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Let's be real, the eyeshadow palette that generated the most buzz and uproar this year was obviously the Anastasia Beverly Hills Subculture Palette. Can we agree with that? Many had high hopes for this palette because of the success of the sister palette Modern Renaissance. The bold, extremely pigmented, unique colors of this palette had people shaking in their Louboutin's . However there were a lot of mix reviews some being highly disappointed and some loving the palette. The issue some found with the palette is the amount of kick back and fall out that this palette gave them. But what I noticed were people were swirling really hard into the palette like there was no tomorrow and when you're dealing with a palette that's as pigmented as this palette you want to always tap just to see how much coverage you get. Yes you will get kick back some palettes more then others but there is no reason to dig into a palette like many were doing unless it's hard press which the only way to find out is to test it with a slight dab or even a slight swirl to see how much product you pick up. It's better to start with a small dab and work your way up then going all in. Of course it's going to hit pan fast. One brush tap of this palette can easily cover the whole lid space.
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Also some felt that the color were blending into a pile of mud as they call it. Well that would happen if you didn't have the basic knowledge of color theory. Because these shades are unique and when you're blending example greenish tones into a brick red remember these shades are on the opposite side of the color wheel so that means they will cancel out each other which also means when a shade cancels out another shade it neutralizes itself turning into a brownish tone. So this knowledge is important. Its all about technique and basic knowledge of how to place your colors. I know people were saying palettes shouldn't be this complicated and shouldn't have to be schooled to use a palette. Which may be true in some sense but I could say we shouldn't be so basic. But that's definitely my opinion. I believe makeup is something that is trial and error. You learn about formulations, new techniques that work for you. We learn how to work with certain products by testing the product. This requires practice and skill which makes us artists when we learn to master how to use a product. Technique over time can be learned. Honestly I thought that this palette should have been released to the pro artists because I feel that it would have been received better. In no way am I discrediting anyone however every palette is different, it's packed differently and it was released to the consumer base. Which a lot of consumers base their thoughts on what "influencers" say and there were a lot of influencers that didn't know how to work the palette. Just because you can paint you face well doesn't mean that you're great at everything. If you don't know how to work with pigments then you won't know how to work with this palette because that's basically what it is. It requires some technique and level of skill and knowledge of color to be able to know what works best and how to blend everything. And sometimes realizing that simplicity is sometimes better with certain palettes and this is one of those palettes that you don't have to overthink necessarily. I have seen some complicated looks and seen how those artist managed to pull off those beautiful compositions so it can definitely be done.
PHOTO CREDIT: Rija ( IG: @rija_imran)
This could have easily turned into a pile of mud in the crease but she managed to pull this bold emerald green look off well.
And sometimes it's just truly testing the product out and challenging yourself beyond the norm. If what you were doing wasn't working then try another technique this is how artist grow. I do realize that there will be people that just don't like the palette for them and they may need something that's less complicated and and not as time consuming. All and all I think this is all about "preference" and less about the performance of the palette.
Now this palette is not perfect. It has its hits and misses but overall I love the palette and I would definitely purchase it again. I got it for a discounted price of $33 at The Makeup Show Dallas but I would definitely purchase at it's full retail price of $45. In the mean time I so happen to stumble across a dupe palette that house some similar shades that's not only budget friendly but user friendly and are pretty pigmented. As I said this is not something I was looking for because I don't just go around looking for dupes. But because of the uproar it did make me pay a bit more attention to the options that's available.
As mentioned there are shades in the NYX Earth palette with the naked eye you could compare to the ABH Subculture palette. However a couple of the shades that were swatched look different which you will see in the swatch photos.
(ABH "Dawn" / NYX "#1") *Excuse Typo in photo. #2 is suppose to be #1 in this photo
Dawn & #1 are somewhat similar. Still a beige tone accept dawn has a bit more peachy tones to it. When it comes to texture. Both Dawn & #1 has a velvety silky texture but they blend out differently. #1 is definitely blends more with ease because of the texture. But it has the same amount of impact when it comes to pigment. Another thing I notice with these two particular shades is the texture of the skin. Dawn has a smoother texture and tends to camouflage texture on the skin better. So Dawn almost glides over the skin like veil and #1 kind of settles into the texture of the skin which is not necessarily a good or bad thing.
( ABH "ALL STAR" / NYX #2)
All Star & #2 are almost identical #2 has more depth to it and a bit more red tones. When blended out you definitely see a small difference in tones but it's not that much of a huge difference. In terms of texture it's obvious that "All Star" has more of a smoother airbrush texture and the texture of course is different from All Star but side by side and if used in a look you wouldn't be able to tell that they are different. #2 has more of a powdery texture and you're able to blend it out with more ease. Although very pigmented you may have to build the pigment as you blend out because of the almost powdery texture.
( ABH "MERCURY"/ NYX "#3")
So this is a good example of what I mentioned before of shades looking similar with the naked eye but when swatched it look totally different with contact of the skin. Mercury has more of a greyish olive tone and #3 is a brownish taupe color which is more true to what you see in the palette.
( ABH "AXIS & UNTAMED" / NYX "#4")
I definitely think that these are some pretty accurate dupes. For The Subculture Palette I had to blend two shades to get a shade almost similar to #4. You can obviously see a texture/finish difference in the eyeshadow. Subculture blends a lot more smoothly. But #4 doesn't require that much effort. And side by side if blended you will get a similar tone.
( ABH "ROXY" / NYX "#8")
The tones in Roxy compared to #8 is different. #8 has more reddish tones, while Roxy is more of a true orange. But it's not so far stretch that you couldn't create a somewhat duplicate look with it.
( ABH "DESTINY" / NYX "#10")
Destiny & # 10 look similar with the naked eye but now we have it where #10 swatches differently on the skin. When you look at #10 it looks completely matte. But it definitely has some sheen to it.
All in all the NYX Earth palette can serve as an alternative for the Anastasia Beverly Hills Subculture Palette somewhat because of the warm muted shades it delivers that's similar to the Subculture palette. I believe that the NYX Earth palette is definitely a lot more user friendly and doesn't require much effort in applying the shades. It has impact but you have to build the impact to the level of the Subculture Palette. I love both for different reasons. The NYX palette will never be the Subculture palette because what makes the subculture palette what it is, are the bold yellow tones and the deep purplelish brown and the duo-chromes but this can definitely serve as an alternative.
If you want something totally similar to the Subculture Palette Here are some other options you may want to check out that got some decent reviews.
And here is a palette that look TOTALLY IDENTICAL to the Subculture Palette.
Bad Habit is a beauty brand similar to Makeup Revelution that create affordable palettes that look insanely similar to popular, more expensive palettes from brands like Anastasia Beverly Hills & Huda Beauty. So about this palette... It is called the Retro Love Palette and I hear that it is very pigmented. I haven't had the opportunity to test out this palette for myself but I hear it is pigmented and has staying power however it still doesn't compare to Anastasia Beverly Hills Subculture palette which explains the price tag. You're paying for the quality of the formulas which many times are hard to replicate. But anyway the palette is only $10. So if you want to give it a try let me know your thoughts. I may even give it a try.
Also check out Makeup Geek single eyeshadows. This blogger did an amazing job with finding dupes for this palette. Most were by Makeup Geek >>> https://ourbeautycult.com/2017/08/11/anastasia-beverly-hills-subculture-palette-dupes/
Posted by Faith Haller at 8:33 AM
Labels: Anastasia Beverly Hills, Beauty, Nyx Earth Palette, Subculture Palette Dupes
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Im having a major problem fitting spine to the universal.
I have tried everything including. "putting bike in gear" holding in clutch and bumping it but, it still won't slide in all the way. I have tried with tire on, than only the shaft its self.can't get the bolts in flush.
I have been at this for weeks. Walking away when i get frustrated..
Is there an easier way to do this.?
All help will be appriecated.rather do it myself.
than pay..never learn by having it do for you.
This works on the GL1500. The GL1200 is probably very similar.
To get the U-joint to align with the drive shaft, slide a piece 1/8" thick by 1" wide steel flat stock, or similar material, into the swing arm and slide it under the U-Joint to prop it up.
Now slide the drive line only into the swing arm so it mates with the U-Joint. When it slides in the U-Joint, slide out the flat stock material that you used as a prop.
Now put the final drive on and put the bolts in the flange but do not tighten them. Follow the service manual's recommendation for final drive alignment with the swing arm. I believe the service manual says to mount the wheel and tighten the axle prior to tightening the final drive flange nuts on the studs.
