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In May 1898, Lt. Henry H. Whitney of the Fourth Artillery was sent to the island on a reconnaisance mission, sponsored by the Army's Bureau of Military Intelligence. The mission was almost a disaster when newspapers leaked his identity, but he posed as a crew member in the furnace-room of the merchant ship and evaded detection by a boarding party of Spanish officers. He provided maps and information on the Spanish military presence by posing as a British merchant marine officer, and reported that the Spanish forces were few in number and poorly equipped.


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Which of the following options is the closest to the word underlined in the sentence below
In a democracy, everybody has the freedom to disagree with the government
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very similar words in spell but huge differnce in meaning.
Decent : means "socially acceptable". It's also an old fashioned way to say "polite."
Descent: means the act of moving downward, either physically or socially.
Dissent:means to publicly disagree with an official opinion or decision.
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High level of patient satisfaction and comfort during diagnostic urological procedures performed by urologists and residents.
Vries, A.H. de, Lesterhuis, E., Verweij, L.M., Schout, B.M.A., Horst, H.J.R. van der, Leppink, J., Koldewijn, E.L., Wagner, C. High level of patient satisfaction and comfort during diagnostic urological procedures performed by urologists and residents. Scandinavian Journal of Urology: 2016, 50(3), 206-211
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Objective
The aim of this study was to investigate how patients experience diagnostic urological procedures performed by urologists, junior residents and senior residents, and to assess the influence of procedure-related factors on patient experiences.
Methods
Data were collected during 222 procedures: 84 transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsies (TRUSP; urologists n = 39, residents n = 45) and 138 urethrocystoscopies (UCS; urologists n = 44, residents n = 94) in six hospitals. Patient experiences were assessed using a questionnaire focusing on pain, comfort and satisfaction (visual analogue scale, 0–10) and communication aspects on a four-point Likert scale. Clinical observations were made to identify influencing factors.
Results
Median values for patient experiences across procedures were 10 (range 5–10) for patient satisfaction, 2 (0–9) for pain and 8 (0–10) for comfort. Generalized estimating equations revealed no significant differences between urologists, senior residents and junior residents in terms of experienced patient comfort, satisfaction or pain. Procedural time was longer for residents, but this did not correlate significantly with patient-experienced comfort (p = 0.3). In UCS, patient comfort and satisfaction were higher in the supine position for male and female patients, respectively (p < 0.01). In TRUSP, local anaesthesia resulted in a significant decrease in pain (p = 0.002) and an increase in comfort (p = 0.03). Finally, older patients experienced less pain and gave higher comfort and satisfaction responses than younger patients.
Conclusions
Patients expressed high levels of satisfaction and comfort during diagnostic urological procedures. Experiences were not affected by the level of training, suggesting highly developed interpersonal and communication skills for residents in an early stage of residency training. Patients demonstrated significant preferences for local anaesthesia in TRUSP and performance of UCS in the supine position over the lithotomy position.


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Let $\pi$ be a permutation of the integers $0$ through $2^n-1$ (the integers that can be represented in $n$ bits). For example, $\pi$ could be used as a substitution cipher in which each plaintext block is $n$ bits long. How many possible choices of permutation $\pi$ are there? Equivalently, how many permutations are there of the first $2^n$ non-negative integers?
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closed as off-topic by fgrieu, DrLecter, rath, figlesquidge, Maeher Jan 28 '14 at 10:35
Please do some research before asking obvious questions, and doing that poorly: there is a typo (the first $2^n$ non-negative integers is obviously met). Also, π defined in the first sentence is not used in the second, which forms an independent question; so why include the definition of π? – fgrieu Jan 28 '14 at 7:14
_USER_: To be fair, I don't see a typo, the question shows $[0,2^n-1]$? Its still a low quality question, at best containing combinatorics taught in secondary school (UK). – figlesquidge Jan 28 '14 at 10:40
Typo in the question is fixed thanks to figlesquidge; typo in my comment remains (met should be meant). – fgrieu Jan 29 '14 at 14:28
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There are $k!=k(k-1)\dots3\cdot 2\cdot 1$ possible permutations of $k$ elements.
This is very basic combinatorics.
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WOO HOO! African state of Angola bans Islam and will destroy all the mosques
UnknownBy popular demand, Angolan authorities have taken pre-emptive action and decided to ban the Muslim religion, which they consider a cult, NOT a religion. They see what Muslims are doing to Christians, especially in Africa, and are taking steps to prevent the same from happening in Angola.
imagesPoste reveille (h/t Susan K) The provincial governor of Luanda, Bento Bento, said on the airwaves of local radio that "radical Muslims are not welcome in Angola and the Angolan government is not ready for the legalization of mosques." Minister of Culture, Rosa Cruz e Silva explained that the law on freedom of religion will be reviewed given the current national context, noting that the Government will redouble its efforts to fight relentlessly against religious cults like Islam which are contrary to the customs of Angolan culture.
95% of Angola's population is Christian. A quarter belongs to Protestant churches founded during the colonial period, including congregational evangelical church.
former-boko-haram-Nasir-IsiakuThis decisive action taken by the Angolan head of state is based on a desire to guard against the rise of the Wahhabi ideology that has created havoc, death and destruction in Africa and elsewhere. And as rightly explained Tunisian philosopher Mezri Haddad: "Islamism and Islamophobia feed each other. Worse, long-term Islamism as an ideology destroy Islam as religion. "
Africalap According to the International Religious Freedom Report 2008, Islam in Angola is a minority religion with 80,000 – 90,000 adherents, composed largely of migrants from West Africa and families of Lebanese origin. The Muslims comprise between 2.5 to 3 percent of Angola's overall population of 17 million people, most of them Christians.
in the last decade, but especially during the last few years the Muslim community in Angola has grown appreciably and Islamic activities have become more common in major cities. Mosques have sprung up in a number of places and Qur'anic schools have been built to provide Islamic instructions and teach Arabic language to adherents.
Public attitudes toward Islam have been generally negative. Cultural differences between Angolan and Muslim West African immigrants have been the basis for negative views toward Islam, as was the perceived link between Islam and illegal immigration. Since the September 11 attacks, there has been a deliberate attempt to link Muslims with terrorism. It has become a matter of routine at Luanda airport for security officers to detain Muslims arriving from Sahelian countries.
jihad christian girl beheaded by indonesian muslims in 2005
3779664185On September 1, 2008, a Muslim mob attacked the Christian community in the town of Andulo. The school-age daughter of a deacon at one of the churches was decapitated. Forty Christians were assaulted or tortured. The mob burned three church buildings. They also went to Christians' houses to intimidate them or destroyed items of property. Stones were thrown at the headquarters of a local Christian project, causing some damage. An Angolan Christian leader said that the local police were unable to stop the attack and fled the scene.
1) He's sending weapons to Libya to help repair America's strained relationship with Al-Qaeda.
2) Parents all across the country can now point to Barack Obama's performance when they're explaining to their children why they shouldn't use drugs.
3) He won the Nobel Peace Prize. Hello!
4) Thanks to, "New Coke" no longer has to bear the shame of being the worst product roll-out in American history.
5) Because of Obama, 91 million people without jobs now have plenty of time to spend with their family.
6) He extended childhood all the way up to 26 by allowing "children" to stay on their parents insurance until then.
7) He's kept goofy Uncle Joe Biden from becoming President for five long years.
8) No President in American history has done more to further gun sales than Barack Obama.
9) Without Barack Obama, none of us would have ever heard the name Sandra Fluke and what a tragedy that would be!
10) He has already broken Bill Clinton's record for the most lies told in one presidency with three years left to go in office.
11) When the SEALS asked for permission to kill Bin Laden, he didn't insist that they merely give Osama a good talking to instead.
12) He has worked tirelessly to know the American people better through invasive TSA searches, reading their emails, and listening in on their phone calls.
13) He's living proof that even a pothead who thinks there are 57 states can still live the American dream.
14) Because of Obama's economic policies, more Americans than ever have gotten to experience the sweet, sweet joy of funemployment!
15) Obama's policies are so bad that even real racists have stopped hating him for being black and hate him for his failed policies.
Nuclear Ambitions Are Clear Sign Dear Leader Obama Losing Grip
John Ransom / Townhall Columnist
Despite concrete evidence that global warming has paused, despite evidence that the world is most definitely not running out of oil, despite evidence that the climate models are wrong, global warming still looms as a major disaster to people living in the United States, especially the poor and the middle class.
That's because the false hysteria surrounding global warming is partially responsible for electing the worst president that we've ever had.
And the cleanup from this disaster is going to take a long while.
Let's put it this way: The earth will begin to warm again before the fallout and toxic effects of Hurricane O are cleaned up.
In the latest manifestation of the man-caused disaster that is Obama, Senator Millionaire, Harry Reid, (D-Dead) got rid of the long agreed-upon rules that prevent presidential nominations from coming to a vote without a consensus amongst Senators.
This rule has been so sacrosanct that changing it has been referred to by BOTH parties as "the nuclear option."
While Democrats usually pursue a strategy of using dead voters to stuff ballot boxes and suppress the vote, Obama instead turned to a dead Senator, Harry Reid, to stuff the Senate votes.
And because the nuclear option was deployed, you can kiss an early debt deal goodbye, along with a deal on tax reform or a deal to keep government running past January 2013.
Only rulers of tin-horn dictatorships seek to go nuclear, like this, as an alternative to real, responsive government.
"I just think after today, legislating's going to be pretty tough," said Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, who infuriates the GOP's base for often cooperating with Democrats on bipartisan legislation.
"If you thought the Senate has already ground to a near standstill, this is like throwing sand into the gears of an already rusty machine," said Republican strategist Ron Bonjean, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. "It's really going to heighten the tensions even further, create bitter partisan arguments and add to the acrimony that's currently in the Senate."
Strike that. I'm sure he meant to say: "create MORE, bitter, partisan arguments."
What's at stake is the thin veneer of civility-- perhaps the last civility left in our Republic-- that allows consensus to built even in tough times. It means that while a majority in the Senate rules, it also reigns.
Consensus is dead! Long live the tyrannies of the Majority... with nukes!
Make no mistake: This is just an attempt by Obama to poke the hornets' nest because the sting of Obamacare is killing him.
Nothing constructive will come out of it.
It's civil war, senatorial style… with nukes.
While the rest of us worried about Iran going nuclear, Obama went nuclear instead.
His nuclear ambitions are the surest sign that the Dear Leader is losing his grip on his people.
Obama likely meant for Senatorial Civil War. He's hoping for a shutdown or a showdown that will help him wiggle, waggle and worm his way out of the Obamacare debacle.
And here's the big giveaway: Obama invoked our Founders in defense of Reid's maneuver in getting rid of the "obstructionists" in the GOP who sought to build a consensus as an alternative to one party rule.
"But today's pattern of obstruction," said Obama about the rules that require 60 votes to move a presidential appointment forward, "it just isn't normal. It's not what our founders envisioned."
Yeah, like, when has he ever cared for what our Founders envisioned?
The last dead white guy he ever had a kind word for was Nancy Pelosi. Or maybe Joe Biden.
Sigh… it's always the WRONG dead white guys with that dude.
"If the Democrats proceed to use the nuclear option in this way, it will be Obamacare II: It will be another raw exercise of partisan political power to say we can do whatever we want to do," said Republican Senator Lamar Alexander as reported by WBIR in Knoxville, Tennessee. "The only cure for that is a referendum next November."
And then let the cleanup of the man-caused fallout and real toxic waste begin.
On judges, ObamaCare, and the nuclear option...issues joined at the hip
By: Diane Sori
In a lawless power grab that broke all the rules in order to change the rules to favor Barack HUSSEIN Obama's leftist agenda...and knowing that Republicans will most likely retake the Senate and keep the House in 2014...the Senate under Harry Reid's hand invoked the 'nuclear option'...thus heralding in the start of at least one very dangerous year of


