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Nairobi Sheep Disease Virus Glycoprotein Gn, Human Fc-Tag (HEK293)
NAIROBI SHEEP DISEASE VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN GN, HUMAN FC-TAG (HEK293)
The Native Antigen Company have manufactured a recombinant Nairobi Sheep Disease Virus (NSDV) glycoprotein Gn, expressed in HEK293 cells and purified by affinity chromatography.
PRODUCT DETAILS – NAIROBI SHEEP DISEASE VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN GN
- Recombinant Nairobi Sheep Disease Virus (NSDV) glycoprotein Gn (strain/isolate 708, Acc: ACH99800.1)
- Expressed in HEK293 cells and purified by affinity chromatography on Protein G
- Purified to greater than 90% purity and presented in 20mM HEPES pH7.5, 250mM NaCl
Nairobi sheep disease virus (NSDV) is a tick-borne virus which causes a severe disease in sheep and goats, and has been responsible for several outbreaks of disease in East Africa. The virus is also found in the Indian subcontinent, where it is known as Ganjam virus and is associated with febrile illness in humans and disease in livestock (Yadav et al., 2011).
The virus only spreads through the feeding of competent infected ticks, and is therefore limited in its geographic distribution by the distribution of those ticks, Rhipicephalus appendiculata in Africa and Haemaphysalis intermedia in India, which are naturally associated with sheep and goats (Baron & Holzer, 2015).
The virus genome is composed a single strand of negative sense RNA in three parts—small (S), medium (M) and large (L). RNA genome S, M and L segments encoding regions (396 bp, 701 bp and 425 bp) of the viral nucleocapsid (N), glycoprotein precursor (GPC) and L polymerase (L) proteins, respectively (Yadav et al., 2011).
The virus is closely related to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, and studies on NSDV may therefore be useful in understanding this important human pathogen (Baron & Holzer, 2015).
- Baron M D, Holzer B. Nairobi sheep disease virus/Ganjam virus. Rev Sci Tech. 2015 Aug;34(2):411-7.
- Yadav et al. Genomic analysis reveals Nairobi sheep disease virus to be highly diverse and present in both Africa, and in India in the form of the Ganjam virus variant. Infect Genet Evol. 2011 Jul;11(5):1111-20.

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Each story comes with teacher’s notes that give details of the themes covered, discussion questions and a range of follow up activities to deepen and extend thinking. The books are accessible stories aimed at introducing young people to the principles and practices of Thinking 4 Success. They have been deliberately simplified to remove unnecessary background and focus only on the key concepts. Collectively, the stories enable young people to develop an understanding of Thinking 4 Success and apply them to their own lives and futures. The stories are based on a main character called Splodge and the friends, family and community to which Splodge belongs. Comparing and contrasting the life and tales of Splodge with our own lives through story provides a way into Thinking 4 Success for young people.
In Book 1 Splodge and the friends of Splodge experience the same event but have very different perspectives of it and therefore different emotions about it. This leads to different actions. Understanding the links between thoughts, feelings and actions can be very useful in many aspects of social relationships.
In addition, the idea of exploration can be understood as a metaphor. Growing and learning requires an exploration of surroundings, but it also requires an exploration of our own thoughts, feelings, roles, values and beliefs. Sometimes we can be lost and sometimes we can be found and then lost again as our understanding expands.
Who am I? A question we all ask in one form or another throughout our lives. In this book the answers are given by the friends of Splodge in ever widening circles of influence. Whilst this gives great insight into many of the influences that shape our lives, does it fully answer who we are?
Closely coupled with the notion of society shaping the individual is the notion of the individual shaping society. This is hinted at in Book 2 and revisited more strongly in Book 5.
A key component of Book 3 is the exploration of the processes of thinking. This is conveyed as a conversation with self. This can be a helpful way to explore how we can simultaneously have different points of view, hence we can agree or disagree with ourselves.
Another key aspect of the book is the exploration of the interplay between belief and truth. At some point or other in life everyone asks whether there is a god. For some, personal faith is a major part of their lives whilst others do not have a faith or are happy not to know either way. Central to the debate is whether something can be accepted as truth without proof. It is also important to consider to what extent we are prepared to accept that others may have ideas different to our own.
In the dream, Splodge encounters the possibility that an author has created Splodge. The friends of Splodge provide a range of proofs, namely the senses, emotions, thoughts, imagination and actions. These are the very things that we rely on to know we are real.
It is interesting to explore how we can accept the author (someone we can’t see) as real whereas Splodge (someone we can see) we can accept as not real. This can be linked to the previous book about truth and belief. Interestingly, Splodge is real in consequences i.e. Splodge has had an impact on the readers who may go on to make life choices based on this encounter. This is explored further in Book 5.
In Book 5, there is more certainty that Splodge is an invented character though the friends of Splodge remain sceptical about the existence of ‘the readers’ and question their existence. This presents an interesting juxtaposition of figments of imagination questioning whether we are real and vice versa.
In addition, the book explores the purpose of creating the Splodge character and Splodge world, i.e. to be a guide to thinking. This allows a very open exploration of what life is about and how to live it well. This is picked up again in the final book.
In the final book, Splodge visits the world of the author and makes very direct comparisons. There is of course much to appreciate but also much to wonder about. Ultimately, Splodge requests to return home.
