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How is Elon Musk going to change the world for humankind?
By Mark Myerson on Jun 8, 2018, 4:38 pm EDT under Daily Digest,
A combination of wild ambition and extensive resources has allowed Elon Musk to disrupt several major industries. But how might he change the world in future?
How much is Elon Musk worth? According to Forbes, he is worth around US$19.1 billion.
What companies has Elon Musk founded? PayPal, Hyperloop, SpaceX, and Neuralink, among others. He joined Tesla as an investor.
What are Elon Musk's long-term goals? He wants to promote renewable energy, make space travel affordable, and help humans colonize Mars.
For most of us, setting up the world's most popular online payment processor would look like success. But for one South African-born entrepreneur, it was just the prelude for bigger things.
That remarkable individual goes by the name of Elon Musk. He is the founder of PayPal and SpaceX. You might also know him for his remarkably ambitious Hyperloop project, or his insane goal of establishing life on Mars.
Beyond Tesla (Credit: Maurizio Pesce)
With his billionaire swagger and technical prowess, Musk is like a real-world superhero. But are his projects really doing good for the human race? And what can we expect next from this technology titan?
Musk founded PayPal
How did Elon Musk become rich?
Musk made his fortune online. His first company, Zip2, allowed newspapers to create online city guides. In 1999, it was sold to Compaq for $340 million. He then co-founded PayPal, which went on to be acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion.
What are Elon Musk's current projects?
After leaving eBay with $165 million in his back pocket, Musk turned his attention to solving big problems.
SpaceX is on a mission
Having originally hypothesized about Mars colonization in 2001, Musk entered the new space race with SpaceX. The company now makes its money delivering supplies to the International Space Station.
However, Musk has much bigger ambitions for space. Back in 2011, he stated that he wanted to send humans to Mars within 10–20 years. This March, SpaceX began building a new rocket — named BFR — designed for interplanetary missions. It could allow humans to take a pitstop at the Moon on the way to more distant destinations.
The Tesla Semi truck
Musk's name is also synonymous with Tesla, although he only got involved with the company as an early investor. After Musk took over as CEO, the company started innovating rapidly.
Aside from pretty cars, the company is working on numerous green technologies. For instance, there's the Tesla Semi, an electric truck with a range of 500 miles. Tesla is also investing heavily in battery production, while the company's SolarCity unit is installing thousands of efficient solar panels on homes every month.
The Hyperloop project (Credit: Okras on Wikimedia)
Hyperloop is perhaps Elon Musk's most attention-grabbing project. This tunnel-based system could allow tourists and commuters to travel at 760 mph inside sealed "pods." Although the technology is still being developed, it could soon make certain intercity flights obsolete.
His infrastructure firm, The Boring Company, has already created a tunnel under Los Angeles.
Picture of The Boring Company LA tunnel taken yesterday pic.twitter.com/TfdVKyXFsJ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2017
What is Elon Musk's next big project?
It's difficult to narrow down the answer to just one project.
OpenAI research
Musk has been very vocal about the dangers of AI in recent months. In response, he started a nonprofit research company to create "friendly" artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, his neurotechnology startup, Neurolink, is also trying to create a brain-computer interface.
Heading for Mars? (Credit: OnInnovation)
After successfully reaching Mars with SpaceX, Musk then wants to colonize the red planet. His long-term goal is to have 80,000 people living there by 2040.
And then there's this:
Oh btw I'm building a cyborg dragon
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2018
Musk certainly seems to be genuine in his attempts to improve our world. But only time will tell whether he's a crazy genius or just crazy.
What's your favorite Elon Musk project? Tell us in the comments!
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Oh the sounds of my youth… summer of 1977, 17 years old cruising in my 55 Chevy listening to KC on my Craig 8 Track, thumping the mindblower 6X9′s. Sipping on baby Miller lites with Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill chilling in the cooler. Going to be a good night… hell every night was GREAT. Just didn't know it at the time.
Can I be in your sunshine band?


Shariq Textiles is going to launched another slated high end fashion collection for women for upcoming spring summer season. The collection titled Shariq Textiles Subhata Kurti Spring Summer Collection 2015 for women that will hit the stores from February 13, 2015 at all famous clothing stores all over the Pakistan.
Now the right time has come on your way, give the impression of being well-dressed and sophisticated as you be dressed in a costume as this gracefully deliberate clothing. Shariq Textiles attribute discerning colors in flower-patterned stuff and usually light color tones like pink, purple, grey, yellow, parrot, orange, purple, brown, white, black, green etc. Subhata Kurti Collection fabric will be a wonderful bundle for fashion mindful ladies; the gorgeous rack boundary on the top will add a only one of its kind fascination to your glance.
Subhata Kurti Collection 2015 will be in stores after 13th February, but here we are going to share complete Shariq Textiles Subhata Kurti Collection 2015 for our viewers. The brand just posted its e-catalog on facebook page. The brand is getting pre-orders these days which you can place online.
Shariq Textiles is the leading clothing manufacturer in Pakistan, they teamed up with different Pakistani designers and introduce diverse range of women designer wear collection for every year, even for every season and ocassion. Shariq Textiles have huge amount of followers and lovers who always loves to buy Shariq Textiles designer wear collection for their casual wear clothing. They always set their calendars as per the Shariq Textiles schedules of collection launching. Now the fashion brand Shariq Textiles has been scheduled to launched Subhata Kurti Spring Summer Lawn Collection 2015 for women on February 13, 2015. This is unstitched collection available in affordable price, between PKR 2000 to PKR 4000.
Check below here Shariq Textiles Subhata Kurti Collection 2015 for women. See here complete designs pictures.


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package pl.yalgrin.gremphics.shape;

import java.util.List;

public interface IShape {
    public List<NamedProperty> getBoundProperties();

    public void setDragging(boolean enabled);
}

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Whenever a new slot game is released or is coming soon, all the biggest casinos, game sites and fan sites will have reviews on the game itself. In fact, you can find slot reviews on just about every game ever released. Unless you are a complete newbie to the online casino gaming scene, you will be well aware that online slots can be played for free as well as for real money. So, if you can try the slot out for yourself, why should you be reading the reviews? This is a good question and one that can be easily answered.
The number of online slot games is growing every day, with hundreds or even thousands of games to choose from, spending your time trying out a game you don't like is a waste of time. The most important function of a slot review is to give you a sense of the game itself. What is the basic theme? What are the graphics like? Is it upbeat or slow? What are the main characters etc. You will be amazed at what you can tell about a game from 30 seconds of reading the review.
If you have been around long enough, you will be able to tell which games are produced by which designers, simply by the look and structure of the game. For those who are not so proficient, slot reviews give you all the details of the slot setup, what coin values can be used, how many paylines there are, if the paylines be adjusted and even the payout ratio of the game itself. To add to this, you can find out exactly how much you can win from each symbol, what the jackpot is and if the game has a progressive jackpot. You can also find out if the game has an auto-play feature or gamble feature which can add a whole new layer to your gaming experience.
As you may be aware, slot games have bonus features that can only be triggered when the right combinations are set in place. The great thing about slot reviews is that the game reviewers have done all the hard hours of slugging through the game to trigger each and every bonus feature. Whether it is a free spins feature, a randomly triggered base-game bonus or an interactive bonus round, the reviewers have done it all. By reading the review, you know what bonuses are available, hot to trigger them and if they are worth your while.


Carl Orff's Carmina Burana (1937) is one of the single most popular choral works in the repertoire, and just about everybody has heard some recording of it, or heard popular excerpts from this work. Did you know that Orff's famous dramatic cantata is actually part one of a trilogy of such cantatas? Orff composed the "Songs of Beuren" first, the song lyrics taken from a medieval Latin manuscript found in a Bavarian monastery. Later he set to music love poems by the Roman author Catullus, which become the second cantata, Catulli Carmina (1943). Still later he returned to the verse of Catullus, adding the fragments of a marriage ode by the ancient Greek poetess Sappho to a snippet from the playwright Euripides as his text for a third cantata. This is the not-so-well-known Trionfo di Afrodite (1953) in praise of the Graeco-Roman love goddess. It comes closest to opera as opera was originally conceived in the Italian Renaissance. Orff was also thinking of those Renaissance pageants known as "triumphs," so he called his trilogy Trionfi and styled it in Italian as a Trittico Teatrale.
Listen on this first Sunday of 2019 to all three parts of Orff's complete conception as recorded in Leipzig in 1974-75 with Herbert Kegel conducting the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Leipzig and the Leipzig Radio Choir. Also taking part in the studio tapings were the boy choristers, the Kapellknaben of Dresden and the choir of Radio Berlin. Among the distinguished German singers of the period who participated was tenor Eberhard Büchner. First issued on LPs in 1976, the Berlin Classics label reissued Trionfi on two compact discs in 1992.


