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The University Library has improved the VPN tools that allow current UC Davis students, faculty, and staff access to our licensed resources from off campus!
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Rock and Pop Function Bands for hire in Lancashire 446 of the finest Lancashire Function Bands to hire for your events
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Sonic Machine5 stars - Sonic Machine are Highly Recommended 22 Customer ReviewsFee for Lancashire £1,331
Sonic Machine are a 5-piece, male lead rock and pop band with a fantastic brass section available as an extra option. Performing perfect fun & up-tempo party music from the 1960's to 2007, the band wi......
The Brollies5 stars - The Brollies are Highly Recommended 1 Customer ReviewsFee for Lancashire £880
A highly professional and top quality three piece band who can perform a range of genres from Classic Rock, Blues to Rock 'n' Roll. Whether you want to hear Marvin Gaye, The Beach Boys or The Rolling ......
The Rockits5 stars - The Rockits are Highly Recommended 38 Customer ReviewsFee for Lancashire £1,459
The Rockits are a cool, contemporary Indie, Rock & Pop band. Covering music from Kings Of Leon, Maroon 5, The Beatles, The Killers, The Kinks & more, their sole intention is to get you & your guests r......
The Kicks5 stars - The Kicks are Highly Recommended 160 Customer ReviewsFee for Lancashire £1,620
The Kicks have a modern-indie focused repertoire; Pulp to Bastille, with vintage rock & pop included. Previous clients include: BBC, O2, ITV, Ben Sherman and Procter & Gamble. Over 125 positive custom......
PopsterRock and Pop Function Band based 170 miles from Lancashire5 stars - Popster are Highly Recommended 67 Customer ReviewsFee for Lancashire £888
Popster - 'The Party Band' voted 'Best Wedding & Party Band in the South West' National Entertainment Awards Absolutely brilliant! You gave us an amazing night and I just can't thank you enough. All o......
Having trouble finding the perfect Function Band?
If you would like help selecting the perfect function band for your event, simply give us a call or submit the quick enquiry form below and one of our talented entertainment coordinators will be happy to assist. please give us a call during office hours which are 9am - 5:30pm Monday to Friday.
You can ask a question and request a callback using the form below.Make a Quick Enquiry
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The Suburbs5 stars - The Suburbs are Highly Recommended 3 Customer ReviewsFee for Lancashire £1,006
The Suburbs are a young and fresh new band full of energy ready to rock your party! With music from Pharrell, Stevie Wonder, The Killers, Daft Punk, Elvis and more, The Suburbs guarantee a busy dance ......
Indie Stars5 stars - Indie Stars are Highly Recommended 8 Customer ReviewsFee for Lancashire £1,258
Expect nothing but full-on dance floor frenzy with Indie Stars. With a big sound and rock star looks this band will be the highlight of your event.
Jester5 stars - Jester are Highly Recommended 51 Customer ReviewsFee for Lancashire £1,350
Jester are a professional 5 piece band comprising some of the UK's finest musicians! With material from artists like The Beatles, Kings Of Leon, Jackie Wilson, Jessie J, Stevie Wonder & more, Jester's......
New Frequencies5 stars - New Frequencies are Highly Recommended 23 Customer ReviewsFee for Lancashire £1,195
New Frequencies are a male & female led rock & pop band playing hits from The Beatles to The Killers, Lady Gaga. They provide a free disco option, & come with a great quality PA system as standard. A ......
Up5 stars - Up are Highly Recommended 21 Customer ReviewsFee for Lancashire £1,132
Up are the perfect choice to fill your dance floor with their energetic live sets. From The Beatles to Bruno Mars & everything else in-between, this 3 (or 4!) piece band will get your special event go......
Function Band Booking Guide
How to hire amazing Function Bands for your event
Rock and Pop Function bands (or cover bands / wedding bands / party bands as they're also known) are by far the most popular type of live music entertainment booked for weddings, corporate events and private parties. They absolutely make a party with their energetic performances of classic hits and contemporary chart anthems which are ideal to keep guests of all ages dancing into the night.
For a more comprehensive function band booking guide please read 'Booking a function band – Everything you'll ever need to know'.
What kind of music will a Function Band will play?
Every function band is different but the examples below should give you a good idea of what to expect:
- Contemporary hits: Bruno Mars, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, The 1975, Justin Bieber, James Bay, Pharrell, Arctic Monkeys
- Indie, Brit pop & the noughties: The Killers, Oasis, Blur, Stone Roses, Amy Winehouse, Stereophonics, Pulp, Keiser Chiefs, Razorlight, The Strokes, Snow Patrol, Robbie Williams, Take That, Beyoncé, Kylie
- 1980's: Queen, Madonna, The Jam, The Police, Madness, A-Ha, Prince, Bon Jovi, The Smiths, Bryan Adams, Dire Straights, Whitney Houston
- 1970's: James Brown, ABBA, Chic, Bee Gees, Stevie Wonder, Jackson 5, Fleetwood Mac, T-Rex
- 1960's: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, The Kinks, Van Morrison, The Who, Roy Orbison, The Monkees,
- 1950's: Elvis, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard
Popular types of function band
1. Guitar bands
Usually formed from 3-5 members with an indie/pop/rock guitar based sound, covering artists like The Rolling Stones and The Beatles through to Killers and Arctic Monkeys.
2. Pop/Funk/Soul bands.
Containing anything from 5-12 members, often with female lead vocals and more prominent use of keyboards or a brass section, playing classic pop and Motown through to contemporary pop/r'nb artists like Tailor Swift, Pharrell, Rihanna, Maroon 5, Amy Winehouse, Beyoncé etc.
Function band prices – what does a band cost?
Prices vary depending on the number of members in the band and the travel distance to your event. Smaller local function bands will cost a lot less money than a bigger band travelling from out of the area. Our bands range from as little as £650 for a trio, to £10,000+ for a top flight 11-piece function band.
In 2016, the average price of a 4-5 piece function band was around £1350 - £1500.
What you'll get when you book function bands
A function band will provide all of their own equipment including a PA system and stage lighting. Most function bands offer two sixty minute performances as standard though many can perform for longer if required. Most bands will offer background music before, between and after their performances, and some offer a more comprehensive DJ service.
What will the band need?
Function bands need very little in order put on a great performance at your event. They'll need a performance area that's safe, dry and has an adequate electricity supply (minimum of 4 power sockets). Below is a rough guide to how much space bands of different sizes would require:
3-piece band: 3 x 3 meters
4-piece band: 4 meters wide by 3 meters deep
5 and 6-piece band: 5 meters wide by 3 meters deep
7-piece and bigger: 5/6 meters wide by 4 meters deep.