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This SAE Aerospace Information Report (AIR) establishes the part numbers and/or description of the critical components and operational guidelines for the standard hydraulic impulse machine for testing hydraulic hose assemblies, tubing, coils, and fittings and may be used for similar fluid system components, if desired.
The standard impulse machine is established for the following purposes:
As referee in the event of conflicting data from two or more nonstandard impulse machines. Such a referee machine might be built by an impartial testing activity.
A design guide for future machines being built by manufacturers and users, or the upgrading of present machines.
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the actual import paths contained in a repository aligning with ImportRoot. If tools, or their users, specify an alternate Source that contains a repository with incompatible internal import paths, gps' solving operations will error. (gps does no import rewriting.)
Also note that if different projects' manifests report a different Source for a given ImportRoot, it is a solve failure. Everyone has to agree on where a given import path should be sourced from.
If Source is not explicitly set, gps will derive the network address from the ImportRoot using a similar algorithm to that utilized by 'go get'.
type ProjectProperties
type ProjectProperties struct {
 Source string
 Constraint Constraint
}
ProjectProperties comprise the properties that can be attached to a ProjectRoot.
In general, these are declared in the context of a map of ProjectRoot to its ProjectProperties; they make little sense without their corresponding ProjectRoot.
type ProjectRoot
type ProjectRoot string
ProjectRoot is the topmost import path in a tree of other import paths - the root of the tree. In gps' current design, ProjectRoots have to correspond to a repository root (mostly), but their real purpose is to identify the root import path of a "project", logically encompassing all child packages.
Projects are a crucial unit of operation in gps. Constraints are declared by a project's manifest, and apply to all packages in a ProjectRoot's tree. Solving itself mostly proceeds on a project-by-project basis.
Aliasing string types is usually a bit of an anti-pattern. gps does it here as a means of clarifying API intent. This is important because Go's package management domain has lots of different path-ish strings floating around:
 actual directories:
 /home/sdboyer/go/src/github.com/sdboyer/gps/example
 URLs:
 _URL_
 import paths:
 github.com/sdboyer/gps/example
 portions of import paths that refer to a package:
 example
 portions that could not possibly refer to anything sane:
 _URL_
 portions that correspond to a repository root:
 _URL_
While not a panacea, having ProjectRoot allows gps to clearly indicate via the type system when a path-ish string must have particular semantics.
type Revision
type Revision string
A Revision represents an immutable versioning identifier.
func (Revision) Intersect
func (r Revision) Intersect(c Constraint) Constraint
Intersect computes the intersection of the Constraint with the provided Constraint. For Revisions, this can only be another, exactly equal Revision, or a PairedVersion whose underlying Revision is exactly equal.
func (Revision) Matches
func (r Revision) Matches(v Version) bool
Matches is the Revision acting as a constraint; it checks to see if the provided version is the same Revision as itself.
func (Revision) MatchesAny
func (r Revision) MatchesAny(c Constraint) bool
MatchesAny is the Revision acting as a constraint; it checks to see if the provided version is the same Revision as itself.
func (Revision) String
func (r Revision) String() string
String converts the Revision back into a string.
func (Revision) Type
func (r Revision) Type() VersionType
Type indicates the type of version - for revisions, "revision".
type RootManifest
type RootManifest interface {
 Manifest
 // Overrides returns a list of ProjectConstraints that will unconditionally
 // supercede any ProjectConstraint declarations made in either the root
 // manifest, or in any dependency's manifest.
 //
 // Overrides are a special control afforded only to root manifests. Tool
 // users should be encouraged to use them only as a last resort; they do not
 // "play well with others" (that is their express goal), and overreliance on
 // them can harm the ecosystem as a whole.
 Overrides() ProjectConstraints
 // IngoredPackages returns a set of import paths to ignore. These import
 // paths can be within the root project, or part of other projects. Ignoring
 // a package means that both it and its (unique) imports will be disregarded
 // by all relevant solver operations.
 //
 // It is an error to include a package in both the ignored and required
 // sets.
 IgnoredPackages() map[string]bool
 // RequiredPackages returns a set of import paths to require. These packages
 // are required to be present in any solution. The list can include main
 // packages.
 //
 // It is meaningless to specify packages that are within the
 // PackageTree of the ProjectRoot (though not an error, because the
 // RootManifest itself does not report a ProjectRoot).
 //
 // It is an error to include a package in both the ignored and required
 // sets.
 RequiredPackages() map[string]bool
}
RootManifest extends Manifest to add special controls over solving that are only afforded to the root project.
type SimpleLock
type SimpleLock []LockedProject
SimpleLock is a helper for tools to easily describe lock data when they know that no hash, or other complex information, is available.
func (SimpleLock) InputHash
func (SimpleLock) InputHash() []byte
InputHash always returns an empty string for SimpleLock. This makes it useless as a stable lock to be written to disk, but still useful for some ephemeral purposes.
func (SimpleLock) Projects
func (l SimpleLock) Projects() []LockedProject
Projects returns the entire contents of the SimpleLock.
type SimpleManifest
type SimpleManifest struct {
 Deps, TestDeps ProjectConstraints
}
SimpleManifest is a helper for tools to enumerate manifest data. It's generally intended for ephemeral manifests, such as those Analyzers create on the fly for projects with no manifest metadata, or metadata through a foreign tool's idioms.
func (SimpleManifest) DependencyConstraints
func (m SimpleManifest) DependencyConstraints() ProjectConstraints
DependencyConstraints returns the project's dependencies.
func (SimpleManifest) TestDependencyConstraints
func (m SimpleManifest) TestDependencyConstraints() ProjectConstraints
TestDependencyConstraints returns the project's test dependencies.
type Solution
type Solution interface {
 Lock
 Attempts() int
}
A Solution is returned by a solver run. It is mostly just a Lock, with some additional methods that report information about the solve run.
type SolveParameters
type SolveParameters struct {
 // The path to the root of the project on which the solver should operate.
 // This should point to the directory that should contain the vendor/
 // directory.
 //
 // In general, it is wise for this to be under an active GOPATH, though it
 // is not (currently) required.
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 // A real path to a readable directory is required.
 RootDir string
 // The ProjectAnalyzer is responsible for extracting Manifest and
 // (optionally) Lock information from dependencies. The solver passes it
 // along to its SourceManager's GetManifestAndLock() method as needed.
 //
 // An analyzer is required.
 ProjectAnalyzer ProjectAnalyzer
 // The tree of packages that comprise the root project, as well as the
 // import path that should identify the root of that tree.
 //
 // In most situations, tools should simply pass the result of ListPackages()
 // directly through here.
 //
 // The ImportRoot property must be a non-empty string, and at least one
 // element must be present in the Packages map.
 RootPackageTree pkgtree.PackageTree
 // The root manifest. This contains all the dependency constraints
 // associated with normal Manifests, as well as the particular controls
 // afforded only to the root project.
 //
 // May be nil, but for most cases, that would be unwise.
 Manifest RootManifest
 // The root lock. Optional. Generally, this lock is the output of a previous
 // solve run.
 //
 // If provided, the solver will attempt to preserve the versions specified
 // in the lock, unless ToChange or ChangeAll settings indicate otherwise.
 Lock Lock
 // ToChange is a list of project names that should be changed - that is, any
 // versions specified for those projects in the root lock file should be
 // ignored.
 //
 // Passing ChangeAll has subtly different behavior from enumerating all
 // projects into ToChange. In general, ToChange should *only* be used if the
 // user expressly requested an upgrade for a specific project.
 ToChange []ProjectRoot
 // ChangeAll indicates that all projects should be changed - that is, any
 // versions specified in the root lock file should be ignored.
 ChangeAll bool
 // Downgrade indicates whether the solver will attempt to upgrade (false) or
 // downgrade (true) projects that are not locked, or are marked for change.
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The U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards program continues to gain support, as the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy announced that the newly launched awards program will be judged by a panel of experts from academic institutions, USDA, EPA, World Wildlife Fund, media and dairy industry leaders.
In September, the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, in affiliation with the Dairy Research Institute, announced the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards, a new program to recognize dairy farms, businesses and collaborative partnerships for efforts that deliver outstanding economic, environmental and/or social benefit, thus helping advance sustainability of the dairy industry.
The judges panel brings together leading experts on the economic and environmental issues and opportunities facing the dairy industry today. This varied experience will enable the panel to assess nominations from diverse perspectives as they evaluate and select the winners. All nominations will be evaluated based on the program's or project's results as measured by triple bottom-line success – economic, environmental and social. Judges also will assess the potential for adoption of the idea by other dairy farms and businesses; demonstrated learning, innovation and improvement; and scalability.
Judges for the inaugural U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards are:
- Robert Bonnie, senior advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Jim Carper, chief editor, Dairy Foods
- Dr. Jason Clay, senior vice president, Market Transformation, World Wildlife Fund
- Lawrence Elworth, agricultural counselor to the administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Dr. Molly Jahn, professor, Laboratory of Genetics and Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Larry Jensen, president, Leprino Foods and chair, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy
- Matt Kistler, senior vice president, Walmart
- Steve Larson, managing editor, Hoard's Dairyman
- Dr. James Linn, department head, professor of dairy nutrition, University of Minnesota; and president, American Dairy Science Association
- Joel Makower, chairman and executive editor, Greenbiz Group Inc.
- Randy Mooney, dairy producer and chairman, National Milk Producers Federation
- Dr. M. Gatz Riddell, executive vice president, American Association of Bovine Practitioners
- Paul Rovey, dairy producer and chairman, Dairy Management Inc.
- Connie Tipton, president and chief executive officer, International Dairy Foods Association
- Dave White, chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA
In addition to the prominence of the judges panel, USDA and World Wildlife Fund have lent their support to the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards. Since 2010, World Wildlife Fund and the Innovation Center have established a transformative partnership to build on each other's networks, knowledge and experience, with the broader goal of creating a more sustainable dairy industry environmentally, socially and economically.
Greenhouse gas reduction projects under way as part of the Sustainability Commitment are supported in part by funding and shared resources from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS). In particular, NRCS is working with the dairy industry to promote on-farm energy management.
Nominations are being accepted at USDairy.com/Sustainability/Awards through Dec. 1 for the following awards:
- The Elanco Award for Outstanding Dairy Farm Sustainability
- The U.S. Dairy Export Council Award for Outstanding Dairy Processing & Manufacturing Sustainability
- The Center for Advanced Energy Studies/Idaho National Laboratory Award for Outstanding Achievement in Energy
Winners of the inaugural U.S. Dairy Awards will be announced in February 2012 and will be recognized at a special awards ceremony held in Washington D.C. The awards are part of the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Commitment, an industrywide effort to measure and improved the economic, environmental and social sustainability of the dairy industry. PD
—From Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy news release


