Landscaping for fire protection starts with clearing of all flammable vegetation at least 30 m around the house. The cleared native vegetation can be replaced by drought tolerant species with low ignitability, and low fuel volume. FIRESMART (2003) provides a list of the desirable attributes of fire-resistive vegetation. Trees should be spaced far enough apart that their crowns will still be separated when full-grown and they will not overhang the house.
Silvicultural options to establish, maintain or enhance biodiversity values exist at the different planning levels (see Kerr, 1999, for a discussion of the options). Habitat or habitat components can be influenced at the tree neighbourhood level (Coates and Burton, 1997), stand level (e.g. Geldenhuys, 1997 Hartley, 2002 Lindenmayer and Franklin, 2002 Watt et al, 2002 Montes et al, 2005 Brown et al, 2006) as well as the landscape level (e.g. Lindenmayer and Hobbs, 2004 Tubelis et al, 2004 Montes et al, 2005), while the matrix and corridor function of plantations and the buffering of native ecosystems is clearly an issue for estate or landscape planning (Bone et al, 1997 Tubelis et al, 2004 Nasi et al, 2008). Therefore, silvicultural prescriptions are just one element in an overall plan to achieve certain biodiversity goals in plantations (Figure 5.2).
Botanical gardens and arboreta may be based on a design that gathers the trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants in their respective taxonomic groups. Or, they may be grouped according to the region of the world where the plant grows in its native environment. Often, plants are used to create small, landscaped display gardens such as a rhododendron, wildflower, medicinal, or Japanese style garden, or examples of gardens for the home landscape.
During the last five or six decades, additional design contributions have been made by the dominance of modernism in landscape design and architecture across Europe. The aesthetics of scenery should also be considered as of crucial importance. Besides, new combinations and approaches are there to be discovered.
Are realized consistent with the principles of sustainable forest management. In practice, this step requires conservation planning and management on a bioregional basis planning and management on a catchment basis landscape planning and management at appropriate, variable scales down to the level of forest stands and the consideration of various land-use and management options. These planning and management processes will also need to respect forest and other landscape components of particular significance, such as those of high conservation or cultural value, and societal values more generally. They also require consideration of the form, composition and management of plantation forests that are appropriate and feasible in each particular context.
The results show that 61 educational departments at 49 institutions for higher education provide some sort of urban forestry education. In total these represented 31 full degree programs and 191 courses and modules. Among the 31 programs said to deal with urban forestry, only 8 explicitly had the term urban forestry (or community forestry as focusing on urban areas) in their title (Table 17.1). Other keywords in degree program titles were landscape architecture, design and planning, (landscape) gardening and horticulture. Four of the programs were titled 'arboriculture', thus suggesting a focus on individual tree care. Some titles suggest that programs had little in common with urban forestry education.
Across Europe, other institutions have developed urban forestry programs. Most have had a national scope, and many have in recent years experienced difficulties in rooting itself - in several cases due to lack of students. To our knowledge urban forestry related programs have been offered or are under preparation in the following countries Ireland, The Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Greece, Italy and Denmark Sweden. Examples of programs are provided in Boxes 17.1 and 17.2. Based on their long tradition in urban green establishment, forestry, landscape architecture and landscape planning, the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University of Copenhagen, Denmark and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have developed, jointly with other partners, a Master education in Urban Forestry and Urban Greening. This program will have an international scope and starts in autumn 2005.
One of the important challenges to facilitate schemes such as PES or other reward systems and to facilitate sound landscape planning is to develop ways to measure the ecological functions of plantations (Hartley, 2002 Dudley, 2005). If in future, plantation design and management should consider more fully the whole range of ecosystem goods and services, both agreed systems for valuing goods and services (see Chapter 2) and a good understanding about the compatibility, and possible trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem goods and services are required.
Island flora and fauna are often particularly vulnerable to negative impacts of introduced or invasive species, as has been shown in the Galiapagos Islands (Schofield, 1989). Ferns that are not native to an area, especially in island ecosystems with a highly endemic fern flora, can also displace and out-compete native species. There are a total of 32 naturalized alien ferns in Hawaii, of which two are new species established since 1996 (Wilson, 2002). As with other non-native biota, alien ferns and lycophytes are often introduced intentionally for horticultural and landscaping purposes, subsequently escaping cultivation and becoming naturalized. This has been the case in the Hawaiian Islands for the introduced Australian tree fern, Sphaeropteris cooperi, which is fast growing and considered extremely hazardous to Hawaiian ecosystems due to its likely displacement of the endemic, slower-growing Cibotium tree ferns, and it has spread from Oahu to Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii (Palmer, 2003).
My grandfather's back porch was one of the very few interactions I've had with any sort of artificial grass aside from the odd round of miniature golf here and there. It certainly was not on my mind, years later, when, as a new professor, I was invited to a meeting to discuss the landscaping of a new soccer field. The old soccer field had potholes and weeds, so improvements were required to eliminate both. Our campus had been herbicide-free for more than three years, and according to senior administrative officials the current state of weedi-ness on campus was upsetting some alumnae and perhaps some trustees. It seemed our herbicide-free status was threatened.
Remarks Both the lumber and crushed foliage are aromatic. Wood is soft, durable, very light. The lumber, used in shipbuilding, construction work, and as shingles, is of such value that large logs buried in prehistoric times have been mined in New Jersey bogs. Formerly, organ pipes were made of this resonant wood. White cedar charcoal was used in making gunpowder during American Revolution. Their beauty and resistance to insects and disease have caused a number of horticultural varieties of this tree and its oriental relatives to be used in landscaping. A native species also known as Arbor Vitae, It is browsed by deer.
Plants that grow aggressively and outcompete other species are called invasive species. Invasive plants are usually those that were introduced, either intentionally or unintentionally, into a locality where they previously did not grow. Introduced plants, also called exotics or alien species, form an important part of our environment, contributing immensely to agriculture, horticulture, landscaping, and soil stabilization. But among the thousands of plant species introduced to North America, approximately 10 percent display the aggressive growth tendencies of invasive species. Although the terms exotic, alien, and invasive are sometimes used interchangeably, not all exotic plants are invasive. In addition, some native species, those plants that grew in an area prior to European settlement, can be invasive, especially as natural landscapes are altered.
More and more different professionals now have a major influence on the urban forest. They range from arboriculturalists, foresters, horticulturalists and landscape designers to planners, engineers, legislators, transport and utility managers, health practitioners and commercial developers. Where coordination is poor, conflict invariably follows, and this in turn can lead to misplaced resources, fragmented management and duplication of effort (Lewis 1991). All of these affect the urban forest, limit its effectiveness and deprive the public of many potential benefits. Therefore the case for partnerships is very persuasive.
This subfamily includes important edible temperate fruit species (known collectively as pome fruits) and a great number of landscape plants (Table 2). The most Hawthorn. There are about 1000 Crataegus species that are used in landscape plantings. A number have edible fruit and a few species such as C. monygna (English hawthorn) are used for timber. Crataegus pinnatifida, Chinese hawthorn, is processed for juice in China. Serviceberry. Amelanchier species known by various local names including Ser-viceberry, Juneberry, or Saskatoons are hardy plants used as landscape plants. Various attempts have been made at domestication for uses as a new fruit crops, but it appears that these species crops will be best used as edible landscape species.
Ornamental plants are grown for use by the green industry and public for purposes such as landscaping for sport, and conservation. The green industries include commercial plant nurseries, flower growers, parks, and roadside and landscape plant installation and maintenance.
A grounds manager maintains an institutional site landscaped with turf, trees, flowers, buildings, and roads. They can be hired by colleges, universities, municipalities, park and recreation facilities, office parks, residential communities, hotels, resorts, theme parks, and cemeteries. Education in turf management, landscaping, ornamentals, and business is helpful.
This shrub forms a graceful mass of spreading, arching branches, and it suckers freely from the base. Yellowish white flowers appear in May and June and are not showy. Prefers acidT well-drained soils, in full sun or partial shade The species is seldom used in contemporary landscaping, having been replaced by the cultivar '< rispa' Grows 4 to 7 ft. bight equal or greater in spread, Zones J to 7 Japan. Korea.
These include glades placed within the inner edge zone, indrawn grass wedges like creeks or inlets, outdrawn points or tips of shrubs or trees, solitary trees and clumps placed as a forefront, and small waters and wetlands placed to maximize its function as a wildlife habitat and increase its beauty. Another such element is the edge path. The question how to incorporate this and other elements into a well-managed edge zone has characterized many well-known landscape designers through time.
Little used in commercial landscaping because of com petition from Tilia cordate ione of its parents), but this hybrid is still a handsome tree. Habit is softly pyramidal, with branches that skirt the ground. The 2- to 4-in.-long leaves arc lustrous, polished dark green. The leaf margins have elongated, mucronate serrations, almost like bristles, a trait that separates this species from Uttleleaf Linden, Tends to sucker from the base, producing unwanted shoots that need to be removed. Supposedly more resistant to aphids than T. cordata. A fine tree for parks, campuses, and Lirge areas. Ho not limb up the lower branches, since they add much to the character of a mature tree. Crimean Linden is a hybrid between T. cordata and Z dasyityla that originated about i860. Grows 40 to 60 ft, high, 20 to 30 ft, wide. Zones 3 to 7.
In industry, conversion of raw wood materials into charcoal, extraction of turpentine and similar compounds for use as solvents and paint additives, and the use of cork in the beverage and manufacturing industries. Even the material previously stripped from the logs and discarded prior to transport to the mill is now used. Tree bark is a valued commodity for use in the landscaping horticultural industry, and in some cases forms an organic component to artificial soil mixes. It is encouraging to note that today none of the parts of harvested trees are wasted the technology of wood processing is sufficiently advanced to ensure that one of the world's most valuable and sustainable resources is used as efficiently as possible. Management of forests and natural habitats as sources of wood products is essential to provide for increasing needs of wood by humans. see also Conifers Cork Fiber and Fiber Products Forestry Paper Trees Wood Anatomy.
Public awareness is crucial in conservation efforts (Given, 2002), especially in developed nations where consumer demand is often driving exploitative resource extraction. Demand for rare forest products, including endangered species, often drives global luxury markets into a positive feedback loop, where rarity becomes more valuable and thus reinforces suppliers to seek out the last remaining populations. The collection industry is causing a decline in certain fern and lycophyte taxa, notably tree ferns and other species valuable for the landscaping and florist industries. Consumer product awareness and seller accountability are crucial in today's market economy.
So sensitive Is this plant to moisture, that it may burst into blossom within a few hours after soaking rain, this phenomenon giving rise to the local belief that the plant actually blossoms before the rain, thereby forecasting precipitation hence it is sometimes called barometerbush. During recent years silverleaf has become one of the popular native shrubs used in landscaping.
Tree, characteristic of cold, alkaline swamps and stream borders, but also growing on dry limestone soils, dunes, uplands. Flattish, aromatic, scalelike leaves and twigs and shreddy, fibrous bark are the identity marks of this conifer. More than fifty varieties have been cultivated for ornamental and landscaping uses.


