![]() Ideally, trees should be staked and secured with a super soft tree tie to give them added protection from the wind. If planted in dry weather, trees should be watered regularly to ensure growth. Tickets can be purchased online up to three days prior to visit or at the. A good guide to follow is to have the soil loose enough for the water to get in, but not loose enough for the air to get in. Guests making purchases online must have a valid Oakland County address on file.Shovel back in the loosed soil and firm the plant in place by walking in the plant.Place the tree in the hole up to the collar of the tree.Dig the hole and place the tree with the roots exposed in the hole.When planting bare root plants, it is best to break up the soil really well and loose.We grow our Red Oak Trees here in our native Nursery.Best planted in the Bare Root Season, typically between November and late March. ![]() An Oak tree is considered a symbol of strength, endurance and wisdom and provides so much to any garden or setting. Features alternating leaves that are 48' long and have 711 waxy, spine-tipped lobes. Provides great fall color, with leaves turning russet-red to bright red. A single oak tree can provide food and shelter for over 500 life forms, from birds, bees, butterflies and mammals, through to different species of fungi, mosses, lichens and insects. This tree: Grows more than two feet per year for 10 years. Planting an oak tree is a fantastic way of helping the environment and encouraging biodiversity in your garden. Here in Cullen Nurseries, we planted three in our garden to mark the birth of each of our Sons.īenefits of Red Oak Tree to Biodiversity & Ecosystems. ![]()
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![]() In terms of offensive production, few outpaced Dahlin as the burgeoning Swede set career-highs in virtually every category. Like his Buffalo Sabres, Rasmus Dahlin took a promising step forward in developing all facets of his game and looks to have joined the NHL’s enclave of elite NHL defensemen. Heiskanen is one of the individuals at the forefront of the movement, and it’d be a shame if he didn’t win at least one Norris before his career is up. The NHL is booming with young and dynamic puck-moving defenders who are redefining the position’s responsibilities in the modern era. The offseason departure of John Klingberg left a hole open on the Stars’ blue line, and Heiskanen filled it admirably while finally reaching the level suggested by his third-overall draft selection in 2017. Miro Heiskanen, Dallas Stars ( Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers) Among all defenders, Heiskanen finished 21st in goals, third in assists, and sixth in points, while tying for the league lead in power play points (34). The Finnish rearguard set new career-highs in assists and points at both even strength and on the power play, with the latter largely due to being handed the reins on the Stars’ top unit. Surging into the final Norris Trophy rankings of the season is 23-year-old Miro Heiskanen of the Dallas Stars, who saw his offensive production explode in his fifth NHL campaign. Miro Heiskanen, Dallas StarsĢ022-23 Stats: 79 Games Played (GP) – 11 Goals (G) – 62 Assists (A) – 73 Points (PTS) – 25:29 Average Time On Ice (ATOI) With that in mind, let’s dive into the five defensemen (and five additional honourable mentions) headlining the final edition of the 2022-23 Norris Trophy rankings. Although there are no minutes played thresholds in place, a player is able to accumulate more value added to their team by playing more often, making it much less likely that defenders given second-pair deployment with little to no usage on special teams will be included. ![]() Brought to you by the letter Drew.Cale Makar, Adam Fox, and Erik Karlsson (The Hockey Writers)Ī defenseman must have appeared in at least 65 games to qualify for the top 5 of these rankings. The next time I listen to Moving Pictures, maybe, just maybe, I’ll reconsider its ranking.Īnd place it back in its rightful spot at #8. Considering I switched around albums multiple times throughout this process I could easily post a second Rush albums ranking next week. Clearly, implementing specific parameters results in vastly different rankings making this list much easier to compile or perhaps even harder. ![]() Highlights: Caravan, Clockwork Angels, Halo Effect, The Wreckers, Headlong Flight, The GardenĪ subjective list if there ever was one. The band’s only full-length concept album, Clockwork Angels had Rush continue playing in their prime nearly 40 years after their start. Geddy Lee once said he’d consider calling it a day with Rush once they released the perfect album and in an unfortunate twist of fate, Clockwork Angels tops the Best Rush Albums list. Little did we know, Rush laid it all out on the table for their final album. But in the end it all comes down to the music and personal preference accompanied by an acknowledgement that Rush continually developed as the years went by. Often, the album or year introduction to a band weighs heavily as well as circumstances in life upon an album’s release. Multiple factors come into play when ranking a band’s best albums including sales figures and critical reception, if you so choose. Though some might agree on the least of them, and on the best of them, you might as well roll the bones when ranking all others in between. ![]() Take 100 different fans, expect 100 different lists. Ranking Rush albums in order presents no easy task. Though Lee and Lifeson have not ruled out making music together or playing Rush songs again, both seem content with new adventures.