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Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is the Gold Coast's leading native wildlife, adventure and coastal rainforest experience.
The Sanctuary is an Advanced Eco-Tourism Certified and Queensland heritage listed property where you can get closer to hundreds of native Australian animals. You can cuddle a koala, pat a kangaroo and experience the wild Rainbow Lorikeet Feeding.
Experience one of our 13 daily shows including free flight bird show, the Australiana Show and our Croc show or ride our famous train.
Aboriginal and Islander dancers perform in daily shows and tours, plus much more including the Green Challenge Adventure Parc, an exhilarating 65 challenge tree-tops ropes course.
After dark Currumbin comes alive with the Gold Coast's only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dinner show called Yanguwah.
Transfers are available from Gold Coast Airport and Surfers Paradise bookings are essential.
Pacific Fair is one of the oldest and biggest shopping centres on the Gold Coast with hundreds of shops dedicated to fashion, electronics, food and more!
Adventure joins nature at Thunderbird Park on Tamborine Mountain less than an hour from Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Come for the day or stay and play. Choose from a range of exciting adventures and on-site accommodation on this 112-hectare rainforest playground. It's fun for all the family and there is something to suit all age groups.
Hunt for gemstone filled thundereggs formed when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Take the Adventure Parc challenge, its Australia's highest and longest adventure ropes course; do battle with Laser Skirmish, a fun experience in a jungle setting. Relax in the rainforest, go bushwalking, horse trail riding or swim in the rock pools.
Thunderbird Park is a wildlife and geological oasis. Find treasure in the world's largest thunderegg mine. Thundereggs range from a few grams to over 600 kilograms. Most are filled with agate and other quartz varieties. The mine is open from Wednesday to Sunday from 8.30 to 3.30pm, every day during Queensland Public School Holidays and all public holidays except Christmas Day and Good Friday. The admission price includes a mining permit, a pick, shovel, and a bucket to hold the treasure.
The ropes course offers a range of challenges from relatively easy to very strenuous. Choose your challenge and enjoy hours of high adventure. Hang on to the ropes and take a flying fox ride through towering eucalyptus trees, crawl through tunnels, play action movie jungle games and tumble through the air. Choose from a range of adventure games. The course is open to adults and children (height requirements apply). Jump suits and harnesses are supplied, covered footwear must be worn. The ropes course is open from 9.30am to 3.30pm every day except Christmas Day and Boxing Day, phone 5545 1468 for bookings.
Laser Skirmish is a fun outdoor activity for all ages. It's like paintball but without the paint (or the pain). Zap your mates with a laser beam in this tactical combat game. Kit up in camouflage gear and face paint. Laser Skirmish games are challenging but safe. Join in a public session or book a private party. It's great for birthday parties, end of year school break-ups, corporate events, and field trips. Open sessions at Thunderbird Park every Saturday afternoon, bookings essential. Visit www.laserskirmish.com.au or phone 1300 666 559.
Go horse trail riding through mountain rainforest and bushland. Gentle horses take riders on a fun filled adventure; rides are suitable for beginners and experienced riders. Friendly guides escort groups of up to 12 riders. Bookings essential, phone 5545 1468.
Self-catering lodges suit couples, families, and larger groups. Get back to nature, pitch a tent on a large, shady site, or book a landscaped caravan site. Prices suit all budgets. Enjoy the rainforest greenery and the trickle of the rock pools. Meet the friendly wildlife and colourful birds. Breakfast with the birds; enjoy a cold drink and a pizza from the wood-fired oven on The Terrace, its open every day of the week. The onsite Rainforest Restaurant and Bar is open for dinner Thursday, Friday & Saturday nights.
Marina Mirage is Queensland's finest waterfront shopping and dining resort.
Marina Mirage is situated on the Gold Coast, directly opposite the five star Sheraton Mirage Resort & Spa and is adjacent to the worlds first Palazzo Versace Hotel.
Marina Mirage offers award winning restaurants, designer boutiques filled with the world's top fashion labels, specialty stores overflowing with elegant homewares, gifts and exceptional artwork.
The Wax Museum is the largest in the southern hemisphere.
At the Wax Museum you can meet famous people who made history- Movie Stars, Scientists, Explorers, Villains and World Leaders all presented with startling realism and dressed in authentically reproduced costumes of their times.
"The figures are so life-like the visitor could be excused for expecting them to walk and talk".
There are two sections to the Museum:
The WORLD IN WAX provides a series of snapshots of the people who have shaped and continue to shape our lives, It presents human beings in ll their variety. This exhibit included Dioramas of Australian History and Nersery Rymes, Replicas of the Crown Jewls and Fantasia Macabre, a unique and little seen collection of mythical characters from fiction features such macabre identities as Count Dracula, Frankenstein Monster, The Thing, The Zombie, The Werewolf & many other creatures from Legend, folklore & literature.
The Chamber of Horrors is a grim, staggering record of Human Cruelty throughout the ages... More spine chilling than fiction, is the only display of its kind in the world.
The Museum warmly welcomes you as an individual, family or group. Visitors will be delighted with our broad collection of exhibitss and archival resource material.
The Historical Society of Beaudesert is helping to preserve the stories and legacies of our pioneers from the days of the Moreton Bay settlement to the present day. Individuals, groups, families and school classes are all invited to the Beaudesert Museum to see our Celebration of Australian ingenuity. Find more information about School Visits and Group Tours to the museum.
The Historical Society of Beaudesert houses a collection of manuscripts, printed materials, photographs and maps relating to the history of the area.
SkyPoint Climb takes place on the top of the Q1 building in Surfers Paradise and at 270 metres in the air, it is one of Australia's highest external building walks. Starting on level 77 of SkyPoint Observation Deck, Climbers will enter the open air dressed in a full body suit and harness. Following their Climb guide, participants will then traverse up towards the crow's nest located at the highest point of the Climb at around 270 metres above the ground. Regular stops will be taken to admire the stunning 360 degree views of the Gold Coast region including the golden beaches, city skyline and lush green hinterland. Climbers will then descend to level 77. Altogether the experience takes approximately 90 minutes including a briefing session and the time on the Climb course.
Runaway Bay Shopping Village offers superior shopping convenience and services on one level in air conditioned comfort. With three major discount department stores, Big W, Target and Best & Less, three supermarkets, Woolworths, Coles and ALDI, and over 130 specialty stores and services, shopping close to home or your holiday accommodation could never be easier. With 50 per cent of the car parks under cover, you can be promised to keep your cool all the way home. If you are arriving by boat, disembark at the Centre's jetty on the Boardwalk Canal outside the food court.
Chevron Renaissance Shopping Centre in Surfers Paradise has all you need for a relaxing holiday, with a Coles supermarket, 12 restaurants, nine take away food stores, a range of fashion and all the health, beauty and essential services you could enjoy during your stay. Relax into holiday mode at the brand new Endota Day Spa offering luxurious pampering in 10 treatment rooms, mineral and plunge pools, steam, sauna and all the usual services to help you unwind. If you need help organising your holiday, or wish to linger a little longer, let Chevron Renaissance's tourism providers ensure your holiday remains stress-free. Flight Centre, a range of banks, Super Duck Adventure Tours, Surfside Realty, Holiday Club and Holiday Holiday accommodation specialists can all assist with your travel needs. So for a getaway that is easy for the whole family, explore Chevron Renaissance and make it the Centre of your holiday. The family friendly atmosphere and open air piazza provide that relaxed feeling of a little Italian village. Just 200 metres from the beach and 400 metres from Cavill Avenue, Chevron Renaissance is the perfect place to escape the hustle and bustle of Surfers Paradise and enjoy your beachside holiday in comfort.