Microsoft adds more Xbox 360 games to the Xbox One Backward Compatibility list. In November, Microsoft rolled out its first major update for Xbox One that brings Windows 10 to the game console. The new version of the operating system not only brings a new user-interface, but it also includes a new feature that allows users to play their favorite Xbox 360 games on Xbox One.
However, in the past, the company said that not every Xbox 360 game will be playable through the Xbox One Backward Compatibility feature. Instead during the roll out of the major update, Microsoft announced the first 104 games that are compatible with Xbox One and said that more games will be added periodically.
Today, the company is delivering on the promise and announcing that 16 more Xbox 360 games had been added to the backward compatibility list, and now users can play a total of 120 games through the new feature.
Below you'll find the list with all the new Xbox 360 games compatible with Xbox One, along with all the previous games announced back in November.
In addition to the new list of games, Microsoft is also making available the full list of Xbox One Backward Compatible titles as a PDF download.
Have you already played Xbox 360 games on your Xbox One? How do you like the experience? Tell us in the comments below.


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Lillavan kan syfta på ett antal insjöar i Sverige:

Lillavan, Dalarna, sjö i Falu kommun,
Lillavan, Jämtland, sjö i Bergs kommun,  (18,9 ha)
Lillavan, Medelpad, sjö i Ånge kommun,  (14,86 ha)
Lillavan, Ångermanland, sjö i Örnsköldsviks kommun,
Lillavan (Bureå socken, Västerbotten), sjö i Skellefteå kommun,  (5,46 ha)
Lillavan (Byske socken, Västerbotten), sjö i Skellefteå kommun,
Lillavan (Jörns socken, Västerbotten), sjö i Skellefteå kommun,
Lillavan, Norrbotten, sjö i Överkalix kommun,  (8,11 ha)

Listor över Sveriges insjöar baserat på namn

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The Wireless Festival is back at Finsbury Park.
Note: Don't bring your tent along to Finsbury Park expecting to pitch it up, because the Wireless Festival is not a camping festival. You won't be allowed to bring in any alcohol or glass bottles either. See wirelessfestival.co.uk for more info.


Dr.Malpani's Blog: How can infertile patients ask the right questions?
How can infertile patients ask the right questions?
One of the commonest friction points between patients and doctors is the quality of information exchange and medical knowledge transfer during a consultation. Patients feel that doctors don't spend enough time answering their doubts, while doctors believe that patients waste too much time asking them pointless and irrelevant questions.
When patients approach a doctor for infertility treatment , their mind is filled with queries about the treatment and their condition. They want their doctor to address each question and explain every aspect. This is not possible for an overloaded doctor. The doctor usually does not have the time or the energy to reply to every question of every patient. Patients may feel dissatisfied and may conclude that the doctor is unable to solve their problem. The easiest solution to this problem is for patients to learn to ask the right questions to get the best answers from the doctor.
Patients may have a long list of queries, but many of these questions can be easily answered by doing a quick internet research. The best way to approach this problem is for the patient to make a list of their questions and then start looking for answers. While google searches are helpful, because there's so much unreliable and untrustworthy information available online, that you are much better off finding the answers at reliable sites such as www.drmalpani.com !
situation , where patients get satisfactory answers to all their questions ; and doctors are happy because they've been asked intelligent questions , and their time has not been wasted on generic stuff.
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Q: Injecting RequestScoped CDI Bean into ApplicationScoped CDI Bean via Producer class This article explains that you can inject RequestScoped beans into ApplicationScoped beans and the client proxy will point to the correct instance during a request:
Bean instance of a shorter scope injected in a bean instance of a larger scope in CDI - how does it work?
How does this work when using a separate producer class that does some extra processing and produces the RequestScoped bean?
Upon deployment to the application server I get a DeploymentException due to ambiguous dependencies since both the managed bean and my producer method are eligible.

A: Indeed, it works. In such case CDI impl just executes your @Produces method whenever needed.
You got your exception because CDI searches for beans by type and your have two definitions of the same type. So if you have declared already bean with @Produces you cannot let CDI to have exactly the same bean definition available on the classpath.
Following example is invalid:
@ApplicationScoped
public class SomeFactory {

    @Produces
    public SomeBean produceSome() {
        return new SomeBean();
    }
}

@RequestScoped   // bug, redundant definition
public class SomeBean {
}

Ps. Details also depend on the actual value of the bean-discovery-mode.
You can look also at this sample SO answer.
Personally, I'm not a fan of auto-discovery and classpath scanning - but this concept lies at the foundation of the CDI and Java EE. That's one of the reasons I usually don't recommend people Java EE servers.

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Q: How to hide ion tabs for inner pages? I am using ionic 4 with angular 7. I am trying to leverage ion-tabs
I want to know how can we hide tab bar for inner routes or pages.
After searching on google I have figured there was a way in ionic 3 to add a property "tabsHideOnSubPages: true" in configurations during bootstrapping but I am unable to find same for ionic 4.
const routes: Routes = [
  {
    path: 'tabs',
    component: tabsPage,
    children: [
      {
        path: '',
        redirectTo: '/tabs/tab1',
        pathMatch: 'full'
      },
      {
        path: 'tab1',
        children: [
          {
            path: '',
            component: Tab1Page
          },
          { // want to hide tab bar for this particular route.
            path: ':tabDetailId',
            component: Tab1DetailPage
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        path: 'tab2',
        children: [
          {
            path: '',
            component: Tab2Page
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
];

I want to hide the tab bar on inner pages for example  "domain/tabs/tab1/1"

A: try to replace this:
{ // want to hide tab bar for this particular route.
path: ':tabDetailId',
component: Tab1DetailPage
}
to "app-routing.module.ts" it works for me


Fri, Mar 15 2019 4:43 AM by mikegooner0. 96 replies.
Most definitely deserving! You da man Casey!
Casey is GOLDEN. What a thrill to see the WGT community recognize the chief in this way. Straight class.
If you were to put casey on a scale from 1 to 10, everyone would be saying you need to add more 000000. He's just that amazing with what he does with the bushwackers club. He's an outstanding gentleman that deserves every award there is.
BUSHWACKER for life... A club doesn`t last this long without a GREAT leader... A very unselfish man that puts everyone before himself. Whether it`s a BUSHWACKER or WGT member, he always tries to help when he can.
I am honored to be apart of HIS Club (family) !!!
There couldn't be anyone more deserving than Casey, He's a very classy guy that Lives the Bushwacker code every day, beyond that his unwavering support of all WGT players through his Gift of Golf Foundation and supportive activity in the WGT Forum is incomparable. This Great Man has my VOTE!
Well Guys , I just got a message from WGTChampion , He says look in your bag and you will find a brand new Gold Putter . OMG . I'm like a kid at Christmas . I have always wanted one but I knew it never happen . It would not of been possible without you guys . I'm at a lose for words . Thank you Alan for starting this thread and thank you everyone who responded with your support and kind words.
It means a lot to me to get recognition from the WGT community , I am proud to serve as chairman of the Gift Of Golf Foundation , The Buswackers CC is full of great people , We just had our 4 year anniversary . Thanks Guys .
Thank you WGT and the MODS for always being good to me and always willing to help . Especially WGTChampion , I can always count on him ! Thanks Champ .
I could go on & on about how great the WGT community has been , There are so many of you , Too many to name . Its you guys that keeps me coming back . I am honored and humbled by your kindness . Thank you all .
So glad to hear you got your well deserved recognition ( and the putter , of course ). Does an ol' moose good to see the positive on here. Congrats Casey.


