Thursday, August 31, 2023

Door Frame Repair Costs

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The average cost to repair a door frame is $82 to $165 depending on the extent of the damage. Repairs to French door frames cost $210, and sliding door frame repairs run $100 to $240. Pocket door repair ranges from $40 to $280. Installing a new pre-hung door and frame costs $109 to $440.

Brand: Yogo Vision Bifocal Reading Glasses 2 Pack Metal Full Rim Readers Rectangle Glasses for Reading Men and Women

Stephan Orban | Linkedin profile

 VP, Migrations, ISVs, & Marketplace @ Google Cloud

VP, Migrations, ISVs, & Marketplace @ Google Cloud
Google · Full-timeSep 2022 - Present · 1 yr
    • Since joining Google Cloud, I’ve spent my time across 3 key areas: 1/ Helping customers worldwide transform their business by migrating to Google Cloud. In May of 2023, we launched the Rapid Migration Program (RaMP) to provide customers and partners a holistic approach to help them migrate to Google Cloud with speed and confidence. 2/ Building earth’s most open and innovative ISV & genAI ecosystem. Our teams manage the relationships, co-selling, and joint go-to-market with earth’s most influential software & genAI companies, including Palo Alto, MongoDB, Salesforce, Splunk, Anthropic, Cohere, Nvidia, and more. 3/ P&L owner for the Google Cloud Marketplace, which helps customers find, buy, and use software and data from earth’s most open and innovative ecosystem.

How Sabre migrated their apps and data centers to Google Cloud with speed and ease

 Large-scale cloud migrations, done well, are more than a technical exercise. They require large organizations to think through their people, process, and culture alongside the technical changes. In this session, Google Cloud VP of Migrations & GenAI Partnerships Stephen Orban will sit down with Joe DiFonzo, CIO of Sabre, for a live fireside chat on the best practices (both technical and non-technical) we've learned make migrations successful, and how Sabre applied them to their data center migrations. We'll also provide an update on all the latest and greatest migration technologies and programs offered by Google Cloud. If a migration is on your radar, this is 'must-see TV'.

Washington State Property Taxes

 Washington State Property Taxes

The state's average effective tax rate is 0.84%, though high home values mean the median annual property tax payment is $4,061. If this tax structure appeals to you and you're looking to buy or refinance property in Washington, take a look at our Washington State mortgage guide.

LexisNexis

 LexisNexis is a part of the RELX corporation (formerly Reed Elsevier) that sells data analytics products and various databases that are accessed through online portals, including portals for computer-assisted legal research (CALR), newspaper search, and consumer information.[3][4] During the 1970s, LexisNexis began to make legal and journalistic documents more accessible electronically.[5] As of 2006, the company had the world's largest electronic database for legal and public-records–related information.[6]

RELX plc

 RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British[2] multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal information and analytics; decision-making tools; and organise exhibitions. It operates in 40 countries and serves customers in over 180 nations.[3] It was previously known as Reed Elsevier, and came into being in 1993 as a result of the merger of Reed International, a British trade book and magazine publisher, and Elsevier, a Netherlands-based scientific publisher.

The company is publicly listed, with shares traded on the London Stock ExchangeAmsterdam Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbols: London: REL, Amsterdam: REN, New York: RELX). The company is one of the constituents of the FTSE 100 IndexFinancial Times Global 500 and Euronext 100 Index.

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

为什么不小心磕碰后,皮肤就容易变紫?

 皮肤里埋藏了许许多多的血管。不但血管多,并且这些血管都具有共同的特点------管腔细小而管壁薄。这些小血管精贵得很,经不起外界压力。如果我们跌一跤只是屁股着地,一般不会发生乌青块,因为屁股皮下脂肪脂肪多,缓冲大。反之,像小腿前面、手臂外侧等地方皮下脂肪少而骨头与皮肤紧贴之处受到碰击的话,那就必然会出现乌青块。

一般而言,人体有一定的自吸收和自清理能力,轻微的瘀伤,不用干预,人体自身的恢复能力就可以彻底祛瘀,只是需要时间和耐心即可。

为什么不小心磕碰后,皮肤就容易变紫?

