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Salvia columbariae is an annual plant that is commonly called chia, golden chia, and desert chia, because its seeds are used in the same manner as Salvia hispanica (chia). It grows in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora, and Baja California, and was an important food for Native Americans. Some native names include pashí from Tongva and it'epeš from Ventureño.
S. columbariae grows 10 to 50 cm (3.9 to 19.7 in) tall. Its stem hairs are generally short and sparse in distribution. It has oblong-ovate basal leaves that are 2 to 10 cm (0.79 to 3.94 in) long. The leaves are pinnately dissected and the lobes are irregularly rounded. The inflorescence is more or less scapose, meaning it has a long peduncle that comes from the ground level that has bracts. The bracts are round and awn-tipped. There are usually 1-2 cluster of flowers within the inflorescence. The calyx is 8 to 10 mm (0.31 to 0.39 in) long and the upper lip is unlobed but has 2 (sometimes 3) awns. The lower lip is about twice the size of the upper lip. The flower color can be pale blue to blue and purple tipped. The stamens of the plant are slightly exserted. The fruit of S. columbariae is a nutlet that is tan to grey in color and 1.5 to 2 mm (0.059 to 0.079 in) long.
S. columbariae can be found in dry undisturbed sites in chaparral, and coastal sage scrub. It generally grows at elevations lower than 1,200 m (3,900 ft). In cultivation, it prefers good drainage, sun, and dry weather.
- Salvia columbariae var. columbariae Benth. - California sage, chia
- Salvia columbariae var. ziegleri Munz - Ziegler's sage
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Absolute Encoder EX60—R4B
 - A "magnetic detection mode", with excellent impact and vibration resistance.
 - Programmable, intelligent absolute encoder; professional setting software, convenient for user operation.
 - Wide operating voltage, low current consumption.
 - Clamping flange, servo flange or blind hollow shaft, the international standard structure.
 - External resetting line to reset the default location, easy installation, no need to find ZERO.
Absolute Encoder EX60—R4B User Manual
★Please totally read the following instruction first for proper use of encoder.
Operating Voltage 10-26Vdc or 5V optional, polarity protection
Current Consumption < 110mA (24V power supply) no load
Output Signal RS485, you can set the length, angle, speed application output
Output load capacity ≤ 400 ohms, the standard 200-250 Ohm work
Resolution 1-16384
Resolution max.4096（Electronic counting），65536 turns optional
Operating Temperature -20—75℃ Programming temperature range：0℃～＋70℃
Storage Temperature -40—80℃
Protection class IP67 for housing IP65 for shaft
Vibration & shock 20g，10～2000Hz；100g，6ms
Permissible Rotation Rate 2400rpm
Output refresh cycle <1.4ms
Connection Cable 1m 8-core shielded cable.
Overall Feature Clamping flange or synchronous flange, metal enclosure, sealed dual-bearing structure ( see attached drawing of overall dimension)
Shaft Clamping flange, stainless steel, synchro flange, blind hollow shaft etc.
Signal Conditioning direction can be set; preset position, external set, such as external zero
signal Vcc GND RS485 A RS485 B Reset Permit
Color Brown white Green Yellow Gray Blue
Note: 1. How to use Programming-permit-line (Blue)
When setting the mode: the blue wire of the encoder and the brown wire are connected to the positive power+ together. At this time, the communication rate of the encoder is fixed at 19200bps.
Non-setting mode: In normal operation, it is recommended to connect the blue wire and the white wire together to the power ground.
2. How to use reset line (gray)
When the reset line (gray) connected to power+ for more than 1 second, the current data of the encoder becomes the reset value (the reset value of the encoder can be set arbitrarily)
The encoder can also be reset by using the instruction (for specific instructions, refer instance 2)
Installation dimensions (Unit: mm)
 1. Clamping & synchro flange(default)
b．Synchro flange
 1. Blind hollow shaft
Custom RS485 communication protocol description:
Baud Rate: 4800bps 9600bps 19200bps 38400bps 115200bps.
Frame format: 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, no flow control.
The parameter of encoders is set by software instruction.
When the encoder is in active mode, that is the encoder automatically sends data to the host. Data length is 16 hexadecimal ASCII code format is: XAB> ± DATA ↙, as follow:
X address > ± DATA
Wherein, "X" is the leading letters,">" is delimiters, "±" is the sign bit; "DATA" is the data, ASCII format, 10, from 0 to 9 constitute the range of -9,999,999,999 ~ +9,999,999,999. "↙" is carriage return (0D).
When the encoder is in passive mode, it is the question and answer mode. The host computer sends an inquiry command to the encoder. The command is a 4-digit hexadecimal ASCII code in the format: D + AB↙.
AB is the encoder address, the range is 0 to 99
1: Read data:
Host send: D + address + 0D
Encoder reply: X + address +> + match bit + data bit + 0D
Host send: 44 30 31 0D (when the encoder address is 01)
Encoder back: 58 30 31 3E 2B 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 31 32 33 0D
2: Encoder reset command:
Host send: D + address + L + M + sum check + 0D
Encoder reply: X + address + l + m + sum check + 0D
Host send: 44 30 31 4C 4D sum check 0D (when the encoder address is 01)
Encoder reply: 58 30 31 6C 4D sum check 0D (reset current position)
Sum check: The sum of all the previous data, take the lower two digits as the check value
For encoder parameter setting, please use our company's special CALT software.
Operate instructions:
 1. Work mode
Loop work: After the data exceeds the maximum measurement value, the data returns to 0. Conversely, it is the same if it exceeds 0.
Shuttle work: That is, the data remains unchanged after the data exceeds the maximum measured value. Conversely, it is the same if it exceeds 0.
 1. Data direction
Clockwise: Encoder data increases when the encoder rotates clockwise facing the encoder shaft.
Counterclockwise: Encoder data increases when the encoder rotates counterclockwise facing the encoder shaft.
3. Master/slave mode:
Master mode is broadcast
Slave mode is question and answer mode
4. Baud rate:
Setting range: 4800 —- 115200
5. Resolution: The data output by the encoder in one revolution
1–4096 can be set
6. Encoder address:
Setting range: 0–99
7. Reset value:
a. When the reset line (gray) connected to power+ for more than 1 second, the current value of the encoder becomes the reset value.
b. When sending a reset command to the encoder, the current value of the encoder becomes the reset value. (Instance 2)
8. Max. Value:
The maximum measured value range is resolution * number of turns (the specific value depends on the actual situation)
Read parameters: That is to read the original parameters of the encoder
Save: Write the currently modified parameters to the encoder.
Export parameters: Store the parameter that has just been set to the place specified by the computer. In order to import the storage parameters directly in the future.
Import parameters: Import the previously exported parameters into the software and use them.
RS485 communication considerations:
1. Communication speed and transmission distance is a contradiction. The higher the rate, the transmission distance is shorter, but more stable, and vice versa.
2. External reset line (gray wire) used to reset the encoder current position to presetting value. When using, the gray wire should connected to high level (24V). But after the completion of the operation, It's better to connect gray wire to power ground to avoid interference.
3. In the strong external electromagnetic interference, RS485 connection is best to use double-shielded cable.
4. When multiple encoders connect host, because of the encoder have no parity, it is suggested that when the PC programming in time to distinguish between the various encoder data returned.
5. When the system has a motor, encoder power supply should be isolated from other.
Since RS485 circuit is a differential form, A, B are two signal lines with voltage, often times connect to ground or high level, RS485 circuit will cause damage
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April 3, 1814
October 10, 1901
Years as President:
"As a servant of God, I bear witness to the revelations of His will in the nineteenth century."
Lorenzo Snow was born April 3, 1814, in Mantua, Ohio. As a youth, he preferred academic study to an apprenticeship. Study of Hebrew and theology led to his conversion to the Church in 1836. He spent the rest of his life in service as a missionary, Apostle, and Church President, a position he filled on September 13, 1898. He helped the Church recover from the challenges of the previous decades. He stabilized Church finances as members increased their tithes and offerings, and he expanded Church missionary efforts. As Church President at the dawning of the twentieth century, he opened a new era in Latter-day Saint history. He died in Salt Lake City on October 10, 1901, at the age of 87.