Welcome to the Lenore Nelson Agency. I am a local business owner and insurance agent. I've been selling insurance in Iron Mountain for the past ten years and have been in the insurance industry for the past 19 years. I am licensed in property and casualty insurance in Michigan and Wisconsin, and life and health insurance in Michigan.
I enjoy volunteering at the local Iron Mountain Roller Rink and being a member of the local Kiwanis Club. I am also a member of North Land Women for Education (NLWE), an organization that gives scholarships to local women who want to go to or go back to college. I am from Escanaba where I was raised and lived until I came to Iron Mountain in 2000, the place I now call home.


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France: New National Law Bans WIFI in Nursery School!
WIFI Banned in Nursery Schools.
National Radiofrequency Agency Established.
Cell Phones Labeled with SAR Values and Ways to Lower Radiation.
WiFi Routers Turned Off in Elementary Schools Except When Needed.
Cell Phone Ads Must Recommend Phones be Held Away From the Head.
Location of Wireless Routers Must be Posted.
Government Report To Be Prepared on Electro-hypersensitivity.
Professor Annie Sasco, MD, DSc former Cancer Prevention Chief of the International Agency for Research on Cancer and a distinguished science adviser to Environmental Health Trust sends us her report about France's new national law regulating electromagnetic field exposure.
On January 29, 2015, the French National Assembly made history by passing a new national law to reduce exposures to wireless radiation electromagnetic fields.
WiFi Banned in Nursery Schools: WIFI and Wireless devices will be banned in "the spaces dedicated to home, to rest and activities of children under 3 years".
WiFi Minimized in Schools: In schools for children up to 11 years, WIFI routers should be turned off when not in use for pedagogic purposes.
Schools Will be Informed: The board of the school should be informed when new tech equipment is being installed in schools.
Cell Tower Emission Compliance Will Be Verified: A decree will define the limits of emission of equipments for electronic communications or transmission to which the public is exposed. These values can be verified by accredited organisations and results will be made accessible to the public through a National Radiofrequency Agency.
Citizens Will Have Access to Environmental/Cell Tower Radiation Measurements Near homes: Every resident may get access to the results of measurements for their living space. Conditions of information of the public as well as involvement of the local authorities are specified as are the steps to follow in case of disagreement.
Cell Antennae Maps For the Country: A description and map of the places with atypical (higher than the limits) places will be conducted at regular intervals with follow up of the actions being taken to limit the exposure. A map of all antennas will be produced for each town
Continued Evaluation of Health Effects: The National Radiofrequence Agency will be in charge of surveillance and vigilance, evaluating potential risks and setting up scientific research, including information on health effects.
SAR Radiation Labeling Mandated: The SAR of cell phones must be clearly indicated on the package.
Information on Reducing Exposures Mandatory: Information on ways to reduce exposure will be detailed in the contents of the cell phone package. .
WIFI Hotspots will be Labeled: Places where WIFI is provided should be clearly marked with a pictogram.
Advertisements Must Recommend Devices That Reduce Radiation Exposure to the Brain: Advertising for cell phones should clearly indicate the recommendation of hand free kits for protection of the head of the user and it will be included in the package. Advertising for cell phone not accompanied by such a kit is forbidden. Companies in violation will be fined 75,000 Euros.
Children Must Be Provided Protections: At the request of the buyer, equipment reducing cell phone radiation exposures to the head for children less than 14 years should be provided.
The Public Will Be Informed: Within a year, a policy of information on awareness and information on a responsible and reasonable use of cell phones and other apparatus emitting radiofrequencies will be set up.
Electrohyper-sensitivity Report To Be Submitted: Within a year, a report on electrohyper sensitivity must be given to the Parliament.
This new law represents a significant step forward. Further laws and decrees may reinforce the current law, in particular with a stronger protection in schools.
Dr. Annie Sasco, served the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France, for 22 years, including posts as Chief of Epidemiology for Cancer Prevention and Acting Chief of the Cancer Control Programme of the World Health Organization (WHO), She earned her MA,MS, and DSc from Harvard University and is currently Professor of Epidemiology University of Bordeaux.
Passed bill in French | Passed Bill translated into English
Excellent coverage from around the world
Powerwatch Coverage 05/02/2015 – Wifi banned from nurseries in France
Andrew Geller : Author of new French radiofrequency protection law speaks
C4ST Coverage
Dariusz Leszczynski: France limits the spread of the wi-fi by a new law, Finland does not care at all
A Law to Regulate Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields
Translated France News coverage sent from Joel Moskowitz PhD
A Law to Regulate Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields, Pierre Le Hir, Le Monde, Jan 29, 2015
Pierre Le Hir, Le Monde, Jan 29, 2015 (Google Translation)
After two years of development, the law governing public exposure to electromagnetic fields generated by wireless technology (relay antennas, mobile phones, tablets …) was adopted by the deputies, Thursday, January 29, 2015, in favor of a parliamentary recess of the environmental group. It was passed by all of the majority, while the UDI abstained – except Bertrand Pancher (Meuse) who spoke to – and that the UMP voted against, seeing an obstacle to the development of the digital industries.
This law – the first in France to establish a precautionary approach to addressing potential health risks of radio frequency – went through a serious obstacle course, during which its initial ambitions were seriously revised downwards. The bill was first filed in January 2013 by the member of the Val-de-Marne Laurence Bee (Europe Ecologie-Greens) and had been referred to committee by the Socialists, before returning to the National Assembly in January 2014, under a watered-down form, and then to be adopted in first reading by the Senate in June 2014.
Despite these successive setbacks, the environmental group decided to vote the text as to prevent its return to the Senate where new delays and cuts could have been added. Its adoption is final and immediate and welcomes M me Bee, "the decrees will be able to be taken without waiting".
At the end of the month, environmentalists propose a law to the National Assembly to moderate wave exposure. 4G was deployed at full speed in France by the mobile operators.Their health danger is not scientifically proven, but the organizations denounce the lack of study on their possible hazards.
NOT LOWERING THE LIMITS
Finally, the "Law on sobriety, transparency, information and consultation for exposure to electromagnetic waves" appears as a compromise between the supporters of a stricter supervision of the sector and wireless phone operators, opposed them, any regulatory brake. "This text does not fully address all the issues, recognizes the Green MP . However, it is an essential first step.
The major novelty is the introduction into French law of a principle of "sobriety" of public exposure to electromagnetic fields. So virtuous as it is, this principle, however, remains vague and non-binding. It is thus no question of lowering the exposure limits in force, including, according to frequencies between 41 and 61 volts per meter (V / m), while the draft original legislation was aimed at the back "as low as reasonably possible" or 0.6 V / m.
OUTLIER LEVELS TO BE IDENTIFIED AND REDUCED
The National Frequency Agency (AFNR) will nevertheless make every year a national census of "outliers", that is to say, "places where the level of public exposure substantially exceed those generally observed in nationally ". Operators will have to remedy within six months, "subject to technical feasibility".
The average exposure in France is now about 1 V / m, but a study of the Operations Committee on waves mobile (Copic), covering sixteen common representative of the French territory and published in 2013, was reported some exposure peaks "up to 10 V / m at maximum transmitter power", even if the levels remained below 0.7 V / m in 90% of cases. The AFNR considered until now as atypical places where exposure exceeds 6 V / m.
In terms of transparency, the installation of antennas will now be subject to prior information of mayors and presidents of intercommunal structures. And these may in turn – but are not required – to organize a consultation with residents. In addition, a campaign of "awareness and information on the responsible and rational use of mobile devices" will be conducted.
WI-FI PROHIBITED IN NURSERIES AND DAY CARE CENTERS
A section of the Act is devoted to the protection of the young. Wireless devices will be banned in "the spaces dedicated to home, to rest and activities of children under 3 years", that is to say, nurseries and day care centers. However, contrary to the initial desire of environmentalists, the Wi-Fi will remain permitted in primary schools. It should be limited to certain areas and disabled outside the 'digital educational activities."
Finally, the dramatic situation of people with EHS receives serious attention. The government will submit a report on this problem to Parliament on this issue within a year.
Associations "anti-waves" prefer to consider, too, the glass is half full rather than half empty. "This text, which is the first dedicated to the issue of electromagnetic waves and their impact on the environment and health, marks a first step in the recognition by the law of the need to regulate the development of the mobile and all wireless applications," says the association for the regulation of mobile phone relay antennas (Priartem). In his view, "the first legislative effort to be an encouragement to go further in protecting people".
CALLS FOR CAUTION
This act takes place in a context of accelerated development of sources of electromagnetic waves, in particular with the deployment of mobile very high-speed, 4G. At 1st January 2015 ANFR indicates the number of antennas sites authorized in France for 4G was, all operators, 18 699 – against 12,525 a year earlier – including 15,424 Service.
If there is no scientific consensus about the potential dangers of radio frequencies for health, number of studies and opinions have called for caution. In 2011, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified them as "possibly carcinogenic". And in 2013, the National Agency Health Safety of Food, Environment and Labour (ANSES) recommended "limit exposure of the population to radio frequencies – especially mobile phones – especially for Children and power users ". It also called for "control the overall exposure from base stations".

