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Trees that are in backyards and public spaces in an urban setting offer sufficient shelter and food for squirrels. Squirrels are agile climbers and will be heard and seen scurrying to the top of trees leaping from one branch to the next as they look for nuts and berries. Squirrels are also known to chew the bark of trees that often leave visible signs of damage. As autumn approaches and leaves begin to fall, squirrel nests that are mostly comprised of twigs and leaves can be seen securely nestled in the crook of sturdy branches of its host tree off the ground.
Their tendency to nest in attics is perhaps the sole reason that squirrels are regarded as pests in the first place and should be removed by squirrel removal Toronto. Squirrels living in trees will at some point try to chew their way through small openings, climb on drain spouts or jump onto the roof from an overhanging branch to gain access to unoccupied attics. Once they get access into your household, they will contaminate the house with excrement and parasites. They will also gnaw through your electrical wires posing a potential fire hazard. They will also tear out your insulation looking for nesting material that will negatively affect the heating of your home.
Squirrels living in trees are very difficult to get rid of for the average homeowner. However, residents can reduce the possibility of damages by placing squirrel baffles around trees that they would not want squirrels to inhibit. However, the only sure way you can completely get rid of squirrels for good is to call professionally trained personnel to remove the pest from your trees or attic.
Expert squirrel removers have the capability of identifying entry points, sealing them off and also trapping pests. They will also implement measure to makes sure that once the squirrels are removed they do not return. Squirrels on trees near your home are not a threat. However, when they begin to pry into your household, it could be potentially harmful. Squirrels are a hazard to structures; they are known to punch multiple holes in buildings weakening their support beams. If this goes on for a long period, your house could collapse.
How to Identify Squirrel Nests
One of the ways of identifying squirrels on your property besides actually seeing the nimble critters scurrying around is by looking out for squirrel nests. Squirrels build two types of nests, one called a drey which looks a lot like a birds nest and the other a den build into tree cavities and other hollow spaces.
Squirrel Dreys
Squirrels typically build their dreys from leaves, twigs, moss and other natural debris. They begin with the base of the nest where the squirrels weave twigs together loosely. Next, come moss and damp leaves to strengthen the structure before weaving a sphere around the base to form the outer shell of the structure. Finally the squirrel's stuff twigs, moss and leaves on the exterior of the structure and then line the interior with leaves, grass and bark. The drey can be up to 30 feet from the ground and is surprisingly sturdy.
Squirrels choose a sturdy spot to build their drey such as where limbs branch off at the base of the trunk or between strong limbs. Squirrels seem to like maples, beeches, oaks and elm trees.
Squirrel Dens
These are made in tree cavities such as hollow tree trunks and previous woodpecker nests. The squirrel stuffs the den with moss, twigs and leaves to make it warm and comfortable. The animals prefer dens during winter since they offer more protection from the elements and predators. The squirrels will, however, make dreys in the absence of tree cavities to make dens. The winter dreys are significantly thicker and more insulated than during warmer months.
Researchers have discovered that squirrel kittens born in dens have a significantly higher chance of surviving to adulthood than those born in dreys.
Indoor Nests
Squirrels will take any opportunity to break into your home especially during the winter or breeding season. Squirrels prefer garages, attics, under sheds, inside walls, in the chimney and in crawl spaces. These locations offer optimal protection from the elements and from predators. Pay mind to the fact that squirrels break into the house to breed. Make sure that you have a good plan for the baby squirrels before evicting the mother otherwise the kittens will die of dehydration and starvation.
Multiple Homes
Squirrels spend most of their active daytime hours foraging for food and often build auxiliary nests. These alternative dreys or dens are usually built haphazardly compared to the main ones but offer great protection if the squirrel needs to escape from predators quickly or if the weather turns suddenly. The squirrels may also store extra food in these alternative homes or use as pit stops to rest before going out to forage again.
Squirrel nesting season
Squirrels can be found all over the world. This is natural considering the number of different species of squirrels available. Even though they all belong to the same genus Sciurus, their mating and gestation periods are often differing from one species to the next.
The grey squirrel will normally have two breeding periods in a year, one will be in mid-summer, and the other will be in early spring. The young squirrels are normally born between March and April and the second litter will arrive between July and August. The female squirrels will give birth to up to nine babies at a time. However, it is more common to find three to five babies at a time.
During this time, the mothers will seek protected safe areas where they can raise their babies. This is because trees often live their young ones vulnerable to predators. It is during this nesting period that squirrels will move closer to humans. They normally like making their nests in between walls, in attics chimneys and sheds.
In case you bump into squirrel babies in your attic or wall, they have not been abandoned. The mother might have just stepped out to gather food for the babies. After some time, the babies will begin to venture out with their mother to seek more natural shelter. This is the best possible time to block re-entry into your walls, attic or chimney. In case you make a mistake of blocking the babies inside, the mother will take every necessary step to try and gain entry back, damaging your structures in the process. The young ones could also starve to death.
It's important to note that squirrels are extremely aggressive and especially if they need to protect their young ones. Also, young squirrels are fearless of humans and may approach and climb onto your pants. The best solution to take to control squirrels and their babies during nesting is to contact a professional. They will be in a better position to find, locate and remove the squirrels and they're young in a humane way. In case you notice squirrels in your attic, they are likely nesting, a good line of action will seek professional help
Do squirrels nest in houses?
