If you've found a dental team you can trust, you know how important that partnership is to make you feel relaxed during your appointment and confident in treatment recommendations. Your dentist likely feels the same about their relationship with the dental lab. When a dentist finds the right lab, that relationship can improve the entire treatment process for patients, but you may never know it. Keep reading to learn more about how the relationship your dentist has with the dental lab will make all the difference in keeping you smiling.
Knowing that your dentist can always rely on a dental lab to produce quality results precision crafted to their exact specifications is key to delivering picture-perfect results. The only way to know for sure a dental lab is going to produce these great results is to find a dentist who has a trusting, established relationship with their dental lab. When the lab has gotten to know and understand your dentist's treatment plans, they will deliver results that meet the exacting specifications and leave you with flawless smiles.
In recent years, more and more dental labs are closing or consolidating. That means having a good relationship with the dental lab is even more important. Rather than moving down to the end of the lab's growing list of restorations, the dentist may be able to ensure your restoration is completed sooner rather than later. You'll also know that the best materials are used and the most precise, hand crafted results will be returned, so your newly repaired teeth will look, feel and function just like your natural smile.
At the West Monroe dental office of L. King Scott, DDS, we are proud to partner with the skilled team at Smile Science Dental Laboratory to provide our patients with the highest quality, longest lasting, most natural looking restorations. If you would like to learn more about our caring dentistry team or the skilled dental lab team at Smile Science Dental Laboratory, call our office to schedule an appointment. We're always here to help. Whether you want to learn more about our team or decide whether our office is right for your family before scheduling your first appointment, you can always come back regularly to read our blog to learn more about our caring team and the services we provide.


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Libbi Gorr : Family, Net Worth, Parents, Husband, Children and Salary
Libbi Gorr is an Australian broadcaster working in both TV and radio know all about her in this article as like her Family, Net Worth, Parents, Husband, Children and Salary
Libbi Gorr Biography
Name Libbi Gorr
Birthdate 24 March 1965
Age (as of 2021) 56 years
Place of Birth Melbourne, Australia
Spouse/Partner Stewart Burchmore
Children Two
Parents Name not known
Education Methodist Ladies' College
Profession Australian broadcaster
Last Update December 2021
Lisbeth Joanne "Libbi" Gorr is an Australian broadcaster working in both TV and radio. Gorr is also an author, voice artist, writer and performer. She first came to prominence with the satirical television character that she created called "Elle McFeast".
Libbi Gorr Net Worth
Libbi Gorr is an Australian broadcaster working in both TV and radio hasa an estimated Net Worth around $2 Million in 2021.
Income Source Australian broadcaster
Yearly Income / Salary $500k
Libbi Gorr Husband, Is Libbi Gorr Married
Libbi Gorr's partner is freelance producer and director Stewart Burchmore.The Couple have two children.She live in Melbourne with her Family.
Libbi Gorr Parents and Family
Gorr was born in Melbourne in 1965 into a Jewish Australian family grew up in Murrumbeena and was educated at the Methodist Ladies' College. She began working in comedy while she was an arts and law student at the University of Melbourne. Gorr graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws in 1988.After graduation she became an articled clerk with the Melbourne law firm Phillips Fox.Gorr had her first regular media job as the voice of the Sportsgirl fashion chain when she was asked to "sound" like a photo of supermodel Elle Macpherson.She also performed with the Hot Bagels, an all-women cabaret group.
As the character Elle McFeast, Gorr performed in a number of award-winning television shows, including Andrew Denton's Live and Sweaty.She hosted Live and Sweaty for another two years after his retirement from the show in 1993, becoming the first woman to host a Sports /comedy Tonight show in Australia.
in 1995 Libbi Gorr created McFeast: Live from the Bowels of Parliament House. This was a weekly 30 minute political satire / comedy show. The final credits featured Gorr dancing on the desks of Australian parliamentarians to "She's so fine", by the Easybeats. It ran for two seasons.
As McFeast she also created 14 TV specials, including Breasts,Sex, Guys and Videotape,Portrait of a Power Pussy and the television show Elle McFeast Live. Gorr made the transition to appearing as herself on camera hosting the Marie Clare "What Women Want" forums, and the televised IF awards for film in Australia.In 2001 a portrait of her, called "Excelle – Libbi Gorr", by painter Margarita Georgiadis, was entered in the Archibald Prize for portraiture. The painting was hung as a finalist. A photographic portrait by Petrea Hicks was also hung the following year.
In 2003 she performed a live show "Dirty Sweet Cherry on Top!" at the Sydney Opera House.In 2007 Gorr hosted the short-lived Channel Nine show The Catch Up.The program, a revised version of the American program The View, ran for only four months before being cancelled due to poor ratings.Gorr, however, received positive reviews.Gorr has contributed to Studio 10 on Network Ten as a studio panellist and Melbourne correspondent.In 2016, Gorr began presenting stories as a guest reporter for the ABC flagship current affairs program 7.30.In December 2021, Gorr announced her resigned from ABC Radio Melbourne to pursue her creative interests.
Libbi Gorr Books
Gorr has authored two books for Harper Collins, The A–Z of Mummy Manners: An Etiquette Guide for Managing Other Children's Mothers and Assorted Mummy Dilemmas (2011)and The Bedtime Poem For Edible Children illustrated by Bradley Trevor Greive (2012).

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Q: Application crashes on element reader (pdftron) I have an issue with pdftron, where opening a certain file, will cause our application to crash with following error:
An unhandled exception of type 'pdftron.Common.PDFNetException' occurred in PDFNet.dll

Additional information: Exception:

 Message: Missing resource

 Conditional expression: res

 Filename   : ContentResources.hpp

 Function   : trn::PDF::ContentResources::GetResource

 Linenumber : 26

In our code: it's in the following line that the error occurs:
while ((element = elReader.Next()) != null)

When doing try/catch, we see that the only thing missing from the page is the text that's written diagonally on that page. Does this have anything to do with a missing font maybe ? Don't mind the cursor in the picture, it doesn't know where to go with the text missing.

I can send the pdf file on request.
PDF File

A: If you are not on the latest version of PDFNet, 6.7.1, then I would first try against that, as the issue might have been resolved already.
Otherwise, since the issue is document specific, you would need to provide that, by either sharing here, or sending to pdftron support.

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Q: How to process a sub-process' stdout into a 2d numpy.array I'm trying to pipe a subprocess' output (which is a table) using subprocess.run with PIPE option. I get a raw string, but I cannot map it onto a numpy object. In c++ I'd simply loop over the stream as if it were a file using sscanf, but Python apparently has no such quick import.
I've tried reading about numpy loadtxt, but as far as I can tell it really needs a text file to process, otherwise it does exactly what I need.