I hope this works for you, it does for me. Good luck.
It seem to work just as you said it would.
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Around Brooklyn: Some Brooklyn hospitals nearing capacity
January 13, 2021 Brooklyn Eagle Staff
The Brooklyn Hospital Center. Photo courtesy of The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Some Brooklyn hospitals nearing capacity
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Does art matter to atheism? This is actually an interesting question that I don't think movement atheist thinks much about.
I have dedicated my life to making art and so I would say that art matters to everything, but let me tell you why I specifically think it matters to atheism as a social change movement.
Movement atheism often focuses on why religion is wrong and why religion is damaging to society and to people, both in groups and as individuals. And I get that. In American culture there is a big push to de-convert people because there is so much that is negative in our society that revolves around different aspects of religion. There is often a knee-jerk reaction to reject everything that is associated with faith in an effort to distance oneself from that culture. I was raised without religion so maybe I have a perspective that is perhaps a bit less reactionary. And at times, it may be easier for me to see spaces where religion does something right. Some of the things religion has done a really good job of, in my opinion, is bringing people together, supporting families and spreading messages. And if atheism as a movement towards social change wants to be an effective movement, than some of these proven strategies used by religion might want to be looked again with fresh and unbiased eyes.
There is a lot to be unpacked in that last paragraph but this post is about art and so let me keep this short and sweet and just give you three reasons why I think art is effective at sending messages and bringing people together and why it should matter to atheism.
Short and sweet, here are just three of the reasons why art should matter to atheism.
1. Words are hard and images help us to understand.
Whatever your message may be, adding an image to it helps bring the story home. The Virgin Mary has been painted thousands of times by thousands upon thousands of artists. I have never even read the bible all the way through, but I know the story of Mary and I have a very clear idea of what she represents to people because I have seen her image in museums and art books and candles and many other places throughout my life. The same can be said for the Virgen de Guadalupe which is a similar story often told in Spanish. The images of the virgin have spread farther into the culture than words alone ever could. Art by atheists could help spread an understanding of our particular world view and spread messages based in science and critical thought. Images can make you think when words are ignored or forgotten.
2. Art brings people together.
Museums exist and are open to the public in part because people enjoy to look at art. Art can get your attention. Art gives us a way to transcend space and time. Art can make us feel like part of a long and unwinding tapestry of the human experience. We see our similarities and we recognize our differences in art. We can identify with the richness of human experience by sharing art that moves us. Art is something that can be shared without words. (Yes, there is that theme again.) We feature art in our homes and in our museums because we want to share ideas and emotions that we deem important with other humans and art can get that message delivered instantaneously. Churches have long understood this and have decorated their spaces in ways that would, in their mind, please the gods but would also share ideals with the public in very immediate ways. If you couldn't read you could still pass along a powerful story with the help of imagery to remind you. What this decorative and informative art also does is help us transcend the ordinary life and share in emotionally and psychologically charged group experiences. Atheists can have and share these experiences too.
3. Art helps us learn and grow.
The creative process in art and the creative process in the scientific method have a lot in common. In the same way that a mockingbird gathers all the riffs from the other birds (and even the local car alarms) to make their own, unique song, so do artists gather ideas and scientists gather data. The ideas are then reconfigured to make original art and the data is reconfigured to make a new hypothesis. The outcomes are not always glorious but it is this same creative process that helps us along the path to groundbreaking new ideas. This creativity should be encouraged especially in communities that seek new understandings and great advancements in knowledge. Art can help atheists discover new things.
I have taken some of the themes listed above and used them to create art for the American Atheist Art Show. I should point out that the American Atheist Art Show and Auction that takes place during their national convention in Salt Lake City over Easter, is the only art exhibit that I know of that that exists in movement atheism. I hope it inspires more.
I have painted three paintings that play off the style of old Italian Gothic religious paintings and combined them with still life paintings reminiscent of Frida Kahlo or other Mexican folk art (cuz I love that style.) What I have come up with is some distorted perspective pieces, slathered with gold paint that speak of the joy and beauty of living in the now as opposed to being focused on the afterlife. So much of religion and religious art talks about doing certain things now and following specific rules so that you will be rewarded in a glorious afterlife. My paintings, like the atheist worldview are meant to remind you that your paradise and glory is here, right now. Don't squander the precious moments of the life you have hoping for magic at the end. Appreciate every moment, every breath and every flower.
All of my paintings for this exhibition are done in the style of old-fashioned scrolls that can be rolled out or up and easily traveled with, with wooden bars at the top and the bottom. They are messages, in picture form.
There will be some comic styled illustration by Mad Art Lab's very own Dale DeBakcsy!
Duct tape artist, Andrew Carmichael who I interviewed last year for Mad Art Lab will be back!
Simon Kregar Jr. will be showing some paintings like this one here of Einstein!
A portion of all sales from the art show will be donated to charity. Raising money for charities is just one more thing that art can help with in secular communities!
I highly encourage you to support artists working in secular themes and if you can please consider attending and bidding on some of the art that will be on display at The American Atheist convention. And if you run an event or have access to a space, please consider starting a secular themed art event of your own.
American Atheists is proud to sponsor the second Atheist Art Show and Auction, featuring 8 artists from around the country and benefiting Ogden OUTreach. The purpose of the Art Show and Auction is to deepen the ties between creative thinking and rational thinking—to celebrate imagination in the atheist community. The Art Show will include work from Amy Davis Roth, Simon Kregar, Beth Presswood, Dale Debakcsy, Cristina Rad, Adam Brown, Ania Bula, and Andrew Carmichael. The Art Show and Auction is open to the attendees of the American Atheists National Convention and the general public. The silent auction begins Thursday evening during a private cocktail and closes at noon on Sunday. 10% of the artists' proceeds will be donated to Ogden OUTreach, a local Utah organization that assists LGBT kids who have been turned out of their homes.
I look forward to seeing some of you next week and remember, art and creativity is part of the human experience, and it matters.
My own art is going to be there as well!
I also think that atheism needs art because art is what brings meaning and purpose to our existence. Religion often can provide meaning and purpose to its followers, but atheism as a purely intellectual pursuit is often bereft of a greater meaning. It doesn't have to be that way though and art shows us that. Visual art, music, and poetry can bring a sense of meaning to our lives even as we live without god.
"Atheism" is worthless without atheists. Atheists are people. People need art, and more generally need beauty in their lives. So atheism needs art.
Can skepticism be applied to art? Is it art or not? My fellow Canucks may recall the 1 million dollar fee the Canadian government spent on obtaining the "Voice of Fire" for the National Art Gallery. You know the painting that is simply 3 stripes (2 blue and the middle one orange). Is that art? I for one was appalled that 1 million dollars was spent on something my 5 year old could do for a nickel. Yet the "Voice of Fire" is considered a masterpiece and individuals such as myself with no artistic background (I fully admit that) have no right to question work nor to question the cost. For those who need a visual, please click http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/barnett-newman/voice-of-fire-1967. Could any of you atheist artists give me a rational reason why the Canadian taxpayer had to pay 1 million for this? I would gladly eat crow..
Art is subjective, you of course get to say that you don't feel a particular painting is worth it but saying that a 5 year-old could paint it is simplistic and quite frankly insulting.
I am sure there are plenty of people who believe they could sing better than Dylan, paint like Pollock, or write circles around Kerouac because to those who don't understand the particular art they are involved in it seems simplistic, sometimes it is but usually it is not as easy as it looks.
And I do not believe Amy is saying that skepticism can be applied to art but rather that art can convey skepticism.
Yeah, there is also societal and historical aspects to why a piece of art becomes important or valuable that go far beyond technique used to create the particular piece.
I won't be able to attend the convention. Is it possible to send you paintings and return postage?
I'm not in charge of the art show, I'm just participating in it. If you click on the link at the end of the post, you may be able to contact someone at American Atheists and ask them.
Sorry if I foolishly missed a link, but is there a site where I can buy Ms. Pressword's work? I love art that I can wear and I'm already the proud owner of some Surlyramics, I'd love to support Beth's beautiful work as well!
She has an etsy shop called EtsyBethsySpiders!


