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![]() How the Hydaloop gray water recycling system works The original news article all about the EcoHome DIY gray water recycling system is here. So I’m still glad I did it, but this new Hydraloop technology is light years ahead of what I had to build because there weren't any commercially available options” Says Emmanuel. To put that in perspective, consider that between my personal residence and the other two floors of rental units, our system treats 80,000 litres of gray water a year which is then used for toilet flushing - as well as irrigating the green roof when needed for food production. That’s partly why we are speeding towards a massive freshwater crisis. “Toilets account for about 30% of the water used in a home, and in this day and age I think it’s utterly foolish that we still flush with potable water. But still, he doesn’t regret installing it. He’s not too put off by that, but one downside he speaks of is that the system (not the delivered water) doesn’t smell that great on occasion. It requires a bi-weekly cleaning of the solids trap, as well as an annual replacement of filtration materials. His was the first LEED Platinum house in Canada, back when he first built it in 2004, and he included a DIY gray water recovery system because there wasn't a commercially available solutions available back in the day.Įmmanuel’s system required the installation of a large concrete holding tank in the basement with a sand filter. ![]() To learn that, we only need to go as far as the home of Ecohome co-founder Emmanuel Cosgrove in Montreal. To know exactly how big an advance the Hydraloop is, you would really need to grasp what residential gray water recycling systems were like up until now. ![]() DIY gray water systems can be smelly affairs Hydraloop won a 2020 CES Consumer Technology Association Innovation award for its recently released gray water recycling system, as well as a "Best of the best" for CES from endgaget and "Best of CES" from Time, bringing a commercially available home water conservation system to market in the US that is a vast improvement over existing gray water recovery technology as it's a "plug and play" solution. This should come as music to the ears of folks in California, Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico and Nevada - for whom living with water-shortages and drought is becoming an unfortunate way of life - and for these areas a viable gray water treatment and recycling system that's designed for both new homes and home renovations is good news indeed. And THAT cheery preamble, is actually to lay the groundwork about an innovative and award-winning solution for water conservation that we find to be really good news a significant advance in domestic gray water recycling technology called the Hydraloop - see here for details. Doesn't it? Oh.īut in certain areas of the US, to avoid catastrophic urban and agricultural droughts, we have to begin implementing commercial and residential water conservation measures immediately. We don’t think much about it in Canada & America because most of us have yet to suffer the extreme impacts of droughts - or we prefer not to acknowledge the problem and hope it will go away (similar to how denial is supposed to help climate change go away). Reducing home water consumption is an increasingly important issue, as the world is already facing a global water shortage crisis. Owning a household sewage treatment system is a big financial investment in your property. It is a mini- wastewater treatment plant right in your yard. Proper operation and maintenance of your system is very important to make sure it operates effectively and efficiently for many years and does not create nuisance conditions or contaminate water resources.At last, a packaged solution for gray water treatment & recycling - the Hydraloop Operation and Maintenance of a Household Sewage Treatment System New Homebuyer's Guide to Septic Systems.Proper Landscaping on and around your system.Do's and Don'ts of your Advanced Treatment Unit (ATU).The Do's and Don'ts of your Septic System.Nearly one-fifth of American households depend on septic systems to treat their wastewater and failure to maintain a septic system can lead to backups, malfunctions and early failures that can result is costly repairs. The EPA's SepticSmart program educates homeowners about the proper system care and maintenance all year long.īelow are links to the EPA SepticSmart Web page along with other information for the proper care and maintenance of your septic system. ![]() Play or create a wide variety of rich sampled instruments with the EXS24 Sampler.Quickly find sounds or create unique new ones with Alchemy, the ultimate sample manipulation synthesizer.Perform inspired sounds using a collection of synths that provide analog, wavetable, FM, additive, granular, spectral, and modeling synthesis. ![]() Play faithful models of vintage keyboards with Vintage B3, Vintage Electric Piano, and Vintage Clav.Play classic ’70s- and ’80s-style synthesizer sounds using Retro Synth.Perform electronic beats with the Ultrabeat drum machine.Play deeply sampled, professionally mixed, and fully customizable drum kits provided by Drum Kit Designer.Easily view your Mac screen from a distance using a high-contrast, full-screen performance view.Smart Controls offer dynamic performance controls that change with each Patch.Screen controls adapt for each Patch using Smart Controls.See only what you need during your performance using a customizable, full-screen live interface.Manage sophisticated rigs using the Assignments & Mapping overview.Quickly assign hardware knobs, buttons, and faders to onscreen controls.Instantly set up a large variety of hardware using automatic device recognition.Use USB and MIDI-equipped controllers like keyboards, foot pedals, and drum pads.Connect your favorite hardware and use it to play and control your plug-ins.64-bit architecture uses all the RAM in your system for larger sampled instruments.Perform with stereo or multitrack backing tracks using Playback.Design rich keyboard Patches using splits and layers, the Arpeggiator, and other MIDI plug-ins.Switch between Patches without stopping sound output or cutting off held notes.Combine instruments and live audio, such as keyboards and vocals, in a single Patch.Add your sounds from Logic Pro X and GarageBand to bring your studio sound to the stage.Perform live with more than 80 instrument, effect, and MIDI plug-ins or work with Audio Units plug-ins.MainStage 3 lets you take your Mac to the stage with a full-screen interface optimized for live performance, flexible hardware control, and a massive collection of plug-ins and sounds that are fully compatible with Logic Pro X. ![]() What Qualities Do the Best Zoos and Aquaria Share?