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3) Virtually maintenance-free doors that will last for years and withstand various weather conditions.
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This document provides an overview of integrated organic bramble and vegetable production in high tunnels. It discusses Scenic Valley Farms' experience constructing and managing various high tunnel designs for growing blackberries, tomatoes, peppers and other crops. Details are given on soil preparation, irrigation, trellising, production yields, season extension, economics, and opportunities for intercropping and renewable energy integration. The goal is to demonstrate a sustainable model for local food production and clean energy generation.
This document summarizes the key details of IndoTeak's 100% reclaimed teak flooring products. It describes how IndoTeak sources reclaimed teak from historic buildings in Indonesia and crafts the wood into engineered and solid flooring using a sustainable process. The flooring comes in various styles, textures, and finishes to suit different aesthetic and installation preferences while maintaining the natural beauty and durability of teak wood. IndoTeak also produces custom flooring, millwork, and furniture using the same reclaimed teak materials.
The Jim Pattison Group owns Genpak and is the 3rd largest private company in Canada. Genpak manufactures a variety of packaging materials like rigid plastics, films, and paper products across multiple North American plants. They focus on sustainable materials and processes, and provide various food packaging solutions like foam trays, cups, and fiber-based containers.
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Birds, Bugs and Wildflowers:organic Integrated Pest Management for the home ...Richard Gardner
This past year we transformed our yard into a place for birds, pollinators and an organic garden. The purpose of this transformation was twofold:
1.) to provide pollinator and bird habitat
2.) to increase the yield in our garden by attracting pollinators to the vegetables and native predators of herbivorous insects to the garden.
To do this we planted several wildflower beds, placed birdhouses throughout our yard, our woodlot and the pasture next to it and avoided non-organic pesticides, fertilizers and other garden chemicals.
This presentation is a photo essay of the past year.
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3) A Brutus Buckeye dart cabinet set with darts, a scoreboard, and mounting supplies showing Ohio State pride.
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Extensive bee keeping and beekeeping equipment..Deepali Dhiware
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Natural beekeeping focuses on bee health over honey yield by allowing bees to build combs naturally without human intervention. This means using top bar hives instead of framed hives and accepting irregular comb structures. Natural beekeeping is small-scale, low cost, and low environmental impact. Problems like long grass interfering with hives can be solved simply, like extending the chicken run to include the hive so chickens can keep the grass short.
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Overview
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- Learn how to view and analyze Kafka messages stored in a data lake for better insights.
7. What is Prometheus?
- Get to know Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit, and its application in monitoring edge devices.
8. Monitoring Application Metrics with Prometheus
- Detailed instructions on setting up Prometheus to monitor the performance and health of your anomaly detection system.
9. What is Camel K?
- Introduction to Camel K, a lightweight integration framework built on Apache Camel, designed for Kubernetes.
10. Configuring Camel K Integrations for Data Pipelines
- Learn how to configure Camel K for seamless data pipeline integrations in your anomaly detection workflow.
11. What is a Jupyter Notebook?
- Overview of Jupyter Notebooks, an open-source web application for creating and sharing documents with live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text.
12. Jupyter Notebooks with Code Examples
- Hands-on examples and code snippets in Jupyter Notebooks to help you implement and test anomaly detection models.
Connector Corner: Seamlessly power UiPath Apps, GenAI with prebuilt connectorsDianaGray10
Join us to learn how UiPath Apps can directly and easily interact with prebuilt connectors via Integration Service--including Salesforce, ServiceNow, Open GenAI, and more.
The best part is you can achieve this without building a custom workflow! Say goodbye to the hassle of using separate automations to call APIs. By seamlessly integrating within App Studio, you can now easily streamline your workflow, while gaining direct access to our Connector Catalog of popular applications.
We’ll discuss and demo the benefits of UiPath Apps and connectors including:
Creating a compelling user experience for any software, without the limitations of APIs.
Accelerating the app creation process, saving time and effort
Enjoying high-performance CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations, for
seamless data management.
Speakers:
Russell Alfeche, Technology Leader, RPA at qBotic and UiPath MVP
Charlie Greenberg, host
This talk will cover ScyllaDB Architecture from the cluster-level view and zoom in on data distribution and internal node architecture. In the process, we will learn the secret sauce used to get ScyllaDB's high availability and superior performance. We will also touch on the upcoming changes to ScyllaDB architecture, moving to strongly consistent metadata and tablets.