 这种现象是和毛细血管的脆性有关系,我们的身体内遍布着毛细血管网,细如发丝,甚至比发丝还细,正是这些毛细血管,才能源源不断的给所有的组织和器官,供给养料和氧气。

如果毛细血管的脆性不好,在摩擦撞击的情况下毛细血管破裂,红细胞就会从毛细血管当中渗出来,渗到皮下和周围的组织。刚开始渗出来,红细胞的颜色还是鲜红或者暗红的数量多就会成紫红随着时间的推移,渗出的红细胞一点一点的被吸收掉这就逐渐褪去了,有的时候红细胞当中所含的血红蛋白还会被氧化变成高铁,血红蛋白就会呈现褐色和黑色。
这种体质一般是天生的,几乎没有什么有效的方法能够预防淤青。
积雪草,山金车,维生素k1,这些都能够帮助淤青快速的消退。所以在水光注射或者玻尿酸注射肉毒素注射之后,如果在颜面部出现了淤青,可以用基因枪导入维生素k1,可以在三天左右消除淤青,外涂积雪草和山金车的护肤品,也会加强淤青的消散。

Rogers | Rogers charge for data overage

 How much does Rogers charge for data overages?

For its new shared family plans, Rogers has increased its data overage charge by 40 per cent: from $5 to $7 for each additional one-tenth of a gigabyte. A full extra GB now costs $70 — a $20 hike. Bell also charges $7 for every extra tenth of a GB for new customers and those switching plans.

July 9, 2017 

2013 Kia sportage | Gas mileage

 Turbocharged 2013 Kia Sportage is powerful and practical (pictures) Highlighting how well its efficiency technologies work, the SX also rates at 21 mpg city and 28 mpg highway in EPA testing. Compare that to the other trims' 21 mpg city and 30 mpg highway. Adding all-wheel-drive knocks fuel economy down by about 3 mpg.Apr 23, 2013

Mount Rainier National Park

 On March 2, 1899, President William McKinley signed a bill passed by Congress authorizing the creation of Mount Rainier National Park, the nation's fifth national park. It was the first national park created from a national forest. The Pacific Forest Reserve had been created in 1893 and included Mount Rainier.


Rogers | Cancel add-on

 Cancel add-on

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This 1.5 GB monthly add-on will be removed on September 27, 2023 (the start of your next bill cycle). You can continue to use this data until the add-on is removed.

Pixel 4a 5G UW - Allow / Deny Data Roaming

 Checking your data roaming settings can be helpful, especially if you're traveling internationally and have no network connection or can't send / receive email, text, pics or videos.

  1. From a Home screen, swipe up to display all apps.
  2. Navigate:
    Settings  Settings icon
    Network & internet
    SIMs
    .
  3. Tap 
    Roaming
     to turn on On icon or off Off icon.
    If prompted with 'Allow data roaming?', tap 
    OK
     if you agree.

TRAFFIC If you cross the double lines of I-405 toll lanes to avoid a crash, will you be ticketed?

 The High Occupancy Toll lanes have double lines that drivers are forbidden to cross, expect in designated sections where cars are allowed to exit and enter. Otherwise, drivers can be ticketed.

Dealing with double solid lines

 Knowing the rules around double solid lines will help everyone stay safe on our roadways and reduce collisions. Regarding double solid lines, the Motor Vehicle Act states that the driver of a vehicle must drive it to the right of the line only , which means you cannot pass someone over a double solid line.

夏威夷茂宜岛灾难性野火 “意想不到的祸根”竟在几十年前种下

 夏威夷州的入侵草种大部分来自非洲,当初引入作为牲口的牧草,并不知道几十年后会成为危险。这些草种耐旱、能够侵入复杂的地形跟逐渐消灭当地的物种,在美国西部也同样是越来越大的威胁。Carla DAntonio / University of California, Santa Barbara  法新社

美国夏威夷州茂宜岛日前发生了超过一百人遇害的灾难性野火,各界的目光现在转到了一个意想不到的罪魁祸首,也就是在夏威夷群岛已大规模蔓延生长几十年的入侵草种。

法新社报导,这些成为完美燃料的入侵草种不只耐旱,也能够侵入复杂的地形,并且逐渐消灭当地的物种,在美国西部也同样是越来越大的威胁,让毁灭性大火越来越多。

加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校生态学教授丹东尼奥(Carla DAntonio)受访时指出,“入侵草类十分可燃,它们改变地貌,制造更有利于更多大火的条件。突然之间,我们就见到了更多的大火”。