Squirrels are known to enter our homes. They are agile rodents and will get in through the tiniest of holes. They do this by finding entry holes in already damaged areas of your home or construction gaps chewing their way in. Sometimes, squirrels get stuck in attics, crawl spaces and in between walls, they will cause significant damage trying to get to their freedom.
When squirrels get into your home, they will likely do this through the roof. They are normally looking for nesting shelter, and our attics offer the best spot. Squirrels seek out the attics since their young ones get vulnerable to predators when they nest in trees. When squirrels get into the eaves of your building, they will often cause damage by chewing through the holes. They are also known to chew through your attic insulation and electrical wires looking for nesting material. After some time, the baby squirrels will leave the nest to seek a more natural shelter. This is the perfect time to make repairs for the damages left behind. It is also the right time to seal off all entry points to ensure that the squirrels do not gain entry back into your attic.
The best way to keep squirrels from nesting in soffits is by plugging the holes. Squirrels are known to chew holes in the soffits to make way into their nests. However, before you begin plugging the holes, it's important to make sure that all the squirrels are out of the soffit. The best way to get the squirrel out of the soffit is to use a bait trap. A professional squirrel removal expert can be able to get rid of squirrels out of your soffits and keep them out for good.
In case you notice squirrel activity in your home, you could have a nesting squirrel, at this point the nest line of action to take is to call a professional squirrel removal agent to help you get the squirrels out of your home. They will implement several methods of control to get the squirrels out.
How to Remove a Squirrel's Nest
If you hear that sound, the sound of animal feet above your head in the attic, or behind your walls, it is not a good sign. Squirrels are opportunistic creatures who often take up residence within your home.
They find your home to be an appropriate shelter where they can build their nest, and even have their babies. Knowing how to remove a squirrel's nest from your home is important so you can put a stop to the damages the critters can cause.
DIY Squirrel Nest Removal
There are many things wrong with DIY removal. In fact, this section will not emphasize how to remove squirrels yourself. Instead, it will explain why DIY removal is not in your best interest. For starters, you may come in contact with bacteria and infectious diseases carried by squirrels that can make you ill should you attempt to remove the nest yourself.
What you can do, however, is call in a professional. A professional has the knowledge and gear needed to remove the nest without any risks. Further, the professional can ensure the removal of the next without harming the squirrel or any possible offspring.
Professional Squirrel Nest Removal
To begin with, a pro will don the proper gear to deal with the squirrel and nest removal. Gloves and even protective gear that covers exposed skin is common. If the professional knows the area is saturated in feces and urine, they may also wear an eye mask and a protective covering over the nose and mouth.
A live trap is often used to capture the animal before removing the nest. Once the squirrel is captured, the professional will inspect the nest to see if there are any babies in there. If there are babies present, they will remain with their mother so they can be released into the wild together.
Using gloves, the nest will be dismantled and removed. Afterward, the professional may clean the area using an antimicrobial fog to rid the area of any bacteria and infectious diseases. Allowing the professional to handle the nest removal and clean-up process is best because then you can rest easy knowing it is done the right way.
If you suspect there are squirrels invading your home, contact a professional to assist you with squirrel nest removal. Even after the squirrels vacate, you will still need to remove the nest. Leaving any trace of the squirrel's presence behind still puts you at risk for bacterial exposure and diseases.
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A word of warning if you typically partition your DataFrames/RDDs/Datasets in Spark based on a Integer, Long or Timestamp keys. If you're using Spark's default partitioning settings (or even something similar) and your values are sufficiently large and regularly spaced out, it's possible that you'll see poor partitioning performance partitioning these datasets.
This can manifest itself in DataFrame "repartition" or "groupBy" commands and in the SQL "DISTRIBUTE BY" or "CLUSTER BY" keywords, among other things. It can also manifest itself in RDD "groupByKey", "reduceByKey" commands if your number of cores evenly divides the hashCodes of your data (read on if this doesn't exactly make sense).
If you're interested in why this happens, read on. Otherwise feel free to jump to the end to see how to work around this.
Integer/Long Timestamps (in seconds)
Let's look at an example with Integers. An Integer's hashCode is defined in Java to be the Integer value itself. So, consider you have an RDD keyed by the following values:
1104537600, 1104624000, 1104710400, 1104796800, 1104883200, 1104969600, 1105056000, 1105142400, 1105228800, 1105315200, 1105401600, 1105488000, 1105574400, 1105660800, 1105747200, 1105833600, 1105920000, 1106006400, 1106092800, 1106179200, 1106265600, 1106352000, 1106438400, 1106524800, 1106611200, 1106697600, 1106784000, 1106870400, 1106956800, 1107043200, 1107129600, 1107216000, 1107302400, 1107388800, 1107475200, 1107561600, 1107648000, 1107734400, 1107820800, 1107907200, 1107993600, 1108080000, 1108166400, 1108252800, 1108339200, 1108425600, 1108512000, 1108598400, 1108684800, 1108771200, 1108857600, 1108944000, 1109030400, 1109116800, 1109203200, 1109289600, 1109376000, 1109462400, 1109548800, 1109635200, 1109721600, 1109808000, 1109894400, 1109980800, ...
