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Home Depot Product Assembler
Summary Home Depot Product Assembler Home Depot Product Assembler is a handyman that is mechanically-inclined to assemble equipment in stores nationwide. The contracted assembler must be able to read and understand schematics in order to assemble a variety of Home Depot ...
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Grand Prairie - Everything else
Assembly(5400) 2nd
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Assembly(5400) 1st
Assembler I - 153091
Assembler I - 153091
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Position Description & Overview
We are looking for qualified individuals to fill Assembler II roles with one of our established Grand Prairie clients. The Assembler I will be responsible ...
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Assembler II - 153092
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Position Description & Overview
We are looking for qualified individuals to fill Assembler II roles with one of our established Grand Prairie clients. The Assembler II will be ...
Home Depot Product Assembler
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Packing Area-
Preparing items for shipping, such as light touch up, applying hinges using a screw driver, etc.
Wrapping dors or shutters in foam or plastic wrap.
Placing products into box and labeling correctly.
Palletizing boxed items.
Taking pallets over to wrapper and ...
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Electronic Assembler
Compensation, Experience, Education
• Pay: Up to $17.00 DOEE
• Experience: 3 years Electronic Assembly experience. May substitute experience for preferred education.
• Preferred Education: Certificate in Electronic Assembly
• Military Training: May substitute military ...
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Dallas - Construction & trades
Assembly Worker
A manufacturing company located in Carrollton is hiring an Assembly Worker. This person must be able to lift 5 – 70 lbs on a daily basis. You must be available to work Monday – Thursday from 6:30 am to 5:00 pm, Fridays as needed. This position starts immediately and pays $9 ...
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We have multiple General Assembly opportunities available in the Dallas and Carrollton areas.
Assemble mechanical parts
Must be able to stand all day
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Electronic Assembler (Solderer)
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Perform electronic assembly according to product specifications, Company Quality workmanship, and industry standards in a production environment.
Primary Responsibilities
Perform surface mount soldering requiring the use of a microscope, tweezers, other ...
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General Labor, Forkilift, Assembly, Cherry Pickers
IMMEDIATE NEED for many general labor positions in the Dallas, TX area.
- Forklift Drivers
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- Assembly
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- General Labor
Swift Staffing is an EEO company.
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Dallas - Construction & trades
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Manufacturing Operators / Assembly Workers
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Fort Worth - Construction & trades
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Light Assemblers
Immediate Job Opening
Location: Carrollton,TX
Duration: Long-Term
Pay: $8.00
Hours 7:00-3:30 PM
Light packaging, fast paced, measure, weigh, and count products and materials, must be bilingual (Spanish)
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Assembler/Tester Sr.
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Fort Worth - Retail & wholesale
Assembler Repair Tech - Aerospace
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|Vehicle Insurance
|Mayfield Village, Ohio, U.S.
Key people
|Glenn Renwick, Chairman, President, and CEO
|$17 Billion USD (2013)
Number of employees
|27,250 (2010)
|Traded as
S&P 500 Component
|Vehicle Insurance
|Mayfield Village, Ohio, U.S.
Key people
|Glenn Renwick, Chairman, President, and CEO
|$17 Billion USD (2013)
Number of employees
|27,250 (2010)
The Progressive Corporation is one of the largest providers of car insurance in the United States. The company also insures motorcycles, boats, RVs and commercial vehicles, and provides home insurance through select companies. Progressive has expanded internationally as well, offering car insurance in Australia. The company was co-founded in 1937 by Jack Green and Joseph M. Lewis, and is headquartered in Mayfield Village, Ohio.[1]
The company operates in three segments: Personal Lines, Commercial Auto, and Other-indemnity. The Personal Lines segment writes insurance for private passenger automobiles, motorcycles, boats, and recreational vehicles through both an independent agency channel and a direct channel. The Commercial Auto segment writes primary liability and physical damage insurance for automobiles and trucks owned by businesses primarily through the independent agency channel. The Other-indemnity segment provides professional liability insurance to community banks, principally directors, and officers liability insurance. It also provides insurance-related services, primarily providing policy issuance and claims adjusting services in 25 states for Commercial Auto Insurance Procedures/Plans. In 2011, the company was ranked 164 in the Fortune 500.
Progressive is one of the largest auto insurers in the United States, with over 13 million policies in force,[2] along with State Farm, Allstate, GEICO, Nationwide Insurance, Farmers Insurance Group, and USAA. Progressive primarily offers its services through the Internet or by phone and through independent insurance agents. Progressive's Agency business sells insurance through more than 30,000 independent insurance agencies and progressiveagent.com where customers can quote their own policies and then contact an agent to complete the sale.
In December 2009, Progressive announced it was selling car insurance in Australia.[3] Initially called Progressive Direct, it rebranded as Progressive in 2011.[4]
Progressive's marketing campaign is known for offering quotes of its competitors along with its own quote. It was the first major insurer to offer auto policies through the phone and through its web site. In September 2007 Progressive began to offer Pet Injury coverage, which provides coverage for dogs and cats that are injured in a crash and is included at no additional cost with Collision coverage.[5]
Immediate Response Vehicles (IRVs) used by Progressive are specially modified Ford Explorers and Ford Escapes.[6]
Progressive's television advertisements feature an overly enthusiastic cashier named Flo (Stephanie Courtney), who explains the benefits of Progressive Insurance.[7][8] In December 2010, the company introduced the "Messenger," as a complementary campaign.[9] In 2012, they introduced the character "Brad", an easy-going, self-assured, well-coiffed man with a casual demeanor and an absurdly-comic sense of self-esteem who refers to himself in the third-person only. In 2011, Progressive introduced an Australian counterpart to Flo, named Kitty.[10]
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According to a February 2011 Wall Street Journal article, Progressive has a leg up on its rivals in Pay As You Drive insurance, a form of vehicle insurance also generically known as usage-based insurance.[11] Progressive has seven U.S. patents covering usage-based insurance methods and systems, with more patents pending. Progressive began working on the concept in the mid-1990s and continues to refine the concept and bring it to the mass market.