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using FansubFileNameParser;
using Functional.Maybe;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using Sprache;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace UnitTests
{
    [TestClass]
    public sealed class ExtraParserTests
    {
        [TestMethod]
        public void TestIntParser()
        {
            var inputOutputMap = new Dictionary<string, int>
            {
                {"0", 0},
                {"10", 10},
                {"01", 1},
            };

            TestUtils.TestParser(inputOutputMap, ExtraParsers.Int);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestImplode()
        {
            var multiCharParserImploded = Parse.AnyChar.Many().Implode<char, string>(string.Empty, (acc, ch) => string.Format("{0}{1}", acc, ch));
            var testString = "abcdef";

            var result = multiCharParserImploded.TryParse(testString);
            Assert.IsTrue(result.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>(testString, result.Value);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestContinueWith()
        {
            var antecedentParser = Parse.AnyChar;
            var continuationParser = Parse.AnyChar;
            var continuedParser = antecedentParser.ContinueWith(s => new string(s, 1), continuationParser);

            var result = continuationParser.TryParse("ab");
            Assert.IsTrue(result.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual<char>('a', result.Value);

            var twoCharacterParser = Parse.AnyChar.Repeat(2).Text();
            var twoCharacterContinuedParser = twoCharacterParser.ContinueWith(twoCharacterParser);

            var secondResult = twoCharacterContinuedParser.TryParse("abc");
            Assert.IsTrue(secondResult.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>("ab", secondResult.Value);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestScanFor()
        {
            var excepter = Parse.String("TOKEN").Text();

            var result = ExtraParsers.ScanFor(excepter).TryParse("abcdTOKENefgh");
            Assert.IsTrue(result.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>("TOKEN", result.Value);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestLineUpTo()
        {
            var exceptor = Parse.String("TOKEN").Text();

            var result = ExtraParsers.LineUpTo(exceptor).TryParse("abcdTOKENefghTOKEN");
            Assert.IsTrue(result.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>("abcd", result.Value);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestResetInput()
        {
            var parser = Parse.String("TOKEN").Text();

            var compositeParser = from _ in parser.ResetInput()
                                  from s in parser
                                  select s;

            var result = compositeParser.TryParse("TOKEN");
            Assert.IsTrue(result.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>("TOKEN", result.Value);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestOptionalMaybe()
        {
            var parser = from f in Parse.Char('a').OptionalMaybe()
                         from s in Parse.Char('b').OptionalMaybe()
                         select f;

            var firstResult = parser.TryParse("b");
            Assert.IsTrue(firstResult.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual<Maybe<char>>(Maybe<char>.Nothing, firstResult.Value);

            var secondResult = parser.TryParse("ac");
            Assert.IsTrue(secondResult.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual<Maybe<char>>('a'.ToMaybe(), secondResult.Value);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestLast()
        {
            var lastNumberParser = Parse.Number.Last();

            var result = lastNumberParser.TryParse("1000");
            Assert.IsTrue(result.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>("1000", result.Value);

            var failedResult = lastNumberParser.TryParse("1000 2000");
            Assert.IsFalse(failedResult.WasSuccessful);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestFilter()
        {
            var filteredParser = ExtraParsers.Filter(Parse.Number);

            var result = filteredParser.TryParse("abc23efghij00");
            Assert.IsTrue(result.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>("abc efghij", result.Value);

            var secondResult = filteredParser.TryParse("1000");
            Assert.IsTrue(secondResult.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>(string.Empty, secondResult.Value);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestSetResultAsRemainder()
        {
            var remainderParser = from _ in Parse.Number.SetResultAsRemainder()
                                  from n in Parse.Number
                                  select n;

            var result = remainderParser.TryParse("500");
            Assert.IsTrue(result.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>("500", result.Value);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestBeginningOfLine()
        {
            var successResult = ExtraParsers.BeginnningOfLine.TryParse("abc");
            Assert.IsTrue(successResult.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>(string.Empty, successResult.Value);

            var failureParser = from _1 in Parse.AnyChar
                                from _2 in ExtraParsers.BeginnningOfLine
                                select _1;

            var failureResult = failureParser.TryParse("abc");
            Assert.IsFalse(failureResult.WasSuccessful);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestTrim()
        {
            var result1 = ExtraParsers.Trim.TryParse(" abc ");
            Assert.IsTrue(result1.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>("abc", result1.Value);

            var result2 = ExtraParsers.Trim.TryParse(" abc");
            Assert.IsTrue(result2.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>("abc", result2.Value);

            var result3 = ExtraParsers.Trim.TryParse("abc ");
            Assert.IsTrue(result3.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>("abc", result3.Value);

            var result4 = ExtraParsers.Trim.TryParse("abc");
            Assert.IsTrue(result4.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual<string>("abc", result4.Value);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestAtLeastOneCharTrimmed()
        {
            var parser = Parse.AnyChar.Many().Text().AtLeastOneCharTrimmed();
            var successResult = parser.TryParse("abc");
            Assert.IsTrue(successResult.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual("abc", successResult.Value);

            var failureResult = parser.TryParse("  ");
            Assert.IsFalse(failureResult.WasSuccessful);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestConsumeAllRemainingInput()
        {
            var parser = from _1 in Parse.AnyChar.ConsumeAllRemainingInput()
                         from _2 in Parse.LineTerminator
                         select _1;

            var result = parser.TryParse("abc");
            Assert.IsTrue(result.WasSuccessful);
            Assert.AreEqual<char>('a', result.Value);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestMetaTagContent()
        {
            var inputMap = new Dictionary<string, string>
            {
                {"[test]", "test"},
                {"(test)", "test"},
                {"[test multiword]", "test multiword"},
                {"(test multiword)", "test multiword"},

            };

            TestUtils.TestParser(inputMap, ExtraParsers.MetaTagContent);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestMetaTagGroup()
        {
            var inputMap = new Dictionary<string, IEnumerable<string>>
            {
                {"[test][multiple][tags]", new[] {"test", "multiple", "tags"}},
                {"[test multiple][tags]", new[] {"test multiple", "tags"}},
                {"(test)(multiple)(tags)", new[] {"test", "multiple", "tags"}},
                {"(test multiple)(tags)", new[] {"test multiple", "tags"}},
                {"[test] [multiple] [tags]", new[] {"test", "multiple", "tags"}},
                {"[test multiple] [tags]", new[] {"test multiple", "tags"}},
                {"(test) (multiple) (tags)", new[] {"test", "multiple", "tags"}},
                {"(test) (multiple)(tags)", new[] {"test", "multiple", "tags"}},
                {"(test multiple) (tags)", new[] {"test multiple", "tags"}},
                {"[test] [multiple][tags]", new[] {"test", "multiple", "tags"}},
                {"(test)", new[] {"test"}},
            };

            TestUtils.TestMultiTokenParse(inputMap, ExtraParsers.MetaTagGroup);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestLineUntilTagDeliminator()
        {
            var inputOutputMap = new Dictionary<string, string>
            {
                {"(hello", ""},
                {"hello(world", "hello"},
                {"helloworld(", "helloworld"},
                {"hello world(", "hello world"},
                {"[hello", ""},
                {"hello[world", "hello"},
                {"helloworld[", "helloworld"},
                {"hello world[", "hello world"}
            };

            TestUtils.TestParser(inputOutputMap, ExtraParsers.LineUpToTagDeliminator);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestMainContent()
        {
            var inputOutputMap = new Dictionary<string, string>
            {
                {"Kokoro Connect (2012) [Doki-Chihiro][1920x1080 Hi10P BD FLAC]", "Kokoro Connect "},
                {"[Vivid] The World God Only Knows - Goddesses Arc [BD 1080p FLAC]", " The World God Only Knows - Goddesses Arc "},
                {"[BlurayDesuYo] Amagi Brilliant Park - Vol. 1 (BD 1920x1080 10bit FLAC)", " Amagi Brilliant Park - Vol. 1 "},
            };