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March 2013 Overview
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March Numerology Profile:
March is universally a NINE* month, bring us to a time of completion. Many events in our life are pulling together to be finalized, tying up loose ends to move to the side. Clearing the decks of old events, circumstances and situations will occur with regard to those aspects that are no longer playing a major role in our life. NINE brings us to a time to let go and let God resolve the situations that have completed their purpose. March is finalizing many of these aspects through the Mercury retrograde in Pisces, through March 17th. The number NINE is defined through similar components to Pisces, as the completion of the zodiac and as NINE completes the numerology cycle. The situations whose time has come to end as one door closes and another opens will become visible through the Mercury retrograde process as completion occurs. NINE also requires faith and trust as this occurs, providing the important information that Mercury, once turned direct, will begin to open the new doors that will begin to pull us forward into new directions.
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March becomes the pivotal month that provides changes and revisions to our goals, direction and pursuits. The first half of the month, Mercury is retrograde as Mercury turns direct on March 17th. The fact that March is a NINE month in numerology gives us the clues that our previous directions will change as our old concepts and ideas are replaced with ones associated with the intuitive and emotional alignment.
Mercury connected to action-oriented Mars on February 26th, which provided information to shift our direction. March provides the connection of Mercury to Sun and Venus, giving us the needed information to have us revise and make new decisions. With the New Moon on March 11th, we will have our new concepts and begin to understand that as one door closes another one opens. The closing doors may seem to close on those parts of our life that we don't want to let go of, yet with the promise of something more. Even if invisible, the new options require that we have to let go and move forward in order to see that the opportunities of having one door close and another open can then become a reality.
Mercury turns direct on March 17th, at 5 Pisces, which highlights changes that are connected to the shifts and changes that are being directed from the intuitive and spiritual realms. As Mercury starts moving forward, the Equinox opens the door to bring in the innovative Aries energy that joins the winds of change planet of Uranus that is moving us all into new directions. With situations unfolding new options, we find that serendipitous events also occur moving us forward through the new doors that are opening to our new directions.
On March 28th, Sun and Venus take turns connecting with the winds of change, which opens up the opportunities that are blowing on the wind, giving us the chance to move out of the old environment and break into our new directions. With Mercury's information changing us from the previous directions and into the doors that are now open, we are able to look at new options. The connections of today power the important changes and provide a gust of energy to move us past the old environment and catapult us into the important new directions.
Days of New Beginnings: March 1st, 10th, 19th, and 28th Days of Change and Spontaneity: March 5th, 14th, and 23rd Days of Business Activity: March 8th, 17th, and 26th

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Up first, a new lanyard for my ID, perhaps? I have a beaded one, but it tends to pinch, so something softer is on my list. I like these by Heart2Handbags. They use really great fabrics and have breakaway velcro behind the neck. I think the fall colors chevron might be just right.
Next, a backpack. I don't usually carry purses to work, but need something to put my daily supplies in. I love love love this colorful backpack by Ottobags.
I carry a lunch bag so I can bring my food in reusable containers. I really like this one, made from vintage fabric by MontclairMade.
Travel mugs for my daily coffee. Enough said. This one by yevgenia has great painted daisy details.
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The Easter season brings St. Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles, before the eyes of the whole Church. Many consider Mary Magdalene to be Mary of Bethany. St. Gregory the Great, among other Church Fathers, stated that this was so. Tradition in the West sided with this opinion for centuries. The collect for the feast of St. Mary Magdalene identified her as the sister of Lazarus up until the 1960s. Today even such noted scholars as Dr. Brant Pitre consider the likelihood that she is Mary of Bethany.
Consider the Scriptural evidence for this. Mary of Bethany anointed Jesus twice. This occurs in Luke 7: 36-50 for the first time. The second anointing is recorded in John 12:1-8, Matthew 26:6-13, and Mark 14:3-9. That these two anointings are separate events is evident from John 11:2 and 11:5: "Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. . . . Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister Mary, and Lazarus," and from Luke 7:39, "Now when the Pharisee, who had invited him, saw it, he said to himself, 'This man, were he a prophet, would surely know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.'" After Jesus had just raised her brother Lazarus from the dead, it would not make sense for Simon the Pharisee to wonder if Jesus knew who Mary was. Also consider that Jesus said of Mary of Bethany, "Mary has chosen the best part and it will not be taken away from her" (Luke 10:42), and "Wherever in the whole world this Gospel is preached, this also that she has done shall be told in memory of her" (Mt 26:13). Writing about the Resurrection which occurred just about a week after Mary anointed Jesus for the second time, Matthew wrote, "Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the sepulchre" (Mt 28:1). If Mary of Bethany's recent anointing was to be told wherever the Gospel was preached, it is illogical that Matthew would have referred to Mary, the mother of James and Joseph (cf. Mt 27:56) as "the other Mary." This title would have been reserved to the more well- known Mary of Bethany whom Jesus had so highly praised and who defended her action of anointing Him by saying, "Let her be that she may keep it for the day of my burial" (John 12:7).
Meditate for a moment on the greatness of this woman and who she is for the whole Church. It is easy to imagine that before she met Jesus, Mary Magdalene had lost her sense of identity. She was possessed by seven devils (cf. Lk 8:2). Probably she wandered from one relationship to another, giving her body to man after man; enjoying all the pleasures that she could find, but at the end of each day feeling utterly empty. Her sister, Martha, and her brother Lazarus must have been very concerned about her. They must have told her about Jesus and how He forgave sinners. Most likely Mary did not want to hear this; she probably didn't want to change her life since these empty relationships were all that she had and she was afraid to be silent and to have to face her own emptiness. Yet she would have had no peace. We can imagine that her friends mocked Jesus and that she would laugh at their jokes but then experience a deep confusing sadness. What was the turning point? Maybe one day she heard that Jesus would be preaching nearby and went to hear Him. Maybe that day he told the story of a man having 100 sheep and losing one of them and going to seek for that one and then rejoicing over it more than over all the other 99. Maybe it was this story that pierced her heart.
