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Understanding Trees Helps to Successfully Use Them for Furniture
Posted on October 20, 2020 October 20, 2020 by Kara Uhl
A twisted Ligustrum sinense. This Chinese privet has the status of a Champion Tree in the U.K. It's found at Thorp Perrow Arboretum, Bedale, North Yorkshire, and gained its Champion status through being the tallest and largest specimen in the country. In addition to these characteristics its status as a champion is surely derived from its most notable feature being the remarkably twisted trunk thought to be caused by a systemic fault.
I first learned about the Twin Oaks Community while working on "Cut & Dried" with Richard Jones. We needed an index. Members of Twin Oaks, an intentional community in rural central Virginia, make their living, in part, by indexing books. Additional income is generated by making hammocks and furniture and tofu, and seed growing. The Twin Oaks Community, comprised of about 90 adults and 15 children, are income-sharing. Members complete about 42 hours of business and domestic work a week, and in return receive housing, food, healthcare and personal spending money.
Rachel Nishan from Twin Oaks responded to my indexing query, and we agreed to work together. Indexing a technical book such as "Cut & Dried" is a rather monumental task, and just thinking about it made my eye twitch. Yet Rachel approached the project without an air of stress, asking detailed questions about tree types, specificity and British spellings. Throughout our correspondence one sentence has stayed with me, years later: "… a more technically-inclined reader could want to look through the index in a variety of different ways, so I have tried to be pretty redundant, which is the kindest for the user of the index."
"Kindest for the user." I think that's the heart of bookmaking, no?
Richard and I sent hundreds of emails to each other while working together to turn his years of work into book form. And all of that correspondence, from image selection to epsilon size, was written with Rachel's not-yet-said phrase in mind: kindest for the user.
I was nervous to begin work on this book. Honestly, I thought the content would be too technical for me to understand. But then I read it. And realized Richard used his genius to transform his scholarly work into easy reading. And Rachel made topics within the text easy to find. And Meghan designed the book to be easy on the eyes. All with kindness in mind.
– Kara Gebhart Uhl
The following is excerpted from "Cut & Dried: A Woodworker's Guide to Timber Technology," by Richard Jones.
Many woodworkers are initially reluctant to study trees in detail fearing the subject is dauntingly heavy. Whilst it's true the subject can be studied with scientific precision it's really only necessary to get to grips with the main elements to gain a firm basic knowledge. Wood isn't created with the needs of the woodworker in mind. The creation of wood is necessary for trees' survival. We simply use what nature provides. Understanding the original function of wood helps woodworkers use it sympathetically and successfully. One example of useful basic knowledge described earlier is to understand the essentials of Latin scientific classification resulting in precision and clarity in any discussion of the subject.
All trees are members of the plant family. Specifically, they are all spermatophytes meaning they are seed-bearing plants. Trees are generally characterised as being perennial seed-bearing vascular woody plants with a root system and (ordinarily) a single trunk supporting a crown of leaf-bearing branches. With exceptions (see mention of the Arctic willow, Salix arctica, earlier) they normally reach a minimum height at maturity of five m (15′) and survive for at least three years.
This basic classification then breaks trees down into two distinctive types – the angiosperms (covered seeds) and the gymnosperms (naked seeds). Alternative names for these two groups are hardwoods, deciduous or broad-leaved trees (angiosperms), and conifers or softwoods (gymnosperms). The terms hardwood and softwood can be misleading as not all hardwoods produce hard wood, e.g., soft balsa wood is the product of a hardwood tree whereas yew is hard and comes from a softwood tree.
Figure 3.1. Trees increase girth by adding growth rings annually. They increase in height by adding new growth at the tips of branches. Roots and root tips grow in the same manner.
Typical of deciduous trees in temperate climates is the loss of leaves during autumn as the tree loses vitality followed by a dormant winter period. As usual there are exceptions where many of the hollies (Ilex spp.) retain their spiky and waxy leaves throughout the year. Spring, with its longer daylight hours and warmer weather, heralds a new period of rapid growth with the emergence of new leaves, flowering and reproduction. This is not true of all hardwoods in all climates. Many equatorial living hardwoods are able to grow all year round and may never lose their leaves en masse. With these trees the cycle is continuous as old leaves reach the end of their useful life to be replaced by new ones.
Figure 3.2 . Dendritic (deliquescent) growth pattern of broad-leaved trees. The main trunk branches and rebranches.
Figure 3.3. Excurrent form of coniferous Japanese larch.
A single bole or trunk with subordinate branching. Larch is an exception to the rule because it loses its needles in winter. In this managed forest, juvenile Sitka spruce have established themselves between the planted larches. Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire, England.
Angiosperms (deciduous trees) from all climatic conditions have a characteristic growth pattern. Their form is deliquescent or dendritic, meaning there is branching and re-branching of a main trunk.
Gymnosperms (coniferous or evergreen) trees typically retain their leaves throughout the year, with larch being one exception to this trait. Their form is generally excurrent – the main trunk rises singly with lesser sideways branching. Broadleaved trees usually have large, relatively fragile, blade-like leaves and, to prevent dehydration of the tree resulting from their retention, they are lost before winter. Conifers on the other hand typically are able to resist dehydration because of their tough, needle-like waxy leaves, which stay on the tree through all the seasons. As with tropical hardwoods discussed earlier they lose leaves and replace them all year round. However, I've noticed even the much-despised fast growing leylandii (Cupressocyparis x leylandii) planted in my back garden by a previous owner loses more leaves in the winter than in the summer. Leylandii are, in truth, a very attractive tree grown where they have space. They grow very swiftly and are really too large in small British gardens – they rapidly exclude light and dominate these small spaces.
Figure 3.4. Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris).
