![]() In 2003, the government of Canada created a four-year project called the Forest 2020 Plantation Development and Assessment Initiative, which involved planting 6000 ha of fast-growing forests on non-forested lands countrywide. He said the project aimed to beautify and cool the city and make it more livable, improve air and water quality, and reduce Adelaide's greenhouse gas emissions by 600,000 tonnes of CO 2 a year. Only native trees were planted to ensure genetic integrity. ![]() ![]() Thousands of Adelaide citizens have participated in community planting days on sites including parks, reserves, transport corridors, schools, water courses and coastline. In Adelaide, South Australia (a city of 1.3 million as of June 2016), Premier Mike Rann (2002 to 2011) launched an urban forest initiative in 2003 to plant 3 million native trees and shrubs by 2014 on 300 project sites across the metro area. ( July 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Sometimes special tools, such as a tree planting bar, are used to make planting of trees easier and faster. Afforestation by cutting is an option for tree species that can reproduce asexually, where a piece of a tree stem, branch, root, or leaves can be planted onto the forest floor and sprout successfully. Another is seedling planting, which is similar to direct seeding except that seedlings already have an established root system. ![]() One method for planting is direct seeding, which involves sowing seeds directly into the forest floor. Once the site is prepared, planting can take place. Preparation can involve a variety of mechanical or chemical methods, such as chopping, mounding, bedding, herbicides, and prescribed burning. Īfter the forest site has been assessed, the area must be prepared for planting. These factors will determine the quality of the site, what species of trees should be planted, and what planting method should be used. Several environmental factors of the site must be analyzed, including climate, soil, vegetation, and human activity. The process of afforestation begins with site selection. This forested area could store up to 205 gigatons of carbon or 25% of the atmosphere's current carbon pool by reducing CO 2 in the atmosphere and introducing more O 2. A 2019 study of the global potential for tree restoration showed that there is space for at least 9 million km 2 of new forests worldwide, which is a 25% increase from current conditions. The rate of net forest loss decreased substantially over the period 1990–2020 due to a reduction in deforestation in some countries, plus increases in forest area in others through afforestation and the natural expansion of forests. Afforestation is mainly done for conservational and commercial purposes. Afforestation is an increasingly sought-after method to fight climate concerns, as it is known to increase the soil quality and organic carbon levels into the soil, avoiding desertification. Many government and non-governmental organizations directly engage in afforestation programs to create forests and increase carbon capture. » Click here for Texas Time to Local Time Conversion.An afforestation project in Rand Wood, Lincolnshire, EnglandĪfforestation is the establishment of a forest or stand of trees ( forestation) in an area where there was no recent tree cover. » Click here for Chennai Time to Local Time Conversion.
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![]() Overall, the DockStar is a solution for someone looking for the freedom to access their files anywhere while avoiding the downsides of fulltime online file storage.Seagate has been one of the top hard drive manufacturers since they began shipping drives in 1956. Not only can you access your FreeAgent Go from your network and over the Internet, you also have the ability to plug in up too three more USB hard drives to expand your shared file capabilities without having to buy any more Pogoplug capable devices. Of course the DockStar has a few interesting features. The downside is from what I can tell on the website, after the first year you are going to need to renew your Pogoplug subscription at an unknown cost. Not only does it share your files over your home network, using Pogoplug you can access your files from anywhere. So the DockStar is a normal FreeAgent dock on steroids. I wouldn't expect to be able to download all of your files at any time, but if you need to share access to important files this is a good solution. Over the Internet performance was completely dependent on both my home Internet connection and connection wherever I'm trying to access from. With their software installed, it was almost like being on my home network. The online access was a little strange to me, but Pogoplug does provide software to create a virtual drive on your laptop. ![]() On the pogoplug side of things it was weird to have access to my files anywhere I needed them. ![]() Of course, you have to remember that the DockStar is limited to the FreeAgent go's USB 2.0 interface, considerably slower than the 15k Cheetah Drives in our server. With everything setup properly I found the network performance to be a little sluggish compared to accessing files on the LanOC file server. I had to log into my pogoplug account and turn network sharing on and set my workgroup before I had any luck. Of course, I started by trying to access the hard drive over my network, I had trouble with this at first. The DockStar is more than just a way to share your files over your home network, when paired with pogoplug you can also access your files from anywhere, even on your iPhone. Beyond the serial number, you will also need to give them username, password, and email address