Within the zoning precept that's utilized to permaculture backyard design, Zone 2 sits simply past Zone 1, which is the zone containing most of your greens and herbs. If zone 1 is probably the most visited of all of the zones, Zone 2 is subsequent. Usually you'll go to this zone as soon as a day or as soon as each different day.
As with the opposite zones in your plot, the exact formulation of Zone 2 will rely on the evaluation you do of the realm's upkeep wants, potential productiveness and water and power necessities. Nevertheless, there are a number of elementary traits which can be prone to be evident, no matter form your closing design takes.
Zone 2 of a permaculture backyard is typically known as the 'meals forest'. It's designed in such a means as to resemble pure forest methods the place vegetation and animals work together, supporting one another and thus requiring little upkeep enter from the gardener. This zone additionally resembles a forest in look, with plantings of various heights, making a stacking impact. Zone 2 will seemingly have floor cowl crops, quite a lot of sizes of shrubs, massive and small bushes, in addition to vines and creepers that stay on them. This stacking technique lets you take advantage of environment friendly use of the accessible rising area, in addition to every cover layer performing features to profit the entire ecosystem, be it offering a habitat for bugs, including nitrogen to the soil or creating shade.
Linked to the stacking nature of the zone 2 backyard is the big variety of vegetation which can be sometimes positioned inside it. The meals forest permits every area of interest to be exploited by each meals and non-food vegetation. And these vegetation all work together to create a sustainable system. In lots of respects, the meals forest backyard in Zone 2 may be considered one massive plant guild, with all of the organisms inside it residing interdependently. Nevertheless, inside that bigger construction, smaller groupings of vegetation can profit from considered guild planting. For example, bigger bushes can present a windbreak to guard smaller species from harm, whereas these smaller vegetation might present a habitat for useful bugs that management pests that would assault the bushes.
A number of the meals vegetation which can be prone to be sited in Zone 2 embrace smaller fruit bushes and fruit varieties that develop on trellises, vines and brambles, resembling grapes, ardour fruit, kiwifruit and blackberries. Hardier perennial herbs can be positioned right here, resembling a bay tree, turmeric and ginger.
The wide range of vegetation that may be positioned in a Zone 2 system additionally let you develop vegetation for functions resembling mulching or livestock feed.
It's in Zone 2 that you're prone to preserve smaller animals. For a lot of permaculturists, chickens are the primary foray they make into conserving livestock. Since you are prone to go to the chickens as soon as a day – to gather eggs and test on normal well being and wellbeing, they match the profile of Zone 2 completely. They can be an integral a part of the ecosystem, offering fertilizer for vegetation by their droppings, controlling insect and weed populations, and turning over the soil with their foraging, serving to to aerate it. And, after all, chickens present edible merchandise within the type of eggs and meat.
Bees additionally present an edible meals supply within the type of honey, but additionally have an necessary function within the pollination of many vegetation. When you intend to have a beehive in your permaculture backyard, web site it in Zone 2 for optimum affect.
As a result of Zone 2 is the location for vegetation that aren't harvested as recurrently as these in Zone 1, and are a part of an ecosystem based mostly on perennials and rootstocks that may persist over years, it's the excellent location in a permaculture backyard to make the most of native and heirloom species of plant.
Native species are tailored to the climatic and soil situations in your space and so ought to thrive in an built-in meals forest system, and in doing so offering advantages to vegetation and animals round them. Utilizing vegetation which can be appropriate for the native situations can be prone to end in wholesome specimens and so higher yields.
Heirloom varieties are additionally going to be species suited to the native atmosphere, however they're additionally extra scare (many different vegetation have been interbred to create particular types of cultivar). You're doing a service to the preservation of their distinctive genetic properties by incorporating heirloom species into your Zone 2 planting, notably in a zone that's based mostly on preservation of the ecosystem relatively than common re-planting.
With a lot occurring in Zone 2, with all kinds of vegetation in a stacked ecosystem, livestock and probably water our bodies, it is smart to make your every day go to to the zone as environment friendly as potential, so that you keep away from losing time and power. Paths will thus soak up a number of duties alongside their size, permitting all of them to be accomplished in a single 'flip' across the backyard, resembling amassing eggs, mulching and monitoring microclimates. These walks must also be designed to allow you to watch as a lot of the zone as potential, making it simpler to watch modifications over seasons and each replicate in your successes and study out of your experiments.
Do not forget that, for all of the discuss of zones in permaculture, there are not any simply definable borders between completely different zones in your permaculture backyard. It's a very helpful design precept, however zones will work together and shift over time as your backyard develops, you observe increasingly, and also you determine what works and what doesn't in your wants.