Needles (leaves) and seed cone. In common with broad-leaved trees conifers can be identified by a combination of factors – general form, bark, flowers, seeds and leaves. Scots pine needles, for example, occur in pairs, are bluish-green, twisted and about 50 mm (2″) long. They survive about four years before turning brown and dropping as a pair. Cones vary in size between 25 mm to 60 mm (1″ to 2-1/2″) in length and are usually rounded. The bark is distinctive being orange and flaky.
In common with hardwood trees living in cool temperate climates, evergreens have a dormant winter period.
Tree growth occurs in just three places. The first two are the tips of the branches and roots, which increases the tree's height and the spread of the crown along with the range of the roots. The third place where growth occurs is in the girth of the trunk, branches and roots by the addition of an annual growth ring. Meristem or meristematic tissue refers to the growth tissue in trees. The growing tips of twigs and roots is the apical meristem. The lateral meristem is the cambium layer adding girth to the tree's structure.
The cells produced by meristematic tissue, whether they are leaves, flowers, bark or wood, are largely of cellulose. Cellulose forms strong and stable long chain molecular structures. This, along with the lignin bonded with, or to it, is what gives wood its strength. Lignin is the "glue" holding wood together and is a complex mixture of polymers of phenolic acids. Lignin forms about 25 percent of wood's composition and becomes elastic when heated. It is lignin's flexible plastic property allowing wood cells to rearrange themselves that woodworkers use to their advantage during steam-bending wood into new shapes.
The majority of cells making up a tree's structure are elongated longitudinal cells. Their long axis runs vertically up the trunk (and along the branches and roots). Some of these cells are short and stumpy and others are long and slender. The vascular function of the newly formed longitudinal cells is to conduct liquid raw essentials up the tree to the leaves and processed sugary food down the tree to nourish it. Spread through the wood are rays or medullary rays. These ray cells are also elongated but their long axis radiates from the centre of the tree toward the bark. They are stacked one upon the other throughout the length of the trunk in slender wavy bands.
In many wood species the rays are invisible to the naked eye but in others, such as numerous oaks and maples, they are usually highly visible because the groups of cells are large. Some ray cells – the parenchyma – store carbohydrates for use in cell development. The other primary purpose of the medullary rays is to transport nourishing sap toward the centre of the tree.
3.1 Log Cross Section
From the outside there is the outer bark (see figure 3.6), which is a protective insulating layer against weather, animal, fungal and insect attack. The bark has millions of tiny pores called lenticels through which necessary oxygen passes into the inner living cells beneath. In polluted atmospheres such as cities the lenticels clog with dirt. London plane (Platanus x hispanica) is well suited to city life because it sheds its bark regularly, exposing clear lenticels. The bark of all trees flakes off as the girth gets bigger.
Figure 3.5. Medullary rays in European oak.
On the left they are visible as light-coloured flaky patches – the sought-after quartersawn oak figuring or "silver grain." To the right where the horizontal bands of end grain show the rays are visible as thin, light-coloured vertical lines. The centre of the living tree in this example is toward the bottom of the photograph.
Inside the outer bark is phloem, bast or inner bark. The phloem is produced by the cambium layer and is a soft spongy liquid-conducting vascular tissue that carries processed food – sugary sap – from the leaves to the rest of the tree.
Figure 3.6. End section view of small yew log.
Identifying the most significant structures visible to the naked eye.
Beneath this layer is cambium – the lateral meristem (growing tissue) that adds girth to the tree. The cambium is a slimy layer only one cell thick. These cells divide constantly when the tree is active. The cambium produces not only phloem towards the outside but, towards the centre, it produces xylem.
Xylem has two major functions. As sapwood it conducts water and minerals from the roots to the leaves. Sapwood contains both live tissue and dead tissue. Dead xylem, the heartwood, is the trees' structural support. The longitudinal cells described earlier are organised to form water- and nutrient-conducting tracheids in gymnosperms or conifers, although some hardwoods also contain tracheids. In angiosperms (broad-leaved trees) the order is different. Vessels, which are continuous tubular structures, form a pipeline from the root tips to the leaves rather akin to drinking straws bundled and glued together. (Note, though, the comment I made about some hardwoods also containing tracheids.) In oaks, for example (see figure 3.7), the naked eye easily picks out the initial spring-laid vessels or pores. In other tree types magnification is required. Sapwood is often attacked by food-seeking life forms such as fungi, insect and animal life.
As sapwood xylem ages it loses its vitality through the loss of the living protoplasm within the cells and turns into heartwood. In some species the transition between living xylem and heartwood is abrupt and clearly visible as seen in the yew cross section at left. With others it is hard to distinguish between sapwood and heartwood. The sapwood can remain as living protoplasmic cells for several years but this period varies from species to species, and even within trees of the same species. The yew sample at left shows newly laid sapwood that took about 8 or 12 years to convert to heartwood.
Figure 3.7. Close-up of European oak end grain showing light-coloured medullary rays and spongy, adsorbent, open-pored spring growth and denser less-porous late growth – European oak is a ring-porous hardwood.
Heartwood is the column of xylem supporting the tree. It is dead because it has lost its active protoplasm. Whilst outer layers of the tree are intact – protecting the heartwood nourished by foodstuffs transported to it by the medullary rays – it will not decay. Heartwood is usually, but not always, distinct in colour from sapwood. Extractives cause the colour change. Extractives are trace elements imparting various combinations of characteristics to heartwood, such as colour, fungal- and bacterial-resistance, reduced permeability of the wood tissue, additional density of heartwood, and abrasive deposits.
Tyloses are bubble-like structures that develop in the tubular vessels of many hardwoods during the changeover from sapwood to heartwood. Tyloses block the previously open vessels, preventing free movement of liquid. Red oaks form very few tyloses whereas white oaks produce many and this explains why white oaks are preferred for barrels. It's possible to blow through a stick of red oak submerged in water and create bubbles. Whisky distillers are well aware of the "Angels' Share," which is the part of the spirit, usually about 2 percent, that evaporates through the wood of the oak barrel (Whisky Magazine, 2008).