Īs such, Rush ends their career with 20 studio albums. 7, 2020 ended all dreams for a new album and/or scaled down show or even residency. 1, 2015 in what some suspected was their last but many hoped simply drew a close to the long touring schedule and the band would eventually take the stage again. If the future was looking dark, at least a new Rush album was in the works. Every few years an album followed by a tour. Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart indeed became a permanent presence for those who got them. And, arguably, their effect in the lives of fans has no equal nor knows no bounds. Regardless, you don’t have to like Rush to at least recognize their influence in rock music. The biggest cult band in the world, routinely dismissed by mainstream music critics, seemed to finally get the respect they deserved on the tail-end of their career. Rush released their self-titled debut album in 1974 and today retains legions of fans who remain devoted to their music. ![]() ![]() A gentle pry at the metal retaining flanges with a jeweler’s screwdriver is all it takes to liberate the movement – well, not a “movement” really as there are no moving parts. Four simple screws and the case back comes off, followed by a gasket. The simplicity of the Casio gave me the courage to pop off the back and fiddle with the innards, something I have never done with any of my other watches because – and I say this with the utmost sincerity – I have no idea what I am doing. Now, about all those words on the inside… Even so, those words don’t disappear without a fight. It takes a little bit of patience and some steady rubbing, but once you start to see a little paint on the swab, it dissolves quickly. I borrowed a bottle from my daughter, grabbed another Q-Tip, and resumed the debadging process. On the third round, I decided what I really needed was acetone-free nail polish remover. It took the letters off like nothing, but one more rub and the case paint came too. Sadly, I had forgotten that acetone, the key ingredient, is the natural enemy of all manner of coatings and plastics. Considering myself to be a careful fellow, I borrowed a bottle from my wife and dabbed a Q-Tip for round two. According to the accounts I read, it works great, you just have to be a little careful. ![]() After much rubbing and zero progress, I gave up on it. I think I can safely say that rubbing alcohol works about as well as cold water and warm wishes – not what I would call a roaring success. Rubbing alcohol seemed like the safest option, so I got my silver Casio, a Q-Tip, and set to work. I tried all three, which turned out to be four by the time I was done. Some quick Googling told me that rubbing alcohol, nail polish remover, and Goo Gone all would work. It is a lot by any standard, most of it is unnecessary, and some is downright ugly, like the “Word Time” and “Illuminator” emblazoned across the case. Right off the bat, I had issues with all the text on the case and dial. In part the second, I will tell you how I set about improving/ruining them a bit, and fitting proper replacement straps. So if you recall, in Casio AE1200, Part 1: The Review, I discovered this tidy little digital gem and rapidly acquired a small collection of them. ![]() Since it will be sitting in your backyard for many years you will be excited to know that there are lots of decorative features to add to the ambiance of your yard. Not only does Gorilla strive to make playsets fun for the kids, they want them to be visually appealing to the buyer as well. And up above are the perfect tools to build imagination including a chalkboard kit, play telescope, and Tic-Tac-Toe Panel. Underneath the clubhouse is an area that can be used as a built-in sandbox. Unlike any other Gorilla set, this idea of putting one swing on each side saves space instead of utilizing one long swing beam. The 4’ long Alpine Wave Slide™ is perfect for zooming back to the ground where kids will find one belt swing or trapeze to their left and another belt or trapeze swing to their right. From sliding to swinging and even climbing the Space Saver has everything you need.īuilt around a 4 foot by 6 foot play platform that is semi-enclosed to look like a clubhouse, kids can climb to its height using a safe entry ladder or the rock wall that also includes an assistive climbing rope. ![]() This is no different with their new Five Star line of swing sets. Gorilla playsets prides itself on packing a lot of fun features into every playset they build. And you don’t have to give up features like swings and a slide, they’ve just been slightly reconfigured to maximize play but minimize surface area. It packs a whole lot of fun features into a compact structure that is perfect for smaller yards. If your backyard doesn’t seem accommodating enough for a wooden swing set, then the Five Star II Space Saver might be the set for you. Read on to learn more details about each of these quality swing sets. And finally there’s the Deluxe version that adds a second, higher play platform along with 2 extra slides for tons of space and fun. It also includes that standard Five Star II that is an average size and can be ordered with or without monkey bars. ![]() The Five Star II line of swing sets includes a new Space Saver model that is unlike any smaller set Gorilla has provided in the past. Not only that, this line is