Snapshot is Progressive's Pay As You Drive, or usage-based insurance program. Snapshot is a voluntary discount program where drivers can save money on their car insurance by sharing their driving habits with Progressive. According to Progressive, Snapshot is best for people who drive less, in safer ways and during safer times of day.[12] Snapshot customers can make changes to their driving habits that will lead to bigger discounts by checking their driving data and projected discount on progressive.com over the course of their initial policy period. [13]
Drivers plug a device the size of a garage door opener into the on-board diagnostic (OBD) port of their car. The device records and sends the driving data to Progressive, and Progressive uses that information to calculate the rate. After 30 days, customers find out if they're eligible for a discount based on that 30-day "snapshot" of their driving habits. At the end of a six-month policy period, Progressive calculates the customer's renewal discount and customers return the device to Progressive. The company doesn't take into account how fast the car goes although it does take into account how fast and frequently the vehicle operator brakes. Snapshot is voluntary and customers can opt out at any time. The customer is charged up to $50.00 if they do not return the snapshot device to Progressive should they decide not to engage in the program after receiving it. [14]
Snapshot is currently available in 45 states plus the District of Columbia. Because insurance is regulated at the state level, Snapshot is currently not available in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Indiana and North Carolina.[12]
On December 13, 2006, the company said earnings rose 58 percent in November as the company retained more of the premiums it collected because of comparisons to a month affected by Hurricane Katrina claims.[15]
In January 2008, Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio, home of the Cleveland Indians, was renamed Progressive Field. Progressive signed a 16-year contract for the naming rights, as well as sponsorship rights to become the Official Auto Insurer of the Cleveland Indians. The agreement costs around $3.6 million per year.[16] (Mayfield Village, Ohio, where the company is based, is a suburb of Cleveland.)
In March 2008, Progressive announced its title sponsorship of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE and their funding of the $10 million prize purse. The Progressive Automotive X PRIZE is an international competition designed to inspire a new generation of viable, super fuel-efficient vehicles. The competition is open to teams from around the world that can design, build and bring to market 100 MPGe (miles per gallon energy equivalent) vehicles.[17]
On December 14, 2010, the Gator Bowl Association announced that Progressive Insurance would become the title sponsor for the 2011 Gator Bowl[18] college football bowl game.
In 2002, the company settled with the State of Georgia in a class action lawsuit over diminished value claims brought by policyholders.[19]
In 2007, the company apologized after it was revealed they hired private investigators to infiltrate a church group and pose as congregation members to collect information on litigants seeking redress from the company. Another lawsuit was filed by the litigants over the affair against the company for invasion of privacy and fraud.[20]
In 2009, the company was sued for allegedly deceiving policyholders by employing illegally-operated, unlicensed body shops to make repairs on vehicles for their clients in order to save money.[21] The court ruled in Progressive's favor on two of the counts and the other four were dropped, pending appeal.[22]
Also in 2009, the company was accused of ordering their advertisements off the air during the show broadcast of Glenn Beck on the Fox News Channel over comments made about U.S. President Barack Obama.[23][24] Progressive responded that they never authorized their ads to be aired during Beck's program, and they aired in that timeslot due to Fox's error.[25]
In 2012, the company was widely criticized online for how it handled the claims filed by the family of Kaitlynn Fisher. When Kaitlynn Fisher, 24, was hit and killed by a driver who ran a red light in Baltimore, Progressive fought to avoid payment due, with a policy that covered against the possibility of an accident with an underinsured driver. The driver was found to be negligent at trial with the Fisher family contending that Progressive provided legal assistance to the defense.[26][27][28]

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Creating a consensus of what "should" be taught in introductory astronomy courses: Stephanie Slater, Ph.D. (part of a paper that is from a group) 1. INTRODUCTION One of the most oft quoted exchanges from the story of Alice in Wonderland can be unceremoniously summarized as "it doesn't much matter which way you go, if you don't know where you are going." In the context of teaching astronomy, it is extraordinarily difficult for even the most conscientious astronomy professor to make informed decisions about how to design, deliver, assess and improve teaching if they have not clearly and explicitly established learning goals. Brissenden, Matheiu, and Slater (2001?) propose that setting clear course learning goals is the most important decision an astronomy professor can make when designing a course--a decision that is apparently not often done explicitly. To make matters worse, Slater, Adams, Brissenden, and Duncan (2001?) convincingly demonstrated that it was incredibly difficult to infer the learning goals of most astronomy courses are by surveying ASTRO 101 undergraduate course syllabi. This begs the question, what should astronomy professors tell their students about the learning goals of introductory astronomy and how might one assess if students have adequately achieved such goals? One might be initially inclined to think that the authoritative wisdom revealed by surveying the exhaustive tables of contents for a collection of the most popular and peer-reviewed ASTRO 101 textbooks. Unfortunately, the extensive topic ranges contemporary textbooks include is mostly indicative of the range and domain of possible topics an instructor might wish to select from rather than entirely cover during a class. In other words, a textbook's table of contents doesn't reflect a pragmatic set of learning goals for a course in and of themselves. In recent years, several groups of astronomers have dedicated considerable effort and tried to come to consensus on what the essential astronomy concepts are and, fortunately, there are broad areas of overlap among the groups. This is described in more detail below. At the same time, astronomy education researchers are becoming increasingly more sophisticated in the research agenda they are pursuing (Slater, 2008). Much of today's research effort is driven by a convergence of educational research on how people learn that consistently and resoundingly supports a central theme – students bring prior knowledge and beliefs to a learning experience that are well poised to interfere. This supports an old teaching idea that the most effective and time-tested pedagogical approach is to ascertain what the learner knows and teach them accordingly (Ausbel, 1967?). Several assessment instruments have been created in the past decade, the Astronomy Diagnostic Test2-(ADT2) most notable and widely used among them, but these were created without the benefit of explicit learning goals established by the broader community of astronomy educators which now exists. Taken together, a significant need presents itself. First, there is a need to establish a clear consensus of astronomy teaching goals among professionals. Second, there is a need to efficiently assess