Chatter Buzz Proven Process
Chatter Buzz PlayBook marketing process consists of three phases: Evaluate, Establish and Execute (e3). It's designed to build core strength, connect actions to outcomes, and allocate resources based on performance.
How do you plan a lead gen campaign?
Timeframe: Week 1
As you onboard with us, the first stage of our integrated marketing model enables our specialists to do the homework necessary to put strategies in place and quickly start testing and revising. Its scope will vary based on factors such as business lifecycle stage, competitive advantage, growth goals, available resources and timelines. Gather intelligence about historical performance, technology infrastructure, potential for success, marketing assets, competitors, industry trends and resources in phase one.
What makes your organization unique? What's your value proposition?
Step 1: Complete a Marketing Assessment
Step 2: Conduct Discovery Research
Use Chatter Buzz Integrated process to evaluate
your company's marketing performance and potential
Define budgets, goals, audiences and campaign strategies.
Timeframe: Week 2
Step 3: Calculate Marketing Budgets
Step 4: Build a KPI Scorecard
Step 5: Set Prime Goal Values
Step 6: Define and Segment Audiences
Step 7: Profile Personas
Step 8: Develop Baseline Analytics
Step 9: Establish Milestones
Step 10: Construct the Campaign Center
Step 11: Develop the Analytics Dashboard
Step 12: Integrate into a Project Management System
Step 13: Set Up Campaign Tracking
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Timeframe: Week 3 or 4
At this point, we set your PlayBook plans into motion, and continually test and revise. Keep resources flexible to take advantage of real-time marketing opportunities and shifts in consumer behavior.
Take a full-funnel approach to campaign development. Consider campaigns that will support KPIs at the top of your marketing funnel (such as visitors, subscribers and reach), and BOFU campaigns designed to generate leads, sales and loyalty.
Step 14: Launch Campaigns
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See more from this Session: Phosphorus and Carbon Losses From Soil
Tuesday, November 2, 2010: 9:00 AM
Hyatt Regency Long Beach, Seaview Ballroom C, First Floor
Soil phosphorus (P) loss has been historically believed through pathways of surface runoff and erosion. However, recent studies have increasingly evidenced that sub-surface runoff or title drainage can account for 22 to 98% of the total soil P loss. Partition of soil P loss between tile drainage and surface runoff is a function of tile spacing, but the optimum tile spacing can vary with soil types. Particular P often plays an important role in soil P loss in tile drainage water, followed by the dissolved reactive P. Variation of P loss in tile drainage water, including seasonality, magnitude, and relative importance to total soil P loss, is significant. Factors affecting P form distribution and their concentrations and magnitudes of loss in tile water can include those (soil, weather, crop, management practices) that are eventually related to soil P status (i.e. degree of P saturation, solubility), dispersibility, and hydrological properties (i.e. porosity and size distribution, amount of discharge and flow rate). This review paper will discus the up-to-date research findings by using case studies that have been conducted in large field plots equipped with most advanced auto-sampling and monitoring systems.

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What Is a Circle Spoke Diagram
What is a Circle Spoke Diagram? It is a diagram which has a central item surrounded by other items in a circle. The Circle Spoke Diagrams are often used to show the features or components of the central item in marketing and management documents and presentations.
ConceptDraw DIAGRAM extended with Business Diagrams Solution from the Management Area is the best software for creating Circle-Spoke Diagrams.
Example 1. What Is a Circle Spoke Diagram?
What is a Circle Spoke Diagram and what tools offers the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software for drawing them? The Business Diagrams Solution provides the extensive drawing tools, a set of predesigned templates and samples, and Circle-Spoke Diagrams library with wide variety of different ready-to use shapes for drawing the Circle-Spoke Diagrams in seconds.
Example 2. Circle-Spoke Diagrams Library Design Elements
You can design your diagram in new document using the ready shapes or choose any desired Circle-Spoke Diagram sample from the offered in ConceptDraw STORE that meets your requirements and change it for your needs.
Example 3. Circle-Spoke Diagram - CASA Exposition
The Circle-Spoke Diagrams you see on this page were created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM using the Business Diagrams Solution. They illustrate what is a Circle Spoke Diagram and how to create it in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM. An experienced user spent 5 minutes creating each of them.
Use the Business Diagrams Solution to design your own professional-looking Circle-Spoke Diagrams of any complexity fast and easy.
All source documents are vector graphic documents. They are available for reviewing, modifying, or converting to a variety of formats (PDF file, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, and many other graphic formats) from the ConceptDraw STORE. The Business Diagrams Solution is available for all ConceptDraw DIAGRAM or later users.
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ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Physics solution from the Science and Education area is a powerful software for creating various physics diagrams.
Physics solution provides all tools that you can need for physics diagrams designing. It includes 3 libraries with predesigned vector physics symbols: Optics Library, Mechanics Library and Nuclear Physics Library.
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The vector stencils library Aircraft contains clipart of aerospace objects, transportation vehicles, office buildings, and ancillary facilities for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software.
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For documenting the Cloud Computing Architecture with a goal to facilitate the communication between stakeholders are successfully used the Cloud Computing Architecture diagrams. It is convenient and easy to draw various Cloud Computing Architecture diagrams in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software with help of tools of the Cloud Computing Diagrams Solution from the Computer and Networks Area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
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When we think of an hierarchy, we intuitively imagine a pyramid. Thus, a lot of management tools use pyramid charts as examples or illustrations of various documents or models. You can create any type of triangle diagram using ConceptDraw DIAGRAM.
A triangle (pyramid) diagram is often used in marketing to show the data hierarchy. This pyramid diagram represents the Top Brand Model. It illustrate the model of rebranding strategy. It can be used by marketing agency dealing with rebranding strategies development. It's critical for marketing diagrams to be both clear and eye catching. ConceptDraw Pyramid diagrams solution meet all these requirements and can be successfully applied for creating and presenting various marketing pyramidal diagrams.
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The Rapid UML Solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park helps you to create the UML Class Diagrams quick and easy using ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software.
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ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is a powerful tool for business and technical diagramming.
Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park provides 5 solutions:
Data Flow Diagrams, Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD), Graphic User Interface, IDEFO Diagrams, Rapid UML.
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ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is the best program to make workflow diagrams. With the new Arrows10 technology it brings features allow you make workflow diagrams faster then ever before. These features allow you to focus on thinking, not drawing, that makes ConceptDraw DIAGRAM the best program to make workflow diagrams.
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Complexity of databases increases day by day, due to this the Entity relationship models and E-R diagrams become more and more popular, and now are an important part of database design. E-R diagrams created at ConceptDraw DIAGRAM allow visually and graphically represent structure and design of databases.
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Michel Eugène Chevreul
Chevreul, Michel Eugène (mēshĕlˈ özhĕnˈ shəvrölˈ) [key], 1786–1889, French chemist. He studied under L. N. Vauquelin, was director of the Gobelin tapestry works, and from 1830 was professor, and from 1860 to 1879 director, at the natural history museum at Paris. Noted for his researches in the composition of animal fats (by which he contributed to the development of the soap and candle industry), he discovered and named olein and stearin and wrote Recherches sur les corps gras d'origine animale (1823). He also worked and wrote on color contrasts; the results of his studies influenced the painters Seurat and Signac.
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text: The Ellis Bay Formation on Anticosti Island has long been recognized for the biostratigraphic importance of its latest Ordovician conodont, palynomorph, and shelly fossil assemblages. However, a sparse record of graptolites has made it difficult to correlate these assemblages with the graptolite biozonation. Restudy of some previously described and examination of newly collected normalograptid specimens from the Ellis Bay and lower Becscie formations, however, shows that biostratigraphically important taxa are present and these species provide important constraints on the age of the strata. Normalograptus parvulus and N. minor have been identified in the upper half of the Ellis Bay Formation, suggesting that these strata are late Hirnantian in age (N. persculptus Biozone). Normalograptus imperfectus and Normalograptus sp. aff. N. acceptus occur in the basal beds of the Becscie Formation, indicating that these strata are earliest Silurian. These graptolite data support the hypothesis that the positive carbon isotope excursion seen in the uppermost strata of the Ellis Bay Formation is isochronous with that seen in the Hirnantian strata at Dob's Linn, Scotland, and does not span much of the lower to mid-Hirnantian, as is the case in Arctic Canada and Nevada, USA. Anticosti Island, Hirnantian, graptolites, Ordovician, Silurian.


