is becoming a vital part of strategy and operations for businesses and nonprofit organizations worldwide. Career options are growing and highly varied. Those who understand and can apply sustainability strategies are poised to develop sustainable practices in manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, consumer packaged goods, retail, agriculture, hospitality, financial services, non-profits, schools, government, and much more.
Antioch University is a pioneer in learner-centered education based on a foundation of advancing social, economic, and environmental justice, including management education centered around sustainability. Make a difference in the world. Advance your knowledge of sustainable systems, environmental sustainability, and diversity and social sustainability to become an effective and innovative leader, decision-maker, and strategist in forward-thinking businesses and non-profit organizations.
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This degree is offered by AU New England.
Antioch University's Management Certificate in Sustainable Systems is designed for individuals who wish to advance their careers developing, leading, and implementing sustainability initiatives. Earning this Certificate is an effective way to develop a solid understanding of triple bottom line thinking, and how to integrate sustainability practices into organizational strategies and operations.
Students will learn and apply:
- An understanding of foundational scientific laws that govern sustainability in all complex systems, and processes to investigate how such principles apply to business organizational structures and operations.
- A systems approach to understanding earth's physical and biological environment, and how sustainability practices address organizational environmental impact such as energy consumption, resource usage, and waste streams.
- Conceptual models and strategic and behavioral skills to understand the nature of diversity and inclusion, effectively serve as a leader, manager, and team-member, and lead social sustainability.
- The Sustainable Systems Certificate is offered 100% online
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Contractors Publish Carbon-Reduction Guide For SMEs
Following the successful COP26 conference, civils contractors today published a guide for SMEs on how to reduce carbon emissions in construction. Carbon Reduction Demystified for SMEs in Civil Engineering has been published by the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA), free to use for UK construction companies.
Commenting, CECA National Civil Engineering Director Peter Crosland said: "The UK Government has rightly set an ambitious target for the UK to become Net Zero by 2050.
"In order for that to happen, UK construction must take steps to reduce our carbon emissions. As a great many construction companies are small and medium-sized enterprises (having less than 250 employees), we hope this new guide will enable a wide proportion of the industry to access specific awareness, advice, and examples of good practice that will aid them in their journey towards a low carbon future.
"The document has been written following expert input from both main and sub-contractor CECA members, and we hope that it will act as a primer for a wide range of businesses to understand the practicalities involved in carbon reduction, as we transition our industry towards Net Zero in line with the UK Government's aims."


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"We owe the remarkable diversity of life on earth...to the cosmic abundance of carbon & the countless number of complex & simple molecules that contain it" Neil deGrasseTyson.
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A chic clock from plastic waste has been designed to make your home more stylish. A harmonious blend of recycle, design, and simplicity. And the good thing is, this lamp can be made by yourself. Fast and easy!
Create your own wall clock by learning this tutorial and combining it with your creativity. We will be very glad you can make it and upload it on instagram. Tag us at _USER_.id by using hashtag _TAG_.
Let's learn the tutorial.
Tools and Materials :
- High density (HD) plastic / grocery plastic bag (choose your favorite color)
- 3mm plywood
- fabric (you can substitute with paint or paper)
- clockwise & clockwork
- baking paper
- glue (which is friendly for plastic)
1. Cut the plywood the way you want it. For you who make a circle shape, the standard diameter is 28cm, but it's all up to you.
2. Give a hole in the center of the clock with diameter of approximately 6mm using a cutter (you may choose drill if you have, but using cutter is also easy).
3. Take HD plastic, cut the base and the 'ear', then spread the plastic.
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Five new names have been approved for Mars: Angustus Labyrinthus, Chronius Mons, Promethei Mons, Sisyphi Tholus, and Thyles Montes. The names Australis Patera, Angusta Patera, and Cavi Frigores have been marked as dropped in the database. New imagery has shown that the two paterae were named using the wrong descriptor term, and the area previously named Cavi Frigores has been incorporated into the adjacent Cavi Angusti.
The definition of the descriptor term labyrinthus has been expanded from "Complex of intersecting valleys" to "Complex of intersecting valleys or ridges."
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Somewhat new to using standard SQL databases (currently working with MySQL mostly) I haven't run across many usages of this as of yet.
When and why is it useful to have negative (or rather signed) keys indexing a table?
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first off, whoever is downvoting without leaving feedback, you're doing a disservice. Next up, the answer to this excellent question. – jcolebrand May 23 '11 at 21:20
This subject is intriguing. I have personally never heard of this concept. This question should never have been downvoted. +1 from me for introducing this concept. – RolandoMySQLDBA May 23 '11 at 21:48
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All a primary key is is a value that we have determined is the value that is of utmost importance in a record. Whether that key is a signed int, an unsigned int, a string, a blob (actually, there are limits) or a UUID (or whatever name it takes today), the fact still stands that it is a key, and that it is the thing of utmost importance.
Since we're not constrained to use only positive oriented numbers for our keys, it makes sense to consider that a signed int will only go to ~2 billion, whereas an unsigned int will go to ~4 billion. But there's nothing wrong with using a signed int, setting the initial value to ~ -2 billion and setting an increment of one. After ~2 billion records you'll hit "zero" and then you'll continue to ~2 billion.
As to why it would be helpful to have "negative keys" in a table, that's the same question as "why is it helpful to have keys in a table". The "value" of a key has no impact on its status as a key. A key is a key is a key.
What is important is if the key is valid.
As to why it would be useful to allow keys that were negative, I can suggest some reasons:
What if you wanted to indicate returns in a sales system as negative sales order numbers, that matched the positive sales order number, thus making correlation easy (this is naive, and poorly designed, but it would work in a "spreadsheet" sense).
What if you wanted to have a users table, and indicate that the ones with negative numbers were system controlled (SO does this very thing, for chat feed users).
I could go on, but really the only reason why the number being negative is of importance is if you or I assign importance to it. Aside from that, there is no great reason for the value of a key to have any bearing on the key itself.