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Posted inCongress, Health Care
State Ends Up Where It Started With High-Risk Pool, After Getting Premiums Lowered
by Christine Stuart July 20, 2010, 4:00 am January 21, 2021, 5:21 pm
(Updated) After a month delay, Gov. M. Jodi Rell said she will tell the federal government Connecticut is ready to sign an agreement to administer a federally funded high-risk insurance pool for individuals with pre-existing medical conditions.
The move comes a month later than expected, but during that time the Rell administration worked with the federal government to lower the insurance rates by 35 percent.
Earlier this month U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd criticized Rell's decision to seek a further review of the program and warned that any delay means uninsured residents with pre-existing conditions will go without the coverage intended under the new federal health care law.
As Dodd predicted, the delay did push coverage in the new program for Connecticut residents back from Aug. 1 to Sept. 1. If things had gone as planned enrollment would have begun July 1 and coverage would have started Aug. 1. However, Dodd wasn't critical at all Tuesday morning when he learned of the states plans.
"This is welcome news for uninsured Connecticut residents with pre-existing conditions," said Dodd. "One of the top priorities of health-care reform was to end discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions and these pools are one step towards that goal. I'll continue to work with Governor Rell and federal officials to get this program up and running as quickly as possible."
Rell delayed enrolling the state in the plan because she felt the premiums of $436 per month for adults younger than 30 to $1,365 for those 65 and older, were too high and unaffordable. She said three state agencies were able to work with the federal government on a new methodology to get the rates down to $285 per month for adults under 30 to $893 for those 65 and older.
"I believe the contrast in rates represents the difference between a program that was out of reach for those who needed it most and one that will truly meet a need," Rell said. "Along with the Charter Oak Health Plan I developed, Connecticut is leading the nation in providing coverage to those who do not have it or cannot find it."
Rell's Charter Oak Health Plan already covers uninsured adults with pre-existing conditions. The program used to be subsidized by income level and still is for enrollees that were grandfathered in, but for new enrollees there's a flat $307 monthly premium.
Whether it's $285 per month or $307 per month, Ellen Andrews, executive director of the Connecticut Health Policy Project, wonders if that's affordable for some of her clients.
But even more concerning for Andrews is that the state will be administering the $50 million in federal funding for the program. She said the state had the opportunity to let the federal government operate the program like 21 other states have done, but it decided to take on this program in addition to the dozens of others it runs.
The state has done a poor job enrolling patients and doctors in Primary Care Case Management, a non-HMO model of health care delivery for those on the state's Medicaid plan, Andrews said.
The state agencies, "don't have time for this," Andrews added. "They haven't been able to implement PCCM, among other things, mandated by the legislature because they claim that they don't have the manpower to do everything."
"If the feds are willing to do this (and will doubtless do a better job), why wouldn't DSS [Department of Social Services] let them and get on with their own job," Andrews said.
Currently there are 12,300 individuals covered by Charter Oak, but the Department of Social Services was unable to provide statistics on how many doctors and hospitals are participating in the plan. One of the biggest complaints of participants is that they have to drive further or can't find a doctor or hospital that accepts the program.
It's unclear how many residents may qualify for the new Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan or exactly what kind of coverage and benefits it may provide.
According to a June presentation made to the Medicaid Managed Care Council, the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan will have annual deductibles ranging from $1,250 to $3,000 for individuals and $2,500 to $6,000 for families. It's unclear what the co-pays will be, but state officials estimated that on average the maximum out of pocket cost is $7,000 plus co-pays.
The plan would be administered by United Health Care, which the Department of Social Services noted has contracts with all Connecticut hospitals and 90 percent of Connecticut physicians and practices. It also noted the network is broader than that of the Charter Oak Health Plan.
In order for individuals to qualify for the federal program they must have a pre-existing condition and be uninsured for up to six months. Since the Charter Oak Health Plan counts as insurance, those on the state plan won't be able to enroll in the federal program unless they drop their coverage.
The federal government's Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan is intended as a stop gap measure to cover the highest risk adults for more than three years until the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is fully implemented in 2014.
More Health Care News & Analysis
Access Health To Train Brokers From Underserved Communities
Connecticut's health insurance exchange, Access Health CT, announced plans Wednesday to launch a free insurance broker training program to boost health care enrollment in underserved communities. During an afternoon press conference, James Michel, the exchange's CEO, said research had found sharp disparities in health and medical care given in communities of color despite Connecticut's overall…
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One of the many protests at the state Capitol against the law to eliminate the religious exemption.
Federal Judge Tosses Religious Exemption Lawsuit, Appeal Promised
A federal court judge upheld Connecticut's law that prevents school children and their parents from claiming a religious exemption to childhood vaccines to attend school. U.S. District Court Judge Janet Arterton found the legislature's decision to eliminate the religious exemption for students entering kindergarten in 2021 "does not violate the Free Exercise Clause," of the…
by Christine Stuart	 January 13, 2022, 5:00 am January 12, 2022, 10:51 pm
OP-ED | Connecticut's Healthcare Market Regulation Is Broken
Healthcare consolidations are endangering access to care and driving up prices. But the state agency that is supposed to keep Connecticut's healthcare market competitive isn't acting.
by Ellen Andrews, Ph.D.	 January 13, 2022, 4:55 am January 18, 2022, 9:36 am
Coalition Calls For Greater Access To Mental Health Services
After a spike in adults and children seeking mental health treatment during the pandemic, a "Recovery For All" coalition of lawmakers, union leaders and providers are calling on Gov. Ned Lamont and legislative leaders to increase funding and access to services. The state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the state Department of…
by Lisa Backus	 January 11, 2022, 12:40 pm January 11, 2022, 12:40 pm
James Michel, CEO of Access Health, at a press conference on Dec. 13, 2021
Record Enrollment for Access Health CT
The deadline to enroll in a health insurance plan through Access Health CT will be this Saturday, Jan. 15. Enrollment this year has been brisk. As of last week more than 108,690 Connecticut residents have enrolled, which is a record for Connecticut's exchange. Although reduced-cost plans are generally available for residents below certain income thresholds,…
by Christine Stuart	 January 11, 2022, 5:05 am January 11, 2022, 3:00 pm
Can Connecticut Residents Receive Paid Sick Leave For COVID-19?
If you've been sick with COVID-19 and missed work you may be able to get paid for some of those days. But the guidance is tricky and not every employer offers paid time off for certain employees. "You can use paid family and medical leave if you have a serious health condition of your own…
by NBC Connecticut	 January 10, 2022, 9:56 am January 10, 2022, 4:28 pm


Find out some useful tips and useful info about the night 1 in Five Nights at Freddy's 4 now! If you learn these tips before playing the game, you can pass all of the troubles easily!
N. Bonnie and Chica don't appear when the game starts; they only do when the time reaches 3 am and when the night almost comes to an end like 5 am.
Your room will be equipped with two doors, one is on the right, one is one the left. The bed will be placed behind you, and the closet will be put in front of you.
You need to wait for around 204 seconds until you hear any exhale sounds.
Try to concentrate on your game because the sound of breath and footsteps are very tough to hear.