to finish setting up your pogoplug account. The most interesting part is trying to get the Serial number without unplugging the DockStar, it will not let you submit the s/n without it being plugged in. After finally reading the instructions, I learned that you must first register your dock online before you can access any of the features. With everything hooked up and ready to go I was surprised that I didn’t see anything showing on the network. I used the 500 gig BlackArmor portable drive that I reviewed a few months ago to test out the dock. Hooking up the DockStar is fairly simple, all you have to do is plug the power cord in and then hook the Ethernet into both the dock and your router. Inside the package, you will find a power brick, a long Ethernet cord, the dock itself, and an instruction manual. On the back, you will find more specifics about setting up the DockStar along with a few of the features. The front has an odd alien design along with the DockStar logo. The DockStar on the other hand is packed in a cardboard box without any view or pictures of the dock. The original dock had a clear plastic package that showed off the dock itself. Surprisingly the DockStar's packaging wasn't similar to the FreeAgent Go Dock that we looked at before. ![]() What kind of difference can one lowly ethernet port make? Read more to find out. With the new Dockstar, they included an Ethernet port to help share your files over your network and over the Internet. You wouldn't think Seagate would be able to improve on a simple dock too much but surprisingly they did. We have looked at Seagate's FreeAgent Go series a few times in the past and were very impressed with the Free Agent Go Dock that goes along with them. ![]() Otten, Towards automated diffraction tomography. Li, TEMUC3, a computer program for unit-cell determination of crystalline phases in TEM experiments. Abrahams, EDIFF: a program for automated unit-cell determination and indexing of electron diffraction data. Chang, QtUCP - a program for determining unit-cell parameters in electron diffraction experiments using double-tilt and rotation-tilt holders. Li, Computer programs for unit-cell determination in electron diffraction experiments. Hovmöeller, TRICE - a program for reconstructing 3D reciprocal space and determining unit-cell parameters. 427–430ĭ. Belletti, G. 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Ingredients: Melaleuca alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Essential Oil, and Mentha piperita (peppermint) oil This blend is ideal for aromatherapy and rejuvenating, soothing, and relieving stress or tension. In contrast, the camphor-like scent of tea tree elevates with its inherently medicinal properties. ![]() Lavender + Tea Tree - Floral and herbaceous, Lavender Essential Oil provides a fresh aroma that instantly relaxes and calms. Ingredients: Litsea Cubeba (May Chang) Pure Oil Essential Oil, Citrus Limonum (Lemon) Essential Oil and Citrus Reticulata Blanco (Tangerine) Essential Oil The bright citrus of the Lemon and Litsea Cubeba is uplifting and sure to wake you up in the morning, while the sweetness of the Tangerine will boost your spirits all day long. Lemon + Tangerine - Will sharpen your focus with waves of its vibrant citrus aroma. Ingredients: Mentha cardiaca (Spearmint) Pure Essential Oil, Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf (Eucalyptus) Pure Essential Oil, Dipterocarpus jourdaini (Balsam Gurjun) Pure Essential Oil Add a few drops to your oil diffuser, LooHoo Wool Dryer Balls, or simply waif under the nose for a refreshing or calming pick-me-up.Įucalyptus + Mint - A bright, refreshing blend of spearmint, fresh eucalyptus, and smooth balsam designed to uplift and provide relaxation simultaneously. Pure Aromatherapy. Made without fillers, synthetics, additives, bases, or carriers. ![]() Relaxing Rosemary + Mint and Lavender + Tea Tree. Start the day with any of our three pure blends or combine them for a euphoric experience Eucalyptus + Mint or Lemon + Tangerine. Now you can rejuvenate your mood or your space with 100% Pure Essential Oil Blends. Key essential oils: Rosemary, Eucalyptus, Cajeput, Birch, Black Pepper.Aromatherapy is the ultimate pick-me-up. 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Helps promote circulation and cellular metabolism, gently encourages detoxification and lymphatic drainage, helps to ease water retention conditions and, when used regularly, excellent for cellulite and body contouring. Incorporates the key essential oils of Lavender, Ylang Ylang, Ginger Root, Eucalyptus, and Geranium known to calm and soothe the nerves and ease emotional and physical fatigue. A warming blend to help restore balance and well-being for body and mind. When editing I either utilize the dynamic stretch techniques or crop the vertical height to fit a 16:9 1080 timeline. I tend to keep my camera in this mode about half the time. This is one of my favorite modes in the camera – it looks awesome, is high resolution, and is great for POV. This is the 4:3 version of 1080, so it’s the same width as 1080P but taller at 1440 px vertically. HERO4 Session packs a powerful punch for its size and has the key video modes to get dynamic and high quality video. You can change video mode, use single photo or burst modes, dial in your video settings with ProTune, and tag moments with Highlight Tag. Once you’re connected to either the app or the smart remote you can setup the camera with the modes you want. GoPro has a new version of the app along with the release of HERO4 Session which is more intuitive and walks you through the pairing process much more seamlessly than previous versions. It can make use of the GoPro