We're currently in a Golden Age when it comes to modeling armored fighting vehicles. New subjects appear fairly consistently, and many subjects are being revisited – updated with impressive detailing to sate modeler's appetites. Now, I often find myself purchasing a detail set – and then buying the model kit to go with it – instead of the reverse of several years ago. This set by TMD is one that'll have you going out to get a kit to showcase it with little delay.
One Hundred Seventeen grey resin parts and a small length of soft wire make up this detailing set, accompanied by a well-produced and thought out instruction booklet. There is some minor flashing over areas meant to be cleaned-up by the modeler, and some minor warping on the thin sidewalls that proved easy to remedy with hot-water immersion. There were no short-casts, air bubbles or any other casting problems with my parts - and a modicum of flashing on some parts. None will be difficult to clean up and all parts appear to be easily removed from their pour gates. Though TMD recommends you wash their parts prior to painting – my examples were clean and free from mold release agents. All parts in this kit are zip-lock bagged – no loose items in the box to get damaged during shipment.
TMD's instruction sheet for this set is presented on 8.5 x 11 inch paper – printed in black & white front and back, with clear photos showing the assembly sequence and detailing information. To list all of the equipment and fixtures included in the kit would make this review unreasonably long. Suffice to say that everything you'd expect to find inside the Interior and Turret of the M3 Stuart Light Tank - except for the Engine and Engine Compartment - is included in the TMD kit.
Spotlighted up front are notes on cleaning resin parts, tips, hints and information meant to aid the modeler. Special mention is made to CD references available from Chris Hughes (Toadman's Tank Pictures) – and these are first-rate supplements for modeling your own M3 Stuart. Additional hardbound references are listed as well – and these will help you develop a deeper understanding of the equipment and items in this particular vehicle.
All parts numbers are called out and grouped together into sections to aid the modeler in selecting parts to include in their miniature project. With this kit, you get parts common to all M3 Stuart Light Tanks, parts specific to American M3 Stuarts, and parts for detailing the M3 Stuart (Hex Turret). Throughout the instruction booklet, these parts are called out again and detailed painting instructions accompany the sections as well as opportunities for the modeler to add additional detail(s) not provided in the kit.
Though TMD has an accuracy disclaimer printed on their instruction booklet, this is the most comprehensive and detailed treatment I've come across for the M3 Stuart. The equipment and fittings are kept in scale with each other – even with allowances to fit inside the Academy lower Hull pan.
Aside from some minor warping in the thin sidewalls that I quickly straightened out, the details provided are sure to delight the fan of the M3 Stuart. It stands up to the real M3 Stuarts that I've seen and photographed in private collections very well. A challenge for both major and small companies out there who strive to satisfy modelers is being able to separate out the details on real vehicles in collections. Often these restored vehicles display equipment, paint, markings and other features not used during wartime. TMD took great pains to wade through all that and achieve a high-degree of fidelity to detail. One can't always rely on one set of photos, or even one particular vehicle in a collection to get details right. TMD really did their homework as advertised on the box cover and welcomes photographic evidence of features or details they might have missed to incorporate into product updates.
I highly recommend this kit for intermediate to advance level modelers accustomed to working with resin kits. The fun of reviews like this is when you purchase an item – you're already interested in it and like the subject matter. Though there could be a bit of favorable bias towards the subject matter, just opening the box and inspecting the contents reintroduces a bit of objectivity because you remember that you bought these parts - good or bad. I must say unabashedly that I was quite impressed when I opened up this kit – I began telling my friends about it. It was more than I expected. That's a pretty high testimonial, and this TMD kit deserves it.
The US M3 Stuart Light Tank in 1:35th scale has seen a recent revival for Allied modelers. The latest release for modelers is a sterling detailing set from Panama City, Florida's Tiger Model Designs (TMD). Mastered by Karl van Sweden, this is a comprehensive all-resin set designed for TMD's #353101 and 353103 M3 Stuart Light Tank kits, and can be fitted into Academy's M3 Stuart model kits (#1398 or #1399).
Backside of Firewall - minor detailing present for inside of Engine Compartment - a sign of things to come?


My partner is waiting for court hearing regarding access to his daughter but they have put it on hold because his wife has now applied for a divorce, which is going through. Is this correct? And if so why does the divorce take priority when the access request was done months before?
Hi Emmamac, child arrangements order proceedings are very separate from divorce proceedings (this is administrative work), therefore his wife applying for a divorce should not interrupt the child arrangements order proceedings. I would suggest that you ring the court (this is the fastest) to ascertain what is happening because it should not be so. The adviceline may not be able to confirm reasons, if this was the case, then my next suggestion is to write to the family court where the proceedings should be taking place to check reasons. Hope this helps and good luck.
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The experience of standing at the most northern tip of Australia at Cape York ranks in various bucket lists as one of the "top things to do in Australia before you die". This trek note provides the way and is designed as a day trip from Seisia including a visit to Punsand Bay, Cable Bay, and out to Somerset and Fly Point including the return journey. In all, almost 5 hours of driving time.
To reach the tip, you'll firstly head out to Bamaga then north up the main track passing the Croc Tent at Lockerbie Junction. If you stick to our route you'll be coming past this junction again so you have the choice of stopping now or later, or both (there's plenty to see).
The road that leads to the tip of Cape York ends before reaching it so you'll need to get out and walk the last few hundred metres. The walk is very exposed and whilst it is well trodden, it is a natural path along dirt and later a rocky headland (no climbing involved). The walk is suitable for most people but sturdy footwear, sunscreen, and a hat is recommended but whatever you do, don't forget the camera and perhaps a tripod! Do not be tempted to swim here. You might however, like to walk back to the carpark via Frangipani Beach that lies to the west of the rocks.
The rest of our trek note route will allow you to visit the best of the tip in a day trip, so leaving the car park you'll head west out to Punsand Bay and then onto Cable Bay. Our trek will then guide you out to the Lockerbie Junction and Croc Tent, where you should stop if you haven't already. Here you can choose to head south back down the main track to Bamaga and Seisia or continue with our day tour and head up to Somerset and the beautiful Fly Point. You'll only backtrack 6.2km of track you've already done between the Croc Tent and Somerset Junction but the visit out to the east coast of Cape York is very special. Be sure to ask the locals (at the Croc Tent) for a mud map and information about the 5 beaches run too. This side trip is not detailed in our trek note as things can vary so much we think its best you get local info but essentially you drive along the beaches, crossing the headlands between each one, drive through a tree tunnel, and cross a dune or two, and head inland past a few lakes. If you do this you might like to plan a night camping on Somerset Beach at the Aboriginal-owned camping ground, although many people manage to fit all this into a one-day trip from Seisia, so its up to you. If you do camp, be aware that there are toilets but no other facilities and fees are payable at a self-registration shelter.
If you stick with our trek note, you'll leave Somerset and head back to Bamaga and Seisia the same way you came having completed a full day. After completing this adventure you might like a quieter day in Seisia for some fishing or you could pick up another one of connecting trek notes and head out to the old Bamaga airport area where you can see WW11 plane wreckage (link to come end Nov'13).
This Trek Note is provided as an add-on to either the PDR Trek Note, or the Telegraph Track Trek Note. Please refer to these for detailed information on what preparation is required to reach the tip of Cape York.
Permits are required to access all areas of Aboriginal land. The permit is provided when you pay your ferry fee to cross the Jardine River.
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Trenchless laying of communications allows not only to avoid the destruction of the upper fertile soil layer, but also to reduce the consumption of material resources and the number of staff that is necessary to carry out the work. The nature is not damaged.
In winter trenching is very difficult due to the freezing ground, while using a trenchless method helps to lay pipes easily. It's possible to lay pipes below the freezing level of ground.
The work carried out in a small area, does not need the use of special equipment. The pipe is held under the road by a special cylinder. The cylindrical tip is attached to a rod, the length of which can be increased. The ground is removed by hand. A special technique is used on sites with a large amount of work.
Trenchless technology is quite versatile. Communications of any types, diameters, and wall thicknesses can be pull down by closed method.
Sanitation of communications can be carried out in two ways.
During sliplining old pipe is keeping intact. After pre-cleaning the pipe hole from rubbish, workers place a new pipe with a smaller diameter inside the existing communications. It looks like a "layer-cake". New communication is protected by an old pipe. Even with a high level of wear, an additional layer of metal, concrete or ceramics would not come amiss for protection from damage and destruction.
Pipe Bursting includes the complete destruction of the old communications and laying new pipes on the already existing borehole. The debris is not extracted, but densely packed into the soil and used as a protection cover.
Underground laying of pipes can be carried out by pipe-jacking method. Special equipment is used for making a special puncture in clay soils. The work is carrying out with help of special hydraulic jack, pipes movement speed is increasing due to a special vibration.
Pipe-pushing is a variant of the method for loose and pliable soils. A directed flow of water is used for the making a puncture. Special water well is washed with water.
It's possible to use any pipes for ramming.but usually it's used for laying big steel pipes. Special hydraulic jacks are mount on the cross-section. You can force the pipe for a limited number of meters. Usually the total length of pipe ramming is not exceed 100 meters.
The most effective trenchless method is horizontal directional drilling. It's necessary to use HDD equipment for drilling. You can order a reliable horizontal directional drilling rigs from FORWARD.
HDD machine equipped with special directed drill bit, which helps to make a pilot boring. The navigation sonde is placed inside the drill bit.
Before the beginning of the next step it's necessary to exchange the drill bit to special reamer. The boring diameter is big, the backreaming process can be done several times sequentially increasing the size of the reamer.
In order to make pipelaying process more comfortable and easier, the diameter of drilling hole must be bigger than laying pipe. Drilling fluid is used to reduce friction in the horizontal channel.
Self-propelled HDD machines with a crawler.
Non-self-propelled HDD rigs. This type of machines are moving by crane.
Steel tracks cause damage to the road surface. In urban conditions it is convenient to use a track made of rubber or with rubber inserts (shoes).
If the HDD rig is purchased for operation in the cold season, then it is necessary to choose an appropriate equipment with the preheating system of engine and hydraulic oil. Then the problems of launching, even in the most severe frosts, can be leveled.


