Western Cherry Fruit Fly (Rhagoletis indifferens)
Why is it a problem?
Western cherry fruit fly (Rhagoletis indifferens) is a native pest to North America which can cause significant damage to soft fruit crops including cherries. Western cherry fruit fly adults attack ripening fruit and deposit larvae into the fruit flesh. Presence of any larvae found inside the fruit can compromise a Growers' ability to pack their fruit for export, and with it significant financial consequences. Populations of Western cherry fruit fly in your or surrounding area's orchards can potentially compromise the quality of your crop, as domestic markets typically return much less to the grower.
Where do Western cherry fruit flies come from?
Western cherry fruit flies overwinter in the orchard soil, and have one generation per year. Adults emerge prior to harvest as the fruit are ripening, and can potentially cause damage throughout their lipespan of around 15-30 days. Harvest time is usually when peak populations are found, and growers should continually monitor for Western cherry fruit fly populations to appropriately protect their crop.
How the BC DAS system can help: Keeping you Informed + Equipped
The BC Das system allows growers to be informed about the current risk of Western cherry fruit fly populations in the growers' specific geographic location. Using information on temperature and degree days, as well as regional trap catches, the BC DAS system provides the grower with up to date information regarding potential risks for cherry fruit fly populations. In order for the BC DAS system to be most accurate, the grower must follow along with the model in conjuction with trap catches in their own orchard in order to be fully informed throughout the growing season and avoid loss.
The DAS Spray Guide offers different spray options, rates and timings, allowing growers to plan their sprays for coverage, as well as allowing the grower to select for product options currently registered for either conventional or organic use. By following along on the BC DAS model, the grower will have timely information and knowledge of the tools currently available to protect against Western cherry fruit fly populations in their orchard.
Still interested in finding out more? Check out our BC DAS Western cherry fruit fly model video on YouTube to connect horticultural knowledge from the field with the online DAS program:


Self Portrait as Bystander
Painting: The Taking of Christ, c. 1602
The Taking of Christ is an example of a Baroque painting. It shows the dramatic moment when Jesus was betrayed by his friend Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane. In the back left corner of the painting there is a man holding a lantern. He is not one of the apostles and he is not one of the guards.
Quesiton: Who might this person is likely to be?
Take a close look at the way he is holding the lantern.
Imagine that you are holding a heavy lantern. How would you lift it?
Imitate this man’s hand and think about what you would hold like that.
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Posted by PS Dental on Feb 7 2022, 09:02 AM
Healthy teeth and gums are a result of good dental habits from a young age. If you neglect your kid’s dental health, this can lead to tooth decay, cavities, or other dental problems. Dr. Sepehri and her team at PS Dental in Tigard, Oregon, have all the specialized amenities and expertise to attend to any of your child’s dental issues.
Here are 5 ways to help your kids have healthy gums and teeth:
Brushing twice a day is the best practice to keep your teeth strong and healthy. Kids must brush their teeth for at least 2 minutes in a circular motion to properly remove debris and plaque.
Flossing helps remove plaque, bacteria, and food particles stuck between the teeth. Our team at PS Dental can demonstrate proper flossing techniques to your kids if necessary.
Diet plays an important role in a kid's health. Foods that are rich in calcium and magnesium should be included in their diet. Calcium helps strengthen the bones and tooth enamel. Foods rich in calcium are cheese, yogurt, or milk. Magnesium helps improve teeth and bone strength. Magnesium-rich food includes spinach, almonds, and peanuts.
Sugar is the most common source of bacterial growth. It can cause plaque and lead to cavities. We all know that kids love their candies and marshmallows. Even though you cannot completely stop your kids from having these goodies, it is important to keep an eye on their sugar intake and let them indulge in sugary treats sparingly. Moreover, ask your kids to brush and floss immediately after they eat such foods.
Regular dental exams are an important part of preventive dental care. During regular checkups, the dentist will clean your child’s teeth and look for signs of tooth decay. Fluoride or sealants may be recommended to mitigate the risk of dental decay.
If you are looking for ways to help your kid have healthy teeth and gums, contact Dr. Sepehri and her team at PS Dental at (503) 574-4000. You can also visit the clinic at 12017 SW 70th Ave, Tigard, Oregon 97223.


by Subhashish P. | Jun 3, 2021 | Linguistic tools, Mihaq, OER, OpenSpeaks“Gi Mihaq” (IPA: gi miɦjɑːk) is the Mihaq (IPA: miɦjɑːk) or Kusunda-language word to describe the Kusunda people of Nepal. They are an indigenous tribe who used to be nomadic once and were known as “ban raja” in Nepali (“बन … Read the rest...
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Food (and agriculture) SystemS of the UMRB
This research aligns with a project, funded by NSF, titled “Sustainable socio-economic, ecological, and technological scenarios for achieving global climate stabilization through negative CO2 emission policies.” The project is a collaborative effort by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from USD, Montana State University, and the University of Wyoming that is evaluating of the role a BEECS (bioenergy and carbon capture and sequestration) economy would have on the Upper Missouri River Basin (UMRB).
This food-systems research has three main components. First, we will assess the diets of the residents in the UMRB with attention to the foods consumed and the nutritional content. Likewise, the perceptions of UMRB residents and farmers of dietary and market shifts will be collected. Second, we will evaluate the sustainability of the average diet per capita and various diet scenarios in relationship to the regional carrying capacity. Lastly, the UMRB food system will be modeled based on the current food system and the potential responses to system changes and solutions for a sustainable UMRB food system.
This research is ongoing. Please contact Jacinda Maassen or Meghann Jarchow (contact information for both can be found on the Team page) for more information.


The first thing you notice about Natural History Graffiti is the towering edifice looming above you. It seems to go on forever. Drawing your eyes up to the molten sky, like they’re alien rocks or Meteors hurled across space. The sky is simultaneously fluid and cracked like a parched ground.
Snaking across are fluid strokes, sprayed, graffiti-like, to break up the crazed blue surface. Blues and purples, swirling in masses, break into stars of light blue and lavender.
The Tower itself stretches to the sky, details disappearing as your eyes scan upwards. Then travelling back down, the colours pulsate with a vibrant richness. Golden yellows, jewel like blues and reds call out with deep blues and greens clashing. Trying to rein back the colour but the vibrant colours win the day.
Once you get past the colour, the details emerge. Organic textures feature contrasting the smooth reflections in the glass. Scales cling on the twisted columns, regimented leaves frame the windows and a small lion stands guard watching for signs of trouble. Vines and flowers cap the scaly columns, a patchwork of colour. (Read More)
This is an Giclee print.
The original painting that the print was based on was initially drawn with pencil onto watercolour paper. These lines were then drawn over using masking fluid and then painted using watercolour paint and acrylic ink. Salt was also used in the process and some of the ink blown around using a straw. Once the painting was dry the masking fluid was removed to reveal the finished painting. The original painting was created in England in 2017.
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Never forget: Honouring murdered and missing Indigenous women
WHO: Sherry Farrell-Racette, associate professor in Native studies, and women’s and gender studies.
WHAT: Farrell-Racette is editorial lead for Walking With Our Sisters, a commemorative art installation that honours the more than 1,100 Indigenous women and girls who have been reported missing or murdered in Canada and the United States during the last three decades. The exhibit—run entirely by volunteers—acknowledges the grief the families of these women continue to suffer and creates an opportunity for dialogue in communities.
The installation displays more than 1,763 pairs of adult vamps (the beaded tops of moccasins) and 108 pairs of children’s vamps, donated by volunteers from around the world. The unfinished moccasins represent the unfinished lives of these Indigenous women, as well as the children who never returned from residential schools. Organizers invite patrons to remove their shoes and walk the path along the vamps.
HOW IT STARTED: In June of 2012, a general call was issued on Facebook for people to create moccasin tops. The call was answered by women, men and children of all ages and races. A year later, more than 1,600 vamps had been received, almost tripling the initial goal of 600. “Each pair of vamps is special, and each artist put their heart and soul into every stitch,” says Farrell-Racette.
ITS REACH: The installation will travel to more than 25 locations throughout North America and is booked until 2019.
THE INSPIRATION: “That feeling of helplessness, that feeling of powerlessness, that feeling that you can’t do anything—This gave us something to do,” Farrell-Racette told CTV news. “We continue to press forward and we have a great deal of hope.”


After trial efforts with block slab and channel beam bridges, the State Highway Department was ready to expand its use of prestressed concrete for a variety of bridge types, including stringers.
In 1957, the department built its first major prestressed concrete bridge, which carried U.S. 701/N.C. 41 over the Cape Fear River at Elizabethtown (Bladen County Bridge 17). The bridge has 98 prestressed concrete, I-shaped beams, each 110-feet-long and weighing 11 tons, cast in the Durham plant of the North Carolina Concrete Products Corporation.
Each beam contained 26 steel cables with approximately five times the strength of ordinary reinforcing steel. The concrete was poured in steel forms around the cables, which were stretched 34 inches by jacks exerting a force of 243 tons. The cables contracted when the tension was released by cutting them at either end of the beam, forcing the concrete together tightly and thus preventing the likelihood that the beam would crack or sag.
The beams, although patterned after national standards, were still an impressive size for the state's first major effort. They were transported from Durham to Elizabethtown on a specially designed trailer truck.
The department quickly adopted the prestressed concrete stringer technology, utilizing it at bridges on the rapidly developing interstate highway system. By 1960, prestressed concrete stringer bridges were well on their way to becoming one of the dominant standard bridge types in the state.
The Historic Bridge Inventory identified nearly 80 examples with dates of construction from 1957 to 1960. Chief state bridge engineer T. B. Gunter, Jr. reported that prestressed concrete stringer bridges had made the cast-in-place, tee-beam bridge practically obsolete. Prestressed concrete allowed "standardization to be utilized to its maximum effect in girder design and details," both from the standpoint of the designing engineer and the casting company.
The introduction of prestressed concrete marked one of the most significant technological changes in standardized bridge construction since the early years of the department. The applications of prestressed concrete from the mid-1950s show important thinking about, and uses of, the new material.