app as well as the GoPro Smart Remote. The camera has WiFi and Bluetooth built in for easy control, viewing, and sharing. If you want to change modes or access all of the different GoPro features you’re used to, you’ll need to use the GoPro App on a smart device or the GoPro remote. If you hold down the button it’ll turn on and start taking photos at a rate of 2 per second. You press the power/shutter button once and it’ll turn on and start recording press it again and it’ll stop recording and turn off. GoPro went with a new approach with this camera and the way you interact with it. I’m always surprised at how much life you get out of a single charge – it’s rated to get up to 2 hours of recording time, but honestly I’ve charged it before I leave for a weekend in Tahoe and still have battery left at the end of the weekend! The battery life is something I can really boast about with this camera, which is good because it’s an integrated battery design (you can’t take it out). ![]() The camera is square in it’s front face design so you can fit it into the included frame housing at any orientation (right-side up, upside-down, 90 vertical, or 270 vertical). HERO4 Session is 40% lighter and 35% smaller than a HERO4 Black in a housing. You can take it surfing, kayaking, snorkeling, or anything else short of deep sea diving. This means you can toss it anywhere, get it dirty, and wash it off in the sink, all while recording. The camera is fully waterproof up to 33 feet (10 meters) without a housing. There are some key features this thing boasts that really make it unique in terms of the versatility, size/weight, and battery. It looks like the lens of a HERO4 was cut out from the camera – that’s essentially the idea behind the form factor – to create something smaller and even more versatile than the existing line of HERO4 cameras that can be either a great standalone product, or a tool for creating additional angles for any existing GoPro owners. HERO4 Session is the ideal balance between performance & simplicity. Looking for a guide for a different GoPro? Check out all of my complete guides here: ![]() ![]() Unfortunately snail mail still goes astray sometimes, and we're sorry! If 30 days have passed since you received your shipping confirmation and your package has not arrived, please write megan with your order number. This only applies to apparel and accessories placed to an address in the United States and excludes all mirrors and ceramics, sorry! *It says on the front page you offer free shipping, awesome! If your order included a pre-order, your package will ship when all of the items are available, unless they are stocked separately at our facilities, in which case they will arrive separately within a couple days of each other. ![]() Please double-check the item listing to make sure it is eligible for express shipping. Products like hats, ceramics and mirrors are made to order and can take a week or two production time. Please note that because of the handmade nature of certain items, we cannot offer express shipping for all orders. To see if we can accommodate express shipping for you, email before placing your order. We don't currently offer express shipping online, as we're only able to drop packages with our USPS partner service twice a week. Depending on your country's postal service, tracking may only follow your parcel until it leaves the United States. Lettermail is only available for small accessories.Įverywhere else: USPS First Class Mail includes tracking. To avoid unpleasant surprises, refer to your home postal service's customs and imports standards.Ĭanada: Lettermail service is untracked, but larger orders, sent as Expedited Parcel, will include tracking. We are not able to predict or prepay customs fees for you. The shipping we charge covers only the cost we are charged by USPS to ship your parcel-this potential customs charge is not "double shipping", it is duty charge from your home country. Rosehound Apparel is not responsible for customs charges accrued in your country. I received a customs charge from my local post office, what gives? Below are the estimated delivery times to your destination for these methods:Īustralia & New Zealand: 10-28 business daysĮverywhere else: will depend on your distance from Toronto and your local post service. You will receive a confirmation e-mail when your order has been processed and another once your order is shipped. International orders are shipped with a partner service and will take an additional day to pass through customs. Packages are sent Canada Post to Canada and will be updated manually with tracking information or via USPS First Class Mail to all other countries. Mirror orders and ceramics currently will take 3-4 weeks to process, please check back for updates once we get caught up after the holiday season. We do our best to process orders within two business days, excluding mirrors and ceramics, which are made to order. We ship from either our home base in Stoney Creek, Canada or our warehouse in Austin, Texas to anywhere in the world. ![]() You make them want to stop to celebrate you. Yet you are loving, caring and are able to manage emotions efficiently. You are able to multi-task while exhibiting an excellent discipline character. Your level of expertise and skills are amazing. I have always known and appreciated the excellence of you. You are handsome mentally, handsome physically, handsome financially, handsome influentially, handsome with every sense of respect and dignity. What I want to do is to tell you how handsome you look. Dear boyfriend, sometimes all I want to do is to talk about you. You taught me your techniques to success and they are working fine. It was that moment I fell for you and I have never turned back again. I saw a wild chaser, a goal-getter and one who would stop at nothing to get his wins. I have always known you would make it because I saw a hard worker from the beginning you walked up to me. Life gave me you and I am loving and wanting you forever my man.