This is blog post is an ongoing report on my struggle with gettext.
Refusing to update my old osX over the App Store (Creditcard required, how dare you Apple) it was finally time to move on. Since more and more programs (eg. Java 7) didn't work on my osX 10.6, i bought a shiny new SSD for my MacBookPro, to motivate myself for the upgrade job.


When Liz finally dumps her crude boyfriend Dennis (Dean Winters), she prowls the singles scene under Jenna's tutelage. Love also stinks for Jack, as he discovers dating a Bush administration official has its downside. And Tracy and Toofer clash, which lands both in sensitivity training.


The Lola/Caterham SP300.r was the last car designed and engineered by Lola prior to their ceasing operation. The goal was to produce an LMP like track day car that was extremely reliable and very cost effective to operate while offering the performance and feel of a high downforce LMP2 car. The car is built around a honeycombed aluminum driver capsule, which provides both extreme torsional rigidity and substantial driver protection from impact intrusion. The same tub construction technique is used in the Lola B2K/40 LMP2 car. The rear suspension is derived from the latest Lola F3 car with the front being a custom design. A race proven Hewland 6 speed sequential shift transmission is actuated by a Shiftec paddle shift system with no-lift upshift and auto blip downshift. The clutch is only used for starting and stopping. The engine is based on a 2.0 litre Ford Duratec motor equipped with Cosworth rods, pistons and valve train. The engine is supercharged and intercooled which enables excellent low speed torque and 300HP at a relatively low 7200 rpm. The engine is designed to run 80 hours before rebuild. The AIM dash is integrated into the steering wheel and communicates to the AIM logger and engine ECU. Four piston calipers at all four corners. The combination of front splitter, underbody diffuser and rear wing produces substantial downforce.
Many modifications have been professionally engineered into the car to decrease understeer, improve turn-in, and increase performance and reliability. The car has proven to be extremely reliable. Operating costs are substantially below a Porsche GT3 cup or Radical.
This particular car was purchased new in 2013 and has seen less than 2 hrs of track time. It is essentially a brand new car and is in "like new" condition. Set up was done by Andy Lally at Atlanta Motorsports park and is dialed in and ready to go. The car needs nothing and is ready to go to the track.


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60th Session COPUOS Scientific and Technical Subcommittee
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Please visit the United Nations Office for Outerspace Affairs (UNOOSA) website for more information on the Session.
Stay tuned for updates on ESPI participation in the coming weeks.
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An [ensemble method](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_learning)
is a learning algorithm which creates a model composed of a set of other base models.
`spark.mllib` supports two major ensemble algorithms: [`GradientBoostedTrees`](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.mllib.tree.GradientBoostedTrees) and [`RandomForest`](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.mllib.tree.RandomForest$).
Both use [decision trees](mllib-decision-tree.html) as their base models.