students' pre- course and post-course knowledge state relative to these goals. In response, astronomy educators in the Cognition in Astronomy, Physics, and Earth sciences Research (CAPER) Team have created a is a valid, reliable, and easy-to-use pre/post assessment instrument that adequately reflects the consensus goals of a broad community of astronomy educators. This paper is the first of three papers which describe and document the development and validation of such an assessment instrument, in the critically important context of designing a process to establish the consensus astronomy learning goals of our broad community of astronomy educators. The focus of this paper is the construction of a consensus document proposing a 2. A Consensus of the Experts Common experience suggests that it is nearly impossible to get any two experienced instructors of astronomy to come to perfect agreement with regard to the "correct" content of an introductory astronomy survey course. (We include ourselves in this statement; in the fine details there is a great deal to disagree about.) Marrying the published positions of the NRC, AAAS and AAS allowed us to move past individual opinion and ground our assessment in the collective wisdom of the many. Pragmatically, we could never hope to match the intellectual energy, time, or resources that these groups have invested in determining the content central to astronomy as a discipline. We reasoned that if we tried to marry the work of the NRC, the AAAS, and the AAS that we would find recurring themes; we would determine those items to be essential learnings in astronomy. We would also find standards, benchmarks, and goals that did not show up repeatedly; in the same spirit we would set these items to the side as optional, rather than essential learnings. As we worked through the process of correlating the standards, we realized that this was a process of compromise and judgment calls, largely due to the different approaches that these three organizations used in the construction of their documents. The AAS was written in broad strokes, making it ideal for organizing the NSES and more detailed AAAS documents. Occasionally an individual AAAS benchmark contained multiple ideas. In those instances we separated the benchmark into smaller, one- idea units similar to the approach taken by in an earlier analysis of the benchmarks (Slater 2001). In other instances we found that the AAAS document contained redundancies, due in part to its multiple grade- level approach, which we eliminated from the process. The AAS goals included science process skills and goals related to understanding the nature of science, but did not emphasize technology or historical information, while the AAAS benchmarks included a good deal of historical information, and a focus on technologies used in astronomy. The moderately detailed NSES do not focus on the history of astronomy but addresses science process skills and the uses of technology in separate portions of the document. Because we were most interested in developing the TOAST Survey to assess content knowledge, we deliberately set aside the benchmarks and goals related to historical information, technology and process skills. Once we determined the goals, standards and benchmarks (hereafter referred to as "criteria") to be included, we engaged in a reiterative, inductive card sorting approach. Lacking preconceptions about what the final product would look like, we printed the goals out, cut them apart into individual criteria, and began to rearrange them until the layout made sense. The objective was to honor the work done all three groups, striving to find commonalities wherever possible. Content was included or eliminated as described previously, with one exception. Scale, or "a broad understanding on the scope" of the Universe was unique to the goals set forth by the AAS. The decision was made to retain the idea of scale in our consensus document as it represents a concept that is critical, and perhaps unique, to astronomy. The consensus document was submitted to our group of experts for inspection. The group of experts included research astronomers, Astro 101 instructors and active members of the astronomy education community. The experts were associated with astronomy research institutions, research and liberals arts universities, and community colleges nationwide. Rather than focusing on the content validity of the criteria which had been soundly argued for by the experts of the NRC, AAAS and AAS, the experts were asked to focus on the degree to which the criteria had been correlated in a logical manner. Given that a certain amount of subjectivity is inherent in this type of document, experts' feedback was analyzed to determine the presence of significant errors, as determined by either strong objections to aspects of the correlation, or by the occurrence of similar changes suggested by multiple experts. No expert expressed major concerns and there were no instances of repeated suggestions. In every case, the final consensus was deemed to be a reasonable compromise between the source documents. The final consensus consists of three meta-concepts: physical laws and processes, the structure and evolution of the universe, and patterns in the sky. Within these meta-concepts there were eleven criteria. The consensus document is included in Table 2 (Appendix A). The argreement between the three source documents is detailed in Table 3 (Appendix A). Appendix A: The Consensus Document Table 2: Meta-criteria, Criteria and TOAST Survey Items Meta-Criteria Criteria TOAST Survey Items Physical Laws and Processes Gravity Questions 20, 21 EMR & EMR production Questions 23,25,26,27 Fusion & the formation of Questions 8, 22, 24 heavy elements The Structure and Evolution The Evolution of the universe Questions 9, 15 of the Universe Star and stellar evolution Questions 13, 14, 16, 17 The evolution and structure of Questions 18, 19 the solar system Seasons Questions 7, 12 Scale Questions 10, 11 Patterns in the Sky Yearly patterns Questions 2, 4 Daily patterns Questions 1, 6 Moon phases Questions 3, 5 Table 3: Agreements among three course documents AAS Goals for Astro 101 NSES Astronomy Related AAAS Astronomy Related Standards Standards Physical Laws and Processes An understanding of a Ideas related to gravity: Ideas related to gravity: limited number of crucial astronomical quantities, Gravity is the force that keeps The Sun's gravitational pull holds the together with some planets in orbit around the Sun Earth and other planets in their orbits, knowledge of physical and governs the rest of the just as the planets' gravitational pull laws motion in the Solar System. keeps their moons in orbit around The notion that physical Gravity alone holds us to the them. (4G) laws and processes are Earth's surface Everything on or anywhere near Earth universal. Gravitation is a universal force is pulled toward the planet's center by Some knowledge of that each mass exerts on any gravitational force. (4B) related subjects (e.g., other mass. The strength of the gravity and spectra from gravitational attractive force physics) and a set of between two masses is useful "tools" from proportional to the masses and related subjects such as inversely proportional to the mathematics. square of the distance between them. Ideas related to EMR production: Light interacts with matter by transmission (including refraction), absorption, or Ideas related to EMR production: scattering (including reflection). To see an object, light from that Human eyes respond to only a narrow object--emitted by or scattered range of wavelengths of from it--must enter the eye. electromagnetic radiation—visible Electromagnetic waves result light. Differences of wavelength within when a charged object is that range are perceived as differences accelerated or