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14 Fun Facts About Lovebirds
Number one: Lovebirds mate for life
(Courtesy of Flickr user HKmPUA)
It's Valentine's Day. Love is in the air (for some, at least). Humans around the globe will express their love today through chocolate, greeting cards, and a cacophony of stuffed animals.
In the animal kingdom, though, relationships don't often fit with conventional human ideas of love. Female preying mantises feast on their male lovers after sex; red-sided garter snakes mate with multiple partners simultaneously. For most organisms, mating is purely a reproductive strategy to pass on their genetic material to their progeny; in the case of many species, such as voles, even monogamy comes with an evolutionary advantage.
But no animal represents the sentiment of Valentine's Day more than the lovebird. The petite, brightly plumed parrot is a favorite among bird enthusiasts and a popular pet. Lovebirds have inspired scientists and poets alike. Without further ado. here are 14 fun facts about lovebirds.
1. Lovebirds mate for life.
The monogamous birds reach sexual maturity when they're about ten months old. Mating begins with courtship behavior, and can continue throughout their roughly 15-year lifespans. Monogamy is essential to the social stability of flocks and underlies much of their social behavior.
2. Lovebirds pine for each other.
If a mate dies or gets separated from the flock, its companion exhibits erratic behavior that some have likened to depression. Birds kept as pets often don't like being alone and will exhibit similar behavior in captivity.
3. Like overly affectionate couples in restaurants on Valentine's Day, lovebirds feed each other.
Often after a long separation or stressful period of time, breeding pairs of lovebirds feed each other to re-establish their bond. One bird transfers food to the mouth of its mate, a feeding technique reminiscent of affection in humans—hence the inspiration for the parrots' name.
4. There's more than one species of lovebird.
The nine species classified as lovebirds come all from the genus Agapornis. Most lovebirds have a green body and sport different head feather coloration. Their closest relatives are hanging parrots, found in Asia.
5. Lovebirds are from Africa.
Lovebirds are native to the forests and savannas of Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Fossils of ancient lovebird species have been unearthed in South Africa, dating to as far back as 1.9 million years ago
6. But you might see a lovebird at your backyard birdfeeder.
That's if you live in the American southwest, San Francisco or cities in Africa. These areas are home to feral populations, flocks that likely either escaped from an aviary or are the remnants of an abandoned aviary.
7. Lovebirds live in holes.
Lovebirds are cavity dwellers they make their home in holes in trees, rocks or shrubs in the wild. Some species nest in groups, while others pair off to build their nests away from the flock. In urban settings, they might rely on anything from a tree to a crevice in a building. Peach-faced lovebirds in Phoenix, Arizona, often make their homes in cacti.
Lovebirds cactus
Peach-faced lovebirds nest in a cactus. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Kabunosekai)
8. Different lovebird species build their nests in different ways.
Fisher's lovebirds (Agapornis fischeri) carry single strips of tree bark in their beaks. Peach-faced lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis), on the other hand, hide bark in their feathers. Scientists believe that the latter's more complex behavior is an ancestral trait, and have used this facet of lovebird nest-building as an example of the intersection of evolved and learned behavior.
9. Some lovebirds are androgynous.
In three species of lovebirds, the males and females have defining characteristics that allow you to tell them apart. For example, among Black-winged lovebirds (Agapornis taranta), males have a crown of red feathers, while females have entirely green plumage. But other species don't have the same degree of sexual dimorphism, making it difficult to determine their sex just from looking at them. In some species, males may be slightly larger than females, but a DNA test is necessary to provide conclusive results.
10. Lovebirds don't eat chocolate.
It might seem like common sense, but save your chocolate and give it to a human. Lovebirds survive on a healthy diet of seeds, berries, fruit, and occassionally insect larva in the wild. In Africa, they're also known as crafty crop pests, as they feast on millet and maize farms.
11. Lovebirds can be mean.
Aggression isn't uncommon in lovebirds. The parrots are territorial, and are known to get along poorly with birds of another species. Within their own kind, lovebirds can also become jealous or hormonal during mating season. In captivity, they've been known to attach both other bird species and other lovebirds, with peach-faced lovebirds the most notorious for aggressive behavior.
12. Lovebirds can carry zoonotic diseases that infect humans.
Some studies suggest that lovebirds can carry yeast bacteria (Cryptococcus neoformans) capable of infecting humans, but they only pick up the bacterial spores if they come into contact with pigeon feces. Other reports find evidence of a parasite called Encephalitozoon hellem in Fishers, peach-faced, and masked lovebirds. The researchers hypothsize that the parasites can spread to humans with compromised immune systems, such as AIDS patients.
13. Some lovebirds might become endangered in the next decade.
The black-cheeked lovebird (Agapornis nigrigenis), native to Zambia and found in parts of Zimbabwe and Botswana, is classified as vulnerable by the IUCN Red Listing of Threatened Species. The biggest problem is drought (possibly driven by long-term climate change), which is drying up regional water sources that flocks rely on. The latest survey puts the black-cheeked lovebird population at around 10,000 birds in total.
14. Lovebirds (sort of) inspired Valentine's Day.
Scholars typically cite a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer as the first evidence of the connection between the religious celebration of Saint Valentine's day and romantic love. The poem, "Parliament of Foules," happens to feature two birds which exhibit all the markings of human love.
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The Keris Bali Surapati is an extraordinary keris made in the nineteenth century in Bali, Indonesia. This ancient Balinese keris features the dapur Surapati, which in Java is called 'Pasopati'. It has a straight blade that still is in excellent condition considering the fact that it was made almost two hundred years ago.
On the surface of the blade, we can see the distinctive pamor pattern named 'Gubet Udan Mas'. This pamor motif represents golden rain drops, which symbolize the upcoming change of events that will bring windfall luck and fortune. A keris which has a pamor pattern of the 'udan mas' variety, is often classed as a top range pusaka item worth a lot of money. Moreover, the esoteric powers of this type of pamor are believed to be extremely powerful. Hence, the magical aspects of a keris featuring pamor Udan Mas are known to bestow upon the owner numerous blessings of good luck, and will provide the opportunities for increasing one's riches.
The hilt of this keris is made in traditional Balinese style; the word 'danganan' is used for the name of this kind of hilt. It is the original danganan hilt, and is carved in the form of the Hindu Monkey God Hanoman. Also, there are traces of the aging process visible on the surface of the hilt, indicating its authenticity.
Thus, the Keris Bali Surapati is an invaluable collector's item for one who seeks an ancient Balinese heirloom keris ('pusaka'), which, at the same time, serves as a mystical means to increase one's financial status and wealth.