## Gradient-Boosted Trees vs. Random Forests

Both [Gradient-Boosted Trees (GBTs)](mllib-ensembles.html#Gradient-Boosted-Trees-(GBTS)) and [Random Forests](mllib-ensembles.html#Random-Forests) are algorithms for learning ensembles of trees, but the training processes are different.  There are several practical trade-offs:

 * GBTs train one tree at a time, so they can take longer to train than random forests.  Random Forests can train multiple trees in parallel.
   * On the other hand, it is often reasonable to use smaller (shallower) trees with GBTs than with Random Forests, and training smaller trees takes less time.
 * Random Forests can be less prone to overfitting.  Training more trees in a Random Forest reduces the likelihood of overfitting, but training more trees with GBTs increases the likelihood of overfitting.  (In statistical language, Random Forests reduce variance by using more trees, whereas GBTs reduce bias by using more trees.)
 * Random Forests can be easier to tune since performance improves monotonically with the number of trees (whereas performance can start to decrease for GBTs if the number of trees grows too large).

In short, both algorithms can be effective, and the choice should be based on the particular dataset.

## Random Forests

[Random forests](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_forest)
are ensembles of [decision trees](mllib-decision-tree.html).
Random forests are one of the most successful machine learning models for classification and
regression.  They combine many decision trees in order to reduce the risk of overfitting.
Like decision trees, random forests handle categorical features,
extend to the multiclass classification setting, do not require
feature scaling, and are able to capture non-linearities and feature interactions.

`spark.mllib` supports random forests for binary and multiclass classification and for regression,
using both continuous and categorical features.
`spark.mllib` implements random forests using the existing [decision tree](mllib-decision-tree.html)
implementation.  Please see the decision tree guide for more information on trees.

### Basic algorithm

Random forests train a set of decision trees separately, so the training can be done in parallel.
The algorithm injects randomness into the training process so that each decision tree is a bit
different.  Combining the predictions from each tree reduces the variance of the predictions,
improving the performance on test data.

#### Training

The randomness injected into the training process includes:

* Subsampling the original dataset on each iteration to get a different training set (a.k.a. bootstrapping).
* Considering different random subsets of features to split on at each tree node.

Apart from these randomizations, decision tree training is done in the same way as for individual decision trees.

#### Prediction

To make a prediction on a new instance, a random forest must aggregate the predictions from its set of decision trees.  This aggregation is done differently for classification and regression.

*Classification*: Majority vote. Each tree's prediction is counted as a vote for one class.  The label is predicted to be the class which receives the most votes.

*Regression*: Averaging. Each tree predicts a real value.  The label is predicted to be the average of the tree predictions.

### Usage tips

We include a few guidelines for using random forests by discussing the various parameters.
We omit some decision tree parameters since those are covered in the [decision tree guide](mllib-decision-tree.html).

The first two parameters we mention are the most important, and tuning them can often improve performance:

* **`numTrees`**: Number of trees in the forest.
  * Increasing the number of trees will decrease the variance in predictions, improving the model's test-time accuracy.
  * Training time increases roughly linearly in the number of trees.

* **`maxDepth`**: Maximum depth of each tree in the forest.
  * Increasing the depth makes the model more expressive and powerful.  However, deep trees take longer to train and are also more prone to overfitting.
  * In general, it is acceptable to train deeper trees when using random forests than when using a single decision tree.  One tree is more likely to overfit than a random forest (because of the variance reduction from averaging multiple trees in the forest).

The next two parameters generally do not require tuning.  However, they can be tuned to speed up training.

* **`subsamplingRate`**: This parameter specifies the size of the dataset used for training each tree in the forest, as a fraction of the size of the original dataset.  The default (1.0) is recommended, but decreasing this fraction can speed up training.

* **`featureSubsetStrategy`**: Number of features to use as candidates for splitting at each tree node.  The number is specified as a fraction or function of the total number of features.  Decreasing this number will speed up training, but can sometimes impact performance if too low.

### Examples

#### Classification

The example below demonstrates how to load a
[LIBSVM data file](http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/libsvmtools/datasets/),
parse it as an RDD of `LabeledPoint` and then
perform classification using a Random Forest.
The test error is calculated to measure the algorithm accuracy.

Refer to the [`RandomForest` Scala docs](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.mllib.tree.RandomForest$) and [`RandomForestModel` Scala docs](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.mllib.tree.model.RandomForestModel) for details on the API.

{% include_example scala/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/RandomForestClassificationExample.scala %}

Refer to the [`RandomForest` Java docs](api/java/org/apache/spark/mllib/tree/RandomForest.html) and [`RandomForestModel` Java docs](api/java/org/apache/spark/mllib/tree/model/RandomForestModel.html) for details on the API.

{% include_example java/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/JavaRandomForestClassificationExample.java %}

Refer to the [`RandomForest` Python docs](api/python/pyspark.mllib.html#pyspark.mllib.tree.RandomForest) and [`RandomForest` Python docs](api/python/pyspark.mllib.html#pyspark.mllib.tree.RandomForestModel) for more details on the API.

{% include_example python/mllib/random_forest_classification_example.py %}

#### Regression

The example below demonstrates how to load a
[LIBSVM data file](http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/libsvmtools/datasets/),
parse it as an RDD of `LabeledPoint` and then
perform regression using a Random Forest.
The Mean Squared Error (MSE) is computed at the end to evaluate
[goodness of fit](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodness_of_fit).

Refer to the [`RandomForest` Scala docs](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.mllib.tree.RandomForest$) and [`RandomForestModel` Scala docs](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.mllib.tree.model.RandomForestModel) for details on the API.

{% include_example scala/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/RandomForestRegressionExample.scala %}

Refer to the [`RandomForest` Java docs](api/java/org/apache/spark/mllib/tree/RandomForest.html) and [`RandomForestModel` Java docs](api/java/org/apache/spark/mllib/tree/model/RandomForestModel.html) for details on the API.

{% include_example java/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/JavaRandomForestRegressionExample.java %}

Refer to the [`RandomForest` Python docs](api/python/pyspark.mllib.html#pyspark.mllib.tree.RandomForest) and [`RandomForest` Python docs](api/python/pyspark.mllib.html#pyspark.mllib.tree.RandomForestModel) for more details on the API.

{% include_example python/mllib/random_forest_regression_example.py %}

## Gradient-Boosted Trees (GBTs)

[Gradient-Boosted Trees (GBTs)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradient_boosting)
are ensembles of [decision trees](mllib-decision-tree.html).
GBTs iteratively train decision trees in order to minimize a loss function.
Like decision trees, GBTs handle categorical features,
extend to the multiclass classification setting, do not require
feature scaling, and are able to capture non-linearities and feature interactions.

`spark.mllib` supports GBTs for binary classification and for regression,
using both continuous and categorical features.
`spark.mllib` implements GBTs using the existing [decision tree](mllib-decision-tree.html) implementation.  Please see the decision tree guide for more information on trees.

*Note*: GBTs do not yet support multiclass classification.  For multiclass problems, please use
[decision trees](mllib-decision-tree.html) or [Random Forests](mllib-ensembles.html#Random-Forest).