Other than that the band will appreciate a secure lockable changing room, parking at the venue (with good access to load in) and a hot meal / refreshments
How to make an enquiry
Make an enquiry using our web site …
With Alive Network it couldn't be easier to hire a Rock and Pop Function Band. We've designed our web site so that you can research and review available bands at your leisure. Simply enter a search using the form above and we'll show you which bands are available on your event date and what they'll cost to perform at your event location. Click a band's View Full Profile button to review their detailed profile page where you can listen to a selection of audio recordings, watch videos, review photos, read previous customer reviews and find out everything you'll need to know about the band. Once you've found a band you like, click the Add To Basket button and follow the steps to enter some basic timing information and select any customisation options. Once you've added the band to your basket you can review and add more bands to your basket or else you can submit an enquiry for the one band to Alive Network.
Once your enquiry has been submitted an Alive Network coordinator will get in touch with you directly to discuss your event further and provide a confirmed quote from the artist.
Making an enquiry over the phone or by email
If you would like assistance in finding the perfect function band for your event we are happy to make recommendations based on the brief that you give us. Simply give us a call on 0845 108 5500 and tell us about what you're looking for, or submit a quick enquiry using the form below. One of our expert entertainment coordinators will be happy to send you suggestions and help walk you through the choices available, answer any questions, and help you to hire a band that's perfect for your event.
Need help finding the perfect Function Band?
If you would like help selecting the perfect Function Band for your event, simply give us a call or submit the quick enquiry form below and one of our talented entertainment coordinators will be happy to assist.Make a Quick Enquiry
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How to hire a function band – making a booking
Once you've settled on the band that you would like to book, simply let your Alive Network coordinator know that you'd like to confirm the booking and they'll secure the booking with the band. They will issue you and the band with legally binding booking contracts which ensure all the details of your booking are correct, everyone understands what they've agreed to, and that the band can't pull out of the booking or mess you around. You will need to pay a booking deposit to Alive Network upon confirmation (roughly 25% of the total fee) and the remaining balance is usually payable directly to the artist on the night of the event. Your deposit can be paid by card, bank transfer or cheque.
If you need to discuss any aspect of your booking, or if you need to make any changes, your dedicated Alive Network coordinator will be on hand to support you as much as you need.
You will be put in touch with the band 3-4 weeks before your event to run over the arrangements, fine tune the details and make any changes necessary.
For a more comprehensive function band booking guide please read 'Booking a function band – Everything you'll ever need to know'.
Browse local Rock and Pop Function Bands in Lancashire
- Accrington
- Adlington
- Bacup
- Bamber Bridge
- Barnoldswick
- Barrowford
- Blackburn
- Blackpool
- Brierfield
- Burnley
- Carnforth
- Chorley
- Church
- Clayton-Le-Moors
- Cleveleys
- Clitheroe
- Colne
- Darwen
- Earby
- Fleetwood
- Freckleton
- Fulwood
- Great Harwood
- Haslingden
- Heysham
- Kirkham
- Lancaster
- Leyland
- Longridge
- Lytham St Anne's
- Morecambe
- Nelson
- Ormskirk
- Oswaldtwistle
- Padiham
- Poulton-Le-Fylde
- Preston
- Rawtenstall
- Rishton
- Skelmersdale
- Thornton
- Trawden
- Whitworth
Popular artist types in Lancashire
- Rock & Pop Function Bands
- Jazz Bands
- Rat Pack & Swing Singers
- Soul, RnB & Motown
- Solo, Duos & Trios
- String Quartets
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- Wedding DJs
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Move battles II ( Mod of Jedi knight 3 Jedi Academy) - No other game has made me laugh so hard from fun that I nearly fell over & passed out from a lack of oxygen! This game can really be hysterical fun with up to about 32 other players even when you loose you still can have fun. Nothing like when someone tosses a thermal detonator towards a group of jedi and they force push it back to your team and it wipes out half your allies lol!
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Newcastle loan out Amalfitano
Newcastle midfielder Romain Amalfitano has joined French club Dijon on a season-long loan.
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The 24-year-old joined Newcastle from Reims last summer and was regarded as one for the future by Alan Pardew.
Amalfitano made four first-team appearances for Newcastle last season, all in the Europa League, with his last outing coming back in November.
The Frenchman is well down the pecking order in Pardew's plans and the club feel he will be best served to go out on loan to get regular first-team football.
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Achieving the smart grid's potential requires a revolution in electricity pricing. Smart metering and smart rates might yield surprising and beneficial changes in the U.S. utility industry. But...
Rethinking Prices
The changing architecture of demand response in America.
There is universal agreement that demand response (DR) should play an important role in meeting America's energy needs. And total disagreement on the nature of this role. Two key questions continue to be debated with much vigor in regulatory proceedings before state commissions and in executive boardrooms. First, how big of a role can DR play in meeting future energy needs? And second, what should be the mix of programs in the DR portfolio?
With a view to advancing this debate, the authors present the key findings from a comprehensive assessment of the potential for DR that was submitted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to Congress last year. Evidence points toward a major shift in both restructured and regulated states toward dynamic pricing programs. This shift might change the architecture of DR in the country. But before this change can take place, several barriers need to be overcome. Scientific experimentation can play a salient role in this endeavor. However, while many experiments have been conducted and provide significant insights into customer behavior, the results might not be transferable to other regions. There will be an ongoing need for experimentation to guide the development of appropriate public policies and to address customer and regulatory concerns that are unique to each geography.
FERC Assessment
A report filed by FERC with Congress last June stated that existing DR programs in the United States have the capacity to offset 4 percent of current U.S. peak demand. 1 The existing crop of programs is dominated by traditional, reliability-driven programs such as direct control of end-use loads including residential air conditioning and curtailable and interruptible rates for large commercial and industrial customers. 2 These programs have a long history going back half a century.
There is considerable geographical variation in the amount of DR, largely driven by such factors as the rate of load growth, the cost of avoided capacity and the regulatory disposition toward demand-side programs. Some areas, such as California, Florida and New England, have significant DR activity while others, such as Alaska, Montana and Wyoming, have little.
If this level of DR is preserved through the next decade, the FERC report states that DR would shave 38,000 MW off U.S. peak demand in 2019. The report further states that if the existing mix of programs expanded geographically to include regions that currently have little DR activity and if customer participation rates in every region were to reach the levels representing today's best industry practices, the potential impact of DR programs would be significantly higher, reaching 82,000 MW, or 9 percent of U.S. peak demand.
