V Gold 2 (VG2), V Gold 5 (VG5)
VG2 and VG5 stainless steel is recommended for thin blades. The main three reasons being:
1. VG2 and VG5 are made with refined low impurity raw material, they make a significant improvement in their mechanical properties (flexural strength ・ yield point ・ elongation ・ reduction of area ・ impact strength）, and achieve both positive grindability and satisfactory hot forging easier.
2. Both grades have excellent qualities and structure required from stainless cutlery steel.
In addition to this the increased levels of C (chromium) and C(carbon) are higher than the more than common stainless steel grades. The eutectic carbide crystallization is suppressed, to make the hardness as high as possible with well-balanced element ratios, and a uniform structure of refined carbides.
3. Refinement during material processing.
Even though carefully selected steel ingots for the raw material with low impurities and segregation, it is impossible to eliminate them completely. Accordingly, the materials are refined at the hot rolling to diffuse segregation, and refine coarse grain structures. Heat treatment is used at various stages throughout the manufacturing process so that the steel has the optimum grain structure.
For the above reasons, VG2 and VG5 provide the most suitable hardenability, toughness, corrosion resistance, abrasion resistance and the other conditions.
Because VG5 has slightly higher Carbon, Molybdenum and Vanadium compared to VG2, please use VG2 for soft cutting, and VG5 is for a harder cutting application.
C Cr Mo V Hardness
VG2 0.60-0.70 13.00-15.00 0.10-0.20 HRC58≦
VG5 0.70-0.80 13.00-15.00 0.20-0.40 0.10-0.20 HRC59≦
Back to Original Blade Steel


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Farewell to a Fighter: John Nash " The Beautiful Mind " by Deepali Pandit
Farewell to a Fighter: John Nash
John Forbes Nash
Born in a small town in West Virginia, he did big wonders in the wide world. From solving great theoretical problems to battling mental illness, he experienced it all. Life blessed him with a beautiful mind but it also cursed the same mind with mental illness. Like everyone else he also had his share of ups and downs. He won few battles, he lost few too. But that never ending spirit of not giving up made him what he was. Today he might not be with us but his life is a big inspiration to one and all. John Forbes Nash, the famous American mathematician along with his wife Alicia Nash lost their lives in a tragic car accident.
John nash with wife when young
Nash studied for three years at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Later he moved to Princeton University where he worked on his equilibrium theory. In 1950 he received his doctorate on non-cooperative games. The thesis had the definition and properties of the famous Nash Equilibrium, which later led to his Nobel Prize. Nash's achievements in mathematics were remarkable, he was known for the originality of his thinking and his courage in solving difficult problems which people used to avoid. After receiving his doctorate from Princeton university, Nash worked as an instructor at (M.I.T) where he met his wife Alicia Larde an M.I.T. major in physics, whom he soon got married with. Everything was going fine in his professional life, but his personal life became complex after his wife got pregnant with their first child.
John Nash
In 1959, Nash started feeling mental disturbances. He suffered from delusions and extreme paranoia. H e had to quit his position in MIT. Alicia later got him admitted to the McLean Hospital where he was treated for schizophrenia. Nash was disturbed in this way for a very long period of time of almost four decades. However, he gradually improved and his mental state recovered by the time he won Nobel Prize in 1994.
John Nash and wife
Oscar winning Hollywood movie "A Beautiful Mind" was based on the inspiring life of John Nash. Hollywood actor, Russel Crowe played John Nash's character in the film. The movie was directed by Ron Howard. The movie reflects the highs and lows of John Nash's life.

Facing mental illness for such a long period was a very painful experience for Nash. But he fought it all and got rid of it. It saddens to see that after defeating mental illness he lost his life to a car accident. But his life remains an inspiration to those who are facing mental problems. If Nash could fight and defeat mental illness you too can. Be a fighter, don't give up!

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Getting Started
Getting started with the OpenNETCF.ORM library is pretty simple. Your basic steps will be:
 - Create some classes that define your entities (see "Defining Discoverable Entities" below)
 - Create a Store using whatever implementation you like (again, see below)
 - Add the classes to the store, either namually or through auto-discovery (you guessed it, see bwlow)
 - Tell the Store to create the underlying storage medium - for example the SDF file.
You do not need to create the database file - in fact I'd discourage it, because then you have to ensure that your class definitions match what you did in your database. It far simpler to just let the ORM generate the file and schema for you.
Defining your Data
The OpenNETCF.ORM library eliminates the need to write all of the code to generate your backing store (database, tables, etc). Instead, it "intuits" entities and relations by discovering classes decorated with the EntityAttribute and then can auto-generate the store for you.
Data Access (CRUD)
OpenNETCF.ORM provides the normal CRUD facilities of any reasonable data store.
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With June's arrival, that means summer is fast approaching and we have a fun summer reading program at the library. I gave you a hint last month: bees. Did you connect bees to a famous nineteenth century sleuth by the name of Sherlock Holmes? If so, then you correctly deduced that we will be reading Sherlock Holmes and two other authors interpretation's of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's master detective. I gave you the clue "bees" because Holmes was a beekeeper at his home in Sussex.
We have wanted to have a mystery book discussion series for a while now, but with so many mystery genres it was hard to pick which genre and authors. Since January I have been reading a lot of mystery books. I did not mind as I like that genre, but I wasn't reading for fun. As I read I kept notes on good character development, plot flow, and discussability of each book.
It wasn't until Alana found out that this year will be the 130th anniversary of the first Holmes publication that the lightbulb went off. It's Elementary: Clues and Deduction: A Summer with Sherlock Holmes begins on Thursday, June 22 at 6:30pm with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet. It continues on Thursday, July 20 at 6:30pm with The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz, and the last discussion will be of The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King on Thursday, August 10 at 6:30pm.
A Study in Scarlet was published in 1887 by Ward Lock & Co. in Beeton's Christmas Annual. In 1914 the book was adapted for the silver screen. There have been many renditions of A Study in Scarlet as movies, plays, and television, but the closest interpretation so far has been A Study in Charlotte for the Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu television series Elementary.
In addition to the discussion series, we will offer a Sherlock Holmes trivia game called The Game's Afoot. Each Thursday between June 22 and August 17 a question about Holmes and his world will be released on Facebook, and at the information desk. Submit the answer with your name and telephone number to be placed in a drawing to win a library book bag and a book of your choosing from a selection at the library. The drawing will be held on Thursday, August 17, 2017 with the drawing on Friday, August 18, 2017.
Other events at the library include a summer cookbook discussion of Raising the Salad Bar by Catherine Walthers, Thursday, July 13 6:00-7:30pm. You can browse the cookbook at the information desk and make copies of the recipes you select to prepare and bring to the discussion.
Don't forget to stop in and pick up books for your summer reading. Nothing beats the heat like a good book.

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A new periodic recursive least-squares (PRLS) estimator is developed with data-weighting factors for a class of linear time-varying parametric systems where the uncertain parameters are periodic with a known periodicity. The periodical time-varying parameter can be regarded as a constant in the time interval of a periodicity. Then the proposed PRLS estimates the unknown time-varying parameter from period to period in batches. By using equivalent feedback principle, the feedback control law is constructed for the adaptive control. Another distinct feature of the proposed PRLS-based adaptive control is that the controller design and analysis are done via Lyapunov technology without any linear growth conditions imposed on the nonlinearities of the control plant. Simulation results further confirm the effectiveness of the presented approach.
"Data-Weighting Periodic RLS Based Adaptive Control Design and Analysis without Linear Growth Condition." J. Appl. Math. 2014 1 - 9, 2014. _URL_


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Sometimes the first indication you have of plastic melting on the stove is the noxious odor of melting plastic. Other times the first sign of melted plastic is the indistinguishable lump of harden something on your stove. Melted plastic on a stove is almost always the result of an accident or carelessness. Sometimes if you accidentally leave a plastic bag or a plastic container too close to the stove or on the stove itself, it will melt and leave a terrible stain on your stove. Sometimes you may have just gotten finished using your stove and someone else in the house did not realize the stove was hot and they place a plastic bag or container on the hot burners. The plastic will melt very quickly and harden. Or at worse you had a minor fire in the kitchen and plastic items that were near the stove, melted and dripped onto the surface. Whatever the cause the removal process remains the same. Melted plastic is very difficult to remove because it tightly grips the surface. Scrubbing is not very effective because the bond the melted plastic forms with the stove surface is very, very strong. Scouring powders will leave nasty scratches on the surface of the stove as will scouring pads and abrasive cleaners.
Removing Melted Plastic
If you have a gas stove, turn off the pilot light; older stoves have pilot lights. Newer, more modern stoves have an electronic ignition so there is no pilot light to worry about. If you have an electric stove, there are no precautionary measures.
Let the melted plastic cool off totally. Do not try to remove the melted plastic until it is cool to the touch and room temperature. Do not touch the hot plastic with your bare hands or you will get a very nasty burn.
Soak a cotton ball in acetone. Acetone can be found in many stores ranging from pharmacies to dollar stores to grocery stores. You will find it sold as nail polish remover. Don't buy the acetone free nail polisher remover because it won't work.
Rub the acetone soaked cotton ball over the melted plastic. Switch to new acetone soaked cotton balls frequently so you can pull off the melted plastic and let it absorb into the cotton ball surface.
Wash the surface of the stove will dish soap and water or an all purpose household cleaner. Wet a ag or paper towel to rinse and remove the soapy residue. Rinse several times with plain water because acetone in highly flammable.
You MUST rinse the stove several times with plain water to remove all of the acetone residue. If you do not rinse the surface of the stove thoroughly and properly , the acetone can ignite and burn.
Wash your hands well with hand soap and water after using acetone to remove the residue or you will risk the possibility of burning yourself.
Do not work near an open flame including candles, lit cigarettes or cigars.
Ventilate the area well because acetone or nail polish remover fumes can be heavy and it does not smell pleasant. You can open windows or set up a fan to blow the fumes out of the room.
Use care in the future to prevent melting plastic onto your stove. Keep plastic bags, utensils and other item back away from the stove.