            TestUtils.TestParser(inputOutputMap, ExtraParsers.MainContent);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestCollectTags()
        {
            var inputMap = new Dictionary<string, IEnumerable<string>>
            {
                {"[Doki] Akame ga Kill! - Vol 1 (1920x1080 Hi10P BD FLAC)", new[] {"Doki", "1920x1080 Hi10P BD FLAC"}},
                {"[HorribleSubs] Akame ga Kill! - 01 [720p].mkv", new[] {"HorribleSubs", "720p"}},
                {"[gg]_Ben-to_-_12_[33993A13].mkv", new[] {"gg", "33993A13"}},
                {"[Coalgirls]_Amagi_Brilliant_Park_01_(1920x1080_Blu-Ray_FLAC)_[54A49F15].mkv", new[] {"Coalgirls", "1920x1080_Blu-Ray_FLAC", "54A49F15"}},
                {"[TCL]_Claymore_01_[Blu-Ray][720p][13A866AC].mkv", new[] {"TCL", "Blu-Ray", "720p", "13A866AC"}},
                {"(B-A)Devilman_Lady_-_01_(2E088B82).mkv", new[] {"B-A", "2E088B82"}},
            };

            TestUtils.TestMultiTokenParse(inputMap, ExtraParsers.CollectTags);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestEpisodeWithVersionNumber()
        {
            var inputOutputMap = new Dictionary<string, Tuple<int, Maybe<int>>>
            {
                {"3v2", Tuple.Create(3, 2.ToMaybe())},
                {"3", Tuple.Create(3, Maybe<int>.Nothing)},
                {"13v99", Tuple.Create(13, 99.ToMaybe())},
            };

            TestUtils.TestParser(inputOutputMap, ExtraParsers.EpisodeWithVersionNumber);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestEpisodeVersionWithSpaceToken()
        {
            var inputOutputMap = new Dictionary<string, Tuple<int, Maybe<int>>>
            {
                {" 3v2", Tuple.Create(3, 2.ToMaybe())},
                {" 3", Tuple.Create(3, Maybe<int>.Nothing)},
                {" 13v99", Tuple.Create(13, 99.ToMaybe())},
            };

            TestUtils.TestParser(inputOutputMap, ExtraParsers.EpisodeVersionWithSpaceToken);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestFileExtension()
        {
            var inputMap = new Dictionary<string, string>
            {
                {".avi", ".avi"},
                {".mkv", ".mkv"},
                {".mp4", ".mp4"},
                {".m2ts", ".m2ts"},
                {".ogg", ".ogg"},
                {".wmv", ".wmv"},
            };

            TestUtils.TestParser(inputMap, ExtraParsers.FileExtension);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestReplaceDotsExceptMediaFileExtension()
        {
            var inputMap = new Dictionary<string, string>
            {
                {"[Elysium]Spice.and.Wolf.II(BD.1080p.FLAC)", "[Elysium]Spice and Wolf II(BD 1080p FLAC)"},
                {"[Elysium]Spice.and.Wolf.II(BD.1080p.FLAC).mkv", "[Elysium]Spice and Wolf II(BD 1080p FLAC).mkv"},
                {"[gg]_Binbougami_ga!_-_01_[D909F54C].mkv", "[gg]_Binbougami_ga!_-_01_[D909F54C].mkv"},
            };

            TestUtils.TestParser(inputMap, ExtraParsers.ReplaceDotsExceptMediaFileExtension);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestReplaceUnderscores()
        {
            var inputMap = new Dictionary<string, string>
            {
                {"(B-A)Devilman_Lady_-_01_(2E088B82).mkv", "(B-A)Devilman Lady - 01 (2E088B82).mkv"},
                {"[Elysium]Spice.and.Wolf.II(BD.1080p.FLAC)", "[Elysium]Spice.and.Wolf.II(BD.1080p.FLAC)"},
                {"[Coalgirls]_Amagi_Brilliant_Park_01-02_(1920x1080_Blu-Ray_FLAC)", "[Coalgirls] Amagi Brilliant Park 01-02 (1920x1080 Blu-Ray FLAC)"},
            };

            TestUtils.TestParser(inputMap, ExtraParsers.ReplaceUnderscores);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestCleanString()
        {
            var inputMap = new Dictionary<string, string>
            {
                {"[Doki] Akame ga Kill! - Vol 1 (1920x1080 Hi10P BD FLAC)", "[Doki] Akame ga Kill! - Vol 1 (1920x1080 Hi10P BD FLAC)"},
                {"(B-A)Devilman_Lady_-_01_(2E088B82).mkv", "(B-A)Devilman Lady - 01 (2E088B82).mkv"},
                {"[Elysium]Spice.and.Wolf.II(BD.1080p.FLAC)", "[Elysium]Spice and Wolf II(BD 1080p FLAC)"},
                {"[gg].Binbougami_ga!_-.01_[D909F54C].mkv", "[gg] Binbougami ga! - 01 [D909F54C].mkv"},
                {"[gg]_Binbougami_ga!_-_01_[D909F54C].mkv", "[gg] Binbougami ga! - 01 [D909F54C].mkv"},
                {"[Coalgirls]_Amagi_Brilliant_Park_01-02_(1920x1080_Blu-Ray_FLAC)", "[Coalgirls] Amagi Brilliant Park 01-02 (1920x1080 Blu-Ray FLAC)"},
            };