decelerated. in color. (4F) Electromagnetic waves include Various accelerating electric charges the electromagnetic spectrum produce a large variety of from radio waves to gamma electromagnetic waves. These vary rays. The energy of from radio waves, the longest, to electromagnetic waves is carried gamma rays, the shortest. In empty in packets whose magnitude is space, all electromagnetic waves move inversely proportional to the at the same speed—the "speed of wavelength. light." (4F) Each kind of atom or molecule The observed wavelength of a wave can gain or lose energy only in depends upon the relative motion of particular discrete amounts and the source and the observer (Doppler thus can absorb and emit light effect). Because the light seen only at wavelengths from almost all distant galaxies has corresponding to these amounts. longer wavelengths than comparable These wavelengths can be used light on Earth, astronomers believe that to identify the substance. the whole universe is expanding. (4F) Ideas related to fusion: Stars produce energy from nuclear reactions, primarily the fusion of hydrogen to form helium. These and other processes in stars have led to the formation of all the other Ideas related to fusion: elements. Fusion is the joining of two Stars condensed by gravity out of nuclei at extremely high clouds of molecules of the lightest temperature and pressure, and is elements until nuclear fusion of the process responsible for the the light elements into heavier ones energy of the sun and other began to occur. (4A) stars. The Structure and Evolution of the Universe The evolution of the universe The evolution of the universe A cosmic perspective--a broad understanding of The origin of the universe On the basis of scientific evidence, the the nature, scope and remains one of the greatest universe is estimated to be over 10 evolution of the questions in science. The "big billion years old. The current theory is Universe, and where the bang" theory places the origin that its entire contents Earth and Solar System between 10 and 20 billion years expanded explosively from a hot, fit in. ago, when the universe began in dense, chaotic mass. Eventually, some An understanding of the a hot dense state; according to stars exploded, producing clouds of evolution of physical this theory, the universe has heavy elements from which other stars systems. been expanding ever since. and planets could later condense in a Early in the history of the process that is ongoing. (4A) universe, matter, primarily the Because the light seen from almost all light atoms hydrogen and distant galaxies has longer helium, clumped together by wavelengths than comparable light on gravitational attraction to form Earth, astronomers believe the whole countless trillions of stars. universe is expanding. (4F) Stars and stellar evolution Billions of galaxies, each of Stars and stellar evolution which is a gravitationally bound cluster of billions of stars, now There are more stars in the sky than form most of the visible mass in anyone can easily count. (4A) the universe. Stars differ from each other in size, temperature, and age, and behave according to the same physical principles observed on Earth. Unlike the Sun, most stars are in systems of two or more stars orbiting around one another. (4A) Stars are like the Sun, some being smaller and some larger, but they are so far away that they look like points of light. (4A) The Sun is a medium-sized star located near the edge of a disk-shaped galaxy of stars. The universe contains many billions of galaxies, and each galaxy contains many billions of stars. (4A) The Sun is many thousands of times closer to Earth than any other star. Light from the Sun takes only a few minutes to reach Earth, but light from the next nearest star takes a few years to arrive. Some distant galaxies are so far away that their light takes several billion years to reach Earth. People on Earth, therefore, see the stars as they were that long ago in the past. (4A) The evolution and structure of the solar system Nine planets of very different sizes, composition, and surface features move around the Sun in nearly circular orbits. Several planets have a great variety of moons, some of which show evidence of geological activity. The evolution and structure of the (4A) solar system Many chunks of rock orbit the Sun. Some meet the Earth in its yearly orbit The sun, the earth, and the rest around the Sun [meteors] while others of the solar system formed from are mixed with ice and have orbits that a nebular cloud of dust and gas carry them close to the Sun 4.6 billion years ago. The early [comets], where the Sun's radiation earth was very different from the boils off frozen material from their planet we live on today. surfaces and pushes it into a long, The Earth is the third planet illuminated tail. (4A) from the Sun in a system that Earth is a relatively small planet, third includes the Moon, the Sun, from the Sun, and composed mostly of eight other planets and their rock. Other planets have compositions moons, and smaller objects, such and conditions very different from as asteroids and comets. The Earth's. (4B) Sun, an average star, is the The Earth is one of several planets that central and largest body in the orbit the Sun, and the Moon orbits Solar System. around the Earth. Like all planets and stars, the Earth is approximately spherical in shape. (4B) The Sun and Earth's seasons The Sun warms the land, air, and water. (4E) Because the Earth turns daily on an axis that is tilted relative to the plane of its yearly orbit around the Sun, sunlight falls more intensely on different parts of the planet during the year. The difference in heating of the Earth's surface produces the planet's seasons and weather patterns. The Sun and Earth's seasons (4B) The Sun provides the light and heat necessary to maintain the temperature of the Earth. The Sun is the major source of energy for phenomena on the Earth's surface. Seasons result from variations in the amount of the Sun's energy hitting the surface due to the tilt of the Earth's rotation on its axis and the length of the day. Patterns in the sky Yearly patterns, daily patterns and Yearly patterns, daily patterns and moon moon phases phases Familiarity with the night sky and how its The Sun, Moon, stars, clouds, The patterns of stars stay the same appearance changes with birds, and airplanes all have although they appear to move across time and position on properties, locations, and the sky nightly, and different stars can earth. movements that can be observed be seen during different and described. seasons. Planets change their positions Objects in the sky have patterns against the background of stars. (4A) of movement. The Sun, for The rotation of the Earth on its axis example, appears to move across every 24 hours produces the night-and- the sky in the same way every day cycle. (4B) day, but its path changes slowly The Moon's orbit around Earth (once over the seasons. The Moon about every 28 days) determines what moves across the sky on a daily part of the Moon is lit by the Sun and basis much like the Sun. The how much of that part can be observable shape of the Moon seen from Earth. We see these changes changes from day to day in a as phases of the Moon. (4B) cycle that lasts about a month. The Sun can be seen only in the Most objects in the Solar System daytime, but the Moon can be seen are in regular and predictable sometimes at night and motion. Those motions explain sometimes during the day. All sky such phenomena as the day, the objects appear to move slowly across year, the phases of the Moon, the sky. The Moon looks a little and eclipses. different every day, but looks the same again about every four weeks. (4A)
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It was the bout that almost didn't happen.