So I've seen trillium (trillii?) twice this spring. Once on Mt. Tam and once in Tilden Park. They really are quite stunning. There is something about hiking along and suddenly coming across a few of them. First up one of the many I saw on Mt. Tam.
Some from Tilden. First a purple.
And last a trio of trillium.
So they always sell a few of these at the annual Tilden plant sale, but evidently they are sold within the first moments of opening. So if you want some and want to shell out some cash (they aren't cheap) get there early.
So I saw this little guy in Huckleberry Botanic Preserve about a month ago. I've been slow on the postings. I was up in the manzanita barren when I heard the telltale chirp of the humming bird. I looked up and saw it fly straight up and then dive down to a manzanita a ways off.
It kept going back and forth between a couple plants (a chinquapin and manzanita) and basically looked to be putting on a show, whether for me or something else, I'm not sure. Here he is silhouetted against the sky.
Here you'll find a little description and a recording of their call. Be sure to click on the life history tab. Apparently Anna's hummingbird used to only breed in Northern Baja and Southern California, but with all of us happy gardeners doing our work, they have greatly expanded their breeding range.
Mainly I identified it because I know this hummingbird has a bright iridescent red or pink throat and is common here in the Bay Area. And evidently it's the only one that overwinters here regularly. We have a resident one here at the house that often chirps from high above or lands on our neighbor's plum tree. I've seen him drinking nectar from arugula, columbine, fuchsia, California fuchsia, various salvia, citrus blossoms and I think the passionflower.
I went hiking on Mt. Tam a couple of weeks ago because the weather was beautiful and I wanted out of the East Bay. Mt. Tam has some beautiful wildflower displays in the spring, but I knew it was a little early for that. Fortunately, there were some that had already popped up including this rare beauty - Calypso bulbosa aka Fairy Slipper. One of 31 orchids native to California. Who knew?
Here are two orchids just popping out of the ground.
Here one is just getting ready to open. In the bottom of the photo you can see its one big, dark green leaf. It appears to be all they have.
And the fairy slipper in all its beauty.
I saw these the first time 2 years ago and was pleasantly surprised to learn we had orchids here in the Bay Area that weren't indoors and from far away. From my observation they grow in shadier parts of the forest on flat or sloped ground, though they seem to be more common in damper places. Hopefully some are still out there so you can see these for yourselves.
And since nothing seems to say spring like a native forest orchid lit up by tree filtered light, I'm entering the second photo in Gardening Gone Wild's Picture This contest for this month. The theme is Awakening to show the beginning of spring.
So though I'm sad about leaving this wonderful garden many plants have decided to say goodbye in a showy fashion. The most exciting of which is this, my sacred flower of the incas plant (Cantua buxifolia). It's been in the ground for a year and a half and just started blooming a few days ago. Only one fully opened flower so far, but I'm so excited. I didn't think I'd get to see it. Strange how the aggressive, phallic buds, turn into a swirling, elegant, skirt-like flower.
Sisyrinchium bellum, or blue-eyed grass, one of my favorite CA wildflowers. They've been blooming since January, but I haven't gotten any good pictures until now. And they have just exploded.
As have the hardenbergia and ceanothus.
The Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa) in front are now competing with those in back.
Here's my Salvia bees' bliss. This triangle of dirt is usually overflowing with wildflowers this time of year, but my housemates planted some veggies here last summer and they didn't come back. The salvia is really happy though and will take over most of the area. I couldn't get a good pic of it, but I did have fun watching this ladybug zoom around.
Quite a few white flowers. The redwood sorrel (Oxalis oregana) has some beautiful white flowers shyly poking out just in time for St. Patty's day.
And the snow-in-summer has sent up a few flowers, as it has been doing since January. It keeps hoping for summer.
And this wild onion, has truly beautiful flowers (here contrasted against a fuchsia. But they are horribly invasive, and since I won't be here to keep them under control, I pulled this one out right after the photo.
A happy bloom day to you all. Hopefully spring is at least on its way for those of you in colder climes. And thanks to Carol over at May Dreams Gardens for hosting this show.
So James at Lost in the Landscape followed by Town Mouse, and perhaps more I'm not aware of, posted about what their gardens would like after they were gone. And I've been waiting to post my own because I will be moving at the end of the month. I guess I'll see what happens at least to the front since I'm not moving that far away. But I wanted to let my landlord know and find a place before this post. And I did. My own apartment with a big ledge for some potted plants and a communal gardening space in back. So my garden will continue just in an altered form.
In front, the lawn has shown no sign of returning after a few blades of grass easily pulled out right after we got rid of it. And with all our rains, very few weeds and no grass. So anything like that that comes up will be seeded from the neighbors'.
The fuchsia might become a little aggressive though.
I'm afraid this path will look a little sad and dry with no summer water, but the iris and snow-in-summer will perk up with the rains.
I'm more worried about 2 other sages, one of which is already not looking so hot.
I'm also worried about this licorice plant (right). It's invasive, which I didn't know when we planted it. I kinda want to pull it, but it would leave a big empty scar. Maybe not so great for my landlord trying to re-rent the place, or for encouraging people to let their renters experiment with the yard. It will stay and spread. Luckily this Galvezia speciosa (left) is ok with growing over, through and around it.
The hell strip, once a massive lump of weeds, still has some weeds popping through from time to time, but mostly has CA fuchsia, yarrow, native strawberry and festuca californica established.
And the craziest native honeysuckle I've ever seen. I've trained it up our street sweeping sign post.
We knew this day would come sooner or later, so we chose low-maintenance, drought-tolerant species for the most part.
All in all I'm really going to miss the front garden. But it was a great learning experience and as long as nobody takes loppers and hedgers to it, I think it will become even more beautiful with time.