We know that sometime after she had begun to convert she heard that Jesus was at the house of Simon the Pharisee. She took a jar of ointment and went into the Pharisee's house. She knelt down at His feet and began to kiss them and to cry on them and to anoint them with the oil that she had brought. Jesus looked at her with a look that made her feel completely understood. Simon and the others were ready to mock Jesus because they knew that Mary was a prostitute. Simon was thinking that if Jesus was a prophet then He would know who and what manner of woman this was who was touching Him. Jesus did know. He saw her deepest identity that had been for so long obscured and He told her, "Thy sins are forgiven….Thy faith has saved thee; go in peace." (Lk 7:48, 50). Seven demons, who had held Mary captive, fled at these words of the Incarnate Word. And from then on Mary Magdalene began to accompany Jesus with the other holy women and she joined them in helping to provide for Him and His Apostles (cf. Lk 8:2). Those who knew Mary before probably began to mock her. But she had finally found Him whom her soul loved and she would not let Him go ever again. When Jesus came to their house in Bethany, Mary sat and listened to His word while Martha served. When Martha became upset and complained to Jesus, He said, "Mary has chosen the best part and it will not be taken away from her" (Lk 10:42). While the world continued to regard Mary Magdalene as a prostitute, she was beginning to see in the eyes of the one she called "Rabboni" (meaning Teacher or Master) that her true identity was Daughter of the Father and even more amazingly—bride of Christ.
The story of St. Mary Magdalene and her journey from prostitute to bride of Christ is the story of the whole Church, the Bride of Christ. Each member of the Bride is called to make the same journey from whatever type of prostitution sin has mired him or her in– to the knowledge of being a son or daughter of the Eternal Father and the bride of Christ. There is no saint who can better show us this journey than the one who standing beneath the Cross became eldest daughter of the Church, then first witness of the Resurrection, and finally Apostle to the Apostles.
The opinions expressed by the DPS blog authors and those providing comments are theirs alone; they are not necessarily the expressions or beliefs of either the Dead Philosophers Society or Holy Apostles College & Seminary.


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text: County holds 332nd Annual Reorganization Meeting(Woodbury, NJ) - On Jan. 5, the Gloucester County Board of Chosen Freeholders held their 332nd reorganization meeting in the ceremonial courtroom at the Old Courthouse. At the reorganization Lyman Barnes, Jim Jefferson and Heather Simmons were sworn into three-year terms on the Board. Damminger was chosen as the Board's Director and Chila as Deputy Director for 2018. Freeholder Director Robert M. Damminger said, "There is a large amount of expansion planned for this year. By expanding through education, access to job training, employment opportunities, and healthcare, as well as other areas, we will continue to improve for the betterment of our residents." Damminger said that the Board of Chosen Freeholders would be reengaging the Tolerance Project this year to promote diversity and understanding throughout the community and within the schools. "We feel strongly that the county remembers what really matters – family, friends, and acceptance within our community. Hate has no home here and never will," Damminger said. Damminger said that that one of the expansion projects that will take place this coming year is an expansion at the Paulsboro Marine Terminal. Damminger said, "Last March the first ship docked at the port with its first load of cargo. Since then there have been 23 vessels that discharged over 1.3 million tons of steel at the port and that amount is anticipated to double in 2018. The county is hoping to expand the port by adding two 1,700 feet berths and a barge berth to expand the wharf that opened last year." Along with the $190 million project including the construction of the berths, there will also be continued work on the rail, water, sewer, and infrastructure of the port.The county will also be expanding the county's small business loan fund by $100,000. This program gives the county's small businesses the ability to expand, hire workers and make improvements. Led by the County's Office of Economic Development, this program offers small business owners another resource to assist them in succeeding and achieving their dreams. Freeholder Director Damminger said, "The economic success of our county is important not only to us, but to our residents as well. Whether it is a large port transporting millions of tons of cargo or a small family business, we are determined to allow our local businesses the chance to succeed."To further encourage economic success in 2018, the county will be introducing 'The Rowan Consortium'. As New Jersey's first "bundled" education program for job training this program will create degree programs developed in conjunction with business and industry leaders to address the seven highest areas of labor demand in New Jersey. This program will bundle vocational-technical schools, county colleges and four-year colleges and universities to create specialized degrees that will make earning degrees and certificates more flexible, affordable and attainable for students, all while located right on the Rowan College at Gloucester County campus.In 2018 construction of a new building is planned on the campus of Rowan College at Gloucester County. This new building would put the Office of Economic Development, American Job Center, Chamber of Commerce and career development programs in one area. To be named the Workforce Development Center, the 18,000 square foot building will put job creators and labor development engines under one roof to help deliver the highest quality of employment services to residents and to business and industry.While expanding both economically and educationally, the county also plans to help those that may not always be able to advocate for themselves. That is why the county is having discussions with the VA to expand services at the VA Health Clinic in Sewell.Deputy Freeholder Director Giuseppe (Joe) Chila said, "We are currently in the process of thoroughly discussing this expansion with the Veterans Administration. We hope to have more news on this project in the coming months that we will be able to share with residents." Chila said, "The VA Health Clinic scheduled over 30,000 healthcare appointments last year. While the location offers multiple health services to our veterans, it cannot offer all services our veterans may need. That is why we are looking to expand services offered to those men and women who served our country."A new Therapeutic Riding Center at the Gloucester County DREAM Park will also be unveiled this year. This 9,600 square foot building will be opening in January and will offer horseback riding and driving lessons to children and adults with a variety of special needs.Along with the expansion at the DREAM Park, the Gloucester County Animal Shelter will also see expansion with a new, 2,400-square-foot space. The expansion will include a triage room where all animals will be evaluated when they first arrive at the facility, an office for the animal control staff and an adoption space where potential cat owners will be able to meet and view animals up for adoption. This expansion will hopefully assist in finding new forever homes for surrendered animals. Pictured: Front right: Dep. Director Giuseppe (Joe) Chila and Director Robert M. Damminger. Standing: Heather Simmons, Frank J. DiMarco, Jim Jefferson, Dan Christy, Lyman Barnes###


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Welcome to the second Dataiku DSS tutorial!
In this tutorial, we will learn
- how to enrich your data
- how to manage multiple datasets and combine their data
- how to create a new dataset based on script transformations
As we go through this project, we will also touch on the following concepts of Dataiku DSS:
- advanced processors
- recipes (a process to transform data from one or several datasets to create new datasets)
- updating datasets when your original source data has changed
Let's get started!
We recommend that you first complete the Tutorial 101 before beginning this one, to be sure you know the basics of how Dataiku DSS works.
If you have not already done it, start the DSS 102 tutorial directly from your Studio by clicking on the "Tutorials & Samples" button in the popup menu on the left. Then click on Tutorial 102. This will automatically create a new project and upload the data into Dataiku DSS!
Enrich your data with advanced processors
To get started with your project, go ahead and check out the flow.
Remember? It's this icon here in your navigation bar:
The DSS 102 tutorial project is preloaded with the haiku_shirt_sales dataset that you recognize from the 101 Tutorial, as well as another dataset, customers, containing customer information.
Double click on the dataset to explore it.
It has three columns:
- user_id
- birthday
- department (french district)
In this part of the project, we're going to enrich this dataset by:
- adding information about departments
- computing the age of each customer.
To start preparing your data, from the customers dataset screen, click on LAB to create a new analysis.
You can now go ahead and create a new Visual analysis by clicking on new, then Create (by leaving the default name as it is).
Now Let's start cleaning our data!
Just like we did in our first tutorial, we need to change the meaning of the department column to Text, so we don't have incorrect values for departments with letter codes.
Click on the data type under the column header (integer), and change it to text.