There are many opportunities to revisit all the themes encountered, comparing the world of Splodge with our world, thinking about meaning and purpose and to review and assess what has been discovered about thinking. Most of all, however, there is the opportunity to consider action points for the future.

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The trailer for the forthcoming Viking revenge film, 'The Northman', has been released, with a prominent appearance from Icelandic pop and electronic music icon Björk.
It's the first taste audiences have been given of the Robert Eggers movie, which is slated for theatrical release on 22nd April 2022. Set in the 10th Century, the plot follows a prince hellbent on avenging his father's death. Ethan Hawke, Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Willem Dafoe all star alongside Björk.
Production was delayed after being placed on hold due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic last year, but resumed in August. Björk's long-term collaborator, Sjón, co-wrote the screenplay alongside Eggers.
In October, Björk revealed her forthcoming tenth studio album was created for "people making clubs in their living room". No confirmed release date has been confirmed for the as-yet-untitled record. Last month, she finished a string of orchestral live stream concerts at Reykjavik's Harpa Concert Hall alongside the Hamrahlíð Choir, Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, and Viibra flute septet, in aid of a women's shelter.
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Looking for new air conditioning units for your home or office?
If the sales rep you approached has been rattling non-stop about aircon BTU, but you have no clue what it is, then this is the article for you. Before you commit hundreds of dollars extra to an oversized aircon unit, you should read on to know what BTU is right for you.
what is btu?
BTU = British Thermal Units. It represents the cooling capacity of the aircon unit, measured per hour. So loosely speaking, a higher BTU unit can cool a larger amount of air each hour.
The reality of aircon btu
When it comes to BTU, bigger isn't always better! As stated in energystar.gov:
"Air conditioners remove both heat and humidity from the air. If the unit is too large, it will cool the room, before it has a chance to remove the humidity. The result will be a room that's not very comfortable to spend time in. That cool moist air will make the room feel damp and clammy."
On the other hand, if the unit is too small, the room may never reach your desired temperature and coolness. This would mean the unit is working at full load all the time, which incurs huge electrical bills and zero comfort.
For your compressor/condenser, the BTU is usually close to the sum of the BTU of all the fan coil units. However, a smaller total cooling capacity may be sufficient if all the room units are not turned on at the same time.
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Do note that in Singapore, the electricity consumption of most (if not all) aircon units have been reduced to meet NEA efficiency standards. Thus the actual BTU performance would not be the 9000, 12000, 18000 BTU/hr etc. as promoted usually. To find the actual BTU, check the actual kW specifications. 1 kW = 3412 BTU/hr. Alternatively, to convert HP to BTU or vice-versa, a rough estimate is 1 HP = 9000 BTU/hr.
For standard HDB houses, you can refer to this table below:
|Area (SQ FT)||Area (SQ M)||BTU Capacity Recommended|
- If the room is heavily shaded, reduce capacity by 10 percent.
- If the room is very sunny, increase capacity by 10 percent.
- If more than two people regularly occupy the room, add 600 BTUs for each additional person.
- If the unit is used in a kitchen, increase capacity by 4,000 BTUs.
- Consider where you install the unit. If you are mounting an air conditioner near the corner of a room, look for a unit that can send the airflow in the right direction.
If you stay in large private properties or want a better estimate, you can follow the steps in Air Conditioning Systems' website.
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That's it about aircon BTU! Share your newfound knowledge with others or leave any feedback or questions below. Now that you know more about BTU, you can request for price quotes from multiple companies with your BTU needs.


I know there is one at Yeovilton, but I'm now in Nelson and want my brake discs and pads changed (I have the bits). Does anyone know if there is a car club at Nelson? If there is one, anyone know its phone number?
I would have a look at Nelson, but I'm on leave at the moment and not actually there till next week again. I figured I could try booking myself in for when i'm back if on the off chance anyone knew even if there is one at Nelson. I would buy a manual and do it myself, but honestly, i'm a bit of a car retard and would definitely end up getting stuck.


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In keeping with the college, a record quantity of Clark County high school graduates additionally acquired -12 months of college ranges from Clark State Community College this year.
The 19 students obtained their companion degrees via Clark State’s Ohio College Credit Plus software.
“These 12 months, we are highly proud to have a record 19 high school graduate additionally earning their accomplice ranges,” said Jo Alice Blondin, president of Clark State. “College Credit Plus students are decided, driven, and hardworking.”
MORE: Clark State providing first bachelor’s degree software; enrollment open
In the spring 2019 semester by myself, more than 2,427 high school college students were enrolled at Clark State and taking 13,378 credit hours, in line with facts offered using Clark State.
Springfield’s Global Impact STEM Academy crowned that list of excessive faculty enrollees, with 558 students taking 1,827 credit score hours at Clark State.
Jamison Truebenbach, a chief educational officer at Global Impact STEM Academy, stated he couldn’t be greater pleased with the success of his college students.
“College Credit Plus has benefited over 500 Global Impact students this year alone,” Truebenbach said. “Students could be uncovered to the diffusion of teaching styles and an array of content material to prepare them for their destiny endeavors.”
Introduced in Ohio in 2014, the county-funded CCP software lets students earn college credit in grades 7 through 12 at no cost. The program also covers investment in lessons, books, and different prices.
Students can sign up for guides via Clark State and get hold of credit scores for their high faculty requirements and university credit scores. Credits can then be transferred to any college or college in the kingdom of Ohio after the scholar graduates high college.