Growth rings are the result of the cambium layer adding new tissue year upon year. The cambium layer (in temperate climates) becomes active in spring, reacting to chemical signals produced in the tree brought about by warming temperatures and longer daylight hours. During its active period the cambium layer adds open, fast-grown porous tissue to cope with the rush of water and minerals required of the freshly opened leaves. As the summer approaches and the initial high demand for food subsides, the cambium lays down denser, harder latewood, which adds strength to the trunk and branches.
At the centre of the tree cross section is the pith or medulla. The pith is the small core of soft spongy tissue forming the original trunk or branch.
3.2 Gymnosperms & Angiosperms – Differences
3.2.1 Gymnosperms
Gymnosperms (conifers, softwoods) are simpler in structure than angiosperms. Gymnosperms evolved earlier than angiosperms and have some distinct structural characteristics. More than 90 percent of the wood's volume is made of tracheids. Tracheids are long fibrous cellulosic8 cells approximately 100 times longer than their diameter. They range between about 2 mm and 6 mm (about 1/16″ to 1/4″) in length depending on the species.
The two main functions of tracheids are as structure for the tree and as conductors of sap – nourishment. Tracheids conduct liquid food up the tree after the living protoplasm has left. Water and minerals pass upward to the leaves from one tracheid to the next via osmosis. Osmosis is the process where liquid from a high water (weak) solution passes through a cell wall into a low water (strong) solution. In softwood trees water and minerals move upward from the roots initially through upward root pressure created by soil-borne water migration into the root tracheid cells. Secondly, there is also transpirational pull created by water evaporating from the leaves. This method of conducting foodstuffs is distinctly different to the method used in broad-leaved trees described later.
The cambium layer lays down different forms of tracheids at different times of year. In the spring, the tracheids laid down are thin walled with a large diameter and are lighter in colour. Late-growth tracheids are dark coloured, have thicker walls and a smaller diameter. The early-wood tracheids with their thin walls are better at conducting liquid than the later thick-walled tracheids. Both will conduct water, but a tree needs structure as well as the ability to transport liquid – there is a necessary balance struck between the two functions in tracheid cell structure.
A distinctive characteristic found in some gymnosperms is resin carried in resin canals. Pine, spruce, larch and Douglas fir have resin canals. These timbers have a characteristic scent when worked, and the resin can cause bleeding problems under paint and polishes. One way of setting the resin solid to reduce bleeding problems is to raise the temperature of the wood during kiln drying to 175º F for a sustained period. Genuine gum turpentine is a product of the resin from Southern yellow pine, a tree of the North American continent.
Medullary rays are narrow in conifers and invisible to the naked eye, so to see them it's necessary to mount thin wood samples on a slide for examination under a microscope.
3.2.2 Angiosperms
Hardwoods are more complex than gymnosperms. There are a number of specialised cells present in angiosperms absent from gymnosperms. For instance, the means of conducting liquid foodstuffs up and down the tree in nearly all cases is through the vascular tubular vessels. This is distinctly different to the liquid-conducting tracheids of conifers. The vessels in angiosperms form a bundle of pipes encircling the tree. The fibrous tracheids of hardwoods are much smaller than they are in conifers and because of their thick walls they are not well suited to conduct liquids. Unlike the softwoods, the rays of deciduous trees are often easily visible, e.g., in oaks, sycamore, maple, beech etc. Resin canals are rare in angiosperms, but some tropical plants such as the rubber tree produce gum and have gum ducts.
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Bil says:
Rachel/Richard, I hope that they are not as confused as me!
Curt Lavallee says:
Dang, turns out I should have read this book before I started that arborist course yesterday!
Sorry, I am a fussy sod and a bit of a pedant. I get incensed by people using disinterested instead of uninterested. And automatically correct sentences ending in a preposition. And generally frown on starting sentences with the word 'and'!
fitz says:
As a former teacher of Freshman composition and holder of multiple English degrees, I feel qualified to tell you (nicely) to get over it. 🙂 Both the preposition and conjunction prescriptions are relatively new. And (see what I did there?) all languages still in use are subject to change. That's what makes them fun and vibrant!
Jerome Clark says:
NEVER use a preposition to end a sentence with!
Churchill famously wrote in the margin of one of his books that had come back from proofing where a sentence ending in a preposition had been corrected "this is an impudence up with which i will not put".
Monroe says:
"Cut and Dried" sounds like a the graduate course for what I already love. Visualizing how to saw the log to get the timber I want followed by visualizing how to saw the plank to get the stock I want is at least as fun for me as building what ever I have in mind to make. Bringing a walnut log to a local sawmill in Colorado 50 years ago I remember being dumbfounded when the sawyer ask me how I wanted it cut. He used his judgement. Since that time sawing a log or sawing stock from a timber is like opening a Christmas present. I anticipate what I'll see will be awesome but there is always ample room for surprises. It only took a couple of hours following Jim Krenov as he looked at timbers, always at the end grain first since the piles were stacked close to each other. Sometimes just looking at the end grain of the timbers in a pile was all he needed to see and he walked on. Sometimes he would ask for assistance to look at a timber deep in the pile and once he could see one side, then it was time to move on. And sometimes he wanted to look at all four sides. Hurray. He had a project in mind and knew when a timber might yield the exact grain he was looking for, once he cut it in a particular way. I can only imagine working with wood with a love of getting to know the wood I am using and having a reverence for the tree. Thanks for your work in creating this new book!
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If you run a business or organization, you know that trying to get everyone running on the same platform can be a daunting task. Enter Sharepoint by Office 365. SharePoint gets your team on the same page while providing security and reliability. Below we are covering a few of our favorite things about SharePoint and how you can start implementing it in your business today.
Office online gives your business a community that can come to life. You can have all of your documents, calendars, people, message boards, and announcements in one place. This makes collaborating with your team members, both in the office and out of the office easier than ever. Think of it as a website that contains everything that your company might need in one easy to access location.
