![]() ![]() Some authors consider seashore paspalum to be native to Asia, Africa and Europe and introduced to the Americas. It has excellent drought resistance and dehydration avoidance, is fairly competitive against weeds and requires less nitrogen than other warm-season grasses. Seashore paspalum produces a dense and high-quality turf. ![]() However, there’s a new cultivar, Sea Spray, which is established by seeds. The species doesn’t produce a large amount of viable seeds, and seed production generally isn’t reliable. Typically, it’s propagated vegetatively (by sod or sprigs). But, if you can find it, establish it and manage it under the right circumstances, you might well be able to ensure security for your course in a not-too-distant future when water options are exceedingly limited. Its newfound popularity and the relative difficulty of producing it in quantity (sod or seed) had made paspalum a scarce commodity. As a side note, the biggest issue associated with paspalum continues to be availability. However, the trade-off will be more intense management practices – particularly through establishment. Paspalum has the potential to be a revolutionary turf for some facilities. However, those potentially could be offset by lower inputs of fertilizer and/or reduced water costs for facilities able to secure less-expensive effluent water. That, of course, presents some budget challenges. On a 14-day rotation, disease management costs will likely be higher than with traditional Bermudas or even the improved bents increasingly grown in warm-season areas. In this case, facilities likely will have to consider a preventative fungicide program similar to those used by Northern courses managing bent/poa mix. Like many turf management choices, the decision to use paspulum comes with consequences. That said, nothing is perfect and, as the article above points out, vulnerability to patch disease can be a problem. Better yet, newer, finer-leafed varieties have excellent playability characteristics and numerous courses love it as a putting surface. As potable water becomes less of an option for courses, paspalum is a marvelous alternative. And why not? It’s tolerant to many environmental stresses, including salt, heat and most heavy metals in effluent water. That said, if any one species could be described as a “sensation,” it would have to be paspalum.ĭuring the past five years, in particular, many in warm-season climates have jumped on the paspalum bandwagon. Let’s face it: It’s a little hard to get “jump up and down” excited about most turfgrass varieties. Impact on the business: Getting objective about paspalum It can be used as a turfgrass for lawns, athletic fields and golf courses but also to control erosion and stabilize dunes and coasts. It’s used mainly in mild to warm climates when the soil salinity and sodicity are high, when drainage is a problem and the water quality is poor. This halophytic, perennial warm-season grass, which undergoes winter dormancy in colder climates, produces a beautiful turfgrass surface during its growing season. Swartz), described as the environmentally friendly grass, is among the most salt- and sodium-tolerant turfgrass species. ![]()
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![]() ![]() wooden drawers plus their plastic tubs on rails inside our numerous ikea. I think little Henry is going to love his new little nightstand. Slide-Co 223887 Drawer Track Guide and Glides - Replacement Furniture Parts for. The final touches for this little dresser were the lucite knobs that I choose from Hickory Hardware. It’s so satisfying to create something that you love and it fits the vision in your mind. This hack was really simple to do and took only a few hours including paint drying. I was really loving how this turned out, but I wanted to add a little bit of personalization for little Henry so I took out my stencils and using a small sample of PPG paint I stenciled in his initials. When the filler was dry I sanded and painted the inside of the dresser. I filled in the existing holes where the drawer runner was supposed to go, measured and cut some scrap wood and nailed the shelf into place using finishing nails. Once the outside was dry, I decided I wanted the shelf to replace the top drawer. Even thought it was thin, it covered beautifully. I was a little skeptical about the coverage because of the texture but I was instantly hooked. ![]() I even stirred it more thinking I was missing something but it stayed the same. ![]() I was actually surprised at how thin the paint was. I figured if it could take the abuse of kitchen cabinet use, it could take the abuse of a 2 year old. I choose it because it was “highly scrubbable” which is perfect for kitchen cabinets and trim. 1 I am missing one part of the drawer runner on one of my pieces of ikea furniture. I choose the color Gray Flannel by PPG The Voice of Color. I started to paint the outside of the dresser and the 2 remaining drawers. Something to make it easier for him to grab our nightly reading books and to put them back. I knew I wanted to take out one of the drawers and add a shelf. This is how the dresser looked when I put it together. So I opted for streamlined, masculine, and industrial. There are so many little nooks in our home I could use this piece but I decided since our new addition was going to arrive in June, our son was going to need a big boy room makeover and this little dresser would be the perfect nightstand to compliment his new big boy bed.