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Edited out the 'niche occurrence' bit, as it is more than likely a misunderstanding due to inexperience. Interesting read. I was somewhat imagining there would be a situation where the negative value of the key was somehow useful in coding (i,e without deciding it means a particular thing) but this is very useful thinking when you have a strong division into two groups and don't want to use an extra bool :p – Garet Claborn May 23 '11 at 21:41
_USER_ ~ So you make a good point: "the value of the key was somehow useful in coding" and I do make use of my keys from time to time in just that manner, but that has nothing to do with the database aspect. The database is a storehouse. The application that consumes the data, on the other hand, cares about the values. But yeah, that +/- boolean is a neat trick, I've seen it used many a time for just such an effect. – jcolebrand May 23 '11 at 22:02
-1 for implying that dual purposing values like this is anything other than a bad idea. You need an int and a bool? Use an int and a bool. – Jack Douglas May 24 '11 at 6:24
_USER_ I don't recall encouraging people to do that, I strictly recall implying that the field and it's data are two different things. Thanks for at least offering constructive feedback on your downvote, but I can't say that that observation means anything in light of the concept of the "what are negative keys used for" since that is an application logic problem, not a database layer problem. I did want to highlight how those things are used in the application layer, but in the database layer they don't have any significance. – jcolebrand May 24 '11 at 6:33
"What if you wanted to have a users table, and indicate that the ones with negative numbers were system controlled" - sounded like an endorsement to me. If it wasn't meant to be perhaps you could re-word and I'll be very happy to remove the down-vote. – Jack Douglas May 24 '11 at 6:49
If we're on about identity or autonumber columns, the value itself should have no meaning. (sometimes it does, as per SO's chat users nentioned by drachenstern, which I've done before myself)
However, generally you'd lose half of your range if you're using signed integers.
See: What to do when a field in a table approaches the max signed or unsigned 32 bit integer?
Another example: In small replication scenarios, using negative values for one site and positive for another gives some implicit knowledge of the source of any given row.
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and make sure you are somehow constraining the values input at each site otherwise you will end up in a horrible mess when your "implicit knowledge" turns out to be wrong. – Jack Douglas May 24 '11 at 6:26
_USER_: you'd use NOT FOR REPLICATION to avoid generating values on the wrong site – gbn May 24 '11 at 6:55
along with check constraints? Also, is there a MySQL (or other) analog of NOT FOR REPLICATION that you know? – Jack Douglas May 24 '11 at 7:06
_USER_: sorry, not sure about non SQL Server – gbn May 24 '11 at 7:45
+1 for giving a practical use of unsigned primary keys. – StanleyJohns May 25 '11 at 14:41
Not all database systems even support unsigned integer types, MSSQL being one of those that doesn't. In these cases negative values are possible in integer key fields simply because they are possible in the type (you could use rules or triggers to block them, as shown in this example, but there is probably no need add the overhead of enforcing such rules to every inters/update).
As far as the database is concerned the actual value of a primary key does not matter as long as it is unique within the table. To it -42 and 42 are just two different numbers in the same way 42 and 69 are - meaning will only be imparted on the negativeness or not of the value by your code.
Not supporting unsigned integer types is probably a design decision based on reducing complexity - i.e. not wanting two different 32 bit integer type to worry about checking ranges on when assigning values between them. It does limit the number of indexes possible in an auto increment field starting an 0 or 1 to half what would be possible in an unsigned type (~2e9 rather than ~4e9) but this is rarely a significant issue (if you are likely to need a number of key values of that magnitude you probably went for a 64-bit type anyway especially if using a 64-bit architecture where such values are processed no less efficiently then 32-bit ones) though if you might want the full range and need to stick to 32-bit for space reasons you could start the increment at -2,147,483,647.
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Yup, I think we've covered that ground before ;) tehehe dba.stackexchange.com/questions/983/… – jcolebrand May 24 '11 at 14:40
tinyint is unsigned (0.. 255). I usually create a check constraint on integer columns to ensure values are nonnegative, since inevitably code will be written that implicitly assumes it and strange bugs will arise if somehow a negative value creeps in. – Ed Avis Aug 16 at 13:20
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The tropical Pink Flamingo Oyster mushrooms are named for their vibrant pink colour, and the scientific name is Pleurotus djamor.
They are in the Pleurotaceae family, along with the Phoenix or grey oyster mushroom, and are available year-round from Lindale Gourmet Mushrooms, Paraparaumu.
They grow in layered clusters like their grey oyster mushroom relative, and their colour is intensely pink when raw, changing to a gold yellow when it starts to cook, then through to an orange brown colour when fully cooked (this variety needs 20 minutes).
- Oyster mushrooms are a very good source of protein, fibre, potassium, vitamin B6, vitamin D and folate, and are low in carbs, fat, sugar, starch and calories.
- They are one of the best mushroom sources of ergothioneine, an antioxidant that may reduce instances of cardiovascular disease by preventing plaque build-up in the arteries.
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- The meaty texture of the Pink Flamingo Oyster mushroom makes for a delicious edible mushroom.
- They can be sautéed with other vegetables, added to pasta dishes or soups, and compliment white sauces and risotto dishes.
- Due to their meaty texture, they require thorough cooking (around 20 minutes), and their bacon or ham type flavour intensifies the longer they are cooked.
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- 1 Do Japanese eat plain rice?
- 2 What do Japanese put on rice?
- 3 Do Japanese eat rice with every meal?
- 4 Why do Japanese eat rice?
- 5 Why do Chinese eat plain rice?
- 6 Why is it bad to stick your chopsticks in rice?
- 7 What type of rice do Chinese eat?
- 8 Is it weird to eat rice by itself?
- 9 Why do Japanese eat white rice?
- 10 What foods do Japanese not eat?
- 11 Do Japanese eat 3 meals a day?
- 12 Does rice make you fat?
- 13 Why are Japanese so healthy?
- 14 What do Japanese people say before eating?
- 15 Do Japanese Add salt to Rice?
Do Japanese eat plain rice?
