All credit goes to Dani Dögenigt on this build which happens to be my 100th Instructable!
I just want to take a moment and and give a massive shout out and a whole lot of thanks to Instrucables. What an amazing place to share ideas and connect with like minded people. It's allowed me to really expand my abilities and has given me an avenue to share a a bunch of projects with you all. Last but not least, I would like to thank anyone who has voted for me in a competition, you dudes rock!
Back to the project at hand... Whist traversing the hackaday website, I came across the amazing Dani Dögenigt and his website, which in his words "...documents the process of designing analog instruments and reverse-engineering vintage hardware + more". Part of his work is on circuit bending, which I wasn't very familiar with. For those like me who don't know circuit bending is, put simply it's hacking toys, vintage keyboards or anything which makes sounds to make unique sounds. You probe around the circuit, making short circuits to see what other sounds you can produce. Once you have a sound you like you can then add potentiometers, switches etc and create your own music and sampling machine.
The case comes from an old intercom that I had lying around. the great thing about these is they come in pairs so you can easily make 2 if you want.
The circuit I used is from a very cheapo voice recorder. Dani Dögenigt uses a similar one but is a lot harder to hack. The one I used is relativity simple to find sounds on and solder extra wires to. However, you do need some experience at soldering so if you are a beginner, this might not be the project for you.
7. 2 x AA battery holder - eBay. You could use AAA as well.
Before you can start experimenting and circuit bending, you first need to attach the battery to the circuit board.
3. Place some batteries into the holder and test the sound recorder.
Circuit bending is really quite simple. All you need to do is short circuit 2 connections on the circuit board. To make it even easier, most of the sounds I got from the circuit come from the IC so all you need to do is use a probe and touch the legs on the IC to see what sounds you can get.
2. Next, solder on a couple of stiff wires to the ends of the wire. I used a couple of pieces of copper wire.
The below image shows how I wired all of the effects up to the board. You may want to conduct your own experiments to see what effects you can get out of the board.
2. Next I started to experiment and noted any interesting sounds made when I used the probe. Once I found an interesting sound or effect, I marked it down.
3. After finding a bunch of effects that I was happy, I then created a mud map with all of the connections and parts that I will need. You can find this in the images below.
Initially I started to solder the wire directly to the legs of the IC. This didn't work so I decided to add the wires to the IC solder points. I didn't take step by step images of all of the wires as it was just too hard to do. If you follow the diagram though you won't have any issues.
1. Have the diagram in front of you and start so add lengths of wire to the reverse solder points.
3. I thought adding some jumpers on a board would help but it didn't so I removed this and just soldered wires together where necessary.
4. Lastly, take your time and test continuously.
You will need top add a couple of wires to each of the record and play buttons. Alternatively you could de-solder the buttons and add the wires to the solder points. However, leaving them in place allows you to test throughout the hack.
1. De-solder the microphone from the circuit board.
2. Solder 2 wires to each of the solder points. One lot will be for the microphone and the other for the audio input jack.
1. Solder 2 wires to the solder point on the record switch. You will notice that there are 4 solder points. You need to attach the wires as per the image below.
1. First you need to think about where you want to locate the switches and pots. Have a good think about it first before you start to drill and make the holes.
4. Add the audio input socket.
1. Place the circuit board into the case and decide how everything is going to fit. Also add the battery and ensure that the case closes. If everything closes up then it's time to attach the wires to the switches.
2. Measure and cut the wires to length. Tin the ends and attach them top the switches and potentiometers.
First thing to do is to record a sound. Once you have added some sound it's time to start bending and sampling. The pots allow you to slow down and speed up the sound making for some cool effects. The distorter switch gives distortion and quieten downs the sound coming out the speaker. The restart button does just that, it restarts the sample.
Next plug in some music to the audio in and record some music to the sampler. This is a really fun way to mess around with your favourite song.
1. I wish I could have worked out a way to have an audio out. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.
2. What other sounds can I get out of it. f you do build one and manage to get other sounds, please let me know what you did.
3. Cases. I sure that there are many other types of cool cases that this could be housed in.
4. The sound module only records 10 seconds of sound. You can extend this to 20 seconds by changing a resistor but the sound is degraded. Still might be a good idea to try.
Hi! Everything that would be in the PDF is what you see here. The PDF is just the Instructable formatted for printing :) It does not contain additional information.
I love that probe thing.
Awesome! Great Instructable and great enclosure!
We do some similar mods to a voice recorder soldering kit we use in our workshops. It also uses this ISD1820 IC. We use an LDR in series with a 22K resistor to control playback speed; kids love it! It also lets you do frequency modulation on your samples if you use an LED flasher circuit => Robot Voice!
Used the output pulse from the LED to initiate looping playback. Loop sounds nicer on yours though... I will study this! You have some additional mods I'll have to try... Would you mind if I use some of what you've discovered and use it in workshops?
Next I want to figure out a way to daisy chain two of these to record audio between two and get some glitchy delay type effects on the go.
Love a good robot voice. You can also tap into the mic on these and have it so it's live, not recorded. That would be a cool feature to use as a voice changer. The data sheet shows you how to do this pretty easily.
I can't believe you have 100 instructables and you're the first Aussie I've found on here! great work!
Congrats on your 100th instructable!!
Cheers Seamster! It's been a blast.
This is such a cool project! I love the way you've re-purposed the intercom!
Yeah if definitely makes for a cool looking case.