īefore discussing where to find the best zoos and aquariums in Alabama, it helps to define what best means and describe how an institution achieves that status.įirst, zoos and aquariums must receive a license from APHIS. The ZAA focuses on the rescue, rehabilitation, and reintroduction of sick or injured animals.Īll ZAA-certified facilities must have a written plan for all the collections currently built and in use and future exhibits that will enhance the zoo’s reputation for excellence in conservation, education, and species diversity.ĭive into the ZAA Accreditation Standards here. Moreover, ZAA contributed $4 million to various NGOs’ ongoing global conservation efforts. ![]() ZAA’s 60-plus accredited facilities oversee a $150 million annual budget. The association resulted from a 2005 merger of the International Society of Zooculturists with the United Zoological Association. View the AZA Accreditation Standards and Related Policies here. Worldwide, as of September 2022, only 238 institutions have AZA accreditation, and 15 related facilities have AZA certification. The AZA also prohibits taking animals from the wild except to provide medical treatment and returning them to their native habitat unless that return would cause their death. The AZA ensures their conservation, education, scientific research, and leisure programs will house, feed, exhibit, and provide appropriate medical treatment for all living creatures in their care.Īdditionally, the AZA promotes conservation efforts around the globe and regulates the numbers and types of animals exhibited in a given space. The AZA devotes itself to worldwide oversight of zoos and aquariums. The AWA and APHIS receive their statutory authority from. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - APHIS - enforces the act’s principles. The Animal Welfare Act covers each situation, whether the animals serve as exhibits, undergo testing procedures, or need transport. No other federal law regulates how animals are treated in zoos, aquariums, research facilities, schools, and breeding centers. How can you support your local Alabama zoo or aquarium?īefore the passage of the Animal Welfare Act of 1966, zoos and aquariums had very little oversight.What features distinguish the Montgomery Zoo from other Alabama zoos?.What distinguishes Dauphin Island Sea Lab?.What animals can you see at the Alabama Safari Park?.What agency provides the accreditation for the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo?.How does the Birmingham Zoo stand out from other zoos and aquariums in Alabama?.Which Alabama zoo demonstrated excellence before beginning construction?.How can inspectors determine that Alabama's zoos and aquariums obtain animals and plants ethically?.How many facilities hold accreditation from The Zoological Association of America?.How many zoos and facilities hold accreditation or certification from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums?.Where do AWA and APHIS get their statutory authority?.Which federal protections provide oversight for zoos and Aquariums?.5 Best Zoos and Aquariums in Alabama – Summary Table.Five Excellent Zoos and Aquariums in Alabama.Demonstrates Excellence Before Its Construction.Ethically Obtains Its Animals, Fish, and Plants. ![]() What Qualities Do the Best Zoos and Aquaria Share?. ![]() ![]() Giambattista Bodoni took that experiment to an extreme, creating this dramatic font. The Bodoni typeface surfaced during a time when typeface designers were experimenting with the contrast between thick and thin type characteristics. Here are the 61 top logo fonts everyone should know: Learn more about selecting a font for your brand here. Avoid combining different statement fonts, such as serifs with slab serifs or a script font with another script font.Another option is to combine different versions of the same font: try combining the font of your choice in italics, bold or all caps.It’s a good idea to combine a statement font with a more subdued sans-serif font.Any additional fonts need to be more subtle. It should be the most eye-catching out of the fonts you selected. Pick one main font for your brand name that represents your brand’s style the best. When combining different logo fonts in one logo design you want to make sure the fonts complement each other. How to combine logo fonts? A great design that combines several different fonts in one logo. Choose one font for your main brand name and another font for additional supporting text, such as your tagline or brand description. The number of fonts also depends on the amount of text you’re incorporating in your logo. Any more than that and your logo design will look too busy and inconsistent. You should use no more than 2 or 3 different logo fonts in your logo design. Then consider which fonts evoke those same ideas and feelings you’re going for. Start selecting your logo fonts by first determining your brand personality (how your brand sounds and feels to your audience). Want to learn more about logo fonts? Watch the video below or read on to find out how to choose the perfect font, or fonts, for your brand! Picking the right font for your logo is important, so be sure