![]() ![]() ![]() “The giraffes need to have another group next to them,” evolutionarily, Solounias says. Solounias estimates that the common ancestor of Palaeomerycid and the giraffe lived some 19 million years ago. This study is “reassuring, yes, they’re relatives to the giraffes,” says the giraffe expert. In fact, he adds, other researchers have pointed out those similarities before. “Cladistics is looking at similarities, so it’s not surprising that they’re finding those relatives to the giraffe,” Solounias says. You look at characters and match animals with characters.” Xenokeryx was classified as a member of the clade Giraffomorpha based on its physical characteristics.Ĭladistics – the means of classifying biological organisms based on shared derived characteristics – "is more or less like the stock market,” says Dr. In convergent evolution, different animals independently evolve similar traits as a process of adapting to similar environments. But, “that’s called convergent evolution.” The problem before was that conclusive fossil evidence for ossicones in Palaeomerycids had not yet been found.īut now, “They found evidence, finally, that separates the North American from the Eurasian animals into two different groups,” Nikos Solounias, a mammalian anatomy and evolution expert who has focused his research on giraffes and is not connected with this study, tells the Monitor in an interview. “They look very similar,” he says. “We have discovered that Palaeomerycids in Europe were not the cousins of the North American Dromomerycids,” he says. So Sánchez and his colleagues turned to Xenokeryx to test that hypothesis. “The majority of researchers thought that Palaeomerycids in Eurasia and the Dromomerycids in North America were very closely related groups,” Dr. These other ruminants, the Dromomerycids, are thought to be distant deer relatives. Scientists had previously connected Palaeomerycids to another group of ruminants that appear similar externally and whose teeth have features like those of Palaeomerycids. Sánchez tells The Christian Science Monitor in an interview. “The problem with Palaeomerycids is that really nobody knew where they belonged in the ruminant evolutionary tree,” study author Israel M. ![]() In a young animal, it grows separately and then fuses to the skull in adulthood. The scientists found that the front horns are ossicones, the same structure that gives giraffes their horns.Īn ossicone is a detachable unit. Xenokeryx has three horns, two small ones in the front of its head and a large T-shaped horn protruding from the back. What does self-defense mean in US? Subway killing shows divide. That is an awesome responsibility and a revolutionary opportunity. Even when the world is unkind, we can be unmoved in our determination to love, to build, to seek credible hope. Never to excuse or ignore cruelty or crime, but to recognize that how we view the world shapes the world. What is the media’s responsibility?Author and anti-apartheid activist Alan Paton once said of the Monitor, “It gives no shrift to any belief in the irredeemable wickedness of man, nor in the futility of human endeavor.”In addition to reporting acts of kindness, perhaps a next step is to see the world through a lens of kindness. But can this elevation only happen with stories of kindness? Must the rest of the news abandon us to despair?The world is asking us to consider that question deeply. She defined kindness and heroism as “moral beauty,” which “triggers ‘elevation’ – a positive and uplifting feeling” that “acts as an emotional reset button, replacing feelings of cynicism with hope, love and optimism.”The study suggested this happens when one watches a news story about kindness after watching ones about bombings, cruelty, and violence. They support “the belief that the world and people in it are good.” And they provide “relief to the pain we experience when we see others suffering.”It was her fourth point that stuck with me. A week ago, a British researcher published an article titled “Stories of kindness may counteract the negative effects of looking at bad news.” As you might imagine, I was intrigued.Kathryn Buchanan of the University of Essex shared four main takeaways from her research: Stories of kindness remind us of our shared values.
