![]() ![]() The oldest existing mechanical air gun, dates back to about 1580, and is in the Livrustkammaren Museum in Stockholm. 1820–1830Īir guns represent the oldest pneumatic technology. History Kunitomo air gun developed by the Japanese inventor Kunitomo Ikkansai, c. There are three different power sources for modern air guns, depending on the design: spring- piston, pneumatic, or bottled compressed gas (most commonly carbon dioxide). The first air guns were developed as early as the 16th century, and have since been used in hunting, shooting sport and even in warfare. Certain types of air guns (usually air rifles) may also launch fin-stabilized projectile such as darts (e.g., tranquilizer guns) or hollow-shaft arrows (so-called "airbows"). Both types typically propel metallic projectiles that are either diabolo-shaped pellets or spherical shots called BBs, although in recent years Minié ball-shaped cylindro-conoidal projectiles called slugs are gaining more popularity. This is in contrast to a firearm, which fires projectiles using energy generated through the burning of combustible propellants, most often gunpowder.Īir guns come in both long gun ( air rifle) and handgun ( air pistol) forms. For other uses, see Air gun (disambiguation).Ī collection of spring-piston air rifles Under Lever Spring Piston Air RiflesĪn air gun or airgun is a gun that uses energy from compressed air or other gases, which are mechanically pressurized and released as propellant for the chosen projectiles based on the principle of the primitive blowgun. ![]()
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This recipe adapted from Sharon Hendricks. ![]() How about adding acorn flour to a pancake recipe for that nutty taste and nutrition?.The flour also makes an excellent pasta dough when mixed with regular flour.Or, try this acorn flour honey cake, which tastes a little like gingerbread cake.Use acorn flour in bread, cake, pancakes, and more! Try this acorn flour flatbreadrecipe (similar to tortilla).Substitute acorns for chestnuts in baking recipes.Mix up cooked acorns with raisins or other dried fruit to make a trail mix.Remove the acorns from the oven and let them cool.Cook the nuts for about 60 minutes or until they turn a chocolate brown color.Pour the acorns into a single layer on an ungreased, rimmed cookie sheet.Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.Making acorn flour isn’t the only way you can enjoy acorns. You can also freeze your fresh acorn meal. Store dried flour in jars in the fridge. Repeat until you are left with a flour- or cornmeal-like substance. Spread the ground acorns to dry on cookie sheets, then grind again in a blender. When partially dry, coarse grind a few acorns at a time in a blender. Or, you could put them in an oven set to “warm.” You can also put the acorns in a dehydrator set on low heat. If it is hot out, lay the cookie sheets in the sun. To avoid rotting, it’s very important that the acorns dry fully. Spread tannin-free acorns to dry on cookie sheets in a warm place. This process may take several days, depending on how long it takes for all the tannins to leach out of the acorn meat. Change the water when it turns a darker color. Alternatively, you can soak the raw acorns in cold water to leach the tannins out.This may take an hour or more, depending on the variety of acorn. Repeat the process without interruption (do not let the acorns cool) until the water boils clear. Discard the dark water from the first pot, then refill it and bring the water to a boil again. Strain the nuts through a colander and drop the strained nuts into the second pot of boiling water. Drop the raw, shell-less acorns into one pot and boil until the water is the color of strong tea. It sounds like a pain, but it’s really not that difficult. Do not eat the raw meat of the acorns yet.Īcorns contain bitter-tasting tannins, so you must prepare, treat, and cook the nuts before you eat them. Remove the shells and caps from your acorns with a nutcracker (or a hammer, if necessary).Set the colander aside to let the acorns air-dry, or dry them by hand with a dish towel.Place the acorns in a colander and run them under the tap for a minute or two to dislodge any loose dirt or hitchhiking bugs.Place them in a pot or bowl and fill it with water, then remove and dispose of any floating acorns, as they have likely gone bad. Give acorns a quick rinse in cool water.If you’re willing to wait, consider harvesting acorns this year and storing them in a cool, dry place until next fall, when they’ll be thoroughly dried and easier to work with. Green acorns are not yet mature and shouldn’t be used. When gathering acorns, look for brown, fully mature acorns that still have their caps, as those without caps are more susceptible to infestation by worms and other critters. Oak trees are easily identifiable-they’re the ones with all the acorns around them! Jokes aside, oaks have fairly distinctive leaves and bark look up which species of oak trees are common in your area to know exactly what signs to look for.Īcorns are typically harvested between September and November when they fall from the trees and become easily accessible to deer, squirrels, and resourceful humans. See more ideas below! Where and When to Find AcornsĪcorns come from oak trees, which can be found across North America. 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Then the nonclustered index seek is used without an index hint and there is no need to change which columns are used for the clustered index.