Prenatal marijuana use ups risk of childhood sleep issues: Study
New York, July 3 (IANS) Marijuana use while pregnant increases the chance of developing childhood sleeping problems as much as a decade later, warn researchers.
Published in ‘Sleep Health: The Journal of The National Sleep Foundation', the study is the latest to link prenatal cannabis use to developmental problems in children and the first to suggest it may impact sleep cycles long-term.
“Mothers who said they had used cannabis while pregnant were significantly more likely to report their children having clinical sleep problems,” said study researcher Evan Winiger from the University of Colorado Boulder in the US.
For the study, the research team analysed baseline data from the landmark Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, which is following 11,875 youth from age 9 or 10 into early adulthood.
As part of an exhaustive questionnaire upon intake, participants' mothers were asked if they had ever used marijuana while pregnant and how frequently.
The mothers were also asked to fill out a survey regarding their child's sleep patterns, assessing 26 different items ranging from how easily they fell asleep and how long they slept to whether they snored or woke up frequently in the night and how sleepy they were during the day.
About 700 moms reported using marijuana while pregnant. Of those, 184 used it daily and 262 used twice or more daily.After controlling for a host of other factors, including the mother's education, parent marital status and family income and race, a clear pattern emerged.
Those who used marijuana frequently were more likely to report somnolence symptoms (symptoms of excess sleepiness) in their children, such as trouble waking in the morning and being excessively tired during the day.
In other previous work of the same researchers, they found that teenagers who frequently smoked marijuana were more likely to develop insomnia in adulthood.While the current study doesn't prove that using cannabis while pregnant causes sleep problems, it builds on a small but growing body of evidence pointing to a link.
Researchers aren't sure exactly how cannabis exposure during vulnerable developmental times might shape future sleep.
But studies in animals suggest that THC and other so-called cannabinoids, the active ingredients in pot, attach to CB1 receptors in the developing brain, influencing regions that regulate sleep, the authors noted.


Telecommunication has become an essential part of our daily lives and has been remarking broadly to the advancement in a variety of fields. One of the emerging modes is Wireless broadband technology which transmits multiplexed information on a wide band of frequencies. The operation of Wireless broadband services is done by weighing the geographical population density against the bandwidth limitation.
The ways people and devices connect to the Internet have changed significantly in recent years. Numerous highly capable wireless networking technologies have been developed and widely deployed. Today’s commercial wireless communications landscape is fueling a revolution in the way people access and share information as the “wireless Internet” continues to take form With all that said, however, there has been a growing trend over the past 25 years for the increasing use of commercial technologies, techniques, and equipment to solve problems in the wireless communications domain. Physical limitations on wireless communication channels impose huge challenges to reliable communication. Bandwidth limitations, propagation loss, noise and interference make the wireless channel a narrow pipe that does not readily accommodate rapid flow of data. Thus, researches aim to design systems that are suitable to operate in such channels, in order to have high performance quality of service. Also, the mobility of the communication systems requires further investigations to reduce the complexity and the power consumption of the receiver.
Wireless Receiver Design for Digital Communications aims to provide highlights of the current research in the field of wireless communications. It details all major components related to receiver design, including cascade interaction, and provides excellent introductions and technical background on basic as well as advanced component characteristics. It focuses on the history, tools, standards and implementation of Wi-Fi networks. However the main purpose of this book is to understand the various problems associated with the implementation of these WLANs and propose recommendation and measures to solve these problems and mitigate potential risk factors.
This book will appeal to students, practitioners as well as researchers dealing with wireless design in electrical engineering.


Therapy for Trauma & PTSD
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Trauma is real, and each person’s story is their own.
What’s common is the severe anxiety, flashbacks, nightmares, and repetitive thoughts that are triggered by something that reminds us of a terrifying event. It doesn’t matter if the event was experienced or witness, or even remembered fully. These PTSD symptoms can make us feel out of control, and interfere with our relationships, our responsibilities, and living the life we want for ourselves.
Let us provide a safe place to explore your story, reduce your symptoms, and reclaim your life. We are here to help!
Trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy is an evidence-based psychotherapy or counselling that aims at addressing the needs of children and adolescents with post traumatic stress disorder and other difficulties related to traumatic life events
Trauma-focused CBT is a phase-and components-based treatment..The three phases of TF-CBT are stabilization, trauma narration and processing, and integration and consolidation. The components of TF-CBT are summarized by the acronym “PRACTICE”. These components are described in detail below.
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy. As its name implies is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy that addresses the specific emotional and mental health needs of children, adolescents, adult survivors, and families who are struggling to overcome the destructive effects of early trauma.


The Treaty of Fredrikshamn on September 17, 1809, concluded the Finnish War between Russia and Sweden. The treaty was signed in the present-day Finnish town of Hamina.
According to the treaty Sweden ceded Åland, parts of the provinces Lapponia and Westrobothnia (east of the rivers of Tornio and Muonio) and all provinces east thereof.
The ceded terrotories came to constitute a Russian Grand Duchy, to which also the 18th century conquests of Karelia including parts of Nyland and Savonia were later annexed (see: "Old Finland").
Together with the Porvoo Diet (1809) the Treaty of Fredrikshamn constitutes the cornerstone for the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland, and thereby the start of the development which would lead to the revival of Finnish language and culture, and ultimately in 1917 to Finland's independence.
Also for Sweden, the treaty turned out to be ultimately beneficial. During the negotiations, Swedish representatives had endeavoured to escape the loss of the Åland islands, "the fore-posts of Stockholm," as Napoleon rightly described them. (The Åland islands were additionally culturally, ethnically and linguistically purely Swedish, but that was of no significance at that time.) In the course of the 19th century it would also turn out that the Åland islands were a British interest, which after the Crimean War led to the de-militarization of the islands according to the Åland Convention included in the Treaty of Paris (1856). Instead of the Åland islands, Sweden came to retain vast areas in the far North, already conquered by the Russians, where later important iron ore and hydropower were to constitute the basis for Sweden's rapid 20th century industrialization.


I‘m going to point out a mistake that many language learners make. And it‘s not just language learners who get this wrong. Many people who speak English as their mother language often slip up when it comes to these two words: than (with an “a“) and then with an “e“). When you speak, there‘s not much difference between then and than. But there is when you write, so make sure you know the difference.
This is what those two little words mean in German. As you‘ll see, they both mean completely different things.
than = als
then = dann
Here are some examples:
- Not being afraid of making mistakes is more important than perfect grammar.
- She won the first and then the second prize in the competition.
- I‘m going to watch this English DVD, then I‘ll go to bed. Some people can learn more by reading books than from doing vocabulary exercises.
Here‘s a little exercise for you. Which is correct, then or than?
- There are less then / than four weeks to the trade fair, and then / than we have the AGM to prepare.
- The Irishman went round the world, then / than he went to live in Japan.
- The Japanese work longer hours then / than Europeans.
- 4 Do you know how many people in the world live on less then / than $1 a day?
- Most language learners like reading newspaper articles more then / than doing exercises.
- First, I‘m going to check how much money I have in the bank. Then / Than if I have more then / than €1.000 to spare, I‘ll book a holiday.


Design Microflow testing
How to prepare for testing microflows is a strategy that needs to be considered seperately. A single microflow can be regarded as a unit, a process or can be used for regression testing. More important to consider when designing tests is the amount of different possible execution paths or outcomes that exist in the microflow. This amount can grow rather quickly.
An example to illustrate:
- Microflow ACT_CreateOrder takes 2 input parameters;
- a Product object (with mandatory price and name attributes)
- a boolean HasDiscount
- The output of the microflow is an Order object.
Given these parameters there are already 10 test variations to consider:
To achieve a 100% test coverage on this microflow at least 10 tests are needed, and even this is only considering data; without defining any expected error messages that should or should not occur.
As part of the test strategy, define the maximum number of variations that are acceptable to achieve a 100% test coverage. Furthermore, define a strategy for the situation when exceeding this amount. What should the tester base their decisions on which scenarios need to be covered? Consider the following elements:
- Happy path (at least these should be covered)
- Probability (more probable scenarios first)
- Risk (high risk scenarios first)
- Impact (high impact scenarios first)


Not content with making a robot cheetah that can run and hop over deterrents at bewildering velocities, analysts at MIT have additionally built up this staggeringly little origami robot that cannot just overlay itself, it can likewise walk, swim, and afterward decimate itself when it is no more required. The little robot, produced using a magnet and bits of PVC sandwiched between layers of polystyrene or paper, can experience its whole hover of existence without the requirement for link ties or wires of any sort.
At the point when the level structure is initially set on a warming component, the layers of PVC contract, making it overlay itself into a predefined shape wrapped around a magnet. That cubic neodymium magnet caught inside the collapsed robot really serves as its engine. At the point when presented to an outside wavering attractive field, the magnet begins to vibrate inside. What’s more, because of the wobbly plan of the modest collapsed robot, it is really ready to walk or get up and go, in any event on its minor arrangement of legs.
The robot can likewise be directed through water, and is really ready to buoy when that outside attractive field is sufficiently solid. Furthermore, when it effectively performs a mission, it can guid towards a tank of (CH3)2CO where everything except for the magnet will totally break up away, leaving little confirmation of its vicinity.
It could one day be an important instrument for spies, once the scientists make sense of how to include and force valuable sensors board. What’s more, if made considerably small, it could even presumably be coordinated around within the human body, performing restorative undertakings before being coordinated to the stomach where the body would actually separate.


