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It's a Good Time to Buy a New Honda Now. Here's Why.
Honda Malaysia has announced that it is gearing up to regain its business momentum in the last four months of 2021 with plans to launch new models, financial initiatives and promotion campaigns.
By "new model", our guess is that it could even be the all-new 2022 Honda Civic which was just launched in Thailand last month.
The company announced that it is ready to shift into a higher gear as its manufacturing plant in Melaka and the showrooms at dealerships have commenced its operations.
September special benefits
In addition to reduced prices with the tax incentive, Honda Malaysia is also aiming to boost sales with its September Special Benefits promotion from 1st until 30th September 2021.
This campaign celebrates Malaysia Day with up to RM6,000 worth of benefits for customers to enjoy.
At the same time, the company has also introduced a special financing program that will be ongoing until 31st December 2021.
Special financing program
This initiative allows customers who purchase new cars to pay lower monthly instalments during the early stage of their car ownership.
Honda Malaysia has made it more convenient and easier for customers to pre-book their preferred Honda car through an Online Pre-Booking Platform.
Available on the Honda Malaysia Official Website and HondaTouch application, this platform enables customers to pre-book any Honda model at anytime and anywhere, including from the comfort of their home, with a minimum fee of just RM99.
HondaTouch app
The HondaTouch application also benefits Honda customers with faster and simpler after-sales services appointment process prior to visiting the dealerships. The platform and application help prevent long waiting time.
On a separate note, Honda Malaysia just reached its 1 millionth sale unit milestone in March 2021.
In terms of model sales performance, the City was one of Malaysians' favourite B-segment sedans, contributing 35% to the Honda Malaysia total sales as at August 2021.
The Civic, Accord, HR-V and CR-V have continued their respective segment leadership position with 72%, 36%, 71% and 24% of the segment market share respectively.
The company also reached out to assist local communities who are facing hardships due to the pandemic and prolonged lockdown.
Several initiatives were undertaken to help the communities in need, which in line with Honda's aim to be a company that society wants to exist.
These initiatives include contributing packs comprising food, beverages and personal care products to patients under quarantine, providing the BR-V to staff at the Low-Risk Treatment Centre (PKRC) in the Melaka International Trade Centre (MITC) for daily commute, and distributing necessities to six charity homes to bring joy to the residents.
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Widely praised for its strong biochemistry coverage and clear, easy-to-follow explanations and figures, Becker's World of the Cell provides a beautifully-illustrated, up-to-date introduction to cell biology concepts, processes, and applications.Informed by many years of classroom experience in the sophomore-level cell biology course, the dramatically-revised 9th Edition introduces molecular genetics concepts earlier in the text and includes more extensive coverage of key techniques in each chapter. Becker's World of the Cell provides accessible and authoritative descriptions of all major principles, as well as unique scientific insights into visualization and applications of cell and molecular biology.
Becker's World of the Cell,9th Editionis also available viaPearson eText, a simple-to-use, mobile, personalized reading experience that lets instructors connect with and motivate students — right in their eTextbook.Learn more.


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package org.gradle.platform.base.internal.registry;

import org.gradle.model.ModelMap;
import org.gradle.model.internal.core.ModelReference;
import org.gradle.model.internal.inspect.AbstractAnnotationDrivenModelRuleExtractor;
import org.gradle.model.internal.inspect.MethodRuleDefinition;
import org.gradle.model.internal.inspect.RuleSourceValidationProblemCollector;
import org.gradle.model.internal.type.ModelType;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;

public abstract class AbstractAnnotationDrivenComponentModelRuleExtractor<T extends Annotation> extends AbstractAnnotationDrivenModelRuleExtractor<T> {
    protected <V> void visitSubject(RuleMethodDataCollector dataCollector, MethodRuleDefinition<?, ?> ruleDefinition, ModelType<V> typeParameter, RuleSourceValidationProblemCollector problems) {
        if (ruleDefinition.getReferences().size() == 0) {
            problems.add(ruleDefinition, "A method " + getDescription() + " must have at least two parameters.");
            return;
        }

        ModelType<?> subjectType = ruleDefinition.getSubjectReference().getType();
        if (!isModelMap(subjectType)) {
            problems.add(ruleDefinition, String.format("The first parameter of a method %s must be of type %s.", getDescription(), ModelMap.class.getName()));
            return;
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        List<ModelType<?>> typeVariables = subjectType.getTypeVariables();
        if (typeVariables.size() != 1) {
            problems.add(ruleDefinition, String.format("Parameter of type %s must declare a type parameter extending %s.", ModelMap.class.getSimpleName(), typeParameter.getDisplayName()));
            return;
        }

        ModelType<?> elementType = typeVariables.get(0);
        if (elementType.isWildcard()) {
            problems.add(ruleDefinition, String.format("%s type %s cannot be a wildcard type (i.e. cannot use ? super, ? extends etc.).", typeParameter.getDisplayName(), elementType.getDisplayName()));
            return;
        }
        dataCollector.parameterTypes.put(typeParameter, elementType);
    }

    private boolean isModelMap(ModelType<?> modelType) {
        return ModelType.of(ModelMap.class).isAssignableFrom(modelType);
    }

    protected static class RuleMethodDataCollector {
        private HashMap<ModelType<?>, ModelType<?>> parameterTypes = new HashMap<ModelType<?>, ModelType<?>>();

        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        public <S, R extends S> ModelType<R> getParameterType(ModelType<S> baseClass) {
            return (ModelType<R>) parameterTypes.get(baseClass);
        }

        public <S> void put(ModelType<S> baseClass, ModelType<? extends S> concreteClass) {
            parameterTypes.put(baseClass, concreteClass);
        }
    }

    protected <S> void visitDependency(RuleMethodDataCollector dataCollector, MethodRuleDefinition<?, ?> ruleDefinition, ModelType<S> expectedDependency, RuleSourceValidationProblemCollector problems) {
        if (ruleDefinition.getReferences().isEmpty() && problems.hasProblems()) {
            return;
        }

        List<ModelReference<?>> references = ruleDefinition.getReferences();
        ModelType<? extends S> dependency = null;
        for (ModelReference<?> reference : references) {
            if (expectedDependency.isAssignableFrom(reference.getType())) {
                if (dependency != null) {
                    problems.add(ruleDefinition, String.format("A method %s must have one parameter extending %s. Found multiple parameter extending %s.", getDescription(),
                                                expectedDependency.getDisplayName(),
                                                expectedDependency.getDisplayName()));
                    return;
                }
                dependency = reference.getType().asSubtype(expectedDependency);
            }
        }

        if (dependency == null) {
            problems.add(ruleDefinition, String.format("A method %s must have one parameter extending %s. Found no parameter extending %s.", getDescription(),
                    expectedDependency.getDisplayName(),
                    expectedDependency.getDisplayName()));
            return;
        }
        dataCollector.put(expectedDependency, dependency);
    }
}

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JLayeredPanes can be used to layer multiple components on top of each other.
To use a LayeredPane, ensure that the applet's View extends JLayeredPane.
LayeredPanes do not normally have a layout manager. Instead the position and size of each component must be given before it will be displayed on the InternalFrames surface.
When interactive components, such as Buttons and TextFields, receive the mouse focus, they automatically display as the top-most layer. Therefore, LayerPanes should not be used to hold interactive components.


For more than 36 years, members of the Printing Industries of Maryland (PIM) have held a holiday auction to benefit Santa Claus Anonymous. This year's gala event, held at the Sparrows Point Country Club, helped the charity make its $500,000 goal.
Guests could bid on an array of silent-auction items as well as wrapped "blind" items. The highlight of the evening was a live auction at which auctioneer Skip Bray of French-Bray brought top dollar for the items. Helping him in this endeavor were celebrity auctioneers Chris Ely, WJZ-TV; Scott Garceau, WMAR-TV; and Orioles coach Elrod Hendricks.
One person who was most happy with the evening was Vincent Columbia, president of Santa Claus Anonymous. Other faces in the crowd included Ken Boone, owner of Direct Marketing Association; Jay Goldscher, vice-chair of PIM and an employee of Graphtec; Jeff Atwell, Cavanaugh Press, and his wife, Kimmy.


"Pride, Shame and Empathy in Peer Relations: A Case Study with Implications for Theory and Practice in Education and Juvenile Justice."
Source: (1994) In: K. Oxenberry, K. Rigby and P. Slee (eds.), Children's Peer Relations. Addeley: University of South Australia. In: K. Oxenberry, K. Rigby and P. Slee (eds.), Children's Peer Relations. Addeley: University of South Australia.
The original version of a paper proposing the use of conferencing in schools, following the apparent success of conferencing in juvenile justice reforms in Wagga Wagga. The paper addresses the anticipated concerns of educationalists, particularly concerns about the role of emotionality in ceremonies of "reintegrative shaming".


Boaters Exchange offering BIG savings on the entire Yamaha Boat lineup. From 19 to 24-foot, luxury to performance, wake sports to center console fishing fun, Yamaha BOAT finance and purchase options are designed to make owning the number one brand on the water more affordable than ever.
Boaters Exchange and Coastal Angler Magazine have teamed up again for this year's Coastal Angler Magazine Boating and Fishing Expo, Saturday April 21st from 9am-4pm. Come see the Yamaha lineup on display.
Keynote speaker is Captain Rick Murphy of The Chevy Florida Insider Fishing Report, along with other local celebrity fishing captains. Try your luck at winning a new FISHING BOAT sponsored by Atlass Insurance, as well as thousands of dollars in other prizes. Prizes included a stand up paddleboard, MinnKota trolling motor and a Yeti cooler just to name a few.
Great family fun with food, free raffle, a kids zone, fishing seminars and vendors onsite. Free Parking and admission. That's Saturday April 21st at Boaters Exchange on US 1 in Rockledge.
It's a great time to take advantage of BIG savings on a new Yamaha Boat.


