Understanding Mosquitos- Lawn Care
There are over 3,000 different species of mosquitoes throughout the world; currently 176species are recognized in the United States, roughly 50 species of mosquitoes in our region and at least 28 bite humans.
The definition of a weed is: any undesirable or troublesome plant, especially one that grows profusely where it is not wanted.Going off the definition a weed can be pretty much any plant. Weeds do fall into two main categories: annuals and perennials. (There are also a few biennials, but they’re generally treated like perennials.)
Ash is unique from other trees because of the following distinctive characteristics: opposite branching and compound leaf according to the following descriptions of pictures. Remember, mountain ash (Sorbus) is not a true ash (Fraxinus), and is not affected by the Emerald Ash Borer.
Quack grass (Elytrigia repens) is an undesirable perennial grass that grows as a weed in many lawns. It forms in patches, has a coarse fibrous root system that spreads by long-lived rhizomes as well as by seeds. Quack grass is an aggressive grassy weed and found in many lawns throughout the growing season.
Crabgrass is one of the most prevalent noxious grasses in ornamental and landscape areas and is a severe problem in turf grass areas. This common problem grass is annual and reproduces by seed. Before germination can occur, temperatures in the top half-inch of sol must reach 55 degrees. Crabgrass problems mainly occur in thin and heat stressed areas. This grass is most commonly found along drives and sidewalks where heat radiates and stresses your normal turf grass. These areas need frequent attention when watering to avoid thinning, which allows the crabgrass to move in.
Pre-emergent herbicides by LCS Lawn ServieGreg Bennett
Pre-emergent herbicides, often called crabgrass preventer, are applied to prevent crabgrass and other grassy weeds in turf. Crabgrass is by far the most common grassy weed in our area, others that are problematic in our area include goosegrass and johnsongrass.
Apple Scab Treatment- LCS Tree ServiceGreg Bennett
Apple scab occurs in most areas of the world where apples are grown and is one of the most serious diseases of ornamental crabapple and fruit trees. It is caused by the fungus Venturia inaequalis. Apple scab occurs on the leaves, petioles, blossoms and fruit. Infections usually develop first on the undersides of leaves.
Winter Burn on Evergreens Damage, Care, and Treatment.Most of our evergreen species are narrow-leaved conifers – pine, spruce, arborvitae, juniper, hemlock, and yew – that have needles or scales for foliage. Unfortunately all of these species can be injured by winter burn and the winter of 2013-14 is proving to be no exception. Winter burn injury has been observed on many evergreen trees and shrubs
Caring for your Birch Trees. Birch are deciduous trees that belong to the family Betulaceae. There are around 60 different species of birch that grow around the world. Birch require well-drained soil, enough moisture and direct sunlight for the proper growth. It usually grows near lakes and rivers. Birch is known as pioneer species because it easily populates habitats destroyed by fire.
A professional energy assessment (audit) provides an analysis of the safety and efficiency of your home’s airflow and heating/cooling systems. Undiagnosed air leaks, inadequate insulation, improper ventilation, faulty combustion appliances and leaky gas pipes not only waste energy and money, but can also cause health and safety problems.
Therefore, a professional energy assessment should be part of every homeowner’s building maintenance and should be repeated whenever major improvements are made (such as room additions, attic/basement remodeling, multiple new windows) to ensure the house maintains proper ventilation and air sealing.
Promotion and Decorative Printing | Decals and LabelsGreg Bennett
J.N. White Designs sophisticated electrostatic offset process combined with traditional screen printing process results in outstanding color intensity and durability.
www.jnwhitedesigns.com
Good bugs, bad bugs! There are hundreds of different kinds of insects. Some insects are very beneficial but grubs are not one of the insects you want in your lawn!
www.lcslawn.com
Understanding Mosquitos- Lawn Care
There are over 3,000 different species of mosquitoes throughout the world; currently 176species are recognized in the United States, roughly 50 species of mosquitoes in our region and at least 28 bite humans.
The definition of a weed is: any undesirable or troublesome plant, especially one that grows profusely where it is not wanted.Going off the definition a weed can be pretty much any plant. Weeds do fall into two main categories: annuals and perennials. (There are also a few biennials, but they’re generally treated like perennials.)
