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Well, it looks like I've redesigned my site again.
This recent spate of redesigns might seem a little masochistic — and quite possibly a little insane, too, given that we're launching Insites: The Book tomorrow — but this one comes from a deep frustration with the previous design: a design that, when created, served the purpose of allowing me to play with my 'art directed' series of web type experiments, but over time became nothing more than a burden; a design that got in the way of me actually writing. Specifically, the measure (line length) was just far too wide. Yes, I could have adjusted that, but why polish a turd? There's something liberating about knocking everything down and rebuilding from scratch.
Unlike the past two incarnations of this site, which were designed entirely in the browser and during a very short period of time, I designed this one in Photoshop as part of a workshop that Keir and I taught last month, and then I sat with it for a while. After realising that I still liked it a few weeks later (a rare thing indeed), I began the process of writing the markup and CSS (directly within the Harmony interface) during the odd evening, and then, whilst waiting for a one-and-a-half-hour-delayed train on Sunday, I got the bulk of it finished. I hope — although only time will tell — that the gaps in between the creative process have made for a more informed design.
Anyway, back to the subject of the measure. Bringhurst said:
Anything from 45 to 75 characters is widely regarded as a satisfactory length of line for a single-column page set in a serifed text face in a text size. The 66-character line (counting both letters and spaces) is widely regarded as ideal.
Rather than count characters, I've gone for something that simply looks right. There's fluctuation, of course, because this is a fluid, responsive design, but when I have done a quick count, I've been pleased to find that the measure generally conforms to Bringhurst's guide. Most importantly, though, the main article's measure dictates the entire layout of the site: media queries kick in at certain points to nudge things back into place. Unlike almost any other responsive site I've designed, there's no max-width set anywhere in the CSS file: it's actually padding set on the html element that does a similar (but more flexible) job. This was a happy accident after finding that there was no way to set a max-width on either the html or body elements whilst still maintaining the relationship with the faux column on the left (which you'll see if you're reading this in a browser window wider than 720 pixels).
When we focus on measure, we are of course focussing on the pleasure of the reading experience (which, in turn, feeds the pleasure of the writing experience) and that is exactly why this design is so minimal: there's almost nothing to it beyond the actual article — and why should there be? This version represents the culmination of my move away from unnecessary design fluff. If anything, it's something I came close to with version six before getting distracted by the idea of art direction in version seven, but the thing I'm most proud of with this design is that although it's utterly minimal, there's still room for art direction if the post requires it: check out the slightly refactored 'Tomorrow's Web Type Today' posts about ligatures, subsets, swashes, and stylesets for examples.
Of course, I know some people will hate this. I can guarantee I'll get comments saying things like, 'the site is barely responsive when everything sits in such a narrow centred column,' and 'on my 27″ iMac, there's loads of space at the side you could've used.' But such responses miss the point. Responsive web design isn't about filling every available bit of whitespace — it's about balancing the innate flexibility of the web with a designer's desire to control the output. And, in case you're wondering, I'm writing and reading this on a 27″ iMac.
One last note on the typography: due to so many complaints from readers about the poor rendering of Skolar Light on (some versions of) Windows, I've switched all type to Skolar Regular — which is better hinted than the Light font — and used -webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased; to thin everything down (for WebKit browsers, anyway). Hurrah!
If there's anything else you'd like to know, feel free to ask in the comments. And, although I redesigned more for myself than anyone else, I do hope you enjoy the new look. Perhaps this one might actually stick around for a while, eh?


This apricot tart is full of fresh apricots that are sitting on a buttery frangipane, or almond cream, all nestled in a crumbly sweet tart shell. On top are chopped pistachios, for the wow factor.
Orange blossom water brings the subtle essence of orange to recipes. Sorta as if someone had waved an orange over a vial of water and chanted some incantations. It's made from orange blossoms rather than orange zest so it lends your recipes a lighter, arguably lovelier, lilt than you may expect.
1. In a food processor, add the flour, mahleb powder, if using, salt, and butter in a food processor and pulse to combine. Toss in the confectioners' sugar and egg yolks and pulse until the mixture starts to come together into a dough.
2. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and then gather it into a ball and gently flatten it to a disk, wrap it in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for an hour.
3. Butter a 9-inch (23-cm) fluted tart pan with a removable bottom. Grab a hand grater and use the coarse side to grate the pastry dough into the tart pan, making sure that the bottom and sides are evenly covered and there are no gaps. [Editor's Note: We know. This seems like a ridiculously unconventional way to make a crust. But trust us. It works. Trust us. Resist the urge to simply pat the dough into place.] Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
5. Line the pastry with a sheet of parchment paper and fill the crust with uncooked beans or rice to weight it and hold it in place. Then bake the pastry for 15 minutes. Slowly and carefully remove the paper along with the beans or rice. Some of the pastry may separate; if this happens, gently press it back together with the back of a spoon. Bake the uncovered pastry until lightly golden, 10 to 15 minutes more. Let the crust cool completely while you make the filling.
6. Reduce the oven temperature to 340°F (170°C).
7. In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the softened butter and sugar together until pale and light.
8. In the food processor, pulse the almonds to a to a coarse rubble; you don't want powder, so be careful not to overwork them. Beat the almonds into the butter and sugar, then beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, and finally add the orange blossom water, gently mixing just until everything is combined.
9. Spoon the filling into the crust and top with the apricot halves, cut-side up. Bake for 50 minutes. Remove from the oven and scatter with the chopped pistachios. Bake until the tart is a deep golden, 15 to 20 minutes more.
10. Let the tart cool completely in the pan. Then when you're ready to show it off, remove the side of the tart pan, slice, and prepare to receive accolades.
Apricot Tart with Frangipane Recipe © 2017 Emma Spitzer. Photo © 2017 Claire Widenfield. All rights reserved. All recipes and photos used with permission of the publisher.
You will be so proud to present this beautiful and truly impressive apricot tart with frangipane to your guests. Although it requires a bit of time, it's a relaxing recipe with much of the required time applying to chilling, baking, and cooling. This showy dessert was fun to make and boasts of complex and delicious flavor components and textures.
Oh, and about that light, crunchy, flavorful crust! It was awesome! I was a bit concerned about following the directions to simply pile the grated dough into the tart pan. I was very tempted to pat it down molding it into all the nooks and crannies of the fluted pan. I am so glad I resisted the urge! The crust beautifully (and seemingly magically) filled and formed the shape of the pan as it blind-baked, and allowed for easy removal from the pan once filled, cooked, and cooled.
After not-so patiently waiting for this beautiful creation to cool, the first tasting was admittedly a little disappointing. We all thought initially that in contrast to each other, the filling seemed too sweet and the apricots seemed too tart. I expected the flavors to meld together more. However, the next day, that is exactly what happened! The combination of the filling and the apricots, along with the flavor components of orange blossom, almond and pistachio, resulted in an absolutely perfect and satisfying harmony. Yes, feel free to make ahead as this is better—MUCH better on the second day!
My ripe apricots were large and it didn't seem possible or logical to drop the halved apricots on top of the frangipane, they were just too big, so instead I sliced each one into 8 wedges and placed them, peel edge down, close together in what I can best call a concentric sunburst pattern.
This apricot tart with frangipane is show-stopper indeed, and a nail-bite. Making this frangipane was a wild ride! I'm so glad I made it though, as we can't wait to enjoy this divine tart again. The finished frangipane was gorgeous and absolutely delectable. Every element had the right texture and flavor—golden brown (even the entire bottom) buttery crust, not-too-sweet almond filling with beautiful floral notes of orange blossom water, and tender apricots with refreshing tartness.
How was making it a wild ride? Well first, I felt nervous about just grating the dough and not pressing it into the pan before baking the crust. But when I lifted the pie weights I was relieved to see that the shredded dough had puffed up and filled in any gaps that may have been there (phew).
The excitement wasn't over then. I checked the frangipane after it baked for 30 minutes, and realized some of the filling had begun to overflow (thank goodness for the foil-lined baking sheet underneath it). Maintaining Julia Child's just-keep-going attitude, I closed the oven door, took a deep breath, and proceeded with the rest of the steps. By the time the frangipane finished baking with pistachios on top, it couldn't have looked more disastrous with a greasy bubbling black mess all over outside of the tart pan. But seeing that the tart itself wasn't burned (a big phew), I knew there was still hope.
While the gooey mess was still hot, with a paper towel I carefully pushed the overflowed filling down the side and away from the pan (I felt like an archaeologist brushing dirt off of an ancient gem). Revealed was a beautiful frangipane, perfectly presentable at any special occasion.
The tart took 2 hours to completely cool, but the texture was still a bit delicate for cutting. After 3 more hours it sliced significantly cleaner, as the crust, the filling, and the apricots had settled together more tightly. But the real pleasant surprise came the following day. I had refrigerated the leftover portion (unsliced), and discovered that this frangipane could be made a day ahead without losing its superb quality—the filling was still moist and fragrant, the crust was not soggy even the slightest, and the apricots still tasted fresh.
In the end, this frangipane triumphed and was adored by all—a little anxiety was a small price to pay!
This apricot tart with frangipane is rich in taste so a small slice is definitely enough. The texture of the cake was very pleasant. It had a lovely taste—almond, orange, apricot, and pistachio were all evident in the taste.
The apricots were not visible in the finished cake as the frangipane had baked up over them.
The pastry dough was very sticky after adding the butter and I wondered how I would be able to work with the dough. Then I saw that the dough was to be grated onto the baking pan. This is a technique that I have not used before and I wondered if I should be pressing the grated dough down into the case and if it should be pressed into the sides of the flan pan. Next time I might press the pastry into the pan and up the sides. I might also try to roll the pastry out, but I suspect it is too buttery to do that easily.
I would recommend this cake—it reminded me of Moroccan flavors.
Should we pat down/press the grated pastry dough after it's evenly dispersed? Also, what are your thoughts on toasting the almonds before processing them? Thanks!
Beth, I know it's an unconventional approach to making pastry, but no, there's no need to pat it down, and in fact if you do you'll mar the lovely texture of the pastry that would otherwise result from not touching it. And you could toast them, as that's common for baked goods, although we think they have a little more tender sweetness that's welcome in this recipe when raw. But if you like a more pronounced almond flavor, by all means, give them a gentle toasting.
Can I make this with peaches? Here in MI we don't have a lot of apricots.
I like the way you're thinking, Lynn. Peaches may be a touch juicier and sweeter than apricots so you may end up with a tart that's a touch sweeter and a little looser in consistency. But we say try it!
Hi. I also have a lot of juicy peaches & this recipe looks very enticing. Would it work if I "dry" the peaches a bit in the oven for a few hours before using them? Or drain them in a strainer for awhile? I'm concerned that the batter would be really watery.
Thanks for all the wonderful recipes in this column.