Next, we are going to use Open Data to enrich information about customers departments. Click on the add button in the Script tab.
The list of all available data manipulation processors appears. Click on the Enrich category and choose Enrich information about a French department.
A new processor has appeared in the Script tab. Define the parameters of the processor by choosing the department column and checking the box to get demography data. New columns with a yellow background should be visible now.
We only want to keep the population of the department in year 2009. Let's remove all the other extra columns. Switch to the Columns view and select the columns to be dropped:
Under the Actions menu, select Delete to actually delete the columns.
We are now going to compute the age of each customer.
Switch back to the tabular view. You can see the new step appear in the script tab to the left. Now let's continue by parsing the birth date of each customer. Click on the header of the column and select Parse date.
The studio automatically detects which date format fits the best for the values in your dataset. Strangely enough, the format is an English date format! Date processing is always full of surprises. Click OK.
A birth_parsed column has appeared with the standard timestamp format. We can now compute customers ages. Click on the column header and choose Compute time since.
Set that processor to compare date to now in years and set the output column to age. You're done!
Create datasets with recipes
We are pretty happy with our data enrichment so far. However, remember that what you work on in Lab is a visualisation of the effect of the different steps on a sample. To make it permanent and create a new dataset with your enriched data, you need to Deploy it now!
That's why, in this section, we are going to
- Compute the department population and age for all customers.
- Actually create a dataset with both information about customers and information about sales.
Working in RAM is crucial to have instantaneous visual feedback in the Explore screen as we are building up the data preparation script. For this reason, Dataiku DSS only loads a sample of the dataset...
But don't worry, when we run our recipe for good, Dataiku DSS will run your script on gigabytes of data in seconds with a very small memory footprint.
By default, only the first 10,000 records of your dataset are loaded. This can be configured in the Sampling tab.
Now, let's create the actual dataset that comes out of the enrichment script we've just built.
The Recipe will enable us to compute enriched values for all customers and save the results in a new dataset.
Click on the button Deploy Script.
Fill the form by giving the name customers_prepared to the new dataset and click the Add button.
Like cooking, you need ingredients (our input dataset customers) and if you're a chef you'll produce out of these a proper meal! The meal is the output dataset customers_prepared.
Before we run our recipe, we can click on the cogwheel icon at the right of our Run button.
Here, you'll see that we have a choice, when we change a recipe for instance, to only run that recipe, or rebuild missing dependencies for instance. Since we don't have dependent datasets, we can stay with Run only this recipe.
Now, let's run our recipe by clicking on the Run button.
Your new dataset has been successfully built! (you know this because a notification popped up to tell you the status of your job) You can explore it by clicking on the link Explore dataset customers_prepared.
Your data has been enriched following the steps of your script. For each customer, we now have the population of his department as well as his age. We can now use this data elsewhere (which we will do in a minute).
For now, let's have a look at what happened behind the recipe. Click on the Flow icon in the navigation bar:
This is a representations of the Datasets that are available in your current Project (Tutorial 102) within Dataiku DSS. It allows you to visualize how your datasets are processed and modified, from input datasets to output datasets. This Flow gives you an overview of your full project, with the datasets, and the recipes that modify them.
Click on the dataset haiku_shirt_sales. A list of possible actions will show up in the right panel. Click on LAB to create a new Visual Analysis recipe.
You can now analyze the dataset, and build a recipe on it.
Remember, this is the dataset from Tutorial 101. We are going to go through the same cleanup steps as we did in the previous tutorial. This is a great opportunity to exercise what you learned in the previous Tutorial.
Start by removing rows where the department feature is empty, and setting the meaning of department to Text. (If you need help, you can sneak a peak at Tutorial 101)
Okay, now we're going to add more information to this dataset with our customer data. Click on the Add new steps button in the script tab, filter to find all the Join processors and select the Join with other dataset (memory-based) processor.
You can checkout what a join recipe is over here:
We are going to set the processor so that for each line in our sales dataset, we get the customer information (their age and department population) when the user_id matches.
Fill the form:
- Join column (here) is user_id,
- Dataset to Join with is customers_prepared,
- Join column (in other dataset) is also user_id,
- Columns to retrieve are department_population_2009 and age,
- Prefix is customer_.
When you scroll to the right, you'll find the columns customer_department_population_2009 and customer_age have been added on the right.
Now that we're happy with this preparation, let's export this script to a Recipe so we can compute the final dataset with sales information and customers information. Click on the Deploy Script button.
… and set the name of the New dataset to sales_and_customers and click Deploy.
A new recipe has been created. Now you can click on the Run button to build the new dataset!
When the building job is completed, click on the Actions button and choose View in Flow to see how this new step appears in the Flow.
You can see that the final output dataset sales_and_customers was built out of the two other datasets haiku_shirt_sales and customers_prepared.
Data-driven Flow reconstruction
Data flow is a very handy way to see how data has been processed in Dataiku DSS.
More specifically, the graph of the Flow has another benefit. When data changes over time, Dataiku DSS can update the datasets that would be affected by these changes. Because the flow reflects these dependencies, updates will only be run when necessary.
In other words, the Dataiku Science Studio is data driven: depending on the settings, the Studio will monitor the data changes and dependencies to keep everything up to date.
For more information about Flow and Recipes, see the concepts and Flow
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Congratulations, you have completed this second tutorial of Dataiku Data Science Studio.
Proceed to Tutorial 103 to see how Dataiku DSS can help you build quick predictive analytics!
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My question is reference to the 12th SS Panzer Division "HJ" and the tactical numbers
A friend was askng this question...I have bernages book, "panzers and the batlle of normandy" but can't see an answer to the numbering of the tanks?
any help too understand the system used..
My question is reference to the 12th SS Panzer Division "HJ" and the tactical numbering system of their panzers .... I understand the conventional numbering on the turrets of tanks of the wehrmacht/SS ... 3 numbers (first = Company; second = Platoon; and Third = vehicle in the platoon). However, in photos of the HJ in Normandy, etc. you find numberings for example "636" or "838"... since only 5 vehicles maximum in a German tank platoon (especially Mark IVs) then the logic is the last number must be a tactical disquise? (as in the first vehicle in normal convention of the third platoon six company would be "631" ... they adopted a "4 + 1" to confuse allied intelligence? In this manner the 5 vehicles of 3rd platton 6th company would be numbered "635, 636, 637, 638, 639" (Photo evidence exists)
Why did HJ use this numbering when the other SS panzer divisions did not nor did the Heer or even HG Panzer Division? This is puzzeling especially since the cadre of HJ came from LSSAH.... I understand the conventional numbering on the turrets of tanks of the wehrmacht/SS ... 3 numbers (first = Company; second = Platoon; and Third = vehicle in the platoon). However, in photos of the HJ in Normandy, etc. you find numberings for example "636" or "838"... since only 5 vehicles maximum in a German tank platoon (especially Mark IVs) then the logic is the last number must be a tactical disquise? (as in the first vehicle in normal convention of the third platoon six company would be "631" ... they adopted a "4 + 1" to confuse allied intelligence? In this manner the 5 vehicles of 3rd platton 6th company would be numbered "635, 636, 637, 638, 639" (Photo evidence exists)
Why did HJ use this numbering when the other SS panzer divisions did not nor did the Heer or even HG Panzer Division? This is puzzeling especially since the cadre of HJ came from LSSAH
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I'm rather certain the 12SS used a +5 numbering system for tanks in each platoon during the Normandy campaign, largely to fool the local resistance in an effort to make its armor strength appear greater than it was. Thus, a Panther numbered 326 in the 12thSS would normally have been numbered 321 in another unit.
