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The Ulam Spiral revealed non-random patterns, but they didn't quite match up. Both Shaun and I had long felt there was a better way to wrap the primes that would reveal a deeper structure.
Shaun explained that he had developed a new algorithm (he calls it "Parallax Compression" or, "Daena," named after his wife) for wrapping the primes on a plane, and visualizing their distribution, inspired by the Ulam Spiral. Shaun's algorithm revealed an interesting glyph-like, fractal pattern in the distribution of primes, that to our knowledge, had not been seen before.
Here is an easy to use interactive HTML version, for a quick hands-on demo of this pattern.
Here is a more robust Github version of the code in a Mathematica notebook if you want to explore it yourself (note: Thanks to Stephen Wolfram for taking a look at the Mathematica code and advising us in January, when we were wondering whether this might break crypto and needed advice; the answer is no, it doesn't break crypto, but Mathematica is pretty great!).
And here is the code for prime-draw – a version in Perl by Simon Hardy-Francis.
We have set up a Telegram group for sharing images and insights about this. Lots of good things in there.
After his initial discovery of the Daena pattern, Shaun searched the Web for anyone else who was thinking this way and that led him to my blog post, and to me.
When one looks at a visualization of this pattern, it appears reminiscent of runes, Mayan glyphs, Amazonian tribal imagery, tapestries, and hieroglyphics. If you look at it for a moment or two you will see there are several levels of nested geometric shapes within it that appear to have a kind of fractal symmetry. And interestingly, these patterns recur in a self-similar way at different levels of scale – it's a fractal.
A cell is colored black if there is at least 1 prime number within it, and red if there are no primes within it.
Here, the width of a cell, n, is 100, so each cell represents 100 integers in the sequence, and the pattern holds for 100 rows.
Initially we found that for even values of n this pattern converges on a known numerical sequence,OEIS A054521 — known as the GCD sequence.
For example, If n = 50, then each cell represents 50 integers, and the pattern holds for 50 rows. If n = 200 then each cell represents 200 integers, and pattern holds for 200 rows.
Here is an animation (Thanks to Ian Rust) that shows the pattern approaching the GCD sequence pattern, as the values of n increase.
However, some readers noted today in the thread on Hacker News that GCD doesn't hold for all values of n.
For example, for odd values of n we see a different pattern that is also rather interesting. Here is n = 99:
Like the GCD pattern we see for even values of n, the odd valued n pattern also recurs for different sized odd values of n. This means that this pattern is not simply the GCD sequence — there are variances that we don't understand yet.
The Daena visualization also reveals sequences (that we call "runs") of primes and non-primes along various axes that might be useful for predicting prime and non-prime regions.
Since this article was published, many people have contributed visualizations and observations about Daena to the Telegram group discussion. We, and others, have also found a few patterns within this pattern that can be used to find specific classes of numbers. But for the most part, as far as we can tell, the characteristics of this pattern are well-understood in number theory already, and so it probably is not a major advance in understanding. However, the way we are laying out the pattern is novel (in the pyramid) and yields new insights about the relationships within it, and these insights, which are not necessarily noticeable until you see it visually (even for a mathematician), may inform further research and understandings.
Here are some highlights of findings from the Telegram discussion.
Here is a rendering that colors the cells by the number of primes they contain, by Simon Hardy-Francis:
2048*1024 row renderings (click to zoom in) (credit: Simon Hardy-Francis):
This is zoomed in at the bottom of the 2048×_PHONE_ row render…
And some "sightseeing" from various places in this image….
We were also alerted by a reader to a video from many years ago, for creating the exact same pattern, but using a different geometric approach…
Here the algorithmic rendering (left) is compared to the geometric rendering (right) — they appear to be exactly the same.
We also heard from an artist, Henry King, who years ago, made a sculpture with striking similarities, using a different algorithm, below:
"the square rendering is actually from the prime zeta function for z=2, using the inverse of the square of the primes only. If I had used the zeta function itself using the composites as well as the primes the pattern would have been exactly the same but with more height" (comment by Henry King)
To construct the square rendering you first make a triangular rendering (instead of the pyramid rendering of Daena), and then you put two triangles together to get the square:
And, a reader noted that Stephen Wolfram also found the square version of this in his book, A New Kind of Science.
Here are two 3D models showing some interesting higher level patterns – when you visualize the number of primes per cell. We still haven't fully analyzed these. These models were made by Allan Costa and illustrate the same pattern, found using a faster algorithm that was found separately by Stephen Wolfram and Henry King (however this algorithm has certain limitations; see Telegram discussion for more):
And here it is in 240 lines
So now we know of 4 entirely different algorithms that arrive at the same pattern.
It is also interesting to experiment with other ways of wrapping this pattern — for example, to a rectangular spiral instead of a triangle, (we haven't yet tried other polygons, but that's coming). (Image: by Simon Hardy-Francis):
In the Telegram group there have been some interesting findings about properties of the pattern, where we heard from several researchers, including Andrew Fuchs, who explained that what we are doing is related to his core area of mathematics research on the differences in the reduced residue system modulo primorials (product of first N primes), explained here.
We're not exactly sure what this all means yet — it might not mean much — it might just be a pretty visualization — but it's interesting enough (to us at least) that we decided eventually to make this public so that others could help us explore it further, in case there is something more to this.
At the very least we think this is a way to visualize the Riemann Zeta function. As for more than that, let's see what emerges. Are there connections between this and other research findings, such as this recent article we found on aperiodic order in the primes?
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this is that many different approaches arrive at this pattern — because it's a fundamental pattern of the number system. In fact, I would venture to suggest that any mathematically advanced civilization, anywhere in the universe, would find this pattern and be able to recognize it as well. If that is correct, then this might be a good pattern to look for in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, and perhaps a good pattern to send out as well — a kind of Cosmic Dial-Tone that says, "we're here and we're intelligent.
We hope you enjoy this, and if you make further progress on this, or find anything that may be connected, please let us know. (You can discuss it with us, and others who are interested, on this Telegram group).
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William Gibson's Archangel – Comic Review
Amy Walker reviews William Gibson's graphic novel, Archangel...
Archangel, written by William Gibson and Michael St. John Smith, is a time travel action-adventure story that spans from modern day to post-world war two Berlin.
It tells the story of a different timeline, a world where America controlled the majority of the planet but has been ravaged by nuclear weapons. With the world destroyed and unliveable, the American leadership forms a plan to travel into an alternate past, to change their history and create a new world for them to take control over.
Having altered his appearance to look like his grandfather, Junior Henderson, the son of the President For Life, travels back to 1945 along with a group of marines and replaces his grandfather, an important military officer. Fortunately, a resistance movement feels that it is wrong for Henderson to alter an entire world in order to rule it, and as such sends a team of their own back in time to stop their plans.
Archangel splits its action between these two time periods, with the 2016 setting acting as support for the agent sent back to the 1940's. Whilst the majority of the narrative takes place in the past, these jumps back to the present allow for good narrative pauses in the story, and give us some additional context to the future timeline and the events that led to the destruction of their world.
The 1945 setting is well done, with the books art style complementing the location of a post war Berlin. Whilst many time travel stories, especially ones that involve alternate histories, tend to be set during World War Two itself, moving it to the time just after makes for a familiar yet refreshing change. The story unfolds at a brisk pace, yet never feels rushed or like things are happening too quickly, there's still time to build the world and to take character moments.
Despite only being five issues in length the writers manage to develop their characters well, they explore their histories and their motivations in ways that feel natural and not forced, and manage to add a lot of depth to even side characters. The single panel in which you discover that the character Fritz was held in a Nazi prison is a disturbing moment, and tells you huge amounts about who he is and what he's been through, simply with dialogue; 'I wore a pink triangle. A certain guard befriended me. There was food, of sorts. Other privileges, for one such as myself. Staying out of the death camps was one.'
A personal favourite character of mine for the series is Naomi Givens, am RAF Intelligence Officer who couldn't help but remind me of Peggy Carter. Much like the beloved Marvel character, Givens is a smart, quick thinking, and no nonsense character that drives the story forward; she takes to the concept of time travel especially well.
Archangel also manages to pack in several action sequences throughout the story despite so much of the narrative being given over to characterisation and world building, meaning that even the most hardened action fan will find something of interest, even if they aren't drawn into the story, which strikes me as impossible.
Learning that Archangel began as a television project, before being changed to a feature film, video game, and then finally a comic book, isn't surprising, as it has a very cinematic quality throughout, from the way the story unfolds to the way that certain panels are drawn. The book has a scope to it that many comics lack, and a care and attention to detail that make it feel like a very real and lived in world.
With Archangel now collected as a single volume it's the perfect time to check out the story if you missed the issues when they first came out, plus, reading it as one piece rather than waiting a month between issues is definitely the best way to experience this story.
Archangel is now in comic book stores from IDW Publishing. Let us know what you thought of it!
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Why Does My Dog Like To Be The Little Spoon? + Dog Cuddling Position
Why Does My Dog Like To Be The Little Spoon
Featured Image. Reddit
As a proud dog owner, you'll know that one of the simple pleasures of life is getting to cuddle up with your beloved furry friend and take a nice long nap.
Dogs taking a nap is one of the most adorable things to witness although, it's quite common for you to notice your dog bundled up in a strange sleeping or cuddling position.
A very common cuddling position that your dog might choose is being the little spoon.
For most dog owners, this is quite a troubling cuddle position because they fear it might be an indication of an ailing dog.
But that's not true
Then what does it mean when your dog chooses to be the little spoon?
What Is The Little Spoon Means For Your Dog?
dog and baby sleeping
Image. Reddit
If you've ever been lying down on your bed and your dog lies down next to you to be the little spoon, you've probably thought there might be a problem.
Some dog owners have considered this to be extremely weird with theories of their dog being Ill or on heat.
This as we've already mentioned, is not true.
Humans like to cuddle up to people they feel comfortable and safe around because it makes them feel loved.
Your dog isn't so different.
If your dog enjoys being the little spoon, then you should feel honored because it's one of their ultimate ways of bonding.
When your dog does this, it means he trusts you and wants to be close to you.
Simply put, it's a way for them to be affectionate with either you or other pets.
Dog Cuddling/Sleeping Position And What They Mean
dog likes to be the little spoon
Image. Reddit
Spooning might be a cute albeit strange way that your dog might want to cuddle in, it certainly is not the only cuddling position or sleeping position out there.
There are several cuddling positions that you might have witnessed your dog scooching in to try with you.
Either another family member, a pet, or their favorite stuffed toy.
1. The side sleeper
This fun cuddle position can go in two ways.
It's either your dog takes the dominant position that is being the big spoon or they become the little spoon and you take the dominant position.
This is a good way to cozy up with your dog regardless of what position you're in.
It's super comfortable for your dog and both of you can drift off to sleep feeling protected and loved.
2. Donut position
Although the curled dog or donut position isn't exactly a cuddling position, much like the little spoon, you can use your body to form a protective layer over your dog.
The donut is so-called because your dog curls up into a ball with their legs kept very close and their nose sometimes touching their hind legs.
And in so doing, they sort of resemble a furry donut.
When they do this it's often as a way to make themselves feel safe and warm.
If you and your dog have already bonded and have a trusting relationship, you can drape an arm over them to make them feel even safer.
3. The blanket hog
In this position, your dog will burrow under the blankets to try and be close to you.
They may then proceed to lie down next to you in a face-to-face position or they'll be the little spoon or the big spoon.
Your dog may try to be a blanket hog to either get closer to you or because they want an extra layer of protection to feel safe.
4. Belly up position
Who hasn't seen those cute YouTube videos where the dog is sleeping with their tummies in the air chasing a dream rabbit?
If your dog is in this position, it means they feel safe and are at ease with their environment.
Apart from being super adorable, this sleeping position can also be beneficial to their health.
With their feet in the air, they can cool off and relax their limbs after a long day.
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5. The shield
Who better to protect you than your trusted canine?
The shield is when your dog lies on top of your body and acts as sort of a barrier between you and the environment.
This might seem suffocating at first but they mean well.
It's their way of protecting their best friends and shielding them from any threats.
6. Back to back
Dogs sleep in this position in a similar way they might want to be in the spooning position, to get as close to you as they can.
To your dog just getting to fall asleep next to you is a delight in its own right.
By sleeping back to back with you, they're showing you love and offering you their human the ultimate protection.
7. Headlock
Remember how you used to put your favorite stuffed animal in a headlock as a kid, well it's similar but with less of a chokehold.
Ensure that you're gentle when holding your dog in this position to avoid hurting them.
This is a great cuddling position to show them love and affection plus it can be relaxing for you too.
8. The cradle
Dogs are pretty much big furry babies.
And you can treat them like so in the cradle position.
Maybe when you're taking a nap on the lounge you can hold them in your arms and drift off to sleep.
The cradle position is usually done with smaller dogs but that doesn't mean bigger dogs can't be part of the fun.
Just make sure the surface you're cuddling up on is strong enough and big enough for both of you.
Cuddling has numerous health benefits for both you and your pet.
It can lower stress levels and anxiety not to talk of all the endorphins that get released in the process.
Regularly cuddling your dog can make them feel safe and loved plus it's a bonding experience for both of you.
So get a blanket and bundle up with your canine friend today and let the bonding commence.
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Consecrating other Wiccan Tools
Pagan tools are nothing if not consecrated properly.
Consecration (Exorcism) purifies by means of salt, water and incense. The salt, water, and
incense stand for the four elements of the Wise - earth, water, and fire, together with air –
symbolically constituting the basis for the material universe, in the language of alchemy and
By consecrating anything, you are in effect using these four basic constituents to "wash" the
Article of all extraneous vibrations, prior to recharging it with your own will and concentrated
power. Consecration must take place before a circle is cast, as of course the tools are used in
magickal rites.
Basically, any form of words can be used to consecrate something, ranging from a long
ecclesiastical sounding Latin invocation to a simple jingle. Witches generally prefer the latter.
The chants can be freely replaced by your own words (which are best) before a consecration is
to take place, it is best to take a nice herbal or ritual bath and meditate. Indoors or out, one
must be comfortable, alone and in a very positive state of mind.
Raw Materials
In preparation (Anytime new items are to be consecrated this must be done first)
Take a small handful of new or sea salt and casting into a bowl of fresh water,
BREATHE these words (or yours) onto the water's surface, mentally visualizing -
And this is the important thing - with all the faith, will, and imagination you can muster,
a dim bluish light beginning to hover over you.
"Water and earth
Where you are cast
No spell nor adverse purpose last
Not in complete accord with me.
As my word, so mote it be!"
This is now your charged salt and water with you will use to make your working tools.
Similarly, casting a few grains of church quality incense (Frankincense tears or Myrrh)
onto a glowing charcoal block contained in a mug or ashtray filled with sand, chant as you
hold your hand outstretched over it:
"Creature of fire
this charge I lay,
no phantom in thy presence stay.
Here my will addressed to thee;
and as my word, so mote it be!"
Again, strongly visualize the coals radiating that strange blue light as you speak. With this
charged fire, you complete consecration of raw materials and move onto the working tools:
The Cup and the Censer
These tools, on the whole, must be consecrated first before the Athame and other tools, as
they take a part in the latter's erasure.
The Cup
Once you have acquired a suitable goblet and the moon is waxing toward full, take your charged
water and steep in it the following powdered herbs:
(proper substitution may be used)
A re-charge of the water must now be done (as explained above). Having done this, sprinkle the
cup with the water and pass it through the incense smoke, chanting words to this effect, and
visualizing the blue purifying light flickering around you as you do.
"By water and fire
I conjure thee
That there remain within thy frame
no adverse thought nor enmity.
Hear my will! Attend to me!
As my word, so mote it be!"
The Censer
Again a simple process, once a metal chafing dish or suitable censer is acquired, fill it with an
inch or so of sand. Once again when the moon is waxing, consecrate your censer in the same
manner with charged fire water, as you did your cup. Now you have a working cup and censer
in which to charge your water and fire for the following three main consecrations: (and all after)
The Athame
Once your double-edged, black hilted knife is acquired, when the moon is waning, make an infusion
in distilled water of any of the following herbs. Into this mix a drop of your own blood (traditionally a black cat but we're not going there)
Dragon's Blood (very common)
Sulphur (not indoors!)
Asafetida (again not indoors!)
Consecrate your knife with water from your cup and the incense above in your censer, then heat the blade on the coals of your censer until it gets as hot as possible. You will have to stoke up good heat to do this. When the blade is red hot, plunge it into your brew, chanting these words (or yours), each immersion, and once again, visualize!
"Blade of steel
I conjure thee
to ban such things
as named by me.
As my word, so mote it be!"
This process of tempering should be repeated three times. Having done this, you must magnetize the blade. Hold your athame in your left hand, the magnet by one end (or a lodestone) in your right, and beginning at the handle end, draw the tip of the magnet down the whole length of the blade. Keep this
up for a few minutes always stroking the same direction, chanting these words
as you do:
"Blade of steel,
I conjure thee
attract all things
as named by me!
As my word, so mote it be!"
Finally paint your runes on the hilt (optional), and bury it point down for three days and three nights. (your backyard will do fine) At the end of this time you may dig up your athame and wrapping it in a piece of consecrated cloth, tuck it safely away ready for magickal use.
The Cord
Most Witches make their own cords out of red ribbon or river rushes. The latter takes an artisan to make
properly. Out of this, measure of three, six-foot lengths. When the moon is waxing, consecrate these with fire and water, and knotting the ends together, start braiding them, chanting the following jingle (or your own), binding in the magickal light with each twist:
"Made to measure
wrought to bind,
Blessed Be thou cord entwined."
When done, tie the end off to prevent unraveling and
repeat your sealing words:
"So mote it be!"
Finally, tie another knot three feet six-inches from the first knot, a further one at four feet, another at
four feet six, another at five feet, and finally another at five feet six inches. These knots are used for circle
layout of various size.
The Book of Shadows
Assuming you have purchased/made a suitable book of fine paper, again when the moon is waxing, cover the back and binding of the book with the material of your choice (natural material is best). Consecrate your new book in the same manner as the other tools and while you draw your runes/diagrams on the cover, chant:
"Book of words,
book of deeds,
Blessed Be thou book of art!"
Finally write your witch name in the centre of the
cover and seal once again:
"So mote it be!"
This book, along with your athame will be your most treasured magickal possession and should not
be flaunted or shown unless it is to other witches or coven members.
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Basic things about men's wardrobe
To look dignified, the man should choose the following basic elements of the wardrobe correctly:
And if the choice of trousers with shoes is always individual. Then for the rest, you can formulate general rules.
How to choose a shirt
- The shape of the collar should be chosen based on the characteristics of the face. If it is narrow, it is better than the collar should be sharpened. And if wide – prefer the blunt angles.
- Choose the color of the shirt for the color of your skin. If the shirt is brighter than you, then it will emphasize all the defects. For example, make visually more visible bags under the eyes.
- Check the size of the shirt correctly. First, look at the place of the shoulder seams. Secondly, pay attention to the length of the sleeve. When the arm is lowered, the sleeve should be slightly below the wrist.
How to choose a jacket
- It is important to choose the right jacket for the size. Notice how the shoulder seam lay. Be sure to check the length of the sleeve – it should be such that the cuffs of the shirt look out.
- Choose the color of the jacket depending on where you intend to put it on. For example, for work – gray, in the club – blue, in the yacht club – white, etc.
- Pay attention to the texture and drawing of the fabric. They need to be selected for the season and the situation.
- Lapels should be in harmony with facial features. If the face is narrow, pick up the pointed lapels. If wide – then lapels, respectively, should be wider than usual.
- Look at the number of buttons. If you have low growth, then let them be 1-2, not more. And, if the buttons are more than two, the lower one should always be bent. This is a rule of etiquette!
- The number of slots (cuts) and their position should also be selected for their type of figure.
- Pay attention to the shape of the pockets. They can attach the unnecessary volume to the abdomen.
- If there are elbow pins on the jacket, they set the tone for all other elements of the image. For example, if the armrests are brown, then shoes, and accessories, too, should be in brown color.
- The width of the necktie must be chosen from the width of the face. The wider the face, the wider the tie. And vice versa. In addition, the width of the tie should match the sphere of work of the man. Officials and businessmen are more suitable for wide ties, representatives of creative specialties – more narrow.
- The color of the tie should be chosen for your color. If your hair is dark, and the skin is light, then it's better to buy a contrast tie, for example, dark blue, burgundy, and emerald. If your hair is light, then you should prefer gray, beige and other muted colors.
- It's important to match the tie to the suit. First of all, with a shirt. They must be in harmony with each other. For example, if the shirt is white and the jacket is dark blue, then the tie must be saturated color. And if the rest of the outfit is light shades, then it's worth choosing a pastel tie, a muted color.
How to choose a belt
- It is necessary to know exactly what you are wearing a belt for trousers or jeans. On this depends its width: for trousers – 2-3 cm, for jeans – 4-5 (+ more massive buckle).
- The color of the belt should be in harmony with the color of the other accessories. For example, if the belt is brown, then it is desirable that in the same range there are socks and shoes.
- The length of the belt is determined by the number of holes in it. Usually, there are 5. It is important that you can fasten the belt to the third, maximum, fourth hole.
- The buckle must not be fanciful. The bad taste is the brand logo on a fist-sized buckle. The buckle is also worth choosing under the shape of the face. If the face has more smooth lines – choose a buckle in the shape of an oval or a circle. If more sharp, graphic lines – it is better to give preference to rectangular or triangular buckles.