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Understanding how to Speak Latina For Relationship
Learning Latina for matrimony is a great approach to help bolster the my between you and your partner. It is the perfect complement to English with regards to strengthening the building blocks of your relationship. Latina is one of the most ancient dialects in the world.
As you uncover this vocabulary, you are learning English as well. The 2 main are very tightly related. When ever you study chinese, you will also be learning all of the important ideas, phrases, and sentences which will be helpful to you in the future. You will want to use these types of words in conversation. This is a great way to keep the relationship strong.
There are several different ways that you can use this terminology to help enhance your relationship. You can start using it aware of your family. Try to practice that during a treat. Take the time to declare some terms in The spanish language that your family members and friends might not exactly understand. When they speak The english language, you will be able to translate what they are expressing and know what they are aiming to say.
Another good cause to learn Latin for the purpose of marriage is to have some fun together with your friends. Use the chinese language to learn one or two new comments and tales about existence. This is the best way to have a bit of fun and not feel therefore embarrassed.
If you are planning ongoing out on a date, then you should speak The spanish language when you are with the person you are going out with. This will provide them with a chance to uncover your language as well. Every time they do uncover your language, they may feel more at ease with you.
If you live near somebody who speaks The spanish language, you might want to ask them to help you learn it. You can do this on your own. But, assuming you have someone you may speak to in the phone, might a lot more useful information in a shorter amount of time.
You can even consider classes at a local college or university or secondary school and learn ways to speak The spanish language. These courses can take a few months, but it can be performed in a year.
If you need to learn any other language, you should consider this one because an option. This can be a highly recommended language to use with your other half. It is a great approach to event with your good friends and give one another a bit of thrilling entertainment.
Of course, _URL_ if you cannot speak Spanish, you can learn it by using lessons or through personal lessons that are offered online. You can learn a few basic phrases through the net. However, these lessons will cost you some money.
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There are many ways that you are able to teach yourself Latin. Several websites provide audio lessons or books that you can buy.
Many people opt for a community college or university to provide their education. They offer various programs which include Latin meant for marriage.
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The Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) at the U.S.
Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory dedicated its new
scanning probing microscopy building recently during its annual users conference.
The new building will house a new scanning probe microscope that measures spin-polarized
electrons on surfaces.
"The spin-polarized scanning probing microscope (LT-SPM) is a wonderful
addition to the many tools available to researchers at the CNM," said interim
CNM director Derrick Mancini. "Nanomagnetism is a burgeoning field, and
the LT-SPM will provide the most cutting-edge technology for this research."
Nanomagnetism research using the LT-SPM may lead to more energy-efficient motors,
advanced information storage, processing prototype devices, advanced medical
therapy and biomagnetic sensing concepts. The LT-SPM is a multi-functional scanning
probe microscope devoted to the high-resolution properties of spin-polarized
surfaces at high magnetic fields (9 T) and low temperatures (4.2 K). This state-of-the-art
instrument expands the CNM programs in nanomagnetism and nanoferroelectrics.
With the spin-polarized capabilities and the ability to characterize insulating
samples, this instrument will propel the CNM to the forefront of science using
scanning probes to pursue fundamental materials research. A new building was
constructed adjacent to the CNM to house the LT-SPM, which requires a highly
stable operating environment that is free of acoustic and vibratory interference.
The microscope also produces relatively large stray magnetic fields that are
incompatible with instruments in the CNM, which was designed specifically to
be free of magnetic fields.
The LT-SPM is a necessary to tool for important scientific research, so a new
building was designed to specifically hold the machine and place it far enough
away from the CNM that the magnetic fields would not pose a problem to other
instruments in the building.
Construction on the building was finished at the end of September and the facility
will be ready for occupancy by the end of fall.
The building cost $1.5 million and was paid for Institutional General Plant
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Watermark is the copy deterrence mechanism used in the multimedia signal that is to be protected from hacking and piracy such a way that it can later be extracted from the watermarked signal by the decoder. Watermarking can be used in various applications such as authentication, video indexing, copyright protection and access control. In this paper a new CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) based robust watermarking algorithm using customized 8 × 8 Walsh Hadamard Transform, is proposed for the color images and detailed performance and robustness analysis have been performed. The paper studies in detail the effect of spreading code length, number of spreading codes and type of spreading codes on the performance of the watermarking system. Compared to the existing techniques the proposed scheme is computationally more efficient and consumes much less time for execution. Furthermore, the proposed scheme is robust and survives most of the common signal processing and geometric attacks.
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Pharmacy Times
A Pharmacist's Exclusion from Federal Health Plans
Author: Joseph L. Fink III, BSPharm, JD
When a pharmacist pleads guilty to charges related to controlled substances and is then notified by federal authorities that he will be excluded from participating in federal health programs, can he avoid the consequences of his guilty plea?
When a pharmacist is charged with a number of serious offenses related to controlled substances and enters into an agreement to plead guilty if the state will not oppose a deferred judgment, and subsequently is notified by federal authorities that he will be excluded from participating in federal health programs, can he avoid the onerous collateral consequences of his guilty plea?
A pharmacist who practiced on a part-time basis in a Midwestern state was the subject of a theft warrant. Upon his arrest, the police searched his vehicle and found 57 prescription containers. He initially told the police that he was a pharmacy technician and intended to destroy the medications. His employer had a different story, reporting to the police that the pharmacist did not have permission to remove the medication containers from the pharmacy. All this led to the pharmacist being charged with 3 felony counts of violating the state's controlled substances statutes.
Following negotiations with state prosecutors, the pharmacist entered into a plea agreement: he would plead guilty to 3 felony counts plus 1 misdemeanor if the prosecutors would agree not to oppose his request that the court grant him a deferred judgment. A deferred judgment means that the court will hold off entering a final judgment on the matter if the defendant meets certain stipulated conditions within a specified period of time. Those conditions could include probation, community service, some form of community supervision, or participation in a diversion program or treatment program. The pharmacist was on supervised probation for 2 years and had to undergo random drug testing. Typically, if such conditions are met, the court that originally dealt with the matter may dismiss the case or expunge the record.
Following the handling of the case at the trial court level and the court's approval of the plea agreement, the pharmacist received a letter from the federal government notifying him that he was being excluded "from eligibility to participate in any capacity in the Medicare, Medicaid, and all federal health care programs" as a result of his felony "convictions." The "practical impact of the letter was that the defendant was virtually unemployable as a pharmacist."
The pharmacist in the instant case did fulfill the conditions of probation and returned to the trial court to ask it to vacate the conviction. The trial court denied this request, and the pharmacist took the matter to the state supreme court. One of the arguments advanced on appeal was that he had ineffective assistance of counsel at the trial court level because he was not alerted to the possible collateral consequences of his guilty pleas (ie, exclusion from federal programs due to this state-level conviction).
The state supreme court looked at the relevant state statutes governing post-conviction relief and agreed with the decision of the trial court that the conviction should not be vacated.
The state's highest court presented a protracted and detailed discussion of the law of the state on the matter of post-conviction relief, but of greatest interest to pharmacy audiences is the discussion about collateral consequences. The court noted that "In recent years, there has been a striking growth of what is generally termed 'collateral consequences' that flow from a criminal conviction." Federal law imposes dozens of sanctions on persons with felony drug convictions.
Addressing the issue of effective assistance of counsel, the court noted that "Recent developments in the law of the right to effective assistance of counsel have recognized the need for lawyers representing criminal defendants to advise their clients of the direct collateral consequences of a plea bargain." It pointed to a US Supreme Court case in which an attorney failed to advise his client that entering a guilty plea to controlled substances offenses would result in his deportation, with that failure equating to ineffective assistance of counsel.
The bottom line for the state supreme court, after reviewing a long line of earlier case decisions, was that a guilty plea pursuant to a "deferred judgment" is not a conviction under the law of that state. It noted that some other states did indeed treat deferred judgments as convictions for purposes of post-conviction relief statutes, but that was not how the legislature in their state had approached the matter. As a result, the pharmacist had to live with the deal he had struck with the prosecutors.
Note: The Office of the Inspector General of the US Department of Health and Human Services reported that as of April, 2013, there were in excess of 51,000 individuals excluded from participation in federal health care programs. Such exclusions are typically for a stated period of time (eg, 5 years). The lesson from this case is that a defendant considering a possible plea agreement should discuss with competent counsel all possible ramifications of that action.


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- Conditional culture
- F W Preece, Adelaide, 1938
Conditional culture is the manifesto of the Jindywoorobak position. Here, Ingamells saught to 'free Australian art from whatever alien inlfuences trammel it'. This involved a'recognition of environmental values', a de-Europeanising of artistic language and an incorporation of Aboriginal cultural forms into the European-Australian understanding of land.
'Commentary' by Ian Tilbrook follows Ingamell's essay.


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REGULAR (UP) SEX IS ALWAYS HARMFUL
by Dr. Lawrence Wilson
© June 2017, L.D. Wilson Consultants, Inc.
All information in this article is for educational purposes only. It is not for the diagnosis, treatment, prescription or cure of any disease or health condition.
Regular sex. This is the most common way that heterosexual people have sex. The theme of this article is that regular sex is not the preferred method. There is another method that is much gentler, and much healthier for both men and women.
Down sex. This is not well known on earth. The difference between it and regular sex are:
- It is much gentler
- It goes on for up to two hours.
- There is little movement of the penis.
- There are no orgasms
- The participants can be clothed
- The energy centers do not spin backwards
- There is much less blending between the man and the woman.
- Very powerful healing occurs with this method that does not occur with regular sex.
- Subtle energy moves more in a downward direction (from the head to the feet). With regular sex, subtle energy tends to move in an upward direction.
There are numerous problems with regular sex. Some affect both men and women, while others just affect women.
The reasons regular sex is harmful, while down sex is very healthful, are:
1. Disease. Contracting sexually transmitted diseases more easily (both men and women).
2. Fluid loss. Regular sex causes much greater loss of vital sexual fluid inboth men and women.
3. Physical trauma. There is usually some tearing and scarring of the vagina with regular sex. This does not occur with down sex, and does not occur in men because their sexual organs are less delicate.
4. Other danger (women only). Women normally go out of control a little with regular sex. This can easily turn to rape. With down sex, the woman can be fully clothed, which reduces the danger somewhat.
1. Embarrassment. Any time a woman disrobes completely, there is often some embarrassment. In contrast, with down sex a woman can remain fully clothed or almost so.
2. Sadness (mainly women). This is subtle, but is the result of all the problems in this article.
3. Little love. Regular sex is not as loving as down sex.
4. Opens the second center. Regular sex opens the second center on women. This is harmful if the woman is not married. She develops a look that says "I am available – come and get me."
ADDICTIVE FOR BOTH, AND DISEMPOWERING FOR WOMEN
1. Addiction to orgasms (both men and women). The orgasms of regular sex are powerful. They deplete nutrients and mix up the mind, and as a result are often addictive.
2. Disempowering. The reasons why regular sex is disempowering for women are:
a. Attachment. Regular sex attaches women to men much more than does down sex. Men do not attach to women during sex nearly as much.
b. Out of control. Women easily go out of control during regular sex when they have orgasms. This does not occur with men.
c. Physical position. Women are usually pinned down by the much larger and heavier male body. Also, this causes women to be often passive participants in regular sex, which is also disempowering.
1. Fluid loss and orgasms. Both men and women become somewhat mixed up by the fluid loss and the orgasms of regular sex. The orgasms spin all seven of the energy centers in the wrong direction and slow down the spin of the three centers or dantiens.
These problems work against personal creativity and cause other problems for both men and women. These problems do not exist with down sex.
2. Attachment. Regular sex attaches women to men in a powerful way. This tends to reduce the women's creativity. The problem occurs less with down sex.
Regular sex teaches both men and women that men are in charge of sex, and women are mainly sex objects. It teaches that the women are also basically passive when it comes to sex.
DISCONNECTS MEN AND WOMEN
Too much stimulation of the first energy center that occurs with regular sex damages the seventh energy center and causes both men and women to lose their connection with the Holy Spirit or Higher Self.
1. Do down sex or avoid all sex, but do not do regular sex.
2. Follow a complete nutritional balancing program to replenish nutrients and balance the body.
3. Do the vaginal coffee implant or stuffing procedure to help eliminate infection and other effects of regular sex.
4. Perhaps do other vaginal healing such as peroxide baths and massage to reverse damage to the vagina. For details, read The Vagina.