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Australia vs England, 4th Ashes Test
All of Australia's away tours in the current WTC cycle are in the subcontinent
Nathan Lyon is excited about the prospect of forming a spin partnership with Mitchell Swepson, but the weather forecast and recent history at the SCG may count against it happening this week against England in the fourth Ashes Test.
With the Ashes secured and England providing weak opposition there is a school of thought that the upcoming Test is a prime opportunity to blood Swepson, the Queensland legspinner, ahead of Australia's overseas campaigns in Pakistan and Sri Lanka later in the year.
The emergence of Cameron Green as a viable option for a third quick, having had a major impact with the ball this series, would allow Australia to field a balanced attack. But showers are forecast throughout the contest while the SCG has not been a happy hunting ground for spinners of late.
However, Swepson is as ready as he'll ever be for his chance at Test cricket. With all three of Australia's World Test Championship away series in the current cycle on the subcontinent, he could have a big say in how the side builds on their Ashes success.
"I think Swepo has been Queensland's best player for a number of years," Lyon said. "Obviously I'm a big fan of spin bowlers so probably watch him a lot closer than what I watch Marnus [Labuschagne] or Uzzie [Khawaja]. He's been around our group for a long period of time now and when he gets his opportunity, no doubt he will take it and run.
"I'm excited about our relationship, our friendship is fantastic already, but really excited about the opportunity to bowl in tandem with Swepo whenever that may come, whether that's here in a couple of days or in Hobart or in Pakistan."
"I love bowling in partnership with spinners for sure. I've done it a lot in subcontinent conditions so if the opportunity does come to play two spinners I know we'll really enjoy building that partnership. We've been doing it in the nets but it's a lot different."
Usman Khawaja is likely to replace Travis Head in Sydney Getty Images
Lyon did not believe a dodgy forecast (not entirely unusual for a Sydney Test) had to spell the end of Swepson's hopes although it strengthens the likelihood that Australia will retain their usual balance. Josh Hazlewood is expected to train fully on Monday as he continues his recovery from the side strain he picked up in Brisbane and it could yet be that Scott Boland does not retain his place despite the 6 for 7 he claimed in Melbourne.
"It seems to be every time we put stumps in the ground here it brings the rain which is unfortunate," Lyon said. "Does it become a bit challenging for spinners? Yeah, it can if the ball gets wet, but we are pretty lucky these days with the quality of the groundskeepers who make the surface pretty dry and the ground drains pretty quickly."
Swepson will only be selected if he is genuinely part of Australia's best attack to win the match with World Test Championship points available and the hunger to take the series with a whitewash to extend England's barren streak in Australia that dates back to 2010-11.
"There's no more dead rubbers – and I've never considered them when you wear a baggy green – firstly because there's the World Test Championship and we want to go 5-0 up," Lyon said. "If the conditions suit then we pick the best team to win that Test to make sure we keep moving forward. The Ashes for me is the pinnacle but I'd love to be part of a Test Championship final to state our case for the No. 1 team in the world."
Australia's squad will be bolstered on Monday by Mitchell Marsh and Josh Inglis who were driving up from Melbourne on Sunday – to avoid the risk of a commercial flight – having been added to as cover following Travis Head's positive Covid-19 result which has ruled him out. Usman Khawaja is expected to come into the XI.
Marcus Harris is also driving himself to Sydney having not joined the team's charter flight as an extra precaution after he dined with Head. Nic Maddinson will remain in Melbourne for now but continues to be a stand-by player. All Australian squad members, staff and families returned negative results in the latest round of testing.
This will again be the traditional Pink Test at the SCG which has become a central part of the Australian cricket calendar to raise funds for the Jane McGrath foundation. But Glenn McGrath will be unable to take part in the lead-up activities and at least the first two days having Test positive for Covid-19. It is hoped he may be able to attend by day three on January 7 which is the official Jane McGrath Day.
Andrew McGlashan is a deputy editor at ESPNcricinfo

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How Big Can Elephant Seals Grow?
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How Big Can Elephant Seals Grow? Adult males are enormous – at least six times larger than polar bears and nearly twice the size of the next largest seal (the northern elephant seal). Males reach lengths of nearly 20 feet (6 m) and weights of more than 8000 pounds (3700 kg).
How big is the biggest elephant seal ever? These seals are famous for being big. They are the biggest of pinnipeds – bigger even than walruses – there being a record of a giant male Southern elephant seal that was between 6.5 and 6.8 m long and weighed over 4000 kg (Carwardine 1995).
How tall can an elephant seal get? Adult males may grow to over 13 feet in length and weigh up to 4,500 pounds. The females are much smaller at 10 feet in length and 1,300 pounds. The northern elephant seal is the second largest seal in the world after the southern elephant seal.
Whats bigger walrus or elephant seal? What is the difference between an elephant seal and a walrus? Elephant seals are bigger than even the largest male walrus. A male Pacific walrus weighs around 1,700 pounds while a male Atlantic walrus weighs around 2,000 pounds. While male elephant seals are often at least double that.
THEY'RE SEALS ON STEROIDS
Put a large male northern elephant seal on a scale against two average-sized cars, and the seal may still win. And that 6,000 lb. (2,700 kg) package of blubber, fur and bones can reach up to 14 feet (4.3 metres) long—roughly twice the length of a king-sized bed!
The southern elephant seal is a true seal and is the largest pinniped (seal or sea lion) and carnivoran (hairy carnivore) in the world. Adult males are enormous – at least six times larger than polar bears and nearly twice the size of the next largest seal (the northern elephant seal).
Normally only one pup is born to each female, and she nurses for 25 to 28 days. Ordinarily, a mother nurses her own pup, although if they are separated another female may adopt the youngster.
How fast can southern elephant seals travel? Southern elephant seals can move along the ground at about 5 kph (3 mph) while on land. While swimming, southern elephant seals move at speeds around 5 – 10 kph (3 – 6 mph).
Seals are preyed upon by sharks, killer whales, and humans. Elephant seals spend about 20 percent of their lives on land and about 80 percent of their time in the ocean. Although they are aquatic animals, seals on sand can outrun humans. The seals have large abdominal sinuses to hold oxygenated blood.
These animals would likely not fight one another, but many argue that the walrus would likely win. Walruses have tusks to defend themselves, and males often weigh in at over 3,000 pounds. Elephant seals are massive (males weigh around 3,700 pounds) with very sharp, jagged teeth.
Both animals can attack with brute force, have incredible stamina and are equally intelligent – which is perhaps why they don't typically fight! The elephant would use its tusks and feet to attack but the rhino would possibly have the upper hand. A rhino can run at up to 50 km/h.
Elephant seals aren't named for their size. Rather, the males develop noses that kind of look like elephants' trunks. They inflate their noses in order to scare other males away — to mate, they have to fight for dominance. Elephant seals are deep divers — which is why they have those big, soulful eyes.
Males measure about 20 feet long (6 meters), while females are about half as long. The smallest is the ringed seal, with an average length of 5 feet (1.5 m) and a weight of 110 to 150 lbs. (50 to 70 kg). Unlike other seals, males and females are about the same size.
While elephant seals spend most of their time swimming, they also gather on beaches in groups called colonies. One reason they come to land is to give birth and breed. Males arrive before females. They battle for dominance, deciding who will have large harems of females.
Walrus are the largest pinniped. Seals, sea lions, and walruses belong to a group of marine mammals called pinnipeds, referring to their flippered feet. Seals (true seals or earless seals) have no external ear flaps. Walrus are the largest pinnipeds, with some males registering over 3,000 pounds.
Penguins are frequently killed and eaten by predators like fur seals, leopard seals, elephant seals, and other ground and marine predators.
Northern elephant seal bulls reach a length of 4.3 to 4.8 m (14 to 16 ft) and the heaviest weigh about 2,500 kg (5,500 lb). The northern and southern elephant seal can be distinguished by various external features.
Males can be over 20 feet long and weigh up to 8,800 pounds. But these massive pinnipeds aren't called elephant seals because of their size. They take their name from their trunklike inflatable snouts.
The animals were protected by law in America and Mexico in the early twentieth century, and now the population numbers 150,000, proving that it is possible for nature to thrive if given space and a helping hand. And some pups need a bigger helping hand than others.
Facts about Elephant Size
The average African elephant will grow to between 8.2 to 13 feet (2.5 to 4 meters) from shoulder to toe and weigh between 5,000 to 14,000 lbs. (2,268 to 6,350 kilograms), according to the National Geographic. Male elephants can grow to be significantly larger than their female counterparts.
They are the only seals known to regularly hunt and kill warm-blooded prey, including other seals. Although rare, there are a few records of adult leopard seals attacking humans. There has also been one fatality, when a researcher was snorkelling in Antarctic waters and was killed by a leopard seal.
Though penguins do make up a large part of their diet during some seasons, the Leopard Seal's diet is more heterogeneous than one might expect. They are known to eat fish, squid, krill, and juveniles of other seal species, in addition to penguins. Killer whales are the only species known to eat leopard seals.
Pregnant females begin arriving in December with most coming in January. Births occur a few days after arrival. Births occur on the beach, often at night. The pup nurses from its mother for four weeks, quadrupling its birth weight to around 300 lb (135 kg).
Great white sharks are among the most fearsome predators in the ocean. But elephant seals can intimidate them with their massive size. They can eat all kinds of large prey – including tuna, rays, other sharks, dolphins, whales, seals, sea lions, sea otters and birds.
Grey Seals have been known to burst up to speeds of around 35 kph (22 mph), but their usual speed is about 10 kph (6 mph).