The Japanese mostly consume white rice (hakumai), and occasionally brown rice (genmai), which has retained its bran and germ. The Japanese eat plain and unseasoned rice, as it serves as an accompaniment to the various already salty dishes that make up a traditional Japanese meal – vegetables, fish or meat, and soup.
What do Japanese put on rice?
Furikake (ふりかけ) is a dried Japanese seasoning that is sprinkled on top of cooked rice. Ingredients include a combination of dried fish flakes, dried egg, dried cod eggs, bonito flakes, sesame seeds, chopped seaweed and other flavourings.
Do Japanese eat rice with every meal?
Rice is served with every Japanese meal. Daily rice served with meals is usually steamed and lightly seasoned. But, rice may be cooked in a variety of ways and served with different spices and adding delicacies to make it more nutritious.
Why do Japanese eat rice?
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare did make one major update to the most recent guidelines: Because Japanese people mostly eat white rice as their main grain, and white rice is linked to an increased risk of chronic diseases, the 2010 guidelines recommend that only 50 to 65 percent of a person's diet should
Why do Chinese eat plain rice?
(The best is unpolished/less processed rice, because it is rich in B vitamins.) Rice is eaten to supplement the meal in Asia, not a main course. Rice has always been a popular carbohydrate, cheap to grow and easy to transport and store.
Why is it bad to stick your chopsticks in rice?
When you are eating food with chopsticks, especially with rice, do not stick your chopsticks into your food or rice. This is seen as a curse in Chinese culture. This is taboo and said to bring bad luck because it reminds people of the incense used a funeral.
What type of rice do Chinese eat?
As far as cooking scene are concerned, Chinese prefer japonica rice when cooking rice and porridge, while Chinese prefer japonica rice when cooking fried rice. In addition, if you want to make Japanese sushi, you should also choose japonica rice, because Indica rice is difficult to kneading into rice balls.
Is it weird to eat rice by itself?
So if you're someone who scarfs down food without chewing it much, you won't really get the full flavor of rice, which might lead to you thinking that it's plain. It's definitely tasty on its own! It's edible.
Why do Japanese eat white rice?
Japanese people stay lean despite eating lots of white rice because they're unafraid of it. They have a relationship with it where it neither scares nor intimidates them — instead of avoiding it, they enjoy it in moderate portions, with different vegetables, filling fats, and nourishing proteins.
What foods do Japanese not eat?
10 Foods Not to Serve at a Japanese Dinner Party
- Coriander (Cilantro) Personally, I love coriander.
- Blue Cheese. I guess I can't blame them for this one seeing as it's an acquired taste for all.
- Rice Pudding. Rice is the staple Japanese food.
- Spicy Food.
- Overly Sugared Foods.
- Brown Rice.
- Deer Meat.
- Hard Bread.
Do Japanese eat 3 meals a day?
Japanese Eating Habits | This Month's Feature | Trends in Japan | Web Japan. Of the 95% of Japanese that eat three meals a day, most people consider dinner to be the most important. More than 80% of them usually have dinner at home with their families.
Does rice make you fat?
White rice is a refined, high-carb food that's had most of its fiber removed. A high intake of refined carbs has been linked to obesity and chronic disease. Brown Versus White Rice.
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Why are Japanese so healthy?
As their diet is traditionally high in soy and fish this may also play a significant role in reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. The Japanese also have the lowest rates of obesity amongst men and women as well as long life expectancy.
What do Japanese people say before eating?
Before eating, Japanese people say "itadakimasu," a polite phrase meaning "I receive this food." This expresses thanks to whoever worked to prepare the food in the meal.
Do Japanese Add salt to Rice?
Yes Japanese rice is cooked and generally eaten without table salt or shoyu added. Sometimes though people stir a bit of miso into their bowl of rice at home. Miso is a seasoned fermented paste made of soybeans, sea salt, and koji, a fungus.


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Une interface neuronale directe (ou interface cerveau-ordinateur, interface cerveau-machine (Brain Computer Interface), est une méthode de communication directe entre un cerveau renforcé ou câblé et un appareil externe.
L'interface neuronale directe diffère de la neuromodulation en ce qu'elle permet un flux d'informations bidirectionnel. Les IND sont souvent orientés vers la recherche, la cartographie, l'assistance, l'augmentation ou la réparation des fonctions cognitives ou sensori-motrices humaines.
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interface cerveau-ordinateur féminin
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After seeing the title of this article, you might be asking why anyone would need to vent an electrically fired kiln, since there are no products of combustion like those found with gas-fired kilns. It used to be a common practice to prop open the lid of an electrically fired kiln at the start of the firing cycle, and there's a good chance that you've noticed the unpleasant odors arising from those kilns during the first part of the firing process.
If your kiln is located outside in a lean-to with ample natural ventilation, you probably don't need to be concerned. If your kiln is in a basement, garage, studio or classroom, though, exploring kiln ventilation is a good idea.
Understand the Oxidation ProcessLet's consider the sources of the odors that are emitted in your kiln during the firing process. Clays and glazes contain various amounts of organic material. During firing, these carbonaceous materials oxidize, consuming the free oxygen in the kiln. Depending on the temperature, firing rate, and amount of available oxygen in the kiln, carbon dioxide and/or carbon monoxide will form.
If you combine high-organic-content clay with a heavy load in the kiln and a rapid firing rate, you can create a situation where there is insufficient oxygen available to oxidize all the carbonaceous material in the body. As a result, as the clay body begins to seal, the trapped gases can cause black coring and/or bloating to occur.
The old-school approach to preventing insufficient oxidation is to keep the lid of the kiln open while it is warming. Once the kiln reaches a point where odors are no longer emanating from it, the lid is closed. When used within reason, this practice works fairly well, as long as the room is large enough to dissipate the odor, or you simply exit the area and come back later.
The downside to this approach is that, after time, any windows in the area become frosted, any exposed metal prematurely corrodes, and the room is unbearable to work in when the kiln is firing. You also need to remember to shut the lid!