The polar and grizzly bears are the largest animal predators on Earth. Weighing more than 500 kilos with a length of almost 3 meters, this bear is double the size of a Siberian tiger. Polar bears have a thick layer of fat in order to be able to defy the extreme Arctic cold. They also have an undercoat and a layer of transparent protective hair. As a result they can swim and hunt in very low temperatures. Polar bears are very good swimmers and have even been seen 300 kilometers from the coast. When searching for food the polar bear has the benefit of a highly sensitive sense of smell.


If you want some outside-of-the-box presentations of witches, ghosts, skeletons, etc., check out B-Witcheries by Jack Bridwell. You be treated to some bizarre routines that will get the gears turning regarding your present routines. Effects include Sounds of the Spirits, Sign of the Specter, Psychic Deck, Told, and many more. However, few copies remain, so purchase yours today!


Last weekend, Easter weekend, we took our new old car for a spin in the Piemonte, Piedmont region of Italy. I think it's a region often overlooked but with some culinary traditions (gianduja / truffles / mushrooms, anyone?) and excellent wines that can't be ignored. And once you're in the Langhe and Monferrato areas of Piemonte, you'll notice the rolling hills and endless vineyards may recall another, much-hyped region (Tuscany).
At least on a sunny day.
On a less than stellar day, you'll see how the wine Nebbiolo (deriving from the Italian word for fog, nebbia) gets its name.
This Easter the weather was definitely less than stellar, and though we planned an outing for later in the day, we decided to enjoy a nice lunch at our hotel and not risk a meal somewhere, somehow on Easter Sunday. Luckily we already knew it would be good.
We started with a trio of appetizers for Easter lunch – roasted peperone with bagna cauda, a typical Piemontese sauce to eat with fresh or roasted vegetables. Sometimes it's presented as a dip, kept warm while it's consumed, or it's ladled directly onto the vegetables as you see here. Bagna cauda is made with garlic, anchovies, olive oil, and butter, so it's full of umami.
The torta di Pasqua, Easter cake, made with cheese and honey is there in the top right. It had the consistency of a very fluffy quiche or soufflé.
Here's a close-up of the other antipasto, a savory Torta di Pasqua, or rustica, is a torte with spinach, ricotta, and eggs, and a very flaky, buttery crust.
The first primo, pasta dish of the meal: Ravioli alla Piemontese, which were my highlight of the meal. I had cheated, though, and had them the day before, so I knew what I was in for. These lovely ravioli were made with a lighter non-egg pasta, and were hand-rolled and filled in the kitchen while we waited. They were drizzled lightly with a little tomato and that dark sauce is from a brasato, pot roast, and that little drizzle added so much flavor to the dish.
Our second primo, gnocchi in fonduta, melted cheese, were obviously hand formed as well and covered in a savory cheese sauce.
For the second "secondo" or meat entree, was another Piemontese specialty, Cima alla Piemontese, or sometimes called Saccocchia. Various meat products (head, brain, tongue) are mixed with chicken meat and ground out to form a log. This one surrounded with veal, baked and then sliced and garnished with artichoke hearts.
We were in a medieval building, dating back to 1000 (AD). Yes, no missing centuries from that number. I loved some of the little touches like this candle holder turned electric light.
As for dessert, by then I was just trying to stay seated at the table and as our individual tiramisu arrived, we took those heavy silver spoons and dipped, and dipped, and dipped.
Until it was all gone.
Where did you stay, and what area. I know a few bloggers in Piedmonte..
it all looks so good and is such a great coincidence – I was looking for a room for sunday night and just called and made a reservation. Unfortunately we won't be able to eat here (bcs. I've already reserved at Trattorie nelle Vigne in Diana d'Alba) but the rooms look very good. How was the breakfast, do you recommend it?
Sweet greetings from Frog Hollow Farm! What a wonderful meal, and in such a delightful setting! Love the white tablecloth as a backdrop to those delicious looking plates of food. Ciao, bella!
wow. That is some meal. How did you find that restaurant? Did you see Diana?
I was in Acqui Termi last summer.
The food in that region is unreal. I still think about the ravioli.
Well, I am sure Lele and Carla enjoyed you being there as much as you enjoyed the food. It's a special little place, LaLoggia, the hotel was home for us during our renovation trips from Germany.
You are so lucky to live in Italy and your food looks fabulous! I'm so jealous of both. Enjoy!
@anne – we actually stayed there, in the place I posted about in Acqui Terme. It was nice!
@nyc – all Diana, she was nice enough to share one of her finds.
@diana – I can't wait for our girls' weekend…let me know if I can help plan!
I am just back in India from a trip to Milano, Roma, Firenze and Venezia. Your blog was an import ingredient in my research! I read the entire archives for my research and the posts on "How to order an Italian coffee in Italy", "An introduction to Italian Candy", and "Italian Gift Guide" were the most helpful.
I arrived in Malpensa on the 3rd and stayed at San Donato a suburb of Milan (my wife had an apartment and was in Milan for the last 6 months). We visited the Duomo and unfortunately "Peck" was closed for Easter. We did stroll across the fashion quadrilateral though. Two days later We went on to Roma, Firenzie and Venice and returned to Milano. We took the EuroStar Alta Velocita Frecciarossa most of the time for our travel.
A note on food. Rightly said, the combinations of coffee are definitely unlimited. I enjoyed the "cafe normale" and "moroccino" (thanks to your post). Breakfast was Brioche and cafe througout my stay. For a meal I couldn't go beyond the Insalata, the first plate and a bottle of Vino or Acqua. I am not much of a "Dolce" fan. However my wife splurged on the Gelatos and Granitas. She liked the Granita Di Cafe at Tazza D'Oro in Rome.
Pizzas were juicy, heavenly. Especially in the ristorantes with wood fired ovens. Probably the only time I've seen Brinjals (aubergines/egg plant) as toppings.
I must have had atleast 10 different labels of bottled water – Monte Verde, San Beneditto, San Pallegrino, Acqa Panna is all I can remember. Maybe the bottled waters of Italy deserve a seperate post on your blog.
Food and Wine definitely taste better in Firenze. Tuscan cooking is incredible. I love the first whiff of Basilico from the dish. Though we were vegetarians we had several options in most Bars and Restaurants. Il Pinolo the restaurant near Porta al Prato where we had atleast 6 meals had some excellent house wine. Wine Lovers and meat eaters will rejoice in the Tuscan region. Chianti wine, Cheese, Fetuccine and Lemoncello was part of most of my meals. Pizza and Cafe was for in-between meals!.
I bought a few packets of Pastiglie Leone. I couldn't get the tins in Carrefour (San Juliano) so had to be content with the cartons. While writing this I am chewing on a Vivident Cube (Senza Zucchero)! We did bring back a wedge of Parmesan (cut freshly from the wheel), 3 bottles of Tuscan Rose, a lot of chocolates including Pocket Coffee that you mentioned in your post. As for the chocolates I couldn't find the brands (in Carrefour) that you had mentioned in your post and peck was closed for easter.
Ofcourse we did visit most of the UNESCO heritage sites in Roma and Firenze! We had an excellent holiday and thanks to your blog, an excellent culinary experience. Thank you very much.
Can I just say that your photographs (especially the foody ones, yumyum) are totally divine! What talent!