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From the English vocabulary word amber, which derives from Arabic عنبر ('anbar) = 'amber' (orange, yellow or red gemstone, which is formed from fossil resin)
Image by Hannes Grobe,
License: Creative Commons, CC-BY-SA
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source: openbmb/Ultra-FineWeb


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text: A time‐shared computer‐centered data collection system has been placed into operation at the Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor. The system provides simultaneous data collection and sorting for two physically unrelated neutron time‐of‐flight experiments in time‐share with a general computation facility. A general purpose stored‐program digital computer with a 4096 word, 24‐bit memory is the heart of the system. The computer system provides, for the ''fast neutron chopper'' experiment, a 1024‐channel time analyzer for total or partial neutron cross section experiments, three elapsed‐time clocks, three total events scalers, two monitor scalers, and a chopper tachometer. At the same time, for the ''slow neutron chopper'' experiment, the system provides a 256‐channel time analyzer, a clock, a total events scaler, a monitor scaler, and a chopper tachometer. The two experiments are independent of one another and are controlled by the typing of four‐letter mnemonic codes on the system typewriter. A live cathode‐ray tube display of either experiment is present at all times except when the time‐shared computational facility is being used. Connections between the computer and the external analog‐to‐digital converters are made on a patchboard, allowing convenient control of data format. The system has been designed to facilitate expansion to multiparameter data handling.


text: Apprentice to William Caslon I in London, Jackson became one of England's most skilled and famous punchcutters, rivalling William Caslon II. However, Jackson was not apprenticed as a punchcutter; the Caslons, father and son, carried out this activity in secret. He learned his craft by watching the them at work through a spyhole, and started his own foundry in 1763. From his final premises at Salisbury Square, he became known for his peculiar' fonts, such as an Anglo-Saxon type for an edition of the Domesday Book. Vincent Figgins apprenticed for Jackson from 1782. On his death in 1792 the business was puchased by William Caslon III, grandson of Jackson's one-time master.


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London asbestos surveys are by no means reserved for the capital's over 3 million households or 1.1 million businesses. Some of England's most famous architecture has been built using Asbestos Containing Materials (ACMs) and they are an ongoing concern for public health and safety.
Just last year, it was reported by Construction News that Big Ben's repairs had been increased from £18.6m to a whopping £79.7m and this jump was in part due to asbestos. This got us thinking, how many other iconic landmarks have tested positive after asbestos surveys and how much need is there for asbestos removal at London's hotspots…
Big Ben, big bill
An asbestos report in 2016 revealed there was a significant danger to MPs and visitors alike in the Palace of Westminster. It was found that the 170-year-old building contained asbestos in hidden service shafts that were not fully sealed. There were also affected piping ducts behind the committee rooms and chambers. Just four years later, the costs had increased significantly. Now – with the economic climate and pandemic to contend – the final bill and project completion date is anyone's guess.
This project alone highlights the importance of asbestos surveys in any refurbishment or building demolition works. Indeed, House of Commons director general Ian Ailles admitted that the task of restoring the Elizabeth Tower "had been more complex than we could have anticipated".
"With a 12-metre square footprint and a prime location right in the middle of a busy working parliament, understanding the full extent of the damage to the tower was impossible until the scaffolding was up.
"Alongside other issues, such as the impact of often inappropriate conservation methods used by our predecessors, the corrosive levels of pollution in the atmosphere and the discovery of asbestos in unexpected places, we have only now been able to fully understand the full investment required for this project."
Buckingham Palace – a right royal refurbishment
In 2012, The Independent claimed that almost £1m of public funds had been spent on stripping asbestos from electrical cable ducts in the Queen's historic home. With London asbestos surveys revealing significant use of ACMs in the palace of over 775 rooms, the asbestos removal works were estimated to take 20 years and cost quite a chunk of change more. Last year, Luxury London reported on a behind the scenes look at the ongoing refurb revealed on Instagram and the RJS Waste team can't wait to see Buck House restored to her full glory .
No essential works to replace electrics, plumbing and heating have been ventured at the palace since the 1950s and these new works will need to last another 50 years. But an asbestos survey at London's finest building showed initially that £150m worth of asbestos removal and other maintenance works were required to make the residence safe for the royals. So that the Queen didn't have to relocate, this London asbestos removal project has been staggered with costs amounting to many millions.
As well as discovering ACMs in electrical cabling ducts, Buckingham's Palace's asbestos survey unveiled asbestos in the west attic and that asbestos removal from under lino in the south wing was essential. No mean feat, for specialist asbestos operatives to strip out this flooring it cost around £800,000.
Beneath the surface of the London Underground
With the tube system one of London's icons and indeed an important part of British infrastructure, you might be surprised to hear that London asbestos surveys have also revealed ACMs throughout the build. But asbestos removal from the London Underground doesn't come without its challenges.
Founded in 1863 but with a significant amount of essential works continuing throughout the years, asbestos has been used in excess. But, just as the Queen didn't want to be moved out of her luxury living quarters, shutting down the London Underground isn't an option. So, again progression is staggered and slow.
With the HSE's 2012 update of the Control of Asbestos Regulations to fully implement the EU Directive on the exposure to asbestos, Transport for London's tube operations were jolted into considering their management of ACMs. In 2013, this led to the agreement of a three-year strategy to improve information held by the London Underground Board and the allocation of budget for asbestos management to the Asbestos Control Unit for the first time.
They've since restructured their asbestos register and introduced new asbestos surveys on London stations. Asbestos surveys of London buildings lining the tracks were also carried out. As far as overcoming the difficulty of asbestos removal, the painting of affected areas with an encapsulating paint coating has been a reported solution for the London Underground.
Asbestos surveys in London and throughout the south-east
Whether you manage commercial premises built before 2000 or you're a homeowner looking to carry out a refurbishment or demolition and suspect your property contains asbestos materials, we're here to help.
Our British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) P402 certified surveyors provide asbestos management surveys; asbestos reinspection surveys; and refurbishment and demolition surveys. As well as asbestos surveys in London, RJS Waste Management will send your results to an independent United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)-accredited lab for asbestos testing. What's more, we provide expert asbestos removal in London and can deal with all your other hazardous waste requirements.
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Visually naive kittens turn their eyes toward visual targets but lack other visual-motor coordinations. Light-reared animals were able to mediate guided behaviors with an immobilized eye, but animals with the eye immobilized before initial exposure to a lighted environment were not. Eye movement is implied to play an essential role in visual-motor development.


How to document the scene following a car crash
| Jan 7, 2021 | Personal Injury
A New York car crash may leave you reeling, but the actions you take right afterward may have a big impact on the outcome of your case, should it go to court. The more you do to document the crash scene and gather evidence that supports your side, the better, and there are some important steps to take when doing so.
According to Edmunds, once you exchange information with any drivers involved in the crash or any witnesses who were on the scene, you should start taking pictures of the crash site and vehicles involved.
What to photograph
When documenting the crash scene, use your cellphone to take pictures. In addition to photographing your vehicle and any damage it suffered during the wreck, take pictures of any obstructions, conditions or other hazards in the roadway or near it that may have played a role in your crash.
You should also take photos from multiple angles. Start about 10 feet away from your car or truck and then work your way toward it, snapping pictures along the way. Make sure, too, to zoom in close on any damage done to your vehicle during the crash.
When to photograph
It is wise to photograph the scene anytime you find yourself involved in a crash that warrants exchanging information. It is also wise to do so even when you believe you might be at fault. The images you snap may provide evidence of other factors that may have contributed to the crash, potentially reducing your liability.
Assessing safety should always be the first step following a car crash. Once you determine that there are no serious injuries, move forward with documenting the scene.