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Welcome back! In part 1 we had a look at some NSX-T management plane failure scenarios and how to recover from them. In this part we continue to investigate NSX-T recoverability at the data plane and more specifically the NSX Edge.
If you ever experience an issue in your NSX-T production environment, the first and only thing you should do is open a VMware support request. Highly skilled experts who are dealing with all kind of NSX-T issues on a daily basis will help you in the best possible way with your specific issue.
NSX data plane failure & recovery
Most will agree that failures at the data plane are more critical than for instance failures at the management plane. After all, the data plane is where the network packets that really matter are flowing around. Failures at the data plane can potentially impact service availability.
Luckily, the NSX data plane is robust by design. Largely distributed and where it's centralized it's also clustered. Combine this with a proper design for the physical and logical components and you're looking at a pretty solid solution.
But sure, things can break down and when they do it's important to understand how to get back on track again.
The lab environment
We're still using the same small lab environment as in part 1. I just added a VM in the compute cluster for today's article. Below is a diagram showing the main components from a high level perspective.
The NSX Edge
The NSX Edge is a centralized, often clustered, component. It provides a range of gateway services, but one of its main responsibilities is routing traffic between NSX logical networks and the physical network.
The worker bees of the NSX Edge are the edge nodes. They are available in two form factors (virtual machine and bare metal) and are organized in one or more edge clusters.
In my lab environment the NSX Edge consists of of two edge node VMs and one edge node cluster.
Let's have a quick look at the deployment details of one these edge node VMs.
A pretty common NSX-T 2.4 edge node deployment configuration for the VM form factor.
Below the layer 3 topology running on top of the NSX Edge.
As you can see the layer 3 network is making good use of the lower layer's redundant paths.
Lastly, the Tier 0 gateway in this lab has been set up with an Active-Standby HA mode.
Current state of the NSX Edge
Life is good at the edge. The edge node VMs are up and running.
The edge transport nodes configuration state and node status are looking good.
The Tier 0 gateway's BGP summary shows that BGP connections are established with both of the TORs.
The Tier 0 gateway's routing table contains IP routes advertised by the TORs through BGP.
And last but not least the VM in the compute cluster can access the physical network. A "traceroute" to the PING host on the physical network shows that traffic is routed to TOR-Right (172.16.14.253) at the moment:
North-south networking is running beautifully! What can possibly go wrong on a day like this?
Not exactly an NSX Edge failure, but definitely a failure scenario that concerns the NSX Edge.
TOR-Right broke down. What's the impact? Let's have a look.
The BGP summary indeed shows us that we've lost connection with TOR-Right. BGP connections with TOR-Left are still intact though.
The Tier 0's routing table now only contains BGP routes advertised by TOR-Left.
All of this is expected, but how is the data plane affected by this TOR failure?
It seems to be working fine. Sure, the "traceroute" reveals that traffic is now passing through TOR-Left (172.16.13.254), but that's about it.
The redundant infrastructure and BGP making use of that ensured that this TOR failure had minimal impact on the NSX data plane.
TOR down recovery
Basically we would just rack and stack a new TOR, configure it, and restore redundancy. The only thing we need to do within NSX is verify that the BGP connections are restored.
Edge node down
Last time I checked there were two edge node VMs in that Edge cluster. en01 is gone!
What's the impact? How do we recover?
Let's first investigate the impact this failure has on the north-south traffic.
Alright, none whatsoever.
The VM can still reach the physical network. The surviving edge transport node must have taken over the duties of the failed node.
But of course, the NSX Edge is now running on a single edge transport node and NSX Manager clearly shows us that we are dealing with a degraded state.
Without a standby node we're living on the edge (pun intended). We need that second transport node up and running again.
Edge node down recovery
In a situation like this it's good to remember that there's nothing unique about an edge node. During its lifetime it is much like a container receiving and executing configuration from the management plane. In other words, losing the edge node is in itself nothing traumatic. We just need to get a new one.
The first step when recovering from a permanent edge node failure is to deploy a new edge node. Once it's deployed three edge transport nodes are listed in the NSX Manager UI.
- en01 with status "Unknown" is the node that is missing.
- en02 with status "Degraded" because it can't find its HA buddy.
- en03 with status "Up" is alive and happy but not doing much.
The second step is to tell the management plane that we want to replace the missing edge transport node with the one we just deployed.
This is done under Edge Clusters in the NSX Manager UI (or via the API).
After clicking the small gear icon we select Replace Edge Cluster Member. This starts the process of re-mapping logical network configuration from one edge transport node to another.
In our scenario we want to re-map from en01 to en03.
If the edge transport node would still be operational, we would put it in maintenance mode here to minimize data plane disruptions. In our failure scenario the node is already gone so maintenance mode is not relevant.
After clicking Save the management plane comes into action and links configurations and other related logical network constructs to the new edge transport node.
Once the process is done we can delete the orphaned edge transport node and after a minute or so we're seeing two healthy edge transport nodes again.
A look at the Tier 0's logical router ports shows us what happened.
Two of the logical router ports previously mapped to en01 have been relocated to en03.
BGP connections are established again.
Replacement successful! The fabric's state is restored to normal operations.
Today we looked at two failure scenarios concerning the NSX Edge:
- Failure of a top-of-rack switch
- limited impact on the data plane
- Failure of an NSX edge node
- deploy new edge node
- run edge transport node replace process
- remove orphaned edge transport node from fabric
Not too bad. This is a small environment, but the recovery procedures will be largely the same regardless of environment size.
Sure, more things can break. An ESXi host hosting an edge node, a physical NIC, cables, and so on. The bottom line is that unless we're dealing with a complete meltdown, a properly designed NSX Edge will minimize the impact of component failure and make recovery a piece of cake.