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![]() Wild apples, crabapples, and supermarket varieties are all members of the Malus genus the ones available in grocery stores, as well as the heritage apples of old, are all varieties of Malus domestica.Īmerican propagation of apples began as early as the 1600s along the eastern seaboard, but the apple’s golden age really started during the Civil War. The only apple indigenous to this continent is a cousin, the crabapple, Lilliputian in size and extraordinarily sour due to the presence of excess malic acid-the same compound which, in normal amounts, gives apples their sweet-tart taste. From Europe, they were carried to the New World. From there human growers carried these wild, distant relatives across the Caspian Sea, spreading them into Europe. The ancestry of the large, edible apple traces back thousands of years to somewhere near present-day Kazakhstan. Perhaps it’s fitting, then, that the quintessential American fruit was also an immigrant. Recall that very war, during which hard cider was consumed by the barrelful, because in the 1770s the average colonist knocked back more than 30 gallons of fermented apple juice every year. During a lecture in 1858, transcendentalist poet Ralph Waldo Emerson described the apple as “our national fruit.” Recall the tale of pioneer nurseryman John Chapman, son of a Revolutionary War minuteman, who voyaged down the Ohio River with a boatload of apple seeds, planting orchards throughout the early American frontier (a feat that earned him his storied nickname, Johnny Appleseed). ![]() Is there a fruit more closely entwined with American culture than the apple? Soldiers in World War II told reporters they were fighting for two reasons: their mothers and apple pie. Yet it’s precisely in these moments, Benscoter tells me, that he feels he needs to keep searching, before lost apples are gone for good. We do assemble one bag of apples, but without knowing whether our quarry is an old variety. Many of the trees we investigate are already dead. I wanted to find an apple I’ve never eaten-maybe even one that Benscoter himself hasn’t rediscovered.īut after a few hours on the butte, my chances aren’t looking good. How wonderful? I’d flown 3,000 miles to Washington to join the hunt and experience it for myself. “It is difficult to describe how it feels to taste apples you’ve never tasted before,” he says. Since 2014, he has found 29 different varieties that were previously thought to be gone, some dating back to Grover Cleveland’s first presidency in the 1880s. He’s the founder of the Lost Apple Project, a nonprofit whose mission is to rediscover heritage apples in the Pacific Northwest. Now there’s less than half that number.Ī self-styled sleuth of forgotten fruit, Benscoter pursues these rare heirlooms. As commercial agriculture supplanted family orchards, many distinct apples were displaced, too-but not lost forever.īy 1900, about 20,000 known varieties of apples grew across North America. These heirloom varieties fell out of favor when new transportation and storage methods nullified the need for locally grown apples. Some are extinct, while others grow on trees more than a century old. For the next several hours we continue, plucking apples from aged trees, sampling them in the grass, hoping to find one that people haven’t tasted in decades.īy 1900, about 20,000 known varieties of apples grew across North America. He chuckles, grasps the apple, wipes it against his shirt, bites into it, chews a few times, and promptly spits out a chunk of partially masticated fruit. ![]() “It looks like a butt.” A vertical indent creased it down the middle. “There it is, my all-time favorite apple,” Benscoter says after hauling it in. Clasping it now with both hands, he maneuvers it between a tuft of green and orange leaves, then plucks an apple with the hue of a highlighter off a branch. ![]() Hundreds still stand, scattered like patchwork between overgrown brush and tilled wheat fields.īenscoter carries a long pole topped with a metal basket resembling the pocket of a lacrosse stick. (After it closed, the abandoned hotel became an after-hours booze-soaked hangout.) But Cashup also planted several hundred apple trees in the ravines below. In the late 1800s, local legend James “Cashup” Davis erected a hotel at the top of the butte, a popular destination until travelers figured that navigating a rickety wagon up 3,600 feet was a surefire way to join the departed. Craning his neck, he fixes his bespectacled eyes on an object the size of a tennis ball. We trudge until a mess of branches-some bent low, crooked like a finger, others soaring toward the sun like Icarus-obscure the outline of his five-foot-nine-inch frame, currently draped in a T-shirt bearing the image of a whitetail buck. On a hot October afternoon, Dave Benscoter leads me into a thicket of trees rising from a slope along the edge of Steptoe Butte in eastern Washington. ![]() Our moral codes teach that lying is wrong, and this code is enforced by parents, teachers, and religious institutions. People also expect to be told the truth under most circumstances. “People are primed for being easily deceived. Thus, they never learn, progress, and become better people.” ― Stewart Staffordġ4. Yet their brittle egos and lack of self-awareness (the reasons they lie in the first place) prevent them from noticing they’re bad liars. They think they’re geniuses at it when most people see through their constant deceit in a split second. “Pathological