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Arrion Caldwell Returns To 145-pounds Against Noad Lahat In Bellator 204
Bellator MMA - June 23, 2018
Bellator will hold its first-ever event in Sioux Falls, S.D. on Friday, Aug. 17 at Sanford Pentagon. Bellator 204 will be headlined by the promotion's bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell (12-1) testing himself against Noad Lahat (12-3) in a non-title featherweight matchup.
A welterweight bout will serve as the co-main event of the card, when South Dakota-native Logan Storley (8-0) takes on the always-dangerous A.J. Matthews (9-7).
Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Thursday, June 28 at 10 a.m. CT. Tickets start at just $28 and will be available at the Sanford Pentagon box office, as well as Ticketmaster.
The event will be broadcast live and free on Paramount Network at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT, while preliminary action will stream on Bellator.com and globally on the Bellator Mobile App. Additional bouts will be announced in coming weeks.
"I'm excited to bring Bellator to Sioux Falls this summer with a great venue partner in the Sanford Pentagon," Bellator President Scott Coker said. "I always look forward to visiting a new market and having a crowd experience a live Bellator event for the first time. This is a great card with a lot of intriguing matchups that I know fans will enjoy. With this being such a strong wrestling community, I'm also excited to feature several former collegiate wrestlers on Aug. 17, including Darrion Caldwell and South Dakota's Logan Storley."
Caldwell, a 30-year-old Rahway, New Jersey native and the current Bellator bantamweight champion, will step up a weight class to take on Lahat in an exciting featherweight non-title affair on Aug. 17. Fighting out of San Diego, Calif., "The Wolf" has emerged as one of the most well-rounded fighters in the 135-pound class, collecting nine victories since signing with Bellator in 2013. The 2009 NCAA D1 National Champion wrestler from NC State boasts a resume that includes five first-round finishes, a 25-minute war against Eduardo Dantas for the world title and a textbook guillotine choke submission victory over Leandro Higo in his first career title defense earlier this year. Caldwell will look for his 13th professional and fourth consecutive win when he enters the cage as a 145-pounder for the first time since 2014.
A black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu currently training at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas, Lahat made his professional debut in 2008 where he began an impressive streak of seven consecutive victories. The 34-year-old hails from Alfei Menashe, Samaria, Israel, Lahat and served as a soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces before transitioning to his MMA career. Lahat holds a 3-1 record in Bellator with his most recent win coming against Jeremiah Labiano this past November and now welcomes the Bellator bantamweight champion to his weight class when he enters the cage on Aug. 17.
Hailing from Webster, S.D., the 25-year-old Storley will fight in front of his hometown fans at Bellator 204 when he makes his fourth appearance for Bellator. The 4x NCAA All-American wrestler from the University of Minnesota has quickly climbed the ranks as one of the most dangerous welterweights in mixed martial arts, earning eight-straight victories to begin his career, including six knockouts and five first-round finishes. A win over the equally-dangerous Matthews on Aug. 17 would only further cement his name amongst the division's best, as Storley hopes to protect his unblemished mark of 8-0.
Fighting out of Carlsbad, Calif., Matthews will be making his 11th appearance under the Bellator MMA umbrella; a seven-year stretch that has earned the promotional veteran five victories, including a pair of first-round knockouts and a highlight reel-soccer kick finish over Charlie Rader. The 30-year-old certainly knows how to put on a show, with nine of his 16 career fights ending in a knockout, including six in the first round. "Mercenary" will look to build on his recent win over Kendall Grove at Bellator 193, as he enters the cage against hometown favorite Storley in the co-main event.
Updated Bellator 204: Caldwell vs. Lahat Fight Card:
Featherweight Main Event: Darrion Caldwell (12-1) vs. Noad Lahat (12-3)
Welterweight Co-Main Event: Logan Storley (8-0) vs. A.J. Matthews (9-7)
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Discussion in 'PowerPC Macs' started by mikelao, Nov 24, 2005.
i bought a new powerbook 15" about a month ago at the apple store. battery was okay till today. it used to show around 2.45 hrs when i unplug it. now, it just shows approximately 20 minutes!
please help! what do i do? is the battery pack damaged?
It will show you a comparison to it's 'Original capacity' and it 'Current capacity'. The lower it is, the worse off your battery is.
You have a really confused or faulty battery. It is registering it's mAh(milli-amp hours) as less that 10% of what it should be when new. Call apple ASAP.
You could try and let the battery fully drain (following Apple's instructions), and then let it recharge. See if that helps.
thanks for the help! i did drain the battery and it didnt work the first time... still the same effect. i did it again and charging it now... hope this will fix it.
any ideas what would cause this? is this just one of those defects of the powerbook battery?
Are you all using 'letting the battery drain' as being synonymous with 'calibrating the battery'?
If not, I'd suggest trying to calibrate the battery again. I don't mean to insult you if this is a tried and obvious solution, just want to make sure all the bases are covered.
Nice, I seemed to have overlooked this handy little utility. Thanks for posting it here.
yup... i drained the battery using the steps in calibrating the battery but it didn't fix the problem. it's fully charged in about an hour or so, and then when i remove the plug to see how long it will last, it says around 23 minutes.
Yep, the battery is completely knackered. As it's so new, I'm guessing it's faulty... A lithium ion battery shouldn't loose it's charge like that.
Yup, sounds like you got a dud battery. Bummer. At least it is under warranty, though that doesn't really make it less of a pain.
yeah -- it's good that it's under warranty. i bought it in the states and now i'm out of the country so i don't know if the apple authorized reseller here in my country will recognize my warranty.
This might be due to the fact that there was a recall on PB batteries, something about them catching fire or something like that. It is on the apple.com website.
The battery on my PowerBook G4 has died suddenly. CoconutBattery tells me that its current charge is 0 but maximum charge is 3170 mAh as well as current battery capacity is 3710 mAh. The other information it provides is battery-loadcycles 286, age of Mac 35 months, charger connected yes, and battery is charging no. I have tried two chargers, and even though the LED turns orange, the battery no longer will take a charge. The LED indicator on the battery itself indicates discharged. The battery status at the top of the screen never changes from "calculating". And if I remove the power supply, the system powers down. All of this is consistent with a battery that's no longer operational, and I'm not complaining since I got three years out of it.
My question is . . . is there anything I can do to "goose" this relic back to life? I've got nothing to lose at this point. I remember that there used to be tricks you could use to revive NiCad batteries, but my knowledge ends there.
By the way, to answer someone earlier in the thread . . . the cost of a new battery for a PowerBook is about $150.
After the check, it gave the data and then my battery went from 75% full (started the day at 96%) to 0% instaneously. Then my machine went to sleep. I plugged in the ac and charged it, but it would only reach 30-33% and sticks in "calculating" mode. Seems like somehow the battery info was reset in a way that I can not see or use the full charge. Any ideas on how to salvage this battery? It is old but barely used and was calibrated when new.
Here is the latest battery info, seems like it should be ok except that the Current is 1119 (near 33% of the Capacity 3344) and the battery will not charge anymore.
This is exactly what my Powerbook 12" does. I've had it since Nov. 2003. It will slowly drop from 99% to about 70-80%, then immediately to 0 - do not pass go, do not collect $100.
When it "recharges," it gets to about 25-30%, followed by "calculating," followed by "100%." Either my battery is seriously confused or seriously dead.
My battery was working fine until I reinstalled Tiger and updated to 10.4.3 now I have the 20 minute problem!!!
The strangest thing is the data from CoconutBattery and Terminal, Check this out!!!
My pb is about the same age as yours and is at about 90% current capacity. How long is the battery expected to last in "good" quality? How often should you replace the battery? Every 2-3 years?
I kinda hoped that I didn't need to buy or replace anything... but I already got a busted charger on the list (at least that was covered in the warranty).
This powerbook had a new battery about a year ago and only since my last re-installation of Tiger has it played up. I have tried the reset-nvram and all the other recommendations but nothing seems to change. From what coconut says it seems that it is a software issue as it is stating it's capacity has increased which is physically impossible.
I am going to make an appointment with a mac Genius at the Bluewater branch, I am really unhappy with this situation.
I can't seem to find the Titanium Powerbook G4 Battery on the UK Apple Store? Seems like they have removed it from sale, has anyone else noticed this or has any information on them removing it from sale?
I've gone through about a battery every 18 months. Pretty quick although I use the battery a couple of times everyday.
Well I was getting 2 hours of life out of mine before my last reinstall of Tiger and now I only get half an hour. Admittedly it is gradually getting better as I cycle it but it looks like the software is messed up, Coconut battery shows it continuously as 222 cycles when I am trying to get it working now.
I don't know if it is the laptop that is malfunctioning or the way the laptop charges it. Is there a way to tell?


