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Sonata Vario acoustic absorbers installed within the hall at Aldwyn Primary School Hall in Audenshaw.
A Fomapan Action 400 black-and-white film to test the effect a the special Foca filter "Dyma" produced in France in the 50's.
The filter is called "Dyma" due to the presence of neodymium in the glass giving an unusual absorption by bands in the visible spectrum. In particulier blue and yellow color ans more absorbed than the rest of the spectrum. The filter existed in two different versions with the coefficient x2.5 or 3.5. Here the 42mm push-on Foca Dyma filter used is a x 3.5.
As a consequence, I exposed the Foma 400 for 80 ISO using a Minolta Autometer III with a 10° finder for selective measurements privileging the shadow areas. I used my FOCA camera PF2B year 1956 and its normal Oplar lens1:2.8 f=5cm equipped for all the views with the Dyma filter and a Genaco metal shade hood.
Typical settings during the session : 1/100s f/8 to f/11.
May 29, 2023
69004 Lyon
France
After exposure, the film was processed using Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal) developer at dilution 1+25, 20°C for 6 min.
The film was then digitalized using a Sony A7 body adapted to a Minolta Auto Bellows III and a Minolta Slide Duplicator using a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5 at a reproduction ratio of 1:1. The reproduced RAW files obtained were processed in LR prior the the final JPEG editions.
All views of the film are presented in the dedicated album either in the printed framed versions and unframed full-size jpeg.
About the camera and the lens:
The Foca type PF2B (PF for "Petit Format") was constructed in France by the company "Optique & Precision de Levallois" (OPL) starting from 1947. It was manufactured in the Chateaudun OPL factory, route de Jallans, France, in 1956 among a late series of the PF2B. The factory, constructed in 1938, is still at the same place under the name of SAFRAN now producing precision devices for aerospace appliances.
The camera is equipped with the collapsible OPLAR lens (a Tessar formula) 1:2.8 f=5cm. The focal shutter of the PF2B has timing of 1/1000, 1/500, 1/200, 1/100, 1/50 and 1/25s plus the B pose. A slow exposure device below 1/25s could be installed by the aftermarket service and was installed basically for the FOCA PF3 and Foca Universel.
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Globally, forests have been cut, reducing carbon dioxide absorption and biodiversity. Land use practices have led to land degradation and desertification, as have droughts, including those linked to climate change. Women can be among the most affected, often charged with making up shortfalls in food and fuel. As stewards of the land women must have access to land, livelihoods and natural resources, and a say in how they are shared. Women, and indigenous women in particular, need to be included in decision-making on ecosystem use at all levels, as essential players in preserving our planet.
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- MERINO sheepskin lining offers all of the advantages of wool over synthetic fibers, providing efficient shock absorption and superior thermal comfort. Sheepskin contains lanolin, a natural substance, which soothes the horse's sensitive or inflamed skin. When sheepskin is set directly against the animal's body, it stimulates blood circulation and promotes a therapeutic effect.
- The Non-Slip mesh upper assures perfect grip and steadily secures the MerinoLUX Half-Pad under the saddle.
- Breathable 3-Dimensional Spacer fabric reduces heat build-up and provides excellent moisture vapor transfer.
- The black non-slip mesh is not visible under the saddle, conforming to the FEI rules and regulations.
- Optimum thickness of the MerinoLUX Half-Pad does not compromise the fit of the saddle.
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Images and spectra of a flat plate crystal of titanite (sphene) with a maximum dimension of 17mm. These are quite difficult spectra to obtain since the absorption lines seen in transmission (orange line) are very weak and the fluorescence (purple line) is very faint.
The absorption lines between 730 and 830 nm are due to neodymium (Nd^3+) while the line at 972nm is due to samarium (Sm^3+).
The strongest fluorescent emission lines are due to Sm^3+ with others possibly due to europium (Eu^3+) and chromium.(Cr^3+)
The two images at the bottom are of opposite sides of the plate crystal and taken with a linear polariser at an angle that minimises the transmission and deepens the colour.
Sonata Vario acoustic absorbers suspended from the ceiling within Bolton Villas United Reformed Church, Bradford. The introduction of the absorbers dramatically reduced the reverberation within the church
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“You have seen nothing yet”, asserts Sinead O’Brien in single Girlkind – and you are inclined to believe her. Building on her arresting releases since 2018, the multifaceted Irish poet, songwriter and performer is ascending into new territory with her debut LP, Time Bend and Break the Bower, released via Chess Club Records.