Chris Arthur believes he's close to recapturing the early season form that made him such a hit at AFC Wimbledon, ahead of tonight's match against his former club Northampton Town.
The 24-year-old winger made seven appearances for the Cobblers during 2011/12, but he had to reignite his career in non league after failing to earn a permanent deal at Sixfields Stadium.
However, Arthur's dashing displays down the left for Wimbledon have proven to be a potent weapon for Neal Ardley's men since he joined last summer. An ankle injury sustained in October curtailed his progress, but Arthur hopes his cameo role in the thrilling 4-3 win against Cheltenham Town on Saturday showed that he's getting back to his best.
"The intensity in training has been good and I've been working a lot harder," Arthur told Dons Player. "I'm feeling a lot fitter and sharper now. I'm starting to feel like I was before I had the injury. I think I'm getting better. Everyone wants to start games, but I'm happy to play a part in the performances of the team.
The Dons have come from behind on so many occasions this season with Saturday's win against Cheltenham once again showing the tenacity of Neal Ardley's men in adversity. Arthur believes that healthy competition within the squad at the moment is certainly helping Wimbledon move closer to survival.
"We always believe that if we can get a goal back then we can come from behind, but we did not expect it to be as manic as Saturday," added Arthur. "We've made a few comebacks this season, but nothing like that. We believed we could do it if we got a quick goal back, but then we scored three goals in less than three minutes. It was certainly a good game to be involved in.


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patrons are change agents. your support makes it possible to write music that is not constrained by what will make money, freeing my music up to explore and play, and focus on enriching peoples' lives instead of a few peoples' bank accounts.
the rewards are worth it. each dollar you invest in me, multiplies in impact with the output. your investment in means that i can tell stories of LGBTIQ people, body positivity, and mental health openly and honestly. we can change music consumption so that a great diversity of musicians stand a chance to earn money from their music.
patrons go deeper into my music, vision, and brand
you get to see behind the songs, how they're made, explore ideas with me, and shape my vision. you get to help and advise me on our way to making pop music more African and queer. take a look at my rewards descriptions. each one is tailored to give you a bang for your buck. and you get to be part of a revolution in music.
So let's make music more gay and diverse
No rewards, just support!
This tier is for you if you love what I do and mostly just want to show the world that you support me. There are no rewards for this tier....BUT...that doesn't mean that I won't surprise you every now and then with something.
Get access to my published songs
I get it, you want to support me, but I need to give you SOMETHING in return to say thank you. Right?! So, I put together this tier, which gives you lifetime access to all songs and other material that I release commercially. Because these are released commercially, I will need to spend time making sure that they are in tip-top shape. So I'll aim to get them to you every couple of months (or sooner).
Get access to my unpublished songs
Wow, ok. Now we're getting into some SERIOUS love. How do I say thank you? Hmmm...well, I could give you access to all of my unpublished songs (i.e., songs I write for myself or you, or b-sides etc.). How does that sound? You will always be the first to hear them (I may release them at some stage publicly, but you will be part of that special group of people who I have chosen to share my stuff with first) AND you get all the above rewards. Hazaa! I is gonna try release an unpublished song once a month. Cool? If anything changes, I'll let you know.
Get access to videos & podcasts
Phoar. Is that a wallet in your pocket or are you just happy to see me on Patreon?! For this level of support, the only way I can pay you back is to take you behind the music. Yep. You will get articles, podcasts , and the occasional video about how I wrote songs and you will access to all of the above rewards. I'll make sure that I release at least one article or podcast or video a month, 'cos you deserve it. If anything changes, I'll let you know.
Get access to demos
Yowzer. Hot damn! Your love is making me HAWT! Well, you asked for it, so I'm sorry but you're gonna have to be my guinea pigs. Sorry about that. I hope getting access to my demos and draft versions of my songs makes it worth it, just a little. Oh, and you can tell me how you feel about a song, and I'll credit you in the liner notes....AND you'll get all the above rewards. It's a crap life right? I come up with ideas all the time. At the very least, I'll make sure to get something to you once a month at the very least. If anything changes, I'll let you know.
We get to hang out!
OK. Wow. Let's you and me have a little chat about all this love and support. 'Cos it's burning me up! Yes!! Yes!! Yes!! Thank you! We can have the occasional get together; either in person or via chat apps. And I'm gonna flood you with ALLLLLLLLL of the above rewards. Let's try and meet up every couple of months for a chat/dinner/in-depth convo. Nothing's set in stone, so let's work something out that works for both of us. xxx
$51 of $150 per month
When we reach $150 per month, I will record a song dedicated to all my patrons!
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All Materia Probably the most important Support Materia in the game. This Materia allows for quick and easy healing of allies with low health early in the game and Restore Materia should always be paired with an All Materia (unless of course you have a Mega-All Materia, which you have access to much later in the game). All Materia also gives you the ability to attack every enemy in the battle with one use of a Magic Materia (as long as they're paired together in the same slot of your armor). Because you're given access to quite a few All Materia in the game, equip one to a Restore Materia and use the rest for offensive spell casting. Just make sure to check that the Magic Materia you've paired the All Materia with doesn't automatically hit every enemy on the field already (for example, Ultima Materia hits every enemy on the field without the need for a paired All Materia).
Added Effect: Can be linked to some Magic Materia and some Summon Materia. If you pair it on your weapon you have a 20% chance of inflicting a status effect on an enemy when you use a regular attack. If you pair it on your armor you can make a character immune to specific status effects.
The best Materia to pair with Added Effect Materia is Hades Materia.
It can be paired with the following Materia: Poison (Bio), Seal (Sleep, Silence), Mystify (Confuse, Berserk), Transform (Mini, Toad), Time (Haste, Slow, Stop), Destruct (Death), Contain (Confusion, Stop, Petrify), Choco/Mog (Stop), Odin (Death), Hades (Sleep, Poison, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Mini, Slow, Paralysis).
Note: When paired with Master Command Materia, which gives you access to every Command in the game, a random Command will be chosen and used when the Counter Materia is activated.


Alive and Young: Effects of Original Sin . . . Justin Bieber?
Looking through the review guides I gave to my class for their most recent test, I came across this answer. I wish I could give this student +10 for this answer. For all the theologians out there, my student only listed the Spiritual effects. He listed the bodily effects the next page.


Today's cards comes from Dragon Oracle Cards.
Another twofer. We are asked to go within. We are asked to stay heart centered, grounded. We are protected now as we go through this set of activations and upgrades. These upgrades are preparing us for accelerated ascension. Many are feeling disillusioned, tired of 3D living. Know you have the key within to remain in higher dimensions. We are still receiving downloads, our intuition is coming in strong. Silver, gold, and pink coloured stones are good to work with now. Keep trying to expand yourself, your knowledge, your gifts, your talents. We've been seeing in our cards lately how we need a different perspective – the different perspective is within.


