1/15/2023 0 Comments Minco honey festival 2021![]() ![]() ![]() The viewing area will be open to the public, including the bee lab and new Honey Bee Learning Center. Educators, Beekeepers and Vendors will be there to show off how we need to co-exist with our bee pollinators. The 4th Annual Alabama Honey Festival is at Artisans Cove from 1-5. Please see our photos to see different gifts we have available. He is a Deering Artist and has released 3 bluegrass-comedy albums: "Son of a Beekeeper," inspired by being raised by a family of honey producers as well as "Banjo Farm" and "Banjos in Space. Join in for another fun filled afternoon on Oct 2, 2022. Ross Honey Company NovemIt’s almost time for the 30th Annual Minco Honey Festival (Saturday, December 5th) While we are unable to open the plant for tours and shopping this year, we will have tables outside where you can purchase your honey and gifts. Lucas has worked on stage with Star Trek Voyager's Robert Picardo in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as well as opened for "Weird Al" Yankovic, Béla Fleck, and others in concert. Lucas recently appeared alongside Kermit The Frog in American Banjo Museum's 'Banjo Roots! He won "Best Comedy Actor" at the National Independent Television Festival for multi-character performances in "Lazy Circles," an Oklahoma-based comedy co-produced with his brother, Marcus (an '09 alum). and honey celebrates its rich and diverse history by having a Honey Festival every. Lucas has appeared in feature films, as well as nationally on SyFy Network, Reelz, and Nat Geo. Horse races and polo attracted people to Minco in the early 1900s. He currently appears as comic relief on Oklahoma City's NBC affiliate KFOR-TV. He’s a 5-time local Emmy-Winner, as well as winner of a national Emmy for on-air performance. 32 nd Annual Minco Honey Festival, Saturday, December 3, 2022, Sponsored by the Minco Chamber of Commerce, (Minco is forty miles southwest of Oklahoma City, located on Highway 81 and 37, or about half way between Chickasha and El Reno. Lucas is an actor/comedian from Minco, Oklahoma. ![]() On Saturday, May 1, Lucas Ross ('03) will be performing with the Sugar Free Allstars at the McKnight Center for Performing Arts at Oklahoma State University! For more information about the performance and how to purchase tickets, please click here. ![]()
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1/15/2023 0 Comments Outbank flooding![]() And that's what flood systems are about," Emmott said.DUNCAN WASS grew up in Sth Australia. But landscapes do need water, they do need flooding. "There has been a lot of hardship and a lot of people affected. But he also reinforced that they're a vital part of life in this country. ![]() You got a better chance of getting run over by someone out in the road."Įmmott acknowledged that the floods that have brought such a proliferation of snakes and other wildlife were terrible for thousands of people in more populated parts of Australia. "In this immediate area, you get the Fierce snake, or the Western Taipan, which is the most venomous land-based elapid in the world," said Emmott. His true area of expertise though is snakes, which are also flourishing after the floods. Besides being a rancher, he's also a self-trained zoologist, and one of the leading wildlife authorities in this part of the outback. And within a very short time, she's got one in the pouch."Īnd soon after that, another young kangaroo - a joey - is out and hopping around the outback.Īngus Emmott didn't share fellow rancher Leonie Nunn's loathing of kangaroos. Then when rains come, the food quality increases, the bodies get the hormone signals from the high-quality food, the embryo kick starts again. She'll just put that on hold and it will stay alive but not grow. "If the green food dries out, she can actually have an embryo fertilized in her belly and she'll just put that on hold, they call it putting it into diapause. And like the birds and other creatures in the outback, the kangaroo is supremely adapted to live in dry conditions and an irregular climate.