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Welcome to the new e-Laws. It's now easier than ever to find Ontario laws. We welcome your feedback.
O. Reg. 133/21: ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS
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under Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8
current March 1, 2021 – (e-Laws currency date)
February 26, 2021 – February 28, 2021
Highway Traffic Act
ONTARIO REGULATION 133/21
Consolidation Period: From March 1, 2021 to the e-Laws currency date.
No amendments.
This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.
General requirements for electronic documents
1. If a person carries or keeps an electronic document in order to comply with a requirement to carry or keep a document under the Act or the regulations, the electronic document shall meet the following requirements:
1. It must be in a readable format.
2. It must be complete, as required by law.
3. It must be unaltered in its final form.
Electronic documents — commercial motor vehicles
2. (1) Any document in respect of a commercial motor vehicle that is required to be carried, kept, produced or surrendered under section 7, 16, 82.1, 110, 110.2, 116, 121 or 216.1 of the Act may be carried, kept, produced or surrendered in electronic format if the document meets the requirements of section 1 of this Regulation.
(2) The following requirements apply to a person who is required to produce or surrender a document in respect of a commercial motor vehicle under section 7, 16, 82.1, 110, 110.2, 116 or 121 of the Act in electronic format:
1. If a police officer requires the person to electronically transmit the document to the officer, the person shall do so.
2. If a police officer requires the person to produce or surrender the document, the person shall, at the person's option, either,
i. produce an electronic display of the document that is readable from outside the vehicle, or
ii. produce or surrender a printed copy of the document.
(3) The following requirements apply to a person who is required to produce or surrender a document in respect of a commercial motor vehicle under section 7, 16, 82.1, 110, 110.2, 116, 121 or 216.1 of the Act in electronic format:
1. If an officer appointed for carrying out the provisions of the Act requires the person to electronically transmit the document to the officer, the person shall do so.
2. If an officer appointed for carrying out the provisions of the Act requires the person to produce or surrender the document, the person shall, at the person's option, either,
Electronic documents — garage and storage licences
3. (1) Any document that is required to be kept or produced under section 60 of the Act or under Regulation 595 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (Garage Licences) made under the Act may be kept or produced in electronic format if the document meets the requirements of section 1 of this Regulation.
(2) The following requirements apply with respect to a person who keeps a document in respect of a garage or storage licence in electronic format:
1. If a police officer or officer appointed for carrying out the provisions of the Act requires the person to generate a printed copy of the document, the person shall do so if the person has the technical capacity to do so.
2. If a police officer or officer appointed for carrying out the provisions of the Act requires that the document be stored or transmitted in a particular way, the person shall store or transmit the document in accordance with the officer's requirement.
Electronic documents — motor vehicle inspection stations
4. (1) Any document that is required to be kept, produced or surrendered under section 98 of the Act or under Regulation 601 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (Motor Vehicle Inspection Stations) made under the Act may be kept, produced or surrendered in electronic format if the document meets the requirements of section 1 of this Regulation.
(2) The following requirements apply with respect to a person who keeps a document in respect of a motor vehicle inspection station in electronic format:
1. If an inspector appointed under section 98 of the Act requires the person to generate a printed copy of the document, the person shall do so if the person has the technical capacity to do so.
2. If an inspector appointed under section 98 of the Act requires that the document be stored or transmitted in a particular way, the person shall store or transmit the document in accordance with the inspector's requirement.
5. (1) Where a police officer, officer appointed for carrying out the provisions of the Act or inspector appointed under section 98 of the Act obtains or receives an electronic document from a person who is required to carry, keep, produce or surrender a document under the Act or the regulations, the officer or inspector may make an electronic or printed copy of the document.
(2) An electronic or printed document that purports to be certified as a true copy of an electronic document obtained or received by a police officer, officer appointed for carrying out the provisions of the Act or inspector appointed under section 98 of the Act is admissible in evidence in any proceeding or prosecution as proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the original document and its contents.
6. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).
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By-Laws and Plans
Heather Dionne
City of Hartford - Forester
50 Jennings Rd, Hartford, CT 06120
DIONH001@HARTFORD.GOV
Heather Dionne is the City Forester for the City of Hartford, Connecticut. Over the past six years, she has been managing an urban forest that includes 434 shoulder road miles and almost 3,000 acres of greenspace and forestland. Educating the public on the importance of trees, climate change and proper arboricultural practices are her focus. She has worked hard to encourage decision makers to see trees as a necessity and not just a luxury, especially regarding budgeting and planning. Seeing first-hand the social injustices in a city relating to tree canopy gives her a vantage from which she can bring stake-holders together to come up with solutions.
Heather studied Urban and Community Forestry at Unity College in Maine, is a licensed arborist in Connecticut and with the International Society of Arboriculture, and recently acquired her certification as a supervising forest products harvester in CT.
Aris Stalis
Aris Land Studio
78 Elm Street
Email: aris@arisls.com
Website: www.arisls.com
Jillian Bell
Audubon Connecticut
Bird Friendly Communities Program Associate
Email: jillian.bell@audubon.org
Jillian Bell (she, her, hers) is Audubon Connecticut's Bird Friendly Communities (BFC) Program Associate. She works with community groups and a suite of program partners to restore native habitat, connect people with nature, and inspire stewardship behaviors in the next-generation of environmental leaders.
Jillian's ongoing work has supported over 45 schools and community groups in Connecticut and New York in their efforts to green their schoolyards and park spaces by creating native plant habitats on school grounds and restoring native habitats. She does this in part by delivering professional development workshops to teaching staff in order to support them in taking their students outside and in integrating their curriculum with the natural world right outside their doors.
Katherine Beechem
ISA Certified Arborist | NE-7249A
kbeechem@gmail.com
Katie received her B.A. in Biology from Goucher College and her M.F. in Forestry from the Yale School Forestry & Environmental Studies. Katie has over 10 years of experience working outdoors in roles that include trail maintenance in southern Oregon, reforestation in Baltimore County, urban tree planting in New Haven CT, and--presently--tree work in greater New Haven.
As someone who discovered a love of outdoor work before understanding that women were underrepresented in the industry, Katie is motivated to help and empower women to live lives of radical authenticity, staying true to themselves irregardless of their proximity to the socially constructed norms of Western culture.
Danica Doroski, Ph.D.
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Division of Forestry – Urban Forestry Coordinator
Hartford, CT 06106-5127
Email: danica.doroski@ct.gov
Danica Doroski received her Ph.D. and M.S. from the Yale School of the Environment. She is now the State Urban Forestry Coordinator at Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Prior to moving to Connecticut, Danica worked in New York City for the New York Restoration Project and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and in Philadelphia at the Morris Arboretum.
Susanna Keriö, D.Sc.
Department of Forestry and Horticulture
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station - Assistant Agricultural Scientist
PO Box 1106, 123 Huntington Street
Email: Susanna.Kerio@ct.gov
Dr. Susanna Keriö joined the CUFC in 2021, and has worked at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) since 2020. Through her research at CAES and her role in the CUFC, she aims to support the work of urban and community forestry professionals in maintaining a healthy urban forest canopy in New England. Dr. Keriö's current research at the CAES focuses on developing innovative management strategies to reduce urban tree stress and to support tree health in urban environments under the changing climate. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Helsinki, followed by postdoctoral research at Oregon State University. Her research interests include factors affecting tree stress resistance, tree stress detection based on molecular cues, and tree stress management. Additionally, Dr. Keriö works on clonal tree propagation and tissue culture, to support tree germ plasm conservation and tree cultivar development.
Ron Pitz
Active in Various Projects
Email: ronpitz1957@gmail.com
Ron Pitz is the retired executive director of Knox, Inc. A non profit organization that uses horticulture and agriculture to strengthen and feed urban communities. During his 25 years working with Knox he fully realized the importance of preserving existing and planting new trees in urban areas. Under his leadership thousands of trees were planted in Hartford by Knox and volunteers. He continues his work organizing tree planting events in Bloomfield with the Wintonbury Land Trust and Trees for Bloomfield. He also is a DEEP certified Master Wildlife Conservationist and a UConn certified Master Gardener.
Eric Hammerling
Connecticut Forest & Park Association
16 Meriden Road
Rockfall, CT 06481
Phone: 860-346-TREE (8733)
Website: www.ctwoodlands.org
Email: ehammerling@ctwoodlands.org
Eric Hammerling has been the Executive Director at the Connecticut Forest & Park Association (CFPA) since 2008. He has a M.S. in Environmental Science/Rangeland Management from U.C. Berkeley, and a B.A. in History from the University of Michigan. Eric directs CFPA's policy programs, is an active testifier on forest, park, and trail-related legislation at the state Capitol, and has chaired several policy efforts including the Forests Subgroup of the Governor's Council on Climate Change, the State Vegetation Management Task Force, and the Policy on Resilient Forests for Connecticut's Future (PRFCT Future) working group.
Bruce Villwock
Connecticut Department of Transportation - Landscape Designer
Email: r.bruce.villwock@ct.gov
Richard Cowles, Ph.D.
Agricultural Scientist
Valley Laboratory
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
153 Cook Hill Road
Email: Richard.Cowles@ct.gov
Dr. Rich Cowles joined the CUFC in 2018. He has worked at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station since 1994. His research has included conservation of eastern hemlocks and ash trees by protecting them with systemic insecticides until biological control becomes established. Although trained as an entomologist (with degrees from Cornell and Michigan State Universities), he also has been investigating various plant diseases, including boxwood blight and beech leaf disease, and phytophthora root rot in Christmas tree plantations. Dr. Cowles has been working since 2010 on genetic improvement of fir trees for growing on Christmas tree farms, and with his wife operates a small farm in Broad Brook, CT.
Herb Virgo
KENEY PARK SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT
Founder and Executive Director, Keney Park Sustainability Project
Email: herb@keneyparksustainability.org
Herbert "Herb" Virgo is the Founder and Executive Director of the Keney Park Sustainability Project (KPSP). He has seventeen years of experience working with the target population of youth. Herb is a member of the Climate Stewardship Council and works closely with the Public Works Department in Keney Park.
Herb has seven years of experience as the Event Coordinator for the Family Day Festival overseeing all aspects of the festival. Herb also has years of experience as a counselor, teacher, and case manager of youth at a wilderness education program for adjudicated youth and the Florida Department of Children and Family Services.
Herb has also managed the installation of 15 miles of trails in Keney Park. Herb's commitment to not only the population but to KPSP is honorable and one with integrity. He can be found throughout the project all year and is always willing to support whatever it takes to grow the mission. His calming presence has lifted the KPSP project from grassroots to the growing sustainability in the city of Hartford.
Robert Fahey, Ph.D.
George F. Cloutier Professor in Forestry and Director of the UConn Forest
Assistant Professor – Department of Natural Resources and the Environment & Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Associate Director – Eversource Energy Center
Office: 225 WB Young Building, 1376 Storrs Rd., Storrs, CT 06269
Email: Robert.fahey@uconn.edu
Website: faheylab.weebly.com
Robert Fahey's primary area of research is Forest Ecology, but his (Bob's) work also includes Urban Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Remote Sensing, and Silviculture. He received his BS in Natural Resources from Cornell University, MS in Forest Science from Oregon State University, and PhD in Forest Ecology and Management from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He previously worked as a Research Scientist at The Morton Arboretum outside of Chicago and continues as a Research Fellow in the Center for Tree Science there. Current research is focused on understanding canopy structure-function relationships in forests, particularly in relation to disturbance resilience. He works across the spectrum of anthropogenic impacts in forests from urban to rural, and is particularly interested in adapting ecological and silvicultural knowledge to human-dominated landscapes.
Chris Donnelly
Old Post Consulting
Email: chris.donnelly@ct.gov
Chris Donnelly is the retired Urban Forestry Coordinator in the Division of Forestry, CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. In that role, he had the good fortune to work with a broad cross-section of people involved with trees and urban forestry in the state of Connecticut. While he has stepped away from DEEP, he has not yet left urban forestry behind. "There are too many people and too many places," he says, "to ever really let go." He appreciates the opportunity for continued engagement with the Urban Forest Council.
Drew Goldsman, AICP
The Nature Conservancy in CT - Urban Conservation Program Manager
55 Church St, Floor 3
Email: Drew.Goldsman@tnc.org
Drew Goldsman is the Urban Conservation Program Manager for The Nature Conservancy in Connecticut. The Urban Conservation Program provides support to cities across Connecticut, currently with a focus on Bridgeport, embracing natural solutions as an integral way of equitably fostering vibrant and healthy communities. Current initiatives range from supporting a resilient coastline to on-the-ground community engagement. The work includes investments in the urban forest and in green stormwater infrastructure. Drew has a strong background in urban environmental and social justice causes. With past positions focusing on transportation equity and affordable housing policy, Drew believes the built and natural environments are deeply tied and must equitably benefit all residents. Drew holds a Master of Urban Planning from New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and a Bachelor of Arts from Hampshire College.
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Q: Calculating time between 5a-1p or 530a-130p I was wondering if it is possible for Excel to calculate time span if each time block is in 5a-1p format in one cell. That way I could add the hours for each week without changing too much.
Sample data:
Name   Mon     Tues    Wed        Thur   Fri    Sat     Sun     Total Hours

Bill   2a-10p  5a-1p   730a-330p  OFF    OFF    5p-12a  5a-10a

Thank you!