"Choosing proper type of scaling", Olena SyrotaFwdays
Imagine an IoT processing system that is already quite mature and production-ready and for which client coverage is growing and scaling and performance aspects are life and death questions. The system has Redis, MongoDB, and stream processing based on ksqldb. In this talk, firstly, we will analyze scaling approaches and then select the proper ones for our system.
High performance Serverless Java on AWS- GoTo Amsterdam 2024Vadym Kazulkin
Java is for many years one of the most popular programming languages, but it used to have hard times in the Serverless community. Java is known for its high cold start times and high memory footprint, comparing to other programming languages like Node.js and Python. In this talk I'll look at the general best practices and techniques we can use to decrease memory consumption, cold start times for Java Serverless development on AWS including GraalVM (Native Image) and AWS own offering SnapStart based on Firecracker microVM snapshot and restore and CRaC (Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint) runtime hooks. I'll also provide a lot of benchmarking on Lambda functions trying out various deployment package sizes, Lambda memory settings, Java compilation options and HTTP (a)synchronous clients and measure their impact on cold and warm start times.
Essentials of Automations: Exploring Attributes & Automation ParametersSafe Software
Building automations in FME Flow can save time, money, and help businesses scale by eliminating data silos and providing data to stakeholders in real-time. One essential component to orchestrating complex automations is the use of attributes & automation parameters (both formerly known as “keys”). In fact, it’s unlikely you’ll ever build an Automation without using these components, but what exactly are they?
Attributes & automation parameters enable the automation author to pass data values from one automation component to the next. During this webinar, our FME Flow Specialists will cover leveraging the three types of these output attributes & parameters in FME Flow: Event, Custom, and Automation. As a bonus, they’ll also be making use of the Split-Merge Block functionality.
You’ll leave this webinar with a better understanding of how to maximize the potential of automations by making use of attributes & automation parameters, with the ultimate goal of setting your enterprise integration workflows up on autopilot.
Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing.pdfssuserfac0301
Read Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing to gain insights on AI adoption in the manufacturing industry, such as:
1. How quickly AI is being implemented in manufacturing.
2. Which barriers stand in the way of AI adoption.
3. How data quality and governance form the backbone of AI.
4. Organizational processes and structures that may inhibit effective AI adoption.
6. Ideas and approaches to help build your organization's AI strategy.
Birdhouse Webcam, Bat Houses, and More (all made in the US)
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Birdhouse with Webcam
Birdhouse with Webcam
About: View the activities of nesting birds from within your home both day and
night! Our color webcam with infrared night vision includes a 100 foot video
night! Our color webcam with infrared night vision includes a 100‐foot video
cable that sends video and audio signals directly to your TV or computer.
Appropriate for many common backyard birds, including bluebirds, chickadees,
titmice, swallows and wrens. It s SO easy to set up. The design allows for
titmice, swallows and wrens. It’s SO easy to set up. The design allows for
appropriate
ventilation, drainage
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cleaning after the
nesting season.
Hand crafted with
pride in the state of
Maine.
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2. Made in the
USA!
Garden Design Birdhouse (post‐mounted)
Garden Design Birdhouse (post mounted)
• About: Garden Design products are hand‐
turned on a lathe. With ample size, drainage,
ventilation and a 1 1/2 entrance hole this
ventilation and a 1‐1/2″ entrance hole, this
unique birdhouse will attract a variety of
birds. A brass entrance hole portal gives a
decorative look and protects from predators.
The roof opens easily for cleaning after the
nesting season is completed. Finished with a
nesting season is completed Finished with a
burnished wax.
• Size: 24″high x 10″diameter
24 high x 10 diameter
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3. Made in the
USA!
Mirrored Windowsill Feeder
Mirrored Windowsill Feeder
• About: View the birds up close, and
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they can’t see you! The mirrored
acrylic panels slide open to easily
refill seed. Manufactured from
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mahogany, the two wooden spring‐
set dowels make for simple
set dowels make for simple
installation. The acrylic top protects
the seed tray, which is perforated for
drainage.
• Size: Fits outside windows with
dimensions from 20 to 40″ wide
dimensions from 20″ to 40 wide.
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4. Made in the
USA!
Barred Owl House
Barred Owl House
• About: The barred owl is slightly larger
The barred owl is slightly larger
than a barn owl and sounds like a typical
“hoot owl.” This house can be mounted
high in a tree with the two metal
hi h i t ith th t t l
hangers. Bottom opens for easy cleaning.