Web-based, so data can be shared outside of your organization.
SharePoint is a great tool for businesses, however, there are some things that you need to consider before you choose to upload and transfer your data over to Office 365. Following an organized process while migrating will help you set yourself up for success in the long run.
What data actually needs to be moved?
Is there sensitive or regulated data that you need to move over?
Are you prepared to be strict and adhere to your new rules?
Get your people together and write down your current folder structure… all of it.
Schedule tasks for your team to bring ideas for a new "skeleton" structure based off of the whole list.
Put everything into the new structure, and do it again for each directory if needed.
An archive is a place to put the old files that are cluttering your file structure.
If you're like a lot of businesses, you probably have many different departments, such as accounting, sales, marketing, etc. Setting up a permission structure within your file system is a crucial way to ensure that the right people in each department have access to the data you want them, too.
In order to keep your organization and your data secure, it is important to think about these questions before you migrate your data into Office 365.
Do you want to allow sharing outside your organization?
If so, do you want to allow those people to always have access?
Do you want them to be able to re-share the item(s)?
Do you want your users to be able to download/sync data to their computer?
Do you have an Acceptable Use Policy or are you prepared to create/enforce one?
Do you want to allow access from any device or just trusted devices?
Do you need access reports?
2FA is a great way to add an extra layer of safety and security to your organization. This is especially useful if you have people who work remotely outside of your office.
This means that if someone has your password and tries to sign in to your Office 365 account, they cannot do it unless they have your phone.
There are a lot of good practices to put in place. Ideally, your IT or SharePoint provider will have a list that they follow. Here are a few examples.
There are limits to how many files can be in single folders, so stay within those limits.
Drag and Drop – Open a window containing your files and open a SharePoint document library side by side. Then drag the files and folders you want.
Training your staff early and often will be the key to acceptance and adoption. You should try to host 1 to 3 pieces of training prior to the migration depending on your staff size, and host 1 to 3 pieces of training after the migration once everyone has started using the product. Keep any presentations short and brief and leave time for Q&A. It is crucial to listen to your staff concerns and approach the migration with an open mind to them.
There are some common roadblocks that organizations often experience while migrating to Office 365. Understanding and proactively dealing with these roadblocks will help your organization have a successful experience with migration.
Applications that need to reference files on your server?
Quality of your internet connection. Not just speed, but reliability.
Sharepoint is an excellent product when it is implemented properly. One of the best ways to ensure your migration goes smoothly is to work as an organization to properly plan and organize your data.
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Market and Crop Updates for June 1
California Imperial Valley:
John Vlahandreas with Wada Farms in Idaho Falls, ID, reported to us May 31 from the Imperial Valley that Troy Caston Farms is still shipping. "We are going to run through Friday for sure and maybe on Saturday with some reds," John said. "The market in general has been down. We started the season continuing the Northwest market woes, and it just hasn't gotten much better. It would be a whole lot better if we all didn't grow so many onions. You can't win every week, or every year, and the market this year is probably the worst we have seen in four years." John said the Imperial Valley has also struggled with labor this season. "Everyone has a really hard time getting good help," he said. "You know, years ago you would have the same people that returned for the season, and they knew what they were doing. Now, it's hard to get help, and when you do, they don't know the job and it takes twice as long to get the work done. It has really been a struggle." On the up side, John reported that even with the recent heat, the Caston onions have great quality. "Troy did a good job to cover them, because they are delivering really well," he said.
California Central Valley:
John Vlahandreas with Wada Farms in Idaho Falls reported on May 31 that upon completing the season in the Imperial Valley, he will move to the Five Points area. "We are shipping out of Five Points now, and even though it may have been a little early, the onions are always really nice coming out of there. And it looks like it will be another good crop," John said.
Steve Smith with National Onion Co. in Las Cruces, NM, said his Mexican loads from Chihuahua started shipping May 2, and demand now is good for reds and whites. "They're moving really good, but yellows are very draggy," Steve said. "There are just too many onions. We're doing well with our onion ring contracts, but we're not shipping the medium yellows."
New Mexico:
John Vlahandreas with Wada Farms in Idaho Falls, ID, told us Wada has started shipping out of the Hatch area in New Mexico. "After my California deal, I will start selling our New Mexico onions," he said. "The crop is looking good. The sizing started out a little on the smaller side, but we are seeing the larger sizes start now."
Steve Smith with National Onion Co. in Las Cruces told us May 31 he would start the New Mexico shipment on June 5. "The weather has been very good, and there's a lot of size, a lot of jumbos and colossals," he said. "Quality looks very good, and we'll run out of New Mexico through the end of July."
Northern Colorado:
Bob Sakata with Sakata Farms in Brighton told us his onion crop is looking "mostly good." He said, "We had hail three weeks ago and had to replant 60 acres." Sakata's onions will come in starting Labor Day, with the replanted fields coming in about two weeks later, he said.
Western Colorado and Utah:
Don Ed Holmes at The Onion House in Weslaco, TX, reported in from Las Vegas and told us said all onions he'll be selling out of Colorado's Western Slope and Utah are looking good. Colorado's intermediate onions will come off in late August, and Onion House's onions from Utah will start shipping around the first of October. Both areas will have yellows, whites and reds, he said.
Steve Smith with National Onion Co. in Las Cruces, NM, said he will begin working the Utah harvest on Aug. 15. Reds, whites and yellows all will ship, and he said the crop looks good now.
Idaho-Eastern Oregon:
Grant Kitamura with Murakami Produce Co. LLC in Ontario, OR, told us the Idaho-E. Oregon crop is growing better with the recent heat, but it is still behind. "There are all kinds of fields out there right now," Grant said. "The progress of the plants looks irregular. Some are further along than others. That's due to the irregular spring weather we've had. And yet we do have fields that look absolutely beautiful. It's really hard to say what will happen, but again, we are definitely behind overall. We just have to wait and see what the next two to three months look like."