Since it’s inception, students have earned over $11 million in college credit scores at Clark State.
The software isn’t like Advance Placement publications, as there isn’t a test at the end of the faculty yr to peer if the pupil will earn college credit for finishing the direction.
Students can pick to take instructions at Clark State’s campus, online, at their excessive college, or at some point in the summertime.
Rachel Judy, one of the 2019 graduates, started taking classes online at Ohio Virtual Academy and Clark State in 2015. She obtained her excessive faculty diploma, Computer Programming certificates, and an associate’s degree in Technical Studies.
Judy plans to switch to a four-12 months university and earn a bachelor’s degree in laptop engineering. The look at “Growing with the aid of Degrees: Online Education inside the United States, 2005″ discovered that full-distance studying postgraduate online schooling degree programs had been offered through 38 percent of colleges. The popularity of postgraduate online degree applications makes it clear they’re a possible manner to earn higher training and enhance career alternatives.


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As the world joins her family and colleagues in mourning her death, we take a look at her life over the years.
Late. Mrs. Rachel Oniga had become a household name since she first introduced herself to the world as an actress in 1993. The actress hails from Eku, in Delta State, and was born on 23rd May 1957 and died on 30th July, 2021 at the age of 67.
In an interview with Punch Newspaper, the actress said her passion for acting began at a young age. Rachel also discussed her desire to be an actress as a child, recognizing her talents as early as primary school.
Because she went to an all-girls school, she always played male roles whenever they performed in school and would often dress in her younger brother's clothes.
Despite discovering her talent early on, the actress did not appear onscreen, but instead tried her hand at business, making and selling shoes, which she later abandoned and blamed on debt. She later got a job with an engineering and consulting firm. Which she quit after getting married and having three children.
Unfortunately, the marriage did not last, and her ex-husband abandoned her for another woman. As a result, she turned to acting for her children. In a 2017 interview, the actress revealed that after her failed marriage, she was "determined to demonstrate to [her ex-husband] that she could live without a man." This prompted her to send all of her children to boarding school so she could focus on her career, and she admitted that it was one of the most difficult decisions she had to make as a mother.
When asked about her first on-screen experience as an actress, she stated, "I was provided with a costume, make-up, and other necessities.
"After the first scene, they asked if I'd ever spoken in front of a camera. "I told them it was my first time, but they didn't believe me. "The director was astounded that I didn't show any stage fright even though it was my first time. That's how it all started.
Rachel said she has no regrets or regrets about her career and the fact that she could have been richer if she had continued her career as a computer programmer.
Since beginning her career in 1993, she has appeared in dozens of films in both English and Yoruba.
Her first film was the hit Onome, and her second film, Owo Blow, was in the Yoruba-speaking film industry.
The actress, who appeared in more than 100 films, died at the age of 64 after a battle with heart disease.
Jide Kosoko, the president of the Association of Performing and Moving Arts Practitioners of Nigeria, also confirmed her death in an Instagram post.
He posted a photo of Rachel smiling, dressed in a blue gown and adorned with jewelry, with the caption "RIP." Source used: Punch, Wikipedia.

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Day 5: Making A Commit To Your GitHub Project
What are the proper steps when making a commit?
Objective: Make your first commit to your version controlled project.
At this point we’ve verified that our GitHub and our Unity Project are connected. The next couple of steps are simple to follow but complicated to understand for a first-timer so I’ll attempt to simplify as much as possible.
There is an easy set of steps that you must remember any time you wish to commit a change. “Pull, Commit, Push”. Always in that order otherwise you might cause errors and build issues within the project. Simply sticking to “Pull, Commit, Push” will help prevent problems.
With that in mind, the command/code that you want to type first is “git pull”. This will access the GitHub and “pull” from there. However, you also need to tell it where to pull from. “origin main” tells Git that we’re looking for the repository we named origin, and the main branch. The “FETCH_HEAD” simply refers to the front.
And now if you’d like to verify which branch you’re on while listing other available branches, you can type the “git branch” command/code. If one of the branches listed (in this instance only one) has an asterisk (*) next to it then this is your currently active branch.
Now to see what actually needs to be committed. For this you need to use “git status” which will show you the things that need to be committed. In this instance the “Assets” folder is one of the folders that needs to be added. So the follow up command/code is “git add Assets/”.
You can also type “git add .” to add all of the needed commits. And just to be sure we got everything we can “git status” again to ensure this step is finished up.
We still need to add a message with the commit. You should always add a message with your commits. The command/code for this is “git commit -m” and inside quotation marks, insert your message which should reference what you were doing.
So we’ve done “Pull and Commit” but still need to “Push”. So the next command/code needed is “git push origin main”. Which will push the commit to GitHub. And if you visit or refresh your Repository on GitHub you can see the new commit.


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“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our lives are rounded with a little sleep.”
This quote from Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” was the tagline for this year’s Stage Fright, the annual haunted house presented by Alpha Psi Omega and the Schuster Theatre. The theme this year was dreams, which are often far scarier than anything real life conjures.
I have been involved with Stage Fright all four years that I have attended Gannon, from a performer my first year, to the leader as a sophomore (When we made over $400!) and being on the committee for my junior year (When we made even more money!). Unfortunately, I was not as involved this year due to other commitments. Nevertheless, it made me happy to know that even after I graduate there will still be students making Stage Fright successful.