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Iranian Researchers Separate Hydrogen from Methane with 100% Efficiency
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian researchers at Kashan University and Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) separated hydrogen from methane with an efficiency of 99.99% by hybrid synthesizing of a nanoadsorbant.
Hydrogen has numerous applications in various fields, among which is the use of hydrogen in hydrocracking process.
No source has so far been known in order to obtain pure hydrogen. In order to fulfill the needs of industry, this material is prepared by using water-gas substitution (WGS) reaction through chemical processes. Therefore, the raw materials and the products except hydrogen must be separated from hydrogen in order to obtain pure hydrogen. Since methane is the raw material of the reaction, hydrogen should first be separated from methane, and then it should be transferred to other processes.
The researchers studied the deposition of carbon nanostructures on the active carbon made of walnut shell (which was chemically activated by using KOH). Results of the experiment showed that methane adsorption increased 17.92% for the deposition of nanofiber carbon on the active carbon. However, the increase in methane adsorption did not affect the amount of hydrogen adsorption.
Their experiments also showed that the carbon adsorbent hybridized by carbon nanofibers can separate a mixture of methane and hydrogen with equal concentrations of the compounds up to 99.99, and the outlet gas contained 99.99% pure hydrogen. Commercial adsorbents can purify hydrogen up to 73.80% at standard conditions.
The results of the research have been published in the February 15 edition of the Chemical Engineering Journal.

source: HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu


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Fungus Drone Completes First Flight
Ryan Simmons / 6 years ago
A NASA drone made out of fungus, yes fungus, has completed it's first flight.
The drone consists largely of material made from mushrooms, specifically mycelium, a material that can be made to grow into any shape. This is then covered with cellulose before being coated in the proteins used by wasps to cover their nests. Everything, apart from the motors and batteries, were designed to be completely biodegradable. This would be incredibly beneficial when flying drones through environmentally sensitive areas, where a crashed drone could result in devastating contamination.
The drone could also aid surveillance missions, where the traces left by a grounded drone could lead to an international incident.
Source: The Verge


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Upgrades coming to water infrastructure in Manitoba
By Adam FreillConstruction Infrastructure
Joint funding announcement will help provide stable and reliable clean water and more efficient water management in several communities.
More than $42 million in funding has been announced for four water projects that will improve system efficiency and protect local communities and their environments in Manitoba. Among the projects to be jointly funded between federal, provincial and municipal governments are a new water treatment plant and reservoir in Beausejour, the reconstruction of pump stations and gravity outfalls in St. Adolphe, replacement of water pipes in Oakview, and reservoirs upgrades impacting the communities of Stonewall, Warren and Woodlands.
The Beausejour project will include the construction of two new raw water supply wells, a pump house, and approximately three kilometres of raw water supply lines.
The work on the pump stations and gravity outfalls in St. Adolphe will bring the system up to current design codes and standards and will include improvements to riverbank stability to ensure long-term performance of the pump stations and adjacent flood protection dike.
In Oakview, the Rapid City water distribution system will see significant upgrades, including the replacement of approximately 9,175 metres of water pipes throughout the Town of Rapid City.
"Manitobans benefit when governments work together to deliver results. Alongside municipal and provincial governments, we are providing over $22.7 million to improve water infrastructure to meet the current needs of the community, support growth and ensure long-term access to, reliable drinking water," stated Terry Duguid, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South.
The Government of Canada has committed more than $22.7 million to these four water infrastructure projects through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program's Green Infrastructure Stream. The Government of Manitoba will provide more than $19.5 million in funding. And contributions from project proponents total more than $12.7 million.


Passionate About Wildlife
Can I feed bread to swans & ducks?
There has been some publicity saying that because people are not feeding bread to waterfowl some swans are starving to death.
Whilst as animal lovers we are saddened to hear that swans are starving there may well be more to why the swans are struggling other than people not giving bread. For example, the very dry summer may have drastically reduced the foods that waterfowl naturally forage for such as aquatic plants, insects etc. We certainly do promote supplementary feeding of waterfowl but the food should be nutritionally beneficial. Reputable wildlife Rescues such as Vale Wildlife Hospital have said that they do not promote feeding bread as they have seen first-hand the damage it causes birds.
So what is the problem with bread?
Bread offers little-to-no nutritional benefit but the birds will readily eat it when it is offered. The problem occurs as the calorific bread fills up the stomach so much that the bird will not forage for their normal natural diet that will give them all the vitamins and minerals they require. In particular, in young birds, a reliance on human supplied bread, and other junk food, discourages them to learn to forage for the natural foods they need to be healthy. In both cases this can lead to malnourishment and in severe cases in young birds to a condition called Angel Wing. Angel Wing is a condition in which the distal portion of wing appears flipped outward. It is caused by excessively rapid growth of feathers in relation to muscle development and as a result growing flight feathers cause excess stress and weight on carpal muscles. This in turn leads to the carpal portion of the wing to hang and twist outwards and prevents the bird from flying (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Angel wing in a Canadian Goose
Possible causes of Angel Wing include:
 - Over feeding &/or excessive calorie intake
 - Genetic factors
 - Excessive growth rate
 - Manganese (or Vitamin E) and vitamin D3 deficiency
It is possible that the high calorie bread discourages natural foraging and thus can cause deficiencies in vitamins and minerals that then lead to Angel Wing in some birds. The condition can be reversed with proper feeding in young birds but once the bird is an adult it cannot be reversed. Although Angel Wing is not life threatening to the bird in a sheltered environment it would be unlikely to survive in the wild.
There can also be problems with bread that is left uneaten as this can attract predators that may be harmful to waterfowl. It can also, if left for long enough, grow mould that if the birds consequently eat can make them very ill. Another issue is one of uneaten bread adding to nutrient build up in the water, especially in closed water such as lakes and ponds. This excess of nutrients in the water can then lead to excess algae growth such as cyanobacteria (blue green algae) and harmful algal blooms that in severe cases depletes oxygen levels to the extent that aquatic plants and animals die out. This process of eutrophication is usually caused by the use of fertilisers and soil run off into water (and human sewage) that leads to high nitrogen and phosphorous levels in the water but there is an argument that bread may contribute to this albeit in a smaller way.
So what can I feed to waterfowl?
There is a place to have a commercial food that will allow families to carry on the pastime of feeding the waterfowl at parks, ponds and lakes etc. that will be nutritionally beneficial and not harm the birds. According to National Geographic safe food for waterfowl include cucumber, corn, peas, beans, broccoli, beets, squash, alfalfa, tomatoes, aubergine, peeled bananas, seeds, scrambled eggs, and rice. Foods to be avoided as they are harmful include avocados, onions, citrus fruits, chocolate, popcorn and, of course, bread. There are foods on the market for commercially kept waterfowl and the recommendation is that a commercial pellet for this instance should contain 14-17% Protein and 3-6% fat with added vitamins and minerals.
Brambles Pet and Wildlife Limited is a family owned company and the team have been involved in developing products for animal welfare since 1990. The Managing Director has a scientific background in Biological Sciences and we have combined our experience and expertise to formulate foods that are nutritionally beneficial to wild animals and ensure that they do not contain any added sugar, colours, or artificial flavours. Our Swan and Duck food conforms to recommended guidelines for nutritional requirements, is also suitable for geese, moorhens and coots, and, as it floats you can easily see when the birds have had sufficient.


What does t-carrier mean?
Definitions for t-carrier
t-car·ri·er
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word t-carrier.
Wiktionary
 1. T-carrier(Noun)
 The generic designator for several digitally multiplexed signal carrier systems.
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 1. T-carrier
 T-carrier, sometimes abbreviated as T-CXR, refers to one of several digital transmission systems developed by Bell Labs. T-carriers are used in North America, South Korea, and Kyoto. The first of these was Transmission System 1, which Bell Labs introduced in 1962. T-1 greatly increased the number of telephone calls the telephone network was capable of transmitting at one time.
Numerology
 1. Chaldean Numerology
 The numerical value of t-carrier in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
 2. Pythagorean Numerology
 The numerical value of t-carrier in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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 I want that fourth carrier.
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 The mock carrier didn't fire back.
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 4. Terry Gou:
 We are like an aircraft carrier taking a bunch of fighter jets.
 5. President Francois Hollande:
 The aircraft carrier will enable us to be more efficient in coordination with our allies.
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text: ||A review of decaying isotropic turbulence in two and three dimensions is presented. In both dimensions, exact results can be obtained by assuming that for small Reynolds numbers the nonlinear convective terms in the equation of motion are negligible. These analytical results obtained from a linear equation demonstrate explicitly that the decay laws depend on the form of the energy spectrum near zero wavenumber. In three dimensions, high Reynolds number decay laws can be obtained by assuming that these laws continue to depend on invariant or near-invariant low wavenumber spectral coefficients but become independent of viscosity. Results of numerical simulations are presented which smoothly connect the asymptotically high and low Reynolds number solutions. In two dimensions however, high Reynolds number solutions can not be as easily obtained since the dominant nonlinear energy cascade is from small-to-large scales so that an assumption such as the invariance or near-invariance of low wavenumber spectral coefficients becomes untenable. However, exact analytical results in two dimensions can be determined at a transitional Reynolds number, below which final period of decay solutions result and above which the turbulence evolves with increasing Reynolds number.