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Q: ImageMagick command not running in Powershell window but can run in cmd window This command is to add a watermark to an image
magick nature.jpg -set option:watermarkWidth "%[fx:int(w*0.25)]" -alpha set -background none ( -fill "#FFFFFF80" -stroke "#FF000080" -strokeWidth 3 -undercolor "#FF000080" -size "%[watermarkWidth]x" label:"THIS IS WATERMARK" -gravity center -geometry +10+10 -rotate -30 ) -composite -quality 40 nature_wm.jpg

it can be run on Windows cmd window

But it cannot be run in Powershell window(see the error screenshot)

I also tried to add \ before ( and ) (which should do on macOS or Linux)
magick nature.jpg -set option:watermarkWidth "%[fx:int(w*0.25)]" -alpha set -background none \( -fill "#FFFFFF80" -stroke "#FF000080" -strokeWidth 3 -undercolor "#FF000080" -size "%[watermarkWidth]x" label:"THIS IS WATERMARK" -gravity center -geometry +10+10 -rotate -30 \) -composite -quality 40 nature_wm.jpg

But it throws the same error

error translation: -fill: -fill can not be recognized as cmdlet, function, script file or runnable program. Please check the spelling of the name, and if you include a path, make sure the path is correct, then try again.

I'm sure that the magick directive is in the environment variable

It seems that Powershell can run simple command but not complex command(the following command can be run, no error)
magick nature.jpg -fill yellow nature.png

Anyone who knows how to solve this problem?
Actually I need to run it with golang, by using cmd = exec.Command("cmd", "/k", cmdStr), but it doesn't work if the "cmdStr" cannot be run in Powershell, because the executable the I build with golang need to run on Powershell too(I don't want to run on cmd window, because it's so primitive compared to Powershell).

A: On quotes and quoting and escapes and escaping ImageMagick commands in bash, CMD32 and Powershell
As a result of its sheer versatility and power, ImageMagick offers a far richer palette of options, switches and parameters than most command-line programs (around 300 options and switches are listed here) and it uses characters and symbols to allow users to express things in a very natural way. As a result, some degree of caution is required when using ImageMagick in the many environments in which it can run, namely:

*

*under bash or other Unix/Linux shells such as zsh, ksh, tcsh,

*under Windows CMD32 and in Windows BATCH files,

*under Powershell

*under things like MinGW, MSYS, Cygwin

For example, in and of itself, disregarding the shell, ImageMagick understands the following:

*

*# or hash, a.k.a. pound sign is used to express hexadecimal colours, in a natural way, like -fill #ff0000 for a red fill colour. However, bash interprets that same character as introducing a comment, so in bash you would normally write -fill '#ff0000'

*() or parentheses. ImageMagick uses parentheses to apply processing to a specific image in its stack, also called "aside processing". So, this command loads two images and resizes both magick IMAGE1.PNG IMAGE2.PNG -resize 800x600 ... but if you want to resize only the second, you would do magick IMAGE1.PNG ( IMAGE2.PNG -resize 800x600 ) ... However, bash uses parentheses for sub-processes, so it will think you want to run a sub-process called IMAGE2.PNG unless you escape the parentheses with magick IMAGE1.PNG \( IMAGE2.PNG -resize 800x600 \) .... Likewise, Powershell will object to the parentheses, and you must put a backtick before opening and closing parentheses. CMD32 doesn't treat parentheses as special at all, so they need no escaping in that environment.

*() or parentheses. ImageMagick uses these to introduce hex or hsl colours, e.g. -fill RGBA(255,0,0) or -fill hsl(50,60,70). Again, bash will dislike that, thinking you want a sub-shell, so folks write -fill "rgb(255,0,0)". I assume Powershell will not like it either.

*% or percent. ImageMagick commonly uses that, and similar, to resize an image to 50% of its original size -resize 50%. But, if you use percent signs in a Windows BATCH file, you need to double them up else it thinks you are referring to its command-line parameters.

*< and >, or less than and greater than. ImageMagick uses > to mean you only want a resize applied to images greater than a certain size, e.g. -resize 800> which means you only want images larger than 800 scaled down to 800, but you don't want images under 800 scaled up. Likewise with <. However, bash uses those characters for redirection of input and output, so in bash you would normally write -resize '800>' Likewise in CMD32, you will need to escape both < and > by preceding with a caret ^. And precede with backticks in Powershell.

*! or exclamation mark, a.k.a. "bang". ImageMagick uses that to mean "Just do it!". So, for example, -resize 800x600 says you want to resize such that the width doesn't exceed 800 and the height doesn't exceed 600 and the aspect ratio should be respected. However, when you add the bang like this -resize 800x600! you will get exactly 800x600 pixels even if that distorts your image horribly. The shell can interpret the exclamation as introducing some manipulation of its history of previous commands, so you will often see that escaped

*[ and ], or square brackets. ImageMagick uses these to refer to a page or subset of pages in a multipage document such as a PDF or a TIFF. For example, the following means the first and last page of a PDF, magick DOCUMENT.PDF[0,-1] ... That can get confused with shell syntax for an alternation if you don't handle it with care

** or asterisk. ImageMagick understands the asterisk as a globbing character to expand the list of all matching files, e.g. *.tif meaning all the TIFF files in the current directory. That is the same as bash, but there are nuances here. If you use magick *.tif ..., the list of TIFFs will be expanded by your shell in bash and that will be subject to your system's ARGMAX. But if you do magick '*.TIF' ... it will be expanded internally by ImageMagick and not be subject to such limits.

General hints for bash and Unix/Linux shells

*

*The line continuation character is the backslash

*Opening and closing parentheses must be escaped with backslashes immediately in front of them

*Hashes must be within double or single quoted strings
Example of bash command
magick IMAGE1.PNG \
   \( IMAGE2.PNG -resize 50% -fill '#ff0000' -colorize 100% \) \
  -composite -transparent 'hsl(40,50,60)' result.png

General hints for Windows CMD32

*

*the caret ^ is used as the escape character

*CMD32 generally dislikes any usage of single quotes.
Generally, if translating from a bash incantation of ImageMagick, try replacing single quotes with double quotes. The exception to this is when already inside double quotes, where you can use single quotes, e.g. -draw "text 100,100 'Works like magick'"

*the caret is used as the line continuation character and may not be followed by any spaces when used that way

*percent signs must be doubled up in BATCH

*parentheses do not require escaping
Example of Windows CMD32 BATCH command
magick IMAGE1.PNG ^
   ( IMAGE2.PNG -resize 50%% -fill "#ff0000" -colorize 100% ) ^
  -composite -transparent "hsl(40,50,60)" result.png

General hints for Powershell

*

*the backtick is used as the escape character, and the line continuation character

*opening and closing parentheses must be escaped with a  preceding backtick

Example of Powershell command
magick IMAGE1.PNG `
   `( IMAGE2.PNG -resize 50% -fill "#ff0000" -colorize 100% `) `
  -composite -transparent "hsl(40,50,60)" result.png