Stage Fright was no small feat – the entire Schuster Theatre was transformed into a haunted house. It was an experience and challenge unlike anything we usually do, for both performers and audience.
Those who attended were not only treated to an experience of an amazingly frightening caliber, but they saw parts of the theatre they may never go into again. Stage Fright went backstage through dressing rooms, into the stage area, down through the lobby and costume garage and down further still into the very depths of the basement. It was the same building many students and teachers have class and work in every day, but completely converted.
The performers included many members of Alpha Psi Omega, but also students just interested in the haunted house experience as well. In many ways, a haunted house involves skills required for theatre: set building, good makeup and costume design, staying in character, etc. But it also required a whole new way of performing. There was vaguely a script, and interaction with the audience happened on a very personal level. The actors had to think less about who their character and what their environment were, and more about what was going on inside the audience’s head, and how to get inside it.
Maybe this is why I’ve loved Stage Fright for so many years; it’s the perfect intersection of theatre and psychology. Although I am moving on after this year, (to grad school, not the afterlife) I know the spirit will live on in the actors who remain – and maybe in the building itself.


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The problem? Berner, 29, exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting season 5 of the Bravo reality show that Kyle Cooke is to blame for the drama between her and Batula, 29. The pair got into a major fight early in the latest season after the “Berning in Hell” podcast host slammed Batula and Cooke’s relationship.
“I love Amanda,” Berner told Us. “I think that the only time we’ve ever, ever had any form of beef is involving Kyle. When, you know, things happened in the past with their relationship, I’ve only been so supportive. She’s cried on my shoulder, Kyle’s cried on my shoulder. I’ve always been there for them. So it’s been interesting to watch what they’re trying to do.”
Berner added, “When Kyle gets mad, he’ll think of the most painful mean things he could say to someone.”
She noted that “there has not been much correspondence” between herself, the graphic designer and Cooke, 38, as “they’re away filming.” Berner told Us, however, this season has been hard to watch — and not just because of the blowup between them.
“I mean, watching the stuff that’s been said behind my back has been hard. I wasn’t saying anything by their back,” she revealed. “I had no idea. There was, like, a conspiracy about how I talk about them all the time. I didn’t see me say a word about them up until that point when he yelled at me.”
The comedian went on to say, “I cried hysterically after watching that episode. It was hard to see. I created a podcast with Paige [DeSorbo] based on just, like, believing in ourselves and being, like, ‘We’re going to take over the world.’ So then [for] someone say, ‘You’re too big for your britches’ — no woman is too big for their britches. Every woman should try to be bigger than their britches.”
Berner suggested while speaking to Us that her success had a lot to do with the drama between her and the Loverboy cofounder.
“I do think there’s actually a lot of, like, career stuff underlying,” she explained. “I mean, it’s been said to me, like, that Kyle said everything I’ve gotten in my career is because of him. And I think you just have to keep that in mind while watching all the drama. ‘Cause that’s just the root of it and I’m never gonna dim my light because it’s making someone else feel uncomfortable.”
She added, “If you’re not paying my bills, don’t worry about me.”
Berner’s got bigger things to focus on than a feud with her costars though. The reality TV personality got engaged on Valentine’s Day to boyfriend Des Bishop, whom she started dating while filming season 5 of Summer House. The couple announced their engagement via social media on March 3.
“Thanks for the engagement shoot mom! Love you @desbishop,” she captioned a slideshow of photos of her and her beau, the first of which showed her and the fellow comedian standing side-by-side with her hand resting on his chest and her ring on display.
Bishop shared a series of engagement photos via his Instagram the same day. He captioned the post, “When you know, you know. Laughs for life @beingbernz.” In an Instagram Story posted via his account, he joked about life as a newly engaged man.
“So, big news. It’s all very exciting, right?” he said in the video. “Reality? I’m waiting for Hannah at the DMV. I’m in the car waiting for Hannah at the DMV. That’s real love.”
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BLACKPINK’s “WHISTLE” M/V Surpasses 20 Million Views on YouTube
At 11 PM on August 27, “WHISTLE” MV surpassed 20 million views on Youtube and, as of 9 AM on August 28, the music video posted 20,353,873 views.
The music video is going viral thanks to its unique and sensual images, which fit perfectly with the song. The mysterious, gorgeous look of BLACKPINK members and the powerful choreography make the music video even more appealing.
BLACKPINK has also been nominated the no.1 spot of SBS’s Inkigayo chart for two weeks in a row.
Last week, BLACKPINK won the trophy in just 14 days after its debut and set a new record of taking the no.1 spot on a music show in the shortest time. This week, BLACKPINK’s “WHISTLE” and “BOOMBAYAH” were both nominated for the no.1 spot, and many are wondering whether BLACKPINK will be able to keep the no.1 spot for two consecutive weeks.
BLACKPINK had their debut stage on August 14 on the same music show. After the show was aired, BLACKPINK became the hot topic of various portal websites, and their debut stage video posted high views.
BLACKPINK has achieved astonishing success and writing new history although it is a mere rookie. The group dominated Korea’s music charts upon debut, became no.1 on the iTunes charts of 14 countries, and took the top two spot of Billboard’s World Digital Songs charts.
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(07/19/19) Weeds can be a major pain for the home gardener. They compete for nutrients, water and light, and let’s face it, they’re just ugly. Summer days make growing easy for weeds. When some of our summer ornamental plants become stressed in the heat and extended periods of drought, weeds find it optimal, and they set up camp.
