Code Charts Specials Controls: C0, C1 Layout Controls Invisible Operators Specials Tags Variation Selectors Variation Selectors Supplement Private Use Private Use Area Supplementary Private Use Area-A Supplementary Private Use Area-B Surrogates High Surrogates Low Surrogates Noncharacters in Charts Noncharacters in blocks Range in Arabic Presentation Forms-A Range in Specials Noncharacters at end of ... BMP, Plane 1, Plane 2, Plane 3, Plane 4, Plane 5, Plane 6, Plane 7, Plane 8, Plane 9, Plane 10, Plane 11, Plane 12, Plane 13, Plane 14, Plane 15, Plane 16 Bicycle Trailers Bicycle trailers have become quite popular in the recent years. You will see them on city streets filled with groceries, on country roads with a cooler strapped in, and in your own neighborhood with children enjoying the ride. But many cyclists new to touring don’t really understand all the benefits that a properly equipped trailer may offer. The primary purpose of a bicycle trailer is to carry a heavy or bulky load without adding excessive weight to your rear bicycle wheel. Pros You can load all your gear (and your riding partner’s) on the trailer and keep extra bags and the extra weight off the bicycle.With a trailer attached, instability of the bicycle is fairly minimal compared to weight in panniers mounted on a rack. Back to Top Cons When pulling a loaded trailer up a hill, you may feel like it is pulling you back down.The trailer wheels may be a different size than your bicycle.
Earthship South and East view of an Earthship passive solar home Earthship typical floorplan Earthships are primarily designed to work as autonomous buildings using thermal mass construction and natural cross ventilation assisted by thermal draught (Stack effect) to regulate indoor temperature. History[edit] Michael Reynolds' first building, the Thumb House. A building being built of cans in the 1970s The design used with most earthships. Eventually, Reynolds' vision took the form of the common U-shaped earth-filled tire homes seen today. Rammed-earth and tires are easily accessible and allow for owner build structures and use of untrained labour. The earth-rammed tires of an Earthship are usually assembled by teams of two people working together as part of a larger construction team. Additional benefits of the rammed earth tire are its high load-bearing capacity and its resistance to fire. Systems[edit] Water[edit] Collection[edit] A domestic rainwater harvesting system Greywater[edit] Black water[edit]
Blue hour - Wikipedia Praia da Ursa, Sintra, Portugal. A blue hour seascape seen in wide angle The illuminated mining lamp memorial in Moers during the blue hour The blue hour (from La hora azul, in Spanish, or L'Heure Bleue in French) is the period of twilight early in the dawn each morning and late dusk each evening when the sun is at a significant distance below the horizon and the residual, indirect sunlight takes on a predominantly blue hue. This effect is caused by the relative diffusibility of short blue wavelengths of light versus the longer red wavelengths. Influence in popular culture[edit] The blue hour is famous for its romantic connotations, particularly in the arts. As a result of the perceived specialness of this time, there are various restaurants, theatres and hotels called L'Heure Bleue located worldwide. Art[edit] L'Heure Bleue is a concept often expressed, in his works and in his thought, by the contemporary artist Jan Fabre[1] Books[edit] Films[edit] Music[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]
Rainwater and Water Conservation Books and Films Water Books, Magazines and Films NEW - YOUR WATER FOOTPRINT by Stephen Leahy Water science is continually moving forward at a faster and faster pace these days. With population growth and the end of easy, cheap water the need to understand our water usage and how to reduce it is becoming a daily news and discussion item. Your Water Footprint - The Shocking Facts About How Much Water We Use to Make Everyday Products by Stephen Leahy is a great example of a book that is bringing to light the impact we are having on the planet in regards to water. >> Read Full Review A Great Aridness by William deBuys William deBuys’ A Great Aridness examines the history of drought in the American Southwest while offering a primer on the potential consequences of climate change in the future. >> Read a full review of this very relevant book Asphalt to Ecosystems - Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation by Sharon Gamson Danks Design for Water by Heather Kinkade-Levario, 2007 by Colin Ingram, published 2006.
Green wall - Wikipedia For the professional gaming team nicknamed "The Green Wall", see OpTic Gaming. For the project against the natural expansion of the Gobi Desert, see Green Wall of China. A green wall is a wall partially or completely covered with greenery that includes a growing medium, such as soil. It is useful to distinguish green walls from green facades. Green walls may be indoors or outside, freestanding or attached to an existing wall, and come in a great variety of sizes. Green walls have seen a recent surge in popularity. While Patrick Blanc is sometimes credited as having developed the concept in the late 1980s,[4] the actual inventor is Stanley Hart White, a Professor of Landscape Architecture who patented a green wall system in 1938.[5] Media Types[edit] Green walls are often constructed of modular panels that hold a growing medium and can be categorized according to the type of growth media used: loose media, mat media, and structural media. Loose media[edit] Mat media[edit] Sheet media[edit]
Greywater - Wikipedia Left: a bottle of greywater from an office building before treatment. Right: greywater following membrane bioreactor treatment Greywater (also spelled graywater, or grey water/gray water) or sullage is all wastewater generated in households or office buildings from streams without fecal contamination, i.e. all streams except for the wastewater from toilets. Overview[edit] Example of a source of greywater in the household: dirty water from cleaning the floor Greywater treatment plant with membrane bioreactor in the basement of an office building in Frankfurt, Germany Treated greywater has many uses, for example toilet flushing or irrigation.[3] Treatment processes[edit] Greywater "towers" are used to treat and reuse greywater in the city of Arba Minch, Ethiopia Underground greywater recycling tank Most greywater is easier to treat and recycle than blackwater (sewage), because of lower levels of contaminants. Safety[edit] Greywater use for irrigation appears to be a safe practice. Reuse[edit]
How to Build a Desktop Computer - All The first step to building a computer is getting the right parts.Although there is an almost innumerable amount of parts to choose from, they all fall into basic categories. The essential components of every computer are the following: Case/Chassis - This is the box that most people associate computers with. Although it holds every component inside, it is effectively useless on its own. Power Supply – This powers the computer by taking power from your wall and regulating it to the motherboard, and on to the rest of your computer.Motherboard – This is the centerpiece of your computer. RAM – Random Access Memory is the "short-term memory" of a computer. Hard Drive – The hard drive is the "long-term memory" of the computer. Video Card/Graphics Card/GPU – While the CPU handles most computation, the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) handles all computing related to visuals. Now that you understand what each part does, it is time to pick them out.
Eight Indigenous Prophecies | Phillip H. Duran / Eaglehouse Publications "Eight Indigenous Prophecies" Phillip H. Duran Why did American Indian tribes survive the Indian wars and genocide, the unacknowledged American holocaust? The significance of prophecies emerges when we ask what the immigrants from Europe lost by scorning Indigenous knowledge and wisdom that were already here on Turtle Island. We must compare the global effects of modern technology and European industrial thinking and practices with American Indian traditions, which represent sustainable science. Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. Chief Seattle was thinking in long time frames when he stated, perhaps prophetically, that immigrants to this Continent from Europe and the Western forms of civilization they cultivated would eventually disappear like another wave in the sea of time. Yet, the indigenous voice is rarely heard. The Eagle and the Condor The Seven Fires Prophecy (Ojibwe) Introduction: This prophecy can be found in several places. The Sacred Tree