Equity is more important.
1. Shares represent partial ownership of the company and are divided into common shares, preferred shares, and incompletely redeemed equity. Equity is the right that shareholders enjoy based on their shareholder qualifications, obtain economic benefits from the company, and participate in the company’s operation and management.
2. Shares refer to the rights and interests of stock holders that correspond to the shares they hold and the right to assume certain responsibilities. The rights claimed against the company according to the status of shareholders are equity. Equity in a stock limited company is a type of stock option.
3. Shareholders are the main body of equity. Generally speaking, a company is an economic organization composed of capital. Therefore, both natural and legal persons can become shareholders.
4. A stock is the smallest and equal measure of a company’s capital. The capital of the enterprise is divided into shares, and the issued shares are the total capital.
5. Stocks are only available in limited liability companies. Holding shares in a company limited by shares means owning a certain percentage of shares. In a limited liability company, the capital is divided proportionally, not called stock, but determines the proportion of equity in proportion.
6. What are the benefits of share conversion? Share conversion refers to the company’s conversion of capital reserves into share capital. The share capital conversion does not change the shareholders’ equity, but increases the size of the share capital. Share conversions can have both advantages and disadvantages. In the case of better market conditions, listed companies carry out the transfer operation, investors hold this part of the stock, and even increase their positions, which increases the strength of the buyer to a certain extent and causes the stock price to rise.
7. In the case of poor market conditions, the listed company will carry out the transfer operation, and the investor will sell this part of the stock, which will increase the strength of the seller to a certain extent and cause the stock price to fall. At the same time, after the share conversion, the size of the stock increases and the price of the stock unit falls, thereby lowering the investment threshold and allowing more people who are optimistic about the company to participate.


Coating & Wear Resistant Additives
One of the most important properties of materials is their surface resistance against destructive surface phenomena such as abrasion, scratches and corrosive environments. The erosion of a solid surface caused by contact with another surface is called wear. Sometimes wear can be productive if it’s controlled in applications like cutting or polishing. But most of the time wear is destructible behavior in material science and different approaches for increasing wear resistance is used. Wear greatly affects the lifetime of many engineered materials and can cause real damage to their performance for example debris from surface wear in many applications can disrupt the performance of specific equipment. In addition, wear increases costs significantly due to the increase in maintenance time and frequency, cost of materials and etc.
Wearing is related to the surface properties of materials so it’s logical to change the characteristics of the surface instead of the whole material. In many applications, we need different properties for the main body and the surface so we need to modify the surface to achieve desired characteristics in the designed part. One way for reinforcing material surface is by applying wear resistance coating or painting. It is possible for hard minerals, which are very abrasive, to play the opposite role and become wear-resistant additives for different materials. Using minerals as additives may create other qualities like anti-skid properties on the surface.
By implementing high-efficiency technologies we are the producer of effective additives for coating, paints, and other surface materials.


Cybersquatting is a fairly new word that came into use with the rise of the internet. We will look at the meaning of the term cybersquatting, its legal implications and some examples of its use in sentences.
Cybersquatting is the process of buying an internet domain name for a trademarked or well-known brand or company and holding the right to use that domain name hostage in the hopes of selling it to the rightful company for an enormous profit. A domain name is the internet address that leads to blogs and websites. In the United States, the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act provides recourse for cybersquatting. National jurisdictions can make it difficult to wrest control of a domain name from a cybersquatter, but the United Nations does offer an arbitration system. Cybersquatters do not generally use the domain names they have registered, they simply pay a small yearly fee to maintain ownership of these domain names. The word cybersquatting was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2000, the verb cybersquat was added in 2010. Related words are cybersquats, cybersquatted.
Typosquatting, which is also known as URL hijacking, is a form of cybersquatting that targets internet users who accidentally type a website address into their web browser incorrectly. (Zee Business)
Cybersquatting, or domain squatting, is the act of registering or using a domain name with the intent of profiting from someone else’s trademark. (The International Business Times)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is nearing the end of a cybersquatting case it filed against GoDaddy five years ago, which went to trial this week in a California courtroom. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Steven Thiele, Gangsta Cybersquatter Sued By Miccosukee Tribe, Now Targets Zo’s Summer Groove (The Miami New Times)


“It may take up to three or four weeks for delivery.”
You're shopping for furniture with your fiance. You picked out a sofa that you want, and now you're asking to buy it. You will need to get the sofa delivered to you, but the shop staff tells you this about the wait time for deliveries.
It may take up to three or four weeks for delivery.
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It may (do something)
"It may ___" is similar to saying "It might ___" but is more formal:
It may rain tomorrow.
It might rain tomorrow.
Both are used to guess or warn about the future. This example is a guess, and the example at top is a warning.
take up to (a time)
When you're preparing or warning a customer of a long wait for something, you usually tell the maximum amount of time that they will have to wait. That way, the customer will be happy if the wait is shorter than this.
You prepare someone for a long wait using "take up to ___":
Finishing the repairs might take up to ten days.
When you send an item somewhere, someone "delivers" the item. To talk about this action, we use the word "delivery". Some common collocations with the word "delivery" include:
- pizza delivery
- an on-time delivery
- a delivery truck
- a delivery boy
- a special delivery
- a daily/weekly/monthly delivery
- make a delivery


SSD with Data Caching
What exactly is a solid-state drive (SSD)? What is SSD caching and how does it work? Discover the key advantages of hosting your web sites on an SSD-powered server.
A solid-state drive (SSD) is a media which uses flash modules so as to save information. The solid-state drives are still fairly new and more pricey than the classic hard disk drives (HDD), yet they are much faster, so they are frequently used for Operating Systems and applications on both PCs and hosting servers. An SSD is preferred as it does not have spinning disks which restrict its speed and may cause overheating as it could happen with an HDD. A large number of companies use SSDs for caching purposes, so all the website content that is accessed more often will be held on this type of drives, while all the other content will be kept on regular HDDs. The reason to use such a setup is to balance the cost and overall performance of their hosting platform and to reduce the load on the HDDs caused by numerous reading and writing processes.
SSD with Data Caching in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you want speed and excellent performance for your Internet sites, our semi-dedicated hosting accounts will be a very suitable solution because they're generated on a cloud platform that uses SSDs for each part of the service - e-mails, databases and files. That way, each Internet site that you host on our end will load fast. Similar to other companies, we also use SSDs for caching, but since all storage drives are solid-state ones, you can take advantage of the high performance all of the time and whatever the nature of your sites. The caching drives are used for load-balancing and all of the frequently accessed content is copied to them, which both lowers the load and provides the good performance of all Internet sites which load directly from the primary drives. The lifespan of the latter will also be increased since there will be substantially less reading and writing processes on them.


Grief is an experience unique to each individual. It is unique to each particular loss, and there is no right or wrong way to grieve. Grief can come in cycles, where an individual feels sure that they’ve seen to completion every stage and element of their grief, experience a reprieve, regain some sense of normalcy, and then suddenly the grief unexpectedly hits them again like a wound cut afresh.
Other times, grief can come in big waves. Waves that hit hard and fast, then recede, only to return again with the same intensity.
Grief Can Occur in Stages
While there are some identifiable stages of grief, there is no set, definite, universal experience of them. There is no right or wrong intensity at which to feel them, and there is no wrong or right amount of time to spend feeling them. In that same vein, there is nothing that dictates that all and any stages of grief won’t reemerge or repeat themselves over time.
Grief is a fluid experience of mixed emotions. Sometimes unrecognizable ones that only a counselor can help one work through. Some feelings may need to be readdressed and re-processed as we move through different stages of our lives.
Grief can sometimes present as denial, anger, despair, numbness, or mania. Or as depression, anxiety, sudden personality changes, confusion, fear, and guilt. Grief is a mixed bag of all these feelings and more.