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Soulmate season 2: Release Date, Cast, Plot, trailer, And Oher Important Updates!
Life can be full of ups and downs, but the future will always still remain uncertain and really unpredictable. Welcome to 15 years into the future, where this AMC show brings to life the imagination of the future – match prediction through technology. Written by Emmy Award-winner Will Bridges in collaboration with Brett Goldstein. Co-creator Brett Goldstein made a statement concerning this series's origin at the Virtual Edition of the CTAM press tour. He explains the exceptional plot was born out of a conversation between fellow co-creator and co-writer Will Bridges
Although the conversation about this series kept coming, it's a definite pointer to a second season.
Soulmate season 2 Release Date: When will it air?
Good News to all fans and lovers of Soulmate, the second season will premiere on AMC on October 5th, 2020. Although the production of a lot of series has been put on hold due to the pandemic, Soulmate season 2 has somehow been completed. We can't wait to get a hold of this season.
Soulmate season 2 Trailer: When will we see it?
No, there isn't one out just yet. You can catch up and a little of on season one till season 2's trailer is out. We would keep you updated.
Soulmate Season 2 Plot: What will happen?
This incredible future actualization of imagination is set 15 years into the future. It features a world where humans would believe in technology to find their soulmates. It stars groups of individuals who have gone through different ills as a result of love. Although this story revolves around a central theme, it's no secret that this series features six other lives with six different storylines. Taking a leap of faith and trusting technology, these individuals decided to let go of their past, put their faith in this soulmate test in hopes of finding new chances at love.
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Scottish Government intends to introduce a Sustainable Procurement Bill during this Parliament and we expect a formal consultation to open before end of summer. Pauline Graham, Social Firms Scotland is represented on an expert group focusing on social and environmental issues and on a Bill Sounding Board, chaired by Cabinet Secretary, Alex Neil. Currently, the proposed policy objectives of the Bill are – ensuring that public procurement processes are transparent, streamlined, standardised and business/third sector friendly; smarter use of public procurement to encourage innovation and growth making it easier for SMEs, social enterprises and other third sector organisations to access and compete effectively for contracts and sub-contracting opportunities; taking account of social and environmental sustainability issues through public procurement. See www.se-networks.net/shownotice.php?articleid=716
Dundee SEN have completed Vital Stats for 2010/11. The figures show impressive growth from Vital Stats recorded in 2009/10. In 2009/10 Dundee SEN had a joint turnover £6.5m; 70% through trading; employed 202 staff/112 volunteers. 2011/12 show a joint turnover 10.6m; 75.5% through trading, employing 423 staff / 168 volunteers. See www.se-networks.net/shownotice.php?articleid=715
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CRT have opened their doors for applications to the Coalfields Community Challenge Programme. The Programme aims to help develop new and emerging social enterprises who will create new sustainable employment opportunities through the delivery of a social enterprise in former coalmining communities. The Programme provides a combination of mentoring, business development support and training to help kick start your social enterprise, there will also be an opportunity to walk away with a financial investment of £25,000 at the end of the six month Programme. See www.se-networks.net/shownotice.php?articleid=717
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Norfolk Festival of Nature gets underway
I've been working with some pupils from Gresham's school on a special Festival edition of their regular Music and Munch series of lunchtime concerts. This Thursday at 1.20pm they will be performing some well-known pieces inspired by nature.
The concert will begin with a brand-new piece built around the sounds of nature. Today, we had a run-through and I was hugely impressed by these young musicians' ability to create a true ensemble piece out of fragmentary ideas - just like the "music" that emerges from the individual flourishes that make up the dawn chorus. And as with birds, it's about listening to your fellow performers and responding.
We'll be using the performance space to explore the spatial dimension of music and sound. If you think about it, having everything on a stage facing an audience is about as unnatural as can be. We'll be making our music the way nature intended - everywhere. Only indoors!
The first evening begins at 6.30 with Festival Director Al Cormack and photographer Adam Shawyer recounting their walk along Norfolk's coast between Sheringham and Great Yarmouth.
Then at 7.45 poets Matthew Howard, Jonathan Ward and Beau Hopkins will be reading from their works.
NATURAL LIGHT will be reporting from the Festival and previewing each day's events, which continue until Saturday evening.
Gresham's School, Holt
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Re:Tweet of the Day - whooper swan
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Today at ten to eleven I saw sixteen swans. One of my greatest experiences! Lord God, what beauty! They circled over me for a long time. Disappeared into the solar haze like a gleaming silver ribbon. Their call the same woodwind type as that of cranes, but without tremolo…
Words written almost exactly a hundred years ago, by a composer whose 150th anniversary we celebrate this year.
We can be sure, from this diary entry, of three things: of the three species of swans in Europe, Sibelius had seen the whooper swan, whose call he describes perfectly; that they were arriving from their migration, possibly from Britain, since the date, 21 April, is exactly right; and that Sibelius paid close, detailed attention to the sounds of nature.
This morning, on Radio 4's Tweet of the Day, Chris Packham presented the whooper swan, and you can hear the broadcast again by clicking the button below.
Sibelius's diary note goes on: ...a low-pitched refrain reminiscent of a small child crying. Nature mysticism and life's angst! The Fifth Symphony's finale-theme: legato in the trumpets!
Sibelius had found the inspiration for what was to become one of the most celebrated features of his most popular symphony: the so-called swan theme. It appears in the third and final movement, and is hinted at elsewhere. This movement begins with a rapid melody in the strings, followed by a swaying, triple-time motif in the horns, the swan-theme, inspired by the sound of their calls, and the sight of those sixteen whoopers.
Sibelius's love of nature is well documented. The Finnish landscape often served as material for his music. His biographer, Erik Tawaststjerna, noted that "Even by Nordic standards, Sibelius responded with exceptional intensity to the moods of nature and the changes in the seasons: he scanned the skies with his binoculars for the geese flying over the lake ice, listened to the screech of the cranes, and heard the cries of the curlew echo over the marshy grounds just below Ainola. He savoured the spring blossoms every bit as much as he did autumnal scents and colours"
Two generations on, and Finland's current Grand Old Man of music, Einojuhani Rautavaara (b. 1928), has his own special relationship with the sound-world of birds, and that of whoopers in particular. His Cantus Arcticus of 1972 is probably his best-known work, and incorporates his own tape recordings of birds made in the Arctic and in the bogs of Liminka region. The third movement, Swans Migrating, is a long orchestral crescendo that starts with an approaching flock of whooper swans and ends with both recording and orchestra fading into the distance.
There seems to be something of the naturalist in how Rautavaara views his own music. In a 1997 interview he said:
"I like different points of view, different aspects on the same work. For instance, Cantus Arcticus, the Concerto for Birds and Orchestra has been recorded many, many times, and the recording in Ondine by Pommer is very, very good indeed. I like it very much. But there is also a recording by BIS, the Swedish company, where the birds really are a soloist of the concerto. They are much more in foreground, so it sounds really different, entirely different in the basic attitude to the music. And that I love very much, too!"
Last week the National Orchestra of Wales played the whole of Cantus Arcticus, with its first movement depicting the curlews, cranes and other birds of the bog; and its peculiar second movement, Melenkolia, based on the slowed-down call of the shore lark. It is available to hear for the next three weeks by clicking the left hand button below. Finally, on the right-hand button, is Swedish composer Klas Torstensson's swan-inspired soundscape, Fastlandet, also played by NOW.
Cantus Arcticus
Fastlandet
Which hazel hitched the witch's knickers?
in which I meet Elaine and Vineeta of the OUP
Chris Gomersall (rspb-images.com)
It has been a week of wordplay. On Monday I took the day off from the day job to travel to Oxford, a city with a university press and a red kite hanging over it. I did a bit of train-spotting: that is, bird-spotting from the train, which makes me doubly nerdy and therefore entitled to look down upon those who merely spot trains from trains. It was red kite number twenty-two, the other twenty-one being spaced roughly evenly between Maidenhead and the dreaming spires.
I made me feel old, and excited that only by being old can I remember the effort it took to see my first red kite: a distant, fleeting view from across Tregaron Bog; and in the rain and through cheap binoculars. I can see that bird vividly as I write this. In a week's holiday in Wales it was the only kite we saw, and I imagine my parents were as relieved as I was thrilled. Now that you can see kites alongside the 13:20 from Paddington to Oxford, or from the A1 anywhere between Stevenage and Newark, the excitement should have lessened by now. But no, I ritually record every RK sighting, each bird a monument to conservation success.
The return trip was in the dark, so I opened the New Statesman to read Lucy Purdy's (a Twitter friend I know mainly as @loosepea) article about Dominick Tyler (whose Twitter handle @TheLandReader tells you all you need to know). That's how I learned a new natureword: witch's knickers – about which (ahem), more anon.
I was in Oxford at the invitation of OUP to talk about their Oxford Junior Dictionary. Regular readers will know why, and newcomers can read all about it here. I have been calling for the OUP to put back the valuable nature vocabulary they have removed to make way for some cyber-celeb chat (I'm coining here) that any dictionary needs to recognise at some stage.
The meeting started with a bit of wordplay: the OJD had not been amended, it had been repositioned it seems, which I understood meant it was a different dictionary with the same name. Whatever, you won't find acorn, bluebell, conker or another 51 nature words once, but no longer, deemed fit for inclusion.
So we moved on, and into more encouraging territory. The lexicographical rigour that led to the nature word cull includes the ability to interrogate the corpus, a nice old Oxfordy word that refers to an enormous database of usage. It includes some 400,000 essays and stories written by children, along with the books written for them. I have been invited to suggest some words that can be more closely investigated, to see whether the corpus reveals an importance hitherto overlooked.
I don't know whether to raise my hopes that this may lead to some nature words being reinstated when the OJD is next repositioned, but I gather that is a possible outcome of the process.
Elaine and Vineeta wanted to persuade me that their children's book catalogue included some great nature literature. I wanted to persuade them that they didn't need to. I was already persuaded. In fact, my big problem, as I explained, is that I think the OUP is great. It just made one mistake, in the routine course of its work; and that was to allow itself to be swept along by one of society's most alarming trends: the decline in connectedness between children and nature. To be a symptom when I dearly want it to be part of the cure.
I was writing this piece when I heard the news that Oliver Rackham had died. I was in my first year at university when his Trees and Woodlands in the British Landscape (1976) was published. From prehistoric times, through the Roman period and into the Middle Ages, Rackham describes the changing character, role and history of trees and woodland. It immediately became required reading for ecology students, but, as well as being a solid scholarly basis for understanding the British countryside, it is a masterpiece of nature writing.
A few years later his History of the Countryside set a new benchmark for communicating a passion for nature. Exploring the natural and man-made features of the land - fields, highways, hedgerows, fens, marshes, rivers, heaths, coasts, woods and wood pastures - he gives a fascinating account of the ways in which people, fauna, flora, climate, soils and other physical conditions have played their part in the shaping of the countryside.
The temptation to link the passing of a great authorial champion of of the countryside with the concerns of a new generation of writers is unavoidable.
And so back to Lucy Purdy and her conversation with Dominick Tyler. Tyler is part of that successor generation to Rackham's – a writer with a photographer's eye for detail and a forensic examination of the language of the countryside. His Landreader project is busily cataloguing words that are falling into disuse, or that served the minute distinctions most people no longer feel the need to make. But he also celebrates new coinings. As he and Lucy take a stroll through a stagnal London, he points out a pair of witch's knickers – a term that he believes originated in Ireland; a plastic bag caught in the upper branches of a tree.
For Lucy there is a link with the #naturewords campaign. For me, one passage in particular leaps from her article: Not knowing the names of things makes them easier to discard. If our politicians know only "rain", "silt" and "dredging", the complexity of the flooding in Britain will never be understood.
Now there's a bullseye of an observation. It was precisely this lexical vacuum that enabled Eric Pickles to invent hydrological orthodoxy in the space of a TV soundbite. In the Somerset Levels it risked undoing years of relationship-building and ensuring that whatever long-term policies are established, they will probably be wrong.
It is a specific example of the fear expressed at the start of the campaign by Mark Cocker: "if we lose the language we will eventually lose the land itself". Mark is another author who shares Oliver Rackham's explorer's zeal for land and language.
a lexicon of society's failure but also of our hope
It was an enthusiasm I also noticed in Elaine McQuade and Vineeta Gupta in Oxford. While I may not have succeeded - yet - in getting some of those words back in the OJD, we did talk about how OUP might champion nature literacy in other ways. We talked about using the literary festivals, about getting children's authors out and about to turn words into real-time connectivity. And we talked about talks. The dialogue continues.
Mark Cocker has an interesting new take. "We should see those 54 nature words as silent monuments around which to build a campaign" he suggests. "Why should OUP be deflected from their own lexical judgements just because we don't like the idea those words have lost currency? Maybe making the missing 54 a lexicon of society's failure but also of our hope might be stronger – more useful out than in, perhaps."
#naturewords
Re:Tweet of the Day - Northern cardinal
Photo: Linda Hartong via Wikimedia Commons
This morning on Radio 4's Tweet of the Day, Michael Palin introduced us to the northern cardinal, a common bird of parks and gardens in North America. To hear the broadcast again, click the button.
The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven states, more than any other species: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia. Undoubtedly its familiarity and bright colouration are part of the reason, but it is also one of the most loved songsters in North America. Both sexes sing clear, whistled song patterns, which are repeated several times, then varied.
According to Olivier Messiaen who has featured many times on these pages, it was his teacher Paul Dukas who told him, "Listen to the birds; they are great masters." He took the advice, and turned it into a life-long obsession, becoming an expert on bird song in the process. Most of Messiaen's style oiseau music is the product of careful notation of the birdsong he encountered in the field.
However, Oiseaux exotiques (1955-56) cites no fewer than 40 different birdsongs from far-flung lands, all transcribed from recordings. The work, in a single continuous movement, may be regarded as a sort of avian fantasy, but is really a sound fantasy—an exploration of timbres and rhythms where birdsong meets ancient Karnatic and Greek rhythms. The northern cardinal has a prominent role almost from the start.
Robert Fallon is a musicologist based at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. He has made a study of Messiaen's transcriptions of birdsong and compared them with spectograms of the real thing.
Copyright Robert Fallon www.robertfallon.org
In this superb performance of the first part of Oiseaux Exotiques, with Messiaen's one-time student Pierre Boulez conducting, and Pierre-Laurent Aimard at the piano, the first two fragments above are about 3 minutes in, and the third about twenty seconds later.
Finally, a chance to hear the bird for yourself:
I am grateful to Robert Fallon for permission to use the spectogram comparison diagram. Rob's website contains a lot of interesting information and further examinations of other species. Another comprehensive site for fans of Messiaen is run by Malcolm Ball at www.oliviermessiaen.org
Norfolk Festival of Nature on track
With just over two weeks to go before the first event, the Norfolk Festival of Nature will be the first festival to view nature through the eyes of writers, artists, composers and scientists.
The Festival team have produced a leaflet for the launch programme - click on the logo to see it and share it. See you there!
Norfolk Festival of Nature, Gesham's School, Holt 24-28 February.
waders at Snettisham by Laurence Rose
RSPB Titchwell Marsh by Laurence Rose
Merlin at Snettisham by Tormod Amundsen
Titchwell Marsh, Norfolk photo: Laurence Rose
For the past two years I have been privileged to work in one of the great wetland areas of the UK - the stunning North Norfolk Coast. During my time working with RSPB colleagues based at the Snettisham and Titchwell nature reserves I have witnessed the greatest tidal surge in living memory, marveled at spectacular flights of massed waders and geese, been excited by the appearance of rare visitors, and delighted in the commonplace.
Despite thirty years in a wide variety of conservation roles, from fundraising to international advocacy, I had never worked at the sharp end, on the ground. So I jumped at the opportunity to be seconded to work at two of our top wetland nature reserves.
World Wetlands Day, on 2 February each year, unites all such places around the world. It is a reminder that wetlands are among the most beautiful, vital and threatened places. My secondment comes to an end in two months' time and I have been reflecting on a host of memories. I have a favourite, and it's a simple one that could easily have passed me by on any other day:
photo: Jim Almond http://shropshirebirder.co.uk/
A vision of Prospero's Ariel. The constant dancing flight of a Little Gull at #RSPBTitchwell
— Laurence Rose (@Laurence_R_RSPB) April 3, 2014
All experience of nature is about content and context. Rarely would a gull be the headline act in the Infinite Variety Show, even if it is the world's daintiest. But it will have been the smooth light of the first after-work walk of spring; the sense of emergence that this always brings. This would have made me stop to study closely how this swallow-gull would play the faintest breeze to gain advantage over the dizzy midges, and to make a feast of them.
A month later, the air over Titchwell was again the stage for a balletic battle, but this one an epic contest between two perfectly matched protagonists:
Hobby pursuing swift at #RSPBTitchwell utterly relentless, merciless, battle between supreme athletes. Hobby looking favourite into clouds
— Laurence Rose (@Laurence_R_RSPB) May 6, 2014
Norfolk Miniatures
To mark my departure from Norfolk I have been writing a cycle of nine piano miniatures. None is much longer than a minute, and they will be for players of varying abilities.
For World Wetlands Day I am releasing the first, Reflected Sky. This is a computer rendition using sampled sound. Get in touch if you'd like a copy of the sheet music.
The remaining pieces, all responses to moments spent in the company of nature in Norfolk, will be ready in March. They include a piece that tries to capture the rolling, puppetic rhythm of that little gull's flight, and one that surges and crashes like the tide on the night of 5 December 2013.
For a celebration of more of the world's great wetlands, click here.