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From the Acting Director
Three Aussie farmers in Pakistan
Survey shows beef producers want more information about hydatid disease
Honours research at GRDC Update
Partnership project: Supporting livestock producers managing animal health and biosecurity
Flowers, vegetables and beneficial insects on show at field walks
Checking out Harvest Weed Seed Control in Western Australia
In the Limelight: Aaron Preston
In the Limelight: Stephen Cork
The United Nations has declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment and boost economic development. Plant health is at the centre of much of our research at the Graham Centre, from increasing the productivity of our crops and pastures through to understanding the complex interactions between soil, plants, insects and livestock in our farming systems. You can read more about that research in this edition of the Innovator.
I have recently enjoyed the opportunity to share some of our research with visitors to the Centre including Federal MP's from the Agriculture and Water Resources Standing Committee. The Committee visited Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga before a public hearing as part of an inquiry growing Australia's agriculture to $100 billion by 2030. In its submission Charles Sturt has highlighted the need for investment in agriculture research and development with a focus on new sustainable farm technology. We also gained an insight into the opportunities for international ag-tech collaboration meeting with a delegation from Innovate UK. The Global Business Innovation Programme, run by Innovate UK and Enterprise Europe Network, helps companies in the United Kingdom overcome global barriers to create international relationships. The delegation enjoyed a tour of the Charles Sturt farm and met with Graham Centre researchers Dr Remy Dehaan and Jon Medway.
Finally I wanted to mention the devastating impact of the summer bushfires on many farming communities, our thoughts are with those affected as they begin the long process of recovery. There was such an out pouring of community support during the bushfire crisis and I'd encourage you to continue to offer that support.
Graham Centre Acting Director Professor Leigh Schmidtke.
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When it comes to growing and marketing pulse crops there's big differences between Australia and Pakistan, but as some Australian farmers discovered, there's also common ground and much to be gained from sharing experiences.
Graham Centre researchers and three local farmers, Andrew Earle, John Minogue and John Bennett recently travelled to Pakistan.
The visit was part of a project funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) that's working with Pakistani farmers to improve the way lentil, chickpea and groundnut crops are grown.
Mr Earle farms at Mungindi on the NSW and Queensland border and says it was valuable to gain a better understanding of pulse production in Pakistan.
"I was surprised to see that most of the chickpea crop was grown in a much drier region than I was expecting and on poor soil types," he said.
"It was interesting to learn that Pakistani growers view the crop as a high risk and are reluctant to spend too much money to improve yields.
"The difference between the prices Pakistani farmers receive for their pulses and the retail price is much greater than I had expected, if the farmers were able to store and market during the year rather than accepting harvest pricing they would be much better off.
"We certainly have some similar agronomic challenges growing chickpeas in Australia.
"For example, we also view the crop as being less reliable than the traditional cereals, but with improved management we have been able to make the crop more reliable and profitable.
"The tour also gave me a better understanding of the value of a foreign aid program in terms of maintaining the relationship with Pakistan, which has aspirations of being self-sufficient in pulse production but has major issues with the variable climate."
FGC Director Professor Chris Blanchard said, the visit to ACIAR pulse trial sites provided the opportunity to investigate interactions between farmers from two very different systems.
"Despite the language barrier, our Australian farmers were able to quickly learn from Pakistani farmers about their production systems and discovered that issues facing farmers in Pakistan are similar to those faced by Australian farmers.
"The Australian farmers were able to make several useful recommendations on future experiments the project could explore to assist in improving the profitability of pulse production in Pakistan."
Mr Earle said a highlight of the trip was a farmer field day near Islamabad.
"We looked at chickpea crops and trials and were able to interact with growers and discuss the rotations.
"Although there are very big cultural differences we can share the way that farmers and researchers interact to solve problems for growers.
"Including making sure that farmers are the focus when setting research priorities, rather than just presenting information to farmers," Mr Earle said.
The project involves a multidisciplinary team of researchers from Charles Sturt University, the Pakistan National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), provincial research institutes and universities in Pakistan, Pulse Australia and a Riverina farming systems group, Farmlink Research.
Recognition for Innovative NSW DPI scientist
Graham Centre member and NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) scientist, Dr Benjamin Holman has been recognised for his part in building stronger primary industries through a project that aims to ensure the sustainability of red meat exports to China.
Meat scientist Dr Holman was honoured with a Science and Innovation Award for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry at the 2020 ABARES Outlook Conference.
The Science Awards recognise young scientists, researchers and innovators with original projects focused on keeping Australia's rural industries sustainable and profitable. Read more here.
Recognition for meat science research
There's more well-deserved recognition for Graham Centre researchers from the meat science team at the NSW DPI in Cowra.
The research, 'Long-term red meat preservation using chilled and frozen storage combinations: A review' by Cassius Coombs, Dr Ben Holman, Professor Michael Friend and Dr David Hopkins was the 2019 top-ranked paper for the journal of Meat Science, recognising work produced 2017-2018.
The paper was cited 42 times and the senior author Mr Coombs was a Charles Sturt University Masters graduate who worked on a large Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC) funded project as part of his study. Mr Coombs is now undertaking a PhD at the University of Sydney. Read more about his research on Charles Sturt News.
Mr Coombs, Dr Holman and Dr Hopkins were also authors on another top 10 ranked paper 'Using instrumental (CIE and reflectance) measures to predict consumers' acceptance of beef colour, which was cited 28 times.
Welcome new student interns
Charles Sturt University students Patrick Anderson, James Connor, Vanessa Angel and Mikayla Liesenberg have been awarded Graham Centre student internships.
The students will be mentored by Graham Centre scientists to gain an insight into research and develop their practical skills.
Dairy research in the spotlight
PhD candidate Veronika Vicic was a finalist in the Young Dairy Scientist Award and spoke about her research examining developing supply chains for male dairy calves the recent Australian Dairy Conference.
Ms Vicic says this has the potential to increase returns for farmers and meet growing consumer demand for greater animal welfare produced products.
"Australia is in the minority of developed countries internationally that still view the practice of slaughtering dairy bull calves as being more profitable than rearing them for meat production," she said.
"For this to change, the industry needs to develop pathways to grow male calves to sizable steers suitable for quality beef production."
Read more about her research on Farm Online.
Visions for future Food Systems
A collaborative team from the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation has participated in the international Rockefeller Food Systems Vision Prize, joining more than 1300 other organisations in proposing ways to disrupt and innovate the Food System for 2050.
The vision proposed by the Graham Centre team focused on transforming the connection between agricultural researchers and producers, with a greater focus on co-designed responsive food systems for rural communities, grounded in a clear ethical articulation of who the food system is for.
Dr Sarina Kilham said there's many benefits in taking part in an international activities like this.
"This prize allowed us to share our vision for the Riverina food system with a global audience and emphasise the important work we do as a regional University in Australia," Dr Kilham said.
Dr Kilham said the vision is to:
Support leadership by Riverina civil society to inform, shape, engage with our regional food system
Support leadership by Riverina Farmers to inform, shape, engage with our food system
Acknowledge and build a multi-level approach to food systems change, with a focus on the wealth of human and social capital in our Riverina region for food system change
Read the team's full submission.
A survey of beef producers has highlighted the need for more awareness about hydatid disease, which is caused by a parasite and can infect livestock, dogs and people.
Download a fact sheet about the research.
It is part of research by Charles Sturt University PhD student Ms Cara Wilson through the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation.
"Hydatid disease is caused by a small tapeworm that lives in the gut of dogs and the eggs are spread by faeces," Ms Wilson said.
"Cattle become infected by eating contaminated pasture, and people can become infected by handling infected dogs or their faeces.
"The infection in livestock causes fluid-filled cysts to form in organs, and contaminated beef product identified at slaughter is either downgraded to pet food or condemned for rendering to meat meal.
"My PhD research has examined the data from 1.2 million cattle slaughtered at an eastern Australian abattoir between 2010 and 2018.
"I found 33 per cent of cattle were infected with hydatid disease costing this abattoir about $94,000 per year due to condemnation and downgrading of infected organs."
Ms Wilson said the survey of more than 60 cattle producers showed that producers didn't feel well informed about hydatid disease.
"Almost all the respondents indicated they would take action if they knew their cattle were infected," Ms Wilson said.
"But a lack of knowledge and information was one of the most common concerns among those taking part in the survey.
"More than three quarters of those who took part in the survey had heard of hydatid disease, and most knew how it was transmitted, but almost half did not know how to prevent transmission.
"The key is preventing and treating the infection of the adult tapeworm in the definitive host, the dog.
"People should treat their domestic dogs with an all wormer containing praziquantel monthly and ensure they don't feed dogs offal," Ms Wilson said.
One of the highlights of what we do is sharing our research with farmers, industry and colleagues.
Graham Centre members have been busy doing just that.
Charles Sturt University PhD student Bridgette Logan spoke at the AMPC industry forum in Wagga Wagga in February about her research into new technology, Raman spectroscopy, to verify if beef comes from a grass or grain-fed animal.
Dr Sosheel Godfrey presented his research, 'Dairying regions in Victoria: Risk profiles using historical data and @RISK®' at the 64th annual conference of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES). The conference brought together 100 economists, student's policymakers and practitioners.
NSW Department of Primary Industries senior research scientist Dr Ehsan Tavakkoli shared his thoughts about how we can improve soil health and productivity in a panel discussion entitled 'Are we treating our soils like dirt?' at evoke AG in Melbourne in February.
FGC PhD graduate Rachael Wood has presented her research about the impact of crop management practices on rice quality at the International Temperate Rice Conference in Brazil.
Meanwhile PhD candidate Jhoana Opena presented a poster on her research examining barnyard grass control at the annual Rice Industry Field Day held at the NSW DPI Yanco Agricultural Institute.
Graham Centre researchers, Professor Geoff Gurr, Dr Jian Liu, Dr Syed Rizvi and PhD student Sunita Pandey attended the Australian Entomological Society conference in late 2019. As part of the conference Dr Liu and Professor Gurr organised a symposium of 'Chemical Ecology in conservation biological control'.
Graham Centre Honours research was presented at the recent Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Update in Wagga Wagga by Charles Sturt Bachelor of Agricultural Science graduate Tom Price, and current Charles Sturt student Anne Maree Farley.
Mr Price's research focused on subsurface acidity stratification and different methods of applying lime to overcome the problem.
"Subsurface pH stratification is the formation of an acidic layer in the subsurface soil profile, between 5 and 20 cm deep," Mr Price said.
"It's also difficult to fix, as it's hard to get an ameliorant deep into the soil profile.
"Current recommendations are either to apply high amounts of lime to the soil surface and wait for it to slowly leach down the soil profile, or to incorporate surface applied lime to the depth of the acid layer for a faster response.
"But in a no-till farming system many growers are reluctant to incorporate surface applied lime using tillage equipment.
"The introduction of commercially available prilled (pelleted) lime now provides an alternate method to deliver lime deeper into the soil profile when sowing, without whole field incorporation."
Mr Price's research compared the plant and soil response to amelioration of subsurface acidity by incorporation of surface applied lime and the banding of prilled lime relative to unamended soil in the field.
His experiment was carried out on red kandosol soil with pH stratification ranging from pH 6.3 at the surface to 4.2 in the 10-12.5cm layer and examined the performance of a faba bean crop.
Mr Price said both lime and prilled lime ameliorated soil pH and exchangeable aluminium concentrations.
"Prilled lime was more effective than incorporated lime at ameliorating the subsurface pH to depth due to the vertical mixing that occurred when prilled lime was applied by ripping in the sowing row,' Mr Price said.
"However, whilst incorporation of lime ameliorated soil on and off the sowing row, prilled lime only ameliorated soil in the sowing row."
He also found that accurate diagnosis of pH stratification was shown not to be possible by soil sampling in 10 cm intervals.
"Sampling increments of 5 cm appear to provide a practical optimum definition of the pH stratification that existed in the field," Mr Price said. "Therefore, it is recommended that 5 cm intervals be used in no-till farming systems where stratification of soil layers is more likely to occur."
Ms Farley has submitted her research and you can read more in future editions of the Innovator.
Imagine being invited to discuss biosecurity with producers? To anyone in the biosecurity research space, this does sound like a dream but it's exactly what's happening in partnership between the Tablelands Farming Systems (TFS) and Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation.
A chance meeting between TFS Executive officer Tracy Watson, and Graham Centre livestock systems research pathway leader Associate Professor Marta Hernandez-Jover, has resulted in a mutually beneficial partnership project.
TFS members own or manage over 65,000 hectares of farm land in the NSW Southern Tablelands, supporting around 300,000 sheep and 13,000 cattle.
They were concerned by the potential increase in biosecurity risks brought about by the prolonged drought conditions, and subsequent increased animal and supplementary feed movements.
Ms Watson saw an opportunity to tap into the research expertise at the Graham Centre to help them better prepare for this challenge.
"TFS members are interested in locally-relevant, applied research and sustainable best practice agriculture," Ms Watson said.
"The Partnership Project with the Graham Centre provided the direction and framework our producers needed to proactively re-assess their individual biosecurity activities and collectively gain a better insight into issues across the region.
"The experience, expertise and approach of the Graham Centre team has not only enabled our producers to meet their own objectives, but hopefully to contribute to the Centre's research objectives."
The partnership did work both ways.
The Graham Centre team of Professor Hernandez-Jover, Dr Jennifer Manyweathers, Ms Lynne Hayes and Bachelor of Veterinary Science Honours student Ms Hannah Gardner, was successful in using data from the TFS members to validate Bayesian Network (BN) models designed to predict the vulnerability of sheep and beef producers to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD), based on their likelihood of exposure and their capacity to respond.
This was part of the FMD Ready Project, a national research project aiming to strengthen Australia's preparedness against emergency animal diseases.
"The partnership with TFS meant that our proof of concept was tested, both in approach with a survey and farm visits, and the output which was the model validation for us and the farm assessments for them," Dr Manyweathers said.
"It reminded us of why we do what we do and how important it is to maintain connections with the actual user of the research."
With nine personalised on-farm biosecurity assessments for TFS members, a region level assessment and two validated BN models, this is just the beginning of a strong and mutually beneficial relationship.
Vegetable growers took time to 'smell the flowers' at field walks last month demonstrating Graham Centre research to boost beneficial insects to keep pests in check.
The events at Bathurst NSW and Hay Valley in South Australia were showcasing field trials growing flowering plants like sweet alyssum, buckwheat, and cornflowers amongst brassica vegetable crops.
The research is funded by Hort Innovation and aims to provide vegetable growers with an additional tactic for use in their integrated pest management (IPM) strategies.
The ecologically-based approaches being researched aim to boost the impact of naturally occurring beneficials, such as ladybirds and parasitic wasps, to provide an approach that is simple, cost-effective and fits readily with mainstream farming.
Charles Sturt post doctoral researcher, Dr Syed Rizvi said the preliminary results are promising.
"Early trial results show a strong association between the flowering plants, high numbers of beneficial insects and low numbers of pests," Dr Rizvi said.
"Most of the beneficial insects found in our flowering strips are ladybeetles, lacewings, red and blue beetle, carabid beetles, damsel bugs, and parasitoid wasps.
"We've measured a significant drop in pest numbers up to 15 metres from the flowers."
Growing complementary vegetation, such as these flowers, supports beneficial bugs and insects by providing shelter, nectar, alternative prey and pollen.
It's hoped these beneficial insects can keep outbreaks of vegetable pests in check, especially diamondback moth, reducing the need for the use of synthetic insecticides.
The research is led by Charles Sturt University, with partners cesar, the University of Queensland, NSW Department of Primary Industries and IPM Technologies.
Five days, more than 1,600 kilometres of travel and 10 farm visits in 40 degree heat – a group of international researchers certainly got a taste of the Australian harvest during a recent tour of the Western Australian wheat belt.
The tour, led by Graham Centre member Dr John Broster and Associate Professor Michael Walsh from the University of Sydney, focused on Harvest Weed Seed Control systems.
It brought together nine researchers from American universities, two from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and a representative from Rothamstead Research in the United Kingdom.
Dr Broster said this kind of collaboration is invaluable in shaping international approaches to weed control.
"The aim of this tour was for these researchers to see these systems in action, but more importantly to hear from Australian farmers as to why they have chosen the system they have and all the steps in that decision making process," Dr Broster said.
"This will help them better inform farmers in their country of the different systems available."
The tour included a visit to the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI) at the University of Western Australia.
Farm visits showcased three commercial chaff impact mills - machines attached to harvesters which destroy the weed seed during harvest operation, chaff lining and one impact mill that's still in development.
Dr Broster said many farmers spoke about the evolution of harvest weed seed control on their farms.
"At Mullewa grain grower Andrew Messina spoke about how his practices have changed over time," Dr Broster said.
"From burning over 15,000 ha of narrow windrows, he now runs two harvesters with chaff carts and a third with an iHSD (integrated Harrington Seed Destructor), one of the impact mills.
While he was in the west Dr Broster also recorded a module for the latest course being offered by Weed Smart's Diversity Era focusing on herbicide resistance and crop competition, look out for it soon.
Position: Research Agronomist (Pulses)
Organisation: NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI).
Career Brief
I started my career after completing a Bachelor of Science at Charles Sturt University and working as a technical officer at the University's environmental and analytical laboratories. From there I completed Honours with the School of Environmental Sciences, before joining the Charles Sturt weeds research team, led by Professor Jim Pratley, conducting chemical analysis and assays of potentially novel herbicides.
This lead to a PhD with Jim in 2013, studying genetic testing of annual ryegrass for herbicide resistance detection. During this time, I was awarded the 2015 ABARES Science and Innovation Award in the Grains Research and Development category. Whilst finishing my PhD I joined the NSW DPI in 2016 under the Southern Cropping Group led by Deb Slinger as a Research Agronomist, where I continue to work today.
Research and Teaching Activities and Interests
My current research is focused on improving pulse agronomy and pulse breeding evaluation, but I still maintain interests in various aspects of weed science including herbicide resistance, changes in weed ecology and the development of new herbicides
Member of the Australian Agronomy Society
A typical day for me includes …
Wake up, go for a short morning walk and then make some breakfast and read the headlines. Then I feed the pets (cat, dog and chickens) before I'm off to work. Once at work it's a quick check of emails, followed by a review of the calendar and my 'to-do' list before I work out what needs doing before I try to eat a live frog (see Mark Twain for details), sometimes successfully, sometimes not.
My main project at the moment is …
Finalising tenders, getting the operating plans for this year's experiments sorted, analysing data and trying to write!
My favourite part of my job is …
The people, I'm surrounded by hard working and dedicated people, who love a laugh and chewing on new research ideas.
When I am not in the office I like …
Painting, gardening and hanging out with friends and family
When I am driving I like to listen to …
Whatever has caught my ear, but mid 2000s alt-rock/punk is a pretty solid fallback.
Supervisors: Associate Professor Asgar Farahnaky, Professor Chris Blanchard and Professor John Mawson
Thesis title:The effect of processing on pulse flakes.
Funding body: Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Functional Grains
Relevant Current Employment: Sessional academic with the Charles Sturt University School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences (Chemistry).
Career and studies till now
I grew up on a dairy farm in northern NSW. I completed a double major in chemistry with Honours in natural products and had an opportunity to work in the Sydney Olympics Australian drug-testing laboratory.
I moved to the Riverina to work at large scale feedlot and abattoir between Leeton and Narrandera at Yanco in their NATA certified laboratory monitoring feed, meat, and water to HACCP, EPA and MRL standards. I gained an appreciation for the vast scope of Riverina's agricultural industry by developing commercial testing services and teaching at TAFE. I was recently the quality manager at Riverina Oils and Bioenergy in Wagga Wagga during its first three years of production.
Currently studying
Final year of my PhD candidature at Charles Sturt.
Value-adding to food, feed and by-products, pulse processing, meat processing, oil processing, the role of food in health.
Lean manufacturing (that is maximising value to the customer and minimising waste), environmental monitoring, food safety, automation, precision agriculture, data analysis.
Teaching pedology.
I am currently a member of the Australasian Grain Science Association. I have had links in the past with the Cereal and Grains Association, the Australian Oilseeds Federation, TAFE and National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA).
A bike ride through the local forest, wrangling kids, writing my thesis and participating in Charles Sturt endeavours.
Writing up my PhD thesis.
My favourite part of my studies is …
Applying research with an entrepreneurial mindset to impact industry and academia.
When I am not studying, I like to …
Spend time with my family, community and to ride lost lane ways and trails with friends.
Podcasts like All in the mind, Conversations and Download this show.