Weeds are really just any plant that is growing where we don’t want it to be. In school we were taught they are just a plant out of place.
Weeds are plants that establish naturally and pop up all over our landscape where they find the opportunity to do so. In our lawns, it is typically in areas where turfgrass is stressed or in beds where ample water, nutrients and light are usually found.
But did you know, weeds can actually tell you a lot about what is going in the yard and the quality of your soil? We call them indicator plants, and they are a wonderful tool for telling you about the health of your yard and landscape. Yes, your weeds can provide you with important information about your soil type, its fertility and pH, and if you have poor drainage or dry soil. That’s a whole lot of information if you are able to interpret it just by the types of weeds you find growing there.
Let’s learn how to read your weeds.
Several weeds will tell you your lawn has low fertility just by growing there. Some examples include dandelion, thistle, crabgrass, ragweed, yarrow, oxeye daisy, pearly everlasting, plantain, clover, sorrel, lespedeza, Queen Anne’s lace, white clover, sheep sorrel and mullein.
Dandelion indicates a soil that is low in calcium and high in potassium. (It is also edible, so grab a fork.) Crabgrass grows in low-calcium and overall low-nutrient soils. Wood sorrel (aka oxalis) indicates low-calcium and high-magnesium soils. Sheep sorrel indicates low calcium and nutrients. Yarrow also indicates low fertility and low potassium. White clover and lespedeza are both great indicators of low nitrogen fertility.
Use this information to properly fertilize your soils. In most cases, in the lawn, these weeds indicate a need for nitrogen. Remember, when turfgrass is healthy and growing vigorously, weeds find it harder to grow. Take care of weeds in late February and early March, and then fertilize your lawn in April and again in June. St. Augustine grass and bermudagrass can be fertilized up to three times in the summer starting in April after the threat of the last freeze, and every other month into the fall (April, June and August). Centipede lawns really only require one good fertilizer application in spring. Zoysia can take two to three fertilizer applications on the every-other-month cycle.
I rely on weeds to tell me where I have poor drainage in my yard. I typically find weeds will grow where my grass won’t. When we get a heavy rain and I can see the standing water in an area, it is often confirmed.
You will find the following weeds growing in poorly drained soils: dollarweed (another edible), dicondra (aka ponyfoot), bitter dock, goldenrod (aka dock), oxeye daisy, sensitive fern, spotted spurge, moss, purple and yellow nutsedge, goosegrass, doveweed, green kyllinga, chickweed, violet, bluegrass, bermudagrass, mouse-ear chickweed, morning glory, horsenettle, knotweed, bindweed, ground ivy and speedwell.
If you find any of these in a concentrated area, it is a good indicator of poor drainage. You can correct the drainage issue by raising the soil level in that area by filling in the low spots with top soil or garden soil.
In some instances, subsurface drainage may need to be installed. You can also re-grade or create some sloping to improve drainage. Heavy clay soils make drainage a difficult and expensive task. I know. I have been fighting this in my own yard. In some cases, I have simply decided to install a raised bed for ornamental plants, instead. Now I have a beautiful rose bed and a pollinator bed.
Speaking of heavy clay soils, some weeds that indicate this type of soil are redroot pigweed (aka amaranth), bindweed, chickweed (aka chicory), knotweed, plantain, goosegrass, dallisgrass and white clover. Heavy clay soils are easily compacted, so these weeds are also another indicator of compacted soil in areas of the lawn with heavy foot traffic. Aerification is a great way to combat compaction. Help loosen these severely compacted areas by poking holes or removing small plugs with aerifying tools.
In overly dry soils and sandy soils, you will often find mustard weed, carpetweed, Russian thistle, yarrow and speedwell. Amending the soil in those areas that organic matter will help with water retention. Additionally, supplemental hand watering or irrigation will help improve the health of plants growing there. Give them a leg up by removing the weeds.
Another issue can be shade, specifically in lawns that are predominantly turfgrass. Basketgrass is a perennial grass that’s common throughout shady areas of the lawn. St. Augustine is our go-to turfgrass for shade areas, but basketgrass is more tolerant and more competitive in shade than St. Augustine grass. However, there is no selective control to remove basketgrass in St. Augustine grass. If this is a problem for you, it is time to cut limbs up in the tree to provide more sunlight or just go ahead and mulch the area or install shade-tolerant plants instead of turf.
Many of these weeds will indicate more than one problem and serve as multi-diagnosis tools. Some are listed in more than one category. So while weeds may be a real pain in the neck for most home gardeners, those who know how to read them will know what is going on in their yards.
When you correct the problems, the weeds will go away.
Dollarweed is an indicator of poor drainage. Photo by Ron Strahan/LSU AgCenter
Dallisgrass is common in compacted soils. Photo by Ron Strahan/LSU AgCenter
Common lespedeza indicates low nitrogen fertility. Photo by Ron Strahan/LSU AgCenter
Carpetgrass is common in less-fertile, low-pH soils. Photo by Ron Strahan/LSU AgCenter
Goosegrass infests a compacted golf green. Photo by Ron Strahan/LSU AgCenter

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Persoone, G. (1971). Ecology of fouling on submerged surfaces in a polluted harbour. Vie et Milieu, 3e Symp. Europ. Biolog. Mar. 22: 613-636
Growth on submerged substrates (fouling or "Aufwuchs") has already been the object of numerous studies especially with regard to its economic implications.