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Located between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, the area provides 475 square feet of space for animals to enjoy a water or restroom break while waiting for departure.
Features of the area include: a) a perimeter surrounded by 4-foot-tall privet hedges; b) surface compromised of tall fescue grass; c) low voltage solar lights; d) fresh water drinking fountain; and e) a refuse material bag dispenser and disposal unit.


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Nolina bigelovii es una especie de planta con rizoma perteneciente a la familia de las asparagáceas. Es originaria de  Norteamérica.

Descripción
Es una planta caulescente, con rosetas leñosas, con caudices ramificados que forman pequeñas colonias. Los tallos de 10-25 dm de altura. Con 34-160 hojas por roseta; la hoja es rígida, linear-lanceolada, de  50 hasta 150 cm x 12-48 mm, glauca, escabrosa abaxialmente; bases en forma de cuchara, de 35-110 mm de ancho, márgenes enteros. El escapo de 6-24 dm, y 15-45 cm de diámetro. Con paniculadas inflorescencias compuestas, 7-13 dm × 13-70 (-110) cm, brácteas caducas. Flores: con pétalos de color crema a blanco. El fruto en forma de cápsulas de paredes delgadas,  con muesca basal y apical. Semillas de color gris, ovoides a oblongas, de 2.5-3.5 mm.

Distribución y hábitat
La floración se produce  a mediados de primavera, en las laderas rocosas y en el sur de los desiertos de Mojave y Sonora, a una altitud de 300 - 1500 metros, en Arizona, California, Nevada, México (Baja California, Sonora).

Taxonomía
Nolina bigelovii fue descrita por (Torr.) S.Watson y publicado en Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 247, en el año 1879.
Etimología
Nolina: nombre genérico otorgado en honor del botánico francés  Abbé P. C. Nolin, coautor del trabajo publicado 1755 Essai sur l'agricultura moderne.

bigelovii: epíteto
Sinonimia
Beaucarnea bigelovii (Torr.) Baker
Dasylirion bigelovii Torr. basónimo

Referencias

Enlaces externos

bigelovii
Flora de México
Flora de Estados Unidos
Flora del Desierto de Sonora
Flora del Desierto de Mojave
Plantas descritas en 1879
Plantas descritas por Torrey
Plantas descritas por S.Watson

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The OIG conducts staged cyber attacks on the Indian Health Services computer network and finds significant and addressable vulnerabilities. During the exercise, OIG hackers were able to access internal IHS networks and databases, uncover user account and password details, and remotely take over IHS computer terminals.
A group of New York hospitals along with researchers from the New York Genome Center will team up with the IBM Watson group to start work on a new Watson application that will evaluate a patient's genome and EMR data, and then reference medical literature and a library of medical charts to help create a personalized treatment plan based on outcomes probability. To start, researchers will focus on glioblastoma, an aggressive and malignant brain cancer.
A non-scientific study conducted by Stoltenberg Consulting during HIMSS finds that a lack of resources is the number one barrier to advancing meaningful use adoption, followed by restricted timeframes, a lack of buy in, and competing IT projects.