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Q: Apache 2.4 mod_rewrite returns 404 for every RewriteRule I am setting up Apache 2.4.35 on a FreebBSD 11.2-RELEASE-p5 server, I enabled mod_rewrite module on it but none of the rewrite rules work, and I have spent a couple of days looking for answers but cannot make it work.
This is what I get from running httpd -M on the server:
Loaded Modules:
 core_module (static)
 so_module (static)
 http_module (static)
 mpm_prefork_module (shared)
 authn_file_module (shared)
 authn_core_module (shared)
 authz_host_module (shared)
 authz_groupfile_module (shared)
 authz_user_module (shared)
 authz_core_module (shared)
 auth_basic_module (shared)
 reqtimeout_module (shared)
 filter_module (shared)
 mime_module (shared)
 log_config_module (shared)
 env_module (shared)
 headers_module (shared)
 setenvif_module (shared)
 version_module (shared)
 unixd_module (shared)
 status_module (shared)
 autoindex_module (shared)
 dir_module (shared)
 alias_module (shared)
 rewrite_module (shared)
 php7_module (shared)

This is the Apache configuration for my virtual host:
<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin mail@domain.com
        DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/htdocs/myweb
        ServerName myweb.mywebsite.com

        <Location />
                SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI  \
                        \.(?:gif|jpe?g|png)$ no-gzip dont-vary
                SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI  \
                        \.(?:exe|t?gz|zip|gz2|sit|rar)$ no-gzip dont-vary
        </Location>
</VirtualHost>

###################################################################################

<Directory "/usr/local/www/htdocs/myweb">
        Options All MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
        LogLevel debug rewrite:trace8
        DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
</Directory>

And this are the first lines of the .htaccess file located at /usr/local/www/htdocs/myweb folder
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

#Login
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST
RewriteRule ^users/login(/?)$ /users/login.php [L]

I restarted Apache a gazillion times, nothing gets logged in the error log and every rule I try always returns a 404 error and I do not know what else to do, I am not sure if there's another module I need to enable or what else I need to do.
Thanks a lot in advance!
UPDATE
As requested by @KasperAgg, here is the additional info
Request:
POST http://myweb.mywebsite.com/users/login

Error Log:
[Sun Dec 16 14:29:40.349713 2018] [core:info] [pid 12094] [client 10.0.0.71:20255] AH00128: File does not exist: /usr/local/www/htdocs/myweb/users/login

Access Log:
[16/Dec/2018:14:29:40 -0800] "POST /users/login HTTP/1.1" 404 209

/usr/local/www/htdocs/myweb/users/ folder:
-rw-r--r--  1 www  wheel   909 Dec 12 21:59 delete.php
-rw-r--r--  1 www  wheel   928 Dec 12 21:59 get.php
-rw-r--r--  1 www  wheel   892 Dec 12 21:59 getById.php
-rw-r--r--  1 www  wheel  1111 Dec 12 21:59 login.php
-rw-r--r--  1 www  wheel   742 Dec 12 21:59 logout.php
-rw-r--r--  1 www  wheel  2262 Dec 12 21:59 save.php

What seems odd to me is that the server behaves like mod_rewrite wasn't on, and is looking for users/login folder instead of rewriting the url to users/login.php script

A: I was able to fix the problem, it turns that having the directive
RewriteEngine Off

At the end of my .htaccess file was breaking the rewrite functionality, what's odd is that this configuration was copied from another server that was basically a clone of this one and I never experienced any errors due to that, but well, now it's working and this may help another person


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Research has shown that more than 37 million people in the United States speak Spanish at home, making it easily the most prevalent non-English language in the country. Businesses across the nation have recognized the need for Spanish-language services, offering translators or bilingual staff members to better communicate with more potential customers.
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There's a website for figures I've just discovered called Center Stage Miniatures and they have quite a few interesting sculpts to check out. Actually, Jeff Dee was discussing Secret Skeleton Miniatures on Facebook, and how the lizardmen they sell would work well in his Tekumel games, and that link led me to Center Stage. There are cool figures all over those sites, so be sure to take a good look around the whole place. Here are some of their pics . . .


To celebrate the release of his new album The WIZRD, Future made it snow during his performance on "The Late Show" on Thursday night (Jan. 17).
The newly-blonde rapper hit the stage to perform his single "Crushed Up." Donning a Gucci vest over a red jacket, Hndrxx rocked out to his WIZRD single, while backed by a guitarist. Flurries of snow covered the screen, inspired by the icy music video.
During a backstage interview, Pluto also shared his favorites including his favorite color (red), book (The 48 Laws of Power), athlete (Tom Brady), and more.
The WIZRD, Future's seventh solo album and last in his Epic Records contract, is available now featuring appearances from Travis Scott, Young Thug, and Gunna.


September, 2712. Twenty-three-year-old Adem Adamend has it rough. His name is ludicrous. His friends are few. And the only thing his "kid genius" status has earned him at the Interdistrict Bureau of Intelligence is a boatload of extra work with no credit in sight. Then hotshot lawyer Victor Manson is burned to death in his own back yard, and Adem finds himself using his unique skills to piece together the strangest crime he's ever seen. Strange because the only possible suspect Adem can pin the murder on... is a mythical beast. A dragon. Before Adem can unravel the mystery of Manson's death, the Bureau loses jurisdiction to the secretive EDPA, an organization that investigates weird and deadly events. But Adem isn't one for giving up, so he takes it upon himself to delve deeper into EDPA's machinations, into the series of unfortunate events that led to Manson's demise. And what he finds may change the way he views the world — and himself — forever.