Demanding a visceral response from her audiences, O’Brien issues a challenge to those who would box her music inside a notion of tradition. Instead, the artist’s poetry – a constant, active absorption of how people speak, communicate and clash in the era we are living through – is an essential clarion call heard in the future.
Communing at the triangulation of words, music and image, O’Brien is a conjurer of powerful worlds: and none are more powerful, or as immersive, as those of Time Bend and Break the Bower. In the space that exists between her delivery – at once wry, silky, vicious, and self-assured – and the music – a dynamic, dancing call-and-response from her collaborators, guitarist Julian Hanson and drummer Oscar Robertson – lies the record’s productive tension. Using a method of creating on-instinct, in constant communication with multisensory cues, O’Brien carves out her own space as a musical oracle for an ever-shifting era. Treading her path as a poet, not a singer, is how O’Brien has forged an identity she feels is truly hers: it is, simply, how the artist has to communicate.
If O’Brien’s delivery alone issues a challenge of genre, of categorisation, what is she telling us with those words? Born in Dublin and raised in Limerick, there are no overtly explicit references to O’Brien’s home country to be found in the new record, but the atmosphere of its landscape is nonetheless found in its lyrical world..On tracks like ‘Girlkind’, and latest single ‘Holy Country’, the narrative builds from abstract memories of home, before O’Brien’s wild current drags us somewhere else entirely, issuing an urgent protest as much as an incantation. In ‘Like Culture’, she carries a poem she began writing when she was 17 – an ode to coming together with friends on dance floors – through with her into the current moment, where the healing power of movement matters now more than ever.
O’Brien wants each word to be heard – to make impact. And she is being heard. Since 2020, O’Brien’s releases – such as 2021’s ‘Kid Stuff’ single, and 2020’s ‘Drowning in Blessings’ EP – have garnered international critical acclaim, from titles like Rolling Stone, DIY, Dazed, Dork, Loud & Quiet, NME, Paste, Stereogum, The FADER, The Guardian, The Quietus, and AnOther Magazine, among others. O’Brien has also been consistently supported on national radio: she counts Jack Saunders at BBC Radio 1, and Steve Lamacq and Amy Lamé at BBC Radio 6 Music, as champions of her music, with the latter station giving two tracks a spot on their B List. And O’Brien is building on her prior US support from the likes of Seattles’ KEXP with appearances at SXSW – in virtual form in 2021, and as she brings her band to Texas itself in spring 2022.
O’Brien has also toured across the UK and Europe at a number of venues and festivals, where she has stamped her unforgettable performance style alongside her musical collaborators – an impact that has led to her being invited to tour with Belle & Sebastian later in 2022. On stage, the raven-haired artist commands attention, demonstrating a kinetic connection with Hanson and Roberston with every sentiment she voices. Live performance is a vital ingredient of O’Brien’s ongoing project – it’s here that her contemporary sonics transform into a unique on-stage vocabulary, one that both seduces and challenges.
With a background on the design teams for John Galliano and, later, Vivienne Westwood, O’Brien’s cultural touchstones also span a rich history of art, photography, film, and dance: from Helmut Newton femme fatales and Henri Cartier-Bresson’s bleak landscapes, to modern movement performance by Michael Clark and Michael Laub companies, to the writings of Virginia Woolf and Samuel Beckett. Recently tapped by Alessandro Michele’s Gucci to perform, it’s clear that O’Brien’s esoteric instincts are inspiring those in spaces beyond the music industry as well as within it.
Relentless, surreal, incendiary, O’Brien operates inside her own atmosphere even as she constantly forms her response to the contemporary world she moves through. In 2022, with the release of her debut album, festival circuit presence, and multiple tour dates, the artist is blazing a trail into the new – always questioning, and asking you to join her.
Iron Man Records will be looking after Tour Management for Sinead O'Brien on her tour dates through September and October. Come and see the band play. If you are already an Iron Man Records Patron, ask if you are after guestlist places. I might be able to find you a ticket or two.
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For this gentle and relaxing photowalk in my district, Lyon, France, I brought along my French TLR SEMFLEX Standard 3.5 camera (see below for details) loaded with a never-tried yet film Svema FOTO 100 made in Ukraine. The backing paper is black with white numbering and signaling symbols are easy to read across the small red window of my SEMFLEX.
For all the frames, my SEMFLEX was equipped with the original SEMFLEX squared shade hood a SEMFLEX yellow filter x2. The film was exposed for 50 ISO to compensate the light absorption of the yellow filter. Metering was done using a Minolta Autometer III equipped with a 10° finder for selective measures privileging the shadow areas or an opale dome for incident light integration.