The issue of the 12SS' numbering, especially as regards Panthers, is made all the more complicated as, after the engagement outside of Norrey-en-Bessin on 08Jun44, during which the 3rd company under von Ribbentropp lost six of its tanks outright, the remainder of the company's tanks were turned over to the 1st and 2nd companies to make up their losses, and the third was refitted with brand new mounts (the only tanks delivered as replacements to German forces during that campaign), returning to the battlefield only in early July. As a result, a number of 12th SS Panthers can be seen with several sets of numbers on them, usually overwritten. As an aside, it appears some of the tanks of the 101st SS Heavy Tank Battalion - whose members also primarly came from the LSSAH - had odd numbering as well: after all, Michael Wittmann's original issue Tiger was numbered 205 (that tank never made it to the front, as it suffered major engine damage during the long drive from near Beauvais and was not repaired), while the rest of his company's tanks had standard numbering. A picture of that tank, by the way, can be found in several publications, taken outside the village of Morgny not too far from Lyons-la-Foret on 07Jun44 or so...
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thanks for quick reply tracman, but how do they arrive at these tank numberings? what system did they apply?
"636" or "838"...
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In the three-digit numbering, the first digit is the company, second digit is the platoon, third digit is the tank in the platoon. So, 321 would be the first tank of the second platoon in the third company. The armor regiment was divided in two battalions, the first (with four companies) made up of Panthers and the second (with five companies) made up of Panzer IVs. I don't have any references in front of me, but if memory serves, a full strength Panther company was made up of three platoons of five tanks, with two command tanks, for a total of 17 tanks: a full strength Panzer IV company was made up of four platoons of five tanks with two command tanks, for a total of 22 tanks.
Again, if memory serves, the 12SS used a +5 numbering only to the tank's number in its platoon: the company number stayed the same, the platoon number stayed the same, but the tank's digit in the platoon was subject to the +5 rule. As noted, a tank normally numbered 321 would have been renumbered 326: a tank numbered 214 would have been renumbered 219, etc.... I've picked two examples I can think of: you can see 326 being cleaned of its commander's remains in a series of shots taken on the morning of 09Jun44 in Rots (the commander, whose name escapes me, was decapitated by a Canadian anti-tank shell during the previous night's action), and there are several pictures of Panther 219 (a D version with the early cupola) around Fontenay-le-Plesnel on or about 26Jun44. The same numbering issues can be seen on the Panzer IVs of the second battalion, several of which were photographed in Belgium during training (from the 6th company, if memory serves) in Spring 1944, as well as in Normandy... That said, it's unclear to me how uniformly this was done, as there appear to be a few tanks in the 12thSS that had standardized numbering... Any definitive comments would be most welcome!
Generally, the issue of numbering is best seen on tanks captured on film early in the campaign, as companies were at or near full-strength and the armor had yet to suffer damage. Indeed, most companies fought - even early on - with tanks out of commission due to maintenance, breakdowns and battle-damage issues, and it's imnportant to note that most German tanks were fixed up and reused after being"knocked out,"unless they suffered from fire (which weakened the armor and fused the insides/engine/hydraulics/etc..) or were left in enemy territory. As tanks were repaired and recycled in Normandy, markings were often reapplied to suit the unit they were sent to or even totally left off, as companies became irrelevant and tanks were pressed into battlegroups with different tactical missions than originally planned. This is especially evident after the 12SS was recalled as it was on its way out for a needed refitting in mid-July - indeed, during GOODWOOD - to fight between Caen and Falaise, at which time its remnants were melded into battle groups vice structured regiments that fought through the Falaise Pocket battles. If memory serves, the 12SS only managed to extricate 10 of its tanks over the Seine...
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Did this +5 numbering system also apply to SPWS of III./26.? I have been curious if it was observed throughout the Div.?
Thanks in advance!
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somewhere I've read that 12 SS applied an alternate way of numbering their vehicles because the Russians knew the system too that "311" was the platoon leader and they Always tried to knock out these first so to render the others leaderless. apparantly 12ss suffered great losses on platoon or companyleaders on the eastern front.
afaik only 12 ss changed the system bij starting 315, 316....635, 636....
in Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge they had this alternate numbering system on their panzer IV's and panthers ....I 'm not sure if they also applied it on spw's
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Hi Woodie and Tacman,
It looks to me that you are making the whole subject far too complicated and difficult.
Yes 12 SS used x04 and x05 for company command tanks and xx5 to xx9 for regular tanks, but so did 1st SS with their first ever Panthers they had in early 1943 (all well photographed, and the French resistance does not figure at all at this time).
And of course the I (Panther) battalion of the 1st SS was transferred to be the I Battalion of newly formed 12 SS almost 100%, so methodology of markings etc., carried on over.
It is of course correct that Germany's enemies did get to know the regular command tank marking method, R or regiment, I and II for Battalions and x00, x001, x002 for company command tanks. Thus these were changed as the war progressed into any numbering that the unit commanders wanted.
It mattered not to any other units outside of the renumbered panzer unit what they did, it only mattered to them, and they knew what the numbering meant.
As for 12ss being the only unit to change it command panzer numbering in Normandy, this is quite wrong, at least half the panzer regiments in Normandy used non regulation numbering for their command vehicles, example 2SS, who used unique numbering for all regimental, battalion and company command panzers.
9th Pz division even changed it panzers around so that the I battaion was PzIV and the II Battalion was Panthers, and its eight regimental HQ panzers being numbered 91 through to 98 for example.
Regulations were one thing but surviving a battle whilst in your command panzer is more important, and the more anonymous you are the better.
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Don't forget to visit the Nursery on Wednesdays from 1pm-6pm, Saturdays 9am-5pm and Sundays from 10am-4pm in the weeks leading up to Christmas, and every day Christmas week, when children can meet Father Christmas in his magical grotto.
Youngsters who are waiting can relax in the marquee and ride a reindeer or enjoy a Christmas craft activity.
Darfoulds is also selling a range of fabulous nordman Christmas trees from just £19.99, and a variety of christmas decorations and gifts.
If you need a caffeine fix or are feeling peckish after that, visitors can sit back and enjoy delicious meals, snacks and drinks at the on-site cafe, the Greenhouse Coffee Shop.


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Eat Close to Home!
Herein lies the beauty of shopping locally. You find variety that either may be hard to find or not even available at big grocery stores. I even shop at grocery store that purchases some of it's produce locally and I have never seen purple potatoes or purple green beans there!


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Needle Felted Ball Tutorial
I have been asked several times for a tutorial on how to do needle felted balls. I'm pretty new to it myself, but I'm going to take it on! I'm starting with balls I had already felted. I'll post the tutorial next time I make them so I can take pictures along the way.