Dates: 1950s
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Simple white clay pipe adorned with three metal bands marked 'ECB London', 'MS' and 'U', and 'EP', which probably came from other pipes.
Dr D A Higgins of the Society for Pipe Research, told us that it is a typical Scottish clay pipe of late C19th or early C20th date. Thick, chunky pipes like this were favoured in Scotland and made by many different manufacturers. Those from the larger firms often had a pattern number on the left hand side of the stem [this one does not].
The metal bands are nothing to do with the pipe, but could well have come from others. Briar pipes typically had a metal band like these to join the wooden bowl with a vulcanite stem. Some, more expensive, clays with stems of vulcanite or other materials also had a metal band. The diamond-shaped band could have come from a 'Bulldog' pattern of pipe, which had a diamond-shaped stem section. These bands would have been made since the mid C19th as composite pipes only really came into circulation after around 1850.
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Flight Performance and Fitness
Cultivating the Optimal Training Environment
 In the fitness industry, it is widely accepted that our wellness isn't solely about our physical ability. Wellness is viewed as being multifaceted; its about our social, physical, and emotional wellness. The list goes on, but the three listed above are three of the facets we see as coaches most when it comes to cultivating the optimal training environment for our clients. Our ultimate goal is to be a guide in our client's journey towards achieving their best multidimensional being.
 There are 5 pillars I refer to when building a training environment that supports growth in the physical, social, emotional wellness categories. These 5 pillars are: ProvideSafety, Share Authenticity, Provide Support, Develop Resilience, and Promote Learning.
 First and foremost comes safety of the patrons and employees. We must provide an environment that promotes safety within the three facets of wellness above everything else. The longevity required to keep our patrons coming back to the gym relies on their ability to stay healthy. The physical safety spectrum runs from assuring proper technique is used while performing a movement with an external load to making sure there is no extra equipment on the floor where a client or athlete may be exercising. The increased risk of tripping increases risk of injury. Obviously, a lot more plays into an optimal training environment than just awareness of objects on the floor and movement competency, as these things pertain mostly to physical wellness. The following pillars address how we can provide a safe environment for our patrons, which pertain a little more to their emotional and social wellness. It is of utmost importance that we provide a safe environment that allows our clients to express themselves as who they are.
 The second pillar is authenticity. I choose this as my second pillar because I believe it is equally important for the gym to run as authentic as they can to their mission statement. It seems these days that people are better at picking up on falsities or fakeness, for lack of a better term. Beyond a patrons ability to read whether or not the gym is an authentic place for them to grow, authenticity helps to breed confidence in employees. This confidence will create a snowball effect in that, employee confidence will pour over into their work and will support growth in patron confidence. As coaches or trainers, we attempt to build a system that is true to our beliefs; we set ourselves apart from other coaches or trainers through personal experience. There is something to be said about being authentic to the differences between humans when it comes to their definitions of wellness, as those personal experiences set us apart from other trainers and coaches when it comes to what our clients want and need. It is important that we encourage each and every member that walks through the door to be authentic to themselves, the best way to do so is to create an environment where everyone feels supported.
 The third pillar, support, postcedes authenticity because we must be willing to support our patrons in their genuine form (ie. Personality type, strengths, weaknesses, etc). We must be considerate and supportive of all walks of life. Not all people were cut from the same cloth so it is up to us to figure out what makes each person unique and to help them foster growth where they deem fit. This cultivates an environment of open expression. As our patrons feel more socially supported, they will feel more comfortable expressing who they really are and where they want to go. Another way to provide support is to create a motivational environment. In order to create a motivational environment, it is important to build an environment where failure is seen as an opportunity to learn and success is celebrated and shared, even at the lowest level. This motivational environment will also help to build our fourth and fifth pillars: developing resilience and promoting learning.
 As coaches, we are physically developing resilience of the tissues so that the athlete can withstand the particular forces in their sport. However, developing resilience is about a lot more than building physical resilience.
Have you ever felt way in over your head; like someone considered all your weaknesses and then threw you in a pool of them?
Did you sink or did you swim?
How did you manage them?
What did you feel like after?
 As humans, we are wildly resilient, regardless of successes or failures. When we learn to walk we often fall down. Does that stop us? Typically not. We carry on with alternative methods until we find the one that sticks. Emotionally and psychologically speaking, resilience allows us to carry out learning without getting too discouraged with ourselves when we encounter the inability to complete a task successfully. We have the ability to overcome a wide array of adversities. If we weren't, we wouldn't be the top of the food chain.
 The weight room does an incredible job teaching clients and athletes just how resilient the human body is. It arguably does an even better job showing how resilient the human mind is. We must be pushed out of our comfort zone in order to learn and experience our own resilience. This is not possible without providing a safe, authentic, supportive environment for our patrons to feel comfortable enough to take a risk and reap the reward.
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Variability in Strength and Conditioning: The Newest Misunderstanding
 The concept of variability in training is a hot topic in strength and conditioning right now. Unfortunately, I believe a lot of coaches are using too much variability in training their athletes and clients without an understanding of the correct application. Variability seems to be the new buzz word used as an excuse to add complexity or progression before fundamental skills and movement competency are learned. Some coaches even seem to use the "need for variability" as an excuse to be less detailed oriented with their coaching and programming, as if there isn't such thing as a "bad" movement strategy. I will tell you right now, there are plenty of bad movement strategies that athletes and clients use every day. It is our job as a strength and conditioning coach, performance coach, physical preparedness coach, skill acquisition coach or whatever the new label is, to take the athlete or client through appropriate progressions and positions to improve the likelihood of them using the most efficient/powerful strategy. Sorry folks, but this is without a doubt NOT going to be at full speed, in multiple planes, with a competition or a decision-making element. The poor movement strategy will likely never improve if you load it differently every time you do it.
 Is it more fun to have every exercise be loaded in a different way every week? Probably.
Is it more fun to add a competition element to drills? Yeah.
Does every movement need to be "perfect" before adding progression? Of course not.
There is no such thing as a perfect movement.
Should there always be a reactive element if you're training athletes? Yes, but skills and movements need to be built separate from the reactive component first.
 How much variability do athletes and general public clients need in their training? Now that is the million dollar question.
 Before we can answer this question, we have to determine who we are working with.
What are the goals of this individual?
What is their training experience?
What is their level of movement competency?
What is their affect toward training?
 If we are talking about training athletes, then ultimately, you want them to train in all positions, planes, and velocities, with varying intensities. I use the word "ultimately" because starting out a new athlete doing all these things would actually be detrimental to their progress.
 Imagine you have a new 15-year-old athlete come through your doors with no weight room experience. On that first day, they might be able to display some athletic qualities such as speed, relative strength, agility, maybe even rate of force production. They were either given these abilities genetically or they gained them playing their sport. Either way, the odds are that they also have some inefficient strategies that they use to display these qualities. The goal of the first block of training for this athlete should be building competency in basic movement patterns. If you have been coaching long enough, I'm sure at some point you have started a client or athlete out on an exercise that they were not prepared for.
What happens?
You end up beating your head against the wall trying to get them to do the exercise correctly and they usually don't really get better at it.
 They don't get better at the exercise because they didn't go through the prerequisite movements that give their brain context for how to display this movement correctly with the right musculature being used. If I get an athlete or client really good at goblet squats, the transition to a barbell front squat shouldn't be that difficult. They have built competency in the movement pattern of squatting. They know where to put the weight in their feet. They know how to keep the pelvis stacked under their ribcage as they descend, and they also know how to maintain that stacked position while they drive their feet into the ground and come back to the start position. The athlete no longer has to think about these cues or technique points because it is drilled into their wiring. We call this stage of motor learning unconscious competency. Meaning, it's automatic. The pattern does not go out the window when you change the load slightly from the goblet position to the barbell front rack position. However, you changed a variable. So, for a short amount of time the athlete might have to think about the cues again… BUT, because the main pattern is so locked in, this should be very short.
 The same goes for non-traditional weight room exercises like jumping, running, and change of direction. The need for


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Generating Even and Odd PostgreSQL Databases for Replication
I was recently faced with a problem of replicating two PostgreSQL databases with bucardo. The replication was to be in a master-master fashion so that the databases could be updated on both ends. Although this task can easily be handled by bucardo it requires that the two different systems generate completely different sets of primary keys. According to the Bucardo website (_URL_ there are three ways of achieving this difference. Their approaches were:
If you are using a swap sync, the best practice is to not replicate sequences, but to make sure that they are different on both sides, such that an insert on database A will never conflict with an insert on database B. There are three general ways to do this:
 1. Use interleaving sequences. On database A, define the sequence as START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 2. On database B, define the sequence as START WITH 2 INCREMENT BY 2. Thus, the two sequences will never have the same value.
 2. Use different ranges. For example, database A would use a sequence of START WITH 1, while database B uses START WITH 100000000. This is not foolproof, as A can eventually catch up with B, although you can define A as MAXVALUE 99999999.
 3. Use a common sequence. This relies on one or both of the databases using a function that makes a call to an external sequence
After reading this I decided to go by the first approach so I wrote a script to alter the sequences.
// Add the sequences you dont want affected here. The schema doesn't
// really matter.
$exclude = array(
for ($i = 1; $i < $argc; $i++)
 if(substr($argv[$i], 0, 2) == "--")
 $parameter = substr($argv[$i], 2, strlen($argv[$i]) - 2);
 $$parameter = $argv[$i];
 $tables[] = $argv[$i];
$conn = pg_connect("host=$host port=5432 dbname=$db user=$user
$sequences_result = pg_query($conn, "SELECT * FROM
$sequences = array();
while($sequence = pg_fetch_assoc($sequences_result))
 if(array_search($sequence['sequence_name'], $exclude)!== false)
 echo "Skipping ". $sequence['sequence_schema']. '.'.$sequence['sequence_name']. "\n";
 $sequence = $sequence['sequence_schema']. '.'. $sequence['sequence_name'];
 $value = pg_query($conn, "SELECT last_value from $sequence");
 $value = pg_fetch_assoc($value);
 pg_query($conn, "ALTER SEQUENCE $sequence INCREMENT BY 2");
 if($value["last_value"] % 2 == 0 && $mode == 'odd')
 pg_query($conn, "ALTER SEQUENCE $sequence RESTART WITH ".($value['last_value'] + 1));
 elseif(($value["last_value"] % 2 == 1 || $value["last_value"] == 1) && $mode == 'even')
This script takes five required parameters. The parameters are not validated so if it is wrongly specified the consequences are unknown. PLEASE BE CAREFUL! The parameters are:
 1. The hostname
 2. The username
 3. The password
 4. The database name
 5. The mode of the change (even or odd)
An example usage could be
php update_sequences.php --host db1.accra.srv --user postgres --password somepass --db appcore --mode even
Hope that helps. Happy Programming!