丹东尼奥一直在研究这些入侵草种,时间超过了30年。她表示,这些草类死亡时没有分解,继续“站在原地很长一段时间,如骨头一样干掉。这些草类也很顽强,比原生物种更能经历大火而幸存,并逐渐加以取代。

这些入侵草种有野牛草(buffelgrass)、几内亚草(Guinea grass)跟糖蜜草(molasses grass),大部分来自非洲,当初引入作为牲口的牧草,并不知道几十年后会成为危险。

由于全球化的关系,夏威夷在1990年代迎来了甘蔗种植园倒闭,这也产生了灾难性后果。因为大片土地荒芜,让入侵草种有机可乘。

夏威夷大学玛诺亚分校的火灾生态学者特劳尼希特(Clay Trauernicht)指出,在最近几十年内,夏威夷每年被烧毁的面积增加了300%,“没错,夏威夷许多地区正趋于更干旱的环境,但随着我们已经进入‘后种植园年代’,火灾问题主要归因于大地主不加管理的大范围非原生草地”。

尽管夏威夷享有热带美誉,却正变得更加干燥。2016年的一项研究显示,跟一个世纪前相比,该州有九成区域降雨量减少。由于气候变迁造成的温度上升及冗长的干旱期,还有侵入草类的威胁越来越大,茂宜郡(Maui County)在2021年的防火报告中,已将火灾称作日益严重的威胁,并建议采取积极计划,“用原生植物取代这些危险的燃料来源,以减少可燃燃料,同时增加提升保水性”。


“入侵植物野蛮生长,为夏威夷毛伊岛大火提供了燃料”

 (观察者网讯)当地时间8月8日,美国夏威夷州毛伊岛发生大火,截至12日已造成至少93人死亡,成为美国百年来致死人数最多的一场大火。为何野火能在极短的时间内以如此凶猛的势头蔓延?美国媒体将问题归咎于严重的干旱和入侵植物的野蛮生长,认为这些因素助长了火势。

“入侵植物如何导致毛伊岛大火肆虐?”美国《纽约时报》13日以此为题发文称,由于缺少遏制措施,几内亚草、糖蜜草和水牛草等外来植物近年来在夏威夷迅猛生长,已经占据了夏威夷近四分之一的土地。这些植物抗旱能力强、生长速度快且非常易燃,在干旱天气里为大火提供了快速蔓延的“燃料”。

文章称,夏威夷的几内亚草等外来植物大多源于非洲,最初是作为牲畜饲料被引入。但随着旅游业的增长,夏威夷本地的种植园自20世纪90年代以来逐步关闭,野草和原先种植经济作物的土地在转型期间陷入无人看管的状况,这给了外来植物占据闲置土地的机会。

外来植物不受控制的扩张,使得夏威夷岛上的生态陷入一种“恶性循环”。文章提到,雨季到来时,外来植物会在雨水的滋润下快速生长,有时每天能生长15厘米以上。当旱季来临,野草很容易在极度干燥的天气下燃烧。火灾肆虐过后,外来植物又会迅速取代不太适应野火的本地植物,加强“循环”过程的破坏性。

“这些野草具有很强的侵略性,生长速度非常快,而且非常易燃。”毛伊岛居民、夏威夷“太平洋火灾交流”(PFX)项目协调员梅丽莎·奇梅拉(Melissa Chimera)说,“这是导致火灾规模更大、破坏性更强的原因之一。”

夏威夷大学马诺阿分校野火科学和管理专家克莱·特劳尼赫特(Clay Trauernicht)也警告说,入侵植物大多生长在缺乏管理的前种植园土地上,一些野草甚至已经蔓延到住宅区的边缘,这很可能导致火灾规模在短时间内膨胀到不受控制的地步。

气候变化也对火灾起到助推作用。《纽约时报》称,近年来,夏威夷州频繁出现年平均降雨量下降、云层变薄和气温上升引发干旱的问题,导致破坏性的火灾数量激增。2020年,毛伊岛西部被列为夏威夷发生野火概率最高的地区,平均每年发生野火的概率超过90%。