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• Habitat: Lives in low, wet woods and
swampy forests.
• Range: Resides from British Columbia,
east to Nova Scotia, and south to
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northern California, and to Texas and
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• Size: 25″h x 14‐1/4″w x 19″d
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5. Made in the
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See‐through Window Feeder
See through Window Feeder
• About: Watch feeding birds up
close from within your house.
Easy to fill, clean and maintain.
Easy to fill clean and maintain
Feeder mounts to window using
100 percent silicone suction cups.
Holds 2 quarts of seed. Hand‐
crafted in Maine of plantation
grown mahogany.
grown mahogany
• Size: 14″h x 8″w x 2‐1/2″d
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6. Made in the
USA!
Squirrel House
Squirrel House
• About: While squirrels are considered
pests at the bird‐feeding station by
some, others welcome them and provide
them with special habitat of their own.
Placed high in a tree, squirrels will use
Placed high in a tree squirrels will use
the house for nesting, as well as
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protection from the elements.
• Size: 17‐3/4″h x 9‐1/4″w x 11″d
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7. Made in the
USA!
Window Suet Feeder
Window Suet Feeder
• About: Woodpeckers
Woodpeckers,
nuthatches and chickadees will
come right up to the window to
peck at the suet in this feeder.
Installs simply on any window
with two oversized suction cups.
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Pull the pin and turn the roof to
the side to slide in another suet
the side to slide in another suet
cake to keep your visitors happy.
• Size: 7″h x 7″w x 3″d
7 h x 7 w x 3 d
• Shipping: FREE!
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8. Made in the
USA!
Bee House
Bee House
• About: Provide a home for one of nature’s best
Provide a home for one of nature s best
pollinators. Of the more than 20,000 species of
bees, two of the most common are the blue
orchard bee and the horn‐faced bee. One‐half to
two‐thirds the size of a honey bee, these passive
bees live only six to eight weeks but lay eggs in this
bees live only six to eight weeks but lay eggs in this
house. The eggs remain dormant through the fall
and winter, and offspring emerge in the spring to
pollinate plants. Hangs near the garden and
requires no maintenance.
• Size: 12″h x 3 1/2″w x 4 1/4″d
12 h x 3‐1/2 w x 4‐1/4 d
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9. Made in the
USA!
Purple Martin House
Purple Martin House
• About: Purple martins are attracted to
houses with multiple apartments to
establish colonies. This house opens on
establish colonies This house opens on
four sides for easy cleaning, and
mounts securely on a pole.
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• Description: These birds seek open
woodlands, residential areas and
agricultural land.
• Size: 18"h x 17‐1/2"w x 17‐1/2"d
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10. Made in the
USA!
Hopper Feeder
Hopper Feeder
• About: A large feeder with a
Plexiglas hopper for backyard
birds of all sizes. Mounts easily
and securely on a pole, post or
deck.
deck
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11. Made in the
USA!
Bat Condominium
Bat Condominium
• About: This best seller
accommodates more than 50
bats and is ideal for a nursing
colony. The vertical house
contains 4 chambers and can be
contains 4 chambers and can be
easily mounted by a hanger on a
building or a tree.
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• Size: 19″h x 9‐1/2″w x 7‐1/2″d
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12. Made in the
USA!
Wildlife Feeder
Wildlife Feeder
• About: This feeder is for all the varied
wildlife that may inhabit your backyard
including ducks, raccoons, squirrels, goats,
whatever! Wood hopper holds five quarts
of feed, which dispenses food to trays on
of feed which dispenses food to trays on
both sides to feed creatures for days.
• Size: 18″h x 15″w x 15″d
18 h x 15 w x 15 d
• Shipping: FREE!
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13. Made in the
USA!
Butterfly House
Butterfly House
• About: The butterfly vivarium is specifically
The butterfly vivarium is specifically
designed as an ideal environment for
observing the magical transformation of
caterpillars into beautiful butterflies. Its
spacious interior is large enough to hold a
plant, providing nutrition for its inhabitants.
plant providing nutrition for its inhabitants
The screened windows and rough wooden
interior provide ideal surfaces for clinging,
while the sliding Plexiglas front provides
easy access for cleaning.
• Size: 11″h x 11″w x 13″d
Size: 11 h x 11 w x 13 d
• Shipping: FREE!
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