### Basic algorithm

Gradient boosting iteratively trains a sequence of decision trees.
On each iteration, the algorithm uses the current ensemble to predict the label of each training instance and then compares the prediction with the true label.  The dataset is re-labeled to put more emphasis on training instances with poor predictions.  Thus, in the next iteration, the decision tree will help correct for previous mistakes.

The specific mechanism for re-labeling instances is defined by a loss function (discussed below).  With each iteration, GBTs further reduce this loss function on the training data.

#### Losses

The table below lists the losses currently supported by GBTs in `spark.mllib`.
Note that each loss is applicable to one of classification or regression, not both.

Notation: $N$ = number of instances. $y_i$ = label of instance $i$.  $x_i$ = features of instance $i$.  $F(x_i)$ = model's predicted label for instance $i$.

Loss	Task	Formula	Description

      Log Loss
	  Classification
	  $2 \sum_{i=1}^{N} \log(1+\exp(-2 y_i F(x_i)))$	Twice binomial negative log likelihood.

      Squared Error
	  Regression
	  $\sum_{i=1}^{N} (y_i - F(x_i))^2$	Also called L2 loss.  Default loss for regression tasks.

      Absolute Error
	  Regression
     $\sum_{i=1}^{N} |y_i - F(x_i)|$	Also called L1 loss.  Can be more robust to outliers than Squared Error.

### Usage tips

We include a few guidelines for using GBTs by discussing the various parameters.
We omit some decision tree parameters since those are covered in the [decision tree guide](mllib-decision-tree.html).

* **`loss`**: See the section above for information on losses and their applicability to tasks (classification vs. regression).  Different losses can give significantly different results, depending on the dataset.

* **`numIterations`**: This sets the number of trees in the ensemble.  Each iteration produces one tree.  Increasing this number makes the model more expressive, improving training data accuracy.  However, test-time accuracy may suffer if this is too large.

* **`learningRate`**: This parameter should not need to be tuned.  If the algorithm behavior seems unstable, decreasing this value may improve stability.

* **`algo`**: The algorithm or task (classification vs. regression) is set using the tree [Strategy] parameter.

#### Validation while training

Gradient boosting can overfit when trained with more trees. In order to prevent overfitting, it is useful to validate while
training. The method runWithValidation has been provided to make use of this option. It takes a pair of RDD's as arguments, the
first one being the training dataset and the second being the validation dataset.

The training is stopped when the improvement in the validation error is not more than a certain tolerance
(supplied by the `validationTol` argument in `BoostingStrategy`). In practice, the validation error
decreases initially and later increases. There might be cases in which the validation error does not change monotonically,
and the user is advised to set a large enough negative tolerance and examine the validation curve using `evaluateEachIteration`
(which gives the error or loss per iteration) to tune the number of iterations.

### Examples

#### Classification

The example below demonstrates how to load a
[LIBSVM data file](http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/libsvmtools/datasets/),
parse it as an RDD of `LabeledPoint` and then
perform classification using Gradient-Boosted Trees with log loss.
The test error is calculated to measure the algorithm accuracy.

Refer to the [`GradientBoostedTrees` Scala docs](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.mllib.tree.GradientBoostedTrees) and [`GradientBoostedTreesModel` Scala docs](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.mllib.tree.model.GradientBoostedTreesModel) for details on the API.

{% include_example scala/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/GradientBoostingClassificationExample.scala %}

Refer to the [`GradientBoostedTrees` Java docs](api/java/org/apache/spark/mllib/tree/GradientBoostedTrees.html) and [`GradientBoostedTreesModel` Java docs](api/java/org/apache/spark/mllib/tree/model/GradientBoostedTreesModel.html) for details on the API.

{% include_example java/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/JavaGradientBoostingClassificationExample.java %}

Refer to the [`GradientBoostedTrees` Python docs](api/python/pyspark.mllib.html#pyspark.mllib.tree.GradientBoostedTrees) and [`GradientBoostedTreesModel` Python docs](api/python/pyspark.mllib.html#pyspark.mllib.tree.GradientBoostedTreesModel) for more details on the API.

{% include_example python/mllib/gradient_boosting_classification_example.py %}

#### Regression

The example below demonstrates how to load a
[LIBSVM data file](http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/libsvmtools/datasets/),
parse it as an RDD of `LabeledPoint` and then
perform regression using Gradient-Boosted Trees with Squared Error as the loss.
The Mean Squared Error (MSE) is computed at the end to evaluate
[goodness of fit](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodness_of_fit).

Refer to the [`GradientBoostedTrees` Scala docs](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.mllib.tree.GradientBoostedTrees) and [`GradientBoostedTreesModel` Scala docs](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.mllib.tree.model.GradientBoostedTreesModel) for details on the API.

{% include_example scala/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/GradientBoostingRegressionExample.scala %}

Refer to the [`GradientBoostedTrees` Java docs](api/java/org/apache/spark/mllib/tree/GradientBoostedTrees.html) and [`GradientBoostedTreesModel` Java docs](api/java/org/apache/spark/mllib/tree/model/GradientBoostedTreesModel.html) for details on the API.

{% include_example java/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/JavaGradientBoostingRegressionExample.java %}

Refer to the [`GradientBoostedTrees` Python docs](api/python/pyspark.mllib.html#pyspark.mllib.tree.GradientBoostedTrees) and [`GradientBoostedTreesModel` Python docs](api/python/pyspark.mllib.html#pyspark.mllib.tree.GradientBoostedTreesModel) for more details on the API.