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Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: 1. Of strong mettle, having unbreakable spirit, strong of mind and spirit. 2. Brave, courageous.
Notes: I know what you are thinking: this word should mean "nosey, interfering." No, whatever you do, do not confuse this word with meddlesome (or nettlesome "irritating" for that matter). Today's Good Word has to do with our mettle, the stuff our character is made of. It is the adjective of the noun mettle—not to be confused with metal, even though it is little more than a variant spelling of that word (see Word History). Of course, we must also dodge medal and meddle when using this word. (Whew! Is speaking English worth it?)
In Play: Keeping all these words separate poses quite a problem even for native speakers: "Riley received a medal for showing his mettle on the battlefield." He probably spent his time dodging metal shrapnel rather than meddling in other people's business. Mettle is required at all levels of human endeavor: "Now that Farnsworth has two children, we will see how mettlesome he really is."
Word History: It is no coincidence that mettle and metal look similar and sound the same: they were originally the same word. Metal was borrowed from Old French in the 14th century. The French inherited it from Latin, which borrowed it from Greek metallon, which originally meant "mine, quarry" but meant "ore, metal" by the time Latin borrowed it. In the 16th century metal took on a second meaning in England, "the stuff one is made of, one's character". The spelling always varied but it was only in the 18th century that the new meaning attached itself to an alternate spelling mettle. Here we see a hidden advantage in the inconsistencies of English spelling.
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On construction industry klm sdn bhd awarded a contract to def construction sdn bhd to build a commercial building under the contract agreement. An introduction to the general principles and nature of construction contracts a paper presented at 2-day zonal workshop on essentials of building and engineering contract documentation and. Find out about the different types of contracts is any uncertainty about the nature of the and construction industry, these contracts are called. The nature of construction contracts 1 1 this file is to be used only for a purpose specified by palgrave macmillan, such as checking proofs, preparing an.
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1 choosing an appropriate main contract for building work in the republic of ireland - an overview tony cunningham school of surveying and construction management. Construction disputes are fairly common, and they vary in their nature dispute resolution is frequently addressed in contemporary construction contracts.
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Reading an HTTP response
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Now that we can use Rest-Assured to send an HTTP request, let's look at how we can use Rest-Assured to access an HTTP response body.
Extracting the response body
For this lesson we will continue to use the Let's take a look at the JSON body from the HTTP response:
 "firstname": "Susan",
 "lastname": "Ericsson",
 "totalprice": 378,
 "depositpaid": true,
 "bookingdates": {
 "checkin": "2018-11-23",
 "checkout": "2018-12-03"
 "additionalneeds": "Breakfast"
We're going to assert that the booking has Breakfast set as an additional need, so start by creating a new test adding the following code:
Response response = given().get("");
String responseBody = response.getBody().print();
assertThat(responseBody, containsString("Breakfast"));
The test starts very similar to the previous test we created, using Rest-Assured to send a GET request and storing that in a Response object. We then call getBody() to get the HTTP response body and then print() to convert it to a string.
Finally we are asserting that the response body contains a sub string of Breakfast which isn't a great way to assert the roomid. Partially because the assertion is brittle for example it won't handle data type changes well or if the value appears in other areas of the body. Plus what if we wanted to extract the value to use in a future HTTP request?
De-serialising a response body
When an HTTP request or response is sent it is sent as plain text. This means that when we receive the HTTP response in Rest-Assured, the response body is a String. However, we can use the technique of De-serialising to convert it from a String into a Java object that we can then use to extract specific values. It may sound a little odd, but follow the guide and you will see how it works:
First off, to get de-serialisation working we will need to add the following dependencies to our pom.xml
To make deserialisation work, we need to create a series of classes that match the structure of the JSON we want to deserialise. These types of classes are known as POJOs or Plain Old Java Objects.
We start by creating two new classes one called BookingResponse and one called BookingDates and add variables into the classes that match the name and type of each entry in the JSON we want to deserialise. For example firstname would be private String firstname:
private String firstname;
private String lastname;
private int totalprice;
private boolean depositpaid;
private BookingDates bookingdates;
private String additionalneeds;
As you can see the variable names match the names of the keys in the JSON body response and the data types match the data types of the values in the JSON object. Also, notice how bookingdates refers to the BookingDates class we created. This is because the bookingdates section in the body response is a sub object, so we have to create a class to match. So open up BookingDates and copy in the following:
private Date checkin;
private Date checkout;
Now we have the JSON body from the HTTP response mapped out in Java classes we can then add in methods to extract the data we need. So in the BookingResponse class add the following method in:
public String getAdditionalneeds() {
 return additionalneeds;
With the Java classes all setup, we can now update the test to the following and run it:
BookingResponse responseBody =;
String additionalneeds = responseBody.getAdditionalneeds();
assertThat(additionalneeds, is("Breakfast"));
Let's break down what happened. The first line is where we send the HTTP request to the Web API and get a response back, which we store as Rest-Assured Response object. On the second line we take the response and call the method as() and provide it with a reference to our BookingResponse class by adding in BookingResponse.class as a parameter. This tells Rest-Assured to map the HTTP response body to our Java classes. If the class didn't match with the response body then you would have received an error. Finally, we extract the string value using getAdditionalNeeds() and then assert that it equals Breakfast.
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Where did the English Silles family come from? What is the English Silles family crest and coat of arms? When did the Silles family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Silles family history?The name Silles was spawned by the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture that ruled a majority of Britain. It comes from the baptismal name Silvester or Silvanus. During the middle Ages this personal name was quite popular, as it was borne by three popes. In the religious naming tradition surnames were bestowed in honor of religious figures or church officials. In Europe, the Christian Church was one of the most powerful influences on the formation of given names. Personal names derived from the names of saints, apostles, biblical figures and missionaries are widespread in most European countries. In the Middle Ages, they became increasingly popular because people believed that the souls of the deceased continued to be involved in this world. They named their children after saints in the hope that the child would be blessed or protected by the saint.
Silles has been spelled many different ways, including Before English spelling became standardized over the last few hundred years, spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. As the English language changed in the Middle Ages, absorbing pieces of Latin and French, as well as other languages, the spelling of people's names also changed considerably, even over a single lifetime. Sill, Sille, Sills, Silles, Sell, Selle, Sells and many more.
First found in Northamptonshire where they held a family seat from ancient times.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Silles research. Another 256 words(18 lines of text) covering the year 1637 is included under the topic Early Silles History in all our PDF Extended History products.
More information is included under the topic Early Silles Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.
In an attempt to escape the chaos experienced in England, many English families boarded overcrowded and diseased ships sailing for the shores of North America and other British colonies. Those families hardy enough, and lucky enough, to make the passage intact were rewarded with land and a social environment less prone to religious and political persecution. Many of these families became important contributors to the young colonies in which they settled. Early immigration and passenger lists have documented some of the first Silless to arrive on North American shores: John Sill who settled in Massachusetts in 1637; Joseph Sill arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1825; Louis Sill arrived in Philadelphia in 1855.
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Mean squared normalized error performance function
To use mean squared error with deep learning, use regressionLayer, or use the dlarray method mse.
perf = mse(net,t,y,ew) takes a neural network, net, a matrix or cell array of targets, t, a matrix or cell array of outputs, y, and error weights, ew, and returns the mean squared error.
This function has two optional parameters, which are associated with networks whose net.trainFcn is set to this function:
 -'regularization' can be set to any value between 0 and 1. The greater the regularization value, the more squared weights and biases are included in the performance calculation relative to errors. The default is 0, corresponding to no regularization.
 - 'normalization' can be set to 'none' (the default);'standard', which normalizes errors between -2 and 2, corresponding to normalizing outputs and targets between -1 and 1; and 'percent', which normalizes errors between -1 and 1. This feature is useful for networks with multi-element outputs. It ensures that the relative accuracy of output elements with differing target value ranges are treated as equally important, instead of prioritizing the relative accuracy of the output element with the largest target value range.
You can create a standard network that uses mse with feedforwardnet or cascadeforwardnet. To prepare a custom network to be trained with mse, set net.performFcn to'mse'. This automatically sets net.performParam to a structure with the default optional parameter values.
mse is a network performance function. It measures the network's performance according to the mean of squared errors.
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This example shows shows how to train a neural network using the mse performance function.
Here a two-layer feedforward network is created and trained to estimate body fat percentage using the mse performance function and a regularization value of 0.01.
[x, t] = bodyfat_dataset;
net = feedforwardnet(10);
net.performParam.regularization = 0.01;
MSE is the default performance function for feedforwardnet.
ans =
Train the network and evaluate performance.
net = train(net, x, t);
y = net(x);
perf = perform(net, t, y)
perf = 20.7769
Alternatively, you can call mse directly.
perf = mse(net, t, y,'regularization', 0.01)
perf = 20.7769
Input Arguments
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Network you want to calculate the performance of, specified as a SeriesNetwork or a DAGNetwork object.
Targets, specified as a matrix or a cell array.
Outputs, specified as a matrix or a cell array.
Error weights, specified as a scalar.
Output Arguments
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Performance of the network as the mean squared errors.
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- "He stooped and looked in Mirrormere
And saw a crown of stars appear"
- ― Gimli singing the Song of Durin in Moria1
was a constellation in the northern hemisphere of Arda
. It appeared as a crown above Durin
's reflection in Mirrormere
, which he saw as a good omen. He built Khazad-dûm
in the valley. Ages later, in T.A. 3019
looked in the lake, but whether they saw the crown is unclear2
Most people think Durin's Crown is another name for Valacirca. Tolkien does not state what it looks like, but seven stars appear on the Doors of Durin. This led Steve Gardner to conclude that it could also have been Auriga or the Northern Crown3
- The Fellowship of the Ring, A Journey in the Dark.
- The Fellowship of the Ring, Lothlórien.
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How do you find the direction of electric field on the outer or inner surface of 2 parallel plate of a capacitor?
The direction of electric field is from the positive plate to negative plate.
The electric field outside the plates is zero as the electric field due to each plate (E=Q/2ε0A) cancel out being equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.
In between the plates the two electric fields add up as they are in same direction. (From positive plate to negative plate).
The magnitude of electric field between the plates is twice the electric field due to either; i.e; E=2 x Q/2ε0A = Q/ε0A


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Some of the things to look for
when walking on Table Mountain
Table Mountain is a floral wonder. In a relatively small area almost 1500 plant species have been recorded. There are more species of plant on this small mountain than in the whole of the British isles!! So it is worth keeping your eyes open on a hike and just looking at the plants around your feet. What adds extra fascination is the difference between both the species of plant and the time of flowering in different areas of the mountain.
Last week I hiked along the 12 Apostels from Llandudno to Kasteelspoort,where we descended. Here are just some of the plants we spotted along the way.