The scarcity of investigations on the influence of pollution on development and evolution of the fouling-biocoenosis is surprising. As far as we know the smaller fauna and flora in this particular situation have never been studied quantitatively.
Therefore, in 1963, 1964 and 1965, a number of experiments were carried out in the harbour of Ostend (Belgium) on submerged substrates of different nature, in order to study the following less known aspects of fouling:
a) the successive stages in the development of fouling, from bacteria to macro-organisms.
b) the influence of several factors on its composition and evolution:
1) abiotic-factors: temperature, salinity, nature of the substrate, and certainly not less important: pollution.
2) biotic-factors: inter- and intraspecific competition for place and food; predation etc...
c) the physico-chemical composition of the fouling.
d) the qualitative and quantitative composition of the micro-, meio- and macrofauna and flora in the fouling.
e) last but not least: the trophic chain.
All these questions having been studied in detail, we can only discuss in this paper the most important results.
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San Francisco’s Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy just landed the largest cash gift ever given to a national park — putting it halfway towards the money it needs to transform the Presidio.
The $25 million donation from the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation will fund more than half of the $47 million budget estimated for the park’s ambitious Tunnel Top Parkland project.
The project is being constructed alongside the Presidio Parkway, also known as the Doyle Drive project, to rebuild the roadway and open more space to expand Crissy Field. The project will create 10 new acres of parkland on the tunnel over the roadway and connect the Presidio’s historic Main Post to Crissy Field. It will also help fun the expansion of the park’s youth program.
Here’s Greg Moore, executive director of the Parks Conservancy, on why this was such a significant gift to the park and how plans for the project are coming along:
Why is it such a significant gift?
It’s significant because of the nature of the project it will fund. It’s one of the last huge nature-building projects for the Presidio that will connect the Main Post to Crissy Field, which has been interrupted for decades. So it will make that seamless connection. It also will serve young people by helping us expand our youth program. It’s also significant because of scale of new civic space being created and the millions of people who will benefit.
Was the park expecting such a large gift?
It’s an amazingly phenomenal gift for a huge project. We definitely pursued people who are generous, but we weren’t expecting a gift of this significance. We were certainly hoping for a major gift and fortunately, it did come through.
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Creed II is the continuation of the Rocky saga and sequel to the 2015 critically-acclaimed and crowd-pleasing 2015 hit Creed, which took in more than $170 million at the worldwide box office. Ryan Coogler (Black Panther), who directed the first film, returns to the franchise as an executive producer on Creed II. The new film is being directed by Steven Caple Jr., who helmed the acclaimed 2016 drama The Land.
Life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed. Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight, he is up against the challenge of his life. Facing an opponent with ties to his family’s past only intensifies his impending battle in the ring. Rocky Balboa is there by his side through it all and, together, Rocky and Adonis will confront their shared legacy, question what’s worth fighting for, and discover that nothing’s more important than family. Creed II is about going back to basics to rediscover what made you a champion in the first place, and remembering that, no matter where you go, you can’t escape your history.
Also reprising their roles from the first film are Tessa Thompson as Bianca, Phylicia Rashad as Mary Anne, Wood Harris as Tony ‘Little Duke’ Burton, and Andre Ward as Danny ‘Stuntman’ Wheeler. The new cast is rounded out with Florian “The Big Nasty” Munteanu as Viktor Drago, Dolph Lundgren returning to the role of Ivan Drago and Russell Hornsby as Buddy Marcelle. Creed II will be distributed theatrically in the U.S. by MGM on November 21, 2018, and Warner Bros. Pictures will distribute the film internationally.
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After a mind-blowing season one finale, Westworld is finally back on April 22nd at 9 p.m. EST. Westworld, originally a feature film written by Jurassic Park’s Michael Crichton and starring Yul Bruyner, was decompressed into a sprawling epic TV series about a theme park world full of android hosts. Season one saw those android gain more and more self-awareness and freedom from their controllers, until we see that season two is going to be a completely new ballgame. Westworld’s teaser was the best trailer from the Super Bowl back in February, and now it has released a fantastic full trailer for its second season. The player pianos in Westworld all play player piano versions of rock songs; the full trailer is accompanied by Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box”. The finale left a lot of directions in which the show can go. I can’t wait to see what Jonathan Nolan has in store.
Director Alex Garland’s last film, Ex Machina, is one of the best science fiction films of the last 25 years, so Annihilation has been greatly anticipated by me for quite awhile. This is in spite of the fact that it is an adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s novel that I did not care for at all. I found the book’s style of writing in which events leap in and out of the characters inner monologue and the reader has to do a lot of heavy lifting to keep up with a weirdly presented already odd plot to be off-putting. Unfortunately, with a few minor changes to make the end a little more coherent (a little), Garland’s Annihilation is a pretty faithful adaptation of the novel. Continue reading Movie Review: Annihilation (2018) *Enter Area X*
Disney and Marvel have officially announced that they will release on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray Taika Waititi’s blockbuster Thor: Ragnarok (2017), starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, and Jeff Goldblum. The two releases will be available for purchase on March 6.