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Several times in the past I've had posts about this place or that place that I've passed in my fishing travels. I wanted to give a shoutout to one blog I've been following for the past couple months.
Bill's Two Lane Travels is written by Bill Paxson who resides in Sacramento and has a tendency to wander the two lane roads of Northern California.
I've traveled a lot while in sales, back in the day, but Bill hits some places I never knew existed.
It's a good read, some interesting photo's, and a lot of good old California history.
Stop in, say hi and let Bill know I sent you. You won't be disappointed.


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I've been working on a library for the Arduino WiFly Shield for the folks at SparkFun.
The goal with this library is to make it--as much as possible--a "drop in" replacement for the official Arduino Ethernet library. Once a wireless network is joined the library should respond in the same way as the Ethernet library. This means you should be able to take existing Ethernet examples and make them work wirelessly without too many changes.
The library also provides a high-level interface for the "SC16IS750 I2C/SPI-to-UART IC" used in the shield but also available separately.
From then on you can use the Client and Server classes (re-implemented for the WiFly) mostly as normal.
You need to modify the file "Credentials.h" to supply your network's name (SSID) and passphrase.
Only supports WPA networks with passwords. If you have a network without a passphrase then it should work if you supply an empty string (or a dummy passphrase) but I have not tested this. If you have a WEP network you should probably use WPA instead. If that's not an option then it should be possible to change the library code to set the WEP key rather than a WPA passphrase.
Only tested with WiFly firmware version 2.18--earlier or later versions may or may not have issues.
Only DHCP is supported--you can't specify an IP address and DNS configuration directly.
There are some situations (exact cause unknown but often it seems to be after initial programming) where the WiFly will fail to respond to requests. You may need to power-cycle the Arduino or try refreshing the page in your browser if it's acting as a server.
None of the non-ethernet capabilities of the WiFly are yet exposed e.g. network scans, signal strength information etc.
The code isn't very robust for error states--in general it will hang rather than return useful information.
We only have a 9600 baud connection between the Arduino and WiFly it should in theory be possible to be much faster.
Passphrases or SSIDs that contain spaces or dollar signs ($) will probably not work.
The library is licensed under the LGPL.
It would be great to hear back from people who have tested the code with what worked or didn't work for them. Please leave comments in this forum thread. Patches welcome. Further development is likely to be dependent on response so if this helps you, let us know!
P.S. I recommend hooking up a 9 volt battery to your Arduino and WiFly then wander around the house--just because you can.
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and i am connected cant test WAP connection coz i am using hotels internet and even that i can accses router settings cant change them coz to many ppl using it.
I can see all the Serial.println's that occur before this call, but after it, nothing, I don't get confimation of weither or not Association failed, or worked. The strangest part of it all is that I when I look at my router logs, I can see a device that is connected with a 0.0.0.0 IP address...I'm assuming that's the WiFly, but I don't get any response from the terminal.
I've also tried using the WiFly Transparent Terminal Sketch http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/images ... rminal.zip, Whenever I pull up the terminal and enter in the $$$ it doesn't return the CMD line. I just wanted to see if you guys think this is hardware related or if it's software?
Great! Pleased to hear it--thanks for trying the library out.
According to my understanding you shouldn't need to do that--that information is only used for a mode of the WiFly we don't use.
Cool, I'm glad you figured that out.
Thanks for your prompt and helpful feedback.
Is that with a standard version of the IDE or has it been modified to have an "ENTER KEY" checkbox?
kevinlouie wrote: Thanks for the great work!
Thanks for trying out the great work.
I can see all the Serial.println's that occur before this call, but after it, nothing, I don't get confimation of weither or not Association failed, or worked.
That means that the code hasn't made it past the association stage.
What Operating System are you using? As far as I can tell the Arduino Serial Monitor isn't very useful for communicating with the WiFly because it doesn't send newline characters.
On OS X I use "screen" as a terminal program but it's not graphical. Windows people seem to use HyperTerminal or TeraTerm I think.
I suggest removing the join code and trying with a separate terminal program initially. At the moment there's not enough detail to know if it's hardware or software related.
Thanks for your persistence with this.
thats how it worked for me hope it will help.
We don't just auto join so it's not needed.
Yes, that's correct. The plan is to eventually handle that automatically.
sorry for the double post, i just felt that people with Mega + WiFly shield problems would look here first.
Thanks for the patch--I've made a note of it to update when I'm next working on the library.
Have you considered making this available in a format other than just a zip file? Perhaps a GitHub repository?
Encryptic wrote: Have you considered making this available in a format other than just a zip file? Perhaps a GitHub repository?
I can make a mirror of the Mercurial repository available.
I'd appreciate it if you could tell me why that would be useful for you--I can guess but I wanted to make sure I understood the reasoning.


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Eric Roberts plays First Officer Hogan, a last minute substitute to the cockpit of Flight 534. Disaster strikes when suddenly without warning the luggage door is ripped open, causing the plane to veer out of control. When the captain is knocked unconscious, Hogan has to overcome his nerves from a previous bad experience to regain control and avoid a violent storm that looms ahead. With the help of his ex-girlfriend, flight attendant Katy (Alexandr Paul), Hogan must save the passengers and crew of Flight 534 from certain death.