            TestUtils.TestParser(inputMap, ExtraParsers.CleanInputString);
        }
    }
}


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Regional Agenda
Why urban gardens are a lifeline for the world's pollinators
Urban areas might be better for pollinators than previously thought.
Image: Unsplash
This article is published in collaboration with The Conversation
Nicholas Tew PhD Candidate in Community Ecology, University of Bristol
Jane Memmott Professor of Ecology, University of Bristol
Katherine Baldock Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Nectar, found in flowering plants, is a vital food source for pollinators.
The agriculture industry is replacing flowering plants in the countryside with cereal crops and ryegrass, putting pollinators at risk.
Research has found there are more kinds of flowering plants producing nectar in towns and cities than in the farmland and nature reserves measured.
This increases the importance of urban gardens, which account for 90% of nectar found in cities.
As humans have industrialised farming to feed a growing global population, pollinators – animals vital for plant reproduction – have seen their food supply decline. In the UK, intensive agriculture has eroded biological diversity in large portions of the countryside, with vast swathes of cereal crops and ryegrass pastures now replacing flower-rich habitats.
For pollinators such as bees, hoverflies and butterflies, a loss of flowers means a loss of the nectar and pollen that makes up their food. A reduction in the diversity and quantity of this food is an important factor in the widespread decline of their population numbers.
However, pollinators may have an unlikely saviour: cities. Although traditionally regarded as ecological wastelands, urban landscapes can support diverse pollinator populations. Our new research, conducted with colleagues at the universities of Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Northumbria, Reading and the Royal Horticultural Society, investigated the nectar production in different urban areas to see how they compared with one another and with rural habitats.
We found that urban areas are not so bleak after all. They offer comparable resources to rural habitats, with gardens providing nectar-rich oases to support our pollinating insects.
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Urban potential
In the UK, 83% of the population now live in an urban area. These landscapes are complex patchworks of different land uses, from green spaces like parks and gardens to pavements and car parks.
For our study, we measured how much nectar flower species make, by sampling in a range of urban environments including private and botanical gardens, allotments and road verges. We also made use of other published studies on nectar production in order to compare our findings with the nectar quantity and diversity of rural areas.
Measuring nectar is fiddly work, but it is fascinating to see how flowers have evolved different strategies for supplying insects with their reward. Using a thin glass capillary tube, roughly mimicking a bee's tongue, we extracted nectar and measured its volume – sometimes less than a hundredth of a raindrop.
More kinds of flowering plants produce nectar in towns and cities than farmland and nature reserves.
Image: British Ecological Society
Next, we needed to work out the sugar concentration, which we achieved using a refractometer. This clever piece of equipment, commonly used by brewers, measures the amount light bends when passing through a solution and tells you how much sugar is dissolved. Nectar can be 60% sugar by weight – the equivalent of putting 100 spoonfuls in your cup of tea. After repeating this process on more than three thousand flowers, we were able to scale our nectar calculations up to look at entire sampled habitats.
Our findings suggest that urban landscapes are hotspots of nectar diversity. This means that there are more kinds of flowering plant producing nectar in towns and cities than in the farmland and nature reserve sites we measured. Just like in humans, a balanced diet is important for keeping pollinators healthy, helping them to fight off diseases.
On top of that, flowers have different colours, smells, shapes and sizes, and pollinators vary in their preferences. For example, butterflies like to feed from thin, tubular flowers with a sweet fragrance, like buddleia, but hoverflies need easily-accessible nectar, like that found in carrot flowers. Knowing that urban landscapes provide an especially diverse array of flowering plants is important as it means they have the potential to support a wide range of pollinator species.
The importance of gardens
Spaces within towns and cities differ greatly in the amount of energy-rich nectar they produce. For a given area, residential gardens make a similar quantity to allotments, but four times as much as public parks. Overall, because gardens are both nectar-rich and extremely widespread – covering around 30% of urban land – they produced an average of 85% of all the nectar in the four towns and cities we surveyed (Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds and Reading).
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Nicholas Tew, PhD Candidate in Community Ecology, University of Bristol
Jane Memmott, Professor of Ecology, University of Bristol
Katherine Baldock, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Aging is not an absolute, it's a shapeable relative. A chemical process in our cells, a genetically codified principle. But with the recent rapid biotechnological development, for the first time in history, we have the capabilities and the resources to determine our own fate. Unlocking the ability to attain indefinite lifespans is within reach, it would be fatuous not to stretch out and take it.
Bright heads around the world are already working right now to defy Aging, but their number is small and there is so much more that can be done. Whether the defeat of Aging occurs in 20 years or 50 years is largely a question of funding. The best way to accelerate this process is by mobilizing those who desire the option of a longer and healthier life into a cohesive social force — crowdfunding relevant research and encouraging for its benefits to society.
Genetic modifications in other species have already achieved great lifespan extensions, as seen for Caenorhabditis elegans (roundword) — by 10 times, Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) lifespan has been doubled and genetic mutations in mice can increase maximum lifespan to 1.5 times normal. Biological immortality will not only save up to 100,000 lives per day, but also spare Millions of aging people years of suffering, as well as give society a never seen before economy-boost.
Right now our governments and public institutions are spending billions of dollars on research of ARD's (age-related-diseases). This undertaking used to be very valuable, but as it is with science, when new discoveries are made and new knowledge comes to light, a shift of focus has to happen. In the recent past we just didn't know better than to do research on Alzheimer's, certain types of cancer, etc., but now we know that there is one root-cause to all of them: Aging. That means that there is a huge misdirected investment happening right now, which in the end will only be profitable for the big pharma companies (because they can continue selling you drugs for each condition). Since the major science community is only doing research on ARD's, they are trying to fight the symptoms of ageing, its by-products. A fight against symptoms is always a losing battle in the long run, and anyway, what do you think is easier to tackle, 7 symptom problems or 1 core problem?
Every day, 100,000 people are dying because of old age, most of them spend years suffering from age related conditions and the majority of healthcare goes to people over 60 years old. Aging is the single biggest risk factor of virtually every significant human disease. There is a reason why "diseases" of aging such as Cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's Disease are almost only showing up in older individuals. After living as a human for 50–60 years your risk of getting any of these are spiking dramatically. That's because things are changing in your body.
The sale of putative anti-aging products such as nutrition, skin care, hormone replacements, vitamins, supplements and herbs are massive, with the US market alone generating about $50 billion of revenue each year. Most of these do not even extend human life significantly or at all. If these same people were to support the research in anti-aging/reverse-aging instead with similar numbers, we would have access to longevity technologies exceedingly fast.
The matter of rejuvenation is both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary in nature, and we need the benefit of scale to be able to tackle many issues. The most important thing is to build a very good international infrastructure and create networks for the success to be flourishing. The field is enormously complex and this will be one of the first steps to achieve our goal and providing a network for scientists, labs and researchers around the world.
Governments are not yet willing to acknowledge the potential and importance of such new medicinal improvements. But the clock is ticking and there's no time to wait and rely on them. It's time to step up now and get going, eventually they will jump on board, once they understand the magnitude of this.
Medical research tends to tackle age related diseases (ARD's) separately. After all, the illnesses are distinct: cancer arises from mutated DNA; heart disease from clogged up blood vessels and dementia from damaged brain cells. The biological processes that underpin the pathologies vary vastly and each needs specific treatment. In the past, it may have been a good idea trying to treat each condition separately, because we didn't know any better. It is fair to say that the greatest driver of disease in old age is old age itself and this is worked on way too little.
Most of it happens through the accumulation of damage in our cells, nonetheless it can all be traced back to a decline in our cells ability to keep homeostasis (cell maintenance), which leads to the accumulation of damage in our bodies, ultimately making us sick. Our genes are responsible for cell maintenance, or moreover their own regulation. To put it simply, we need to instruct our cell's information to keep the cell maintenance at a higher level than it currently operates at.
Our cell maintenance is already pretty good, but it's nowhere near 100% efficiency and there are other organisms out there which do that job much better, and we can learn from them. The most crucial element at this moment is to eradicate the basic mechanisms underlying these specific gene regulations through basic research. That's the only way to get rid of the aging problem and all the problems that come with it for good. With such new acquired knowledge we can develop anti-aging therapies. They could then be put into effect through gene therapy, although medication may also be an option.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO TREAT AGING?
There are two approaches how it can be done.
1. Clean up the mess.
It is clear that aging is the accumulation of damage in our cells and body, being embodied by what we call age-related diseases. One approach is to fight these symptoms of aging we all are familiar with. There are seven variables that lead to aging and there is research going on into every one of them right now (some more than others).
Once we can fix all seven of these things, we are done abolishing physical aging. With this approach it will be necessary to periodically remove these accumulated damages from our bodies, but that will be a small price to pay for near-immortality.
Those symptoms of aging have all one common root cause, an inefficient cell-maintenance (homeostasis). There is strong evidence that aging and longevity are controlled by a multiplicity of molecular and cellular signaling events that interface with environmental factors to maintain cellular homeostasis. A decline of our cells capacity to keep high-efficient homeostasis leads to dysfunction of specific cell types and tissues, rendering the organism susceptible to a range of chronic diseases. Such decline is only possible through an intrinsic over-time alteration of our gene-expression. The only way to stop this from happening is, to determine which specific genes are involved in this process, so that their expression-setting can be reprogrammed, ultimately making you stay and look young without a time-limit. This method would require the least maintenance with maybe only even a one time treatment, but this is the high-end method and there will be probably others before.
Like any technology, when it first starts off, it will be a bit shaky, a bit risky, it will be very laborious and expensive, but there will be enormous market pressures that will result in progressive refinement and improvement to the technology so that it becomes more effective and convenient.
HOW LONG COULD WE LIVE WITH THIS TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT?
Potentially forever, however, if you had never seen any mortality statistics, you might subscribe to what's called the "lightning bolt theory" of mortality. In this view, death is the result of a sudden and unexpected event over which you have no control. It's sort of an ancient Greek perspective: there are angry gods carousing carelessly overhead, and every so often they hurl a lightning bolt towards Earth, which kills you if you happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. These are the "lightning bolts" of disease and cancer and car accidents, things that you can escape for a long time if you're lucky but will eventually catch up to you. Your probability of dying during a given year would be constant, and wouldn't increase from one year to the next. From current statistics this probability for the populations of the UK and USA is somewhere around 0.05% per year (varying on location and lifestyle) Taking it to numbers with such mortality rate, out of 1 million people today, 950,000 would still be alive after 100 years, 780,000 after 500 years and around 600,000 in 1000 years. And then after ten thousand years — if you are lucky — you will be one of the 7000 people still alive.
This is also a great argument for people who falsely fear that immortality will lead to overpopulation. As if all 7.6 billion people who live today would become immortal, after 18,000 years only 1 million of them would be still alive.
Filip Poutintsev is an entrepreneur with 10 years of experience in online industry and as a business consultant. His specialties are affiliate and direct marketing, start-ups and new innovations. He is the founder of Immortality Foundation, a non-profit educational organization with the goal of educating people about aging and longevity, bringing awareness to life extension research and debunking myths about immortality.