ġ5. Life gave me a gift it knew I would love and cherish forever. Life blessed me with what I have always wanted. If it were possible for one to fall in love the second time, I think you will be the same person I want. I want to fall for you again and again.ġ4. ![]() You are a man and I love you for being a man. ![]() I fell because I read the personality behind the voice. I fell for your words not because they were spoken by you, or because they were sweet and appealing to the ear. You are the pest in my life and I want you pestering me again and again.ġ3. I wanted to cut all lines but something in me said wait. I thought of you as one of the flimsy and all-purpose guys. At first, all I felt was hatred and disgust because you bugged me. Today I thought about how I fell in love with you so easily but I should confess. Do you know you have the sweetest of charms anyone would want to ever be hypnotized with? I love the way you say my name. All I want to do is send you a long paragraph to confess my heart.ġ1. Dear boyfriend, have I told you that I love you in a special way? Have I asked you to accompany me to events because I just want you by my side? Have you caught me watching you all because I wanted to stare? I love you and this is coming from the deepest of heart. I want everything in my life with you, boyfriend because you make me whole and fill me with love. I want to climb the mountain and watch you help me up. I want to see scary movies because I know you will be there to shield me. I want to watch the moon with you every night. I love you and I will be doing this forever.ĩ. You’ve proven different with your voracious giving in terms of wisdom, love, and money. I disliked men because I perceived them as selfish and authoritative. When I embarked on this journey with you, I thought I couldn’t deal really. It is with every sense of tenderness and warmth. The way you talk to me even when you scold shows that you love me. I went out with a couple of friends, and when I heard them talk about theirs, I knew I had the best boyfriend. You are indeed special and I love you that way.ģ. You are goal-oriented and dedicated to duty. You carry the mark and spirit of excellence that shows even the littlest thing. To talk about to you is to talk about the most precious jewel I have come to know. I love you, dear boyfriend and I hope I am your best lover.Ģ. In all of these really I find you the best companion ever. You take your time to spoil me when you want to and then when I really mess up you don’t even spare. The way you care for me, the way you provide and see to all my needs. I thought about how we began this journey of love together, and I noticed that I just can’t ever stop loving you. ![]() You can split transactions, mark transactions as canceled or reconciled, autofill entered transactions, and display multiple accounts in a single register window. You can also enter income, stock, and currency transactions. The checkbook-style register is an easy-to-use interface for entering all of your checking and credit card transactions. GnuCash’s strength is that it contains advanced features such as customer and vendor tracking, job assignments, invoicing, bill pay, sales tax management, payroll management, and budget creation and management. Volunteer developers update the software regularly, which means the program is always kept up-to-date. GnuCash is an open-source accounting program that offers many features to help you manage your small business accounting. GnuCash: no-frills but plenty of features Several are also cloud-based and compatible with mobile devices where indicated in the description. Note: All software options are compatible with Windows and Mac computers. Read on for our breakdown of the best free accounting software for your small business finances. Brightbook: web-based with powerful tools and features.Zoho Books: cloud-based, single-user platform with many features.CloudBooks: unlimited users, limited free invoicing.ZipBooks: great if you’re new to accounting. ![]() Wave: powerful and cloud-based for anywhere, anytime access.We’ve done the research for you, and here are our top seven free accounting software packages. If you decide to take on your accounting duties, there are several suitable free software options to choose from. Top free accounting software for small business owners ![]() (Words she already knows have been deeply embedded in her brain, so it takes less working memory to make sense of them.) New words, in particular, become a nightmare for your child because she’ll have to process unfamiliar syllable combinations. But since children with poor auditory working memory find it hard to keep these steps in mind, they might find this frustrating. We usually need to go through a few mental steps when we’re trying to solve any problem. She’ll have to both make sense of what the teacher is saying and write it down as she listens. Your child might struggle to take notes because she’ll have to multitask. This is because they’ll have trouble linking letters with sounds - an issue that’s also seen with learning differences. Poor auditory working memory will make it harder for young children to learn how to read and write. But if there are issues along the way, here’s how they’ll often show up: From age 4 to adulthood, she’ll likely double her working memory capacity - both how much