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 Kellie Blair Hardt named one of five National Teachers of the Year
 Kellie Blair Hardt
 It's a story of a struggle and triumph, adversity and inspiration. A local girl who grew up with the odds stacked heavily against her, struggled through school, even got expelled, but persevered, became an educator herself, and has just been named one of five National Teachers of the Year.
 Kellie Blair Hardt, a science teacher at Metz Middle School in Manassas City, is tonight's Harris' Hero.
 Hardt thinks outside the box to get through to her students.
 "I teach learning disability students and attention deficit students," she says.
 "She knows how to make this class fun," says Jordan Young, a 7th grader.
 "And to be honored as one of the top five teachers in the nation is something that is very humbling to me and sometimes I get emotional about it simply because of my own upbringing," Hardt says.
 "My natural mother was absent from my life," she says. "I just don't know her. We struggled with money and there were many times we were homeless."
 "I began acting out, I was one of the students who got in trouble a lot," she says, "And I ended up being suspended multiple times and remember being in front of school board members when I was a young teenager and got expelled and got sent to alternative education."
 Hardt says it was teachers who turned her life around and helped her become a teacher.
 "She is a fantastic teacher. She is fabulous," says Tatiana Sorto, a 7th grader.
 Hardt says the most important lesson she wants her students to learn is that no matter what their disability is they can accomplish anything when they put their minds to it.