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You're an airport manager in charge of Chicago airport. If you make enough successful flights you make money. Then you can buy extra runway or buy more seats in the plane. You can connect with cities far away because passengers pay more when they travel farther. This game is very addictive 🙂» Find out More
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This is the extended version of a famous game "Skies of War". You'll start with Focke Wolf and enjoy more airplanes in this sequel of a post iron war game. GAME CONTROLS: Mouse – Move / Shoot. R – Make a full roll. CTRL – Helicopter hover-mode. C – Chnage Weapon.» Find out More
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|Posted by Jon on March 15, 2004 at 08:41:43:
|In response to Re: opening constricted galvanized pipe
: : : : This old house has a 10ft piece of 1 1/2" galvanized buried in the cieling and just short of tearing out the drywall is there anything I can try pouring down the drain to open it up.If not is it safe to run a cutting blade thru it and if so what size is best..thanks
: : : If this is a drainage line, have it snaked with a power auger. Do NOT use chemicals like Drano. They do not work, they are dangerous to all living things and can cause damage to snaking equipment.
: : Thanks For the record this is the upstairs bath sink that had 2 sinks and one was taken out and a washer was installedI know its supposto be a 2 " line but not untill the job was all done.Now Im trying to avoid replacing the 1 1/2 " line.This old house also is wet venting..is that right?one vent for the whole house and it comes off the upstairs sink drainage out to the roof
: If you are using this (undersized)line for a washer, you could have lint clogging the line. I have found galvanized really hard to snake. You might want to call someone who has done this a time or two.
I certainly appreciate information and take nothing as a lecture but as a lesson..the washer is a new addition so lint wont be the problem but years.It appears as if none of the other locations have venting.As I go to each drain down stairs the kitchen sink, toilet and sink drain directly to the main stack pipe.The only vent Ive found is off the line that leads over to the sink drain.Also in the line that goes from the sink to the stack the upstair tub and toilet tap into it without additional venting.This is why I called it wet venting.All the fixtures get their venting from this single source.So is my problem the 1 1/2 drain line or do I need additional venting or both..If I put mini vents under the down stairs sinks will this help the flow from the upstairs drain.Over the weekend I also discovered the tub drains very slow thanks jon
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C2Hs is a wonderful little tool. It generates a lot of the boilerplate code for binding C libraries to Haskell and saves wrists and frustration. However, the documentation I've manage to find on it has at times been buggy and incomplete. I can't guarantee the following tutorial is idiomatic c2hs — actually I can guarantee that it isn't — but I can guarantee that it works.
Today I bound libshapefile to Haskell using c2hs. The following code is not at all Haskell-ish, but I find that it is best to write a true-to-C interface to C code first and then write Haskellish interfaces on top of that. The following bindings are generated, along with getters and setters for the items in the SHPObject structure:
open :: String -> String -> IO (SHPHandle) getInfo :: SHPHandle -> IO (Int, Int, [Double], [Double]) readObject :: SHPHandle -> Int -> IO (SHPObject) close :: SHPHandle -> IO () create :: String -> Int -> IO (SHPHandle) createSimpleObject :: Int -> Int -> [Double] -> [Double] -> [Double] -> IO (SHPObject) createObject :: Int -> Int -> Int -> [Int] -> [Int] -> Int -> [Double] -> [Double] -> [Double] -> [Double] -> IO (SHPObject) computeExtents :: SHPObject -> IO () writeObject :: SHPHandle -> Int -> SHPObject -> IO (Int) destroyObject :: SHPObject -> IO () rewindObject :: SHPHandle -> SHPObject -> IO (Int)
I'm going to intersperse the c2hs code that I wrote with some explanatory text in hopes that someone finds it helpful. If the authors of c2hs or someone who is more of an expert in this than me has comments on the code, I'll be happy to include them in the tutorial.
{-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface #-} {-# LANGUAGE TypeSynonymInstances #-} module Gis.Shapefile.Internal where #include <shapefil.h> import C2HS import Foreign.Ptr import System.IO.Unsafe import Foreign.C import Control.Monad import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
The library that you're binding to needs to be enclosed in a {#context #} tag first. There are other parameters that can go into context, but these weren't needed for what I was doing, and don't seem to be needed super-commonly. The C2HS import can be found in $HOME/.cabal/share if you've installed c2hs with Cabal. Noe that the #include is left bare up top. That's correct even though it's invalid Haskell code.
For many enumerations, c2hs provides the handy-dandy {#enum #} construct, but for #define-d constants, we have to wrap our own. I could make these instances of Enum, but it seems like too much work for an internal interface.
{#context lib="shapefile" #} -- these are defined constants, not an enum, so we can't just use the #enum hook shptNull = 0 shptPoint = 1 shptArc = 3 shptPolygon = 5 shptMultipoint = 8 shptPointZ = 11 shptArcZ = 13 shptPolygonZ = 15 shptMultipointZ = 18 shptPointM = 21 shptArcM = 23 shptPolygonM = 25 shptMultipointM = 28 shptMultiPatch = 35 data SHPType = TNull | TPoint | TArc | TPolygon | TMultipoint | TPointZ | TArcZ | TPolygonZ | TMultipointZ | TPointM | TArcM | TPolygonM | TMultipointM | TMultipatch shpTypeToIntegral TNull = 0 shpTypeToIntegral TPoint= 1 shpTypeToIntegral TArc=3 shpTypeToIntegral TPolygon=5 shpTypeToIntegral TMultipoint=8 shpTypeToIntegral TPointZ=11 shpTypeToIntegral TArcZ=13 shpTypeToIntegral TPolygonZ=15 shpTypeToIntegral TMultipointZ=18 shpTypeToIntegral TPointM=21 shpTypeToIntegral TArcM=23 shpTypeToIntegral TPolygonM=25 shpTypeToIntegral TMultipointM=28 shpTypeToIntegral TMultipatch=35 integralToSHPType :: (Integral a) => a -> SHPType integralToSHPType 0=TNull integralToSHPType 1=TPoint integralToSHPType 3=TArc integralToSHPType 5=TPolygon integralToSHPType 8=TMultipoint integralToSHPType 11=TPointZ integralToSHPType 13=TArcZ integralToSHPType 15=TPolygonZ integralToSHPType 18=TMultipointZ integralToSHPType 21=TPointM integralToSHPType 23=TArcM integralToSHPType 25=TPolygonM integralToSHPType 28=TMultipointM integralToSHPType 35=TMultipatch
Note that I declare opaque types two different ways below. I couldn't get c2hs to understand the SHPHandle declaration, because it was itself an opaque type in C. Well, because of something anyway. Anyway, because of that, I wrote out the opaque type by hand. Yes it looks recursive, but GHC handles it just fine, and if you use the -XEmptyDataDecls extension this is what the code actually reduces to.