In Marvel Studios’ “Thor: Ragnarok,” Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is imprisoned on the other side of the universe without his mighty hammer and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok – the destruction of his home world and the end of Asgardian civilization – at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela (Cate Blanchett). But first he must survive a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits him against his former ally and fellow Avenger – the Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) – and grapple with his silver-tongued adopted brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston), the fierce warrior Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) and the eccentric Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum). Continue reading Thor: Ragnarok Blu Ray Release Date and Special Features
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The BLWTL has completely revamped its data acquisition capabilities which involved the investment of a considerable amount of time and capital.
Taking advantage of the latest in computer instrumentation and software technology, the lab underwent an extensive upgrade.
Two new pressure scanning systems will bring the simultaneous input capacity at 2048 lines with sampling rates up to 1.7 million samples per second.
Four new wind tunnel control and data acquisition systems will allow us to run completely automated tests while capturing data at speeds up to 100 000 samples per second each.
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Most of us gearheads experienced our first competitive car race in the Pinewood Derby. A seven inch long piece of wood, four nails, four plastic wheels and a sloped track –that’s it. Gravity is the only motor in this race. At first glance it seems like there isn’t much to the Pinewood Derby. However, after getting your ass kicked your first year you realize that a Pinewood Derby car can be as complicated as any real racecar. Aerodynamics, rolling friction, center of mass, weight, alignment, lane choice, there are all sorts of things that can make the car roll down the track or get stuck halfway down the hill. Of course, as a seven year old kid you have no idea how to change the center mass of a Pinewood Derby car, that’s where dad comes along.
An official Boy Scout of America Pinewood Derby kit is about five bucks. This is the first and last time for the rest of your life, that racing will only cost you five bucks. A can of spray paint and some stickers may rack up a few more coins at the local hobby shop, but all in all you can build one of these racers for less than it costs to go to McDonalds and try to stop your heart.
The Boy Scouts of America started this craze in Manhattan Beach, CA back in 1953 and still hold the reigns on it. Other groups like Awana also run Pinewood Derby events. It’s a cool thing for the kids and easy for clubs to set up. All you need is a sloped track for the cars to roll down. Some tracks are more high tech and have computer timing and scoring.
Because you aren’t actually driving these cars at high speeds, obviously there isn’t much adrenaline rush in Pinewood Derby racing. But, as the cars roll down the wooden track there is a bit of a high while you’re waiting to see if your car comes in first. In fact, most people aren’t breathing as the cars are in motion. If you win, you are loving life, if you lose, you want to go home and kick the dog.
If the Pinewood Derby car is built tough it can last the entire event. Most cars lose a wheel or two during the day (easily fixed by pushing the nail and wheel back into the chassis). The hardest part on the cars isn’t the racing, it’s the thirty or forty eight year old kids grabbing, drooling on, and dropping the car over and over again between rounds of racing (ruining the perfect alignment you worked so hard on).
After a solid week of making sawdust in the garage and trying to turn a wooden block into something that resembles a car you head out to the Pinewood Derby race. The cars are weighed in (you can make minor adjustments here) and inspected to make sure they are using only Boy Scout supplied components (no cheater axles or tricked out wheels). Then the cars go to impound. The cars are put onto the track and raced three at a time (depending on the width of the track, I’ve seen some ten lanes wide). The race consists of a lever being pulled and the cars all being released to roll down the track. First one to the finish line is the winner. Think of it as drag racing a two by four. The racing is an elimination format and during the event, the winners keep advancing while the losers head back to the trailer (or the tool box, in this case). Finally it will come down to two cars. They will race in a double elimination format (swapping lanes so there is no track advantage). The final car is crowned the champion.
Racers are comprised of Cub Scouts. These are good ole fashioned honest young kids working hard for an achievement patch. If you want to compete you’ll need to be a kid between the ages of 5 and 12 years old. So, either invent a time machine and go back to race, or do what I did, have lots of sex and get yourself a son. Then you’ll have to sit around impatiently until the kid is old enough to become a Cub Scout. Once he finally hits that magical age, get yourself a drill press, a Dremel, some sand paper and get to work. I mean, get to work, uh, letting your son build the car.
There is glory in the Pinewood Derby. Winners earn great looking trophies and move on to District Championships. At the Championships the kids get the chance to race against the best of the best. No, they don’t have Girl Scouts as trophy girls.
OH, YOU WANT TO WIN, DO YA?
Just like in real racing, who your daddy is, can make all the difference in your on track success (just ask Dale Jr.) If your dad was a carpenter or a racecar driver, chances are you won your first Pinewood Derby. For the rest of you (who got your asses kicked by the kid whose dad was a racecar driving carpenter) here is how you win the Pinewood Derby. Weight is your friend. You want that car to weigh in at 5.0 ounces exactly (we bring our cars to the event heavy and then use a small drill bit to take out weight from the front end until the scale tips 5.04 ounces on the money –which rounds down to 5.0 ounces on the scale readout). Tungsten is a very dense metal and is great for placing weight in the car (use epoxy –anything else will let the weight fall out during the races). The center mass of the car should be as far back as possible to give the car a little extra boost of potential energy converted to kinetic energy as the car transitions from the slope of the track to the flat (Don’t believe me? Go read a physics book).