ring package in Golang
Go language provides a ring package that implements operations on circular lists. To access the functions of the ring package you need to import the ring package in your program with the help of the import keyword.
|func New||This method is used to create a ring of the n elements.|
|func (*Ring) Do||This method is used to call function f on each element of the ring in forward order.|
|func (*Ring) Len||This method is used to computes the number of elements in ring r.|
|func (*Ring) Link||This method is used to connects ring r with ring s such that r.|
|func (*Ring) Move||This method is used to moves n % r.Len() elements backward (n < 0) or forward (n >= 0) in the ring and returns that ring element.|
|func (*Ring) Next||This method is used to returns the next ring element.|
|func (*Ring) Prev||This method is used to returns the previous ring element.|
|func (*Ring) Unlink||This method is used to removes n % r.Len() elements from the ring given r, starting at r.Next().|
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Coin relics in medieval and modern Europe
Drawing from a wide range of historical sources, from hagiography to numismatics, this book will appeal to students and academics researching Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern History, Theology, as well as all those interested in the function of relics throughout Christendom. The Thirty Pieces of Silver is a study that invites meditation on the highly symbolic and powerful role of money through coins, which were the price, value, and measure of Christ and which, despite being the most abject objects, managed to become relics.
Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon – New York, 2022 (Religion and Money in the Middle Ages)
Original Italian edition: Lucia Travaini, I Trenta denari di Giuda. Storia di reliquie impreviste nell’Europa medievale e moderna, Viella: Rome, 2020. Translated by Andrew D.R. Colvin.
December 2021: 360pp
Hb: 978-0-367-68802-8 | $160.00 | £120.00


Argus Education and Job Training
The Argus Learning for Living Center model is a comprehensive and interdependent program offering on-site remedial education, high school and GED education, life management training, conflict resolution training, economic self sufficiency skills, job training and work placement. The core Argus philosophy holds that:• There are no short-cuts or simple solutions. Turning at-risk youth around requires sufficient time and resources. No program will work unless it addresses drugs and violence. These foster a sense of insecurity in adolescents and must not be tolerated in program activity.There must be development of structure and a value system. Inner-city youth must be deliberately guided into the mainstream, including areas
The Argus program has three major components :
1) Socialization, youth development and value change in a drug-free and
violence-free treatment environment.
2) On-site education and remedial education.
3) Job training, placement and retention.
Watch a video on the Argus Learning for Living Pogram
The Eisenhower Foundation is currently replicating the model for youth in the following locations:
To better serve youth in need of job training and placement, the Foundation has reviewed best practices around the country. Click here to read the report.


Wind Catcher is a giant wall of wind turbines designed in Oslo, Norway that uses a turret and mooring system. The advantage is increased production, little damage to the seabed, reduced installation space. A Wind Cacthing unit makes it possible to generate enough electricity for 80,000 European households. 5 units produce as much as 25 conventional turbines.
The usual wind turbines stop working when the wind is higher than 11-12 meters per second by tilting the blades. This is not the case with this system which is capable of producing 2.5 times more energy per swept area than large wind turbines, or 400 gigawatt per hour. While the largest wind turbine built to date generates 80 gigawatt per hour. With a swept area twice as high, we go up to a production multiplied by 5.
The device has 100 small wind turbines, the height is 305 meters (1000 feet). A prototype is to be tested in 2022. The problem with the standard wind turbine is that each of the turbines has to be sunk into the seabed; they cannot be installed in water deeper than 61 meters (200 feet) and therefore more than 32 km (20 miles) from the coast. Here we use a flotation system.
We do not know the cost of installation for the moment.
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How SSP Works
The mind and body are intricately connected, and the vagus nerve plays a crucial role in facilitating communication between them. The vagus nerve is responsible for relaying information between the brain and various organs and systems in the body, including the heart, lungs, digestive system, and more.
Here's how the SSP works:
Auditory Stimulation: The SSP delivers specially filtered and modified music to the listener. The music incorporates specific frequencies, rhythms, and patterns that are believed to have a calming and regulating effect on the nervous system.
Neural Regulation: The auditory stimulation provided by the SSP targets the neural pathways involved in auditory processing and social engagement. It aims to "exercise" and regulate these pathways, promoting improved functioning and integration of sensory information.
Vagal Regulation: The vagus nerve, a key component of the autonomic nervous system, plays a crucial role in regulating physiological responses to stress and promoting social engagement. The SSP is designed to stimulate the vagus nerve, promoting its regulation and balance.
Calming Response: The modified music used in the SSP is intended to create a sense of safety and relaxation. By engaging with this calming auditory input, the nervous system may shift from a state of heightened arousal (fight-or-flight response) to a more balanced and regulated state.
Improved Regulation and Functioning: Through regular exposure to the SSP, it is believed that individuals can develop enhanced abilities to regulate emotions, respond to sensory input, and engage in social interactions. The protocol aims to improve overall well-being and resilience.
It's important to note that the effectiveness of the SSP may vary for each individual, and it's recommended to work with a qualified healthcare professional or therapist who can guide and support the process to ensure its appropriateness and potential benefits for the individual's specific needs.


WHEN: Friday, June 29 at 10:30am
ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL both have Feast Days in the Church Year commemorating events in their lives (Confession of St. Peter on January 18 and Conversion of St. Paul on January 25). Yet even more significant is their joint Feast Day on June 29.
One of the oldest saints days, it was widely celebrated by the fourth century, but some scholars date it to 258. Some traditions hold that they were both martyred on June 29 in 67 AD. More likely, it was on June 29, 258 that their remains were moved to the catacombs which established this feast.
After two great basilicas were dedicated in their memory, St. Peter was commemorated on June 29, while St. Paul was on June 30. During the Reformation era, many Lutheran calendars tended to retain the traditional combined Feast, even though the Epistle and Gospel recall events about St. Peter.
For centuries, the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul was treated as a day like Christmas or Easter. At times, three Masses were celebrated: one in honor of St. Peter; one in honor of St. Paul; and one in commemoration of all the Apostles. The apostleship of Peter and Paul embraced the Church’s complete ministry to both the Jewish and Gentile worlds. These two “princes of the apostles” represented them all.
Over time, each of the Apostles and Evangelists was commemorated with his own Feast Day, but in the earliest times, this Feast on June 29 was regarded as the festival of the whole apostolic
It is fitting, after we have completed the half of the year focusing on Our Lord’s life and work that toward the beginning of the “Time of the Church” half of the year, we begin with the Nativity of Our Lord’s forerunner, St. John the Baptizer (June 24), followed closely by St. Peter and St. Paul.
The lessons for the Feast are Acts 12.1-11 and St. Mark. 16.13-20.
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“Human settlements in Amazonia much older than previously thought”
Guess when they are believed to have settled there? 10,000 years ago!
Follow the link, if not to read the article, then at least to see the panoramic picture at the top of the article that shows the region where these settlements were found.
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I’d heard that. The next question is where did they come from?
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I’ll bet no one knows. There seems to be evidence that there were multiple migrations to the Americas from places as diverse as Asia, West Africa, Polynesia, and even Western Europe. See the link below.
The dates are super contentious, all the more so if we accept that there may have been a meteor event that could have thrown off radiocarbon dating by an unknown amount. (See my recent post about same.) Yet it seems that so many of the theories and counter-theories rely at least in part on “It couldn’t have been X because we know date Y” kinds of arguments.


Plants and Flowers of the Costa del Sol
One of the things that really struck us when we moved to the Costa del Sol was the plant life. The region is home to an incredible variety of plants and they produce flowers in a huge array of shapes and colours.
Probably the plant that’s most prominent is the Bougainvillaea. You’ll see it everywhere in every colour.
Hibiscus is another popular plant that pops up in different colours.
Jasmine bushes aren’t the most colourful but they produce a beautiful fragrance at night.
Most plants that you see on the Costa del Sol aren’t native to the region at all. Hibiscus and Jasmine for example were brought over from Asia by the Moors. But there are many other plants: like Orange Trumpets (originally from South America), Birds of Paradise (South Africa) and Nispero (from Asia) that all have their origins elsewhere but which prosper in the climate of the Costa del Sol. Even the oranges that you’ll see in the trees were brought in by the Moors.
*that doesn’t include all the varieties of Cactus you see all over Spain – most of those originally come from Mexico. Cacti deserve their own post, there’s so many different types in Spain.
Below you’ll find a whole bunch of photos of the colourful plants we come across on our daily walks on the Costa del Sol.
The plant life on the Costa del Sol is in fact one of the most beautiful aspects of living in the region.
Related: Spain: don’t eat the Oranges!
Related: Where to buy Plants in Nerja (and Torrox)
Related: A visit to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town (South Africa)
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The characters that we have discussed in the class so far have felt invisible within their own worlds. Binx feels invisible when he is surrounded by others, and Ophelia felt invisible in the house until she was auctioned off. Edna was visible to Robert and Mml. Ratignolle, but she was little more than an ornament on her husband’s arm. These connections of invisibility seem surprising because there is evidence of their visibility in each story, yet these characters go through a crisis of identity due to their perceptions. The connection between Binx and Stella is similar, yet their respective outcomes are different. They both fought against their families’ expectations for their futures. Their outcomes are vastly different, and in a way they play into their sense of invisibility. Binx fights and still ends up following his family’s expectations. Stella fights, wins, and ends up in a situation that she is seemingly happy in. It’s not until her sister is taken away that she realizes the damage of her situation, and it’s almost as if she would like to be invisible in the last moments of the play. In a city so large, it is understandable how people can become invisible, but the worlds that these authors have created are so small that their characters’ invisibility is monumental.
Invisibility in New Orleans
March 20, 2018


For years, autism spectrum disorders remained a bit of a mystery to doctors and scientists. While there is still no known single cause of autism, nor is there any cure, autism research has drastically improved our understanding of this range of disorders. It is now known that genetics play a strong role in the development of autism, and also that early diagnosis and treatment can greatly improve outcomes in children with autism. Part of making an early diagnosis is knowing the common signs of autism.
Signs of Autism
Autism spectrum disorders affect the way people process information by altering the way nerve cells connect with their synapses. This can cause a wide range of symptoms, varying from slight social and communication issues to more severe disabilities. Signs of autism are typically visible by age three, according to the diagnostic criteria for autism. According to Autism Speaks, an organization that raises awareness of autism, some of the common characteristics of children with autism that could be a red flag include:
- By 6 months: not showing warm emotions, including smiling or happiness
- By 9 months: not repeating expressions or sounds
- By 12 months: not babbling or exchanging gestures
- By 16 months: not speaking
- By 24 months: not making meaningful phrases
As with many disorders, early intervention is the key to improving outcomes. Studies have shown that an early diagnosis and treatment plan for children with autism can greatly improve their social and communication skills, as well as their ability to learn. Parents and other child care providers should be well aware of the signs of autism and reach out to their child’s pediatrician as soon as possible if they are concerned that their child might be at risk of autism. The sooner parents seek help for children with autism, the sooner they are able to benefit from treatments and resources, such as therapeutic sessions and special education programs.