newtype SHPHandle = SHPHandle (Ptr (SHPHandle)) {#pointer *SHPObject newtype #}
Now to define a bunch of getters and setters for the SHPObject type. The c2hs documentation doesn't seem to require that you unwrap the opaque type yourself into the Ptr type, but I had to. It compiles fine if you don't, but then you have to unwrap it in your other code, and I like to keep all my foreign data in one module where possible.
getSHPType (SHPObject x) = integralToSHPType <$> {#get SHPObject->nSHPType #} x getShapeId (SHPObject x) = {#get SHPObject->nShapeId #} x getParts (SHPObject x) = {#get SHPObject->nParts #} x getPartStart (SHPObject x) = {#get SHPObject->panPartStart #} x getPartType (SHPObject x) = {#get SHPObject->panPartType #} x getVertices (SHPObject x) = {#get SHPObject->nVertices #} x getX (SHPObject x) = {#get SHPObject->padfX #} x getY (SHPObject x) = {#get SHPObject->padfY #} x getZ (SHPObject x) = {#get SHPObject->padfZ #} x getM (SHPObject x) = {#get SHPObject->padfM #} x getXMin (SHPObject x) = {#get SHPObject->dfXMin #} x getYMin (SHPObject x) = {#get SHPObject->dfYMin #} x getZMin (SHPObject x) = {#get SHPObject->dfZMin #} x getMMin (SHPObject x) = {#get SHPObject->dfMMin #} x getXMax (SHPObject x) = {#get SHPObject->dfXMax #} x getYMax (SHPObject x) = {#get SHPObject->dfYMax #} x getZMax (SHPObject x) = {#get SHPObject->dfZMax #} x getMMax (SHPObject x) = {#get SHPObject->dfMMax #} x setSHPType (SHPObject p) v = {#set SHPObject->nSHPType #} p (shpTypeToIntegral v) setShapeId (SHPObject p) = {#set SHPObject->nShapeId #} p setParts (SHPObject p) = {#set SHPObject->nParts #} p
In the next line we see some Haskell code being obviously mixed with c2hs markup. This is standard practice and it's safer than it seems like it might be. c2hs parenthesizes most things and seems to handle Haskell syntax perfectly. Here we have to marshal an list of doubles to a pointer. The newArray is correct here, because the array needs to live on the C heap and not be garbage collected. The new- as opposed to alloca- means that it is our responsibility to deallocate it. Fortunately, destroyObject (bound later) releases that memory for us.
setPartStart (SHPObject p) v = newArray v >>= {#set SHPObject->panPartStart #} p setPartType (SHPObject p) v = newArray v >>= {#set SHPObject->panPartType #} p setVertices (SHPObject p) = {#set SHPObject->nVertices #} p setX (SHPObject p) v = newArray v >>= {#set SHPObject->padfX #} p setY (SHPObject p) v = newArray v >>= {#set SHPObject->padfY #} p setZ (SHPObject p) v = newArray v >>= {#set SHPObject->padfZ #} p setM (SHPObject p) v = newArray v >>= {#set SHPObject->padfM #} p setXMin (SHPObject p) = {#set SHPObject->dfXMin #} p setYMin (SHPObject p) = {#set SHPObject->dfYMin #} p setZMin (SHPObject p) = {#set SHPObject->dfZMin #} p setMMin (SHPObject p) = {#set SHPObject->dfMMin #} p setXMax (SHPObject p) = {#set SHPObject->dfXMax #} p setYMax (SHPObject p) = {#set SHPObject->dfYMax #} p setZMax (SHPObject p) = {#set SHPObject->dfZMax #} p setMMax (SHPObject p) = {#set SHPObject->dfMMax #} p
Now for a few utility functions: to/fromSHPHandle, which marshals and unmarshals a bare pointer, allocate/peek4, and peekInt. We'll use these soon in our {#fun #} bindings, but it appears from working with c2hs that you can't curry arguments into marshallers or use lambda expressions; I'm not sure if this is me or if this is c2hs, but the solution of writing utility functions works.
toSHPHandle = SHPHandle . castPtr fromSHPHandle (SHPHandle x) = castPtr x arrDouble x = ((newArray . map realToFrac $ x) >>=) arrInt x = ((newArray . map fromIntegral $ x) >>=) allocate4 = allocaArray 4 peek4 d = do lst <- (peekArray 4 d :: IO [CDouble]) return . map cFloatConv $ lst peekInt i = peek i >>= return . cIntConv {#fun SHPOpen as open { `String' , `String' } -> `SHPHandle' toSHPHandle #}
Right. So I'll explain the two marshallers on either side of the paragraph here. Argument and return types are outlined in c2hs using a backtick followed by the type followed by a forward tick. That is not a formatting mistake. To the left of the arrow are the arguments, and to the right of the arrow is the return type. On the left side of each type can be an "in-marshaller" and on the right, an "out-marshaller", which translates between Haskell types and C types. There are also two signifiers that can come at the end of the marshaller: - and *. the '-' on the in-marshaller signifies that the argument is to be handled entirely within the function def and not passed in as a parameter. The * signifier says that the result will be within the IO monad and to handle it specially. A good rule seems to be that if you're working with pointers, you'll need it. Out marshallers in the arg list imply that the parameters are "out" parameters, meant to be returned as part of the function return. c2hs generally handles this as a tuple. So the following function will have type SHPHandle -> IO (Int,Int,[Double],[Double]).
-- void SHPGetInfo(SHPHandle, int*, int*, double*, double*) {#fun SHPGetInfo as getInfo { fromSHPHandle `SHPHandle' , alloca- `Int' peekInt* , alloca- `Int' peekInt* , allocate4- `[Double]' peek4* , allocate4- `[Double]' peek4* } -> `()' #}
Note the use of "id" as a marshaller below. It seemed like c2hs should have a default marshaller for opaque types, but compiling it told me otherwise, so I added it and it worked. Experimentation, experimentation!