At the heart of many social justice movements in the U.S. are women and people of color. From the Civil Rights era to today's Black Lives Matter movement, they have fought relentlessly for equal political, social and economic rights not just for themselves, but for other marginalized groups with the belief that the fight for liberation is only won once everyone is liberated.
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Across the country, federally-funded organizations such as Planned Parenthood primarily serve low-income citizens, many of which are minority women who are at a greater risk of being uninsured, according to a recent finding by the Kaiser Family Foundation. As a result, if Planned Parenthood were to get defunded, this demographic would be impacted the most and would be left without access to life-saving health care services such as cancer screenings, birth control, and STI testing of which the agency provides.
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This page lists a series of articles describing the philosophy of the free software movement, which is the motivation for our development of the free software operating system GNU.
A list of the latest published articles is also available.
Free software is a matter of freedom: people should be free to use software in all the ways that are socially useful. Software differs from material objects—such as chairs, sandwiches, and gasoline—in that it can be copied and changed much more easily. These possibilities make software as useful as it is; we believe software users should be able to make use of them.
Lesson from Uruguay. The FSF learned something from a bill presented in Uruguay.
Why programs must not limit the freedom to run them — Freedom 0 must not be limited.
The GNU Project, a longer and more complete description of the project and its history.
A list of free and nonfree licenses, with comments.
The Netscape Public License Has Serious Problems. An earlier version of this article is also available.
It's not the Gates, it's the bars, an article by Richard Stallman published in BBC News in 2008.
How to Protect the Right to Write Software (whether it's free or not).
In Felten v. RIAA, scientists are asking a court to rule that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not prohibit them from publishing their research.
Amazon Boycott Success!, a letter from Nat Friedman to Richard Stallman.
Letter from RMS to Tim O'Reilly in regard to a statement by Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, on the duration of software patents.
Amazon's patent on a system for placing a purchase order over the internet, with notes by Richard Stallman.
Sequential Innovation, Patents, and Imitation is a paper that presents a mathematical model showing how patents can impede progress in fields like software.
Opposing The European Software Patent Directive, a slightly modified version of the article originally published in The Guardian of London, by Richard Stallman and Nick Hill.
Soft sell. Richard Stallman's comments on the defeat of the EU software patenting directive. Published in The Guardian in 2005.
Patent absurdity, an article by Richard M. Stallman published in The Guardian in 2005.
Bill Gates and Other Communists. An article by Richard Stallman published in CNET News.com in 2005.
The Anatomy of a Trivial Patent, by Richard M. Stallman.
Software Patents and Literary Patents, by Richard M. Stallman. Speaking of patenting artistic techniques, US patent (6,935,954) covers making game characters start to hallucinate when (according to the game) they are being driven insane. That is getting pretty close to the hypothetical examples cited in this article.
Why there are no GIF files on GNU web pages. While this story is a historical illustration of the danger of software patents, these particular patents are now no longer a concern. For details of our website policies regarding GIFs, see our web guidelines.
Misinterpreting Copyright is another essay by Richard Stallman about the flaws in popular defenses of copyright law.
Science must "push copyright aside", another work of Richard Stallman that appeared in the Nature Webdebates in 2001, explains how copyright is impeding progress in scientific research. You may also be interested in The Public Library of Science, which is dedicated to making scientific research freely available to all on the Internet.
Eldred v. Reno is about a lawsuit to overturn a law that extends copyright by 20 extra years.
An English translation of the famous decision of the District Court of Munich regarding the enforceability and validity of the GPL. The translation was done by the Oxford Internet Institute.
The problem is software controlled by its developer, by Richard M. Stallman.
Computing "progress": good and bad, by Richard M. Stallman.
Opposing Digital Rights Mismanagement, by Richard M. Stallman, answers a few common questions about DRM.
Can you trust your computer?, a work by Richard Stallman about the so-called "trusted computing" initiatives.
The Right to Read: A Dystopian Short Story by Richard Stallman.
Don't Let "Intellectual Property" Twist Your Ethos, by Richard Stallman.
Did You Say "Intellectual Property"? It's a Seductive Mirage. An essay on the true meaning of the phrase "Intellectual Property", by Richard M. Stallman.
Network Services Aren't Free or Nonfree; They Raise Other Issues an article by Richard Stallman.
Who does that server really serve? by Richard Stallman published in Boston Review.
Nonfree DRM'd Games on GNU/Linux: Good or Bad? by Richard Stallman.
Digital economy bill: One clown giveth and the other clown taketh away, by Richard Stallman.
Is Digital Inclusion A Good Thing? How Can We Make Sure It Is? By Richard Stallman.
Encryption software volunteers needed in countries without export control.
How to Protect the Freedoms of Speech, Press, and Association on the Internet.
Protect Postal Privacy, a campaign to resist the proposed rule by the United States Postal Service to collect private information from customers.
Free Software and (e-)Government — an article from The Guardian, by Richard Stallman (originally published under the title "Second Sight").
Free Software and Sustainable Development — A short article by Richard Stallman regarding the use of proprietary software in cultural development.
Is It Ever a Good Thing to Use a Nonfree Program? By Richard Stallman.
Clearly established cases of proprietary software that does nasty things to the users.
The advantages of free software.
The Bug Nobody is Allowed to Understand, By Richard Stallman.
The Curious Incident of Sun in the Night-Time, by Richard M. Stallman.
SCO, GNU, and Linux, by Richard Stallman, discusses how SCO's lawsuit against IBM pertains to the work of the GNU project. Please see the FSF SCO Response Page for more details on this subject.
FSF's Statement in Response to Proposed Revised Final Judgment in Microsoft vs. United States, submitted to the US Department of Justice under the Tunney Act.
U.S. Congress Threatens to Establish a New Kind of Monopoly, an attempt of the Congress to create a private monopoly over repeating publicly known information.
Censoring My Software, by Richard Stallman.
Funding Art vs Funding Software, by Richard Stallman.
Netscape and Free Software, an old article that clarifies some misunderstandings about an announcement by Netscape.
Comments on Roderick Long's Article.
Public Awareness of Copyright, WIPO, June 2002. On how WIPO recognizes that their system is designed to restrict the public, and how they propose to modify terminology so that people won't notice.
Richard Stallman wrote letter to the editor of Dr. Dobb's Journal in June 2001 which further explains the distinction between the Free Software and Open Source movements.
Translations of the term "free software" into various languages.
The Free Software Community After 20 Years, With great but incomplete success, what now?
Thank You, Larry McVoy, by Richard M. Stallman.
Overcoming Social Inertia, by Richard M. Stallman.
Philosophy Humor. We don't have to be serious all the time.


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Shermanology
Bruce· 17/08/2015
It shouldn't be too hard to tell a real thing from the next hype, especially for those who have been around long enough. A true artist, whether he's spinning or singing (or both) is not something we stumble upon very often. What separates a true artist from the rest of the pack and makes us gaze in admiration?
Meet Andy & Dorothy Sherman, a dynamic duo like no other. Born into a family where singing was as natural (if not more so) as speaking, it didn't take long for both of them to follow their dad's and uncle's (Sherman Brothers) musical footsteps.
All kinds of music made it into the Sherman's living room: soul, jazz, gospel, disco, old Motown records… Andy and Dorothy sure know their classics.
Andy: 'As kids we were surrounded by music. There was never a doubt on our minds about the future occupation. Our family's musical legacy provided us with a solid foundation and we just kept building on that ever since. '
Dorothy: 'When we weren't doing a show, we would rehearse or sometimes just hang out in the studio, observing and learning. We basically grew up on stage, touring with Sherman Brothers.
When the time came to spread their wings and make the next move they were more than ready. At first they worked on their own, separate careers. This probably explains why it took them a couple of years to "get back together" and come up with an idea for Shermanology.
Andy got discovered by Jimmy Low from Public Demand Records, moved to the UK to become Artfull Dodger's new lead singer, replacing Craig David and joining the bands world tour.
Dorothy gigged all over Europe for three straight years as a lead singer of a Suprèmes Tribute, Platters Tribute and other Motown shows.
During that crazy time they didn't see each other much, but when they did they'd end up making plans to perform together in the future. The only problem was that they were constantly moving around, rarely being at one place or even country at the same time. That had to be dealt with first.
Andy: 'Dorothy and I have reached the point where we felt comfortable enough to join forces again. We'd seen the world, gained a lot of stage experience and both thought that we were ready for some next level performance, something else, something new. So we decided it was time for us to move back to Holland'
The rest is history. In no time Andy's mc/singer career took off and Dorothy's amazing voice got discovered by every DJ/producer in town. For starters, DJ Roog (Hardsoul) offered her to do the vocals on "Self Religion". The track got signed by Defected and was a massive club hit. Afterwards Andy did the vocals on Dr. Kucho's "Lies to yourself" and the track turned out to be a big success as well.
Good news travel fast and so in June 2008 both Andy and Dorothy were featured on DJ's Fedde le Grand's and Funkerman single called "3 minutes to explain", another huge club hit (Flamingo Recordings).


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That is certainly the experience of Anna Laurini (@annalauriniblue) who has seen her street work welcomed into the fashion art family with voracious enthusiasm. Having studied at Central Saint Martins, Laurini began to emblazon her signature Cubist-influenced, red-lipped face across billboards in Shoreditch and Mayfair "as a break from the studio" and is now regularly called upon for collaborations, most recently by Rupert Sanderson and Japanese label Black by Moussy. "It's surprised me how popular my work has been in fashion terms," she says. "I never expected it." And again, Anna says, it's the audience that is key to the success of her work. "I never give the woman a story as I paint her," she says. "It's really up to the viewer; people often tells me that my work resonates with their particular mood. I like that it's relatable on a personal level."
Calvin Klein studied fashion in New York and apprenticed for a suit manufacturer. In 1968, he opened his own company that was initially recognized for suits and coats, but his sportswear line became popular and top of the line. He received three Coty Awards for womenswear. His business now includes clothing, cosmetics, fragrances and home collections.
The bohemian fashion style- always referred to commonly as the 'boho' look- can easily be described as a style that focuses mainly on wild and intricate patterns and exotic textures. They get most of their inspiration from gypsys and hippies, creating a standout finish with plenty of tie dye, geometrics, chains, fringes, and other eye-catching designs.