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Q: Favicon for all the pages in my website I've learned that the way to add favicon for a web page is to have the following lines in the page.
<link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" type="image/x-icon" href="http://mysite.com/faviconfilename.ico"/>
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Should i add this code in each and every page my site has?? I use Apache - tomcat clustering to serve pages. Is there any other easy way to do this?

A: You can get rid of the unnecessary processing and traffic as well as the error log entries by using the following Apache configuration incantations:
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A: Modify the apache config.
upload this file to the root directory of your website. Make sure that it is readable so that apache can read it. If you have shell access, type: "chmod +r favicon.ico".
Then edit  httpd.conf and insert the following line:
"AddType image/x-icon .ico"
Your approach works when you don't have access to your apache config. In this case, if you are using any framework then you should add it to your layout/template.

A: It is usually enough to place a file called "favicon.ico" in the root of your website.

A: Here is my method for php sites. It ensures that if you update the favicon, it will be updated immediatly when your clients visit your site:
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Anheuser-Busch Heir Calls for Legal Marijuana In Missouri
Adolphus Busch IV, the heir to the Anheuser-Busch beer fortune, is attempting to rally support for an initiative to legalize medical marijuana throughout the state of Missouri.
Earlier last week, Busch, the great-grandson of the Anheuser-Busch founder, reportedly fired off a letter to dozens of people encouraging them to tender their support for a ballot initiative aimed at establishing a comprehensive medical marijuana program in 2018.
The letter, which was written in support of the New Approach Missouri campaign, called for citizens to cough up monetary donations to keep the movement alive, as well as asked them to sign the petition that could possibly allow the issue to go before voters in next year's election.
New Approach Missouri, formerly advocating for the reform of marijuana laws under the moniker Show-Me Cannabis, has been pushing to legalize marijuana in Missouri for the past several years. The group's original plan was designed to bring an end to marijuana prohibition entirely, similar to how it has been done in eight other states, but it switched gears in 2015 after a poll showed widespread support for medicinal use.
Although around 70 percent of state's voters support the legalization of marijuana for medicinal use, there have been plenty of obstacles keeping this concept from becoming a reality.
In 2016, despite the organization having a relatively decent chance at getting its medical marijuana initiative added to the ballot, a Missouri judge disqualified thousands of voter signatures, preventing the voters from having the opportunity to decide.
As of September, New Approach has collected 63,000 voter signatures—about a quarter of what is needed to qualify the medical marijuana initiative for next year's election.
Marijuana advocates across the state have argued that Missouri might stand a better chance at putting the leash on its opioid problem if medical marijuana was offered as alternative treatment.
In fact, Busch's letter points to recent evidence showing a 25 percent decrease in overdose deaths in states with medical marijuana laws on the books.
But the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (NCADA), which has been lobbying against alcohol, tobacco and other drugs since 1965, says it is disturbed that a man who made millions of dollars peddling popular beers, like Budweiser, is now supporting marijuana legalization.
"One of the largest concerns is who it's coming from. This is someone who benefitted from the profits of the alcohol industry," the NCADA's Stacie Zellin told Fox News, adding that New Approach's medical marijuana initiative is a far cry far from anything related to the medical field.
"You go into a dispensary. You don't go into a pharmacy. This is also not prescribed to you by a doctor. You get a note that it is recommended to you…then when you do walk into a dispensary, there isn't that reliability in terms of product you're getting, in terms of dosage, or what the different chemicals are in it…that's a huge problem we're seeing out in Colorado," she said.
Anheuser-Busch was acquired by Belgium brewery InBev during a hostile takeover in 2008. The company was acquired for $52 billion in cash.
But Mr. Busch has not, at least not so far, ditched his experience in the alcohol trade for legal weed.
A report from Fox News indicates that Busch does not stand to benefit financially if Missouri legalizes marijuana next year.
Busch made headlines in 2013, when he resigned as a lifetime member the National Rifle Association (NRA), the day after the U.S. Senate failed to pass a bill that would have required additional background checks.
"I fail to see how the NRA can disregard the overwhelming will of its members who see background checks as reasonable," he wrote in a letter. "The NRA appears to have evolved into the lobby for gun and ammunition manufacturers rather than gun owners."
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Peanut Butter Wolf, is a world renowned DJ, hip-hop producer, and founder of the hip-hop record label Stones Throw Records.
Among the true talents in the late-'90s new skool of old-school hip-hop, Peanut Butter Wolf began DJing as a teenager and became quite an entrepreneur at his San Jose, CA, high school, selling mix tapes of his turntable work. He debuted on wax in 1989 with "You Can't Swing This" on All Good Vinyl, recorded with a smooth MC named Lyrical Prophecy. By the end of the year, PBW began working with MC Charizma, and the two gelled quickly, perfecting their skills at block parties and shows with the likes of the Pharcyde, House of Pain, and Nas. Just after the duo gained a record deal with Hollywood Basic in 1992, Charizma was shot and killed.
Unsure of where to turn without the talents of his MC, Peanut Butter Wolf began issuing strictly instrumental work, including his first release, Peanut Butter Breaks on Heyday Records. Tracks followed for the Bomb label (on the excellent Return of the DJ compilation) as well as Om Records. Though the MC had ruled the world of hip-hop since the mid-'80s, selected DJ crews began to get exposure in the dance underground by the late '90s, including DJ Shadow, the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, and the X Men (whose name was later changed to the X-Ecutioners, for copyright reasons). Peanut Butter Wolf joined the elite as well, recording for dance labels 2 Kool (the Lunar Props EP) and Ninja Tune (remixing the Herbaliser) as well as contributing production work for fellow old-schooler Kool Keith.
With the foundation of his Stones Throw label, PBW began developing tracks recorded earlier with MC Charizma and released work by another Bay Area crew, Fanatik. His debut production LP, My Vinyl Weighs a Ton, appeared in 1999. The year 2002 brought two excellent compilations, The Best of Peanut Butter Wolf and the Stones Throw 7" collection Jukebox 45's. In 2003 he put out Badmeaninggood, Vol. 3 and the next year he produced a compilation CD/DVD of his label's artists, Stones Throw 101. Since then he has focused more of his energy in building up Stones Throw, though he still performs the occasional DJ gig in Europe, Australia, Canada, Japan, and the U.S. Peanut Butter Wolf is also a member of the L.A. hip-hop orchestra Breakestra. To celebrate the decade his label had been in existence, Chrome Children was released in collaboration with Adult Swim in 2006, and Stones Throw: Ten Years in early 2007.
The New Law Seattle based producers Adam Straney and Justin Neff have created a unique style of instrumental music featuring organic and synthetic hip hop beats combined with evolving soundscapes, dreamlike sax, dusty samples, soaring synths, and pulsing drum machines that can only be defined as The New Law.
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Zac Hendrix is a dj, producer, and all around funky cat, as it turns out. He was born in the city of Seattle and grew up in nearby South King County. After early years as a bedroom dj, and subsequent years performing locally, Zac officially entered the independent hip-hop game on a full-time basis in 1999. He has traveled extensively as the DJ for Del the Funky Homosapien (since '02), Bukue One (since '99), and Insult2Injury (since '96). He is also a member of The Handsome Skeletons, Hendrix Jones, All Flags Burn, and several other noteworthy groups that you not have heard of yet. Whether he's rocking a large festival or a small club filled with the most discerning funk aficionados, he's guaranteed to turn some heads. This is definitely not "dj so and so". The message is positive, the beats hit hard, and the vibe is earthy and honest...and did we mention funky?
