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Constructor & Destructor Documentation
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| IFXRESULT CIFXAxisAlignedBBox::Build |
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This method takes as input another bounding volume and tests it and the current one for overlap.
In the current implementation of the bounding hierarchy the bounding volumes are oriented bounding boxes.
- Parameters:
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- Returns an IFXRESULT code.
- IFX_E_INVALID_POINTER is returned if an invalid pointer is passed for pBoundVolume.
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This method takes as input another bounding volume and tests it and the current one for overlap using box/sphere overlap tests.
The pBound passed in always refers to the sphere object.
- Parameters:
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| fSphereRadiusSquared | An F32 representing the squared radius of the sphere. |
| vSphereCentroid | An IFXVector3 reference to the sphere's centroid. |
| vContactPoint | An IFXVector3 reference to the computed point of contact. |
| vContactNormal | An IFXVector3 array pointing to the normal vectors computed at the point of contact. |
- Returns:
- Returns an IFXRESULT code.
- IFX_E_INVALID_POINTER is returned if an invalid pointer is passed for pBoundVolume.
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This method tests for an intersection of a three dimensional ray and an IFXBoundVolume object.
- Parameters:
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| vDirection | An IFXVector3 reference to the ray's direction. point of contact. |
| uPickType | A U32 representing the picking mode. |
NONE - do not test this object FRONT - test for front facing triangle intersections. BACK - test for back facing triangle intersections. BOTH - test for front and back facing intersection.
- Returns:
- Returns an IFXRESULT code.
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| uPickType | A U32 representing the picking mode. |
NONE - do not test this object FRONT - test for front facing triangle intersections. BACK - test for back facing triangle intersections. BOTH - test for front and back facing intersection.
- Returns:
- Returns an IFXRESULT code.
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In the current implementation of the bounding hierarchy the bounding volumes are oriented bounding boxes.
- Parameters:
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- Returns an IFXRESULT code.
- IFX_E_INVALID_POINTER is returned if an invalid pointer is passed for pBoundVolume.
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CSS border-spacing
This CSS property is used to set the distance between the borders of the adjacent cells in the table. It applies only when the border-collapse property is set to separate. There will not be any space between the borders if the border-collapse is set to collapse. It can be defined as one or two values for determining the vertical and horizontal spacing.
- When only one value is specified, then it sets both horizontal and vertical spacing.
- When we use the two-value syntax, then the first one is used to set the horizontal spacing (i.e., the space between the adjacent columns), and the second value sets the vertical spacing (i.e., the space between the adjacent rows).
SYNTAX
Property Values
length: This value sets the distance between the borders of the adjacent table cells in px, cm, pt, etc. Negative values are not allowed.
initial: It sets the property to its default value.
inherit: It inherits the property from its parent element.
Let's understand this CSS property by using some examples. In the first example, we are using the single value of the border-spacing property, and in the second example, we are using two values of the border-spacing property.
Example:
Here, we are using the single value of the border-spacing property. The border-collapse property is set to separate, and the value of the border-spacing is set to 45px.
output
The border-spacing Property
border-spacing: 45px;
| First_Name | Last_Name | Subject | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| James | Gosling | Maths | 92 |
| Alan | Rickman | Maths | 89 |
| Sam | Mendes | Maths | 82 |
Here, we are using two values of the border-spacing property. The border-collapse property is set to separate, and the value of the border-spacing is set to 20pt 1em. The first value, i.e., 20pt sets the horizontal spacing, and the value 1em set the vertical spacing.
output
click here


When does the ability check to see if Grenade Launcher should be scrapped?
Any ability that starts with “After the Upgraded character attacks” happens after attack damage is done and the battle ends.
If Optimus Prime, Battlefield Legend attacks, and the Action I play puts a Grenade Launcher onto him, will that Grenade Launcher be scrapped?
Yes. After the battle, Grenade Launcher will see that the character it’s upgrading has attacked and its ability will make you scrap it. Similarly, if a character that has a Grenade Launcher attacks, but somehow no longer has that Grenade Launcher after the battle (say, because a Swap Parts put it on a different character), Grenade Launcher won’t be scrapped.


Example that demontrates that the ticket 31 is fixed. See the wrong move: Ticket 52 at GitHub. As you can see, the whole PGN is read, but after the wrong move, the computation is aborted.