Back in 2015, I spent some time reviewing the Universal Audio 1176LN FET based compressor which I had a lot of fun with and opened up my eyes to the world of creative uses of compression. You can read that review here.
Fast forward to 2017 and I had been keeping an eye on the Warm Audio WA76 which is very closely based on the same design right down to the front panel layout. The only reason I had held back buying a pair of these was lack of stereo linking, which I thought at the time would be necessary for my intended use across my stereo drum buss.
Then I discovered that UK distributors, Nova Distribution, had added the option of stereo linking via a small additional circuit board inside the unit and a 3.5mm stereo link jack. That put me across the buying threshold and a pair of WA76's arrived a few days later. (Stereo Link version is also available in the US from my old friend Warren at ZenPro Audio).
In case you are new to the 1176 design, I'll spend a few moments bringing you up to date. The WA76 (like the 1176 original) uses a Field Effect Transistor (FET) as the gain reduction element within the design. American designer and then studio owner Bill Putnam launched the original 1176 back in 1968 at a time when the wider availability of solid state transistors offered a cost and space effective alternative to vacuum tubes within audio equipment.
What sets this particular design apart from most hardware compressor on the market today is the range of compression effects possible due to the very fast attack time of 20us. To put that attack time in perspective, it is 500 times faster than the attack time of Warm Audio's WA-2A opto based compressor.
The 2RU x 19" rack mount unit follows the layout of the original design very closely and uses an all steel chassis which is robust. However unlike the original 1176 design, the WA76 makes use of an external brick PSU which transforms mains supply into the 24VAC used to power the circuitry. I'm no great lover of external PSUs but I have to say it has the huge advantage of completely eliminating hum from the WA76's audio path. Back in 2015 when I reviewed the original 1176 design, hum levels were a concern.
Audio input and output are transformer balanced using CineMags which provide good signal level handling and sound just right within this design. Both XLR and ¼" jack connectors are provided which is flexible and good design practice.
Incoming audio is passed through an input attenuator which controls both the input level into the unit and effectively the amount of compression as the WA76 has non user adjustable threshold. However it's worth noting that the threshold is actually varied depending upon the ratio selected (so you can avoid large level jumps when you switch ratios).
Attack and release times are set by rotary control. Attack is always fast (the slowest setting is 0.8ms and the release time can be set to between 50ms and 1sec. In practice the release time is programme dependant so that recovery from short periods of compression is faster than from sustained compression (for any release setting). In practice this works very well.
Post compression make up gain is also provided by rotary control with a massive 50dB available.
Compression ratios are all pretty aggressive with the lowest available being 4:1 rising through 8:1, 12:1 and a closer to limit 20:1, selected by mechanically interlocking pushbuttons. This is not (on the whole) a subtle compressor but don't let that suggest any lack of flexibility. The 'all button' mode is also provided which requires some practice and involves defeating the mechanical interlock so that all buttons are pressed in at the same time. This takes the WA76 into whole new compression territory and turns it into a real tone machine! Not for the faint hearted but great when you need to make an audio statement.
A large illuminate VU meter can be switched to read either gain reduction or output level (ref to +4dBm or +8dBm) again selectable by mechanically interlocked pushbuttons with a fourth button acting as the unit's on/off switch.
The rear of the unit houses the XLR's and ¼" jacks, the 24VAC power socket and a small screwdriver adjust for the VUs zero gain point. There is also a pushbutton which brings a 23dB input attenuator into the input stage. I didn't find this necessary to use in my fairly standard set-up.
In the case of the 'Nova' stereo linking mod, you get an additional unlabelled switch (Nova's unit on their website has labelling!) to bring the stereo linking circuit into play when the units are connected via the supplied 3.5mm linking cable and an additional knob to calibrate gain reduction between the two units (when used in stereo mode). Switch downwards and you are in dual mono use. Switch upwards and you are in stereo linked mode. This stereo linking is done using additional active circuitry which derives a mono mix of the two unit's audio input which forms the feed to the side-chain of each unit, so in theory at least, stereo matching should be excellent. In practice I found it very difficult to keep the units matched and as the calibrate knob is at the rear of the unit (and in my case not very accessible), I eventually gave up and used both units in mono mode even though my main application is across the stereo drum buss. In practice I found it worked fine with no real issues of stereo image shift during compression.
Firstly across my stereo drum buss, I can hugely impact on the 'size' of the drum kit by bringing the WA76 into play. Set with fairly fast attack and release settings ('17' is my favourite setting for both) and a ratio of either 8:1 or 12:1, drum kits can really be brought to life. This compressor is particularly good at dealing with puny kick or snare drums which, with a combination of the WA76 and some EQ, can be made as beefy as is desired. The WA76 also provides that important 'glue' which hugely simplifies balancing the various drum sources within the drum mix.
I use my own pair of WA76s as the first element within my stereo drum buss insert, followed by an elysia xfilter stereo EQ and then finally an IGS S-Type Stereo Compressor with the IGS used into heavy compression but in parallel mix mode and set 75% to clean. This is a monster chain and gives me a lot of control over the stereo drum mix. I will usually route electric bass into the same buss so that the whole rhythm section is 'in tune'.
What surprises you about the WA76 is just what a good general workhorse it is across a wide range of sources. It can be amazing used with vocals, especially when you want to bring the vocalist forward in a busy mix and in this regard it is more effective than using EQ to try and do the same job (but both is also good!) It is always good with bass guitar and can be a very effective compressor (and tone control) across acoustic guitar. You do need to keep your wits about you; this compressor is capable of very aggressive effects, so you need to work the controls and find the sweet spot. I would never class the WA76 as a transparent compressor but when you need to find some attitude and some glue then it usually does the business.
You can use it across the two-buss but again bear in mind it's a minimum 4:1 ratio so you might decide to use it as a parallel compressor with just a small amount mixed with the 'clean' buss.
The WA76 is well put together with quality pcb's and zero hum in the audio path. Warm Audio have done a great job of offering this classic FET compressor at a very affordable price. If you are looking to move on from 1176 soft based emulations to the real thing, then the WA76 is a great buy.


JLD, for which files conventionally have the extension .jld, is a widely-used format for data storage with the Julia programming language. JLD is a specific "dialect" of HDF5, a cross-platform, multi-language data storage format most frequently used for scientific data. By comparison with "plain" HDF5, JLD files automatically add attributes and naming conventions to preserve type information for each object.
For lossless storage of arbitrary Julia objects, the only other complete solution appears to be Julia's serializer, which can be accessed via the serialize and deserialize commands. However, because the serializer is also used for inter-process communication, long-term backwards compatibility is currently uncertain. (The JLDArchives package exists to test compatibility of older JLD file formats.) If you choose to save data using the serializer, please use the file extension .jls to distinguish the files from .jld files.
Currently this also requires the HDF5 package.
which reads the entire file into a returned dictionary d. Or you can be more specific and just request particular variables of interest. For example, z = load("/tmp/myfile.jld", "arr") will return the value of arr from the file and assign it back to z.
JLD uses the FileIO package to provide a generic interface to save and load files. However this means that the user needs to explicitly request for the JLD format to be used while saving a new file.
This problem is not encountered while loading a JLD file because FileIO can use magic bytes at the beginning of the file to infer its data format.
There are also convenience macros @save and @load that work on the variables themselves. @save "/tmp/myfile.jld" t z will create a file with just t and z; if you don't mention any variables, then it saves all the variables in the current module. Conversely, @load will pop the saved variables directly into the global workspace of the current module. However, keep in mind that these macros have significant limitations: for example, you can't use @load inside a function, there are constraints on using string interpolation inside filenames, etc. These limitations stem from the fact that Julia compiles functions to machine code before evaluation, so you cannot introduce new variables at runtime or evaluate expressions in other workspaces. The save and load functions do not have these limitations, and are therefore recommended as being considerably more robust, at the cost of some slight reduction in convenience.
write(file, "A", A)  # alternatively, say "@write file A"
This allows you to add variables as they are generated to an open JLD file. You don't have to use the do syntax (file = jldopen("mydata.jld", "w") works just fine), but an advantage is that it will automatically close the file (close(file)) for you, even in cases of error.
Note that the features of HDF5 generally can also be used on JLD files.
You can save objects that have user-defined type; in a fresh Julia session, before loading those objects these types need to be defined. If no definition is available, the JLD module will automatically create the types for you. However, it's important to note that MyType, defined automatically by JLD, is not the same MyType as defined in an external module---in particular, module functions will not work for types defined by JLD. To ensure that loaded types have the full suite of behaviors provided by their definition in external modules, you should ensure that such modules are available before reading such variables from a .jld file.
This will cause "MyTypes.jl" to be loaded automatically whenever "somedata.jld" is opened.
More extensive documentation, including information about the JLD format conventions, can be found in the doc/ directory.
The test/ directory contains a number of test scripts that also demonstrate usage.


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Villa Armenia is situated in Jimbaran and offers barbecue facilities and a garden. Guests have access to free WiFi.
The villa has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms with a bath and a hair dryer. There is a seating area and a kitchen complete with an oven and a microwave.
The villa offers a terrace. Guests can enjoy the indoor pool at the property.
The Rock Bar is 1.6 km from Villa Armenia, while Jimbaran Corner is 2.7 km from the property. Ngurah Rai International Airport is 6 km away.