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MECHANISMS OF SAMARIUM EXTRACTION WITH DIISOSTEARYLPHOSPHORIC ACID AND ITS PERMEATION THROUGH SUPPORTED LIQUID MEMBRANE
The extraction equilibrium of samarium (Sm) with diisostearylphosphoric acid (DISPA, HR) was measured at 303 K. The complex, SmR3, was formed, unlike in the case of dialkylphosphoric acids investigated previously. The extraction rate of Sm with DISPA was measured using a stirred transfer cell. The extraction rates were limited by the diffusion process. The permeation of samarium through a supported liquid membrane containing DISPA as a carrier was carried out based on the above results. Under the experimental conditions, the diffusion of samarium in the film of the aqueous feed or the diffusion of the complex in the membrane phase was anticipated to be the rate-determining step.
- Journal of chemical engineering of Japan
Journal of chemical engineering of Japan 28(5), 511-516, 1995-10
The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan


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Geology and Relief: Gombe State is part of the central Nigeria highlands;
but the flat landscape in the northern and southern parts of the state have
isolated hills. While the elevation of the plain is at about 600m above sealevel,
the hills reach between 700m and 800m.
Killang Hills, Kaltungo
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The Gongola River is the main drainage system, running approximately northsouth
towards the Benue River Basin, but with principal tributataries draining from
west to east into River Gongola. Gombe State is geologically a part of the Upper
Benue Trough, although the state is an entity of its own, the Gongola Trough.
As such, the state con stitutes a major sedimentary basin, with a fill of about
6,000m of CretaceousTertiary Sedimentary rocks.
These rocks are well exposed throughout the state and have been recently explored
for oil and gas, but without success. The eastern part of Gombe State is geological
ly older than the west.
Exposures of the non marine Bima Sandstone, a sequence of Albian coarse sandstones,
occur extensively in the south eastern part of the state, succeeded westwards
by the transitional beds of the Cenomanian Yalde and Jessu Formations.
These are overlain by the Marnne Cenomanian to Caniacian shales and lime stones
of the Pindiga Formation, followed by the Gombe Sandstone of Late Cretaceous
age. Half of Gombe State is underlain by the Early Tertiary Kerri Kerri Formation
of estuarine origin comprising sandstones, siltstones and ironstones.
The Chad formation, a sequence of continental silts and clays of lake origin
and Late Tertiary age, covers the northern onethird of the state. Gombe State
lies mostly within the poor groundwater provinces in the Gombe Sandstones, the
Pindiga shales; KerriKerri Formation of Tertiary Age and the isolated hills
region of the northern
central and southern parts. Groundwater occurs between 0180m depth on the
sandstones. In the Gongola River Basin sedimentaries, because of the cretaceous
sandstones and shales, groundwater is generally erratic and meagre.
The Palace of Emir of Gombe
Palace of Emir of Gombe
Indeed, dams from suitable surface drainage systems would be more profitable
and economical than groundwater and boreholes as sources of water for domestic,
agri cultural and industrial use in the State. River Gongola is the only major
river that traverses the state in the north and east through Dukku, Nafada and
all the eastern LGAs, to join the River Benue at Numan.
At Nafada, the Gongola bends in a loop southward and flows through much of
the eastern border of the State before it joins River Benue at Numan, outside
the state. It is the sixth longest river in Nigeria, being about 530km, much
of which is within Gombe State.
It has numerous tributaries and smaller streams in the state includ ing Rivers
Dukul and Ruhu in the north (Dukku LGA). In the westcentral part, there are
some trib utaries of River Guji, while in the southern parts of the state (including
Balanga, Billiri, Kaltungo and Shongorn LGAs) the headwaters of several minor
tributaries of River Benue characterise the land scape. They include Rivers
Balanga and Dadin kowa.
Thus, the state is within the wider Benue Drainage Basin, with the dominance
of the western part of the Gongola (sub) basin. As a result of its geological
and geographical features, Gombe State has a large and wide variety of solid
mineral deposits, abundant grazing fields and fertile agricultural land.
Soils And Vegetation: The neoloav of GomheState has exerted an enormous
influence on soil development; hence over half of the state (central) that is
underlain by the Kerri Kerri Formation has shallow to moderately shallow impoverished
soils, with sandy loams on iron pan. On the Chad Formation in the northern part
of the state, the soils are deep but sandy, and developed on clays and silty
clays; but are mostly blanketed by sand dunes.
Soils in the eastern part of Gombe State are shal low to deep loamy, sandy
clay, loam and vertisols with cracking clays that have weathered from shales.
Vegetation in Gombe State is predominantly wooded shrubland in the central part,
with the plant community comprising Anogeissus/ Combretum/ Affrormosia/Detarium.
The northern part of the State exhibits a mosaic of shrubbed grassland and
grassed shrubland with the preponderance of Acacia. In the hilly southern areas,
the vegetation is shrubbed woodland with mostly Affrormosia and Detarium. Gombe
State has the cultivated and urban areas constituting over 35 per cent of the
land use/land cover.


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- WP worm gear reducer,also known as WP reducer, is divided into standard WPS series, standard WPD series, standard WPA, WPO.WPDA.WPDO, WPDS, WPDS and so on. The WP worm gear reducer is developed on the basis of the WD reducer. The WP worm gear reducer is made of 45# high-quality steel by heat treatment. The worm wheel is cast with tin bronze, which has good wear resistance, especially in the bearing capacity.
- It consists of a pair or pairs of meshing gears, worm gears, worms, etc., housed in a rigid, sealed enclosure, as a separate component in the machine. It is commonly used as a transmission for deceleration between the prime mover and the work machine. On the contrary, in a few occasions, such as a centrifugal compressor, it is necessary to apply a speed-increasing transmission, which is called a speed increaser.
- The WP worm gear reduceris widely used in chemical plants, mechanical machines and engineering institutions due to its compact structure, high efficiency (gear reducer), accurate and reliable transmission movement, and maintenance and use. There are many types of reducers, which can be generally classified into gears (cylindrical gears, bevel gears) and worm gear reducers.


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With the hot weather drying out the state, more than 80 counties have issued burn bans. But what those bans incorporate varies county to county. But the state fire marshal says local governments need to give their citizens more clarity.
There are two types of burn bans Indiana counties can implement: the more common burn bans that fall under the state's fire code and burn bans under emergency disaster declarations. Emergency disaster declaration burn bans are broader and can prohibit things like fireworks that the regular burn bans can't.
State Fire Marshal Jim Greeson says counties need to spell out exactly what their bans entail.
"Some have eliminated any type of open burning whether it's a campfire, a grill, be it gas or charcoal," Greeson says. "Some municipalities you can still burn normal combustible materials in a barrel. Well, they've restricted that, restricted agricultural burning."
Violating declaration burn bans is a Class B misdemeanor, carrying a fine and possible jail time. Violating the regular burn bans normally just results in a fine.
Greeson says enforcing the burn bans is entirely the responsibility of local law enforcement. And he says typically enforcement relies on complaints and people reporting others for violating the bans.


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Apollo 11 moon rocks to be transferred to Minnesota Historical SocietyApollo 11 moon rocks are scheduled to be transferred Wednesday from the Minnesota National Guard to the Minnesota Historical Society in front of an audience of children at Science and Technology Academies Reinforcing Basic Aviation and Space Exploration (STARBASE) Minnesota.
Apollo 11 moon rocks are scheduled to be transferred
Wednesday from the Minnesota National Guard to the Minnesota Historical
Society in front of an audience of children at Science and Technology
Academies Reinforcing Basic Aviation and Space Exploration (STARBASE)
"The Apollo 11 moon rocks were found amongst military artifacts in a storage
area at the Veterans Service Building in St. Paul," said Army Maj. Blane R.
Iffert, former state historian for the Minnesota National Guard.
"When I searched the internet to find additional information about the moon
rocks, I knew we had to find a better means to display this artifact," said
Iffert. "It is stated on some websites that approximately 180 are currently
unaccounted for of the 270 moon rocks from the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17
missions. We've just lowered that number by one."
"We are honored to have this in our collection to preserve for future
generations," said Pat Gaarder, Minnesota Historical Society Deputy Director.
"Space exploration is an important part of our shared history. It is also
exciting to think that our collection includes artifacts from across the
globe and now with these moon rocks, the galaxy."
"These students will one day be the scientists, engineers and astronauts to
first set foot on Mars," said Kim Van Wie, executive director of STARBASE
Minnesota. "We're excited they'll be able to see, first hand, evidence of
this historic Apollo mission to the moon and how that has paved the way for
future exploration that they could eventually be a part of."
"The purpose of STARBASE is to educate and inspire urban youth in science,
technology, engineering and math (STEM)," said Van Wie. "STARBASE
Minnesota's hands-on curriculum, unique aerospace resources, state of the art
technology and exciting environment that immerses students in STEM has
inspired 41,000 youth since 1993."