įor Henry’s new nightstand I was thinking of doing some fun “kid” decor to it but I wanted it to grow with him. I was excited because I know how versatile these little $35 dressers from Ikea can be. The Challenge: Makeover an Ikea Rast dresser. PLASTIC DRAWER RUNNERS, THE PRICE IS PER PAIR ( 2 runners ) 320mm x 16mm x 8mm. I am really excited to be a part of this fun blogger challenge hosted by Hickory Hardware and PPG Voice of Color! Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Home Fittings Drawer Runner 10 Pairs - Brown at the best online prices at eBay Free shipping for many products. ![]() ![]() “Everybody’s time is precious, and we want to be transparent about who we are because we want people to enjoy themselves and what we have to offer when they walk in the door.” “That’s how we can have a good, enjoyable time together in this small space,” says Huynh. Come and have a good time, a unique time.”ĭuck confit dumplings (há cảo vịt) at a soft-opening dinner at the Eaves. That’s really the spirit of our hospitality. “You come over, and you never know what your friend is cooking, but you know you’re going to have a good time and leave happy. “It’s like going to a friend’s house,” says Huynh. This combining of cultures results in something homey and welcoming. At the Eaves, the duo blends their Vietnamese roots with the life they’ve built here in New England, with every detail of the intricately designed space, every item on the menu, an ode to a life lived in more than one place. The Eaves, which recently debuted with some soft-opening previews and will open with a regular schedule soon, is the latest project from chef Vincenzo Le ( a 2023 James Beard award semifinalist) and Duong Huynh, who are also behind Cambridge coffee-and-more stunner Cicada. Depending on your mood and the time of day, it may feel more like a restaurant or more like a bar-but you can think of it as “just a place you want to stay,” as the team puts it. ![]() Steps from the elevators, you’re transported to a dazzling hideaway with an ever-changing menu of Vietnamese dishes and bold-flavored cocktails. ![]() ![]() Whatever it is, Somerville newcomer the Eaves will sweep you off your feet from the moment you step inside the quirky, intimate space, a former under-utilized storage area of Bow Market’s lobby. Maybe it’s the pumping disco beat from a playlist that leaps from Boney M.’s “Rasputin” to the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive” maybe it’s the sneaky heat at the bottom of a bowl of betel-leaf-wrapped beef and rice noodles maybe it’s the eclectic décor, a carefully curated mix of objects collected around New England. ![]() ![]() ![]() So batch numbers have to used for all raw materials as well as finished goods Pharmaceuticals: very strict regulations on raw materials traceability.Packaged food: batches numbers are given based on production cycle and expiry date.Common examples of serial and batch numbers Businesses with small operations can manage inventory using excel sheets but as they grow a specialised software can make a huge difference in operational efficiency. Managing batch numbers using excel sheets is highly difficult and error prone. If the customer complaints about the product they can cross check records to find out which sales man sold the item and when.Īlmost all businesses use an inventory software to generate and use batch and serial numbers. They can track sold items using these numbers.įor example a retailer issues a unique serial number to track which customer bought the item. These self generated numbers can be used by retailers or distributors to track inventory between their warehouses and stores. And the manufacturer can print the numbers on the product and its packaging.