6/19/2023 0 Comments Silver maple leaf plant![]() The streets, yards, and gutters would be filled with thousands of helicopters (seeds with a wing) each Spring, followed by thousands of seedlings some weeks later, particularly along the river banks where there was bare soil or mud. It is readily identifiable in most locations due to it’s distinct bark or silver-backed leaves, once you can ID this tree you will see it frequently along creeks, rivers, and ponds.Īs I was growing up in the bottom lands of the Mississippi River, Silver Maple was one of the most common trees I would see. It grows rapidly and will live for 100-150 years or more. Dominant on the periphery of water ways and lakes, it doesn’t perform as well in interior forests as it is generally overtaken by taller hardwoods such as Black Walnut and Pin Oak. Īlthough technically a hardwood, it is also known as soft maple (along with Red Maple trees). Numerous species of wildlife eat the seeds. One of the fasted growing trees at can grow 3-7’ per year in optimum conditions. Scientifically known as Acer saccharinum, it grows 50-100’ tall in full sun and wet to medium-moist soil. Silver Maple is a deciduous, medium-sized tree native to North America. What Wildlife, Pests, and Diseases effect Silver Maple.What are the pros and cons of Silver Maple. ![]() And you could say it was one of the first species that got me interested in trees, whether it was playing with the ‘helicopters’, germinating the seeds, or even testing my parents patience by transplanting a 3′ sapling into our back yard without permission! But I can share all I’ve learned with you in this profile. ![]() I grew up surrounded by these trees on the floodplains of the Mississippi. This feature makes for a beautiful site on a breezy summer day. Readily identifiable in Summer by it’s leaf color in which the upper side is green while the underside is a ‘sliver’ or gray color. One of the most common trees you may encounter near water is known as Silver Maple. ![]()
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(605 Azie Morton Road) Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Pride DayĪn inaugural event, the center's Pride Day will run from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Michael, local vendors such as Las Ofrendas and Sunshine Dimension and all-night beer, wine, cocktails and food. For a $12 admission ticket, attendees can enjoy a poetry reading from Christia Madacsi, musical performance from Miguel St. The UMLAUF Sculpture Garden and Museum will offer a special night of LGBTQ+ celebration from 6-8 p.m. (403 E 15th St.) UMLAUF After Dark: PRIDE Rainbow on the Creek performances on June 10 from 6-10 p.m.Pride is for Families on June 10 from 10 a.m.Tales on the Trail: Intersectionality of LGBT & Black Identities on June 8 from 6-8 p.m.Exercise Your Pride outdoor workout series from June 5-11 at varying times.Waterloo Park will offer a variety of Pride events from June 5-11. More: Country music fest Two Step Inn to return to San Gabriel Park in Georgetown next April Waterloo Pride in the Park Event Series The market will also feature music from Javijuu, Female Gallery and DJ Damino. More than 20 LGBTQ+ artists will display their creations at Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches from noon to 5 p.m. (440 E Saint Elmo Road) Art in ATX: Pride Market A portion of the profits from beer sales will go to the Transgender Education Network of Texas. The brewing company will also re-release their West Coast IPA beer "Louisianna Purchase" and feature a pop-up from The Little Gay Shop. ![]() ![]() on June 3 and features drag performers Louisianna Purchase, Mandy Quinn and Tatiana Cholula. This free event takes place from 5-8 p.m. More: Gorillaz, Kaytranada, Lil Yachty and Remi Wolf coming to Austin's Q2 Stadium this September St. Prom goers can enjoy prizes, music from DJ Boyfriend, drink specials and photo opportunities. on June 3, drag queen Cheeki Khant and Deep Eddy Vodka will host a free-with-RSVP prom celebration at Austin Motel. (301 W Bagdad Ave.) Under the Neon Rainbow: An Austin Motel Prom for Allįrom 6-10 p.m. The free event will feature drags performers such as Cynthia Lee Fontaine, a mental health panel, vendors and food trucks. The nearby city's second-ever Pride festival will take place June 3 from 3-8 p.m. at The Vortex, and performances begin at 7 p.m. Sign-up for the event begins at 6:30 p.m. On June 2, For a suggested $2 or $5 donation, attendees can enjoy open mic poetry from community members as well as hosts Ebony Stewart, KB Brookins and Jeaux. Suite 102) Black Queer Emancipation Open Mic Poetry Night The brunches will feature not only drag performers but live DJs, bacon jam pizzas and "an entire bottle of bubbly per person." Electric Shuffle will donate 10% of brunch profits to Austin's QWELL Community Foundation, which aims to connect and support LBGTQ+ individuals in need of health and self-actualization resources. This high-tech shuffleboard bar will offer drag brunch every Sunday in June beginning at noon. While the official Austin Pride doesn't take place until August, there are still plenty of events - from brunches to performances - celebrating pride around the city this month.