SHAPEY is vinyl DJ, and member of the Seattle Funk band Marmalade. Shapey, aka DJ Shapeshifter, combines smooth blends, and dance floor friendly track selection with on point scratching to produce a sound with consistent universal appeal that has earned him a devoted following here in the Emerald City.
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BRENMAR is EDM/HipHop/RnB producer, and DJ who lives in NYC. He describes his sound as "club music for the present". Recent graduate of the Red Bull Music Academy (2011), and former electro-acoustic drummer for the experimental music group These Are Powers, Brenmar's musical ability and talent should not be questioned. Whether behind the decks performing live, or in the studio producing electronic music, it is this musical talent which we at People Music recognized, and look forward to sharing.
"Brenmar Someday was a name given to William Salas by his then 2yr old brother. Music that does not easily fit into category, he constructs tunes out of old dusty records, digital and analogue synthesizers, microphones, samplers, and found sounds. He arranges, records, and produces these tunes in the comfort of his room/studio. An electronic musician who is just as comfortable on stage as he is in his studio, the combination of real-time drum programming, found instruments, and improvisation makes for an exciting and unique live show." - MP3.com
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I've said a lot of things here about a lot of DJs, but Self Evident -- Ben Ulis, brother of previously profiled Max -- is a name you're bound to see on a lot of fliers. In a similar fashion to Taal Mala, he's a dance music encyclopedia, full of knowledge about obscure niche genres but still with one foot in the future at all times for that rare blend of archival expertise and up-to-the-minute freshness. You can book him for pretty much any show and end up satisfied: he can play jungle, garage, dubstep, house, whatever you want, or he can just do all of those things at once. It's reasons like that he's one of Vancouver's most ubiquitous and dependable DJs.
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"Witnessing Swamp torture the 1200's is like watching a magic show."
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Swamp began mastering his DJ skills more than 15 years ago. In 1996, his rookie year, he took the title of USA DMC CHAMPION. Being true to his nature in an arena that was predominantly influenced by a very hip hop-esque culture, Swamp stepped up to the decks looking like some kind of junky punk. He was well received by the audience despite his counter-culture appearance because he exhibited skills that defied perception and already possessed a stage presence that many of his contemporaries still lacked. The finale came when he closed his set by freakin' Deep Purple's 'Smoke on the Water' and then smashing his records.
"DJ Swamp is unquestionably one of my favorite musicians. His talent is simply undeniable. What I love is how each and every time he has put on a performance, whoever I brought with me that night became an instant fan. Literally, I'd compare it to the spreading of a disease [that has] no cure. It is always sensational to watch him." (Thank you, Jack)
Although he's a hip-hop/d&b artist, his demeanor and appearance are closer to that of a metal head. He has been referred to as "the Sid Vicious of the DJ's", and has been known to have violent on-stage fits more characteristic of a rock star than of a hip-hop turntablist. While it's easy to compare him to rock/punk legends, in the world of DJ's he stands alone. Roguish behaviors such as: breaking his records then cutting himself with the fragmented remains; spitting fire; and performing cunnilingus on diamond-tipped phonograph needles really only provides the frame work to showcase what those that are in the 'know' recognize as extraordinary turntable skills. Breakbeats, scratching, juggling, and mutilating LPs and vinyl without losing the beat are all a part of a day at the 'office' for Swamp. Sometimes they end with a trip to the hospital: "I had to go to the hospital in Phoenix recently with second-degree burns," Swamp said from his publicist's office in New York. "I lit my hand on fire and then blew fire on it and basically became a blow torch. I don't use fire retardant or anything because this is low budget. Dude, I'm just a fire retard."
For four years DJ swamp toured as a member of beck's band. Immediately following his decision to depart from the band, swamp released his solo debut album, 'never is now' and toured to back the release. His decision to go out on his own gave him just the independence that he was looking for and opened up the avenue to self-expression that both he and the fans were seeking.
Contrary to how he flows when rhyming (eg. "How can I dis you, I've never even heard of you"-lyrics from 'Worship the Robot'), he expresses a certain sense of reverence when reflecting on the path he's traveled. When considering how he's managed to maintain critical mass his response is typically "I'm the luckiest person you'll ever meet. Something's always popping up. I'm just in the right place at the right time." Statements like that shouldn't suggest that he hasn't worked hard or employed incredible ingenuity to get where he is. He procured the spot with Beck by posing as a reporter to pass off his demo in person.
Documentary: "Scratch - The Movie" from Sergej Barnowicz on Vimeo.
Swamp says that he draws off of his environment and a ten year affinity with a nameless muse for inspiration. He observes "what's going on" and converts his impressions into his art. His musical influences range from hip hop, to metal, punk, industrial and anything in between.
DJ Swamp has graced the pages of: Rolling Stone, Spin, Subculture, Raygun, Mean, DJ Times, Keyboard, Rap Sheet, Mixer, Rap Pages, The LA Times, and Urb.
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Tear it down and pull out the operating rod.
Now fully strip that. There are 2 washer head screws on either side of the safety spring in the middle. The tip pawl is held in by a pin. Drive the pin out with a punch or thin object from the bottom side; be careful as this will release a small spring.
Note the knurling on one end of the pin - that end faces up, and the pin needs to go in from the top, non-knurled end first, when you reassemble later. Don't lose the pin or the pawl.
The first order of business is to replace the stock pawl spring. This is what causes random dryfires in the middle of a cylinder especially in full auto; the weak spring does not return the pawl into position fast enough to engage the next cam tooth and rotate the cylinder. This is why Swarmfires running high ROF can get all skippy on you. Same with older units in which the pawl is worn, and with dirty environment problems with these.
Find something with more load than stock which fits the hole in the op-rod body without binding and test-fit with the pawl. It's not rocket science, just throw random springs at it until you find one that works. You can bump the force quite a bit without any problem.
Reinstall the pawl, drive the pin back in flush with the surface of the rod. I like to put a drop of CA on top of the pin for insurance.
Mod two involves the safety spring.
This spring allows the op-rod to telescopically collapse harmlessly, thereby saving your parts from getting fragged, if the cylinder or front op-rod assembly gets jammed hard. We are not going to delete or defeat this feature nor replace the spring; but rather add a slight, and optional, boost to the breakaway tension of that spring by preloading it a little.
Cut a random bit of durable hard material <1/4" thick to fit under the end of the spring and fit inside the channel without friction. This will still allow proper operation of the safety device. Here I chopped up a bit of PVC sheet with dikes until it fit - not a precise mod here. Install as shown toward the rear end of the op-rod assembly. Reinstall the 2 screws.
Now lube everything up lightly with white lithium grease (cam follower pin and shaft slot on the rear rod, pawl and top/side surface on front), drop that back in your Swarmfire and proceed with reassembly.
Rawr, gonna have to do this to my Swarmy. Thanks for the tip!