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Classification Rules and Regulations
IPC Powerlifting published an updated version of the IPC Powerlifting Classification Rules and Regulations – version 3 (March 2015). This document replaces any previous version of the IPC Powerlifting Classification Rules and Regulations and came into force on 1 March 2015.
The rules reflect the wording of the IPC Classification Code and are a revised version of the previous IPC Classification Rules.
To ensure competition is fair and equal, all Paralympic sports have a system in place which ensures that winning is determined by skill, fitness, power, endurance, tactical ability and mental focus, the same factors that account for success in sport for able bodied athletes.
This process is called classification and its purpose is to minimise the impact of impairments on the activity (sport discipline). Having the impairment thus is not sufficient. The impact on the sport must be proved, and each in Paralympic sport, the criteria of grouping athletes by the degree of activity limitation resulting from the impairment are named 'Sport Classes'. Through classification, it is determined which athletes are eligible to compete in a sport and how athletes are grouped together for competition. This, to a certain extent, is similar to grouping athletes by age, gender or weight.
Classification is sport-specific because an impairment affects the ability to perform in different sports to a different extent. As a consequence, an athlete may meet the criteria in one sport, but may not meet the criteria in another sport.
Powerlifting is open for athletes with all eight eligible physical impairments listed in the introduction, if these impairments have a certain severity that impacts on sport performance. All athletes have an impairment in their lower limbs or hips, which would prohibit them to compete in able-bodied weightlifting. For example, athletes with a single or double amputation through or above the ankle or stiffness of the knee joint would be eligible to compete. All eligible athletes compete in one sport class, but in different weight categories.


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Hey everyone, welcome to my recipe page, looking for the perfect Chicken Stroganoff recipe? look no further! We provide you only the perfect Chicken Stroganoff recipe here. We also have wide variety of recipes to try.
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Mostly, people have been trained to think that "comfort" foods are terrible for the body and must be avoided. However, if your comfort food is candy or junk food this might be true. Otherwise, comfort foods could be very healthy and good for you. There are several foods that, when you eat them, can better your mood. If you are feeling a little bit down and you're needing an emotional pick me up, try a number of these.
Green tea is really excellent for your mood. You were sure it had to be in here somewhere, right? Green tea is high in a specific amino acid called L-theanine. Research has discovered that this amino acid induces the production of brain waves. This helps raise your mental acuity while having a relaxing effect on the rest of your body. You probably already knew it is not difficult to become healthy when you drink green tea. Now you know that it helps you to elevate your moods too!
Now you realize that junk food isn't necessarily what you have to eat when you are wanting to help your moods get better. Try these tips instead!
We hope you got insight from reading it, now let's go back to chicken stroganoff recipe. You can cook chicken stroganoff using 16 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you do it.
The ingredients needed to prepare Chicken Stroganoff:
- Use of chicken.
- Prepare 2 lb of Chicken breast (I used bone in with skin, but you can use skinless, boneless chicken also).
- Get 1 can of Chicken broth.
- Take 1 of as needed Water.
- You need 1 tsp of Each: basil, oregano, thyme, garlic powder, salt, pepper.
- Use of mushroom gravy.
- Prepare 4 tbsp of Butter.
- Get 8 oz of Mushrooms, sliced.
- You need 3 tbsp of Flour.
- Use 1 tsp of Onion powder.
- Use 1 tsp of Pepper.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Parsley or chives.
- Prepare 1 cup of Milk.
- You need 1 of as needed Chicken broth, from the boiled chicken pot (1-2 cups).
- Use 1 can of Cream of mushroom soup, small can.
- Use 1 cup of Sour cream.
Instructions to make Chicken Stroganoff:
- In a tall sauce pot, combine chicken broth, spices, chicken, and enough water to just cover chicken pieces..
- Bring chicken to a boil, then reduce to medium low heat, cover and cook. 30 minutes for bone in chicken. 15 minutes for boneless..
- Remove chicken from broth. Let chicken cool. Return broth to stove and let boil over medium high heat to reduce liquid and concentrate flavors. Meanwhile, make the stroganoff gravy..
- For the gravy:.
- Melt butter in a large skillet..
- Add sliced mushrooms and spices. Stir and cook a few minutes..
- Add flour. Stir and cook a few minutes..
- Now add in the milk, whisking until smooth. Then add mushroom soup, and chicken broth (half cup at a time) continue whisking and adding chicken broth as needed for a nice gravy consistency to your liking..
- Reduce gravy to a simmer. Dice or shred cooked chicken meat and add to the gravy. Add sour cream. Heat until chicken is warmed through..
- Great served over: rice, egg noodles, mashed potatoes, or buttermilk biscuits (the American bread kind)..
Lightly bash the chicken thighs flat and cut across the grain into thin strips. Heat the remaining butter and oil in a second pan and cook the chicken in batches over medium heat until lightly golden. Chicken & mushroom stroganoff With quick red onion pickle "Chicken and mushroom is a classic combo that's always a winner in my house, whether it's in a lasagna, pot pie or served in this creamy and comforting stroganoff. Served with quick pickled red onions to cut through it with lovely zing, this is a tasty midweek dinner. In a large bowl, mix the chicken cubes with the salt, garlic, the paprika and the flour until all the chicken is coated.
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I know that the power of a discrete signal is given by:
$$P(x) = \lim_{N \rightarrow \infty}\frac{1}{2N + 1}\sum ^N _{n = -N} | x[n]|^2$$
However, I would like to know whether the power of a discrite time finite length signal is defined as:
$$P(x) = \frac{1}{N - 1}\sum ^N _{n = 1} | x[n]|^2$$
Or as,
$$P(x) = \frac{1}{N}\sum ^{N - 1} _{n = 0} | x[n]|^2$$
Being $N$ the length of the signal, the number of samples of it.
A finite length signal has a power of zero. This becomes obvious if you just use the first formula in your question and apply it to a signal of finite length. Finite length signals are so-called energy signals, and their energy is given by
where $N$ is the length of the signal (and we assume that the signal is defined in the index range $n\in[0,N-1]$).
The expression
is the power of an $N$-periodic signal, as explained in this answer.
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How about adopting a turtle?
Among the nature-related programs and displays, the Wildwood Park Wetlands Festival on April 30 will feature "Adopt a Turtle." The festival kicks off a turtle research project, and wild turtles will be on-site ready for adoption.
Although it's called turtle adoption, the $20 donation does not allow the adopter to purchase the turtle and take it home. Rather, an identification tag will be put into the turtle. Then, the adopter can help release the tagged turtle back into the wetlands of Wildwood.
The adopter receives an adoption certificate that includes the turtle's identification number and a sticker that says "I adopted a turtle."
"Turtles are hard to miss while enjoying trails at Wildwood Park and often invoke questions," said Chris Rebert, environmental educator for Dauphin County Parks and Recreation.
Rebert said turtles play a significant role in the ecosystem and can be helpful in reducing pests. Baby turtles eat mostly insects, including lots of mosquito larvae.
"The program will collect and study data on turtle health, movement, population and reproduction," Rebert said. "The findings will help assess the overall health of the Wildwood ecosystem."
To gain more insight into the migrations and habitat uses of turtles, researchers are increasingly relying on the capture and recapture method using passive identification tags. Every time the adopted turtles are recaptured, information will be made available at Wildwood Lake's website.
Rebert said researchers have used passive identification tags for more than 25 years. They also use tags to identify fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds.
The microchip tags safely mark animals internally without altering external appearance. In almost all cases, tags stay with animals for their entire life cycles. The small size of the tags eliminates negative impact on animals with little or no influence on growth rate, behavior, health or predator susceptibility.


