The document discusses the benefits of establishing food gardens in schools. It outlines how a school in Australia created a garden to teach children about food sources, nutrition, and plant life cycles. Maintaining seed-to-seed gardens provides hands-on learning and helps children understand self-reliance and nature's abundance. The document provides guidance on planning, creating, and using school gardens for cross-curricular educational purposes.
Join Seed Savers Exchange and South Sioux City Public Library on learning how to incorporate a Seed Saving program into your library. Seed Savers Exchange will talk about basic seed saving skills and Herman’s Garden (a seed donation program). The South Sioux City Library will talk about their program and also materials you can add to your collection. Speakers: Grant Olson, Seed Savers Exchange; Dave Mixdorf, Director, South Sioux City Public Library.
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Join Seed Savers Exchange and South Sioux City Public Library on learning how to incorporate a Seed Saving program into your library. Seed Savers Exchange will talk about basic seed saving skills and Herman’s Garden (a seed donation program). The South Sioux City Library will talk about their program and also materials you can add to your collection. Speakers: Grant Olson, Seed Savers Exchange; Dave Mixdorf, Director, South Sioux City Public Library.
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Feb 2011 Louisiana School Gardening News
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Seed Saving in Schools - Garden Organic
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Fruit Growing Manual; by Garden Organic
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Grow your own Teeny Tiny Farm by Amber O'NeillArt4Agriculture
The Cream of the Crop Competition invites students in NSW secondary and tertiary education institutions to create a PowerPoint or a video which can be published on the web and win $500.
The competition ask the students to promote the importance of agriculture to their peers, to encourage a better understanding of agriculture as well as promote agricultural careers and rural life.
Fifteen Tips for Novice Vegetable Growers; Gardening Guidebook for Norfolk, England www.scribd.com/doc/239851313 ~ Sow and So, Growing Your Own Food, For more information, Please see Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children www.scribd.com/doc/239851214 - Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech www.scribd.com/doc/239851079 - Free School Gardening Art Posters www.scribd.com/doc/239851159 - Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden www.scribd.com/doc/239851159 - Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success www.scribd.com/doc/239851348 - City Chickens for your Organic School Garden www.scribd.com/doc/239850440 - Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica www.scribd.com/doc/239850233 - Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools, Teacher Guide www.scribd.com/doc/23985111 ~
All About Food - Organic Gardening for Children; by Garden Organic UK
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Seed Saving in the Classroom Fall Lesson Plan: Seed Savers Exchange
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Our gardens are a great place to start identifying and eradicating harmful and invasive weeds. This class covers the most common garden invaders (including pesky weed species) and best practices for making sure they leave, and don’t come back.
Pollination services and pollinator diversity are essential in preserving food security and conservation of biodiversity. Bees are one of the very important pollinators. Besides the very well-known honeybees there are many other bee species that play significant roles.
Feb 2011 Louisiana School Gardening News
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Seed Saving in Schools - Garden Organic
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Fruit Growing Manual; by Garden Organic
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Grow your own Teeny Tiny Farm by Amber O'NeillArt4Agriculture
The Cream of the Crop Competition invites students in NSW secondary and tertiary education institutions to create a PowerPoint or a video which can be published on the web and win $500.
The competition ask the students to promote the importance of agriculture to their peers, to encourage a better understanding of agriculture as well as promote agricultural careers and rural life.
Fifteen Tips for Novice Vegetable Growers; Gardening Guidebook for Norfolk, England www.scribd.com/doc/239851313 ~ Sow and So, Growing Your Own Food, For more information, Please see Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children www.scribd.com/doc/239851214 - Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech www.scribd.com/doc/239851079 - Free School Gardening Art Posters www.scribd.com/doc/239851159 - Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden www.scribd.com/doc/239851159 - Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success www.scribd.com/doc/239851348 - City Chickens for your Organic School Garden www.scribd.com/doc/239850440 - Huerto Ecológico, Tecnologías Sostenibles, Agricultura Organica www.scribd.com/doc/239850233 - Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools, Teacher Guide www.scribd.com/doc/23985111 ~
All About Food - Organic Gardening for Children; by Garden Organic UK
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Seed Saving in the Classroom Fall Lesson Plan: Seed Savers Exchange
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Our gardens are a great place to start identifying and eradicating harmful and invasive weeds. This class covers the most common garden invaders (including pesky weed species) and best practices for making sure they leave, and don’t come back.