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Aerial photographs of the Lower Illinois River Basin (LIRB) were taken
from a remote-controlled (R/C) helicopter with a camera suspended from a
remote-controlled camera rig. This was done to document the shape of LIRB
study unit stream reaches and to document and quantify the amount of woody
debris in the stream reaches. Woody debris is important because it
influences the flow of water, which affects the shape of the stream.
Woody debris also provides a habitat for fish and benthic
macroinvertebrates that are used as indicator species of water quality.
Personnel to contact about a specific subject are listed on the staff page.
U.S. Department of the Interior
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is part of our series examining the forestry industry in Nova Scotia.
OHIO VALLEY — A slow dance of murder and sex is unfolding outside Gabe Chisholm's door.
It's wondrous and cruel.
The yellow birch has got an arm out over its black spruce neighbour. After a struggle that began when John Diefenbaker was prime minister, it'll finally block out the sun from its prickly friend this summer.
A stand of fir is practising a chemical warfare that would make tin-pot dictators weep with envy, dropping acidic needles to poison any upstart heirs threatening their limited resources of water and light.
Meanwhile, a black and red spruce are pollinating in broad daylight, casting aside the conservatism of Roman Catholic Antigonish County.
A townie goes for a hike, smells pollen, feels the quivering sunlight and shadow cast by tall hardwoods and ponders nature's peace.
Chisholm goes for a walk and sees the Shakespearian drama of the forest playing out.
The selective harvester knows nature's currency is blood and sap and struggle.
"This would have been a mixture of uneven-aged sugar maple, yellow birch and ash, with some softwoods like red spruce and fir mixed in," said Chisholm as he topped up the bar oil in his chainsaw in July.
But two centuries ago, his ancestors arrived from the Scottish Highlands with little more than the shirts on their backs, axes and children to feed.
Through unimaginable labour they cleared the land and raised cattle and crops. Grasses took root and built a sod layer impenetrable to the seeds of the land's former hardwood inhabitants.
In the early 20th century, the farms of the Ohio Valley were abandoned by a new generation seeking work building North America's cities.
"Grandfather started buying the neighbouring farms, not that he could use the land but more as a help to his neighbours who were moving away to start new lives," said Chisholm.
So the purchased fields went fallow and white spruce, a breed whose seeds can break through sod, made headway. Nova Scotia has large stands of mature white spruce divided by long-rotten fence posts.
"What I'm doing here is creating small irregular openings in the forest canopy so that tolerant hardwoods can seed in," said Chisholm before firing up his chainsaw.
A forest technician by training, Chisholm left the farm as a young man to work as a forester in Western Canada. After five years working in northern Alberta, Chisholm was "thoroughly disillusioned with industrial forestry."
He moved home, bought a sawmill and took over the 400 hectares from his father.
"I'm under no illusions that others have the land that I have to make this happen, but with proper management now, in two generations we could have the forest resource in this province (so) others would have the opportunity," said Chisholm.
"Instead, the current management strategy is seeking to take an Acadian forest, a mixed hardwood and softwood forest, and force it into acting like a boreal forest to supply pulp mills. In my mind, pulp does have a place, but it should be the lowest-value product we harvest."
Chisholm's land is a rarity.
Beyond the white spruce and hemlock are old stands of sugar maple, yellow birch and ash, mixed together with softwood in uneven-aged groupings that reflect the traditional Acadian forest.
Chisholm adds value to what he cuts by sawing it himself and either selling direct to users or building barns, camps and sheds around Antigonish County. He also has 1,300 sugar maples tapped to produce maple syrup, as well as some cattle and chickens, and he sells hay to neighbouring farmers.
"My goals for the land and my business are just to make a good living and look after my two kids and my wife," said Chisholm.
"If I cut all these white spruce down, I could make a whole bunch of money real fast, but my family has been on this land for eight generations and if they had treated it that way, I wouldn't be here."
When asked how long it will be before the waist-high yellow birch and sugar maple saplings poking up in small clearings he's cut since moving home will be harvestable, Chisholm smiles.
"Those will be for the grandkids."