Lesson 10.4: Bug Fix – Removing multiple items from GroupedInventory
Mickey noticed a bug in the code, from the changes in Lesson 10.2, adding a GroupedInventory property for LivingEntity.
When we try to remove multiple items, like when completing a quest, it only removed one item. This lesson will fix the bug.
Lesson Steps
Step 1: Modify Engine\Models\LivingEntity.cs
There is a problem getting the "groupedInventoryItemToRemove" object on lines 147-148.
For unique items, we want to get the item that exactly matches the parameter. If a player has multiple swords (which will be unique items), we want to get the exact item, and remove it.
For non-unique items, we only need to get the GroupedInventory object with an ItemTypeID that matches the parameter's ItemTypeID.
So, change lines 147-148 to this:
GroupedInventoryItem groupedInventoryItemToRemove = item.IsUnique?
GroupedInventory.FirstOrDefault(gi => gi.Item == item) :
GroupedInventory.FirstOrDefault(gi => gi.Item.ItemTypeID == item.ItemTypeID);
This is a "ternary operator". It evaluates the calculation before the question mark. If that calculation is "true", it returns the first result (the part before the ":"). If it is "false", it returns the second result (the part after the ":").
It's another way to do a simple "if…else" statement.
So, if the passed-in object is unique, we will look for the first item that completely matches it. If it is not unique, we will find the first item with the same ItemTypeID.
We really should have unit tests for this project. So, after I finish this batch of refactoring lessons, I'll start creating those.
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2 thoughts on "Lesson 10.4: Bug Fix – Removing multiple items from GroupedInventory
 1. There's no real benefit. In fact, I would bet that both end up compiling into the exact same CLR (Common Language Runtime) code.
 I just like using the ternary operator when the condition of the "if" statement is not too long, and we're only using the "if" to assign a value to a single variable. It's fewer lines than writing an "if" statement with curly-braces (which is how I write all my "if" statements, to be consistent and clear), and slightly easier to understand the intent of the "if" (to set the value of a variable).
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Thought of the day - strong will power
Where there is a will there is a way
A man of strong will power is sure to succeed in life. To a man of will power nothing is impossible. Life is not a bed of roses. It is full of difficulties. At every step, we have to face dangers. If we have no strong determination, we may lose hope in life. Failure in life is largely because of a lack of strong mental make-up. Weak-minded persons lose all spirit when they fail. A strong-minded man never broods on defeat. He throws himself heart and soul into further efforts and achieves almost the impossible.
Usain Bolt motivational quote
Strong will power and determination
Strong will power and determination is the key of success. The history of Thomas Alva Edison (Thomas Edison's teachers said he was "too stupid to learn anything." He was fired from his first two jobs for being "non-productive." As an inventor, Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb) is an example. He tried and tried. At last, he succeeded. So, we can surely do something in life if we have a sincere desire and firm will to act.
This short motivational speech can change your life.
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is the heroine of an eponymous series of books written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, born Mary Gray Phelps, was an American author and an early advocate of clothing reform for women, urging them to burn their corsets.- Biography :...
. The books were written in 1866-7 for Sunday school
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s and so are of an improving nature. Gypsy, as the name indicates, is an impetuous tomboy
A tomboy is a girl who exhibits characteristics or behaviors considered typical of the gender role of a boy, including the wearing of typically masculine-oriented clothes and engaging in games and activities that are often physical in nature, and which are considered in many cultures to be the...
who lives a chaotic life lacking a system. Her development and experiences provide the basis for the restrained moralising of the stories.
The four books in the series are
- Gypsy Breynton
- Gypsy's Cousin Joy
- Gypsy's Sowing and Reaping
- Gypsy's Year at the Golden Crescent


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The steps below describe an easy way of creating mosaics from mapped hyperspectral files, making use of the command line GDAL utilities. They can be installed on Windows through OSGeo4W, and are available on Linux through the package manager (e.g., yum, apt-get).
The initial mosaic is a 'virtual raster', which comprises a text file with links to other files containing the data. It is created using the gdalbuildvrt command, available with GDAL and also in QGIS through the Raster, Miscellaneous menu.
gdalbuildvrt -srcnodata 0 f216_mosaic.vrt /path/to/file/f216073b_mapped_osng.bil /path/to/file/f216083b_mapped_osng.bil
The above command creates a virtual raster 'f216_mosaic.vrt' from two bil files, setting the no-data value to 0. The full path to each BIL file is passed in so they are stored in the VRT (useful if the VRT file is moved). You can also create a VRT from all '.bil' files using:
gdalbuildvrt -srcnodata 0 f216_mosaic.vrt /path/to/file/*.bil
The VRT file can be used as any other file in programs which use GDAL (e.g., QGIS, ArcGIS, TuiView). However, for displaying it is often more convenient to create band / spatial subsets using the gdal_translate, also available through QGIS under Raster, Conversion, Translate.
command. For example to create a three band subset using bands 38, 25 and 12 use:
gdal_translate -of GTiff -b 38 -b 25 -b 12 f216_mosaic.vrt f216_mosaic_bandsubset.tif
Note, as all the flightlines use a slightly different grid a nearest neighbour interpolation will be preformed to create a common grid. Standard GeoTiff's aren't compressed so areas outside the flightlines, which have no data, will take up as much space as pixels with data. You can reduce the file size by using compression. You can tell gdal_translate to create a compressed GeoTiff by passing in a creation option flag for example:
gdal_translate -of GTiff -co "COMPRESS=LZW" -b 38 -b 25 -b 12 f216_mosaic.vrt f216_mosaic_bandsubset.tif
Note, not all programs support compressed GeoTiffs.
To make the mosaic faster to display you can create overviews using the gdaladdo command:
gdaladdo f216_mosaic_bandsubset.tif 2 4 8 16


Researchers have Come Up with the Largest Family Tree Recorded so far
The newest family tree recorded by researchers compiles data that spans a length of over 500 years. This family tree links together over 13 million people spanning over 11 generations. This number of people is larger than the population of Belgium or the population of Cuba. Why is this family tree important? Well, this data is important because it reveals the set of migration patterns and how people married each other in North America and Europe.
How was this family tree created by researchers?
They used a large amount of data that was taken from one of the biggest genealogical websites. How much data can such a website contain? Well, this one had the complete records of over 86 million people and it is working on updating their data continuously. 85% of the profiles recorded on this website came from North America and Europe.
What did the author of the study have to say?
Yaniv Erlich, the author, said that this study provided a family tree that is completely unique. In order to compile this data, they used a mathematical form to calculate the validity of the information provided by the website.
They found that as time passed people stopped marrying their cousins and tried to find partners outside of their own families. Up to 1750 people would travel for a very short distance to seek their spouses and up to 1850 people would decide to marry their fourth cousins. This data contradicts recent evaluations and it shows that, in the present, members of society are more likely to seek partners that are not related to them and that live further away as well.
When talking about genes, the team of researchers analyzed data from 1600 up to 1910 and found that the gene combination influenced up to 16% the longevity of the individuals.
The main conclusion of this study is that, up to an extent, we are all related to one another, whether we realize it or not.
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This Edumine course will introduce participants to the principles of mine haul road design, from road building material selection and characterisation, road-user (truck and traffic) requirements, through to performance benchmarking and evaluation as a basis for road maintenance management decision making.
These skills will enable participants to evaluate their current haul road systems, recognise operational inefficiencies and implement continuous improvement strategies to reduce cost per ton hauled across the mine road network and improve road performance on a day-to-day operational basis. The training will provide participants with answers to practical mine haul road-operational issues such as:
- Why are good roads necessary - what are the benefits of an improved haul road design and infrastructure?
- What critical operational aspects should a road design consider?
- Equipment, materials and methods - what is required?
- How do you translate a design into practical construction techniques?
- When are dust palliatives appropriate - and how do they influence road management and cost per ton hauled?
- How do you benchmark a road design - what do you see, what does it mean and how do you fix the problem?


Harvester: a Pattern Matching Language
Harvester is a pattern matching language designed to make it easy to scrape web pages, i.e. to extract data from an HTML page.
Its first implementation was used in a plugin for PlayOn. It was written in the programming language LUA.
Let's start with a simple example. Assume there is a page at URL _URL_ which contains the following link:
Surfing on the beach
We can extract the URL and the title using the following LUA code:
local page = GetURL("_URL_
local harvester = newHarvester("{value title}")
local data = harvester.harvest(page)
VideoResource(data.title, data.url, …etc)
What did we do? First, we created a harvester based on a pattern that describes the values we are looking for and where in the file they are located. The pattern contains the literal strings that we expect to find in the file as well as two {value} tokens that represent the values to be extracted. Then we used the harvester to "harvest" the values into a table we called data. The names of the fields in the table (url and title) match the names in the {value} tokens.
Note: The VideoResource() call adds a selectable item to PlayOn.
The example above is very simple and you could achieve the same result with a couple of str_get_between() calls. But Harvester is much more powerful, so let's look at a more realistic example. Assume that the file does not contain just one link but many links. And assume we're interested only in the links that are inside a specific HTML table. We would use the following pattern to create the harvester. Note that I make use of the LUA delimiters [[ and ]] which allow me to create a pattern string that spans several lines:
local harvester = newHarvester( [[

 {group videotable}

 {repeat video}
]] )
The LUA code to extract the data from the file would look like:
local data = harvester.harvest(page)
and the data variable would contain the following fields:
data.videotable.video[1].title='MAX Geheugentrainer'
data.videotable.video[2].title='Missie MAX'
data.videotable.video[3].title='Nederland in Beweging!'
data.videotable.video[4].title='NOS Jeugdjournaal met gebarentolk'
As you can see, the structure of data matches the structure of the pattern. If a {repeat} is nested inside a {group}, it becomes a sub-field of the group's field.
Harvester Language Overview
A Harvester pattern consists of strings and tokens.
A token is a piece of text enclosed in the token delimiter characters, which are by default { and }. For example:
{repeat videodata}
Valid tokens are {value}, {group} … {/group}, {repeat} … {/repeat}, {delim..} and {* … *}, as well as the special token {param}. They are explained in detail below.
A string is any piece of text that that you expect to encounter literally in the page being harvested. It cannot contain any tokens, except the special tokens.
Basic tokens
{value name}
The purpose of Harvester is to extract data from the file that is being harvested. This is done using the {value} token. The result contains an element whose name will be name.
{group name} … {/group}
A group describes a section of the harvested page. The first element within the group must be a string, which determines the start of the group. If the last element is also a string, it determines the end of the group. If the first string is not found in the harvested file, the group is deemed absent and the corresponding value in the result is nil.
{group videotable}