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Anasayfa / MACHINERY / Elektroteks considers everything for its customers
Elektroteks considers everything for its customers
Osman Güler, Chairman of the Board of Elektroteks
Aiming at providing the best service to its customers with the best technology machines, the company reaches 130 countries in 5 continents.
Elektroteks, which was established as Güler Elektronik in 1990 to provide electrical and electronic services to textile factories in Bursa, continues its activities by developing and growing. The company, which has focused on the production of mattress manufacturing machines for about 15 years, is one of the few companies in the world that can establish turnkey mattress factories. Elektroteks has produced the world's first robotic mattress production lines with the best technology and transformed the assembly parts in the first and second phase study into robotic production.
The company attaches importance to quality with its qualified and high-tech production. Elektroteks produces integrated facilities that comply with industry 4.0 and exports them to 130 countries in 5 continents. 8 percent of the mattress production machines manufactured by Elektroteks in 2020 are sold domestically. The export rate of the company is 92 percent.
"We achieved 50 percent growth in 2020"
Osman Güler, Chairman of the Board of Elektroteks, explained optimistically, "I think the pandemic period is the most productive year for our industry. We had difficulties in meeting the demands. In 2020, we achieved 50 percent growth on production basis. We increased our staff by 60 percent to 250 people in order to meet the orders, which are more than double our capacity."
Expressing that they had problems in matters such as raw materials and logistics during the pandemic period, Güler said that they made proper planning because they anticipated the problems in raw materials. Osman Güler continued his words as follows: "We made our agreements and stocks before the pandemic came to our country. Therefore, it was easier for us to overcome the problems in the pandemic period, but there were problems in logistics. There have been minor disruptions in our production. Logistics problems also forced us in the shipment of ready-made machines. We tried to overcome these problems with our planned and efficient work. We also experienced problems in the assembly of the machines."
"Problems such as the closure of the factories we work with due to the pandemic, visa, plane tickets, accommodation of staff abroad and health problems there also forced us. Therefore, more of our technicians stayed abroad. In addition, our machine costs have increased considerably and human management has become difficult. On the other hand, freight prices approached product prices. Thus, the prices of all products and services increased," Osman Güler concluded.
"We tried to satisfy our customers"
Stating that they are trying to satisfy their customers by overcoming all difficulties, Elektroteks Chairman of the Board, Osman Güler, "We continue our way with determined steps to satisfy our customers. During the pandemic period, we also gained experience in crisis management. We learned e-commerce better. We added many issues such as remote machine installation to our lives by working remotely during this period," he said.
Underlining that they turned the pandemic period into an opportunity and that they were a company that attaches importance to innovative products, Osman Güler continued his words as follows: "We are developing new production methods by examining all the details in mattress production. You will see many different production methods and machines very soon. We are moving forward with fast and confident steps with our R&D engineer staff."
Elektroteks Chairman of the Board, Osman Güler, "We minimize the human factor by designing and manufacturing integrated facilities suitable for Industry 4.0. By detecting the errors that occur or may occur in production, we design and manufacture high-tech machines to eliminate them. After delivering the machines, we make a difference by being next to our customers 24/7. As Elektroteks, we strengthen factories with automation. We increase the production and quality of our factories. That's why we are a competitive and preferred brand," he said.
"We made significant investments"
Stating that the demands of Elektroteks to establish machinery and integrated production facilities have increased with the increasing brand value in the sector, Osman Güler, "We made significant investments in employment during the pandemic period to meet this demand. We have added a new factory investment in Görükle Industrial Zone to our existing factory, which has a closed area of 15 thousand square meters. On an area of 40 thousand square meters, we are building another section of which 15 thousand square meters is currently in production and 10 thousand square meters are under construction. We made an investment of 12 million Euros in a short period of 15 months, together with the machinery and equipment inside. By the end of 2021, we plan to increase our employment to 300 people and increase our production three times compared to 2019," he said.
Emphasizing that they set up production lines to factories that manufacture mattresses with the best technology and that they sell mattress production machines to 130 countries, Elektroteks Chairman of the Board, Osman Güler completed his words as follows: "We are preparing to contribute to engineering education. We are a company that loves our country. Our aim is not only to rise as Elektroteks. We want to make Turkey the number one country in the mattress industry."
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Free DAWs for the Beginner Audio Producer
Given the power and efficiency of most professional digital audio workstations (DAWs) these days, it can be difficult to decide which DAW is best for you. Unfortunately, money plays a role in this decision as well. A great DAW doesn't come cheap. For the beginner, this poses a big problem; with little to no experience using DAWs, how can the novice just shell out hundreds of dollars? What if the production world isn't for them? Most digital goods don't have a return policy. The answer: free DAWs.
Seven of the Best Free DAWs
If you're more experienced, you might recoil at the term, "free DAWs." Afterall, free usually means watered-down, not fully-featured, and simply inferior. Why use something free when a better product exists? While this holds true for anything, you'd be surprised at the quality of free DAWs available. And, for beginners especially, these free programs can offer loads of experience that will aid in the transition to a Pro Tools, Studio One, or Podium, for instance. Some of them are even simplified versions of the full-fledged paid experience. DAWs like Ableton Live, and Cubase have free "lite" versions to help get your foot in the door for free. Some of the free DAWs on this list are only free for a period of time, but still worth downloading. So let's take a look at seven of these free DAWs, what they offer, and why you should give them a try, regardless of skill level.
Podium Free by Zynewave
As you might have guessed by the name, Podium Free acts as a stripped down version of Zynewave's fully-featured, paid DAW, Podium. This doesn't mean Podium Free falls flat, however. While the free version lacks certain features like multi-processing and 64-bit engine, it provides the necessary skeleton and enough meat for the beginner audio producer.
You'll find no shortage of built-in plugins an effects here. Additionally, Podium Free offers VST plugin support. You can adjust the interface my zooming and dragging, as well as toggle between mixer view and track view. For those starting out, Podium Free provides the perfect gateway to the full version of Podium or any other professional DAW on the market. Unfortunately, this free DAW only runs on Windows, so Mac users will have to go elsewhere.
Pro Tools | First
Another example of a "little brother" DAW, Avid's Pro Tools | First can prepare you for the full Pro Tools experience without emptying your pockets for the price tag right away. Taking a more modern approach, perhaps inspired by "freemium" mobile app pricing models, Pro Tools | First is free to download, but can be incrementally upgraded. Like microtransactions in a video game, you can purchase little bits here and there to expand your Pro Tools experience. It's a good way for the beginner to learn, as you only pay for what you're ready to confront.
If you want to keep it purely free, however, you'll have to make a few concessions. While the free version still offers top-notch recording, mixing, and editing, over 20 effects, elastic pitch and time, and AAX plugin support, you can only save up to three projects via Avid's cloud storage. This certainly limits your creative capacities and incentivizes gradual payment. Still, if you want to learn the ins and outs of Pro Tools without buying it outright, you have nothing to lose. Plus, it runs on both Windows and MacOS.
Tracktion 6
Once you get into Tracktion 6, you'll likely be shocked that the program is free. While perhaps not as pretty as some of the other free DAWs on this list, Tracktion makes up for it in its features. Much of what you'll find in a premium DAW, you'll find here. This version of Tracktion comes packed with automation tracks, full VST plugin support, an audio comping tool, several built-in effects, and more.
If this all sounds too good to be true, there is a small catch. Tracktion 6, while feature-rich and competent, is technically outdated now. Though it became free just a year ago, the software was developed in 2015, and cost $60 upon release. So, yes, you're getting a once-paid DAW for free, but not the latest and greatest. Tracktion's latest project goes by the name Waveform, a DAW and audio editor that costs about $200 USD.
If you're not too concerned about the newest kid on the block, however, Tracktion 6 will keep you occupied for a long time to come. Its simple interface, breadth of features, and compatibility with Windows, MacOS, and Linux make it one of the best free DAWs around.
Cakewalk by BandLab (Sonar Platinum)
This one's just for Windows users, but it might be the sweetest deal on here. Thanks to some complicated merging, staff transition, and asset transfers, BandLab has released a free version of Sonar Platinum (normally $499 USD) dubbed Cakewalk to the public. And this is the real deal. The fully-featured Cakewalk no longer costs a penny. The only minor caveat is that you'll have to sign up with BandLab in order to download the DAW. Signing up won't cost anything either, but BandLab clearly wants to increase its user base for future sales.
The DAW itself only lacks a few things from its original paid version, such as third-party plugin packs. However, the native DAW infrastructure remains intact, and anything external you already own, such as Melodyne or other third-party plugins, can still be brought into the free version of Cakewalk. The DAW also features touch support for tablets and touch-controlled computers like the Surface Pro, making its UI even more intuitive. As for its out-of-the-box features, Cakewalk pulls no punches. You'll find unlimited tracks, busses, and patches, loads of instruments, effects, and sounds, MIDI support, and so much more. Again, any third party plugins and instruments that come with the paid version of Sonar Platinum no longer come with the free Cakewalk. But that's hardly a hitch when you consider the $499 USD of savings in front of you. Mac users get left in the dust on this one, but if you run Windows, rejoice.
PreSonus Studio One 3 Prime
Like Pro Tools | First and Podium Free, Studio One 3 Prime offers a somewhat limited but competent DAW experience that mimics its fully-featured bigger brother. Studio One 3 Prime excels as one of the best free DAWs in certain areas. For instance, this free download offers unlimited tracks and channels, time-stretching, MIDI functionality, and advanced automation. Where it pales in comparison to the aforementioned free DAWs is in its lack of VST plugin support. With Studio One 3 Prime you're limited to its native sounds and effects. Still, you'll find quite a bit packed in regardless. Additionally, you can save and export everything you do in this version. So feel free to record as many demos as you'd like.
Of course, PreSonus' intuitive interface and workflow remain the greatest advantage of Studio One 3 Prime. Once you have a handle on the free version, you can effortlessly transition to the fully-featured Studio One. This free DAW also runs on both Windows and MacOS. If you want a competent free DAW for recording demos and learning Studio One, look no further.
Like Pro Tools | First, Reaper takes a unique pricing approach to its full-fledged DAW. You can download the software for free. This gives you a 60-day evaluation period, during which time you can use everything the DAW has to offer at no cost. After the two months are up, you can opt to purchase a license for $60 if you're an individual or business making under $20,000 annually, or a $225 commercial license.
So while Reaper might not technically be a free DAW, it gives its users ample time to freely explore its interface, features, and functionality. In Reaper, you'll find hundreds of built-in plugins, effects, and other useful tools. It supports several types of imported files, which makes up for its own lack of a sound library. Reaper also supports MIDI hardware and software and runs any sample or bit rate. Its interface isn't glamorous but it's simple enough to grasp after a short time and customizable so you can move toolbars and tracks where you want them.
The 60-day trial should be plenty for new users to decide whether or not they enjoy Reaper's offerings. And if they do, they won't find many other fully-fledged DAWs for $60.
Ableton Live 9 Lite
Ableton has become the go-to for electronic, hip-hop, and MIDI-based producers. While its most recent free lite version doesn't come with all the bells and whistles of Ableton Live 10, it still offers plenty of features. With multi-track (8 maximum) 32-bit recording, an unlimited amount of effects per project, multiple file type export support, Ableton Live's main library of presets and sounds, and more, Ableton Live 9 Lite feels more fully-featured than most free DAWs.
This lite version is laid out just like the fully-fledged Ableton Live. This makes it easy for a beginner to learn the ins and outs of the software before purchasing it. While the 8-track limitation might hinder some people's creativity, all the other features should make up for it. If you're thinking about delving into electronic music production, Ableton Live 9 Lite should be your first download. Plus, it's compatible with both Windows and Mac.
Of the seven free DAWs listed here, you can't really go wrong with any. Certain factors might determine which one you choose, like whether you're a Mac, Windows, or Linux user. Maybe you want to learn how to use Pro Tools, or Studio One specifically. Or maybe your preferred genre will determine your choice. In any case, downloading the free versions first can educate you thoroughly before diving deeper. Even if you're experienced with professional DAWs already, these free versions can help you make the switch to another DAW. You really have nothing to lose; get downloading!
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Risk of Injury and Adverse Reactions to Influenza Vaccines
November 16, 2017|Shannon Law Group
Vaccines are often given to children in order to protect them from harmful or even deadly diseases. However, some immunizations are given to adults who may be at risk of contracting illnesses. One of the most commonly used is the flu vaccine, which is given every year to protect people from contracting the influenza virus.
What Is Influenza?
Influenza, commonly known as the "flu," is a highly-contagious disease that is spread through close contact with an infected person. The virus is most commonly contracted in the winter months, with peak infection rates beginning in October and lasting through May. Patients of all ages may contract the flu, and the virus can be deadly for infants and young children, seniors, and people with weakened immune systems.
The symptoms of flu often occur suddenly and can last for up to a week, and may include:
Coughing or wheezing
Nasal congestion or a runny nose
Dizziness and fatigue
Diarrhea or vomiting
If it is not treated quickly, the flu can develop into pneumonia or lead to infections, life-threatening diarrhea, and seizures in small children. Every year, thousands of people nationwide are hospitalized due to flu symptoms, many of whom die as a result.
How Do Influenza Vaccines Prevent the Flu?
There are many different strains of the flu virus, and these viruses often change from year to year. Each year, a new flu vaccine is developed that protects against three or four different strains of the virus that have been identified as likely to infect the population. When the flu vaccine is introduced into the body, it causes antibodies to develop, allowing the body's immune system to identify and target the flu viruses that are in the vaccine. Even if an immunized person comes into contact with a strain of the flu other than that in the vaccine, the vaccination can provide some protection against the virus.
The flu vaccine can:
Stop a person from contracting the flu
Lessen the symptoms of the flu if the virus is contracted
Prevent a person from spreading the flu to others
The flu vaccine cannot:
Protect against the flu without yearly vaccination
Prevent illnesses that cause "flu-like" symptoms but are not caused by the flu virus
There are two ways influenza vaccines can be delivered. The most common form of immunization is injection, using the inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV), recombinant influenza vaccine (RIV), or trivalent influenza vaccine (TIV). The other form is the live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV), which is an inhalant that is sprayed into the nose. LAIV is made from a weakened form of flu virus. Contrary to what some people may believe, flu vaccines cannot actually cause the flu. However, it does take about two weeks for antibodies to develop after vaccination, so a vaccinated person can contract the flu during this period.
Injuries Reported After Influenza Vaccination
Adults are encouraged to get one dose of the flu vaccine (the flu shot) once every flu season, while children may need two doses during one flu season to prevent infection. The vaccine is recommended for healthy children and adults between the ages of 2 through 49 years old, and it may be given in combination with other vaccines. Women who are pregnant should not receive the flu shot, as it may cause complications.
While most people do not suffer any lasting problems after immunization, some patients have endured injuries in the hours and days after receiving the flu shot. The most commonly reported complications of flu shots include:
Shoulder pain. Some people experience severe pain in the shoulder or arm weakness at the injection site for several days.
Viral symptoms. Patients may report flu-like symptoms following injection, such as scratchy throat, coughing, itchy eyes, fever, or body aches.
Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Inactivated flu vaccine has been linked to increased risk of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), a rare nerve disorder that can have fatal effects.
Combination reactions. Children who receive a flu shot in addition to other vaccines may be at risk of combination injuries, such as high fevers or seizures.
Allergic reactions. About one in every million doses of the flu shot will result in allergic reaction, such as facial swelling, difficulty breathing, and rashes.
The Shannon Law Group represents vaccine injury victims across the U.S., allowing patients nationwide to get compensation for their suffering. If you have experienced serious and long-lasting side effects as a result of the flu vaccine, you may be eligible for payment through the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP) or by filing a vaccine injury lawsuit. Simply fill out our online contact form today to schedule a free, no-obligation consultation with one of our attorneys to see if you qualify for payment for your medical bills, lost income, and other losses.
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About Alejo Carpentier:
Alejo Carpentier y Valmont was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Carpentier grew up in Havana, Cuba, and despite his European birthplace, he strongly self-identified as Cuban throughout his life. He traveled extensively, particularly in France, and to South America and Mexico, where he met prominent members of the Latin American cultural and artistic community. Carpentier took a keen interest in Latin American politics and often aligned himself with revolutionary movements, such as Fidel Castro's Communist Revolution in Cuba in the mid-20th century. Carpentier was jailed and exiled for his leftist political philosophies.
In America everything is fantastical.
Alejo Carpentier
Those who have always had faith in its final success can do no less than rejoice as if it was our own triumph after five years of daily struggle to impose Cuban music on the European continent.
I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the ...
I studied harmony and composition in a very spontaneous manner.
Hablar de revoluciones, imaginar revoluciones, situarse mentalmente en el seno de una revolución, es hacerse un poco dueño del mundo. Quienes hablan de una revolución se ven llevados a hacerla. Es tan evidente que tal o cual privilegio debe ser ab...
The anxious wait lasted four years, and the alert ears never despaired of hearing, at any moment, the voice of the great conch shell which would bellow through the hills to announce to all that Macandal had completed the cycle of his metamorphoses, a...
NameAlejo Carpentier
DescriptionCuban novelist
DiedApril 24, 1980
CountryCuba
ProfessionWriter; Journalist; Essayist; Musicologist
WorksThe Kingdom Of This World
AwardsMiguel De Cervantes Prize; Prix Mondial Cino Del Duca