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I'm a big fan of GhostDoc's automatic comment generation in Visual Studio so am looking for an plugin that does the same job with my Java code in Eclipse. Any recommendations?
It is basically the equivalent of Javadoc, which can be generating in eclipse with the shortcut:
(when you are within the Java function you wish to add javadoc for)
From there, if you really want XML format, you can try and use a JELDoclet
You can check JAutodoc (_URL_
From the author:
JAutodoc is an Eclipse Plugin for automatically adding Javadoc and file headers to your source code. It optionally generates initial comments from element name by using Velocity templates for Javadoc and file headers.
This one is the one I've found closest to GhostDoc.
GhostDoc has a nice extra feature that infers a description of what the method does by parsing the method name and providing this as skeletal documentation. For example, using GhostDoc on a method named GetDocumentName() might return the phrase "Gets the document name". While this is hardly more information than provided by the method name, it adds method documentation where previously none existed. Some might argue that this is barely useful. I argue to the contrary because it supports generating documentation from the source code (e.g., for tools like NDoc or SandCastle).
In my opinion the greatest benefit of GhostDoc over eclipse's "Generate Element Comment" is that it encourages programmers to begin adding documentation comments by adding an extremely fast and reliable way create this. The programmer can accept the inferred text, (suitable in 50 - 80% of cases), or expand on this for more complex methods. For the junior programmer who is not as familiar with how documentation comments are used, this can quickly shorten the learning curve and encourage good programming practices.
Javadoc is not like GhostDoc my friend. Javadoc only creates the structure so one can write the documentation from scratch. GhostDoc actually fills up the information according to the Method/Property name.
/// /// Gets the user from id. /// /// The id. /// private string GetUserFromId(string id);
JAutoDoc is the closest I've found so far but it's not as magical as GhostDoc.


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The Business Behind Classroom Economies: An Information Resource Guide
Classroom economy is essential for all students to understand because they will be dealing with the economy in the real world. It prepares the students and provides integral hands-on experience on how the national economy functions. Classroom economy also helps to instill a stronger sense of responsibility in students, nurturing them to grow up to become more responsible adults. Let's take a deeper look at classroom economies. Economics is an elementary part of social studies curriculum but it can be hard for younger students to grasp the principles of economics. In this sense, a classroom economy can invigorate the education process by serving as a fun way for students to act as economists as well as consumers in a classroom setting. A classroom economy can help to promote an understanding of basic economics principles and it also functions as a simple behavior management system wherein students become more responsible financially.
Objective of Class Economy
With the help of a classroom economy, students will:
- Compare their classroom economy system over history and time.
- Perform classroom tasks in order to earn their daily salaries.
- Evaluate the importance of their classroom tasks along with their daily responsibilities.
- Be taught about the importance on saving money.
- Understand that every decision has an opportunity cost.
- Participate in designing their classroom economy to mirror activity in the real world.
- Learn how to make a budget of their funds and balance their bank accounts.
- Study the economic trends in their classroom economy.
- Observe the behavior of classmates as consumers to learn about the law of demand.
- Learn about how inflation works and how it affects their classroom economy.
How Students Can Earn Money
Pay from Their Class Jobs
- In the classroom management system, students can decide how much is a particular job worth, and through the system, they can establish a pay scale. Jobs can be easily divided into various listings such as popular jobs or fun jobs to encourage the kids to sign up for such tasks. Students can either be paid at the end of the day or end of the week, depending on teacher preference.
Hiring Crew Leaders
- Different students can be selected each week to serve as the Crew Leader. The job of a Crew Leader is to check each and every job to ensure that it is performed correctly. In this manner, the working students will be paid appropriately. In fact, two different Crew Leaders can be selected so that they can share the job and check against each other.
Setting up a Bank for the Class
- A trustworthy student can be designated as the Class Banker in order to serve the class. Here, the class money can be stored in a container or a box so that the students can easily save the money which is earned during the day. The banker will be in charge of paying other students in accordance to their work and ensure that this designation is rotated responsibly.
Using Class Money for Reward system
- A stack of small denominations can be kept on the desk for rewarding students for their kind deeds or good behavior. The best way to develop social skills is to reward the positive behavior of students.
Issuing Brain Bucks
The student can print or write up some Brain Bucks on a piece of paper and assign values of worth. Then, the Brain Bucks are to be stored in a stack for easy access in the class room. When a student solves some problem or a puzzle in a creative way, the teacher can praise the student and reward the student by issuing a Brain Buck. An important note is that the teacher has to make sure that the student realizes how much these Brain Bucks are worth.
Spending Money Earned By Students
It is the most important part of classroom economy. As soon as the students earn their money, they will be interested to know how to spend the money. Some of the strategies are:
Offering Special Privileges
- The teacher can help students to use their money to purchase special privileges. For instance, they can spend their money to purchase extra time on the computers.
Setting Up of a Classroom Treasure Chest
- Some common activities include collecting items from free deals, buying items using book club points or asking for donations. Many parents will be willing to donate their money or items to help stock the classroom treasure chest. The teacher can make an appropriate time-table to show when students can visit the chest. Items can be labeled with different prices and visiting charges can also be introduced.
Establishing a Class Store
- The teacher can create a class store in which items can be stored. Furthermore, the students can help to organize the store, make the price tags and determine the prices. Some students can also play the role of store-keepers while others can shop. There should be a schedule for the visiting hours of the store.
Holding Class Auctions
- The teacher can appoint a student to be the auctioneer on the day of auction while others bid on the items. As always, the item is sold to the highest bidder. The class can source for donations from former students who may enjoy participating in the auctions. Local businesses and parents can also be approached for donations or the students can contribute their items for auctions.
All in all, the classroom economy offers useful tools which are used in economic transactions in real life. For instance, students will learn about debits and credits, budgeting of their finances, and getting an in-depth understanding of demand and supply. Eventually, classroom economy will enable the teacher to inculcate the basic principles of economic decisions and provide a firm foundation for students to succeed financially in their later life.
Here are some resources on classroom economies:
- Creating a Classroom Economy
- A Thriving Classroom Economy
- The Classroom Mini Economy (PDF)
- Mrs. Hillman's Classroom Economy
- My Classroom Economy
- Classroom Economy Power Pack (PDF)
- Mrs. Renz's Classroom Economy
- Another Thriving Classroom Economy
- Lesson Plans on Economy and Finance
- Classroom Economy for Fifth Graders (PDF)


List of metropolitan areas that overlap multiple countries
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Here is a list of metroplexes that overlap multiple countries:
Excluded from list is:
 - City-states being part of the overlap. One example of that would be Rome since Vatican City is isolated within Italy.
Within the European Union[edit]
Elsewhere in Europe[edit]
Polish Tricity, Gdynia (a city built to become a port of the Second Polish Republic) and its neighbours Gdańsk and Sopot, overlapped two borders in the period _PHONE_:
North America[edit]
Between Canada and the United States[edit]
This list is from west to east:
Between Mexico and the United States[edit]
South America[edit]