Continuous improvement professionals face a variety of challenges when proposing and addressing quality initiatives. One of the biggest challenges in creating a quality-driven culture is getting buy-in from the top. Without that validation and reinforcement, it's difficult for quality initiatives to be taken seriously. But why are key stakeholders holding out? Check out our infographic below to learn more, and then to tackle the other two key challenges.
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As children, we intrinsically know the joy and value of going beyond ourselves, every time we get the chance to play. When children play, there's an implicit understanding that all is happening in a spirit of good fun, and even when playing games with "good guys" and "bad guys," there's a sense that at the end of the day, regardless what happened in the game, everything's just fine.
Children know they are much bigger than the games they are playing, so a fresh start is possible every day. This sense of wellbeing comes from the realization that as engaging as games can be, they are just games. We are bigger than any game, any problem, any situation. And in being bigger, we can see solutions to problems from a bigger-picture point of view.
One technique that is a regular part of my most successful experiences with reality shifts and quantum jumps is remembering that awareness is always larger than any given situation–that through remembering this, and through identifying with being awareness, solutions always present themselves naturally. You can see illustrations of what this kind of topography looks like if you read theoretical physics papers written by Yasunori Nomura and Raphael Bousso with Leonard Susskind, showing how the Many Worlds of the quantum realm are one and the same as the expanding multiverse. When we expand our awareness to observe larger areas, we are capable of interacting in a more expansive way that recognizes positive opportunities we are entangled with through the many possible worlds.
This tip for improving your reality shifting and quantum jumping experiences is a meditation in three parts: (1) Breathe to your lower abdomen while feeling joyful enthusiasm, (2) Imagine that your true identity is Awareness that has access to all possible realities, (3) Feel, trust and playfully follow gut feelings and intuition as they arise.
Start this meditation by taking slow, deep, steady breaths to your lower abdomen. Close your eyes and smile softly while slowing your breath down to the slowest natural rate you can reach that accommodates full and complete inhalations and exhalations. Relax, and intend that you invite joyful enthusiasm into this moment.
Imagine that your true self is awareness–the awareness who can recognize how you are feeling and what you are thinking right now, for example. This awareness enables you to enlarge your frame of experience through nondualistic meditative processes, so you can experience firsthand that you are always larger than whatever concerns you have. In this moment, right here and right now, everything is just fine. Intend that you are now experiencing a sense of being more than any dichotomy or category that your rational, analytical mind can label, and rather a sense of awareness that exists always and everywhere.
You can now access a state of being-ness in which you feel inspired to be in the right place at the right time, doing what feels best. Allowing yourself to trust this inner knowingness can guide you to experience some of the most extraordinary experiences in your life, so you can feel like you are living in a waking dream. This kind of experience is one of doing what feels right to do in this moment, and living each moment of the day in this way. This is the state of consciousness I describe in my book, Reality Shifts, as Lucid Living, and it's available and possible for us all. From such a state of consciousness, we have the ability to transcend limitations that we may have presumed to be walls or barriers in our lives.Staying in the present moment, feeling what feels most joyful and beneficial, and being at one with that feeling provides the setting for experiencing the greatest, most satisfying coincidences, synchronicity, miracles and extraordinary events.
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It's so hot outside, that food is the last thing in my mind. The only thing that I can imagine myself eating is Ice Cream, and I bet that many other people feel the same way. However, Ice Cream and Milk Shakes will not do us any good, especially if we have them every day. We need to find some snacks that have a decent amount of calories, that are healthy, filling and keep us hydrated in the same time. It sounds impossible? It's not.
Watermelon. If this is not the perfect snack for the summer, then I don't know what it is. It contains so much water that it will cut the hunger and the thirst in the same time, and it is incredibly healthy also. Plus, you don't have to worry about eating too much; it has a very small amount of calories and you can fit it perfectly in your diet.
Citrus fruits. What can be better in a hot summer than a cold lemonade? If you are not a big fan of lemon, you can eat oranges and grapefruits; they will give you a good amount of vitamins, they will keep you hydrated and you will feel full for a few hours. Besides, they will make wonders for your skin.
Yoghurt. We all like greek Yoghurt, but we don't know how beneficial it can be in a hot day. Yoghurt is a filling but light snack that you can have at any time (unless you are lactose intolerant, of course). Combine it with some blueberries and you have the perfect dessert for the day.
Cherries. If these are available in your country, stock up on them this summer. They are not only incredibly tasty, but they can also help you lose some weight since they have such a high amount of antioxidants. Cherries are also hydrating, so you don't have to worry about drinking water every five minutes.
Tomatoes and Cucumbers. I'm not saying to spend your day eating cucumbers, but at least try to introduce them in your diet as often as possible.They contain a very high amount of water and almost no calories; perfect for the summer!


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Learn how to self-edit and evaluate your work so it's in the best possible shape before sending it to a professional editor. Linda coaches hundreds of writers every year, as well as edits several books a year for publication. She was named one of the best editors in the U.S. in the second edition of Editors On Editing – What Writers Need to Know About What Editors Do, written by the Gerald C. Gross.
During this workshop, Linda will provide critiques for samples of work sent in previously from seven registrants. Participants will engage in critiquing, both giving and receiving, under her guidance. Tip sheets and other materials that focus on improving your manuscript will be provided, as well.
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Fantasy football draft advice & strategy
Who won Rams RB battle between Darrell Henderson and Sony Michel
With Cam Akers done for the season, the Rams have turned to a host of players to fill the void at running back.
By David Fucillo@davidfucillo Sep 1, 2021, 6:05am PDT
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Darrell Henderson Jr. of the Rams working out during the Los Angeles Rams Training Camp on July 31, 2021, at UC Irvine in Irvine, CA.
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The Los Angeles Rams made the big offseason trade for QB Matthew Stafford, but recently conducted another deal for RB Sony Michel to add depth behind RB Darrell Henderson. The latter is dealing with a thumb injury, but is still expected to be ready for the season opener against the Chicago Bears.
According to the team depth chart, Henderson is the lead running back. However, Michel isn't listed on the sheet. SI.com Rams writer Nicholas Cothrel notes head coach Sean McVay saying Henderson was still going to have "a really big role" despite Michel joining the roster. The former Patriot will still have to learn the offense and get up to speed, so he might not be a vital part of the running back rotation early in the season.
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Cam Akers was the starter at the end of last season and heading into this year, but Henderson did get significant reps with the team in 2020. He's going to get the bulk of the carries until Michel has learned the offense. Even when that happens, don't expect this to be a 50-50 split for carries.
There's a reason the Patriots sent Michel out and promoted Damien Harris. Henderson is the more talented back when healthy and the Michel trade seems more like a depth move than a change at running back. Don't pay too much for Henderson, but he's going to be the lead guy for this team in the backfield.
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Cannabis Sativa Launches Media Site Cannabis Sativa Magazine
August 6, 2021, 4:20 a.m. ·3 min read
MESQUITE, NV / ACCESSWIRE / August 6, 2021 / Cannabis Sativa, Inc. (OTCQB:CBDS) announces the launch of Cannabis Sativa Magazine, located on the web at www.cannabissativa.com
The soft launch of Cannabis Sativa Magazine provides an easily digested, branded source of news capable of effectively disseminating pertinent Cannabis and Hemp industry news across multiple layers of the digital landscape, including articles and stories delving into interests such as investor, political, lifestyle, and health & fitness. CEO David Tobias stated, "Adding the domain name CannabisSativa.com to our highly-regarded collection of trademarks, properties and other IP including the domain CBDS.com adds increased value to our portfolio. Cannabis Sativa's online presence will increase as we build out and further expand our reach with another top-level keyword website, our first media site - CannabisSativa.com".
Cannabis Sativa, Inc. would like to invite like-minded writers, journalists, editors and other publications to contact us for potential collaboration at info@cananbissativa.com
About Cannabis Sativa, Inc.
Since 2017, Cannabis Sativa, Inc. ("CBDS") has focused on telehealth, and more recently is exploring opportunities for direct involvement in the cannabis industry through touch the plant operations. We currently control "CTA", or "Ecuadorian Sativa" a patented hybrid/landrace cannabis strain, and via a licensing arrangement with a California state permitted grow, commencing research to determine if the "CTA" strain can yield products with medicinal properties that motivate and energize, rather than create lethargy and sleepiness, attractive to a diverse range of cannabis consumers. We are also interested in acquiring multiple canna-businesses to provide an outlet for several cannabis brands that we own or have rights to use through licensing arrangements, including Wild Earth Naturals®, the "hi" and "White Rabbit" brands, and the Virgin Mary Jane Brand. The Company is now looking to redirect its manufacturing capabilities to products containing THC. Our long-term intent is to become a vertically integrated grower, processor, manufacturer and distributor of cannabis products where we can achieve better control over the supply chain and the quality of biomass we use in our products. Our existing telehealth operations provide a market access point that may be advantageous as the cannabis market matures and inter-company competition for customers continues unabated. We are excited about the opportunities and look forward to the challenges ahead.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements." Although the forward-looking statements in this release reflect the good faith judgment of management, forward-looking statements are inherently subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to be materially different from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the risk factors that attempt to advise interested parties of the risks that may affect our business, financial condition, results of operation and cash flows. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from those expected or projected. Underlying assumptions include without limitation, the ongoing enactment of legislation favorable to the production of and the commercialization of cannabis products and the Company's success in capitalizing on that legislation. Readers are urged not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect any event or circumstance that may arise after the date of this release.
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Operational problems hit Canada's Suncor again, lowering oil production
Suncor also confirmed the death of a worker on Jan. 6 at its Base plant, which police had reported earlier. Suncor said a heavy haul truck rear-ended a second truck at the mine, resulting in the death of a driver. The incident is the fourth fatality at a Suncor facility since late 2020, Scotiabank analyst Jason Bouvier said.
WESTERN ALASKA MINERALS WATERPUMP CREEK DRILLING INTERSECTS 16.7 METERS OF OXIDE MINERALIZATION GRADING 484 G/T AGEQ
Western Alaska Minerals Corp. (the "Company" or "WAM") (TSXV: WAM) is pleased to announce the final 2021 drill results from the Waterpump Creek carbonate replacement deposit ("CRD") target at its 100%-owned Illinois Creek project in western Alaska. Additional assays are pending from 2021 drilling at the Honker high grade gold target and the Last Hurrah CRD prospect.
Nobis Commemorates Lunar New Year with Exclusive Capsule
In celebration of the Year of The Tiger, luxury Canadian outerwear brand, Nobis, has announced the launch of its 2022 Lunar New Year Capsule Collection. "Nobis" in Latin translates to "us," and since its inception, the brand has always celebrated culture and emphasized the importance of community collaboration and representation. This year, Nobis celebrates the Year of the Tiger by partnering with Fête Chinoise, a Chinese-Canadian cultural platform created by design firm Palettera to develop a s
XEG: Up 100% in the Last Year, Is This Energy ETF Still a Buy?
The XEG ETF has gained momentum in the last year but has underperformed the market over the long term. The post XEG: Up 100% in the Last Year, Is This Energy ETF Still a Buy? appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada.