These values are epoch timestamps of midnight for successive days at a second granularity. Looking at the data, something should jump out to you immediately: they're all evenly divisible by 200 (also 50, 400 and other values). That mean's if you're using the Spark SQL default shuffle partitions (200) and you're partitioning on a column of date values with second granularity, odds are you will end up with effectively 1 partition and 199 empty partitions.
RDDs are not necessarily safe from this. Spark's default parallelism is set to the max of the number of cores in your context or 2. If your hashCodes are evenly divisible by this number you could feel this pain in RDD code as wel.
What happens if these were Long values, instead of integers? Well, a Long's hashcode is defined as the hashcode of the XOR of the the two integer halves. If your value fits into an integer, like the above example, it's no different.
Long/java.sql.Timestamp Timestamps (milliseconds)
Let's make this slightly more realistic: Instead of second timestamps, you've got millisecond timestamps. Well, they would be represented as long values and would pass over the half boundary of the long value, so that's good. But in fact they're all pretty much identical on the top half and on the bottom half they're still evenly divisible.
If we were to take all of the above timestamps and turn them into milliseconds, and then take the hashcode it would look like the following:
731005185, 817405185, 903805185, 990205185, 1076605185, 1163005185, 1249405185, 1335805185, 1422205185, 1508605185, 1595005185, 1681405185, 1767805185, 1854205185, 1940605185, 2027005185, 2113405185, -2095162111, -2008762111, -1922362111, -1835962111, -1749562111, -1663162111, -1576762111, -1490362111, -1403962111, -1317562111, -1231162111, -1144762111, -1058362111, -971962111, -885562111, -799162111, -712762111, -626362111, -539962111, -453562111, -367162111, -280762111, -194362111, -107962111, -21562111, 64837890, 151237890, 237637890, 324037890, 410437890, 496837890, 583237890, 669637890, 756037890, 842437890, 928837890, 1015237890, 1101637890, 1188037890, 1274437890, 1360837890, 1447237890, 1533637890, 1620037890, 1706437890, 1792837890, 1879237890, 1965637890 ...
Notice a trend? The last 5 digits are really heavily clustered. If you were to mod these by 200 you would end up with 80 buckets. Still not great partitioning..
Unfortunately, the java.sql.Timestamp type just uses the hashCode of its Long value so Spark's Timestamp type falls victim to this.
A Simple Solution
A simple solution to this problem is to choose a number of partitions which is prime (eg. 199, 211), this will reduce collisions and more evenly spread out your partitions.
If you're using RDD[K, V], you've got to explicitly call partitionBy with a HashPartitioner configured for your desired partitions as an argument. You can also just override spark.default.parallelism to be something prime.
If you're using DataFrames/Datasets and typically use repartition(\$"myTimestampColumn") all you need to do is add a parameter for that specifying the number of partitions you would like: repartition(199, \$"myTimestampColumn"). You can also just override spark.sql.shuffle.partitions.
If you're using pure SQL (eg. through the SQL shell) and trying to use the DISTRIBUTE/CLUSTER BY keyword, your only option seems to be overriding the spark.sql.shuffle.partitions.


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I've been collecting plants from a lot of sites carnivorous plant nursery bug biting plants predatory plants and a couple of others for my carnivorous plant pots by far this was the healthiest plant I received from anywhere and the way it was packed protected it from all damage as long as they have stock I'll keep buying my fuse tooth looks amazing
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Amazing plant, nice packaging
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This is a awesome plant it arrived 5 days after I ordered I ended up with a total of 4 plants all of the traps were closed but they should open soon. Thanks Leah and Matt
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I've bouggt a total of 5 or 6 plants from FTS and they cease to disappoint. Healthy beautiful plants every time. This fuzxy tooth is one of my favorites. So vibrant in color. All traps were open. I'm happy. Just got 2 today and already placed another order for a Purple ambush. Some say I would have a problem.
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Came in nicely
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Best packing I have seen, plant was better than I expected a lot of growth and lots of fussing. Very impressed.
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They're still dormant so they look like little babies and they are so cute!!! I almost want them to stay that small. There are SO MANY TRAPS I literally squealed. You guys are awesome, thanks so much!!
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Very Nice Flytrap. I Ordered A Started Fused Tooth. Very Small Plant, Which I Expected, But The Plant I Received Had 14 Traps On It. Some Traps Already Had Some Fused Teeth:) Very Pleased And Will be Recommending To My Friends :D
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I have written a review for this plant like 1 week ago I thought it was 4 stars because of its growth and stuff but then I remembered after the review I did forget that is was dormant period! So this is my new review please exuse my spelling and grammar because I'm on a iphone. :) Ok this is my review The plant when it came was in 5 star condition because it had 0 black traps and 0 dieing traps the shipping was 5 stars because of its good packaging and plant health was AAA+ my little starter plant has about 5-10 traps and they all work ( I hope ) And it grows very fast!
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I bought this plant because i love weird Venus flytraps, then when i saw this i NEEDED it xD The shipping came in a pot with some spag moss with little 1-2 inch traps. I got a little worried because 2 traps were black and most were closed but im hoping for good luck! So i give shipping 4.5 stars, customer service 5 stars and plant health 4 stars!! So this was my first plant from this store and now i trust them! Im going to get Plant Mirror, Trichterfalle and more wacky traps!!!!!!!!!