A: The following formula will give the hours in one day's time span. It works by parsing the text and reformatting the start and end times in a time format that Excel recognizes. Once that is done, it's a matter of subtraction and conversion of the result to hours.
=IF(B2="OFF",0,((IF(LEN(RIGHT(B2,LEN(B2)-FIND("-",B2)))>3,LEFT(RIGHT(B2,LEN(B2)-FIND("-",B2)),LEN(RIGHT(B2,LEN(B2)-FIND("-",B2)))-3)&":"&MID(RIGHT(B2,LEN(B2)-FIND("-",B2)),LEN(RIGHT(B2,LEN(B2)-FIND("-",B2)))-2,2),LEFT(RIGHT(B2,LEN(B2)-FIND("-",B2)),LEN(RIGHT(B2,LEN(B2)-FIND("-",B2)))-1))&" "&RIGHT(RIGHT(B2,LEN(B2)-FIND("-",B2)),1)&"m")-(IF(LEN(LEFT(B2,FIND("-",B2)-1))>3,LEFT(LEFT(B2,FIND("-",B2)-1),LEN(LEFT(B2,FIND("-",B2)-1))-3)&":"&MID(LEFT(B2,FIND("-",B2)-1),LEN(LEFT(B2,FIND("-",B2)-1))-2,2),LEFT(LEFT(B2,FIND("-",B2)-1),LEN(LEFT(B2,FIND("-",B2)-1))-1))&" "&RIGHT(LEFT(B2,FIND("-",B2)-1),1)&"m"))*24+IF(AND(MID(B2,FIND("-",B2)-1,1)="p",RIGHT(B2,1)="a"),24,0))

Breaking it down:
RIGHT(B2,LEN(B2)-FIND("-",B2)) is the end time in your format.
LEFT(B2,FIND("-",B2)-1) is the start time in your format.
Replacing these values with End and Start will help clarify what the formula is doing.
=IF(B2="OFF",0,((IF(LEN(End)>3,LEFT(End,LEN(End)-3)&":"&MID(End,LEN(End)-2,2),LEFT(End,LEN(End)-1))&" "&RIGHT(End,1)&"m")-(IF(LEN(Start)>3,LEFT(Start,LEN(Start)-3)&":"&MID(Start,LEN(Start)-2,2),LEFT(Start,LEN(Start)-1))&" "&RIGHT(Start,1)&"m"))*24+IF(AND(MID(B2,FIND("-",B2)-1,1)="p",RIGHT(B2,1)="a"),24,0))

This basically says, return 0 if B2 is OFF.
Otherwise, format the time so Excel recognizes it as a time value.
To do this, first, check how many digits precede the letter (a or p) in the time.
If there are more than 2 digits, the time includes minutes, so it needs to be formatted with a colon between hour and minutes. Otherwise, do nothing.
Then, put a space between the numbers and the letter and stick an m after the letter (to make it am or pm).
Once this is done for each, subtract the start time from the end time.
This returns the fraction of a day in the time span, so convert it to hours by multiplying by 24.
In the case that the end time is AM and the start time is PM, this results in a negative number. To correct for that, the formula checks for this condition and adds 24 to the result if it is met.

A: You can also use a shorter version:
=IF(B2="OFF",0,ABS(MOD(24*MMULT(LARGE(IFERROR(0+REPLACE(TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(B2,"a",":00 AM"),"p",":00 PM"),"-",REPT(" ",99)),99*{0,1}+1,99)),{2;3},,":00"),0),{1,2}),{1;-1}),24)-24*(IFERROR(MMULT(FIND({"a","p"},B2),{-1;1})<0,0))))
Regards

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FG 3PT FT Reb No Player Min M-A M-A M-A O-D-T A PF ST TO BK PTS 0 Joanie Mungro 23 0-0 0-0 5-6 2-2-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Nuria Forns 28 0-6 0-2 1-2 0-1-1 2 3 0 5 1 1 0 Erin Bath 24 1-6 0-0 0-0 2-3-5 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 Krystal Scott 29 2-6 0-0 5-5 0-6-6 2 2 2 7 0 9 0 Angie Cossey 27 1-9 1-7 3-4 1-1-2 0 3 0 2 0 6 0 Jamine Moton 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Courtney Wittstruck 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 Andrea Gaines 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Amirah Leonard 9 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 Catherine Compton 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chrissy Floyd 22 4-8 3-4 2-2 0-2-2 0 3 1 4 0 13 0 Datishella Byrd 24 1-10 1-5 4-4 0-1-1 0 1 4 3 1 7 Totals 200 10-49 5-18 20-23 8-16-24 4 19 9 25 2 45 Percentages: FG .204, 3PT .278, FT .870. Team Rebounds: 2. Team Turnovers: 0.
FG 3PT FT Reb No Player Min M-A M-A M-A O-D-T A PF ST TO BK PTS 41 Paige Sauer 10 1-1 1-1 2-2 0-2-2 0 1 1 1 0 5 20 Stacy Hansmeyer 10 3-4 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 2 2 0 7 25 Svetlana Abrosimova 32 2-7 2-5 0-0 1-6-7 4 3 0 4 0 6 10 Sue Bird 34 5-8 1-3 5-6 0-2-2 2 3 3 3 0 16 33 Shea Ralph 33 4-8 0-1 7-8 0-4-4 1 2 3 6 0 15 11 Kelly Schumacher 6 0-1 0-0 2-2 2-1-3 0 3 0 0 0 2 13 Marci Czel 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Asjha Jones 17 2-3 0-0 1-2 1-5-6 0 2 0 2 3 5 23 Kennitra Johnson 15 3-6 0-1 2-3 0-3-3 2 2 4 0 0 8 32 Swintayla Cash 22 4-10 0-0 2-4 3-7-10 2 2 1 1 2 10 34 Tamika Williams 15 3-4 0-0 3-4 1-0-1 1 1 2 1 0 9 44 Christine Rigby 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 200 27-53 5-12 24-31 8-31-39 12 20 16 20 6 83 Percentages: FG .509, 3PT .417, FT .774. Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 0.


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Q: Open Gallery to a Self Generated Folder I want to open the default gallery app to a folder (named fooo) in the primary storage. I thought the easiest way would be to use Intents. When I use this code for my intent, the gallery app opens but it shows no image. I check with file explorer and there are images.
   Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    Uri uri = Uri.parse(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath()+"/fooo/");
    intent.setDataAndType(uri, "image/*");
    startActivity(intent);

A: First, there is no requirement for any ACTION_VIEW activity to be able to handle a directory as the Uri.
Second, your MIME type is incorrect, as a directory is not an image.
Third, your Uri is invalid, because it lacks a scheme. Replace:
Uri uri = Uri.parse(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath()+"/fooo/");

with:
Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "fooo");


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Don't fret too much if you missed out on watching James Gilmour playing Scythe: Digital Edition live on Twitch last night. I mean, sure, we're all a little bit disappointed with you, but you've got a chance to make things up.
That's because you can watch the stream in its entirety in the video up at the top of the page. Go on, don't be shy, wrap your peepers around James's shenanigans and I guarantee you're going to have a brilliant old time.
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Tom "Yusha" Sager's service and dedication have meant a lot to Great Rivers over the years. Next week he offically steps off of our Board of Directors. We will be forever grateful for his service, and will all miss his presence at future meetings.
Yusha wrote some reflections about his 16 years with Great Rivers Environmental Law Center. We hope you enjoy reading them as much as we did!
When Lewis Green asked me to serve on the Board of Directors of Great Rivers Environmental Law Center 16 years ago, my first thought was why me? I'm not a lawyer and I don't have any strong connections with St. Louis. I don't recall his exact words; but he said something like "That's why I want you on the Board of Directors." As with everything Lewis said and did, there was a lot of wisdom behind his decision that the Directors of Great Rivers should be a diverse group.
Foliage of one of Buehler Park's trees.
Yusha and other Rolla activists at an event held at Buehler Park in 2007.
Over the past 16 years I've watched Great Rivers double the size of it's legal staff fromtwo to four attorneys. I've watched it chalk up victory after victory from saving Buehler Park in Rolla from commercial development in 2007 to winnng the requirement earlier this month that the Bridgeton Landfill test outfalls and leachate for radiological contamination.
Sarah Willey speaking to a group at an event in Springfield, Missouri in late 2017.
One of the most positive recent events for Great Rivers was Sarah Willey joining the staff as Director of Development and Community Outreach. Sarah has been traveling up and down the State of Missouri getting the name Great Rivers out before the public. This is a dimension that until recently Great Rivers lacked.
An example of the type of pollution Great Rivers works to reduce.
environmental reform. Should Great Rivers need a plaintiff in a suit against industry or government, I stand ready to do my part.
And I've learned a lot over the 16 years I've been involved with Great Rivers. I particularly enjoyed filing pro se (with much help from Bruce Morrison) to try to stop an unnecessary road and the ugliest little shopping center on I-44 from coming to Rolla. We delayed them six months and, I believe, came very close to stopping them altogether.
I hope to stay involved with Great Rivers, although I intend to concentrate my waning energies on working for Peace, as I believe very little can be done for the physical environment as long as we remain focused on War and Violence. As the weekly Rolla Peace Vigils enter their 12th year, I hope to continue vigilling for Peace as long as I'm physically able. I also intend to continue volunteering as a reader and teller of stories in Rolla's elementary and preschools, with hope that the next generation may do somewhat better for the Earth than my generation.
May Great Rivers continue to be a positive force for our environment.