There have been so many things going on... I need to take a deep breath, think about where I am and what I'm doing, and, of course, upload it to my journal before it passes through the sieve of my memory into entropy.
After the wedding reception for C's mom, we kicked off our California tour with a casual sifter dinner in San Diego.
Then we drove to LA, where I worked with Troy (well, mostly Troy worked, and I slept) on the Elementary Particle Explorer. I'm very happy with how it's coming along.
A pleasant cruise up the 101 brought us to my friend Jim's new house in Santa Cruz. We surfed Pleasure Point, paddling around some cute Sea Otters. And I snuck into the woods to do some mountain biking.
Saturday was a crazy day. We briefly attended Patri's unemployment party at Tortuga. Then a jaunt up to Ocean Beach to visit with friends from TED -- Kevin and Jean and their dog -- to catch them before they jetted off. Then some delicious crab. And off to Rion's flavor-tripping party in The City, which was very cool.
Next, Crystal and I connected with some very friendly and interesting mathematicians, who hosted us in a house on the future grounds of the American Institute of Mathematics. This institute is an amazing place now, but they've recently broken ground on a... Math Castle.
It will sit in the center of what is currently a private, two-hundred acre golf course. And even if this castle is currently imaginary (as C displays below), this place is going to be huge. I've been calling it "Math-alot," but I don't know if that will stick.
For now, the vacant golf course and strong winds make it a great place for kiteboarding.
This past weekend, after visiting an amazing fellow named Jaron Lanier at his wild house in the Berkeley hills, it was off to Sci Foo Camp.
The weekend at SciFoo made the rest of my summer seem slow! There was way too much happening all at once -- a bit overwhelming. But it was very fun.
Now C and I are bouncing around the Bay Area before heading to Tahoe, where we'll prep for Burning Man. If anyone would like to meet up in Incline Village anytime August 18-22, where I'll be building The Oracle booth for this years burn, help would be much appreciated, and we could house and feed you for a couple days in the first Science Hostel.


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Q: print statement inside of input returns with a "none" I am working on a little program and I want to use:
ans = int(input(print(multi,'x',num,'=')))

This works well except for the fact that after it prints the print statement it says none. like:
49 x 7 =
None

How would on remove the "none" if possible? Also I did search this problem but nothing was about returning a none inside of an input.

A: input takes a prompt string as its argument, which it will print automatically, but print returns None; it is this that gets printed by input. Your code is equivalent to:
prompt = print(...) # prompt == None
ans = int(input(prompt))

Instead, use str.format to build the prompt and pass it straight to input:
ans = int(input('{0}x{1}='.format(multi, num)))

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India will push fellow Brics members to define terrorism and reflect its concerns over cross-border terror when their leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gather for their annual summit in Johannesburg in July, officials familiar with the matter said on Monday.
Indian officials had already taken up the matter with their counterparts in the other Brics nations. India's demand had led to "intense discussion which remains inconclusive", diplomats of two member nations said.
But getting India's demand reflected in its entirety in a joint statement would not be easy. "The definition of terrorism is not an easy issue. The UN itself is yet to define it. We need to wait and see which way the discussion will progress what we come up with at the end," one of the Brics diplomats mentioned above said, requesting anonymity.
"We call for expeditious finalisation and adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) by the United Nations General Assembly," Brics leaders said in a joint communiqué last year, without getting into defining terrorism, as sought in the convention.