100% Wool Ball
Wool Roving in colors of your choice - I dyed mine with Kool-Aid
Felting Needle (available at your local craft store)
This really is easier than it looks! You want to start with your ball and your roving.
Take a small piece of the roving and hold it where you want your design to start.
Holding the roving in place with one hand, use the felting needle to poke straight into the roving and the ball. Move the needle along slowly, poking right next to your last hole, along the shape you want the roving to take. Keep poking and the roving will felt into the ball and become a solid piece of the felt. You can see it starting to happen here.
This is what it looks like when a bit more is solidly in.
Just keep poking along and your design will start to come out strongly. You can see it starting to shape up here.
You can add different colors and parts of the design in the same way. Here is a bit of yellow going in.
Just keep adding in your design and colors as you go! Keep poking right next to your last hole and it will all come together. If you are having a particularly hard time getting it flat enough, you can put the ball in the toe of an old pair of nylons and stick it in the dryer for a few minutes. The pounding action will knock the felt flat, but be careful because it can knock pieces off if they are too loose!
These are some pictures of the finished product:
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BRICKS BREAKER - FRIENDS - is a fun game and a great time-killer, a vivid example of the classic Arkanoid game with colorful graphics, characters, bonuses and different levels.
Well traced levels, fast gameplay and a variety of characters distinguish this game among many others. In the game you are waiting for colorful special effects and well-drawn levels, nice music and sound effects.
▶ different characters and pets
Create your own unique atmosphere of the game with charming characters, such as a monkey, penguin, cat and others.
▶ National and World Ranking Ranking
Compete with players around the world to achieve first place in the ranking.
▶ The best players
Monthly ranking of the best players formed. Look, you can be the first?
▶ Drawing treasure map
Played a treasure map, daily gifts and improvement of character.
▶ Endless presence of various subjects
Enjoy a game of Bricks Breaker with a gun, fireballs, multi balls, and various other items!
Drawing of a treasure map
Played a treasure map, daily gifts and bonuses to improve the level of the character.
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With our kayak trailer, we now have access to many more wonderful spots to paddle. Join our naturalist guides as we explore the natural and human history of Cortes Island and the surrounding waters. From sunset paddles to gliding over reefs where an abundance of marine life and curious seals await, these guided kayak trips are a great way to get the feel for kayaking while having the guide there to help you along.
Bioluminescence Paddle
One of our favorite trips is the Bioluminescence Paddle. Towards the end of the summer the plankton which produces bioluminescence proliferate and the fairy dust sparkles it creates swirls away from our paddles as we kayak under the stars. It makes for a magical evening! No previous experience necessary. We provide all required safety equipment.
Multi-day guided kayaking mothership trips with the motor sailer Misty Isles are also available on request. For further information on mothership trips see Sail Charters.
We have scheduled afternoon paddles and evening paddles departing from Hollyhock regularly throughout the summer. Check the Trip Calendar for schedule information. These scheduled trips are open to anyone.
|Price per Person
|3 hour guided trip
|4 hour guided trip
|5 hour guided trip
|All prices in Canadian dollars and are based on a 3 person minimum. Applicable taxes not included.Full Price List
LIABILITY WAIVER: All participants in sailing trips, guided kayaking trips or kayak rentals will be required to sign a waiver of liability. Link to Waiver
Participants under 19 years of age will be required to sign a Youth Participant's Agreement along with a signature from a parent or guardian. Link to Youth Participant's Agreement


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Stats: Kohli's century goes in vain for the first time
Virat Kohli registered his 18th ODI century, scoring 123 from 111 deliveries, but it was not enough to prevent India from going down to New Zealand by 24 runs in the first match of the series. Here are some statistical highlights of the Napier match.
With Ross Taylor's catch, Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first Indian wicketkeeper and fourth in ODIs to complete 300 dismissals or more, joining Adam Gilchrist (472), Mark Bocher (424) and Kumar Sangakkara (424).
# Dhoni is the third wicketkeeper to achieve the double of 5,000 runs and 300 dismissals. He joined Adam Gilchrist (9410 runs + 472 dismissals in 282) and Kumar Sangakkara (11223 runs + 424 dismissals in 318) in the elite club.
# Dhoni has taken 463 international catches - the joint fifth as wicketkeeper. The leading wicketkeepers with most catches are Boucher (952), Gilchrist (813), Healy (560), Sangakkara (484), Marsh (463) and Dhoni (463).
Image: MS Dhoni
Photographs: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
Kohli's first ton on New Zealand soil
Virat Kohli's first century in New Zealand on his first outing is his 18th in ODIs. It is also his second against New Zealand.
# Kohli (123 off 111 balls) established an Indian record for registering the highest individual innings vs New Zealand at Napier in ODIs, eclipsing the 108 off 119 balls by Virender Sehwag on December 29, 2002. He has posted two centuries in a losing cause in ODIs: the first was 107 off 93 balls vs England at Cardiff on September 16, 2011.
# Kohli, for the first time, scored a century in a losing cause while chasing in ODIs. His outstanding tally of 18 centuries in 119 innings is a record in ODIs, eclipsing Sourav Ganguly's tally of reaching the feat in 174 innings.
# Dhoni and Kohli were involved in a partnership of 95 - India's highest fifth-wicket stand vs New Zealand in New Zealand, eclipsing the 78 between Virender Sehwag and Mohammad Kaif at McLean Park, Napier on December 29, 2002.
# The above stand is the second highest for India against New Zealand for the fifth wicket, next only to the 107 between Dhoni and Sehwag at Dambulla on August 25, 2010.
Image: Virat Kohli
Photographs: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
Mohammad Shami's best bowling performance in ODIs
Mohammad Shami (4/55) registered his best bowling performance in ODIs. He became the second Indian bowler to claim four wickets in an innings at Napier. Javagal Srinath had captured four for 52 on February 16, 1995.
# Kane Williamson's first fifty vs India is his seventh in ODIs. His superb knock is his second highest score in ODIs in New Zealand - the highest being 74 vs England at Hamilton on February 17, 2003.
# India have lost four ODIs out of six contested vs New Zealand at McLean Park, Napier (won two).
# New Zealand's 24-run win is their first in seven ODIs against India.
# New Zealand (292/7) recorded their highest total vs India at Napier, outstripping the 254 for nine on December 29, 2002.
# India (268) posted their highest losing total vs New Zealand in New Zealand in ODIs, eclipsing the 257 for five at Taupo on January 9, 1999.
Image: Mohammad Shami
Photographs: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
All-round performance from Corey Anderson
Ross Taylor (55) posted his 25th fifty in ODIs, his third vs India. He is averaging 48.02 in a winning cause in ODIs - 1921 runs in 57 ODIs, including three hundreds and 14 fifties.
# Taylor (4,040 at an average of 38.47 in 121 innings) is the ninth New Zealand batsman to amass 4,000 runs or more in ODIs.
# Williamson and Taylor put on 121 - New Zealand's first century stand for the third wicket against India in New Zealand in ODIs.
