![]() The largest populations are associated with arable land, especially where maize is grown near to woodland habitat. Sulphur-crested cockatoos are mainly found in farmland close to native forest or woodland and exotic tree plantations. They are wide-ranging and may be seen outside these core areas, though isolated birds may be free-ranging pets or cage-escapes. There are also small populations in the Waitakere ranges and at Wainuiomata, and on Banks Peninsula and the Catlins in the South Island. The largest populations are south of Port Waikato, and the Turakina and Pohangina Valleys. In New Zealand most populations are on the west coast of the North Island, though some are spreading east into the Bay of Plenty, Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa. Populations have been established outside this range, including Western Australia and New Zealand. Other subspecies are found throughout New Guinea and the Papuan Islands. Sulphur-crested cockatoos are widespread in northern and eastern Australia where woodland habitat is present. Similar species: sulphur-crested cockatoos are not easily confused with other New Zealand species, but flocks on the ground or in flight may be confused with cattle egrets from a distance. They also make softer cries, and guttural croaks or barks during conflict. Voice: the most common call is a harsh screech given in flight, when perched and when alarmed. Sulphur-crested cockatoos usually occur as pairs or small groups in spring and summer, may form large flocks in autumn and winter. Juveniles have a paler eye, and may have some grey in their plumage. The black beak is robust, capable of breaking into hard seed pods and cones. Remaining plumage is white, with pale yellow on the underside of the tail and wing. The forward curving crest is normally laid back, but fans out when aroused. ![]() Sulphur-crested cockatoos are large, stocky cockatoos, with short broad wings and a prominent yellow crest. In winter, flocks of hundreds of birds may form to feed on crops, such as maize. Birds occasionally venture into residential areas. They are typically found in lowland hill country farmland, with a mixture of exotic and native forest and arable land use. The area over which they occur has increased over time, though their numbers are not great this species suffering considerable persecution, particularly through live-capture for the pet trade. Sulphur-crested cockatoos were introduced to New Zealand in the late 19th Century and soon established wild populations. They are localised in their New Zealand distribution, with most populations on the west coast of the North Island, though flocks also occur on Banks Peninsula and the Catlins in the South Island. Sulphur-crested cockatoos are large white parrots, with yellow crest feathers, and yellow suffusion on the underside of the tail and wing.
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![]() Nirvana was scheduled to headline but officially pulled out on Ap, amid rumors that the band was on the verge of breaking up. Green Day was removed from stage at the performance at Walnut Creek Amphitheater in Raleigh, NC for encouraging general admission audience members to rush the stage and overwhelm the reserved seating area. Several of the artists, including Green Day and Cypress Hill, skipped at least one Lollapalooza date to appear at Woodstock '94 instead. The Flaming Lips performed in The Revival Tent in Denver, going so far as dragging an upright acoustic piano across 100 yards of grass to do so. The poetry tent was actually called "The Revival Tent" at the time. Poet Tracie Morris, among others, was hired by Lollapalooza to perform in the spoken word tent for the New York to Texas leg of the tour. read poetry on all three stages at the Denver show, and poet Jason Stoneking also performed a poem on the Denver main stage. Madd Vibe) and members of Fishbone performed in the poetry tent with the Beastie Boys at the Shoreline show in CA. Juliette Torrez, a poet and promoter from New Mexico, organized the poetry offerings. Tool (Side Stage at Fiddler's Green, Denver and World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, Buckeye Lake, central Ohio, and St.Tool (Waterloo Village, NJ Englewood, CO).Rage Against the Machine (Irvine Meadows).Fort Bend County Fairgrounds, Rosenberg, TX.University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA.Montage Mountain Performing Arts Center, Scranton, PA.Kitsap County Fairgrounds, Bremerton, WA.Coca Cola Starlake Amphitheatre, Burgettstown, PA.Central Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando, FL.Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY.Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC.Othello's Revenge (Mountain View at Shoreline Amphitheater).Butthole Surfers (occasionally billed as "BH Surfers").Starplex Amphiteater, Dallas, TX (August 22 & 23, 1991).King County Fairgrounds, Enumclaw, WA (outside of Seattle).Fiddler's Green Amphitheater, Denver, CO.Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH.Central Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando, FL (August 20, 1991).Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC (August 17, 1991). ![]()