Īlso, if col3 is updated in the 2nd example instead of col2, then the nonclustered index seek is automatically used with the 1000 row table because a table spool isn't needed. With a larger table this will not be the case. The table spool made the estimated cost of the plan using the nonclustered index seek more expensive than the clustered index scan plan. Then I saw that a table spool was needed when the nonclustered index seek was used because the column being updated is the same column used to select the row. UPDATE t SET col2=1 from dbo.TABLE1 t with(index(ix_table1)) where t.col2=1 I was wondering why the 2nd example wasn't using the nonclustered index. Thanks dear, you have save my job, i tried since 10 days, in my table there is insert and update from different 5 sql jobs, so index every time disturb, i remove cluster index with primary key and add primary key with non cluster index. Identify columns in your tables that are a good candidate for clustered index.Check out the SQL Server Tables without a Clustered Indextip for useful queries to diagnose the issue in your SQL Server databases. Ensure all your tables have a clustered index.Use query plans and profilerto provide more insight as to why you may be encountering deadlocks.Testing with your application/database should be done to ensure that you are getting the best performance possible. In my experience I have found columns that are heavily used in WHERE clauses are usually a good candidate, but there are many factors (table size, heavily skewed data, other indexes, etc.) that can affect the query plan and locks that the SQL Server optimizer decides to use during execution. That is why we saw a deadlock in the previous scenario.Ĭareful consideration needs to be taken when laying out the indexes on your SQL Server tables and even more attention placed when deciding on which column(s) the clustered index should be put on as this can have a dramatic impact on locking in your database. This means that no other processes can update any of these records until these shared locks are released. If we were to look at the query plan for the previous scenario we can see that in that case the optimizer chose to do an index scan hence it acquired shared locks on all the records it scanned. For the scenario with the clustered unique index we see the optimizer chose to do an index seek hence it only locked the records that it was updating allowing other processes to update other records in the table concurrently. I’m also available for consulting if you just don’t have time for that and need to solve performance problems quickly.In addition to using sp_lock and sp_who2 we can use the query plan for one of the statements from our test scenario, UPDATE dbo.TABLE1 SET col2=1 where col2=1, to highlight why we see the locking that we are seeing. I’m offering a 75% discount to my blog readers if you click from here. If this is the kind of SQL Server stuff you love learning about, you’ll love my training. Hopefully if you’re hitting the same problems, you’ll find them useful. In practice, the clients I’ve had do this have had their Replication Deadlocks resolved. The official line from Microsoft Support is that you can usually fix the deadlocks by running these commands: EXEC = N'false' You may also see deadlocks on things like sp_replupdatechema coming from mssqlsystemresource. That’s the Id of the Resource Database, which you can’t really get at without the DAC, or copying and attaching the files for it as a user database. If you see deadlocks that involved Database Id 32767, and a negative object ID like -993696157, it’s going to be some weird replication stuff. You may also see weird looking ones like this on sp_addsubscription. You’ll see deadlocks on things like LockMatchID, sys.sp_MSrepl_changestatus, and sp_MSrepl_addsubscription. If you use Plan Explorer to look at deadlocks, which you should because SSMS sucks at it, you’ll see stuff that looks like this: i am deadlock I have had a few clients now that have run into problems with deadlocks arising from it doing Replication-y things. Replication is one of my least favorite things, and I go out of my way not to deal with it. ![]() ![]() Today’s recipe features one of Annie’s certified organic cereals, Cocoa Bunnies- so cute, right?!? 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Wait, wait…I don’t think that phrase means what I think it does.So I know I’m a little late to the food blogger video game, but I’m so glad I finally jumped on board because this was so much fun to make! So fun, and so hilarious… Regardless of how they taste, when these cereals are released in April, you’d better believe that me and so many others will be “making like rabbits” to go out and try them. At the very least, I can dream that Frosted Oat Flakes will be like a glazed version of the already delicious Trader Joe’s Toasted Oatmeal Flakes. I can only hope that the bunny cereals taste just like their Bunny Grahams in a bowl, just because I’m so desperate for a spiritual successor to Teddy Grahams Breakfast Bears. Instead, the three flavors are Berry Bunnies, Cocoa Bunnies, and the conspicuously non-bunny shaped Frosted Oat Flakes. I will say, though, that in my college town, the brand is best known for its legendary and addictive Shells & White Cheddar pasta.įortunately (or perhaps unfortunately depending on who you are), none of these cereals are mac & cheese flavored. They even had a larger line of cereal that lasted from 2007-2012. Annie’s Homegrown and General Mills have just announced the launch of three new USDA certified organic breakfast cereals.