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Arnab Goswamy discusses controversy over Ishrat Jahan encounter case, and now it is been reported that more documents been missing from the Ishrat Case file, P Chidambaram is alleged to work under pressure in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, the former Home Minister now not denying his signature on the first affidavit. So BJP has started questioning P Chidambaram's role, whether there was a political motive to change the original affidavit, and whether P Chidambaram manipulated facts in the second affidavit.
As per the Fresh revelations, P Chidambaram had indeed signed the first affidavit- that said that Ishrat Jahan was a terrorist- a claim that the congress leader has denied in past. In the first affidavit filed by the Home Ministry, Ishrat Jahan was noted as a terrorist who was on a mission to assassinate the then Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi.
Watch the discussion to know more.
Such is the effect of Arnab Goswamy that congress didn't send their representative in discussion.


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I have a blog and various social media channels to which I regularly post a curated set of images. I'd like to automatically post to Instagram. My current multi-platform social media setup is like this:
- Upload photos to my Dropbox folder.
- Run an IFTTT workflow to automatically add all Dropbox photos to my Tumblr queue.
- Run a IFTTT workflow to automatically post all new Tumblr image posts to Facebook and Twitter.
The image post to Instagram could be taken picked up from any of the above platforms at any stage in the workflow, but so far I've been unable to find a tool that will do this for me. Can this be done by using a "api linking service" like IFTTT or Zapier, etc. or a social media management tool like Hoot-suite or Buffer? Or is there any other way?


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San Francisco's Arts Scene Draws Visitors' Applause
Historic cable cars, the majestic Golden Gate Bridge and bustling Chinatown are "must sees" during any San Francisco visit, but any trip to the City is incomplete without an infusion of culture. There is a tantalizing array of options available to art lovers.
Historic cable cars, the majestic Golden Gate Bridge and bustling Chinatown are "must sees" during any San Francisco visit, but any trip to the City is incomplete without an infusion of culture. There is a tantalizing array of options available to art lovers. Within San Francisco's 49 square miles are some 200 arts organizations responsible for a menu that incorporates everything from the performances of a renowned symphony to the newest collection in an offbeat sculpture garden. Discovering them is as easy as visiting www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com, the official Web site of the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (SFCVB).
More than 225 organizations receive support from Grants for the Arts of the San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund (GFTA), reflecting the importance San Francisco places on having a thriving arts community. GFTA is an internationally admired model of municipal funding. In 2007/08 over $11 million has been allocated to arts and cultural organizations. This economic investment in diverse arts and promotional organizations enhances the City's attractiveness to visitors and provides employment and enrichment to the City's residents. Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund revenue derives from a portion of the 14% room tax levied on local hotel and motel bills.
The City's diversity and cosmopolitan mix of lifestyles are reflected in a liberal and varied mix of cultural experiences. Even an hour between business meetings is enough to explore a small downtown museum, but for those with a bit more time, the possibilities are endless. To note just a few:
- The San Francisco Opera's season, which runs September through December, includes more than a dozen productions glittering with big-name stars, renowned scenic artists and acclaimed conductors. (www.sfopera.com)
- The New York Times calls the San Francisco Ballet "a truly national ballet company." December visitors to the city will be able to see the ballet's annual production of "The Nutcracker," complete with lavish costumes. The ballet's regular season runs from February through May. (www.sfballet.org)
- A world-renowned orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony's season runs from September through June, with summer pops concerts in July. (www.sfsymphony.org)
- There are dozens of live theater groups in San Francisco. One of the most popular is the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.), whose season runs from October through May. (www.act-sf.org)
- Theatrical productions of international stature are regularly staged in San Francisco. For a glimpse of a Broadway show visit the Curran, Golden Gate, or Orpheum Theatre. (www.shnsf.com)
- San Francisco's collection of museums is what one would expect from one of the world's great cities. Within the boundaries of Golden Gate Park alone are several of sterling reputation: the California Academy of Sciences, and the internationally acclaimed de Young Memorial Museum. With a CityPass visitors can enjoy all three museums in the east end of the Park, plus the Japanese Tea Garden and Conservatory of Flowers, at a savings of 30% off the regular adult admission price. The pass is for sale at any of the participating attractions and at the SFCVB Visitor Information Center at Powell and Market or at www.citypass.com/san-francisco.
- The Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens is in the dynamic South of Market District on Third Street between Mission and Howard streets. Part of the 22-acre Yerba Buena Gardens development, the complex overlooks the Esplanade, a five-acre downtown park which includes terrace cafes, an outdoor performance area with lawn seating for 5,000 and a walk-through waterfall memorial dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King. Center for the Arts features diverse programming in dance, theater, music, visual arts, films, installations and festivals. For tickets to events, call 978-ARTS (www.ybca.org).
- The Yerba Buena neighborhood is the cultural heart of San Francisco with 12 world-class museums and a variety of galleries. Home to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (www.sfmoma.org), Museum of the African Diaspora (www.moadsf.org) and the California Historical Society (www.californiahistoricalsociety.org) among others. The Contemporary Jewish Museum (www.thecjm.org), will further add to the cultural landscape when it opens in June 2008.
- Numerous specialty museums are dotted around city neighborhoods and are every bit as worthy of the visitors' attention. A few of these include the Chinese Historical Society (www.chsa.org) the GLBT Historical Society (www.glbthistory.org) and the Center for the Book (www.sfcb.org) and the San Francisco Railroad Museum (www.streetcar.org).