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Q: How is the differential form $dx_1 \wedge ...\wedge dx_k$ "intuitively" an oriented $k$-dimensional volume element? I am reading a paper on differential forms. They define it as follows:

A differential $k$-form on a domain $U$ is a continuous, infinitely differentiable map $\omega \colon U \to \Lambda^k (\Bbb{R}^{n \ast})$ where $\Bbb{R}^{n\ast}$ is the dual of $\Bbb{R}^n$ as a vector space.
In particular we may let $x_1,...x_n$ be a basis for $\Bbb{R}^n$ and let $dx_i\in \Bbb{R}^{n \ast}$ be the unique linear map $\Bbb{R}^n\to \Bbb{R}$ that satisfies $dx_i(x_j)=\delta_{ij}$

It then goes on to make a comment:

Intuitively, we may consider $dx_1 \wedge ... \wedge dx_k$ to be an oriented, $k$ dimensional volume element

I don't understand this remark. I know $dx$ from calculus is supposed to be an infinitesimal change and I also understand that wedge product is intuitively a way of turning vectors into higher dimensional objects.
But forget about wedge products. I don't understand how $dx$ defined as $\delta_{ij}$ has anything to do with an infinitesimal change.
What is going on here? Why is this abstract definition related to an infinitesimal change?

A: If you feed a list of $k$ vectors $v_1,\dots,v_k\in\Bbb R^n$ into the $k$-form $dx_1\wedge\dots\wedge dx_k$ you'll get the signed volume of the parallelepiped formed by $v_1',\dots,v_k'$, where $v_j'$ is the projection of $v_j$ into $x_1\dots x_k$-space.


Welsh mental health charity Hafal has announced that they have recently secured a contract with Dyfed Powys Police to deliver Appropriate Adult Services across the force area.
The National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH) is inviting members of the public to the Liberty Stadium, Swansea on 5th May for a free day of "manly pursuits" and learning more about staying on top form, both physically and mentally.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists and Central and North West London NHS Trust have launched new guidance to encourage mental health patients and service users to register to vote and get their voice heard in the forthcoming General Election.


Enjoy a sunrise stroll on the beach alongside the island's resident colony of sea eagles.
Free from reef day-trippers, Orpheus is a rare island getaway where you can enjoy complete tropical escapism miles away from the trappings of daily life. Reached by a short helicopter flight from Townsville, Orpheus resort originally began as a humble guesthouse in the 1930s with just a few beach huts scattered across the coastline. Today the resort has grown into one of the most sought-after tropical destinations in Queensland, with the original beach huts having been transformed into luxurious beachfront rooms, suites and villas catering for no more than 28 guests at a time.
Differentiating itself from other luxury Queensland resort's, Orpheus Island offers an abundance of incredible island experiences: we like grabbing a gourmet picnic from the chef before jumping into a private motorised dinghy and heading out to discover the nearby bays and reefs, or the exciting fishing trip ending with the day's catch grilled over an open fire on the white sands of a nearby cove. Here you can also embark on a tour of the culturally rich neighbouring atoll led by the island's indigenous people.
Motorised dinghies, paddle skis, catamarans, canoes, fishing gear, guided nature walks through the national park and snorkel equipment are all included in your stay, so there's no excuse not to explore the island's untouched beaches and amazing sea-life. If you are looking for something a little special, seaplane charters and luxury cruises can all be arranged on request at a charge.
From exploring tropical islands to cruising through the blue pacific, Flying Fish Super Yacht has been designed to provide world-class standard of accommodation. Sleeping up to eight guests in six large and luxurious suites, as well as the highly skilled and professional crew members, her elegant and well-appointed interior displays a tasteful selection of natural woods, rattan and golden oak complemented by Versace furnishings. With an impressive 40m hull, there is an expanse of outdoor space to be enjoyed; relax in the sundeck's bubbling spa beneath the stars, sip on a glass of something chilled in the private bar or take an afternoon nap on one of the comfortable sun beds. Whether you're in the mood for flying or fishing, the vessel is supported by its own Squirrel helicopter, amphibious Sealegs tender and two Pirate game boats.