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Reactivity Effects of Differences Between JEFF-3.1 and ENDF/B-VI.8 in Analysis of Six MASURCA Cores of the R-Z Program
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Reactivity contributions of differences between JEFF-3.1 and ENDF/B-VI.8 were analyzed for six early MASURCA cores of the R-Z program using ERANOS 2.1. These cores were designed such that their neutron spectra would emulate that of an oxide-fueled sodium-cooled fast reactor, some containing enriched uranium and others containing depleted uranium and plutonium. Effects of modeling assumptions and solution methods both in ECCO lattice calculations and in BISTRO Sn flux solutions were first evaluated using JEFF-3.1 cross-section libraries. Comparisons were made between calculated and measured values for reactivity and several spectral indices. Reactivity effects of differences between JEFF-3.1 and ENDF/B-VI.8 were also quantified using perturbation theory analysis. The most important nuclide with respect to reactivity differences between cross-section libraries was 23Na, primarily a result of differences in the angular dependence of elastic scattering, which is more forward peaked in ENDF/B-VI.8 than in JEFF-3.1. Differences in 23Na inelastic scattering cross sections between libraries also generated significant differences in reactivity, more due to the differences in magnitude of the cross sections than to the angular dependence. The nuclide 238U was also found to be important with regard to reactivity differences between the two libraries mostly due to a large effect of inelastic scattering differences and two smaller effects of elastic scattering and fission cross sections. In the cores that contained plutonium, 239Pu fission cross-section differences contributed significantly to the reactivity differences between libraries.


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Emilia Morosan (right) led the study that uncovered the tough new material
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A chance discovery in a physics lab at Rice University has turned up an ultra-hard material that could usurp the titanium commonly used in today's knee and hip replacements. Scientists have found that by melting gold into the titanium mix they can produce a non-toxic metal that is four times harder than titanium itself, raising the prospect of more durable, longer lasting medical implants.
Emilia Morosan, a professor of physics at Rice University, was carrying out experiments on a magnetic material made from nonmagnetic elements, more specifically, a titanium-gold mix with a one-to-one ratio. Part of her team's process in developing new compounds like this one is to grind it up into powder so that it can be X-rayed, which helps them identify things like its composition, structure and purity.
"When we tried to grind up titanium-gold, we couldn't," she says. "I even bought a diamond-coated mortar and pestle, and we still couldn't grind it up."
It proved a tough nut to crack, but Morosan and her team carried out a series of tests to work out how hard this compound really was, along with a few other titanium-gold compounds that had been used as comparisons in their earlier work. Part of this mix was one alloy containing three parts titanium to one part gold, which had been formed at high temperature.
Preparing the compound at high temperatures, as it turns out, creates an almost purely crystalline form of the beta version of the alloy, with four times the hardness of titanium. The researchers point out that the compound is actually not a new one, nor is it difficult to make, but they are the first to come across its impressive properties.
They say that the reason for this is the high temperature at which they had cooked up the material. When prepared at lower temperatures, they say they atoms arrange themselves in a cubic structure as the alpha form of the so-called titanium-3-gold, with a hardness similar to regular titanium. It seems, therefore, the scientists that had previously assessed its hardness were working with materials consisting of this alpha arrangement of atoms.
"[Beta titanium-3 gold] is about three to four times harder than most steels," says Morosan. "It's four times harder than pure titanium, which is what's currently being used in most dental implants and replacement joints."
The researchers say that material could lend itself particularly well to use in medical implants, as it is made of titanium and gold, which are up there with the more biocompatible materials and are commonly used for that reason. But testing showed their titanium-3-gold to be even more biocompatible and wear-resistant than pure titanium. They the team is exploring whether treating it with chemicals can make it even harder again.
The research was published in the journal Science Advances.
Source: Rice University
Good thing gold is so cheap and abundant....
Man then you better not be cremated and let the ash man have access to the gold contents as that would be a lucrative business indeed!
In the first Iron Man movie it was said that the suit is made of Titanium-Gold alloy! :-)
use the alloy in drill bits???
Bob Stuart
This would usually be called an alloy, not a compound. Hardness and toughness are usually mutually exclusive, making this a very spectacular headline that totally fizzles out. Without numbers for A: Tensile Strength, B: Stiffness, C: Toughness, and D: Density, you have not described a metal. Alloys usually achieve little change in stiffness. Given the similarities to the hardening of steel, we need news about cooling rates, etc. as well. Didn't English majors meet any other kinds of people to help them write?
Titanium has very slight toxicity and gold doesn't have any,but although very unlikely for there to be any problem, the chemical safety of the combination should be tested.
An intermetallic compound has defined stoichiometry and structure, that is somewhat different to an alloy. However, hardness isn't the same as toughness, and the headline is totally inappropriate.
Siegfried Gust
It's fairly suspicious when a discovery that touts a materials newly discovered hardness properties doesn't give any actual hardness values.
Here's the link to the source document describing the research on the 3:1 titanium-gold alloy...
Noel K Frothingham
I have a titanium rod running hip to ankle in my left leg. My daughter once suggested that when I die, they' d take me to Southern Recycling first.


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Musings is a collection of thoughts, memories and contemplations about inner and outer life experiences. The work is best described via a series of definitions and sentences that, like the work itself, are fragmented bits of understanding.
Definition of MUSING:
1. To think or meditate in silence, as on some subject
2. To gaze meditatively or wonderingly
3. Think about, dream
4. To comment thoughtfully or ruminate upon
5. Formation of mental objects
1. Deeply or seriously thoughtful
2. Meditative, pensive
3. A calm, lengthy, intent consideration
Examples of MUSING in a sentence:
1."He was clearly in a musing mood, and did not feel like talking just then."
2."The band sings mostly in French, with some excellent social comment, including musings on the butts of cigarettes."
3."It has been linked to the production of birdsong and the ultrasonic musings of mice."
4."Private musings: how diaries serve as food for thought and creative works of art."