īut for inventory management purposes anyone can issue batch or serial numbers to products. Since they are responsible for the quality of the products. In most cases the manufacturer issues the batch number and serial number to items. Who issues batch numbers and serial numbers? For example in case of art pieces information about artist, price, date of sale, previous owner, seller etc. The objective of giving a unique serial number to an item is to track who is the current owner and unique information specific to that item. Serial numbers are also in case of expensive items like diamonds, luxury watches, art pieces. Serial numbers are usually used in case of special items like cars, weapons, mobile phones and laptops where government demands traceability of the item to individuals. IMEI numbers are used by law enforcement agencies to track mobile phones. There cannot be 2 mobile phones in the world with the same IMEI number. The IMEI number is a globally unique number for each mobile phone. For example the IMEI number of a mobile phone. A serial number is a unique number given to identify a single item. Serial numbers are given to an individual item. For example a fabric manufacturer can trace back which dye was used to dye the fabric by noting down batch number of the dye in the batch information of the fabric. Batch numbers can be found on all packaged food items and medicines.īatch numbers are used to trace raw materials too. Thus items with the same batch number have the same expiry date. Most common information is production facility name, expiry date and manufacturing date. A batch number is associated with information about the items. For example juice bottles produced together. They have already identified the issue and are recalling all the stock with this batch number What are batch numbers?īatch numbers are given to a group of items. The manufacturer apologises for the mistake and assures that only the batch number B0128 is the spoiled one. The supermarket calls the manufacturer to return all the stock. When you open the packet it is smelly and rotten even before the expiry date. This way the manufacturer can know which batch is spoiled if any one item of a batch is spoiled.įor example you buy a packet of cheese. In case of medicines, food, toys, fabric and many other products a batch or lot number is given.įor each production cycle the same batch number is used. The manufacturer gives a unique number or ID to the items. To do this each item needs to be identified which has this mistake. Now in such a scenario these products need to be recalled from the market back to the manufacturer. Some of these mistakes go unnoticed and the final goods are shipped to the market. The final finished goods undergo quality check and are approved as safe for consumption.Įven though there are so many checks and processes in place, mistakes still happen. All raw materials are quality checked and each process is monitored. Pharmaceutical and food production is very sensitive. Where mistakes can happen and can lead to serious trouble for the end consumer. Manufacturing products is often a complex process. ![]() Most of the products we use are manufactured somewhere. Batches and serial numbers are all around us. ![]() ![]() You can take it further by experimenting withĭifferent designs or by adding extra features. In this tutorial, we developed a functioning Simon game with JavaScript. Make sure to try it out and see if you can reach level 20 without Once the 20th round is completed, a congratulatory message is displayed and the Let’s utilise the return value of the nextStep() function in nextRound() asįunction activateTile ( color ) Retrieve a random value from the tiles array. This gives us whole integers between 0 and 3 which can be used to Used to round the numbers down to the largest integer less than or equal the Still, those fractional values are not valid array indexes, so Math.floor() is Of the random number is now between 0 and less than 4 (instead of 0 and less Math.random() with the length of tiles (which is 4) ensures that the range Is from the array can be retrieved each time. Index for the tiles array (0, 1, 2, or 3 in this case) so that a random value That’s not very useful to us at the moment. Pseudo-random number in the range 0 to less than 1. We need to get a random value from the array each time nextStep() is executed,Īnd we’re able to achieve that by using the Math.random() function inĬombination with Math.floor(). Let’s start by creating an array to keep track of the original sequence of tileĬlicks and a second array for the human sequence: On the next round, the number of tiles in the sequence increases by one. In a random order and ends when the player reproduces the order by pressing the You canĪs mentioned earlier, a round begins when the game activates one or more tiles Instructions for setting up the project are in the included README file. Grab the HTML and CSS files for the game on ![]() This tutorial assumes a basic knowledge of JavaScript and the DOM. Sequence and the game ends if the player misses a step in the sequence. The sound aids the player in remembering the Typically, you’ll have four different tiles, each with a unique colour and sound AfterĮach round, the sequence becomes progressively longer and more complex which The game is to repeat a series of random tile clicks created by the game. In this tutorial, we’ll develop the classic Simon 8 How to create your first Chrome extension.Let’s be honest, we all remember this game from our childhood memories. 