Does Vesuva work on Legendary Lands?
vesuva scape shift can vesuva enter as copy?
As Vesuva enters the battlefield, you may choose a land in play. If you do, Vesuva enters the battlefield tapped as a copy of the chosen land.
Since you're red green, you could pretty easily throw a Valakut package in there.
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle , Thespian's Stage , Vesuva , and Scapeshift . Gives you extra value from playing Mountain s and gives you a game winning combo. Combos really well with landfall guys like Omnath, Locus of Rage , Rampaging Baloths , and Lotus Cobra .
A few other cards that could help with that strategy, Boundless Realms as a second Scapeshift effect. Also, great with the landfall dudes. Hour of Promise and Tempt with Discovery to grab Valakut + Thespian. Prismatic Omen helps a whole lot, but doesn't do much outside of the combo except ease color generation. Since most of these are instant/sorceries they work with your Commander's ability as well.
I'm also a Gruul commander player. I run a Borborygmos Enraged deck, and it's a bit of a lands matter / burn deck. Hence my suggestions, lol.
I can see how Leveler and Shared Fate work together — you get to play from their library, but you no longer have a library for them to play from, so they never draw a card. However, I don't believe that Timesifter works with this combo, since it has each player exile the top card of their library, not draw it. In this case, Shared Fate's replacement effect won't occur, so you'll exile your top card (none) and they'll always win, taking all the turns.
I'm also concerned that you won't be able to reliably cast their cards for a few turns. Other than Vesuva copying their lands and Black Lotus , your own deck doesn't have any mana-fixing, so you'll be mostly relying on playing their own lands to get the colors you need.
Still a fun deck. +1 from me!
Thespian's Stage , Vesuva , Isolated Watchtower all work nicely alongside Valakut.
Get that Jaya Ballard into the mainboard.