Ash is unique from other trees because of the following distinctive characteristics: opposite branching and compound leaf according to the following descriptions of pictures. Remember, mountain ash (Sorbus) is not a true ash (Fraxinus), and is not affected by the Emerald Ash Borer.
Quack grass (Elytrigia repens) is an undesirable perennial grass that grows as a weed in many lawns. It forms in patches, has a coarse fibrous root system that spreads by long-lived rhizomes as well as by seeds. Quack grass is an aggressive grassy weed and found in many lawns throughout the growing season.
Crabgrass is one of the most prevalent noxious grasses in ornamental and landscape areas and is a severe problem in turf grass areas. This common problem grass is annual and reproduces by seed. Before germination can occur, temperatures in the top half-inch of sol must reach 55 degrees. Crabgrass problems mainly occur in thin and heat stressed areas. This grass is most commonly found along drives and sidewalks where heat radiates and stresses your normal turf grass. These areas need frequent attention when watering to avoid thinning, which allows the crabgrass to move in.
Pre-emergent herbicides by LCS Lawn ServieGreg Bennett
Pre-emergent herbicides, often called crabgrass preventer, are applied to prevent crabgrass and other grassy weeds in turf. Crabgrass is by far the most common grassy weed in our area, others that are problematic in our area include goosegrass and johnsongrass.
Apple Scab Treatment- LCS Tree ServiceGreg Bennett
Apple scab occurs in most areas of the world where apples are grown and is one of the most serious diseases of ornamental crabapple and fruit trees. It is caused by the fungus Venturia inaequalis. Apple scab occurs on the leaves, petioles, blossoms and fruit. Infections usually develop first on the undersides of leaves.
Winter Burn on Evergreens Damage, Care, and Treatment.Most of our evergreen species are narrow-leaved conifers – pine, spruce, arborvitae, juniper, hemlock, and yew – that have needles or scales for foliage. Unfortunately all of these species can be injured by winter burn and the winter of 2013-14 is proving to be no exception. Winter burn injury has been observed on many evergreen trees and shrubs
Caring for your Birch Trees. Birch are deciduous trees that belong to the family Betulaceae. There are around 60 different species of birch that grow around the world. Birch require well-drained soil, enough moisture and direct sunlight for the proper growth. It usually grows near lakes and rivers. Birch is known as pioneer species because it easily populates habitats destroyed by fire.
A professional energy assessment (audit) provides an analysis of the safety and efficiency of your home’s airflow and heating/cooling systems. Undiagnosed air leaks, inadequate insulation, improper ventilation, faulty combustion appliances and leaky gas pipes not only waste energy and money, but can also cause health and safety problems.
Therefore, a professional energy assessment should be part of every homeowner’s building maintenance and should be repeated whenever major improvements are made (such as room additions, attic/basement remodeling, multiple new windows) to ensure the house maintains proper ventilation and air sealing.
Promotion and Decorative Printing | Decals and LabelsGreg Bennett
J.N. White Designs sophisticated electrostatic offset process combined with traditional screen printing process results in outstanding color intensity and durability.
www.jnwhitedesigns.com
Good bugs, bad bugs! There are hundreds of different kinds of insects. Some insects are very beneficial but grubs are not one of the insects you want in your lawn!
www.lcslawn.com
Switches for the Medical Industry - Made in USA Greg Bennett
J.N. White Designs (www.jnwhitedesigns.com) offers proprietary “Click Touch Technology” in membrane switches, which provides up to 6 million actuations and is perfect for applications where switches are seldom activated by the gentle touch of a finger.
J.N. White Designs’ formal relationship with 3M allows us to utilize adhesive technology that will hermetically seal switch assemblies or overlays to customers’ sub-panels or housings
J.N. White Designs capabilities include in-house polyurethane doming. For the approximate cost of an additional color, clear doming provides a dimensional enhancement that makes your domed labels stand out from the others and gives your product a “first class” appearance.
J.N. White Designs’ dedicated, climate-and-quality controlled environment and skilled technicians assure the highest quality in polyurethane doming.
The non-yellowing polyurethane doming material used in our process is described as self-healing, which allows doming to rebound from aggressive wear and tear.
www.jnwhitedesigns.com
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