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Significance and Use
LDD is an indicator of the effectiveness of operations. Excessive LDD can indicate poor internal management and controls, policy or procedural weaknesses, or lack of compliance, any one of which can impact entity profitability, mission performance, or reputation.
Addressing and reporting LDD provides a guideline for action for decision makers.
Though the term equipment is used consistently throughout this practice, this process may be used for the other classes of property, for example, material.
1.1 This practice focuses on addressing and reporting loss, damage, or destruction (LDD) of tangible property.
1.2 LDD events are key aspects of risk management. Projecting the possibility or probability of LDD, discovering, disclosing, reporting, managing, and minimizing LDD is a critical and economic factor in the success of the owning or holding entity. This practice also establishes acceptable levels of LDD.
1.3 LDD events are often discovered as a result of a physical inventory or other audit. An actual LDD event can occur at any time during the property life cycle.
1.4 LDD events resulting from natural disasters or other incidents beyond the control of an entity are not subject to the criteria in 1.7. Reporting LDD events is required.
1.5 Natural degradation or normal wear and tear are not considered LDD events and are not addressed in this practice (they may, however, be considered in establishing residual value).
1.6 Loss, damage, and destruction, while three completely different events, are addressed as one for the purposes of this practice.
1.7 This practice does not address situations where LDD is an expected outcome, for example, destructive testing.
1.8 Assessing pecuniary liability for loss, damage, or destruction is not addressed in this practice; such assessments are subject to law.
1.9 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
E2132 Practice for Inventory Verification: Electronic and Physical Inventory of Assets
E2135 Terminology for Property and Asset Management
E2279 Practice for Establishing the Guiding Principles of Property Management
E2378 Practice for the Recognition of Impaired or Retired Personal Property
E2608 Practice for Equipment Control Matrix (ECM)
damage; destruction tangible property; LDD; loss; Destruction (of property); Loss damage estimation; Property damage/loss/assessment; Assessment/Assesors--buildings; Destruction (of property); Loss damage estimation; Property damage/loss/assessment; Assessment/Assesors--buildings;
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ESF Funding Period 2014-2020
claim of the german funding period 2014-2020
The current European Social Fund funding period, lasting through to 2020, is characterised by:
To implement the goals, Germany submitted the "German federal Operational Programme for the implementation of the European Social Fund in the funding period 2014-2020" (Federal ESF OP), which was approved by the European Commission on 21 October, 2014. This Operational Programme lays the foundation for ESF funding in Germany through to 2020. Led by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the following ministries are also involved in the development and delivery of the German Federal ESF OP: Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.
In this funding period, the ESF will place emphasis on helping to secure the supply of skilled workers, promoting social inclusion and combating poverty. Other priority areas include supporting self-employment, ensuring a healthy work-life balance and improving the level of educational attainment and life-long learning.
The three thematic objectives are:
A: Promoting sustainable and quality employment and supporting labour mobility
B: Promoting social inclusion, combating poverty and any discrimination
The main target groups are disadvantaged young people, particularly those without a school-leaving or vocational qualification, the long-term unemployed, women and workers, particularly low-skilled or low-income workers, and people from a migrant background, especially those facing difficult personal circumstances (e.g. refugees).
Designing. The Future. Together.
The ESF allows individuals to take control of their professional future, even if their circumstances are difficult or they are making a second attempt to get their career off the ground. It helps small and medium-sized businesses adapt their HR policy to the challenges posed by demographic change. The ESF wants to create an inclusive society. "Designing. The Future. Together" is therefore the slogan of this ESF funding period 2014-2020 of the Federal Government in Germany.
Operational Programme
teaser funding period 2014-2020 federal operational programme
The Operational Programme (Federal ESF OP) describes the overall strategy at federal level for implementing the European Social Fund in Germany.
Funding priorities
teaser funding period 2014-2020 funding priorities
In Germany the ESF will place emphasis on helping to secure the supply of skilled workers, promoting social inclusion and combating poverty.
The ESF programmes at a glance
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Here you can find information about the various ESF funding programmes at federal and federal states level.
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Learning Network on transnational mobility measures for disadvantaged youth and young adults.


nowHere territories, August 4-25, 2011
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Triangle Arts Association is pleased to present the work of current resident artists, Stephanie Beck, Jonggeon Lee and Caitlin Masley. Works include sculpture and drawing that present three perspectives surrounding the notions of architecture. The artists examine the domestic, public and private spaces that we inhabit– either physically or metaphysically– and our perception of the boundaries they represent and impose.
Beck's intricate low-relief paper sculptures toe the line between the real and the imaginary by evolving organically from stored impressions of spacial memories and idealized landscapes that simultaneously entertain the forces of chaos and order.
Lee's Bridge of Paradise an elegant engraving of a Persian Garden Carpet on reclaimed hardwood flooring from a demolished New England colonial-style home, denies the viewer a concrete understanding of time or place. The fissure created by the metaphoric collision of two very different cultures represented by their iconic architectural symbols challenges the viewer to envision a new context in which such an object could possibly exist.
Masley's site specific sculptural wall drawing is an imposing four dimensional model of the fractured psychogeography in which we all exist concurrently presenting the geopolitical and emotional elements that inform our shared global landscape as presented through mass media.
Combined, these diverse works create a prismatic conversation which measures the tangible by way of the speculative and in turn incites the viewer to contemplate the "here and now" amidst the "nowhere".
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11 reasons for the Price difference in Bellota hams
We can find Iberian jamón de bellota for less than €40/kg and for more than €400/kg. It's a huge difference which is not justified solely by the quality of the final product, but a combination of different factors.
1. Breed
Better quality Pata Negra hams come from 100% Iberian pigs, which cost to raise is significantly higher than cross-breeds. They fatten a lot slower, they produce smaller hams and the litters are smaller in number.
2. Food on the farm
Iberian pigs on a farm
Iberian pigs on a farm, a few days before going to the pasture to start the montanera period (free-range grazing)
From weaning until it is driven to the mountain, the animal spends a few months on a farm, where it is fed on a diet of fodder. The pig can't go from drinking the milk of its mother one day to eating acorns the next; it needs time to adapt. One example is what we do with human babies. Once they stop weaning we slowly begin to introduce baby food (cereals and fruit), alternating them with a bottle. This goes on for several weeks until the baby is ready to try other foods such as fish and meat, and later on dried fruits and nuts, etc.
Returning to animal food, there are many prices that are dependent on the quality of the raw material and the combination of cereals and other nutrients in the formula.
3. Age and weight on entering the montanera phase
The law sets minimum conditions for the age and weight to be able to label a ham "de bellota":
 - The weight on beginning the montanera phase should be between 92 and 115 kg.
 - During the montanera phase they should be fattened at least 46 kg on a diet of acorns and grass.
 - The minimum age at slaughter is 14 months.
 - The minimum individual carcass weight (after removal of the skin, head and viscera) is 115 kg, except for 100% Iberian animals, in which case the minimum is 108 kg.
Thus, a producer who meets the minimum legal requirements is able to sell hams with a lower production cost than those who are significantly above the threshold, at the expense of quality, of course.
4. Duration of the montanera period
The Royal Decree 4/2014 rules that the pig must spend a minimum of 2 months in the pasture, but there are farmers who extend this by 1 or 2 months, or more. In some cases pigs are given 2 montanera periods. That is, when acorn season is over, they are brought back to the farm until the next season, when they will eat more acorns again.
The longer the montanera period is, the more acorns are eaten and the more exercise undertaken, and so the Pata Negra will be of a higher quality. But this comes with a cost: the shepherds and vets must work more, and the number of casualties among the pigs rises as a result of illness, theft or attacks from other wildlife that inhabit the mountain. Furthermore, the jamón will need more months of maturation, because the quality of the fat would be higher and so the oxidation would be slower.
5. Quality of the montanera
Iberian pigs eating acorns in the pasture
Iberian pigs eating acorns in the pasture
It's not the fair to put 50 pigs in a pasture of 500 hectares, the same as you would put 100 in the same amount of space. They'd get half the amount of acorns.
Naturally the law limits the density of animals per square metre, and the density of oaks. Therefore manufacturers need to hire an inspection company to certify that their pastures are compliant. But even within the legal limits there are some producers who are closer to the minimum than others.
The quality and quantity of acorns is not the same at all times nor in all pastures. Pigs are very selective and will find the best acorns first, the biggest and sweetest, which are the major contributors to the overall quality of the hams and sausages.
6. Organic vs. Conventional
Undoubtedly one of the aspects that most influences the final price is the condition of organic ham. The limitation in pharmacological treatments raises the mortality of pigs, the absence of preservatives makes many hams spoil before being sold and the cost of the feed is much higher. We must also add the costs of certification and control of the authorities.
Production of organic Iberico ham in Spain is negligible; we only have half a dozen small producers.
7. Maturation period
Hams curing in the cellar
Hams curing in the cellar
A Jamón de bellota loses between 8% and 10% of its weight each year that it's hanging in the cellar (between 7% and 9% in the shoulders). Basically what you lose is water. Thus, if the sale comes within 2 years instead of 3, we can reduce its price by about 10% while maintaining the same margin.
Not surprisingly the quality is not the same. One extra year of maturation brings new aromas, a more intense flavour and easier cutting.
8. Salt
Excess salt, besides being harmful to health also hides a lot of the flavours of ham. Consumers tend to prefer sweeter and softer Iberian hams, especially in recent times.
But what happens if we fall short of salt? Well, two things can happen:
 1. The meat contaminates and rots (salt is the main preservative), or
 2. The muscle tissue loses consistency and flavour. It's what people in the business call jamón chicloso (gummy ham).
Thus, those manufacturers who strive to minimize the concentration of salt to get better tasting hams know they will have to throw out some pieces. Consequently, they'll have to sell the others at a higher price to compensate for these losses.
9. Brand
Prestige, exclusivity and advertising campaigns have a direct effect on the selling price.
In 2006 Cárnicas Maldonado launched a special series of €1500 hams called Alba Quercus (renamed Albarragena). Others followed such as Joselito with his Vintage series at €2000 and Jamones Premium by Arturo Sánchez at €4.000… Logically the series don't last very long; the hams are really good but the price per kg hardly justifies the final quality. In fact, they are often instruments for marketing campaigns.
On the other hand, manufacturers with strong brands know that customers are willing to pay a little more for the security that comes with their name and reputation.
10. Commerce
A ham of the same brand can be found at very different prices between one store and another. Not everyone works with the same margins. It's also possible to lower the price of the ham but end up paying for the service: high delivery costs, very restrictive return policy, poor customer service…
The country where the trade is largely determines the final price. Some manufacturers require sellers to buy the product to the official importer only, and therefore the prices are usually much higher than in its place of origin or in a more competitive environment.
11. Time of year in which the purchase is made
The price of ham is usually quite stable throughout the year, although there may be periods of shortages that drive up the price. It happens, for example, when a manufacturer has exhausted the pieces of a campaign and the next lot are still a little tender.
The additives in Pata Negra ham
Until recently, what worried consumers most was the salt content of cured ham. WHO (World Health Organisation) recommends consuming a maximum of 5g per day (even less in children and adolescents) to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, although the world average of between 9 and 12g is more than double.
These days it seems that other additives used by most manufacturers generate more fear or distrust in consumers: preservatives, antioxidants, acidity regulators … This article will try to explain why they are used and what the associated health risks are.
Salt jar
Salt (photo by Gregory Bourolias)
Salt is the oldest known preservative and without it meat would rot. It's also a flavour enhancer: we tend to find that ham with less than 2.5% salt is tasteless and with an unpleasant texture.
Pata negra ham (jamón ibérico) has the least salt content of them all (between 2.5% to 4.5%). It's followed by Serrano ham (5%), Bayonne ham (5.5%) and Parma ham (5.7%). Credit goes to genetics in this case: the marbling fat and higher pH level in Iberico hams hinders the penetration of the salt.
When compared with other types of products, it would be at the same level as Roquefort cheese or olives.
As we mentioned in the introduction, it's been proven that excess salt increases the risk of cardiovascular disease (hypertension, heart attacks, etc.) but it's also thought to cause kidney failure and osteoporosis.
The most commonly used preservatives are potassium nitrate (E-250) and sodium nitrite (E-252). Nitrates and nitrites have been used for hundreds of years and play an important role in ensuring the microbiological safety (especially protecting consumers from botulism) of foodstuffs.
The European Food Safety Agency