Evaluate Better OptionsThankfully, through a little ingenuity and the desire to fire more efficiently, better ways to vent kilns have been devised. Two schools of thought exist regarding how to best exhaust electric kilns. The macro approach requires whole-room ventilation: a large hood is placed over the kiln to catch the odors as they escape, and a fan is mounted within the duct to collect the odors as they rise with the heat and blow them outside.
This method can require an expensive make-up air system due to the high volume of air that must be re-circulated to remove the kiln exhausts. Greater expense can be encountered from higher heating and cooling costs due to the amount of makeup air needed, as well as the initial cost to install the required ductwork and exhaust hoods. This approach also limits the location of the kiln to one specific area or room (where the hood is located) and does not eliminate the need to prop the lid open to allow for the influx of air.
On the other hand, the micro approach continuously removes a small amount of air from the kiln during firing. A low-volume fan attached to the bottom of the kiln creates suction on the inside of the kiln. Fresh air is drawn into the top of the kiln while the fan draws the byproducts into an exhaust duct. To keep the system from getting too hot, the kiln exhaust is mingled with the cooler room air and blown outside. The fumes are never allowed to enter the room.
This approach ensures that the atmosphere inside the kiln remains oxidizing, which promotes the complete oxidation of any organic compounds found in raw materials, binders and decorating mediums like waxes. Additional benefits include longer element life; improved temperature uniformity; better glaze color development and gloss; location flexibility; the ability to remain in the work area during firing; a much quieter work area; and the freedom to fire the kiln without having to prop open the lid.
Effective VentingChoosing to install a vent that operates under the micro approach presents distinct advantages. In today's economy, getting the best value for your purchase is more important than ever. Given the many benefits associated with utilizing the micro approach to venting kilns, your best value can be realized by installing a vent that operates under that principle.
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WHO SAID speak the truth even if your voice shakes?
These just zap energy and waste time." The phrase "Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes" has been appearing frequently, which led me to find its source: Maggie Kuhn, founder of the Gray Panthers. The whole quote is worth your attention: "Leave safety behind. Put your body on the line.
Did RBG say speak your mind even if your voice shakes?
" Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes." The tributes to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's accomplishments abound and make for inspiring reading.
Why does my voice shake when I present?
' It's one of the most common speech anxiety symptoms. Many, many people suffer from a shaky voice and hands when nervous – and even shaky voice anxiety long before the presentation has begun. When our brain releases adrenaline, it increases our heart rate and causes shaky hands or voice, dry mouth and sweating.
What does it mean to speak your truth?
When Winfrey and others say, " Speak your truth," they typically mean something more like: Share your perspective, tell your story, open up about your experience. But in an America some call "posttruth," semantics matter.
How do you fix a shaky voice?
This problem is simply caused by irregular breathing. You can easily eliminate a shaking or cracking voice by slowing your speaking rate and gaining control of your breathing rate. Focus on someone comforting in the audience. Intentionally slow your speech, inhale, and lower the pitch of your voice as you continue.
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What does personal truth mean?
Personal truth is something you believe is true. It's part of my Personal Truth, and if I believe it, I need to live it out. Personal truths are unique, and based on your perspective and life experiences.
Why is it important to speak your truth?
We often hear that it's important to speak your truth — to express your honest feelings, thoughts, and perceptions. We don't want to be codependent and conceal our true feelings in order to protect or placate others. Intimacy cannot thrive in a climate of emotional dishonesty and inauthenticity.
What are the benefits of speaking truth?
Benefits Of Telling The Truth You don't have to remember your lies. You'll earn trust and respect. You'll create deeper connections with people. You'll feel more confident. Trust creates opportunities. Lying takes energy. You won't get caught lying. Truth attracts truth.
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How Deep Are Gas Lines Buried? Everything You Need To Know Before Digging Your Yard
How deep are gas lines buried
Gas lines are buried at a minimum of 24 inches away from the ground, but this depth varies from region to region. If you plan to dig holes or trenches, call 811 in advance to have any utility lines marked. Doing this will help avoid mishaps that may affect public utility supply or cause accidents.
There are thousands of underground utility lines beneath our yards that might get faulty when we dig without caution. You can try and identify gas lines by yourself, but it is not recommended. You better be safe than sorry, and so it would help if you called beforehand to have utility lines marked for you. In this guide, we take you through some effective ways of locating underground utility lines before you dig. Read on!
When To Call 811 For Utility Marking
Here are some of the reasons you should call 811 before you dig in your yard for them to come and mark any gas or utility lines:
1. When digging post holes for putting up a fence
2. Creating your garden pond
3. Digging foundations for a garage or shed
4. Installing irrigation systems or drainage lines
Utility Lines That Require Marking Before You Dig
The call before you dig service does not mark some utilities such as security systems, landscape lighting wires and systems, lawn irrigation systems, and other utilities that were installed by private companies. It is also important to note that 811 only marks utility lines up to the initial connection point to a home. If these lines continue underground, 811 consider them your property and not theirs. Here's a list of utility lines that are usually marked by 811:
1. Natural gas pipes
2. Internet and cable tv wires
3. Electric service wires
4. Water and sewer mains
5. Telephone service wires
How To Find Utility Lines By Yourself
Finding utility lines by yourself is challenging and comes with high chances of failure. Different utility lines are buried at different depths, and sometimes, these lines are not marked. However, sometimes it is possible to find these lines by yourself though we do not recommend it. The easiest way to find utility lines is to find out where they start and end then find a route between those two points. For example, to locate a gas line, mark where the pipe joins your house from the street and mark this point. Next, find where the gas lines are connected to your house and figure out a straight line between these two points. Never try to probe the ground to find a utility line as it might be dangerous and costly in the long run. It is wise to call 811 to countercheck before you dig since this method is not conclusive, and the 811 marking service is free of charge.