Washington:
Brenden Kent with Sunset Produce in Prosser told us on May 31 that the crop has progressed quite a bit in the last week. "It has cooled off a little over the last couple of days, but the warmer weather we had last week has helped a lot," Brenden said. "I would say it looks like we'll have and average crop this year And though we are still behind, the crop looks healthier and we are in a better position than when we were earlier."
Steve Smith with National Onion Co. in Las Cruces, NM, said the Prosser, WA, crop he works could be later than normal due to cooler spring weather. "I've heard they have mild weather now, but they were later planting this year and could be later harvesting," Steve said.
Larry Bauman with L&L Ag. Production in Othello, WA reports that after seeing the crop in the Othello area it is coming along as projected. Larry said that they finished packing last season's crop on May 27.
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Baobab is a library to save tree structured data in a relational database.
Currently there is only a PHP implementation working with MySQL, but it shouldn't be too difficult to port to other languages or databases (the hard work is done via pure SQL queries and the code is mostly a support to them).
The technique used is  Joe Celko's  nested set model, modified so that a table can hold more than one tree, to help with cases such as storing threads of a forum (each thread is a tree and they all have an identical structure).
In fact when the library often asks you for a "forest name", because each table created can hold more than one tree.
We have more than one hundred tests to ensure the library is doing The Right Thing (™), a straightforward thread safe API and a clean documentation.
Each node in the graph has two numbers (left and right) assigned to it during a  depth-first search of the tree: we assign the left (lft) value the first time we pass by and the right (rgt) value the following time. Well, the nested set model is all about assigning this numbers and maintain them coherent whenever a node is inserted, moved or deleted.
With this numbers in place we gain various benefits. The tree structure of the data is maintained in a relational database and we're able to do some really fast searches. Normally slow operations like finding the path between two nodes, knowing all the descendants of a node or discover if a node is ancestor of another are blazing fast. Too, the horizontal order is preserved without the need of others attributes.
This is just an introduction, if you want to know more about nested set models I suggest you to read  Trees and hierarchies in SQL for smarties and/or  SQL for smarties, both written by Joe Celko. Online you could read a couple  more resources.
Baobab leverages the works of administering such table. In particular moving or inserting after a particular node can be pretty complicated, and Baobab does the hard work for you.
If you feel like so, you can use Baobab for all the tree changing tasks (the most tedious queries) and write your own queries to search what you want in the most optimized way for your schema.
However Baobab provides functions for the laziest programmers.
All of the *_index() functions accept negative numbers too, and all the functions that modify the tree preserve the lft/rgt consistency.


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"Latin Lover", "Fotoromanza", "Bello e impossibile" and "I maschi" are just a few of her greatest hits. We are of course talking about the Italian rock singer-songwriter Gianna Nannini, who is currently touring Europe on her "INNO" tour 2013. Lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe and lighting director Roland Greil chose Clay Paky lights and MA Lighting control systems for the tour.
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How Downton Abbey Convinced Maggie Smith To Return For The Movie
By Mike Reyes published 20 September 19
Warning: mild SPOILERS for Downton Abbey are in play. If you haven't seen the movie yet, please leave this story and return once you're caught up.
After Downton Abbey went off the air in 2015 and talk about a film adaptation began, there was one cast member who didn't seem to terribly enthusiastic about taking part in the hypothetical proceedings. Dame Maggie Smith, the woman behind the keen portrayal of Dowager Countess Violet Crawley, was concerned that between her character's presumed age,and the nature of Julian Fellowes' then resolved series, there wouldn't be much reason for there to be a movie, or for her to be involved.
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That was Julian [Fellowes] and Gareth [Neame]. I think once everybody else was pretty much ready to go, I think she sort of thought 'Call me when you've got a schedule, when it's really happening' and all that. And they pulled it together, and went to her, and said 'Here's the script. Everyone's doing it, this is when it is.' You know, I think she didn't not want to be a part of it. I don't think she needed to do it, more like that it was an unfinished business for her as an actor. But I think it was a group of people she really enjoyed working with over the years.
Smith's concerns about her character weren't of the garden variety type, where an actor feels that they're over playing a role such as the Dowager Countess. Rather, the realistic factors such as Violet Crawley's age, as well as where the story could go after Julian Fellowes' memorable series concluded, were the driving factors in Dame Maggie's doubts about a Downton Abbey movie.
And yet, when the time came, and duty called, Dame Maggie Smith returned alongside her fellow co-stars. Which is a very thankful fate, as Violet gets to be even sharper and wittier in the film version of Downton Abbey; something that Michael Engler chalks up to the natural upscaling process of enhancing the televised narrative of the show into a major motion picture.
Speaking of the Dowager Countess's age, it's always been a question as to how old the character really is in the world of Downton Abbey. Smith herself has gone on record thinking she was in the range of being 110 years old by time the show ended, but when I asked Engler if there was a chance that he knew Violet's proper age, he responded:
No, I don't [know]. I think if you were to ever actually trace it, it wouldn't even be possible, because, what is she, 15 years older than when the series started? I don't know, I think she's probably, as a character, in her late eighties or something.
That's certainly a pretty big gap between estimates, but no matter what the age of Violet Crawley truly is, there seems to be a story mechanic in play that's given Dame Maggie Smith more leeway in deciding whether she'll come back for any hypothetical sequels. Spoilers are definitely in play from this point on.
At the end of Downton Abbey, we discover that Violet is on borrowed time. A visit to the doctor's in London confirmed that she is gravely ill, and she's not sure how much time she has left on this earth. She imparts this news to Michelle Dockery's Lady Mary, and comforts her by telling her that she's the future of Downton, and she represents the best parts of herself.