7 How to build a Pomodoro Timer App with JavaScript We cannot, either in our homes or in our schools, give a good education to our children without teaching them the United States of Europe.6 How to build a Simon Game with JavaScript.5 How to build a Custom HTML5 Video Player with JavaScript.4 How to build a Todo List App with JavaScript.3 How to build a Calculator App with JavaScript. ![]() 2 How to build a Wikipedia Search App with JavaScript.1 Build your first JavaScript App - A Random Quote Generator.Updated on JHow to build a Simon Game with JavaScriptĬreating games in the browser is a great way to practice your JavaScript skills and have fun at the same time! JavaScript projects for beginners (8 part ![]() ![]() Showers are available as well as restrooms and locker space. Orange Theory studios are bigger in size, and include more equipment at each floor station. On your way into class, make sure to grab a towel or two! Snacks, water, and apparel are available for purchase at the front desk. ![]() Shred 415 studios are darker and about half the size of the OT studios but do have showers (with hair and skin care), locker rooms, as well as a childcare center. ![]() Be prepared to come 15 minutes early to your first OT class, while Shred will give you the rundown in a quick 5 minutes before class. More actively switching stations keeps you from getting bored at one station and offers more recovery time while constantly switching between the two styles. While both classes are split evenly with 30 minutes on the treadmill and 30 minutes on the floor, Shred 415 switches up these intervals by performing 15 minutes on each, then 10 minutes, then 5–while Orange Theory simply does 30 and 30. However, in Shred 415 the constant movement does keep you engaged throughout the session. The weight workouts are pretty similar and even share a few of the same exercises, but the rowing does add more intensity to Orange Theory that Shred 415 lacks. Being able to see that most likely causes people to work harder. The higher your heart rate, the higher the percentage under your name as well as the color of your box–blue being lowest and red being the highest. Orange Theory makes effort more public by having participants wear bands that track their heart rates that can be seen on a screen displayed above the treadmills. The amount of effort put into the class (obviously) affects the outcome. ![]() All classes can be purchased online or in the studio. Other packages include an unlimited month for $210, which is higher than the OT pack, and the 4 classes in a month for $79.00. A morning class would be $28.00, and a 3 class introductory pack class is $60.00. Any class after 4/15 is $20, as well as any 45 minute express class. There is a $15.00 charge for freezing your account for a month if you need a break.įor Shred415 the prices are a little less expensive, as the company also offers a free class with the #SHREDFOR2018 Challenge. You can keep track of payments on the Orange Theory app as well as change your membership plan. A premier membership allows unlimited classes per month for $159.00, and other options are available for four or eight classes a month. The first Orange Theory class you take is free of charge, allowing newcomers to test out the class before committing to a membership or paying $28.00 per drop-in class. Of course, the music does come down to what the instructor chooses to play, but mostly those fall into the “pump up” category of pop and rap. Music:īoth studios have playlists consisting of pop and rap songs, with a few remixes every once in awhile. Orange Theory’s website claims you will burn 500-1,000 calories including after burn in 36 hours of attending the class and can lose 3-5 pounds a week from attending classes every other day. Shred415’s website says that you can burn between 500-1,2000 calories per class and will be able to see a difference within 4 weeks of consistently attending. Calorie count:īoth workouts are interval-based and HIIT workouts, so the calorie count is around the same. The company promises an “after-burn” which keeps calories burning for hours after completing your workout. Orange Theory is an interval-based workout utilizing treadmill, rowing, and weightlifting exercises for a total of 60 minutes in an orange room while trainer’s play their own playlists. ![]() In 2010, Orange Theory began in Fort Lauderdale and has spread to 400 locations around the world, including being