Forest Garden - Overlap, Dip Treated, Pent Sheds
Forest Garden #39;s pent sheds are ideal for use when height is at a premium due to the pent design, giving extra head room inside.
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Forest Garden - Overlap, Dip Treated, Reverse Apex Sheds
Forest Garden #39;s range of reverse apex sheds are available in a range of sizes suitable for any size garden, whatever your needs. Radio 4 #39;s Matthew Biggs talks through the benefits and clever...
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Forest Garden - Shiplap and Dip Treated Apex Sheds
Forest Garden #39;s sheds have many fantastic features, making them long lasting and practical for all kinds of garden storage. Radio 4 #39;s Matthew Biggs talks through the benefits of our wooden apex sheds.
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Underwater robot sheds new light on Antarctic sea ice
The first detailed, high-resolution 3-D maps of Antarctic sea ice have been developed using an underwater robot. Scientists from the UK, USA and Australia say the new technology provides accurate...
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The first detailed, high-resolution 3-D maps of Antarctic sea ice have been developed using an underwater robot. Scientists from the UK, USA and Australia say the new technology provides accurate ice thickness measurements from areas that were previously too difficult to access.
The results, published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience (Monday 24 November 2014), step up the pace of research in the polar regions aimed at understanding the dramatic sea ice changes in the context of climate change.
Scientists use a range of technologies and techniques to measure sea ice thickness. Satellite observations can measure large-scale thickness from space, but interpreting the data accurately can be difficult due to snow cover on the ice. Measurements made on the sea ice by drilling holes, together with visual observations from ships are critical for building a more complete picture, but difficulties in getting access to thicker areas of sea ice leaves gaps in the data. Now, with the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) known as SeaBED, scientists have an invaluable new tool to fill this gap.
While most oceanographic survey instruments look down at the seafloor, SeaBED was fitted with an upward-looking sonar in order to measure and map the underside of sea ice floes. The AUV operated at a depth of 20 to 30 meters and was driven in a lawnmower pattern. These lines of data were merged to form high-resolution 3D bathymetric surveys of the underside of the ice.
The yellow SeaBED robot, which is approximately two meters long and weighs nearly 200 kilograms, has a twin-hull design that gives the robot enhanced stability for low-speed photographic surveys.
"Putting an AUV together to map the underside of sea ice is challenging from a software, navigation and acoustic communications standpoint," says Hanumant Singh, an engineering scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) whose lab designed, built and operated the AUV.
"SeaBED's maneuverability and stability made it ideal for this application where we were doing detailed floe-scale mapping and deploying, as well as recovering in close-packed ice conditions. It would have been tough to do many of the missions we did, especially under the conditions we encountered, with some of the larger vehicles."
Co-author Dr Guy Williams from Institute of Antarctic and Marine Science adds:
"The full 3-D topography of the underside of the ice provides a richness of new information about the structure of sea ice and the processes that created it. This is key to advancing our models particularly in showing the differences between Arctic and Antarctic sea ice."
The data from SeaBED, combined with airborne measurements of sea-ice surface elevation, ice coring surveys, and satellite observations, vastly improves scientists' estimates of ice thickness and total sea ice volume.
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The first detailed, high-resolution 3-D maps of Antarctic sea ice have been developed using an underwater robot. Scientists from the UK, USA and Australia say the new technology provides accurate ice thickness measurements from areas that were previously too difficult to access.
The results, published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience (Monday 24 November 2014), step up the pace of research in the polar regions aimed at understanding the dramatic sea ice changes in the context of climate change.
Scientists use a range of technologies and techniques to measure sea ice thickness. Satellite observations can measure large-scale thickness from space, but interpreting the data accurately can be difficult due to snow cover on the ice. Measurements made on the sea ice by drilling holes, together with visual observations from ships are critical for building a more complete picture, but difficulties in getting access to thicker areas of sea ice leaves gaps in the data. Now, with the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) known as SeaBED, scientists have an invaluable new tool to fill this gap.
While most oceanographic survey instruments look down at the seafloor, SeaBED was fitted with an upward-looking sonar in order to measure and map the underside of sea ice floes. The AUV operated at a depth of 20 to 30 meters and was driven in a lawnmower pattern. These lines of data were merged to form high-resolution 3D bathymetric surveys of the underside of the ice.
The yellow SeaBED robot, which is approximately two meters long and weighs nearly 200 kilograms, has a twin-hull design that gives the robot enhanced stability for low-speed photographic surveys.
"Putting an AUV together to map the underside of sea ice is challenging from a software, navigation and acoustic communications standpoint," says Hanumant Singh, an engineering scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) whose lab designed, built and operated the AUV.
"SeaBED's maneuverability and stability made it ideal for this application where we were doing detailed floe-scale mapping and deploying, as well as recovering in close-packed ice conditions. It would have been tough to do many of the missions we did, especially under the conditions we encountered, with some of the larger vehicles."
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Biz Markie in 2014 (left) and 2011
*Nobody beats the Biznot even a diagnosis of diabetes, if the rapper has anything to say about it.