{#fun SHPReadObject as readObject { fromSHPHandle `SHPHandle' , `Int' } -> `SHPObject' id #} {#fun SHPClose as close { fromSHPHandle `SHPHandle' } -> `()' #} {#fun SHPCreate as create { `String' , `Int' } -> `SHPHandle' toSHPHandle #} {#fun SHPCreateSimpleObject as createSimpleObject { `Int' , `Int' , arrDouble* `[Double]' , arrDouble* `[Double]' , arrDouble* `[Double]' } -> `SHPObject' id #} {#fun SHPCreateObject as createObject { `Int' , `Int' , `Int' , arrInt* `[Int]' , arrInt* `[Int]' , `Int' , arrDouble* `[Double]' , arrDouble* `[Double]' , arrDouble* `[Double]' , arrDouble* `[Double]' } -> `SHPObject' id #} {#fun SHPComputeExtents as computeExtents { id `SHPObject' } -> `()' #} {#fun SHPWriteObject as writeObject { fromSHPHandle `SHPHandle' , `Int' , id `SHPObject' } -> `Int' #} {#fun SHPDestroyObject as destroyObject { id `SHPObject' } -> `()' #} {#fun SHPRewindObject as rewindObject { fromSHPHandle `SHPHandle' , id `SHPObject' } -> `Int' #}
This compiled and ran on my machine. Note that you do have to have libshp and shapfil.h installed on your machine to compile this example.
Anyway, I hope this helps someone. My first c2hs wrapper was a heck of an experience, but the code seems easy to maintain and the results of it not much different than what I would have written by hand except that it's incredibly shorter.


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Good family fun for wide age range
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Great for Christmas get togethers.
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Best price I have seen for this product.
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i had this game years ago and lost it in a move, it was a little pricey, but in the end it is worth the money because it is fun for all ages.
This is a very fun game.
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I have been looking for this game to replace the one I lost. I love this game! It's great for all ages, especially when playing teams.
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super fun for all ages
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We used this game at our family Christmas party. We do an exchange of gifts and are always looking for fun and different ways to decide who opens thier gift first. We read a questiong and if they got it right they got to open it.... if not they had to wait. Everyone had a ball.
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We played this at Thanksgiving and it was enjoyed by all ages.There some very easy questions for the younger kids and hard questions for the adults.
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A great game all ages can play during the hoildays.
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Great way to get the family together around the table
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Love to play games, but this was more like history questions not fun. Disappointed.
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- All pages have valid XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS code
- Unobtrusive JS for minor decorations (degrades gracefully)
- Provides great deal of customization out of the box
- Separation of type/layout and colors/decorations in CSS
- Vector graphics provided in the distribution
- Try this while viewing the demo: disable the 'autumn.css' stylesheet on the page (with Firebug, Web Developer or something similar). Enjoy.
- Microformats everywhere:
- hAtom feeds for article list and comments
- utilizes abbr datetime pattern
- hCard for article/comment authors
- rel-bookmark, rel-tag (thanks TXP)
Plugins used: an7_comments (John Einselen), cbs_navigation_menu (Christophe Beyls) and jnm_categories (Juanjo Navarro).
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- nardo
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big thumbs up!! great piece of work
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La música ideas portará y siempre continuará
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That's a superb piece of work!
I haven't dug into the detail, but it's truly a work of creative excellence… Well done indeed.
You have to be a favourite for a second win on Textplate!
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- thebombsite
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I would vote for it if I were one of the judges. Gorgeous!
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You've done it again, Vlad! Stunning. I love it when I resize the window – very nice touch. You've certainly got an eye for the beautiful. Well done!
TXPQ Examples and discussion of Textpattern CMS quality.
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Thanks guys! I'm really glad you like it, because I put a lot of effort into this work.
All the work is done and sent to Tom, now it only needs to be processed and set up in the template browser, – then it will be ready for download.
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I'm having problems with the installation accessing the static content. I am attempting to install this on a sub domain (where the textpattern app works fine) – could this be the problem?


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Students on Ice Arctic Expedition 2013, Iqaluit, Nunavut
On a cloudless morning, blue sky over the ship, the first zodiac is lowered into the water. Ripples radiate across the still surface and vanish into the fog. Blue above and below, and all around a brilliant, almost white horizon into which melt both sea and sky.
We have anchored in Frobisher Bay outside Iqaluit. The plan is to take luggage, staff and students off in that order and land them at the jetty that runs nearly a half kilometre out from the shore. We need to arrive as the tide is coming in, otherwise it will be impossible to get ourselves and our gear across the long mud flat that will separate us from the shore.
The ship has entryways on the port and starboard sides of the second deck about 10 metres about the water line. It is through these openings that we have been boarding zodiacs for trips to communities, hikes on shore and exploration on the water. Today they are piled with luggage and expedition equipment -- everything from art supplies for painting workshops, to microscopes for examining plankton and other tiny sea creatures, to empty beer bottles.
The last item was used for a multi-year experiment to chart sea currents. A message is placed in the bottle asking the finder to report the recovery location. Students add a message and email addresses and the bottles are sealed and thrown, usually with great gusto, over the side. About four per cent of the bottles have been recovered over the last few years as far away as Iceland and Scotland. Data gathered has helped scientists get a better understanding of North Atlantic ocean currents.
(Note: The bottles eventually break down in the environment and all came aboard empty.)
We head out into the fog, GPS in hand, as the ship's crew begins loading luggage into other zodiacs. A small cargo ship appears, its radar visible above the fog, a barge at its side piled with shipping containers. Nearly all of Iqaluit's supplies are relayed to shore in this way. The capital of Nunavut, the country's newest territory, still lacks a proper port.
There are eight staff members in our boat. We stop as another zodiac comes up and four of us transfer by (carefully) stepping from one rubber pontoon to another. We are ballast to help the craft plane over the flat water. As our new zodiac picks up speed the floor suddenly starts bucking and lurching.
The keel is shot. Our driver radios ahead and the zodiac we just left slows down to let us limp up and carry out the passenger transfer in reverse.
The tide is about five metres below the jetty when we arrive. Scrambling up a slope of large, mossy rocks, we get ready to receive the boats carrying the luggage. Two five-tonne trucks arrive and careful position themselves to receive the baggage. We have to move quickly. The tide is rising as the first zodiacs arrive piled high with bags. We separate them into piles -- one for those of us heading south and the other for the 30 or so students and staff who are going to homes all across the Canadian North.
Iqaluit's tide is 11 metres, the second highest in the world after the Bay of Fundy on the Canadian east coast. By the time it reaches this point, we will have to have all the students and staff off the ship. The water continues to rise as the zodiacs come in (it's about three kilometres out to the ship). As the last one arrives, the water is well above the lower landing area we've been using. But everyone makes the shore with dry feet and heads off into Iqaluit for a few hours before our flight departs for Ottawa.