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WAT CHUMPHON (2)
Wat Chumphon, or the Monastery of Concentration of Troops, was situated off the city island in the northern area of Ayutthaya in the Hua Ro Sub-district. The brick mound is located on the west bank of the new Lopburi River. Khlong Daeng, a canal linking the old and the new Lopburi River, ran on its northern side. Wat Chedi Daeng was west and Wat Si Fan south.
The mound, which contains some old bricks and traces of Buddha images, is positioned next to an electrical tower and a Ficus Religiosa or Bodhi tree.
Historical data about the monastery and its construction is unknown. Still, the name of the monastery, situated close to Phaniat, let us presume that it was once a gathering area for troops before going into battle.
In the Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya, we find indications that armies were readied in its vicinity. King Chakkraphat (reign 1548-1569 CE) ordered the gathering of troops in 1551 CE to attack Lovek, the capital of the Khmers.
"In 894, a year of the dragon, fourth of the decade, King Cakkraphat, hearing reports that the government of Hongsawadi was at peace, ordered that an army of fifty thousand be readied at Phaniat and that a naval force be conscripted from among the cities of the south. He appointed Phraya Yao to be the commander-in-chief and Phra Si Chodük to be the commander of the vanguard." [1]
King Borommakot (reign 1733-1758) ordered the composition of an army at Wat Chedi Daeng (Monastery of the Holy Red Funeral Monument) in 1750 CE to assist the Khmers in fighting off the Vietnamese and Kampuchea becoming a vassal state of Ayutthaya again.
"Meanwhile, over in the Country of Kamphut, the Eminent Holy Satha Ong Ing went to ask for the brigades of a Yuan army to come and attack the Capital of Kamphuchathibòdi. Now the Eminent Holy Ramathibòdi and the Eminent Holy Si Chai Chet were unable to battle the Yuan and thereupon led Their voluntary groups of followers in fleeing, routed, on in to seek the protection of the Accumulation of Merit of the Holy Paramount Fig Tree by way of the Municipality of Pracinburi. The government officials of the Municipality of Pracin sent a report document on in and the Chief Magistrate prostrated himself in homage and told the King. The King thereupon manifested His holy compassion by being pleased to send crown servants out to bring both of the Khmer lords, and their voluntary groups of followers, on in to the Holy Grand Metropolis. Then the King issued a holy royal proclamation commanding ten thousand troops be conscripted and sending Phraya Ratcha Suphawadi out to encamp and assemble the troops there at the Monastery of the Holy Red Funeral Monument." [1]
The site shows on the Fine Arts Department maps of 1993 and 2007 CE.
At least three other monasteries off Ayutthaya's city island are called "Chumphon". One site is situated in the north in Wat Tum Sub-district (Wat Chumphon 1), a second one in the south-east in Khlong Suan Phlu Sub-district (Wat Chumphon 3) and a third one in the south in Pak Kran Sub-district (Wat Chumphon 4).
Wat Chumphon was in geographical coordinates: 14° 22' 28.90" N, 100° 34' 20.94" E.
[1] Cushman, Richard D. & Wyatt, David K. (2006). The Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya. Bangkok: The Siam Society. p. 29.
[2] Ibid. p. 449.
Map 1 - Detail of a 1993 Fine Arts Department map. Courtesy Khun Supot Prommanot, Director of the 3rd Regional Office of Fine Arts.