represented in 40 different states and six countries. The classes themselves are a combination of cardio and running (or walking!) for a total of 60 minutes to loud music and dim lighting. Shred 415 has more of a close knit vibe with only 9 locations in the North Shore and Chicago area, the closest to Lake Forest being in Northfield. Shred 415 is a Chicago based HIIT workout fitness training class targeted to clients of all ages. ![]() ![]() ![]() For the time being, Sony’s betting on the conventional approach, and who could blame it. It’s still early days for both the latest console generation and for Microsoft’s big bet on gaming as a service. That’s why the company has been gobbling up game studios and publishers as fast as it can. The hardware bolsters the service, not the other way around. Microsoft wants to sell you a Netflix-style subscription and let you play games on console, PC, mobile, tablet, smart TVs, and maybe a smart thermostat by the end of the year. While it’s still happy to sell individual Xbox consoles and games, the old-fashioned console platform appears to be secondary to the Xbox Game Pass service itself. (Or maybe a PS4 if you still can’t find one.) PlayStation Plus is an extension of that approach, but not a draw in and of itself.Ĭontrast this with Microsoft’s approach. Though Sony is expanding its PC offerings, at the end of the day, it wants to sell you a new PlayStation 5. Sony’s approach makes sense for a company that’s still heavily invested in its console hardware. If you spend $10 a month to get online multiplayer functionality for your console (stop laughing, PC gamers), an extra $8 for a huge library isn’t so bad. It just means that it’s only a real value proposition if you’re already all-in on the PlayStation gaming platform. That doesn’t mean that PlayStation Plus is worthless. Instead PlayStation Plus will lean on nearly three decades of back catalog titles, and Sony’s offering also notably omits any kind of mobile streaming option. New and alluring console exclusives like Gran Turismo 7 and God of War Ragnarok will still need a hefty $70 purchase on day one, and won’t be offered for streaming for at least some time. So Sony has decided not to compete with Microsoft on one of Xbox Game Pass’s biggest draws: new AAA releases hitting the subscription service on launch day. And again, because it’s a PS5 game, it won’t be playable on the PC streaming portion of the service. Returnal is the newest of those games, and it will still be more than a year old when the new PlayStation Plus service launches in June. The newest catalog game on PlayStation Plus, Returnal, won’t be available to stream on PC ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m about to do Simon Conway’s The Survivor and also excited about Tom Bradby’s Yesterday’s Spy.Ģ. They’re a short nose ahead of Mick Herron’s Bad Actors, where Mick brilliantly tackled my world of politics. Both were hugely atmospheric, based on a fascinating premise grounded in fact, tight, taut, and packed an emotional punch. I can’t separate Paul Vidich’s The Matchmaker A Spy in Berlin and The Berlin Exchange by Joe Kanon. The best spy books published in 2022 is a tough category as we are being treated to some very high-quality work at the momentġ. I add the Amazon link so you can read the reviews before deciding to buy.) (Whilst I have added Amazon links below and yes we do earn a small cut from each purchase, we would love it if you could purchase these books from an independent bookstore. ![]() If you are looking to join a community of other spy book fans then do come and join us over at the Spybrary Community. Warning, Spybrary does not accept any liability for bankruptcies or divorces that may occur as a result of you browsing this list of the best espionage novels! So if you are looking for spy book recommendations, then read on.
![]() Houdini rejected others’ claims that he himself possessed supernatural powers, preferring the label of “mysterious entertainer.” He scoffed at those who professed psychic gifts yet performed their tricks in the dark, where, as further insult to his profession, “it is not necessary for the medium to be even a clever conjurer.” The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit WorldĪn account of the showdown between Houdini, a relentless unmasker of charlatans, and Margery Crandon, the nation's most credible spirit medium Buyįor Houdini, a man who’d made a living suspending disbelief with skillful, innovative illusions, Spiritualist mediums transgressed both the ethos and artistry of his craft. He did not want to go down in history as a magician or an escape artist.” “This is what he wanted to be remembered for. ![]() “ the apex of Houdini’s anti-Spiritualist crusade,” says David Jaher, author of The Witch of Lime Street, a 2015 