Exchange rate or foreign exchange rate is the rate at which one currency is exchanged for another. It is the price at which one currency is traded for another.
Currencies can be bought and sold at foreign exchange market, just like any other commodity is traded at the market. This is necessary because we need foreign currency to do trade with other countries. Countries do international trade because no country can produce everything it needs.
For example, Bank of Maldives currently sells Maldivian Rufiyaa at MRF15.42 per US$.
If a country has a floating exchange rate system, the value of the currency is determined freely by the forces of demand and supply. However, the government can still try to stabilize its currency by buying and selling foreign currencies thereby affecting demand and supply. But it is still the forces of the market which determines the exchange rate.
When the value of the local currency goes down in a floating exchange rate system, it is known as a depreciation. An increase in the value of the local currency in a floating exchange rate system is known as an appreciation.
Changes in the balance of trade.
A sustained balance of trade deficit over the years will lead to depreciation of the currency because more currency needs to be supplied to pay for the imports while the currency earned from the exports are not able to match that of the leakage due to imports.
The changes in interest rates.
If the local interest rates are higher, people will be encouraged to save more at the banks. This will take money out of the circulation. Furthermore, foreigners too maybe keen to save and invest in local banks. This could lead to the appreciation of the local currency.
Speculators try to gain profit from predicting what might happen to the value of the money in the future. Speculation itself affects the value of the currency. For example, if speculators think that the price of US$ in terms of MRF will go up in the future, they will try to buy more US$ and hold whatever US$ they have. This actually creates a still higher demand for US Dollars.
When the prices of raw materials such as construction materials and essential commodities like oil and food products goes up, the demand for foreign currencies goes up. This leads to a depreciation of the local currency.
In a fixed exchange rate system, a country pegs the local currency to a foreign currency or a basket of currencies. This is also called a 'pegged' exchange rate system. Until very recently, Maldives had a fixed exchange rate system.
A country may adopt this system to avoid the uncertainty created by the free floating system.
To adopt this kind of a system, the central bank holds an exchange equalization account to buy and sell foreign currency in order to compensate for the excess demand and supply.
When the central bank raises the value of the currency, it is known as a 'revaluation'. When the central bank lowers the value of the local currency, it is known as'devaluation'.
A managed floating rate systems is a hybrid of a fixed exchange rate and a free floating exchange rate system. In a country with a managed floating exchange rate system, the central bank becomes a key participant in the foreign exchange market.
Unlike in a fixed exchange rate regime, the central bank does not have an explicit set value for the currency; however, unlike in a floating exchange rate regime, it doesn't allow the market to freely determine the value of the currency.
Instead, the central bank has either an implicit target value or an explicit range of target values for their currency: it intervenes in the foreign exchange market by buying and selling domestic and foreign currency to keep the exchange rate close to this desired implicit value or within the desired target values.
Example: Suppose that Thailand had a managed floating rate system and that the Thai central bank wants to keep the value of the Baht close to 30 Baht/$. In a managed floating regime, the Thai central bank is willing to tolerate small fluctuations in the exchange rate (say from 28.75 to 34.25) without getting involved in the market.
If, however, there is excess demand for Baht in the rest of the market causing appreciation below the 24.75 level the Central Bank increases the supply of Baht by selling Baht for dollars and acquiring holdings of U.S dollars. Similarly if there is excess supply of Baht causing depreciation above the 25.25 level, the Central Bank increases the demand for Baht by exchanging dollars for Baht and running down its holdings of U.S dollars.
So, under a managed floating system, the central bank holds stocks of foreign currency: these holdings are known as foreign exchange reserves. It is important to realize that a managed float can only work when the implicit target is close to the equilibrium rate that would prevail in the absence of central bank intervention. Otherwise, the central bank will deplete its foreign exchange reserves and the country will soon be in a free floating exchange rate system because they can no longer intervene.
Some managed floating regimes use an explicit range of target values instead of using an implicit range of values. For example, in the early 1990s, many European countries participated in an arrangement called the "Exchange Rate Mechanism" (ERM) in which they set a range of values (a band that was 2.25 percentage points wide on either side of a central value) in which their currencies were free to move in but agreed to intervene to prevent currencies from moving outside that range.
Maldives currently has a managed floating system in which MRF is allowed to float within such a band.


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Youngsters taught the importance of rail safety
Around 300 local Primary 7 pupils within Larbert have recently taken part in a new project delivered locally by Falkirk Community Trust in partnership with Network Rail & Stenhousemuir in the Community to help promote and educate youngsters on rail safety.
The programme comes on the back of the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme with Network Rail keen to make their mark in the area and leave a lasting legacy as well as get over key messages and information on the dangers of trespassing on the new lines.
The programme itself involved the delivery of fun generic football sessions over a two-week period within the local primary schools as well as coaches re-enforcing key messages and facts to the kids. This was followed up with a presentation from Football Development Officer Aidan Forbes highlighting the benefits and dangers of the new electric lines that are being installed.
To celebrate the end of the project a fun festival was put on with 100 kids being selected to represent their schools and was hosted at Stenhousemuir FC's Ochilview Park on their new 3G surface.
Feedback on the day was fantastic and clearly enjoyed by all who attended. Key however to what has been delivered is the legacy of such projects with all schools having now agreed to meet on a monthly basis to take part in fun festivals. Not only will this provide a platform for local schools to compete against each other in a safe environment but we can continue to work with local school volunteers to upskill them through Coach Education and any other support mechanisms that may be requested.
Aidan Forbes, Football Development Officer for Falkirk said: "This has been a fantastic project to help deliver within the local Larbert cluster and I am sure that we are making a real positive impact with local children. The knowledge of the kids in the schools has been really impressive and their interaction during the sessions has been second to none.
"We hope that this type of project leaves a real legacy in the area by promoting the benefits of football as well as educating youngsters on Rail Safety and look forward to working with both Network Rail & Stenhousemuir in the Community to deliver further ventures in the future.
"A special mention to Will Hogan from Stenny who co-ordinated everything at their end and has helped to ensure the success of this programme"
Paul Reilly, Programme Manager for the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme added: "We are delighted that the opportunity to work in partnership with the Scottish FA and Falkirk Community Trust to deliver rail safety awareness prior to the electrification of the line as part of EGIP has come about.
"This model provides Network Rail with the ability to engage with large numbers of young people, educating them on rail safety awareness using football to deliver this, sign posting them to take part in meaningful activities at times synonymous with anti-social behaviour. This is part of our wider community engagement programme delivered in partnership with Scottish FA whereby looking to engage with local communities before, during and after the project".
Football Memories initiative boosts Scottish community clubs
South West Clubs earn Quality Mark status
Future bright for girls' grassroots football in Highlands and Islands


This summer, PC Optimum members will be able to earn points at more than 1,800 Esso stations on eligible fuel purchases, convenience store products and car wash services. The PC Optimum program is already available at Mobil stations.
PC Optimum members will earn 10 points per litre on fuel, and 10 points per dollar on eligible convenience store or car wash services at Esso stations. Registered members may also receive targeted offers. Additionally, customers using a President's Choice Financial Mastercard® at Esso and Mobil stations will continue to have the ability to accelerate their earnings potential as they do today.
PC Optimum points can be redeemed for almost anything at close to 2,500 Loblaw and Shoppers Drug Mart banner stores including Real Canadian Superstore, Atlantic Superstore, City Market, No Frills, Independent, Zehrs, Loblaws, Shoppers Home Health Care and online at Loblaw-owned grocery websites, joefresh.com and beautyboutique.ca.
The PC Optimum program launched February 1, 2018, bringing together two of Canada's favourite loyalty programs, PC Plus and Shoppers Optimum. The program includes elements of the original loyalty programs that Canadians love, including weekly personalized offers and exclusive point-earning and redemption events.
Loblaw Companies Limited is Canada's food and pharmacy leader, the nation's largest retailer, and the majority unit holder of Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust. Loblaw provides Canadians with grocery, pharmacy, health and beauty, apparel, general merchandise, financial services, and wireless mobile products and services. With nearly 2,500 corporate, franchised and Associate-owned locations, Loblaw, its franchisees, and Associate-owners employ approximately 200,000 full- and part-time employees, making it one of Canada's largest private sector employers.
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Transformed.. wasn't sure as I always try to stay original..
Diamond cut alloys with clear lacquer now gloss black.
See you at Hermiston 9am! X1 Where abouts at Hermiston Gait are we meeting ?
Im told by the dealership the car has to be returned to Lotus for up to 4 weeks so that Recaro can rectify the issue. Problem is.. mine is a daily use car so will Lotus provide a courtesy car?? Mm..
Unless its loose seat related. Then its back to the factory job. Quoted as 4weeks as issue is sorted by Recaro engineers not Lotus directly according to my local dealership.. awaiting a call as confirmation and a courtesy car!!
Least u get all the sausages ?
Made it out of the garage but not down the single track road here and bottled it! Snow coming down so sadly not going to make it. Apologies and well done to those who made it..
Not so uncommon it would appear. Same issue here!
Dont know but metallic not mentioned.


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Q: JavaFX 2 buttons size fill width and are each same width? Working in Java FX 2.2.  The Scene has a horizontal width that is fixed but is unknown at compile time.  I want to place 2 or more buttons in a horizontal row that completely fills the horizontal space in the Scene AND that are each exactly the same width.  The number of buttons changes dynamically with the program state.  What program snippet will accomplish this?