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φ # Push the golden ratio constant (1.618033988749895)
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text: Conventional vector current control scheme has been widely used in grid-connected inverter systems. However, it suffers from severe power limitation issues under weak grids. This article reveals that the coupling effect between the power delivery and the voltage at the point of common coupling causes the static power limit, which only depends on physical parameters of the system. When the stability of the control scheme is considered, negative resistance characteristics of the phase-locked loop (PLL) mainly result in the small-signal stability limit, which is called the dynamic power limit in this article. Because the small-signal stability limit can be improved by using different control methods, it attracts lots of research attention. In this article, a simplified d–q small signal impedance model is introduced to show the destabilizing factors. Then, an initial small-signal impedance reshaping method is proposed to counteract the major destabilizing factor caused by the PLL. Based on the initial impedance reshaping method, an improved control scheme is proposed. Through exhaustive mathematical analysis, it is proved that the dynamic power limit can be extended almost to the static power limit by using this proposed method. Finally, simulation and experimental results verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.


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Ponaplus is a unique Bio- formulation and consortium of effective bacterial strains which provides nitrogen , phosphorous and potash with plant growth promoting activities .
Ponaplus application is very easy and simple. Ponaplus economical and cost effective. Ponaplus provides 30-40kg of nitrogen per hectare through atmospheric nitrogen fixation .Ponaplus solubilizes phosphorous upto 10-15 kg /hectare and mobilizers potash upto 5-10kg/hectare .Ponaplus provides several growth promoting harmones , organic acids which provides plant growth and systemic resistance to plants.
Seed treatment :- mix 100ML of ponaplus /kg of seeds , shed dry and broad cast
Soil application:- Mix 250 ML ponaplus per acre with 100 kgs of FYM / Vermicompost / Organic manure and Spread Evenly in the main field as soil application.
Effective for all crops.
NOTE: - STORE IN COOL AND ROOM TEMPARATURE


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This document consists of the detection and verification of a failure in the area of sea water pump of a Yanmar 6HAL2-DTN Auxiliary Engine no1 with 439800 running hours. Trend line was drawn using the sea water pump pressures from the engine sea trial record.
The sea water pump condition is based on the pressure readings taken during the engine operation. The data obtained from the engine analysis was processed, analyzed and compiled by a qualified professional analyst, resulting in the following recommendation:
Sea water pump condition has to be checked.
2.1 THEORETICAL REFRENCES:
Low pressure of the sea water pump indicates a problem of excess clearance or damage on the impeller running surfaces.
2.2 VIBRATIONS SHOWN
Pressure measurements acquired can be shown as follow:
The sea water pump pressure is much lower than the pressure from the sea trials. As a conclusion of this analysis, it was recommended to check the sea water pump condition.
3 SHIP ENGINEERS CHECKS
The engine has been shut down then the sea water pump was disassembled to access the pump impeller. The clearance on the impeller was measured and was found to be substantial. For this type of sea water pump clearance on the running surface of the impeller should be between 0,20[mm] and 0,50 [mm]. The pump impeller has been replaced with a new one. Pump bearings and mechanical seals were also replaced.
After the pump reassembly was made the engine was started with the overhauled sea water pump and new measurements were taken the results can be shown as follow:
It is clearly shown that the sea water pump pressure is in the sea trials limit.
It can be concluded that the diagnosis obtained from the measurements and the data analysis was correct.


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The USA Canada Province of the Society of the Sacred Heart has released an innovative discernment app for young adults. Although the real life contact points are geared to the north American context, other elements could be useful to young adults in Australia and New Zealand.
The Call Me Back app has eight components:
- Faceworld is a way to reflect on the world context, social issues and the reality of young adults today.
- My Route is to explore the questions and intuitions, opportunities and calls of their lives.
- Belonging is a tool for reflecting on one's experience of belonging to a group, a project, a dream.
- My Creations helps people to get in touch with their creative experience through drawings, music, etc.
- My Journal helps people learn and apply guides for prayer, daily examen (a technique of prayerful reflection on the events of the day in order to discern God's desires), principles of discernment and praying with some of the Society of the Sacred Heart's founding mothers like Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat and Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne.
- My inspiration contains quotes from the Gospel, Oscar Romero, Martin Luther King, and others to inspire.
- My Toolkit contains the different activities and workshops the Society of the Sacred Heart has to offer (e.g., retreats, leadership training, shadowing a sister, service learning, project design, etc.)
- Home: Portal where one finds access to various areas of the Society of the Sacred Heart.
Here's a video introducing each component;


What is Dropbox
Dropbox
Definition:
Dropbox is an online file storage and collaboration platform that gives users a convenient and secure way to store, share, and access their documents, photos, videos, and other digital content. It is a cloud storage solution that synchronizes across all devices (laptop, desktop, tablet, phone), allowing you to access content from anywhere.
Dropbox also provides advanced features such as team collaboration, version control, remote wipe, and a host of security measures to ensure your data is always safe and secure.
Dropbox features and functionality
Among the main features of Dropbox we can highlight:
 - Cross-device sync: Dropbox syncs files, documents, photos, and videos across devices so you can access them from anywhere. It also allows you to share any file with colleagues or clients around the world.
 - Backup and restore: Dropbox provides an option to back up files. It also offers a convenient way to restore lost or deleted files with just a few clicks.
 - Security: Dropbox uses advanced security measures such as two-factor authentication, encrypted data storage and transport, file security, and data protection to keep data safe.
 - Team collaboration: Dropbox allows teams to collaborate from anywhere in the world, providing a secure platform for sharing and editing documents. It also includes features such as commenting and file versioning to ensure an efficient workflow.
 - Mobile app access: Dropbox provides a dedicated mobile app for iOS and Android devices, so you can access and manage files on the go.
Origin and evolution of Dropbox
Dropbox was founded in 2007 by two MIT students, Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi. It started as a side project while attending college and eventually grew into a multimillion-dollar business. Dropbox's idea was to create an easy-to-use cloud storage solution that would allow users to store their files online and access them from any device. Since then, it has become one of the most popular cloud storage solutions on the market, with more than 500 million users worldwide.
Dropbox alternatives
Among the main alternatives to Dropbox we can highlight:
 - Google Drive: This is a cloud storage service provided by Google that offers storage, file sharing, and collaboration features.
 - OneDrive: A cloud storage service from Microsoft that offers storage, file sharing, and collaboration features.
 - iCloud: It is a cloud storage service provided by Apple that integrates with your devices and offers storage, file sharing, and collaboration features. Box: This is a cloud storage and collaboration platform that offers various features and integrations with other tools.
 - pCloud: It is a cloud storage service that offers a number of features, including file sharing, collaboration, and security.
 - Sync.com: This is a cloud storage service that offers file sharing, collaboration, and strong security features


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Those entitled to relief must be:
- Resident within the parish in which application is submitted for enrolment.
- Wholly destitute of means of subsistence.
- Unable to work and earn a living due to mental and physical causes or both.
- In need of temporary relief due to drought, epidemic disease, fire, flood or other disaster.
- Anyone in or out of the parish who has emergency needs which he cannot meet. This assistance is usually refundable.
Any citizen who, due to circumstances beyond his / her control, finds himself in need of assistance can apply to the nearest Poor Relief Office for temporary assistance. The individual must undertake to repay the Poor Relief Department as soon as he/she is able.


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Your radiologist may perform a CT angiogram if you are experiencing shortness of breath to check for blood clots or other blockages in the lungs.
What is a CT angiogram?
A CT angiogram allows doctors to examine the pulmonary artery, which is the main artery that supplies blood to the lungs from the heart. In this test, a special iodine-based contrast material is injected into the body before a CT scan to illuminate the pulmonary artery and smaller blood vessels in the chest.


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Badacsony is one of the wine regions located around the Balaton lake. in this case at the north coast. There is roughly 1600 hectares of area under cultivation; with major grapes types being white. It's number 1 on this map.
Grape varieties :
- Olaszrizling (welschriesling)
- Pinot Gris
- Muscat Lunel
The soil in the lower areas of the volcanic hills are made out of loess, sandy clay and sand, but when you move up you'll find more basalt and basalt-tufa rubble. The balaton lake prevents extreme weather conditions therefor the region is considered to have a subMediterranean climate, There is a lot of sunshine and the hills protect the grapes from the eastern wind.
Click on the winery to bring up more information about them and to find my taste notes.