How 'Call Before You Dig' Marking System Works
811 has been the number to call before you start any digging since 2005. The U.S federal government set up this number to alert regional services that locate underground public utilities throughout the country. In New England, this service is referred to as dig safe while in all other areas; it is known as 'call before you dig.' Here's a detailed step by step insight on how the process works:
1. Call 811 at least three days before when you want to dig/ this lead time may vary according to your region
2. Your call is directed to a central call center, and you are asked questions regarding the nature of your digging project. The call agent then reaches out and informs any public utility that might be affected by your digging to come and mark utility lines.
3. The utility company then sends workers to come to your facility and mark underground utility pipes or wires using either paint or flags. These markings have color codes that represent different utilities:
1. White: Proposed excavation
2. Green: Sewer line
3. Pink: Survey markings
4. Purple: irrigation and reclaimed water
5. Orange: alarms and communications
6. Red: Electric lines
7. Yellow: natural gas, oil, steam
8. Blue: Potable water
4. 811 markings are valid for one month since this paint may wash off over time. Ensure that all utilities are marked before you start digging. If for some reason, you delay your project for a month, it is advisable to call 811 to have the process repeated.
The free utility location service is amazing and free, but it also has some limitations. This service only marks utilities up to their initial point of entry. The service doesn't coordinate marking of utilities that were installed by private companies. In case you want to locate underground cables or pipes installed by a private company, you may have to call the company and part with a fee.
Key Points To Note When Digging Around Utility Lines
1. It is helpful to know the depth of different utility lines before digging so you can avoid them. For phone and cable lines, they are buried about 12 inches deep, water pipes are buried about 12 inches deep, but some are buried an extra 12 inches below the frost line. Natural gas and electric pipes have buried a minimum of 24 inches deep.
2. Once utility lines are marked for you, it is advisable to keep a distance of about 15 inches from either side of the marked lines. This is because the gadgets used to detect utility lines are not 100% precise
3. In case you bought a home with existing utility lines and you don't know their exact location, it is advisable to contact a private locating company. This will help you pinpoint the exact location of utility lines and plan your projects around that.
4. Be careful when digging and do it slowly to protect any lines that were not identified for marking.
There are millions of underground utility lines in our yards, and we need to be extra careful when we dig to avoid accidents or explosions. Knowing their exact location and depth is crucial in ensuring we are safe. Ensure you call before you dig to ensure you don't cut out public utility supply. We hope this information was enlightening and helpful to you.
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Welcome to FRAmes on GENder
For the first time, core feminist texts from the second wave of feminism in Europe have been made available to researchers in an easily accessible online database. The FRAGEN project brings together books, articles and pamphlets that were influential in the development of feminist ideas in 29 countries during the second half of the 20th century.
29 Countries, 29 partners select core feminist texts in EuropeThe selected texts have been digitised and made available in a database. Making this information available will allow for comparative research into the history of feminist ideas in different European countries.
The database developed in FRAGEN has two goals:
to create a database of the original texts on gender+equality frames that have emerged from feminist movements in Europe.
to organize and facilitate open access for researchers to this database.
From 2008 until 2011 European women's libraries, gender studies departments and scholars from all over Europe have been working together in the FRAGEN project.


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Meizon is given the sole meaning of 'greater' in the respected Greek Lexicon of Liddell & Scott. Furthermore, in Bury's translation of sections 20e -26a of Timaeus there are eleven instances of Plato using megas (great) meizon (greater) or megistos (greatest). In all cases great or greatest is employed except just one, 24e, which uses the comparative meizon, which Bury translated as 'larger'! J.Warren Wells concluded that Bury's translation in this single instance is inconsistent with his other treatments of the word and it does not fit comfortably with the context[787.85]. This inconsistency is difficult to accept, so although meizon can have a secondary meaning of 'larger' it is quite reasonable to assume that the primary meaning of 'greater' was intended.
*In 2006, on a now defunct website of his, Wells noted that Greater can mean larger, but this meaning is by no means the only possible meaning here; his overall usage of the word may show he meant greater in some other way."*
It is also worth considering that Alexander the Great, (Aléxandros ho Mégas) was so called, not because of his physical size, apparently he was short of stature, but because he was a powerful leader.
The word has entered Atlantis debates in relation to its use in Timaeus 24e ', where Plato describes Atlantis as 'greater' than Libya and Asia together and until recently has been most frequently interpreted to mean greater 'in size', an idea that I previously endorsed. However, some researchers have suggested that he intended to mean greater 'in power'.
Other commentators do not seem to be fully aware that 'Libya' and 'Asia' had completely different meanings at the time of Plato. 'Libya' referred to part or all of North Africa, west of Egypt, while 'Asia' was sometimes applied to Lydia, a small kingdom in what is today Turkey. Incidentally, Plato's statement also demonstrates that Atlantis could not have existed in either of these territories as 'a part cannot be greater than the whole.'
A more radical, but less credible, interpretation of Plato's use of 'meizon' came from the historian P.B.S. Andrews, who suggested that the quotation has been the result of a misreading of Solon's notes. He maintained that the text should be read as 'midway between Libya and Asia' since in the original Greek there is only a difference on one letter between the words for midway (meson) and larger than (meizon). This suggestion was supported by the classical scholar J.V. Luce and more recently on Marilyn Luongo's website(a). This interpretation is quite interesting, particularly if the Lydian explanation of 'Asia' mentioned above is correct. Viewed from either Athens or Egypt we find that Crete is located 'midway' between Lydia and Libya.
In relation to all this , Felice Vinci has explained that ancient mariners measured territory by the length of its coastal perimeter, a method that was in use up to the time of Columbus. This would imply that the island of Atlantis was relatively modest in extent – I would speculate somewhere between the size of Cyprus and Sardinia. An area of such an extent has never been known to have been destroyed by an earthquake.
Until the 21st century, it was thought by many that meizon must have referred to the physical size of Atlantis rather than its military power. However, having read a paper[750.173] delivered by Thorwald C. Franke to the 2008 Atlantis Conference, I was persuaded otherwise. His explanation is that "for Egyptians the world of their 'traditional' enemies was divided in two: To the west there were the Libyans, to the east there were the Asians. If an Egyptian scribe wanted to say, that an enemy was more dangerous than the 'usual' enemies, which was the case with the Sea Peoples' invasion, then he would have most probably said, that this enemy was "more powerful than Libya and Asia put together".
