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Bulbs all spring, swarming bugs, water-garden care: This Weekend in the Garden

Edit Penn Live 14 Oct 2016
Five-month bulb symphony. Spring bulbs sometimes get a rotten rap for being two-week wonders – if they don't get eaten by rodents first ... Most spring bulbs function like perennial flowers ... As for your aquatic plants, compost non-hardy floaters like water hyacinths and water lettuce; move non-hardy tropicals like taro, papyrus and tropical water lilies to a tub or aquarium inside, and trim and sink winter-hardy plants to the pond bottom ... ....

What is your campfire story? (PATA - Pacific Asia Travel Association)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016
(Source. PATA - Pacific Asia Travel Association). For centuries, humans have told stories of their past, present and future. Men, women and children would gather around the campfire sharing stories of their hunt, their adventures, their encounters and, of course, their loves ... Over time, man had found new ways to keep a record of their tales using stones, papyrus and eventually paper ... My answer is always the same; tell me your story!....

The "I Am Not Mental" Stigma - And Its Real Price

Edit Huffington Post 11 Oct 2016
Saturday. 4.30am. My phone rings. And no, it's not a drunk dial. I'm a psychiatry doctor, on call ... "Oh Doctor, I am so sorry... I am not crazy you know... And then another one ... Talk ... Papyrus is a dedicated service for young people up to the age of 35 who are worried about how they are feeling or anyone concerned about a young person. You can call the HOPElineUK number on 0800 068 4141, you can text 07786 209697 or email pat@papyrus-uk.org ... ....

What do Americans lose if bookstores disappear? More than you think

Edit Deseret News 11 Oct 2016
When Minnesota resident Heather Galway needs to liven up a Tuesday, she heads for the closest Barnes and Noble. It means coffee and adult conversation for the stay-at-home mom, but she thinks it’s as good for her kids as any playground ... She also can’t stand e-books ... Tangible history ... Thamus’ concerns did little to discourage the use of the language and its more portable companion, papyrus ... Paul, Minnesota ... Email....

American Greetings Announces Conference Call to Discuss Fiscal 2017 Second Quarter Results (American Greetings Corporation)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Oct 2016
(Source. American Greetings Corporation) AMERICAN GREETINGS ANNOUNCES CONFERENCE CALL TO DISCUSS FISCAL 2017 SECOND QUARTER RESULTS ... About American Greetings ... Founded in 1906, the Company's major greeting card lines are American Greetings, Carlton Cards, Gibson, Recycled Paper Greetings and Papyrus, and other paper product offerings include DesignWare party goods and American Greetings and Plus Mark gift-wrap and boxed cards ... (noodl....

Motorworld Classics 2016: ALL TIME STARS takes stock after one year (Daimler AG)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Oct 2016
(Source. Daimler AG) ... The event, which runs from 6 to 9 October 2016, will once again feature a large number of the officially recognised Mercedes-Benz brand clubs ... Concours Edition, as-new condition following complete restoration by Mercedes-Benz Classic, sale price €328,000, mileage 540 km, first registered in July 1970, exterior colour 717 papyrus white, interior appointments 132 MB-Tex blue, equipment including Becker car radio....

Mental health patients trapped on hospital wards due to red tape, says report

Edit Belfast Telegraph 05 Oct 2016
Red tape is leading to mental health patients being trapped unnecessarily on hospital wards for weeks at a time, a new study suggests ... Share Go To ... The discovery of a fire safety flaw led to the temporary closure of a mental health facility in Cornwall ... Meanwhile, charity Papyrus Prevention of Young Suicide said that figures from across the UK show 1,659 people under the age of 35 committed suicide in 2015 - 103 more than in 2014 ... ....

Humanity’s war on latency: Semaphore to silicon photonics and beyond

Edit Ars Technica 04 Oct 2016
About 5,000 years ago written language and papyrus increased the transmission distance and bandwidth of human-human communication, but the latency, delivered by hand, was still pretty bad ... papyrus-by-horseback (like the classic example of "driving across the country with a van full of tapes," though, the bandwidth was probably lower)....

Vint Cerf Warns About the Perishability Of Human Knowledge

Edit Slashdot 03 Oct 2016
An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes Motherboard. Magnetic films do not quite have the staying power as clay tablets. Clay tablets are more resilient than papyrus manuscripts are more resilient than parchment are more resilient than printed photographs are more resilient than digital photographs ... Read more of this story at Slashdot. ....

Digital imaging brings biblical text to light

Edit Arkansas Online 01 Oct 2016
Nearly half a century ago, archaeologists found a charred ancient scroll in the ark of a synagogue on the western shore of the Dead Sea. The lump of carbonized parchment could not be opened or read. Its curators did nothing but conserve it, hoping that new technology might one day emerge to make the scroll legible ... 300 ... He succeeded in 2009 in working out the physical structure of the ruffled layers of papyrus in a Herculaneum scroll....

Artistic side of Chinese construction mogul in Dubai

Edit Khaleej Times 29 Sep 2016
Her story could be made into a movie. In fact, a Lebanese writer is writing a book on her, calling it High Heels and Concrete. Li Dongxia (pronounced Zhonghua), a Chinese expat who's lived in Dubai for 16 years, is something of a construction mogul ... It's open to all Chinese women ... Li studied to be a surgeon ... Q ... A ... Q ... In the beginning, our ancestors used tail of rabbit tied up with wood and did calligraphy on papyrus made of cotton and grass....

Evolution and history of modern financial planning and analysis (FP&A;) (Workiva Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Sep 2016
(Source. Workiva Inc). From clay tablets to the cloud, accounting and finance have seen vast changes in tools, methods, and focus since their inception. But they continue to evolve in the face of a changing business environment ... How we got here. a history lesson ... Proportioni et Proportionalita ... In 1913, the U.S ... Congress passed the and the ... In summary, we have come along way-from clay tablets, to papyrus, carbon copy papers, and the cloud....

Digital technology reveals secret of ancient Biblical scroll

Edit BBC News 22 Sep 2016
The oldest known passage from the Hebrew Bible has been identified by researchers using digital technology to read an ancient scroll. The relic, which had been too fragile to unwrap, was deciphered by Israeli and US experts using an X-ray scan ... 'Amazing quality' ... Researchers hope the new technology will enable them to read other antique parchments like some Dead Sea scrolls and papyrus scrolls that are too brittle to unwrap ... ....
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