A: When testing EXE files in PowerShell, EchoArgs.exe is a very useful tool to have on hand.  The original source for this tool appears to have disappeared, but you can still download it from ss64.com on this page.
When dealing with complex command lines for EXE files, Stop-parsing token (--%) is a very useful special parsing token to keep in mind.
In the command line execute EchoArgs with your parameters:
EchoArgs nature.jpg -set option:watermarkWidth "%[fx:int(w*0.25)]" -alpha set -background none ( -fill "#FFFFFF80" -stroke "#FF000080" -strokeWidth 3 -undercolor "#FF000080" -size "%[watermarkWidth]x" label:"THIS IS WATERMARK" -gravity center -geometry +10+10 -rotate -30 ) -composite -quality 40 nature_wm.jpg

Record your results:
Arg 0 is <nature.jpg>
Arg 1 is <-set>
Arg 2 is <option:watermarkWidth>
Arg 3 is <%[fx:int(w*0.25)]>
Arg 4 is <-alpha>
Arg 5 is <set>
Arg 6 is <-background>
Arg 7 is <none>
Arg 8 is <(>
Arg 9 is <-fill>
Arg 10 is <#FFFFFF80>
Arg 11 is <-stroke>
Arg 12 is <#FF000080>
Arg 13 is <-strokeWidth>
Arg 14 is <3>
Arg 15 is <-undercolor>
Arg 16 is <#FF000080>
Arg 17 is <-size>
Arg 18 is <%[watermarkWidth]x>
Arg 19 is
Arg 20 is <-gravity>
Arg 21 is
Arg 22 is <-geometry>
Arg 23 is <+10+10>
Arg 24 is <-rotate>
Arg 25 is <-30>
Arg 26 is <)>
Arg 27 is <-composite>
Arg 28 is <-quality>
Arg 29 is <40>
Arg 30 is <nature_wm.jpg>

To avoid problem, use --% in PowerShell at the point where the command line becomes complex:
EchoArgs nature.jpg -set option:watermarkWidth --% "%[fx:int(w*0.25)]" -alpha set -background none ( -fill "#FFFFFF80" -stroke "#FF000080" -strokeWidth 3 -undercolor "#FF000080" -size "%[watermarkWidth]x" label:"THIS IS WATERMARK" -gravity center -geometry +10+10 -rotate -30 ) -composite -quality 40 nature_wm.jpg

Check your results:
Arg 0 is <nature.jpg>
Arg 1 is <-set>
Arg 2 is <option:watermarkWidth>
Arg 3 is <%[fx:int(w*0.25)]>
Arg 4 is <-alpha>
Arg 5 is <set>
Arg 6 is <-background>
Arg 7 is <none>
Arg 8 is <(>
Arg 9 is <-fill>
Arg 10 is <#FFFFFF80>
Arg 11 is <-stroke>
Arg 12 is <#FF000080>
Arg 13 is <-strokeWidth>
Arg 14 is <3>
Arg 15 is <-undercolor>
Arg 16 is <#FF000080>
Arg 17 is <-size>
Arg 18 is <%[watermarkWidth]x>
Arg 19 is
Arg 20 is <-gravity>
Arg 21 is
Arg 22 is <-geometry>
Arg 23 is <+10+10>
Arg 24 is <-rotate>
Arg 25 is <-30>
Arg 26 is <)>
Arg 27 is <-composite>
Arg 28 is <-quality>
Arg 29 is <40>
Arg 30 is <nature_wm.jpg>

But what if you need to dynamically replace part of the parameters after the the Stop-parsing token (--%)?  That is doable via environmental variables:
$Env:FirstValue = '%[fx:int(w*0.25)]'
$Env:Alpha = 'set'
$Env:Background = 'none'
$Env:Fill = '#FFFFFF80'
$Env:Stroke = '#FF000080'
$Env:StrokeWidth = '3'
$Env:Undercolor = '#FF000080'
$Env:Size =  '%[watermarkWidth]x'
$Env:Label = 'THIS IS WATERMARK'
$Env:Gravity = 'center'
$Env:Geometry = '+10+10'
$Env:Rotate = '-30'
$Env:Quality = '40'
$Env:ImgName = 'nature_wm.jpg'
EchoArgs nature.jpg -set option:watermarkWidth --% "%FirstValue%" -alpha %Alpha% -background %Background% ( -fill "%Fill%" -stroke "%Stroke%" -strokeWidth %StrokeWidth% -undercolor "%Undercolor%" -size "%[watermarkWidth]x" label:"%Label%" -gravity %Gravity% -geometry %Geometry% -rotate %Rotate% ) -composite -quality %Quality% %ImgName%

Again, check your results:
Arg 0 is <nature.jpg>
Arg 1 is <-set>
Arg 2 is <option:watermarkWidth>
Arg 3 is <%[fx:int(w*0.25)]>
Arg 4 is <-alpha>
Arg 5 is <set>
Arg 6 is <-background>
Arg 7 is <none>
Arg 8 is <(>
Arg 9 is <-fill>
Arg 10 is <#FFFFFF80>
Arg 11 is <-stroke>
Arg 12 is <#FF000080>
Arg 13 is <-strokeWidth>
Arg 14 is <3>
Arg 15 is <-undercolor>
Arg 16 is <#FF000080>
Arg 17 is <-size>
Arg 18 is <%[watermarkWidth]x>
Arg 19 is
Arg 20 is <-gravity>
Arg 21 is
Arg 22 is <-geometry>
Arg 23 is <+10+10>
Arg 24 is <-rotate>
Arg 25 is <-30>
Arg 26 is <)>
Arg 27 is <-composite>
Arg 28 is <-quality>
Arg 29 is <40>
Arg 30 is <nature_wm.jpg>

But what if you don't know where the EXE is and have to search for it on the hard drive and call it from a variable?  Use The call operator (&):
$Program = 'C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.0.11-Q16-HDRI\magick.exe'
$Env:FirstValue = '%[fx:int(w*0.25)]'
$Env:Alpha = 'set'
$Env:Background = 'none'
$Env:Fill = '#FFFFFF80'
$Env:Stroke = '#FF000080'
$Env:StrokeWidth = '3'
$Env:Undercolor = '#FF000080'
$Env:Size =  '%[watermarkWidth]x'
$Env:Label = 'THIS IS WATERMARK'
$Env:Gravity = 'center'
$Env:Geometry = '+10+10'
$Env:Rotate = '-30'
$Env:Quality = '40'
$Env:ImgName = 'nature_wm.jpg'
& $Program nature.jpg -set option:watermarkWidth --% "%FirstValue%" -alpha %Alpha% -background %Background% ( -fill "%Fill%" -stroke "%Stroke%" -strokeWidth %StrokeWidth% -undercolor "%Undercolor%" -size "%[watermarkWidth]x" label:"%Label%" -gravity %Gravity% -geometry %Geometry% -rotate %Rotate% ) -composite -quality %Quality% %ImgName%

Now, having said all that, the real test is to actually execute the command and see if it works.  I don't have your image file and not really up to doing any experiments with Image Magick.  But, in theory, this command should work work for you:
magick nature.jpg -set option:watermarkWidth --% "%[fx:int(w*0.25)]" -alpha set -background none ( -fill "#FFFFFF80" -stroke "#FF000080" -strokeWidth 3 -undercolor "#FF000080" -size "%[watermarkWidth]x" label:"THIS IS WATERMARK" -gravity center -geometry +10+10 -rotate -30 ) -composite -quality 40 nature_wm.jpg