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New York, NY – Among moms with a child between the ages of two and six, reading is the activity they tend to spend the most time doing with their child each day, according to a survey of over 1,000 moms conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs on behalf of General Mills. Over half of moms (53%) select reading as one of the two activities they spend the most time doing with their child, followed by watching TV or movies (35%), playing with toys or dolls (29%), riding in the car to get to various activities (19%), and playing sports or outdoor activities (18%).
- Mothers 30 and older are more likely than younger moms to select reading as one of the two activities that they spend the most time doing with their child (57% vs. 44%).
- Mother with a household income of at least $50,000 are also more likely than those who are less affluent to select reading (59% vs. 44%).
Additionally, eight in ten moms (81%) report that they started reading to their child before their first birthday. An additional 12% started doing so when their child was one. Few (6%) waited until the child was older, and all started reading with their child before their child turned five.
- Hispanic mothers are less likely to begin reading to their child before they turn one (68%).
- Moms who are married are more likely than moms who are unmarried to begin reading to their child at this early age (84% vs. 73%).
Two thirds of moms (67%) read to their child at least daily, including 15% who do so several times per day. Another quarter (26%) say that they read with their child a few times per week, 5% do so about once a week, and just 2% do so less than once a week. Less than 1% of mothers surveyed reported that they never read to their child.
- Older moms are more likely than those who are younger to read to their child at least once a day, if not more: moms aged 40 and older: 76%; aged 30-39: 68%; aged 18-29: 57%.
- Moms who have graduated from college (73%), those have a household income of $50,000 or more (73%), those who are married (73%), and those who are Caucasian (70%) are among those more likely to report that they read to their child at least daily.
- Moms who started reading to their child before their first birthday are more likely to read with the child on a daily basis than are those who waited until their child was older (71% vs. 47%).
Mothers utilize a variety of methods to encourage their children to read. Three quarters select books that they think would really interest their child (76%) or always have books on hand (76%). Majorities also say that they make reading part of their child's daily routine (69%), let their child see them reading (59%) and talk about books with their child (51%). More than two in five (44%) say that they go to the library together, though just one in ten (9%) use incentives or rewards to encourage their child to read.
- Moms 40 and older tend to use more of these strategies than do younger moms. For example, 89% of moms aged 40 and up say that they always have books on hand compared to 65% of moms under 30. These older moms are also much more likely to go to the library with their child (53% vs. 32%).
Bedtime is typically when moms read to their child, selected by 61%. Over half (56%) say that they tend to read to their child in the evening, though fewer do so in the afternoon (31%) or in the morning (12%).
While all mothers say that they read to their child, how long they spend doing so varies quite a bit. Just 27% say that they spend 10 minutes or less when reading to their child, over half (54%) spend between 11 and 20 minutes reading with their child. One in five (19%) spend over 20 minutes when they sit down to read with their child. The average reading time is 16 minutes.
- Younger moms tend to spend less time when they read with their child than do older moms. Over a third of moms under 30 (35%) say that they typically spend 10 minutes or less while just 18% of moms 40 and older say the same.
- Those who are reading to their child less frequently also tend to spend less time when they do so. Moms who read to their child less than once a day are twice as likely as moms who read to their child on a daily basis to say that they spend 10 minutes or less (39% vs. 21%).
Though most moms make time each day to read to their child, busy schedules (61%) and cooking and household chores (57%) are the most common reasons that prevent them from spending more time reading. Many also say that their work or career (44%), spending time with their other children (33%) and the child's attention span impedes them from spending more time reading with their child. Few blame their local library's limited hours (3%) or not having a library close by (2%).
- Seven in ten moms who are employed full-time (70%) say that their job prevents them from spending more time reading with their child. Hispanic (54%) and African American (60%) moms are more likely than those who are white (41%) to say that their job is an obstacle when it comes to spending more time reading with their child.
Children tend to have a wide selection of books at home, with moms reporting that their child owns 55 books on average. More then nine in ten (92%) have over 10 books at home, including 42% who have over 50.
- Moms 40 and older (58%), college graduates (49%), those with a household income of $50,000 or more (49%), and Caucasians (50%) are most likely to say that their child owns over 50 books. In contrast, moms under 30 (26%), those who are unmarried (29%), Hispanic moms (27%) and African American moms (21%) are least likely to say so.
When selecting books for their child, moms are most likely to say that the educational value is one of the most important factors (62%). Roughly four in ten also consider colorful illustrations (43%), the topic (40%), the lessons or morals (38%) and the length and complexity (38%) as a top factor when choosing books for their child. They are less likely to consider their own personal experience (31%), recommendations from others (10%), or the author (3%) to be important when selecting children's books.
- The criteria moms use to select books vary with the age of their child. Those with a child ages two to four are more likely than those with a child ages five or six to say that the educational value such as letters, numbers, etc. (65% vs. 55%) and colorful illustrations (49% vs. 36%) are top factors when choosing a book. Conversely, those with older children are more likely to consider the topic (44% vs. 38% of moms of younger children) and the length and complexity (43% vs. 33%).
Though moms tend to have a multitude of books for their child at home, they also believe that school and public libraries ensure that that all children have access to quality books; nine in ten (90%) agree with this, including 51% who strongly agree.
- At least eight in ten moms across demographic groups agree that all children have access to books thanks to school and public libraries.
However, many (63%) also recognize that when it comes to children's access to books, there is a drastic disparity between middle and lower income neighborhoods in the U.S. At the same time, 37% do not agree.
- Moms who are married (66%), have a college degree (67%), and reside in the Northeast (72%) are most likely to agree with this statement.
These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted September 28-October 4, 2010. For the survey, a national sample of 1,012 mothers of a child ages 2-6 were interviewed online. Weighting was employed to balance demographics and ensure that the sample's composition reflects that of the universe. A survey with an unweighted probability sample of this size and a 100% response rate would have an estimated margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points 19 times out of 20 of what the results would have been had the entire population of mothers with a child ages 2-6 in the United States had been polled. All sample surveys and polls may be subject to other sources of error, including, but not limited to coverage error, and measurement error.
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text: Boundary layer and trailing edge flow activities were recorded using hydrogen bubble flow visualization techniques on an oscillating lifting surface in a two-dimensional water tunnel. Simultaneous with flow documentation, unsteady lift was measured over a range of reduced frequencies from 0.5 to 10. Unsteady loads using classical, inviscid theories were predicted for the experimental conditions investigated. Reduced frequency bands exhibiting poor agreement between experiment and theory were identified and a correlation to observed flow phenomena was accomplished. The results support the use of a separate viscous model near the trailing edge coupled with an inviscid flow field model to predict unsteady loads. The results further show that for certain reduced frequency bands, classical inviscid solutions may be applicable and adequate.