When we arrived at Cherry City's Mad House to start setting up, the power was out. It was an extremely windy day, and Pacific Gas and Electric said it had so many outages, it couldn't really predict when the lights would come back on. No electricity means no derby.
We had to make a final decision at 6 p.m. (when the bout was scheduled to start). Until then, we waited — chatting with teammates, reconnecting with old friends, helping each other put on scary makeup. PG&E had sent someone out, so there was hope. Just as we were about to give up and head straight to the after-party, the lights came on!
You've never seen 24 skaters and seven referees gear up and start rolling faster than we did. By 6:30, we were ready for the first whistle, and the game was on.
Sick Town's home teams split into a black and a white team for this bout, with guest skaters from Cherry City (Ms. Infidel) and Lava City (Juice Nukem, Mama Natrix and Nori Spekt) joining in the fun.
The white team got off to an early lead, and maintained it throughout the bout, while the black team worked toward a comeback. At halftime, white was ahead by 20 points, but that was the closest black would come. The final score was 202 to 168, a hard-fought victory for the white team after a second-half rally by black.
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Call for Papers: Deadline for paper submission 27 March, 2015.
10th Anniversary International Conference on Competition and Regulation (CRESSE)
"Advances in the Analysis of Competition Policy and Regulation" 3rd – 5th of July 2015, Rethymnon city in the island of Crete in Greece. Keynote speakers: Professor Ariel Pakes (Harvard University)and Nobel Prize winner Professor Jean Tirole (Toulouse University). Submissions of theoretical, policy oriented or empirical papers related to any one of the main aspects of Competition Policy (dominance, collusion or mergers) or Sectoral Regulation or to issues of policy implementation, enforcement and Stade-Aid are welcomed.
Deadline for paper submission: 27th March, 2015.
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March 30 - April 1, 2015
Manchester, UK
The 2015 Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society, taking place from Monday 30th March to Wednesday 1st April 2015 at the University of Manchester and celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Royal Economic Society and the Economic Journal
The keynote lectures will be given by:
• Hahn Lecture: Pierre-André Chiappori (Columbia)
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• Economic Journal Lecture: Philippe Aghion (Harvard)
• Presidential Address: Sir Charles Bean (LSE)
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The Royal Economic Society Inaugural Symposium of Junior Researchers will take place on Thu 2nd April 2015 at The University of Manchester. It will bring together students at all stages of their theses and foster discussion and dissemination of doctoral research in all areas of economics. Participation of non-presenting doctoral students is strongly encouraged. Further information and guidelines
27 March
Reading, UK
Pensions and Pension Policy after the Recent Financial Crisis
Jointly organised by The Centre for Institutional Performance and The Economic Analysis Research Group, this workshop supports the 'Prosperity and Resilience' Research Strategy Theme for the University of Reading.
The financial crisis of 2007/8 changed the 'architecture' of pension planning and provision. This workshop considers some of the developments affecting the pensions industry that have arisen in the 'post-shock' environment. For detailed information (including the programme), please refer to http://www.reading.ac.uk/economics/research/centres/econ-earg-workshop.aspx.
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Bernard Casey, University of Warwick
Sharon Collard, The Open University
Phil Davis, National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Liam Foster, University of Sheffield
Jay Ginn, King's College London
Ian Tonks, University of Bath
Andrew Vivian, University of Loughborough
Fang Xu, University of Reading
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30th - 31st March 2015
Oxford, UK
2nd International Conference on Developments in Doctoral Education and Training at the Examination Schools, University of Oxford.
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Dr Debra Stewart - President Emerita and Senior Scholar, Council of Graduate Schools, USA
Professor Joe Luca - Dean, Graduate Research School, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Dr David Lefevre - Co-Founder and Chairman, Epigeum, UK
The UK Council for Graduate Education organising committee for the 2nd Conference in this series have identified five key themes relevant to ongoing initiatives and developments in doctoral education internationally. These themes offer a major platform to assess and discuss doctoral education and training in the international context, with an opportunity to share experience and network with colleagues old and new from throughout the world.
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April 6 - 7, 2015
Thessaloniki, Greece
1st International Conference in Applied Theory, Macro and Empirical Finance : The Department of Economics of the University of Macedonia organizes the 1st International Conference in Applied Theory, Macro and Empirical Finance (AMEF), which will be held at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. The aim is to bring together academics, young scholars, post-doctoral researchers and PhD students working on applied theory, macro and empirical finance. Selected papers will be included in a special issue of Economic Modelling. The registration fee is € 150 and includes coffee breaks, two lunches and meeting material.