JavaScript APIs hosted at APIs.ucsf.edu reside in an object in the global namespace called UCSF
.
The base object may be loaded in a web page like so:
<script src="http://apis.ucsf.edu/jsapi"></script>
In practice, however, you would almost never load the base object like that. Instead, you would request all the other code required for your APIs at the same time. For example, you could get the base object (UCSF
) and the Person Search API code (UCSF.Person
) like so:
<script src="http://apis.ucsf.edu/jsapi?person"></script>
Or if you wanted to get the Shuttle API code as well (UCSF.Shuttle
), you could get it all with one HTTP request:
<script src="http://apis.ucsf.edu/jsapi?person&shuttle"></script>
There is some basic scaffolding inside the UCSF
object for CORS/XHR support and a Flash-based polyfill fallback for CORS/XHR for Internet Explorer 7 (IE7).
If you're wondering why we bother with IE7, that's an excellent question. For better or worse, there is a substantial IE7 installed base at the UCSF Medical Center. While we don't want to go too crazy supporting obsolete technology with a disappearing market share, we nonetheless want these APIs to work on all computers at UCSF. This means supporting IE7. (And yes, IE7 support more than triples the size of the base JavaScript object. C'est la vie.)


{% load i18n %}
{% trans "Go here to find your public authority" %}
{% trans "The URL you are looking for looks something like this:" %}


Class: Aws::EC2::Types::NatGateway
| Relationships & Source Files | |
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self,
Struct
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Overview
Instance Attribute Summary
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#create_time ⇒ Time
rw
The date and time the NAT gateway was created.
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#delete_time ⇒ Time
rw
The date and time the NAT gateway was deleted, if applicable.
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#failure_code ⇒ String
rw
If the NAT gateway could not be created, specifies the error code for the failure.
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#failure_message ⇒ String
rw
If the NAT gateway could not be created, specifies the error message for the failure, that corresponds to the error code.
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#nat_gateway_addresses ⇒ Array<Types::NatGatewayAddress>
rw
Information about the IP addresses and network interface associated with the NAT gateway.
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#nat_gateway_id ⇒ String
rw
The ID of the NAT gateway.
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#provisioned_bandwidth ⇒ Types::ProvisionedBandwidth
rw
Reserved.
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#state ⇒ String
rw
The state of the NAT gateway.
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#subnet_id ⇒ String
rw
The ID of the subnet in which the NAT gateway is located.
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#vpc_id ⇒ String
rw
The ID of the VPC in which the NAT gateway is located.
.
Instance Attribute Details
#create_time ⇒ Time
(rw)
The date and time the NAT gateway was created.
#delete_time ⇒ Time
(rw)
The date and time the NAT gateway was deleted, if applicable.
#failure_code ⇒ String
(rw)
If the NAT gateway could not be created, specifies the error code for the failure. (InsufficientFreeAddressesInSubnet
| Gateway.NotAttached
| InvalidAllocationID.NotFound
| Resource.AlreadyAssociated
| InternalError
| InvalidSubnetID.NotFound
)
#failure_message ⇒ String
(rw)
If the NAT gateway could not be created, specifies the error message for the failure, that corresponds to the error code.
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For InsufficientFreeAddressesInSubnet: "Subnet has insufficient free addresses to create this NAT gateway"
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For Gateway.NotAttached: "Network vpc-xxxxxxxx has no Internet gateway attached"
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For InvalidAllocationID.NotFound: "Elastic IP address eipalloc-xxxxxxxx could not be associated with this NAT gateway"
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For Resource.AlreadyAssociated: "Elastic IP address eipalloc-xxxxxxxx is already associated"
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For InternalError: "Network interface eni-xxxxxxxx, created and used internally by this NAT gateway is in an invalid state. Please try again."
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For InvalidSubnetID.NotFound: "The specified subnet subnet-xxxxxxxx does not exist or could not be found."
#nat_gateway_addresses ⇒ Array
<Types::NatGatewayAddress> (rw)
Information about the IP addresses and network interface associated with the NAT gateway.
#nat_gateway_id ⇒ String
(rw)
The ID of the NAT gateway.
#provisioned_bandwidth ⇒ Types::ProvisionedBandwidth (rw)
Reserved. If you need to sustain traffic greater than the documented limits, contact us through the Support Center.
#state ⇒ String
(rw)
The state of the NAT gateway.
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pending
: The NAT gateway is being created and is not ready to process traffic. -
failed
: The NAT gateway could not be created. Check thefailureCode
andfailureMessage
fields for the reason. -
available
: The NAT gateway is able to process traffic. This status remains until you delete the NAT gateway, and does not indicate the health of the NAT gateway. -
deleting
: The NAT gateway is in the process of being terminated and may still be processing traffic. -
deleted
: The NAT gateway has been terminated and is no longer processing traffic.
Possible values:
- pending
- failed
- available
- deleting
- deleted
#subnet_id ⇒ String
(rw)
The ID of the subnet in which the NAT gateway is located.
#vpc_id ⇒ String
(rw)
The ID of the VPC in which the NAT gateway is located.