A: A bit cleaner solution with property binding:
    HBox buttonLayout = new HBox();
    buttonLayout.getChildren().add(button1);
    buttonLayout.getChildren().add(button2);

    int btnCount = buttonLayout.getChildren().size();
    button1.prefWidthProperty().bind(buttonLayout.widthProperty().divide(btnCount));
    button2.prefWidthProperty().bind(buttonLayout.widthProperty().divide(btnCount));

A: This code from the HBox javadoc will almost do what you want, except that "buttons themselves are different sizes based on the text contained in the button - wider text causes wider buttons".
HBox hbox = new HBox();
Button button1 = new Button("Add");
Button button2 = new Button("Remove");
HBox.setHgrow(button1, Priority.ALWAYS);
HBox.setHgrow(button2, Priority.ALWAYS);
button1.setMaxWidth(Double.MAX_VALUE);
button2.setMaxWidth(Double.MAX_VALUE);
hbox.getChildren().addAll(button1, button2);

By creating a custom layout pane based on HBox and overriding it's layout method, you can get exactly the behaviour you describe.
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.event.*;
import javafx.scene.*;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.layout.*;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

// displays equal width buttons which fill a layout region's width.
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12830402/javafx-2-buttons-size-fill-width-and-are-each-same-width
public class HorizontallyTiledButtons extends Application {
  public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); }
  @Override public void start(Stage stage) {
    final Button addButton    = new Button("Add");
    final Button removeButton = new Button("Remove");
    final Button extraButton  = new Button("The wizard of Frobozz is watching");

    final ButtonBar buttonBar = new ButtonBar(5, addButton, removeButton);

    addButton.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
      @Override public void handle(ActionEvent event) {
        buttonBar.addButton(extraButton);
      }
    });

    removeButton.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
      @Override public void handle(ActionEvent event) {
        buttonBar.removeButton(extraButton);
      }
    });

    VBox layout = new VBox(10);
    layout.getChildren().addAll(buttonBar);
    layout.setStyle("-fx-background-color: cornsilk; -fx-padding: 10;");

    stage.setScene(new Scene(layout));
    stage.setWidth(800);
    stage.show();
  }

  class ButtonBar extends HBox {
    ButtonBar(double spacing, Button... buttons) {
      super(spacing);
      getChildren().addAll(buttons);
      for (Button b: buttons) {
        HBox.setHgrow(b, Priority.ALWAYS);
        b.setMaxWidth(Double.MAX_VALUE);
      }
    }

    public void addButton(Button button) {
      HBox.setHgrow(button, Priority.ALWAYS);
      button.setMaxWidth(Double.MAX_VALUE);
      ObservableList<Node> buttons = getChildren();
      if (!buttons.contains(button)) {
        buttons.add(button);
      }
    }

    public void removeButton(Button button) {
      getChildren().remove(button);
    }

    @Override protected void layoutChildren() {
      double minPrefWidth = calculatePrefChildWidth();
      for (Node n: getChildren()) {
        if (n instanceof Button) {
          ((Button) n).setMinWidth(minPrefWidth);
        }
      }
      super.layoutChildren();
    }

    private double calculatePrefChildWidth() {
      double minPrefWidth = 0;
      for (Node n: getChildren()) {
        minPrefWidth = Math.max(minPrefWidth, n.prefWidth(-1));
      }
      return minPrefWidth;
    }
  }
}

Sample program output:

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Same Old Blues is an Always Ready Rocketry 3″ Basic Blues kit. Its first attempt at flight ended with the ejection charge firing the instant the motor lit, blowing out the 'chute on the pad and damaging the rocket (CLICK HERE for a photo of that liftoff). After being repaired, Same Old Blues flew successfully twice at the next launch before making a hard flat-spin landing in the middle of a gravel road. After more repairs and modifications (so much so that the decals now only read "Same Old"), she has turned in many successful flights. For over a year, Same Old Blues had the distinction of being my highest-flying rocket with a series of flights culminating in a boost to 4128′ at FITS 2013. A month later, that record was far surpassed by the Golden Eagle (no page yet).


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- THE FOLLOWING CONTENT IS COURTESY OF VISIT BUCKS COUNTY (VBC) -
Home to eclectic shopping, riverside restaurants and cultural attractions, New Hope is a scenic small town located directly adjacent to the Delaware River. There is plenty to see and do on this marvelous Main Street that has been highlighted in countless publications, like Travel + Leisure and USA Today!
Spend a night (or two!) in this charming town with a stay one of the area's fine bed and breakfasts. Downtown New Hope features exceptional accommodations like the 1870 Wedgwood Inn, Olivia's Bridge Street Inn, Fox & Hound Inn and more. Just a few miles south of town is the luxurious Inn at Bowman's Hill. This AAA Four-Diamond bed and breakfast offers four rooms and four suites, perfect for a romantic weekend getaway. The Pineapple Hill Inn is beautifully decorated with handpicked antiques, Porches on the Towpath is a hidden and secluded getaway and the Carriage House of New Hope is filled with modern amenities with idyllic views.
View all New Hope B&B's here.
Top-notch chefs have brought a world of flavors to New Hope, making it one of Bucks County's premier restaurant destinations. Marsha Brown brings a taste of New Orleans, Nektar, The Landing and Martine's RiverHouse Restaurant provide scenic views of the Delaware River, Karla's and Sprig & Vine serve delectable healthy brunch, Stella by Jose Garces, The Deck at Bucks County Playhouse and the Logan Inn brings continental cuisine in historic settings, and The Salt House brings on the gourmet cocktails.
View all New Hope restaurants here.
Take a stroll down New Hope's Main Street and browse through the town's collection of unique shops and boutiques. Hand-crafted household items, jewelry and pottery are among the many unique gifts available at Heart of the Home. Look your best with the latest European fashions for men and women at Savioni Designer Boutique and gifts and sweaters from Spain and Ireland at Celt-Iberia Traders. Find so much more at all the boutique shops along the streets.
View all New Hope shopping here.
Originally known as Coryell's Ferry, New Hope houses more than 200 years of history. The canal, stretching 60 miles from Easton in the north to Bristol in the south, runs through the heart of downtown New Hope, with four of the original locks, as well as the restored Locktender's House located within the borough. Learn more about the history of New Hope through a walking tour with the New Hope Historical Society. Tour Parry Mansion, built in 1784 by one of New Hope's founders, Benjamin Parry. Walk by the Bucks County Playhouse, which was constructed in the early 20th century and has hosted celebrities such as Grace Kelly, Dick Van Dyke and so many more.
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Labor Day weekend is coming up, so you don't want to work too hard. Grill up an easy, delicious meal with one of these recipes. Enjoy your Labor Day and I hope you enjoy my recipes.
My name is Eric Rasor. I am a 23-year-old aspiring chef.
My passions are cooking and football, and one day I plan to open a sports bar so I can enjoy them both.
My ultimate goal is to become the youngest master chef with skills and professional certification obtained at First Coast Technical College's award-winning School of Culinary Arts.
Remove any blemishes from potatoes, wash skins and cut in half, so all pieces are approximately the same size. Place potatoes in a pot of salted water and bring to a boil.
Note: At this point, I suggest lighting the grill to a semi-high heat.
While the potatoes are boiling, cook bacon in a skillet at medium high heat to make it crispy. Do not use high heat or you will get a burnt taste. After the bacon is crispy and browned on both sides, remove from and place on paper towels to absorb grease.
Check potatoes periodically. You want a fork to go half way in, but the center to remain a bit firm. Drain potatoes, place in a single layer on a sheet pan and cool. Mix buttermilk, mayo, sour cream, Dijon, garlic powder, paprika and onion powder, salt and pepper together to create dressing. Cover and place in fridge.
Brush potatoes with canola oil on the flat side and lightly sprinkle with salt. Then place on the grill, flat side down. Then brush tops of potatoes with a little more oil. The potatoes only need a few minutes to achieve nice char marks and a golden brown color on each side. While potatoes cool, chop bacon, dice hard boiled eggs and shred cheese and get everything ready.
Cut potatoes into bite-size pieces.
In a large bowl place potatoes and pour half of the dressing over them. Gently mix the potatoes with the dressing.
Garnish potato salad with sliced green onions, boiled eggs and cheese.
Mix all the ingredients except oil. Slowly whisk in oil to emulsify. In a ziplock bag, place quartered zucchinis and pour vinaigrette in, making sure everything gets covered. Heat grill to the same temperature used for the potatoes. Lay the zucchinis down in an even layer, skin side up and grill for 2 to 3 minutes. You are looking for similar char marks as the potatoes. Remove from heat and let rest.
Place the chicken in zipper bag. With a heavy pan or mallet, flatten chicken to half inch thickness. Mix seasonings in a bowl. Brush the chicken with oil and lightly rub seasonings on both sides.
Use the same grill heat as for veggies. Place chicken over hot side, cook four to five minutes. When nicely seared, it will easily flip. If you have to use force, let it sit. Cook on the second side for three to four minutes. While chicken is cooking, cut the rolls in half and brush with oil. Place cut side down, grill for just a minute. Do not leave unattended.
Assemble sandwiches with fresh greens and tomatoes.