# Corey Anderson (68 not out off 40 balls) recorded his second highest score in ODIs, behind the 131 not out vs West Indies at Queenstown on January 1, 2014.
# Anderson got his second Man of the Match award in ODIs. He first received one for recording an unbeaten 131 off 47 balls against West Indies at Queenstown on January 1, 2014.
# Anderson recorded strike rate of 170.00 during his unbeaten knock of 68 off 40 balls - the highest by a New Zealand player against India in ODIs (minimum 50).
# Anderson and Ronchi shared a partnership of 66 - New Zealand's highest for the sixth wicket in ODIs at Napier.
# Mitchell McClenaghan (4/68) recorded his sixth instance of four wickets or more in an innings in Limited-Overs Internationals.
Image: Corey Anderson
Photographs: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images


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Sometimes, news of the outer world is almost too depressing to bear. And frustrating. Frustrating beyond belief. Sometimes, I think I would rather not know.
In the paper there is a photo of an industrious landowner from a bushfire-ravaged region of Victoria. A post-catastrophe ruling has allowed him to scour his property of vegetation. It allows the culling of trees within ten metres of homes and four metres of fence lines without approval from the council. Small land owners who have a poor relationship with nature can now raze their blocks with impunity.
Never mind that in the face of such mega-fires such a measure would have little effect. Never mind that trees can protect a dwelling by 'dissipating fire energy'. Tree-culling is the first, most obvious response that comes to these simple minds. They see a pseudo-solution at the end of their nose and they act on it.
Being able to project our thinking beyond the immediately obvious is part of humanity's brilliance, but too few of us bother to employ that ability. And stupid, destructive decisions result.
A dangerous assumption is being made by these people. They believe we have the right to put ourselves above nature, as if we are somehow separate from it, as if - as the bible would put it - it is our 'dominion'. Never mind that the air we breathe is generated by these trees. Never mind that as a species we are interwoven into a complex ecology of which these trees are a part. These people do not factor the big picture into the equation. That is the province of whinging greenies.
Then there are those who look to apportion blame for the mega-fires and are seeking damages in court - as if any human agency could have stood against such a potent natural force. Certainly, if we bury the power-lines there will be less chance of electricity causing fires. And better organisation might have saved lives. But the fires of February this year in Victoria were near to inevitable. In Australia, fires are a part of nature, no humans are required to start them. This is proven by the fire-adapted ecology of the Australian bush. But these litigators, perhaps, would sue nature for damages if they thought they could get a result.
Human agency is expected to control the fires, and if it fails it is damned. Again the presumption that we are apart. Again the 'dominion' paradigm. Rather than adapt [or re-adapt] to nature, we will control it, dominate it. This thinking lies at the root of many bad attitudes towards the earth.
"The ocean is my kitchen freezer," I saw a guy say on a TV fishing show as I flicked past. "When it's time to eat, I just fish one out." I hope so this was his way of saying we should look after the oceans...
Dualism – the concept that the soul is separate from the body – lies deep in the heart of these problematic attitudes. To the religious orthodoxy, who espouse 'dominion', the Earth is just a waiting room for the heaven-bound; it is there to feed us, clothe us as we demonstrate our goodness to god's spy satellites. It is to god that we owe an obligation, not to nature. The religious do not have to worry about their children inhabiting a wasteland, because their children will ultimately be joining them in paradise. No wonder the needs of our base, temporal, sublunary earth are so often ignored in favour of human comfort.
Others subscribe to a milder form of Dualism. They consider the soul and body to be separate, but are not necessarily religious. Perhaps you are one of them? I know I used to be. It seemed impossible that my mind, my being, was nothing more than a sac of jelly between my ears. But the evidence - or lack of it - convinced me otherwise and with this realisation came a greater appreciation of the beauty and complexity of the natural system to which I, and my offspring, are inextricably bound.
To discard Dualism is to accept that the material world is the only world we will ever have and that we must respect it as thoroughly as we do each other.
Though no specific human agency can be blamed for the day of bushfires, humanity as a whole perhaps has a case to answer.
Do you think climate change might have had a bearing on the intensity of these fires? I do. It was the first thing that came to mind when I learnt of the devastation. In point of fact, it was already on my mind as I sweltered in the unprecedented heat.
Surely I was not the only one putting two and two together? I mean, extreme weather events are exactly what the climate scientists are predicting ...
But Kevin Rudd did not mention it in his speech of consolation. No one mentioned it. Indeed, it wasn't until days afterwards that it was openly considered as a contributing factor. Weird, I thought. Later, a politician criticised another politician for bringing it up, saying it was disrespectful to politicise such tragic circumstances. Politicise? Politics? Climate change has deep political repercussions, but in itself it is as political as a blade of grass. It is the air we breathe. The food we eat. It is a fact of life which we ignore at our peril.
Why did they not draw reference to it? Would it really have made them seem as if they were taking political advantage? Or did it seem too tenuous and remote a thing to factor into the circumstances? Might it have offended the presumed backward sensibilities of the block-clearing country-dwellers? Whatever the case, don't things have to change? Climate change will have to become a front and centre thing if we are ever to meet to successfully.
Clearing trees and increasing fuel burns may or may not offer some localised protection, but in the larger scale will make catastrophic bushfires more likely because they add carbon to the atmosphere and weaken nature's mitigating effect on climate.


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Eat Your Art Out,
The Fine Art Diner
P.S.--Something we must do next week is discuss, in depth, zombies. World War Z opens and that is going to change the "zombie genre" forever; I know you may not think that is important, but that's my job to persuade you otherwise. If you have not read my posts on the two most important zombie films ever made, My Favorite Zombie: Night Of the Living Dead or Being-Unto-Death: Carnival Of Souls, I will be referencing them and WWZ probably will, too, so you might at least glance at them if you have a moment.


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Radio control systems are a technology that has developed over the years and it has become a viable solution for many applications that require monitoring and control capabilities of distributed elements in geography. The range of products Farrell is an example of this evolution. In general they are nodes that make up networks with tree topology and sensors at the ends with consumption so low as to be powered by batteries.
Our goal is to get a solution with the intelligence and ability to make network configuration more versatile than tree or star and offer greater availability and better use of resources, for example, the creation of alternative paths if link or intermediate node are lost, or that the terminals can collaborate with each other when communicating with the central node. This possibility is very promising because it can help reduce the transmit power level, but may produce irregular consumption of batteries, low-speed transmissions and high delay, among other problems. To minimize these problems, the project proposes to develop data aggregation systems to minimize transmission, synchronization between nodes to reduce the duration of listening periods and routing strategies that are sensitive to energy consumption.
For low-speed and high transmission delay we propose to use multiple parallel channels for transmissions. Furthermore, the use of mesh network must be linked to routing protocols able to offer quality of service, being able to maximize the bandwidth for certain data streams and minimize the error possibility. And regarding media access control (MAC), the project considers the possibility of developing a new MAC according to the type of channel, the networks and the radio control possibilities of radios.