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Tree Model Quantization for Embedded Machine Learning Applications
Dr. Leslie J. Schradin, III 28 May 2021
This blog post is a companion to my talk at tinyML Summit 2021. The talk and this blog overlap in some content areas, but each also has unique content that complements the other. Please check out the video if you are interested.
Why Quantization?
For embedded applications, size matters. Compared to CPUs, embedded chips are much more constrained in various ways: in memory, computation ability, and power. Therefore, small models are not just desirable, they are essential. We at Qeexo have asked ourselves: how can we make small, high-performance models? We have dedicated resources to answering this question, and we have made advances in compressing many of our model types. For some of those model types, compression has been achieved through quantization.
For our purposes here, the following is what we mean when we "quantize" a machine learning model:
Change the data types used to encode the trained-model parameters from larger-byte data types to smaller-byte data types, while retaining the behavior of the trained model as much as possible.
By using smaller-byte data types in place of larger-byte data types, the quantized machine learning model will require fewer bytes for its encoding and will therefore be smaller than the original.
Why Tree Models?
In our experience at Qeexo we have found that tree-based models often outperform all other model types when the models are constrained to be small in size (e.g. < 100s KB) or when there is relatively little available data (e.g. < 100,000 training examples). Both of these conditions are often true for machine learning problems targeting embedded devices.
Memory constraints on embedded devices
As stated above, due to the memory constraints on the device the models must be small. For example, the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense has 1 MB CPU flash memory and 256 KB SRAM. These resources are shared among all programs running on the device, and the available resources for a machine learning model are going to be significantly smaller than the full amounts. The actual resources available for the machine learning model will vary by use-case, but a reasonable estimate as a starting point is that perhaps half of the resources can be used by the machine learning model.
Available data for embedded machine learning applications
As for the amount of available data, several factors tend to lead to relatively little available data
for machine learning models targeting embedded devices:
To train a machine learning model that is to be used on a given embedded platform, the training data must be collected from that platform. Large datasets collected from embedded platforms are not generally available online.
The organization that wishes to produce the machine learning model must usually collect the data on its own. This is costly in time and effort.
Machine learning applications usually require specialized training data. This means that a data collection effort usually needs to be performed for each problem that is to be solved.
Because tree-based models tend to perform well, and are often the superior model type, under the constraints above, they are well-suited for embedded devices. For this reason, we are interested in using them for our own embedded applications and in offering them as part of our suite of models for use in Qeexo AutoML.
Tree Model Quantization
Encodings of trained tree-based models lead to parameters and data that fall into 3 categories:
Leaf values: these are the values that carry the information about which class or regression value is the prediction for the instance in question during inference.
Feature threshold values at the branch nodes: these values determine how an instance traverses the tree during inference, and eventually which leaf is reached in the end.
The tree structure itself: this is the information encoding how the various nodes of the tree connect to each other.
The first two categories above, leaf values and feature thresholds, provide the possibility for quantization. At Qeexo, we have implemented quantization for these parameter types. While there has been research on and implementations for quantization of neural-network-based models, we aren't aware of similar research and implementations for tree-based models; we have done our own research and created an implementation for quantization for tree-based models.
Quantization Gains and Costs
Our main gain for quantizing tree-based models: model compression
In our experience, the strongest constraint placed on tree models by embedded chips is the flash size. By quantizing the model, the number of bytes needed to encode the model is smaller. This allows tree-based models to fit on the device that would not have fit without quantization, or in the case of smaller tree-based models, quantizing them leads to more room on the embedded device for other functionality.
The main cost for quantizing tree-based models: loss of model fidelity
Reducing the size of the data types used to encode the trained model parameters leads to some loss of information for those parameters, and this leads to a difference in behavior between the original model and the quantized version. The difference in behavior is often small, but if it is not small enough it can sometimes be made smaller by giving up some compression gains (i.e. increase the size of the quantized data type; in the "Leaf Quantization Example" below, one could use the 2-byte uint16 instead of the 1-byte uint8 as the quantized data type. This would make the quantized model more faithful, but also bigger).
There is another factor that can lead to a reduction in compression gains when quantizing tree-based models: depending on the tree model in question and on the quantization type, it may be necessary to store some of the parameters of the quantization transformation along with the model on-device. This is because in some cases it is necessary to de-quantize one or more quantized parameters during inference to correctly produce predictions or prediction probabilities. Storing these transformation parameters costs bytes on-device, which eats into the compression gains. The number of transformation parameters required depends strongly on the quantization type. For example, when using a simple quantization scheme such as an affine transformation (a shift followed by a rescaling), the leaf quantization transformation parameters are 2 floating-point parameters if all leaf values are quantized together. On the other hand, for feature threshold quantization, each feature used in the model requires a stored transformation, which leads to 2 floating-point parameters per used feature. The former costs very little (a few bytes), and is applicable to any tree implementation with floating-point leaf values or integer leaf values when the values are large enough. The latter can cost many bytes depending on the number of features, and should only be considered for large models where the number of splits per feature across the tree-based model is large enough to absorb the cost of storing the feature threshold quantization parameters.
Leaf Quantization Example
To illustrate the gains and costs of tree model quantization, we'll consider an example using leaf quantization. For our example, consider a "letter gesture" problem, a benchmark problem we use often at Qeexo. The setup:
Arduino Nano BLE Sense, held in the hand
Accelerometer and gyroscope sensors active
4 classes of letter gestures, traced out in the air: A, O, S, V
1 class of no gesture
Qeexo AutoML accelerometer and gyroscope feature stack used for the features
Data after featurization: approximately 300 examples for each letter gesture, and 1500 examples for the no-gesture case
Train/test split: approximately 2/3 of the data is used for training, 1/3 as the test set
Model: sklearn.ensemble.GradientBoostingClassifier with default parameters (mostly)
The Un-Quantized Model
Overall accuracy on the held-out test set: 96.1% (927/965)
Confusion matrix:
true/pred
A 133 0 2 0 2
NOISE 0 543 0 0 0
O 0 0 98 1 0
S 3 1 21 95 0
V 8 0 0 0 58
The model performs pretty well. The most difficult class for the model to classify correctly is 'S', which is at times classified as 'O'
Bytes to encode the model and the breakdown into categories:
Leaves 3595 float32 14380
Feature Thresholds 3095 float32 12380
Tree Structure various uint 12884
The breakdown in bytes will generally follow this pattern, with the leaves and feature thresholds making up about 1/3 of the total model size each (with leaves always a bit more; for each tree there is always one more leaf than the number of splits), with the tree structure making up the remaining 1/3.
To quantize the model, we need to choose what parameters to quantize and the quantization transformation. For this example, we are quantizing the leaves only, and let us quantize them via an affine transformation (a shift followed by a rescaling) down to 1-byte uint8 values. With this transformation, we will reduce the bytes required to encode the leaves by a factor of 4. For this tree implementation, we do need to retain one of the leaf quantization parameters on-device for use during inference, but this costs very little: a single 4-byte float32. This value is used to rescale the accumulated leaf values back into the un-quantized space before applying the softmax function to compute the by-class probabilities.
The Quantized Model
Leaves 3595 uint8 3595
Leaf quant params 1 float32 4
Consequences of Quantization
Checking the test example predictions shows that the only difference in the predictions is that the quantized model mis-classifies 3 previously-correct 'S' examples as 'O'.
All 3 examples which were predicted differently are borderline cases for which the un-quantized model was already fairly confused.
The changes in probabilities between the two models is very small, with the maximum absolute difference in probabilities (across all test examples and classes) being about 0.013.
The multi log loss (computed via sklearn.metrics.log_loss) has increased a small amount: from 0.0996 for the un-quantized model to 0.0998 for the quantized model.
The number of bytes necessary to encode model parameters has been reduced by 27%.
The quantization procedure effectively introduces some small amount of noise into the model parameters. We expect that this will on average degrade performance, and this is seen here in this particular example: quantizing the model led to slightly lower performance on the held-out data.
So, at the cost of a slight loss in model fidelity we have reduced the overall model size by 27%. The trade-off observed in this example matches our experience at Qeexo with quantized models generally: a slight loss in fidelity with a significant reduction in model size. In the context of an embedded device, this amount of reduction is often a worthwhile trade-off.
In this post, we have discussed why compressed tree-based models are useful models to consider for embedded machine learning applications, and have focused on a particular compression technique: quantization. Quantization can compress models by significant amounts with a trade-off of slight loss in model fidelity, allowing more room on the device for other programs.
The quantized tree-based models are among the model types available for use in Qeexo AutoML, an end-to-end automated machine learning pipeline targeting embedded devices. To learn more and try out Qeexo AutoML for free, head to https://qeexo.com/ml-platform/.
Lose the MCU: ST and Qeexo Simplify Machine Learning with AutoML
All About Circuits 19 May 2021
Intelligent decision-making has moved to the edge with machine learning, though deployment could be complicated. Qeexo and STMicroelectronics are looking to change that.
Read the full article here: https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/lose-the-mcu-st-and-qeexo-simplify-machine-learning-with-automl/
Qeexo Collaborates with ST to Automate Machine Learning on Machine Learning Core (MLC) Sensors
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Company also debuts the Qeexo Model Converter to optimize customers' existing machine learning models for the Edge
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Qeexo, developer of an automated machine learning (ML) platform that accelerates the development of tinyML models for the edge, today announced that it is working with STMicroelectronics to enable developers to create machine learning models for ST's Machine Learning Core (MLC) sensors, so that inferences can run right on the sensor, without the need for a microcontroller. This feature will be available to users in Q2.
Traditionally, due to limited computation power, memory size, and battery life, building machine learning solutions for edge devices had been challenging. Qeexo AutoML solves this. Its one-click, fully automated platform allows customers to rapidly build machine learning solutions for edge devices using sensor data. By moving machine learning to embedded processors and now sensors on edge devices, developers can improve privacy, latency, and availability.
"Qeexo continues to demonstrate technical leadership in the embedded machine learning space by automating machine learning on tiny, resource-constrained devices – this time, on a Machine Learning Core sensor, independent from an MCU," said Sang Won Lee, CEO of Qeexo. "For use cases that can benefit from machine learning, but do not have access to MCUs due to cost, power, latency, or infrastructure constraints, there are significant advantages to running machine learning on the sensor, including cost and power savings."
"Many IoT solutions developers are looking to easily add embedded machine learning to their very low power applications and need help to bridge the gap from concept to prototype to production," said Simone Ferri, MEMS Sensors Division Director, STMicroelectronics. "We put MLC in our sensors to reduce system data transfer volumes and offload network processing. Qeexo AutoML can help unlock the benefits of inherently low-power sensor design, advanced AI event detection, wake-up logic, and real-time Edge computing."
Qeexo also announced that it is launching a model converter that can take machine learning models in the ONNX format to optimize them for embedded devices. For customers who already have a machine learning team, and who have worked on and have existing machine learning models, they can use the Qeexo Model Converter to make them smaller and more optimized for embedded devices. The technology will also make it easier for developers who want to compare the performance of their hand-built models against the models automatically created with Qeexo AutoML.
In addition, Qeexo is now offering a machine learning consulting service to help clients jump-start their projects. Qeexo will first work with clients to develop and deploy commercial-ready machine learning solutions, then tailor Qeexo AutoML to fit customer needs. Qeexo will provide the knowledge transfer necessary for client teams to continue to use Qeexo AutoML for current and future projects.
About Qeexo
Qeexo is the first company to automate end-to-end machine learning for embedded edge devices (Cortex M0-M4 class). Our one-click, fully-automated Qeexo AutoML platform allows customers to leverage sensor data to rapidly build machine learning solutions for highly constrained environments with applications in industrial, IoT, wearables, automotive, mobile, and more. Over 300 million devices worldwide are equipped with AI built on Qeexo AutoML. Delivering high performance, solutions built with Qeexo AutoML are optimized to have ultra-low latency, ultra-low power consumption, and an incredibly small memory footprint.
For more information, go to www.qeexo.com.
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Boko Haram leader an 'obscenity': Nobel laureate Soyinka
LAGOS, Ben Simon- Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has described Boko Haram's leader as an "obscenity" who is likely to be incapable of dialogue, as the government considers opening talks with the Islamists over the more than 200 abducted schoolgirls.
The winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature told AFP by phone from Los Angeles that Boko Haram chief Abubakar Shekau was "high on religion and drugs".
"For me, we are dealing with a sub-human species," Soyinka said. "How do you dialogue with that kind of obscenity?"
Debate over the prospects of negotiating with Boko Haram and even Shekau himself has been a controversial issue in Nigeria throughout the extremist group's uprising which has killed thousands.
The issue resurfaced on Monday after Shekau released a video suggesting the girls kidnapped from a secondary school in the northeastern town of Chibok could be released in exchange for Islamist prisoners held by the government.
"It is a bind for the nation because the girls must be secured," Soyinka said, voicing sympathy for the officials who must assess the pros and cons of talking to Shekau.
The shocking mass abduction has drawn worldwide condemnation, partly thanks to a social media campaign supported by major world leaders and celebrities.
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has accepted military assistance from the United States, Britain, France, Israel and China to help with the rescue effort.
Some commentators have suggested that welcoming help from foreign militaries was an embarrassment for Nigeria, Africa's most populous country and top economy.
But Soyinka said such critics were showing a lack of compassion for the teenaged hostages.
"I don't know what they are talking about," he said. "This is a global crisis.
"In this situation, where we have these kind of killers, homicidal maniacs who can go into schools and kidnap hundreds of girls... all help is welcome," Soyinka said.
For the international community, given such horrifying violence, intervening is "not a favour", he added. "It is a duty."
Activists have organised daily protests in the capital Abuja demanding the girls' release and demonstrations have also been held in other cities across the country.
Civil activism is rare in Nigeria, with the prominent exception of massive demonstrations over the scrapping of a popular petrol subsidy that shut down the country in January 2012.
Nigeria has a track record of cracking down on protests and Soyinka warned Jonathan against suppressing public anger over the plight of the girls and the escalating Boko Haram violence.
Jonathan's administration "had better be very, very careful, because people are in pain and they have been in pain for a very, very long time", he cautioned.
A few protests have been disbanded by the police and there were disputed reports that Jonathan's wife, Patience, had ordered the arrest of one protest leader for falsely identifying herself as the mother of one of the hostages.
If the protests continue, Soyinka said, the government "had better get out of the way".
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Teschow ist ein Ortsteil der Gemeinde Selmsdorf im Nordwesten des Landkreises Nordwestmecklenburg in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Geografie