īiologist Barry Traill said female kangaroos have been waiting a long time for these rains. Of course, the kangaroos were here first. ![]() I'm sure they've got an eye problem or a hearing problem, they've got to go toward whatever is coming. Nunn said kangaroos damage the water, the grasses, the fences, and her trucks. "Whoever put them on our coat of arms, I wish we could dig him up and try him." Rancher Leonie Nunn wasn't pleased that another species is flourishing with the floods - Australia's signature animal. The sudden burst of life in the outback hasn't been an absolute blessing for everybody though. ![]() We didn't see a flock, but we did have to stop to let a pack of emus cross the road. "And when you see them, they're these extraordinary vibrant mobile birds flying around in vast flocks of up to tens of thousands of birds, all wheeling in unison, twittering away, extraordinary to see." "One of the signature birds of the Australian outback are what we call budgerigars, gorgeous little green parrots," said Traill. On our drive, we saw hundreds of birds from the windows of Traill's car: cockatoos, finches, falcons, and swallows, all suddenly thriving. "You get these lush green flood plains several kilometers wide, iridescent green floods plains, going through these harsh red dune desert. He's took me for a drive through the outback. "It's most striking when you get into this super dry country and the floods will come through and they'll keep going for 500 or 800 miles south of us, and they'll go into country which has had, in many cases, no rain, no effective rain, for years," said Barry Traill, a wildlife biologist who directs The Wild Australia program for the Pew Environment Group. Most of the rain fell 500 miles away in Australia's tropical north and flowed inland. But it didn't actually rain that much here. The land on Emmet's 130,000 acre ranch - that's four times the size of San Francisco - is also suddenly bursting with green grasses. Frogs, turtles, snakes, and the so-called "plague rat" are also flourishing. "That's why it's so magic now."Ĭome early morning in the outback, you won't sleep past dawn here amid the cacophony of birdlife. "You walk out there now, just the sound and the movement, it's just everywhere," said Emoott. The nearest metropolis to his ranch is Birdsville: population: 115. His ranch is about 750 miles inland from the coastal city of Brisbane, which was hit hard by the floods. Yeah, you struggle to go on a bit when it gets like that," said cattle rancher Angus Emmott. "You walk out in the bush and it's totally dead. Like everywhere on the planet, water is life in the outback. It's the least settled place on earth outside of Antarctica. ![]() The name alone - the outback - conjures up images of one of the harshest places on the planet. One part of the Australian state welcomed the floods and is now thriving: the outback. At least 35 people were reported killed.īut it wasn't all gloom and doom in Queensland. The bill could reach $30 billion, in clean-up costs and lost productivity. Floods in the Australian state of Queensland last December and January exacted a terrible toll. ![]() 1/14/2023 0 Comments Audify free download![]()
1/14/2023 0 Comments Amazon my reading list![]() Year three is the start of Key Stage 2, which might also be known as juniors in some primary schools, or ‘prep’ in some independent schools. In year 3, most children begin the school year aged seven and turn eight before the beginning of the next school year the following September. If you find our book recommendations useful, please consider sharing on social media or linking to this page instead. Schools & teachers: please respect copyright and don’t copy our Year 3 book list. How many Year 3 books have you read? Here’s a free background wallpaper of our recommended year 3 books list to use on your classroom computer This list of year 3 books and specific reading suggestions for their use with seven-year-olds is curated by our team of teachers and school librarians, is reviewed termly and includes stories by Lara Hawthorne, John Steptoe, Roald Dahl, Zanib Mian, Dick King-Smith, Derek Keilty, Jon Scieszka and Helen Cresswell. In all our hand-picked lists, we feature books to appeal to a wide range of interests and situations, including classroom reading corners, school libraries, book clubs, learning at home, reading and discussing using zoom and teams, reading buddies and first free readers. There is a range of recommended reads suitable for all ability ranges within this age group, including titles for both reluctant and more independent readers. Books for Year 3 – are you looking for a great book for the classroom, the school library or your child’s collection? The following list contains 40 short chapter books, more advanced picture books and rhyming verse to appeal to children aged 7-8 in lower Key Stage 2 of UK primary schools. ![]() 1/14/2023 0 Comments You tube freefall![]() ![]() ![]() So the LBMA vaults, with 28,506 tonnes as of the end of August 2022, now hold just less than one year’s mine supply of silver. To put all of this into context, the Silver Institute estimates that world