Comments: The [curve] field can be "lin" (linear), "dec" (decade), or "oct" (octave), specifying the (non)linearity of the frequency sweep. specifies how many points within the frequency sweep to perform analyses at (for decade sweep, the number of points per decade; for octave, the number of points per octave). The [start] and [final] fields specify the starting and ending frequencies of the sweep, respectively. One final note: the "start" value cannot be zero!
Comments: The .dc card is necessary if you want to print or plot any voltage between two nonzero nodes. Otherwise, the default "small-signal" analysis only prints out the voltage between each nonzero node and node zero.
Comments: Example 1 has an increment time of 1 millisecond and a stop time of 50 milliseconds (when only two parameters are specified, they are increment time and stop time, respectively). Example 2 has an increment time of 0.5 milliseconds, a stop time of 32 milliseconds, a start time of 0 milliseconds (no delay on start), and a computation interval of 0.01 milliseconds.
Default value for start time is zero. Transient analysis always beings at time zero, but storage of data only takes place between start time and stop time. Data output interval is increment time, or (stop time - start time)/50, which ever is smallest. However, the computing interval variable can be used to force a computational interval smaller than either. For large total interval counts, the itl5 variable in the .options card may be set to a higher number. The "uic" option tells SPICE to "use initial conditions."
Comments: SPICE can't handle more than eight data point requests on a single .plot or .print card. If requesting more than eight data points, use multiple cards!
Also, here's a major caveat when using SPICE version 3: if you're performing AC analysis and you ask SPICE to plot an AC voltage as in example #2, the v(3,4) command will only output the real component of a rectangular-form complex number! SPICE version 2 outputs the polar magnitude of a complex number: a much more meaningful quantity if only a single quantity is asked for. To coerce SPICE3 to give you polar magnitude, you will have to re-write the .print or .plot argument as such: vm(3,4).
Comments: The .four card relies on the .tran card being present somewhere in the deck, with the proper time periods for analysis of adequate cycles. Also, SPICE may "crash" if a .plot analysis isn't done along with the .four analysis, even if all .tran parameters are technically correct. Finally, the .four analysis option only works when the frequency of the AC source is specified in that source's card line, and not in an .ac analysis option line.
It helps to include a computation interval variable in the .tran card for better analysis precision. A Fourier analysis of the voltage or current specified is performed up to the 9th harmonic, with the [freq] specification being the fundamental, or starting frequency of the analysis spectrum.
Comments: There are lots of options that can be specified using this card. Perhaps the one most needed by beginning users of SPICE is the "limpts" setting. When running a simulation that requires more than 201 points to be printed or plotted, this calculation point limit must be increased or else SPICE will terminate analysis. The example given above (limpts=500) tells SPICE to allocate enough memory to handle at least 500 calculation points in whatever type of analysis is specified (DC, AC, or transient).
In example 2, we see an iteration variable (itl5) being set to a value of 0. There are actually six different iteration variables available for user manipulation. They control the iteration cycle limits for solution of nonlinear equations. The variable itl5 sets the maximum number of iterations for a transient analysis. Similar to the limpts variable, itl5 usually needs to be set when a small computation interval has been specified on a .tran card. Setting itl5 to a value of 0 turns off the limit entirely, allowing the computer infinite iteration cycles (infinite time) to compute the analysis. Warning: this may result in long simulation times!
Example 3 with "method=gear" sets the numerical integration method used by SPICE. The default is "trapezoid" rather than "gear," trapezoid being a simple geometric approximation of area under a curve found by slicing up the curve into trapezoids to approximate the shape. The "gear" method is based on second-order or better polynomial equations and is named after C.W. Gear (Numerical Integration of Stiff Ordinary Equations, Report 221, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois, Urbana). The Gear method of integration is more demanding of the computer (computationally "expensive") and will sometimes give slightly different results from the trapezoid method.
The "list" option shown in example 4 gives a verbose summary of all circuit components and their respective values in the final output.
By default, SPICE will insert ASCII page-break control codes in the output to separate different sections of the analysis. Specifying the "nopage" option (example 5) will prevent such pagination.
The "numdgt" option shown in example 6 specifies the number of significant digits output when using one of the ".print" data output options. SPICE defaults at a precision of 4 significant digits.
Comments: The .width card can be used to control the width of text output lines upon analysis. This is especially handy when plotting graphs with the .plot card. The default value is 120, which can cause problems on 80-character terminal displays unless set to 80 with this command.