Teschow liegt auf einer Halbinsel, 13 km östlich von Lübeck. Die Halbinsel wird von der unteren Trave sowie der Pötenitzer Wiek und dem Dassower See begrenzt. Im Südwesten erhebt sich eine Endmoräne bis auf . Unmittelbar westlich des Ortes verläuft die Landesgrenze zu Schleswig-Holstein.

Die Halbinsel ist besonders für Naturliebhaber interessant. Auf der Halbinsel sind zahlreiche Gebiete mit unterschiedlichen Schutzstatus versehen: Landschaftsschutzgebiet, Naturschutzgebiet, Natura2000, Europäisches Vogelschutzgebiet

Geschichte
Der als Angerdorf angelegte Ort wird erstmals 1194 genannt, als Bischof Isfried von Ratzeburg die Einkünfte aus dem Bistum zwischen sich und dem Domkapitel aufteilt. In den Aufzeichnungen wird der Ort noch "Thescowe" genannt. Es wird jedoch vermutet, dass die Ursprünge des Ortes deutlich weiter zurückliegen und aus einer slawischen Siedlung entstanden ist. In der Speiseordnung von für die Domherren vom 13. Oktober 1301 wird eine Rentenzahlung von 12 Mk Fisch aus "Sclavikalis Tessecowe" genannt, die auf die slawische Geschichte des Ortes ebenfalls hindeutet. Es wird jedoch vermutet, dass sich die ursprüngliche Lage dichter am Gewässer befand.

Am Eingang des Dorfes auf dem Kapenberg soll sich ein zerstörtes Hünengrab "Hogen Stehen" befinden.

Teschow gehörte viele Jahrhunderte zum Ratzeburger Land bzw. Fürstentum Ratzeburg und zum Herzogtum Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Zur Zeit der Grenze zwischen DDR und BRD war Teschow nur mit einem besonderen Passierschein zu erreichen. Wenige Kilometer vor dem Ort befand sich hinter der Ortsausfahrt Sülsdorf ein separater Kontrollposten.

Bis zum 30. Juni 1950 war Teschow eine eigenständige Gemeinde und wurde am 1. Juli 1950 nach Selmsdorf eingemeindet.

Im Jahr 2019 feierte der Ort sein 825-jähriges Bestehen.

Einwohnerentwicklung
Entnommen aus den Aufzeichnungen der jeweiligen Volkszählungen:
 1871: 32 Haushaltungen / 159 Einwohner
 1894: 32 Haushaltungen / 167 Einwohner
 1919: 84 Einwohner
 1925: 26 Haushaltungen / 125 Einwohner
 1939: 91 Einwohner
 1942: 26 Haushaltungen / 107 Einwohner
 1946: 205 Einwohner
 1994: 57 Einwohner
 2018: 66 Einwohner

Vereine
In dem Ort befinden sich folgende Vereine
 Traditionsverein Feuerwehr Teschow e.V.
 Verein Freunde und Förderer der Halbinsel Teschow e.V.

Drohender Kiesabbau
Seit 2017 wird von einem aus Nordrhein-Westfalen stammenden Investor versucht, auf der Halbinsel Teschow die vorhandenen Kiesvorkommen abzubauen. Die Gemeinde und die Bürger haben dazu in zahlreichen Stellungnahmen ihre gegenteiligen Meinungen kundgetan. Die untere Naturschutzbehörde des Landkreises Nordwestmecklenburg hat in ihren Stellungnahmen den Kiesabbau unterstützt, obwohl auf der Halbinsel Teschow entsprechende Schutzgebiete ausgewiesen sind und das Gebiet im Bereich des Landschaftsschutzgebietes Palinger Heide und Halbinsel Teschow liegt.

Literatur
 Eberhard Specht: Familiengeschichten des Kirchspiels Selmsdorf. 2009, ISBN 978-3-9805722-6-2.
 Gemeindechronik der Gemeinde Selmsdorf 2017, "Selmsdorf Geschichte und Geschichten", ISBN 978-3-946324-14-0.
 Artikel Kiesabbau Teschow https://www.ostsee-zeitung.de/Mecklenburg/Grevesmuehlen/Kommune-und-Buerger-gegen-Kiesabbau

Weblinks

 Website von Teschow aus 2007 bei archive.org

Belege

Ort im Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg
Geographie (Selmsdorf)
Ersterwähnung 1194
Gemeindeauflösung 1950
Ehemalige Gemeinde (Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg)
Angerdorf

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Ngcobo, whose ultimate dream is to play overseas, believes they have a squad good enough to qualify for the World Cup.
"This is a strong squad we have at Amajita, and I believe that we have what it takes to qualify for next year's FIFA Under-20 World Cup (set to take place in Poland)," Ngcobo told the SAFA website.
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