- Festivals celebrating the City's heritage are frequent in San Francisco and always include an emphasis on the arts. Among these annual celebrations are Chinese New Year, the Cherry Blossom Festival, the Columbus Day Celebration and Carnaval.
- Outdoor arts presentations are plentiful during the summer in San Francisco. Two of the most popular are the Stern Grove Music Festival (www.sterngrove.org) and the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival (www.sfhsakes.org).
- For advance ticket information to arts performances, visitors can contact organizations directly. Advance planning isn't essential, however; those who arrive in town with a sudden yearning to see a critically acclaimed play aren't necessarily out of luck. The TIX Bay Area ticket booth at Union Square on Stockton Street sells half-price tickets to local shows on the day of the performance. Payment is cash only; phone 415/433-7827 or www.theatrebayarea.org for details.
Planning ahead allows visitors to book their trips to include special events that particularly interests them. The San Francisco Book, a quarterly magazine published by the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau, lists seasonal performance schedules for live theater, concerts, dance performances and cultural festivals, as well as detailed information on museums and special exhibits.
For a copy, send request to [email protected] or call 415-391-2000. Or visit the Visitor Information Center, 900 Market St., at the corner of Powell and Market streets, lower level, Hallidie Plaza.
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Is your home drafty? Are your energy bills high, even though you know you have the proper amount of insulation? There are issues outside of insulation that can keep your home from cooling and heating properly. Air leaks are a common problem with both older homes and new construction. Air leaks can lead to higher energy bills, can put a strain on your heating and cooling equipment, and can cause low air quality in your home. A home that is properly air sealed, with the use of energy-efficient techniques, can save a homeowner up to 35 percent on your annual energy costs.
Does your Home need to be Air Sealed?
If you have problems with drafty rooms, high heating and cooling bills, ice dams around your eaves in the winter, dry indoor air quality, uneven temperatures from one room to the other or excessive dust, you need to have a home energy assessment performed by a professional who knows what to look for regarding your homes efficiency.
Performing a Home Energy Assessment
Insulation – The most obvious issue with your homes efficiency is the amount of insulation that is in the attic, walls, floors and crawl spaces of a home. The contractor will measure the thickness and placement of your insulation to determine if you have the proper amount installed for the climate of Connecticut. While a lack of insulation may be one culprit in your homes energy usage, it is not the only culprit.
Blower Door Test – Using a large fan that is fitted to a frame that attaches to a door on your home, a technician lowers the interior air pressure of your home, which will draw outside air through any cracks or crevices that you cannot see with the naked eye. During the test, they may use smoke pencils or other methods of detection to determine the location of the air infiltration.
Thermal Imaging Test – Using high tech thermal imaging technology, the energy audit technician can actually see the hot and cold spots of your home. Areas of air infiltration and air loss are detected by using a thermal imaging camera. The use of this method of detecting leaks is that it can clearly show air movement in a visual form that helps technicians locate air leaks in your home. Thermal imaging can air leaks, as well as areas of your home that are not properly insulated.
Are your ducts leaking? – An energy assessment will answer this question, too. Ducts that leak into attic and crawlspaces, attics and basements, not only waste energy, duct leaks can also strain your HVAC system and shorten its lifespan.
Making the Upgrades
Whether you choose to perform the repairs that are found in an energy assessment or have them contracted out, the savings that you earn from the upgrades to your home will outweigh the expense, in the end. Your home will be more comfortable, your energy bills lowered and the air quality of your home improved. Call for a energy assessment today and start saving money.
Reduce Your Energy Costs
Air infiltration can account for 30 percent or more of a home's heating and cooling costs and contribute to problems with moisture, noise, dust, and the entry of pollutants, insects and rodents.
Did You Know
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On March 2019, Etalab – the Task Force under the French Prime Minister's Office in charge of open data and open government, responsible for the portal www.data.gouv.fr – published their guide for public algorithms to be used by public administrations to increase transparency. This public algorithm will, for example, calculate the amount of housing tax per household, determine if an individual is eligible for social assistance, or manage the mobility of teachers.
The document is composed of three parts:
For more information about the guide for public algorithms, read Etalab's article on "Public Algorithms: Etalab publishes a guide for administrations".


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Vail snowboard cross racer Senna Leith gets first World Cup podium
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VAIL — Vail local Senna Leith, joined by teammate Jake Vedder, nabbed the first World Cup podium of his career on Sunday.
It was also the first podium for the U.S. in a snowboard cross team event this season.
Team event racing is a two-person snowboard cross relay, with the second racer's starting gate opening as soon as the first racer crosses the finish line. Team event racing has been undertaken at the World Cup level since the 2012-13 season and was proposed for, but not included in, the 2018 Olympics. In 2017, it became contested at the World Championship level.
Leith, 20, is enjoying his first year on the World Cup, after winning the North America Cup overall title last season. He capped off 2016-17 by winning the team event at the FIS Snowboard Junior World Championships in Klinovec, Czech Republic. He was also partnered with Vedder in that event.
"We haven't really done team event racing that much," Leith said from France on Monday.
"But Jake and I have raced really well when we have done it, so if we were able to get more practice and more repetition, I think we could have a good future in it."