A way to work together for the nation
The central idea embedded in Lincoln’s Gettysburg address was that the Civil War would help to unify the country and bring America back to its first ideas. It was a fight for a new start for the country with the idea of freedom above all else. America was founded on the basic idea of freedom, which wouldn’t be fully achieved until slavery would be abolished. Lincoln thought that the Civil War was being fought above all else to preserve America and its founding ideas. The war wouldn’t end until this was reached. A new and united nation would be much stronger and be able to face much more difficulties. Also, all men were created equal as it was said in the Declaration of Independence. The Civil War in the end would greatly benefit America as a whole. They would be able to face any hardships as a country once they’re unified and willing to work together without anything standing between them. This applies to the American people today because although our country is “unified,” we still are struggling to come together in many ways. The two main political parties have constant fights over many issues that could be better resolved if we worked together and didn’t make things so political. Everyone in America has such different opinions on so many issues that it can be difficult to come to a conclusion as a whole.
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The biggest challenge that we are currently facing with Philip is his lack of language. Many of his other delays and issues can be traced to the fact that he does not talk and that he does not appear to understand what we say to him. As part of Philip’s IEP to address his speech delay, the staff at his preschool are utilizing PECS or a Picture Exchange Communication System. You can read more about the history and theory behind PECS here.
As the name indicates, pictures are used instead of verbal language to communication. The ultimate goal is to use these icons as a bridge to the spoken words. But the first step is for the child to use the pictures to express wants and needs. The key is that the child must show intent. Sure, Philip may pick up a picture and hand it to someone, yet that, in itself, could just be a game: here I am, giving small squares to teacher.
Today, however, Philip’s speech language therapist wrote a note to us on his daily report. She reminded us that they are using pictures to communicate. Then she wrote that during her session with Philip this morning, he chose a picture and reached to the teacher with it to indicate that he wanted to swing more. “He showed intent and we are very excited.”
When I had called Peter on my lunch break, he wouldn’t tell me what today’s report said. He admitted that he almost called me right after picking up Philip, but he knows me too well. “I didn’t want you to cry at work.” Sure enough, when I came home and read the report, tears came to my eyes. A small success, but a big piece of hope.
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The Arts and Crafts was a movement linked to the design and decorative arts of the late nineteenth century that enhanced the manual work of artisans, valuing their respect and care for the materials and the way they were used.
the arts and mechanical movement began with the aim of doing useful things, of doing them well, and of making them beautiful; good quality and beauty were the leaders of the counterpart movements.
Morris and Co.
William Morris was one of the main ideologues and of all his facets the most recognized is that of architect, designer and textile master. Together with his wife, the embroidery artist Jane Burden decorate the iconic Red House with murals, paintings and stained glass following the manual techniques of the artists in each area.
With his experience he created the Morris and Co. company in which he reproduced the designs inspired by nature that characterize his work.
The company is still active and retains the stamps with which the wallpaper was originally created. His timeless designs are used in decoration and I especially like fabrics, since it allows you to make a DIY and decorate your home with things that you have created.
Fabrics, paintings and wallpaper are the main elements to incorporate the nature of the movement designs into decoration. Vibrant colors such as blue and green coexist with softer shades such as neutral or pink tones. Create a lovely and peaceful home surrounded by Arts and Crafts pieces.
If you want to know more about the life and work of William Morris, I leave you this video from the Fundación Juan March where he shows the preparation of the exhibition “William Morris and company: the Arts and Crafts movement in Great Britain” organized in 2018.
I hope to have another opportunity in the future to see so many pieces of him together.


Belfast may have developed around a tannery. It was revealed by a series of excavations carried out in the historic centre of the capital of Northern Ireland. Details are explained by the Unearthed report, published by the Department for Communities Historic Environment Division (HED) and related to the interventions carried out between 2015 and 2018.
Royal Exchange redevelopment
Excavations carried out in the heart of the Northern Irish capital, the former Royal Exchange, are linked to a redevelopment project in the historic centre. They have unearthed 15 small tanks where, it is to believe, leathers were tanned. The tanks are nothing more than small wells whose walls are covered with wooden planks, joined together by a series of wooden dowels. According to experts, the tannery dates back to the 18th century.
A novelty, kind of
However, Belfast is not new to similar findings. At the beginning of the new millennium, a construction site was opened in the historic centre of the city to build a multi-story car park. During excavations other remains of a leather processing site emerged. It was the Williamson brothers’ tannery, active from 1880 until the early 1900s. For this reason, the car park is now known as Tannery Park. The Waring Street Merchant Hotel also stands on the remains of an ancient tannery. The hotel occupies the land once owned by the tanning entrepreneur William Waring where, in the 17th century, was his tannery.
Images from bbc.com


This article was originally shared on the Seidlitz Blog on April 29, 2020.
Imagine you are a second grade student born in America, and you only speak English. You’ve attended English schools until now. But your father’s job has relocated your family to France, and now you are in a classroom filled with students and a teacher who only speak French (a language you have never spoken). The science teacher hands you a book and signals for you to read it. You open the book and find that it is filled with pictures…no words. First a group of horses. A mare feeding a foal. A colt running wild. Then a group of pigs, chickens, cows, etc. Instantly, you begin to think about the information you know about animals. What they are called, where they live, what they eat, etc.
Though you aren’t able to communicate this information in French yet, you are able to follow along with the class and think in English using the schema and background knowledge you have about animals.
Why Use Wordless Picture Books?
What is the difference and Why should we care?
Well, first and foremost, we should care if we want our students to speak like scholars. If we want our students to be marketable after they graduate. If we want them TO graduate! Then we should care! Sentence stems and frames are scaffolds as students learn language and content.
Sometimes educators use the terms sentence stems, sentence starters and sentence frames interchangeably. You may wonder...are they the same thing? The answer is no, they are are not the same. They have their own form and function.
Scaffolding for ELs
Scaffolding...when I hear this word, I think of the small trees that were planted in my front yard. Around them, the gardeners placed metal tree stakes as supports. Scaffolds in teaching are like the stakes around the tree.
Interestingly enough, it is suggested that the sooner the stakes are removed, the sooner the plant can develop a strong trunk and root system. And staking a tree that does not need it can do more harm than good. So in essence, though stakes in general seem like a good thing, if implemented incorrectly, they can harm the tree.


You probably know that taking probiotics is good for your digestion. You also may know that prebiotics provide food for probiotics. But have you ever heard of synbiotics?
Don't worry if you haven't — and don't feel overwhelmed about having to learn about yet another "biotic." Synbiotics are simply a mixture of prebiotics and probiotics that can help support the bacteria in your gut. And it's also good for treating eczema.
But that's not all it can do. The journal JAMA Pediatrics recently published research indicating that taking synbiotics can help treat eczema in children. In fact, it took only eight weeks before the eczema began to clear up. The researchers aren't yet sure if synbiotics can actually prevent eczema, but they're planning to do more research to find out.
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While this study was done in children, there's been a good bit of research linking probiotics to decreased levels of inflammation. This recent study indicates that synbiotics, prebiotics, and probiotics can help clear up this inflammatory condition in adults as well.
The researchers also found that prebiotics alone might be just as helpful as synbiotics in clearing up eczema. But this is probably the case only if you already have a good balance of healthy bacteria in your gut. If you don't, you can add them by eating fermented foods, kombucha and/ or taking a supplement, such as Advanced Probiotic Formula
. Then you can try feeding those bugs with a special prebiotic or simply eating plenty of fiber (such as the Bhu Fit fiber bars
To your health, naturally,


Asparagus demonstrates what Mother Nature can do with a plant. By planting asparagus only one time, the plants will continue to produce for many years to come. A vegetable garden in Vermont has had the same producing asparagus bed for more than100 years.
February is the best month for planting asparagus. Crowns not seed are used to establish asparagus, so check with area garden centers early in case the crowns need to be ordered.
A soil test should be taken to determine fertilizer and lime needs in your garden plot. If adding lime to raise the pH level, it should be plowed in before the crop is planted. This is especially important for perennials such as asparagus since the soil once the bed is established it should not be disturbed again.
Asparagus crowns that are one year old are best to use when establishing a bed. Be sure to add organic matter such as animal manure or compost. Adding the appropriate amount of commercial fertilizer will pay good dividends. Use 50 pounds of 6-12-12 or 5-10-15 per 1,000 square feet before setting crowns. Annual split applications of 6-12-12 or 5-10-15 at the rate of 1 to 2 pounds per 100 square feet should be adequate to keep asparagus actively growing.
The plant is dioecious, which means the male flowers are on one plant and the female flowers are on a separate plant. The green foliage is fern-like and produces excess food that is stored in the fleshy storage roots. The spears, which develop in early summer, are doing so at the expense of this stored food. For this reason, the harvest season should be regulated to allow sufficient time for the plant to replace this stored food.