Two Saudi soldiers killed near Yemen border
by Anadolu AgencyRIYADH: Two Saudi soldiers were killed near the Kingdom’s border with the war-weary Yemen, local media reported on Sunday.
Saudi Arabia’s official news agency SPA said Faris Said al-Gamidi and Bedr Isa es-Silmi were killed when they were on duty at the southern border of Yemen.
The ranks of the soldiers were not revealed, neither the details about the time and circumstances of the deaths.
Yemen’s Houthis target Saudi Arabian troops by infiltrating the border occasionally, as well as missile attacks on the Saudi border cities of Najran and Jizan.
Earlier in November, Saudi Arabia announced that five soldiers were killed in Jizan.
Yemen has been beset by violence and chaos since 2014, when Houthi rebels overran much of the country, including the capital Sanaa.
The crisis escalated in 2015 when a Saudi-led military coalition launched a devastating air campaign aimed at rolling back Houthi territorial gains.
Since then, tens of thousands of Yemenis, including numerous civilians, are believed to have been killed in the conflict, while another 14 million are at risk of starvation, according to the United Nations.


ChatDown Explorer
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Other examples:
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To uppercase and lowercase C/C++ functions for Unicode - language agnostic
From http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fnls%2Frbagslowtoupmaptable.htm
/*
** Copyright (c) Leigh Brasington 2012. All rights reserved.
** This code may be used and reproduced without written permission.
**
** To uppercase and lowercase functions for Unicode - language agnostic
**
** Keywords: unicode toupper tolower C/C++
**
** The tables were constructed from
** http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fnls%2Frbagslowtoupmaptable.htm
**
** To use: call the functions at the end of this file.


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public class BoundedFIFO
extends java.lang.Object
BoundedFIFO
serves as the bounded first-in-first-out
buffer heavily used by the AsyncAppender
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BoundedFIFO(int maxSize)
Instantiate a new BoundedFIFO with a maximum size passed as argument.
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LoggingEvent |
get()
Get the first element in the buffer.
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int |
getMaxSize()
Get the maximum size of the buffer.
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boolean |
isFull()
Return
true if the buffer is full, that is, whether
the number of elements in the buffer equals the buffer size. |
int |
length()
Get the number of elements in the buffer.
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void |
put(LoggingEvent o)
Place a
LoggingEvent in the buffer. |
void |
resize(int newSize)
Resize the buffer to a new size.
|
boolean |
wasEmpty()
Returns
true if there is just one element in the
buffer. |
boolean |
wasFull()
Returns
true if the number of elements in the
buffer plus 1 equals the maximum buffer size, returns
false otherwise. |
public BoundedFIFO(int maxSize)
public LoggingEvent get()
null
if
there are no elements in the buffer.public void put(LoggingEvent o)
LoggingEvent
in the buffer. If the buffer is full
then the event is silently dropped. It is the caller's
responsability to make sure that the buffer has free space.public int getMaxSize()
public boolean isFull()
true
if the buffer is full, that is, whether
the number of elements in the buffer equals the buffer size.public int length()
maxSize
(inclusive).public void resize(int newSize)
public boolean wasEmpty()
true
if there is just one element in the
buffer. In other words, if there were no elements before the last
put(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent)
operation completed.public boolean wasFull()
true
if the number of elements in the
buffer plus 1 equals the maximum buffer size, returns
false
otherwise.Copyright © 1999-2015 Apache Software Foundation. All Rights Reserved.