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Using a 110-volt Level 1 charger, the Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid’s estimated time to fully charge the battery is 10 to 11 hours. Plus, many states also offer additional rebates and incentives. The 2020 Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid has a Level 1/Level 2 AC charging port. See your Ford or Lincoln Dealer for complete details and qualifications. For instance, when you purchase an EV, you may qualify for up to 7,500 in potential federal tax credits depending on your situation. If you need additional information concerning the A/Z Plans, please refer back to your A/Z Plan Pricing website for complete details.Ī/X/Z Plan pricing, including A/X/Z Plan option pricing, is exclusively for eligible Ford Motor Company employees, friends and family members of eligible employees, and Ford Motor Company eligible partners. If you close your window or tab, you must re-access the site through the A/Z Plan Pricing website to ensure that all eligible plan pricing is visible. 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Hence, buying and using Kindle does not require further purchases from Amazon. ![]() You can use Kindle without Kindle unlimited through the app’s free version. The latter boasts wide access to books, and it is no wonder readers are uncertain whether they can use Kindle without Kindle Unlimited. This app has two popular subscription services, prime reading, and Kindle unlimited. The Kindle reader enables you to browse, buy, download and read magazines, newspapers, and ebooks. This action will delete the books from your Amazon account, and the next time you sync your Kindle app, the books will equally disappear. On the Your Content list, check the boxes next to the books you want to delete and click Delete.Ĭonfirm your selection by tapping Yes, delete permanently on the pop-up. To achieve this, navigate Amazon’s website and visit the Manage Your Content and Devices page. ![]() You will also face other consequences like account cancellation with no refunds.īesides the above, you can also permanently delete your books from Kindle. Over time, Amazon will establish this and empty your library. For instance, you can lie about your location and end up accessing the books while in a location where the publisher does not want their books circulated. Violating the terms and conditions of the seller or publisher could also cost you a book. Unfortunately, there will be no refunds on this, and the best way to stay safe is to make a copy of such books. While you may have bought the book and at some point, deleted it from your Kindle, such that you can access it from the cloud, if need be, the book will be unavailable should this happen. Kindle Books library removal reasonsĪ publisher may also stop selling the book title for their reasons. A simple sync or update will remove the book and refund your account depending on the circumstances they pulled. While this is impossible with physical books, it is possible on Kindle. For instance, if the author decides to stop their book circulation, they can ask the publishers to remove them from wherever they are. With the above said, several things can threaten your Kindle book ownership. You can read the book anytime if you meet the seller and owner’s terms and conditions. This means that when you buy a Kindle book, you purchase the license to own and access the file for an unspecified period. The Kindle content depends on the Amazon library. Like other streaming services, Amazon library content depends on the publisher’s licenses. Expired books will remain on your Kindle app or device, but you cannot open them to read. You may also choose to return the books before they expire. Your Kindle books will expire and go to your library at the end of your lending period. Read on to know whether these books expire or if you can keep them forever. Some readers will be satisfied with one reading, while others may want to keep the book copies for future reading. With Kindle and Amazon’s integration, users can easily buy books from the Amazon Store or access free copies depending on their subscriptions. With Kindle becoming popular among users, concerns arise about its effectiveness and the subscription options. ![]() The expired Kindle books will pop on your reading