information she can hold at a time, and how long she can hold that information for. Your child’s working memory will gradually increase as she grows older. More of their mental capacity is used up to separate speech from the surrounding noise, which means there’s less of it available for working memory.) If your child has issues with her auditory working memory, it’ll usually show up in one of the following ways. (This is why even children without working memory issues can struggle to focus in noisy environments. It’s not that she doesn’t want to learn - her working memory is just letting her down. If any part of that chain is broken, she won’t understand what’s going on and will pretty soon lose interest. Your child needs to hear the words, hold them in her mind, and then put them together to form sentences using her working memory. For example, imagine a teacher talking about an assignment due the next day. She’ll need a lot of it just to pay attention in class. ![]() But working memory affects your child at a much more basic level. After all, you’ll need a lot of mental workspace to solve a multistep maths or science problem. It’s obviously going to be hard to do well in school if your working memory hasn’t developed enough. Auditory working memory plays an essential role in your child’s life but at a much more basic level than you’d think. Auditory working memory solves this problem by keeping those sounds in our minds for a bit while helping us make sense of them. This processing takes time, though, and the sounds would have disappeared by then. We might ‘hear’ someone speaking to us, but it’s only by ‘listening’ that we figure out what they’re saying. It’s something we do consciously to process what we’ve heard. This happens automatically without us realising it. When we ‘hear’ someone talking, our ears take in the sounds they make and send them to our brains. There’s a difference between ‘hearing’ and ‘listening’. And it’s how we make sounds stay in our minds long after they’ve disappeared from the outside world. In contrast, working memory lets you interact and play around with that information.) Auditory working memory is working memory for sound. With short-term memory, you’re just holding information in your mind. ( Note: working memory is different from short-term memory. Working memory is a core ability we need for things like planning, reasoning, and problem-solving, and it’s part of our critical executive functions. So, if you’re reading a list of numbers about mortality rates in different countries, your brain plays around with those statistics in your working memory - looking for patterns and meaning. It holds the things we’ve just learned in storage for short periods of time so that we can fit them together like a puzzle and get some meaning from them. And working memory is a brain system that helps you do this. It needs to lay out all that article’s information somewhere, before you can start to make sense of it. ![]() But how do you make sense of it all? Think of a tinkerer putting out the parts of a broken toaster on a table, first, before deciding how to fix it. You’re taking in statistics, stories from survivors, reports from doctors, and so on. Imagine you’re reading an article about the pandemic. Think of it as a temporary ‘workspace’ in your mind. Our brains have an impressive ability to absorb and make sense of input from a vastly complex world. But if they can learn to work with their strengths, instead, they’ll be able to overcome most difficulties. And because of this, children with poor auditory working memory often struggle in school. This working memory is crucial in so many daily tasks like solving problems, learning, following instructions, and more. It’s where we temporarily store sounds we hear as we try to make sense of them. Takeaway: Auditory working memory is a virtual ‘workspace’ in our mind. ![]() ![]() Considering its thriving e-commerce and gaming business, Tencent would very likely keep its dominant position in China's internet industry. Its partnership with Nintendo since 2019 has further extended Tencent's home entertainment offerings in the Chinese console market. With ownership stakes in Riot Games, Epic Games, and a few game developers and publishers, Tencent has climbed to the top of the ladder in gaming. In the end of 2022, WeChat’s monthly active user base surpassed 1.3 billion.Īpart from e-commerce business, the tech behemoth has made its foray into the world of online video, digital music, e-reading, and video games. This is one of the reasons why the age distribution of WeChat users spread quite evenly in China. In fact, it is a common practice to pay with WeChat by scanning QR codes in brick-and-mortar stores. From hospital registration and taxi calling to movie ticket booking and holiday planning, it is the super app for everything. The success formula of WeChat was its one-stop solution, making it indispensable in daily life in China. Other important revenue streams include digital content, membership subscriptions, and virtual goods sales.Īnother clever move of Tencent was to diversify its products. Unlike its West social network counterparts, the enterprise’s major earning came from value-added services, about a third of which was generated by online games. While Facebook’s business relied on advertising heavily, online advertising accounted for less than one-fifth of Tencent’s annual revenue. For Facebook to disappear in 5 years, it needs to shed 450 million users per year starting immediately. Tencent adopted a counter-intuitive approach in building its empire – increasing customer reach before app monetization. |
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