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Hyperion's record of the month for June is an intense and enthralling musical journey of powerful Russian twentieth-century music performed by the charismatic cellist, Alban Gerhardt and highly acclaimed pianist Steven Osborne.
Shostakovich's Cello Sonata Op 40 received its premiere in December 1934, in a period of great personal turmoil. Its return to a much more conservative style did not fade his image—due to the impact of his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtensk—as the Soviet Union's enfant terrible which had created a difficult situation against a furious Stalin and the régime. The impact of censorship on Shostakovich's musical progress resulted in works with deeply personal and powerful statements which can be heard on this disc.
His Eleven pieces for cello and piano—eight of which are recorded here—are a collection of arrangements of Shostakovich's ballet and film compositions, the best known being the Nocturne from the film The Gadfly.
Also on this disc is Alfred Schnittke's First Cello Sonata, in which he takes the basic major/minor third and the perfect cadence and subjects them to extreme magnification resulting in an exploration of harmony, atmosphere, drama and anguished searching.
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'It is done with trememdous drama and conviction and a dynamic range that will challenge your ears and speakers' (American Record Guide)
'Schnittke is Shostakovich's successor in life, art and on this CD. Gerhardt and Osborne play the finale of the older composer's sonata with a beautiful fluency, highlighting the cello's running semiq ...
'The peformers give vivid and briliant delineations in this well-balanced recording' (The Strad)