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Every one wants to feel skilled and valued. The best way to motivate some one is to make them feel skilled and valued. This is especially important for young athletes who are just learning the skills and strategies of a sport.
The key to motivating young athletes is to point out their successes, encourage them to improve, and teach them needed skills. The following are strategies coaches can use to create an ideal atmosphere to motivate athletes:
1. Monitor your feedback to athletes
- Let athletes know what they do well as well as what needs improvement (e.g., good hustle, nice effort, good catch, way to be in the right place).
- Minimize punishment or criticism – this does not mean to ignore mistakes; rather use instruction and encouragement to help athletes improve.
2. Individualize athlete feedback
- Respond to mistakes based on the athlete's current ability. In youth sport, skills may vary widely. Not all athletes should be held to the same standard. Instead, expect all athletes to show effort and improvement.
- Reward athletes when you see improvement
- Reward athletes who are trying hard and who are hustling
3. Encourage teamwork.
- Use drills where athletes have to work together to meet your goals.
- Reward athletes for encouraging and helping each other.
Benefits of using these Strategies
- Athletes will be motivated to continue improving and trying hard
- Athletes will be more confident as the coach points out their improvements and successes
- Team cohesion will improve
- Athletes won't be afraid of making mistakes (which may make them tentative or lead to making mistakes)
- Practices and games will be more fun
- Athletes' skills will improve as they get more instruction


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SCIENTISTS have created glow-in-the-dark MONKEYS to help understand how genes are passed down to offspring.
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How to configure replication in orientdb?
How to configure replication in orientdb, featured image
Start by downloading orientdb on the servers, where replication is to be configured. It can be gotten from orientdb, or for example by using wget, as in :
$ wget
Next extract orientdb, by using tar, as in tar -xzf orientdb-version.tar.gz, and go into the bin directory of the extracted folder, which is more or less related to orientdb execution, by using the cd command, as in cd orientdb-3.1.10/bin, and execute./.
The script, starts orientdb in distributed mode. The reason that this script is first ran, is for orientdb to generate a password, and a name for each node, where the script is to be ran. Choose meaningful name, as in location1, location2...
| WARNING: FIRST RUN CONFIGURATION |
| This is the first time the server is running. Please type a |
| password of your choice for the 'root' user or leave it blank |
| to auto-generate it. |
| |
| To avoid this message set the environment variable or JVM |
| setting ORIENTDB_ROOT_PASSWORD to the root password to use. |
Root password [BLANK=auto generate it]: ***********
Please confirm the root password: ***********
| This is the first time that the server is running as |
| distributed. Please type the name you want to assign to the |
| current server node. |
| |
| To avoid this message set the environment variable or JVM |
| setting ORIENTDB_NODE_NAME to the server node name to use. |
Node name [BLANK=auto generate it]: development
# You can after that hit ctrl-c to stop
# orientdb, or you can also execute the
# script ./ in orientdb
# bin directory, to shut down
# orientdb.
Orientdb recommends 4 GB of ram, for the distributed mode, but if memory is an issue, it can be configured by editing the script orientdb-version/bin/, for example by using nano and ctrl-w, to search for the memory settings, which should be as follows :
# Excerpt from bin/
# ORIENTDB memory options, default to 4GB of heap.
if [ -z "$ORIENTDB_OPTS_MEMORY" ] ; then
# Xms is the start memory, and Xmx is the
# max memory.
# Replace 4G for example by 512M, which means
# 512 megabytes.
# If using nano, hit ctrl-x, followed by the
# y character, followed by an enter to exit
# editing, and save the done work.
Now it is time to configure nodes' clustering. To do that the OHazelcastPlugin must be configured in config/orientdb-server-config.xml, to specify if it is enabled, and where the default configuration file for distributed database, for example default-distributed-db-config.json is, and where the file used to configure cluster membership and protocol, for example, hazelcast.xml is. The default configuration in orientdb-server-config.xml is sufficient.

To configure the replication protocol, edit orientdb-server-config.xml, for each server.
 xsi:schemaLocation="...>
 false
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The group name and password, are the cluster's name and password. Make sure to change them, and to choose a secure password.
The network is the network protocol to be used. auto-increment is disabled, if enabled and the port specified is already bound, then the next port is tried.
The network protocol can be set to multicast, like if on the local network, or on the same PC, in such a case, nothing is to be configured, just make sure that multicast is enabled, as in, enabled="true". Only one network setting can be enabled, as in tcp-ip or multicast.
If like on different or remote networks, or for any other reasons, the network protocol can be set to tcp-ip. For tcp-ip, you can specify the IP address or host name, with optionally a port number, as in. For each server, that is to be part of the group, just add its details using the member tag.
Having configured the network protocol, it is time to configure database replication, which can be done in default-distributed-db-config.json. This file is copied, and updated as distributed-config.json, to each database folder in orientdb-version/databases.
// The config/default-distributed-db-config.json file.
 "autoDeploy": true,
 "executionMode": "undefined",
 "readQuorum": 1,
 "writeQuorum": "majority",
 "readYourWrites": true,
 "newNodeStrategy": "static",
 "servers": {
 "production": "master"
 "development": "replica",
 "clusters": {
 "internal": {
 "*": {
 "servers": [""]
autoDeploy : Means automatically deploy the database to nodes, which
 do not have it.
executionMode : Default is undefined, to let the client decide.
 If set to Asynchronous, then an operation is first
 executed on the the local node, before being
 replicated.
readQuorum : Number of responses that must be coherent, before
 replying to a read operation.
writeQuorum : Number of responses that must be coherent, before
 replying to a write operation.
 If set to all, means all responses must be coherent,
 if set to majority, this means that n/2 + 1
 responses must be coherent, and if set to 1, it
 is as if it is disabled .
readYourWrites : The write quorum is only satisfied, if the local
 node has responded.
newNodeStrategy : Can be set to static or dynamic, if static a new
 node is registered as static, if dynamic a new
 node is managed as dynamic. When a node is
 unreachable, and the node strategy is dynamic it
 does not count into the quorum.
servers : What is the role of each server, for example the server which
 was given the name of production is a master, and the one
 given the name of development is replica.
 "servers":{"*"":master}, can be used to state that all servers
 are masters.
 More than one master can be configured, a replica server is just a
 replica, it does not count into voting in writeQuorum.
clusters : The term cluster in orientdb, also means a way of grouping
 records of a certain type, or by a specific value.
 A class is orientdb way of modeling, so it is the model, it
 stores its data into records.
 Each class can have multiple clusters, as in to group records
 which it has and which are similar.
 A cluster can be a physical one, as storage on disk, or
 temporal as an in memory cluster.
 So this setting is used to configure clusters.
 As seen, in the provided excerpt the internal cluster is not
 replicated. All other clusters are replicated.
 servers has as a value an array, which is the list of
 servers where cluster records are saved. The special
 value means auto add new nodes. An
 example of using specific node values is :
 ["location1", "location2"].
 Cluster configuration inherits database configuration,
 readQuorum, writeQuorum, readYourWrites, and can
 override them.
 Additionally owner can be used to specify the owner of the
 cluster , as in "owner": "location1", this is called
 static assignment, even if the node is down, a static
 owner is not changed. If not done statically, an owner is
 chosen at runtime dynamically.*/
In the previous example, two nodes were specified, one as being a master, and the second one as being a replica, other configuration options, are explained in the preceding code, as in having all nodes to be masters, which is the default.
That is it for configuring replication using orientdb, the servers can be started using./. Start the replica, after the master.
To check if everything is working correctly, a database can be created as in create database remote:localhost/nameOfDb root thePassword, on the master server, using the console, which can be launched from the bin folder, and using the console in the replica server, and after issuing the command connect remote:localhost/ root thePassword, the command List databases can be run to verify that the created database has been replicated.
If multiple instances of orientdb are run on the same PC, different ports must be configured for each running instance, for example in orientdb-server


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Analysing homa Rituals - Chinese Researcher visits BuddhistRoad Team
The BuddhistRoad team invited the Chinese researcher Hou Haoran from Leipzig University to present his research on the religious aspects of the Tangut Empire in a guest lecture. As visiting researcher he introduced the team and further researchers from CERES to the Buddhist fire offerings (homa), which were widely practiced in Tangut Empire during the 12th to 13th century. This aspect of Tantric practices is described widely in manuscripts in Chinese and Tangut from Karakhoto and Shanzuigou. Several scriptures can be understood as manuals for the homa ritual, while other sources from that era and Buddhist prayers specify the homa offerings that were performed at the Tangut court.
In his overview Hou Haoran also took into account visual materials related to the ritual: Both the Thangka collections from Karakhoto as well as the mural paintings of the caves in Yulin depict homa elements. Another example for the visual expression is a Tangut blockprint, i.e., the Saṃpuṭatantra, that includes a section homavidhi introducing various formulas of homa ritual. Hou Haoran emphasised that the rare text was written in the three languages of Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Tangut. Using an approach from the comparative study, he demonstrated on the basis of this trilingual source how Tangut people interpreted and used Buddhist texts, images, and rituals.