įrom soup, to yogurt, to crackers, Annie’s has a bigger product line than a litter of rabbits. Move over, Trix Rabbit: you aren’t the only bunny in the cereal aisle any more. These bunnies will start hopping to the cereal aisle in April! #cereal /YawgOSzbg3 And although that hasn’t been the case historically, hare hops spring eternal. Naturally, one assumes that quality costs more. This one, for instance, runs over $4 USD at my local Walmart for a relatively dinky box. It’s a cute concept, often with a nightmare-conjuring price tag. Remember Annie’s Homegrown? They make feel-good versions of classic favorites, like organic boxed mac and cheese, organic graham crackers, and organic fruit gummies, all in the shape of their lagomorph mascot. We grade Gaussian around these parts, folks, no matter how much one may love log. Once in a while, we need to be reminded that superb bowls (heyoo!) exist only in light of normal, unremarkable cereal. But it’s hard to compare everything against the crème de la crunch. ![]() We know that no cereal on the market today can, however mighty, topple Cracklin’ Oat Bran from its lofty position-even if matched by other exceptional staples. What constitutes a perfect 10 in, say, pizza? Are there dual systems for thin crust and deep dish? Such are the fodder phantasms that haunt my countertop in the night.Ĭomparatively, then, I’m grateful for pantry paragons that act as polestars. ![]() I won’t feign presumptions on how those who write about lesser foodstuffs manage to assign numerical ratings. 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However, Manta Rays have few natural predators due to their large size and ability to defend themselves. They are also sometimes hunted by humans for their meat, fins, and other body parts.Īdditionally, humans sometimes hunt Manta Rays for their meat, fins, and other body parts, which are valued in some cultures for their use in traditional medicines and as food. Some Whales, like Killer Whales can also be added to this list. ![]() After a 12month gestation, a live pup is born, wrapped safely like a burrito and can immediately survive without the care of their mother.Manta rays are vulnerable to predation from several species of shark, including bull, tiger, and oceanic white-tip sharks, as well as seals and sea lions. Lasting for several days, the female will test her potential suitors by disrupting the train and checking which male is best at getting back into formation. 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To satisfy their appetite, manta rays will use a range of different techniques including ‘ram-feeding’ (when a manta swims against the current with an open mouth), near-bottom feeding, looping, and cyclone feeding (where mantas follow each other in a circle with mouths open, creating a cyclone effect that traps food in a spiral). Imposing in size, but without a stinging barb and with a narrow row of minute teeth, the manta ray is a true gentle giant of the sea. Both manta ray species are filter feeders that cruise the ocean with their mouths open, filtering zooplankton and krill through the rows of tiny rakes that line their mouths called gill plates. With fingerprint-like identification in the form of unique spots on the underside of its belly, the manta ray has triangular, horn-like pectoral fins stemming from the front of its head, earning it the nickname “devil fish”. Reef manta rays are smaller at around three metres in width. With a large, flat, diamond-shaped body that can grow up to seven metres wide, the gigantic oceanic manta ray usually measures in at between four and four and a half metres between the tip of each of its wings. Image credits: Ibrahim Shareef/shuterstock Sanatana/shuterstock Giant oceanic manta rays ( Mobula birostris). ![]() Differing in size, dentition, and spine morphology, they also vary in preferred habitat, with the reef manta inhabiting the coastal fringes of the Indo-Pacific, and the giant oceanic manta spending its life in open waters around the world, mostly far from land. The Spanish word ‘manta’ means blanket, shawl, or coat, and gliding through the ocean, these inquisitive animals take on the appearance of a floating, fluid piece of material, flapping in the watery current.Ī recent scientist discovery in 2008 revealed that instead of one species of manta ray, there are in fact two in existence – the reef manta ray ( Mobula alfredi) and the giant oceanic manta ray (Mobula birostris). Majestic and gentle, the manta ray is among the largest fish in the world. Gigantic oceanic manta rays average 4-4.5 metres, reef manta rays average 3 metres Filter feeder, eating zooplankton and krill ![]() ![]() ![]() Simply remove the original gear head and replace it directly with a new custom shift knob. You can rest assured that your gearshift can stand the test even under the worst conditions.Įasy to install: All our products are easy to install. 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This piece demands good to great performances and right now HAODS has the talent to do that.īut it’s more than good singing and acting which makes it work so well, it’s slick choreography and a band which sounds like it has been together for 10 years. There is a symmetry to staging the show at the Kenton this year because the society’s first ever show on the same stage was Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado. The piece is a jazz and blues-inflected update of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta and this production wrings every last drop from it. HOT Mikado? Hot as a furnace and a triumph for Henley Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society with its 100th anniversary production. The song, like “What Else Can I Do,” just doesn’t tug on the heart strings as much as I believe it should.Tuesday, November 15 (dress rehearsal) until Saturday ![]() I definitely felt sorry for Mirabel hearing “Waiting on a Miracle,” but did I want to destroy everyone whoever made her sad? 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