Ĭheck out some of these Pride Month events this June: Drag Brunch at Electric Shuffle Pride dates back to after the Stonewall riots in 1969, and it's celebrated across the nation in June. With the arrival of June comes the start of summer break, the start of blazing Texas heat and the start of LGBTQ+ Pride Month celebrations. View Gallery: Austin Pride returns to Congress Avenue ![]() 6/19/2023 0 Comments Virtual reality![]() ![]() ![]() Items purchased from Microsoft Store can be returned by following instructions for return for refund on the returns page or by visiting the Microsoft Experience Center in NY. Business, commercial, and reseller customer purchases not eligible. Purchases can be returned through January 31, 2023. *Available with eligible consumer purchases only made between 10/3/22 – 12/31/22 at Microsoft Store online in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and Canada and at the Microsoft Experience Center in New York, NY.Explore all our VR systems, games, and Xbox systems-and elevate your gaming experience. Best of all, many of our VR gaming systems also give you the power work on files, surf the web, connect via social media, and more-making them multi-functional devices that are designed for the way you live. 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You will also need to reset the water supply, which is slightly easier than resetting the waste and vent pipes. You will need to align the waste pipe correctly with the vent pipe to ensure smooth functioning of the toilet. The vent pipe plays a crucial role in maintaining sufficient air pressure in the waste pipe. Getting the slope adjustment right requires expertise and getting professional help is the right thing to do in this regard. You will need to maintain enough slope to ensure that the waste flows into the sewer pipe. The waste pipe of your toilet needs to be connected to the vertical sewer pipe. Factors to considerīecause relocating a toilet is not be an easy affair, there are some key factors that you should consider before deciding to move your toilet. You can try our bathroom cost estimator to check the overall cost of the project that you have in mind. If you also need to change the wastewater lines, the entire cost of the project can go up by 40%. In case your renovation project requires you to change the vent line and the water supply, you will need to spend somewhere between $1500 and $2500 extra. If you are looking to change your toilet location, you can expect to spend anywhere between $2500 and $3500 in normal circumstances. The plumbing costs depend on a number of factors. Moving a toilet is neither easy nor cheap. ![]() 6/19/2023 0 Comments Earthnet wireless![]() ![]() Just ping your router’s IP address while connected over Ethernet and WiFi. You can use the ping command to test latency. If you are playing a game and need quick reaction time, the Ethernet connection is better since it offers lower latency. In the online gaming world, the latency is called ping. Latency refers to the delay where traffic travels from a device to its destination. LatencyĬonnection speed and quality are not the only things to consider, but latency is another factor you should pay attention to. If you prefer to play games, transfer files from one computer to another, or you have devices that stream from a media server via the network, or you have multiple devices that back up to a backup server/NAS, the Ethernet connection is important. WiFi is good enough to handle most of your daily tasks although it cannot get those speeds in the real world.Īs for the transfer speed, Ethernet is faster than WiFi. It uses the new standards – 802.11ac and 802.11n, so the maximum speed can respectively reach 866.7Mb/s and 150Mb/s. Compared with Ethernet, the speed is quite slow since the LAN connection speed can reach 100-1000Mb/s or even higher.īut WiFi has gotten faster over the last few years. WiFi was initially based on the 802.11g standard and its maximum theoretical speed was 54Mb/s. Well then, Ethernet vs WiFi: what’s the difference? Which one is better for you to choose? Now, let’s see the following part to learn the comparison of them and you can know which to use. In fact, Ethernet is also widely used in a company since its speed is fast. Then, you may think the wired Internet is no longer necessary. Usually, you use a WiFi Internet connection in coffee shops, at home, or on your phone. Now, read this post from MiniTool that focuses on Ethernet vs WiFi and you can know which one connection is better. You may want to know the answer to this question “is Ethernet better than WiFi” or “is WiFi or Ethernet faster”. There are two Internet connection ways – Ethernet and WiFi, that is, wired and wireless. ![]() 6/19/2023 0 Comments Are wolves moose predators![]() ![]() One major factor behind this decline could be predation by wolves. While there have now been a few years with slightly higher permit numbers due to mild winters that allowed some of the herd to survive longer and potentially reproduce more, it is clear there has still been a decrease overall in recent decades. In 20, only 147 and 263 permits were issued respectively. However, this does not necessarily mean that the moose population has been systematically overhunted. The number of moose harvested by hunters has gone down greatly as well: Whereas 1,532 permits were issued for moose hunting in 2009, only 216 permits were granted in 2017. According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the population dropped from an estimated 8,840 in 2006 to just 4,180 in 2018. ![]() Minnesota is home to thousands of moose, but the population has been steadily declining in recent years. Evidence of a decrease in the moose population In this section, we will address the possible effects that wolves may have had on Minnesota’s moose population, as well as explore some of the potential causes behind the dwindling population. Minnesota’s moose population has been on the decline over the past decade, and while wolves are often seen as the primary