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On comics and teleportation and similar Saturday meanderings into the future
Do you remember good old everyday comics? Not manga, nor the kind of stuff people treasure in polythene wrappers and pay a million dollars for. The stuff you touch and read and laugh at and with. At home, we were brought up on a rich diet of comics; I must have read my first comic book around 1962, and for sure I was reading comics regularly all the way to 1975.
Our reading was fairly eclectic and wide-ranging, despite being drawn solely from the US, the UK and India. Children's comics were mainly from the US: Sugar and Spike and Fox and the Crow were early favourites, as was Dennis the Menace (the Hank Ketcham version rather than the UK "Beano" version, which, amazingly, made its unrelated debut just three days after the Ketcham version).
Dagwood and Blondie. Sad Sack. Beetle Bailey. The Archie series. Superman, Batman, Spiderman and the rest of the superhero class. The whole Walt Disney thing. Yup, we read them all.
We didn't spend much time across the pond as it were, that was reserved for the hard stuff. Books. So we read Enid Blyton and Richmal Crompton and Frank Richards and Anthony Buckeridge till the cows came home, and topped them off with PG Wodehouse and PG Wodehouse and PG Wodehouse as soon as our hands were big enough to hold his books properly. From what I can remember, the primary UK comics we read were the Beano and the Dandy, along with "Commando" series War comics.
And then of course we had MAD Magazine. What would we have done without MAD? Alfred E Neuman and his crazy gang kept us going during hard times; I have particular and deeply thankful memories of reading Sergio Aragones and Don Martin, on days when everything looked bleak and black and blecch. And there were a few of those.
The only "Indian" comics I remember reading, in English, were the Phantom series, the Ghost Who Walks, and the Mandrake series. [It was only some time later that I found out that the original Lee Falk series was set in some place called Bengali, and where there were pigmy people called Bandars. This would obviously not do in Bengal, where I was born and raised, and where the native was called a Bengali, and where "bandar" meant "monkey". So, magically, the Indian version of the comic was set somewhere called Denkali, if I remember correctly. Both Phantom as well as Mandrake the Magician were from the same Indrajal comics stable.]
And of course we had the past, represented by the Flintstones ……….
……….and the future, represented by the Jetsons:
Were you one of those people who sincerely believed that we would be flying around in bubble cars by the turn of the 21st century? I was. As a child I really thought it would happen.
And, after thirty years of commuting, I still fervently wish for a solution. Sometimes I think that the concept of the suburb did more to destroy the fabric of society than any single other "invention"; to my way of thinking, only wars have inflicted more visible damage on society.
I hate commuting. With a passion. I hate the idea that people should travel large distances to work and large distances back, every day, like lemmings. The only people who could possibly gain from that are in the transportation, fuel and insurance industries. Enough said.
Which brings me to the point of this post.
Teleportation.
Take a look at this extract from the Wikipedia article:
One means of teleportation proposed in fiction (e.g., The Fly, Star Trek) is the transmission of data which is used to precisely reconstruct an object or organism at its destination. However, it would be impossible to travel from one point to another instantaneously; faster than light travel, as of today, is believed to be most likely impossible. The use of this form of teleportation as a means of transport for humans would have considerable unresolved technical issues, such as recording the human body with sufficient accuracy to allow reproduction elsewhere (i.e., because of the uncertainty principle).
There's also the philosophical issue of whether destroying a human in one place and recreating a copy elsewhere would provide a sufficient experience of continuity of existence. The reassembled human might be considered a different sentience with the same memories as the original, as could be easily proved by constructing not just one, but several copies of the original and interrogating each as to the perceived uniqueness of each. Each copy constructed using merely descriptive data, but not matter, transmitted from the origin and new matter already at the destination point would consider itself to be the true continuation of the original and yet this could not logically be true; moreover, because each copy constructed via this data-only method would be made of new matter that already existed at the destination, there would be no way, even in principle, of distinguishing the original from the copies.
Interesting. So what about things that are not human?
I think we're at a stage where we already have virtual "teleportation" of digital objects. In the digital world, when we take a piece of text or still image or moving image or music, and we "move" it across the ether, what we're doing is tantamount to disassembling the digital object at one end of a pipe and reassembling it at the other end. Now this is fine as far as purely digital objects are concerned: it's the reason why Kevin Kelly called the internet a copy machine, why Hollywood and Universal Music want to own the internet and make it work according to their rules, why downloaders seem to get treated worse than modern-day war criminals. It appears easier to go to war hunting for things that don't exist than it is to go to peace attempting to change hopelessly outdated intellectual property law.
Over the past few years, this virtual teleportation (where digital objects get disassembled and reassembled at two ends of a fast and fat pipe) has shown the capacity to make considerable inroads into the physical world.
We already have the ability to take decent photographs, store them in the cloud and print them off at home, at the edge.
We already have the ability to order books via the web and then to print the books off at home: here's the "espresso" book machine:
We already have the ability to make physical CDs and DVDs at home, and to print off the artwork.
And then we have the gift that keeps on giving: 3D printers are already here, and slowly getting better: take a look at Reprap:
When you have the ability to express something mathematically, and when you have the ability for the "ingredients" for that something to be drawn from a standardised pool, then there is no reason why the "reassembly" of physical things cannot take place at the edge: at home, at work, wherever. Using further generations of toolkits like Arduino, this will happen. [Incidentally, we ran a cloud services workshop for the Innovate and Design leadership team a few days ago, where everyone worked with arduinos. The whole thing was set up, supported and stage-managed by Alex and her team at tinker_it. Thank you Alex, thank you tinker_it.]
Soon we will be in a place where the instructions emanate from one end of a pipe, and where standardised components get assembled at the other end. Like feeding in a recipe at one end and having the cooking done at the other end. As long as the components are addressable and accessible and standardised, this is already possible. Soon we will be in a place where remote tailoring is commonplace, where the instructions are fed down a pipe to a machine and standardised inputs in the home, in order to produce clothes at the edge. [How nice to see that the paper is imagined and written by a Calcuttan].
We're long past the point where all we could do is to query, maintain and repair things digital remotely. The pipes are getting fatter and faster. The devices at the edge are becoming more powerful. There is greater standardisation of input materials. There is a growing ability to express the workings of markets in mathematical models, to simulate the workings of markets via abstractions. [This, I understand, is part of what Salim Ismail and friends are focusing on at the Singularity University].
There was a time when people could build machines, when people could take machines apart and when people could rebuild them. Cars. Radios. Planes. Boats. Amplifiers and turntables. And yes, computers.
There was a time when people designed and built machines that built machines.
You know something? I have this gnawing sense of unease when I write this. I begin to think about something that unnerves me, that unsettles me. And that is this:
when people were heavily involved in the making of things, the things stayed made.
Building things to last is a builder's instinct. Building things for planned obsolescence is not a builder's instinct. We need to stop this cycle of constant build-waste-replace-waste. The world is too much with us.
THE world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not.--Great God! I'd rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
One of my favourite Wordsworth sonnets. Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers. Little we see in nature that is ours. Such powerful words, stated simply.
Human beings love to make things. And that love has been denied for a while, as we moved headlong into more and more efficient manufacture of more and more obsolescence and more and more waste. This is no longer tenable, we have to take our stewardship of the earth's assets more seriously. And the move to a digital world will help us get there. [I know, I know, the cloud consumes energy. Computers consume scarce raw materials. But these things can be solved.]
I think this human instinct to make things is what drives people like Tim O'Reilly and Dale Dougherty over at Make Magazine, a fantastic read. I think this human instinct is what Cory Doctorow fictionalised so well in Makers. I think this human instinct is what Larry Lessig described so well in Remix.
Taken from the Makers site: Ben O'Steen got his maker on by printing out the entire text of Makers on a cash-register receipt, using a till printer.
Building things is a human instinct.
Taking things apart is a human instinct.
Rebuilding things is a human instinct.
Doing all this in a way that makes the built things last is a human instinct.
When you see battles about copyright and patent, when you see battles about downloads and DRM, when you see battles about net neutrality, don't assume that the battles are about them, the pinko lefty tree-hugger criminals.
The battles are about you. And your right to build things and unbuild them and rebuild them. The right of your children to build things and unbuild them and rebuild them.
The battles are about the generations that will follow you and me. And their rights to follow their human instincts.
Instincts that are much closer to stewardship and conservation than those of the moguls of Mammon. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The internet was not designed to become an exclusive distribution mechanism for Hollywood and Universal Music. There is a lot of value still to be obtained from the internet and from the web, in terms of health, education and welfare. And it is our duty to see that value emerge.
So go read Make magazine, visit the web site. Buy Makers, or read it for free. Understand the cultural and creative implications of Remix. Do something.
We all need to become better stewards of what we have on earth, so that others may enjoy some of it. The "maker" culture is a critical component of this.
A coda. Thank you Jimmy Wales, from the bottom of my heart. This post would have been so much harder to write if Wikipedia didn't exist. Thanks, Jimbo!
Author JPPosted on March 8, 2010 Categories Four pillars Tags Alex Deschamps Sonsino, arduino, comics, Cory Doctorow, jetsons, Jimmy Wales, Larry Lessig, make magazine, Makers, remix, reprap, Sergio Aragones, teleportation, Tinker_it, wikipedia15 Comments on On comics and teleportation and similar Saturday meanderings into the future