to spend some time selecting the perfect one for your brand. They can be altered and modified in a multitude of ways to give your brand a unique feel. Many of these fonts are dazzling as is, but don’t forget that they are also a great way to get inspired about your logo design. There are thousands of fonts for logos out there, and that’s exactly why we’ve put together this list of the most notable, game-changing logo fonts of all time. Choosing the right typography can help to tell your brand story and amplify the impact of your logo whenever and wherever people see it. Logo fonts can make or break your logo design. ![]() Holiday season Holiday titles first making the Billboard Hot 100 top ten during the 2022–23 holiday season Main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2022 List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 2023 that peaked in 2022 List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles that peaked in 2023 ↑ – indicates single's top 10 entry was also its Hot 100 debut.Use our TikTok Music Promotion and Spotify Playlists Promotion service.This is a list of singles that charted in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, an all-genre singles chart in the United States, in 2023.Īn asterisk (*) represents that a single is in the top ten as of the issue dated for the week of June 10, 2023. ![]() Playlist Push can give you that sharp edge for success with both Spotify streams and Tik Tok metrics, helping your chances of climbing the charts and captivating the world with your music. As mentioned above, the Billboard Charts gather metrics to rank singles and albums based on streams, sales, and airplay, so the more push you have from all avenues of listening audiences, the more they will have a chance to rise up the charts. Before and after you release your record, it’s critical to have a strong marketing and promo strategy and plan of attack. The final and most fun step is getting your music out. Here is where you and your strategy can get a bit of a leg up on the charts, by pushing pre-saves, pre-orders, and all-around buzz and excitement before your release. ![]() This all depends on your release strategy and promotional campaign around the record, but generally 1-2 months out is ideal - very similar to how you want to make sure to pitch your Spotify release in Spotify for Artists with enough time before the actual public release day. this is important to be aware of because you can enter this information (which we at Playlist Push recommend) before your music is released and once ingested into the DSPs/stores. In the previous step, you’ll notice that you input release dates, price, etc. This process is pretty self-explanatory just as long as you then enter all of the information correctly regarding the music to be registered - and don’t forget to do both - on the ISRC level and Title/EAN/UPC level. The next is for the “Title/EAN/UPC Registration” ( view form). One is for your “ISRC” information on the single-record level ( view form). This site will then give you two options that generate two forms to fill out. Step Two: Register Your Song Information on Luminate (Formerly Nielsen Soundscan)įor the next step, once you have your ISRC and UPC codes ready just head to Luminate. So in short, collect the ISRC and UPC codes via your distributor and have them ready for launch. A UPC code, or “Universal Product Code” is like a barcode for tracking the sales and data of a whole album unit. In addition, you’ll need the UPC code for the album as well (even if it is still a one-song single recording). ISRC stands for “International Recording Standard Code” and is a unique assigned code to each single musical track that allows the rightsholder to identify and track their recording in perpetuity. Through your distributor, you should be able to get the ISRC code for each individual single track. The first step to getting your music registered and ready to blast to the top of the Billboard Charts is to gather your assets, both on the single and album level. So without further ado, let’s get to the top of those charts. In fact, you can register your songs into the Billboard Charts as an independent artist, and with a good business plan and promotional campaign, you may even take over the mainstream Billboard successes of today with a hit record. So the big question is, how do you get your music on the Billboard Charts? It is actually quite simple, and you don’t need to be signed with a major record label to do so. They are published in the iconic Billboard Magazine among other places, and have been a golden target for all musical successes since their inception in 1913…over a century ago! These factors determine the chart placement of either a single or whole album’s success and can move up or down the charts in relation to the metrics and/or performance of other competing music. In essence, the Billboard Charts are a weekly ranked list of songs and albums based on their popularity, driven by streams, sales, and airplay. Anywhere from the mainstream “Hot 100” to the “Global 200” charts, it is something heavily recognized in the music industry, and even more so today with how much music has become a digital metric-based form of sonic consumption and business. Whether you’re an artist, producer, singer, manager, or label, it’s a pretty special accolade to gain traction in the upward ranks of the famous Billboard Charts. ![]() Pritesh Dodhia, Head of Pharmacy Operations at Phlo, says: “This is an exciting step forward for pharmacy in digital healthcare. A truly integrated digital health service makes life easier for all its users – pharmacy is a vital part of that digital healthcare journey.” With Phlo Connect, clinicians can generate and ‘sign’ a digital prescription, and then send this to the Phlo digital pharmacy, who can deliver the medication to the patient’s door in a timeframe that suits them. Patients have to travel sometimes quite long distances in order to collect their prescription and medication, and clinicians are bogged down in paperwork, having to manually sign hundreds of prescriptions. Nadeem Sarwar, Founder & CEO at Phlo, says: “Currently, patients can have a great digital healthcare experience, but this grinds to a halt when a prescription is generated. Phlo Connect’s advanced digital signing integrates easily with existing clinical systems and prescribing workflows, helping private healthcare providers digitise and streamline their pharmacy offering, ultimately giving consumers better choice and greater choice for their healthcare needs.