EDIT:
If you ware wanting MagicK to run in GoLang, use the following code:
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "os/exec"
)

func main() {
    data, err := exec.Command("magick", "nature.jpg", "-set", "option:watermarkWidth", "%[fx:int(w*0.25)]", "-alpha", "set", "-background", "none", "(", "-fill", "#FFFFFF80", "-stroke", "#FF000080", "-strokeWidth", "3", "-undercolor", "#FF000080", "-size", "%[watermarkWidth]x", "label:THIS IS WATERMARK", "-gravity", "center", "-geometry", "+10+10", "-rotate", "-30", ")", "-composite", "-quality", "40", "nature_wm.jpg").Output()
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    fmt.Println(string(data))
}

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Q: Divisors of $25^2+98^2$
How many divisors does $25^2+98^2$ have?

My Attempt:
Calculator is not allowed but using calculator I found $193\times53$ that means $8$ divisors and that $4$ of them are positive.

A: The trick here is the useful identity $a^4+4b^4=(a^2+2ab+2b^2)(a^2-2ab+2b^2)$. In this case we have $a=5,b=7$, so we get the factorisation $(25+70+98)(25-70+98)=193\cdot53$.
It is now easy to check that 53,193 are prime, so there are as you say 4 divisors: 1, 53, 193 and the number itself.
It is usual in this kind of question only to count the positive divisors. Obviously there are another 4 negative divisors.

A: HINT:
$a^2+b^2=(a+b)^2-2ab$

Hence:
$25^2+98^2=$
$(25+98)^2-2\cdot25\cdot98=$
$123^2-4900=$
$123^2-70^2=$
$(123-70)\cdot(127+70)=$
$53\cdot193$

A: $25^2+98^2=123^2-2 \times 98 \times 25=123^2-70^2=193 \times 53 $
I found this answer using almagest's answer thanks a lot for help.


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Being crowned the top achieving student in brand management for 2016 completely bowled him over. "To be honest, I'm still in shock that I received this award and to be featured with Pendoring," Mashiri enthuses.
Hailing from Zimbabwe, Mashiri has always been interested in hearing and telling stories – and, likewise, does not hesitate to share a few snippets of his life- story:
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"In high school my favourite subjects were business and maths. However, after I matriculated with very average marks, I was somewhat confused as to what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. Then one of my sister's friends suggested that I go and see what Vega is all about because she thought I would be a good fit.
"All excited, I went to one of their interviews and instantly knew that Vega was the place where I wanted to study. What clinched it for me, was the opportunity to tell the story on a topic I really enjoyed talking about. It just felt right. I believe this is the reason why I chose strategy or why strategy chose me: I want to tell the world stories, one brand at a time, which, in turn, will tell my story."
It's been a rewarding journey for Mashiri since he enrolled at Vega in 2012 for a degree in integrated brand communications.
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Mudeford's John Sandford Hart is adding to his powerboating prowess by joining the crew of Team Britannia, the round-the-world record attempt.
The experienced powerboat racer, who holds seven world records and lost a leg in a race in 2002, will step aboard Team Britannia's 80ft powerboat, which hopes to cut up to seven days off the current record of 60 days 23 hours 49 minutes, held by New Zealander Pete Bethune.
Team Britannia, led by British ocean racing legend Alan Priddy, will use a revolutionary semi-wave slicing boat that will carve through the waves, rather than surfing them. The super-efficient design, a variant of the "fast displacement hull" will reduce fuel consumption by up to 30 per cent and make the 23,000 nautical mile trip smoother and faster.
The boat will be crewed by a team of 12, including up to five wounded or injured veterans, (WIS) on each of the seven legs of the voyage who are being supported by the forces charity Blesma.
John, who comes from Bangor in North Wales but now lives in Mudeford, Dorset, is the co-ordinator of Team Britannia's veterans programme. A veteran himself he lost one of his legs in a powerboat racing accident in 2002.
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Q: How do the eigenvalues of the Hessian matrix help indicate whether a function $f$ has a minimum or maximum at a point $\vec{a}$? The theorem states: Suppose $f$ is of class $C^2$ at $\vec{a}$ and that $\nabla f(\vec{a})=0$, and let $H$ be the Hessian matrix. For $f$ to have a local minimum at $\vec{a}$, it is necessary for the eigenvalues of $H$ all to be nonnegative and sufficient for them all to be strictly positive. For $f$ to have a local maximum at $\vec{a}$, it is necessary for the eigenvalues of $H$ all to be nonpositive and sufficient for them all to be strictly negative.
How does the value of the eigenvalues $H$ help indicate whether $f$ has a minimum or maximum?