liars lie most often to themselves about their ability to fool others. ![]() They seek to disguise failure by making others feel responsible or by casting the blame on someone else.” – Gini Graham Scottġ3. They commonly lie to gain admiration, popularity, control, and the ability to manipulate others to compensate for low self-esteem. “Not all compulsive liars suffer from a psychiatric illness. “No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar” – Abraham Lincolnġ2. ![]() Mean people who disguise themselves as nice people bother me a lot.” – Cindy Cummings Johnsonġ1. So anything that comes out of their mouths is their reality.” – Jane Velez-Mitchellġ0. It’s like they’re color-blind to the truth. “I’ve studied pathological liars, and anything they say, they believe, and that’s one of the reasons they’re so convincing, because they have no connection with the truth. “In spite of all the strictures against it, lying is a very normal and common part of everyday human behavior, although some people-the compulsive and sociopathic liars-like far more than others.” – Gini Graham Scottĩ. Related: Top 35 Quotes About Sociopaths That Will Make You Feel SeenĨ. “I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.” – Friedrich Nietzsche “Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest people know and confess them.” – Christian Nestell Boveeħ. In time they come to believe their lies, or rather to half-believe them.” – Robert PayneĦ. Lies are their instruments, their pleasure, their solace. “All liars … lie to protect themselves, to shield their egos from the raw pain of truth. “The sociopath uses lying as a weapon to gain trust, sympathy, and pity from those to whom they lie, such as by telling a story that seems personally revealing or describes facing difficulties and hardship.” – Gini Graham ScottĤ. “Even one sociopath might not detect the lies of another, so two sociopaths might readily lie to each other as long as it is in their best interest to continue the personal or business relationship.” – Gini Graham Scottģ. “The sociopathic liar commonly is good at lying, since he or she conceals the lies under a veneer of charm and an ability to quickly craft explanations to deflect any suspicions that they may be lying.” – Gini Graham ScottĢ. Related: Is My Boyfriend A Psychopath Quiz Pathological Liar Quotesġ. Pathological lying is often associated with mental health disorders like antisocial personality disorder (APD) or narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). fixing their gaze upon you rather than looking away), which makes them hard to catch in the act. Unlike compulsive liars, pathological liars often believe their own lies and live in a false sense of reality.īecause they believe their own lies, they will usually exhibit confidence while lying (e.g. Pathological lying, also known as pseudologia fantastica or mythomania, is often manipulative and cunning (i.e., one tells lies to get what they want) and with little regard or respect for the feelings of others. ![]() Larger files are transmitted in parts, and if one part fails, the whole transfer fails. This will help prevent issues when uploading large files, by automatically retrying the transfer multiple times. To enable automatic retry of file transfers, it is recommended to change the setting for Download Files and Uploading files to be "Try to resume the transfer". This will help to improve the speed at which the files can be uploaded or downloaded. In the Transfers window, you can change the number of files transferred simultaneously up to 12. To improve the transfer speed, go to Preferences and click on the transfer icon. If you click on the transfers icon it will show you the files getting uploaded to B2 and also the rate at which it is getting uploaded. Now just drag a file to the bucket and it will get uploaded. If you don't have a bucket already to upload your files to, we have a helpful guide here.Īll your buckets will show on the Transmit window and this is how it will look like: Type in or paste the Key ID and Application key which we got earlier into the appropriate fields and click connect. Open Transmit and click the Quick Connect icon.Ĭlick the drop-down field that reads SFTP and select Backblaze B2 as the cloud storage Keep this window open or paste the Key ID and Application key to some other place so it can be accessed later for setting up Transmit. Then you will need to either use your Master Application Key or create a new App Key as shown here:Ĭlicking this will bring up a screen where the Key ID and Application key will be listed Once you have signed in, click the App Keys link in the left-hand navigation pane. Type your email address and password used for Backblaze, then click Sign In. To get this information you will need to go here: Once Transmit is installed, you will need an Application Key and Application Key ID from your Backblaze account. When the installer download is complete, run the installer. Transmit can be downloaded from their webpage here: Transmit is a third-party integration with B2 that makes a simple drag-and-drop interface for users to interact with B2 just like they would any folder on their computer. ![]() ![]() The last level reveals that the Goo Balls have gone completely extinct, and you use some balloon-like fish to raise the telescope beyond the layer of smog. Later, the Epilogue reveals that all Goo Balls, except the "scientifically pure" ones, have been sucked away to the "Tower of Goo Memorial Park and Recreation Center".