Vedder and Leith — who are members of the U.S. Snowboarding's SBX development team — had to beat fellow Americans Alex Deibold and Jonathan Cheever to make the podium in the head-to-head contest.
Deibold is a member of the SBX A team and the Olympic bronze medalist from 2014, and Cheever is a member of the SBX B team and has a number of World Cup podiums to his credit. They finished fourth.
In the final round of competition, Leith was first to take to the course, racing alongside Deibold, Lueftnerof and Perathoner. Leith and Deibold were neck-and-neck at the finish of their leg of the race, a full board length or more in front of Lueftnerof and Perathoner.
"It was really cool to finish in second in my portion of the big final," Leith said. "I did everything I could to set my teammate up."
The race was held on a 350-meter course in Lata Park, located just west of downtown Moscow in Russia. Leith said traveling to venues like that one have been the highlight of his season. Snowboard cross is often held in venues where other forms of ski and snowboard racing would not be possible; this season Leith competed in Argentina, Turkey and Bulgaria in addition to traditional alpine countries like Italy, Austria and France.
"We've been to all kinds of crazy places I never thought I'd go to snowboard," he said.
Emanuel Perathoner and Omar Visintin, of Italy, took down Alessandro Haemmerle and Julian Lueftner, of Italy, for the win.
The snowboard cross World Cup tour will continue this weekend in Switzerland, where the Veysonnaz resort is set to host the season's finals with an individual and a team event race from Friday to Sunday.
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From Saturday 28 March, the Emirates Air Line will offer a new 'Night Flight' experience with later opening hours, a longer flight time and complementary music and video entertainment in cabins and at the terminals.
The later opening will ensure customers can sit back, relax and enjoy the unique aerial views of fantastic sunsets or the spectacular lights and colours of London after dark, throughout the summer. From Sunday to Thursday, passengers will be able to fly until 10pm and on Friday and Saturday nights the Emirates Air Line will close at 11pm.
To allow more time to enjoy the experience, journey times will also be extended every day after 7pm. A round trip will be extended from 20 minutes to 25 minutes (12-13 minutes for a single crossing).
There have been over five million passengers on the Emirates Air Line, the UK's first urban cable car, since its opening in June 2012. Customer Satisfaction Surveys show that around half of all users of the Emirates Air Line are Londoners and satisfaction scores remain very high at 93 out of 100. This demonstrates what a successful addition it is for both Londoners and visitors to the Capital. Since opening, the Emirates Air Line has helped customers celebrate special occasions, including marriage proposals and welcomed numerous famous faces including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hulk Hogan and Novak Djokovic.
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- Ideal for targeting largemouth and smallmouth bass
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There is one known cause of mesothelioma: Exposure to asbestos.
Mesothelioma has a long latency period, which means a long time passes between when a victim was exposed to asbestos until he or she is diagnosed with mesothelioma. According to the American Cancer Society, the latency period for mesothelioma is between 20 and 50 years.
Considering that decades may pass from when someone is exposed to asbestos to when that person is diagnosed with mesothelioma, it can be difficult to track the source of the exposure.
In these cases, it is important to work with an experienced attorney who has knowledge of job sites throughout the United States. Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC, has significant experience identifying the source of asbestos exposure.
Once the negligent company or manufacturers are known, we help clients take legal action and seek compensation.
But what happens when the employer, company or manufacturer filed bankruptcy and is no longer in business?
The good news is that these companies can still be held accountable, even if they have filed bankruptcy.
What Are Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts?
When a company that exposed workers to asbestos filed bankruptcy, that company may have been required to set up a bankruptcy trust fund depending on the type of bankruptcy filed.
The purpose of setting up a bankruptcy trust fund was to ensure that individuals who would later be diagnosed with mesothelioma would have options for securing compensation in the future.
Remember: A company is not off the hook just because it filed bankruptcy. Talk to an experienced asbestos attorney to learn about your legal options.
5 Things Mesothelioma Victims Need To Know About Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts
- Many companies that exposed workers to asbestos eventually filed bankruptcy.
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With over 32 years of outstanding results, be assured you are studying with a quality training provider. In 2016 93% of students achieved their qualification, ensuring you of a high rate of success.
We have the highest possible rating by NZQA
We are rated by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority as a category one provider. This is the highest rating possible and shows the government's confidence in us. To view NZQA's educational rating for New Zealand School of Tourism click here.
Train in a real aircraft
Our Auckland Airport campus is a world class facility covering all areas of flight attendant training. You'll learn a full sized 737 aircraft and in a 747 service trainer. This allows you to get a real hands on experience for this exciting industry.
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95% of our students are New Zealanders, so your English will improve quickly and you'll make lots of fun memories with your kiwi classmates.
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With class sizes of around 22 students, you will get individual attention and support.
New Zealand School of Tourism ensures that all staff have the knowledge, skills and relevant industry experience in order to deliver high quality education to students.
We are the largest
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Students attend Job Fairs in various cities around New Zealand to meet potential employers- in 2018 job fairs held in 5 cities- Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.
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We offer internship opportunities with partners like Accor Hotels, Hobbiton and Menzies Aviation to name a few. Students who are in level 5 programmes will have 400 hours, in Level 5 and 6 800 hours. Students who want to pathway onto the last year of Bachelor programme after L6, will have 16 week full time
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We are partners with Air New Zealand, Auckland Airport, Ski Resorts Canada, Accor Hotels, Hobbiton, Millennium Hotels, Fullers Cruises, Skyline Enterprises, House of Travel and Disney Cruises -to name just a few places where our graduates can get full time roles.