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Website: http://amef2015.uom.gr
April 9, 2015
Bath, UK
The Second Environmental Protection and Sustainability Forum: Towards Global Agreements on Environmental Protection and Sustainability
The Department of Economics and the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath are hosting a three-day international forum to discuss state-of-the-art academic research on international environmental agreements informed by the insights of key policy-makers and practitioners in the field. With ten academic keynote presentations and 40 academic contributed papers this forum will ensure engagement with stakeholders through roundtable discussions and public lectures. Thus, the forum is distinct from many other major international conferences in seeking to connect researchers with those who design and implement policy, and those who are affected by such policy.
Further information: http://www.bath.ac.uk/economics/events/news_0003.html
April 15 - 17, 2015
York, UK
Organized by KES International, Innovation through Knowledge Transfer 2015 - InnovationKT 2015 is the conference for knowledge professionals - those academics, business people, managers and researchers working with innovation, enterprise, knowledge transfer, exchange and sharing.
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Prague, Czech Republic
Prague Conference on Political Economy
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3rd PhD Workshop Experimental Development Economics: Lab in the Field, on 25 April in London, organised by CBESS @ UEA and The Choice Lab @ NHH. Full details (opens in separate pdf).
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May 18 - 19, 2015
Singapore, Singapore
5th Annual International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Economics Research (QQE 2015). The QQE conference is dedicated in providing researchers, academicians and students with a thorough understanding of the core techniques of quantitative and qualitative economics as well as their strengths and limitations. We also welcome participants to include their understanding of the qualitative and quantitative application to test economic theories and measure magnitudes relevant for economic policy and other decisions.
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June 12-20,
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College is pleased to announce the sixth Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar from June 12-20, 2015. The Seminar will be of particular interest to graduate students, recent graduates, and those at the beginning of their academic or professional career.
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Thessaloniki, Greece
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Corfu, Greece
2nd Summer School in Advanced Economics "Empirical Methods in Economic Growth", hosted by the Department of Economics, University of Ioannina
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Crete, Greece
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July 2 - 4, 2015
Regensburg, Germany
Migration in and out of East and Southeast Europe: Values, Network, Well-Being, organized by the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS).
Migration is a key driver of social change, it shapes political landscapes, creates and disrupts social networks, changes population structures, transforms values and attitudes, impacts on labour markets, and affects living standards and well-being. Especially since the 19th century, intense international and domestic migration has had a significant impact on the societies of East and Southeast Europe. Many countries in the region have been prominent emigration countries, while at the same time being major destinations for immigrants and experiencing large-scale domestic migration.
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19 July - 7 Aug, 2015
Coventry, UK
Warwick Economics Summer SchoolThe Department of Economics at The University of Warwick is launching its next Warwick Economics Summer School, a three week programme which will run from July 19th – August 7th 2015. The Summer School will be taught by world leading Economists including Professors Ken Binmore, Andrew Oswald and Marcus Miller.
The School includes an inspirational programme of evening speakers and intermediate and specialist economics courses as well as a great social programme. A variety of discounts are availlable for early booking. To apply or for further details go to the website: www.warwick.ac.uk/wess
10 & 11 September 2015
Birmingham, UK
Developments in Economics Education Conference (DEE) is the UK's leading conference on economics education. Sessions at the conference include paper presentations, poster displays and interactive workshops which introduce new and innovative ideas on teaching and learning methods, the economics curriculum and student engagement.
Submissions are welcome until 20 February 2015. Abstracts can be submitted on our website, where you will also find further information about conference themes and booking. www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/dee2015
13-16 September
Durban, South Africa
World Science Forum
Under the theme of Transforming Global Relations for a Just World, the next Forum will look into issues of inequality and justice. It will take place in Durban, South Africa, from 13 to 16 September 2015. Deadline for abstract submissions: 1 March 2015 (see above).
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Everyone from small shop owners to top corporations want a piece of the action. Saratoga — home of horses, health and history — has evolved into a brand as racing turns 150 in the city. To create a batch of Saratoga spirit, start with the Battles of Saratoga in 1777, when Americans defeated the British […] [Read More]
150: Friday and Saturday
Peb150 7-11LZW by Dennis Yusko Here we are, just days away from Saturday – the 150th anniversary of thoroughbred racing at Saratoga Race Course and 86th running of the Whitney Invitational Handicap. Here's a slice of what's happening as we head into August: The celebrations start Friday with a Floral Fete Promenade down Broadway and […] [Read More]
What's keeping you from the track?