One of the most important factors to consider when it comes to cleaning new windows and doors is to check the manufacturer's care and maintenance guide. For your convenience here are some resources and important tips in caring for Milgard doors and windows. Note: Some of the information below applies to Andersen windows and doors and may apply to other brands. Keep in mind we cannot stress enough the importance of following the actual manufacturer care and maintenance guides.
Your windows and patio doors may continue to look great and perform at their best with a little routine cleaning and care.
Have you spotted a little smudge or dirt on your window frames? No worries! You may wash it with a mild, non-abrasive soap and water. Avoid using acidic or abrasive cleaners that could cause permanent damage to the frame finish. Make sure you test the cleaner in an inconspicuous area before using it. Wipe dry when you finish the testing.
Milgard manufactures the entire window and patio door including the glass. Whether your window has a standard energy-efficient, SunCoat Low E-Glass or any other specialty glass option, you will require an occasional cleaning in order to ensure clarity as well as exceptional performance.
The best way to clean the glass is with a mixture of water and mild dish soap. Rinse it completely with clear water and wipe it dry with a piece of soft cloth.
Do not use any of the following products on any part of your patio door or window. These products can damage the insulating seal or the glass surface. Petroleum based cleaners, razor blades, putty knives, abrasive pads, caustic chemicals or high-pressure water hoses are the products to be avoided altogether.
Use only a mild soap, a soft brush and water to clean the screens. Once finished, rinse with clean water and wipe dry.
Make sure you periodically lubricate all sliding windows, rollers and door tracks. The hardware component should be lubricated at least once a year. If you live in a high salt area, make it twice a year.
Check the weather stripping on a regular basis in order to ensure your patio doors and windows are airtight.
Vacuum the tracks on all sliding windows and patio doors occasionally. Remember to remove all debris and dirt during such time.
Milgard sliding door rollers are adjustable for proper height clearance. Insert a screwdriver via the access at the bottom of the door to adjust it.
To learn more about cleaning and care of Milgard Windows and Doors you can view Milgard product care how to videos.
If you notice condensation inside of a window, it is an indication of the humidity level in the room. In fact, humidity inside the room is higher than the outside. This excess moisture is unsightly and will obstruct your view. These easy steps will help you reduce the risk of excessive condensation inside of a window.
Check the airtight seals and smooth operation of all the windows and patio doors.
Remember to use exhaust fans in the rooms that have high humidity such as the bathrooms, kitchen, swimming pool enclosures, etc.
Use a ceiling fan so that it will circulate the air on a continuous basis.
Use a dehumidifier to reduce the amount of moisture inside the house.
Opening the windows and doors whenever possible will allow reduction of the excessive moisture inside your house.
Mother Nature is unforgiving at times. Fortunately, for the customer, our windows and doors are specially made with weep drainage systems that have vented slots on the bottom exterior of the frame. This will protect inside your home. You need to maintain the weep system properly in order to assure proper drainage.
The weep system will allow the water to drain outside as it builds up. Water would usually build up on the outside track or sill. This is why it is important to keep the sill and track clean of any debris or dirt.
Make sure to inspect the weep holes on the bottom of the exterior. This will ensure that there is no dirt or debris there. Use a soft bristle brush to clean the openings.
The best time to do this is when you expect excessive rains.
How to Get Rid of the Condensation that Appears on the Window and Patio Door Glass Panes?
There are different ways depending on whether the condensation is on the exterior, interior or between the panes.
Exterior pane condensation appears mostly during spring and fall. This happens when a cool night follows a warm day. This usually happens when the moisture in the air exceeds certain limits, and the temperature of the glass falls below the dew point in the air. This is a natural phenomenon for energy efficient, High Performance insulating glass (the standard on most Andersen products). It will restrict the airflow between the panes of glass. The condensation will usually evaporate during the day. Visit our Care and Maintenance Section on the website to receive a brochure about this phenomenon.
This is a result of too much of moisture in the air inside your home. It is quite common in most of the new homes. This is because it can take months for the moisture from the paint and fresh building materials to dissipate. The condition is also common during winter months. Humidity levels during winter should not exceed 30-35%. Follow these tips to maintain these levels in your home. Check the venting in your home, turn on the exhaust during showers, use a dehumidifier, turn the dehumidifier and the furnace off, allow the ceiling fans to run and circulate air inside your home, etc.
What is the Best Method for Removing Residue or Stubborn Materials from Glass?
IMPORTANT – Do not clean glass while it is being exposed to direct sunlight, wait until it is shaded.
Apply LEPTYNE solvent, mild soap, mineral spirits, mild detergent or a naphtha solvent to the glass. Do it by spraying or using a clean piece of cloth or sponge. Saturate it with the cleaning solution.
CAUTION: Do not use too much of any type of solvents. It can damage the insulating unit seals in the process.
After you clean the glass with a solvent, make sure you clean the frame using water and soap in order to prevent it from staining.
Make sure you always follow the solvent manufacturer's directions laid down on the label for handling, toxicity and flammability warnings.
Make sure to wipe the cleaning solution in a circular motion. Apply light to moderate pressure during this exercise. You may require about 3-5 passes on the affected area in order to remove the residue.
Use a generous amount of clean water to rinse the glass immediately. This will allow you to remove the cleaning solution immediately from the surface of the glass.
Wipe the water off the glass using a clean piece of lint-free dry cloth.
If you find the residue still present, repeat steps 1-4.
1. Use can try using a damp cloth with toothpaste to clean glue, pitch, hard water spots or any other lesser harsh contaminants to buff them away.
2. Apply the non-gel toothpaste to a damp cloth and wipe in a circular motion until clean.
If you are stuck with harsher scratches or contaminants, you may find polishing compounds on the market. Some of them include cerium oxide, which is effective in clearing scuffmarks and fine scratches. Rare Earth is another product that could be purchased at most hardware stores out there. It can be purchased directly from the manufacturer (Sommer and Maca Industries, sales department 1-800-323-9200 or 1-708-863-5446), if you cannot find it in your area. Heed to product warnings and follow direction for best results.
Important: A New View Windows & Doors Inc., Milgard, Andersen (or any other window manufacturer) will not be responsible for any damage caused by misusing of cerium oxide, or any other solvent you use.
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Welcome to our first session of Q and LA (questions and Lutheran answers). We submitted your parenting questions to several experienced, Lutheran moms, saying, "This is just a discussion that we wish we were having over tea and coffee in someone's living room. There would probably be kids yelling in the background. There would probably be cookies, and spilled tea" (to see the original announcement, go here). If you want to send us questions for a later addition of Q and LA, you can add them below in the comments or e-mail them to sister-daughter-mother-wife (at) googlegroups.com.
I think I am not alone in finding that I am often completely spent physically after a day of breastfeeding, carrying, hugging, making meals, doing laundry, keeping the baby happy. I often have little left to give at the end of the day, and the next morning it all starts back up again. How is a mother and wife to constantly give to her family physically without (for lack of a better phrase) burning out? I guess I am looking for more than the old "make time for yourself, go get a manicure once in a while, have some YOU time" (because "me time" simply seems to create the desire for more of it).
Several ladies provided a response.
I know exactly how you feel. I currently nurse a baby, continue to re-enforce potty training and early literacy skills with a toddler, and teach two older girls, plus deal with the regular routines of meals and laundry. I don't get much "me time" at all. Yes, I'm tired at the end of the day. Yes, I get resentful of my responsibilities, especially with infants and young babies who are particularly demanding and tiring for me.
Maybe thinking of a few things that refresh your spirit (walking, listening to music, painting nails, building a bookcase, etc) and working those things into your day with the children rather than in spite of the children. Mothering is a marathon and you need to pace yourself. The house may not be as clean as I would like and the children may go to bed with nails that need to be trimmed, but if I've read an amazing book with my children or laughed very hard about some hilarity, I've had a great day.
Also, a very wise mother told me when I was a mother of one little girl: After getting dressed and eating, plan to accomplish ONE addition thing each day. One. Not twenty. One. That might mean you get dressed, feed everyone, and load the dishwasher. Everything else you accomplish is just bonus material.
As the mother of four children born in a six year span, and as a Pastor's wife, I have certainly longed for more " me time," and fought hard against falling prey to physical burn out over the years! While I am enjoying the "empty nest" stage and have more " me time" to pursue my own interests now, I find myself fondly remembering the "simpler" days when my children were little! First of all, I want to applaud you for choosing the traditional role of stay-at-home mother. While it's definitely less glamorous to smell like a burp rag most days, I firmly believe that the joys and rewards of bringing up intelligent, disciplined, well mannered, goal oriented, service minded, Christian adults was well worth any sacrifice that I made over the years.
The key to gaining more time for each day is to train yourself to think in small blocks of time for household chores to for finding time for yourself. Make a list of goals for the week and break it down into daily goals, focusing on just one main goal per day. If you achieve the one, the sense of accomplishment will be greater! Your focus will also increase with each task since you have a limited " window" of opportunity. If you enjoy reading, try reading short stories (Reader's Digest is one of my favorites), or finish one chapter of a novel per sitting. You can adapt this concept to other interests too, but it does take practice. You will feel less overwhelmed and more positive if you can find several small periods for personal "refreshment" over the course of the day rather than trying to secure one "hour or two" for yourself. The latter is less likely to happen with small children on any average day.
Involve your family in the daily routine of household chores. This encourages the development of logic, visual and non-verbal skills, lifelong survival skills, family cooperation, and a deeper respect for Mom's efforts! Toddlers can learn to sort laundry into baskets (think dark, light and white loads) as a "sorting game." Pre-school age children can help put away clothing and toys into bins or baskets on shelves. Kindergarten and elementary age children can learn to dust and sweep with the aid of handy "Swiffer" cloths or similar. Develop a natural cadence of activity levels over the course of a general day, with activity periods followed by nap or rest time, especially during the summer months, so that your children learn to anticipate and adapt to a familiar routine, which builds confidence. This will generally yield more time for you as well as your children grow and become less dependent . Occasionally, you may want to schedule a sitter, have a teenage neighbor play with your children while you are at home, swap babysitting favors with a trusted neighbor, or wait until your husband returns home for the evening.
Yes, this chapter of life is exhausting. I used to have the mantra "I will not always be the mother of small children." It is a season, with the challenges and joys and adjustments that come with it.
When my first child was about 7 months old, I went through a bit of an identity crisis (normal, I'm sure, as one adjusts to a totally new life, with amazing demands.) It seemed the more I tried to "hold on" to the things I wanted and needed (rights of a sort,) I only became more frustrated. And hubby got the bulk of the anger. God led me to Luke 9: 23,24. "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his like will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it." I began to learn that motherhood is the # 1 place to begin to learn about "losing" my life and serving.
The vocation of mother of small children is all-encompassing and overwhelming at times. Understood. It is a vocation, a calling, and God will provide the strength and wisdom as you take each day as it comes.
It helps to try to get together with other moms in the same situation. I know that it is harder and harder with schedules, work, home-schooling, whatever. . . . however, the support and the perspective and the fun of being with others will help a lot! Even if you are just laughing over it all! I used to organize regular coffee/playdates. Easy. Your friends can help you fold your laundry! They all know how chaotic life can be. Just do it.
Try to schedule a rest period in there somewhere. My oldest stopped napping early. We were living in Germany and had no family/friend help available. I would put a story/music cassettes on (he is 30 now), turn on a timer and put it up high where he couldn't reach it, and told him he couldn't come out until it rang. He didn't have to sleep , but he could not come out! I have raised 4 kids in 10 years and I have to say that a regular rest time was a lifesaver.
I highly recommend the book, "Organized Simplicity" for helping with a rhythm and routine.
Every small act of love and service to your family- whether it's embracing another pregnancy, nursing a hungry baby, preparing meals for your family- each of these acts are holy and as being done unto our Lord. I believe when we begin to understand the magnitude and importance of our calling, we can then approach it with the fervor, dedication, and vigor it requires.
You are correct in understanding that having more "Me Time" for manicures, spa treatments, etc., has nothing to do with your actual needs and won't sustain you for the long term. There is nothing inherently wrong with these things, it's simply important for us to understand that we shouldn't need these things to be content, we are certainly not entitled to them, nor are we deprived if we don't get them.
Dear sister, let our Lord relieve you of your burdens. Come to Him humbly, with a repentant heart, unleash all your anxieties on Him, and let Him be your sustenance. Come to Him each and every day through his life giving Word. I completely understand it is very difficult for a mother to have any sort of devotional time for herself. I usually have my devotional time at the kitchen table, in the midst of dirty breakfast dishes and food crumbs. My husband installed an application for the Laudate on my phone which makes it easier. I no longer have to thumb through pages to find the reading of the day. Be prepared and accept that you will get interruptions. You likely will have to stop, sometimes several times, before you can completely finish your devotion. This is OK. Don't get frustrated, keep reading until you are done. I would also urge to pray. Pray for everything and throughout the day. Pray for the Lord to give you the strength you need to complete your work for the day. Pray to the Lord for wisdom in raising and disciplining your children. Pray to the Lord to give you a submissive servant's heart, and to help you respect and obey your husband. Pray, pray, pray.
In the spirit of full disclosure, after I asked my husband to proofread my response to you, he had a few insights himself. He wanted to stress to you and your husband that our calling to sacrifice ourselves in service to our family is just as much as a directive towards fathers as it is for mothers. In Luther's comment regarding changing diapers being a holy task, it was actually an admonition towards the men in the congregation. Biblical parenting and marriage is a mutual giving and sacrificing for each other. Especially when our children are very young, this is demonstrated when fathers help out with the care of children. This doesn't mean the minute Dad walks through the door, Mom hands the baby over to him. At the same time, it's over-burdensome to saddle all child care and domestic work solely on the mother.
Finally, let me leave you with this. Our Lord loves children profoundly. Repeatedly throughout scripture our Lord tells us children are His precious treasures (Psalm 127; 128). Children are His tiniest image-bearers. The task and calling of caring for our Lord's tiniest treasures is a high honor, not a lowly burden to endure. It pleases the Lord and all his angels to watch you serve your family because you are doing so in Christian faith.
Please share a link for the Laudate app!
Shannon, that's a good idea. I'll ask Monique about it!
Monique says, " I have an Android. On my phone I go to Google Play or Play Store, in the search icon I type in : Laudate. It has a yellow icon with a Chirho."


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London, 15th February 2018 - Storage Made Easy™ (SME) today announced the availability of the Storage Made Easy™ Enterprise File Fabric™ charm through Canonical's Juju charm store. The store provides access to a wide range of best practice solutions which can be deployed to public clouds such as AWS, Google Cloud and Azure as well as private clouds such as MAAS, OpenStack and VSphere. Now operations teams have ready access to the Storage Made Easy data store unification and governance technology which can be deployed in minutes to the cloud of their choice.
Canonical's model-driven operations system Juju addresses the complexity of modern software by providing reusable, abstracted operations across hybrid cloud and physical infrastructure. Integration points and operations are encoded in "charms" by vendors and the community of experts familiar with an app. These charms are leveraged by operations teams, configuration as code that evolves along with the software itself.
The Storage Made Easy Enterprise File Fabric solution provides a governance hub for on-premises and on-cloud data stores enabling common policies and restrictions to be set across the fabric of a company's corporate data assets.
"Storage Made Easy's participation in the Charm Partner Program and the release of our own Juju charm aligns with our mandate to make storage easier to use and secure whether on-premises, or in private or public clouds. This is an important milestone in our partnership with Canonical offering solutions that help customers deploy their applications quickly, securely and at scale," said Steven Sweeting, Director Product Management. "We're also pleased to support JAAS – Juju-as a Service for even faster deployment".
"We are delighted to welcome Storage Made Easy to the Juju ecosystem" said Arturo Suarez, Program Director at Canonical. "SME's Enterprise File Fabric adds a set of outstanding features to our catalogue of storage solutions, doubling down on our commitment to offer our customers flexibility, security and the economics to run their applications at scale across different platforms."
About Canonical
Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, the leading OS for container, cloud, and hyperscale computing. The majority of public cloud workloads and large-scale OpenStack deployments are on Ubuntu, which includes both KVM and the pure-container LXD hypervisor for the world's fastest private clouds. Canonical provides enterprise products, support and services for Ubuntu. Established in 2004, Canonical is a privately held company.
The Storage Made Easy Enterprise File Fabric™ solution enables IT to regain control of "cloud data sprawl" to unify on-premises and on-cloud files into a single easily managed converged infrastructure with policy-based controls for governance, audit and security.
The Enterprise File Fabric™ provides a "blanket" enterprises wrap around all their data: on premises, within public and private clouds, as well as on third-party software vendor clouds (SharePoint Online and Salesforce for example).
Customers use the Storage Made Easy Enterprise File Fabric™ to unify corporate data to enable workgroup collaboration with universal controls for security, encryption, audit, and data access. Companies will have access to a greater understanding of where and how sensitive data is stored, transferred, and accessible with particular focus on how companies are able to police and audit data to ensure enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) in addition to other regional data legislation.
Storage Made Easy is the trading name of Vehera LTD.