built to fit any size yard and any size budget. Popular swing set manufacturer, Gorilla Playsets, is at again, rolling out a new line of swing set models that are designed for fun. ![]() ![]() Newer tools like ggplot and ggvis in the R In recent years, however, the interface and style of Matplotlib haveīegun to show their age. Matplotlib’s powerful tools and ubiquity within the scientific Python Userbase, which in turn has led to an active developer base and Has been one of the great strengths of Matplotlib. This cross-platform, everything-to-everyone approach Work regardless of which operating system you are using or which outputįormat you wish. Matplotlib supportsĭozens of backends and output types, which means you can count on it to With many operating systems and graphics backends. One of Matplotlib’s most important features is its ability to play well It received an early boost when it was adopted as the plotting package of choice of the Space Telescope Science Institute (the folks behind the Hubble Telescope), which financially supported Matplotlib’s development and greatly expanded its capabilities. John took this as a cue to set out on his own, and the Matplotlib package was born, with version 0.1 released in 2003. ![]() IPython’s creator, Fernando Perez, was at the time scrambling to finish his PhD, and let John know he wouldn’t have time to review the patch for several months. It was conceived by John Hunter in 2002, originally as a patch to IPython for enabling interactive MATLAB-style plotting via gnuplot from the IPython command line. Matplotlib is a multiplatform data visualization library built on NumPy arrays, and designed to work with the broader SciPy stack. We’ll now take an in-depth look at the Matplotlib tool for visualization in Python. ![]() Your mate is ready - Just drink it using the bombilla and repeat step 6 as many times as you want.Īt some point, which varies depending on the type of yerba mate, you will start noticing the mate is losing its taste - if you burn the yerba or if you accidentally wet the whole yerba this will happen sooner, so be careful! When you get to that point, carefully remove the bombilla and repeat steps 4 and 5, but this time on the ‘dry side’ - opposite from where it was.Add hot water to the lower side - Add hot water to the lower side, aiming as close as possible to the bombilla to avoid the higher (and dry) part of the yerba slant to get wet.Press the yerba with the bombilla - Press the yerba with the bombilla, creating two differentiated levels: one higher and dry, and other lower and wet.Put the bombilla -Put the bombilla (covering the top with thumb) on the same lower side of the yerba, on a digging motion, and pressing until you reach the bottom of the gourd.It is not recommended to use water at a higher temperature than that because it could burn the yerba, affecting its taste and performance. Repeat but with hot water - Repeat this process but this time with hot water - around 80 Celsius / 176 Fahrenheit or lower.Wait until the water is absorbed by the yerba (1 minute). Shutterstock Having a delicious cup of English breakfast tea is a daily. Looking at the mate from above, you will see a half-filled with water, and half dry. A slowly rotating wooden tray with a drink and a bombilla, next to a glass container with traditional dried tea from South America. Febru12:20pm Updated Several studies have looked at the risk between various cancers and yerba maté tea. Add lukewarm water - Pour lukewarm water as close as the wall of the gourd on the lower half of the slant of yerba.If you are using yerba without stems, cover the top of the gourd and shake it up and down, to remove the small particles of the yerba before slanting it (45 degrees angle) Fill gourd with yerba - Fill 2/3 to 3/4 of the gourd with yerba and slant it at 45-degree angle.Thermo: Optional but very useful to keep your water at perfect temperature.Mate gourds: Highly recommended, but you can also drink from a cup.If you want a strong, more toasted and bitter flavor, go for the one without stems. Yerba mate: For beginners, we recommend yerba with stems.The gourds can be made from a hollowed calabash gourd or wood, glass. However, the most popular and traditional way of preparing mate is plain, with hot water. Yerba Mate said to have the strength of coffee, the health benefits of tea. Tilt the gourd until the tea covers the side and almost reaches the top. Mate can be drunk with water - hot or cold -, milk or even juice. Fill a cured mate cup just over half full with yerba mate. There is a huge variety of yerba: with or without stems, finely ground or roughly cut, flavored, sweetened, blended with other herbs. This can show that lead may be present, but not parts per million (ppm.Mate is a versatile drink and there are many ways of preparing it, depending on the type of yerba mate and liquid you use. In addition, lead crystal weighs more than regular glass there’s no mistaking the two.