Reporter Scott Waldman reports Tuesday that attendance numbers at Saratoga Race Course in July were down this year. The New York Racing Association blamed the weather, while others said people don't have extra spending cash to gamble. Downtown sure looked packed. Anyone surprised by the news? Are you going to the track this year? Why? […] [Read More]
Salsa Monday
The public is invited to attend the first free "Salsa Social" at 6:30 p.m. Monday (tonight) on the backstretch of Saratoga Race Course. Salsa dancers and interested folks from across the region are invited to the three-hour event, which is sponsored by the Backstretch Employee Service Team (B.E.S.T.). All ages can come. No previous dancing […] [Read More]
Greg Montgomery's 150 poster
Artist Greg Montgomery's Saratoga 150 posters are now on sale at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Montgomery, 64, created a work of art that features a panoramic view of Saratoga Race Course, seven of the greatest horses ever to run there – Kentucky, Exterminator, Man o' War, Whirlaway, Native Dancer, Secretariat […] [Read More]
Black Rhino euthanized
A four-year-old gelding named Black Rhino broke down while training at Saratoga Race Course last Thursday and was euthanized Saturday after X-rays revealed a slab fracture of his right knee was inoperable, according to the New York Racing Association. The incident marked the first reported death of a thoroughbred at the track this summer. Black […] [Read More]
Top giveaways
The track's first giveaway day is Sunday. Those who pay admission will receive a voucher for a clean white and red Saratoga short-sleeve T-shirt. With that in mind, we thought it would be interesting to list the most popular giveaway days in history, or at least since the New York Racing Association started the initiative […] [Read More]
Slower start to racing meet
Horse racing at Saratoga doesn't really start to heat up until August, which is good news because the track's first four days showed decreases in attendance and handle compared to last year. The first four days at the 150th anniversary meet at Saratoga Race Course drew a total of 70,390 fans, down nearly 5,000 fans, […] [Read More]
Ex-rider retraining racehorses for adoption
A veteran exercise rider whose career was cut short by a serious injury has founded an organization to repurpose aging thoroughbreds and find them new homes. Valerie Buck, who rode top horses for big name trainers, recently formed ACTT Naturally, a non-profit group dedicated to rehabilitating retired thoroughbreds and putting them up for adoption. The […] [Read More]
150: Trading cards
The New York Racing Association has produced 40 "History of the Game" Saratoga Trading Cards that honor the most memorable thoroughbreds, trainers, jockeys and races at Saratoga Race Course over the past 150 years. Some of those recognized include Secretariat, Allen Jerkens, Angel Cordero, the 2009 Woodward with Rachel Alexandra, while horse owner and breeder […] [Read More]
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Ask the Expert: Biblical Role Models
How can I look up to characters in the Bible?
Question: How can we consider the people in the Bible to be role models? They go around killing people, they treat women horribly, and they don't even listen to God all the time. What's so great about them?
--Freya, San Jose
Answer: I can certainly sympathize with your frustration, Freya. I think most people who have spent some time seriously studying the Bible have come across passages that confuse, upset, and even anger them.
There is a long history in rabbinic literature, from the midrash to the Talmud to contemporary commentators, of whitewashing the characters in the Bible. Take almost any difficult or problematic story--for instance the story of Sarah asking Abraham to banish Hagar and Ishmael from her home after she sees Ishmael playing with Isaac. In the p'shat, the simple meaning of the text, Sarah seems to drastically overreact. By sending Hagar and Ishmael away she is effectively condemning them to death in the desert heat. It seems to be a cruel and heartless action.
In order to protect the image of Sarah as a righteous woman, some commentators have suggested that Sarah saw Ishmael molesting his half-brother, and so her reaction and the banishment were justified. This is just one example of a way that some people have interpreted the stories of the Bible in order to make them less troubling to readers.
But there are other ways of dealing with these stories, too. As I was thinking about your question I got in touch with Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot, the Chair of the Bible and Jewish Thought departments at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School, and asked him if he had any thoughts on making the imperfect men and women of the Bible into role models for us today. In an email to me Rabbi Helfgot wrote, "The biblical heroes who are the foundation of our nation were great spiritual people in intimate relationship with God, who at the same time were deeply and fully human. In the world that they lived they confronted many challenges, some of which they passed with flying colors and others in which they erred terribly and made wrong choices."
Another thing Rabbi Helfgot pointed out was that the Bible takes place in a time and culture that is incredibly different from the one we know today. While that can't excuse every bad behavior that we see in the Torah, it's important to keep that in mind when we look at these stories. For instance, the idea of an important man having multiple wives, and concubines, too, may seem repugnant and upsetting to us now. But in the time of the Bible--and even in some places today--that was the norm, and wasn't considered at all shocking and chauvinistic. Though we consider the Bible to be timeless, it's impossible to ignore that it is, in many ways, a product of the era when it was written.
Finally, Rabbi Helfgot suggested that the greatest lessons to be learned from biblical men and women are about relating to God, not relating to each other. He wrote, "The timeless messages about commitment, covenant, devotion to God, following in the ways of God to do righteousness and justice, ethical monotheism, the mission of the Jewish people to proclaim the one God and live up to His law, the responsibility for the family and nation, fear of heaven and so many other values cut across the divide of millenia." In other words, it's perfectly valid to be uninspired by the interpersonal relationships in the Bible. If that's what you're struggling with, try focusing on the many issues of God and Man (or Woman) in the Bible, instead.
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Cracked Mortar around exterior brick..Is this a big problem?
Not sure if this is the best category/forum to ask this, but needing advice. We're considering buying a house that is well maintained, gorgeous, etc. but have found one visible problem. There are a few places on the exterior of the home where the mortar around some of the bricks appears to be cracked. Just around three or four bricks, but the cracks do go both horizontally and vertically around the brick shape. The house is about 25 years old. Is this just normal wear and tear/age, or could this be a red flag? Of course if we purchase it, we will get it professionally inspected, but I wanted to get some opinions here before we proceed in possibly writing up an offer. Thanks for any advice!
Are they hairline or wide?
Cracks can be from settling and if you're in an area with clay soil this is very common when the clay dries out and shrinks vs. when it is wet it expands. To avoid this you can water around the foundation so it never dries out.
Do doors open/close fine without sticking in the house. Any cracks in the drywall or anything else to indicate possible settling?
Only if the cracks are wide would I stay away from making an offer. If not I'd make an offer and then I'd hire a structural engineer to look at it as part of the inspection.
They're definitely hairline cracks -- not too wide. I do not have a picture of it, and feel a little weird going back to the homeowner to take a photo of it! You would have to zoom in way close to see them. It took me several times of looking at the house before I noticed it. The best I can say to describe the way it looks is truly just the outline of steps, going up about three bricks high. Kind of like when you draw "steps" using an Etch-a-Sketch toy! Thanks for the advice! Oh, and it's up high, on the second story. Not at the base of the house.