This is a far more elegant and credible explanation than any reference to physical size, which forced researchers to seek lost continental sized land masses and apparently justified the negativity of sceptics. Furthermore, it reinforces the Egyptian origin of the Atlantis story, demolishing any claim that Plato concocted the whole tale. If it had been invented by Plato he would probably have compared Atlantis to enemy territories nearer to home, such as the Persians.
This interpretation of meizon has now been 'adopted' by Frank Joseph in The Destruction of Atlantis[102.82], but without giving any due credit to Franke(b). No surprise there.!
(b) (offline Jan. 2018) See: Archive 2349


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8. Copy the embed code
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Tiverton Four Corners Historic District facts for kids
Tiverton Four Corners
U.S. Historic district
pictured in 2008
|Area||50 acres (20 ha)|
|Architectural style||American colonial|
|NRHP reference No.||74000042|
|Added to NRHP||1974|
Tiverton Four Corners is a historic district encompassing the main village center of Tiverton, Rhode Island. The district extends along Main Road north and south from its junction with East and West Roads. The 50-acre (20 ha) area includes a number of predominantly 18th and early 19th-century houses, as well as the 1868 Union Public Library and mill-related resources at the Mill Pond which lies just southeast of the main intersection. The area was among the first to be laid out by English settlers in the late 17th century.
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Tiverton Four Corners Historic District Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.


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Mesg controls the access to your terminal by others. Its typically used to
allow or disallow other users to write to your terminal (see write(1)).
Allow write access to your terminal.
Disallow write access to your terminal.
If no option is given, mesg prints out the current access state of your
Mesg assumes that its standard input is connected to your
terminal. That also means that if you are logged in multiple times,
you can get/set the mesg status of other sessions by using redirection.
For example "mesg n < /dev/pts/46".


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Giovanni Valle is a licensed architect and LEED-accredited professional and is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). He is the author and managing editor of various digital publications, including BuilderSpace, Your Own Architect, and Interiors Place.
Bond beams, also called lintel blocks, are used in masonry construction to provide continuous horizontal reinforcement. This is typically achieved by filling U-shaped masonry units with grout or concrete and steel reinforcement.
The purpose of a bond beam is to provide horizontal structural support above openings and along building walls. An example would be at the head of a window or door opening. Because openings by their nature create an unsupported condition, bond beams play a critical role in maintaining the structural integrity of walls.
Often, bond beams are used within a building or freestanding wall that requires additional reinforcement. This might be for providing added structural support for wind loads or, in extreme conditions, for hurricanes or seismic activity.
Bond Beam Uses
Bond beams are commonly used above openings. However, they can also be used at the top or bottom of walls or integrated anywhere within the wall structure to provide greater reinforcement.
This is particularly useful at locations where the wall is not braced by floors or by the roof structure. A free-standing wall, for example, can be reinforced with the use of bond beams to better withstand lateral forces (i.e., wind loads).
Bond beams can also serve as anchorage for floors and roof structures since they provide a solid surface to which joists and other structural members can be secured.
When used above openings, such as doors and windows, bond beams help support the weight of the wall above the opening. This allows the openings to be larger than they would be otherwise.
How Does a Bond Beam Work?
Bond beams work by creating horizontal reinforcement along a building wall. This is achieved by infilling a series of adjacent U-shaped masonry blocks with either grout or concrete.
In addition to the grout or concrete, steel rebar is used to connect adjacent blocks along the bond beam. This creates a strong structural bond between the masonry units.
Because they are open on the sides, the blocks themselves are connected to one another with grout or concrete. This helps to further reinforce the horizontal continuity of the adjacent blocks.
Bond beam blocks are typically pre-manufactured to hold grout or concrete inside. They have a hollow interior with a solid bottom to support the grout or concrete within.
How Often do You Need a Bond Beam?
The location of a bond beam will depend on the design of the building wall. The number and locations of openings, floor levels, the wall height, and specific lateral load requirements all influence the use of bond beams.
Bond beams or lintels are needed everywhere there is an opening along a wall. They are primarily used above the opening, however, they can also be used at the bottom.
Bond beams are also placed at regular intervals along a wall when used to reinforce the structure. They are also commonly used at the top or bottom of the wall or at each floor level.
Types of Bond Beam Blocks
Blocks used for bond beams are typically rectangular in shape. The most common type are U-shaped blocks. They are hollow and shaped like a "U" on the inside when viewed in section, thus the name.
Sometimes they will have two square cutouts in the center. Like U-shaped blocks, these types of blocks are also hollow inside with a solid bottom to support the grout or concrete and to allow for steel rebar to run through.
Knock-outs, which are thinner pieces of block that form the internal cores, are often included. As the name implies, they can be removed or "knocked out" to allow for the continuity of steel reinforcement.
Bond Beam vs Lintel Block
Bond beams play a similar role in openings to lintels. However, unlike lintels, bond beams can tie horizontal reinforcement to vertical reinforcement.
By tying horizontal reinforcement steel with vertical reinforcement steel, bond beams can create a stronger and more unified structural bond between masonry blocks.
Additionally, while lintels are prefabricated, bond beams are often created onsite with most of the same materials used in the construction of a wall. Since they are made of concrete, they can often be custom made on-site using a mold.
Advantages of Bond Beams
While pre-fabricated lintels are more commonly used at openings, bond beams offer a flexible alternative where horizontal reinforcement is required. This allows for their use within walls at varying locations.
Because they are sized and made of the same materials as regular masonry units, they can be integrated within a wall seamlessly. Most commonly, they are used at the top of walls to provide support for roofing members.
They can also be used at the bottom of walls for added support at the base. Likewise, at floor levels, they can provide support and anchorage for floor joists. Where there is no structural reinforcement, bond beams can also be used.