 {*... etc.. *}
{repeat name} … {/repeat}
A repeating group is very similar to a group, but it may exist more than once in the harvested file. The resulting value in the result will be a table with as many entries as occurrences were found.
{repeat video}
 "
durationSecs":{"$":}
If there is HTML further down in the file, you can reset the delimiters using
{* … *}
Sometimes it is useful to include comments in a pattern. Comments are ignored and serve only as documentation.
For example:
{* If there is more than one page, there is a page selector at the top of each page *}
{group pageselect}
Strings and special tokens
A string contains regular text (including blanks) but may also contain the "special" tokens described in this section. These special tokens are considered part of the string they are adjacent to. For example, the following pattern consists of a single string:
{param vname}
All other tokens, including comments, have the same effect as a newline, i.e. they terminate the string that precedes them.
Note that newlines in the input text cannot be matched explicitly.
{param name}
This special token allows you to insert a value into the pattern at runtime. This makes it possible to reuse a pattern, or to adapt it to input collected during harvesting. For example:
{group my}
 {param scriptId}
 {* etc... *}
The parameter value must be set before the harvest() function is called:
harvester.setparam("scriptId", "MYSCRIPT");
data = harvester.harvest(page)
In this case, the begin string of the group is MYSCRIPT
{{.. }} (pattern match)
Simple strings only allow you to match fixed data. If you want to use LUA's pattern matching facilities, enclose a LUA pattern in double token delimiters. If your pattern contains "}}", make sure to escape it using the"%" character (i.e. replace "}}" with "%}%}" )..
For example, the following string will match any hyperlink whose URL is numeric:
In patterns, newlines separate strings and tokens and are therefore significant in the pattern. They basically act as wildcards (i.e. don't care). As an example, consider the following input file:
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About Dr. Gholdy Muhammad
Gholnecsar Muhammad (Gholdy Muhammad) is currently an associate professor at Georgia State University teaching literacy and language in the Department of Middle and Secondary Education. She began her career as a reading, language arts and social studies middle school teacher in Cahokia, Illinois.
After teaching in the classroom, she served as a school district assistant curriculum director and was responsible for kindergarten through 12th-grade literacy instruction, grant writing, assessments and professional development.
Muhammad received her Ph.D. in literacy, language and culture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research interests are situated in social and historical foundations of literacy development within Black communities and the writing practices among Black women and girls. She explores 19th-century Black literary societies to understand literacy development and how the roles of literacy can be reconceptualized in classrooms today.
She became interested in this line of research when she led a summer writing institute with Black girls called, Black Girls WRITE!. She continues to hold summer literacy programs with Black and Brown youth as well as Muslim girls. She explores how historical practices among communities of color can be used with adolescent learners today.
Some of the journals she has published articles in include, Research in the Teaching of English, English Education, Urban Education, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy and Written Communication.
Additionally, she serves as the director of the Georgia State Urban Literacy Collaborative and Clinic. She strives to shape the national conversation for educating youth who have been underserved. She also strives to support the next generation of educators who are seeking pathways to meet some of the most pressing challenges encountered in urban schools.
She works with teachers and youth across the United States and South Africa in best practices in literacy instruction. Currently, she is working in Harlem schools in conjunction with writing her forthcoming book entitled, Historically Responsive Literacy.
She is a former school board president and continues to work collaboratively with local schools across communities in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
Muhammad is the 2014 recipient of the National Council of Teachers of English, Promising New Researcher Award, the 2015 NCTE Alan C. Purves Award, the 2016 NCTE Janet Emig awardee, the 2017 Georgia State University Urban Education Research Awardee and the 2018 UIC College of Education Researcher of the Year.
In Cultivating Genius, Dr. Muhammad presents a four-layered equity framework–one that is grounded in history and restores excellence in literacy education. This framework, which she names, Historically Responsive Literacy, was derived from the study of literacy development within 19th-century Black literacy societies. The framework is essential and universal for all students, especially youth of color, who traditionally have been marginalized in learning standards, school policies, and classroom practices. The equity framework will help educators teach and lead toward the following learning goals or pursuits:
- Identity Development–Helping youth to make sense of themselves and others
- Skill Development– Developing proficiencies across the academic disciplines
- Intellectual Development–Gaining knowledge and becoming smarter
- Criticality–Learning and developing the ability to read texts (including print and social contexts) to understand power, equity, and anti-oppression
When these four learning pursuits are taught together–through the Historically Responsive Literacy Framework, all students receive profound opportunities for personal, intellectual, and academic success. Muhammad provides probing, self-reflective questions for teachers, leaders, and teacher educators as well as sample culturally and historically responsive sample plans and text sets across grades and content areas. In this book, Muhammad presents practical approaches to cultivate the genius in students and within teachers.


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Daikoku VulkanDaikoku is a sumbarine volcano with a conical summit in the Japanese Volcano Islands chain. It sits on an elongated E-W-trending ridge SE of Eifuku submarine volcano and rises to within 323 m of the sea surface. It has a crater with a black pool of liquid sulfur discovered in 2006.
Daikoku submarine volcano is one of about a dozen submarine volcanoes displaying hydrothermal activity in the southern part of the Izu-Marianas chain.
Beschreibung:A steep-walled, 50-m-wide cylindrical crater on the north flank, about 75 m below the summit, is at least 135 m deep and was observed to emit cloudy hydrothermal fluid. During a NOAA expedition in 2006, scientists observed a convecting, black pool of liquid sulfur with a partly solidified, undulating sulfur crust at a depth of 420 m below the summit of Daikoku. Gases, particulate with the appearance of smoke, and liquid sulfur were bubbling up from the back edge of the sulfur pool.
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The mission of Virginia's public education system is to educate students in the fundamental knowledge and academic subjects that they need to become capable, responsible, and self-reliant citizens. Therefore, the mission of the Virginia Board of Education and the superintendent of public instruction, in cooperation with local school boards, is to increase student learning and academic achievement.Superintendent of Public Instruction – Patricia I. Wright
Dr. Wright serves as the executive officer of the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), which is the administrative agency for the commonwealth's public schools. She also serves as secretary of the Board of Education. Visit the Superintendent of Public Instruction
Virginia Board of Education
The Board of Education is the governing and policy-making body for the Virginia system of public elementary and secondary education. Its work touches all facets of education from accountability and evaluation to curriculum and teacher education. More about the Board of Education.


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10. Archeological Excavations at the Platte River
Campground Site (20BZ16), Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore,
Richner, Jeffrey J.
The Platte River Campground archeological site (20BZ16) is located along
the Platte River, within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan.
The site was discovered in 1985 and was also tested in that year. In 1987,
the Midwest Archeological Center conducted archeological excavations at the
site in advance of a planned campground redevelopment program which will
impact portions of the site. Important information on site age and
artifact assemblages was obtained. The site is multicomponent, with
evidence of repeated prehistoric occupations over both the Middle and Late
Woodland Periods in addition to late historic Euro-American uses. Emphasis
in this report is placed upon the prehistoric components.