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Ever spilled your drink on an airline due to turbulence? Researchers on both sides of the Atlantic are finding new ways to understand the phenomenon - both on Earth and on Titan.
Today, two and a half years after the historic landing of ESA's Huygens probe on Titan, a new set of results on Saturn's largest moon is ready to be presented. Titan, as seen through the eyes of Huygens still holds exciting surprises, scientists say.
Bright and dark terrain on Titan's trailing hemisphere is revealed by Cassini's Imaging Science Subsystem in this mosaic of images taken during the T28 flyby in April 2007.
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured never-before-seen views of Saturn from perspectives high above and below the planet's rings. The spacecraft has climbed to higher and higher inclinations, providing its cameras with glimpses of the planet and rings that have scientists gushing.
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EXCELLENT HEAT OUTPUT in a small unit. Easy to light. Keeps coals for hours. Aesthetically pleasing = very nice look to the stove, great fire viewing. Easiest damper control ever.
Ash pan is too small. Real max. burn time is around 3 to 4 hours including any measurable hot coals.
My wife and I live in northern Minnesota (near Duluth) so it goes without saying that the winters here can get cold, not 3 degrees cold, but -30 degrees cold. We have a small house (600 sq. ft.) with pretty poor insulation and windows (yeah, yeah, I'm working on that). We bought the Jotul 3 after our archaic gas fired wall furnace retired to the junk yard about 2 years ago. Most recently, the weather here has been frigid to say the least. In fact, our temperature at 8:00 this morning was -24. The temperature inside the house was 70 degrees thanks to the Jotul. On an average winter day where the temp might be around 10 to 20 degrees for a high, the Jotul heats the house up fast and furious. There have been times we have had to crack a window or let the fire die out due to the temp getting over 80 in the house. The jotul is a warmth machine, no doubt about that.
With that said, again keep in mind we have a small house. If you were looking to buy a Jotul to heat a house double our size, this model simply wouldn't cut it (assuming you reach minus degrees relatively often). If my house were any bigger, I would need the next bigger stove, no doubt about it. But this baby has performed flawlessly for the first two years. We have enjoyed the heat and pleasure of having a real wood fire in the house - it's just plain better than gas in many ways - a little more work but well worth it.
The only two drawbacks of this stove have been the small ash pan as it needs to be emptied daily and the maximum burn time is around 3 to 4 hours not 8 as claimed. This means stoking it a couple times over night if you want a nice bed of hot coals when you wake in the morning.
The firebox is a bit small as well but it is a smaller stove so that goes with the territory. Don't expect to load 4 or 5 big chunks of wood into this baby at once. It will take 2 or 3 good sized pieces (approx. 8 inches in diameter).
One of the best "side effects" of this stove, besides the warmth and looks is the absence of that nasty $200 gas bill not to mention you will be using a renewable source of heat! Hope this is helpful.
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You Don't Know Me But You Don't Like Me documents Nathan Rabin's journey into two vastly different but equally mocked musical fan bases. Phish and Insane Clown Posse are about as far away as you can get from each other in terms of sound, lyrics, and subject matter. The one thing that they do have in common is that their fans have very few qualms about conscious-altering substances.
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Yeah but I think the Z68 chipsets are midrage boards? I need something that will last at least 4 years.. not saying the other one wont but it's nice to have some extra cushion.
What CPU?I'm partial towards Asrock and EVGA. Avoid Asus mobos unless you want to deal with a shitty RMA process. I've had MSI boards die on me and take with them the HDD and ram (may have been the PSU, but the PSU still worked afterwards, sooo...)
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Vermi Tube
I want every house in America, the world, moon and Mars to have a vermitube in their kitchen.
The most perfect flow through system
Maybe you have seen them at your dentistÂs office. A 6 inch hole in the counter top where waste is tossed into the garbage without having to touch a door or touch a trash can lid.
WouldnÂt it be great if right next to the cutting board one of these 6 inch openings cut right into the kitchen counter were the top of a worm bin? A cover might or might not be needed. In the cellar vermicast could be falling into a bin ready when you are for seed planting.
Can a flow through system be a 6 inch 6 foot plastic tube? Or 12 inch 12 foot tube? Or on the second floor an 18 inch 18 foot tube? Remember with airflow the "surface area" is the whole tube. Air should flow from the bottom to the top. Should, like in outhouses, air tubes be provided that escape upstream to let any smell escape like from the house water drain system? Can the heat of vermicomposting be captured even a bit for maybe a warm bread proofing cabinet warmed by the vermicomposting exhaust vent pipe going through the cabinet?
Why am I carrying kitchen vegetable waste down the cellar stairs when gravity can do the work for me?
Your post reminded me of a "Modern Marvels" episode on the History channel. It was about 'bathrooms'. Someplace in California (I think) there is a bathroom where the paper towels fall through to be composted by worms.
I don't use a cutting board...plates and separate knives for everything and then all are washed. I don't even have that much kitchen garbage, food wise most of the time. A few napkins and stuff off the plates. Now if I had worms that could consume a beer can, then I would have some VERY well fed worms.
Wonderful idea equinox. I can envision high-rise apartment buildings with greenhouses every 3 floors where the food is grown. The tubes could lead down to a reactor type vermicomposting set-up on the garden floors! Another tube takes your empty beer container down to the brewery floor for refills.......


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Please help me id this i have a lot hmmm but didn't pull them this year cause i really need to learn what is it!!
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My garden is very 'weed friendly' but this is one I would pull. Its seeds cling to clothes and shoes and have to be picked off one by one.... Maybe just leave one or two for experimental reasons ;)


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