View n° 8: 1/100s f/8 focusing @ 30 m, SEMFLEX Yellow filter x2, incident-light metering
Parc de la Cerisaie - Villa Gillet ***, May 10, 2025
69004 Lyon
France
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*** ** PARC DE LA CERISAIE, WHOSE NAME COMES FROM THE PRESENCE, OLD, OF A CHERRY ORCHARD ALREADY BELONGS TO THE CITY OF LYON: SINCE 1976.
Previously owned by the Gillet family, precursors of silk dyeing at the beginning of the 20th century, the park and the Villa built in 1911 by the architect Joseph Folléa communicated at the time directly with their factory installed on the banks of the Saône. In the 60s, their vast industrial empire merged with the Rhône-Poulenc group of which Renaud Gillet was president from 1973 to 1979.
Very quickly, the City of Lyon chose to open this park to the people of Lyon and to direct its vocation towards the Arts. Thus, during the 2nd and 3rd sculpture symposiums of 1980 and 1982 the park hosted many works. Some of them are still there.
The villa, renovated in 1986, also became a place dedicated to the Arts. Initially, it was the headquarters of the Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain (FRAC), the organization supporting creation, before it was transferred to the Institut d'Art Contemporain de Villeurbanne.
Today, the villa houses three cultural institutions: La Villa Gillet, which defines itself as a Contemporary Research Unit and is interested in all forms of culture (literature, human, political and social sciences, history, or contemporary arts), the Agence Rhône-Alpes pour le Livre et la Documentation (ARALD) whose objective is to promote the culture of writing and activities related to books, and the Groupe Musiques Vivantes de Lyon which works for the creation and diffusion of acoustic music.
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After the view #12 exposed, the film was fully rolled to the taking spool and was developed in a Paterson tank with a spiral adapted to the 120-format film. 500 mL of Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal) developer were prepared at the dilution 1+25 and the film processed for 7 min at 20°C. The first view was shifted by about two frames leading to only 10 views on the film. This is clearly due to a quality problem. The backing paper was improperly positioned during the spooling of the film.
Digitizing of the remaining 10 frames, was made using a Sony A7 camera (ILCE-7, 24MP) held on a Minolta vertical macro stative device and adapted to a Minolta MD Macro lens 1:3.5 f=50mm. The light source was a LED panel (approx. 4x5') CineStill Cine-lite fitted with film holder "Lobster" to maintain flat the 70mm films.
The RAW files obtained were inverted within LR and edited to the final jpeg pictures without intermediate file. They are presented either as printed files with frame or the full size JPEG together with some documentary smartphone pictures..
About the camera and lenses :
My French Semflex TLR year 1959-1960 is equipped with triplet 1/3.5 f=75mm SOM Berthiot lenses as descripted bellow.
The SEM company ("Société des Etablissements Modernes de Mécanique") was founded in France by Paul Royet in 1946, in the small city of Aurec near Saint-Etienne (Loire). The SEM camera's was known essentially for the TLR Semflex that were a great commercial success in France until the 70's. The camera's are constructed around an injected aluminum alloy chassis, very resistant and rigid permitting precise optical alignments. The focusing mechanism is made of a cam system like the Rolleiflex giving an accurate and smooth focusing. SEM constructed their own shutters called Orec with 5 leaves capable of the 1/400s to 1s with B.
Semflex received in majority French optics Berthiot with 3 or 4 lenses (Tessar type). Some camera's were also mounted with Angénieux lenses.
Semflex were trusted TLR camera's used by amateurs and for professional purposes. From 1949 to 1976, 171.000 Semflex were produced in many different types and versions.
My Semflex in a middle grade version Standard 3.5 type-10 (1959-1960). It was the last version mounted with the 3-lens SOM Berthiot 1:3.5 f=75mm. I got the camera with set of accessories and several documents including the user manual of the Semflex Standard 4.5 versions. The accessories include a leather SEM ever-ready bag, a Semflex push-on shade hood, a Semflex push-on yellow filter x2 in its original box, and close-focusing lenses. The 1D one is constructed with a prism for the finder lens that compensates the parallax in the zone 1m to 0.5m.
The decorative ring around each lenses can also receive push-on accessories in 36mm diameter as the FOCA or Leitz 36mm filter series. I adapted two protective lens caps from Kodak film canister snapped covers.
A micrograph (bottom left) of the red part of a green/red variegated poinsettia bract. The plot shows the transmissions of red and green dominated areas showing chlorophyll and cyanidin glucoside (an anthocyanin pigment).