Biz Markie, 50, told ABC News that hes dropped 140 pounds over the last three years after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
I wanted to live, he told the network. Since I have to be a diabetic, if I didnt make the changes, it was going to make the diabetes worse. Im trying to get off [the diabetes medication]. The way you gotta do it is lose the weight. Im off half my meds, I just got to get off the rest.
At the time of the diagnosis, doctors told Markie that he was going to have to start living a healthier lifestyle if he wanted to overcome the disease.
They said I could lose my feet, he said. They said I could lose body parts. A lot of things could happen.
Rapper Biz Markie attends the 20th Century Fox presentation during Comic-Con International 2014 at San Diego Convention Center on July 25, 2014 in San Diego, California
Markies new lifestyle hasnt just been a boon to his health, its also made him a better performer.
When I used to be on stage, I used to be out of breath, I couldnt walk that far, he said. Now, I got so much energy. I can do a whole show.
Biz hopes to drop 10 more pounds next year.
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According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, more than one in five fatal crashes involves a drowsy driver.
An example of those dangers recently played out in Berks County.
On Wednesday, a Lehigh County man and a Berks County woman were killed and nine others injured after a tractor trailer plowed into several cars on Route 222 in Maidencreek Township.
Jeremy Augustine, 23, of Emmaus, and 32-year-old Jane Harakal of Topton both died.
The tractor trailer driver accused of causing it, 49-year-old Steven Bernier of Reading, remains jailed on homicide by vehicle and involuntary manslaughter charges. Bernier was allegedly asleep at the wheel.
Back in January, it was a similar incident when a truck driver plowed through one of the toll booths on Interstate 78 coming from New Jersey into Pennsylvania.
Fifty-five-year-old Robert Gawne was charged with homicide by vehicle after police say he fell asleep at the wheel while approaching the I-78 toll plaza in Williams Township, Northampton County.
Officials say his truck was airborne, landed on a car and hit the toll booth before bursting into flames. The driver of the car, Daniel Murphy of Hackettstown, N.J., was killed.
Asif Aslam owns and operates Advance Driving School in Lehigh Valley and says truck drivers should listen to their bodies to avoid collisions.
"As professional drivers, they have to meet some deadlines. They have long distances to travel. They need to stop often," Aslam said. "They need to take enough breaks."
4 hours 29 minutes ago
Junior League of Lafayette teamed up with the residents of the New Life Center, a shelter for women and children in Opelousas, for their fall service project. The New Life Center operates 365 days a year and shelters up to 58 women and their children in a hotel room style setting. The Center provides three hot meals a day, a licensed Class A child care center, a substance abuse program in addition to supportive services to help secure employment, permanent housing and other services that may be needed. The provisional class combined four projects into one comprehensive approach to make a real impact on the New Life Center, thereby allowing each Junior League member a fulfilling opportunity to utilize her own unique abilities and time to truly make the most impact in the lives of the shelter's women and children.
The project included two life skills classes consisting of tips for resume writing, interview skills, appropriate work wear and budgeting. League provisional member Kelly Grenier, who helped organize the life skills class portion of the project, commented that "the class was intended to last for 30 minutes, but the residents all showed such genuine interest and care in what we had to teach them that we ended up talking for an hour and half. Some of the residents have even emailed us their resumes to review."
The second portion of the project was a clothing/toy drive in which clothing, toiletries, shoes, purses, and toys were donated by active Junior League of Lafayette members and sustainers, and sororities within the community. Items were organized and delivered to the residents of the shelter.
Repainting and organizing the shelter's recreational room was another huge portion of the project. Several members teamed up to paint and build furniture for the recreational room which serves as an area for residents to hang out as well as an overflow room when the shelter is at maximum capacity. A large mural was painted on the wall complete with handprints of all residents and Junior League provisional members.
Last but not least, children of the shelter were treated to a morning of arts and crafts during which they enjoyed making Christmas stockings and toy snowmen.
Provisional Chairman Alise Hagan stated, "This year I selected the theme We Can Do It!' as the class motto, and the provisionals have shown us that yes, they can do whatever they put their minds and hearts to. Our provisional members have first-hand experience now being 'granted the joy of filling someone's needs'. The class advisers and I are immensely proud of the creativity, dedication, and generosity of time and spirit the provisional members have demonstrated. The League continues to be inspired by each of the amazing talents the provisional members graciously share with the League, the New Life Center, and the community."
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A restaurant new to the Suncoast is boasting more than 100 linear feet of TVs for sports viewing. The former TGI Fridays at the resort has transformed into the Game, which is designed to combine the sports-frenzied atmosphere of a sports book with the intimacy and comfort of an upscale sports bar and grill.
Also, retailers flock to Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, a WSS shoe store celebrates its grand opening and an online gaming operation closes.
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The Game, a restaurant which replaced T.G.I. Friday's at Suncoast, has more than 100 TVs, according to a news release.
The Game opened in late October, taking the place of the TGI Fridays next to the movie theater at the Suncoast.
The restaurant includes 15 75-inch screens, according to a news release.
TGI Fridays outlets at other Boyd Gaming casinos in the Las Vegas Valley Sams Town, Orleans and Gold Coast will continue to operate.
The Game is open from 4:30 to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 4:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday.
Suncoast is at 9090 Alta Drive in Las Vegas.
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