Why do local listings matter?
If your self-storage facility lacks accurate, up to date local listings you are losing customers actively searching for self-storage.
Most of your customers will come from drive by traffic; a variety of sources address how to enhance the curb appeal to that group. As competition gets tougher in the self storage industry a fresh coat of paint and immaculate lawn care have become only part of the equation for success. We are currently at a stage in the industry lifecycle when no stone can be left unturned in the pursuit of tenants. Luckily there are other groups which a storage facility can cost effectively target. One of these groups is the motivated online tenant; actively searching for local facilities on the internet. About 20% of customers in 2013 found their storage facility in part through the internet. There's no reason to expect that number to do anything but increase.
I have a website; why should I worry about local listings?
Your facility may have a website but online business directories and review sites such as Yelp and Google Maps find information about your company from many sources. Public business records, other business directories or even well-meaning customers may have had a hand in filling out details on these websites. Many times local listings are created without your knowledge or input. Their accuracy can be questionable.
The impact of bad directory listings.
Imagine you went to a local business trade show and signed your facility up for a free signage drawing offered by a local sign manufacturer. You won! A dozen well placed signs are installed by this company in your community at zero cost to you. Fantastic! There's only one problem. The number on half the signs is wrong and phone calls are being answered by an increasingly annoyed receptionist in a dental office one town over.
This is effectively what happens with inaccurate local listings for your facility. Since most self storage customers give their business to the first storage facility they contact you want every interaction with your online "signage" to be perfect.
With a little work you can find, claim, repair and manage your local listings.
By using a service that queries many directories at once you save hours of manual searching.
Moz Local is one option which returns a free accuracy score and offers basic advice without charge. There are further paid offers on the Moz site to wrangle those listings into coherent order which Local SEO Guide provides a fair review of.
Claim and fix your local listings.
If you prefer to manage your local listings on your own you will need to manually claim each one.
Each directory uses a slightly different procedure to claim your local listings but they all resemble the following steps.
Submit a claim request for each instance of your business listed in their directory.
Verify that you are the proprietor or are acting on behalf of the proprietor.
Take ownership of the record(s).
Typically the second step will require either a phone call to the existing business number or a postcard to the business address. Once complete the local listing is yours to control.
Note: Should you find duplicate listings of any single facility in one directory, once you claim each duplicate delete all but the most accurate. Search engines do not look fondly on duplicate records and individuals searching for storage view duplicate local listings as a sign of unprofessional, sloppy business.
Create new local listings where none exist.
Here is a short list of the largest local listing sites. If your listings are complete and accurate on these sites that is half the battle right there.
For a more complete list of relevant local listing sites, here's a list to get started.
There is no limit on how many directories to use but there are diminishing returns beyond a point. Once you deal with existing errors and add your information to the major local listings websites a brief monthly review and correction/addition of information to remaining websites is enough for most companies.
Complete 100% of the local listing information requests.
Do not leave form fields blank while correcting or completing your local listings. Hours and phone number are fine, but why stop there? Upload a photo of your facility or your staff, if the option is available. Are they asking for a website but you don't have one? Use your Google+ page or your Facebook page.
Search engines and customers alike use that extra information to decide how to rank you versus the other self storage facilities in your area. A little extra work today will pay off down the road with better search rankings and creates an image of your facility as competent, trustworthy and professional.
Local listing repair does not happen overnight. It takes time to discover, claim and correct your online identity. Once the bulk of the work is completed it then takes more time for search engines to realize you've cleaned up your appearance and rate you accordingly. Depending on how much effort your competitors put into this process you may see an increase in your own position for self storage search terms locally. There is one thing you can be absolutely certain of now; that 20% of motivated, ready to rent customers mentioned earlier are finding the correct information the first time they come looking for you.


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Hastings International and Comparative Law Review
The Use of Offensive Force in U.N. Peacekeeping: A Cycle of Boom and Bust
James Sloan
U.N. peacekeeping operations have traditionally been expected to adhere to three key principles: they must operate with the consent of the host state, they must act impartially and they must limit their use of force to self-defense. This article focuses on the final characteristic, the self-defense principle, and chronicles the attitude of the U.N. towards its observance. As the article will show, there have been three main periods where the self-defense principle has been ignored: with ONUC operation in the Congo in the early 1960s, with several missions in the early 1990s and, finally, with the current period, beginning in 1999. The first two periods of forceful peacekeeping resulted in operations ill-suited to their tasks and prone to failure. In each case the result was a crisis in U.N. peacekeeping, and arguably the U.N. as a whole, and a return to an observance of the self-defense principle. This article will ask whether the U.N.'s current reliance on forceful peacekeeping represents the future of U.N. peacekeeping, or whether it is merely a precursor to an inevitable "bust" in what has historically been shown to be a boom-bust cycle.
James Sloan, The Use of Offensive Force in U.N. Peacekeeping: A Cycle of Boom and Bust, 30 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 385 (2007).
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Trans Actor Petey Gibson is Creating Work For Themselves and Other Invisible Queers
Trish Bendix
Trish Bendix is the Managing Editor of INTO.
Despite a growing number of trans and nonbinary characters in television and film, there are still very few trans masculine and masculine of center parts for trans and masculine of center actors. A recent article in The Economist suggests the lack of visibility is due to an idea that they can more easily pass than their trans women counterparts. "And, because of the lazy assumption that being trans masculine is somehow 'easy,'" CJ Atkinson writes, "because of the belief that trans men can pass by unnoticed, as men, our trans masculine stories are erased."
There are a handful of trans male actors playing roles on shows (such as Eliot Fitzgerald on Showtime's Shameless) and with minor parts in major films (Jake Graf in Colette), but, in the Golden Age of Television, this lack of visibility means trans men are absent from cultural conversations that they should be a part of.
For Groundlings-trained actor Petey Gibson, this means a career as a trans/nonbinary actor can be even more limiting.
"The amount of opportunities to perform my specific gender as an actor — would that they were there but they're not," Gibson says. "As an actor, I audition from everything from trans teenage boy to women in charge who wear glasses. I had one week where I had auditions for a female high school principal and then three days later I auditioned to be a trans teenage boy. Sort of like a blessing and a curse that I get a lot of different opportunities because my look is sort of in the middle."
With appearances in shows like Transparent, For The People, The Comedy Get Down, and upcoming episodes of both Grace and Frankie and Broad City, Gibson has auditioned for a wide variety of LGBTQ characters. For the part on Broad City, the initial description for the role was "hot butch lesbian," later changed to simply "waiter" after Gibson was cast in the role.
"I got to set, [star] Ilana [Glazer] asked me my pronouns," Gibson says. "That often happens to me as an actor on set — I'll sometimes audition for something and I'll have a female name and I get the final script and it's a name like 'Charlie' or 'Taylor.' With casting, some people don't fully know what they want, especially in the new frontier of including trans and queer people in trans and queer roles. So often these scripts change or I'm asked my opinion on things. To be a trans or queer anybody is to also be an educator, so, happy to do it."
Gibson has long been performing as a stand-up comic and improviser, getting their start in Boston before relocating to Los Angeles. Their popular character Mary Dolan is an inspired campy drag take on a goofy elderly woman who loves to hear herself talk, and as Dolan, Gibson hosts a semi-regular live variety show in Hollywood and a comedic web series, Meals With Mary. Their latest project is as actor/producer for the queer indie rom-com The Sympathy Card, in which Gibson plays a soccer player who gets cancer — and a free pass from their partner to play "the sympathy card" in order to get some last-minute sex.
"I know for me when I read the script, my face leapt because I came out initially as a lesbian many years ago," Gibson says. "Films like But I'm a Cheerleader totally saved my life. It was just that godsend of the late '90s early 2000s indie lesbian movies that I just love and I hold so deeply in my heart."
It was important to Gibson that the cast and crew for The Sympathy Card be primarily LGBTQ, women, and POC, and they succeeded, thanks in part to local film organizations and festivals.
"The crew is majority women and a third queer-identified, which is so hard to do in Boston because there isn't such a huge pool to cast from," Gibson says. But they utilized the Boston queer community, shooting at queer-owned spots like City Girl Cafe and Inman Oasis.
"We really tried to focus it on the real lesbian community of Boston, the one that really raised me," Gibson says.
Gibson also loved that The Sympathy Card was wildly different from most queer-themed films that exist in that it's not about devastating repression.
"This film has nothing to do with the struggle of coming out; nothing to do with lesbians being killed off; nothing to do with the tragedy of living this life," Gibson says. "It's two fully-fleshed out people who are intrinsically funny people who have this really great loving relationship. It does deal with cancer — I mean my character gets cancer. It's sort of the premise on which this whole thing is based but it has a lot of light-hearted stuff — polyamory and love triangles."
The Sympathy Card is currently looking for investors and funding through a Seed & Spark campaign, with Gibson returning to Boston to shoot the final scenes this fall. Outside of the film, Gibson is shopping their half-hour pilot about trans and nonbinary characters.
"I often write for myself," Gibson says, lamenting they haven't heard about any upcoming projects centering trans or MOC people outside of whispers of a potential Lena Waithe project. "Telling queer stories is about creating fully fleshed out human beings. That's all it is. Being a good storyteller is being a good storyteller regardless."
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Plant biology professor Andrew Leakey and colleagues report that levels of zinc, iron and protein drop in some key crop plants when grown at elevated CO2 levels.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Researchers have some bad news for future farmers and eaters: As carbon dioxide levels rise this century, some grains and legumes will become significantly less nutritious than they are today.
Free Air Concentration Enrichment (FACE) systems, like this one at the University of Illinois, allow researchers to simulate future atmospheric conditions to determine their effects on plants.
The teams simulated high CO2 levels in open-air fields using a system called Free Air Concentration Enrichment (FACE), which pumps out, monitors and adjusts ground-level atmospheric CO2 to simulate future conditions. In this study, all other growing conditions (sunlight, soil, water, temperature) were the same for plants grown at high CO2 and those used as controls.
The collaboration included researchers from Harvard University (which led the effort); Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in Beer Sheva, Israel; the U. of I.; the University of California, Davis; the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service; the National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences in Ibaraki, Japan; the University of Melbourne, Australia; the University of Arizona; the University of Pennsylvania; and The Nature Conservancy, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The paper, "Rising Concentration of Atmospheric CO2 Threatens Human Nutrition," is available online or to members of the news media from the U. of I. News Bureau.