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Ivan Vladimirovitj Mitjurin (Иван Владимирович Мичурин), född 27 oktober 1855 i guvernementet Rjazan, död 7 juni 1935 i Mitjurinsk, var en rysk (sovjetisk) hortonom, mottagare av Leninorden. Mitjurin är mest känd som Trofim Lysenkos förebild, och Lysenkos lära kallades följdriktigt mitjurinism av bolsjevikerna, även om den huvudsakligen utarbetades av Lysenko själv.

Biografi
 1875 hyrde Mitjurin mark nära Tambov och inledde forskning i pomologi och växtgenetik.
 1899 flyttar Mitjurin sina försöksodlingar för att få större utrymme
 1920 beordrar Lenin en utvärdering av Mitjurins forskning och dess praktiska tillämpning
 11 september 1922 besöks Mitjurin av Michail Kalinin på Lenins begäran
 20 november 1923 förklarar Sovnarkom att Mitjurins försöksodlingar utgör ett viktigt statsintresse
 1928 upprättar sovjetstaten en egen försöksstation baserad på Mitjurins metoder och de rön han gjort
 Statens ovan nämnda försöksstation ombildas till Mitjurins centrala genetiska laboratorium 1934
Mitjurins teori om ärftlighet utgjorde i grunden en variant av lamarckism. Han hävdade att odlarens eller uppfödarens uppgift var att förbättra det naturliga urvalet. Följande citat av Mitjurin blev vida spritt i Sovjetunionen: "Мы не можем ждать милостей от природы. Взять их у нее - наша задача" ("Vi kan inte vänta på att naturen spontant ska göra oss tjänster. Att istället ta för oss vad vi vill ha -- det är vår uppgift.").

Vetenskaplig gärning
Mitjurins inställning till genetiken avviker från vad som kan anses vetenskapligt godtagbart. Inom pomologin, fruktforskningen, utförde Mitjurin dock mycket värdefullt arbete. Han forskade där framförallt kring hybrider.

Under Mitjurins tid började man i Sovjetunionen odla hans hybrider på äpple, päron, körsbär med mera, och Mitjurin var en pionjär ifråga om att odla hybrider av druva, aprikos och andra sydfrukter i ett kallt klimat. Sammanlagt anses Mitjurin ha tagit fram 300 nya växtarter.

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Difference Between Bragg and Laue Diffraction
March 16, 2018 Posted by Madhu
Key Difference – Bragg vs Laue Diffraction
Bragg and Laue diffractions are laws used to explain X-ray diffractions in crystallographic techniques. Bragg's law is a special case of Laue diffraction. Laue diffraction (or Laue equation) relates to the scattering of waves in the process of diffraction by a crystal. The Laue equation was named after Max Von Laue (1879-1960). Bragg's law, on the other hand, gives the angles for coherent and incoherent scattering from a crystal lattice. The key difference between Bragg and Laue diffraction is that Bragg diffraction gives the angles for coherent and incoherent scattering from a crystal lattice whereas Laue diffraction relates to the scattering of waves in the process of diffraction by a crystal.
2. What is Bragg Diffraction
3. What is Laue Diffraction
4. Side by Side Comparison – Bragg vs Laue Diffraction in Tabular Form
What is Bragg Diffraction?
Bragg diffraction gives the angles for coherent and incoherent scattering from a crystal lattice. Crystallographic techniques include incidence of X rays on crystal lattices and observing wave scattering. When X rays are scattered from a crystal lattice, the Bragg's law describes the angles at which the X ray beams are reflected by cleavage faces of the crystal. The angle observed here is known as theta (θ).
Bragg's Equation
The Bragg's law can be given as below.
nλ = 2d sinθ
Here, d is the distance between atomic layers of the crystal lattice. It is also called lattice spacing and is a variable parameter (varies based on the type of crystal). Lambda (λ) is also a variable, and it is the wavelength of the incident X ray beam. θ is the scattering angle. The symbol "n" represents an integer. 2d sinθ gives the path difference between two waves that undergo constructive interference.
Figure 1: Bragg Diffraction Planes
The Braggs diffraction occurs when the lattice spacing of the crystal is comparable with the incident X ray beam. Here, the X ray beam should be scattered by the atoms of that lattice in a specular way (mirror-like reflection from a surface), and the scattered beam should undergo constructive interferences.
What is Laue Diffraction?
Laue diffraction (or Laue equation) relates to the scattering of waves in the process of diffraction by a crystal. It is most often used to polish a surface or to obtain measurements of the surface. Therefore, this technique is used to measure crystal orientation. A Laue diffraction pattern is given by groups of parallel atomic layers in a crystal; the pattern is a regular array of spots on a photographic emulsion.
Figure 2: Laue Pattern given by a Crystal
Measurements are made using transmission or the back reflection of X ray beams. When a sample containing one type of crystals is used for the test, high intense diffraction can be obtained. The symmetry of the Laue pattern is often used for applications. If the incoming X ray beam is parallel to a high-symmetry direction of the lattice, then the Laue pattern given by that beam is also a high-symmetric pattern. For example, if the incoming beam is parallel to an edge of the unit cell of the crystal, this beam gives a four-fold symmetrical pattern of Laue spots.
What is the Difference Between Bragg and Laue Diffraction?
Bragg vs Laue Diffraction
Bragg diffraction gives the angles for coherent and incoherent scattering from a crystal lattice. Laue diffraction relates to the scattering of waves in the process of diffraction by a crystal.
Bragg diffraction requires lattices that are grouped into different families of planes. Laue diffraction doesn't require particular planes or spacing.
Bragg diffraction requires specular reflection of the incident radiation. Lau diffraction doesn't require the radiation to be reflected specularly.
Summary – Bragg vs Laue Diffraction
Bragg and Laue diffractions are used as crystallographic techniques and laws to describe different crystal systems. The key difference between Bragg and Laue diffraction is that Bragg diffraction gives the angles for coherent and incoherent scattering from a crystal lattice whereas Laue diffraction relates to the scattering of waves in the process of diffraction by a crystal.
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Postgraduate postnominals decision overturned
The decision to remove all postgraduate postnominals from the RCVS's Register of Veterinary Surgeons has been overturned.
At its meeting on Thursday, RCVS agreed to overturn the decision made in June 2012 and look again at which qualifications should be included.
The original decision was made as part of a package of proposals to help clarify postgraduate skills and knowledge, in particular to help explain the difference between an accredited status and a qualification achieved at a particular point in time, and also to address the proliferation of qualifications that are included in the Register.
The proposals also included the introduction of Advanced Practitioner status, as a level of skills and knowledge sitting between general practitioner and RCVS Specialist – the introduction of which is unaffected by this change.
In the future the RCVS will look at proposals regarding which qualifications will be included in the Register, and the Register/List of Veterinary Nurses.
RCVS also say that plans will be developed to ensure greater clarity around postgraduate qualifications and status for both the public and the profession.
"Although the requirements for clarity remain, council listened to the unhappiness amongst members of the profession and has agreed to put the brakes on the original decision," said CEO Nick Stace.
"I think this was the right choice. It is important that we recognise the tremendous efforts that the profession goes to in order to further their skills and knowledge."
This comes as the BVA had previously voiced their concerns regarding the decision. BVA president Robin Hargreaves said: "The removal of post nominal from the register is seen by some as a retrograde step and an insult to those veterinary surgeons who have studied hard for post graduate qualifications with the aim of improving the clinical standards of the profession.
"Furthermore, it is confusing for both the profession and public when veterinary surgeons will, quite rightly, be free to continue to use postnominals on practice stationery or other material. Whilst we support the principle of rationalising the plethora of postnominals provided by some commercial CPD providers we do not believe that the complete removal of postnominals from the Register is necessarily the optimum solution and would prefer to see a carefully considered recognised list developed."


There are 4 replies in this Thread. The last Post ( Mar 22nd 2018 ) by EJLarson.
He's had enough, he says, so he's packed his bags (and his Argentine wife) and is moving to Byron Bay, New South Wales.
A little extreme to put yourself in exile when you could have stayed to fight the good fight.
Oh hang on, no he's not, yes he is. Who cares?
Here's Matt drinking a Stella.
"Fighting the good fight" seems to have no effect, in this case. Still, the reach of television and Internet make it impossible to block out the offender, even halfway around the world. Matt Damon is possibly vacillating because of the 'why bother' factor.
I have always thought that if you are rich, you can give a damn about politics. It turns out that rich people aren't any freer-er than us commoners?
If you are rich, you probably care more about politics than the average joe/josefina, because you have a lot more to lose if unlucky enough to find in power, politicians who prefer tax laws favoring the 1% rather than the 99%. Fortunately for the ultra-rich, they have nothing to worry about at present.
Matt Damon is among the small group of celebrities who consistently speak from conscience and sense of fair play, regardless of personal fortune. His objection to President Dennison seems to be based on not just his policies and attitudes, but also upon Dennison's persona.
i must cut this post short, as I'm packing for New South Wales.
Can't they pack for themselves?