So while it was relatively easy to bring Dame Maggie Smith back for this theatrical endeavor, should there be a sequel in the offing, we might not see the Dowager Countess along for the ride. While that prospect is sad, it's still fantastic that we got to see Smith back in action with her fan favorite character for at least one movie, as sharp and as witty as ever.
Downton Abbey's future as a cinematic franchise will more than likely be built on the same foundation of luck and dedication that his first film built its hopes upon. Just as Julian Fellowes didn't know that there was even going to be a movie, Dame Maggie Smith's participation wasn't a given during this initial go. As always, fans will have to wait and see what the future brings when it comes to their favorite family of luxury.
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MorningConsult Poll remains in a holding pattern
538 B- rated: MorningConsult Poll
for the weeks of July 9th --> July 16th --> July 23rd
Biden...… 31% --> 32% --> 33%
Sanders.. 19% --> 19% --> 18%
Warren... 13% --> 14% --> 14%
Harris..... 14% --> 13% --> 13%
Buttigieg.. 6% ----> 5% ---> 5%
O'Rourke.. 3% ----> 3% ---> 3%
Poll's Margin of Error: +/- 2%
The MorningConsult poll has been consistently one of Biden's best polls yielding results for him in the low 30%'s compared to his national polling average of 28.6%.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html
For the second week in a row, the Morning consult poll has remained essentially unchanged, with some slight movement within the margin of error.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/
Are responders waiting for the next debate? It will be interesting to see if the July 30th/July31st debate shakes this up.
Posted by bluewater | Tue Jul 23, 2019, 10:13 AM (6 replies)
Hickenlooper asks Ivanka Trump for 2020 support
Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper asked an unlikely person to support his long-shot candidacy: White House adviser Ivanka Trump.
The former governor of Colorado tweeted at the president's daughter asking if he can "count on" her support after she tweeted about the "Colorado success story."
Trump tweeted that "since the election" Colorado has seen an increase in average hourly earnings, the creation of 143,900 new jobs and an uptick in the labor force participation rate.
"Let's keep winning Colorado!" she tweeted.
"Hey @IvankaTrump, I'm running for president on our economic success in Colorado. Can I count on your support?" Hickenlooper quipped back.
Hickenlooper is one of more than two dozen Democrats seeking the party nomination to take on President Trump in 2020.
His bid for the presidency has not gained much traction among the crowded field.
He is, however, seen as a stronger candidate for a Senate seat. Hickenlooper said he does not plan on dropping out of the primary to seek a spot in the Senate.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/454216-hickenlooper-asks-ivanka-trump-for-2020-support
Posted by bluewater | Mon Jul 22, 2019, 06:23 PM (5 replies)
Majority of independents oppose Trump reelection
Majority of independents oppose Trump reelection, undecided on 2020 Democrats: poll
By Julia Manchester
A majority of independent voters say they will not vote for President Trump in 2020 but are undecided on which 2020 Democratic candidate to support, according to a new NPR–NewsHour–Marist poll released on Monday.
The poll found that only 33 percent of independents said they would definitely vote for the president in 2020, while 54 percent said they would definitely vote against him. Thirteen percent of independents said they were unsure if they would vote for the president.
But independents are yet to coalesce around a Democratic challenger: 84 percent of independents said they had not yet made up their mind on which 2020 Democratic presidential candidate they would support. Only 15 percent said they knew who [edit: i.e. which Democrat] they would support.
The poll also found 44 percent approve of President Trump, his highest approval rating since the poll has been conducted, while 52 percent disapprove of his job performance
The poll was conducted one day after Trump tweeted that progressive Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) should "go back" to "the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came."
The tweet sparked outcry from Democrats, including presidential candidates, and concern among Republicans, who have since expressed worry about the impact of Trump's tweets and the subsequent "send her back" chant about Omar days later at a Trump rally.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/454155-independents-not-yet-persuaded-by-trump-2020-dems-poll
Harris unveils plan to revamp infrastructure, ensure access to clean water
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) plans to introduce legislation to ensure minority communities have access to clean water and to upgrade outdated water infrastructure.
The Water Justice Act would invest $250 billion toward affordability, sustainability and safety measures while replacing lead service lines as well as providing assistance for families unable to pay water bills, according to Harris's office.
The bill would specifically allocate $10 billion to offset water costs in low-income and "environmentally at-risk" communities, with the latter determined by proximity to hazardous or heavily polluted sites.
It would also allocate $50 billion in emergency funds to communities whose water supplies have been contaminated, such as Flint, Mich., including funds for communities and schools to test water and replace or fix tainted water infrastructure.
"Every American has the right to clean water, period," Harris said in a statement. "We must take seriously the existential threat represented by future water shortages and acknowledge that communities across the country — particularly communities of color — already lack access to safe and affordable water."
"Achieving true justice in our nation will require us to recognize the precious nature of water and take bold action to invest in long-term, sustainable solutions to ensure it is accessible for all," she added.
Corresponding legislation has been introduced in the house by Reps. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.), who represents the Flint area, and Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.). "My hometown of Flint knows all too well the consequences of failing to invest in our drinking water systems. No family should ever have to worry if the water coming out of their taps is safe, and unfortunately that is a reality for many communities across the country," Kildee said in a statement.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/454170-harris-unveils-bill-to-revamp-infrastructure-ensure-access-to-clean-water
Is Biden's Media Monopoly Coming To An End?
Is Biden's Media Monopoly Coming To An End?
By Dhrumil Mehta
Last week, former Vice President Joe Biden was not the Democratic candidate who was mentioned in the most online news stories, marking the first time he has failed to claim that title since at least early June, when FiveThirtyEight began tracking online news coverage. According to data from Media Cloud,1 Biden dropped from first to third place last week, trailing closely behind Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in terms of online stories that mentioned their names as a percentage of stories mentioning any Democratic 2020 candidate. But Biden was still the most-talked-about candidate on cable news, according to data from the TV News Archive, which chops cable news coverage from the three networks we monitor — CNN, Fox News and MSNBC — into 15-second clips.