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Genealogy has many faces. For some, it might simply be to find their paternal ancestor. For others, searching for all their ancestors becomes a never-ending quest. As for me, curiosity and passion led me to investigate. While working on my Hubou line, I located some living in Ferrisburgh and Vergennes, Vermont. While they didn't stay for long—just a few years—I must say I stuck around, interested in what happened to some of their relatives and neighbours. I am fortunate enough not to live too far from Vermont and thus being able to visit once in a while.
The town of Ferrisburgh—sometimes spelled Ferrisburg—is located in the northwest corner of Addison County. It was founded on June 24, 1762. The 1850 census tells us that if a few French Canadians were iron smiths, shoemakers, farmers, or cabinet makers, most of them were labourers. Starting in 1834, the Catholics were served by priests from the churches of St. Mary's and St. Joseph's of Burlington. In the mid-fifties, they had access to St. Peter's of Vergennes and to Our Lady of Mount Carmel of East Charlotte—neighbouring town in Chittenden County. Others turned to other Christian denominations.


An important step in creating a volleyball weight training program is peforming assessment tests.
Not only is assessment important at the beginning of a volleyball workout program, but strength needs to be tested throughout training to evaluate progress and see if you are on track to achieve your volleyball weight training goals.
In volleyball, a good vertical jump will greatly enhance your offense and defense when making plays at the net.
The long jump and vertical jump measure linear and vertical power which can be helpful in determining appropriate program design for volleyball weight training.
Athlete begins with both feet approximately shoulder width apart and on the starting line.
Arms should be used to assist the jump.
The athlete is allowed to use a countermovement (bending the hips and knees prior to jumping) for accessing elastic strength to assist in the jump.
This downward countermovement prior to upward propulsion is the eccentric phase of the stretch-shortening cycle which contributes to a maximum height of the jump.
The athlete should try to leap as far forward as possible in a linear direction.
Distance traveled should be measured to the nearest half inch at the heal of the back foot.
The best of 3 trials is recorded.
Increasing a volleyball players vertical jump should be one of the goals of volleyball weight training.
Chalk fingertips of athlete's right hand.
Athlete's should stand with right side of their body next to the wall.
Reach as high as possible with feet flat and make a chalk mark.
Jump off both feet and at the highest point make a second chalk mark.
Measure the distance between the two chalk marks. Distance should be measured to the nearest half inch.
The tester adjusts the height of the vertical column to be low enough for an athlete to register a standing touch height.
The athlete should stand so that, when the dominant hand reaches straight upward, it is directly below the center of the vanes.
The highest vane that can be reached and pushed while standing flat footed is the standing touch reach.
The vertical column is then raised to measure the distance that accommodates the jumping ability of the athlete.
Without steps, the athlete bends the knees and hips while swinging the arms back and jumps up using a countermovement action.
Agility Tests are important in determining the design of a volleyball weight training program.
Volleyball players need the ability to rapidly stop, start, and explosively change direction in order to make spectacular plays.
Agility tests can be valuable in determining a volleyball players eccentric leg strength, which is an important component of volleyball weight training.
Three cones set 5 meters apart on a straight line.
Athlete starts at the middle cone.
Coach gives signal and points in specific direction, right or left.
Athlete moves to and touches the first cone then returns past the middle cone to the far cone and touches that one.
Coach starts timing immediately after giving the "go" signal.
The best of two trials in each starting direction, right and left, are recorded and each direction is used for recording.
Along with muscular power and agility, developing maximum muscular strength is an important component of a well designed volleyball weight training program.
Maximal strength is the maximum amount of weight an athlete can lift at any one time.
Determining the maximal strength of an exercise such as the barbell squat is useful for volleyball weight training.
Common methods of testing muscular strength involve determining 1 Repetition Maximums (1RM).
1 Rep Max Tests mainly consist of multi-joint exercises using large muscle groups.
Power exercises such as a power clean are used in volleyball weight training to increase strength and explosive power.
The power clean is very technique demanding and the 1RM is commonly estimated by performing multiple repetition tests.
Two athletes with the same capacity for muscular power can have significantly different test scores in their power clean 1RM tests because of the differences in technique.
These technique differences may reduce the value of 1RM power clean test results, therefore, it may be best to estimate the 1RM with multiple-RM tests.
1RM tests should be selected depending on the athlete's training background.
1RM testing requires an adequate training status and lifting experience as the assessment of maximal strength places significant stress on the involved muscles, connective tissues, and joints (1).
Assisted exercises or any exercise that causes loss of proper technique due to fatigue shouldn't be selected for 1RM testing. An exercise shouldn't be chosen for 1RM testing if it doesn't provide valid and reliable data.
For example, you may decide you want to include the bent-over row exercise into your volleyball weight training program. However, performing a 1RM test may not be appropriate for this exercise.
Even though the athlete may be able to tolerate the heavy load used, if would be very difficult to maintain correct body position throughout testing.
Testing to estimate the 1RM may be a better option for this type of exercise.
Instruct the athlete to warm up with a light resistance that easily allows 5-10 repetitions.
Provide a 1 minute rest period.
Provide a 2-min rest period.
Provide a 2- to 4-min rest period.
If the athlete was successful, provide a 2 to 4 min rest peorid and go back to step 7.
AND then go back to step 8.
Continue increasing or decreasing the load until the athlete can complete one repetition with proper exercise technique. Ideally, the athlete's 1RM will be measured within five testing sets.
The maximal lifts of power exercises are estimated using multiple RM tests because such exercises can't be tested with a maximum load.
Using 1RM tests in designing volleyball weight training programs may not be appropriate for younger or less trained athletes because of stress put on the muscles and joints.
The table below is intended to be used as a guide until the athlete has developed the neuromuscular attributes that will allow testing with heavier loads more safe and effective (2).
first, find the tested 10RM load.
For example, if the athlete's 10RM is 210 lb, the estimated 1RM is 280 lb.
Try not to become too "number bound" when referencing this table. Remember, you should just use this table as a guide for designing your volleyball weight training workouts.
Multiple-RM tests can be valuable when you know how many repetitions an athlete will be performing during a volleyball weight training phase.
For example, lets say you are going to perform 3 sets of 8 repetitions of the back squat through a 3 week volleyball weight training cycle.
Not only would testing your 8RM be useful in determining a baseline, you may also use it in evaluating your progress you've made from volleyball weight training.
Testing with multiple-RM loads may also be helpful in determining the overall effectiveness of your weight training for volleyball program.
1) Fleck, S.J., and W.J. Kraemer. Designing Resistance Training Programs, 2nd ed. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. 1997.
2) Baechle, T.B. & Earle, R.E. (2000). Essentials of strength and conditioning. Human Kinetics, Champaign. IL.


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The mission of Animal Services is to eradicate the spread of rabies among the county's animals, prevent rabies in the human population, and control wild, potentially dangerous animals in areas of high population density.
Further, we strive to enhance the quality of life in our community through education initiatives designed to prevent pet overpopulation, to provide compassionate enforcement of current laws relating to the treatment of animals and to place animals in our care with loving and responsible families.
Fort Bend County Animal Services believes that all domestic animals deserve to be treated with respect and integrity. We will represent the animals with honesty and compassion. We will work with the community, rescue organizations and foster homes on behalf of the animals to give them a second chance at finding loving forever homes.
Fort Bend County Animal Services strives to promote public awareness and provide education to the community concerning the importance of spaying/neutering to prevent overpopulation. We will utilize the newest technology available to reunite lost pets with owners, to identify breeds and characteristics, to advertise the availability of adoptable pets and to continue the education of ourselves and the public.
Provide placement services that will assist homeless pets in finding their owners or new homes when necessary.
Enforce animal regulations and assist the public with animal-related concerns.
Provide animal services to the public to educate and promote humane, compassionate treatment of animals and responsible pet ownership.
Fort Bend Animal Services can only keep unclaimed cats and dogs without identification for a period of three business days. To locate your lost pet, owners should contact all area shelters immediately before their animal is euthanized.
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Startups make the Web physical and programming easy
Stacey Higginbotham Apr 26, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post
The Web is fantastic when you're on a website or your mobile phone, but even if we're not chained to our PC, we're still stuck staring at a screen. Some startups and DIYers are trying to make it easier for us reach out and touch the Web. They're bringing the binary interactions of our digital lives into the real world. And this is awesome.
I'm fascinated by projects that enable people to make the Web into a physical reality, such as this Christmas light display for IM status, so when I saw this KickStarter project for reaDIYmate, I was excited. Chris Dixon, the founder of Hunch, tweeted a link to this project, which contains a kit that lets you connect an electronics module to a cardboard-encased mini motor and speaker. You decorate the cardboard however you like, and the end result is an object that takes a specific action when a specific online occurrence happens.
So if you get a DM, for example, your robot sculpture might beep and move forward, or you can set it up to move and make a noise instead of hearing a boring calendar notification. The variations are endless, and I'm kind of excited by the idea of hooking something not just to an online service but also to something broadband-enabled in my home. For example, I wear a Fitbit most days, and it would be fun to connect it easily to some physical object on my desk and have that object take action when my activity levels are too low. I'm imagining a little robot that waves his arms and says, "Danger, Stacey, danger!" which will remind me to get up and move around. But even the first two examples can help keep me in touch with the Web if I am not at my desk or can't hear my phone.
The Fitbit tracker
Projects such as the reaDIYmate or the Arduino boards that Maker Shed sells are only one element of this trend of embodying computing in the real world. Startup Ifttt — short for IfThisThenThat — is making it easy to combine Web services and elements to broaden or change their function. Linden Tibbets, the CEO of Ifttt, explains that the goal behind his startup was to make the Web services and digital elements in our lives versatile in the way the real, 3-D objects are versatile.
For example a coffee cup in the real world is both a vessel for drinking coffee (or soup or tea or whatever), but it can also be used as a paperweight when a fan is turned on and our papers start blowing around. Digital services don't have that flexibility, and most people don't know how to unlock it even if the services could be hacked for another purpose. Ifttt tries to take users one step closer to hacking their Web problems using an easy interface and recipes.
Think about pairing a Craigslist search and Gtalk and activating that combo through Ifttt; when a certain search term pops up on Craigslist, it will pop up on my Gtalk(s goog) as a message. It takes about four to seven steps to make such an action happen, which is far easier than earlier efforts to make the Web a little easier for nonprogrammers to hack. Remember Yahoo Pipes? It was so cool but so hard.
With Ifttt's building programs, called recipes, such as "Every time you are tagged in a photo on Facebook, it will be sent to Dropbox," or "When a new book is added to Kindle Top 100 Free eBooks, send me an email," these actions take just a minute. You sign into services, tell them what to do using the Ifttt interface, and you are done. Here's one I did this afternoon after seeing a friend complain about saving tweets she wanted to read later.
The reaDIYmate also can be tied into Ifttt commands, which is a nice way to bring the ease of programming the Web to something that makes it easy to program physical objects. This is awesome for the Web today, but it gets exponentially cooler when we bring sensors and the Internet of things into it. So my Fitbit example may not be as far off as I think, if Ifttt can access the API for my device and the device is in relatively constant communications with the Web. Right now this last step is hard, because the wireless used by the Fitbit to communicate is a proprietary version, but with low-power standards hitting the mainstream this may be fixed.
And yes, there are probably far more complex ways to cross the Web–real world divide. But by bringing this to a wider audience and by making it fun, these companies are on the bleeding edge of how we'll interact with our devices going forward.
Disclosure: Fitbit is backed by True Ventures, a venture capital firm that is an investor in the parent company of this blog, Giga Omni Media. Om Malik, founder of Giga Omni Media, is also a venture partner at True.