app or Kindle device, but you cannot open them. If you complete your reading, you can also return the book before the due date. So, do Kindle books expire, or can you keep them forever? Kindle books will expire and return to your library automatically when your lending period ends. However, a common concern among readers is whether kindle books expire. Kindle has an advantage over other ebook readers because of its integration with the Amazon store. Since the introduction of the Kindle ebook reader in 2007, the demand for ebooks shifted, with some users switching to this option, accessing thousands of titles and authors from their devices. Gorilla Playsets swing sets are available at many major retailers, including The Home Depot, Overstock, Amazon, Lowe's, Wayfair, and Costco. ![]() "Suspended rings provide proprioceptive input from hanging and vestibular input from being on a dynamic swing," Lee explained. As with all its other sets, even these lower-priced sets provide vestibular and proprioceptive input. Sets in the lower price range are equipped with only swings and rings. Its swing sets range in price from a couple hundred dolllars up to $6,000. When you're looking for a variety of options and are comfortable spending a bit more, Gorilla Playsets is the place to shop. Gorilla Playsets makes wooden playsets with all the bells and whistles, including racing slides, monkey bars, and even solar lights. Little Tikes offers a one-year warranty on its products as well as an additional prorated five-year warranty on the wood. Professional installation is available, and many of the sets also have 3D interactive instructions to guide you in assembly. Some sets are exclusive to specific stores. The sets are available on the Little Tikes website as well as major retailers like Target, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon, and Wayfair. Little Tikes sets provide both vestibular and proprioceptive input, with features like rock walls, seesaws, hammocks, crawl spaces, climbing walls, picnic tables, and rope bridges. It's low to the ground and ideal for younger kids. My daughter's first swing set was the Little Tikes Clubhouse Swing Set. Known primarily for their toys for toddlers and younger children, Little Tikes makes plastic and wooden swing sets for kids ages 2 to 10. Little Tikes is another budget-friendly brand that sells both plastic and wooden swing sets for kids of all ages. Unfortunately, Kidkraft does not offer installation, but they do provide a 10-year warranty. ![]() Note that some sets are exclusive to specific stores. Sets are available at Kidkraft's website as well as Walmart, Target, Wayfair, Costco, BJ's, and Sam's Club. Most sets are approved for ages 3 to 10, and they can hold anywhere from 3 to 12 kids at a time.īuying from Kidkraft is easy no matter what retailer you consider. Some of the features of Kidkraft's sets include sandboxes, picnic tables, ladders, rock walls, playhouses, chalk walls, and monkey bars. Kids get vestibular input from swings and slides, while proprioceptive input comes from climbing or using monkey bars, according to Amber Lee, an occupational therapist at Sensory Zone Gym for Children in Newtown, Pennsylvania. I have personally tested countless toys and pieces of furniture from Kidkraft and have found it's one of the most reliable, high-quality, and affordable children's brands.Įven Kidkraft's most basic sets offer play areas that provide both vestibular (movement sense) and proprioceptive (pressure sense) input. Kidkraft's swing set selection currently starts at $399, making it one of the more affordable brands. Kidkraft is known for its high-quality wooden toys and children's furniture, and its most affordable wooden swing set is a true bargain. ![]() Vitality increases your character's Health Points.Įquipment boosts in vitality are different from boosts in HP. ![]() For each point that these characteristics are increased, the character can do 1% more damage in the corresponding element.įor the Iop Spell of the same name, see Vitality (spell). Strength, Intelligence, Chance and Agility also have an elemental nature to them. They can also be increased (and decreased) with equipment and, during battle, buffs. These can be increased permanently by distributing the characteristic points you gain at each new Level (see Soft Caps), by using Characteristic Scrolls or Characteristic Food. The six basic characteristics are Vitality, Wisdom, Strength, Intelligence, Chance and Agility. See also: Equipment, Equipment by effects Some Characteristics can be altered by resetting them. Characteristics are normally boosted by level, equipment or Characteristic Scrolls. Characteristics, often referred to as statistics or stats, are what defines your character's potential.