This isn't the first time Biden's media dominance has been challenged. The week following the first Democratic debate, Sen. Kamala Harris came close to unseating Biden as the most-mentioned candidate in both cable and online news, though she ultimately came up short. Biden has held the top spot in cable news mentions since he launched his campaign in April, and in online news, he was less than 3 percentage points out of first place last week, so despite his drop in the rankings, he still got a similar share of coverage to Sanders and Warren.
It's too soon to say whether Biden has been permanently unseated or if he's just temporarily getting slightly less attention. We'll be watching the numbers leading into and following the second Democratic debate to see if Biden will finally have to start sharing the media spotlight with the rest of the field or if he will once again be able to keep the bulk of the coverage focused on himself. Stay tuned!
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/is-bidens-media-monopoly-coming-to-an-end/
2020 polling shows Warren and Harris on the rise
CNN's John King discusses recent polling data as the Democratic presidential candidates prepare for the second round of debates.
Posted by bluewater | Sun Jul 21, 2019, 02:02 PM (0 replies)
Kamala Harris isn't 'electable'?!? It could be code for not being a white man
Kamala Harris isn't 'electable'? It could be code for not being a white man
by Joe Garofoli July 19, 2019
Sen. Kamala Harris' supporters were thrilled by a poll out this week showing she's in a virtual dead heat with former Vice President Joe Biden in California, but the Quinnipiac University survey also contained a more troubling message for Harris.
Many California Democrats surveyed thought Biden "had the best chance" of defeating President Trump. They also thought he would be "the best leader."
The not-so-subtle message in the poll brought up one of the most overused terms in politics: "electability." It's a word that Harris' advocates say is loaded with racial and gender stereotypes.
"This (poll) shows that too many people are believing the fiction of electability," said Aimee Allison, an Oakland activist and founder of She the People, which focuses on issues affecting women of color. "That because Joe Biden is a white guy, he will be able to stand up to another white guy like Donald Trump."
Some voters think the message of 2016 was "that to beat Donald Trump, you need someone who looks like Donald Trump and talks like Donald Trump — and is a straight shooter that Middle America feels comfortable with," Lawless said.
But given studies that show that women and people of color win elections just as often as white men, Lawless said, "I don't know if there's any evidence that is true."
Then again, Lawless doesn't mince words when it comes to the term electability:
"I hate it," she said. "I hate it because it means different things to different people. It means different things at different times."
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Kamala-Harris-isn-t-electable-It-could-14106805.php
Posted by bluewater | Sun Jul 21, 2019, 01:57 PM (20 replies)
Biden's projected delegates considerably fewer this month -- CBS News Battleground Tracker
We estimate that Biden currently has 581 delegates in the nominating contests through Super Tuesday, which is considerably fewer than his estimate last month. This is based on our model, which translates voter preferences into district- and state-level estimates, taking into account Democratic party allocation rules. Delegates are given out proportionally to top finishers in each district and statewide.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth Warren's estimate has improved to 430 delegates, significantly reducing the gap between her and Biden. She does particularly well with college graduates, politically engaged voters and very liberal Democrats.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/early-contests-by-the-numbers-delegate-race-tightens-in-cbs-news-2020-battleground-tracker/
The all important race for delegates is tightening up!
Interesting to note that besides Warren and Harris gaining projected delegates, that only Beto and Klobuchar are currently projected to have delegates from among the "second tier" of candidates.
Posted by bluewater | Sun Jul 21, 2019, 10:50 AM (66 replies)
Democratic delegate race tightens -- CBS News Battleground Tracker
While Joe Biden continues to lead all Democratic candidates across early states in the presidential nominating process, his previously large advantage has shrunk since June, according to the latest estimates from the CBS News Battleground Tracker poll and delegate model.
While poll percentages in each state often attract attention, the race for the Democratic presidential nomination is ultimately a fight for delegates at the party's national convention next July. The party is set to seat 3,768 delegates at the convention in Milwaukee, and a candidate needs to win at least 1,885 delegates to win the nomination.
Bernie Sanders is currently in third place with 249 delegates. His estimate has dropped since last month. While he's kept most of his supporters, he hasn't done quite as well at retaining them, particularly college-educated Democrats: one in 10 of his supporters from June now say Warren is their top choice.
Kamala Harris is currently in fourth with 173 delegates. Although her vote share across these states is one point higher than Sanders' share, delegates are what counts, and Sanders is picking them up in more places, including Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
Posted by bluewater | Sun Jul 21, 2019, 10:24 AM (1 replies)
Biden, Warren, Harris and Sanders top 2020 field -- CBS News Battleground Tracker poll
Joe Biden continues to be the first choice among Democratic voters across the 2020 primary states holding contests through Super Tuesday. However, rivals Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris are gaining on him and have seen increases in the number of voters at least considering them, suggesting they could have more room to gain going forward.
If we consider a 15% threshold as the minimum support needed to win convention delegates, then across the early states, four candidates would meet that benchmark: Biden, Warren, Harris and Bernie Sanders.
The contest is tighter now among estimated delegates across early states, the true measure of the contest — delegates to the convention. By this measure, Warren is much closer to Biden due to stronger showings especially in very liberal areas.
But there may be a trade-off here, since Biden faces something of a passion gap when compared with other candidates who trail him. A majority of Democrats (56%) feel Warren will fight "a great deal" for people like them, and 54% believe this of Sanders, while a smaller percentage — 38% — describe Biden this way.
Respondents were given a list of candidate descriptions, and when asked to choose which candidate seemed the most "passionate," Warren and Sanders tested highest on this measure (28% each), followed by Harris (23%). Fewer Democratic voters put Biden at the top of the pack on this characteristic (14%).
Warren is seen as the most "specific" of the top-tier candidates by a wide margin (42%) over the others. Related to that specificity, Warren also outpaces the field with voters who see her as most "prepared" in the campaign so far. (Those who see her as most specific also feel she is most prepared.)