culprit, the cause of this dramatic reduction is still unknown. In order to maintain healthy population totals, The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources works in partnership with tribes, other government elected officials, and concerned stakeholders maintaining delicate stakeholder relationships with sportsman groups while developing annual hunting quotas based on population survey results conducted annually. Currently, Minnesotan wolf populations span across most parts including northern, central forested regions such as Superior National forest as well as southern portions of Minnesota nearer to urban communities like Minneapolis-St Paul and St Cloud. ![]() This allowed for recovery efforts and protected wolf populations from hunting and harassment until 2012 when wolves were delisted based on population data evidence that supported their stability for long-term survival in Minnesota. In 1978 Minnesota was among one of the first states to list wolves as endangered through federal legislation. As of 2020, Minnesota has the second-largest population of wolves in America behind Alaska. As a result of wolf management efforts starting in 1974, wolves have since recovered-expanding from a few individuals to over 2,700 wolves across about 500 packs. Wolves were once widespread across the state, but by the 1950s they had declined to nearly zero due to intensive trapping, poisoning, and shooting. Wolves (Canis lupus) are iconic species of the Minnesota landscape and are deeply rooted in the state’s history and ecology. Overview of the wolf population in Minnesota This potential overlap provides wildlife experts with room for caution when investigating the potential interplay between wolves and Minnesota’s drastic reduction of its moose population. Wolves were declared Endangered Species in 1974 under the U.S Endangered Species Act and began growing rapidly shortly after due to successful repopulation efforts by local conservation agencies since then wolf populations and their range have increased steadily across Minnesota – an estimated 2700 wolves roamed within 259 packs spread throughout 33 counties by early 2020 partially overlapping with Minnesota’s moose range – representing an increase from 654 individuals spread over 106 packs 10 years prior. While there remains much debate as to what is causing this rapid decline in numbers (some citing climate change or brain worm infection) attention has recently turned to wolves due to their well-known predatory nature and rich history within Minnesota. By 2013 surveys indicated a marked decline in the state’s moose population and estimates show just 4,760 remaining as of 2020 – an almost 50% decline since 2010. That number continued to rise until roughly 2007 when both aerial and ground surveys indicated that the population had fallen just shy of 8,000. Minnesota was historically home to robust moose populations, with extremely successful conservation efforts resulting in the state’s first official count of 3,500 animals in the early 1950s. ![]() 6/19/2023 0 Comments Laundry bags near me![]() Our Customer Service team will be in touch as soon as possible to assist further. Please Contact Us prior to initiating a return via post if you believe your product is damaged or faulty. Your refund will be paid to your original payment method (please allow a further 1-3 business days for funds to be returned to you, depending on your bank or financial institution.) We aim to process all returns within 3-4 business days of receiving your items, unless otherwise stated. We recommend keeping proof of postage as we do not take responsibility for items lost in transit. 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Noun clauses are fairly easy to recognize if you know what they start with. No matter how many words or phrases it contains, the noun clause still acts as only a single noun, replacing things. The noun clause also contains the additional prepositional phrase “on the floor,” which offers even more information. These are different from the independent clause’s subject ( my dog) and verb ( eats). Notice how our new noun clause has its own subject ( whatever) and verb ( falls). Not only do noun clauses contain an extra verb for more details, they can also include other words like adverbs and prepositional phrases. If we want to give more detail, we can replace the noun things with a more descriptive noun clause. The individual noun things is the direct object for eats. For example, let’s look at a sentence without a noun clause. Noun clauses completely replace individual nouns in a sentence, no matter how long the noun clauses are or how many words they contain. Noun clauses can do anything a regular noun can do. We could rewrite the first sentence as:Įssentially, the noun clause “whoever wrote the graffiti” replaces the individual noun “Cody.” The noun clause acts just like the individual noun it represents but gives a little more detail by introducing a new verb into the sentence. Let’s say the noun clause represents someone named Cody. The verb of the independent clause is needs, and its direct object is grammar lessons. The noun clause “whoever wrote the graffiti” is also the subject of the independent clause. The noun clause is the phrase “whoever wrote the graffiti” this group of words work together as a single noun and include both a subject ( whoever) and a verb ( wrote). This sentence has two clauses: an independent clause and a noun clause. Whoever wrote the graffiti needs grammar lessons. That means sentences with noun clauses will always have at least two verbs (because they will always have two clauses). A clause is any group of words that contains both a subject and a verb, but noun clauses are a specific type of clause called a subordinate clause.