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The Ecological Society of America (ESA) will present societal awards to five distinguished ecologists at its 94rd Annual Meeting on Monday, August 3, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. More than 3,500 attendees are expected at this year's meeting.
Eminent Ecologist Award: Steven Hubbell
Steven Hubbell of the University of California, Los Angeles and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute will receive this year's Eminent Ecologist Award, given to a senior ecologist in recognition of an outstanding body of ecological work or sustained ecological contributions of extraordinary merit. Most widely known for his neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography, Hubbell's wide-ranging research career has investigated tropical biodiversity, sexual selection and resource competition through the lens of theoretical ecology. He has written three books and more than 160 scientific papers, and his work has received more than 60 National Science Foundation grants. In 1990 he founded the National Council for Science and the Environment, a nonprofit organization to improve scientific rigor of environmental decision-making that now has 10,000 members.
Cooper Award: Jerry Jenkins, Glenn Motzkin and Kirsten Ward
Jerry Jenkins of the Wildlife Conservation Society and his coauthors Glenn Motzkin and Kirsten Ward will receive this year's William Skinner Cooper Award for their paper, "Harvard Forest Flora: An Inventory, Analysis and Ecological History," published in 2008 in the Harvard Forest paper series. The Cooper Award is given to honor an outstanding contribution to the fields of geobotany, physiographic ecology, plant succession or the distribution of plants along environmental gradients. In the paper, the authors survey the plants of a central New England woodland, describing biological variation within species and the diversity among them. The contribution illustrates the many ecological changes that occurred in this typical woodland throughout the 20th century.
Mercer Award: Richard Lankau and Sharon Strauss
This year's George Mercer Award is given to Richard Lankau of the University of Illinois and coauthor Sharon Strauss for their paper, "Mutual feedbacks maintain both genetic and species diversity in a plant community," published in Science in 2007. The Mercer Award is given for an outstanding recently-published ecological research paper by a young scientist. The authors show that changes in a physical trait of a plant can affect overall plant community structure, which in turn drives the evolution of the trait. The paper uses a combination of theory, experiment and observation to bridge the fields of community ecology and quantitative genetics.
Odum Education Award: Christine Flanagan
Christine Flanagan of the U.S. Botanic Garden will receive this year's Eugene P. Odum award, which recognizes an ecologist for outstanding work in ecology education. Through teaching, outreach, and mentoring activities, recipients of this award have demonstrated their ability to relate basic ecological principles to human affairs. As public programs manager at the U.S. Botanic Garden, Flanagan develops programs that are viewed by nearly a million visitors each year, including many U.S. legislators. Her interdisciplinary NSF-funded traveling exhibit, titled "sLowlife," draws from science, art and literature to explain plant movements. Flanagan's other activities involve educating the public about genetically engineered plants and the importance of pollinator conservation.
Sustainability Science Award: B.L. Turner and coauthors
The recipients of the Sustainability Science Award are B.L. Turner of Arizona State University and his 25 coauthors on the Special Feature on Land Change Science, published in 2007 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The award recognizes research results that provide scientific foundations for sustainable management, link human and ecological systems and advance sustainability science. In a synthesis paper and five original research papers, the special feature explores central factors that contribute to global change, including deforestation, land fragmentation, ecological regime shifts and the loss of ecosystem services. Turner's synthesis lays out the advances and challenges in the field of land change science.
For more information about the awards session and the 2009 ESA Annual Meeting, _URL_.


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The philosophy of the group Partners in Education is the sooner the better.
It's never too early to encourage your kids to pursue a college education.
On Saturday what was called a "College Coach" workshop was held at the University of Toledo and sponsored by Partners in Education.
100 Toledo Public School students in grades five through seven, their parents and educators attended.
The message is that if parents wait until high school to discuss college aspirations with their kids, it may be too late.
By starting young, you instill good study habits and promote career goals.
"The parents are going to make sure their kids get to school, do homework and ask questions, helping expose them to different careers. Our program helps them do that," said Becky Spencer of Partners in Education.
It wouldn't be a "College Coach" workshop if the kids didn't hear from a real coach.
UT Womens Basketball coach Tricia Cullop gave them some inspirational advice.
"You can never start too late. We start recruiting young, even in basketball. But for their education, it starts now. As young as they are, you can never wait another day to start investing," she says.
One mother at the workshop, Tomara Carter, says she is already investing in the future of her four kids.
"It's a good experience for them to learn a lot. They can also follow behind me. I'm a college graduate," said Ms. Carter.
Her son Elijah has plans.
"I want to be a police officer," said Elijah.
"I want to be a teacher because I'm smart and get straight A's," added his sister, Takayla.
Two kids who sound like they're headed "straight" to college.
Copyright 2013 Toledo News Now. All rights reserved.


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Since the new generation of waterproof plugs were introduced in the domestic wire rod market, they have become more and more widely used. Especially in the design, they are excellent in terms of structure size, model quality, and so on. Therefore, knowing the design and processing of plugs, its technical advantages are more prominent. So, what should be paid attention to in the production process of outdoor waterproof plugs?
Increased corrosion resistance
Because outdoor waterproof connectors are used outdoors when they are installed in the open air, the corrosion resistance of the plugs needs to be continuously improved, so that the quality advantages of the plugs become more and more obvious.. Only after seeing its corrosion resistance, they all felt that they would be more and more professional in the process of waterproof technology, and they all wanted to achieve first-class technical standards when they were applied.
Material is durable
There are more and more materials for outdoor waterproof plugs, and each material is different in quality and durability. In the selection of materials, it must be durable, in order to be able to use more long-term. In terms of comparison of production and processing requirements, we all feel that the types of plug models on the market have become increasingly diversified. When analyzing and summarizing, it can be seen that the plug design will be more and more professional. When used in an outdoor environment, its effects and effects will become more and more obvious. Plug function or waterproof technology must be constantly reflected in order to achieve first-class technical advantages in processing, and when processing can see the advantages of its use will still be more and more.


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In vivo flexion and kinematics of the knee after TKA: comparison of a conventional and a high flexion cruciate-retaining TKA design
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This study investigated the in vivo 6DOF knee kinematics and tibiofemoral contact location after total knee arthroplasty using a conventional and a high flexion cruciate retaining component (15 NexGen CR, 11 NexGen CR-Flex). Each patient performed a single-leg lunge while being imaged by a dual fluoroscopic imaging system. Data were analyzed at hyperextension, 0° to 90° in 15° intervals, and at maximum flexion. The average maximum weight-bearing flexion for all the CR patients was 110.1° ± 13.4°, and for all the CR-Flex patients was 108.2° ± 13.2°. No difference was seen in the maximum flexion achieved by the patients, and the kinematics demonstrated by the groups was similar. However, at high flexion, the tibiofemoral articulating surfaces were more conforming in the CR-Flex design than the CR design, suggesting that the use of the high flexion component improved the tibiofemoral contact environment at high flexion in patients who could achieve high flexion.