book about Houdini’s yearlong campaign to expose a Boston medium as a fraud. At the outset, the magician stated his case plainly: “This thing they call Spiritualism, wherein a medium intercommunicates with the dead, is a fraud from start to finish.” Harry Houdini (seated at center left) with Senator Arthur Capper (right) at a 1926 congressional hearingĭescribed by the Washington Post as “ uproarious,” the 1926 congressional hearings marked the culmination of Houdini’s all-consuming mission to put fake mediums out of business. A few months before his death, Houdini even testified before Congress in support of legislation that would have criminalized fortune-telling for hire and “any person pretending to … unite the separated” in the District of Columbia. In the last years of his life, Houdini, who’d once displayed open curiosity about Spiritualism (a religious movement based on the belief that the dead could interact with the living), publicly inveighed against fraudulent mediums who conned grieving customers out of their money. He’d likely be mortified, however, to learn that these remembrances take the form of a séance. Ever the attention-seeker in life, Houdini would be honored that admirers are still marking the anniversary of his death after 95 years. Though visitors are banned from visiting the magician’s grave on Halloween, devotees continue to gather for the tradition elsewhere. I do not believe that Houdini can come back to me, or to anyone.”ĭespite Bess’ lack of success, the Houdini séance ritual persists to this day. ![]() But on Halloween 1936, she finally gave up, declaring to the world, “Houdini did not come through. Over the next ten years, Bess hosted annual séances to see if the so-called Handcuff King would come through with an encore performance from the spirit world. Famous in life for his improbable escapes from physical constraints, the illusionist promised his wife, Bess, that-if at all possible-he would also slip the shackles of death to send her a coded message from the beyond. Harry Houdini was just 52 when he died on Halloween in 1926, succumbing to peritonitis caused by a ruptured appendix. ![]() ![]() Voices that are downloaded aren’t available until the download is complete. And for those who have a Mac computer, you can take that feature and use it in your everyday workflow. When you’re done adding voices, click OK.Ĭlick the “System voice” pop-up menu, then choose a voice you added. Voice-to-text is a helpful feature for those who are often out and about. To show more voices for the current language, such as for another country or region, you may need to scroll down on the right. (You may need to scroll down on the left.) Toggle Text-to-Speech - Command T Pause or resume reading - Space bar (while in a. Sample a voice: Click the Play button next to the name of the voice.įind a voice for another language: Click the name of the language in the sidebar. Press Command T or select the Tools menu and choose Start Text-to-Speech. (You may need to scroll down.)Ĭlick the “System voice” pop-up menu, then choose Manage Voices.Īdd a new voice: Click the Download button next to the voices you want to add. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click Accessibility in the sidebar. If you add a voice that’s not on your Mac, it’s automatically downloaded from Apple (you must be connected to the internet). Its stack can run on anything from embedded devices to web browsers, providing an immersive experience not achievable by any Big Tech. Picovoice offers speech-to-text, voice search, wake word, Speech-to-Intent (intent detection) and voice activity detection engines. You can add voices to the “System voice” pop-up menu. Picovoice is the first and only ubiquitous on-device voice AI platform. Get started with accessibility features.Use Sign in with Apple for apps and websites.Watch and listen together with SharePlay.Share and collaborate on files and folders.Sync music, books, and more between devices. ![]() Click the System Preferences icon in the Dock. Make and receive phone calls on your Mac To select your MacBooks voice in Mac OS X, follow these steps: 1.MORE HOW TO VIDEOS: Show more Show more Voice Typing Changes Everything - So much more than Dictation. Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad OneNote For Mac Dictation Microphones To Enhance Recognition Useful Dictation Tips What Is Dictation Software Dictation software enables your Mac to translate spoken words into written text which enables you to write much more than typing alone. Learn how to maximize on time and efficiency with Voice-to-Text dictation on a Mac.Use Live Text to interact with text in a photo.Make text and other items on the screen bigger.Install and reinstall apps from the App Store. ![]() |
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