The image on the right is a scan of the bract,
- MERINO sheepskin lining offers all of the advantages of wool over synthetic fibers, providing efficient shock absorption and superior thermal comfort. Sheepskin contains lanolin, a natural substance, which soothes the horse's sensitive or inflamed skin. When sheepskin is set directly against the animal's body, it stimulates blood circulation and promotes a therapeutic effect.
- "Open-channel" design alleviates excessive pressure from the horse's spine and promotes increased air circulation.
- Two large pockets are designed specifically to ensure proper fit of the saddle and comfort for the horse by accommodating both specialized and custom-made shims.
- High Resiliency open-cell foam shims (included in the package) allow for the overall weight to be redistributed over a larger area, thus minimizing pressure points.
- Breathable 3-Dimensional Spacer fabric reduces heat build-up and provides excellent moisture vapor transfer.
- The Non-Slip mesh upper assures perfect grip and steadily secures the ComfortLUX Half-Pad under the saddle.
Erin Beckman is a Dean’s Honored Graduate in the Departments of Mathematics and Chemistry and Biochemistry. She is graduating with honors degrees from both departments. Lindsay is being recognized for her excellent academic performance and research efforts working in collaboration with Professor John Stanton in chemistry and Lorenzo Sadun in mathematics that have culminated in an honors thesis, “Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Molecular Absorption: A study of the Ising model and the infinite parking limit problem.”
Erin began her research career in the FRI lab of Drs. Jones and Holliday, synthesizing polymerizable lanthanide complexes. After this, she joined Professor Stanton’s research group, studying models of chemical absorption onto surfaces. She enrolled in a Discrete Mathematics class with Professor Michael Starbird as a sophomore, and as a junior and a senior she quickly took on an additional mathematics major. It turns out that the mathematics behind chemical phenomena is surprisingly deep and requires an understanding of statistical mechanics (in her case, the Ising model of ferromagnetism), which in turn is built on the statistical study of random partitions, among other topics. As it happens, the rudiments of these ideas are presented in a Discrete Mathematics class, but the gulf is huge between that class, which she had just taken a couple of semesters earlier, and the research tools she needed for her project. Erin made remarkable progress in just a couple of semesters, and did so mostly on her own, chasing chains of references to understand the principles involved.
In addition to being a part of the Dean’s Scholars Honors Program, Erin demonstrated her excellence in many ways while at UT. She was a math and chemistry tutor at the UT Sanger Learning Center for four years. She also made the time to study abroad at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland; in addition to exploring Ireland and Europe, she worked there in a marine biology lab and studied ancient languages like FORTRAN. She is known as an avid soccer player and took a fencing class as well. Not surprisingly, she has received a number of accolades while at UT, including being on the honor roll for three years running, winning a CNS Book Award, as well as the Dow Chemical USA Centennial Endowed Scholarship, the Chemistry and Biochemistry Authors’ Scholarship, and the American Airlines Global Leaders Travel Scholarship.
Next year, Erin plans to pursue a PhD in mathematics at Duke University, where she plans to study mathematical biology. Among the books she has chosen for her summer reading are The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg, The Five Elements of Effective Thinking by Michael Starbird and Edward Burger, Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine: Pioneers Who Risked Their Lives to Bring Medicine into the Modern Age by Julie M. Fenster, and Introductory Complex Analysis by Richard A. Silverman.
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Sonata Vario acoustic panels and Sonata Memo acoustic noticeboards installed within the hall at St. Matthews, Bolton
Sonata Vario Class A acoustic absorbers installed within the reception area at Norwood Primary School
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Sonata Memo and Vario acoustic absorbers installed to control reverberation at Manor Farm Barns, Ruislip
Anhydrite is a mineral—anhydrous calcium sulfate, CaSO4. Distinctly developed crystals are somewhat rare, the mineral usually presenting the form of cleavage masses. The hardness is 3.5 and the specific gravity 2.9. The color is white, sometimes greyish, bluish, or purple. When exposed to water, anhydrite readily transforms to the more commonly occurring gypsum, (CaSO4·2H2O) by the absorption of water. This transformation is reversible, with gypsum or calcium sulfate hemihydrate forming anhydrite by heating to ~200°C under normal atmospheric conditions. Anhydrite is commonly associated with calcite and halite.
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The anhydritic horizon is a horizon in which anhydrite has accumulated through neoformation or transformation to a significant extent. It typically occurs as a subsurface horizon. It commonly occurs in conjunction with a salic horizon.