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October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Domestic violence thrives when we are silent; but if we take a stand and work together, we can end domestic violence. Throughout the month of October, help NNEDV to raise awareness about domestic violence and join in our efforts to end violence. Here is what you can do:
- Like NNEDV on Facebook and share our 31n31 facts about domestic violence every day.
- Replace your Facebook profile and cover images with NNEDV's images to show that you stand with NNEDV as we remember those who have lost their lives and celebrate those who have survived.
- Read and share NNEDV's weekly blog series. A new blog will be posted every Monday morning throughout the month of October.
- Make a donation to NNEDV in honor of the women in your life who have been impacted by domestic violence.
Technology helps victims and their children successfully flee violent batterers, stalkers and rapists. But what millions don't realize is the dangerous and potentially lethal sides of various technologies in the hands of abusers and perpetrators. NNEDV's Safety Net: Safe & Strategic Technology Project addresses how technology impacts the safety, privacy, accessibility, and civil rights of victims by:
- Educating victims, their advocates and the general public on ways to use technology strategically to help find safety and escape domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, stalking and abuse;
- We have two dozen handouts, many in multiple languages at: Technology Safety Resources
- Training law enforcement, social services, coordinated community response teams and others how to hold perpetrators accountable for misusing technology to impersonate, harass, stalk, surveil, and threaten.
- Advocating for strong local, state, national and international policies and practices that ensure the safety, privacy and civil rights of all victims and survivors.
NNEDV's Safety Net Project addresses how technology can be harnessed successfully to do effective outreach, intervention, and violence prevention work.
Since 2002, the Safety Net Project has trained more than 50,000 advocates, police, prosecutors and others. Read more
NNEDV's Census Project runs the U.S. National Census of Domestic Violence Services (Census). This is an annual noninvasive, unduplicated count of adults and children who seek services from U.S. domestic violence shelter programs during a single 24-hour survey period. Conducted by NNEDV, this Census takes into account the dangerous nature of domestic violence by using a survey designed to protect the confidentiality and safety of victims.
- The 6th annual Domestic Violence Counts Census Day was held on Wednesday, September 15, 2011. 89 percent of local domestic violence programs across the United States submitted data. The survey results are highlighted in NNEDV's report: Domestic Violence Counts: 2011. A 24-hour census of domestic violence services.
- The 5th annual Domestic Violence Counts Census Day was held on Wednesday, September 15, 2010. 91 percent of local domestic violence programs across the United States submitted data. The survey results were released January 27, 2011, and are highlighted in the NNEDV report: Domestic Violence Counts: 2010. A 24-hour census of domestic violence shelters and services.
- The fourth annual Census survey was held on Tuesday, September 15, 2009. 83 percent of local domestic violence programs across the U.S. submitted data. The survey results were released March 8, 2010, International Women's Day, and are highlighted in the NNEDV report: Domestic Violence Counts: 2009. A 24-hour census of domestic violence shelters and services.
- The third annual Census was conducted on September 17, 2008. The results are highlighted in the NNEDV report: Domestic Violence Counts: 08. A 24-hour census of domestic violence shelters and services.
- The second annual Census was conducted on September 25, 2007. The results are highlighted in the NNEDV report: Domestic Violence Counts: 07. A 24-hour census of domestic violence shelters and services across the United States.
- After developing and piloting the survey tool in May 2006, NNEDV conducted its first national Census on November 2, 2006. The results are highlighted in the NNEDV report: Domestic Violence Counts. A 24-hour census of domestic violence shelters and services across the United States.
Census Methodology and Understanding the Data:
- The "snapshot" methodology provides an unduplicated count because a victim is unlikely to access services at more than one domestic violence program during a 24-hour period. But does this mean that 65,321 people were victims of domestic violence on the day of the count? Or, since this count was only on one day. Can I multiply it by 365 and get an average estimate of the number of victims who sought services in a year? Read More...
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NNEDV's Economic Justice Project works to strengthen victim advocates' financial capabilities to better assist survivors of domestic violence move from short-term safety to long-term security, and to an economically sustainable independent life. NNEDV's Economic Justice Project employs its signature "train-the-trainer" approach to deliver financial literacy lessons to victim advocates across the U.S. NNEDV's Economic Justice Project also uses its exclusive listservs and newsletter to inform victim advocates about personal finance tools, resources, and the most recent research available in the field of financial literacy and capability.
Economic Justice Technical Assistance & Online Resource Platform:
NNEDV's Economic Justice Project delivers financial literacy and economic justice resources and information to its members and the general public via NNEDV's website, exclusive listservs, webinars, presentations and one-one-one technical assistance. The Economic Justice Project also compiles and organizes relevant research on a wide-range of financial literacy topics; and engages in a variety of outreach activities to help give survivors a voice with financial education stakeholders at the national level. This project is greatly enhanced through the ongoing commitment of dedicated partners that support projects to end domestic violence, and to empower survivors with the financial education and economic tools and resources they need to achieve financial independence.
NNEDV's Economic Justice Partnership with The Allstate Foundation:
In partnership with The Allstate Foundation and the U.S. state and territorial coalitions against domestic violence, NNEDV's Economic Justice Project delivers financial literacy information with tools like the Moving Ahead Through Financial Management curriculum, webinars, and grants that support economic justice and empowerment programs for survivors of abuse.
Since 2005 NNEDV's Economic Justice Project has coordinated and provided technical assistance for the following Allstate Foundation grant programs:
- The Moving Ahead Through Financial Management Curriculum Grant Program provides curriculum materials and funding support to state coalitions that work with local programs to train advocates in their state. To date, more than 600 domestic violence victim advocates have been trained to teach survivors financial skills, and thousands of survivors are using this resource nationwide.
- The Moving Ahead Economic Empowerment Grant Program has awarded over $2.3 million to state-wide coalitions against domestic violence to help survivors become economically independent from their abusers and to research domestic violence and economic abuse to support new services. Grant focus areas include matched savings programs, financial education, micro-enterprise and job readiness programs.
Read more about the exciting partnership with NNEDV and the Allstate Foundation Economic Empowerment for Domestic Violence Survivors Program.
In 2010, WomensLaw.org became a project of NNEDV. WomensLaw.org was founded in February 2000 by a group of lawyers, teachers, advocates and web designers interested in seeing the power of the Internet work for more disadvantaged people and specifically for survivors of domestic violence. The mission of WomensLaw.org is to provide easy-to-understand legal information and resources to women living with or escaping domestic violence or sexual assault. By reaching out through the Internet, WomensLaw.org empowers women and girls to lead independent lives, free from abuse.
WomensLaw.org and NNEDV have worked closely together since 2000 to inform survivors of domestic violence about their legal rights and options. With a long history of partnering on technology safety, confidentiality and legal rights projects, the merger of WomensLaw.org and NNEDV formalized our working partnership.
- WomensLaw.org Website: The website provides over 6,000 pages of legal information written specifically for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. The information, revised in accordance with annual legislative changes, is state-specific and written in plain language so that people can comprehend it without the help of a lawyer. The website also provides tips for working with lawyers and listings for telephone hotlines, local and state programs, court forms and law enforcement.
- Email Legal Hotline: The Email Legal Hotline is a safe, accessible service through which victims, friends, family and advocates can request personalized and anonymous support. Hotline advocates respond to each email, in either English or Spanish, tailoring responses to answer each person's specific needs. The Hotline also supports advocates at local programs by answering their questions with timely, reliable and relevant legal information, helping them support the victims with whom they are working.
For more information or to access these resources, please visit WomensLaw.org.


text: The Eagle Ford shale play is located in South Texas. It is approximately 50 miles wide and 400 miles long, running from the US-Mexico border north of Laredo extending for hundred miles to just north of Houston. It is located directly below the Austin Chalk. The formation is best known for producing variable amounts of dry gas, wet gas, NGLs, condensate and oil. The average thickness of the Eagle Ford shale is about 475 feet and it produces from various depths between 4,000 and 14,000 feet.


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text: Assume circle contains circle. If it is possible to inscribe a quadrilateral touching with its vertices and with its sides, then it is always possible to find a quadrilateral touching both circles and passing through any point of outside. Such quadrilaterals are called bicentric. For this Demonstration circle (in tan) is fixed and the position of circle (in brown) can be changed by dragging the red center (the radius of is obtained through Fuss's formula). You can change the position of the red vertex of the quadrilateral.