Infusing trend-forward graphics and prints into stylish silhouettes is boohooMAN’s goal and they do it well. Use our temporary hair color spray in hot pink and silver to create an ombré effect. Below, we have a tutorial for doing exactly that. SW Pearly White is a creamy and soft off-white paint color with deep yellow undertones. One idea we love is to match your makeup to your hair color. ![]() Like ASOS,boohooMAN offers fashion for the average size and the big & tall guy, all at a budget-friendly price point. Once you have rainbow hair, you’ll likely start thinking about the best makeup to pair with your new hair color. Shade ID Technology uses multi-colored chromatic pigments to adjust to your unique skin tone and neutralize imperfections for a true-to-tone color match. Get long-lasting color, expert definition, and coverage that actually stays put with Infallible. LOral Infallible Fresh Wear 24HR Foundation is their most lightweight, breathable, longwear foundation. Find your foundation color match for popular foundations and concealers by. Your unique skin tone has finally met its. The LOreal Infallible looks a tad bit better on the skin, but its not as budge proof and wont last as long. I just couldnt find a great shade match so I had to mix two shades. ![]() Amazing lasting power and similar coverage. Why don’t we dive in to these ASOS alternatives so you have many more options to choose from when shopping for clothes. L’Oral Paris Infallible offers you a MUA-approved collection of long-wearing cosmetics including full-coverage foundation and concealer, matte liquid lipstick, waterproof eyeliner, and more. Revlon Photoready Candid Foundation - 200 (nude) Loreal Infallible Pro-Matte. Find your perfect foundation and shade easily Customize to your skin tone with Maybellines foundation finder. The Revlon Colorstay is like it in many ways. ![]() There are tons of stores like ASOS that have a similar vibe, but with slight variations (and perhaps those variations are more your style anyway). Sure, the target demographic of ASOS skews a bit younger, but even if you’re in your 30s and 40s, you’re bound to find stuff that works for your style, especially if you’re young at heart and open to slightly trendier options mixed in with your classics and basics.
![]() When a tile is in two lines, you score it for both lines when counting up your points that turn. This is the best way to maximize your points, since those lines add up for your point total that turn! Whenever you play down 1 or more tiles, count up how many tiles there are in lines they are in.Ī tile can, and often will, be in multiple lines for a single play. In order to add to existing lines on the table, you have to be able to match either the color or the shape of the other tiles in that line without duplicating one of the tiles. Lines are always either all one shape or all one color. When two or more tiles on the table are touching, that is considered a line. To do so, the tile(s) they place must match either the color of the shape of the tile they’re being placed next to. Each turn builds off the first line put down by the first player, eventually turning the gaming surface into a sprawling network of colors and shapes.Įvery player, on their turn, is able to place 1 or more tiles on the table. This is most of what you’ll be doing in a game of Qwirkle. This makes for a quick pace to the game, with typically short turns. Trade away unwanted tiles for new ones from the bag.They must also be attached to a matching tile already on the board, and must all be matching themselves. Place a tile on the table, next to a matching tile.Once the game kicks in, play will proceed in a clock-wise direction around the table.Įach player has a chance to do 1 of 3 possible actions. $34.99 −$10.04 $24.95 Buy Now on Amazon Affiliate link / commissions earned ( read disclosure) Taking a Turn The first player must play those tiles to start the board as their first turn. In case of a tie, the eldest player takes the priority. Whoever has the most tiles of a kind goes first. Once hands are dealt, have everybody count up how many of their tiles share either a shape or a color.ĭisregard duplicates for this count (for instance, if you have 2 blue square tiles you should only count 1 of them). These will be your hand of available tiles, which you can play from on your turn. Allow each player to draw 6 tiles from the bag, keeping them hidden from the other players.Shake the bag nice and vigorously to mix the tiles up.Put all the tiles in the bag if they aren’t already in there.There aren’t any materials provided with the game set for this.Ī pencil and paper is recommended, though you could also use a smartphone notepad app or something similar if that works better for you. Setting Up and Getting Started Image via Flickrįirst thing you’ll need to figure out is how you’ll be keeping score for this game of Qwirkle. Risk Strategy: 9 Tips to Step Up Your Game. ![]() Dixit: A Simple Story Telling Game With Surprising Depth.Love strategy games? Check out these posts: There is a good depth of strategy the more you dive into the game, though, making it great to play over and over with the same group. If that sounds simple, it’s because the concept is simple. To score these points, you must match and place tiles from your hand on the board in lines with other tiles of the same shape or color. The object of the game is to score more points than your opponents before the game ends. I mentioned that the rules of Qwirkle are simple, right? ![]() Once you evaluate your exact needs, you can start searching for a database management system that covers these specific needs. What’s best for one business is not necessarily best for another. You should start by taking a look at your company and its specific needs. Access should be fine-grained enough to restrict specific data objects easily otherwise, users end up with more access than they need. It is essential from a security perspective that access can be federated to ensure accounts are removed at the same time as other access. One of the things often overlooked