Using your own model?
Steps to follow:
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Go to the
teachable machine website.
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Name the classes as mentioned below, and use the webcam option
to capture photos(200 for each label should suffice).
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Once photos are captured for all three classes, click on train,
and once training is complete, click on upload.
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A URL will be generated, which should be pasted on the text
field below.
Make sure the classes are labeled as the following:
- Mute Mic
- Mute Video
- Raise Hand


Switch One Shift
This experimental system lets you make a one-time switch to a different shift that is at least {{ SOONEST_SWITCH.days }} days in the future, and is before your scheduled shift.| Original Shift | Switch To |
{{ original.member.user.first_name }}
({{ original.account }}) {{ original }} |
{% if possible_switches.count %}
If you need a different make-up, contact co-op staff instead. {% else %} Sorry, we don't seem to have any unassigned shifts between {{ earliest_switch|date:"n/j" }} and {{ original.time|date:"n/j" }}. Please contact co-op staff if you really need to switch this shift. {% endif %} |
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling.
What the Wind Knows
Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather’s stories of Ireland. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes.


JavaScript Dom & UI: Course Introduction
Course Program, Evaluation, Exams, Resouces
#Course Evaluation
* **Practical exam** - 60%
* **Homework** - 10%
* **Team work** - 20%
* **Forum activity** - 5%
* **Helping other students** - 5%
JavaScript UI & DOM:
Course Introduction
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Team Members
The AMEGO team is a cross-section of the high energy astrophysics community and includes experts on the technical and scientific of the mission. If you are interested in being involved in AMEGO, please contact Julie McEnery.
NASA/GSFC
- Julie McEnery (PI)
- Jeremy Perkins
- Liz Hays
- Judith Racusin
- Dave Thompson
- Alice Harding
- Brad Cenko
- Tonia Venters
- John Mitchell
NASA/GSFC/CRESST
- Alex Moiseev
- Dan Castro
- Sara Buson
- Roopesh Ojha
- Elizabeth Ferrara
- Chris Shrader
GWU
- Sylvain Guiriec
- Oleg Kargaltsev
- Alexander van der Horst
Clemson University
- Dieter Hartmann
- Marco Ajello
NRL
- Eric Grove
- Richard Woolf
- Eric Wulf
- Justin Finke
- Teddy Cheung
UC Berkeley
- Steven Boggs
- Andreas Zoglauer
- John Tomsick
Washington University in St Louis
- Fabian Kislat
- Henric Krawczynski
UNH
- Mark McConnell
- Peter Bloser
NASA/MSFC
- Colleen Wilson-Hodge
- Michelle Hui
- Dan Kocevski
UAH
- Michael Briggs
USRA
- Valerie Connaughton
OSU
- John Beacom
UIUC
- Brian Fields
UNLV
- Bing Zhang
U Delaware
- Jamie Holder
Georgia Tech
- Nepomuk Otte
UCSC
- Regina Caputo
- Robert Johnson
SLAC
- Seth Digel
- Eric Charles
Stanford
- Nicola Omodei
- Igor Moskalenko
- Giacomo Vianello


ANAGRAMATIC
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- You have 1 minute to to write as many words as you can.
- Words must contain 3 or more letters.
- Words must only contain the letters from the current word.
- You cannot use the same letter multiple times unless it appears more than once in the given word.
- 3-8 letter words score 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 points respectively.
- Anagrams score a 10 × multiplier e.g. 4 letter anagram = 10 points.
Shortcut Keys
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to check the word.
- Press
spacebar
to change the word.


Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (v9.0) is a native IDE for .NET 3.5. It is very similar to any other Visual Studio versions. It provides more functionality and targets a different version of C# (C# 3.0).
Also Microsoft has released the light versions of Visual Studio (Visual Studio 2008 C# Express edition), which can be downloaded for free.
The way how the CS-Script is integrated with VS2008 is virtually the same as with VS2005/2003 (see previous chapters).
Open the script in Visual Studio by using shell extension:
This is the screenshot of the debugging "Hello World!" sample (hello.cs file).
You can significantly improve the level of the development convenience by enabling CS-Script toolbar and CS-Script code snippets from Visual Studio Integration console.
Debugging tutorial | Script Library