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2Pac was featured on Digital Underground's "Same Song" from the This Is An EP Release project, which was also performed in the film "Nothing But Trouble." Today, the folks who were trying to kill him are fans. "When you're rapping you gain a posse and make more friends. Now they come to get an autograph." It may soon be the autograph of not only a music star but a movie star too. 2Pac has a major role in "Juice," a film written and directed by Spike Lee's cinematographer Ernest Dickerson, which will open on the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday in late January. The story is that Money B was going to an audition and 2Pac simply hitched a ride to somewhere else. But as Money read the script, he started teasing 2Pac that one of the characters acted just like him. When they got to the audition, 2Pac asked if he could read for the part and immediately won the role of the villain, the best friend-turned-murderer. Ironically, he's become the actor he started out to be. However, 2Pac remains a staunch member of Digital Underground. "D.U. is an empire not a group," he points out and he'll be heard on its next album, Sons Of The P (Meaning Parliament or Panthers).
Still from the music video for Brenda's Got A Baby © 1991 Interscope Records
Staying true and sticking together is important to 2Pac. 2Pacalypse Now was produced by what he calls The Underground Railroad (an overall title that includes himself, Big D the Impossible, Shock G, Pee Wee, Jeremy, Raw Fusion and Live Squad). "It's like when Harriet Tubman took the slaves north. Dope dealers are like slaves, trapped, and rappers are like conductors on this underground railroad taking them to something better. In my posse I'm talking about brothers who used to be kingpins. They trust me so I got to be large. What I get, the homies get too. I'm down for the Young Black Male. Like on the movie, the actors were bringing other black actors to the set—I was bringing my friends from the street. That worried a few people. But I live what I say. I'm not no teacher, as you can tell from how I speak. I'm just a voice from the crowd."
His is a voice of reality. "In the '90s you don't have to wear beads or no kinte cloth to be African. Africans are living in the ghettos! They can't afford that kinte shit. It's time to be real." "I'm not bragging about being from the ghetto," he continues. "There's nothing to brag about. These aren't gangster raps. Gangsters are a fairy tale. The only reason they've got the confidence of the Young Black Male is because they're the only ones who shoot back—like the Panthers in the sixties. I'm not a gangster, I'm a NIGGA, I'm from the underground. I can't front. To say that I'm 'hard' is too fashionable. I'm not hard, I'm soft. Life's made me crazy soft. If you hit me, I'll fall." On the street, 2Pac wears his gold and packs a pager like a dealer even though he's not. Why? "I'm not turning the other cheek. The streets are dangerous and so I have to be. But that doesn't mean you can't have fun either. The slaves were still singing. I love it when cops sweat me—because I'm legit. I'm the wrong one, even though I look this way, and so they have to turn me loose. I want to show it's cool to be legit. I want a positive image—to take the bad and turn it to good, to music."
Still from the music video for Trapped
His is a voice of hope. "The Young Black Male hero is already in us!" Every white kid wants to be us! Americans tried to kill us and we've gotten the worst revenge because now we got their kids wanting to be us! I see it at every rap show—and that's excellent. If the white adults can say, 'My son can kick it with that man,' maybe they'll see what's going on for real. That's the power of rap and once was the power of rock 'n' roll."
It's the power of the streets. It's the power you can't control. It's the power of 2Pac.


There is some great incentive to coming in to Raleigh the night before the NC NOW state conference – we're screening "Seeing Allred," a new documentary about Women's Rights Attorney Gloria Allred.
The NC NOW State Conference is on Saturday, 10/20/18, with the theme of "Women Rising Up NOW!" To show what one woman can do, and in line with our conference theme, we are screening "Seeing Allred" for our event on Friday, 10/19/18, at 7pm. Attorney Gloria Allred is an inspiration! The film intertwines the stories of her life and her persistence in going after actor Bill Cosby with what ended up being 50 women willing to speak out about what he did to them.


The first heirloom family tree chart was created as a wedding gift. Everyone at the reception who saw it wanted one for their family. Today, they hang on the walls of countless families who proudly display generations of their ancestry for everyone to study. Each chart is a one-of-a-kind creation and ranges in size from 11 x 14 inches to 60 x 78 inches, the average size being 22 x 44 inches. All charts are printed on an acid free vinyl product that should last for centuries. You will provide all the information and photos that will appear on your chart. If you have not traced your ancestry, call 801-571-6122 to discuss options.


25th March 2007 saw the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in the British colonies. Many would say that this successful campaign was the very first mass political campaign of its kind. It is certainly true that many of the tools and techniques used over 200 years ago are still used today in campaigns such as that to promote Fairtrade. But as well as the methods used there other parallels to be drawn between the two campaigns.
It is interesting to note that the abolitionists used the message: "It is simply immoral that people should be allowed to suffer in order to provide us with luxuries such as tea, coffee and sugar" at a cheap price. Unfortunately that message is still true today and can be just as easily applied to the Fairtrade campaign. Many of today's campaigners believe that the present day unfair trading practices are a direct legacy of the past injustices of the Atlantic slave trade.
The abolitionist campaign was directed at the grass roots of the country in order to completely change the attitudes of the British public. Thomas Clarkson, the workhorse of the campaign, once rode 7000 miles on horseback in one year gathering signatures for their petition. The greatest strength of the Fairtrade Towns campaign is that it, too, reaches out to all parts of the community – its strength is in its amazing diversity.
There are now more than 350 Fairtrade Towns in the UK with similar initiatives in many other countries such as Ireland, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Canada, Australia and the USA. There is no doubt that the Fairtrade campaign is achieving great success. Perhaps the greatest inspiration that we can take out of the abolition campaign is that it worked. By changing the attitudes of the British public it took just twenty years to achieve its aim.
While 2007 was a year to celebrate the success of the abolition campaign, it's also important to honour it by committing to bring about further change on trade injustice today.