when choosing a database management system is how identity and access are managed. This leads to cost overruns and suboptimal system usage while providing poor performance. However, we often forget to focus on the easy availability of talent with experience using the system. When selecting a database management system, organizations focus on technological superiority and cost. Availability Of Talent With ExperienceĪ database management system is at the heart of an organization, enabling better business decisions, improved customer satisfaction and focused innovation. As a company matures and data volumes increase, it is time to look for a more consistent, better scalable system. ![]() NoSQL databases are schema-less, fast and easy to deploy. Small budgets, small teams and other factors force small companies to choose database management systems that are easy to prototype. With so many startups getting off the ground every day, it is crucial to provide products and services promptly. Deciding in silo would result in sub-optimal database management system selection. The selection team must include the app architect along with the engineering, database and product teams. ![]() Is the app architect thinking about whether to store data in the form of relational, documents, a NoSQL graph or any other pattern? Based on that, the right system should be selected. The Entire Team's Needsįirst things first: consider the nature of the application and the type of data that needs to be stored. In this increasingly dangerous cyber environment, cybersecurity and data encryption is not a "nice-to-have," but a "must-have." - Matthew Polega, Mark43 9. Keeping records secure cannot be an afterthought it must be a cornerstone of all aspects of company and customer operations. Cybersecurity And Data EncryptionĪ cloud-native system delivers best-in-class reliability and security. Especially in the context of large-scale system design or application modernization programs, it is crucial to prioritize the read and write I/O performance. One of the things I have learned while working in engineering roles is the importance of the read and write I/O (input/output) performance in any database management system. Without the proper knowledge, it can be easy to make a mistake when choosing a database management system. In other words: is there room for growth? You must consider how you are scaling your solutions so that the system fits your business and data needs as they grow or even shrink. ![]() Scalability and extensivity are key factors one should pay attention to. Assessing the application workload is the first step in picking the right database that best fits business needs and developer mindshare availability. High throughput, low latency in operational databases, scalability and high availability in data warehouses and API support in NoSQL will help narrow this down further. Do I qualify?įind out whether you need an operational or an analytical data store. Forbes Technology Council is an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs and technology executives. ![]() This request has been blocked the content must be served over HTTPS. The allow attribute values are the following features which can be used as per need. The policy is used to define features available to the![]() It is obvious that the result would be applicable only to lines with exactly characteristic impedance Z0. ![]() To do so, we start from the general definition of line impedance (which is equally applicable to a load impedance when d=0) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )0 1 ( ) 1 V d d Z d Z I d d + Γ = − Γ This provides the complex function ( ) ( )( ) Re, ImZ d f= Γ Γ that we want to graph. Im(Γ ) Re(Γ ) 1 Transmission Lines © Amanogawa, 2006 - Digital Maestro Series 166 The goal of the Smith chart is to identify all possible impedances on the domain of existence of the reflection coefficient. In the case of a general lossy line, the reflection coefficient might have magnitude larger than one, due to the complex characteristic impedance, requiring and extended Smith chart. This is also the domain of the Smith chart. The domain of definition of the reflection coefficient for a loss-less line is a circle of unitary radius in the complex plane. From a mathematical point of view, the Smith chart is a 4-D representation of all possible complex impedances with respect to coordinates defined by the complex reflection coefficient. The chart provides a clever way to visualize complex functions and it continues to endure popularity, decades after its original conception. Where \$r\$ is your resistance, \$j\$ is your imaginary number \$\sqrt\$ and \$x\$ is your reactance which is your "resistance" of your capacitance or inductance, so to speak.Download Smith Chart Notes - Lines, Fields, Waves | ECE 450 and more Electrical and Electronics Engineering Study notes in PDF only on Docsity!Transmission Lines © Amanogawa, 2006 - Digital Maestro Series 165 Smith Chart The Smith chart is one of the most useful graphical tools for high frequency circuit applications. Remember that your formula for impedance is: If the impedance was only real and not complex, it would mean your transmission line would be purely resistive with no indication of induction or capacitance. I'm not sure what you mean by "assuming the TL impedance is real". Otherwise if the reflection coefficient, \$\Gamma=-j\$, it would indicate a purely capacitive load. Henceforth, using the picture above, if the reflection coefficient, \$\Gamma=j\$, it would mean that the transmission has a purely inductive load. If you had to cut horizontal line across the middle of this circle in half, you would see that top half would be a more inductive load and the bottom half being a more capacitive load. real axis, you can basically determine real and imaginary components of the impedance. Wikipedia has a very good image of how the Smith Chart is organized (for impedance): Forgive me for my knowledge of transmission lines and microwave circuits is very minuscule. |
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