annual silver mining production will only be 843.2 million ozs this year. In other words, from a situation where the LBMA silver inventories had been 36,421 tonnes at the end of November 2021, they are now 21.7% lower at 28,506 tonnes. With consistent silver outflows over the last 9 months to the end of August 2022, the LBMA silver vaults have now lost a whopping 254.5 million ozs (7915 tonnes) of silver since the end of November 2021. ![]() LBMA Silver vaults: Total silver held as of end of August 2022. In other words, during these two months of July and August 2022, the LBMA vaults have lost another 2517 tonnes of silver. This brings the LBMA silver vault inventories down to 916.5 million ozs (28,506 tonnes). Now that August 2022 vault data has been released ( LBMA release vault data by the 5 th business day of a new month), we can see that August saw no reprieve, because in August the London silver holdings fell by another 3.62% month-on-month, with the vaults seeing an outflow of 34.4 million ozs of silver (1070 tonnes). (Note the lowest previous low had been 951.4 million ozs at the end of July 2016).Īccording to Indian #silver bullion imports jumped to a record high of 1,754t in July, compared to just 15t in July 2021. This brought total LBMA London silver holdings down to 950.9 million ozs (29,576 tonnes), and a new all time low since records began. During July 2022, London silver inventories fell by another 4.66% month-on-month, with the vaults seeing an outflow of 46.5 million ozs of silver (1447 tonnes). Latest data for July and August show that the downward trend is still very much intact. Since then, however, the situation has only worsened. Big Dipper – All Time Low for LBMA Silver Holdings London sub-Billion Market Association That article covered the vault data up to the end of June 2022, where the London silver holdings had reached the dubious milestone of having dropped below the 1 billion ounce level, specifically falling to 997.4 million ozs (31,022 tonnes). Since the system of vaults is administered and coordinated by the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), these vaults are collectively known as the ‘ LBMA vaults’.īack in July this year, BullionStar highlighted this developing trend in the article titled “ LBMA Silver Inventories fall to a near 6 Year Low below 1 billion ounces”. These vaults comprise the precious metals storage facilities in and around London run by the bullion banks JP Morgan, HSBC and ICBC Standard Bank, as well as the London vaults of three security operators, namely Brinks, Malca-Amit and Loomis. Other businesses at ICON Park are scheduled to be open during their normal business hours.There is an unprecedented situation emerging in London, where the relentless hemorrhaging of one of the world’s largest stockpiles of silver is now well and truly under way.įor the last 9 months, this stockpile of silver, held in the LBMA vaults in London, has been consistently falling each and every month, and has now reached an all time low (since vault holdings records began in July 2016). The Orlando FreeFall will be closed pending a full investigation. Statements from the Orlando FreeFall and Orange County Sheriff’s Office are below: The owner of the attraction is fully cooperating with authorities and ICON Park is doing everything we can to assist. ![]() If you have any comments or concerns, please email ICON Park Update – Ma10:00 am A tragedy occurred last night at the Orlando FreeFall and our hearts are heavy with sadness. We will continue to keep you updated on. We are in close coordination and will continue to cooperate with law enforcement and regulators regarding our tenant, the SlingShot Group. ICON Park is committed to being a place where families can spend quality time together in a safe and fun space. Our heartfelt thoughts are with his family and friends. Tonight, the ICON Park family is grieving because of the tragedy involving Tyre Sampson. 1/14/2023 0 Comments Intermission synonym![]() ![]() The intermissions in Kabuki theater can last up to an hour. Many modern productions of Shakespeare plays have thus eschewed the introduction of an intermission, choosing instead to perform them straight through, as originally intended. But it took sometimes as much as forty minutes for stage crew to remove the scenery, which comprised a "massive set of columns and a doorway" designed by Tobias Hoheisel, a period that was longer than the remaining length of the performance, some thirty-five minutes. This allowed the striking of the scenery. Pimlott had placed the intermission after act 4 scene 1, after the action leaves Rome.