Bond Beam Sizes
Pre-made bond beam blocks are manufactured in the same sizes as standard concrete or other masonry blocks. This allows them to seamlessly integrate into the design and layout of the walls.
Nominal dimensions are typically 16 inches in length and either 6 inches or 8 inches in width. Heights usually vary from 6 inches tall to 16 inches tall, in increments of 2 inches (i.e., 6″, 8″, 10″, 14″ and 16″).
True sizes vary from nominal sizing by 3/8″. This is because unit blocks are created to assume 3/8″ spacing between units for grout joints. So, for example, a 16-inch block is actually 15 5/8″ wide and an 8-inch high block is 7 5/8″ in true size.
The total width of a bond beam, that is, when all separate blocks are combined to form a single unit, can vary depending on the length of the wall or size of the opening.
Bond beams are a versatile solution where horizontal reinforcement is needed. From increased bearing capacity to lateral support, bond beams help strengthen a wall structurally.
Bond beam blocks are designed to allow for both concrete and steel rebar to be housed in their interior. This helps create a strong, continuous, horizontal beam structure that helps support structural loads.
Because they can be easily resized in the field and formed using standard cast-in-place concrete or grout, they offer a good solution in instances where structural support is required.
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text: WNTE is a software tool that helps testing or demonstrating wireless multi-hop networks that consist of Linux-based nodes. WNTE emulates a multi-hop topology by configuring the nodes that are in fact in transmission range of each other with IPtables MAC-filter rules. Thus, packets received from certain neighbors are not given to the network layer, but are discarded instead. The topology to be emulated can be set and visualized with a Qt-based GUI (see figure below). To apply the topology, WNTE configures the MAC-filter rules of all nodes via a secure shell login.


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Spotlight on Melaleuca Wetlands
The changing face of the landscape in the Melaleuca Wetlands came under spotlight last month, three years into a project that has seen weed-infested hot spots transformed into areas of thriving biodiversity.
Evaluating the change last week, since his initial visit in 2019, was Healthy Land and Water's Southern Area Manager Paul Donatiu accompanied by Senior Scientist, Chelsea Kluske.
In 2019 Coastcare embarked on the project supported by Healthy Land and Water through funding from the Australian Government's National Landcare program to undertake weed reduction and rehabilitation as part of an effort to protect threatened species and Ramsar values. The chemical-free project is supported by Redland City Council with on-going effort of Coastcare volunteers who maintain designated workzones through the Melaleuca Wetlands.
After an inspection across several sites, contractor, Tali Shelley of Bushtekniq explained the process of supporting natural regeneration by methodically working from the strength of pristine areas and peeling back weed infestations including Singapore daisy, asparagus and fishbone ferns around the wetland edge on the south-east.
Regeneration of healthy native vegetation is testament to the carefully staged approach. See photos below showing the latest piles of hand-pulled and raked Singapore daisy before the saturated steam weeder reduces weeds to mulch. Follow-up steam application will occur with further hand removal in Spring.


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>Create a new file create-symlinkCreate a symlink modifyChange an existing file or symlink delete-fileDelete a file ... $user_id expansion is also available for branch access control. Here the user can create, modify, and delete files in a per-user directory:anyone create-file,modify,delete-file ^$user_id/.*$ User IDsYou might be wondering how user identifiers work. Git supports GPG-signed push requests with git push --signed. We can use the GPG key ID as the user identifier, eliminating the need for centralized user accounts. Remember that the GPG key ID is based on the public key. Key pairs are randomly generated and it is improbable that the same key will be generated by two different users. That said, GPG key ID uniqueness has been weak in the past when the default size was 32 bits. Git explicitly enables long 64-bit GPG key IDs but I wonder if collisions could be a problem. Maybe an ID with more bits based on the public key should be used instead, but for now let's assume the GPG key ID is unique. The downside of this approach is that user IDs are not human-friendly. Git apps can allow the user to assign aliases to avoid displaying raw user IDs. Doing this automatically either requires an external ID issuer like confirming email address ownership, which is tedious for new users, or by storing a registry of usernames in the git repo, which means a first-come-first-server policy for username allocation and possible conflicts when merging from two repositories that don't share history. Due to these challenges I think it makes sense to use raw GPG key IDs at the data storage level and make them prettier at the user interface level. The GPG key ID approach works well for desktop clients but not for web clients. The web application (even if implemently on the client side) would need access to the private key so it can push to the git repository. Users should not trust remotely hosted web applications with their private keys. Maybe there is a standard Web API that can help but I'm not aware one. More thought is needed here. The pre-receive git hook checks that signature verification passed and has access to the GPG key ID in the GIT_PUSH_CERT_KEY environment variable. Then the access control policy can be checked. Access control is a git appAccess control is the first and most fundamental git app. The access control policies that were described above are stored as files in the apps/access-control branch in the repository. Pushes to that branch are also subject to access control checks. Here is the branch's initial layout:branches/ - access control policies for branches owner.confgroups/ - group definitions (see below)...refs/ - access control policies for refs owner.conf The default branches/owner.conf access control policy is as follows:owner create-file,create-directory,modify,delete ^.*$ The default refs/owner.conf access control policy is as follows:owner create-branch,create-tag,fast-foward,force,delete ^.*$ This gives the owner the ability to push refs and modify branches as they wish. The owner can grant other users access by pushing additional access control policy files or changing exsting files on the apps/access-control branch. Each access control policy file in refs/ or branches/ is processed in turn. If no access control rule matches the operation then the entire git push is rejected. Groups can be defined to alias one or more user identifiers. This avoids duplicating access control rules when more than one user should have the same access. There are two automatic groups: owner contains just the user who owns the git repository and anyone is the group of all users. This completes the description of the access control app. Now let's look at how other functionality is built on top of this. The merge requests appA merge requests app can be built on top of this model. The refs access control policy is as follows:# The data branch contains the titles, comments, etcanyone modify ^apps/merge-reqs/data$# Each merge request revision is pushed as a tag in a per-user namespaceanyone create-tag ^apps/merge-reqs/$user_id/[0-9]+-v[0-9]+$ The branch access control policy is:# Merge requests are per-user and numberedanyone create-directory ^merge-reqs/$user_id/[0-9]+$# Title stringanyone create-file,modify ^merge-reqs/$user_id/[0-9]+/title$# Labels (open, needs-review, etc) work like this:## merge-reqs/<user-id>/<merge-req-num>/labels/# needs-review -> /labels/needs-review#...