My hair turned green after bleaching, how can I fix it?
how to turn it to ashy
First of all, when you say your hair turned green, what do you mean? Choose an option.
 1. I mean, greenish tinted.
 2. I mean completely unnatural green hair.
If you chose the first option, you can continue reading, because I'll help you solve it.
If you chose the second option, it's best to ask a professional.
 - In that case, you should neutralize the green by applying a mahogany blonde hair dye to your hair. In a few moments, I'll tell you how to choose the right hair color.
 - What you should never do is bleach your hair again immediately, as this will only weaken it and severely damage it.
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When you bleach your hair, depending on the base tone from which you start, different tones can always appear
 - If you bleach brown hair, you will most likely see red or orange shades or tones.
 - If you bleach dark blond hair, yellow highlights are likely to appear.
 - And if you bleach an ashy blonde hair, you may get those greenish tones, which are so annoying right now.
Do you know why this is happening?
Because hair doesn't have a uniform color. In addition to that tone that you can see at first glance, there are underlying pigments, which appear after bleaching.
 So if you've been coloring your hair with an ash dye and haven't applied the bleach mixture evenly, haven't used the right amount of peroxide, or haven't left the bleach mixture on long enough, you can get those green tones.
But don't worry. Everything has a solution. So stay here, because I'll tell you:
 - Why ash-blonde hair stays green after bleaching
 - How to choose the right color to remove green tones after bleaching
Why hair turns green after bleaching
three shades
As I told you initially, the tone resulting from the bleaching of an ashy color is usually green. Now I want to go a little deeper into this subject, so you really understand how the bleaching mixture works on hair.
The bleaching mixture's main purpose is to remove the pigments that are impregnated in the hair fiber.
Do you know what the underlying color is in the ashy tones?
 - It's the color blue.
 - That means that any ashy tone will have blue pigments in its composition.
 - When you apply the bleaching mixture, your hair will lighten to a yellow tone. The ashy tone, which has blue pigments, plus the color of your yellow hair, results in green color.
 - In other words, when you apply the bleach, the blue pigment wears away, leaving green tones.
 That's why bleaching is a very complex chemical process, and it's very important to consider the background of the hair. It's not the same to bleach a previously colored hair as it is to bleach natural hair.
Many women come to my salon with real rainbows in their hair because they have no experience in this chemical process. They don't know about exposure times or how to neutralize unwanted tones. They don't even research whether their hair can be bleached or not.
But also, in some cases, they make an even more serious mistake. Can you imagine what that might be?
They bleach their hair twice! Yes, believe it or not.
 They bleach their hair again, thinking that the green will disappear. But it doesn't. Not only does the green tint not disappear, but also they damage their hair to the point of almost burning it.
So, if you can't remove the green bleaching your hair, what should you do?
You must neutralize the green tones.
How do you neutralize them? With the opposite color.
All tones have an opposite color that "cancels" them out.
For example:
 - Green is neutralized by red
 - Orange is neutralized by purple
 - And yellow is neutralized by blue
 In this case, to neutralize the green, you need a dye with red pigments.
Don't panic! Your hair won't turn red, but you must choose a dye that contains red tones. To identify them is very easy. Now you see, all dyes have a number that indicates the tone.
For example, 1.0 is black, 10.0 is platinum, and 5.0 is medium brown.
But you may have noticed that some dyes have a number followed by a dot. That number is the tone that has a numerical scale as well:
 - Ash (blue)
 - Iridescent/pearly (violet mulberry)
 - Gold (yellow)
 - Copper (orange)
 - Mahogany (red)
For example, 4.3 is golden brown, 6.1 is light ash brown, and 9.5 is very light mahogany blonde.
Now, if you bleached your hair and it resulted in having some green shades, you need a dye with mahogany tones, which are identified by number 5.
This way, the color's highlights will neutralize your hair's green tones.
How to choose the right hair color tone to neutralize unwanted greens
It's time to choose the right tone of hair color to removing greenish tint from your hair.
The first thing to consider is the primary tone that your hair has reached with the bleaching. It can be:
 - 7 dark blonde
 - 8 blonde
 - 9 light blonde
 - 10 extra light blonde
Once you identify the tone, the rest is straightforward.
If you can't identify the tone easily, you can compare your hair with the photo in the coloring kit or ask the beauty shop for advice.
If you already know it, just look for a tone with red highlights (mahogany):
 - 7.5 dark blonde mahogany
 - 8.5 mahogany blonde
 - 9.5 light blonde mahogany
 - 10.5 extra light blond mahogany
Once you have the right color, you only have to proceed to the application:
 - Comb your hair thoroughly.
 - Prepare the revealing cream and dye mixture that comes in the kit.
 - Apply the coloring mixture starting with the lengths and ends, and then continue with the roots and growth
 - Respect the exposure time, approximately 40 minutes. Remember that each manufacturer has its own recommendations. So, read them carefully.
 - Rinse your hair and …
The green will be gone!
If your hair turns green after bleaching, the bleach mixture most likely has not removed the underlying tones in the hair cuticle.
Therefore, you should apply a color with mahogany highlights, always respecting your hair's base tone. If your base tone is an 8, for example, you should apply an 8.5, mahogany blonde.
What you should never do is bleach your hair again because that way, you risk damaging it permanently.
What tone of blonde will you use to neutralize the green?
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Rétha Oceanic Gin
Rétha Spiritueux is a unique micro-distillery located on the Île de Ré, off the coast of the Cognac region. The name Retha is derived from word for "inhabitant" in the patois of the island. The island is nicknamed "Ré la blanche," or White Re, in reference to the white color of its houses painted with lime and the clarity of the sunlight.
Rétha Spiritueux pays homage to its terroir, its oceanic environment, and the artisanal knowledge of Charentais distillation. Their approach is based on the desire to use the local, natural resources to create authentic spirits.
Rétha spirits are hand-distilled to keep the strength and essence of the raw materials in a micro-distillery, borrowing from the expertise of traditional Charentais distillers.
A water bath is used to allow a slower distillation and better quality. Depending on the needs and specifications of the products to be distilled, it makes it possible to pass from a double-pass distillation or a column distillation .
Rétha Oceanic Gin is a "distilled gin" resulting from a maceration and then a distillation. Filtration is done at room temperature to preserve the aromas and smooth texture that refer to the ocean sweetness.
The ingredients of Gin by Rétha have been carefully selected to convey the sensations of a stroll on the coast.
The recipe of Rétha Oceanic Gin uses the fucus variety algae freshly harvested by hand on the Rétais coastline.
Highly loaded with iodine, they are recognized for their therapeutic virtues. In some Asian countries, they are part of the food consumed regularly.
They are greenish brown in color and have clear gaseous vesicles that allow them to float while attaching themselves to the rock with a disc - shaped crampon.
Tasting Notes
Rétha Oceanic Gin is a distilled gin inspired by the riches of the sea.
Its innovative recipe uses the fucus algae hand-harvested on the Île de Ré to produce a well-tempered gin that pays homage to its maritime identity.
Its oceanic flavors, invigorating, iodized, and its freshness transport you to the edges of the Atlantic Ocean.
An adaptable gin, it works well consumed neat, on the rocks, as an aperitif or digestive, and brings an oceanic touch to the classic Gin and Tonic.
Juniper berry, the foundation of all gins, brings freshness and the invigorating side of the Atlantic. The latter is reinforced by a note of ginger that supports this feeling.
The palate opens and finishes on the iodine, salty and maritime touch of the Fucus algae, complemented by an astonishing citrus note that is enhanced by a hint of lemon. Finally pepper brings strength and ocean power.


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In part two of this article, the author discusses the specifics of the read and write process with a particular focus on the requirements placed on the ferroelectric capacitor. Part one discusses the basic operating principles of FRAM, including the role played by hysteresis.
At the end of the read operation, the capacitor always points UP so if the datum indicated a DOWN state, it must be re-written (see figure 4).[1,2] The fundamental FRAM cell looks very much like a DRAM cell with the addition of an extra line. Unlike DRAM capacitors, which see a monopolar bias voltage on their substrate contact, memory circuits must be able to apply bipolar voltages to that side of a ferroelectric capacitor. Therefore, the local substrate contact of the DRAM capacitor is replaced by a plate line and wife connecting the bottom side of the ferroelectric capacitor to a separate driver circuit.
Figure 4: UP and DOWN bit line voltages during the read operation.
The plate line drives all of the ferroelectric capacitors in a single row in the word-parallel cell (see figure 5). The capacitive loading on the plate line can be reduced to a single memory cell using the bit-parallel approach. Given the layout and knowing the amount of charge the capacitor will generate, experienced memory circuit designers can proceed apace. Nevertheless, ferroelectric capacitors do have special properties that must be considered in the design.
Figure 5: The plate line in an FRAM may be run parallel either Charge
to the word line or the bit line.
The ferroelectric capacitor will generate four to five times more charge than a DRAM capacitor during the read operation. Typically, a DRAM capacitor has a capacitance of approximately 20 fF and a voltage of ±½ Vcc across it, yielding at most approximately 30 fC stored in a cell of 0.01 to 0.02 µm2
. A typical ferroelectric capacitor in a commercial FRAM has an area of approximately 0.4 µm2
but delivers 32 µC/cm2
of polarization onto the bit line, equivalent to 128 fC of charge. The memory circuit must be able to support the movement of that much charge in the nanoseconds allotted for establishing the bit line sense voltage before the sense amplifier is enabled. The fundamental difference is that where a DRAM capacitor naturally shares its charge with the bit line when its pass gate is enabled, the charge inside the ferroelectric capacitor must be forced from the capacitor by the application of an external voltage from the plate line. The impedance of the drive and sense circuitry becomes the critical limitation, slowing memory cell operation below the maximum speed of the ferroelectric capacitor. Paul Larsen of the Philips Research Laboratory demonstrated in 1992 that PZT could switch as fast as 360 ps. PZT in reality is probably faster.