The other day my son told me that in his school essays he is not allowed to use a phrase like "I will conclude that…" I agreed that such announcements are inelegant – just do it, and write clearly enough so that the reader knows what it is you're doing. But that was not the problem. He is not allowed to use "I", because "it is unscientific". My heart sank. Why must 15-year olds be corrupted with this nonsense? It is bad enough that this dogma is stamped into our first-year students' brains. Each year I need to reassure my bachelor thesis students that with me, they can use any personal pronoun they like. And then I have to reassure them again, because after all, they insist, using "I" is unscientific, everyone knows that. When it finally gets through to them that it's really okay, they giggle.
Don't tell me that the Publication Manual of the APA forbids you to use "I". For all its faults, the latest edition of the Manual is remarkably sensible about pronouns. Avoid passive constructions, it says for example (§ 3.18). You should write "we conducted the survey in a controlled setting", rather than "the survey was conducted in a controlled setting". Don't use the third person to describe the steps you took in your experiment, use a personal pronoun: "we reviewed the literature", not "the authors reviewed the literature" (§ 3.09). (And if you are the sole author, don't use "we", use "I".) The Manual notes that authors use the third person because they think it is "objective", and that, I think, hits the nail on the head. The real source of the prejudice against the first person singular is the mistaken belief that you can make science objective by pretending it is the work of anonymous people ("the authors reviewed the literature") or by erasing all traces of human interference altogether ("surveys were conducted").
We need to use the first person singular and plural more often. Science only gets better if researchers are explicit about their role in the research process, the decisions they made and the work they did. Don't take my word for it, Henk Kiers (professor of statistics and former dean of my faculty) said the same thing in a colloquium on "Heatlhy research practices". To make your research maximally informative, he said, you should tell the full story of a study: your line of reasoning, the choices you made, the dead ends, the outliers you removed, in short: the full journey you travelled to arrive at your results. There's nothing wrong with making choices, even after you've looked at the data, as long as you're transparent about it. I think Henk Kiers (and Tom Postmes, who made much the same point in his presentation at the colloquium) is right. The way to make science better, more "objective" (whatever that means, but that's for another day) is not to remove the human fingerprints, it is to examine each other's work, the journeys we travelled, and explore alternative routes. Science is a product of human labour, of people making decisions and choices, and pretending that it isn't, is just wrong. In fact, it's unscientific.


Since Kubota launched the first RTV900 utility vehicle, the company has been working on model additions. The RTV1100 came first, along with innovations like added seating. And all were diesel. Then the RTV500 came along with its gas-powered design.
Enter the RTV400, a 16 hp gas-powered utility vehicle powered by a 1 cylinder Subaru engine. The key difference is the transmission. While other RTV models use a hydrostatic drive, the new RTV400 uses a continuously variable transmission, which Terry Allen, service representative Southeast region for Kubota, says is "more like a CVT-plus."
RTV400 is powered with a 16 horsepower Subaru "thumper" and has a new CVT transmission that will brake on hills.
In a traditional CVT when you let off the throttle the belts can go slack, the Kubota CVT keeps belts under tension. "This can help belts last longer and it allows for dynamic braking," Allen explains. "You'll have more control on steep descents and you won't always be depending on the braking system."
The RTV400 chassis is the same as the RTV500, offering the chance to interchange attachments and parts. The ROPS is integrated into the design, and the CVT features a two-speed gearbox or ease of operation. Base list price for the orange model is $8,499. Add camouflage and the list price is $8999. Learn more at your local Kubota dealer, or visit www.kubota.com.


[ The Battle of Tunisia, 1942-1943. ] Autograph War Diary of Captain V. Duncan Jones, 6th Armoured Division, British Army, covering the entire period of the Tunisia Campaign. With two Autograph Letters Signed to military historian Barrie Pitt.
War Diary ('Army Form C.2118.') from 14 November 1942 to 31 May 1943. The two letters 22 April and 7 July 1976. The first letter on Jones's letterhead, and from 89 Defoe House, Barbican, EC2 [ London]. The second letter with no place stated.
The present diary is of some significance, presenting a first-hand account by a British officer of the Anglo-American 'Run for Tunis' that followed Operation Torch - the invasion of French North Africa in November 1942. It marks Eisenhower's first campaign following his appointment as Commanding General, European Theater of Operations. Four years before the writing of the two letters present here Jones and Pitt had collaborated in the publication of Jones's book 'Operation Torch' (1972), which Pitt (1918-2006) edited for a series first published by the American firm Bannatine.
Place not stated [ North Africa ]. 20 September 1943.
 + 14pp., 16mo. Unbound stapled pamphlet. A frail survival (no copy found on either OCLC WorldCat or COPAC). Aged and worn, with rusting staples. Stencil of the Division's insignia on cover. Divided into seven sections: 'Tactical Notes', 'Appreciations', 'Orders', 'Approach and Contact', 'Attack', 'Defence' and 'Breaking Contact'. In his 'Foreword' Keightley urges the reader, somewhat confusingly, to 'make absolutely certain that there is nothing left to help him ['your men'] fight efficiently and gallantly which it is in your power to do'. From the papers of military historian Barrie Pitt.
Manuscript diary of the purser of the Royal Navy Armoured Cruiser HMS Cornwall, describing Mediterranean and Baltic tours of duty (while Captain W. R. Hall was spying for Britain), with descriptions of golf and other sports and recreations. 'Letts's No. 46 Indian and Colonial Rough Diary Giving Half a Page a Day. 1909'. 12mo, 161pp. Good, on aged paper, in worn boards. Diary proper consists of 210pp., with entries on three-quarters (159pp.) of them (few entries for periods of leave), preceded by two pages with lists of family birthdays and of books read.
Manuscript diary for the year 1944 by an English army officer ('H. E. Nash?') in the 23rd Armoured Brigade of the British Eighth Army in the Second World War.
Entries from 1 January to 27 December 1944.
Text on 87 pp of a 8vo 1944 'Surrey Desk Diary' (Mitcham: Surrey Manufacturing Co.). Text clear and complete. Volume in good condition on aged paper. While the author's ownership signature at the front of the volume ('', ', '') is not decipherable, there are clues to his identity: his birthday is on 24 June, he states on 5 October that he is in the 23rd Armoured Brigade, and on 19 August he gives his Identity Card No. as 116941. He begins as a sergeant, and by 13 January is 'H.Q. Troop commander, which, out of action, no schemes, no censoring, doesn't amount to much'.
Typed Letter Signed ('Oliver Locker Lampson') to Dr E. E. Lewis.
23 July 1913; on embossed House of Commons letterhead.
One page, folio. Very good on lightly creased paper. Headed 'FIGHTING FUND' and listing the members of the 'PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE' (including Lampson as Honorary Secretary, and the Duke of Westminster and Earl of Malmesbury). Communication of twenty-seven lines, with decided proto-fascistic overtones.


How are the Dates for Mardi Gras/Carnival Season and Easter Determined?
How are the Dates for Mardi Gras and Easter Determined?
Although we call it the Mardi Gras season, "Mardi Gras," literally only applies to Fat Tuesday. The most appropriate term would be Carnival season, from the Latin, carne vale, or farewell to meat, referring to fasting during the Lenten season which begins on Ash Wednesday, in preparation for Easter. This year Fat Tuesday is February 17, but next year it is February 9. Why does it keep jumping around? To know that you have to have a little knowledge of history, a lunar calendar and some math skills.
You start with calculating when Easter will fall, count backwards through the season of Lent to find Ash Wednesday, and you are there… Fat Tuesday! Seems simple enough… but wait.
The Council of Nicaea (A.D. 325), in addition to writing a very popular Creed, set the date of Easter as the Sunday following the paschal full moon, which is the full moon that falls on or after the vernal (spring) equinox. Following so far? It's about to get tricky.
The Church does not use the exact date of the paschal full moon but an approximation, because the paschal full moon can fall on different days in different time zones, which would mean that the date of Easter would be different depending on which time zone you live in. For calculation purposes, the full moon is always set at the 14th day of the lunar month (the lunar month begins with the new moon). Likewise, the Church sets the date of the vernal equinox at March 21, even though it can occur on March 20. Both approximations allow the Church to set a universal date for Easter. Universal in a sense for Western Christianity, because the Eastern Orthodox apply the same basic formula, but they use the Julian Calendar instead of the Gregorian Calendar. That usually makes a big difference in when the vernal equinox appears.
So, if you did your calculations correctly you will know that Easter Sunday is April 5, 2015, and March 27, 2016. We have all heard the tune, "These Forty Days of Lent," but the song could be misleading, as there are actually 46 days which must be accounted for. The extra six days are the six Sundays which fall within the Lenten Season. Thus, 40 days for Lent, plus six Sundays, equal 46. For 2015, do the math and you will get Fat Tuesday on February 17. In 2016, you start a week sooner for Easter, so you end up a week sooner for Fat Tuesday, too…. February 9.


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Description Main trench: Locus 4 consisted of yellowish-brown, sandy soil that broke easily into small particles. The locus contained less pottery and terracotta than Loci 3, 5, and 6. Locus 4 extended down further in the following coordinates than in the remainder of the trench: (144.77 E / 58.50 S), (145.90 E / 58.56 S), (145.90 E / 59.42 S), (145.77 E / 59.42 S), and (144.86 E / 58.50 S). However, elevations were not taken at every one of these points due to their proximity. Instead, the closing elevations for this area of Locus 4 will be designated by the estimated northern/most and southern/most points measured. This deeper area contained even less material than the rest of Locus 4. Extension: Locus 4 did not appear in the extension area. Therefore, the matrix for the extension does not include this locus.


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Q: GUI "dot on icon" indicators for hard disk, network ... activity? If you have seen VirtualBox, you may have noticed its set of indicators for hard disk, CD-rom, network, USB etc:

The cool thing about this (for me) is that the indicators are "animated", in the sense that an "activity dot" appears whenever there is activity on the particular device, in (near) real-time (above, there is a red dot for activity on the hard disk icon, and green dot for activity on the CD-ROM icon - not sure if green means read, and red means write).
Is there something like that for Ubuntu, that works on the Ubuntu OS level? I use MATE as my desktop environment by the way... This doesn't have to be an applet related to top bars - could be OSD (on-screen display) like conky; however, I just need blinking dots on icons, not textual info or usage history graphs (as usually used in conky or Gnome applets).