{% include_example python/mllib/gradient_boosting_regression_example.py %}


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Dead Syria fighter's mum: Stop them going
Andrew Probyn and Nick ButterlyThe West Australian
Sat, 4 June 2016 3:00AM
Camera IconJamie Bright in Syria as a fighter for the YPG. Credit: The West Australian
The heartbroken mother of Perth foreign fighter Jamie Bright says her son is a hero who saved the lives of many people in the brutal war against Islamic State.
But Faye-Marie Kenny has urged every Australian parent to be alert to their children being drawn into the bloody conflict engulfing Syria and Iraq.
"Move heaven and earth to try to talk them out of it," she toldThe Weekend West yesterday. "Because it's an almost certain death sentence. You go into a situation like that, there's not much chance of coming out alive."
Jamie Bright, 44, was killed on May 25 in northern Syria while fighting for the US-backed YPG, the Kurdish People's Protection Unit.
The doctor who did the autopsy on his body at a hospital in Al-Malikiyah, near Syria's border with Turkey, said Mr Bright had died from a single gunshot to the back of his head.
A former engineer with the Australian Defence Force, Mr Bright had worked as a Mandurah painter and decorator until December 2014 when, unbeknown to his family, he left for Turkey where he slipped into Syria.A crack shot in the army, Mr Bright used his training as an ADF sapper to disarm scores of improvised explosive devices set by Islamic State.
His family said Mr Bright was a "frustrated soldier" whose time in the ADF was cut short by a back injury, which led to a medical discharge in the mid-1990s.
"He'd been sitting around for the past 15, 20 years and he got the opportunity... I don't know what triggered in his head to go over but he went over and we are still trying to work out why," his twin brother Andrew said.
Repatriating Jamie Bright's body will be difficult. The Australian, like all foreign fighters with the YPG, has been denounced by Turkey as a terrorist and enemy combatant.
Three members of the Kurdish Association of Australia visited Mr Bright's family when they gathered in Canberra on Thursday. The Kurds honoured his memory.As a foreign fighter, Mr Bright broke Australian law in travelling to a "declared area" in Syria.
"He didn't care," his mother said. "He was doing what he wanted to do. And that's Jamie. He'd not been doing a great deal for a long time and he just thought these people need me."
The Kurdish community are working to bring his body back to Perth. The Australian Government will have to carry out difficult negotiations with the Kurdish Regional Government, which controls neighbouring northern Iraq, to get the body home.
The Kurdish Regional Government is at odds with the YPG and has shut the border with Syria.
Perth's record-breaking summer heat just keeps going


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Menlo Security Emerges From Stealth With $25M And Plan To Defeat Malware
Menlo Security, a company with a unique plan to battle malware, emerged from stealth today and also announced $25M in Series B funding.
The idea is an intriguing one. Many security problems emanate from malware, which can give hackers a path into a system where they can find their way deeper in and eventually compromise the entire network.
But what if you could prevent the malware from ever reaching an end user machine? Menlo Security is trying to do just that by isolating every email and web page and delivering a safe mirror image to your browser.
"We isolate all web pages and email in the cloud (either public or private). As content gets isolated, it never makes it to the end point. This eliminates the malware at an architectural level," Amir Ben-Efraim, co-founder and CEO explained.
"As you contrast [what we do] with what everyone else is doing (or legacy solutions), all of the security solutions aim to ferret out good from bad. If it's bad, you stop it. If it's good, you let it in," Ben-Efraim said.
The problem as we've seen, is that bad guys are finding ways to sneak past theses forms of detection. Menlo is attempting to offer a different kind of approach.
All browsers work the same way by rendering HTML code. What Menlo is doing is displaying the live version in the cloud in a virtual container, then rendering a mirror image with benign code on the end user machine in their native browser with no latency, Ben-Efraim claimed.
If you're wondering what happens to the containers, the malware contained in the isolation platform, and has no chance of escaping. "We rapidly dispose of these containers. Every time you click a link, it starts a new instance. The malware has no way to persist," he said.
It also works with emails, so if you were to click a malware link in an email, the same process would happen again. As the browser opens, the new page is rendered safely and the live malware site remains safely in the cloud container.
What's more, it doesn't use an agent or software, nor does it require modification at the browser level. This lack of special software is one of the key elements that attracted Steve Herrod, managing director at venture capital firm, General Catalyst. "I don't like investments that require agents or that require you to install something. I don't think they can be properly administered," he said.
Herrod also liked the idea of the isolation platform approach that Menlo Security has defined, which he say is a new category in security. "If nothing hits the end point, that's the ultimate security," he said.
It's worth pointing out that Bromium has a similar product. Herrod suggested this was different because it was Windows-based and harder to deploy and update, but if you check out the description on the Bromium company website, it sounds very similar and uses the "isolation" language too.
As for that $25 million in Series B funding, the round was led by new investor Sutter Hill Ventures. Existing investors General Catalyst, Osage University Partners and Engineering Capital also participated.
The latest funding brings the total raised to date to $35 million, according to Crunchbase.
The company, which launched in 2013, has dozens of customers, and currently has 50 employees, Ben-Efraim said. He hopes to double that within the next year.


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SWIFT has launched a major consultation on the future migration of its cross-border messaging services to the ISO 20022 standard.
Payment messages have always been at the heart of SWIFT and still account for some 50% of total traffic on the network. In recent years a number of new market infrastructures for payments have come onstream, and all of them are based on ISO 20022 messages rather than the older ISO 15022 based 'MT' standard. Over the next few years several more implementations are scheduled.
According to SWIFT, banks are increasingly interested in migrating the bilateral messaging traffic as well.
The formal consultation will run until early June, and a final report is expected by the end of 2018.
Harry Newman, head, banking, Swift, says: "ISO 20022 will deliver increased efficiencies, end-to-end STP, improved regulatory compliance, enhanced party identifications, and will enable new business opportunities in line with the gpi roadmap."


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Ambrogio Visconti  (Milan, 1343 - Caprino Bergamasco, 1373), fils de Barnabé Visconti  était un condottiere italien du .

Biographie
Ambrogio Visconti, originaire de Milan, était le fils de Bernabo Visconti et de Beltramola Grassi, il est le frère de Carlo Visconti.

En 1365, grâce au financement de son père et de son oncle Galéas, il fonde, en compagnie du comte Giovanni d'Aburgo et John Hawkwood, la Compagnia di San Giorgio.

Condottiere au service de son père, tyran dur et cruel, il est tué par des paysans en révolte à Caprino Bergamasco en  et est enterré à Bergame.