I am just not myself lately. I can't seem to get it together, between driving my Mom everywhere, still working at a couple of bookkeeping clients and trying to keep up with my blog. (There is no way I can revitalize my website) It could very well be the heat and I am really hoping the rash I have all over my top torso is either a heat rash or an allergy reaction to something. I have cut back on comment threads and can't even get them done the same day like I normally would--I'm still reading but have at least two books that I have to write up reviews. Then adding any giveaways to others linkys and all the other Twitter, FB and G+ threads. I started putting more of my affiliate links on the left side of my blog and the current specials or promotions for each--and they seem to be doubling and tripling every day!! I am actually contemplating making a separate post which I will update daily and you will be able to access by clicking on a link on the left hand side--I would still be putting some of them the way I have them now. What I am wondering--would anyone actually click into that link to see them all with all those promotions? Yes, if anyone makes a purchase I would receive a small commission--but then I am not an affiliate of Amazon nor will I be-and I really would like to make some money to help me keep this blog going, or maybe even be able to pay someone to help me a bit-right now I just can not afford it. I am not complaining-just telling it like it is.
See that sweet little face--well, to make matters worse, she is sabotaging me. More and more often she will sit in back of my keyboard with part of her body either trying to cover it--or she uses her paws and pushes it so it is almost falling off the desk--then puts her paw on my hand so I can't move the mouse. So I start petting her, which is what she wants, and more goes by the wayside.
Oh well--this too shall pass--sooner rather then later I HOPE!!


Cary Lenehan is a former trades assistant, soldier, public servant, cab driver, truck driver, game designer, fishmonger, trainee horticulturalist and university tutor – among other things. His hobbies include collecting and reading books (the non-fiction are Dewey decimalised), Tasmanian native plants (particularly the edible ones), the SCA and gaming. He has taught people how to use everything from shortswords to rocket launchers. He met his wife at an SF Convention while cosplaying and they have not looked back. He was born in Sydney before marrying and moving to the Snowy Mountains where they started their family. They moved to Tasmania for the warmer winters and are not likely to ever leave it. Looking out of the window beside Cary's computer is a sweeping view of Mount Wellington and its range.
There are eight novels in Cary's Warriors of Vhast series, all signed to a publisher. Seven are already written. All of the shorter stories are set in the same world and add character background to the main characters or tell side stories that do not affect the main plot. A short story, or half a novella is released every month.
Various poems have appeared in collections and books around the world since 1990.


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Citizenship and Collective Action
Growth, Gender and Labour Markets
Policy Advocacy and Development Practice
Social Policy Issues: Population, Children and the Elderly
Social Protection, Poverty, Vulnerability
Articles / Social Protection, Poverty, Vulnerability
'Productive safety nets for women in extreme poverty. Lessons from pilot projects in India and Pakistan' Centre for Development Policy and Research Working Paper No. 28/2012, School of Oriental and African Studies
by Naila Kabeer · 1st May 2012
Conventional government schemes and microfinance interventions have struggled to reach the poorest and help them escape the confines of extreme poverty. In response, BRAC, Bangladesh's largest non-governmental organisation (NGO), developed an innovative approach that combined livelihood creation, financial services and safety nets in order to 'graduate' participants out of extreme poverty and toward a sustainable livelihood. Inspired by BRAC's success, CGAP and the Ford Foundation launched an initiative to test and adapt BRAC's approach in a diversity of countries and contexts through their Graduation Programme. This paper focuses upon two Graduation Programme implementations – one by Trickle Up in West Bengal, India, and the other by Orangi Charitable Trust (OCT) in Sindh, Pakistan. We use the 'critical moments' framework developed in Kabeer (2008) to understand the conceptualisation of this project in response to a particular set of constraints (and opportunities), its translation into a concrete set of proposals for action, the implementation of these proposals, the monitoring and evaluation of the process of implementation, and finally, the utilisation of the lessons thus learnt. As a part of this process, we explain the way in which individual participants' have experienced the Graduation programme – the extent to which they benefited, the extent to which it is not so clear, and the multitude of factors behind these dynamics.
http://www.soas.ac.uk/cdpr/publications/papers/file76193.pdf
Afghan values or women's rights? Gendered narratives of continuity and change in urban Afghanistan IDS Working Paper No. 387
Paid work, women's empowerment and gender justice: critical pathways of social change
'Scoping study on social protection: evidence on impacts and directions for future research' Research and Evidence Division, DFID London.
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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today announced the approval of a $5 million loan for modernization of environmental management and planning in Uruguay.
Just before the release of the IPPC report, the Minister for Environment, Housing and Territorial Development (MAVDT) held a press conference to assure everyone that global climate change is a priority issue for the Uribe Administration. The fact that Minister Juan Lozano Ramírez felt the need to do so says something.
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) just released its annual "brief" on growth of genetically engineered crops ("biotech crops") worldwide, covering 2006. While the full report must be purchased, the executive summary is quite detailed and is available for download in several languages, including English, Spanish and Portuguese.


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Learn the History – Defining the Holocaust
In this new monthly blog series, Learn the History, our Resident Historian Emeritus Professor Konrad Kwiet will dive into aspects of Holocaust history that the Sydney Jewish Museum often receives questions from visitors about. Konrad is Emeritus Professor in German and European Studies at Macquarie University, former chief historian of the Australian war crimes commission (SIU), and longest serving staff member at the Sydney Jewish Museum. He has authored 10 books and over 80 articles, chapters and historical dictionary entries.
This month, Konrad explains the meaning of the term 'Holocaust', and how the mass killing of Jews by the Nazis has been referred to and understood as over time.
Image: Resident Historian Emeritus Professor Konrad Kwiet. Photograph by Katherine Griffiths.
The way the Holocaust has been spoken about during and after World War II has an interesting history, with obvious differences between how the perpetrators, the victims, historians, and those far removed from genocidal campaign referred to the murder of the Jewish people.
The word Holocaust only entered English speaking popular discourse in the 1950's. Holocaust is a Greek word, meaning 'sacrifice by fire', often used in the past to define fire disasters. Another word used today to define this dark period is Shoah, the Hebrew word for 'catastrophe'.
During World War II, whilst undertaking the killing of the Jews, the Germans never used the term murder. They spoke of Vernichtung (destruction), turning the Jews into nichts – nothing. They heralded the murder of the Jews as the Endlösung der Judenfrage (Final Solution to the Jewish Question). Mass violence and mass murder never stayed still. Spanning the years 1933 to 1945, the Germans moved through the landscapes of Europe and North Africa. They transformed familiar places – homes and streets, parks and market places, synagogues and cemeteries into murder sites or created new killing facilities – deportation trains and gas vans, forced ghettos, slave labour camps and extermination camps.
Immediately following the war, survivor historians in Poland spoke of Churbn, the Yiddish term common at the time for the destruction of European Jewry. Others referred to the Jewish Catastrophe, a term used since the beginning of the mass murder.
The term which we now use today to describe the mass murder of a people, Genocide, was coined after the war in 1944 by Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin. This word is a combination of Latin and Greek, and literally means the Murder of a People. The introduction of this term into legal frameworks still predated the use of the word Holocaust. As did the term Judeocide, proposed by American historian Arno Meyer.
Today there is a consensus to regard the annihilation of six million Jewish men, women and children during World War II as the ultimate act of genocide. Yehuda Bauer, the world's foremost Holocaust scholar, speaks of an event unprecedented in history, setting the precedent for subsequent genocidal campaigns. Mass violence and mass murder have become distinct features of the 20th and 21st centuries. At the same time, the relationship between the Holocaust and other genocides persists as a contentious issue that, far beyond the circle of academics, affects our ability to grasp the meaning of the past and of current events.
The murder of the Jews has been defined but still defies a fitting explanation.
Image: The Holocaust exhibition. Photograph by Peter Collie.
Holocaust survivor stories
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To celebrate the history of music in Jewish life – and Jewish life in music – the Sydney Jewish Museum is presenting 'Jukebox Jewkbox! A Century on Shellac and Vinyl'. Visitors will be taken on a journey of the senses through tunes from cantorial to punk genres, and walls of hundreds of vibrant record covers, to unfold a surprising history of a universal language.
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Q: PHP scandir in windows server I'm working on a windows server and I want to use scandir in folder "temp_orders". I echo the full path and I got
       "C:\Domains\oaxiscom\oaxis.com\wwwroot\groupon_redeem"

its using backwardslash instead of forward and I cannot read the contents inside temp_orders if I scandir
       "C:\Domains\oaxiscom\oaxis.com\wwwroot\groupon_redeem\temp_orders"

- this creates syntax error coz of "\". any help?

A: Try \\ instead of \, and see how it goes.

A: Practically every time where I have needed a path in Windows programming, I was able to use either the forward slash (/) or the backwards slash (\) between path folder/file names.
Since the backwards slash is used as an escape sequence starting character in so many programming languages, using the forward slash in path names is pretty standard with me these days.
So you could try using forwards slash (/) instead of backwards slash.
Since a backwards slash is interpreted by php as an escape, if you use two backwards slashes (\\), normally the two are replaced by a single backwards slash when the string is processed by the interpreter.
The backwards slash is also used to insert a quote into a quoted string (\' or \") along with some other special characters such as new line character (\n).