美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)10日报道称,当天发布的美国干旱监测周报显示,夏威夷的干旱在过去一周内加剧,这助长了火势。毛伊县的严重干旱面积从前一周的5%上升到了16%,整个夏威夷州中度干旱面积则从6%上升到了14%。

特劳尼赫特等专家一直在呼吁夏威夷采取措施降低野火风险,包括修建防火墙、引进更耐火的植物、控制野草规模等。然而,夏威夷州还需要与美国西部十几个州争夺联邦野火拨款,遏制入侵植物所需的高昂成本和复杂后勤工作让夏威夷面临进退两难的窘境。

此外,人类活动也是夏威夷野火频发的关键因素之一。《纽约时报》援引研究人员的话称,夏威夷面临严重的住房短缺问题,大量无家可归者经常在野外做饭,增加了发生火灾的风险。营火、烟花等活动已经成为大多数火灾的起因。

根据美国夏威夷州毛伊县当地时间8月12日晚公布的消息,毛伊岛8日燃起的大火已造成93人死亡,成为美国百年来致死人数最多的一场大火,岛屿西部度假小镇拉海纳几乎被夷为平地。随着搜救人员继续在拉海纳废墟中搜寻尸体,预计死亡人数还会上升。

美国联邦紧急事务管理署(FEMA)统计的数据显示,重建拉海纳的成本估计为55亿美元(约合398亿人民币)。超过2200座建筑物在大火中损坏或被摧毁,过火面积超过2100英亩(约合8.5平方千米)。

在这起灾难中,夏威夷州政府的备灾和响应能力遭到了广泛质疑,州政府迟缓的行动被视为受灾区域扩大的原因之一。

据美国哥伦比亚广播公司(CBS)报道,夏威夷州自称拥有世界上最大的综合户外全灾害公共安全警报系统,整个群岛上安装有大约400个警报器,以提醒人们注意各种自然灾害和其他威胁。但许多拉海纳的幸存者表示,大火发生时,他们没有听到任何警报声。由于火势迅猛,一些人还被迫跳海逃生。

此外,大范围的电力和手机通讯中断阻碍了当地其他形式的警报。毛伊岛县长理查德·T·比森也承认,“政府的行动可能确实比跑到商店买东西送人的普通公民还要慢。”

路透社报道称,当地时间8月11日起,当地政府开始允许居民返回毛伊县西部,但拉海纳的过火区域依然设置了路障。当地官员警告称,阴燃区域可能有有毒气体,并称搜救行动仍在继续。目前仍有数百人失踪,但具体数字尚不清楚。不少当地居民在等待失联亲属的消息。

Sunday, August 27, 2023

Lynn Valley

 

Lynn Valley

Map illustration showing the boundaries of Lynn Valley in North Vancouver District

Home to some of our most visited recreational areas and celebrated for its mountain village charm, Lynn Valley is one of the District’s longest-established neighbourhoods.

Bounded by Upper Lonsdale to the west, Lower Lynn to the south, Lynn Creek to the east, and the rugged wilderness of the North Shore mountains to the north, Lynn Valley embraces nature at every turn.

This community includes the neighbourhoods of Upper Lynn, Upper West Lynn, Lower West Lynn, Valley Centre, Central Lynn, Lynn Canyon, West Lynn Terrace, Boundary, and Kirkstone. Lynn Valley is one of the District’s new town centres and the community’s central hub is undergoing a major transformation into a vibrant residential and commercial core for the area.

Eagleridge Bluffs via Black Mountain Trail

 Eagleridge Bluffs via Black Mountain Trail

Eagleridge Bluffs via Black Mountain Trail is a 8.2 kilometre heavily trafficked out and back trail located near Lions Bay, British Columbia, Canada that features a lake and is rated as moderate. The trail is primarily used for hiking, nature trips, and bird watching and is best used from May until December. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.