Pollination services and pollinator diversity are essential in preserving food security and conservation of biodiversity. Bees are one of the very important pollinators. Besides the very well-known honeybees there are many other bee species that play significant roles.
this topic objectives are: differentiate self- pollination and cross pollination,draw self-pollination in plants and appreciate the importance of insects in pollination.
All about honey bees like their function,biology,pollination,threats to honeybees,which problems we will face in the absence of honey bees,importance of honeybees and the conclusion that we must have to save our bees so that the flowernig plants get pollinated
Seed to Seed: Food Gardens in Schools
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Gardening for Children ~ Horticultural Therapy Association of Victoria
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Cultivating Healthy Communities through School Gardens
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Get Growing - Organic Gardening for Children
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
May 2011 Louisiana School Gardening News
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Seed Saving in the Classroom ~ seedsavers.org
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Nov 2010 Louisiana School Garden Newsletter
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Grade 1 School Garden Lesson Plan - Pollination Lesson; Pollinators Help Bring Food to the Table ~ Massachusetts
|=> Agricultural Background: Pollination is the first Step in Producing Fruits and Seeds
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double your School Garden Food Production with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases School Garden Food Production by 250 Percent
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Resources for Edible School Gardens
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
how to design an edible landscape: unleash your inner gardenerJoyce Hostyn
Whether you have a tiny yard or a large lot, you can have a beautiful garden and eat it too! Edible landscapes filled with trees, shrubs, berries and perennial vegetables are a beautiful, sustainable method of growing food for yourself, increasing biodiversity, and attracting birds.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
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.
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.
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.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
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.
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.
1. From little seeds big things grow THE SEED SAVERS’ NETWORK: www.seedsavers.net How a school in Byron Bay, Australia made a garden, and why. Introducing the book, Seed to Seed Food Gardens in Schools
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33. The Seed Savers’ Network THE SEED SAVERS’ NETWORK: www.seedsavers.net PO Box 975 Byron Bay NSW 2481 Australia Tel: 61 2 66 85 7560 Tel/Fax: 61 2 6685 6624 [email_address] www.seedsavers.net
Why Save Seeds? There is a need to conserve varieties of food plants that have high nutrition. An eighty page report by The Seed Savers' Networkin 2004 pointed to the decline in nutrition in modern varieties. Obesity is endemic and of extreme concern, yet if children are not shown how to grow and prepare food, it will continue to increase. A concerted effort needs to be made to encourage the establishment of food gardens in schools. They need to be planted with seed of varieties with high nutrition and children need to know how to save, store and replant those seeds.
Apple Cancer Research Project New Zealand Tree Crops Association (Central Districts Branch) November 2004 Research Co-ordinator Mark Christensen (Branch Chairman) 19 Downes Avenue Wanganui Phone: 06 347-7734 (hm) 06349-0888 (wk) Email: [email_address] In our 2003 Apple Cancer Research Project we began to redefine our understanding of the apple as a medicinal fruit. This is no chaotic expression of evolutionary development – but a tree and a fruit with a purpose, a reason for being. The medicinal qualities of this fruit are an important part of this purpose. The apple was grown and prized in Ancient Egypt – at a time when the land was green and bountiful. Climatic changes on the earth meant that the apple ceased to exist in that environment, and man has had to seek to rediscover the qualities and benefits of apples, beginning again through the cultivation of crab apples from Russia. The apples we know today have still not reached the quality of those grown at that earlier time in Egypt – to some extent we now know that this is due to modern breeding practices – of interbreeding modern varieties without testing the resulting outcome to see whether the levels of beneficial compounds in the apple have increased or have decreased. For the last 50 years at least these appear to have all decreased. Breeders’ preoccupation with commercial requirements such as consumer appeal, colour and storage qualities have meant that real flavour and nutritional and medicinal qualities have been largely disregarded. This has achieved the intended breeding aim of producing a modern apple that looks great, keeps well, sells very well, yet is deficient in flavour, nutritional and medicinal content. We discovered with our 2003 research that Heritage apples and in particular seedling heritage apples have far higher levels of flavonoids and other beneficial compounds, that may inhibit the growth of cancer cells. We tested 59 apple varieties and found two that had remarkably high levels of those beneficial compounds. Summary of Research In September 2002 Researchers at the National Public Health Institute