The International School of Modern Technology (ISMT) is a proposed public constitution school in Eugene, Oregon. As Benchmarks states, Most of the complexities of the social consequences of the use of know-how can wait, but students should begin to contemplate alternative ways of doing something and compare the benefits and downsides." (Benchmarks for Science Literacy, p.forty five) Through working on this lesson, college students will gain experience with the idea that there are constructive and unfavorable consequences of expertise and shall be challenged to suppose via these consequences in relationship to farming.
Still, it should be stated that very rich cultures predate modern technology by centuries, and fashionable communications applied sciences may have reached a tipping level where what's authentically created and shared is overshadowed by market-pushed, company-generated content that is bought or imposed. Competency – Increased dependency on fashionable instruments like calculators has reduced on our creativity.


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[email protected] - Additional level of trust and security for .sg domain name registrations
Singapore, 1 November 2013
The Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC) is pleased to announce the implementation of the [email protected] scheme from 1 Nov 2013 after a successful six-month trial. [email protected] is a verification scheme aimed at enhancing the trustworthiness of .sg domain names by minimising identity theft incidences and the use of fake identities to register .sg domain names.
SGNIC had earlier commenced a pilot of the [email protected] scheme on 2 May 2013.
SGNIC is pleased that the scheme has been readily accepted by registrants and their appointed administrative contacts, who found the verification process to be hassle-free and easy to complete.
With the introduction of the [email protected] scheme, the identity of the registrants for all new .sg domain names and websites would have to be verified by its administrative contact, who in turn would have verified his/her identity online via SingPass. SGNIC believes that the public would be safer and more assured when they interact and transact with .sg websites.
[email protected] affects all new ".sg" domain names registration (i.e. domain names ending with .sg – e.g. com.sg, org.sg, net.sg, edu.sg, per.sg, gov.sg and .sg) registered after 2 May 2013.
Under [email protected], .sg domain name registrants will continue with the existing practice of appointing an "administrative contact" to register .sg domain names through SGNIC's accredited registrars.
[email protected] will utilise SingPass (Singapore Personal Access) to identify the domain name registrant through the administrative contact, who will be asked to log into the [email protected] portal using their SingPass ID, and in turn verify the identity and contact information of the domain name registrant.
The administrative contact will have 21 calendar days from the date of registration to verify the registrant's identity and contact information. Failure to comply with this requirement will lead to the suspension of the domain name. This will help to prevent any possible abuse of domain names by registrants who use fake or stolen identity, or whose identities have not been properly verified. At the same time, registrants can and will be held accountable for the content that is uploaded on their websites, reducing occurrences of unlawful uses.
For more information on the [email protected], please refer to the FAQs at the following link: [email protected]


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EXPLORING THE ROAD NOT TAKEN — A REVIEW
On January 16, 2011 By Laurel-Rain SnowIn family connections, movie review2 Comments
Rebecca Davitch is the centerpiece of this family that she inherited when she married Joe Davitch all those years ago. He captured her heart with his charisma, and despite the fact that he had three young girls to raise (because his wife left him), she marries him anyway.
The big Victorian house is the focal point of the Open Arms entertainment business, which also sweeps Rebecca up into its "arms" after the marriage, too.
Then, when Joe is killed just a few years later, Rebecca is alone with it all–raising the girls, running the business, and taking care of Joe's elderly uncle whom everyone calls "Poppy."
At the beginning of the film, we meet the characters several years later at a point in time when Rebecca has begun to question her choices, her role in the lives of this family, and the road not taken. Which is why she suddenly calls her boyfriend from all those years ago…just to see what might happen.
Back When We Were Grownups (Hallmark Hall of Fame) is based on the Anne Tyler novel of the same name, and throughout, I could feel Rebecca's angst: the losses, the possible wrong choices, and the "what-ifs." An amazing cast populates this film, including Blythe Danner as Rebecca; Peter Riegert as Zeb, Joe's brother; Jack Palance as Poppy; Peter Fonda as the ex-boyfriend; and Faye Dunaway as Joe's ex-wife, who swoops in for the occasional celebratory moment.
I had seen this movie several years ago on the Hallmark channel, but when someone recently mentioned the book—which I also have—I really wanted to experience this again. I am happy that I did. I award five stars to this colorful, dysfunctional, and wonderful family experience.
MELTING THE HEARTS OF STONE — A REVIEW
On December 19, 2010 December 19, 2010 By Laurel-Rain SnowIn holiday moments, movie reviewLeave a comment
What would it take for an uptight corporate executive, meeting her boyfriend's family at Christmas, to finally win them over? It doesn't look like it could possibly happen, and every time Meredith (Sarah Jessica Parker) opens her mouth, she seems to put her foot in it.
Her boyfriend Everett (Dermot Mulroney) tries hard, but serving as a buttress between his family's hijinks and his girlfriend's faux pas could be more trouble than it's worth.
From the matriarch Sybil (Diane Keaton) down to the youngest upstart Amy (Rachel McAdams), Meredith has her work cut out for her. Only brother Ben (Luke Wilson) seems to understand her at all.
Then her sister Julie (Claire Danes) comes into town, and things seemingly turn on a dime.
How will Meredith finally learn to fit in? And what will finally bring about a "melting" of the hearts of Stone?
The Family Stone (Full Screen Edition) is a unique mixture of humor and emotion, played out against a backdrop of a very memorable Christmas. The cast is wonderful and the characters completely believable as they fill the screen with heartfelt and quirky moments in a challenging holiday get-together. Five stars.
PREDICTABLE MURDER ROMP….
On October 17, 2010 October 17, 2010 By Laurel-Rain SnowIn movie review, murderLeave a comment
The other day, I was thinking about movies I've enjoyed over the years, and thought of this film starring Burt Reynolds and Theresa Russell—from the late 80s.
Physical Evidence was a flick that I thought would be fun to see again. And it was.
My favorite parts were the interactions between the characters. Theresa Russell portrayed a defense attorney named Jennifer Hudson, while Burt Reynolds was Joe Paris, the cop on trial for murder.
Watching the growing attraction between these characters as they tried to solve the case (in between trial scenes) was fun, if a bit predictable.
The movie was set in Boston, so I also enjoyed the street scenes, as well as the interiors of some really gorgeous homes, like the loft where Theresa Russell's character lived with her very annoying fiance, who was materialistic and a bit of an obsessive-compulsive snob.
Lots of action, some violence, and a few thrill scenes, especially toward the end—all added up to a so-so movie that I'll probably watch again, but it certainly wasn't one of my favorites. Not like I thought it would be, since back in the eighties I obviously had different tastes.
However, I decided that it deserved three stars.
LOSING SIGNIFICANT CONNECTIONS
On July 6, 2010 By Laurel-Rain SnowIn movie review, social connectionsLeave a comment
When George (Colin Firth) loses his lover Jim (Matthew Goode) after sixteen years together, the color has disappeared from his life. He goes through the routines, thinking often of the past; his primary connections are his students at the small university where he teaches and an old friend Charley (Julianne Moore).
His next-door neighbors have two small children, and the occasional noise and other activities sometimes feel like an intrusion into the quiet life he now lives.
Then one day a student seems to connect to George and a dialogue begins.
Meanwhile, however, George seems to be going through a process—getting his papers in order; picking out a suitable outfit; and buying bullets for his gun. As he moves slowly forward toward some kind of conclusion, we see fewer flashbacks into memories.
What happens ultimately, however, is a surprising "intrusion" that is unexpected and perhaps fortuitous. But then, just when we believe we know what will happen, another unexpected event turns everything around again.
Throughout A Single Man, I noticed the visual effects that set the past and present apart. The film makers displayed the past moments in vivid colors, while the present lacked the depth of tone. The present seemed almost cloaked in sepia tones, but not quite.
The setting for this movie was 1962 LA, with the Cuban missile crisis casting its own pall over the characters' lives. There were many things that showed us this time period–rotary telephones; older cars; clothing; hairstyles; and, of course, the sense that the characters were grabbing life's pleasures when impending doom seemed to lurk. Another telling aspect of the times was the "secrecy" surrounding George's homosexuality, a definite pointer to a less accepting period in our history.
After I watched the movie, I felt depressed and cloaked in the futility of life and any kind of a future. It reminded me of how I felt during that year, when as college students, we listened to our professors as they vividly described the political climate in which we lived.
I gave the film four stars, primarily because I didn't really like it. I got the message and I thought the different shades of color were a clever way to distinguish past and present. But aside from that subtle distinction, there was little about the movie that would linger on in my mind or add anything to my repertoire of memories.