There is a company that keeps you up to date on all your greetings, gifts, and the paper to wrap them with called Current. This company provides a vast array of cards for every situation that occurs throughout the journey of life. They know happiness and sadness like no other company and will always have everything you need with their unique designs and style. They have grown continuously since their inception and also offer you the ability to order your next current checks from them. Their wrapping paper will not be torn as it arrives to its destination as they specialize in heavy duty paper with exotic decorations. Their potpourri of gifts is as affordable as they are fun as this company is about enjoyment and celebration while understanding sympathy. No matter what the age of your target audience, this company can deliver the paper, gift or card for that special occasion. When you want to keep up with the times for the next holiday event, then always go to the team that keeps you Current.
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Is it a purchase of a physical item? A download of a digital product? Do you want people to sign up for a course, or subscribe to a newsletter? There are so many possible goals – it may require a visitor to spend money, or perhaps it's free (or a so-called warm-up). Needless to say, your specific goal is also unique to your type of business. This goal is an important aspect of the look and feel of a landing page. A landing page built to increase email subscriptions will likely not look the same as a landing page for a holiday deal. Remember that the goal should not just benefit you; there has to be something in it for the visitors. You want to entice them.
From what point(s) can visitors reach your landing page?
A landing page is one thing, but you also want people to reach it. Ask yourself where others are going to find the link to your landing page. How are you going to market it? It could be in an email campaign, on social media, in an advertisement… Even outside of the web, such as in a printed flyer.
Does (each of) that point make sense?
Would people expect a reference to your landing page at the locations where you promote it? Are the topic of your campaign/advertisement and landing page related? It's important that you're talking to (more or less) the same audience.
Are they interested in what you're offering them; does it have value to them? And can they give you what you're aiming at? The latter is especially relevant if you're asking visitors to spend money (think about their budget).
The bottomline is that you want to minimise distraction; this is essential to keep your visitors' attention. It should be straightforward and hassle-free for visitors to take the action you would like them to take. You want to give information, but no overabundance, as it should be absorbed quickly and easily. Make sure that you don't leave room for big questions, though, or you could miss out on conversion.
You want your brand to be recognisable. Styles, fonts and colours should be consistent with your full website.
So that your landing page – and offer – are associated with your company.
This can lead to visitors navigating away from your landing page.
An effective landing page almost always contains imagery, whether it's a product, landscape or person. This can be a header image, which is usually full-width, but also an image in the content – or both, even, as long as you don't overdo it. You could even go for a full page background image. The image should consolidate your offer and, if possible, demonstrate context of use.
A video isn't so common to find on landing pages, but in some cases, it might be a powerful and valuable addition (think products). Just make sure that the video comes across as professional.
Use a strong and compelling headline to draw attention and spark curiosity. If you wish, you can complement the main headline with a supporting headline.
Communicate the features and benefits. Value proposition is key! Bullet points make for a more persuasive presentation.
Is it clear what visitors should do? No matter their interest, without a call-to-action they might be missing the point. 'Free download', 'Subscribe', 'Sign up', 'Buy now', 'Get started', 'Talk to us', 'Try it now', 'Get access' are all examples of calls-to-action. Obviously, you choose the most appropriate statement. You can even elaborate these examples to make them more unique and compelling.
To capture your visitors' information, such as their name and email address. Some email subscriptions and download forms only ask for an email address.
Make sure people know how to get in touch. Provide them with a contact form or email address, and if relevant a physical address and/or phone number.
What are other people saying? Show your success (if possible)! Some examples are quotes, testimonials, mentions, features, awards, Facebook like box, Twitter stream… This might be more difficult if you're coming up with something brand new – no proof may be better than low proof.
This is a term used to describe everything that is visible on a page without scrolling down (that's where the 'fold' comes in). For the best conversion results, it's said that you should place the most important elements of your landing page – especially the call-to-action – above the fold. More than anything else, however, you should focus on a relevant location for your call-to-action; i.e. after the body copy visitors would want to read to take action in the first place.
Testing is another common practice in landing page development. This is referred to as A/B testing or split testing. Often, the design of a landing page is based on intuitive hunches. While our intuition usually makes sense, it's still a good idea to run multiple landing pages simultaneously, with the same goal, to see which one performs best. You might be surprised about the results. And you can include as many pages in your experiment as you want (unlike 'A/B' suggests). Experiment with different layouts and element positions, try different headings, images, calls-to-action, etc… Last but not least, testing landing pages is also an educative experience.


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We are what we eat. Diet is the first foundation of health; therefore I will always ask how you are nourishing your body and suggest ways to alter and improve your diet, and overall health.
Everyone knows the feeling of sleep deprivation, it doesn't feel good! Healthy sleep levels and patterns relate not only to restfulness, but also productivity, positive mood, healthy libido, and better food choices, to name but a few. It is the second foundation of health.
The third foundation of health. It makes you look good, feel good and live longer, need I say more?
Last but not least, stress management is the final foundation of health. Stress is unavoidable, as it is a normal part of life. The good thing is that the solutions are simple and inexpensive. Because chronic stress has such devastating impacts on our well being, I will always ask you how you are managing your stress and offer my recommendations.
I don't want you to invest your hard earned money in me, if we may not be a good fit. That's why I always offer a free 15 minute consultation, so that you can get to know me and what I can offer. That way, you can make the best decision for yourself and be aware of the options available to you.


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Cresco Labs Cleared to Open Downtown Chicago Cannabis Dispensary
Cresco Labs Granted Final State Approval to Open the First Adult-use Dispensary in Downtown Chicago
Sunnyside River North will open soon for online sales
CHICAGO, April 06, 2020-(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cresco Labs (CSE:CL) (OTCQX:CRLBF) ("Cresco" or "the Company"), one of the largest vertically integrated multistate cannabis operators in the United States, announced today that it received an adult-use dispensing organization license from the Illinois Department of Financial Regulation for its dispensary located at 436 N. Clark Street in the prestigious River North neighborhood of Chicago. Sunnyside River North (the "Dispensary") will soon begin adult-use cannabis sales online for pick up through a pop-up retail experience. As part of the procedures they've implemented system-wide to eliminate wait lines, crowding and follow social distancing guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dispensary will operate with online orders only through Sunnyside.shop. Once customers receive a notification that their order is ready, they can visit the store at staggered times for order pick up. Normal store hours will be 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM daily, seven days a week.
The Dispensary is located in the former home of the iconic Baton Club, right at the heart of one of the most dynamic downtown neighborhoods of Chicago. River North is home to hotels, restaurants, a variety of nightlife options as well as residential buildings, offering retailers in the area consistent foot traffic day and night. The area touches the Loop and the Magnificent Mile on North Michigan Avenue, which is Chicago's premier commercial district and a destination point for Chicago's 58 million visitors annually1. As the first recreational only cannabis store to open in the city, Cresco's River North location will be ideally positioned to act as both a driver of retail results as well as a brand showcase for the Company.
We are thrilled to make history in our home city, opening Chicago's first-ever recreational only dispensary in such a sought-after location. The state's approval provides a significant opportunity for Cresco to grow its retail footprint and serve more consumers across the state through six Sunnyside dispensaries—two of which are in Chicago.
Charlie Bachtell, Cresco Labs CEO and Co-founder
It is also incredibly rewarding to be able to help the local community during such a challenging and uncertain time by providing more convenient access to downtown residents, adding new jobs, and acting as a good community partner to build impactful, positive relationships with local businesses and provide essential products and other support that our community members need.
Mr. Bachtell added, "The Illinois adult-use market is proving to be as robust as forecasted with nearly $110 million in sales during the first three months2 of 2020 and approximately $188 million including adult and medical sales. With our strategic retail footprint and our expanding cultivation footprint, I am confident that Cresco is well-positioned to be a long-term leader in the Illinois market."
As previously announced, the Dispensary is one of two licenses that Cresco won in the Central Business District in the city of Chicago's lottery. Sunnyside River North is the Company's sixth retail location in Illinois. Cresco also has licenses to open an additional four dispensaries and has so far announced its intention to open locations in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago, as well as Danville, Schaumburg and South Beloit in Illinois.
Illinois is expected to be a $2 – $4 billion dollar market at maturity3. To strengthen its leading market share in the Illinois market, Cresco is nearing completion of a significant expansion that will bring total cultivation to 243,000 square feet and will considerably increase supply to support its dispensaries and wholesale distribution across the state. Cresco is able to expand its three cultivation facilities to an aggregate total of 630,000 sq. ft. of flowering canopy—the largest capacity footprint allowed in the state4. Cresco currently sells into 100% of licensed dispensaries in Illinois and has maintained its leading market share of wholesale sales in the state.
About Cresco Labs:
Cresco Labs is one of the largest vertically-integrated multi-state cannabis operators in the United States. Cresco is built to become the most important company in the cannabis industry by combining the most strategic geographic footprint with one of the leading distribution platforms in North America. Employing a consumer-packaged goods ("CPG") approach to cannabis, Cresco's house of brands is designed to meet the needs of all consumer segments and includes some of the most recognized and trusted national brands including Cresco, Remedi and Mindy's, a line of edibles created by James Beard Award-winning chef Mindy Segal. Sunnyside*, Cresco's national dispensary brand, is a wellness-focused retailer designed to build trust, education and convenience for both existing and new cannabis consumers. Recognizing that the cannabis industry is poised to become one of the leading job creators in the country, Cresco has launched the industry's first national comprehensive Social Equity and Educational Development (SEED) initiative designed to ensure that all members of society have the skills, knowledge and opportunity to work in and own businesses in the cannabis industry. Learn more about Cresco Labs at www.crescolabs.com.
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Android er et Linuxbaseret styresystem til PDA'er, mobiltelefoner og tavlecomputere. Det udvikles af Open Handset Alliance der ledes af Google. Android er det mest brugte mobile styresystem i verden i tredje kvartal 2014 og anvendes også til smarture og andre wearables.