in Helsinki Finland, reported their results of a 36 year study, in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. They reported that components found in apples appear to reduce the risk of many diseases, including cancer, heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and asthma. Their research involved 10,054 Finnish men and women. They sought to study the potential association between intake of the flavonoid class of plant-based “phytonutrients” and reduced risk of several chronic diseases. “ Of all the main flavonoid sources, apple intake was associated with [a reduced risk of] almost all of the chronic diseases considered”, the authors, led by Dr Paul Knekt, wrote( 1 ). Overwhelmingly, Finnish researchers pointed to the flavonoid quercetin – a plant-based “phytonutrient” found most abundantly in apples, onions, tea and red wine – as the flavonoid with the best potential health-promoting capabilities. Furthermore, according to analysis of an extensive body of data over many years, those study participants who ate the most apples and the flavonoid quercetin, had the lowest risk of total mortality – that is, they had the lowest risk of dying of any cause during the decades-long study. The chance of developing any type of cancer was lowest among those consuming higher quercetin levels. Breast cancer incidence tended to be lower with higher quercetin intakes and the association between reduced risk of lung cancer and increased quercetin consumption was highly significant (p<0.001). Dietary intake of another flavonoid, myricetin, was associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer (p<0.002). The Finnish study follows research done at Cornell University and published in June 2000( 2 ). The researchers used Red Delicious apples grown in New York state to provide the extracts to study the effects of phytochemicals. The researchers compared the anti-cancer and anti-oxidant activity in the apple flesh, and they also studied the fruit’s skin. Using colon cancer cells treated with apple extract, the scientists found that cell proliferation was inhibited. Colon cancer cells treated with 50 milligrams of apple extract (from the skins) were inhibited by 43 percent The apple flesh extract inhibited the colon cancer cells by 29 percent. The researchers also tested the apple extract against human liver cancer cells. At 50 milligrams, the extract derived from the apple with the skin on, inhibited those cancer cells by 57 percent, and the apple extract derived from the fruit’s fleshy part, inhibited cancer cells by 40 percent. There are a number of other studies (3-8) that corroborate the evidence emerging from the above two research projects and point to compounds within apples as being effective in fighting cancer and other conditions – sufficient evidence to warrant further investigation. In October 2004 scientists at the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) announced their findings that a class of polyphenols called procyanidins found in apple skin, was shown to significantly reduce the number of precancerous lesions in the colons of laboratory animals. This study is significant, not only in reinforcing our view of the cancer fighting ability of apples, but in focusing our attention on the particular polyphenols involved. Apple varieties can vary considerably in the levels of quercetin and other flavonoids that they contain (T McGhie [Hort Research Palmerston North] Personal Communication). The Cornell research studied just Red Delicious apples (grown commercially), and found variations in the phenolic compounds in this one variety between seasons and growing regions. Hort Research in Palmerston North is comparing levels between our three major apple growing regions, but their research at this stage is predominantly limited to Pacific Rose series cultivars. Their research is dictated by commercial considerations and therefore remains focused on modern varieties. They seem convinced of the value of quercetin and other beneficial flavonoids in apples, but their approach is to breed new varieties high in phenolic compounds, that colour the flesh red or yellow. These phenolic compounds promote health in humans. Our study in 2003( 9 ), we believe, was the first in the world to look at comparing these compounds in a large number of heritage apple varieties. Our research aims to identify those apple varieties in New Zealand that already exist with high levels of phenolic compounds as well as other polyphenols that demonstrate health enhancing activity. Our prime focus is on compounds and varieties of apples that will inhibit the growth of cancer cells. However we recognise that apples can also be of benefit to people at risk of heart disease and stroke, as well as possibly diabetes. New Zealand’s Top Two apple varieties for fighting cancer (as identified by the New Zealand Tree Crops Association research in conjunction with Hort Research) are – HETLINA (HELTINER) Hetlina is a 19 th Century European apple. It has been attributed with originating in Belgium in 1854, with being a very old German variety and with coming from Czechoslovakia. It was marketed in New Zealand for a number of years by Dieter Proebst of Treedimensions. In his catalogue he described it as “second early season, medium sized, attractively coloured, flesh crisp, very firm, dessert apple, reliable cropper, good disease resistance”. Dieter probably sourced his Hetlina from Bob Crowder’s collection at Lincoln University, where it is still grown and is considered ideal for organic growing conditions. MONTY’S SURPRISE This is a chance find. A very old tree, probably a seedling. Apples tend to vary in size and can weigh as much as 400 grams. A crisp, good eating apple and an excellent cooking apple. Ready in April. An exciting find.