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|Population:||90,466 (2006 census)|
|Area:||116.5 km² (45.0 sq mi)|
|Region:||Darling Downs, South East Queensland|
The City of Toowoomba was a Local Government Area located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, encompassing the centre and inner suburbs of the regional city of Toowoomba. The city covered an area of 116.5 square kilometres (45.0 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity in various forms from 1860 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other councils in the surrounding area to form the Toowoomba Region.
The Toowoomba Municipality was proclaimed on 19 November 1860 under the Municipalities Act 1858, a piece of New South Wales legislation inherited by Queensland when it became a separate colony in 1859. William Henry Groom, sometimes described as the "father of Toowoomba", was elected its first mayor. It achieved a measure of autonomy in 1878 with the enactment of the Local Government Act. With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Toowoomba became a town council on 31 March 1903. On 29 October 1904, Toowoomba was proclaimed a City.
Toowoomba absorbed parts of the Shire of Middle Ridge and Town of Newtown on 23 February 1917, and on 19 March 1949, following a major reorganisation of local government in South East Queensland, Toowoomba grew its area to include parts of the Highfields and Drayton Shires.
In 2005 Toowoomba City Councillor Lyle Shelton called for Toowoomba's boundaries to be expanded to encompass the area some refer to as "Greater Toowoomba", reflecting Toowoomba's suburban spread beyond the city boundaries.
In 2006 the Mayor proposed a controversial plan to recycle sewage into Cooby Dam which is used for drinking water. The federal government agreed to provide partial funding subject to a number of conditions including a requirement to hold a referendum on the issue. On 29 July 2006, Toowoomba voted against the recycled sewage project with the 'No' vote winning by 62% to 38%.
On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the City of Toowoomba merged with the Shires of Cambooya, Clifton, Crows Nest, Jondaryan, Millmerran, Pittsworth and Shire of Rosalie to form the Toowoomba Region. The former mayor of the Shire of Jondaryan won the mayoralty of the new entity.


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Model ID: 119
Striking a drum excites a spectrum of vibration modes that together make up the instrument's characteristic sound or acoustic signal. These vibration modes correspond to the eigenmodes, or eigenfunctions, of the drum's membrane. Thus you can study this problem by solving eigenvalue problems for stretched membranes.
Two different geometric shapes are modeled, with all other parameters being equal. If you can find two differently shaped membranes that have identical eigenvalues—in other words, they are isospectral—then it's not possible to "hear" the shape of a specific drum.
|First eigenmode for one of the drums.|


Reference > Brewer's Dictionary > Zola-ise.
 Zoilos (Latin, Zoilus.).Zoliverein,
To write like Zola, the French novelist, the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Zola is noted for his realistic novels, many of which are unfit for circulating libraries. His speciality is a reckless exposition of the licentious habits of the French. His historic novel, called the Débâcle, exposed the breakdown of Napoleon III. and his army in the Franco-German war (1870–1871). 1
 Other parts of speech from Zola are Zolaesque, Zolaisation, Zolaiser, etc. 2
 The most complimentary meaning of Zolaesque is the terrible descriptive style of writing. The more general meaning is licentious and coarsely erotic. 3
 Zoilos (Latin, Zoilus.).Zoliverein,


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Did you miss our G+ Hangout with a National Geographic inventor? Watch our video, then check out TH Culhane's blog for detailed instructions on how to make your own motor and generator!
What could you make with a scouring pad, a paper towel, drain cleaner, and an aluminum can tab?
How about enough electricity to power a flashlight?
Join us for our next Google+ Hangout with NG Explorer and Google Science Fair judge TH Culhane at his laboratory in Germany for a do-it-yourself build-along event! In support of Girlstart's DeSTEMber focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, we're building an electric motor, a lemon battery, and a soda can tab that produces electricity with materials mostly found at home. The best part? You can build along with TH!
Here is the list of what you will need to get beforehand:
Safety First… Gloves and goggles!
1. Super Simple Electric Motor
C cell battery (any battery will do, AA, or AAA or D, but C is easy to hold)
A dry wall screw
A round neodymium magnet (get the big one, splurge, they only cost 3 bucks but they spin better)
A piece of wire
2. Lemon Battery
A penny (for copper)
A nail (for zinc)
Various low voltage LEDs
3. Joule Thief
A Blue or White LED (Other colors are fine, too)
2N3904 Transistor or equivalent
1k Resistor (Brown-Black-Red)
Thin wire, two colors (magnet wire works,.6mm)
Alligator clips and/or a breadboard
4. Electricity From a Soda Can Tab
Aluminum can tab (or aluminum foil)
Stainless steel scouring pad
A paper towel or a thin cleaning sponge to separate the stainless steel and the aluminum
Some drain cleaner


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Mike Gamroth, Oregon State University
Updated in September 2006 in coordination with:
Zach Loboy, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Eric Moeggenberg, Oregon Department of Agriculture
Don Hansen, Oregon Department of Agriculture
Rendering plants once offered quick, affordable pickup of animal mortalities and byproducts. However, recent declines in the price of useful commodities produced from animal carcasses have curtailed or eliminated many rendering operations in Oregon. Now, sending animal mortalities and byproducts for rendering may no longer be an economically viable option for many of Oregon's livestock owners.
This document has been prepared to provide alternate disposal options for animal mortalities and byproducts where rendering services are not available or economical.
It is legal to simply allow nature to take its course. If you choose this action you must deposit the dead animal to a location that is at least one-half mile from any dwelling and at least a one-quarter mile from any open water way (ORS 601.140) and let scavengers eat the carcass. It is important to note that this method of disposal is not acceptable in instances where numerous carcasses must be disposed of, and is not available for disposal of animal byproducts generated during butchering.
You need a large farm or ranch to make this work and it is the least desirable of the alternatives for many reasons. Animal carcasses left to decay naturally above ground or buried in shallow pits pose a hazard to groundwater and surface water and can jeopardize the health of domestic livestock, wildlife and pets.
Certain permitted landfills are allowed to take small and large animal carcasses as well as waste animal byproducts. There may be an extra fee to dump large carcasses and large volumes of animal mortality and byproducts. Call your local landfill to find out if they can accept animal carcasses. A list of landfills and phone numbers can be found on the Internet at _URL_ If the landfill does not accept animal carcasses, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) may be able to grant an exception. You would need to work with both the landfill operator and your local DEQ office to see if an exception is possible. Phone numbers to local DEQ offices can be found in most phone books in the blue tabbed Government pages, or at the following website _URL_
Animal mortalities and byproducts can be incinerated in a DEQ approved incinerator or cremation unit. Operation of an incinerator or cremation unit requires a permit from the DEQ Air Quality program. Economic reasons, and availability of incineration units in the state, currently make this option generally unavailable. More information on incinerator regulations can be found at _URL_
Animal mortality and byproducts can not be open burned [OAR _PHONE_(3)]. The open burning of carcasses of animals that have died or been destroyed because of an animal disease emergency is allowed only when authorized by Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) [ORS 596.393 and OAR _PHONE_(10)].
It is legal to bury animal mortalities on your farm if certain requirements are met and specific recommendations are followed. The bottom of the hole must be dry (not in a water table). The dead animal should be covered with hydrated lime, and then covered with at least 4' of soil mounded up to allow for settling as the carcass decomposes [ORS 601.090(7)]. Burials should be at least 500' from surface waters or wells, preferably downhill from the well. Burial of large dead animals will probably require a backhoe because an adult cow burial takes a hole approximately 2' x 7' x 8' deep.
It is important to note that this method of disposal is not acceptable for disposal of animal byproducts generated during butchering. Burial of large volumes of dead animals is not appropriate unless conducted under a Catastrophic Animal Mortality Management Plan. It should also be noted that if you bring in animals from other locations to be buried on your farm you may be subject to additional disposal regulations from the DEQ, the ODA, and the local land use planning authority. Please contact the DEQ, and the ODA, and the local land use planning authority before burying dead animals on your property if the animals did not originate from your farm.
While not the simplest method of disposal, composting animal mortalities and byproducts allows you to recycle the nutrients in the carcasses and is a sound environmental practice. If you are going to compost animal mortalities and byproducts on your farm, you must have a composting plan on file with ODA, and be implementing that plan. The plan must include a drawing of your composting area, a description of how you will contain any runoff from the compost piles or bins, a description of the process you will use, and a description of how the compost will be used on the farm. Details of the plan and assistance are available from the Natural Resources Division at the Oregon Department of Agriculture, _PHONE_. If you are going to compost animal mortalities and byproducts and intend to bring in animal mortality and byproducts from off-farm sites you will need a composting permit from the DEQ.
The basic composting process is relatively easy. It must be done on concrete or a similar impervious surface that prevents nutrient leaching. In western Oregon, it is wise to have a roof to control moisture added by rainfall. Bins or walls on the compost pile make turning the compost easier. To compost dead animals, start with a 12" layer of dry straw, sawdust, or dry manure solids. Drag or lift the carcass onto this layer. A small opening in the body cavity will prevent bloating. Some sources recommend cutting open the body cavity and large muscle groups for faster decomposition, however livestock farmers report this is not necessary. Cover the carcass with 2' to 3' of manure solids, sawdust, or other carbon source. Maintain moisture in the pile about like silage; damp, not wet. Add more manure solids, or other carbon material like sawdaust, and water as needed. The pile must heat to over 131° Fahrenheit for at least 3 days to kill human, and animal, pathogens. The pile will be ready to turn in 15-30 days and will need to be turned about 5 times. The carcass should be fully composted in about 180 days. Some literature recommends reusing some of the finished compost as the base for the next pile. Up to 30% of the total volume of the base material required can be from the finished compost. Also, some of the left over bones can add structure to the foundation material for enhanced aeration.
Applying this compost to crops directly consumed by people is not currently recommended. The Cornell Waste Management Institute has stated that the compost can be used on hay, corn, winter wheat, tree plantations and forestland.
Other resources on composting and animal mortality disposal can be found in the "Additional Resources" section at the end of this document.
It is unclear whether prions, the proteins that cause Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis (Mad Cow Disease), are destroyed in the composting process. Animals showing signs of a neurological disease must be reported to the ODA and disposed of in an appropriate manner. Animals that show signs of a neurological disease, and those with anthrax, should not be composted.
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality composting webpage
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Oregon Revised Statutes, Chapter 601- Dead Animals
National Renderers Association Membership Directory
Mukhtar, S.; Auvermann, B.; Heflin, K.; Boriack, C. "A Low Maintenance Approach to Large Carcass Composting." American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) Meeting Paper No. 032263. St. Joseph, Mich. ASAE, 2003.
Bonhotal, J.; Telega, L.; Petzen, J. Natural Rendering: Composting Livestock Mortality and Butcher Waste--Fact Sheet. Cornell Waste Management Institute Educational Resources, 2002.
NRCS, NHCP. Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Practice Standard 316-Animal Mortality Facility. March, 2003.
NRCS, NHCP. Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Practice Standard 317--Composting Facility. October, 2003.
Carcass Disposal. Minnesota Board of Animal Health, May, 2006
Whole Animal Composting of Dairy Cattle, Guide D-108. Michael Looper, New Mexico Cooperative Extension. May, 2002.
Composting Animal Mortalities, Debra Morse, University of Minnesota/Minnesota Department of Agriculture. July, 2001.