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Designing a house is a very personal experience, for both you, your family and for the designer. Your lifestyle has a direct impact on the interior space of your home and a good designer will explore the many options available to create rooms that work.
Although the principles of good design always remain the same, needs vary – couples with young children have very different requirements than retirees.


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Mike Lynch Enterprises is an active member in the Irrigation Association of New England and the local Chamber of Commerce. "I am personally involved in the daily operation and on-site services in this business and my team takes a tremendous amount of pride and effort in serving our customers' needs." We want to create a long lasting committed relationship with our customers.
If you are ready to finally get the best out of landscape services, you are in the right place.


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Class nine Science Chapter 8 NCERT Solution Motion
Chapter 8: Motion
Intext Questions (PAGE 100)
1. An object has moved through a distance. Can it have zero displacements? If yes, support your answer with an example.
Ans. Yes, it can have zero displacements.
Example: When a person walking along a circular track returns back to the starting point, after completing one circle, his displacement is zero, but he covers a distance equal to 2πr where 'r' is the radius of the circular track. The displacement is zero because the shortest distance between the initial and final position of the person is zero.
2. A farmer moves along the boundary of a square field of side 10 m in 40 s. What will be the magnitude of displacement of the farmer at the end of 2 minutes and 20 seconds from his initial position?
Ans. Time for journey of farmer = 2 min and 20 s = 140 s.
Perimeter of square field ABCD = 4 × 10 m = 40 m.
Time for going around the square field once = 40 s.
∴ Number of times the farmer goes around the square field
Now for going once around the square field, the displacement = Zero.
Forgoing thrice around the square field, the displacement = Zero.
For ½ of the boundary of the square field, the distance covered
It is clear from the diagram that if the farmer starts from point A, then he will cover 10 m along AB and then 10 m along BC.
Displacement of a farmer from point A = Distance AC
=14.14 m
3. Which of the following is true for displacement?
(a) It cannot be zero (b) Its magnitude is greater than the distance travelled by the object.
Ans. None of the statements (a) or (b) are true for displacement.
1. Distinguish between speed and velocity.
Ans. (a) Speed is the rate of change of motion, whereas velocity is the rate of change of motion in a specified direction.
(b) Speed is a scalar quantity, whereas velocity is a vector quantity.
2. Under what condition(s) is the magnitude of the average velocity of an object is equal to its average speed.
Ans. When the velocity of an object changes at a uniform rate, then the magnitude of average velocity is equal to its average speed.
If 'u' is the initial velocity and 'v' is the final velocity of a body moving with uniform acceleration, then, Average speed = Average velocity.
Ans. The odometer measures the distance travelled by automobile at some particular time.
4. What does the path of an object look like when it is in uniform motion?
Ans. The path of an object looks like a straight line.
5. During an experiment, a signal from a spaceship reached the ground station in five minutes. What is the distance of the spaceship from the ground station? The signal travels at the speed of light, that is, 3 × 108 ms–1.
Ans. Speed of the signal = 3 × 108 ms–1.
Time in which the signal reaches ground level = 5 min = 300 s.
∴ The distance of spaceship from the ground level = Speed × Time
= 3 × 108 ms–1 × 300 s. = 9 × 1010 m
1. When will you say a body is in (i) uniform acceleration? (ii) non-uniform acceleration?
Ans. (i) When equal changes in velocity take place in equal intervals of time, then the acceleration is said to be uniform.
(ii) When unequal changes in velocity take place in equal intervals of time, then the acceleration is said to be non-uniform.
2. A bus decreases its speed from 80 km h–1 to 60 km h–1 in 5 s. Find the deceleration of the bus.
Ans. Initial speed (u) = 80 km h–1
Final speed (v) = 60 km h–1 =
Time = 5 s
3. A train starting from a railway station and moving with uniform acceleration attains a speed of 40 km h–1 in 10 minutes. Find its acceleration.
Ans. The initial speed of the train (u) = Zero
The final speed of the train (ν) = 40 km h–1
Time (t) = 10 min = 600 s
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What function does happiness serve?
Happiness researchers believe that positive emotions signal to us that we are in good shape. Our needs are being met, we have adequate resources, and we are reaching our goals. Positive emotional states also encourage people to engage with the environment, to seek out and take on new goals. We can contrast the effects of positive emotions with those of negative emotions, such as depression or fear. These emotions signal to the individual that something is not right, that the environment is not safe, and that the best course of action is withdrawal and avoidance.


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Q: How to write a Dockerfile for an AWS Lambda function deployed as a container? I've been writing an application on AWS that consists of several Rust lambdas. One of those lambdas has to have access to a bunch of external dependencies and therefore needs to be Dockerized. As I understand, the official AWS Lambda runtime for Rust runs within the lambda's binary and shouldn't need any special setup or exposing of ports.
My Dockerfile is as follows:
# building omitted
FROM alpine:latest AS runner
WORKDIR /root/
COPY target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/my-lambda ./my-lambda
CMD [ "/root/my-lambda" ]

The image then gets built and pushed to an Amazon ECR registry my Lambda is configured to get its code from.
The logs I get when invoking the function with any test data in the AWS console are:
IMAGE   Launch error: fork/exec /root/my-lambda: permission denied  Entrypoint: []  Cmd: [/root/my-lambda]  WorkingDir: [/root/]
START RequestId:  (...) Version: $LATEST
IMAGE   Launch error: fork/exec /root/my-lambda: permission denied  Entrypoint: []  Cmd: [/root/my-lambda]  WorkingDir: [/root/]
END RequestId:  (...)
REPORT RequestId:  (...)    Duration: 59.75 ms  Billed Duration: 60 ms  Memory Size: 128 MB Max Memory Used: 5 MB
RequestId: (...) Error: fork/exec /root/my-lambda: permission denied
Runtime.InvalidEntrypoint

{
  "errorMessage": "RequestId: (...) Error: fork/exec /root/my-lambda: permission denied",
  "errorType": "Runtime.InvalidEntrypoint"
}

I know the problem is not with:

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*the my-lambda executable file's permissions (anyone can execute it, I've tried chmod -R 777 for good measure too)

*the availability of libc (I specifically compiled for the musl target, as is best practice for Rust lambdas due to the Rust stdlib almost always linking to a newer glibc than Amazon Linux has)

*whether or not the Docker image even runs - if I try to run the image locally, my lambda runs and crashes on not finding the AWS_LAMBDA_RUNTIME_API env var or other variables lambdas depend on, as expected

*the executable's naming or if it's invoked with a relative path - naming it bootstrap in line with lambda convention and finishing with CMD ["./bootstrap"] did not help

I've also tried using an ENTRYPOINT rather than a CMD in the dockerfile, as well as providing a placeholder CMD like doesnt.matter.
Googling around for a solution has only turned up Rust lambda builder images and similar-looking but unrelated errors for Golang.

A: Nevermind, figured it out:
FROM alpine:latest AS runner
WORKDIR /var/task/
COPY target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/my-lambda /var/task/my-lambda
CMD [ "./bootstrap" ]

Turns out that the executable must be in the /var/task/ directory.

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This 20-acre park, which is known as "the park" by many locals, is the site for many tournaments, community events, and other activities throughout each year. The Key Pen Parks office is also located at Volunteer Park.
The skate park is open from 8 am to sunset.
Skate at your own risk, this park is not supervised.
Safety helmet and equipment should be worn at all times.
Skating against traffic is not permitted.
Ramps must be clear of other skaters before you proceed.
Bicycles of any kind are not permitted.
Spectators are to stay off skating areas at all times.
Alcohol, smoking, drugs, or glass containers are not allowed.
Profanity, loud music, bad behavior, or recklessness is not allowed.
The skateboarding facility is used by experienced and inexperienced skaters. Serious injury may result from being hit by a skateboard, falling, or colliding.
Please skate carefully and have fun!


The 9,000sqm Caltex Petroleum fitout in Sydney provides an elegant and timeless design solution, utilising natural materials applied to strong geometric planning. The "front of house" areas offer a welcoming, informative and memorable experience for guests, allowing them to become personally engaged with Caltex the Corporation in support of Caltex the Brand. KANNFINCH's design of new Caltex office seeks to deliver a corporate environment with the Caltex Vision, Values and Strategic Intents infused and embedded within the fabric of the project, demonstrating the organisations clear commitment to its staff and customers alike.
The project was designed in accord with Commercial Best Practice for sustainability.


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When Shaw is exiled from his suburban home he is determined to leave society behind. Taking up residence in a decaying mining town abandoned for decades, he encounters do-gooders and lost souls, each with their own schemes to bring him back to the world. Follow the exile as he trades his watch for a bag of sandwiches, his modern life for that of a placid scavenger.