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Havre Field Office
|Release Date: 08/21/13
BLM Employee named to the Montana Weed Management Advisory Council
Kenny Keever was recently selected to join the Noxious Weed Management Advisory Council as the representative for biological control and research perspectives.
Keever, the invasive plant specialist for the Bureau of Land Management's Havre Field Office and Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, takes the place of Jim Story on the Noxious Weed Management Advisory Council.
"Jim is a living legend in the world of biological control of noxious weeds," said Keever.
Biological control of noxious weeds involves identifying insects and plant pathogens from a plant's native range, ensuring they will only attack the target plant species, and finding ways to establish them in high numbers in problematic areas where the size of infestation or environmental conditions make it impossible or cost prohibitive to address.
"Story spent his career with Montana State University researching insects that attack one of Montana's most abundant and persistent noxious weeds, spotted knapweed," Keever elaborated. "The fruits of his lifelong work are now being realized in the huge knapweed population crashes being attributed to the agents he helped introduce to western Montana."
"It's truly an honor to be a part of this council," Keever added.
Keever has served as the chair of the Montana Weed Control Associations Integrated Weed Management Committee and currently serves as the interim chair of the Montana Biological Weed Control Working Group.
Keever's history with biological control of noxious weeds spans over two decades and began when he was a high school student. In the early 1990's the BLM partnered with his high school vo-ag program to collect and send out leafy spurge red headed stem borers and flea beetles.
According Keever, the introduction and expansion of invasive plants across the western states is one of the most challenging issues land managers face. "Montana has led the charge against these alien invaders for decades, in part thanks to the Montana Noxious Weed Trust Fund," he explained.
As overseer of the Montana Noxious Weed Trust Fund, the Noxious Weed Management Advisory Council is tasked with reviewing applications, hearing applicant testimony, and providing recommendations to the Director of the Montana Department of Agriculture for final funding approval.
The Montana Noxious Weed Trust Fund grant program was established by the 1985 Montana Legislature to provide funding for the development and implementation of weed management programs. It also provides for research and development of innovative weed management techniques including biological control, and supports research and education projects.
The grant program is designed to assist counties, local communities, researchers, and educators in their efforts to solve a variety of noxious weed problems in Montana.
The program provides assistance in the form of a 50 percent cost-share, with landowner matching funds, for herbicides and commercial application to participating landowners in a local cooperative weed management area.
Other types of projects involve noxious weed education and research, including non-chemical research and demonstration projects.
Keever stated, "I look forward to seeing the innovative projects and ideas folks from Montana are using in their weed programs and maybe even apply some of that to our public lands in North Central Montana."
For the latest BLM news and updates visit us on the web at www.blm.gov/mt, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BLMMontana, or follow us on Twitter @BLM_MTDKs.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of Americas public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. In Fiscal Year 2015, the BLM generated $4.1 billion in receipts from activities occurring on public lands.
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Stress and anxiety, particularly the chronic kind, can have an awful impact on your quality of life. How much do you know about stress and ways to relieve it?
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Question 1 of 30
Chronic stress can make you how much more likely to die prematurely?
maybe twice as likely
maybe three times as likely
No matter the exact number, chronically stressed people are more likely to die early.
maybe five times as likely
Question 2 of 30
How do humans typically respond to stress?
by taking Xanax
with a parasympathetic response
with a fight-or-flight response
Chronic stress is marked by a long-term fight-or-flight status, which can harm a person's health in many ways.
Question 3 of 30
If you tend to eat more when you are stressed out, what should you do?
Let yourself indulge until the stress passes.
Keep healthy snacks nearby.
Healthy snacks are far superior to gorging on any junk food that you just happen to find.
Restrict yourself to three full meals per day.
Question 4 of 30
Cortisol is often called what?
the "Inflammation" Hormone
the "Stress" Hormone
When you experience chronic stress, this hormone is at higher levels and can affect your physical and mental well-being.
the "Sleep" Hormone
Question 5 of 30
How does caffeine intake affect cortisol?
It doesn't.
It elevates cortisol levels.
So when you're really stressed, it is best to moderate your caffeine consumption, otherwise you're adding fuel to the fire.
It dampens cortisol effects.
Question 6 of 30
Experts recommend you should exercise about how long each day to gain some stress-relief benefits of physical exertion?
about 15 minutes
about 30 minutes
Some experts say that beyond 30 minutes you don't receive much more of a boost to your mood.
about 1 hour
Question 7 of 30
"The Relaxation Response" is a book about what?
how exercise beats back stress
The 1975 book was all about helping people to slow down, lower their blood pressure and keep stress at bay.
Question 8 of 30
Which factor most often contributes to very high stress in peoples' lives?
Health problems
Deteriorating health (in your life or the life of a loved one) can feel overwhelming and uncontrollable.
Question 9 of 30
The hormone cortisol is often associated with cravings for what kind of foods?
foods high in fiber
foods high cholesterol
foods high in sugar, salt and fat
But overloading on unhealthy foods, of course, just compounds your problems.
Question 10 of 30
What is one of the first and most common signs that a person is experiencing high stress?
Your hair falls out.
You can't sleep.
People struggling with stress often have a hard time sleeping through the night.
You never eat.
Question 11 of 30
How can applying pressure to the area at the base of your middle and pointing fingers reduce stress?
It helps improve your lymph node function.
It triggers a specific nerve.
That nerve is in the area of your heart, and for some people just pressing this nerve can reduce feelings of anxiety.
It gives you something to do other than worry.
Question 12 of 30
What's one major reason you shouldn't use alcohol to help you sleep?
You'll quickly develop a dependency.
Alcohol actually disturbs sleep.
Alcohol may help you get to sleep, but often it will cause you to wake early.
You'll have to urinate in the middle of the night.
Question 13 of 30
Feel-good music can trigger the release of what?
Dopamine is neurotransmitter that affects your brain's rewards system; it's a reason that good music can make you feel better.
Question 14 of 30
If overspending stresses you out, how can you immediately address the problem?
Get a second job.
Get an extra credit card.
Withdraw a set amount of cash once per week.
Give yourself a set amount of money each week; that sense of control may very well help reduce your financial-related stress.
Question 15 of 30
Some experts say that to lower stress, you should listen to music that has how many beats per minute?
180 beats per minute
60 beats per minute
Too fast and you may overstimulate yourself; too slow and you'll become drowsy.