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Five years versus five days. That succinctly describes the different weights accorded to constituents raising objections to expanded oil and gas leasing in landscapes with special circumstances.
As the Trump administration attempts to accelerate energy development through its self-described energy dominance agenda, it's encountering significant blowback, some in predictable corners and others more surprising.
Over the past few months, the Department of Interior under Ryan Zinke has reversed course on several controversial oil and gas proposals owing to opposition raised by key stakeholders.
At the beginning of March, the Interior Department abruptly canceled a pending auction for new oil and gas lease rights near Chaco Canyon National Historical Park in New Mexico. Zinke noted the government's need for more consultation with the area's Native American tribes as a key rationale for the cancellation. Government rules require "meaningful and timely" consultation with tribes that have cultural interests at stake. In the case of Chaco, 26 Native American tribes assert a cultural affiliation running back literally a thousand years or longer.
Five years ago, the affected tribes started to vocally state objections to more energy development in this culturally significant and sensitive landscape. The Hopi Tribe in 2013 objected to new oil and gas leasing because of feared impacts to cultural resources significant to the tribe. The All Pueblo Council of Governors in 2014 adopted the first of annual resolutions opposing more energy development around Chaco. The council includes representatives of 20 tribes culturally connected with Chaco. The Navajo Nation joined with its opposition in 2017. The Navajos have similarly lengthy cultural ties to the Chacoan landscape as well as many current communities.
Five years, with objections repeatedly expressed by over two dozen Native American tribes, and finally the Interior Department relented on more leasing on just 4,500 acres.
By comparison, five days is all it took for the Interior Department to abandon efforts to open areas offshore of Florida coasts earlier this year. On Jan. 4, the Trump administration announced plans to open all of America's coastal waters to oil and gas development. A firestorm of opposition erupted, including the vociferous opposition from Florida's Republican governor and erstwhile candidate for higher political office. On Jan. 9, Interior Secretary Zinke pulled the plug on plans to drill Florida coastlines.
Five days versus five years. That apparently speaks to the value accorded the opposition. A governor running for Senate who has been a reliable ally of the administration says boo, and Zinke spins a 180 and abandons plans to open millions of acres to energy development because of the political sensitivity.
Contrasted with Native Americans with a 1,000 years in a landscape of renowned cultural significance, where only after five years of relentless opposition does the Interior Department grudgingly pause development on a few thousand acres.
The deferrals are a welcome stay for both landscapes, Florida's coastlines and Chaco's canyons and mesas. The need to contemplate larger public opinion seems to just be dawning on Zinke. Governors of other states concerned by new ocean drilling reasonably ask why their tourism and ecology are not as important as Florida's. And just last week, Zinke thought better of opening up lands to leasing along the northern gateway to Yellowstone National Park in his home state of Montana and canceled a lease sale for 17,000 acres around Livingston.
Does this signal Zinke turning a new leaf and listening to local concerns about his energy dominance agenda? Or is this just a brief public relations dodge before he gets back to handing over the keys to the energy industry.


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The National Ocean Sciences Bowl is excited to host a webinar on January 19th, 2021, at 7:00 PM EST that will allow competing students to "Ask an Expert" all their questions in the marine renewable energy space. We hope competing students will come to the Hangout with their questions on marine renewable energy as they prepare for their 2021 finals competition. Experts from the U.S. Department of Energy, Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC), the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will be providing an update on current and future developments in marine and riverine energy technologies along the U.S. coasts in or near polar waters. The ideas currently being developed support coastal resiliency, ocean observations, powering remote communities, and offshore aquaculture efforts.
JOIN THE WEBINAR on Tuesday, January 19th, at 7:00 PM Eastern.
Rukmani Vijayaraghavan: Rukmani Vijayaraghavan works on funding mechanisms to support innovation in water power, including prize competitions and WPTO's Powering the Blue Economy Initiative. Before coming to DOE, she was an AIP/AAAS Congressional Science Fellow when she worked on STEM education and energy and climate issues in Congress. She received a PhD in Astronomy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2015 and was then an NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Virginia.
Nathan Johnson: Nathan leads ORPC's development activities and the implementation of its innovative power systems in cost effective, environmentally responsible ways. He builds strategic partnerships and projects to accelerate new industries and strengthen communities. A native of Long Island, Maine, Nathan has a diverse background that includes renewable energy, commercial fishing, aquaculture, groundwater exploration and development, construction management and environmental engineering.
Jill Brandenberger: As program manager for environmental intelligence, Jill Brandenberger studies the importance of the ocean in our daily lives. Her research interests include Earth and human system measurements and models; climate change impacts on national security; environmental security; resilience in Alaska/Arctic; and science to engineering: translating climate science to engineering design. Until recently, she was also an adjunct professor at Western Washington University. Jill holds a BS in oceanography and an MS in environmental science, both from Texas A&M University.
Molly Grear: Dr. Molly Grear is an ocean engineer and marine biologist working in the Coastal Sciences Division at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Her work focuses on the environmental impacts of installing new ocean technology, as well as using biological processes and mechanics to inspire engineering design. Her recent work has also included coastal modeling projects, such as understanding the impacts of storms on coastal infrastructure, resource assessment for wave energy, and modeling offshore macroalgae cultivation. Prior to joining the lab in 2020, Dr. Grear led the National Science Foundation's portfolio in ocean science and technology policy, including advising the White House Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology, as well as assisting in preparing the U.S. National Strategy for Mapping, Exploring, and Characterizing the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone. Dr. Grear holds a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Washington, where she studied the potential injury risk of marine mammals from tidal turbine collision through testing and modeling the structural mechanics of whale skin and blubber.
Jeremy Kasper: Jeremy Kasper is a research associate professor and the Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) deputy director of research and co-director of the Pacific Marine Energy Center at UAF. Before joining ACEP, Jeremy was a postdoctoral investigator with the Department of Physical Oceanography at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He holds a PhD in oceanography from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in physics from Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Jeremy thoroughly enjoys his work and likes being around bodies of water, whether they are frozen or liquid.
David Greene: David Greene has worked on water, energy and climate sustainability issues for over 25 years and joined NREL in 2019. For the decade before coming to NREL, he led the climate and resource sustainability efforts at the Austin (Texas) water and wastewater utility. Prior to that, he worked as an environmental consultant and on water and sanitation technology and development efforts internationally. At NREL, David continues to work at the intersection of water and energy: as part of the Water Power team, his core work involves technoeconomic analyses of wave, tidal, and ocean current energy conversion devices at both the utility scale as well as in smaller, sector-specific applications through the DOE Powering the Blue Economy program. He supports NREL's work to promote hydropower and pumped storage at the municipal and regional level, and is one of the lab experts contributing to the National Alliance for Water Innovation ("Water Hub").
Levi Kilcher: Levi is an expert in ocean turbulence, tidal processes, and surface waves. He has more than 10 years of experience in data analysis and has spent more than 7 months at sea for research. Levi leads the NREL water power team's resource assessment and site characterization activities. Additionally, Levi worked under DOE's Alaska Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team program to help tribal communities throughout the state identify renewable energy and energy efficiency opportunities that fit the climate and met their needs.