1/14/2023 0 Comments Spider 4 bundle files![]() I then made a hobby of solving the games and put together a C# program to find the best moves. After I retired I got “challenged” to solve them and discovered there was a debug package that allowed saving the game before making any move. ![]() If you want to find some nice games which are Metro apps, here are 40 free Store games, which includes new ones as well as all-time favorites.īeen here several times to download those games and look around. If you are a fan of the internet games which used to come bundled with Windows, here's how to revive them: How to bring back Windows 7 classic internet games on Windows 8. Now you have games from Windows 7 in Windows 10. You are done! Go to the Start menu and play your favorite games now. Follow the installation wizard and select the desired games you want to get in Windows 10.Unpack and execute the Win7GamesForWin10-Setup.exe file.Get the ZIP archive with Games from the following website: Download Windows 7 Games for Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.To get all games from Windows 7 working in Windows 10, you need to do the following: Update: this package now works in all Windows 10 version including Windows 10, including all recent builds: For fans of the original Windows 7 games, here is a simple tutorial to revive them on Windows 10. ![]() For some reason, Microsoft decided to discontinue these games and offers bloated Modern games from the Store instead. Windows 7 had a set of nice, beautiful games including the classic card games with new shiny graphics and some great new games from Vista like Chess Titans, Mahjong Titans and Purble Place. Here's how to download Windows 7 games for Windows 10 ![]() RECOMMENDED: Click here to fix Windows issues and optimize system performance ![]() 1/13/2023 0 Comments Security through obscurity![]() ![]() Some computer experts also tout the value of transparent security, suggesting that a strong security system that is completely open to users means that weaknesses will be quickly detected and guarded against.Afrique Francophone Albania Andorra Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium Belgique België Bermuda Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brasil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Caribbean Cayman Islands Central and Eastern Europe Chad Channel Islands Chile China Colombia Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Dem. Using basic obscurity methods, such as file and user name protection, may work best when in conjunction with methods such as password protection and strong firewalls. ![]() ![]() While security through obscurity may be useful as part of an overall security system, on its own, it may lead to staggering vulnerabilities. Workers entrusted with security information may also have to sign non-disclosure agreements, which can legally forbid them to release security information even after leaving a job. In this way, a developer may be able to keep knowledge of security flaws from spreading, thus providing some means of protection. In some cases, a user may legitimately discover a security flaw and ask the company to provide a patch, only to receive threats of legal action should he or she expose the flaw to the public. ![]() By legally and practically limiting access to program data to designated individuals, some software developers hope to deter hackers and frighten off any person who tries to expose security information. Proprietary techniques are common means of protecting software and operating systems through obscurity. Using techniques that obscure data, or allowing only cleared individuals to access coding or security algorithms can help protect the knowledge from becoming public, and thus open to defeat. Somewhat akin to hiding money under a mattress, this concept works admirably as long as no untrustworthy adversaries know that the money is in the mattress. The basic principle of security through obscurity is quite simple: if data is kept secret, no one outside the protection of the secret can find it. Some experts suggest, however, that this method is simply an illusion, and may actually render computer programs and systems more vulnerable to hackers. Some methods commonly used for security through obscurity include encoding data or creating proprietary information through copyright protection. The underlying assumption is that if only a few trusted people understand the workings of a security system, the system is generally simple. Security through obscurity is a philosophy that suggests obfuscation and secrecy as a primary means of ensuring system or information security. ![]() ![]() ![]() Let's go check out the game and it's performance. In the second event, gamers compete in a Landrush race at the spectacular Ensenada Port circuit set in Baja California, where players go wheel-to-wheel in an 8-vehicle riotous race over lethal bumps and killer jumps in the heavy duty West Coast Choppers Stuka TT. In the Trailblazer event, players take on the ultimate test of rally car against the challenging Moroccan terrain on a point-to-point track filled with flat-out straights and hair-raising hairpins in the Mitsubishi Eclipse GT. The demo enables gamers to compete in two of Colin McRae: DiRT 2's events. Now we'll not be using the standard benchmark yet our own scripted test run in the Ensenada Port circuit set in Baja California level where we can drive through sand, mud and water to measure the most prominent DX11 features like DX11 Hardware tessellation, Geometry instancing and displacement mapping - plus obviously more complex shader usage.