Identification of anhydrite (75-135 cm) is important when determining soil strength. Soils high in anhydrite exhibit fluidity and lack soil strength and load bearing capacity. Moisture content strongly influences soil’s consistence and a water table is commonly within the soil profile. The manner in which specimens of soil fail under increasing force ranges widely and usually is highly dependent on water state. To test for fluidity, a handful of soil material is squeezed in the hand. For moderately fluid materials after exerting full pressure, most flows through the fingers; a small residue remains in the palm of the hand.
For example, if some of the soil flows between the fingers with difficulty, the nvalue is between 0.7 and less than 1.0 (slightly fluid manner of failure class); if the soil flows easily between the fingers, the nvalue is 1 or more (moderately fluid or very fluid manner of failure class) depending on what remains in the palm of the hand.
For more information about describing and sampling soils, visit:
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or Chapter 3 of the Soil Survey manual:
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For additional information on "How to Use the Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils" (video reference), visit:
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For additional information about soil classification using USDA-NRCS Soil Taxonomy, visit:
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SRS Sonata Aurio Class A absorption installed within the hall at Delamere Primary Academy to reduce reverberation and noise during activity.
AirDrain Synthetic Turf Drainage Doubles as a Drainage Layer and Shock Pad
Benefits of AirField in a green roofing system include:
AirDrain creates and helps maintain a constant Gmax for artificial turf (See below)
Thickness and resin consistency of AirDrain provides uniform shock absorbency
Shock absorption reduces the strain on joints and ligaments
AirDrain is only limited by the drainage capacity of the profile above it
Installation time measured in days instead of weeks
AirDrain can be reused when the artificial turf must be replaced
Water harvesting reclamation and reuse
Helps qualify for LEED and other green building credits
A smaller carbon and development footprint with reduced site disturbance
100% vertical drainage under the entire field surface
Minimizes water related injuries / Less infill migration due to superior drainage
AirDrain is a 100% recycled product
Less infill migration due to superior drainage
GMAX Information Existing Conditions for Testing
Turf - 2 1/2” Slit Film, in filled with 50% Green Rubber Infill and 50% Silica Sand.
The drainage/shock pad and turf underlying substrate consists of a concrete deck/rooftop, coated with a waterproof membrane and 10 ounce 100% recycled polyester geo-textile filter fabric.
The Standard Test Method for Shock-Absorbing Properties of Playing Surface Systems and Materials (ASTM F1936-98 American Football Field) testing locations and procedure were preformed. The tests were performed using a Triax 2000 A-1 Missile, tripod mounted Gmax registration unit(www.triax2000.com). This report presents background information on the test procedures, existing conditions, test results and observations in football, baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, and field hockey artificial sports fields.
The environmental impact of a green roof is undenyable, and adds significantly to the LEED Point system designed by the USGC in all five major areas: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality. Green roofing replaces the green space displaced by a building, prevents excess stormwater drainage, reduces the temperature of a building and the urban heat island effect, protects and extends the useful life of a roof, and reduce energy demands. What's more, a green roof incorporating AirDrain means your design includes renewable, recycled, and locally obtained materials. We know you have a choice in designing a green roof, and we hope you consider the many benefits of AirDrain.
A typical AirDrain green roof installation design
Color of Life note
Biofluorescence results from the absorption of electromagnetic radiation at one wavelength by an organism, followed by its reemission at a longer and lower energy wavelength, visually resulting in green, orange, and red emission coloration. Many species of mantis shrimp, for example, make use of fluorescent body parts when in threat display in order to intimidate or confuse either a predator or a competing male.
Ref: Color sources, California Academy of Sciences Docent program May 2015
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TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Odontodactylidae
Genus/species: Odontodactylus scyllarus
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Beautifully colored in peacock colors of greens, blues, and reds. Has a green body, blue head, green antennal scales, red limbs. The body is elongated with a long, flattened , blue tail and ranges in size from 3–18 cm (1.2-7.0 in). Highly noticeable is the pair of clubbed-shaped, praying mantis-like claws.
DISTRIBUTION/HABITATS: Indo-Pacific Habitat: warm salt water and builds U-shaped burrows in gravel substrates. Depth ranges from 3-40 m (10-131 ft).
DIET IN THE WILD: Feeds on other shrimp, worms, snails, crabs, mollusks. Lies in wait for prey in front of burrow, then swims out and quickly crushes prey with a strong, powerful smash. The claw moves so quickly it generates cavitation bubbles, which explode with a second powerful burst. The speed with which the claw moves through the watergenerates a force 100 times the shrimp’s body weight.
REPRODUCTION: Monogamous. O. scyllarus mate, spawn, brood, and hatch their eggs in their burrows.