Real estate market niche
This is the last in a three-part series about supercharging your real estate business with a marketing niche. Part I of the series discusses how selecting a niche helps you to grow your business. Part II explained how to identify potential niches. This final entry will help you evaluate a real estate market niche choose one that will work for you.
If you do a search on the internet, you'll find a wealth of information on how to determine the value of a market. The approach described below is a common sense way to evaluate a real estate market niche that doesn't require hiring a marketing agency to complete a six-month study.
Evaluate Your Niches' Potential
The first thing you need to do is evaluate the potential for each real estate market niche you identified.
 1. Identify the activity in the niche for the past year or two.
Naturally, the more information you have, the better your evaluation will be. Therefore, get as much information as you can. You'll need to pull information from your MLS and other resources, so first determine how you can identify the niche.
You'll need to use criteria that you can pull from the MLS as a start. For example, determine if you can use zip codes or subdivision names to describe your niche. In addition, think of the other fields you can use to filter transactions. For example, there may be a field agents use to identify the listing as an historical home or a waterfront property.
Make a chart, and for each transaction in the niche, identify:
 - The transaction – perhaps by address
 - The dollar value of the transaction
 - The agents involved in the transaction
 1. Determine if the niche is large enough to support you.
Total up the dollar value of the transactions in the niche. Then, ask yourself: "What if I could capture 5, 10 or 20 percent of the market? Would that allow me to reach my income goals?"
If the answer is that you'd need 50 or 75 percent of the market, you either need the capital required to keep going until you reach that goal, or you need to choose a more active niche.
 1. Real estate market nicheEvaluate your competition.
Look at the chart and sort it according to agent name, and calculate how much of the real estate market niche each agent has captured. For example, if there were 500 transactions and one agent did 10 transactions, that agent would have 2 percent of the market.
Look for trends. Does one agent have a large part of the market? Are there five agents that do the bulk of the transactions, then it falls off to a number of also-ran agents? If one agent has 90 percent of the market, you'd need have much more to offer to break in to that niche. But, let's assume that there are five agents that share the bulk of the transactions.
Your next step would be to research those agents. If you know some of them already, you've got a head start, but you'll still need to do some research.
 - Look at their websites. Do they promote themselves as experts in the niche you're evaluating?
 - What does their website tell you about how they brand themselves and how they sell their services?
 - Look at review websites like Facebook, Zillow and Trulia. Do they have a five star rating on those sites? What do their clients say they liked about their services.
 - Find out everything you can about each agent that would affect their strength as a competitor. Are they mid-career and picking up steam? Are they heading toward retirement? Are they brand new? How many transactions do they complete a year? Do they have any production awards?
After you've gathered information about a competitor, look for things that you do better than they do. Pay attention to any negative reviews to find out what people don't like about working with them. At that point, you should be able to make an educated guess as to how difficult it will be to break into the market.
Make a Choice and Go For It!
You can compare the information you gathered about each of your potential niches and make an informed choice to actively pursue the most promising. Once you've made that commitment, go all out. Brand yourself and your website for that niche and market to the people in that niche.
Finally, ask yourself this question: Would you rather have a small chance of getting a very small part of a huge market, or a good chance at getting a significant portion of a specialized market? When you become the go-to person in a niche, finding new clients will be a breeze – they'll come to you.
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Aisle. An aisle is a passage on the side of the nave in a basilica-plan church. It is narrower than the nave and is usually separated from it by a row of columns connected by an architrave (beam) or arches. The purpose of aisles is to enlarge the interior of a church beyond
the nave. Thus a church may have a nave or a nave and two or four aisles, depending on the size of the community it serves. The aisle roof is lower than that of the nave. In Syria, North Africa, and Europe it formed a lean-to, but in Egypt it was usually
flat. Egyptian basilicas, like those of other Eastern countries, show traces of windows in the aisles. Western basilicas have had aisle windows since the fifth century (Günter, 1968, pp. 39-42).
Characteristic of the Egyptian basilica, except on the north coast, are the niches (see below) let into the outer walls of the aisle, often in close sequence (Deichmann, 1937, p. 34). They are probably a relic of the older mud-brick building method, and they contribute to the often enormous strength of the walls.
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Jacqueline Nelson
Dr Jacqueline Nelson is a Senior Research officer and previously a Chancellors Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney. She is interested in how racism manifests and exploring how we can respond to racism, both as individuals and by challenging cultures and practices that reproduce racism and inequality. Her areas of interest include racism in families, local or place-based responses to racism and denial of racism.


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Pub. date: 2009 | Online Pub. Date: January 26, 2009 | DOI: 10.4135/9781412964623 | Print ISBN: 9781412936361 | Online ISBN: 9781412964623| Publisher:SAGE Publications, Inc.About this encyclopedia
Molefi Kete Asante
Ananse is the name given to an Akan character who has become famous throughout Africa because of his insight, intelligence, and wisdom. One finds the names Ananse, Aunt Nancy, Anancy, Hapanzi, and Nanzi used for Ananse as well. He is one of the most important figures in the pantheon of cultural icons among West Africans. In actuality, Ananse is the functional aspect of the almighty creator Nyame and therefore may be seen to carry out the will of Nyame on Earth. He is able to perform many duties that are often attributed to Nyame. Thus, Ananse can cause rain to come, flowers to blossom, and maize to grow; he can prevent disasters from occurring to the villagers. Along with his wife, Aso, Ananse can change form and may be depicted as a human, although his normal form is a spider. According to the Asante people, who are part of the...