Google opkøbte i 2005 selskabet Android Inc. som oprindeligt havde udviklet Android. Fra november 2007 blev Android en åben platform, og der blev samtidig dannet gruppen Open Handset Alliance, som består af 80 hardware-, software- og telekommunikationsfirmaer, der er gået sammen for at udvikle åbne standarder inden for f.eks. mobiltelefoner. Hele alliancen arbejder sammen for at forbedre og udvikle The Android Open Source Projekt (AOSP).

Android består af et mobil-operativsystem (OS) baseret på Linuxkernen med middleware og essentielle applikationer (apps).
Selve udviklingen af Android består af et kæmpe netværk af udviklere, som udvikler apps til Android-enheder. På nuværende tidspunkt er der mere end 1,000,000 apps i Google Play, og antallet af apps er i kraftig vækst.
Android blev i 2010 kåret som den bedst sælgende smartphone-platform i verden af Canalys, hvor HTC er det firma, der har solgt flest telefoner med Android.

Versioner
Android er blevet udviklet/opdateret i en række versioner siden den første version så dagens lys. De nye versioner tilføjer oftest nye funktioner og retter bugs fra den foregående version.
Generelt er alle nyere versioner (siden version 1.5) blevet opkaldt efter en dessert. Kodenavnene kommer i alfabetisk rækkefølge (Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb og Ice Cream Sandwich). Herunder de nyeste versioner og hvilke ændringer der er sket i dem:

 2.0 Eclair inkluderede en ny webbrowser med ny brugerflade, som understøtter HTML5. Udover det kom der en forbedret kamera-app med digital zoom, flash, farveeffekter m.m.

 2.1 Eclair kom med forbedret understøttelse for stemmekontrol i hele styresystemet. Bedre udseende med 5 hjemmeskærme frem for de sædvanlige 3, animerede baggrunde og hurtigere adgang til menuen. Til sidst tilføjedes en ny vejr-app og flere funktioner i email-app'en samt telefonbogs-app'en.

 2.2 Froyo inkluderede understøttelse af Adobe Flash samt generelle forbedringer af hastigheden i styresystemet, således at programmer vises/åbnes hurtigere.

 2.3 Gingerbread (Honningkage) forbedrede udseendet med mange nye tiltag. Et helt nyt virtuelt keyboard blev tilføjet og muligheden for copy/paste (kopier/sæt ind) blev mulig.

 3.0 Honeycomb  blev designet til at virke til tabletcomputere. Dette var nødvendigt, da de tidligere versioner blandt andet var udviklet til mobiltelefoners meget mindre skærme. Derfor kom der understøttelse for større skærme, flere kernet processor (CPU) og forbedret grafisk understøttelse.

 3.2 Honeycomb  ingen større forandringer fra den tidligere version.

 3.3 Honeycomb  understøtter nu endnu flere forskellige skærmstørrelser. Kan også hente direkte mediefiler fra SD-kort og masser af forbedringer til udviklere.

 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich  udkom sammen med Googles telefon i samarbejde med Samsung (Galaxy Nexus) i november 2011 (8. december 2011 i Danmark). Dette var den første telefon med Android 4.0. Det er en kombination af Gingerbread og Honeycomb, således at den samme version af Android både virker til mobiltelefoner og tablets.

 4.1 Jelly Bean  blev præsenteret d. 27. juni 2012 til Google I/O konference, og kom senere ud til brugerne d. 11 juli 2012. Denne version sætter fokus på brugerfladen, funktionalitet og især ydeevne, som kaldes "Project Butter". Denne opdatering er med til at gøre styresystemet mere flydende, så folk ikke oplever det såkaldte "lag". Version 4.2 og 4.3 blev også lanceret under navnet Jelly Bean og indeholdte mindre tilføjelser og rettelser.

 4.4 KitKat  blev præsenteret d. 3. september 2013.

 5.0 Lollipop  blev præsenteret d. 25. juni 2014.
 6.0 Marshmallow blev præsenteret d. 5. oktober 2015.
 7.0 Nougat blev præsenteret d. 1. juli 2016.
 7.1 Nougat blev præsenteret d. 10. oktober 2016.
 8.0 Oreo  blev udgivet d. 27. august 2017.
 8.1 Oreo  blev udgivet i december 2017.
 9.0 Pie  blev udgivet i august 2018.

Rooting
Rooting er en proces, hvor man modificerer et operativsystem, så man får fuld kontrol over telefonen. Rooting giver mulighed for at køre processer uden om Androids framework og er normalt en forudsætning for at indlæse brugerdefineret software (ROMs). Disse kan øge batteri-, layout- og ydeevne samt give mulighed for opdatering af Android efter Android-fabrikanten har stoppet understøttelsen af enheden. Denne proces kan dog ødelægge telefonen. At 'roote' enheden er ikke altid godkendt af Android-fabrikanten og kan derfor ugyldiggøre ens garanti.