45 beats per minute
Question 16 of 30
60 bpm music is associated with an increase in which brainwaves?
Alpha waves
These waves are more prominent when we are relaxed but still awake.
Beta waves
Delta waves
Question 17 of 30
What is pranayama?
controlled breathing
This kind of focused attention activity can help reduce your worries and lower stress significantly.
careful stretching
sleeping meditation
Question 18 of 30
If you suffer chronic stress, you're more likely to become sick.
High stress is associated with all sorts of health problems, from colds to diabetes to heart disease.
Question 19 of 30
To make sure you're rested enough to deal with stress (and life in general) how much sleep should you get each night?
at least 6 hours
at least 7 hours
at least 8 hours
Seven hours is about the minimum for most people; many people do best with eight to nine hours.
Question 20 of 30
How does temporarily withdrawing from your social group help you deal with stress?
It improves your blood pressure.
It doesn't.
Supportive friends and family (not the unsupportive kind) are almost always beneficial in helping humans lower their stress levels.
It helps you learn to deal with stress on your own.
Question 21 of 30
Biofeedback helps you learn to control what?
neck and shoulder muscles
your mind
bodily functions
With a bit of training you can learn to control many aspects of your body, improving your reaction to stress and your overall health.
Question 22 of 30
How does laughter help improve your body's response to stress?
increases oxygen intake
Deeper breathing and better oxygen intake can dramatically help your body; plus, laughing just feels good.
lowers endorphins
counteracts cortisol
Question 23 of 30
If you know you're going to encounter a stressful situation, how should you handle it?
Visit your doctor.
Avoid it, if possible.
Preparing helps you actively engage challenges and reduces the overall stressful impact.
Question 24 of 30
Why can eating a banana help lower your stress level?
The yellow color is soothing.
Potassium aids blood pressure.
Lower blood pressure, of course, means less chance of heart attack or stroke.
Bananas are hilarious.
Question 25 of 30
If you have a lot of stress, you might benefit from what?
Some studies show that house plants can drop the blood pressure of stressed individuals.
a litter of kittens
Question 26 of 30
How do you begin a session of Progressive Muscle Relaxation?
Clench your eyes shut.
Tighten a specific muscle group.
You have to tense the muscles before you let them relax, then you can really feel the difference.
Let all of your muscles become as relaxed as possible.
Question 27 of 30
Why does massage help reduce stress?
Massage relaxes the brain.
No one is sure exactly.
Careful massages is scientifically proven to help humans improve their health in many ways and also to reduce stress.
It releases specific hormones.
Question 28 of 30
What is "guided imagery?"
focusing your mind on a peaceful or happy scene
Experts confirm that focusing your mind on relaxing or positive objects or places can relieve stress.
looking at online puppy pictures
drawing pictures to relieve your stress
Question 29 of 30
How long before bedtime should you put away your digital devices?
1 hour
Too much screen time, on a smartphone or TV, is a bad way to prepare your mind for restful sleep.
30 minutes
It doesn't matter.
Question 30 of 30
On average, studies show that women worry more than men.
Some females need to take a more active role in stress reduction in order to feel good about their lives.


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It's been a tremendous few weeks for those who love to read about building knowledge. Here are three great resources that are worth studying.
I. Knowledge at the Core: Don Hirsch, Core Knowledge, and the Future of the Common Core
This slim volume from the Fordham Institute has an agenda-setting introduction by Checker Finn and Mike Petrilli, then several terrific essays:
- "Me, My Sons, and E. D. Hirsch" by Sol Stern
- "Complex Texts Require Complex Knowledge: Will the New English Standards Get the Content Curriculum They Need?" by Ruth Wattenberg
- "There Are No Shortcuts: Mending the Rift between Content Knowledge and Deeper Learning" by Robert Pondiscio
- "Building Teacher Enthusiasm for Core Knowledge" by the Farkas Duffett Research Group
Even better, there are three must-reads by Hirsch: "Sustaining the American Experiment," "Romancing the Child," and "Why I'm For the Common Core."
II. Nate Silver and E. D. Hirsch
Daisy Christodoulou, author of Seven Myths about Education (which will be published in the US in March), writes great blog posts all the time, but this one stands out. Christodoulou has a critical message for data-driven education reformers: "We can't just predict using statistics alone. We need a theory." She continues:
Without this theoretical understanding, we are more likely to conduct meaningless tests, mistake correlation for causation and confuse statistical significance with causal significance. This is something that E. D. Hirsch has written an absolutely brilliant article about…. Hirsch notes that we do have a strong theory from cognitive science about how pupils learn. We can use this theory to guide our teaching…. Here is his list of reliable general principles (in the article he discusses each at length).
• Prior knowledge as a prerequisite to effective learning.
• Meaningfulness.
• The right mix of generalization and example.
• Attention determines learning.
• Rehearsal (repetition) is usually necessary for retention.
• Automaticity (through rehearsal) is essential to higher skills.
• Implicit instruction of beginners is usually less effective.
It seems to me this is an excellent and easily accessible summary of what we know from cognitive science. If we used these as a basis for devising RCTs [randomized controlled trials] and as a starting point for discussing the findings we get from them, I think we would be doing well.
III. Why We All Have a Stake in the Common Core Standards
This brief essay by Mark Bauerlein drives home a key point for critics of the Common Core standards to consider: Most students are not well prepared for college. The standards alone won't guarantee that more students are college ready, but they do nudge schools in the right direction. Writing for a higher education audience, Bauerlein argues:
When ACT, one of the best-known judges of college readiness, examined why so many first-year students end up in remedial courses and perform poorly, it identified one factor above all others: "Performance on complex texts is the clearest differentiator in reading between students who are likely to be ready for college and those who are not." Students three months out of high school enroll in freshman composition, a survey of U.S. history, and Econ 101 eager and hopeful, only to find that they can't comprehend a Supreme Court opinion, 100-year-old oration, contemporary poem, and other texts.
Those pages prove too much for half of them (according to ACT), and colleges have insufficient resources to help…. To comprehend the texts they will face in college, students need general knowledge about science, math, history, civics, geography, arts and literature, religion, and technology….
Willy Loman, satire, and the poetry of King James stand proudly beside Gettysburg, separation of powers, and photosynthesis in the procession of cardinal things. The only adjustment English teachers need make is to add more literary nonfiction, which may include letters by Emily Dickinson, essays by Richard Rodriguez, chapters from Up From Slavery, and other unsurprising titles. Common Core readily admits them if they impart verbal facility and background knowledge that serve students well at the next level.