LONGEVITY: Often live in pairs for their entire lifetime (4-6 years).
PREDATORS: Yellow Fin tuna
CONSERVATION: IUCN Not Evaluated
REMARKS: Large peacock mantis shrimp generate forces powerful enough to crush the shell of a large conch, and have been known in captivity to break the glass of their tanks! Striking speed of 50+ mph.
The amazingly complex eyes of mantis shrimp detect 12 base colors (compared to our 3). They also can discern ultraviolet, infrared frequencies, and the polarization of light! .
References
California Academy of Sciences Steinhart Aquarium Water Planet, Senses Cluster (Sight) 2016
Animal Diversity Web animaldiversity.org/accounts/Odontodactylus_scyllarus/
Ron's Wordpress shortlink wp.me/p1DZ4b-We
Ron's flickr www.flickr.com/photos/cas_docents/sets/72157608602469734/
9-8-11, 4-22-13, 8-17-15, 2016, 2017
- MERINO sheepskin lining offers all of the advantages of wool over synthetic fibers, providing efficient shock absorption and superior thermal comfort. Sheepskin contains lanolin, a natural substance, which soothes the horse's sensitive or inflamed skin. When sheepskin is set directly against the animal's body, it stimulates blood circulation and promotes a therapeutic effect.
- "Open-channel" design alleviates excessive pressure from the horse's spine and promotes increased air circulation.
- Two large pockets are designed specifically to ensure proper fit of the saddle and comfort for the horse by accommodating both specialized and custom-made shims.
- High Resiliency open-cell foam shims (included in the package) allow for the overall weight to be redistributed over a larger area, thus minimizing pressure points.
- Breathable 3-Dimensional Spacer fabric reduces heat build-up and provides excellent moisture vapor transfer.
- The Non-Slip mesh upper assures perfect grip and steadily secures the ComfortLUX Half-Pad under the saddle.
Wetlands are biodiversity rich sensitive ecosystems that harbor hundreds of plants, insects, birds and other animals uniquely adapted to their wetland mode of life.They are crucial to maintain the regional water balance through ground water recharge and absorption of flood waters and also serve as the rice bowl of developing countries. Nevertheless, wetlands play immense role in the socio-economic and livelihood aspects of local communities living around the wetland. In India, rural communities depend wetland for livelihood through farming, mat making etc; for food through fishing and hunting; for roof thatching by collection of reeds and palm leaf ; for firewood; for fodder etc. However, these wetlands are now under a threat of conversion for big industrial and real estate projects, change in lifestyle of local community, over extraction of resources by increased population, pollution,waste dumping, eutrophication and pesticide farming. There are three important wetlands in the Puducherry region namely Oussudu, Bahour and Kaliveli that provide important resources for local communities and also are a home to tens of thousands of migratory birds that visit the Puducherry region in winter. These wetlands have been acknowledged as Important Bird Areas(IBAs) by IBCN, since many of these birds are represented in more than 1% of their global population.
The recent threat on wetlands of Puducherry is more due to the change in life style of local community living around these wetlands. The younger generation is not much dependent on wetland resources, The younger and modern generation has lost the compassion and bonding to the wetland which their forefathers maintained through sustainable livelihood practices. This has resulted in a change in attitude and perception of the community towards unsustainable farming and resource extraction, game hunting, intensive fishing and reclamation, ultimately resulting in shrinking of wetland area and loss of biodiversity at an alarming pace. Local community is leaving the traditional farming practices for more fertilizer and pesticide based farming; fish stock is depleted using invasive Gill nets. Since Puducherry is fast developing region with rapidly growing commercial tourism and industrial establishments, these wetlands are under the threat of reclamation for resort construction and other commercial establishments. Poaching for a sport as well as open selling of birds including the threatened species is common. School drop-out are noticed to get attracted to such practices to make easy money as well as hunting for a sport with peers. With time, they may grow into expert hunters who will depend on poaching as the main source of income for the family. There are many wetland awareness programs organized by Forest Department as well as NGOs targeting school kids and educated community through workshops. School drop-outs are often not specially targeted by any of such programs and often not brought under the ambit of such programs. This gap needs to be addressed for local conservation efforts to be fully effective. We have chosen birds as the umbrella species whose conservation will in turn protect the lake and biodiversity as a whole. Birds are attractive and beautiful; ,which may easily get compassion from drop-out kids if guided appropriately. With proper efforts, the poachers can be turned to protectors and expert tour guides to facilitate ecotourism.