Is it to have fun with classmates? Be tested at the highest level competitively? What do they want to get from the activity? Finding the right program starts with understanding a child’s social-emotional needs.
Research shows that parents who are physically active Most kids get funneled into the same small handful of sports. But there are 120 of them offered across the U.S., with programs that might just be a few miles away. There’s a sport for every kid. Explore the options with them.
Michael Jordan had a “love of the game” clause in his NBA contract that allowed him to play pickup hoops. Build the same ethos into your kid’s experience so it’s not all organized competition. Give kids equipment, and get out of the way.
As early as grade school, your child may get pressure to focus on playing one sport year-round. Research on child and athletic development rejects this approach. Ask program leaders how they’ll make room for playing other sports.
The best programs mandate training in coaching philosophy/methods, sport skills & tactics, and safety protections including first aid and CPR (and, in collision sports like football and hockey, concussion management).
Kids are not miniature adults. Six isn’t even 16. Children learn better and have more fun when play spaces, equipment and the number of participants on the field/court/ice are modified to their level. Small rosters help, too.
Kids want access to the action. You want them to be physically active, while also minimizing the costs and time allocated to away-game transportation. The best programs understand that development mostly occurs in training. At least two practices for every game is best.
There’s a time for programs to sort the weak from the strong in sports. It’s not before kids grow into their bodies, minds and interests. Through age 12, at least, programs should invest in every kid equally. That includes playing time.
A simple online survey is easy enough to create and send at the end of the season, collecting insights that can be shared with program leadership to improve quality and foster retention. Honor the programs that honor input.
Physical Literacy is the ability, confidence and desire to be active for life, with an emphasis on fundamental movement skills – not just sport-specific skills. Learning to move well can open access to dozens of sports.
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- 6-8 = Solid foundation
- 3-5 = Much more can be done
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helpful links
The American Academy of Pediatrics provides information on the following topics:
- Encouraging your child to be physically active
- Find out what type of activities are advisable to introduce at each stage of development
- The importance of play in promoting healthy child development and maintaining strong parent-child bonds
- Organized sports for children and preadolescents
- Commonly asked questions about children and sports
- Parenting an athlete
- Overuse injuries, overtraining, and burnout in child and adolescent athletes
- Sports specialization and intensive training in young athletes
- What Coaches Can Do to Create a Positive Youth Sports Experience
- Sportsmanship and helping your kids get the most out of sports participation
- The best ways to keep your child safe around swimming pools
- Understand ways to help children form and practice healthy media use habits
- Youth physical activity guidelines toolkit created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and partner organizations.
- Influence of parents’ physical activity levels on activity levels of young children, Journal of Pediatrics
- Evaluating approaches to physical literacy through the lens of positive youth development, by Veronica Allen, Jennifer Turnidge & Jean Cote
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, SHAPE America, and other national organizations recommendations on daily recess physical activity
- What does the science say about athletic development in children?
- Kid-focused, coach-Driven: What Training is Needed? Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program, 2013.
- Physical literacy in the United States: A model, strategic plan, and call to action, Aspen Institute Sports & Society program, 2015.
- Check out a free, community-generated guide to parks and playgrounds, searchable by zip code, created by KaBOOM!
- The United States Olympic Committee, in partnership with national governing bodies of sport, created the American development model in 2014 to help Americans realize their full athletic potential and utilize sport as a path toward an active and healthy lifestyle.


Humour and Dialect
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Disturber
Additional Information
- Year Published: 1913
- Language: English
- Country of Origin: United States of America
- Source: Dunbar, P.L. (1913). The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company.
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Readability:
- Flesch–Kincaid Level: 6.5
- Word Count: 339
- Genre: Poetry
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Oh, what shall I do? I am wholly upset;
I am sure I ‘ll be jailed for a lunatic yet.
I ‘ll be out of a job—it’s the thing to expect
When I ‘m letting my duty go by with neglect.
You may judge the extent and degree of my plight
When I ‘m thinking all day and a–dreaming all night,
And a–trying my hand at a rhyme on the sly,
All on account of a sparkling eye.
There are those who say men should be strong, well–a–day!
But what constitutes strength in a man? Who shall say?
I am strong as the most when it comes to the arm.
I have aye held my own on the playground or farm.
And when I ‘ve been tempted, I haven’t been weak;
But now—why, I tremble to hear a maid speak.
I used to be bold, but now I ‘ve grown shy,
And all on account of a sparkling eye.
There once was a time when my heart was devout,
But now my religion is open to doubt.
When parson is earnestly preaching of grace,
My fancy is busy with drawing a face,
Thro’ the back of a bonnet most piously plain;
‘I draw it, redraw it, and draw it again.’
While the songs and the sermon unheeded go by,—
All on account of a sparkling eye.
Oh, dear little conjurer, give o’er your wiles,
It is easy for you, you’re all blushes and smiles:
But, love of my heart, I am sorely perplexed;
I am smiling one minute and sighing the next;
And if it goes on, I ‘ll drop hackle and flail,
And go to the parson and tell him my tale.
I warrant he ‘ll find me a cure for the sigh
That you ‘re aye bringing forth with the glance of your eye.