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This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word vincetoxicum
Vincetoxicum, genus Vincetoxicum(noun)
genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote
Vincetoxicum is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae. Although the species in Vincetoxicum have sometimes been included in Cynanchum, chemical and molecular evidence shows that Vincetoxicum is more closely related to Tylophora. Species include: ⁕Vincetoxicum funebre ⁕Vincetoxicum hirundinaria ⁕Vincetoxicum linifolium, Balf.f. ⁕Vincetoxicum nigrum ⁕Vincetoxicum rossicum
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At a time when earthquakes dominate the headlines, we think it's more important than ever to highlight architecture that keeps potential quakes in mind. So it goes with OFIS Architecture's All-Seasons Tent Tower, a concept project that features two solar powered, cylindrical towers filled with restaurants, apartments, shops, a business center, spa, pool, bar and garage.
OFIS's Tent Tower is ultra energy-efficient. The towers' external facades are covered in a mesh skin outfitted with a shading device to keep sun out in the summer, while a concrete slab-embedded pipe system provides cooling in the summer and heating in the winter. Solar cells are embedded into the atrium's roof for year-round power production. During the summer, the mesh facade is covered in greenery planted on the tower terraces.
The most important part of the Tent Tower, which is an entrant in the Mercedes Benz hotel tower competition for Yerevan, Armenia, it its resistance to earthquakes. The structure resists quake shaking using a system of concrete cores and composite columns that supposedly ensure structural stability. Regardless of whether the Tent Tower is actually earthquake resistant, we have to give kudos to OFIS for taking Armenia' quake risks seriously. Because as we've seen, that can be the difference between life and death.
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Polarity Reference Channels: PostgreSQL Error Codes
Polarity User Tips - Jun 26, 2020
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Today's post continues an ongoing series on Polarity User Tips. Data tells a story, Polarity helps you see it with Augmented Reality overlaying contextual information as you work, giving you the right data at the right time to make informed decisions and take action with speed (no glasses or goggles required). This guide explains how you can see the story in your data with Polarity using the PostgreSQL Error Codes Reference Channel.
Intro to Polarity Reference Channels
Polarity Channels are a way to organize Entities and Annotations into logical groups, such as all of your assets or your LinkedIn contacts.
Reference channels are a Polarity Channel that is based on another source of information that is used just for reference purposes by Polarity Users. Reference channels can be anything from a list of internal or external threats to a list of assets to the PostgreSQL Error Codes list.
Where to find Reference Channels
On the Polarity Github page, download the PostgreSQL Error Codes reference channel or browse our library of reference channels for better data awareness and recall.
What are PostgreSQL Error Codes?
The PostgreSQL Error Codes is a list of codes that help database users troubleshoot what is happening within the database. The codes range from things that help with queries that are causing issues to errors that have occurred when the database crashes.
PostgreSQL Error Codes Reference Channels in Polarity
Based on the list that Postgres publishes, we have put together a CSV that you can easily upload into Polarity as a reference channel. The reference channel will instantly map the error codes that Postgres provides to what the error code is allowing you to easily correct what is happening.
For example, when you are troubleshooting inside a virtual machine and see something on your screen like "42601" in the image below, you immediately have awareness of what the errors mean, allowing you to course-correct what you are working on without ever having to leave the terminal.
In this image, notice the highlighted error codes 42P01, 42703, or 42601 on the left. You can see that Polarity's computer vision recognized the text on screen, and in real-time while the analyst is working, it has provided contextual information from the PostgreSQL Error Code Reference Channel in the overlay window on the right.
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Introduction: Frame-based stereotactic biopsy is well-established to play an essential role in neurosurgery. In recent years, different robotic devices have been introduced in neurosurgery centers. This study aimed to compare the SINO surgical robot-assisted frameless brain biopsy with standard frame-based stereotactic biopsy in terms of efficacy, accuracy and complications.
Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on 151 consecutive patients who underwent stereotactic biopsy at Chongqing Sanbo Jiangling Hospital between August 2017 and December 2021. All patients were divided into the frame-based group (n = 47) and the SINO surgical robot-assisted group (n = 104). The data collected included clinical characteristics, diagnostic yield, operation times, accuracy, and postoperative complications.
Results: There was no significant difference in diagnostic yield between the frame-based group and the SINO surgical robot-assisted group (95.74 vs. 98.08%, p > 0.05). The mean operation time in the SINO surgical robot-assisted group was significantly shorter than in the frame-based group (29.36 ± 13.64 vs. 50.57 ± 41.08 min). The entry point error in the frame-based group was significantly higher than in the robot-assisted group [1.33 ± 0.40 mm (0.47-2.30) vs. 0.92 ± 0.27 mm (0.35-1.65), P < 0.001]. The target point error in the frame-based group was also significantly higher than in the robot-assisted group [1.63 ± 0.41 mm (0.74-2.65) vs. 1.10 ± 0.30 mm (0.69-2.03), P < 0.001]. Finally, there was no significant difference in postoperative complications between the two groups.
Conclusion: Robot-assisted brain biopsy becomes an increasingly mainstream tool in the neurosurgical procedure. The SINO surgical robot-assisted platform is as efficient, accurate and safe as standard frame-based stereotactic biopsy and provides a reasonable alternative to stereotactic biopsy in neurosurgery.
Keywords: SINO robot; brain biopsy; frameless stereotactic biopsy; intracranial lesions; robot-assisted surgery.
Copyright © 2022 Hu, Cai, Zhang, Adilijiang, Peng, Li, Che, Lan and Liu.


text: The case-cohort design is most useful in analyzing time to failure in a large cohort in which failure is rare. Covariate information is collected from all failures and a representative sample of censored observations. Sampling is done without respect to time or disease status, and, therefore, the design is more flexible than a nested case-control design. Despite the efficiency of the methods, case-cohort designs are not often used because of perceived analytic complexity. In this article, we illustrate computation of a simple variance estimator and discuss model fitting techniques in SAS. Three different weighting methods are considered. Model fitting is demonstrated in an occupational exposure study of nickel refinery workers. The design is compared to a nested case-control design with respect to analysis and efficiency in a small simulation. In this example, case-cohort sampling from the full cohort was more efficient than using a comparable nested case-control design.


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GEF3D Coordinate Systems
In GEF, there usually is one global coordinate system and figure-local coordinate systems to deal with. Generally, mouse coordinates can be translate to the global coordinate system and the figure-local coordinate systems in a simple and straightforward fashion, and users of the framework seldomly have to deal with these issues. In GEF3D however, there are more coordinate systems involved and dealing with those can become cumbersome. This article aims to describe the concepts of coordinate systems and coordinate system conversion in GEF3D.
In GEF3D, there are three types of coordinate systems that framework users have to deal with:
- screen coordinates (also called mouse coordinates in GEF or window coordinates in OpenGL)
- global world coordinates (3D coordinates in world space)
- figure-local 3D coordinates
- surface coordinates (2D coordinates on the surface of a 3D host figure)
- figure-local 2D coordinates (only applies to embedded 2D editors)
On top of that, the following conversions are possible:
- global world coordinates <-> figure-local 3D coordinates
- surface coordinates <-> global world coordinates
- screen coordinates + depth value -> global world coordinates
- screen coordinates -> figure-local 3D coordinates
- screen coordinates -> surface coordinates
To explain more about these concepts, we will first describe in greater detail the coordinate systems and the conversions. After that, we will explain how embedded GEF editors and their tools relate to the GEF3D coordinate systems and how GEF3D provides 2D coordinates to them.


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Blue spot is the colour feature of the parhelic circle occurring at the anthelic region of the sky. In addition to the blue, the theory predicts also green, but no red. Yet in several observations also red colour has been reported. However, because the red has never reproduced in photos, the observations have been doubted.
The image here shows two versions of a simulation of plate crystal parhelic circle in the anthelic region of the sky. The upper one has not been processed, the lower one has an overall levels adjustment to enhance colours. It looks like there is red present in addition to blue and green.
So it may be that observations of red may have not been wrong after all and that the theory (and naming) of the blue spot needs to be reconsidered. Lacking of the red in photos may be explained by film and sensor sensitivity issues. Even though the colors are seen with naked eye, they are still weak and some wavelenghts may be more prone than others to be not captured by the photographing equipment.
The simulation was made with a software developed by Jukka Ruoskanen. Sun elevation for the simulation is 25°, the plates have aspect ratio of 0.9 and tilt 3°.


Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature
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Wordplay: Tautonyms
Tautonyms are those names composed of the same word twice (e.g., Vulpes vulpes, the red fox).
Plant Tautonyms
Official rules of Botanical Nomenclature forbid tautonyms. Still, a few exist as synonyms of the accepted names.
Lablab lablab (L.) Lyons (hyacinth bean) synonym for Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet.
Opuntia opuntia (L.) Karst. (eastern prickly pear) synonym for O. humifusa (Raf.) Raf. Linnaeus described Cactus opuntia, which was then moved to genus Opuntia, which had to be renamed because botany disallows tautonyms.
Thevetia thevetia (L.) H.Karst. (yellow oleander) synonym for Cascabela thevetia (L.) H.Lippold.
There are also several near-tautonyms in botany:
Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. (pigeon pea)
Cuminum cyminum L. (cumin)
Inga ynga (Vell.) J.W.Moore (icecream bean) synonym for Inga edulis Mart.
Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L.) Farw. (tomato) synonym for Solanum lycopersicum L.
Mammillaria mammillaris (L.) H.Karst. (mammillaria cactus)
Mielichhoferia mielichhoferiana Loeske, 1910 (copper moss)
Oxycoccus oxycoccos (L.) MacMillan (cranberry) synonym for Vaccinium oxycoccos L.
Ziziphus zizyphus (L.) R.D. Meikle (common jujube) synonym for Z. jujuba Miller.
Animal Tautonyms
A long list of animal tautonyms is here; it includes all the valid names I am aware of. Here are some record-setters from that list:
Loa loa (a nematode) - shortest tautonym.
Archigyrodactylus archigyrodactylus Mizelle & Kritsky, 1967 (flatworm) and Icelanonchohaptor icelanonchohaptor Leiby, Kritsky & Peterson, 1972 (flatworm) - longest tautonyms.
Bufo bufo bufo (European toad),
Naja naja naja (Sri Lankan cobra) - shortest trinomials.
Coccothraustes coccothraustes coccothraustes (L. 1758) (hawfinch) - longest trinomial
Other species are notable as three-way near misses; both parts of the binomial and the common name differ slightly:
Babyrousa babyrussa (babirusa, a wild pig)
Suricata suricatta (suricate or meerkat, a south African mongoose)
Tautonymic Meanings
Of more interest are those cases where the genus and species mean the same thing in two languages:
Amaradix bitterrootensis (Dunn, 1923) (flea) Latin/English "bitter-root of-bitter-root"
Anous stolidus L. (brown noddy) Greek/Latin: "stupid"
Anthrax carbo Rondani, 1875 (bee fly) Gk/La: "coal, ember"
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. (bearberry) Gk/La: "berry-of-bear"
Ardea herodias L. (great blue heron) La/Gk: "heron"
Asio otus (L.) (long-eared owl) La/Gk: "horned owl"
Asterolinon linum-stellatum (L.) Duby (Primulaceae) Gk: "star flax"/La: "flax starry"
Badisis ambulans McAlpine 1990 (wingless stilt-legged fly) Gk/La: "walking"
Balanus glandula Darwin, 1854 (acorn barnacle) Gk/La: "acorn little-acorn"
Brachyramphus brevirostris (Vigors, 1829) (Killitz's murrelet) Gk/La: "short beak"
Bycanistes bucinator (Temminck, 1824) (trumpeter hornbill) Gk/La: "trumpeter"
Castor fiber L. (European beaver) Gk/La: "beaver"
Cephalopyrus flammiceps (Burton, 1836) (fire-capped tit) Gk/La: "head-fire fire-head"
Cervus elaphus L. (red deer) La/Gk: "stag"
Corvus corax L. (crow) La/Gk: "crow"
Cygnus olor (Gmelin, 1789) (mute swan) Gk/La: "swan"
Diceros bicornis (L.) (black rhino) Gk/La: "two horns"
Equus caballus L. (horse) La/Gallic: "horse, nag"
Felis catus L. (domestic cat) La/La: "cat"
Gazella dorcas (L.) (dorcas gazelle) Arabic-Latin/Gk: "gazelle"
Hemicentetes semispinosus (G. Cuvier, 1789) (streaked tenrec) Gk/La: "half-prickle"
Kryptopterus cryptopterus (Bleeker, 1851) (blue sheathfish) Gk/Gk: "hidden-fin"
Liquidambar styraciflua L. (sweetgum) Literally (in Latin) "fluid-ambergris flowing-styrax". Ambar is more commonly but less accurately associated with the amber from plant resins, and styrax is both a plant and the resin it produces, so "fluid-resin fluid-resin" would be a reasonable translation.
Megaceryle alcyon (L.) (belted kingfisher) Gk/La: "big kingfisher kingfisher"; it has also been known by the fully tautonymous synonym Ceryle alcyon.
Melanitta nigra (L.) (common scoter) Gk/La: "black duck black"
Nucifraga caryocatactes (L.) (European nutcracker) La/Gk: "nutcracker"
Nyctalus noctula (Schreber, 1774) (noctule) Gk/La: "little night"
Ovis aries L. (domestic sheep) La/Gk: "sheep"
Pecari tajacu (L.) (peccary) Spanish word / Portuguese transcriptions of the Guarani "tajasu": peccary
Picea omorika (Pancic) Purk. (Serbian spruce) La/Serbian: "spruce Serbian-spruce"
Pogona barbata (Cuvier, 1829) (bearded lizard) Gk/La: "bearded"
Potamon fluviatile (Herbst, 1785) (crab) Gk/La: "river creature found in river"
Silurus glanis L. (European catfish) La/Gk: "catfish"
Sphaerostoma globiporum (Rutolphi, 1802) (helminth) Gk/La: "ball-mouth ball-opening"
Symphalangus syndactylus (Raffles, 1821) (Siamang gibbon) Gk/Gk: "joined-toe-bone joined-toe"
Tetracerus quadricornis (Blainville, 1816) (four-horned antelope) Gr/La: "four-horned four-horn"
Tibicen auletes Germar, 1834 (northern dusk-singing cicada) La/Gk: "flutist". There is also Auletes tubicen (a weevil), "flutist trumpeter".
Toxotes jaculatrix (Pallas, 1767) (archerfish) Gk/La: "dart-shooter"
Tragopan satyra (L.) (Himalayan pheasant) Pan and satyrs are commonly represented with legs of goats; "trago-" is Greek for goat.
Trionyx triunguis (Forskal, 1775) (African soft-shelled turtle) Gk/La: "three-claws"
Upupa epops L. 1758 (hoopoe) La/Gk: hoopoe
Ursus arctos L. (brown bear) La/Gk: "bear"
Xiphias gladius L. (swordfish) Gk/La: "sword"
Equisetum Subg. Hippochaete (J. Milde) Baker (horsetail) La/Gk: "horse bristle"
Finally, these pairs of species deserves note:
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Cost of Capital : Meaning, Significance, Factors affecting Cost of Capital, Types of Cost of Capital, Measurement of Cost of Capital : FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Cost of capital ( k ) is the minimum rate of return that a firm must earn in order to satisfy the expectations of it's investors. In other words, It is the minimum rate of return required on the investment projects to keep the market value per share unchanged.
Significance or Importance of Cost of Capital
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1. If the firms actual rate of return exceeds it's cost of capital and if the return is earned without risk, the objective of shareholder's wealth maximization is achieved. If the actual rate of return is higher, then the excess funds can be used in two ways :
- It can be distributed as dividend to shareholders.
- It can be reinvested for future returns.
2. When Cost of Capital ( k ) is used as the discount rate in capital budgeting decisions, it helps to accept only those proposals where the rate of return is more than the cost of capital.
3. Cost of Capital ( k ) helps to decide the capital structure of the firm. The firm will select only those sources which have the minimum cost. So, the overall ( k ) will be minimum.
Factors Affecting Cost Of Capital
1. Risk free rate of interest ( I ) : It refers to the interest rate which is earned on the risk free or default free security. For Example : Reserve Bank of India.
2. Business Risk ( b ) : It refers to the potential of an organization to earn the returns which will satisfy it's investors.
3. Financial Risk ( f ) : When the debt is present in capital structure, earnings after paying the interests should be enough to satisfy the investors. This risk is known as Financial Risk.
4. Other Considerations / Factors ( o ) : Factors like liquidity, Timing of returns, Shareholder's preference, etc. also affects the cost of capital.
k = I + b + f + o
where, k = Cost of Capital.
I = Risk free rate of return.
b = Business Risks.
f = Financial Risks.
o = Other Factors.
Types of Cost of Capital
1. Specific and Overall Cost of Capital
At a particular point of time, the firm might have raised funds from various sources, i.e., short term as well as long term. But, cost of capital is the combined cost of all the funds used by a firm.
Overall cost of capital is the combined cost of all the funds being used by a firm from any source. It includes the funds following sources :
- Debt : Cost of Debt
- Equity share capital : cost of equity
- Preference share capital : Cost of Preference
- Retained Earnings : Cost of retained earnings
Funds come from a pool of sources. Specific cost of capital is the cost of a particular sources of funds while overall cost of capital is the combined cost ,i.e., cost of all sources of funds.
2. Implicit and Explicit Cost of Capital
Implicit Cost of Capital is the cost of retained earnings expressed in terms of opportunity cost which is associated with returns foregone on retained funds .
In other words, Implicit cost of retained earnings is the return which could have been earned by the investor, had the profit been distributed to them.
Explicit Cost of capital of a particular source may be defined in terms of interest or dividend that the firm have to pay to the supplier of the funds.


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In this example, the potential savings for water heating using an ammonia heat pump are shown. Among the criteria compared are utility cost input, water-related information, heat source, plant operation data and overall cost comparisons.
For example, consider a processing facility that needs to heat 96,000 gal/day, or about 100 gal/min, of 65°F (18°C) water to 135°F (57°C). The total amount of water heated per year is 24.9 million gallons. For a full comparison, see the full article using the link at the bottom of the page.
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The sun never sets... on the Facebook Empire | Southmoore AP Human Geography |
How Facebook connections mirror old empires EIGHT years ago Facebook launched as an online social network connecting a small college community from a dorm room at Harvard University.
These graphics show how in a post-colonial world, former colonies are are still socially intertwined in a cultural network that mirrors the empires of yesteryear. Why are these modern social networks so similar to imperial patterns? What economic explanations are there for these patterns? What is the cultural impact?
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POTENTIAL OF FRUIT PRODUCTION TEMBESU (Fagraea fragrans Roxb.) OF OGAN ILIR (OI) AND OGAN KOMERING ILIR (OKI) THE SOUTH OF SUMATERA
Tembesu (Fagraea fragrans Roxb.) Is one tree that is very popular in Southern Sumatra region as raw material for carving and furniture industry. The need for wood reaches 3 120 m³ per year and has been supplied from plants that grow naturally or from community forest. The purpose of this study was to determine the production potential of fruit each branch so that it can predict preparations to facilitate the expansion of planting seedlings. Tembesu trees including types with wide adaptability to a place to grow as on dry land, waterlogged soil or land tides. This type includes the category of intermediate cycle (10-30) years. The average production of fruit each branch of Ogan Ilir 38 094.53 fruits, 1000 grain weight of 0.3066 gr and initial KA 7.2% textured clay dusty land. Production of Ogan Komering Ilir with sandy soil texture reach 88 862.27 fruits, 1000 grain weight of 0.2548 gr and initial seed KA 7.7%. The average production of fruit each branch is influenced by soil texture is sandy land (OKI, swamp / stagnant) production higher than that of land dusty clay (OI, dry / stagnant).
Key words : tembesu, fruit production, wide adaptability


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This six-lesson "Caretakers All" program covers animal care, recycling, environmental independence, soil, water and plant conservation, among other topics. Cattle ranchers in Deschutes County helped fund this education program to teach third and fourth grade students on principles of good environmental caretaking, according to the Oregon Beef Council.
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