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Study Diploma Programmes with us for at least one year and you will have the opportunity to interview with our partners Disney Cruise Lines and Broadmoor Resort, Colorado, USA. If successful, your role will start after you graduate.
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Strengthening our lungs: self-help and acupuncture
Autumn – the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness – is also the time when our lungs need our help the most. Maybe you have a tendency for colds to go onto your chest, or have asthma or other chronic … Continue reading
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Top Ten Greatest Female PoliticiansAlexandr
The Top Ten
Not just very beautiful woman but very smart, influential and recognizable politician. She wrote more than 50 scientific works. She was one of the main leaders of Orange Revolution. Julia is fearless woman. No Wonder Ukrainians call her "The Only Real Man" in Parliament - Alexandr
She was a genius
Don't really know her, but anyone is better than Clinton.
She is a great leader, and women among Muslim women politicians.
Benazir is the greatest Female politician of all time, she was the first Female Prime Minister of a Muslim state, it was itself a great achievement, moreover she removed the misconception from the minds of People that Muslim women remain within their houses, She was also named as the most famous politician by The Guiness Book of world record in 1996 so who can be better than her
benazir was the best politician in the world
she was so educated and nice
A leader having en hart qualities of his father
How is this woman not number 1? She had more to do with the downfall of the soviet union than reagan for goodness sake! They called her the iron lady for a reason you know!
How is it that Hillary Clinton is above Margaret... Hillary is maybe 9... Maybe8 but certainly no where near the stature of Margaret Thatcher!
I also believe Margaret Thatcher is a good politician and I look up to her and I also hope to achieve half as much as she did
I Hate her. Worthless piece of crap.
Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal, whether you love her or hate her, agree with her on it all or proudly disagree with her all, Hill is a powerful voice and a smart woman. - drpeppersnapple
I'm hoping she will win in 2016. Who are those two ahead of her in this "poll". We're talking Hilary Clinton... One of the most famous women in the World. The two above her as of this post I don't know them.
Remember when she went to Chipotle by herself, and no one knew it was her because both, she's not important, and no one cares.
Wishing her a full and speedy recovery.
Her fall from grace has been abrupt.
Sehr gut
I think the best hope we have in the United States for a women's leader is Sally Cilek. I'm her youngest son, tom, (a.K.A.R.K.B.). there's a "League of Women Voters of Johnson County, Iowa legislative forum taking place from 9:30am -11:30 A.M. his coming Saturday January 31, 2015 in the North Liberty City council Chambers in North Liberty, Iowa. Perhaps great supporters of Amy Schemmell on the cabinet will show up as well. If I can't be there please get a hold of me any way possible. "COURTESEAN PLANES: THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF THE DEMIMONDE TRIBE" -
"THIS DNA OF LORE, Iowa AGRICULTURE AND ITS CYPHER-SOLDIERS"
Very good.
Smart, accomplished, didn't do it on the back of anyone else, doesn't have to hide emails to stay out of jail.
An incredible and highly intellignt female!
She was one of the best Prime Minister of India.
Indira gandhi is a very cleaver and smart lady politicien ever.
Israel's only female PM ever!
The Contenders
Best politicians, not flopped reality stars.
Ugh she's horrible! She's the head of the extremely corrupt Congress party, and she is the most corrupt of them all.
She is the greatest
Mayawati will create history in 2019.she is the future prime minister of india.
Mayawati the most small minded nitwit stupid pig total moron a sad excse for a human bieng
If Mayawati had born in any swarn cast, then she creat a history. It is very unfortunate that she born in dalit family, She is really Iron lady in the world.
She is a best Leader ruled biggest state of India called Uttar Pradesh. She is President of India's 3rd largest national party BSP and fighting for human rights protection of Indian SC ST OBC and MINORITIES, she is a leading lady also fighting for pulling these communities inti Power in India. Her wishing words are JAI BHIM used for honour of writer of Indian Constitution Baba saheb Dr. Bhimrio Ambedkar.
She is considered to be in top ten...brave women and good administrator... Powerful performance, given lot of welfare schemes to the people of tamilnadu, no women like her very bold and lived for people...great iron lady
Most powerful women in India..no one better than jayalalitha..Even the powerful politicians fears shakes abt to her rules
She brought national identity for Latvia
She is sure an Iron Lady
She is the Best and the brave, fearless, and courageous BJPian.
Canada's first and only PM. sure slightly useless but still better than many of those on here


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John Stewart's series Véroniques makes reference to Francisco de Zurbaran's painting Le voile de Véronique, a mysterious work that has inspired many artists. According to legend, a woman on the Via Dolorosa on the way to Calvary offered Jesus a veil with which to wipe his face. When he gave it back to her, the image of his face was left on the veil.
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Sully maybe the last male leather back sea turtle born due to global warming. The temperature of the ocean has risen. by 3 degrees and the female can no longer produce male eggs.