Referencer

Se også
 Moblin
 Android Market
 CyanogenMod

Eksterne henvisninger
 Androids hjemmeside
 Android modeller

Frie styresystemer
Android, Google


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Yesterday, the crypto world burst into brains after a historic legal victory was obtained in India. Which is expected to facilitate the path to the entry of cryptocurrencies in the Asian country. However, today the battle has restarted, when the Central Bank of India, the Reserve Bank, has announced that it will appeal the ruling of the Supreme Court.
A historic victory
Within the crypto world there are those who consider the victory of cryptocurrencies a historical inevitability, a result already announced towards which one inevitably walks. Despite the vain efforts of governments around the world to prevent this from happening. Well, at the end of the day, the power of a superior technology like Blockchain will open all the necessary doors.
Others, on the contrary, see in the development of the crypto world a race without a clear winner. In which each side puts all of itself to gain dominance in the money market and boost its agenda from there. Either the decentralization of cryptocurrencies, the centralization of government virtual currencies as in India, or the benefits of business virtual currencies. Each group tries to force the result in their favor.
Therefore, results like yesterday's in India are crucial for the crypto world. Not only because of the size of the Indian market, consisting of hundreds of millions of potential users of digital assets, but also because of the position of open hostility against crypto assets that the country's government has maintained. Which even considered multiple times the total ban of cryptocurrencies in its territory.
However, yesterday the Supreme Court of India, in response to the appeal brought by actors from the crypto world, decided to rule against the ban on working with crypto companies for commercial banking. This veto was imposed by the Reserve Bank of India in July 2018.
The Reserve Bank of India strikes back
Now, the Reserve Bank does not seem willing to accept this decision easily. Well, according to a report by The Economic Times, banking authorities are expected to file an appeal against the ruling of the Supreme Court of India.
Its justification is the various concerns about the integrity of the national financial system, if cryptocurrencies are allowed to start entering it. Which could lead to cryptoactive trading operations, which, according to the Reserve Bank, may jeopardize the economic stability of the Asian country.
Although certainly the first part of this statement is true, with several exchanges in India restarting operations less than 24 hours after the sentence was known. The assumption that cryptocurrency trading may prove harmful to the Indian economy was not demonstrated strongly enough according to the Supreme Court criteria.
For now, the legal team that defended the cause of the cryptocurrencies seems not to be worried about the appeal of the Reserve Bank. On the contrary, they would be preparing to initiate legal actions to compensate for the damages after several Indian companies went bankrupt due to the 2018 ban. In this way, foreshadowing the beginning of a new legal battle in India. Which becomes, in this way, our Data of the Day today here in CriptoTendencia.
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Mayor Greg Fischer says reviews of Louisville Metro's merged city and county governments have been helpful and he expects to look at several short and long term fixes by year's end.The Merger 2.0 Task Force was formed in January to review the 2003 consolidation. Task Force subcommittees have met for the past several months to write recommendations to submit to Fischer, who stopped by Friday's Task Force meeting where tweaks were made to final recommendations. Some ideas stood out, said Fischer."Well one of the things that came forth from here is that the public still doesn't understand what services are delivered inside the old city, outside of the old city, and the different cost structures associated with that. So we have an ongoing communication need, to make sure what people are paying for and what they're getting in return for that," he said.Recommendations were expected earlier this month, but have been delayed. Fischer said he plans on discussing the recommendations over the next couple months. "So we've got some short term, long term and midterm solutions as well. We have some issues we're going to have to take to Frankfort for this upcoming legislative session as well. So we'll go through each one of those and evaluate those from what's happening now, what do we need to take to Frankfort, and what are longer term initiatives," said Fischer.Changes to merger law must be made at the state level. Fischer wants to prepare any such legislative requests by the end of the year, he said.
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Panegyric for Pyotr
Embracing the parts of Tchaikovsky's life that Putin would rather forget
By Jeremy Willard Aug 27, 2014, 10:47 AM EDT
Tchaikovsky seems to have been at peace with his gay side — even thought it natural — when he died of cholera in 1893. Credit: Jori Bolton
Leading up to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Vladimir Putin said, "Tchaikovsky was gay — although it's true that we don't love him because of that — but he was a great musician and we all love his music. So what?"
What he meant was "Because we like gay ol' Tchaikovsky, Russia's laws can't possibly be discriminatory toward homosexuals." It was along the lines of the "some of my best friends are black" defence used by so many deluded racists.
Putting aside that Russia's anti-gay laws show Putin to be a liar, his words indicate how ill at ease he actually is with Tchaikovsky's homosexuality.
He was trying to kill two birds with one stone — justifying having a gay man as a national icon and convincing the world Russia was fit to host the Olympics — so he demonstrated his oh-so-wonderful tolerance by essentially saying, "We don't like his sexual orientation, but we try to ignore that because we like him for other reasons. That's good enough, right?"
And anyway, doesn't Tchaikovsky's memory deserve more? His homosexuality isn't all that he was, but it's certainly something that should be acknowledged and even appreciated a little bit, in part because it gave him a perspective that to some degree informed his creation of such beautiful music — music that Putin claims to love.
Born in 1840, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky had a long and winding career that is probably best studied via music textbooks. I'm more interested in focusing on the details that Putin is so eager to brush under the carpet.
Tchaikovsky studied at a boarding school in Saint Petersburg from 1850 to 1859. As is often the way with boarding school, while there he had a chance to explore his gay urges. He had a romantic relationship with a boy named Sergey Kireyev. In his unpublished biography of Tchaikovsky, Tchaikovsky's brother Modest (also gay) wrote that the relationship was one of the "strongest, most durable and purest amorous infatuations [of Tchaikovsky's life]."
Around 1866, Tchaikovsky started tutoring 14-year-old Vladimir Shilovsky, and as the years passed, they became quite close. In 1870, Tchaikovsky had an affair with a student named Eduard Sack, which ended with Sack's suicide in 1873. Years later, Tchaikovsky wrote in his diary, "It seems to me that I have never loved anyone so strongly as him . . . and his memory is sacred to me."
Early in 1876, while travelling with Modest and Modest's seven-year-old deaf and mute pupil Nikolay Konradi, Tchaikovsky became worried that Modest would make sexual advances toward the young boy. Tchaikovsky decided to marry a woman and through this example encourage his younger brother to adopt a more conventional lifestyle.
His marriage plans were delayed by a crush on a coachman and a relationship with another student, Iosif Kotek, about whom he wrote, "My only need is for him to know that I love him endlessly and for him to be a kind and indulgent despot and idol." In 1877, he finally followed through on his plan and married Antonina Milyukova. It was disastrous (no surprise there) and Tchaikovsky soon left, but Milyukova wouldn't permit a divorce and the two remained separated.
On a positive note, the experience convinced Tchaikovsky there was little point in trying to repress his desires. In an 1878 letter to his brother Anatoly, he wrote, "Only now, especially after the tale of my marriage, have I finally begun to understand that there is nothing more fruitless than not wanting to be that which I am by nature."
He seemed to have been at peace with his gay side — even thought it natural — when he died of cholera in 1893.
Some argue that because of his homosexuality, Tchaikovsky must have been such a tortured soul that he caught cholera intentionally (by drinking unboiled water during a cholera epidemic). Or else that he killed himself to avoid some scandal. There's little evidence of this. In fact, in later life Tchaikovsky seems to have had all he could want. He had become not only a Russian national celebrity, but a world figure. He had close bonds with his family, and he seemed to be always in the company of admiring young men, including his manservant Aleksey Sofronov.
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Ghost stays almost in the same spot, toward the beginning of the second set. No segue before, the run of Ghost->Low Rider->Makisupa has been included.
Loops? Oh Looooooops? Where have you gone? Come back…I take back anything I did wrong. I will even do this the dishes every night, whatever it takes! So yes…Mike and Fish start this Ghost and it wastes no time getting to the vocal section. A nice cheer from the crowd as things get started.
The solo section gets a cool tone from Page, then he and Mike attack together extremely well. That was much better than average. Dug that!
The drop in has some space ships flying around and improves dramatically from Vegas. It is certainly not the best I have heard but a huge improvement.
The jam begins with Mike taking a prominent role right away. His tone is deep and powerful and forces his way to controlling the jam. At 4:15, Trey answers with a serious deep evil tone. Then Mike picks his pace up and a nice groove develops quickly.
Cactus takes that bass beat and locks it down. Between he and Fish the rhythm section says "Do what you want Trey and Page". They actually did not say that, I pretended. Fish and Mike would have come up with something cooler.
Trey gets down with that dark dirty tone. Page is in more of a supportive roll, providing Trey with even more space. Trey doesn't do anything that is mind blowing but the dark tone mixed with the rest of the band is nice.
Mike's bass line is the real star. That thing is catchy! I am dancing and bobbing up and down non stop to that. Sometimes, too much of a good thing, is fantastic!
Page moves to the keyboards and Trey changes his tone up. Mike meanwhile is in full metronome mode. He has not moved from that fantastic bass lick! Both Page and Trey work the new tones in slowly.
Fish adds some cymbal work to the mix at 7:45, and then drops a fill. Trey jumps on it and begins infusing funk licks into this jam. At 8:10, Trey plays a gorgeous funky tone. Pants are off, space is cleared. Time to get down!
Someone get my straight-jacket. This is stuff I can't do anything but groove to. I wish I was a better dancer. Actually, screw it I don't care what I look like. When they drop a funk dance party like this just get out of my way. Clear some space.
Mike is STILL playing that bass lick! I feel like Brodie from "Mallrats" yelling about that kid being back on the escalator. MIKE IS STILL PLAYING THAT BASS GROOVE! The best part is I don't want him to even think about leaving it. I feel like I could clean my entire house to that beat in 20 minutes. However, just because "I could" doesn't mean I am going to. I will probably just sit hear and listen to Phish instead.
More applause at the 9:26 mark. Well deserved in my opinion. Trey then changes his tone once again. Mike rings the fight bell at the 10:05 mark. He's alive! He's ALIVE!!!! Trey works the new tone in nicely and gives this jam some more depth.
Page decides it is time to play organ tones at the 10:50 mark, and they sound like someone who is about to get killed in a scary movie. It is like half Thriller theme, half Nightmare on Elm St. It is actually pretty cool and seems to infuse Trey with more energy.
It totally reminds me of Michael Jackson's Thriller. I feel the build of the video and feel like the zombies are going to bust out in dance around me at any time.
At 12:05, Page moves back to the piano and drops the funk. This jam continues to smoke. I am not talking about weed either. I am talking about the funk dance party. The Chairman knows how to get down!
More cheers around the 13:15 and Trey takes things up a notch. A fill from Fish signals another change at 13:30.
At 13:33, if you listen closely you can almost hear Trey play Mr.Completely. It is quick but definitely there. Instead of Mr. Completely, Fish starts to throw down and Trey responds with vigor. Mike comes away from that bass lick finally and crushes behind the two of them. This section is hotness!
As early as 14:25, you can start to hear where Low Rider is coming from. They are showing patience, keeping this jam rocking, yet setting up a nice segue all at the same time. The jam slows a bit for the next 30 seconds or so.
At 15:08, you can hear the first Trey Low Rider lick. It grows until it completely takes over at 15:25. Gorgeous segue!
We are officially 2 for 2 in 2.0! Another version that I love. I like to dance, and I like to get down. This Ghost brings it. It is a bit of a one trick pony, but it one awesome trick. Mike locks it down and gives plenty of room for creativity from Trey and Page. A unique funk dance party! Mix that with an awesome segue into Low Rider...you get a good score.