ĭue to its acid nature, a tablespoon of white wine vinegar when let stand for twelve hours in a regular glass, wine goblet, or any other glass object can show the presence of lead (if present) when tested with a common 3M lead test kit. Ordinary glassware (soda-lime glass) does not “ring” like lead crystal glassware because, with the addition of lead, the glass absorbs more energy when tapped and causes it to resonate/vibrate creating what some call a “ping.” ![]() The easiest way to tell if it’s lead crystal glassware or ordinary glass is to take a butter knife or other metal utensil and gently tap the glass if it makes a drawn-out ringing sound, it is more than likely crystal if it sounds more like a short dull “clink,” it’s glass. Maybe that's why Matero the USA MM distributor is dumping these MM glass mates $25 "reduced to $4.99"Īnd innovatively saying these are "for Terere." (maybe cold water as opposed to hot will greatly lessen leaching of Lead.) ![]() My glassanto w/ MM logo on side rings like a bell when tapped with bombilla which is the tell-tale sign of lead crystal glassware. After Derek explained to me why he chose to make this glass set, opposed to drinking out of a traditional calabash gourd and metal bombilla setup, I knew that I had to review it. Lead is a no-no, how much does it cost and if it makes a better looking shinely glass, who'll know? A few weeks ago, I received a glass Yerba Mate gourd and bombilla set from a self-taught glassblower, Derek Dayan. I hope you are right that these are fancy just straight glass no intricate art and even though it's known HaHaHaHa hehehe : We urgently need someone with a XRF gun to find out (-: ![]() Some related scenes can be seen in the updated video. Screenshot From TimeSplitters Rewind Update Video.Īnother great piece of news is that Deathmatch, Team Elimination, and Escort VIP are now playable, but there are no signs of the beloved Virus mode. It was composed by Graeme Norgate in the older games. Since the team cannot take much content from the original series due to lack of ownership, the music here is composed by Jose Pavli, whose music we can finally hear in the background. There are some original concepts inspired by older content, like the new “Hybrid Splitter,” likely inspired by “Hybrid Mutant.” In addition, we can see Handyman, Spaceways Stewardess, Eyes and Teeth Mummy in action. The series has almost 300 such characters, which look much better in the most recent video. There are even significant updates to the playable characters. The maps are much more graphically impressive, including the Spaceship, Subway, and even Training Ground. We now have some updates to the older maps, and there are even some new ones. Since then, the team has made some progress, which they showed in their most recent video. The last video they uploaded before this was 11 months ago, where they showed some updated character models, menu, audio, game modes, and much more.
![]() However, there are some other ways in which liquid assets differ from non-liquid ones.Īside from cash, liquid assets also have an established market with plenty of buyers and sellers, which is what makes it easy to convert them into cash. Liquid assets differ from other assets in how quickly they can be converted into cash. Liquid assets are important because they can be used to pay for liabilities or any unexpected expenses after the assets are quickly converted into cash. All rights reserved.Sezeryadigar/E+ via Getty Images What Is a Liquid Asset?Ī liquid asset is anything that can be converted to cash quickly. All are subsidiaries of Robinhood Markets, Inc. Robinhood Crypto, LLC provides crypto currency trading. Robinhood Securities, LLC (member SIPC), provides brokerage clearing services. Robinhood Financial LLC (member SIPC), is a registered broker dealer. Information is from sources deemed reliable on the date of publication, but Robinhood does not guarantee its accuracy. Before making decisions with legal, tax, or accounting effects, you should consult appropriate professionals. Past performance does not guarantee future results or returns. All investments involve risk, including the possible loss of capital. This information is neither individualized nor a research report, and must not serve as the basis for any investment decision. This information is not a recommendation to buy, hold, or sell an investment or financial product, or take any action. This information is educational, and is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. As with all indicators, solvency ratios don’t tell the whole story but are a good place to start when researching a company. Investors can use these ratios to get a quick look at a company’s ability to cover its debts. *Current Ratio = Current Assets / Current Liabilities This ratio compares all of a company’s assets that are expected to be liquidated within a year to all of the liabilities the company is expected to owe in the next year. If a company’s quick ratio is below 1, that means it doesn’t have enough immediately accessible money to cover its current liabilities.Ī company’s current ratio is a less strict form of the quick ratio. The higher a company’s quick ratio, the more money it has available to cover its immediate expenses. Quick Ratio = (Cash and Equivalents + Marketable Securities + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities _You can calculate a company’s quick ratio using this formula: This includes things like cash, checking accounts, accounts receivable, and marketable securities. One solvency ratio is the quick ratio : a company’s quick ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its immediate financial needs with just its most liquid assets. Just as a company’s PE ratio compares a stock’s price and earnings, solvency ratios compare a company’s assets and liabilities. Solvency ratios are a popular way for investors to get a quick idea of a company’s financial situation. However, processing the transaction and turning those securities into cash can be a hassle, making the cash less readily available than the other options we discussed. They’re considered liquid since there is a vast market for these securities, so selling them is likely to take very little time. Stocks and longer-term bonds are also liquid assets but are less liquid than cash and cash equivalents. They’re easy to convert to cash with little time and effort. You can hand the money to someone to pay for a service or good that they provided to you, and there is no processing time for the transaction.