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Named after the Ichthyosaurs discovered in Central Nevada, some of the largest fossils ever found, this well-balanced IPA is a perfect pair with paella, a staple dish in Basque-populated Nevada.
This American-style lager is named after the retired Virginia ad Truckee Steam Engine now in Virginia City on display. It's a rich, crisp, golden beer with citrus and hops notes makes it perfect with spicy Mexican food.
Made as a nod to Burning Man, The Burner is a Bohemian Pilsner that is quite the snappy refresher. Grab your favorite goat cheeses, some bread and crackers and dig into this wonderful pairing.
Named after Angel Creek in Wells within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada, this amber ale has won a silver medal at Great American Beer Festival. Made with Ruby Mountain water, this beer is awesome with tomato pastas and pizzas.
This silky porter is a true treat. With aromas of coffee, chocolate and caramel malts, this is a smooth and relaxing beer. Enjoy this beer with blue cheeses and smoked meats and bring on the stink eyes!
Nevada shoe tree has a famous shoe-laden tree that this brewery is named after. This northeast IPA is tart and hoppy and is a great way to lighten up a hearty, rich, fatty burger.
This tropical and refreshing beer from this Nevada brewery is made with water from Lake Tahoe and pair easily with nachos and all of their toppings.
This "Silicon Valley of the South" brewery in an homage to great craft beer and poker. Try their German Hefeweizen with apricot, banana, and clove notes. This beer is a lovely pair with lemony seafood dishes and, wait for it, banana pudding. YUM.


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Jill Stein Wins Four Delegates, Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry Wins Three Delegates, at the Green State Biennial Convention
On a hot day in a cool room at the Great River Regional Public Library in St. Cloud, Greens from all over the state gathered together on Saturday, June 11 for the 2016 Biennial Convention. After a lively discussion about the Green Party Presidential Candidates, including an inspiring in-person presentation by Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry and an enlightening phone appearance by Darryl Cherney, Greens participated in a walking sub-caucus.
A few of the other candidates picked up some votes in the first go-around, but eventually the group divided between Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry and Jill Stein, with Sedinam earning three delegates and Jill winning four delegates to the Presidential Nominating Convention taking place August 4-7 in Houston.
With the recent surge in interest for third parties, our Spokesperson Brandon Long was interviewed by Saint Clouds most prominent newspaper, the Saint Cloud Times (story here), and radio station, WJON (story here) ahead of the convention to discuss the Presidential race and our activities around the state.
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Green Candidate Jill Stein Begins Ballot Access Campaign in Minnesota
In Minnesota, non-major candidates need to collect 2,000 signatures from registered voters in the state to be granted ballot access – a task that we have succeeded in every Presidential election since our founding.
The deadline is August 23rd but "Minnesotans for Jill Stein" is hoping to collect 2,500-10,000 signatures by mid-July to show the momentum necessary to be further included in mainstream media, polls, and debates. Jill is currently polling at 7% in a four-way race in the most recent CNN poll.
The group had their first petitioning kickoff meeting on Monday June 6th and again on June 21st to distribute petitions and instructions to a number of eager volunteers.
Currently the state ballot access coordinator for the Jill Stein campaign in Minnesota is Minneapolis Green Councilmember Cam Gordon.
If you have questions or need to have petitions and information mailed to you, he can be contacted by email at camgordon333@msn.com and more information, including instructions on signature gathering and petitions to download, can be found here:
http://www.jill2016.com/minnesota_ballot_access
If you want to meet and interact with other people working on ballot access for Jill in Minnesota, you can join the Minnesota for Jill Stein Facebook group at:
http://www.facebook.com/MNForJillStein.
Two New Coordinating Committee Members Elected at Biennial Convention
The Green Party of Minnesota is pleased to welcome two new members to its governing body, the Coordinating Committee. Kristen Olson of St. Anthony Village, and Jane Kirby of St. Paul – both long-time Greens – were elected to a two-year at-large term by the membership.
Jim Ivey, Brandon Long, and Lena Buggs – all of St. Paul – were re-elected to two-year terms as well.
There remain 3 open at-large positions on the coordinating committee, which can be filled by election at a special meeting.
(Photo: Kristin Olson (R) Jane Kirby (L))
Endorsed Candidate Updates
Sharon Lemay is running for Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor in Anoka County (District 5). She screened with the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE) on June 17th and received their endorsement. MAPE is a public employee union.
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Wayne Pauluk is running for Hennepin County Commissioner against incumbent Jeff Johnson. Surprisingly, the Democrats did not run anyone for this position. This gives Wayne the opportunity in the general election to present Green Party ideas as the best option and to speak out for justice and equality.
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Green Party Becomes Largest Anti-Capitalist Party in the U.S.
The Green National Committee – governing body of the Green Party of the United States – has passed an amendment to the Green Party platform explicitly rejecting capitalism. This makes the Green Party now the largest anti-capitalist party in the entire country.
Proposal 835, co-sponsored by the Green Party of Minnesota, rejects both capitalism and state socialism, instead calling for "an economy based on large-scale green public works, municipalization, and workplace and community democracy."
The amendment, which was also sponsored by 8 other states, as well as the youth, women's, lavender (GLBT) and Latinx caucuses, now awaits ratification at the Green Party of the United States' National Convention, August 4-7 in Houston, TX.
Green Elected President of Austria in 2016
Alexander Van der Bellen, a leader within the Green Party of Austria since 1994, made the jump to the Presidential office from the City Council of Vienna with 50.3% of the vote in the 2nd round election in May. Avid yodeler, child of refugees from Eastern Europe, and professor of economics, he is the first Austrian President since WWII not from one of the two major parties.
Both major party candidates were eliminated in the first round of the Presidential Election. Another sign of the wave of discontent with the violence, corruption, and economic stagnation of politics-as-usual across Europe. The other 2nd round candidate for President, Norbert Höfer, campaigned on populist, anti-immigrant, and nationalist themes as a member of the Freedom Party of Austria, best known internationally for former leader Jörg Haider's inflammatory comments about Naziism.
Austria is a parliamentary democracy, so the President is the Head of State, not the Head of Government. A role more like the Queen of England than the US President. Still an important role for representing Austria internationally, as well as setting the agenda for internal politics. Let's give him a hearty Herzlichen Glückwunsch! in representing Green values, and helping to get Greens elected across Austria, as well as a reminder that the politics of fear and hatred can be defeated without compromising with the lesser evil.
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