On this week’s podcast, highlights of a new systematic review on Early Intense Behavioral Intervention. Thank you to the ASF community for suggesting this topic for the podcast!
ASF is proud to announce continued support for the Baby Siblings Research Consortium (BSRC), a network of over 33 research sites around the world studying the younger siblings of people with autism. The Baby Sibs database now tracks over 5,000 younger siblings, with and without autism. The database has been used to develop more sophisticated screening and diagnostic approaches, to understand early biological features of ASD even before symptoms develop, and to inform clinicians of early treatment targets. The additional funding will allow researchers to continue submitting information to expand data points so that a deeper understanding of development across the lifespan can be made. ASF support will also allow scientists to collaborate on key issues like early biological testing and searching for biomarkers of ASD.
The brain is developing even after birth. So interventions that are given very early have the best chance of remolding and rewiring a brain with autism to prevent autism-related disabilities. This week, a group from the University of London, Duke University, and University of Washington measured brain activity during tasks that required social attention following two months of very, very, very early intervention. They found that the way the brain responded to social stimuli was more like those without an autism diagnosis. This study shows that a biological marker of brain function is altered after behavioral interventions that are intended to do just that – change the way the brain functions. Click here to learn more and listen to this week’s podcast with Dr. Alycia Halladay.


A spectacular photo of a storm approaching Cape Coral, Florida on Monday July 3, 2017 made Accuweather Photo of the Day on Monday, July 10, 2017.
The city of Cape Coral is located in southwest Florida near Fort Myers in Lee County with a shoreline on the Gulf of Mexico. Cape Coral was founded in 1957 and developed as a master-planned, pre-planned community. Cape Coral grew to a population of 154,305 by the year 2010.
The city’s population estimate was 165,831 in 2013.
The city’s population estimate was 179,804 in 2016.
With an area of 120 square miles, Cape Coral is the largest city between Tampa and Miami. Cape Coral is a principal city in the Cape Coral – Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population estimate for the statistical area was 679,513 for 2014.
The city is known as a “Waterfront Wonderland”, with over 400 miles of navigable waterways, Cape Coral has more miles of canals than any other city in the world.
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Urban Intensification Balanced with High Quality Public Spaces
Urban intensification does not need to come at the cost of amenity or public open space. Cities should be designed to be more livable, not to house big spectacular development projects. Furthermore, public spaces can be designed to be comfortable for people for longer periods of time, because contrary to common belief, you can do something about the weather. You can set guidelines for human comfort studies in order to understand the impacts of proposed developments early in the planning process. The guidelines would set performance requirements and provide an opportunity to engineer the microclimate to create high quality, comfortable public spaces. This ensures that the public spaces will perform as intended – for human comfort and enjoyment.
Benefits of Engineering the Microclimate:
- Realize your vision for your city. Your vision for your city is unique, so too is your city’s microclimate. Increase the amount of high quality space in your city and ensure the spaces are comfortable and pleasant places to live, work and visit.
- Encourage active transportation. Create microclimate conditions that are safe and comfortable for people cycling and walking. This results in better health and well being of residents.
- Make spaces comfortable for longer periods of time. With early design interventions, such as optimizing street layouts at the master planning stage or modifying building massing, the environment can be engineered to be more comfortable. This allows people to spend more time outdoors together.
- Reap economic benefits of having comfortable public space – patrons visit local businesses such as shops and restaurants more frequently and they stay longer. Ensure developers and their consultants have a clear understanding of what studies they need to conduct to assess human comfort in public spaces as part of the planning process and how to conduct the studies. The resultant consistency in the application process will help to expedite review times and decrease the level of burden on all stakeholders.
Engineering a city's microclimate and creating a healthier city
Vibrant outdoor life, whether it means an activity like walking, or just enjoying a meal on a restaurant patio, is one of the keys to having a livable, dynamic city. There’s a growing understanding of low-cost but effective steps that cities can take to create outdoor environments that are welcoming. At RWDI, we call this “Total Comfort.” It can give cities an edge in the competition for residents, businesses, and visitors.
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This is a project to summarize and articulate in simple terms the 85 essays (known as the “Federalist Papers”) that were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay in an effort to convince the people of New York to ratify the recently-drafted Constitution of the United States.
This is not a “partisan” project. It is intended to merely summarize the essays that were written – simply because many people find them hard to read or simply do not take the time to read more than a few lines. These posts are purely factual – NOT taking any position pro or con.
Additionally, I am fully aware that the Federalist Papers themselves were highly “partisan” – they argued the point of view of the Federalists.
The anti-federalists had their point of view regarding rejection of the new Constitution as well – but this first step in this project is to focus only on the Federalist Papers. The “Brutus,” “Claudius,” et. al., papers will come later.
So for those of you who are seeking a debate, there is nothing to debate here. These posts are simply summaries of historical documents. You can read more in-depth summaries and analyses, or, if you choose, can read the actual text of each essay.


Teaching how to change the correct size of images without losing quality
The final size of the images depends on the resolution we choose in the settings. For example, if we set a 3000 x 4500 pixel photo at a pixel density of 300 dpi, it will be printed with a size of 10 x 15 inches; But if we set it to 72 dpi, it will print with a size of 41.6 x 62.5 inches.
For example, even though the print size has changed; But the image (photo file) is not resized and only the existing pixels are reorganized. Consider, for example, a drawstring. It can be stretched or gathered without changing the composition of the strap and adding or cutting a part of the drawstring.
Select photo size
At the beginning, you should know what purpose you want the photo for? Are you going to keep it digitally, share it online, or print it? Because, according to the purpose you set for the photo, the maximum pixel density will be important.
For example, if you plan to upload the photo to a social network account, set the settings to 72 dpi; But such amount will not be suitable for photo printing. Therefore, if you plan to print the photo, this number should be between 300 and 350 dpi to see the quality of the output.
Don’t forget that every monitor and printer will have slight differences in resolution. For example, if you want to print a photo that is 10 x 8 inches. Your photo should have 8 x 300 dpi equal to 2400 pixels and 10 x 300 dpi equal to 3000 pixels, which means: 3000 x 2400 pixels and any photo larger than these dimensions will only take up memory space. Now let’s go to the answer to the first question, what is the method of changing the size of the photo without losing quality?
Resize photos with Photoshop
To resize the photo with Photoshop, after running Photoshop and opening the photo in it, follow the steps below.
first stage: In the top left menu bar, click on Image to open its options and then click on Image Size option.


Not on view
Three of the pieces are modern replacements.
Chess was avidly played in Russia by czars, princes, and merchants. The design of this chess set reflects the Indian influence in the introduction of the game to Russia, probably during the eighth or ninth century. Initially, the moves were a bit different from the European version of the game.
Although the two sides of this set—Russian Christians versus Muslims—are not differentiated by color, it is easy to distinguish them and the type was a standard Russian design. As in Indian sets, there are ships for rooks and elephants for bishops. The king is seated on a throne. Also as in Indian sets, next to the king is his vizier, here represented as a Roman officer. The pawns are Roman and Muslim soldiers. The elephants of the Christian side have mahouts but there are none on the Muslim side. The pierced, ajouré bases of these pieces are attached with ivory pins. They are carved with Neoclassical acanthus-leaf tips, which helps to date this set.
The town of Kholmogory, roughly fifty miles up the river from Archangel, was famous for its carvers, who used bone and walrus tusk for their productions. The sea mammal was landed in Archangel and every part of the walrus—the meat, skin, feet, and ivory tusks—was valued, for food and other products.
This artwork is meant to be viewed from right to left. Scroll left to view more.


The previously-reported discovery of a stone cup with an inscription dating from the 1st century A.D. is covered by National Geographic. The inscription is proving quite difficult to decipher.
“These were common stone mugs that appear in all Jewish households” of the time, said lead excavator Shimon Gibson of the University of North Carolina.
“But this is the first time an inscription has been found on a stone vessel” of this type.
Deciphering the writing could provide a window into daily life or religious ritual in Jerusalem around the time of Jesus Christ.
Working on historic Mount Zion—site of King David’s tomb and the Last Supper—the archaeologists found the cup near a ritual pool this summer. The dig site is in what had been an elite residential area near the palace of King Herod the Great, who ruled Israel shortly before the birth of Jesus.
What sets the newfound cup apart is its inscription, which is still sharply etched but so far impossible to understand.
Similar to intentionally enigmatic writing in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the cup’s script appears to be a secret code, written in a mixture of Hebrew and Aramaic, the two written languages used in Jerusalem at the time.
“They wrote it intending it to be cryptic,” Gibson said.
In hopes the script can be deciphered, Gibson’s team is sharing pictures of the cup with experts on the writing of the period. The researchers also plan to post detailed photos of the cup and its inscriptions online soon.
One thing the team is sure of, though, is that whoever inscribed the cup had something big in mind—and didn’t want just anyone to know.
“They could be instructions on how to use [the cup], could have incantations or curses. But it’s not going to be something mundane like a shopping list.”
The complete article is here and it includes a nice photograph (enlarged here). A friend of mine dug this cup out of the dirt, but as with all excavations, the credit goes to the archaeologists, not to the laborers, and you’ll never see his name in print. The official excavation website is here.


LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy (LAMA2 MD or MDC1A) is a devastating congenital muscular dystrophy that is caused by mutations in the LAMA2 gene encoding laminin-α2, the long chain of several heterotrimeric laminins. Laminins are essential components of the extracellular matrix that interface with underlying cells. The pathology of LAMA2 MD patients is dominated by an early-onset, severe muscular dystrophy that ultimately leads to death by respiratory insufficiency. However, pathology in nonmuscle tissues has been described. Prior work in the dyW /dyW mouse model for LAMA2 MD has shown that two linker proteins, mini-agrin and αLNNd, when expressed in skeletal muscle fibers, greatly increase survival from a few months up to more than 2 years. However, the restoration of skeletal muscle function accentuates the pathology in nonmuscle tissue in dyW /dyW mice, first and foremost in the peripheral nerve resulting in paralysis of the hind limbs. We now show that the expression of the two linker proteins in all tissues ameliorates the muscular dystrophy and prevents the appearance of the hind limb paralysis. Importantly, the same ameliorating effect of the linker proteins was seen in dy3K /dy3K mice, which represent the most severe mouse model of LAMA2 MD. In summary, these data show that the two linker proteins can compensate the loss of laminin-α2 in muscle and peripheral nerve, which are the two organs most affected in LAMA2 MD. These results are of key importance for designing appropriate expression constructs for mini-agrin and αLNNd to develop a gene therapy for LAMA2 MD patients.
Keywords: MDC1A; laminin; merosin; myelination; radial sorting.
© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of National Academy of Sciences.


Worm: A computer worm is a self-contained program (or set of programs) that is able to spread functional copies of itself or its segments to other computer systems. The propagation usually takes place via network connections or email attachments. Artikel lesen
- 03 Dezember 2018We look at some of the defining moments in the threat landscape that helped steer organizations toward adding proactive incident response strategies to their cybersecurity defenses.
- 19 September 2018New malware family Xbash combines multiple threats targeting vulnerable Linux and Microsoft servers. Combining multiple payload capabilities, enterprises are recommended to patch and monitor patching and recovery procedures to mitigate this threat.
- 10 April 2018We look at some of the defining moments in the threat landscape that helped steer organizations toward adding proactive incident response strategies to their cybersecurity defenses.
- 24 Oktober 2014We typically expect to see at least three to four zero-day vulnerabilities a year. October 2014 is proving to be an exception to the rule as three zero-day vulnerabilities have already been exploited within the month.
- 22 Oktober 2014Despite the availability of fixes related to the Sandworm vulnerability (CVE-2014-4114), new attacks related to this flaw are still being spotted. These attacks contain a new routine that could prevent detection.
- 17 Oktober 2014A recent investigation revealed that the Sandworm zero day exploit could likely be used to target GE Intelligent Platform CIMPLICITY users. Find out what it does and how you can safeguard your systems against this emerging attack.
Prepare to Patch: Microsoft Zero-Day Exploit Discovered (Update: Patch for "Sandworm" Vulnerability Released)15 Oktober 2014A new zero-day exploit that reportedly targets a military organization welcomes Patch Tuesday announcements as Microsoft announces a previously unknown vulnerability on Windows systems. (Update: Patch for "Sandworm" vulnerability has been released.)


a raspberry PI is a small exposed computer.
list of materials:
- Raspberry Pi 4 board (2GB version and it works perfectly fine for most projects)
- Power supply for the Pi. For Raspberry Pi 4 you’ll need to power your board with an USB-C connector. For Raspberry Pi 2-3 you’ll need a micro-USB connector. Important: do not power on your Pi directly from your computer. This may seem to work, but the delivered current will be too low. Use a proper power supply, for example a smartphone power supply. So: - For Raspberry Pi 4, try using a power supply which can deliver 5V - 3.0A min - For Raspberry Pi 2 and 3: 5V - 2.5A min. If you can’t get those values, the minimum you should aim for is 5V - 2.0A
- micro SD card 2 important criterions here: the class and the storage capacity. For the class, choose at least class 10. You should see a “10” inside a circle on the card. Some new cards are even more powerful, if you see a “3” inside a U shape it’s even better. If the class of your SD card is too low then it won’t be fast enough for the Raspberry Pi OS to run properly. For the storage capacity, choose at least 8GB, so you have enough space for the operating system and some additional files. 16/32GB is better especially if you plan on installing more software and store image/video files. You can go with more than 32GB but it might require some formatting from your side. In this course I personally use a 16GB micro SD card.
- 1* breadboard
- Set of wires: male-male, male-female, and female-female
- Set of resistors: 1kOhm, 10kOhm (if not available, resistors between 330Ohm and 20kOhm will do)
- 3* LEDs (any color)
- 1* push button (4 legs)
Note: for this list, usually you can find kits that include all those hardware components (search for “breadboard kit”).
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4 Regional Broadband Consortia are conducting a survey to determine the extent to which the availability of ubiquitous broadband could decrease vehicle trips and, in turn, reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This study is part of a CALTRANS Sustainable Communities Grant that examines the potential of “broadband as a green strategy” to reduce impacts on the environment if every household, business, government service, and community facilities were connected to the Internet with high-speed service.
View the Regional Broadband Stakeholder Survey
The Grant requires each Regional Broadband Consortium (RBC) conduct 2 target community Focus Groups and complete a total of 20 Interviews fwith participants from 2 different population groups, such as 2 distinct neighborhoods or points of service (such as health clinics, housing complexes, or community centers). The Focus Groups purpose is to determine the potential for low-income residents, who are the majority of unconnected and underconnected households in the region, to reduce vehicle trips, and therefore decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, if they had access to high-speed Internet infrastructure and were digitally proficient.
FINAL SURVEY PRESENTATIONS
SCAG Stakeholder Survey Key Insights Presentation
Inland Empire Regional Broadband Consortium survey Presentation
Los Angeles Digital Equity Action League Survey Presentation
Southern Border Broadband Consortium Survey Presentation


In pursuit of a safe walk to school, Oslo gamifies street design
A new app in Oslo gathers feedback on pedestrian safety from a group not often asked their opinion on urban planning: schoolchildren.
The free Traffic Agent app allows children to send reports on safety hazards they encounter while walking to and from school. Their location is tracked using GPS, so when children input something that makes them feel less safe, such as a difficult crosswalk, researchers can pinpoint exactly where those hazards are.
According to The Guardian, the app came out of a project by Vibeke Rørholt. Rørholt began brainstorming ways to encourage the city’s 44,000 children to walk or bike to school two years ago for a report for Norway’s Agency of the Urban Environment.
“I was supposed to make a traffic report on all roads in Oslo. That’s a big job,” she told The Guardian. “So I thought, why don’t we ask the children how they feel on the street?”
Children using the app act as “secret agents” for the city by sending real-time feedback. Rørholt says information gathered from the app has already led to several improvements, including rebuilt crosswalks, fixed sidewalks and trimmed foliage to improve crosswalk visibility.
The app is integrated with Norway’s school software platform, and the data is only visible to the school and project team to protect the privacy of children who use the app. Thirty-five schools in Oslo have joined the project, but researchers hope it spreads across Norway.
The Traffic Agent app also ties into the city’s plan to ban private cars from the city center by 2019, and to instead encourage cycling, walking and public transportation.
Author: Kelsey E. Thomas from Next City
Photo Credit: Traffic Agent
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Learning Management System (LMS)
A Learning Management System (LMS) is a software application or platform designed to manage and deliver online educational courses, training programs, and other learning experiences. The LMS provides a centralized location for learners to access course materials, submit assignments, take assessments, and communicate with instructors and other learners.
The key components of an LMS include course content, assessment tools, communication tools, and tracking and reporting features. The LMS is typically accessed through a web browser or mobile app, and can be used to deliver a variety of learning experiences, including e-learning courses, webinars, and virtual classrooms.
The importance of an LMS lies in its ability to provide a flexible and scalable platform for delivering and managing learning experiences. LMSs can be customized to meet the needs of different organizations, and can be used to track learner progress and performance, provide real-time feedback, and generate reports on learning outcomes.
The history of LMSs can be traced back to the early 1990s, when the first learning management systems were developed for use in academic settings. Since then, LMSs have become widely used in a variety of industries, including healthcare, finance, and government.
Examples of situations where an LMS could be used include corporate training programs, professional development courses, and compliance training. In these cases, an LMS can help to deliver consistent and standardized training across a large number of learners, while also providing a range of assessment and tracking tools to monitor learner progress.
Overall, an LMS is an important tool for delivering and managing online learning experiences. By providing a centralized platform for course content, assessment tools, and communication features, an LMS can help to improve learning outcomes and streamline the delivery of training and education.