Ĭash equivalents, like the balance of a checking or savings account or things like commercial paper (it’s like a short-term IOU from a company), are also very liquid. Of course, cash is the most liquid asset - it’s the definition of liquid. While all liquid assets are relatively easy to convert into cash, some are easier to convert than others. Different assets have different levels of liquidity. ![]() ![]() The controls are simple, and you rarely will use any of the buttons on the Xbox 360 controller. The team with the most goals scored wins, just like any soccer game. The teams play for the set amount of time, and the object is to get the ball into the goal. Season Menu Each game consists of one half that lasts either 2, 3, 5, or 10 minutes, depending on your chosen preference. The top two teams of the playoff round get to move up a Division, and the bottom two teams of Divisions 1, 2, or 3 get moved down a division to replace the two teams moving up. The top 8 teams in Division 1, however, go into a playoff tournament to determine the SFG Cup champion of the season. There are a total of 64 teams in the game. One season consists of 15 games, with the top 8 teams going into a knockout playoff round. You'll start off with a random team, but right off the bat you're allowed to customize their name, jersey colors, player positions, player looks, and player names. Career mode places you in Division 4, which is the lowest division in the game and hosts some of the worst teams in the league. It features fully customizable teams, players, and has a career mode that spans from 4 different divisions, each with their own unique playoff rounds, and a final SFG Cup tournament. Stir Fry Games Soccer, or SFG Soccer as it is commonly referred to, is an indoor 6v6 soccer game released on the indie games section of the Xbox Live Arcade. One of the first things you'll do is customize your team's look. ![]() He not only had Amateur Radio voice capability, but also took along ham TV gear to transmit pictures down from the spacecraft. He flew aboard shuttle Challenger flight STS-51F in 1985. "Tony" England, amateur callsign WØORE (the number Ø is pronounced zero) was the second ham-astronaut in space. In fact, he spoke with hundreds of his fellow operators. He became the first radio amateur to chat with hams on Earth while orbiting the globe. However, ten years later, he convinced the space agency to let him take his equipment to space aboard shuttle Columbia flight STS-9 in 1983. ![]() Garriott flew to Skylab in 1973 without his ham gear. Garriott, holder of Amateur Radio callsign W5LFL, wanted to fly Amateur Radio on America's first space station – Skylab – but was turned down by NASA. In the 1970s and 1980s, astronauts who also were Amateur Radio operators worked to convince NASA that taking their ham gear along on spaceflights could enhance the space agency's public education role. In fact, since the first hamsat went to space in 1961, more than 70 Amateur Radio satellites have been launched. Radio amateurs pioneered space radio experimentation including voice communication, television and text messaging. In fact, NASA's Division of Education is a major supporter of amateur radio activity aboard ISS. The ISS astronauts also use their ham radio gear for educational outreach to schools down on Earth. That's where the ham radio station comes into play.Ĭontacting schools. As they work hard on construction in space, those men and women need recreation activities during rest periods. It provides contacts with family and with the general public for men and women working in space for months at a time.Īstronauts and cosmonauts will require some 40 shuttle flights over several years to assemble the complete space station. The agencies backing ISS and ARISS describe access to Amateur Radio as necessary for psychological crew support. Strategic Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.Īstronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have an Amateur Radio station at hand for recreation and educational activities.Īs human spaceflight moves through the 21st century, an organization known as Amateur Radio aboard the International Space Station – ARISS – has been designing, building and operating Amateur Radio gear. General Susan Helms was appointed Commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic-Space), Air Force Space Command and Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, U.S. military woman in space, talking with Amateur Radio operators on Earth on July 16, 2001, from the Amateur Radio station in the Zarya module of the International Space Station (ISS). Helms, KC7NHZ, Expedition Two flight engineer, the first U.S. ![]() SCHOOL CONTACTS CALLSIGNS FREQUENCIES TRAINING FOUNDERS SAREX Space Today Online - Amateur Radio Aboard the International Space Station - ARISS SPACE TODAY ONLINE C OVERING S PACE FROM E ARTH TO THE E DGE OF THE U NIVERSEĪmateur Radio aboard the International Space Station. |
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