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- Volet de programme : Jeunesse Canada au travail dans les établissements du patrimoine
- Titre de l'emploi : Program Coordinator
- Nom de l'organisme : Teck Centennial Public Library
- Lieu de l'emploi : Kirkland Lake, Ontario
- Durée de l'emploi : 2017-05-02 à 2017-08-26 (17 semaines)
- Salaire horaire : 14,00 $
Teck Centennial Public Library seeks a dynamic, creative and responsible post-secondary student to lead the Children's TD Summer Read Club. Reporting directly to the Library CEO and Children's Clerk, the Program Coordinator will be responsible for planning, implementing a variety of programs for children, youth and families as well as promoting the TD Summer Reading Program. Programs may be delivered at the Library or at various locations out in the community.
Duties and Responsibilities:
-Plans and executes programs for children, youth and families, including, but not limited to, school age children.
-Research ideas for programs, establish themes, and organize materials and supplies.
-Design a performance measurement tool for evaluating the summer reading program.
-Evaluates completed programs and prepares reports as directed.
-Prepares and follows a specific summer program budget.
-Performs other duties as assigne.
The successful applicant should:
-Have completed at least one year of an Early Childhood Education, Bachelor o Education degree or diploma, Child and Youth Worker; or have comparable skills or experience.
-Must plan to return to school in the fall
-Be fluent in the English language; French will be considered an asset.
-Possess excellent and demonstrate organizational skills.
-Be competent with technology and some application software.
-Be able to work effectively and efficiently with minimal supervision.
-Obtain a clear vulnerable sector police check.
-Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, or have refugee status in Canada.
-Be legally entitled to work in Canada.
-Be between 16 and 30 years of age.
Term of Employment:
Start date: May 2, 2017
End date: August 26, 2017
Hours of work: 30 hours per week; Tuesday to Saturday
Rate of Pay: $14.00/hour + 4% vacation pay.
Qualified candidates are invited to submit their resume (complete with reference and covering letter) in confidence by Saturday, April 15, 2017.
Please apply by mail / e-mail to:
Library CEO, Teck Centennial Public Library
10 Kirkland Street E
Kirkland Lake, ON P2N 1P!
or fax resume to: _PHONE_
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those under consideration will be contacted.
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The Carbonadium Synthesizer, is used to synthesize carbonadium, the only metal that can neutralize the "death factor" of Omega Red. The Carbonadium Synthesizer can liquefy carbonadium so that it can be molded into new forms.
Carbonadium is a resilient, unstable metal that is vastly stronger than steel but more flexible than adamantium. Due to its malleability, carbonadium is less durable than true adamantium, but still nearly indestructible. Omega Red has carbonadium coils through which he can transmit his ability to drain life energies. Carbonadium is highly radioactive and a very small amount, if ingested, has proven capable of dramatically slowing down Wolverine's healing factor. The only device that can produce carbonadium, known as the Carbonadium Synthesizer, was initially believed thrown into a river in Brussels by Wolverine; it has since been revealed that the Carbonadium Synthesizer had been hidden on the deceased body of a double-agent who died escaping Omega Red along with Wolverine, Sabretooth and Maverick. The synthesizer was retrieved and handed back to Maverick, whose mission was to retrieve the item for parties unknown. If implanted within the body, objects composed of carbonadium have proven to slow the accelerated healing factors of Wolverine and his son Daken. While slowed considerably, their healing powers aren't completely suppressed. It is currently unknown if carbonadium affects other beings with superhuman healing powers in a similar manner.
Wolverine is currently trying to locate the Carbonadium Synthesizer in order to safely neutralize and rescue his son Daken.
Omega Red is also searching for the Carbonadium Synthesizer in order to stabilize his condition.


What is a cultivated Australian accent?
The cultivated Australian English accent is usually produced with tighter vowel durations. Getting this correct, depends on the impact of your regular speech patterns. So if you tend to speak with a broader accent, you'll want to make your vowel lengths shorter on these vowels: /eɪ/, /iː/ /aɪ/, /oʊ/, /aʊ/ & /u:/.
What is a cultivated accent?
What are the three types of Australian accent?
Unlike some European and early-settled countries like the USA, the Australian accent is made up of just three different variations: broad, general, and cultivated. These variations are not as easy to pick up on as, say, the cockney, geordie, and southern accents of England, but the subtleties are there.
How would you describe an Australian accent?
The Australian accent is famous for its vowel sounds, absence of a strong "r" pronunciation and the use of an inflection – or intonation – at the end of sentences, which can make statements sound like questions. According to Felicity, the way vowels are pronounced is the most peculiar feature of Australian English.
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What is the Australian accent called?
It is prevalent nationwide but is especially common in rural areas. Examples of people with this accent are Steve Irwin, Julia Gillard and Paul Hogan. In Australia, this dialect is sometimes called Strine (or "Strayan", a shortening of the word Australian), and a speaker of the dialect may be referred to as an Ocker.
Why is Australian accent so weird?
If you grew up in Australia, your accent is shaped by the history of Australia's European settlement; if you grew up in New Zealand, your accent is shaped by a different history, so it sounds different. It's automatic for us to talk in a similar way to the people around us and this feature is really strong in kids.
Where is the strongest Australian accent?
Ockers have the strongest Australian accent, and they're found in all corners of Australia. Regional Tasmania (srs). Australian accents do not vary a lot, compared to other English speaking countries.
How do Aussies say hello?
The average Australian greets with a simple Hey/Hello/Hi. Avoid saying "G'day" or "G'day mate" when first meeting someone as this can sound strange or patronising coming from a foreigner. Many Australians greet by saying "Hey, how are you?".
How did Aussies get their accent?
According to Richards, the beginning of our Australian accent emerged following the arrival of European settlers in 1788. "It emerged from a process called levelling down because you had all these people who came here on 11 ships from different dialect areas, regional dialect areas across England," he said.
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Which English accent is closest to Australia?
"The basis of our accent is Southern British. Americans, in particular, often confuse us. They think the cockney accent is the Australian accent."
Why do Australians say mate?
In Australia, a 'mate' is more than just a friend and is a term that implies a sense of shared experience, mutual respect and unconditional assistance.
What is the Australian word for friend?
100 Australian Slang Words & Phrases
Aussie slang word/phrase Meaning
Maccas McDonalds
Manchester Sheets / Linen etc
Mate Friend
Mozzie Mosquito
What is Australian English called?
Australian English (AuE, AuEng) is the set of varieties of the English language native to Australia. Although English has no official status in the Constitution, Australian English is the country's national and de facto common language.
Australian English
How old is the Australian accent?
1788: The Australian accent, at least according to modern experts, began developing right after the arrival of European settlers and convicts.
Is Australian English closer to American or British?
Australian English follows British spelling very closely but many common words are spelt differently in American English. Despite being spelt differently, the meaning of the word is the same. Australian and American English have different ways of spelling certain words, such as those ending with 'yse' or 'ise'.
Do Americans have accents?
You've likely heard the words "Standard American English," for describing certain accents that lack distinguishing sounds. Well, apparently, that's not real. Every single American has an accent.
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Here we give a short overview of the stages a query has to pass in order to obtain a result.
A connection from an application program to the PostgreSQL server has to be established. The application program transmits a query to the server and waits to receive the results sent back by the server.
The parser stage checks the query transmitted by the application program for correct syntax and creates a query tree.
The rewrite system takes the query tree created by the parser stage and looks for any rules (stored in the system catalogs) to apply to the query tree. It performs the transformations given in the rule bodies.
One application of the rewrite system is in the realization of views. Whenever a query against a view (i.e. a virtual table) is made, the rewrite system rewrites the user's query to a query that accesses the base tables given in the view definition instead.
The planner/optimizer takes the (rewritten) query tree and creates a query plan that will be the input to the executor.
It does so by first creating all possible paths leading to the same result. For example if there is an index on a relation to be scanned, there are two paths for the scan. One possibility is a simple sequential scan and the other possibility is to use the index. Next the cost for the execution of each path is estimated and the cheapest path is chosen. The cheapest path is expanded into a complete plan that the executor can use.
The executor recursively steps through the plan tree and retrieves rows in the way represented by the plan. The executor makes use of the storage system while scanning relations, performs sorts and joins, evaluates qualifications and finally hands back the rows derived.
In the following sections we will cover each of the above listed items in more detail to give a better understanding of PostgreSQL's internal control and data structures.