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Located in the market town of Ledbury, the Grade II* listed Master's House has a timber frame medieval building at its core, encased in later Georgian and Victorian additions. The building is part of the medieval St. Katherine's Hospital site; significant other parts of the hospital remain. In March 2015 the project was completed to repair and regenerate the Master's House as a public building for Herefordshire County Council, with a range of facilities, including a public library.
This project is the culmination of a process of evaluation of the various stages of the historic fabric of the building, revealing, in particular, the completeness of the medieval timber frame which forms the two storeyed, three bayed Central Hall with cross wings at either end, all built at one time, circa. 1487. Today, the repaired Central Hall, with its magnificent roof structure, forms the central space of the revitalised public building. Alongside, a detached kitchen dating from circa 1520 has been reformed as a new public library, with the interconnecting spaces used for a range of public activities.
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Repairs to the timber frame were carried out using traditional carpentry techniques, with each repair and intervention designed to ensure maximum visual coherence. The timber used in the repairs was selected to match the extraordinary large scale, (the scantling) of the timber frame. Semi seasoned (minimum 5 years) European Oak was used for the repairs, to ensure that size and section was available, and in order to avoid shakes and drying issues. Salvaged oak was used for small patch repairs, matching in grain and texture, and new oak was matched for grain, texture and growth.
The Central Hall originally had an eighteenth century ceiling, which, when removed, revealed the medieval roof for the first time in 250 years. In order to stabilize this medieval roof structure, a new "second roof" structure formed using Hempcrete cassettes was formed. Also, 45 wattle and daub panels in the main timber frame were repaired using local materials – riven hazel whittles and oak staves.
The ambition is that the repaired and regenerated Master's House will be a valued community resource, a heritage destination in its own right and a starting point for interpretation and understanding of Ledbury's historic environment.
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The FDA's quick release of a clinical hold for an industry peer was the main driver, but there's a lot more you should know about this biotech stock.
What: Shares of bluebird bio, Inc. (NASDAQ:BLUE) a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing gene therapies for genetic diseases and T cell-based cancer treatments, rose 25.3% in July, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The company presented progress for its gene editing techniques and announced a deal to secure production of its leading candidates. While these are important developments, the FDA's quick lift of a clinical hold for Juno Therapeutics (NASDAQ:JUNO), its peer in developing T cell therapies, probably gave Bluebird's wings the most lift last month.
So what: Despite July's gains, Bluebird's shares are still trading about 67.5% lower than they were a year ago. For a biotech with potentially transformative therapies in development, but perhaps years from commercializing its first product, price swings of this magnitude without any significant news aren't unusual.
The FDA's recent stop and start of Juno's lead program showed the Agency's desire to hasten the pace of T cell-based cancer therapy development. Bluebird has one of these in early clinical stages, in partnership with Celgene, and several more in preclinical stages.
While it's nice to see Bluebird's stock rise for any reason, the vast majority of the company's market cap of about $2.0 billion is based on its non-cancer targeting gene therapies, which use viruses to insert sections of correct DNA into patients' harvested stem cells.
The new DNA sections should lead to production of a specific, functional protein, essentially providing "cure" with a single treatment. LentiGlobin is a potential cure for diseases caused by a faulty hemoglobin gene, namely beta-thalassemia, and sickle-cell. Its cousin LentiD inserts a gene that leads to the production of a viable adrenoleukodystrophy protein, the culprit in a debilitating disease of the same name that affects about one in 21,000 newborn males.
These three diseases can be "cured" without all of the fancy technology by using a donor's stem cells, but the risk of graft failure, and often lethal graft-vs-host disease, limits the procedure to the most severely affected patients.
Over the years, some guesswork has been taken out of predicting which donor's cells are more likely to go berserk in a specific patient, and which might succeed (think strangers, or siblings). Bluebird's data thus far suggests your own cells blend right in, but there isn't very much of it.
I'm not sure if I've ever seen a stock whipped around by so few patients. Last year, Bluebird shot up to a market cap above $6 billion when the first few patients infused with LentiGlobin cells started showing signs of improvement consistent with tremendously successful donor stem cell transplants.
Last December, the improvements began looking merely like successful stem cell transplants. Bluebird's stock plummeted after the company revealed that a few patients needed blood transfusions.
Now what: What's most important now is a consistent safety record, and the company might get a chance to exhibit one. Childhood cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy is an incredibly debilitating disease without any viable treatment options, and LentiD looks like a winner in this very small population.
The truth is, we don't know how well stem cell transplants work on the broader beta-thalassemia and sickle cell populations. They're debilitating diseases, but not necessarily fatal. Donor stem cell transplants for non-cancer diseases generally have a survival rate of just 70%-90% if the donor is a matched sibling, and 36%-65% if the donor is unrelated. Side effects from frequent blood transfusions are painful, but not nearly as dangerous.
Worldwide, an estimated 288,000 people have beta-thalassemia and roughly 25 million have sickle cell. Currently available treatments for these diseases wouldn't stand a chance against LentiGlobin if it were an available option. When Bluebird presents more data at a scientific conference this December, expect the stock to get whipped around again -- hopefully in the right direction for investors.