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Crime Fiction LoverNewsMalice, murder and blind justice
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PLoS One. 2018 Jan 4;13(1):e0189015. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189015. eCollection 2018.
Preferring more e-cigarette flavors is associated with e-cigarette use frequency among adolescents but not adults.
Morean ME1,2, Butler ER1, Bold KW2, Kong G2, Camenga DR3, Cavallo DA2, Simon P2, O'Malley SS2, Krishnan-Sarin S2.
Department of Psychology, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, United States of America.
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America.
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Correction: Preferring more e-cigarette flavors is associated with e-cigarette use frequency among adolescents but not adults. [PLoS One. 2018]
Many e-cigarette users find the variety of e-cigarette flavors appealing. We examined whether preferences for e-liquid flavors and the total number of flavors preferred differed between samples of adolescent and adult e-cigarette users. We also examined whether these preferences were associated with e-cigarette use frequency for adolescents or adults, respectively.
The analytic samples comprised 1) 396 adolescent, past-month e-cigarette users from 5 Connecticut high schools who completed an anonymous, school-based survey in Fall 2014 (56.1% male; 16.18 [1.18] years; 42.2% past-month smokers), and 2) 590 adult, past-month e-cigarette users who completed an anonymous, MTurk survey in Fall 2014 (53.7% male; 34.25 [9.89] years; 51.2% past-month smokers).
Compared to adults, a larger proportion of adolescents preferred fruit, alcohol, and "other"-flavored e-liquids, whereas adults disproportionately preferred tobacco, menthol, mint, coffee, and spice-flavored e-liquids (p-values < .05). Adults also preferred a greater total number of flavors compared to adolescents and used e-cigarettes more frequently (p-values < .001). Flavor preferences uniquely were associated with frequency of e-cigarette use within the adolescent sample; the total number of flavors preferred was associated with more days of e-cigarette use (ηp2 = 0.04), as were preferences for fruit (ηp2 = 0.02), dessert (ηp2 = 0.02), and alcohol-flavored (ηp2 = 0.02) e-liquids.
Flavor preferences differed between adolescent and adult samples. While youth reported less frequent e-cigarette use overall, their preferences for specific flavors and the total number of flavors preferred were associated with more days of e-cigarette use, indicating that flavor preferences may play an important role in adolescent e-cigarette use.
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Chef David McCampbell in the Sacred Heart dining room with his grilled halibut: "I want to make the healthy option, the easy option."
Chef David McCampbell shares a story from his first month at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital about a woman's special meal request — biscuits and gravy — for her husband, who had less than a day to live. Later, the woman arrived in his office.
"When I entered, the woman burst into tears, gave me a hug, and said, 'Thank you. My husband got one of his last wishes.' I felt myself beginning to well up and said, 'You have a big heart, it was the least we could do.'"
McCampbell manages the hospital's food production: patient meals, the cafeteria, catering, healthy eating programs and more. "My life," he says, "did not used to be about healthy eating, the healing properties of food, promoting work-life balance or being in service to others, but it is now."
On any given day, for example, Sacred Heart Medical Center's cafeteria feeds upward of 3,200 employees and visitors. On the day we visited, the rotating menu featured scratch-made jambalaya, Middle Eastern orzo salad, Korean ribs and adobo steak wraps. There were vegetarian and vegan options, three kinds of soups, a salad and yogurt bar, and to-go items like baked goods from Transitional Programs for Women's New Leaf Café, a local charity. Also available is something unexpected for a cafeteria: fresh, local produce.
"I want to make the healthy option the easy option," says McCampbell, who prior to Sacred Heart worked at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, where the Health & Services Chief Executive, Alex Jackson, championed the "food as medicine" approach. (In 2014, Jackson became CEO of Providence Sacred Heart in Spokane.) McCampbell has also worked in the frenetic restaurant industry, including a stint as executive chef at Portland's upscale Mint/820 and the (now-closed) Lovely Hula Hands, as well as at L'Espalier in Boston.
Sarah Rouk and Max Morgan at work in McCampbell's busy kitchen. Local fruit is on offer in the cafeteria whenever possible.
McCampbell still concerns himself with flavor profiles, mouthfeel and aesthetics, yet also ponders how a dish can be made flavorful with less fat, sugar and salt, or how he can incorporate a food item's inherent healing properties. That means cooking from scratch, steaming or baking instead of frying, using leaner meats and being creative with spices and fresh herbs.
1) In a small saucepan, combine the quinoa with 2 cups water and bring to a boil.
2) Cover and cook over low heat until all of the water has evaporated and the quinoa is tender (about 15 minutes).
3) Uncover and fluff the quinoa, then transfer to a large bowl and let cool to room temperature.
4) In a separate bowl, combine oil and vinegar and season with salt and pepper.
5) Add the peas, fresh mint, oil and both the juice and zest of one lemon to the quinoa and stir gently. Add pistachios (optional).
6) Season with salt and pepper and refrigerate for 1 hour to let flavors blend.
1) Preheat grill on high heat.
2) Drizzle the halibut filets with olive oil and season with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.
3) Oil the grill grates and place the filets on the grill. Gently press the fish down on the grate and cook for 5 minutes on each side, or until the fish is opaque and flakes easily.
4) Mix citrus with parsley and heap on top of grilled halibut just prior to serving.


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'Fake news', 'paid media' and 'presstitute' are terms one comes across frequently in India. However, while bias in news reporting and political lineage of media organizations are areas of serious debate in India, a survey conducted by American think tank Pew Research Centre says , a significant majority of Indians believe that news reporting by their mainstream media is fair and objective.
Also, Indian media performs well in terms of almost all parameters compared to their counterparts in the US, said the survey.
Releasing details of its survey, Pew said as many as 65 per cent of Indians consider that their news media is covering political issues 'fairly'.
The figure stands 72 per cent for government leaders and officials, and 80 per cent believe that the media is "accurately" covering the news and 72 per cent of them believe the most important news of the day are being covered fairly by the Indian media.
That, however, is qualified by another aspect brought out in Pew survey. India also stands out as the one country where more say it is sometimes acceptable for a news organization to favour one political party than those who say it is never acceptable. Among adults Indians, 41% say it is acceptable for news organizations to, at times, favour one political party, compared with 25% who say it is never acceptable. A third of Indians express no opinion on the matter.
This compares unfavourably with global outlook. Despite differences in news media and political structures, clear majorities in 35 of the 38 nations surveyed agree that it is never acceptable for a news organization to favour one political party over others when reporting the news. Globally, a median of three-quarters (75%) say such media bias is never permissible, compared with 20% who say it is sometimes acceptable.
In the coverage of most important news events, 72 percent Indians are satisfied with the news media and 61 percent of Americans also shared the same view in the survey.
Pew said a global median of 35 per cent say they use social media to get news daily, while 13 per cent use it less than once a day to get news. About half (52 per cent) say they never use social networking sites to get news.
In India, notably, only 15 per cent said they use social media to get daily news. There is a disparity in the gender: Only eight per cent of the women in India said they rely on social media to get daily news, as against 22 per cent by men.
According to the latest Pew survey, across other regions, India stands out for its percentage that follows local news very closely (61 per cent), against 40 per cent in the US and the global median of just 37 per cent.
In most of the countries surveyed, interest in local news is equal to or lower than interest in national news. People follow local news more than national news in just two countries – India and Indonesia, Pew said.
On the other hand, a global median of 57 per cent say they follow international news closely, and just 16 per cent follow it very closely. In India the figure stands at 53 per cent and 20 per cent respectively.
Only 16 per cent of the Indian respondents said that they follow the US news very closely, against the highest 28 per cent by people in Canada.