Bone-dry air. Drought-stressed vegetation. Santa Ana winds. Add a spark, and you have the potential for raging wildfires like those that ravaged Southern California in October, 2003. The statistics from these firestorms are startling: roughly 750,000 acres burned; about 4,800 homes destroyed; many lives lost.
Of the 15 separate October blazes, the Cedar Fire in San Diego is responsible for the largest loss of homes and lives. At its most furious, it produced flames 400 feet high, says Tracy Jarman, assistant fire chief at San Diego Fire-Rescue. Wind carried its embers as far as 2 miles and created radiant heat so intense that houses ignited from several blocks away.
How can we keep our homes and gardens safe from future threats? The right landscaping plays an important role. Here are steps you can take to protect your property.
But outside of Stevenson Ranch, some homes were impossible to defend, Sprewell says. Faced with uncleared brush, dense plantings near houses, lots of flammable vegetation, and tree limbs hanging over roofs, firefighters have to move on, he says. "We're forced to concentrate on the homes we have a chance of saving," he explains.
Plant low-growing, drought-tolerant groundcovers on the perimeter of your property. Widely space any trees or large shrubs.
Put low-growing, water-retentive, fire-resistant plants close to the house. Keep them well irrigated.
Install a buffer of hardscape (paving, decomposed granite) right next to the house. Or plant this area sparingly, using only low-growing, fire-resistant plants.
Fence materials such as cinder block or stuccoed cement are better than wood, especially if you live at the base of a hill, since they can stop rolling embers. Homeowner Betsy Evatt believes that wood fences helped spread the fire in the Amber Ridge development of San Diego's Scripps Ranch, where her home is one of the few still standing. Most of the houses in Evatt's area had cedar fences behind them. When the fences caught fire, they created a path to the homes. Evatt had a wood fence too, but she surrounded it with a swath of succulents.
Elsewhere outdoors, use metal (not wood) for patio covers, arbors, and trellises.
Situate firewood and propane tanks at least 30 feet from the house. Move plastic trash cans away from homes and wood fences; melted ones ignited adjacent structures in the recent fires. Keep gutters clear of dead leaves and other debris.
Use metal, concrete, clay tile, or fiber cement-shake roofing in fire-prone areas. "Wood-shake roofs and adjacent wildland are an explosive combination," says Jarman of San Diego Fire-Rescue. The wind during the Cedar Fire was strong enough at times to carry burning 2-by-4s. When embers landed on wood shake, the roofs ignited.
Protect your attic. To keep embers out, box in the eaves and cover attic vents with wire mesh that has holes no larger than 1/4 inch wide.
Replace single-pane windows with double- or triple-pane windows. One of the most frightening aspects of the recent fires is the way homes exploded without a flame touching them; radiant heat made windows so hot that curtains, blinds, or furniture next to them ignited.
Lytle Creek, a mountain community in San Bernardino County, is a good example of neighbors uniting to protect their homes. The community formed a local chapter of the Fire Safe Council, and together its members cleared tons of brush from around their homes before fire season. Because of their efforts, firefighters were able to save most Lytle Creek homes.
People living in high fire-hazard areas need evacuation plans. "Don't rely on thinking calmly," warns Scripps Ranch homeowner Laurie Sanders-Cannon. By the time the evacuation notice finally comes, you may have only minutes to make decisions.
Decide on an evacuation route, and establish an emergency meeting place outside the home where family members can reunite. Make copies of legal documents and store them off-site.
www.firewise.org This site, sponsored by the National Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Program, offers a free book (you pay shipping) called Firewise Communities: Where We Live, How We Live; it includes photographs of fire-safe landscapes.
www.laspilitas.com Las Pilitas Nursery provides fire-safe guidelines and a list of fire-resistant plants.
www.lafd.org/brush On the Los Angeles Fire Department's website, you'll find a fire-safety checklist.
What, if anything, can be done now or soon to repair the scorched landscape? In the past, seeding with annual ryegrass has been relied on, says Tom Scott, a University of California at Berkeley natural resources specialist based at UC Riverside. But seeding has not proven to be an effective slope stabilizer. "What it does manage to do," Scott says, "is interfere with the natural healing process." Western native-plant communities recover on their own, he says. Shrubs often resprout within the first week after a fire, he adds.
Doing nothing, at least initially, is the best course of action in home gardens as well, says Vincent Lazaneo, an urban horticultural advisor with UC Cooperative Extension, San Diego. "If the fire hasn't burned through the cambium layer (the growth tissue), plants survive," he says. Wait to see if any new growth emerges in midspring, he advises. Delaying any new planting until after winter rains is a good idea anyway. "Even if a plant is dead, its roots help stabilize the soil for at least a year," Lazaneo explains.


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TAUNTON, MA, March 19, 2019 — Bristol County Savings Bank announces that it will hold a free, educational Home Buyer's Seminar for those thinking about purchasing, rehabbing or refinancing a house in the future on Thursday, April 4th, 2019 at the Colonel Blackinton Inn's Carriage House, 203 North Main Street in Attleboro, Massachusetts from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Vicky Faunce, a Mortgage Consultant with the Bank, will provide attendees information on finance options and down payment requirements to purchase a home.
Those attending and approved for a mortgage with Bristol County Savings Bank will receive a $300 credit towards closing costs (some restrictions may apply). Reservations are required and seating is limited. Please call 508-828-5329 by Friday, March 29th to reserve a seat.
In addition to Faunce, the evening will feature guest speakers Goretti Joaquim from the MassHousing Finance Agency and Laurie Drucker with RTN Realty Advisors LLC.


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Many UK families have a second home in the South West part of the United Kingdom, which happens to be one of the nicest holiday regions in the country, and if you have a property that you would like to rent out during the holiday season, there are local quality letting agents in Paignton who can source tenants on your behalf.
Trying to find suitable holiday tenants for the times when you are not using the property can be a challenge at the best of times, and a nightmare at worst. By leaving this to a reputable local letting agency, you can relax, safe in the knowledge that your holiday home is making you money when you are not using it.
Whether you prefer to have your holiday home rented out on a weekly basis, or as a permanent tenancy, the letting agent will follow your directives, and with great exposure, they can quickly find the right tenant for your property, while also overseeing the building maintenance and ensuring that your landlord responsibilities are met in full.
Finding the right letting agency is very easy using an online search, and with a local presence at all times, you have peace of mind, knowing that your property is being monitored on your behalf. They handle everything for you, and should you decide to make good use of the property when it is empty, they will prepare for your arrival as if you are a tenant.
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Home Home Decor Experimenting with a sari canopy by litlnemo, via Flickr: I realized that I have a pink and gold sari that isn't doing anything, and maybe I could use it to make a sort of canopy over my bed. Here it's all just tacked on the wall, just to see how it looks. I like it but I'm not sure it looks quite right. Anyway, I have a lantern hanging in the middle (with an LED candle) and it is sort of neat. I will probably change it to a different arrangement, but who knows.
Experimenting with a sari canopy by litlnemo, via Flickr: I realized that I have a pink and gold sari that isn't doing anything, and maybe I could use it to make a sort of canopy over my bed. Here it's all just tacked on the wall, just to see how it looks. I like it but I'm not sure it looks quite right. Anyway, I have a lantern hanging in the middle (with an LED candle) and it is sort of neat. I will probably change it to a different arrangement, but who knows.