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Green Matter: Gaining ground with innovative green ground consolidators
The Dutch have a saying, "God made the world, but the Dutch made Holland," and anyone traveling through the country can see why. The Netherlands, about one-third of which lies below sea level, owes its continued existence to an intricate system of coastal fortifications, flood defenses and innovative water management technologies. And about one-sixth of the country consists of land that has been drained and reclaimed from the sea, lakes, marshes and swamps. The Dutch, in short, know quite a lot about keeping their feet dry in a delta.
Karen Laird | Nov 08, 2013
One of the speakers at the recent Polymer Innovation Day, organized by the Dutch Polymer Institute in Papendal, the Netherlands, revealed that there is now a new weapon - made of biocomposite plastic material - that can be used in the ongoing process of dike reinforcement and shore protection. Called the "ground consolidator," it was originally developed to reinforce soft, weak ground. However, more and more applications are now being developed and tested, and civil engineering projects in which they are currently being deployed include biodegradable shore protection projects, which are aimed at preventing erosion; the creation of artificial reefs; and to improve the sliding stability of dikes.
Basically, ground consolidators (GCs) are angular, hooked elements, formed of seven edges of a cube, which create a strong, interlocking, open framework that holds sand together when deposited in large quantities. A Dutch inventor called Jos Hoebe developed the innovative anchoring devices, and they are now produced and implemented in projects by a company called Anome BV, of which he is a partner.
Currently, there are two versions available: one is made of compostable biocomposite material, the other of a non-compostable bio reinforced PP. The choice of material depends on the application. One of the most interesting applications today is for biotechnical erosion control.
Lieuwe Boskma of Anome Projects, pointed out that in shoreland protection projects along rivers and lakes, the idea today is often to encourage vegetation to grow in order to establish a stable embankment and to create a wildlife habitat where plants and animals can thrive. However, this was not always the case. Biotechnical erosion control has only started to be recognized by civil engineers as an effective shoreland protection technique over the past decade or so. Conventional structural methods - bulkheads, revetments - were traditionally the preferred approach. Biotechnical erosion control, however, is a self-renewing, durable, and relatively low maintenance approach that keeps (human) disturbance to the environment to a minimum.
Developing vegetation, such as rushes and reed clumps that trap and stabilize sediments and sand, takes time. Ground consolidators promote the process, by holding sand in place, giving the vegetation time to take root and grow. And unlike the geotextile solutions and near-shore rocky breakwaters that are commonly used to provide erosion control while vegetative growth is established, using biodegradable ground consolidators means that they do not have to be taken down or removed: instead, they disappear.
Biodegradable GCs are currently made of PLA, reinforced with hemp and chalk and produced by means of injection molding. The non-degradable GCs used for dike reinforcements are made of PP, hemp and barium sulfate (filler), and are 100% recyclable as new GCs.
The patented slender, spatial design of the interlocking GCs and the innovative use of biocomposites are, according to Boskma, "a unique concept in geo-bioengineering." The mats or geotextile currently in use are invisible, but usually have a dense structure, which eventually impedes further growth, while breakwaters form an 'unsightly unnatural element' in the environment. Using GCs eliminates the problem: growth is encouraged while they gradually degrade, with no extra costs for removal required. And their use can be precisely adapted or 'tuned' for each project.
According to Boskma, GCs offer a feasible alternative to traditional technologies, and "they provide a sustainable solution in civil engineering that is at the same time ecologically and economically feasible. Instead of controlling nature, we are working with nature, with natural materials. What more do we want?"
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OHL Roundup: Stonehouse, Morrison lead 67's past Frontenacs 8-1
January 11, 2023, 10:58 p.m. ·1 min read
OTTAWA — Brady Stonehouse scored twice, Logan Morrison had a goal and two assists as the Ottawa 67's handily defeated the Kingston Frontenacs 8-1 on Wednesday.
Luca Pinelli, Cooper Foster, Vinzenz Rohrer, Jack Matier and Matthew Mayich also scored for Ottawa (29-6-1-1), which is on a three-game win streak. Collin MacKenzie stopped 19-of-20 shots.
Matthew Soto was the lone scorer for Kingston (17-18-1-1), which dropped its fifth straight. Mason Vaccari made 33 saves.
The 67's took a 4-0 edge midway through the second before Soto put the Frontenacs on the board with a power-play marker minutes later. Ottawa outshot Kingston 41-20 and hasn't allowed more than one goal in its last three contests.
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SUDBURY, ONT. — Kyle McDonald scored the shootout winner as North Bay (27-10-0-1) squeezed past Sudbury (14-18-3-1). Justin Ertel scored a short-handed goal in regulation for the Battalion, who have won four straight.
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HAMILTON — Guelph (16-18-4-1) picked up its third straight win, cruising past a slumping Hamilton (15-18-4) squad. Cooper Walker, Braeden Bowman, Jake Karabela and Hunter McKenzie all scored for the Storm which sent the Bulldogs to their fifth consecutive loss.
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ST. CATHARINES, ONT. — Ethan Burroughs had two goals and an assist to lead Owen Sound (19-14-3-1) past Niagara (8-20-5-1). Cedrick Guindon added a goal and two assists with Colby Barlow and Kaleb Lawrence scoring the others for the Attack.
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