The Fraunhofer b-band triplet in the solar spectrum is stronger than might be expected from a non-resonance (subordinate) line. In the energy level (Grotrian) diagram in the top panel above (US Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, NSRDS-NBS 23, "Partial Grotrian Diagrams of Astrophysical Interest", p16), the lower level of the b-band triplet absorption is seen to be 3p 3P0 which has no permitted transition to the 1S ground level.
The spectrum below shows, marked in green, the analogous triplet absorption in the ultraviolet, 3p 3P0 - 3d 3D, at 3838.3, 3832.3 and 3829.4 which is also strong.
For these transitions, the 3p 3P0 level becomes a pseudo-ground state.
I have now found and posted the plots of all the Mg I lines in the Grotrian diagram that are within the HARPS spectral range. The only one not to show is the 4081.83Å intersystem line.
By Nancy Gardner
There are various solutions for the individuals who desire to lose some fats. These may be drugs and other pills, others are natural. They work under different mechanisms that help you reduce extra pounds in your body. Some makes you have reduced appetite so that you will eat few calories. Others tends to function in human body by reducing absorption of fatty nutrients in their body while others burns the fat faster hence reducing calories. There are various popular and best weight loss supplements for women.
Extracts from Garcinia Cambogia are commonly known worldwide for its function as a diet pill. It is a fruit with a pumpkin shape and is normally small and green in color. Its skin has hydroxycitric acid that inhibits the enzymes that produces fat inside the body and this as a result serotonin levels increases and this reduces cravings. This extract does not have many noticeable side effects.
Chromium picolinate contains chromium mineral which effects the functioning of the insulin, which is a hormone that is vital to metabolism. Mostly required in the body to facilitate the storage of fats, carbohydrates and also proteins. This mineral functions by lowering your appetite, cutting the body fat, helping to burn much calories and also it boosts mass of your muscles.
It however has side effects such as headache, irritability and insomnia.Not usually recommendable for those people who have problems with their kidney and liver as it is found to have incidences of people developing kidney damage and also liver damage while using chromium. Those individuals with such problems require consulting a doctor before choosing weight loss supplements. They will be able to avoid those that are not recommendable to their ill health.
Orlistat is a pill for tonnage loss and it is sold over the counter. This pill restrains fat breakdown inside gut and this makes a person to take in calories in very small amounts from the fat. This results to tonnage loss and it also reduces blood pressure. This makes one to have less risk of being diagnosed with diabetes. It has side effects such as flatulence and may cause deficiency of vitamins which are fat soluble. Therefore, it is recommendable to take them in small quantities.
Extracts from green tea are also known popularly to contain supplements for weight loss. It has anti oxidants that burn the fat. Some people believe that it increases the norepinephrine activity; which is a hormone that enhances the burning of fat. It mostly burns the fat around the belly. Its side effects are however there for the users who are sensitive to caffeine as it contains caffeine.
Extract from the bean of green coffee is also associated with mass loss. Their content composes of chlorogenic acid and caffeine which functions to increase the fat burning process and inhibiting the carbohydrates breakdown in the gut respectively. It also contains other benefits lie lowering the levels of blood sugar and blood pressure. Its side effects may be diarrhea especially to those people with allergic reactions to caffeine.
Use of these extracts in the right amount will reduce incidences and effects of their side effects to your body. Again, using them correctly will amaze you when you will have reduced fats in the body. They most recommended substances to use are mostly natural extracts from plants and they bring out amazing results.
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Sonata Vario acoustic absorption panels installed to the ceiling of the new Menai Bridge Scout & Guide Hall
“What a difference a few square boards can make, the noise levels as so much better, no more gritting my teeth when the Rainbows scream.”
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The Egyptian-Sumerian Annunaki's secret earth based science: surface science, explores the use of lasers and gas surface emitting electron beams to test and approximate the absorption-desorption coeeficients in the different states of matter for engineering applications in optics and electronics, lasers and semiconductor device materials. These techniques are used for secret Annunaki alien plasma vacuum pipe beam weapons and radiation emmiters for mining through heavy elements and metals like gold (among other things)..The Nibiruan metroship, planet X or the 12th planet Nibiru, is a spheroid meteorship shell that shelters an intricate city built of layers inside the giant planet. Surface science is the primordial physical scientific discipline of the Annunaki shapeshifting humanoid giants. Holographic mechanics and photoelectron radiation tools allow them to morphologically adjust the frequency, energy, spectrum and mass of particles so they behave invisibly like dark matter. Nibiru orbits between Mars and Jupiter, many believe, every 10,000 years but is invisible to us. Parts of this technology and an endless fountain of other forms of hidden knowledge was shared amongst the gods, the kings and queens of long ago. Trade routes were built between the Mid-Eastern countries and the far East and then disseminated through the titan races to all the worlds cultures through myths and legends scribed by part Annunaki writters. Before and after the pyramids were constructed in Egypt and in the Gobi dessert at Shambalah China, the planet Nibiru made frequent. . .