As hard as it is to believe it, 2018 is coming to a close soon. The year has gone by so fast, hasn't it? As bittersweet as it is to look back on the year that's ending, there is something so electrifying about the new year. The turn of a new year brings such a fresh energy that is hard to find during the rest of the year. After all, what's better than staying inside during these winter months with a hot cup of tea or coffee and casting your mind towards new goals and dreams? I love this time of year, which is why I am thrilled to announce the launch of my 2019 New Year Printable Planner!
Over a month of hard work has been dedicated to creating this whole planner by hand. I drew every page, lettered every word, and chose each color with care. This printable planner pairs beautiful hand-drawn art with fabulous functionality. And you know what? I am so jazzed to finally be able to share it with you!
This expansive New Year Printable Planner contains over 80 pages of hand made lettering and art. There are several different things that I made sure to include in this planner after years of tweaking my own planning system. I added all the elements that have helped me the most over the years and made sure there was plenty of flexibility so you can add the pages and spreads that are most effective to you!
At the heart of this planner, you will find the monthlies. Each month contains one calendar page with unique, intricately drawn art. These pages were the most fun and by far the most difficult pages to create in the whole planner. But they were so worth it.
Alongside each calendar page, there is a set of three trackers and logs: the ever powerful habit tracker, a memories log, and a gratitude log. Each of these three trackers helped me tremendously over the past three years. I wanted to make sure they were right there for you, too. These trackers are themed to the color scheme of their corresponding month, so every set of monthly pages feels like an aesthetically pleasing unit.
Once you get past monthly planning, you gotta have something for the nitty gritty of day-to-day planning! That's where the weeklies come in. I created two different layouts for weeklies so you can select which one you like the best. One weekly layout is condensed onto a single page and the other layout spans across two pages. So whether you enjoy having plenty of space to write out all of your tasks or you like the ability to see your week in a glance, this 2019 New Year Printable Planner has the layout for you!
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The energy of the new year is valuable for looking at your big life goals, so harness that power with these worksheets! In this planner, you will get three powerful pages (including my massively popular Master Plan) to help you assess this past year, set goals, and make a plan to attack those goals. It's not enough to just want to make positive changes in 2019 — you have to make a plan, too.
Of course, what would a planner be without some structure? The 2019 New Year Printable Planner comes with a few essential pages to help you keep your planner organized. You will get four different styles of indexes so you can make sure your pages are easy to find. You will also get a page with thumbnail calendars so you can easily see your whole year in a glance, which I find helpful when setting up appointments and planning my travels. On top of those, you will also find a handy future log to jot down any important tidbits that you need months down the road. Use all of these together and you will keep everything running smoothly in your planner!
I spent so much time designing the inside of the planner that I knew I had to design a gorgeous exterior, too! That's why I created the cover page. Use this page either as the first page in your journal, or slipped into the front of your planner's binder. Additionally, I created some lovely spine designs to go along with the cover. That way if you do decide to use a binder, you can use one of the three sizes of spine designs to make sure your binder looks fabulous.
Not sure if the 2019 New Year Printable Planner is right for you? I got you covered! Try a few sample pages from January to help you dip your toes and see how it fits. The sample pages have been converted to black and white, but they still provide a ton of function and charm. You will find the pages in my Fox Den Resource Library, so all you need to do is sign up or sign in with the password provided in your first Fox Den email.
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I Wanna Go – trzeci singel amerykańskiej piosenkarki Britney Spears promujący jej siódmy studyjny album, którego premiera odbyła się w marcu 2011 roku. Utwór napisali Shellback, Max Martin i Savan Kotecha, a wyprodukowali go Martin i Shellback.

"I Wanna Go" otrzymała pozytywne recenzje od krytyków.

Tło
"I Wanna Go" została napisana przez Shellbacka, Maxa Martina, i Savana Kotecha, a wyprodukowana przez Martina i Shellbacka. Piosenka została zarejestrowana na Broadcast Music Incorporated pod tytułem "I I I Wanna Go O O". 22 lutego 2011, Spears zamieściła na swoim profilu na Twitterze 29-sekundowy klip piosenki. Martin nazwał go "niezwykłym". 10 maja 2011, strona internetowa BreatheHeavy.com ogłosiła, że "I Wanna Go" zostanie wydana jako trzeci singel z płyty Femme Fatale. Jednak oficjalna strona internetowa Spears mówi, że piosenka zostanie wydana jako trzeci singel z płyty 13 maja 2011.

Teledysk
Teledysk do "I Wanna Go" został wyreżyserowany przez Chrisa Marrs Piliero i nakręcony w Los Angeles w Kalifornii.

Film zaczyna się na konferencji prasowej, gdzie Spears ubrana jest w bluzkę z Myszką Micki (hołd dla jej gry w The New Mickey Mouse Club). Następnie reporterzy pytają się wokalistkę m.in. o to "Czy to prawda, że nie może jeść fast foodów?". Zdenerwowana Britney odpowiada dziennikarzom w niecenzuralny sposób i wychodzi z pomieszczenia. Następnie Spears wychodzi na ulicę, ubrana w białą kurtkę i czarną spódnicę z wojskowymi butami z kocami na nogach. Po czym podpisuje fanowi swoją płytę "Femme Fatale". Podczas refrenu rozpina kurtkę, przez co oczarowuje męską część przechodniów.
Wokalistka idzie dalej w dół ulicy, gdzie rozbija kamery paparazzi. Następnie pojawia się więcej paparazzi. W następnej scenie artysta ucieka na dach samochodu. Potem rozbija resztę aparatów mikrofonem. Następnie wszyscy paparazzi okazują się cyborgami. Przed nimi ratuje ją Guillermo Díaz. W następnej scenie, Spears tańczy na siedzeniu pasażera w różowym bikini, po czym Guillermo wylewa sobie na twarz karton mleka. Nagle z jego torsu zaczynają lecieć iskry. Spears rozpina mu koszulę, po czym okazuje się, że on także jest cyborgiem. Następnie okazuje się, że to były tylko wyobrażenia Spears na konferencji prasowej. Po czym Guillermo wyprowadza wokalistkę z pomieszczenia. Nagle odwraca się do kamery. Jego oczy błyszczą na czerwono, a jego śmiech jest podobny do tego, z teledysku "Thriller" Michaela Jacksona.

Lista odtwarzania
 Digital download
 "I Wanna Go" – 3:30
 UK digital EP
 "I Wanna Go" (Gareth Emery Remix) – 5:25
 "I Wanna Go" (Vada Remix) – 7:39
 "I Wanna Go" (Moguai Remix) – 7:11
 "I Wanna Go" (Pete Phantom Remix) – 3:18

 German CD single
 "I Wanna Go" – 3:30
 "I Wanna Go" (Gareth Emery Remix) – 5:26

 Digital download – remixes
 "I Wanna Go" – 3:30
 "I Wanna Go" (Captain Cuts Club Mix) – 4:43
 "I Wanna Go" (Alex Dreamz Radio Edit) – 4:07
 "I Wanna Go" (OLIVER Extended Remix) – 4:57
 "I Wanna Go" (Deluka BS Radio Remix) – 3:15
 "I Wanna Go" (Wallpaper Extended Remix) – 4:03
 "I Wanna Go" (Smash Mode Radio Remix) – 3:49
 "I Wanna Go" (Disco Fries Radio Remix) – 3:34
 "I Wanna Go" (Jump Smokers Radio Remix) – 4:51
 "I Wanna Go" (Desi Hits! Remix) – 4:36