Harris, more than the others, is perceived as "strong" (32%), with Warren and Biden trailing her on this characteristic.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-battleground-tracker-poll-top-tier-emerges-in-2020-field-biden-warren-harris-and-sanders/
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For several years, Indigo has supported a variety of initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa to make parliamentary information more accessible. Understanding how and why these tools are used and how they may be improved is essential if technologists, civil society and others are to make parliamentary information of value to the people they claim to serve. A new report commissioned by us and undertaken by UK-based mySociety looks at these questions through four case study countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
You can find the full report here or, if you're strapped for time, read the Executive Summary here.


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Standard XII
Application of Electrolysis
Explain farad...
Explain faradays laws of electrolysis in details.
The reactions of donating and taking up electrons occur during electrolysis.
The number of electrons taken by electrolyte ions, or the number of electrons passing through the electrolytes, will determine how much or how many reactions occur.
Faraday's First law of electrolysis
Michael Faraday established Faraday's law of electrolysis.
According to Faraday's First Law of Electrolysis, the chemical deposition caused by the flow of current through an electrolyte is proportionate to the amount of electricity passing through it.
The amount of electricity needed to release one gram-equivalent of any material at any electrode is called a faraday, and it passes through an electrolyte.
Faraday's constant is equal to 96485Cmol-1.
Formula of Faraday's first law
m∝Qm=ZQm=ZIt
m is the mass of the ions formed or reacted.
Q is the electric current.
Z is the electrochemical equivalent mass of one-coulomb charge.
I is the current.
t is the time.
When one coulomb equals one electrochemical equivalent mass of a material, one equivalent of electrons flowing per second equals 96485 equivalents mass.
Faraday's second law of electrolysis
It states, "The masses of different ions liberated at the electrodes, when the same amount of electricity is passed through different electrolytes are directly proportional to their chemical equivalent weight."
Formula of Faraday's second law
It follows that the electrochemical equivalent of an element is directly proportional to its equivalent weight.
W1W2=E1E2Z∝E
W1,W2 are the deposited amount of any substance.
E1,E2 are the equivalent weights of that substance.
Z is the electrochemical equivalent.
E is the equivalent weight.
Q. By virtue of Faradays second law of electrolysis, the electrochemical equivalent of the two metals liberated at the electrodes has the same ratio as that of their:
Explain faraday's first law of electrolysis in details.
Explain faraday's second law of electrolysis in details.
Q. Faraday law of electrolysis indirectly shows
Q. State Faradays First law of electrolysis. Write its mathematical form using usual notations.
Standard XII Chemistry


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Place where you can learn a lot. Good for s start of career.
CTC is comparatively lower is the only problem.
I have worked with Syntel for 2.5 years and I found none.
Well basically if you are lucky, you may get very good opportunities to learn and grow.
The organization has really good projects and you get many opportunities to learn various technologies and tools.
Very good organization if you are at entry level into career as you will get many opportunities to learn various skills.
The Support functions are really pathetic at supporting the delivery teams.
The available resources are not always used correctly, people are sometimes forced to learn against their will and available employees in the required skills are not really presented the opportunity to work in their area of interest as well as expertise.
Organization needs to improve a lot on employee retention, the employees don't really like working here.
The Support functions like the HR team, Technical Support team, Finance team etc need to improve their attitude and think of how can they help the employees.
They are an international company with sincere people who want to assist their teams and grow in a positive direction who are consistently moving the bar forward in their attempt to be cutting edge, They empathize Agile and have a keen understanding of future market trends and what will be the future of AI.
Great for learning, but more communication would assist with their inner management and team development.
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One thing I've been dying to try out was Jelly Sandwhich Nails, It's easy to do, looks super cute and takes away that annoying rough surface feeling you get from wearing glitter polish! In fact I don't really know why it's taking me so long after everyone else is already pretty bored of seeing them haha!
Nevertheless, I've done them and I'm super pleased with it and if you're like me a little late hopping on the bandwagon and would like to know how to create them then please refer to my little tutorial below!
As you can see, it's very easy to do and I hope you find the tutorial helpful! I've not done many nail tutorials, but if you'd like to check out my earlier Polka Dot Nails How to you can find it here.
As usual thanks for reading guys!
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I think everyone in his life has a mission to follow... behold, mine is to help the man to do its job, because for me the computer has been created essentially for this goal. I'm very precise and meticulous and my approach is positive with a "can-do" spirit. I'm very friendly and social, I work well in a team and I have a good attitude in problem solving.


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using BasicVector;
using NUnit.Framework;

namespace PPBasics.Tests
{
	[TestFixture]
	class SizeTest
	{

		[Test]
		public void TestCreateSizeWithoutParameters()
		{
			Size Size = new Size();
			Assert.AreEqual(Vector.One, Size.Vector, "Expect the Size to be one. ");
		}

		[Test]
		public void TestCreateSizeWithParameters()
		{
			Size Size = new Size(10, 5);
			Assert.AreEqual(new Vector(10, 5), Size.Vector, "Expect the Size to be 10,5. ");
		}

		[Test]
		public void TestCreateSizeWithVectorParameter()
		{
			Size Size = new Size(new Vector(10, 5));
			Assert.AreEqual(new Vector(10, 5), Size.Vector, "Expect the Size to be the same. ");
		}

		[Test]
		public void TestAddingToX()
		{
			Size Size = new Size(10, 5);
			Size.Width += 10;
			Assert.AreEqual(new Vector(20, 5), Size.Vector, "Expect the Size to be 20,5. ");
		}

		[Test]
		public void TestAddingToY()
		{
			Size Size = new Size(10, 5);
			Size.Height -= 10;
			Assert.AreEqual(new Vector(10, -5), Size.Vector, "Expect the Size to be 10,-5. ");
		}
	}
}

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