# labels/# needs-review/# <user-id>/# <merge-req-num> -> /merge-reqs/<user-id>/<merge-req-num>#...#...#...## This directory and symlink layout makes it possible to enumerate labels for a# given merge request and to enumerate merge requests for a given label.## Both the merge request author and maintainers can add/remove labels to/from a# merge request.anyone create-directory ^merge-reqs/[^/]+/[0-9]+/labels$anyone create-symlink,delete ^merge-reqs/$user_id/[0-9]+/labels/.*$maintainers create-symlink,delete ^merge-reqs/[^/]+/[0-9]+/labels/.*$maintainers create-directory ^labels/[^/]+$anyone create-symlink,delete ^labels/[^/]+/$user_id/[0-9]+$maintainers create-symlink,delete ^labels/[^/]+/[^/]+/[0-9]+$# Comments are stored as individual files in per-user directories. Each file# contains a timestamp and the contents of the comment. The timestamp can be# used to sort comments chronologically.anyone create-directory ^merge-reqs/[^/]+/[0-9]+/comments$anyone create-directory ^merge-reqs/[^/]+/[0-9]+/comments/$user_id$anyone create-file,modify ^merge-reqs/[^/]+/[0-9]+/comments/$user_id/[0-9]+$ When a user creates a merge request they provide a title, an initial comment, apply labels, and push a v1 tag for review and merging. Other users can comment by adding files into the merge request's per-user comments directory. Labels can be added and removed by changing symlinks in the labels directories. The user can publish a new revision of the merge request by pushing a v2 tag and adding a comment describing the changes. Once the maintainers are satisfied they merge the final revision tag into the relevant branch (e.g. "main") and relabel the merge request from open/needs-review to closed/merged. This workflow can be implemented by a tool that performs the necessary git operations so users do not need to understand the git app's internal data layout. Users just need to interact with the tool that displays merge requests, allows commenting, provides searches, etc. A natural way to implement this tool is as a git alias so it integrates alongside git's built-in commands. One issue with this approach is that it uses the file system as a database. Performance and scalability are likely to be worst than using a database or application-specific file format. However, the reason for this approach is that it allows the access control app to enforce a policy that ensures users cannot modify or delete other user's data without running application-specific code on the server and while keeping everything stored in a git repository.


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In addition to being supplied with the finest in government grade methamphetamines, fighter pilots have other significant advantages over the rest of us. They have "superior cognitive control."
A new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience compared 11 front-line RAF pilots against a control group in two cognitive tasks, while an MRI was used "to examine the structure of white matter connections between brain regions associated with cognitive control."
The pilots showed superior cognitive control and greater accuracy, despite being more sensitive to distracting minutiae. The MRI showed the structure of their brains differed from the control, with relevant areas of the right side of the brain being larger, and connections between key areas in the brain laid out differently.
It's not known at this point if the differences come from training or if pilots are just born that way.
The tests showed that when presented with significant visual distractions, the pilots weren't much quicker than the rest of us baseline human beings, but were far more accurate.
Reference: 'Expert cognitive control and individual differences associated with frontal and parietal white matter microstructure' by Roberts RE, Anderson E & Husain M, Published in the Journal of Neuroscience


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Development Of A Location-factor-matrix For Sustainable Business Locations
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M. Pajones, T. Steiner, N. Hackner-Jaklin
Modern company strategies show that the issue of sustainability, for example in terms of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports, became a significant aspect. However, related to the process of location planning, companies do not take sustainability into consideration. In consolidation of strategies in business economics, key objectives in spatial development and traffic planning, a sustainable business location should be generated. As no definition of the term "sustainable business area" exists so far, an inevitable step for further development is to create one, which is presented in this paper. Another aim is to identify essential location factors, which have an impact on the economic-, ecologicaland social sustainability of business locations. A qualitative analysis of interdependencies demonstrates the substantial connections between these factors. In the course of an organized workshop, experts in freight logistics, spatial planning, traffic planning and sustainability discussed the essential location factors and their impact on sustainability. The output was a so called location-factor-matrix for business locations. In a next step, the interdependencies among the defined location factors and their roles in the system have been indicated with the help of the impact matrix by Vester. Another substantial step further along the line will be the development of sustainability criteria or indices, which allow a classification of the business location. These findings will be an essential input for a location-factors-based evaluation and planning system.
sustainability, location factors, sustainable business location, sustainable development, sustainability dimensions, impact matrix


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It is imperative that healthcare organisations work continuously and collaboratively to accomplish the optimisation of patient protection. One of the fundamental aspects of the optimisation of patient protection is the diagnostic reference levels (DRLs). Diagnostic reference levels have been defined in FANR Regulation 24 on Basic Safety Standards for Facilities and Activities involving Ionizing Radiation other than in Nuclear Facilities (version 1) as 'a level used in medical imaging to indicate whether, in routine conditions, the Dose to the patient or the quantity of Radioactive Material administered in a specified radiological procedure is unusually high or low for that procedure. Diagnostic Reference Levels are established following consultation with health competent authorities and relevant professional bodies and are based upon surveys or published values appropriate to the circumstances in the State'. These diagnostic reference levels are specific and tailored according to patient age, organ or area on the body being examined and the clinical indication so that doses are optimised for the clinical purposes of the examination. Identification and establishment of reference levels serve as a tool to monitor the practice to ensure patient protection. It will allow FANR and the regulators of the health sector in each Emirate in the UAE to address the differences in doses between healthcare facilities for a certain examination in a specific group of patients and promote practice improvements.
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