Īlso known as dependent clauses, subordinate clauses cannot be used alone and need to join an independent clause. Grammarly for Microsoft Word makes it simple to compose clear, effective writing.Grammarly helps you communicate confidently Write with Grammarly What is a noun clause?Ī noun clause gets its name because it is simply a clause that acts like a noun. Vocabulary suggestions help you explain your thoughts in vivid, precise language, and tone suggestions help you find the right level of politeness, confidence, and formality. Grammarly also offers Premium features to help make you keep your readers interested and engaged with your work. Grammarly helps you clarify and simplify, so your reader can concentrate on your message. 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Get Grammarly’s real-time writing suggestions in Word as you’re writing. Grammarly for Microsoft Word is now available on Mac! ![]() 6/19/2023 0 Comments Invisible aligners vs braces![]() ![]() ![]() Instead of having metal brackets holding the wires, ceramic braces use a tooth coloured material to hold the archwire, allowing for a more subtle look as compared to metal braces. Ceramic Braces – Similar to metal braces, but with a slight difference in the material of the brackets used in the braces treatment.Metal Braces – The most common kind of braces typically worn by patients who decide to proceed with braces treatment.There are generally 4 types of braces available to patients in Singapore. There Are Different Types of Braces Available Just like Invisalign, lingual braces are a fully customised solution, as such they’re typically more pricey than normal conventional braces. A comparable type of braces in aesthetic & cost which Invisalign is typically compared to would be lingual (inside, behind the teeth) braces, as they both offer a similar ‘invisible’ appearance. Depending on the complexity of the case, some cases maybe very difficult if not impossible to achieve with Invisalign alone, as such your dentist may discuss the possibility of finalising tooth positions with braces even after Invisalign treatment which will result in a more expensive overall treatment. You can find our more about the cost of Invisalign treatment in Singapore and the breakdown of costs involved with the treatment in a separate article over here.ĭue to advances in the 3D scanning/modelling technology and the flexible material technology involved in making Invisalign clear aligners, the cost of Invisalign in Singapore is usually higher when compared to conventional braces. The cost of Invisalign treatment in Singapore typically ranges from $4500 – $8000 when performed by a general dentist, while the cost of Invisalign lies between $7000 – $9500 for treatment by an orthodontist (specialist dentist that focuses on correcting malocclusion and bite issues ). If a patient skips appointments or doesn’t change out aligners when ready, treatment duration can be prolonged.Ĭost of Invisalign Treatment in SingaporeĪ common question that our dentists get from patients looking to get their teeth straightened is “how much does Invisalign cost?” or “Is Invisalign cheaper than conventional braces?” vice versa. This is an important part of the Invisalign treatment process. Patients will also change their aligners sets every 7-10 days in order to keep up with the shifting of teeth. (Patients on the Dental Monitoring system will usually have a larger time gap between each check-up, up to 8 weeks between visits) During each visit, patients will be able to see how much closer they’re gotten to achieving their new smile. Patients on the Invisalign system are typically required to come back for regular dental visits once every 4-6 weeks for a quick check-up. (Patients on the Dental Monitoring system may experience shorter treatment duration) An average treatment duration ranges between 12 – 18 months, but can vary from patient to patient. The entire duration of Invisalign treatment depends on the complexity of the case and the amount of movements required to move teeth to their desired positions. Due to the removable nature of the Invisalign system, patient compliance when it comes to actually wearing the clear aligners is paramount in the success of the treatment. The clear aligners should only be removed when eating, drinking or brushing. However, patients who are undergoing Invisalign must have the discipline to wear their aligners for 22-24 hours a day, every single day, throughout the duration of their Invisalign treatment, any deviation from this can potentially prolong treatment time. Patients will also be able to eat whatever they like, whenever they like without needing to cut hard to eat foods, such as steak into smaller pieces before eating. This also extends to patients who engage in an active lifestyle, allowing them to comfortably continue with their daily activities with zero hassle or interference, allowing them to continue with their physical activities such as sports without the worry of breaking a dental bracket or snapping a wire. These removable aligners allow patients to eat, brush and floss more comfortably as compared to conventional braces with the added benefit of allowing patients to have their teeth adjusted without anyone having to know that they’re on Invisalign. Generally, the main selling point of Invisalign is that it’s an efficient and effective method of correcting orthodontic issues while being fully removable and virtually invisible. ![]() |