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Computer giant, International Business Machines (IBM) yesterday unveiled details about the microprocessor in a new version of its mainframe, which Big Blue claims is the world's fastest computer chip that can process information at a record breaking speed of 5.2 GHz.
IBM says it spent over $1.5 billion in research and development on the zEnterprise line, and spent more than three years collaborating with some of its top clients around the world.
The z196 processor is a four-core chip that contains 1.4 billion transistors on a 512-square millimeter (mm) surface. The chip was designed by IBM engineers and was manufactured using IBM's 45 nanometer (nm) SOI processor technology in the company's 300mm fab in New York.
The Armonk, New York-based IBM said IBM labs in Austin, Texas, Germany, Israel and India also made major contributions to the z196 processor development.
The mainframe processor makes use of IBM's patented embedded DRAM (eDRAM) technology, which allows IBM to place dense DRAM caches, or components, on the same chips as high-speed microprocessors, resulting in improved performance.
From a performance standpoint, the zEnterprise System is the most powerful commercial IBM system ever. The core server in the zEnterprise System -- called zEnterprise 196 -- contains 96 of the world's fastest, most powerful microprocessors, capable of executing more than 50 billion instructions per second.


How do I use my Groundbreaker?
1. Remove the Groundbreaker from the bag
Yay! This is what pure plant power looks like.
2. Dig a hole
Just use your green fingers.
3. Push the Groundbreaker 2 to 5 cm into the soil
Smooth out the earth so you can't see it anymore.
4. Water the plant
And, go on, today you'll call out 'Keep the soil alive' while doing it!
Does it make sense to add a Groundbreaker to potting soil that already contains nutrients?
Yes, Groundbreaker also contain important bacteria that ensure that your plant can absorb the nutrients better.
How many Groundbreaker do I need in my pot?
Pots up to 15cm need one Groundbreaker mini, pots from 15cm to 20cm need one Groundbreaker maxi. Do you have larger pots? Use more Groundbreakers per pot. If you have any questions about how many Groundbreakers you need, please send us an email and we will be happy to help you.
Can I use Groundbreakers in winter?
Yes, the Groundbreaker works for a whole year. It doesn't matter if you use it in the summer or in the winter, the plant only absorbs the nutrients it needs.
Does my plant need extra nutrition in addition to the Groundbreaker?
If you stick to the recommended dosage your plant doesn't need any extra nutrition. Keep watering of course ;-)
What material is your packaging made of?
For now our packaging is (still) made of plastic, Groundbreakers react to water and must therefore be packed moisture-free. We are doing several tests with more sustainable packaging and hope to come up with a good alternative soon. Tips are always welcome!
Are Groundbreakers suitable for all my plants?
Yes, all plants need nutrients and bacteria.
Is it a good idea to crumble the Groundbreaker or to dissolve it in water?
No, that's never a good idea! Groundbreakers come as they are with a reason. They are composed of layers and slowly give nutrition to your plant throughout the year.


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How To Name The Compound TiI4?
Wikipedia calls it "Titanium Tetraiodide", but it's a molecular compound, so aren't prefixes not supposed to be used?
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The rules in my classroom and most classrooms are these....
1. Metal-nonmetal or metal-polyatomic ion ==> use the Stock system (includes Roman numeral when necessary
2. Nonmetal-nonmetal ==> Greek prefix method.
Trying to use a system based on how covalent or how ionic are the bonds is a fools errand. The only clear-cut demarcation is this... Metal-nonmetal, use the Stock system. Nonmetal-nonmetal, use the Greek prefixes. The stair-step line clearly separates metals from nonmetals.
Titanium is clearly a metal and iodine is clearly a nonmetal. Therefore, the name is titanium(IV) iodide. Period.


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Meaning of TRICK
Pronunciation: trik
WordNet Dictionary
 2. [n] a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it"
 3. [n] a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
 4. [n] an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent; "that offer was a dirty trick"
 5. [n] a period of work or duty
 6. [v] deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
TRICK is a 5 letter word that starts with T.
 Synonyms: antic, caper, conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, fast one, fob, fox, illusion, joke, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, play a trick on, prank, pull a fast one on, put-on
 See Also: card trick, cozen, deceive, delude, device, dirty trick, dishonesty, diversion, duty period, gimmick, knavery, lead on, performance, practical joke, prestidigitation, recreation, shift, sleight of hand, snooker, twist, work shift
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 1. \Trick\, n. [D. trek a pull, or drawing, a trick, trekken
 to draw; akin to LG. trekken, MHG. trecken, trechen, Dan.
 tr[ae]kke, and OFries. trekka. Cf. {Track}, {Trachery},
 {Trig}, a., {Trigger}.]
 1. An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly
 I know a trick worth two of that. --Shak.
 2. A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle
 of boys. --Prior.
 4. A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as,
 The trick of that voice I do well remember. --Shak.
 He hath a trick of C[oe]ur de Lion's face. --Shak.
 5. A knot, braid, or plait of hair. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
 6. (Card Playing) The whole number of cards played in one
 round, and consisting of as many cards as there are
 On one nice trick depends the general fate. --Pope.
 helm, -- usually two hours.
 8. A toy; a trifle; a plaything. [Obs.] --Shak.
 Syn: Stratagem; wile; fraud; cheat; juggle; finesse; sleight;
 deception; imposture; delusion; imposition.
 2. \Trick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tricked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
 -- often followed by up, off, or out. '' Trick her off in
 air.'' --Pope.
 People lavish it profusely in tricking up their
 children in fine clothes, and yet starve their
 minds. --Locke.
 They are simple, but majestic, records of the
 feelings of the poet; as little tricked out for the
 public eye as his diary would have been. --Macaulay.
 3. To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or
 They forget that they are in the statutes:...
 there they are tricked, they and their pedigrees.
 --B. Jonson.


How we're changing people's toilet waste disposal habits
Lanes Group is on a mission to educate people across the UK about the damage caused when hidden plastics found in household products such as wet wipes, sanitary towels, tampons, nappies and much more, are flushed down the toilet.
As you may have already read, we have been raising awareness of hidden plastics and explaining why flushing sanitary products is so bad for our drains and sewers, but we recently ran a survey to get a better insight into why people in the UK continue to flush wet wipes and other bathroom products down the toilet.
In this blog post we will give you an overview of what our survey uncovered, as well as the steps we're taking to make a positive change.
The scale of the issue
Through the dirty work that we carry out on a daily basis, we know that incorrect toilet waste disposal is a significant issue – but our survey has helped us highlight the real scale of the problem.
Wet wipes are one of the biggest concerns, as many people believe that they are flushable when in fact they are not. According to Water UK, they make up around 93% of the material in sewer blockages and are estimated to cause around 300,000 blockages every year, at a cost of £100 million to the country.
When we asked the public which wet wipes could be flushed down the toilet, 64% correctly said 'none of them', however 31% admitted to flushing wet wipes instead of binning them.
Another study we conducted found that as many as 20 million women in the UK have flushed at least one sanitary product down the toilet in their lifetime. But if you think about the number of people who wrongly flush these items on a regular basis, you can start to imagine how many thousands more sanitary products could be wrongly flushed down the toilet every day.
Most respondents (85%) said they knew that sanitary products should be disposed of in a bin rather than down the toilet, but hygiene, convenience and a lack of bins in the toilet were the factors most likely to lead to them flushing rather than binning the products.
The majority (80%) of males who took part in the survey said they knew that condoms should be disposed of in the bin, but 10% of them admitted to flushing a condom down the toilet within the last year. The most common reason for doing so was convenience, which was the main reason given by 70% of flushing men, followed by hygiene (17%).
It is a shared responsibility across genders to ensure that plastics are not flushed down the toilet, but when it comes to public toilets, there are currently only waste disposal bins available in female toilets. It is not just women who use wet wipes, but men currently have no means to dispose of them in public toilets, other than by flushing them down the toilet. To address this, Greater London Assembly is calling for bins to be put in male public toilets.
Creating positive habits
Even if people say they know they shouldn't flush these items down the toilet, it is obvious that there is a significant lack of awareness of the impact that is caused when it happens. This has made us even more passionate about changing people's habits and improving the long-term health of our drains, sewers and oceans; so much so that we have started delivering lessons on the topic in secondary schools.
We want to teach the next generation to have good waste disposal habits and empower them to share their knowledge with their parents, family and friends. To do this, we have developed a lesson plan and best practice guides on the disposal of hidden plastics.
Take a look at the success of the lesson we delivered at Woodhey High School in Bury…
We found the pupils to be highly engaged in the topics, and they were passionate about making changes in their habits to protect the environment.
The kids were really eager to learn and had a deep understanding of how everyone together is responsible for protecting our sewers and oceans. They also contributed lots of different ideas on how to share responsibility and help to solve the problem – and we are even developing two of these ideas alongside the pupils who suggested them.
Help us spread the word
As you can tell, we are taking this issue into our hands and championing the correct disposal of all hidden plastics – but we still need your help.
Please support our campaign and spread the word about the dangers of hidden plastics. And most importantly – be a binner, not a sinner!


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Calculate the volume of a 0.753 M sodium hydroxide solution that is neutralized by the addition of 100 mL of a 1.203 M sulfuric acid solution.
If the volume of a 100 L solution of 1.1 moles of hydrogen in 6.0 moles argon is suddenly doubled, what happens to the mole fraction of hydrogen in that solution?
What is the concentration of HCl stock solution that can create 250 mL of a 1.0 M solution that is prepared by the dilution of 50 mL of the HCl stock solution?