![]() Gibbons, T., Warships and Naval Battles of the Civil War. I'm John Lienhard, at the University of Houston, where we're interested in the way inventive minds work. But who notices that in the full flush of either battle - or invention? The South scored one victory and paid a kamikaze price in human life. So the Civil War was the great proving ground for modern submarines. They also bought a French submarine, the Alligator. Perhaps that was a tribute to the Whale's intelligence. They called it the Intelligent Whale, but they didn't use it in combat. That was the first time a sub destroyed an enemy ship. But it never came back to the surface from that Pyhrric victory. Finally, in 1864, the Hunley sank the ironclad Union sloop Housatonic. The South hurled it into battle over and over. The Hunley's weapon was also a spar torpedo. It also warned the crew by flickering out when too little oxygen was left. An eight-man crew turned a hand-cranked propeller in that terrible small space. It was made from a steam boiler forty feet long and less than four feet in diameter. Please note that it is necessary to climb a flight of 17 steps to view the Hunley. Tickets can be purchased by either calling toll-free 1-87 (1-877-4HUNLEY) or by clicking the tour dates below. The first real submarine was the Confederate Hunley. April 9th (Easter Sunday), October 28th, November 4th, December 23rd and December 24th, 2023. The South built twenty more Davids, and some of them damaged Union boats. But the hole was above the waterline and the ship survived. The David attacked a Union ironclad and managed to blow a hole in its side. The trick was to ram it into the enemy and hope you suffered less damage than he did. ![]() Union forces retaliated by forming a blockade of ships in the harbor and bombarding Charleston with constant artillery fire. A long underwater pole held an explosive charge out in front. Fort Sumter, a Union garrison in Charleston Harbor was fired upon by Confederate forces in 1861, announcing the opening salvo of the Civil War. So her smokestack and breathing tube protruded above the surface.ĭavid's claim to the title submarine is flimsy, but her offensive weapon was a spar torpedo. The steam-driven David couldn't burn fuel to make steam if it was fully submerged. Civil War ironclads had lowered themselves further and further down into the protective water. David wasn't a pure submarine, but it came close. ![]() They launched a boat called the David in 1862 and sent it at the Union Goliaths. Years later, he made a submarine for the French and tried without success to sink the enemy with it.ĭuring the Civil War, the Confederacy made a far more serious, far more desperate, try at submarine warfare. One person who got the point was Robert Fulton. His one-man, hand-cranked machine did little harm to the English in 1776, but it made the point. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.īushnell's Turtle was the first submarine used in war. Today, we invent the submarine, against all odds. ![]() The complete package for Mac is located here: If you are looking to get up and running quickly, I highly recommend it. It’s a pretty nifty editor – it has good support for common LaTeX templates, it allows you to click back and forth between the rendered PDF and the position in your document to edit, and it’s very clean and simple to use. TeXShop is a simple GUI that allows you to easily type and compile your LaTeX.įor a long time, I used TexShop as my main LaTeX editor for the Mac. What I really wanted to talk about are a couple of options for LaTeX on Mac OS X. In this respect, it’s a little like HTML in that what you type into the screen doesn’t look like the final product – you need another program to make it look like the final result.Īnyway, this isn’t a LaTeX tutorial so to speak. LaTeX extensively uses templates to format your document so that you get a document that looks great no matter what you put into it. ![]() LaTeX works differently because you specify the behaviour and the appearance of the document in addition to the text. You add a paragraph and boom, suddenly your pictures are all off of the edge of your screen! Anyone who’s worked with Word for any amount of time though has encountered issues with formatting, especially when moving things around. You drag a figure into the right spot, you drag the margin to the right width, or you drag the paragraph into the correct location. That is, if you want to adjust something, you usually have to do it manually. The differences between the two, however, are in the way that you format the document. In this respect, it’s quite similar to Microsoft Word. It allows you to type stuff and then formats it all together for you into a nice pretty document, usually in PDF. First of all, what is LaTeX? LaTeX is a typesetting tool. |
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