![]() ![]() (I have used this in lieu of commercial utilities that cost tens of thousands of dollars in license fees.) Check out the project's GitHub repository! Install these really cool utilities Use croc as a tool to move data from one machine to another easily in a secure fashion. Check out the project's GitHub repository! croc On recommendation from my colleague Arkadij Kummer, grab fzf to have extremely fast fuzzy text search on the filesystem. Check out the Github repository to learn more about it. fdįd gives you a faster replacement for the shell tool find, which you can use to find files by name. You can alias cat to bat, and in that way, not need to deviate from muscle memory to use bat. Check out the Github repository for what you get. (see: Install and configure git on your machine) batīat is next-level cat, which is a utility for viewing text files in the terminal. You can also configure git to use diff-so-fancy to render diffs at the terminal. Check out its Github repo for more information. This gives you a tool for viewing differences between files, aka "diffs". Its Github repo should reveal all of its secrets. Ripgrep provides a command line tool rg, which recursively scans down the file tree from the current directory for files that contain text that you want to search. If you alias ls to exa, it's next-level convenience! (see Create shell command aliases for your commonly used commands) ripgrep According to the website, "A modern replacement for ls". exaĮxa is next-level ls (which is used to list files in a directory). If you pair it with exa, you will have an upgraded file tree experience. The tree command line tool allows you to see the file tree at the terminal. If you're of the type who has a habit of creating new shell sessions for every project, then tmux might be able to help you get things under control. This is a tool for multiplexing your shell sessions - uber handy if you want to persist a shell session on a remote server even after you disconnect. If you've ever been disconnected from SSH because of a flaky internet connection, mosh can be your saviour. Install gcc if you want to have the GNU C compiler available on your Mac at the same time as the clang C compiler.Ĭ compilers come in handy for some numerical computing packages, which multiple data science languages (Julia, Python, R) depend on. It's a pretty neat hack to have when you're working on a managed system, such as a high performance computing system. This enables you to use brew to install Linux utilities that might not be built-in to your system. However, if you do not have sudo privileges on your machine, then you should consider installing Homebrew inside your home directory. If you have the necessary privileges to install packages, which usually means having sudo privileges on your machine, then you probably don't need to install Homebrew on Linux. Linux machines usually come with their own package manager, such as yum on CentOS and apt on Ubuntu. You can also install some other cool utilities using brew! (see: Install a suite of really cool utilities on your machine using homebrew) What about Linux machines? If you're planning to install Anaconda Install Anaconda on your machine, then make sure you install wget, as my bootstrap step for installing Anaconda relies on using wget to pull the installer from the internet. It can be executed anywhere, but if you're feeling superstitious, you can always move to your home directory first ( cd ~) before executing the command. Usually, you would copy/paste it from the homebrew website, but I've copied it over so you don't have to context-switch: /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL )" ![]() (see: Install a suite of really cool utilities on your machine using homebrew) How do we install Homebrew?įollow the instructions on the homebrew website, but essentially, it's a one bash command install. Installing these shell utilities can give you a leg-up as you strive to gain mastery over your machine. From it, you can get shell utilities and apps that don't come pre-installed on your computer, such as wget. (Linux machines can use Homebrew too! Read on to see when you might need it.)Īs claimed, Homebrew is the missing package manager for the Mac. Your Mac comes with a lot of neat apps, but it's a bit crippled when it comes to shell utilities. ![]() ![]() This is an important process in order for your skin to stay clear. 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In diminishing the importance of respecting authority figures and traditional social structures, Kohlberg set the stage for decades of subsequent research that assumed that morality was unrelated (and even in opposition to) these values. Kohlberg reasoned that hierarchy and submission to authority hindered a child’s moral development by keeping him from stepping into another’s shoes and resolving conflict independently. While developing his theories about the six stages of moral judgment, psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg noticed that children who were given more chances to “role take”-step into another’s shoes and see the situation from his viewpoint-progressed through the moral stages more quickly. The Harm Principle: The Rationalist Argument Read more to learn about differing views regarding the harm principle. This is put forth by Jonathan Haidt in his book The Righteous Mind. 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