Lets hope that Sully can get the word out to the World. Be simply driving a battery operated car will help reduce the temperature of the oceans. My Grandfather and his Father travelled
by horse and buggy. Perhaps the invention and building of gas operated vehicles has changed the World. Other animals are also suffering due to Global Warming. the ice bergs in northern Canada are melting. This increases the amount of moisture in the World. Many devastating floods have injured and killed several people. Polar bears have a reduced living space to hunt for food.
I cannot believe how many women and children love turtles. When I show people the cover of the book with Sully emerging from the sand, everyone adores him.
The book is available at amplbooks.com for $12. Thanking You in advance for your appreciation.


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The Pierre site was placed as inactive on 12/12/2019. No applications will be accepted. Students may complete the B.S.N. program at the Capital University Center in Pierre. The capital city offers lots of recreational activities, including camping at Farm Island recreation area, hunting during pheasant season and exploring the Mount Rushmore State's rich culture at the South Dakota State Historical Society Museum.
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While NASA and the Air Force still dominate federal spending on space activities, the growing importance of public-private partnerships and the explosion of business-to-business space commerce are creating an outsized role for the small regulatory and promotional agencies inside the Departments of Transportation and Commerce.
While U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will likely submit his proposed cabinet-level secretaries of those departments within a few weeks, the question is whether those secretaries and their early hires as undersecretaries and Schedule C positions will even know that among their statutory responsibilities is licensing and promoting vital segments of the U.S. commercial space industry. And that those responsibilities are carried out by civil servants (frequently on an acting basis in commerce's case) buried several layers inside one of the many agencies under their jurisdiction.
That suggests that America's national security reliance on commercial space communications, overhead imagery, and launch services — plus our civilian exploration and scientific missions in space — are all further dependent on three tiny offices inside Commerce and Transportation, plus the Satellite Division of the International Bureau of the independent Federal Communications Commission. So getting value for the taxpayer from over $40 billion in federal space investments depends in part on the effectiveness and productivity of less than $30 million to $40 million in regulatory and promotional offices.
Of course, the global commercial space marketplace is nearly 10 times larger than U.S. government space spending. Presumably, ensuring U.S. commercial providers have a streamlined path to compete for a share of $400 billion is of some economic relevance to the nation… and even minor political considerations like job creation.
Among these critical small offices, perhaps best known is the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Commercial Space Transportation. FAA/AST has seen a marked growth in budget and staffing as well as extraordinary public discussion of expanded authority in recent years. That's partly driven by increasing launch activity, including SpaceX, Orbital ATK, and soon many others winning back launch market and resuplying the International Space Station. But it is also a reflection of both new space applications (satellite servicing, on-orbit manufacturing) and new approaches to existing applications (remote sensing and big LEO internet constellations) that are collectively enabled by cheaper and more plentiful launch capabilities.
While AST's total resources have increased (to nearly $25 million in the 2017 budget), so has its workload, with much more ahead of them. AST's launch regulations, for example, reflect primarily the ICBM-heritage expendable launch vehicles of the 1990s. As U.S. commercial launch rates increase from a dozen or so a year to a hundred and more, many carrying not one but perhaps dozens of payloads, the current licensing process will grind to a halt. Old process-based rules will need to be replaced with streamlined performance-based ones, and that will require an increase in both technical and legal expertise at AST to understand the latest technologies and operational realities of industry.
But the reality is that AST, which rests uneasily next to the leviathan air safety, air traffic, and airports offices inside the FAA, isn't in a position to control its own destiny. So it will be critical that the new Secretary of Transportation vest some of his or her political capital in AST, perhaps dual-hatting the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation as an Assistant Secretary of Transportation. Ideally, it will mean restoring AST as a direct report to the Secretary, eventually as its own modal agency.
The Commerce Secretary's role in commercial space is no less critical, but is much less visible, focused or funded than Transportation's. The Office of Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs, which oversees space-based collection of geospatial data under a law and regulations codified at the tail end of the Cold War, has about four people and no permanent director to process a flood of applications for remote sensing constellations. The Office of Space Commerce, whose roots go back to the Reagan administration, has languished without a director for over eight years. Yet it has the job of hosting the government's Space-Based Position, Navigation and Timing National Executive Committee, as well as promotion of remote sensing and other issues. Additionally, there are some heroic individuals that serve in export promotion and export control agencies within Commerce.
Both of these offices, though, are buried within NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service. That's right, the organizations responsible for promoting and regulating commercial remote sensing are beholden to the organization that buys and operates its own environmental satellites and gives away the data.
Fortunately, in its last budget proposal the Obama administration finally increased the funding for both of these offices … to a whopping $2 million each. So once an omnibus appropriation is passed next spring, the new Secretary of Commerce will be able to combine them together, and move them up to at least the office of the Undersecretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, and charter them with leading an aggressive department-wide space business promotion agenda.
The Trump administration should model its organization of space policy on lessons from the Reagan and first Bush administrations. Commerce and Transportation need to play a revitalized role, as they did in the 1980s and 1990s, in influencing space launch, human spaceflight, and remote sensing policies — sometimes over the objections of NASA or the Department of Defense. And restoring the National Space Council, which Vice President-elect Mike Pence committed to when he spoke at a space coast rally in Floriday a few weeks ago, will help harness all U.S. space agencies (and their investments), large and small, to pursue our national space agenda.
Jim Muncy is a former congressional staffer and principal of PoliSpace, an Alexandria, Virginia-based space-policy consultancy.