Summarizing we can say that the main objectives of the project are:
Project funded by:
The most important technological contribution of the project is this incorporation of ad-hoc concept in wireless telemetry networks. This results in creation of different network topologies from tree or star with more connectivity (mesh networks) and capacity to self-configuration and self-repair. The incorporation of different channels gives more agility to the radio channels assignment and minimizes a typical problem of mesh network; the speed reduction by increasing the complexity of multi-hop network.
Using mesh network requires the design of new interactions between the layers radio, media access and network completely oriented to multi-hop routing. Currently, most mesh network solutions only apply transparently a routing protocol at the network level, usually on the IEEE 802.11. That's why the possibility that provides the project to designing a new medium access mechanism oriented to mesh networks is an important novelty for the market and even more if one considers the use of multi-radio routing, since it's still a low implantation technology on the market.
Adding that the restrictions resulting from the use of a narrowband radio channel represent an opportunity to optimize mechanisms used in a wireless mesh network.
Project aim is purely research and the expected result is a set of knowledge that can industrialize with the shortest possible time resulting in products with new functionalities. In particular, at the end, this project will result in a mesh network solution applicable to FARELL narrow-band radio devices. To do this, we must obtain the following results:
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Monday, August 23, 2010
A new age of piracy dawns.....
This weekend Amy and I signed the contract for our boat share and now own 1/12 of this sweet boat.
Rest assured that we got the good 1/12 of the boat, we wouldn't even talk about buying the crappy, smelly parts.
The boat is located about 40 minutes away on the Hawksbury River:
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Coming soon we are going to be skiing, wakeboarding, tubing, and fishing and it will be awesome. The boat comes with all the gear for these activities as well as a built-in cooler, torpedoes, mines, and a submarine mode.
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Can We Improve the Salinity Tolerance of Genotypes of Taxidium by Using Varietal and Hybrid Crosses?
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Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. var. distichum [baldcypress (BC)], Taxodium distichum var. mexicanum Gordon [Montezuma cypress (MC)], and a Taxodium hybrid ('Nanjing Beauty': BC · MC cross, T302) were evaluated for salt tolerance in 2006 at Nacogdoches, TX. Plants were irrigated weekly with four levels of salinity [0, 1, 3.5, and 6 ppt (0, 17, 60, and 102 mol[1]m–3)] for 13 weeks and then 0, 2, 7, and 12 ppt (0, 34, 120, and 204 mol[1]m–3) for another 12 weeks. Salinity treatments did not have a significant effect on growth rate; however, there were significant differences in growth rate among the three genotypes. Genotype T302 produced the greatest wet weight, whereas MC had stronger apical dominance and exhibited the greatest increase in height over the course of study. As expected, sodium (Na) concentration in Taxodium leaves increased as sea salt concentrations increased but did not tilt Na/potassium (K) ratios to stressful disproportions. Of the three genotypes, BC exhibited the highest leaf content of Na, calcium (Ca), sulfur (S), and iron (Fe); MC had the lowest leaf content of Na, Ca, S, and Fe; and T302 was intermediate. The benefits of using a hybrid cross (T302) that maintains greater biomass than BC or MC across a range of salinities must be weighed against the potential additional pruning and training necessary for cutting-grown clones relative to BC and MC propagated from seed and flood tolerance relative to BC. Still, combining the best characteristics of different varieties of T. distichum should facilitate the production of favorable genotypes tolerant to a number of soil physical and chemical property fluctuations for arboricultural operations.
HortScience 45(12):1773-1778
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Zhou, LiJing; Creech, David; and Kulhavy, David, "Can We Improve the Salinity Tolerance of Genotypes of Taxidium by Using Varietal and Hybrid Crosses?" (2010). Faculty Publications. 211.
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|I found that I had A door in my " Tickle Trunk" of wood scraps that is parked outside in my garage. Unfortunately, it was a door without the door frame and without the jamb so I would have to make that part myself.
( uh oh )
I'm not good with wood.
|Here is how it all appears with the door to the bathroom now in place.
To the left is the narrow stairwell with the light installed.
|Looking to the left, I decided that the walls needed switch plates.
I placed one just above the foot of the bed and then another on the exterior window wall.
|The exterior window wall
|So here is what it looks like now
|I just HAD to include this photo again. It is soooo pretty!
|Another overview of the entire bedroom.
I have also aged the linoleum with some gel wood stain which has toned down the bold pattern.


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Friday, April 21st, 2017
They're here!
You've waited patiently and now this year's routes for the Wicklow 200 and the Wicklow 100 Challenge have been announced with a radical reduction in national roads and a sting in the tail for Ireland's favourite challenge bike ride.
This 36th edition of Ireland's toughest and longest running sportive, the Wicklow 200, and its shorter 100km sibling, the Wicklow 100 Challenge, includes many of the most famous and challenging roads of Ireland's Garden County with much of the route familiar from recent editions.
The new start and finish location at Bray Emmets GAA Club means we have carefully reworked the 200km and 100km routes to ensure the safest and most enjoyable experience for all 3000 entrants for the June 11th event.
Starting at Bray Emmets, riders will soon be searching for the lower gear ratios on their bikes as they make their way to Enniskerry and from there to the Old Long Hill which will take them towards Roundwood and further challenges to come.
At Laragh after 30km, the two routes diverge with riders making the decision – which for most will already be firm in their minds – to select the challenging 100km option or the more arduous 200km route.
While the Wicklow 100 Challenge riders head through the beautiful Vale of Clara to Rathdrum on their way to Ashford and the Coast Road back towards Bray, the Wicklow 200 riders head west towards the steep and exposed ridge through the Wicklow Gap.
From Hollywood, riders make their way to Baltinglass and then move south for more challenges to come. The short, sharp climb through Hacketstown comes with 90km in the riders' legs and precedes two of Wicklow's legendary climbs.
The twin peaks of Slieve Maan and Drumgoff come in quick succession from 115km onwards and loom large on the route profile. The latter climb at 125km is known to most in the cycling world as the 'Shay Elliott' and offers the opportunity for riders to pay tribute at the summit monument to Ireland's first ever Tour de France yellow jersey holder.
There are still over 75kms to go at that point with several more tough climbs to come for increasingly tired legs as the riders descend to the Vale of Clara where they converge with the route of the Wicklow 100 Challenge.
The riders will make their way back to Rathdrum and then to the 'coast road' from Ashford to Bray, a rollercoaster of short drags towards home which avoids the N11. This takes the riders through Greystones with 16km remaining and a couple of difficult climbs still to be negotiated.
Up over the tough drag at Windgates at 188km, the route sweeps back towards Enniskerry and the final short climb of the day.
Returning to Bray Emmets, the riders will have earned their finish line food and entertainment and, most importantly, the kudos of having completed one of the toughest sporting challenges in Ireland.
Event organiser Alan Heary is confident that both routes are amongst the most challenging in bike sport and include many of the most famous cycling roads in Ireland.
"We've maintained the essential character of the event while reducing the amount of time that riders are on the N11 to just a couple of hundred metres compared to last year," said Heary.
"The final 20km are going to be tough for riders with tired legs and a lot of people are going to be reaching for those final gels when they hit Windgates on the way out of Greystones.
"The finish location at Bray Emmets is going to be a welcome sight for all and its self-contained nature will help create a great atmosphere at the start and at the finish."