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The Colors of Autumn in Playdough
After observing the changing colored leaves on trees, let your little ones create their own autumn trees from play dough or clay. You might even use some autumn scented play dough.
Perimeter with Non-standard Measuring Tools
Collect various shaped leaves to practice measuring perimeter. Use any manipulative you like to place around the edges of the leaves. Compare perimeters from one leaf to another.
Area with Non-standard Measurement Tools
Use the same leaves to measure area. Of course, this method of covering the leaves isn't a perfect measurement, but you'll be building an understanding of what area means.
Will It Sink or Float?
Float various leaf shapes on water then see which shapes can hold the most coins before sinking. This is also great fine motor skill practice.
More Leaf Fun
- Although I originally wrote about concrete leaf graphs for older children, the same activity on a smaller scale would be very good for little people, too.
- Negative leaf paintings highlight leaf shapes and make nice nature notebooking pages.
- I've also pinned several other leaf activities on my Deciduous Trees Pinterest Board that you might like to check out!
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35. Sayyida Salme of Zanzibar and Oman (1844–1924): she became known as Emily Ruete[12]
Said bin Sultan honors that included:[13]
Further reading[edit]
 - Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar, Emily Ruete, 1888. (Many reprints). Author (1844–1924) was born Princess Salme of Zanzibar and Oman and was a daughter of Sayyid Said. In the fifteenth chapter of her book, she describes her sisters and two of her brothers (Hilal and Thuweini).
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There's (at least) two different types of normalmaps you can use, world-space and tangent-space.
With world-space normalmaps the normals are already pointing in the right direction. On the back-side of a cube the normals are pointing backwards, on the front side they point forward. This means that every face on the cube needs to be mapped uniquely, faces can't share the same uv-space on the normalmap, unless the face orientation is the same. This can be a disadvantage (with tangent-space normals you could share uv space), but often you want a unique texture for all faces anyway, like when the cube has a scar on one side, but not the other.
World-space normalmaps are easier to program, and should be slightly more efficient, because you don't need to rotate the normals, to align them with the surface of the mesh. Your mesh doesn't even need to contain normals at all, if you do the lighting calculations in the pixel shader. You only need to rotate the normalmap normals with the main world rotation matrix of the object. That's one matrix multiplication per pixel, not a big problem nowadays. If your mesh doesn't need to rotate at all, this method will be very fast, because you can use the normals directly, without any extra rotations.
In tangent-space the normals in the normalmap are relative to the vertex normal and bi-normal they belong to. They need to be rotated first, to align them with the mesh surface orientation. That's a little bit of extra work, but it allows you to share texture space between faces of different orientation, but maybe more important, it will work on deformable meshs, like skinned characters.
To build the surface-alignment rotation matrix you just combine the vertex normal, the vertex bi-normal, and their cross product into a float3x3. You can do that in the vertex shader, and pass the matrix on to the pixel shader. You probably want to incorporate the object rotation matrix as well, that way you only need one matrix multiplication in the pixel shader. It shouldn't be too complicated, your mesh just needs to have those bi-normals.
Whichever method you use, you need to have the right type of normalmap. Tangent-space normalmaps are usually mostly purple, because the normals tend to face in a forward direction only. World-space normalmaps tend to use a larger color space, as the normals can point in all directions.
Wouldn't that make the lighting dependent on the camera position?


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Roof Cleaning in Iron City, TN
Most homeowners don't spend much time thinking about the cleanliness of their roof. As long as it's not leaking the roof is fine isn't it? Well the truth is actually rather alarming. Leaving the roof uncleaned can lead to a number of issues that if left neglected can cause considerable damage to the pointing and tiles. This neglect will eventually lead to the deterioration of the roof far faster than if it had been cleaned in the first place. This article will discuss some of the signs of trouble, the causes, and some of the cleaning methods used to eliminate potential problems. Preventative measures are always less expensive than repair or replacement costs.
Black Algae also commonly misleadingly referred to as'mildew' or 'fungus' is usually found on the slope of the roof which has the least sun exposure. roof cleaning in Iron City, TN. There are shingles made with zinc or copper that are designed to inhibit algal growth. The most common way to help avoid black algae is to stop branches overhanging the roof allowing more sunlight to shine on your roof. Some people pressure wash the algae which is often a good solution however traditional methods such as cleaning with a brush can also be used so as not to damage a delicate roof. There are also chemical solutions to remedy this problem which will prevent algae and fungus from growing. It is best to contact a professional roofing contractor to help make the right choice, both for you and your roof type.
Debris Staining is a common problem on low pitched roofs with surrounding trees with overhanging branches. Staining occurs when debris such as tree leaves collect on the roof. These piles retain moisture and can cause serious damage if left unchecked. Both algae and fungus originate here as well as the growth of plants which eventually can cause large roof leaks. Moss, lichens, and other plant life will thrive on a neglected roof and the best method of fixing this problem is usually roof cleaning. Care should be taken not to damage any shingles or other roofing material.
Black Streaking occurs on your roof in the form of streaks which is usually caused by bleed through of the bituminous material in asphalt shingles which begins to break down and bleed from the shingle. This is usually a sign of faulty materials or that your shingles are in need of replacement.
Why Clean the Roof?
There are a number of roof cleaning in Iron City, TN issues that if left unchecked, can wreak havoc on your roof. Shingles, shakes and tiles eventually deteriorate due to weathering and the effects of mould and affect the roof structure itself. It is important to be able to notice the signs that your roof needs cleaning and the causes that lead to the deterioration of your roof. Preventative measures such a roof cleaning in Iron City, TN are much cheaper than repair or replacement costs associated with restoring a neglected roof.
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1.1 What are "FIR filters"?
FIR filters are one of two primary types of digital filters used in Digital Signal Processing (DSP) applications, the other type being IIR.
1.2 What does "FIR" mean?
"FIR" means "Finite Impulse Response". If you put in an impulse, that is, a single "1″ sample followed by many "0″ samples, zeroes will come out after the "1″ sample has made its way through the delay line of the filter.
1.3 Why is the impulse response "finite"?
In the common case, the impulse response is finite because there is no feedback in the FIR. A lack of feedback guarantees that the impulse response will be finite. Therefore, the term "finite impulse response" is nearly synonymous with "no feedback".
However, if feedback is employed yet the impulse response is finite, the filter still is a FIR. An example is the moving average filter, in which the Nth prior sample is subtracted (fed back) each time a new sample comes in. This filter has a finite impulse response even though it uses feedback: after N samples of an impulse, the output will always be zero.
1.4 How do I pronounce "FIR"?
Some people say the letters F-I-R; other people pronounce as if it were a type of tree. We prefer the tree. (The difference is whether you talk about an F-I-R filter or a FIR filter.)
1.5 What is the alternative to FIR filters?
DSP filters can also be "Infinite Impulse Response" (IIR). (See dspGuru's IIR FAQ.) IIR filters use feedback, so when you input an impulse the output theoretically rings indefinitely.
1.6 How do FIR filters compare to IIR filters?
Each has advantages and disadvantages. Overall, though, the advantages of FIR filters outweigh the disadvantages, so they are used much more than IIRs.
1.6.1 What are the advantages of FIR Filters (compared to IIR filters)?
Compared to IIR filters, FIR filters offer the following advantages:
They can easily be designed to be "linear phase" (and usually are). Put simply, linear-phase filters delay the input signal but don't distort its phase.
They are simple to implement. On most DSP microprocessors, the FIR calculation can be done by looping a single instruction.
They are suited to multi-rate applications. By multi-rate, we mean either "decimation" (reducing the sampling rate), "interpolation" (increasing the sampling rate), or both. Whether decimating or interpolating, the use of FIR filters allows some of the calculations to be omitted, thus providing an important computational efficiency. In contrast, if IIR filters are used, each output must be individually calculated, even if it that output will discarded (so the feedback will be incorporated into the filter).
They have desireable numeric properties. In practice, all DSP filters must be implemented using finite-precision arithmetic, that is, a limited number of bits. The use of finite-precision arithmetic in IIR filters can cause significant problems due to the use of feedback, but FIR filters without feedback can usually be implemented using fewer bits, and the designer has fewer practical problems to solve related to non-ideal arithmetic.
They can be implemented using fractional arithmetic. Unlike IIR filters, it is always possible to implement a FIR filter using coefficients with magnitude of less than 1.0. (The overall gain of the FIR filter can be adjusted at its output, if desired.) This is an important consideration when using fixed-point DSP's, because it makes the implementation much simpler.
1.6.2 What are the disadvantages of FIR Filters (compared to IIR filters)?
Compared to IIR filters, FIR filters sometimes have the disadvantage that they require more memory and/or calculation to achieve a given filter response characteristic. Also, certain responses are not practical to implement with FIR filters.
1.7 What terms are used in describing FIR filters?
Impulse Response – The "impulse response" of a FIR filter is actually just the set of FIR coefficients. (If you put an "impluse" into a FIR filter which consists of a "1″ sample followed by many "0″ samples, the output of the filter will be the set of coefficients, as the 1 sample moves past each coefficient in turn to form the output.)
Tap – A FIR "tap" is simply a coefficient/delay pair. The number of FIR taps, (often designated as "N") is an indication of 1) the amount of memory required to implement the filter, 2) the number of calculations required, and 3) the amount of "filtering" the filter can do; in effect, more taps means more stopband attenuation, less ripple, narrower filters, etc.
Multiply-Accumulate (MAC) – In a FIR context, a "MAC" is the operation of multiplying a coefficient by the corresponding delayed data sample and accumulating the result. FIRs usually require one MAC per tap. Most DSP microprocessors implement the MAC operation in a single instruction cycle.
Transition Band – The band of frequencies between passband and stopband edges. The narrower the transition band, the more taps are required to implement the filter. (A "small" transition band results in a "sharp" filter.)
Delay Line – The set of memory elements that implement the "Z^-1″ delay elements of the FIR calculation.
Circular Buffer – A special buffer which is "circular" because incrementing at the end causes it to wrap around to the beginning, or because decrementing from the beginning causes it to wrap around to the end. Circular buffers are often provided by DSP microprocessors to implement the "movement" of the samples through the FIR delay-line without having to literally move the data in memory. When a new sample is added to the buffer, it automatically replaces the oldest one.
FIR Filter Basics
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Behavioral Interactions Between Children and Cats
1. Introduction: Children and Cats
At the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis we are launching a project to understand more about the interactions between cats and children from 3 to 12 years of age. If you have at least one cat of 1 year of age or older, and a child between the ages of 3 and 12, currently residing in the home with the cat, we would greatly appreciate your taking about 10-15 minutes to complete this anonymous survey. The results will help us to counsel people about cats and children.
The survey first goes into information about the household followed by questions about the cat's behavior. If you have more than one cat, please fill out the survey for the cat that is at least 1 year of age and which interacts with children the most. This cat will be referred to as the SPECIFIED CAT.
You must be 18 years of age or older to submit this survey.
Thank you for your participation. We would appreciate your sending the survey url to friends who also have a cat and a young child.