Often asked: What is a fein?
What does Fein mean?
A Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) is not required for all business types. If you are a sole proprietor or single-member LLC with no employees, you are not required to have a FEIN. All other businesses must request a FEIN from the IRS website, or contact them at _PHONE_ with questions.
How do I find my Fein number?
You can locate your EIN on your confirmation letter from the IRS, old tax returns, old business loan applications, your business credit report, or payroll paperwork. You can also call the IRS to look up your federal tax ID number. If you need to locate another company's EIN, you can start by asking the company.
What is the difference between an Fein and a tax ID number?
A federal employment identification number (FEIN) is the exact same thing as an employer identification number (EIN). The only exception to this rule is in when someone uses the abbreviation EIN to refer to a state tax identification number. In that situation, the state EIN is not the same as a federal EIN.
What does Fein mean for unemployment?
9-digit Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) – a FEIN can be obtained by going to the IRS website.
Is Fein a word?
fein is an acceptable dictionary word for games like scrabble, words with friends, crossword, etc. The wordfein' is made up of 4 letters.
Is Feening a real word?
Is Feening a real word? No, "feen" is the word. It was "fiend", but it's now "feen" in certain people's lexicon.
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What does an Fein number look like?
FEIN is an acronym for Federal Employer Identification Number, also known as an EIN. This unique, nine-digit number is used by the IRS to identify a business operating in the United States. An FEIN is structured like this: XX-XXXXXXX. An FEIN is a type of taxpayer identification number (TIN) used by certain businesses.
Can I verify EIN online?
Anyone can access this information directly from the IRS. As such, a nonprofit must provide you the EIN upon request, and you can verify this directly with the IRS on the Exempt Organization page of the IRS website. The site not only verifies EINs but advises you if organizations are in good standing with the IRS.
Is Fein public record?
Your employer identification number (EIN), or FEIN, allows you to do business and report financial information to the Internal Revenue Service. However, an EIN number is a public record, making your company vulnerable to people who care less about your business.
Who needs Fein?
The IRS uses the EIN to identify the taxpayer. EINs must be used by business entities–corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies. However, most sole proprietors don't need to obtain an EIN and can use their Social Security numbers instead. Even so, you may want to obtain an EIN anyway.
Where is the Fein on w2?
The best place to look your employer's EIN (Employer Identification Number) or Tax ID is in Box b of your W-2 form. Look for a 9-digit number with a dash separating the second and third digit (NN-NNNNNNN). It's usually right above your employer's name or below their address.
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Should I give out my tax ID number?
You can think of an EIN as a social security number for your business. Don't worry about keeping it secure though, because unlike a social security number, an EIN is not considered sensitive information. Be careful to never give out your EIN unless you need to—in the wrong hands, it can be used for identity theft.
Do you need an EIN for unemployment?
Requirements may vary from state to state, but here's a sampling of the information you will need to have available when filing for unemployment: Your Social Security number. The Employer Registration number or Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) of your most recent employer (if you have either).
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The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences held its first ever International Week, a collection of events focused on diversity and global thinking from Feb. 27 to March 3.
International Week occurred across campus as several organizations hosted events as part of the overarching week. These individual events included environmental documentary screenings, study abroad panels and coffee nights.
The largest event was the kickoff: Cultural Explosion, a performance by diverse student groups to showcase unique talent and celebrate diversity on campus. Cultural Explosion was hosted by BSOS Dean's Student Advisory Council and Global Communities Student Association, a living learning community that focuses on diversity.
The idea for BSOS International Week was conceived last year in a DSAC class when senior African-American studies major Rick Tagne-Teta realized he wanted to better celebrate diversity on campus.
"My idea was just trying to celebrate the fact that we have so much culture on campus," Tagne-Teta said.
Tagne-Teta mentioned his vision to fellow DSAC members Nathaniel Zumbach and David Falvo in fall 2016. Zumbach and Falvo became instrumental in the execution of International Week.
Falvo, a senior psychology major, took charge of funding for the event and planning the kickoff Cultural Explosion performance. Cultural Explosion is an event that's been hosted by Global Communities since 1992 as a showcase of international talents. This year, DSAC joined with Global Communities to make Cultural Explosion a major part of International Week.
"Overall, I was so pleased, and so taken away by how talented those performers were and how talented our community is," Falvo said.
Despite the night's happy ending, there was a hiccup along the way. DSAC received funding through both Pepsi and Student Entertainment Events, which are both run through the Stamp Student Union. But Stamp mixed up where which funds were allocated, which rendered the budget for International Week totally frozen until Stamp could clear up the issues.
Zumbach, a junior finance and economics major, headed marketing and co-sponsor coordination or bringing together event hosts.
Partnering groups included the Student Government Association, Arabic Flagship Program and many others.
Organizers decided early on that instead of asking campus groups to join and telling them what to host, they would let the groups bring their own event to the table.
One such event was a screening of "Years of Living Dangerously: Carbon Pricing and Divestment as Market Solutions," a documentary about the global effects of climate change. After the screening was a short discussion with public health professor Sacoby Wilson, who specializes in environmental justice and health.
The screening was hosted by the Student Sustainability Committee, part of SGA.
The event had five attendees. Samantha Francis, a presenter at the event and junior environmental science and technology major, blamed the turnout on a lack of outreach.
Cole McCarren, senior geography major, attended the screening. He is part of several environmental groups on campus.
"Every time I learn more about environmental issues I find more and more that everything is so much more interconnected," McCarren said. "There's so many issues that affect people you would never even expect. People you'll never talk to are being affected by your carbon emissions."
SSC's environmental screening was just one of many events that were part of International Week. But overall, organizers were happy with this year's outcome and excited for the future.
"I just hope that [International Week] continues," Falvo said. "I think it's important for this community to acknowledge the different groups on campus."


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Several different tools are used by wine-grape growers across Australia to manage under-vine weeds without chemicals.
Most growers use a combination of equipment to achieve good weed control. Cultivation is commonly used for non-chemical weed control, and the dodge plough (Figure 1) is still used as an aggressive tool for hard-to-control weeds.
A dodge plough breaks up the soil and turns it over, moving soil from under the vine to a mound away from the vine. A second cultivation pass later in the season, usually with a disc, returns the soil under the vine, rebuilding the mound and smothering many weeds in the process. The loosened soil that results from a dodge plough pass, is well suited to further weed control with other secondary cultivation tools (e.g. finger weeder, knife weeder).
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages: Dodge plough provide very effective weed control for otherwise hard to remove species and can help to break up hard, compacted soil.
Disadvantages: Dodge ploughs are slow and aggressive cultivation tools the require good operator experience to avoid damage to vines. They can damage soil structure and reduce soil carbon levels if used in soils that are too dry or wet. Repeated passes are required for long-term weed control. Under-vine cultivation can cause reductions in vine vigour in the first two years until the vine roots adjust by moving deeper into the soil profile. Can spread couch and kikuyu.
Table 1. Advantages and disadvantages of a dodge plough
|Ability to reduce weed competition with vines||Good|
|Soil disturbance caused||Poor|
|Suitability in young vineyards||Poor|
|Length of weed control||Good|
When considering which weed control tools to use, it is important to base the decision on each vineyard's individual characteristics. Factors such as soil type and condition; slope; rainfall and water availability; weed pressure; vine age; vine vigour; fruit end-use targets; weather conditions; and compatibility with existing infrastructure and equipment should all be considered.
Table 2. Ease of using a dodge plough on different soil types
|Large or excessive stones||Difficult|
*Can be difficult in wet or very dry soils
- Control weeds when they are small.
- Any mechanical weed control operation is most effective in hot, dry weather with dry soils.
- Cultivation may be damaging to soil in very wet or very dry conditions.
- The first cultivation pass may pull up rocks. Remove large rocks manually.
Handpicked Wines in the cool climate region of the Yarra Valley uses a dodge plough to clean up hard woody weeds such as mallow that are left behind by less aggressive cultivation tools such as the finger weeder and knife weeder.
Organic Winegrowers New Zealand. 2017. Undervine weed management – A practical guide to effective weed control in organic vineyards.
NSW Agriculture. 1993. How cultivation affects soil.
For further information, please contact:
Phone 08 8313 6600 Email _EMAIL_


twitter beachEarlier this year, Pew Research Center and the Social Media Research Foundation released a report that identified six structures of social media crowds that shape Twitter conversations. The research found that these structures are dependent on the topic being discussed, the sources of information cited during the conversations, the social networks of the people who are talking about the topic, and the leaders of the conversation.
The report identifies these six social structures as divided, unified, fragmented, clustered, inward hub and spokes, and outward hub and spokes. Since social media conversations and social media referrals are so important to content publishing growth, let's take a look at each structure and consider if the conversations happening about your content are actually happening among the right audiences.
The Polarized Crowd
The first social structure identified in Twitter conversations is referred to as the "divided" or "polarized crowd" and typically occur around topics that can be polarizing with extreme points. The members of one polarized crowd are unlikely to interact with other polarized crowds who don't agree with them. The two groups get their information from very different sources and will be highly divided as they discuss the same topic. Polarized crowds are often found in discussions related to politics.
For some content publishers, the polarized crowd could be very appealing. Certainly, the content from some political websites that focus on a specific point of view will perform well when delivered to the right polarized crowd.
The Tight Crowd
On the other end of the spectrum are "unified" or "tight crowds" where members are strongly connected with one another. They share ideas, information, and help each other around a common interest such as professional topics, hobbies, conferences or events, and so on. The only participants are members of the community.
For example, the community could be loosely formed around photography or more formally formed around a journalistic photographers conference. These groups are not intentionally polarizing themselves from other groups and don't shun alternate points of view, but the value of the conversations comes from having those conversations with other people who are equally invested in the topic.
For content publishers, getting the right content in front of these highly focused groups can be extremely effective.
The Brand Cluster
The next social structure identified in the research is referred to as a"fragmented" structure or a "brand cluster" because it is formed based on mutual interest in a product or celebrity. Since products and celebrities can have global recognition, these social structures can grow quite large on Twitter and beyond. However, they're typically fragmented into smaller groups of people all discussing the broader topic amongst themselves. There is little connection with people outside of the smaller, fragmented clusters.
For content publishers, it is important to understand that just because a celebrity or public event is popular on Twitter, that doesn't mean you can write about it and expect to have your content go viral. A better strategy is to connect that celebrity or event in a highly focused way to your content topic, and then seek out the fragmented groups on Twitter and across the social web who would be most interested in that focused content.
The Community Cluster
The "clustered" structure is made up of "community clusters" that form in order to discuss global news and events as well as popular topics with wide appeal. The smaller community clusters form around a collection of news sources for discussion but they are not connected with people outside of their smaller community clusters. Therefore, their conversations are not necessarily intended to be polarized but can be as a result of the small, disconnected social structure.
For content publishers, it's important to understand that even "broad appeal" conversations could be received by community clusters in very different ways. Find the community clusters who would be most interested in your content and focus on joining their conversations and sharing your content with them.
The Broadcast Network
The "in-hub and spoke" social structure is also referred to as a "broadcast network" and is typically quite large. They're most often centered around a celebrity or media organization that has a lot of followers who actively retweet the content published by that celebrity or media organization regardless of its content. There is little interaction among group members but a great deal of pass-along content from the hub is shared.
For content publishers, this is often the least effective social structure to spread your content. Even if this group retweets your content, that's all they'll do with it. There will be little or no engagement beyond clicking the retweet button.
The Support Network
Finally, the "out-hub and spoke" social structure (also called the "support network" structure) is usually created when a company, organization, or government agency responds to a customer complaint or request. For example, the _USER_ Twitter profile, which provides customer support, is a perfect example of a support network social structure. Members post messages to the company (at the center of the hub) and the company replies to customers (the spokes). However, there is rarely interaction between members of the support network.
For content publishers, an out-hub and spoke social structure could develop around your Twitter profile, but be careful. A support network structure is useful to help customers who might have problems, but it doesn't provide the interactivity that you need to truly build your audience and achieve publishing success.
You can follow the link at the top of the article for all of the details from the Pew Research Center report. It's well worth it to spend some time evaluating whether or not your content is reaching the right groups on Twitter.
Image: Rosaura Ochoa licensed CC BY 2.0