Ĭodemasters now released a playable demo of Colin McRae: DiRT 2, allowing you to try out the DirectX 11-powered Games for Windows LIVE edition of this racing game sequel. Also integrated is a benchmark mode, very handy. Last week Codemasters released a two level playable demo allowing you to play the game on both DX9 and DX11 (if you have a Radeon HD series 5000 card that is). They went to the binary board with their programmers team and started writing a DX11 code path enhancing the game in several major aspects - which we'll discuss and show on the next page. It was merely a couple of months ago when Codemasters announced that they'd be delaying their hotty upcoming and much anticipated title Colin McRea DiRT 2, at that time nobody really understand the dynamic of delaying the PC version - while Codemasters was already releasing the console version.Īs it turned out ATI was really keen to see high-profile titles in the Christmas season carrying support for DirectX 11 - obviously to go along with the all new series 5000 DirectX 11 class graphics cards.ĪTI took it even further and paid a pretty chunk of dough to get this title bundled with the mid-range and high- end graphics cards with one thing obvious, the game needed to be a DirectX 11 title. ![]() Colin McRae Dirt 2 VGA Graphics performance review ![]() 1/13/2023 0 Comments Clean disk![]() ![]() If Server Manager is already open, go on to the next step. Follow these steps to use the Add Roles and Features Wizard to install the Desktop Experience on a server running Windows Server 2012 R2 or earlier, which also installs Disk Cleanup. These all play a role in making the C drive fill up automatically.Enable Disk Cleanup on an earlier version of Windows Server by installing the Desktop Experience. Of course, we often forget to delete temporary files, unnecessary programs, and space intensive applications. If you haven’t updated your computer in a long while, it can become vulnerable to bloatware, and it can be hard to delete files. Did you finish a System Restore? It will definitely allocate a certain amount of space in the C drive. Each file and folder you create (on any drive) has an impact on the available space in the C drive. With regular use, the C drive will keep filling up. Why is my C Drive automatically filling up? Avoid tools such as CCleaner and Wondershare RecoverIt. By and large, I would not recommend using any third-party software to clean up your Windows drive. It can prevent you from rolling back updates or troubleshooting Windows problems on your own. However, if they accidentally delete any important files, such as WinSxS folder files, that can cause you a lot of trouble. Third-party software does many of the same things as the native tools: they can identify temporary files, pending update files, files in the Recycle bin, and so forth. Periodic Microsoft Windows updates are the surest means to verify the integrity of your system. We have extensively covered many of these native techniques in this tutorial. ![]() You should always opt for built-in Windows methods to clean up the disk space, including your C drive. Should I use disk cleanup software for the C drive? There may be minor variations in the placement of some menu options, but the methods to clean up the C drive are applicable for both Windows 10 and Windows 11. Yes, the methods to clean up the C drive are very similar for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Are the methods to clean up the C drive similar for Windows 10 and Windows 11? Of course, if you have some important data you always need access to, you will want to make it available on your device. By making them online only, you can access them whenever you want. The same methods above can be repeated for any files or folders in the File Explorer window. ![]() To find your main temporary files folder, the default directory is “C:\Users\Your PC Username\AppData\Local\Temp.” Alternatively, you can hit Win R, then enter %temp%or search for “delete temporary files” from the Windows 10/11 search box or Windows 11 Start menu search. If you delete temporary files related to an app you’re currently running, it may crash, and you may lose whatever you were working on at that moment. Note: make sure you’re not running anything when deleting temporary files manually. (The automatic methods will wait for files to reach a certain age – one week, usually – before deleting them.) Manually removing temporary files in Windows gives the most immediate results to clean up the C drive and regain space.īelow, we show you some tricks that clean out your various temporary files automatically, but those methods (like Storage Sense and Disk Clean-up) won’t do a complete job of clearing out temporary files, and there’s a good chance that the biggest, most hard-drive-hogging temporary files will remain in your Temp folder for a bit longer. ![]() |
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