Critics of Common Core rightly worry, however, that curricula currently in development interpret "informational text" too nonliterarily and disregard cultural literacy. A troubling example comes from the National Council of Teachers of English, in a self-proclaimed guide to the standards. It declares, "the CCSS focus is on skills, strategies, and habits that will enable students to adapt to the rhetorical demands of their future learning and contributions."
The authors mention "prior knowledge that gives context to the complexities of further reading," but the "context texts" they recommend include film excerpts, blogs, radio shows, podcasts, and graphic novels, options often nonliterary and minimally fruitful for cultural literacy. Indeed, the choice of materials is secondary: "How the texts are used to scaffold the reading experience takes precedence over which texts are chosen."
The burden, then, lies with college teachers to ensure that "which texts" does take precedence, specifically, that new informational texts in high school pay off in freshman year. They must be compellingly literary and rich in historical, social, psychological, or moral content. "Do not spend precious hours on media and topics that will not build familiarity that will be rewarded at the next level," we must insist. Select informational texts that augment the knowledge base and enhance literary understanding.


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Wildlife Without Borders 2012-2013 Planner
Download the planner in PDF (note: large file, 7MB)
For answers to the trivia questions, click on the month below!
December 2011
Q: Why are white rhinos called 'white'?
A: It is a mis-translation from the word wyd meaning wide in Afrikaans, for their wide square lip, which is used for grazing on grass. Black rhinos, which are not a different color, have a prehensile extension on their lip for browsing (plucking leaves).
January 2012
Q: What are three factors which threaten the continued survival of the tiger?
A: Poaching, habitat loss and human tiger conflict
February 2012
Q: What are some important, ecosystem-services that wetlands provide?
A: Wetlands provide a vast array of important benefits and ecosystem services. In addition to moderating local climate and recharging and purifying groundwater, wetlands slow floodwaters and help prevent upland and coastal erosion. Occurring from the tundra to the tropics, wetlands are among the world's most productive ecosystems. They are cradles of biological diversity, providing the necessary water and resources upon which a myriad of plant and animal species depend for their survival. They also directly benefit humans by producing valuable timber, peat, fish, rice, cranberries, and a variety of other commercial and agricultural products.
March 2012
Q: What percentage of earth's wildlife can be found in China's ecosystems?
A: Approximately 10 percent.
April 2012
Q: How many species of African great apes are there?
A: 4 – West African Gorilla, East African Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Bonobo
May 2012
Q: How many scales does a leatherback have?
A: None.
June 2012
Q: Which region of the world has the most amphibian species?
A: The Tropics contain more amphibian species than any other region of the world, with Brazil having the most known species of any single country. Amphibians--including toads, newts, and salamanders--are vertebrates, creatures with a backbone and an internal skeleton. Amphibians live part of their lives in water and part on land. They are ectothermic, or cold-blooded, and must warm their bodies by absorbing heat from their surroundings. This makes them particularly susceptible to the effects of global climate change.
July 2012
Q: How many monarch butterflies travel each year from Canada and the U.S. to the forests of Mexico to spend the winter?
A: Approximately 100 million per year.
August 2012
Q: Which ape is known as the "man of the forest" in Malay?
A: Orangutan
September 2012
Q: What are the two biggest threats facing the scarlet macaw today?
A: Illegal Pet Trade and Poaching
October 2012
Q: What is the most obvious difference between Asian and African elephants?
A: The most obvious difference between the African and the Asian elephant is the size of their ears - those of the African are larger and shaped like the outline of Africa while those of the Asian are smaller and shaped like the outline of India.
November 2012
Q: What is the USFWS Wildlife Without Borders' signature initiative in the Africa program and what does it do?
A: The MENTOR program. The Mentoring for ENvironmental Training in Outreach and Resource conservation (MENTOR ) Program builds the capacity of multi-disciplinary teams of African conservationists who can work together to address complex conservation challenges.
December 2012
Q: Of the twenty-five most endangered primates in the world, how many are found in Latin America?
A: According to the IUCN, three of the twenty five most endangered primates in the world are found in Latin America: the Cotton-top Tamarin ( Saguinus Oedipus ), the Variegated or Brown Spider Monkey ( Ateles hybridus ), and the Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey (Oreonax flavicauda ). Each of these species is facing a number of serious threats to their immediate survival including habitat loss, poaching, and the illegal capture for the local pet trade. The Wildlife Without Borders-Critically Endangered Animals Conservation Fund (WWB-CEACF) currently supports the conservation education efforts of Fundación Proyecto Tití , a nonprofit in Colombia that is working to protect the Cotton-top Tamarin by establishing protected areas, developing sustainable alternatives for local communities to decrease their dependency on forest resources, and decreasing the number of animals sold illegally as pets.
January 2013
Q: How many polar bears are estimated to still exist in the world?
A: Scientists estimate that they are between 20,000 and 25,000 total polar bears. They range across the borders of Alaska to Russia, from Canada to Greenland, and into Norway's Svalbard archipelago.
February 2013
Q: How do elephants communicate with one another?
A: They communicate using ultralow frequency sound, mostly below the range of human hearing.


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|Posted by Hube on January 29, 2004 at 08:25:54:
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: Came home the other day to find I had no water. I checked the "Square D" Pumptrol switch and found the contacts were shot. I manually activated it and the pump did work - so I replace the Pumptrol switch with a 20-40. I'm getting water but not at the same presure as before. Do I need to add air to my Xtrol (bladder) tank? If so how is that done?
RICH; Drain the pressure tank (shut Pump power off first)... With a bike tire pump(or other type) put in air so that it is 2 psi below the cut-in pressure. Note; your new 20/40 control can be adjusted for a higher pressure if necessary (30/50), but for now see how the 20/40 works with 28 in the tank. Hube
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Megabass Bottle Shrimp
Megabass has been exporting incredibly effective and innovative lures since the mid 90's, and continues to produce some of the most popular lures being thrown today. Megabass's uncanny ability to create eye-catching lures transcends into the arena of soft plastics very well, as evidenced by the Megabass Honjikomi Bottle Shrimp. Built with unwavering Japanese intricacy, the Megabass Honjikomi Bottle Shrimp is a lethal freshwater prawn and crayfish imitation. Packed with an organic blend of natural flavors, the Megabass Honjikomi Bottle Shrimp features a ribbed construction adorned with two buoyant claws that create an enticing defensive crawfish presentation. Available in a number of proven Megabass colors, the Megabass Honjikomi Bottle Shrimp works particularly well on both a Texas-rig and as a jig-trailer.
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