Glucosinolates and Brassicas Ian Johnson, a nutritional physiologist from the Institute of Food Research in Norwich, the UK, has found that a glucosinolate called sinigrin is found in high levels in Brussels Sprouts. The presence of sinigrin causes a bitter taste and functions as a pest deterrent for the plant. Sinigrin suppresses the development of precancerous cells in humans . The more bitter a variety of Brussels Sprouts the more sinigrin it contains. Modern varieties of Brussels Sprouts have been bred to have milder and milder flavours, hence lower levels of sinigrin, suggesting that older varieties of Brussels Sprouts would have higher levels of sinigrin and have greater health benefits. Gary Williamson, a colleague of Johnson's at the Institute of Food Research, has found that another glucosinolate called glucoraphanin is present at high level in broccoli. It breaks down into a compound that also has anti-cancer effects . Broccoli has again been bred to taste less bitter at the expense of the presence of beneficial glucoraphanin. Broccoli evolved from wild cabbages, some of which have up to ten time as much glucoraphanin than typical levels of cultivated broccoli. Broccoli is also an excellent source of sulphoraphane, but the amount present varies with the particular variety. Sulphoraphane also has powerful anti-cancer effect but doesn't cause an unpleasant taste. Broccoli is derived from wild sea cabbage that tends to have higher sulphoraphane content. In 2000 a wild Sicilian Brassica species was crossed with broccoli to develop breeding lines with up to 100 times the sulphoraphane content of existing broccoli varieties, and with unchanged palatability. 'My Best Friend's a Brussels Sprout…', Gail Vines, New Scientist vol 152, issue 2061, 21 December 96, p 46.
Glucosinolates and Brassicas Ian Johnson, a nutritional physiologist from the Institute of Food Research in Norwich, the UK, has found that a glucosinolate called sinigrin is found in high levels in Brussels Sprouts. The presence of sinigrin causes a bitter taste and functions as a pest deterrent for the plant. Sinigrin suppresses the development of precancerous cells in humans . The more bitter a variety of Brussels Sprouts the more sinigrin it contains. Modern varieties of Brussels Sprouts have been bred to have milder and milder flavours, hence lower levels of sinigrin, suggesting that older varieties of Brussels Sprouts would have higher levels of sinigrin and have greater health benefits. Gary Williamson, a colleague of Johnson's at the Institute of Food Research, has found that another glucosinolate called glucoraphanin is present at high level in broccoli. It breaks down into a compound that also has anti-cancer effects . Broccoli has again been bred to taste less bitter at the expense of the presence of beneficial glucoraphanin. Broccoli evolved from wild cabbages, some of which have up to ten time as much glucoraphanin than typical levels of cultivated broccoli. Broccoli is also an excellent source of sulphoraphane, but the amount present varies with the particular variety. Sulphoraphane also has powerful anti-cancer effect but doesn't cause an unpleasant taste. Broccoli is derived from wild sea cabbage that tends to have higher sulphoraphane content. In 2000 a wild Sicilian Brassica species was crossed with broccoli to develop breeding lines with up to 100 times the sulphoraphane content of existing broccoli varieties, and with unchanged palatability. 'My Best Friend's a Brussels Sprout…', Gail Vines, New Scientist vol 152, issue 2061, 21 December 96, p 46.
Bio notes : Jude and Michel Fanton co-founded the charitable institution, The Seed Savers' Network in 1986. Seeds of useful plants have been received from all over Australia and recorded, tested and disseminated to projects, community gardens, network subscribers and local seed networks. They also co-authoured The Seed Savers' Handbook with sales of over 30 000 in its first fifteen years. An adaptation has been published in the UK. Adaptations and translations have appeared in Spanish, French, Italian, Basque, Bulgarian, Macedonian and Japanese. Jude and Michel have travelled extensively in Majority World countries to train and consult on the establishment and extension of community based seed saving systems for food plants. She trains interns who become volunteers in sustainable agriculture and Permaculture projects in those countries. They administrate The Seed Savers' Network at its base in Byron Bay, and maintain the one acre bio-diverse demonstration and trial gardens from which delicious meals are prepared. Jude has revisited a former career with a programme for schools on establishing food gardens with a seed to seed theme. Naturally she recommends using seeds that are locally adapted and high in nutrition.
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