Monday, August 21, 2023

Mount Rainier 雷尼尔山国家公园攻略

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雷尼尔山国家公园位于华盛顿州,英文名称 Mount Rainier National Park
海拔4392米,距离西雅图约2小时车程

门票:30美金/车/7天  建议使用美国国家公园年票
当前路况请看这里 或者 官网Twitter
旅游季节:全年开放,7月底到10月初适合游玩
行前准备:带水/零食,下载离线地图,穿徒步鞋,选配登山杖
官网请看这里

雷尼尔山是休眠火山,地质年龄500,000 岁,园区内最著名的景区叫 Paradise
每年8月初,可同时看到 巍峨雪山 + 漫山遍野的鲜花&土拨鼠

雷尼尔山国家公园位于 西雅图 东南
公园内的热门景区 Paradise 距离西雅图市区2.5小时车程
最近的机场是 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport,机场住宿见这里机场租车见这里
附近还有 奥林匹克国家公园


雷尼尔山国家公园可简单分为 Paradise 景区和 Sunrise 景区
Paradise 景区:景色秀丽,有著名的步道 Skyline Trail,必去
Sunrise 景区:以粗犷山景为主,适合看日出/日落,相对小众

多数同学会住在公园 Paradise 景区旁的 Ashford 小镇,酒店/餐饮选择多
如想去 Sunrise 景区看日出/日落,则可考虑 Packwood 小镇
注意:如暑期旺季前往,需 尽 早 预 订 !

可以一日游,但必须 8.30am 前到达抢车位,比较辛苦
多数同学选择2天1夜游,示范行程:
Day1. 在西雅图吃过午餐后出发,下午简单游览 Paradise 景区,住在 Ashford 小镇
Day2. 用5个小时走 Skyline Trail,晚上返回西雅图
备注:
‣ 可以加1天,Day3 去 Sunrise 景区看日出
‣ 不想早起的同学,也可以反过来走,Day1 去 Sunrise 景区看日落和银河,Day2 再走 Skyline

Paradise 景区有宝藏级步道 Skyline Trail

雷尼尔山的主景区

交通:距离西雅图市区约2小时车程
住宿:多数同学会住在 Ashford 小镇

示范行程
Day1. 在西雅图吃过午餐后出发,下午简单游览 Paradise 景区(比如看看瀑布),住在 Ashford 小镇
Day2. 如果起的早,可以先去 Reflection Lake(清晨看到湖中雷尼尔山倒影的概率高)然后驾车10分钟回到游客中心,挑战 Skyline Trail,下午返回西雅图

4. Skyline Trail 最美步道  查看地图

雷尼尔国家公园最有人气的步道,可以看到 雪山,野花,瀑布,溪流,以及大量的土拨鼠

步道说明
‣ 步道往返5.5英里,Elevation gain 545米,一般需要4.5小时,难度中高
‣ 步道的起点是 Jackson Visitor Center 的停车场,夏季 8.30am 左右停车场就会被占满

季节说明
‣ 该步道适合7月到10月徒步,但7月初和10月底可能有大量积雪
‣ 最佳徒步时间是 8月初-野花盛开,和9月底-满园秋色

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装备:防晒霜,徒步鞋(如果徒步鞋是低帮的,那还要带着替换袜子,因为走路时积雪很可能会进入鞋中),登山杖(有积雪时建议使用),可参考《新手徒步装备推荐》,怕摔的同学还可以备着 冰爪 Ice cleats

官方建议顺时针徒步:先去 Panorama Point,最后到达 Myrtle Falls,期间可通过 Golden Gate Trail 抄近路(虽短,但更陡,更不好走

5. Reflection Lakes   查看地图

公园内最有人气的湖泊
没有风的时候,可以看到完美的雪山倒影
夏天/清晨看到概率最高

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 Snowflake Inc. is a cloud computing–based data cloud company based in Bozeman, Montana. It was founded in July 2012 and was publicly launched in October 2014 after two years in stealth mode.[2][3]

The firm offers a cloud-based data storage and analytics service, generally termed "data-as-a-service".[4][5] It allows corporate users to store and analyze data using cloud-based hardware and software. Snowflake services main features are separation of storage and compute, on-the-fly scalable compute, data sharing, data cloning, and third-party tools support in order to scale with its enterprise customers.[6] It runs on Amazon S3 since 2014,[2] on Microsoft Azure since 2018[7] and on the Google Cloud Platform since 2019.[8][9] The company was ranked first on the Forbes Cloud 100 in 2019.[10] The company's initial public offering raised $3.4 billion in September 2020, one of the largest software IPOs in history.[11]