1. Does Singapore have its official Sign Language?
Singapore does not have its own official sign language. Nonetheless, since the 1950s, we DO have our own unique Sign Language, which makes our community unique as Deaf Singaporeans. That's our Singapore Sign Language.
Our Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) is derived from old Shanghainese Sign Language (SSL), American Sign Language (ASL) and signs of Signing Exact Language II (SEE2). Also, our localized signs are developed over time to align along with our Deaf Culture These unique signs are designed for many words unique to Singapore, like Clementi, Marina Bay Sands, and the Esplanade!
You can find out more about our SgSL from the comprehensive WIKIPEDIA.
Please note that our workshops and courses are taught by Deaf. It is led by Lily Goh who has her (at least) 20 years' experiences in teaching Sign Language. You are strongly encouraged to put what you have learnt from the Deaf communities into constant practice.
2. Are the workshops and courses open to members of the public?
Yes, they are open to members of the public who are hearing. We also accept deaf and hard-of-hearing students who wish to learn Sign Language.
Students who are aged 12 and above can apply for our workshops and courses. However, we need to formulate another curriculum for students aged 11 and below.
You need to start from Deaf Introductory Workshop, to Visual-Gestural Communication Workshop, to Basic Communication Levels 1-3 Courses. At this moment, we have our plans to develop and run the Intermediate & Advanced Communication Courses.
3. Can I arrange for the private tuition to learn Sign Language in my own pace? What is the Private-Track mode for Basic Communication Levels 1-3 courses?
Yes, you can learn Sign Language in your own pace, but it is at the best convenience and schedule of the instructor and student. This is the Fast-Track mode for the courses, and it is like a private tuition. The minimum/maximum time period for each session is 2 hours.
Charges* range below:
 - BCLevel 1: S$50.00 per 1 hour per pax
 - BCLevel 2: S$70.00 per 1 hour per pax
 - BCLevel 3: S$100.00 per 1 hour per pax
*Includes transport and other expenses.
4. Is there any assessment in each level of Basic Communication Courses?
Yes, each level has three graded quizzes, and exams. The quizzes are scheduled on Lessons 3, 5 and 7. The exams takes place on the last lesson/session. Please note that Basic Communication Course Levels 1-3 are different from Visual-Gestural Communication (VGC) Workshop as the workshop enables you to develop a better understanding (and practicum) of incorporating gestures in our daily communication through VGC. There is not any graded assessment in the VGC Workshop.
5. Will I get a certificate upon my completion of Basic Communication Course Levels 1-3?
Yes, you will get a Certificate of Completion on the last lesson after you have successfully completed the course with at least 50% pass in the assessment for each level. However, note for our Visual-Gestural Communication Workshop that you won't get any certificate as this does not involve any graded assessment.
6. I have learnt the Level 1 from other schools, such as the Singapore Association for the Deaf. Can I take the Basic Communication Level 2 instead?
Please note that we have our own curriculum that may be different from other training centres/schools. However, you are strongly encouraged to go for our Visual-Gestural Communication Workshop (at the beginner level). This may be on a case-by-case basis. You can drop us an email for a further discussion.
7. Where are your workshops and courses conducted?
We do not have a physical/permanent location. Once the application quota is met, we rent classrooms at Blk 261, Waterloo Street, Level 4 for our courses. The nearest MRT is Bras Basah MRT (Exit A). However, the Deaf Introductory Workshops are conducted at the Disabled People's Association _USER_ Point upon its availability. It has its limited space; it accommodates up to 12 people.
UPDATED AS OF JUNE 2020: In the light of COVID-19, our courses & workshops are conducted via ZOOM. The maximum class size is 8.
8. Can I pay cash on the first lesson?
No, cash payment is not acceptable. We accept online payment for better accountability. The payment shall be made prior to 7-9 working days before the first lesson. Please read the terms & conditions in the application form before you agree to submit it online.
9. Can I use my SkillsFuture Credit to pay for courses/workshops?
We regret to inform you that we have yet to become one of the training providers with SkillsFuture. Note that this business is solely run by Deaf; the one-person operation.
10. Where is the schedule for workshops and courses?
You can find the schedule at this webpage and scroll down to the schedule. Or you can go to our Facebook Page for more updates.
UPDATED AS OF 2017: We are unable to render our services at this moment till further notice.
1. How do I use a sign language interpreter?
The interpreter's job is to facilitate communication between SgSL users and users of spoken language(s), such as English, Mandarin. The interpreter will not give opinions, advice, or support to either party; however sometimes she may ask for clarification to understand what is being said. The interpreter will sit or stand opposite the deaf person and near the main speaker. When you are speaking, talk directly to the deaf person and not to the interpreter. The interpreter will watch the deaf person's signs, and her response will generally be in first person tense. You may see the interpreter using available graphics or handouts to support her interpretation. If you have any questions or concerns, relay them to the interpreter. We are willing to work with everyone involved to meet any needs that arise.
2. Why do I need a team of two interpreters?
Assignments lasting 2 hours or longer in length of time require 2 interpreters to be hired as a team. The reason for this case is to minimize interpreter fatigue. Research shows us the work of understanding one language, analyzing the overt and covert meaning of the language and also the necessary cultural mediation, and then applying the same process to produce an equivalent meaning in a second language, is a very mentally taxing task. After 1 hour of continuous work, the brain becomes fatigued and the quality of the interpretation suffers; errors and omissions rise.
3. Are your interpreters qualified enough for any assignment?
We regret to inform you that there is no association for sign language interpreters in Singapore. There are 6 full-time sign language interpreters in Singapore, and they are from the Singapore Association for the Deaf that is seen as a national body for deaf and hard of hearing people. However, we believe in our quality of service we render you or your organisation for the assignments.
4. When will I have the confirmation for the interpretation service?
Normally, we inform the requestor in 3 working days prior to the appointed date. We reserve the right to reject applications/requests at our own discretion. To avoid any disappointment, we encourage you to book our service online at least 9 working days in advance.