The wheels need to be as round as possible which can be done by spinning the wheel on a drill press and using some fine sandpaper. The nails, which are the axles, have small burs on them that actually slow the wheels down. The nails need to filed down to a perfect roundness and polished to a mirror image (this is allowed in the rules). A longer wheelbase makes the car more stable on the track. The wheels and axles should be aligned perfectly as they are placed in the car (use a tiny bit of super glue to set the axles and keep them from sliding out of the chassis). Rolling friction is not your friend so having one wheel off of the track (aligned higher in the chassis so the wheel doesn’t touch the ground) will cut your rolling resistance by 25%. Aerodynamics don’t play an enormous roll in Pinewood Derby but building a car that looks like a sailboat with a huge sail on the roof isn’t helping matters. My son’s car had six coats of paint on it and was wet sanded between coats just for a little extra aerodynamic advantage.
If you really want to win, build a scale practice track and then construct ten cars (I’m serious). Race all of them against each other and the winner goes to the show. Every racer knows that testing and tuning is what really wins championships.
And if you really, really, really, want your car to go fast, talk to Randy Davis at Maximum Velocity. He sells insane wheels and axles that will make your car darn near fly off the end of the track. Just check to make sure the parts are legit for the series you are running in. Some races have unlimited rules, some stick by the Boy Scouts of America rules. Maximum Velocity sells parts for each type of race.
RACER BOY GAUGE
Let’s review the Racer Boy gauge cluster here:
FUEL (Cost): The fuel gauge is near full because this is the cheapest racing on the planet.
RPMs (Adrenaline): The tachometer is at 800 RPMs because watching a piece of wood roll down a wooden track doesn’t really compare to sliding a car sideways at an autocross. However, you can get your adrenaline up by winning some races.
MPH (Danger): The speedometer is at 5 miles per hour because nobody has ever been killed racing a Pinewood Derby car. However, building the car, you can lose a finger messing around with the drill press.
VOLTS (Time): The volts gauge is over three quarters because this doesn’t take much time to race but you can spend over a week sanding and painting your little wooden car. Then again I’ve seen some kids and dads build the kit during tech inspection at the event (no, they didn’t win).
MILEAGE (Car Wear): The mileage is at just over one tenth of a mile because the track is only about forty feet long. As your car continues to win rounds, you’ll keep racing.
Kids can learn a lot about actual racing from participating in the Pinewood Derby. They can learn how preparation and a sorted car can bring home victory. They can also learn how nutty their dad is when he starts to go all Penske on the car and tries to build it for him. The important thing is to let the kids build the cars (or at least let them think they built them, anyway). See you at the track!


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The Cats have played internationally on a number of occasions for foreign exhibition tours, but the game in London will mark only the fourth regular-season trip outside the U.S.
The Wolverines and Wildcats will also play in a home and home series in 2021 and 2022 with the first game to be played at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor and the rubber game in Lexington at Rupp Arena in 2022. They will then meet at Crisler Center in MI in 2021 and at Kentucky's Rupp Arena in 2022.
The 02 Arena is frequently used for sporting events and concerts.
Next year's game in London will be played in December, although the exact date and additional details will be announced in January. The Kentucky-led team won all eight of its games to win the gold medal.
The arrangements include the universities trading games against one another on campus (known as a home-and-home series) in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons, according to four people with direct knowledge of the agreements.
USA first lady slams scholar for mentioning her son in impeachment hearing
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Friends actor Ron Leibman passes away at 82
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Peloton Ad Husband Speaks Out, Fears Backlash Will Harm Career
I mean, we do fitness together. 'After all, this commercial has nothing to do with my ability to teach or who I am, ' he says. Reaction to the ad was overwhelmingly negative and even saw the stock price of the company drop by nine per cent in 24 hours.
MI has been one of the most successful programs over the last 10-plus seasons.
Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo, who attended Kentucky and played two seasons for current MI coach Juwan Howard when Howard was a Heat assistant, told MLive this summer that he believed Howard was trying to schedule Kentucky.
United Kingdom leads the all-time series with MI 5-2.
The Wildcats traveled to Puerto Rico in November 1998 for the San Juan Shootout (UK went 2-1 during the three-game trip), defeated Cleveland State and Stanford in Mexico in the Cancun Challenge in November 2009 and most recently beat Arizona State in the Bahamas in November 2016.
The trip to Europe will mark Michigan's fifth time playing outside the US, with the four previous occurrences being the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas this year and in 2015, the Puerto Rico Holiday Classic in 1997-98, the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands in 2002-03 and the Puerto Rico Tip-Off in 2013-14. When Howard was a player at MI, his Wolverines beat Kentucky in a 1993 national semifinal. Kentucky won 112-104 on December 20, 1968, in the UK Invitational Tournament. The series is tied 1-1 in Lexington, but the Wildcats lead MI 2-0 in Ann Arbor and 2-1 at neutral sites.


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DALLAS, May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunoco LP (NYSE: SUN) ("SUN" or the "Partnership") today announced its participation in the Energy Infrastructure Council Investor Conference. The Partnership will participate in meetings with members of the investment community on May 23 and May 24, 2023.
A slide presentation that management will reference during these meetings is available on Sunoco's website at www.sunocolp.com in the Investor Relations section under Webcasts & Presentations.
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Sunoco LP (NYSE: SUN) is a master limited partnership with core operations that include the distribution of motor fuel to approximately 10,000 convenience stores, independent dealers, commercial customers and distributors located in more than 40 U.S. states and territories as well as refined product transportation and terminalling assets. SUN's general partner is owned by Energy Transfer LP (NYSE: ET).
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