The purpose of this study was to examine the light transmittance characteristics of the paint-on resins for shade modification. Three shades of paint-on resin, one crown and bridge resin, and human enamel were used. Specimens with four different thicknesses (75-150 μm) were prepared. The light transmittances including its wavelength distribution and diffusion characteristics were measured. The color values and the color differences among thicknesses of specimens were also determined. The light transmittance values of the paint-on resins ranged from 60.3% to 88.3% at 100 μm thickness, which were lower or nearly equal in comparison with the crown and bridge resin and enamel. Although differences in the wavelength distribution of transmittance among materials were found at lower wavelengths, all materials showed similar diffusion characteristics. The thin layer of paint-on resin effectively changed the color of restorative resin. The paint-on resin may be an effective material for the modification of the color appearance matching required.
|ジャーナル||Dental Materials Journal|
|出版ステータス||Published - 2003 9月|
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I frequently create new user accounts and change or set password for these accounts on a batch of Linux boxes. The create new user can be done by one command line. The problem is to change the password. In Linux, we use passwd to change password, but passwd requires input from stdin to get the new password. With the help of pipe and a little tricky, we can change user’s password in one command line. This will save much time especially when creating a batch of user accounts.
We use one example to introduce how to change Linux user’s password in one command line. Suppose we login as root and want to change user linuxuser‘s password to linuxpassword.
The passwd command asks for the new password twice. And these two inputs (the same password) is separated by one “Enter”. We can emulate this by the echo command with ‘-e’ option set. When ‘-e‘ is in effect, ‘\n‘ in echo’s input is echoed as “new line”.
So to change the password in our example, we just execute this one command:
# echo -e "linuxpassword\nlinuxpassword" | passwd linuxuser
This can also be put into one bash script or executed on remote node by ssh command. For example, we can change the password of linuxuser on a batch of servers (100 servers: 10.1.0.1 to 10.1.0.100) by:
# for ((i=1;i<=100;i++)); do ssh 10.1.0.$i 'echo -e "linuxpassword\nlinuxpassword" | passwd linuxuser'; done;
Even further, we can create one user and set its initial password remotely by:
# ssh remoteserver 'useradd newuser; echo -e "passwdofuser\npasswdofuser" | passwd newuser'


Theoretically, to power cities and cars, “you need so much hydrogen it is not conceivable to use purified water,” says Hongjie Dai, professor in chemistry in Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences. “We barely have enough water for our current needs in California.”
As a concept, splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen with electricity is a simple and old idea; when power turns on, hydrogen gas bubbles out of the negative end and oxygen emerges at the positive end.
But negatively charged chloride in seawater salt can corrode the positive end, limiting the system’s lifespan. Dai and his team wanted to find a way to stop those seawater components from breaking down the submerged anodes.
The researchers discovered that if they coated the anode with layers that were rich in negative charges, the layers repelled chloride and slowed down the decay of the underlying metal.
They layered nickel-iron hydroxide on top of nickel sulfide, which covers a nickel foam core. The nickel foam acts as a conductor—transporting electricity from the power source—and the nickel-iron hydroxide sparks the electrolysis, separating water into oxygen and hydrogen.
During electrolysis, the nickel sulfide evolves into a negatively charged layer that protects the anode. Just as the negative ends of two magnets push against one another, the negatively charged layer repels chloride and prevents it from reaching the core metal.
Without the negatively charged coating, the anode only works for around 12 hours in seawater, according to graduate student Michael Kenney. “The whole electrode falls apart into a crumble,” he says. “But with this layer, it is able to go more than a thousand hours.”
Previous studies attempting to split seawater for hydrogen fuel had run low amounts of electric current, because corrosion occurs at higher currents. But Dai, Kenney and their colleagues were able to conduct up to ten times more electricity through their multi-layer device, which helps it generate hydrogen from seawater at a faster rate.
“I think we set a record on the current to split seawater,” Dai said.


Ethernet cables and patch cables bring some confusion to lots of people although being really common. This post will be focused on the main differences between ethernet cables and patch cables and its usability on telecom networks.
What is an Ethernet cable?
First of all, ethernet is a protocol, that defines the way of the information that transfers between two systems, over a particular medium, such as copper, fiber or coaxial. This type of cable is usually a copper cable, fiber optical cable or even coaxial cable. Ethernet cables have less attenuation compared to patch cords, that’s why they’re mostly used at longer distances.
What is a Patch cable?
Patch cable, also known as patch cord, is a wire that ends with connectors on both sides, which connect two electronic devices to each other. These devices might include computers and other hardware. Patch cable is a more flexible cable and has higher attenuation, being mostly used for short distances.
These two cables have similar working functionality with minimal differences and can be used on a variety of applications for your specific network and data transfer needs.
On Twoosk you can find different types of patch cables from different brands, according to your needs. Discover them here.
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I like that this post reminded us that when looking to have patch leads installed, it is important that we hire the right contractor. It makes sense as in doing so, it ensures that we are choosing the right contractor. I will definitely be more mindful in choosing the right contractor for my needs.
Thank you for explaining that a patch cable is used to connect two electronic devices. My friend told me that their network line needs a network patch lead. I should advise her to look for a provider that can supply all the data and network equipment they need.
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Nutrient levels in fruits, vegetables and some other food crops have declined dramatically over the past 50 years. New research indicates that the old maxim “you can get all the vitamins you need from food” is less and less true. Recent studies of vegetables, fruits and wheat have revealed a 5-35 percent decline in some concentrations of vitamins and minerals and even protein. “High-yield crops grow bigger or faster, but are not necessarily able to make or uptake sufficient nutrients to maintain their nutritional value”, said Donald Davis, a biochemist at the University of Texas.
Some experts are wondering whether this may result in a backlash among consumers clamoring for healthier food and food products. One class of food that may benefit is organic fruits and vegetables. Recent studies have tested the effects of organic growing on antioxidant levels in food. “On average, antioxidant levels increased by about 30 percent in carefully designed comparative trials”, Davis said. “Organically grown produce offers significantly enhanced health-promoting qualities”.
The declining level of nutrients in our food supply is definitely cause for alarm. And fruits and vegetables are not the only casualties. Even meat has been affected. In one study of nutritional tables published in the UK, it was found that iron content in 15 different varieties of meat had decreased by an average of 47% over a sixty year period. Virtually every day a new study shows the benefit of vitamins, minerals, carotenoids, plant sterols or omega-3 fatty acids. Proper intake of these vitally important nutritional compounds is a cornerstone principle of the Atkins Advantage.


This week we will have a special lesson every day as we work our way together through the things Jesus did during Passover week leading up to and after His death on the cross. Everything in the Bible preceding this was aiming toward the events of what us called the Passion Week or Holy Week.
We invite you to join us for this study and participate by sharing your thoughts so that we can all appreciate the way Jesus completed His mission to become a sacrifice for our sin.
The “Triumphant Entry” is one of the few things Jesus did in His earthly ministry that had a “kingly nature” about it, yet even this was done in a humble way. What was “kingly” about the way Jesus entered Jerusalem? What was “un-kingly”? (Matthew 21:1-17).
What else was special about His entrance to the city?
As He approached the city what emotions does Luke tell us He experienced? (Luke 19:41-44).
After visiting the city, where did Jesus go? (Mark 11:11) What thoughts do you think occupied His mind that night knowing His time had come?
Please share any thoughts you have about this lesson in the reply box below. Lets use this page to exchange ideas and discuss and learn from this precious part of the Bible story. Share with others that you think might want to learn more about Jesus!
2 thoughts on “Passover Week: Sunday”
Jesus entry to Jerusalem was “kingly” because of the adulation of the massive crowd, but “unkingly” in that He rode upon a donkey and not an impressive steed. Also He is seated on the peoples’ cloaks and not a fine leather saddle and in regal finery. After entering Jerusalem, Jesus went to the temple courts to look around but then went to Bethany for the night. One reason the shouting crowd followed Him was being impressed with the miracles He had done, especially the raising of Lazarus, although some Pharisees expressed disagreement with what was occurring.
Thank you Susan!


STORY ABOUT LAMPUNG
Ancient Chinese travel chronicles refer to a place in the most southerly part of Sumatra called “Lampung” or “place of southerly winds”. The province is generally flat with the highest mountains of Gunung Pesagi, Tanggamas, Seminiung, Sekincau, and Raya all being dormant volcanoes. Bandar Lampung, the provincial capital, was formerly two separate towns, Tanjungkarang and the port of Teluk Betung, which after the infamous eruption of Krakatau were both completely covered in volcanic ash. In the course of development, however, this town has merged together to become one single city.
PLACES OF INTEREST
1) KRAKATAU ISLAND
Krakatau is an inhabited island and located in the southern part of the Bay of Lampung. Krakatau is reachable in three hours by boat from Canti, a fishing village near Kalianda, South Lampung. Anak Krakatau (child of Krakatau) is still growing, first emerging from the sea in early 1928, 45 years after the legendary eruption in 1883. Krakatau island is currently among three destination in Indonesia that has been qualified in the New 7 Wonders of Nature campaign held by the New 7 Wonders Foundation (two other candidates is Lake Toba and Komodo National Park).
2) PUGUNG ARCHEOLOGICAL
Pugung archeological site in Pugung Raharjo village, 40km northeast of Bandar Lampung is a site of megalith and prehistoric relics, as well those of the classical Hindu-Buddhist period.
3) MERAK BELANTUNG BEACH
Merak Belantung Beach is 40km south of Bandar Lampung, on the way to the seaport of Bakauheni, the beach is ideal for swimming and wind surfing. Cottages are available.
- Image: https://indonesia.travel
- Info: IMT-GT Tourism Book by Ministry of Tourism and Sport Thailand