MQTT time stamp
I've set up a simple test that has a couple ESP32's that publish Temp/Humidity pairs to the MQTT connector. I'm able to display a graph with the published data that covers a 24 hour period. The problem I have is with the time display on the graph, it is UTC. Both the ESP32's and RaspberryPi are set to the correct local time. But the incoming data is always displayed using UTC. Is there a way to change this to local time?
Hi tresark,
If you are referring to the timestamp in the metadata, you can add the missing hours with a formular.
In Exceltime 1 represents 1 day. So adding 1/24 to your current time adds one hour to the total. :slight_smile:
Time in A1
In B1 you write =A1+(1/24)
The time in B1 is one hour later then the time in A1.
Thanks for the quick response. I'm not sure though how to use that with the draw.chart function.
What is your Streamsheet looking like at the moment, what do you use as your DataRange for the Chart?
The streamsheet is fairly trivial at the moment. It is based on the Windmill demo included during install. I was able to get the esp32 to post the data using MQTT. The current sensor values are moved from the 'inbox' to a pair of cells D5, D6. I then use the TIMEAGGREGATE function to keep a running average over the course of an hour (=TIMEAGGREGATE(D5,86400,1) in cell D7 and for the other in D8. Then I use (=DRAW.CHART("ID1","Chart1",13743,7594,11668,6191,"scatterLine",D7).
All that said, the demo Wind Cockpit that displays the moving chart for Wind Speed does the same thing. Across the bottom of that chart the times are in UTC.
In the Timeaggregate function you can use the parameter "timeserial".
This defaults to NOW() which is UTC. If you enter "NOW()+1/24" you added one hour to the UTC time! :slight_smile:
Example: =TIMEAGGREGATE(B11,,0,NOW()+1/24)
Perfect, thanks very much.
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Megasessions vs. Smaller Sessions – Which Is Better?
I've been reading a lot about megasessions on the internet. Some clinics are offering 5000 or more grafts in one sitting. I'd love to have my hair transplant finished in one shot, but I also read that this can be dangerous since many of the grafts will not survive. Do you think it's better to do a couple of smaller sessions or can these megasessions really be performed with today's technology?
Although there are no scientific studies to assess graft survival with "ultra" mega sessions consisting of 5000 or more grafts, a few clinics seem to have the capability to achieve these large sessions with apparently, good results. Without question, as the number of grafts per session increases, the need for strict, impeccable quality control within the clinic staff becomes essential and there are clear-cut reasons for this. The longer that the grafts are out of the body, the greater the potential for inadvertent dehydration of the grafts, which is known to be lethal to the follicles. Also, with longer out of body times, it is even more critical to maintain the solution in which the grafts are kept, at a cold temperature for proper preservation. There may be other, unknown factors which may come in to play, such as, increasing acidity over time or, other changes of the graft holding solution which may also affect survival. In this regard, there is a need to develop more sophisticated graft storage solutions for effective preservation of these follicles in longer procedures. With longer operative times there is also a greater potential for staff fatigue in the graft dissection and graftplacement phase of the procedure and therefore an increased risk of mechanical trauma to the follicles, which can also affect growth.
Aside from quality control and human factors, a study performed by Dr. Bobby Limmer in 1992 showed that, as the "out of body time" for the grafts increases (even if the grafts are kept hydrated in cold saline solution), the percent of grafts which survive decreases. His data showed that at two hours the survival was 95%, at four hours 90% and at six hours 88%.
Other things to consider when evaluating these large sessions include: 1) inquire as to the number of hairs that are going to be transplanted, not just the number of grafts. Hair grows naturally in the scalp in tiny groups which we call follicular units and contain 1, 2, 3 and rarely 4 hairs. The basis for follicular unit transplantation is to maintain these natural groupings and only separate them if one needs additional single hair grafts for a specific purpose, like hairline reconstruction. If a significant number of the follicular units are "split" so that each graft contains less hairs on average, you may be receiving a large number of grafts but, certainly, not a correspondingly large number of hairs. This "graft splitting" has been termed "subfollicular unit" grafting and clouds the issue as to what you are really getting. Not everyone is a candidate for "ultra" mega sessions since some individuals have tight donor areas which do not allow a wide – enough strip to be removed in one session to yield these large graft numbers. Another concern with the larger sessions pertains to the young patient, in whom the eventual baldness pattern is not established. It is recognized that someone who develops extensive male pattern baldness has approximately 5000 to 7000 follicular units that can be transplanted from the donor area in their lifetime. This, of course is a generalization and individual differences do exist. Nevertheless, using most of the available donor supply in one procedure leaves little reserves for future use, as the balding pattern continues over time.
Aside from these considerations there are a few reputable practitioners who report very good results with these very large sessions and it is crucial to carefully select a physician who takes your individual case into consideration before making a recommendation as to how many grafts are appropriate. Aside from asking questions pertaining to the issues which I have outlined above, it is extremely important to ask how many of these large sessions the surgeon has performed, try to meet other patients who have had a large procedures performed by the physician in question, and critically examine their "before" photographs to assess results.
Obviously the whole issue of surgeon selection becomes overwhelmingly critical when considering the sessions, since a significant portion of your lifetime donor supply is " on the line".
Find A Surgeon
The International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons is a consumer organization that selectively screens skilled and ethical hair transplant surgeons. The IAHRS does not offer an open membership policy to doctors practicing hair transplatation, and is the only group that recognizes that all surgeons are not equal in their skill and technique. Its elite membership seeks to represent the best in the discipline, the true leaders in the field of surgical hair restoration.


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WP-MIRROR is a free utility for building mirrors of any desired set of Wikimedia Foundation wikis.
Which Wikis[edit | edit source]
WP-MIRROR can build mirrors of any desired set of these wikis.
Why Build a Mirror[edit | edit source]
The main use cases for a mirror are these:
- Development. If you are technically minded and need a mirror with which you may conduct experiments;
- Infrastructure. If you need redundancy, or need to serve pages locally to minimize telecommunications traffic;
- Offline browsing. If you need off-line access, perhaps for reasons of mobility, availability, and privacy; and
- Research. If you need a mirror as a tool to assist your research on the contents of any given wiki.
Key Features[edit | edit source]
WP-MIRROR builds a set of mirrors with the properties:
- Appearance. A wiki page rendered by a mirror looks very similar to the same page rendered by the WMF servers;
- Behavior. A wiki page rendered by a mirror behaves almost the same (e.g. edit, search, user account creation, beta features); and
- Completeness. Builds a complete mirror with original size images.
WP-MIRROR is easy:
- Easy to install. Available as a DEB package, and is available from a Debian package repository;
- Easy to configure. The user may select any desired set of wikis by editing just one line in a configuration file;
- Easy to use. Sets up virtual hosts such as _URL_ _URL_ and _URL_ one for each wiki in the set, which the user may access with a web browser; and
- Robust. Stable even in the face of: corrupt dump files, corrupt media files, incomplete downloads, Internet access interruptions, and low disk space; and uses check-pointing to resume after process interruption.
WP-MIRROR automatically configures other software:
- Apache2. Enables the URL rewrite module, and enables virtual hosts;
- Cron. Sets up a cron job that updates the mirrors weekly;
- MediaWiki. Configures MediaWiki 1.24 and several dozen extensions; and
- MySQL. Configures MySQL to achieve an order-of-magnitude improvement in database performance.
WP-MIRROR is free:
- Free software. Software is released under the GNU General Public License (GPLv3); and
- Free documentation. Documentation is released under the GNU Free Documentation License, version 1.3.
Out-of-the-box Experience[edit | edit source]
WP-MIRROR by default, builds the following set of mirrors:
where Simple English means shorter sentences, and Wikidata is a centralized collection of facts usable by all other wikis (e.g. to populate infoboxes).
The default works out-of-the-box with no user configuration. It should build in 200ks (two days), occupy 150G of disk space, be served locally by virtual hosts: _URL_ _URL_ and _URL_ and update automatically every week.
The default should be suitable for anyone who learned English as a second language (ESL).
Largest Wikis[edit | edit source]
The largest wikis (with over a million articles each) are: en, sv, de, nl, fr, war, ru, it, ceb, es, vi, and pl. Because WP-MIRROR uses original size media files, the largest wikis are too large to fit on a laptop with a single 500G disk, unless the user does not need the images (and this is configurable). The en wikipedia is the most demanding case. It should build in 1Ms (twelve days), occupy 3T of disk space, be served locally by virtual host _URL_ and update automatically every month.
Platforms[edit | edit source]
WP-MIRROR 0.7.4 is known to install out-of-the-box on the following platforms:
- Debian 7.4 (wheezy) with backports. Tested both on a host, and on a virtual machine.
- Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty). Tested on a virtual machine.
Contact[edit | edit source]
Author is reachable by e-mail with user name wpmirrordev and domain name gmail dot com.


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Semi-automatic laminator(touch screen digital control)
1. Intelligent temperature control system makes the temperature more homogeneous and easier to set and control.
2. Laminating pressure is adjustable and can be adjusted according to the process, which makes the quality of modules better.
3. It could work continuously in high temperature for 24 hours
4.The advanced touch screen operating platform makes it more intuitive to operate, makes it respond more quickly, make the performance more stable and the failure rate is further reduced.
5. Applying a fully humanized operating procedure. The equipment is equipped with many detection switches. In the normal production, operators will only be required to put the modules on the heating platform and press the cover switch. The equipment will automatically laminate, cure and open cover automatically and wait for operator to start the next procedure.


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Generally, barley uses moisture more efficiently than other cereals. As a result, it can grow without irrigation in many cases. However, almost 50% of the commercial barley farms in dry areas are irrigated. When a low seeding rate has been selected, probably the plants won't maintain moisture, as vegetative growth often increases (1).
Water needs in different growth stages of barley
Barley plants need at least 100 mm (4 inches) and, more often, 125 mm (5 inches) of water from germination to reproductive growth stage to produce grain. The needs for water during vegetative growth vary depending on the environmental temperatures. For example, plants need more moisture for transpiration during a warm, dry spring than in a cool one (2).
As a cool-season crop, barley grows best in temperatures around 20 °C or 68 °F . This happens because, at this range, the plant can use more moisture available in the soil for vegetative crop growth than for transpiration.
Cereal crops, such as barley, use approximately 2 to 3 mm/day of water or 0.078 to 0.11 in of water at the tillering stage, while they need a little more (about 3 to 5 mm/day of water or 0.11 to 0.19 in/day) at the stem elongation stage. When the environmental temperature exceeds 25 °C or 77 °F, the plant needs the most moisture (5 mm/day or 0.19 in/day). In one week, barley will use about 20 to 35 mm of water or 0.787 to 1.377 in of water at the stem elongation growth stage, depending on other environmental conditions such as humidity levels, solar radiation, temperature, and wind. During the heading stage of barley, often in early July, water use is increased to 7-8 mm/day or 0.27 to 0.31 in/day (under ideal conditions). Peak water use is crucial for barley plants from mid-June to late July or early August. Significant reductions in yields can take place if, during this period, moisture is not at a desirable level. During the stage of reproductive growth, water needs and use remain high. After the heading stage, barley will keep using 7 to 8 mm/day of water or 0.27 to 0.31 in/day until the stage of flowering and grain filling (under ideal growth conditions). As grains fill, water use declines and decreases sharply as plants reach maturity. Some interesting findings show that under optimum environmental conditions, for each 25 mm (1 inch) of water used, barley will produce from 5 to 7 bushels/acre or 0.34 to 0.47 tonnes/hectare (2).
All the information mentioned above is just some general guidelines that should not be followed without doing your research. There are no two identical fields in the world; thus, nobody can advise you on fertilization methods without considering your soil's test data, tissue analysis, and field history.
Barley Irrigation Requirements and Methods