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Sustainability driving success
Porsche Consulting GmbH is expanding its consulting services for sustainability issues and strengthening its efforts in the field.
"Sustainability is becoming a decisive factor for the competitiveness of companies around the world and across all industries. Economic success and the transition to a sustainable society are mutually dependent. Climate change can only be stopped through responsible business practices and innovative technologies. We not only help our customers master this transformation, but also want to provide a good example ourselves,"
Eberhard Weible, Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche Consulting.
The subsidiary of Porsche AG has set itself ambitious targets for reducing its carbon footprint. Emissions that cannot be avoided are offset by other measures, enabling Porsche Consulting to operate climate-neutral since 2020. "But we want to take it a step further and reduce our emissions by at least 25 percent by 2025," says Weiblen.
The goal is to reduce emissions step by step with a series of measures. Porsche will substantially reduce Business trips and commuting minimized through greater use of mobile working options. Roughly a quarter of consulting activities will be permanently shifted to virtual collaboration scenarios using state-of-the-art digital technologies.
Cost savings due to avoided travel will be passed on directly to the client in full. To avoid long commutes, consultants will also be deployed as close as possible to where they live. An algorithm will be used to determine the ideal team composition for each project, with the location being one of the factors. Moreover, the management consultancy will fully convert its business car fleet to electric and hybrid vehicles by 2025.
Transition to sustainability pays off for companies
"We achieve our greatest impact in terms of sustainable business practices together with our over 200 clients per year," says Birgit Engler. As a partner at Porsche Consulting, she has advised numerous companies on the development of sustainability strategies and their implementation. "For many companies, the transition to sustainability represents a huge effort, but one that pays off. The greatest possible energy efficiency and the sparing use of resources promote value-creating growth and thus the long-term success of the company," says Engler. This approach enables cost savings and enhances customer appeal, employee satisfaction, and the overall value of the company.
The management consultancy will also continue to assess and optimize its own sustainability performance. "Without the dedication of our employees, these advances would not be possible. They breathe life into our sustainability objectives and actively contribute to achieving them every day with their conduct and many good ideas," says Eberhard Weiblen. In addition to environmental sustainability, Porsche Consulting also regularly supports social projects and pursues diversity in its own ranks. The company is committed to the Charta der Vielfalt, an initiative that promotes equal opportunity in the workplace, as well as the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which aim to achieve economic, social, and environmental sustainability worldwide.
Climate neutrality of Porsche Consulting
The climate neutrality of Porsche Consulting is based on direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases along the company's entire value creation chain. It encompasses all three internationally recognized Greenhouse Gas Protocol GHG (Scope 1–3). This makes Porsche Consulting one of the leading actors among strategy consultancies worldwide. Unavoidable emissions are offset through the Kasigau Corridor environmental protection project in Kenya, which offsets more than one million metric tons of CO₂ per year. The project also focuses on wildlife conservation, environmental protection, education, and economic development in the region.
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Three observation networks
The ICOS infrastructure provides Europe-wide, continuous long-term measurements of CO2, CH4 and N2O concentrations in the atmosphere based on a network of tall towers. Near-surface observation stations measure simultaneously the turbulent exchange of these trace gases between the most representative managed and natural ecosystems. The greenhouse gas budgets of the European seas and the North Atlantic are continuously monitored by automated measurements from voluntary observing ships and at time series observatories.
Central Analytical Laboratories (CALs)
Very small concentration differences between different atmospheric measurement stations can provide important information on the spatial distribution of greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore highest precision of the data is an essential requirement for the ICOS measurements. To achieve highest quality and long-term consistency of the data, the ICOS concept is built on the development of two central laboratories for trace gas and 14C measurements, respectively. These laboratories will provide calibration gases for all European ICOS stations and will measure additional parameters in gas samples which cannot be measured continuously at the atmospheric observation stations.
In the past, only few laboratories were able to deliver highest precision and best possible standardization of trace gas measurements. One of them is the Max-Planck Institute of Biogeochemistry in Jena which has now built up the Flask and Calibration Laboratory (FCL) for ICOS. Another Central Laboratory has been developed at the Institute of Environmental Physics at Heidelberg University. The Central Radiocarbon Laboratory (CRL) conducts measurements of the 14C isotope content in gas samples which serves to distinguish between natural and anthropogenic sources of atmospheric carbon dioxide. With these two laboratories Germany provides a core part of the ICOS research infrastructure.


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Alexander J. Krolikowski was born on 28 February 1922 in Wisconsin to Walter Benjamin Krolikowski (1896-1969) (Lomza, Poland) and Angline N. (Horzelski) Krolikowski (1897-1969) (WI) (married 1921). Siblings included Benjamin Charles Horzelski Krolikowski (1917-1997) (mother – Antonio (Horzelski) Krolikowski (1897-1918) (Russia – married 1916 in North Dakota) and Walter Krolikowski Jr. (1923-1963). He attended Lincoln High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 22 December 1942. He was trained at the engineering school and assigned to the Headquarters Company, Engineers Division 2, Ledo, India. On 27 October 1944, a C-47B, # 43-48634, assigned to 10th Air Force, 443rd Troop Carrier Group, 315th Troop Carrier Squadron, departed the airfield at Ledo, India, on a routine flight to Myitkyina, Burma. Private Krolikowski was a passenger. It crashed enroute at map coordinates NR5554. All were killed in the crash. Last contact by radio was with Cpl. Lester J. Phillips, 31120129. A C-64 of the 443rd Troop Carrier Group, was dispatched to the area of the crash. The crashed plane was identified as a C-47 with large yellow tail markings such as the one missing. The "political agent" for the area, Mr. Walker, reported that it will take 3 days to reach the crash after the search party is rganized. 1stLt Rueben C. Zirbel, 0-745775, Operations Officer, is in charge of the search. 1stLt Guy E. Tadlock, Assistant Operations Officer, reported that he was climbing on a course west of Digboi Mountain. He saw a large fire and black smoke. He changed course and identified the fire as a burning aircraft. He sent a message to "Tapleak" at Ledo Air Base and gave the location. He circled until a UC64-A, 43-5321, arrived and located the fire, then proceeded to his destination. His remains, indistinguishable from other crew members (Fetzer, Krolikowski) were recovered from the American military airfield cemetery at Barrackpore, India, and buried in a common grave in the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky on 19 August 1949 (Sec. E, Graves 115/116).


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Beat Games released Beat Saber on Steam in May 2018, and it has garnered an "overwhelmingly positive" rating on that platform and more is coming to the PSVR release of Beat Saber. Like a Guitar Hero or Audiosurf that has been designed with VR in mind, Beat Saber has you slashing blocks to the beat of a song as they race towards you in a 3D space.
The PlayStation VR port of Beat Saber took longer than originally expected, but it's launching with a few new features like a campaign mode and five exclusive songs. A "challenging campaign" has been made just for PS VR that lets players improve their skills.
There will be a new expansion pack for the console shortly after release, with 10 more songs, and the intent to "release new music regularly", according to Beat Games.
Epic sabers: Get ready for those shiny beasts because they look just awesome. You can play the game now on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift & WMR headsets. Watch them glow and slash the cubes with style! It will also include a Practice Mode so new players can get the hang of things. A practice mode is being introduced, which will allow players to slow the game down, and start at any part of a level to help practice tricky parts.
Beat Saber became a bit of a viral phenomenon thanks to its gameplay gimmick. There will also be plenty of modifiers and "epic sabers" to unlock.
The developer plans to continue supporting Beat Saber after release with additional content.