The self absorption one feels when posing for a selfie is fascinating to me, and is reflected in the faces if the two people Ι painted.
1.3 target coating technique allows longer service life, heating absorption quickly and better heat insulation for the vacuum tubes.
2.1 target coating just have aluminum single material film with total 6-7 layers.
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5. Silicon rings to connect and seal inner and outer tank;
6. The tubes and frame angles are adjustable for your local latitude;
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The Aerosol Observing System (AOS) measures aerosol absorption and scattering coefficients as a function of the particle size and radiation wavelength.
The Two-Column Aerosol Project (TCAP) was conducted from June 2012 through June 2013, and included the deployment of both the first ARM Mobile Facility (AMF1) and ARM Aerial Facility (AAF) to Cape Cod and Hyannis, Massachusetts, respectively. The primary goal of TCAP was to investigate cloud-aerosol interactions.
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A steel plate weighing between 15 and 20 tons is being place onshore during the unloading of an absorption tower off of the ship Thorco Clairvaux at the France Road Wharf in New Orleans on Saturday, May 17, 2014. (Photo by Peter G. Forest)
Wetlands are biodiversity rich sensitive ecosystems that harbor hundreds of plants, insects, birds and other animals uniquely adapted to their wetland mode of life.They are crucial to maintain the regional water balance through ground water recharge and absorption of flood waters and also serve as the rice bowl of developing countries. Nevertheless, wetlands play immense role in the socio-economic and livelihood aspects of local communities living around the wetland. In India, rural communities depend wetland for livelihood through farming, mat making etc; for food through fishing and hunting; for roof thatching by collection of reeds and palm leaf ; for firewood; for fodder etc. However, these wetlands are now under a threat of conversion for big industrial and real estate projects, change in lifestyle of local community, over extraction of resources by increased population, pollution,waste dumping, eutrophication and pesticide farming. There are three important wetlands in the Puducherry region namely Oussudu, Bahour and Kaliveli that provide important resources for local communities and also are a home to tens of thousands of migratory birds that visit the Puducherry region in winter. These wetlands have been acknowledged as Important Bird Areas(IBAs) by IBCN, since many of these birds are represented in more than 1% of their global population.
The recent threat on wetlands of Puducherry is more due to the change in life style of local community living around these wetlands. The younger generation is not much dependent on wetland resources, The younger and modern generation has lost the compassion and bonding to the wetland which their forefathers maintained through sustainable livelihood practices. This has resulted in a change in attitude and perception of the community towards unsustainable farming and resource extraction, game hunting, intensive fishing and reclamation, ultimately resulting in shrinking of wetland area and loss of biodiversity at an alarming pace. Local community is leaving the traditional farming practices for more fertilizer and pesticide based farming; fish stock is depleted using invasive Gill nets. Since Puducherry is fast developing region with rapidly growing commercial tourism and industrial establishments, these wetlands are under the threat of reclamation for resort construction and other commercial establishments. Poaching for a sport as well as open selling of birds including the threatened species is common. School drop-out are noticed to get attracted to such practices to make easy money as well as hunting for a sport with peers. With time, they may grow into expert hunters who will depend on poaching as the main source of income for the family. There are many wetland awareness programs organized by Forest Department as well as NGOs targeting school kids and educated community through workshops. School drop-outs are often not specially targeted by any of such programs and often not brought under the ambit of such programs. This gap needs to be addressed for local conservation efforts to be fully effective. We have chosen birds as the umbrella species whose conservation will in turn protect the lake and biodiversity as a whole. Birds are attractive and beautiful; ,which may easily get compassion from drop-out kids if guided appropriately. With proper efforts, the poachers can be turned to protectors and expert tour guides to facilitate ecotourism.
Sonata Vario acoustic absorbers installed within the hall at Bryn Coch Primary School to reduce reverberation. The Vario panels were supplied in Teal and Cherry colours and installed on suspension fixings. For further information see www.soundreduction.co.uk/Products/Sound-Absorption-Soluti...
To drown: death from asphyxia due to suffocation caused by a liquid entering the lungs and preventing the absorption of oxygen leading to cerebral hypoxia and myocardial infarction
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Sonata Vario acoustic absorbers installed within The Lodge Restaurant in Strichen.
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