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Provide adequate light. The goal is a vegetative light cycle (18 hours of light at least), with eight or more hours of direct sun or bright artificial light. If you need lots of an herb, you will need to take care of the herb's lighting needs. For example, basil and coriander (cilantro) need just a bit more light than other herbs, and really prefer 8 hours or more of direct light each day. In addition to this, if you want fresh pesto, just a pinch here and there is not going to cut it. Here's what you can do about it: Whenever the light levels are low, give them a boost. Two or three fluorescent lights above your plants will greatly increase growth and yield. You can grow enough basil for a few servings of pesto now and then and still have enough always at your fingertips. With a small metal halide light, you would have a larger area with better lighting. You could produce an abundance of any herbs you choose for your culinary and aromatic delights. Basil would take well to the bright conditions under a metal halide, as it is a Mediterranean, sun-loving herb.
Select the proper soil. Some herbs grow better in poor soil, as they can develop a stronger flavour. The oils in herbs make them special. Very fast growing herbs often grow plain leaves and stems more quickly than they can produce tasty essential oils. Often you will hear, "Basil grows better in poor soil," or, "Your basil will taste better if you don't fertilize". What is really meant here is, "Don't grow your basil too fast." (Basil is an example to which this applies).
Correctly set up your containers. When growing in a container it is a little different. The plant still needs some food to grow, and when that food runs out you will need to fertilize. However, as you will see next, this is all taken into consideration together with the growth habits of your herbs: To keep initial growth rates in control, use a soil mix with just enough nutrients. Mix 2 parts coir (coconut fibre) compost to 1 part perlite, and then add 20 percent worm castings. Test the pH of any mix, and if it is acidic, add one gram of hydrated lime for every litre of soil mix. Or, you can substitute with vermiculite, which does not need pH adjusting. Finally, add 1 tablespoon of kelp meal for each gallon of soil to add plant hormones and to give beneficial micro-organisms something to feed on. Use this mix whenever you transplant.
Know when to water. If the surface of the soil feels dry, you need to water. Another way to tell is to pick up the container and check how heavy it is. Your herbs like their soil to drain fast. You need to have containers with holes in the bottoms, and you need to add a layer of broken roof tiles (slate is ideal) or other small flat stones, or a centimetre or so of perlite or gravel to the bottom of each container as you transplant. It is best to water thoroughly but less often. Water the container until some water comes out of the bottom, but don't over-water.
Start feeding your plants after 10 or so days. When the herbs have been in any container for ten days or more, you need to begin feeding them. In a container, the roots are stuck in a small space and will quickly mine it free of any nutrients, especially if you have been going easy on the nutrients to begin with. Feed with half-strength nutrient such as Maxsea 16-16-16 every two weeks.
Give an additional boost to your herbs. If you really want to keep your plants healthy, it is recommended to use 10 ml/gallon B1 plant mix and liquid seaweed in every drop of water you give to your plants. The B1 consists of vitamins and root hormones, and the seaweed is trace nutrients and plant growth hormones. This will help with essential oil production. Finally, water basil from around the base; it does not like water on its leaves.
Use your herbs when they're ready. As soon as the herbs have grown enough leaves to be pinched without affecting their growth, you can begin using some of the herbs. This usually takes about 4 to 6 weeks, depending on the herbs. Herbs like basil are best when harvested before flowers open. You will get your highest essential oil levels when you harvest at the end of the dark period, assuming you do not leave the lights on 24 hours a day. source http://www.wikihow.com/Grow-an-Herb-Garden-Indoors-Year-Round


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