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SP Industrial Implements Dual Secure Design for Power Failure Protection (PFP)
SP Industrial's complete series of SSDs are equipped with power shielding firmware architecture protection to sense unstable voltage and power down to stop receiving host commands.
SP Industrial's R series of SSDs implements Advanced PFP with industrial grade polymer capacitors to gain more time for the data flushing process from DRAM cache to FLASH during sudden power-off situations.
How Does the SSD Controller Manage Power Failure?
SSD FW stored inside NAND Flash is called a system block. When the system power is on, the SSD will load the related mapping table and initial commands into DRAM for the SSD controller (Figure 1-A). When VCC is under 4V (Figure 1-B), the SSD Controller will enable the Power Shielding function. During this period, the SSD controller will start to flush DRAM cache data save into FLASH to secure the user data in a limited time. At the same time, when VCC is under 4V, the SSD controller will stop receiving commands from the Host (Figure 1-C) to protect itself. During this period, the Host cannot recognize the SSD and the SSD will stop working until VCC resumes and becomes stable again.When VCCF is under 2.7V (Figure 1-D), the SSD controller will initiate the FLUSH command to write back the mapping table back to the flash system block. During this period, the Host cannot recognize the SSD and the SSD cannot work, even if the power resumes. In order for the SSD to start working normally again, you need to turn the power ON/OFF for the Host to restart the SSD. During SSD operation, data is temporarily stored in the DRAM cache to reduce the performance gap between the Host interface and the NAND Flash memory. However, in cases of unexpected sudden power loss, such as unplugging the power from the system, sudden battery loss, or unplugging devices from the system, the flushing process cannot be completed and may cause serious device failure. Silicon Power's Dual Secure Design for Power Failure Protection (PFP) prevents such issues with a firmware-based protection mechanism and a capacitor backup circuit.
How Does the Advanced PFP Mechanism Work?
The Power Shielding function integrates built-in VDT and firmware mechanism. The trigger alert is able to monitor an abnormal power drop and take instant action, such as prohibit receiving data from the Host and backup mapping/linking table into FLASH, as soon as potential power failure is detected.Advanced PFP is a way to gain more time for the data flushing process from DRAM cache to FLASH under sudden power-off situations by using dedicated polymer capacitor components. These capacitors are charged during power on and offer charged power to the SSD circuit under sudden power-off situations.SP Industrial's Advanced PFP technology SSD provides at least 20ms to ensure the data flushing task can be completed within the discharge time. Furthermore, it always passes the Power Cycling test under abnormal conditions at least 3,000 times.
How Does the SSD Controller Manage Power Failure? (2.5"SSD R Series)


recursive refs layout. This is how someone tracking our refs can find out about related identities and their refs. Thanks to git's data model the commit, tree, and blob objects can be shared even though we duplicate refs published by another identity. Since git is a content-addressable object database the data is stored once even though multiple refs point to it. Now we not only have a global namespace where anyone can publish git refs, but also ways to build a peer-to-peer network and propagate data throughout the network. It's important to note that data is only propagated if peers are interested in fetching it. Peers are not forced to store data that they are not interested in. How data is stored locallyLet's bring the pieces together and show how the system stores data. The peer creates a local git repository called the monorepo for the purpose of storing portions of the global namespace. It fetches refs from seeds or direct peers to get started. Thanks to the remotes/ refs it also learns about other refs on the network that it did not request directly. This git repository is just a data store, it is not usable for normal git workflows. The conventional git branch and git tag commands would not work well with the global namespace layout and verification requirements. Instead we can clone a local file:/// repository from the monorepo that fetches a subset of the refs into the conventional git refs layout. The files can be shared because git-clone(1) supports hard links to local repositories. Thanks to githooks(5) and/or extensible git-push(1) remote helper support it's possible to generate the necessary global namespace metadata (e.g. signatures) when we push from the local clone to the local monorepo. The monorepo can then publish the final refs to other peers. Building a peer-to-peer git forgeThere are neat ideas in Radicle and it remains to be seen how well it will grow to support git forge functionality. A number of challenges need to be addressed: Usability - Radicle is a middle-ground between centralized git forges and email-based decentralized development. The goal is to be easy to use like git forges. Peer-to-peer systems often have challenges providing a human-friendly interface on top of public key identities (having usernames without centralized user accounts). Users will probably prefer to think in terms of repositories, merge requests, issues, and wikis instead of peers, gossip, identities, etc. Security - The global namespace and peer-to-peer model is a target that malicious users will attack by trying to impersonate or steal identities, flood the system with garbage, game reputation systems with sockpuppets, etc. Scalability - Peers only care about certain repositories and don't want to be slowed down by all the other refs in the global namespace. The recursive refs layout seems like it could cause performance problems and maybe users will configure clients to limit the depth to a low number like 3. At first glance Radicle should be able to scale well since peers only need to fetch refs they are interested in, but it's a novel way of using git refs, so we can expect scalability problems as the system grows. Data model - How will this data model grow to handle wikis, issue trackers, etc? Issue tracker comments are an example of a data structure that requires conflict resolution in a distributed system. If two users post comments on an issue, how will this be resolved without a conflict? Luckily there is quite a lot of research on distributed data structures such as Conflict-free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs) and it may be possible to avoid most conflicts by eliminating concepts like linear comment numbering. CI/CD - As mentioned in my blog post about why git forges are von Neumann machines, git forges are more than just data stores. They also have a computing model, initially used for Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, but really a general serverless computing platform. This is hard to do securely and without unwanted resource usage in a peer-to-peer system. Maybe Radicle will use Ethereum for compute credits? ConclusionRadicle is a cool idea and I look forward to seeing where it goes. It is still at an early stage but already shows interesting approaches with the global refs namespace and monorepo data store. Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:02:28 +0000 (Unknown) Alberto Garcia: Subcluster allocation for qcow2 images In previous blog posts I talked about QEMU's qcow2 file format and how to make it faster. This post gives an overview of how the data is structured inside the image and how that affects performance, and this presentation at KVM Forum 2017 goes further into the topic. This time I will talk about a new extension to the qcow2 format that seeks to improve its performance and reduce its memory requirements. Let's start by describing the problem. Limitations of qcow2 One of the most important parameters when creating a new qcow2 image is the cluster size. Much like a filesystem's block size, the qcow2 cluster size indicates the minimum unit of allocation. One difference however is that while filesystems tend to use small blocks (4 KB is a common size in ext4, ntfs or hfs+) the standard qcow2 cluster size is 64 KB. This adds some overhead because QEMU always needs to write complete clusters so it often ends up doing copy-on-write and writing to the qcow2 image more data than what the virtual machine requested. This gets worse if the image has a backing file because then QEMU needs to copy data from there, so a write request not only becomes larger but it also involves additional read requests from the backing file(s). Because of that qcow2 images with larger cluster sizes tend to: grow faster, wasting more disk space and duplicating data. increase the amount of necessary I/O during cluster allocation, reducing the allocation performance. Unfortunately, reducing the cluster size is in general not an option because it also has an impact on the amount of metadata used internally by qcow2 (reference counts, guest-to-host cluster mapping). Decreasing the cluster size increases the number of clusters and the amount of necessary metadata. This has direct negative impact on I/O performance, which can be mitigated by caching it in RAM, therefore increasing the memory requirements (the aforementioned post covers this in more detail). Subcluster allocation The problems described in the previous section are well-known consequences of the design of the qcow2 format and they have been discussed over the years. I have been working on a way to improve the situation and the work is now finished and available in QEMU 5.2 as a new extension to the qcow2 format called extended L2 entries. The so-called L2 tables are used to map guest addresses to data clusters. With extended L2 entries we can store more information about the status of each data cluster, and this allows us to have allocation at the subcluster level. The basic idea is that data clusters are now divided into 32 subclusters of the same size, and each one of them can be allocated separately. This allows combining the benefits of larger cluster sizes (less metadata and RAM requirements) with the benefits of smaller units of allocation (less copy-on-write, smaller images). If the subcluster size matches the block size of the filesystem used inside the virtual machine then we can eliminate the need for copy-on-write entirely. So with subcluster allocation we get: Sixteen times less metadata per unit of allocation, greatly reducing the amount of necessary L2 cache. Much faster I/O during allocation when the image has a backing file, up to 10-15 times more I/O operations per second for the same cluster size in my tests (see chart below). Smaller images and less duplication of data. This figure shows the average number of I/O operations per second that I get with 4KB random write requests to an empty 40GB image with a fully populated backing file. Things to take into account:


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GREEN GUN LASERS ARE MUCH BRIGHTER
As many know, laser sights can be very beneficial; but there is one major flaw... ordinary red lasers can be next to impossible to see in most daylight conditions. The benefit of a green laser is that it is much more visible, allowing for it to be used anytime, day or night, indoors or outdoors, permitting you to track your target quicker and more accurately. Additionally, because green lasers are so much more visible to the human eye, you can actually see a very intimidating visible beam in low-light conditions.
The Difference is Clear
Which is more visible to you? On the left we see a traditional red laser sight, compared to the green Viridian in broad daylight. The lasers were at a distance of 25 feet from the wall.
On the left you can see how visible the beam can actually get during dark or dimmer conditions.
Shown to the left is an additional day shot, which again shows the dramatic difference.
Why Green Lasers are More Visible
Green is closer to the center of the visible spectrum, at 532 Nanometers, so it's easier for our eyes to perceive the color vs. a red laser at 635 Nanometers. In fact, a green laser can appear as much as 50 times brighter than the red equivalent and as can be seen from the below charts 532 nm is the ideal wavelength to maximize visibility during day or night.
In Daytime Conditions the human eye has maximum sensitivity
at the 555 nm wavelength
In Nighttime Conditions the human eye has maximum sensitivity
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Foxtails (Setaria spp.) are annual plants that are commonly considered weeds in U.S. lawns and gardens. If foxtails sneak into your landscape, then a combination of preventative measures and non-toxic methods can help you safely and effectively combat the pesky invaders.
Mow your lawn at the highest cutting height possible for the specific kind of grass you grow. Increasing grass height increases the amount of shade on the soil surface, helping to prevent the germination and growth of foxtails and other annual weeds. Reduce how often you prune bushes, increasing the shade level further.
Minimize how often you water your garden and lawn. Use deep yet infrequent irrigation. Because foxtails prefer moist soil, allowing your garden and lawn to dry between watering sessions can help minimize foxtail invasions. Frequent, light irrigation encourages the growth of all annual weeds, including foxtails.
Pull out foxtail plants by hand, grabbing each plant at its base and pulling it upward. Unlike some other annual weeds, foxtails don't develop a very deep root system.
Put household vinegar in a spray bottle, and use the vinegar to kill foxtails if pulling the weeds by hand takes too much time. Spray enough of the vinegar to soak the ground at the base of each foxtail. The vinegar option works best for combating newly germinated foxtails, those under 2 weeks of age. The acetic acid in vinegar kills the young weeds' roots.
Things You Will Need
- Watering device
- Household vinegar
- Spray bottle
- If you have a hard time pulling foxtails out of the ground by hand, then moisten the soil first. Moisture loosens the soil around the plants' roots.
- University of California Integrated Pest Management Online: Foxtails
- Pennsylvania State University Extension: Green Foxtail
- Colorado State University Extension: Control of Annual Grassy Weeds in Lawns
- Scotts Miracle-Gro: Foxtail Grass
- North Dakota State University Extension Service: Questions on Foxtail
- Pat's Garden Forum: Foxtail
- OutsidePride.com: Setaria Italica Seeds -- Red Jewel
- Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images


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How to choose different processing methods for the production process of Polyester Printed Fabric for different products?
The world of textile production is an intricate tapestry where choices in processing methods significantly impact the outcome of the final product. When it comes to Polyester Printed Fabric
, the decision-making process extends beyond design preferences to include considerations such as dye materials, printing processes, and the desired characteristics of the end product. In this article, we unravel the complexities of choosing different processing methods for polyester printed fabrics, exploring the nuances that dictate decisions in this vibrant and dynamic industry.
Diversity in Dye Materials:
Polyester Printed Fabric production begins with the selection of dye materials, a choice that sets the foundation for the entire printing process. The variation in dye materials leads to distinct types of printing, including pigment printing, reactive printing, and disperse printing. Each of these printing methods offers unique characteristics, influencing the final appearance, hand feel, and color fastness of the printed fabric.
Pigment Printing: Known for its versatility, pigment printing involves the use of color pigments that are mechanically attached to the fabric. This method is lauded for its vibrant colors and durability, making it a popular choice for a wide range of polyester products.
Reactive Printing: Reactive printing utilizes dyes that chemically react with the fabric, forming a permanent bond. This method often results in a soft hand feel and excellent color fastness, making it suitable for products where comfort and durability are paramount.
Disperse Printing: In disperse printing, dyes are dispersed in a liquid and then applied to the fabric. This method is particularly effective for polyester fabrics, offering vivid colors and good resistance to fading.
Diverse Printing and Dyeing Processes:
Beyond dye materials, the choice of printing and dyeing processes further refines the production of Polyester Printed Fabric. Different processes include flat screen printing, circular screen printing, transfer printing, and digital printing. Each method introduces distinct characteristics to the fabric, shaping the visual appeal and functionality of the end product.
Flat Screen Printing: This traditional method involves using a flat screen to transfer the desired pattern onto the fabric. Flat screen printing is known for its precision and is suitable for intricate designs.
Circular Screen Printing: In contrast to flat screen printing, circular screen printing utilizes a cylindrical screen. This process is advantageous for continuous patterns and large-scale production, offering efficiency without compromising quality.
Transfer Printing: Transfer printing involves creating a design on a paper or film and then transferring it onto the fabric through heat and pressure. This method is celebrated for its ability to reproduce intricate details and is often employed for complex and colorful designs.
Digital Printing: Leveraging cutting-edge technology, digital printing allows for direct application of colors onto the Polyester Printed Fabric
. This method offers unparalleled design flexibility and is ideal for short production runs and customized designs.
Considering the End Result:
The choice of processing method for Polyester Printed Fabric is ultimately guided by the desired outcome. Factors such as the intended use of the fabric, design intricacies, and the importance of color fastness play a pivotal role in decision-making. For instance, products with high wear-and-tear may benefit from reactive printing, while intricate designs might find a perfect match in digital printing.
Choosing the right processing method for Polyester Printed Fabric is a delicate balancing act, requiring an understanding of dye materials, printing processes, and the desired characteristics of the end product. As the textile industry continues to evolve, manufacturers and designers find themselves at the intersection of art and technology, exploring new possibilities and pushing the boundaries of creativity. The journey of selecting the perfect processing method is an art form in itself, contributing to the rich tapestry of textiles that surround us in our daily lives.


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Tips for Keeping your Poultry Hydrated During Hot WeatherPosted: August 15, 2018
Water is essential in your poultry surviving the hot weather. Here are some tips for keeping your poultry hydrated during the summer months.
- Position water containers in the shade. If water is too hot (or too cold) chickens will not drink enough to keep egg production up.
- Adjust waterers to shoulder height. This will help keep the litter dry.
- If food, bedding or feces gets into drinking water, change it.
- Ducklings and goslings need access to fresh, clean drinking water. However, they love to play in water and will quickly soil it. Use a water dispenser that allows only their bills to enter. Put distance between their feed and water dispensers to prevent cross contamination.
- Grown ducks need access to water at least one or two inches deep in order to groom themselves.
- Ducks and geese do not require swimming water, but they must always have fresh drinking water available.
- Baby turkeys sometimes need extra coaxing to drink water. One trick is to put a few bright-colored marbles in their water. When they peck at the marbles, their beaks will slip into the water. Pretty soon, they'll get the hang of it. Remove the marbles before the birds get enough to swallow them.
Source material for this blog article was provided by Purina Mills, Inc. © 2007